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Page 124 Miscellaneous Page Abbreviation Page 130 Date & Page Observation 132 One Liner MAGAZINE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2019 MAJOR ISSUES OF THE MONTH GOVERNMENT VS RESERVE BANK OF INDIA ISSUE Citing personal reasons, Urjit Patel has resigned as the Reserve Bank of India governor. His resignation comes against the backdrop of increasing tensions between the Finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India. Shaktikanta Das, former Economic Affairs Secretary and member of the 15th Finance Commission has been appointed as the 25h Governor of the RBI. The conflict: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government give the impression that they are not on the same page even as far as an understanding of their roles is concerned. The RBI suggests that its independence is being violated while the government rationalises its intervention in terms of its concern for the economy. Since it is clear that the government and the central bank are not on the same page on these issues, their relationship is being widely debated. It has often been argued that the RBI is not an independent central bank. However, the real question is: should the RBI not have the operational independence to attain the objectives given to it? Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has explained what RBI does with the analogy of a seat belt. The driver—in this case, the government—has the option of not putting on the seatbelt, but in case of an accident, the damage could be severe. Critical Areas Of Conflict Section 7 of the Reserve Bank of India Act: • Section 7(1) of the RBI Act says: “The Central Government may from time to time give such directions to the Bank as it may, after consultation with the Governor of the Bank, consider necessary in the public interest.” • ·Section 7(2) gives the government powers to entrust the running of the RBI to its board of directors. Hence, this section empowers the Central Government to consult and give instructions to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India to act on certain issues, that the government considers serious and in public interest. The Central Government may give such directions to the Bank from time to time, after consultation with the Governor of the Bank, consider necessary in the public interest. Once the Section 7 is invoked, the general superintendence and direction of the affairs and business of the Bank is entrusted to a Central Board of Directors which may exercise all powers and do all acts exercised or done by the Bank. It is considered that such a move could be a last resort for the Government to increase liquidity, ease pressure on banks and businesses, and boost economic growth. Dividends To Government: The RBI holds Rs. 28,724 billion in reserves, which includes foreign currency assets, gold and sovereign debt receipts, according to the latest weekly data released by the RBI. The RBI also gives some of the profit it earns from interest on its bonds to the government (Rs. 50000 cr. this year). But the government may want more “in public interest”; some analysts have also indicated spending in an election year as the reason behind the rush for funds. The government has reportedly sought more dividends from the RBI in one of the letters. RBI’s Reserves The government has made repeated calls for the RBI to hand over more money from its reserves to help fund its fiscal deficit. The RBI currently hands over its profits earned from various activities in the form of a dividend. But the government also wants to tap a share of the RBI’s Rs. 3.6 lakh crore ($48.73 billion) of capital reserves. The RBI has consistently pushed back against the demand. Prompt Corrective Action or PCA Framework: The government wants the RBI to exempt power companies under the prompt corrective action or PCA framework, which outlines triggers for declaring a loan account as stressed or non-performing asset (NPA), people familiar with the matter said. The RBI uses the PCA framework based on three parameters as an early-warning tool to check danger signs in the health of lenders. The PCA framework is applicable only to commercial banks.

Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 3 [ Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] ] MAGAZINE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2019 Handling of weak Public Sector Banks: Differences between the government and the RBI have cropped up over various issues, including the central bank’s handling of weak public sector banks under the PCA framework and ways to resolve bad loans in the power sector. There are also apparent differences between them over tight liquidity and setting up of an independent payments regulator. Easing loans to Small and Medium Enterprises or SMEs: The government has asked the central bank, reportedly using the privilege provided under Section 7 of the RBI Act, to ease its hold on the reserves for providing liquidity to the market. It has also sought for some constraints on banks for loans to small and medium enterprises or SMEs to be removed. Implications: For the Govt: The Modi government has been under pressure ahead of regional polls due at the end of 2018 because of weak farm prices and surging fuel costs, which have been hurting rural incomes. The government recently cut excise duty on gasoline and diesel as well as reduction in GST rates, adding to pressure on its deficit. For Investors: The rift has created political and economic uncertainty. Investors want policy continuity from both the RBI and the government to ensure inflation is kept in check and economic stability is maintained.

PRESIDENT’S RULE COMES INTO EFFECT IN JAMMU & KASHMIR

The state of Jammu and Kashmir has come under President’s rule from 20th December 2018 as Governor’s rule in the state has completed its six months. It implies that now all the policy decisions related to Jammu and Kashmir will be taken by the Union Cabinet. The state faced a political crisis when 25-member BJP withdrew its support from Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government, reducing it to a minority government in the state. Thereafter, the Governor’s rule was imposed in the state. In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, which has a separate Constitution, six months of Governor’s rule is mandatory before President’s rule under Article 92 of its Constitution. All the legislative powers are exercised by the Governor in case of Governor’s rule. Now, after the proclamation for the President’s rule has been made, the legislative powers of the state shall be exercised under the authority of Parliament. The Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers will aid and advise the president regarding the decisions related to the state. President’s Rule: • Under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution, the Union government can take over the affairs of the state government • when state government is unable to function according to the constitutional provisions. This is called as President’s rule in the state. • President’s Rule in a state can continue for 6 months. It can be extended, with the approval of both the houses at every 6 months, for a maximum of 3 years For President’s rule to continue over a year every 6 months following conditions should be met: 1. There should already be a National emergency across the country, or in the whole or any part of the state. 2. The Election Commission of India should certify that the conduct of elections is not possible in the concerned state

SURROGACY (REGULATION) BILL, 2016 PASSED BY LOK SABHA

Lok Sabha has passed Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 on 19th December 2018 to protect surrogacy in the country. The bill has banned commercial surrogacy and allows only altruistic surrogacy. The bill protects the rights of the surrogate mother and the child born from surrogacy and promotes ethical surrogacy. Surrogacy is defined as an agreement between a couple who cannot conceive and a surrogate mother to carry their child. Provisions of Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016: • The bill is applicable to all the states of India except Jammu and Kashmir. • The bill provides the constitution of National Surrogacy board and State Surrogacy board for regulation of surrogacy process. Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 4 [ Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] ] MAGAZINE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2019

• The bill is providing surrogacy to only Indian citizens. Thus, Foreigners, NRI and PIOs are not allowed. • Homosexuals and Single parents are also not allowed for surrogacy and bars the couple who already have children • The couple seeking surrogacy should possess a certificate of essentiality issued by appropriate authority. • The bill provides that women can only surrogate once in her lifetime and her age should be in between 25 to 35 years. • The couple who intend for surrogacy should be aged between 23 to 50 years and married for at least 5 years. • The bill also provides provision for the custody of the child to be born which will be passed by a court of the Magistrate of the first class or above. • The bill contains the provision of penalty and imprisonment if the person violated the law. National Surrogacy Board • The board consists of: • Chairperson – Minister in-charge of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • ·Vice Chairperson – Secretary to the Government of India incharge of Department dealing with surrogacy matters. • Members – Three women members of Parliament, Three members of Ministries of Central government from Women and Child Development, Legislative Department in Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Home Affairs not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Director-General of Health Services of Central Government and ten experts members. Background: The bill was first introduced in Lok Sabha as The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 on 21 November 2018. In 2017, it was then referred to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare. Commercial Surrogacy : The surrogacy which includes sale or purchase of human embryo or gametes or surrogate mother. If the surrogate mother will be rewarded remunerations or financial benefits other than medical expenses. Altruistic Surrogacy: The surrogacy which includes no financial benefits to the surrogate mother other than medical expenses. It includes insurance coverage for the mother and protects the ethics of society

NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR NEW INDIA – NITI AAYOG

The NITI Aayog has unveiled a strategy document called the “Strategy for New India@75” suggesting various reforms to make India a 4-trillion dollar economy by 2022-23. The strategy plan talks about various several economic reforms that should be taken in order to accelerate India’s economy to reach the 4 trillion USD mark. The main idea is to go for such reforms in the economy that will keep India growing at 8% annually that could be quicken to 9-10% by 2022-23 but ensuring that such growth of economy is clean, inclusive, formalised and sustainable. Recommendations: On Drivers: • The acceleration in economic growth must be inclusive, sustained, ‘clean’ and formalised. • The economy has to be steadily accelerated to achieve a GDP growth rate of about 8% on average during 2018- 23. • The investment rate (gross fixed capital formation) should be raised from the present 29% of GDP to 36% by 2022-23, of which half must come from public investment. • India should aim to increase its tax-GDP ratio to at least 22% of GDP by 2022-23 to enhance public investment. • Regarding agriculture, the emphasis has to be shifted towards converting farmers to ‘agripreneurs’. • The creation of a unified national market, a freer export regime and abolition of the Essential Commodities Act are essential for boosting agricultural growth. • A strong push has to be given towards ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming’ techniques that reduce costs, improve land quality and increase farmers’ incomes.

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• Also, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana needs to include weather-based insurance into its current mode of implementation. • To ensure maximum employment creation, complete codification of labour laws and a massive effort must be made to upscale and expand apprenticeships. • A mission named “Explore in India” has to be launched to revamp minerals exploration and licensing policy. On Infrastructure - • The establishment of the Rail Development Authority (RDA), which is already approved, has to be expedited. • RDA will advise or make informed decisions on an integrated, transparent and dynamic pricing mechanism for the railways. • An IT-enabled platform for integrating different modes of transport and promoting multi-modal and digitized mobility has to be developed. • Hence, the government should aim to deliver all government services at the state, district, and gram panchayat level digitally by 2022-23. • These infrastructural measures are crucial to enhance the competitiveness of Indian business as also ensure the citizens’ ease of living. On Inclusion – • Regarding health, the Ayushman Bharat programme has to be implemented successfully including the establishment of 150,000 health and wellness centres across the country. • A focal point for public health has to be created at the central level along with their state counterparts, through which an integrative medicine curriculum can be promoted. • Regarding education, the quality of the school education system has to be upgraded by creating a new innovation ecosystem at the ground level by establishing at least 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs by 2020. • An electronic national educational registry could be conceptualized for tracking each child’s learning outcomes. • Regarding housing, focus must be laid upon affordable housing in urban areas to improve workers’ living conditions and ensure equity while providing a strong impetus to economic growth. On Governance – • The recommendations of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission have to be implemented before appointing a successor for it. • The backlog of pending cases in the courts can be addressed by shifting part of workload out of regular court system. • A new autonomous body, namely the Arbitration Council of India, has to be set up to grade arbitral institutions and accredit arbitrators. • Regarding disinvestment, the government has to offload its stake from non-strategic public sector enterprises (PSEs). • This will attract private investment and contribute to the exchequer, enabling higher public investment in other sectors. • Regarding the Swachh Bharat Mission, the scope has to be expanded to cover initiatives for landfills, plastic waste and municipal waste and generating wealth from waste. . • Higher monetary compensation and social security to rag pickers and small sanitation workers has to be given for segregating waste. • This will help waste-to-energy plants as well as projects related to dry waste management and help reduce the burden on landfills. • Also, Solid and liquid waste management projects should be covered under priority sector lending.

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GSAT-7A LAUNCHED

ISRO has launched military communication satellite GSAT-7A. GSAT-7A succesfully injected into its orbit by GSLV- F11 from Sriharikota. GSAT-7A: • GSAT-7A has been placed in the geostationary orbit and this communication satellite is expected to help the IAF to interlink different ground radar stations, airbases and AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) aircraft. The idea is to improve the IAF’s network-centric warfare capabilities. • It is an advanced communication satellite with a Gregorian Antenna and many other new technologies. • It is the heaviest satellite being launched by GSLV with an indigenously developed cryogenic stage. • The GSAT-7A is expected to have the Ku-band transponders and two deployable solar arrays onboard. • It is the 39th Indian communication satellite of ISRO to provide services to the users in Ku-band over the Indian region. • The GSAT-7A is also expected to be a big push for drone operations as it will help the Navy reduce the reliance on on-ground control stations and take satellite-control of military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) which should help boost the range and endurance of the UAVs. • The satellite, being dubbed as ‘angry bird’ by some, is likely to enhance the range of communication and also aid in aircraft to aircraft communication. • In addition to GSAT-7A, the IAF would also be getting the GSAT-7C in a few years, to boost the network-centric operations. GSAT 7 series: The GSAT 7 series was launched in 2013 as a dedicated communications satellite for the Indian Navy, which made the Navy completely independent of relying on foreign satellites for its blue water capabilities, thanks to GSAT 7 having a 2,000 nautical mile footprint. This helps in providing real-time inputs to Indian warships, submarines and maritime aircraft. GSLV: The GSLV is ISRO’s fourth generation launch vehicle that has three stages. The four liquid strap-ons and a solid rocket motor at the core constitute the first stage. The second stage is equipped with a high thrust engine that uses liquid fuel. The cryogenic upper stage forms the third and final stage of the vehicle. The GSLV-F11 was the seventh flight carrying indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage. TRANSGENDER RIGHTS BILL

The Lok Sabha has passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 to give transgender persons equal rights and protection under law through a voice vote. The Bill had gone to the standing committee, and as many as 27 amendments have been accepted by the government. New definition: The amendments passed include a change in the previous definition of transgender persons as “neither wholly female or wholly male”, which was criticised as being insensitive. According to the new definition, a transgender person is somebody “whose gender does not match the gender assigned to that person at birth and includes trans-men or trans-women, persons with intersex variations, gender-queers, and persons having socio-cultural identities such as kinnar, hijras, aravani, and jogta”. Highlights of the Bill: • The Bill aims to stop discrimination against a transgender person in various sectors such as education, employment, and healthcare. It also directs the central and state governments to provide welfare schemes for them. • The Bill states that a person will be recognised as transgender on the basis of a certificate of identity issued through the district screening committee. This certificate will be a proof of identity as transgender and confer rights under this Bill.

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• The Bill also provides for the punishment of up to two years’ imprisonment and a fine for offences like compelling a transgender person to beg, denial of access to a public place, physical and sexual abuse, etc.... The Supreme Court in its recent judgment has held that the right to self-identification of gender is part of the right to dignity and autonomy and comes under Article 21 of the Constitution. However, it is important to adopt an objective criteria to determine one’s gender in order to become eligible for entitlements. Criticisms: • Several civil society groups have been vocal about their opposition to the Bill The Bill disregards many of their suggestions as also some of the crucial points raised by the standing committee report of July 2017. • This includes the right of transgender persons to self-identification, instead of being certified by a district screening committee. • The panel had also pointed out that the Bill is silent on granting reservations to transgender persons. • The bill has prescribed punishments for organised begging. However, the Bill doesn’t provide anything to better to condition in those areas, it doesn’t provide for reservation. • The Transgender Bill does not mention any punishments for rape or sexual assault of transgender persons as according to Sections 375 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code, rape is only when a man forcefully enters a woman.

10 MONUMENTS ADOPTED UNDER THE ‘ADOPT A HERITAGE’ PROJECT

The ‘Adopt A Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’, scheme was launched in 2017. It is a collaborative effort by Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), State/UTs Governments and envisages development and maintenance of tourist amenities at heritage sites and making them tourist friendly, to enhance tourism potential and cultural importance in a planned and phased manner. Aim of the Project: The aim of the project is to provide basic amenities that include cleanliness, public conveniences, safe drinking water, ease of access for tourists, signages, illumination, Wi-fi etc. Funding of the Project: The project envisages involvement of Private/Public Companies/Organizations and Individuals to adopt Monuments, Natural Heritage Sites and other Tourist Sites, primarily under CSR. No fund is given by Ministry of Tourism. Archaeological Survey of India has identified 100 monuments as “Adarsh Smarak” for upgradation of existing facilities/ amenities like Wi-Fi, cafeteria, interpretation centre, brail signage, modern toilets etc. Sl.No. Name of Monument State Adopted by 1. Red Fort Delhi Dalmia Bharat Limited

2. Gandikota Fort Andhra Pradesh Dalmia Bharat Limited

3. Area surrounding Gangotri Temple Uttrakhand Adventure Tour Operators Association of and Trail to Gaumukh India 4. Mt. Stok Kangri Trek, Lakakh Jammu and Kashmir Adventure Tour Operators Association of India 5. Jantar Mantar Delhi Apeejay Park Hotels 6. Surajkund Haryana Bliss Resorts 7. Qutub Minar Delhi Yatra Online 8. Ajanta Caves Maharashtra Yatra Online 9. Leh Palace, Leh Jammu & Kashmir Yatra Online 10. Hampi (Hazara Rama Temple) Karnataka Yatra Online

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SUPREME COURT DIRECIOTN ON ‘ECO-SENSITIVE ZONES’ The Supreme Court has directed the Union Environment Ministry to declare 10 km area around 21 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country as ‘eco-sensitive zones’. The court took the initiative after its amicus curiae informed the court that the State governments have taken no effort to protect the area around these sanctuaries and parks. Eco-sensitive zones: • The Environment Protection Act, 1986 does not mention the word “Eco-sensitive Zones”. • The section 3(2)(v) of the Act, says that Central Government can restrict areas in which any industries, operations or processes shall not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards • Besides the section 5 (1) of this act says that central government can prohibit or restrict the location of industries and carrying on certain operations or processes on the basis of considerations like the biological diversity of an area, maximum allowable limits of concentration of pollutants for an area, environmentally compatible land use, and proximity to protected areas. The above two clauses have been effectively used by the government to declare Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile Areas (EFA). The same criteria have been used by the government to declare No Development Zones.

ODISHA GOVT.’S 2 NEW SCHEMES : PEETHA and KALIA

PEETHA -To Create Awareness About Various Schemes: With an aim to create awareness among people about various Government schemes and improve transparency, Odisha Chief Minister Sh. Naveen Patnaik announced a new programme, the Peoples Empowerment Enabling Transparency and Accountability of Odisha Initiatives (PEETHA). Reportedly, PEETHA is a sub-scheme of the State Governtment’s flagship Ama Gaon Ama Bikas Yojana. The State Government will organise special camps at Gram Panchayat headquarters across the State from 15th to 20th of each month to address the PEETHA. Benefits like LED bulb, Old Age pension, Artist pension, Mission Shakti etc will be distributed to the beneficiaries there. The best panchayat in each Block will be given Rs. 5 lakh for organising PEETHA. Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas... Under this programme, people can directly send their grievances to Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) at Secretariat in Bhubaneswar through Wi-Fi enabled latest technology video wall vans. This initiative administration will help people in solving their grievances instantly. In the first phase of programme, these vans will reach Koraput, Jajpur, Ganjam and Sambalpur districts of state KALIA-To financially assist Farmers: To expedite growth in the agriculture sector and alleviate the poverty rate in Odisha, the state cabinet has approved a novel scheme KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation). The five major aspects of the schemes are as follows: • Financial assistance to the farmers: Under this scheme, more than 30 lakhs small and marginal farmers (about 90 per cent) will be provided Rs 10000 for Kharif and Rabi crops. The financial assistance will be given to them for five crop seasons in three years from 2018-19 to 2021-22. • Livelihood assistance to landless families: The scheme will benefit about 10 lakh landless families and each family will be provided Rs 12,500 take up activities like small goat rearing units, mini poultry layer units, duckery units, fishery kits for fishermen and women, mushroom cultivation and bee keeping. The landless families will choose any of the aforementioned allied farming for which the state government has earmarked Rs 1250 crore for the next three years. • Support to landless labourers and vulnerable agriculture households: The scheme has the provision to support vulnerable agriculture households who are unable to avail livelihood options due to old-age, disability, disease or other reasons. The deserving families, identified by gram panchayats, will be provided financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per households per annum to take care of their livelihood sustenance. The state government targets to cover about 10 lakh households under the scheme.

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• Insurance cover: Under the scheme, life insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh and additional personal cover will be provided to the farmers and the landless households. The scheme will benefit about 57 lakh families. • Interest-free crop loan: Under the scheme, the state government will provide crop loans up to Rs 50,000 without interest. A total of Rs 10,280 crore will be spent in the next three years up to 2020-21. The state government will review the scheme in 2021 and make necessary changes if required.

24TH MEETING OF CONFERENCE OF PARTIES (COP-24) HELD IN KATOWICE, POLAND

• 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (COP-24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) also known as ‘Katowice Climate Change Conference’ was held at Katowice, Poland with an aim to finalize guidelines for implementation of the Paris Agreement adopted in 2016. • Michal Kurtyka was the President of Conference of Parties 24 (COP24) meeting. • The major success of the conference was the agreement from the delegates of 196 countries on a rule book officially titled as the Paris Agreement Work Programme, to govern the implementation of the 2015 Paris climate treaty. • Developed countries pledged financial support for the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund, which is currently depleted while the World Bank promised $200 billion in climate action loans for the period 2021-2025. Vision of the COP24 meeting: • Adoption of a decision ensuring full implementation of the Paris Agreement. • Meeting the target of Global Warming to below 1.5 Celsius as reported in Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (SR15) which was published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).The agreement named as the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP) aims to keep global temperature rise to below 2° Celsius and will be operational by 2020. • Discussion on Fiji-led Talanoa Dialogue, the first-ever international conversation of its kind to assess progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, including the goal of limiting global temperature increases. India at COP-24 • Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Environment Minister, led the 17 member Indian delegation to the conference. • The Minister announced that India launched a nationwide campaign in preserving the environment called the Green Good Deeds Movement that will ensure that each and every citizen must adopt measures to protect the environment by doing small but significant green good deed. • India also set up a pavilion on the sidelines of COP-24, themed as ‘One World One Sun One Grid’ to create awareness about India’s positive climate actions in various sectors of the economy. Gujarat’s women group gets UN award Gujarat women’s group got a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) award for women’s leadership with low cost and sustainable technology to tackle storms, at a side event of the on-going 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) in Katowice, Poland. About United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) UNFCCC a “Rio Convention”, is an international environmental treaty adopted on 9th May 1992 and opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from 3rd to 14th June 1992. It entered into force on 21st March 1994 with 197 ratifies till date.

GST COUNCIL REDUCES GST RATES OF 23 GOODS AND SERVICES; REVISED RATES EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY 1, 2019

In a Christmas bonanza to the common man, the GST Council reduced tax rates on 23 goods and services, including movie tickets, TV/monitor screens and power banks, and exempted frozen and preserved vegetables from the levy.

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The reduced rates are likely to come into effect from January 1, 2019, finance minister Arun Jaitley told reporters after the 31st meeting of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council in the national capital. Of the 23 goods and services on which rates have been slashed, tax rate on seven items in the 28 per cent slab has been brought down. With this, only 28 goods are left in the highest 28 per cent tax bracket. Here are the items that will get cheaper: GST slashed from 28% to 18% • Pulleys, transmission shafts and cranks, gear boxes etc., falling under HS Code 8483 • Monitors and TVs of up to screen size of 32 inches • Re-treaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; • Power banks of lithium ion batteries. Lithium ion batteries are already at 18%. This will bring parity in GST rate of power bank and lithium-ion battery. • Digital cameras and video camera recorders • Video game consoles and other games and sports requisites falling under HS code 9504. 28% to 5% Parts and accessories for the carriages for disabled persons GST rate reduction on services • GST rate on cinema tickets above Rs. 100 shall be reduced from 28% to 18% and on cinema tickets up to Rs 100 from 18% to 12%. • GST rate on third party insurance premium of goods carrying vehicles shall be reduced from 18% to 12% • Services supplied by banks to Basic Saving Bank Deposit (BSBD) account holders under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) shall be exempted. • Services supplied by rehabilitation professionals recognised under Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 at medical establishments, educational institutions, rehabilitation centers established by Central Government / State Government or Union Territories or entity registered under section 12AA of the Income-tax Act shall be exempted. • Services provided by GTA to Government departments/local authorities which have taken registration only for the purpose of deducting tax under Section 51 shall be excluded from payment of tax under RCM and the same shall be exempted. • Exemption on services provided by Central or State Government or Union Territory Government to their undertakings or PSUs by way of guaranteeing loans taken by them from financial institutions is being extended to guaranteeing of such loans taken from banks. • Air travel of pilgrims by non-scheduled/charter operations, for religious pilgrimage facilitated by the Government of India under bilateral arrangements shall attract the same rate of GST as applicable to similar flights in Economy class (i.e. 5% with ITC of input services). GST rate reduction on other goods 1. 18% to 12% Cork roughly squared or debagged Articles of natural cork Agglomerated cork 2. 18% to 5% Marble rubble 3. 12% to 5% Natural cork Walking Stick Fly ash Blocks 4. 12% to Nil Music Books 5. 5% to Nil

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• Vegetables, (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen, branded and put in a unit container • Vegetable provisionally preserved (for example by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption. Miscellaneous • Exemption from GST on supply of gold by Nominated Agencies to exporters of article of gold Jewellery. • Exemption from GST on proceeds received by Government from auction of gifts received by President, Prime Minister, Governor or Chief Minister of a State and public servants, the proceeds of which is used for public or charitable cause. • Exemption from IGST/Compensation cess on vehicles imported for temporary purposes under the Customs Convention on the Temporary importation of Private Road Vehicles (carnet de passages-en-douane). • Rate of 5%/18% to be applied based on transaction value of footwear • Uniform GST rate of 12% on Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC) from existing 5%/12% (depending on the value) The annual revenue implication of the rate cuts would be Rs 5,500 crore

OVERVIEW OF PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI’S A DAY LONG VISIT TO ODISHA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a day long visit to the state of Odisha. On his day long visit to Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated projects worth around Rs 15,000 crore in Odisha. Projects Inaugurated The Projects inaugurated by the Prime Minister are listed below: 1. New campus of IIT-Bhubaneswar at Aragul built at a cost of Rs 1660 crore to the Nation. 2. ESIC hospital in Bhubaneshwar costing 73.5 crore rupees. 3. Lalitgiri Archaeological Museum which houses huge sculptures of the Buddha and various Buddhist deities. 4. A commemorative coin and a postage stamp in memory of Paika Rebellion as this year marks the 200th anniversary of the Paika rebellion. 5. Foundation stone for two projects Indian Oil’s pipeline from Paradip to Hyderabad at a projected cost of 3,800 crore rupees and GAIL’s gas pipeline from Angul to Bokaro in Jharkhand at a projected cost of 3,437 crore rupees under the Urja Ganga Yojana. 6. PM Modi announced that the centre is taking steps for establishing five medical colleges in the state. Urja Ganga Yojana Urja Ganga Yojana aims at providing piped cooking (PNG) gas and CNG gas for the vehicles to residents of the eastern region of the country. The programme involves laying of 2,050-km pipeline connecting Jagdishpur (UP) to Haldia (West Bengal) by 2018 covering the states of UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. The project is being implemented by GAIL. Ayushman Bharat Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) providing coverage up to 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission also subsumes the on-going centrally sponsored schemes like Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS).

THREE-WAY AMALGAMATION OF BOB, DENA BANK, VIJAYA BANK TAKES WINGS

The proposed amalgamation of Bank of Baroda (BoB), Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank has moved a step forward with the Alternative Mechanism (AM) headed by Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, giving its in-principal approval for the structure

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Union Government puts imports of gold dore in the restricted  China’s patent authority led the world in the number of category patents granted with 420,144 and was followed by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under Ministry of US with 318,829. Commerce and Industry has put imports of gold dore in restricted  India ranked 10th in the number of patents given last category. This means, now, importer needs a license to import this year, no Indian company or university figures in last commodity. year’s global list of the top 50 patent applicants. Gold dore: It is semi-pure alloy of gold and silver which is refined for further purification. Proportions of silver and gold can vary Punjab Cabinet has Approved 20 District Central Coopera- widely. It usually created at site of a mine and then transported to tive Banks (DCCBs) to merge with the Punjab State Coop- refinery for further purification. Refined gold bars are manufactured erative Bank (PSCB) from gold dore bar. India imports about 900 tonnes of gold year  The Cooperative department of Punjab has decided to making it world’s second-biggest gold consumer after China. merge 20 District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) with the Punjab State Cooperative Bank (PSCB). Government Inks $85 Million Loan Agreement with ADB  for Odisha Skill Development Project The aim of the merger is to strengthen the state’s rural credit system and facilitate farmers taking credit from  Union Government (Ministry of Finance) and Asian cooperative banks. Development Bank has signed $85 million loan agreement  The decision was taken in view of RBI guidelines, which for Odisha Skill Development Project. mandate that all DCCBs should have a Capital to Risk  It aims to improve the skill development eco-system in Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) of 9 percent.Although Odisha and establish World Skill Centre (WSC), an at present the DCCBs are adhering to the required CRAR advanced skill training centre in state capital of 9 per cent, but there was hardly any space for majority Bhubaneswar. of these DCCBs to enhance their business and to increase eATM : Instant fund credit feature to get cash within 30 their profitability. minutes launched by ICICI Securities HDFC ERGO Announces Corporate Agency Tie-up with Fed-  ICICI Securities (ISec), a brokerage firm, launched the eral Bank ‘eATM’ instant fund credit feature to enable real-time  HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India’s payments in bank accounts upon selling stocks in leading private sector general insurance company and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Federal Bank, announced tie-up for the distribution of  This feature is available to retail investors who can get HDFC ERGO’s range of non-life insurance offerings to payment against sell of stocks in BSE instantly compared the customers of the Bank through its network branches. to earlier waiting time of T+2 days.  The payment is made directly to the bank accounts to Fitch lowers India’s growth forecast to 7.2% for 2018-19 within 30 minutes and the limit is Rs. 50,000 per client  Fitch Ratings, in its report- Global Economic Outlook, per day. slashed India’s GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent for  This is being offered to all ICICIdirect customers at no current fiscal, even lower than RBI’s projection of 7.4%. additional cost and will be available to stocks sold on the  Fitch estimated India’s GDP growth to be 7 per cent and BSE. 7.1 per cent in financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively. Incremental credit to MSEs up 5 times to Rs 1.23 lakh crore  For global projects, it retained its global GDP forecasts post GST for 2018 at 3.3 per cent and 3.1 per cent for 2019.  Credit to micro and small enterprises (MSEs) has increased 5 times to Rs 1.23 lakh crore in the post-GST SBI to cease to be EPFO fund manager period, according to a SBI research report. The 15-month  State Bank of India (SBI) will cease to be a fund manager post-GST period increased 5 times to Rs.1.23 lakh crore, of retirement fund body EPFO by the end of March compared to Rs.25,700 crore during the corresponding 2019. pre-GST period.  According to RBI rules, a bank cannot function as an asset management company. Number of patents granted by India shot up by 50% in 2017:  Currently, SBI, ICICI Securities Primary Dealership, UN Reliance Capital, HSBC AMC and UTI AMC are fund  According to the UN’s (United Nations) World managers of the EPFO. Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) the number of patents granted by India shot up by 50 per cent in Exim Bank extended a $500 mn loan to Tanzania 2017.The WIPO’s “World Intellectual Property  Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has extended Indicators 2018” report released in Geneva. a loan of $500 million to Tanzania on 6 December 2018.The loan amount will be used for water supply projects in Tanzania.

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ADB enters an arrangement with World Bank for co-fi-  India is the second biggest purchaser of Iranian oil after nanced projects China and third’s biggest oil consumer.  Asian Development Bank (ADB) has entered into an  Iran is its third largest supplier after Iraq and Saudi arrangement with the World Bank to put in place a single Arabia and meets about 10 percent of total needs. framework that will make co-financed projects more  India, the world’s third biggest oil consumer, meets more efficient. than 80 per cent of its oil needs through imports.  ADB’s first Alternative Procurement Arrangement (APA)  Iran is the third largest supplier after Iraq and Saudi with the World Bank will allow procedures on co-financed Arabia and meets about 10 per cent of total needs. projects to follow a single procurement framework. India tops in road deaths; globally fatalities increase by 1 Conference on ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code – A New lakh in 3 years: WHO report Paradigm for Stressed Assets’ held in New York, USA  The United Nations had declared the 2010-2020 as the  The conference was organised by the Insolvency and Decade of Action for Road Safety. Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) jointly with the  According to the report,at this rate, the Sustainable Consulate General of India, New York, USA. Development Goals (SDG) target 3.6 to halve road traffic  The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, deaths by 2020 will not be met. Mr. Arun Jaitley addressed the conference via Video Conferencing. Jana Small Finance Bank Launches Jana Bankable Debit  Dr. M. S. Sahoo, Chairperson, IBBI also addressed at Card the function.  Jana Small Finance Bank in association with the Board  The Conference was followed by a roundtable with of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has launched Jana prospective stakeholders of the Indian insolvency regime Bankable Debit Card. which witnessed participation of many international fund  The Jana Small Finance Bank is the official sponsor of houses and law firms. BCCI for all the cricket matches that are played in India.  About Jana Small Finance Bank: India to retain top position in remittances with $80 billion:World Bank MD & CEO: Ajay Kanwal  India retain its position as the world’s top recipient of  Headquarters: Bengaluru remittances this year with its diaspora sending $80 billion  Tagline of the Bank: LikhoApni Kahaani back home. India is followed by China ($67 billion), Mexico and the Philippines ($34 billion each) and Egypt ADB retains India FY19 growth forecast at 7.3% despite ($26 billion). downside risks  The Bank estimates that officially recorded remittances  Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its supplement to developing countries will increase by 10.8% to reach report “Asian Development Outlook (2018)” has retained $528 billion in 2018, against a 7.8% growth in 2017. India’s FY19 growth forecast at 7.3% and 7.6% in FY20  Global remittances, which include flows to high-income despite downside risks posed by stress in the non- countries, are projected to grow by 10.3 per cent to $689 banking sector, limited fiscal space as well as escalating billion. trade tensions.  A foreign remittance is money transferred from a foreign OBOPAY launches a new generation pre-payment instru- worker to their family or other individuals in their home countries. ment for enterprise customers  In an effort to empower enterprises with a comprehensive United Nation Launches New Framework To Combat Ter- disbursement and payments solution, OBOPAY, the rorism global financial technology company, announced the  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a new launch of a new generation pre-payment instrument in framework, the UN Global Counter-Terrorism partnership with Federal Bank and Mastercard. Coordination Compact, to combat the scourge of  The OBOPAY card is built as a one-stop solution that international terrorism and coordinate efforts across the addresses all needs of the enterprise and users seamlessly peace and security, humanitarian, human rights and and can be used at over three million Mastercard outlets sustainable development sectors. in India.  The highlights of the card include unique innovations India inks pact with Iran to pay crude bill in rupee such as the multi-wallet facility that allows dedicated  India has signed an agreement with Iran to pay for crude payments and allocation of money for various purposes, oil it imports from the Persian Gulf nation in rupees. the ‘Split transaction’ feature which provides payment  Indian refiners will make rupee payments in a UCO Bank flexibility to users and multiple payment scenarios among account of the National Iranian Oil Corp. . many others.

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Nepal government banned all Indian currency notes above Public Enterprises Secretary and Chairman of Insurance Rs 100 Regulatory and Development Authority of India.  The Nepal government has banned the validity of Indian  Besides, three insurance sector experts G N Bajpai, currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 Mathew Varghese and T Bhargava — have been appointed denominations in the country. on the selection panel.  India is currently Nepal’s largest trade partner, and their Tata Steel bags Prime Ministers Trophy for the Best Per- decision to ban all Indian currencies above Rs 100 forming Integrated Steel Plant for the year 2016-17 denomination would also affect Nepalese people and business for their transactions.  Tata Steel Limited had been declared as the winner of the  The Indian government had introduced new currency Prime Minister’s Trophy for the ‘Best Performing notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 after the Integrated Steel Plant’ in the country for the performance year 2016-17 making it the fourth consecutive year for demonetisation of old notes in 2016. However, the Tata Steel being honored with this coveted award. citizens of Nepal have been using the new Indian currency in their country for nearly two years now.  The performance of the plants is judged by a Panel of Judges headed by Secretary (Steel) and with members Global debt hits all-time high of USD 184 trillion: IMF from eminent technologists, management experts, trade  The International Monetary Fund said that global debt union leaders, economists, consumers of iron & steel has reached an all-time high of 184 trillion US dollars according to a scheme drawn up by an expert committee. with the United States, China and Japan accounting for  The intention of the award is to spur steel plants to more than half of it. achieve international standards of efficiency, quality, and  Earlier this year, the IMF had calculated the global debt economy in their operations to be around USD 182 trillion. In its latest update, the World Bank Unveils USD 200 billion in Climate Action In- IMF said the global debt has reached an all-time high of USD 184 trillion. vestment for 2021-25 The World Bank has unveiled 200 billion US Dollars in climate Government Forms Panel Under BBB to Select MD for PSU action investment for 2021 to 2025, adding that this amounts to a Insurance Firms doubling of its current five-year funding. The move coincides with  The government has constituted a seven-member panel a UN climate summit in Katowice. to select managing directors of public sector insurance The breakdown of 200 billion dollars would comprise companies. approximately 100 billion in direct finance from the World Bank.  The panel would be headed by Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman B P Sharma. The other members of the panel are Financial Services Secretary, Department of 

Qatar to pull out from OPEC Qatar is to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January 2019 in order to focus on gas production. Qatar has been a member of OPEC since 1961, and the decision to pull out after all these decades comes at a turbulent time in Gulf politics, with Doha under a boycott by former neighboring allies, including Saudi Arabia, for 18 months. Qatar is the world’s biggest supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), producing almost 30 percent of the world total. The decision to increase the supply of natural gas is to develop a future strategy based on growth and expansion, both in its activities at home and abroad. Gitega named as the new capital of Burundi The government of Burundi has declared Gitega as the country’s new political capital. Bujumbura, the previous capital of Burundi, will serve as the

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The communication withdrawal decision from the INF treaty in October 2018. satellite was launched using a Long March 11 carrier rocket which • The INF Treaty was signed in 1987 between US President took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-western Ronald Reagan and USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev. China. It is CASIC’s (China Aerospace Science and Industry • The treaty aimed to end arms race between USA and Corporation) first satellite launch under China’s Hongyun project. USSR during cold war and to ensure some strategic US Federal Reserve raised lending rates to 2.5 per cent stability in Europe. The US Federal Reserve has raised the key interest rates to a range • The INF treaty banned the development, testing and of 2.25 per cent to 2.5 per cent. This is the 4th raise in the Federal possession of short and medium-range ground-launched Reserve’s rates this year and has reached the highest point since nuclear missiles having ranger between 500-5,000 km. 2008. • Also, all the nuclear and conventional missiles, as well as UN launches new framework to combat terrorism their launchers, with ranges of 500–1,000 km or (short- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has launched a new range) and 1,000–5,500 km (intermediate-range) were banned under this treaty. framework to combat international terrorism. The name of the framework is ‘UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as Prime Minister of Sri Compact’.It will replace the ‘Counter-Terrorism Implementation Lanka Task Force’. It is an agreement between the UN Chief, 36  Ranil Wickremesinghe has once again become the Prime organisational entities, INTERPOL and the World Customs Minister of Sri Lanka after the end of the weeks-long Organisation. political crisis in the island nation. Israel becomes a member of the Financial Action Task Force  On 26th October 2018, Mr. Ranil Wickremsing was (FATF) ousted as Prime minister of Sri Lanka. He was replaced by Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister. Israel became a full member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international body set up to combat money laun-  Mr. Rajapaksa resigned on 15th October 2018 after he dering, terrorist financing and other threats to the interna- failed to prove majority in the Sri Lankan Parliament. tional financial system.The FATF membership will tag Israel Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the Prime as an attractive country for international investment and im- minister for the fifth time which is a record in Sri Lanka. prove the status of the Israeli financial sector and its ability  Ranil Wickremesinghe belongs to United National Party. to operate in the global economy. Australia Recognizes West Jerusalem as Capital of Israel Financial Action Task Force (FATF):  Australia recognized West Jerusalem as the capital of Headquarters: Paris, France Israel. With this, Australia has become one of the few President: Marshall Billingslea countries that officially recognize West Jerusalem as Asia Pacific Summit-2018 Begins in Kathmandu Israel’s capital and as the seat of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament). The Asia Pacific Summit-2018 began in Kathmandu, the capital of  Nepal. The theme of two-day Summit is “Addressing the Critical Before this, United States President Donald Trump’s Challenges of Our Time: Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity, and administration had also announced recognition of Universal Values”. Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on December 6, 2017. UAE Declares 2019 As the Year Of Tolerance Japan Formally Announces IWC Withdrawal To Resume  UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Commercial Whaling declared 2019 as the Year of Tolerance, an extension of Japan formally announced that it would withdraw from the the Year of Zayed which has run this year. International Whaling Commission (IWC) and resume commercial  UAE Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: United Arab whaling in its territorial waters next year for the first time in more Emirates Dirham. than 30 years. The IWC was set up under the International Convention for the Russia emerges as world’s No. 2 arms producer: Report by Regulation of Whaling which was signed in Washington DC on 2nd Stockholm International Peace Research Institute December 1946.Headquarters:-Cambridge, United Kingdom. Swedish think, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Dr. Rebecca Lent is the Executive Secretary of IWC. (SIPRI) released its report on the world’s 100 biggest armaments groups and said that Russia has emerged as the world’s second- largest arms producer after the U.S. Russia surpassed Britain, which

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Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first “floating” nuclear power plant (FNPP) for installation in remote areas, has been started and Top Performing Police Stations Across India brought to 10% of its capacity, Russian state-run atomic energy Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh released the list of top 10 corporation Rosatom announced. performing police stations across the nation.The list was prepared Luxembourg to Become First Country to Make Public Trans- by the Intelligence Bureau (IB).The top three police stations in India for 2018 are Kalu (Bikaner, Rajasthan), Campbell Bay ( port Free Andaman & Nicobar Islands) and Farakka (Murshidabad, West Luxembourg is set to become the first country in the world to make Bengal). all public transport free, implementing the move in 2020. The move is aimed at addressing environmental issues and the problem DIPP announces States’ Startup Ranking 2018 of traffic congestion. Earlier, Luxembourg introduced free transport The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the for all people under the age of 20. Ministry of Commerce and Industry released the first ever States’ Luxembourg Capital: Luxembourg City, Currency: Euro. Startup Ranking 2018 on 20th December 2018 in New Delhi. As per Startup Ranking 2018, the state of Gujarat is the best- Australia Become 1st Country To Recognise ‘Orphanage performing state in the country for the Startups. Trafficking’ As Slavery Forbes List 2018 released by Forbes India Australia has become the first country in the world to recognise Mukesh Ambani topped the chart with a net worth of $47.3 billion. ‘orphanage trafficking’ as a form of modern slavery. Children from He is followed by Azim Premji (Wipro) and Lakshmi Mittal smaller countries are recruited in orphanages in the West for the (Arcelor Mittal) ranking 2nd and 3rd respectively. The list is topped purpose of profit through foreign aid. by actor Salman Khan with net worth of Rs. 253.25 crore.He is Ukraine Declares Martial Law After Russian Naval Attack followed by Virat Kohli (the highest paid sportsperson with net Ukraine’s parliament has imposed martial law in the country to worth of Rs. 228.09 crore) and Akshay Kumar in the 2nd and 3rd fight what its president called “growing aggression” from Moscow ranks. after a weekend naval confrontation off the disputed Crimean Forbes released The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women of Peninsula in which Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian 2018. vessels amid renewed tensions between the neighbors.Ukrainian The list is topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel,followed hryvnia is the currency of Ukraine. Kiev is the capital city of by UK Prime Minister Theresa May and IMF MD managing Ukraine. director Christine Lagarde . Nepal Launches Social Security Scheme Four Indians who were featured in the list were: Nepal government has launched a Social Security Scheme for formal  IT stalwart Roshni Nadar Malhotra ranking 51st in the sector workers of the country. PM of Nepal KP Sharma Oli stated list, that it was very necessary to strengthen the system in which the  Biotechnology pioneer Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ranking government is accountable to its people. People of all ages and 60th, categories would be included in the scheme.  Media mogul ShobhanaBhartia at 88th position and  Actor Priyanka Chopra at 94th spot. INDEX Global Nutrition Report, 2018 UAE Passport Tops the Global Passport Power Rank 2018 India has the highest number of ‘stunted’ children in the world and nearly a third of all stunted children worldwide are to be found in As per the ratings released by Passport Index, the United Arab India. Emirates has topped the Global Passport Power Rank 2018, About 46.6 million children in India suffer from stunting due to emerging as the country with the most powerful passport in World. poor nutrition intake in the long term and repeated infections. UAE passport holders can now fly to 113 countries without a visa India has 25.5 million children who are wasted. Among the 50.5 and 54 others with a visa-on-arrival. India ranked 66th in Global million children who are wasted globally, India has half of the Passport Power Rank 2018. global wasting burden. India ranked 108th in WEF’s Gender Gap Index Stunting among children aged under five in world has fallen from India has come at 108th position in the recently released Gender 32.6 per cent in 2000 to 22.2 per cent in 2017 Gap Index 2018 by World Economic Forum. Iceland has been Climate Change Performance Index 2019: Sweden tops in ranked as number 1 in the WEF’s Gender Gap Index for the 10th consecutive year. the Ranking, India at 11th position The Climate Change Performance Index 2019 was released on the NITI Aayog releases Sustainable Development Goals Index sidelines of COP24 UN Summit in Katowice, Poland. But among The NITI Aayog has released a first-of-its-kind Sustainable the League of Nations, Sweden topped as the 4th country (for the Development Goals index released on 21st December 2018. second time as on 2017) followed by Morocco in the 5th position. According to the SDG Index, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil 

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 Category C: Cases where the threat is moderate and extends to harassment or intimidation of the witness or his family members, reputation or property during the investigation, trial or thereafter. Startup India venture capital summit 2018 to be held in Goa : Startup India Venture Capital Summit 2018 promising to attract global capital in the Indian Setup Ecosystem, Goa is aiming to make it to the list of top 25 Startup destination in Asia. The theme of the year 2018 is ‘Mobilizing Global Capital for Innovation in India’. The annual ‘startup India Venture Capital Summit’, a joint initiative by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Department of Industrial Policy Promotion (DIPP) and the government of Goa is set to begin in Goa.

Raksha Mantri Launches ‘Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti’ PM Modi inaugurates Partners’ Forum 2018 Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman has formally launched  The PM Modi inaugurated the fourth Partners’ Forum ‘Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti’, in New Delhi. The event on 12th December at New Delhi. The Government of showcased salient inventions and innovations achieved by Defence India, in association with the Partnership for Maternal, Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Defence Public Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) hosted a two- Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) and Ordnance Factories (OFs) which day international conference. have resulted in the successful filing of Intellectual Property Right  The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (IPR) applications.As part of the ongoing initiatives to enhance (PMNCH) is an alliance of more than 1000 organizations self-reliance in defence, the Department of Defence Production across 192 countries from the communities working in has instituted a new framework titled ‘Mission Raksha GyanShakti’ the arena of sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, which aims to provide a boost to the IPR culture in the indigenous child and adolescent health, as well as health influencing defence industry. The end objective of ‘Mission Raksha Gyan sectors. Shakti’ is to inculcate IP culture in Indian defence manufacturing  The programme of the PMNCH is framed around the ecosystem. objectives of the Global Strategy of Survive – Thrive – Aadhaar not mandatory for admission in schools Transform. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has made it  The global health partnership, Partners’ Forum was clear that schools cannot make Aadhaar a pre-condition to admit launched in September 2005. the students. In the verdict which upheld the constitutional validity of Aadhaar, SC had emphasised that Aadhaar would not be SC approved Centre’s draft of India’s First Witness Protec- mandatory for school admissions, for examinations conducted by tion Scheme 2018 the Central Board of Secondary Examination, National Eligibility  The Supreme Court bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and S. cum Entrance Test for medical entrance and the University Grants Abdul Nazeer approved the draft of India’s First Witness Commission. Protection Scheme 2018 to ensure security to the witness. This Scheme was drafted by the Ministry of Home NITI Aayog Launches Global Hackathon on Artificial Intel- Affairs. The draft has been asked to be implemented ligence across all states with immediate effect.  NITI Aayog in partnership with a Singapore based AI  It has three categories of witnesses based on the threat startup ‘Perlin’ launches ‘AI 4 All Global Hackathon’ to perception. develop AI Applications to make significant positive  Category A: Those cases where threat extends to life of social and economic impact in India. witness or family members during investigation, trial or  NITI Aayog is inviting developers, students, start-ups even thereafter. and companies to participate in the Hackathon.  Category B: Those cases where the threat extends to  This Hackathon is a part of National AI Strategy which safety, reputation or property of the witness or family has a vision to expand the idea of “Artificial Intelligence, members during the investigation or trial. AI for All”.

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Operation Minimum wage’,to check violations of Minimum Development (MWCD) was inaugurated by the Secretary, Shri Wage Act 2017, launched by Delhi government Rakesh Srivastava, in New Delhi. The theme for the event is “Child  Delhi government launched a 10-day special inspection Safety”.The inter-Child Care Institution festival is witnessing participation of more than 600 Children drawn from CCIs from 18 drive named- “Operation Minimum Wage”, to check implementation of minimum wage rules set by the Union states in the various events like painting competition, athletics Territory government. meet, football, chess competition and speech writing as part of the Festival.  The government has fixed wages of various categories on the basis of skills. The minimum wage for the unskilled UN Selects Noida, Greater Noida to Participate In Global labourers is Rs 14,000 per month while that for semi- Sustainable Cities 2025 Initiative skilled is Rs 15,400 per month and for the skilled, it is The United Nations has selected Uttar Pradesh’s Noida and Greater Rs 16,962 per month. Noida to participate in its Global Sustainable Cities 2025 initiative. NRTI dedicated to the Nation According to UN, the twin-cities in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, The Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal dedicated the National adjoining the national capital, have been selected in the “University City” category ahead of Mumbai and Bengaluru as the only invitee Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), India’s first Railway from India. University, to the nation in Vadodara. It is third such university in the world after Russia and China. India To Lay Foundation Stone For Kartarpur Corridor Route NITI Aayog Released Strategy Document For New India Vice President M Venkiah Naidu laid the foundation stone of the Dera Baba Nanak Kartarpur Sahib corridor for Gurudwara Kartarpur NITI Aayog unveiled its comprehensive national Strategy for New Sahib in Pakistan. The groundbreaking ceremony was held at village India titled ‘Strategy for New India @75’, which defines clear Mann of district Gurdaspur near Indo Pak border. Punjab Governor objectives for 2022-23. The document was released by the Finance VP Singh Badnore was the guest of honour. Minister of India Mr Arun Jaitley.NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman- Rajiv Kumar, CEO- Amitabh Kant. Finance ministry has approved Rs 850 crore investment to PM Modi inaugurates 175 Km Sewerage Network in upgrade Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR). Prayagraj; NMCG sanctions funds for Kumbh Mela The sanctioned amount will be invested over FY19 and FY20. Decision came after Centre has started a manpower audit of Prasar Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 16, 2018 inaugurated Bharati, acting on the recommendation of an expert committee in various projects worth Rs 199.65 crore under Namami Gange 2014 led by Sam Pitroda which recommended that Prasar Bharati Programme in Prayagraj, including 175 KM of sewerage network. The projects will prevent 7.8 crore litres of sewage from flowing ‘undertake a comprehensive manpower audit and human resources planning exercise to map workforce requirements for the future, in untreated into Ganga River every day. Now, this untreated sewage water will be carried every day to existing Sewage Treatment Plants line with the public broadcaster’s mandate’. (STPs) at Salori, Kodra & Ponghat for treatment. Government Launches Bhasha Sangam Government Sanctions 254 Projects Under National Mis- The government has launched a unique initiative called Bhasha Sangam to introduce school students to 22 Indian languages. The sion for Clean Ganga initiative, under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, was active for the The government has sanctioned 254 projects worth over 24 period between 22nd November – 21st December. Bhasha Sangam thousand crore rupees under National Mission for Clean Ganga.The is a programme for schools and educational institutions to provide Announcement was made at the India Water Impact Summit 2018 multilingual exposure to students in Indian languages. in New Delhi.

NITI Aayog Launches ‘AI 4 All Global Hackathon’  NITI Aayog organised ‘AI 4 All Global Hackathon’ to source sustainable, innovative and technologically-enabled solutions to address various challenges in the development space, with the vision of ‘Artificial Intelligence, AI for All’.Taking the initiative forward, NITI Aayog is now partnering with Perlin – a Singapore- based AI start up – to launch the ‘AI 4 All Global Hackathon’, and is inviting developers, students, start-ups and companies to develop AI applications to make significant positive social and economic impact for India. NITI Aayog organized its first hackathon, ‘MoveHack’ in August, on the sidelines of the Global Mobility Summit 2018.

‘HAUSLA-2018’ Inaugurated In New Delhi The National Festival for Children of Child Care Institutions (CCIs)– “Hausla 2018” of the Ministry of Women and Child

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West Bengal was allotted a total of Rs 193.34 crore including Rs 16.78 crore administrative expenses, while Bihar got an allocation of Rs 188.27 crore, and Chhattisgarh Rs 114.43 crore. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) Under Ayushman Bharat offers up to Rs 5 lakh annual hospitalization coverage for poor families. The scheme is targeted to benefit more than 50 crore people. Ayushman Bharat is benefiting more than 10,000 people daily at present. The number is expected to go up to 30,000 soon. The scheme is funded by the central and state governments in the ratio of 60:40. For Northeastern and Himalayan states, the center will bear 90 percent of the expenses towards the scheme. Gangotri, Yamunotri included under PRASAD scheme: Tourism ministry  Union Government has included Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttarakhand, Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh and Parasnath in Jharkhand under Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on December 5, 2018 Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) to develop pilgrimage launched the ‘Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana’ which offers free and heritage destinations in the country. travel packages for senior citizens from Delhi to five religious  With the new additions, the number of sites under the circuits. 1,100 senior citizens from every constituency of Delhi Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage will be able to avail this facility at one go. Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) launched by the Under this free pilgrimage scheme, a Delhi resident above 60 years ministry in 2014-15 has now become 41 in 25 states. will be eligible to take free pilgrimage along with his or her spouse.  The scheme aimed at infrastructure development such as A total of 77000 pilgrims will be able to avail this facility every entry points (road, rail and water transport), last mile year. On an average, the scheme will incur a cost of Rs 7000 per connectivity, basic tourism facilities like Information/ pilgrim. Interpretation Centers, ATM/ money exchange, eco- Shri Radha Mohan Singh launched a portal ENSURE- Na- friendly modes of transport, lighting and illumination with renewable sources of energy, parking, drinking water, tional Livestock Mission-EDEG developed by NABARD toilets, cloak room, waiting rooms, first aid centers, craft Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha bazars /haats/ souvenir shops/ cafeteria, rain shelters, Mohan Singh launched a portal ENSURE- National Livestock telecom facilities, internet connectivity etc. Mission-EDEG developed by NABARD and operated under the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying &Fisheries.The ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ field-level awareness campaign NABARD has developed an online portal “ENSURE” (https:// launched in three states ensure.nabard.org), in order to make the process of DBT better, A three-state field-level campaign on Beti Bachao Beti Padhao simpler and transparent, so that the information related to (BBBP) will be organised by the Union Government from the first beneficiary and processing of application can be made readily week of January 2019. available. As a part of the campaign, over 900 cultural programmes across The NABARD has developed an online portal “ENSURE” (https:/ various districts of Maharashtra, 100 programmes in Goa and 30 /ensure.nabard.org), in order to make the process of DBT better, programmes in UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli would be held. The simpler and transparent, so that the information related to awareness and sensitisation drive is being organised by the Pune beneficiary and processing of application can be made readily office of Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB) and the Union Ministry available. of Information & Broadcasting in coordination with Women and AyushmanBharat:West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh top Child Development Departments of the respective states. The campaign was launched by Gauri Gadgil, a Divyang child and beneficiaries an international swimmer, by placing her fingers on traditional West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh emerged the largest instrument “Dholak”, symbolising the creation of reverberance beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat, Narendra Modigovernment’s about the scheme across the three states. flagship healthcare insurance scheme. 

