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British Sikh barrister, Jasvir Singh has received the prestigious Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Prince William

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6 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS CORE BANKING One Liner ## Who is regarded as the pioneer of LIC: Surendranath Tagore ## Non-banking financial companies shall be eligible for deduction upto what extent of its income in respect of provision for bad and doubtful debts: 5% ## Withdrawal up to a percent of the corpus at the time of retirement to be tax exempt in the case of National Pension Scheme (NPS): 40% ## Minimum paid-up capital required for a General Insurance Company: 100 Cr ## The reserves from where claims of HIT AND RUN cases are settled: Solatium Fund ## Act by which the Imperial Bank of India was converted into State Bank of India: State Bank of India Act,1955 ## The Banking Codes and Standards Board of India was registered on 18 February, 2006 under: The Societies Registration Act, 1860 ## The year onwards Govt plans to implement Basel -3 norms in banks: 2019 ## If a bank is not able to recover its loans and advances it is called: Market Risk ## Demand deposits are those which can be withdrawn: On demand ## When a commercial bank takes loan from RBI on the basis of rediscounting, the discount rate is known as: Bank Rate ## When a Company which pools money from many investors to invest in different segments as stock, bonds, commodities etc. the investment is called: Mutual Fund ## The category of investor need not obtain a certificate of registration from SEBI in order to buy or sell securities is: Retail investor ## Minimum maturity period of the certificates of deposits: 7 days ## Nomadic Elephant, is the joint military exercise of India and: Mongolia ## NCB stands for (in regards with Insurance): No-Claim Bonus ## The first three digits in a MICR code represents: City ## First Asset Recontruction Company in India: ARCIL ## Committee to review FRBM roadmap for future: N.K.Singh Committee ## Govt has decided to make ______as a Regulatory body for all Micro, Small and Medium related transactions: MUDRA Bank ## Organisation in India which conducts Order Books, Inventories, and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS): Reserve Bank of India ## Interest earning in general savings account should be eligible for the maximum amount upto- No limit ## The Reserve Bank of India conducts Order Books, Inventories, and Capacity Utilisation Survey on a quarterly basis among companies of which sector in India: Manufacturing Sector Companies. ## Tele banking is based on: voice processing ## Narendra Modi belongs to the constituency: Varanasi ## Who Decides the rate of interest for loans under priority sector, time to time: Department of Banking Regulation of RBI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the air regional connectivity scheme 'UDAN'

7 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS CORE BANKING One Liner ## If a customer have any other existing savings account in a bank, then he / she will have to close it within how many days from the date of opening a 'Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account' in the same bank: 30 Days ## BBPOU stands for: Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units ## Banking Regulation Act, 1949 was enacted to regulate: Banking companies ## ‘PIN’ in a ATM card is : Personal Identification Number ## Full form of ESOP is: Employee Stock Option Plan ## The party have to face the maximum risk in the payment of post-dated Cheque is: Payee ## A Nepali citizen can also use money transfer facility from India to Nepal under: Indo-Nepal remittance facility scheme ## BRBNMPL is wholly owned subsidiary of: RBI ## UPI is the new payment interface launched by: NPCI ## An International forum to implement supervisory norms in all the banks of the world is: Bank for International settlement ## The most important item of expenditure of the government of India on revenue account is: Interest payment ## Author of the book ‘India at Risk’ is: Jaswant Singh ## The HQ of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) located in: Geneva ## Securitisation is the process of acquisition of loans classified as : Non performing assets ## NEFT stands for: National Electronic Funds Transfer ## The basis of bank credit creation is: Cash Fund ## ______is the time period specified by the issuer company during which IDR holders can apply for conversion/redemption of IDRs into underlying equity shares: Fungibility Window ## Who collect and published data related to India's foreign trade: RBI ## Auther of the book 'The Shadow Line': Amitav Ghosh ## The term Composite Policy best matches with: Shopkeepers’ insurance ## New surcharge limit on persons, other than companies, firms and cooperative societies having income above 1 crore: 15% ## Year in which no frills a/c renamed as BSBDA: August 2012 ## In respect to BSBDA the limit on no. of withdrawals in a month is: 3 ## In BSBDA total credit in a year is limited to: `1 lac ## KCC introduced in: August 1998 ## Committee related to KCC is: RV Gupta committee 1998 ## Validity period of KCC: 5 years ## Company that covers the accidental insurance in PMJDY: NICL ## To avail personal accident insurance, the period for usage of Rupay card is: 90 days

Srishti Kaur from India has been crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017

8 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS CORE BANKING One Liner ## MUDRA was launched on: 08 April 2015 ## The size of credit guarantee fund in MUDRA is: US$ 440 million ## The size of additional fund allocated to MUDRA is: `1 trillion ## Percentage of MUDRA’s additional fund to be allocated to ‘Kishore’ category is: 35% ## Percentage of MUDRA’s additional fund to be allocated to ‘Shishu’ category is: 40% ## Percentage of MUDRA’s additional fund to be allocated to ‘Tarun’ category is: 25% ## The amount of initial corpus in MUDRA is: US$ 2.9 million ## According to Indian constitution a Finance Commission will be appointed by: President of India ## In Indian constitution Finance Commission is described under section: 280 ## First country in the world to contribute in United Nation Trust Fund: India ## Masuma Muradi became first female governor of: Afghanistan ## Primarily, issues made by an Indian company can not be classified as: Complementary Issue ## PM Ujjwala Yojana was 1st launched in: Ballia ## In IFSC code, the bank name is represented by how many digits: 4 ## At the time of establishment, the authorized capital of AIIB was: 150 Bn Dollar ## CGRA stands for: Currency and Gold Revaluation Account ## The lower limit of deposit under NSC is: Rs. 100 ## Malabar Naval exercise is a joint naval exercise between India, USA and: Japan ## Regulator of Credit Rating Agencies in India is: SEBI ## Unsecured instrument of “Money Market” is: Commercial paper ## ATM provided by NBFCs (NON BANKING FINANCIAL COMPANIES) is: White Label ATM ## New name of “No Frill Account” is: Basic saving bank deposit account ## Full form of ATS is: Anti-terrorism squad ## Opposite of “INFLATION” is: Deflation ## An alternative dispute resolution mechanism provided by a stock exchange for resolving disputes between the trading members and their clients in respect of trades done on the exchange is known as: Arbitration ## Who will get benefit by selling of shares in stock market: Owner of share, who sold ## If a bank keeps a movable property to provide a loan is considered as: Pledge ## KONKAN was a joint naval exercise between India and : Royal navy of Britain ## Committee who submitted its report about measures for revamping functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC): Shyam Benegal ## Committee which is constituted by government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to boost cashless transactions: Neeraj Kumar Gupta ## Banking Ombudsman is a complaint forum against the banking services is described under: Section 35A in banking regulation act 1949 ## Marginal Standing Facility, a credit window of RBI was introduced on: 9th May 2011 Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed Director General of the CRPF

9 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS CORE BANKING One Liner ## Balloon payment is: Final lump sum amount that is due ## The classification of loan based on various risks like repayment risk, borrower’s credit history etc. is known as: Loan Granding ## ULIP is regulated by: IRDAI ## Lending with the help of Bank Rate is a practice of: Rediscounting of bills ## CVV numbers is printed on the back of debit and credit cards, CVV stands for: Card verification value ## Under UJALA scheme GOI started a programe named DELP, DELP is stands for: Domestic effecient lighting programe ## Recently SEBI provided some guidlines to tighten which investments: Participatory Notes ## The Bank who launched first ATM which accepts AADHAR NUMBER is: DCB Bank ## The capital adequacy requirement for an individual/Partnership firm for getting registration as an investment adviser is: `100000 ## A person who buys a company in order to make profit by peeling off its assets bit by bit, and then selling them is known as: Asset Stipper ## Interest paid to the seller by the buyer for carrying over a transaction from one settlement period to another is known as: Contango ## A false signal indicating that the rising trend of a stock or index has reversed when in fact it has not is described as: Bear Trap ## A security that is seen as a significant indicator of the direction in which a market’s price is moving is called: Bellweather ## Trading of securities outside the stock exchanges is known as: Dabba Trading ## The no. of characters that a SWIFT code comprises : 11 ## At the time of establishment, the authorised capital of New Development Bank was: USD 100 Bn ## The internal benchmark for different maturities under MCLR doesn't include: Nine month MCLR ## The minimum educational qualification required for individuals/corporate, seeking membership with a commodity derivatives exchange is: 12th ## Amount which is required by an applicant in order to get registered as a Merchant Banker is: 50000 ## The capital adequacy requirement of a Merchant Banker is: 5 Crore ## Meaning of Convertibility of currency is: Convertibility of gold standard currency ## Prices in a 'barter economy' are: In relative quantity of goods exchanged ## The founder and executive chairman of World Economic Forum is: Klaus Schwab ## 24th conference of Central and State Statistical Organisation meet was held in: Nagpur ## Name the most dynamic city in the world: Bangalore ## The % of advances to weaker section under Priority Sector Lending is: 10% of ANBC ## Foreign banks with 20 branches and above have to achieve the weaker section target within a maximum period of : 5 year ## The term used by commercial banks for providing credit to the government is: Statutory Liquidity Ratio ## Term related to development expenditure is: Debt services

R. K. Pachnanda will be the Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force

10 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS SPOTLIGHT ALL THAT MATTERS ABBREVIATIONS BOOKS AND AUTHORS LERMS : Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System OLTAS : Online Tax Accounting System CBLO : Collateralised Bank Lending Obligations NERPAP : National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Program The Sellout BOLT : BSE On-Line Trading (System) :-Paul Beatty IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES July 01 : Canada Day/ National Doctors Day/ Chartered Accountants Day July 02 : World UFO Day July 11 : World Population Day

July 12 : Malala Day The Vegitarian :- Han Kang July 18 : Mandela Day July 26 : Kargil Vijay Diwas July 28 : World Hepatitis Day July 29 : International Tiger Day MYTH BUSTER DEFLATION: Deflation is that state of the economy where the value of The Sympathizer money is rising or the prices are falling. :- Viet Thanh Nguyen HYPERINFLATION : Extremely rapid and out of control inflation is said to be hyperinflation. STAGFLATION : A condition of slow economic growth and relatively high unemployment - a time of stagnation - accompanied by a rise in prices, or inflation. The Underground Rail Road DISINFLATION : :- Colson Whitehead Slowing in the rate of inflation. Disinflation is when the inflation rate has reduced marginally over the short term. REFLATION : Reflation is the act of stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes. It is the opposite of disinflation. RECESSION : It is a slowdown in economic activities may last for some The Ministry of Utmost Happiness quarters thereby completely hampering the growth of an :- Arundhati Roy economy.

Yusra Mardini became the youngest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

11 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT ## Pachnanda is a 1983 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre. Sulkhan Singh Renuka Ramnath # ## The Uttar Pradesh Police named # Renuka Ramnath became the first Sulkhan Singh the new Director woman outside the Tata family to be General of Police in place of appointed the chairperson of a major Javeed Ahmad. Tata group firm. # ## Ahmad has been made Director # Telecom and information technology General of the Provincial Armed services provider, Tata Communications, Constabulary. A dozen other senior elected the private equity (PE) veteran police officers were also transferred. as a successor to Subodh Bhargava, who has been chairperson and independent director on the ## Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also shunted out board of the company. the powerful ADGP (Law and Order) Daljit Singh Chawdhary, who swaps his post with Economic Nita Ambani Offences Wing ADGP Aditya Mishra. ## India's first woman International ## The 59-year-old officer has just four months left Olympic Committee member Nita before retirement. Ambani has made it to two important commissions of the global sport’s Mridul Gehlot governing body, including the ## Mridul Gehlot and Dinesh prestigious Olympic channel. Patel were elected unanimously ## Besides the Olympic Channel, the president and general secretary of 53-year-old Ambani has also been Amateur Kabaddi Federation of made a member of Olympic education Commission as IOC India (AKFI). announced the composition of 26 commissions for 2017. ## The elections were held under the ## Ambani has replaced International Paralympic Committee supervision of justice I S Israni. President Philip Craven, who was a member of the Himanta Biswa Sarma commission till last year. ## BJP leader and Assam Badminton B S Sandhu Association President Himanta ## The Haryana government appointed Biswa Sarma was appointed senior IPS officer B S Sandhu as the Badminton Association of India's Director General of Police. interim head during its executive # council meeting. # Sandhu will replace K P Singh. # ## Himanta Biswa Sarma has been # Sandhu was holding the post of Chairman unanimously given the charge to and MD Haryana Police Housing become the acting president till the next elections in Corporation Panchkula. K P Singh has 2018. now been posted as DG Prisons. ## The post of president was left vacant after the sudden Bharat Kaushal demise of former president Akhilesh Das Gupta. ## Japanese Company Hitachi appointed Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar Bharat Kaushal as the Managing Director of its Indian operations. ## Senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai # Bhatnagar has been appointed # Kaushal, currently Chairman of as the Director General of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation CRPF. (SMBC), will be the first Indian to spearhead Hitachi India’s operations, ## The paramilitary force was the company said in a statement. headless for nearly two months # after the retirement of K Durga # He succeeds Kojin Nakakita, who has been elevated as Prasad on February 28. Chairman of Hitachi India Pvt Ltd and Hitachi Asia Ltd. # ## Senior IPS officer R K Pachnanda was also appointed # The new appointment will be effective from June 1, as the DG of Indo Tiben Border Police force. 2017. Payments app Paytm launched ‘Digital Gold’

12 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE APPOINTMENT TKK Krishnakumar (CGA), Department of Expenditure, ## Beverages major Coca-Cola Union Ministry of Finance, in New announced appointment of T.K.K. Delhi. Krishnakumar as president of its ## Lianzuala, a 1982-batch Indian India & South West Asia Business Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) Unit, replacing Venkatesh Kini, who Officer, is the first person from the will exit the company after heading North-Eastern Region to hold the it for over three years. position. ## TKK Krishnakumar, who Mallikarjun Kharge currently serves as CEO and South West Asia ## Congress leader Mallikarjun Regional Director of Hindustan Coca-Cola Kharge has been appointed as the Beverages Pvt Limited, will replace Venkatesh as new chairman of the 21-member President of the company’s India and South West Public Accounts Committee of Asia Business Unit. Parliament. N Kamakodi ## Kharge replaces his party's K.V. ## Private sector City Union Bank Thomas whose term has ended on said Reserve Bank of India has 30th April. approved the re-appointment of N ## PAC, the oldest committee of parliament and Kamakodi as MD and CEO, for a reconstituted each year, examines accounts showing period of three years with effect appropriation of sums granted by parliament for from May 1. expenditure of the government. ## Kamakodi joined the bank as Usha Ananthasubramanian Deputy General Manager in 2003 ## Usha Ananthasubramanian took and was later elevated as General Manager in over as the MD & CEO of Allahabad 2005. Bank from May 06, 2017. She ## In 2006, he was appointed as Executive Director. From succeeds Rakesh Sethi. May 2011, he was serving the bank as its Managing ## Before joining Allahabad Bank, Director and Chief Executive Officer. she was the MD & CEO of Punjab Shobana Kamineni National Bank. ## Shobana Kamineni, Executive ## She is an experienced banker and Vice-Chairperson of Apollo had joined banking industry as a specialist officer in Hospitals Enterprise, assumed Bank of Baroda in February 1982. She also served as office as the president of industry CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB). body CII. Sohail Mahmood ## She has taken over from Naushad ## Sohail Mahmood, one of Pakistan’s Forbes, Co-Chairman, Forbes senior-most diplomats, will be the Marshall Limited. country’s new High Commissioner ## Kamineni is also vice-chairperson of the KEI Group, to India. a diversified logistics, leisure & infrastructure ## Mahmood is currently Pakistan's company. ambassador in Turkey. ## Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited Executive Vice- ## He will replace Abdul Basit who has Chairman Uday Kotak is the new Vice-President of already completed his three-year CII. tenure in New Delhi. # # The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) announced Venu Rajamony new office-bearers for the year 2017-18. ## Seasoned diplomat Venu Rajamony, currently the Anthony Lianzuala Press Secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee, ## Anthony Lianzuala Anthony Lianzuala on 1 May has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the 2017 took over as the Controller General of Accounts Netherlands. Shah Rukh Khan became the first Indian actor to deliver TED speech in Vancouver, Canada

13 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE APPOINTMENT ## The announcement of his ## UN Secretary General Antonio appointment was made by the Guterres has decided to appoint Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Mark Lowcock, the head of ## The ministry also announced Britain's international development the appointment of Pooja Kapur, department, to be the world body's presently a Joint Secretary in the new humanitarian aid chief. MEA, as the next Indian envoy to ## The 54-year-old career civil Bulgaria. servant will replace Stephen R Subramaniakumar O'Brien, who held the post for two years, serving in what is widely viewed as one of the UN's most ## R Subramaniakumar has taken demanding jobs. charge as Managing Director and # CEO of Indian Overseas Bank, the # Lowcock's appointment comes as the United Nations Chennai-headquartered bank said in faces the largest humanitarian crisis in its history with a release. mass famine looming in four countries and donor funding falling far short of needs. ## Subramaniakumar joined the bank as # its Executive Director in September # He will be tasked with leading the UN's struggling 2016. relief efforts in Syria along with major aid operations in South Sudan, Yemen, Iraq, the Central African Taranjeet Singh Republic and the Lake Chad region. ## Microblogging platform Twitter V K Saraswat said that it has elevated Taranjeet # Singh as its Country Director for # The HRD Ministry has named India. scientist and former DRDO chief Vijay Kumar Saraswat as the next ## Singh was earlier leading the charge chancellor of JNU. for sales and marketing support for # Twitter’s advertisers in India. # A full-time member of NITI Aayog, Saraswat will be replacing ## Before joining Twitter, Singh was former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy sales director, South Asia for BBC Advertising. Kasturirangan whose five-year term O P Bhatt ended on March 30. ## Tata Motors said ex-SBI Chairman ## Saraswat was conferred Padma Shri in 1998, Padma O P Bhatt has been appointed as an Bhusan in 2013 and had served as a chief scientific additional and independent director advisor to the Minister of Defence. on its board. Mukul Mudgal # # The board of directors approved ## Justice (Retd.) Mukul Mudgal the appointment of O P Bhatt as an was elected as head of FIFA's additional and independent director governance committee at the world with effect from May 9, 2017 for a tenure of five years. football governing body's 67th Congress in Bahrain's capital city ## Bhatt also serves as director on the boards of group of Manama. firms Tata Consultancy Services and Tata Steel. ## Justice Mudgal's name was proposed ## From July 1, 2006 to March 31, 2011, he was the Chairman of the State Bank group. by the FIFA Council for the vacant position of the governance chief after Miguel Maduro Hubert Minnis was reportedly 'fired' for his role in blocking Russian ## Hubert Minnis emerged as the World Cup official Vitaly Mutko from retaining his seat Bahamas' next prime minister on ruling council. in general elections that saw # incumbent Perry Christie concede # Justice Mudgal was appointed deputy chairman of the defeat. governance committee in May last year during the FIFA Congress in Mexico. Mark Lowcock

China reveals first domestically-built aircraft carrier

14 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE AWARDS/HONOURS Dadasaheb Phalke Award AWARDS/HONOURS ## Renowned director Kasinadhuni Dinanath Mangeshkar Award Viswanath, known for award-winning ## Actor Aamir Khan and cricket icon movies like "Sankarabharanam", Kapil Dev received the 75th Master "Sagara Sangamam" and "Swati Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards. Khan Mutyam", was named for the will be honoured with the Vishesh prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Puraskar for Best Film "Dangal", award for outstanding contribution to while Dev for his outstanding the film industry. contribution to Indian Cricket. ## He became the 48th recipient of the award, the highest ## The event will be organised by recognition in Indian cinema, which consists of a Master Dinanath Smruti Pratishthan and Hridayesh golden lotus, a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs and a shawl. Arts. ## The award for the year 2016 will be conferred by BFJA Lifetime Achievement Award President Pranab Mukherjee. The recommendation of ## Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee the Dadasaheb Phalke award committee was approved has received the lifetime achievement by I&B Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. award, while actor Ashish Vidyarthi ## His other awards include Padmashri in 1992, five was honoured for his contribution National Awards, 20 Nandi Awards (given by the to Indian Cinema at the 80th Bengal Andhra Pradesh government) and ten Filmfare Awards Film including Lifetime Achievement. ## The BFJA, the oldest association Goldman Environmental Prize 2017 of film scribes in the country was ## Social activist Prafulla Samantara founded in 1937. was selected for the Goldman ## Bengali film superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee was given Environmental Prize 2017 from Asia the best actor award for his role in "Sankhachil", while Region for his historic twelve year Rituparna Sengupta was given the best actress crown long legal battle that affirmed the land for her role in "Rajkahini". rights of indigenous Dongria Kondh P C Chandra Puraskaar 2017 (Award) and protected the Niyamgiri Hills from a massive aluminum ore mine. ## Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi # has been presented the P C Chandra # He was among the six winners of the Goldman Puraskar. Environmental Prize or Green Nobel Prize. The other five winners for this year are: Mark Lopez ## Satyarthi was honoured with the (United States); Uroš Macerl (Slovenia); Rodrigo award for his global crusade against Tot (Guatemala); Rodrigue Katembo (Democratic child slavery and exploitative child Republic of Congo); and Wendy Bowman (Australia). labour. ## Samantara is the sixth Indian to win the prize. ## The 63-year-old Satyarthi was handed over a citation, a trophy and a cheque of Rs 10 About Goldman Environmental Prize lakh at an awards ceremony in Kolkata. ## The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1990 About Kailash Satyarthi to honour grassroots environmentalists undertaking risk of their lives for the cause of protecting the ## Born on 11 January 1954, Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian environment. children's rights and education advocate. ## The award is given to six persons every year- one each ## In 1980, he gave up his career as an engineer and from six geographical regions of the world, namely, founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan. Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North ## In 2014, he was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize, America, and South & Central America. which he shared with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan. He ## The prize is given by Goldman Environmental is the fifth Nobel Prize winner for India and only the Foundation of San Francisco. The prize is also known second Indian winner of the Nobel Peace Prize after as the Green Nobel. Mother Teresa in 1979. Taj Rambagh Palace hotel featured in a list of world's top 10 heritage hotels 15 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE AWARDS/HONOURS Miss Teen Universe pageant Decorations award, for his contribution to strengthening ## Srishti Kaur from India has been of bilateral ties and promotion of friendship between crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017, the two countries. beating out 25 other contestants ## The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the from around the world in the annual highest category of decorations among the Orders of the beauty pageant. Rising Sun, is conferred in recognition of distinguished ## Samantha Pierre from Canada and accomplishments of individuals. Ary Trava from Mexico were the Transformative CM Award runners-up in the event held at the ## Andhra Pradesh Chief Ruben Dario National Theater in Nicaragua's capital Minister Chandrababu Naidu Managua. has been selected for the ## Kaur also won the prize for best national costume. Transformative Chief Minister CEO of the Year Award Award in recognition for his role in advancing the US-India ## Alkesh Kumar Sharma, the partnership at the state level. CEO and Managing Director # of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial # The award by the US-India Corridor Development Corporation Business Council would be presented to Naidu during (DMICDC), has been named CEO of the USIBC West Coast Summit in the Silicon Valley the Year for Green Management and on May 8. Future Leadership at the prestigious ## The summit will convene 150 industry leaders from Golden Globe Tigers Award 2017. sectors such as information technology, banking, ## The Golden Globe Tigers Award, established by the food processing, healthcare, clean energy, digital World CSR Institute, recognize “Tigers” in marketing, payments, manufacturing and Government of India branding CSR & social innovation, education & officials to explore the impacts of manufacturing in academic across leadership levels in individual and India, digitisation, India's move towards a cashless organisation. society and the future of the US-India trade relations. Jnanpith Award INSA Young Scientist Award ## Eminent Bengali poet and literary # critic Sankha Ghosh was conferred # Professor Vikram Vishal, who serves the 52nd Jnanpith Award by as an Assistant professor in the President Pranab Mukherjee. department of Earth Sciences in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) ## The 85-year-old poet was awarded Bombay has won the prestigious with Sahitya Akademi in the year Indian National Science Academy 1977 for his work "Baabarer (INSA) medal for Young Scientist praarthanaa" and in 1999, for (2017). Till 2015, 737 young translating Kannada play "Taledanda" into Bengali as scientists have been recognised by "Raktakalyan". Ghosh was also honoured with Padma INSA. Bhushan in 2011. ## Vishal has been awarded a cash prize of Rs 25,000 and ## Ghosh has been awarded for the year 2016. The award a bronze medal. includes a cheque of Rs 11 lakh, a bronze statue of # Vagdevi, citation, shawl and a coconut. # Vishal is currently working on a research which attempts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and ## He is the sixth Bangla author after Tarashankar their environmental impact by capturing the natural Bandopadhyay, Ashapurna Devi, Vishnu De, gases. Mahasweta Devi and Subhash Mukhopadhyay, who is getting this honor. FICCI’s smart policing award # Japan Imperial Decoration # Uttarakhand Police's City Patrol Unit (CPU) has won FICCI's smart policing award for 2017 in the road ## Former Union minister Ashwani Kumar has been safety and traffic management category. selected by Japan for this year's Spring Imperial

Nadal won historic 10th Monte Carlo title 16 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE AWARDS/HONOURS ## The elite motorcycle-borne unit, ## The fifty-year-old woman received the award from which was set up in April 2014, President Pranab Mukherjee at a function at the has been chosen from 133 entries Rastrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of received from state police forces International Nurses Day. and central paramilitary forces. ## The award carries a citation, a medal and a cheque of ## The award will be presented during Rs 50,000. the ninth edition of the annual BS Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Award conference on homeland security on May 24 and 25 at the FICCI headquarters in New ## Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Delhi. Chamling has been conferred with the first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Woodrow Wilson Award Lifetime Achievement Honour in ## ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar Public Service by President Pranab has become the first Indian woman Mukherjee. to be conferred with the prestigious ## The award was conferred during Woodrow Wilson Award for Global the first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Corporate Citizenship. memorial lecture delivered by the President. # # Kochhar, 55, received the annual ## Chamling, who was first elected to power in 1994 and award which was instituted in has continued to be chief minister for 22 years, lauded 1998 by the prestigious Wilson former vice-president Shekhawat as a visionary leader Center to felicitate individuals whose actions and who cared for his people. accomplishments, either in their careers or through service. ## Shekhawat was the vice-president between 2002 and 2007. ## She has joined the league of former Indian recipients-- former President and space scientist APJ Abdul Kalam Mark Twain Prize and IT honcho Narayana Murthy. ## Late-night host David Letterman G Ramanujam award 2016 has been named the next recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American # # Eminent Malayalam author and humour, the award granted annually journalist M P Veerendra Kumar by the John F Kennedy Center for was presented the G Ramanujam the Performing Arts. award for 2016, by the Indian National Trade Union Congress. ## The 70-year-old star, who is the longest-running host of late-night # # Kumar was chosen for the award, TV, is the 20th humorist to receive the prize. instituted in the name of late INTUC leader G Ramanujam by "Indian ## Previous winners of the Mark Twain Prize include Bill Thozhilali" magazine run by INTUC, for his invaluable Murray, Eddie Murphy, Jay Leno, Carol Burnett and contributions to the media field. Ellen DeGeneres. ## The award carrying a prize of Rs 11,111 was presented Best Holiday Award by INTUC national president G Sanjiva Reddy to ## Raneh waterfall near Khajuraho in Kumar at a function. Madhya Pradesh has been given the ## Kumar is the chairman and managing director of the Best Holiday Award -2017 as the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi and a Rajya Sabha country’s most favourite waterfall. MP. ## The award was given to Madhya ## He has served thrice as the chairman of the Press Trust Pradesh State Tourism Development of India and is currently a director in the news agency. Corporation (MPSTDC) by the country’s well-known Travel and Florence Nightingale award Information Portal Holiday IQ at a ceremony in New ## Krishna Kumari, a health worker in Ganjam district, Delhi. has bagged the prestigious Florence Nightingale award ## The waterfall is situated hardly 20 kms away from 2017. world famous heritage spot Khajuraho. Himanta Biswa Sarma became the interim BAI president

17 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE AWARDS/HONOURS 2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize ## With the largest fleet of 134 aircraft in India, ## Former Prime Minister Manmohan IndiGo takes pride in being the frontrunners in Singh presented the 2014 Indira operating single-aisle A320s and A320neo fleet in Gandhi Prize for Peace to the Indian India. Space Research Organisation (ISRO). ## In 2011, IndiGo became the first Indian operator to ## The award, announced by a jury commit to the environment-friendly A320neo bringing headed by Vice President Hamid a total of 280 Airbus aircraft. Ansari in 2014, consists of a trophy, a 'Digital Service Innovator of the Year Award' cash prize of Rs 1 crore and a citation. ## Reliance Jio has received TM ## ISRO chairman Kiran Kumar received the award here Forum's 'Digital Service Innovator on behalf of the space body. of the Year Award' 2017. Airbus “Best Operational Excellence Award” ## Reliance Jio got this award by ## IndiGo, India’s largest and fastest acquiring 90 million customers in growing carrier, has been awarded four months. the coveted award for ‘Best ## Digital Service Innovator of the Operational Excellence’ by Airbus Year Award is given to the company for the second consecutive time at a or organisation which has made the most significant worldwide level, outperforming 46 and innovative contribution to advancing the digital airlines of international repute. revolution in society.

18 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE OBITUARY Ustad Raees Khan OBITUARY ## Legendary sitar player Ustad Vinod Khanna Raees Khan died. He was 77. ## Veteran Bollywood actor and ## In 1968, he moved to Pakistan. politician Vinod Khanna died. He # was 70. # Ustad Raees has composed famous songs like "Jab Tera Hukam Mila ## The actor debuted in 1968 with 'Man Tarkay Mohaabat Kar Di", "Ab Ka Meet' . Kay Saal Poonam Main", "Neend ## He was last seen in Shah Rukh Khan- Ankhoun Se Uri", "Mojoun Sahil starrer 2015 film "Dilwale". Se Milo", "Main Khayal Hun Kisi Aur Ka", "Kabhi Kitaboun Main Phool Rakhna" and many others. Raj Kumar Bagri ## He was honoured with Presidential award and ## Indian-born prominent businessman Sitara-e- Imtiaz in 2005 and 2017, respectively. Raj Kumar Bagri died. He was 86. Amal Ganguli ## He was the longest-serving chairman of the London Metal Exchange. ## Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said one of its independent directors ## Bagri was also the first Indian-origin Amal Ganguli passed away. He chairman of the London Metal was 79. Exchange. ## Ganguli, was also the chairman ## He was awarded with the Commander of the audit committee and of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in nomination and remuneration 1995 for his services to the British industry. committee in the country’s largest Santo Mitra carmaker. ## Former East Bengal captain Santo A T Pawar Mitra passed away. Mitra was 75. ## Senior NCP leader and former ## The former East Bengal left-back Maharashtra minister Arjun represented the red- and-gold brigade Tulshiram Pawar passed away. He from 1965-1972 and won all the top was 80. tournaments of the country for the club. ## The leader, who had for many years ## He was made captain in 1970 when represented Kalwan, a constituency they won the local league. reserved for Scheduled Tribes in ## Mitra was named in the India squad for the 1968 Nashik district, lost the 2014 state Merdeka Cup but he never got the opportunity to play Assembly election. for India. ## He was the minister of state for tribal welfare in ## Mitra was also conferred with East Bengal's Lifetime the Congress-NCP government led by Vilasrao Achievement award in 2012. Deshmukh in 1999. Pratap Singh Baghel Mauno Koivisto ## Congress leader and former Madhya ## Mauno Koivisto, Finland's last Pradesh minister Pratap Singh president during the Cold War Baghel died. He was 70. who led the Nordic nation out of the shadow of its huge eastern ## Singh was MLA from Kukshi in neighbour, the Soviet Union, into 1972, 1977 and 1980, respectively. the European Union, has died. He He had represented Dharmpuri was 93. constituency of the same district from 1993 to 1998. ## Koivisto served two six-year terms between 1982 and 1994, enjoying great popularity ## Pratap Singh had served as minister in MP twice. among ordinary Finns. ## He was also elected Member of Parliament from Dhar ## He kept close ties to both East and West. in 1985. 101-year-old Man Kaur won gold in 100 metres sprint

19 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS THE PEOPLE OBITUARY Rammohan Rao Anil Dave ## Rammohan Rao, former Principal ## Environment Minister Anil Madhav Information Officer (PIO) who had Dave passed away. He was 60. served as a media adviser to four ## Dave was a member of Rajya Sabha prime ministers, passed away at the from the year 2009. age of 83. ## Anil Madhav Dave was appointed # # Hailing from Karnataka's South as the Minister of State (MoS) Canara district, Rao started his independent charge of Environment, career with the Information Service Forest and Climate Change in the in the 50s. Narendra Modi government on 5 July, 2016. # # He rose to become the Principal Information Officer, Chris Cornell the top post in the information central information department. ## Chris Cornell, lead singer of Dennis Swamy Soundgarden and Audioslave, has passed away. He was 52. ## Former national champion boxer Dennis Swamy passed away. He The Grammy-winning rocker was 74. was in Detroit performing with ## Swamy was an eight-time national Soundgarden, which had embarked champion, six of them back to back on a US tour in April. starting 1961. ## He formed the band Soundgarden in 1984, which ## He was conferred the Arjuna award was influential in the 1990s’ grunge movement. The in 1968. group disbanded in 1997 and released a greatest hits ## Swamy also served as a coach with the Sports Authority compilation the same year. of Andhra Pradesh. ## In 2001, Cornell joined with three former members of Reema Lagoo Rage against the Machine to form Audioslave. Their ## Veteran Bollywood actress Reema most successful single, “Like a stone”, released in Lagoo passed away. She was 59. 2003. ## Her most popular movies were "Hum # Aapke Hain Kaun", "Hum Saath # Cornell also sang the theme song to the James Bond Saath Hain", "Maine Pyar Kiya" and movie “Casino Royale”. Soundgarden came back on "Kal Ho Na Ho". stage in 2010 for festival performances.

Maharashtra's Bhilar Village will be the first book village of India

20 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES NATIONAL India becomes world's 5th largest military Burning Topics of the Month NATIONAL spender, 25 April 2017 1. PM Narendra Modi flags off UDAN ndia has become flight from Shimla, anyone can now fly at world's fifth largest Rs 2,500. Imilitary spender 2. Union Government launches One IP- after the expenditure grew around 8.5 per Two Dispensaries, Aadhaar Based Online cent in 2016. According Claim Submission Schemes to figures released 3. Swachh Bharat rankings: Indore is by the Stockholm India's cleanest city, Bhopal comes 2nd International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India spent $55.9 billion in 2016. RGIA gets carbon neutrality status, US remains the world's largest military spender with 21 April 2017 expenditure upto $611 billion. After China, third in line, is Russia with $69.2 billion. Saudi Arabia dropped to the fourth position in 2016 after its spending dropped by 30 per cent despite continued involvement in regional wars. PM Narendra Modi flags off UDAN flight from Shimla, anyone can now fly at Rs 2,500, 25 April 2017

he Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad has been given the carbon neutrality Tstatus by Airports Council International (ACI) under its Airport Carbon Accreditation programme. It was conferred with the carbon neutrality (level 3: neutrality) by the ACI at a ceremony held in Doha, Qatar. The ACI Airport Carbon Accreditation programme was initiated in June 2009 and consists of four levels: ‘mapping’ (level 1), ‘reduction’ (level 2), ‘optimisation’ (level 3) and ‘neutrality’ (level 3+). RGIA achieved levels rime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first one and two in 2012. It achieved level 3 status in 2013. UDAN flight under the regional connectivity scheme The level 3+ status which it has achieved now is the on Shimla-Delhi sector. fourth and highest accreditation under ACI’s Carbon P Under the UDAN scheme, the fares of flights have been Accreditation programme. capped at Rs 2,500 per seat per hour. Navy successfully test-fires Brahmos supersonic UDAN stands for Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik. This scheme missile, 21 April 2017 is aimed at aimed at boosting regional connectivity. ndian Navy successfully UDAN is a first-of-its-kind scheme globally to stimulate test- fired the land-attack regional connectivity through a market-based mechanism. Iversion of BrahMos The UDAN Scheme is a key component of the National supersonic cruise missile. Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) which was released on June The test-firing of the 15, 2016. missile took place in the Under this programme, the government intends to connect Bay of Bengal and it was 45 unserved and under-served airports. Five airlines were very successful. ICICI Bank to create 500 more digital villages

21 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES NATIONAL awarded 128 routes under the scheme last month after a The WRM will provide an important platform for potential bidding process. investors to partner and participate in the immense The selected airline operator would have to provide 50 per opportunities that are made available in India. cent of the flight capacity with a cap of Rs 2500 per hour on It is held once in every four years. fixed wing aircraft and a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 13 on helicopters with the same price cap. Venkaiah Naidu launches MSEFC Portal, MyMSME mobile app, 28 April 2017 India successfully test-fires Agni-III ballistic missile, 28 April 2017 ndia successfully test-fired 3000 Ikilometre range Agni-III ballistic missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. The test was aimed at re-establishing the operational effectiveness of the weapon system. Agni-III’s first user successful trial was carried out on 21 September 2012. Highlights of the Agni-III ballistic missile rban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty ## This Surface-to-Surface nuclear capable intermediate- Alleviation and Union Minister for Information range ballistic missile can hit targets in the range of U& Broadcasting Minitser M. Venkaiah Naidu around 3000 km. has launched two important initiatives of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Ministry of ## The two-stage solid-propelled missile has a length of MSME), viz. Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation 17 metres, 2 metres diameter and its launch weight is Council (MSEFC) portal and MyMSME Mobile App on around 50 tonnes. the occasion of the 15th Meeting of the National Board ## It can carry a warhead of 1.5 tonne which is protected for MSME. by carbon all composite heat shield. Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC) ## It is equipped with the hybrid navigation, guidance portal on http://msefc.msme.gov.in, would facilitate and control systems along with advanced on-board implementation of the delayed payment provisions of the computer. MSMED Act 2006 and also assist in monitoring of delayed ## It was developed by the DRDO under the Integrated payment cases. Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). In addition, the MyMSME mobile app on http://my.msme. ## The missile was inducted into the armed forces in June gov.in, also launched by Naidu, provides information on 2011. all schemes implemented by the Ministry of MSME at one place. India to host 18th World Road Meeting, Prime Minister has recently spoken about the need for 28 April 2017 moving forward to M-Governance (Mobile Governance) he International from e-Governance. Road federation Tendulkar inaugurates Sportsmed Activ, (IRF) announced T 28 April 2017 that India will host the 18th World Road ricket icon Sachin Meeting (WRM 2017) Tendulkar inaugurated which will be held on 13 Sportsmed Activ, an November 2017. C enhancement and rehab arm The theme of World Road Meeting 2017 is ‘Safe Roads and of speciality clinic Sportsmed Smart Mobility: The Engines of Economic Growth’. Mumbai.

