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CONTENTS ECONOMIC WATCH

Growth Rates 1. Economic watch 1 1. RBI growth estimate of for 2017-18 7.3 % 2. Current Affairs August 2017 2 2. World Bank forecast for India’s GDP growth for 2017-18 7.2% 3. Miscellaneous 19 3. ADB forecast for India’s GDP growth for 2017-18 7.4% 4. IMF projected GDP growth for India in 2017-18 at 7.2% 4. Current Affairs Last 3 Months 21 5. Fiscal deficit of India for 2017-18 3.2% 5. SSC Special: GS Questions 56 6. Current account deficit for 2017-18 1.2% of India’s GDP 6. Latest GK Tablets 64 India Ranking in different Indexes

1. Ease of Doing Business Index 2017 130th 2. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 2016 10th 3. Global Competitiveness Index 2016 39th IB S Quest 4. Good Country Index 2015 70th 5. Global Human Capital Report 2016 105th 6. Global Hunger Index 2016 97th AN IBS (P) LTD. 7. Global Innovation Index 2016 66th INITIATIVE 8. Global Peace Index (GPI) 2016 141st

9. Global Slavery Index 2016 4th Owned, Printed & Published By 10. Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2016 89th 11. Intellectual Property Index 2016 37th Institute of Banking & SSC Exams 12. Logistics Performance Index 2016 35th SCO 13-14-15, Sector 34A, CHD. 13. Sustainable Development Goal Index 2016 110th www.ibsindia.co.in 14. World Economic Freedom Index 2016 112th 15. World Happiness Index 2016 118th e-mail: [email protected] 16. World Press Freedom Index 2016 133rd POLICY RATES 18. World Risk Index 2016 77th Policy Repo Rate : 6.00% FDI Limits Reverse Repo Rate : 5.75% List of Limits in Various Sectors (In %) 1. Petroleum Refining by PSU 49% Marginal Standing Facility Rate : 6.25% 2. Pharmaceutical Sector 74% Bank Rate : 6.25% 3. Medical Devices 100% RESERVE RATIOS 4. White Label ATM Operation 100% 5. Cable Networks 100% CRR : 4% 6. Print Media 26% SLR : 20.00% 7. Civil Aviation 100% LENDING/DEPOSIT RATES 8. Private security agencies 49% 9. Private Sector Banking 74% MCLR (Overnight) : 7.75% - 8.10% 10. Public Sector Banking 20% Savings Deposit Rate: 3.50% - 4.00% 11. Insurance and sub-activities 49%

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CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2017 NATIONAL NEWS Vice  IRC is the apex body of highway engineers in the country.  The origin of the IRC can be traced back to the Indian Road Development committee (the Jayakar Committee) appointed by the Government of India in November, 1927.

National Green Tribunal  The National Green Tribunal has declared an area of 100 metres from the edge of the Ganga between Haridwar and Unnao as a “No Development Zone”.  An environment compen- sation of 50,000 will be imposed  M Venkaiah Naidu has appointed as the 13th Vice on anyone dumping waste in the river President of India. Election process: About NGT(National Green Tribunal):  The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college  National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (NGT) is an Act of consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament, in the Parliament of India which enables creation of a accordance with the system of proportional representation special tribunal to handle the expeditious disposal of the by means of the single transferable vote and the voting in cases pertaining to environmental issues. such election is by secret ballot.  Chairperson: Swatantra Kumar

Vice Presidents of India: 'SAARTHI' App 1. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952-1962)  A new integrated mobile app "SAARTHI - c" has been 2. Dr. Zakir Hussain (1962-1967) launched by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for passengers. 3. V.V.Giri (1967-1969)  It will allow passengers to book tickets, enquiry, on-board 4. G.S. Pathak (1969-1974) cleaning and ordering meal on a single platform and also 5. B.D. Jatti (1974-1979) includes features such as safety for women, complaint facility 6. Justice. M. Hitdayatullah (1979-1984) and suggestion for improvement. 7. R.Venkataraman (1984-1987) 8. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1987-1992) Matunga railway station 9. K.R.Narayanan (1992-1997)  Matunga station becomes country’s first women special 10. Krishan KanthKrishan Kanth (1997-2002) station. 11. Bharion Singh Shekhawat (August 19 2002- 2007)  The station will be run by over 30 women, including 11 12. Mohammad Hamid AnsariMohammad Hamid Ansari booking clerks, 5 RPF personnel, 7 ticket checkers and a (August 11, 2007 - August 10, 2017) manager. 13. Venkaiah Naidu (August 11, 2017 - till date)  Matunga is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It comes under Central IRC meet Railway Zone.  212th meeting of Indian Road Congress (IRC) was held in Udaipur.

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IBS Quest Muskan education and health for the overall economic development  Operation Muskan, a month-long drive to rescue Odisha’s of the area. missing children, was launched by the State police.  This is the third edition launched by the Crime Branch in Literary festival association with the Women and Child Development  Kerala has hosted the fifth edition of South India Writers Department. Ensemble (SIWE) at Chengannur, Kerala.  Theme-‘tolerance’. First biomethane bus About Kerala:  Tata Motors has developed country’s first Bio-CNG (bio-  Statehood 1 November 1956 methane) bus which was unveiled at a bio-energy program,  Capital Thiruvananthapuram ‘Urja Utsav’.  Districts 14  This programme was organized by the Ministry of Petroleum  Governor P. Sathasivam & Natural Gas.  Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan  Official language Malayalam Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana  The Union Minister for Finance, RIWATCH Museum Defense and Corporate Affairs  Research Institution of World Ancient, Traditional, Culture has launched the Pradhan Mantri & Heritage (RIWATCH) Museum was opened at Roing, Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY). Arunachal Pradesh.  PMVVY is a Pension Scheme announced by the Government of India for the senior citizens About Arunachal Pradesh: aged 60 years and above which is available from 4th May,  Population: 1.255 million. 2017 to 3rd May, 2018.  Official bird: Great hornbill  The Scheme can be purchased offline as well as online  Official animal: Gayal through Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.  Capitals: Itanagar  Scheme provides an assured return of 8% p.a. payable monthly (equivalent to 8.30% p.a. effective) for 10 years. 5th North East Connectivity Summit  5th North East Connectivity Summit 2018 will be held in Global Conference on Cyber Space 2017 Arunachal Pradesh.  India will be hosting the 5th  The summit organized by FICCI(Federation of Indian Global Conference on Cyber Chambers of Commerce and Industry) is one of the most Space (GCCS) in 2017 at New important forums for action oriented deliberations on sub Delhi. regional economic integration and connectivity between  Theme-‘Cyber 4 All: An North East India and South East Asia. Inclusive, Sustainable, Developmental, Safe and Secure.  4th North East Connectivity Summit 2017 will be held in Nagaland. Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana  The Ministry of Rural Development will launch a new sub- About FICCI: scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National  Founded: 1927 Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) which will be  President: Pankaj Patel named as “Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)”  Headquarters: New Delhi, India  This will provide safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport services like e-rickshaws, 3 and 4 wheeler International meet on social justice motorized transport vehicles to connect remote villages with  Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar international conference on social key services and amenities including access to markets, justice was held in Bengaluru.

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IBS Quest  This was organized by the Karnataka government and  ETFs combine the range of a diversified portfolio with the congress party. simplicity of trading a single stock. Investors can purchase ETF shares on margin, short sell shares, or hold for the long Lucknow Metro term.  The Lucknow Metro will become India's first to have its own FM radio station, which will provide entertainment and Quick Revise information on metro safety. 1. Which city has hosted Indian Road Congress 2017? 2. ……amount has been declared by NGT for dumping Kargil Vijay Diwas waste within 100 meters of Ganga.  18th Anniversary of ‘Kargil Vijay 3. ……… ministry has announced a national training Diwas’ is observed on 26th of Program to certify GST practitioners under its scheme of July, 2017. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) on  On this day India has launched World Youth Skill day? ‘Operation Vijay’ to clear the 4. ……..becomes India's first railway station run by women Kargil sector of infiltration by the Pakistani soldiers and 5. …………to be headed by the water resources minister Kashmiri militants on the Indian side of the Line of Control. will replace the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). ‘India Quake’ 6. Which operation was launched by the Odisha State police to rescue missing children?  Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Environment has 7. ………..has developed country’s first Bio-CNG (bio- launched an app “India Quake” on the occasion of methane) bus which was unveiled at a bio-energy Foundation Day of Ministry of Earth Sciences in New Delhi. program, ‘Urja Utsav’.  Mobile App has been developed by the National Centre for 8. Who has been nominated as vice-presidential candidate Seismology (NCS) for automatic dissemination of earthquake by the NDA? parameter (location, time and magnitude) after the 9. Horasis Asia Meeting will be hosted by the Indian occurrence of earthquakes. Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in association with

……….state government. First Metro to become 100% green 10. 'Hamari Shala Kaisi Ho' and 'Shala Siddhi Karyakram'  Delhi Metro has become the only completely 'green' Metro are being implemented by the School Education system in the world for adhering to green building norms for department in Government schools of…….. State. its residential colonies 11. The Centre and the Government of…..… State joined  The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had earlier hands to revive the long lost River Saraswati and provide received the green certificates for its Phase-3 stations, depots, water to the drought-prone areas of India. and sub-stations. 12. Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) Scheme provides an assured return of……. % p.a. Sanitation survey 2017 payable monthly for 10 years.  1st rank : Kerala 13. …….country will be hosting the 5th Global Conference  2nd rank: Haryana on Cyber Space (GCCS) in 2017.  Last rank: Bihar 14. Which state has recently issued guidelines to reduce the weight of school bags for children? ETF-Bharat-22 15. …………state has launched Janahitha scheme to receive complaints from public.  Finance Minister has launched a new ETF under the name 16. Ram Nath Kovind has been elected as India’s………. Bharat 22, which will comprise shares of 22 companies. President.  Bharat-22 ETF will comprise of the government's holding in 17. Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)” is related SUUTI, CPSE ETF and PSU banks. to……..

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IBS Quest 18. ……… state has recently dedicated to the nation its 7. Tata Motors. longest bridge named after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. 8. Venkaiah Naidu. 19. The Indian and ……… country governments have 9. West Bengal government. undertaken a project to establish a new waterway 10. Madhya Pradesh. between the two neighbors using the Brahmaputra river. 11. Haryana. 20. …….. State has hosted literary festival. 12. 8%. 21. Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju has 13. India. inaugurated the Research Institution of World Ancient, 14. Telengana. Traditional, Culture & Heritage (RIWATCH) Museum 15. Telengana. in……….state? 16. 14th. 22. Arunachal has been chosen to host the 5th North East 17. Rural Transport. Connectivity Summit in 2018.this summit will be 18. Odisha. organized by………..organization. 19. Bangladeshi. 23. A three-day Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar international 20. Kerela. conference on social justice was held in …………. 21. Arunachal Pradesh. 24. …………city has hosted first meeting of Islands 22. FCCI. Development Agency. 23. Bengaluru. 25. ……..app has been launched for Road Maintenance. 24. New Dehli. 26. ……. state has recently signed a MoU with Airports 25. Aarambh. Authority of India to develop the civil aviation sector. 26. Uttarakhand. 27. ………. portal was launched recently for sexual 27. SHE. harassment complaints. 28. Maharashtra. 28. ……..state tops the list in child marriage. 29. Lucknow Metro station. 29. ……..will become India's first to have its own FM radio 30. Reliance Defence. station. 31. July 26. 30. ……..launches first two naval patrol vessels Shachi and 32. Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram. Shruti (NOPVs) – ‘Shachi’ and ‘Shruti’ – at their 33. Mumbai Metro. shipyard in Pipavav, Gujarat. 34. National Centre for Seismology (NCS). 31. Nation celebrates Kargil Vijay Diwas on ………..

32. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the former President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam’s memorial at……….. 33. ………..Metro has launched India's first mobile ticketing system. 34. “India Quake” app has been launched by Ministry of Earth Sciences and Environment. It is developed by……….

Answers 1. Udaipur. 2. 5000. 3. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). 4. Matunga. 5. National River Ganga Basin Management Corporation (NRGBMC). 6. Muskan.

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IBS Quest INTERNATIONAL NEWS 15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting  The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.  The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997 and entered into force in February 2005.

New President of Kenya  Uhuru Kenyatta has been re- elected as President of Kenya.  He has defeated his rival Raila  15th Ministerial Meeting of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Odinga. Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) concluded at Kathmandu, Nepal. About Kenya:  The members agreed to intensify their collaborative efforts  Capital: Nairobi to realize the aims and purposes of the group embodied  Currency: Kenyan shilling therein and pledged to make BIMSTEC stronger, more  Official languages: Swahili, English effective and result oriented.  They agreed to emphasize the need for greater cooperation India’s First Tri Service Exercise INDRA in trade and investment in order to deepen regional  INDRA will be the first of its kind exercise between India integration in the Bay of Bengal region. and Russia involving their armies, navies and the air forces.  This will primarily focus on achieving coordination between About BIMSTEC forces of the two countries in a tri- services integrated  The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical theatre command scenario. and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international  Till now INDRA was a naval exercise between India and organization involving a group of countries in South Asia Russia. and South East Asia. These are: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal. India-ASEAN Youth Summit  In 1997, a new sub-regional grouping was formed in  Indo – ASEAN youth summit will be held in Bhopal. Bangkok and given the name BIST-EC (Bangladesh, India,  The exercise will mark the 25th anniversary of the ASEAN- Sri Lanka, and Thailand Economic Cooperation). India dialogue partnership in the ongoing year and also the  Headquarter: Dhaka, Bangladesh. commemorative year’s theme of “Shared Values, Common Destiny”. India ratifies 2nd commitment period of Kyoto Protocol About ASEAN(Association of South East Asian  India has ratified the second commitment period of the Nation): Kyoto Protocol that commits countries to contain the  ASEAN was founded in 1967 emission of greenhouse gases, reaffirming its stand on  Members: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, climate action. Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar,  India became the 80th country to accept the amendment Cambodia and Vietnam. relating to the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, the international emissions reduction treaty.

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IBS Quest World Health Organization declares Somalia free  On August 6, 1945, during WWII, an American B-29 of polio bomber piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets deployed the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of  The UN World Health Hiroshima. Organization (WHO) has declared Somalia as  Three days later, on August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb Polio free. was dropped over Nagasaki, killing some 40,000 more civilians.  The WHO said the country recorded the last case of polio in

2014 in the central part of the country but has since then remained free of the paralyzing disease. Bolvia declared its independence from IMF and World Bank About WHO:  Bolivia has declared total independence from World Bank Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland & IMF Head: Tedros Adhanom  Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has declared his Formation: 7 April 1948 government’s independence from World Bank and IMF.  Typhoon Haitang About Bolivia  Typhoon Haitang struck China's eastern Fujian Province  Capital: Sucre with incessant rain battering different parts of the region.  Currency: Boliviano  Typhoon Haitang, the 10th typhoon this year, made landfall at 4.40 pm in Pingtung on the island of Taiwan 2017 BRICS Youth Forum  The 2017 BRICS Youth World breastfeeding week Forum opened in Bejing to  World breastfeeding week 2017 is being celebrated from 1st discuss youth development in to 7th August 2017 with the theme “Sustaining the BRICS member-nations. Breastfeeding Together”.  The theme of this forum is  It was first celebrated in 1992 by World Alliance for "Enhance BRICS Partnership, Promote Youth Breastfeeding World Breastfeeding Week Action (WABA) Development. and is now observed in over 120 countries by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers Meet Organization (WHO) and their partners including  BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ meet was held in individuals, organizations, and governments. Chonqging, China.

 Indian delegation led by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the China’s first overseas Military base Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour &  China has opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti Employment.  Djibouti's position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean. BRICS National Security Advisors meeting 2017  Djibouti is a tiny barren nation sandwiched between  2017 BRICS National Security Advisors (NSAs) meeting Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. It is at the southern entrance was held in Beijing, China. to the Red Sea on the route to the Suez Canal.  National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval represented

India at this meeting. Hiroshima Day: August 6th  August 6th marks the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Countries facing terror attacks in 2016 Hiroshima and Nagasaki—an event which is  India has displaced Pakistan on a list of countries facing commemorated in the U.S. as “Hiroshima Day.” terror attacks in 2016, with higher fatalities and injuries than

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IBS Quest its restive neighbour, according to data compiled by the US 13. BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ meet was held state department. in......  Out of 11,072 terror attacks in 2016 worldwide, India bore 14. 2017 BRICS National Security Advisors (NSAs) meeting was the brunt of 927, 16% more than 2015 (798). held in......  More than half of the terror attacks in India in 2016 took place in four states – J&K, Chhattisgarh, Manipur and Answers Jharkhand. 1. Kathmandu, Nepal. 2. Dhaka, Bangladesh.  Iraq is on the top of the list. 3. 80th

4. Uhuru Kenyatta Quick Revise 5. Russia 1. 15th Ministerial Meeting of Bay of Bengal Initiative for 6. Bhopal Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation 7. Somalia (BIMSTEC) concluded at...... 8. Geneva 2. Headquarter of BIMSTEC ...... 9. 1st to 7th August 2017 3. India became the ...... country to ratify second phase of 10. Djibouti Kyoto Protocol. 11. August 6th 4...... has been re-elected as President of Kenya. 12. Bolvia 5. INDRA will be the first of its kind exercise between India 13. Chonqging, China. and...... 14. Beijing, China. 6. Indo – ASEAN youth summit will be held in ...... 7. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has declared

...... as Polio free 8. Headquarter of World Health Organization is in...... 9. World breastfeeding week 2017 is being celebrated from...... 10. China has opened its first overseas military base in ...... 11. Hiroshima Day is observed on...... 12. Countrty which declared its independence from IMF and World Bank......

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BANKING AND ECONOMY IDFC Bank partners with Zeta for e-payments  Headquarters: - Mumbai, Maharashtra solution  Chairman: - Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala  For promoting an e – payments solution, private lender IDFC Bank Rs.3 cr penalty on Union Bank has partnered with digital payments  The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty brand Zeta. aggregating Rs. 3 crore on Union Bank of India for non-  The digital solution comprises an IDFC Bank Benefits Card compliance with the regulatory direction on ‘know-your- and Zeta app which puts together allowances and customer’ (KYC) norms. reimbursements ensured by an employer into one preloaded  KYC is a process by which banks obtain information about card. the identity and address of customers.

SBI merger bill Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy  The Lok Sabha passed the bill to repeal the SBI (Subsidiary  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Banks) Act 1959, State Bank of Act 1956 and to announced Third Bi-Monthly further amend the State Bank of India Act, 1955, following Monetary Policy Statement for the merger of five associates with the parent SBI. current fiscal 2017-18. Monetary  Five associates and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank became part policy rates: of State Bank of India (SBI) beginning April 1, catapulting 1. Repo Rate - 6.00% (Earlier it was 6.25%) the countrys largest lender to among the top 50 banks in the 2. Reverse Repo Rate - 5.75% (Earlier it was 6.00%) world. 3. Marginal Standing Facility Rate- 6.25% (Earlier it was  The five associates that were merged are State Bank of 6.50%) Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), 4. Bank Rate - 6.25% (Earlier it was 6.50%) State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP) 5. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) - 4.00% (Unchanged) and State Bank of Travancore (SBT). 6. Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) - 20.00% (Unchanged)

About SBI: L&T bags Rs. 3,375-crore Mauritius metro project  Founded: - 1 July 1955  Engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro announced a Rs  Headquarters:-Mumbai 3,375 crore-worth metro order from the Mauritius  Chairman:-Arundhati Bhattacharya government.  L&T has won the order from Metro Express Limited which Banking Amendment Bill is owned by the Government of Mauritius to design and build an Integrated Rail-based Urban Transit System in the  Parliament has passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) African island nation. Bill, 2017.  The projects will be fully funded through a grant by  This bill will enable the Central government to authorize the Government of India and line of credit. 45. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to direct banking companies to

resolve specific stressed assets by initiating insolvency resolution process. MS paint is no longer available  Microsoft has announced that 'MS Paint' will no longer be available with the next Windows 10 update. E-Shakti initiative  The program was first released with the very first version of  E - Shakti is a pilot project of National Windows 1.0 in 1985. Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD).  The objective of this project is Growth forecast by IMF digitization of Self Help Groups  The Indian economy is forecast to grow at 7.2% in 2017-18 (SHGs). and 7.7% in 2018-19, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest forecast. About NABARD:-  This would keep India as the fastest growing major economy in the world and in Asia.  NABARD was established in 1982 on the recommendations of B.Sivaraman Committee.

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IBS Quest  Growth for China was revised to 6.7% in 2017 and 6.4% in 'Met Loan & Life Suraksha' 2018.  Karnataka Bank, one of the leading private sector lender, has announced the launch of Met Loan & Life Suraksha” Kaizala app (MLLS) for its customers.  Microsoft launched its first  It is a single premium plan covering the loan liability of a "Made for India" chat customer. messaging application  The bank also introduced ‘KBL MLLS’ app, which marks called Kaizala. the celebration of 15 years of partnership with M/s PNB  Kaizala is a made for India MetLife. product for the mobile first world . The application is designed for large group communication and can enable Fortune Global 500 list messages to be sent to millions of people on a group st  1 rank: Walmart (United States) simultaneously.  2nd rank : State Grid(China)   3rd rank: Sinopec Group(China) About Microsoft:  168th rank: Indian Oil  Headquarters- Redmond, Washington  203rd rank: Reliance Industries  CEO- Satya Nadella  Chairman of Microsoft India - Bhaskar Pramanik About Fortune magazine:

 Founder: Henry Luce NPCI gets final nod from RBI to function as BBPC  Year founded 1929 Unit  Headquarter New York City  National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems, has received a final nod from the Reserve Bank of India to Quick Revise function as the Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) 1. For promoting an e – payments solution, private lender and operate the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). IDFC Bank has partnered with digital payments  There is a specific direction from RBI to operate the Central brand...... Unit as a Strategic Business Unit of NPCI. Nearly 45 crore 2. E - Shakti is a pilot project of ...... bills comprising electricity, telecom, DTH, water and gas are 3. NABARD was established in ...... permitted under BBPS. 4. After third bimonthly monetary policy review repo rate  The total number of Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units is ...... (BBPOU) certified by NPCI now stands at 24. The certified 5. Microsoft has announced that ...... will no longer be units include three public sector banks (Bank of Baroda, available with the next Windows 10 update. Union Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank), 10 private 6. Microsoft launched its first "Made for India" chat banks, five cooperative banks and six non-bank biller aggregators. messaging application called ...... 7...... bank has announced the launch of Met Loan & Supervisory Colleges for six Scheduled Life Suraksha” (MLLS) for its customers. 8. In Fortune Global 500 list, Company which topped the Commercial Banks ranking is......  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that Supervisory

Colleges have been setup for the following six Scheduled Commercial Banks which have sizeable international Answers presence:- 1. Zeta  State Bank of India, ICICI Bank Ltd., Bank of India, Bank of 2. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Baroda, Axis Bank Ltd. and Punjab National Bank. (NABARD)  The objectives of the colleges are to enhance information 3. 1982 exchange and cooperation among supervisors, to improve 4. 6.00%. understanding of the risk profile of the banking group and 5. 'MS Paint' thereby facilitate more effective supervision of internationally active banks. 6. Kaizala 7. Karnataka Bank 8. Walmart

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRO to develop full-fledged Earth observation in Goa by Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas satellite Dharmendra Pradhan.  This has been designed and built indigenously by Goa  Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS) is a full-fledged Shipyard Ltd. earth observation satellite, to be developed by ISRO.  It will enable distinct identification of objects on earth by About Indian Coast Guard: reading the spectrum for each pixel of a scene from a space.  Director General: Rajendra Singh  It can be used for a range of activities including monitoring  Headquarters: New Delhi of environment finding oil and minerals apart from military  Motto: (Sanskrit: We Protect) surveillance. वयम ्रामः  The satellite has the Hyperspectral imager which can identify 55 spectral or colour bands from 630 km above e-RaKAM portal ground.  The government launched a portal, e-Rashtriya About ISRO:- Kisan Agri Mandi(e-  Established:-15 August 1969(1962 as INCOSPAR) RaKAM), to provide a  Headquarters:-Bangalore platform to sell agricultural produce.  Founder: Vikram Sarabhai  The portal is a joint initiative by state-run-auctioneer MSTC  Director: A. S. Kiran Kumar and Central Warehousing Corporation arm CRWC.

Space Station to get 1st supercomputer 'Humraaz' app  The International Space Station is expected to get its first  The Indian Army has developed a mobile application supercomputer next week. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 'Humraaz' through which serving soldiers can track details (HPE) will launch a supercomputer into space on the like postings and promotions. SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, as part of a joint experiment  Through the 'Humraaz' app, soldiers can also view their with the US space agency NASA, monthly salary slips and the Form 16 and also download  The system, called the Space borne Computer, is designed them. to last for a year, which the company said is roughly the

amount of time it will take to travel to Mars. Country's first unmanned tank First plant-based vaccine against Zika virus  Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed  Scientists have developed the world’s first plant-based Zika an unmanned, remotely operated tank vaccine that may be more effective, safer and cheaper than named as Muntra. other vaccines against the mosquito-borne virus.  This has three variants - surveillance,  The vaccine developed by researchers from Arizona State mine detection and reconnaissance in areas with nuclear University (ASU) in the U.S. works against a part of a Zika and bio threats. viral protein, called DIII, that plays a key role for the virus  Muntra-S is the country's first tracked unmanned ground to infect people. vehicle developed for unmanned surveillance missions  The worldwide Zika threat first emerged in 2015, infecting while Muntra-M is for detecting mines and Muntra-N is millions as it swept across the Americas. It struck great fear for operation in areas where there is a nuclear radiation or in pregnant women, as babies born with severe brain birth bio weapon risk. defects.