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The programme is run by IARI. The President also dedicated the Rice Bio-Park to the people of Myanmar. India-Japan: India and Japan signed Exchange of Notes and Loan Agreements on Japan’s Official Development Assistance Loan to India. These 3 projects are: • Chennai Metro Project (Phase 2) (I) for Japanese Yen (JPY) 75.519 billion • Program for Japan-India Cooperative Actions towards Sustainable Development Goals in India for JPY 15.000 billion • Project for Dairy Development for JPY 14.978 billion. For these three projects, Japan has committed JICA Official Development Assistance of around Rs. 6668.46 crore jointly. Indian Firm Takes Over Operations of Strate- gic Iranian Port Chabahar India Ports Global Limited Company has opened India-China its office and took over operations at the Shaheed Behesti port at 1. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting organized an Chabahar. It happened during the occasion of the first meeting of India-China Film festival during the first India-China the follow-up committee for implementation of the trilateral High Level Mechanism on Cultural and People-to-People Chabahar agreement between India, Afghanistan and Iran. Exchanges in New Delhi. 2. India which is the largest producer and consumer of milk India Announces $1.4 billion Package for Maldives, Agree- has extended the ban on import of milk products from ments Signed China for 4 months.The ban was primarily imposed due India announced a $1.4 billion package for the Maldives to meet its to the concerns about the presence of melamine in some immediate budgetary as well as some medium-term requirements. of the milk consignments from China. Melamine is a Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the package that includes toxic non-edible chemical used for making plastics and soft loans after talks with visiting Maldives President Ibrahim fertilisers. Solih in New Delhi. India, Afghanistan and Iran 18th meeting of IRIGC-MTC held in New Delhi First meeting of the Follow-up Committee for implementation of The Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently met the Trilateral Chabahar Agreement between India, Afghanistan and Russian Defence Minister General Sergei Shoigu at the 18th meeting Iran was held in the port city of Chabahar in Iran. of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military India Ports Global Limited company opened its office and took Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) that was held in New Delhi. over operations at the Shaheed Behesti port at Chabahar. The next Follow-up Committee meeting, followed by the 2nd Cabinet Approvals with Foreign Countries: Coordination Council Meeting the level of Secretaries/ Deputy  Cabinet approved Memorandum of Cooperation between Ministers, will held in India in 2019. India and Japan in the field of Healthcare and Wellness, Environmental Cooperation, Cooperation in the Postal President Kovind Dedicates ACARE Project To People Of field. Myanmar  MoU between India and the USA concerning Scientific President Ram Nath Kovind and first lady Savita Kovind concluded and Technical Cooperation in the Earth Sciences. 4 day visite to Myanmar. During his stay, the President visited capital Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon, and interact with his counterpart  MoU between India and France in the field of energy U Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. efficiency / energy conservation. He dedicated – India assisted project ‘Advanced Centre for  MoU between India and Tajikistan on Cooperation on Agricultural Research & Education’ (ACARE) – to the people of Peaceful uses of Space Technology for Development. Myanmar. The project focuses on Genetics, Post Harvest  MoU between India and Russia on Joint Activities under Technology, Participatory Knowledge Management and capacity Human Spaceflight Programme. building for farmers in Myanmar.  MoU between India and Zimbabwe for cooperation in Earlier, President Ram Nath Kovind dedicated the Advanced Centre the field of geology, mining and mineral resources. for Agricultural Research and Education to the people of Myanmar.

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 MoU between India and Uzbekistan on Cooperation in India and France also agreed to enhance their strategic partnership the exploration and uses of Outer Space for peaceful through cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, civil nuclear, defence and purposes. security, space, trade and economic sectors.  MoU between India and Armenia on joint issue of postage India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj stated stamp. that Paris and New Delhi are working together on multiple international forums including Financial Action Task Force (FATF).  MoU between India and Algeria on Cooperation in the The two nations are jointly working on Jaitapur nuclear power field of Space Sciences, Technologies and Applications. project. India, Saudi Arabia Sign Bilateral Annual Haj Agreement India, UAE sign currency swap deal of 35 billion rupees For 2019  India and the United Arab Emirates signed a currency Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Government of India Shri swap agreement to boost investment and enable direct Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, and Haj and Umrah Minister of Kingdom trade without using dollars or other international of Saudi Arabia, Dr Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten signed currencies. bilateral annual Haj 2019 agreement between India and Saudi Arabia at Jeddah.  The swap is for 2 billion dirhams or 35 billion Indian Shri Naqvi said that the Saudi Arabia Government has always rupees ($496 million). played active and effective role to ensure safety and better facilities  Currency Swap is a pact between two countries that to Indian Haj pilgrims. allows trading in their own currencies and payments to The Haj Committee of India has received more than 2.47 lakh import and export trade at a pre-determined exchange applications next year’s pilgrimage, Union Minority Affairs rate, without bringing in a third benchmark currency like Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. the US dollar. India and France agree to fight terrorism jointly 

 GI is covered as element of intellectual property rights (IPRs) under Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property. TN Government launches 24-hour helpline 181 for women Tamil Nadu Government launched a 24-hour toll free helpline number 181 for women facing domestic violence and sexual harassment to get assistance ranging from police help, legal aid or medical services including ambulance. Nagaland Becomes Second state to adopt pan- India Women Helpline Nagaland became the first state in the Northeast and NEWS second state in the country, after Himachal Pradesh, to launch a pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS). The launch coincided with the state’s formation day and the inaugural day of 2018 edition of the Hornbill festival. Odisha’s KandhamalHaldi to get GI tag. Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana Launched In Uttarakhand  KandhamalHaldi is famous for its healing properties. It ‘Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana’ has been launched in is main cash crop of tribal people in Kandhamal. Apart Uttarakhand. Under the scheme, each household in the state will from domestic use, it is also used for cosmetic and be able to avail medical treatment of up to 5 lakh rupees annually. medicinal purposes. The scheme will benefit 23 lakh households and cover 1,350 critical  Geographical Indication (GI): GI tag is name or sign diseases. used on certain products which correspond to specific geographical location or origin. It is used for agricultural, Manipur Assembly Passes Anti-mob Violence Bill natural and manufactured goods having special quality The Manipur Assembly has passed a bill which recommends life and established reputation. imprisonment for those involved in mob violence if it results in the

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Maharashtra CM launched ‘SMART’ initiative Himachal Pradesh First State To Launch Single Emergency Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has launched a Number ‘112’ unique initiative called ‘State of Maharashtra’s Agribusiness and Himachal Pradesh has became first Indian state to launch a single Rural Transformation’ (SMART) on 5 December 2018. emergency number “112”. This will connect to police, fire, health The aim of the ‘SMART’ initiative is to revamp agricultural value and other helplines through an Emergency Response Centre in the chains, with a special focus on marginal farmers across 1,000 state. villages. The initiative is assisted by the World Bank. Under this project, an Emergency Response Centre (ERC) has been established in Shimla along with 12 district command centres Odisha CM Announces Rs10,000 cr KALIA Scheme For (DCCs), covering the entire state. Union Home Ministry statement Farmers stated that Ensuring safety of women, ‘SHOUT‘ feature has been Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announced a Rs10,000 crore scheme introduced in ‘112 India’ mobile app to seek immediate assistance for the overall development of farmers. Named Krushak Assistance from registered volunteers. for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA), the scheme will provide farmers with Rs. 10,000 a year at the rate of Rs5,000 each for Kharif and Rabi season. Additionally, crop loans of up to  Rs50,000 will be interest-free under the scheme.

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Tamaryn Green from South Africa was named the first runner-up while Miss Venezuela Sthefany Gutiérrez stood third at the pageant which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. India was represented by 22-year-old Nehal Chudasama, who couldn’t qualify for top 20. DIPP Swachch Bharat Grand Challenge Awards Presented As part of the Swachhta Pakhwada , Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) organized a Swachch Bharat Grand Challenge. Four areas of sanitation, waste management, water and wastewater management and air management were selected for the grand challenge. 1. Sector – Air 1st Prize: Maclec technical project laboratory pvt. Ltd, Delhi. 2. Sector – Sanitation-1st Prize: Altersoft Innovations India Private Limited, Kerala (Cochin). 3. Sector – Waste-1st Prize: Sanshodhan An E- Waste Exchange Private Limited, Telangana. 4. Sector – Water-1st Prize: REVY Environmental Mexico’s Vanessa Ponce de Leon wins Miss World 2018. Solutions Pvt Ltd, Gujarat. The winner of Miss World 2018 is Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce De Leon.ManushiChhillar who was Miss World 2017, crowned Rafi Award her successor. The Mohammed Rafi Award has been bestowed upon late music composer Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and playback singer Usha Rattan Lal, has won the Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 Timothy. Rattan Lal, has won the Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 in a ceremony at the Rome headquarters of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Tansen Samman Organization (FAO) for his outstanding contribution to sustainable Noted sitar player Manju Mehta has been conferred with the soil management. Rattan Lal is a distinguished university professor ‘Tansen Samman’ for 2018 by the Madhya Pradesh government of soil science at the Ohio State University and also the President for her contribution in the field of music. Union minister Narendra of the International Union of Soil Science (IUSS). Singh Tomar presented the award to Mehta, 74, at the inaugural The Glinka World Soil Prize, named after the pioneering Russian ceremony of the Tansen Music Festival. scientist Konstantin D. Glinka, is considered the highest honour in the soil science profession. PETA India’s 2018 Person of the Year Actress Sonam Kapoor, a vegan, has been named People for the Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai won Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s Person of the Year 2018 Gleitsman Award by Harvard University for 2018. Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai was honored by Harvard University in the United States for her work promoting Indian Film ‘Period. End of Sentence’ Made It To Oscars girls’ education. Shortlist Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace ‘Period. End of Sentence’ has made it to the Oscar shortlist in the Prize in 2014 when she was recognised for her global work Documentary Short Subject category. This is a film about women supporting schooling for all children. in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real-life ‘Pad Man’ Arunachalam Jnanpith Award 2018 Muruganantham. A total of 104 films had originally qualified in the Novelist Amitav Ghosh (62-year) will receive the country’s highest category. India’s entry for the Foreign Language Film Category, literary honourJnanpith Award 2018 (54th). The award is given to Village Rockstars is out of the Oscar race. an author for outstanding contribution towards literature. The decision to honourMr.Ghosh was taken at a meeting of the Jnanpith Aadi Sai Vijaykaran Wins ‘Top Debater In The World’ Title Selection Board chaired by novelist and Jnanpith laureate Pratibha Aadi Sai Vijaykaran created history by winning the Junior Debate Ray. Championship at the World Scholar’s Cup held at Yale University, the USA. Miss Universe 2018 Philippines’ Catriona Gray has been crowned Miss Universe 2018, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu Confers Skoch Golden Ju- becoming the fourth woman from the country to win the title. bilee Challenger Award

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Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has conferred the 2. The Best Actor (Male) Award has gone to Chemban Skoch Golden Jubilee Challenger Award at the 55th Skoch Summit Vinod for his portrayal in Ee.Ma.Yau of ‘Eeshi’. in New Delhi. The Skoch Challenger Awards are the highest 3. The Best Actor (Female) Award has gone to Anastasiia independently instituted civilian honours. The Commerce and Pustovit for her portrayal of a ‘Larysa’. Industry Minister was awarded for his contribution to reforms, 4. Milko Lazarov walked away with the Special Jury Award particularly in the power sector reforms. for his film ‘Aga’. A book titled ‘India 2030’ was also released on the occasion. For 5. Salim Khan, the celebrated actor, story-screenplay- its inclusive banking and expansion in rural areas with the dialogue writer of Hindi films was honoured with the establishment of 35 easy payment units in Himalayan district of IFFI 2018 Special Award for his Lifetime Contribution Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K Bank was conferred with SKOCH to Cinema. Award in ‘Banking and Finance (B&F) Silver Category’. 6. ‘Los Silencios’, the Portuguese, Spanish movie directed 1. Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award: Chief Minister by Beatriz Seigner got the special mention under ICFT- of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee. UNESCO Gandhi medal category. 2. SKOCH Sprinter of the Year: Andhra Pradesh Chief 7. ‘Walking with the Wind’, directed by Praveen Morchhale, Minister N Chandrababu Naidu won The ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal instituted by 3. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government the International Council for Film, Television and of India has been conferred the Skoch Award for National Audiovisual Communication, Paris and UNESCO. SignificancE NEWS IN BRIEF India’s Prathamesh Maulingkar Wins Mister Supranational  IT czar and philanthropist Azim Premji was bestowed 2018 with the highest French civilian distinction Chevalier de Goa’s Prathamesh Maulingkar has created history by becoming la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour). the first Asian/Indian to win Mister Supranational title in a Premji, who is the chairman of Bengaluru-headquartered competition held at Krynica-Zdroj, Poland. The 27-year-old IT major Wipro, received the distinction from the defeated 37 contestants from all over the world in the final round Ambassador of France to India Alexandre Ziegler in to win the coveted title. At the same pageant, Mister Supranational Bengaluru. Poland was adjudged first runner-up, Mister Supranational Brazil  Producer Ashok Amritraj was honoured with the French was adjudged second runner-up and Mister Supranational Thailand Knight of the National Order of Merit. The former CEO was announced as the third runner-up. of National Geographic Films and United Nations Luka Modric Wins Ballon d’Or 2018 Goodwill Ambassador was lauded for his contribution Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric won Ballon d’Or to the world of cinema and Indo-French film industry. 2018 in Paris. In the process, he broke the decade-long duopoly  Manika Batra won the ‘Breakthrough Table Tennis Star’ over the award held by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The award at the prestigious International Table Tennis last player to win the award outside of Ronaldo and Messi was Federation (ITTF) Star Awards in Incheon, South Korea. Brazilian great Kaka in 2007.The 33-year old Croatian was awarded India coach Massimo Costantini won Table Tennis Star the FIFA’s World Cup 2018 MVP, UEFA’s Player of the Year Coach award. 2018, Best FIFA Footballer of the Year and the number one player  The city of Paris will strip Myanmar leader Aung San by International Federation of Football History and Statistics. Suu Kyi of her honorary freedom of the Paris award over her failure to speak out against a crackdown on Rohingya Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Nawazuddin And Nandita Das Muslims. She has already been stripped of her honorary Received Awards Canadian citizenship and her Amnesty International’s Asia Pacific Screen Award (APSA) 2018 for Best Performance by “Ambassador of Conscience Award”. an Actor (Male) went to Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Manto. Nandita  India’s Olympic and world champion shooter Abhinav Das, director of the movie herself received the prestigious Bindra has been conferred the sport’s highest honour for International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) his outstanding services as the chairman of the Award for achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region. The 12th International Shooting Sport Federation’s Athletes Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) were given out at the Brisbane Committee. He was a member of the ISSF Athletes Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) in Brisbane, Australia. Committee from 2010 to 2014 and chairman from 2014 The awards ceremony was hosted by Australian actress Sofie to 2018. Formica and New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis. IFFI 2018: Donbass Wins The Golden Peacock  Donbass directed by Sergei Loznitsa has won the coveted Golden Peacock Award at the 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which concluded in Goa on November 28, 2018. More From IFFI 2018 : 1. Lijo Jose Pellissery conferred Best Director Award for Ee.Ma.Yau.

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Presently, the panel consists of 11 countries — India, Germany, Chile, Canada, France, Italy, Philippines, Ghana, Indonesia, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Pawan Singh: He is the first Indian to be elected in ISSF judges committee. The Judges Committee consists of a ChairmanGujarati and 7 members. poet Sitanshu It is responsible Yashaschandra for the uniform applicationchosen of shootingfor 2017 rules. Saraswati Samman RavindraGujarati Kumar poet, Verma playwright: He tookand academiccharge as TechnicalSitanshu MemberYashaschandra in the Appellate was selected Tribunal for for2017 Electricity Saraswati (APTEL),Samman Ministry for his of collectionPower, for of a versesperiod (poetry)of 3 years. titled T.S Vijayan“Vakhar”: publishedT.S Vijayan, in 2009. former It was Life 27 Insuranceedition of Corporationthe award. 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Lopez Obrador Harivansh : He Rai was Bachchan sworn in aswas the first58th 24th Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Urjit Patel, resigned President of Mexico.recipient of this award for his autobiography citing personal reasons. AS Rajeev: State-ownedpublished Dashdwar Bank of SeMaharashtra Sopan Tak announced written in fourthat The resignation of the former governor was imminent from the AS Rajeev has joinedvolumes. the lender as its managing director and chief recent government-RBI tussles on a host of issues, including: executive officer. Prior to this, he was executive director of Indian  Central bank autonomy, Bank.  The government reportedly seeking a share of the RBI reserves and RaninderSingh: He has become the first Indian to be elected one  Relaxing the restrictive prompt corrective action (PCA) of the four vice-presidents of the International Shooting Sport framework for state-owned banks. Federation. PreetiSaran: Former senior Indian diplomat Preeti Saran has been Shaktikanta Das: elected to the Asia Pacific seat on the Committee on Economic, • Shaktikanta Das, former Economics Affairs Secretary Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) of the UN for 4 years. appointed as 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of Lalit Kumar: The government appointed Lalit Kumar, a 1995- India (RBI) for a period of three years.He succeeded batch Indian Economic Service (IES) officer as the new government Urjit Patel after he resigned from the post on 10th nominee on private sector ICICI Bank. December 2018. Atul Sahai: The government announced that Atul Sahai will be • Appointment of Governor of the RBI by government appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of New India Assurance (NIA) for a five year period replacing G Srinivasan. comes under Sub section 4 of section 8 of the RBI act The Appointments Committee 1934. Krishnamurthy Subramanian: of the Cabinet (ACC), chaired by PM Narendra Modi, appointed Jamal Khashoggi:Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was Krishnamurthy Subramanian as Chief Economic Advisor for a murdered at his country’s Istanbul consulate in October was named period of 3 years. Time Magazine’s “Person of the year” along with a group of other He is currently serving as Associate Professor of Finance (with persecuted journalists collectively called “the Guardians of the tenure) and Executive Director for the Centre for Analytical Finance truth”. at the Indian School of Business, a top business school in India. Rajiv Mehrishi: He would replace Arvind Subramanian who resigned from the post  Comptroller and Auditor General(CAG) of India Rajiv on 20 June 2018. Mehrishi became the Vice-Chair of the UN Panel of Wasim Khan: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointed Wasim Auditors for a term of 2 years ending on June 30, 2020. Khan, CEO of Leicenstershire County Cricket Club as the  The decision was taken in the panel’s annual meeting in Managing Director of PCB. New York which was held from 3rd to 4th December BrahmDutt:Yes Bank Ltd has named BrahmDutt (one of its 2018. independent directors) as the bank’s part-time non-executive  The panel is currently chaired by the Comptroller and independent chairman.Earlier, former Finance Secretary Ashok Auditor General of the UK and consists of External Chawla resigned from the position. Auditors of the United Nations and its agencies. Ranil Wickremesinghe: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

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RamphalPawar: The government of India appointed “Last Tango in Paris” enthralled and shocked the world, has passed RamphalPawar as Director of National Crime Records Bureau away. (NCRB).NCRB is an Indian government agency responsible for Jagdish Thakkar: Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the prime collecting and analysing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal minister’s office and senior journalist Jagdish Thakkar passed away Code. in New Delhi. New CM Appointments Dipali Borthakur: Legendary Assamese singer Dipali Borthakur  Telangana:- K Chandrashekar Rao (Telangana Rashtra popularly referred to as the “Nightingale of Assam” passed away. Samithi)  Mizoram:-Zoramthanga (Mizo National Front) Mohammed Aziz: Singer Mohammed Aziz has passed away aged  MadhayaPradesh :- Kamalnath (Congress) 64 following a cardiac arrest in Mumbai.  Chhattisgarh : Bhupesh Baghel (Congress) CN Balakrishnan: Former Kerala Minister CN Balakrishnan  Rajasthan :AshokGehlot (Congress) Passes Away Tulsi Giri: Former Prime Minister of Nepal Tulsi Giri has passed OBITUARY away in Kathmandu. Paddy Ashdown: Former Liberal Democrats leader of UK Politics George HW Bush: The 41st President of the US, George HW Nirupam Sen: Veteran CPI (M) leader from Kolkata Bush has passed away on at the age of 94. His son, George W Bush also served as 43rd US President. Bush, the last veteran of World Nirendranath Chakraborty:Famous Bengali poet Nirendranath War II to serve as President, was officially the longest living Chakraborty died following a cardiac arrest in Kolkata President in US history. He had also served as the US Vice President Dwijen Mukhopadhyay : Veteran Rabindra Sangeet singer Dwijen for eight years. Mukhopadhyay died at his residence in Salt Lake,West Bengal Bernardo Bertolucci: Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, who  won Oscars with “The Last Emperor” and whose erotic drama

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Bogibeel bridge, India’s longest railroad bridge in Assam. Till now Vembanad rail bridge in Kerala was dubbed as the longest railway-bridge in India at 4.62km of length. The 4.94 km structure was built at a cost of Rs. 5900 crores by Indian Railways.  It is also Asia’s 2nd longest rail-and-road connector having a life span of 120 years.It will reduce travel time from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh to four hours

India’s first music museum to be set up in Thiruvaiyaru State Minister for Culture and Tamil Development Shri K Pandiarajan announced setting up of the country’s first music museum in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamilnadu.

India’s largest Cancer Institute to come up in Haryana’s Jhajjar India’s 1st Private UAV Factory Comes Up in Hyderabad Union Health Minister JP Nadda has announced that India’ first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial India’s largest cancer hospital, the National Cancer Institute will vehicles (UAVs) opened at Adani Aerospace Park in Hyderabad. be inaugurated in Haryana’s Jhajjar district in January. The Institute Built by the Adani Group and Israel-based Elbit Systems, the aims to bridge the deficit of tertiary cancer care in the northern 50,000 square feet facility will develop Hermes 900 medium altitude region. long-endurance UAVs for the Indian and global markets. 552-carat diamond found in Canada, largest in North India’s longest railroad bridge”Bogibeel Bridge”, inaugu- America rated in Assam A 552-carat yellow diamond has been found in Canada, the largest known discovery in North America. The diamond was unearthed

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of hosting the Olympic games for the first time. The bidding process is expected to start in 2022 and a host city will be decided by 2025. Pune to host Khelo India Youth Games 2019; Jersey launched Rajyavardhan Rathore, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, launched jersey for Khelo India Youth Games and announced that 2nd edition of the national-level competition is moving out of the Capital and will be held in Pune, Maharashtra. In 2019 the number of participants will almost be tripled with 9000 athletes as compared to 3500 young athletes that had participated in the games, in 2018. The 1st edition of the game had chosen 1500 children under this scheme, all of them are being funded with Rs 5 lakh each and are being provided the best training that they need to ensure that they win at the highest international levels. Budapest to host 2023 IAAF World Champi- PV Sindhu became first Indian to win the BWF World Tour onships Finals tournament Hungarian capital Budapest was officially confirmed as the host PV Sindhu made history, becoming the first Indian to win the city of the 2023 International Association of Athletics Federations season-ending BWF World Tour Finals tournament. The World (IAAF) World Championships. The World Championships will No. 6 needed 1 hour 2 minutes to seal a 21-19, 21-17 win over the return to Europe after a six year hiatus following Doha, Qatar in fifth-ranked Nozomi Okuhara at the BWF World Tour Finals in 2019 and Eugene, USA in 2021. The 2017 IAAF World Guangzhou, China. Championships was held at London, England. Budapest has recently hosted, the World Wrestling Championships in 2018 and has been Winner Runner-Up awarded the title of European Capital of Sport for 2019 Kento Momota Men’s Shi Yuqi (China) Atlawim Debebe of Ethiopia Wins Pune International Mara- Singles (Japan) thon Nozomi Okuhara Women’s P. V. Sindhu (India) Atlawim Debebe of Ethiopia won the Full Marathon with the Singles (Japan) timing of 2 hours 17 minutes 17 seconds. Teshome Getachew claimed second and Bekele Asefa third position. Both of them are The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has submitted a for- also from Ethiopia. In women’s Full Marathon Pascalia Chepkogei from Kenya stood first with the timing of 2 hour 50 minutes 27 mal expression of interest to bid for 2032 Olympics. seconds. Belew Mekonnen and Fekede Tilahun of Ethiopia claimed Mumbai and Delhi are the top two options under consideration by second and third position. Dekebe Tafa and Degefa Gezmu both Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which has approached the from Ethiopia are winners of the men’s and women’s half marathon. International Olympic Committee. India is holding on to its dream

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Mary Kom Wins Sixth World Championship Title Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep were named as the 2018 ITF MC Mary Kom has created history by becoming the first woman world champions by the governing body of global tennis. World to win six boxing world titles by clinching the 48 kg gold at the No 1 Djokovic receives the honour from the International Tennis 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. Federation (ITF) for the sixth time, while it is the first year that Romania’s top-ranked Halep has been recognised. Syed Modi International Championships Sameer Verma has won the Syed Modi International Badminton Belgium beat Netherlands to win men’s Hockey World Cup Championships, men’s singles final against China’s Guangzu Lu, Belgium defeated Netherlands in the final at the Kalinga Stadium in to retain the title. With this win, Verma sealed his spot in the BWF Bhubaneswar to clinch the men’s Hockey World Cup for the first World Tour Finals. However, former champion Saina Nehwal lost time. to Han Yue of China in women’s singles summit clash and won This is the second consecutive time that Netherlands finished second silver. in the tournament. Australia crushed England 8-1 to win Bronze medal in Odisha Australia Win Women’s World Twenty20 Crown World Cup 2018. Australia clinched Women’s World Twenty20 title as they attained an easy win over England in the final of the Women’s World T20 Crotia’s Luka Modric Wins Men’s Ballon d’Or Award 2018 tournament. This is Australia’s 4th title win at Women’s World Crotia’s midfielder Luca Modrich (33) has won prestigious honor T20 in 6 editions of the tournament. The Southern Stars have won of football, Ballon d’Or. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo won the trophy previously in 2010, 2012 and 2014. West Indies hosted it for 5 times each. the event. NEWS IN BRIEF Eliud Kipchoge and CaterineIbarguen named IAAF athletes of the year • Pakistan’s leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the fastest cricketer to take 200 Test wickets in just 33 Tests. Kenya’s Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Colombian jumper CaterineIbarguen was awarded with Male and • Lewis Hamilton was awarded with Drivers’ Driver of Female World athlete of the year for the first time at the the Year after claiming the 5th World Drivers’ International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletics Championship. Awards 2018 held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. • Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Ponting Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik Win Gold At Wrestling Na- received his commemorative cap from compatriot ICC tionals Cricket Hall of Famer, Glenn McGrath at the MCG. Indian star wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik successfully emerged champions in the 57 kg and 62 kg title respectively in the • Spain’s Real Madrid won the Club World Cup for a third Tata Motors Senior Women’s National Championship. consecutive year, and record fourth in total, by beating Abu Dhabi side Al Ain in the final. Real now hold the ICC ropes in Royal Stag as official sponsor record for most victories in the competition, which was The International Cricket Council (ICC) has roped in Royal Stag first held in 2000, moving one clear of Spanish rivals as the official sponsor for the next five years. The partnership, Barcelona. which runs through 2023, will cover international events, including • Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Daredevils the ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC T20 World Cup and ICC World were renamed as Delhi Capitals and the announcement Test Championship. ICC currently also has Nissan, Oppo, MRF was made in a function in the capital held by owners Tyres and Emirates as global partners. GMR Group and JSW Sports. Sascha Bajin, Naomi Osaka’s coach became first ever WTA • Renowned Kabaddi Player, Anup Kumar announced his Coach of the Year retirement from Kabaddi ending a 15-year iconic career. Sascha Bajin, coach of the world number five Naomi Osaka, became The 35-year-old had led India to a memorable Kabaddi the first-ever recipient of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) World Cup title triumph in 2016. Coach of the Year Award. • The 37th Senior National Rowing Championship began Golden State Warriors Named Sports Illustrated’s 2018 in the Army Rowing Node in Pune. Around 500 rowers Sportsperson of the Year and coaches from various rowing associations across the NBA champion Golden State Warriors have been named the 2018 country are taking part in the Championship. Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year. The team will be • Italy won ‘Admiral’s Cup’ Sailing Regatta 2018 honored at the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Awards Indian Cricket Team captain Virat Kohli became the Show in Los Angeles. • India’s Manika Batra became the first Indian Table Tennis player second fastest player to score 25 Test Centuries after to be decorated with the ‘Breakthrough Table Tennis Star’ award. scoring 123 runs on the third day of Second Test against Australia at Perth. He is only behind of former Australian Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep named 2018 ITF world captain and cricketing legend Sir Don Bradman. champions

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• MC Mary Kom , six times World Women Boxing • Ullas Narayan became the first ever Indian individual Champion and Olympic Bronze medalist honoured with medal winner in an international ultra running event by Meethoileima title (means Outstanding Queen)by clinching a bronze in the 2018 International Association Manipur government. of Ultra Running (IAU) 24 Hour Asia & Oceania • 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) season auction to be Championships in Taipei. held in Jaipur,Rajasthan. • India’s 13-year-old shooter Esha Singh won the Women’s, • Rajasthan’s Maheshwari Chauhan retained her women’s Youth Women’s and Junior Women’s 10m Air Pistol competitions at the National Shooting Championship at skeet title at the 62nd National Shooting Championship Thiruvananthapuram. Competitions (NSCC) for shotgun events in Jaipur. • Gautam Gambhir has announced his retirement from all • BCCI has appointed W V Raman as Indian women’s cricket team coach. forms of Cricket. The 37-year-old announced his retirement on social media. A 12-year international career fetched over 10,000 runs for the country; 4,154 in 58  Tests, 5,238 in 147 ODIs and 932 in 37 T20Is.

Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) along with 30 other satellites from eight countries. These satellites were launched on board of ISRO’s workhorse PSLV- C43 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. PSLV-C43 was 45th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with combined payload of 641.5kg. It was ‘Core Alone’ version of PSLV i.e. lightest version of the launch vehicle. The co-passengers of HysIS include 1 micro and 29 nano satellites from eight different countries including one each from Australia, Canada, Columbia, Finland, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain and 23 from US.

World’s 1st 3D-Printed Functional e-Bike Made In Germany German firm BigRep claims it has produced the world’s first fully functioning e-motorbike NERA using a 3D printer. According to the company, NERA has groundbreaking features like airless tires, Military Communication Satellite GSAT-7A successfully embedded electronics, and forkless steering. launched by ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched India’s 1st Engine-Less ‘Train 18’ Breaches 180 kmph the communication satellite GSAT-7A on 19th December 2018 Speed Limit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra India’s first locomotive-less train, known as Train 18, has breached Pradesh. GSAT-7A weighing 2250 kg was launched using the 180 kilometers per hour speed limit during a test run at Kota- Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F11). Sawai Madhopur section in Rajasthan. When this indigenously designed train is made operational, it will become the country’s GSAT-11: India’s heaviest satellite launched from French fastest train. Guyana Four new gravitational waves detected Indian Space Research and Organisation (ISRO) has successfully The gravitational waves were detected by the US-based LIGO and launched India’s heaviest and most-advanced communication satellite GSAT-11(also called Big Bird ) into space. It was launched Europe-based VIRGO gravitational-wave detectors. The new on board of Ariane 5 VA-246 rocket from Kourou Launch Base, waves are known as ‘GW170729’, ‘GW170809’, ‘GW170818’, French Guiana. and ‘GW170823’, in reference to the dates they were detected. ISRO successfully launches earth observation satellite HysIS SpaceX Launches 64 Satellites Aboard Reusable Rocket Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully SpaceX successfully launched 64 small satellites, including India’s launched country’s first advance earth observation satellite Hyper ExseedSAT-1 in the company’s largest-ever “rideshare” mission

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NASA InSight Lands On Mars 7 Months After Launch NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft find evidence of water on NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed on Mars after nearly a 7 months, asteroid Bennu 458-million-kilometre journey, and a 6.5-minute parachuted descent NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, through the Red Planet’s atmosphere. The 360-kg lander also shared Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has found its first photo from Mars, showing an area called Elysium Planitia, water locked inside asteroid Bennu. Bennu is too small to have where it will dig five meters below the surface. The $993-million ever hosted liquid water, but this finding does indicate that liquid mission will measure the Mars’ internal heat and study quakes. water was present at some time on Bennu’s parent body, a much larger asteroid. InSight lander places its first instrument (SEIS) on Mars InSight, NASA’s new Mars lander, has set up its first instrument on planet Mars. The instrument placed by InSight, which landed 

Strategy for New India @ 75: Health Sector The government think tank Niti Ayog has unveiled the Strategy for New India @ 75 which define clear objectives for 2022-23. The strategy document with 41 chapters has been disaggregated under four sections, which are: Drivers, Infrastructure, Inclusion and Governance. The document makes the recommendations related to the health sector under the Drivers section. Second Largest Ebola Outbreak Spreads In Congo The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city in eastern Congo. Butembo, with more than one million residents, is now reporting cases of the deadly hemorrhagic fever.

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outside the Caucasus. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy. The last major eruption was in 1992. EU Aims to Be First Carbon Neutral Economy By 2050 The European Commission is the first major economy to set its sight on achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The EU’s climate chief, Miguel Arias Canete, cited a recent scientific report that warned of deadly consequences for many species on Earth from rising temperatures. The European Union’s executive branch proposed that the bloc should cut its emissions of greenhouse gases to net zero by 2050, a measure scientists say needs to be adopted worldwide in order to avoid catastrophic global warming.

‘Asiatic Lion Conservation Project’ launched by Government The “Asiatic Lion Conservation Project” has been launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest Indonesia hit by Volcanic Tsunami and Climate Change(MoEFCC). The total budget of the “Asiatic Indonesia was hit by a Tsunami. As the giant tsunami waves crashed Lion Conservation Project” for 3 years stands at about Rs. 9784 into coastal towns on the islands of Sumatra and Java, at least 281 lakh. The project will be funded under the ‘Development of Wildlife people were killed and 1,016 were injured.The Tsunami which Habitat (CSS-DWH)’ scheme which is a Centrally Sponsored Indonesia witnessed on 22nd December is attributed to the collapse Scheme. The cost will be borne in the 60:40 ratio by the Central in the west-southwest flank of the Anak Krakatau volcano. and State government. Italy’s Mount Etna Volcano erupts India 4th highest emitter of Carbon Dioxide Italy’s Mount Etna volcano erupted on 24th December 2018 According to the projection by the Global Carbon Project, India is resulting in more than 130 earthquakes of up to 4.3 in magnitude. the fourth highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world. The volcanic lava and ash spewed from a new fracture near its The top four emitters of carbon dioxide in 2017 were China (27%), south-eastern crater for the first time in a decade and was visible the US (15%), the European Union (10%) and India (7%). for miles.Mount Etna is Europe’s highest and most active volcano 

India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-IV missile India successfully test fired nuclear-capable long- range Inter Continental Ballistic Missile Agni-IV from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. This was the 7th trial of Agni-IV missile. It has a strike range of 4,000 km. The Agni-IV missile was designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). India has an armory of the Agni series missiles: Agni-1 with 700 km range Agni-2 with a 2,000-km range Agni-3 and Agni-4 with 2,500 km to more than 3,500-km range Agni-5 with a strike range of 5,000 km Military Exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’

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India and China concluded the ‘Hand-in-Hand’ military exercise in INDRA NAVY: The bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy China’s Chengdu city. This was the 7th edition of the ‘Hand-in- and Russian Federation Navy exercises held in Visakhapatnam. Hand’ military exercise. Second edition of exercise AVIAINDRA 2018 commenced Indian Coast Guard conducted Exercise ‘Clean Sea-2018’ at between IAF and RFSAF at Jodhpur: sea off Port Blair 11-day long AVIAINDRA 2018, the 2nd edition of bi-annual air The Indian Coast Guard conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil service exercise between Indian Air Force (IAF) and Russian Pollution Response Exercise titled ‘Clean Sea – 2018’ at sea off Federation Aerospace Force (RFSAF), commenced at Air Force Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Station Jodhpur,Rajasthan.It would conclude on 21 December 2018. 47th Anniversary of Vijay Diwas celebrated India celebrated Vijay Diwas on 16th December 2018 marking the NEWS IN BRIEF 47th anniversary of its victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war.  Indian Navy commissioned its 10th Naval Hostipal Ship Vijay Diwas, also called as Victory Day, is celebrated on every named ‘INHS Sandhani’ at the Naval station Karanja in 16th December in India. It marks the victory of Indian armed Uran near Mumbai, Maharashtra. forces over Pakistan in the war of Independence of Bangladesh Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Sunil Lanba. from Pakistan in 1971.  Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju HAL developed Light Utility Helicopter inagurated 55th anniversary of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)Director General, SSB: Shri S S Deswal. in New Indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) by Delhi.Director General, SSB: Shri S S Deswal. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has achieved important  The Defence Minister of India formally inaugurated the milestone of flying at 6 km altitude in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka. HAL is state-owned aerospace and defence company Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC- IOR) Indian at the Information Management and Analysis based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is governed under the management Centre (IMAC) in Gurugram . of the Union Defence Ministry.  Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on December 22, ‘CROSS BOW-18’ 2018 launched the Information Fusion Centre – Indian TheIndian Air Force (IAF) conducted combined guided weapons Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) at Information Management firing of Surface-to-Air Missiles from the Air Force Station located and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurugram. at Suryalanka, Andhra Pradesh. The first-of-its-kind exercise for the Air Force was code-named ‘CROSS BOW-18’. 

assess key challenges and suggest reforms in logistics development and associated commerce. Government Forms Panel Under BBB to Select MD for PSU Insurance Firms The government has constituted a seven-member panel to select managing directors of public sector insurance companies. The panel would be headed by Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman B P Sharma.

Bimal Jalan to Lead Panel on RBI’s Excess Reserves The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed former governor Bimal Jalan as the chairman of the Economic Capital Framework (ECF) committee formed to address the issue of excess reserves with the central bank. Former RBI deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has been appointed the vice-chairman of the committee. Other members include Bharat Doshi, Sudhir Mankad, Subhash Chandra Garg, and N.S. Vishwanathan. Logistics Development Committee constituted The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-  PM) has constituted a Logistics Development Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman of EAC-PM to

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Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated Global Agriculture and Food Summit 2018 in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Seven countries, including China, Israel and Malaysia are participating in the two-day Summit. ‘ECO Niwas Samhita 2018’ launched The Ministry of Power launched ‘ECO Niwas Samhita 2018’ .It is an Energy Conservation Building Code for Residential Buildings (ECBC- R). The objective is to benefit the occupants and environment by promoting energy efficiency in the design and construction of homes, apartments and townships. The Code is expected to assist a large number of architects and builders. 175th Meeting of the OPEC Conference & one day 5th OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministe- rial Meeting held in Vienna, Austria International Gita Mahotsav 2018 The next OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial 17-day long International Gita Mahotsav 2018 concluded in Meeting will convene in Vienna, Austria in April, 2019. Kurukshetra, Haryana. Mauritius was the partner country and About OPEC: Gujarat was the partner state. Acting President of Mauritius f& Headquarters: Vienna, Austria. Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory announced that his country would f& Secretary-General: HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo. organise a Gita festival on February 2019. f& Member Countries: 15 (earlier), After withdrawal of Qatar it is Prime Minister launched website of Cyber Coordination 14 now. Centre during DGP Conference f& Founded in Baghdad, Iraq in 1960. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the website for the Cyber HM Rajnath Singh Inaugurated 19th Hornbill Festival In Coordination Centre on the concluding day of 3-Day Conference Nagaland of Director Generals of Police, which was organized at Kevadiya Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 19th Hornbill Festival in Narmada district of Gujarat.Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in Nagaland on 55th Nagaland Statehood Day. In 1963, Nagaland announced the institution of Sardar Patel Award for National attains its statehood and was declared as the 16th state of the Integration on the pattern of Padma Awards. Indian Union, by Dr. Sarvapelli Radhakrishnana, the then President Global Agriculture & Food Summit 2018 Held in Jharkhand of India. 

‘Blue Waters Ahoy!’- The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Sunil Lamba released ‘Blue Waters Ahoy!’ a book chronicling the Indian Navy’s history from 2001-10 in New Delhi. ‘The Republican Ethic’ and ‘LoktantraKeSwar’.- Books on President’s speeches to be launched The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting will launch the books on selected speeches of President Ram Nath Kovind.it is a collection of 95 selected speeches out of a total of 243 speeches made by President . Vice President Releases the book on selected speeches of the President Titled “The Republican Ethic” in English and “LoktantrakeSwar” in New Delhi. Arvind Subramanian “Of Counsel:The Challenges of the Modi Jaitley Economy” was launched in Mumbai In the book Mr.Subramanian has provided with an inside account of his rollercoaster journey as the CEA from 2014 to 2018, succeeding Raghuram Rajan as captain of the ship.

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Merriam-Webster has declared ‘Justice’ as the 2018 Word Of The Year. As per Merriam-Webster says, the word ‘Justice’ is used in many phrases like racial justice, social justice and obstruction of justice.Merriam-Webster is a US company famous for its dictionaries and also known for reference books that it publishes. COSEWIC warned that the polar bear are at the risk of disappearing Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) experts warned that the polar bear, Canada’s largest land predator, is at the risk of disappearing from its vast Arctic landscape. The reason has been cited as the melting Arctic sea ice makes hunting prey a challenge to the polar bear. New Vehicles to be Pre-Fitted with High Se- curity Registration plates from April, 2019 US researchers made world’s smallest tic-tac-toe game board The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways with DNA notified amendments to central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 and Researchers from California Institute of Technology, United States announced that all new vehicles will be sold pre-fitted with the of America (USA) made world’s smallest tic-tac-toe game board high-security registration plates from 1st April 2019. using dynamic DNA microscopic organic structures that can be The High Security Registration plates helps in keeping track of the programmed to transform into predesigned patterns. vehicle so that lost or stolen vehicles can be traced. Merriam-Webster selects ‘Justice’ as its 2018 Word of the  Year

• PM Modi released a commemorative coin worth Rs 100 in honour of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. • A ‘Kavi Sammelan’ was organised in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district where poems written by Mr. Vajpayee were recited. • Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Schools in Mumbai. • On this day Prime Minister Narendra Modi also paid his tributes to Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya on his 157th birth anniversary. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister of India for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, and finally, for a full term December 25: Good Governance Day from 1999 to 2004. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born to Krishna Devi and Krishna Bihari • 94th birth anniversary of Former Prime Minister Bharat Vajpayee on 25 December 1924 in Gwalior. He passed away on 16 Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee was celebrated as Good August 2018 due to age-related illness. Governance Day across the country. • The Samadhi of Mr Vajpayee – Sadaiv Atal, located near 24 December: National Consumer Day Rajghat in New Delhi, was dedicated to the nation. Theme “Timely Disposal of Consumer Complaints”.The day is celebrated annually on 24 December to mark the enactment of the

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Consumer Protection Act, 1986, that was enacted on December It aims to raise awareness and call people to stop soil pollution”. 24, 1986. Annual International Volunteer Day celebrated on Decem- National Farmers Day: 23rd December ber 5 India celebrates National Farmers Day on 23rd December to December 5 is annually seen as International Volunteer Day for commemorate the birth anniversary of the 5th Prime Minister of Economic and Social Development. It is also called as International India, Choudhary Charan Singh. Volunteer Day. On this occasion Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh The theme of the International Volunteer Day 2018 is: “Volunteers unveiled a statue of Sri Chaudhary Charan Singh in Ghaziabad build Resilient Communities”. It is mandated by the UN General Choudhary Charan Singh served as the Prime Minister of India Assembly. between 28 July 1979 and 14 January 1980. He is often referred to Indian Navy Day: 4th December as the ‘champion of India’s peasants. The Indian Navy Day is celebrated on December 4 every year to He died in 1987. His memorial in New Delhi is named as Kisan commemorate Operation Trident, an attack on the Karachi harbor Ghat. during the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971. The Indian Navy is the fifth National Mathematics Day: 22nd December largest in the world, employing 67,109 personnel. India celebrated 22nd December 2018 as the National Mathematics International Day of Persons with Disabilities: December 3 Day honouring the 131st birth anniversary of famous Indian The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Since 2011, 22nd December every year on December 3 to promote the rights and well-being of is celebrated as National Mathematics Day every year. The Indian persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development. government had also declared 2012 as the National Mathematics year. 16 December: Vijay Diwas:  The day marks the Indian military’s victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the war for the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan. VANIK’S KNOWLEDGE GARDEN December 14: National Energy Conservation Day(India) BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) December12:The International Universal Health Coverage Day  BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) is a Mobile App (UHC Day) is celebrated globally on 12th December. developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI). UNICEF Day 2018 – 11 December 2018  It has been named after Dr. Bhimrao R. Ambedkar. BHIM On 11th December 2018, UNICEF (United Nations International app currently supports 12 languages .  BHIM allow users to send or receive money to or from Children Emergency Fund) Headquartered in New York celebrated UPI payment addresses, or to non-UPI based accounts (by its 71st foundation day. scanning a QR (quick response) code with account On 11 December 1946, UNICEF was created by United Nations number and IFSC code or MMID (Mobile Money Identifier) Code). General Assembly to provide long-standing charitable and  Unlike mobile wallets (PayTM, MobiKwik, mPesa, Airtel developmental support to children and mothers in evolving Money etc) which hold money[6], the BHIM App is only a countries. transfer mechanism, which transfers money between different bank accounts. Transactions on BHIM are nearly International Mountain Day observed on December 11 instantaneous and can be done 24/7 including weekends December 11 is observed as International Mountain Day. and bank holidays.  Transaction Fees and Limits: At present, there is no charge Theme for the 2018 edition of the International Mountain Day is: for transaction from Rs 1 to Rs 1 Lakh. “#MountainsMatter”. NPCI(National Payments Corporation of India) December 9:International Anti-Corruption Day: 9 Dec, A joint  National Payments Corporation of India is the umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in India global campaign-‘United Against Corruption’-has been developed registered under section 8 of the Companies Act 2013.It for the year 2018. has successfully completed the development of a domestic December 8: Indian Navy celebrates Submarine Day: 8th card payment network called RuPay. A variant of the card called ‘Kisan Card’ is now being issued by all the Public December. Sector Banks in addition to the mainstream debit card which has been issued by 43 banks. Armed Forces Flag Day: 7 December  National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will The aim of the day is to honour the martyrs as well as men and function as the authorised Bharat Bill Payment Central women in uniform, who valiantly fight on borders to safeguard Unit (BBPCU), which will be responsible for setting business standards, rules and procedures for technical and India. business requirements for all the participants. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha  NPCI, as the BBPCU, will also undertake clearing and Mohan Singh announced Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) settlement activities related to transactions routed through BBPS. Council’s approval to India’s proposal to observe an International  Payments may be made through the BBPS using cash, Year of Millets in 2023. transfer cheques, and electronic modes.  NPCI-HQ:Mumbai,Founded: 2008, Chairma: B. World Soil Day: December 5 Sabamurthy, MD & CEO: DilipAsbe, World Soil Day is celebrated every year on 5th of December by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations. The Theme for year 2018 is ‘Be the Solution to Soil Pollution’.