Union Government launched One IP- Two Dispensaries, Aadhaar Based Online Claim Submission Schemes

22 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES NATIONAL Sportsmed Activ is an integrated rehab service where he Telecom Department a combination of exercise therapy (physiotherapy) and launched Tarang manual medicine (osteopathy) is used to restore body TSanchar portal that functions. will allow people to track radiation emitted from mobile Union Government launches One IP- Two towers within a locality and Dispensaries, Aadhaar Based Online Claim check their compliance with Submission Schemes, 02 May 2017 the stipulated norms. Launching the Tarang Sanchar web portal, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha hoped the site will help in clearing "myths and misconceptions" about mobile towers and emissions from them. The timing of the launch coincides with the recent SC order on deactivation of a mobile tower in Gwalior on the plea of a 42-year-old cancer patient. Over 6500 women dance their way to record book, 03 May 2017 ore than 6500 he Union Minister of Labour and Employment women from Bandaru Dattatreya launched two schemes- One IP- 21 states Two Dispensaries and Aadhaar based Online Claim T dancedM their way to the Submission on the occasion of International Labour Day Guinness book of world 2017. records by performing All about One IP- Two Dispensaries Scheme Thiruvathirakkali in ## Due to the non-availability of option of second Kerala. dispensary, the dependant members of family are The 16-minute performance has been adjudged the largest often deprived of medical benefits as till now, insured Thiruvathira held ever with a total of 6582 girls and women persons (IP) had an option of choosing one dispensary in the age group of 10-75 participating in it. for self and family. The event was organised by Twenty20, the CSR wing of the ## By introducing the concept of ‘One IP- Two corporate house Kitex, along with Chavara Cultural Centre Dispensaries’, Employee's State Insurance Corporation and the Parvanendu School of Thiruvathira. (ESIC) gives an option to an IP to choose two dispensaries, one for self and another for family Cabinet Okays MoU with Malaysia for urea, through an employer. ammonia supply, 04 May 2017 ## From now onwards, individuals as well as their family he Cabinet approved members will be able to get treatment from either of the an agreement signed dispensaries and in case of emergency from any ESI with Malaysia for Institution. T assured supply of urea and All about Aadhaar based Online Claim Submission ammonia from a plant to scheme be set up by the Southeast Under this scheme, all EPF Members, who have activated Asian country. their Universal Account Number (UAN) and seeded As per the Memorandum their KYC details with Employees' Provident Fund of Understanding (MoU), Organisation (EPFO), will now be able to directly apply for India will buy from Malaysia the existing surplus urea and PF final settlement (form19), Pension withdrawal benefit ammonia fertilizers as well as the production from the new (Form10-C) and PF part withdrawal (Form31) from the plant. their UAN Interface. The new plant is expected to cost USD 2.1 billion and will DoT launches portal for info on mobile tower have a capacity to produce 2.4 million tonnes of urea and 1.35 million tonnes of ammonia per annum. radiation, 02 May 2017 Shobana Kamineni assumes charge as CII President

23 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES NATIONAL Cabinet approves signing of MoU between The books aimed at sensitizing and creating awareness India and Spain on cooperation in the sphere amongst children would provide a fillip to the Prime of Civil Aviation, 04 May 2017 Minister’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan which has become a Jan Andolan across the nation. The set of four books written he Union Cabinet in a storytelling format by renowned children’s author Dr. chaired by the Madhu Pant would convey the message in an interesting TPrime Minister manner through the clean Jungle tales. Narendra Modi has The series of books had been published in 15 Indian approved the signing languages and would help develop a habit of cleanliness of Memorandum of among school going children. Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in the sphere Nitin Gadkari inaugurates India Integrated of Civil Aviation between Transport and Logistics Summit, 05 May 2017 India and Spain. he Minister of The MoU signifies an important landmark in the civil Road Transport aviation relations between India and Spain, and has the and Highways potential to spur greater trade, investment, tourism and T Nitin Gadkari cultural exchanges between the two countries. inaugurated the three Swachh Bharat rankings: Indore is India's day India Integrated cleanest city, Bhopal comes 2nd, 04 May 2017 Transport and Logistics Summit (IITLS) ccording to organized by the the 'Swachh Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in New Delhi. ASurvekshan Speaking on the occasion, he said that “Antyodaya” or the 2017', Indore in welfare of the weakest person in society is the foremost aim Madhya Pradesh has of this Government. To achieve this aim it is necessary to been declared the boost economic growth in the country. cleanest city in India while Gonda in Uttar The Minister further said that our high logistics costs are Pradesh has been a result of the various modes of transport growing and ranked the dirtiest. developing in silos, in an un-integrated manner. He also said that the logistics and transport sector has a very high The rankings came out of a survey meant to gauge the potential for employment generation. progress of Modi government's flagship Swachh Bharat Mission. The facility of online registration of Child Care After Indore, Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal ranked as Institutions launched by the WCD Minister, the second cleanest city in the country. Visakhapatnam, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, 06 May 2017 in Andhra Pradesh, came third, Gujarat's Surat fourth and Karnataka's Mysuru fifth. Mysuru had ranked as the cleanest city during the 2015 iteration of the survey. M. Venkaiah Naidu releases set of books titled ‘Swachh Jungle ki kahani – Dadi ki Zubani’, 05 May 2017 . Venkaiah Naidu, Minister he facility of online registration of Child Care Mfor Information Institutions across the country was launched by the & Broadcasting released a TMinister of Women & Child Development, Maneka set of books titled ‘Swachh Sanjay Gandhi in New Delhi. Jungle ki kahani – Dadi Online registration of CCIs is a very important part of good ki Zubani’ published by governance. It will now make it easy for CCIs to register Publications Division. themselves.

Jakhar takes over as Volleyball Federation secretary-general

24 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES NATIONAL The WCD Minister, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi said that online Broad-basing the customer service, the Indian registration will provide a centralized system where all the Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has information will be readily available about the CCIs in the now introduced pay-on- delivery service allowing country. It will be possible to know on a real time basis as passengers to book train tickets online and pay at the to how many children are available in each CCI, how many time of delivery. are available for adoption, which children need help and IRCTC through its website and mobile app has now what type of assistance needs to be provided to them, she introduced pay-on-delivery as one of the payment options added. for its customers. The module for online registration of CCIs has been Delivering tickets at the consumer’s doorstep by offering developed by the WCD Ministry with the assistance of NIC. the pay-on-delivery (PoD) option will facilitate those Centre approves renaming of two Mumbai consumers who book through travel agents to move to online medium. railway stations, 07 May, 2017 he Union Home PM launches integrated case management department has system of Supreme Court, 10 May 2017 Tapproved the renaming of two railway stations of Mumbai, Maharashtra Transport minister Diwakar Raote said. The Centre has approved renaming of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Also, Elphinstone Road railway station has now been renamed to Prabhadevi. Himachal, Belarus firm in MoU to build skyway in Dharamshala, 10 May 2017 imachal Pradesh signed an rime Minister Narendra Modi launched the integrated agreement with H case management system of the Supreme Court in a Belarusian company the presence of the Chief Justice of India. for starting a skyway P transport facility in the The system will help litigant’s access data and retrieve tourist destination of information online and will be a step towards a paperless Dharamshala. Supreme Court. The MoU was signed by Himachal Pradesh government Speaking on the occasion, CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar said with Sky Way Technology Corporation, a transport and he proposes to integrate the system with all the 24 high infrastructural development company of Belarus. courts and the subordinate courts. The facility would be started in the next three years. It will help usher transparency, reduce manipulation and help the litigant know about the progress of the case on a Dharamshala would be the first town in the state to provide real time basis. this transport facility at reasonable rates. NITI Aayog launches Energy Web Portal, Now pay after delivery of train tickets at 13 May 2017 doorstep, 10 May 2017 ITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya RCTC has offered delivery launched an 'Energy Web Portal' which will have of rail tickets allowing all data related to the energy sector. passengers to make payment N I The web portal will host all the data related to energy sector through any payment mode, including cash. including oil & gas, coal, solar & thermal energy etc from 2005-06. Former minister Ashwani Kumar to get Japan Imperial Decoration

25 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES NATIONAL Navy signs MoU with Space Application he government Centre, 16 May 2017 has decided to sign an MoU he Indian Navy and Ahmedabad- based Space T with Japan Textile Application Centre (SAC) inked a pact on data Products Quality and Tsharing and scientific cooperation in the field of Technology Centre meteorology and oceanology. The pact provides for creation (QTEC) to jointly set up of a common platform for sharing expertise achieved by SAC and encourage quality compliance activities. with the Navy in a number of areas, including satellite data The textile and clothing industry is aiming to increase its acquisition technology. exports to Japan, complying with quality requirements of The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Vice the Japanese market. Admiral S N Ghormade, Director General Naval Operations, QTEC provides facilities for quality evaluation, and SAC Director Tapan Misra at an event in Ahmedabad. standardisation, technology evaluation, conformity Arunachal woman unfurls Indian flag at Mt. assessment, technical guidance and education, factory Everest for fourth time, 17 May 2017 certification for the textile industry of Japan. runachal Pradesh's Cabinet approves MoU between India and Anshu Jamsenpa Australia on Cooperation in Combating Ascripted history of International Terrorism and Transnational a sort by becoming the first Organized Crime, 18 May 2017 Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest for the fourth he Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister time. She will attempt a double Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval ascent to the world's highest Tto the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) peak to make it a total five successful climbs. between India and Australia on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime. Jamsenpa scaled the Mount Everest twice in May 2011 and again scaled the peak on May 18 in 2013. The proposed MoU would strengthen the relationship between India and Australia for building peace and stability If she is successful with her double ascent this time, in the region through exchange of information, expertise, Jamsenpa will set a record five climbs of Mt Everest. experience and capacity building. IIEST creates India's first smart grid project, Dr Harsh Vardhan gets additional charge of 17 May 2017 environment, 18 May 2017 he Indian Institute of r Harsh Vardhan Engineering Science has been given and Technology (IIEST) the additional hasT successfully created the D charge of the Ministry country's first smart grid of Environment, Forest project, which will generate and Climate Change power from renewable sources (MoEF) after the death of energy. of Minister of State Anil The project will soon be Madhav Dave who held the portfolio under an independent inaugurated by President charge. Pranab Mukherjee, IIEST Director Prof Ajoy Kumar Roy Dave was appointed as the Minister of State (MoS) with told. an independent charge of MoEF in the Narendra Modi The smart grid will be synchronised to generate power from government on 5 July, 2016. solar, wind and vegetable waste resources, depending on the Dr Harsh Vardhan, a senior minister in the Narendra weather conditions and availability of waste products. It is Modi cabinet, holds the charge of the ministries of earth the first of its kind in the country. sciences and science and technology. For a brief period in India to sign MoU with Japan's QTEC for 2014, Harsh Vardhan was the Health Minister in the Modi quality compliance, 18 May 2017 cabinet.

Honda Beats Bajaj as Second Largest Bike Maker in India

26 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES STATE STATE Burning Topics of the Month 1. Rawat inaugurates 100 mw solar plant at Bhalsawagaj. 2. India's first 'book village' coming up in Maharashtra's strawberry country. 3. Madhya Pradesh becomes 1st state to shift to January to December financial year. weather stations will come across Maharashtra on public- Rawat inaugurates 100 mw solar plant at private partnership (PPP) model in this year and 1,000 of Bhalsawagaj, 22 April 2017 these will be set up by June 2017. ttarakhand Chief The weather conditions for farmers in different regions Minister Trivendra will be available on the Mahavedh portal (Maharashtra Singh Rawat agriculture weather information network) and mobile U application of Skymet. inaugurated a 100 mw solar power plant at Bhalsawagaj Fadnavis said digital kiosks will be set-up in every in Haridwar district. Gram Panchayat to provide weather information and The chief minister said expert advice on crop pattern to be followed by the the plant will generate farmers. electricity worth Rs 100 crore annually and give employment to nearly 1,500 Madhya Pradesh becomes 1st state to shift to people. January to December financial year, 03 May 2017 India's first 'book village' coming up in Maharashtra's strawberry country, adhya Pradesh on 2 May 2017 became the first state in India to switch to the January-December 29 April 2017 Mfinancial year from existing April-March cycle. he sleepy village of Bhilar, in the heart of The plan to switch the financial year was endorsed by the Maharashtra's famed 'strawberry country' will soon state cabinet. Tget another identity as India's first "book village". A decision to this effect was taken at the state cabinet "The government has financed around 15,000 books to be meeting held in Bhopal. kept there permanently for the public at around 25 key The move and endorsement of the plan will break a 150- locations around the village of 600 families. Anybody can year old tradition of adopting the financial year from April simply pick up a book of his/her choice, read for as long to March. The practice of April-March financial year was as they want and keep it back for the others," adopted in 1867 by the British Government. The state government had committed on February Now the Budget session of the next financial year will be 27, 2015 - Marathi Language Day - to launch a 'book held either in December 2017 or January 2018. village' in the state, on the lines of Britain's immensely Background popular Hay-on-Wye book village and literary festivals concept. The idea was put forward by the Prime Minister during the NITI Aayog’s governing council meet in Delhi on 23 April Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis 2017. inaugurates state’s first automatic weather Earlier, the union government had also constituted a high- station in Nagpur, 02 May 2017 level committee to examine desirability and feasibility of having a new financial year. The committee was aharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis constituted under the chairmanship of former Chief inaugurated the state’s first automatic weather Economic Advisor Shanker Acharya. The report hasn’t station at Dongargaon. Around 2,065 such M been made public yet. America launched an unarmed missile 'Minuteman 3' from California

27 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES STATE PM Modi inaugurates Patanjali Research Goa tourism department starts `hop-on-hop- Institute in Haridwar, 03 May 2017 off tourist bus service, 14 May 2017 rime Minister he Goa tourism Narendra Modi department has Pinaugurated the Tlaunched the Patanjali Research much-awaited `hop- Institute in the on-hop-off (HOHO) presence of Yoga guru sightseeing bus service Baba Ramdev. for tourists visiting the While explaining coastal state. about the aim its main tasks is to make research on indigenous Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar flagged off the buses, systems of medicine, especially yoga and Ayurveda. being operated by Pune-based private group Prasanna On this occasion, the Prime Minister released the Purple. encyclopedia 'World Herbal Encyclopedia' compiled in the Tourists can buy a pass valid for 24 hours and board a bus to last ten years by Acharya Balkrishna, close to Yoga Guru. visit their locations of interest. In this encyclopedia there are samples of more than seventy thousand herbs found in the country. With 1 flight in 65 secs, Mumbai busiest Patanjali Yogpeeth also gave him the title of 'Rashtrarishi' single-runway airport, 14 May 2017 for his untiring efforts to make the country clean, strong he GVK group-run and united. Mumbai airport has become the world's Railway Bridge taller than Eiffel Tower to be T busiest amongst the single- built over Chenab River, 04 May 2017 runway facilities by handling ailways Ministry 837 flights a day or one in 65 announced to seconds on an average in fiscal build the world's 2017, taking over London’s Gatwick airport that had 757 R flights a day. highest railway bridge over the Chenab River in In terms of the number of passengers also, the city airport Jammu and Kashmir in tops with 45.2 million people flying in and out in fiscal 2017 around two years from as against 44 million at Gatwick airport. now. Notably, no other large city in the world is served by one This railway bridge is expected to be 35 metres taller than airport, that too with a single-runway. the Eiffel Tower of Paris. The massive arch-shaped structure of bridge is already under constructed at a cost of around Rs Haryana launches e-textbook portal for school 1100 crore in hostile terrain. students, 20 May 2017 Chenab Railway Bridge aryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar The bridge forms a crucial link in the 111-km stretch inaugurated the 'E-textportal' for the students in between Katra and Banihal, which is part of the Udhampur- Hthe state. Students will be able to download school Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project. books instantly from this portal. Railways will also install sensors on the bridge to check Inaugurating the website, Chief Minister Manohar Lal the wind velocity so that signal on the track turn red to Khattar said as of now, 26 textbooks of classes IX to XII prevent train movement as soon as the wind speed exceeds have been uploaded on the portal and these can be easily 90 kmph. converted into audio files. The construction of the bridge is the most challenging part These included 11 books of class IX, nine books of class X of the Kashmir rail link project and once completed, it will and three books each of classes XI and XII, he said, adding be an engineering marvel. It will surpass the record of the the Board has also been at the forefront in implementing Beipan river Shuibai railway bridge (275 m) in China. e- locker facility. Slated to be completed by the year 2019, the bridge is Khattar said his initiative of the Board is an important step expected to become a tourist attraction in the region. towards realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of Digital India. Railway Bridge taller than Eiffel Tower to be built over Chenab River

28 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES INTERNATIONAL The magazine has also included US President Donald INTERNATIONAL Burning Topics of the Month Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May in the new list of 100 most influential 1. India, France carry out joint naval people. exercise. India, South Korea sign pact for defence 2. India gives scholarship worth Rs 35 shipbuilding, 22 April 2017 crore to children of freedom fighters in Bangladesh. 3. Pro-EU Emmanuel Macron becomes France's youngest president. India contributes $250,000 to UN election assistance programme, 21 April 2017 ndia has made a quarter-million- Idollar contribution to the UN programme ndia and South Korea signed an agreement to firm up for helping countries bilateral cooperation in defence shipbuilding. to hold elections and develop their electoral IUnder the MoU, the two sides will nominate one systems. shipyard each for this purpose. Eenam Gambhir, a First Secretary in India’s Mission to India has already picked Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) the UN, presented the cheque to Kyoko Shiotani, Chief while Korea will make the nomination soon. of the Office of the Under-Secretary-General at the UN It will enable HSL to upgrade and modernise its facilities Department of Political Affairs. so as to enable it to execute naval projects in a timely This is the second Indian contribution of $250,000 to manner. the programmes for electoral assistance and capacity building. The first was made in 2012. Through the Election India, France carry out joint naval exercise, Assistance Division set up in 1991, the UN has helped over 24 April 2017 100 countries with their elections. The division principally provides technical assistance for organising and conducting elections. Modi, Paytm founder in Times most influential people list, 21 April 2017 rime Minister Narendra Modi Pand Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma were the only he Indian Navy began a joint maritime exercise two Indians to make 'Varuna' with the French Navy at the Mediterranean it to an annual list of Sea to further deepen combat coordination between 100 most influential T the two navies. people in the world this year released by the Time magazine. Guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai, stealth frigate INS Trishul and fleet tanker INS Aditya are taking part in the The list features pioneers, artists, titans, leaders and icons Varuna exercise which will continue till April 30. from around the world honoured for "the power of their inventions, the scale of their ambitions, and the genius of The Varuna series of exercises began in 2000 and have their solutions to problems that no one before them could grown into an institutionalized form of interaction between solve." the two navies. Army successfully test-fired BrahMos land-attack missile

29 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES INTERNATIONAL India, Sri Lanka sign MoU for cooperation in India initiated the economic projects, 27 April 2017 Muktijodha Scholarship Scheme in 2006 for descendants of the 1971 Freedom Fighters. Up to now, more than 10,000 scholarships worth Taka 150 million have been disbursed. This year, scholarships have been awarded to 600 undergraduate students. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Sheikh Hasina's visit to India announced that another 10,000 students will receive scholarships under the new Muktijodha scholarship scheme. ith joint development of Trincomalee port All freedom fighters are now eligible for five years high on agenda, Prime Minister Narendra multiple entry Indian visa and 100 of them will be WModi and his Sri Lankan counterpart, Ranil provided free medical treatment in Indian hospitals Wickremesinghe, “welcomed” signing of an MoU for every year. cooperation in economic projects. Modi, who is likely to visit Sri Lanka between May 12 and 14, signed off on the The High Commissioner said under the new scheme, broad-based umbrella agreement, which will enable India students at higher secondary level will get an onetime to work on a host of projects in Sri Lanka, covering all grant of taka 20,000 (Rs 15,3700) and those at Under aspects of infrastructure. graduate level will get taka 50,000 (Rs 38,430). Students are selected on the basis of merit from every district for India, Cyprus sign 4 agreements, 29 April the scheme. 2017 India, Turkey sign three agreements, ndia and Cyprus 02 May 2017 signed four pacts, Iincluding one for air services and another for cooperation in merchant shipping The two countries also signed an agreement on Executive Programme on Culture Education and Scientific Cooperation (EPCEC) for the year 2017-2020 The agreement was exchanged between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Cyprus' Finance Minister Harris Georgiades. An agreement on 'Work Plan under Programme of Cooperation in the Field of Agriculture for 2017-18' was also signed between the two nations, apart ndia and Turkey signed three agreements in the fields of from a merchant shipping agreement ICT, training and culture. India gives scholarship worth Rs 35 crore to IAn agreement was signed on a cultural exchange programme for the years 2017-2020. children of freedom fighters in Bangladesh, 01 A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed May 2017 between the Foreign Services Institute (FSI) of India and he children of freedom fighters in Bangladesh will the Diplomacy Academy of Turkey. be given scholarships worth Rs 35 crore by India Another MoU was signed on cooperation in the area of Tunder the 'Muktijodha' Yojana. information and communication technologies (ICT). Sunil Chhetri voted best player of I-League

30 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES INTERNATIONAL China's first large passenger plane makes UN-Habitat reports to the United Nations General maiden flight, 06 May 2017 Assembly. Since the UN-Habitat came into being in 1978, it is the third hina's first large time that India has been elected to lead this organisation h o m e m a d e after 2007 and 1988. passenger jet, C The theme of the 26th meeting of the GC is 'Opportunities touted as a competitor to Boeing and Airbus, for effective implementation of the New Urban Agenda'. made its maiden flight, heralding the India, Indonesia navies begin 17-day exercise, Communist giant's 10 May 2017 entry into the highly- competitive global aviation sector. The 158-seater C919 aircraft took to the skies from Shanghai Pudong International Airport in eastern China and made the country the fourth jumbo jet producer after the US, Europe and Russia. The "C" in the aircraft's name stands for both China and COMAC, while 9 symbolises "forever" in Chinese culture and 19 represents the maximum 190 seats capacity. It also marks a milestone for the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), the Shanghai-based n order to enhance bilateral maritime cooperation, manufacturer of the C919. the navies of India and Indonesia began a 17-day Pro-EU Emmanuel Macron becomes France's Icoordinated patrol and joint exercise. youngest president, 08 May 2017 The joint exercise is being conducted at Port Blair under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command. ipping up Apart from securing the trade sea route, the coordinated F r a n c e ' s patrol also serves to enhance mutual understanding and p o l i t i c a l R inter-operability between the two navies. map, French voters elected independent The two navies have been carrying out Coordinated Patrols centrist Emmanuel (CORPAT) for over a decade. Macron as the Under the broad ambit of this strategic partnership, country's youngest Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) and the Indian Navy have president. been carrying out coordinated patrolling twice a year since Marine Le Pen, his 2002. far-right opponent in the presidential runoff, quickly called the 39-year-old Macron to concede defeat after voters Amitabh Bachchan appointed WHOs goodwill rejected her "French-first" nationalism by a large margin. ambassador, 12 May 2017 And from this event Marine Le Pen’s dream to become he World Health country’s first woman president shatters. Organisation appointed Amitabh Bachchan as India elected president of UN-Habitat, T its goodwill ambassador for 09 May 2017 hepatitis in South-East Asia region to boost awareness and ndia has been intensify action to arrest the unanimously elected epidemic. as the president of I Announcing the decision, WHO's Regional Director for the UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations to South-East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh termed it a promote sustainable human "historic association" as viral hepatitis kills 4,10,000 people settlements across the globe. in the region, which also includes India, annually.

Usha Ananthasubramanian new head of Allahabad Bank

31 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES INTERNATIONAL This historic association is expected to help strengthen According to IMPD, the current amount of minorities that WHOs efforts in reducing the high numbers of premature make up the population of the department is about 18 per deaths and illnesses from viral hepatitis which is not only cent. causing hardships to individuals and families, but also impacting health and development across the South-East French President Macron names new PM, Asia region. 16 May 2017 India to host meet of Pacific Island countries in rench President Fiji, 13 May 2017 Emmanuel Macron Fnamed Édouard ndia will host a meet of 14 Pacific Island countries in Philipp as the country's Fiji from May 25 with a focus on issues such as blue new Prime Minister. Ieconomy, climate change and international solar alliance. Philippe, a one-time With an annual trade of about USD 300 million between India socialist, has been mayor and these countries, the two-day meet, which is being held of the northern port town of Le Havre since 2010 and an MP under the framework of the Forum for India Pacific Islands for the region since 2012. Cooperation (FIPIC), will also see participants exploring Philippe is pro-European. He is a trained lawyer and worked ways to enhance business ties and investment opportunities. as a public affairs director for the French state nuclear group Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh will host Areva between 2007 and 2010. the conference. India, Palestine sign five agreements for Nepal joins China's OBOR initiative, cooperation in different sectors, 17 May 2017 13 May 2017 ndia and Palestine epal inked a major signed 5 agreements for deal with China Icooperation in different Nto join Chinese areas including agriculture, President Xi Jinping's health and Information ambitious 'One Belt One Technology. Road' initiative to link Asia The Agreements were with Europe, a move that exchanged after delegation-level talks between Prime could raise concerns in India. Minister Narendra Modi and Palestine President Mahmoud The decision to sign the agreement comes ahead the Abbas in New Delhi. The two leaders reviewed the entire One Belt One Road (OBOR) forum in Beijing on May gamut of bilateral relations, regional and international 14 and 15. issues. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yu Hong and Nepal's Foreign India and Palestine will work together for capacity building Secretary Shankar Bairagi signed an MoU at the Ministry of and Ramallah will be made an IT hub. Foreign Affairs in Kathmandu. India, Tajikistan sign info-sharing pact on This agreement will bring Nepal and China closer through road connectivity and bring home the Chinese investment. Customs, 18 May 2017 The agreement was important for Nepal in terms of he Union Cabinet expansion of road connectivity and construction of approved the signing railways. Tand ratifying of an agreement between India and First Sikh-American officer joins Indianapolis Tajikistan on cooperation police department, 15 May 2017 and sharing of intelligence in the area of Customs. ittan Katoch became the first police officer The agreement will help in availability of information for Mfrom the community the prevention and investigation of Customs offences. to join the police department in The pact will provide a legal framework for sharing Indianapolis, the capital of the US of information and intelligence between the Customs state of Indiana. authorities of the two countries.

Hinduja brothers top UK annual rich list

32 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES ECONOMY Schneider to develop Naya Raipur smart city, Burning Topics of the Month ECONOMY signs pact, 24 April 2017 1. RCom shareholders approve merger nergy management with Aircel. and automation 2. ICICI Bank to create 500 more digital Efirm Schneider Electric India will develop villages. Greenfield integrated 3. Facebook rolls out 'Express Wi-Fi' in smart city of Naya Raipur. India, partners Airtel. It signed a contract with the Naya Raipur Max Bupa partners with GOQii, Swiss Re Development Authority for wellness solutions, 21 April 2017 (NRDA) for development of the first such Greenfield city of Naya Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. The contract was signed between Schneider Electric India, IL&FS Technologies and the NRDA. HCL Tech to acquire Urban Fulfillment Services for $30 mn, 24 April 2017

ealth insurer Max Bupa Health Insurance has announced a three-way tie-up with GOQii a Hleading fitness technology player and global reinsurer Swiss Re. As part of the offering, Max Bupa consumers will get ready access to GOQii's unique personalised wellness engine which is equipped with ndia's fourth largest software services firm HCL solutions such as health coaching and health management Technologies said it will acquire US- based Urban tools. Fulfillment Services (UFS) for up to USD 30 million Swiss Re will provide technical assistance to Max Bupa in I (over Rs 193 crore) in cash. creating relevant products and building expertise to create UFS is a provider of mortgage business process and risk assessment models for future. GOQii offers fitness fulfilment services. Founded in 2002, the company has over bands that can be used to keep a track of one’s health. 350 highly skilled professionals. It has three centres in the Max Bupa, said that this initiative will enable them to US. penetrate into newer customer segments and boost new The deal is expected to be completed by June this year. business growth. Tata Power inks pact for electricity distribution RCom shareholders approve merger with in Ajmer, 21 April 2017 Aircel, 25 April 2017 eliance Communications' ata Power (RCom) shareholders has signed approved the merger of its an agreement T wirelessR division with Aircel. with Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd for RCom, in September last year, electricity distribution had announced it will merge in Ajmer for 20 years. its wireless telecom business with smaller rival Aircel to create the country's fourth-biggest mobile phone Subsequent to winning operator. the bid for distribution franchise of Ajmer circle, Tata Power has formed a special purpose company, TP Ajmer The merged entity will also have the second-largest Distribution Ltd. spectrum holding amongst all operators that will provide it with valid spectrum holding till 2033-36. Britain dethrone Australia to reclaim Azlan Shah Cup after 23 years

33 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES ECONOMY The merged company will be one of India's largest private Growth in India is forecast at 7.1 per cent this year as "re- sector companies. monetisation restores consumption, and infrastructure spending increases", the report said. Inflation is projected to BoI adopts 89 villages for digitisation, reach 5.3-5.5 per cent in 2017 and 2018, which is somewhat 26 April 2017 above the official target of 4.5-5 per cent. tate-run Bank ICICI Bank to create 500 more digital of India has villages, 02 May 2017 Sadopted 89 villages in the 49 zones it has branches for digitization. The bank has installed 227 POS (point of sale) machines in these villages. CICI Bank has created 100 digital villages across the country within 100 days and now plans to add 500 It has set each of its 54 zones a target of converting a more to the list by year-end, its chief Chanda Kochhar minimum five villages into digital villages by September I said. 2017. The 100-village project, which also included imparting Paytm launches Digital Gold; Consumers now skill training and providing credit linkages to people buy gold on Paytm, 27 April 2017 living there. During the 100-day period, the bank provided vocational training to 11,300 villagers, including 70 per cent women, and opened more than 2 lakh bank accounts. and a credit linkage facility was also given to many in these 100 villages to help them earn their livelihood. The bank has also provided loans to the tune of Rs 14 crore to customers of these 100 digital villages. The ambitious project, which began in November 2016, ayments app Paytm launched ‘Digital Gold’ on its was inspired by the success of India’s first digital village platform to allow customers to buy and sell gold created by ICICI Bank at Akodara in Gujarat in 2015. Pthrough electronic platform. This first wealth management product was launched in Now pay monthly rentals with SBI Card on partnership with gold refiner MMTC-PAMP. It offers RedGirraffe, 03 May 2017 a real-time international pricing mechanism for the customers. India to clock 7.1 pc GDP this year, 7.5 pc in 2018: UN report, 02 May 2017 he UN Economic and Social Commission for BI Card and London-based financial technology firm T RedGirraffe have joined hands to facilitate online Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said in its Srental payments and aim to tap at least one lakh annual flagship report tenants by next March. 'The Economic and RedGirraffe.com has launched a platform RentPay that Social Survey of Asia allows such transactions to be made via credit cards and and the Pacific 2017' that provides consumers. the economic growth for India is projected to be stable at 7.1 The company, a joint venture between State Bank of India per cent in 2017 before edging up to 7.5 per cent in 2018, and GE Capital, is also offering up to 45 days interest free underpinned by higher private and public consumption and credit. increased infrastructure spending.