Indian Coast Guard ship ‘Shaurya’ About DRDO:  Headquarters: New Delhi  Indian Coast Guard ship “Shaurya”, the fifth in the series of six 105-metre offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) commissioned  Founded: 1958

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SPORTS 7th Asian Shotgun Championship Hungarian Grand Prix  Indian shooter Kynan Chenai  Sebastian Vettel won Hungarian Grand Prix and his team has won a bronze in men's trap mate Kimi Raikkonen came second while Mercedes' Lewis event. Hamilton came third.  Kynan Chenai and Shreyasi  This is his fourth win of the season and 46th of his Formula Singh of India have won bronze One career. in mixed team trap event.  Shooter Maheshwari Chauhan bagged a bronze medal in this ICC Test Rankings championship.  According to the latest ICC Test Rankings Ravindra Jadeja  Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Rashmmi Rathore has won gold maintained his top position in the bowlers’ list while Indian medal in mixed team event. skipper Virat Kohli remained stayed at fifth place in the  Indian shooter Ankur Mittal clinched the individual as well batting charts. as the team gold medal in men's double trap.  The batting list is being topped by Australia captain Steve  Venue: Astana, Kazakhstan. Smith followed by England’s Joe Root and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson. 2017 World Championships in Athletics  In the bowlers’ chart, Ravichandran Ashwin replaced Sri  Venue: London. Lanka captain Rangana Herath to claim the second spot back.  100m Men Gold medal: Justin Gatlin Herath is third in the rankings.  100m Men Silver Medal: Christian Coleman  In the all-rounders’ list Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan is still  100m Men Bronze medal: Usain Bolt maintained at the top, Jadeja and Ashwin also maintained  100 meter Men women gold: Tori Bowie. second and third ranks respectively.  Highest medal: United States(30 medals) 2024 Summer Olympic Games FIFA rankings  Paris will host the 2024  1st rank: Brazil Summer Olympic Games.  2nd rank: Germany  Los Angeles will host the 2028  97th rank: India Summer Olympics after  India dropped a place in the reaching a deal with Olympic latest FIFA rankings released organisers. to stand at number 97. World Doubles Squash Championship About FIFA:-  Indian doubles pair of Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal  Motto:-For the Game, For the World. Karthik has won Bronze medal in world doubles squash  Founded:-21 May 1904 championship.  Headquarters:- Zürich, Switzerland  Venue: England

Under-19 cricket Asia Cup WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title  The Under-19 cricket Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in  Vijender Singh has defeated his Chinese opponent Zulpikar Bengaluru, has been moved to Malaysia following the Maimaitiali in a close bout to retain the WBO Asia Pacific Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s objection to the tournament Super Middleweight title in Mumbai. being held in India.  It was the ninth successive win in his professional career.  The tournament will now be held in November in Malaysia. .

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IBS Quest Murugappa Gold Cup  Headquarters- Lausanne, Switzerland  Winner: Oil and Natural Gas  President- Dr Wu Ching-kuo Corporation (ONGC)  Runner up: Bengaluru Hockey Victorian Open squash title Association (BHA)  India's Harinder Pal Sandhu  Venue: Mayor Radhakrishnan has defeated Rex Hedrick of stadium, Egmore Chennai. Australia to win Victorian  The ONGC team received Rs 5, 00,000 prize money while Open squash, a PSA Tour BHA got Rs 2.5 lakh. event, in Melbourne.  The 28-year-old Indian carried the momentum into the fourth Women World Cup 2017 game and stayed ahead to win it 11-7. It was his fourth title  Winner: England of the year.  Runner up: India

 This is the fourth World Cup title for England Women. Quick Revise  Player of the Tournament: Tammy Beaumont. 1. 7th Asian Shotgun Championshipwas held in ......  Player of the Match: Anya Shrubsole. 2. In 2017 World Championships in Athletics winner of 100m men race is...... World Para Athletics Championship 3. In 2017 World Championships in Athletics winner of  Venue: London 100m women race is......  India has won five medal in this championship 4. In latest FIFA rankings rank of India is......  Sundar Singh Gurjar won the gold medal in the men's javelin 5. Under-19 cricket Asia Cup in 2017 will be held in ...... throw 6...... has won Hungarian Grand Prix  Amit Kumar Saroha has won silver medal in the men's club 7. According to the latest ICC Test Rankings ...... throw maintained his top position in the bowlers’ list  Karamjyoti Dalal has won bronze medal in the women's 8...... will host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games discus throw 9. WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title has won  Sharad Kumar and Varun Singh Bhati has won silver and by...... bronze medal respectively in high jump 10. Winner of Murugappa Gold Cup...... 11. Winner of Women World Cup 2017...... 12. Venue of World Para Athletics Championship...... US Open Grand Prix badminton title 13. Winner of US Open Grand Prix badminton title......  Winner: HS Prannoy 14. Winner of Victorian Open squash......  Runner up: Parupalli Kashyap. Answers

1. Astana Men's World Boxing Championship 2021 2. Justin Gatlin  The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced 3. Tori Bowie that India will host their first Men’s World Championship in 4. 97th 2021. 5. Malaysia  The announcement was made after a two-day executive 6. Sebastian Vettel committee meeting that was held in Moscow. 7. Ravindra Jadeja  The AIBA Men’s World Championships 2019 will be held in 8. Paris Russia city of Sochi. The 2018 Women’s World 9. Vijender Singh Championships will also be held in New Delhi. The 2019 10. ONGC Women’s World Championships will be held in Trabzon, 11. England Turkey. 12. London 13. HS Prannoy About AIBA-Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur 14. Harinder Pal Sandhu  Formation- 1946

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IBS Quest PERSON IN NEWS New chairman of BSE About SIDBI:  BSE Ltd announced that market  Established in : 1990 regulator Securities and Exchange  Headquarter: Lucknow Board of India (SEBI) has approved the appointment of Dhirendra Swarup as New CEO of Payback the chairman of the board of directors  Payback India has appointed Gautam Kaushik as the new of the company. Chief Executive Officer.  Swarup was public interest director of  Gautam Kaushik will spearhead the India operations and lead BSE, was also chairman of the Cash all the critical business areas including Strategic Business and Debt Management Committee of the Reserve Bank of Planning and Development, Partner Management & India (RBI) from 2000 to 2003. Acquisitions and Customer Engagement.

New secretary general of FICCI New brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat  Sanjaya Baru has been named new secretary general of the Mission in UP Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced (FICCI). the appointment of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar as the  He will replace A. Didar Singh. brand ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in the state.

About FICCI: New Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog  Established in 1927  Economist Dr. Rajiv Kumar has been  Headquarters - New Delhi, India appointed as the new vice-chairman of  Members - over 250,000 companies the government think tank NITI Aayog.

 He has replaced Arvind Panagariya New President of Iran  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani was New Executive Director of World Bank officially sworn in for a second term.  S. Aparna, an IAS officer from Gujarat cadre has been  Rouhani won the re-election in May appointed as Executive Director, World Bank to represent the 2017, after securing 57% of the votes. constituency of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka for He defeated his main contender three years. Ebrahim Raeisi.

New MD and CEO of Axis Bank About Iran  The board of directors of Axis Bank approved the re-  Capital: Tehran appointment of Shikha Sharma as Managing Director and  Currency: Rial CEO of the bank, for a period of three years with effect from

June 1, 2018 to June 2021. New CMD of SIDBI  Mohammad Mustafa appointed as Chairman and Managing About AXIS bank: Director in Small Industries Development Bank of India  CEO: Shikha Sharma (SIDBI).  Headquarters: Mumbai  Mustafa, a 1995 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, is at present Joint Secretary in Department of Financial New MD & CEO of Oriental Bank of commerce Services.  Mukesh Kumar Jain was appointed as the managing director

and chief executive officer of Oriental Bank of Commerce.

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IBS Quest  He is at present the executive director in Punjab and Sind New Chief Operating Officer Bank.  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Hemang Amin as the Chief Operating Officer About Oriental bank of commerce: (COO) of the Indian Premier League (IPL).  Headquarters: Gurugram  Earlier Amin was the general manager -- finance, commercial  Founded: 19 February 1943 and events at BCCI.  He has worked at BCCI for the last seven years, according to New UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador a BCCI release.  UNICEF has appointed Indian-origin Canadian YouTube star Lilly Singh as its newest Global Goodwill Ambassador at a Quick Revise special event. 1. New chairman of BSE...... 2. New secretary general of FICCI...... About UNICEF: 3. New President of Iran......  Headquarters: New York City 4...... appointed as Chairman and Managing Director in  CEO: Anthony Lake Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) 5. Payback India has appointed ...... as the new Chief New Chief Justice of Nepal Supreme Court Executive Officer.  The name of acting Chief Justice 6. New brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission in Gopal Prasad Parajuli was UP...... unanimously endorsed by the 7. Economist ...... has been appointed as the new vice- Parliamentary Hearing Special chairman of the government think tank NITI Aayog. Committee (PHSC) for the post 8. New Executive Director of World Bank...... of Nepal's Supreme Court Chief Justice. 9. New MD and CEO of Axis Bank...... 10. New MD & CEO of Oriental Bank of commerce...... New CM of Nagaland by Governor 11. New UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador......  TR Zeliang has been appointed new Chief Minister of 12. New Chief Justice of Nepal Supreme Court...... 13. New CM of Nagaland by Governor...... Nagaland by Governor PB Acharya. 14. New Joint Secretary in PMO......

15. New Chief Operating Officer...... About Nagaland:  Formation: 1 December 1963 Answers  Districts: 11 1. Dhirendra Swarup  Capitals: Kohima 2. Sanjaya Baru 3. Hassan Rouhani New Joint Secretary in PMO 4. Mohammad Mustafa 5. Gautam Kaushik  Senior diplomat Gopal Baglay was appointed as joint 6. Akshay Kumar secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. 7. Dr. Rajiv Kumar  He was appointed in place of Vinay Mohan Kwatra. 8. S. Aparna

9. Sikha Sharma New secretary to President 10. Mukesh Kumar Jain  The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed 11. Lily singh 1978-batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, Sanjay Kothari, as 12. Gopal Prasad Parajuli the secretary to President-elect Ram Nath Kovind. 13. TR Zeliang  Senior journalist Ashok Malik has been named as press 14. Gopal Baglay secretary to President. 15. Hemang Amin

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IBS Quest AWARDS Helsinki.

Ramon Magsaysay award Awards on 71st Independence Day  The six winners of this year’s Ramon  On the eve of 71st Independence Day, President Ram Nath Magsaysay Awards, regarded as Kovind honoured the bravehearts of India. Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize  Kovind, who is also a Supreme Commander of the Armed  Yoshiaki Ishizawa (Japan):- Efforts Forces, had approved 112 gallantry awards to Armed Forces to restore Cambodia’s cultural Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces which monuments such as Angkor Wat includes five Kirti Chakras, 17 Shaurya Chakras, 85 Sena  Gethsie Shanmugam (Sri Lanka):- worked on rebuilding Medals, three Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and two Vayu war-scarred lives, especially women and children Sena Medals (Gallantry).  Abdon Nababan (Indonesia):- Advocacy on behalf of the  Five bravehearts who have awarded Kirti Chakra include Adapt or indigenous communities of his country; Major Preetam Singh Kunwar of the Garhwal Rifles;  Tony Tay (Singapore):- A volunteer movement he founded Havildar Giris Gurung (Posthumous) from the First Gorkha to address hidden hunger. Rifles; Major David Manlun (Posthumous), of the Naga  Ms. Lilia de Lima (Philippines):- Decades-long work with Regiment; Pramod Kumar (Posthumous), Commandant, 49 the Philippine Economic Zone Authority. Batallion, Central Reserve Police Force and Chetan Kumar  Philippine Educational Theatre Association Cheeta, Commandant, CRPF. (Philippines):- “Its bold, collective contributions in shaping  Kirti Chakra is the second highest gallantry award given to the theater arts as a force for social change, its impassioned, armed forces officials in peace time. unwavering work in empowering communities in the Philippines,18th IIFFA Awards 2017 ‘Mahanayak Samman 2017’

 Winner: Veteran actress Shakuntala Barua for her Asia Society Game Changers Award contribution to the world of cinema.  Dev Patel will be felicitated with the Asia Society 2017  Prosenjit Chatterjee and Nusrat Jahan took home the Best Asia Game Changers Award at a ceremony to be held at the Actor and Best Actress awards United Nations, New York.  Mahanayak Samman is bestowed upon the best talents of  The Asia Game Changer lifetime achievement award will be the Bengal’s film industry by the West Bengal State given to Aga Khan, Founder of the Aga Khan Development Government. Network for using philanthropy to lift millions of Asia’s  The awards were instituted in memory of Uttam Kumar, most vulnerable. who is widely regarded as the greatest actor of Bengali cinema, and also among the greatest actor sever in India. The Hindu Playwright Award 2017  The Hindu Playwright Award 2017 went to Gerish Khemani 18th edition of the International Indian Film and Akshat Nigam for their play ‘In Search of Dariya Academy Awards Sagar’.  The award, instituted in 2008 to reward the best new  Best Film: Neerja unpublished and unperformed play-script in English.  Best Director: AnirudhRoy Chaudhary for Pink  Best Actor (Male): Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017  Best Actor (Female): Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab  Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female): Shabana Azmi  Winner: Nora K. Jemisin for Neerja for her work 'The Obelisk Gate'.  Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male): Anupam Kher for MS Dhoni-The Untold Story  The award was presented at the 75th World Science  IIFA Woman Of The Year: Tapsee Pannu Fiction Convention in

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IBS Quest Lokmat Parliamentary Awards 2017 7. In 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy  Lokmat newspaper has taken Awards, Best Actor (Male): ...... a step towards honouring best 8. In 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Awards, Woman Of The Year: ...... members for their 9. In 2017, Lifetime Achievement Award for Lok Sabha was achievements by introducing given to...... the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards 2017. 10. In 2017, Lifetime Achievement Award for Rajya Sabha was given to......

Lok Sabha:- 1. Lifetime Achievement Award - LK Advani Answers 2. Best Parliamentarian Award 2016 - NK Premachandran 1. Japan 3. Best Woman Parliamentarian Award 2016 - Kumari 2. Philippines Sushmita Dev 3. Dev Patel 4. Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian Award 2016 - 4. Nora K. Jemisin Meenakshi Lekhi 5. Shakuntala Barua

6. Neerja Rajya Sabha:- 7. Shahid Kapoor 1. Lifetime Achievement Award - Sharad Yadav 8. Tapsee Pannu 2. Best Parliamentarian Award 2016 - Sitaram Yechury 9. LK Advani 3. Best Woman Parliamentarian Award 2016- Jaya Bachchan 10. Sharad Yadav

4. Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian Award 2016 - Rajani Patil

Quick Revise 1. Yoshiaki Ishizawa has won Raman Magsaysay award 2017, He belong to which country...... 2. Raman Magsaysay award is given after the name of which country President...... 3...... will be felicitated with the Asia Society 2017 Asia Game Changers Award 4. Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 has won by...... 5. ‘Mahanayak Samman 2017’ was given to ...... 6. In 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards, Best movie is......

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MISCELLANEOUS

Days to Remember JULY August 29 National Sports Day (Birthday of Dhyan Chand) July 1 National doctor's Day July 11 World Population Day JULY July 12 Malala Day September 5 Teacher’s Day, International Day of Charity July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day September 8 International Literacy Day July 28 World Nature Conservation day September 14 Hindi day, World First Aid Day July 30 International Day of Friendship September 15 Engineer's Day (Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Birth Anniversary) AUGUST September 16 World Ozone Day August 3 Independence Day of Niger September 21 International Day of Peace & World August 5 Independence Day of Upper Volta Alzheimer’s day August 9 International day of the World's Indigenous September 25 Social Justice Day People September 27 World Tourism Day August 12 International Youth Day September 28 World Rabies Day August 15 Independence Day (India) September 29 World Heart Day, World Maritime Day August 23 Internatinal Day for the Remembrance of the September 30 International Translation Day Slave Trade and its Abolition Important International Organizations & their Headquarter 1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank – Beijing, China 19. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation 2. New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank) – (UNIDO) – Vienna, Austria Shanghai, China 20. International Atomic Agency – Vienna, Austria 3. Asian Development Bank – Manila, Philippines 21. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – 4. International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Washington DC, US Vienna, Austria 5. World Bank – Washington DC, US 22. Amnesty International – London, UK 6. United Nations Organization (UN) – New York, US 23. International Maritime Organisation – London, UK 7. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) – New York, 24. Commonwealth of Nations – London, UK US 25. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)- Brussels, 8. United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) – New York, Belgium US 26. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 9. United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (SAARC) – Kathmandu, Nepal (UNCTAD) – Geneva, Switzerland 27. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) –Jakarta, 10. World Health Organization (WHO) – Geneva, Switzerland Indonesia 11. World Economic Forum – Geneva, Switzerland 28. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – Singapore 12. International Labour Organisation – Geneva, Switzerland 29. International Cricket Council (ICC) – Dubai, UAE 13. World Trade Organisation – Geneva, Switzerland 30. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) – Rome, Italy 14. World Meteorological Organisation – Geneva, Switzerland 31. International Court of Justice – The Hague, The 15. World Intellectual Property Organisation – Geneva, Netherland Switzerland 32. International Olympic Committee – Lausanne, 16. International Committee of the Red Cross – Geneva, Switzerland Switzerland 33. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 17. United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural (OPCW) – The Hague, The Netherlands Organisation (UNESCO) – Paris, France 34. The FédérationInternationale de Football Association 18. Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (FIFA)– Zurich, Switzerland (OECD) – Paris, France 35. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Avenue du Mont- Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland.

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IBS Quest Books Sr no. Books Author 1 Truth Always Prevails Sadruddin Hashwani released 2 Playing It My Way Sachin Tendulkar 3 Half Girlfriend Chetan Bhagat 4 The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician released Biography of Allama Muhammad Iqbal 5 The Narrow Road to the Deep North Richard Flanagan (2014 Booker Prize.) 6 The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna Gautam Chintamani 7 Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar Dilip D’Souza 8 A Man and A Motorcycle Bette Dam 9 The Substance and the Shadow Uday Tara Nayar 10 Pakistan in the Contemporary World T V Paul 11 A Bad Character Deepti Kapoor. 12 The Clintons vs. the Obamas Edward Klein 13 The Vijay Mallya Story Penguin Books 14 The Lives of Others Neel Mukherjee 15 One Life is Not Enough 16 Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan Daman Singh 17 Munger through the Ages late DP Yadav 18 Gujarat’s success story in Water Management Sriram Vedire. 19 Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job? Faraz Ahmad 20 Not Just an Accountant CAG Vinod Rai 21 Yashwardhan Shukla Gods of Antarctica. 22 Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The French Parimarjan Negi 23 50 years of man in space Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J Eicher 24 And then One Day: A Memoir Naseeruddin Shah 25 Syntheism – Creating God in The Internet Age Alexander Bard 26 Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership Pavan Choudary 27 Getting India Back Bibek Debroy, Ashley Tellis & Reece Trevor. 28 ‘India Junction – A Window to the Nation Arunendra Kumar 29 Post Haste: Quintessential India B.G. Verghese 30 My Years with Rajiv and Sonia R.D.Pradhan 31 A Stamp is Born C. R. Pakrashi 32 Arctic Summer Damon Galgut 33 The candidate Anirudh Bhattacharya 34 A Rebel And Her Cause: Life and Work Rakhshanda Jalil 35 Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton 36 The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Sanjaya Baru Manmohan Singh 37 Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths PC Parakh 38 Anticipating India - The best of national interest Shekhar Gupta 39 The Substance and the Shadow Uday Tara Nayar 40 Public Issues Before Parliament Vijay Darda

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IBS Quest  Under this scheme, scientists or senior researchers abroad - Current Affairs Lastof Indian origin3 Months or otherwise - can collaborate with faculties here. JULY IPISH  Prime Minister Modi and Portuguese Prime Minister Costa New President of India launched a unique startup Portal - the India-Portugal  National Democratic International StartUp Hub (IPISH) - in Lisbon. Allaince's (NDA) presidential  This is a platform initiated by Startup India and supported by candidate Ram Nath Kovind, Commerce & Industry Ministry and Startup Portugal to after defeating Opposition create a mutually supportive entrepreneurial partnership. candidate Meira Kumar with an overwhelming majority, Digital MSME Scheme was elected to be the 14th  Union Minister for MSME (Ministry of Micro, Small and President of India. Medium Enterprises) has launched ‘Digital MSME Scheme’  Kovind is the only second Dalit to hold the top constitutional and handed over three Memorandums of Understandings to position. SAP India, Intel and HMT respectively.  The Digital MSME Scheme is revolving around Cloud About Ram nath: Computing which is emerging as a cost effective and viable  Born on October 1, 1945 in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur alternative in comparison to in-house IT infrastructure Dehat, Ram Nath Kovind was a lawyer by installed by MSMEs. profession. He practised as an advocate for the  The United Nations has declared 27th June as the UN Day Central Government at Delhi High Court from 1977 for MSMEs. to 1979. He was a permanent advocate for the Centre at the Supreme Court between 1980 and 1993 Blood bank for cattle

 Odisha is all set to become the first state in the country to ‘Madadgaar’ have a blood bank for the cattle.  The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a toll- free helpline called 'Madadgaar' to help Kashmiri people in National Statistics Day distress in a bid to regain the lost trust of people in the  In recognition of the notable contributions made by Late security forces. Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the fields of  Besides providing assistance in distress, the helpline would statistics, statistical system and economic planning, also aid career counselling for those interested in joining the Government of India in 2007, designated 29th June the birth paramilitary forces and sports activities of the CRPF. anniversary of Prof. Mahalanobis as the “Statistics Day”.

 Theme -‘Administrative Statistics’. 'Operation Swarn’  The Railway Ministry is set to UN Tax Fund launch "Operation Swarn" to  India has contributed $100,000 to a UN fund to help improve services in Rajdhani developing countries actively participate in the discussion of and Shatabdi Express trains. tax issues, becoming the first country to make the  In the first phase, the contribution. Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express and Mumbai-Ahmedabad  The UN Tax Trust Fund aims to support the work of the Shatabdi Express have been selected for upgradation. Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax

Matters (the UN Tax Committee). VAJRA  In a bid to bring together the Indian scientists abroad and Petya ransomware India-based researchers for conducting joint researches in  Jawahar Lal Nehru Port has been India, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) impacted by the latest malware launched a scheme named 'Visiting Advanced Joint Research attack. Faculty' (VAJRA).  Name of this new ransomware

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IBS Quest virus is Petya. “JIGYASA”  Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect program launched in the Textiles India 2017 national capital.  The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has Textiles India 2017, India’s first ever mega textiles trade fair, joined hands with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to being held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. implement this program.  The focus is on connecting school students and scientists so India’s largest fresh water aquarium as to extend student’s classroom learning with that of a very  India’s largest fresh water aquarium Ranchi aquarium was well planned research laboratory based learning. unveiled at the Birsa Munda Zoological Park.  As many as 58 technically planned tanks have been installed India, Bangladesh to construct bridge along at the aquarium so as to provide an ambient environment to Mizoram border 120 species of fishes.  India and Bangladesh have decided to construct a bridge over Mizoram’s Khawthlangtuipui river (also known as State to have Separate Agriculture Budget from Karnaphuli river) to facilitate trade and improve Next Year communication between the two neighbors.  Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao decided to substantially enhance funds for the agriculture sector and present a India’s first university for Dalit students separate agriculture budget.  First university for Dalits in India will be opened in Hyderabad. PM adopts wrestlers’ Village Kakrahia  This university will be a part of government’s policy of  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will providing education free of cost to students from weaker adopt Kakrahia, a village known sections from kindergarten to post-graduation (KG to PG) for its wrestlers and wrestling level. arenas, under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. India’s first World Heritage City  This will be the third village to be  The Walled City of Ahmedabad has been declared India’s adopted by the Prime Minister in his Lok Sabha constituency first World Heritage City. of .  It has now joined the privileged club of heritage cities like  In the previous two years, Modi adopted Jayapur and Paris, Cairo, Edinburg and two cities in the subcontinent, Nagepur, as his first and second villages. Bhaktpur in Nepal and Galle in Sri Lanka.

Maitree 2017 Republic Day celebrations  It is a 14-day joint military training exercise between India  India will invite the heads of state or government of all 10 and Thailand held in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. ASEAN nations for the Republic Day parade and celebrations next year. AIIB approves loan to build roads in Gujarat  ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and  China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has has as members Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, approved USD 329 million loans to build access roads to Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and 4,000 villages in Gujarat. Vietnam.

‘Elevate 100’ scheme Swayam, Swayam Prabha and National Academic  The Karnataka government has launched the ‘Elevate 100’ Depository scheme to identify and nurture innovative start-ups.  Under Swayam, courses would be offered through digital  The Elevate scheme is the brainchild of the start-up cell, classrooms with online study material available free of cost Karnataka Biotechnology and Information Technology in videos. Services (KBITS).  Swayam Prabha would tap into the potential of Direct to Home Service wherein a person can install a dish antenna for

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IBS Quest about Rs 1,500 and have access to 32 digital educational Council of Science and Technology in New Delhi to establish channels run by the HRD Ministry. India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center  'National Academic Depository' verified educational records (TISC) at Patent Information Centre, Punjab, under the would be digitally stored by universities or a board to counter World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC forgery. program.  The Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) is RailCloud designated as the National Focal Point for the TISC national  The Indian Railways has launched network. RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt security system that will AUSINDEX 17’ enable faster connectivity at a  It is a joint naval exercise between navies of India and reduced cost. Australia with an aim to enhancing interoperability and  Developed by rail PSU RailTel at cooperation between the two forces. an estimated cost of about Rs 53 crore, RailCloud is aimed at  Indian naval ships Jyoti, Shivalik and Kamorta participated in optimizing server resources and its management. this exercise.

SASEC Road Connectivity Investment Program Global Innovation Index 2017  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the  1st rank: Switzerland Prime Minister has given its approval for upgradation and  2nd rank: Sweden widening of 65 kms of Imphal-Moreh Section of NH-39 in  60th rank : India Manipur.  The project is being developed with ADB's loan assistance Top Remittance-Receiving Country in 2016 under the South Asian Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation  1st rank: India (SASEC) Road Connectivity Investment Program which  2nd rank: China aims at upgradation of road infrastructure in Bangladesh,  3rd rank: Philippines Bhutan, Nepal and India (BBIN) in order to improve the th regional connectivity among BBIN nations.  4 rank: Pakistan  This study is released by UN International Fund for 8th international Theatre Olympics Agricultural Development (IFAD).

