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CURRENT AFFAIRS Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and organic farming Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2018-19. mission for north east are being implemented. NATIONAL • The MoU was signed by Ravindra Nath, • The occasion will also provide an opportunity 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held in CMD, NSIC with Dr. A.K. Panda, Secretary, to create awareness of various central Varanasi: MSME, Government of India.Under the scheme government programmes. • The 2019 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be of National SC-ST Hub, being implemented by 14 Indian Cities Figure In World’s 20 Most held in the holy city of Varanasi in January. The NSIC on behalf of the Ministry Polluted Cities List: WHO announcement was made the Indian Embassy’s • NSIC also plans to enhance its activities in • Delhi and Varanasi are among the 14 Indian Minister of Community Affairs Anurag the areas of imparting entrepreneurship and skill cities that figure in a list of 20 most polluted Kumar. development training by targeting 15 percent cities in the world in terms of PM2.5 levels ( • Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated in India growth in the number of trainees. Particulate Matter) in 2016. on 9 January each year. Swachh Bharat Mission Launches GOBAR- • In terms of PM10 levels, 13 cities in India • The 2019 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas would be DHAN Scheme: figure among the 20 most polluted cities of the inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and • Union Minister for Drinking Water and world in 2016. his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth. Sanitation, Uma Bharti, has launched the • Nine out of 10 people in the world breathe air • The theme of the 2019 Pravasi Bharatiya Gobardhan scheme from Haryana’s Karnal containing high levels of pollutants. The data was Divas will be “Role of Indian Diaspora in district. released by World Health Organisation. building a New India”. The event will be jointly • It has been launched with an aim to positively • WHO’s global urban air pollution database organised by the Union Ministry of External contribute to cleanliness and generate energy measured the levels of fine particulate matter Affairs in association with the Uttar Pradesh from solid waste. (PM10 and PM2.5) from more than 4,300 cities in government. • The abbreviation of GOBAR is Galvanizing 108 countries, according to which ambient air Ministry of Railway & Rail Vikas Nigam Organic Bio-Agro Resources. This scheme is pollution alone caused some 4.2 million deaths in Limited Sign MoU: described as a component of the Open 2016. • The Annual Memorandum of Understanding Defecation Free-plus strategy across the India, World Bank sign USD 200 million loan (MoU) was signed between Ministry of Railway country. agreement for NNM: & Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) regarding • The scheme focuses on managing and • The Government of India signed a loan deal financial & non financial targets for the company. converting cattle dung and solid waste from farms worth USD 200 million with the World Bank for The target for revenue from operations for RVNL and fields to useful compost, biogas and bio- the National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN has been set of Rs 7600 Cr for the FY 2018-19. CNG. Abhiyaan). The loan approved will support the • Shri Ranjanesh Sahai, Secretary, Railway • The scheme will help in keeping villages first phase scale up to 315 districts across all Board & Shri S.C. Agnihotri, Chairman & clean, generate energy and in increasing the states and union territories (UTs) Managing Director, RVNL signed the MoU in Rail income of farmers. • The POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched by Bhavan. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ organised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March this year Uber signs with NASA for ‘flying car’ Kisan Kalyan Karyashala: at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. • Uber Technologies Inc. announced a • In a massive, countrywide farmer outreach • It aims in improving the coverage and quality partnership to study urban manned aircraft in exercise, the central government has organized of ICDS nutrition services to pregnant and conjunction with the US space agency NASA, block level Kisan Kalyan Karyashala. lactating women and children under 3 years of following a partnership last year that focused on • Under Kisan Kalyan Karyashala , farmers from age. unmanned drones. each block will gather to interact with agriculture World Bank • As part of the deal, Uber will share its data officers, scientists and progressive farmers to • President: Jim Yong Kim with the National Aeronautics and Space discuss ways to increase their income • Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United Administration to move the world closer to through adoption of new technology. States developing air traffic management systems for a • The minister Radha Mohan Singh highlighted • CEO: Kristalina Georgieva world with flying cars. the need for implementation of National NITI Aayog and Google sign SoI to help • Uber has set a goal of testing these electric Agricultural Markets and e-platforms (e-NAM) grow AI ecosystem in India flying vehicles by 2020 and a commercial launch to eliminate shortcomings of all the 585 centers • NITI Aayog and Google have come in 2023. and introduction of crop insurance scheme at a together to work on a range of initiatives to help NSIC Inks MoU with MSME Ministry for FY lower cost. build the AI ecosystem across the country. 2018-19 • For adoption of risk management and • It aims to foster growth for India’s nascent • The National Small Industries sustainable practices, Pradhan Mantri Fasal artificial intelligence (AI) and machine Corporation Limited (NSIC) signed a Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Paramparagat Krishi learning (ML) ecosystem. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with

• A Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed to this 2017 at USD 69.4 billion, an increase of 9.2 per • Under the initiative, all in-service teachers, effect by Ms. Anna Roy, Advisor, NITI Aayog and cent from 2016. irrespective of their subject and seniority will Shri Rajan Anandan, Vice President, India and have an enabling opportunity to keep abreast of South East Asia, Google. National Conference of 244 Districts under Beti the latest developments in their disciplines • NITI’s partnership with Google will start Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP): through the online refresher course. massive training initiatives, support startups and • Women and Child Development Ministry HRD Ministry encourage AI research through PhD scholarships, will hold National Conference of 244 Districts • Cabinet Minister: Prakash Javadekar all of which contributes to the larger idea of a under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, BBBP, in New • Constituency: Madhya Pradesh, Rajya technologically-empowered New India. Delhi. Sabha NITI Aayog ties up with IBM to develop crop yield • The Conference will provide an opportunity for ‘Vibrant North East 2018’ Held In Guwahati: prediction model experience sharing and will motivate the new • The ‘Vibrant North East 2018’, an event in • NITI Aayog and IBM signed a Statement districts to plan and execute the programme which people would be made aware of central of Intent (SoI) to develop a crop yield prediction successfully. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had government’s schemes and programmes. model using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to announced the All India expansion of BBBP • This will be the fourth edition of the provide real time advisory to farmers in scheme in 640 districts across the country. ‘Vibrant North East’ expo in Guwahati, Aspirational Districts. • Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao is a personal Assam. • The SoI was signed in the presence of Shri campaign of the Government of India that aims • The main purpose of the event is to Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog and Shri to generate awareness and improve the efficiency disseminate information about the schemes, Karan Bajwa, MD, IBM India. of welfare services intended for girls. The grants and projects of the Central Government to • The partnership aims to work together scheme was launched with an initial funding of ensure that they are implemented as expected towards use of technology to provide insights to Rs.100 crore. officially. There is a lack of awareness about such farmers to improve crop productivity, soil yield, North Eastern cultural and information centre to schemes and projects among the farmers and control agricultural inputs with the overarching be set up in Delhi: other stakeholders of the North East. goal of improving farmers’ incomes. • A North-eastern cultural and information • It is organised by Delhi-based NGO, Centre NITI Aayog centre, showcasing the vibrant culture of the for Agriculture and Rural Development • Headquarters: New Delhi region, will come up in Delhi soon. (CARD). Chairperson: Narendra ModiCabinet approves • It was announced by Union minister of Dhadkan mobile app was launched to monitor continuation of PMSSY: Development of North Eastern Region health of heart patients: • In a major boost to expansion of health care (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh. It is • A mobile application — ‘Dhadkan’ has infrastructure in the country, the Union Cabinet being built on 1.32 acre land in Dwarka and will been launched for monitoring the health of has approved the continuation of the Pradhan act as a cultural convention and information hub people suffering from heart ailments and provide Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) of the region in Delhi. them with medical assistance in case of beyond 12th Five Year Plan to 2019-20. • The project is expected to be completed soon emergency. It was developed by Students at IIT • The financial outlay for this purpose is Rs at an estimated cost of Rs 50-55 crore and it will Roorkee. It can automatically send notification 14,832 crore. be one of its kind in the country and will be a to both the doctor and the patient, in case of any • Under this scheme, new All India Institute of state-of-the-art project. drastic changes in patient’s health data indicating Medical Science are established and the Cabinet Approves Accession To Protocol Under the possibility of an imminent heart attack. government medical colleges are upgraded. WHO Framework Convention: • The app is available for free and no charges • The PMSSY, which is a central sector scheme, • The union cabinet has given approval for India are involved to avail the benefits. aims at correcting the imbalances in the to agree to the protocol under World Health Labour ministry: New Pensioners can use availability of affordable tertiary health care Organization Framework Convention on passbook using Umang app facilities in different parts of the country and Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to eliminate • Pensioners would now be able to view their providing medical education in the under- illicit trade in tobacco products. pension passbook on mobile phones with the help served states in particular. • This will be applicable to both smoking and of Umang app. The retirement fund body India among top 5 biggest defence spenders chewing or smokeless tobacco (SLT) forms as EPFO has announced the launch of a facility to • India has emerged as one of the five biggest negotiated and adopted under Article 15 of the extend the special service to pensioners. military spenders in 2017 by surpassing WHO FCTC. • Umang app is a common platform for services France. • The objective of FCTC is to provide a such as gas booking, Aadhaar, crop • The report was produced by Stockholm framework for supply and demand reduction insurance, EPF and National Pension International Peace Research Institute measures for tobacco control at the national, System. (SIPRI). regional and global levels. • The introduction of this facility is part of • With an expenditure of USD 63.9 billion on HRD Ministry launches major initiative: SWAYAM EPFO’s plan to go paperless by August this year military in 2017, India marked a 5.5 per cent platform and provide all services online. rise from the figures in 2016. • Human Resource Development Ministry has • The app is available for free and no charges • China made the biggest leap with an increase launched a major and unique initiative of online are involved to avail the benefits. of 5.6 per cent (USD 12 billion) from 2016, and professional development for 1.5 million higher Labour ministry became the highest defence spender in Asia at education faculty using the Massive Open • Cabinet Minister( Independent Charge): USD 228 billion. Online Courses (MOOC) platform SWAYAM. Santosh Kumar Gangwar • The United States retained the top spot at • In the first phase, 75 discipline-specific EPFO USD 610 billion, with unchanged military National Resource Centres (NRCs) have been • Headquarters: New Delhi expenditure between 2016 and 2017. Saudi identified. • CEO: V. P. Joy Arabia emerged as the third biggest spender in

Union cabinet increases investment limit to Rs.15 • An exhibition on the paintings of Tagore titled BRO Lakh under PMVVY: ‘Rabindranath Tagore: Rhythm in Colours’ • Director General: Lt. Gen.Harpal Singh • The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister and was inaugurated by India’s Ambassador to • Headquarters: New Delhi Narendra Modi has approved extending the Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya at Ahmed Shawki • Motto: Creates, Connects and Cares…, investment limit from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 15 museum in Giza – originally the house of famous ‘Shramena Sarvam Sadhyam’ lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana poet Ahmed Shawki. Delhi to host six day festival of Bharat: Yojana (PMVVY). • The festival is being organised by the • National capital Delhi will host a six-day-long • The cabinet also extended the last date for Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture Festival of Bharat between May 9 and May subscription to the scheme till March 31, 2020. (MACIC), the cultural wing of the Indian 14 as a 21st century tribute to the majesty and It will enable up to Rs 10,000 pension per Embassy in Cairo. depth of India’s civilization. month for senior citizens. Social Justice Ministry to organise ‘Cochlear • The event will be held at the Scheduled • The PMVVY is being implemented through Life Implant Awareness Programme’ between 9th May and 14th May at the Indira Insurance Corp (LIC) to provide social security • A ‘Cochlear Implant Awareness Gandhi National Centre for the Arts during old age and protect the elderly aged 60 Programme’ is being organized by the (IGNCA). years and above against a future fall in their Department of Empowerment of Persons with • Scholars, Grammy award winning artistes, interest income due to uncertain market Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social rising new stars and prominent public figures will conditions. Justice and Empowerment in association with attend the Fest. Grammy Award winner in 2016, • The scheme provides an assured pension Indian Red Cross Society and Sarvodaya Hospital Vishwa Mohan Bhatt participates in the meet. based on a guaranteed rate of return of 8 per & Research Centre. Patanjali ranked most trusted FMCG brand in cent per annum for 10 years. • It was held at Huda Convention Centre, India Government Announces Project To Strengthen Sector-12, Faridabad (Haryana). Cochlear • Patanjali Ayurved Limited has been ranked as Namami Gange Programme Implant is a modern technology to help young India’s most trusted Fast Moving Consumer • National Mission for Clean Ganga has children who have severe to profound Goods (FMCG) brand in the TRA’s Brand Trust brought on board Survey of India to facilitate the deafness in both ears. Report 2018. Ganga rejuvenation task by using Geographic • The event named Swar Swagtam is of great • The Patanjali Ayurved Limited was established Information System (GIS) technology. importance for creating awareness among the in 2006 by Ramdev, along with Acharya • The project which has been approved at an public about the Cochlear Implant Programme Balkrishna, with the objective of establishing a estimated cost of Rs. 86.84 crore. under ADIP Scheme of the Department. science of Ayurveda in accordance and • The project includes use of Digital Elevation First Apex Conference for CEOs of Smart coordination with the latest technology and Model (DEM) technology which ensures accurate Cities held in Bhopal: ancient wisdom. data collection, an important aspect for river • The two-day conference ‘First Apex • The company had reported a turnover of Rs basin management planning. Conference for the Ccities have been 10,561 crore in FY 2016-17. • National Mission for Clean Ganga has announced as smart cities so far under the Patanjali Ayurved Limited approved a project to strengthen State Pollution missionEOs of Smart Cities’ will be held in • Headquarters: India, Fatehgarh, Control Boards (SPCBs) of five main stem Bhopal. This is the first such conference after the Uttarakhand Ganga basin states of Uttarakhand, Uttar launch of Smart Cities Mission on June 25, 15th Finance Commission constitutes an Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. 2015. Advisory Council: Google grants fund for teacher training and • Union Minister of State with Independent • The Fifteenth Finance Commission has educational content creation in India: Charge in the Ministry of Housing and Urban constituted an Advisory Council to advise and • Google.org offers $3 mn in grants to 2 Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri will inaugurate the assist the Commission. Indian non-profit organisations has made an first of its kind conference of the CEOs of the • The role and functions of the Advisory Council additional grant of USD 3 million to two Indian ‘Smart Cities’. will be to advise the Commission on any issue or non-profit organisations, taking its total • It aims for cross-sharing of knowledge subject related to the Terms of Reference commitment to USD 11.4 million in the country. among the cities, the housing and urban affairs (ToR) of the Commission. • These grants are part of Google’s global ministry. • It helps in broadening the Commission’s ambit commitment of USD 50 million. • As many as 99 . Each city would get Rs 500 and understanding to seek best national and • Of the USD 3 million, USD 2 million will go to crore as central assistance for implementation international practices on matters pertaining to Central Square Foundation (CSF) and USD 1 of the projects. fiscal devolution and improving the quality and million to The Teacher App. BRO celebrates 58th Raising Day: reach and enforcement of its recommendations. • With a grant of a USD 1 million, The Teacher • The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), a • The Finance Commission had so far made the App aims to empower teachers with the right leader in infrastructure development in the border 1971 Census as the basis to decide the transfer training and resources on concepts of math, areas of the country, has celebrated its 58th of tax money to the states. The government has science, language, and pedagogy, for a more Raising Day on May 7. directed the 15th Finance Commission to use the holistic learning experience. • The BRO was established in 1960 with 2 2011 Census figures for purposes of devolution • Google.org Education Lead: Nick Cain projects and now it has grown with 19 projects. of taxes to the states. 157th Birth Anniversary Of Rabindranath Tagor: • The works executed have ensured the Ravi Shankar Prasad Launches Website of Cultural Festival In Egypt territorial integrity and the socio-economic Digital India Internship Scheme: • India is organising a five-day cultural festival upliftment of the most inaccessible regions of the • In an effort to enhance skills of the in Egypt to commemorate the 157th birth country as well as India’s neighbourhood. youngsters, the Ministry of Electronics and anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath • The Border Roads Organisation develops and Information technology (MeitY) has launched the Tagore. maintains road networks in India’s border areas ‘Digital India Internship Scheme’ which will and friendly neighbouring countries. offer ₹10,000 per month as stipend to interns.

• The portal will facilitate students to apply support the rapid growth of India’s aviation the recovery of black money and online for internship and its aim is to provide an sector. performance of public sector banks among a opportunity to secure first hand and practical • As the world’s ninth largest aviation host of subjects. work experience under the guidance of a mentor. market, valued at 16 billion dollars per year, • The 30-member Estimates Committee, in • The internship scheme will enable the young India’s civil aviation sector maintains a high a meeting, decided to study a host of subjects students to learn closely about the initiative of growth trajectory, poised to be the third largest related to various ministries in the year 2018-19. Digital India. market globally by 2020 and, potentially, the • As per the memorandum of the committee, Ministry of Electronics and Information largest by 2030. the panel will also look into the import of technology (MeitY) India’s clean energy capacity touches 70 uranium for nuclear plants, mining activities • Cabinet Minister: Ravi Shankar Prasad GW: MNRE and environment, upgrading of India Post offices • Constituency: Bihar, Rajya Sabha • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy R and the drought situation in the country among TRAI Releases Draft for Telecom K Singh said India’s installed clean energy other matters. Interconnection Regulations: capacity has already touched 70 GW and 38 GW Customs and Postal Department hold First • The Indian telecom regulator TRAI has is under implementation as per the data compiled ever Joint Conference to deliberate on released the draft amendment of till March 31, 2018. streamlining imports and exports by post: telecommunication interconnection. • India is progressing fast in the areas of • Indian Customs and Department of India • It has set time-frame for provisioning of ports renewable energy and government is committed Posts held a First ever Joint Conference at for initial interconnection and augmentation to be to meeting target of having 175 GW by 2022. Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. increased to a maximum 42 working days. New committee to be formed to review • To cater to the SMEs and to boost the Make in • The draft said a service provider may request conduct of everyday business in Rajya India program, Customs Department proposes the other service provider for additional ports at Sabha: new simplified procedures for exports and imports a Point of Interconection (POI), if the through India Post. projected utilization of the capacity of such POI at • The Chairman of Rajya Sabha Venkaiah • Commissioners of Customs from all the States the end of 60 days from the date of placing the Naidu has constituted a 2-member committee to having Foreign Post Offices (FPOs) were request, is likely to be more than 85 per cent review rules of procedure and conduct of present along with their counterpart Post Master business in the House, particularly those Generals. Ram Nath Kovind becomes second president provisions which seem to be inadequate and are • Imports and exports by post are the 6th to visit Siachen base camp: not as specific as compared to the rules in Lok highest cited citizen grievances under • President Ram Nath Kovind flew to the Sabha and suggest suitable amendments. CPGRAMs. world’s highest battle field to address soldiers • The committee will be headed by former Government departments earmark Rs posted at the Siachen glacier, also referred to Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, Dr V. K. 16,500 crore for Swachh Bharat Mission in as the “Third Pole” where temperatures can dip Agnihotri, with retired Joint Secretary and 2018-19: to minus 50 degrees Celsius. Legislative Counsel, Ministry of Law and Justice to • A sum of Rs 16,500 crore has been • Kovind is the second president to visit the be the other member. earmarked by 71 ministries and departments of camp after the President APJ Abdul Kalam flew Indian Army’s ‘Vijay Prahar’ Exercise the central government for implementation of the there in 2004. Concludes: Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in 2018-19. • He was accompanied by Army Chief General • The Indian Army’s ‘Vijay Prahar’ exercise in • The Swachhata Action Plan (SAP) 2018-19 Bipin Rawat and Lieutenant general D Anbu, which over 25,000 troops of strike formation of was launched by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha. who heads the army’s Northern Command. South Western Command (SWC) participated Army finalises Rs 15,000 crore ammunition Government Approves Green License Plates concluded. production project for E-Vehicles: • The month-long exercise was conducted in the • Army has finalised a mega 15,000 crore • To promote electric vehicles in India, the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges of Jaipur close to rupees project under which a range of government has approved green license plates Suratgarh in Rajasthan. ammunition for its critical weapons and tanks will bearing numbers in white fonts for private e- India’s longest road-rail bridge to be be produced indigenously. vehicles and yellow for taxis, said by Union inaugurated by PM Modi this year: • The immediate aim of the project is to create Minister Nitin Gadkari. • In a major boost to defence logistics along the an inventory for all major weapons to enable the • The measure is aimed at promoting border with China, India’s longest road and forces to fight a 30-day war while the long-term vehicle’s use and the government is considering railway bridge named “Bogibeel Bridge” objective is to cut dependence on imports. an exemption from permits for such vehicles. connecting Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in • Army have set a specific target for the next 10 Union Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Arunachal Pradesh is likely to be inaugurated years in terms of the volume of ammunition to be Prabhu inaugurates 6th US-India Aviation later this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. produced. The implementation of project is being Summit: • The bridge, which is the second longest in monitored by the top brass of the Army and the • 6th US-India Aviation Summit was Asia, has three lane roads on top and double line Defence Ministry. inaugurated by Union Minister for Civil Aviation, rail below. • Present Chief of Army Staff – General Bipin Suresh Prabhu in Mumbai. • The bridge is 32 metres above the water Rawat • The Summit is jointly organised by Ministry level of the Brahamaputra and is fashioned on a • First Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian of Civil Aviation and US Trade and bridge that links Sweden and Denmark. Army – KM Cariappa Development Agency (USTDA). Parliamentary panel to look into black Delhi Metro Magenta Line to have India’s • The three-day Summit will promote high- money recovery, performance of public tallest escalator at Janakpuri West station level dialogue on bilateral aviation issues and sector banks: • The Janakpuri West metro station of the will provide a forum to identify solutions that • A parliamentary panel headed by veteran BJP Delhi Metro network will sport the nation’s tallest leader Murali Manohar Joshi decided to study escalator

• According to a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Rajasthan and the union territory of • The Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri (DMRC) spokesperson, the escalators installed at Lakshadweep. Suresh Prabhu launched the Intellectual Delhi Metro’s Janakpuri West metro station will • The committee approved an assistance of Rs Property (IP) mascot – IP Nani – at the have the highest elevation in India. 480.87 crore for Assam, approved assistance conference on National Intellectual Property • The metro station which lies on the Blue Line from National Disaster Response Force Rights Policy in New Delhi. will have escalators at an elevation of 15.6 m. (NDRF) amounting to Rs 84.60 crore for • Mascot IP Nani is a tech-savvy grandmother Skill Development Centre in Hyderabad to be Himachal Pradesh, Rs 67.40 crore for Sikkim, Rs who helps the government and enforcement Set Up by UNDP: 2.16 crore for the Lakshadweep and Rs 526.14 agencies in combating IP crimes with the help of • Aimed at empowering vulnerable and crore for Rajasthan. her grandson “Chhotu” aka Aditya. The IP marginalised women by imparting skills training, Smt Smriti Irani Chairs Meeting of mascot will spread awareness about the the united nations Developement Stakeholders on ‘Samarth’- Scheme for importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Programme(UNDP) will soon set up a skill Capacity Building in Textile Sector: among people, especially children, in an development centre at ‘Bharosa’, an • A meeting of stakeholders on Samarth – interesting manner. integrated support centre for distressed women Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector • The first and foremost objective of the Policy and children. under the Skill India Mission was held in New is “IPR Awareness: Outreach and • UNDP has proposed to set up a skill Delhi to familiarize the stakeholders about the Promotion”. development centre exclusively for clients og scheme and its guidelines. Indore cleanest city, Jharkhand emerges Bharosa. Bharosa provides under one roof, 24X7 • The meeting was chaired by Union Minister best-performing state: services related to of Textiles, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani. The broad • Jharkhand has emerged as the best- police,medical,legal,prosecution,Physco- objective of the new scheme is to skill the youth performing state in terms of cleanliness, therapeutic counselling and relief and for gainful and sustainable employment in the while Indore in Madhya Pradesh was adjudged the rehabilitation services in completely private textile sector covering the entire value chain of cleanest city in the country, according to the counselling rooms to maintain confidentiality and textiles, excluding spinning and weaving. government cleanliness survey. privacy. Four states ink MoUs with Centre on health • Maharashtra stood at the second place in the UNDP protection mission: ‘Swachh Survekshan 2018,’ while • Headquarters: New York • The states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Chhattisgarh was at the third position in ‘best- • Head: Achim Steiner and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttarakhand performing states’ survey released by Housing President Kovind to inaugurate Global agreed to implement the ambitious national and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Exhibition on Services-2018: health protection mission, which aims to provide • In cities, table-topper Indore is followed by • President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate an annual coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family. Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, while Union the Global Exhibition on Services-2018 in • The four states and the Union Territory of Territory of Chandigarh stands at the third place Mumbai. Chandigarh inked MoUs with the Union Health in the national-level category. • He will also launch 12 champion sectors in Ministry for the implementation of Ayushman • Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad was adjudged services. 25 Indian states and around 100 Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Swasthya the “fastest mover big city” in this survey. countries are expected to participate in Global Suraksha Mission. Union Environment Ministry launches Green Exhibition on Services, this year, with 625 • Union Health Minister J P Nadda presided Skill Development Programme: exhibitors and 500 overseas delegates. over the MoU signing ceremony at a regional • The Union Environment Ministry has launched • The event will also feature roundtables and workshop for northern states. its full fledged Green Skill Development seminars, state investment summits, Business- • Member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Programme(GSDP). It aims to train over 5.5 to-business meetings, exhibition of key services Pradesh – Jagat Prakash Nadda lakh workers in environment and forest sectors in sectors, cultural activities, country and IIM Ahmedabad launched $25million Bharat the country through 30 courses by 2021. international pavilions, among others. Inclusion Initiative for startups: • Environment minister Harsh Vardhan also First all-woman Post Office Passport Seva • IIM-Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation, unveiled a related mobile app (GSDP-ENVIS), Kendra starts operations Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) has terming it an ambitious programme of the • In a first, a Post Office Passport Seva Kendra launched the Bharat Inclusion Initiative ,with a ministry that will help boost employability and (POPSK) run by an all-woman team has started commitment of $25 million from The Bill and entrepreneurship of the youth in the country. operations in Phagwara, Punjab. The seva Melinda Gates Foundation, Omidyar Network and • Around 80,000 youths in the country will be kendra was inaugurated by Union Minister Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. trained at 80 institutions in next one year. The Vijay Sampla in the local head Post Office. • The initiative will focus on incubating and number will be raised to over 2 lakh in the • According to Jalandhar regional Passport backing startups that work in areas such as following year. Officer Harmanbir Singh Gill, the Phagwara financial inclusion, livelihood, education and • Constituency of Environment Ministry: Kendra will be headed by department’s health. Chadni Chowk, New Delhi Verification Officer Madhuri Bhavi. • An initial commitment of $12.5 Million MoS External Affairs General VK Singh Visits • It was 192nd POPSK in the country, but first from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the North Korea one to be operated by an all-woman team. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, and Omidyar • Minister of State for External Affairs Centre approves Rs 1,161.17 crores aid to Network has been receied. This includes a $5 General VK Singh visits North Korea, first high- calamity-struck places: Million commitment for providing support to level visit from India in 20 years. The current • A High-Level Committee, chaired by Union startups through acceleration programs, year marks the 45th year of establishment of Home Minister Rajnath Singh, approved central research, training workshops and piloting diplomatic relations. assistance of Rs 1,161.17 crores to the states of partnerships. • He held talks with several leaders including Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Suresh Prabhu launched the Intellectual Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on key issues and Property (IP) mascot:

raised New Delhi’s concerns over nuclear France • Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) would attend a proliferation. • Capital: Paris conference themed ‘Air Superiority as a Bridge • A range of bilateral issues covering political, • Currency: Euro, CFP Franc to Regional Stability’, as part of 70th- regional, economic, educational and cultural Prime Minister inaugurates Kishanganga anniversary celebrations of the Israel Air Force. cooperation figured in the talks. Hydroelectric Project: • The conference will enable strategic dialogue North Korea • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugrated the between Israel’s highest leadership, innovative • Capital: Pyongyang state run NHPC Ltd’s Kishanganga hydro thinkers, and the invited Air Force Commanders. • Currency: North Korean won power project in Jammu and Kashmir. • Israel has steadily increased its footprint in MoS Defence Subhash Bhamre on 3 day visit • The development assumes significance given the Indian defence sector and emerged as one of to Nauru: the strategic importance of the 330 megawatt the largest defence partners. • Union minister Subhash Bhamre is on a three- (MW) project on the river Kishanganga, a Southwestern commands conducts military day visit to Nauru- a tiny island-country in the tributary of Jhelum. exercise: Gandiv Vijay central Pacific Ocean- amidst India’s increasing • The project, located at Bandipore in North • Indian Army’s Chetan Corps of South interaction with the region. Kashmir, envisages diversion of water of Kishan Western Command conducted a Military • Bhamre, the minister of state for Ganga river to underground power house through Exercise named “Gandiv Vijay” in Mahajan Field defence, was the chief guest at the 50th a 23.25-km-long head race tunnel to generate firing ranges of Rajasthan. anniversary celebrations of Constitution Day of 1713 million units per annum. • The Gandiv Vijay exercise was conducted for Nauru. • PM Modi will also lay the Foundation Stone of two months to validate army’s operational plans. • The two sides discussed projects relating to the Pakul Dul Power Project. • Thousands of Soldiers underwent an intensive climate change, renewable energy, health, India Successfully Test-Fires BrahMos training and it was given how to handle a war by education, capacity building and infrastructure. Missile: using modern technology, intelligence related • The minister conveyed that India will be • India has successfully test-fired the Indo- data, etc,. offering 22 Mahindra SUVs and two Tata buses Russian joint venture BrahMos supersonic cruise India 145th among 195 countries in worth USD 706,000 to the country.The central missile from a test range along the Odisha coast healthcare access, quality: Pacific country will be hosting the 49th Pacific to validate some new features. • India ranks 145th among 195 countries Islands Forum Leaders’ meet. • The missile was test-fired from a mobile in terms of quality and accessibility of Nauru launcher stationed at Launch pad 3 of the healthcare. • Capital: Yaren Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, • According to a Lancet study, India lags • Currency: Australian dollar Defence Research and Development behind China (48), Sri Lanka (71), Bangladesh ( PM Modi to lay foundation stones for Rs 100 Organisation (DRDO). 133) and Bhutan (134) while its health index was bn projects in Kashmir • According to a report, BrahMos, the fastest better than Nepal (149), Pakistan (154) and • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the cruise missile in the world co-developed by India Afghanistan (191). The countries with the lowest foundation stone of Rs 68 billion strategic and Russia, will become a ‘hypersonic’ system scores were the Central African Republic (18.6), Zojila tunnel, Asia’s longest bi-directional in the next decade. The missile, which currently Somalia (19.0), Guinea-Bissau (23.4). tunnel, in Jammu and Kashmir. travels at mach 2.8 or 2.8 times the speed of • The Global Burden of Disease study, however, • He will also lay the foundation stones for ring sound, would touch mach 3.5 soon and mach 5 in mentioned that India has seen improvements in road projects in Srinagar and Jammu costing three years. healthcare access and quality since 1990. The nearly Rs 38.84 billion. “AYUSH” is now officially a scientific word in study used an index to measure the quality and • The 14-km long Zojila tunnel, which will be India: accessibility of healthcare, based on 32 causes India’s longest road tunnel and Asia’s longest • The Commission for Scientific & Technical of death which should be preventable with bidirectional tunnel, will provide all-weather Terminology (CSTT), the national body in effective medical care. connectivity between Srinagar, Kargil and Leh. charge of finding and recognising scientific and Top Three countries with highest levels are: • Chief minister: Mehbooba Mufti technical words, has decided to adopt the word 1. Iceland • Capitals: Jammu (Winter), Srinagar ‘AYUSH’ in Hindi and English languages. The 2. Norway (Summer) new recognition is to give the word more 3. Netherland Venture Capital Symposium 2018 in New popularity. Minimum Compensation of Rs.1 crore To Delhi: • The recognition of AYUSH — the acronym for Paramilitary Jawan Who Dies In Action • The NITI Aayog have organised a three day Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha • Home Minister Rajnath Singh has symposium with venture capital funds in New and Homoeopathy. Now, the commision has announced that the family of a paramilitary Delhi along with France. given the word’s meaning as a “traditional and jawan who dies in action will be given a minimum • The symposium, organised jointly by NITI Non-Conventional Systems of Health Care and compensation of one crore rupees. He said, the Aayog along with Vision India Foundation, Healing which include Ayurveda, Yoga, families of martyrs should not face any difficulty. also seeks to deepen the economic relationships Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, • The Home Minister presented gallantry between France and India. Homoeopathy etc”. awards to BSF jawans and officers. • Following the visit of French President • This decision will also give a boost to India’s • The Border Security Force came into existence Emmanuel Macron, 20 of the biggest French efforts to find a place for the Indian Systems of on 01 Dec 1965, and Mr K F Rustamji was the 1st venture capital and private equity funds are Healthcare in the International Classification of chief and founding father. coming to India to explore investment Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization. BSF opportunities. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa to Visit Israel • Headquarters: New Delhi. • The Venture Capital Symposium 2018 aims to • Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa • Director General: KK Sharma support the Startup India programme that was will be embarking on a four-day visit to the State HRD Ministry launches Samagra Shiksha launched by the prime minister of India. of Israel. scheme:

• Human Resource Development Minister management and joint effort towards relief work the performance of the government at the Centre Prakash Javadekar launched Samagra have also been included. and MPs and MLAs in their constituencies. Shiksha scheme for school education. Women Safety Division in MHA: • He launched the initiative, to mark the • The scheme focuses on improving quality of • MHA has created a new Division to address completion of four years of the NDA education, enhancing the Learning outcomes issues of women safety comprehensively. This government, which came to power at the Centre and using technology to empower children and Division would deal with all aspects of women in 2014. teachers. safety in coordination with relevant Akshay Kumar launches twin pit toilet • The Minister said, an annual grant of five Ministries/Departments and State Governments. technology campaign in New Delhi: thousand to 20 thousand rupees will be • Smt. Punya Salila Srivastava, AGMUT Cadre • Film actor Akshay kumar launched the twin provided for strengthening libraries in schools. officer of 1993 batch has been posted as Joint pit toilet technology campaign in New Delhi. Mr The scheme will be focus on digital education. Secretary to head this Division. Kumar said, the real challenge in the society is to • Samagra Shiksha is a program that unifies The new Division will deal with the following fight the age old mentality revolving around learning from the pre-school to class 12 levels subjects:- sanitation and cleanliness. and encapsulates elements of the Sarva Shiksha 1. Crimes against women, SCs&STs. • The actor appealed everybody to spread the Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamk Shiksha Abhiyan 2. Crimes against children, elderly persons. awareness on the issue and make the and teacher education. 3. Anti-trafficking Cell. cleanliness drive more effective. The twin pit The objectives of the scheme include 1. Matters relating to Prison legislation and toilet technology is an Indian invention that • provision of quality education prison Reforms. collects defecation for a period of five years and • enhancing learning outcomes of students 2. All schemes under NIRBHAYA fund. then it turns into a valuable organic compost. • bridging social and gender gaps in school 3. Crime and Criminal Tracking & Network Sushant Singh Rajput to promote NITI education and promoting vocationalisation of System (CCTNS) Aayog’s BHIM App, Women education 4. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Entrepreneurship • Strengthening teacher education institutions Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays • Rajput has signed an agreement to promote like SCERTs and Diets to improve quality of foundation stone for Patratu Super Thermal the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) of teachers Power Project: the Aayog. The actor will endorse the Women • annual grant of Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 per • Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the Entrepreneurship Platform and encourage use of school for strengthening of libraries foundation stone today for the 2400MW first Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) application by Government finalises Model Contract phase of NTPC’s Patratu Super Thermal Power appearing in various video, print and social media Farming Act 2018: Project in Jharkhand. The project is a 74: 26 Joint campaigns of NITI Aayog. • The Model Contract Act 2018, unveiled by Venture between Government of Jharkhand (GoJ) • NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan and Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (PVUN), Platform (WEP) was launched on March 8, 2018, Singh in Delhi brings in all services in the a subsidiary company of NTPC establishing a total on the occasion of the International Women’s agriculture value chain, including pre-production, capacity expansion of 4,000MW. Day. It aims to power a vibrant entrepreneurial production and post-production services, under • Shri R.K. Singh, Union Minister of State ecosystem through an enabling network of its ambit along with contract farming activity. (I/C), Power and New & Renewable Energy and industry collaborations, partnerships, mentors • The act lays special emphasis on protecting eminent dignitaries from Jharkhand and the and peer-to-peer connect. the interests of the farmers, considering them as Centre were present on the occasion. Queen Maxima of Kingdom of Netherlands weaker of the two parties entering into a contract, NITI Aayog, ABB India sign pact to benefit arrives India, meets NITI Aayog Vice- the ministry states. India from AI, robotics Chairman: • One of the key features of the Model Act, to • ABB India and Niti Aayog has inked a pact • Queen Maxima of the Kingdom of the be adopted and enacted by the states is that it to help the country reap the benefits of latest Netherlands who is also the United Nations brings contract farming outside the ambit of the technologies including robotics and artificial Secretary General’s Special Advocate for APMC Act. It provides for a “Registering and intelligence. Inclusive Finance for Development arrived in Agreement Recording Committee” or an “Officer” • The two institutions signed a statement of New Delhi today on a four-day visit to India. at the district/block/taluka level for online intent (SoI) to work together in preparing key • She met Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog registration of sponsor and recording of sectors of the economy for digitalisation, artificial Rajiv Kumar and CEO Amitabh Kant. During the agreement. The contracted produce will also be intelligence (AI) robotics, and industrial visit, Queen Maxima will call on Prime Minister covered under crop/livestock insurance in automation. Narendra Modi. The visiting dignitary will have a operation. • The first workshop for senior government meeting with Finance Minister Piyush Goyal. India, Nepal to conduct 2-week long ‘Surya officials under this collaboration would be • Queen Maxima will have a field visit to Meerut Kiran’ military exercise: organised in June in Bengaluru. The workshop will in Uttar Pradesh and she is scheduled to • Armies of India and Nepal will carry out a focus on digital and automation technologies for address a Round Table on Private Sector for two-week long military exercise begin in this sector. Financial inclusion in Mumbai. Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh region with an aim to • ABB is a Swedish-Swiss multinational PM Leaves On 3-Nation Tour To Indonesia, deepen counter-terror cooperation. The automation company headquartered in Malaysia, Singapore Indian Army said the ‘Surya Kiran’ exercise is Zurich, • Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a three- expected to enhance the level of defence • ABB CEO: Ulrich Spiesshofer nation tour of Singapore, Malaysia, and cooperation between the two militaries. • NITI Aayog CEO: Amitabh Kant Indonesia. • The aim of this exercise is to conduct battalion Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches • Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, three level joint training with emphasis on Survey On NaMo App: countries in ASEAN, are strategic Partners of counterterrorism operations in mountainous • Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a India. terrain. During the exercise, aspects of disaster survey on the NaMo App, asking people to rate