Ganga is now one of the six best river cruises in the world

34 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES ECONOMY Union Cabinet approves issuing ordinance to resolve NPAs of banks, 03 May 2017 o eliminate the problem of bad Tloans, the Union Cabinet approved an According to newly elected CII President Shobana Kamineni, ordinance to amend the key reforms such as the introduction and implementation of Banking Regulation the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system will be a growth Act for dealing with driver during the current fiscal. the non-performing assets (NPAs) in the Quikr Services acquires Zimmber, banking system. 06 May 2017 Reports suggest that the ordinance seeks to amend Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act. This section of the act empowers the Reserve Bank to issue directions to the banks in the public interest and depositors. Currently, the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are saddled with non-performing assets or bad loans to the tune of a staggering Rs 6 lakh crore. Facebook rolls out 'Express Wi-Fi' in India, partners Airtel, 05 May 2017

nline classifieds company Quikr announced the acquisition of Zimmber, an on-demand household Oservices provider, to further scale its hyperlocal household services business. This strategic move will help the company accelerate its growth in household services and continue towards its goal of organising this fragmented category, Quikr said in a statement. ocial networking giant Facebook has rolled out in Zimmber was founded by Anubhab Goel, Amit Kumar and India, its 'Express Wi-Fi' service that offers Internet Gaurav Shrivastava, and provides on-demand home services Sfacility through public hotspots to users in rural parts like plumbing, carpentry, pest control, deep cleaning, sofa of the country. and carpet cleaning, among others. Facebook has also onboarded as a partner, telecom giant It is currently operational in Bengaluru, Mumbai Bharti Airtel, which will deploy over 20,000 wi-fi hotspots metropolitan region, NCR (National Capital Region) and over the next few months. Express Wi-Fi is part of global Pune. initiative to expand Internet connectivity to underserved locations. Hinduja brothers top UK annual rich list, Facebook's Express Wi-Fi service is available through nearly 08 May 2017 700 hotspots across the four Indian states of Uttarakhand, ccording to the Sunday Times Rich List 2017, The Gujarat, Rajasthan and Meghalaya. Facebook had started Hinduja brothers have topped the 2017 list of the testing Express Wi-Fi in India in 2015. Arichest people in the UK with a wealth of 16.2 CII predicts 7.5-8% growth of Indian billion pounds, a massive 3. 2 billion pound hike in their economy, 05 May 2017 fortunes over the previous year. Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja, aged 81 and 77, lead the ndustry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) pack of 134 UK-based billionaires on the list. predicted that India's economic growth rate for 2017-18 will range between 7.5 and eight per cent. Another set of India-born billionaire brothers, David and I Simon Reuben, who had topped the list last year have Emmanuel Macron became France's youngest president

35 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES ECONOMY moved down to third place with steel tycoon Lakshmi N Bhopal Plus also provides a platform to apply for birth Mittal at fourth. and death certificates, marriage registration and register The second spot, occupied by the Hinduja brothers until complaints on civic amenities. 2016, has been taken over by Ukrainian businessman Len Gadkari launches NHAI's first Masala Bond Blavatnik. in UK, 11 May 2017 Airtel and Ola join hands to roll out ational Highways integrated digital services, 09 May 2017 Authority of irtel announced NIndia's first Masala a strategic Bond was launched at the partnership with London Stock Exchange A with Union Minister Ola to offer a range of digital services to Nitin Gadkari ringing the customers. opening bell. Airtel Payments Banks The rupee-denominated will integrate with Ola app to offer convenient digital offshore bond offered by National Highways Authority of payments solutions to customers for their rides. India (NHAI) on the exchange is targeted at raising capital for India's infrastructure projects. While, on the other hand, Ola Money will be integrated as a digital payment solution within MyAirtel App and the "India gives the highest priority for infrastructure Airtel website to enable recharge of Airtel prepaid mobile/ development. Our economy is the fastest growing in the DTH and payment of Airtel mobile/broadband bills through world. NHAI is a flagship organisation, with AAA rating Ola Money. and we have many big projects to offer," Gadkari said at the London Stock Exchange market opening ceremony. India to grow at 7.7 per cent in 2018-19: IMF, Videocon D2H, Dish TV merger gets CCI nod, 09 May 2017 11 May 2017 ccording to the I n t e r n a t i o n a l he proposed Monetary Fund merger of two (IMF),A India's growth is TIndian direct-to- expected to rebound to home (DTH) players - 7.2 per cent in the 2017- Dish TV and Videocon 18 fiscal and 7.7 per cent D2H- has received the in 2018-19. approval of Competition commission of India The temporary disruptions (primarily to private (CCI). consumption) caused by cash shortages accompanying the currency exchange initiative are expected to gradually The merger was dissipate in 2017. announced in November last year and the new entity will be called Dish MobiKwik partners Bhopal smart city TV Videocon. It will be the largest Indian pay-TV operator initiative for payments, 10 May 2017 with a subscriber base of 27 million households. Meanwhile, Dish TV has already received approval from the obile wallet Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), National c o m p a n y Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and BSE for the proposed MobiKwik, M scheme of arrangement. announced its association with web I-T dept launches new facility to link Aadhaar portal and mobile with PAN, 11 May 2017 application Bhopal Plus, which is part of he Income Tax department has launched a new Bhopal smart city initiative. e-facility to link a person's Aadhaar with the The tie-up will enable residents of Bhopal in paying taxes and TPermanent Account Number (PAN), a mandatory bills for utility services such as electricity and water, digitally. procedure for filing IT returns now. India successfully launched the South Asia Communication Satellite, GSAT-9

36 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES ECONOMY The government, under Tech Mahindra entered into Top 20 global the Finance Act 2017, tech services brands, 15 May 2017 has made it mandatory for taxpayers to quote T firm Tech Mahindra has entered into the Top-20 global Aadhaar or enrolment tech services brands list (by brand value) in 2017, as per ID of Aadhaar Ian independent assessment by a valuation and strategy application form for consultancy, Brand Finance. filing of income tax It also said the company has potential to be in the top-5 returns (ITR). technology services brands by 2020. Also, Aadhaar has been made mandatory for applying for Tech Mahindra has been ranked at No 14, with an impressive permanent account number with effect from July 1, 2017. growth of 21 per cent over the previous fiscal, a joint release by Tech Mahindra and Brand Finance said. Disha Microfin gets final nod from RBI for small finance bank, 13 May 2017 Amazon India partners FIEO to train sellers isha Microfin, part on e-commerce, 15 May 2017 of the financial -commerce major Dinclusion platform Amazon India has Fincare, said it has partnered with received the final license E the Federation of Indian from Reserve Bank to Export Organizations operate as a small finance (FIEO) - South Zone to bank. train merchants on selling The bank will be called Fincare Small Finance Bank, and their products online. will start operations from July this year. FIEO is the country's apex body of export promotion. The small finance bank license will enable to expand our Under the partnership, entrepreneurs manufacturing, product basket to include liabilities products, higher ticket retailing and exporting products will be educated on the loans to micro and small enterprises, as well as gold and digital business opportunity, brand building, documentation, affordable housing loans," Fincare CEO Rajeev Yadav said. listing methodology and Amazon services. It will continue to focus on the priority sector and retail This includes categories like home textiles, kitchen linen, segments, and will additionally offer products such as gold leather accessories, leather shoes, apparel, home decor loans and affordable housing loans, he said. products, incense and essential oils among others. Forbes Middle East declares top 100 Indian Amazon India said south India has seen close to 100 per business leaders, 13 May 2017 cent increase in terms of the number of global sellers in the last two years. etail Mogul Yusuff Ali FICCI pegs India's 2017-18 GDP growth at Rand Pepsico 7.4%, 16 May 2017 executive Sanjeev ndustry body FICCI's Chadha are among the latest Economic Outlook top 100 Indian business Survey has pegged leaders in the Arab I India's gross domestic World 2017, according product (GDP) growth at to a Forbes ranking for around 7.4 percent for the the Middle East. fiscal year 2017-18. Ali, Managing Director of Lulu Group International topped The pick-up in overall GDP growth will also be the Indian business owner’s category and Chadha, CEO, supported by an improvement in industry and services Asia, Middle East and Africa at PepsiCo International led sector growth. the Indian executives category. RBI in its latest policy statement estimated CPI inflation to Forbes Middle East is an annual ranking of the top 100 average 4.5 percent in the first half of the year and 5 percent Indian business owners and the top 50 Indians in executive in the second half. management. Online classifieds company Quikr announced the acquisition of Zimmber, an on-demand household services provider

37 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES ECONOMY India's GDP growth to rise to 7.9 pc by Dec The pacts were signed to commemorate 2017: Morgan Stanley, 16 May 2017 the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. he Indian Under the Memorandum of economy is Understanding (MoU) with Facebook, entering a T Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) "productive growth will provide connectivity for the social phase" and real GDP networks `Express Wi-Fi Program. growth is likely to rise to 7.9 per cent by Facebook, through the Express Wi- December driven by Fi service, offers internet facility via favourable external demand, improving corporate balance public hotspots to users in rural parts of the country, in sheets and private capex recovery, says a Morgan Stanley partnership with telecom operators. report. Under another MoU, the company will work with digital Productive growth phase is characterised as a period of payments firm Mobikwik to co-create a BSNL mobile improving growth while macro stability remains in check wallet to facilitate payment for its products and services. and typically sets the stage for a sustained growth cycle. The wallet will be available exclusively to BSNL customers Morgan Stanley expects growth to pick up from the second in India. quarter of this year onwards and accelerate by almost a full percentage point to 7.9 per cent by December 2017 from the SoftBank invests $1.4 billion in Paytm, current run rate of 7 per cent. 19 May 2017 UN revises downward India's GDP growth for apanese conglomerate SoftBank has pumped in $1.4 billion (over Rs 9,079 crore) in Indian digital payments 2017, 17 May, 2017 Jplatform, Paytm. The funding will help Paytm — he United Nations operated by One97 Communications — expand its soon- has revised to-be launched payments bank operations as well as grow downward India's its user base and introduce more financial products for T consumers. economic growth forecast for 2017 but predicted SoftBank, which was an early investor in Alibaba, has an increased 7.9 per cent committed investments of over $10 billion in India. While GDP growth next year as it has pumped in close to $2 billion into Indian startups like it cautioned that stressed Snapdeal, Ola and Housing.com in last few years, it has also balance sheets in the written off a significant portion of that on account of loss in banking sectors will prevent strong investment rebound in valuation. the near term. The UN World Economic Situation and Prospects as of Flipkart tops LinkedIn list of best places to mid- 2017 report, said India is projected to achieve a 7.3 work in India, 20 May 2017 per cent growth in 2017, a downward revision from the 7.7 -commerce per cent forecast for the year made when the report was C o m p a n y launched in January. EFlipkart has The revised report, however, projected that India will topped LinkedIn's achieve an impressive 7.9 per cent GDP growth in 2018, list of the top revising upwards its January estimates when it had said companies to work India's growth will be 7.6 per cent next year. in India second time in a row in BSNL signs pacts with Facebook, MobiKwik, the year 2017. 18 May 2017 Earlier, Flipkart had topped this list in 2016. tate-owned telecom operator BSNL has inked a Flipkart is followed by Amazon (2nd), KPMG India (3rd) clutch of agreements with Facebook and MobiKwik and Paytm's parent company One97 Communications Sas its looks to popularise the internet and its value (4th). added services among customers. Reliance Industries is at the 10th place in this list. Tata Power appointed former Cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar as independent director

38 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES SPORTS 101-year-old Man Kaur wins gold in 100 Burning Topics of the Month SPORTS metres sprint, 24 April 2017 1. Nadal wins historic 10th Monte Carlo title. 01- year-old Man Kaur 2. Jakhar takes over as Volleyball Federation celebrated winning the secretary-general. 1100 metres sprint at 3. India slips to No.4 in ICC T20 International the World Masters Games in Auckland, the 17th gold rankings. medal in the Indian athlete's Nadal wins historic 10th Monte Carlo title, remarkable late-blooming career. 23 April 2017 Kaur clocked one minute 14 seconds as a small crowd cheered her on -- ending a mere 64.42 seconds off Usain Bolt's 100m world record set in 2009. Shot putter Manpreet wins gold, smashes national record, 25 April 2017 ndian shot putter Manpreet Kaur Iclinched a gold in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix afael Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters for a Athletics Meet with record-breaking 10th time with defeat of Spanish a national record and Rcompatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas. world season- leading effort. The 30-year-old Nadal, who now has 50 clay court titles Manpreet came up with a best throw of 18.86m in the and 70 in all. season-opening international event for the Indians, which was nearly one meter more than her earlier national record It was Nadal's first title in almost a year and further of 17.96m that she had set in 2015. cemented his place in history as he became the first man in the Open era to win the same event 10 times. With this performance, Manpreet also qualified for the IAAF World Championships to be held in August in London. He won eight Monte Carlo titles in a row from 2005 to The entry standard for women's shot put in the World 2012 but then lost to Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final. Championships stands at 17.75m. Bopanna-Cuevas win Monte Carlo Masters Nadal wins 10th Barcelona Open, title, 23 April 2017 30 April 2017

ndian star Rohan Bopanna and his Uruguayan partner Pablo Cuevas defeated the Spanish team of Feliciano ILopez and Marc Lopez in a tough three-set battle to win the men's doubles title at the Monte Carlo Masters afael Nadal defeated Austria's Dominic Thiem to win tennis tournament. his 10th Barcelona Open title. This is the first title that the Indo-Uruguayan combination RNadal won in Barcelona between 2005-2009 and have won since they teamed up earlier this year. 2011-13 and now in the last two years. After two decades, India finds spot in FIFA's top 100 teams

39 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES SPORTS Jakhar takes over as Volleyball Federation India slips to No.4 in ICC T20 International secretary-general, 01 May 2017 rankings, 02 May 2017 amavtar Singh ndia, the World T20 Jakhar has 2007 champion, lost six Rtaken over as Ipoints to slip to fourth Secretary General of position in the latest ICC T20 Volleyball Federation International Team Rankings of India after the Delhi released. High Court permitted India is 3 points behind Pakistan and England. release of results of the elections held in April 2016. While New Zealand is on Top Position. While Rajkumar was elected executive vice-president, Chhetri voted best player of I-League, Shekar Bose was elected the treasurer. 03 May 2017 Leander Paes wins Tallahassee Challenger, ndia and Bengaluru Ramkumar Ramanathan ends runner-up, striker Sunil Chhetri 02 May 2017 Iwas named as the best player of the I-League eteran Leander while Khalid Jamil, who Paes won guided Aizawl FC to a Vhis second historic title win, was challenger-level title expectedly chosen as the of the season but coach of the year. Ramkumar Ramanathan "The most coveted award of Hero I-League 2016-17, Hero had to be content with of the League goes to Bengaluru FC skipper Sunil Chhetri, a runner-up finish at the who scored 7 goals in Hero I-League 2016-17," the AIFF USD 75,000 clay-court said in a statement. event in Tallahassee, Florida. Khalid Jamil, who guided Aizawl FC to their historic I- Paes had won the Leon Challenger in Mexico with Adil League victory, has been bestowed with the Syed Abdul Shamasdin, earlier. Rahim Best Coach Award. However, Ramkumar, who was playing the first challenger Debjit Majumder of Mohun Bagan, with eight clean sheets, level final of his career, lost the title match to Slovenian won the Best Goalkeeper Award of this season. qualifier Blaz Rola. Ghosh wins singles & doubles gold at Chile After two decades, India finds spot in FIFA's Open, 02 May 2017 top 100 teams, 04 May 2017 he Indian oumyajit Ghosh f o o t b a l l bagged both team has the singles and S jumpedT up a doubles gold at the place to be ranked Seamaster 2017 ITTF 100th for the first Challenge Chile Open time ever in over in Santiago. two decades in While top-seeded Ghosh the latest FIFA defeated compatriot rankings. Anthony Amalraj in the men's singles final to clinch the For the first time in 21 years and only the sixth time after title, he combined with Amalraj earlier to win the mens Independence, the national football team has found a place doubles title. in top-100 of FIFA rankings. This is the first time India had won a mens doubles title This is India's best-ever FIFA ranking since April 1996 when on either the ITTF Challenge Series or ITTF World they were also ranked 100. India's highest FIFA Ranking till Tour. date has been 94, achieved in February 1996. CII predicted that India's economic growth rate for 2017-18 will range between 7.5 and eight per cent

40 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES SPORTS Vikram Malhotra wins 5th PSA title, 07 May 2017 ndia's Vikram Malhotra won his fifth PSA title Iafter beating Egypt’s Youssef Ibrahim in the final of the Abu Dhabi Open. The top seeded Indian, fresh from the Asian Championship held in Chennai, beat Hesham Mohamed Aly of Egypt he uncertainty looming large over Shashank in the first round and then Manohar’s tenure as ICC chairman ended after the seventh seed Ahmad Al- Tformer BCCI president made it clear that he will Saraj of Jordan in the complete his term which runs till June 2018. quarters. "The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed Shashank Manohar will continue to function as the Britain dethrone Australia to reclaim Azlan Independent Chairman of ICC until the end of his elected Shah Cup after 23 years, 07 May 2017 term which is June 2018,". reat Britain won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup title Last March, Manohar had decided to step down from after a gap of 23 years against defending champions chairman’s post citing "personal reasons" only to be GAustralia. persuaded by the ICC directors -- both Full Members and Entering the final for the first time since their lone title win Associates -- to stay. in 1994. VVS Laxman awarded honorary life Jhulan Goswami becomes world's highest membership of Marylebone Cricket Club, wicket-taker in ODI cricket, 10 May 2017 11 May 2017 ndian women's ormer India batsman team fast V V S Laxman bowler Jhulan Fwas awarded an I honorary life membership Goswami became the highest wicket- to the Marylebone Cricket taker in history of Club (MCC). ODIs, eclipsing Laxman is the fifth Indian the decade-long to receive the honour, after record in the name Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul of Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick. Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan. Goswami dismissed South Africa's Raisibe Ntozakhe in an ongoing ODI to claim her 181st victim in the 50-over Sakshi bags silver at Asian Championships, format, breaking Fitzpatrick's record of 180 wickets from 13 May 2017 109 matches. tar Wrestler Sakshi However Goswami's feat has been achieved in her Malik bagged 153rd match but that also speaks about her longevity in Sa silver medal international cricket. for India at the Asian Jhulan made her debut way back in 2002. Wrestling Championship after losing to Japan's Goswami was also adjudged ICC's 'Women Cricketer of the Risako Kawai in women's Year' in 2007. 60kg category. Manohar set to complete his full term as ICC Sakshi, who created Chairman, 10 May 2017 history by becoming the first Indian wrestler to win an Devender Singh became the second javelin thrower from the country to book a ticket for World championships in London

41 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES SPORTS Olympic medal -- with a bronze -- last year, could not After winning in Monte counter the challenge from the strong Japanese grappler. Carlo and Barcelona Competing for the first time in women's 60kg category after in April 2017. For the jumping up the weight division from 58kg, Sakshi though 14-times Grand Slam hardly had to break a sweat en route to the final. Winner, it was also the 72nd tournament win of Another Indian, Vinesh Phogat also settled for a silver in his career. women's 55kg category. With this, Nadal, who Divya Kakran was the third Indian to have made the final in defeated defending women's 69kg category. champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-final, also won his Quinton de Kock scoops top honours at CSA 30th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. His 30 World Tour Masters 1000 titles is a tie with Serbia’s Djokovic. awards, 15 May 2017 List of top Five in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 uinton De Kock crown was named South Player Masters 1000 Titles African Cricketer Q Rafael Nadal 30 of the Year at a gala event hosted by Cricket South Novak Djokovic 30 Africa (CSA). Roger Federer 26 De Kock also won four Andre Agassi 17 other awards, including Test Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year, at the event. Andy Murray 14 He was also named Player of the Year by both his peers and Manav wins silver medal in Thai Open, fans in a public vote. 16 May 2017 The only accolades that De Kock did not win were the T20 International Player of the Year award that went to ndia's Manav Thakkar Imran Tahir for the second year in a row and the Award won the silver medal of Excellence that went to Temba Bavuma, again for the Iin the junior boy’s second successive year. singles of the SET 2017 Thailand Junior and Keshav Maharaj of Indian origin got the award of the year's Cadet Open table tennis Best Newcomer. tournament in Bangkok. Mohd Anas smashes national record, qualifies The young Gujarat paddler Manav seemed to have run out for World Championships, 16 May 2017 of steam and crashed at the final hurdle losing to Fumiya Igarashi of Japan in the final of the ITTF World Junior erala quarter- circuit event. miler Mohammad KAnas smashed the India retain top spot in latest ICC Test rankings, national record in men's 19 May 2017 400m race en route to winning a gold medal at ndia have retained their number-one position in the the third leg of the Indian latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Team Grand Prix Athletics Meet. IRankings. Rajiv Arokia and Sachin Baby were second and third in ICC Test Rankings: 46.32 secs and 47.18 secs respectively. 1. India 123 2. South Africa 117 Rafael Nadal beats Dominic Thiem to win 5th 3. Australia 100 4. England 99 Madrid Open title, 16 May 2017 5. New Zealand 97 6. Pakistan 93 pain’s Rafael Nadal on 14 May 2017 won Madrid 7. Sri Lanka 91 8. West Indies 75 Open title of Tennis. In the final match at Madrid, 9. Bangladesh 69 10. Zimbabwe 0 the Spaniard defeated a determined Dominic Thiem Sof Austria. President Pranab Mukherjee approved the ordinance on the settlement of Non-Performing Assets (NPA)

42 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES SCIENCE Iceball planet discovered 13,000 light-years Burning Topics of the Month SCIENCE away, 28 April 2017 1. China successfully launches first cargo spacecraft. 2. SpaceX launches Inmarsat communications satellite. 3. China reveals first domestically-built aircraft carrier.

China successfully launches first cargo spacecraft, 21 April 2017 cientists have discovered a new, frozen planet that has the same mass as that of Earth and is located 13,000 hina successfully launched its first unmanned light-years away. cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1, taking another great S The planet is likely far too cold to be habitable for life as leap towards realizing the Communist nation’s C we know it, however, because its star is so faint, researchers ambition to have a permanently manned space station by said. 2022. "This iceball planet is the lowest-mass planet ever Powered by a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket, Tianzhou-1 found through microlensing," said Yossi Shvartzvald, a roared into the air from the Wenchang Space Launch postdoctoral fellow at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory Centre in the southern Hainan Province. in the US. The tube-like craft measures 10.6 metres in length and can Microlensing is a technique that facilitates the carry over six tonnes of cargo as well as satellites. discovery of distant objects by using background stars In space, the cargo ship will dock with the orbiting as flashlights. Tiangong-2 space station, provide fuel and other supplies, and conduct space experiments before falling back to Army successfully test-fires Brahmos land- Earth. attack missile in Andaman and Nicobar China aims to build a permanent space station by 2022, Islands, 03 May 2017 that is expected to orbit for at least 10 years, and the debut ndian Army of the cargo ship is important as it acts as a courier to help successfully test-fired maintain the space station. an advanced version Without a cargo transportation system, the station would I of BRAHMOS land- run out of power and basic necessities, causing it to return attack cruise missile in to Earth before the designated time. the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, showcasing the China reveals first domestically-built formidable weapon's aircraft carrier, 26 April 2017 precise striking hina has launched capability. its first aircraft The land-to-land configuration of BRAHMOS missile was Ccarrier built launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) for entirely on its own, its full-range, demonstrating the weapon's unmatched lethal in a demonstration of ability of hitting the centre of a designated target with "bull's the growing technical eye" precision. sophistication of its The test conducted was the fourth successive successful defence industries and determination to safeguard its launch of the Block -III version of BRAHMOS LACM, maritime territorial claims and crucial trade routes. which once again stamped the missile's impeccable precision Development of the new carrier began in 2013 and striking capability. construction in late 2015. It's expected to be formally commissioned sometime before 2020, after sea trials and Ballistic missile test-fired from California the arrival of its full air complement. coastal base, 04 May 2017

India successfully test-fired the Agni-II Ballistic Missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha Coast

43 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES SCIENCE Built by the Indian Space Research Organisation, its latest communication satellite GSAT-9 called SAS rode piggyback on the 50-m-tall rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09). The GSLV-F09 blasted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra merica launched an unarmed missile 'Minuteman 3' Pradesh. from California. It is capable of sending a nuclear The GSLV-F09 mission is the 11th flight of the GSLV. bomb across the world. A With a lift off mass of 2230 kg, GSAT-9 is a Geostationary The unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile Communication Satellite providing various communication blasted off. applications in Ku-band with coverage over South Asian The test, which took 10 months to plan, was the latest countries. designed to check the readiness and accuracy of a weapon It can also provide secure hotlines among the participating system that forms part of the US nuclear force. The US has nations, which will be useful for management of disasters about 450 such missiles, each capable of traveling about like earthquakes, cyclones, floods and tsunamis. 8,000 miles. The satellite costing around Rs 235 crore is fully funded India successfully test-fires Agni-II ballistic by India. missile off Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, Pakistan has opted out of the project, saying it has its own 04 May 2017 space programme. ndia successfully World's biggest X-ray laser generates first test-fired the Agni- light, 06 May 2017 III Ballistic Missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha Coast. Agni-II is a medium- range ballistic missile with two solid fuel stages. It has a Post Boost Vehicle integrated into its re- entry vehicle. Similarly, in November 2016, Agni 1 was successfully tested from Odisha coast. Its strike range is 700 km. This test was carried out from the test range located on the coast of Odisha. The missile is 20 metre long, weighs 17 tonnes and can carry a payload of 1,000 kg. It has a strike range of more he world's biggest X-ray laser has generated its than 2,000 km. first beam of light that will allow scientists toget Ta glimpse of new materials, drugs and chemical India successfully launches South Asia reactions at the atomic level. Communication, 06 May 2017 The 3.4-kilometre-long European XFEL, most of which is ndia successfully launched the South Asia located in underground tunnels in Germany. Communication Satellite, fully funded by it and touted The X-ray light has a wavelength of 0.8 nanometer - about Ias an "invaluable gift" to its South Asian neighbours 500 times shorter than that of visible light. that would provide communication and disaster support to the nations of the region. Spyder surface-to-air missile test fired, 12 May 2017 Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis hoisted India's second tallest national flag in Kolhapur at 303 feet.

44 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES SCIENCE ndia test fired Spyder surface-to-air missile from a test "Inmarsat, the only operator of a global Ka-band network, range in Odisha as part of a series of tests of the short- created the GX platform to enable communities across the Irange quick reaction missile. world to benefit from the emerging digital society," said a Spyder, an acquired missile system from Israel, is a short- company statement. range, quick reaction surface-to-air missile designed to NASA probes detect man-made bubble strike an enemy air target within a very short time. around Earth, 19 May 2017 The state-of-the-art missile has a strike range of about 15 km in low altitude. However, it is shorter than Indias indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile, which has a 25 km strike range. The weapon was test fired from a mobile launcher at launch complex 3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur and targeted a pilot-less target aircraft. SpaceX launches Inmarsat communications satellite, 16 May 2017

umans have long been shaping Earth's landscape, but now scientists know that we also can Hshape our near-space environment with radio communications. The impact of such communications extend out beyond our atmosphere, creating a bubble surrounding Earth, NASA's Van Allen Probes, which study electrons and ions in the near-Earth environment, have revealed. paceX has launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat, marking its first launch for the London- A certain type of communications -- very low frequency, or based mobile broadband company. VLF, radio communications -- were found to interact with S particles in space, affecting how and where they move. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite, built by Boeing, blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. At times, these interactions can create a barrier around Earth against natural high energy particle radiation in space, The satellite is the fourth in the company's Global Xpress showed the results of a study published in the journal Space (GX) constellation, aimed at providing high-speed mobile Science Reviews. broadband service.

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar inaugurated Sportsmed Activ, an enhancement and rehab arm of speciality clinic Sportsmed

45 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS Burning Topics of the Month 1. People magazine names Julia Roberts the 'World's Most Beautiful Woman'. 2. Sudarsan wins gold medal at 10th Moscow sand art championship. 3. 'Adiyogi bust' declared World's largest by Guinness Book. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved by the MHRD. People magazine names Julia Roberts the IIT Kharagpur's Vinod Gupta School of Management 'World's Most Beautiful Woman', (VGSoM) was ranked seventh, while the management 21 April 2017 schools of IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee were ranked sixth and eight. Sudarsan wins gold medal at 10th Moscow sand art championship, 30 April 2017 oted sand artist Sudarsan NPattnaik from Odisha has won the jury prize gold medal at the 10th Moscow Sand art Championship. Twenty five sculptors from different countries eople magazine has declared Julia Roberts the around the world had participated in the championship on "World's Most Beautiful Woman." the theme - "World Around Us". PAccording to People Magazine, Roberts, held five Pattnaik said he had created a 10 feet high sand sculpture of times since the award's inception in 1990. Lord Ganesh and inscribed "Go Green" on the statue. That means Julia Roberts has been the world's most Recently, Pattnaik had created world’s tallest sand castle at beautiful woman for 17.8% of the last 28 years. Puri beach. Last year winner was Jennifer Aniston. Shabana Azmi starrer 'The Black Prince' Newton wins best film at Hong Kong Film awarded at film fest in Houston, 03 May 2017 Festival, 23 April 2017 ollywood film ctor Rajkummar Rao-starrer "Newton" has won the 'The Black best film honour at the Hong Kong International HPrince', starring Film Festival. Indian actress Shabana A Azmi and singer- Amit Masurkar-directed "Newton", which also stars Anjali poet Satinder Sartaaj, Patil, is a political satire. awarded the Special 3 IIT Business schools feature in top 10 NIRF Jury Remi Award at the Management ranking, 23 April 2017 50th annual WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival. usiness schools of three IITs - Kharagpur, Delhi 'The Black Prince' is a historic biopic on the emotional life and Roorkee - have featured in the top 10 list of story of the last king of Punjab - Maharajah Duleep Singh BNIRF Management ranking this year. and his fragile relationship with Queen Victoria, who was The ranking was made from a total number of 542 business Godmother to his children. Maharajah Duleep Singh was schools who submitted data for the rank. also named as the Black Prince of Perthshire. India to host the 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017)

46 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES MISCELLANEOUS The WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival is the India seen to become third-biggest solar world’s largest independent film festival. market in 2017, 09 May 2017 About WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival ndia will become ## Founded over 50 years ago as Cinema Arts in August the third biggest 1961. Isolar market ## It was founded by award-winning producer and director globally in 2017, says Hunter Todd to present a quality film festival for the India Solar Handbook Independent filmmakers. 2017 by Bridge to India, a consulting MTV Movie and TV Awards 2017:'Beauty and knowledge service and the Beast' wins top honour, 08 May 2017 provider in the clean technology market. With 8.8 gw (giga watt) of projected capacity addition -- a growth of 76 per cent over 2016 -- India is set to become the third-largest photovoltaic market (PV) market in 2017, which will overtake Japan. As of March 2017, India has already installed 12.2 gw of utility scale solar power. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have emerged as the fastest growing states in India in terms of solar installation and in 2017, nearly 60 per cent of total new capacity addition is expected to come from southern states. Konkona wins top honours at New York Indian Film Festival, 09 May 2017 isney's live-action adaptation 'Beauty and the Beast' onkona Sensharma was named Movie of the Year at the 2017 'MTV has been named the Movie and TV Awards'. Kbest director for her D directorial debut "A Death The Bill Condon-directed movie won the top film honour in the Gunj" and the best beating the fellow nominees including 'Logan', 'Rogue One: actress for "Lipstick under A Star Wars Story', 'Get Out' and 'The Edge of Seventeen'. My Burkha" at 2017's New The film's lead star Emma Watson won the new combined- York Indian Film Festival gender Best Actor award in a Movie. (NYIFF). Meanwhile, 'Hidden Figures' and the 'The Fate of the Subhashish Bhutiyani's film Mukti Bhawan was declared Furious' took home the Best Fight against the System trophy the best film. and the Generation Award respectively. Indian artist creates world's longest sand 'Stranger Things' was the biggest TV winner at the ceremony. Buddha in Lanka, 13 May 2017 Ganga is now one of the six best river cruises udarsan Pattnaik, in the world, 08 May 2017 the internationally eputed international publication Conde Nast Sacclaimed Indian Traveller has put the Ganga cruise on its checklist artist, has created a 40- as one of the top six river cruises to take in this year. foot long sand sculpture of R reclining Buddha, the world's Conde Nast's endorsement of the Ganga as a cruise longest, in Sri Lanka. destination is a shot in the arm for river tourism in the country. Pattnaik, who was invited by the High Commission of India to participate in the 14th Massive work worth Rs 5,000 crore is under way to International Vesak Day Celebrations organised by Government develop various projects on the Ganga with the World Bank of Sri Lanka, created the statue near the Parliament. assistance, including development of multi-modal hubs. Reliance Communications shareholders approved the merger of its wireless division with Aircel. 47 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS BITES MISCELLANEOUS The artist has invited the public to come and view his umbai ranked 24th among 41 cities globally with creation in the Diyawanna Vesak Zone. 1.1 per cent price rise of luxury homes for the The 40-year-old artist had recently won the jury prize gold Myear ended March 2017, property consultant medal at the 10th Moscow Sand Art Championship 2017. Knight Frank India said. Guangzhou in China was first in the global list of 41 cities 'Adiyogi bust' declared World's largest by with 36.2 per cent price growth, according to Q1 2017 Guinness Book, 13 May 2017 Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index. he 112 feet The index tracks the movement of luxury residential tall bust of property prices across 41 cities. T'Adiyogi' Lord Chinese cities of Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai topped Shiva at the Isha Yoga the index with an average price growth of 26.3 per cent. Foundation has been Delhi (ranked 35) and Bengaluru (ranked 29) were the two declared the world's other Indian cities that figured in the global list. Both the largest bust by the cities saw negative price growth for the year ended March. Guinness Book of World Records. Mukesh Ambani leads Forbes list of Global The Guinness had made the announcement in its website. Game Changers, 17 May 2017 The bust at the Isha Yoga Foundation on the outskirts of eliance Industries Chairman Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu was unveiled by Prime Minister Mukesh Ambani leads a Narendra Modi on February 24 this year. RForbes list of Global Game The face of Adiyogi, set up by the Isha Foundation led by Changers who are transforming their spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev, attracts thousands of people industries and changing the lives of every day. billions of people around the globe. It is 112.4 feet high, 24.99 metres wide and 147 feet long, as Forbes second annual Global Game verified on March 11, 2017. Changers list includes 25 "intrepid The bust refers to source of Yoga and symbolises the 112 business leaders" who are "unsatisfied with the status quo" methods of self-transformation that the first Yogi or Adiyogi and "transforming their industries and changing the lives of (originator of yoga) offered. billions of people around the globe." Isha Foundation plans to set up three more statues of similar Ambani, comes at the top of the list for his game changing height across the country. efforts to bring the internet to India’s masses. India ranked second in renewable energy Global Burden of Disease Study: India at 154, attractiveness index, 16 May 2017 lags behind Bangladesh, 20 May 2017 ndia has moved up to the second spot from third position ndia has a lot of catching up to do with its neighbours, in this year's 'Renewable energy country attractiveness including China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka in Iindex' released by EY. Iterms of health care. This is primarily due to a combination of strong government According to the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) support and increasingly attractive economics. published in the medical journal The Lancet, it has finished a dismal 154th among 195 countries on the healthcare index. According to the statement, India continued its upward trend in the index to second position with the government's However, India's healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index programme to build 175 GW in renewable energy generation has increased by 14.1, up from 30.7 in 1990 to 44.8 in 2015. by 2022 and to have renewable energy account for 40 per India lags behind Sri Lanka (72.8), Bangladesh (51.7), cent of installed capacity by 2040. Bhutan (52.7) and Nepal (50.8) and ranks above Pakistan The country has added more than 10GW of solar capacity (43.1) and Afghanistan (32.5). The HAQ index, based on in the last three years - starting from a low base of 2.6 GW death rates for 32 diseases that can be avoided or effectively in 2014. treated with proper medical care, also tracked progress in each nation compared to the benchmark year of 1990. Mumbai ranks 24th in luxury homes price Switzerland topped the health index, followed by Sweden rise globally, 17 May 2017 and Norway. China stood 82nd and Sri Lanka 73rd.

Harbhajan Singh became the third Indian to take 200 wickets in T20s

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Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) ARTICLE Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the UDAN stimulate regional connectivity through a market-based (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme from Jubbarhatti, an mechanism. airport on the outskirts of Shimla. ## UDAN network will cover the whole country. ‘Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’ means ‘the common man flies’. ## The scheme is expected to have positive effects on the He flagged of the first UDAN flight under Regional economy in terms of employment and investment. Connectivity Scheme (RCS) on Shimla-Delhi sector. ## The scheme will also promote tourism and balanced Salient Highlights regional growth. ## Around 45 unserved and under-served airports are set UDAN to be connected under UDAN scheme to make flying more affordable. ## The airports to be connected under UDAN include Bhatinda, Bhavnagar, Durgapur, Jaisalmer, Puducherry, and Shimla. ## Under this scheme, five operators will operate flights services on 128 routes that will connect 70 airports through 19-78 seater aircrafts. ## The operators are Air India subsidiary Airline Allied Services, Air Deccan, Air Odisha, Turbo Megha, and Spice Jet. ## As per the modalities of the scheme, airfare for a one- The ‘Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik’ RCS (Regional hour journey of 500 km has been capped at an all- Connectivity Scheme) was launched in October 2016. inclusive charge of Rs. 2,500. It is considered as a vital component of the National Civil ## For longer routes and flight duration, the pricing will Aviation Policy (NCAP) which was released on June 15, vary. 2016. ## A single person will be entitled to buy 9 to 40 seats in The scheme has been launched to provide connectivity to a flight. un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips and airports. ## However, only 50% of the seats will be sold at Rs 2500 per seat per hour. This is first of its kind scheme and will be implemented for a period of 10 years. ## The airlines can sell the rest of the tickets at market rates. As of now, 128 routes have been identified and declared in the RCS map of India. Significance The key objective of the UDAN scheme is to provide ## UDAN scheme will make flying easier and affordable regional connectivity so that persons in regional towns are for the common man. able to take affordable flights. ## It is hailed as the first-of-its-kind scheme globally to

Egyptian and US Navies launched a joint exercise named 'Eagle Salute 2017'

50 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS GSAT-9 ARTICLE The Rs 235-crore satellite, funded entirely by India, will improve disaster and telecommunication links between six south Asian countries (Except Pakistan). Objective behind: To build strong connectivity among SAARC nations. What is SAARC? South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of nations in South Asia.

GSAT-9 was launched by GSLV-F09 on May 05, 2017 from Its member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at Satish Dhawan Space India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Centre SHAR (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota. The GSAT-9 weighs 2230 kgs and was built in three years. South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 is a Geostationary It will have a mission life of more than 12 years. Communication satellite realised by India. The satellite is equipped with 12 KU transponders that will The primary objective of GSAT-9 is to provide various aid in improving communication between countries. communication applications in Ku-band with coverage over It was projected into outer space by ISRO's GSLV-F09 Rocket. South Asian countries. The GSAT-9 will generate power upto 3500 watts. What is Geostationary Satellite? What is transponder? A geostationary satellite is an earth-orbiting satellite, placed at an altitude of approximately 35,800 kilometres (22,300 A communications satellite's transponder is the series of miles) directly over the equator that revolves in the same interconnected units that form a communications channel direction the earth rotates (west to east). between the receiving and the transmitting antennas. GSAT-9 carries communication transponders operating in What is GSLV? Ku-band. GSLV stands for Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, What is Ku Band? which was primarily developed to launch INSAT class of satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits. The Ku band is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 11.7 GSLV is being used for launching GSAT series of satellites. to 12.7GHz. GSLV is a three stage launcher The Ku band (Kurtz-under band) is primarily used for What is Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit? satellite communications, particularly for editing and A Geosynchronous Orbit is an orbit in which a spacecraft broadcasting satellite television. shall pass over a fixed point on Earth once per day.

India overcame Japan to become world’s second largest LPG importer

51 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS One Belt One Road (OBOR) ARTICLE The Silk Road Economic Belt is envisioned as three routes connecting China to Europe (via Central Asia), the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean (through West Asia), and the Indian Ocean (via South Asia). The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is planned to create connections among regional waterways. More than 60 countries, with a combined GDP of $21 trillion, have expressed interest in participating in the OBOR action plan. China has signed bilateral cooperation agreements related to the project with Hungary, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkey. More than 200 enterprises have signed cooperation agreements for projects along OBOR’s routes. More than 2,000 years ago, China’s imperial envoy Zhang In 2014, China established the $40 billion Silk Road Fund Qian helped to establish the Silk Road, a network of trade to finance these initiatives, and it has made investments in routes that linked China to Central Asia and the Arab several key projects. world. The name came from one of China’s most important exports—silk. These projects are just the start as OBOR enters a new stage of more detailed and comprehensive development. In 2013, China’s president, Xi Jinping, proposed establishing a modern network of railways, roads, pipelines, and utility This work will see the development of six major economic grids that would link China and Central Asia, West Asia, corridors, including the New Eurasian Land Bridge, China– and parts of South Asia. Mongolia–Russia, China–Central Asia–Western Asia, Indo- China Peninsula, China–Pakistan, and Bangladesh–China– This initiative, One Belt and One Road (OBOR), comprises India–Myanmar. more than physical connections. It aims to create the world’s largest platform for economic cooperation. Through open China seeks to take the interests of all parties into account discussion, OBOR can create benefits for everyone. so as to generate mutual benefits, including environmental management and closer cultural exchanges. The State Council authorized an OBOR action plan in 2015 with two main components: the Silk Road Economic Belt We wish to give full play to the comparative advantages of and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (exhibit). each country and promote all-around practical cooperation.