 8th edition of the greatest carnival of Theatre in the World will take place in India for the first time ever from February First Person to Reach 100 Million Twitter 17 – April 08, 2018 simultaneously in various cities across Followers the country.  Katy Perry has become the first person to reach 100 million  The Theatre Olympics, being held in India for the first time, followers on Twitter, making her the most-followed person is being organized by National School of Drama, under the on the platform. aegis of Ministry of Culture.  Perry joined Twitter back in 2009, making her something of an early adopter as a celebrity. Malaria Elimination in India (2017-22)  Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family World Summit on the Information Society Forum Welfare launched the National Strategic Plan for Malaria 2017 Elimination (2017-22).  WSIS Forum 2017 was held in Geneva, 12-16 June, and was  The Strategic Plan gives year wise elimination targets in co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP, in various parts of the country depending upon the endemicity close collaboration with all UN agencies. of malaria in the next 5 years.  The Chair-elect of this year's forum is Mr. Jean Philbert  The target set by this plan to completely eliminate Malaria by Nsengimana, Minister of Youth and ICT, Government of 2027. Rwanda.

India’s first TISC ASEAN Dengue Day  The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)  ASEAN Dengue day was observed on 15 signed an Institutional agreement with the Punjab State June.

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IBS Quest  2017 ASEAN Dengue Day Theme is “United Fight against  57th rank: Mumbai Dengue”.  99th rank: New Delhi

India Wins Re-Election to United Nation’s Eco and Estonia to open the world’s first data embassy in Social Council Luxembourg  India has won its re-election to the  The world’s first ever data embassy is set for launch next United Nation’s principal body on year after the Estonian government signed a deal with economic, social and environmental Luxembourg. issues, continuing its streak of being  Estonia is planning to keep backup files of its vital elected for a third consecutive term. information on servers in the duchy in order to guarantee  India was among 18 nations to be country's digital continuity. elected to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN with 183 votes. UN Public Service Day  Japan followed India with the second highest votes in the  The United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated on June Asia Pacific category. 23 of every year.  Theme-‘The Future is now’. 106th International Labour Conference  The 106th Session of International Labour Conference (ILC) Social Progress Index 2017 was held in Geneva, Switzerland.  Denmark-1st  An Indian Tripartite Delegation led by the Minister of State  Finland-2nd for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri  India-93rd Bandaru Dattatreya participated in the ILC.  It is observed that the world incorporating 128 countries

scores 64.85 on social progress. It registers a 2.6 percent International Day for the Elimination of Sexual increase from 2014. Violence in Conflict  The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 19 June of World Book Capital each year the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual  Sharjah has been named the Violence in Conflict. ‘World Book Capital’ title for  2017 Theme: “Preventing Sexual Violence Crimes through 2019 by United Nations Justice and Deterrence” Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation International Day of Yoga (UNESCO).  International Day of Yoga or commonly and unofficially  The honour is recognition of the emirate’s pioneering role in referred to as Yoga Day, is celebrated annually on 21 June supporting and expanding the local and regional publishing since its inception in 2015. industries.  An international day for yoga was declared unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 11 India contributes to UN Peacebuilding Fund December 2014.  India has contributed $500,000 to the UN Peacebuilding  Theme- 'Yoga for Health.' Fund.  India has been a member of the Peacebuilding Commission World’s first train that runs on virtual tracks since its inception in December 2005 and has so far  China has unveiled the world's first 'railless' train - a train contributed $5 million to the Peacebuilding Fund. that runs on virtual tracks.  The train can move at a maximum speed of 70 km/hour. Israeli flower named after PM Modi  A new fast-growing Israeli flower was named after Prime Most expensive city Minister Narendra Modi, in a special gesture to mark the first  1st rank: Luanda visit of an Indian premier to the Jewish nation.  2nd rank: Hong Kong  Israeli Crysanthumun flower will now be called “MODI”,  3rd rank: Tokyo officials said.

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IBS Quest  Capital-Jerusalem and currency- Shekel.  Services: Hotels and lodges with tariff below Rs 1,000, Grandfathering service has been exempted under GST. 5th Meeting of BRICS Education Ministers  Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Education was held on 5th 5% tax slab July, 2017 at Beijing, China.  Goods : Items such as fish fillet, cream, skimmed milk  The Indian delegation was led by Shri Prakash Javadekar, powder, branded paneer, frozen vegetables, coffee, tea, Minister of Human Resource Development, India. spices, pizza bread, rusk, sabudana,Fertilizer, kerosene,

Malabar exercise coal, medicines, stent, lifeboats will attract tax of 5 %,  Services: Transport services (Railways, air transport),  The Malabar naval exercise involving Indian, American and Japanese navies was held in the Bay of Bengal. small restraurants will be under the 5% category because  India and the US have regularly conducted the annual their main input is petroleum, which is outside GST ambit exercise since 1992. 12% tax slab GOODS AND SERVICES TAX  Goods : Frozen meat products , butter, cheese, ghee, dry What is GST? fruits in packaged form, animal fat, sausage, fruit juices, Bhutia, namkeen, Ayurvedic medicines, tooth powder,  The GST is meant to be a agarbatti, colouring books, picture books, umbrella, unified indirect tax across sewing machine, cellphones will be under 12 % tax slab. the country on products and  Services: Business class air ticket, fertilisers, Work services. In the current Contracts will fall under 12 per cent GST tax slab system, tax is levied at each

stage separately by the Union government and the States 18% tax slab at varying rates, on the full value of the goods. But under the GST system, tax will be levied only on the value added  Goods: Most items are under this tax slab which include at each stage. It is a single tax (collected at multiple flavoured refined sugar, pasta, cornflakes, pastries and points) with a full set-off for taxes paid earlier in the value cakes, preserved vegetables, jams, sauces, soups, ice chain. cream, instant food mixes, mineral water, tissues, envelopes, tampons, note books, steel products, printed

circuits, camera, speakers and monitors. What is State GST and Central GST?  Services : AC hotels that serve liquor, telecom services,  For transactions within a State, there will be two IT services, branded garments and financial services will components of GST - Central GST (CGST) and State GST attract 18 per cent tax under GST. (SGST) - levied on the value of goods and services. Both the Centre and the States will simultaneously levy GST 28% tax slab across the value chain.  Goods : Chewing gum, molasses, chocolate not  In the case of inter-State transactions, the Centre would containing cocoa, waffles and wafers coated with choclate, levy and collect the Integrated Goods and Services Tax pan masala, aerated water, paint, deodorants, shaving (IGST). The IGST would be roughly equal to CGST plus creams, after shave, hair shampoo, dye, sunscreen, SGST. wallpaper, ceramic tiles, water heater, dishwasher, GST Rates: weighing machine, washing machine, ATM, vending machines, vacuum cleaner, shavers, hair clippers, No tax automobiles, motorcycles, aircraft for personal use, will  Goods: No tax will be imposed on items like fresh meat, attract 28 % tax - the highest under GST system fish chicken, eggs, milk, butter milk, curd, natural honey, fresh fruits and vegetables, flour, besan, bread, prasad, Services: 5-star hotels, race club betting, cinema will attract salt, bindi. Sindoor, stamps, judicial papers, printed books, tax 28 per cent tax slab. newspapers, bangles, handloom, etc.

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IBS Quest AIIB grants loan to India Infrastructure Fund  Investments in the public provident fund (PPF) scheme will  Asian Infrastructure Investment fetch lower annual rate of 7.8 per cent. Bank has approved $150 million  The Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) investments will yield 7.5 per equity investment loan to the India cent and mature in 115 months. Infrastructure Fund.  The one for girl child savings, Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme, will offer 8.3 per cent annually. About AIIB:  The investment on 5-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme  The AIIB was officially established in 2016 with 57 will yield 8.3 per cent. Interest rate on the senior citizens founding members. scheme is paid quarterly.  With authorized capital of $100 billion, China is the largest shareholder with 26.06 per cent voting shares. PNB to block all Maestro debit cards from July 31  India is the second largest shareholder with 7.5 per cent  All Maestro cards issued by PNB will be blocked followed by Russia 5.93 per cent and Germany with 4.5 or hot listed on July 31, 2017 for security-based per cent. reasons.  Punjab National Bank (PNB) Maestro debit cards holders will PCA against Bank of Maharashtra face a card blockage if they fail to replace it with a more  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated "prompt secure EMV chip based card by the end of this month. corrective action" (PCA) on state-run lender Bank of Maharashtra in the view of its high non-performing assets NMCE, Indian Commodity Exchange to merge in (NPAs). 1st commodity exchange merger  Earlier, the RBI had initiated a PCA on Central Bank of India,  National Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE) will merge IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank and Dena with Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) in an all-stock deal Bank. to create the country's third-largest commodities bourse.  Reliance Capital is the largest investor in ICEX and will India and ADB Sign Loan for Upgrading Urban continue to be the largest shareholder post merger, along with Services others.  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of  As per the agreed swap ratio, ICEX shareholders will hold India signed a $275 million loan for improving urban services 62.8 per cent stake and NMCE's will hold 37.2 per cent in in 64 small towns in the State of Madhya Pradesh. ICEX, post merger.  The project will develop sustainable, inclusive, and climate- resilient water supply in 64 small and medium-sized towns, ADB grants loan for and integrated storm water and sewerage infrastructure in two  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $220 million heritage towns of Khajuraho and Rajnagar. loan agreement with India for improving road connectivity, transport efficiency and safety on state highways of Rajasthan. Open Loop Metro Card launched  Axis Bank, India's third largest Digital village private sector bank in association  The State Bank of India has launched a digital with Kochi Metro Rail Corporation village initiative in Nepal by installing a cash (KMRL) has launched KMRL Axis recycling centre. Bank 'Kochi1' Card.  The digital village initiative has been launched  This is India's first open loop EMV contactless metro card that in Jarisingpouwa in Shankarapur Rural would make travel a convenient and hassle free experience for Municipality, 25 km east from Kathmandu. commuters in Kochi. SBI waives charge on IMPS fund transfer of up to Interest rates on small savings to be lowered Rs 1,000  The government has announced to reduce the interest rate on  State Bank of India had been charging Rs 5 along with the small saving schemes like PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra and applicable service tax for IMPS fund transfer of up to Rs Sukanya Samriddhi by 0.1 per cent for the July-September 1,000. quarter.

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IBS Quest  For IMPS, charge will be Rs 5 along GST for fund transfer in First X-ray space telescope the range of Rs 1,000 to Rs 1 lakh. The charge will go up to  China launched its first x-ray Rs 15 for transactions of Rs 1-2 lakh. telescope, a significant step in the  GST at the rate of 18 per cent is applicable on all financial country’s race to develop a space transactions. program that can rival that of the US

or Russia. Investment Facilitation Mechanism  The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) took off  European Union (EU) and India announced the establishment of an from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the country’s Investment Facilitation first satellite launch site, located in Inner Mongolia via a Mechanism (IFM) for EU domestically-developed Long March-4B rocket. Investments in India.  Once in orbit, the telescope will be used to observe high-  This agreement builds on the Joint Statement of the 13th EU- energy entities like black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray India Summit held in Brussels in March 2016. bursts in order to understand more about their energy sources. PSLV-C38  ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch BIO International Convention Vehicle PSLV-C38 successfully  The Biotechnology Innovation launched the 712 kg Cartosat-2 Organization (BIO) BIO 2017 is Series Satellite along with 30 co- being held in the San Diego passenger satellites from Satish Convention Centre, San Diego. Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.  This is the thirty ninth consecutively successful mission of Wimbledon 2017 PSLV. Men’s Single: Roger Federer defeated  One of the 30 co-passenger satellites carried by PSLV-C38 Marin Cilic of Croatia by 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 was the 15 kg NIUSAT, a University/Academic Institute score. It was Federer’s record eighth satellite from Nurul Islam University, Tamil Nadu, India. Wimbledon title and overall 19th  The remaining 29 co-passenger satellites carried were 14 Grand Slam. He also became the first player since Bjorn Borg international customer satellites from USA (10), United in 1976 to win Wimbledon without dropping a set in the entire Kingdom (3), Belgium (3), Italy (3), Austria (1), Chile (1), tournament. Czech Republic (1), Finland (1), France (1), Germany (1), Women’s single: Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) defeated Venus Japan (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1) and Slovakia (1). Williams (United States) by 7–5, 6–0 score to win her first Wimbledon title in the women’s single category. GSAT-17  India's latest communication satellite GSAT-17 was Men’s Double: Łukasz Kubot (Poland) and Marcelo Melo successfully launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace (Brazil) pair defeated Oliver Marach (Austria) and Mate Pavić from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. (Croatia) pair to win 2017 Wimbledon title in Men’s Doubles category.

World's lightest satellite Women’s Doubles: Russian pair Ekaterina Makarova and  India once again broke a global space record by launching Elena Vesnina defeated Chan Hao-ching (Chinese Taipei) and the world's lightest satellite weighing a mere 64 grams, called Monica Niculescu (Romania) to win 2017 Wimbledon title in Kalamsat, designed and developed by 18-year-old Tamil Women’s Doubles category. Nadu student Rifath Sharook and his team.  The tiny satellite, named after Abdul Kalam, was flown by a Mixed Doubles: Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) and Martina Nasa sounding rocket. Hingis (Switzerland) defeated Henri Kontinen (Finland) and Heather Watson (United Kingdom) to win 2017 Wimbledon  Kalamsat was the only Indian payload in the Nasa mission. title in mixed Doubles category.

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IBS Quest Junior Asian Championships BCCI Special Committee  Indian wrestlers bag five medals at  Rajeev Shukla, a former vice- the Junior Asian Championships. president of the Board of  Among the women, Pooja Gehlot- Control for Cricket in India gold (51kg), Sonu-silver (44kg) and (BCCI), will head a newly- Manju Kumari bronze (59kg). formed seven-member Special  The boys bagged two medals in the Greco-Roman categories Committee, to suggest a way forward for implementing the in the competition with S. Satish-silver(120kg) and Manish- administrative overhaul prescribed in the Supreme Court bronze (50kg) order on July 18 last year.  Besides Shukla and BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Champions Trophy Choudhary, the committee will include former India captain Sourav Ganguly (Bengal), T.C. Mathew (Kerala), Naba  Winner: Pakistan Bhattacharjee (Meghalaya), Jay Shah (Gujarat) and BCCI  Runner up: India treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry.  Fakhar Zaman was declared Man of the Match.

 Hassan Ali was declared Man of the Tournament. Junior Shooting World Championship

Indonesia Open Super Series Premier Title  The Indian shooting squad finished a second at the ISSF Junior World Championship with three gold, two silver and  Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth clinched his third Super three bronze medals in Suhl, Germany. Series title, lifting the Indonesia Open men's singles trophy  China topped the tally in the rifle/pistol tournament with 19 with a straight-game victory over Japanese qualifier medals, including 8 gold. Kazumasa Sakai in the final.

 World No.22 Srikanth outclassed Sakai, ranked 47th, 21-11 21-19 in just 37 minutes to take home a title. Maiden Confederations Cup  Germany survived a whirlwind assault by Chile to claim a 1- Ireland & Afghanistan awarded Test status by ICC 0 victory in Confederations Cup final.  Germany captain Julian Draxler was conferred with the  Ireland and Afghanistan have been granted Test status by the 'Golden Ball' - best player award. International Cricket Council.  Germany's Timo Werner holds the Golden Boot of the  It increases the number of countries competing at the top competition. level of international cricket to 12.

 They are the first admissions since Bangladesh gained Test South Australian Open title status in 2000..  India's Harinder Pal Sandhu beat Rhys Dowling of Australia Australian Open 11-8 12-10 11-4 in the final to lift South Australian Open squash title.  Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth beat Olympic champion  It was Sandhu's eighth title at the PSA level and the third this Chen Long 22-20, 21-16 in straight sets to win the Australian season after winning two in Malaysia in the month of May. Open Superseries badminton tournament.

Ravi Shastri named head coach 1st Indian to finish Race across America  BCCI have decided to appoint Ravi Shastri as the chief coach  Srinivas Gokulnath created history by becoming the first while Zaheer Khan will be appointed bowling coach for a Indian to complete - the 4,900-km Race Across America period of two years. (RAAM) in solo category.

 Another Maharashtrian, Dr Amit Samarth of Nagpur, Women's ODIs followed him at the finish line.  Among the nine men who finished, Gokulnath stood 7th  India captain Mithali Raj scripted while Samarth was right on his heels at number 8. The race history as she became the all-time was won by Christoph Strasser. leading run-getter in women's one- day internationals.  Mithali, who is leading India at the ICC Women's World Cup in England, overtook Charlotte

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IBS Quest Edwards (5992) after scoring her 34th run against Australia First UN counter-terrorism chief in Bristol.  The United Nations has announced the appointment of its first counter-terrorism chief, Russian diplomat Vladimir KKM Memorial Gold Cup Voronkov.  The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the  Voronkov will hold the title of under-secretary-general. 7th Edition of Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee Rural Football Tournament at Mackenzie Park Football Ground in ICC deputy chairman Murshidabad district of West Bengal.  The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed  The President witnessed an exhibition match between Mohun Chairman of Associates Imran Khawaja as its deputy Bagan U-19 and Kingfisher East Bengal U-19. Mohun Bagan chairman. won the match by 1-0. The President greeted the players of both the teams and presented awards. President of IIC

 Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N First Indian woman to be judge at ITLOS Vohra has been appointed the president  Indian lawyer Dr Neeru Chadha will be of the India International Centre (IIC) - the first Indian woman to be a judge at one of the premier cultural institutions the International Tribunal Law of the in the country. Sea (ITLOS).  The appointment was made after eminent jurist Soli Sorabjee quit the presidential post. About ITLOS  President: Vladimir V. Golitsyn Romania's new prime minister  Seat: Hamburg, Germany  Mihai Tudose has been appointed as prime minister  Founded: 1996  He will replace Sorin Grindeanu.

Amitabh Bachchan to promote GST About Romania:  The government has roped in Bollywood megastar Amitabh  Capital: Bucharest Bachchan to promote Goods and Services Tax (GST).  Currency: Romanian leu

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman appointed IEA president Crown Prince  Former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu has taken over  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin as president of the International Economic Association Nayef has been replaced by Deputy (IEA). Crown Prince Mohammed bin  Basu's three-year term started from June 23. Salman.  Prince Mohammed bin Salman Indian Film Festival of Melbourne becomes deputy prime minister and  Vidya Balan will be the ambassador of Indian Film Festival retains his defence and other portfolios. of Melbourne to be held from August 10 to 22.  The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) is one of the Union Home Secretary largest Indian film festivals being hosted outside India.  Rajiv Gauba is appointed as new Home Secretary of India.  He will succeed Rajiv Mehrishi, whose tenure ends on NIFT Chairperson August 30.  The Union Government (M/o Textiles) has appointed Shri Rajesh V. Shah as Chairperson on the Board of Governors of Justice Dalveer Bhandari the National Institute of Fashion Technology.  Justice Dalveer Bhandari has been nominated by India as its  He will replace Shri Chetan Chauhan. candidate for another nine year term as judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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IBS Quest Indian envoy to Greece  The post of NDRF Director General (DG) fell vacant after  Senior diplomat Shamma Jain was incumbent RK Pachnanda was appointed as the chief of the appointed as India's ambassador to Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Greece.  Jain succeeds M Manimekalai as Ambassador of India to Indonesia Indian envoy in Greece.  Shri Pradeep Kumar Rawat has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Indonesia. Director General, ITBP  Currently he is Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External  R K Pachnanda, IPS takes charge Affairs. as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Non-executive chairman of Union Bank (ITBP).  Kewal Handa has been appointed as non-executive chairman  Shri Krishna Chaudhary, DG who of Union Bank of India. retired on superannuation, handed over the customary baton  Handa will hold the post for a period of three years. to Shri Pachnanda. New York Consul General Secretary I&B  India’s Ambassador to Peru Sandeep  Shri Narendra Kumar Sinha assumed charge as Secretary in Chakravorty has been appointed as the the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on transfer of head of the Indian consulate in New Shri Ajay Mittal, IAS. York.  He will replace Riva Ganguly Das. Attorney General for India  Senior Advocate and Constitution Law Expert KK Mongolia’s New President Venugopal has been appointed the 15th Attorney General for  Khaltmaa Battulga of the opposition Democratic Party, a India. businessman and former judoka, has won the Mongolian  Venugopal succeeds Mukul Rohatgi, who stepped down after presidential election with more than 50 percent votes. his first term ended on June 11. About Mongolia: Economic relations secretary in MEA  Capital: Ulaanbaatar  Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale  Currency: Mongolian tögrög was appointed as the economic relations secretary in the Ministry of GST intelligence agency new chief External Affairs (MEA).  Senior bureaucrat John Joseph has been appointed Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI). India's new Chief Election Commissioner  Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti has been WHO goodwill ambassador appointed the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India.  Saima Wazed Hossain has been appointed as the WHO  He will take charge as the CEC on July 6 after Nasim Zaidi goodwill ambassador for autism in South-East Asia. retires. About WHO: MFIN president  Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland  Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) has re-elected  Founded: 7 April 1948 Rakesh Dubey, chief of SV Creditline Private Ltd, as its  Head: Tedros Adhanom president for the second term. NDRF chief DEA Secretary  Himachal Pradesh DGP Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as  Subhash Chandra Garg has becomethe new the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force Secretary in the Department of Economic (NDRF). Affairs (DEA) in the Ministry of Finance.

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IBS Quest  He succeeds Shaktikanta Das, who retired after an extended of adolescent girls from disadvantaged families through small tenure on May 31. cash transfers.

Brand ambassador of indoor cricket team Social entrepreneur of year award  Former Indian batsman Sandeep Patil was named as the  Winner: Nisha Dutt. brand ambassador of the Indian Indoor Cricket Team.  She is the first Indian woman leader to have been conferred with this recognition. BCCC chairperson  The Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Foundation Skoch Awards (IBF) appointed former Supreme Court judge, Justice  Winner: Vijaya Bank. Vikramajit Sen, as the new chairperson of Broadcasting  The bank received awards in the following categories -- Best Content Complaints Council (BCCC). Bank in Public Sector; Best Bank for NPA Management –  Justice Sen succeeds former Punjab and Haryana high court Organization Category; Retail Lending; Inclusive Wallet – Chief Justice, Justice Mukul Mudgal, whose three-year term VPAYQWIK; Digital Inclusion; IT Security; e-Surveillance of as BCCC Chairperson came to an end. ATMs and branches; and 100 Digital Villages – Financial Inclusion. Man Booker International prize  Winner: David Grossman 54th Femina Miss India World 2017  He split the £50,000 cash award for his  Winner : Manushi Chhillar from Haryana winning book, ‘A Horse Walks into a  First Runner up: Sana Dua from Jammu and Kashmir Bar’, with translator Jessica Cohen.  Second runner-up : Priyanka Kumari from Bihar.  The event was held at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Bhupen Hazarika Award  Winner: Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi. Miss World Bodybuilding Title  This award is given by Sarhad, a Maharashtra-based  Dehradun girl Bhumika Sharma has won organization. the World Bodybuilding Championship in  His most important novel is Mauna Onth Mukhar Hriday Venice. (Silent lips, murmuring hearts) which won the Sahitya  She bagged the Miss World Bodybuilding Akademi award in 2005. title and the gold medal at the world championship which was held in Venice Orwell Prize last week.

 Winner: John Bew  Prize money: £3,000 Bharat Gaurav  This award has given to him for biography of Clement Atleee  Former India hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay will be awarded “Citizen Clem”. with East Bengal football club’s highest honour – Bharat Gaurav on their foundation day. Japan Award  Pillay has played a huge role in reviving the Indian team and performed brilliantly during his 15-year career, representing  Winner: Indian Agricultural Microbiologist Dr Shrihari the country in four Olympics, World Cups, Champions Chandraghatgi. Trophy and Asian Games.  Dr Shrihari is the first foreigner to win this award in environmental sector in Japan. 'Mohun Bagan Ratna'

United Nations Public Service Award  Winner: Former India defender Subrata  Balwant Singh-Mohun Bagan Player of the Year.  Kanyashree Prakalpa, the scheme  Debabrata- Best Cricketer, while they also chose Indian launched by Mamata Banerjee has women's cricket team pacer Jhulan Goswami, middle-distance won the United Nations Public runner Lili Das and Mount Everest conqueror Shaikh Service Award at The Hague. Sahabuddin as special awardees.  Kanyashree aims to improve status

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IBS Quest Indian police officer recognized by prestigious JUNE

award in US Videsh Sampark  Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat has been recognised with the  Telangana has hosted the first outreach programme of the prestigious Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Hero award. Ministry of External Affairs ‘Videsh Sampark’, to engage the

State governments to create awareness about various

Australia's highest civilian award programmes of the Ministry.  Winner: Guruswamy Jayraman  The conference was held in Hyderabad which was inaugurated  He works as a senior accountant with by the Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen. V.K. Singh. Woollahra Municipal Council for a

living and has been devoting most of his spare time in community work for the National Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction last 25 years.  The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the two-day second Best integrated steel plant meeting of National Platform for  Tata Steel has won the Prime Minister’s trophy for being the Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) in best performing integrated steel plant in the country during New Delhi. 2014-15 and 2015-16.  Theme -“Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: Making India resilient by 2030”. Maruti Suzuki Sports Awards  Sportsperson of the Year : P.V Sindhu 5 MoUs signed between India and Palestine  Coach of the Year award: P. Gopichand  Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas visited India in the third  Flying Sikh Milkha Singh was given the Living Legend of the week of May. Year award.  There are five MoU (Memorandum of understanding) are  Young India cricketer K L Rahul was awarded with signed between both the countries. Gamechanger of the Year award.  MoU on visa exemption for diplomatic passport holder,  Lifetime achievement award: Abhinav Bindra. agriculture cooperation, cooperation in field of IT & Electronics, health sector and cooperation in the field of youth Golden Peacock Award 2017 affairs and sports are signed.  Indian Railways Organization for

Alternate Fuel (IROAF) has been awarded the coveted National level About Palestine: “Golden Peacock Award for the Year  Prime Minister-Rami Hamdallah. 2017 for Eco-Innovation” for  Capital -Jerusalem substitution of fossil fuels (Diesel) by  Current - Israeli new shekel, Egyptian Pound, Jordanian environment friendly CNG in DEMU passenger train services. Dinar.  Use of CNG in Train Sets for passenger transportation has been done for the first time in the world. Vishakhapatnam, Beas cleanest railway stations  The CNG based dual fuel 1400 HP engine used in DEMU trains developed by IROAF has successfully substituted diesel  According to an audit conducted by Quality Council of India fuel with CNG upto 20%. (QCI) on behalf of Indian Railways, Vishakhapatnam and Beas railway stations are the cleanest railway stations out of Asia Pacific App of the Year award the 407 station in the country.  Maya, a Bangalore-based mobile app won the Asia Pacific  In A category, Beas (Punjab) bagged the first position App of the Year at FbStart Apps of the Year awards followed by Khammam (Telangana) and Ahmednagar announced by Facebook. (Maharashtra).  Maya was founded in India in 2014. It's now available in 14  The Darbhanga railway station in Bihar was the dirtiest among languages and has been downloaded across 190 countries. the busiest stations.