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b) Anupam roy tral government for 2017-18? c) To provide an online platform to c) Latika Gupta a) Nageswara Rao Indian language authors d) Shrirana Shahabazi b) Punyasloke Bhaduri d) To encourage Indian diaspora to 24. What is the theme of the 2018 Interna- c) Sumit Bhattacharjee promote Indian Languages tional Day for the Elimination of Vio- d) Prassna Kumar 42. The Indian Organ Donation Day (IODD- lence against Women (IDEVAW)? 33. Kerch Strait, which is in news recently, 2018) is observed on which of the fol- a) Orange the World: #SupportMeToo connects the Sea of Azov from which lowing dates? b) Orange the World: #hear me too of the following seas? a) November 27 c) Orange the World: #listen me too a) Mediterranean Sea b) November 26 d) Orange the World: #stand for me too b) Caspian Sea c) November 29 25. Which of the following banks has de- c) Red Sea d) November 30 signed & developed PaiSA portal for d) Black Sea 43. Which state has been adjudged the Best processing interest subvention on bank 34. Playback singer Mohammed Aziz, who State in Organ Donation at the 9th In- loans to beneficiaries under DAY- passed away recently, was from which dian Organ Donation Day (IODD- NULM? state? 2018)? a) SBI a) West Bengal b) ASSAM a) Karnataka b) Tamil Nadu b) PNB c) Telengana d) Andrapradesh c) Punjab d) Maharashtra c) ALLHABAD bank 35. Which of the following countries is the 44. The chairman of UPSC is appointed by d) DENA BANK partner country at the 2018 Interna- President under which of the following 26. The National Law Day (NLD-2018) is tional Gita Festival? articles of constitution? celebrated on which of the following a) Sri Lanka b) Nepal a) Article 317 b) Article 316 dates in India? c) Mauritius d) Myanmar c) Article 315 d)Article 320 a) November 26 36. Who is the recipient of the 2018 Bharat 45. Which of the following movies has won b) November 27 Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi LTA for the coveted Golden Peacock Award at c) November 28 Classical Music? the 49th IFFI 2018? d) November 29 a) Ronu Majumdar a) When the Trees Fall 27. Which country’s team has won the 2018 b) Hariprasad Chaurasia b) Ee Ma Yau Davis Cup tennis tournament? c) Rakesh Chaurasia c) Walking with thewind a) France b) Belzium d) Keshaav Ginde d) Donbass c) Germany d) Croatia 37. Which state government has launched the 46. Who has been conferred the Best Direc- 28. India has recently signed $200 million ‘DataCity’ to foster innovation and tor Award at IFFI 2018? Loan pact with which international solve global challenges? a) Sergi loznitsa organisation for the Bihar a) State High- a) Karnataka b) Odisha b) Praveen Morcchale ways III Project (BSHP-III) ? c) Kerala d) Himachal Pradesh c) Liso Jose Pellissery a) AIIB b) ADB 38. The National Milk Day (NMD-2018) is d) Anastasiia Pustovit c) World Bank d) NDB celebrated on which of the following 47. Which of the following Indian movies 29. Which of the following Indian cities has dates in India? has won the 2018 ICFT UNESCO been selected by UN for Global Sus- a) November 26 b) November 27 Gandhi Medal? tainable Cities 2025 initiative? c) November 28 d) November 25 a) Baaram a) Chennai b) Kochi 39. Which city is the venue of the first-ever b) Walking With The Wind c) Noida d) Pune Sustainable Blue Economy Conference c) Saranalayam 30. The West Bengal Green University will 2018? d) Paarka thonuthe soon be renamed as Rani Rashmoni a) Brasília b) Cape Town 48. Which of the following states has be- Green University. Rani Rashmoni was c) New Delhi d) Nairobi come the first Indian state to launch a the founder of which temple in Kolkata? 40. The University of Auckland has signed single emergency number “112”? a) Kalighat Temple its first strategic partnership with a) Sikkim b) Assam b) Dakhineshwar Kali Temple which of the Indian institutes for re- c) Karnataka d) Himachal Pradesh c) Pareshnath Jain Temple search tie-up? 49. Which city is the venue of the 13th G20 d) Agni Temple a) IIT Kanpur b) IIT Bombay summit 2018? 31. Which sportsperson has clinched c) IIT Kharagpur d) IIT Madras a) Paris b) New York women’s trap gold at the 62nd National 41. What is the objective of Bhasha Sangam c) Buenos Aires d) Sydney Shotgun championship 2018? a) a) initiative launched by HRD ministry 50. Which launch vehicle has successfully a)Varsha Varman recently? launched ISRO’s HysIS satellite into the b) Soumya Gupta a) To provide multilingual exposure orbit? c) Shagun Chowdhary to students in Indian languages a) PSLV-C41 b) PSLV-C43 d) Shreyasi Singh b) To provide financial support to c) PSLV-C44 d) PSLV-C42 32. Who has been awarded the prestigious authors of Indian Languages 51. Name the software launched by Indian Swarnajayanti Fellowship by the cen- Railways that will enable the Union

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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to 59. Tamil Nadu government hiked the health for the Indian Army’s main battle tank keep track of punctuality of trains and insurance cover under the Chief Arjun, on 1st December 2018? freight and passenger earnings from any- Minister’s Comprehensive Health (a) Rs 3,000 crore where in India? Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) from Rs (b) Rs 2,000 crore (a) eDiary (b) RailDairy 2 lakh to ____ lakh , on 30th November (c) Rs 1,600 crore (c) eDrishti (d) RailMoney 2018? (d) Rs 4,000 crore 52. Dr Ambedkar International Centre (a) Rs 5 lakh (b) Rs 6 lakh 66. Special Forces of India and which (DAIC) and which university signed a (c) Rs 3 lakh (d) Rs 4 lakh country completed the three-day MoU for Socio-economic Transforma- 60. Which state had the most number of tactical exercise called ‘Vajra Kayaa’ tion and Sustainable Development, on beneficiaries under the Credit Linked which is part of their joint military drill 30thNovember 2018? Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) under the ‘Vajra Prahar 2018’ in Jaipur, on 1st (a) Jawaharlal Nehru University Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)? December 2018? (b) Madras Institute of Technology (a) Maharashtra (a) United States (c) Delhi University (b) Madhya Pradesh (b) Bangladesh (d) Indira Gandhi Institute of (c) Uttar Pradesh (c) France Technology (d) Gujarat (d) Sri Lanka 53. Where did Confederation of Indian in- 61. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated 67. President Ram Nath Kovind, presented dustry (CII) organise its 15th India the ____ International Ambedkar Standards to 118 Helicopter Unit and Health Summit-2018, on 29th and 30th Conclave in New Delhi as part of the Colours to Air Defence College in November 2018? commemoration of Constitution Day, _____, on 29th November 2018? (a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata on 30th November 2018? (a) Guwahati, Assam (c) New Delhi (d) Chennai (a) First (b) Kolkata, West Bengal 54. The _____ edition of Confederation of (b) Second (c) Dehradun, Uttarakhand Indian Industries (CII) Agro Tech India- (c) Twenty fifth (d) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 2018 was inaugurated by President (d) Tenth 68. Where did Bureau of Police Research Ram Nath Kovind on 1st December 62. Where did Nitin Gadkari, Union and Development organise the 2nd 2018 in Chandigarh? Minister of Shipping, Surface National Conference of Heads of (a) Fifth (b) Ninth Transport and Ganga Rejuvenation Investigating Agencies, on 29th (c) Fifteenth (d) Thirteenth inaugurated the second edition of November 2018? 55. Which state celebrates the 19th Hornbill Khasdar Mahotsav cultural fest? (a) Hyderabad (b) Pune Festival 2018 from 1st to 10th (a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c) Chennai (d) New Delhi December 2018? (c) Bengaluru (d) Nagpur 69. Asia Pacific Summit-2018 was held in (a) Manipur 63. The Global Agriculture and Food summit _____ on 1st and 2nd December 2018? (b) Nagaland was held on 29th and 30th November (a) New Delhi, India (c) Meghalaya 2018 in _____? (b) Seoul, South Korea (d) Arunachal Pradesh (a) Guwahati, Assam (c) Dhaka, Bangladesh 56. When was the 55th Nagaland Statehood (b) Darjeeling, West Bengal (d) Kathmandu, Nepal Day celebrated, that commemorates (c) Ranchi, Jharkhand 70. Where was the first entirely online Nagaland’s formal inception as a state (d) Cuttack, Odisha Heads of Government level in 1963? 64. Which entity launched a new mass intergovernmental meeting of Climate (a) December 2 (b) December 1 media campaign named “Heart Attack Vulnerable Forum (CVF) held on 22nd (c) December 3 (d) December 4 Rewind,” for the elimination of November 2018? 57. Name the large scale tri-service exercise industrially produced trans-fat in the (a) Morocco involving the Navy, the Army and the food supply, on 30th November 2018? (b) France Air Force of India, that was conducted (a) Ministry of Health and Family (c) Marshall Islands at sea off Goa and Karwar coasts from Welfare (d) Vietnam 17th November to 23rd November (b) All India Institute of Medical 71. Directorate General of Foreign Trade 2018? Sciences (AIIMS) (DGFT) has put the imports of ____ (a) Madad 2018 (c) Food Safety and Standards dore in restricted category, which means (b) Cope India 2018 Authority of India (FSSAI) that an importer now, needs a license (c) Shakthi 2018 (d) National Health Portal (NHP) to import this commodity? (d) Tricolour 2018 65. Defence Acquisition Committee (DAC) (a) Gold (b) Silver 58. Where will India’s first international approved military procurements worth (c) Zirconium (d) Titanium indigenous film festival be held in _____ rupees for the Indian armed 72. Government has constituted a 6-member February 2019? forces which include BrahMos missiles committee to look at selling 149 small (a) Assam (b) Maharashtra for two Indian Navy ships, and and marginal oil and gas fields of state- (c) Kerala (d) Odisha Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARVs) owned ONGC and Oil India to private and foreign companies to boost

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domestic output. Who is the head of (b) USD 370 billion ____ dollar loan in New Delhi, under the committee? (c) USD 450 billion the Odisha Skill Development Project (a) Rajiv Kumar (d) USD 150 billion to promote skill development in (b) Sanjay Arora 80. Name the Disabilities’ Advocate from Odisha, on 3rd December 2018? (c) Rithuparna Sen Bangladesh who won the UNESCO/ (a) $85 million (b) $45 million (d) Deeksha Sashant Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah (c) $60 million (d) $35 million 73. Name India’s first locomotive-less train Prize for Digital Empowerment of 88. Finance ministry has approved _____ that crossed the 180 kmph speed limit Persons with Disabilities in the rupees investment for FY19 and FY20 during a test run in the Kota-Sawai Individual Category in Paris, France, to upgrade Doordarshan (DD) and All Madhopur section, on 2nd December on 3rdDecember 2018? India Radio (AIR)? 2018? (a) Jalaludin Shah (a) Rs 850 crore (b) Rs 670 crore (a) Train 18 (b) Bolt (b) Vashkar Bhattacharjee (c) Rs 450 crore (d) Rs 980 crore (c) Train 98 (d) Train FX (c) Ruban Singhal 89. The ____ session of Policy Commission 74. Nagaland government signed a 5-year (d) Arindam Chaudhary of World Customs Organisation was MoU with e-Governance Academy of 81. Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba held in Mumbai from 3rd to which country to provide advisory and announced the conduct of the 5thDecember 2018? technical knowledge for setting up of TROPEX exercise, from January to (a) 80th (b) 75th e-Governance Academy of Nagaland March 2019. What does “T” represent (c) 68th (d) 91st (e-GAN), on 30th November 2018? in TROPEX? 90. Where was the second meeting of the (a) Estonia (b) Ireland (a) Tropical (b) Theatre newly constituted ‘NITI Forum for (c) Greece (d) Australia (c) Trial (d) Traditional North East’ held on 4th December 75. Where was the international workshop 82. SHINYUU Maitri-18", the first 5-day 2018? on “Developing a Ganga Museum bilateral air exercise between India and (a) Guwahati, Assam Concept: Exchanging Experiences and which country started in Agra, Uttar (b) Imphal, Manipur Ideas between India and Europe”, held Pradesh, on 3rd December 2018? (c) Shillong, Meghalaya on 29th and 30th November 2018? (a) China (b) Malaysia (d) Itanagar, Arunchal Pradesh (a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata (c) Singapore (d) Japan 91. Entral government announced the (c) Hyderabad (d) New Delhi 83. Where was the 13th G-20 Summit held inclusion of Gangotri, Yamunotri, 76. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal on 30th November and 1st December Amarkantak and _____ under the Malik launched AB-PMJAY in Jammu, 2018? Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, on 1st December 2018. What does “B” (a) Johannesburg, South Africa Heritage Augmentation Drive represent in AB-PMJAY? (b) Buenos Aires, Argentina (PRASAD) scheme, on 4th December (a) Bima (b) Bandan (c) Cairo, Egypt 2018? (c) Bharat (d) Bhujal (d) Istanbul, Turkey (a) Kanyakumari 77. Which state government has issued a 84. Which country will host the G20 (b) Parasnath government resolution allowing citizens Summit in 2022? (c) Coorg to inspect records in district-level (a) Japan (b) Saudi Arabia (d) Anantapur offices and local bodies throughout the (c) Qatar (d) India 92. Which nation has the most powerful state under the Right To Information 85. US, Mexico and Canada signed the US- passport, according to Global Passport (RTI) for 2 hours every Monday? Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Power Rank 2018, launched by Arton (a) Gujarat to replace the 24-year old _____ Capital? (b) Rajasthan agreement, on 30th November 2018? (a) United States (c) Maharashtra (a) North American Free Trade (b) Singapore (d) Madhya Pradesh Agreement (NAFTA) (c) United Arab Emirates (UAE) 78. Name the country which has announced (b) North Atlantic Trade Agreement (d) United Kingdom that, it will quit from Organization of (NATA) 93. What is the repo rate as per 5th Bi- the Petroleum Exporting Countries (c) Pacific Region Free Trade Monthly Monetary Policy released by (OPEC) in January 2019, to Agreement (PRFTA) Reserve Bank Of India (RBI), on concentrate on Liquefied Natural Gas (d) American Trade Treaty (ATT) 5thDecember 2018? (LNG) export? 86. Name the country that will host the 11th (a) 6 % (b) 6.5 % (a) Saudi Arabia (b) United States BRICS (Brazil Russia India China and (c) 6.75 % (d) 5.75 % (c) Iraq (d) Qatar South Africa) Summit in 2019? 94. What was the GDP (Gross domestic 79. World Bank unveiled _____ dollars in (a) South Africa product) prediction for India for 2018- climate action investment for 2021-25, (b) Russia 19, as mentioned in the 5th Bi- adding which amounts to a doubling of (c) India Monthly Monetary Policy released by its current five-year funding, on 3rd (d) Brazil Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)? December 2018? 87. Government of India and the Asian (a) 7.6 % (b) 7.9 % (a) USD 200 billion Development Bank (ADB) signed a (c) 7.4% (d) 7.7 %

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95. Digital lending company CASHe has (a) iRobot (b)Thoughtworks 109. Where was the 54th SKOCH Summit partnered with which mobile Point-of (c) Perlin (d)Freshwork on the State of Power, Oil and Gas held -Sale (POS) payment services provider, 102. Kazakhstan opened a consulate, under on? to launch the CASHe emi Mcards for a the leadership of the managing director (a) Mumbai (b) Dehradun smooth loan experience at the point- of Chandan Steel Limited _____, in (c) Raipur (d) New Delhi of-sale? Gujarat to further business 110. Who became the first Asian/Indian to (a) Mswipe (b) MPay partnership? win the 2018 Mister Supranational title (c) QuickPay (d) SwipePay (a) Dilip Chandan in the 3rd edition of the competition 96. Name the Tamil Writer who was (b) Ram Kishan Maurya held in Krynica-Zdroj, Poland, ? honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award (c) Vishwas Chandan (a) Rakesh Shetty for his novel “Sancharam”, on (d) Shyam Kumar (b) PrathameshMaulingkar 5thDecember 2018? 103. Name the 2nd edition of the 11-day (c) Manish Jain (a) Rajesh Kumar exercise between Indian Air Force (d) Pramod Karmakar (b) S Ramakrishnan (IAF) and Russian Federation 111. Which politician will be awarded as (c) Bala Kumaran Aerospace Force (RFSAF) that “Best Woman Parliamentarian – Rajya (d) Jaya Kumar S commenced at Air Force Station Sabha” by Vice-President M. Venkaiah 97. Who was awarded with Male World Jodhpur? Naidu, in New Delhi? athlete of the year award for the first (a) INDRAAIR 2018 (a) Sushma Swaraj time at the International Association (b) AIRINDRA 2018 (b) Vasundhara Raje of Athletics Federations (IAAF) (c) AVIAINDRA 2018 (c)Mamta Banerjee Athletics Awards 2018 in Monaco, on (d) AVIONICS 2018 (d)Kanimozhi 4th December 2018? 104. Which district became the 23rd district 112. What is the codename of the exercise (a) Eliud Kipchoge of Arunachal Pradesh ? conducted by Indian Air Force (IAF), (b) Atlawim Debebe (a) Shi Yomi (b) Min Shu as part of which, combined guided weap- (c) Teshome Getachew (c) Sei Jong (d) Jeo Rada ons firing of Surface-to-Air Missiles, (d) Bekele Asefa 105. Tamil Nadu Government launched 24- was performed from the Air Force Sta- 98. Name Indian Space Research hour toll free helpline number ____ for tion at Suryalanka in Andhra Pradesh? Organization’s (ISRO) heaviest and women facing domestic violence and (a) FIRE PRO-18 most-advanced high throughput sexual harassment to get assistance such (b) CROSS BOW-18 communication satellite that was as police help, legal aid or medical (c) INGNITE-18 successfully launched from the services? (d) INDFIRE-18 Spaceport in French Guiana, 5th (a) 108 (b) 181 113. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has an- December 2018? (c) 193 (d) 175 nounced the rise in contribution of the (a) GSAT-11 (b) GSAT-29 106. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism government in National Pension Scheme (c) GSAT-14 (d) GSAT-40 Corporation (IRCTC) launched the (NPS) to ____ % from existing 10 %, 99. Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train, which burdening the government by Rs 2,840 Delhi Daredevils were renamed as will tour for _____ days, across several crore for 2019-20? _____, on 4th December 2018? cities? (a) 15 % (b) 16 % (a) Delhi Patriots (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 14 % (d) 12 % (b) Delhi Capitals (c) 16 (d) 30 114. Where was the Regional Conference on (c) Delhi Rebels 107. United Nations Conference adopted a ‘Good Governance – Focus on (d) Delhi Warrior global pact “The Global compact for Aspirational Districts’ ? 100. Who is the author of the book ‘Blue Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration”,. (a) Bengaluru, Karnataka Waters Ahoy!’, chronicling the Indian Where was the United Nations confer- (b) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Navy’s history from 2001-10, released ence held? (c) Pune, Maharashtra by Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral (a) Marrakesh, Morocco (d) Hyderabad, Telangana Sunil Lamba, in New Delhi, on 4th (b) Philadelphia, United States 115. Which state/union territory government December 2018? (c) Sri Lanka, Colombo launched a 10-day special inspection (a) Vice Admiral Anup Singh (d) Budapest, Hungary drive named “Operation Minimum (b) Lieutenant Karan Shukla 108. Which entity announced that it will Wage” to check implementation of mini- (c) Vice Admiral Suhas Malik implement an ‘Ombudsman Scheme for mum wage rules? (d) Lieutenant Veer Prathap Singh Digital Transactions’ covering services (a) Puducherry (b) Delhi 101. NITI Aayog has launched ‘AI 4 All provided by entities falling under Re- (c) Telangana (d) Uttar Pradesh Global Hackathon’ to develop AI serve Bank’s regulatory jurisdiction? 116. Lepa Rada became _____ district of (Artificial Intelligence) Applications to (a) Union Ministry of Finance Arunachal Pradesh? make positive social and economic (b) State Bank of India (SBI) (a) 28th (b) 26th impact in India, in partnership with (c) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (c) 24th (d) 30th which Singapore based AI startup? (d) Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)

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117. Where was the first International Con- (a) Amrita Rao 132. Name the sportsperson who was ference, on the theme- ‘Sustainable (b) Arundhati Bhattacharya honoured with the Meethoileima (Out- Water Management’, held on 10th and (c) Rujuta Singh standing Queen) title by Manipur gov- 11th December 2018? (d) Shivkumar Shukla ernment? (a) Rohtak, Haryana 125. Which state government announced the (a) Manu Bhaker (b) Dehradun, Uttarakhand creation of an umbrella university (b) Hima Das (c) Mohali, Punjab named after former Prime Minister late (c) MC Mary Kom (d) Kochi, Kerala Atal Bihari Vajpayee? (d) SainaNehwal 118. Which country became the 38th mem- (a) Gujarat 133. ____ is the first deceased journalist to ber of the Financial Action Task Force (b) Uttar Pradesh be honoured with the Time Magazine’s (FATF), an international body to com- (c) Himachal Pradesh 2018 Person of the Year award? bat money laundering, terrorist financ- (d) Karnataka (a) Jamal Khashoggi ing etc., ? 126. The Ambassador of the European Union (b) Yasin Azeem (a) Egypt (b) Pakistan to India, H.E. Mr. Tomasz Kozlowski (c) RustumDaffne (c) Israel (d) Afghanistan inaugurated India’s first Jean Monnet (d) Mike Delfino 119. The 14-day 7th Sino-India joint exer- Centre of Excellence in _____, ? 134. Comptroller and Auditor General _____ cise Hand-in-Hand 2018,between India (a) Surat, Gujarat has become the Vice-Chair of the UN and China commenced at ____? (b) Manipal, Karnataka (United Nations) Panel of Auditors for (a) Arunachal Pradesh, India (c) Kota, Rajasthan a term of 2 years ending on June 30, (b) Chengdu, China (d) Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2020? (c) Wuhan, China 127. Where was the National conference (a) Rajiv Mehrishi (d) Sikkim, China ‘AYUSHCHARYA’ on Dinacharya (b) Vishwanath Sridhar 120. Jana Small Finance Bank launched Jana (Daily Regimen) and Ritucharya (Sea- (c) Anika Singh Bankable Debit Card in association with sonal Regimen) for public health pro- (d) Lagnajith Desai which entity? motion, held? 135. What is the rank of India in the Climate (a) Board of Control for Cricket in In- (a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata Change Performance Index released on dia (BCCI) (c) Puducherry (d) New Delhi the sidelines of COP24 UN Summit in (b) Hockey India (HI) 128. Ministry of Commerce and Industry Katowice, Poland? (c) Indian Olympics Association released India’s 1st Agriculture Export (a) 4 (b) 6 (IOA) Policy 2018, aimed to propel India to (c) 9 (d) 11 (d) Badminton Association of India become a USD 5 trillion economy be- 136. Name the team that won the 115th Aga (BAI) fore ____? Khan Gold Cup hockey tournament 121. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a (a) 2023 (b) 2025 held in New Delhi? fine amounting to ____ rupees on In- (c) 2031 (d) 2028 (a) Army XI Danapur dian Bank for violating cyber security 129. India signed an ascension pact to the (b) Madhya Pradesh Hockey Acad- norms? 30-member Trans Regional Maritime emy (a) Rs 2 crore (b) Rs 5 crore Network (T-RMN). T-RMN is led by (c) Steel Authority of India’s Hockey (c) Rs 3 crore (d) Rs 1 crore which country? Academy 122. The number of countries with strong (a) France (d) Punjab Panthers policy frameworks for sustainable en- (b) Russia 137. What was the theme of International ergy increased from 17 to ____ in the (c) United States Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC eight years till 2017, according to ‘Regu- (d) Italy Day) 2018 celebrated ? latory Indicators for Sustainable Energy 130. Which country topped in the Stockholm (a) Health for All – Rise for our Right (RISE) 2018 report’ released by World International Peace Research Institute (b) Unite for Universal Health Cover- Bank? (SIPRI)’s report on the world’s 100 big- age: Now is the Time for Collec- (a) 23 (b) 45 gest armaments groups, ? tive Action (c) 59 (d) 62 (a) United States (c) Health Coverage for all by 2025 123. Who became the first-ever recipient of (b) China (d) Universal Health Coverage for a the Women’s Tennis Association (c) Japan healthy future (WTA) Coach of the Year Award? (d) Russia 138. How many states have achieved com- (a) Sascha Bajin 131. Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its plete household electrification under the (b) Petra Kvitora supplement report “Asian Development PM Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (c) BethaniMattek-Sands Outlook (2018)” has retained India’s (SAUBHAGYA) scheme, as per Min- (d) Ashley Peterson growth forecast at ____% for FY19 and istry of Power’s ? 124. _____ was appointed as the new Chair- 7.6% for FY20? (a) 15 (b) 12 man of Society for Worldwide Interbank (a) 7.5 % (b) 7.3 % (c) 7 (d) 9 Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) (c) 7.7 % (d) 7.2 % 139. Home Ministry has launched a Twitter India? account named _____ to create aware-

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ness about cybercrimes and normal pre- (a) Madhya Pradesh (a) Cherry Charlie cautions to be taken? (b) Uttar Pradesh (b) TV detective Karamchand (a) CyberDost (c) Karnataka (c) Hamara Bajaj (b) CyberSecurity (d) West Bengal (d) All of the above (c) CyberPatrol 147. Nepal government banned Indian cur- 156. The Union Government has set up tri- (d) CyberPolice rency above the denomination of ____ bunal to decide on ban on two Tripura 140. Which high court ordered a ban on sale rupees ? militant groups “NLFT & ATTF”. Who of online medicines by e-pharmacists (a) Rs 100 (b) Rs 500 is the head of the tribunal? across India? (c) Rs 200 (d) Rs 1000 (a) Ramesh Abhishek (a) Madhya Pradesh High Court 148. Name the country which announced that (b) Alok Verma (b) Delhi High Court it will organise a Gita festival in Febru- (c) Rita Teaotia (c) Maharashtra High Court ary 2019? (d) Suresh Kait (d) Uttar Pradesh High Court (a) Sri Lanka (b) Nepal 157. The Union Government has signed a 141. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has al- (c) Mauritius (d) Maldives $300 million loan pact with which in- lowed which Bank to open 40 new 149. Who won the Lifetime Achievement ternational organisation to boost infra branches, by the end of December 2018, Award at the 23rd International Film funding by IIFCL? releasing the restriction it had put on Festival of Kerala (IFFK) that concluded (a) World Bank (b) NDB the bank for opening new branches in in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, ? (c) ADB (d) AIIB September 2018? (a) Majid Majidi 158. What is the theme of the 26th Confer- (a) Jana Small Finance Bank (b) Ram Gopal Verma ence of Central and State Organizations (b) Federal Bank (c) Sean Austin (COCSSO)? (c) Corporation Bank (d) Lijo Jose Pellissery (a) Agriculture & Farmers’ Statistics (d) Bandhan Bank 150. Which state has been selected by the (b) Administrative Statististics 142. Ecurities and Exchange Board of India Union Ministry of Agriculture for (c) Quality Assurance in Official Sta- (SEBI) has renamed the Institutional “Krishi Karman” award in the rice cat- tistics Trading Platform as _____? egory, that will be awarded in February (d) Agriculture & Quality Statistics (a) Innovators Growth Platform 2019? 159. The birth anniversary of which free- (b) Growth Induction Platform (a) West Bengal dom fighter is celebrated as National (c) Trade Development Platform (b) Kerala Education Day (NED) in India? (d) Companies Trading Platform (c) Jharkhand (a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 143. What is the rank of India in the AT (d) Karnataka (b) J B Kripalani Kearney FDI (Foreign Direct Invest- 151. Which state government has launched (c) Jawaharlal Nehru ment) Confidence Index 2018? the ‘Gau Samridhi Plus scheme’ for dairy (d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (a) 15 (b) 8 farmers? 160. William Goldman, the Oscar-winning (c) 11 (d) 13 (a) Odisha screenwriter and novelist has passed 144. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows (b) Jharkhand away. He was from which country? to South and South-West Asia decreased (c) Uttar Pradesh (a) France by 6% to _____ dollars in 2017, as per (d) Kerala (b) Germany UN Economic and Social Commission 152. Which of the following banks has (c) United Kingdom for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) re- launched the India’s first interactive (d) United States port? credit card with buttons? 161. The RBI purchased govt securities un- (a) USD 63 billion (a) ICICI Bank der OMO for an aggregate amount of (b) USD 42 billion (b) Induslnd Bank Rs 80 bn on Nov 22, 2018. Here, the (c) USD 55 billion (c) Bandhan Bank term OMO stands for (d) USD 38 billion (d) Axis Bank (a) Overseas Market Operations 145. Name the head of the 7-member panel 153. India’s first specialized hospital for el- (b) Open Market Operations constituted by the government to se- ephants has opened in which of the fol- (c) Out Market Operations lect managing directors of public sector lowing cities? (d) Organised Market Operations insurance companies? (a) Varanasi (b) Kochi 162. Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Tokyo (a) G N Bajpai (c) Mathura (d) Bangaluru recently for alleged financial misconduct. (b) Mathew Varghese 154. Which of the following words has been He is the chairman of (c) T Bhargava chosen ‘Word of the Year 2018’ by Ox- (a) Toyota Motor (d) B P Sharma ford Dictionaries? (b) General Motors 146. Which state has emerged as the largest (a) Toxic (b) MeToo (c) SAIC beneficiary of Ayushman Bharat (c) Cakeism (d) Vegan (d) Nissan Motor scheme, with a total of Rs 193.34 crore 155. Ad Guru Alyque Padamsee, who passed 163. HDFC Ltd has disbursed subsidy to allotted for the state, till November away recently, created which of the fol- over 51,000 customers amounting to 2018? lowing Indian ad campaigns? over Rs 1,100 cr under the Pradhan

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Mantri Awas Yojana’s CLSS scheme. (b) Manama 178. TS Kanaka passed away recently. She Here, the term CLSS means (c) Kuwait City was Asia’s first woman (a) Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (d) Dubai (a) Army Officer (b) Cash Linked Subsidy Scheme 171. Who among the following has been (b) Combat Pilot (c) Conversion Linked Subsidy Scheme elected as the new President of the (c) Astrologer (d) Customer Linked Subsidy Scheme International Criminal Police Organiza- (d) Neurosurgeon 164. As part of the European Union (EU) tion, more commonly known as 179. Who among the following won the ATP project ‘International Urban Coopera- Interpol? World Tour finals in London recently? tion’, Kochi and Vilnius have signed an (a) Jurgen Stock (a) Novak Djokovic MoU. Vilnius is the capital of (b) Kim Jong Yang (b) Alexander Zverev (a) Nigeria (c) Wang Lijun (c) Roger Federer (b) Chad (d) Amulya Patnaik (d) Marin CiliC (c) Lithuania 172. Which bank has launched the Nexxt 180. Joint military exercise INDRA, between (d) Morocco Credit Card, the first interactive Credit India and which country, started at 165. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was sworn in Card in India with buttons providing Babina Military Station, in Jhansi, Uttar as the new President in which of the flexibility of three payment options? Pradesh? following countries recently? (a) RBL Bank (a) Germany (a) Malaysia (b) Axis Bank (b) United States (b) Indonesia (c) IndusInd Bank (c) France (c) Bangladesh (d) YES Bank (d) Russia (d) Maldives 173. Odisha govt announced a new Biotech- 181. Which state launched its Online Open 166. Following the demise of Ananth Kumar, nology Policy 2018 to attract invest- Learning training platform named the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs ments in the sector. The present Gov- KOOL? has been given to who among the fol- ernor of Odisha is (a) Karnataka lowing as an additional charge? (a) Ganeshi Lal (b) Kerala (a) Ram Vilas Paswan (b) Anandiben Patel (c) Jammu & Kashmir (b) Vijay Kumar Singh (c) Keshari Nath Tripathi (d) West Bengal (c) Manoj Sinha (d) Kalyan Singh 182. Which country launched its first high- (d) Narendra Singh Tomar 174. The 26th Conference of Central and State speed rail line, the first ever such line in 167. Late Dr Martha Farrell was honoured Organizations (COCSSO) was held re- Africa? with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” cently at Dharamshala in (a) Nigeria (b) Morocco at the 6th Indian Social Work Congress. (a) Jammu and Kashmir (c) Kenya (d) Mauritius She was killed in a terrorist attack in (b) Uttarakhand 183. Sashakt India Asset Management, in- May 2015 in (c) Haryana corporated by the Sunil Mehta com- (a) Pakistan (d) Himachal Pradesh mittee, will have an Alternate Invest- (b) Afghanistan 175. The 9th Session of the India – ment Fund (AIF) to resolve non-per- (c) Bangladesh Kyrgyzstan Inter-Governmental Com- forming assets (NPAs) amounting to (d) Turkey mission on Trade, Economic, Scientific over ____ rupees? 168. The Bank for International Settlements and Technological Cooperation (IK- (a) Rs 500 crore (BIS) has appointed who among the IGC) was held in New Delhi recently. (b) Rs 100 crore following as he Chief Representative The capital of Kyrgyzstan is (c) Rs 200 crore for Asia and the Pacific? (a) Bishkek (d) Rs 600 crore (a) Takehiko Nakao (b) Manama 184. Which bank introduced a new saving (b) Jin Liqun (c) Dushanbe bank scheme ‘KBL SB – TASC’, a spe- (c) Siddharth Tiwari (d) Ashgabat cialized scheme for Trusts, Associates (d) Veerathai Santiprabhob 176. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Societies and Clubs during Current & 169. Who among the following has been as- and the Centre have signed a $300-mn Saving Accounts campaign (CASA) for signed additional portfolio of the Min- loan agreement to support lending by FY 2018-19? istry of Chemicals and Fertilizers after (a) IDBI Bank (a) Karur Vysya Bank the death of Ananth Kumar? (b) IDFC (b) Kutch Cooperative Bank (a) Sadananda Gowda (c) IIFCL (c) Kerala Coopeartive Bank (b) Narendra Singh Tomar (d) NHB (d) Karnataka Bank (c) Jual Oram 177. The Nongkrem dance festival was cel- 185. Who was presented with “Sumitra (d) Kalraj Mishra ebrated recently in which of the follow- Charat Ram Award for Lifetime 170. The two-day annual meeting of World ing states? Achievement” at Kamani Auditorium, Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Fu- (a) Mizoram (b) Tripura New Delhi for enrichment and promo- ture Councils was held recently in (c) Sikkim (d) Meghalaya tion of Indian Classical Music, on 17th (a) Doha November 2018?

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(a) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (c) Musician (b) Kishori Amonkar (d) Cricketer (c) Girija Devi 194. Who won the Bengaluru Open ATP ANSWER KEYS (d) Ulhas Kashalkar (Association of Tennis Professionals) 1. d 2. b 3. a 4. c 186. Who was elected the President of Asso- Challenger title in Bengaluru? 5. d 6. a 7. b 8. c ciation of Surgeons of India (ASI)? (a) Rakesh Nagpal 9. b 10. b 11. a 12. a (a) Tamonas Chaudhri (b) Prashanth Jain 13. d 14. b 15. c 16. a (b) Sowmya Sehgal (c) Saketh Myneni (c) Raghu Ram (d) Prajnesh Gunneswaran 17. a 18. d 19. c 20. b (d) Arvind Kumar 195. Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual 21. a 22. c 23. b 24. b 187. Who was appointed the new Secretary Oram has announced setting up of 36 25. c 26. a 27. d 28. b in Department of Revenue, Government Ekalavya Model Residential Schools 29. c 30. b 31. a 32. b of India? (EMRS) in Meghalaya, with a total 33. d 34. a 35. c 36. d (a) Hasmukh Adhia project cost of _____ rupees? 37. a 38. a 39. d 40. a (b) PK Rawat (a) Rs 980 crores 41. a 42. a 43. b 44. b (c) Ajay Bhushan Pandey (b) Rs 720 crores 45. d 46. c 47. b 48. d (d) Utpal Jain (c) Rs 650 crores 49. c 50. b 51. c 52. a 188. Name the person who was appointed (d) Rs 450 crores 53. c 54. d 55. b 56. b the Lokayukta of West Bengal for a 196. Vajra Prahar’, a 12-day long joint mili- 57. a 58. d 59. a 60. d period of three years? tary exercise between India and which 61. b 62. d 63. c 64. c (a) Samaresh Banerjee country was started in Jaipur? 65. a 66. a 67. a 68. d (b) Debashish Sircar (a) Russia 69. d 70. c 71. a 72. a (c) Asim Kumar Roy (b) France 73. a 74. a 75. d 76. c (d) Pramod Karmakar (c) United States 77. c 78. d 79. a 80. b 189. Myntra, an Indian fashion e-commerce (d) Japan company, has decided to integrate its 197. Where did Prime Minister Narendra 81. b 82. d 83. b 84. d sister firm Jabong with itself. The inte- Modi lay the foundation of India’s first 85. a 86. d 87. a 88. a grated firm will be led by _____? Sri Vishwakarma Skill Development 89. a 90. a 91. b 92. c (a) Ananth Narayanan University? 93. b 94. c 95. a 96. b (b) Jagdish Sen (a) Surat, Gujarat 97. a 98. a 99. b 100. a (c) Rahul Singh (b) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 101. c 102. a 103. c 104. a (d) Meera Das (c) Palwal, Haryana 105. b 106. c 107. a 108. c 190. When was the first Naturopathy Day (d) Indore, Madhya Pradesh 109. d 110. b 111. d 112. b celebrated throughout India? 198. Where was the 27th BASIC (Brazil, 113. c 114. b 115. b 116. c (a) November 16 South Africa, India and China) Minis- 117. c 118. c 119. b 120. a (b) November 15 terial Meeting on Climate Change held 121. d 122. c 123. a 124. b (c) November 18 on? 125. b 126. b 127. d 128. b (d) November 17 (a) Mumbai 129. d 130. a 131. b 132. c 191. What was the theme of The World Day (b) Guwahati 133. a 134. a 135. d 136. c of Remembrance for Road Traffic Vic- (c) Bengaluru 137. b 138. d 139. a 140. b tims observed? (d) New Delhi (a) Respect the rules 199. Where was National Conference of 141. d 142. a 143. c 144. a (b) Roads have stories Women in Police (NCWP) held on? 145. d 146. d 147. a 148. c (c) Reduce road fatalities by 50% by (a) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 149. a 150. c 151. d 152. b 2020 (b) Mumbai, Maharashtra 153. c 154. a 155. d 156. d (d) Rules to remember (c) Pune, Maharashtra 157. c 158. c 159. a 160. d 192. Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (d) Ranchi, Jharkhand 161. b 162. d 163. a 164. c passed away in Mohali, Punjab. He was 200. Name the Indian-American Chief Ex- 165. d 166. d 167. b 168. c known as the hero of the Battle of ____ ecutive Officer (CEO) of Adobe who 169. a 170. d 171. b 172. c during the 1971 Indo-Pak war? has been named by Fortune in its 2018 173. a 174. d 175. a 176. c (a) Battle of Karnal Business Person of the Year list? 177. d 178. d 179. b 180. d (b) Battle of Samugarh (a) Shantanu Narayen 181. b 182. b 183. a 184. d (c) Battle of Longewala (b) Ramnath Kataria 185. a 186. c 187. c 188. c (d) Battle of Chausa (c) Vivek Pariwar 189. a 190. c 191. a 192. b 193. Banamali Maharana passed away in (d) Shivram Mathavan 193. c 194. d 195. b 196. c Odisha. He was a _____? (a) Journalist  197. c 198. d 199. d 200. a (b) Politician

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constitution was? (a) The Act of 1919 (b) The Act of 1935 (c) Indian independence bill (d) Cabinet Mission plan 14. Match the following Ancient Kingdom Capital A. Anga 1. Kausambi B. Vatsa 2. Champa C. Matasya 3. Mathura D. Surasena 4. Viratnagar (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 4 1 2 (c) 2 1 4 3 (d) 3 2 1 4 15. Who is the author of the famous Allahabad Prasasti? (a) Kalidasa (b) Banabhatt (c) Harisena (d) Ravikirti 16. Which of the following was not written by Krishnadevaraya? 1. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought (c) Bindusara (a) Kumarasambhava was fought in the year :- (d) Ajatasatru (b) Amuktamalyada (a) 1707 (b) 1739 8. In which Satyagraha campaigns, Gandhiji’s (c) Madalasa charita (c) 1757 (d) 1761 did not participate directly? (d) Jambavatikalyanam 2. Who built the Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur, (a) Rajkot Satyagraha 17. The rule of passing resolution by 2/3rd famous for the world’ second largest (b) Non-co-operation Movement majority of total number of members of dome and the ‘whispering gallery’? (c) Kheda Movement the House of Parliament is applicable (a) Mahmud Gawan (d) Vaikom Satyagraha in the case of: (b) Yusuf Adil Shah 9. Govind Dhondu Pant popularly known (a) Amendment of the constitution (c) Ismail Adil Shah as Nana Sahib and one of the principal (b) Approval of proclamation of (d) Muhammad Adil Shah Leaders of the revolt of 1857 was emergency 3. The Doctrine of Lapse was introduced adopted heir and success on of (c) Impeachment of President by :- (a) Bajirao II (d) Disapproval of proclamation of (a) Lord Wellesley (b) Balaji Baji Rao I emergency (b) Warren Hastings (c) King of Jhansi 18. Which Article contains the representa- (c) Lord Canning (d) Balaji Biswanath tion of the Anglo Indians in the Lok (d) Lord Dalhousie 10. The single biggest item of British capital Sabha? 4. Which of the following laid the founda- investment in India? (a) Article 352 (b) Article 360 tion of the British Civil Service in In- (a) Railway (c) Article 263 (d) Article 331 dia? (b) Plantations and mines 19. If a new state is to be created which of (a) William Bentick (c) Banking and insurance the following schedules of the Consti- (b) Lord Cornwallis (d) Shipping tution of India must be amended? (c) Lord Wellesley 11. The Programme of Swadeshi and Boy- (a) First schedule (d) Lord Mayo cott against the Partition of Bengal was (b) Second schedule 5. Which of the following Vedas deals with visualised by (c) Fourth schedule magic spells and witchcraft? (a) Surendra Nath Banerjee (d) Ninth schedule (a) Rigveda (b) Samaveda (b) BC Pal 20. Which of the following is correct under (c) Yajurveda (d) Atharvaveda (c) Aurobindo Ghose 73rd act 1992? 6. The Fourth Buddhist Council was held (d) Rash Behari Bose (a) All states must three-tier system by :- 12. The main brain behind hurling a bomb at (b) All states must Two-tier system (a) Ashoka Lord Harding, while he was making his (c) Some States are exempted from (b) Kanishka state entry into Delhi was establishing three-tier system (c) Chandragupta (a) Rash Behari Bose (d) It is optional for the States (d) Harashavardhana (b) Bhagat Singh 21. Which is not a merit of the Parliamen- 7. Who among the following kings is said (c) Sachindra Sanyal tary form of government : to have conquered ‘the land between (d) Jatin Das (a) Responsible Govt two seas’? 13. The first constitutional measure intro- (b) Wide representation (a) Asoka duced by the British in India which (c) Harmony between Legislature and (b) Chandra Gupta Maurya worked till the framing of the Indian Executive

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(d) Stable Govt (b) After it enters the earth’s (c) Distillation (d) Sublimation 22. The constitution of India was promul- atmosphere and explodes in mid- 39. Fuse wire in domestic electrical appli- gated on January 26, 1950 because air as a ball of fire ances is used (a) This day was being celebrated as (c) After it enters the earth’s (a) To make electrical appliances the Independence Day since 1929 atmosphere and lands on the more efficient (b) It was the wish of the framers of surface of the earth without (b) To prevent the flow of an unduly the constitution exploding in mid-air high electric current (c) The British did not want to leave (d) Before it enters the earth’s (c) To protect the user from electric India earlier than this date atmosphere shock (d) It was an auspicious day 29. Which of the following rivers is known (d) None of these 23. Which the Governor receives a bill passed as ‘Vridha Ganga’? 40. Transistor was invented by by the state legislative assembly which (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (a) Baird (b) Marconi of the following courses would be most (c) Mahanadi (d) Cauvery (c) Shockley (d) Graham Bell appropriate for the Governor as an agent 30. The most important element of weather 41. A magnified and virtual image of an ob- of the centre? affecting agriculture in India is :- ject can be obtained using a (a) Give assent to the bill (a) Rainfall (b) Temperature (a) Plane mirror (b) Concave mirror (b) Refer the bill to the President (c) Humidity (d) Wind (c) Convex mirror (d) Concave lens (c) Keep the bill to the President 31. The Tummalapalle Mine is uranium mine 42. Most of the desert plants bloom during (d) Exercise veto over the bill in the state of :- night time because 24. If India decides to have a Presidential (a) Madhya Pradesh (a) The desert insects are active form of government the first and fore- (b) Jharkhand during night time. most amendment has to be made affect- (c) Odisha (b) They are sensitive to the passes ing the (d) Andhra Pradesh of moon. (a) System of Judiciary 32. Which of the following is called as a (c) The desert insects eat way flowers (b) Composition of Parliament shooting star or falling star? during daytime (c) Executive Legislature (a) Meteoroid (b) Asteroids (d) Their blooming is controlled by Relationship (c) Planetoids (d) Comet low temperature. (d) Provision pertaining to 33. The cold and dense air blowing down the 43. When a bucket full of water is drowned Fundamental Rights mountain slope during the night is in water its weight becomes less than 25. The details regarding the electoral pro- known as :- before due to: cess in India? (a) Anabatic wind (a) Density of water (a) Were laid down in the Constitution (b) Khamsin (b) Buoyancy force itself (c) Katabatic wind (c) Pressure of water (b) Were provided by Parliament (d) Harmattan (d) Surface tension of water through a number of laws 34. Which one of the following pairs does 44. The magnetic lines of force due to a bar (c) Were provided by the Election not have the same dimension? magnet Commission and approved by the (a) Potential energy and kinetic (a) Intersect inside the body of the President energy magnet (d) Were prescribed through a (b) Density and specific gravity (b) Intersect at neutral points only Presidential Ordinance (c) Focal length and height (c) Intersect only at North and south 26. Who among the following is a legal advi- (d) Gravitational force and frictional poles sor of the State Government as pro- force (d) Cannot intersect at all vided by the Constitution? 35. Which among the following states maxi- 45. Food cans are coated with tin but not (a) Advocate General mum iron ore is found? with zinc because: (b) Public Prosecutor (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Karnataka (a) Zinc is costlier than tin (c) Solicitor General (c) Jharkhand (d) Goa (b) Zinc has a higher melting point (d) Attorney General 36. Who developed Hydrogen Bomb? than tin 27. What type of farming is practised in the (a) Wernher Von Braun (c) Zinc is more reactive than tin densely populated regions of the world? (b) J. Robert Oppenheimer (d) Tin is more reactive than zinc (a) Commercial farming (c) Edward Teller 46. Long distance photography is facilitated (b) Extensive farming (d) Samuel Cohen by: (c) Intensive farming 37. The gas used for artificial fruit ripening (a) Visible light (b) X-rays (d) Plantation farming of green fruit is :- (c) Infrared rays (d) Ultraviolet rays 28. The term ‘meteor’ is applied to an inter- (a) Ethylene (b) Acetylene 47. Which type of glass is used for making planetary body :- (c) Ethane (d) Methane glass clinical glassware’s? (a) After it enters the atmosphere of 38. Water can be separated from alcohol wa- (a) Pyrex glass (b) Flint glass the earth ter mixture by :- (c) Quartz glass (d) Fibre glass (a) Decantation (b) Evaporation

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48. Which of the following metal is present 57. Anterior most part of brain is :- (d) 14th November in photo films? (a) Carebrum 69. Where are the headquarters of the Orga- (a) Silver (b) Mercury (b) Diencephalon nization of the Islamic conference (OIC) (c) Platinum (d) Magnesium (c) Olfactory Lobs located? 49. Separate lumps of ice freeze into one (d) Cerebrumn (a) Dubai (b) Jeddah when strongly pressed together, because 58. The functional kidney in adult amphib- (c) Islamabad (d) Ankara (a) Melting point of ice drops ians is? 70. Which one of the following is a (b) Ice surface has sticking property (a) Pronephros programme that converts high level lan- (c) Pressure squeezes out the water (b) Metanephros guage to machine language? from ice surface (c) Mesonephros (a) Linker (b) Assembler (d) Pressure reduces the viscosity of (d) Opisthonephros (c) Interpreter (d) Compiler water 59. “Amoebiasis” is caused by :- 71. Among the following, which one has the 50. A piece of paper and a cricket ball are (a) Bacteria (b) Virus largest number of neighbouring coun- dropped from same height. Under which (c) Protozoa (d) Fungi tries sharing the land border? conditions do both reach the surface si- 60. ‘Adam’s Apple’ present just above the :- (a) Sudan (b) Brazil multaneously? (a) Adrenal (b) Pituitary (c) China (d) Zaire (a) They must have same volume (c) Thyroid (d) Thymus 72. Missle ‘Astra’ is a (b) They must have same density 61. The largest lymphatic organ of the body (a) Land to land missile (c) They must have same mass is (b) Land to air missile (d) They must be dropped in vacuum (a) Liver (b) Spleen (c) Air to air missile 51. Water is transparent to visible light. Still (c) Pancreas (d) Duodenum (d) Water to land missile it is not possible to see objects at a dis- 62. Presbiopia can be removed by ______. 73. The famous book “The God of Small tance in fog which consists of fine drops (a) Convex Lens Things” was written by of water suspended in the air. This is so (b) Cylindrical Lens (a) Shobha De (b) Arundhati Roy because : (c) Biconvex Lens (c) Gita Mehta (d) Amrita Pritam (a) Fog affects our vision adversely (d) Bifocal Lens 74. Batter is the sports term associate with (b) Fine drops of water are opaque to 63. ______organelles is known as the ‘power (a) Football (b) Archery visible light House’ of the cell? (c) Baseball (d) Rowing (c) Most of the light is scattered and (a) Golgi bodies (b) Mitochondria 75. The National Sports Museum will be hence this apparent opacity (c) Ribosomes (d) Cell wall established in which city? (d) The light rays suffer total internal 64. Who wrote the line: ‘A thing of beauty is (a) New Delhi (b) Varanasi reflection and cannot reach the a joy forever’? (c) Kanpur (d) Kolkata eyes of the observer (a) P.B. Shelley 76. A very rapid growth in prices in which 52. Tick out the only scalar quantity from (b) John Keats money loses its value to the point where the following : (c) Robert Browing even barter may be preferable is known (a) Force (b) Velocity (d) William Wordsworth as: (c) Energy (d) Momentum 65. Who is the first Air Chief to receive the (a) Inflation (b) Hyper-inflation 53. The aliphatic Hydrocarbon which con- honour of “Marshal”? (c) Deflation (d) Disinflation tains double covalent bonds is known (a) Arjun Singh 77. The rate of tax increase as the amount of as alkenes. Alkenes are (b) Satish Kumar Sarin tax base increases is called: (a) Saturated hydrocarbons (c) S.K. Mehra (a)Proportional tax (b) Unsaturated hydrocarbons (d) Yashwant Tipnis (b)Progressive tax (c) Aromatic hydrocarbons 66. Who was awarded the first Rajiv Gandhi (c)Regressive tax (d) None of the above National Sadbhavana Award? (d)Degressive tax 54. Chlorofluoro carbons are widely used in (a) Mother Teresa 78. A deflator is a technique of: (a) Micro ovens (b) Archarya Tulsi (a) Adjusting for changes in price level (b) Solar heaters (c) Dr. J. Rengaswamy (b) Adjusting for change in (c) Washing machines (d) J.R. D Tata commodity (d) Refrigerators 67. Which Indian Academy is promoting (c) Accounting for higher increase of 55. Heart beat is controlled by which cranial dance, drama and music? GNP nerve? (a) Sahitya Academy (d) Accounting for decline of GNP (a) Hypoglossal nerve (b) Sangeet Academy 79. What displays the content of the active (b) Vagus (c) National School of Drama cell? (c) Spinal accessory (d) Lalit Kala Academy (a) Name box (b) Row headings (d) Trochlear 68. Which date is known as ‘Diabetes Day’? (c) Formula bar (d) Task pane 56. Inflammation of bone is called :- (a) 14th February 80. Computer and communication technolo- (a) Gout (b) Osteosis (b) 14th May gies, such as communication links to the (c) Osteomyelitis (d) Ostos (c) 14th September internet that provide help and under-

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standing to the end user is known as – 89. Which among the following commission Blossom (IICB) festival? (a)Presentation file is known for recommendation of aboli- (a) Agartala (b) Gangtok (b)Information technology tion of the IAS and IPS? (c) Srinagar (d) Shillong (c)Program (a) Dhebar Commission 98. Who of the following lifted the 2018 (d)Worksheet file (b) Kalekar Commission Men’s Singles title at the Rolex Paris 81. The process of carrying out commands (c) Kher Commission Masters? is called: (d) Rajamannar Commission (a) Milos Raonic (a) Fetching (b) Storing 90. The Ayushman Bharat-National Health (b) Juan Martín del Potro (c) Decoding (d) Executing Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) has (c) Karen Khachanov 82. Which one of the following pairs is cor- rolled out from which city? (d) Novak Djokovic rectly matched? (a) Raipur (b) Jaipur 99. Who has been appointed the new chair- (a) Durga das : the life of Mahatma (c) Bhopal (d) Ranchi person of Competition Commission of Gandhi 91. Which of the following films was the India (CCI)? (b) Louis Fischer : India from Curzon India’s lone entry at the Rome Film (a) G P Mittal to Nehru and after Festival 2018? (b) U C Nahta (c) Frank Moraes : Jawahar Lal (a) Sui Dhaaga (c) Ashok Kumar Gupta Nehru-A Biography (b) Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran (d) Smita Jhingran (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad : India (c) Raazi 100. Which Indian personality has recently divided (d) Mare Pyare Prime Minister bestowed with France’s highest civilian 83. KuppuSwamy Naidu Trophy is associ- 92. Which sports journalist is the author of honour “Knight of the Legion of ated with which game? the book “The Fire Burns Blue: A His- Honour”? (a) Football (b) Cricket tory of Women’s Cricket in India”? (a) Kailash Satyarthi (c) Badminton (d) Hockey (a) Jatin Sapru (b) Amartya Sen 84. Which union ministry has been conferred (b) Karunya Keshav (c) Jawahar Lal Sarin the SKOCH’s ‘Best performing Social (c) Mayanti Langer (d) Soumitra Chatterjee Sector Ministry’ award? (d) Boria Majumdar (a) Ministry of External Affairs 93. Who among the following has resigned as  (b) Ministry of Human Resource the chairman of the Film and Television Development Institute of India? (c) Ministry of Women and Child (a)Anurag Kashyap ANSWER KEYS Development (b) Nasiruddin Shah 1. d 2. d 3. d 4. b (d) Ministry of Health and Family (c) Shyam Benegal 5. d 6. b 7. c 8. a Welfare (d) Anupam Kher 9. a 10. a 11. c 12. a 85. Epsom (England) is the place associated 94. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime with :- Minister Shri Narendra Modi has ap- 13. b 14. c 15. c 16. a (a) Horse racing (b) Polo proved the renaming of Jharsuguda Air- 17. c 18. d 19. a 20. c (c) Shooting (d) Snooker port. What is the new name of this air- 21. d 22. a 23. b 24. c 86. Who has won the 2018 New Academy port? 25. b 26. a 27. c 28. b Prize in Literature, which is formed in (a)Shri Atal Bihari Airport 29. a 30. a 31. d 32. a protest to the Nobel Literature Prize? (b) Veer Surendra Sai Airport 33. c 34. b 35. b 36. c (a) Haruki Murakami (c) Veer Umesh Singh Rajwar Airport 37. a 38. c 39. c 40. c (b) Maryse Conde (d) Tipu Sultan Airport 41. b 42. d 43. b 44. d (c) Neil Gaiman 95. Which ministry has recently launched 45. c 46. c 47. a 48. a (d) Kim Thuy UTS on Mobile app? 49. a 50. d 51. c 52. c 87. Which union Ministry has launched the (a) Ministry of Information and 53. b 54. d 55. b 56. c “India for Humanity”? Broadcasting 57. c 58. c 59. c 60. c (a) Ministry of Rural Development (b) Ministry of Tourism 61. b 62. d 63. b 64. b (b) Ministry of Railways (c) Ministry of Power 65. a 66. a 67. b 68. d (c) Ministry of External Affairs (d) Ministry of Railways 69. b 70. d 71. c 72. c (d) Ministry of Defense 96. Recently, the first electronics manufac- 88. Which Indian sportsperson has won the turing cluster in the north-eastern re- 73. b 74. c 75. a 76. b Girls title in the IBSF World Under-16 gion under the Indian Government’s 77. b 78. a 79. c 80. b Snooker Championships 2018? ‘Digital North East Vision 2022’ was 81. d 82. c 83. d 84. c (a) M S Jyoti inaugurated in which city? 85. a 86. b 87. c 88. d (b) Anupama Ramachandran (a) Agartala (b) Dispur 89. d 90. d 91. d 92. b (c) Manasvini Sekar (c) Guwahati (d) Kohima 93. d 94. b 95. d 96. c (d) Keerthana Pandian 97. Which of the following cities is the venue 97. d 98. c 99. c 100. c of the 2018 India International Cherry

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13) Error detection at the data link layer is achieved by ? COMPUTER a) bit stuffing b) Cyclic Redundancy codes c) Hamming codes d) Equalization MCQs e) None of these 14) If a host broadcasts a frame that includes a source and destination hardware address, and its purpose is to assign IP address to itself, which protocol at the network layer does the host use? a) Internet control Message protocol c) Segmentation b) Packet internet gopher c) Reverse address Resolution Protocol 1) Which of the following command is d) All of these d) Address resolution protocol used to create terminal connection to e) None of these e) None of these another host in UNIX? 7) Which of the following uses the greatest 15) The phase of the SDLC in which an a) SSH b) SCP number of layers in the OSI model? information system is systematically c) Telnet d) DHCP a) bridge b) Repeater repaired and improved is referred to as e) None of these c) Router d) Gateway ______2) An Operating system that can predict e) Switch a) analysis the exact term duration for operations 8) Which PPP protocol provides b)Implementation is called. authentication and dynamic c) maintenance a) Hard RTOS addressing? d) Transfer b) Soft RTOS a) LCP b) NCP e) None of the above c) Both (a) and (b) c) RIP d) IGRP 16) SRS stands for ______d) Seek time e) None of these a) Software resolution specification e) None of these 9) The process that is currently being b) Software Requirement standards 3) The use of Software to allow System executed is called. c) Software Response service hard ware to run multiple applications a) Waiting State d)Software requirements specification on different OS is termed as b) Running state e) None of the above a) OS virtualization c) Ready State 17) Which of the following is the process of b) OS level virtualization d) All of these combining data from different c) Both (a) and (b) e) None of these resources? d) Threading 10) Message queuing is managed by? a) Data selection e) None of these a) Shell b)Kernel b) Data cleaning 4) ______uses a standard called c) Fork d) H/w c) Data integrating IEEE 802-6. e) None of the above d) Data dictionary a) LAN b) WAN 11) An alternative of Java script on e) None of the above c) MAN d) PAN windows platform is______18) Which data type is used to store up to e) CAN a) VBScript b) ASP net 65 , 536 characters? 5) What is the full form of RTSP? c) JSP d) PHP a) Memo b) text a) Real time system protocol e) None of these c) Integer c) data b) Real transfer system protocol 12) ______is the continuous ability e) None of the above c) Real time streaming protocol to send and receive data between 19) Each modification done in data base d) Real trigger streaming protocol interconnected networks. transaction are first recorded into the e) Real transfer stream protocol a) Ftp ______6) ______provides an interface b) Smtp a) Hard drive b) disk between the process and the operating c) INS c) Log file d) data mart system. d) Network interoperability e) None of these a) Synchronization e) None of these b) System call