Hollywood actress Julia Roberts has been named the World's Most Beautiful Woman

52 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) ARTICLE Government has formally launched Bharat Stage-IV (BS- What’s New? IV) grade transportation fuel across the country to keep BS-IV norms includes tightened NOx+HC emission carbon emission in check. limits, harmonization of the emission testing cycle and the The launch came days after the Supreme Court banned sale definition of motorcycle classes with the UNECE Global and registration of BS-III vehicles from 1 April, 2017. Technical Regulation 2 (GTR-2). It sets target of ushering in BS-VI fuel by April 2020 by These norms also require significant changes in the design skipping BS-V fuel. and capabilities of the vehicles. All state-run oil marketing companies will provide BS-IV- About Bharat stage emission standards compliant fuel at their 53,500 retail fuel stations across the BS emission standards are emission standards instituted by country. the Union Government to regulate output of air pollutants Background from internal combustion engines and spark ignition engines equipment, including motor vehicles. A directive of the Union Government, released in 2010, allows the production of BS-III compliant vehicles till 1 The standards and the timeline for implementation are set April 2017. by the Central Pollution Control Board under the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests and climate change However, there was no deadline in the directive regarding (MoEFCC). the sale of these vehicles. The standards, based on European regulations were first In view of the possibility of sale of BS-III vehicles for an introduced in 2000. extended period beyond April 2017, the EPCA (Environment Pollution Control Authority), a governmental agency, has Since then, various stages Bharat Stage compatible fuel and approached the Court to ensure that the “1 April 2017” ungraded and modified vehicles were introduced throughout deadline is applicable even for the sale of the vehicles too. the country. By considering the EPCA’s plea, the Court directed the Each stage specifies a certain limit on the pollutants released, automobile manufacturers not to sell the BS-III vehicles Higher the Bharat Stage goes lesser it emits pollutants. and the authorities under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to BS-I, BS-II and BS-III stages were launched in 2000, 2005 not to register them if they are sold after 1 April 2017. and 2010 respectively BS-IV fuels The harmful emissions that are identified for regulations in BS-IV fuels contain far less sulphur than BS-III fuel. different Bharat Stages (BS) are carbon monoxide (CO), unburnt hydrocarbons (HC), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and Sulphur in fuel makes it dirtier and lowers the efficiency of Particulate matter (PM). catalytic converters, which control emissions.

Jaipur-based Au Small Finance Bank started its operations as a small finance bank

53 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana ARTICLE Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi said, Likely Impact: PMBJP seeks to keep product price within “The poor must have access to affordable medicines; the 50% of branded product price to make it affordable for all, poor must not lose their lives because of lack of medicines especially the poor. It has resulted in substantial amount of …That’s why Jan Aushadhi Kendras have been planned savings for the people. across the country”. Budget & Expenditure Status - Details of budget With a view to achieve the objective of making available allocation and expenditure for PMBJP for financial years quality generic medicines at affordable prices to all, ‘Jan 2008-18 are as under: Aushadhi Scheme’ was launched by the Department of Year Amount Released Expenditure Reported Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, (in Rs.) as incurred (in Rs.) Government of India in November, 2008 across the country. 2008-09 17250000/- 5505000/- The Scheme is being implemented through the Bureau of 2009-10 20000000/- 10624000/- Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI), under administrative control of Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals 2010-11 30000000/- 12039000/- & Fertilizers, Government of India. 2011-12 NIL 10580000/- In September 2015, the ‘Jan Aushadhi Scheme’ was revamped 2012-13 16600000/- 22482000/- as ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana’ (PMJAY). In 2013-14 152000000/- 14563000/- November, 2016, to give further impetus to the scheme, it 2014-15 NIL 137612000/- was again renamed as “Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana” (PMBJP). The Hon'ble Minister of Finance while 2015-16 169147000/- 135238000/- presenting the Budget for the year 2016-17 in Parliament, 2016-17 497500000/- 497500000/- made a special mention on PMJAY. The excerpt of the Budget 2017-18 NIL - Speech of Hon'ble Finance Minister is reproduced below: Financial Support to the Applicants – following financial “Making quality medicines available at affordable prices assistances are given to the applicants for opening of has been a key challenge. We will reinvigorate the supply PMBJP Kendras: of generic drugs. 3,000 Stores under Prime Minister’s Jan (a) For opening PMBJP Kendras in Government Hospitals / Aushadhi Yojana will be opened during 2017.” Medical College premises, one-time financial assistance up Salient features of the scheme: to Rs. 2.50 lakh is provided as per the details given below: ## Ensure access to quality medicines (i) Rs. 1 lakh reimbursement of furniture and fixtures. ## Extend coverage of quality generic medicines so as to (ii) Rs. 1 lakh by way of free medicines in the beginning. reduce the out of pocket expenditure on medicines and (iii) Rs. 0.50 lakh as reimbursement for computer, internet, thereby redefine the unit cost of treatment per person printer, scanner, etc. # # Create awareness about generic medicines through (b) For PMBJP Kendras run by private entrepreneurs / education and publicity so that quality is not pharmacists / NGOs / Charitable organizations that are synonymous with only high price linked with BPPI headquarters through internet (using ## A public programme involving Government, PSUs, BPPI provided software) will get incentive up to Rs. Private Sector, NGO, Societies, Co-operative Bodies 2.5 lakhs. This will be given @ 15% of monthly sales and other Institutions subject to a ceiling of Rs. 10,000/ per month up to a ## Create demand for generic medicines by improving access total limit of Rs. 2.5 lakhs. to better healthcare through low treatment cost and easy (c) In north eastern states, naxal affected areas and tribal availability wherever needed in all therapeutic categories. areas, the rate of incentive will be 15% and subject to Quality assurance: To ensure high quality, medicines are monthly ceiling of Rs. 15,000/- up to a total limit of Rs. procured from WHO Good manufacturing practice (GMP), 2.5 lakhs. Current Good Manufacturing Practice (USFDA) and CPSUs (d) The applicants belonging to weaker sections like SC/ manufacturers for supplying to Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya ST/Differently abled are provided medicines worth Janaushadhi Kendras. Each batch of drugs procured is tested Rs. 50,000/- in advance within the incentive of Rs. 2.5 random at BPPI’s empanelled National Accreditation Board lakhs which will be provided in the form of 15% of for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited monthly sales subject to a ceiling of Rs. 10,000/- per laboratories thereby ensuring quality, safety and efficacy of month up to a total limit of Rs. 2.5 lakhs. medicines and conformance with required standards. Only Potential for Job Creation: PMBJP gives self-employment after being certified by these laboratories, medicines are and income opportunity. It will help unemployed pharmacist dispatched to C&F agents, Distributors and JAKs. to start a business. Mongolia launched its first satellite called Mongol Sat-1

54 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana ARTICLE Pradhan Mantri Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) 14 Karnataka 38 functional across States: 15 Kerala 193 S.No. State/UT Functional PMBJKs till 16 Madhya Pradesh 37 30th April, 2017 17 Maharashtra 84 1 Andhra Pradesh 65 18 Manipur 5 2 Assam 19 19 Mizoram 3 3 Arunachal Pradesh 20 20 Nagaland 11 4 Bihar 11 21 Odisha 31 5 Chandigarh 4 22 Punjab 31 6 Chhattisgarh 149 23 Rajasthan 40 7 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 5 24 Tamil Nadu 53 8 Delhi 18 25 Telangana 22 9 Gujarat 119 26 Tripura 8 10 Haryana 23 27 UP 169 11 Himachal Pradesh 17 28 Uttarakhand 30 12 J & K 18 29 West Bengal 6 13 Jharkhand 24 Total 1253 Special Feature

Editorial Word jobs. (to set free, especially from legal or political EMANCIPATE (VERB) restrictions). (transitive verb)- plural first person- emancipate- past- While due to virtue of its ‘polysemy’; emancipated- past participle- emancipated- present It is reckoned that he emancipated 19,000 girl slaves. participle- emancipating- singular third person- emancipates (free from slavery). Pronunciation In context of Law; Let us deal with the pronunciation of emancipate The The plaintiff had been downright emancipated from his first syllable pronounced like “e” in ‘igloo’ obviously ‘a’ father's control. (To set (a child) free from the authority of of ‘man’ sounds like ‘e’ in ‘den’/ ‘gen’ then finally ‘a’ in its parents). pate sounds like ‘a’ in ‘ate’/ ‘date’ or ‘gate’. so the word Synonyms eventually pronounced like e-man-si-pate. liberated, independent Now the question is where does this word come from Antonyms so this has originated from early 17th century and most strange thing about this particular word is that it has keep, hold derived from LATIN (emancipare / emancipat) like Other parts of speech many other popular words in English. 1- Emancipation (Noun) - The fact or process of being set While the remembering trick of this word can be –ex (out)- free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation. e- mancipium (in the Appendix of Indo-European roots)- usage: (slave)- mancipate - and hence the word emancipate . The committee encouraged the emancipation of individual Meaning and various definitions slaves and the redemption of captives. In a landmark judgement on 30 March 2016, the Bombay 2-Emancipated/Emancipative/Emancipatory (Adjective) High Court asked Maharashtra government to emancipate –tending to set free. women for entering the inner sanctum of the temple. (to set usage: free, especially from social restrictions). - emancipated young women. Alternatively; - an emancipatory proclamation. Advanced technological advancements has done a great deal to emancipate office workers from prosaic - unique emancipative society. Venu Rajamony appointed India's Ambassador to Netherlands

55 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS WHO’S WHO DESIGNATION WHO’S WHO S.No. DESIGNATION NAME 1. Chairman, Rajya Sabha Mohd.Hamid Ansari 2. Chairperson of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan 3. Chairman of NITI Ayog Narendra D Modi 4. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Gulam Nabi Azad 5. Leader of House in Lok Sabha Narendra D Modi 6. Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge 7. Chief Election Commissioner Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi 8. Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat 9. Election Commissioner Achal kumar jyoti 10. Chief Vigilance Commissioner K V chaudhary 11. Foreign Secretary Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar 12. Comptroller & Auditor General of India Shashi Kant Sharma 13. Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes Jus. Vangala Eswaraiah 14. Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India R. S Sharma 15. CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma 16. Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Nand Kumar Sai 17. Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities Naseem Ahmed 18. Chairman, UPSC David R. Syiemlieh 19. Director General, National Investigation Agency Sharad Kumar 20. Chairman, UGC Ved Prakash 21. Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO A S Kiran kumar 22. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Sec. Deptt. of Atomic Energy Sekhar Basu 23. Chairman, SSC Ashim Khurana 24. Chairman,National Human Rights Commission Justice H.L. Dattu 25. Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Sailesh 26. Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes Sushil Chandra 27. Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority T.S. Vijayan 28. Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India Ajay Tyagi 29. Chairperson, State Bank of India Arundhati Bhattacharya 30. Chairman, LIC V.K. Sharma 31. India’s permanent representative in UNO Syed Akbaruddin 32. Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi 33. Chairperson of National Commission for Women Lalitha Kumaramanglam 34. Chairman, 14th Finance Commission Y.Venugopal Reddy 35. Chairman, Competition Commission of India Devendra Kumar Sikri 36. Chairperson,Central Board of Film Certification Pahlaj Nihalani 37. President, ASSOCHAM Sandeep Jajodia 38. Chairman, NASSCOM Raman Roy 39. New Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat 40. Director General, RAW Anil Dhasmana 41. Chairperson, Children Film Society of India Mukesh Khanna 42. Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas 43. President, CII Dr. Naushad Forbes 44. President, FICCI Harshavardhan Neotia 45. Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Sam Pitroda 46. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval 47. Chairperson, Prasar Bharati Dr. A. Surya Prakash 48. Chairman, Investment Commission Ratan Tata 49. Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa 50. Chairman, Indian Banks Association T.M.Basin Data as on 20th May, 2017 Airtel and Ola join hands to roll out integrated digital services

56 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS KEY INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS India’s Rank in different Indexes Index Name India’s Position Countries on the Top Ease of Doing Business Index 2017 130th New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 2016 10th USA, Hong Kong, China. Global Competitiveness Index 2016 39th Switzerland, Singapore, USA. Global Human Capital Report 2016 105th Finland, Norway, Switzerland. Global Hunger Index 2016 97th Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Switzerland. Global Innovation Index 2016 66th Switzerland, Sweden, UK. Global Peace Index (GPI) 2016 141st Iceland, Denmark, Austria. Global Slavery Index 2016 4th North Korea, Uzbekistan, Cambodia. Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2016 89th Switzerland, Singapore, Luxembourg. Intellectual Property Index 2016 37th USA, UK, Germany. Logistics Performance Index 2016 35th Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden. Sustainable Development Goal Index 2016 110th Sweden, Denmark, Norway. World Economic Freedom Index 2016 112th Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand. World Press Freedom Index 2016 133rd Finland, Netherlands, Norway. World Risk Index 2016 77th Island state of Vanuatu, Tonga, Philippines. Global Terrorism Index 2016 7th Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria FIFA Ranking 2017 100th Argentina, Brazil, Germany World Happiness Report 2017 122th Norway, Denmark, Iceland Human Development Index 2016 131th Norway Global Energy Architecture Performance Index 2017 87th Switzerland, Norway, Sweden

Sohail Mahmood will be Pakistan’s new envoy to India

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Vijay Goel flagged off four Clean Himalaya Expeditions

59 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS KEY INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS Joint Defence Exercises Al-Nagah-II 2017 This is the first one to conclude. Type: Joint military exercise Between: India and Oman Nepal Details: Motto: To strengthen the military ties between the two Capital: Kathmandu countries. Currency: Rupee Edition: Second edition PM: Pushpa Kamal Dahal Venue: Dhauladhar Ranges in Bakloh belt of Himachal President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari Pradesh. 1st edition of the exercise was held at Muscat, Oman in 2015. China Details: Duration: 14-days. Capital: Beijing Currency: Renminbi, Yuan Oman Details: President: Xi Jinping Capital: Muscat Premier: Li Keqiang Currency: Rial Sultan: Qaboos bin Said al Said Surya Kiran-2017 Between: India and Nepal Foal Eagle-2017 Venue: Pithoragarh area of Uttarakhand Type: Joint Military Exercise, Combined Field Training Exercise. Duration: 14 days Between: USA and South Korea Frequency: Bi-annually. Frequency: Annually Motto: Focus on skills required for natural disaster management, counter-insurgency and jungle warfare. Motto: To demonstrate South Korean-U.S. military resolve to deter war on the Korean peninsula and to improve the Edition: 11th combined and joint operational posture of those forces. Largest Military Exercise. Pakistan's Aman 2017 Between: Multinational USA Details: Total Countries: 37 Capital: Washington D.C Edition: 6th Currency: Dollar Theme: Together for Peace President: Donald Trump Type: Naval Exercise Motto: Enhancing efforts to combat piracy and protecting South Korea Details: international trade routes. Capital: Seoul Currency: Won Pakistan Details: PM: Hwang Kyo-ahn Capital: Islamabad Currency: Rupee Pratikar-1 PM: Nawaz Sharif Between: Nepal and China President: Mamnoon Hussain Motto: Training of Nepali soldiers in dealing with hostage scenarios involving international terror groups.

State Bank of India cuts home loan rates 60 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS Q1. Recently which country has 1) 1 2) 2 2) Flute Player been unanimously elected as 3) 3 4) 4 3) Pianist the president of the UN-Habitat, 5) 5 4) Tabla Meastro an organ of the United Nations Q8. Who became the title sponsor 5) Dancer to promote sustainable human of the Pro Kabaddi League? Q15. Vikram Seth is a famous- settlements across the globe? 1) Vivo 2) Oppo 1) Cricketer 2) Politician 1) UAE 2) Afghanistan 3) Micromax 4) Samsung 3) Author 4) Shuttler 3) Belgium 4) Turkey 5) LG 5) Journalist 5) India Q9. Who announced its association Q16. Which country has won the Q2. Who will be the Pakistan’s new with web portal and mobile Sultan Azlan Shah Cup title High Commissioner to India? application Bhopal Plus, that after a gap of 23 years? 1) Najib Rajak will enable residents of Bhopal 1) Great Britain 2) Qamar Javed Bajwa in paying taxes and bills for 2) Australia 3) Sohail Mahmood utility services? 3) New Zealand 4) Mamnoon Hussain 1) Paytm 4) South Africa 5) Tehmina Janjua 2) Airtel Money 5) India Q3. Which telecom operator 3) Freecharge Q17. Name the Indian woman has entered into a strategic 4) Mobikwik cricketer who became the partnership with Cab booking 5) PayUmoney highest wicket-taker in history company Ola to offer a range of Q10. 'Balikatan', is a joint military of One Day Internationals? digital services to customers? exercise between whom? 1) Jhulan Goswami 1) Airtel 2) Aircel 1) India and Philippines 2) Mithali Raj 3) Idea 4) Vodafone 2) USA and Philippines 3) Thirush Kamini 5) Reliance 3) India and Sweden 4) Poonam Raut Q4. According to IMF, what is 4) USA and Bangladesh 5) Shikha Pandey India's GDP forecast in the year 5) USA and Nepal Q18. The famous Conde Nast 2017-18? Q11. Who has been chosen as the traveller belongs to which 1) 7.5 % 2) 7.4 % youngest President of France? country? 3) 7.3 % 4) 7.2 % 1) Theresa May 1) France 2) Turkey 5) 7.1 % 2) Bill English 3) USA 4) Sweden Q5. Who has won the prestigious 3) Bernard Cazenueve 5) Belgium Indian National Science 4) Francois Hollande Q19. Nitin Gadkari, the Union Academy (INSA) medal for 5) Emmanuel Macron Minister for Road Transport Young Scientist (2017)? Q12. Who among the following and Highways inaugurated 1) Sahil Katiyar has topped the 2017 list of the India’s first bio-refinery plant 2) Vikram Vishal richest 1000 people in the UK? that produces ethanol from a 3) Aurobindo Ghosh 1) Laxmi Mittal variety of biomass in- 4) C.V.Nair 2) Hinduja Brothers 1) Mumbai 2) Surat 5) Amreesh Tiwari 3) Mukesh Ambani 3) Bengaluru 4) Pune Q6. Who has been named best 4) Anil Ambani 5) Kolkata actress for "Lipstick under My 5) Warren Buffet Q20. Who has been named the Burkha" at 2017's New York Q13. Which movie was named "Rising Star" at the 7th Annual Indian Film Festival (NYIFF)? Movie of the Year at the 2017 Asian Awards? 1) Alankrita Srivastava "MTV Movie and TV Awards"? 1) Divyam Srivastava 2) Plabita Borthakur 1) Moana 2) Rupak Mehra 3) Aahana Kumra 2) Logan 3) Harshali Malhotra 4) Ratna Pathak 3) Guardians of the Galaxy-2 4) Dev Patel 5) Konkona Sensharma 4) Beauty and the Beast 5) Sunny Pawar Q7. According to the consultant and 5) Frozen Q21. Which country successfully knowledge service provider in the Q14. Ustad Raees Khan was a launched the South Asia clean technology market, Bridge famous- Communication Satellite to India, what is India's rank in the 1) Sitarist GSAT-9? Solar Market Globally in 2017? Olive Ridley to be mascot of Asian Athletics Championships

61 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS 1) India 2) China 3) Shashank Manohar 3) Surat 4) Lucknow 3) Japan 4) USA 4) Vinod Rai 5) Indore 5) Russia 5) Anuraj Thakur Q34. What does NPA stands for? Q22. Who announced the acquisition Q28. Who has appointed as the 1) Non Prolific Assets of Zimmber, an on-demand Managing Director and Chief 2) Non Performing Assets household services provider, Executive Officer of IOB? 3) Non Profit Assets to further scale its hyperlocal 1) Rakesh Sethi 4) New Pension Assurance household services business? 2) Usha Ananthasubramaniyan 5) New Provident Asset 1) Olex 3) R Subramanikumar Q35. On which river Railways 2) Quikr 4) Kishore Kharat Ministry announced to build 3) Homeshop18 5) Mahesh Kumar Jain the world's highest railway 4) Pepperfry Q29. Union Textile Minister, _____ bridge in India? 5) MakeMyTrip launched a helpline number 1) Ganga Q23. Which state signed an 1800-2084- 800 for handicrafts 2) Brahmaputra agreement with a Belarusian craftsmen. 3) Yamuna company for starting a skyway 1) Harsimrat Kaur Badal 4) Chenab transport facility in the tourist 2) Meneka Gandhi 5) Gomti destination of Dharamshala? 3) Uma Bharti Q36. Recently with whom the 1) Arunachal Pradesh 4) Smriti Irani Cabinet approved an agreement 2) Himachal Pradesh 5) Sushma Swaraj for assured supply of urea and 3) Sikkim Q30. Senior Diplomat Venu ammonia? 4) Meghalaya Rajamony, currently the Press 1) Poland 2) Turkey 5) Assam Secretary to President Pranab 3) Malaysia 4) Afghanistan Q24. Who has tied up with the Mukherjee, has been appointed 5) New Zealand TV channel company NDTV as India’s Ambassador to- Q37. Name the largest Bike Maker of to provide news in regional 1) USA India in the month of April? languages for its customers? 2) Australia 1) Hero Motocorp 1) Airtel 2) Vodafone 3) New Zealand 2) Honda Motors 3) Idea 4) Aircel 4) Netherlands 3) Bajaj Auto 5) Tata Docomo 5) Turkey 4) Yamaha Motors Q25. Which country's first large Q31. Which movie has been awarded 5) TVS Motors homemade passenger jet made the Special Jury Remi Award Q38. Who has won the boys under-19 its maiden flight, heralding the at the 50th annual WorldFest title in the ISA Junior Open Communist giant's entry into - Houston International Film 2017? the highly-competitive global Festival? 1) Udit Mathur aviation sector? 1) You Go To My Head 2) Manish Singh 1) Belgium 2) Turkey 2) Rogue Warrior 3) Anand Chaurey 3) South Korea 4) Japan 3) The Black Prince 4) Vikas Mehra 5) China 4) Special Encounter 5) Abhay Singh Q26. Minister of Women & Child 5) The Chess Player Q39. Who inaugurated the two day Development, ______Q32. Which country recently Global Technology Conference launched the facility of online launched an unarmed missile for Leveraging World Class registration of Child Care 'Minuteman 3' which is capable Technology? Institutions across the country. of sending a nuclear bomb 1) Harshvardhan 1) Maneka Gandhi across the world? 2) Suresh Prabhu 2) Uma Bharti 1) USA 2) Russia 3) Prakash Javadekar 3) Harsimrat Kaul Badal 3) China 4) Japan 4) Smriti Irani 4) Smriti Irani 5) India 5) Ravishankar Prasad 5)Sushma Swaraj Q33. According to the 'Swachh Q40. Which of the following missile Q27. Who is the new President of Survekshan 2017', which city has been successfully test fired BAI? has been declared the cleanest from APJ Abdul Kalam Island city in India? 1) Rajiv Rishi off Odisha Coast? 2) Himanta Biswa Sarma 1) Bengaluru 2) Pune Baahubali 2 became first Indian film to collect Rs 1000 crore worldwide

62 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS 1) Akash-I Q46. From how many states more Q52. Recently with whom, India 2) Agni-I than 6500 women danced their has signed three agreements in 3) Akash-II way to the Guinness book of the fields of ICT, training and 4) Agni-II world records by performing culture? 5) Prithvi-I 'Thiruvathirakkali' in Kerala? 1) Kenya Q41. The La Trobe University of 1) 21 2) 23 2) Poland which country has signed a pact 3) 25 4) 27 3) Turkey with AIIMS and three other 5) 29 4) New Zealand varsities with an aim to provide Q47. Who has joined hands with 5) Australia 14 PhD scholarships worth Rs London-based financial Q53. Pratap Singh Baghel is related 25 million? technology firm RedGirraffe to which field? 1) Australia to facilitate online rental 1) Politics 2) Sports 2) New Zealand payments? 3) Journalism 4) Cinema 3) Austria 1) SBI Capital 5) Cultural 4) Turkey 2) SBI Card Q54. Who became the third Indian to 5) Belgium 3) SBI Funds Management win a men's singles title at an Q42. Who has been appointed 4) SBI Pension Funds ITTF Challenge Series at the as the new chairman of the 5) SBI Asset Management Ltd. Chile Open? 21-member Public Accounts Q48. Who among the following has 1) Leander Paes Committee of Parliament? been appointed as the new MD 2) R Radhika Suresh 1) Saumyajit Ghosh of Financial Services business 3) Anthony Amalraj 2) Mallikarjun Kharge of Bharti Airtel? 4) Somyajit Ghosh 3) Pratap Singh Baghel 1) Narsingh Baitha 5) Pankaj Advani 4) Shobana Kamineni 2) Ajay Jhankar Q55. What is India's rank in the latest 5) Ashwini Kumar 3) S.Ghosh ICC Ranking 2017? Q43. What does C stands for in the 4) Maninder Singh Juneja 1) 1 2) 2 abbreviation ESCAP? 5) S.K.Patyal 3) 3 4) 4 1) Committee Q49. Recently who has been named 5) 5 2) Communication as the best player of the Q56. Who among the following 3) Commission I-League? has won the Tallahassee 4) Confederation 1) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Challenger Tournament title 5) Confrence 2) Jeje Lalpekhlua 2017? Q44. What is the name of the 3) Subrata Pal 1) Leander Paes portal launched by Telecom 4) Sunil Chhetri 2) R Radhika Suresh Department that will allow 5) Robin Singh 3) Anthony Amalraj people to track radiation Q50. Where did Maharashtra CM 4) Somyajit Ghosh emitted from mobile towers Devendra Fadnavis hoisted 5) Pankaj Advani within a locality and check their India's second tallest national Q57. Who has inaugurated the state’s compliance with the stipulated flag? norms? first automatic weather station 1) Nagpur 2) Mumbai at Dongargaon in Nagpur? 1) Tarang Bahaar 3) Aurangabad 4) Amravati 1) Harshwardhan 2) Tarang Chaal 5) Kolhapur 2) C Vidyasagar Rao 3) Tarang Lehar Q51. Who has been selected for 3) Nitish Kumar 4) Tarang Sanchar the Transformative Chief 4) Shivraj Singh Chauhan 5) Tarang Uchaal Minister Award in recognition 5) Devendra Fadnavis for his role in advancing the Q45. Recently Indian Army Q58. Recently how much aid will US-India partnership at the successfully test-fired an be given to the children of state level? advanced version of which freedom fighters in Bangladesh missile in the Andaman and 1) Chandrashekhar Rao under Muktijodha Yojana? Nicobar Islands? 2) Aditya Nath Yogi 1) 25 Cr 2) 35 Cr 3) Nitish Kumar 1) Akash 2) Trishul 3) 45 Cr 4) 55 Cr 4) Devendra Fadnavis 3) Nag 4) Prithvi 5) 65 Cr 5) Brahmos 5) N Chandrababu Naidu Sachin Tendulkar honored with 'Fellowship Award' in UK 63 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS Q59. Who is labour minister of India? Q66. Who took over as the Secretary Order awards by the South 1) Jual Oram General of Volleyball African President Jacob Zuma? 2) Ananth Geete Federation of India? 1) 2 2) 4 3) Harsimrat Kaul Badal 1) Ramavtar Singh 3) 6 4) 8 4) Bandaru Dattatreya 2) Santo Mitra 5) 10 5) Uma Bharti 3) Ashwani Kumar Q74. T.K.K. Krishnakumar has been Q60. What is the currency of South 4) Shobana Kamineni appointed as the president of- 5) Rajkumar Korea? 1) Pepsico India 1) Lira 2) Ruble Q67. Who is the president of FICCI? 2) Nestle India 3) Won 4) Yuan 1) Vinod Rai 3) Hitachi India 5) Yen 2) Pankaj Patel 4) Coca Cola India Q61. Who among the following has won 3) Anurag Thakur 5) Mistsubishi India the 10th Barcelona Open title? 4) Shashank Manohar Q75. Who inaugurated Sportsmed 5) Rakesh Rai 1) Rafael Nadal Activ, an enhancement and 2) Dominic Thiem Q68. Who has won the Russian rehab arm of speciality clinic 3) Novak Djokovic Grand Prix 2017? Sportsmed? 4) Andy Murray 1) Lewis Hamilton 1) Kapil Dev 5) Roger Federer 2) Sebastian Vettel 2) Sachin Tendulakar Q62. Who has won the jury prize 3) Valtteri Bottas 3) Saurav Ganguly gold medal at the 10th Moscow 4) Max Verstappen 4) Rahul Dravid Sand art Championship? 5) Nico Roseberg 5) Sunil Gavaskar 1) Dan Glover Q69. Santo Mitra is related to which Q76. M P Veerendra Kumar is a famous- 2) Sudarshan Pattnaik sport? 1) Socialist 3) Jeroen Meijer 1) Cricket 2) Vollyball 2) Parliamentarian 4) Martijin Rijerse 3) Table Tennis 4) Football 3) Travel Writer 5) Navneet Singh 5) Badminton 4) None of these Q63. Who has been selected by Japan Q70. Name the first Indian to 5) All of the above for this year's Spring Imperial clinch the Asian Squash Q77. Which company has been Decorations award, for his Championship title? named the 'Indian MNC of the contribution to strengthening 1) Dipika Pallikal year' by All India Management of bilateral ties and promotion 2) Janet Vidhi Association? of friendship between the two 3) Cyrus Poncha 1) Honda countries? 4) Saurav Ghoshal 2) TVS Motors 1) Shobana Kamineni 5) Joshna Chinappa 3) Hero MotoCorp 2) Ramavtar Singh Q71. Recently with whom India 4) Yamaha Motors 3) Ashwani Kumar has signed four agreements, 5) Bajaj Motors 4) Santo Mitra including agreements on Q78. Who has been appointed as the 5) Rajkumar air services and merchant MD and CEO of City Union Q64. Who became the new President shipping? Bank? of CII? 1) Sri Lanka 2) Bangladesh 1) N Kamakodi 1) Santo Mitra 3) Vietnam 4) Sweden 2) Bharat Kaushal 2) Ramavtar Singh 5) Cyprus 3) Sankh Ghosh 3) Ashwani Kumar Q72. Yusra Mardini, who has 4) Raj Kumar Bagri 4) Shobana Kamineni been appointed a Goodwill 5) Alkesh Kumar Sharma 5) Rajkumar Ambassador for UNHCR, hails Q79. Who has been chosen as the Q65. Famous Mountaineer Ueli from which country? best women player at Reykjavik Steck hailed from which 1) Iran 2) Iraq Open Chess tournament? country? 3) Syria 4) Afghanistan 1) Tania Sachdev 1) Sweden 5) Turkey 2) Rucha Pujari 2) Poland Q73. How many Indian-origin 3) Anupama Gokhale 3) Cyprus women veterans have been 4) Harika Dronavalli 4) New Zealand conferred the highest National 5) Humpy Koneru 5) Switzerland Union Cabinet approves Central Sector Scheme SAMPADA

64 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS Q80. The Nalanda University has Q87. With whom India have 3) Nobel 4) Naari signed a Memorandum of emphasized to increase mutual 5) Nivesh Understanding (MOU) with the cooperation in many areas Q94. Name the India's first woman Kanazawa University of _____ including agriculture, mining, International Olympic Committee for academic collaboration. food processing and clean energy member? and also signed a memorandum 1) China 2) Japan 1) Indra Nooyi related to agriculture sector? 3) USA 4) France 2) Kiran Majumdar Shaw 5) Mauritius 1)Sweden 2)Poland 3) Arundhati Bhattacharya Q81. From where India successfully 3)Sri Lanka 4)Vietnam 4) Nita Ambani test-fired its Agni-III missille? 5)USA 5) Usha Ananthasubramaniyam 1) Odisha Q88. Name the first Indian who is Q95. Who has been crowned Miss 2) Kerala going to head Hitachi India's Teen Universe 2017? operations? 3) Andhra Pradesh 1) Komal Chaddha 4) Tamil Nadu 1) Sumesh Verma 2) Srishti Kaur 5) Madhya Pradesh 2) Rajendra Jain 3) Urvashi Rautela Q82. Who has been conferred 3) Bharat Kaushal 4) Ankita Shorey the 52nd Jnanpith Award by 4) Ashok Gupta 5) Neha Gupta 5) Rajiv Rishi President Pranab Mukherjee? Q96. Who has been appointed as the 1) Amir Khan Q89. Who among the following will DG of CRPF? get his own wax statue at the 2) Sankh Ghosh 1) Jasvir Singh upcoming Madame Tussauds 3) Jasvir Singh 2) Alkesh Kumar Sharma museum in Delhi? 4) Kailash Satyarthi 3) R.K.Pachnanda 5) Mridul Gehlot 1) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Dileep K Nair Q83. Senior IPS officer B S Sandhu 2) Saurav Ganguly 5) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar 3) Rahul Dravid has been appointed as the DGP Q97. Who has been appointed as 4) Kapil Dev of which state? the Director General of Indo- 5) Sunil Gavaskar 1) Punjab Tibetan Border Police Force? Q90. According to the International 2) Uttarakhand 1) Jasvir Singh Road federation (IRF), which 3) Haryana 2) Alkesh Kumar Sharma country will host the 18th 4) Uttar Pradesh 3) R.K.Pachnanda World Road Meeting (WRM 5) Sikkim 4) Dileep K Nair 2017)? Q84. Name the first Indian-origin 5) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar 1) USA 2) Russia chairman of the London Metal Q98. Who has been named CEO of 3) China 4) Japan Exchange? the Year for Green Management 5) India 1) Dileep K Nair and Future Leadership at the 2) Subodh Bhargava Q91. Recently who has received the prestigious Golden Globe 3) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar prestigious Order of the British Tigers Award 2017? Empire (OBE) from Prince 4) Raj Kumar Bagri 1) Jasvir Singh William for his services to the 5) Rahul Bajaj 2) Alkesh Kumar Sharma community? Q85. Who has been awarded with 3) R.K.Pachnanda the Confederation of Indian 1) Prafulla Samantara 4) Dileep K Nair Industry (CII) President's Award 2) Manpreet Kaur 5) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar 3) Kailash Satyarthi for Lifetime Achievement? Q99. What does F Stands for in the 4) Rajvir Chaddha 1) Dileep K Nair Abbreviation NIRF? 5) Jasvir Singh 2) Subodh Bhargava 1) Framework 2) Family Q92. Vinod Khanna related to which 3) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar 3) Forum 4) Federation field? 4) Raj Kumar Bagri 5) Facility 5) Rahul Bajaj 1) Sports 2) Politics Q100. Recently with whom India has 3) Filmindustry 4) Literature Q86. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the signed an MoU on economic 5) Journalism president of which country? cooperation that proposes 1) Turkey 2) Sweden Q93. What does N stands for in the Indian investment in a port, oil 3) Somalia 4) Iran abbreviation UDAN? tank farm, highway and railway 5) Bulgaria 1) Nagrik 2) National projects in that country? Cabinet approves Vijayawada Airport as International Airport

65 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS 1) Japan 2) Nepal 1) Suman Verma 3) 3 4) 4 3) Bangladesh 4) Sri Lanka 2) Dileep Nair 5) 5 5) Bhutan 3) Vinod Dua Q114. Manpreet Kaur is related to Q101. With which country India is 4) Mankaur Singh which sport? 5) Suraj Chauhan going to build satellite and 1) Javelin Throw remote sensing data matters Q107. The World Health Organization 2) Running and train scientists as both has announced that it is ready 3) Shot Put the countries signed three to test the first malaria vaccine 4) Swimming agreements to boost bilateral ______in in 2018. 5) Shooting cooperation. 1) Quinine 2) Cinchona Q115. Who has launched the integrated 1) Armenia 2) Sweden 3) Mosquirix 4) Moscutta case management system of the 3) Kenya 4) Mongolia 5) Mosmita Supreme Court in the presence 5) Singapore Q108. India's largest hub for of the Chief Justice of India? Q102. From where NASA successfully information technology has 1) Sushma Swaraj launched its football-stadium- been inaugurated in- 2) H.L.Dattu sized, super pressure balloon? 1) Surat 2) Imphal 3) J.S.Khehar 1) USA 3) Guwahati 4) Agartala 4) Pranab Mukherjee 2) New Zealand 5) Dimapur 5) Narendra Modi 3) India Q109. Who is the chairman of Railway Q116. Who has been on top in the 4) China Board of India? latest world WTA rankings in 5) Japan 1) Suresh Prabhu women category? Q103. Where did Prime Minister 2) Jual Oram 1) Maria Sharapova Narendra Modi will inaugurate 3) A.K Mittal 2) Venus Williams the country’s longest bridge 4) Naveen Jindal 3) Caroline Wozniacki over the Brahmaputra river? 5) Ashok Gulati 4) Serena Williams 1) Sikkim Q110. Arjun Tulshiram Pawar is 5) Ana Ivanovic 2) Himachal Pradesh related to which field? Q117. Who has approved the merger 3) Assam 1) Journalism 2) Literature of its wireless division with 4) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Music 4) Politics Aircel? 5) West Bengal 5) Cinema 1) IDEA Q104. Who has been elected as Q111. Who has been named for 2) RCom the new chairperson of Tata the prestigious Dada Saheb 3) Vodafone India Communication? Phalke award for outstanding 4) Tata 1) N Chandrasekharan contribution to the film 5) Bharti Airtel 2) Rajesh Gopinathan industry? Q118. Recently which country has 3) Ratan Tata 1) Kailash Satyarthi been appointed to the UN 4) Renuka Ramnath 2) Mridul Gehlot Commission on the Status 5) Surabhi Chawla 3) Dinesh Patel of Women, an agency which Q105. Recently which country has 4) Kasinadhuni Viswanath promotes gender equality and launched its first domestically 5) Aniruddhan Vasudevan women empowerment? built aircraft carrier, which will Q112. Varuna is a joint naval exercise 1) India 2) Turkey join an existing warship bought between whom? 3) Belgium 4) Germany from Ukraine? 5) Saudi Arabia 1) India and Sri Lanka 1) China 2) Japan 2) India and France Q119. Who has been selected for the 3) India 4) North Korea 3) India and Nepal Goldman Environmental Prize 5)Australia 4) India and USA 2017 from Asia Region? Q106. Who among the following 5) India and Vietnam 1) Aniruddhan Vasudevan has received Dr Babasaheb Q113. According to SIPRI, What is 2) Raj Kumar Ambedkar International India's rank in the expenditure 3) Prafulla Samantara Foundation Kerala State award made by a country on its 4) Ashwini K Agrawal for the year 2016-17 for his military? 5) Anil Kumar Muniswami excellent performance in the Q120. Name the 3rd Indian cricketer field of education? 1) 1 2) 2 to take 200 wickets in T20? Prakash Javadekar launches Vidya Veerta Abhiyan

