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1. Balance of Trade :

The value of a countrys exports minus the value of its imports. Unless specified as the balance of

merchandise trade, it normallyincorporates trade in services, including earnings (interest, dividends, etc.)

on financial assets.

2. Balance of Payments :

A list of all of a countrys international transactions for a given time period, usually one year. Payments

into the country (receipts) are entered as positive numbers, called credits; Payments out of the country

(payments) are entered as negative numbers called debits. A singlenumbers summarize all of a countrys

international transactions: the balance of payments surplus.

3. MFN (Most Favoured Nation) :

The principle, fundamental to the GATT, of treating imports from a country on the same basis as that

given to the most favoured other nation. That is, and with some exceptions, every country gets the lowest

tariff that any country gets, and reductions in tariffs to one country are provided also to others.

4. Balanced Budget :

A government budget surplus that is zero, thus with net tax revenue equaling expenditure. A balanced

budget changes in policy or behavior is one which a component of the government budget, usually taxes,

is adjusted as necessary to maintain a balanced budget.

5. Balanced Growth of an Economy :

Growth of an economy in which all aspects of it, especially factors of production, grow at the same rate.

6. Bank Rate :

The interest rate charges by a central bank to commercial banks for very short term loans.

7. Repo Rate :

Whenever the banks have any shortage of funds they can borrow it form RBI. Repo rate is the rate at

which commercial banks borrows rupees from RBI. A reduction in the repo rate will help banks to get

money at cheaper rate. When the repo rate increases borrowing form RBI becomes more expensive.

8. Reverse Repo Rate :

Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which RBI borrows money from commercial banks. Banks are always

happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in the safe hands with a good interest. An increase in

reverse repo rate can cause the banks to transfer more funds to RBI due to this attractive interest rates.

9. CRR (Cash Reverse Ratio) :

CRR is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI increases CRR, the available

amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method (increase of CRR), to drain out theexcessive money from the banks.

10. SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) :

SLR is the amount a commercial banks needs to maintain in the form of cash, or gold, or govt. approved

securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its customers. SLR rate is determined and maintained by RBI

in order to control the expansion of the bank credit.

Need of SLR:

With the SLR, the RBI can ensure the solvency of a commercial banks. It is also helpful to control the
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expansion of the Bank credits. By changing SLR rates, RBI can increase or decrease bank credit

expansion. Also through SLR, RBI compels the commercial banks to invest in the government securities

like govt. bonds.

Main use of SLR:

SLR is used to control inflation and propel growth. Through SLR rate the money supply in the system can

be controlled effectively.11. Fiscal Deficit :

A deficit in the government budget of a country and represents the excess of expenditure over income.

So this is the amount of borrowed funds require by the government to meet its expenditures completely.

12. Direct Tax :

A direct tax is that which is paid directly by someone to taxing authority. Income tax and property tax are

an examples of direct tax. They are not shifted to somebody else.

13. Indirect Tax :

This type of tax is not paid by someone to the authorities and it is actually passed on to the other in the

form of increased cost. They are levied on goods and services produced or purchased. Excise Tax, Sales

Tax, Vat, Entertainment tax are indirect taxes.

14. NOSTRO Account :

A Nostro account is maintained by an Indian Bank in the foreign countries.

15. VOSTRO Account :

A Vostro account is maintained by a foreign bank in India with their corresponding bank.

16. SDR (Special Drawing Rights) :

SDR are new form of International reserve assets, created by the International Monetary Fund in 1967.

The value of SDR is based on the portfolio of widely used countries and they are maintained as

accounting entries and not as hard currency or physical assets like Gold

A C Shah Committee: NBFC

A Ghosh Committee: Final Accounts

A Ghosh Committee: Modalities Of Implementation Of New 20 Point Programme

A Ghosh Committee: Frauds & Malpractices In BanksAbid Hussain Committee: Development Of Capital Markets

Adhyarjuna Committee: Changes In NI Act And Stamp Act

AK Bhuchar Committee: Coordination Between Term Lending Institutions And Commercial Banks

B Eradi Committee: Insolvency And Wind Up Laws

B Sivaraman Committee: Institutional Credit For Agricultural & Rural Development

B Venkatappaiah Committee: All India Rural Credit Review

BD Shah Committee: Stock Lending Scheme


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BD Thakar Committee: Job Criteria In Bank Loans (Approach)

Bhagwati Committee: Unemployment

Bhagwati Committee: Public Welfare

Bhave Committee: Share Transfer Reforms

Bhide Committee: Coordination Between Commercial Banks And SFCs

Bhootlingam Committee: Wage, Income & Prices

C Rao Committee: Agricultural Policy

CE Kamath Committee: Multi Agency Approach In Agricultural Finance

Chatalier Committee: Finance To Small Scale Industry

Chesi Committee: Direct Taxes

Cook Committee (On Behalf Of BIS Under Basel Committee ):Capital Adequacy Of Banks

D R Mehta Committee: Review Progress And Recommend Improvement Measures Of IRDP

Damle Committee: MICR

Dandekar Committee: Regional Imbalances

Dantwala Committee: Estimation Of Employments

Dave Committee: Mutual Funds (Functioning)

Dharia Committee: Public Distribution System

DR Gadgil Committee: Agricultural FinanceDutta Committee: Industrial Licensing

G Lakshmai Narayan Committee: Extension Of Credit Limits On Basis Of Consortium

G Sundaram Committee: Export Credit

Gadgil Committee (1969): Lead Banking System

Godwala Committee: Rural Finance

Goiporia Committee: Customer Service In Banks

GS Dahotre Committee: Credit Requirements Of Leasing Industry

GS Patel Committee: Carry Forward System On Stock Exchanges

Hathi Committee: Soiled Banknotes

Hazari Committee (1967): Industrial Policy

IT Vaz Committee: Working Capital Finance In Banks

J Reddy Committee: Reforms In Insurance Sector

James Raj Committee: Functioning Of Public Sector Banks

Jankiramanan Committee: Securities Transactions Of Banks & Financial Institutions

JV Shetty Committee: Consortium Advances

K Madhav Das Committee: Urban Cooperative Banks

Kalyansundaram Committee: Introduction Of Factoring Services In India

Kamath Committee: Education Loan Scheme

Karve Committee: Small Scale Industry

KB Chore Committee: To Review The Symbol Of Cash Credit Q

Khanna Committee: Non Performing Assets

Khusrau Committee: Agricultural Credit

KS Krishnaswamy Committee: Role Of Banks In Priority Sector And 20 Point Economic ProgrammeL K Jha Committee: Indirect Taxes

LC Gupta Committee: Financial Derivatives

Mahadevan Committee: Single Window System

Mahalanobis Committee: Income Distribution

Marathe Committee: Licensing Of New Banks

ML Dantwala Committee: Regional Rural Banks

Mrs. KS Shere Committee: Electronic Fund Transfer

Nadkarni Committee: Improved Procedures For Transactions In PSU Bonds And Units


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Nariman Committee: Branch Expansion Programme