• In Singapore, Modi will deliver the key-note • The plant, with a capacity of 1 MW, was • The battalion is named ‘Bastariya’ as its address at the 17th Shangri-la Dialogue.Modi commissioned on April 1 at an estimated members are from the Bastar region in southern and Malaysia PM Dr Mahathir Mohammad are investment of Rs 8.50 crore by the Arunachal Chhattisgarh, bordering Andhra Pradesh, Odisha expected to deliberate on ways to deepen Pradesh Energy Development Agency (APEDA). and Telangana. bilateral relationship in a range of areas, including Arunachal Pradesh • The 534 troops will get their ranks of trade and investment. • Capital: Itanagar constables and take up arms against the naxals. • The visit assumes significance on the • Chief Minister: Pema Khandu • The CRPF is the lead anti-naxal operation backdrop of an increasing Chinese influence in the • Governor: B D Mishra force and has deployed over 35,000 personnel in region and the importance attached to ASEAN by ASSAM Chhattisgarh. India under its Act East policy. India’s 1st Solar Powered Railway Station in Chhattisgarh Sangeeta Bahl Becomes Oldest Indian Guwahati: • Capitals: Raipur, Bilaspur(Judicial woman to Scale Mount Everest • Assam’s Guwahati now has India’s first Capital) • Sangeeta Bahl, a 53-year-old former model railway station run by solar power. The project of • Chief Minister: Raman Singh and entrepreneur from Jammu and Kashmir, has installing solar panels was commissioned last • Governor: Balram Das Tandon become the oldest Indian woman to conquer year in April 2017. Mount Everest. • Around 2352 solar modules with a capacity of GUJARAT • Bahl, who currently resides in Gurugram, was generating 700 kwp has been set up over the roof Gujarat govt to launch free treatment felicitated at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu. of the Guwahati railway station. Solar panels have scheme for road accident victims She scaled the peak on May 19 with the help of been installed at the roof-top solar power plant. • The Gujarat government would start two Sherpas. Her husband Ankur Bahl, had also • The solar-powered station is aimed at bearing medical expenses of up to Rs 50,000 for climbed Mt Everest in 2016. reducing carbon-footprint as well as cut each victim of road accident in the state for the • Sangeeta Bahl has already conquered six out down power costs drastically. The project cost first 48 hours. of the seven highest peaks of the world. She is estimated to be Rs 6.7 crore, as per Indian • Even people hailing from other states or broke the record of Premlata Agarwal, 48, who Railways. The solar power plant will save Rs 67 citizens of other countries will get free treatment scaled Everest on May 20, 2011. lakh worth of electricity. in Gujarat, regardless of their income, if they 4th Int’l Yoga Day celebrations to be held at Assam meet with a road accident and admitted to a Dehradun • Capital: Dispur government or a private hospital. • The main event of 4th International Yoga • Governor: Jagdish Mukhi • The move is aimed at providing timely and Day celebrations (IDY-2018) will be held on • Chief Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal better treatment and thereby minimising the loss 21st June 2018 at Dehradun in Uttrakhand. BIHAR of life due to road accidents. • It was announced by Shri Vaidya Rajesh Frozen Semen Station being set up in Gujarat Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH. Maranga, Purnea, Bihar: • Capital: Gandhinagar • The first International Day of Yoga was • The foundation stone of the frozen semen • Chief minister: Vijay Rupani observed all over the world on 21 June 2015. station in Maranga, Purnea has been laid by • Governor: Om Prakash Kohli Foundation Stone Laid for Development and Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Upgradation of Botanic Garden, Noida: Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh. HARYANA • Union Minister for Environment, Forest and • The frozen semen station is being set up at a Haryana govt launches Chatra Parivahan Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said cost of Rs 64 crore under the Rashtriya Gokul Suraksha Yojana: that the Botanic Garden of Indian Republic Mission with 100% contribution from the • Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana would (BGIR) Noida, will be developed as one of the Central Government. be launched in Haryana to bring more than fiver most distinct botanic gardens with modern-day • Out of this, Rs 20 crore has already been girl students from the educational institute in the landscape. released. He said the artificial insemination state. • Union ministers Harsh vardhan and techniques can increase milk production and • It has been crafted to ensure safety of girl Mahesh Sharma laid the foundation stone for productivity. Currently, the artificial insemination students. This was announced by the Chief redevelopment and upgradation work of the is being done by CMOFED in Bihar. Minister, Mr Manohar Lal. Botanic Garden of Indian Republic (BGIR) • The Rashtriya Gokul Mission was initiated in • The Chief Minister said buses were run on 131 • Another objective is the creation of public December 2014 with an aim to conserve and routes for women. Though 33 per cent awareness through education on plant develop indigenous breeds. reservation was provided to women in panchayats biodiversity and its need. Bihar 42 per cent women were elected. Similarly, the Department of Science & Technology- Dr. • Capital: Patna present government has made provision of death Harsh Vardhan • Chief Minister: Nitish Kumar penalty for rape with minor girl below 12 years Constituency- Chandni Chowk (NCT of Delhi) • Governor: Satya Pal Malik of age, which has also been adopted by the CHHATTISGARH Central Government. Home Minister commissions anti-Naxal Haryana States In News ‘Bastariya’ battalion • Capital: Chandigarh ARUNACHAL PRADESH • Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh • Governor: Kaptan Singh Solanki CM Pema Khandu inaugurates Arunachal attends the commissioning of ‘Bastariya’ • Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar Pradesh’s biggest solar plant: battalion of the Central Reserve Police HIMACHAL PRADESH • Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Force(CRPF). It has been created for the first- Himachal govt sanctions Rs 25 cr for Khandu inaugurated the state’s biggest solar time with more than 534 tribal youths from renovating Bantony Castle: power plant at Energy Awareness Park at Chhattisgarh. • The Himachal Pradesh government will spend Itanagar. Rs 25 crore on renovating and developing the

historic British Raj ‘Bantony Castle Estate’ here • Kerala is the 10th largest economy in online and accept a digital signature on it as as a major tourist attraction. India and contributes around 4.2% of India’s valid. • The castle was one of the historic and GDP. Its GSDP growth rate was around 7.4% at • The state government’s plan of digitizing the monumental buildings of Shimla town with a very constant price in 2016-17. State has one of the 7/12 extract has been completed. It has rich history. highest per capita GSDP and per capita income. generated eight lakh documents with space for • The Bantony Castle, owned by a business In the absence of a substantive pick up in digital signatures. The facility was inaugurated by family and housing the state police headquarters, agriculture and manufacturing, the Kerala the chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. was acquired by the government for Rs 27.84 economy is largely supported by a booming • The 7/12 receipt is extensively used by crore two years ago. service sector. farmers for loan agreements, crop survey and for Himachal Pradesh Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala: availing of government facilities. • Capital: Shimla • Nipah virus has been started to spread in • To get the document digitally, one can log on • Chief minister: Jai Ram Thakur North Kerala. It has high fatality rate and spreads to mahabhulekh.maharashtra.gov.in. • Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat mainly through bats, pigs and other animals. Information about the district, taluka, village and • The high-level team from the National Centre other details should be filled there. The document JHARKHAND for Disease Control (NCDC) has been asked to will be generated as a PDF. PM Modi unveils projects of Rs 27,000 cr in assist the Kerala government and closely monitor Maharashtra signs MoU with Centre’s GRIHA Jharkhand: the situation. council for green buildings: • Prime Minister Modi visited Jharkhand . He • The WHO says Nipah virus (NiV) • The Maharashtra government signed a laid the foundation stone of various projects of encephalitis is an emerging infectious MoU with the Centres Green Rating for • Prime Minister Modi during his Jharkhand visit, disease of public health importance in the Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) laid the foundation stone of the revival of the South-East Asia Region. Nipah virus origin is Council to train state PWD officials to rate Sindri Urea plant; The plant, shut for two Malaysia. government buildings. decades, near Dhanbad, is being revived with an As per the agreement signed, the GRIHA Council, investment of about 7 thousand crore rupees. Kerala govt to provide free internet to 20 a green rating body under the Union Ministry • The PM also laid the foundation stone of All lakh poor families: of New and Renewable Energy, would train India Institute of Medical Sciences in Deoghar, for • Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, accorded PWD’s civil and electrical engineers and architects strengthening health services in the state. It will sanction to set up the Kerala Fibre Optic to rate government buildings as per its cost 1,103 crore rupees. This 750 bedded hospital Network Limited, the Joint Venture, to parameters. will be build on 237 acre land, which will be implement the Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K- Maharashtra govt Introduces New Scheme completed in the next four years. PM will also FON) project. for landless labourers witness the exchange of MoUs for ‘jan aushadhi • The K-FON initiative is being implemented to • Maharashtra Government has introduced a kendras’ provide speedy internet connectivity to new scheme to help the landless labourers • PM will also laid the foundation stone of 4 government offices and educational among the Scheduled Castes to acquire thousand MegaWatt Super thermal power plant in institutions. agricultural land. Patratu, Ramgarh and is joint venture with NTPC. • With the project becoming a reality, over 20 • The landless among the SCs can now It will have three units in the first phase which lakh poor families will get free internet purchase for acres of rainfed agricultural land or will be ready by 2021 and it will cost about 18 service while others will get it at an affordable two acres of irrigated land by paying only five thousand crores. rate. percent of the cost. The rest up to eight lakh • PM also laid foundation stone of development rupees will be born by the state government. of Deoghar Airport as well Ranchi City Gas Kerala and NTPC sign MoU for increasing • This is a modified scheme as the earlier Distribution Project by GAIL. solar power generation Dadasaheb Gaikwad empowerment of JHARKHAND • The Kerala State Electricity Board has scheduled caste landless labourers scheme • Capital: Ranchi signed a memorandum of understanding with the was providing fifty per cent subsidy and was • Chief Minister: Raghubar Das National Thermal Power Corporation for found inadequate and benefited only about five • Governor: Draupadi Murmu increasing solar power generation in the state. thousand landless labourers from SCs in the State • The MoU, signed, also includes an agreement so far. KERALA to set up a 15 MW solar power unit at the Maharashtra Kerala, the first state in southern India, to NTPCNSE -0.62 % complex in Kayamkulam. • Capital: Mumbai be visited by 15th Finance Commission: • NTPC Director (Commercial) A K Gupta and • Chief Minister: Devendra Fadnavis • The Fifteenth Finance Commission of the KSEB CMD N S Pillai signed the MoU in the • Governor: C. Vidyasagar Rao Government of India is visiting the state of presence of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Kerala from 28th to 31st May 2018. The state power minister M M Mani. Madhya Pradesh Commission led by the Chairman Shri N.K.Singh, Kerala BSCDCL launches India’s first Integrated Members – Shri Shaktikanta Das, Dr. Anoop • Capital: Thiruvananthapuram Control and Command Centre in Madhya Singh, Dr. Ashok Lahiri, Dr. Ramesh Chand and • Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan Pradesh: Secretary Shri Arvind Mehta along with other • Governor: P.Sathasivam • The Bhopal Smart City Development officials will assess the state of the finances of MAHARASHTRA Corporation Ltd. (BSCDCL) has launched Kerala and the progress made in socio-economic Maharashtra: First Indian state to provide India’s first cloud-based Common Integrated field. Ahead of this visit, Commission understood digitally-signed land record receipts Data Centre, Disaster Recovery Centre and various aspects of it from Accountant General of • Maharashtra has become the first state to Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) Kerala in New Delhi. issue a crucial land ownership document powered by Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Universal IoT Platform.

• It will enable the state administration to • Manipur has become the first state in the available for their treatment in different monitor and administer multiple city civic Northeast and the third state in India to have institutions. utilities and citizen services across seven cities solar toilets, which were inaugurated at Ibudhou Rajasthan in the state through a central cloud. Marjing hill Heingang by Tourism Director, • Capital: Jaipur • These cities include Bhopal, Gwalior, Waikhom Ibohal. • Chief minister: Vasundhara Raje Jabalpur, Indore, Ujjain, Satna, and Sagar. Manipur • Governor: Kalyan Singh • It was inaugurated by Hardeep Singh Puri, • Capital: Imphal Tamil Nadu Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Housing & • Chief minister: N. Biren Singh Tamil Nadu to Build India’s Next Generation Urban Affairs. • Governor: Chura Chand Singh Defence Aircraft: • Chief Executive Officer, BSCDCL: • The Aeronautical Development Agency, Chandramauli Shukla ODISHA which had conceived and designed the Light Madhya Pradesh to be declared ODF by Skill India Organized ‘Ajeevika And Kaushal Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, has planned to October this year Vikas Mela’ In Bhubaneswar: build the next generation defence aircraft, the • The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri • Ministry of Skill Development and Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Ministry of • The project would be implemented in Sulur in State will be declared as open defecation free Rural Development (MoRD) has launched Coimbatore district which may house the (ODF) by Gandhi Jayanti this year. Ajeevika and Kaushal Vikas Mela in Bhubaneswar. permanent base of the Tejas squadron and it • This will mean that the State will become ODF • It aims in promoting social harmony and marks Tamil Nadu’s first major defence aircraft one year before the national timeline of October awareness around the pro-poor initiatives of the project. 2nd, 2019. government. Vision: “SabkaSaath, Sabka Tamil Nadu • The Union Minister for Drinking Water Vikas” • Capital: Chennai and Sanitation, Sushri Uma Bharti shared • MSDE organized a Kaushal and Rojgar Mela at • Chief minister: Edappadi K. Palaniswami that the national sanitation coverage has New Women’s College in Khordha, Bhubaneswar • Governor: Banwarilal Purohit risen to over 83%. where more than 5000 people from different TELANGANA Madhya Pradesh Launches ‘My MP Rojgar walks of life participated. Pawan Kalyan Unfurls World’s Largest Portal’ Odisha Indian Flag in Telangana: • Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan • Capital: Bhubaneswar • Actor-turned-politician and Jana Sena Party launched ‘My MP Rojgar Portal’ as a part of • Chief minister: Naveen Patnaik founder Pawan Kalyan unfurled the national flag Ham Chhu Lenge Asman’ Mukhyamantri Career • Governor: Ganeshi Lal in Hyderabad, claimed to be the world’s largest Counselling programme ‘Pahal’ in Model School of PUNJAB Indian tricolour, to commemorate the first war of Bhopal. Census for Indus Dolphins begins in Punjab the country’s independence that took place in • This portal is equipped with providing jobs • The Punjab government along with 1857. to youths as per their educational qualification, WWF-India are conducting the first organised • The flag was 122 feet in length and 183 feet skills and interest and ensuring availability of able census on their population. in width. candidates to employers as per need of their • The Indus dolphins are found only in India and • The flag, prepared by an organisation called business. Pakistan and are confined to only a 185 km ‘Vibrants of Kalam’, is world’s largest Indian The portal has been prepared by Madhya stretch between Talwara and Harike Barrage National Flag. Pradesh Skill Development and Employment in India’s Beas river in Punjab. It will come to Telangana govt launches scheme to provide Generation Board under youth an estimate regarding the dolphin population over Rs. 4,000 per acre each to land-owning empowerment mission. the five-day exercise. farmers: Madhya Pradesh • Director River Wetland and Water Policy: • The Telangana government introduced • Capital: Bhopal Suresh Babu Rythu Bandhu, a scheme to provide Rs. 4,000 • Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan per acre each to land-owning farmers for rabi • Governor: Anandiben Patel Punjab and kharif seasons. • Capital: Chandigarh • They will also be given ‘Pattadar’ pass books, MANIPUR: • Chief minister: Amarinder Singh which the government claims have 17 unique ‘Go To Village’ Mission Launched In Manipur: • Governor: V.P. Singh Badnore security features, as one single proof of • Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh RAJASTHAN ownership. launched ‘Go to Village’ mission. It was Rajasthan Launches “Nidaan”Software: • It was flagged off by chief minister K. launched throughout the state from Konuma • A new software, ‘Nidaan’, has been launched Chandrashekhar Rao, who distributed 298 ground, Imphal in 60 villages of all the 60 in Rajasthan for presumptive diagnosis and cheques to farmers at Huzoorabad mandal in assembly constituencies monitoring of seasonal and non- Karimnagar district. • The mission is aimed at identifying the eligible communicable diseases as well as the trends • Beneficiaries will get the amount even if they and deserving beneficiaries in every corner of the of ailments found in specific areas. do not take up farming. The state government state and delivering government services at their • It is expected to help in formulation of specific has set aside Rs. 12,000 crore in the 2018-19 doorstep. It also aims to deliver good action plans for control of diseases. budget for Rythu Bandhu. governance and bring inclusive • The Additional Chief Secretary (Medical National Convention on Rejuvenation of development in the state. and Health) Veenu Gupta launched the Krishna River held in Hyderabad: • A review meeting will also be held with the software by installing it at the Health and Family • Telangana Irrigation Minister, T Harish officials to assess the requirements and data Welfare Training Centre. Rao inaugurated the National Convention on collected from the camps. • “Nidaan” will facilitate online entries of as “Rejuvenation of Krishna River” at the Manipur gets first solar toilet: many as 46 diseases and healthcare services

Institution of Engineers (India), Khairatabad, Telangana govt announces unique life Telangana Hyderabad. insurance scheme for farmers: • Capital : Hyderabad • The convention was organised by the Indian • Telangana government has announced a • Chief Minister : Chandrasekar Rao Water Council (IWC). It will help to formulate unique life insurance scheme for farmers. • Governor : E.S.L.Narasimhan an action plan for rejuvenation of the river and all Under the scheme, the government will provide UTTAR PRADESH its tributaries in the next 10 years. life insurance facility of five lakh rupees to Stanford University to partner with UP to • It is an initiative to rejuvenate the Krishna the nominee, after the death of the insured combat chronic diseases: River by involving government organisations from farmer. • Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Sidharth Krishna river basin states of Maharashtra, Andhra • The entire premium will be paid by the Nath Singh informed that the United States Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana and several government to the insurance agency and the Stanford University will come in a partnership NGOs. nominee will get the amount within ten days of with the state to combat disease like Japanese • The Indian Water Council was formed in the claim after the death of the farmer. The Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis April 2018 in Rajasthan. IWC, an subsidiary dependent family will get the benefit irrespective Syndrome (AES). of the World Water Council (WWC), plans to of the reason for the death of the farmer. UTTAR PRADESH mobilise action against critical water issues • The farmers in the age group of 18 to 60 • Capital: Lucknow in the country. are eligible to enrol their names to get • Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath benefit from it. • Governor: Shri Ram Naik

National Summit National Summit Key Point/ Discussion Theme of 2018 Held in 15th Asia Media Summit It will provide a unique opportunity for broadcasters in Asia to share “Telling our Stories- New Delhi, India (AMS-2018) their thoughts on broadcasting and information. Asia and More”. Organised by Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) in collaboration with its partners and international organisations.

International Children’s The eight participating countries are France, Slovenia, Swaziland, “Safe Drive Save Life, Kolkata, West Bengal Theatre Festival Mexico, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. Save Kids’ Life” The festival, organised by the ‘Kolkata Eso Natak Shikhi’. It will be held from June 17 to 21.

19th edition of TOONZ V G Samant, a venerated pioneer of Indian animation, was honoured Thiruvananthapuram, Animation Masters Summit with the ‘Legend of Animation’ award for his contributions to the Kerala. 2018 animation industry.

15th Asia Media Summit To encourage regional and bilateral dialogue and cooperation to ‘Telling Our Stories New Delhi, India respond to challenges to the broadcasting sector in the region Asia and More’

Fourth meeting of South To strengthen ties with the member countries in controlling the trans- Kolkata, West Bengal Asia Wildlife Enforcement boundary wildlife crime. Network (SAWEN) SAWEN is a regional network comprises eight countries in South Asia— Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

4th edition of Global To enhance trade services between India and the rest of the world Bombay Exhibition Exhibition on services To focus on Services sector excellence in India and expanding our Centre, Mumbai. (GES-2018) global footprint.

India’s First International The expo is being hosted by Integral Coach Factory, popularly known Chennai, Tamil Nadu Rail Coach Expo (IRCE- as ICF, under the Ministry of Railways, in coordination with CII 2018) (Confederation of Indian Industries) and RITES Ltd. Key brands from rail coach and train sets will be displaying products focusing on innovation and future technologies.

ASEAN India Film Festival It will celebrate the excellence of cinema by exhibiting films from New Delhi, India various ASEAN countries. It will build bridges and bring harmony among the ASEAN countries and provide people-to-people contact between member countries especially youth

Smart Cities India 2018 To help develop attractive and safe cities that evoke pride, passion and New Delhi, India Expo a sense of belonging among citizens.

9th edition of ‘Rashtriya To carry forward the execution of the National Cultural Festival under Tehri , Uttarakhand Sanskriti Mahotsav’ the banner of the slogan “EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT”.

INTERNATIONAL Dominican Republic Ties-Up With China, Breaks of power to incur capital expenditure of Rs India and Pakistan to participate in SCO With Taiwan: 25,000 crore for the current fiscal. Counter-Terror Exercise Peace Mission 2018 • The Dominican Republic’s government has • The memorandum of understanding (MoU) • India and Pakistan will be part of a multi- announced that it is establishing diplomatic includes various targets to be achieved by nation counter-terror exercise in Russia relations with China and breaking its Powergrid during 2018-19. under the framework of Shanghai Cooperation diplomatic ties with Taiwan. • Other targets in the MoU inter-alia include Organisation. • Dominican Republic will recognize Taiwan parameters related to human resources, project • This is the first time the two neighbouring as an “inalienable part of Chinese territory.” management, research & development, countries will be coming together for counter • The Dominican Republic has received millions innovation and other efficiency and operational terrorism exercise. of dollars in donations for development programs performance parameters. • The main aim of the ‘Peace Mission-2018’ from Taiwan, but the government also started • The MoU was signed by Ajay Kumar Bhalla, exercise is to conduct it under the framework of commercial and political contacts with China. Secretary, Ministry of Power and I S Jha, the SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure • According to the Dominican government, Chairman and and Managing Director, PGCI. (RATS), which is headquartered in Tashkent bilateral trade with China has reached $2 billion California’s economy is world’s 5th biggest (Uzbekistan). a year, making the Dominican Republic the • California’s economy has surpassed that of • The military drill will be held in the Ural second-largest trading partner for China among the United Kingdom to become the world’s fifth mountains of Russia and almost all SCO the Caribbean and Central American nations. largest, according to new federal data. member countries — China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Dominican Republic • California’s gross domestic product rose by Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the new • Capital: Santo Domingo $127 billion from 2016 to 2017, surpassing $2.7 members India and Pakistan — will be part of it. • Currency: Dominican peso trillion. SCO USTR again places India Priority Watch List: • California’s economic output is now surpassed • Member countries: 8 members • The U.S. Trade Representative has once again only by the total GDP of the United States, • Headquarters: Beijing, China placed India on ‘Priority Watch List’ in its China, Japan and Germany. The state has 12 • Secretary General: Rashid Alimov annual Special 301 Report on the state of percent of the U.S. population but contributed 16 intellectual property protection. India remains percent of the country’s job growth between 2012 India ranks 6th in the list of doping violations: one of the world’s most challenging major and 2017. WADA economies with respect to protection and • All economic sectors except agriculture • India ranked sixth (from third) in a report enforcement of intellectual property. contributed to California’s higher GDP. published for 2016 and maintained their dubious • In its latest 2018 Special 301 Report, the US • Chief Economist at the California Department record of being among top 10 nations with Trade Representative has placed 12 countries of Finance: Irena Asmundson regards to doping violations. on its Priority Watch List. • The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) • In addition to India, other countries on the list No Nobel Prize In Literature This Year: published its report as per samples collected in are Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, • The Nobel prize in literature 2018 has 2016. Colombia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Russia, Ukraine, cancelled after sexual assault scandal in • India have 69 Anti-Doping Rule Violations and Venezuela. Sweden. (ADRV), the same as that of Russia, a country • Special 301 Report identifies US trading • The Academy has pushed off awarding the which has been under intense international partners that do not adequately or 2018 prize in literature until next year, when two scrutiny for years now. effectively protect and enforce IP rights. prizes will be awarded. • For three years in a row from 2013-15, UN Secretary-General “climate summit in • The Academy, the 18-member body that India was ranked third in doping violations. September 2019”: chooses a laureate and awards the Nobel Prize in WADA • The UN Secretary-General Antonio Literature annually, has seen seven of its • Headquarters: Montreal, Canada Guterres announced a climate summit set to members depart, including its first-ever female • President: Craig Reedie take place in September 2019 in New York leader. PM Modi’s third Nepal visit starts off bus to review the Paris Agreement commitments. • In a release, the Academy noted that this service between Janakpur and Ayodhya: • In 2017, the total economic cost of climate- would be the eighth time in its history it had ▪ Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his related disasters reached a record $320 billion. chosen to declare what it called a “reserved Nepalese counterpart K P Sharma Oli jointly • Guterres announced at the opening ceremony prize,” and the fifth time the delayed prize would inaugurated a direct bus service between of the 37th session of the UN Economic be awarded at the same time as the following Janakpur and Ayodhya – the two sacred cities Commission for Latin America and the years time. for Hindus. Caribbean. • The award is administered by the Nobel ▪ The Indian government has identified 15 • In March, Guterres appointed former New Foundation and awarded by a committee that destinations in India for development under York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his Special consists of five members elected by the Swedish the Ramayana Circuit theme namely Ayodhya, Envoy for Climate Action and announced that Academy. The first Nobel Prize in Literature was Nandigram, Shringverpur & Chitrakoot (Uttar the billionaire will support the UN in its climate awarded in 1901 to Sully Prudhomme of Pradesh), Sitamarhi, Buxar & Darbhanga (Bihar), strategy and in organising the 2019 summit. France. Chitrakoot (Madhya Pradesh), Mahendragiri • In 2017, US President Donald Trump (Odisha), Jagdalpur (Chattisgarh), Nashik & announced his country’s withdrawal from the U.S. cancels carbon monitoring project: Nagpur (Maharashtra), Bhadrachalam Paris Agreement. • A NASA programme that cost $10 million (Telangana), Hampi (Karnataka) and PGCIL Inks Pact With Power Ministry For per year to track carbon and methane, key Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu). Rs.25,000 Crore Capex greenhouse gases that contribute to global • The State-run Power Grid Corporation of warming, has been cancelled. India (PGCIL) has inked a pact with the ministry

• The end of the programme is called the Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and or services by at least one party to the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), which Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit. transaction. tracked sources and sinks for carbon and made • Nepal will hold the BIMSTEC summit, while Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum Inaugurated by high-resolution models of the planet’s flows of expressing commitment towards building the the PM of Netherlands: carbon was first reported by the journal Science. Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal initiative. • The Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark USA Withdraws From Iran Nuclear Deal • The BIMSTEC is an international organisation Rutte inaugurated the Indo-Dutch Ganga • President Donald Trump has decided to of seven nations of South Asia and South East Forum in New Delhi. withdraw the United States from a multinational Asia, including Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri • Last year in June, a Memorandum of nuclear agreement with Iran, Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, and Nepal. Understanding (MoU) was signed between the • The agreement is also known as the Joint India to attend SCO meet on counter-terror Ministry of Water Resources, River Development Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) . in Pakistan: and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India • The reason for the withdraw is that Iran has • Pakistan will be hosting its first SCO and the Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment been accused of failing to be honest about its meeting, since the country along with India of the Netherlands. nuclear ambitions while supporting terrorist became a member of the organisation in June • This forum was inaugurated in lines of that groups. 2017. MoU. • JCPOA is an international agreement on the • Experts from the eight SCO member states – • Mark Rutte appreciated efforts being made nuclear program of Iran signed between China, China, Kazakhstan, India, Kyrgyzstan, under the Namami Gange programme France, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan launched by the Modi Government. and European Union. – as well as representatives of the SCO-Regional • He also advocated waste-to-wealth approach India largest remittance-receiving country Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS) will to encourage sustainability of projects. in the world participate in the three-day meeting. • The inauguration of the Indo-Dutch Ganga • According to a report which said remittances • The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Forum was followed by a session during which to the Asia-Pacific region amounted to $256 (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, and issues like “Innovative Financing Models for billion last year,India was the largest remittance- security organisation. Indo-Dutch PPP Projects” were discussed. receiving country in the world, with migrant India launches 2nd IT corridor in China to workers from the country sending home $69 First informal summit between India and gain access to big Chinese market billion in 2017. Russia: • India haslaunched its second IT corridor in • The report ‘RemitSCOPE – Remittance • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China to cash in on the burgeoning Chinese markets and opportunities – Asia and the Pacific’ President Vladimir Putin held their first software market which remained elusive despite said India ($69 billion), China ($64 billion) informal Summit in the city of Sochi in the the presence of top Indian technology firms. and the Philippines ($33 billion) are the three Russian Federation. • The National Association of Software and largest remittance-receiving countries in the • The two leaders held in depth discussions on Services Companies (NASSCOM) has world in 2017. Pakistan ($20 billion), and major international issues. They agreed on the established one more Digital Collaborative Vietnam ($14 billion) are also in the top 10. importance of building a multipolar world order. Opportunities Plaza (SIDCOP) platform in Australian breaks world record with Mt Everest They decided to intensify consultation and China in an effort to provide market access to summit: coordination with each other, including on the Indian IT firms in the huge Chinese market, the • An Australian climber reached the top of Indo-Pacific Region. NASSCOM said. Mount Everest , becoming the fastest person to • Both leaders agreed to institute a Strategic • Agreements worth RMB 36 million (about summit the highest mountain on each of the Economic Dialogue between NITI Aayog of India USD six million) were signed between Indian world’s seven continents. and the Ministry of Economic Development of the service providers and Chinese customers at the • Steve Plain conquered Everest 117 days after Russian Federation, to identify greater synergy in launch of the corridor by China’s Guiyang he reached the peak of Mount Vinson — the trade and investment. Municipal government and the NASSCOM. highest mountain in Antarctica — breaking the Pakistan among top three sources of Money UNICEF launches Data Visualisation app: previous seven-summit speed record by nine Laundering in UK: • The UNICEF has launched a ‘Data days. • The United Kingdom’s National Crime Visualisation App’ which provides a user- WHO calls for elimination of trans fat in Agency (NCA) has listed Pakistan among the top friendly visual representation of complex foods by 2023: three sources for money laundering in the United analytics of the education scenario in the country. • The World Health Organization wants to Kingdom. • The app has been made with technical inputs eliminate artificial trans fats from the global food • The other two countries are Nigeria and from the UNICEF, in collaboration with the supply and has a step-by-step strategy on how to Russia. The NCA report says that the UK is a National Institute of Education Planning and do so by 2023. prime destination for foreign corrupt and Administration (NIEPA) and the National • The global health body estimates that every politically exposed people to launder money. Council for Educational Research and year, trans fat intake leads to over 5,00,000 • Trade misinvoicing is the largest component Training (NCERT). deaths worldwide from cardiovascular diseases. of illicit financial outflows from developing • It can be used as a visual tool by policy • WHO launched an initiative called REPLACE countries as measured by New York-based makers, senior government officials, academia, that will provide guidance for all countries on how Global Financial Integrity (GFI) which tracks and researchers to address gaps and monitor to remove artificial trans fats from their foods, such flows. programmes in the field of education. possibly leading to a worldwide eradication. • Trade misinvoicing is a method for moving • UNICEF India in partnership with HRD Nepal to hold BIMSTEC 2018 money illicitly across borders which involves the Ministry also had organised a ‘Shiksha Mela — • Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has deliberate falsification of the value or volume of Education Open Day’ to demonstrate case stories announced to host the 2018 Bay of Bengal an international commercial transaction of goods showcasing holistic and equitable quality

education achieved through convergent first hyperspectral imaging satellite • Last year, the trade was disrupted following programming across 17 Indian states. developed by China. the Doklam standoff. This year, the traders are Hamburg To Host 2018 Global Wind Summit: China’s indigenously built aircraft carrier hopeful that there would be no problem. • The first edition of the Global Wind Summit ‘Shandong’ starts sea trials: • The trade between the two countries through will be held here from September 25-28, 2018 in • China’s indigenously developed second Nathu La border, located at a height of 14,200 Hamburg, Germany. aircraft carrier, Shandong also called as C-17/ feet, was resumed in 2006. In 2016-2017, goods • The conference on wind is the largest and Type 001A started it sea trials . worth Rs 3.54 crore were traded via the Sino- most important meeting of the wind industry • The yet to be christened aircraft carrier left Indian border, Nathu La. worldwide. The event combines two conferences, the dock of Dalian Ship Building Industry in the China WindEnergy Hamburg and WindEurope. North-Eastern Coast of China to begin its much- • Capital: Beijing • India is fourth largest country after China, awaited sea trials. • President: Xi Jinping the US and Germany in terms of wind energy China approves $1 billion loan for Sri Lanka • Currency: Renminbi installation capacity at around 33 GW. The highway: organisers of the four-day event are expecting • The Chinese government has approved a $1 Colombia speakers from about 100 countries, including billion loan to Sri Lanka to build a highway Colombia to be NATO’s 1st Latin American India, China, the US, Spain and Denmark. and its export-import bank has been ‘Global Partner’: • The focus of the conferences would be on instructed to process the borrowing. • Colombia will next week formally join the three major subjects. Dynamic markets, cost • It will be one of the largest projects North Atlantic Treaty Organization, making it efficiency and smart energy. undertaken by the China in the island nation, the only Latin American nation in the alliance. It which is supporting China’s Belt and Road was announced by Colombia’s President Juan CHINA: Initiative (BRI). Manuel Santos. China launches a new communications satellite, • China has emerged as the largest single • Other global partners include Afghanistan, APSTAR-6C: lender to Sri Lanka in recent years. Australia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, • China has launched a new communication China’s “Type-001A” started Trials: Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan. satellite “APSTAR-6C” at the southwestern • China’s first domestically manufactured • The partnership with Colombia will cooperate Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The satellite aircraft carrier started sea trials. on global security areas like cyber and maritime was sent into orbit by the Long March-3B • The carrier, known only as “Type 001A”, set security, terrorism and links to organized crime. carrier rocket. This was the 273rd mission of the out for the trials from a port in north-eastern • The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also Long March rocket series. China. called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an • Both the satellite and the rocket were • The ship will give China a second aircraft intergovernmental military alliance between 29 developed by the China Aerospace Science and carrier as it asserts its claims in the South China North American and European countries. Technology Corporation. The user of the satellite Sea and seeks to deter any independence NATO is Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Co. Ltd. movements in Taiwan in 2020. • Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium • The satellite will provide TV transmission, China’s first aircraft carrier – Liaoning – was • Secretary General: Jens Stoltenberg communication, Internet and multimedia services also a ‘Type 001 aircraft carrier. The Liaoning Colombia to customers across the Asia-Pacific region. was originally a Kuznetsov-class aircraft cruiser • Capital: Bogota China launches new satellite to monitor air for the Soviet Navy in the mid-1980s. • Currency: Colombian peso pollution: China launches relay satellite to explore • China successfully launched a hyperspectral Moon’s far side: Guatemala: imaging satellite for comprehensive • China has launched a relay satellite as part Guatemala opens its embassy in Jerusalem observation of the atmosphere, including air of a groundbreaking programme to be the first to • Guatemala has opened an embassy in pollution which is one of the country’s major land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon Jerusalem. Guatemalan President Jimmy problems. later this year. Morales and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin • The Gaofen-5 satellite was launched off the • China hopes to become the first country to Netanyahu attended the embassy’s opening. back of a Long March 4C rocket from the soft-land a probe on the moon’s far side, also Guatemala Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern known as the dark side because it faces away • Capital: Guatemala City Shanxi Province. It was the 274th flight from the earth and is comparatively. unknown. • Currency: Guatemalan quetzal mission by a Long March carrier rocket. The satellite, named Queqiao, or “Magpie China launches Gaofen-5 hyperspectral Bridge,” after an ancient Chinese folk tale, was ISRAEL imaging satellite for atmospheric research: launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Israel Withdraws From Race for UN Security • China launched Gaofen-5 (GF-5), a remote Centre in the southwestern province of Sichuan. Council Seat sensing satellite meant to conduct scientific 12th edition of the bilateral border trade • Israel withdrew from a race against research on the earth’s atmosphere. between India and China: Germany and Belgium for two seats on the • The launch took place using the Long March • The bilateral trade for the year 2018 between United Nations Security Council in 2019-20. 4C from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in the traders of India and China through the • Israel, Germany and Belgium were Shanxi province. Nathu La border began. competing for two seats allocated to the Western • It was developed by the China Aerospace • On behalf of Government of Sikkim, Secretary European and Others Group. Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) for Commerce and Industries Department, SK • Germany and Belgium are now running and has a lift off mass of 2700kg and a design Pradhan formally declared the trade to be opened uncontested, but they still need to win more than life of 8 years. for the season. two-thirds of the overall General Assembly vote • It was China’s first high-resolution to be elected. satellite for atmospheric observation, is also the

• The council, on which the five permanent • Currency: Euro, Dollar consignment of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company members – the United States, Britain, France, (ADNOC) crude oil. China and Russia – hold veto powers, is the only Russia • UAE Minister of State and ADNOC Group U.N. body that can make legally binding Russia Unveils World’s 1st Floating Nuclear CEO H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber was also present decisions, as well as imposing sanctions and Power Station: at the occasion.The event was organized by the authorizing the use of force. • Russia has unveiled the world’s first Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi. Israel floating nuclear power station at a ceremony • ADNOC is set to supply 2 million barrels of • Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk, crude oil for Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve • Capital: Jerusalem where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before (ISPR) in Mangalore. During the day, Mr. Pradhan • Currency: Israeli new shekel heading to eastern Siberia. also held the bilateral meeting with H.E. Dr. • It was constructed the state nuclear power Jaber. Netherlands PM Mark Rutte on 2 day official firm Rosatom, Saint Petersburg. • The shipment is part of the agreement under visit to India • The name of the ship is Akademik Lomonosov. which ADNOC will store 5.86 million barrels of • Prime Minister of The Netherlands, Mark It is a is a non-self-propelled powership.The ship crude oil in the country under India’s Strategic Rutte, will be on a two-day official visit to India holds two reactors with two 35 megawatt nuclear Petroleum Reserve (SPR) programme. from 24th of this month. reactors. • The agreement with ADNOC allows India to • The visit is expected to boost the economic Russia use the entire available crude oil stored by and political cooperation between the two • Capital: Moscow ADNOC at Mangalore SPR during emergency and countries. The India-Dutch CEOs forum will ▪ Currency: Russian ruble also allows ADNOC to sell part of the crude oil to take place in New Delhi. UAE Indian refiners as and when required. • India and The Netherlands have a bilateral Dharmendra Pradhan flags off first • Union Oil Minister: Dharmendra Pradhan trade of 5.39 billion dollars. The Netherlands is consignment of ADNOC crude oil for ISPR UAE the 5th largest investor in India. • Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural • Capital- Abu Dhabi. The Netherlands Gas Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off first • Currency- UAE dirham. • Capital: Amsterdam

INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT Summit Key Points/ Discussion Theme Held in International Buddhist Conference To disseminate teachings of Gautam Buddha and spread ‘Lumbini Nepal: The birthplace Lumbini, Nepal the messages of nonviolence, brotherhood, co-existence, of Lord Buddha and the love and peace to the international community. fountain of Buddhism and world peace’.

Second World Hindu Congress (WHC) To commemorate 125 years of Swami Vivekananda’s “Sumantrite Suvikrante” — Chicago 2018 historic Chicago address on September 11, 1893. think collectively, achieve valiantly.

Twelfth informal meeting of SAARC The meeting about the current status of economic Manila , Finance Ministers progress achieved by their countries. Philippines 51st Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) 2018 World Robot Conference The conference will greatly stimulate passion and Beijing, China. innovation in the robot industry as well as help with research and development. 71st Cannes Film Festival 2018 The Indian pavilion is a very important tool to help Cannes, connecting the worldwide European and worldwide France community of films. Shanghai Cooperation Organization The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism Wuhan, China. (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ and Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Shri K. J. Alphons attend the meeting on the behalf of India. To increase the co-operation between India and China in Defence, External Affairs and Tourism.

SCO Cultural Ministers’ Meeting It will showcase India’s initiatives to actively pursue Sanya, China cultural cooperation with other countries including SCO countries. 71st World Health Assembly Mr Nadda also inaugurated ‘Walk the Talk’ event “Health for All: Commit To Geneva, Universal Health Coverage” Switzerland

26th BASIC Ministerial Meeting of For the co-operation from countries and stakeholders in Durban, South Environment Ministers on Climate an effort to protect the climate for present and future The Africa. Change generations.

To complete the Paris Agreement Work Programme at COP24, to enable full implementation of the Paris Agreement from 2020 onwards.

Third edition of the Mission Innovation Mission innovation countries launched Mission Innovation Malmo, Ministerial Meet Champions Programme to felicitate clean energy Sweden innovators. At the Solutions Summit, the MI 2020 Solutions booklet was launched.

9th India-Japan Energy Dialogue To initiate discussion on the concept of electric vehicles New Delhi, (EVs) by collaborating with “Policy dialogue on next India generation/Zero emission vehicles”. Agreed to work together for energy security, energy access and climate change issues.

1st India- South Africa Business It was signed between Invest SA and Invest India, Sandton Summit strengthening a rapidly growing economic and trade Convention partnership between the two strategic partner countries. Centre, Johannesburg Third edition of the United Nations To build and enhance the capacity of the African Troop New Delhi Peacekeeping Course for African Contributing Countries to the UN. Partners (UNPCAP) The course is conducted by the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping in India (CUNPK) in partnership with the US.

List of Agreements/MoUs’ signed by India with Various Countries: Country President Key Point/ Area Capital/Currency

Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena On cooperation on exchange of information and other aspects to Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura tackle smuggling of drugs in both countries. Kotte / Sri Lankan rupee Between delegations from India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Sri Lanka’s Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB).

Poland Andrzej Duda In a bid to strengthen the cultural ties between Gujarat and Poland Warsaw / Polish złoty To join hands with Poland government for the celebration of the independence of Poland in Delhi and other parts of the world. It will extend support to Poland celebrate its Independence Day Centenary in October 2018.

Peru Martín Vizcarra Cornejo In the field of Renewable Energy at Lima, Peru. Lima / Sol

UK Donald Trump For setting up of bio-gas and bio-CNG plants in the Punjab state. London / Pound sterling MoU has been signed with Rika Biofuels Development Ltd UK by Punjab Bureau of Industrial Promotion (PBIP) and Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA).

Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari To expand their partnership for socio-economic development on the Kathmandu / Nepalese rupee basis of principles of equality, trust, respect and mutual benefit. Importance of trade and economic ties

Panama Juan Carlos Varela On exemption of Visas for holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports Panama City / United States Dollar, and in the field of Agriculture. Panamanian balboa

Two centres for Biodiversity and Innovation will be setup by India in Panama worth US $10 mn and US $15 mn each. Guatemala Jimmy Morales For expanding cooperation in the area of diplomatic training. It aims Guatemala City / Guatemalan for strengthening diplomatic cooperation through Respective Foreign quetzal Service Institutes in the educational field.