66 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS 1) Harbhajan Singh 1) Pablo Cuevas & Rafael Q133. Who among the following 2) R. Ashwin Nadal has been awarded with the 3) Ravindra Jadeja 2)Rafael Nadal & Roland lifetime achievement award 4) Yuzvendra Chahal Garros at the 80th Bengal Film 5) Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 3)Rohan Bopanna & Pablo Journalists' Association Q121. Which movie has won the best Cuevas (BFJA) awards? film honour at the Hong Kong 4)Roland Garros & Novak 1) Amitabh Bachchan International Film Festival? Djokovic 2) Asha Parekh 5)Pablo Cuevas & Roland 1) Newton 3) Moushumi Chatterjee Garros 2) Dangal 4) Anupam Kher 3) M.S.Dhoni Q128. Who became the first Pakistani 5) Shatrughan Sinha 4) Naam Shabana batsman and the 13th overall to Q134. Who has been awarded with the 5) Begum Jaan score 10,000 Test runs? 2017 Vega Medal? Q122. Who has been awarded with the 1) Abdul Razzak 1) Yao tang P C Chandra Puraskar 2017? 2) Sarfraz Ahmad 2) Zhang Heng 3) Misbah Ul-Haq 1) Aniruddhan Vasudevan 3) Su Song 4) Shahid Afridi 2) Raj Kumar 4) Yao Tandong 5) Younis Khan 3) Kailash Satyarthi 5) Chen-Ning Yang 4) Ashwini K Agarwal Q129. What is the name of the US Q135. Who has been appointed 5) Ramesh Chandra Aggarwal astronaut who has spent chairman of Bhakra Beas maximum number of Cumulative Q123. 'Eagle Salute 2017' is a joint Management Board (BBMB)? days in Outer Space? Naval exercise between? 1) Devendra Kumar Sharma 1) Jeff Williams 1) India and Egypt 2) Bhuvesh Patil 2) Peggy Whitson 2) India and USA 3) Suresh Chandra 3) Charles Bolden 3) India and Sweden 4) Upendra Nath 4) Scott Kelly 4) USA and Sweden 5) Deepak Sharma 5) Jim Lovell 5) USA and Egypt Q136. Who has been appointed new Q130. Union Minister for Commerce Q124. Who has been elected the Director General of Police and Industry Nirmala new president of Amateur (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh? Sitharaman and MoS for Kabaddi Federation of India 1) Naveen Pathak Communications Manoj Sinha (AKFI)? 2) Sulkhan Singh released coffee scented postage 3) Sameer Singh 1) Dinesh Patel stamps at the General Post 4) Gagan Pathak 2) Mridul Gehlot Office in- 3) Kailash Satyarthi 5) Malkhan Singh 1) Pune 2) Dispur 4) Ashwini K Agrawal Q137. Rambagh Palace hotel has 3) Baksa 4) Bengaluru 5) Raj Kumar been featured in a list of top 10 5) Kullu Q125. Name the largest LPG importer heritage hotel properties in the Q131. India and ______signed an of the world? world by Britain's prestigious agreement to firm up bilateral Travel Publication, 'Travel 1) USA 2) India cooperation in defence Weekly'. It is situated in- 3) Japan 4) China shipbuilding. 5) Russia 1) Ajmer 1) Malaysia 2) Udaipur Q126. Who among the following has 2) South Korea 3) Bikaner won the Monte Carlo Masters 3) Singapore 4) Agra title for a record-breaking 10th 4) Germany 5) Jaipur time? 5) Russia Q138. Who inaugurated a 100 mw solar 1) Rafael Nadal Q132. Recently, Indian Navy power plant at Bhalsawagaj in 2) Albert Ramos-Vinolas successfully test- fired the Haridwar district? 3) Novak Djokovic land-attack version of which 1) Narendra Modi 4) Roger Federer missile? 5) Roland Garros 2) Piyush Goyal 1) Prithvi 2) Agni 3) Pranab Mukherjee Q127. Who has won the men's doubles 3) Bramhos 4) Akash 4) Trivendra Singh Rawat title at the Monte Carlo Masters 5) Nirbhay 5) Rajnath Singh tennis tournament 2017? Dubai becomes first city in world to get its own Microsoft Font

67 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS Q139. Which of the following is a 1) International Monetary Q151. How many Indians are named subsidiary body of the UN Fund(IMF) in TIME magazine's 100 Most Economic and Social Council 2) United Nation Organisation Influential People list for 2017? (ECOSOC)? (UNO) 1) 1 2) 2 1) Committee for Programme and 3) Asian Development Bank 3) 3 4) 4 Coordination (ADB) 5) 5 2) Counter-Terrorism Committee 4) World Bank Q152. How much contribution India has made to the UN election 3) Center for Social Studies 5) Asian Infrastructure assistance programme for 4) Committee for Public Affairs Investment Bank (AIIB) helping countries to hold 5) Regional Committee for Q146. Which of the following term is elections and develop their Economic Affairs just opposite of “INFLATION”? electoral systems? Q140. Ali Mohammad Naik who died 1) Reflation 2) Reinflation 1) 100000 $ 2) 150000 $ recently is related to which field? 3) Depression 4) Disinflation 3) 200000 $ 4) 250000 $ 1) Music 2) Literature 5) Deflation 5) 500000 $ 3) Politics 4) Journalism Q147. Cooperative banks are governed Q153. Which country successfully 5) Sports by- launched its first Q141. Which of the following is the 1) RBI Act 1934 unmanned cargo spacecraft regulator of Credit Rating 2) Banking regulation act 1949 "Tianzhou-1"? Agencies in India? 3) SBI Act 1955 1) China 2) Mongolia 1) GOI 4) Cooperative society act 1965 3) Singapore 4) Japan 2) RBI 5) Both 2 & 4 5) India 3) SEBI Q148. An alternative dispute Q154. Who among the following 4) Ministry of Finance resolution mechanism provided will receive the 75th Master 5) FMC by a stock exchange for Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards? resolving disputes between Q142. Which of the following is 1) Salman Khan the trading members and their unsecured instrument of 2) Shahrukh Khan clients in respect of trades done “Money Market”? 3) Amir Khan on the exchange is known as- 1) Commercial paper 4) Amitabh Bachchan 2) Certificate of deposit 1) Averaging 5) Jackie Shroff 2) Accreting 3) Treasury bill Q155. Recently which airport has 3) Adhoc Margin 4) Call money been given the carbon neutrality 4) Arbitration 5) Commercial bill status by Airports Council 5) Bilateral Netting Q143. Which of the following are International (ACI) under its NBFCs' ATMs? Q149. Who will get benefit by selling Airport Carbon Accreditation of shares in stock market ? 1) White-label ATMs programme? 2) Green-label ATMs 1) Broker engaged in selling 1) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and buying practices 3) Yellow label ATMs 2) Mangaluru Airport 4) Brown-label ATMs 2) Owner of share, who sold 3) Indira Gandhi Airport 5) NBFC do not provide ATM 3) The company, whose share 4) Chhatrapati Shivaji facilities. were sold International Airport Q144. What is the new name of “No 4) Stock exchanges, where 5) Rajiv Gandhi International Frill Account”? share were sold Airport 1) Zero balance account 5) None Of These Q156. Where is the Headquarter of 2) Minimum balance account Q150. Who collects and publish data UNESCO situated? 3) Joint account related to India's foreign trade ? 4) Basic saving bank deposit 1) New York account 1) CSO 2) Geneva 5) Jan dhan account 2) RBI 3) Washington D.C. 3) RBI and Commerce 4) Basel Q145. Which of the following Ministry 5) Belgium organization /institutions was 4) Ministry of Industry in news recently for raising Q157. Who became the new President 5) None of These funds to fight “pandemics”? of South Korea? Vani Jairam gets Ghantasala national award

68 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS 1) Moon Jae-In for the positive role played 3) West Indies 2) Park Guen Hye by youngsters in building 4) Singapore 3) Lee Myung Bak sustainable peace? 5) Nepal 4) Kim Yong Sam 1) Vijay Shekhar Sharma Q171. Meaning of Convertibility of 5) Kim Jong-un 2) Naveen Tiwari currency is- Q158. The 2017 BRICS Film Festival 3) Deepinder Goyal 1) Convertibility of money in will be held in which country? 4) Raj Kumar gold. 5) Kunal Bahl 1) India 2) Russia 2) Free convertibility of major 3) China 4) Brazil Q165. Which of the following have foreign currencies & native 5) South Africa won the top National Safety currency in one another. Council (NSC) award 'Sarva Q159. Germaine Mason is related to 3) Convertibility of gold Shreshtha Suraksha Puraskar' which field? standard currency. for 2016? 1) Politics 2) Music 4) Convertibility in local 1) Indian Oil 3) Literature 4) Sports currency. 5) Journalism 2) National Fertilizers 3) L&T 5) None of these Q160. Recently who has been named 4) Godrej Q172. Fiscal deficit in the Union the World's Most Beautiful 5) All of the above Budget means– Woman for a record fifth time by People magazine? Q166. Name the only Sri Lankan 1) Budgetary deficit + Net cricketer who is going to be increase in internal and 1) Mila Kunis inducted into the ICC Hall of external borrowings 2) Scarlett Johansson Fame? 3) Emelia Clark 2) The difference between 4) Emma Stone 1) Lasith Malinga current expenditure and current 5) Julia Roberts 2) Muttiah Muralitharan revenue 3) Sanath Jayasuriya Q161. Au Small Finance Bank, which 3) The sum of monetized deficit 4) Marvan Atapattu started its operations as a small and Budgetary deficit 5) Aravinda de Silva finance bank is based in- 4) Net increase in Union Q167. Who among the following 1) New Delhi governments borrowings from has been named for the 2) Kolkata Reserve Bank of India Lifetime Achievement Award 3) Mumbai 5) None of these in the prestigious Raj Kapoor 4) Bengaluru Awards? Q173. Prices in a 'barter economy'- 5) Jaipur 1) Rekha 1) Can't exist Q162. Who has been appointed the 2) Jackie Shroff 2) Are fixed by law Officer of the Order of the 3) Saira Banu British Empire (OBE) for his/ 3) Are in relative quantity of 4) Dilip Kumar her services to the fashion goods exchanged 5) Amitabh Bachchan industry? 4) Are in terms of the acceptable Q168. How many states were selected 1) Gauri Khan unit of value for the Krishi Karman awards 2) Twinkle Khanna 5) None of these this year? 3) Victoria Beckham Q174. 'Hot money' or the "refugee 1) 1 2) 2 4) Manish Arora capital" is one which- 5) Neeta Lulla 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 1) Is transferred from one centre Q163. The Book "One Part Woman" is to another for greater safety written by whom? Q169. International Yoga Day is observed on- 2) Is earned by refugee's 1) Aniruddhan Vasudevan 3) Is deposited by a refugee who 2) Vikram Seth 1) 21 March 2) 21 April is taking refuge in a country 3) Kiran Desai 3) 21 May 4) 21 June 4) Jhumpa Lahiri 5) 21 July 4) Is kept on hot places to avoid 5) Chetan Bhagat Q170. Which country launched its moisture Q164. Who has been selected for first satellite named as Mongol 5) None of these the prestigious Emerging Sat-1? Q175. What does 'Pen In Slip' means Young Leaders Award given 1) Mongolia in the banking sector ? by the US State Department 2) Turkey Top Maoist leader Narayan Sanyal died

69 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS 1) A slip where person deposit Q180. Which state has won FICCI's 3) It maintains confidentiality money in our account smart policing award for 2017 regarding customer identities 2) A slip where a person issue in the road safety and traffic and other details. cheque from our account management category? 4) It Provides accessibility 3) A slip which contain IFSC 1) Punjab of foreign investment code 2) Madhya Pradesh opportunities and banking 3) Tamil Nadu products. 4) Withdraw at Slip 4) Maharashtra 5) It Provides multi currency 5) None Of These 5) Uttarakhand account facility. Q176. If interest rate is high - Q181. How many characters does Q187. What are the categories of 1) The amount of the credit will SWIFT code comprises? members registered by SEBI in be zero 1) 5 2) 7 commodity derivatives market? 2) No effect on the amount of 3) 9 4) 11 1) Stock broker credit 5) 13 2) Clearing Member 3) The amount of credit exceeds Q182. At the time of establishment, 3) Self-clearing member 4) Decreases the amount of the authorised capital of New 4) 1 and 2 only credit Development Bank was- 5) 1, 2 and 3 5) None of these 1) USD 50 Bn Q188. What is minimum educational 2) USD 100 Bn qualification required for Q177. What is the repo rate? 3) USD 125 Bn individuals/corporate, seeking 1) It is the rate at which RBI 4) USD 250 Bn membership with a commodity Sell government securities to 5) USD 500 Bn derivatives exchange? banks Q183. "Nomadic Elephant" is a joint 1) Post Graduate 2) It is the rate at which RBI military exercise between India 2) Graduate allows small loans in market and ______3) 12th 3) It is the rate at which bank 1) Sri Lanka 2) Mongolia 4) 10th offers to most prestigious 3) France 4) Thailand 5) No Qualification required customers 5) Singapore Q189. How much amount is required 4) It is the rate at which the Q184. Which of the following by an applicant in order to bank borrow from RBI statement is not a part of MCLR? get registered as a Merchant Banker? 5) None Of These 1) Marginal cost of funds Q178. What is reliable securities ? 2) Negative carry on account of 1) 10000 2) 25000 3) 50000 4) 100000 1) A shares which are CRR 5) No limit guaranteed by the government 3) Operating costs Q190. What is the capital adequacy 2) A Shares are listed on the 4) Tenor premium requirement of a Merchant Stock Exchange 5) Market Risk Banker? 3) Continuously high rate of Q185. The internal benchmark for 1) 10 Lakhs 2) 50 Lakhs profit on share different maturities under MCLR doesn't include- 3) 1 Crore 4) 5 Crore 4) A Share whose government 5) 10 Crore has decided to be listed 1) Overnight MCLR 2) One-month MCLR Q191. Under UJALA scheme GOI 5) None of these 3) Three month MCLR started a programe named Q179. What is money ? 4) Six month MCLR DELP. DELP is stands for- 1) the currency that works as 5) Nine month MCLR 1) Developing effecient currency Q186. Consider the following lighiting programe 2) A currency which contains statements regarding offshore 2) Domestic effecient lighting universal acceptance banking and choose the programe 3) currency which is measuring incorrect statement: 3) Domestic effecient LED the value and means of 1) It Provides favourable tax programe payment structure. 4) Developing and effective 4) All of the above 2) Interest on this account is lighting programe 5) None of these usually taxable. 5) None of these Historian Evi Narasimha Murthy awarded the Guru Raj Bhatt Award 70 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS Que TM GENERAL AWARENESS Q192. Recently SEBI provided some 3) DCB Bak 4) SBI 1) Arbitration 2) Contango guidlines to tighten which 5) YES Bank 3) Hedging 4) Basis investment? Q195. What is the capital adequacy 5) Bellweather 1) Portfolio investment requirement for an individual/ Q198. ______is a false signal 2) FDI in service sector Partnership firm for getting indicating that the rising trend 3) Participatory Notes registration as an investment of a stock or index has reversed 4) Foreign Institutional adviser? when in fact it has not. Investments (FII) 1) `10000/- 2) `25000/- 1) Bear Trap 2) Bull Trap 5) All of the above 3) `50000/- 4) `100000/- 3) Chicken Trap 4) Wolf Trap Q193. Select the right order of stages 5) No limit 5) Pig Trap of money laundering Q196. A person who buys a company Q199. ______is a security that is 1) Placement, Integration, in order to make profit by seen as a significant indicator Layering peeling off its assets bit by bit, of the direction in which a 2) Layering, Placement, and then selling them is known market’s price is moving. Integration as- 1) Arbitration 2) Contango 3) Layering, Integration, 1) Asset Raiser 3) Hedging 4) Basis Placement 2) Asset Margin 5) Bellweather 4) Placement, Layering, 3) Asset Accumulator Q200. Trading of securities outside Integration 4) Asset Manager the stock exchanges is known 5) Integration, Placement, 5) Asset Stipper as- Layering Q197. Interest paid to the seller 1) Inhouse Trading Q194. Which Bank launched first by the buyer for carrying 2) Close Trading ATM which accepts AADHAR over a transaction from one 3) Dabba Trading NUMBER settlement period to another is 4) Open Trading 1) Axis Bank 2) ICICI Bank known as- 5) Shutter Trading ANSWER - GENERAL AWARENESS Q-1.(5) Q-2.(3) Q-3.(1) Q-4.(4) Q-5.(2) Q-6.(5) Q-7.(3) Q-8.(1) Q-9.(4) Q-10.(2) Q-11.(5) Q-12.(2) Q-13.(4) Q-14.(1) Q-15.(3) Q-16.(1) Q-17.(1) Q-18.(3) Q-19.(4) Q-20.(5) Q-21.(1) Q-22.(2) Q-23.(2) Q-24.(4) Q-25.(5) Q-26.(1) Q-27.(2) Q-28.(3) Q-29.(4) Q-30.(4) Q-31.(3) Q-32.(1) Q-33.(5) Q-34.(2) Q-35.(4) Q-36.(3) Q-37.(1) Q-38.(5) Q-39.(2) Q-40.(4) Q-41.(1) Q-42.(2) Q-43.(3) Q-44.(4) Q-45.(5) Q-46.(1) Q-47.(2) Q-48.(3) Q-49.(4) Q-50.(5) Q-51.(5) Q-52.(3) Q-53.(1) Q-54.(4) Q-55.(3) Q-56.(1) Q-57.(5) Q-58.(2) Q-59.(4) Q-60.(3) Q-61.(1) Q-62.(2) Q-63.(3) Q-64.(4) Q-65.(5) Q-66.(1) Q-67.(2) Q-68.(3) Q-69.(4) Q-70.(5) Q-71.(5) Q-72.(3) Q-73.(1) Q-74.(4) Q-75.(2) Q-76.(5) Q-77.(3) Q-78.(1) Q-79.(4) Q-80.(2) Q-81.(1) Q-82.(2) Q-83.(3) Q-84.(4) Q-85.(5) Q-86.(1) Q-87.(2) Q-88.(3) Q-89.(4) Q-90.(5) Q-91.(5) Q-92.(3) Q-93.(1) Q-94.(4) Q-95.(2) Q-96.(5) Q-97.(3) Q-98.(2) Q-99.(1) Q-100.(4) Q-101.(1) Q-102.(2) Q-103.(3) Q-104.(4) Q-105.(1) Q-106.(2) Q-107.(3) Q-108.(4) Q-109.(3) Q-110.(4) Q-111.(4) Q-112.(2) Q-113.(5) Q-114.(3) Q-115.(5) Q-116.(4) Q-117.(2) Q-118.(5) Q-119.(3) Q-120.(1) Q-121.(1) Q-122.(3) Q-123.(5) Q-124.(2) Q-125.(4) Q-126.(1) Q-127.(3) Q-128.(5) Q-129.(2) Q-130.(4) Q-131.(2) Q-132.(3) Q-133.(3) Q-134.(4) Q-135.(1) Q-136.(2) Q-137.(5) Q-138.(4) Q-139.(1) Q-140.(3) Q-141.(3) Q-142.(1) Q-143.(5) Q-144.(4) Q-145.(4) Q-146.(5) Q-147.(5) Q-148.(4) Q-149.(2) Q-150.(2) Q-151.(2) Q-152.(4) Q-153.(1) Q-154.(3) Q-155.(5) Q-156.(1) Q-157.(1) Q-158.(3) Q-159.(4) Q-160.(5) Q-161.(5) Q-162.(3) Q-163.(1) Q-164.(4) Q-165.(5) Q-166.(2) Q-167.(3) Q-168.(3) Q-169.(4) Q-170.(1) Q-171.(3) Q-172.(1) Q-173.(3) Q-174.(1) Q-175.(1) Q-176.(4) Q-177.(4) Q-178.(3) Q-179.(4) Q-180.(5) Q-181.(4) Q-182.(2) Q-183.(2) Q-184.(5) Q-185.(5) Q-186.(2) Q-187.(5) Q-188.(3) Q-189.(3) Q-190.(4) Q-191.(2) Q-192.(3) Q-193.(4) Q-194.(3) Q-195.(4) Q-196.(5) Q-197.(2) Q-198.(1) Q-199.(5) Q-200.(3) Railways launched 'One Rupee Clinic' in Maharashtra 71 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) PART A : GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING Directions : In questions; no. 1 to 4, select the related 8 7 9 word I letters/number from the given alternatives. 4 5 6 Q1. Cricket: Pitch :: ? : ? 9 6 ? (A) Boxing : Ring (B) Ship : Dock 288 210 162 (C) Boat: Harbour (D) Wrestling : Track (A) 7 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 8 Q2. Nose : Face :: Finger: _?_ Q15. If ‘+’ means ‘x’, ‘-’ means ‘+’, ‘x’ means ‘÷’ and ‘÷ ‘ (A) Arm (B) Hand (C) Palm (D) Body means ‘-’ then 12 x 2 + 6 – 7÷5=? Q3. 9 : 8 :: 16 : ? (A) 40 (B) 37 (C) 38 (D) 39 (A) 14 (B) 27 (C) 18 (D) 17 Q16. Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain Q4. STAR: TSRA:: ROSE : ? system. Find out the correct answer for the unsolved equation on that basis. (A) ESOR (B) SORE (C) ORSB (D) ORES 9+8=63, 7+5=28, 5+6=25, 11+7=? Directions : In questions no 5 to 7, find the odd word/ liters/number from the given alternatives. (A) 66 (B) 121 (C) 77 (D) 70 Q5. (A) MLNO (B) ACDE (C) HJKL (D) PRST Q17. A man walks from a point towards south. He turns right at right angle, then again turns right at right angle Q6. (A) 19 (B) 18 (C)15 (D) 17 In what direction is he walking now ? Q7. (A) Paper (B) Marker (A) South (B) East (C) West (D) North (C) Highlighter (D) Pen Q18. Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, Q8. Which one of the given responses would be a I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true, meaningful order of the following ? even if they seem to be at variance from commonly 1. Key 2. Door 3. Lock 4. Room known facts. You are to decide which of the given (A) 1,3. 2, 4 (B) 1,2, 4. 3 conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statement. Indicate your answer. (C) 4. 2, 1,3 (D) 1,2, 3.4 Statements: Directions : In questions no. 9 and 10, a series is given with one term missing. Out of the four alternatives, All men are aggressive. All children are aggressive. choose the alternative that will complete the series. Conclusion: Q9. BDF, CF1, DHL, I. Men are children. II. Children are men. (A) EMI (B) CJM (C) E1M (D) EJO (A) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Q10. 6, 12, 20, 30, 42 ? (B) Only conclusion I follows (A) 56 (B) 50 (C) 63 (D) 52 (C) Only contusion II follows Q11. If MOHAN is coded as KMFYL,’ then ‘COUNT’ will (D) Both conclusion 1 and conclusion II follow be coded as Q19. From the given answer figures, select the area in (A) SAMLR (B) MASRL which the question figures are hidden/embeded. (C) AMSLR (D) MSLAR Question Figures : Q12. From the given alternatives select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word: ORIENTAL (A) RIOT (B) RENT (C) TALENT (D) LATIN Answer Figures: Q13. The present ages of Vikas and Sujit are in the ratio of 5:4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their age will become 11: 9 respectively. What is Sujit’s present age in years? (A) 18 (B) 27 (C) 6 (D) 24 Q14. Find the missing number from the given responses (A) (B) (C) (D)

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72 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) Q20. Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the Question Figure: question figure ? Question Figure :

Answer Figures : Answer Figure:

(A) (B) (C) (D) (A) (B) (C) (D) Q21. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in Q25. A word is represented by only one set of numbers the question figures. From the given answer figures, as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of indicate how it will appear when opened. numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two matrics Question Figures: given below. The columns and rows of Matrix 1 are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, eg. ‘E’ can be represented by 04, 21, etc., and ‘P’ can be represented by 56, 79, etc. Similarly, you have to Answer Figures: identify the set for the word ‘MAXI’. Matrix I Matrix II

(A) (B) (C) (D) Q22. How many rectangles are there in the given figure ?

(A) 86, 66, 56, 67 (B) 67, 65, 44, 75 (C) 76, 56, 34, 57 (D) 68, 00, 65, 76 FOR VISUALLY HANDICAPPED / CEREBRAL (A) 9 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 6 PALSY CANDIDATES ONLY Q23. Which of the following diagrams correctly represents Q19. A woman introduces a man as the son of the brother of the relationship amongst her mother. How is the man related to the woman ? Tiger, Elephant, Animal? (A) Cousin (B) Nephew (C) Son (D) Uncle Q20. Select the number which dees not belong to the given series: 3, 9, 18, 30, 44, 63, 84 (A) 18 (B) 30 (C) 03 (D) 44 (A) (B) (C) (D) Q21. In a line of boys, Shyam’s position from the left is Q24. If a mirror is placed on the line MN. then which of 17th and from the right is 19th. How many boys arc the answer figures is the correct image of the question there in the line ? figure ? (A) 37 (B) 36 (C) 35 (D) 34 Lakshmi Niwas Mittal r-elected as the head of ArcelorMittal

73 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) Q22. Arrange the following words as in the dictionary and (A) E (B) A (C) C (D) D choose the third in order : Q24. If Wednesday was the first day of January, 2014. What Scope, Sceptilc, Septic, Scapegoat, Scrap-book was the last day of that year? (A) Scope (B) Septic (A) Monday (B) Thursday (C) Scrap-book (D) Scapegoat (C) Tuesday (D) Wednesday Q23. Five men A, B, C, D and E read a newspaper. The one Q25. C is younger than D. A is older than B but younger who reads first gives it to C. The one who read last than C. If D is younger than E but older than A, then had taken it from A, E was neither the first nor the last who is at the third position in order of increasing age? to road. There were two renders between B and A. B (A) B (B) E (C) D (D) C passed the newspaper to whom ? PART B : NUMERICAL APTITUDE Q26. A trader marks the sale price 25% more of cost price Q34. There are 222 red balls in a basket. A boy takes out 6 and gives a 10% discount at the time of selling. The red balls from it and replaces them by 12 white balls. gain percent is- He continues to do so till all the red balls are replaced 1 1 1 by white balls. Determine the number of white balls (A) 11 % (B) 12% (C) 12 % (D) 12 % put in the basket. 2 2 3 (A) 333 (B) 222 (C) 444 (D) 111 Q27. Peter bought an item at 20% discount on its original Q35. The least number to bo subtracted from 16800 to price. He sold it with 40% increase on the price he make it a perfect square is bought it. The new selling price is greater than the (A) 159 (B) 249 (C) 169 (D) 219 original price (in percent) by Q36. A can do a piece of work in 30 days while B can do it (A) 7.5 (B) 12 (C) 10 (D) 8 in 40 days. In how many days can A and B working Q28. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio of 1:3:5. The together do it ? ratio among the time taken by these cars to travel the 1 same distance is (A) 17 days (B) 70 days 7 (A) 15:5:3 (C) 5:3:1 (B) 3:5:15 (D) 15:3:6 Q29. `1,980 is divided among A, B and C so that half of 3 1 (C) 42 days (D) 22 days A’s part, one-third of B’s part and one-sixth of C‘s 4 7 part are equal. Then B’s part is (A) `1,080 (B) `360 (C) `540 (D) `660 Q37. The monthly salary of Mr. Sachdav gets increased by 5%, thereby his salary becomes `15,120 per annum. Q30. What was the rate of discount if a computer with His earlier monthly salary (before the increase) was marked price `30,000 was sold for `28,000? (A) ` 1,240 (B) ` 1,440 2 1 (A) 6 % (B) 15% (C) 20% (D) 7 % (C) ` 1,320 (D) ` 1,200 3 2 Q38. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel Q31. 3 men and 5 women can do a work in 14 days while lines in the same direction at 46 km/hour and 36 km/ 6 men can do it in 14 days. 4 men and 5 women can hour. The faster train passes ‘the slower train in 36 complete the work in seconds. The length of each train is (A) 10 days (B) 12 days (C) 13 days (D) 11 days (A) 82 m (B) 50 m (C) 72 m (D) 80 m Q32. Three small lead spheres of radii 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 Q39. A man walking at 3 km/hour crosses a square field cm respectively, are melted into a single sphere. The diagonally in 2 minutes. Tho area of the field (in diameter of the new sphere is square metres) is (A) 8 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 6 cm (D) 7 cm (A) 6000 (B) 2600 (C) 3000 (D) 5000 Q33. The height of a right circular cylinder is three Q40. A shopkeeper sold one-third of his goods at a loss of times the radius of the base. If the height was four 15%. To get a profit of 10% on the whole transaction, times the radius, the volume would he 1078 cc he should sell the remaining articles at a profit of more than it was previously. Find the radius of the 1 2 base. (A) 16% (B) 26% (C) 22 % (D) 16 % 2 3 (A) 7.5 cm (B) 7 cm (C) 6 cm (D) 5 cm Aruna Sundararajan appointed as Secretary of Department of Telecommunications

74 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) Q41. An examinee has to secure 40% marks to pass in (A) 5 years (B) 2 years (C) 3 years (D) 4 years examination. He secures 180 marks and fails by an Directions : The following histogram shows the relationship equal number of marks. The total number of marks in between the marks obtained by the students and the number the examination is of students in an examination. Study the histogram and (A) 1050 (B) 800 (C) 900 (D) 1000 answer the questions no. 49 and 50. Q42. Rahul buys a book for `400 and sells it for `500. The difference between his profit as a percentage of the buying price and then as a percentage of the selling price is (A) 0% (B) 20% (C) 25% (D) 5% Q43. A, B and C invested `13,000, `17,000 and `5,000 respectively in a business. At the end of the year, they earn a profit of` 1,400. B’s share of profit is (A) ` 630 (B) ` 720 (C) ` 680 (D) ` 410 Q44. ` 600 is divided among A, B and C. ` 40 more than 2 2 th of A‘a share, ` 20 more than th of B’s share 5 7 9 and ` 10 more than th of C’s share are all equal. 17 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Then A’s share is MARKS OBTAINED (A) ` 280 (B) ` 140 (C) ` 150 (D) ` 170 Q45. The average of prime numbers between l and 20 is Q49. The ratio of the number of students who obtained 60 or more marks to that, of students who obtained less 1 5 (A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 9 than 60 marks is- 8 8 (A) 14 : 17 (B) 16:15 (C) 15: 16 (D) 15: 19 Q46. A certain factory employed 600 men and 400 women Q50. The percentage of students who obtained 40 marks and the average wage was ` 2.55 per day. If a woman or less is got 50 paise less than a man, the daily wages of a man (A) more than 24 (B) 15 and a woman were (C) 25 (D) less than 25, but not 15 (A) Man ` 250, Woman ` 200 FOR VISUALLY HANDICAPPED/CEREBRAL (B) Man ` 3.25, Woman ` 2.75 PALSY CANDIDATES ONLY (C) Man ` 2.75, Woman ` 2.25  1   1  (D) Man ` 5.30, Woman ` 2.50 Q49. If the ratio of n +  and n −  be 5 : 4, then  n   n  Q47. B borrows ` 5,000 from A at 6% p.a. simple interest and lends it to C at compound interest of 10% p.a. If the value of n is B collects the money back from C after 2 years and (A) + 5 (B) + 2 (C) + 3 (D) + 4 repays A, the profit made by B in the transaction is - Q50. The greatest length of the scale that can measure (A) ` 450 (B) ` 500 (C) ` 1050 (D) ` 500 exactly 30 cm, 90 cm. 1 m 20 cm and 1 m 35 cm Q48. The least number of years in which a sum of money lengths is on 19% p.a. compound interest will be more than (A) 30 cm (B) 5 cm (C) 10 cm (D) 15 cm double is

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75 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) PART C : GENERAL ENGLISH Directions : In questions no. 51 to 60, a part of the sentence indicate it by blackening the corresponding circle in the may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence Answer Sheet. has an error and blacken the circle ( ) corresponding to Q61. Every student had to abide ______the rules and the appropriate letter (A, B, C) If a sentence is free from regulations of the hostel. error, blacken the circle corresponding to “No error” in (A) against (B) with (C) in (D) by the Answer Sheet Q62. Country is ______Birmingham. Q51. The large balloons / I bought for Christmas / (A) beside (B) near (C) nearby (D) next (A) (B) Q63. To err is ______to forgive divine. is very nice / No error. (A) kindness (B) humane (C) human (D) natural (C) (D) Q64. The village is ______Sheffield in England. It’s Q52. Every member of the committee / have been present / only six miles away. (A) (B) (A) before (B) along (C) by (D) near at all the meetings. / No error Q65. Karan sat at the table ______a newspaper. (C) (D) (A) looking (B) reading (C) writing (D) fidgeting Q53. I will try to / tell to you / what you must do. / No error. Q66. Two ______were sent to garrison the town. (A) (B) (C) (D) (A) troops (B) regiments (C) armies (D) regimes Q54. I did not see / Meenu / since Monday. / No error Q67. The Ambassador was better ______than the other (A) (B) (C) (D) delegates. Q55. While I was driving home, / I heard some shocking (A) bred (B) prepared (A) (B) (C) thoughtful (D) presentable news /at the radio. / No error, Q68. He aimed the blow ______my left eye. (C) (D) (A) from (B) to (C) in (D) at Q56. The old man / is too weak / to walk. / No error. Q69. The river abounds ______fish and crocodiles. (A) (B) (C) (D) (A) at (B) on (C) with (D) of Q57. Everyone of us has to be / very vigilant to safeguard / Q70. The auditor was asked to ______the accounts. (A) (B) (A) spot (B) cheque (C) count (D) check our hardly won liberty. / No error. Directions : In questions no. 71 to 73, out of the fair (C) (D) alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the Q58. Yesterday, I met a man / who was blind / meaning of the given word. (A) (B) Q71. Recollect with the right eye. /No error. (A) Unite (B) Assemble (C) (D) (C) Return (D) Remember Q59. The two first chapters of this book / are very interesting, / Q72. Grave (A) (B) (A) Serious (B) Sad (C) Dead (D) Still the remaining ones are boring. / No error Q73. Advance (C) (D) (A) Change (B) Move forward Q60. The manager is having his problems / but we have / (C) Bend (D) Give (A) (B) Directions : In questions no. 74 to 76, out of the four ours as well. / No error. alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning opposite to the given word. (C) (D) Q74. Flippant Directions : In questions no. 61 to 70, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with appropriate words. Four (A) Urgent (B) Busy (C) Earnest (D) Warm alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose Q75. Cautious the most appropriate alternative out of the four and (A) Careful (B) Exude (C) During (D) Inviting Tejas successfully test fires beyond visual range missile