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IBS Quest 'Garam Hawa' operation Turbo Megha Airways  The BSF has started operation 'Garam Hawa' in the western  Turbo Megha Airways has become the first private airline to sector in Rajasthan, under which vigil along the international get a licence to fly under UDAN. border with Pakistan has been stepped up.  Turbo Megha Airways which is also called TruJet, is one of  The operation continued till May 23. the five operators who have been awarded a total of 128 routes  would be a Post-Graduate Institution of higher learning in under the UDAN scheme. Agricultural Education. Anshu Jamsenpa becomes first to scale Mt Everest 1st ornamental fish park in Chennai twice within 5 days  India's first Aquatic Rainbow  A climber from Arunchal Pradesh, Anshu Technology Park (ARTP) will be set Jamsenpa, set world record by scaling Mt up in Chennai. Everest twice within five days.  Tamil Nadu is the second largest  Jamsenpa had conquered the world's exporter of ornamental fish after West Bengal. highest peak for the fourth time on May 16.

India's first smart grid project FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) is  The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology abolished (IIEST) has successfully created the country's first smart grid  The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri project, which will generate power from renewable sources of Narendra Modi has given its approval to the phasing out of energy. Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).  The work relating to processing of applications for FDI and Simbex (Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral approval of the Government thereon under the extant FDI Exercises)-17 Policy and FEMA, shall now be handled by the concerned  As part of "SIMBEX-17’, the ongoing Bilateral Naval Ministries/Departments in consultation with the Department of Exercise between Navies of the Republic of Singapore and Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce. India, lndian Naval Ships Shivalik, Sahyadri, Jyoti and Kamorta and one P8-I Maritime Patrol and Anti-Submarine “Adopt A Slum” Campaign Warfare Aircraft are participating.  Minister of (Independent Charge),  This year’s edition of SIMBEX-17 being held in the South Youth Affairs & Sports, Vijay Goel China Sea would be the 24th in the series. announced “Adopt a Slum” - a new campaign to mark completion of three Annual meet of AfDB years of the Government.  PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the  He has adopted Indira slum of Timarpur area under the annual meeting of African campaign. Development Bank (AfDB) at  A slum Yuva Daud/Marathon will mark the beginning of this Gandhinagar. campaign on May 26.  It is the first time in the history of AfDB Group that India will be hosting the annual meetings. 'Good Morning' Squads  Theme -“Transforming agriculture for wealth creation in  The Maharashtra government has decided to form 'good Africa”. morning' squads to monitor and prevent open defecation in villages and districts across the state. About AfDB:  Headquarter: Abidjan, Ivory Coast. First Underwater Rail Tunnel  Member: 78.  India’s first underwater rail tunnel running is under the  President: Akinwumi Adesina Hooghly river.

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IBS Quest  The tunnel is 16.6kms, 10.8kms of which runs underground.  Regional connectivity scheme (RCS-UDAN) will allow India And of 10.8kms, 502 metres under the water and the whole to have 200 plus airports in the next 10-15 years. thing connects Howrah to the west and Salt lake to the east. Bicycle patrol Dhola-Sadiya bridge named after Bhupen Hazarika  The Delhi Police has launched patrolling on bicycle to  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the country's improve policing in congested localities in trans-Yamuna longest river bridge — the Dhola-Sadiya bridge situated at region of the city. Sadia in Assam’s Tinsukia district. He named the bridge after  The move is also being billed as a green initiative. iconic singer Bhupen Hazarika.  Spanning 9.15 km, the bridge is built across the Lohit river India’s 1st freight village which is a tributary of the Brahmaputra river with the cost of  Varanasi will get the country's first 'freight village' spread over Rs. 2,056 crore around 100 acres.  A 'Freight Village' is a specialised industrial estate which Dailong village Biodiversity Heritage Site attracts companies that require logistics services and can  The Manipur government has declared Dailong village of cluster to improve their competitiveness. Tamenglong district as a Biodiversity Heritage Site of the state. NSDC signs MoU with BIRD ACADEMY  Dialong village, covering an area of 11.35 sq km, has been  An MoU was signed between National Skill Development declared as Biodiversity Heritage Site under Section 37(1) of Corporation and Bird Academy on the 1st of June 2017 in Biological Diversity Act, 2002. New Delhi, with regards to skilling of unemployed youth in the aviation and aerospace Sector. Jaitley dedicates ATR  The Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has inaugurated the First automatic coastal warning for disasters newly built Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) of the Defence  The Odisha become the first state to commission the Early Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) at Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) that would enable Chitradurga in Karnataka. loud sirens go off simultaneously from towers at 122 locations by July. Darwaza Band campaign  For promotion of toilet usage India’s first Rural LED Street Lighting Project in across the country’s villages, Andhra Pradesh the Ministry of Drinking  Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Water and Sanitation has Government of India’s Street Lighting National Project come out with an aggressive (SLNP) would be retrofitting 10 lakh conventional street lights new campaign called Darwaza Band. with LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in Andhra  The campaign has been supported by the World Bank and is Pradesh. being rolled out countrywide immediately after the launch.  This replacement drive will help to cumulatively save  Iconic actor, Amitabh Bachchan, leads the campaign. The approximately 147 million units of electricity annually and campaign also features actor, Anushka Sharma, who will be lead to reduction of 12 crore tonnes of CO2. seen encouraging women to stand up for this issue in their  The entire upfront capital cost of this project is being funded villages and assume a leadership role. by French Development Agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD). India emerges as world's third largest aviation IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay, IISc among world’s top market 200 universities  India has emerged as the third largest aviation market in the  The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay has broken world with a passenger traffic of over 10 crore reported for into the top 200 club in the latest edition of the ‘Quacquarelli 2016-17. Symonds (QS) World University Rankings’, to join IIT-Delhi

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IBS Quest and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, in this 2017, taking over London's Gatwick airport that had 757 group. flights a day.  IIT-Bombay rank 179th. IIT-Delhi has replaced IISc as the  In terms of the number of passengers also, the city airport best ranked Indian institution in the world. So, while IIT-Delhi tops with 45.2 million people flying in and out in fiscal 2017 has risen from 185 rank to 172 this year, IISc slipped over 30 as against 44 million at Gatwick airport. places from 152 to 190.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) continues its run India's Healthcare Ranks as the world’s best university for the sixth consecutive year.  India ranked at 154 with an score of 44.8 in the list of 195 countries in terms of quality and accessibility of healthcare SATH program according to the new Global Burden of Disease study  NITI Aayog has launched SATH, a program providing published in the Lancet, ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’ with the  Andorra scored the highest score (94.6) while Central State Governments in the education and health sectors. African Republic had the lowest rank (28.6).  SATH aims to identify and build three future ‘role model’ states for health systems. Jordan’s Azraq refugee camp  The program will be implemented by NITI along with  A refugee camp in Jordan has become the first in the world to McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium, who were be powered by renewable energy. selected through a competitive bidding process.  The new $9.6m two-megawatt solar plant was built by the Ikea Foundation’s Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign and Krishi Rin Samadhan Yojana is expected to save $1.5m a year, which the United Nations  Madhya Pradesh government has launched a new debt relief High Commissioner for Refugees will be able to use to scheme Krishi Rin Samadhan Yojana for farmers. improve sanitation, shelters and organize activities around  The cabinet also allocated Rs 1,000 crore for the scheme. The the camp. interest rate on loans would be less, which would in turn also help defaulting farmers get loans. International Museum Day  International Museum Day (IMD) is celebration every year India's first underwater Metro on 18 May, coordinated by the International Council of  Kolkata will soon have an underwater Metro which will pass Museums (ICOM). through tunnels several feet under the Hooghly.  Theme-“Museums and contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums”. Online Cattle Market For Farmers   The Telangana government launched the website to facilitate Arctic Energy Summit the buying and selling of cattle online.  Finland has agreed to host the 2017  The state said that the website –pashubazar.telangana.gov.in – Arctic Energy Summit as the first major would save the farmers transportation costs, as they need not event of their Arctic Council keep taking them to markets. Chairmanship, which runs 2017 to 2019. Haryana village to be named after Trump  The Summit will take place at Finlandia Hall, 18-20  Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak has September 2017. announced that an open defecation-free village in Mewat will be named after U.S. President Donald Trump to build a good Jaipur Literature Festival relationship between India and the United States.  The Jaipur Literature Festival was World’s busiest single-runway airport inaugurated in London to present a  The GVK group-run Mumbai airport has become the world's sumptuous showcase of South busiest amongst the single-runway facilities by handling 837 Asias literary heritage, oral and flights a day or one in 65 seconds on an average in fiscal performing arts, books and ideas,

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IBS Quest dialogue and debate. India announces $500 million assistance to  Indian High Commissioner to the UK Yashvardhan Kumar Mauritius Sinha opened the two-day events proceedings at the British  India has announced a $500 million line of credit to library. Mauritius as the two countries resolved to deepen ties in a range of areas including the maritime domain. International Day for Biological Diversity  A total of four agreements were signed after the talks  The International Day for Biological Diversity (or World between the two leaders. Biodiversity Day) is held on May 22.  Theme -“Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”. World's largest telescope  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet inaugurated the World Metrology Day construction of the world's largest optical and infrared  World Metrology Day has become an annual celebration telescope, to be located at the Paranal Observatory in the since the Meter Convention was signed by representatives of Antofagasta region. seventeen countries on May 20, 1875.  The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be  Theme -“Measurements for transport”. built in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the leading intergovernmental India OPEC Institutional Dialogue astronomic organisation in Germany.  The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited Vienna, Austria to co-chair GPDRR meet the 2nd India-OPEC Institutional Dialogue at the OPEC  India has participated in a five-day long Global Platform for headquarters. Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) summit held in Mexico.  It was agreed that India will host the next meeting during 2018. 43rd G-7 summit  The 43rd G7 summit was held War museum in Manipur in Taormina, Sicily, Italy.  Japan is going to build a war museum at the hillock at Maiba  Next G-7 Summit will be held Lokpa in Bishnupur district, Manipur, where a Japanese in Canada in 2018. camp was located during World War II. World No Tobacco Day World's most crowded cities  World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on May 31.  Two Indian cities - Mumbai and Kota - have been named  Theme -"Tobacco – a threat to development." among the world's most crowded in a list topped by Dhaka,

said the World Economic Forum (WEF), citing UN-Habitat World Milk Day data.  World Milk Day is a day established by the Food and  Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the most crowded city Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to followed by Mumbai. Kota in Rajasthan was ranked seventh. recognise the importance of milk as a global food.

 It has been observed on June 1 each year since 2001. Most followed world leader on Facebook 70th World Health Assembly  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the top followed  The 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) was held in leader on Facebook globally. Geneva, Switzerland  The data also shows that Digital India, Make in India and  Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Swachh Bharat are the most engaged campaigns that have Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) epidemic in Nigeria, been run by the government. prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and election of a new President of the World Health Organisation (WHO) were the agenda of the Assembly.

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IBS Quest Global Peace Index 2017  1st rank: Iceland About NATO:  2nd rank: New Zealand  Chairman of the NATO Military Committee: Petr  137th rank: India Pavel  Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium Trump pulls US out of Paris pact  Founded: 4 April 1949, Washington, D.C., United  President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw States the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change and renegotiate the deal that was agreed upon by over 190 Ranking in 4G Internet Speed st countries during the previous Obama administration.  1 rank: Singapore nd  Arguing that countries like China and India are benefiting the  2 rank: South Korea th most from the Paris Agreement, Trump said that the  74 rank: India(Average download speed — at 5.1Mbps) agreement on climate change was unfair to the United States,  The global average 4G download speed was 16.2 Mbps. as it badly hit its businesses and jobs. World Oceans Day 2017 UN General Assembly elects five non-permanent  World Oceans Day was observed on June 8. UNSC members  Theme: ‘Our Oceans, Our Future’.

 The UN General Assembly has elected Cote D’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Poland and Peru as the non- BRICS media  The BRICS media forum is the result of a joint initiative by permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year Xinhua News Agency, Brazil's CMA Group, Russia’s term beginning January 1, 2018. Sputnik News Agency and Radio, The Hindu group of  Netherlands was also elected to serve a one-year term it publications from India, and South Africa's Independent shares with Italy. Media.

World Competitiveness list  1st rank: Hong Kong ‘Ocean Conference’ nd  2 rank: Switzerland  The United Nations has held its first summit on protecting  45th rank: the world's seas and waterways at New York City.  This index is released by International Institute for  It was co-hosted by the Governments of Fiji and Sweden. Management Development's (IMD).  Member nations are using the Ocean Conference to renew their commitment to combatting rising sea levels, pollution, World Environment Day and harmful fishing practices.  World Environment Day (WED) occurs on 5 June every year, is the EU, France grant 3.5m euros to curb emissions in United Nation's principal vehicle India for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the  Aiming to reduce emissions protection of our environment. and promote sustainability to  Theme-'Connecting People to nature – in the city and on the help India’s smart city land, from the poles to the equator'. programme, France and the  The host country for the year 2017 is Canada. European Union has extended a grant of 3.5 million Euros under the ‘Moblise Your City’ (MYC) initiative. NATO member  Three Indian cities, Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad will get  Montenegro has become the 29th member of the North the grant as part of the EU’s commitment under the Paris Atlantic Treaty Organization during a ceremony in Climate agreement, French Development Agency (AFD). Washington at the US State Department's Treaty Room.

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IBS Quest China launches world's largest floating solar farm challenges arising out of stressed assets and weak capital  China has launched the world’s largest floating solar farm. position.  The 40-megawatt power plant has 160,000 panels resting on  The Reserve Bank had recently initiated ‘prompt corrective a lake that emerged after the collapse of a coal mine in action’ for the bank on account of higher NPAs and negative central Anhui province. return on assets.

World's smallest & cheapest private jet Tata most valuable brand  US-based aviation company Cirrus Aircraft has launched the  Tata Group has retained its position as India’s leading brand world's smallest and most affordable private jet called 'Vision with a brand value of $13.1 billion in valuation firm Brand Jet' for Rs 12.62 crore. Finance’s annual study of the country’s top 100 names.  The jet which had been in making for a decade has only one  Among the other brands in the top 10 list for 2017 are Airtel engine and can cruise at 555 kmph. at number two with a brand value of $7.7 billion.  It has a maximum operating altitude of 28,000 feet, and takes off from just 620 meters of runway. Karnataka Bank, LIC ink pact  Karnataka Bank Ltd has entered into a ANUGA 2017 memorandum of understanding (MoU) with  Minister of Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India Badal addressed a Joint Press Conference with the organizers for selling life insurance products of LIC. of ANUGA(Allgemeine Nahrungs- und Genussmittel-  The bank signed the corporate agency agreement with LIC in Ausstellung). Mangaluru.  This is an international business platform for Food Industry to be held in Cologne, Germany. Life insurance email bot

 HDFC Life announced the launch of India’s first life World Blood Donor Day insurance email bot.  14 June is observed as World Blood Donor Day (WBDD).  The email bot, named SPOK, can automatically read,  Theme: “What Can You Do? Give Blood. Give Now. Give understand, categorize, prioritize and respond to customer Often”. emails that are sent to HDFC Life, within milliseconds.

HDFC Life inks distribution tie-up with Catholic Israel signs deal with India Syrian Bank  Israel and India penned a deal worth $630 million, to provide  HDFC Life has entered into a bancassurance tie-up with India's navy with missile defence systems. Catholic Syrian Bank to distribute its individual life  The new contract will see state-owned Israel Aerospace insurance products to the private lender’s customers. Industries (IAI) supply LRSAM air and missile defence systems for four Indian naval ships. Catholic Syrian Bank Limited (CSB):  The contract will be carried out with India's Bharat  The Catholic Syrian Bank Limited (CSB) is an Indian Electronics Limited. private sector bank with its headquarters at Thrissur,  LRSAM is an advanced air and missile defence system, Kerala. jointly developed by IAI and India's Defence Research and  CVR Rajendran is the Managing Director & CEO of Development Organisation. Catholic Syrian Bank. 'Code For Bank' India Ratings downgrades IDBI Bank  State Bank of India (SBI) has launched  India Ratings and Research downgraded State-run IDBI Bank a national hackathon for developers, to AA from AA+ and gave a negative outlook due to start-ups and students to come up with

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IBS Quest innovative ideas and solutions for the banking sector. Building Program” was signed in New Delhi.  The hackathon, named 'Code For Bank', will focus on the  The objective of the project is to improve the efficiency of business value driven by technologies like predictive Public Expenditure Management and Tax Administration in analytics, fin-tech/blockchain, digital payments, IOT, Himachal Pradesh. artificial intelligence, machine learning, BOTS and robotic  The programme size is USD 45 million, of which USD 36 process automation. million will be financed by the Bank, and the remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget. The programme India's most profitable PSU duration is 5 years.  The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has overtaken the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to become the country’s ‘Star Mahotsav’ most profitable state-owned company.  Bank of India conducted a mass-contact programme, ‘Star  Reliance Industries retained the crown of being India’s most Mahotsav’, across its branch network. profitable company for the third year in a row, posting a net  The thrust was in contacting every customer at their doorstep Rs 29,901 crore in financial year 2016-17. for recovery of bad loans, disbursement of retail loan, including housing and vehicle loan, disbursement under India to grow at 7.2% in 2017-18 MSME and agriculture, and promotion of its products  In its latest India Development Update, the World Bank including debit/credit cards, PoS machines, internet banking, estimated India’s economy will grow 7.2% in fiscal year etc. 2017-18.  GST would lead to higher tax collection, greater digital BoB, Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium ink financial inclusion and make India’s fundamentals stronger MoU and yet not increase the burden on the poor.  Bank of Baroda (BoB) has entered into a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with Small Farmers Agribusiness New Re 1 notes to be circulated Consortium (SFAC).  New one rupee notes with a multicolored look will soon be  Under this MoU, BoB would play an active role in providing put in circulation by the Reserve Bank of India, the RBI collateral free loans to Farmers Producer Companies (FPC) announced. for which credit guarantee cover up to 85 percent of the loan  The color of One Rupee currency note shall be amount maximum up to Rs 1 crore will be made available by predominantly pink green on obverse and reverse in SFAC. combination with others. India Signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank Amul inks MoU with ISRO  An agreement for IBRD Credit of USD 39.2 Million from  Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing World Bank for the project “Assam Citizen Centric Service Federation (GCMMF) has signed an Delivery” was signed. agreement with ISRO for fodder acreage  The programme size is USD 49 million, of which USD 39.2 assessment using satellite observation million will be financed by the Bank, and the remaining and space technology. amount will be funded-out of State Budget. The programme  GCMMF markets its products under the brand name of duration is 5 years. Amul. India overtakes China to top global retail index India signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank  India has surpassed China to secure the top position among  An agreement for IBRD Credit of 30 developing countries on ease of doing business, according USD 36 Million from World Bank to a study that cited India's rapidly expanding economy, for “Himachal Pradesh Public relaxation of FDI rules and a consumption boom as the key Financial Management Capacity drivers.

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IBS Quest Second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Price Index (WPI) has also been changed to 2011-12 from  The Reserve Bank (RBI) of India in its Second Bi-monthly 2004-05. Monetary Policy kept its repo rate unchanged at 6.25 percent and reverse repo rate unchanged at six percent respectively. Yes Bank partners with TerraPay  However, the central bank lowered economic growth  Yes Bank has partnered with projection to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent for FY18. mobile payments switch TerraPay  The apex bank cut the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) by 50 to enable real time money transfer bps to 20%. to bank accounts in India.  This means that Indian migrants worldwide can walk into 20 railway stations to Malaysia for redevelopment TerraPay’s partner outlet anytime and send money to their family and friends back home, instantly in their bank  The Indian Railways is firming up plans to join hands with account. Malaysia to redevelop about 20 stations in Tier-II cities across the country.  Faridabad, Cuttack, Amritsar, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Jammu, India's heaviest rocket with GSAT-19 lauched and Bikaner are considered Tier-II cities.  India's heaviest rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) took Axis Bank issues biodegradable prepaid gift cards its maiden flight into space along with  Axis Bank Ltd has announced biodegradable prepaid gift a communications satellite. cards on the occasion of World Environment Day.  The rocket, weighing 640 tonnes and standing 43.43 metres  The cards will be acceptable at all domestic merchant outlets tall, blast off from the second launch pad at India's rocket and online portals. port at Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

 It carried a 3,136-kg GSAT-19 communications satellite, the Canara bank ties up with New India Assurance heaviest to be lifted by an Indian rocket till date to an  Canara Bank has inked pact with the state-owned general altitude of around 179 km above the Earth after just over 16 insurer The New India Assurance Co to sell policies through minutes into the flight. its branches.  The Bengaluru headquartered public sector lender said this NASA's first mission to the star corporate agency distribution tie-up will make available  Wearing a nearly 5-inch coat of general insurance products from over 6,000 Canara Bank carbon-composite solar shields, branches in the country. NASA's Parker Solar Probe will explore the sun's atmosphere in a mission that begins in 2018. CSO to change GDP base year to 2017-18 from  NASA is sending a roughly 10-foot-high ‘Parker’ probe on 2011-12 the mission that will put it closer to the sun than any  The Statistics Ministry is set to change the base year of spacecraft has ever reached before. national accounts to 2017-18 from 2011-12 after completion of the household consumer expenditure survey and labour NavIC force data by the end of 2018.  India will be having its own GPS system 'NavIC' from 2018.  Earlier in 2015, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the  NavIC the name given by PM Narendra Modi. It is designed Statistics Ministry had changed the base year for tabulating to provide accurate position information to users within the the Gross Domestic Product or size of economy to 2011-12 country. from 2004-05.  Last month, the CSO has changed the base of Index of T-Wallet launched Industrial Production (IIP), which measures factory output, to  The Telangana Government has launched a digital wallet, 2011-12 from 2004-05. Besides, the base year of Wholesale named T-Wallet, which doesn’t charge transaction fee from consumers.

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IBS Quest  It allows a maximum transaction of Rs.1 lakh for e-KYC  Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won Monaco Grand Prix to extend (know your customer) users. For non-KYC users, the limit his championship lead over Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to 25 is set to Rs. 20,000. points.  Raikkonen (Ferrari) finished second while Ricciardo (Red 'E-Sanad' Bull) finished third.  The government has announced a service to digitize the process of attestation of documents for those going abroad, Top 100 athletes so that they are spared the trouble of visiting government  India captain Virat Kohli, former skipper Mahendra Singh offices for the purpose. Dhoni and stylish left-handed batsmen, Yuvraj Singh and  'E-Sanad', an initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs Suresh Raina, have found places in this year's ESPN World (MEA), in association with two other ministries -- will Fame 100 list that made its debut last year. initially be hosting school leaving certificates with the help  While Kohli is placed in the 13th spot and Dhoni in the of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). 15th, Yuvraj and Raina have been ranked 90th and 95th respectively.  Heading the list is top Portuguese footballer Cristiano IPL10 Ronaldo while NBA great Lebron James, another soccer star  Winner: Mumbai Lionel Messi and tennis ace Roger Federer are the top four Indians athletes.  Runner up: Rising Pune Supergiant Thailand Open  Orange Cap: David  Winner: B Sai Praneeth Warner (641 Runs)  Runner up: Jonatan Christie  Purple Cap: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (26 Wickets)

 Emerging player of the season: Basil Thampi Real Madrid wins UEFA Champions League title  Fairplay award: Gujarat Lions  Winner: Real Madrid  Most Valuable Player of the season: Ben Stokes  Runner up: Juventus  Man of the Final: Krunal Pandya

38th Federation Cup ITF men’s Futures tennis title  India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan lifted the ITF men’s Futures  Winner : Bengaluru FC tennis title after outplaying Raymond Sarmiento of the USA  Runner up: Mohun Bagan in straight sets in Singapore.  The Federation Cup, also known as Hero Federation Cup for  The top seeded Indian beat the second seeded player 6-2, 6- sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout style club 2 in the final. It was the first title of the season for football tournament in India that started in 1977. Ramkumar.  Mohun Bagan has lifted the Federation Cup for record 14

times. First Sri Lankan to be inducted into ICC Hall of Ice hockey world title Fame  Winner: Sweden  Muttiah Muralitharan, the most successful bowler in Tests cricket, was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.  Runner up: Canada  Venue: Cologne, Germany  Muralitharan was awarded the honour along with Arthur Morris, George Lohmann and Karen Rolton by fellow ICC

Cricket Hall of Famers and members of the media. Sudirman Cup  Winner: South Korea Canadian GP  Runner up: China  Lewis Hamilton dominated the Canadian Grand Prix as

dramatic action behind allowed him to cut Sebastian Vettel's Monaco Grand Prix title lead to 12 points.  Vettel, meanwhile, could finish only fourth in the Ferrari.