BANKING & BUSINESS and resident Indians cannot be beneficial owners LuLu Financial Group begins operations in Paytm Introduces 'Tap Card' Offline of FPIs. Hong Kong: Payments Solution: • NRIs and OCIs can only obtain an FPI licence • LuLu Financial Group, the financial services • One97 Communications Limited, the on condition that they limit their roles to and payments solution brand, has started owner of digital payment major, Paytm, investment advisors and do not invest their operations in Hong Kong with the inauguration of announced the launch of its offline payments money. its head office at Kowloon. solution - the Paytm Tap Card. • Sebi further sought a comprehensive list of • The group acquired 100 per cent ownership of • Paytm Tap Card is a solution that also beneficial owners from the existing FPIs within six a local financial services company in Hong addresses any network-related concerns at the months. Kong, adding five more branches to its global consumers' or merchants' end. • SEBI network. Branded as LuLu Money, this is • Paytm Tap Card uses near-field • Headquarters: Mumbai • LuLu Financial Group’s 10th country of communication (NFC) technology to enable • Chairman: Ajay Tyagi operation, and second in the APAC region, after safe and convenient digital payments, completely Philippines. offline at Paytm-issued NFC PoS terminals. Cognizant Acquires Belgium-Based Hedera • LuLu Money retail outlets will offer money • To make payments, users can add money Consulting: transfer, retail currency exchange and import from their Paytm account by scanning the QR • The IT firm Cognizant has acquired and export of currencies. code on the Tap Card and by authenticating it at privately-held Hedera Consulting. It is a move any of the add value machines (AVM). that will strengthen the former’s consulting and RBI announced Rs.10,000 crore bond digital transformation capabilities for clients in purchases: GAIL signs Rs2,000 crore loan agreement Belgium and the Netherlands. • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will buy with SBI: • The purchase further expands Cognizant’s government bonds worth up to Rs10,000 crore. • The State-owned gas utility GAIL India consulting, business insight and digital • It is a move that could bring some relief to the has borrowed Rs2,000 crore loan from State transformation capabilities for clients in Belgium bond market which is reeling under the pressure Bank of India (SBI) to meet its general capital and the Netherlands. of rising yields despite a slew of regulatory expenditure requirement. • Hedera was founded in 2009, and it measures. • The loan is for a 15-year tenure. The pact specialises in business advisory and data • The purchase of securities will be made under was signed in the presence of GAIL director analytics services across sectors, helping clients the central bank’s open market operations (finance) Subir Purkayastha and SBI general in areas like growth strategy, innovation, (OMOs). manager S.K. Pradhan. marketing, sales and customer service. • Last week, RBI withdrew the clause that • Gail Limited is the largest state-owned natural • forced foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to gas processing and distribution company in India. India: 11th Spot In AT Kearney FDI buy government bonds and state development GAIL Confidence Index 2018 loans with at least three years of residual • Headquarters: New Delhi • India has slipped by three spots to 11th maturity. • CEO: B. C. Tripathi position in the FDI Confidence Index 2018 of global consultancy firm A T Kearney. It is the CBDT Approves Amendment Of India-Kuwait India is Second Fastest in Passenger Traffic first time since 2015 that India has been Tax Agreement: Growth: pushed out of the top 10. • The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) • India has been projected to be the second • India was ranked 8th in 2017. has notified the protocol amending the Double fastest growing country in the world for • The United States (US) topped the index, Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) passenger traffic by the Airports Council followed by Canada at 2nd and Germany at the between India and Kuwait. International (ACI) in its traffic forecasts 3rd place. • The amendment also enables sharing of between 2017-40. • The AT Kearney Foreign Direct information received from Kuwait for tax • The Airports Council International has put Investment (FDI) Confidence Index is an annual purposes with other law enforcement agencies, Vietnam at the top position with a 8.5% survey of the business executives that ranks subject to an authorisation of the competent growth rate, followed by India at 7.5% and Iran countries which are likely to attract the most FDI authority of Kuwait and vice versa. at 7.3%. China has been placed at the 8th in the • As per the CBDT, the protocol to amend the position with 5.9% growth rate. next three years. existing agreement between India and Kuwait • ACI has placed the Indira Gandhi International was signed in June, 2006 for the avoidance of Airport in New Delhi among the top twenty India's 7% Projected Growth Rate For The double taxation. busiest airports in the world, putting it at the 16th Current Fiscal: ADB Kuwait position. • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has • Capital: Kuwait City said, India's projected GDP growth of over 7 • Currency: Kuwaiti dinar SEBI Tightens KYC Norms For FPIs: percent for the current fiscal is amazingly fast and if this momentum is maintained, the size NSDL payment bank to open in a month: • Sebi recently came out with a detailed of the economy can double within a decade. • National Securities Depository Limited framework for risk-based Know Your Client • ADB has projected India to remain the fastest (NSDL)expects to launch its payment bank’s (KYC) documentation of Foreign Portfolio growing Asian nation with 7.3 percent operations within a month as it is awaiting Investors (FPIs). Among other things, the growth in 2018-19, and 7.6 percent in 2019- Reserve Bank’s nod. It will be a digital bank market regulator made it clear that non-resident 20. focussed on making digital payments. Indians (NRIs), overseas citizens of India (OCI)

• NSDL has already obtained license from the gaining a foothold in the growing South Asian bank expand its footprint in the digital banking apex bank and filed an application seeking consumer market. and payments space. clearance for launching operations. • Daraz, founded in 2012, was purchased from • The digital stack will facilitate extension of the • NSDL is currently storing certificates of as Rocket Internet, a Berlin-based incubator of bank’s digital efforts and help it provide simple many as 40 universities in the country. online startups. and convenient banking to its customers. • Managing director and CEO NSDL: GV AAI, Harris ink Rs 945-cr deal for futuristic • The bank had launched an app BPay in Nageswar Rao telecom infrastructure: September 2017, which will be the key driver • The Airports Authority of India (AAI) for digital transition of customers from assisted to India slips to 6th spot in biz optimism index; signed a Rs 945-crore deal with the Harris self-service mode. sentiment weakest since 2014: Thornton Corporation of the US for development of its FINO Payments Bank • As per Grant Thornton’s Survey – After Futuristic Telecommunications • Chairman, Independent Director – Mahendra topping the chart for four years, India has Infrastructure (FTI) programme. Kumar Chouhan slipped at the sixth place in the index, with a • The 15-year contract was signed at the sixth • Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer score of 89 in the first quarter of 2018. This occur edition of theS-India aviation summit. – Rishi Gupta with a weakening currency and a surge in oil • Harris Corporation will serve as the prime • Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra. prices in the country. contractor and systems integrator for the China launches first India-dedicated • The top five nations are Austria, Finland, programme, which is to be implemented over a investment fund: Indonesia, the Netherlands and the US. period of two years. • China’s largest bank, the Industrial and • The conclusions are based on a quarterly • It will upgrade network operations, Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has global business survey of 2,500 businesses in enhance security and improve the performance, launched the country’s first India-dedicated 37 economies. reliability and quality of the air traffic publicly offered investment fund, the bank . Google Launches Android Things 1.0 Ready management communications network, while • The fund, named the ICBC Credit Suisse for Commercial IoT: reducing telecommunications costs. India Market Fund, will “invest in exchange- • Google has officially launched the stable Paytm introduces automatic recurring traded funds listed on more than 20 exchanges in version of its embedded operating system payments: Europe and the US that are based on the Indian platform Android Things 1.0 is now available for • Similar to standing instructions for bank market. download and use. accounts, the ‘My Payments’ feature on the • As per the memorandum of the committee, • To be used for building commercial Paytm app can be used for high-value payments the panel will look into the import of uranium for Internet of Things products. for a variety of cases. nuclear plants, mining activities and • Paytm introduced automatic recurring environment, upgrading of India Post offices and Yahoo Squirrel Group Chat App Unveiled for payments, a new feature that lets users the drought situation in the country among other Android and iOS, Invite-Only for Now: configure the payments app to pay for periodic matters. • Yahoo has just entered the densely recurring expenses automatically. ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of competitive market of messaging apps by • The company expects the feature to China ) releasing its own new group chat app named significantly boost bank-to-bank transactions on • President of ICBC – Gu Shu Squirrel. Paytm, which it sees crossing Rs.60,000 crore a • Headquarters of ICBC – Beijing, China • The app is currently still in testing – is now month by December. RBI puts Dena Bank under prompt corrective listed on Google Play and the App Store and is • Paytm Founder : Vijay Shekhar Sharma action: invite-only for now. WPI inflation rises to 3.18 % in April: • Reserve Bank has initiated prompt • Squirrel focuses mainly on group chats and • Inflation based on Wholesale Price Index corrective action against public sector lender has many features that let you organise and (WPI) shot up to 3.18 per cent in April due to Dena Bank in view of high non-performing loans, streamline conversations with several increasing prices of petrol and diesel as well as restricting the bank from giving fresh credit and people. fruits and vegetables. new hiring. Indian tea industry records highest ever • It stood at 2.47 per cent in March and 3.85 • The public sector lender reported widening production, export in FY18: per cent in April last year. of its net loss to Rs 1,225.42 crore in the • Indian tea industry has recorded the • According to data released by the Commerce March quarter on mounting bad loans and highest ever production as well as exports in Ministry said, inflation in food articles was at higher provisioning to cover them. FY18. The total tea production was 1325.05 0.87 per cent in April 2018, as against a deflation Dena Bank million kgs, an increase of 74.56 million kgs as of 0.29 per cent in the preceding month • Headquarters: Mumbai compared to 2016-17. In percentage terms the Fino Payments Bank launches digital suite of • CEO: Shri. Ashwani Kumar increase is around 6%. products – UPI, Fastag, Online account • Tagline: Trusted Family Bank • The quantity of tea exports increased by opening and Netbanking: India’s growth to accelerate to 7.3% in next 12.71% to 28.94 million kgs during 2017-18 • As the next step to its tech-assisted physical fiscal, says Fitch: as compared to the corresponding period last network, Fino Payments Bank launched a suite • Credit rating agency Fitch has said that year, while the revenue earned from exports saw of digital products that can be accessed online India’s economic growth will accelerate to 7.3 a rise of $ 95.19 million (13.78%). and through mobile phones. per cent in the current financial year ending China’s Alibaba buys Pakistan e-commerce • The focus is to build the transaction platform, March 2019 (FY19) and 7.5 per cent in the firm Daraz: said Rishi Gupta, MD and CEO, Fino Payments next fiscal (FY20). • Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said it Bank. • In its second-quarter Sovereign Credit had purchased leading Pakistani online retailer Fino payments bank launched a digital suite Overview for Asia Pacific region. Daraz, continuing its overseas expansion by • Fino Payments Bank has launched a digital Fitch Ratings services suite with the intention of helping the • Headquarters: New York, United States

• CEO: Paul Taylor Foxconn unit writes off another $40 million capacity utilisation & an optimum Aluminium YES Bank to launch water-security in Snapdeal investment: production target of 4.15 lakh tonnes. programme: • FIH Mobile, the investment subsidiary of • The Company has set a challenging CAPEX • YES Bank is all set to roll out a capacity Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest target of Rs.1100 crore for the year 2018-19. building project with farmers in Haryana and contract manufacturing giant, has written off an Rajasthan under its ‘Livelihood and Water additional $40 million of its $200 million bet on India fastest growing economy at 7.4 Security’ CSR initiative. Gurgaon-based online marketplace Snapdeal. percent in 2018: IMF • This initiative is aimed at improving India third largest solar market in the world: • The International Monetary Fund (IMF) farmers’ access to finance, ensuring effective Mercom Communications reaffirmed that India will be the fastest growing use of digital banking resources, and imparting • Mercom Communications, India emerged major economy in 2018, with a growth rate of 7.4 good agricultural practices. as the third largest solar market in the world percent that rises to 7.8 percent in 2019 with Yes Bank launches Agenda 25*25: in 2017 behind China and the US. medium-term prospects remaining positive. • YES Bank and YES Global Institute have • As per the report, India set a new record with • The IMF’s Asia and Pacific Regional Economic launched Agenda 25×25, which pledges to 9.6 GW of solar installations in 2017, which was Outlook report said that India was recovering create a synergetic startup environment for more than double the 4.3 GW installed in 2016. from the effects of demonetisation and the budding women entrepreneurs in India. • Mercom Communications India is an arm of introduction of the Goods and Services Tax. • The effort would ensure that by 2025 at least global clean energy consulting firm Mercom • The consumer price increase in 2017 was 3.6 25% of all entrepreneurs in India are Capital Group. percent and projected it to be five percent in women. Mercom Capital Group 2018 and 2019. • The bank made the announcement at the • CEO: Raj Prabhu • After India, Bangladesh is projected to be the YES Bank – YES Global Institute Annual fastest-growing economy in South Asia with Startup Conclave hosted in partnership with India Grants of 18.07 released for nepal for growth rates of seven percent for 2018 and 2019. NITI Aayog, Invest India, Startup India and Atal river training: World’s Largest e-Commerce Deal: Walmart Innovation Mission. • India has released grant of NRs. (Nepalese Buys Flipkart • A study by YES Bank-YES Global Institute, Rupees) 18.07 crore for river training and • Walmart Inc. is set to announce the ‘Putting Women First: Building the Start-up construction of embankments along Lalbakeya, purchase of a majority stake in Flipkart in a deal Ecosystem Ground Up’ was released at the Bagmati and Kamla rivers in Nepal. that will value India’s largest online retailer at conclave. • Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh more than $21 billion, making it the world’s Yes Bank empanelled as ‘Settlement Bank’ Puri handed over a cheque of grant to Dr. Sanjay biggest ever e-commerce acquisition. for NSE: Sharma, Secretary Ministry of Energy, Irrigation • The deal is expected to be made public on • Yes Bank has received approval from & Water Resources, Nepal in Kathmandu. Wednesday with Walmart chief executive Doug National Stock Exchange to be empanelled as • It aimed at flood control and water resources McMillon in India. Walmart will buy roughly 70% ‘Settlement Bank’ for National Securities management, which benefit several million of Flipkart. Clearing Corporation (NSCCL), a wholly owned people inhabiting in the watershed of these rivers • Google is expected to purchase up to 5% in subsidiary of NSE. in India and Nepal. Flipkart. • The services will include Electronic Funds • Flipkart CEO: Binny Bansal Transfer (ETF) facilities and ‘anywhere’ banking. NTPC Inks Pact To Acquire 3 Projects In • Walmart CEO: Doug McMillon YES BANK will provide facilities including issuing Bihar: BSE Becomes 1st Indian Stock Exchange To bank guarantees, credit facilities and inter-bank • NTPC inked a pact with Bihar and its power Get US SEC’s DOSM Recognition: funds transfer as well as free of cost funds utilities to acquire their entire stake in two joint • BSE, Asia's oldest stock exchange, has transfer across centers for NSE’ s members. ventures at Nabinagar and Kanti, and to buy become the first Indian exchange to be • YES BANK is already an empanelled Clearing Barauni thermal plant. recognised as a designated offshore Bank for the BSE, NCDEX and MCX. • The transactions would enable NTPC to have securities market (DOSM) by the U.S. YES Bank 100 per cent stake in Nabinagar and Kanti JV • The DOSM status allows sale of securities to • Headquarters: Mumbai projects, which is part the company's broad US investors through the trading venue of BSE • CEO: Rana Kapoor objective of acquiring state-owned generation without registration of such securities with the US • Tagline: Experience our Expertise units across the country. SEC, which eases the trades by US investors in Bharti Airtel completes merger with Telenor India. India: NALCO Inks MoU With Government of India • The recognition will also enhance the • Telecom major Bharti Airtel Ltd. today for FY 2018-19: attractiveness of Indian Depository Receipts completed the merger of the Indian arm of • Aluminium major & Navratna CPSE National (IDRs) amongst US investors. Telenor Communications with itself. Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has Indian Economy Projected to Grow 7.6% in • The deal will enable Airtel to further bolster its signed MoU with the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of 2018-19: UN Report spectrum footprint in these seven circles, with the India, setting highest ever target of Rs 9350 crore • According to UN World Economic addition of 43.4 MHz spectrum in the 1800 MHz revenue from operations for FY 2018-19 which is Situation and Prospects (WESP), the GDP band – widely known as 2G spectrum, but it is 15% higher than last year. growth in India is expected to climb to 7.5 and now being used for 4G services as well. • The MoU was signed between Shri Anil 7.6 percent in fiscal years 2017-18 and 2018-19 • Airtel will now begin integrating Telenor Gopishankar Mukim, Secretary, Ministry of respectively. India’s operations across seven circles – Andhra Mines, GoI and Dr.Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, • The World economic growth is now forecast to Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP (East), NALCO. The MoU has also set a target of 2.1 reach 3.2 per cent both in 2018 and 2019, an UP (West) and Assam, the statement added. million tons for production of Alumina with 100% upward revision by 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points.

Microsoft Buys Conversational AI Company • Walmart had recently announced that it will Bordoloi airport at Guwahati, connecting the Semantic Machines: pay about USD 16 billion to buy about 77 state with rest of the country. • Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Chief percent stake in Flipkart. While significant Technology Officer of AI & Research David Ku shareholders in the Bengaluru-based company RBI Slaps Rs 5-cr Penalty on South Indian announced the acquisition of Berkeley, California- like Naspers, venture fund Accel Partners and Bank: based conversational AI company Semantic eBay had agreed to sell their shares. • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Machines. • While SoftBank is now exiting Flipkart, it imposed a penalty of ₹5 crore on South Indian • The natural language processing technology continues to be a significant investor in Flipkart's Bank (SIB) for non-compliance with its developed by Semantic Machines will be rival Paytm Mall. directions on Income Recognition and Asset integrated into Microsoft’s products like Cortana Soft Bank Classification (IRAC) norms, Know Your and the Azure Bot Service. • CEO: Masayoshi Son Customer (KYC) norms and treasury function. • One of Semantic Machines’ core products is its • Headquarters: Minato, Tokyo, Japan • The penalty has also been imposed on the Conversation Engine. Thrissur-headquartered private sector bank for • With the acquisition of Semantic Finance ministry ties up with 40 companies deficiencies in its compliance function and Machines,Microsoft will establish a loans under Mudra scheme: compliance culture. conversational AI center of excellence in • The Finance Ministry has tied up with 40 Berkeley. entities including Flipkart, Swiggy, Patanjali and Tata Steel acquired Bhushan Steel: Bank of Baroda Locates Major Operations at Amul, for extending loans to small entrepreneurs. • Bamnipal Steel Ltd (BNPL), a wholly- GIFT City: • Under the tie-up, it aims to identify people owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, has • State-owned Bank of Baroda has who can be given funds under the Pradhan successfully completed the acquisition of consolidated all its operational activities at a Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY). Last fiscal the controlling stake of 72.65 per cent in Bhushan shared service center (SSC), which employs over government has extended Rs 2.53 lakh crore Steel Ltd (BSL). 2,000 people, at Gujarat's GIFT City. credit under the Mudra Yojana, while Rs 5.73 lakh • Tata Steel Ltd had won the bid to acquire • Operational services such as retail loan crore has been extended in last 3 years. debt-laden Bhushan Steel Ltd (BSL) in an processing, deposit account opening, forex • The companies, which have tied up with the insolvency auction. The bankrupt firm was among transactions, call center, among others have been financial services department for this, include the 12 stressed assets the RBI had referred for migrated to the SSC. Make My Trip, Zomato, Meru Cab, Muthoot, NCLT proceedings last year. • It is the first India bank to actually move a Edelweiss, Amazon, Ola, Amazon, Big Basket, • Country's largest lender SBI will be the lots operations to the smart city. Some other Carz on Rent and Habib Salon. biggest beneficiary of resolution of debt-ridden banks have already opened branches and • PMMY was launched by Prime Minister Bhushan Steel. representative offices there. Narendra Modi on April 8, 2015, for providing • Gujarat International Finance Tec-City is loans of up to Rs 10 lakh to the non-corporate, MCX launches India’s first copper options a business district promoted by the Government non-farm small/micro enterprises. contracts: of Gujarat through a joint venture company. GIFT • India's Multi Commodity Exchange has City is India's first operational smart city and Justice Srikrishna to chair panel discussion launched the country's first copper options international financial services centre. on governance, data privacy: contracts. Bank of Baroda • Justice BN Srikrishna, who heads the • Three contracts expiring in June, August and • Headquarters: Alkapuri, Vadodara committee on framing new data protection norms November with a lot size of 1 tonne were • CEO: P. S. Jayakumar for India, will chair a panel discussion on launched. The exchange had also launched crude governance. oil options earlier this month. India to Achieve 9% Growth Rate by 2022: • The discussion on 'Future of Governance' • In order to encourage active participation in NITI Aayog will focus on various aspects related to data the market the exchange is not levying any • NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar privacy, an issue that has become increasingly transactionfees on all the commodity options announced that that Indian economy will achieve relevant in the digital era. contracts till September 30, 2018. 9 percent growth rate on sustained basis by • According to a statement, the event is being Multi Commodity Exchange 2022 on the back of reforms like GST, organised as part of a series of talks on Digital • Headquarters: Mumbai demonetisation and the Insolvency and Technologies and their impact on society, human • CEO: Mrugank M. Paranjape Bankruptcy Code (IBC). psyche and economies. It is hosted by India • Indian economy grew by 6.6 percent in 2017- International Centre (IIC) in collaboration 18 and expected to grow at 7.5 percent this fiscal. with NITI Aayog and Centre for Policy • He pointed out that Indian economy averaged Research (CPR). 8.3 percent from 2003-11. First commercial flight of AP lands at SoftBank confirms selling ‘entire stake’ in Pasighat under UDAN Scheme: Flipkart to Walmart: • The air-connectivity in Arunachal • Japan's SoftBank has decided to sell its over Pradesh was fulfilled with flagging off of the first 21 percent stake in e-commerce major fixed-wing commercial aircraft from Pasighat to Flipkart to US retailer Walmart for an Guwahati by Chief Minister Pema Khandu. Under estimated USD 4 billion. SoftBank had invested the Udan scheme eight locations in Arunachal USD 2.5 billion in Flipkart last year. Pradesh have been selected. • It paves the way for the Walmart to acquire a • The Air India Ltd agreed to start ATR-42 77% stake in India’s largest online retailer. services of Alliance Air to Pasighat from Gopinath

APPOINTMENTS S.no Designation Current Previous 1. Chairman of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of Shubash Khuntia T S Vijayan India (IRDAI) 2. Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Kavinder Gupta Nirmal Singh 3. Chief Coach for the Indian Men’s Hockey Team Harendra Singh Dutchman Sjoerd Marijne President of Hockey India Rajinder Singh Mariamma Koshy 4. 27th Principal Spokesperson of the Government of India and Sitanshu Ranjan Kar Frank Noronha Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB)

5. Chairman of the 21-member Public Mallikarjun Kharge KV Thomas Accounts Committee of Parliament. 6. Full-Time Member of 15th Finance Commission Ashok Lahiri Chairman of 15th Finance Commission N. K. Singh

7. Acting Governor of Manipur Jagdish Mukhi 8. Deputy Chairman of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Chandra Sekhar Ghosh Eastern Region (ER). 9. One year Extension for Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha (till June 12, 2019) 10. Next Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman Munu Mahawar

11. CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Pawan Kumar Agarwal

12. Textiles Minister Smriti Irani 13. Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Independent Charge Rajyavardhan Rathore (Additional Smriti Irani Charge) 14. Minister of State, Electronics and Information Technology S.S. Ahluwalia Alphons Kannanthanam

15. Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal (Temporary Charge) Arun Jaitley (Till he recovers from kidney transplant surgery)

16. Independent chairman of the International Cricket Council Shashank Manohar (ICC). 17. Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi. Uttam Pachame

18. Chairperson of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation Dilip Tirkey (OTDC) 19. First Female director of the CIA, Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel 20. Secretary of Information And Broadcasting Ministry. Amit Khare

21. Secretary of Commerce And Petroleum M M Kutty 22. Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited. Anil Kumar Jha

23. Director of BHEL Pravin L Agrawal 24. MD & CEO of Airtel Payments Bank Anubrata Biswasa

25. Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI) C K Prasad 26. Non-Executive Chairperson of Punjab & Sind Bank Charan Singh (Former RBI Director)

27. Non-Executive Chairperson of Dena Bank Anjali Bansal (MD of TPG Private Equity) 28. Non-Executive Chairperson of Central Bank of India. Tapan Ray (former Corporate Affairs Secretary)

29. Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy 30. Vice-President of Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) Himanta Biswa Sarma

31. 1st South Asian to be Elected in Oregon Susheela Jayapal 32. Head Coach of Australian Cricket Team Justin Langer Darren Lehmann 33. Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte 34. First female chief of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Stacey Cunningham

35. Re-elected Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro

36. Won Iraq Parliamentary Election Moqtada al-Sadr 37. Independent Director of ICICI Bank Radhakrishnan Nair 38. Head of Google's cloud business in India Nitin Bawankule

39. Elected President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Luis Guillermo Solis 40. Elected President of Russia for the 4th time Vladimir Putin 41. Elected President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian Serzh Sargsyan Elected Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan Karen Karapetyan

42. Indian- American Woman - Interim Judge to the Civil Court of Deepa Ambekar (Second ) New York City Raja Rajeswari (First)

43. First female board member of Saudi Aramco Lynn Elsenhans 44. World’s Oldest Prime Minister -Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad (92) 45. Vice President of WhatsApp Chris Daniels Jan Koum 46. Head of USIBC India (U.S India Business Council) Ambika Sharma

Resignation: New York State attorney general - Eric T. Schneiderman Flipkart co-founder- Sachin Bansal

Ambassadors: Green Ambassador of the Sikkim State - Singer Mohit Chauhan Online pharmacy Netmeds- Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni

AWARDS & HONOURS S.no Awards Winner 1. 26th PC Chandra Puraskaar Award 2018 Legendary Singer Asha Bhosle 2. ONV Literary Prize Jnanpith laureate M T Vasudevan Nair 3. ‘Excellent Woman of Excellence’ category in Annual WEF 2018 Awards Nisha Bhalla 4. 11th KISS Humanitarian Award 2018 Prof Muhammad Yunus 5. CREDAI-MCHI Golden Pillar Award for the Best CSR Programme of the Kalpataru Limited Year 6. Swara Mauli title Award Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar 7. RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ category Faye D’Souza Lifetime Achievement Category William Mark Tully

8. Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan Dr Bindeshwar Pathak (Founder of Sulabh International) 9. Shri Jayadev Rastriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar 2018’ Anindita Anaam (US-based Kathak dancer) 10. DRDO Lifetime Achievement Award Dr V K Saraswat (2017); Dr Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre (2016) DRDO Technology Leadership Award Dr G Satheesh Reddy (2016) 11. League Managers’ Association (LMA) special achievement award John Gregory (Chennaiyin FC head coach) 12. charity award in UK India’s Jagriti Yatra 13. S&P Global Platts Global Metals Award 2018 NMDC Ltd 14. Honoured by European Union for strengthening Europe-India cultural ties. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan 15. Man Booker International Prize for fiction - “Flights” novel Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk 16. Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 in the Government Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Research Organizations Category 17. Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017 INSV Tarini team

The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was Best Director British Council awards for three Indian held from 8 to 19 May 2018 in Paris, France. Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War alumni of UK universities: Opening film: Everybody Knows Best Screenplay Three Indian alumni of UK universities have Closing film: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote TIE been awarded by the British Council for their Alice Rohrwacher, Happy As Lazzaro outstanding achievements and contribution to the Here's the Winner List of Awards Nader Saeivar, 3 Faces country. Palme d’Or Best Actress ‘Professional Achievement Award’: Saumya Shoplifters, dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda Samal Yeslyamova, My Little One Saxena, an alumni of the University of Grand Prize Caméra d’Or Cambridge and the University of Oxford. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman Girl, dir: Lukas Dhont ‘Social Impact Award’: Ruchi Shah, a post Jury Prize Short Film Palme d’Or graduate of the University of the Arts London. Nadine Labaki, Capernaum All These Creatures, dir: Charles Williams ‘Entrepreneurial Award’: Sushant Desai, a Special Palme d’Or Special Mention: On The Border, dir: Wei Shujun post graduate from the University of Edinburgh. Jean-Luc Godard, Image Book SPORTS Best Actor India bag Silver & Bronze in Archery World Cannes Film Festival 2018: Marcello Fonte, Dogman Cup Stage II in Turkey:

• In Archery, India has opened its account at • The 2020 Europa League final will be played • In the final, they defeated Tobias Hippler and the second stage of the World Cup Stage II at in Gdansk, Poland with the UEFA Super Cup being Kilian Ort of Germany. Antalya in Turkey with a Silver and a Bronze held in Porto’s Estadio Dragao. Manchester United named Most Valuable medal in the Compound section. • Vienna will play host the women’s 2020 Football Team: • The Women’s team of Jyothi Vennam, Champions League final. • According to a report by accounting firm Muskan Kirar and Divya Dhayal settled for a KPMG, Manchester United has topped the table Silver after losing to their Chinese Taipei AB de Villiers Retires From International in terms of overall value. opponents by three points. Later, the third- Cricket: • The clubs were then ranked by ‘enterprise seeded Mixed pair of Jyothi and Abhishek • South African superstar AB de Villiers has value’ – an accounting measure used to assess Verma won the Bronze medal play-off to bag announced his retirement from international how much it would cost to buy any given club or the second medal for India. cricket. company as it includes a business’ total debt. BCCI goes ‘green’ by joining hands with • He announced it four days after his IPL • The Red Devils’ overall value increased five United Nations: franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore exited the percent compared to 2017 to more than 3.2 • BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary 11th season of the lucrative Twenty20 league. billion euros (£2.8 billion pounds, $3.77 billion), and Erik Solheim, Executive Director of UN • He has represented South Africa in 114 Tests, beating Real Madrid on 2.9 billion euros and FC Environment, signed a letter of intent at the 228 ODIs and 78 T20 Internationals. Barcelona on 2.8 billion euros. board’s headquarters ahead of the IPL 2018 final Manika Batra, Mirabai Chanu Sign Up With Lionel Messi Wins European Golden Shoe for between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers IOS Sports: the 5th Time: Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium. • Commonwealth gold medal-winning • Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won • The Board of Control for Cricket in India table tennis player Manika Batra and the European Golden Shoe for the fifth time. (BCCI) and UN Environment has signed an weightlifter Mirabai Chanu have signed multi- • He claimed the prize after scoring 34 goals in agreement to promote ‘green’ cricket in year agreements with sports management firm La Liga this season. He also won the award last India. IOS Sports & Entertainment. year, as well as in 2010, 2012 and 2013. • The partnership aims to spread greater • IOS will now manage their endorsements, • Four-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo finished awareness about key environmental challenges appearances, brand profiling, patents, licensing ninth in the rankings after scoring 26 goals for facing the country, and highlight alternate and and digital rights, images, and visibility on social Real Madrid in La Liga. more sustainable solutions. The BCCI will networking sites. Prajnesh Gunneswaran Won T.K. endeavor to reduce its environmental impact by • With this deal, Batra and Chanu join the likes Ramanathan award: greening operations and engaging cricketers and of boxers MC Mary Kom and Vijender Singh on the • Prajnesh Gunneswaran won the prestigious fans in green initiatives. IOS roster. T.K. Ramanathan award for the year 2017-18 Japan Win Uber Cup To End 37-Year Iraq to hold first International Football at the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) Drought: tournament: annual day function at the SDAT tennis stadium. • Japan women beat finalists Thailand 3-0 to • Iraq is to host a West Asia Football • He received a cash prize of Rs. 30,000. TNTA win the Uber Cup in Bangkok and end their 37- Federation championship in the southern city president M.A. Alagappan gave away the prizes. year long wait for the title. of Basra in November, the first international Nadal wins eighth Rome Masters title: • The Uber Cup is called the World Team tournament to be staged in the country since the • Rafael Nadal has won the Rome Masters Championships for Women, is a major 1990s. Iraq has not played competitive (Italian Open) for the eighth time. He defeated international badminton competition contested by internationals on home turf since its 1990 defending champion Alexander Zverev to clinch women’s national badminton teams. invasion of Kuwait. the title. • The Uber Cup is second in prestige only to the • Iraqi authorities hailed WAFF’s invitation to • Nadal remains the best clay-courter of the Olympics as a national team event. host the tournament, following the decision in Open Era with an astonishing 408-36 record. WHO, Russia launch new campaign for March of world football’s governing body Fifa to South Korea Wins 5th Women’s Asian football World Cup 2018: lift a three-decade ban on Iraq hosting Champions Trophy: • A new video campaign has been launched international football. • South Korea defeated India to win the fifth targeting football fans on the occasion of the Bala Prasath Wins Formula Junior Racing Women’s Asian Champions Trophy at the World Cup 2018 next month to promote Series 2018 Championship: Sunrise Stadium, South Korea. healthier and more active lives. • Local racer Bala Prasath has claimed the • South Korea, thus, won the title for the third • The series of videos have been produced Formula Junior Racing Series 2018 time after 2010 and 2011. India finished runners- jointly by WHO, Russia’s Ministry of Health championship. Bengaluru’s Sohil clinched the up for the second time after having lost in the and the 2018 World Cup Russia Local Organising second place. final to Japan in 2013. Committee. It is one of many joint activities that • The Formula Junior Racing Series 2018 • Vandana Katariya was declared Player of will be implemented around the month long World Championship, organised by MECO the Tournament. Cup starting from 14th of next month. Motorsports, was introduced in 2016 to provide Sweden retains World Ice Hockey Title: • The campaign consists of 3 videos, each a platform to drivers coming out of the winter • Sweden clinched the world ice hockey title tackling key health risk issues of Tobacco use, season to prepare for the National by defeating Switzerland. Sweden won all 10 excessive salt consumption and physical Championships. matches at the tournament. inactivity. Table Tennis: Sathiyan-Shetty settle for • Switzerland finished runner-up for the third Istanbul to host 2020 Champions League doubles silver in Thailand time after 2013 and 1935. final: • The Indian duo of G Sathiyan and Sanil • The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an • Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium will Shetty finished its campaign at the Thailand international ice hockey tournament hosted by host the 2020 Champions League final, UEFA Open table tennis event with a silver in the the Denmark cities of Copenhagen and president Aleksander Ceferin confirmed in Kiev. men’s doubles. Herning.

1st Para-National Games to be Held Under women’s 10m air pistol at the International • At the end of two-day meet, they bagged 20 Khelo India Scheme: Shooting Competitions of Hannover (ISCH) ahead gold, 22 silver and eight bronze medals to put • The National Para Games, for able-bodied of next week’s ISSF Munich World Cup. India on top of the medals table. athletes, will be held under the Khelo India • Heena was in a brilliant form in the final where • Arshdeep Singh provided India the first gold Scheme in bengaluru. she was tied with France’s Mathilde Lamolle on medal on the first day in the junior boy’s javelin • The Paralympic Committee of India will be 239.8 points. She won the tie to win the gold throw event responsible for the technical conduct of the ahead of Mathilde. While Shri Nivetha finished on • Hosts Sri Lanka and Pakistan took second Games while all the funding will be done by the 219.2. and third positions. sports ministry under the Khelo India Scheme. Tejaswini Strikes Gold at Munich Grand Prix: Mohamed Salah Named Writers’ Footballer Of The • There will be 416 medal events while the total • Former World Champion Tejaswini Sawant Year: number of participants has been fixed at 2192. continued to assert her prowess in rifle prone • Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been • The events will be held at four venues — event by bagging the gold in the Grand Prix in named the Football Writers’ Association Kanteerava Stadium, Kanteerava Indoor Munich, Germany. Footballer of the Year. Stadium, SAI Centre Bengaluru and List of Winners: • Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne Karnataka Badminton Association Stadium. • Men: 50m rifle prone: 1. Matthew Emmons came second with Tottenham striker Harry Kane Neymar won the French League’s Player of (US) third. the Year award: • 2. Chain Singh (India) • The Egypt star – the first African winner of the • Neymar won the French League’s Player of • 3. Oleh Tsarkov (Ukr) award – also won the Professional Footballers’ the Year award.Neymar scored 19 league goals • Women: 50m rifle prone: 1. Tejaswini Association player of the year award in April. and set up another 13 in only 20 games for French Sawant (India) • Chelsea and England forward Fran Kirby won champion PSG. • 2. Anjum Moudgil (India) the inaugural FWA Women’s Footballer of the • Second-place Cavani won the award last • 3. Olivia Hofmann (Aut) Year award. season and is the league’s top scorer again this Rishabh Pant’s 128* highest individual ‘Star Khel Mahakumbh’ launched at Himachal season with 28 goals, while Thauvin is next with score by an Indian in IPL: Pradesh: 22. • Rishabh Pant became the highest scoring • A sports initiative ‘Star Khel Mahakumbh’ Lewis Hamilton wins spanish Grand Prix (128) Indian in the history of the Indian Premier was launched at Dharamshala in Himachal 2018: League as Delhi Daredevils took on the Sunrisers Pradesh in the presence of 1,500 athletes. The • British driver Lewis Hamilton of Hyderabad at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New athletes will compete in volleyball, basketball, Mercedes won the Formula One Spanish Grand Delhi. cricket, football, kabaddi and athletics. Prix. This is his second victory in a row after • He overtook Murali Vijay’s 127 for Chennai • The cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar and MP winning the Azerbaijan GP. Super Kings versus Rajasthan Royals in 2010. Anurag Thakur launched the initiative. Over Rs 1 • Mercedes player Valtteri Bottas got second Ramit Tandon won the Abu Dhabi Open crore will be invested in the project over the next place. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen came third, squash title: five years. followed by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel of Germany • India’s Ramit Tandon wins the Abu Dhabi • The initiative has been designed in a manner in fourth. Open. This win is his third title on the Professional as to attract participation of at least one lakh Federer replaces Nadal as number one, Squash Association (PSA) tour. youth from across 5000 villages and 800 Djokovic on the slide: • He has defeated number one seed Omar panchayats. • Rafael Nadal’s surprise quarter-final exit at Abdel Meguid of Egypt in finals. India’s Neeraj Goyat Is WBC Asia Boxer Of The the Madrid Masters has seen the Spaniard Indian Mixed team won silver medal in Year: replaced as world number one by Roger Federer International shooting competition: • Indian pugilist Neeraj Goyat has been in the latest ATP rankings. • Olympic medallist Gagan Narang and Pooja conferred with the WBC Asia Boxer of the Year • Federer returns to the top spot despite not Ghatkar won the mixed team silver medal in the Award. having played since March. Grand Prix of Liberation international shooting • Goyat is the current WBC Asia champion in • India U-16 defeat Tajikistan 4-2 to win competition in Pilsen, Czech Republic. welter-weight category. four-nation tournament in Serbia: • P Shri Nivetha and Amanpreet Singh • Neerav Tomar, promoter of IOS Boxing • Indian colts won agaisnt Tajikistan 4-2 and claimed the mixed air pistol silver after having Promotions which manages Neeraj and Vijender emerged as champions in the four-nation Under- topped qualification with a score of 775. Singh, was bestowed with WBC Asia honorary 16 Tournament held in Serbia. • Mihika Poore bagged the women’s air rifle Promoter of the year 2017 Award by the Asian • India finished their campaign unbeaten in gold and Shri Nivetha Paramanantham Boxing Council in Bangkok. three matches, accumulating seven points out of clinched the gold medal in the women’s air pistol Wimbledon Champions’ Prize Money Hiked By a maximum nine. after topping the qualification. £50,000: AIFF suspends Minerva owner Bajaj for a • In men’s rapid fire pistol, Arpit Goel was the • The 2018 men’s and women’s singles year: best among the Indians as he shot 569 for the champions will receive £2.25 million, an • I-League champions Minerva punjab FC owner 18th spot. increase of £50,000 on last year. Ranjit Bajaj was banned for one year from all 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships: • Lower-ranked players at Wimbledon will enjoy football activity and also fined Rs 10 lakh by the India Tops With 50 Medals a greater uplift, with an increase of 10 percent AIFF after the federation found him guilty of • Indian junior athletes clinched overall title in across qualifying and the first to fourth rounds of making racist remarks against a referee. the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics the singles. Heena Sidhu wins shooting gold, P Shri Championships (SAJAC) which concluded at • The England Club will introduce the “50:50” Nivetha settles for bronze in Hannover: Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. rule at this year’s Wimbledon in an attempt to • Hena Sidhu fought off tough competition prevent injury withdrawals in the opening round from Mathilde Lamolle to win the gold medal in of the men’s and women’s singles events.

• Wimbledon Champions is the oldest tennis • Cricket Australia has chosen Justin Langer tournament in the world and has been held at the as its new head coach.The 47-year-old Langer Real Madrid Lifts Champions Trophy All England Club in Wimbledon, London. played for Australia for nearly 20 years, scoring Defeating Liverpool Lewis Hamilton Wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2018: 7,500 runs, including 23 centuries. • Spanish football giants Real Madrid have • Lewis Hamilton wins at the Azerbaijan • Langer had been head coach of Western claimed yet another Champions League title by Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton is the Mercedes Australia state and the Perth Scorchers Twenty20 beating English side Liverpool FC 3-1 in the final. driver. team since November 2012. • The match at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in • The 2nd place was got by Kimi Raikkonen • Langer takes over for Darren Lehmann, who Ukraine's capital, Kiev. (Ferrari player) and 3rd by Sergio Perez resigned after the embarrassing ball-tampering (Force India player). episode in March. Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018: • The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is a Formula One Shahzar Rizvi ranked World No. 1 in ISSF • The 2018 season of the Indian Premier motor race that was held for the first time in World rankings: League, also known as IPL 11, is the current 2017. It is held on the Baku City Circuit, a street • India’s 10m air pistol shooter Shahzar eleventh season of the IPL, a professional circuit in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Rizvi grabbed the No. 1 spot in ISSF World Twenty20 cricket league established by the BCCI Ankita Raina included in Olympic Podium Scheme rankings. He reached this spot by winning silver in 2007. (TOPS): medal-winning performance in the World Cup in • Return of the Chennai Super Kings and the • Tennis player Ankita Raina, who has Changwon, Korea. Rajasthan Royals after serving two years of displayed good form this season both in the Fed Other Top-10 rankings: suspension for the involvement of their respective Cup and the professional circuit, was included in • Men: 10m air pistol: Jitu Rai 6th; owners in the 2013 IPL betting case. the government’s Target Olympic Podium • 10m air rifle rankings: Ravi Kumar 4th, • Star Sports purchased the media rights at (TOP) Scheme. Deepak Kumar 9th. ₹16,347.5 crore ($2.55 billion) for five years • Ankita recently broke into the top-200, • 50m rifle 3-positions: Akhil Sheoran 4th, starting from 2018. reaching a career-best 197 in the WTA rankings Sanjeev Rajput 8th. • Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets released earlier this month.She also became the • Women: 10m air pistol: Manu Bhaker 4th; against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final to win third Indian to breach the top-200 mark in • 10m air rifle: Mehuli Ghosh 7th. their third title. women’s singles, jumping 15 places to reach 197. • 50m rifle 3-positions: Anjum 8th. • Host Country: India • The TOP Scheme was formulated by the Union • Participants: 8 (Teams) Chennai Super Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports within the India’s CA Bhavani Devi Wins Silver at Kings; Delhi Daredevils; Kings XI Punjab; Kolkata overall ambit of National Sports Development Satellite Fencing Championship: Knight Riders; Mumbai Indians; Rajasthan Fund (NSDF). • India’s CA Bhavani Devi won a silver medal Royals; Royal Challengers Bangalore; Sunrisers Justin Langer named as Australia head cricket in the sabre event of the Tournoi World Cup Hyderabad. coach: Satellite Fencing Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.

AWARDS of IPL 2018 Winners

Players of the Tournament KKR's Sunil Narine

Most Valuable Player award (Man of the Series) KKR's Sunil Narine

Orange Cap Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson.

Purple Cap Kings XI Punjab's Andrew Tye

Most Stylish Player award DD's Rishabh Pant

Emerging Player award DD's Rishabh Pant

Most Innovative Thinking Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni

Super Sixes award Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine

Pitch and Ground award (for venues with less than seven matches) PCA Stadium, Mohali.