76 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) Q76. Lethal Q86. Made or done without previous preparation (A) Just (B) Good (C) Secure (D) Harmless (A) Urgent (B) Prompt Directions : In questions no. 77 to 79, four alternatives (C) Immediate (D) Impromptu are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the Q87. A house where children with no parents are taken sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses care of the meaning of the Idiom / Phrase. (A) Nursery (B) Orphanage Q77. Our manager is feared by everyone for he is as hard as nails. (C) Creche (D) Hospital (A) fearsome (B) strict Q88. An uneducated person (C) powerful (D) unrelenting (A) Instructor (B) Illiterate Q78. He struck several bad patches before he made good. (C) Joker (D) Clown (A) had many professional difficulties Q89. A person learning a trade under someone (B) came across bad weather (A) Clerk (B) Apprentice (C) eliminated many difficulties (C) Assistant (D) Secretary (D) went through many illnesses Directions : In questions no. 90 to 95. four words are Q79. We talked over the matter for an hour but without any given, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find result. the correctly spelt word. (A) discussed (B) surveyed Q90. (A) Marrage (B) Marriage (C) assessed (D) fought about (C) Mariage (D) Marryiage Directions : In questions no. 80 to 84. a sentence or a pan Q91. (A) University (B) Univarsity of the sentence, is underlined. Below are given alternative (C) Universitee (D) Univirsity to the underlined part uhich may impose the sentence. Q92. (A) Suppos (B) Supose Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement (C) Suposse (D) Suppose is required, blacken the circle ( ) corresponding to “No improvement” in the Answer Sheet Q93. (A) Peasimmism (B) Pessimisism Q80. My interest in Physics has decreased. (C) Posimisism (D) Pessimism (A) has shortened (B) has diminished Q94. (A) Guaranty (B) Guarenty (C) has been deceased (D) No improvement (C) Gauranty (D) Guarantee Q81. There was a few drop of rain. Q95. (A) Innumereble (B) Innumerable (A) were a few drops (B) was a few drops (C) Inumerable (D) Inmunarable (C) were a few drop (D) No improvement. Directions : In questions no. 96 to 100, read the following Q82. The economic environment is of late conducive for passage carefully and choose the most appropriate major political changes. answer to each question out of the four alternatives. (A) conducive to (B) conducive with Radium is a white powder that looks like table- salt. A pound of it is worth a thousand pounds of gold. (C) conducive about (D) No improvement Radium is very costly because it is so scarce. A mere pinch Q83. I can always count on him in times of difficulty. of it is worth a small fortune. There are only a few spoonfuls (A) count on he (B) count at him in all the world. But radium is so powerful that too much of (D) count him on (D) No improvement it would be dangerous. If a pound or two could be gathered at one spot it would kill people who came near. Through Q84. The hill is too high for climbing, radium, scientists hope to learn how to change one element (A) for going up (B) for climbing up into another. It would be interesting and profitable to change (C) to climb (D) No improvement other metals into gold. But it would be Worth more to man Directions : In questions no, 85 to 89, out of the to learn how to get all the power from the atoms to do man’s four alternatives, choose the one which can most work. appropriately substitute the given word(s) or sentence. 96. The antonym of ‘scarce’ is Q85. That which is unlawful (A) wealth (B) rare (A) Bail (B) Illicit (C) Legal (D) Court (C) insufficient (D) abundant

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77 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) Q97. Radium is considered dangerous because (C) It is powerful and dangerous (A) it is so scarce. (D) It is found in small quantities. (B) it would tell us how to get power from radium. Q99. What is the main subject of discussion in the passage (C) it would help us to turn other metals into gold. ? (D) it would kill millions due to its radioactivity. (A) Salt (B) Gold (C) Silver (D) Radium Q98. Why is radium very costly ? Q100. The word ‘fortune’ here means (A) It helps man do his work. (A) power (B) inheritance (B) It is very useful. (C) wealth (D) freedom PART D : GENERAL AWARENESS Q101. What was Kuomintang ? (C) It was the capital of Golconda (A) A terrorist organisation in China (D) It had the largest stable in medieval India (B) A nationalist party in China Q110. The price of a commodity is the same as (C) A nationalist party in Japan (A) Average cost (B) Total revenue (D) A fascist party in Japan (C) Average revenue (D) Total cost Q102. Where is Forest Research Institute of India located? Q111. Which one of the following is not a feature of (A) Lucknow (B) Bhopal monopoly ? (C) Dehradun (D) Delhi (A) Barriers to entry of new firms Q103. How many languages are recognised in the 8th (B) By Price discrimination Schedule of the Indian Constitution ? (C) Single seller of the product (A) 20 (B) 14 (C) 22 (D) 16 (D) Heavy selling costs Q104. Which of the following authorities is/are competent Q112. The supply of labour in the market depends on to issue writs for the enforcement of Fundamental (A) the number of person hours put in by each person Rights ? (B) the size of population (A) Supreme Court and High Courts (C) the proportion of the population in the labour force (B) Parliament (D) All the above (C) President Q113. The term “Fraternity’ in the Preamble of the Indian (D) Supreme Court Constitution means a sense of Q105. Which of the following is used as a logo of the (A) love and affection (B) brotherhood World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature ? (C) friendliness (D) statehood (A) Lion (B) Deer (C) Panda (D) Camel Q114. Who presides over the sitting of the House of People ? Q106. Which of the following contains Alberuni’s account (A) The Speaker of India? (B) The President (A) Tarikh-i-Yamini (B) Kitab-ul-Hind (C) The Vice President (C) Chachanama (D) Futuh-us-Sultan (D) The Chief Justice of India Q107. Buddha gave his first sermon at the Deer Park in Q115. An economy in which there are no flow of labour, (A) Sanchi (B) Lumbini (C) Magadha (D) Sarnath goods or money to and from other nations is a/an. Q108. ‘Mohen-jo daro’ in Sindhi means (A) closed economy (B) open economy (A) The land of Shiva (C) slow economy (D) mixed economy (B) The mound of the dead Q116. Elasticity of demand is the degree of responsiveness (C) The city of evil spirits of demand of a commodity to a (D) The fowl of Pashupathi (A) change in consumers’ tastes Q109. What was Hampi known for ? (B) change in its price (A) It had the translation of the Indian epics to Persian (C) change in consumers’ wealth (B) It was the capital of Vijayanagara (D) change in the price of substitutes

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78 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) Q117. ‘Insectivorous plants’ trap insects for (A) latent heat of vaporization of water increases (A) Vitamins (B) Carbohydrates (B) boiling point of water decreases (C) Nitrogen (D) Fats (C) boiling point of water increases Q118. Riboflavin is a/an (D) latent heat of vaporization of water decreases (A) Fatty acid (B) Enzyme Q131. Hydraulic brakes in automobile work on (C) Vitamin (D) Harmone (A) Archimedos’principle Q119. Locomotory organ of a starfish is (B) Bernoulli’s principle (A) Muscular foot (B) Flipper (C) Poiseuille’s principle (C) Tube feet (D) Paddle (D) Pascal’s principle Q120. The latex of which plant is used commercially? Q132. The basic process taking place in nuclear reactor is (A) Rubber plant (B) Banyan tree (A) Fission (B) Fusion (C) Papaya plant (D) Sisalkanta plant (C) Radioactivity (D) None of the above Q121. The fuse in an electric circuit is connected in Q133. ______required to boot a computer. (A) parallel to neutral (B) series with live (A) Assembler (B) Compiler (C) series with neutral (D) parallel to live (C) Loader (D) Operating system Q122. Which one of the following is the indirect use of Q134. ______is the part of the Central Processing Unit forests ? (CPU). (A) Building material (B) Grazing (A) Keyboard (C) Medicinal plants (D) Checking soil erosion (B) Printer Q123. Which one of the following States produces the (C) Monitor largest amount of spices? (D) Arithmetic and Logic Unit (A) Karnataka (B) Jammu & Kashmir Q135. Where is FIFA, 2018 scheduled to be held ? (C) Kerala (D) Assam (A) Argentina (B) Russia Q124. The percentage of India’s forested land out of total (C) Portugal (D) Spain land is Q136. Which one of the following has not been launched (A) less than 25% (B) 33% during the tenure of the NDA Government at the (C) 30% (D) 25% Centre ? Q125. Ahmedabad is situated along the bank of (A) Swachch Bharat Abhiyan (A) Banas river (B) Luni river (B) Ujjwala Yojana (C) Sabarmati river (D) Narmada river (C) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Q126. The only living tissue in plant, xylem is (D) MGNREGA Programme (A) Xylem parenchyma (B) Tracheid Q137. Which one of the following organisations is a (C) Trachea (D) Xylem fibre financial institution ? Q127. Direct access of file is also known as (A) SEBI (B) ICICI (C) KVIC (D) IFFCO (A) file access (B) sequential access Q138. NITI Aayog is a (C) random access (D) relative access (A) NGO (B) Constitutional Body Q128. Which one of the following is a carbohydrate ? (C) Statutory Body (D) Think Tank (A) Glycine (B) Glucose Q139. Which one of the following manages the computer resources ? (C) Urea (D) Insulin (A) Texts (B) Exit Q129. The source of oxygen in Atmosphere is due to (C) Boot (D) Programmes (A) Nitrogen fixation (B) Respiration Q140. Over the years, birth rate in India has ______and (C) Photosynthesis (D) Excretion death rate has ______. Q130. Vegetables are cooked in lesser time by adding a (A) fallen, risen (B) fallen, fallen pinch of salt while cooking because (C) risen, fallen (D) risen, risen Modi inaugurated super-speciality hospital in Dickoya in Sri Lanka

79 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) Q141. Which ground is called the “Mecca of Cricket”? (A) Ferdinand Marcos (A) Green Park (B) Lords (B) Jackie Chan (C) Eden Gardens (D) Melbourne Cricket Ground (C) Anil Kapoor Q142. Which of the following is the lowest atmospheric (D) Guy Ryder layer ? Q147. Malathion is a/an (A) Troposphere (B) Thermosphere (A) preservation (B) pesticide (C) Lithosphere (D) Stratosphere (C) insecticide (D) fumigant Q143. Which of the following phenomena supposedly Q148. The working of a dry cell is based on associated with global warming? (A) Combination reaction (A) Ei Nino Modoki (B) Electrolysis (B) Southern Oscillation (C) Decomposition reaction (C) El Niito (D) Spontaneous oxidation-reduction reaction (D) La Nifia Q149. Biosphere refers to Q144. The Ranganatha Temple is situated at (A) the portion of the earth, including the oceans (A) Chennai (B) Srirangam the land, the soil and the atmosphere inhabited by (C) Kanchipuram (D) Tirupati living organisms Q145. Who among the following is a famous Indian (B) the atmosphere surrounding the living organisms painter ? (C) the area of the land inhabited by living organisms (A) M.F. Hussain (B) Ravi Shankar (D) the part of ocean inhabited by plants and animals (C) Balamuralikrishna (D) Yamini Krishnamurthy 150. Which of the following causes swine fiu ? Q146. Which action movie star was awarded on November, (A) Tapeworm (B) Virus 2016 the honorary Academy (Oscar) Award for his (C) Bacteria (D) Fungi extraordinary achievements in the movies?

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80 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) PART A : GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING Q.1 (A) 6 x 6 + 7 - 5 = ? Q.2 (C) 36 + 7 - 5 = ? Q.3 (B) 9 : 8 : : 16 : ? 38 = ? 32 : 23 : : 42 : 33 Q.16 (A) 33 = 27 Q.17 (D) North

Q.4 (D)

Q.5 (A)

Q.18 (A)

Q.6 (B) Except 18, other are odd numbers. Q.7 (A) I. X Q.8 (A) II. X Neither I nor II Q.19 (C) Q.9 (D) Q.20 (B) Q.21 (C) Q.22 (A) Q.23 (D) Q.24 (A) Q.10 (A) Q.25 (C) FOR VISUALLY HANDICAPPED / CEREBRAL PALSY CANDIDATES ONLY Q.19 (A) Q.11 (C)

Q.20 (D) Q.12 (C) In original word having only one ‘T’ Q.13 (D) Q.14 (B) 8 x 4 x 9 = 288 Q.21 (C) 17 + 19 = 35 7 x 5 x 6 = 210 Q.22 (A) Scapegoat Sceptilc Scope 9 x 6 x ? = 162 Scrap-book Septic 162 ? = 54 Q.23 (C) ? = 3 Q.15 (C) 12 x 2 + 6 - 7 ÷ 5 = ? Q.24 (D) 12/2 x 6 + 7 - 5 = ? Q.25 (D)

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(25)×(−10) Q26.(C) Gain % = 25 −10 + 100 white balls put = 37 × 12 = 444 = 15 - 2.5 Q35(A) Nearest square number from 16800 = 16641 = 12.5 Required number = 16800 - 16641 = 159 40×(−20) Q36(A) Q27.(B) Required value (in percent) = − 20 + 40 + 100 = 20 - 8 = 12 working together, 1 1 Q28.(A) Required ratio = 1: : 1 day work = 7 units 3 5 = 15 : 5 :3 120 they will complete the whole work in 1 1 1 7 Q29.(C) A = B = C 1 2 3 6 i.e. 17 days 7 A : B : C = 2 : 3 : 6 15120 100 3×1980 Q37(D) His earlier monthly salary was = × B's part = = 540 12 105 11 = Rs. 1200 (30000 − 28000) ×100% Q38(B) According to question, Q30.(A) Rate of Discount = 30000 L + L = 36 5 2000 10× ×100% 18 = 30000 2L×18 = 36 50 2 6 % L = 50 = 3 5 5 Q31.(B) 3M = 5W Q39(D) Speed in (m/s) = 3× = 18 6 (As in both the cases they take same no. of days) 4M + 5W = 4M + 3M = 7M 5 M D Distance covered in 2 minutes = ×120 = 100m 6 6 14 Now, Diagonal = 100 7 ? Diagonal 2 Area = 6×14 ? = =12 days 2 7 Q32.(B) R3 = 33 + 43 + 53 100×100 Required area = = 5000 R3 = 27 + 64 + 125 2 R3 = 216 1 2 R = 6, D = 6×2=12 Q40(C) × (−15) + × x = 1×10 3 3 Q33.(B) π (4r3 - 3r3) = 1078 1078×7 2x - 15 = 30 r3 = 22 1 2x = 45 ⇒ x = 22 % 2 r3 = 343, r = 7 Q34(C) Number of attempts when all red balls are replaced= Q41(C) 40% of total marks = 180 + 180 360 ×100 222 = 37 total marks = = 900 6 40 India's longest bridge to be inaugurated on May 26 by PM Modi

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2  1+10   5000 ×6× 2 Q42(D) Profit as a percentage of the buying price Q47(A) Profit = 5000  − 5000 −   100   100 (500 − 400)   = ×100% 400  121  = 5000 × − 5000 − 600 = 25 %  100 

Profit as a percentage of the buying price = (6050 - 5000) - 600 (500 − 400) = ×100% = 1050 - 600 = 450 500 n  19  = 20% Q48(D) P1+  > 2P  100  Required difference = 25% - 20% = 5% n Q43(C) Ratio between equivalent capitals of A, B and C  19  = 13 : 17 : 5 1+  > 2  100  17 B's share of profit = ×1400 = 680 n 35 119    > 2 100  Q44(C) According to question, 2A 2B 9C 119 119 119 119  + 40 = + 20 = +10 = k(let) Now, × × ×  > 2 100 100 100 100 5 7 17   5(k − 40) 7(k − 20) 17(k −10) A = ,B = ,C = So, n = 4 years 2 2 9 Q49(B) Required ratio = ( 13+19) : (15+10+5) 5(k − 40) 7(k − 20) 17(k −10) Now, + + = 600 = 32 : 30 = 16 : 15 2 2 9 45k - 1800 + 63k - 1260 + 34k - 340 = 600 × 18 15 142k = 10800 + 3400 Q50(A) Required% = ×100 62 k = 100 5(100 − 40) 300 = 24.19 A's share = = = 150 2 2 FOR VISUALLY HANDICAPPED/CEREBRAL PALSY CANDIDATES ONLY 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 +11+13 +17 +19 Q45(D) Required average = 8 1 n + 5 Q49(C) n = 77 5 1 = = 9 n − 4 8 8 n 600 × x + 400 ×(x − 0.50) Q46(C) 2.55 = n 2 +1 5 1000 = 2 n −1 4 2550 = 600x + 400x - 200 4n2 + 4 = 5n2 - 5 2750 = 1000x n2 = 9 == n = +3 x = 2.75 Q50(D) Greatest Length = H.C.F. of 30 cm, 90 cm, 1m 20 cm Daily wages of a man = 2.75 and 1 m 35 cm. Daily wages of a woman = 2.75 - 0.50 = 2.25 = H.C.F of 30 cm, 90 cm, 120 cm, 135 cm = 15 cm

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83 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER (30-04-2017, MULTI TASKING MORNING SHIFT) PART C : GENERAL ENGLISH Q.51(C) ‘are’ should be used in place of ‘is’ because its Q.60(A) Use ‘has’ in place of ‘is having’ subject ‘the large balloons’ is plural Q.61(D) Q.62(C) Q.63(D) Q.64(D) Q.52(B) ‘has’ should be used in place of ‘have’ because its Q.65(B) Q.66(A) Q.67(B) Q.68(D) subject ‘every member’ is singular Q.69(C) Q.70(D) Q.71(D) Q.72(C) Q.53(B) ‘to’ should be removed Q.73(B) Q.74(C) Q.75(B) Q.76(D) Q.54(A) Use ‘had not seen’ in place of ‘did not see’ Q.77(D) Q.78(A) Q.79(A) Q.80(B) Q.55(C) ‘on the radio’ should be used in place of ‘at the Q.81(A) Q.82(A) Q.83(D) Q.84(C) radio’ Q.85(B) Q.86(D) Q.87(B) Q.88(B) Q.56(D) Q.89(B) Q.90(B) Q.91(A) Q.92(D) Q.57(C) Use ‘hard’ in place of ‘hardly’ Q.93(D) Q.94(D) Q.95(B) Q.96(D) Q.58(C) Use ‘in’ in place of ‘with’ Q.97(D) Q.98(D) Q.99(D) Q.100(A) Q.59(A) ‘The first two’ should be used in place of ‘two first’ PART D : GENERAL AWARENESS Q.101(B) Q.102(C) Q.103(C) Q.104(A) Q.105(C) Q.126(A) Q.127(B) Q.128(B) Q.129(C) Q.130(C) Q.106(B) Q.107(D) Q.108(B) Q.109(B) Q.110(C) Q.131(D) Q.132(A) Q.133(D) Q.134(D) Q.135(B) Q.111(D) Q.112(C) Q.113(B) Q.114(A) Q.115(A) Q.136(D) Q.137(B) Q.138(C) Q.139(D) Q.140(B) Q.116(B) Q.117(C) Q.118(C) Q.119(C) Q.120(A) Q.141(B) Q.142(A) Q.143(B) Q.144(B) Q.145(A) Q.121(B) Q.122(D) Q.123(C) Q.124(A) Q.125(C) Q.146(B) Q.147(B) Q.148(D) Q.149(A) Q.150(B)

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84 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING Q.1-4 Select the related word/letters/number from the (II) Some linear equations are quadratic. given alternatives. Conclusion: Q.1 Rabi Crop : Oat : : Kharif Crop : ? (I) Polynomials are quadratic. 1) Mustard 2) Wheat 3) Barley 4) Paddy (II) Linear equations are quadratic. Q.2 CM : P : : PM : ? 1) Conclusion I follows 1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 2) Conclusion II follows Q.3 JN : TB : : PB : ? 3) Neither I nor II follows 1) TD 2) FD 3) RS 4) TV 4) Both I and II follows Q.4 7 : 56 : : 9 : ? Q.14 The age of A is three times the age of B. What is the 1) 65 2) 90 3) 81 4) 70 ratio of the age of B to the age of A? Q.5-8 Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair 1) 1:3 2) 1:4 3) 1:2 4) 3:1 from the given alternatives. Q.15 Arrange the given words in the sequence in which Q.5 1) Banyan 2) Pine 3) Spruce 4) Fir they occur in the dictionary. Q.6 1) MG 2) QK 3) VN 4) UO i. Attribute ii. Attenuation Q.7 1) 4267 2) 2598 3) 2739 4) 5496 iii. Attain iv. Attention Q.8 1) 8912 2) 3469 3) 5555 4) 6734 1) iii, iv, ii, i 2) iv, i, iii, ii Q.9 A series is given with one term missing. Choose 3) i, iii, ii, iv 4) i, ii, iii, iv the correct alternative from the given ones that will Q.16 In a certain code language, “FAILURE” is written complete the series. as “FRULIAG”. How is “SUCCESS” written in Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, ? that code language? 1) Exosphere 2) Thermosphere 1) TSECCUT 2) SSECCUS 3) Tropopause 4) Ozone Layer 3) TSECCUS 4) TSECCUU Q.10 A series is given with one term missing. Choose Q.17 In the following question, select the missing number the correct alternative from the given ones that will from the given series. complete the series. AZ, BY, CX, ? 1) WD 2) DW 3) DE 4) DX Q.11 A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. 1) 31 2) 36 3) 280 4) 161 DM, EN, FO, ? Q.18 If “A” denotes “added to”, “B” denotes “divided 1) FG 2) HI 3) GP 4) HP by”, “C” denotes “multiplied by” and “D” denotes Q.12 A series is given with one term missing. Choose “subtracted from”, then 154 B 11 C 6 A 6 D 27= ? the correct alternative from the given ones that will 1) 60 2) 63 3) 33 4) 64 complete the series. Q.19 Which set of letters when sequentially placed at the 79, 159, 199, 219, ? gaps in the given letter series shall complete it? 1) 229 2) 234 3) 239 4) 222 s_r_t_s_r Q.13 In the following question, two statements are given 1) trts 2) rtst 3) trst 4) tsss each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have Q.20 In a compass, west direction is shown as south. As to consider the statements to be true even if they per the compass, which direction should a man go seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. to, if he wishes to move towards the east? You have to decide which of the given conclusions, 1) North 2) South 3) East 4) West if any, follows from the given statements. Q.21 A word is represented by only one set of numbers Statements: as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of (I) Some polynomials are linear equations. numbers given in the alternatives are represented PM Modi launched Narmada river conservation project in MP

85 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) by two classes of alphabets as shown in the given two matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix-I 1) 2) are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix-II are

numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented by 22, 33 etc. and ‘M’ can be represented by 88, 68 etc. Similarly, you have to 3) 4) identify the set for the word ‘GAIN’. Matrix-I Matrix-II Q.24 Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes. Father, Child, Male

1) 2)

3) 4) 1) 21, 00, 89, 44 2) 77, 22, 66, 43 3) 87, 33, 23, 12 4) 97, 11, 88, 01 Q.25 A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given Q.22 Akhil is the maternal uncle of Rashmi. Rashmi is answer figures, indicate how it will appear when the daughter of Ramesh. How is Ramesh related to opened. Akhil? 1) Brother-in-law 2) Brother 3) Father 4) Cousin

Q.23 If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure? 1) 2)

3) 4)

GENERAL AWARENESS Q.26 Which of the following is also known as the brain of 1) Neutron 2) Electron the computer? 3) Isoprone 4) Alpha particle 1) CPU 2) ALU Q.32 Using which of the following processes can one 3) Motherboard 4) Keyboard separate a solute from its solution? Q.27 Soda water was invented by 1) Sedimentation 2) Evaporation 1) Tivadar Puskas 2) Joseph Priestley 3) Filtration 4) Condensation 3) Petrache Poenaru 4) James Leonard Plimpton Q.33 Jantar Mantar is in Q.28 The outermost layer of skin is 1) Delhi 2) Assam 1) Epidermis 2) Dermis 3) Bihar 4) Gujarat 3) Tissues 4) Hypodermis Q.34 Salzburg Festival is held in which country? Q.29 Which of the following plants have root nodules? 1) Italy 2) Austria 3) Australia 4) Spain 1) Leguminous plants 2) Parasitic plants Q.35 If price of an article decreases from Rs. 25 to Rs. 20, 3) Epiphytic Plants 4) Aquatic Plants quantity demanded increases from Q1 units to 1500 units. If point elasticity of demand is 1.25, find Q1? Q.30 Earthworms belongs to the phylum 1) 900 units 2) 1200 units 1) Protozoa 2) Cnidaria 3) Annelida 4) Mollusca 3) 1800 units 4) 2000 units Q.31 The mass of proton and mass of ______is same. Indian mission, Vedanta adopt UJALA scheme in UK

86 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) Q.36 Birth rate in a country is defined as 3) Akbar 4) Bahadur Shah 1) Number of births per 100 in 1 year Q.43 The English defeated the ______in the battle of 2) Number of births per 1000 in 1 year Wandiwash. 3) Number of births per km of area in 1 year 1) German 2) French 4) Number of births per 100 km of area in 1 year 3) Indians 4) Americans Q.37 Where is "The Geysers", the world's largest Q.44 Pulitzer prize is given in the field of ______. geothermal field, containing a complex of 22 1) Journalism 2) Sports geothermal power plants, located? 3) Medicine 4) Music 1) Rio 2) New Orleans Q.45 What is the unit of electric resistance? 3) Moscow 4) San Francisco 1) Dyne 2) Pascal 3) Joule 4) Ohms Q.38 Bauxite is an ore/mineral of Q.46 Who invented Television? 1) Aluminium 2) Beryllium 1) J L Baird 2) Aristotle 3) Lead 4) Tin 3) James Clerk Maxwell 4) Nikola Tesla Q.39 The real name of Dilip Kumar is _____. Q.47 How many members of the Rajya Sabha are elected 1) Yusuf Khan 2) Dilip Kumar every two years? 3) Mohammad Kaif 4) Ravi Bajaj 1) all 2) one fourth Q.40 The Gobi Desert is one of the largest deserts on 3) half 4) one third Earth. A part of it lies in which of the following Q.48 The Indian Constitution declares India as all of the countries? following, except 1) Australia 2) Saudi Arabia 1) communist 2) democratic republic 3) Mongolia 4) Madagascar 3) socialist 4) secular Q.41 Which is the largest continent in the world? Q.49 Shaquille O'Neal is associated with which Sport? 1) Africa 2) North America 1) Lawn Tennis 2) Basketball 3) South America 4) Asia 3) Formula One 4) WWE Q.42 Aurangzeb put his father ______under house Q.50 Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which arrest in Agra Fort. language? 1) Humayun 2) Shah Jahan 1) Santhali 2) Munda 3) Awadhi 4) Sanskrit QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Q.51 Mehdi can complete a work in 25 hours. If he is first 6 years is Rs 64 lakhs and that of last 6 years is joined by Jahnavi who is 50% more efficient, in Rs 76 lakhs, what is the revenue for the 6th year? what time will they together finish the work? 1) Rs 83 lakhs 2) Rs 79 lakhs 1) 12 hours 2) 10 hours 3) 3 hours 4) 9 hours 3) Rs 77 lakhs 4) Rs 81 lakhs Q.52 If x + 3 ≤ 4x + 4 and 3(4 - x) - 4≥ 2x - 2, then x can Q.57 One of the internal angle of a rhombus is 60° and take which of the following values? length of its shorter diagonal is 8 cm. What is the 1) 1 2) 3 3) -1 4) -3 area of the rhombus? Q.53 In ΔDEF, G and H are the points on side DE and DF 1) 64√3 sq cm 2) 32√2 sq cm respectively. GH is parallel to EF. If G divides DE in 3) 64√2 sq cm 4) 32√3 sq cm the ratio 3:2 and HF is 8 cm, then the length of DF is Q.58 When a discount of 20% is given on a movie ticket, 1) 12 cm 2) 20 cm 3) 14 cm 4) 16 cm the profit is 34%. If the discount is 15%, then the Q.54 Common factor of 12a4b6, 18a6c2, 36a2b2 is profit is 1) 36a2 2) 108b2 3) 6a2b2 4) 6a2 1) 49 percent 2) 42.375 percent Q.55 The total surface area of a hemisphere is 462 sq cm, 3) 55.625 percent 4) 35.75 percent what is its curved surface area? (Take π = 22/7) Q.59 The price of an article is cut by 7%, to restore it to its 1) 616 sq cms 2) 154 sq cms original value, the new price must be increased by 3) 308 sq cms 4) 462 sq cms 1) 7 percent 2) 33.77 percent Q.56 The average revenue of 11 consecutive years of a 3) 7.53 percent 4) 63.75 percent company is Rs 69 lakhs. If the average revenue of Arjun Maini became First Indian to Win a GP3 Race

87 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) Q.60 A bag has Rs12.9 in the form of 1 rupee, 50 paise TVs 63 51000 and 10 paise coins in the ratio of 3:2:3. How many Refrigerators 45 49000 50 paise coins are there in the bag? ACs 27 25000 1) 9 2) 6 3) 12 4) 3 What is the value of the total stock (in lakh rupees)? Q.61 Which of the following equations has the sum of its 1) 67.47 2) 674.7 3) 149 4) 186 roots as 11? Q.73 Refer the below data table and answer the following 1) x2 - 11x+ 18 = 0 2) x2 - 7x+ 10 = 0 Question. 3) x2 + 2x - 26= 0 4) x2 + 5x - 6= 0 Year Ratio Import/Export Q.62 1/(secA + tanA) is equal to 2011 1.1 1) cosecA - cotA 2) sinA - cosA 2012 1.4 3) secA - tanA 4) sinA + cosA 2013 0.7 Q.63 tan(A/2) is equal to 2014 0.8 1) cosecA + cotA 2) secA - cotA 2015 0.8 3) cosecA - cotA 4) secA + cotA If the imports in 2012 was Rs. 600 crores and the 2 2 Q.64 If 12x = 19 -11 , what is the value of x? total exports in the years 2012 and 2013 together 1) 20 2) 17 3) 13 4) 11 was Rs. 2400 crores, then the imports in 2013 was? Q.65 What is the value of sec 2π/3 ? 1) 1971 2) 429 3) 2816 4) 1380 1) -2 2) 2 3) 2/√3 4) -2/√3 Q.74 Refer the below data table and answer the following Q.66 If (1/4 of x) - (4/5 of 6/7) equals - 9/7, then value of x is Question. 1) -12 2) -2.4 3) -3.6 4) -14 Measured on Birthday Height of the child (in cms) Q.67 To cover a distance of 333 km in 2 hours by a car, 4 100 what should be the average speed of the car (in 5 105 meter/second)? 6 115 1) 166.5 2) 46.25 3) 83.25 4) 92.5 7 125 Q.68 10% discount is offered on an item. By applying 8 135 a promo code the customer wins 20% cash back. 9 140 What is the effective discount? 10 150 1) 33.6 percent 2) 30 percent 11 160 3) 22 percent 4) 28 percent 12 165 Q.69 ΔDEF and ΔABC are similar triangles. Length of AB is 10 cm and length of the corresponding side DE 13 175 is 6 cm. What is the ratio of Perimeter of ΔABC to 14 180 ΔDEF? 15 190 1) 5:3 2) 3:5 3) 25:9 4) 9:25 16 200 Q.70 A bank offers 20% compound interest per half year. What was the increase in the height of the child A customer deposits Rs 7600 each on 1st January from the 7th Birthday to the 11th Birthday? and 1st July of a year. At the end of the year, the 1) 35 cms 2) 40 cms 3) 45 cms 4) 30 cms amount he would have gained from interest is Q.75 Refer the below data table and answer the following 1) Rs 9727 2) Rs 2432 3) Rs 4864 4) Rs 1216 Question. Q.71 At what point does the line 3x + 2y = -12 intercept Deep Sleep 10 the Y-axis? Dreaming 25 1) (0,6) 2) (0,-6) 3) (-4,0) 4) (4,0) Light Sleep 10 Q.72 Refer the below data table and answer the following Question. Extremely light Sleep 5 Quantity of Average Awake 50 Cost stock (Rs) Between 10pm to 6am, a fitness band records the Mobile Phones 29 18000 following data. How long was the user in Light sleep or was in Extremely light sleep? Cameras 22 6000 1) 0.7 hours 2) 1.2 hours 3) 1.7 hours 4) 2.3 hours Amitabh Bachchan appointed as WHO’s goodwill ambassador for hepatitis

88 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) ENGLISH LANGUAGE Q.76 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, 1) to avail myself of 2) to avail of select the alternative which best expresses the 3) to avail myself 4) no improvement meaning of the idiom/phrase. Q.85 In the following question, a sentence has been given Tie the knot in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives 1) To put yourself into a problem suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice. 2) To make fateful decision Mariam was writing a note to her boss. 3) To sign the deal 1) A note was written to her boss by Mariam. 4) To get married 2) A note was wrote by Mariam to her boss. Q.77 Select the synonym of carnal 3) A note was being written by Mariam to her boss. 1) chaste 2) sensual 3) decent 4) spiritual 4) A note was written by Mariam to her boss. Q.78 Select the antonym of intrinsic Q.86 Select the synonym of incinerate 1) elemental 2) innate 3) connate 4) accquired 1) parch 2) moderate 3) ignite 4) quench Q.79 In the following question, the sentence given with Q.87 Select the antonym of ogle blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it 1) leer 2) gaze 3) ignore 4) gawk by selecting the appropriate option. Q.88 Select the word with the correct spelling. Providence smiles ______those who are diligent. 1) snatched 2) litigat 3) abhored 4) variabely 1) with 2) in 3) upon 4) over Q.89 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of Q.80 Select the word with the correct spelling. the phrase. 1) chaastity 2) marothon To harass someone persistently to do something. 3) reasert 4) toxicity 1) Iconoclast 2) Dote Q.81 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. 3) Neurotic 4) Importune When I last saw Ravi, he (had been running) to Q.90 In the following question, the sentence given with catch his bus. blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select 1) ran 2) was running the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it 3) had run 4) no improvement by selecting the appropriate option. Q.82 In the following question, some part of the sentence The baby looked______the toffee with may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence greedy eyes. has an error and select the appropriate option. If a 1) upon 2) into 3) on 4) at sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. Q.91 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, If you are in the wrong gears (A)/the car won't be select the alternative which is the best substitute of (B)/able to climb the hill.(C)/No error(D) the phrase. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D A short statement expressing a general truth. Q.83 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, 1) Maxim 2) Infer 3) Drum 4) Pander select the alternative which best expresses the Q.92 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. meaning of the idiom/phrase. It is a truth universally The ball is in your court P - acknowledged that a single 1) It is up to you to make the next move Q - man in possession of a good 2) You have got a fantastic opportunity R – fortune must be in want of a wife 3) You will be blamed for crimes that you have not 1) QRP 2) PQR 3) RPQ 4) QPR committed Q.93 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. 4) You have been put into a dilemma. Your absence has Q.84 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. P – gone through me Q – through a needle I would love (to availing) a short holiday, and go R – like thread for an overnight trek. 1) PRQ 2) PQR 3) QPR 4) RPQ Attiitude.com Signs Up Chris Gayle as its Global Brand Ambassador 89 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) Q.94 In the following question, some part of the sentence department officials ______that the virus may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence will turn more active by January end. Incharge, has an error and select the appropriate option. If a Integrated Disease ______Programme sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. (IDSP), Dr Shah, said, "Virus is still active, This is the sportsperson (A)/whom I think has but not in a major way. In coming months, it is won(B)/the much coveted prize.(C)/ No error(D) likely to become more active. Last year too, virus had claimed lives in January and February. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D Therefore, we are ______as coming Q.95 In the following question, a sentence has been months might ______a challenge." given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four Q.96 In view of last year's H1N1 attack and prevailing alternatives suggested, select the one which best ______express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. 1) erratic 2) weird 3) dicey 4) unstably Abhay said to Veena, " Are you coming to the Reception?" Q.97 the health department officials ______1) Abhay told Veena if she was coming to the Reception. 1) expected 2) expects 2) Abhay asked Veena if she would be coming to 3) were expecting 4) are expecting the Reception. Q.98 In-charge, Integrated Disease ______3) Abhay asked Veena if she was coming to the Reception. Programme (IDSP) 4) Abhay asked Veena whether she was coming to 1) management 2) control the Reception. 3) surveillance 4) eradication Q.96-100 In the following passage some of the words have Q.99 Therefore, we are ______been left out. Read the passage carefully and select 1) vigilant 2) open to the correct answer for the given blank out of the 3) on toes 4) impulsive four alternatives. Q.100 coming months might ______a In view of last year's H1N1 attack and prevailing challenge." ______weather conditions, the health 1) shows 2) pose 3) throw 4) put up

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90 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING Q.1 (4) Rabi Crop is related to Oat, Similarly Kharif is Q.13 (2) related to Paddy Q.14 (1) 1 : 3 Q.2 (4) C M = P P M C Q.15 (1) iii, iv, ii, i 3 + 13 = 16 16 + 13 = 29 - 26 = 3 (C) Q.16 (1) Q.3 (2) J N : T B : : P B : F D 10 14 : 20 28 : : 16 2 : 32 4 10 x 2 = 20 (T), 14 x 2 = 28 -26 = 2 (B), 16 x 2 = 32 - 26 = 6 (F), 2 x 2 = 4 (D) Q.17 (1) 72 = 49 63 = 36 33 = 27 Q.4 (2) 7 : 56 9 : ? 43 = 64 53 = 125 22 = 4 7 x (7+1) = 7 x 8 = 56 9 x (9+1) = 9 x 10 = 90 113 151 31 Q.5 (1) Except Banyan, All three are useful for building Q.18 (2) 154 ÷ 11 x 6 + 6 - 27 and Furniture. 14 x 6 + 6 - 27 Q.6 (3) M G Q K V N U O 90 - 27 = 63 13 - 7 = 6 17 - 6 = 11 22 - 4 = 8 21 - 15 = 6 Q.19 (3) s t r r t s s t r Q.7 (2) 4267 = 6 x 7 = 42 Q.20 (1) North 2598 = 9 x 8 = 72 Q.21 (2) G A I N 2739 = 3 x 9 = 27 77 22 66 43 5496 = 9 x 6 = 54 Q.22 (1) Brother in Law Q.8 (2) 8 + 9 + 1 + 2 = 20 Q.23 (4) 3 + 4 + 6 + 9 = 22 Q.24 (4) 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20 6 + 7 + 3 + 4 = 20 Q.9 (4) Q.10 (2) AZ, BY, CX, DW Q.11 (3) DM, EN, FO, GP Q.12 (1) 79 159 199 219 229 Q.25 (1)