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IBS Quest World chess championship for differently-abled Tapan Ray to be the next Economic Affairs  Kutwal, a railway employee with Pune Division, has won Secretary the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess  Tapan Ray will be the next Secretary, Department of Championship for differently-abled, held in Slovakia. Economic Affairs, under the Ministry of Finance from 1 June, 2017. New PM of France  He will replace Shaktikanta Das who is retiring.  French President Emmanuel Macron has named Edouard Chairman of NCM Philippe as new Prime Minister of  Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi assumed charge of the Chairman France. of the National Commission for Minorities in New Delhi.  He served as Chairman, U.P Minority Finance Development UN climate change post Corporation Ltd.  Ovais Sarmad has been appointed as the deputy executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Ambassador of India to Philippines Climate Change (UNFCCC), under which the landmark Paris  Jaideep Mazumdar has been appointed as the next agreement was negotiated and adopted. Ambassador of India to the Philippines.  Sarmad will succeed Richard Kinley of Canada. Ambassador of India to Finland New President of Iran  Ms. Vani Sarraju Rao has been appointed as the next  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has been re-elected with an Ambassador of India to Finland. emphatic victory, official results show.  Out of more than 40 million votes cast, he received 57%, defeating his main rival, a conservative cleric. 1st woman chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia  Manipur Governor and former minority affairs minister Najma Heptulla has been appointed as the chancellor of Jamia Millia WHO Director-General Islamia.  The Member States of WHO elected Dr Tedros Adhanom  The 77-year-old Heptulla succeeds Lt Gen (Retd) MA Zaki Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO. who completes his five-year term this month.  Tedros is a former health and foreign affairs minister from Ethiopia. UN General Assembly president

About WHO  The UN General Assembly elected Slovak foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak to be the next president of the 193-member  The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialised powerful body. agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.  It was established on 7 April 1948, headquartered in Serbia president Geneva, Switzerland.  Aleksandar Vucic has been sworn in as Serbia's new president.  Vucic formally stepped down from his prime minister's post and took over his new role after his win in April's election. PV Sindhu elected to BWF Athletes’ Commission

 Olympic silver medallist, PV Sindhu, led a trio of women CEO of Prasar Bharati onto the BWF Athletes'  Shashi Shekar Vempati has been appointed as the Chief Commission as voting for four Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharati. places on the representative  Vempati is currently serving as a Member (part time) of the body took place in Gold Coast, Prasar Bharati Board since Feb 2016. Australia.  The Indian athlete topped the ballot with 129 votes with Kirsty Indian Oil Corporation's Chairman Gilmour of Scotland placing third overall with 103 votes.  Sanjiv Singh has taken over as the Chairman of country's biggest company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

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IBS Quest  He replaces B Ashok who superannuated recently.  Gaitri Issar Kumar has been appointed as India's next ambassador to Belgium. She will also be accredited as India's Ireland’s PM ambassador to the European Union (EU).  Leo Varadkar has become the new  Reenat Sandhu, will head India's diplomatic mission in Italy. Prime minister of Ireland.  Ajit Vinayak Gupte, who is presently joint secretary in the  He will replace Enda Kenny. ministry, has been appointed as ambassador to Denmark.

BS Shekhawat award Ambassador to Slovenia  Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar  Mr. Param Jit Mann, presently Ambassador of India to the Chamling was conferred with the first Slovak Republic, has been appointed as the country's next Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Ambassador to Slovenia. Achievement Honour in Public Service by President Pranab Mukherjee. DG NWDA  Dr. Sharad Kumar Jain has assumed the charge of Director Dan David Prize General, National Water Development Agency (NWDA)  Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the prestigious under Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Dan David prize for his contribution in the field of Ganga Rejuvenation. astronomy.  Shri Jain succeeds Shri S. Masood Husain who has moved  The $1 million prize is a joint international enterprise over as Member (WP&P), Central Water Commission. endowed by the Dan David Foundation headquartered at Tel Aviv University. UN campaign on fathers  Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar joins a roster of global celebrities, Mark Twain Prize including David Beckham and Novak Djokovic, for a special  David Letterman was named 2017 recipient of the Mark UNICEF campaign that highlights the critical role played by Twain Prize for American Humor, the award granted fathers in children’s early development. annually by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Chief of copyrights office  He will officially receive the prize in a ceremony that will be  Senior bureaucrat Hoshiar Singh has been appointed as held on October 22. Registrar of Copyrights.  The Office of Copyrights, under the Department of Industrial Whitley Award Policy and Promotion, is mandated to protect the music and  Sanjay Gubbi of Karnataka and Purnima Barman of Assam film industry besides addressing its concerns, among others. have won the prestigious Whitley Award, popularly known as Green Oscars, for their efforts in wildlife conservation. Directors of IPPB Global award in UK  K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar were appointed as Independent Directors of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB).  Britain's Indian-origin steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has bagged a top global award for his successful Ruchira Kamboj appointed next HC of India to acquisitions and drives to transform Republic of South Africa the steel industry in the UK, India  Ruchira Kamboj (IFS: 1987) has been and beyond. appointed as the next High  Gupta, the executive chairman of the Liberty House Group Commissioner of India to the Republic received the title of 'CEO of the Year' at the prestigious Platts of South Africa. Global Metals Awards in London.

India appoints envoys to Italy, Denmark, Belgium 'Digital Service Innovator of the Year Award' and EU  Reliance Jio has received TM Forum's 'Digital Service Innovator of the Year Award' 2017.

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IBS Quest  Reliance Jio got this award by acquiring 90 million Smart policing award 2017 customers in four months.  The Pune city police have bagged the Federation of Indian Chamber of Asia yoga championship Commerce and Industries' (FICCI)  Thirteen-year-old Vaishnavi of India win the first Asia Level Smart Policing Award for the year Yoga Competition. 2017.  The competition, featuring teams from five nations, was held

in Thailand on May 13 and 14. Golden Shoe UK humanitarian award  Lionel Messi has won the European Golden Shoe for a  Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez received the record-equalling fourth time, drawing level with Real International Humanitarian Award and writer Jeffrey Archer Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo. the Lifetime Achievement Award.  This award is given for scoring highest number of goals in  The “charity of the year” award was presented to Anxiety European season. UK, which works to help people with anxiety disorders.

Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award Young Indian cartoonist wins top conservation award  Priyanka Chopra will receive the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Rohan Chakravarty, a wildlife and environment cartoonist from India, Award in a new category that has been has won this year’s International introduced by the jury - the 'International President’s Award for his efforts to Acclaimed Actress Award'. change attitudes towards nature.  Priyanka's mother Madhu Chopra too will be honoured with  The award is the top accolade Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the Best Film category for her given by World Wildlife Fund to recognise leadership in maiden production, 'Ventilator'. young conservationists who are under the age of 30 from around the world. PEN/Malamud Award

Shipping Ministry award  Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri has been announced as the recipient of the 2017 PEN/Malamud Award for  The Paradip Port Trust has been awarded by the Union Excellence in the Short Story. Shipping Ministry for witnessing the second highest growth  The PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction in traffic for FY17. was established by Bernard Malamud’s family to honor

excellence in the art of short fiction. Cannes Film Festival 2017: Winners  The 70th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to AIFF Player of the Year award 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Here are the winners:-  India and Mohun Bagan striker Jeje Lalpekhlua received the  Caméra d’Or (best first feature):Jeune Femme All India Football Federation's inaugural player of the year  Best short film: A Gentle Night 2016 award.  Jury prize: Loveless  Sasmita Malik was adjudged the 2016 AIFF Women's player  Best actress: Diane Kruger of the year.  Best actor: Joaquin Phoenix  Sunil Chettri, India's most prolific goal scorer ever with 53  Best director: Sofia Coppola goals from 93 matches, received a Special Award for  Grand Prix: 120 Beats per Minute surpassing the milestone during the last year.  70th Anniversary prize: Nicole Kidman  Palme d’Or: The Square France’s Legion of Honour

 Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee will be awarded France's

highest civilian award, the Legion of Honour.

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IBS Quest Nalanda model of water conservation chosen for SAMPADA Scheme National Award  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing  A model of water conservation adopted successfully by the and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) for the period authorities in Nalanda district of south central Bihar, has 2016-20 . been selected for the national award for excellence in the  The objective of SAMPADA is to supplement agriculture, Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee modernize processing and decrease agri-waste. programme (MGNREGP), by the ministry of rural  This scheme will be launched under the Ministry of Food development. Processing Industries (MoFPI).  The award for excellence will be conferred on ‘Project Jal Sanchay’, the water conservation model developed in chief Banganapalle mango got GI tag minister Nitish Kumar’s native district.  Banaganapalle mango has got Geographical Indication (GI) registration from the Geographical Indications Registry. MAY  The Andhra Pradesh government is the registered proprietor of the GI tag for mangoes. Real Estate Act Come Into Effect from 1 May 2017  GI is covered under the Intellectual Property Rights and the  Real Estate Act Come Into Effect from 1 May 2017. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights  Under this promoter has to register their project (residential as well as commercial) with the Regulatory Authority before Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit booking, selling or offering apartments for sale in such  Three day India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit projects (IITLS) organized by the Ministry of Road Transport and  The Act mandates that a promoter shall deposit 70% of the Highways in New Delhi. amount realised from the allottees, from time to time, in a  The IITLS has been organized with the objective of separate account to be maintained in a scheduled bank. facilitating constructive dialogue between various stakeholders  At the level of the state, the Regulatory Authority and for the development of multimodal infrastructure in the Appellate Tribunal must dispose of cases within 60 days. country. Appeals to the High court can be made within 60 days Cleanest city in India Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day  1st rank: Indore  Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day is celebrated on May  2nd Rank: Bhopal  It is celebrated to spread awareness and ensure public  3rd rank: Visakhapatnam participation for the programme.  4th rank: Surat  Last rank(434): Gonda Tejas Express  Railways will launch a new train Narmada is declared as living entity service between Mumbai and  The Madhya Pradesh government has passed a resolution Goa in June called the Tejas granting river Narmada the status of a living entity Express.  The Uttarakhand High Court had already declared Ganga,  Tejas coaches will be equipped with 22 new features, Yamuna and their tributaries living entities with the status of a including fire and smoke detection and suppression systems legal person. and the improved aesthetics.  The living entity status will mean that the Narmada will be owner of all property and litigation for its conservation could Madhya Pradesh changed Financial Year as January- be initiated on the river’s behalf. December  Madhya Pradesh has become the first state to switch to the International permaculture conference January-December financial year from the existing April-  13th International Permaculture Convergence (IPC) will be March to January – December held in Hyderabad from November 27 to December 2, 2017.  This step breaks a 150-year tradition.  Theme 'Towards healthy societies'.

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IBS Quest Venkiaih Naidu adopts Titarvasa village in Rajasthan Transgenders to register as voters  Under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna, Union Urban  Maharashtra is the first state to Development Minister and Rajya Sabha member from launch a special awareness drive Rajasthan, Venkayya Naidu has adopted Titarvasa village in to ensure that transgenders in the Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan. state register as voters in greater numbers. Kilkari  The state branch of the Election  The National Health Mission (NHM) in Haryana has launched Commission of India (ECI) launched the drive on April 15, a mobile-based application to create awareness among celebrated as Third Gender Day. pregnant women, parents and health workers.  The application, Kilkari, was launched during the concluding National civil services day day of the 'State-level Orientation Workshop’.  Government of India has observed the 21st of April as “Civil Services Day”. National Panchayati Raj Diwas  The purpose for this day is to rededicate and recommit civil  National Panchayati Raj Day is the national day in India servants to the cause of the people. celebrated by Ministry of Panchayati Raj on 24 April  This day was firstly inaugurated in 2010. NBA opens its first academy in India  The National Basketball Association (NBA) has opened its India’s first sea ropeway first academy in India  India's first and longest (8-  An elite basketball training center at Jaypee Greens Integrated km) ropeway will connect Sports Complex in Greater Noida was officially thrown open Sewri in Mumbai with the for the upcoming male and female talent of the country. Raigad district's Elephanta Island in the Arabian Sea. Integrated Court Management Information System scheme Book village  PM Narendra Modi and  Bhilar village located near Panchagani in Maharashtra has Chief Justice J S Khehar become the India's first 'village of books. launched Integrated  This project was undertaken by the Marathi Bhasha Court Management department wherein 25 artistically decorated locations around Information System the village will turn into reader hot spots with display of scheme for complete books. digitization of litigation in all courts, which in the first phase promises paperless filing of appeals in the Supreme Court First digitalized Panchayat ward from July 3.  A ward in the Kottayam district of Kerala has become India's  Under Integrated Court Management Information System, first digitalised panchayat ward. once a petition was filed in a court, there was no need to replicate the paper work before each appellate court.  Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated the website of the first digitalized Panchayat ward number 15 of Aymanam Grama ‘Samadhan’ for Naxal violence Panchayat.  The Home Minister of India coined an acronym to counter Naxal violence —“SAMADHAN”— with “S” for Smart First privately-run railway station leadership; “A” for Aggressive Strategy; “M” for motivation and training; “A” for actionable intelligence; “D” for  Habibganj station in Bhopal has been handed over to a private dashboard-based KPIs (key performance indicators) and firm to be operated by it. It has become the first privately run KRAs (key result areas); “H” for harnessing technology; “A” railway station in India for Action plan for each theatre and “N” for no  The station building will be developed in line with airport terminals. However, trains at the station will still be run by the Railways. Public affairs index 2017 st  1 rank: Kerala  2nd rank: Tamil Nadu

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IBS Quest  Last rank(18): Bihar  The project is co-financed by the World Bank. Andhra Pradesh is one of the first states selected for the roll out of the Asia’s longest bridge program.  Asia's longest bridge on Brahmaputra, which will reduce travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by four About AIIB: hours, will be opened for public on May 26  “Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an  9.15km long Dhola-Sadiya bridge, capable of withstanding the multilateral development bank that aims to support its weight of a 60-tonne battletank, will improve the movement of members in their transition towards a low-carbon energy mix civilian and military vehicles to strategic locations up to Anini by promoting the improvement of energy efficiency, such as in Arunachal Pradesh. upgrading the existing transmission and distribution networks,”. Global Mobile Internet Conference  Head quarter:- Beijing, China  Global Mobile Internet  President:-Jin Liqun Conference (GMIC) was held in Beijing, capital of China. First city to get its own Microsoft font  The Global Mobile Internet  Dubai city has unveiled the new Conference is hosted annually in font, called simply “Dubai”, Beijing and Silicon Valley. designed with Microsoft's help.  The government communication International Workers' Day office says the Dubai Font  International Workers' Day also known as Labour Day integrates Arabic and Latin alphabets and is available for use celebrates the spirit of labourers. in 23 languages in versions of Microsoft Office around the  It is observed globally on 1 May every year. world.  In India, the first Labour Day, or May Day, was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai. India becomes 2nd largest importer of LPG  India toppled Japan as the world’s Muktijodha Scholarship Scheme second-largest importer of liquefied  India initiated the Muktijodha Scholarship Scheme in 2006 for petroleum gas descendants of the 1971 Freedom Fighters. Until now, more than 10,000 scholarships worth Tk 150 million have been World’s biggest military spender, 2016 st disbursed.  1 rank: USA nd  Under the new scheme, students at a higher secondary level  2 rank: China th will get a one-time grant of Tk 200,000 (Rs 1,53,700) and  5 rank : India those at the undergraduate level will get Tk 50,000 (Rs  This index is released by Stockholm International Peace 38,430). Research Institute (Sipri).

AIIB grants $160 mn for Andhra Pradesh Power World Intellectual Property Day Project  World Intellectual Property Day is observed internationally on  China-sponsored Asian every 26 April. Infrastructure Investment Bank  The observance of WIPD is organized by World Intellectual (AIIB) today approved USD 160 Property Organization (WIPO). million loan for a ‘24×7 Power  The theme of this year's World Intellectual Property Day is for all’ project in Andhra 'Innovation- Improving lives'. Pradesh.

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IBS Quest 18th World Road Meeting China and South Africa.  India is set to host the 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017)  Originally the first four were grouped as "BRIC" (or "the on November 13, the International Road Federation (IRF) BRICs"), before the induction of South Africa in 2010. said.  The theme of this year's edition is 'Safe Roads and Smart BRICS Film Festival Mobility: The Engines of Economic Growth'.  The 2017 BRICS Film Festival will be held in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province from June 23 to 27. World press freedom index, 2017  There will be 30 films from BRICS countries screened during  1st rank: Norway the festival.  2nd rank:Sweden  136th rank: India UN Vesak Day  176th rank: China  Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated UN Vesak Day in  Last rank(180): North Korea Colombo on May 12.  The 2017 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters  Vesak Day, also known as Buddha Poornima, is a traditional Without Borders (RSF). holiday commemorated by Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhala Buddhists. World Immunization Week  This year’s theme is ‘Buddhist teachings for social justice and  World Immunization Week, celebrated in the last week of sustainable world peace’. April, aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Tagore festival  This Year’s theme is VACCINES WORKS.  India organized a cultural festival in Egypt to mark the Sagarmatha Friendship-2017 156th birth anniversary of  This is the first ever joint the famous Indian poet, military exercise between Rabindranath Tagore. Nepal and China  This festival was organized by the Maulana Azad Centre for  The military exercise will Indian Culture (MACIC), the cultural wing of the Indian also focus on common Embassy in Cairo. interests like disaster management.  Sagarmatha is the Nepali name of Mount Everest, the world’s About Rabindranath Tagore: highest peak, that is bordering between Nepal and China.  Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. BRICS envoys on Middle East meet in India  He was the first non-European to win this prestigious award, in recognition for his collection of poems, 'Gitanjali'.  Special Envoys of five BRICS member states who specialize on West Asian Affairs held a quiet meeting in Vishakhapatnam. ‘Eager Lion’ military exercise  This was first meeting of the BRICS special envoys on Middle  This is the joint military exercise between Jordan and the East held in India and gained significance following growing United States instability in West Asia and North Africa. It also expressed  This exercise include border security, cyber defence, and resolve for renewed and committed efforts to find a political "command and control" exercises, to bolster coordination in and diplomatic solution in Syria. response to threats including terrorism.

About BRICS: India unanimously elected to head UN-Habitat  BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major  India has been unanimously elected as the President of the emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations’ Organisation

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IBS Quest (UNO) that promotes socially and environmentally sustainable  India didn’t take part in this summit because of the human settlements across the world, after 10 years. construction of road in disputed territory of Pakistan occupied  Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Kashmir. M.Venkaiah Naidu will chair the four day meeting of the 58 member Governing Council of UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya. Global FDI Confidence Index  1st rank: US India, Australia bilateral naval exercise  2nd rank: Germany  India and Australia will hold their second bilateral naval  3rd rank: China exercise next month off the coast of Western Australia.  8th rank: India  The first-ever such exercise, called AUSINDEX, was held in The Index is an annual analysis of how political, economic, and September, 2015 in the Bay of Bengal. regulatory changes will likely affect FDI inflows into countries in Co-Ordinated Patrol (Corpat) the coming years.l  The 29th series of India– Yes Bank ties up with Paisabazaar.com Indonesia CORPAT is held at  Private sector lender Yes Bank has announced alliance with Port Blair under the aegis of Paisabazaar.com under which the bank will offer conditionally Andaman and Nicobar approved loans to the latter’s existing customers. Command.  The aim of this tie up is to make the process of availing a loan  The Indonesian Naval Ship easy and seamless and act as a one stop financial solution KRI Sutedi Senoputra has arrived at Haddo Wharf, Port Blair provider for all retail lending needs of the customer. to mark the commencement. About Yes bank:  The closing ceremony of the CORPAT was held in Belawan,  YES BANK is India's fifth largest private sector Bank, Indonesia. founded by Rana Kapoor in 2004.  Headquarter: Mumbai. International Nurses Day  International Nurses Day (IND) is an international day SEBI makes P-Note norms stricter to curb black money celebrated around the world on 12 May (the anniversary of in markets Florence Nightingale's birth) of each year, to mark the  Markets regulator Sebi has barred resident as well as non- contributions nurses make to society. resident Indians (NRIs) from making investments through  This year, the theme is “Nurses: A Voice to Lead, Achieving participatory notes (P-Notes). the Sustainable Development Goals”.  P-notes are mostly used by overseas individual investors, hedge funds and foreign institutions to invest in the Indian PM inaugurates hospital in Dickoya securities markets through registered foreign institutional investors (FIIs).  The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has inaugurated a hospital in Dickoya in Central Province of Sri Lanka, built with Indian About SEBI: assistance.  Established in 1988  Prime Minister Modi later addressed a large gathering of  Headquarter: Mumbai Indian Origin Tamils at Norwood. The Prime Minister also  Chairman: Vijay Tyagi met representatives of the Ceylon Workers Congress, and the Tamil Progressive Alliance. Paytm partners with Genesis Luxury for payment gateways in India OBOR summit  Digital wallet player Paytm has partnered with luxury brand  China has organized two-day summit from May 14 to distributor Genesis Luxury in India which markets and showcase its plans to build a network of trade routes—One distributes global luxury and premium brands in the country. Belt, One Road (OBOR)—that will connect Asia, Africa, the  This would allow users to scan the store QR code and pay Middle East and Europe in Bejing. using the balance on their Paytm wallet.

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IBS Quest Google launches Aero for hyper local services in India  At the end of trade, the market cap of SBI stood at Rs  Google has launched an app named Aero in India to cater to 2,35,307.51 crore. This is about Rs 2,961.79 crore more than restaurant delivery and home services. that of PSU energy major ONGC’s Rs 2,32,345.72 crore.  This is the first time that Google is entering the business of  ONGC once used to be the country’s most-valued company in food delivery and home services in India. terms of market valuation.  However, the new app by Google- Aero is an accreditor that provides services through other startups in the domain. ‘Griha Siddhi’  Google Aero app work as an aggregator for the users to find  India’s premier housing financing company has announced restaurants nearby and order food and fix appointments with launch of its new home loan product ‘Griha Siddhi’. local electricians, painters, cleaners, plumbers, and others.  Griha Siddhi loans are customized home loan products that are offered for construction / purchase of house or flat and India’s growth forecast by World Bank repairs/renovation to the existing properties.  According to World Bank report, Indian economy is expected  Loans are offered for a maximum tenure of 30 years or to grow from 6.8% in 2016 to 7.2% by 2017. retirement age in case of salaried employees and for other  The report also confirms that South Asia remains the fastest- borrowers, the maximum term is up to 25 years. growing region in the world.  Under this plan, the company has created a special segment for women borrowers for loans up to Rs.25 lakh at special About World bank: interest rates of 8.35% p.a.  It was established in July 1945. It has 189 Members.  For other borrowers, the interest rate will be charged at 8.40%  Jim Yong Kim is the present President of the World up to Rs.25 lakh and for loans up to Rs.1 crore, the interest Bank. rate will be 8.50% p.a.  It is headquartered in Washington D.C. Base year of WPI, IIP revised to 2011-12 IMF pegs India's growth at 7.2% in FY18 ahead of  The government has China's 6.6% revised the base year of  World Economic Outlook (WEO), International Monetary wholesale price index fund's flagship publication, has revised upwards India's growth (WPI) and index of forecast for FY17 to 6.8 per cent, just ahead of China's 6.7 industrial production percent for 2016 calendar. (IIP) to 2011-12 from  IMF has retained its India growth forecast for FY18 at 7.2 per 2004-05. cent and FY19 at 7.7 percent, well ahead of its forecast for  WPI has been changed six times so far since 1942 and this China. happens to be the 7th revision. About IMF:  The IIP base year has also been changed to ensure that it  Headquarter: Washington, D.C. remains more relevant in the years that it is operational.  Formed in 1944.  It has 189 member countries. Collaboration between IIT Kharagpur and British  Christine Lagarde is the managing director of IMF. Geological Survey  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has SBI beats ONGC to become most-valued PSU firm in collaborated with the British Geological Survey to turn m-cap Varanasi into a smart city.  State Bank of India (SBI) surpassed ONGC to become the  Three dimensional geological modelling of the geology under country’s most valued state-owned firm in terms of market Varanasi will be prepared to help improve the building of new valuation. transport and service infrastructure.  Further, the preservation of archaeological sites and the management of flooding hazards and the sustainability of water supplies would also be undertaken.

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IBS Quest South Asia Satellite  The project is situated at Rahu in Pune district.  India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) successfully launched South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) into its First Made in India industrial robot planned Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO.  TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a unit of Tata Motors has  This was the eleventh launch from GSLV and took place from launched a Made in India industrial robot, which it claims will the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre be 30 to 40 per cent cheaper than competing products. SHAR (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota, and the spaceport of India.  Robot named Brabo can be used in areas like assembly of  This is the fourth consecutive success achieved by GSLV parts, machine and press tending. carrying indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage. National Technology Day About Satellite  On 11 May 1998, India conducted a series of nuclear tests in  Spacecraft and the launch are estimated to have cost India the Pohkran, Rajasthan. The tests were successful. around Rs 450 crore. Its applications touch everyday life and  To celebrate these achievements, India celebrates National the neighbours use its applications free of charge. Technology Day on 11 May.  South Asia Satellite now orbits Earth in an oval orbit 169 km at the nearest and 36,105 km at the farthest, “with an orbital WannaCry ransomware inclination of 20.65 degrees with respect to the Equator.”  The Wanna Cry ransomware  The orbit will be made circular through manoeuvres from the attack - one of the largest ever Master Control Facility in Hassan in Karnataka. cyber attacks - appeared to be  Soon after it was released from the last stage of the rocket, slowing around 24 hours after it GSAT-9's two solar arrays opened out automatically and its wrecked havoc and shut down engineers at the MCF took charge of the satellite. It will start tens of thousands of computer systems across 104 countries. working after all its instruments are switched on and tested in  The slow down happened soon after 'MalwareTech', a Britain- the coming days. based security researcher, accidentally discovered a 'kill  It has 12 Ku band transponders which India's neighbours can switch' to halt the Wanna Cry attack. utilise to increase communications.  Russia was the worst affected with Avast telling that 60 per  Each country will get access to at least one transponder cent of all infected computers were located in that country. through which they could beam their own programming and there could be common 'South Asian Programming' as well About WannaCry:  WannaCry, is a form of ransomware that affects Microsoft’s Tarang Sanchar Windows operating system.  Department of Telecom  When a system is infected, a pop up window appears, launched Tarang Sanchar in prompting you to pay to recover all your files within three New Delhi on May 2, a web days, with a countdown timer on the left of the window. portal for Information  It adds that if you fail to pay within that time, the fee will be sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF Emission Compliances. doubled, and if you don’t pay within seven days, you will  The Telecom Minister expressed the hope that the portal will lose the files forever. empower common man to know at the convenience of a  Payment is accepted only with Bitcoin. mouse click, about towers working in a particular locality and whether they are compliant to the EMF emission norms I-League title defined by the Government.  1st rank: Aizawl FC  2nd rank: Mohan Bagan Country’s 1st bio refinery plant  Aizawl FC become the first  Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway Nitin club from the Northeast to Gadkari has inaugurated the country’s first bio refinery plant bag the title. which produces ethanol from variety of biomass.