Pitch and Ground award (for venues with more than seven matches) Eden Gardens

Catch of the Season award Trent Boult

IPL Fairplay Award Mumbai Indians

Big Match Player Shane Watson

Daniel Ricciardo Wins Monaco Grand Prix 2018: • Australian Daniel Ricciardo overcame a mid-race power loss to win the Monaco Grand Prix at Circuit de Monaco. • Sebastian Vettel finishes second, with Lewis Hamilton third

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during pre-independence and post-independence Jivya Soma Mashe has passed away: OBITUARY era. • Internationally acclaimed artist Jivya Soma Eminent Economist Ashok Mitra Passes Away: Veteran Marathi singer Arun Date passed away: Mashe, who catapulted Warli tribal art form to the • Noted scholar and the first Finance Minister in • Eminent Marathi singer Atul Date has passed global stage has passed away. West Bengal Ashok Mitra has passed away. away. • He had been honoured with a Padma Shri in • He also worked with the Central Government • Date, famous for non-film ‘bhavgeet’ (lyrical 2011, Prince Claus Award in 2009 and National as the Chief Economic Adviser and was a member poetry) songs and ‘Shukratara’ and ‘Ya Award for Tribal Arts in 1976. of Rajya Sabha. Janmavar’, which became very popular among Alan Bean fourth man To Walk On The Moon Renowned Artist-Philosopher Ravinder Sharma people. Died: Passes Away: Former MP minister Nirmal Hirawat dead: • Former US astronaut Alan Bean, who was the • Ravinder Sharma, fondly called Guruji, the • Former Madhya Pradesh minister and fourth man to walk on the Moon died in Texas, founder of Adilabad’s Kala Ashram has passed senior Congress leader Dr Nirmal Hirawat died United States. away. of a heart attack. He was 74. • He was 86. Bean went into space twice, the • Guruji had been awarded with Kala Ratna by Former Test cricketer Rajinder Pal passes first time in November 1969 as the lunar module the Andhra Pradesh State government in 2014. away: pilot on the Apollo 12 moon-landing mission. After bifurcation of the State, the Telangana • Former Delhi cricketer Rajinder Pal (right- • In 1973 he was commander of the second government awarded him the Ugadi Puraskaram arm fast bowler), who had represented the crewed flight to Skylab- America’s first space in 2015. country in one Test match against England in station. • Guruji was also conferred with D. Litt (Honoris 1964 and was 80, passed away at his Dehradun • Bean retired from NASA in 1981 and carved a Causa) by the SGT University, Gurugram, residence. successful career as an artist. Haryana. Anne V. Coates Dies: Oscar-Winning Pulitzer-winning author Philip Roth passed Freedom fighter Keyur Bhushan passed away: ‘Lawrence Of Arabia’ Film Editor Was 92: away: • Well-known Gandhian, freedom fighter • British film editor Anne V. Coates, who won • Author Philip Roth has passed away. Roth and writer Keyur Bhushan has passed away. an Oscar for David Lean’s epic film Lawrence won the Pulitzer Prize for 1997’s “American • He penned novels, collections of short stories of Arabia, has died. She was 92. Pastoral,” and poems. He also edited ‘Sapthahik David Goodall, Australia’s oldest scientist, • Roth wrote more than 30 books, including the Chhattisgarh’ and ‘Antyoday’. Bhushan ends his own life aged 104: 1991 memoir “Patrimony,” which examined his represented Raipur constituency in the Lok Sabha • Australia’s oldest scientist, David Goodall complex relationship with his father and won the in the 1990s. (British-born), 104, has died after choosing to National Book Critics Circle Award. Air Chief Marshal Idris Hassan Latif passes away: end his life at a clinic in Switzerland. American-British Historian Bernard Lewis • Former Chief of the Indian Air Force Famous Hindi Poet And Former MP Balkavi passed away: (IAF), Air Chief Marshal Idris Hassan Latif has Bairagi Passes Away: • Bernard Lewis, one of the leading passed away. • Famous Hindi poet and former politician orientalists on the Middle East has passed away. • Latif has the distinction of being associated Balkavi Bairagi passed away in Neemuch city • He was awarded an honorary fellowship from with three different air forces- the Royal Indian of Madhya Pradesh. He was 87. He was food the SOAS in honour of his distinguished career at Air Force, Royal Air Force and Indian Air Force– minister when Arjun Singh was chief minister of the school. His most recent research interest was Madhya Pradesh. Chennai | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.inwww.RACEInstitute.i n Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore| Tirunelveli | Trivandrum | 9043303030 Ernakulam| Bengaluru | Chandigarh| Vellore |Legend Magazine | MAY - 2018| 27

the relationship between Europe and Islam, both CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ c) Saudi Aramco d) Saudi Oger historically and in modern times. Q.1) The 9th India Japan Energy Dialogue was e) The Saudi British Bank Telugu Writer Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani held in which of the following place? Q.12) Shahzar Rizvi is related to which of the Passes Away: a) Shanghai b) Tokyo following sport? • Veteran writer, novelist Yaddanapudi c) New Delhi d) Chennai a) Chess b) Shooting Sulochana Rani has passed away.Her last e) Pune c) Squash d) Tennis notable contribution for films has been Q.2) What is the abbreviation of “O” in GOBAR- e) Football Trivikram’s A..Aa, novel Meena. DHAN Scheme? Q.13) What is the theme of International Labour • Some of Sulochana’s famous novels include a) Open b) Odd Day? Murali Krishna, Radha Krishna, Jeevana c) Organic d) Orders a) International Labour Movement Celebration Tarangalu, Premalekhalu, Secretary, e) Offered b) Build the Future in Solidarity, Peace and Aathmeeyul. Q.3) The GOBAR-DHAN Scheme has been Decent work of Cameroon Pakistan hockey legend Mansoor Ahmed launched under which of the following scheme? c) Uniting Workers for Social and Economic passes away: a) Digital India Advancement • Pakistan’s World Cup-winning hockey b) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana d) Providing of the Job with helping of the Capital player Mansoor Ahmed passed away. Ahmed c) Swachh Bharat Mission by giving value the work played as a Goalkeeper and Captain for Pakistan d) PMKVY e) Employment promotion by helping national hockey team. e) National Health Mission Entrepreneurs Prospetives Renowned storyteller Ankit Chadha passes Q.4) What is the theme of World Hindu Congress Q.14) Who is the CEO of GAIL? away: 2018? a) Sanjay Jha b) Ajit Jain • Ankit Chadha, a renowned storyteller a) Sumantrite Suvikrante c) Dinesh Patiwal d) B. C. Tripathi associated with the tradition of Dastangoi has b) Sunantrite Sunaskrante e) Ajay Banga passed away. He is known for his Urdu poetry. c) Sukantrite Sukrante Q.15) The 2018 International Buddhist Nandram Das Bairagi passed away: d) Suvantrite Saikrante Conference was concluded in which of the • Noted Hindi film lyricist, Nandram Das e) Sukantrite Suvankrante following country? Bairagi, popularly known as Balkavi Bairagi has Q.5) Who is the Secretary General of Shanghai a) Dolpa b) Janakpur passed away. Cooperation Organisation? c) Butwal d) Lumbini • Bairagi, a Lok Sabha member between 1984 a) Christine Lagarde b) Guy Ryder e) Dhangadhi and 1989 and also a former Rajya Sabha MP, was c) Thomas Bach d) Meng Hongwei Q.16) Kisan Kalyan Karyashala has been 87. e) Rashid Alimov launched under which of the following ministry? Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane in Q.6) The Ural Mountains is located in which of the a) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways ‘Superman,’ dies at age 69: following country? b) Ministry of Minority Affairs • Margot Kidder, the vivacious actress who a) Russia b) India c) Ministry of Women & Child Development played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in c) China d) Japan d) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare the Superman movies and then waged a public e) Sweden e) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare battle with bipolar disorder, has died. She was 69. Q.7) The 'Tap Card' Offline Payments Solution Q.17) What is the abbreviation of “K” in “PKVY”? Theoretical physicist ECG Sudarshan passes was launched by which of the following Payment a) Kisan b) Kishan away: company? c) Krishi d) Kaushalya • The world of science has lost an eminent a) PayUMoney b) CitrusPay e) Kaushal physicist with the passing away of ECG c) Paytm d) BHIM Q.18) What is the rank of Delhi in a list of 20 most Sudershan, who was nominated for Nobel Prize e) PhonePe polluted cities in the world in terms of PM2.5 several times but missed the coveted honour Q.8) The State-owned gas utility GAIL India has levels? every time. borrowed how much loan from State Bank of a) 7 b) 8 • His research interests spanned a wide range India (SBI) to meet its general capital c) 9 d) 4 of fields from particle physics, quantum optics, expenditure requirement? e) 6 and quantum field theory to quantum information a) Rs.1,000 crore b) Rs.3,300 crore Q.19) What is the financial outlay for Pradhan theory, gauge theories and classical mechanics. c) Rs.5,000 crore d) Rs.2,500 crore Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana? e) Rs.2,000 crore a) Rs 14,832 crore b) Rs 11,832 crore Q.9) Which country has been ranked first in the c) Rs 10,832 crore d) Rs 8,832 crore passenger traffic growth, according to Airports e) Rs 5,832 crore Council International? Q.20) Where did the first India-South Africa a) India b) Vietnam Business Summit 2018 held? c) China d) Iran a) Mumbai b) Cape town e) Japan c) Johannesburg d) New Delhi e) Pune Q.10) Who has been appointed as the Chairman of IRDAI? Q.21) Where is the headquarters of World Anti-

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c) T S Vijayan d) K. K. Venugopal a) Geneva, Switzerland b) Montreal, Canada e) Ajit Doval c) Paris, France d) London, UK Q.11) Lynn Elsenhans is the first female board e) Lausanne, Switzerland member of which of the following company? Q.22) What is the rank of India in the list of a) SABIC b) Al-Rajhi Bank doping violations by WADA?

a) First b) Third c) Shripad Yesso Naik e) Swaroop Kaul c) Fourth d) Sixth d) Santosh Kumar Gangwar Q.44) Who is the head of 15th Finance e) Second e) Alphons Kannanthanam Commission? Q.23) What is India’s expenditure on military in Q.34) The bilateral trade for the year 2018 a) Anil Singh b) N.K Singh 2017? between the traders of India and China through c) Anup Kumar d) Birendhar Singh a) USD 13.9 billion b) USD 53.9 billion which of the following border? e) Pradeep Kumar c) USD 33.9 billion d) USD 93.9 billion a) Purbachal b) Nathu La Q.45) What is the abbreviation of “P” in FPI? e) USD 63.9 billion c) Radoliff Line d) Durand Line a) Payments b) Parity Q.24) What is the currency of Dominican e) Palk Strait c) Public d) Post Republic? Q.35) What is the theme of International Museum e) Portfolio a) Rial b) Peso Day? Q.46) Name the platform that has been launched c) Rand d) Euro a) Museums and Contested Histories: Saying the by human resource development ministry for e) Dinar unspeakable in museums online professional development? Q.25) Who has been appointed as the Director b) Hyperconnected museum: New approaches, a) KANYAM b) SWAYAM General of Press Information Bureau (PIB) ? new publics c) SWATHI d) SKVYAM a) Murli Manohar b) Rajiv Gauba c) Museums and Cultural Landscapes e) SUYAAM c) Sitanshu Ranjan Kar d) Museums for a Sustainable Society Q.47) Where did the fourth edition of the ‘Vibrant d) Sanjay Mitra e) Sekhar Basu e) Museum and memory North East’ held? Q.26) The Kanteerava Stadium is located in which Q.36) Name the new communication satellite that a) Rajasthan b) Haryana of the following state? has been launched by China? c) Assam d) Chhattisgarh a) Jharkhand b) Assam a) ALSTAR-6C b) AUSTAR-6C e) Maharashtra c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh c) APSTAR-6C d) ANSTAR-6C Q.48) Name the mobile app that has been e) Arunachal Pradesh e) AKSTAR-6C launched for monitoring the health of people Q.27) Who has been honoured with 26th PC Q.37) Who is the Chairman of SEBI? suffering from heart ailments and provide them Chandra Puraskaar for her contribution in the field a) Subhash Chandra Khuntia with medical assistance in case of emergency? of Indian music? b) Ashok Kumar Mathur a) MYGOV App b) Dhadkan App a) Lata Mangeshkar b) Geeta Dut c) Ajay Tyagi c) Umang App d) Buniad App c) Anuradha Paudwal d) Asha Bhosle d) Ashwani Lohani e) None of these e) Sadhana Sargam e) R. Chidambaram Q.49) Pensioners would now be able to view their Q.28) The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix winner Q.38) Which of the following IT firm has acquired pension passbook on mobile phones with the help Lewis Hamilton plays for which of the following Belgium-Based Hedera Consulting? of which of the following app? company? a) Wipro b) Mphasis a) MEAIndia b) Buniad App a) Force India c) Mindtree c) Umang app b) Mercedes driver c) Ferrari d) Larsen & Toubro Infotech d) Khoya Paya App e) mKavach App d) Red Bull e) None of these e) Cognizant Q.50) Who is the CEO of EPFO? Q.29) Ankita Raina is related to which of the Q.39) Who has been appointed as the full-time a) Subramanian MP b) Suresh Kumar following sports? member of 15th Finance Commission? c) Daniel JS d) VP Joy a) Tennis b) Badminton a) Mahesh Kumar Jain e) Vinoth Raj c) Chess d) Hockey b) Ashok Lahiri c) Karnal Singh Q.51) Under PMVVY the cabinet has approved e) Shooting d) Utpal Bora e) Y.C. Modi extending the investment limit from Rs 7.5 lakh Q.30) When is the the World Press Freedom Day Q.40) Who has been appointed as an additional to how much amount? observed? (independent) director of the ICICI bank for five a) Rs 10 lakh b) Rs 12 lakh a) May 2 b) May 1 years? c) Rs 20 lakh d) Rs 15 lakh c) May 4 d) May 3 a) Venugopal Nair b) Ravi Krishnan Nair e) Rs 18 lakh e) May 5 c) Radhakrishnan Nair d) Naveen Nair Q.52) The PMVVY is being implemented through Q.31) Which state government has become the e) None of these which of the following insurance company? first state to issue a crucial land ownership Q.41) Who has been appointed as interim judge a) Life Insurance Corp document online and accept a digital signature on to the civil court of New York City? b) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance it as valid? a) Kamala Prasad b) Deepa Ambekar c) Cholamandalam MS General Insurance a) Jharkhand b) Gujarat c) Deepika Chandran d) Vinushree Rajan d) Bharti AXA General Insurance c) Maharashtra d) Madhya Pradesh e) Kaniga Singh e) ICICI Lombard e) Kerala Q.42) Who has been sworn in as the acting Q.53) The State-run Power Grid Corporation of Q.32) A North-eastern cultural and information governor of Manipur? India (PGCIL) has inked a pact with the ministry centre will be established in which of the following a) Manik Sarkar of power to incur capital expenditure of how much city? b) Pawan Kumar Chamling amount? a) Imphal b) Delhi c) Jagdish Mukhi a) Rs 21,000 crore b) Rs 15,000 crore c) Patna d) Agra d) Dr. Mukul Sangma c) Rs 10,000 crore d) Rs 25,000 crore e) Dispur e) Pema Khandu e) Rs 20,000 crore Q.33) Who is the Union minister of Development Q.43) Name the Former Chief of the Indian Air Q.54) What is the rank of India in AT Kearney FDI of North Eastern Region? Force (IAF) who passed away recently? Confidence Index 2018? a) Raj Kumar Singh a) Aspy Engineer b) Arjan Singh a) 18 b) 7 b) Jitendra Singh c) Idris Hassan Latif d) Dilbagh Singh c) 8 d) 17

e) 11 Q.65) The 2018 International Children’s Theatre Q.76) Where did the first apex conference for Q.55) Which of the following country has topped Festival will be held in which of the following CEOs of Smart Cities held? the index in AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index place? a) New Delhi b) Pune 2018? a) Patna b) Hyderabad c) Bhopal d) Chennai a) Germany b) Qatar c) Goa d) Pune e) Kolkata c) Saudi Arabia d) U.S.A e) Kolkata Q.77) Who is the Union Minister of State with e) Germany Q.66) Where did the cultural Festival on Independent Charge in the Ministry of Housing Q.56) NITI Aayog has signed a Statement of commemorations of 157th Birth Anniversary Of and Urban Affairs? Intent (SoI) to develop a crop yield prediction Rabindranath Tagore held? a) Rao Inderjit Singh model using Artificial Intelligence (AI) with which a) London b) Germany b) Santosh Kumar Gangwar of the following IT company? c) Australia d) Egypt c) Hardeep Singh Puri a) Alpha Technologies b) TCS e) India d) Alphons Kannanthanam c) IBM d) CTS e) Wipro Q.67) Which ministry has organised ‘Cochlear e) Dr. Mahesh Sharma Q.57) Which Film has got the “Best Feature Film Implant Awareness Programme’? Q.78) When is the 58th Raising Day of Border Award” in 65th National Film Awards? a) Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Roads Organisation observed? a) Ladhakh b) Village Rockstar Distribution a) May 10 b) May 9 c) Baahubali 2: The Conclusion b) Minister of Commerce and Industry c) May 7 d) May 8 d) Sinjar e) Paddayi c) Ministry of Human Resource Development e) May 6 Q.58) Who has been named as the has been d) Ministry of Social Justice Q.79) The six-day-long Festival of Bharat will be named the Football Writers' Association e) Ministry of Rural Development held at which of the following place? Footballer of the Year? Q.68) Under which category of Nobel Prize has a) Hyderabad b) Delhi a) Kavin Johnson b) Kevin de Bruyne been cancelled for the year 2018? c) Chennai d) Delhi c) Mohamed Salah d) Harry Kane a) Chemistry b) Literature e) Lucknow e) None of these c) Medicine d) Physics Q.80) Which is India's most trusted Fast-Moving Q.59) Neeraj Goyat is related to which of the e) Peace Consumer Goods (FMCG) brand in the TRA's following sport? Q.69) LuLu Financial Group, the financial services Brand Trust Report 2018? a) Tennis b) Squash and payments solution brand, has started a) Unilever Limited c) Javelin Throw d) Athletics operations in which of the following place? b) Patanjali Ayurved Limited e) Boxing a) Riyadh b) Vienna c) Hindusthan Ltd Q.60) The Asia’s longest bi-directional Zojila c) Tokyo d) Hong Kong d) Reliance Industries tunnel is located in which of the following state? e) Melbourne e) Tata Groups a) Rajasthan b) Odisha Q.70) Who has been taken charge as the Deputy Q.81) Where did the 'Ajeevika And Kaushal Vikas c) Kerala Chairman of CII Eastern Region (ER) ? Mela' held? d) Jammu & Kashmir e) Chhattisgarh a) Nithish Shankar a) Pune b) Kohima Q.61) ‘Go To Village’ Mission was launched in b) Prem Kumar Mehta c) Chennai d) Hyderabad which of the following state in India? c) Chandra Sekhar Ghosh e) Cochin a) Nagaland b) Manipur d) Sehkar Prasad Singh Q.82) Recently India has signed with which of the c) Assam d) Arunachal Pradesh e) None of these following country on cooperation on exchange of e) Mizoram Q.71) Where did the 3rd South Asian Junior information and other aspects to tackle smuggling Q.62) What is the theme of 15th Asia Media Athletics Championships held? of drugs in both countries? Summit (AMS-2018) ? a) Myanmar b) Nepal a) Sri Lanka b) Qatar a) Asia’s Best Stories c) India d) Sri Lanka c) New Zealand d) Australia b) Telling our Stories - Asia and More e) Pakistan e) Singapore c) New Visions Q.72) Atul Date singer, who has passed away Q.83) What is the abbreviation of “M” in OMO? d) High Powered World recently belongs to which state? a) Mutual b) Market e) None of these a) Maharashtra b) Karnataka c) Mandatory d) Marketplace Q.63) National Mission for Clean Ganga has c) Odisha d) Jharkhand e) None of these brought on board Survey of India to facilitate the e) West Bengal Q.84) Who is the first female director of the CIA, Ganga rejuvenation task by using which of the Q.73) When is the world cartoonists day Central Intelligence Agency? following Technology? observed? a) Gina Haspel b) Rashmi Sinha a) Geographic Latitude System (GLS) a) May 9 b) May 5 c) Anuradha Krishnan b) Geographic Information System (GIS) c) May 8 d) May 7 d) Uma Bharti e) Venu Priya c) Geographic Economic System (GES) e) May 8 Q.85) The Government of India signed a loan deal d) Geographic Network System (GNS) Q.74) Who is the governor of Manipur? of how much amount with the World Bank for the e) Geographic Systematic System (GSS) a) Keshari Nath Tripathi National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan) ? Q.64) Google grants how much amount of fund b) Tathagata Roy c) Ganga Prasad a) USD 100 million b) USD 250 million for teacher training and educational content d) Jagdish Mukhi e) Satya Pal Malik c) USD 300 million d) USD 600 million creation in India? Q.75) Where did the 19th edition of TOONZ e) USD 200 million a) $2 mn b) $1 mn Animation Masters Summit 2018 held? Q.86) A Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed c) $3 mn d) $5 mn a) Jharkhand b) Odisha between NITI Aayog and which of the following e) $8 mn c) Andhra Pradesh d) Tamil Nadu company to help grow AI ecosystem in India? e) Kerala a) Google b) Apple

c) Facebook d) Cognizant e) USA Q.109) Recently which company is set to launch e) None of these Q.98) Who topped the Forbes 2018 list of 75 of its payment bank’s operations focusing on digital Q.87) India has signed a Memorandum of the World's Most Powerful People? payments? Understanding (MoU) for expanding cooperation a) Narendra Modi b) Donald Trump a) NDDS b) NLDS in the area of diplomatic training with which of the c) Vladimir Putin d) Xi Jinping c) NSDL d) NNSL following company? e) Theresa May e) NDSL a) Peru b) Guatemala Q.99) What is the currency of Armenia? Q.110) Recently India signed with which of the c) Panama d) Malaysia a) Dirham b) Euro following country on exemption of Visas for e) Turkmenistan c) Dram d) Lev holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports and Q.88) Ramit Tandon is related to which of the e) Dinar in the field of Agriculture? following sports? Q.100) Recently who has been sworn in as the a) Guatemala b) Panama a) Cricket b) Squash Costa Rica's president? c) Iran d) Germany c) Hockey d) Tennis a) Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera e) Iraq e) Badminton b) Laura Chinchilla Miranda Q.111) Who is the world’s oldest prime minister? Q.89) Where did the Grand Prix of Liberation c) Carlos Alvarado a) Najib Razak international shooting competition held? d) Oscar Arias Sanchez b) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi a) Czech Republic b) Austria e) Luis Monge Alvarez c) Hussein Onn c) Bolivia d) Egypt Q.101) Who has been appointed as the country d) Mahathir Mohamad e) Georgia head for Google cloud business in India? e) Abdul Razak Hussein Q.90) The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival is a) Nikesh Arora b) Nitin Bawankule Q.112) Who will head the Centre of Excellence for currently being held at which of the following c) Dinesh C Paliwal d) Sanjay Mehrotra cricket? country? e) Shantanu Narayanan a) Sanjay Bangar a) Spain b) France Q.102) When is the World Thalassemia Day b) Ramakrishnan Shridhar c) China d) Russia observed? c) Ravi Shastri e) UK a) May 8 b) May 9 d) Arun Bhardwaj e) Arun Khanna Q.91) The Gaofen-5 satellite was launched by c) May 7 d) May 10 Q.113) Who has been elected as the prime which of the following country? e) May 6 minister of Armenia? a) Japan b) Israel Q.103) What is the theme of World Red Cross a) Vladimir Movsisyan b) Nikol Pashinyan c) China d) India Day? c) Gagik Tsarukyan d) Zaruhi Postanjyan e) Russia a) Less Known Red Cross Stories e) Karen Karapetyan Q.92) Name the Indian charity that won charity b) Together for Humanity Q.114) UNICEF India in partnership with which of award in UK? c) Memorable smiles from around the world the following Indian ministry had organised a a) World Vision India b) Jagriti Yatra d) Everywhere for everyone ‘Shiksha Mela — Education Open Day’? c) M.S.N. Charities e) Find the Volunteer inside You a) Commerce and Industry d) Sankurathri Foundation Q.104) What is the capital of Costa Rica? b) HRD Ministry e) Pallium India a) Bridgetown b) Sofia c) Rural Development Ministry Q.93) Walmart Inc. is set to announce the c) Bogota d) San Jose d) Minority Affairs Ministry purchase of a majority stake of 70% in which of e) Prague e) Skill Development and Entrepreneurship the following e-commerce company? Q.105) Which edition of UNPCAP had been Ministry a) Alibaba b) ebay inaugurated in New Delhi? Q.115) Who has received WEF 2018 award? c) Flipkart d) Amazon a) Second b) Third a) Janet Yellen b) Mary Barra e) Priceline c) Fourth d) Seventh c) Nisha Bhalla d) Hillary Clinton Q.94) Uber signs with which of the following e) Ninth e) Angela Merkel Space agency for launching ‘flying car'? Q.106) How many member countries are in Q.116) What is the currency of panama? a) Danish Space Research Institute Shanghai Cooperation Organization? a) Riel b) Euro b) NASA c) ISRO a) 8 b) 7 c) Balboa d) Dinar d) JAXA e) ESA c) 6 d) 5 e) Rial Q.95) Which of the following country has e) 9 Q.117) What is the abbreviation of “S” in NSDL? withdrew recently from a multinational nuclear Q.107) Which of the following ministry has a) Sensex b) Symbol agreement with Iran? launched Digital India Internship Scheme? c) Securities d) Sensity a) France b) Russia a) Ministry of Human Resource Development e) Safety c) China d) USA b) Minister of Commerce and Industry Q.118) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the e) Germany c) Minister of Electronics and Information foundation stone of Rs 68 billion strategic tunnel Q.96) What is the rank of India in Business Technology in which of the following state? optimism index? d) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment a) Gujarat b) Himachal Pradesh a) 5 b) 7 e) Ministry of Minority Affairs c) Jammu and Kashmir d) Maharashtra c) 6 d) 8 Q.108) Where will be the 2018 World Robot e) Kerala e) 10 Conference held? Q.119) Name the Prime minister of Netherlands, Q.97) Which country had topped the list of Asia- a) Qatar b) France who will be on a two-day official visit to India from Pacific Power index? c) India d) China 24th of this month? a) Malaysia b) Indonesia e) Japan a) Hun Sen b) Roosevelt Skerrit c) India d) China c) Frank Bainimarama d) Mark Rutte

e) Adama Barrow Q.129) Actor-turned-politician and Jana Sena c) Rs 645-crore d) Rs 945-crore Q.120) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Party founder Pawan Kalyan unfurled the national e) Rs 845-crore (SCO) Cultural Ministers Meeting held at which of flag, claimed to be the world's largest Indian Q.138) National Technology Day is celebrated on the following country? tricolour in ______. ______. a) Qatar b) China a) Amaravati b) Mumbai a) 12th May b) 10th May c) Japan d) India c) Hyderabad d) New Delhi c) 15th May d) 9th May e) Russia e) Bangalore e) 11th May Q.121) Which of the following state govt has Q.130) Name the country that has launched Q.139) Name the former Madhya Pradesh launched India’s first cloud-based Integrated Gaofen-5 (GF-5), a remote sensing satellite minister and senior Congress leader has died Control and Command Centre (ICCC) powered by meant to conduct scientific research on the recently. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Universal IoT earth’s atmosphere. a) Dr Nirshok Hirawat b) Dr Nithish Hirawat Platform? a) Japan b) Hong Kong c) Dr Naveen Hirawat d) Dr Vimal Hirawat a) Maharashtra b) Madhya Pradesh c) China d) North Korea e) Dr Nirmal Hirawat c) Bihar d) Karnataka e) USA Q.140) The theme of National Technology Day e) Andhra Pradesh Q.131) Which of the following state government 2018 is ______. Q.122) Who is the executive director of Bhopal has decided to join hands with Poland a) Science and Transform for a Sustainable Smart City Development Corporation Ltd. government for the celebration of the Future (BSCDCL) ? independence of Poland in Delhi and other parts b) Science and Technician for a Sustainable a) Veerabandhu Shukla of the world? Future b) Harismant Shukla a) Karnataka b) Andhra Pradesh c) Science and Technology for a Sustainable c) Chandrali Shukla c) Gujarat d) Maharashtra Future d) Chandramauli Shukla e) Madhya Pradesh d) Security and Technology for a Sustainable e) Vinay Kumar Shukla Q.132) Who attended the conference on behalf of Future Q.123) What is the Theme of 15th Asian Media India conducted by Shanghai Cooperation e) Science and Technology for a Sustained Future Summit held in New Delhi? Organization (SCO) in Wuhan, China? Q.141) 71st Cannes Film Festival 2018 was held a) ‘Telling Our Strength Asia and More' a) Suresh Prabu b) K. J. Alphons in which country? b) ‘Telling Our Stories Asia and More' c) Mahesh Sharma d) Shripad Naik a) France b) Mexico c) ‘Telling Our Standard Asia and More' e) Uma Bharati c) Russia d) New York d) ‘Telling Our Strategy Asia and More' Q.133) As per Grant Thornton's Survey, India has e) California e) ‘Telling Our Steps Asia and More' ranked at which place in business optimism Q.142) Which of the following state government Q.124) Who is the first president to visit Siachen index? has introduced Rythu Bandhu, a scheme to base camp? a) 6th b) 5th provide Rs. 4,000 per acre each to land-owning a) Ram Nath Kovind b) Pranab Mukherjee c) 12th d) 19th farmers for rabi and kharif seasons? c) Pratibha Patil e) 10th a) Haryana d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam e) K. R. Narayanan Q.134) Name the platform that Google has b) Andhra Pradesh c) Telangana Q.125) To promote electric vehicles in India, the officially launched the stable version of its d) Maharashtra e) Karnataka government has approved green license plates embedded operating system platform. Q.143) Who is the head of the committee to bearing numbers in ____ fonts for private e- a) Android Thoughts 1.0 review rules of procedure and conduct of business vehicles and ____ for taxis. b) Android Things 1.0 in the House, constituted by Venkaiah Naidu a) White, Yellow b) Yellow, White c) Android Thinks 1.0 recently? c) Green, Yellow d) White, Green d) Android Times 1.0 a) Dr V. K. Avinash e) Red, Green e) Android Think-tank 1.0 b) Dr V. K. Ajay Kumar Q.126) Who has inaugurated 6th US-India Q.135) Name the search engine that has just c) Dr V. K. Akash Aviation Summit in Mumbai? entered the densely competitive market of d) Dr V. K. Agnihotri e) Dr V. K. Acharya a) Suresh Prabhu b) Nitin Gadkari messaging apps by releasing its own new group e) University of Cambridge c) Rajnath Singh chat app named Squirrel. Q.144) The Indian Army's 'Vijay Prahar' exercise d) Venkaiah Naidu e) Piyush Goyel a) Google b) Yahoo held in ______. Q.127) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy R c) Bing d) Duck Duck go a) Pune, Maharashtra K Singh said India's installed clean energy e) Aol b) Ludhiana, Punjab capacity has already touched how many Q.136) Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba had c) Leh, Jammu & Kashmir gigawatts as per the data compiled till March 31, purchased which retailer, continuing its overseas d) Bangalore, Karnataka 2018. expansion by gaining a foothold in the growing e) Suratgarh, Rajasthan a) 38 GW b) 80 GW South Asian consumer market? Q.145) Which of the following university has c) 65 GW d) 70 GW a) Symbios b) Kaymu come forward to partnership with Uttar Pradesh e) 40 GW c) Daraz d) Yayvo government to combat disease like Japanese Q.128) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema e) iShopping Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Khandu inaugurated the state’s biggest solar Q.137) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has Syndrome (AES) ? power plant at Energy Awareness Park at signed how much crore deal with the Harris a) National University of Singapore ______. Corporation of the US for development of its b) University of Hong Kong a) Itanagar b) Guwahati Futuristic Telecommunications Infrastructure c) Harvard University c) Tawang d) Changlang (FTI) programme? d) Stanford University e) Siang a) Rs 545-crore b) Rs 745-crore

Q.146) Name the India's longest road and railway Q.156) Who has been appointed as the Q.165) Which of the following country has bridge connecting Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat ambassador of India to the sultanate of Oman? cancelled the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) in Arunachal Pradesh, that links between Sweden a) Munu Mahawar b) Indra Mani Pandey Programme of NASA, which cost $10 million per and Denmark. c) Alkesh Joshi d) J S Mukul year to track carbon and methane? a) Godavari Bridge e) Mukul Manohar a) France b) USA b) Munger Ganga Bridge c) Pasibel Bridge Q.157) International Nurses Day is celebrated on c) UK d) Russia d) Bogibeel Bridge e) Bihibel Bridge ______. e) India Q.147) Who won the 11th KISS Humanitarian a) May 8th b) May 12th Q.166) Credit rating agency Fitch has said that Award 2018 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha? c) May 11th d) May 10th India’s economic growth will accelerate at what a) Moithin Yunus b) Momin Yunus e) May 5th percent for the current fiscal year? c) Muhammad Yunus d) Maroof Yunus Q.158) What is the theme of International Nurses a) 7.6 per cent b) 7.5 per cent e) Mabood Yunus Day 2018? c) 7.2 per cent d) 7.3 per cent Q.148) Name the Indian cricket player became a) Nurses: A Force for Change – A vital resource e) 7.4 per cent the highest scoring (128) Indian in the history of for health Q.167) Which of the following state government the Indian Premier League, recently? b) Nurses: A Force for Change: Care Effective, has signed a MoU with the Centres Green Rating a) Suresh Raina b) Virat Kohli Cost Effective for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) c) Murali Vijay d) M S Dhoni c) Nurses: A voice to lead - Health is a Human Council to train state PWD officials to rate e) Rishabh Pant Right government buildings, recently? Q.149) Which of the following private sector bank d) Nurses: A Voice to Lead - Achieving the a) Andhra Pradesh b) Manipur has set to roll out a capacity building project with Sustainable Development Goals c) Madhya Pradesh d) Maharashtra farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan under its e) Nurses: A Force for Change: Improving Health e) Kerala ‘Livelihood and Water Security’ CSR initiative, Systems' Resilience Q.168) Reserve Bank has initiated prompt recently? Q.159) Which State Electricity Board has signed corrective action against which public sector a) ICICI Bank b) Federal Bank a memorandum of understanding with the lender, due to widening of its net loss to Rs c) YES Bank d) HDFC Bank National Thermal Power Corporation for 1,225.42 crore in the March quarter on mounting e) Axis Bank increasing solar power generation in the state? bad loans and higher provisioning to cover them? Q.150) Which of the following state government a) Maharashtra b) Telangana a) Canara Bank has started K-FON initiative to provide free c) Madhya Pradesh d) Andhra Pradesh b) Punjab National Bank internet over 20 lakh poor families in the state? e) Kerala c) UCO Bank a) Kerala b) Karnataka Q.160) How much amount has been earmarked d) Dena Bank c) Maharashtra d) Telangana for the implementation of the Swachh Bharat e) Indian Overseas Bank e) Andhra Pradesh Mission (SBM) in 2018-19? Q.169) Who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Q.151) Name the Australia’s oldest scientist has a) Rs 18,500 crore b) Rs 12,500 crore of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of died at the age of 104, recently. c) Rs 14,500 crore d) Rs 16,500 crore India (FSSAI) ? a) David Goodall b) Havid Goodall e) Rs 15,500 crore a) Pawan Kumar Agarwal c) Navid Goodall d) Bavid Goodall Q.161) The Punjab government signed a pact b) Prakash Kumar Agarwal e) Tavid Goodall with the which country for setting up of bio-gas c) Pradeep Kumar Agarwal Q.152) Who is the co-founder of Filpkart has and bio-CNG plants in the state? d) Yuvan Kumar Agarwal resigned recently? a) Peru b) Russia e) Naresh Kumar Agarwal a) Binny Bansal b) Trisha Bansal c) United Kingdom d) Bangladesh Q.170) Name the Bollywood singer nominated as c) Kalyan Krishnamurthy e) Vietnam the Green Ambassador of the Sikkim state. d) Sachin Bansal e) Kalyan Bansal Q.162) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his a) Mohan Chauhan b) Mohjit Chauhan Q.153) Who is the head of the committee to Nepalese counterpart K P Sharma Oli jointly c) Mohit Chauhan d) Mankit Chauhan review/study the recovery of black money and inaugurated a direct bus service between ______e) Mano Chauhan performance of public sector banks among a host and ______. Q.171) Who won the British Council awards of UK of subjects, recently? a) Jhansi and Itahari under the category ‘Professional Achievement a) Mirthan Manohar Joshi b) Bhaktapur and Allahabad Award’, recently? b) Mirthula Manohar Joshi c) Varanasi and Pokhara a) Saumya Saxena b) Ruchi Shah c) Murnan Manohar Joshi d) Kathmandu and Lucknow c) Sushant Desai d) Subash Desai d) Murali Manohar Joshi e) Janakpur and Ayodhya e) Keerthi Saxena e) Mukesh Manohar Joshi Q.163) India signed an agreement with which of Q.172) Who released the book ‘Across the Bench Q.154) Veteran Rajinder Pal had died at the age the following country in the field of Renewable – Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System’ of 80. He is related to which field? Energy, recently? by Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan in Lucknow? a) Cricket b) Football a) Peru b) Nepal a) Gen S Roy Chowdhury c) Journalist d) Writer c) Vietnam d) Azerbaijan b) Gen Bipin Rawat c) Gen V K Singh e) Actor e) United Kingdom d) Gen Bikram Singh e) Gen Dalbir Singh Q.155) Editor Anne V. Coates, who won an Oscar Q.164) Indian Customs and Department of India Q.173) What is the theme of World Migratory Bird for David Lean’s epic film Lawrence of Arabia, has Posts held a First ever Joint Conference held in Day 2018? died recently. She belongs to which country? ______. a) “Their Future is our Future” a) USA b) Mexico a) Mumbai b) Hyderabad b) “Stop the Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of c) Germany d) British c) New Delhi d) Chennai Migratory Birds”. e) France e) Bangalore

c) “Their Future is our Future – A Healthy Planet c) Piyush Goyel e) Mumbai for Migratory Birds and People.” d) Dharmendra Pradhan Q.193) Steve Plain reached the top of Mount d) “Unifying our Voices for Bird Conservation” e) Nitin Jairam Gadkari Everest , becoming the fastest person to summit e) “Destination Flyways: Migratory Birds and Q.184) ______introduced automatic the highest mountain on each of the world’s seven Tourism recurring payments, a new feature that lets users continents. He belongs to which of the following Q.174) Army has finalised a mega ______crore configure the payments app to pay for periodic country? rupees project under which a range of recurring expenses automatically. a) Argentina b) Armenia ammunition for its critical weapons and tanks will a) Jio Payments Bank c) Austria d) Europe be produced indigenously. b) India Post Payments Bank e) Australia a) Rs.15000 b) Rs.14000 c) Airtel Payments Bank Q.194) Along with which of the following state c) Rs.11000 d) Rs.12000 d) Fino PayTech Limited Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and e) Rs.10000 e) Paytm Payment Bank Haryana agreed to implement the ambitious Q.175) Who was the First Indian Commander-in- Q.185) Which Payments Bank has launched a national health protection mission, which aims to Chief of the Indian Army ? suite of digital products that can be accessed provide an annual coverage of Rs 5 lakh per a) P.N Thapar b) SM Srinagesh online and through mobile phones? family? c) Rob Lockhart d) Roy Bucher a) Paytm Payments Bank a) Maharashtra b) Karnataka e) KM Cariappa b) Jio Payments Bank c) Uttarakhand d) Uthar Pradesh Q.176) Who is the present Army Staff of Indian c) Airtel Payments Bank e) Kerala Army? d) IPPB Payments Bank Q.195) By which year The World Health a) VK Rawat b) JK Singh e) FINO Payments Bank Organization wants to eliminate artificial trans c) Dalbir Singh d) Bikram Singh Q.186) Who has been conferred with Swara Mauli fats from the global food supply? e) Bipin Rawat award? a) 2023 b) 2019 Q.177) Skill Development Centre in Hyderabad to a) Asha Bhosle b) Haether Begg c) 2022 d) 2024 be Set Up by UNDP. What is the fullform of UNDP? c) Clara Butt d) Janat Baker e) 2020 a) United Nations Deployment Program e) Lata Mangeshkar Q.196) What is the theme of International Day of b) United Nations Development Program Q.187) Who inaugurated the Global Exhibition on Families being celebrated on 15th May 2018? c) Unified Nations Development Program Services-2018? a) Families, healthy lives and Sustainable future d) United Nations Deployment Platform a) Ramnath Kovind b) Rajnath Singh b) Families and inclusive societies e) United Nations Degraded program c) Nitin Gadri c) Preventing conflict and sustaining peace Q.178) Who is the head of UNDP? d) Sushma Swaraj e) Narendra Modi through decent work a) Irina Bokova b) Audrey Azoulay Q.188) Name the program launched by d) We can I can c) Siachin Steiner d) Achim Steiner environment ministry that aims to train over 5.5 e) Ensuring work family balance e) Harsh Kumar Banwala lakh workers in environment and forest sectors in Q.197) Margot Kidder passed away recently.She Q.179) Which of the following city Metro Magenta the country through 30 courses by 2021? was the famous ______. Line to have India’s tallest escalator? a) Green Scale Deployment Program a) Artist b) Communist a) Jaipur b) Pune b) Green Scale Development Program c) Physicist d) Actress c) Delhi d) Mumbai c) Green Skill Development Program e) Paintist e) Bangalore d) Gratitude Skill Development Program Q.198) ECG Sudarshan passed away recently Q.180) Name the Union ministers who laid the e) Gray Scale Development Program recently. He was the famous ______. foundation stone for redevelopment and Q.189) Who replaced Smriti Irani as I&B Minister a) Physicist b) Pianist upgradation work of the Botanic Garden of Indian ? c) Actor d) Communist Republic (BGIR) . a) Uma Bharthi b) Suresh Prabhu e) Artist a) Dr.Harsh Vardhan c) Piyush Goyal d) SS Ahluwalia Q.199) Where did the fourth meeting of South b) Mahesh Sharma c) Piyush Goyel e) Rajyavardhan Rathore Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) d) Both a and c e) Both a and b Q.190) Who has been made the new Minister of held? Q.181) India and ______have agreed to State for Electronics? a) New Delhi b) Hyderabad expand their partnership for socio-economic a) Suresh Prabhu c) Kolkata d) Pune development on the basis of principles of equality, b) Rajyavardhan Rathore c) Uma Bharthi e) Chennai trust, respect and mutual benefit. d) SS Ahluwalia e) Piyush Goyal Q.200) How many member countries are in a) New zealand b) Namibia Q.191) Who Chairs Meeting of Stakeholders on SAWEN? c) Nauru d) Nepal ‘Samarth’- Scheme for Capacity Building in a) 11 b) 9 c) 6 e) Nigeria Textile Sector? d) 7 e) 8 Q.182) Which of the following Country a) Anant Geete b) Piyush Goyal Q.201) India will be offering 22 Mahindra SUVs indigenously built aircraft carrier ‘Shandong’ c) Smiriti Irani d) Suresh Prabhu and two Tata buses worth USD 706,000 to which starts sea trials? e) Rajnath Singh of the following country? a) Nepal b) China Q.192) Where did the meeting of stakeholders on a) Guatemala b) Iran c) Australia d) Austria Samarth – Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile c) Iraq d) Nauru e) Nigeria Sector under the Skill India Mission was held to e) Mauritius Q.183) Who flags off the first consignment of familiarize the stakeholders about the scheme Q.202) What is the national timeline for ADNOC crude oil for ISPR? and its guidelines? declaration of open defecation free (ODF) ? a) Shri Ananth Kumar a) Hyderabad b) Bengaluru a) September 2nd, 2019 b) Suresh Prabhu c) Kolkata d) New Delhi b) October 2nd, 2019

c) October 1st, 2019 e) Football Q.224) Susheela Jayapal becomes 1st ______to d) September 1st, 2019 Q.214) Where did the India’s First International be elected In Oregon? e) December 1st, 2020 Rail Coach Expo (IRCE-2018) to be held? a) South American b) North American Q.203) After 20 years, which Minister of State a) Pune b) Hyderabad c) Australian d) North Asian from India visits North Korea for bilateral talks? c) Kolkata d) Bengaluru e) South Asian a) NK Shankar b) KS Raghu e) Chennai Q.225) Who takes oath as Karnataka Chief c) VK Singh d) Vettri Kannan Q.215) The Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister? e) Sunil Rajan Shri Suresh Prabhu launched the Intellectual a) Jai Ram Thakur b) Raman Singh Q.204) The first all-woman Post Office Passport Property (IP) mascot – IP Nani – at the c) Kumaraswamy d) Phema Kandu Seva Kendra has started its operations in which conference on National Intellectual Property e) Yeddyurappa of the following state? Rights Policy in ______. Q.226) The Green Skill Development Programme a) Assam b) Bihar a) Bengaluru b) Pune was launched by which of the following ministry? c) Maharashtra d) Gujarat c) New Delhi d) Kolkata a) Ministry of Human Resource Development e) Punjab e) Chennai b) Ministry of Environment Q.205) Which country will host the 2018 Bay of Q.216) Which of the following has emerged as the c) Ministry of Railways Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and best-performing state in terms of cleanliness d) Ministry of Tribal Affairs Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit? according to the government cleanliness survey? e) Ministry of Skill Development & Enterprise a) India b) Nepal a) Karnataka b) Jharkhand Q.227) Which state government has launched c) Egypt d) China c) Maharashtra d) Rajasthan free treatment scheme for road accident victims? e) Japan e) Madhya Pradesh a) Bihar b) Gujarat Q.206) China has approved how much billion loan Q.217) Which of the following stood at the second c) Rajasthan d) Kerala for Sri Lanka highway? place in the ‘Swachh Survekshan 2018’? e) Odisha a) $3 billion b) $6 billion a) Maharashtra b) Jharkhand Q.228) Which Indian railway station is the first to c) $5 billion d) $1 billion c) Karnataka run by solar power? e) $2 billion d) Madhya Pradesh e) Rajasthan a) Patna b) Jaipur Q.207) Which of the following Payment bank has Q.218) India has released grant of NRs. c) Lucknow d) Pune launched BPay? (Nepalese Rupees) ______crore for river training e) Guwahati a) Jio Payment bank and construction of embankments along Q.229) Bantony Castle is located in which of the b) Airtel Payment bank Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers in Nepal. following state? c) India Post Payment bank a) 14.06 crore b) 15.08 crore a) Haryana d) Reliance Industries Payment bank c) 17.00 crore d) 19.08 crore b) Himachal Pradesh c) Uttarakhan e) Fino Payment bank e) 18.07 crore d) Gujarat e) West Bengal Q.208) Which country has emerged as the world Q.219) With which of the following state did NTPC Q.230) What is the currency of Guatemala? largest solar market in the world? inked a pact and its power utilities to acquire their a) Lek b) Dinar a) China b) US entire stake in two joint ventures at Nabinagar c) Lev d) Quetzal c) Canada d) Poland and Kanti, and to buy Barauni thermal plant? e) Euro e) France a) Madhya Pradesh b) Maharashtra Q.231) Recently, Guatemala has opened an Q.209) Who is the CEO of Yes Bank? c) Kerala d) Bihar embassy in which of the following country? a) Sunil Mehta b) Ranjit Singh e) Karnataka a) Jerusalem b) Israel c) Rana Kapoor Q.220) Who has been Honoured with Jayadev c) Iran d) Iraq d) Kumaravel Shankar e) None of these Rashtriya Yuva Puraskar Award? e) Russia Q.210) Prof Muhammad Yunus, who has been a) David Harsent b) John Day Q.232) Who has been appointed as the chairman conferred with KISS Humanitarian Award 2018 c) Anindita d) Sarah hall of the Lalit Kala Akademi? belongs to which country? e) Tom Philips a) Ram Kumar b) M.V Krishnan a) China b) Bangladesh Q.221) Who received the DRDO Lifetime c) Keshav Malik d) Anand Dev c) Taiwan d) Myanmar Achievement Award 2017? e) Uttam Pacharne e) India a) Vasudev KalkunteAatre Q.233) Who has received the LMA special Q.211) Who has won the RedInk Award for b) Tom Philips c) VK Saraswat achievement award? Lifetime Achievement in Journalism for 2018? d) Anindita e) Sarah Hall a) John Buchanan b) John Gregory a) Suresh Mehta b) Faye D’Souz Q.222) Who received the DRDO Technology c) Bob Woolmer d) Gary Kirsten c) William Mark Tully d) Nithya Raja Leadership Award 2016? e) John Wright e) None of these a) VK saraswat Q.234) When is the World Telecommunication Q.212) Who has won the Spanish Grand Prix b) Vasudev KalkunteAatre and Information Society Day observed? 2018? c) Anindita a) May 18 b) May 20 a) Lewis Hamilton b) Sebastian Vettel d) G Satheesh Reddy c) May 21 d) May 17 c) Max Verstappen d) Valtteri Bottas e) Sarah Hall e) May 11 e) None of these Q.223) Who has been appointed as the NetMeds Q.235) What is the theme of World Hypertension Q.213) Pakistan player Mansoor Ahmed, who has Ambassador? Day? passed away recently related to which of the a) Gurdeep Singh b) MS Dhoni a) Stay Fresh Minded following field? c) Kholi d) Kidambi Srikath b) Enabling the positive use of Artificial a) Squash b) Chess e) Ashwin Intelligence for All c) Badminton d) Hockey c) Know Your Numbers