Narsimham Committee: Financial System

Omkar Goswami Committee: Industrial Sickness And Corporate Restructuring

P R Nayak Committee: Institutional Credit To SSI Sector

P Selvam Committee: Non Performing Assets Of Banks

PC Luther Committee: Productivity, Operational Efficiency & Profitability Of Banks

PD Ojha Committee: Service Area Approach

Pendarkar Committee: Review The System Of Inspection Of Commercial, RRB And Urban

Cooperative Banks

Pillai Committee: Pay Scales Of Bank Officers

PL Tandon Committee: Export Strategy

PR Khanna Committee: Develop Appropriate Supervisory Framework For NBFC

Purshottam Das Committee: Agricultural Finance And Cooperative Societies

R Jilani Banks: Inspection System Of Banks

R S Saria Committee: Agricultural Finance And Cooperative Societies

Raghavan Committee: Competition Law

Raja Chelliah Committee: Tax Reforms

Rajamannar Committee: Centre State Fiscal RelationshipsRajamannar Committee: Changes In Banking Laws , Bouncing Of Cheques Etc

Rakesh Mohan Committee:Petro Chemical Sector

Ram Niwas Mirdha Committee (JPC): Securities Scam

Rangrajan Committee: Computerization Of Banking Industry

Rangrajan Committee: Public Sector Disinvestment

Rashid Jilani Committee: Cash Credit System

Ray Committee: Industrial Sickness

RG Saraiya Committee (1972): Banking Commission

RH Khan Committee: Harmonization Of Banks And Ssis

RK Hajare Committee: Differential Interest Rates Scheme

RK Talwar Committee: Customer Service

RK Talwar Committee: Enactment Having A Bearing On Agro Landings By Commercial Banks

RN Malhotra Committee: Reforms In Insurance Sector

RN Mirdha Committee: Cooperative Societies

RV Gupta Committee: Agricultural Credit Delivery

S Padmanabhan Committee: Onsite Supervision Function Of Banks

S Padmanabhan Committee: Inspection Of Banks (By RBI)

Samal Committee: Rural Credit

SC Choksi Committee: Direct Tax Law

Shankar Lal Gauri Committee: Agricultural Marketing

SK Kalia Committee: Role Of NGO And SHG In Credit

SL Kapoor Committee: Institutional Credit To SSI

Sodhani Committee: Foreign Exchange Markets In NRI Investment In IndiaSS Kohli Committee: Rehabilitation Of Sick Industrial Units

SS Kohli Committee: Rationalization Of Staff Strength In Banks

SS Kohli Committee: Willful Defaulters

SS Nadkarni Committee: Trading In Public Sector Banks

SS Tarapore Committee: Capital Account Convertibility

Sukhmoy Chakravarty Committee: To Review The Working Of Monetary System

Tambe Committee: Term Loans To SSI

Tandon Committee: Follow Up Of Bank Credit


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Tandon Committee: Industrial Sickness

Thakkar Committee: Credit Schemes To Self Employed

Thingalaya Committee: Restructuring Of RRB

Tiwari Committee: Rehabilitation Of Sick Industrial Undertakings

UK Sharma Committee: Lead Bank Scheme (Review)

Usha Thorat Panel: Financial Inclusion

Vaghul Committee: Mutual Fund Scheme

Varshney Committee: Revised Methods For Loans (>2 Lakhs)

Venketaiya Committee: Review Of Rural Financing System

Vipin Malik Committee: Consolidated Accounting By Banks

VT Dehejia Committee: To Study Credit Needs Of IndustryAnd Trade Likely To Be Inflated

Vyas Committee: Rural Credit

Wanchoo Committee: Direct Taxes

WS Saraf Committee: Technology Issues In Banking Industry

Y H Malegam Committee: Disclosure Norms For Public Issues

YV Reddy Committee: Reforms In Small Savings

1.BSBDA Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

2.FCNR(B) Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank

3. TARC Tax Administration Reform Commission

4.ITEs: Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures

5.LCR: Liquidity Coverage Ratio

6.NSFR: Net Stable Funding Ratio

7.LRMT: Liquidity risk monitoring tools8.CBS: Core Banking Solution

9.DEAF: Depositor Education and Awareness Fund

10.CRAR: Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio

11.External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)

12.SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

13.FSLRC: Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission

14.MIBOR: Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate

15.LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offer Rate

16.LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility

17.GIRO Government Internal Revenue Order

18.EEFCExchange Earners Foreign Currency

19.FRBMA: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act

20.ALM- Asset Liability Management

21.AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India.

22.TIEA Tax Information exchange Agreement

23.CAR Cash Adequacy Ratio

24.CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

25.CECA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement


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26.CEPA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

27.DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

28.DTC Direct Tax Code

29.ECBs External Commercial Borrowings

30.EEFCExchange Earners Foreign Currency

31.EFSF European Financial Stability Facility32.FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act

33.FII Foreign Institutional Investor.

34.FINO- Financial Inclusion Network Operation

35.FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion board

36.FSLRC Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission

37.FTA- Free trade agreement

38.GAAR General anti avoidance rule

39.GSLV Geo-SynchronousLaunch Vehicle

40.MSF-Marginal Standing Facility

41.NBFC-Non Banking Finance Companies

42.NCTC National Counter-Terrorism Centre

43.NEFT National Electronic Funds Transfer

44.NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group

45.PPP Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity

46.PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle

47.RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement

48.SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio

49. TAPI Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India.

50. QFI -Qualified Foreign Investors

51. VVPAT -Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail

52. Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA)

1. who is thecurrent loksabha speaker?

ans:Meira Kumar
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2. Who is theDeputy Chairmanof the Rajya Sabha?

ans:pj kuryan

3. who is the current rajya sabha chairman?

ans:Mohammad Hamid Ansari

4. americais inwhich partof theworld?

Ans: in Northern hemisphere5.how manymembersare ineuropian union?

ans:28 members

6. Who became thefirst playerto win four successive ballon dor awards ?

Answer:Lionel Mess

7.how manymember in IMF.?

Answer:188 Members

8. Who is known as thefather of Indian Cricket?

Answer:Renjith Singh

9.2013 republic day guest

Answer:King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

10. name ofprotein in milk

Answer:casein

11.Which element has no nutron?

Answer:Hydrogen

12. Kalinga Prizeis related to ___?

Answer:Popularization of Science

13.silent valley biosphereis in

Answer:palakad,kerala

14.Zindagi Ka Karvanbook is anautobiographyof

Answer: Former prime ministerchandrasekhar

15.who is thecurrent nawab of patudi?

Answer:Saif Ali Khan


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1) Thomas Bach elected as the President of International Olympic Committee.

2) KC Ponnappa took over the Office as Chairman of Nilgiri Planters Association.

3) Deepak Sandhu became the First Woman Chief Information Commissioner on 5th September, 2013.

She took over from Satyananda Mishra.

4) Poonam Khetrapal Singh Elected Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region Court.