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20) A top to bottom relationship among the 27) ______allows wireless mobile. 35) An address resolution protocol (ARP) items in a database is established by a Devices to access the internet and its request is ______services. a) Uncast b) Any cast a) Network schema a) WAP b) Ethernet c) Broadcast d) All of these b) Relational schema c) TCP/IP d) All of these e) None of these c) Hierarchial schema e) None of these 36) How many 1’s are present in binary d)Object Orianted schema 28) In PPP, a three way handshaking representation of 5 × 1024 +7 × 128 + e) None of these protocol used for authentication is 7 × 16 +3? 21) This is a program tool allows you to known as______a) 8 b) 9 recognize and summarize. Selected a) CHAP b) BOOTP c) 10 d) 11 columns and rows of data in a c) FTP d) DHCP e) None of these spreadsheet or database to obtain a e) None of these 37) Which structure indicates many to many desired report 29) Which of the following data structure relation? a) Pivot table b) PERT chart stores heterogeneous data elements? a) Relational database c) Quad tree d) ODPS a) Record b) Network structure e) None of these b) Painter c) Hierarchy structure 22) In the relational modes, cardinality is c) Linear Harry d) Chain termed as : d) All of these e) None of these a) No. of tuples e) None of these 38) Subnet mask of class A is b) No. of attributes 30) Which of the following services is used a) 255.0.0.0 c) No of tables to translate host name into IP b) 192.0.0.0 d) No. of constraints addresses? c) 255.255.0.0 e) None of these a) SNMP b) SMTP d) 224.0.0.0 23) In Dos, TYPE command is used to c) UDP d) DNS e) None of these ______e) DHCP 39) Port number of HTTP is a) Display message on screen 31) The______is a link- state routing a) 25 b) 80 b) Display the content of a text file protocol, used to handle routing for c) 125 d)123 c) Display the content of directory internet protocol traffic. e)None of these d) Both ‘a’ an ‘b’ a) RIPV1 b) RIPV2 40) What is the alternative name For a e) None of these c) OSPF d) VLSM diskette? 24) Which of the following play an e) None of these a) Winchester disk important role in modern operating 32) Fetch and decode cycle is not required b) Flexible disk system (OS)? in c) Hard disk a) Kernel a) Direct addressing d) Floppy disk b) Shell b) Immediate addressing e) None of these c) Operating system c) Indirect addressing d) Software d) All of the above  e) Fork e) None of these 25) ______is the program which 33) Which of the following types channels interprets commands given by the user. moves data relatively slowly? ANSWER KEYS a) Kernel a) Wide band channel 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. c b) Shell b) Voice band Channel c) both ‘a’ and ‘b’ c) Narrow band Channel 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. a d) Software d) All of the above 9. b 10. b 11. a 12. d e) None of these e) None of these 13. b 14. c 15. c 16. d 26) The splitting of a message into multiple 34) The refreshing rate of dynamic RAM is packets at transport layer is known as in the range of 17. c 18. a 19. c 20. c ______a) 2 Microsecond 21. a 22. a 23. b 24. a a) Fragmentation b) 2 millisecond 25. b 26. b 27. a 28. a b)Segmentation c) 50 millisecond 29. a 30. d 31. c 32. a c) Synchronization d) 500 millisecond d) Packeting e) None of these 33. c 34. c 35. c 36. c e) None of the above 37. b 38. a 39. b 40. d

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(c) B.Sivaraman Committee (d) C Rao Committee 15. What is the minimum amount for which T-Bills are issued in India? (a) Rs 10,000 (b) Rs 25,000 (c) Rs 50,000 (d) Rs 1,00,000 16. What is the present interest rate in Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS)? (a) 8.2% (b) 8.7% (c) 8.3% (d) 8.5% 17. Any NBFC is is considered systemically important NBFC when its asset size is of Rs ____ or more. (a) Rs 100 Crore (b) Rs 500 Crore 8. Which of the following cannot be encased (c) Rs 250 Crore 1. In which amongst the following cards, at the cash counter of a bank but it can the customer can make payment to the (d) Rs 750 Crore only be credited to the payee’s 18. When a bank does commercial and extent of balance lying in his account. account? (a) Debit Card investment banking together, then it is (a)Bearer cheque called as _____. (b) Smart Card (b) Open cheque (c) Credit Card (a) Branch Banking (c) Stale cheque (b) Unit Banking (d) 1 and 2 (d) Crossed cheque 2. ______is the organization that (c) Mixed Banking 9. Which of the following section of Banking (d) Chain Banking maintains the borrower’s history in Regulation Act, 1949 deals with India. 19. MUDRA Bank is a wholly-owned restrictions on loans and advances? subsidiary of_____. (a) CRISIL (b) CIBIL (a)Section 18 (b)Section 21 (c) IRDAI (d) RBI (a) RBI (b) NABARD (c)Section 20 (d)Section 23 (c) SEBI (d) SIDBI 3. RTGS as well as NEFT uses 10. In which year RBI has listed SBI in the (a) SWIFT (b) MICR 20. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) declared list of Domestic Systematically State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI (c) IFSC (d) DNS Important Banks? Bank as D – SIBs. What is the full form 4. SWIFT is a commonly used acronym in (a) 2013 (b) 2014 as D – SIBs? the banking industry. The ‘I’ IN (c) 2015 (d) 2016 SWIFT stands for —————? (a) Domestic Systemically Important 11. What does U stands for in USSD? Banks (a) Interbank (b) International (a) Unified (c) Intercom (d) Indian (b) Domestically Systemically (b) Unstructured Important Banks 5. A company which pools money from (c) Unsymmetrical investors and invests in stocks, bonds, (c) Domestic Systemic Important (d) Undertaking Banks shares is called - 12. The Revised Prompt Corrective Action (a) A bank (d) Domestically Systemic Important (PCA) Framework of RBI for Banks Banks (b) An insurance company has come into effect from? (c)Bancassurance (a) January 1, 2017  (d) Mutual Fund (b) April 1, 2017 6. ______is a channel to receive cross- (c) May 1, 2017 border remittances from overseas (d) February 1, 2017 ANSWER KEYS jurisdictions? 13. A cheque is defined under which act? (a)Rupee Drawing Arrangement (a) Payment and Settlement Systems 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. a (b)External Commercial Borrowing Act, 2007 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. d (c)Masala Bond (b) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (d)All of these (c) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 9. c 10. d 11. b 12. b 7. In a bank note how many languages are (d) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 13. d 14. c 15. b 16. b there? 14. NABARD was established on the 17. b 18. c 19. d 20. a (a) 15 (b) 17 recommendation of which committee? (c) 18 (d) 20 (a) A Ghosh Committee (b) BD Shah Committee

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE (d) rocked C. It is always a strange, life- Direction (1-5): In the following (e) No correction required threatening form of sport; only passage, some of the words have been 4. (a) unprotected those not in their right mind would left out, each of which is indicated by a (b) susceptible try it. number. A suggestion has also been given (c) accustomed D. Doyle is part of an elite force of beside each blank. Find the suitable (d) acquaint over 600 brand agents. word from the options and fill up the (e) No correction required (a) A (b) B blanks with appropriate words to make 5. (a) commotion (c) C (d) D the paragraph meaningful. If the (b) pandemonium (e) None of the above suggestion is correct, select the last (c) divulgence 8. A. This must change. option. (d) conflict B. This would encourage long term The importance of Syria is not because of (e) No correction required investment and channelize saving the resources it has, but because of the in the productive financial assets Directions (6-10): In the following countries that borders it. The Middle East of equities. questions, four sentences are given, you is the oil production giant and is a sensitive C. In the case of equities, retail have to find out a sentence which is out spot for foreign collaboration(1). The investors have to rely on the of the context of the paragraph. addition of a foreign power may allow the kindness of brokers or advisors war toblow(2)over into neighbouring 6. A. When a brand has earned the to scan a profitable investing countries, inciting a deadly Middle Eastern respect of consumers and are opportunity. war that would be devastating for many “followed,” 48% are positive to D. Indians save a lot but invest countries that are dependent on oil from receiving messages from that mostly in gold and real estate and Middle East. Syria not only lies between brand. very little in equity. the oil producing giants but is very close to B. But the question that needs to be (a) A (b) B the giant continent of Africa which is asked: is all this money being (c) C (d) D dodged(3)by hunger, poverty, diseases and spent wisely? (e) None of the above ill governance in most part of it. A continent C. Social media is everywhere and 9. A. In India, that is the norm, with 22 like Africa is more likely (4) to war if the marketers are planning to take full constitutionally-decreed languages conflict within Syria crosses the border. advantage by pledging and thousands of dialects. With its growing purchasing of the countries more budget than ever to the B. It was conventional wisdom that of Africa, it is turning out to be an important plethora of new communication Indians think fast and multitask market and most of the developed countries channels available. because of endemic adversity: the wouldn’t want any chaos (5) in the potential D. Billions of dollars are expected to situation demands and fosters it. market of most companies that run the be invested across the globe in C. It is rare to find most people fluent economy of these developed countries. 2013 as the explosion in social in more than a single language in shows little signs of slowing. most places. 1. (a) opportune (a) A (b) B D. For those who marvel at the (b) intervention (c) C (d) D Indian talent of multitasking – (c) investment (e) None of the above best displayed by shopkeepers (d) plebiscite 7. A. They are the finest in their and dhaba waiters – the clue could (e) No correction required respective fields, their areas of lie in most of us being polyglots. 2. (a) move expertise range from climbing (a) A (b) B (b) expand cliffs that stretch to the heavens, (c) C (d) D (c) spill without safety nets of course, to (e) None of the above (d) cross wing suit jump off those very 10. A. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (e) No correction required same cliffs. has promised concrete steps to 3. (a) lobbed B. Now, you might have heard of the fight inflation. (b) blocked next chap. (c) dubbed

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B. It will not only ensure better two of the world’s biggest hotel chains, guidelines on when and how family members returns to farmers but also keep Hilton and Marriott; and one of its biggest may be hired by the firm. Business families inflation under check. toymakers, Lego. To avoid this fate, and need to persuade the younger generation that C. Farmers should be able to sell their increase the chances of producing a strong taking over the company is an opportunity, produce freely. successor, business families need to grasp not a burden. Mr Schwass notes that D. This requires states to scrap the two things. The first is that inheritance is a successful families tend to have “informal Agricultural Produce Marketing process, not an event. That process involves curriculums” which are designed to teach Committee (APMC) laws that giving potential heirs a chance to prove their younger members not just about how the give monopoly to some traders to worth. Bernard Arnault, the boss of LVMH, family firm works but about why it matters. buy crops. and Rupert Murdoch, the boss of News No amount of sugar-coating will work (a) A (b) B Corp, have both given their children bits of unless the retirement problem is solved. A (c) C (d) D their empires to run. Samsung created the striking number of patriarchs suffer from (e) None of the above role of “chief customer officer” for Jay Lee, “sticky-baton syndrome”. Melvin Gordon, the son of its boss, Lee Kun-hee, to give boss of Tootsie Roll, an American Directions (11-20) : Read the following him experience in handling all-important confectioner, died in office in January, aged passage and answer the questions that partnerships with other tech firms, such as 95. Serge Dassault, boss of Dassault Group, follows. Apple. Another Lee family, which owns Lee a French conglomerate, is 90. Viacom, a Family firms are fashionable. Management Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based maker of media conglomerate, is floundering in part thinkers like them because they are reckoned sauces, have created a “family learning and because Sumner Redstone, aged 92 and in to take a longer-term view than other firms. development centre” to prepare the next poor health, has resisted handing over to his Politicians like them because they provide generation to take over. daughter, Shari. Christophe Bernard of lots of relatively secure jobs. And the public Another way to ensure that heirs are ready KPMG, a consulting firm, says families need like them because they think such firms are for the jobs they inherit is to make them to devote as much thought to getting the more in touch with local communities than prove themselves outside the family firm. former boss to move on as they do to training ones owned by anonymous shareholders. This can broaden their experience, boost his successor. One “golden rule”, he says, is This chorus of praise has some notable their self-confidence and prove to doubters to give the retiring patriarch something big absentees, however: the next-generation that they are more than just daddy’s pet. to fill his days, such as running a family family members who are supposed to inherit George Stalk of the Boston Consulting charity. these businesses. Whenever the heads of Group says he knows of one company that There are signs that business families are family businesses gather, they complain refuses to interview members of its founding getting better at all this. More of them are about the difficulty of getting their children family unless they have earned a master’s drawing up formal family constitutions. to take over from them. A recent survey by degree in business or engineering and have More of them are seeking outside advice on Peking University found that 80% of won two promotions within five years while managing a generational transition. There is potential Chinese heirs were reluctant to working for a non-family firm. In the now quite an industry of providing family follow in their fathers’ footsteps. meantime a firm could hire a CEO from firms’ heirs with training and networking There are some good reasons for the younger outside the family but still keep open the opportunities. IMD has a course that mixes generation to be hesitant. A successful option of someday going back to having a members of European family dynasties with patriarch or matriarch can be a hard act to family member run the show—as seems Chinese princelings. Loyola University in follow—and may be a bothersome back-seat possible, for example, at Pictet, a Swiss Chicago has a Next Generation Leadership driver long after relinquishing the steering- bank. An alternative is to have a non-family Institute. Family capitalists like to proclaim wheel. Even an heir who lifts the business CEO and give the chosen heir the job of that “A family business is not a business to new heights may still suffer sniping that chairman. This is Mr Buffett’s plan for you inherit from your parents, it is a he got where he is simply by belonging to Berkshire Hathaway when he eventually business you borrow from your children”. the “lucky sperm club”, as Warren Buffett retires. But making a reality of this charming adage calls it. In other cases the heirs may The second thing that business founders requires hard work, careful planning and a genuinely not be right for the job: they may must grasp is that behind a successful family willingness to let go. be more extensively and expensively firm lies a successful family. A striking educated than their parents, but lack the proportion of businesses spring from 11. What, according to author, is a successful managerial skills to command a big minorities which have had to rely on strong family? organisation. Joachim Schwass of IMD, a and cohesive families to survive in a i. They make strong family ties by Swiss business school, argues that the most sometimes unfriendly climate: the Jews in organizing timely family common characteristic of failed successions Europe; the Parsis in India; the Chinese in gatherings. is that the family marks out the eldest son South-East Asia. Successful business ii. They start new firms together to for the top job from an early age, and hands dynasties work hard at reinforcing family earn better profits and dividends it to him regardless of ability. ties. They hold regular gatherings; and they iii. They prepare family constitutions The list of companies that have ended up prepare for disagreements by creating family including guidelines like when and being sold, or handed over to professional constitutions, including such things as how family members managers, for want of a suitable family may be hired by the firm. member willing or able to take over, include

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(a) Only i (b) Only ii member despite appointing a CEO Conference out, and BJP’s in keeping (c) Only iii (d) Only ii & i from outside? the Congress out. (e) Only iii & i (a) Tootsie Roll (a) Both A & D 12. How the business families are getting (b) Dassault Group (b) Both B & C better? (c) Pictet (c) Both A & C i. They take advice on generational (d) Loyola University (d) Both c& D transition (e) None of these (e) No Error ii. They earn an experience of 5 years 19. What is the tone of the passage? 23. (A)The acquittal of five suspects in the in non-family firm (a) Informative Mecca Masjid bomb blast case is likely iii. They don’t follow traditional (b) Technical to reinforce /(B) public cynicism in the canon (c) Cynical country about the state of the criminal (a) Only i (b) Only ii (d) Motivating justice system. /(C) Regardless of (c) Only iii (d) Only ii & i (e) None of these whether the acquittal was owing to the (e) Only iii & i 20. What is the most suitable title of the innocence of Swami Aseemanand and 13. List the similarities between the passage? four others belonging to a Hindu right- following firms: Hilton and Marriott (a) Reluctant Heirs wing group, or because the prosecuting and Lego: (b) Incompetent Heirs agency lacked the resolve and freedom i. Heirs, lacking potential (c) Heirs in Vain to obtain their conviction, /(D) the ii. patriarch families (d) Incapable Heirs outcome is undoubtedly a substantial iii. Unwilling heirs (e) None of these denial of justice for a crime that killed (a) Only i (b) Only ii nine people and injured many others. (c) Only iii (d) Both ii & iii Directions (21-25) : In each of the (a) Both A & C (e) Both iii & i following questions there are sentences. (b) Both B & D 14. What is the most appropriate synonym There is error in two parts. Mark the (c) Both C & D for “heir”: option which contains error parts as your (d) Both B & C (a) heiress (b) scion answer. If no part contains error, mark (e) No Error (c) ancestor (d) etymon option ‘e’ as your answer. 24. (A)Theories abound on how upcoming elections, starting with Karnataka and (e) None of these 21. (A)There is little surprise in the Law possibly /(B) ending with the Lok 15. Family firms are liked by all because: Commission for India recommendation Sabha polls in 2019, has prompted a i. They are in touch with the that the Board of Control for Cricket / large-scale cash/(C) management communities all around (B) in India be brought under the exercise among political parties. Part ii. They have a long term-view purview of the Right to Information of the retail love for cash is also being iii. They provide secure jobs Act. /(C) Over the years, the popular attributed to depositor fears for the (a) Only ii & iii expectation that India’s cash-rich and impending Financial Resolution and (b) Only iii commercially successful apex cricket Deposit Insurance Bil /(D)l that makes (c) Only iii & i body will have to make itself more it possible to deploy investor savings (d) All iii, ii & i transparent and accountable has been to bail out stressed banks and financial (e) None of these rising. While the BCCI is a private body institutions. 16. What is the most appropriate antonym that needs no financial helping from the (a) Both A & D of “adage”: government, /(D) it is being (b) Both B & C (a) aphorism increasingly recognised that it performs (c) Both A & C (b) apothegm significant public functions. (d) Both B & D (c) paradox (a) Both B & C (e) No Error (d) saw (b) Both B & D 25. (A)The forecast of a normal monsoon (e) None of these (c) Both A & C has brought relief all around. For 17. Why the younger generation is reluctant (d) Both C & D farmers, the India Meteorological to inherit their family businesses? (e) No Error Department’s estimate /(B) that rainfall (a) lacking managerial skills 22. (A)Neither the People’s Democratic during the summer, between June and (b) priority given to the eldest son Party nor the BJP wants to end their September, will be 97% /(C) of the 50- only, regardless of ability coalition over the issue /(B); however, year average of 89 cm, is bound to raise (c) family business is a ruthless act the two parties serve very different fresh expectations. This is the third year to take over political constituencies, /(C) both in a row that they can look forward to (d) decisive and deteriorated demographically and geographically. a /(D) high output for a variety of crops, educational background What brought them together is not some although fiscal realities have come in (e) Both (b)&(a) shared political objectives, /(D) but the the way of realising higher farm 18. Which of the following firm has kept PDP’s interest in keeping the National open the option to heir a family incomes. (a) Both A & C

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(b) Both B & C II. We have had cases where the (a) Step I (b) StepII (c) Both C & D customer ______he had never (c) StepIII (d) StepIV (d) Both B & D shared his credentials but it turned (e)None of these (e) No Error ______that the electronic 32. In step V, which of the following words payment was made by family would be at 3rd position to the left of Directions (26-30): In each question members using the customer’s 2nd from the right end? below two sentences are given with two credential (a) been (b) 28 blanks in each. Each question is followed (a) said, about (c) has (d) 35 by four options with two words in each. (b) swore, out (e) None of these You have to select that option as your (c) criticized, out 33. How many step required to complete answer which can fill both the blanks (d) represented, against the above arrangement? respectively of both the sentence I and (e) None of these (a) Three (b) Four II. 30. I. He is as nervous and ______as (c) Six (d) Seven 26. I. Miller is ______in her the rest of us, ______his (e) Five ______of the governor. apparent nonchalance. 34. Which of the following would be the II. ______in his dedication to II. Archaeologists from Leicester step IV after arrangement? diversity and individualisation, University announced to an (a) state 23 been 28 has 35 about 32 Dato’ Choo has started his own ______press room that they 15 worried business, been designer to the had discovered the remains of (b) state 23 been 28 has 15 about 32 stars and is renowned for his King Richard III ______a car 35 worried ______of education. park in the centre of the city of (c) state 28 been 23 has 35 about 32 (a) unrelenting, flattering Leicester. 15 worried (b) Staggering, expertise (a) excited, over (d) state 23 been 28 has 35 about 15 (c) unwavering, support (b) inspired, outside 32 worried (d) unshaken, experience (c) excited, beneath (e) None of these (e) None of these. (d) outraged, under 35. In step III, ‘28’ is related to ‘35’ and 27. I. We are doing this work in the (e) None of these ‘32’ is related to ‘15’. In the same way ‘state’ is related to? context of______in REASONING ABILITY the______, social and cultural (a) worried (b) 24 spheres. Directions (31-35): Study the given (c) state (d) 32 II. Referring to the ______in India, information and answer the questions. (e) about including the recent introduction A word and number arrangement machine Directions (36-39): Study the following of GST, he stated that it is when given an input line of words and information carefully and answer the necessary to work together for numbers rearranges them following a questions. sustained global particular rule in each step. The following is There are seven teachers – M, N, O, P, Q, R ______recovery. an illustration of an input and rearrangement. and S – who teach different subjects viz- (a) changes, political Input: can 17 accept 28 projects 39 which Hindi, English, Math, Science, Physics, (b) reforms, economic 42 ignore 35 Chemistry and Biology but not necessarily (c) problems, economic Step I: accept 40 can 17 28 projects which in the same order. They teach on different (d) situations, civilian 42 ignore 35 days of the week starting from Monday. (e) None of these. Step II: projects 41 accept 40 can 17 28 Also they like different colours, viz- Red, 28. I. I have always been delighted at which ignore 35 Green, Black, White, Yellow, Violet and the ______of a new day, a fresh Step III: can 36 projects 41 accept 40 17 28 Orange but not necessarily in the same order. try, one more start, which ignore N, who likes Violet, teaches on the fourth ______perhaps a bit of magic Step IV: which 27 can 36 projects 41 accept day of the week but neither Hindi nor waiting somewhere behind the 40 17 ignore Biology. Two persons teach between the morning. Step V: ignore 18 which 27 can 36 projects days on which N and R teach, who does not II. I didn’t find the ______of a 41 accept 40 teaches on the 1st day of the week. There is house ______no electricity And Step V is the last step of the only one person teach between the days on very alluring. rearrangement of the above input. which M and O teaches. But O does not (a) chance, with As per the rules followed in the above steps, teach either on 1st or 3rd day of the week. (b) scenery, without find out in each of the following questions O likes Green and teaches Hindi. The one, (c) thought, by the appropriate step for the given input. who teaches Math, teaches on the last day (d) prospect,with Input: state 15 has 24 been 27 worried 36 of the week and like Black. P does not teach (e) none of these. about 31 on the day either immediately before or 29. I. He ______which was ______immediately after the day on which M teach, of character for him. 31. In which step the elements ‘32 15 worried’ found in the same order?

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Which of the following combinations is (e) None of these (c) C (d) E definitely false? 43. Point P is 13m towards the East of Point (e) None of these (a) O – Green – Hindi Q. Minakshi, starts from Point Q, 45. The only person, who is between E and (b) M – Orange –Biology travels 8m towards West and takes a D, is wearing T-shirt of which colour? (c) Q – White –Chemistry right turn. After taking the right turn, (a) red (b) blue (d) R – Green – Hindi she travels 5m and reaches Point B. (c) violet (d) yellow (e) None of these From Point B, she takes a right turn (e) None of these 37. Who among the following teaches on again and travels 21m and reaches Point 46. Who among the following has ordered the 5th day of the week? C. How far and towards which direction for Fish-fry? (a) The person who likes Orange must the Minakshi travel to reach Point (a) A (b) B (b) The person who teaches Math P? (c) C (d) E (c) The person who teaches Hindi (a) 5m towards South (e) None of these (d) The person who likes White (b) 5 m towards West 47. Which of the following is correctly (e) None of these (c) 21 m towards South matched? 38. If ‘N’ is related to ‘Green’ and ‘S’ is (d)13 m towards South (a) A-Yellow-Biryani related to ‘Black’ then which of the (e) None of these (b) B-Red-Egg following is ‘M’ related to? (c) E-Red-chicken (a) Yellow (b) Violet Directions (44-48): Read the following (d) F-Violet-Fish-fry (c) White (d) Orange information carefully and answer the (e) None of these (e) None of these questions given below: 48. The colour of the T-shirt of the person, 39. Who teaches Physics? Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting who has ordered for Kebab, is (a) The person who teaches on fourth around a round table facing towards the (a) red (b) yellow day of the week center of the table in a restaurant. They have (c) blue (d) violet (b) The person who teaches just ordered for different items (Chicken, Meat, (e) None of these before Q Egg, Biryani, Fish-fry and Kebab) as their (c) The person who teaches just after lunch. They were wearing T-shirts of Directions (49-51): Some statements are Q different colours, i.e. white, violet, green, given followed by some conclusions. You (d) Can’t be determined red, yellow and blue. Order of items for the have to consider the statements to be true (e) None of these lunch and colours of T-shirts are not even if they seem to be at variance from necessarily according to the order of their commonly known facts. You have to Directions (40-41): These questions are names. The persons who have ordered for decide which of the following based on the following information. chicken, Egg and Fish-fry are neither in white conclusions if any, follow from the given ‘P@Q’ means ‘P is the mother of Q’ T-shirt nor in Violet. The persons who are statements: ‘P$Q’ means ‘P is the husband of Q’ in green and yellow T-shirts have neither 49. Statements: ‘P#Q’ means ‘P is the sister of Q’ ordered for chicken nor for Egg. A is neither ‘P*Q’ means ‘P is the son of Q’. All Car are Driver. in white T-shirt nor on the immediate left of Some Driver are Engine. 40. If F#J*T$R@L, then which of the the person who has ordered for Biryani. The No Engines is a Carborator following is definitely true? only person who is between E and F eats Conclusion: (a) L is the brother of F Meat. The person who is on the I. Some Driver are not carborator. (b) F is the sister of L immediately left side of the person in white II. Some Driver being carborator is a (c) F is the brother of J T-shirt does not eat Kebab. D has ordered possibility. (d) L is the brother of J for Biryani and the colour of his T-shirt is III. Some Car are not carborator. (e) None of these green and he is facing the person who has (a) Only (I) follow 41. Which of the following indicates the ordered for Meat. One who has ordered for (b) Only (II) and (III) follow relationship ‘R’ is the daughter of T’? chicken is seated opposite to the person (c) Only (I) and (II) follow (a) R#F*B@T wearing blue T-shirt, while the person whose (d) All follow (b) R#F*B$T T-shirt is of green colour is on the immediate (e) None of these (c) T@B#R*F left of the person who has ordered for Fish- 50. Statements: (d) T@B#F*R fry. One who has ordered for Kebab is on Some Ink are pen.

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Some pen are copy. 52. As per the following arrangements, which (e) >, >, =, < No copy is Linc. of the following statements is not true Directions (59-60): Study the All Linc are pages. with respect to P ? information and answer the following Conclusions: (a) P faces south. questions: I. No copies are pages. (b) P is fourth to the right of Q. In a certain code language II. Some pen are Linc. (c) P is 2nd to left of T “Exam remark may declare soon “ is coded III. Some pages are Link. (d) P is between V and W. as “ vx fa ba sx tz” (a) Only I follow (e) None of these “The unnecessary surprise of remark” is (b) Only III follows 53. How many person sit on the left of Q? coded as “ sx nt oz pq fz” (c) Only II & III follow (a) One (b) Two “ Remark come before the morning” is coded (d) None follows (c) Three (d) Four as “ lx vt fq nt sx “ (e) None of these (e) None of these “ Happy morning message surprise soon” 51. Statements: 54. What is the position of S with respect is coded as “bq vx cx oz fq” Some Disk are Empty. to P ? Some Empty are Floppy. (a) Immediate left 59. What is the code for “the happy Some Empty are Gigabyte. (b) Third to left morning’? No Gigabyte is Hexabyte. (c) Third to right (a) nt fq bq (b) nt fq oz Conclusions: (d) Fourth to left (c) cx nt fq (d)Either(a) or(b) I. Some Floppy are Gigabyte. (e) None of these (e) Either (a) or (c) II. No Floppy is Gigabyte. 55. Which of the following is immediate 60. What is the code for “Surprise”? III. No Hexabyte is Empty. neighbours of Q? (a) pq (b) nt (a) None follows (a) T,S (b) T,U (c) st (d) oz (b) Only I follow (c) V,U (d) R,S (e) fz (c) Only II follows (e) None of these (d) Only III follows 56. Four of the given five are alike in a certain Directions (61-65): Study the (e) Only either I or II follows way based on the given arrangement information and answer the given and hence form a group. Which of them questions: Directions (52-56): Read the following does not belong to that group? Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on information carefully and answer the (a) R (b) S separate floors of a 7-floor building. Ground questions given below. (c) P (d) U floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered Eight friends P,Q,R,S,T,U, V and W are (e) V 2 and so on until the topmost floor is seated in a straight line at an equal distance 57. Which of the following symbols should numbered 7. Each one of them likes different between each other, but not necessarily in be placed in the blank spaces colour viz. red, black, green, pink, white, the same order. Some of them are facing respectively (in the same order from grey and orange but not necessarily in the north and some are facing south. T is an left to right) in order to complete the same order. They also earn different amount immediate neighbour of one who is sitting given expression in such a manner that in a month viz. $175, $200, $225, $350, at an extreme end of the line. Only three makes the both expression X > Y and $400, $500 and $1000 but not necessarily people sit between T and V. S sits second to Z U definitely true? in the same order. the right of V. S does not sit at an extreme  X _ U _ V _ Y _ Z A likes pink colour and he lives on even end of the line. W sits on the immediate left numbered floor but not on the floor number (a) =, <, , of P. W is not an immediate neighbour of V.   2. There are two floor between A and the The immediate neighbours of P faces (b) >,  , =, > one who likes orange, who earns $500. There opposite directions.(i.e. If one neighbour (c) >, <, =,  are three floor between the one who likes faces north then other faces south and vice orange colour and G who likes green colour. (d) >, =, =, versa.) The persons sitting at the extreme  The one who likes green colour does not ends faces opposite directions.(i.e. If one (e) >, =,  , > live on top most floor. B earns highest person faces north then other faces south 58. Which of the following symbols should amount and he does not live adjacent to floor and vice versa.)Q sits second to the left of be placed in the blank spaces on which G lives. B lives on even numbered U. U faces north. U is not an immediate respectively (in the same order from floor. The one who likes red colour live neighbour of T. The immediate neighbours left to right) in order to complete the immediately above the floor on which the of U faces same directions.(i.e. If one given expression in such a manner that person who likes black lives. The one who neighbour faces north then other also faces makes the both expression P > Q and likes black colour live on even number floor. north and if one neighbour faces south then R > S definitely false? B does not like black colour. D likes white other also faces south).Both T and Q face a P _ T _ R _ Q _ S colour and he earns $225. C earns $350 and direction opposite to that of S.(i.e. If S faces (a) <, <, >, = he lives on even numbered floor. There is north then T and Q faces south and vice- (b) <, =, =, > only one floor between E and the one who versa.) (c) <, =, =, < earns the amount which is a perfect square. (d) <, =, >, 

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E lives one of the floor above on which B After two years they exchanged their employee of company S and R in lives. E does not earn the least amount. belongings and one paid the other the Marketing dept. ? difference. Then (a) 41:13 (b) 74:29 61. D lives on which of the following floor? (a) Ram paid Rs.275 to Prem (c) 22:59 (d) 29:74 (a) First (b) Second (b) Ram paid Rs.475 to Prem (e) none of these (c) Third (d) Fourth (c) Ram paid Rs.375 to Prem Directions (Q. 74 - 76): In the following (e) Fifth (d) Prem paid Rs.475 to Ram questions, two equations numbered I and 62. Who among following likes grey colour? (e) None of these (a) A (b) B II are given. You have to solve both the (c) D (d) E Directions (69-73): There are five equations and give answer (e) F companies and we have given the no. of (a) if x > y 63. C likes which of the following colour? employees working in different (b) if x  y (a) Red (b) Black companies. In the table we have also (c) if x < y (c) Green (d) Pink given the percentage of male and female (d) if x y (e) Grey employees of HR and Marketing  (e) if x = y or relationship cannot 64. Who among following earns $200? department. be established between x and y. (a) D (b) A (c) G (d) C 74. I.5x2 – 87x + 378 = 0 (e) E II. 3y2 – 49y + 200 = 0 65. A earns how much amount? 75. I.3x + 2y = 301 (a) $200 (b) $400 II.7x – 5y = 74 (c) $175 (d) $225 76. I.14x2 – 37x + 24= 0 (e) $500 69. The ratio of female employee in HR II.28y2 – 53y + 24 = 0 dept. of company S and T together to QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Directions (Q. 77 - 78): What will come male employees of Marketing in place of the question mark (?) in each department in company P and Q 66. Ram committed two mistakes in an of the following series? examination where all the questions together? carried equal marks, and obtained 72%. (a) 41:55 (b) 43:39 77. 17, 52, 158, 477, ?, 4310 If he had attempted 4 more questions (c) 55:41 (d) 39:43 a)1433 b)1432 and made 3 mistakes, he would have (e) none of these c)1435 d)1434 obtained 84%. If there was no negative 70. Difference between male employees of e)None of these marking for wrong answers, how many marketing dept. in all companies 78. 286, 142, ?, 34, 16, 7 questions were asked? together (excluding company T) and the a)66 b)72 a)25 b)30 female employees of HR dept. in all c)64 d)74 c)20 d)35 companies together (excluding e)None of these e)None of these company Q and T)? 79. A college has raised 75% of the amount 67. AkhiIesh Rai and Bajyanti enter into a (a) 21 (b) 26 it needs for a new building by receiving partnership. Akhilesh Rai invests the (c) 31 (d) 36 an average donation of Rs. 600 from entire capital of Rs. 4,50,000 with the (e) none of these the people already solicited. The condition that Bajyanti pays interest 71. Total number of marketing employees people already solicited represent 60% to Akhilesh Rai on half of the capital at of company Q and S is what % more of the people the college will ask for 10% per annum and the profit is to be then the total no. of marketing donations. If the college is to raise equally divided between them. Before employee in company R? exactly the amount needed for the new dividing the profit equally, Bajyanti (a) 536.76% (b) 526.67% building, what should be the average receives Rs. 1,200 per month for (c) 576.7% (d) 546.67% donation from the remaining people to supervision also. What is their total (e) 545.45% be solicited? yearly profit if Bajyanti’s income is 72. If 40% of the employees of company T (a) Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 250 half of Akhilesh Rai’s income? in HR department have graduation (c) Rs. 400 (d) Rs. 500 (a) Rs. 92,800 degree and 60% of the employees of (e)None of these (b) Rs. 92 000 the same company in the Marketing 80. IBM and SGI quote for a tender. On the (c) Rs. 88,000 dept. have graduation degree, then how tender opening day, IBM realizes that (d) Rs. 91,800 many employees have graduation degree their quotation are in the ratio 7 : 4 and (e)None of these in company T in both dept. together. hence decreases its price during 68. Ram purchased a flat at Rs.1 lakh and (a) 75 (b) 108 negotiations to make it Rs.1 Iakhs Prem purchased a plot of land worth (c) 106 (d) 92 lower than SGI’s quoted price. SGI Rs.1.1 lakh. The respective annual (e) 66 then realizes that the final quotes of rates at which the prices of the flat and 73. The ratio of female employee of the two were in the ratio 3 : 4. What the plot increased were 10% and 5%. company P and Q in HR dept. to male

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same task. They are paired in groups 100. 2 28 252 1008 4032 step.(Each odd number is added of two each. One pair takes two-thirds 36288 ? by one(+1) while they are the time needed by the second pair to a)38697 b)17306 arranged and each even number is complete the work. Which is the first c)32704 d)16758 subtracted by one(-1) while they pair? e)508032 are arranged.) a)A and B b) A and C  Input: state 15 has 24 been 27 worried 36 c)B and C d)A and D about 31 e) None of these EXPLANATIONS Step I: about 32 state 15 has 24 been 27 94. A red light flashes three times per minute worried 36 and a green light flashes five times in 2 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. b Step II: has 35 about 32 state 15 24 been 27 min at regular intervals. If both lights 5. d 6. a 7. b 8. b worried start flashing at the same time, how 9. b 10. a 11. e 12. e Step III: been 28 has 35 about 32 state 15 many times do they flash together in 13. e 14. b 15. a 16. c 24 worried each hour? 17. e 18. c 19. b 20. a Step IV: state 23 been 28 has 35 about 32 15 a)30 b)24 (21-25) worried c)20 d)60 21-c; A – should be of Step V: worried 16 state 23 been 28 has 35 e) None of these C- It should be help about 32 22-d; C-It should be was 31. d Directions (Q.95–97): What approximate 32. b; Step V: worried 16 state 23 been 28 value should come in place of question D- Use ‘the’ before and 23-e; No error has 35 about 32 mark (?) in the following questions? 24-b; B-Use have instead of has In step V-3rd position to the left of (You are not expected to calculate the C- It should be about instead of for. 2nd from the right end means exact value). 25-e; No error =Fifth from right in Step V =28 701 11 112 26. c 27. b 28. d 29. b 33. e 34. a 35. b 95.   = ? 52 699 107 30. c (36-39) (31-35) a)700 b)850 When we see the each step, then we can c)980 d)800 Days Teacher Colour Subject find that there is both number and words e)650 Monday P Yellow Science/ are arranged in each step. Physics 3 2 1) For words arrangement- In each Tuesday Q White Chemistry 96. 7 626  7 = ? Wednesday M Orange Biology 11 3 word we have to see the last letter Thursday N Violet Science/ and then the last letter which has Physics Friday O Green Hindi a)4445 b)4545 greatest among all letter of given c)4475 d)4595 Saturday S Red English word according to English Sunday R Black Math e)4515 dictionary arranges first to left. 97. (19.97% of 781)+ ? +(30% of 87)=252 For example word- about (t is the 36. d 37. c 38. b 39. d a)40 b)50 last letter and also greatest among (40-41) c)25 d)70 all the last letter of given word). 40. b e)80 So “about” arranges first to left Directions (Q. 98 - 100): What will come and this process is continued in in place of the question mark (?) in each further step. of the following series? 2) For number arrangement- Number are arranged according to 41. b 98. 112 119 140 175 224 ? following condition. In first step a)277 b)276 greatest odd number arranges first c)287 d)266 to left. In second step greatest e)None of these even number arranges to left. In 99. 1728 2744 4096 5832 8000 third step second greatest odd 10648 ? number is arranged to left. In a)12167 b)13824 fourth step second greatest even c)15625 d)9261 number is arranged. And this e)17576 process is continued in further

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42. c 52. c 53. b 54. c 55. a x 14,400  45,000 56. d 57. d 58. c  Rs (59-60) 2 59. e 60. d x  30,600 (61-65)  Rs 2 Total income of Bajyanti 43. a x 14,400   22,500 2 14,400

61. c 62. b 63. b 64. e  x  30,600  =   65. c  2  66. a; Let us assume that out of 100, he (44-48) obtained 72 marks. If he had attempted x  30,600 4 more questions, he would have made  one more mistake. Hence 3 of them are 2 correct. The 3 correct questions secures  x  30,600  him 12 marks more. This means, each  2   2  12 question carries = 4 marks and Or, x + 30, 600 = 2x – 61, 200 3 Or, x = 61, 200 + 30, 600 = Rs 91, 800 hence, number of questions is 25. Total yearly profit = Rs 91, 800 Alternative method: 68. a; After 2 years, the price of the flat will We can clearly see that Three correct be (1)(1.10)2 = Rs.1.21 lakh. 44. c 45. d 46. a 47. c answers increases the score by 12%. Correspondingly the price of the land 48. d {Three correct questions as 4 new will be (1.1)(1.05)2 =Rs.1.21275 lakh. (49-51) questions and one mistake) Hence, the price of the plot = 49. c 100% score corresponds to Rs.(1.21275 — 1.21) lakh = Rs.275 3 more than that of the flat 100% = 25 questions. Hence, if they exchange, Ram will have 12% to pay this amount to Prem. 67. d; Let total yearly profit be Rs x. Yearly Salary of Bajyanti for 42  75 69. d; Reqd. Ratio = = 117 : 50. b Supervision of the concern @ Rs. 1200 27 102 per month = 1200 x 12 = Rs 14,400 129 = 39 : 43 Share of each in profit =Rs 70. b; Required difference = (27 + 102 + 16 + 42) – (63 + 56 + 42) = 187 – 161 = x 14,400 26 51. e 2 71. e;Reqd. Interest paid by Bajyanti = (212  63)  44 %  100 4,50,000100 44 =Rs 22, 500 2100 = 545.45% Total income of Akhilesh Rai 72. a; Reqd. Employees x 14,400  40   60    Rs 22,500   120    45 = (52-56) 2 100  100  48 + 27 = 75 73. b; Reqd. Ratio = (63 + 85) : (16 +42) = 148 : 58 = 74 : 29

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74. a; x1 = 9, x2 = 8.4 Amount of brandy left in vessel 2 = y = 8, y = 8.3 132 1 2 5— 0.8 = 4.2 litres. = 100  30.56 x > y Ratio of water in vessel I to brandy in 432 75. c; x = 57, y = 65 vessel 2 = 3.2 : 4.2 = 16 : 21 87. e; I.(6x2 + 17) – (3x2 +20) = 0 x < y 82. e; Number of male employees in IT 3 8 2040 20 76. b; x = , x = 1 2 department = = 408 2 7 100 3 8 Number of promoted male employees y = , y = in IT department = 1 4 2 7 II. 1  26  x  y 1200  = 156 77. c; The series is  3 + 1,  3+2,  3+3, 2  100  ...... Reqd. Percentage 477 x 3 + 4 = 1431 + 4 = 1435 78. e; The series is  2 – 1,  2 – 1,  2 – 156 = 100  38 1, ...... 408 88. a; I. 142 83. c; Number of female employees in 1  711  70 production department. = 2 79. a; Let x be the total number of people  35 204050  3600   = the college will ask for donations.  100 100  People already solicited = 0.6x 020 = 240 Amount raised from the people 1260 – 1 Number of female employees in solicited II. marketing department = =600 x 0.6x = 360x Now 360x constitutes 75% of the  360018 204015  amount.    = 648 Hence, remaining 25% = 120x  100 100  Hence, average donation from – 306 = 342 Reqd. Number of females = 240 + 342 120x = 582 89. b; Number of balls = 6 + 5 + 8 = 19 remaining people = Rs. 300. 84. a; Number of female employees in 0.4x Exhaustive number of cases = Ways of accounts department = 19 80. c; If IBM initially quoted Rs 7x lakhs, selecting 4 balls out of = C4 SGI quoted 4x lakhs 3600 20 20405 19181716 IBM’s final quote = (4x – 1) lakhs  = 720 – = = 3876 100 100 1 23 4 4x 1 3  , x 1 102 = 618 Favourable number of cases = Selecting 4x 4 85. d; Reqd. Percentage = 4 red balls or any two green balls out of the four = 6C + 5C x 14C IBM’s bid winning price = Rs 3 lakhs 1200 4 2 2 100  33% 6 5 4 3 5 4 Note : Whoever quotes the minimum 3600   price, wins the bid. 86. b; Total number of employees who got 1 2 3 4 2 81. d; When 5 litres of brandy is transferred, 1413 Amount of brandy left in vessel 1 = 15 11  promoted = 1200 = 132 2 litres 100 Amount of brandy in vessel 2 = 5 litres = 15 + 910 = 925 Total number of employees in HR Amount of water in vessel 2 = 20 925 Now, 4 litres of mixture contaning 12 Reqd. Probability = department = 3600 = 432 3876 brandy and water in the ratio 1: 4 is 100 poured in pure brandy of volume 15 90. e; Here, the given expression can be Reqd. Percentage litres. written as 4 litres of mixture contains 3.2 litres of 565 + 83 x 44 – 34 = ? water and 0.8 litres of Brandy. Or, ? = 565 + 3652 – 34

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Or, ? = 565 + 3600 95. c; Here, the terms of the given expression or, ? = 4165  4210 can also be rounded off as VANIK’S KNOWLEDGE GARDEN 91. b; Here, the given expression can be 700 10 110 IMPORTANT BANKING AND written as    ? 50 700 110 INSURANCE ACTS IN INDIA 64% of 8924.2 + ?% of 5324.4 = 6850  Negotiable Instruments Act -1881 64 700 700 110  Co-operative Societies Act -1912 8900 + ?% of 5300 = 6850 Or, ? =    Provident Funds Act -1925 100 50 10 110  Reserve Bank of India Act -1934 Or, ? = 980  Insurance Act -1938 5300  Central Excise Act -1944 Or, 89 x 64 + ? x = 6850 80 23  International Monetary Fund and Bank 100 96. c; Here,  626  Act-1945 Or, 90 x 64 + ? x 53 = 6850 11 3  Banking Regulation Act -1949 Or, 5760 + ? x 53 = 6850  Chartered Accountants Act -1949 Or, ? x 53 = 6850 – 5760 80 24  616   Contingency Fund of India Act -1950 Or, ? x 53 = 1090 11 3 Or, ? x 53 = 1100  State Bank of India Act -1955  80  56  8  4480  8  Life Insurance Corporation Act -1956 1100 =4472  4475  Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Or, ? = = 20.75 22 Corporation Act -1961  97. d; (19.97% of 781)+ ? + (30% of 87) = 53  Unit Trust of India Act -1963 92. a; Ratio of distances travelled by the 252 Or, (20% of 780) + ? + (30% of 87)=  Nationalization of Banks Act ( But trains when they meet=9:10 government decided to nationalize 14 252 Suppose first train travels 9x, so the major commercial banks on 19th July, Or, 156+ ? + 26 252 second would travel 10x km.  1969) -1964 :. Total distance = 10x + 9x = 19x km Or, 182 + ?  252  Banking Laws (Application to Co- We have, 10x—9x= 120 or x= 120 km Or, ?  252 – 182 operative Societies) Act -1965 19x = 19 x 120 = 2280 km Or, ?  70  Regional Rural Banks Act -1976 93. d; Work done in one day by A, B, C and 98. c; Here, in the given series, pattern  Export-Import Bank of India Act -1981 1 1 1 1 follows as  NABARD Act -1981 D are , , and  Chit Funds Act -1982 4 8 16 32  Securities and Exchange Board of India respectively. Act -1992 Using answer choices, we note that the  Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act -1999 3  Foreign Exchange Management Act - pair of B and C does of work in 99. b; In the given series pattern follows as 1999 16  The Competition Act -2002 one day; the pair of A and D does  Prevention of Money Laundering Act - 1 1 9 2002   of the work in one  Fiscal Responsibility and Budget 4 32 32 Management Act -2002 day.  Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and of Security 32 Interest Act. (Colloquially, SARFAESI Hence, A and D take days. 9 100. e; Here, in the given series, pattern Act) -2002 follows as  Government Securities Act -2006 16 32  Securities Laws (Amendment) Act B and C take  days -2014 3 9  The Regional Rural Banks Hence, the first pair must comprise of (Amendment) Act- Diluted the sharing A and D. pattern by limiting the composite share 94. e; First light blinks after 20 s. of central govt. and sponsor bank to Second light blinks after 24 s. 51% -2014 They blink together after LCM (20 and   The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act - 24) = 120 Pushed FDI limit to 49% -2015 s = 2 min. Hence, the number of times they blink together in an hour = 30

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GENERAL AWARENESS SahityaAkademi Award 2018 for his (a) Rani Rashmoni Green University novel “Marom” in Santhali language? (b) Prithvi Raj Chauhan Green 1. HDFC ERGO General Insurance (a)Anuj Kumar University Company announced tie-up with which (b)ShyamSundarBesra (c) HemchandraVikramaditya Green bank for distribution of HDFC ERGO’s (c)Sajin Vohra University non-life insurance offerings to the (d)Ram NathBhalla (d) Rani PushpaChandra Green customers of the bank through its (e)None of these University network branches? 7. Which Indian institute signed a MoU (e) None of these (a)Canara Bank with University of Auckland to foster 11. Where did Defence Minister (b)DBS Bank academic exchange and research NirmalaSitharaman launch ‘Mission (c)Axis Bank collaboration, faculty exchange and RakshaGyan Shakti’ to provide a boost (d)Federal Bank visiting/adjunct appointments and to Intellectual Property Right (IPR) (e)None of these Student Mobility? culture in indigenous defence industry? 2. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (a) Indian Institute of Technology (a)Hyderabad (DGFT) has put the imports of ____ (IIT) Delhi (b)New Delhi Dore in restricted category, which (b) Indian Institute of Technology (c)Chennai means that an importer now, needs a (IIT) Kharagpur (d)Cuttack license to import this commodity? (c) Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) (e)None of these (a)Gold (b)Silver Bangalore 12. Which edition of Sustainable Blue (c)Zirconium (d)Titanium (d) National Institute of Technology Economy Conference was held in (e)None of these (NIT) Suratkal Nairobi, Kenya? 3. Where was the Regional Conference on (e) None of these (a)Second (b)Third ‘Good Governance – Focus on 8. Karnataka government launched (c)Fourth (d)First Aspirational Districts’ held? ‘DataCity’ initiative to enable (e)None of these (a)Bengaluru, Karnataka corporate identify the relevant 13. Name the state government that released (b)Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala innovative start-ups, in partnership lexicons of 21 tribal languages for (c)Pune, Maharashtra with which start-up accelerator? multilingual education (MLE) purposes (d)Hyderabad, Telangana (a)Hollow Cubes for elementary schools in tribal (e)None of these (b)Numa dominated districts? 4. LepaRada became _____ district of (c)Genie (a)Himachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh ? (d)Rockwell (b)Arunachal Pradesh th th (a)28 (b)26 (e)None of these (c)Odisha th th (c)24 (d)30 9. Republic of Korea, Singapore and _____ (d)Assam (e)None of these topped the chart of biennial survey of (e)None of these 5. Which basketball team was named the growth in the wealth of nations, as per 14. The 7th International Tourism Mart 2018 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson preliminary findings in the 3rd edition (ITM) was held in _____? of the Year, at the Sports Illustrated of ‘Inclusive Wealth Report 2018’ (a)Agartala, Tripura Sportsperson of the Year Awards Show released by United Nations (UN) (b)Nagpur, Maharashtra in Los Angeles, United States, on 11th Environment? (c)Shillong, Meghalaya December 2018? (a)Malta (b)Egypt (d)Imphal, Manipur (a)Golden State Warriors (c)Spain (d)Ireland (e)None of these (b)Los Angeles Lakers (e)None of these 15. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan (c)Boston Celtics 10. West Bengal Assembly passed “West Singh has launched a scheme named (d)Toronto Raptors Bengal Green University “YuvaSahakar-Cooperative Enterprise (e)None of these (Amendment) Bill 2018” to rename the Support and Innovation Scheme” to 6. Name the Indian Railway employee West Bengal Green University provide cheaper loans to startups in who has been conferred the as______?