80 40 20 10 GENERAL AWARENESS Q.26(1) Q.27(2) Q.28(1) Q.29(1) Q.30(3) Q.41(4) Q.42(2) Q.43(2) Q.44(1) Q.45(4) Q.31(1) Q.32(2) Q.33(1) Q.34(2) Q.35(2) Q.46(1) Q.47(4) Q.48(1) Q.49(2) Q.50(3) Q.36(2) Q.37(4) Q.38(1) Q.39(1) Q.40(3) QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Jahnawi 150 3 and 3(4-x) - 4 > 2x - 2 Q.51 (2) = = Mehdi 100 2 12 - 3x - 4 > 2x - 2 25× 2 8 - 3 x > 2x - 2 Required time = 3 + 2 5x < 10

50 x < 2 ----- (2) = = 10 hours 5 from (1) and (2) Q.52 (1) x+3 < 4x + 4 −1 ≤ x ≤ 2 3x + 4 > 3 3 3x > -1 form options, option (1) is referred to above −1 x ≥ ----- (1) 3 condition. Lewis Hamilton Wins Spanish Grand Prix

91 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) Q.53 (2) According to theorem, Q.61 (1) As we know that, DG DH 2 = x - (sum of the roots) x + product of the roots = 0 GE HF from options (1) is the correct answer as it has 3 DH DH 3 the value at sum of the roots = 11 = ⇒ = 2 HF 8 2 1 sec A − tan A Q.62 (3) = DH = 12cm sec A + tan A (sec A + tan A)(sec A − tan A) DF = 12 + 8 = 20 cm. sec A − tan A 4 6 4 6 = Q.54 (4) 12a b = 2 × 2 × 3 × a × b 1

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36a2b2 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × a2 × b2 = secA - tan A Common factor = 2 × 3 × a2 = 6a2 A sin(A / 2) 2sin(A / 2)×cos(A / 2) tan = = Q.55 (3) According to question, Q.63 (3) 2 cos(A / 2) 2cos 2 (A / 2) 2 3π r = 462 sinA sinA(1− cosA) 2 462×7 = r = 1+ cosA sin2 A 22×3 r = 7 = cosecA - cotA 22 2 2 Surface area = 2× ×7×7 Q.64 (1) 12x = 19 - 11 7 = 308 cm2 12x = (19+11) (19 -11) Q.56 (4) 6th number = (6×64+6×76)-11×69 12x = 30 × 8 = 81 lakhs. x= 20 Q.57 (4) If one of the internal angle of rhombus is 600 or sec 2π  π  1200 then shorter diagonal = a = 8 cm. Q.65 (1) = secπ −  3  3  Longer diagonal = a 3 = 8 3 cm. secπ = − = −2 1 3 Area of rhombus = ×8×8 3 = 32 3 cm2 2 Q.66 (2) x  4 6  − 9 −  ×  = Q.58 (2) Let M.P. of ticket =100 4  5 7  7 x − 9 24 S.P. of ticket = 80 = + 100 C.P. of ticket = 80× = 59.70 4 7 35 134 x −45 + 24 −21 = = If there is a discount of 15%, then S.P. = 85 4 35 35 −12 (85 − 59.70) x = = −2.4 then profit = ×100 5 59.70 333 5 = 42.375% Q.67 (2) Speed in m/s = × = 46.25 100 2 18 Q.59 (3) Increment = 100 × 93 200 = 7.526 Q.68 (4) Effective discount = −10 − 20 + ≈ 100 7.53 = -30 + 2 = - 28 3k Q.60 (2) 3k + k + =12.9 Q.69 (1) 10 43k = 129 k = 3 Number of 50 paise coins = 2k = 6

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92 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS PAPER SSC CGL TIER - I (11-01-2017) Respective ratio between perimeter of DABC = 6747000 = 67.47 (lakh) and DDEF I 1.4 Q.73 (4) In 2012, = AB 10 E 10 = = = 55:3.3 DE 6 600 7 3000  20  = ⇒ E = Q.70 (3) Amount at the begining of July = 7600 ×1+  E 5 7  100  3000 = 9120 Export in 2013 = 2400 −  20  7 Amount at the end of the year = 9120 ×1+   100  = 20064 2400 ×7 − 3000 Interest = 20064 - (7600 + 7600) 7 16800 − 3000 = Rs. 4864 Import in 2013 = 0.7× = 1380 7 Q.71 (2) (Because at y- axis, x = 0) 3 × 0 + 2y = -12 Q.74 (1) Increment = 160 - 125 = 35cm 2y = - 12 15 ×8 y = -6 Q.75 (2) Required value = 100 120 Required point = (0, -6) = Q.72 (1) Total stock = 29×18000+22×6000+63×51000+4 100 5×49000+27×25000 = 1.2 hours ENGLISH LANGUAGE Q.76 (4) Q.86 (3) For other options- Q.77 (2) For other options- Parch(v) - to make hot and very dry. Chaste, decent and spiritual are antonyms of Ignite(v) - To cause to burn. ‘carnal’ Q.87 (3) For other options- Q.78 (4) Elemental, innate and connate are synonyms of of Leer, gaze and gawk are synonyms of ‘ogle’ ‘intrinsic’ Q.88 (1) Q.89 (4) Q.90 (4) Q.91 (1) Q.79 (3) Q.80 (4) Q.81 (2) Q.82 (1) Q.92 (2) Q.93 (1) Q.83 (1) Q.94 (2) ‘who’ should be used in place of ‘whom’ Q.84 (1) To avail oneself of (idiom) Q.95 (2) Q.96 (1) Q.97 (4) Q.98 (3) - to use to one's advantage; make use of. Q.99 (1) Q.100 (2) Q.85 (3)

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93 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 GENERAL AWARENESS Q.1 For an instrument to be negotiable, it must be signed Q.10 Who is the MD and CEO of Happiest Minds by the ______. Technologies? 1) Drawer 2) Maker 3) Drawee 1) Ashok Soota 2) Ajay Agarwal 4) 1 and 2 5) None of these 3) Huzefa Saifee 4) Vikram Limaye Q.2 Which of the following person has been sacked by 5) Sashi Kumar the Tata group as their chairman? Q.11 Which of the following company is going to merge 1) Cyrus Mistry 2) Ratan Tata with the ecommerce giant Flipkart? 3) Venu Srinivasan 4) Ronen Sen 1) Amazon India 2) Shop Clues 3) FreeCharge 5) Satya Nadella 4) Snapdeal 5) Paytm Q.3 United Nations (UN) Day is celebrated on- Q.12 What is the name of the doctrine to counter the 1) October 24 2) November 14 Naxalite problem that was announced by Union 3) August 24 4) September 24 Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the Left Wing 5) December 24 Extremism (LWE) situation review meeting held on Q.4 In case of Frozen Account, the transactions of 8 May 2017? cheque will be ______. 1) Yudhh 2) Pratihar 3) Prahar 1) Avoided, till the acceptance of writer 4) Samadhan 5) None of these 2) Continue Q.13 What is the name of the portal launched by the 3) Continued and paid in the account, not in cash Department of Telecom (DoT) on 2 May 2017 4) Stopped that allows people to track radiation emitted from 5) None of these mobile towers within their locality? Q.5 A lien is the right to- 1) Tarang Sanchar 2) Sanchar 1) Sell the goods or securities if the debt or loan is 3) Tarang 4) Sanchar Tarang not repaid by the borrower 5) None of these 2) Retain goods or securities belonging to a debtor Q.14 The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) until he has discharged a debt due to the retainer Bill, 2016, which seeks to protect the right of thereof consumers and ushering in transparency in real estate 3) Dispose of the goods or securities in case of transactions, came into effect from 1 May 2017. How default on the part of the borrower many states and union territories have notified the 4) Securities received for sale rules pertaining to the act as on this date? 5) None of these 1) Eleven 2) Twelve 3) Thirteen Q.6 What is the full form of IRR as used in the banking 4) Fourteen 5) Fifteen /financial sector? Q.15 What is the name of the nationwide mission 1) Internal rate of return launched by the Union Government on 2 May 2017 2) Internal risk return that seeks to promote nationalism among youth? 3) Investment reserve ratio 1) Vidya-Veerta Abhiyan 4) Investment return risk 2) Vidya-Bharti Abhiyan 5) None of these 3) Bharti-Veerta Abhiyan Q.7 What is Universal Banking? 4) Shiksha-Veerta Abhiyan 1) Provision of commercial and investment services 5) Shiksha-Bharti Abhiyan 2) Provision of Deposit and lending services Q.16 Which state became the first Indian state to use 3) Provision of Investment services Automated Weather Stations (AWSs) for farmers by 4) Provision of financing and credit services inaugurating the first such station on 30 April 2017? 5) None of these 1) Sikkim 2) Kerala 3) Punjab Q.8 International Yoga Day is observed on which date? 4) Maharashtra 5) Karnataka 1) 21 March 2) 21 April 3) 21 May Q.17 Who won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 30 April 4) 21 June 5) 21 July 2017 to win his maiden F1 title? Q.9 Who is the Chief Economic advisor of India? 1) Michael Schumacher 2) Hamilton 1) Arvind Subramanian 2) Mukul Rohatgi 3) Valtteri Bottas 4) Kartikeyan 3) Arvind Panagariya 4) Amitabh Kant 5) None of these 5) Bibek Debroy India and UK to sign MoU to increase efficiency of urban transport system

94 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 Q.18 The Union cabinet on 19 April 2017 decided to put Q.27 Who among the following has bagged the prestigious an end to the practice of using red beacons atop Florence Nightingale award 2017? vehicles in the country. Under it, all government 1) Nandan Dev 2) Krishna Kumari vehicles, including those ferrying the President, 3) Mithlesh Kumar 4) Mittan Katoch Prime minister, Chief Ministers, central and state 5) Sachin Katiyar ministers, judges of the Supreme Court and high Q.28 Who has partnered with the Federation of Indian courts or any other VIP, will be barred from using Export Organizations (FIEO) - South Zone to train them. This decision comes into force from which merchants on selling their products online? date? 1) Flipkart 2) Snapdeal 3) Amazon 1) 1 May 2017 2) 2 May 2017 4) Shopclues 5) Myntra 3) 3 May 2017 4) 4 May 2017 Q.29 Who became the first police officer from the 5) 5 May 2017 sikh community to join the police department in Q.19 What is the decided interest on provident fund Indianapolis, the capital of the US state of Indiana? deposits for 2016-17 for EPFO subscribers? 1) M.P.Veerendra Kumar 2) Krishna Kumari 1) 8.35% 2) 8.45% 3) 8.50% 3) Rammohan Rao 4) Mittan Katoch 4) 8.60% 5) 8.65% 5) S. Ramaswamy Q.20 Union Government during April 2017 extended the Q.30 Justice CS Karnan, who has been ordered an imprison- ceasefire agreement with two insurgent groups in ment for six months, belongs to which High Court? Nagaland for how much duration? 1) Madras 2) Tripura 3) Guwahati 1) 1 Year 2) 2 Year 3) 3 Year 4) Calcutta 5) Bombay 4) 4 Year 5) 5 Year Q.31 First five year plan was based on which model? Q.21 Which electronic sports will be featured as a full sport 1) P.C. Mahanalobis Model at the 2022 Asian Games, as was announced by the 2) Herold -Domar Model Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on 19 April 2017? 3) R.K. Narayan Model 1) Hacking 2) Video Gaming 3) Coding 4) All of the above 4) Programing 5) None of these 5) None of these Q.22 According to FICCI, what is India's GDP forecast Q.32 Which of the following is the currency of Mexico? for the year 2017-18? 1) Peso 2) Sol 3) Rial 1) 7.0 % 2) 7.1 % 3) 7.2 % 4) Som 5) Rand 4) 7.3 % 5) 7.4 % Q.33 Justice Leila Seth, who was the first woman Chief Q.23 Which of the following airport has become the Justice of a state High Court, passed away on 5 world's busiest amongst the single-runway facilities May 2017. She had achieved this distinction by in the year 2016-17? becoming Chief Justice of which High Court? 1) Delhi Airport 2) Chennai Airport 1) Allahabad High Court 3) Mumbai Airport 4) Goa Airport 2) Himachal Pradesh High Court 5) Cochin Airport 3) Madhya Pradesh High Court Q.24 What is India's rank in the World Bank's electricity 4) Guwahati High Court accessibility ranking in the current year? 5) None of these 1) 56 2) 46 3) 36 4) 26 5) 16 Q.34 Who among the following cannot open an account Q.25 Recently who was named South African Cricketer in any bank in India? of the Year at an event hosted by Cricket South 1) One who is not earning regularly Africa (CSA)? 2) A Housewife 1) AB de Villiers 2) Hashim Amla 3) A student of 10th Standard 3) Faf du Plessis 4) JP Duminy 4) A farmer who owns a small piece of land 5) Quinton De Kock 5) An individual who is well to do but his source of Q.26 Rammohan Rao, former Principal Information income is not known. Officer (PIO) who had served as a media adviser to Q.35 Which of the following methods can be conveniently four prime ministers hailed from which Indian state? used for providing finance for infrastructure projects? 1) Karnataka 2) Kerala 1) Securitization 2) Credit Syndication 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Take out Financing 4) Consortium Financing 5) Goa 5) Factoring Alibaba Founder Jack Ma became China's richest person

95 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 Q.36 Which of the following terms is used in the field of Q.46 The Supreme Court in its ruling of April 2017 Economics? described what amount as a “just and proper” 1) Biosphere 2) Exchange rate amount as alimony, for maintenance to be paid by a 3) Equator 4) Harmonic Tremor husband to his estranged wife? 5) None of these 1) 75% of the net salary 2) 100% of the net salary Q.37 Which of the following is secured instrument of 3) 50% of the net salary 4) 33% of the net salary “Money Market” 5) 25% of the net salary 1) Commercial paper 2) Certificate of deposit Q.47 Vinod Khanna, the immensely popular Hindi film 3) Treasury bill 4) Call money actor of yesteryears, passed away at a hospital 5) Commercial bill in Mumbai on 27 April 2017. As a Bollywood Q.38 On _____, World Photography Day is observed heartthrob he was best known for his roles in films across the world. such as “Amar Akbar Anthony”, “Qurbaani” and “Insaaf”. He was a 4-time Lok Sabha Member of 1) October 12 2) August 20 Parliament from which constituency of Punjab? 3) September 24 4) August 19 5) November 13 1) Amritsar 2) Bhatinda 3) Gurdaspur 4) Ludhiana Q.39 A Nationalized Bank is also called - 5) Chandigarh 1) Private Sector Bank 2) Self Help Group Q.48 Allahabad Bank which began operations in 1865, 3) Gramin Bank 4) Public Sector Bank has its headquarters in_____. 5) None of these 1) Goa 2) Kolkata 3) Pune Q.40 Which country overtook China to become the 4) Mumbai 5) None of these world’s largest two-wheeler market, as was disclosed in automobile data released during May 2017? Q.49 The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 13 April 2017 gave his approval to supporting pieces 1) India 2) Japan 3) Germany of legislation related to the Goods and Services Tax 4) South Africa 5) New Zealand (GST) that will pave the way for the roll out of ‘one Q.41 Which of the following is the India’s first Credit nation, one tax’ regime from 1 July 2017. Which of Information Company? the following is related to it? 1) CRISIL 2) ICRA 3) CARE 1) The Central GST Act, 2017 4) ONICRA 5) CIBIL 2) The Integrated GST Act, 2017 Q.42 What is the Tagline of Bandhan Bank? 3) The GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 1) Bharat Ka Bank 4) The Union Territory GST Act, 2017 2) Aapka Vikas, Desh ka Vikas 5) All of these 3) Aapka Bank Q.50 What do you understand by the term "Ante- Dated 4) Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai Cheque"? 5) Ham Saath Saath Hain 1) A cheque bearing the date earlier than it was Q.43 Which entity became India’s first private sector drawn. small arms manufacturing entity after its plant was 2) A cheque bearing the date later than it was inaugurated during May 2017? drawn. 1) Punj Lloyd Sanrakshak Systems 3) A cheque bearing no date at all. 2) Punj Raksha Systems 4) A cheque bearing same date on which it was 3) Lloyd Raksha Systems drawn. 4) Punj Lloyd Raksha Systems 5) None of these 5) Punj Lloyd Systems Q.51 When is World Youth Skills Day celebrated? Q.44 In order to facilitate liquidity management 1) 15 July 2) 11 August operations by RBI, it has revised the ceiling for 3) 21 August 4) 15 September issue of securities under the MSS to- 5) 21 November 1) 50 Billion 2) 500 Billion Q.52 Currency swap is an instrument to manage ______. 3) 600 Billion 4) 5000 Billion 1) Currency risk 5) 6000 Billion 2) Currency and interest rate risk Q.45 World Bank was established in the year……… 3) Cash flows in different currencies 1) 1944 2) 1985 3) 1986 4) Interest rate risk 4) 1988 5) None of these 5) All of the above Govt revised base year of WPI, IIP to 2011-2012 from 2004-05

96 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 Q.53 China has registered a strong protest on recent visit 1) 10000 2) 25000 3) 50000 of his Holiness Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh. 4) 100000 5) No limit Who is the current Indian Ambassador to China? Q.61 The RBI has initiated PCA for IDBI in order to deal 1) Vijay Gokhale 2) Suresh Kalmadi with NPA. So in this context what does PCA stands for? 3) Ajay Mishra 4) Sidhdhesh Singh 1) Placement of Corrupt Assets 5) Sunanda Patil 2) Prompt Corrective Action Q.54 IT industry body NASSCOM has appointed Quattro 3) Private Corrective Action CMD as its chairman? What is the name of Quattro's 4) Private Corrupt Assets CMD? 5) Public Corrupt Assets 1) Gajendra Singh 2) Raman Roy Q.62 Recently which country has been unanimously 3) Pranav Mukul 4) Urjit Patel elected as the president of the UN-Habitat, an organ 5) Manish Singh of the United Nations to promote sustainable human Q.55 Who is the MD of Federal Bank? settlements across the globe? 1) Shyam Srinivasan 2) Sri Arvindam 1) UAE 2) Afghanistan 3) Belgium 3) Shekhar Basu 4) Mohan Basu 4) Turkey 5) India 5) None of these Q.63 Who will be the Pakistan’s new High Commissioner Q.56 Recently NBRI has developed an android based to India? mobile application for information on different 1) Najib Rajak 2) Qamar Javed Bajwa plants that reduce air pollution. Its name is - 3) Sohail Mahmood 4) Mamnoon Hussain 1) ENSIS-NBRI-Green Planner 5) Tehmina Janjua 2) ENVIS-NBRI-Green Planner Q.64 Which telecom operator has entered into a strategic 3) ENFIS-NBRI-Green Planner partnership with Cab booking company Ola to offer 4) ENTIS-NBRI-Green Planner a range of digital services to customers? 5) None of these 1) Airtel 2) Aircel 3) Idea Q.57 Which of the following explanation to ATM 4) Vodafone 5) Reliance categories, does not match - Q.65 According to IMF, what is India's GDP forecast in 1) Network ATM - which is connected to some the year 2017-18? ATM network 1) 7% 2) 7.1% 3) 7.2% 2) Offsite ATM - which is not connected to data 4) 7.3% 5) 7.4% base of the bank Q.66 Centrist independent candidate Emmanuel Macron 3) Onsite ATM - the ATM which is within/outside will be the new President of France as he won the the branch premises historic French Presidential elections on 7 May 4) Standalone ATM - the ATM which is not 2017 defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen connected to any ATM network convincingly. What is an important fact associated 5) None of these with Macron’s win? Q.58 A debit card holder cannot perform which of the 1) He will be the youngest French President ever following functions? 2) He will be the oldest French President ever 1) Make Point of Sale (PoS) purchase 3) He will be the youngest French Prime Minister ever 2) Recharge pre-paid mobile phones 4) He will be the oldest French Prime Minister ever 3) Pay life insurance premium 5) None of these 4) Make Donation Q.67 Who has been appointed as the goodwill ambassador 5) None of these for hepatitis in South-East Asia region to boost Q.59 The United Nations general assembly has declared awareness and intensify action to arrest the epidemic? the year 2017 as ____? 1) Amitabh Bachchan 2) Shahrukh Khan 1) International Year of Seas for Development 3) Priyanka Chopra 4) Deepika Padukone 2) International Year of Sustainable Tourism for 5) Vidya Balan Development Q.68 Sudarsan Pattnaik, the internationally acclaimed 3) International Year of Vegetables for Development Indian artist, has created a 40-foot long sand sculpture 4) International Year of Food for Development of reclining Buddha, the World's longest, in- 5) International Year of Oils for Development 1) Singapore 2) Sri Lanka 3) Mauritius Q.60 What is the upper limit to issue a T-Bill? 4) Russia 5) China Telangana hosted first Videsh Sampark

97 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 Q.69 Who has been appointed as the next United Nations Q.75 Where is the HQ of International Court of Justice humanitarian aid chief? (ICJ) situated? 1) Mike Pence 2) Margaret Chan 1) Geneva 2) New York 3) Mark Lowcock 4) Guy Ryder 3) Hague 4) Washington D.C 5) Christine Lagarde 5) Basel Q.70 NITI Aayog Vice Chairman ______launches Q.76 According to the latest ATP rankings, who among "Energy Web Portal", to organize all energy related the following is on top position? data on one place? 1) Andy Murray 2) Novak Djokovic 1) Arvind Panagariya 2) Amitabh Kant 3) Stan Wawrinka 4) Rafael Nadal 3) Narendra Modi 4) V.K.Saraswat 5) Roger Federer 5) Bibek Debroy Q.77 According to FICCI, what is India's GDP forecast Q.71 Which country will host a meet of 14 Pacific Island for the year 2017-18? countries in Fiji from May 25? 1) 7.0 % 2) 7.1 % 3) 7.2 % 1) Myanmar 2) Sri Lanka 3) Nepal 4) 7.3 % 5) 7.4 % 4) Afghanistan 5) India Q.78 In context to Cyber Security, What does 'R' stands Q.72 What is India's rank in the Asian Wrestling for in the abbreviation "CERT"? Championship in women's 60kg category? 1) Rapid 2) Response 3) Regional 1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 4) Rational 5) Realtime Q.73 The _____ tall bust of 'Adiyogi' Lord Shiva at Q.79 What is the name of the virus which recently the Isha Yoga Foundation has been declared the infected cyber security of 150 countries? world's largest bust by the Guinness Book of World 1) Ransomware 2) Techglitch Records. 3) RansomCry 4) WannaCry 1) 152 Feet 2) 142 Feet 3) 132 Feet 5) WannaRansom 4) 122 Feet 5) 112 Feet Q.80 Who is recently appointed as the new whole time Q.74 Recently who has received the final license from member of SEBI? Reserve Bank to operate as a small finance bank? 1) Ajay Tyagi 2) Madhabi Puri Buch 1) Utkarsh Microfinance 2) Aakash Microfinance 3) BP Kanungo 4) UK Sinha 3) Disha Microfinance 4) Unnati Microfinance 5) Priyanshi Rastogi 5) Ujala Microfinance ENGLISH LANGUAGE Q.81-85. Read the following passage carefully and answer Japanese. Similarly, in other studies with different the questions given below it. cultures, the person speaking a second language often You’re giving a presentation on the company’s switched to the speech style of the native speaker. strategic direction when one of your colleagues From the literature, I learned that heritage is not the interrupts you. You pause, address his question, only factor that affects interruption. Studies of group and continue with your point — until he interrupts discussions and conversations during meetings have again. Sound familiar? It was found some empirical found that status is another. High-status people are support for the idea that culture plays a role in asked their opinions more often, talk more, receive interruptions when reading about how people from more positive comments, are chosen as leaders more individualistic and collectivistic cultures interact in frequently, are more likely to influence their group’s conversation. decisions, and in general dominate the conversation. In one study, Japanese participants (whose culture Studies of conversations involving couples and is collectivistic) tended to switch their usual families have also found such status effects. cooperative interruption style (e.g., interruptions People tend to dominate conversations and interrupt asking for clarifications) to the more intrusive when they feel more powerful than others in the North American style when they were engaged room or when they want to signal power to others. in conversations in English with Americans. In In my research with two other scientists from the addition, the number of intrusive interruptions university of California, we found that when we was higher in conversations between Japanese and induced people to feel powerful, by having them American participants conducted in English than in write about a time they had power over other people, conversations between two Japanese participants in they gave more weight to their own opinions than to

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98 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 a more informed advisor’s when making decisions. (2) High-status people are chosen as leaders more In another study, team leaders who were induced frequently. to feel powerful did most of the talking during the (3) High-status people are more likely to influence team discussion and interrupted frequently. As a their group’s decisions. result, these leaders failed to learn about critical (4) High-status people are in general dominate the information that other team members had. conversation. Q.81 When do People tend to dominate conversations (5) All (1), (2), (3) and (4) and tend to interrupt? Q.86-90 Read the following passage carefully and answer A. When they feel more powerful than others in the room. the questions given below it. B. When they want to signal power to others. The competitiveness of the U.S. economy depends on C. When they feel highly subjugated. technological progress, but recent data suggests that (1) Only A (2) Both B and C (3) Only C innovation is getting harder and the pace of growth (4) Both A and B (5) All A, B and C is slowing down. A major challenge in business and Q.82 Why did the team leaders fail to learn about critical policy spheres is to understand the environments that information that other team members had? are most conducive to innovation. One way to do that is to look to history. In our research we focused on A. Team leaders did most of the talking during the the golden age of invention: the late 19th and early team discussion and interrupted frequently. 20th centuries, when America became the world’s B. Team leaders did not listen to anyone else except preeminent industrial nation. them. Innovation was more prevalent in some areas C. Team leaders were interrupted frequently for than others. The map shows regions that today various justifications. are declining, such as the Rust Belt, used to be (1) Only A (2) Both B and C (3) Only C innovation hotspots during the golden age. Our (4) Both A and B (5) All A, B and C research finds that innovation flourished in densely Q.83 What was found on reading about how people from populated areas where people could interact with individualistic and collectivistic cultures interact in one another, where capital markets to finance conversation? innovation were strong, and where inventors had access to well-connected markets. States with a A. Some empirical support is there that culture does legacy of slavery were considerably less innovative, not support ethnicity. and religion had a negative effect, too, though to B. Their own opinions than to a more informed a lesser degree. Places that were economically and advisor’s when making decisions. socially open to disruptive new ideas tended to be C. Some empirical support is there for the idea that more innovative, and they subsequently grew faster. culture plays a role in interruptions. Inventors in the golden age were overwhelmingly (1) Only A (2) Both B and C (3) Only C white and male. They were less likely to marry and (4) Both A and B (5) All A, B and C they had fewer children, perhaps because of the time Q.84 What does the "other studies" about Japanese commitments associated with making technological participants with different cultures state ? discoveries. Inventors in the U.S. history have A. the person speaking a second language was far tended to be highly educated, in contrast to the more intelligent while having a word with the common portrait of the uneducated amateur. They native speaker. typically invented in pursuit of profit, and the financial returns to innovation were large. The B. the person speaking a second language was more innovation sector was highly competitive. The best relaxed and calm during conversational remorse. inventors survived. The worst exited quickly. C. the person speaking a second language often The family backgrounds of inventors were switched to the speech style of the native distinctive. Having a father who was an inventor speaker. increased the likelihood of becoming one, perhaps (1) Both B and C (2) Only C (3) Both A and B because fathers passed along their aspirations, (4) All A, B and C (5) Only A or perhaps because it facilitated access to the Q.85 As per the passage what happens with the High- right types of social networks. Fathers’ incomes status people? were positively correlated with the probability of (1) High-status people are asked their opinions becoming an inventor. This means that talented more often, talk more and receive more positive individuals from low-income families were more comments. likely to be excluded. Much of the link between Department of Posts launched 'Postman' App

99 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 family income and invention appears to have been meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions due to education. High-income families invested given below them. in the education of their children, and, in turn, (A) More than 200 people were directly affected. educated inventors were more productive. (B) The fire tenders were stationed about 40 km Q.86 What does recent data suggest as per the given passage? from the village at Rohru tehsil. A. the time commitments associated with making (C) During Diwali festival, about 30 of the hundred- technological discoveries are not being fulfilled. odd homes in the village. B. the innovation is getting harder. (D) Hence, Local residents and people from nearby C. the pace of growth is slowing down. villages played a major role in saving other (1) Only A (2) Both B and C (3) Only C houses and some shops in the area. (4) Both A and B (5) All A, B and C (E) They are being given shelter in a school building now. Q.87 What is a major challenge in business and policy (F) Were completely burnt down and. spheres? Q.91 Which of the following should be the LAST (1) To understand the nature of the business. sentence after rearrangement? (2) To understand the environments that are most (1) E (2) F (3) C (4) A (5) D conducive to innovation. Q.92 Which of the following should be the FIFTH (3) To understand the pros and cons of the economy. sentence after rearrangement? (4) To understand the productive aspects of the (1) E (2) D (3) A (4) F (5) B policies. Q.93 Which of the following should be the THIRD (5) Both (1) and (3) sentence after rearrangement? Q.88 Where do our research find that innovation flourished? (1) E (2) D (3) C (4) F (5) A A. in densely populated areas where people could Q.94 Which of the following should be the FIRST interact with one another. sentence after rearrangement? B. in financial markets where financial returns to (1) E (2) D (3) A (4) F (5) C innovations were strong. Q.95 Which of the following should be the SECOND C. where inventors had access to well-connected markets. sentence after rearrangement? (1) Only A (2) Both B and C (3) Only C (1) E (2) D (3) A (4) B (5) F (4) Both A and B (5) All A, B and C Q.96-100. In the following passage there are blanks each Q.89 Which places tended to be more innovative and of which has been numbered. These numbers are grew faster? printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fits the (1) Places that were economically and biologically blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word adversely impacted. in each case. (2) Places that were economically and financially Diverse teams are more likely to constantly re- falling down. examine facts and remain objective. They may (3) Places that were economically keeping up with also encourage greater ____ (96) of each member’s the new reforms undergoing. actions, keeping their joint cognitive resources (4) Places that were economically and socially open sharp and ____(97). By breaking up workplace to disruptive new ideas. homogeneity, you can allow your employees to (5) Places that were judicially and economically become more aware of their own potential biases backward. entrenched ways of thinking that can otherwise Q.90 Why have the inventors in the U.S. history tended to blind them to key information and even lead them be highly educated? to make errors in decision-making processes. A. Because they typically invented in pursuit of profit. Greater diversity may also change the way that entire teams digest information needed to make the best B. Because the financial returns to innovation were large. decisions. In a study published in the Personality C. Because the profit margins were culminated and Social Psychology Bulletin, Katherine Phillips thoroughly. of Northwestern University and her team divided (1) Only A (2) Both B and C (3) Only C sorority or fraternity members into four-member (4) Both A and B (5) All A, B and C groups, each of which had ____ (98) read interviews Q.91-95 Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), conducted by a detective investigating a murder. Three (D), (E), and (F) in the proper sequence to form a people in every group, referred to as “oldtimers” in US-based Indian Ramit Tandon won his maiden PSA title

100 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 the study, came from the same ____ (99) or fraternity, Q.104. Parliament was informed about the terror attacks whereas the fourth, the so-called “newcomer,” was and ceasefireviolations has relative declined after either a member of the same fraternity or a different army carried out surgical strikes across Line of one. The three oldtimers in each group gathered to Control (LoC). decide who was the most likely murder suspect. Five (1) violations have relative decline after army carry minutes into their discussion, the newcomer joined out the deliberation and expressed their opinion as to (2) violations have relatively declined after army who the ____ (100) was. carried out It turned out that although groups with out-group (3) violations has relatively declines after army newcomers felt less confident about the accuracy carries outer of their joint decisions, they were more likely to (4) violation have relations decline after army guess who the correct suspect was than those with carried out newcomers who belonged to the same group. (5) No correction required Q.96 (1) scrutiny (2) facility (3) energy Q.105. India dismissed reports in Pakistani media that it has (4) brevity (5) choices agreed to halt work on Miyar hydroelectric project Q.97 (1) austerely (2) vigilant (3) mild at the neighbour country request and termed them (4) homogenous (5) cantankerous as “factually incorrect”. Q.98 (1) in (2) at (3) by (4) to (5) for (1) Hydroelectrical project on the neighbouring Q.99 (1) affinity (2) adversely (3) sorority country’s requesting (4) consecutively (5) separately (2) hydroelectric project at the neighbouring Q.100 (1) guilty (2) intent (3) heir country’s request (4) suspect (5) heist (3) hydroelectric project at the neighbours countries Q.101-103 In each of the following sentences there are two requests blank spaces. Below each five pairs of words have (4) hydroelectric projection between the neighbour been denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). of the country’s request Find out which pair of words can be filled in the (5) No correction required blanks in order to make a meaningful sentence. Q.106-110. Read each part of the sentence to find out if Q.101. ISRO is working on systems to ____ natural there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in disasters that could be ____ as input by the states one part of the sentence. The number of that part is and disaster management agencies. the answer. If there is no error, mark your answer (1) forecast, used (2) jargon, oracular as (5). (3) clamour, hooked (4) gush, repugnant Q.106. The country’s largest lender said(1)/ it would raise (5) enchant, happened USD 1.5 billion on overseas bonds(2)/ in one or more tranches(3)/ to fund business expansion(4)/ Q.102. Over 45 per cent of Automatic Weather Stations and No Error (5) nearly 60 per cent of Automatic Rain Gauges are non- functional due to ____ in procurement of ____ parts. Q.107. The sluggish economy for over three years, continues(1)/ to be a challenge and the government (1) sparse, nano (2) affray, spare would(2)/ make all efforts(3)/ to address the (3) delay, spare (4) abjure, anchorite situation.(4)/No Error (5) (5) quay, abandon Q.108. China dismissed as “unnecessary” the concerns of Q.103. Haryana government introduced the ____ of Pakistani businesses(1)/ over the possible of local e-vetting of replies to be filed in the court, as well as markets getting flooded with(2)/ cheap Chinese to ____ and deliver custody certificates online. goods due to tax exemption under the CPEC (1) miniature, procurement (2) system, generate project(3)/ marginalising local industries(4)/No (3) back, theme (4) venture, abnegate Error (5) (5) policy, abstain Q.109. The decline in telecom operators’ revenues(1)/ due to falling tariff, impacts their capacitate to invest Q.104-105. Which of the Phrases (1), (2). (3) and (4) (2)/ and this can also lead(3)/ to delay in spectrum given below each sentence should replace the payment.(4)/No Error (5) phrases printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as Q.110. Highlighting India’s(1)/ growing solar capacity,(2)/ it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the UN chief has said the world (3)/ is moving the answer. towards a green economy.(4)/No Error (5)

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101 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 QUNATITATIVE APTITUDE Q.111-115. In the following number series only one number Number of students in IIM and IIT (in 100) in is wrong. Find out the wrong number. different years Q.111. 16 18 44 136 548 2744 (1) 16 (2) 18 (3) 136 (4) 2744 (5) None of these Q.112. 64 165 100 136 120 124 (1) 100 (2) 165 (3) 136 (4) 124 (5) None of these Q.113. 75 74 146 430 1736 8675 (1) 75 (2) 146 (3) 430 (4) 74 (5) None of these Q.114. 5 6 15 41 105 230 Percentage of students getting scholarship (1) 15 (2) 6 (3) 41 (4) 5 (5) None of these Q.115. 15 16 36 116 484 (1) 15 (2) 36 (3) 116 (4) 484 (5) None of these Q.116. A trader mixes 26kg of wheat at Rs. 2 per kg with 30 kg of wheat of other variety of Rs. 3.60 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 3 per kg. What is his profit percent? (1) 12% (2) 6% (3) 8% (4) 10% (5) None of these Q.117. The sides of a rectangular field are in the ratio 5:2, Q.121 What is the respective ratio of the number of students its area is 19360 sqm. What is the perimeter of the getting scholarship in IIT in 2005 and number of rectangular field ? students getting scholarship in IIM in 2008? (1) 764m (2) 616m (1) 3:1 (2) 4:3 (3) 2:3 (3) 784m (4) Cannot be determined (4) 5:3 (5) None of these (5) None of these Q.122 What is the average number of students getting Q.118. Khushboo bought the bangles of equal number of Rs. scholarship in IIM in 2007, 2008 and 2009? 35 per piece, Rs. 48 per piece and Rs. 8 per piece. She (1) 442 (2) 440 (3) 446 spends total Rs. 1638 on all types of bangles. How (4) 436 (5) None of these many bangles did she buy of each type? Q.123 What is the difference between the number of (1) 12 (2) 18 students getting scholarship in IIT in 2004 and (3) 14 (4) Can't be determined number of students getting scholarship in IIM in (5) None of these 2006? Q.119. When a person sells 20 articles for Rs. 160, there is (1) 90 (2) 95 (3) 88 20% loss.How many articles should he sell for Rs. (4) 85 (5) None of these 240 in order to earn 20% profit? Q.124 What is the average number of students getting (1) 20 (2) 28 (3) 24 scholarship in IIT and IIM in 2009? (4) 18 (5) None of these (1) 459 (2) 456 (3) 452 Q.120. A 130 m long train crosses a 245 m. long bridge in (4) 448 (5) None of these 30 seconds. What is the speed of train per hour? Q.125 The number of students getting scholarship in IIM (1) 75 km/h (2) 50 km/h (3) 60 km/h in 2009 is approximately what percent of the number of students getting scholarship in IIT in (4) 45 km/h (5) None of these 2005? Q.121-125. Read the following graph carefully and answer (1) 88 (2) 93 (3) 85 the questions given below. (4) 77 (5) 80 Actor Ranbir Kapoor becomes the brand ambassador of online portal 'Yatra.com'

102 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 Q.126-130.Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions based on it-The number of students Sales Cost price of raw material Over head expenditure 1000 who joined and left in 5 schools during 5 years. 860 900 800 760 800 720 700 660 640 600 520 520 480 500 440 420 400 320 300 Amount lakh)(in 180 180 140 160 200 100 120 100 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Year

Cost price = cost price of raw material+overhead Q.126 If the average no. of students who left the school expenditure over 5 school together in the year 2005 is 142 find Q.131 What was the average sales revenue received by the the no. of students who left from the school A in the company during all the given year ? (In Rs. lakh) same year? (1) 700 (2) 720 (3) 740 (1) 165 (2) 170 (3) 173 (4) 760 (5) 800 (4) 177 (5) 180 Q.132 The respective ratio between the percentage profit Q.127 If the number of students joined in the school A, earn by the company in the years 2014 and 2015 is- B and E in the year 2007 and 2008 is 3 : 2, then find the difference between the total number of (1) 7 : 22 (2) 22 : 7 (3) 7 : 24 students joined in the School A and E in all the years (4) 24 : 7 (5) None of these together? Q.133 By what percent is the profit earned by the company (1) 68 (2) 75 (3) 889 in the year 2012 is more/less than the profit earned (4) 95 (5) Data Inadequate in 2011? Q.128 The number of students left from the school D 1 1 in 2004 is same as that of the number of students (1) 33 % more (2) 33 % less (3)30% less 3 3 joined in the school A in 2007. The number of students left from the school B in 2004 is same as (4) 30% more (5) 25% less that of the number of students joined in the school A in 20(5) Then find the total no of students left and Q.134 What is the average expenditure made by the joined together in the year 2004 ? company on the raw material taking all the years together (in Rs. lakh) (1) 1729 (2) 1829 (3) 1809 (4) 1879 (5) 1999 (1) 450 (2) 460 (3) 475 (4) 480 (5) 490 Q.129 The number of students joined in all the schools together in the year 2006 is 12% more than the Q.135 By what percent is the overhead expenditure in the no of students left from all the school in the year year 2016 is more than the overhead expenditure in 2006. Then find the number of students joined in the the year 2012? School A, C and D in the year 2006? 2 (1) 410 (2) 425 (3) 444 (1) 16 % (2) 20% (3) 25% 3 (4) 466 (5) 489 1 Q.130 Find the ratio between the no of students left from (4) 33 % (5) 40% the school C and E? 3 (1) 232:289 (2) 837:646 (3) 237:746 Q.136-137. Study the following information carefully to (4) 847:746 (5) 746:837 answer the questions that follow- Q.131-135. Read the following information carefully and A committee of six members is to be formed out of answer the following questions ? 6 doctors, 4 teachers and 3 office assistants, in how Description of cost price of raw-material overhead many different ways can it be done if- expenditure and sales of company X for a product Q.136 The committee should consists of 3 doctors, 1 for the given years (in Rs. lakh) teacher & 2 office assistant?