5) BN Talukdar, Director for exploration in Oil India Ltd. (OIL) was appointed as the new Director G

eneral of DGH.

6) The ruling Cambodian Peoples Party (CPP) ofincumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen on 8th September,

2013 was reelected to power.

7) Harish Lakshman elected New President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association.

8 )Sanjay Govind Dhande appointed as UGC Member.

9) Ruchira Kamboj appointed the Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO.

10) Jawaid Akhtar elected as the Chairperson of International Coffee Council.

11) TV Narendran appointed as the New Managing Director Tata Steel.

12) Ravindra Kumar elected as the President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS).

13) Ramlubhya appointed as the Rajasthan State Election Commissioner.14) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appointed Rakesh Sood as his new Special envoy for

Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.

15) Ashok Vemuri appointed as the President and CEO of iGate Corporation.

16) National Spot Exchange on 16th September, 2013 appointed Saji Cherian as the new Managing

Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company.

17) P. Sudhakar appointed as the CMD of Electronics Corporation of India Ltd.

18) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant appointed as the New Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

19) Nancy Gibbs appointed as the Managing Editor of Time Magazine.

20) Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australias new Prime Minister on 18th September, 2013 at

GovernmentHouse in Canberra, Australia.
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1. A C SHAH NON BANKING FINANCIAL COMPANY

2. BIMAN JALAN MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE INSTRNMENTS

3. MALEGAM FUNCTIONING OF MICRO FINANCE

4. BIRLA CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

5. KIRITH PARIKH RATIONALISATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

6. CHATURVEDI IMRPOVING NATIONAL HIGHWAYS7. SR HASHIM URBAN POVERTY

8. ABHIJIT SEN WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX

9. C RANGARAJAN SERVICES PRICES INDEX AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

10. ABID HUSSAIN DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL MARKETS

11. DAMADORAN CUSTOMER SERVICE IN BANKS

12. KHANDELWAL HUMAN RESOURCE IN COMMERCIAL BANKS

13. PATIL CORPORATE DEBT

14. V K SHARMA CREDIT TO MARGINAL FARMERS

15. SARANGI NON PERFORMING ASSETS

16. KHANNA REGIONAL RURAL BANKS

17. DANTAWALA LEAD BANK SCHEME18. GADGIL FINANCIAL INCLUSION

19. THORAT DEREGULATION OF SMALL SAVING DEPOSIT RATES

20. DEEPAK MOHANTY MONETARY SYSTEM IN INDIA

21. RAGHURAM RAJAN FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS

22. NARESH CHANDRA CIVIL AVIATION

23. RAKESH MOHAN RAILWAYS

24. KAKODKAR RAIL SAFETY

25. PITRODA RAIL MODERNIZATION

JANUARY


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The person who on 25 January 2013 became Czech Republics first directly elected President as per

the Czech Republic Presidential election results-Milos

Zeman.

The Bollywood superstar who topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list- Shahrukh Khan

The renowned playback singer, who on 26 January 2013 refused to accept the prestigious Padma

Bhushan Sreeramamurthy Janaki

The ballistic missile successfully test fired by India with a strike range of around 700 kilometres, from an

underwater platform in Bay of Bengal-K15

The Kannada authorwho was shortlisted among other ten authors for prestigious International Man

Booker Prize for Fiction 2013-UR Ananthamurthy

The major of Rashtriya Rifles who was selected for Kirti Chakra for his extraordinary bravery efforts in

counter- terrorist operations in J&K-Major Abup J Manjali

The mastermind of 26/11 terror attack who was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment by the U.S.

Federal District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber-David Coleman Headley

The Islamic school of India which on 23 January 2013 demanded that the controversial writers should

be banned from 6th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)- Darul Uloom Deoband

The two Scientists awarded with the prestigious Aryabhatta Award instituted by the Astronautical

Society of India (ASI)- Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat The Chennai-born Scientist of Indian Origin and President of Micronutrient Initiative, Canada who

wasawarded with Canadas Highest Civilian Award the Order of Canada- Venkatesh Mannar

The former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor who constituted the 14th Finance Commission under

Union Government in January 2013-Yaga Venugopal Reddy

The place at which the foundation stone of the state -of-the-art National Data Centre of Unique

Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was laid-Manesar, Gurgaon in Haryana

The first fast patrol vessel (FPV), launched by Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL ) on 8 January 2013 which was

built for the Indian Coast Guard Aadesh

The Special Bench of Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hear cases of crime against

women was constituted by-Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir

Keeping under consideration the sharp increase in the cost of materials, the Union Cabinet in January2013 approved the Ministry of Rural Developments proposal to increase the unit cost under-Indira Awaas

Yojana (IAY)

The person elected by Shiv Sena as the President of the Party on 23 January 2013 at Sena

Headquarters at Dadar, Central Mumbai- Uddhav Thackeray

The BJP President who on 22 January 2013 resigned from his post as after his resignation, Rajnath

Singh was elected as the party chief- Nitin Gadkari

The Female sports personalities and the Olympic Bronze Medalists who on 22 Jan. 2013 nominated by


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Election Commission of India as National Icons- Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal

The largest shore patrol vessel which was commissioned in the eastern coast for maritime surve illance

around Andaman and Nicobar Islands- NS Saryu

Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh who merged his Jan Kranti Party with Bhartiya Janta Party,

during the Atal Shankhnaad Rally of BJP at Lucknow- Kalyan Singh

The third oldest elephant of the world, which celebrated its 66th birthday at the Inokashira Park Zoo ofJapan- Hanako

The congress MP who on 19 January 2013 declared the new vice-president of

Indian National Congress after the decision made by the Congress Working Committee Rahul Gandhi

The actor and the actress who bagged the best actor and actress award in

the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards given away on 20 January 2013-Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan

The Dutch Coach who in the month of January was appointed as the High Performance Direct or for

Indian Hockey Team- Roelant Oltmans

The Indian researcherwho was selected to be felicitated with the Young Investigator Scholarship Award

for his work on Alzheimers drug- Mahaveer Golechha

The Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs, who was elected as a leader of

Indian delegation for World Economic Forum 2013- Kamal Nath

Indian-origin women who became the first woman and the 9th Speaker of the Singapore Parliament on

14 January 2013 by replacing Michael Palmer- Halimah Yacob

The place at where ITU summoned the World Conference on International Tele communications held

from 3-14 Dec 2012- Dubai

The former all-rounder of India from Surat who died on 13 January 2013 in Mumbai at the age of 76

years- Rusi Framroze Surti

The place at which Indian and Pakistani armies held Brigade Commander-level flag meeting- Chakan-

Da-Bagh in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

FEBRUARY :

The new communication satellite launched by NASA on 31 January 2013 to stay in touch with its space

station astronauts- TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)

The person who emerged as winner to the first direct Presidential elections held in Czech Republic on