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the cooperative sector. It will be (a)Mumbai, Maharashtra (c)SpiceCarry implemented by _____? (b)Jaipur, Rajasthan (d)SpiceFly (a) Small Industries Development (c)New Delhi, Delhi (e)None of these Bank of India (SIDBI) (d)Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 29. India opened Zokhawthar immigration (b) National Cooperative (e)None of these check-post in Mizoram. This check Development Corporation 22. Where was the 4-day “LokManthan post has been set up along the border (NCDC) 2018”, a national literary and of which country? (c) National Bank for Agriculture and intellectual conference, inaugurated by (a)China (b)Bangladesh Rural Development (NABARD) Vice President M VenkaiahNaidu? (c)Nepal (d)Myanmar (d) State Bank of India (SBI) (a)Ranchi, Jharkhand (e)None of these (e) None of these (b)Raipur, Chhattisgarh 30. Hologram-based colour coded stickers 16. Ministry of Finance has issued a (c)Ahmedabad, Gujarat on vehicles to indicate nature of fuel, notification regarding the release of the (d)Kochi, Kerala will be implemented in the Delhi- Rs 75 coin to commemorate 75th (e)None of these National Capital Region by 30th anniversary of which leader? 23. What is the rank of India in economic September 2018. What is the colour (a)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru freedom, according to a study named code for vehicles using diesel? (b)NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose Economic Freedom in the World (a)Blue (b)Green (c)Mahatma Gandhi conducted by Centre for Civil Society (c)Orange (d)Red (d)SardarVallabhai Patel (CCS) and Canada’s Fraser Institute? (e)None of these (e)None of these (a)96 (b)162 31. Name India’s first mission to study the 17. India will become the _____ biggest (c)154 (d)34 solar corona, that is planned to be emitter of carbon dioxide from the (e)None of these launched in 2019-2020, by Polar power sector in the world before 2030, 24. ______partnered with Oracle, Apollo Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) according to the report by the Hospitals and Strides Pharma Sciences from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh? International Energy Agency titled to pilot a real drug supply chain, (a)Akash – I ‘World Energy Outlook’? through Blockchain decentralised ledger (b)Apoorva – I (a)first (b)second and Internet of Things (IoT) software? (c)SuryaDev – M1 (c)third (d)fourth (a) NITI Aayog (d)Aditya-L1 (e)None of these (b) National Informatics Centre (e)None of these 18. Where did Union Minister Suresh (c) Indian Medical Association 32. President Ram NathKovind has given Prabhu inaugurate the 3-day 10th (d) All India Institute of Medical assent to the Criminal Law Edition of BIOFACH INDIA, the Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides largest show on the “Organic Sector” (e) None of these death penalty for convicts accused of in India? 25. Where was the Regional Conference on raping girls below the age of _____ (a)Chennai (b)New Delhi Good Governance with Focus on years? (c)Allahabad (d)Hyderabad Aspirational Districts held in? (a)10 (b)12 (e)None of these (a)Mumbai (b)Bengaluru (c)9 (d)5 19. Which state launched the flagship scheme (c)Bhopal (d)Kochi (e)None of these “Blue Revolution: Integrated (e)None of these 33. Which bank has signed anMoU with Development and Management of 26. Where was the 2nd World Hindu member development banks of BRICS Fisheries? Congress 2018, organized by the World on collaboration in (a)Arunachal Pradesh Hindu Foundation (WHO)? BlockchainTechonology? (b)Kerala (a)Illinois, Chicago, US (a)Axis Bank (c)Meghalaya (b)New Delhi, India (b)ICICI Bank (d)Telangana (c)Washington DC, US (c)Exim Bank (e)None of these (d)Vancouver, Canada (d)HDFC Bank 20. SadarmattAnicut and PeddaCheruvu (e)None of these (e)None of these irrigation tank of which state have 27. Where did the 5day Vostok 2018 34. The Champaner-Pavagadh become the first from India to secure a military exercise including contingents Archaeological Park is situated in which place in the register of World Heritage from China and Mongolia? state? Irrigation Structures (WHIS)? (a)Japan (b)Russia (a)Bihar (b)Rajsthan (a)Tamil Nadu (c)Germany (d)France (c)Gujarat (d)Himachal Pradesh (b)Kerala (e)None of these (e)Madhya Pradesh (c)Andhra Pradesh 28. What is the brand name under which 35. ‘BedaraVesha’ is a popular folk dance of (d)Telangana SpiceJet introduced its air cargo which state? (e)None of these services? (a)Tamil Nadu 21. Where was Smart City Expo India-2018 (a)SpiceCargo (b)Karnataka held in ? (b)SpiceXpress (c)West Bengal

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(d)Odisha 43. Basel III capital regulations are based on (d) Deposit Insurance and Credit (e)Assam 3 mutually reinforcing pillar. These Guarantee Corporation Act, 1951 36. The headquarter of the World Anti- pillars are: (e) None of these Doping Agency is situated I. Minimum Capital Standards 50. National Payments Corporation of India at______II. Supervisory Review of Capital (NPCI) is an initiative of Reserve Bank (a)Montreal, Canada Adequacy of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ (b)Dhaka, Bangladesh III. Risk Management Association (IBA) under the (c)Basel, Switzerland (a)Only I provisions of? (d)The Hague, Netherlands (b)Only I & II (a) Companies Act, 2013 (e)Singapore (c)Only I & III (b) Companies Act, 1956 37. Who is the current Secretary-General of (d)Only II & III (c) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 SAARC? (e)All are correct (d) Payment and Settlement Systems (a)Mohammed SanusiBarkindo 44. What is the base colour of Re 1 bank Act, 2007 (b)AmjadHussain B. Sial note issued after demonetization? (e) None of these (c)Karnal Singh (a)pink-blue (d)Ram Sevak Sharma (b)pink-green ENGLISH LANGUAGE (e)Hemant G Contractor (c)yellow-green Direction (51-60): Which of the words/ 38. The Dadri Thermal Power Plant is (d)yellow-blue phrases (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below situated in which of the following (e)none of these should replace the words/phrases given states? 45. What is the dimensions of Rs 50 bank in the following sentences to make it (a)Uttar Pradesh note issued after demonetization? meaningful and grammatically correct? (b)Harayna (a)66mm × 145mm (c)Rajasthan (b)63mm × 145mm If the sentence is correct as it is ‘No (d)Madhya Pradesh (c)63mm × 135mm correction required’, mark (e) as the answer. (e)Odisha (d)66mm × 135mm 39. Which among the following revolutions (e)None of these 51. The initially revenue shock following is associated with Egg and Poultry 46. Where is Bankers’ Institute of Rural the Rollout of the GST seems to have Production? Development (BIRD) situated? curtailed with states steadily (a)Yellow Revolution (a)Noida (b)Nashik improving collections aided with (b)White Revolution (c)Pune (d)Lucknow relaxations in deadline, waiver of late (c)Golden Revolution (e)New Delhi payment fee and steps to accept (d)Silver Revolution 47. Foreign currency which has a tendency compliance, showed data from the GST (e)Round Revolution of quick migration is called council. 40. Which among the given organizations is (a)cold currency (a) begin, mitigated, by, still not located in Geneva? (b)hot currency (b) implement, reduced, for, fortify (a) International LabourOrganisation (c)liquid currency (c) commence, lessened, of, support (ILO) (d)paper money (d) rollout, abated, by, encourage. (b) Organisation for Economic (e)none of these (e) No correction required Cooperation & Development 48. Which of the following tools is used by 52. Moody’s Investors Service raised (OECD) RBI for selective credit control? India’s sovereign rate for the first time (c) World Intellectual Property (a) It advises banks to recall loans since 2004, overlooking a slur of short Organisation against certain commodities term economic uncertainties to bet on (d) International Committee of the (b) It advises banks against giving the nation’s prospects from a shift of Red Cross loans against certain commodities policy changes by PM Narendra Modi. (e) United Nations Conference on (c) It assigns higher risk weighted to (a) rates, blure, economics, reave Trade & Development certain kinds of loans (b) rating, haze, economic, raft (UNCTAD) (d) Fiscal Policy by Govt (c) rated, muddle, financial, drift 41. Zagreb is the capital of which country? (e) None of these (d) figure, smog, market, coup (a)Djibouti (b)Croatia 49. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee (e) No correction required (c)Guyana (d)Lebanon Corporation (DICGC), a wholly 53. While Beijing’s air quality has evolved (e)Moldova owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of more headlines worldwide, scientists 42. The Bhogapuram Airport is situated in India (RBI), was set up under which say New Delhi’s air is always which state of India? of the following acts? significantly worse, specially during (a)Goa (a) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 the winter, when densed smog often (b)Andhra Pradesh (b) Companies Act, 1956 settles over the sprawling city. (c)Karnataka (c) Deposit Insurance and Credit (a) generated, often, especially, (d)Assam Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 choking (e)Maharashtra

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(b) created, found, particularly, 57. (i) A lot of [A]/a few [B] guests came C. But focusing on technologists is floating to see him this evening. like putting the cart before the (c) promoted, being, generally, (ii) He is popular with his friends on horse. polluted account of his complaisant [A]/ D. Innovation is not the domain of (d) made, only, usually, prevailed complacent [B] nature. technologists. (e) No correction required (iii) This is discussed in more [A]/ E. They are one link in the Chain. 54. The Indirect tax reform held the promise much [B] detail in a later chapter. (a) ABCD (b) BCDE of widening the tax system and making (a) AAA (b) AAB (c) DEAB (d) ACED taxation more transparent but the (c) ABA (d) BAA (e) All are correct general. IT driven processing of (e) BAB 62. A. The frame work released by the returns envisaged in GST has made 58. (i) We could descry [A]/decry [B] RBI for entry compliance tough for many small only a traveller in the bleak B. and expansion of foreign banks in business, which induced the GST evening. India make sense. council to continue some pre-GST era (ii) The principal impressed upon C. If foreign banks do enter India, it schemes for exporters and suspend the [A]/with [B] the students the would drive local banks clear matching of invoices from need of discipline. D. to become more efficient and suppliers and buyers till the end of the (iii) I want to purchase cloth [A]/ encourage mergers and current fiscal year. clothes [B] for a shirt and a acquisitions. (a) base, sophisticated, prompted, trousers. E. These banks will also bring down rigorous (a) ABA (b) BBB technology and expertise to foster (b) evasion, wordly, encouraged, (c) AAA (d) BBA financial inclusion. strict (e) BAB (a) ABCD (b) BCE (c) rate, experienced, incited, despotic 59. (i) He won the election only because (c) ACD (d) DCEA (d) area, cultivated, raged, tough of the support he got from his (e) All are correct (e) No correction required zealous [A]/jealous [B] 63. A. Penalty for banks that harass 55. Indian GST Rates are so higher than in party workers. customers by delaying transfer of most other countries one reason is the (ii) You must reconcile yourself [A]/ loans, problem of total coverage. Only about myself [B] to the circumstances B. doing away processing fee for half of the Indian economy comes under to and endure them. shifting with in the same bank the sphere of GST, so whatever is (iii) Even if [A]/whenever [B] the sky from one type to another and an taxes has to be taxed implicitly. is overcast, I take my raincoat industry. (a) By far, general, system, clearly with me. C. benchmark base rate for (b) far, limited, ambit, directly (a) AAB (b) BAA borrowers are among the (c) much, incomplete, circle, (c) BBB (d) ABB recommendation of a Central Bank explicitly (e) BAB panel on pricing of loans (d) f or, inadequate, ambit, stiffly 60. (i) Bijay has bought two pens and D. To make the process smoother for (e) No correction required each [A]/every [B] pen is black. retail borrowers. (ii) There is no hope of break (a) ACD (b) ADB Direction (56-60): In each question through [A]/up [B] in the murder (c) ABC (d) DBC below there are three statements. Each case. (e) All are correct statement has pairs of words phrases (iii) we usually give our servants the 64. A. Kejriwal’s conduct offers sharp that are highlighted. From the old clothes which are cast [A]/ contrast to a paradigm of insult highlighted word(s)/phrase(s) select the carry [B] away. B. And revenge championed by most appropriate word(s)/phrase (s) A or (a) AAA (b) ABB others even if no one imagined B to form correct sentences. Then choose (c) BBB (d) ABA C. That Kejriwal would be heralding the best option. (e) BBA such redefinition D. Of a politician’s touchy feely 56. (i) He is wrapt [A]/rapt [B] up in Direction (61-65): In each of the pleasurable contemplation. relationship with the people. following questions there are sentences (a) ABD (b) BCD (ii) Some of the African immigrants that form a paragraph. There is error in [A]/emmigrants [B] from India (c) DCA (d) BCA some of the parts. Mark the option which (e) All are correct have settled in America. contains parts (a, b, c, d, e) which do not (iii) He was shocked to hear that her 65. A. It is welcome development that contain error, if no part contains error the Utter Pradesh Shia Central mother died of [A]/from [B] mark option (e) as your answer. cancer. Waqf Board has proposed (a) ABA (b) AAA 61. A. Government at various levels B. an amicable solution to Ram (c) BBB (d) BAA periodically exhort scientists. Janma Bhoomi – Babri Masjid (e) ABB B. and engineers to push the dispute boundaries.

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C. After decades of dispute, it is plant often really ______to A year after demonetisation was announced, gratifying that the board has the other disease agents. the questions seem to ( 71) (outnumber) initiative (iii) ASEAN members have avoided the answers. Electronally, voters may judge D. To show goodwill and promote showing outward hostility against the policy in terms of intent rather than brotherhood. each other and have outcomes. Economists may (72) (quibble) (a) BCD (b) ABC ______to resolve defences over the undue costs owing to the debilitating (c) ACD (d) BCA through dialogue and cooperation. impact on the momentum of economic (e) All are correct (a) surrenders, attempted growth, even as damage to the (73) (b) gives, decided (vulnerable) informal sectors remains Direction (66-70): In each of the (c) succumbs, tried unmeasured. The government’s spokes following questions three statements (d) fights, thought persons may extol the shrinking cash are given with a missing word in each. (e) eliminates, ordered economy and growing digitisation. But an You have to fill the blanks of first two 69. (i) There was flowered wall paper and assessment of demonetisation on Anti Black statements with the first word of the it was hanging there in the Money Day can be complete only if its option and the blank of the third moonlight, twisting in the deliverables on the state of corruption and statement with the second word of the ______from an open window. the corruption are established. Mission from option. (ii) If the rider were able to ______the jumble of success, data and analyses to 66. (i) As the biggest country of them, Dean would have trouble be exhibited today will be conclusive proof SAARC, India is trying to matching their pace, so of reduced corruption with evidence ( 74) ______leadership by farming he quickened his (backed) answers to questions like : Are sub- (iii) The task before Karnataka now is fewer bribes being paid and demanded than regional initiatives like BIMSTEC to come up with an essential health a year ago? Is corruption down? Are Indians (ii) He had to ______all of his package ______evading less tax post demonetisation? It strength to move the store. of treatment available to all. would seem India is all set to celebrate (75) (iii) The conflict impacted large areas (a) wall, comprising (celebrate) what has probably not can of the country and the government (b) air, demanding possibly not actually be measured (c) tie, distributing struggled to exert 71. (a) convenient (b) exceed ______over highlands. (d) draft, consisting (e) fasten, allowing (c) difficult (d) contradict (a) exert, control (e) No correction required (b) reinforce, influence 70. (i) ______have risen from 200 to 300, but not in all industries. 72. (a) riddle (b) roll (c) weaken, power (c) perplex (d) grumble (d) promote, constrain (ii) The yard full of cattle, the women at home, two brothers away (e) No correction required (e) eliminate, riddle 73. (a) restive (b) fragile 67. (i) Trade in ASEAN has grown earning ______, and only Michael the youngest at (c) stabilised (d) organised rapidly and it has focussed on (e) No correction required promoting ______economic home. (iii) India must keep a close watch over 74. (a) oriented (b) supported growth and modernisation. (c) related (d) needed (ii) In judging the ______decline and Saeed’s activities and ______any attempts by (e) No correction required fall it should carefully be observed 75. (a) recognise (b) observe that it falls into two parts which him to disturb peace in the Kashmir. (c) organise (d) follow are heterogeneous in the method (e) No correction required of treatment. (a) wages, thwart (iii) If the BJP is trying hard to shift (b) prices, prevent Direction (Q. No. 76-80) : Each of the the focus to national issues, it is (c) money, impede questions below consist of three also ______up its (d) demands, spoil statements marked A, B and C. Mark organisational machinery. (e) positions, ban answer (a) fast, giving Direction (Q. No. 71-75) : In the (a) If statement A is correct. (b) rapid, gearing following passage, the blank spaces are (b) If statement B is correct. (c) sudden, making numbered and a word is given in bold (c) If statement C is correct. (d) slow, propping with bracket in some cases the bold word (d) If all statement A, B and C are (e) sluggish, coming might fit the sentence and make the correct. 68. (i) Even a good leaders eventually paragraph meaningful and sometimes it (e) If all statement A, B and C are not ______to the pressure of might not. If it fits “No change required” correct the ruling class. will be your answer. If it does not fit you 76. A. The Thirty Years’ War, Shia Sunni (ii) The drawn condition of over have to choose one option out of the given conflicts over centuries, the shaded plants is a case in point, four options against that number and persecution of Jewish people and though here again the soft, watery mark it as your answer. in more recent times, the rise of the Taliban, the Haqqani network,

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and the expanding tentacles of the with both sides resorting to Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan Islamic State are all attribute to frequent brinkmanship. following suit, eventually resulting in faith based on hatred. C. Leadership is vital for the cancellation of the summit. B. The invocation of the divine in this Congress to address its three big Trade in ASEAN has grown rapidly and it is what become the ideological challenges; reviving the party has focussed on promoting rapid economic basis of such acts of inhumanity. organisation; firming up alliances; growth and modernisation. It has created C. Our way of life constantly and formulating a cohesive the comprehensive investment Agreement confront us with choices and we programme as the main (ACIA), which ensures liberalisation and must choose our path keeping in opposition party that is looking protection of cross border investments mind our duty to do what is right. for another chance to govern India. operations, together with best practices for 77. A. Classical and beyond is a 80. A. Election campaigns often generate the treatment of foreign investors and collaborative conversation more heat than light, but this one investments. On the other hand, trade between a group of talented was riddled over a amongst the SAARC members stands at musicians, all of whom have deep string of controversies, which 3.5% of their total volume of trade. rooted connections with the served to deflect attention from Initiatives under the South Asian Free Trade classical world but are keen on the real issues, particularly those Association have failed to make much engage relating to Gujarat’s development. headway. Sub-regional initiatives like the with music both near and far from B. It is not clear whether the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal Motor its production. unseemly edge and rancour in the Vehicle Agreement also have stalled. The B. With a strong line-up of artistes, campaign rhetoric was a Federation of ASEAN Travel Associations both experienced and aspiring, this consequence of the perception (FATA) has called on the ASEAN nations travelling festival has consciously that this would be a closely fought to waive entry requirements amongst the enabled audiences an atmosphere election, as some pollsters have member states. A feasibility study has been of music that is varied and predicted. conducted on the development of a rail link unbridled. C. The Reserve Bank also clarified from Singapore to Kunming in southern C. In its rendering, the concert will that no merchant will at any level China to enhance seamless connectivity freely cruise through a cinematic will charge MDRs to consumers among the ASEAN nations to boost landscape, allowing and the new rates are applicable intraregional trade and people to people audiences an amalgam of only in debit card transactions and connectivity. Projects aimed at promoting influences and experiences that no credit the region as a tourist destination have also shapes and informs the music of cards. been undertaken. On the other hand, the the artistes. SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme only allows 78. A. In addition to some of their original Directions (Q.81-90) : Read the following certain categories of dignitaries to the exempt music, including the most recent, passage carefully and answer the from visas, excluding ordinary citizens from we got it coming, questions given below it. Certain words accessing unimpeded travel in the region. It audiences will also hear the music in the passage are printed in bold to help is difficult for Indians to enter Pakistan and of song writing heroes like Bob you to locate them easily while vice versa. Even citizens of other SAARC Dylan and Leonard Cohen. answering some of the questions. countries who have visited either India or B. Despite being distinct from the In the first two decades, ASEAN focussed Pakistan before and now wish to travel to other acts, Tower of Song is also, on a limited range of issues, but over time the other face hassles during visa issuance in a sense, a exploration of the idea its mandate expanded and now includes by either country. And SAARC of music and its limitless climate change, disaster management, infrastructural problems plague connectivity. possibilities. counterterrorism, drugs and human As the biggest country of SAARC, India is C. The early morning developments trafficking. ASEAN’s greatest success has trying to exert leadership by forming on Sunday when 11 princes and been its ability to deftly resolve disputes. subregional initiatives like the Bay of Bengal senior government ministers and In the early years, for instance, its unity Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and officials were arrest on orders was challenged by the Philippines Malaysia Economic cooperation (BIMSTEC). from Crown Prince Mohammed dispute over Sabah, but the founding Another objective is to isolate Pakistan. Such suggest members found a peaceful mechanism to attempts to forge sub-regional ties at the those warnings were realistic. mitigate opposing claims. In the case of cost of jeopardising the regional vision for 79. A. The committee chaired by him SAARC, political squabbles, deep mistrust unity have not been witnessed in ASEAN. that ordered the arrests was and military conflict between India and When ASEAN was criticised for taking in announced only hours before Pakistan have frustrated regional Myanmar in spite of its military rule, the the purge was carried out. cooperation. The whole region is suffering grouping emphasised the importance of B. It was a difficult process, given from lost potential due to India Pakistan keeping open the channels of the mistrust between the political hostility which hit a new low when India communication and engagement as a better parties and the Maoist leadership, boycotted the 19th SAARC summit as a means to influence the regime. Bilateral result of the Uri terrorist attack, with

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Which of the following word is the most hostility against each other and have tried be said to support the activities of opposite to the meaning of to resolve differences through dialogue, ASEAN in the context of the passage? ‘SEAMLESS” given in the passage engagement and cooperation. Politicians in (A) ASEAN shows its worries over (a) Permanent (b) Smooth SAARC have mostly catered to their climate change, disaster (c) Survival (d) Rough domestic constituents without having any management, counter terrorism, (e) Incoherent broad regional vision, so that it takes years drugs and human trafficking 90. Which of the following word is the most to sign agreements and even more time to (B) ASEAN has successfully resolved opposite to the meaning of implement them. As a regional organisation, all disputes in the early years ‘HASSLES” given in the passage while ASEAN has grown from strength to between the member (a) Inconvenience strength. Unless there is a serious and countries. (b) Annoyance concerted effort by the political leadership (C) Indian and Pakistan’s hostility has (c) Alteration of SAARC, led primarily by India and been resolved completely with the (d) Problems Pakistan, to revitalise the regional body, it help of ASEAN. (e) Quibble will continue to be what it always has been (a) Only A (b) Both A and B a utopian idea existing only in summit (c) Only B (d) Both B and C REASONING & COMPUTER documents. (e) All A, B and C Direction (91-95) Study the following 85. Which of the following incident has information to answer the given 81. Which of the following statement is not diluted the relationship among the questions. true in the context of the given passage? members country? S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are seated in a (a) ASEAN has focused on (a) India’s boycott of 19th SAARC straight line but not necessarily in the same promoting rapid economic growth summit with Bhutan, Bangladesh order. Some of them are facing South while and modernisation. and Afghanistan some are facing North. S sits fourth to left (b) It has created the comprehensive (b) Peaceful mechanism of founding of X. X sits at one of the extreme ends of investment agreement which members to mitigate opposing the line. ensures liberalisation and claims Both the immediate neighbours of S face protection of cross border (c) Political squabbles along with North. T sits second to left of Z. Z is not an investments. mistrust and military conflict immediately neighbour of S. Neither Z nor (c) Trade amongst the SAARC between India and Pakistan U sits at the extreme end of the line. Both members stand at 3.5% of their (d) All of these the immediate neighbours of U face North. total volume of trade. (e) None of these W sits to immediate left of Y. (d) Initiatives under the South Asian 86. Which of the following word is the most Immediate neighbours of V face opposite Free Trade Association have failed similar to the word ‘MITIGATE’ used directions (i.e. if one neighbour of V faces to make. in the context of the passage? North then the other faces South and vice- (e) None of these (a) Abate (b) Abjure versa). Immediate neighbours of T face 82. What is/are the step(s) not taken by (c) Abhor (d) Amass opposite directions (i.e. if one neighbours ASEAN to boost Intraregional trade (e) Absolve of T faces North then the other faces South and people to people connectivity. 87. How has the biggest country of SAARC and vice-versa ). People sitting at the extreme (A) It has waived entry requirements exerted leadership in the context of the ends face the opposite directions (i.e. if one for SAARC members. passage? person faces North, then the other faces (B) A study has been conducted on (a) Forming subregional cooperation South and vice-versa). W faces North and the development of a rail link. (b) Isolating Pakistan from other W is not the neighbour of T. (C) Promoting all the region as a countries tourist destination. (c) Jeopardising the regional vision 91. Which of the following pairs represents (a) Only A (b) Both A and C among the members immediate neighbours of the persons (c) Only B (d) Only C (d) Applying military rule in seated at the two extreme ends of the (e) None of these Myanmar line? 83. Which of the following phrase can be (e) All of these (a)Y,X (b)T,Y the suitable “Caption” for this 88. Which of the following word is the most (c)W,Z (d)U,Z paragraph? similar to the meaning of (e) S, T (a) ASEAN a success story

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92. How many persons are seated between (d) If the data in both Statements I And step – V is the last step of the T and X? and II together are not sufficient rearrangement of the above input. As per (a) Four (b) More than four to answer the question the rule followed in the above steps. Find (c) One (d) Three (e) If the data in both Statements I out in each of the following questions the (e) Two and II together are necessary to appropriate step for the given input. 93. If each of the persons is made to sit in answer the question Input : state 15 has 24 been 27 worried 36 alphabetical order from right to left the 96. How is ‘time’ coded in the given code about 31 positions of how many will remain language? (All the codes are two-letter unchanged as compared to the original codes only) - 99. In which step the elements ’32 15 seating arrangement? I. In the given code language, ‘take worried’ found in the same order? (a) One (b) Two your own time’ is coded as ‘sa nv a)step – I b)Step – II (c) Four (d) None jr pt’ and in the same code language, c)Step – III d)Step – IV (e) Three ‘fix your study time’ is coded as e)None of these 100. In step – V, which of the following ‘dq sa pt bz’. rd Direction (94-95) Read the following II. element would be at 3 position to the In the given code language, ‘come nd information carefully and answer the by dinner time’ is coded as ‘od es left of 2 from the right end? questions. rg sa’ and in the same code a)been b)28 ‘A * B’ means ‘A is the son of B’. language, ‘come home some time’ c)has d)35 ‘A + B’ means ‘A is the father of B’. is coded as ‘sa gk es co’. e)None of these ‘A > B’ means ‘A is the daughter of B’. 97. What is the position of B from the right 101. How many step required to complete ‘A V < J + P’ and ‘S* A < D+ F < E + a) state 23 been 28 has 35 about 32 K’. an immediate neighbour of U. II. Z sits at the extreme right end of 15 worried. (a) LP (b) SP b) state 23 been 28 has 15 about 32 (c) SK (d) SF the line. E sits third to the left of Z. B sits exactly between E and 35 worried. (e) Cannot be determined c) state 28 been 23 has 35 about 32 95. What will come in the place of question R. U sits second to the right of B. 98. How is B related to F? 15 worried. mark (?), if it is provided that M is the d) state 23 been 28 has 35 about 15 grandmother of F in the expression ‘F I. A is the son of Z. F is married to Z. F is the mother of B. 32 worried. * R < S? M’ e) None of these (a)> (b)< II. F is the wife of W. K and B are the children of W. A is the son of B. 103. In step – III, ‘28’ is related to ‘35’ and (c)+ (d)* ‘32’ is related to ‘15’. In the same way (e) Cannot be determined Directions (99-103): Study the given ‘state’ is related to? Directions (96-98): Each of the questions information and answer the questions: a)worried b)24 below consists of a question and two A word and number arrangement machine c)state d)32 statements numbered I and II are given when given an input line of words and e)about below it. You have to decide whether the numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is Direction (104-108) Study the following data provided in the statements are information to answer the given sufficient to answer the question. Read an illustration of an input and re- arrangement. questions. both statements and give answer. Seven students P, Q, R, S, T, U and V go to (a) If the data in Statement I alone are Input : can 17 accept 28 projects 39 which 42 ignore 35. school by school bus. The school bus picks sufficient to answer the question, them up from the nearby station of their while the data in Statement II alone Step – I: accept 40 can 17 28 projects which 42 ignore 35. home and they get down at the nearby bus are not sufficient to answer the station of their father’s office. The bus question Step – II: projects 41 accept 40 can 17 28 which ignore 35. stations at which they get into and get down (b) If the data in Statement II alone are base station, I, II, III, IV and V are sufficient to answer the Step – III: can 36 projects 41 accept 40 17 28 which ignore. respectively and bus leaving from the base question, while the data in station. The rest of the information is given Statement I alone are not sufficient Step – IV: which 27 can 36 projects 41 accept 40 17 ignore. below: to answer the question (a) Three among them get into the bus (c) If the data either in Statement I Step – V: ignore 18 which 27 can 36 projects 41 accept 40. at the base station. alone or in Statement II alone are (b) S gets down at the next station at sufficient to answer the question which U gets down

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(c) Q does not get down either with and all of them are facing North and in row ‘P  Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than P or T. S travels between only one 2, U, V, W, X and Y are seated and are facing station after gets in and gets down nor equal to Q’. South (but not necessarily in the same order). from the school bus. Now in each of the following questions Each person also likes a different players (d) V alone gets into at station Ill and assuming the given statements to be true. namely, Bradman, Zidan, Sachin, Donald, gets down with R Find which of the three Conclusions I, II Mradona, Lara, Shane Bond, Warner, Kalis (e) P travels between only two and III given below them is/are definitely and Smith (not necessarily in the same stations after get in and gets down true and give your answer accordingly. order). with V. 109. Statements: Z % M, M * F, I sits exactly in the centre of the row and (f) None of them gets into at station faces the one who likes Maradona. Only II. F  D one person sits between X and the one who (g) R gets into with T but does not Conclusions I. F % Z II. F  Z likes Mradona. X faces one of the immediate get into with either Q or S. neighbours of the one who likes Lara. Only III. D@Z (h) T gets into with two others and two people sit between F and the one who (a) Only I is true gets down alone after S. like Lara. F faces the one who likes Warner. (b) Either I or II is true (i) U faces one of the immediate neighbours of Q and S’s father work in the same (c) Only II is true office and they get down together G. U does not like Warner. H is an immediate (d) Only III is true at station III. neighbour of G. (e) None of these (j) None of them gets down at station The one who likes Donald is not an I. 110. Statements R  B, B©N, N@T immediate neighbour of G. Y is not an Conclusions: I. N @ R II. T B immediate neighbour of U and faces the one 104. How many students get in to bus at  who likes Zidan. W faces the one who likes the station ‘I’? III. T  R Kalis. The one who likes Smith faces North. a)One b)Two (a) None is true U does not face the one who likes Smith. c)Three d)Either one or two (b) Only I is true The one who likes Bradman sits to the e)None of these (c) Only II is true immediate right of the person who likes 105. How many students gets down at the (d) Only III is true Shane Bond. X does not like Bradman. The station (I)? (e) I and II are true one who likes Donald faces the one who a) 0 b)1 sits second to the left of G. c)2 d) 3 111. Statements: W©K, K  R, R%N e)None of these Conclusions: I. N @ K II.R@W 113. Which of the following pairs represent 106. Which of the following pairs of students the people sitting at the extreme end of III. W N gets in at the same station?  the two rows? a)P, S, V b)T, R, V (a) I and II are true (a)X, H (b)V,G c)V, Q d)T, R, U (b) Either II or III is true (c)U,I (d)V, E e)S, V (c) II and III are true (e)W, G 107. ‘T’ travels how many stations after get (d) I and III are true 114. Who amongst the following likes in and before get out? (e) All I, II and III are true Donald? a)4 b)3 Directions (112): study the given (a)X (b)U c)1 d)2 information carefully and answer the (c)Y (d)W e) 0 given questions. (e) V 108. Which of the following pair of students Point A is 11 m North of point B. 115. Who amongst the following is an gets down at the same station? Point C is 11 m East of point B. immediate neighbour of the one who a)Q, S, U b)Q V Point D is 6 m North of Point C. likes Smith? c)T, P d)T, P, R Point E is 7 m West of point D. (a) The one who likes Lara e)P, V, R Point F is 4 m West of point E. (b)The one who likes Shane Bond (c)F Direction (109-111) In the following 112. How far is F from point A? (d) The one who likes Zidan questions, the symbols ä, *, %, @ and © a)43 m b) 4 m (e) Y are used with the following meaning as c)3 m d)7 m 116. Which of the following Player does Y illustrated below. e)5 m like? ‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’. (a) Bradman (b)Maradona ‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor Directions (113-117): Read the given (c) Lara (d) Shane Bond equal to Q’. information carefully and answer the (e) Warner ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’. given questions. 117. Which of the following is definitely ‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows, true as per the given arrangement? greater than Q’. containing five people each in such a way (a) G faces W. that there is equal distance between adjacent (b) V likes Warner. persons. In row 1, E,F,G,H and I are seated (c) V is an immediate neighbour of U.

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(d) The one who like Kalis is an installations and pipelines in the etc. is edible protein. American immediate neighbour of U. Model Colony area. chemists have developed a method of (e) The one who likes Sachin faces I. a)Only I and II follow isolating 45 per cent of this protein. b)Only II and III follow They used an enzyme developed in Directions (118-120): In each question c)Only I and III follow Japan to break down soya protein. below is given a statement followed by d)Only either I or III, and II follow Conclusions: three courses of action numbered I,II and e)None of these I. Americans have not been able to III. You have to assume everything in the 120. Statements: The deputy Mayor of develop enzymes. statement to be true, then decide which city Z has proposed to install a plant II. Animal by-products protein has of the three given suggested courses of mineral water and to supply citizens the same composition as soya action logically follows or pursuing. mineral water bottles at Rs. 6 per litre protein. 118. Statement: Drinking water supply to as against Rs. 10 per litre being sold by local private companies. Direction (123-127) Study the following New Bombay has been suspended till information to answer the given further orders from Maharashtra Course of action: I. The local private companies of questions. Pollution Control Board following Amar, Anil, Ajay and Arun are 4 students of pollution of Patalganga river, caused by city Z will have to close their operation. different classroom coaching centres of discharge of effluents from some ABC, a leading classroom coaching centre chemical industries. II. The Corporation of city Z will have to provide for losses in this for Civil Service Examination. Each belongs Courses of action: to a different state, ie Karnataka, I. The industries responsible for project in its budgest. III. The tap water schemes of city Z Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, discharging effluents into the river but not necessarily in the same order. should be asked to close down will have to be stopped. immediately. a)Only I and II follow • All the sudents attend the exam in II. The river water should b)Only II and III follow 4 cities Bangalore, Kolkata, immediately be treated chemically c)Only I and III follow Dehradun and Chennai. When the before resuming supply. d)All follow results were declared they got first III. The Pollution Control Board e)None of these to fourth position in All-India should check the nature of ranking. They were students of Directions (121-122): In each question ABC.ie Ahmedabad, Agra, Adyar effluents being discharged into the below is given a statement followed by river by industries at regular and Aizwal, but not necessarily two conclusions numbered I and II. You in the same order. intervals. have to assume everything in statement (a) Only I follows to be true, then consider the two • The one who appeared at the (b) Only II and III follow conclusions together and decide which Bangalore test centre got the 4th (c) Only III follows of them logically follows beyond a position in All India ranking.But (d) All follow reasonable doubt from the information he is not Arun.The one who (e) None of these given in the statement. appeared at Chennai for the test 119. Statement : Residents from Model Give answer: got the first position. The one Colony coming under North Ward of a)If only conclusion I follows; who belongs to the Uttarakhand City X have complained to the Ward b)If only conclusion II follows; got the third position while one Officer that for last three days the tap c)If either I or II follows; who studied at the Ahmedabad water in the ward is contaminated and d)If neither I nor II follows; and centre got the second position no action is being initiated by municipal e)If both I and II follow. • Arun and Anil studied neither at staff. Aizwal nor Ahmedabad centre. Course of action: 121. Statement: The ‘Official Secrets Act’ They appeared for test neither at I. The ward officer of North Ward (OSA) enacted by the ABC government Kolkata nor at Dehradun. They should initiate action against during the war seems to be one of the belong neither to West Bangal nor residents who have lodged major source of corruption in the to Uttarakahand. complaints against municipal country X. staff. Conclusions: • The one who studied at the Adyar II. The Ward officer should ask his I. The OSA has to be abolished center does not belongs to junior officer to visit Model immediately to put an end to the Karnataka. The one who belongs Colony to assess the actual corruption in the country X. to Uttarakhand is not Amar. The condition of water with his staff II. The ABC government had an one who studied in Aizwal did not and to get samples of water tested intention of encouraging appear for the test at Kolkata from laboratories. corruption in the government center. The one who belongs to III. The Ward Officer should ask offices. Tamil Nadu didn’t appear at Ward Engineer to check water 122. Statement: About 50 per cent of the Bangalore centre. animal by-products — hair, skin, horns

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123. Who amongst the following students reasonable cost and with less (e) None of these got 2nd position? hassles. 132. What is ICMP? a)Anil b)Amar a)Only I is implicit (a) A protocol that manages memory c)Ajay d)Arun b)Only II is implicit (b) A protocol used to monitor e)Either Amar or Ajay c)Only III is implicit computer 124. Who amongst the following students d)Only I and II are implicit (c) A protocol that handle error and was the students of Aizwal? e)None of these control messages a) Arun 129. Statement: There is big boom in drug (d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’ b) Amar business and a number of jhuggi-jhopari (e) None of these c) One who goes to attend the exam dwellers in Delhi can be seen pedalling 133. What is Adwords? in Dehradun with small pouches of smack and brown (a) Advertising Service by Microsoft d) Anil sugar. (b) Advanced search engine e) None of these Assumptions: (c) Advertising service by Google 125. Amar goes to attend the exam which of I. Drug addiction is increasing in the (d) Automatic words search engine the following cities? country, specially in the capital. by Yahoo a)Bangalore b)Chennai II. All the big dons involved in the (e) Advertising service by Yahoo c)Kolkata d)Dehradun smuggling of drugs live in jhuggi- 134. What is it called when you are rerouted e)Either Banglore or Chennai jhopari areas. from you requested internet site to 126. Which of the following states belongs III. Most of the jhuggi-jhopari another, undesired site? to the one who goes to attend the exam dwellers would do anything for (a) Phishing in Banglore? money. (b) Pharming a)TamilNadu a)Only I is implicit (c) Redirecting b)Karnataka b)Only II is implicit (d) Hijacking c)West Bengal c)Only III is implicit (e) Trojan d)Uttrakhand d)Only I and III are implicit 135. In slide layout panel, how many layouts e)Can’t be determined e)Either I or III is implicit are available for next layout by default? 127. Ajay belongs to which of the following (a) 4 (b) 7 state? Directions (130): In question given below (c) 12 (d) 15 a)West Bengal consists of a statement, followed by three (e) none of these b)TamilNadu arguments numbered I, II and III. You 136. What is the maximum no. of lines you c)Karnataka have to decide which of the arguments can set for a drop cap? d)Uttrakhand is/are ‘strong’ argument(s) and which is/ (a) 3 (b) 10 e)Can’t be determined are ‘weak’ argument(s) and accordingly (d) 15 (d) 20 choose your answer from the (e) 50 Directions (128-129): In each question alternatives given below each question. 137. Which one of the following is an added below is given a statement followed by 130. Statement : Should the system of Lok set of one or more attributes taken three assumption numbered I, II and III. collectively to uniquely identity a You have to consider the statement and Adalats and mobile courts be encouraged in India? record? the following assumptions, decide which (a) Alternate key of the assumptions is implicit in the Arguments: I. Yes, It helps to grant speedy (b) Sub key statement and choose your answer (c) Super Key accordingly. justice to the masses. II. Yes. The dispensing of minor cases (d) Foreign key 128. Statement: The simplest and the most at this level would reduce the (e) None of these cost-effective way to upgrade your burden on the higher courts. 138. Which among the following is not a home — Exchange your old furniture III. No. These courts are usually mobile operating system? and get 25% to 33% off on the new partial in justice. (a) Boda (b) Safari furniture.’ — An advertisement of a (a) Only I and II are strong (c) Symbian (d) Meego furniture company. (b) Only II and Ill are strong (e) Webos Assumptions : (c) Only I and III are strong 139. A ______allows you to access I. Now a days, there is no demand (d) All are strong your e-mail from anywhere : for furniture products unless (e) Only I is strong (a) Forum some attractive scheme is offered. 131. In computing, a WYSIWYG edition is (b) Webmail interface II. Some customers always desire to a system. What does WYSIWYG (c) Message board have best quality and do not bother stands for? (d) Weblog either for cost or for convenience. (a) What you see is what you get (e) None of these III. Some customers want to keep (b) When you see is where you get 140. Data on a floppy disk was recorded in their home up-to-date with (c) When you see is what you get rings called : (d) Where you see is when you get (a) Flip (b) Ringers

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(c) Founders (d) Fields (a) 2 : 3 (b) 9 : 5 Directions (151-155) : In each of the (e) Segments (c) 5 : 9 (d) 6 : 5 following questions a number series is (e) 3 : 2 given. After the series a number is given QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 146. Bhavana decided to donate 12% of her followed by (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). You monthly salary to an or- phanage. On have to complete the series starting with Directions (141-145) Study the following the day of donation she changed her the given number, following the graph carefully & answer accordingly. mind and donated Rs.2,400 which was sequence of original series and answer The following graph shows the 125% of what she had decided earlier. the questions that follow the series. percentage of number of girls born in How much is Bhavana’s salary? three different states of India for the (a) Cannot be determined 151. 3 19 103 439 1381 2887 years 2005-2010 (b) Other than those given as options 5 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (c) Rs.14, 750 What will come in place of (b) ? (d) Rs.18,500 (a) 139 (b) 163 (e) Rs.16, 000 (c) 161 (d) 157 147. The average age of 80 girls was 20 (e) None of these years. The average age of 20 of them 152. 4 13 40 135 552 2765 was 22 years and that of another 20 2 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) was 24 years. Find the average age of What will come in place of (c) ? the remaining girls. (a) 123 (b) 133 (a) 17 years (b) 19 years (c) 127 (d) 131 (c) 21 years (d) 15 years (e) None of these 141. If the total no. of girls born in Keral (e) None of these 153. 5 12 4 10 3 8 were 70,000 in 2007, then find the total 148. Ratio of the earnings of A and B is 4 : 7 6 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) number of girls born in Rajsthan in the respectively. If the earnings of A What will come in place of (d) ? same year 2007. increase by 50% and the earnings of B (a) 3 (b) 5 (a) 85,000 (b) 80,000 decrease by 25% the new ratio of their (c) 4 (d) 7 (c) 84,000 (d) 1,30,000 earnings becomes 8:7 respectively. (e) None of these (e) 1,02,000 What are A’s earnings? 154. 3 13 37 87 191 401 142. The average value of percentage of girls (a) Rs.26,000 1 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) born in Rajsthan throughout the six (b) Rs.28,000 What will come in place of (d) ? years together is approximately how (c) Rs.21,000 (a) 169 (b) 161 many times the average value of (d) Data inadequate (c) 171 (d) 159 percentage of girls born in Keral over (e) None of these (e) None of these all the years together? 149. A jar had 120 litre mixtures of milk and 155. 8 4 6 15 52.5 236.25 (a) 3 (b) 1.5 water in the respective ratio of 5:1. 30 12(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (c) 2.5 (d) 2 litres of this mixture is taken out and What will come in place of (c) ? (e) 1.16 ‘X’ litre of each milk and water is added (a) 23.5 (b) 16.5 143. From 2008 to 2009, there was to the jar. The respective ratio between (c) 22.5 (d) 22.25 increment of 20% in total no. of girls milk and water in the jar was 4 :1 (e) None of these born in all three states. If no. of girls respectively. What was the total 156. Cost price of article B is 20% more born in Bihar in 2009 was 60,000 then quantity of both milk and water added than that of article A. Article B was find the total no. of girls born in to the jar? (in litres) marked 20% above its cost price. The Rajasthan in 2008. (a) 12 (b) 10 difference (in Rs.) between the cost (a) 90,000 (b)1,00,000 (c) 16 (d) 20 price and the marked price of article B (c) 95,000 (d) 85,000 (e) 18 is equal to that of article A. Both the (e) 1,05,000 150. A started a business with an investment articles were sold at a discount of 10%. 144. If number of girls born in Rajasthan in of Rs. 16,000. After 6 months from If selling price of article B is Rs.45 more 2006 was 80,000, then find the average the start of the business, B and c joined than that of article A, what is the cost number of girls born in Bihar and with Rs.12,000 and Rs.18,000 price of article A ? Kerala together in 2006. respectively and A invested an (a) Rs.250 (b) Rs.300 (a) 1,21,000 (b) 1,15,000 additional amount of Rs.4000. If the (c) Rs.280 (d) Rs.225 (c) 1,25,000 (d) 1,20,000 difference between A’s share and B’s (e) Rs.240 (e) 1,00,000 share in the annual profit is Rs.6000, 157. A took a certain sum as loan from bank 145. If in 2008, there were 30,000 girls born what was the annual profit received ? at a rate 8% simple interest per annum. in Bihar then find the ratio of no. of (a) Rs. 17,600 (b) Rs.13,200 A lends the same amount to B at 12% girls born in Keral and Rajsthan in that (c) Rs.14,300 (d) Rs.16,500 simple interest per annum. If at the end year. (e) Rs.11,000 of five years, A made profit of Rs. 800

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from the deal, how much was the started working together and worked (c) 486 cm. (d) 448 cm. original sum ? for 10 days. If the remaining work (e) 344 cm. (a) Rs.6, 500 (b) Rs.4,000 needed to be finished in 2 days. how (c) Rs.6,200 (d) Rs.6,000 many men should be added to the Directions (168-172) : study the following (e) Rs.4,500 existing number of workers ? table carefully and answer the given (a) 2 (b) 5 questions. Directions (Q.158-160): Given below are (c) 3 (d) 0 Number of calculators manufactured by the 2 quantities to be determined, find (e) 1 five different companies in the given the value of the 2 quantities, compare 162. Two stations, A and B are 850 km apart years (in thousands) and percentage of them and answer from each other. One train starts from defective pieces. (a) if quantity I < quantity II station A at 5 am and travels towards (b) if quantity I > quantity II Company S T U V W station B at 62 kmph. Another train Year N M N M N M N M N M (c) if quantity I = quantity II or starts from station B at 7 am and travels 2004 18 1.2 16 0.8 12 0.6 14 0.9 17 1.0 relation can’t to be established towards station A at 59 kmph. At what 2005 22 1.1 14 0.9 17 1.2 16 0.8 21 1.3 2006 20 1.3 24 1.4 18 0.9 23 1.3 25 1.2 (d) if quantity I  quantity II time will they meet ? 2007 26 1.2 23 1.1 27 1.4 22 0.8 20 0.6 (a) 1 pm 2008 22 0.7 25 1.0 28 1.6 27 1.4 24 1.1 (e) if quantity I  quantity II 2009 26 1.3 23 0.8 29 1.5 24 1.2 28 1.6 (b) 11 : 30 pm 158. Quantity I- The profit of a fruit seller (c) 12 : 30 pm Note : N  Total number of calculators manufactured M  Percentage of defective pieces if he bought 14 dozen bananas at the (d) 1 : 30 pm rate of 20 Rs./ dozen and only 13 dozen (e) None of these 168. What is the difference between the were sold at the rate of 2.5 Rs./ Banana. 163. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, number of non-defective calculators Quantity II-CP of an article, which five persons are to be selected to form manufactured by companies S and T when sold at a profit of 300/7% gives a a committee so that at least 3 men are together and companies V and W profit of 40 Rs. more as compared to there on the committee. In how many together in the year 2004 ? the profit when sold at profit of 100/ ways can this be done ? (a) 2952 (b) 2592 7% (a) 564 (b) 645 (c) 2259 (d) 2295 159. Quantity I - The probability of getting (c) 735 (d) 756 (e) 2259 a white ball from the second bag, after (e) None of these 169. How many non-defective calculators 1 ball from Ist bag having 4 Red and 7 approximately were manufactured by white balls, is randomly transferred to Directions (164-166): In the following questions. Two equations numbered I and company T taking all the years together second bag having 6 Red and 4 white ? (In thousands) balls without seeing it. II are given. You have to solve both the equations and (a) 130 (b) 124 Quantity II - The probability of (c) 128 (d) 127 getting 1 Red and 2 Blue balls, when 3 Give answer If (a) x < y (e) None of these balls are drawn randomly from a bag 170. How many defective calculators were (b) x y having 5 Red and 7 blue balls.  manufactured by company U in all the (c) x > y 160. Quantity I: Ram can do a piece of work given years? ( in thousands) in 20 days. If the efficiency of Ram is (d) x  y (a) 2.699 (b) 0.699 66.67% of the efficiency of Mohan and (e) x = y or the relationship cannot (c) 1.699 (d) 2.336 the efficiency of Mohan is 25% less be established. (e) None of these than the efficiency of Prakash then how 171. How many average number of long Prakash will take to do the same  4x 3  164. I. xx  2 6    0 calculators ( in thousands ) were piece of work?  3 2  manufactured by company V. in the Quantity II: A person can type 50 given years ? pages in 10 hours then how many days  2  (a) 21.5 (b) 19.5 will he take to type a book of 1320 II. 5 y    y1 y  0 3 (c) 19 (d) 21 pages? [Assume the person works   (e) None of these continuously for 24hrs/day] 165. I. 2x2 11x  5 x2 19x  7 0 172. The respective ratio between the total a) Quantity: I > Quantity: II number of calculators manufactured by b) Quantity: I  Quantity: II II. y2  5y  3 6y  3  2y2  0 companies V and W in all the given c) Quantity: I < Quantity: II years is 166. I. x  4y  9 d) Quantity: I  Quantity: II (a) 14 : 15 (b) 15 : 14 II. y = -5 - x e) Quantity I = Quantity II or (c) 13 : 15 (d) 15 : 13 167. The circumference of a semicircle is (e) None of these relation can’t be established 180 cm.. If the side of asquare is 60% 161. 15 men can finish a piece of work in 8 more than the diameter of the circle. Directions (173-177): The following days. 18 women can finish the piece of What is the perimeter of the square ? questions are accompanied by three work in 10 days. 6 men and 6 women (a) 368 cm. (b) 464 cm. statements (I), (II), and (Ill). You have to

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The profit of V is Rs. 4000 more c) 28 : 9 d) 56 : 15 II. Ramaswami’s share is half the than that of A. e) None of these share of Krishna and Vijay (a) Only I and II together 181. If in the city E, 3200 males who were together. (b) II and either I or III only rescued on day 1 and ‘F’ number of III. The share of Krishna is Rs 340 (c) Only II females who were rescued on the same more than Vijay. (d) Only II and III together day contribute 24% of the total number (a) Either I and II together or I and III (e) None of these of people who were rescued on day 1 together are sufficient from the city E and if the total (b) Only I and II together are sufficient Directions (Q.178-182): Study the population of females in the city E is (c) Only I and III together are following bar chart carefully and answer 1.42 lakhs which contribute 40% of the sufficient the questions given beside total population of the city, then what (d) All statements are required The following bar graph gives the is the value of ‘F’? (e) Even all together are not sufficient information about the percentage of a)22360 b) 24580 174. What is the difference between two people rescued in two consecutive days c) 29385 d) 32450 numbers X andY? from five different cities A, B, C, D, e) None of these I. X is 20 per cent more than another and E of Kerala. 182. If the ratio of the number of people number Z. Total number of people rescued in who was left after day2 in the city A to II. Y is 20 per cent less than Z. day1 = the percentage of the total the number of people who was rescued III. The sum of Y and Z is 72. population of the city on day 2 from city B is 3 : 11 , then (a) Only I and II are required Total number of people rescued in what is the ratio of the population of (b) Only I and III are required day2 = the percentage of the the city A to that of the city B? (c) All I, II and III are required remaining number of people a)9 : 11 b) 11 : 12 (d) Any two of I, II and III are c) 12 : 19 d) 3 : 7 required e) None of these (e) Even with all I, II and III together the answer cannot be arrived Directions: (Q.183-185): Study the 175. What is the average age of the six following information carefully and members A, B, C,D, E& F in a family? answer the questions given beside. I. Total age of D and E is 14 years. The total number of employees working in II. Average age of A, B, C and F is 50 a company is 2800. The respective ratio of years the males and females working in the III Average age of A, B, D and E is 40 company is 4 : 3. Each employee works in years only one of the five departments i.e. HR, (a) Only I & lII Admin, Marketing, Sales, Operation. (b)Only I & III One eighth of the males are working in Admin 178. If the ratio of the total number of people (c) Only II & I and one fourth of the females are working in rescued on Day2, from city A to city (d) All I, II & III Operation. Total number of employees D is 4: 5 and the sum of the total number (e) None of these working in HR department is 480. Number of people rescued on Day2 from both 176. What is the rate of interest pcpa? of males working in HR is 5/4th of the the cities together is 8748, then what I. An amount doubles itself at simple number of males working in Admin. is the sum of the population of city A interest in 10 years. Respective ratio of males and females and city D? II. The difference between the working in Operation department is 5:4. a)24900 b) 30200 compound interest and the simple Number of males working in Marketing and c) 28800 d) 28200 interest on an amount of Rs. Sales department are in the ratio 12:13 e) None of these 15,000 in two years is Rs. 150. respectively. Total number of employees 179. If in the city C on day3, 84% of the III. The compound interest accrued in working in Marketing department is 552. remaining number of people who was 8 years is more than the amount One fifth of the total number of females are left after day2 was rescued by boat and (principal). working in Admin department and remaining rest 3900 was rescued by plane then (a) Only I females are working in Sales department. what is the population of city C? (b) Only II

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183. Number of males in Marketing c) Rs. 5.21 lakhs 66. a 67. b 68. c 69. d department is what percent of number d)Rs. 5.60 lakhs 70. a 71. e 72. e 73. e of females in Sales department? e) None of these 74. e 75. e a)184.4% b)124.8% 188. If the total miscellaneous expenditures (76-80) c)148.8% d)142.5% occurred during printing 10000 copies 76-c; In part A attribute should replace with e)None of these was Rs. 256000. If the publisher sold ‘attributable’ : In part B ‘become’ 184. Number of females in HR and Admin 50% of the total number of copies for should be replaced with becomes : in together is what percent less than the Rs. 400 each and the remaining number part C ‘confront’ should be replaced number of females in Sales and of copies for Rs. 360 each then total with ‘confronts’. Operation together? how much profit the publisher 77-b; In part A ‘on’ should be used after ‘to’ a)13.54% b)14.54% received? : in part C it should be ‘shape and c)12.54% d)12.45% a)Rs. 60 lakhs b) Rs. 6 lakhs inform’ e)None of these c) Rs. 72 lakhs d)Rs. 7.2 lakhs 78-a; In part B ‘an exploration’ instead of ‘a 185. Find the ratio of number of males from e) None of these exploration’ : in part C ‘arrested’ instead Admin and number of females from 189. If the publisher published 5400 copies of ‘arrest’ Marketing respectively. and the total expenditure on 79-d; All are correct a)5 : 4 b)4 : 5 proofreading amount to Rs. 148608. If 80-b; In part A change ‘riddle over’ into c)9 : 10 d)10 : 9 the marked price of the book is 40% ‘riddle with’ : In part C ‘on debit card’ e)None of these above the cost price but it was sold at instead of ‘in debit card’ 10% discount on the marked price then 81. e 82. b 83. b 84. b Directions (Q.186-190): Study the what was the selling price of each 85. c 86. a 87. a 88. b following pie chart carefully and answer copy? 89. e 90. a the questions given beside. a)Rs. 216.98 b) Rs. 224.32 (91-93) The following pie graph gives the c) Rs. 216.72 d)Rs. 208.54 information about the percentage e) None of these breakup of the expenditures occurred 190. The royalty on the book is during printing a book. approximately how much percentage 91. c 92. e 93. a The cost price of each book = the given less than the printing expenditures? (94-95) total expenditures a)58.82% b)22.22% c)32.28% d)33.33% e)24.44%

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1. d 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. b 7. b 8. b 186. If the publisher printed 5000 copies of 9. a 10. a 11. b 12. d the book and marked the price Rs. 350 13. c 14. a 15. b 16. b per copy which was 75% above the 17. b 18. b 19. c 20. d cost price then what is the difference 21. b 22. a 23. a 24. a (96-98) between the total expenditures occurred 25. c 26. a 27. b 28. b 96. e on paper and that on editing? 29. d 30. c 31. d 32. b 97. c; From Statement I a)Rs. 2.32 lakhs 33. c 34. c 35. b 36. a b) Rs. 2.5 lakhs 37. b 38. a 39. d 40. b c) Rs. 2.6 lakhs 41. b 42. b 43. b 44. b d) Rs. 2.4 lakhs 45. d 46. b 47. b 48. c From statement II e) None of these 49. c 50. d 51. d 52. b 187. If the publisher printed 10000 copies 53. a 54. a 55. d 56. b of the book and marked the price of 57. a 58. c 59. a 60. a the books Rs. 400 each which is 25% (61-65) above the cost price of the book. If the 61-b; A- It should be ‘exhorts’ Hence, Both statement I and II alone writer gets royalty on the cost price 62-d; B- It should be ‘makes’ are sufficient to answer the question. then how much royalty the writer will 63-a; B- It should be ‘doing away with’ 98. d; get if all the copies were sold out? 64-a; C- Add ‘a’ after ‘such’ a)Rs. 4.48 lakhs 65-a; A- Add ‘a’ before ‘welcome’ b) Rs. 4.36 lakhs

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(i) 104. c 105. a 106. d 107. a 113. a 114. d 115. a 116. e 108. e 117. c (109-111) (118-120) 109. b 118. b; The situation demands checking the * ≤ @ < © ≥ % = δ > nature of effluents being discharged (ii) into the river and treating the water Z % M  Z = M, M * F  M  F,, accordingly to make it fit for drinking. F  D  F > D So, both II and III follow. Further, the industries discharging effluents into the Therefore, Z = M  F > D river should be warned not to do so Conclusions: and asked to install proper waste I. F%Z F = Z (May be true) treatment and disposal systems, rather (99-103)  than be closed down. Thus, I does not When we see the each step, then we can II. F Z F > Z(May be true)   follow. find that there is both number and words F is either greater than or equal to Z. 119. b; The residents complained to the Ward are arranged in each step. Therefore, I or II is true. Officer regarding the negligence of duty  For words arrangement  In each III. D @ Z  D < Z (Not true) of his subordinates. So, I does not word we have to see the last letter and then follow. Also, it is the moral duty of the 110. b; R B R > B, B © N B N. the last letter which has greatest among all     Officer to listen to the complaints, letter of given word according to English N @ T  N < T ascertain the quality of water in the dictionary arranges first to left. For example Therefore, R > B  N < T colony and get all pipelines and word – about (It is the last letter as given Conclusions: connections checked for any damage word). So ‘about’ arranges first to left and or leak that could have opened the way this process is continued in further step. I. N@R  N < R (True) for contamination of water. Thus, both  For number  In first step greatest odd II. T  B  T > B (Not True) II and III follow. number arranges first to left. In second step 120. e; The Corporation has planned to III. T R T > R (Not True) greatest even number arranges to left. And   install its plant so as to achieve cost- this process is continued in further step. 111. e; W©K  W  K, K  R  R, R effective production of mineral water. (Each odd number is added by one (+1) Had there been a loss, it could also while they are arranged and each even number % N  R = N acquire water from private companies. is subtracted by one (-1) while they Therefore, W  K > R = N So, II does not follow. Besides, the arranged. Conclusions: local private companies can survive by Input:  state 15 has 24 been 27 worried I. N @ K  N < K (True) cutting costs or by extending their sales 36 about 31. network to other cities. Thus, I does II. R @ W  R < W (True) not follow. lastly, the Corporation Step – 1  about 32 state 15 has 24 been III. W  N  W > N (True) seeks to provide healthy drinking water 27 worried 36. to the residents. Water for general use 112. e; Step-2  has 35 about 32 state 15 24 been would still be delivered through taps. 27 worried. Hence, III also does not follow. Step – 3  been 28 has 35 about 32 state (121-122) 15 24 worried. 121. a; The statement declares enactment of Step - 4  state 23 been 28 has 35 about OSA as the direct cause of increase in 32 15 worried. corruption. So, I follows. However, enactment of an act by a government is worried 16 state 23 been 28 has Step – 5  undertaken for betterment and not with 35 about 32. (113-117) the intention of encouraging corruption 99. d 100. b 101. e 102.a though whatever may be the outcome 103. b later on. So, II does not follow. (104-108) 122. d; That the American chemists used an Station Get in Get Out enzyme developed in Japan, does not Base T, R, U ––– mean that Americans have not been able to develop enzymes. So, I does not I P, S, Q ––– II –––– U follow. Also, nothing about the III V Q, S compositions of animal by products IV –––– P, V, R protein and soya protein is mentioned V –––– T in the statement. So, II also does not follow.