d) Be happy Make happy c) Frank Bainimarama d) Mark Rutte e) Cochin Stock Exchange e) New World of peace e) Adama Barrow Q.258) Who was elected first female Prime Q.236) Govind Lal Vora who passed away recently Q.248) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Minister of Barbados? belongs to which of the following field? (SCO) Cultural Ministers Meeting held at which of a) Mia Umor Mottley b) Mia Amor Rottley a) Politician b) Sports the following country? c) Mia Amor Mottley d) Ria Amor Mottley c) Director d) Journalist a) Qatar b) China e) Mia Amor Nottley e) None of these c) Japan d) India Q.259) Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum Inaugurated by Q.237) The Bantony Castle Estate will be e) Russia the Prime Minister of ______. renovated with an allocation of how much Q.249) Name the Indian charity that won charity a) Pakistan b) Netherland amount? award in UK? c) Sweden d) Nepal a) Rs 50 crore b) Rs 35 crore a) World Vision India b) Jagriti Yatra e) India c) Rs 25 crore d) Rs 20 crore c) M.S.N. Charities Q.260) The third edition of the Mission Innovation e) Rs 75 crore d) Sankurathri Foundation Ministerial Meet was held in ______. Q.238) Who is the chief minister of Gujarat? e) Pallium India a) Pakistan b) Netherland a) Pema Khandu b) Vijay Rupani Q.250) Which Iron ore mining company has c) Sweden d) Nepal c) N. Chandrababu Naidu bagged S&P Platts Global Metals Award in e) India d) Durga Das Basu e) Amarinder Singh corporate social responsibility category? Q.261) According to UN World Economic Situation Q.239) Who launched GSDP-ENVIS mobile app? a) KIOCL Limited b) SAIL and Prospects (WESP) , what is the GDP growth a) Ravi Shankar Prasad c) NMDC d) Kudremukh Ltd of India in 2018-19? b) Anant Geete c) Jual Oram e) L&P Ltd a) 7.8 percent b) 7.3 percent d) Piyush Goyal e) Harsh Vardhan Q.251) Who has been appointed as the head of c) 7.6 percent d) 7.7 percent Q.240) Who signed on behalf of UN Environment U.S India Business Council (India) ? e) 7.4 percent with the Board of Control for Cricket in India a) Shelia Mehta Q.262) Which of following company has acquired (BCCI) to promote ‘green’ cricket in India? b) Ambika Sharma c) Wendy Kopp conversational AI company Semantic Machines? a) Alison Smale b) Gladwyn Jebb d) Anita Roddick e) Clara Barton a) TCS b) Microsoft c) Erik Solheim d) Trygve Lie Q.252) Which ministry presented the prestigious c) ABC d) Cognizant e) António Guterres Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017 to the members of the e) Apple Q.241) After 20 years, which Minister of State INSV Tarini team in New Delhi? Q.263) Who has been appointed as the president from India visits North Korea for bilateral talks? a) Ministry of Commerce of Hockey India (HI) ? a) NK Shankar b) KS Raghu b) Ministry of Women and Child Development a) Harbinder Singh b) Rajinder Singh c) VK Singh d) Vettri Kannan c) Ministry of Finance c) Mariamma Koshy d) Sudershan Pathak e) Sunil Rajan d) Ministry of Home Affairs e) Bholanath Singh Q.242) India will be offering 22 Mahindra SUVs e) Ministry of Environment Q.264) Which of the following film has won the and two Tata buses worth USD 706,000 to which Q.253) The Chatra Parivahan Suraksha Yojana Palme d’Or–the highest prize at the Cannes Film of the following country? has been launched in which of the following state? Festival? a) Guatemala b) Iran a) Bihar b) Odisha a) BlacKkKlansmann b) Shoplifters c) Iraq d) Nauru c) Haryana d) Rajasthan c) Cold War d) Dogman e) Mauritius e) West Bengal e) Ayka Q.243) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the Q.254) The NITI Aayog have organised a three Q.265) According to AfrAsia Bank, which of the foundation stone of Rs 68 billion strategic tunnel day symposium with venture capital funds in New following country is the second wealthiest in in which of the following state? Delhi along with which of the following country? world? a) Gujarat b) Himachal Pradesh a) U.K b) France a) U.S b) India c) Jammu and Kashmir c) Germany d) Italy c) China d) Japan d) Maharashtra e) Kerala e) Spain e) Singapore Q.244) What is the currency of Italy? Q.255) The Pakul Dul Power Project is located in Q.266) Where is the headquarters of AfrAsia Bank a) Lira b) Lev which of the following state? located? c) Dinar d) Euro a) Gujarat b) Himachal Pradesh a) France b) UK e) None of these c) Rajasthan d) Jammu and Kashmir c) Mauritius d) Malysia Q.245) What is the currency of Lebanon? e) Kerala e) Egypt a) Pound b) Euro Q.256) Which country has unveiled the world's Q.267) Who has won the Rome Masters 2018? c) Dinar d) Lev first floating nuclear power station? a) Rogerer Federer b) Alexander Zverev e) Riyal a) Australia b) China c) Rafael Nadal d) Andre Agassi Q.246) Who is the governor of Odisha? c) Japan d) Russia e) Stan Wawrinka a) Kaptan Singh Solanki e) India Q.268) Who has won the fifth Women’s Asian b) Kummanam Rajasekharan Q.257) Which of the following stock exchange has Champions Trophy? c) Prof Ganeshi Lal become the first Indian exchange to be a) South Korea b) India d) Om Prakash Kohli recognised as a designated offshore securities c) Russia d) Germany e) Farooq Khan market (DOSM) by the U.S.? e) China Q.247) Name the Prime minister of Netherlands, a) Madras Stock Exchange Q.269) When is the National Anti-Terrorism Day who will be on a two-day official visit to India from b) NSE observed? 24th of this month? c) Ahmedabad Stock Exchange a) May 20 b) May 23 a) Hun Sen b) Roosevelt Skerrit d) BSE c) May 24 d) May 21

e) May 19 Q.281) Which of the following Indian legendary Q.292) Author Philip Roth, who passed away Q.270) Which country has won the world ice actor has been honoured by European Union? recently won the Pulitzer Prize for which of the hockey championship? a) Amitabh Bachchan following book? a) Kyrgyzstan b) Switzerland b) Shah Rukh Khan c) Dilip Kumar a) The God of Small Things c) Sweden d) Indonesia d) Salman Khan e) Aamir Khan b) American Pastoral c) The Luminaries e) North Korea Q.282) Who has won the European Golden Shoe d) Bring up the bodies e) Solar Bones Q.271) The 'Bastariya' battalion of the Central for the fifth time? Q.293) Japan’s SoftBank has decided to sell its Reserve Police Force(CRPF) has been launched in a) Lionel Messi b) Andres Iniesta over 21 percent stake in e-commerce major which of the following state? c) Cristiano Ronaldo d) Xavi Ronaldo Flipkart to US retailer Walmart for how much a) Assam b) Odisha e) Robin van Persie amount? c) Bihar d) Gujarat Q.283) Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani, who has a) USD 3 billion b) USD 2 billion e) Chhattisgarh passed away belongs to which field? c) USD 1 billion d) USD 5 billion Q.272) BrahMos Missile, the fastest cruise missile a) Dancer b) Author e) USD 4 billion in the world, is co-developed by India and which c) Actor d) Singer Q.294) The Finance Ministry has tied up with 40 of the following country? e) Writer entities for extending loans to small a) Singapore b) China Q.284) What is the theme of International Day for entrepreneurs under which of the following c) Japan d) Russia Biological Diversity? scheme? e) France a) Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism a) PMEGP b) PMMY Q.273) Which of the following word has been b) Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People c) PMRY d) PMUY adopted in Hindi and English languages by and their Livelihoods e) PMRY Commission for Scientific & Technical c) Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity Q.295) The Gopinath Bordoloi airport is located in Terminology (CSTT) ? d) Biodiversity for Sustainable Development which of the following state? a) AYUR b) KKYS e) Island Biodiversity a) Karnataka b) Uttarakhand c) KYC d) AYUSH Q.285) Who has won the BillBoard Award for “Top c) Assam d) Arunachal Pradesh e) VALUED Song Sales Artist”? e) Nagaland Q.274) Where did the 71st World Health a) Ed Sheeran b) Taylor Swift Q.296) Which of the following company has Assembly held? c) Camila Cabello acquired Bhushan Steel in an insolvency auction? a) Paris b) Lusane d) Christina Perri e) Miley Cyrus a) India Steel Company b) Million Steel India c) Geneva d) Rome Q.286) Which state government has introduced a c) Bamnipal Steel e) Lisbon new scheme to help the landless labourers among d) RKN Steel e) Tilson Steel Q.275) Which of the following country has the Scheduled Castes to acquire agricultural land? Q.297) Who is the MD & CEO of Multi Commodity launched the relay satellite to explore Moon’s far a) Odisha b) Maharashtra Exchange? side? c) Madhya Pradesh d) Nagaland a) P. K. Singhal a) Japan b) Israel e) Bihar b) Mrugank M. Paranjape c) Saurabh Chandra c) Russia d) China Q.287) Who is the Air Chief Marshal of India? d) Vikram Limaye e) Ashish Chauhan e) India a) Pradeep Vasant Naik Q.298) Olga Tokarczuk, who won the prestigious Q.276) Where did the 26th BASIC Ministerial b) Norman Anil Kumar Browne Man Booker International Prize hails from which Meeting on Climate Change held? c) Arup Raha country? a) China b) India d) Birender Singh Dhanoa a) Italy b) Poland c) South Africa d) Russia e) Arjan Singh c) France d) UK e) UK Q.288) What is the capital of Netherlands? e) USA Q.277) Who has been appointed as the President a) Tirane b) Algeries Q.299) According to a report by accounting firm of Venezuela? c) Canberra d) Amsterdam KPMG, which of the following team has been a) Rafael Caldera b) Hugo Chavez e) Yerevan honoured as the “Most valuable football team”? c) Nicolas Maduro d) Octavio Lepage Q.289) The National Convention on Rejuvenation a) Red Devils b) Real Madrid e) Jaime Lusinchi of Krishna River held in which of the following c) Manchester United Q.278) What is the currency of Venezuela? city? d) FC Barcelona e) None of these a) Pula b) Kwanza a) Mumbai b) Pune Q.300) When is the World Turtle day observed? c) Dram d) Taka c) Chennai d) Hyderabad a) May 21 b) May 20 e) Bolivar e) New Delhi c) May 24 d) May 23 Q.279) Who has been appointed as the chairman- Q.290) Where did the Military Exercise named e) May 22 cum-managing director (CMD) of Coal India “Gandiv Vijay” held? Q.301) How much amount will be given as a Limited? a) Himachal Pradesh b) Odisha minimum compensation for the family of a a) Kumaravel NS b) KS Ranjana c) Rajasthan d) Gujarat paramilitary jawan who dies in action? c) Anil Kumar Jha d) Rama Shankar e) Kerala a) One Crore b) Five Lakhs e) Ramesh Kannan Q.291) According to a Lancet study what is the c) One Lakh d) Two Crore Q.280) Which IIT has sets up the India’s first rank of India in terms of quality and accessibility e) Three Crore advisory Centre for Energy Regulation? of healthcare? Q.302) Who is the Director General of Border a) IIT Madras b) IIT Kanpur a) 160 b) 12 Security Force? c) IIT Guhwati d) IIT Roorkee c) 191 d) 145 a) Ranjith Prasanna b) MN Mehta e) IIT Varanasi e) 68 c) Manju Kanna d) KK Sharma e) Vohra Kumar

Q.303) A new software, ‘Nidaan’, has been Q.315) The ASEAN India Film Festival will begin Q.326) Name the two persons who inaugurated launched in which of the following state for in ______. Bangladesh Bhavan inside the Vishwa Bharti presumptive diagnosis and monitoring of a) New Delhi b) Kolkata University complex took place in the presence of seasonal and non-communicable diseases? c) Chennai d) Mumbai West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee? a) Gujarat b) Kerala e) Bhopal a) Ram Nath Govind and Sheikh Hasina c) West Bengal d) Karnataka Q.316) Which of the following state would get a b) Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina e) Rajasthan specialized anti-Naxal combat force called “Black c) Rajnath Singh and Sheikh Hasina Q.304) Which is the first state in southern India, Panther”? d) Arun Jaitley and Sheikh Hasina to be visited by 15th Finance Commission? a) Bihar b) Madhya Pradesh e) Radha mohan singh and Sheikh Hasina a) Kerala b) Telangana c) Chhattisgarh d) Maharashtra Q.327) With which country India to strengthen c) Jharkhand d) Manipur e) Tamilnadu partnership in agriculture and Nature and Food e) Uttarakhand Q.317) A three-day Smart Cities India 2018 Expo, Quality? Q.305) How many member countries are in began in ______. a) Pakistan b) Palestine Shanghai Cooperation Organisation? a) New Delhi b) Kolkata c) Nepal d) Netherlands a) 6 b) 7 c) Chennai d) Mumbai e) Cambodia c) 8 d) 9 e) 10 e) Bhopal Q.328) India now ranked ______on ‘Ease of Q.306) India has received its first crude oil cargo Q.318) Who launched Samagra Shiksha scheme doing business’ index as compared to previous shipment from which of the following country? for school education? year’s 130. a) Qatar b) Israel a) Rajnath Singh b) Prakash Javadekar a) 95th b) 97th c) Iraq d) Abu Dhabi c) Narendra Modi d) Radha Mohan Singh c) 98th d) 100th e) Sri Lanka e) Arun Jaitley e) 102nd Q.307) Which is the first India bank to move a Q.319) ‘Surya Kiran’ military exercise begin in Q.329) Which leading digital financial services lots operation to the Gujarat International ______. platform announced the launch of Unified Finance Tec-City, GIFT city? a) Bihar Payments Interface (UPI) on its platform via its a) Bank of Baroda b) State Bank of India b) Madhya Pradesh c) Chhattisgarh own Virtual payment address (VPA) handle? c) Syndicate Bank d) Yes Bank d) Maharashtra e) Uttarakhand a) BHIM b) Paytm e) Indian Bank Q.320) Which country has become the 64th c) Mobikwik d) FasTag Q.308) Who is the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog? signatory member of the International Solar e) Phonpe a) Thiru Moorthy b) Rajiv Kumar Alliance? Q.330) Which of the following country tops in the c) Ranil Kumar d) Shankar Kumar a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh global competitive rankings out of 63 countries e) Gnanavel Shankar c) Nepal d) Netherlands that were ranked by the IMD World Q.309) Who is the first female chief of New York e) Cambodia Competitiveness Center? Stock Exchange in the history of 226 years? Q.321) Which country has become the first a) Hongkong b) USA a) Natalia Gherman b) Helen Clark country in south-east Asia to eliminate trachoma? c) India d) Singapore c) Stacey Cunningham a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh e) UK d) Susana Malcorra e) None of these c) Nepal d) Netherland Q.331) Which of the following will provide Q.310) Alan Bean who has passed away recently e) Cambodia financial support to Village Level Entrepreneurs is related to which of the following field? Q.322) 5th India CLMV Business Conclave held at who operate the Common Service Centres that a) Scientist b) Actor ______. act as access points for delivery of electronic c) Astronaut d) Sportsman a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh services? e) Poltician c) Nepal d) Netherland a) SIDBI b) NHB Q.311) Who has been appointed as the part-time e) Cambodia c) IDBI d) IRDAI official director of BHEL? Q.323) Which county has imposed a temporary e) None of the above a) Atul Sobti b) S Biswas ban on the exhibition and screening of Indian Q.332) Who was appointed as the managing c) Pravin Agrawal d) D Bandyopadhyay films during next month’s Eid holidays? director and CEO of Airtel Payments Bank? e) Rajesh Kishore a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh a) Tapan Ray b) Charan Singh Q.312) AB de Villiers, who retired from c) Nepal d) Netherland c) Anubrata Biswas d) Anjali Bansal International Cricket hails from which country? e) Cambodia e) C K Prasad a) England b) South Africa Q.324) Which country has officially joined the Q.333) Who has been appointed the chairman of c) Australia d) West Indies Chemical Weapons Convention? the Press Council of India (PCI) for a second e) Bangladesh a) Pakistan b) Palestine term? Q.313) Manika Batra is related to which of the c) Nepal d) Netherland a) Tapan Ray b) Charan Singh following sport? e) Cambodia c) Anubrata Biswas d) Anjali Bansal a) Badminton b) Table Tennis Q.325) Name the Nepali woman who created a e) C K Prasad c) Weight Lifting d) Shooting world record by scaling three highest mountains Q.334) Who has been appointed non-executive e) Hockey in a single climbing season? chairperson at Punjab & Sind Bank? Q.314) The West Asia Football Federation a) Nima Mangmu Sherpa a) Tapan Ray b) Charan Singh championship 2018 will be held in which of the b) Nima Dangmu Sherpa c) Anubrata Biswas d) Anjali Bansal following country? c) Sima Jangmu Sherpa e) C K Prasad a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh d) Jima Jangmu Sherpa Q.335) Which country will host 2020 Champions c) Iran d) Iraq e) Nima Jangmu Sherpa League final? e) Sri Lanka a) Hongkong b) USA

c) India d) Istanbul a) Sushant Singh Rajput ENGLISH VOCABULARY e) UK b) Katrina Kaif c) Ranbir kapoor 1) Elevation Q.336) Which country along with WHO launched d) Ajay Devgan e) Ranveer Kapoor Meaning: The action or fact of raising or being new campaign for football World Cup 2018? Q.346) Who has established additional Digital raised to a higher or more important level, state, a) Hongkong b) USA Collaborative Opportunities Plaza (SIDCOP) c) India d) Istanbul platform in China in an effort to provide market or position. e) Russia access to Indian IT firms in the huge Chinese Example: “Her sudden elevation to the cabinet” Q.337) Which of the following state government market? Synonyms: Promotion, Advancement has announced a unique life insurance scheme for a) RBI b) GOI Antonyms: Demotion farmers? c) NASSCOM d) UDAI 2) Inexplicable a) Kerala b) Telangana e) ITI c) Jharkhand d) Manipur Q.347) Who has launched a ‘data visualisation Meaning: Unable to be explained or accounted e) Uttarakhand app’ which provides a user-friendly visual for. Q.338) Which state has become the first state in representation of complex analytics of the Example: “For some inexplicable reason her the Northeast and the third state in India to have education scenario in the country? mind went completely blank” solar toilets? a) UNIDO b) WHO Synonyms: Unaccountable, Puzzling a) Kerala b) Telangana c) UNICEF d) UNESCO Antonyms: Understandable c) Jharkhand d) Manipur e) UN e) Uttarakhand Q.348) Which bank has received approval from 3) Flawed Q.339) Prime Minister Modi unveils projects of Rs National Stock Exchange to be empanelled as Meaning: Having or characterized by a

27,000 cr in ______. ‘Settlement Bank’ for National Securities Clearing fundamental weakness or imperfection. a) Kerala b) Telangana Corporation (NSCCL) , a wholly owned subsidiary Example: “A Fatally flawed strategy” c) Jharkhand d) Manipur of NSE? Synonyms: Unsound, Defective e) Uttarakhand a) Yes bank b) Axis Bank Q.340) Which Ministry has created a new Division c) HDFC Bank d) Bank of Baroda Antonyms: Sound to address issues of women safety e) IndusInd Bank 4) Denying comprehensively. This Division would deal with all Q.349) Who has been appointed as the Prime Meaning: Refuse to give (something requested

aspects of women safety in coordination with Minister of Lebanon for Third Term? or desired) to (someone). relevant Ministries/Departments and State a) Rafic Hariri b) Saad Hariri Example: “The inquiry was denied access to Governments? c) Michel Oun d) Nabih Berri intelligence sources” a) Ministry of Commerce e) Walid Jumblatt b) Ministry of Women and Child Development Q.350) How much amount was signed between Synonyms: Refuse, Rebuff c) Ministry of Finance Indian service providers and Chinese customers Antonyms: Accept d) Ministry of Home Affairs at the launch of the corridor by China’s Guiyang 5) Betrays e) Minstry of Environment Municipal government and the NASSCOM? Meaning: Expose (one’s country, a group, or a Q.341) Who laid the foundation stone for the a) RMB 6 million b) RMB 26 million person) to danger by treacherously giving 2400MW first phase of NTPC’s Patratu Super c) RMB 36 million d) RMB 16 million information to an enemy. Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand? e) RMB 15 million a) Arun Jaitley b) Radha Mohan Singh Example: “A double agent who betrayed some c) Narendra Modi d) Menaka Gandhi 400 British and French agents to the Germans”

e) Rajnath Singh Synonyms: Break faith with Q.342) 9th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Antonyms: Be loyal to Mahotsav’ under the Ministry of Culture, 6) Fragility inaugurated in ______. a) Kerala b) Telangana Meaning: The quality of being easily broken or c) Jharkhand d) Manipur damaged. e) Uttarakhand Example:”Osteoporosis is characterized by bone Q.343) Who has launched a survey on the NaMo fragility” App, asking people to rate the performance of the Synonyms: Frailty, Weakness government at the Centre and MPs and MLAs in Antonyms: Robustness their constituencies? a) Sushma Swaraj b) Rajnath Singh 7) Legitimised c) Narendra Modi d) Arun Jaitley Meaning: Make legitimate. e) Suresh Prabhu Example: “Voters legitimize the government

Q.344) Who has launched the twin pit toilet through the election of public officials” technology campaign in New Delhi? Synonyms: Validate, Legitimate a) Shilpa Shetty b) Salman khan Antonyms: Outlaw c) Akshay kumar d) Amir Khan e) None of these 8) Incursions

Q.345) Who has signed an agreement to promote Meaning: An invasion or attack, especially a

the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) of sudden or brief one. the NITI Aayog? Example: “Incursions into enemy territory”

Synonyms: Attack on, Assault on Example:”The needs and aspirations of the Example:”I was staggered to find it was six

Antonyms: Retreat people” o’clock” 9) Capitulates Synonyms: Desire, Hope. Synonyms: Astonish, Amaze.

Meaning: Cease to resist an opponent or an Antonyms: apathy, unconcern Antonyms: Unimpressive, Unremarkable.

unwelcome demand; yield. 18) Conceal 26) Manoeuvre

Example: “The patriots had to capitulate to the Meaning: Prevent (something) from being Meaning: Carefully guide or manipulate enemy forces” known; keep secret. (someone or something) in order to achieve an

Synonyms: Surrender, Yield Example:”They were at great pains to conceal end.

Antonyms: Resist that information from the public” Example:”They were manoeuvring him into 10) Armistice Synonyms: Hide, Cover up. betraying his friend”

Meaning: An agreement made by opposing sides Antonyms: show, uncover Synonyms: Intrigue, Plot.

in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a 19) Reliable Antonyms: Ignorance, Honesty. truce. Meaning: Consistently good in quality or 27) Revive

Example: “The Italian government signed an performance; able to be trusted. Meaning: Give new strength or energy to.

armistice with the Allies” Example:”A reliable source of information” Example:”The cool, refreshing water revived us Synonyms: Truce, Ceasefire Synonyms: Dependable, Good. all”

Antonyms: Declaration of war, Hostilities Antonyms: Bad, Undependable. Synonyms: Reinvigorate, Revitalize.

11) Acrimony 20) Anomaly Antonyms: Destroy, Agitate Meaning: Bitterness or ill feeling. Meaning: Something that deviates from what is 28) Tenure

Example: “The AGM dissolved into acrimony” standard, normal, or expected. Meaning: The holding of an office.

Synonyms: Bitterness, Rancour Example:”There are a number of anomalies in Example:”His tenure of the premiership would be Antonyms: Goodwill the present system” threatened”

12) Hostile Synonyms: Oddity, Peculiarity. Synonyms: Incumbency, Term of office.

Meaning: Showing or feeling opposition or Antonyms: Normality, Conformity. Antonyms: Misconception, Release

dislike; unfriendly. 21) Rely 29) Probably Example:”A hostile audience” Meaning: Depend on with full trust or Meaning: Almost certainly; as far as one knows

Synonyms:Antagonistic, Aggressive confidence. or can tell.

Antonyms: Friendly, Mild Example:”I know I can rely on your discretion” Example: “She would probably never see him 13) Vital Synonyms: Depend, Count. again”

Meaning:Absolutely necessary; essential. Antonyms: Doubt, Disbelieve. Synonyms: Possibly, Perhaps.

Example:”Secrecy is of vital importance” 22) Hurdle Antonyms: Inprobably, Uncertain Synonyms:Essential, Crucial Meaning: A problem or difficulty that must be 30) Coalition

Antonyms: Unimportant, Peripheral overcome. Meaning: A temporary alliance for combined

14) Deteriorated Example:”Many would like to emigrate to the action, especially of political parties forming a Meaning: Become progressively worse. United States, but face formidable hurdles” government.

Example:”Relations between the countries had Synonyms: Obstacle, Difficulty. Example: “A coalition between Liberals and

deteriorated sharply” Antonyms: Advantage, Assistance Conservatives” Synonyms:Worsen, Decline 23) Emphasis Synonyms: Alliance, Union.

Antonyms: Improve Meaning: Special importance, value, or Antonyms: Separation, Disunion

15) Credible prominence given to something. 31) Vows

Meaning: Able to be believed; convincing. Example:”They placed great emphasis on the Meaning: Solemnly promise to do a specified Example: “Few people found his story credible” individual’s freedom” thing.

Synonyms: Acceptable, Reliable Synonyms: Prominence, Importance. Example: “The rebels vowed to continue

Antonyms: Untrustworthy Antonyms: Insistence, Significance fighting” 16) Inhabited 24) Rationale Synonyms: Pledge, Promise.

Meaning:(Of a person, animal, or group) live in Meaning: A set of reasons or a logical basis for a Antonyms: Break, Breach

or occupy (a place or environment). course of action or belief. 32) Drove Example:”A bird that inhabits North America” Example:”He explained the rationale behind the Meaning: Urge or force (animals or people) to

Synonyms: Occupy. change” move in a specified direction.

Antonyms: uninhabited, unpopulated. Synonyms: Reasoning, Thinking. Example: “They drove a flock of sheep through 17) Aspiration Antonyms: Reality, Proof the centre of the city”

Meaning: A hope or ambition of achieving 25) Staggering Synonyms: Impel, Urge.

something. Meaning: Astonish or deeply shock. Antonyms: Spittle, Drool

33) Confined Meaning: The action or practice of deceiving Example: It was an awkward situation, because

Meaning: (Of a space) restricted in area or someone by concealing or misrepresenting the the restaurant was too expensive for us but we volume; cramped. truth. didn’t want to just get up and walk out.

Example: “Her fear of confined spaces” Example: “A web of deceit” Synonyms: Difficult, Unpleasant

Synonyms: Restricted, Limited Synonyms: Lying, Pretence. Antonyms: Relaxed, Easy

Antonyms: Release, Neglect Antonyms: Truth, Reality 50) Ruthless 34) Rely 42) Bolsters Meaning: Having or showing no pity or

Meaning: Depend on with full trust or Meaning: Support or strengthen. compassion for others.

confidence. Example: “The fall in interest rates is starting to Example: “a ruthless manipulator” Example: “I know I can rely on your discretion” bolster confidence” Synonyms: Merciless, Cruel

Synonyms: Depend, Count. Synonyms: Strengthen, Support. Antonyms: Gentle, Compassionate

Antonyms: Disbelieve, Distrust Antonyms: Discourage, Block. 51) Furnish 35) Hostage 43) Reluctant Meaning: To supply or provide something

Meaning: A person seized or held as security for Meaning: Unwilling and hesitant; disinclined. needed.

the fulfilment of a condition. Example: “today, many ordinary people are still Example: Jeanne’s catering company furnished Example: “They were held hostage by armed reluctant to talk about politics” all the food for the party.

rebels” Synonyms: Unwilling, Grudging Synonyms: Provide, Supply

Synonyms: Captive, Prisoner. Antonyms: Willing, Eager Antonyms: Divest Antonyms: Captor 44) Expediency 52) Endure

36) Intended Meaning: The quality of being convenient and Meaning: To continue to exist for a long time.

Meaning: Planned or meant. practical despite possibly being improper or Example: The political system established in Example: “The intended victim escaped” immoral; convenience. 1400 endured until about 1650.

Synonyms: Deliberate, Intentional. Example: “an act of political expediency” Synonyms: Continue, Persist

Antonyms: Unfixed Synonyms: Convenience, Advantage Antonyms: Fade, Short-lived

37) Proximity Antonyms: Disadvantage 53) Anxiety Meaning: Nearness in space, time, or 45) Untenable Meaning: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or

relationship. Meaning: (especially of a position or view) not unease about something with an uncertain

Example: “Do not operate microphones in close able to be maintained or defended against attack outcome. proximity to television sets” or objection. Example: “he felt a surge of anxiety”

Synonyms: Closeness, Nearness. Example: “this argument is clearly untenable” Synonyms: Worry, Concern

Antonyms: Diatance, Remoteness Synonyms: Unarguable, Flawed Antonyms: Calmness, Serenity 38) Rebellion Antonyms: Tenable, Defensible 54) Controversy

Meaning: An act of armed resistance to an 46) Disdain Meaning: Prolonged public disagreement or

established government or leader. Meaning: The feeling that someone or something heated discussion. Example: “The authorities put down a rebellion is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect. Example: “the design of the building has caused

by landless colonials” Example: “her upper lip curled in disdain” controversy”

Synonyms: Revolt, Insurrection. Synonyms: Contempt, Scorn Synonyms: Disagreement, Dispute Antonyms: Calm, Obedience. Antonyms: Admiration, Respect Antonyms: Agreement, Accord

39) Averse 47) Apportioned 55) Fuelled

Meaning: Having a strong dislike of or opposition Meaning: Divide up and share out. Meaning: Sustain or inflame (an intense feeling).

to something. Example: “voting power will be apportioned Example: “his resignation fuelled speculation of Example: “As a former CIA director, he is not according to contribution” an imminent cabinet reshuffle”

averse to secrecy” Synonyms: Allocate, Distribute Synonyms: Stimulate, Intensify

Synonyms: Opposed to, Against. Antonyms: Withhold, Refuse Antonyms: Dampen Antonyms: Friendly, Sympathetic 48) Denting 56) Threatening

40) Robust Meaning: Have an adverse effect on; diminish. Meaning: Having a hostile or deliberately

Meaning: Strong and healthy; vigorous. Example: “this neither deterred him nor dented frightening quality or manner. Example: “The Caplan family are a robust lot” his enthusiasm” Example: “her mother had received a

Synonyms: Strong, Vigorous Synonyms: Diminish, Reduce threatening letter”

Antonyms: Fragile, Lethargic Antonyms: Increase Synonyms: Menacing, Scary 41) Deceit 49) Awkward Antonyms: Distant, Pleasant

Meaning: Causing inconvenience, anxiety, or 57) Compliance

embarrassment.

Meaning: The state or fact of according with or Meaning: Former. Example: “the whole situation was acutely

meeting rules or standards. Example: “the erstwhile president of the embarrassing” Example: “all imports of timber are in company” Synonyms: Extremely, Very

compliance with regulations” Synonyms: Former, Sometime Antonyms: Slightly

Synonyms: Obedience to, Accordance with Antonyms: Present, Future 75) Collided

Antonyms: Violation, Infringement 67) Indigenous Meaning: Hit by accident when moving. 58) Barring Meaning: Originating or occurring naturally in a Example: “She collided with someone”

Meaning: Except for; if not for. particular place; native. Synonyms: Conflict, Clash

Example: “barring accidents, we should win” Example: “the indigenous peoples of Siberia” Antonyms: Coalesce Synonyms: Excepting, Excluding Synonyms: Native, Aboriginal 76) Negligent

Antonyms: Approval, Support. Antonyms: Expatriate, Migrant Meaning: Failing to take proper care over

59) Evasive 68) Preferential something. Meaning: Directed towards avoidance or escape. Meaning: Of or involving preference or partiality; Example: “The council had been negligent in its

Example: “they decided to take evasive action” constituting a favour or privilege. supervision of the children in care”

Synonyms: Avoiding, Dodging Example: “preferential interest rates may be Synonyms: Careless, Remiss Antonyms: Direct offered to employees” Antonyms: Careful, Attentive

60) Outstanding Synonyms: Special, Better 77) Hired

Meaning: Not yet paid, resolved, or dealt with. Antonyms: Fairness. Meaning: Employ (someone) for wages. Example: “much of the work is still outstanding” 69) Deter Example: “Management hired and fired labour in

Synonyms: Incomplete, Undone Meaning: Prevent the occurrence of. line with demand”

Antonyms: Paid, Finished Example: “strategists think not only about how Synonyms: Employ, Engage 61) Alleviate to deter war, but about how war might occur” Antonyms: Dismiss

Meaning: Make (suffering, deficiency, or a Synonyms: Prevent, Stop 78) Aggrieved

problem) less severe. Antonyms: Encourage Meaning: Feeling resentment at having been

Example: “he couldn’t prevent her pain, only 70) Casting unfairly treated. alleviate it” Meaning: Discard. Example: “They were aggrieved at the outcome”

Synonyms: Reduce, Relieve Example: “he jumped in, casting caution to the Synonyms: Resentful, Angry

Antonyms: Aggravate wind” Antonyms: Pleased 62) Looming Synonyms: Discard, Reject 79) Articulated

Meaning: (of an event regarded as threatening) Antonyms: Accept Meaning: Having two or more sections

seem about to happen. 71) Estrangement connected by a flexible joint. Example: “there is a crisis looming” Meaning: The fact of no longer being on friendly Example: “An articulated lorry”

Synonyms: Threaten, Impend terms or part of a social group. Synonyms: Segmented, Attached

Antonyms: Distant, Remote. Example: “the growing estrangement of the Antonyms: Fixed 63) Revert police from their communities” 80) Corollary

Meaning: Return to (a previous state, practice, Synonyms: Alienation, Hostility Meaning: A proposition that follows from (and is

topic, etc.). Antonyms: Unity, Reconciliation often appended to) one already proved. Example: “he reverted to his native language” 72) Foes Example: “The huge increases in unemployment

Synonyms: Return, Regress Meaning: An enemy or opponent. were the corollary of expenditure cuts”

Antonyms: Continue, Improve. Example: “his work was praised by friends and Synonyms: Consequence, Result

64) Lavish foes alike” Antonyms: Cause, Origin Meaning: Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or Synonyms: Rival, Adversary 81) Belied

luxurious. Antonyms: Friend Meaning: (Of an appearance) fail to give a true

Example: “a lavish banquet” 73) Veteran impression of (something). Synonyms: Lush, Gorgeous Meaning: A person who has had long experience Example: “His lively, alert manner belied his

Antonyms: Meagre in a particular field. years”

65) Vagaries Example: “a veteran of two world wars” Synonyms: Contradict, Disprove Meaning: An unexpected and inexplicable Synonyms: Expert, Old-hand Antonyms: Reveal

change in a situation or in someone’s behaviour. Antonyms: Novice, Recruit 82) Perilous

Example: “the vagaries of the weather”. 74) Acutely Meaning: Full of danger or risk. Synonyms: Quirk, Oddity. Meaning: (with reference to something Example: “A perilous journey south”

Antonyms: Choice, Economy. unpleasant or unwelcome) intensely. Synonyms: Dangerous, Hazardous

66) Erstwhile Antonyms: Safe, Secure

83) Intense Example: “a serious setback for the peace Example: “a man who had brought her nothing

Meaning: Having or showing strong feelings or process” but misery” opinions; extremely earnest or serious. Synonyms: Problem, Difficulty Synonyms: Unhappiness, Distress

Example: “An intense young woman, passionate Antonyms: Breakthrough Antonyms: Contentment, Pleasure

about her art” 92) Curtailed 100) Ferocity

Synonyms: Passionate, Ardent Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose Meaning: The state or quality of being ferocious. Antonyms: Apathetic a restriction on. Example: “the ferocity of the storm caught them

84) Horrific Example: “civil liberties were further curtailed” by surprise”

Meaning: Causing horror. Synonyms: Reduce, Cut Synonyms: Savagery, Brutality Example: “Horrific injuries” Antonyms: Increase, Lengthen Antonyms: Gentleness

Synonyms: Dreadful, Horrendous. 93) Enriched 101) Mitigate

Antonyms: Delightful, Pleasant. Meaning: Improve or enhance the quality or Meaning: Make (something bad) less severe, 85) Countenance value of. serious, or painful.

Meaning: Admit as acceptable or possible. Example: “her exposure to museums enriched Example: “drainage schemes have helped to

Example: “He was reluctant to countenance the her life in France” mitigate this problem” use of force” Synonyms: Enhance, Reinforce Synonyms: Alleviate, Reduce

Synonyms: Tolerate, Permit. Antonyms: Spoil, Devalue Antonyms: Aggravate, Increase

Antonyms: Disturbance, Anxiety. 94) Wrecked 102) Provocative 86) Deliberate Meaning: Spoil completely. Meaning: Causing anger or another strong

Meaning: Done consciously and intentionally. Example: “an eye injury wrecked his chances of reaction, especially deliberately.

Example: “A deliberate attempt to provoke a professional career” Example: “A provocative article” conflict” Synonyms: Ruin, Spoil Synonyms: Annoying, Irritating

Synonyms: Intentional, Calculated. Antonyms: Facilitate Antonyms: Soothing, Calming

Antonyms: Ignorant, Uncareful. 95) Comply 103) Congruence

87) Misadventure Meaning: Act in accordance with a wish or Meaning: Agreement or harmony; compatibility. Meaning: Death caused by a person accidentally command. Example: “The results show quite good

while performing a legal act without negligence or Example: “we are unable to comply with your congruence with recent studies”

intent to harm. request” Synonyms: Compatibility, Conformity Example: “the coroner recorded a verdict of Synonyms: Observe, Obey Antonyms: Conflict

death by misadventure” Antonyms: Ignore, Disobey 104) Seldom

Synonyms: Accident, Problem 96) Allies Meaning: Not often; rarely. Antonyms: Advantage, Perfection. Meaning: A person or organization that Example: “Islay is seldom visited by tourists”

88) Instill cooperates with or helps another in a particular Synonyms: Rarely, Infrequently

Meaning: Gradually but firmly establish (an idea activity. Antonyms: Often, Frequently or attitude) in a person’s mind. Example: “he was forced to dismiss his closest 105) Dwindled

Example: “The standards her parents had political ally” Meaning: Diminish gradually in size, amount, or

instilled into her” Synonyms: Associate, Friend strength. Synonyms: Inculcate, Implant. Antonyms: Enemy, Opponent Example: “Traffic has dwindled to a trickle”

Antonyms: Neglect, Uproot. 97) Embolden Synonyms: Diminish, Decrease

89) Chaos Meaning: Give (someone) the courage or Antonyms: Increase, Flourish

Meaning: Complete disorder and confusion. confidence to do something. 106) Oppressive Example: “Snow caused chaos in the region” Example: “emboldened by the claret, he pressed Meaning: Inflicting harsh and authoritarian

Synonyms: Disorder, Disarray. his knee against hers” treatment.

Antonyms: Organization, Calm. Synonyms: Encourage, Hearten Example: “An oppressive dictatorship” 90) Bolster Antonyms: Dishearten, Discourage Synonyms: Harsh, Cruel

Meaning: Support or strengthen. 98) Tumultuous Antonyms: Lenient, Humane

Example: “The fall in interest rates is starting to Meaning: Excited, confused, or disorderly. 107) Frustration bolster confidence” Example: “a tumultuous crowd” Meaning: The feeling of being upset or annoyed

Synonyms: Strengthen, Support. Synonyms: Tempestuous, Stormy as a result of being unable to change or achieve

Antonyms: Undermine. Antonyms: Peaceful, Uneventful something. 91) Setback 99) Misery Example: “Tears of frustration rolled down her

Meaning: A reversal or check in progress. Meaning: A state or feeling of great physical or cheeks”

mental distress or discomfort. Synonyms: Exasperation, Annoyance

Antonyms: Satisfaction Example: “The party secretary resigned, Meaning: (of an unpleasant or unwelcome

108) Exemptions ostensibly from ill health” situation or phenomenon) present or experienced Meaning: The action of freeing or state of being Synonyms: Apparently, Seemingly to a severe or intense degree.

free from an obligation or liability imposed on Antonyms: Genuinely, Really Example: “an acute housing shortage”

others. 116) Ruffle Synonyms: Severe, Critical

Example: “Vehicles that may qualify for Meaning: Disconcert or upset the composure of Antonyms: Negligible exemption from tax” (someone). 125) Shrank

Synonyms: Immunity, Exception Example: “Lancaster had been ruffled by her Meaning: Become or make smaller in size or

Antonyms: Liability questions” amount. 109) Resumption Synonyms: Annoy, Irritate Example: “the workforce shrank to a thousand”

Meaning: The action of beginning something Antonyms: Soothe, Calm Synonyms: Diminish, Reduce

again after a pause or interruption. 117) Objection Antonyms: Expand, Increase Example: “With peace came the resumption of Meaning: An expression or feeling of disapproval 126) Mended

foreign imports” or opposition; a reason for disagreeing. Meaning: Improve (an unpleasant situation).

Synonyms: Restart, Recommencement Example: “they have raised no objections to the Example: “quarrels could be mended by talking” Antonyms: Suspension, Abandonment latest plans” Synonyms: Remedy, Settle

110) Defiant Synonyms: Protest, Demur Antonyms: Destroy, Worsen.

Meaning: Showing defiance. Antonyms: Approval, Acceptance 127) Unremitting Example: “A defiant gesture” 119) Quash Meaning: Never relaxing or slackening;

Synonyms: Intransigent, Resistant Meaning: Reject as invalid, especially by legal incessant.

Antonyms: Apologetic, Cooperative procedure. Example: “Unremitting drizzle” 111) Emboldened Example: “his conviction was quashed on Synonyms: Relentless, Continual

Meaning: Give (someone) the courage or appeal” Antonyms: Intermittent, Spasmodic

confidence to do something. Synonyms: Cancel, Reverse 128) Defended

Example: “Emboldened by the claret, he pressed Antonyms: Validate Meaning: Resist an attack made on (someone or his knee against hers” 120) Elevate something); protect from harm or danger.