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IBS Quest Asian squash title London, founded in 1787.  Joshna Chinappa has become the first Indian to win the Asian  MCC was formerly the governing body of cricket both Squash title by defeating Dipika Pallikal Karthik in the in England and Wales as well as worldwide. women’s final in Chennai.  MCC revised the Laws of Cricket in 1788 and continues  In the men’s final, however, Saurav Ghosal was defeated by to reissue them (from time to time), and remains the Max Le. copyright holder.

Snooker World Title, 2017 Valtteri Bottas wins his first F1 title in Russia  Winner: Mark Selby  Finland's Valtteri Bottas celebrated the first Formula One  Runner up: John Higgins victory of his career at the Russian Grand Prix.  Mark Selby has won World snooker championship for the  Championship leader Sebastian Vettel finished Second while third time. Kimi Raikkonen finished third. Lewis Hamilton Finished fourth. Azlan Shah Cup 2017  Gold medal: Great Britain 10th Barcelona Open Title  Silver medal: Australia  Rafael Nadal romped to Barcelona Open title as he swept  Bronze medal: India aside Austria's Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-1 for a 51st clay-court crown. About Sultan Azlan Shah Cup:-  This was Nadal's 10th Barcelona Open title.  The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual international men's  Nadal won in Barcelona between 2005-2009, 2011-13 and field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. now in the last two years.  It began in 1983 as a biennial contest. The tournament became an annual event after 1998. Asian Billiards Championship title  The tournament is named after the ninth King of Malaysia,  Sixteen-time world champion Sultan Azlan Shah, an avid fan of hockey. Pankaj Advani won his seventh Asian title by defeating Sourav Haryana emerge champion at National Youth Athletics Kothari 6-3 in an entertaining final Meet of the Asian Billiards  Haryana beat arch rivals Kerala after six years to win the team Championship, in Chandigarh. championship at the National Youth Athletics Meet, which  This is his sixth Asian Billiards and seventh overall Asian concluded in Hyderabad. championship.  Haryana emerged champions with 166.5 points. Kerala, which  The other title being 6-red snooker which he won last year. stood at the top place in the last five years, could manage only 134.75 points to finish runners-up. Bahrain Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel claimed a well-judged victory for Ferrari in MCC offers life membership to former India captain the Bahrain Grand Prix for his second win of the season. Sandhya Agarwal  The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has offered honourary Asian Boxing Championships life membership to Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of the  Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (60kg) had to settle for a silver Indian women’s Test team. medal after an injury-forced loss in the at the Asian Boxing  A resident of Indore, Agarwal has played 13 Tests and 21 Championships. ODIs from 1984 to 1995.  However, with this medal Thapa became the first Indian to claim three back-to-back medals at the event. About MCC:-  Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club in

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IBS Quest Jhulan Goswami becomes leading wicket-taker in Thomas whose term ended on April 30. women's ODIs  Former India captain Jhulan Goswami has surpassed About PAC:- Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick to become the leading wicket-  PAC became a Parliamentary committee on January 26, taker in Women's One-Day International (ODI) cricket, taking 1950.  Since 1967, a convention has been established whereby an her haul to 181 wickets from 153 outings. eminent leader from the opposition in Lok Sabha is appointed as its chairperson. Asian Wrestling Championship  The PAC is formed every year with a strength of not more  The Indian wrestlers finished than 22 members of which 15 are from Lok Sabha, the with 10 medals, including a gold, lower house of the Parliament, and 7 from Rajya Sabha, five silver and four bronze, the upper house of the Parliament.

bettering their tally of nine medals in the last edition of the Championship at Bangkok. Govt appoints MDs, CEOs of seven public sector banks  Bajrang Punia has won gol medal for India in 65 kg weight  The government has appointed new managing directors and category chief executive officers of seven public sector banks.  The new appointments are:  R Subramaniakumar: MD and CEO of the Indian Spanish Grand Prix Overseas Bank (IOB).  Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix from pole  Rajkiran Rai G: MD and CEO of the Union Bank of position to cut Sebastian Vettel's overall lead in the Formula India. One championship to six points with a quarter of the season  Sunil Mehta: MD and CEO in the Punjab National Bank. completed.  Usha Ananthasubramanian: Allahabad Bank as its new  Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel finished second. MD and CEO.  Dinabandhu Mohapatra: MD and CEO of the Bank of Arjun Maini first Indian to win a GP3 race India.  Arjun Maini, driving for Jenzer Motorsports, created history  M O Rego: MD and CEO Syndicate Bank. by becoming the first Indian driver to win a GP3 race when he  R A Sankara Narayanan: MD and CEO of Vijaya Bank. claimed the sprint race.  The 19-year old scored his first win in two years ahead of New president of kabaddi federation Frenchman Dorian Boccolacci and teammate Alessio Lorandi  Mridul Gehlot and Dinesh Patel were elected unanimously of Italy. president and general secretary of Amateur Kabaddi New President of Albania Federation of India (AKFI).  lir Meta was elected as President of the Republic of Albania.  Ilir Meta will hold the post of President of the Republic for the New Director General of CRPF period 2017-2022.  Senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar was appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force About Albania:- (CRPF).  Capital: Tirana  Bhatnagar will be replacing acting DG Sudeep Lakhtakia.  Currency: Lek New Financial Commissioner of Railways New Chairman of PAC  B.N.Mohapatra has been appointed as the new Financial  Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is Commissioner (FC) (Railways). appointed the new chairman of the 21- member Public Accounts Committee of New MD & CEO of LIC Housing Finance Parliament.  Vinay Sah has assumed charge as MD and CEO of LIC  Kharge replaces Congress leader K V Housing Finance.

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IBS Quest  He has replaced Sunita Sharma. P.C. Chandra award  Nobel laureate and social activist New Pakistan's new envoy to India Kailash Satyarthi was presented the  Pakistan diplomat Sohail Mahmood is P.C. Chandra Purashkar (award) for appointed as Pakistan's next high his global crusade against child commissioner to India. slavery and exploitative child labour.  Mahmood is currently working as  The 63-year-old Satyarthi was handed over a citation, a trophy Pakistan's ambassador to Turkey. and a cheque of Rs 10 lakh. India’s Ambassador to Netherlands  Venu Rajamony has been appointed India’s Ambassador to Goldman Prize the Netherlands.  Winner: Social activist Prafulla Samantra  Rajamony will also be India’s Permanent Representative to  Since 1990 when the awards were first instituted, five Indians the Organisation for Prevention of Chemical Weapons based — Medha Patkar, M.C. Mehta, Rasheeda Bi, Champaran in The Hague. Shukla and Ramesh Agrawal — have won the prize. Mr. Samantra will be the sixth. Defence Secretary of India  Road and Transport Secretary Sanjay Mitra will be the next Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2016 Defence Secretary.  Renowned Film Director &  Mitra, a 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, will Actor Shri Kasinadhuni succeed G Mohan Kumar whose tenure ends May 24. Viswanath is to be conferred the 48th Dada Saheb Phalke Head of FIFA Governance Committee Award for the year 2016.  Justice (Retd.) Mukul Mudgal was elected as head of FIFA’s governance committee at the world football governing body’s About Dada Saheb Phalke Award:- 67th Congress in Bahrain’s capital city of Manama.  The Award is conferred by the Government of India for outstanding contribution to the ngrowth and development of Indian Cinema. India’s new ambassador to France  The Award consists of a Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus), a  Seasoned diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs and a shawl. as India’s next ambassador to France.  Last year it was given to veteran actor and director  Kwatra will succeed Mohan Kumar, who is retiring. Manoj Kumar. 10th Moscow sand art championship  Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Golf Industry Awards from Odisha has won the jury prize  SSP Chawrasia and Aditi Ashok were among the winners at gold medal at the10th Moscow Sand the second Golf Industry Association (GIA) Awards. Art Championship.  Aditi bagged Outstanding Achievement as a Player award.  Pattnaik had created a 10 feet high sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh and inscribed  Chawrasia bagged the Award for the Men's Player of the Year. "Go Green" on the statue. Miss Teen Universe pageant Avvaiyar award  Srishti Kaur from India was crowned Miss Teen Universe  Tamil Nadu government has honoured social worker Padma 2017 Venkataraman with the state’s “Avvaiyar Award” for 2017.  Samantha Pierre from Canada and Ary Trava from Mexico  The “Avvaiyar Award” was constituted by late Chief Minister were the runners-up in the event held at the Ruben Dario J Jayalalithaa in 2012 to honour women actively working in National Theatre in Nicaragua’s capital Managua. the areas of social reform, women’s development, culture, media, inter-faith harmony, and administration, among others.

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IBS Quest e-Puraskar  The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Dinanath Mangeshkar Award Department of Karnataka has bagged e- Puraskar Award for  Actor Aamir Khan and cricket icon Kapil Dev will receive the the best performance in empowering panchayats by using 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards, at a ceremony on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, for April 24. 2016-17.  Khan will be honored with the Vishesh Puraskar for Best Film  Kerala bagged the second prize, while West Bengal secured 'Dangal', while Dev for his outstanding contribution to Indian third prize in the category of ICT tools. Cricket.  The cash prize for the first position is Rs. 2 crore, Rs. 1 crore for second position and Rs. 50 lakh for third position. Woodrow Wilson Award  ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar has become the first Indian BEML bags Hindustan PSU award woman to be conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson  BEML, a defence public sector, has received the Hindustan Award for Global Corporate Citizenship. PSU Award under the category ‘Fastest Growing Organisation Kochhar, 55, received the annual award which was instituted – Miniratna’. in 1998 by the prestigious Wilson Center.  Umesh Chandra, Executive Director, received the award on behalf of the company.

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IBS Quest

SSC SPECIAL GS QUESTIONS

1. Longest Nerve Sciatic 2. Longest Cell Neuron (Nerve Cell) 3. Menstrual Cycle 28 days 4. Menopause Age 45 – 50 Years 5. Minimum Regeneration Power In Brain Cells 6. Minimum Distance for proper vision 25 cm 7. Pulse Rate 72 / minute. 8. Normal Sperm Count 200 – 350 million / ejaculation. 9. FSR (normal Erythrocyte Sedimentation rate) 4 – 10 min / hr 10. pH of Gastric Juice 1.4 11. pH of Urine 6.0 12. pH of Blood 7.35 – 7.45 13. pH of Bile 7.5 14. pH of Pancreatic Juice 8.5 15. Total Number of Muscles in the Body 639 16. Total Number of Bones in the Body 206 17. Largest Organ of Human Body Skin 18. Which tissue in cells have lost the capicity of cell division? Permanent tissue 19. Which scientist studied about wheat rust problem? K. C. Mehta 20. Most of the plants obtain nitrogen from the soil in which from? Nitrates 21. Which fungus is responsible for disease late blight of potato? Phytophthora infestans 22. Which is responsible for red rot of sugarcane? Collectorichum falcatum 23. Which stage of development of insect is most harmful for crop? Caterpillar 24. In India famous Bengal famine accurred in 1942 by which disease? Leaf spot of rice 25. Which factors are most responsible for disease in plant? Fungi 26. Which fungus is responsible for the tikka disease of groundnut? Cercosplora personata 27. What is the Study of pulse and arterial blood pressure called? Sphygmology 28. Which branch of biology deals with the study of processing and preservation Food technology of food? 29. What is the Study of the effects of toxic chemical substance on animal and Toxicology plant? 30. What is the Branch of science which deals with the study of skin of man? Dermatology 31. The release of which fish into wells helps in controlling the mosquitoes? Gambusia fish 32. Which animal lays eggs and does not produce young ones directly? Echidna 33. How many pair of heart is found in an earthworm? Four 34. Which substance found in blood which helps in cloting? Fibrinogen 35. Which worm reach into intestine of human by eating leaf? Tape worm 36. Which is the phylum that includes exclusively marine animal? Echinodermata 37. Which organs has its own wave of autonomic excitation? Heart 38. What is the short upper part of human intestine next to the stomach? Duodenum 39. A person feel fatigued due to depositon of which acid in their muscles? Latic Acid 40. In the retina of eye cells what is present for colour differentiation? Cones 41. Which gland is responsible for the secretion of insulin? Pancrease 42. What is considered as the easily digestable source of protein? Soyabean

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IBS Quest 43. What percentage of water found in blood plasma of human? 91 to 92% 44. Which blood vessel bringing blood into Bowman’s capsule? Afferent arteriole 45. which antibodies are produced in the plasma of blood? Lymphocytes 46. Which enzyme take part in digestion of milk protein? Rennin 47. Which part of brain is centre of thirst hunger and sleep? Hypothalmus 48. Blood Coagualtion is prevented by which chemical when it flow through Heparin artery and vein? 49. Which organelles in the cell, other than nucleus contains DNA? Mitochondria 50. What is infolding from the inner membrane of mitochondria called? Cristae 51. In a living cell what is the site of ribosome formation? Nucleolus 52. What do both respiration and photosynthesis require? Cytochromes 53. In absence of ribosome in cell which function does not takes place? Protein synthesis 54. Deficiency of which vitamin, causes xerophthelmia? Vitamin A 55. Which antimicrobial drug is suitable for treatment of both tuberculosis and Rifampicin leprosy? 56. Insects that can transmit diseases to human are referred to as which name? Vectors 57. Pneumoconiosis affects the workers who work mainly in which industry? Coal mining industry 58. Lathyrism is caused by excessive consumption of which thing? Khesari Dal 59. Which part of blood carry out the function of body defence? White blood cell 60. Which disease is caused due to presence of excess arsenic in water? Skin Cancer 61. What is the transmission of characters from one generation to next? Heredity 62. Who got noble prize for artificial synthesis of DNA? Kornberg 63. What is the smallest part of DNA that undergoes recombination? Recon 64. By whom was Artificial gene synthesis first done in laboratory? Khurana 65. By whom the concept of survival of the fittest as advanced? Herbert Spencer 66. From the evolutionary point of view, which is the most primitive animal? Turtle 67. Which was the Russian scientist who proposed the theory of origin of life? Oparin 68. Who published the book ‘Origin of species by natural selection in 1859’? Darwin 69. Which is most primitive ancestor of man ? Australopithecus 70. Which harmful element tobacoo exists in tobacoo ? Nicotine 71. What is abiotic component of ecosystem? Water 72. What is Study of inter relationship between living organism and their Ecology environment? 73. Epiphytes are plant which depend on other plants for which purpose? Mechanical support 74. What amount of energy transfered from one trophic level to next? 10% 75. Plant and animal living in a particular area, what is it called? Community 76. Reduced leaves and sunken stomata are the main feature of which thing? Xerophytes 77. What ratio of forest area needed for ecologycal balance in India? 33.3% 78. Ultimate environmental hazard to mankind, why? Due to Nuclear pollution 79. Sound become hazardous noise pollution at which level? Above 80 dB 80. Which energy do not have the problem of pollution? Sun 81. Which air pollutant affect the nervous system of man? Lead 82. By which is the Atmosphere of big metropolition cities is polluted most? Automobile exhausts 83. National Environmental Engineering research institute is situated in which Nagpur city? 84. Edward Jenner is related with which disease? Small pox 85. Which Scientist first explained about circulatory system? William Harvey

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IBS Quest 86. Who discovered Anopheles mosquito transmit malaria? Ronal ross 87. Who discovered the causal organism of the disease Anthrax? Robert Koch 88. Which Scientists has established the ‘Phylum Annelida’? Lamark 89. Which Biologist proposed the theory of Germ plasm? Weisman 90. For which is the southern blot technique used for the detection? DNA 91. For which is the northern blot technique used for the detection? RNA 92. What is the introduction of foreign genes for improving genotype? Immunisation 93. Which vitamin is transformed in golden rice ? Vitamin A 94. Human protein x –1 – antitrysin is used for which disease? Emphysama 95. Which type of cell has the ability to develop into any type of all ? Stem cell 96. What is the percentage of land area covered under forest according to Indian Forest policy 33% 97. Which organisation is responsible for maintaing Red data book? IUGN 98. What is the main cause of extinction of species from tropics? Deforestation 99. What is the number of plant species estimated to be present in India? 40,000 100. Which group has the highest number of endangered species ? Reptiles 101. Silent valley having rare plant and animal is located in which state? Kerala 102. Which is the first national park established in India? Corbet 103. Insectivorous plant generally grow in soil which is deficient in which gas? Nitrogen 104. What is one-way relationship where one species benefits at the expense of Parasitism another is called? 105. What is symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit’ is best Mutualism described? 106. Which of a species describes the tropic function it fills in its environment? Niche 107. What is the least influential in determining the distribution of terrestrial Salinity biomes? 108. What is the term for the maximum number of individuals that an area can Carrying capacity support indefinitely? 109. The massive hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctica was first discovered 1985 in which year? 110. Which animals have a diet mainly consisting of bamboo? Red pandas 111. A particle is executing S.H.M. Then what is the graph of acceleration as a Hyperbola function of displacement? 112. An atom has 7 electrons in its M-shell and contains 18 neutrons in its nucleus. 35 What is its mass number? 113. The medicine ephedrin used in the treatment of cough, asthma and bronchitis, Ephedra from where is obtained? 114. By whom was the concept of dual nature of radiation proposed? de-Broglie 115. In a bisexual flower if androcium and gynoecium mature at different time the Dichogamy phenomenon is known as which name? 116. A small drop falls from rest from a large height h in air. What is the final Almost independent of h velocity? 117. Why does Molten sodium chloride conduct electricity? Due to the presence of free ions 118. Which modification of root does not store food? Stilt 119. The total energy of a particle vibrating in S.H.M. is proportional to which thing? –The square of its Amplitude

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IBS Quest 120. A body rolling freely on the surface of the earth eventually comes, why does Because it suffers friction it to rest? 121. What is the a biological process in which glucose and fat is oxidised to librate Respiration energy? 122. What is an example of Miscelles System here? Soap + Water 123. A gale blows over a house. The force due to the gale on the roof is in which In the upward direction direction? 124. Why is Ail aqueous solution of copper sulphate is acidica in nature? Because the salt undergoes hydrolysis 125. Oxygen released during photosynthesis of green plant comes from the Water breakdown of which thing? 126. The pressure at the bottom of a liquid tank does not depend on which area? Area of the liquid surface 127. Which compound transforms baking soda into baking powder? KHC4H4O6 128. Water will be absorbed by root hairs, then how is when the external medium? Hypotonic 129. Why is Weightlessness experienced in spaceship? Due to absence of gravity 130. How is Perchloric acid prepared? By the action of Concentrate sulphuric acid on potassium perchlorate 131. What is the Study of system of animal body which protects it from infection Immunology of various disease? 132. A particle revolves round a circular path with a constant speed, how is the Along the radius acceleration of the particle? 133. Which is the Branch of science that deal with the improvement of human race Euthenics by providing better environmental condition? 134. Aluminium surface are often ‘anodized’. This means deposition of a layer of Zinc oxide which oxide? 135. Which Animal is also known as ‘Portuguese man of war’? Physalia 136. Which metal is extracted by thermal reduction process? Copper 137. An ideal liquid flows through a horizontal tube of variable diameter. The Velocity is highest pressure is lowest and what will be velocity? 138. If a non-metal is added to the interstitial sites of a metal, then how does the less malleable metal become? 139. Which is used as a gift in Japan? Euplectella 140. A gas is enclosed in a container which is then placed on a fast moving train. Remain unchanged What will be the temperature of the gas? 141. When will a hot body radiate maximum energy? If its surface is black and rough 142. How many electrons are involved in the oxidation by KMnO4 in basic 4 medium? 143. Which chemical substance secreted by particular species of animal to attract Pheromones another member of same species? 144. How is the heat transferred by the radiator of a refrigerator? More than that at the freezer 145. Which compound of zinc is white when cold and yellow when hot? ZnO 146. Pheretima posthuma is scientific name of which animal? Earth worm 147. Merscuric sulphide dissolves in aqua-regia to form which compund? HgCl2 148. An individual whose blood type is B may in an emergency donate blood to a AB or B person which blood groups? 149. If the amplitude of a wave at a distance t from a point source is A, what will A/2 be the amplitude at a distance 2r? 150. In which sequence are the electromagnetic radiations in decreasing order of Infrared, radio, X-rays, visible

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IBS Quest wave lengths? 151. Salts of which element provide colours to fireworks? Strontium and barium 152. Which organ have the capacity of regeneration? Liver 153. With the increase in temperature, what happens in the frequency of the sound Increases from an organ pipe?

154. What is obtained when cadmium chloride is treated with water? Cd (OH)2 155. Which organ cannot be transplanted? Brain 156. When a coin placed in a bowl of water is seen from above, how does it Raised from its position appears? 157. What is formed when cadmium reacts with H2S? CdS 158. Appetite and satiety centres of brain, where are present in? Hypothalmus 159. Which gland disapear during old age? Thymus 160. How is the matallic nature of transition elements is than that of alkali metals? Less 161. Which types of waves are used in a night vision apparatus? Infra-red-waves 162. When seen in green light, what will the saffron and green portions of our Black and green respectively national flag appear? 163. The 3d transition series contains how many elements from atomic number? 21 to 30 164. Which blood group is universal doner? O 165. Which lanthanides are used in glass, blowers, goggles? Pr, Nd 166. Why is the function of the collimator in a spectrometer? To obtain a parallel beam of light 167. What is the smallest structural and functional unit of nervous system? Neuron

168. Which compound is obtained when auric chloride reacts with sodium Na[AuCl4] chloride? 169. What is systolic and diastolic pressure in a healthy man? 120 mm and 80 mm 170. The refractive index of a piece of transparent quartz is the greatest for which Violet light light? 171. Which part of human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and Medulla oblangata vomating? 172. By which Carbon and hydrogen are estimated in organic compounds? Liebig’s method 173. If the refractive angle of a prism is 60° and the minimum deviation is 30°, 45° then the angle of incidence is how many degrees? 174. What is present both in plant and animal? Plasma membrane 175. What does mixture of CS2 and H2S on passing over heated copper give? Methane 176. If the rotational velocity of a dynamo armature is doubled, what will then the Become double induced emf? 177. Which is used in storage batteries? Lead 178. What is the name of the poisonous gas formed by the interaction of acetylene Lewisite and arsenic trichloride? 179. Which tissue take part in healing the wounds? Epithelium tissue 180. When a body is earth connected, electrons from the earth flow into the body. This means the body is Charged What is its mean? positively 181. Acetylene is used as an anaesthetic under which name? Narcylene 182. In daily requirement basis which vitamin is required in largest quantity by the Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) human body? 183. When does not No current flows between two charged bodies? If they have same potential 184. Denatured spirit is a mixture of ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol and which other Pyridine thing?

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IBS Quest 185. Consumption of fish is considered to be healthy compared to flesh of other Because it contains polyunsaturated animals why? fatty acids 186. What is the reason for excessive solubility of ethyl alcohol in water? Due to hydrogen bonding with water 187. Through which are the characters are transferred from parents to progeny? DNA 188. A radioactive substance has a half life of 4 months. In how many months will 8 months three fourths of the substance will decays? 189. The cause of fractional atomic weights of elements? The presence of Isotopes

190. Which gas, is used for artificial ripening of fruit? C2H4 191. Which branch of biology deal with the study of heredity? Genetics 192. The maximum number of photo electrons released in photocell is independent Frequency of which thing?