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S.P of article B then the efficiency of Ram = 66.67% 6x 2x of 3x = 2x    6000 144  90 11 11   Rs.129.6 Ram can do the work in 20 days 100 then the total units of work = 20 × 2x 4x = 40x units   6000 Difference 11 The efficiency of Mohan is 25% less = Rs. 129.6 111.6  Rs.18 than the efficiency of Prakash and the  4x  600011 If the difference of S.Ps. is Rs. 18. C.P efficiency of Mohan = 3x 6000 11 of article A = Rs.100 Therefore, the efficiency of Prakash  x   Rs.16500 If the difference of S.Ps is Rs. 45. 4 100 C.P of article  3x   4x (151-155) 75 100 151. (b) The given series is based on the A =  45  Rs.250 The total time taken by Mohan to do following pattern : ×6+(1)3,× 5+(2)3,× 18 40x units of work 4 +(3)3,× 3 +(4)3,× 2+(5)3 157. (b) Let the principal be Rs. x 40x Similarly, 5×6+1=31  10days 31×5+8=163 Pr incipal Time  Rate S.I  4x Hence, 163 will come in place of (b). 100 Quantity II : 152. (a) The given series is based on the According to the question. The total number of pages typed in 1 following pattern hr 13 = 4 × 1 + 1 × 9 x 12  5 x 8 5 40 = 13 × 2 + 2 × 7   800 50 100 100   5 pages 135 = 40 × 3 + 3 × 5 10 552 = 135 × 4 + 4 × 3 20x = 80000 Therefore, the total time taken by the 2765 = 552 × 5 + 5 × 1 80000 person to type 1320 pages Similarly, x = = Rs.4000 (a) = 2 × l + 1 × 9 = 11 20 1320   264 hours (b) = 11 × 2 + 2 × 7 = 36 158. (a) Quantity I 5 (c) = 36 × 3 + 3 × 5 = 123 Hence, 123 will come in place of (c). Profit  12132.5 14 20 264   11days 153. (c) The given series is based on the  Rs.110 following pattern: ×2+2,÷2- 24 2,×2+2,÷2-2……….. 161. (d) According to the Hence, 4 will come in place of (d). Quantity II question, men= 18 10 women 154. (d) The given series is based on the 158   6 2  2 men = 3 women following pattern : ×2+7, ×2+11,  42 14 %ofC.P  40 ×2+13, ×2+17, ×2+19  7 7  6 men + 6 women (7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ..... are consecutive =Rs. 140 = 6  4 men = 10 men prime numbers)   Quantity I< Quantity II Hence, 159 will come in place of (d).  M D  M D 155. (c) The given series is based on the 159. (a) Quantity I 1 1 2 2 following pattern : 4 4 7 5  15  8 = 10  D2 ×0.5,×1.5,×2.5…….     Hence, 22.5 will come in place of (c). 11 11 11 11  D2 = 12 days 156. (a) Let the C.P. of article A be Rs. 100. Or additional men = 0 C.P of article B = Rs.120 16 35 51     162. (a) Let trains meet after t hours Marked price of article B 121 121 121 Distance = Speed  Time 120120  Quantity II  Rs.   Rs.144 62  t + 59 (t-2) = 850  100  5C  7C  62t  59t 118  850  1 2 105 Difference between marked price and =  12C 220 121t  850 118  968 C.P for article B 3 = Rs. (144 - 120) = Rs.24 Quantity I< Quantity II 968 Marked price of article A = Rs.124  t   8 hours 160. (a) Quantity I : 121 12490 Let the efficiency of Mohan = 3x i.e at 1 pm. S.P of article A = = Rs.111.6 100

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163. (d) Number of committees  x  2 or -6 168. (a) Number of non-defective =(3 men and 2 women) or (4 men and 1 II. y2  5y  3  6y  3  2y2  0 calculators manufactured in 2004 : women) or (5 men) 18000  98.8  y 2  y  6  0 7 6 7 6 7 Company S   C3  C2  C4  C1  C5 100 2  y  y  6  0 = 17784 7  6 5 6 5 7 7    C3  6  C2 16000  99.2 3 21 21  y 2  3y  2y  6  0 Company T  =15872 100 n C n C  r nr   yy  3 2y  3  0 1400 99.1  7  6 5 7  6 Company V  525   6   y  2y  3  0 100 3 21 21 = 13874  y  2 or 3 =525 +210 +21 =756 17000  99 Clearly : x  y Company W   4x 3  100 x x  2  6   0 166. (a) I. x = 4y -9 164. (c) I.     = 16830  3 2  II.y = -5 –x Difference = 17784 + 1572 – 13874 – x = -y -5 2  16830  x  2x 8x  9  0 4y -9 = -y -5  = 33656 – 30704 = 2952 2 5y = 9-5 = 4  x  6x  9  0  169. (b) Number of non-defective calculators 2 4 manufactured by company T :  x  3  0 y = 5 Year 2004 15.872 thousand  x  3  0 From equation I,  x  3 14 99.1 4 Year 2005  x  4  9 100  2  5 = 13.874 thousand II. 5 y    y1 y  0 3   16 16  45  29 24  98.6   9   Year 2006  10 5 5 5 100  5y   y  y 2  0 3 167. (d) Perimeter of semicircle = = 23.664 thousand πr  2r  rπ  2 23 98.9 2 10 Year 2007   y  4y   0 100 3  rπ  2 180 = 22.747 thousand 2  3y 12y 10  0  22   r  2 = 180 25 99  7  Year 2008  12  144  4310 100  y   22 14  = 24.75 thousand 6  r  180  7  23 99.2 12  124 6  6 Year 2009     36  100  r  180 6 3  7  = 22.816 thousand Clearly x > y Total calculators = (15.872 + 13.874 + 165. (d) 180 7 23.664 + 22.747 + 24.75 + 22.816)  r   35 cm. thousand 2 2 36 I. 2x 11x 5 x 19x 7  0 = 123.723. thousands Side of square= 160% of (2  35) = 124 thousand 2  x  8x 12  0 70 160 170. (c) Number of defective calculators  112cm.  x2  2x  6x 12  0 100 manufactured by company U : Perimeter of square 12  06  xx  2 6x  2  0 Year 2004  = 0.072  4112cm.= 448 cm. 100  x  2x  6  0 thousand

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17 1.2 The required sum = 12000 + 16200 = Year 2005   0.204 thousand 100 100 100 Rate = 10% 28200 100 100 Hence, option D is correct. 18 0.9 Year 2006   0.162 thousand From II 179. a; Let the total population of city C = 100  100x then the total number of people 27 1.4 2 Year 2007   0.378 thousand PR rescued on the day 1 = 35% of 100x = 100  Diff. 1002 35x 281.6 The remaining number of people = 100x Year 2008   0.448 thousand 100 R = 10% – 35x = 65x Either I or II is sufficient. 291.5 The total number of people rescued on Year 2009   0.435 thousand 100 177. (b) From I , Total profit = 54000 the day 2 from the city C = 85% of 65x Total = (0.072 + 0.204 + 0.162 + 0.378 Time = 1 year = 55.25x + 0.448 + 0.435) thousand= 1.699 From II, we will get the ratio of their The remaining number of people = 65x thousand investment R : V : A = 3: 4 : 2 – 55.25x = 9.75x From III , Profit of V = profit of A + The total number of people rescued by 171. (d)Required answer 4000 plane = (100 – 84)% of 9.75x = 16% of 1 4x = 2x + 4000 9.75x = 1.56x = 3900  14 16  23  22  27  24 6 2x = 4000 3900 x = 2000 x   2500 1.56  1  From II and either I or III, we can get   126thousand The total population of the city C =  6  the share of R. 100x = 100 × 2500 = 250000 = 2.5 = 21 thousand 178.d; The total number of people rescued lakhs 172. (a)Total number of calculators Hence, option A is correct. manufactured: from city A on day 2 Company V=126 thousand 8748 180. d; Let the total population of city D = Company W = (17 + 21 + 25 + 20 + 24  4  4972 100x then the total population of the + 28) thousand 9 city B = 140% of 100x = 140x =135 thousand The total number of people rescued In the city B, Required ratio=126:135 from city D on day 2 The number of people who were =14:15 rescued on the day 1 = 40% of 140x = 8748 56x 173. (a) I : Krishna : Vijay = 3 : 2  5  5972 9 The remaining number of people = 140x Krishna Vijay – 56x = 84x II :  Ram Swami Let the total population of city A = 2 The number of people who were 100x then the total number of people rescued on the day 2 = 80% of 84x = III : Krishna– Vijay = 340 rescued on the day 1 = 60% of 100x = 67.2x By combining either I and II together I 60x The remaining number of people = 84x The remaining number of people = 100x and III together , the share of Vijay can – 67.2x = 16.8x – 60x = 40x In the city D, be calculated The total number of people rescued on The number of people who were the day 2 from the city A = 60% of 40x rescued on the day 1 = 55% of 100x = 20z 120z = 24x = 4 × 972 174. (c) From I x, =  z  55x 100 100 x = 162 The remaining number of people = 100x Therefore, the total population of city – 55x = 45x 20z 80z A = 100x = 100 × 162 = 16200 II, y = z -  The number of people who were 100 100 Let the total population of city D = rescued on the day 2= 90% of 45x= 100y then the total number of people III, y + z = 72 40.5x rescued on the day 1 = 55% of 100y = The remaining number of people = 45x To find ( x – y ) , all statements are 55y necessary – 40.5x = 4.5x The remaining number of people = The required ratio = 16.8x : 4.5x = 56 : 175. (a) From I : D + E = 14 100y – 55y = 45y 15 From II : A + B + C + F = 200 The total number of people rescued on Hence, option D is correct. From I and II average age can be find the day 2 from the city A = 90% of out. 45y = 40.5y = 5 × 972 181. a; Let the total number of people rescued on day 1, from city E = 100x 176. (e) From I y = 120  Then, 24% of 100x = 3200 + y where Let P = 100 Therefore, the total population of city D = 100y = 100 × 120 = 12000 y = the number of females who were Time take = 10 rescued on the day1 Interest = 100

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The total population of the city Therefore, the total expenditures on Departments Males Females one book = the cost price of one book 1.42100 HR 250 230  25.6100 40 Admin 200 240  = Rs. 320 Marketing 372 180 8 = 3.55 lakhs (the total population of Sales 403 250 The cost price of 10000 books = 10000 females in the city D is 1.42 lakhs which Operation 375 300 × 320 = 3200000 contribute 40% of the total population SP of the first 50% copies i.e. 50% of of the city) 372 183. c; Required %  100 10000 the total number of people rescued on 250 day 1, from city E = 30% of 3.55 lakhs 5010000 = 148.8%  = 5000 = 1.065 lakhs Hence, option (C) is correct. 100 24% of 1.065 lakhs = 0.2556 lakhs = SP of the first 5000 copies = 5000 × 25560 550  470 184. b; Required %  100 400 = 2000000 F = 25560 – 3200 = 22360 550 The SP of the remaining number of Hence, option A is correct. = 14.54% copies i.e. 10000 – 5000 = 5000 copies 182. a; Let the total population of city A = Hence, option (B) is correct. = 5000 × 360 = 1800000 100x then the total number of people 185. d; Required ratio = 200 : 180 The total SP = 2000000 + 1800000 = rescued on the day 1 = 60% of 100x = = 10 : 9 3800000 60x Hence, option D is correct. The total profit the publisher received = 3800000 – 3200000 = 600000 = 6 The remaining number of people = 100x 186. d; The cost price of one book – 60x = 40x lakhsHence, option B is correct. The total number of people rescued on MP100 350100 189. c; The total expenditures on    200 the day 2 from the city A = 60% of 40x 100  P 175 proofreading 5400 copies = Rs. 148608 The total expenditures on proofreading = 24x The total expenditures occurred on one copy The remaining number of people = 40x paper = 34% of 200 × 5000 = 68 × – 24x = 16x = 3a ——— (i) 5000 148608  = 27.52 = 16% of the total 3a The total cost occurred on editing = 5400 Therefore, x  10% of 200 × 5000 = 20 × 5000 expenditures on each book 16 The required difference = 68 × 5000 – The total expenditures on each book The total population of the city A 20 × 5000 = 48 × 5000 = 240000 = Rs. = the cost price of each book 2.4 lakhs 3a 75a 100  .....(ii) Hence, option D is correct. 27.52100 16 4  = 172 187. a; MP of one book = 400 16 Let the total population of city B = 100 The marked price of the book 100y then the total number of people CP  MP rescued on the day 1 = 40% of 100y = 100  P 140172 = 140% of 172  40y 100 100 The remaining number of people =  400 100  25 = 240.8 100y – 40y = 60y The total number of people rescued on 100 The selling price of each book = (100 –  400  320 10)% of 240.8 = 90% of 240.8 = 90 × the day 2 from the city B = 80% of 125 240.8 = 216.72 60y = 48y = 11a ———— (iii) The royalty the writer got when 14% Hence, option C is correct. 11a of 10000 × 320 190. b; Let the total expenditures = 100x y  320 then the royalty on each book = 14% 1410000  448000 48 100 of 100x = 14x The total population of the city B = Rs. 4.48 lakhs The total printing expenditures = 18% 11a 275a Hence, option A is correct. of 100x = 18x 100y 100  48 12 188. b; The total miscellaneous expenditures (18x  4x)100 The reqd. %  75a 275a occurred during printing 10000 copies 18x The reqd. ratio  : was Rs. 256000 4 12 4x 100 400 Therefore, the total miscellaneous    33a:11a 9:11 expenditures on one book 18x 18 = 22.22% Hence, option A is correct. 256000 (183-185)  = 25.6 = 8% of the total Hence, option B is correct. 10000  expenditures

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(d) Lord Ripon 16. Who among the following had during his SECTION - AR 8. Muslim communalism was lent an im- reign introduced a new calendar, a new pact by the activities of : system or coinage, and new scales or GENERAL AWARENESS (a) Ashfaqullah weights and measures? (b) Liaqal Hussain (a) Tipu Sultan 1. Who said: “The Congress movement (c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (b) Murshid Quli Khan was neither inspired by the people not (d) Sayyid Ahmad Khan (c) Raghunath Rao devised or planned by them”? 9. Who was the founder of the Boy Scouts (d) Lord Cornwallis (a) Lala Lajpt Rai and Civil Guides Movement in India? 17. The Mount batten Plan did not envisage (b) Sir Syed Ahmed (a) Richard temple the inclusion the ______Province in (c) Lord Curzon (b) Baden Powell the Indian dominion. (d) Lord Dufferin (c) Charles Andrew (a) Bihar (b) Sind 2. Who said: “This orderly disciplined (d) Robert Montgomery (c) Madras (d) Bombay anarchy should go, and if as a result 10. The Indian naval mutiny against the Brit- 18. The most important cause for the out- there is complete lawlessness I would ish took place in the year. break of the Ghadar revolution was the risk it? (a) 1857 (b) 1919 (a) Commencement of world war (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) 1946 (d) 1947 (b) Hanging of Kartar singh sarabha (b) M. Gandhi 11. Who among the following had pioneered (c) Komagata Maru incident (c) Rajagopalachari the khilafat Movement? (d) Arrest of Lala Hardayal (d) Vallabhbhai Patel (a) Ali brothers 19. The largest southernmost single island in 3. Who was hanged along with N. V. Godse, (b) M.A Jinnah India is: in the Ambala Jail in 1949, for Gandhiji’s (c) Syed Ahmed Khan (a) Rameshwaram Island murder? (d) RM Sayani (b) Minicoy island (a) Narayan Dattatreya Apte (c) Car Nicobar Island 12. Who had founded the 1st women’s uni- (b) Damodar Ghorpade versity in India? (d) Great Nicobar Island (c) V.D. Savarkar (a) Rani Ahilya Devi 20. The Vindhyas belong to which class of (d) Vishnu Chiplunkar (b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar mountains? 4. Who founded the Swatantra Party in (c) Rani of Thomi (a) Block mountains 1959? (d) Dhondo Keshav Karve (b) Fold mountains (a) S. P. Mukherji (c) Volcanic mountains 13. As per ‘August offer’ the British objec- (b) B. R. Ambedkar tive for India was (d) Residual mountains (c) C. Rajagopalachari (a) Dominion status 21. The Narmada river Peninsular plateau (d) Narendra Dev (b) Purna swaraj flows westward with a remarkably 5. In the Battle of Boxar the English army (c) Responsible Govt straight channel. It is because the: was Commanded by (d) Provincial Authority (a) River flows through the trough of (a) Major Munro 14. The Bhoodan movement had been started a rift valley inclined westward. (b) Clive by : (b) Slope gradient in this part controls (c) Raser Drake (a) MK Gandhi the river channel pattern (d) Boughton (b) Acharya Kripalani (c) River carries a huge amount of 6. The Shivaji festival was inaugurated in (c) Jaya Prakash Narayan water which has created a straight 1895 by : (d) Vinoba Bhave channel course (a) Hume (b) Morley 15. The Government of India Act of 1935 (d) River forms the boundary between (c) Tilak (d) Gokhalo borrowed its Preamble from : the central Highlands and the 7. The doctrine of lapse had been put too (a) The Constitution of The USA Deccan Plateau. much use by : (b) The Constitution of Australia 22. Which one of the following is not a bio- (a) Lord Dalhousie (c) From the Govt. of India Act of 1919 sphere reserve in India? (b) Lord Bentick (a) Agasthymalai (d) From Pitt’s India Act (c) Lord Curzon (b) Nokrek

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Which one of the following statements strata cone because of the : (d) 76th Amendment act, 1994 correctly defines the term transhu- (a) Alternating sheets of lava and List-II mance? pyroclastic materials 1. Reservation shouldn’t exceed 50% (a) Economy that solely depends (b) Uneven streams of lava flow in services upon animals (c) Cataclysmic eruption 2. Inclusion of (3) languages in the (b) Forming in which only one crop (d) Eruption of lava flow from a eighth schedule is cultivated by clear ring hill fissure 3. Special status to Delhi slopes 30. Oil is fund in petroliferous rock. Which 4. Reduction of age from 21 to 18 (c) Practice of growing crops on one among the following structures (a)4 3 2 1 (b)1 2 3 4 higher hill slopes in summer and demonstrates an ideal trap? (c)3 2 4 1 (d)3 4 2 1 foothills in winter (a) Horizontal structure 36. John Mathai committee recommended (d) Seasonal migration of people with (b) Fault structure to constitute the financial standing their animals up and down (c) Synclinal structure committee is: foothills in winter (d) Anticlinal structure (a) Public Accounts Committee 25. The stratosphere is said to be ideal for 31. Which one of the following statements (b) Estimate committee flying jet aircraft because : regarding the Vice-President of India (c) Committee on Public undertaking (a) This layer is rich in ozone which Officiating as President is correct? (d) none of these reduces fuel consumption (a) He shall continue to be chairman 37. Any minister in the union councils of (b) The temperature is constant and of the Council of States ministers must be a member of ideal for aircraft engine efficiency (b) He shall cease to be the chairman (a) Only from Lok Sabha (c) This layer is out of the firing range of the Council of States (b) Only from Rajya Sabha of anti aircraft guns (c) He shall nominate the next-senior- (c) Only from state legislature (d) Of the absence of the clouds and most member of the house to be (d) Any house of Parliament other weather phenomena the chairman of the Council of 38. The resolution for removing the vice 26. Which one of the following conditions is States president of India can be moved in the : not necessary for precipitation to oc- (d) None of the above (a) Lok Sabha alone cur? 32. Which one of the following motions can (b) Rajya Sabha alone (a) The air must be warm be initiated to remove the Council of (c) Either House of Parliament (b) The air must be saturated Ministers of India? (d) Joint sitting of parliament (c) The air must be cooled below its (a) No Confidence Motion 39. Which among the following isn’t a basic dew point (b) Censure Motion feature of the constitution? (d) The air must contain hygroscopic (c) Adjournment Motion (a) Supremacy of the constitution particles (d) Confidence Motion (b) Unity and integrity of the nation 27. What happens to tropical soils when the 33. The Speaker of Lok Sabha can be re- (c) Balance between fundamental rain forest is cleared? moved from his office before the expiry rights and DPSP (a) The soil improves to the extent of his term— (d) Unlimited power of parliament to that soluble nutrients are no longer (a) By the President on the amend the constitution depleted by the trees recommendation of Prime 40. The constitution of India is republican (b) There is little effect on the soil Minister because it: because of its depth of (b) If the Lok Sabha passes a (a) Provides for an elected President (c) Clearing interrupts the critical resolution to this effect (b) Provides for adult franchise nutrient cycle and lead to soil (c) If the Lok Sabha and Prime (c) Contains the representation for leaching Minister so decide fixed term (d) The soils stabilize and become (d) If both the Houses of Parliament (d) Has no hereditary elements excellent for grain pass a resolution to this effect 41. Reservation at Panchayat level is found 28. Which of the following best describes 34. The first joint meeting of both the Houses mentioned in which Article? longitude? of the Indian Parliament was held in (a) 243 A (b) 243 B (a) A imaginary line joining north and connection with— (c) 243 C (d) 243 D south poles. (a) Dowry abolition Bill 42. All the living organisms on earth consti- tute :

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(a) Biome 53. The law of reflection are true for (d) Gravitation (b) Biosphere (a) The plane mirror only 63. Perspiration cools the body because (c) Community (b) The concave mirror only (a) Presence of water on the skin is (d) Population (c) The convex mirror only cooling 43. In an aquatic ecosystem, the organism (d) All reflecting surfaces (b) Evaporation requires latent heat present at the trophic level equivalent 54. The path of a refracted ray of light in a (c) Water has a high specific heat to cows in grasslands is prism is parallel to the base of the prism (d) Water is poor conductor of heat (a) Phytoplanktons only when the 64. The most suitable vessel for storing con- (b) Large fishes (a) Light of a particular wavelength centrated sulphuric acid is:- (c) Sea gulls (b) Ray is incident normally at one face (a) Copper vessel (d) Zooplanktons (c) Ray under goes minimum deviation (b) Aluminium vessel 44. Climax community is in a state of : (d) None of these (c) Glass vessel (a) Non-equilibrium 55. Colours of thin films are due to (d) Earthen vessel (b) Equilibrium (a) Dispersion of light 65. The long range potential of nuclear en- (c) Disorder (b) Interference of light ergy in India depends on its reserves of: (d) Constant change (c) Absorption of light (a) Thorium (b) Uranium 45. Edaphic factor refers to : (d) Scattering of light (c) Plutonium (d) Radium (a) Water 56. Which of the following cells convert elec- 66. Which of the following type of coal has (b) Soil trical energy into chemical energy? the lowest proportion of volatile mat- (c) Relative humidity (a) Galvanic ter? (d) Altitude (b) Electrochemical (a) Lignite 46. MAB stands for (c) Voltaic (b) Peat (a) Mammal and Biosphere (d) Electrolytic (c) Bituminous (b) Mammal and Biology 57. Electromotive force is most closely re- (d) Anthracite (c) Man and Biosphere lated to 67. Which of the following fibres catches fire (d) None of these (a) Electric field least? 47. Which one of the following animals may (b) Magnetic field (a) Nylon (b) Cotton occupy more than one trophic levels in (c) Potential difference (c) Rayon (d) Tricot the same ecosystem at the same time? (d) Mechanical force 68. Which of the following chemical materi- (a) Sparrow (b) Lion 58. Resonance is a special case of als is responsible for the depletion of (c) Goat (d) Frog (a) Forced vibration ozone layer in the atmosphere? 48. Abiogenesis theory of origin supports (b) Natural vibration (a) Nitrous oxide (a) Spontaneous generation (c) Damped vibration (b) Carbon dioxide (b) Origin of life from blue- green algae (d) None (c) Chlorofluorocarbon (c) Origin of life is due to pre- existing 59. One cannot see through fog because (d) Sulphur dioxide organisms (a) Fog absorbs light 69. The main temple of the Sun Temple has (d) Organic evolution is due to (b) The refractive index of fog is been estimated to have been : chemical reactions infinity (a) 180 feet (b) 220 feet 49. Which of the following is not respon- (c) Light suffers total reflection at the (c) 240 feet (d) 260 feet sible for the extinction of spices? droplets in fog 70. Which of the following is a Bird Sanctu- (a) Broad niche (d) Light is scattered by the droplets ary in Odisha? (b) Large body size in fog (a) Nalabana (b) Bagagahan (c) Narrow Niche 60. A galvanometer is converted into an am- (c) Hirakuda (d) Balimela (d) Lack of genetic variability meter when we connect a 71. Who appoints the State Election Com- 50. The non-biotic pollutant of underground (a) High resistance in series missioner? water is? (b) High resistance in parallel (a) President of India (a) Bacteria (b) Algae (c) Low resistance in series (b) Prime Minister of India (c) Arsenic (d) Virsuses (d) Low resistance in parallel (c) Governor of the State concerned 51. Synecology is the study of : 61. Nucleon is a common name of (d) The Chief Minister of the State (a) Environment (a) Proton and electron concerned (b) Individual (b) Electron and neutron 72. Who has written the prayer ‘Ahe (c) Specific species (c) Neutron only Dayamaya Biswabihari’? (d) Plant community (d) Neutron and proton (a) Abhinash Mohapatra 52. Which of these waves can be polarized? 62. A liquid drop attains spherical shape due (b) Ramakrushna Nanda (a) Sound waves in air to (c) Ramachandra Mishra (b) Longitudinal waves on a string (a) Surface tension (d) Satyajit Barala (c) Transverse waves on a string (b) Viscosity 73. Who among the following is the first (d) Light waves (c) Upward thrust president of Odisha Sahitya Akademi?

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(a) Janaki Ballab Pattanaik (b) Mixed economy 91. Which Indian sportsperson was the (b) Pt. Nilakantha Das (c) Capitalist economy India’s flag-bearer at the closing cer- (c) Radhanath Ray (d) Socialist economy emony in the 18th Asian Games? (d) Surendra Mohanty 84. What is the term for a general decrease in (a) Bajrang Punia 74. The title ‘Utkal Mani’ given to price levels within an economy? (b) Rahi Sarnobat Gopabandhu das by (a) Deflation (c) Rani Rampal (a) M.K. Gandhi (b) Disinflation (d) Vinesh Phogat (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Hyperinflation 92. On which date, the 2018 International (c) B.C. Roy (d) Stagflation Day of Charity (IDC) was observed (d) M.N. Roy 85. Which one of the following is the most recently? 75. The first Odia female governor is: appropriate method to measure the eco- (a) September 3 (a) Savitri Murmu nomic growth of a country? (b) September 5 (b) Subhadra Murmu (a) National Income (c) September 4 (c) Draupadi Murmu (b) Net National Produce (d) September 6 (d) Saraswati Hemram (c) Gross Capital Formation 93. Which of the following is the official 76. The district of Odisha doesn’t share (d) Gross Domestic Product mascot for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic boundary with Andhra Pradesh? 86. What is visible trade balance? Games? (a) Koraput (b) Malkangiri (a) It is the inflow of dollar in shape (a) Someity (b) Keito (c) Rayagada (d) Nawarangpur of gift or grant (c) Zabivaka (d) Miraitowa 77. Who among the following Gajapati ruler (b) It is the earnings from and 94. Under ‘India Smart Cities Award 2018, succeed to Kapilendra Dev: payments from banking, shipping, which Smart City has been selected for (a) Hamira dev insurance and tourism ‘City Award’ for showing great momen- (b) Purusottam Dev (c) It is the difference between the tum in implementation of projects? (c) Prataprudra Dev value of exports and value of (a) Jabalpur (b) Visakhapatnam (d) Kharua Dev imports (c) Surat (d) Pune 78. Who is the founder of ‘Utkal Sahitya (d) It is the external assistance, IMF 95. Which of the following movies has been samaj’? loan NRI deposits and debt chosen as the India’s official entry to (a)Fakir mohan senapati services taken together Oscars 2019? (b)Godabarish Mishra 87. Who has been chosen for the 2018 (a) Kadvi Hawa (c)Madhusudhan Rao RedInk award for lifetime achievement (b) Raazi (d)Madhusudhan Das in journalism? (c) Village Rockstars 79. ‘Sadhanara Pathe’ is an autobiography (a) Faye D’Souze (d) Hichki written by: (b) Boris Johnson 96. Who has been appointed new secretary (a) Fakir Mohan Senapati (c) William Mark Tully of Central Vigilance Commission (b) Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab (d) Hu Shuli (CVC)? (c) Dr. Kunja Bihari Das 88. Which Indian personality has been (a) Anindo Majumdar (d) Rabi Singh honoured with the 2018 Nikkei Asia (b) Shakuntala Gamlin 80. First Odia Lok sabha Speaker? Prize in Japan? (c) Shashi Sharma (a) Ram Sankar Ray (a) Narendra Modi (d) Alka Tiwari (b) Rabi Ray (b) Manmohan Singh 97. What is the theme of the United Nations (c) Madhusudan Das (c) Nita Ambani for 2018 World Cities Day (WCD)? (d) Bishwanath Mishra (d) Bindeshwar Pathak (a) Promoting a better urban future 81. What is meant by disposable personal 89. Which of the following is the India’s only (b) Building Sustainable and Resilient income aircraft carrier to have marine hydraulic Cities (a) A person’s income system? (c) Better City, Better Life (b) Income remaining out of personal (a) INS Sahyadri (d) Innovative Governance, Open income after the payment of tax (b) INS Vikrant Cities (c) Income that remains after meeting (c) INS Vikramaditya 98. Which of the following National parks necessities (d) INS Satpura has become the largest habitat of the (d) Income spend for food only 90. Which Indian economist has been ap- endangered estuarine crocodiles in In- 82. Which one of the following Cooperative pointed Assistant Secretary-General and dia? Societies of India is responsible for the Head of the New York Office of the (a) Jim Corbett National Park production of fertilizers? United Nations Environment (b) Bhitarkanika National Park (a) NAFED (b) IFFCO Programme (UNEP)? (c) Ranthambore National Park (c) NCDC (d) TRIFED (a) Nikhil Seth (d) Nagarhole National Park 83. Economic planning is an essential feature (b) Atul Khare 99. The Central Vigilance Commission of (c) Rahguram Rajan (CVC) is in news for appointing Sharad (a) Dual economy (d) Satya S Tripathi Kumar as new Vigilance Commissioner.

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As per which committee’s recommen- you have to identify the set for the dations, the CVC was set up? word ‘BENT’. (a) Nittoor Srinivasa Rau committee (b) Tejendra Mohan Bhasin committee (c) K V Chowdary committee (d) K Santhanam committee 100. Saweety Boora, who claimed gold at 2018 Umakhanov Memorial Tourna- ment, is associated with which sports? a) 42, 34, 79, 77 (a) Chess (b) Wrestling b) 00, 11, 76, 78 (c) Swimming (d) Boxing c) 31, 22, 88, 58 d) 42, 34, 76, 88 SECTION - BR 5. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. Direction (Q.8 – 10): Select the related REASONING ABILITY From the given answer figures, indicate word/letters/numbers from the given how it will appear when opened. alternatives: 1. How many triangles are there in the question figure? 8. Forecast : Future : Regret : ? a) Present b) Sins c) Life d) Past 9. DCEF : QPRS : : XWYZ : ? a) SRQP b) NMOP c) STOV d) IMGF a) 16 b) 23 10. 121 : 12 : : 25 : ? c) 26 d) 31 or more a) 5 b) 6 2. Identify the diagram that best represents c) 7 d) 8 the relationship among classes given below: Direction (Q.11–13): Find the odd word/ Professors, post graduates and 6. If a mirror is places on the line MN, letters/number from the given employed. then which of the answer figures is the alternatives. right image of the given figure? 11. a) Potato b) Tomato c) Ginger d) Carrot 12. a) ACEG b) KMNP c) HJLN d) TVXZ 13. a) 6336 b) 4574 c) 4884 d) 2662 14. Arrange the following words as per order 3. Which answer figure will complete the int he dictionary pattern in the question figure? 1. Tortoise 2. Torrid 3. Torso 4. Torque 5. Tortuous a) 4, 2, 3, 1, 5 b) 3, 2, 4, 1, 5 7. If the question, a word is represented c) 2, 3, 4, 5, 1 by only one set of numbers as given in d) 4, 3, 2, 5, 1 any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are Direction (Q.15 – 16): A series is given, represented by two classes of with one term missing, choose the alphabets as in two matrices given correct alternative from the given ones below. The columns and rows of Matrix that will complete the series. I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of 15. PMT, OOS, NQR, MSQ, ? Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A a) LVR b) LVP 4. From the given answer figures, select letter from these matrices can be c) LWP d) LUP the one in which the question figure is represented first by its row and next hidden/embedded. 16. 206, 309, 412, ?, 618, 721 by its column, e.g., ‘A’ can be a) 751 b) 749 represented by 04, 12, etc., and ‘R’ can c) 515 d) 615 be represented by 55, 67, etc. Similarly, 17. Pointing Rajesh in the photograph, Sunita said, “The only son of his

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mother is my father”. How is Sunita Direction (Q.25 – 27): Study the represent the total number of children related to Rajesh?(Note- Sunita is following arrangement carefully and in the class? female) answer the questions given below: a) 48 b) 44 a) Niece b) Aunt W 1 R % 4 J E # 7 M T 2 I 9 B H 3 A $ 9 F c) 42 d) 40 c) Mother d) Daughter Q 5 D G 6 U S P 33. A pineapple cost Rs.7 each. A watermelon costs Rs.5 each. X spends Direction (Q.18 – 22): Read the following 25. Which of the following is the seventh to Rs.38 on these fruits. The number of information to answer the given the right of the eighteenth from the pineapples purchases is: questions: right end? a) 2 b) 3 i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are playing a) A b) E c) 4 d) Data inadequate cards sitting around a circular table c) $ d) # facing center. 26. If the order of the last fifteen element is Direction (Q.34): In the following ii) D is not neighbour of C or E. reversed, which of the following will question, a statement/group of iii) A is neighbour of B and C. be fifth to the right of twelfth from the statements is given followed by some iv) G, who is second to the left of D, left end? conclusions. Without resolving anything is the neighbour of E and F. a) U b) $ yourself, choose the conclusion which c) 3 d) 6 logically follows from the given 18. Which of the following is correct? 27. Four of the following five are alike in a statement(s). a) B is between A and D. certain way on the basis of above b) D is between F and G. arrangement and hence form a group. 34. Statement: c) E is to the immediate right of G Which one does not belong to that Amit and Subhash are friends. Subhash d) F is to the immediate left of G. group? is friendly with all. Amit has many 19. Which of the following has the pair with a) R W 4 b) 5 F G enemies. Rahul and Amit do not like the second person sitting to the c) 9 Q A d) 3 B $ each other. immediate right of the first person? 28. If 1st October is Sunday, then 1 st Conclusions: a) BD b) GF November will be 1. Amit, Rahul and Subhash form a c) EC d) AE a) Monday b) Tuesday clique. 20. Which of the following will be D’s c) Wednesday d) Thursday 2. Rahul and Subhash are friends. position after E and D interchange their 29. If 3rd December, 2000 was Sunday, what 3. Subhash is friendly with Amit’s places? day was 3rd January, 2002? friends. a) Neighbour of G and C a) Tuesday b) Wednesday 4. Amit and Rahul are both friends b) To the immediate left of C c) Thursday d) Friday of Subhash. c) To the immediate right of F 30. If ‘ ’ stands for ‘division’, ‘+’ stands The conclusion(s) correct drawn is/are d) Neighbour of C and A  a) 3 and 4 b) 2 and 3 for ‘multiplication’, ‘  ’ for 21. What is the position of C? c) 1 and 2 d) 2, 3 and 4 a) Second to the left of B ‘subtraction’ and ‘  ’ for ‘addition’, b) Third to the right of F which one of the following equations Direction (Q.35 – 36): A cube is painted c) To the immediate left of A is correct? blue on all faces and is then cut into 125 d) None of these a) 6 10 12  7 1  38 cubes of equal size. Answer the following 22. Which of the following has the second questions based on this statement. b) 6 10 12 7 1  57 person sitting between the first and 35. How many cubes are not painted on third persons? c) 6 10 12  7 1  62 any face? a) DAB b) GCE d) 6 10 12  7 1  80 a) 8 b) 16 c) BCA d) GFD c) 27 d) 36 31. If ‘ ’ stands for ‘addition’, ‘<’ for 23. A boy rode his bicycle northwards, then  36. How may cubes are painted on one face turned left and rode one km and again ‘subtraction’, ‘+’ for ‘division’, ‘>’ for only? turned left and rode 2 km. He found ‘multiplication’, ‘  ’ for ‘equal to’, ‘  ’ a) 16 b) 32 himself exactly one km west of his for ‘greater than’ and ‘  ’ for ‘less c) 48 d) 54 starting point. How far did he ride than’, then state which of the following northwards initially? is true? Direction (Q.37): In the following a) 1 km b) 2 km a) 3 4  2  9  3  3 question, find out which of the answer c) 3 km d) 5 km figures a), b), c) and d) completes the 24. If ‘South-east’ is called ‘East’, ‘North- b) 53  7 8  41 figure matrix? west’ is called ‘West’, ‘South-west’ is c) 5  2  2  10  48 called ‘South’ and so on, what will 37. ‘North’ be called? d) 3 2  4 16  2  4 a) East b) North-East 32. The number of boys in a class is three c) North-west d) South times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers cannot

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II. No. The coverage of events will without changing the order of the be decided by a few who may not letters and using each letter only once? have healthy outlook. a) Nil b) One c) Two d) Three Direction (Q.40 – 42): In each of the following questions, a matrix of certain Direction (Q.45 – 46): In the following characters is given. These characters diagram, the circles represents College follow a certain trend, row-wise or Professors, the triangle stands for column-wise. Find out this trend and Surgical Specialists, and Medical choose the missing character from the Specialists are represented by the given alternatives. rectangle. 40. Direction (Q.38): In the following question below is given a statement 51 11 61 followed by two courses of action 64 30 32 numbered I and II. You have to assume 35 ? 43 everything in the statement to be true a) 25 b) 27 and on the basis of the information given c) 32 d) 37 45. College Professors who are also Surgical in the statement, decide which of the 41. Specialists are represented by suggested courses of action logically a) A b) B 28 20 7 follow(s) for pursuing. c) C d) D 84 35 12 a) If only I follows 46. Surgical Specialists who are also Medical 45 ? 9 b) If only II follows Specialists but not Professors are c) If either I or II follows a) 15 b) 18 represented by d) If neither I nor II follows c) 20 d) 25 a) B b) C 42. c) X d) Z 38. Statement: 47. There are four towns P, Q, R and T. Q is The Indian electronic component 11 6 8 to the South-West of P, R is to the east industry venturing into the West 17 12 ? of Q and South-east of P, and T is to European markets faces tough 25 34 19 the north of R in line with QP. In which competition from the Japanese. 19 28 11 direction of P is T located? Courses of action: a) South-East b) North I. India should search for other a) 9 b) 13 c) North-East d) East international markets for its c) 15 d) 16 products. Direction (Q.43): In the following Direction (Q.48): The sheet of paper II. India should improve the quality question consists of five figures marked shown in the figure (X) given on the left of the electronic components to A, B, C, D and E called the Problem hand side, in each problem, is folded to compete with the Japanese in figures followed by four other figures form a box. Choose from amongst the capturing these markets. marked a), b), c) and d) called the Answer alternatives a), b), c), and d), the boxes that are similar to the box that will be Direction (Q.39): In the given below figures. Select a figure from amongst the formed. consists of a statement, followed by two Answer figures which will continue the same series as established by the five arguments numbered I and II. You have 48. to decide which of the arguments is a problem figures. ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ 43. argument. a) If only argument I is strong; b) If only argument II is strong; a) A only c) if either I or II is strong; b) A and C only d) If neither I nor II is strong; c) A, C and D only 39. Statement: d) A, B, C and D Should Doordarshan be given Direction (Q.49): In the following autonomous status? questions, there are four figures marked Arguments: I, II, III and IV which constitute the I. Yes. It will help Doordarshan to Problem Set and four figures marked a), have fair and impartial coverage 44. From the word ‘ASTOUNDER’, how b), c) and d), each further consisting of of all important events. many independent words can be made two figures marked I and IV which constitute the Answer set. Select a figure

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66. The LCM of two numbers is 2376 while a) 90 km b) 97 km a) 10 years 6 months their HCF is 33. If one of the numbers c) 115 km d) 105 km b) 14 years 6 months is 297, then the other number is 72. Two trains of lengths 160 m and 200 m c) 14 years a) 216 b) 264 travel at the speeds of 48 m/s and 52 d) 21 years c) 642 d) 792 m/s respectively in opposite direction 79. The cost of 1 litre of milk is Rs. 20, 67. From a solid wooden right circular to each other. What is the total time what amount of water should be added cylinder, a right circular cone whose taken by them to cross each other? to 1 litre of mixture to gain 25% profit, radius and height are same as the radius a) 3.6 sec b) 4 sec if the mixture is being sold at Rs. 20 and height of the cylinder, respectively c) 5.2 sec d) 6.8 sec per litre? is curved out. What is the ratio of the 73. A shopkeeper deals in milk and 45 litre a) 150 ml b) 250 ml volume of the utilised wood to that of mixture is to be distributed in Milk & c) 200 ml d) 300 ml the wasted wood ? Water in the ratio of 4 : 1. If 4 litre milk 80. Find the digits indicated by x & y in the a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1 and 3 litre water will be added in the number 353292xy if the number is c) 2 : 3 d) 1 : 3 mixture then what will be the new ratio completely divisible by 33. 68. Consider the following statements: of water and milk? a) x = 4, y = 5 I. The locus of points which are a) 5 : 6 b) 3 : 10 b) x = 0, y = 6 equidistant from two parallel lines c) 4 : 5 d) 7 : 8 c) x = 3, y = 6 is a line parallel to both of them 74. Lagaan is levied on the 40% of the total d) x = 0, y = 9 and drawn mid way between land in Village Sitapur. The revenue 81. If AB || CD || IH and AC || EF, BAC = them. department collected total Rs.4,48,800  II. The perpendicular distance of any through the lagaan from the village. 800 and MN is perpendicular to PO, point on this locus line from two Hari, a very rich farmer, paid only then find x, y, z using following figure original parallel lines are equal. Rs.580 as lagaan for his piece of land. Further, no point outside this The percentage of total land of Hari locus line has this property. over the total taxable land of the village Which of the above statements is/are (approx) is: correct? a) 0.208% b) 0.125% a) Only I c) 0.323% d) 0.733% b) Only II 75. A shopkeeper marked up the price of an c) Both I and II item by 96% on the actual cost price d) Neither I nor II and allows the discount of 25%. If he a) x = 80°, y = 45°, z = 55° 69. Gita started a business investing Rs. gave 2 items free on every dozen b) x = 80°, y = 55°, z = 45° 60000. After six months Kanchan purchase, then find the profit percent c) x = 80°, y = 90°, z = 10° joined her with Rs. 90000. After on sale of 1 dozen items. d) x = 80°, y = 10°, z = 90° another six months Rekha also joined a) 35% b) 36% 82. In the given below figure, find the value them with Rs. 1.35 lakh. The profit c) 25% d) 26% of AB. earned at the end of 3 years when Gita 76. If x  y  z 12 , then find the started the business should be distributed among Gita, Kanchan and maximum value of Rekha in the ratio of x 1y  2z  3 a) 4 : 5 : 6 b) 6 : 7 : 8 c) 6 : 8 : 7 d) 6 : 5 : 4 a) 4 b) 6 70. Vijay can do a piece of work in 24 days. c) 8 d) 24 Rakesh can do the same work in 30 77. A can do a piece of work in 15 days, B days and Vinod in 40 days. Vijay and can do the same work in 10 days, and a) b) Vinod worked for 4 days and handed it C do the same work in 12 days. All 140 130 to Rakesh. Rakesh worked for some three of them do the same work c) d) days and handed it again to Vijay and together, then they collectively get Rs. 145 135 Vinod 6 days before completing the 9000. If B’s share is divided among 83. For what value of k, does the equation work. For how many days did Rakesh three new persons D, E and F in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 3 respectively then find work? 7x2 14x  k become perfect a) 5 days b) 10 days the share of F. c) 8 days d) 6 days a) 1800 b) 2700 square? 71. If the ratio of speed of boat in c) 1400 d) 1200 a) 7 b) 8 downstream and speed of stream is 9 : 78. A sum of money triples itself in 7 years. c) 6 d) 9 1, speed of current is 3 km per hr, What In how many years it amounts to 9 84. A cube of side 11 cm is melted and would be the distance travelled in times of itself, if the interest is converted into a solid cylinder. It is upstream by the boat in 5 hours? compounded annually? found that the height of the cylinder so

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formed is 7 times the length of the c) Rs.21450 rectangle whose width is 1.5 cm and d) Can’t be determined 20 – 40 f1 perimeter 4 cm. Find the radius of the 92. The number of prime factors in 40 – 60 32 cylinder? 333 222 111 a) 3.5 cm b) 11 cm 6 7 8 60 – 80 f2 c) 7 cm d) 10 cm a) 1221 b) 1222 80 – 100 19 85. The average of six numbers is 35. If each c) 1111 d) 1211 Total 120 of the first three numbers increased by 93. If x  2 then the value of a) 28, 24 b) 25, 30 4 and each of the remaining three is c) 32, 38 d) 42, 48 3 2 decreased by 8, then what is the new x  27x  243x  631 is: 99. Find the mean marks of the students average? a) 1211 b) 1231 from the following cumulative a) 31 b) 23 c) 1233 d) 1321 frequency distribution: c) 32 d) 33 94. How many 3 - letter words with or Marks: Number of students 86. An article is sold at a profit of Rs. 30 without meaning, can be formed out of Below 10 5 which is 5% of the cost price if the the letters of the word, Below 20 9 cost price is increased by 20% and the ‘LOGARITHMS’, if repetition of Below 30 17 article is now to be sold at the profit of letters is not allowed? Below 40 29 15% then find the new selling price? a) 720 b) 420 Below 50 45 a) Rs.756 b) Rs.802 c) 5040 d) 120 Below 60 60 c) Rs.812 d) Rs.828 95. A train 150 m long passes a pole in 15 Below 70 70 87. A, B and C invested in a business and seconds and crosses another train of Below 80 78 their investments are in the ratio 2 : 3 : the same length travelling in opposite Below 90 83 4. If A gets 20% of the total profit as direction in 8 seconds. The speed of Below 100 85 salary and rest is divided according to the second train in (km/h) is a) 46.42 b) 48.41 investment , then find the share of A, if a) 60 km/hr b) 66 km/hr c) 38.24 d) 44.22 B gets Rs. 3600. c) 72 km/hr d) 99 km/hr 100. The sum of the first three terms of an a) 5300 b) 5250 96. O and O’ are respectively the A.P. is 33. If the product of first and c) 5200 d) 5100 orthocenter and circumcentre of an the third term exceeds the second term 88. The ratio of Aman’s and Naman’s age is acute angled triangle PQR. the point P by 29, find the d. 10 : 7. If the difference between the and O are joined and produced to meet a)  8 b)  9 present age of Aman and Naman’s age the side QR at S. If  PQS = 60° and after 6 years is 6, then find the sum of c) 10 d) 108 age of both Aman and Naman after 6  QO’R = 130° then  RPS = ? years. a) 450 b) 350 a) 80 b) 60 c) 600 d) 750 SECTION - CR c) 90 d) 70 97. The angle of elevation of the top of a 89. The radius of the open-top cylinder is tower from the point P and Q at ENGLISH LANGUAGE half of its height and the area of the distance of ‘a’ and ‘b’ respectively 1. Which sentence uses the correct order inner part is 616 sq cms. Approximately from the base of the tower and in the of adjectives? how many litres of milk it contain? same straight line with it are (a) We took a ride on a blue, old a) 1.4 b) 1.5 complementary. The height of the Chinese bus. c) 1.7 d) 1.9 tower is (b) We took a ride on a Chinese, old, 90. A person travelled 132 km by auto, 852 blue bus. km by train and 248 km by bike. It a (c) We took a ride on an old, blue took 21 hours in all. If the speed of a) ab b) Chinese bus. train is 6 times the speed of auto and b (d) All are correct 1.5 times speed of bike, what is the c) abd) 2 2 2. Which kind of adverb is the word in speed of train? a b -1 -1 capitals? - “My father OFTEN goes a) 78 kmh b) 104 kmh 98. The Mean of the following frequency c) 96 kmh-1 d) 88 kmh-1 for a walk after dinner.” (a) Adverb of Frequency. 91. Prerna decided to donate 15% of her table 50. But the frequencies f and (b) Adverb of Place. salary to an orphanage. On the day of 1 (c) Adverb of Degree. donation she changed her mind and f in class 20 – 40 and 60 – 80 are (d) Adverb of Manner. donated Rs 2,896 which was 90% of 2 what she had decided earlier. How much missing. Find the missing frequencies. 3. You had an argument with him, didn’t Class: Frequency: you ?( what would be the correct is Prerna’s salary (approx)? response) a) Rs.19500 0 – 20 17 (a)Yes, I did. b) Rs.17250 (b)No, you didn’t.