25 January 2013 -Milos Zeman

The renowned painter of Bengal School died on 1 February 2013 following a brief illness at Kolkata

hospital- Shanu Lahiri

The prominent Pakistani journalist died on 2 February 2013 in New York following 4 -year long fight with

cancer Ayesha Haroon

World cancer day was observed on 4 February 2013

Solicitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4 February 2013- Rohinton F Nariman

The Australian cricket captain who won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne on 4 February 2013 -Michael Clarke

President ofRepublic of Mauritius who visited India from 3 Jan 2013 to 10 Jan 2013 and was honoured

with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award- Rajkeswur Purryag

The King of Bhutan who visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013 and was the Chief Guest for

theRepublic Day Celebration Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

The fourth largest private sector Bank of India which was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated

Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region- YES Bank


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The Parliament Attack Convict, who was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at Tihar Jail after his mercy petition was

cancelled by the President of India- Afzal Guru

The Advocate-General of West Bengal who resigned from his office on 8 Feb 2013- Anindya Kumar

Mitra

The 72 years old table tennis legend who died in Beijing on 10 February 2013 following lengthy fight

with cancer- Zhuang Zedong The sitar legend was honoured with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award on 9

February 2013- Pandit Ravi Shankar

US Marine General who took over the command of the NATO -led International Security Assistance

Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan- Joseph Dunford

Conference for South Asian Autism Network (SAAN) for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was

concluded on -11 Feb 2013

Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9

February 2013 Operation Three Star

The short range surface-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February 2013 -Hatf IX (NASR)

The Person appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi on 12 February 2013 - Kalyan Kumar

Chakravarty

Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom Bhutan was on an official visit to India from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb.

2013- Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley

World Radio Day was observed on which day to raise awareness about the importance of radio - 12

February 2013

The former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, who sworn in as the Lokayukta on 14 February 2013 -

Y Bhaskar Rao

The theme of 27nd edition of Surajkund mela that was ended on 15 February 2013 was Karnataka

The person who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations on

13 February 2013- Asoke Kumar Mukerji

The Country which banned the Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the third week of February 2013

because of the fears of Hindi invasion Bangladesh

The Ecuadors President who was re-elected for a third term with more than 50 percent of the vote-

Rafael Correa

The Person who was conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development

Award 2011 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 -Ela Ramesh Bhatt

The former Union Minister and three times MP for Rajya Sabha, who died at the age of 68 on 19

February 2013 Radhakishan Malviya

The former LIC chief who took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development

Authority (IRDA) on 21 February 2013- T. S. Vijayan

The former head of Tata Group who was awarded the life time achievement award 2012 by Ernst &

Young on 21 February 2013- Ratan Tata The Car Rally that was flagged off from the Helipad Ground in Salt Lake Stadium, West Bengal on 22

February 2013- Silk Route Car Rally

The playbook which won four awards at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on 24 February

2013- Silver Linings Playbook

The Person who had sworn -in as the first woman President of South Korea on 25 February 2013- Park

Geun-hye

MARCH :


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The Surface Drive Based Interceptor of Indian Coast Guard Commissioned by the Chief Secretary to

Government of Maharashtra- Interceptor Boat C-154

The CMD, of NLC (Neyveli Lign ite Corporation) who was conferred with the CEO with HR Orientation

Award at the World HRD Congress 2013 in Mumbai-B Surender Mohan

The book released by the Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari which is written by K. Natwar Singh,

the former Union Minister for External Affairs-Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past. The Congress MP from Banaskantha who passed away on 1 March 2013 in Ahmadabad because of

multiple organ failure-Mukesh Gadhvi

The place where the second meeting of India- Afghanistan-US trilateral dialogue was held New Delhi

Famous Italian musician and composer who had written the scores for about 300 films died at the age of

95- Armando Trovajoli

The former news editor of The Indian Express who died on 3 March 2013 in Ne w Delhi following a

cardiac arrest-SK Varma

The person who was appointed as the new High Commissioner to Maldives replacing D M Mulay -

Rajeev Shahare

The Business tycoon who retained his title as the richest person of India for the sixth consecutive yea r

with the net worth of 21.5 billion US Dollars-Mukesh Ambani

The author who was selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer-Hariram

Meena

The Venezuelan President who died due to cancer on 5 March 2013 at Caracas -Hugo Chavez

The Person who conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur

Rahman-Pranab Mukherjee

The Person who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second term by taking oath as

26th CM of the state-Mukul Manda Sangma

The Pollitical leader of Naga Peoples Front (NPF) was sworn in as Chief Minister of Nagaland for the

third straight term on 5 March 2013-Neiphiu Rio

The chairman of local organising committee of the 2015 World Cup who died at the ag e of 68-James

Strong

The Person who took over as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Thermal Power Corporation

(NTPC)-MRP Rao

The people who was selected by the Parliamentary Award Committee for Outstanding Parliamentarian

Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively- Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav

The city which won the award for most liveable Indian city by IPSOS Best City Survey and Awards 2013

event in New Delhi -Nagpur

Venezuelan Vice- President who was sworn in as Venezuela s acting president- Nicolas Maduro

86 years old Former West Bengal Governor and industrialist who died in Jordan after a heart attack -

Viren J Shah

Former CBI Director, who was appointed as Governor of Nagaland- Ashwani Kumar The Managing Director ofGeojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd, who was elected as the chairman,

CII Kerala State Council for 2013-14- C J George

The India Tourism Film, which claimed First Prize at 11th Golden City Gate Awards- Find What You

Seek

76 years old legendary painter who died after a heart attack at a city hospital in Kolkata- Ganesh Pyne

The new leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), who was appointed as the President of China -

Xi Jinping


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The Chief Justice who was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by taking over the office from

Baburam Bhattarai- Khil Raj Regmi

The winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel The Garden of Evening Mists - Tan Twan

Eng

The person who was elected as the Chairman of CII Karnataka Soumitra Bhattacharya

The date on which World Consumer Rights Day was observed for creating awareness in terms ofconsumer protection measures as well as consumer rights 15 March 2013.

APRIL :

The Person who was sworn-in as the Fourth President of Kenya on 9 April 2013- Uhuru Kenyatta

The Electric utilities company which was conferred with the Business Leader in the Power Sector at the

NDTV Business Leadership Awards in New Delhi on 9 April 2013- NTPC Ltd

The nuclear-capable Missile which was successfully test-fired by Pakistan on 10 April 2013. Hatf-IV

ballistic missile

The day which was observed as National Safe Motherhood day across India -11 April 2013

The Person who was appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on population

and Development on 11 April 2013 at Bangkok- PJ Kurien

The Legendary Actor who was awarded with Bollywoods Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award on

12 April 2013- Pran

The anti-British revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub continent decessive past

died at Kolkata at the age of 104 years Binod Bihari Chowdhary

The Palestinian Prime Minister who resigned on 13 April 2013 after falling out with president Mahmud

Abbas- Salam Fayyad

The Indian Politician who was unanimously re- elected as the national President of Janata Dal (United)

for third time in a row, on 14 April 2013- Sharad Yadav

The Person who was declared the winner of Venezuelas presidential election on 14 April 2013 - Nicolas

Maduro

The Indian-Origin Economist who Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013- Raj Chetty

The Person who as per the 16th Annual Global CEO survey, was figured among the top three most

admired leaders of the world- Mahatma Gandhi

The International Newspaper which had won four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April 2013, .including the award

for investigative reporting for stories- New York Times

The Person who took over as the Managing Director of Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)

on 16 April 2013- Sunil Kumar.