193. A fruity smell is produced by the reaction of C2H5OH with which formula? CH3COOH 194. By which can Evolutionary development of a species be best studied? Studying fossils of this species 195. What is the process by which vegetable ghee is manufactured? Hydrogenation 196. Early atmosphere contained methane and other hydrocarbons they have been Carbon dioxide now replaced by which gas? 197. For an electric dipole, how are the field at a point on the equatorial line and In opposite direction the dipole moment? 198. Crop sown soon after the onset of south-west monsoon in India, what is this Kharif called? 199. Thermal decomposition of alkanes is known as which name? Cracking 200. If a diamagnetic substance is brought near north and south pole of a oar It is Repelled by poles magnet, what will be then? 201. What is a glass sided tank, bowl in which aquatic animals live? Aquarium 202. Deficiency of which vitamin causes xerophthalmia? Vitamin A 203. If a wire of resistivity p is stretched to double its length, then what will Not change change in its new resistivity? 204. Cathode rays enter an electric field normal to the lines of force. Then how is Parabola their path in the electric field is 205. The word “biodiversity” is a combination of which two words? Biology and diversity 206. Which thing is the sweetest natural sugar? Lactose 207. Jaundice in human beings affects which of the body part? Liver 208. How many orangutans disappear each year as result of palm oil farming? 5000 209. The sky wave propagation is suitable for radio waves of frequency form how From 2 MHz to 30 MHz many MHz? 210. Which is considered a hot-spot of biodiversity in India? Western Ghats 211. Which is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors? Liquid sodium 212. Which is the second most abundant metal in the earth’s crust? Iron 213. Which plant is used for green manuring in India? Sunhemp 214. Optic fibres are mainly used for which purpose? Communication 215. Which is the lightest gas? Hydrogen 216. What is the Mendel’s principles of inheritance? Sexual reproduction 217. How is the frequency of ultrasound wave typically? Above 20,000 kHz

218. 8. What is formula of plaster of paris? 2CaSO4.H2O 219. 9. Which is the largest flower in the world ? Rafflesia 220. Who received Nobel Prize twice for the same subject? Marie Curie 221. What are Carbon, diamond and graphite together called? Allotropes

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IBS Quest 222. What is the approximate velocity of light per second? 3 × 108 m 223. Which metal was first discovered by man ? Copper 224. Which nutrients are most likely to be affected by food processing and Vitamins storage? 225. What do we use in SONAR? Ultrasonic waves 226. By whom was the quantum theory first enunciated? By Max Planck 227. Food wrapped in newspaper is likely to get contaminated with which Lead desease? 228. The wavelength of X-rays is of the order of howmany angstrom? 1 Angstrom 229. Which isotope of uranium capable of sustaining chain reactions? U-235 230. What is Hepatitis-B, which affects liver? Virus 231. Which polymer is widely used for making bullet proof material? Polyethylene 232. Which is the essential element in all organic compounds? Carbon 233. Which vitamin is essential for poor bone and teeth formation? Vitamin D 234. Old-written material, which cannot be read easily, how can be read? By infrared rays 235. Which synthetic fibre is known as artificial silk? Rayon 236. Which vegetable protein is considered as good as an animal protein? Soyabean protein 237. ‘mho’ is the unit of which unit? Specific resistance 238. Which are the important raw materials required in cement industry ? Limestone and clay 239. By which would Desert plants be characterised? By sunken stomata 240. What is the number of basic units in the International System of Units? 7 241. Which are the high-temperature superconductors? Ceramic oxides 242. Which is the sweetest sugar? Fructose 243. A small weight is put on the pressure cooker. It increases the pressure of the Area of contact is small steam. Why? 244. Which is the highest grade of coal whose surface is shining and has the Anthracite highest calorific value? 245. In certain amino acids, which elements is found in addition to carbon, Sulphur hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen? 246. A car is running on a road at a uniform speed of 60 km/hr. What is the net Equal to zero resultant force on the car? 247. Which substance coated on plastic tape? Iron oxide 248. Which combination of foods providing protein quality nearest to that of meat? Sprouted gram and groundnuts 249. Which common devices works on the basis of the principle of mutual Transformer induction? 250. Which charcoal is used to deeolourise raw sugar? Wood charcoal 251. Milk, cheese and eggs are the source of vitamins which vitamins? A and D 252. Which is the wave in which the particies of the material move up and down as Transverse the wave goes from left to right? 253. According to Dalton’s atomic theory, which is the smallest particle which can An atom exist independently? 254. What is the source of immediate energy for cellular activity? ATP 255. Which is most efficient engine? Electric 256. What is the conversion of Fe++ to Fe+++? Oxidation 257. By whom was Gene first isolated? Hargobind Khurana 258. When milk is churned, how does the cream separate from it? Due to the centrifugal force 259. For which thing is Washing soda the common name? Sodium carbonate

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IBS Quest 260. From the biological evolutionary point of view, the human heart is close to Pig the heart of which animal? 261. A bullet hits and gets embedded in a solid block resting on a horizontal Momentum frictionless table.What is conserved’? 262. Which mixture is homogeneous? Methanol and water

263. What is formed by strong heating of potassium petmanganate? O2 264. Most of the digestion occur in which part of alimentory canal of man? Small intestine 265. Which has the longest wave length? Infra red radiation 266. Which plant produce seed but not fruit? Mint 267. Length of Alimentary Canal Approximately 8 metres. 268. BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) 1600 K. Cal / day. 269. Number of Cells in Body 75 trillion 270. Longest Bone Femur (Thigh bone). 271. Smallest Bone is stapes. 272. Weight of Brain 1400 gms 273. Blood Volume 6.8 litres (in 70 kg body) 274. Normal B.P 120 / 80 mm Hg 275. Number of R.B.C In Male 4.5 – 5.0 million / cubic mm. Number of R.B.C In Female 4.0 – 4.5 million / cubic mm 276. Life Span of R.B.C 120 days 277. Normal W.B.C Count 5000 1000 / cubic mm 278. Life Span of W.B.C : 3 4 days 279. D.L.C. (Differential Leucocyte Count) (a) Basophils : 0.5 1% 280. Blood Platelets Count : 2,00,000 4,00,000 / cubic mm 281. Haemoglobin In Male 14 – 15.6 gm / 100 c.c. of blood(b) Haemoglobin In Female 11 – 14 gm / 100 c.c. of blood 282. Hb Content in Body 500 – 700 gm 283. Universal Blood Donor O Rh -ve 284. Universal Blood Recipient AB 285. Blood Clotting Time 2 – 5 minutes 286. Average Body Weight 70 kg 287. Normal Body Temperature 98.4° F or 37° C 288. Breathing Rate 16 – 20 / minute 289. Dental Formula Adult 2123 / 2123 = 32; 290. Child 22 Milk Teeth 291. Largest Endocrine Gland Thyroid 292. Gestation Period 9 months (253 – 266 days) 293. Normal Heart Beat 72 – 75 / minute 294. Largest Gland Liver 295. Largest Muscle in the Body Gluteus maximus (Buttock Muscle) 296. Largest Artery Abdominal Aorta 297. Largest Vein Inferior Venacava 298. Largest W.B.C Monocyte 299. Smallest W.B.C Lymphocyte 300. Greatest Regeneration Power In liver

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IBS Quest LATEST GK TABLETS 1 Which of the following heavy metals is not banned by in strontium firecrackers? 2 Name the neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein’s brain and died recently? Marian Diamond 3 Jiyo Parsi scheme is related to which of the following states? Maharashtra 4 Which organisation signed MoU with the National Skill Development Corporation on skill Border Security Force development? 5 Which of the following men's duo of shuttlers won Lagos International Challenge Title in Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Nigeria? Reddy 6 Amazon Prime Video signed a worldwide exclusive content deal with which Bollywood Salman Khan star? 7 On which of the following banks has RBI imposed a penalty of 3 crore for "non- Union Bank of India compliance" with the directions on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms in two separate cases? 8 Which bill seeking constitutional status for the National Commission for Backward Classes Constitutional (123rd was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 31 July 2017? Amendment) Bill, 2017 9 The State Bank of India has slashed interest on savings account deposits by 50 basis points Rs 1 crore to 3.5 per cent on balance up to 10 This city was chosen as the host of 2024 Summer Olympics. Paris 11 This city was chosen as the host of 2028 Summer Olympics. Los Angeles 12 The union government has ordered state-run oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas, Rs 4 LPG (liqueified petroleum gas), prices by this amount per cylinder every month. 13 Who among the following will head the 10-member committee constituted by Government Justice BN Srikrishna of India to recommend a framework for securing personal data in the increasingly digitised economy? 14 Which of the following Indian women cricket players, who was a part of Indian Women Shikha Pandey World Cup Team, was felicitated by the Indian Air Force? 15 The government launched a portal, e-RaKAM, to provide a platform to sell agricultural produce 16 Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange? Shahid Khaqan Abbasi 17 India recently signed an agreement on transfer of sentenced persons with which country? Somalia 18 China has formally opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti 19 The Union Government has approved establishment of Post Graduate Institutes for Research Karnataka and Haryana in Yoga and Naturopathy in these two states. 20 Which of the following banks did not get RBI's approval to offer Bharat Bill Payment Bank of India System's services to its customers? 21 Which country recently launched a 1621 feet longest suspension pedestrian bridge of the Switzerland world? 22 eBay India has been merged into FlipKart 23 Union Government recently launched ‘Swachhata Ki Jyot Jagi Hai’ anthem to inspire the Swachh Survekshan 2018 people to participate in the Swachhata Jan Andolan under which initiative? 24 ‘Aadi Perukku’ festival is celebrated in Tamil Nadu 25 Punjab government has decided to appoint which cricketer as DSP with the state’s police? Harmanpreet Kaur

26 Name Maharashtra's online building permission management system, through which MahaVASTU construction approvals will be sanctioned with full transparency.

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IBS Quest 27 EC rejected plea by parties to remove the NOTA option from the upcoming Rajya Sabha Gujarat polls in which state? 28 Hassan Rouhani is the president of Iran 29 The WCD Ministry has launched a contest for designing the logo for ‘Women of India New Delhi Festival’. The festival is scheduled to be held in which city? 30 Name the mobile application that was developed by the Indian Army to enable serving Humraaz soldiers to track details like postings, promotions, and monthly payslips as well as form 16. 31 Telenor India has been merged into Bharti Airtel 32 Reports suggest that the Union Cabinet in August 2017 cleared a proposal that amends Overseas Indians/NRIs electoral laws to extend proxy voting rights to whom of the following? 33 Prestigious title of 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year has been Sergio Tapiro Velasco conferred to 34 Name the institution/organization that in its report has said that India is more attractive to Nomura FDIs as compared to other emerging markets. 35 The first Israeli satellite which been dubbed as VENUS. Here VENUS stands for Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New (µ) Micro-Satellite. 36 Name the state government that has decided to give compulsory retirement to the Punjab nonperforming head masters, teachers and education department officials above the age of 50 years. 37 Who is India's Chief Information Commissioner? R K Mathur 38 How many Tatkal Tickets are processed by IRCTC in a day? 130,000 39 Who of the following took over as the new Air Officer-in-charge Administration of Indian Air Marshal Hemant Narayan Air Force? Bhagwat 40 The 2017 meeting of BRICS Trade Committee was held in Shanghai 41 Who of the following won the National Rapid Chess Championship? Anwesh Upadhyay 42 Who is the chairman of SEBI's committee set up on 'fair market conduct'? R K Viswanathan 43 Which UN organisation adopted a resolution on eliminating supply of weapons to terrorists? United Nations Security Council 44 Who has been named new secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Sanjaya Baru Commerce and Industry? 45 Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, who passed away in August 2017, belonged to which field? Molecular biology 46 The Reserve Bank of India fixed what per cent of Repo Rate under Third Bi-monthly 6.00 per cent Monetary Policy Statement 2017-18? 47 Which organisation allowed India to construct hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of World Bank the Jhelum and Chenab rivers under Indus Waters Treaty? 48 Which of the following cities will become the first city in the country to provide a helicopter Bengaluru taxi service? 49 ISRO is working on the NISAR mission along with which international space research The National Aeronautics and organisation? Space Administration (NASA) 50 Which of the following is not featured in the new Exchange Trade Fund, Bharat 2022? Bank of India 51 IBM recently opened its first Machine Learning Hub in which of the following cities? Bengaluru 52 Who is the Chairmanof US- India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)? John Chambers 53 India’s first Helicopter taxi service has been launched in which city? Bengaluru 54 Chairman and Manging Director in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is Mohammad Mustafa 55 In keeping with Government of India’s initiative to encourage development of green Andhra Pradesh

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IBS Quest airports, the AAI has started work on two airports belonging to which state? 56 Who among the following is the Highest Paid Author according to Forbes? JK Rowling 57 Which state government has decided to distribute 13 lakh Soil Health Cards among farmers? Assam 58 Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan? PRabhas Kumar 59 The 2nd Agri UDAAN, food & agribusiness accelerator program was launched in which New Delhi city? 60 The government of India launched the second phase of measles-rubella (MR) vaccination 2020 campaign in the country to eliminate measles and curb instances of rubella by 61 Who of the following was elected as new vice President of India? Venkaiah Naidu 62 Which of the following departments has been merged into Bureau of Police Research and National Crimes Records Development (BPR&D)? Bureau 63 The Union Government has declared a state as a disturbed area under the Armed Forces Assam (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) for one month. Name it. 64 What percentage of cess will be levied on SUV cars under GST? 25% 65 Assembly of this state has passed a bill to reclassify coconut as a tree ensuring legal Goa protection to it. 66 With which of the following PayPal have extended their partnership into Asia Pacific to Master Card enhance the consumer experience. 67 These two Indian Boxers won silver medals in the Asian Junior Boxing Championships in Satender Rawat and Mohit Puerto Princesa, Philippines on 7 August 2017. Khatana 68 August 15, 2017 Independence Day of India will be celebrated as Sankalp Divas 69 Which Indian cricketer has been suspended from playing the third test between India and Sri Ravindra Jadeja Lanka? 70 Which state CM’s Principal Secretary has been appointed as the Executive Director at the Vijay Rupani World Bank in the United States? 71 Who has been appointed as the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog? Rajiv Kumar 72 Who was honoured with Asia Society Game Changers Award 2017? Dev Patel 73 India finished the Asian Junior Boxing Tournament in Puerto Princesa, Philippines with how 8 many medals? 74 Who was appointed as Deputy Comptroller for Minority Affairs in New York? Dilip Chauhan 75 This institution or organization has said to the Supreme Court that a mosque could be built in Uttar Pradesh Shia Central a Muslim-dominated area at some distance from disputed site in Ayodhya. Waqf Board 76 Which country will host the 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries? Nepal 77 Which state’s government has decided to raise $270 million from the Green Climate Fund Maharashtra with the help of 2030WRG? 78 Which railway station in Uttar Pradesh was renamed after Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay? Mughalsarai 79 India celebrated the 75th anniversary of which historic movement on 9 August 2017? Quit India Movement

80 NITI Aayog has chosen three states for transformative change in health sectors under its Madhya Pradesh 'Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH) ' initiative. Which of the following state is not selected for the transformation? 81 A high-intensity earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale struck China on 8 August Sichuan province 2017. The epicenter of this quake was in 82 Name the Indian shooter who on 8 August 2017 won a a bronze in men's trap event at the 7th Kynan Chenai Asian Championship Shotgun at Astana, Kazakhstan 83 Former Union Minister, Sanwar Lal Jat passed away on 9 August 2017 after suffering from a

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IBS Quest massive cardiac arrest. He represented which constituency in the Lok Sabha under the BJP- led Narendra Modi government? 84 On August 10, 2017, Union Government announced that it has set up institutional Textiles sector mechanisms including a task force, an inter-ministerial synergy group and a steering committee to realise the full potential of which sector? 85 Which country has topped the Global Retirement 2017 Index released by Natixis Global and Switzerland, 43 what was India's rank in the index? 86 National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved how many projects in Bihar, West Bengal ten projects and Uttar Pradesh to the tune of about Rs 2,033 crore? 87 Which Arab country has announced a programme to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 Qatar countries to encourage air transport and tourism? 88 Union Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which State Uttar Pradesh Government for opening 1000 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendras in the State on August 10,2017? 89 Bangladesh will open a new diplomatic station in Chennai 90 On August 9, 2017, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology PP National Cyber Coordination Chaudhary said, first phase of NCCC, set up to scan the country’s web traffic to detect cyber Centre security threats, has been made operational now. Abbreviation NCCC stands for: 91 The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 92 National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a temporary ban on use of non-biodegradable 50 microns plastic bags which are less than _____ microns in Delhi. 93 Which of the following is first state to implement coal utilisation between power units? Gujarat 94 Name the drive which has been launched by Uttar Pradesh Government focusing on Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra cleanliness along the banks of Ganga River and maintain hygiene? 95 World Bio-fuel Day is observed as 10 August 96 Which bank announced the launch of Instant Credit Card Service, which will enable its ICICI Bank savings account customers to get a credit card instantly, in a completely digital and paperless manner? 97 On August 8, 2017, Name the entity which launched Android Skill Development National Skill Development Programme along with Google India to impart mobile app development training on the Corporation (NSDC) Android and Web platform to improve the quality of mobile app development ecosystem in India? 98 For promoting an e–payments solution, private lender IDFC Bank has partnered with digital Zeta payments brand 99 Which entity has invested in the e-commerce company Flipkart and has become one of its Soft Bank Vision Fund largest shareholders? 100 Which entity has issued a directive that insurance of a vehicle will not be renewed unless the Supreme Court of India owner provides pollution under control (PUC) certificate? 101 On August 10, 2017, Facebook launched Youtube competitor called: ’Watch’ 102 According to Asian Cities & Regions Outlook 2016 by Oxford Economics, which state Delhi, India among the following is the fastest growth among all Asian cities? 103 Which space agency is planning to launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation (EO) ISRO satellite called the Hyper spectral Imaging Satellite? 104 Markets regulator SEBI has introduced an online registration mechanism for whom to make Custodians of securities

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IBS Quest it convenient for them to do business. 105 Who among the following shooter has become India’s youngest athlete to figure in the Shapath Bhardwaj government’s Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme? 106 Which public sector bank has recently introduced a biometric attendance register in the place Punjab National Bank of the existing system of signing attendance in the attendance register? 107 Sitaram Panchal, who passed away on August 10, 2017, was an acclaimed: Bollywood Actor 108 "Youth Building Peace" is the theme of which of the following days of 2017? International Youth Day 109 In which state the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of Andhra Pradesh Commerce & Industry has approved two projects for development of industrial clusters? 110 Nabin Tan Mon Bikash Yojana is launched to promote health habits among children 111 Where was the 15th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Kathmandu, Nepal Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting was held on August 11, 2017? 112 Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY) is a sub-scheme of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana 113 Which film was named the Best Film at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2017? Pink 114 Which among the following Central Bank has said it would not change the way its new Bank of England plastic banknotes are made, despite concerns among some vegetarians and religious groups about trace amounts of animal fat used in their production? 115 Which of the followings has received markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of Multi Commodity Exchange India's (Sebi) approval to launch country's first gold options contract? Ltd 116 This year, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be transferring how much amount to Central Rs 30,659 crore Government as dividend? 117 Markets regulator SEBI has entered into a pact with its counterpart of which country for Iran mutual cooperation and technical assistance? 118 Who has been appointed as the chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification? Prasoon Joshi 119 Who was appointed the World Health Organisation's goodwill ambassador for physical Milkha Singh activity in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR)? 120 India’s first aviation university is located in which of the following states? Uttar Pradesh 121 Who among the following was appointed as part of the reconstituted Central Board of Film Vidya Balan Certification (CBFC)? 122 'She Means Business' programme of Facebook for women entrepreneurs has been launched Odisha by which of the following states? 123 All state-run universities in which state will not observe a holiday on October 2 on the Rajasthan occasion of Gandhi Jayanti this year? 124 Who among the following has become the youngest person to reach the summit of the 6,153 Kaamya Karthikeyan metres-high Mt Stok Kangri in Kashmir? 125 Sandeep Gupta has been appointed as the head of Indian operations of which cross-border Earthport payments network? 126 With which country will India host the Indra military exercise involving armies, navies and Russia the air forces for the first time to further ramp up military ties? 127 Who among the following has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of National Dilip Asbe Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)? 128 The Hindu Playwright Award 2017 went to Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam for their In Search of Dariya Sagar’ play 129 Who among the following African-American author has won the Hugo Award for Best Nora Jemisin Novel 2017 for her work ‘The Obelisk Gate’? 130 Who was appointed as Managing Director of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank)? David Rasquinha

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IBS Quest 131 Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan commissioned which Indian Coast Guard ship Indian Coast Guard ship in Goa? ‘Shaurya’ 132 The first South Asian Youth Summit-2017 will be held in Bhubaneswar 133 President Ram Nath Kovind approved how many Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces 112 Gallantry Awards Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces on August 14, 2017? 134 A limited edition silver coin on Lord Krishna was released on Janmashtami on August 15 by Republic of Chad which country in commemoration of the 5,244th birth anniversary of the Hindu God. 135 Which Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative was launched by State Bank of India SBI Gram Seva on August 14, 2017, to work in the areas of health, education, environment and rural infrastructure? 136 In 2017, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Somalia free from which of Polio the following diseases? 137 India International Exchange (India INX) has got Securities and Exchange Board of India Bombay Stock Exchange (SEBI’s) approval to launch Gold Options. India INX is promoted by: 138 India is deploying along its volatile border with Pakistan, a smart fencing system which is Israel having a ‘quick response team’ mechanism that strikes when the CCTV-powered control room detects an infiltration attempt. This fencing system has been designed by which country? 139 Who has been given the additional charge of Rajya Sabha TV CEO after Gurdeep Singh Shashi Shekhar Vempati Sappal resigned from his post? 140 On August 14, 2017, Chief Minister of which state launched Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra an Maharashtra initiative providing job opportunities to unemployed youth? 141 The five-day long India-ASEAN Youth Summit started on August 14, 2017, in: Bhopal 142 To take forward the initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for a New India Ministry of Culture movement from 2017 – 2022, which Ministry organised a Sankalp Se Siddhi (Attainment through Resolve) Programme in Coimbatore on August 12, 2017? 143 The government has imposed a new penalty of $ 264 million (about Rs 1,700 crore) on Reliance Industries which company and its partners for producing less than the targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields in 2015-16? 144 According to 2017 Global Liveability Ranking released by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Melbourn which of the following is at the top of World’s most liveable cities' Index? 145 On August 16, 2017 ‘Indira Canteen’, aimed at serving food to poor at subsidized rates, was Bengaluru inaugurated in: 146 Who became the first woman officer to receive a gallantry award in the Army on the Major Mitali Madhumita Independence Day 2017 Celebration of India? 147 India’s first partition museum will open in: Amritsar, Punjab 148 'PlanYourGoal.com' belongs to which of the following? ICICI Prudential Mutual 149 Durgama Anchalare Malaria Nirakaran” (DAMON) belongs to which of the following Odisha states? 150 T in TAPI Gas pipeline stands for Turkmenistan 151 The government has directed internet majors Google, Facebook, Whats App, Instagram, Blue Whale Challenge Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately remove links of which online game? 152 Who among the following launched a live Twitter wall for promoting ‘Bharat Ke Veer Home Minister Rajnath Singh portal’ on the eve of the 71st Independence Day? 153 Which among the following bank has introduced the option of an “instant credit card” for City Union Bank free for its Net banking customers?

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IBS Quest 154 Scientists from which institute have developed a silk patch to repair damaged heart tissue? Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati 155 Which among the following bank has bagged the best performance awards for SHG-bank Corporation Bank linkage programme for Karnataka for 2015-16 and 2016-17 from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)? 156 Union Cabinet has accorded its approval for creation of a non-lapsable pool in the Public Ministry of Human Resource Account for secondary and higher, education known as “Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Development Kosh” (MUSK) into which all proceeds of “Secondary and Higher Education Cess” will be credited. Administration and maintenance of this pool will be under: 157 "Champions of Change" initiative was organised by NITI Aayog 158 On August 16, 2017, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal of Road Transport & Highways Department of Investment and public Asset Management (DIPAM) to set up an Alternative Minister Mechanism for strategic disinvestment. Who among the following will be a part of this Alternative Mechanism? 159 Industrial units in the North East and the Himalayan States will get GST relief in the form of 10 years a refund of Central share of CGST and iGST for 160 On August 16, 2017, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister 2027 Narendra Modi has given its approval to the Scheme of providing Budgetary Support under Goods and Service Tax (GST) Regime for the eligible industrial units located in State of Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and North Eastern States including Sikkim till: 161 With which of the following countries has India signed an MoU n intellectual property right Sweden (IPR) cooperation, aimed at benefiting entrepreneurs, investors and businesses? 162 Union Finance Ministry has signed a grant agreement of $24.64 million with which World Bank international financial organisation for ecosystem service improvement project? 163 7th Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar Award has been conferred to which of the following music Bappi Lahiri director/composer/singer? 164 On August 16, 2017, Union minister Jitendra Singh said that a north eastern cultural and Delhi information centre will soon be set up in: 165 Who among the following has been named Hollywood’s best-paid female actor in Forbes’ Emma Watson annual list of top earners? 166 Who has been appointed as the Interim CEO of Infosys after Vishal Sikka's resigantion? U B Pravin Rao 167 Stanford scientists have developed a low-cost and highly sensitive blood test that may single-colour digital PCR quickly detect cancer growth and spread, the test is called 168 Which asteroid will pass safely by our planet on September 1, 2017 at a distance of about Asteroid Florence seven million kilometres? 169 S Paul, who passed away was: Veteran Photographer 170 Which private sector bank will waive 12 equated monthly installments (EMIs) on regular Axis Bank repayments of loans of up to Rs 30 lakh under the new scheme Shubh Aarambh Home Loans? 171 In a bid to check round tripping of the precious metal, government has banned exports of 22- carat purity gold jewellery, medallions and other articles above: 172 Which campaign was launched by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate “Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali” Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan urging children to celebrate Pollution-Free Diwali this Year? 173 Central Government has approved how much for a “definitive five-year action programme” Rs. 32000 crore for the Indian Coast Guard to enhance its capability in maintaining vigil on coastal waters.

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IBS Quest 174 Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai will study philosophy, politics and economics at which University of Oxford University? 175 Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Young Entrepreneurs at the “Champions of NITI Aayog Change” initiative organised by: 176 Which country has launched a new direct route between its Hamad Port and Pakistan’s port Qatar of Karachi? 177 Which football player has been named goodwill ambassador for ‘Handicap International’? Neymar 178 Which two mobile apps have been launched by National Highways Authority of India to MyFASTag and FASTag help in the availability of FASTags for Electronic Toll Collection? Partner 179 Indian contingent that participated in the World Dwarf Games in Canada bagged how many 37 medals medals? 180 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated the state’s longest bridge to the nation and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose named it after which personality? 181 The environment ministry has approved projects aimed at addressing the vulnerabilities Arunachal Pradesh arising out of climate change in three Indian states. Which among the following is not one of them? 182 Ghost nets have emerged as the greatest killers of the underwater ecosystem in the seas of Kerala which state? 183 According to Forbes Middle East, who topped a poll of the most powerful Arab women in Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi government 2017? 184 The President of India Pranab Mukharjee recently inaugurated the Bicentenary celebration of Odisha the Paika Rebellion, which was an armed rebellion against the British East India Company's rule in which of the following states? 185 The Bank of England has unveiled a new £10 plastic note. The note features a portrait of Jane Austen which former legendary British author? 186 Astrosat, Chandra and Hubble recently jointly detected massive cosmic explosion on which Proxima Centauri of the following stars? 187 Name the lead singer of the famous band Linking Park who recently passed away. Chester Bennington 188 The Union Ministry of Rural Development will soon launch a new sub-scheme Aajeevika Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana Grameen Express Yojana under which of the following missions? – National Rural Livelihoods Mission 189 Who was presented with the ‘Pranab Mukherjee Award for Academic Excellence’? Aman Aggarwal 190 FINA is the world governing body of Swimming 191 Which state has imposed a weight limit of 5 kg on school bags of children studying in Telangana classes below X? 192 Bicentenary celebration of the heroic Paika Rebellion is celebrated in which of the following Odisha states? 193 Who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award for his contributions as a Lok Sabha member? 194 Which state government has launched a special portal called “Janahitha” to address public Telangana grievances? 195 The Union Cabinet approved the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2017 Jammu and Kashmir for extending the Central GST to which state? 196 Which bank has entered into an agreement with Directorate General of Supplies & Disposal Bank of Baroda (DGS&D) for extending various banking services to Government e-Marketplace (GeM)? 197 Who was nominated by the President Donald Trump as the US ambassador to Afghanistan? John R Bass

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IBS Quest 198 Which company topped the Fortune 500 list of 2017? Walmart 199 Which country will host the 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) in 2017? India 200 Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley formally launched Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana 8 per cent Yojana (PMVVY), a pension scheme that will offer how much rate of interest on pensions? 201 Which state has set the target of planting 8 Crore sapling by the end of August 2017? Chhattisgarh 202 Who has been appointed as the first female president of the UK supreme court? Brenda Hale 203 Which bank created a wholly owned subsidiary for providing real estate services? State Bank of India 204 National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) which will be named as “Aajeevika Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)” is a sub scheme under 205 Who won the 2017 ICC Women's World Cup? England 206 First ever radio broadcast in the country went on the air from the Bombay Station under a July 23, 1927 private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company on 207 Which of the following countries will host the 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space to be India held in November 2017? 208 Which of the following Metros will also become the first in the country to have its own FM Lucknow radio station? 209 Name the country where the world's first full-scale floating wind farm has started to take Scotland shape? 210 Research Institution of World Ancient, Traditional, Culture & Heritage (RIWATCH) is Arunachal Pradesh located in which of the following states? 211 Name the former chairperson of ISRO who died on 24 July 2017. He was credited for the UR Rao launch of India's first satellite Aryabhatta. 212 Which country will host Global Conference on CyberSpace (GCCS) 2017, the world's India largest conference on cyber space? 213 Who was appointed as the Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)? Gopal Baglay 214 Who was appointed as secretary to President-elect Ram Nath Kovind? Sanjay Kothari 215 Who was appointed as the first female President of the Supreme Court (SC) in United Brenda Marjorie Hale Kingdom (UK)? 216 A Delhi-based start-up has launched an app to assist people with disabilities to find BillionAbles accessible places. What is the app called? 217 Which of the following Union Territories has launched mobile vans that will go across city Delhi markets to raise awareness on the goods and services tax (GST) and address concerns of traders regarding the new tax regime? 218 Which two countries signed an accord to boost military cooperation recently? Iraq and Iran

219 315th Sainik Rest House of the Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) is located in Delhi 220 ‘SHe-box’ is a web portal to file complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace 221 Aarambh mobile app is associated with the maintenance of roads 222 Which Indian actress will become the first actress to hoist the Indian national flag at Indian Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Film Festival Of Melbourne, (Federation Square) as part of the festival ‘India at 70!”? 223 Which country has opened a modern cinema theatre on Yongxing Island in the disputed China South China Sea? 224 The United Nations recently selected which of the following cities as the Local Data Hub for Dubai Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region? 225 Which India boxer clinched a gold medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Sachin Siwach Bahamas?