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(c)Yes, you did. (a) Adjective (b) Pronoun (b) Some, the other (d)No, I did. (c) Noun (d) Adverb (c) A few, most 4. India is a land of sages and monks ___ is 15. Looking at the globe we see China here. (d)some, other proud of ___ prophets. (Fill in the Here ‘China’ is used as 25. Have you watched ______these blank with suitable word). (a) Feminine gender films? (a) It, its (b) She, its (b) Masculine gender (a) any of (b) some of (c) She, her (d) He, his (c) Common gender (c) any (d)some 5. Spring has ______own charms and (d) Neuter gender. 26. Had you worked hard, you ______delight. (Fill in the blank with a suitable 16. What kind of verb is the underlined have passed the examination. adjective) word in the sentence ‘I bade him go’? (a) shall (b) will (a) her (b) his (a) Regular verb (c) should (d) would (c) its (d) hers (b) Bare infinitive 27. I ______be a clerk, but now I am an 6. Which of the following pairs of nouns is (c) Weak verb officer. not composed of Male and Female? (d) Complement (a) need (b) date (a) Tutor-Governess 17. What kind word is ‘few’ in the sentence (c) ought to (d) used to (b) Tom-Tabby ‘Few of the children went to the zoo’? 28. It’s two years ______Joe. (c) Votary-Votaress (a)Predeterminer (a) That I don’t see (d) Drone-Abbot (b)Intensifier (b) That I haven’t seen 7. Find out the correct sentence. (c)Determiner (c) Since I didn’t see (a) Women must fight for her own (d) Quantifier (d) Since I saw right 18. What kind of word is ‘its’ in the sentence 29. The man sitting next to me on the plane (b) I go to market every Sunday to ‘The dog showed its teeth’? was nervous because he buy vegetable. (a) Object pronoun ______before. (c) On what ground did you apply (b) Possessive adjective (a) Hasn’t flown for leave? (c) Object complement (b) Didn’t fly (d) Give him my best regards. (d) Subject complement (c) Hadn’t flown 8. Which of these sentences contain an 19. What kind of word is ‘seldom’ in the (d) Wasn’t flying indefinite pronoun? sentence ‘He seldom visits temple’? 30. ______a car when they were living in (a) These flowers are beautiful. (a) Adverb of reason London? (b) This cat is adorable. (b) Adverb of place (a) Had they (c) All of us are going to Taco Bell. (c) Adverb of frequency (b) Did they have (d) That is quite strange. (d)Adverb of manner (c) Were they having 9. When a pronoun is referring to a specific 20. What kind of word is ‘eating’ in the (d) Have they had something it is. sentence ‘What I like most is ‘eating’ 31. It’s late. It’s time ______home. (a) reflexive biryani’? (a) We go (b) interrogative (a) Present participle (b) We must go (c) demonstrative (b) Participle phrase (c) We should go (d) indefinite (c) Adjective (d) We went

1 0 . D o th is else you shall be punished. Here (d) Gerund 32. I’m not tired enough to go to bed yet. I “Else” is used as ____. wouldn’t sleep if I ______to bed (a) Adjective Directions (Q. 21-25): Fill in the blank now. (b) Adverb in each of the following sentences is given (a) Go (b) Went (c) Conjunction as one of the four alternatives under it. (c) Had gone (d) Would go (d) Verb 21. We spent ______money during our 33. If I were you, I ______that coat. It’s 11. He has done enough. Here “Enough” stay in Spain. much too expensive. is used as _____. (a) a lot of (b) many (a) Won’t buy (a) Noun (b) Pronoun (c) all of (d)much (b) Don’t buy (c) Adjective (d) Adverb 22. Did it cost ______to buy such a (c) Am not going to buy 12. Why does she go to college so early nice car? (d) Wouldn’t buy today? Here “Early” is used as _____. (a) many (b) much 34. I decided to stay at home last night. I (a) Adjective (b) Adverb (c) a lot of (d) lots of would have gone out if I ______so (c) Noun (d) Pronoun 23. I had ______money at that time tired. 13. Fair the better. Here “Fair” is used as and it was hard for me to get by. (a) Wasn’t ____. (a) none (b) none of (b) Weren’t (a) Noun (b) Verb (c) no (d)a little (c) Wouldn’t have been (c) Adjective (d) Adverb 24. ______people enjoyed the party, (d) Hadn’t been 14. A great “Many” of them will like to do but ______were disappointed. 35. We ______by a loud noise during the this. Here Many is used as ____. (a) Few, many night.

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(a) Woke up (d) The doctor asked the patient 51. (a) Meena seldom or ever refuses an (b) Are woken up whether he was eaten breakfast invitation. (c) Were woken up that day. (b) Meena seldom or always refuses (d) Were are followed 45. How much a month are you paid? an invitation. 36. There’s somebody walking behind us. I (Change the voice) (c) Meena seldom or never refuses an think ______(a) How much a month do you pay? invitation. (a) We are following (d) Meena seldom if never refuses an (b) We are being followed (b) In a month how much do you pay? invitation. (c) We are followed (c) How much a month do they pay (d) We are being following you? Directions (Q. 52-56): Choose the one 37. ‘Where ______?’ ‘In London’. (d) How much a month do you pay which best expresses the meaning of the (a) Were you born them? idiom in underlined. (b) Are you born 46. A lion does not eat-grass, however hungry 52. We kept our fingers crossed till the final (c) Have you been born he may be. (Change the voice) results were declared. (d) Did you born (a) Grass is not eaten by a lion, (a) kept praying 38. The man ______a beard is my brother. however hungry he may be (b) waited anxiously (a) in (b) of (b) Grass is being eaten by a lion, (c) felt sacred (c) for (d) with however hungry he may be (d) kept hopeful 39. I am grateful ______my friends for (c) Grass is eaten not by a lion, 53. The smell from the kitchen makes my their moral support. however hungry he may be mouth water. (a) for (b) to (d) Grass is being eaten by a lion, (a) makes me giddy (c) of (d) with however, hungry he may be (b) makes me vomit 40. Gandhiji fought ______the freedom (c) simulates my appetite of our country. Directions (Q. 47-51): Find out the correct sentence. (d) makes me sick (a) by (b) in 54. My friend got the sack from his first (c) of (d) for 47. (a) The principal appointed him as a job. 41. She is ______a noble family of peon in the college. (a) resigned Rajputs. (b) The principal appointed him a (b) got tired of (a) from (b) of peon in the college. (c) was dismissed from (c) among (d) at (c) As a peon the principal appointed (d) was demoted from 42. The case was put ______the judge him in the college. 55. I stepped forward fully determined to and the judge decided it within an year. (d) The principal as a peon take the bull by the horns. (a) at (b) over appointed him in the college. (a) to act without any hesitation (c) above (d) on 48. (a) The team is confident to win the (b) to be fully alive 43. “You can phone from my office,” he match. (c) to meet the danger boldly said. (Rewrite in indirect speech) (b) The team is confident of winning (d) to act without preparation (a) He said that he could phone from the match. 56. He was unable to account for the deficit his office. (c) The team is confident of win the in the firm’s bank balance. (b) He said you could phone from his match. (a) to give a satisfactory explanation office. (d) The team is confident for winning (b) speak the truth about (c) He said that I can phone from your the match. (c) maintain accounts properly office. 49. (a) He is one of the best policeman (d) give the accounts for (d) He said I can phone from my who has ever lived. 57. (A) it results from a carefully revised office. (b) He is one of the best policeman plan. 44. “What did you eat for breakfast today?” who have ever lived. (B) Men work together for a cause or the doctor asked the patient. (Rewrite (c) He is one of the best policemen purpose in indirect speech) that have ever lived. (C) Team work does not just happen. (a) The doctor asked the patient (d) He is one of the best policeman (D) It must be clearly known to them. whether he had eaten breakfast that has ever lived. (Put the given sentences in proper that day. 50. (a) My sister is the poet and the order) (b) The doctor asked the patient what philosopher. (a) BCAD (b) CBDA he had eaten for breakfast that (b) My sister is a poet and the (c) BCDA (d) CABD day. philosopher. 58. (A) They were generally fed in the (c) The doctor asked the patient (c) My sister is a poet and a afternoon. whether he has eaten breakfast that philosopher. (B) But father said that it was most day. (d) My sister is a poet and interesting to see them being fed. philosopher. (C) Gopal wanted to see the tigers and the lions first.

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(D) When we entered the gate it was 66. (a)There is only the banana 77. Come in, sit down, and tell me why you difficult to decide which way to (b) and one apple in the refrigerator were late. (it is the best example of go first. (c) so let us go to the market which senetence) (Put the given sentences in proper (d) and buy some more fruits (a) declarative order) 67. (a) Like his brother who did not wear (b) interrogative (a) ACDB (b) DCBA his helmet (c) imperative (c) BCDA (d) CBAD (b) and was injured in the accident (d) exclamative (c) Rajan was always careful 78. His uncle thinks that working for the Directions (Q. 59-63): Select the word (d) and wore his helmet without fail government is the key to stability. which is closest to the opposite in 68. (a) We were not worried about being (a) prepositional phrase meaning of the underlined word. late (b) participial phrase 59. After a week-long strike, the workers (b) since we knew that our other (c) gerund phrase took to the path of collision when the friends (d) infinitive phrase chairman intervened. (c) would have been caught in a worse 79. Her younger brother is in Canada. He is (a) retaliation traffic jam a lecturer prestigious University. (b) atonement (d) than us (Combine the given simple sentences (c) reconciliation 69. (a) The part of Madras that into a complex sentence) (d) expiation interested us the most (a) Her younger brother is a lecturer 60. He yielded to temptation. (b) were the beach and the museum at a prestigious University in (a) succumbed (c) which we recommend to all friends Canada (b) rescinded (d) who plan to visit that city (b) Her younger brother, who is in (c) skirted 70. (a) Although Greek and Latin were Canada, is a lecturer at a (d) resisted (b) of extreme important during their prestigious University. 61. He was on pins and needless while his day (c) Her younger brother is a lecturer wife was undergoing an operation. (c) they had become dead languages at a prestigious Canadian (a) unexcited (d) by the beginning of the fifteenth University. (b) at rest century (d) Her Canada based younger brother (c) undisturbed 71. (a) amphibians are creatures which is a lecturer at a prestigious (d) relaxed (b) live equally effortlessly University. 62. An obscure traveller was found dead on (c) in water and land are found 80. He went to the market. He saw the latest the road. (d) in all the continents of the world gadget. He could not, however (a) a decent 72. (a) Near the pond was standing purchase it. (Combine the given simple (b) An affluent (b) a dog, a donkey and a cow sentences into a compound sentence) (c) A famous (c) but when I threw a stone at them (a) He went to the market and could (d) A respectable (d) it was only the dog that ran away not purchase the latest gadget that 63. Only a pragmatic approach to these 73. (a) Psychiatrists claim that the dream he saw. problems can solve them. process (b) He went to the market and saw (a) practical (b) can offer insights into the latest gadget but he could not (b) diplomatic (c) how the brain has worked, though purchase it. (c) theoretical (d) it cannot be taken as the final (c) He saw the latest gadget in the (d) idealistic evidence market and could not purchase it. (d) He could not purchase the latest Directions (Q. 64-73): In each of these Directions (Q.74-76): Select the single gadget he saw in the market. questions, a sentence has been divided word which expresses the same meaning 81. Mohan is industrious. He is very into four parts and marked a, b, c and d. of the given idiomatic phrase. particular in his work.(Combine the One of these parts contains a mistake in 74. The right to vote given simple sentences into a grammar Idiom or syntax. Identify that (a) ballot (b) electorate compound sentence) part and mark it as the answer. (c) franchise (d) graffiti (a) Mohan is very particular in his 75. One who assails traditional beliefs work as he is industrious. 64. (a) The only persons in the theatre (b) Mohan is not only industrious but (b) on that stormy night (a) critic (b) atheist also very particular in his work. (c) were the staff of the theatre (c) Mohan is industrious and (d) and me (c) anthropologist (d) iconoclast particular in his work. 65. (a) Sunita is more talkative than (d) Mohan is industrious as well as (b) anyboy in the class because 76. A block of individual apartments (a) flats particular in his work. (c) he is not afraid of the teacher 82. I told you not to do it. You have done it (d) who is his own brother (b) congruence (c) architecture again. (Combine the given sentences (d) condominium with a suitable conjunction)

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(a) You have done it again when I told as sensitive and serious as health. Patients (d) There must be little research in you not to do it. worried about their health are often uncertain the field of doctor-patient (b) I told you not to do it but you and confused in their accounts. Busy interaction have done it again. doctors will not have time to take up every (c) I told you not to do it, you have points the patient has referred to. Moreover, Directions (Q. 91-95): Read the passage done it again. the tradition of medical interviewing hinders carefully and choose the best answer to (d) Despite I told you not to do it the development of a genuine each question out of the four alternatives. you have done it again. communication. Nobody can argue that the acquisition of 83. Match the fragments correctly. knowledge is more fun and easier with’ List-I 86. Which of the following statements is computers. The mere activity of touching 1. She is as tall true ? and exploring this device constitutes an 2. The price of my book (a) Patients must learn medical terms enjoyable task for a child. This, accompanied 3. Just do the same by the relaxing attitude and software 4. The boy stated that (b) Doctors should use medical terms interactivity, usually contributes to a better List-II in their instructions as these are grasping of new knowledge. At a higher A) is less than your book specific educational level the availability of digital B) As her mother (c) The patient’s relatives should be books, simulators and other academic C) As I do involved in the interaction materials provide the student with an ever D) His brother would not come (d) Medical communication is a accessible source of information that (a) 1-B, 2-D, 3-C, 4-A specialised branch of professional otherwise would not be at hand. (b) 1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C communication But, besides the increasing complexity and (c) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D 87. Doctors are sometimes unable to treat behaviour of intelligent software, which is (d) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D the patient properly because usually embedded in the academic digital 84. Let not the pot ______is an old (a) They do not know the language material, the need for human interaction in proverb. used for communicating with the learning process will always be present, (a) Call a spade a spade patients at least in the foreseeable future. There is (b) blame the kettle (b) They have a superiority complex the necessity for a human being to be able to (c) Call the Kettle black (c) They are too busy in performing determine what the specifies needs of each (d) Point a kettle as black surgeries individual are. A computer, no matter how 85. In order to indicate a reason, we use (d) They do not have the time to sophisticated its software is, can hardly such words as : consider every point made by the mimic the expertise of a teacher in how to (a) although, though, even if, patient explain and adapt complex concepts to (b) since, as, because 88. Patients are often unable to give a proper different individuals. account of their ailment to the doctor (c) as, as if, as though 91. According to the author, human (d) lest, so that, that because (a) They do not know how to intervention will always be required in Directions (Q. 86-90): Read the passage communicate in medical terms order to carefully and choose the best answer to (b) they want to hide certain (a) built bigger machines each question out of the four alternatives. symptoms of the disease (b) update old software The field of medicine forces a confrontation (c) they have an inferiority complex (c) repair broken down machines between scientific and everyday language. (d) they are worried about their health (d) determine the specific needs of the Outside the world of the research laboratory 89. The word ‘confrontation’ is closet in individual and clinic, there exits the daily routine of meaning to 92. According to this passage, what new medical practice, a situation where a doctor (a) conflict developments in the world of tried to understand the problems of a patient (b) confluence computers have helped students gain and the patient attempts to understand the (c) trouble more access to information doctor’s diagnosis. (d) competition (a) Availability of printing facilities The initial statement of the symptoms of 90. Which of the following statements best (b) availability of word processing any disease is of critical importance as it reflects the theme of the passage ? applications guides the doctor’s search for the clinical (a) Medical profession requires a (c) Availability digital books signs of the condition. Similarly, the doctor’s careful use of medical and (d) Availability of general knowledge explanation of a problem and the everyday language software recommendations for treatment, need to be (b) Communication should not be 93. What other factors related to computers clear and complete if the patient is to made a component of medical contribute to a deeper acquisition of understand and follow the correct course of education knowledge ? action. (c) For proper treatment, patients (a) User friendliness and easy The need for careful listening and expression should listen carefully to the accessibility by both parties should but obvious in a field instructions (b) Convenience of usage and design

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(c) Relaxing attitude and software M)iêZþ N)iê interactivity IWò@û (d) Prompt response and accuracy 110. “_jòfû, _jòfò” g±e C_~êq @[ð ^ò‰ðd 94. In what way are computes inadequate 101. “_Aiû” ùKCñ g±ûakúeê @û^úZ iìPû@ Ke û even inspite of their sophistication? û K)_â[c[e, _â[c\ò^ (a) They require humans to update them periodically K)@ûeaú L)_ûiðú L) cûie _â[c\ò^, _â[c[e (b) They keep breaking down after M)AõeûRú N)ZêKðú M)ùgh[e, cûie _â[c\ò^ much use 202. K^ýûUò ùMûeû ùjûAQò û ùeLûuòZ _\Uò N)_â[c[e, ùgh[e (c) They still humans to return them on and off ùKCñ g±ûakúeê @û^úZ iìPû@ û 111. ^òùcÜûq _\cû^u c£eê ùKCñUò “\ßòR” (d) They can hardly imitate a K)ZZþ icþ L)Z\þ ba e @[ð _âKûg Keê^ûjó iìPû@ û teacher’s ability to explain the M)ù\gR N)ùa÷ù\gòK K)iõÄûe L)_lú most difficult of concepts 103. ^òùcÜûq _\cû^u c£eê ùKCñUò M)aâûjàY N)@jò 95. That computers make learning easier is a fact “@õPke” @[ð ^êùjñ iìPû@ û 112. “@ûeòiû, PòZC” @û\ò _òVû e ^ûc ùKCñ (a) accepted by all K)_YZ L)iÚû^ ù\gR g±ûakú @«MðZ iìPû@ û (b) welcomed by all M)_âù\g N)aÈ K)Zûcòfò L)ùZfêMê (c) rejected by some (d) contested by a few 104. ^òùcÜûq _\cû^u c£eê ùKCñUò “Mêeê” M)K^ÜW N)cûfûdfûcþ e @[ð ^êùjñ iìPû@ û 113. “@wêe” ùKCñ g±ûakúeê @û^úZ iìPû@ Directions (Q. 96-100): Point out in the following sentences what kind of errors K)gòlK L)aéjÆZò û are there mentioning the correct M)ùgâ N)ʉð K)_ûiðú L)@ûeaú alternatives. 105. “RMZe Keò[û«ò cê^ò Ehòcûù^ _âû[ð^û M)ZêKðú N)_ZðêMâúRþ 96. The Hindu is most popular, than any cwk _ûAñ Bgßeuê” û Cq aûKýUòùe aûKýe 114.“GùRõU” ùKCñ g±ûakúeê IWò@ûbûhûùe other newspaper in India. flY \éÁòeê Kûjûe @bûa ejòQò iìPû@ û _âùag KeòQò iìPû@ û (a) Errors in adjective K)ù~ûMýZû L)@ûKûõlû K)AõeûRú L)_ûiðú (b) Error in conjunction M)@ûiZò N)aòù]d M)ZêKðú N)_ZðêMâúRþ (c) Error in article 106. “_òfûUò PûeûMQùe @MÜò iòõP^ KeêQò” 115. “cU^þ” ùKCñ g±ûakúeê @û^úZ iìPû@ (d) None of these 97. The lawyer asked if it was worth to take û Cq aûKýUòùe aûKýe flY \éÁòeê Kûjûe û the matter to court. @bûa ejòQò ^ò‰ðd Ke û K)MâúKþ L)‘eûiú (a) Error in tense K)@ûiZò L)ù~ûMýZû M)If¦ûRþ N)ùÆ^úd (b) Error in non finite verb M)@ûKûõlû N)aòù]d 16. aûkùK ! ùcûe ùaûf Ke û ùeLûuòZ (c) Error in preposition 107. jòõiâ I bdue aûNUò Rwfùe \êcþ\êcþ _\Uòe ùKCñ aòbqò ^ò‰ðd Ke û (d) None of these ùjûA ùWCñ@Qò û ùeLûuòZ _\Uòe aòùghY K)_â[cû L)\ßòZúdû 98. We have discussing all the known mechanisms of physical growth. iÚòe Ke û M)ZéZúdû N)_õPcú (a) Error in verb K)KâòdûR aòùghY 117. _âûZò_\òKVûùe ùKCñ aòbqò e _âùdûM (b) Error in determiner L)Kâòdû aòùghY ùjûAQò ^ò‰ðd Ke û (c) Error in preposition M)Kâòdû aòùghYe aòùghY K)_â[cû L)\ßòZúdû (d) None of these N)aòùghYe aòùghY M)PZê[ðú N) _õPcú 99. Beside Hindi she knew Bengali well. 108. ^òZû« \êüLú aýqòUò ùbûKùe @ûCUê 1 1 8 . KUK I bêaù^gße ~cR cjû^Meú û (a) Wrong use of preposition (b) Error in tense _ûCUê ùjCQò û ùeLûuòZ _\Uòe aòùghY ùeLûuòZ _\ ùKCñ aòbqò ^ò‰ðd Ke û (c) Omission of article ^ò‰ðd Ke û K)_â[cû L)\ßòZúdû (d) None of these K)Kâòdû aòùghYe aòùghY M)_õPcû N)hÂú 100. When shall we arrive to our destination? L)aòù]d aòùghY 119. ùi fùl Uuûùe MûWòUò KòYòQò û (a) Error in preposition M)aòùghYe aòùghY ùeLûuòZ _\Uòùe ùKCñ aòbqò ^ò‰ðd Ke (b) Error in conjunction N)@aiÚû aûPK aòùghY û (c) Error in tense (d) Error in modal 109. “@^êiêZ” g±Uòe @^ê C_iMð _ùe ùKCñ K)ZéZúdû L)_õPcú ]ûZêe aýajûe ùjûAQò iìPû@ û M)i¯cú N)hÂú K)iéZþ L)ié

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65. c 66. d 67. b 68. c Now, A is sitting between B and C. steps forward respectively to give the 69. b 70. a 71. c 72. b But D is not neighbour of C. So, B is second and third elements. 73. b 74. c 75. c 76. d the neighbour of D. 28. c; Clearly 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th 77. b 78. c 79. b 80. b Thus, the seating arrangement is as October are Sundays. 81. b 82. b 83. d 84. a shown in the adjoining figure. So, 31st October is Tuesday. 85. d 86. c 87. c 88. d 18. a; B is between A and D; D is between F 1st November will be Wednesday.. 89. c 90. d 91. c 92. b and B; E is to the immediate left of G; 29. c; 93. a 94. c 95. c 96. a F is to the immediate right of G. 30. d; Using the proper notation sin d), we 97. b 98. b 99. d 100. d 19. b; D sits to the immediate left of B; C get the statement as: sits to the immediate left of E and E sits second to the right of A. But, F 6 10 12 7 1 SECTION - BR sits to the immediate right of G.  6 10  84 REASONING & APTITUDE 20. a; If D and E interchanges places, then  90 10  80 D’s new position will be E’s initial 1. d 2. c 3. c 4. a position which is between G and C. 31. c; Using the proper notations in c), we 5. a 6. a 7. c 21. d; C’s position is get the statement as: 8. d; Forecast related to Future. Similarly, i) Second to the right of B i i ) 5 2  2 10  4  8 or Regret is the past activity. third to the left of F iii) to th or , which is 9. b; CDEF in the continuous pair arrange in immediate right of A 51  18  4 5  14 the sequence of DCEF similarly there iv) to the immediate left of E true. is only one pair having continuous pair 22. d; A is between C and B; C is between A 32. c; Let number of girls = x and number of – MNOP, Or arrange ’! NMOP. and E; F is between G and D. boys = 3x. 23. b Then, = total number 10. b; 112  11 + 1 = 12 So, 3x  x  4x of students. 52  5 1  6 Thus, to find exact value of x, the total 11. b; Tomato is different because it grow number of students must be divisible above the earth. by 4. 12. b; KMNP is different pair because that 33. c; Let the number of pineapples and watermelons be x and y respectively. not follow other options arrangement Clearly, the boy rode from A to B, then (+2 arrangement). to C and finally upto D. Since D lies to Then, 7x  5y  38 or 13. b; 45 – 74 is not same digit in both the west of A, so required distance = Numbers. AB = CD = 2 km. 5y  38  7x or 14. a; The correct sequence is – 4, 2, 3, 1, 5. 24. c 15. d; There is +2 gap between middle letter 38  7x of pair. y  . 16. c; There is +103 in every pair. 5 17. d; From Clearly, y is a whole number, only when 38  7x is divisible by 5. This happens when x  4 . In diagram i) the direction are shown 34. d as they actually are. Diagram ii) is as 35. c; There are 9 central cubes in each of per the given data. So, comparing the the layers II, III and IV which have no direction of North in i) with that in ii), face painted. Thus, there are So, Sunita is the daughter of Rajesh. North will be called North-west. 93  27 such cubes. (18 – 22) 25. c; The 18th element from the right end of 36. d; There are 9 cubes in each of the layers the arrangement is 2, and the 7 th I and V and there are 12 cubes in each element to the right of 2 is $. of the layers II, III and IV which are 26. a; The new arrangement is: painted on one face only. W 1 R % 4 J E # 7 M T 2 I 9 P S U 6 G Thus, there are 9 2 123  54 D 5 Q F 9 $ A 3 H B The 12th element from the left end of such cubes. G is second to the left of D. this arrangement is 2, and the 5 th 37. a; The number of components in each Also, G is the neighbour of E and F i.e. element to the right of 2 is U. row either increases or decreases from G is sitting between E and F. 27. c; In all other groups, the first and second left to right. In third row, it increases. But D is not neighbour of E. elements move 2 steps backward and 4 38. b; An escapist’s attitude does not help So, anticlockwise, we have : EGFD. much. The need is to compete and

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emerge successful. So, only course II in spaces between the intersecting lines. follows. This gives fig. II from fig. I. 3 2 = a  600 3 39. a; Clearly, the autonomous status of the 50. d; The statement talks of a way to keep 4 Doordarshan will be a step towards mosquitoes away. This means that giving it independence for an impartial entry of mosquitoes in the house is not By solving, a = 20 6 cm coverage. Autonomous status does not desirables. So, I is not implicit. Besides, mean that the coverage will be decided the statement advises using nets on Radius of the incircle by a few. So, only argument I holds. windows. So, nothing about the use of 40. b; In the first row, 5  1 = 5, 6  1 = 6, 5 nets on doors, can be deduced. Thus, a 20 6 =  10 2 cm + 6 = 11. II is also not implicit. 2 3 2 3 In the second row, 6  4 = 24, 3  2 = 1 6, 24 + 6 = 30. 51. b; x   3 Circumference = 2ðr = 20 2 cm In third row, 3  5 = 15, 4  3 = 12, 15 x + 12 = 27 Squaring both the sides, 1 9 26 So, missing number = 27 1 1  2 1 1 17 17 41. d; In the first row, 28  7 5  20 ; x   2  9 1   2 55. b; 1 in the second row, x 1 x 1 84 125  35 . x2  11 In the third row, missing number = x2 3x  2 26   45 95  55  25. Again, squaring both sides 2x 1 17 42. d; In the first column, 17 – 11 = 25 – 19 4 1 51x  34  52x  26 In the second column, 12 – 6 = 34 – 28. x  4  2 121 Let the missing number in the third x x  8 column be x. 56. b; We know that regular hexagonal 4 1 consists of 6 equilateral triangles of Then, x  8  19 11  8 or x  4 121 2 119 x same area. x 16. 52. d; The CP of one shirt = 7250/29 = Rs. 43. c; The figure rotates 450ACW and the 250 (Because he doesn’t get either shaded quarter-circle moves to the profit or loss) adjacent corner of the square in an The selling price of one shirt at 16% ACW direction in each step. The arrow profit turns outside and inside the square Let the area of 1 equilateral be A. alternately. 10016250 =  585  290 Therefore area of hexagon = 6A 44. d; The words formed are AT and 100 From figure, area of quadrilateral PQOU UNDER; or AS and UNDER; or AT The number of shirts he can sell @ 290 = 2A and SOUND. 7250 Thus, 45. d; The required region is the one which  25 per shirt = Ar of quad. PQOU 2A 1 is common to the circle and the triangle 290   only i.e. D. Ar of hexagon PQRSTU 6A 3 53. b; The difference between SI for 10 years 46. d; The required region is the one which on Rs. 1500 = Rs. 30 57. b is common to the triangle and the Therefore, The difference between SI rectangle but lies outside the circle i.e. for 1 year on Rs. 1500 Z. 47. c 30 =  Rs.3 10 So, the difference between their (per In  ABC,  A =  B = 60° annum) rate of interest   C = 60° Clearly, the arrangement according to 3100 1   ABC is an equilateral triangle the given direction is as shown. So, T    0.20% with AB = BC = AC = cm lies to the north-east of P. 1500 5 34 48. c 54. a; Let the side of the equilateral triangle The lines AD and BD intersect at D 49. d; The central element is removed and = a cm with  D = 90° four small elements similar to it appear Then, the area

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3 2 3  ADB is a right angle triangle g(x) = x – 3x + 3x – 1 = (x – 1)  450 450 4 2 So,  1.5 and h(x) = x – 1 = (x – 1) (x + 1) (x + with DB = 3 cm and AB = 34 cm x x 15 1) 2 2 2  HCF of [f(x), g(x), h(x)] AB = AD + BD 300 300  1 = (x – 1) 2 Or,   34 = AD2 + 32 x x 15 65. c; Let the number of sides of two regular Applying ‘Hit and Trial’ method, we polygons be x and 2x respectively.  34 = AD2 + 9 get that putting x = 60 we get LHS = Then, AD2 = 25 RHS. 0 0   0 360   0 360  Therefore, x = 60 kmph 180  :180    2:3  AD = = 5  x   2x  25 2 58. a; Let Barun’s marks = B, Anil’s marks 61. d; Abhay was supposed to get th of 1800 x  2 x 2 9  0  = A and Chandan’s marks = C x 180 x 1 3 According to question: the total amount initially, A = 28.57% less then B = 71.43% of B But the division in the ratio of 3x  6  2x  2 (we know that 1/7 = 14.28% approximately) 1 1 1 x  4 : :  6 : 4 :3  Number of sides = x = 4 and 2x = 2 5 2 3 4 × 4 = 8 So, A =  B 7 6 66. b; LCM of two numbers = 2376 So, Abhay eventually got of the HCF of two numbers = 33 A: B = 5: 7 ——(I) 13 One of the number = 297 And B = 11.11% less than C, B = (8/9) total gold coins.  (HCF of two numbers) × (LCM of × C So Abhay’s gain two numbers) = (First number) × B : C = 8: 9 ———(II) (Second number) A : B: C = 40 : 56 : 63  6 2   Second number A = 40X =     351  84 B = 56X 13 9  33 2376 C = 63X 62. b =  264 According to question, C – A = 23X = 297 80.5 67. b So, the value of x = 3.5 Now the marks obtained by Barun = 56x = 56 × 3.5 = 196 59. c; Let the filling capacity be x m3 Emptying capacity = x + 10 According to the question, 2400 2400  ABE = 90° (Semicircle Angle)    8 BAX = 70° x x 10   EAB = 20° x 10  x 1 In ABE   Given that, radius of cylinder = radius x 10x 300  AEB = 180° – (90° + 20) = 70° of cone = r And, height of cylinder = height of cone  3000  xx 10  BQA = 180° – 70° = 110° (Cyclic quadrilateral) = h Alternate Method: Required ratio BAQ = 40° (Given)  Using option c,  50×60 = 3000 satisfies So, ABQ = 180° – (110° + 40°) Volume of utilised wood  = Hence, option C is correct  ABQ = 30° Volume of wasted wood 60. b; Let the speed of the slower car be x 63. c; Let the number be y, and the time taken to cover 450 Km be Volume of cylinder T y y 4y  3y 1   8   8 Then speed of fast car = x + 15 and  3 4 12 - Volume of cone time taken to cover 450 Km be T  2. Volume of cone Also time difference to cover 450 Km  y = 12 × 8 = 96 Sum of digits = 9 + 6 = 15. by 2 cars, i.e. T1 – T2 = 1.5 hours  64. a; Let f(x) = x4 – 3x + 2 = (x – 1) (x3 + x2 + x – 2)

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72. a; Relative speed = 48 + 52 = 100 m/s 76. c; We know that, average e” geometric 2 1 2 2 2 Total distance covered by both the πr h  πr h πr h mean, 2 trains = 160 + 200 = 360 m 3  3  Now, x + y + z = 12 = 1 2 1 2 1 Distance x 1 y  2 z  3  6 πr h πr h Speed = 3 3 Time Taking the arithmetic average, we get 68. c; Statement I and II are both true, 360 x 1 y  2 z 3 6 because the locus of points which are   2  100 = 3 3 equidistant from two parallel lines is a Time line parallel to both of them and draw  Time = 3.6 seconds  arithmetic average = 2 mid way between them. 73. b; In the mixture of 45 litre, Now the geometric mean Also It is true that the perpendicular 45 = 3 x 1y  2z  3 distance of any point on this locus line Milk =  4  36 liter from two original parallel lines are 5 Thus, 2 3 equal. Further, no point outside this  x 1y  2z  3 locus line has this property. 45 Water = 1  9 liter Or, 8  (x – 1)(y – 2)(z – 3) 5 Therefore, maximum value of given New ratio, expression is 8 = 9 + 3 : 36 + 4 77. d; We know that money is distributed in = 12 : 40 = 3 : 10 the ratio of efficiency. 74. c; Let x be the total land As ratio of time = 15 : 10 : 12 Therefore taxable land = 40% of x = Therefore, ratio of efficiency 0.4x Rs. 448800 collected for 0.4x of land 1 1 1 69. a; Profit ratio investment ratio among = : :  4 : 6 :5 Gita, Kanchan and Rekha 0.4x 15 10 12 Rs. 1 collected for of land Gita’s investment for 36 months : 448800 Thus, B’s share Kanchan’s investment for 30 months : 6 As Hari paid Rs. 580 as Lagaan 9000  3600 Rekha’s investment for 24 months Thus, taxable land of Hari = = = 60000 × 36 : 90000 × 30 : 135000 × 15 24 = 4 : 5 : 6 0.4x Now, F’s share 580 70. b; Combined work done by Vijay and 448800 3 3600 1200 Vinod in 4 + 6 days (4 initial days and Since taxable land is only 40% of total = last 6 days) 9 land. 78. c; Let the rate of interest be R% and the 10 10 2 Thus total land of Hari time after which it becomes 9 times be =   100 5800.4x t years. 24 40 3 =  40 448800 Assume the principal be x 2 1 Thus % of total land of Hari over total We have, Remaining work =1   taxable land of village 7 3 3  R  Rakesh works for 1005800.4x 3x  x1  100  0.323  100  40 448800  1  = 30 10 0.4x 1  R    days 37  1   3  75. d; Let the CP be Rs 100.  100  71. d; Ratio of speed of boat in downstream Here, we will use the concept of net ...... (i) and speed of stream is 9 : 1 effect on multiple discounts and mark t Given Speed of current = 3 km/ h ups.  R  Net ratio of SP to CP Also, 9x  x1  Speed of boat in downstream = 9 × 3 =  100  27 km/h 3 12 Speed of boat in still water = Speed of = 196   14 9  126 1  R  4 14 9t  1  boat in downstream – Speed of current 100 = 27 – 3 = 24 km/h Therefore, profit %   Speed of boat in upstream = 24 – 3 = 126 100 2  R  21 km/h = 100  26% 3t  1  Distance travelled by boat in upstream 100  100  in 5 hours = 21 × 5 = 105 km ...... (ii) From equation (i) and (ii), we get

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1 2 Also, AC || EF, 84. b; Volume of cube = (11)3 37  3t   H =  G = x = 80° [adjacent We have, volume of cylinder = volume angles of parallel sides are equal] of cube 1 2 Now, we have, MN PO 2 Or,     r h=11×11×11 7 t  90 + x + y = 180 22 or, t = 14 years. [linear pair axion]  r 2h 111111 79. c; C.P of milk = Rs. 20 y = 180 – 90 – 80 7 S.P of milk mixture = Rs. 20 y= 10° Profit % = 25% In  PQR, 2 1217 Thus, C.P of mixture r h  cm3 ...... (i) x + y + z = 180° 2 80 + 10 + z = 180° 4 Now, =  20  Rs.16 z = 180 – 90 5 z = 90° 2 (L + B) = 4 We can find amount of milk in mixture 82. b; We can redraw the given figure as L+ B = 2 by mixture & allegations below L = 2 – 1.5 1 L = 0.5 = cm 2 1 7 Therefore, h = 7  2 2 Now equation (i) becomes, As angle A is common to both  ADE 7 7 Ratio of water and  ACF and also  C =  D = r 2  121 0 Ratio of mixture 90 2 2 Therefore, r2 = 121 4 4 1    ΔADE ~ ΔACF r = 11 cm 16  4 20 5 Therefore, ratio of sides will be same 85. d; Sum of the numbers = 6 × 35 = 210 as given below- Change in total after the increase and Therefore, amount of water in 1 kilolitre decrease in values = (3 × 4) – (8 × 3) = of mixture x 1 1  – 12 1 x  4 2 = 1000  200 ml 210 12 5 New Average =  33 2x  2  x  4 6 80. b; We can solve this question applying Or, x  2 cm hit and trial method. 86. d; Here the profit received after selling Among the given options, only option AO = 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 11 cm the article is Rs. 30 which is 5% of the B (0 and 6) satisfies the divisibility Consider following right-angled cost price. conditions for factors of 33 (3 and 11). triangle, So, the cost price of the article = Rs. The given number : 600 353292xy Now, the cost price is increased by Putting the values, we get 20%. 35329206 So, the new cost price The sum of all the digits is = 30 which 120 is divisible by 3. 2 2 2 = 600  Rs.720 And AB = 11 + 3 100 AB2 = 121 + 9 (Sum of the digits at even places) - (Sum Here new profit on the article is 15%. of the digits at odd places) = 15 - 15 = AB = 130 cm Thus, new selling price 0 Clearly, the number is divisible by 11 83. a; Here, a = 7,b = –14, c = k 115 For perfect square, we have = 720  Rs.828 as well. 100 81. d; As AB || IH, 2 b  4ac  0 Hence, the new selling price is Rs. 828 A= H = 80°     (–14)2 – 4 × 7 × k = 0 [alternate interior angles of parallel sides are equal]  196 = 28k or, k = 7

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87. d; Let the total profit be Rs. x 95. d; Speed of the first train 22 28 28 5 =  cm3 150 3 = 10 m/sec Therefore, B’s share = 80% of x 5 5 5 9 15 22 28 28 2.23 Let the speed of the second train be x 4 3 = 1.53 m/sec Or,   x  3600 251000 Relative speed = (10 + x)m/sec 5 9 liter Length of train 1 + length of train 2 = x = 45 × 300 90. c; Let the speed of auto be x kmph-1. So, 150 + 150 = 300 mtr x = 13500 the speed of train will be 6x and that of In the second scenario equation will be Thus A’s share = 20% of 13500 + 80% bike will be 300 2 6x like  8 of 13500 =  4x 10  x 9 1.5 or, 300 = 80 + 8x 1 4 2 As per the given information, Time taken by auto + Time taken by 220 55 = 13500   13500 or, x =  m/sec 5 5 9 train + Time taken by bike = 21 hours 8 2 = 2700  2400  Rs.5100 132 852 248  speed of the second train     21 88. a; Let the present age of Aman and x 6x 4x 55 18 Naman be 10x and 7x respectively. =   99 km/hr Therefore according to question, 132 142 62 2 5 10x – (7x + 6) = 6 Or,    21 96. b; 3x = 12 x x x x = 4 or, 21x = 132 + 142 + 62 = 336 Thus Aman’s present age is 40 years And Naman’s present age is 28 years 336  x = 16 The sum of age of both Aman and 21 Naman after 6 years = 6 + 6 + 40 + 28 Speed of the train = 6x = 6 × 16 = = 80  96 kmh-1 1 91. c; Let Prerna’s salary be Rs x. 89. b; It is given that r = h and 2ðrh + Now, according to the question,  PQS = 60° 2 90% of 15% of x = 2896 Q O R = 130° 2 2   r = 616 cm 2896  x = R  21450 1 0 0 1 1 0.9 0.15  QPR = 130  65 Therefore, 2  × h × h +  × 333 222 111 2 2 4 92. a; (6) × (7) × (8) (2 × 3)333 × (7)222 × (23)111 2    QRP = 180° – 60° – 65° = 55° h = 616 2333 × 3333 × 7222 × 2333  P Q = 110° 2666 × 3333 × 7222   O 5 22 2    h  616  Number of prime factors In  Q O R 4 7 = 666 + 333 + 222 = 1221. Q = R 93. c; Given equation, O O  28  28 28 3 2 h 2  616   f(x) = x + 27x + 243x + 631   O QR =  O RQ = 25°  110  5 Ò! x(x2 + 27x+ 243) + 631 Now, put the value of x = 2   O QR +  O RQ = 50° Therefore, Volume =  r2h  2(22 + 27 × 2 + 243) + 631   PQ O +  QP O = 35° 22 1 2  2 (4 + 54 + 243) + 631 =  h  h   PQ O +  QP O = 70° 7 4  2(301) + 631 = 602 + 631 Similarly, PR = 30° = 1233.  O 22 1 28 28 28 94. a; The word ‘LOGARITHMS’’ has 10   RPS = 35° =    cm3 7 4 5 5 different alphabets Hence, the number of 3-letter words (On multiplying numerator and (with or without meaning) formed by using these letters = (10P ) denominator by ) 3 5 = 10 × 9 × 8 = 720

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Let, the height of the tower = h metre Given, BP = a metre and BQ = b metre And,  APB and  AQB are We have, complementary. N  fi 120 (Given)   AQB =  and  APB = (90° –  )  68  f1  f2 120 In ABQ,   f1  f2  52 ….. (i) AB Now, Mean = 50 tanθ  BQ  1  A  h fi ui   50  N  h   tanθ  ...... (i) b 4  f  f   50  20  1 2   50 Now, in  ABP,,  120  AB 4  f  f tan (90° –  ) =  50  1 2  50 BP 6 h 4  f  f cot  = ...... (ii)  1 2  0 a 6 [ tan (90° –  ) = cot ] By multiplying both equations (i) and  4  f1  f2  0 (ii)  f1  f2  4 ….. (ii) h h tan  cot =  =  Solving equations (i) and (ii), we get f  28 and f  24 b a 1 2 99. b; Here we have, cumulative frequency distribution less than type. First we convert it h 2 into an ordinary frequency distribution. We observe that the number of students getting 1  [ tan  cot= 1] marks less than 10 is 5 and 9 students have secured marks less than 20. Therefore, ab number of students getting marks between 10 and 20 (inclusive 0 and exclusive 10) is 9 – 5 = 4. Similarly, the number of students getting marks between 20 and 30 is 17 – 9 = h  ab 8 and so on. Thus, we have the following frequency distribution: 98. a; Let the assumed mean be A=50 and h=20

Let us now compute arithmetic mean by taking 55 and the assumed mean.

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94. d 95. a 96. a 97. b 98. a 99. a 100. a 101. L 102. L 103. N 104. N 105. M 106. L 107. L 108. M 109. L 110. L 111. N 112. K 113. K 114. K 115. L 116. K 117. K 118. K 119. K 120. L 121. K 122. K 123. M 124. K 125. L 126. L 127. K 128. L 129. K 130. L 131. M 132. M 133. M 134. K 135. L 136. L 137. K 138. L 139. K 140. L 141. K 142. M 143. L 144. M 145. K 146. L 147. K 148. K 149. L 150. L 151. K 152. N 153. K 154. L 155. K 156. M 157. L 158. L 159. M 160. L 161. L 162. L 163. K 164. L 165. K We have, SECTION - CR 166. K 167. M 168. M 169. L N = f i  85,f i u i ENGLISH & ODIA LANGUAGE 170. L 171. L 172. L 173. L 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. c 174. K 175. K 176. L 177. L  56,h 10 and A = 55 5. a 6. d 7. d 8. c 9. c 10. c 11. a 12. b 178. L 179. K 180. M 181. M  1  13. b 14. b 15. d 16. b 182. N 183. K 184. L 185. M X  A  h fi ui   N  17. a 18. b 19. c 20. a 186. N 187. N 188. K 189. M   21. a 22. b 23. c 24. c 25. a 26. d 27. d 28. d 190. K 191. N 192. N 193. K  56  X  55 10 29. c 30. b 31. d 32. b 194. L 195. K 196. N 197. L 85 33. d 34. d 35. c 36. b 198. K 199. L 200. L 37. a 38. d 39. b 40. d   55  6.59  48.41marks 41. a 42. c 43. a 44. b Hence, mean marks scored by the 45. c 46. a 47. b 48. b KNOWLEDGE GARDEN students = 48.41 49. c 50. d 51. c 52. b VANIK’S 100. b; Let the first three terms in A.P. be 53. c 54. c 55. c 56. a PAYMENTS BANKS 57. d 58. b 59. c 60. d a  d,a,a  d . It is given that the  These banks can accept a restricted deposit which is 61. d 62. c 63. c currently limited to INR 1 lakh per customer and sum of these terms is 33. (64-73) may be increased further. a  d  a  a  d  33 64-d; ‘i’ instead of ‘me’.  These banks cannot issue loans and credit cards. 65-b; write other after any.  Both current account and savings accounts can be operated by such banks. 3a 33 a 11 66-a; ‘a’ instead of ‘b’.      Payments banks can issue services like ATM cards, It is given that 67-a; ‘unlike’ instead of ‘like’. debit cards, online banking and mobile banking. 68-d; ‘we’ instead of ‘us’.  They can distribute non-risk sharing simple a  d a  d   a  29 69-a; ‘parts’ instead of ‘part’. financial products like mutual funds and insurance products. 2 2 70-b; ‘importance’ instead of important’.  a  d  a  29 71-c; write ‘and’ after land.  Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are not be allowed to open accounts in payment banks.  2 72-a; ‘were’ instead of ‘was’. 121 d 11 29 73-c; ‘works’ instead of ‘has worked’.  The minimum capital requirement is Rs 100 crore.  On 23 September 2013, Nachiket Mor committee 2 74. c 75. d 76. a 77. c  d  81 recommended the formation of payments bank 78. a 79. b 80. b 81. b  At present, Airtel, India Post, Paytm, FINO and  d  9 82. b 83. c 84. c 85. b Aditya Birla Idea are the only five entities that have Thus, we have a = 11, d = 9 or a = 11 86. d 87. d 88. a 89. a started Payments Bank Operations. and d = –9. 90. d 91. d 92. c 93. c

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REASONING ABILITY 10. From the given alternative select the conclusions that follow/ can be word which cannot be formed using derived from the given statements. Direction(1-3).In the following question, the letters of the given word. Statement A: Some great discoveries select the related word/letter/number REPRIMAND have been made in the same sense as a pair from the given alternatives. (a) MAIDEN gold-digger discovers the gold for which (b) REPAIR he is searching. 1. Odonto : teeth :: Speleo :? (c) MUDANE Statement B: Madame Curie and her (a) Spleen (b) Bones (d) REMAND husband were searching deliberately for (c)Blood (d) Caves 11. In a certain code ‘WONDER’ is coded a radioactive substance when they 2. IE : D :: LG : ? as ‘YMPBGP’. In the same code how discovered Radium. (a) E (b) F will ‘WANTED’ be coded as? Conclusions: (c) D (d) C (a) YYPRGB I. Madame Curie’s discovery of 3. 9 : 27 : : 64 : ? (b) YYRPGB Radium can be compared to a gold- (a) 225 (b) 512 (c) YYRPBG digger’s discovery of gold. (c) 216 (d) 324 (d) YPYRGB II. Some great discoveries may also Direction(4-5).In the following 12. If BOME=1071 find LION? be by accident. questions, select the odd word/number (a) 546 (b) 346 (a) Only I from the given alternatives. (c) 746 (d) 646 (b) Only II 13. In the following question, select the (c) Both I and II 4. (a) Iron Box (b) Mixie missing number from the given (d) Neither I nor II (c) Computer (d) Gas Stove series. 16. A mango costs Rs. 7 each and a pineapple 5. (a) 60 (b) 37 24 30 19 cost Rs. 5 each. Mr ABC spends Rs. (c) 71 (d) 28 5 7 18 38 on these fruits. The number of 6. Arrange the following words as per 9 1 ? pineapple purchased is the order in dictionary. (a) 2 (b) 3 1.Deprive 2.Despair (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) Data inadequate 3.Demand 4.Depart (c) 5 (d) 6 17. Rahul said, “This girl is the wife of the 5.Design 14. Raja walks 1km towards north to meet grandson of my mother”. Who is Rahul (a) 4 3 1 5 2 (b) 4 3 5 1 2 Pratiksha , then they both take a left to the girl? (c) 3 4 5 1 2 (d) 3 4 1 5 2 turn and walk 3km for lunch. After the (a) Grandfather 7. 7, 32,81,160,? lunch they take a left turn and walks 2 (b) Husband (a) 128 (b) 132 km and they eat ice-cream and after (c) Father-in-law (c) 275 (d) 302 some rest they again take a right turn (d) Father 8. B, F, L, T, ?, P and walks 3km. In which direction the 18. In a particular language, ‘grapes are (a) M (b) D ending point form the location where good’ is written as ‘in min su’; ‘good (c) Y (d) G they had lunch? fruits are’ is written as ‘tun in su’ ; 9. Sreemant remembers that his son (a) Southwest (b) Northeast ‘grapes are fruits’ is written as ‘su Ranjan’s birthday is after 25th (c) Southeast (d) Northwest min tun’. How is ‘good’ written in December. Sreemant’s wife remember 15. In the questions below, two the language? that Ranjan’s birthday is after 23rd statements are given, followed by two (a) in (b) su December but before 27thDecember. conclusions. You have to consider (c) tun (d) min On which date of December is Ranjan’s the given statements as true, even 19. Some symbols are represented by birthday? if they are at variance from some letters as shown in below table (a) 23 (b) 24 commonly known facts. From the – (c) 25 (d) 26 given options, choose the one that provides the correct combination of + -   < > = D G K P L M X

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What is the correct expression among alternatives and click the button given option – corresponding to it. (a) 5G2K4M3K2 (c) (d) It is generally acknowledged that children (b) 6D3P1M8D1 learn a lot from their parents. It is not (c) 2K8X5K3G1 23. Find the number of triangles in the figure? commonly admitted that parents learn a great (d) 8D4P2M10G2K3 deal from their Children. As adults, it is easy 20. If circle represents people who like to assume that we are always right, but the winters, rectangle represents the laugh was on me one beautiful day. My people who like summers, square daughter Kashmira knew how much I loved represents the people who like rainy flowers. One day when she was of nine, she season and pentagon represents the (a) 12 (b) 14 picked some branches from our neighbour’s persons who like spring, then who are blossoming fruit tree. Realising she intended (c) 16 (d) 18 the people who like spring and winter 24. Find out from amongst the four to please me; I didn’t scold her but chose a but not summer? different approach. These are lovely dear, alternatives as to how the pattern but do you realise that if you had left them would appear when the transparent on the tree, each of these blossoms would sheet is folded at the dotted line? have become a cherry? “No they wouldn’t have”, she said firmly. “Oh yes, they would have. Each of these blossoms would have grown into a cherry.” “Well okay, mother, if your insist,” she finally conceded, “but they were plums last 1. 2. year.” (a) d (b) k+d+f 26. What is not commonly acknowledged is (c) d+f (d) f that 21. Which of the following cube in the 3. 4. (a) parents teach their children a great answer figure cannot be made based on deal the unfolded cube in the question (b) children learn a lot from their (a) 1 (b) 2 figure? parents (c) 3 (d) 4 (c) parents learn a great deal from their 25. In this question, the sets of numbers children given in the alternatives are (d) children learn a great deal from represented. The columns of Matrix I their parents are numbered from 0 to 4 and rows are numbered from 0* to 4*. A letter from 27. “The laugh was on me” means that (a) the mother was caught in the this matrix can be represented first by wrong its row and next by its column, e.g.,’Z’ (b) the daughter was wrong (a) (b) can be represented by 1*0, 1*3, etc., (c) people laughed at the mother and ‘R’ can be represented by 0*2,1*4, (d) the mother laughed at herself etc. Similarly you have to identify the 28. What the daughter picked from the set for the word ‘PINK’. neighbour’s garden were (c) (d) 0 1 2 3 4 (a) some branches 0* I P R K U (b) some flowers 1* Z N K Z R 22. If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then 2* P R I U N (c) some branches with blossoms which of the answer figures is the right 3* H U Z P D (d) some branches with fruit image of the given figure? 4* N K T R I 29. The mother did not scold the daughter (a) 2*0, 4*4, 2*4, 0*3 because (b) 2*0, 4*3, 2*4, 0*3 (a) She Loved flowers (c) 2*0, 4*4, 2*4, 0*2 (b) She liked cherry blossoms (c) She did not understand why her (d) 2*0, 4*3, 2*4, 0*2 daughter had done so ENGLISH LANGUAGE (d) She decided to indirectly make her daughter realise her mistake Directions (26-30): A passage is given 30. The mother was caught in the wrong (a) (b) with five questions following it. Read the because the daughter passage carefully and choose the best (a) proved that she had not picked answer to each question out of the four the branches with the blossoms