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103 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 (1) 520 (2) 360 (3) 240 first box is 200 kg. and the weight of second box is (4) 720 (5) None of these 20% higher than the weight of the third box whose Q.137 The committee should include atleast 3 teachers? weight is 25% higher than the first box. The fourth box of 350 kg. is 30% lighter than the fifth box. The (1) 360 (2) 391 (3) 411 difference in average weight of the four heaviest (4) 372 (5) None of these boxes and the four lightest boxes is- Q.138 The sum of the age of 4 members of a family 5 years (1) 50 kg (2) 60 kg (3) 75 kg ago was 94 years today when the daughter has been (4) 90 kg (5) None of these married off and replaced by a daughter-in-law the Q.140 Two vessels of 48 liter and 42 liter are filled with sum of their age is 92. (Assuming that there has mixtures of milk and water, the proportion in the been no other change in family structure and all the two vessel being respectively 13 : 7 and 18 : 17. If people are alive). What is the difference in the age the contents of the two vessel be mixed and 20 liter of the daughter and the daughter-in-law? of water be added to the whole, what will be the (1) 18 years (2) 20 years (3) 22 years proportion of milk and water in the resulting mixture? (4) 24 years (5) Cannot be determined (1) 12 : 13 (2) 8 : 15 (3) 5 : 13 Q.139 There are five boxes in a store. The weight of the (4) 12 : 5 (5) 7 : 16 REASONING Q.141 Hindi ought to be the official language of (3) The emergence of super-markets has caused India. There is no reason of the government to many small retail stores to close down and thus spend money printing documents in difference eliminate competition. languages, just to cater to people who cannot (4) It is economically wise to buy single items read/write Hindi. The government has better since bulk packages seldom offer significant ways to spend tax payers' money. People across savings. India should read/write Hindi or learn it at the (5) The financial savings from purchasing bulk earliest. packages may outweigh the inconvenience of Which of the following, if true, would weaken the being unable to purchase in any number of units speaker's argument the most? that suits the customers' need. (1) The government currently translates official Q.143 The increase in the number of reality shows on documents into more than eighteen languages. television channels bolsters the contention that (2) Hindi is the most difficult language in the world channels owners are more interested in boosting to speak. their revenues by pandering to voyeuristic (3) People who are multilingual usually pay tendencies of viewers. maximum taxes. The premise behind the above argument is that- (4) More people who travel across India learn Hindi (1) reality shows on television channels are a recent within five years. phenomenon. (5) Making Hindi the official language is a (2) everything that a channel broadcasts should be politically unpopular idea. educational. Q.142 Unlike other retail outlets, where items are purchased (3) reality shows on television appeal to the basic in any number of units the customer wants, in super- instincts of viewers. markets items are grouped in bulk packages. This (4) reality shows make more money than other types bulk buying offers savings to the customer. The of programs. option to buy at wholesale prices by buying in bulk (5) the channel owners can influence what is makes super-markets a practical choice for budget- watched by the viewers. conscious consumers. Q.144 Impressions are direct, vivid, and forceful products Which of the following is an assumption of immediate experience; ideas are merely feeble necessary to the author's argument? copies of these original impressions. (1) Super-markets often have greater buying power Assuming the above statement is true, which of the and lower overhead costs, so they can offer a statements logically follow from it? greater variety of products than regular retail I. Every impression leads to an idea. outlets. II. Ideas must follow an antecedent impression. (2) Super-markets are often more conveniently III. The colour of the 2017 RBI Grade B test booklet located and have better parking facilities. right in front of a candidate is an impression to Honey Singh awarded with the PTC Punjabi Film Award

104 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 her, whereas the memory of the colour of her data in Statement II are not required to answer the television set is an idea. question. IV. If one was interested in the origin of the idea Give answer (3) If the data in Statement II and III of the colour of a television set, then one need are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in to understand the impressions from which this Statement I are not required to answer the question. idea was derived. Give answer (4) If the data in all Statement I, II and (1) I & III (2) II (3) II & IV III together are not necessary to answer the question. (4) II, III & IV (5) I, II, III & IV Give answer (5) If the data in all Statement I, II and Q.145-149 Read the following information and then III together are necessary to answer the question. answer the questions:- Q.150 How is Go written in code language? Statement- Macroeconomic economic indication I. ‘Now Or Never Again’ is written as ‘tom ka na sa’ seem to be positive and these numbers have come in in that code language. the midst of a global slowdown –Finance Minister II. ‘You Come Again Now’ is written as ‘ja ka ta sa’ of India said in that code language. (A) India has potential to be the bright spot in the III. ‘Again Go Now Or Never’ is written as ‘na ho gloomy economic scenario. ka sa tom’ in that code language. (B) Fiscal deficit is coming down, Foreign exchange 1) (1) 2) (2) 3) (3) reserves are very hammer and inflation is very 4) (4) 5) (5) much under control. Q.151 On which day of the week starting from Monday (C) India’s economic growth is expected to improve did Manoj visit Chennai? despite unfavourable global winds. I. Manoj took leave on Wednesday. (D) The government is giving special focus on II. Manoj visited Chennai day after his mother’s improving the ease of doing business in the visit to his house. country with initiative like ‘make in India’ to boost the manufacturing sector. III. Manoj’s mother visited Manoj’s house neither on Monday nor on Thursday (E) The global economy is trying to find a balance between slowdown in china and growth picking 1) (1) 2) (2) 3) (3) up in U.S . 4) (4) 5) (5) Q.145 Which among the following is the course of action Q.152 Towards which direction is village J from village for the economic growth of India? W? 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E I. Village R is to the west of village W and to the north of village T. Q.146 Which among the following can be the “Assumption” for the given statement? II. Village Z is to the east of village J and to the south of village T. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E III. Village M is to the north east of village J and to Q.147 Which among the following can be inference of the the north of village Z. statement? 1) (1) 2) (2) 3) (3) 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 4) (4) 5) (5) Q.148 Which among the following shows the global action ? Q.153 Who among A,B,C,D,E and F each having a 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E different height, is tallest? Q.149 Which among the following is the conclusion for I. B is taller than A but shorter than E. the given statement? II. Only two of them are shorter than C. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E III. D is taller than Only F. Q.150-154 Each of the question below consists of a 1) (1) 2) (2) 3) (3) question and three statements numbered I, II and III 4) (4) 5) (5) given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer Q.154 How many daughters does P have? the question. Read all the three statements and ----- I. B and D are sisters of M. Give answer (1) If the data in Statement I and II are II. M’s father T is husband of P. sufficient to answer the question, while the data in III. Out of the three children which T has, only one Statement III are not required to answer the question. is boy. Give answer (2) If the data in Statement I and 1) (1) 2) (2) 3) (3) III are sufficient to answer the question, while the 4) (4) 5) (5) Dish TV India appointed Anil Dua as group CEO

105 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 Q.155-159 Read the following information carefully and (1) 140 (2) 180 (3) 260 answer the question given below ? (4) 280 (5) 320 In the following questions, the symbols $, %, @, Q.162 How many candidates offered the combination A + © and * are used with the following meaning as B + C ? illustrated below. (1) 15 (2) 30 (3) 40 (4) 20 (5) 25 (1) ‘P % Q’ means ‘Some Q are not P’. Q.163 How many candidates combined C with D? (2) ‘P $ Q’ means ‘All P are Q’. (1) 120 (2) 140 (3) 160 (3) ‘P * Q’ means ‘No P is Q’. (4) 70 (5) 40 (4) ‘P # Q’ means ‘Some P are not Q’ Q.164. How many candidates offered B with F? (5) ‘P @ Q’ means ‘Some P are Q’. (1) 15 (2) 20 (3) 75 (4) 70 (5) 40 You have to be consider the given statement to Q.165-166 According to recent reports, CEOs of large be true then you have to analyse which of the organisations are paid more than CEOs of small following conclusion is definitely true . organizations. It does not seem fair that just because a Q.155 Statement : - P $ Q * R @ M % N # Q # S % Z CEO is heading a big organization s/he should be paid Conclusion :- more. CEOs salary should be related to performance, especially growth in terms of sales and profits. Of 1) M * P 2) Q * S 3) Z @ S course, big organisations are more complex than the 4) M % P 5) Q % M small, but all CEOs require significant amount of Q.156 Statement : - R % Q # P $ T * S energy and time in managing organisations. Conclusion :- There is no proof then CEOs of small organisations. 1) S $ T 2) T $ P 3) R * Q All CEOs should be paid according to their 4) T % P 5) P % Q performance. Q.157 Statement : - J @ Q * W @ T % M $ N Q.165 A person seeking to refute the argument might argue Conclusion :- that 1) Q @ T 2) N % M 3) M % N (1) CEOs should be paid equally. 4) N % T 5) T % N (2) Managing big organisation is more challenging Q.158 Statement : - A $ B * C @ D $ E # F $ G % H $ I that small. Conclusion :- (3) If CEOs of small companies perform well, the company would become big and so would be 1) H % E 2) E % C 3) D % A CEOs salary. 4) G % I 5) G % E (4) CEOs who travel more should be paid more. Q.159 Statement : P * Q % R @ W # Z * M @ N $ O (5) Highly qualified CEOs should be paid more Conclusion :- because they have acquired difficult education. 1) R @ Z 2) R % Z 3) W * Z Q.166 Which of the following, if true, would strengthen 4) R % Q 5) Z % O the speaker's argument? Q.160-164. Study the following information carefully and (1) CEOs of small organisations come from good answer the questions given below: educational background. In an examination, six subjects A, B, C, D, E and F (2) CEOs in big organisation take much longer to were available for a candidate of which Only three reach top, as compared to their counterparts in had to be offered under the following conditions: small organisations. 1. One who offered A had to offer B also. (3) CEOs of big organisations are very difficult to 2. One who offered A could not offer E. hire. 3. One who offered C or D could not offer F. (4) A few big family businesses have CEOs from The distribution of the candidates over the subjects within the family. was as follows: (5) Big organisations contribute more towards moral A - 140, B -140, C - 180, D - 170, E - 140, F - 70. development of society. Q.160 How many combinations were permitted except Q.167-170 Given below is one passage followed by several ABD? possible inference which can be drawn from the (1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1 (5) 5 facts stated in the passage. You have to examine Q.161 How many candidates appeared for the examination each inference seperatly in the context of the in all ? passage and decide upon its degree of true or false. In its most ambitious bid ever to house 10 crore African-American beauty, Kara McCullough won the Miss USA 2017 title

106 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 slum dwellers and realize the vision of a slum free possible be drawn from the fact given or it contradict India, the government is rolling out a massive plan the given facts.- to build 70 lack dwelling units in 6 years across Q.170 Majority of the slums in cities and towns in India 600 towns and cities .The program could free up are on prime government properties. thousand of acres of valuable government land 1) the inference is definitely true, i.e. it properly across the country and generate crores worth of follows from the statement of facts given; business for real estate developers.Proliferation 2) the inference is probably true though not of slums has had an adverse impact on the GDP definitely true in the light of the facts given; growth for years slum dwellers are charaterized 3) the data are inadequate, i.e. from the facts given by low productivity and susceptible to poor health you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be conditions.The government believes that better true or false housing facilities will adress social issues and also 4) the inference is probably false though not have a multiplier effect and serve as an economic definitely false in the light of facts given; stimulus. 5) the inference is definitely false i.e. it cannot be Q.167 Health and sanitary conditions in slums are different possible be drawn from the fact given or it contradict of the acceptable norms of human habitat in Indian the given facts.- cities and towns. Q.171-175 Study the following information carefully and 1) the inference is definitely true, i.e. it properly answer the questions given below:- follows from the statement of facts given; Five married couples A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and 2) the inference is probably true though not J all sitting around a circle facing the centre. In definitely true in the light of the facts given; which none of females are sitting to near each-other. 3) the data are inadequate, i.e. from the facts given All are like five different company's : Wills, Peter you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be England, Raymond, Siyaram and Lenin fabrics. true or false (Not necessary in the same order) 4) the inference is probably false though not A is sitting third to the left of D and third to the right of definitely false in the light of facts given; C. C is sitting fifth to the left of her husband H. Both 5) the inference is definitely false i.e. it cannot be like same company fabric either Siyaram or Lenin. possible be drawn from the fact given or it contradict Person who liked the fabric of Siyaram and Lenin the given facts.- company are not the neighbours of those person who Q.168 Cities and towns of developing countries are free like the fabric of Peter England company. Either E from slums. and F or I and D like the fabric of Peter England 1) the inference is definitely true, i.e. it properly company. E is a female person who is the neighbour follows from the statement of facts given; of I. B likes the fabric of Wills company and is the 2) the inference is probably true though not wife of A. G is the male person and husband of J and definitely true in the light of the facts given; like the fabric of Lenin company J does not like the 3) the data are inadequate, i.e. from the facts given fabric of Siyaram and Raymond company. Every pair you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be likes the fabric of same company. C is sitting second true or false to the right of B. F is not the husband of D and J and 4) the inference is probably false though not likes the fabric of Peter England company. G is the definitely false in the light of facts given; immediate neighbour of C. 5) the inference is definitely false i.e. it cannot be Q.171 Which of the following pairs is true ? possible be drawn from the fact given or it contradict 1) G,H 2) I,J 3) E,D the given facts.- 4) G,F 5) None of these Q.169 Per capita income of better living housing facilities Q.172 Which of the following persons is sitting in front of F ? are higher than those slum dwellers. 1) A 2) G 3) J 1) the inference is definitely true, i.e. it properly 4) E 5) None of these follows from the statement of facts given; 2) the inference is probably true though not Q.173 Which of the following statements is true with definitely true in the light of the facts given; reference of married couples ? 3) the data are inadequate, i.e. from the facts given 1) A is the husband of F. 2) G is the husband of D. you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be 3) E is the wife of H. 4) B is the wife of I. true or false 5) None of these 4) the inference is probably false though not Q.174 Which of the following persons is neighbour of D? definitely false in the light of facts given; 1) H 2) F 5) the inference is definitely false i.e. it cannot be Skoda Auto India head Sudhir Rao resigned

107 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 3) Both 1 and 2 4) J When a word and number arrangement machine 5) None of these is given an input line of words and numbers, Q.175 Which of the following persons of group represents it rearranges them following, a particular rule. female persons? The following is an illustration of input and 1) E, J, D, B and H 2) J, D, B, I and G rearrangement : 3) J, D, B, I and G 4) E, J, D, B and C (All the numbers are two digit numbers.) 5) None of these Input : baffled 46 iceberg 19 nation unreal 75 Q.176-180. Study the following information carefully and 28 kidney 63 abandon 94 answer the questions given below: Step I : abandon baffled 46 iceberg 19 unreal Six books A, B, C, D, E and F are to be read by six 75 28 kidney 63 94 nation persons G, H, I, J, K and L from 11th February to Step II : iceberg abandon baffled 46 19 unreal 17th February with Saturday being an off day, but 75 28 63 94 nation kidney not necessarily in the same order. Each of the books Step III : unreal iceberg abandon 46 19 75 28 63 has different pages: 110, 115,120, 125,130 and 135, 94 nation kidney baffled again not necessarily in the same order. All the six Step IV : 75 unreal iceberg abandon 46 19 63 94 persons are sitting in a circle and all of them facing nation kidney baffled 28 towards the center .The person who reads a book Step V : 63 75 unreal iceberg abandon 19 94 B is sitting immediate right of G who reads a book nation kidney baffled 28 46 A. L is sitting opposite to that person who reads a book that reads on Thursday. The person who reads Step VI : 19 63 75 unreal iceberg abandon book E is sitting immediate left of L. The person nation kidney baffled 28 46 94 who reads a book of 135 pages is sitting immediate Step VII : 9 18 35 71 49 51 73 left of E. H is neither neighbour of person who 68 36 16 24 36 reads a book of 135 pages nor he reads a book E Step VIII : 9 16 18 24 35 36 36 . J is sitting between I and the person who reads a 49 51 68 71 73 book on Sunday. 17th February is not Saturday and Step IX : 81 256 324 576 1225 1296 1296 a book of 110 pages is read on that day. Book B is 2401 2601 4624 5041 5329 less than 120 pages and is read immediately before Step IX is the last step of the above arrangement book C. There are two books read between book D as the intended arrangement is obtained. As per which is of 135 pages and book A which is of 120 the rules followed in the given steps, find out the pages. Book C is read before Saturday and there are appropriate steps for the given input. two days between Saturday and book B. Book E which is of 125 pages is not read on 11February. Input : offense 71 vaccine 12 39 garage absorb The book read on Friday is of 135 pages. 86 earlier 25 malign 64 Q.176 How many books are read before Sunday? Q.181 If in the step II, 'absorb' interchanges its position with '86' and '39' also interchanges its position with (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 Vaccine' then which element will be seventh to the (4) 4 (5) 5 left of 25'? Q.177 Which of the following combinations of Book- Day (1) 39 (2) absorb (3) 86 - Pages is correct? (4) 64 (5) vaccine (1) C - Wednesday - 125 (2) B - Thursday - 115 Q.182 Which of the following will be step VII of the given (3) A - Thursday - 120 (4) D- Tuesday - 135 input ? (5) None is correct (1) 25 39 71 offense earlier absorb vaccine malign Q.178 How many pages does the book F ? garage 12 64 86 (1) 110 (2) 115 (3) 135 (2) 10 27 7 70 58 57 57 56 39 2 24 48 (4) 120 (5) 125 (3) 10 27 7 70 68 57 56 56 39 2 24 48 Q.179 Who is sitting fourth to the right of I ? (4) 10 27 7 70 68 57 57 56 39 2 24 48 (1) J (2) E (3) L (4) G (5) H (5) None of these Q.180 Book which is of 120 pages is read on ? Q.183 In which step are the elements ' 27 7 70 68 57 56 56 ' found in the same order ? (1) 12 Feb (2) 13 Feb (3) 4 Feb (4) 15 Feb (5) 11 Feb (1) VIII (2) IX Q.181-185 Study the following information carefully and (3) VII answer the given questions : Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley launched Operation Clean Money Portal

108 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 (4) VI Q.192 How many police is / are in this group ? (5) The given order of elements is not found in any step (1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 4 Q.184 Which elements come between '25' and 'malign' in (4) 3 (5) Can not be determined step III of the given input ? Q.193 After the second statement maximum how many (1) Both '64' and 'vaccine' thief can be exist in this group ? (2) Only '39' (1) 0 (2) 2 (3) 1 (3) Both '86' and 'earlier' (4) 3 (5) 5 (4) Only 'garage' Q.194 Which of the following combination is correct ? (5) Only 'offense' (1) A,C (2) B,C (3) D,C,E Q.185 Which element is third to the left of the one which is (4) C,D (5) Other than these options seventh from the left end in Step VI of the given input ? Q.195 Find the odd one out from the given alternatives ? (1) earlier (2) 71 (3) malign (1) A,B (2) A,D (3) A,B,C,D (4) offense (5) 25 (4) A,B,D (5) C,D,E Q.186-190 In a certain coding language:- Q.196-200 In these questions relationship between COMPANY ARRANGHED THE MEATING different elements is shown in the conclusions. is written as – R69 , M16+ , E5+ , A15+ These conclusions are followed by five statements MEATING HELD IN EVENING is written as (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). You have to find out that –E57 , L5+ , A15+ , –_14 statement which shows the given conclusions is/are EVENING BOSS ARRANGED MEATING is true. Mark answer. written as –R61 , A15+ , S15+ , –E57 Q.196 Conclusions: (I) I > N (II) K > P ARRANGEMENT DONE BY BOSS is written Statements: as N20+ , _ _+ , –R104 , S15+ (1) Q < I > K > N > P (2) Q < I > K < N < P Q.186 What is code for INDIA ? (3) Q < I < K > N < P (4) Q < I > K > N < P (1) +D18 (2) 18D+ (3) –18D (5) Q < I > K > N < P (4) –D18 (5) –D19 Q.197 Conclusions: (I) Q > C (II) V > C Q.187 What is code for HIGHEST ? Statements: (1) G9+ (2) +G14 (3) G52+ (1) B > V > Q < O < C (2) B < Q < V > O > C (4) G14+ (5) 8–16 (3) V< B > Q > O > C (4) B > V > Q > O > C Q.188 What is code for LEAK ? (5) B > V > C > O > Q (1) L6+ (2) A6– (3) –A6 Q.198 Conclusions: (I) V > J (II) C > J (4) A6+ (5) E6+ Statements: Q.189 What does N36+ Stands for ? (1) V > C, V > E, J > E, Y < C (1) FIND (2) DIMPU (3) SIMMI (2) V < C, V > E, J < E, Y < C (4) FONDU (5) GOLU (3) V > C, V < E, J > E, Y > C Q.190 What is code for EE ? (4) V > C, V < E, J < E, Y< C (1) - E - (2) _ - _ (3) _ _ - (5) V < C, V < E, J < E, Y > C (4) - - A (5) - _ _ Q.199 Conclusions : (I) E > H (II) E < P Q.191-195 Study the following information carefully and Statements: answer the questions given below: (1) G > P, W < U , E < U, E < H, P > U There are five members in a group A,B,C,D,and E . In (2) G > P, W < U , E < U, E < H, P > U which each of them is either a Thief or a police . Thief (3) G > P, W > U, E >U, E > H, P < U always speaks lie whereas police always tells a truth . (4) G < P, W > U, E > U, E > H, P > U Statement-1- A said that B is a police . (5) G > P, W > U, E > U, E > H, P < U Statement-2- B said that C is a thief . Q.200 Conclusions: (I) R > N (II) A > N Statement-3- C said that D is a thief . Statements: Statement-4- E stats that A and C are in same field . (1) A > B, A > C, R < C, N < B (2) A < B, A < C, R > C, N > B Statement-5- D stats that E is a thief . (3) A > B, A < C, R > C, N < B Q.191 How many thief is/are in this group ? (4) A < B, A > C, R < C, N > B (1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 4 (5) A < B, A > C, R > C, N > B (4) 3 (5) Can not be determined

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109 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 GENERAL AWARENESS Q.1(1) Q.2(1) Q.3(1) Q.4(4) Q.5(2) Q.41(5) Q.42(4) Q.43(4) Q.44(5) Q.45(1) Q.6(1) Q.7(1) Q.8(4) Q.9(1) Q.10(5) Q.46(5) Q.47(3) Q.48(2) Q.49(5) Q.50(1) Q.11(4) Q.12(4) Q.13(1) Q.14(3) Q.15(1) Q.51(1) Q.52(3) Q.53(1) Q.54(2) Q.55(1) Q.16(4) Q.17(3) Q.18(1) Q.19(5) Q.20(1) Q.56(2) Q.57(2) Q.58(5) Q.59(2) Q.60(5) Q.21(2) Q.22(5) Q.23(3) Q.24(4) Q.25(5) Q.61(2) Q.62(5) Q.63(3) Q.64(1) Q.65(3) Q.26(1) Q.27(2) Q.28(3) Q.29(4) Q.30(4) Q.66(1) Q.67(1) Q.68(2) Q.69(3) Q.70(1) Q.31(2) Q.32(1) Q.33(2) Q.34(5) Q.35(3) Q.71(5) Q.72(2) Q.73(5) Q.74(3) Q.75(3) Q.36(2) Q.37(3) Q.38(4) Q.39(4) Q.40(1) Q.76(1) Q.77(5) Q.78(2) Q.79(4) Q.80(2) ENGLISH LANGUAGE Q.81.(4) Answer lies in the beginning of the last paragraph. Q.101.(1) For other options Q.82.(1) Answer lies at last of the last paragraph. repugnant(Adj)-abhorrent Q.83.(3) Answer lies at last of the first paragraph. hooked(Adj)-curved Q.84.(2) Answer lies at last of the second paragraph. jargon(N)-Venacular Q.85.(5) Answer lies in the mid of the third paragraph. oracular(Adj)-hard to interpret Q.86.(2) Answer lies in the beginning of the first paragraph. Q.102.(3) For other options Q.87.(2) Answer lies in the beginning of the first paragraph. Abjure(V)-Renounce Q.88.(5) Answer lies in the middle of the second paragraph. Anchorite(N)- a religious recluse Q.89.(4) Answer lies at last of the second paragraph. Quay(N)-harbour Q.90.(4) Q.91.(5) Q.92.(5 Q.103.(2) For other options Q.93.(5) Q.94.(5) Abstain(V)- restrain oneself from doing or Q.95.(5) Correct Order – CFAEBD enjoying something. Q.96.(1) For other options Abnegate(V)-renounce Brevity(N)-Shortness Miniature(Adj)-small-scale Q.97.(2) For other options Q.104.(2) Homogenous(Adj)-similar Q.105.(2) Cantankerous(Adj)-bad-tempered Q.106.(2) Replace ‘on’ with ‘from’ Q.98.(4) Q.107.(5) No error Q.99.(3) For other options Q.108.(2) Replace ‘possible’ with ‘possibility’ Affinity(N)-Empathy Q.109.(2) Replace ‘capacitate’ with ‘capacity’ Q.100.(4) For other options Q.110.(5) No error Heist(N)-A robbery

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110 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE Q.111.(2) The series is : ×1+4, ×2+4, ×3+4 ------Q.128.(1) Joined = 176 + 187 + 289 + 133 + 160= 945 Q.112.(2) The series is : +(10)2, -(8)2, +(6)2, -(4)2------Left = 89 + 250 + 145 + 177 + 123 = 784 Q.113.(3) The series is : ×1-1, ×2-2, ×3-3, ×4-4 ------Total = 945 + 784 = 1729 Q.114.(1) The series is : 5+13 = 6 Q.129.(4) Left = 180 + 76 + 120 + 140 +187 = 703 6+23 = 14 703× 112 Joined = = 787 14+33 = 41 100 Joined A, C, D = 787 - 132 - 189 = 466 41+43 = 105 Q.130.(5) Required ratio = 746 : 837 = 232 : 279 105+53 = 230 660+ 720 + 760 + 640 + 860 + 800 4440 2 2 2 Q.131.(3) Average = = = 740 Q.115.(3) The series is : ×1 + 1 ,×2+2 , ×3+3 ------6 6 Q.116.(5) Here CP of the mixture 640 –( 420+ 180) 860–(520+ 180) = (26×2+30×3.60) = 52+108=160 Rs. × 100 : × 100 Q.132.(3) 420+ 180 520+ 180 Selling price of the mixture =(26+30)×3=Rs. 168 Gain = 168-160=8 Rs. 40 160 8 := 7 : 24 Gain% = ×100= 5% 600 700 160 Q.133.(2) Profit 2012 = 720 – (440+120) = 160 2 Q.117.(2) Area = 10x Profit 2011 = 660 – (320+100) = 240 2 19360= 10x 240 – 160 1 % = ×100 = 33 % less x = 44, 240 3 so sides, 44×5=220 m. 320+ 440 + 520 + 420 + 520 + 480 2700 Q.134.(1) Average = = = 450 44×2=88 m. 6 6 Perimeter = 2(l+b) = 2(220+88) = 2×308 = 616m 160 – 120 1 Q.118.(2) Let she purchase each type of bangle = x Q.135.(4) ×100 = 33 % 120 3 35x + 48x + 8x = 1638 1638 6× 4 × 3 x= = 18 Q.136.(3) Total way = CCC3 1 2 = 20 × 4 × 3 = 240 91 Q.137.(4) Total way = 4CCCC× 9 + 4 × 9 160 240 3 3 4 2 Q.119.(1) 20 = x = 4×84 + 1×36 = 372 80 120 Q.138.(3) 94 + 20 - 92 = 22 x = 20 Q.139.(3) Weight of 1st box = 200 kg. 130+ 245 18 × Weight of 3rd box = 250 kg. Q.120.(4) Speed = 30 5 = 45 km/hr Weight of 2nd box = 300 kg. Q.121.(4) Ratio = 420 : 252 = 5:3 Weight of 4th box = 350 kg. 1338 = = 446 Q.122.(3) Average number 3 Weight of 5th box = 500 kg. 1400 – 1100 Q.123.(5) Difference = 273 – 180 = 93 = 75 Difference = 4 kg. 918 Q.124.(1) Average number = = 459 2 13 18 264 390 Q.140.(1) Milk = 48× + 42 × = Q.125.(2) Percent = × 100 = 93 (approx) 20 35 5 420 7 17 186 Q.126.(4) Let the number of students who left from the Water = 48× + 42 × = 20 35 5 school A in 2005 = x 533+ x 186 286 = 142 Total water = +20 = Average = 5 5 5 = 533 + x = 710 264 286 := 12 : 13 x = 710 - 533 = 177 M : W = 5 5 Q.127.(5) Data inadequate Sunita Lakra completed century of international matches

111 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 REASONING Q.141.(5) Refer to the paragraph given where it is stated Q.156.(5) where the government has better ways to spend Q R taxpayers money. Hence this argument is contracted only by option (5)

Q.142.(1) The agrument states that experience entrepreneurs T P S believe in participatory form of administration. The question asks us to provide the reason for this inclination. option (1) best provides the reason for this inclination. Q.157.(5) Q.143.(5) J Q Q.144.(2) The author repeatedly state that while doing probability calculations we must think of an N individual but of a certain class as a whole. Thus W T M statement second best captures the conclusion that can be drawn from the passage. Statement three can be ruled out since the passsage does not talk about predicting any future events. So option (2) is correct answer. Q.158.(4) Q.145.(4) Option 4 is our answer as course of action is G I asked and course of action is the process to reach B A C D E F H result. Q.146.(2) Option 2 will be the answer as we have been Q.159.(5) asked to find assumption and only 2nd option is P Q R W Z implicit.

Q.147.(3) Option number 3 will be the answer because M N O inference is asked and inference means to draw the hidden fact and option 3 is the hidden fact. Q.148.(5) Option 5 will be the answer as result of global Q.160.(2) According to the given conditions there should action. be four possible combinations – ABC, ABD, Q.149.(1) Option number 1 will be the answer as in ABF, CDE. statement conclusion is asked and by option 1 Q.161.(4) ABC = 40, ABD = 30, ABF = 70, CDE = 140, (280) we can say that it is the given conclusion. Q.162.(3) 40 Q.150.(2) ‘Now Or Never Again’ -‘tom ka na sa’ Q.163.(2) CDE = 140 ‘Again Go Now Or Never’ -‘na ho ka sa tom’ Q.164.(4) ABF = 70 Q.151.(4) Q.165.(2) It rejects the argument of the author that CEO’s R W Q.152.(1) of big organisation should not be paid more T salary as compared to small ones. T Z Q.166.(1) Except four (1) the rest of the option do not strengthen the speakers argument. Option (2), Q.153.(5) (3) or (5) all give reasons as to why CEO’s in Q.154.(3) T P big organisation should be paid more. option (1) would add a further reason, one related to education, that would strengthen the speaker’s M B D argument that CEO’s of small organisations should be paid more.

Q Q.167.(2) Q.155.(5) P R M N Q Q.168.(4)

Z S Q.169.(3)

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112 JULY/2017/MASTER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS RBI GRADE-B (PHASE-I) MODEL PAPER 2017 Q.170.(1) Step IV : 71 offense earlier absorb 39 86 25 64 vaccine Q.171.(5) Wills malign garage 12 (–) B StepV : 39 71 offense earlier absorb 86 25 vaccine malign G F Lanin Peter England garage 12 64 Step VI : 25 39 71 offense earlier absorb vaccine malign garage 12 64 86 C D Siyaram Raymond Step VII : 10 27 7 70 68 57 57 I H 56 39 2 24 48 Raymond Siyaram Step VIII : 2 7 10 24 27 39 48 56 E J 57 57 68 70 Peter England A Lanin Wills Step IX : 4 49 100 576 729 1521 2304 3136 Q.172.(4) 3249 3249 4624 4900 Q.173.(5) Q.181.(3) Q.182.(4) Q.183.(5) Q.174.(3) Q.184.(1) Q.185.(4) Q.175.(4) Q.186.(4) For symbol : If starting letter of a word is consonant then we use + in last whereas If starting letter of a Q.176-180. Date Day Books Pages word is vowel then we use – in first . 11 Tues A 120 For letter : Third letter of a word is written if 12 Wed B 115 there is no third letter in the word then we use _ 13 Thu C 130 in place of third letter . 14 Fri D 135 For number :-If starting letter of a word is 15 Sat Off Off consonant then we add place values of vowels 16 Sun E 125 in the given Words whereas If starting letter of a word is vowels then we add place values 17 Mon F 110 of consonants in the given words . If there is no such letter found then we use _ . F L Q.187.(4) Q.188.(4) Q.189.(4) E K Q.190.(5) Q.191-195. Thief = C, E

A G J D Police = A, B and D Q.191.(1) Q.192.(4) Q.193.(2)

H Q.194.(5) Q.195.(4) B I Q.196.(1) If statement: - Q < I > K > N > P C Then conclusions: - (I) I > N (true) Q.176.(4) (II) K > P (true) Q.177.(5) Q.197.(4) If statement: B > V > Q > O > C Q.178.(1) Then conclusions :- (I) Q > C (True) Q.179.(4) (II) V > C (True) Q.180.(5) Q.198.(2) If statement: Y < C > V > E > J Q.181-185. Then conclusions:- (I) V > J (True) Input : offense 71 vaccine 12 39 garage absorb 86 earlier (II) C > J (True) 25 malign 64 Q.199.(5) If, Statement: G > P < U < E > H > W Step I: absorb offense 71 12 39 garage 86 earlier 25 Then conclusions:- (I) E > H (True) malign 64 vaccine (II) E < P (True) Step II: earlier absorb offense 71 12 39 garage 86 25 64 vaccine malign Q.200.(3) If Statement: N < B < A < C < R Step III : offense earlier absorb 71 12 39 86 25 64 vaccine Then conclusions:- (I) R > N (True) malign garage (II) A > N (True) Renowned biologist Purnima Devi Barman nominated for Whitley Awards

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