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IBS Quest 226 Who is Walmart India's Chief Operating Officer? Devendra Chawla 227 Who has been chosen as the captain of the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 team by the Mithali Raj International Cricket Council? 228 Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed on 26 July 229 Who has authored the book titled ‘Indira: India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister’? Sagarika Ghose 230 The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is banning the use of stapler pins 2018 in tea bags effective January 1, 231 Researchers from which country have discovered a molecule that could be used to fought the Spain effects of Zika virus? 232 Which country will host maiden men's World Boxing Championship in 2021? India 233 Which country’s Parliament has passed a bill giving its President the power to appoint the Zimbabwe country's top judges without consulting any other institution? 234 Which country has recently Declared ‘Total Independence’ From World Bank And IMF? Bolivia 235 Which metro will become the India’s first metro to have its own FM radio station? Lucknow Metro 236 West Bengal's Mahanayak Samman 2017 has been conferred to Shakuntala Barua 237 Who was named as the captain of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 team? Mithali Raj 238 What is rank of India in the new global Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) index? 132nd 239 Which of the following countries extended martial law on restive Mindanao Island until 31 The Philippines December 2017? 240 Singing of Vande Mataram in schools, government offices, private entities and industries in Tamil Nadu which of the following states? 241 Which of the following countries will host the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship? Indonesia 242 What are the names of first two naval offshore patrol vessels (NOPVs) launched by Reliance Shachi and Shruti Defence and Engineering Ltd (RDEL)? 243 A group of scientists recently discovered a new species of glow-in-the-dark shark in which Pacific Ocean of the following oceans? 244 The 2017 BRICS Youth Forum was held in Beijing 245 Nitish Kumar on 27 July 2017 took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar with the support of this BJP party 246 Which country has recently given the sweeping powers to its President to appoint the Zimbabwe country's top judges without consulting any other institution? 247 The Sri Lankan Cabinet recently revised the agreement for Hambantota Port built by which China country? 248 Which bank has started Project Connect to revive the bank that has suffered huge losses? Bank of India 249 Which country’s President has banned transgender individuals from serving in the military? The United States 250 Who has been appointed as Alternate Governor on the Board of Governors of the Subhash Chandra Garg Asian Development Bank (ADB)? 251 The AAI has signed a deal to help which state develop its civil aviation sector? Uttarakhand 252 In which year was Ministry of Earth Sciences established in India? 2006 253 Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam memorial in Rameswaram which of the following towns in Tamil Nadu? 254 OnGo, India’s first mobile ticketing system is to be launched by Mumbai Metro 255 Name the Bollywood actor, best known for sharing the screen space with Salman Khan in Inder Kumar the movie Wanted, who passed away recently. 256 Which country of the following countries sent its first uranium shipment to India for testing Australia purposes?

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IBS Quest 257 Name the mobile app that was recently launched by the National Centre for Seismology for India Quake earthquake parameter dissemination. 258 State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) and which insurance company have signed an Bajaj Allianz General agreement for the distribution of insurance products through the branches. Insurance 259 Which country successfully launched an advanced rocket called ‘Simorgh’ that is designed Iran to carry satellites? 260 Which of the following stock exchanges has joined hands with Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Bombay Stock Exchange for cooperation in exchange of information across business areas? 261 Which world leader has urged all the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to Donald Trump support India’s bid for membership? 262 To which of the following designations has PV Sindhu been appointed by Andhra Deputy Collector Pradesh government? 263 Who was honoured with the Life Time Excellence Award at the 2017 National Earth System K Gopalan Sciences (NESS) awards? 264 World Hepatitis Day is observed on 28 July 265 Who of the following will succeed Nawaz Sharif as the Prime Minister of Pakistan after his Shehbaz Sharif resignation from the post? 266 In which of the following cases has supreme court abolished arrest of the victim/accused? dowry case 267 The 2017 International Tiger Day was celebrated with which of the following slogans? Fresh Ecology For Tigers’ Protection 268 According to the recent BWF world rankings, what is the rank of PV Sindhu? 5th 269 What is the theme of the 2017 United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons? Act to Protect and Assist Trafficked Persons 270 Which of the following bank is not among the three public sector bank units of Bharat Bill Punjab National Bank Payment Operating Units certified by NPCI? 271 Which of the following countries successfully test-fired satellite-launch rocket named Iran Simorgh? 272 Which of the following bank is not under the Supervisory Colleges that have been setup for United Bank of India the six Scheduled Commercial Banks which have sizeable international presence? 273 Which of the following metros will soon bring India’s first ever mobile ticketing system? Mumbai Metro 274 Which of the following former Union Minister has been chosen for the prestigious 'Order of Ashwani Kumar the Rising Sun' award of Japan? 275 Where was the fifth meeting of BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities held? Chongqing, China 276 Which of the following banks acquired Snapdeal-owned mobile wallet FreeCharge? 277 Which of the following banks acquired Snapdeal-owned mobile wallet FreeCharge? Axis Bank 278 Name the Indian wrestler who recently won the Bronze medal in Asian Youth & Junior Ajay Singh Weightlifting Championships held in Kathmandu, Nepal. 279 To tackle the liver related diseases, the Union Government in July 2017 announced that it Hepatitis C will provide a vaccine of a disease from 2017. Name the disease. 280 The Union Minister for Minority Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi 2013 recently launched Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 in Mumbai. When was the Phase-I of Jiyo Parsi Publicity launched? 281 Name the India's first unmanned tank developed for surveillance, mine detection and Muntra reconnaissance of nuclear threats? 282 Which life insurance company was directed by the Insurance Regulatory Development ICICI Prudential Life Authority of India (IRDAI) to take over the Sahara India Life Insurance Company (SILIC)?

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IBS Quest 283 Name the app launched for dissemination of alerts towards the livelihood of coastal Sagar Vani community as well as their safety at Sea? 284 The Wheeler Island was recently named as Dr. Abdul Kalam Island. The island is located in Odisha which of the following states? 285 Which state government is going to launch ‘streets with cycle track’ project to encourage the Maharashtra use of bicycle? 286 Which Indian metro became world’s first green metro system? Delhi Metro 287 Russian President Vladimir Putin in July 2017 asked 755 diplomats of this country to leave The United States the country. 288 Who of the following was recently appointed by the US President Donald Trump as the John Kelly White House Chief of Staff? 289 National Doctors day in India is celebrated on July 1 290 India’s first-ever mega textiles trade event Textiles India 2017 started in which city of Gandhinagar Gujarat? 291 Who took over as the Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)? R K Pachnanda 292 With which country India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in Thailand Controlling Narcotic Drugs? 293 President of Asian Development Bank is Takehiko Nakao 294 UK Prime Minister Theresa May recently won the confidence vote of the Parliament. She Conservative Party belongs to which political party? 295 Who will lead the Indian delegation in the 12th G20 Summit-2017? Narendra Modi 296 In which of the following countries is the same sex marriage not allowed? Morocco 297 The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2017 has selected which movie as its opening film Lipstick Under My Burkha for the event? 298 Who has been appointed as the Attorney General of India? KK Venugopal 299 India’s largest Fresh water aquarium was inaugurated in which state? Jharkhand 300 For implementing which country's energy efficiency programme, India signed a Saudi Arabia memorandum of understanding (MoU)? 301 Which of the following is the first state to implement an integrated Core Banking Solution Odisha Project covering all three tiers of short term cooperative credit structure - state cooperative bank, district central cooperative banks and 2,708 primary agriculture cooperative societies? 302 Name the Indian-American who was appointed as the US Ambassador to Peru. Krishna R Urs 303 'Vikrikar Bhavan' which has been renamed as GST Bhawan is located in Mumbai 304 Name the author who was recently honoured with the Indian of the Year Award by Brands Preeti Shenoy Academy. 305 The first ever Industry-Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development in Innovate in India India is named as 306 Which famous sporting competition completed 140 years on 3 July 2017? Wimbledon 307 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup title is won by Germany 308 Which country has released a new 2000 banknote with the face of its president printed on it? Syria 309 Who among the following writers has been conferred with the Indian of the Year award by Preeti Shenoy Brands Academy? 310 65 MoUs were signed on the second day of the Textile India 2017 that was held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat 311 Who has been appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner of India? Achal Kumar Jyoti 312 SIERRA ODC building was recognised as the world’s second highest ranking Green Coimbatore Building under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

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IBS Quest Where is the building located? 313 Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4 and is often known as "the Fourth of 1776 July". It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 314 Who of the following clinched the Eastbourne International Women’s Singles title? Karolina Pliskova 315 G-Ride app is associated with which of the following states? Kerala 316 Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of Tata Global Beverages? N. Chandrasekaran 317 What is the denomination of bank note of Syria which is circulated with the face of President 2,000 Syrian Lira Bashar Assad? 318 The World Health Organisation recently put an end to the Ebola outbreak in which of the Democratic Republic of the following countries? Congo 319 Eastbourne Aegon Championship 2017 is won by Novak Djokovic by defeating Gael Monfils 320 Name the two Indian-Americans who will be honoured with Great Immigrants Award of the Shantanu Narayen and Vivek United States of America. Murthy 321 Who became the first Indian driver to win in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship? Jehan Daruvala 322 Which state government has decided to declare its present flood situation as a state calamity? Manipur 323 The foundation stone of the country’s biggest Global Skill Park was laid in which city? Bhopal 324 India has slipped to which place in terms of money hoarded by its citizens with Swiss banks? 88th 325 Which of the following Israeli flowers was named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi? Crysanthumum 326 Which of the following villages is not adopted by PM Modi? Auraiya 327 Till which date government has allowed manufacturers, traders and importers can sell pre- 30 September 2017 GST lying products to consumers? 328 Exercise Maitree 2017 is a continuation of a series of joint exercises between India and Thailand 329 Government has asked companies/traders to notify the increase rates of their products due to Two imposition of GST in at least how many newspapers? 330 India has slipped to the ______place in terms of money parked by its citizens with Swiss 88th, U.K. banks, while the ______remains on the top. 331 Who was appointed as the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong? Carrie Lam 332 Who has been appointed as the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)? Sanjay Kumar 333 Where did the India-Thailand Joint Military Exercise "Maitree-17" begin? Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh 334 Whom did Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) appoint as its new President of the Rakesh Dubey Board? 335 Which entity commenced the operations as a payments bank with effect from 30 June 2017? FINO Pay Tech 336 Who was appointed as the 21st Head of Election Commission? Achal Kumar Joti 337 What is the full form of 'MERIT app? Merit Order Dispatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and Transparency 338 Which Union Minister launched MERIT app and e-bidding portal for providing e-Bidding Piyush Goyal solution? 339 Van Mahotsav celebrations, that is celebrated in the first week of July every year is 1950 celebrated in India since 340 5th Meeting of BRICS Education Ministers was held at which place? Beijing, China 341 Elevate 100’ scheme is related to startups 342 Which company announced that it has entered into a wide-ranging patent licensing and Nokia purchase deal with Xiaomi? 343 Which of the followings countries did Indian women cricket team defeat to win in the ICC Sri Lanka

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IBS Quest Women's World Cup 2017? 344 Which Israeli flower farm recently named Israeli Crysanthumun in the honour of Prime Danziger Flower Farm Minister Narendra Modi? 345 Asian Team Snooker Championship 2017 is won by India 346 The National Book Trust recently launched the Har Haath Ek Kitaab scheme in collaboration Snapdeal with which of the following e-commerce sites? 347 North Korea announced that it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic Alaska missile. According to experts, the ICBM is capable of hitting which country? 348 Which of the following was recently inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger? Historic Centre of Vienna 349 Odisha signed an Expression of Intent (EOI) with the International Association of Athletics Bhubaneswar Federations (IAAF) and Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to establish a High Performance Academy in 350 Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, no child admitted in a school will be held 8 back in any class or expelled till the completion of elementary education covering Class 1 to class 351 What is the rank of India in the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Index, which released recently? 23 352 Rearrange the countries according to their rank in the largest investing countries in UK, as US, China, France India per the official figures published by the Department for International Trade 353 Who of the following clinched the gold medal in men's 5000m race at the athletic meet at the G Lakhsmanan 22nd Asian Athletics Championships? 354 In which sport did India’s Manpreet Kaur claim the gold medal at Asian Athletics Shotput Championships 2017? 355 The Malabar Exercise 2017 is being conducted in Bay of Bengal between which three India, Japan and the US navies? 356 Which bank has announced a partnership with Domestic android-based mobile operating Yes Bank system Indus OS to launch an OS-integrated UPI payment platform? 357 India’s Ambassador to Peru Sandeep Chakravorty has been appointed as the head of the New York Indian consulate in 358 Which state legislative assembly passed a resolution to implement the Goods and Services Jammu & Kashmir Tax (GST) in the state? 359 Who has been appointed as India's Ambassador of India to Indonesia? Pradeep Kumar Rawat 360 Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect programme was officially launched in the national Kendriya Vidyalaya capital Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has joined hands with which Sangathan institute to implement this programme. 361 The leaders of 5 BRICS nation had an informal meeting on 7 July 2017 in Hamburg, Germany 362 Sports Illustrated (SI) India Magazine's Sportsperson of the Year’ 2017 was given to PV Sindhu 363 The Union Government has launched an App to verify the accurate tax rate on commodity GST Rates Finder and services under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. Name the App. 364 India declared itself free from which disease? Avian Influenza 365 Name the Indian woman athlete who won the gold medal in women 400 metre event at 22nd Nirmala Sheoran Asian Athlete Championships. 366 Who of the following won the gold medal in 400 metre men's event at 22nd Asian Athlete Muhammad Anas Championships? 367 These two countries on 7 July 2017 reached an agreement on a cease-fire in Southwest United States and Russia Syria. 368 The Reserve Bank of India in July 2017 said that the customers will not suffer any loss if Three days

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IBS Quest unauthorised electronic banking transactions are reported to the bank within 369 RBI said that bank customers won’t have to bear loss from fraudulent transactions if they Ten days report the unauthorized transaction to the bank. The transacted amount will be credited in the accounts concerned within 370 National Security Guard (NSG) has organised first International Aviation Security seminar Manesar in 371 Goa is planning to host science-meets-art fete in November 2017. The fete will organized as The Story of Space this festival 372 A three-day Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar International conference on social justice was held Bengaluru in 373 The first Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Centre was recently inaugurated in which city? Hyderabad 374 FSB, an international body for global financial system stands for Financial Stability Board 375 Who of the following won the 2017 Austrian Grand Prix? Valtteri Bottas 376 Among all, which has been declared India’s first World Heritage City? Ahmedabad 377 Which Indian-origin personality was honoured with “Order of Australia” for community Guruswamy Jayraman work in Australia? 378 Former martial arts star Khaltmaa Battulga has won the presidential elections of Mongolia 379 Which city hosted the first edition of WINGS 2017 – Sab Uden, Sab Juden to expand New Delhi regional connectivity? 380 Who has been appointed Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DG John Joseph GSTI)? 381 What was the theme for G20 Summit that concluded in Hamburg, Germany on 8 July 2017? Shaping the Interconnected World 382 Name the state who’s High Court in recent past banned government from buying luxury Uttarakhand goods till schools get basic amenities. 383 According to WHO, the antibiotic resistance is making the treatment impossible against Gonorrhoea which disease? 384 World Population Day is celebrated on July 11 385 Who was appointed as the head of the Indian consulate in New York? Sandeep Chakravorty 386 Janani Sewa Scheme is launched by Ministry of Railway 387 Name the high court that in July 2017 said that illegal encroachments or unauthorized Delhi High Court construction cannot be allowed anywhere state, whether it is a temple, a mosque or a church. 388 Which of the following is the first state to launch the online RTI platform? Maharashtra 389 Name the men-only Island of Japan where male visitors are supposed to take naked bath Okinoshima Island before visiting a shrine located on it. 390 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is formed by merging Ministry of Urban Development and Housing & Ministry of Urban Poverty Alleviation 391 Name the actress of iconic Bollywood movie Anand who died recently. Sumita Sanyal 392 Gifts from employers to employees worth up to ______will not attract the Goods and Rs. 50,000 Services Tax, nor will perquisites enjoyed by employees as part of the employment contract 393 What is the theme of the 2017 World Population Day? Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations 394 Which of the following has been conferred with the ‘Golden Peacock Award’ for Danfoss India

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IBS Quest Environment Management. 395 Who has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for World Health Organisation Saima Wazed Hossain (WHO) for Autism in South-East Asia region for a two-year period? 396 Malala Day is observed on 12 July 397 Who of the following was named as the new chief coach of Indian Cricket team led by Ravi Shastri Captain Virat Kohli in July 2017? 398 NABARD was established on the recommendations of B.Sivaraman Committee on 12 July 1982 399 Who of the following was appointed as the bowling coach for the Indian Cricket team in Zaheer Khan July 2017? 400 Who is the chairperson of National Green Tribunal of India? Swatanter Kumar 401 India recently topped the medal tally at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. In a total, 29 Indian athletes won how many medals? 402 Which of the following states has become the first state in the country to provide women an Maharashtra injectable contraceptive for free? 403 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July 2017 agreed to award the 2024 and Paris and Los Angeles 2028 Games to two cities. Name the two cities that will be hosting the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games. 404 Which of the following islands of Japan has been declared a World Heritage site by the UN's Okinoshima cultural body UNESCO? 405 Which company was conferred with the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award Danfoss India 2017 (GPEMA)? 406 Where is the head office of International Labour Organisation situated? Geneva 407 Which organisation was awarded the coveted National level “Golden Peacock Award for the Indian Railways Organization Year 2017 for Eco-Innovation”? for Alternate Fuel (IROAF) 408 Which state government has decided to give free medical insurance cover of up to Rs10 lakh Maharashtra to all sitting and former legislators and their families? 409 Which country will organise the World Theatre Olympics (WTO) 2018? India 410 Which state has fixed minimum educational qualification for candidates interested in Rajasthan contesting elections for elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies? 411 Which of the following nations recently approved a physical education program at girls’ Saudi Arabia schools? 412 Meghalaya has launched the Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship Songsak (Life) programme in 413 China recently sent troops to open first overseas military base in which Horn of Africa Djibouti nation? 414 What is the name of Iran's female CEO to lead its national airline Iran Air for the first time Farzaneh Sharafbani since it was established in the 1940s? 415 Which state became the first to launch free injectable contraceptive for women? Maharashtra 416 Joint Interpretative Notes (JIN) Agreement to bring clarity to the interpretation of the Bangladesh existing Bilateral Trade and Promotion Agreement (BIPA) is signed between India and 417 Which state government proposed to celebrate Bachpan Divas, Laadli Divas and Matratva Uttar Pradesh Divas every year? 418 Food supplied by which organisation will attract no Goods and Services Tax (GST)? Religious Institutions 419 The Union Government increased the import duty on sugar to how much to support domestic 50 per cent prices?

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IBS Quest 420 Which of the following state has become the first state to implement Prohibition of People Maharashtra from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016? 421 Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in July 2017 signed an agreement Punjab with a state’s Council of Science and Technology to establish India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) in the state. Name the state. 422 The government launched a national strategic plan for the elimination of malaria and 2027 pledged to eradicate the vector-borne disease by 423 Milky Way Galaxy, of which Earth is a small member, is a part of a Local Group of Galaxy Laniakea Supercluster cluster, that turns up to form a Supercluster. Name it. 424 Which country will host the Theatre Olympics in 2018? India 425 Which country will become the world’s largest milk producer by 2026, as per OECD-FAO India Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 report? 426 Which bank has announced that it will help traders boost relations between India and Latin Axis Bank America and the Caribbean in a collaboration with Inter- American Investment Corporation? 427 Which country was selected by IUCN for the construction of the world’s first saola breeding Vietnam centre? 428 Kishore Sansi who has been conferred the ‘Personality of the Year 2017' award by Skoch Vijaya Bank Consultancy Services is the Managing Director and CEO of 429 The Indian Railways launched which virtual server to optimise server usage and faster RailCloud connectivity? 430 Which country has recently legalised same-sex marriage? Malta 431 Name the second Nobel Peace Prize winner who died recently in prison. Liu Xiaobo 432 This percent of GST will be levied on sale of old jewellery by an individual to a jeweller. 0 per cent 433 World Youth Skills Day is observed on 15 July 434 This state’s government in July 2017 decided to set up eight new Women Police Stations at Haryana subdivision level in the state. 435 What is India's rank in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Global Index 2017? 116 436 India on 14 July 2017 announced the establishment of an Investment Facilitation Mechanism European Union (EU) (IFM) for Investments of this country/union in India. 437 Which country topped the 2017 Global Index of Sustainable Development Goals? Sweden 438 State government in July 2017 decided to hand over the Loktak Lake scam to the CBI. Manipur Loktak Lake is located in this state of India. 439 Which state's/city's police will be the first state police to get ‘super cop belt? Delhi 440 Mukesh Kumar Jain is the managing director and chief executive officer of Oriental Bank of Commerce 441 Name the Indian athlete who won gold in the men’s javelin throw at 2017 World Para Sundar Singh Gurjar Athletics Championships in London. 442 President’s Lady’ book on President Pranab Mukherjee's wife Suvra Mukherjee is authored Sangeeta Ghosh by 443 The second Australia-India Cyber Policy Dialogue was held on 13 July 2017 in Canberra 444 Which of the following days is observed on July 17? International Criminal Justice Day 445 Who won as the best actor (male) award in the 18th edition of IIFA awards, which was Shahid Kapoor announced on 15 July 2017? 446 Which of the following railway stations in Mumbai has become the first station in India to Matunga be run by an all-women staff? 447 The Union Civil Aviation Ministry signed an MoU to promote regional air connectivity with Bihar

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IBS Quest which state? 448 Falun Gong is related to which of the following countries? China 449 According to a recent study, which delta region shrank by 20 per cent due to climate change? Cauvery 450 Which Indian city has been raked at number 14 in the Travel and Leisure magazine World's Udaipur Best City survey 2017? 451 Name the longest ever social campaign that was undertaken for the Swachh Bharat National Ganga Avahan Mission, Clean Ganga project and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative in 2015. 452 Indonesia will now refer to the northern areas of its exclusive economic zone in the South North Natuna Sea China Sea as the 453 Garbine Muguruza clinched her maiden Wimbledon Title by defeating Venus Williams 454 Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee Gold Cup is related to Rural Football 455 Which of the following films won the Best Movie 2017 award at the 18th edition of the Neerja International Indian Film Academy Awards? 456 According to latest OECD report, which country has most trusted government? India 457 According to latest OECD report, which country has least trusted government? Greece 458 Which state has implemented Shaala Siddhi Protsahan Yojana in 25 thousand government Madhya Pradesh schools? 459 Which country has successfully tested the world’s first-ever active Laser Weapons System The United States of America (LaWS)? 460 Who has been appointed as the new bowling coach of Team India? Bharat Arun 461 Which state government has approved a revised policy of the 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' Maharashtra scheme? 462 Which among the following properties does not associate with the new hybrid molecular Dust-Resistant material developed by researchers at IISER Kolkatta? 463 Which company has developed India’s first biomethane bus? Tata Motors 464 Gopal Prasad Parajuli has been appointed as Supreme Court Chief Justice of which country? Nepal 465 Which city has recently hosted ‘Urja Utsav’? Pune 466 Which of the following has won British Grand Prix 2017? Lewis Hamilton 467 According to Ipsos study, which is the most influential brand in India? Google 468 Which bench of Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) held that Soldiers injured pre-Independence Chandigarh Bench are entitled to war injury pension? 469 The United States of America recently imposed new sanctions on which country over missile Iran tests? 470 The Supreme Court has decided that its large-bench will decided whether right to privacy is Nine a fundamental right in Indian Constitution or not. What will be number of judges in the large bench? 471 PM Narendra Modi would be inaugurating a national memorial to mark the death A. P. J. Abdul Kalam anniversary of which former Indian President? 472 Name the country that in July 2017 banned Hizbut Tahrir group that seeks to establish global Indonesia caliphate. 473 Who resigned as the Editor of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) recently? Paranjoy Guha Thakurta 474 This country in recent past jailed six human-rights activists including Amnesty Turkey International's chief of the country for allegedly aiding terrorists. 475 The Phase IX of the prestigious Science Express exhibition train reached which place? Maharashtra

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