Synonyms: Encourage, Hearten Meaning: Raise to a more important or Example: “We shall defend our island, whatever

Antonyms: Dishearten, Discourage impressive level. the cost” 112) Implicit Example: “he was elevated to Secretary of Synonyms: Protect, Guard

Meaning: Suggested though not directly State” Antonyms: Attack

expressed. Synonyms: Promote, Upgrade 129) Idle Example: “Comments seen as implicit criticism Antonyms: Demote Meaning: Without purpose or effect; pointless.

of the policies” 121) Diverse Example: “He did not want to waste valuable

Synonyms: Implied, Indirect Meaning: Showing a great deal of variety; very time in idle chatter” Antonyms: Explicit, direct different. Synonyms: Frivolous, Trivial

113) Vigilant Example: “a culturally diverse population” Antonyms: Serious, Meaningful

Meaning: Keeping careful watch for possible Synonyms: Various, Manifold 130) Imperative danger or difficulties. Antonyms: Similar, Uniform Meaning: Giving an authoritative command;

Example: “The burglar was spotted by vigilant 122) Mounting peremptory.

neighbours” Meaning: Gradually increasing. Example: “The bell pealed again, a final

Synonyms: Watchful, Observed Example: Mounting anxiety/excitement. imperative call” Antonyms: Negligent, Inattentive Synonyms: Increase, Intensify Synonyms: Peremptory, Imperious

114) Rival Antonyms: Decrease Antonyms: Submissive

Meaning: A person or thing competing with 123) Inquest 131) Curtail another for the same objective or for superiority Meaning: An inquiry by a coroner’s court into the Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose

in the same field of activity. cause of a death. a restriction on.

Example: “He has no serious rival for the job” Example: “they held an inquest into the death of Example: “Civil liberties were further curtailed” Synonyms: Competitor, Opponent her daughter” Synonyms: Reduce, Decrease

Antonyms: Partner, Ally Synonyms: Enquiry, Investigation Antonyms: Increase, Lengthen

115) Ostensibly Antonyms: Conclusion, Findings. 132) Resentment Meaning: As appears or is stated to be true, 124) Acute Meaning: Bitter indignation at having been

though not necessarily so; apparently. treated unfairly.

Example: “His resentment at being demoted”

Synonyms: Bitterness, Irritation Meaning: Break or cause to break into Synonyms: Settle, Sort out.

Antonyms: Contentment, Happiness fragments. Antonyms: Uncertanity, Reluctance. 133) Lapses Example: “Lough Erne fragmented into a series 149) Intervene

Meaning: (Of a right, privilege, or agreement) of lakes” Meaning: Take part in something so as to

become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or Synonyms: Break up, Break. prevent or alter a result or course of events.

renewed; expire. Antonyms: Whole, Entirely. Example: “He acted outside his authority when Example: “He let his membership of CND lapse” 142) Mandate he intervened in the dispute”

Synonyms: Expire, Terminate Meaning: The authority to carry out a policy, Synonyms: Intercede, Involve oneself.

Antonyms: Current, Valid regarded as given by the electorate to a party or Antonyms: Connect, Combine 134) Allied candidate that wins an election. 150) Partisan

Meaning: Joined by or relating to members of an Example: “He called an election to seek a Meaning: Prejudiced in favour of a particular

alliance. mandate for his policies” cause. Example: “Allied territories” Synonyms: Authority, Approval. Example: “Newspapers have become

Synonyms: Federal, Associated Antonyms: Breach, Refuse. increasingly partisan”

Antonyms: Independent, Hostile 143) Overture Synonyms: Biased, Prejudiced. 135) Hatred Meaning: An introduction to something more Antonyms: Unbiased, Disinterested.

Meaning: Intense dislike; hate. substantial. 151) Exemplified

Example: “Racial hatred” Example: “The talks were no more than an Meaning: Illustrate or clarify by giving an Synonyms: Loathing, Hate overture to a long debate” example.

Antonyms: Love, Liking Synonyms: Preliminary, Prelude. Example: “he exemplified his point with an

136) Faint Antonyms: Conclusion, Withdrawal. anecdote” Meaning: Lacking conviction or enthusiasm; 144) Bargain Synonyms: Illustrate, Demonstrate

feeble. Meaning: Negotiate the terms and conditions of Antonyms: Confuse, Puzzle.

Example: “She sent him a faint answering smile” a transaction. 152) Contour

Synonyms: Unenthusiastic, Weak Example: “He bargained with the local council to Meaning: An outline representing or bounding Antonyms: Strong rent the stadium” the shape or form of something.

137) Curtailing Synonyms: Haggle, Barter. Example: “She traced the contours of his face

Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose Antonyms: Differ, Dispute. with her finger” a restriction on. 145) Subvert Synonyms: Outline, Shape.

Example: “Civil liberties were further curtailed” Meaning: Undermine the power and authority of Antonyms: Affection, Burden.

Synonyms: Reduce, Cut (an established system or institution). 153) Grapples Antonyms: Increase, Lengthen Example: “An attempt to subvert democratic Meaning: Struggle to deal with or overcome (a

138) Amenable government” difficulty or challenge).

Meaning: Open and responsive to suggestion; Synonyms: Destabilize, Unsettle. Example: “other towns are still grappling with easily persuaded or controlled. Antonyms: Improve, Uphold, Comply. the problem”

Example: “Parents who have amenable children” 146) Defection Synonyms: Tackle, Confront

Synonyms: Complaint, Biddable Meaning: The desertion of one’s country or cause Antonyms: Avoid Antonyms: Uncooperative in favour of an opposing one. 154) Sunk

139) Abandon Example: “His defection from the Labour Party” Meaning: Gradually decrease or decline in value,

Meaning: Give up completely (a practice or a Synonyms: Desertion, Absconding. amount, quality, or intensity.

course of action). Antonyms: Plenty, Enough. Example: “their output sank to a third of the pre- Example: “He had clearly abandoned all pretence 147) Muster war figure”

of trying to succeed” Meaning: Assemble (troops), especially for Synonyms: Fall, Drop

Synonyms: Renounce, Relinquish inspection or in preparation for battle. Antonyms: Rise Antonyms: Keep, Claim Example: “17,000 men had been mustered on 155) Dwindling

140) Reviled Haldon Hill” Meaning: Diminish gradually in size, amount, or

Meaning: Criticize in an abusive or angrily Synonyms: Assemble, Bring together. strength. insulting manner. Antonyms: Single, Unit. Example: “traffic has dwindled to a trickle”

Example: “He was now reviled by the party that 148) Resolve Synonyms: Diminish, Decrease

he had helped to lead” Meaning: Settle or find a solution to (a problem Antonyms: Increase, Flourish Synonyms: Criticize, Censure or contentious matter). 156) Depreciating

Antonyms: Praise, Extol Example: “The firm aims to resolve problems Meaning: Diminish in value over a period of time.

141) Fragment within 30 days”

Example: “the latest cars will depreciate heavily 165) Consequences Example: “The new law is expected to diminish

in the first year” Meaning: A result or effect, typically one that is the government’s chances” Synonyms: Devalue, Cheapen unwelcome or unpleasant. Synonyms: Decrease, Decline

Antonyms: Appreciate Example: “abrupt withdrawal of drug treatment Antonyms: Increase, Flare up

157) Intensive can have serious consequences” 174) Abandoned

Meaning: Concentrated on a single subject or Synonyms: Result, Outcome Meaning: Give up completely (a practice or a into a short time; very thorough or vigorous. Antonyms: Cause course of action).

Example: “she undertook an intensive Arabic 166) Eve Example: “He had clearly abandoned all pretence

course” Meaning: The day or period of time immediately of trying to succeed” Synonyms: Thorough, Rigorous before an event or occasion. Synonyms: Renounce, Relinquish

Antonyms: Superficial, Partial Example: “on the eve of her departure he gave Antonyms: Keep, Claim

158) Tightening her a little parcel” 175) Propriety Meaning: Make or become tight or tighter. Synonyms: Period before, Day before Meaning: Conformity to conventionally accepted

Example: “he tightened up the clips” Antonyms: Day after standards of behaviour or morals.

Synonyms: Secure, Strengthen 167) Eviction Example: “He always behaved with the utmost Antonyms: Loosen, Slacken Meaning: The action of expelling someone from propriety”

159) Hooked a property; expulsion. Synonyms: Decorum, Respectability

Meaning: Attach or fasten with a hook or hooks. Example: “the forced eviction of residents” Antonyms: Impropriety, Indecorum Example: “the truck had a red lamp hooked to Synonyms: Expulsion, Ejection 176) Demonstrable

its tailgate” Antonyms: Admission Meaning: Clearly apparent or capable of being

Synonyms: Fasten, Secure 168) Remorse logically proved. Antonyms: Unhitch Meaning: Deep regret or guilt for a wrong Example: “The demonstrable injustices of

160) Scuppering committed. racism”

Meaning: Prevent from working or succeeding; Example: “they were filled with remorse and Synonyms: Verifiable, Provable

thwart. shame” Antonyms: Unverifiable Example: “plans for a bypass were scuppered by Synonyms: Contrition, Repentance 177) Discretion

a public inquiry” Antonyms: Indifference Meaning: The quality of behaving or speaking in

Synonyms: Wreck, Destroy 169) Glorious such a way as to avoid causing offence or Antonyms: Further, Promote Meaning: Having a striking beauty or splendour. revealing confidential information.

161) Complacent Example: “a glorious autumn day” Example: “She knew she could rely on his

Meaning: Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction Synonyms: Wonderful, Marvelous discretion” with oneself or one’s achievements. Antonyms: Horrid, Miserable Synonyms: Circumspection, Care

Example: “you can’t afford to be complacent 170) Retained Antonyms: Indiscretion, Rashness

about security” Meaning: Continue to have (something); keep 178) Capriciously Synonyms: Smug, Satisfied possession of. Meaning: Given to sudden and unaccountable

Antonyms: Dissatisfied, Humble Example: “Labour retained the seat” changes of mood or behaviour.

162) Exodus Synonyms: Keep, Hang on Example: “A capricious and often brutal Meaning: A mass departure of people. Antonyms: Lose, Abolish administration”

Example: “the annual exodus of sun-seeking 171) Integrity Synonyms: Fickle, Inconstant

Canadians to Florida” Meaning: The condition of being unified or sound Antonyms: Stable, Consistent

Synonyms: Withdrawal, Evacuation in construction. 179) Denied Antonyms: Arrival Example: “The structural integrity of the novel” Meaning: State that one refuses to admit the

163) Unenviable Synonyms: Soundness, Strength truth or existence of.

Meaning: Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant. Antonyms: Fragility Example: “Both firms deny any responsibility for Example: “an unenviable reputation for 172) Disregarded the tragedy”

drunkenness” Meaning: Pay no attention to; ignore. Synonyms: Contradict, Repudiate

Synonyms: Disagreeable, Unpleasant Example: “The body of evidence is too Antonyms: Confirm Antonyms: Enviable, Desirable substantial to disregard” 180) Cessation

164) Benign Synonyms: Ignore, Discount Meaning: The fact or process of ending or being

Meaning: Gentle and kind. Antonyms: Heed, Pay attention to brought to an end. Example: “his benign but firm manner” 173) Diminished Example: “the cessation of hostilities”

Synonyms: Kind, Friendly Meaning: Make or become less. Synonyms: End, Termination

Antonyms: Unfriendly, Hostile Antonyms: Start, Resumption

181) Escalated Example: It was a most fruitful discussion, with Meaning: Causing death.

Meaning: Make or become more intense or both sides agreeing to adopt a common policy. Example: “a fatal accident” serious. Synonyms: Good Synonyms: Deadly, Mortal

Example: “the disturbance escalated into a full- Antonyms: Worst, Fruitless Antonyms: Harmless, Superficial

scale riot” 190) Slim 198) Vexed

Synonyms: Develop, Increase Meaning: (of something abstract, especially a Meaning: (of a problem or issue) difficult and Antonyms: Shrink chance or margin) very small. much debated; problematic.

182) Equilibrium Example: “there was just a slim chance of Example: “the vexed question of how much

Meaning: A state in which opposing forces or success” money the government is going to spend” influences are balanced. Synonyms: Slight, Slender Synonyms: Debatable, Contentious

Example: “the task is the maintenance of social Antonyms: Good, Strong Antonyms: Undisputed, Resolved

equilibrium” 191) Devolve 199) Emphasised Synonyms: Balance, Equality Meaning: Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower Meaning: Give special importance or value to

Antonyms: Imbalance level, especially from central government to local (something) in speaking or writing.

183) Complementary or regional administration. Example: “they emphasize the need for daily, Meaning: Combining in such a way as to enhance Example: “measures to devolve power to a one-to-one contact between parent and child”

or emphasize the qualities of each other or Scottish assembly” Synonyms: Highlight, Spotlight

another. Synonyms: Delegate, Assign Antonyms: Understate Example: “they had different but complementary Antonyms: Centralize, Retain 200) Prudent

skills” 192) Persistent Meaning: Acting with or showing care and

Synonyms: Supportive, Compatible Meaning: Continuing firmly or obstinately in an thought for the future. Antonyms: Incompatible opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or Example: “no prudent money manager would

184) Conflict opposition. authorize a loan without first knowing its

Meaning: A prolonged armed struggle. Example: “one of the government’s most purpose”

Example: “regional conflicts” persistent critics” Synonyms: Wise, Sagacious Synonyms: War, Campaign Synonyms: Tenacious, Determined Antonyms: Imprudent, Unwise

Antonyms: Peace Antonyms: Irresolute 201) Tranquillity

185) Isolated 193) Antediluvian Meaning: The quality or state of being tranquil; Meaning: Having minimal contact or little in Meaning: Extremely old-fashioned. calm.

common with others. Example: My mother has some hopelessly Example: “passing cars are the only noise that

Example: “he lived a very isolated existence” antediluvian ideas about the role of women. disturbs the tranquility of rural life” Synonyms: Solitary, Outlying Synonyms: Out of date, Outdated Synonyms: Peace, Repose

Antonyms: Accessible Antonyms: Modern, Up to date Antonyms: Commotion

186) Savage 194) Overwhelming 202) Acquiescence Meaning: Extremely violent, wild, or frightening. Meaning: Very great in amount. Meaning: The reluctant acceptance of something

Example: a brutal and savage attack. Example: “his party won overwhelming support” without protest.

Synonyms: Attack, Condemn Synonyms: Enormous, Immense Example: “in silent acquiescence, she rose to her Antonyms: Praise, Commend Antonyms: Small feet”

187) Disparate 195) Resilience Synonyms: Permit, Allow

Meaning: Essentially different in kind; not able Meaning: The capacity to recover quickly from Antonyms: Forbid, Refusal

to be compared. difficulties; toughness. 203) Concessions Example: “they inhabit disparate worlds of Example: “the often-remarkable resilience of so Meaning: The action of conceding or granting

thought” many British institutions” something.

Synonyms: Different, Dissimilar Synonyms: Flexibility Example: “this strict rule was relaxed by Antonyms: Homogeneous Antonyms: Vulnerability, Weakness concession”

188) Triumph 196) Demonstrate Synonyms: Admission, Acceptance

Meaning: A great victory or achievement. Meaning: Clearly show the existence or truth of Antonyms: Denial, Retention Example: “a garden built to celebrate Napoleon’s (something) by giving proof or evidence. 204) Embarked

many triumphs” Example: “their shameful silence demonstrates Meaning: Begin (a course of action).

Synonyms: Victory, Win their ineptitude” Example: “she embarked on a new career” Antonyms: Defeat Synonyms: Reveal, Indicate Synonyms: Begin, Start

189) Fruitfully Antonyms: Hide Antonyms: End, Close

Meaning: Producing good results. 197) Fatal 205) Jeopardised

Meaning: Put (someone or something) into a Example: “All manner of cultural differences Meaning: The action of staying away from school

situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, were surmounted” without good reason; absenteeism. or failure. Synonyms: Overcome, Conquer Example: “Fines to tackle truancy”

Example: “a devaluation of the dollar would Antonyms: Be beaten by Synonyms: Absenteeism, Absence

jeopardize New York’s position as a financial 214) Beaming Antonyms: Attendance

center” Meaning: Used to describe a smile that is very 222) Burgeoning Synonyms: Threaten, Endanger wide and happy, or someone who is smiling in this Meaning: Begin to grow or increase rapidly;

Antonyms: Safeguard way. flourish.

206) Belligerent Example: A beaming smile. Example: “Manufacturers are keen to cash in on Meaning: Hostile and aggressive. Synonyms: Laughing, Smiling the burgeoning demand”

Example: “the mood at the meeting was Antonyms: Dull, Ugly. Synonyms: Grow, Expand

belligerent” 215) Galvanise Antonyms: Shrink Synonyms: Hostile, Aggressive Meaning: Shock or excite (someone) into taking 223) Cripples

Antonyms: Friendly, Peaceable action. Meaning: Cause a severe and almost insuperable

207) Manifest Example: “the urgency of his voice galvanized problem for. Meaning: Clear or obvious to the eye or mind. them into action” Example: “Developing countries are crippled by

Example: “her manifest charm and proven Synonyms: Jolt, Impel their debts”

ability” Antonyms: Demotivate Synonyms: Ruin, Destroy Synonyms: Obvious, Clear 216) Dubious Antonyms: Boost

Antonyms: Hidden, Secret Meaning: Hesitating or doubting. 224) Acquittal

208) Transgressions Example: “I was rather dubious about the whole Meaning: A judgement or verdict that a person Meaning: An act that goes against a law, rule, or idea” is not guilty of the crime with which they have

code of conduct; an offence. Synonyms: Doubtful, Uncertain been charged.

Example: “I’ll be keeping an eye out for further Antonyms: Certain, Definite Example: “The trial resulted in an acquittal”

transgressions” 217) Inclusion Synonyms: Absolution, Clearing Synonyms: Offence, Crime Meaning: The action or state of including or of Antonyms: Conviction

Antonyms: Obedience being included within a group or structure. 225) Erring

209) Bolstered Example: “They have been selected for inclusion Meaning: Be mistaken or incorrect; make a Meaning: Support or strengthen. in the scheme” mistake.

Example: “the fall in interest rates is starting to Synonyms: Incorporation, Addition Example: “The judge had erred in ruling that the

bolster confidence” Antonyms: Exclusion, Omission evidence was inadmissible” Synonyms: Strengthen, Support 218) Diminishing Synonyms: Mistake, Miscalculate

Antonyms: Undermine Meaning: Make or become less. Antonyms: Innocent, Well behaved

210) Elite Example: “The new law is expected to diminish 226) Bureaucratic Meaning: A select group that is superior in terms the government’s chances” Meaning: Relating to a system of government in

of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or Synonyms: Decrease, Decline which most of the important decisions are taken

society. Antonyms: Increase by state officials rather than by elected Example: “The elite of Britain’s armed forces” 219) Naive representatives.

Synonyms: Best, Pick Meaning: (Of a person) natural and unaffected; Example: “Well-established bureaucratic

Antonyms: Dregs innocent. procedures”

211) Appetite Example: “Andy had a sweet, naive look when Synonyms: Administrative, Official Meaning: A strong desire or liking for something. he smiled” Antonyms: Simple, Relaxed

Example: “Her appetite for life” Synonyms: Innocent, Artless 227) Hasten

Synonyms: Craving, Longing Antonyms: Sophisticated, Worldly Meaning: Move or travel hurriedly. Antonyms: Aversion 220) Scarce Example: “We hastened back to Paris”

212) Swampy Meaning: Occurring in small numbers or Synonyms: Hurry, Dash

Meaning: Characteristic of or resembling a quantities; rare. Antonyms: Dawdle, Crawl swamp. Example: “The freshwater shrimp becomes 228) Peril

Example: “A swampy area” scarce in soft water” Meaning: Serious and immediate danger.

Synonyms: Marshy, Boggy Synonyms: Rare, Unusual Example: “You could well place us both in peril” Antonyms: Firm, Dry Antonyms: Common Synonyms: Danger, Risk

213) Surmount 221) Truancy Antonyms: Safety, Security

Meaning: Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle). 229) Tremendous

Meaning: Very great in amount, scale, or Synonyms: Wealth, Success Example: “There always has been intense rivalry

intensity. Antonyms: Hardship, Failure between the clubs” Example: “Penny put in a tremendous amount of 239) Dwindles Synonyms: Competitiveness, Competition. Antonyms: Accord, Peace. time” Meaning: Diminish gradually in size, amount, or 249) Eradicate Synonyms: Huge, Enormous strength. Meaning: Destroy completely; put an end to. Antonyms: Tiny, Small Example: “traffic has dwindled to a trickle” Example: “This disease has been eradicated 230) Outlawing Synonyms: Diminish, Decrease from the world” Meaning: Ban or make illegal. Antonyms: Increase, Flourish Synonyms: Get rid of, Eliminate. Example: “secondary picketing has been 240) Vigour Antonyms: Schedule, Assist. outlawed” Meaning: Effort, energy, and enthusiasm. 250) Array Synonyms: Ban, Prohibit Example: “they set about the new task with Meaning: Display or arrange (things) in a

Antonyms: Permit, Allow vigour” particular way. 231) Humility Synonyms: Good condition, Robustness Example: “The manifesto immediately divided the forces arrayed against him” Meaning: The quality of having a modest or low Antonyms: Weakness Synonyms: Arrange, Assemble view of one’s importance. 241) Tactic Antonyms: Entity, Unit. Example: “He needs the humility to accept that Meaning: An action or strategy carefully planned 251) Shrink their way may be better” to achieve a specific end. Meaning: Become or make smaller in size or Synonyms: Modesty, Meekness Example: “The minority attempted to control the amount. Antonyms: Pride Council by a delaying tactic” Example: “The workforce shrank to a thousand” 232) Reassure Synonyms: Strategy, Scheme Synonyms: Contract, Diminish. Meaning: Say or do something to remove the Antonyms: Imprudent, Unwise. Antonyms: Extend, Rise. doubts and fears of (someone). 242) Quest 252) Viable

Example: “He understood her feelings and tried Meaning: A long or arduous search for Meaning: Capable of working successfully; feasible. to reassure her” something. Example: “The proposed investment was Synonyms: Comfort, Soothe Example: “The quest for a reliable vaccine has economically viable” Antonyms: Alarm, Unnerve intensified” Synonyms: Workable, Feasible. 234) Arid Synonyms: Search, Hunt. Antonyms: Unfeasible, Unpractical. Meaning: (of land or a climate) having little or Antonyms: Retreat. 253) Unison no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation. 243) Stitch Meaning: Simultaneous performance or Example: “the arid plains north of Cape Town” Meaning: Make, mend, or join (something) with utterance of action or speech. Synonyms: Dry, Thirsty stitches. Example: “‘Yes, sir,’ said the girls in unison” Antonyms: Wet, Fertile Example: “Stitch a plain seam with right sides Synonyms: Simultaneously, At (one and) the

235) Bountiful together” same time. Antonyms: Opposition, Separation. Meaning: Large in quantity; abundant. Synonyms: Sew, Baste. 254) Brutal Example: “the ocean provided a bountiful supply Antonyms: Comfort, Ease. Meaning: Savagely violent. of fresh food” 244) Rampant Example: “A brutal murder” Synonyms: Abundant, Plentiful Meaning: (Especially of something unwelcome) Synonyms: Savage, Cruel. Antonyms: Meagre flourishing or spreading unchecked. Antonyms: Gentle, Calm. Example: “Political violence was rampant” 236) Depleted 255) Breakthrough Synonyms: Uncontrolled, Unrestrained. Meaning: Use up the supply or resources of. Meaning: A sudden, dramatic, and important Antonyms: Gentle, Controlled, Restrained. Example: “fish stocks are severely depleted” discovery or development. 245) Antipathy Synonyms: Exhaust, Consume Example: “A major breakthrough in the fight Meaning: A deep-seated feeling of aversion. Antonyms: Augment, Increase against AIDS” Example: “His fundamental antipathy to Synonyms: Advance, Development. 237) Comprehensive capitalism” Antonyms: Decline, Stepback. Meaning: Of large content or scope; wide- Synonyms: Hostility, Antagonism. 256) Confrontation ranging. Antonyms: Approval, Kindness. Meaning: A hostile or argumentative situation or Example: “a comprehensive collection of 246) Promptly meeting between opposing parties. photographs” Meaning: With little or no delay; immediately. Example: “A confrontation with the legislature” Example: “He paid the fine promptly” Synonyms: Inclusive, Complete Synonyms: Conflict, Clash. Synonyms: Punctually, On time. Antonyms: Partial, Selective Antonyms: Peace, Calm. Antonyms: Slowly, Late. 238) Prosperity 257) Allege 247) Rivalry Meaning: The state of being prosperous. Meaning: Competition for the same objective or Example: “a long period of peace and prosperity” for superiority in the same field. Chennai | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.inwww.RACEInstitute.i n Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore| Tirunelveli | Trivandrum | 9043303030 Ernakulam| Bengaluru | Chandigarh| Vellore |Legend Magazine | MAY - 2018| 49

Meaning: Claim or assert that someone has done Antonyms: Benefit, Miracle Antonyms: Forget, Ignore. something illegal or wrong, typically without 267) Witnessed 276) Commensurate proof. Meaning: See (an event, typically a crime or Meaning: Corresponding in size or degree; in Example: “He alleged that he had been accident) happen. proportion. assaulted” Example: “Staff who witnessed the murder” Example: “Salary will be commensurate with age Synonyms: Claim, Assert Synonyms: See, Observe. and experience” Antonyms: Withhold, Protest Antonyms: Reject, Refutation Synonyms: Equivalent, Equal. 258) Utterance 268) Trigger Antonyms: Inadequate, Unsuitable. Meaning: A spoken word, statement, or vocal Meaning: Cause (a device) to function. 277) Intervene sound. Example: “Burglars fled empty-handed after Meaning: Take part in something so as to Example: “He whispered, as if to lend his triggering the alarm” prevent or alter a result or course of events. utterances an added confidentiality” Synonyms: Activate, Set off. Example: “He acted outside his authority when Synonyms: Remark, Comment. Antonyms: Destroy, Prevant. he intervened in the dispute” Antonyms: Request, Silence 269) Gauge Synonyms: Intercede, Involve oneself. 259) Halt Meaning: Judge or assess (a situation, mood, Antonyms: Leave, Connect. Meaning: Bring or come to an abrupt stop. etc.). 278) Fortunes Example: “There is growing pressure to halt the Example: “She was unable to gauge his mood” Meaning: Chance or luck as an arbitrary force bloodshed” Synonyms: Assess, Evaluate. affecting human affairs. Synonyms: Stop, Come to a halt. Antonyms: Estimate, Unimportance. Example: “Some malicious act of fortune keeps Antonyms: Start, Endurance. 270) Irony them separate” 260) Dismantle Meaning: A state of affairs or an event that Synonyms: Chance, Accident. Meaning: Take (a machine or structure) to seems deliberately contrary to what one expects Antonyms: Misfortune, Poverty. pieces. and is often wryly amusing as a result. 279) Impose Example: “The engines were dismantled, and the Example: “The irony is that I thought he could Meaning: Force (an unwelcome decision or bits piled into a heap” help me” ruling) on someone. Synonyms: Take apart, Take to pieces Synonyms: Paradox, Paradoxical nature. Example: “The decision was theirs and was not Antonyms: Construct, Repair Antonyms: Approval, Respect. imposed on them by others” 261) Inoperable 271) Consent Synonyms: Fist, Force. Meaning: Not able to be used. Meaning: Permission for something to happen or Antonyms: Forget, Prevent. Example: “The airfield was bombed and made agreement to do something. 280) Injunction inoperable” Example: “No change may be made without the Meaning: An authoritative warning or order. Synonyms: Unusable, Out of action. consent of all the partners” Example: “The court has issued an injunction to Antonyms: Curable, Operable. Synonyms: Agreement, Assent. prevent the airline from increasing its prices” 262) Rhetoric Antonyms: Denial, Refusal. Synonyms: Order, Ruling. Meaning: The art of effective or persuasive 272) Alienation Antonyms: Allowance, Answer. speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of Meaning: The state or experience of being 281) Heal figures of speech and other compositional alienated. Meaning: Cause (a wound, injury, or person) to techniques. Example: “A sense of alienation from our become sound or healthy again. Example: “He is using a common figure of environment” Example: “His concern is to heal sick people” rhetoric, hyperbole” Synonyms: Isolation, Detachment Synonyms: Make better, Make well. Synonyms: Oratory, Eloquence. Antonyms: Connection, Agreement. Antonyms: Neglect, Unsettle. Antonyms: Quiest, Conciseness. 273) Accusation 282) Barred 263) Unravel Meaning: A charge or claim that someone has Meaning: Prevent or prohibit (someone) from Meaning: Investigate and solve or explain done something illegal or wrong. doing something or from going somewhere. (something complicated or puzzling). Example: “Accusations of bribery” Example: “Journalists had been barred from Example: “They were attempting to unravel the Synonyms: Allegation, Charge. covering the elections” cause of death” Antonyms: Approval, Commendation. Synonyms: Prohibit, Debar. Synonyms: Solve, Resolve. 274) Deploy Antonyms: Admit, Accept. Antonyms:Tangle, Tie. Meaning: Bring into effective action. 283) Cramped 264) Conciliatory Example: “Small states can often deploy Meaning: Inhibit the development of. Meaning: Intended or likely to placate or pacify. resources more freely” Example: “Tighter rules will cramp economic Example: “A conciliatory approach” Synonyms: Use, Utilize. growth” Synonyms: Propitiatory, Placatory. Antonyms: Conceal, Disturb. Synonyms: Hinder, Impede Antonyms: Refusing, Stubborn 275) Premeditate Antonyms: Huge, Uncramped. 265) Crisis Meaning: Think out or plan (an action, especially 284) Chronicle Meaning: A time of intense difficulty or danger. a crime) beforehand. Meaning: Record (a series of events) in a factual Example: “The current economic crisis” Example: “Premeditated murder” and detailed way. Synonyms: Catastrophe, Calamity. Synonyms: Planned, Intentional.

Example: “His work chronicles 20th-century Meaning: Have an idea or impression of the BANKING AWARENESS migration” existence, presence, or truth of (something) Q.1) e-Way Bill is an electronic documentation Synonyms: Record, Put on record. without certain proof. detailing the movement of goods and must be Antonyms: Conceal, Secret. Example: “If you suspect a gas leak, do not turn carried by transporters for any consignment 285) Acerbic on an electric light” exceeding ______in value (either each Invoice Meaning: (Especially of a comment or style of Synonyms: Have a suspicion, Have a feeling. or in (aggregate of all Invoices in a vehicle/ Conveyance) ) . speaking) sharp and forthright. Antonyms: Innocent, Trustworthy. a) Rs. 50,000 b) Rs. 1 Lakh Example: “His acerbic wit” 294) Contaminate c) Rs. 75,000 d) Rs. 1.5 Lakhs Synonyms: Sharp, Sarcastic. Meaning: Make (something) impure by exposure e) Rs. 2.5 Lakhs Antonyms: Mild, Calm to or addition of a poisonous or polluting Q.2) Under which rule of CGST Rules, 2017 286) Sequel substance. provides the details of e-way bill mechanism? Meaning: A published, broadcast, or recorded Example: “The site was found to be a) Rule 139 b) Rule 138 work that continues the story or develops the contaminated by radioactivity” c) Rule 136 d) Rule 135 theme of an earlier one. Synonyms: Pollute, Adulterate. e) Rule 132 Example: “The sequel to Home Alone” Antonyms: Mend, Improve. Q.3) Upon generation of the e-way bill on the Synonyms: Follow-up, Continuation. 295) Contagious common portal, a unique EBN is generated by the Antonyms: Start, Initiation. Meaning: (Of a disease) spread from one person common portal, shall be made available to the 287) Offended or organism to another, typically by direct supplier, the recipient and the transporter on the Meaning: Resentful or annoyed, typically as a contact. common portal. Expand the term EBN. result of a perceived insult. Example: “A contagious disease” a) E-way Bill Number b) E-way Balance Number Example: “He sounded rather offended” Synonyms: Infectious, Communicable. c) E-way Brochure Number Synonyms: Upset, Hurt Antonyms: Harmless, Noncommunicable d) E-way Bail Number Antonyms: Pleased, Charmed. 296) Unrivalled e) E-way Business Number 288) Communiqué Meaning: Better than everyone or everything of Q.4) For certain specified Goods, the e-way bill Meaning: An official announcement or the same type. needs to be generated mandatorily even if the statement, especially one made to the media. Example: “The paper’s coverage of foreign news Value of the consignment of Goods is less than Example: “the country’s foreign ministry issued is unrivalled” Rs. 50,000. List the statement which is true about a communique” Synonyms: Unequalled, Without equal. that. Synonyms: Message, Notification Antonyms: Ordinary, Unimpressive. a) Inter-State movement of Goods by the Antonyms: Silence, Neglect. 297) Precaution Principal to the Job-worker by Principal/ 289) Eerie Meaning: A measure taken in advance to prevent registered Job-worker Meaning: Strange and frightening. something dangerous, unpleasant, or b) Inter-State Transport of Handicraft goods by a Example: “An eerie green glow in the sky” inconvenient from happening. dealer exempted from GST registration Synonyms: Uncanny, Sinister. Example: “He had taken the precaution of c) Intra-State Transport of Handicraft goods by a dealer exempted from GST registration Antonyms: Ordinary, Plain. seeking legal advice” d) Both a and b 290) Outbreak Synonyms: Safeguard, Preventative/preventive e) Both b and c Meaning: A sudden occurrence of something measure. Q.5) Implementation of e-Way Bills is mandatory unwelcome, such as war or disease. Antonyms: Neglect, Ignorance. for inter-state movement of goods throughout Example: “The outbreak of World War II” 298) Midst India from ______. Synonyms: Eruption, Flare-up. Meaning: The middle part or point. a) 1st April 2018 b) 1st March 2018 Antonyms: Conclusion, Peace. Example: “He left his flat in the midst of a c) 1st Feb 2018 d) 1st May 2018 291) Convulsion rainstorm” e) 1st June 2018 Meaning: A sudden, violent, irregular movement Synonyms: Middle, Centre. Q.6) The validity of e-way bill depends on of the body, caused by involuntary contraction of Antonyms: Outside, Exterior. ______. muscles and associated especially with brain 299) Emphatic a) the distance to be travelled by the goods. For disorders such as epilepsy, the presence of Meaning: (Of an action or its result) definite and a distance of less than 100 Km, the e-way bill will certain toxins or other agents in the blood, or clear. be valid for a day from the relevant date. fever in children. Example: “An emphatic World Cup win” b) the distance to be travelled by the goods. For every 100 Km thereafter, the validity will be Example: “Toxic side effects like convulsions” Synonyms: Conclusive, Decisive. additional one day from the relevant date. Synonyms: Fit, Seizure. Antonyms: Narrow. c) the distance to be travelled by the goods. For Antonyms: Harmony, Peace. 300) Detention a distance of less than 50 Km, the e-way bill will 292) Stutter Meaning: The action of detaining someone or the be valid for a day from the relevant date. Meaning: Talk with continued involuntary state of being detained in official custody. d) Both a and b repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants. Example: “The fifteen people arrested were still e) Both b and c Example: “The child was stuttering in fright” in police detention” Q.7) Wilful Defaulters scheme was framed by RBI Synonyms: Stammer, Stumble. Synonyms: Custody, Imprisonment with effect from 1st April 1999 under which the Antonyms: Continue Antonyms: Assistance, Freedom. banks and notified All India Financial Institutions 293) Suspect were required to submit to RBI the details of the

wilful defaulters. The scheme was later modified Q.15) What is the rank of India among 156 Q.24) Which of the following public sector bank in ______, based on recommendations of countries in World Happiness Index 2018, has the largest number of overseas branches (52) Working Group on wilful defaulters. released by UN Sustainable Development as of now/ till date? a) March 2002 b) April 2002 Solutions Network? a) State Bank of India b) Bank of Baroda c) June 2002 d) July 2002 a) 118th b) 120th c) Bank of India d) Syndicate Bank e) May 2002 c) 133rd d) 135th e) Andhra Bank Q.8) Which of the following bank has the highest e) 142nd Q.25) Which of the following private sector bank number of wilful defaulters (1,664) among the Q.16) Which of the following bank has launched has fined Rs.3 crore by the RBI for violating Public-Sector Banks (PSBs) with an amount “Mission Parivartan” to check loan slippages and regulations for assessment of NPA's? involving Rs 28,257 crore as on December 2017? frauds in the bank? a) Axis Bank b) IndusInd Bank a) Punjab National Bank a) Punjab National Bank c) YES Bank d) Karur Vysya Bank b) State Bank of India b) Union Bank of India e) Kotak Mahindra Bank c) Union Bank of India c) Canara Bank Q.26) Which e-commerce company has received d) Central Bank of India d) State Bank of India approval from SEBI to become a registered e) UCO Bank e) Dena Bank investment advisor? Q.9) ______is a form of a guarantee issued Q.17) What is the position of India among 114 a) Amazon b) Alibaba by a banking entity to a person concerned for countries on the World Economic Forum's (WEF) c) Paytm d) Paypal availing short term credit from the overseas Energy Transition Index 2018, topped by e) Flipkart branch of an Indian bank. Sweden? Q.27) ______is the activity of undertaking a a) Balance of Payments a) 64th b) 85th derivation transaction to reduce an identifiable b) Letter of Credit c) 78th d) 100th and measurable risk. c) Letter of Undertaking e) 56th a) Letter of Credit d) Letter of Underwriting Q.18) At which rate India's GDP will grow in 2018- b) Hedging e) Line of Credit 19 as forecast by the World Bank recently? c) Pledge Q.10) The Reserve Bank of India had issue Rs.10 a) 7.6 per cent b) 7.1 per cent d) Letter of Undertaking denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi c) 7.2 per cent d) 7.5 per cent e) Line of Credit (New) Series. Dimension of the banknote is e) 7.3 per cent Q.28) Which company has exited the white-label ______. Q.19) World's Happiest Country 2018 as per the ATM segment primarily on viability issues, a) 63 mm x 127 mm b) 62 mm x 125 mm recent annual survey of the UN Sustainable recently? c) 63 mm x 124 mm d) 66 mm x 123 mm Development Solutions Network? a) SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd e) 63 mm x 123 mm a) Sweden b) Finland b) India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd Q.11) RBI recently introduced the Rs.10 c) Denmark d) Spain c) L&T Infrastructure Finance Company denomination banknotes. Which of the following e) Mexico d) Mahindra Infrastructure Finance Company statement is true about Rs.10 banknotes? Q.20) Which of the following private sector bank e) ESCI Infrastructure Finance Company a) Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right (Front side) has started its instant overdraft “InstaOD” facility Q.29) Government of India has signed a $120 b) Motif of Sun Temple, Konark on reverse side for MSME customers? million loan agreement with which bank to c) The base colour of the note is Chocolate Brown. a) Kotak Mahindra Bank b) ICICI Bank complete double-tracking and electrification of d) Year of printing of the note on the left (Reverse c) HDFC Bank d) Axis Bank railway tracks along high-density corridors in side) e) YES Bank India and improve operational efficiency of the e) All the above Q.21) Name the private sector bank which country’s railway networks? Q.12) Which of the following statement is false recently brought its IPO to raise about Rs.45 a) New Development Bank about the Rs.50 denomination banknotes, billion, making it the eight most valuable bank in b) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank recently released by RBI? the country. c) IMF a) The new denomination has motif of Hampi with a) Bandhan Bank b) ICICI Bank d) World Bank Chariot on the reverse side c) Axis Bank d) HDFC Bank e) Asian Development Bank b) The base colour of the note is Fluorescent Blue. e) YES Bank Q.30) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has c) Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm x 135 Q.22) Name the payment bank on which the RBI directed banks to link the SWIFT (Society for mm. has imposed a penalty of Rs.50mn for violating World Interbank Financial Telecommunication d) All are true KYC norms. System platform) with the Core Banking Solutions e) Both a and b a) Paytm Payment Bank (CBS) of banks by ______. Q.13) Which of the following country has b) India Post Payment Bank a) June 30, 2018 b) April 30, 2018 emerged as the largest remittance-receiving c) Fino Payment Bank c) May 30, 2018 d) July 30, 2018 country in the world, as per the RemitSCOPE d) Airtel Payment Bank e) August 30, 2018 report? e) Jio Payment Bank Q.31) Which has further tightened the Priority a) China b) India Q.23) Which bank has launched India's first home Sector Lending (PSL) norms for foreign banks by c) Philippines d) Vietnam loan linked to the 3-month Government of India directing them to mandatorily create sub-targets e) Pakistan Treasury Bill benchmark rate? so that they lend a portion of their loans to small Q.14) The New Governor of the People's Bank of a) HSBC Bank b) RBL Bank and marginal farmers as well as micro enterprises China (Central Bank of China) ? c) Citi Bank India d) City Union Bank from April, 2018? a) Kim Lee Myung b) Jim Yong e) Royal Bank of Scotland a) State Bank of India b) SIDBI c) Yi Gang d) Yu Kim c) Reserve Bank of India e) Jim Gang d) NABARD