MAY :

The Book Released by Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and compiled by Kumar Deepak Das-

An Ardent Patriot Dinesh Goswami

The Parliamentary Speaker who on Parliamentary Speaker who sworn in as Bangladesh President to

replace Zillur Rahman- Abdul Hamid An IAS officer of the 1979 batch who on 1 May 2013 was appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra

Pradesh government- Prasanna Kumar Mohanty

The Former President of Pakistan who was imposed with a lifetime ban from contesting elections-

Pervez Musharraf

The communication Satellite successfully launched by China from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in

Sichuan province- Zhongxing-11

The last British member of the Church of North Indias Delhi Brotherhood who passed away on 30 April


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2013- Father Ian Weathrall

The day celebrated as the World Press Freedom Day across the world with a theme safe to Speak- 3

May 2013

The Indian national and a death row prisoner in the Lahores Kot Lakhpat Jail who died on 2 May 2013

at the Lahores Jinnah hospital- Sarabjit Singh

The young Indian biologist who was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, inLondon on 2 May 2013- Aparajita Datta

The former tour player and president of ATP since January 2012 who died on 3 May 2013 - Brad Drewett

The Person who on 3 May 2013 took over the office of Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand for second time-

Subhash Kumar

The prosecutor who was handling the Mumbai terror attack and Bhutto assassination case was gunned

down in Islamabad- Zulfiqar Ali

Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who was appointed as the special envoy to India to work out on fair trials

for the Italian Marines- Staffan de Mistura

The Prime Minister of Italy who died on 6 May 2013 at Rome after serving as the Italian Prime Minister

seven times between 1972 and 1992- Giulio Andreotti

The first ever national surfing and stand up paddle (SUP) competition of India concluded at Kovalam

beach on 5 May 2013- Spice Coast Open

The Senegalese singer and Finnish composer who were named as the recipients of Polar Mus ic Prize

2013- Youssou Ndour and Kaija Saariaho

An Indian conglomerate company who created a new Guinness World Record on 6 May 2013 when its

121653 workers sang Indias national anthem in Lucknow- Sahara India Pariwar

The Pakistani Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu died at the hospital

in Chandigarh on 9 May 2013- Sanaullah Ranjay

The person who was appointed as the Head of the World Trade Organisation and will take the charge of

his office from outgoing Pascal Lamy in September 2013- Roberto Azevedo

The English film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist, who died on 8 May 2013 in Virginia Water,

Surrey following the long illness- Bryan Forbes

The Legendary actor who was presented with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time

achievement 10 May 2013- Pran

The leader of the Indian National Congress who on 11 May 2013 was sworn in as the 22nd chief

minister of the state of Karnataka- Siddaramaiah

The Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh State Assembly and a senior leader of Congress Party who

died due to cardiac arrest- Harvansh Singh

The renowned Islamic Scholar and recipient of National Communal Harmony Award in 1997, who died

on 14 May 2013- Asghar Ali Engineer

The acting director of IRS who had resigned amid the criticism over the tax agencys handling of

conservative groups seeking tax- exempt status- Steven Miller The Person who on 16 May 2013 appointed as governor of Arunachal Pradesh as the term of present

incumbent Gen (retd) J J Singh ended in January 2013- Nirbhay Sharma

The Saudi woman who made history by reaching the Everest summit - the worlds highest mountain-

Raha Moharrak

The place where the 45th Session of the Indian Labour Conference concluded on 18 May 2013 - New

Delhi

The Person who on 19 May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest. Samina


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Baig is 22 years of age- Samina Baig

NASAs Mars Rover which broke the 40-year- old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May 2013, after

9 long years of Mars exploration- Opportunity rover

The Person who was elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO

during the 65th Executive Council of WMO meeting which is ongoing at Geneva- Laxman Singh Rathore.

JUNE: The principal architect of Indias missile programmes who on 31 May 2013 was appointed DRDO chief

and scientific advisor to defence minister- Avinash Chander

The person who resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot -fixing

scandal- Rajiv Shukla

The name of bombs which is being developed by India for its fighter jets, which are expected to be

geared up for deployment by the end of year 2014- Glide Bombs

The Person who was appointed new Prime Minister of Palestine, by Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013

Rami Hamdallah

The 25-year old Bollywood actress who allegedly committed suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu

residence in Mumbai Jiah Khan

The Person who became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 with his five

schoolmates- Raghav Joneja

The Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013 elected as the Speaker

of the National Assembly of Pakistan- Ayaz Sadiq

The Person who became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a

full term of four years- Lydia Nsekera

The theme of World Environment Day which was observed on 5 June 2013 -Think, Eat, Save Reduce

Your Foodprint

The Person who was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5

June 2013- Susan Elizabeth Rice

The Australian radio presenters who responsible for Royal prank and was awarded with Jock by the

employer- Michael Christian.

The Person who on 6 June 2013 was reelected as the chairman of India Bank Association (IBA) for

2013-14 tenure- KR Kamath

The Irish writer who won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane which is

the portrayal of Ireland of 2053- Kevin Barry

The Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of

human rights- Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)

Name the Scottish author, who is best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road,

died of Cancer on 9 June 2013- Iain Banks

The BJP leader who resigned from all top positions of BJP on 10 June 2013 a day after Narendra Modi

was selected as the chairman partys election campaign - LK Advani A former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple

organ failure- Vidya Charan Shukla

The theme of World Day against Child Labour which was celebrated on 12 June 2013-No to Child

Labour in Domestic Work

The first Indian-American girl from Avon School to get admission in United States Military Academy at

West Point- Sneha Singh

The First NATO and European Country to Draft Women in Military Service- Norway


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The Indian-origin sculptor who was honoured with Knighthood, the highest honour of Britain by Queen

Elizabeth II- Anish Kapoor

The Person who became only the second Hindu to be part of the Pakistans Punjab assembly after Seth

Bharta Ram- Kanji Ram

The ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda who was selected as the President of

UN General Assembly for its 68th session- John William Ashe One of the founders of RAW, who passed away on 16 June 2013 in Chennai after a long fight with

cancer- Bahukutumbi Raman

The ex-chairman of the Tata Group who was appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsias India board -

Ratan Tata

The moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidential election in Iran on 15

June 2013- Hassan Rohani

The Malaysian author who was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel

The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng

The 29-year-year-old Indian origin journalist became the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent,

on 17 June 2013- Amol Rajan

The former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia

India on 18 June 2013- Subramanian Ramadorai

The Chinese supercomputer which is declared is the fastest computer of the world- Tianhe- 2.