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(b) reminded her that she loved (a) who I talked to you about P. even with the most famous flowers (b) whom I talked to you about writers, inspiration is rare (c) reminded her that the branches (c) which I talked to you about Q. rating is 99% hard work and 1% with blossoms were plucked from (d) No improvement inspiration, so the sooner you get a plum tree 36. Fewer rainfall means less traffic into the habit of writing, the better (d) proved that those blossoms would accidents, according to the experts’ R. 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Find which best expresses the same sentence (b) To have no chance. out which part of a sentence has an error. in Passive/Active Voice. (c) To have bad fortune The number of that part is your answer. 41. They have made him king. (d) High probability of something bad If a sentence is free from error, then your (a) King has been made by him. happening answer is (d) i.e. No error. 32. My wife had a go at me last night for (b) He was made king by them. coming home drunk again. 37. The train should arrive at (a)/7:30 in the (c) They have been made kings by (a) To quarrel morning (b)/but it was almost an hour him. (b) Commending someone for some late. (c)/ No error (d) (d) He has been made king by them. fault 38. When he asked me as to why (a)/ I had 42. We waste much time on trifles. (c) Quit talking to someone for not finished my work in time, (b)/ I (a) Much time was wasted on trifles. sentimental reasons felt confused. (c)/ No error (d) (b) Much time will be wasted on (d) To criticize or berate someone for trifles. something unpleasant Directions (Q. 39-40): Read the following (c) Much time is wasted on trifles by group of sentences. The 1st and the last us. Directions (33-34): In the following sentences are numbered 1 and 6, the rest (d) Much time is wasted on trifles. questions, sentences are given with are numbered P, Q, R, S. Arrange these blanks to be filed in with an appropriate four sentences in proper order to form a Directions (Q. 43-44): In the following word(s). Four alternatives are suggested meaningful paragraph/sentence. questions, a sentence has been given in for each question. Choose the correct Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternative out of the four as your answer. 39. S1. The Earth was initially very hot alternatives suggested, select the one and without an atmosphere which best express the same sentence in 33. “What did you think of the film?” S6. 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(c) The boy told the Principal, “You 53. If the square of sum of three positive (a) 40 (b) 30 are great enough to grant me a fee consecutive natural numbers exceeds (c) 42 (d) 32 concession.” the sum of their squares by 292, then 61. In an examination 62% students passed (d) The boy said to the Principal, what is the largest of the three numbers? in geography and 59% students passed “Thank you for granting me a fee (a) 5 (b) 6 in English. If 6% students failed in both concession.” (c) 7 (d) 8 the subjects. Then what is the 54. For what value of k, the expression x6 – percentage of students who have Directions (Q. 45-46): In the following 18x3 + k will be a perfect square? passed in both the subjects ? questions, out of the four alternatives, (a) -9 (b) -81 (a) 25% (b) 27% select the word SIMILAR in meaning to (c) +9 (d) +81 (c) 29% (d) 31% the given word. 62. The SI and CI that can earned by a man 5  x  5  x in two years at the same rate is Rs.8000 45. Obnoxious 55. If = 3, then what is and Rs .8360 respectively. If he gives a (a) Depressing 5  x  5  x loan of Rs.15000 to his friend at the (b) Disgusting the value of 5x/3 ? same rate ( percent per annum ) of (c) Arrogant (a) 5/2 (b) 25/3 interest at SI, how much will be earned (d) Filthy (c) 3 (d) 5 from his friend in 3 years ? 46. Bashful 56. If a chord of a circle subtends an angle of (a) 4000 (b) 4025 (a) Vigilant (b) Hopeful 300 at the circumference of the circle, (c) 4050 (d) 4030 (c) Shy (d) Confident then what is the ratio of the radius of 63. A bus travels 2/5 of a total journey at its the circle and the length of the chord usual speed. The remaining distance Directions (Q. 47-48): In the following respectively? was covered by bus at 6/7 of its usual questions, out of the four alternatives, (a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 choose the one which best expresses the speed. Due to slow speed it reaches its opposite meaning of the given word. (c) 3 : 1 (d) 2 :1 destination 50 minutes late. If the total distance is 200 kms. Then what is the 47. Tentative 57. If tan2 θ + cot2 θ = 2, then what is usual speed ( in km/hr) of bus? (a) Developed (b) Immediate (a) 20.57 (b) 24 the value of secθcosecθ ? (c) Urgent (d) Final 2 (c) 28 (d) 26.52 48. Insipid (a) 0 (b) 1 64. In the given figure, triangle ABC is drawn (a) Witty (b) Meagre (c) 2 (d) 4 such that AB is tangent to a circle at A (c) Wily (d) Lucid 58. Ankit can do a piece of work in 6 days whose radius is 15 cm and BC passes working 8 hours a day while Banku though centre of the circle. Point C Directions (Q. 49-50): In the following can do the same work in 4 days working lies on the circle. If BC = 54 cm and questions, out of the four alternatives, 10 hours a day. If the work has to be AB = 36 cm. then what is the area (in select the alternative which is the best completed in 5 days, so how many cm2) of triangle ABC ? substitute for the given phrase. hours do they need to work together in 49. The use of tricks to deceive someone a day? (a) Chicanery (b) Sedulity 4 (c) Atrophy (d) Collusion (a) 4 (b) 5 50. A person who attends to the diseases of 11 the eye 4 4 (a) 407.5 cm2 (b) 373.85 cm2 (a) Oculist (c) 6 (d) 4 (c) 557.5 cm2 (d) 657.5 cm2 (b) Optimist 11 11 65. A tower is broken at a point p above the (c) Obstetrician 59. An article is listed at Rs.1925. A man ground. The top of the tower makes an (d) Optician purchases it at two successive angle 600 with the ground at Q. From discounts of 40% and 60% and spends another point R on the opposite side QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Rs.185 on repairing of article. If he sells of Q angle of elevation of point p is the article at a profit of 58.5%, then 300. If QR = 180 m, then what is the 51. Find the value of p if 3x + p, x – 10 and what is the selling price ( in Rs) of the total height ( in metres) of the tower ? –x + 16 are in arithmetic progression. article? (a) 16 (b) 36 (a) 90 (a) Rs. 647 (b) Rs.825.49 (c) -16 (d) -36 (c) Rs.847 (d) Rs.1025.49 (b) 45 52. The point C (3, -2) divides the segment 3 60. A group of girls has an average weight of joining the points (x, 0) and (0,y) in 34 kg. One girl weighting 58 kg leaves (c) 45 3 1 the ratio 1:3. Find x and y?   the group and another girl weighting (a) x = 4;y = -8 40 kg joins the group. If the average (d) 45 3  2 (b) x = -3; y = - 8 now becomes 33.4 kg, then how many (c) x = 3; y = 8 girls are there in the group ? (d) x = -4; y = 8

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(a) Separation of Powers (b) Hydrochloric Acid (b) Multiparty System (c) Nitric Acid  (c) Plural Executive (d) Sulphuric Acid (d) Collective Responsibility 91. Milk of Magnesia is a suspension of EXPLANATIONS 83. The same side of the moon always faces (a) Magnesium sulphate the earth because (b) Magnesium carbonate 1. d; Odontology is related to teeth and the (a) Moon and the earth have (c) Magnesium hydroxide speleology is related to caves. gravitational force (d) Magnesium chloride 2. a; Replace the letter with its position in (b) Moon cannot change its position 92. Peptide synthesis inside a cell takes place the alphabetical series. (c) The period of rotation of the in :- I =9 , E=5 moon on its axis and period of (a) Chloroplast IE= I-E=9-5=4=D revolution around the earth is (b) Mitochondria Using the same logic, almost the same (c) Chromoplast L=12,G = 7 (d) The period of rotation of the (d) Ribosome LG = L-G =12-7= 5 = E moon is not equal to the period of 93. Which part of the brain when removed, 3. b; As we can observe in the first set: rotation of the earth the person becomes only a reflex animal 32 = 9 and 33 = 27 84. Which among the following volcanic (a) Hypothalamus Likewise, 82 = 64 and 83 = 512. mountain is called light house of (b) Cerebral Hemisphere Hence, the correct option is b. Mediterranean: (c) Medulla oblongata 4. d; Gas stove. All others run on electricity. (a) Cotopaxi (b) Vesuvius (d) Fore brain 5. b; 1) 60 Difference between 6 and 0 (c) Krakatoa (d) Stromboli 94. Lungs are located in the  85. The unit of measuring distances between (a) Abdominal Cavity = 6 the stars is known as (b) Pericardial Cavity 2) 37  Difference between 3 and 7 = (a) Galactic Unit (c) Peritoneal Cavity 4 (b) Cosmic Kilometre (d) Pleural Cavity 3) 71  Difference between 1 and 7 = (c) Stellar Mile 95. December 10 is observed as :- 6 (d) Light Year (a) World Health Day 4) 28 Difference between 2 and 8 = 86. A particle dropped from the top of a (b) U.N. Day  tower uniformly falls on ground at a (c) World Red Cross Day 6 distance which is equal to the height of (d) Human Rights Day In the given alternatives difference tower. Which of the following paths 96. The Asian Development Bank between 3&7 is 4 will be traversed by the particle? headquarters in ______. while in 60, 28, 71 is 6 (a) Circle (a) Geneva (b) Manila Hence, “37” is the odd number among (b) Parabolic (c) Beijing (d) New York the given alternatives. (c) Great Circle 97. What is the theme of the 9th edition of 6. d; Demand> Depart> Deprive> Design> (d) Hyper Parabolic Women’s Film Festival 2018? Despair is the correct form as per the 87. The plastic material commonly used for (a) Take Freedom order in dictionary. making gear wheels is :- (b) Learn to Live 7. c; 8×1-1=7×1=7 (a) Babbitt Material (c) Meet with Yourself 9×2-2=16×2=32 (b) Nylons (d) Travelling Women 10×3-3=27×3=81 (c) Bakelite 98. The road Ahead is a book written by: 11×4-4=40×4=160 (d) Polystyrene (a) Jyoti Basu 12×5-5=55×5=275 88. The term “hydroponics” is used to (b) LK Advani 8. b; describe (c) Bill gates (a) Sound propagation under water (d) Bill Clinton (b) Cultivation of plants in water 99. Take off stage’ in an economy means Thus the missing term in the series is (c) A disease in which patient (a) Steady growth begins D. develops fear of water (b) Economy is stagnant 9. d; After 23rd December and 25th (d) Study of electronic devices which (c) Economy is about to collapse December and before 27th December work underwater (d) All controls are removed there will be only one date left that is 89. During isothermal expansion of an ideal 100. In which one of the following Five Year 26th December. Thus, Ranjan’s gas, its internal energy Plans, the Janani Shishu Suraksha birthday is on 26th December. (a) Decreases Karyakram (JSSK) for the pregnant and 10. c; There is no ‘U’ letter in the given (b) Increases children is launched? word. Therefore, the word MUDANE (c) May increase of decrease (a) Eighth Five Year Plan cannot be formed. (d) Remains unchanged (b) Ninth Five Year Plan Hence, c is the correct answer. 90. The add used in lead storage cells is (c) Tenth Five Year Plan (a) Phosphoric Acid (d) Eleventh Five Year Plan

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11. a From I and III, grapes are = su min Hence, there are 12 triangles present in W O N D E R W A N T E D Thus good = in figure. +2 -2 +2 -2 +2 -2 +2 -2 +2 -2 +2 -2 19. d; 8D4P2M10G2K3 24. b 25. a 26. c 27. a Y M P B G P Y Y P R G B After placing symbol in place of letter 28. c 29. d 30. c 31. b 12. d; Acc. to Position of letters we get the equation - 32. d 33. b 34. d 35. b B 2+25 = 27  8+4÷2>10-2×3 36. b O 15 + 12 = 27 (37-38)   8+2>10-6 M  13 + 14 = 27 37-a; replace “should” by “could” or “was  10>4 (only this is true as 10 is to” E 5 +22 = 27  greater than 4) 38-a; remove “as to”. The sentence is Pattern is :- 20. d; It is given that circle represents people complex one with noun clause. 2 2 2 2 25 + 15 + 14 +5 = 1071 who like winters, rectangle represents 39. a 40. a 41. d 42. c 2 2 2 Same for LION= 15 +9 +12 the people who like summers, square (43-44) 2 +14 =646 (Alternative reverse value represents the people who like rainy 43-c; The given sentence is a simple sentence and base value square) season and pentagon represents the and it is in direct speech. Some changes 13. b; 24 + 5 + 9 = 38 persons who like spring. that we’ll make while we change it into 30 + 7 + 1 = 38 Clearly, f represents those people who indirect speech: 19 + 18 + x = 38 like spring and winter but not summer “said to” will change to “told”. Therefore x = 1 21. a; After observing the given diagram The tense of the reporting speech is Hence b is the correct option. carefully, past which means the reported 14. b speech’s tense will change in indirect speech. So, “is” will change to “was”. The pronoun “you” is referring to the husband”. So, in indirect speech, it will change to “him”. Rest of the sentence will remain the same. 44-d; The given sentence is the indirect Ending point is in Southwest direction narration of optative speech. form the location where they had lunch Following are the changes while 15. c; A tells us how a gold-digger discovers 1 is opposite to 5 converting the sentence in direct gold he is already searching for. Thus, I 4 is opposite to 3 speech: follows. 6 is opposite to 2 “Thanked” will change to “said to”. B tells us how Madame Curie was Since, face 6 and 2 cannot be adjacent The student is speaking to the searching for a radioactive substance to each other. So, option a will principal; so the principal will become when she found Radium. So, it means not follow the object of the reporting speech. that her discovery can be compared to 22. c; The mirror image for the given figure The later part of the sentence will be a gold-digger’s discovery of gold. is, written in inverted commas. II also follows as the statements say The pronoun “me” is referring to the that some discoveries are done student. So, in direct speech, “him” will deliberately, which automatically change to “me”. implies that some may be by accident. Option D abides by these rules. So, it 16. a; Let the number of mangoes and is the correct answer. pineapples by x and y respectively. Directions: Read the given passage Thus option c is the mirror image of Then, 7x + 5y = 38 or 5y = (38 – 7x) or carefully and choose the best answer the given figure. to each question out of the four given 38  7x 23. a y = alternatives. 5 45. b 46. c 47. d 48. a Clearly, y is a whole number, only 49. a 50. a when (38 – 7x) is divisible by 5. This 51. (d) happens when x = 4. Then Y = 2 7x4 + 5x2   x 16 - x 10 = x 10 - 28+10 =38 3x  p Hence a is the required answer.   17. c; Grandson of Rahul’s mother means either son or nephew of Rahul .  p  x 10  3x Name of the triangle present in the Therefore, Rahul is the father-in-law  x 16  x 10  36 of that girl. figure are ABI, AHI, AGH, AGI, AHB, 18. a; From I and II, good are = in su. AGB, AFE, AED, ADC, AFD, AEC, AFC.

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Amount he earns from his friend = 65. (d) 4862 4862 2431 1500093    = Rs.4050 17  3 14 7 100 63. (b) Let slow speed = 6x sec A 1 67. (a) And normal speed = 7x sec A 1 Time difference will occur only in remaining 3/5 of distance sec A 12 sec A 1 3 3  PQS,   D D sec 2 A 1 tan A 5 5 50 h   tan 600 = 3  1 6x 7x 60 x 1 cos A 1 cos A 120 120 5 h= 3 .x     sin A sin A 6x 7x 6  PRS, cos A 1207  6 5 1 h  tan300   = cosec A – cot A 42x 6 3 180  x x 24 68. (b) Let fraction be x  h. 3 180  x y 7 3. 3.x 180  x x  5 6 24  Usual speed =  7  24 km/hr 4x = 180 y 5 7 x= 45 m 64. (b) OC = OD = OA = 15 cm = radius So, height of tower = h + PQ 5x + 25 = 6y 6y – 5x = 25 ……………(i) = 3  45 +2  45 And = 45  3  2m x 1  1 y  4 2 66. (a) x  17 x  2x  y  4 ...... (ii) Solving (i) and (ii) Cubing both side, x = 7 and y = 10 In right angle OAB  3  1  1  1  x   x3   3 x  7 15   3   So, fraction is sin =  x  x  x  10 θ 39 1 4913  x3   317 69. (d) Let water added = x litre Now, in right angle  AEB x3 90 80  x AE 1 95 sin θ =  x 3  100  36 x 3 80  x 100 15 AE  4913  51  4862 72  x 19    39 36 1 80  x 20 4 1440 + 20x = 1520 + 19x 36 15 x  2  AE  Now, x x = 80 litre 39 x 2  3x 1 70. (a) Volume of steel in a hemisphere Now Area of ABC 1 4 22     3 1  1 = xx   3 2 3 7 1 15 36 3 x  3  54 2  x  x = =373.85 cm   3 3 3 2 39  1   1  9 / 2  4  56.83cm xx  3   x    3  x   x  71. (a) Let height of the room be h meters. Area of four walls of the room

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76. c, 77. b 78. b 79. b 340.20 VANIK’S KNOWLEDGE  2L  Bh   252m2 80. d 81. d 82. c 83. c 1.35 84. d 85. d 86. b 87. b GARDEN  L  Bh 126 88. b 89. d 90. d 91. c BHIM (Bharat Interface for 92. d 93. b 94. d 95. d Money) 96. b 97. d 98. c 99. a  BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) 91.80 2 Also, L  B   108 m 100. d is a Mobile App developed by 0.85 National Payments Corporation of Since L=12 India (NPCI), based on the Unified  Payment Interface (UPI). 108 108  It has been named after Dr. Bhimrao  B =   9 R. Ambedkar. BHIM app currently L 12 VANIK’S KNOWLEDGE GARDEN supports 12 languages . PAYMENTS BANKS  BHIM allow users to send or receive 126 126 money to or from UPI payment Hence h   =6  These banks can accept a restricted deposit which is addresses, or to non-UPI based L  B 21 currently limited to INR 1 lakh per customer and accounts (by scanning a QR (quick 72. (a) Rate of stream be x kmph. may be increased further. response) code with account Rate of downstream  These banks cannot issue loans and credit cards. number and IFSC code or MMID  Both current account and savings accounts can be (Mobile Money Identifier) Code). = 10  x km/hr.. operated by such banks.  Unlike mobile wallets (PayTM, & Rate of upstream = ( 10 – x) km/hr  Payments banks can issue services like ATM cards, MobiKwik, mPesa, Airtel Money debit cards, online banking and mobile banking. etc) which hold money[6], the BHIM App is only a transfer 91 91  They can distribute non-risk sharing simple    20 mechanism, which transfers money 10  x 10  x financial products like mutual funds and insurance between different bank accounts. products. Transactions on BHIM are nearly  Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are not be allowed to instantaneous and can be done 24/7  1 1  open accounts in payment banks. including weekends and bank 91    20  10  x 10  x  The minimum capital requirement is Rs 100 crore. holidays.  On 23 September 2013, NachiketMor committee  Transaction Fees and Limits: At recommended the formation of payments bank present, there is no charge for  10  x 10  x  transaction from Rs 1 to Rs 1 Lakh. SMALL FINANCE BANK 91   20 NPCI(National Payments 10  x10  x  Banks with a small finance bank license can   Corporation of India) provide basic banking service of acceptance of  National Payments Corporation of  20  deposits and lending. India is the umbrella organisation 91   20  The aim behind these to provide financial inclusion for all retail payment systems in  10  x10  x to sections of the economy not being served by India registered under section 8 of other banks, such as small business units, small and the Companies Act 2013.It has 91 = 100 – x2 marginal farmers, micro and small industries and successfully completed the x2 = 100 – 91 = 9 unorganised sector entities. development of a domestic card x = 3 km / hr.  For initial 3 year prior approval required for bank payment network called RuPay. A (73-75) expansion. variant of the card called ‘Kisan Card’ is now being issued by all the 73. (b) Total number of players  They are not allowed to lend money to big Industry. participating in hockey from all five Public Sector Banks in addition to  NBFC's and any indivisual with 10 years of the mainstream debit card which has schools together experience in banking and finance can apply for been issued by 43 banks. = 68 + 80 + 54 + 50 + 36 = 288 licenses.  National Payments Corporation of 74. (c) Number of players participating in  The firms must have a capital of Rs100 crore. India (NPCI) will function as the basket ball from school -1 = 42  The minimum paid up capital of such banks was authorised Bharat Bill Payment Number of players participating in Rs. 5 crores Central Unit (BBPCU), which will be responsible for setting business Kho-Kho from school – 3 = 48  75% of its net credits should be in priority sector standards, rules and procedures for Hence ratio between them = 42 : 48 = lending and 50% of the loans in its portfolio must technical and business requirements 7 :8 in 25 lakh range. for all the participants. 75. (d) Number of payers participating in  The promoter’s contribution should be at least Rs. 2  NPCI, as the BBPCU, will also Kho-Kho from school – 4 = 32 crores undertake clearing and settlement Number of players participating in  The promoters stake in the paid-up equity capital activities related to transactions hockey from school -2= 80 will be 40% initially which must be brought down routed through BBPS. to 26% in 12 years.  Payments may be made through the 32   A fundamental requirement is that 25% of its BBPS using cash, transfer cheques, and electronic modes.  Percent =  100 = 40% branch must set up in unbanked area. 80   NPCI-HQ:Mumbai,Founded: 2008, Chairma: B. Sabamurthy, MD & CEO: DilipAsbe,

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LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Current Union Council of Ministers Prime Minister Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister Narendra Modi Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Minister of External Affairs, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Minister of Shipping Nitin Gadkari Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharati Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Mines Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda Minister of Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Steel Chaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar Minister of Science and Technology, Harsh Vardhan Minister Of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation D. V. Sadananda Gowda Minister Of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu Minister Of Coal Piyush Goyal Minister Of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan

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MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) Minister Portfolio Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Rao Inderjit Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Santosh Kumar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Gangwar Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Shripad Yasso Naik Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture; and Dr. Mahesh Sharma Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Giriraj Singh Medium Enterprises. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communications; and Manoj Sinha Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Col. Rajyavardhan Sports; and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Information Singh Rathore and Broadcasting. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power; and Minister of R. K. Singh State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Hardeep Singh Puri Affairs. Alphons Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Tourism. Kannanthanam

MINISTERS OF STATE Minister Portfolio Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Vijay Goel Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Pon Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Radhakrishnan Shipping. Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Minister of State S.S. Ahluwalia in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.[18] Ramesh Minister of State in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Jigajinagi Ramdas Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Athawale Vishnu Deo Sai Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel. Ram Kripal Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development. Yadav

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Minister Portfolio Hansraj Ahir Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal. Rajen Gohain Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Parshottam Rupala Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Jayant Sinha Civil Aviation Krishan Pal Gurjar Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Bhabhor Shiv Pratap Shukla Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Sudarshan Bhagat Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Kiren Rijiju Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Upendra Kushwaha Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Dr. Virendra Kumar Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. Anupriya Patel Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare M. J. Akbar Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. Anant Kumar Hegde Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Jayant Sinha Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Babul Supriyo Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Vijay Sampla Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Ajay Tamta Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles. Krishna Raj Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Chhotu Ram Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice; and Minister of State in the P. P. Chaudhary Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and Minister of Dr. Satya Pal Singh State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

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S. STATE AND U.T. CHIEF MINISTER GOVERNOR NO 1 Andaman & Nicobar U.T. Devendra Kumar Joshi 2 Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan 3 Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu B.D. Mishra 4 Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi 5 Bihar Nitish Kumar Lal Ji Tondon 6 Chandigarh U.T. V.P. Singh Bandore 7 Chhattisgarh Dr. Bhupesh Baghel Anandiben Patel 8 Goa Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha 9 Gujarat Vijay Rupani Shri Om Prakash Kohli 10 Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar Satyadev Narayan Arya 11 Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat 12 Jammu and Kashmir Presidents Rule Satyapal Malik 13 Jharkhand Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu 14 Karnataka H.D. Kumaraswami Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala 15 Kerala PinarayiVijayan P. Sathasivam 16 Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath Anandiben Patel 17 Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao 18 Manipur N. Biren Singh Najma Heptullah 19 Meghalaya Conard Sangam Tathagata Roy 20 Mizoram Zoramthanga Kummanam Rajasekharam 21 Nagaland Neiphiu Rio Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya 22 New Delhi ArvindKejriwal Anil Bijal 23 Odisha Sh. Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal 24 Puducherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi 25 Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh V P Singh Badnore 26 Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot Kalyan Singh 27 Sikkim ShriPawan Kumar Chamling Ganga Prasad 28 Tamil Nadu Eddappadik Palaniswami Banwaril Lal Purohit 29 Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao ESL Narasimhan 30 Tripura Biplap Kumar Dev Kaptan Singh Solanki 31 Uttar Pradesh Yogi Aditya Shri Ram Naik 32 Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat Baby Rani Maurya 33 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi 34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli U.T. Prafula Khodapatel 35 Daman and Diu U.T. Prafula Khodapatel 36 Lakshadweep U.T. Farooq Khan

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PERMANENT COMMISSIONS OFFICE-HOLDERS 1. Chairman, National Human Rights Commission of India-H. L. Dattu 2. Chairman, Central Vigilance Commission-K. V. Chowdhary 3. Chairman, Central Information Commission-R. K. Mathur 4. Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes -Sushil Chandra 5. Chairman, National Commission for Minorities-Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi 6. Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes-Ram Shankar Katheria 7. Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes -Nand Kumar Sai 8. Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes- vacant 9. Chairman, National Commission for Women-Jayanti Patanaik 10. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India-Sekhar Basu 11. Chairman, ISRO-K. Sivan 12. Chairman, National Forest Commission-B. N. Kirpal 13. Chairman, Union Public Service Commission-Aravinda Saxena 14. Chairman, University Grants Commission-Dhirendra Pal Singh 15. Chairman, Central Water Commission-Narendra Kumar 16. Director, Space Applications Centre-Tapan Misra 17. Chairman, Competition Commission of India-Devender Kumar Sikri 18. Chairman, CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education)-Anita Karwal 19. Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect Tax & Customs (CBIC)-Pranab Kumar Das 20. Chairman, FSSAI(Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)-Ashish Bahuguna

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21. Chairman, National Highways Authority of India-Yaduvir Mallick 22. Chairman, Central Board of Film-Prasoon Joshi 23. Chairman, Children’s Film Society of India-Mukesh Khana 24. Chairman, Press Council of India -CK Prasad 25. Chairman, Press Trust of India-Viveck Gonka 26. Chairman, Telecom Regulartory Authority of India (TRAI)-Ram Sevak Sharma 27. Chairperson, National Green Tribunal-Umesh Dattatraya Salvi 28. Director, NCERT(National Council of Educational Research and Training)-Hrushikesh Senapaty 29. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India-Rakesh Tewari 30. Chairperson, Staff Selection Commission -Ashim Khurana 31. Director General, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation-Mangoo Singh DEFENCEAND SECURITY 1. Chief of the Army Staff-General Bipin Singh Rawat 2. Chief of the Air Staff-Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa (also Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee) 3. Chief of the Naval Staff-Admiral Sunil Lamba 4. Chief of Integrated Defence Staff-air marshall p p reddy 5. Director, Research and Analysis Wing-Anil Dhasmana 6. Director, Intelligence Bureau-Rajiv Jain 7. Director General, Military Intelligence-Lieutenant General K. G. Krishna 8. Director, Central Bureau of Investigation-Alok Kumar Verma 9. Director General, Border Security Force-Rajni Kant Mishra 10. Director General, Central Reserve Police Force-Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar 11. Director General, Central Industrial Security Force-O. P. Singh 12. Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police-R. K. Pachnanda 13. Director General, National Security Guard-Sudeep Lakhtakia 14. Director General, National Investigation Agency-Y.C. Modi 15. Director General, National Disaster Response Force-Sanjay Kumar 16. Director General,SSB-S.S. Deswal HEADS OF FINANCIAL BODIES 1. Chairman, 14th Finance Commission of India-Y. Venugopal Reddy, 15th Finance Commission-N.K. Singh 2. Governor of Reserve Bank of India-Shaktikanta Das 3. Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India-Ajay Tyagi 4. Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India-Subash Chandra Khuntia 5. Chairman, 7th Pay Commission-Ashok Kumar Mathur 6. Chairman, Small Industries Development Bank of India-Muhammad Mustafa 7. Chairman, Company Law Board-Mahesh Kumar Mittal 8. Chairman and Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India- Yaduvendra Mathur 9. CEO and Managing Director, National Housing Bank- 10. Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development-Harsh Kumar Bhanwala 11. CEO and Managing Director, Industrial Finance Corporation of India-Dr. Emandi Sankara Rao 12. Chairman, National Stock Exchange-Ashok Chawla 13. Chairman, Bombay Stock Exchange-Sethuratnam Ravi 14. Chairperson, State Bank of India-Rajnish Kumar 15. Chairman, IDBI-Rakesh Sharma 16. Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India-V. K. Sharma 17. President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry-Pankaj Patel 18. Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority-Hemant G. Contractor 19. President, Confederation of Indian Industry-Rakesh Mittal 20. President, ASSOCHAM-Sandeep Jajodia 21. Chairman, National Statistical Commission-Radha Binod Barman 22. Chairman of Indian Bank Associations-Sunil Mittal 23. CMD & CEO of Indian Post Payment Bank (IPPB) - Suresh Sethi 24. Chairman of TRAI-Ram Sewak Sharma 

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Acronyms Abbreviations ACS Automated Clearing Systm. AD Authorized Dealer. CGRA Currency and Gold Revaluation Account. ADB Asian Development Bank. CIBIL Credit Information Bureau of India Limited Currency Management Information ADF Automated Data Flow CMIS System AEPS Aadhaar Enabled Payments Switch CNP Card Not Present AFS Annual Financial Statement. CPFF Commercial Paper Funding Facility AIC Agricultural Insurance Company. CPI Consumer Price Index. AIF Alternative Investment Fund CRAR Capital To Risk Weighted Asset Ratio. ALCO Asset Liability Committee CRISIL Credit Rating Information Services Of India ALM Asset Liability Management CRMD Credit Risk Management Department. AMFL Association of Mutual Funds in India. CRR Cash Reserve Ratio. AML Anti-Money Laundering CSR corporate social responsibility AMRMS Audit and Risk Monitoring Mechanism CTI Country Threat Index. ANBC Adjusted Net Bank Credit DPG Deferred Payment Guarantee APBS Aadhaar Payment Bridge System DPN Demand Promissory Note ARC Asset Reconstruction Companies DRAT Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal ASBA Applications Supported Bank Accounts DRI Differential Rate Of Interest Associated Chambers of Commerce and DSCR Debt Service Coverage Ratio ASSOCHAM Industry of India. DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. ATM Automated Teller Machine. European Bank for Reconstruction and EBRD BCBS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Development. BCSBI Banking Codes and Standards Board of India ECB External Commercial Borrowings. BIS Bank for International Settlements. ECS Electronic Clearing System. BOE Bill of Exchange EDF Export Development Fund BOP Balance of Payments. EDI Electronic Data Internchange BOT Build,Operate and Transfer. EDP Entrepreneurship Development Programme BSCS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. EEFC Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency BSE Bombay Stock Exchange. EFTPOS Electronic Funds Transfer At Point Of Sale BSR Basic Statistical Returns. EIB European Investment Bank. CAD Current Account Deficit ELSS Equity Linked Saving Scheme. CAR Capital Adequacy Ratio EMI Equated Monthly Instalments CARE Credit Analysis and Research Limited EPFO Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation EPOS Electronic Point Of Sale CASA Current and Savings Accounts EPS Earning per Share CBLO Collateralized Bank Lending Obligations ESOP Employee Stock Options CBS Core Banking Solution. EXIM Export Import Bank of India. CCIL Clearing Corporation of India Limited FCA Foreign Currency Assets. CCL Cash Credit Limit FCCB Foreign Currency Convertible Bond CDB Caribbean Development Bank. FCNR Foreign Currency Non Resident Deposit Accounts Committee of Direction on Banking CDBS Statistics. FCNRA Foreign Currency Non resident Account. FDI Foreign Direct Investment. CDRS Corporate Debt Restructuring FEDAI Foreign Exchange Dealers Association Of India CDS Credit Default Swap. FERA Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. Comprehensive Economic Partnership CEPA Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Management. FICCI Industry. CFRA Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts.

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FII Foreign Institutional Investor. KCC Kisan Credit Card Financial Information Network and FINO Operation Limited KMB Kotak Mahindra Bank. FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion Board. KVB Karur Vysya Bank. FPI Foreign Portfolio Investment. KVIC Khadi and Village Industries Corporation FTA Free Trade Agreement. KVP Kisan Vikas Patra GAAR General Anti Avoidance Rule. KYC Know Your Customer Guidelines GDR Global Depository Receipt. LAB Local Area Bank. GFD Gross Fiscal Deficit. LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility GIRO Government Internal Revenue Order. LAMPS Large Sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies GMS Gold Monetisation Scheme LDB Land Development Bank. GSTN Goods and Services Network LERMS Liberalized Exchange Rate Management System HDFC Housing Development Finance Corporation. LIBOR London Inter Bank Offered Rate. IADB Inter American Development Bank. LIC Life Insurance Corporation Of India IAS Integrated Accounting Systems LTCG Long-Term Capital Gains IBBI Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India LTN Long Term Note International Bank for Reconstruction and MCA Ministry Of Company Affairs IBRD Development MCLR Marginal Cost Of Lending Rate IBU International Banking Unit MFDF Micro Finance Development Fund ICA Indian Council of Agricultural Research. MIBOR Mumbai Inter Bank Offer Rate. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation ICICI MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition of India. MIS Management Information System Investment Information and Credit Rating ICRA MSS Market Stabilisation Scheme Agency of India Limited MTN Medium Term Note IDB Islamic Development Bank. MUDRA Micro Units Development And Refinance Agency IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India. National Bank For Agricultural And Rural IDR Indian Depository Receipts. NABARD Development. Institute for Development and Research Of IDRBT Banking NAS National Account Statistics. IEPF Investors Education and Protection Fund NAV Net Asset Value. IFC International Finance Corporation NBC Non Banking Companies. IIB International Investment Bank. NBFC Non Banking Finance Companies IIBF Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. NDA Net Domestic Asset IMF International Monetary Fund. NDS Negotiated Dealing Systems IMPS Immediate Payment Service NDTL Net Demand And Time Liability IMT Instant Money Transfer NECS National Electronic Clearing System IOB Indian Overseas Bank. NEFT National Electronic Funds Transfer System. IPO Initial Public Offering NFA No Frills Account. IPPB India Post Payments Bank NFC Non Banking Finance Companies. IRBI Industrial Reconstruction Bank Of India. NFS National Financial Switch Insurance Regulatory and Development NHB National Housing Bank. IRDA Authority of India NIB Nordic Investment Bank. IROs Interest rate options NPA Non Performing Assets. IRR Internal Rate Of Return. NPCI National Payments Corporation Of India International Standard Industrial ISCI NPS National Pensions Scheme. Classification NPV Net Present Value

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1. Common Mobility Card was launched in Delhi which can be used by commuters to travel abroad both Delhi Metro trains and State-run buses. 2. NGT Instructed Delhi Government to pay a fine of Rupees 25 crore to deposits as an environmental compensation with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for failing to curb air pollution in the capital. 3. Punjab Cabinet Approves International Airport near Ludhiana. 4. An international workshop on “Developing a Ganga Museum Concept: Exchanging Experiences and Ideas between India and Europe” was held in New Delhi. 5. Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated India Water Impact Summit 2018 in New Delhi. 6. The Central government has approved ‘Anti-Smuggling National Coordination Centre’ (SCord) under the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).‘SCord’ will help the government of India to formulate a ‘National Anti-Smuggling’ policy. 7. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution Response Exercise titled ‘Clean Sea 2018’ at Port Blair on 6 December 2018. 8. Luxembourg is set to become the first country in the world to make all its public transport free. 9. An Agreement between the Government of India and the Government of Peru on Co-operation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters. 10. 1st International Conference on Bears commenced in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. 11. Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launches world’s largest Arabic audio library in Dubai. 12. Australia became world’s biggest LNG exporter for 1st time, surpassing Qatar: Australian Bureau of Statistics. 13. Kerala gets its 4th international airport in Kannur. 14. The Uttar Pradesh government had officially renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj. A formal proposal has now been sent to the state’s Governor seeking his approval to rename Allahabad University as Prayagraj State University. 15. Indian Railways flagged off the new Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train from New Delhi’s Safdarjung Railway Station. Pune District Court becomes first in India to accept e-payments. 16. Maharashtra CM launched ‘SMART’ initiative,which stands for State of Maharashtra’s Agribusiness and Rural Transformation. 17. The first International Conference on ‘Sustainable Water Management’ was held at Indian School of Business (ISB) in Mohali, Punjab. The theme of the international conference is ‘Sustainable Water Management’. 18. 7th Sino-India joint exercise Hand-in-Hand 2018 commenced at Chengdu, China. 19. India signed the 30-member Trans Regional Maritime Network pact in Rome, Italy 20. Delhi HC Bans Online Sale of Medicines Across India 21. K Chandrasekhar Rao sworn in as new Chief Minister of Telangana 22. Zoramthanga to become new Mizoram’s CM. 23. Kamal Nath To Be New CM of Madhya Pradesh 24. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh launched a portal ‘ENSURE’- National Livestock Mission-EDEG developed by NABARD and operated under the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries. 25. Home Ministry has launched a Twitter account named ‘@CyberDost’ to spread awareness about cybercrimes and normal precautions to be taken. 26. UP Govt. decides to establish an umbrella university to be named after late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 27. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been named the Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ alongside several other journalists. 

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1. What is the reason behind your decision to join Civil Service? I have always dreamt of joining civil services since childhood as through this I will get the opportunity to bring out some positive impacts in the lives of millions. The never-ending urge to do good for others motivated me throughout this journey . POONAM MOHAPATRA 2. Whom do you dedicate your success? Rank-3 (OCS-2017) I dedicate this success to my Parents and all the respected elders of my family, My teachers , my friends and colleagues. 3. When did you decided to persue a career in Civil Service and started serious preparation? The serious preparation towards civil services started after my post graduation in 2016. 4. Tell about your educational background? I have completed my schooling from Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir,Bhimatangi., My intermediate in Science from B.J.B Junior College and my graduation from B.J.B Autonomous College with Physics Hons. I have done my post graduation in Physics from Ravenshaw University. 5. What are your optionals in OCS Exam and the criteria for selection of optional? My optional subjects are Sociology and Public Administration. RANK While selecting optionals, one should give the first preference to subjects he is interested in. Because with optionals carrying 1200 marks out of 2000, the selection of subjects becomes 3 most important. Also the current marking trend should be looked into from the scores of the qualified candidates. 6. How one should make the strategy for the OCS Prelims? One should go through NCERT class 8th to class 12th books to clear concepts of History, Geography, Polity, Economics and Science. Then afterwards, follow separate books for subjects like polity, History. I would suggest instead of following 5/6 books for each subjects, be confined to one or two books and revise thoroughly .And most importantly update yourself with the current affairs on daily basis. 7. What should be the approach for the preparation for the OCS Mains? For scoring good marks in mains, I would suggest one should practice answer writing on regular basis as it would help in collecting ideas and putting them into words within stipulated time. Thoroughly practise previous years question papers for all the papers including optional. 8. Tell your strategy for the GS preparation for Prelims & Mains? I prepared for GS papers for mains and prelims simultaneously. I made notes from current affairs and included them in my answers for GS Papers as well as optionals. 9. What is the importance of the Essay paper in OCS Exam? As a single essay carries 200 marks alone, it becomes very important to fetch good marks in that. To write a good essay, we can put facts and figures from some latest reports, some good quotes and an optimistic conclusion. One should make mind maps for 10-15mins with all vital points sequentially before writing the final essay. 10. How many hours should a candidate devote regularly for preparation? 6-8 hours of preparation with utmost consistency and regularity is sufficient . 11. Which Newspaper & Magazine you referred during your preparation and your approach for both? I read Times of India and one regional newspaper regularly. For some particular topics ,I follow articles from The Hindu. Also I read Yojana and Vanik Current Affairs Monthly Magazine. 12. Tell the usefulness of Internet & TV for Civil Service preparation? Internet is the most important source of current affairs. But one should be careful about choosing the source as it is flooded with loads of information .Following one or two internet platforms is more than sufficient. 13. Did you join any coaching institute for your preparation and what benefit you get? Yes I joined Vanik IAS for my preparation in 2016 and continued their only till my ultimate success. 14. How did Vanik-IAS help you in your preparation? The guidance of every faculty of vanik played an important role in my success. The classroom lectures and regular class tests are of excellent quality. The mentoring of Pramod Padhi Sir during my interview preparation phase was irreplaceable in my life. The mock interviews conducted at VANIK helped me in getting acquainted with the pressurized atmosphere during interview and how to tackle it calmly without getting nervous. 14. Tell something about your interview? There were four members in my panel. I was the last one to enter to interview room on that day. They were very cordial.They asked me about some current events like Polavaram Issue,'Abhada” issue, latest schemes for women, for educational sector. They also asked me some situational questions like what would you do if Naxals attack on your office, the problems I would be facing if posted in a tribal areas and how to deal with them. 15. How one should prepare for the personality test? One should be thoroughly versed with all the current developments on Regional, National as well as International front. Be confident and face their questions calmly, even for the adverse questions. They judge our patience and skill to tackle adversity. Also have some knowledge about your hobbies and persons related in that field. 16. How you visualize your role in the Odisha Administration? I visualize myself to be a sincere as well as a people friendly administrator working for the people at the grass root level. I will try to check the implementation errors pertaining to developmental schemes. 17. What are your message for the candidates preparing for OCS? Be honest to yourself .Try to be a better student than you were yesterday. Work hard because there can be no substitute to hard work. Don't ever quit on failure, as failure is the stepping stone towards success. Enjoy the journey of a civil service aspirant because it enriches your personality multidimensionally. 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1. What is the reason behind your decision to join Civil Service? It was my childhood dream to become a Civil Servant. It gives a sense of connectivity to people and it is a very prestigious job in the society. 2. Whom do you dedicate your success? PRAYASEE PRADHAN I dedicate my success to the Almighty God, my parents, Rank-6 (OCS-2017) family, friends, VANIK-IAS institute and Padhi Sir. 3. When did you decided to persue a career in Civil Service and started serious preparation? During the second year of my job in an IT company I decided to pursue Civil Services and started serious preparation after getting my job in 2017. 4. Tell about your educational background? I have completed my integrated M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from NIT, Rourkela in 2015. 5. What are your optionals in OCS Exam and the criteria for selection of optional? My optional were Public Administration and Geography. Coming from a technical background in order to lessen in the burden of optional, I wanted to take up such optionals which would have some overlapping with General Studies. So I choose these optionals which are also technical in nature. 6. How one should make the strategy for the OCS Prelims? RANK Go through the syllabus, thorough your basics, keep yourself updated with current affairs and do practice a lot. 6 7. What should be the approach for the preparation for the OCS Mains? Go through the syllabus, acquire subjective knowledge. Be very specific about the theories those are proscribed in optional syllabus, keep practicising for answer writing. 8. Tell your strategy for the GS preparation for Prelims & Mains? I started preparing simultaneously for Prelim & Mains. I tried to acquire as much knowledge as possible. Before a few months of prelims exams, I wholely devoted my time for solving objective questions. After prelims examination I revised those syllabus and tried to incorporate current affairs in the relevant subject wherever possible. 9. What is the importance of the Essay paper in OCS Exam? It is quite important as it is the only paper where you get lots of time to concentrate on one particular issue. So, one should devote ample amount of time for framing proper sequence of points related to the essay and represent it by giving ones' best performance. 10. How many hours should a candidate devote regularly for preparation? Quantity doesn't matter, but quality. One should regularly cover current affairs of the day, as it can't be acquired in a single day, so it should not be piled up to the date of examination. Keep maximum distance from distractions like social media. Chalk out plan for covering maximum syllabus of the exam. 11. Which Newspaper & Magazine you referred during your preparation and your approach for both? I used to read 'The Hindu' and 'The Samaj' regularly. According to syllabus I used to pick up those relivant issues and used to keep track of statistics if any. Editorial part of the newspaper is very important for language improvement and it gives multidimensional view point of an issue, so I used to take up the most appropriate view which would be useful in the examination. 12. Tell the usefulness of Internet & TV for Civil Service preparation? Ofcouse, internet and TV are useful; but I personally took the help of internet only for clarification purpose. I used to watch Rajya Sabha TV for current affairs which gave me insights into on-going issue. 13. Did you join any coaching institute for your preparation and what benefit you get? For this examination, I didn't join any coaching institution, but I joined VANIK-IAS for interview preparation. 14. How did Vanik-IAS help you in your preparation? The mock interviews provided by VANIK-IAS provided me a reality check about my personality and gave avenue for improvement. I became much more confident for every successive mock interview and it boosted my morale a lot. 15. Tell something about your interview? It was quite an amicable environment there. They asked me questions from my optional subjects, current affairs, my district, my education and my possible contribution to the administration if I am selected. They also gave me a situational condition where I had to take a decision to solve the issue as a B.D.O. 16. How one should prepare for the personality test? One should be honest with his/her answer. Don't lie and don't be afraid. Keep a smiling face. Even if you are not able to answer the question, don't loose hope and show the competitive spirit. Don't show your nervousness to the interview panelists. 17. How you visualize your role in the Odisha Administration? I see myself as a facilitator and implementer of government schemes so that maximum targeted people should be benefited. I will act as a bridge between the government and the people to solve their issues within my capacity to develop every nook and corner of the area under my jurisdiction. 18. What are your message for the candidates preparing for OCS? Keep patience, as this is an almost year-long process. Do practice a lot and enjoy the journey of examination. All The Best RANK TOPPERS’ 8 TALK

1. What is the reason behind your decision to join Civil Service? Civil Service provides excellent career opportunities and it is a very powerful and prestigious job. Civil Service makes you a part of the decision making process which directly affects the society and hence one can have a direct link in ABHISHEK PANIGRAHI transformation of the society. Rank-8 (OCS-2017) 2. Whom do you dedicate your success? I dedicate it to my parents, families, friends and teachers. 3. When did you decided to persue a career in Civil Service and started serious preparation? I started my preparation since 2012, which was only for UPSC and in the process I could write 3 times mains in UPSC and in 2015 I appeared for OAS exam for the first time and was qualified for the interview. But I started my serious preparation for OAS since 2016. 4. Tell about your educational background? I completed my 10th from Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Bargarh and then I did my +2 from Vikash Junior College, Bargarh and I completed my B.Tech in ECE from Gandhi Institute for Technology, Bhubaneswar. 5. What are your optionals in OCS Exam and the criteria for selection of optional? My first Optional was History and Second Optional was Geography. Geography is a scientific subject and I have written 3 UPSC Mains with Geography as my optional. During my UPSC preparation gradually I started loving History and by 2016, it became my favorite subject. The optional subjects should be the subjects of your interest. 6. How one should make the strategy for the OCS RANK Prelims? One should never, ever underestimate prelims in Civil Service Exam. This is the first most important 8 screening process. One should comprehensively read the NCERT Books, especially for History, Geography, Polity and Economy. Newspaper and Current Affairs assumes sacrosanct position for clearing the prelims. 7. What should be the approach for the preparation for the OCS Mains? The approach for UPSC and OPSC preparation are very different in OCS Mains one has to give maximum focus to optional subjects (1200 Marks). Normally candidates neglect GS Paper-II, which ironically is very scoring and do not neglect your essay paper as well. 8. Tell your strategy for the GS preparation for Prelims & Mains? NCERT books and Newspaper are the 2 pillars for success in GS Paper. General Studies preparation demands curious and outward looking mind. 9. What is the importance of the Essay paper in OCS Exam? It's an area where candidates normally don't give enough time and start preparation only during the last moment, which is nothing but self-infliction. Read the editorials thoroughly and write at least one essay a week. 10. How many hours should a candidate devote regularly for preparation? 6 hours a day is the minimum requirement, anything above that is great. 11. Which Newspaper & Magazine you referred during your preparation and your approach for both? For covering news The Hindu is the best and for editorials The Indian Express is the best. I also read Yojana. 12. Tell the usefulness of Internet & TV for Civil Service preparation? Especially for GS Paper-II, Essay and interview, 80% of the preparation comes from Internet & TV. So much resources are available freely on Digital Platform. I follow Rajya Sabha TV, All India Radio, Vision IAS, IAS Baba, Sankar's IAS & GK Today, VANIK-IAS Monthly Current Affairs. 13. Did you join any coaching institute for your preparation and what benefit you get? For UPSC, I have prepared from Chanakya IAS Academy and Sriram's IAS Academy. For OCS I took interview classes from LISAS IAS and Arohan Classes in 2015 but unable to clear it. I had taken my interview classes from VANIK-IAS. 14. How did Vanik-IAS help you in your preparation? The Current Affairs portion during my interview preparation was covered in a very well mannered by our respected Pramod Padhi sir. Padhi sir's command in Current Affairs is outstanding. 15. Tell something about your interview? I secured 200 and 205 marks respectively in 2015 OCS and 2017 OCS exam. In OCS 2015 I could not answer 6 to 7 questions and in OCS 2017 I could answer almost all questions. I can tell you that your answers will not affect your mark so much but your personality, confidence level, stress handling capabilities, secular and liberal mindset and a positive outlook can affect your mark tremendously. 16. How one should prepare for the personality test? Mock Interviews are very important for boosting confidence. Go through the newspaper comprehensively especially of last 30 days news. The international relation related news are extremely important, prepare for your district and hobbies. Don't forget to read the newspaper of the day you face interview. 17. How you visualize your role in the Odisha Administration? First of all I am very happy and proud to be a part of Odisha Administration. It gives me immense opportunity to do innovative ways of transforming the society. I will be actively involved on the ground level for shaping and forming my decision. For me people's participation in administration is of paramount significance. 18. What are your message for the candidates preparing for OCS? Civil Service preparation demands perseverance, leech like tenacity, clear vision, positivity and peace of mind. Hard work and self-belief can make you victorious in any battle. At times even if you are deserving, for some reasons you might not get selected, so do not yield to fatalism, stand up like a lion and with a never giving up attitude hunt for what you truly deserve. All The Best RANK TOPPERS’ 10 TALK

1. What is the reason behind joining civil service examination? Civil service examination provides me a good platform to serve the downtrodden, underprivileged and poor sections of society who have been left out from fruits of development process. 2. Whom do you dedicate your success? SK. SAGIR I dedicate my success in my life to almighty Allah, my parents, teachers who have played a crucial role in my success story. Rank-10 (OCS-2017) 3. When did you decided to pursue a career in civil service and started serious preparation? It was during my third year of engineering I decided to go for civil service examination first I started to read THE HINDU newspaper and basic NCERTS books after completion of my BTECH in 2016 I started serious preparation in June of 2016. 4. Tell about your educational background? I am a mineral engineering graduate from Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar. 5. What are your optional in OCS exam and criteria for selection of optional? My optionals were Geography and History in OCSexam.I think selection of optional should be based on the interest in the subject, pastyear's trend about success rates and easy availability of studyMaterials. 6. How one should make strategy for OCS prelims? For prelims my approach was simple read as much as possible. I am a internet addict so whatever I read I tried to go deep to grab all related information. Prelims is all about test of presence of mind so try to solve as much test series as possible before actual exam of OCS prelims, taking some calculated risks and using method of elimination while attempting question paper will help you in getting good marks in prelims 7. How one should approach for OCS mains preparation? RANK Mains is all about answer writing skill so try to write as much mock test for mains as possible try to use diagrams, maps in your answer both in GS and OPTIONAL papers which would make your answers 10 different from crowd. Cover the entire syllabus and make short crisp notes for each sub part of syllabus so that you can make last minute revision before mains and try to solve PREVIOUS years question papers. 8. Tell your strategy for the GS preparation for prelims and mains? For prelims students need to be more thorough about various facts and events related to subject matters for mains I would suggest following points a. General Studies demands only a peripheral understanding of an expansive set of topics. So it's important that you try to gain minimum sufficient knowledge over a diverse set of subjects rather than obsessively focussing on one topic b. In GS, there will be very few questions where you will have absolutely no clue. Even if you only have a vague idea, write those generic points. c. If you are taking a test series, please give those tests with all the seriousness of the final OCS exam. In the mock test, if you take 10-15 additional minutes to finish the paper, you are cheating no one except yourself. Observe strict time limits. d. Perfectionism is your enemy. If you keep referring to countless sources to make that “perfect notes”, if you keep postponing your mock tests in order to write “perfect tests”, this mentality will bring you to ruin. Getting a good score in Mains is about attempting all questions to which some answers are excellent, some good and many above average. So instead of waiting for that elusive perfection, start imperfect and then keep improving. 9. What is importance of essay paper in OCS exam? In the OCS exam, we have an essay paper worth 200 marks. Despite its importance, essay paper often does not get the attention it deserves from aspirants, so I advise to write at least one essay in a week. 10. How many hours should a candidate devote regularly for preparation? There are some aspirants who claim to study 15-16 hours per day while preparing for the OCS exam. And, there are others who clear the exam studying just for 6-7 hours in a day. There is no perfect answer to this question and the candidates should decide for themselves the number of hours of studies per day considering their own capabilities and requirements 11. Which newspaper and magazines you referred during your preparation? I religiously followed THE HINDU, New Indian Express newspaper and VISION monthly magazine for current affairs. 12. Tell the usefulness of internet and TV for OCS exam? As I was preparing from my home itself internet played a very pivotal role throughout my prep I extensively used both audio and visual materials for instance I used to follow UNACADEMY, PIB, INSIGHT IAS, VISION IAS,CLEAR IAS, FORUMIAS, and RAJYASABHA(Big picture) TV debates on current affairs issues which helped me to think in a more coherent and analytical way which eventually helped to get into OAS exam. 13. Did you join any coaching institute for your preparation and what benefit you get? No I did not join any formal coaching for prelims and mains prep and most of the preparation were based on self-study with extensive utilisation of internet for both static and current affairs. For the personality test I joined VANIK-IAS, Bhubaneswar. 14. How did VANIK IAS help you in your prep? VANIK IAS helped me immensely during my INTERVIEW prep the feedback given by experts in the board and regular one to one conversion about various traits of interview helped me to get good rank in my very first attempt. I especially very much thankful to Pramod Padhi Sir for his constant motivation, support, guidance and giving me positive attitude during mock interview. 15. Tell something about your interview? Most of the questions were related to my home districts, engineering subjects, hobbies, Government schemes related to vulnerable sections of society and some were analytical case study type which require to be being emotionally intelligent throughout the entire duration of interview 16. How one should prep for interview test? For interview I would suggest following points v Improve your communication skills v Prepare well on your hobbies v Don't lie v Go through your graduation text books v Know your districts and odisha v Keep calm v Dress neat v Don't stop reading newspaper and revise your optional subjects 17. How you visualise your role in Odisha administration? As I have good rank I would be getting OAS which is basically policy implementing machinery related to different socio-economic issues of society 18. What are message for the candidate preparing OCS? My message for aspiring candidates is to dream big, work hard, utilise your time judiciously,Enforce rigorous self-discipline,self- confidence, perseverance and being positive throughout the preparation. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

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