e) SEBI c) HDFC Bank b) It will allow foreign tourists/travellers to avail Q.32) ICBC is China's largest lender by market d) ICICI Bank e) Axis Bank of paperless and cashless visa-related services value has launched China's first India-dedicated Q.41) Which of the following statement is true online while eliminating the need for any human publicly offered investment fund. Expand ICBC about “Van Dhan Scheme” or “Van Dhan Vikas interface. a) Institutional and Commercial Bank of China Kendra”? c) Acronym of e-FRRO is e-Foreigners Regional b) Industrialised and Commercial Bank of China a) It is launched by Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Registration Office c) Investment and Commercial Bank of China TRIFED during the celebrations of Ambedkar d) All are true e) Both b and c d) Infrastructure and Commercial Bank of China Jayanti at Bijapur, Chattisgarh. Q.47) Which of the following statement is true e) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China b) For providing skill upgradation and capacity about Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana Q.33) Headquarters of credit rating agency building training and setting up of primary “Saubhagya” launched on 25th September, “Fitch” is in ______. processing and value addition facility. 2017? a) Moscow, Russia c) Total outlay of Rs.43.38 lakhs for training, a) To provide energy access to all by last mile b) New York, United States providing equipment’s & tools for primary level connectivity and electricity connections to all un- c) London, United Kingdom processing and infrastructure & building for electrified households in rural as well as urban d) Paris, France housing. areas. e) Geneva, Switzerland d) All are true e) Both b and c b) Poor households would be provided electricity Q.34) As per Grant Thornton’s Survey, which Q.42) Which of the following statement is false connections free of cost country topped the Biz Optimism Index 2018? about “Pravasi Pension Scheme”? c) Other households would also be provided a) USA b) Austria a) The scheme gives those hailing from Kerala but electricity connections under the scheme on c) Netherlands d) Finland living outside the state or country, a pension of payment of Rs.500 only which shall be recovered e) Indonesia Rs.2,000 a month. by the DISCOMs/Power Departments in ten (10) Q.35) Which of the public sector bank that RBI b) People over the age of 60 years are eligible for instalments along with electricity bills. has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs.20 mn for the pension. d) All are true e) Both b and c failure to comply with KYC norms? c) To avail this scheme, one needs to pay Rs. 50 Q.48) Which of the following state government a) Union Bank of India every month. has launched “Ganga Hariteema Yojana” (also b) UCO Bank d) Both a and c e) Both a and b known as Ganga Greenery scheme) in 27 districts c) Punjab National Bank Q.43) Which of the following statement is true of the state, recently? d) Indian Bank about “GOBAR Dhan Yojana”? a) West Bengal b) Bihar e) Indian Overseas Bank a) lt is launched by Union Minister Uma Bharti in c) Uttarakhand d) Uttar Pradesh Q.36) National Securities Depository Limited Haryana's Karnal district. e) Assam (NSDL) is an Indian central securities depository. b) To positively contribute to cleanliness and Q.49) Name the state which has recently Its headquarters is located in ______. generate energy from solid waste. launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar a) Hyderabad, Telangana c) Acronym of GOBAR is Galvanizing Organic Bio- Yojana “Saubhagya”, to achieve universal b) New Delhi, India Agro Resources household electrification in all parts of the country c) Mumbai, Maharashtra d) All are true e) Both b and c in a time bound manner. d) Bangalore, Karnataka Q.44) Which of the following statement is false a) Maharashtra b) Nagaland e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu about “Rupashree scheme”? c) Mizoram d) Assam Q.37) What is the rank of India in the FDI a) To provide marriage assistance to girls coming e) West Bengal Confidence Index 2018 as per global consultancy from economically weaker families with a Q.50) Which of the following is the first electronic firm A T Kearney report? budgetary allocation of Rs 1500 crore. securities depository in India with national a) 13th b) 11th b) The monetary assistance will be provided at coverage based on a suggestion by a national c) 10th d) 9th the time of marriage after the girl has attained institution responsible for the economic e) 8th the age of 18 years. development of India? Q.38) Which state-owned gas utility has c) Before marriage an amount of Rs 20,000 will a) Nation Depository Services Ltd borrowed Rs.2,000 crore loan from State Bank of be credited to girl’s bank account. b) Armour Security Pvt Ltd India (SBI) to meet its general capital d) Both a and b e) Both b and c c) National Securities Depository Limited expenditure requirement, recently? Q.45) Which of the following statement is false d) Central Depository Services (India) Ltd a) Oil India Ltd b) ONGC about “Atal Amrit Abhiyan” scheme? e) State Depository Services (India) Ltd c) GAIL India d) India Oil a) It is a health insurance scheme which will Q.51) Who has been appointed as the Brand e) ESSAR Oil Limited provide coverage against several critical illnesses Ambassador of Mother's Absolute Affection Q.39) According to Deutsche Bank Research launched by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Programme? report, India’s GDP is likely to grow to ______Sonowal. a) Vidya Balan b) Deepika Padukone in this year FY19. b) Coverage under the Scheme will be up to Rs. c) Aishwarya Rai d) Priyanka Chopra a) 7.4% b) 7.5% 2 lakh annually for critical health care costs. e) Madhuri Dixit c) 7.2% d) 7.0% c) Families with annual income below Rs. 2.5 lakh Q.52) Which of the state government has recently e) 7.3% for both BPL and APL launched a new scheme named “Sanchar Kranti Q.40) IRA 2.0 an interactive humanoid has been d) Both a and b e) Both b and c Yojana (SKY) ” to reduce the digital divide among developed by which bank in collaboration with its Q.46) Which of the following statement is true citizens? technology partners Invento Makerspaces and about “e-FRRO scheme”? a) Jharkhand b) Chhattisgarh Senseforth Technologies? a) It is launched by Union home minister Rajnath c) Rajasthan d) Odisha a) IndusInd Bank Singh e) Bihar b) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q.53) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched transfer up to USD 2,50,000 abroad in a year. Q.69) Recently FSSAI has launched which Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan at Ramnagar in Expand the term LRS. initiative that aimed at shifting the school Madhya Pradesh. The aim of this scheme was a) Libor Remittance Scheme assembly time to noon to ensure maximum ______. b) Legal Remittance Scheme absorption of Vitamin D in students through a) To strengthen the country's Panchayati Raj c) Liquidity Remittance Scheme natural sunlight? system and address critical gaps that hinder its d) Leverage Remittance Scheme a) 'Project Dhoop' b) 'Project Dharsan' success. e) Liberalised Remittance Scheme c) 'Project Dvita' d) 'Project Dharn' b) To provide financial assistance to below Q.62) Which public sector bank has come up with e) 'Project VitaD' poverty line an alternate & convenient method of cash Q.70) IRDAI was established as sole authority c) To provide electricity to all the un-electrified withdrawal for its customers through ‘Cash@POS’ (statutory body) to regulate the insurance households in both urban and rural areas. initiative? industry in India. Headquarters of IRDAI is d) To avail of paperless and cashless visa-related a) United Bank of India b) Bank of India located in ______. services online c) Bank of Baroda d) State Bank of India a) Bangalore, Karnataka e) To strengthen the country's Tax system and e) Canara Bank b) Hyderabad, Telangana address critical gaps that hinder its success. Q.63) Which state govt has been one of the c) New Delhi, India Q.54) What is the rank of India in the Press biggest beneficiaries under the Rural d) Mumbai, Maharashtra Freedom Index 2018 among 180 countries, as per Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ? NABARD, during 2017-18 with an extended total Q.71) SEBI had launched which online centralized a) 133rd b) 138th credit support of Rs 14,690 crore? grievance redress system to enable investors to c) 140th d) 132nd a) Telangana b) Andhra Pradesh lodge and follow up their complaints and track the e) 145th c) Rajasthan d) Maharashtra status? Q.55) Which of the following bank has entered e) Mizoram a) SAFETY b) SWAGAT into an agreement with National E-Governance Q.64) Markets Regulator Securities & Exchange c) SCORES d) SECURE Services (NeSL) for information utility (IU) Board of India (SEBI) decided to double the e) SOLVE arrangement under the Insolvency and investment limit by angel funds in venture capital Q.72) PFRDA is the regulatory body for all the Bankruptcy Code (IBC) , recently? undertakings to ______from the current Rs.5 pension funds in India. In the term PFRDA, “D” a) Vijaya Bank b) Bank of Baroda crore. stands for ______. c) State Bank of India d) Indian Bank a) Rs.8 crore b) Rs.12 crore a) Debit b) Development e) Bank of India c) Rs.11 crore d) Rs.10 crore c) Draft d) Depositary Q.56) Which of the following organisation has e) Rs.7.5 crore e) Department launched 'Samridhhi - the virtual assistant' on Q.65) Federation of Indian Export Organisations Q.73) Which of the following statement is true banks revamped universal loan portal is a trade promotion organisation in India, jointly about the pillars of Basel-III Norms? www.udyamimitra.in,recently? established in 1965 by the Ministry of Commerce a) Minimum Capital Requirement a) NABARD b) NHB of the Government of India and private trade and b) Supervisory Review Process c) SIDBI d) SEBI industry. Its headquarters is located in c) Market Discipline e) RBI ______. d) All are true Q.57) Headquarters of Jana Small Finance Bank a) Bangalore b) Chennai e) Both b and c is in ______. c) New Delhi d) Mumbai Q.74) Who can issue Certificate of Deposit to raise a) Bangalore, Karnataka e) Hyderabad short-term resources within the umbrella limit b) Mumbai, Maharashtra Q.66) Headquarters of Kotak Mahindra Bank is fixed by RBI? c) Guwahati, Assam located in ______. a) Scheduled commercial banks d) Thirssur, Kerala a) Bangalore, Karnataka b) All-India Financial Institutions e) Jalandar, Punjab b) Hyderabad, Telangana c) Regional Rural Banks Q.58) Under which section of the Banking c) New Delhi, India d) Both a and b Regulation Act, 1949, RBI has issued a licence to d) Mumbai, Maharashtra e) Both b and c the bank to carry on the business of payments e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu Q.75) ______is an interest rate used by bank in India? Q.67) Which of the following bank had not signed banks, usually the interest rate at which banks a) Section 27(1) b) Section 25(1) for Information Utility (IU) with National e- lend to favoured customers i.e., those with good c) Section 21(1) d) Section 23(1) Governance Services Limited (NeSL) , recently? credit. e) Section 22(1) a) Punjab National Bank b) State Bank of India a) Policy Rate Q.59) Who is the current CEO of Deutsche Bank? c) Bank of India d) NABARD b) Marginal Cost of funds based Lending rate a) John Cryan b) Christian Sewing e) Bank of Baroda c) Prime Lending Rate c) Paul Achleitner d) Gustav Müller Q.68) Tripura is the first state in the North East d) Bank Rate e) Gustav Kutter to implement the state component of PMKVY e) Saving Deposit Rate Q.60) SBI has announced the launch of its UK through Directorate of Skill Development (DSD) . Q.76) “Finnacle” is the universal banking solution subsidiary, SBI (UK) Limited, with how much Expand the term PMKVY. to the banks. It is developed by which company? initial corpus from its parent entity? a) Pradhan Mantri Karma Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) a) TCS b) Wipro a) 235 million pounds b) 225 million pounds b) Pradhan Mantri Kovind Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) c) Infosys d) Microsoft c) 215 million pounds d) 250 million pounds c) Pradhan Mantri Kalyan Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) e) IBM e) 275 million pounds d) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) Q.77) Banking Ombudsman is appointed by Q.61) Reserve Bank of India tightened reporting e) Pradhan Mantri Karib Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) whom? norms for the LRS under which an individual can a) Reserve Bank of India

b) SEBI c) SIDBI the central bank governors of the Group of Ten institution exclusively focused on Banking d) Individual Banks e) IRDAI countries in 1974. Expand BCBS. Technology. It is located in ______. Q.78) ______is refers to a request by the RBI a) Basel Collection on Banking Supervision a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu to the commercial banks to take certain measures b) Basel Controlling on Banking Supervision b) Mumbai, Maharashtra as per the trend of the economy c) Banking Committee on Basel Supervision c) Hyderabad, Telangana a) Letter of Credit d) Basel Committee on Banking Supervision d) Bangalore, Karnataka b) Balance of Payment e) Basel Commerce on Banking Supervision e) New Delhi, India c) Asset Liability Management Q.86) The DTAA is a tax treaty signed between Q.93) IBA has introduced a SPNS named the d) Credit Ceiling e) Moral Suasion India and another country (or any two/multiple "Swadhan" ATM network can avail of the facility Q.79) IRBI was established in 1985 to provide the countries) so that taxpayers can avoid paying at any of the ATMs of any of the member Banks credit facilities to the small & medium sectors. In double taxes on their income earned from the in the city. Expand the term SPNS. the term IRBI, second “I” stands for ______. source country as well as the residence country. a) Security Payment Network System a) Industrial b) India Expand DTAA. b) Selected Payment Network System c) Investment d) Infrastructure a) Double Taxation Avoiding Agreement c) Sharing Payment Network System e) Industry b) Double Taxation Agreement Avoidance d) Stock Payment Network System Q.80) ______is a negotiable money market c) Double Taxation Avoid Agreement e) Shared Payment Network System instrument and issued in dematerialised form or d) Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement Q.94) FRBMA is an Act of the Parliament of India as a Usance Promissory Note against funds e) Di Taxation Avoidance Agreement to institutionalize financial discipline, reduce deposited at a bank or other eligible financial Q.87) EFSF is a special purpose vehicle financed India's fiscal deficit, improve macroeconomic institution for a specified time period. by members of the eurozone to address the management and the overall management of the a) Certificate of Deposit European sovereign-debt crisis. Expand EFSF. public funds by moving towards a balanced b) Commercial Paper a) European Finacle Stability Facility budget and strengthen fiscal prudence. FRBM c) Treasury Bills b) European Fiscal Stability Facility stands for: d) Repurchase Agreement c) European Finance Stability Facility a) Fiscal Revenue and Budget Management Act, e) Participatory Note d) Europe Financial Stability Facility 2003 Q.81) NEER is an unadjusted weighted average e) European Financial Stability Facility b) Fiscal Response and Budget Management Act, rate at which one country's currency exchanges Q.88) ______is a bank certificate issued in 2003 for a basket of multiple foreign currencies. more than one country for shares in a foreign c) Fiscal Reforms and Budget Management Act, Expand the term NEER. company. 2003 a) Non Effective Exchange Rate a) Gross Depositary Receipt d) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Movement b) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate b) Gross Fiscal Deficit Act, 2003 c) Nominal Exchange Effective Rate c) Global Depositary Receipt e) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management d) Net Effective Exchange Rate d) Free Trade Agreement Act, 2003 e) Normal Effective Exchange Rate e) Foreign Depositary Receipt Q.95) The Gandhi Series of banknotes are issued Q.82) The Associated Chambers of Commerce Q.89) The MIBID rate is used as a bench mark by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the legal and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is one of the rate for majority of deals struck for Interest Rate tender of Indian rupee. The Reserve Bank of India apex trade associations of India. Its headquarters Swaps, Forward Rate Agreements, Floating Rate (RBI) introduced this series in which year? is located in ______. Debentures and Term Deposits. Expand MIBID a) 1991 b) 1995 a) New Delhi, India a) Mumbai Intra-bid Bank Rate c) 1996 d) 2000 b) Bangalore, Karnataka b) Mumbai Inter-bid Bank Rate e) 1993 c) Hyderabad, Telangana c) Mobile Inter-bank Bid Rate Q.96) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee d) Mumbai, Maharashtra d) Mumbai Inter-bank Bid Rate Corporation (DICGC) is a subsidiary of Reserve e) Jaipur, Rajasthan e) Mumbai Intra-bank Bid Rate Bank of India. It was established on Q.83) AMFI is an industry standards organisation Q.90) Under SDR, banks who have given loans to ______. to develop the mutual funds market in India, by a corporate borrower gets the right to convert the a) 15 July 1978 b) 15 July 1988 improving ethical and professional standards. full or part of their loans into equity shares in the c) 15 July 1958 d) 15 July 1965 Expand AMFI. loan taken company. Expand SDR. e) 15 July 1975 a) Assembly of Mutual Funds in India a) Stable Debt Restructuring Q.97) Tagline of Dena Bank is ______. b) Adverse of Mutual Funds in India b) Start-up Debt Restructuring a) Good people to bank with c) Associate of Mutual Funds in India c) Strategy Debt Restructuring b) India's International Bank d) Asset of Mutual Funds in India d) Strategic Debit Restructuring c) Trusted Family Bank e) Association of Mutual Funds in India e) Strategic Debt Restructuring d) Together We Can Q.84) ______is the record of all economic Q.91) The objective of the CDR framework is to e) Good People to growth with transactions between the residents of the country ensure a timely and transparent mechanism for Q.98) The SARFAESI Act 2002 which empowers and of the world in a particular period. restructuring of the corporate debts of viable Banks or Financial Institutions to recover their a) Appreciation corporate entities affected by internal or external non-performing assets (bad loans) without the b) Balance of Payments factors. In CDR, “C” stands for ______. intervention of the Court. In “SARFAESI” second c) Gross Domestic Product a) Capital b) Central “A” stands for ____. d) Gross National Product c) Corporate d) Cost a) Annual b) Account e) Repurchase Agreement e) Credit c) Automated d) Association Q.85) BCBS is a committee of banking Q.92) The Institute for Development & Research e) Assets supervisory authorities that was established by in Banking Technology (IDRBT) is a unique

Q.99) Banking Ombudsman scheme was first Q.109) State Bank of India installed a ______Q.117) Name the ATM which is owned by a introduced in India in which year? ATM that can be accessed only by women service provider, but cash management and a) 1995 b) 1996 customers in Jamshedpur. connectivity to banking networks is provided by a c) 2006 d) 2001 a) White Label ATM b) Brown Label ATM sponsor bank whose brand is used on the ATM? e) 2002 c) Pink Label ATM d) On-site ATM a) White Label ATM b) Brown Label ATM Q.100) Headquarters of Asian Development Bank e) Off-site ATM c) Pink Label ATM d) On-site ATM is located in ______. Q.110) What is the Loan Limit of “Kishor” under e) Off-site ATM a) Beijing, China the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana? Q.118) 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill was b) Vienna, Austria a) Rs.50,000 b) Rs.1,00,000 unanimously adopted by the cabinet. It is related c) Geneva, Switzerland c) Rs.2,00,000 d) Rs.5,00,000 to – d) Mandaluyong, Philippines e) Rs.2,50,000 a) Reduce age for voting rights from 21 to 18 e) Washington D.C, USA Q.111) Micro Units Development and Refinance b) Constitutional status to National Commission Q.101) Unclaimed Deposit defined under which Agency Bank (or MUDRA Bank) is a public sector on Backward classes act of Banking Regulation act of 1949? financial institution in India to provide loans at c) Established national judicial appointment a) Section 26(A) b) Section 25(A) low rates to micro-finance institutions and non- commission c) Section 24(A) d) Section 22(A) banking financial institutions. Its headquarters is d) Goods and Services Tax e) Section 23(A) located in ______. e) Provisions for setting up Rent Control Tribunals Q.102) Under which act, persons resident in India a) Chennai b) New Delhi Q.119) The first regional office of the BRICS New are eligible to invest in SGB. Eligible investors c) Kolkata d) Mumbai Development Bank had been set up in which include individuals, HUFs, trusts, universities, e) Hyderabad place? charitable institutions, etc? Q.112) Credit Analysis & Research Ltd) (CARE) is a) New Delhi, India a) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1998 the second-largest credit rating agency in India b) Johannesburg, South Africa b) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1996 its headquarters is located in ______. c) Beijing, China c) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1997 a) Delhi b) Mumbai d) Fortaleza, Brazil d) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 c) Kolkata d) Chennai e) Moscow, Russia e) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1990 e) None of these Q.120) Which of the following is not true about Q.103) Under Sukanya Samriddhi Account, what Q.113) Moody’s is one of the International Credit Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is the maximum amount of ______deposit Rating Agency which provides international app? financial year. financial research on bonds issued by commercial a) BHIM is a digital payments solution app, for a) Rs.1 Lakh b) Rs.1.5 Lakh and government entities. Its head quarter located easy and quick transactions, based on the Unified c) Rs.50,000 d) Rs.30,000 in ______. Payments Interface (UPI) from the National e) Rs. 25,000 a) New York b) London Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) . Q.104) In Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) c) Tokyo d) Melbourne b) Money can also be sent to non-UPI supported Account, an individual at the age of 60 years or e) Geneva banks using IFSC code and account number. more may open the account in post office. Q.114) DRT have been established by the c) BHIM allows daily transaction limit of Maturity Period of that account is _____. Government of India under an Act of Parliament Rs.40,000. a) 4 Years b) 10 Years (Act 51 of 1993) for expeditious adjudication and d) There is no charge for transactions from Rs.1 c) 11 Years d) 5 Years recovery of debts due to banks and financial to Rs.1 lakh e) 6 Years institutions. DRT stands for ______. e) All are True Q.105) The amount invested in Kisan Vikas Patra a) Debit Ready Tribunal Q.121) In NEFT transaction what is the maximum can be withdrawn after how many months? b) Debt Recovery Tribunal limit of amount for Indo –Nepal a) 115 months b) 112 months c) Debt Recovery Transform Remittance? c) 113 months d) 114 months d) Detect Recovery Tribunal a) Rs.30,000 b) Rs.20,000 e) 118 months e) Debt Redressal Tribunal c) Rs.2,50,000 d) Rs.50,000 Q.106) What is the minimum deposit allowed in Q.115) ______help banks to improve their e) Rs.3,50,000 Public Provident Fund Account in balance sheet by buying their Non- Performing Q.122) How much is the share of India among the a financial year? Asset and releasing funds to these seller banks. shareholders of BRICS New a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.500 a) Asset Reconstruction Corporation Development Bank? c) Rs.5000 d) No such limit b) Asset Recover Company a) 15% b) 12% e) Rs.10,000 c) Asset Recovering Company c) 20% d) 18% Q.107) Name the account which are generally d) Asset Reconstruction Company e) 10% held by a 3rd party bank, other than the account e) Asset Recovering Corporation Q.123) RBI extends the deadline to BASEL III maintaining bank or with whom account is Q.116) SWAYAM is an initiative to provide 32 high Norms to be implemented in India maintained. quality educational channels through DTH (Direct by – a) VOSTRO Account b) NOSTRO Account to Home) across the length and breadth of the a) July 31, 2019 b) August 31, 2019 c) LORO Account d) FCNR Account country on 24X7 basis. This initiative was c) March 31, 2019 d) June 30, 2019 e) None of these launched by which Ministry? e) May 31, 2019 Q.108) What is the maximum deposit under a) Ministry of Corporate Affairs Q.124) Among the following who is not authorized National Savings Certificates (NSC) ? b) Ministry of Human Resource Development agencies selling the SGBs (Sovereign Gold Bond a) Rs.1,00,000 b) Rs.1,50,000 c) Ministry of Economic Affairs Schemes) ? c) Rs.2,00,000 d) No such limit d) Ministry of Home Affairs a) Insurance Companies e) None of these e) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting b) Banking Sector

c) Stock Exchanges c) Rs.2.5 lakh is payable on a subscriber’s death b) Capital Local Area Bank Limited d) Designated post offices due to any cause. The premium payable is c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited e) None of the these Rs.120/- per annum per subscriber. d) Equitas Small Finance Bank Q.125) As per the RBI, the maximum value of any d) Rs.2.75 lakh is payable on a subscriber’s death e) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank pre-paid payment instrument should not exceed due to any cause. The premium payable is Q.142) The Banking Codes and Standards Board _____. Rs.330/- per annum per subscriber. of India (BCSBI) is an independent and a) Rs.2,00,000 b) Rs.5,00,000 e) Rs.2 lakh is payable on a subscriber’s death autonomous institution to monitor and ensure c) Rs.10,00,000 d) Rs.50,000 due to any cause. The premium payable is that the Banking Codes and Standards adopted e) Rs.1,00,000 Rs.12/- per annum per subscriber. by the banks are adhered to in true spirit while Q.126) What type of instruments can be Q.133) First Four digit of IFSC need to identify of delivering their services. BCSBI was registered presented for clearing through CTS for _____. under which of the following act? faster realisation? a) Bank Branch b) City Code a) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 a) CTS-2009 standards c) Bank Code d) Either b or c b) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 b) CTS-2011 standards e) None of these c) Societies Registration Act, 1860 c) CTS-2000 standards Q.134) Which of the following organisation is an d) Companies Act, 2013 d) CTS-2010 standards umbrella organization for all retail payments e) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 e) CTS-2013 standards system in India? Q.143) ______is the risk of a change in Q.127) Mortgage and its various types comes a) SEBI b) RBI value caused by the fact that actual losses, under which act? c) NPCI d) NBFC incurred for inadequate or failed internal a) Section 55 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 e) IFCI processes, people and systems, or from external b) Section 58 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 Q.135) As per the RBI, what is the minimum paid events, differ from the expected losses. c) Section 52 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 up capital of small finance banks to start the a) Credit Risk b) Liquidity Risk d) Section 58 of Transfer of Property Act 1892 business? c) Economy Risk d) Operational Risk e) Section 24 of Transfer of Property Act 1882 a) Rs.150 crores b) Rs.500 crores e) Market Risk Q.128) DEAF fund (Depositor Education and c) Rs.250 crores d) Rs.100 crores Q.144) Name the Bank, which has launched Awareness Fund) associated with which act? e) Rs.600 crores India's first payments bank? a) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Q.136) Which is the first private sector bank in a) Fino Payments Bank Ltd b) Contingency Fund of India Act, 1950 India to issue gold coins? b) Paytm Payments Bank c) Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 a) Yes Bank b) Federal Bank c) Airtel Payments Bank Ltd d) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 c) Axis Bank d) ICICI Bank d) India Post Payments Bank e) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 e) HDFC Bank e) Reliance Industries Q.129) What is the Annual Premium amount Q.137) Current and saving accounts that don’t Q.145) Cheque truncation is the conversion of a under PMJJBY (Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima operate for a period more than 2 year are called physical cheque into a substitute electronic form Yojana) ? ______. for transmission to the paying bank. Cheque a) Rs.500 b) Rs.12 a) Inactive Account b) Dormant Account truncation and electronic cheque come under c) Rs.300 d) Rs.330 c) Escrow Account d) Demat Account which act? e) Rs.110 e) None of these a) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 Q.130) How much amount can be withdrawn and Q.138) EFPOS is an electronic payment system b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949 transfer limit in BSDBA? involving electronic funds transfers based on the c) Companies Act, 2013 a) Rs.20,000 in a month use of payment cards, such as debit or credit d) Societies Registration Act, 1860 b) Rs.50,000 in a month cards, at payment terminals. What does “S” in e) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 c) Rs.5,000 in a month EFPOS stand for? Q.146) The term “hyper-inflation” means? d) Rs.15,000 in a month a) Sale b) Security a) It occur when the economy is growing faster e) Rs.10,000 in a month c) System d) Server than the long run trend rate of growth. Q.131) How many times demonetization occurred e) Solution b) This occurs when there is an increase in the in India Since 1935? Q.139) First branch of India Post Payment Bank cost of production for firms causing aggregate a) 6 times (1946, 1956, 1968, 1978, 1988 and was inaugurated on 30 January 2017 at ______supply 2016) and ______. c) An inflationary situation where the external b) 5 times (1946, 1956, 1968, 1978, and 2016) a) Raipur and Mumbai b) Mumbai and Jaipur forces are the primary contributing factors c) 2 times (1946 and 2016) c) Raipur and Gandhinagar d) A situation where the cost of living index is d) 3 times (1946, 1978 and 2016) d) Raipur and Ranchi e) Mumbai and Ranchi rising alarmingly e) 4 times (1946, 1968, 1978, and 2016) Q.140) Allocation for Pradhan Mantri Kaushal e) It occurs when a country experiences very high Q.132) What would be the benefits under the Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for the period of 2016- and usually accelerating rates of inflation, rapidly PMJJBY (Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima 2020? eroding the real value of the local currency, and Yojana) scheme and premium payable? a) Rs.24,000 cr b) Rs.12,000 cr causing the population to minimize their holdings a) Rs.5 lakh is payable on a subscriber’s death c) Rs.10,000 cr d) Rs.20,000 cr of local money. due to any cause. The premium payable is e) Rs.15,000 cr Q.147) The term “Balance of Trade” means? Rs.330/- per annum per subscriber. Q.141) Name the Jalandhar based bank that a) A point where the values of imports and b) Rs.2 lakh is payable on a subscriber’s death became the first financial entity in India to get exports are equal due to any cause. The premium payable is Small Financial Bank Licence from the Reserve b) The difference between the value of the Rs.330/- per annum per subscriber. Bank of India. imports and exports of a country a) AU Small Finance Bank

c) The term is used with reference to bilateral Q.155) ______is the market value of all the a) B.P. Kanungo b) Dr. Nachiket M. Mor trade agreements with countries goods and services produced in one year by labor c) N. S. Vishwanathan of CIS Block and property supplied by the citizens of a country. d) Dr. Viral V. Acharya e) None of these d) The difference between the total of a) Gross National Income Q.162) What is the tagline for Pradhan Mantri transactions with foreign countries in trade, b) Marginal Asset Ratio Krishi Sinchai Yojana? services and capital c) Net Asset Ratio a) More Grain per Drop e) None of these d) Gross National Product b) More Farm per Drop Q.148) ______is a monetary measure of the e) Gross Domestic Product c) More Crop per Drop market value of all final goods and services Q.156) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has d) More Drop per Crop produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time. issued final guidelines on so-called NSFR has e) More Cereals per Drop a) Gross Domestic Resources mandated of at least 100%, to ensure banks have Q.163) Which of the following ratio has been b) Gross Domestic Product sufficient stable sources of funding to finance proposed within Basel III, seeks to calculate the c) Net wealth of the country their activities over the long term. Expand NSFR proportion of Available Stable Funding ("ASF") via d) Market Capitalization a) Net Supply Funding Ratio the liabilities over Required Stable Funding e) None of these b) Net Stand Funding Ratio ("RSF") for the assets? Q.149) Who is the MD & CEO of Fino Payment c) Net Static Funding Ratio a) Net Asset Ratio Bank? d) Net Source Funding Ratio b) Statutory Ratio a) Raman Gupta b) Anuj Gupta e) Net Stable Funding Ratio c) Net Stable Funding Ratio c) Ajay Gupta d) Krish Gupta Q.157) According to the World Economic d) Liquidity Coverage Ratio e) Rishi Gupta Situation and Prospects (WESP) as of mid-2018, e) Leverage Ratio Q.150) Which of the following bank has launched India's economy is projected to grow how much Q.164) Which of the following is the dimension of “Agenda 25×25”, which pledges to create a percent in the fiscal year 2018-19? 2000 rupee note, released by the Reserve Bank synergetic start up environment for budding a) 7.1 per cent b) 7.2 per cent of India (RBI) on 8 November 2016 after women entrepreneurs in India? c) 7.4 per cent d) 7.5 per cent the demonetization? a) YES Bank b) Axis Bank e) 7.6 per cent a) 66 × 166 mm b) 66 × 150 mm c) HDFC Bank d) ICICI Bank Q.158) Under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai c) 157 × 73 mm d) 123 × 63 mm e) Royal Bank of Scotland Yojana, how much crore has been approved for e) 147 × 73 mm Q.151) Which International organisation has period of 5 years (2015-16 to 2019-20) by the Q.165) Similar to a Bank Account wherein actual launched 'REPLACE' a comprehensive plan to union cabinet? money is being replaced by shares is called as eliminate industrially-produced artificial trans fats a) Rs. 20,000 crore b) Rs. 40,000 crore ______. from the global food supply by 2023, recently? c) Rs. 50,000 crore d) Rs. 30,000 crore a) Capital market Account a) World Food Programme e) Rs. 80,000 crore b) Demat Account c) Stock Account b) World Health Organisation Q.159) What is the main objective of Pradhan d) Forex Account e) Dormant Account c) UNICEF Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana? Q.166) A Business arrangement in which two or d) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a) Contribution based pension system more parties agree to pool their resources for the e) UNESCO b) Correcting the imbalances in the availability of purpose of accomplishing a specific task is called Q.152) As per the HSBC report, inflation is set to affordable healthcare facilities in the different ______. rise further towards the second half of the fiscal, parts of the country. a) Mutual partner b) Sharing Partnership and could average of how much percent for c) Provides financial assistance to rural poor for c) Joint Venture d) Preference share financial year 2018-19? constructing their houses themselves e) Joint Share a) 5.4 per cent b) 5.5 per cent d) One-time cash incentive to pregnant women Q.167) Payment bank issues the services like c) 5.3 per cent d) 5.1 per cent for institutional/home births through skilled ATM card, Debit card, Net banking and Mobile e) 5.2 per cent assistance banking except Q.153) Which of the following has become the e) Scholarships for top Science students, a) Credit cards b) Term Deposit first Indian exchange to be designated as a Fellowships for pursuing PhD, Research Grants to c) NRI account d) Loans ‘Designated Offshore Securities Market’ (DOSM) researchers e) All the above by the United States Securities and Exchange Q.160) What is the main objective of Pradhan Q.168) How many months validity for the Commission (SEC) , recently? Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) payment bank to grant in-principle approved by a) Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd ? the RBI. During this time the applicants have to b) Madras Stock Exchange a) To eliminate child labour in hazardous comply with the requirements under the c) Bombay Stock Exchange industries by 2010. Guidelines and fulfil the other conditions? d) National Stock Exchange b) To help job-seekers land up at the job they a) 20 months b) 22 months e) OTC Exchange Of India deserve. c) 18 months d) 36 months Q.154) What is the minimum capital that the c) To provide the institutional capacity to train a e) 16 months parent bank will be required to provide and minimum 40 crore skilled people by 2022 Q.169) Name the type of PPIs that shall be only maintain at all times to its International Financial d) To provide free LPG connections to women issued by banks, can be used for purchase of Services Centres (IFSC) Banking Units (IBUs) by from below poverty line families. goods and services, including financial services, banks in IFSCs, as per the RBI norms? e) To provide generic drugs, which are available remittance facilities etc. at any merchant a) USD 30 million b) USD 20 million at lesser prices but are equivalent in quality and locations. c) USD 50 million d) USD 10 million efficacy as expensive branded drugs. a) Closed System Prepaid Payment Instruments e) USD 25 million Q.161) Who is not the Deputy Governor of b) Semi-Closed System Prepaid Payment Reserve Bank of India? Instruments

c) Open System Prepaid Payment Instruments pledge finance under the repository ecosystem e) Uday Kotak d) Both a and b for registered / accredited warehouses, recently? Q.185) BNPM (Bank Note Paper Mill India is a jont e) None of these a) Bank of Maharashtra venture of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Q.170) Interest on savings bank account is now b) Bank of Baroda (BRBNMPL) and ______. calculated by banks on ______. c) Bank of India a) Small Industries Development Bank of India a) Daily Basis b) Quarterly Basis d) State Bank of India (SIDBI) c) Half-yearly Basis d) Monthly Basis e) Canara Bank b) Insurance Regulatory and Development e) Yearly Basis Q.178) Rating agency ICRA Ltd expects Gross Authority of India (IRDAI) Q.171) IFRS are the standards issued by the Domestic Product (GDP) growth in India for the c) Security Printing and Minting Corporation of International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) fourth quarter of the fiscal 2017-18 at what India (SPMCIL) to provide a common global language for business percent on account of good rabi crop harvest and d) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) affairs so that company accounts are improved corporate earnings? e) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) understandable and comparable across a) 7.6% b) 7.5% Q.186) Which Bank has launched instant international boundaries. Expand IFRS. c) 7.4% d) 7.3% overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for MSME (Micro, a) International Functional Reporting Standards e) 7.1% Small and Medium Enterprises) customers in a b) International Finance Reporting Standards Q.179) The government’s Bank Note Paper Mill completely online and paperless manner? c) International Financial Register Standards India (BNPM) has received green signal from a) Punjab National Bank b) ICICI Bank d) International Financial Required Standards environment ministry to increase the production c) State Bank of India d) HDFC Bank e) International Financial Reporting Standards of bank note paper at its Mysuru unit in Karnataka e) Bank of Baroda Q.172) ______is a short-term loan used until from 12,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) to Q.187) As many as 56 unserved airports and 31 a person or company secures permanent ______. unserved helipads will be connected under the financing or removes an existing obligation. a) 15,000 TPA b) 14,000 TPA government's regional air connectivity scheme a) Close-ended Loan b) Open- ended Loan c) 16,000 TPA d) 20,000 TPA “UDAN”. UDAN stands for- c) Bridge Loan d) Personal Loan e) 18,000 TPA a) Utho Desh ka Aam Nagrik e) Conventional Loan Q.180) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has b) Ude Dono ka Aam Nagrik Q.173) STRIPS is the process of separating a imposed a penalty of how many crore on South c) Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik standard coupon-bearing bond into its individual Indian Bank (SIB) for non-compliance with its d) Ude Desh ka Aam Nation coupon and principal components. In the term directions on Income Recognition and Asset e) Ude Desh ka Agency Nagrik STRIPS, second “S” stands for ______. Classification (IRAC) norms, Know Your Customer Q.188) REER is the weighted average of a a) Service b) Securities (KYC) norms and treasury function. country's currency relative to an index or basket c) System d) Schedule a) Rs.1 crore b) Rs.2 crore of other major currencies, adjusted for the effects e) Standard c) Rs.3 crore d) Rs.5 crore of inflation. What is the meaning of first "R" in Q.174) What is the maximum deposit amount e) Rs.4 crore REER? insured by DICGC? Q.181) The National Bank for Agriculture and a) Random b) Rate a) Rs.1,75,000 per depositor per bank Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned c) Ratio d) Real b) Rs.2,50,000 per depositor per bank LED Solar Street Lighting system with a total e) Rest c) Rs.2,00,000 per depositor per bank grant of Rs 87.83 lakh for which state under its Q.189) Which of the following system is a secure d) Rs.1,50,000 per depositor per bank Rural Infrastructure Development Fund, recently? messaging standard developed to serve as a e) Rs.1,00,000 per depositor per bank a) Andhra Pradesh b) Arunachal Pradesh platform for intra-bank and inter-bank Q.175) By increasing repo rate, the economy may c) Maharashtra d) Bihar applications? observe ______. e) Telangana a) IDRBT b) CFMS a) Rate of Interest on loans and advances will be Q.182) The Reserve Bank has specified certain c) SWIFT d) SFMS cheap regulatory trigger points, as a part of Prompt e) EFT b) Rate of Interest on deposits and advances will Corrective Action (PCA) Framework, in terms of Q.190) Retirement fund body Employees’ be costly certain parameters, they are Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has reduced c) Rate of Interest on loans and advances will be a) Capital to Risk weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) the interest rate on deposits to ______for costly b) Non-Performing Assets (NPA) 2017-18 from 8.65% for 2016-17. d) Rate of Interest on deposits and advances will c) Return on Assets (RoA) a) 8.35% b) 8.40% be cheap d) All of the above c) 8.45% d) 8.50% e) None of these e) None of these e) 8.55% Q.176) A Reverse Mortgage Scheme was Q.183) Who is the head of a Steering Committee Q.191) Who is the current MD and CEO of launched to give benefit for whom? on Fintech related issues to enhance financial CERSAI? a) Senior Citizens inclusion of MSMEs? a) Mahesh Kumar Jain b) Unemployed Persons a) Subhash Chandra Garg b) Mohammad Mustafa c) Below Poverty Line b) Arun Jaitely c) Ajay Tyagi d) Students c) Arvind Subramanian d) Naina Lal Kidwai e) Women's self-help group d) Piyush Goyal e) Jitendra Singh e) Praveen Kumar Sharma Q.177) Which of the following bank has signed an Q.184) Who is the present Chairman of FICCI Q.192) NCLT is a quasi-judicial body in India that agreement with CDSL Commodity Repository (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & adjudicates issues relating to companies in India. (CCRL) , thus becoming the first public sector Industry) ? NCLT stands for- bank to become the repository participant for a) Sangita Reddy b) Pankaj R Patel a) National Company Law Tribunal c) Rashesh Shah d) Sandip Somany b) National Company Law Trend

c) National Common Law Tribunal SIMPLIFICATION Q.18) 1 1 + 2 2 − 3 1 + 4 2 = 푥 3 9 6 9 d) National Company Law Transaction 7 11 13 Q.1) 20% of 240+54% of 20-20% of 360= (?) - a) 3 b) 7 c) 6 18 18 18 e) National Company Law Treaty 15 d) 5 1 e) 4 11 Q.193) Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) a) 1.8 b) 2.4 c) 5.6 2 18 Q.19) 350 + 400+ 45% of 2000 = x+700 is a fraud investigating agency in India. It has d) 2.8 e) 1.2 a) 900 b) 950 c) 800 been established and it has started functioning Q.2) 2 × 4 × 6 × 15 × (? ) = 96 3 5 7 19 since- d) 750 e) 1000 a) 234 b) 254 c) 266 2 1 a) 1st October 2003 b) 1st October 2004 Q.20) 표푓 1596 × 4 = 표푓 ? d) 276 e) 289 7 2 c) 1st October 2007 d) 1st October 2012 a) 3217 b) 3648 c) 3898 Q.3) 4 × 6 × 14 × 33 × 120 = (? ) e) 1st October 2015 7 11 15 72 d) 3649 e) 3684 a) 15 b) 18 c) 21 Q.194) Who is the present Chairman of IndusInd Q.21) 5376 ÷ 12 ÷ ? = 64 d) 16 e) 12 Bank? a) 21 b) 14 c) 49 Q. 4) What value should come in place of the a) Renu Satti b) Gopal Chandra d) 7 e) 3 question mark (?) in the given question. c) R Seshasayee Q.22) 128 × 15 ÷ 5 + 22 = ? d) Vijay Shekhar Sharma e) Vinod Rai 84 × 456 2 50 × 288 a) 388 b) 324 c) 389 3 √ 2 = (? ) + Q.195) Headquarters of CERSAI (Central Registry 2 × √1296 36 d) 402 e) 412 of Securitization Asset Reconstruction and a) 7 b) 9 c) 11 Q.23) 8 1 × 2 2 × ? = 12 3 5 Security Interest) is located in ______. d) 6 e) None of these a) 4 b) 2 c) 3 a) Hyderabad b) Nagpur Q.5) 15% of 34600+ 27% of 11500+ 32% of 5 3 5 d) 3 e) 4 c) Kolkata d) Mumbai 46600= (?) 7 7 e) New Delhi a) 23207 b) 24208 c) 15208 Q.24) √784 × 3 − 80 ÷ 16 × ? = 632 Q.196) According to the RBI, PCA framework is d) 23407 e) 23702 a) -141.6 b) 109.6 c) 116.9 applicable only to ______. Q.6) 23% of 26300+ 13% of 29000 =18% of (?) d) -112.5 e) -109.6 a) Co-operative Banks a) 56450 b) 55540 c) 56250 Q.25) ?=(22×5) +(12×10) -(4×15) b) Non-Banking Financial Companies d) 55450 e) 54550 a) 140 b) 170 c) 180 c) Financial Management Institutions Q.7) 221×779 +3 = 7 × (? ) d) 165 e) 290 13×19 d) Commercial banks Q.26) ?=15% of 120-22% of 150+11% of 200 a) 43 b) 97 c) 100 e) All of these a) -4 b) 9 c) 11 d) 102 e) 104 Q.197) As per the RBI, Non-Performing Assets is d) 7 e) 37 Q.8) 2.321 + 5.212 + 16.563 + 0.904 = (? )2 a loan or an advance where interest and/or Q.27) 2? = 64 ÷ 32 × 8 ÷ 16 a) 30 b) 25 c) 6 installment of principal remain overdue for a a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) 5 e) 4 period of more than ______days in respect of a d) -1 e) None of these Q.9) 13 × 3 + 1700 + 2697−699+4 = {180 − (12 × 3 − 20 − term loan. 12 Q.28) ? = 2 3 + 1 2 + 3 7 5 5 10 ) ( ) a) 100 days b) 30 days 3 } × ? 7 7 9 a) 7 b) 6 c) 7 10 10 10 c) 90 days d) 60 days a) 22 b) 32 c) 44 d) 8 1 e) None of these e) 120 days d) 72 e) 91 10 1 ×88 Q.198) Micro Units Development and Refinance Q.10) 45+20% of 800+200= x 2 Q.29) ? = 1 + (11 × 2) ×33 Agency Bank (MUDRA Bank) is a Non-Banking a) 425 b) 405 c) 395 3 a) 22 b) 23 c) 28 Finance Company as MUDRA Ltd has been set up d) 410 e) 450 d) 16 e) 26 as under a subsidiary of ______. Q.11) 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 푥 − 1 2 4 16 8 16 Q.30) 15+?=12+434-182+46-35 a) SIDBI b) IDBI 15 a) 1 b) 2 c) a) 280 b) 255 c) 260 c) RBI d) NABARD 16 d) 14 e) 17 d) 275 e) None of these e) SBI 16 16 √64×√36 Q.12) 400+150+200+300 = x- 1200 Q.31) ? = 3 × √16 Q.199) Legal Entity Identifier India Limited (LEI √8 India) Limited is wholly owned subsidiary of a) 2150 b) 2250 c) 2500 a) 48 b) 96 c) 84 ______, which has been recognized by the d) 2400 e) 2000 d) 56 e) 78 Reserve Bank as issuer of LEI under the Payment Q.13) √17 × 13 + 29 + 150 = 푥 Q.32) ? = (2.5 × 18) + (14) − 32 2 √4 and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. a) 21 b) 19 c) 22 a) 44 b) 52 c) 74 a) Clearing Corporation of India Limited d) 18 e) 20 d) 86 e) 96 b) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Q.14) 15% of 200 + 20% of 400 - 35% of 200 = Q.33) ? = 18% of 350 + 15% of 180 + 12% of 50 Limited x a) 82 b) 96 c) 74 c) Small Industries Development Bank of India a) 80 b) 70 c) 10 d) 98 e) 72 d) 20 e) 40 d) Securities and Exchange Board of India (23+42)×(12−32) Q.34) ? = e) Reserve Bank of India Q.15) 120% 표푓 200 + 400 + √3600 = 푥 42−(5×3) Q.200) PACS is a basic and the smallest co- a) 500 b) 600 c) 700 a) 121 b) 119 c) 117 operative credit institution in India. The full form d) 800 e) 1000 d) 115 e) None of these 221×2 of PACS is ______. Q.16) 240×2+300×4+150×3 = x Q.35) = (? ) × (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 3) √289 a) Primary Agricultural Credit Sector a) 2240 b) 2430 c) 2230 a) 8 b) 10 c) 6 b) Primary Agricultural Credit Service d) 2130 e) 2530 d) 2 e) 12 c) Primary Agricultural Credit Society Q.17) 25% of 800+ 30% of 1000 = x+40% of Q.36) 150% of 2000+10% of 21870= (?)+2111 d) Primary Agricultural Credit Scheme 300 a) 3012 b) 3016 c) 3076 e) Primary Agricultural Credit System a) 480 b) 360 c) 380 d) 3011 e) 3009 d) 350 e) 400 Chennai | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.inwww.RACEInstitute.i n Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore| Tirunelveli | Trivandrum | 9043303030 Ernakulam| Bengaluru | Chandigarh| Vellore |Legend Magazine | MAY - 2018| 60