JULY :

The Person who succeeded Ranjan Mathai to be the next Foreign Secretary of India by Manmohan

Singh- Sujata Singh

The vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University who on 1 July 2013 appointed as the 20th Lt

Governor of Delhi- Najeeb Jung

The Person who on 2 July 2013 has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards

(BIS)- Sunil Soni

The first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Governments coveted Emirates Woman Award for

business excellence in June 2013- Vandana Gandhi

The U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse who died on 3 July 2013 at age

of 88- Douglas Engelbart

The Egyptian Leader who sworn in as interim president of Egypt till the next elections takes place

succeeding Mohamed Morsi, who was removed after a military coup- Adli Mansour

Renowned Madhubani painting artist who died at a private hospital in Ranti, near Madhubani on 4 July

2013- Mahasundari Devi

The former Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), who was appointed as the President

of NASSCOM on 5 July 2013- R. Chandrasekhar

The Bollywood actress who on 6 July 2013 got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian

Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau- Vidya Balan Leading liberal opposition leader who on 6 July 2013 was named as Egypts new Prime Minister-

Mohamed ElBaradei

Senior parliamentarian who on 4 July 2013 was appointed as the new governor of Sikkim - Shriniwas

Dadasaheb Patil

Former Delhi police Chief, who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Governor of Meghalaya - KK Paul

An acknowledged food scientist and the former Director of the Central Food Technological Research

Institute (CFTRI) who died on 9 July 2013- Dr. H.A.B. Parpia


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The Person who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar

Islands- Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh

The Theme of world Population day observed across the World on 11 July 2013 - Focus is on

Adolescent Pregnancy

Indian Parsi conductor of western classical music who was selected to be honoured with Tagore Award

2013- Zubin Mehta The legendary actor and the proud recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan Award

who died on 12 July 2013- Pran

The Person who on 16 July 2013 was appointed as the next Commissioner of Delhi Police and will be

succeeding Neeraj Kumar- Bhim Sain Bassi

The Person who was administered the oath of the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) by he President of

India on 19 July 2013-Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam

The Chief Justice of India who on 18 July 2013 retired from the office after a short term of just nine

months- Justice Altamas Kabir

The day which was observed as Nelson Mandela International Day to inspire peo ple to be an agent of

change- 18 July 2013

82 Years old Veteran Tamil film lyricist who died at a private hospital in Chennai on 18 July 2013 - Vaali

An Indian-American woman was nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA- Nisha

Desai Biswal

South Korean city which was named as the World Book Capital for the year 2015 as per UNESCO

announcement- Incheon

Former Kuttanad MLA and Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, who died at a hospital in

Kochi- Prof. Oommen Mathew

The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new Chairman of

GST Panel- Abdul Rahim Rather

The Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India who was re-elected as the President of Advertising

Agencies Association of India- Arvind Sharma

Renowned south India yesteryear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July 2013 followed

a brief illness- Manjula Vijayakumar

The Duchess of Cambridge, who gave birth to a baby boy on 22 July 2013 at the London hospital - Kate

Middleton

Indian American author who novel The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels

longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013- Jhumpa Lahiri

The cousin of Rajiv Gandhi as well as the Minister for Internal Security during his government, who died

in Gurgaon on 25 July 2013- Arun Nehru

The famous Indian Port which was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its excellent

performance in the year 2012-13- Paradip Port

The Bollywood actor who held the Guinness World Record for being the most typ e-cast actor, died on28 July 2013 at the age of 85 years- Jagdish Raj

Sarod maestro who was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award - Amjad Ali Khan

The former Indian Test umpire who passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in Karnataka. He

was 83 years of age- SN Hanumantha Rao.


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Present RBI Rates :

S. No Rates / Reserve Ratios % W.e.f

1 Bank Rate 9.50 % 20th September 2013

2 Repo Rate 7.5 % 20th September 2013

3 Reverse Repo Rate 6.50% 20th September 2013

4 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4.00% 9th

February 2013

5 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 23% 11th

August 2012

6 Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) 9.50% 20th September 2013

Bank Rate

Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on the

loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in

the bank rate are often used by central banks to control the money supply.

Repo Rate

Repo rate is the rate at which our banks borrow rupees from RBI. Whenever the banks have any

shortage of funds they can borrow it from RBI. A reduction in the repo rate will help banks to get money ata cheaper rate. When the repo rate increases, borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive.

Reverse Repo Rate

This is exact opposite of Repo rate. Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

borrows money from banks. RBI uses this tool when it feels there is too much money floating in the

banking system. Banks are always happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in safe hands with a

good interest. An increase in Reverse repo rate can cause the banks to transfer more funds to RBI due to

this attractive interest rates.

CRR

Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides toincrease the percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method

(increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive money from the banks.

SLR

SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a commercial bank needs to maintain in the form of cash, or

gold or govt. approved securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its customers. SLR rate is determined

and maintained by the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) in order to control the expansion of bank credit. SLR


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is determined as the percentage of total demand and percentage of time liabilities. Time Liabilities are the

liabilities a commercial bank liable to pay to the customers on their anytime demand. SLR is used to

control inflation and propel growth. Through SLR rate tuning the money supply in the system can be

controlled efficiently.

Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)

Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is the rate at which scheduled banks could borrow funds overnight from

the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against approved government securities. The basic difference between

Repo and MSF scheme is that in MSF banks can use the securities under SLR to get loans from RBI and

hence MSF rate is 1% more than repo rate.

1. 1. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods : The committee will be headed by AK Ganju (Chairman,

Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna).

2. JS Mathur committee : to revise NewspaperAdvertisement Rates.

3. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women inmedia.

4. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmarts lobbying activities to enter India

5.Mukul Mudgal Committee: to look at process of film clearance

6. MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank

7. SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal

output..

8. K M Chandrasekhar Committeefor rationalization of foreign investment norms

9. Arvind Mayaram Committeefor giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign

Institutional Investment (FII),

10. Janakiraman Committee To investigate the security transactions of the bank

11. MS Ahluwalia committee to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University

12. Sitakant Mahapatra committeefor inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution

13. N R Narayana Murthy committee for evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher

Education.14. C Rangarajan committee for poverty scale estimates in the country

15. MB Shah committee for inspection of illegal mining activities

16. N Rangachary committee to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector

17. Parthasarathi Shome committee implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule).

18. Deepak Parekh committee for Financing Infrastructure sector

19. Naresh Chandra committee 14 member task force on security issues

20. Bhandari Committee Reconstruction of RRBs
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21. RS Gujral Committee suggest measures to boost MSME exports.

-First Bankin India was Bank of Hindusthan established in 1779.

-Banking Concept was brought in India byEuropean.

-First Presidency Bank of India Bank of Calcutta established in 1806 and immediately became Bank of

Bengal

-The first bank of India with limited liability to be managed by Indian board was Oudh Commercial Bank. It

was established in 1881.

-The first bank purely managed by Indian was Punjab National Bank. PNB was established in Lahore in

1895.

-First Indian Commercial Bank wholly managed and owned by Indian was Central Bank of India,

established in 1911.

-Indias first truly Swadeshi bank was Central bank of India

-First Indian bank to open a branch outside India is Bank of India

-First Indian bank to open a branch in Continental Europe at Paris is Bank of India

-Which of the following was the first public sector commercial bank which had launched a mutual fund?

State Bank of India

-Which of the following bank became the first in India to be fully computerized? Bank of India-First cooperative bank in Asia? Anyonya Co-operative Bank.

-First bank in India to facilitate payment of Income tax using ATM recently? Union Bank of India

-First Bank in India to launch Talking ATMs for differently-able person? Union Bank of India

1. Amol Rajan appointed as Independent editor.
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2. Bobby Ghosh is Time International editor.

3. Kamala Devi Harris is an American attorney.

4. Senate approves James Comey as new FBI director.

5. Susan Rice named as Obamas new National SecurityAdvisor.

6. Haryana cadre IPS Sharad Kumar to be new NIA chief.

7. Shashi Kant Sharma, an IAS officer of the 1976 batch from Bihar cadre CAG of India .8. P. Sathasivam takes oath as new Chief Justice of India

9. World Trade Organization names Brazilian as new chiefRoberto Carvalho de Azevedo.

10. Antiguas Ambassador to the United Nations, John Ashe, has been elected President of the

UnitedNations General Assembly.

11. Obama Names Veteran Troubleshooter to Afghanistan-Pakistan PostJames F. Dobbins.

12. Siddha Ramaiah sworn in as new Karnataka chief minister- 22nd .

13. Indian High Commissioner to Maldives Rajeev Shahare.

14. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.

15. Priyadarshini Govind appointed director of Kalakshetra.

16. Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards.

17. Hemant Soren becomes Jharkhand CM, heads 9th government in 13 years.

18. Jiji Thomson. Director General, SAI.

19. NRI Sunil Chopra elected as the Deputy Mayor of a London Borough.

20. Kushal Singh appointed as NCPCR chairpersonNational Commission for Protection of Child Rights

(NCPCR).

21. Laxman Singh Rathore, the Director General of Meteorology & Permanent Representative of India

with World Meteorological Organization.

22. Subhash Kumar appointed as the New Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand.

23. Krishnakumar Natarajan NASSCOM Chairman

24.Som Mittal NASSCOM President

25. Dr Manmohan Singh appoints Rentala Chandrasekhar as NTRO chiefNational Technical Research

Organisation.

26. Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary Director General, National Disaster Response Force

and Civil Defence.

27. New chief of Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme S Sundareshan.

28. Qatars new young emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.

29. N. R. Narayana Murthy-(Executive Chairman) Infosys

30. S. D. Shibulal(CEO & MD) Infosys

31. S. Gopalakrishnan-(Executive Vice Chairman, former Co-Chairman) Infosys

32. K. Vaman Kamath is the Lead Independent Director of Infosys Limited , Infosys

33. E.K. Bharat Bhushan has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Kerala.

34. Hindustan Times has appointed Nicholas Dawes, editor-in-chief of Mail and Guardian (M&G), aleading South African paper.

35. Tomas Brunegrd, chairman of Swedens Stampen Media Group, is the new president of the World

Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

36. Foreign Minister of Argentina Mr. Hector Marcos.

37. Pak Pong-ju served as the Premier of North Korea since elected by the DPRKs Supreme

PeoplesAssembly.

38. Recep Tayyip Erdoan is the 25th and current Prime Minister of Turkey.


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39. Hassan Rohani is Irans president.

40. Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla..

41. Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has appointed Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as chief executive officer.

42. Dato Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is a Malaysian politician who has been the

sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia.

43. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is the 4th and current President of Mongolia.44. Amisha Sethi appointed chief commercial officer at AirAsia India .

45. AirAsias chief executive officer Tony Fernandes .

46. AirAsia India CEO Mittu Chandilya.

47. AirAsia India appoints TCS S Ramadorai as Chairman.

48. Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata will be the chief advisor to the board of AirAsia India.

49. AirAsia has been named the Worlds Best and Asias Best Low Cost Airline .

50. Tony Fernandes announced as new owner of Queens Park Rangers.

51. Cabinet Secretary Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .

52. Union home secretary- Anil Goswami .

53. Secretary of Defense- R K Mathur .

54. Foreign Secretary- Sujatha Singh.

55. Union finance secretary - Rajiv Takru .

56. Economic Affairs Secretary- Arvind Mayaram .

57. Information and broadcasting (I&B) secretaryBimal Julka

58. Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)M F Farooqui

59. PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq elected Speaker of Pak Parliament.

60. Moin Khan, the former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper, has been appointed the chief selector of

the Pakistan national cricket team.

61. Najam Sethi named PCBs interim chairman.

62. Kanji Ram became only the second Hindu to be part of the Pakistans Punjab assembly after Seth

Bharta Ram.

63. Pakistan High Commissioner in IndiaSalman Bashir .

64. Raja Zafrul Haqchairman of PML-N.

65. TCA Raghavan is Indias new envoy to Pakistan.

66. Arunachal Pradesh Nirbhay Sharma 29 May 2013

67. Bihar D. Y. Patil 9 March 2013

68. KeralaNikhil Kumar 9 March 2013

69. MeghalayaK. K. Paul 1 July 2013

70. Nagaland Ashwani Kumar 9 March 2013

71. Odisha S. C. Jamir 9 March 2013

72. Sikkim- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil 1 July 2013

73. Tripura Devanand Konwar 9 March 201374. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lieutenant-Governor A. K. Singh 1 July 2013

75. Delhi- Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung 1 July 2013

76. Puducherry Lieutenant-Governor Virendra Kataria 1 July 2013

77. Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.

78. Paraguayan president Federico Franco (Colorado Party ).

79. Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro offered asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward

Snowden.


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80. Parliamentary Speaker Abdul Hamid sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman,

who died.

81. .Infosys S Gopalakrishnan is the new CII President.

82. Secretary in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Amarjit Singh .

83. Axis new President Retail Banking Rajiv Anand

84. Shri Sunil Kumar has taken over as Managing Director, Centre for Railway Information Systems(CRIS).

85. Senior IAS officer Sudhir Bhargava was Tuesday appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Social Justice

and Empowerment.

86. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien unanimously elected the Chairman of the prestigious Asian

Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) in Bangkok.

87. N. N. Vohra His Excellency Governor of Jammu & Kashmir & Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi

University.

88. New head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Mary Jo White

89. N Ravi, Director of Kasturi and Sons Limited, publisher of The Hindu newspaper, has been

unanimously elected President of the Editors Guild of India.

90. Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Arjan Kumar Sikri and Chief Justice of Madhya

PradeshHigh Court Sharad Arvind Bobde as new judges of Supreme Court.

91. Ajay S Shriram, chairman and senior managing director of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) is

president designate of CII for the year 2013-2014.