Q.37) a) 32 b) 35 c) 36 d) 100 e) None of these 1.987+2.9854+2.7654+38765+876+0.2622= d) 38 e) 30 Q.75) 555.5+444.4+111.1=x (?) Q.56) 25% 표푓 20% 표푓 15% 표푓 (? ) = 3 a) 1115 b) 1110 c) 1111 a) 31245 b) 31256 c) 39649 a) 400 b) 420 c) 540 d) 1112 e) None of these d) 45793 e) 23454 d) 320 e) 280 Q.76) 3푥 × 81 × 27 = 319 Q.38) (3 × 3 − √25) × (? ) = (19.5 × 22) + (14.5 × Q.57) (4 1 − 3 2) × 7 = (? ) a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 5 7 8 8) + (167.25 × 4) d) 15 e) None of these a) 0.5 b) 0.1 c) 0.8 a) 303.5 b) 203.5 c) 120 Q.77) 5 표푓 120 + 8 표푓 121 + 4 표푓 81 = 푥 d) 0.6 e) 1.2 8 11 9 d) 300 e) 40 Q.58) 3 표푓 4 표푓 7 표푓 (? ) = 84 a) 202 b) 201 c) 200 3 2 7 17 13 Q.39) √14400 × 1.5 − √14641 × = (? ) + 9 − 1 d) 199 e) None of these 11 a) 1456 b) 1678 c) 1580 a) 77 b) 66 c) 65 Q.78) 153+224+333-55=x d) 1547 e) 1356 d) 78 e) 67 a) 650 b) 655 c) 660 Q.59) 4(100 × (? ) − 20) = 20% 표푓 120 Q.40) 2188 + 6374 − 637 + 2313 =? −321 + 1234 d) 665 e) None of these a) 0.26 b) 0.24 c) 0.28 a) 7325 b) 8788 c) 9325 Q.79) 12% of 50+10% of 150+18% of 150=x d) 0.32 e) 0.42 d) 9725 e) 5677 a) 54 b) 52 c) 50 Q.60) 3 × 1 × 2 × (? ) = 75 Q.41) 28% 표푓 250 + 12% 표푓 200 − 34% 표푓 550 =? 10 5 5 d) 48 e) None of these a) 3225 b) 3250 c) 3125 a) 81 b) 82 c) -87 Q.80) 25% of 2500+12.5% of 6800+ (?) = 392 d) 3520 e) 3525 d) 99 e) -93 a) 40 b) 43 c) 29 Q.61) 35% × (3 2 + 4 2) = (? ) Q.42) 13 × 14 × 15 ÷ 3 × 4 × 5 =?× 100 5 7 d) 46 e) 48 a) 189 b) 177 c) 182 a) 2.58 b) 3.24 c) 2.56 Q.81) 779 + 1147 + 2303 − 2 = (? )3 19 31 47 d) 3.12 e) 2.69 d) 191 e) 197 a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 Q.43) 27 ÷ (9 ÷ 3) × 11 + 234 − 412 =? −122 676×625 Q.62) (√ ) × (? )% = 10 d) 6 e) 7 169 a) -199 b) -201 c) 58 1849 Q.82) √ × 391 + √32 − 22 − 1 = (? )2 d) 198 e) 43 a) 25 b) 20 c) 30 731 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 Q.44) 0.234 + 1.234 + 0.555 − 2.55 + 24 =? +0.473 d) 36 e) 40 Q.63) 11 × 13 × (? ) = 143 d) 5 e) 6 a) 27 b) 32 c) 34 17 19 Q.83) 1.234+3.543+6.765+87.65+(?) d) 23 e) 26 a) 332 b) 356 c) 342 =(2.5+1.2×4+1.2+1.5) 2 Q.45) √529 + √576 − √361 × 2 =? d) 323 e) 312 a) 0.807 b) 0.808 c) 0.765 a) 8 b) 9 c) 38 Q.64) 2% 표푓 5% 표푓 7% 표푓 100000 = (? ) d) 0.864 e) None of these d) 27 e) 13 a) 5 b) 2 c) 9 Q.84) 350 × 2 + 1.2 × 5 + 6.2 × 5 + 1.5 × 2 = Q.46) 11% 표푓 2300 + 15% 표푓 440 × √196 =? +177 d) 10 e) 7 (? )% 표푓 2000 a) 1134 b) 1210 c) 1354 Q.65) 112 + 132 × 72−? = 282 ÷ 3√343 a) 39% b) 27% c) 37% d) 1000 e) 1177 a) 8210 b) 8274 c) 7860 d) 20% e) 23% Q.47) 34 × 15 × 21 × 84 =? d) 8290 e) None of these 42 17 18 Q.85) 122 + 232 × 1.25 − 182 =? Q.66) √7921+√6241 =? a) 89 b) 77 c) 85 168 a) 422.45 b) 481.25 c) 438.75 d) 90 e) 70 a) 0 b) 12 c) 15 d) 323.25 e) 429.50 1 1 3 11 Q.48) 2 + 5 − 1 + 2 =? d) 25 e) 1 2 7 5 1 4 7 8 14 Q.86) 1 + 5 − 6 + 2 =? 5 2 6 3 15 45 25 8 9 a) 8 b) 8 c) 7 Q.67) 20%표푓 285 − 16%표푓 250 + 표푓 261 − 표푓216 = 9 29 5 56 56 58 9 8 a) 4 b) 5 c) 3 5 32 6 14 21 ? d) 9 e) 8 2 47 38 d) 5 e) None of these a) 6 b) -5 c) -4 5 Q.49) 2 × 12 × 22 × 3 − 1212 =? Q.87) 1.5 × 3.2 × 7.5 + 23.5+? = 304 + 2.5 d) 9 e) -11 a) 327 b) 381 c) 314 a) 367 b) 289 c) 247 Q.68) 1114+114.1+141.4-11.41-111.4=?-11.14 d) 372 e) 311 d) 234 e) 310 a) 1275.38 b) 1257.83 c) 1345.43 Q.50) 55% 표푓 980 × 75% 표푓 680 + 60% 표푓 990 ÷ Q.88) √2916 × 316 ÷ 16 × 128 =? d) 1354.34 e) None of these 24 27 219 60% 표푓 90 =? − 5 표푓 162 ÷ 5 표푓 36 9 2 Q.69) 2015 ÷ 155 + 7 +?2 = 69 a) 42936 b) 42019 c) 41920 a) 274368 b) 274902 c) 274911 a) 49 b) 14 c) 7 d) 41490 e) 46136 d) 274132 e) None of these d) 12 e) 54 Q.89) 165 + 14.5 × 4+? = 198 + 28 Q.51) 3 2 + 1 4 − 10 5 − 132 + 122 + 1 =?+20 5 15 9 9 45 Q.70) 15% of 200+20% of 150+18% of 120=x a) 3 b) 5 c) 11 a) -45 b) -39 c) -34 a) 61.6 b) 71.6 c) 81.6 d) 12 e) 9 d) -31 e) None of these d) 91.6 e) None of these Q.90) 4 1 × 4 1 ÷ 20 23 × 1 36 × 1 3 × 푥 = 16 9 2 16 111 4 ( )3 1 2 3 Q.52) 0.96+2.38 = ? −10.66 − 5.66 + 3.66 Q.71) 5 + 7 + 13 = 푥 0.962+ 2.382+1.92×2.38 5 5 5 a) 11 b) 9 c) 10 a) 18 b) 15 c) 21 a) 26.2 b) 28.2 c) 36.2 d) 8 e) 12 d) 16 e) None of theses d) 38.2 e) None of these Q.91) 1 7 + 2 5 + 3 1 − 5 1 = 3 × 푥3 8 4 8 4 8 Q.53) 26%표푓 250 + 2 % 표푓 1500 − 12 표푓775 =? Q.72) 7.04+18.06+5.90+12.5=x 5 5 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 a) 40.5 b) 41.5 c) 42.5 a) 1789 b) -2891 c) -1789 d) 5 e) 6 d) 43.5 e) None of these d) 1879 e) None of these Q.92) 5 표푓 2 표푓 3 6 표푓 1 5 표푓 푥 = 2452 40 54 70 88 11 17 15 17 3 Q.73) + + + = 푥 Q.54) 1850 + √3136 ÷ √64 =? −259 8 9 10 11 a) 10450 b) 10241 c) 10330 a) 16 b) 26 c) 36 a) 2123 b) 1605 c) 2145 d) 10660 e) None of these d) 46 e) None of these d) 1679 e) None of these Q.93) 2 1 ÷ 1 5 ÷ 36 + 푥 = 4 Q.74) 5.5 × 2 + 6.2 × 5 + 7.5 × 4 + 33 = 푥 5 6 15 3 Q.55) √256 − (196 × ) +? = 12 a) 3.5 b) 4 c) 3 4 a) 85 b) 90 c) 95 Chennai | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.inwww.RACEInstitute.i n Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore| Tirunelveli | Trivandrum | 9043303030 Ernakulam| Bengaluru | Chandigarh| Vellore |Legend Magazine | MAY - 2018| 61

d) 2 e) 2.5 a) 37 b) 18 c) 9 d) 14.15 e) 16.45 4푥+6 11 Q.94) (128 ÷ 8) × (1 1 + 4 4) + 44 × 13 × 112 = 2푥 d) 3 e) 27 Q.130) = 푓𝑖푛푑푡 ℎ푒 푣푎푙푢푒 표푓 푋? 5 5 1456 5푥+6 13 Q.113) 2.334 + 54.24 + 45.24 − (? ) = 8.23 + 21.32 + a) 43 b) 92 c) 70 a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 10.45 + 0.814 d) 40 e) None of these d) 3 e) 2 a) 82 b) 62 c) 61 1 Q.95) √256 = 푥2 − 224 + 180 ÷ 12 Q.131) 17% of 300 is of X, then find out the d) 16 e) 59 3 a) 25 b) 225 c) 15 value of 10% of X? Q.114) 3√4913 + (23.324 + 4324.24 + 313.3 − 0.864) = d) 625 e) None of these a) 5.13 b) 15.6 c) 51.3 210 176 5 221 (? ) Q.96) × ÷ × = 푥 d) 15.3 e) 31.5 15 8 60 17 a) 4698 b) 4688 c) 4378 a) 48268 b) 48048 c) 48008 Q.132) 1513 + 4513 - 2513 - 1753 = d) 4677 e) 4489 d) 48028 e) None of these 푥 × 2, 푓𝑖푛푑 푡ℎ푒 푣푎푙푢푒 표푓 푥? Q.115) 1 3 a) 740 b) 880 c) 450 Q.97) 2 × ( ) % of 2400 − ( ) % of 1000 = x 7 16 15 2 √6724 × 1.5 − √12321 × + 29 − 1 = 푥 d) 720 e) 680 a) 10 b) 3 c) 5 2 a) 564.5 b) 574.5 c) 546.5 Q.133) (1 + 2 + 5) 표푓 42 = ? d) 1 e) None of these 7 3 6 d) 585.5 e) 486.5 Q.98) 25% of 360 + 15% of 220 – 140 × 2 – 20 = x a) 73 b) 97 c) 67 7 Q.116) d) 69 e) 86 a) 53 b) 73 c) 63 푥 = 522 + 3 × 2 + 4000 ÷ 2 표푓 25% 표푓 1600 Q.134) 112 + √25 − 26 = 푋2푓𝑖푛푑 푡ℎ푒 푣푎푙푢푒 표푓 푋? d) 68 e) None of these a) 2155 b) 2715 c) 2615 a) 11 b) 9 c) 12 Q.99) 105 × 1335 ÷ √225 = x + √169 d) 2705 e) None of these d) 7 e) 10 a) 9342 b) 9332 c) 9164 Q.117) Q.135) 15 × 16 × 17 … … … … … . . 179 =? d) 9316 e) None of these 푥 = (69.3 × 15.2) + (4.5 × 18.5) + (7.25 × 44) 16 17 18 180 a) 1 b) 1 c) 1 Q.100) 256 + √529 − 15 × 12 =? +72 a) 1355.61 b) 1445.61 c) 1455.61 15 10 8 a) 34 b) 56 c) 72 d) 1545.61 e) 1544.61 d) 1 e) 1 12 20 d) 48 e) 27 11 1 1 7 1 1 Q.118) − [ + [ + [ − ( + ) ]]=? Q.136) 21 × 14 ÷ 3 + 12 − 21 = ? 1 30 6 5 12 3 4 Q.101) × 987 + 15%표푓 940+? = 267 a) 99 b) 89 c) 79 3 a) 1.5 b) -1.5 c) 1 a) 203 b) 213 c) -203 d) 69 e) 59 d) 0 e) None of these d) -222 e) -237 Q.137) 21 × 11 + 4 − 8 × 16 ÷ 4 =? Q.119) ퟑ × [(ퟏ + ퟏ) (ퟏ + ퟏ) … … … . (ퟏ + ퟏ )] =? Q.102) 345 + 543 + 453 + 354 =? ퟏퟏ ퟑ ퟒ ퟏퟐퟎ a) 203 b) 213 c) 224 a) 121 b) 11 c) 10.6 a) 1659 b) 1695 c) 1879 d) 209 e) 229 d) 7.82 e) None of these d) 1873 e) 1768 Q.138) 15 × 15 + 15 ÷ 15 − 15 + 115 =? Q.120) 퐼푓푋 = 2 + 1 then the value of 4푥 + 7 =? Q.103) 1854.5 + 984.75 + 1171.23−? = 565.48 1 3 a) 316 b) 327 c) 326 (1+ 1) 1− a) 3545 b) 3354 c) 3544 2 d) 314 e) 321 2 a) 11 b) 34/3 c) 11 12 d) 3445 e) 3454 3 Q.139) √2601 × 64 ÷ √64 =?× 13 d) 5 e) None of these Q.104) 12 ÷ 4 × 24 + √1764 =?× 4 a) 421 b) 467 c) 431 Q.121) If a - b = 3 and a2 + b2 = 29, find the a) 25.5 b) 32.4 c) 28.5 d) 442 e) 458 value of ab. d) 29.7 e) 43.6 Q.140) 13% 표푓 200 − 2.5% 표푓 1000 × 12% 표푓 50 = a) 10 b) 12 c) 15 Q.105) √552 + (8 × 3) + 346 + 432 + 246 + (? ) = ? −125 d) 18 e) None of these 1089 a) 5 b) 1 c) 0 Q.122) a) 35 b) 32 c) 41 35 × √324 ÷ 7 − 73 =? −√16641 d) 8 e) 9 a) 119 b) 128 c) 146 d) 38 e) 25 Q.141) 4321 + 4433 − 2434 + 431 − 417 − 488 =?

102 156 1 1 d) 136 e) None of these Q.106) × + √9 − = (? ) a) 5836 b) 5386 c) 5766 17 13 81 81 2 3 Q.123) (√100) + (√9) =? d) 5846 e) 5486 a) 72 b) 75 c) 70 a) 50 b) 25 c) 127 Q.142) 2.52 + 1.62 + 1.42 − 2.72 =? d) 65 e) 76 d) 225 e) 175 a) 18.06 b) 34.8 c) 3.48 Q.107) 1 2 ÷ 3 2 + √(3 1 − 9×3) + 15 = (? ) Q.124) 8000 ÷ (5×2) + 774 - 191.667×3=? 5 5 289 289 17 d) 42.9 e) 4.29 a) 1000 b) 1280 c) 1180 42 7 98 22 a) 4 b) 5 c) 2 Q.143) × × × × 6 =? 462 49 4 14 d) 1080 e) 1500 d) 3 e) 1 a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 Q.125) √225 × √64 × 2 × 11 =? Q.108) 133.242 + 1314.24 + 144.21 + 244.35 + d) 7 e) 8 a) 4150 b) 2640 c) 3005 1413.53 − 0.572 = (? ) Q.144) 11% 표푓 200 + 45% 표푓 60 − 8% 표푓 250 =? d) 1250 e) 2050 a) 3249 b) 2455 c) 3246 a) 43 b) 38 c) 31 Q.126) (749 − √105625 − 124) ÷ (√1572516 − d) 4326 e) 3454 d) 29 e) 39 √676 √1024 1104) =? Q.109) × × (6 × 3) + 1431 + 34 = (? ) Q.145) 32 + 4378 − 322 ÷ 2 × 3 + √841 =? 36 √169 a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 a) 1498 b) 1232 c) 1499 a) 3896 b) 3998 c) 4023 d) 8 e) 12 d) 1525 e) None of these d) 4189 e) 3956 Q.127) 푥2 + 16 − 22 + 68 = 92, 푓𝑖푛푑 푡ℎ푒 푣푎푙푢푒 표푓 푋? 2 11 11 5 Q.110) 122 × + 2√14884 + (? ) = (6.5 × 2)2 Q.146) × 104 − × 108 + × 336 =? 18 a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 13 27 6 a) 334 b) 324 c) 312 a) 41 b) 39 c) 21 d) 5 e) 6

1 1 3 3 a) 82.6 b) 81.4 c) 71.4 d) 2.50 e) 4.15 Q.185) 1 + 3 + − 4 = 푥 4 2 4 8 d) 84.1 e) 82.1 Q.166) 20% of 300+12% of 150+10% of 80=x a) 1 5 b) 2 3 c) 1 1 8 8 8 √3 2 1 a) 66 b) 76 c) 86 Q.149) ? = √64 ÷ √256 × 8 × 2 2 d) 2 5 e) 3 3 d) 96 e) None of these 8 8 a) 4 b) 1 c) 3 Q.167) 9.09+6.08+12.07+15.05=x Q.186) (1296 + (? )) ÷ 4 = 576 d) 2 e) 5 a) 42.29 b) 43.29 c) 44.29 24 9 8 45 a) 1004 b) 1005 c) 1010 Q.150) ? = ( × × × ) 16 15 12 27 d) 45.29 e) None of these d) 1008 e) 1020 a) 6 b) 7 c) 1 1 5 2 1 7 Q.168) 8 + 9 + 5 + 2 = 푥 + Q.187) 20% 표푓(? ) + 40% 표푓 500 = 280 d) 3 e) 4 6 6 3 2 6 a) 24 b) 35 c) 32 a) 200 b) 300 c) 400 Q.151) ? = (12 + 35) × (122 − (18 × 7)) 4 d) 25 e) None of these d) 240 e) 280 a) 3384 b) 3128 c) 3484 Q.169) 2.5 × 4 + 3.5 × 2 + 4.2 × 5 + 7.5 × 8 = 푥 Q.188) 1356 + 357 − 246 = 3755 − (? ) d) 3834 e) None of these a) 97 b) 98 c) 99 a) 2290 b) 2288 c) 2456 3 7 22 25 Q.152) ? = 2 − 1 + + d) 2480 e) 2454 4 8 4 8 d) 100 e) None of these √256 3 1 1 24 141 84 75 Q.189) (154 131) a) 12 b) 9 c) 10 Q.170) + + + = 푥 3 × − = (? ) 4 2 8 6 3 4 5 √512 d) 9 1 e) 11 1 a) 82 b) 83 c) 84 a) 45 b) 52 c) 46 8 8 d) 64 e) 58 91 d) 85 e) None of these Q.153) ? = 13 × − 3 × 13 7 Q.171) 11.11+22.22+33.67+44=x Q.190) ((1334 + (? )) ÷ 3) + ((124 + 136) ÷ 4) = a) 160 b) 132 c) 128 a) 99 b) 110 c) 111 695 d) 130 e) None of these d) 112 e) None of these a) 556 b) 473 c) 467 53 122 72 112 Q.154) ? = − + − ) 3 2푥 √4 Q.172) 4 × 256 × 4 = 4 d) 588 e) 548 a) 42.5 b) -44.5 c) -45.5 a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 Q.191) 426 + 3713 + 241 + 2461 + (? ) = 7023 d) 90 e) -85 d) 7 e) None of these a) 197 b) 164 c) 182 30 4 45 Q.155) 23% of 200+?=25% of 480+160% of Q.173) 표푓 4 + 표푓 121 + 표푓 5 = 푥 d) 164 e) 146 6 11 9 50+125% of 10 a) 85 b) 75 c) 79 Q.192) 40% 표푓 1920 + 60% 표푓 3290 = (? ) a) 166.5 b) 154.4 c) 168.2 d) 89 e) None of these a) 2632 b) 3286 c) 2742 d) 186.6 e) 156.6 Q.174) 182+222-121+252=x d) 2538 e) 3288 12 ×60 15 4 a) 565 b) 535 c) 545 Q.156) ? = 11 × 132 × √ √ ×51 6 Q.193) 21 + 211 + √196 = (? ) 17 d) 525 e) None of these a) 136 b) 614 c) 138 a) 5 b) 6 c) 4 Q.175) 20% of 225+12% of 750+18% of 300=x d) 126 e) 128 d) 7 e) 8 a) 184 b) 185 c) 186 201 2 5 Q.157) × 12 + 18% 표푓 250 =? Q.194) × × 2625 = (? ) 67 d) 187 e) None of these 5 7 a) 78 b) 81 c) 62 Q.176) 30% of 1500 + 40% of 3700+ 19% of a) 679 b) 750 c) 684 d) 71 e) 80 7000 = x d) 890 e) 970 1 2 2 132 Q.158) 2.5 × 3.5 × 1.5 × 26 =? +0.25 a) 3380 b) 3170 c) 3260 Q.195) 2 − 6 + 7 = 3 5 7 ? a) 339 b) 382 c) 341 d) 3340 e) 3080 a) 51.5 b) 50.5 c) 52.5 d) 388 e) 321 Q.177) 2000×15+4500×2=x+15000 d) 54.5 e) 55.5 Q.159) 13 122 11 83 33 2 a) 26000 b) 20000 c) 18000 + − + − =? Q.196) 15 × 6 + 13 × 5 − 17 × 8 ÷ 2 = 29 × ? d) 16000 e) 24000 a) 225 b) 625 c) 5 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 Q.178) 1000+1500+ 2500- 10% of 20000 =x d) 25 e) 15 d) 5 e) 6 a) 1500 b) 2000 c) 2500 Q.159) 15 × 4 ÷ 20 + 156 − 13 × 5 =? Q.197) 35% of 420 + 46% of 250 – 30% of 140 d) 3000 e) 3500 a) 99 b) 97 c) 78 = 20 × ? 1 5 17 3 d) 81 e) 94 Q.179) + + − = 푥 4 8 16 16 a) 15 b) 9 c) 7 4 2 5 7 Q.160) 5 + 3 + 8 − 7 =? 9 9 9 9 a) ¾ b) 5/4 c) 7/4 d) 13 e) 11 2 6 3 11 2 a) 5 8 b) 5 1 c) 4 2 d) 3/2 e) None of these Q.198) 5 × 35 × 7 × 5 = 35 ? 35 . Which of 9 3 3 3 4 Q.180) 78×2+ 44×3-27×5=x the following symbol will come on the place of d) 7 e) 9 9 9 a) 157 b) 151 c) 159 question mark? Q.161) 56% 표푓 650 + 87% 표푓 200 − 21% 표푓 800 + d) 153 e) 149 a) × b) + c) - 12% 표푓 150 =? Q.181) 10000+1400×5+ 20% of 1000= x d) ÷ e) ± a) 377 b) 376 c) 328 6 2 3 1 a) 17200 b) 17020 c) 19200 Q.199) + + + −? = 1 d) 388 e) 387 7 4 14 2 d) 19020 e) 18200 15 2 13 13 4 2 a) b) c) Q.162) × 51 + × 144 − × 51 + 111 =? 45 14 7 28 17 9 3 Q.182) 25% of 3000+ × 1200 = x 15 1 1 a) 172 b) 154 c) 180 d) e) a) 4530 b) 5430 c) 4350 56 4 d) 159 e) 150 d) 4450 e) 4250 Q.200) 123.5 + 134.01 + 45.555 + 67.876 = ? Q.163) 4555 + 8646 + 231 − 5436 − 21 + 54 =? Q.183) 1200+ 2500+ 5400+7500+ 8400+ x= a) 370.491 b) 347.941 c) 370.941 a) 8123 b) 8029 c) 7929 30000 d) 379.041 e) 374.941 d) 7156 e) 8213 2 2 2 3 2 a) 4000 b) 3000 c) 2000 Q.201) 14 + 12 − 15 + 7 =? +18 1 16 7 45 Q.164) × × × × 289 =? 68 21 5 4 d) 8000 e) 5000 a) 136 b) 137 c) 135 a) 51 b) 53 c) 49 Q.184) 70% of 25000+ 150×20-10000=x d) 134 e) 130 d) 62 e) 57 a) 10000 b) 11500 c) 9500 Q.202) 0.1 + 0.12 + 0.123 + 0.1234 + 0.12345 Q.165) 1.29 + 12.9 + 19.2 − 29.1 − 0.92 × 2 =? d) 12000 e) 10500 = ? a) 3.55 b) 2.45 c) 1.25 a) 1.28685 b) 0.58985 c) 0.56595 Chennai | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.inwww.RACEInstitute.i n Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore| Tirunelveli | Trivandrum | 9043303030 Ernakulam| Bengaluru | Chandigarh| Vellore |Legend Magazine | MAY - 2018| 63

d) 0.58495 e) 1.24985 a) 46 b) 96 c) 56 d) 5 e) 6 Q.203) −34 + 62 + 82 − 6 × 8 = ? d) 86 e) None of these Q.236) 65% of 75% of 40% of (?) =3510 3 2 11 a) 16 b) 19 c) 18 Q.222) ? = % of 1600 − % of 2500 + % of 900 a) 12500 b) 18000 c) 16500 4 5 9 d) 17500 e) 15000 d) 17 e) 21 a) 13 b) 11 c) 12 3 2 2 4 Q.204) 1.2 × 5 + 4 × 0.8 − 8 ÷ 0.4 = ? Q.237) (2 ÷ 4 ) + (7 ÷ 3 ) = ? d) 21 e) 14 5 5 5 5 418 a) 10.8 b) 11.8 c) -12.7 1 3 2 a) 1044 b) 1024 c) 1061 (4 ) 96 3 d) 9.7 e) -10.8 Q.223) ? = × × √27 16 3÷27 d) 1051 e) 1078 Q.205) 987 + 876 + 765 + 654 = 345 + 456 + 2 a) 1436 b) 1156 c) 1186 Q.238) 45% 표푓 960 + × 670 = (? ) 5 567 + 789 + ? d) 1296 e) 1269 a) 700 b) 650 c) 750 a) 890 b) 1125 c) 725 d) 800 e) 900 d) 675 e) 925 Q.224) ? = √16 + √70 + √117 + √16 √289 3 Q.239) × √729 × 20% 표푓 6175 = (? ) Q.206) 4591 + 3421 – 4531 – 6754 + x = 1 √361 a) 25 b) 5 c) 4 a) 3272 b) 3273 c) 3275 a) 7959 b) 7085 c) 6890 d) 7 e) None of these d) 3276 e) 3274 d) 5895 e) 9945 2 44 128 Q.225) ? = × × 34 Q.207) 30% of 450 + 45% of 300 = 150% of X, 2 11 122 √ find the value of X? a) 26 b) 576 c) 24 Q.240) 504 + √620 + √4 + √63 × 7 = (? ) a) 160 b) 180 c) 240 d) 16 e) 36 a) 27 b) 23 c) 24 d) 270 e) 135 Q.226) Find the x value and answer the given d) 22 e) 26 2 2 question. Q.208) 25 + 45 + 33 = 1276 + x √3136 Q.241) √2025 + ( ) + 866.64 + 25.36 =? 98! × 96! × 109! × 198! √784 a) 483 b) 484 c) 485 = 56448푥 197! × 95! × 97! × 108! a) 913 b) 942 c) 839 d) 486 e) None of these a) 3487 b) 3957 c) 3497 (12 13) (13 12) d) 939 e) 833 Q.209) × + × = 푥 12 d) 3597 e) None of these 304 Q.242) 4000 + 48% 표푓 1300 + =? 19 a) 13 b) 169 c) 144 Q.227) Find the value of x and answer the given a) 4012 b) 4392 c) 4640 d) 24 e) 26 questions. d) 4302 e) 4911 Q.210) Find 21 + 22 + 23 + 24 + ……………. 48 + 140275 4 18 × 99 × 17 – 89.5% 표푓 39000 = 푥 – Q.243) 1 % 표푓 3600 + 1750 + 120 − 48 = 49 + 50. 25 5 a) 1065 b) 1025 c) 1115 a) 900 b) 1000 c) 2200 ? +15% 표푓 √676 d) 655 e) None of these d) 1250 e) 950 a) 1772.9 b) 1882.9 c) 1893.3 1 2 3 Q.228) Find the x value and answer the given Q.211) 3 + 8 + 12 = 푥 d) 1782.9 e) 1832.8 7 7 7 question. a) 43.86 b) 33.86 c) 23.86 Q.244) 96 × 15 ÷ 3 × 13 + 566 =? 7 94446 12643 49 × + = 푥 a) 6806 b) 6608 c) 6680 d) 13.86 e) None of these 198 87381 269 d) 6783 e) 6875 Q.212) 22.22+88.88+55.55+45.55=x a) 90 b) 100 c) 220 8400 810 √729 a) 212.2 b) 213.3 c) 214.4 Q.245) + 3 + 3 =? d) 250 e) 150 60 √729 √27 d) 215.5 e) None of these Q.229) Find the value of x and answer the given a) 255 b) 241 c) 239 2푥 3 Q.213) 7 = 49 × 343 × 7 question. d) 210 e) 222 8 9 2 247 a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 +7+ + − 1 7 8 9 504 (42× ) 1 9 푥 √49 Q.246) ? = × √169 × 1 d) 4 e) None of these = 3 (24×52) −( ) 39 (144) 2 25 22 Q.214) 표푓 112 + 표푓 25 + 12.5% 표푓 400 = 푥 a) 1.5 b) 0.25 c) 1.25 28 11 a) 10 b) 3 c) 0 a) 250 b) 200 c) 150 d) 9 e) 18 d) 0.75 e) 0.50 1 d) 100 e) None of these Q.230) Find the x value and answer the given Q.247) ? = 28% of 650 + % of 5200 − 13 Q.215) 255+445+200-300=x question. 130% of 80 a) 400 b) 500 c) 600 7845 – 9859.14 + 8945.94 + 푥 = 23 × 138 + a) 72 b) 182 c) 90 d) 700 e) None of these 2303+ 45% 0f 9804 47 d) 82 e) None of these 445 648 446 1 Q.216) ? = 42% of 500 − 35% of 400 + 8% of 50 a) 803 b) 873 c) 773 Q.248) ? = × × × √25 12 18 534 a) 88 b) 72 c) 74 d) 793 e) 703 a) 248 b) 236 c) 223 d) 81 e) 84 2 Q.231) √676 × 25 + 19 × (4) – 609 ÷ 29 =? d) 251 e) 249 3 ? 16 2 Q.217) 8 = × 256 × a) 920 b) 933 c) 940 21 43 33 64 42 Q.249) ? = of 57 + of 75 + of 28 19 25 14 d) 931 e) 900 a) 2 1 b) 1 2 c) 2 2 3 3 3 a) 258 b) 239 c) 274 4 2 5 2 7 2 3 Q.232) 32 × {( ) ( ) ( ) } =? d) 2 e) None of these 5 7 8 d) 292 e) 285 5 2 2 3 3 2 1 34×12 15×45 a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 Q.250) ? = 11 × 5 ÷ √125 × 0.4 × 3 Q.218) ? = × √64 48×2 3×25 d) 8 e) 9 a) 15 b) 121 c) 11 a) 38.25 b) 41.55 c) 36.50 Q.233) 50% {186 3 30 6 60 12 표푓 ÷ × ÷ × ÷ + d) 55 e) 66 d) 31.75 e) 41.75 (34 × 64)} =? √225 Q.219) ? = √121 × × √49 a) 1750 b) 1754 c) 1863 33 d) 1850 e) 1650 a) 70 b) 35 c) 105 1 41 3 9 d) 15 e) 65 Q.234) 4 × ÷ 1 × × (? ) = 74 9 2 4 41 Q.220) ? = 33.03 + 133.33 − 333.33 + 1030.30 a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 a) 813.33 b) 873.33 c) 893.03 d) 11 e) 7 d) 843.33 e) 863.33 7 5 1 1 3 Q.235) 1 + 2 + 3 − 5 = × (? ) 4 3 2 8 4 8 4 8 Q.221) ? = of 77 + of 120 − of 108 7 10 9 a) 9 b) 8 c) 4 Chennai | Puducherry | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.inwww.RACEInstitute.i n Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore| Tirunelveli | Trivandrum | 9043303030 Ernakulam| Bengaluru | Chandigarh| Vellore |Legend Magazine | MAY - 2018| 64

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ (b) 287. (d) 288. (d) 289. (d) 290. (c) 291. (d) SIMPLIFICATION

ANSWER KEY: 292. (b) 293. (e) 294. (b) 295. (c) 296. (c) 297. ANSWER KEY: (b) 298. (b) 299. (c) 300. (d) 301. (a) 302. (d) 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (e) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (e) 5. (a) 6. (e) 7. (c) 8. 303. (e) 304. (a) 305. (c) 306. (d) 307. (a) 308. (e) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (d) (d) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (e) 14. (e) (b) 309. (c) 310. (c) 311. (c) 312. (b) 313. (b) 15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (e) 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. 15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (e) 19. (b) 20. (b) 21. 314. (d) 315. (a) 316. (c) 317. (a) 318. (b) 319. (b) 22. (d) 23. (e) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. (d) (d) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (e) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (c) (e) 320. (d) 321. (c) 322. (e) 323. (a) 324. (b) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (d) 31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (b) 34. 28. (a) 29. (e) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. 325. (e) 326. (b) 327. (d) 328. (d) 329. (c) 330. (b) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (e) 39. (b) 40. (c) (c) 35. (d) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (e) 40. (c) (b) 331. (a) 332. (c) 333. (e) 334. (b) 335. (d) 41. (b) 42. (c) 43. (c) 44. (b) 45. (e) 46. (b) 47. 41. (e) 42. (c) 43. (e) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. 336. (e) 337. (b) 338. (d) 339. (c) 340. (d) 341. (c) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (d) 51. (d) 52. (a) 53. (d) (e) 48. (b) 49. (d) 50. (b) 51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (c) (c) 342. (e) 343. (c) 344. (c) 345. (a) 346. (c) 54. (e) 55. (d) 56. (c) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (e) 60. 54. (a) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (a) 60. 347. (c) 348. (a) 349. (b) 350. (c) (d) 61. (b) 62. (b) 63. (b) 64. (c) 65. (e) 66. (d) (c) 61. (e) 62. (b) 63. (d) 64. (e) 65. (d) 66. (e)

67. (d) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (c) 71. (d) 72. (a) 73. 67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (c) 71. (a) 72. (d) 73.

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80. (b) 81. (b) 82. (a) 83. (b) 84. (a) 85. (e) 86. BANKING AWARENESS 80. (d) 81. (c) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (c) 85. (b) 86.

(a) 87. (b) 88. (b) 89. (a) 90. (b) 91. (c) 92. (b) ANSWER KEY: (d) 87. (c) 88. (e) 89. (a) 90. (d) 91. (a) 92. (e)

93. (c) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (c) 97. (e) 98. (d) 99. 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (e) 8. 93. (a) 94. (c) 95. (c) 96. (b) 97. (d) 98. (c) 99.

(c) 100. (c) 101. (b) 102. (a) 103. (c) 104. (d) (b) 9. (c) 10. (e) 11. (e) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (c) (b) 100. (e) 101. (c) 102. (b) 103. (d) 104. (c)

105. (b) 106. (a) 107. (c) 108. (d) 109. (c) 110. 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (e) 19. (b) 20. (b) 21. 105. (c) 106. (b) 107. (d) 108. (a) 109. (e) 110.

(b) 111. (d) 112. (d) 113. (b) 114. (b) 115. (c) (a) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (b) (d) 111. (c) 112. (e) 113. (c) 114. (d) 115. (b)

116. (c) 117. (c) 118. (c) 119. (d) 120. (b) 121. 28. (a) 29. (e) 30. (b) 31. (c) 32. (e) 33. (b) 34. 116. (b) 117. (c) 118. (d) 119. (b) 120. (c) 121.

(b) 122. (d) 123. (b) 124. (d) 125. (a) 126. (a) (b) 35. (e) 36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (c) (a) 122. (c) 123. (c) 124. (a) 125. (b) 126. (a)

127. (d) 128. (a) 129. (c) 130. (c) 131. (c) 132. 41. (d) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (d) 47. 127. (c) 128. (c) 129. (a) 130. (d) 131. (b) 132.

(b) 133. (a) 134. (b) 135. (b) 136. (c) 137. (d) (d) 48. (d) 49. (b) 50. (c) 51. (e) 52. (b) 53. (a) (d) 133. (e) 134. (d) 135. (b) 136. (a) 137. (c)

138. (e) 139. (e) 140. (c) 141. (a) 142. (c) 143. 54. (b) 55. (e) 56. (c) 57. (a) 58. (e) 59. (b) 60. 138. (d) 139. (b) 140. (d) 141. (c) 142. (a) 143.

(d) 144. (e) 145. (d) 146. (d) 147. (c) 148. (e) (b) 61. (e) 62. (d) 63. (c) 64. (d) 65. (c) 66. (d) (d) 144. (e) 145. (b) 146. (c) 147. (b) 148. (d)

149. (c) 150. (a) 151. (a) 152. (d) 153. (d) 154. 67. (e) 68. (d) 69. (a) 70. (b) 71. (c) 72. (b) 73. 149. (c) 150. (a) 151. (b) 152. (d) 153. (c) 154.

(a) 155. (d) 156. (a) 157. (b) 158. (c) 159. (e) (d) 74. (d) 75. (c) 76. (c) 77. (a) 78. (e) 79. (b) (a) 155. (e) 156. (b) 157. (c) 158. (d) 159. (e)

160. (d) 161. (c) 162. (e) 163. (a) 164. (c) 165. 80. (a) 81. (b) 82. (a) 83. (e) 84. (b) 85. (d) 86. 160. (e) 161. (d) 162. (c) 163. (b) 164. (a) 165.

(b) 166. (d) 167. (d) 168. (d) 169. (a) 170. (c) (d) 87. (e) 88. (c) 89. (d) 90. (e) 91. (c) 92. (c) (b) 166. (c) 167. (a) 168. (d) 169. (b) 170. (e)

171. (a) 172. (b) 173. (d) 174. (a) 175. (e) 176. 93. (e) 94. (e) 95. (c) 96. (a) 97. (c) 98. (e) 99. 171. (c) 172. (a) 173. (d) 174. (b) 175. (e) 176.

(e) 177. (b) 178. (d) 179. (c) 180. (e) 181. (d) (a) 100. (d) 101. (a) 102. (d) 103. (b) 104. (d) (c) 177. (e) 178. (d) 179. (c) 180. (d) 181. (a)

182. (b) 183. (d) 184. (e) 185. (e) 186. (e) 187. 105. (e) 106. (b) 107. (c) 108. (d) 109. (c) 110. 182. (c) 183. (e) 184. (e) 185. (c) 186. (d) 187.

(a) 188. (c) 189. (e) 190. (d) 191. (c) 192. (d) (d) 111. (b) 112. (b) 113. (a) 114. (b) 115. (d) (c) 188. (b) 189. (c) 190. (a) 191. (c) 192. (c)

193. (e) 194. (c) 195. (a) 196. (b) 197. (d) 198. 116. (b) 117. (b) 118. (d) 119. (b) 120. (e) 121. 193. (b) 194. (b) 195. (c) 196. (b) 197. (e) 198.

(a) 199. (c) 200. (e) 201. (d) 202. (b) 203. (c) (d) 122. (c) 123. (c) 124. (a) 125. (e) 126. (d) (d) 199. (a) 200. (c) 201. (d) 202. (b) 203. (c)

204. (e) 205. (b) 206. (d) 207. (e) 208. (a) 209. 127. (b) 128. (e) 129. (d) 130. (e) 131. (d) 132. 204. (e) 205. (b) 206. (e) 207. (b) 208. (a) 209.

(c) 210. (b) 211. (c) 212. (a) 213. (d) 214. (e) (b) 133. (c) 134. (c) 135. (d) 136. (b) 137. (b) (e) 210. (a) 211. (c) 212. (a) 213. (d) 214. (b)

215. (c) 216. (b) 217. (d) 218. (e) 219. (d) 220. 138. (a) 139. (d) 140. (b) 141. (b) 142. (c) 143. 215. (c) 216. (c) 217. (b) 218. (a) 219. (b) 220.

(c) 221. (c) 222. (d) 223. (b) 224. (e) 225. (c) (d) 144. (c) 145. (e) 146. (e) 147. (b) 148. (b) (e) 221. (c) 222. (a) 223. (d) 224. (b) 225. (c)

226. (b) 227. (b) 228. (e) 229. (b) 230. (d) 231. 149. (e) 150. (a) 151. (b) 152. (d) 153. (c) 154. 226. (d) 227. (b) 228. (b) 229. (d) 230. (e) 231.

(a) 232. (e) 233. (b) 234. (d) 235. (c) 236. (d) (b) 155. (d) 156. (e) 157. (e) 158. (c) 159. (b) (b) 232. (d) 233. (c) 234. (e) 235. (b) 236. (b)

237. (c) 238. (b) 239. (e) 240. (c) 241. (c) 242. 160. (e) 161. (b) 162. (c) 163. (c) 164. (a) 165. 237. (c) 238. (a) 239. (e) 240. (b) 241. (d) 242.

(d) 243. (c) 244. (d) 245. (a) 246. (c) 247. (d) (b) 166. (c) 167. (e) 168. (c) 169. (c) 170. (a) (c) 243. (b) 244. (a) 245. (c) 246. (d) 247. (d)

248. (b) 249. (b) 250. (c) 251. (b) 252. (b) 253. 171. (e) 172. (c) 173. (b) 174. (e) 175. (c) 176. 248. (c) 249. (a) 250. (c)

259. (b) 260. (c) 261. (c) 262. (b) 263. (b) 264. 182. (d) 183. (a) 184. (c) 185. (c) 186. (b) 187.

(b) 265. (c) 266. (c) 267. (c) 268. (a) 269. (d) (c) 188. (d) 189. (d) 190. (e) 191. (e) 192. (a)

270. (c) 271. (e) 272. (d) 273. (d) 274. (c) 275. 193. (a) 194. (c) 195. (e) 196. (d) 197. (c) 198.

(d) 276. (c) 277. (c) 278. (e) 279. (c) 280. (b) (a) 199. (a) 200. (c)

281. (a) 282. (a) 283. (e) 284. (c) 285. (a) 286.