92. Ms. Rashida Manjoo (South Africa) was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on violence against

women.

93. Narendra Kumar has taken over as Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL).

94. Raninder Singh re-elected president of National Rifle Association of India.

95. Jeev Milkha Singh becomes Volvo India brand ambassador.

96. Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA new chairman Amarnath Sengupta .

97. The Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) Vice Chairman - P. Devadas

98. Hockey India set to appoint foreign goalkeeping coachGreg Clarke (junior mens team

coach).

99. Sania Mirza joins Indian Tennis Players Association as Vice President.

100. Chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Amitava Bhattacharyya .

101. Computer Society of India elected H.R. Mohan as its Vice-President-Cum-President.

102. Sikkimese woman who captained the U.S. ArmyFormer Sikkimese Chief Minister

Narbahadur Bhandaris daughter Perilla Bhandari Swartz .

103. Delhi-born Sunil Chopra elected as the Deputy Mayor of London Borough.

104. Ajay Devgn, Bangladeshi singer Runa Laila and Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen

Obaid-Chinoy have been named as SAARC Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS.

105. Cognizant CEO Francisco DSouza gets over $10-mn pay package.106. Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa will run Asian football for the next two years after the Bahraini

won a three-way election for the presidency of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

107. P Sathasivam to be new Chief Justice of India.

108. National President of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI)

C. Shekhar Reddy .

109. Chief Justice for High Court of Himachal Pradesh Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar .


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110. Who was named Philanthropist of the Year at the third edition of the annual Asian Awards

Narayana Murthy .

111. Professor M Aslam has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open

University (IGNOU) .

112. Sundar Pichai, Google senior VP of Chrome and Android.

113. Harmanpreet Kaur Named Captain of the Indian Womens Cricket team .114. Tushar Arothe is coach of Indian womens cricket team.

115. Harvard professor Ashish Nanda is set to take over as director of IIM Ahmedabad.

116. Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini .

117. SAI (Sports Authority of India ) Director General Jiji Thomson .

118. Prahlad Joshi appointed Karnataka BJP president

119. Bhaichung Bhutia Appointed as the Chairman of the AIFFs Technical Committee

120. Aniruddha Bahal, Editor, CobraPost

121. Indias new High Commissioner to Maldives Rajeev Shahare

122. Justice Mukul Mudgal, former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court

123. Julia Pearson New CIA Director

124. Indian ambassador to Egypt Navdeep Suri

125. Chairman of CII Karnataka Soumitra Bhattacharya .

126. Dinesh K Sarraf will be the new Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corp

(ONGC)

127. Deepak Sandhu will be appointed as next Chief Information Officer.

128. Indian Weightlifting Federation president Birendra Prasad Baishya has been appointed as the

chairman of the Ethics Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation in the executive board

meeting of the world body in Beijing.

129. Malala Yousafzai won 2013 International Childrens Peace Prize

130. Navi Pillay, UN high commissioner for human rights

131. Vice President of Afghanistan Mohammed Karim Khalili

132. Rajeev Rishi took over as the CMD of Central Bank of India

133. ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe,Zimbawe

134. Rakesh Sethi took charge as Executive Director at the Union Bank of India.

135. Special Envoy of India for Sudan and South Sudan,PS Raghavan

136. Ms Runa Laila, SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS made Maiden Visit to India

137. Ali Asghar Soltanieh is Irans ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva.

138. Nishi Vasudeva was today selected to head Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), the first woman

ever to head a Navranta PSU.

139. Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd CEO Usha Anatha Subramanyam.

140. Executive Director of the Union Bank of India Rakesh Sethi.

141. US ambassador to United Nations- Samantha Power.142. PMs Special Envoy to visit Japan - Ashwani Kumar.

143. My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions APJ Abdul Kalam.

144. Director General of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) Dilip Trivedi.

145. Retirement announced Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

146. UNICEF (United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund) Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh

Bachchan.

147. Chairperson of the National School of Drama Society Ratan Thiyam.


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148. Nepals new Indian ambassador Ranjit Rae.

149. Youngest member of the present Parliament Ramya

150. Foreign Minister of Tuvalu Taukelina Finikaso.

151. Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay

152. New Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana.

153. Foreign Minister of Nicaragua- Samuel Santos Lopez.154. Amitabh Bachchan joined UN Campaign The World Needs More.

155. D.Bala Venkatesh Varma appointed Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament.

156. First case of human to human Transmission of H7N9 Bird Flu Virus reported in China.

157. Raghuram Govind Rajan Appointed as the 23rd Governor of RBI.

158. Bhim Sain Bassi Took Charge as the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner .

159. United Bank of India: Ms. Archana Bhargav (Chairman & MD)

160. Allahabad Bank: Ms Shubhalakshmi Panse (Chairman & MD)

161. ICICI Bank: Ms.Chanda Kochhar (MD & CEO)

162. Axis Bank: Ms Shikha Sharma (MD & CEO)

163. UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has appointed a Pakistani army general, Lt Gen Maqsood

Ahmed, as the Military Adviser for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations.

164. L C Goyal has been appointed as the new Secretary in the ministry of Rural Development.

165. Indias IT major Wipro will enter the National Stock Exchanges 50-share Nifty index.

166. Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corp, Steve Ballmer, announced his retirement as chief

executive. Microsoft may consider Satya Nadella, India-born executive, as next Microsoft CEO.

167. V Kannan Chairman & Managing Director of Vijaya Bank.

168. Suresh N Patel as Executive Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce

169. Pumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, of South Africa, took over as the new head of the the UN Entity for Gender

Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

170. Yahoo Inc has appointed veteran technology executive and Silicon Valley investor Maynard Webb

as its new chairman.

171. Syndicate Bank has appointed Sankaran Bhaskar Iyer as workmen employee director on the board

of directors.

172. Brand ambassadors of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) Deepika Padukone and Aamir

Khan.

173. Chairman of selection committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna award Billiards legend

Michael Ferreira.

174. RBI Governor- Raghuram Govinda Rajan.

175. SEBI-U.K. Sinha

176. NABARDPrakash Bakshi

177. FICCI-Naina Lal Kidwai

178. NASSCOM-Krishna kumar Natrajan179. ASSOCHAMRana Kapoor

180. SBIPratip Chaudhary

181. IRDA-T.S.Vijayan

182. World Bank-Jim Yong Kim

183. National Stock ExchangeChitra Ramkrishna

184. Bombay Stock Exchange Ashish Chauhan

185. CAG-Shashi Kant Sharma


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186. Chief Economic advisor and Vice President of IMFKaushik Bas

187. Union Finance secretary-Rajiv Takru

188. Union Economic secretary- Aravind Mayaram

189. First women MD in SBI Arundhathi Bhattacharya.

190. First women Bank CEO- Usha Anathasubramanian

191. Standard Chartered-Sandeep Das192. National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL)Saji Cherian

193. Rakesh Sethi - Executive Director of Union Bank of India .

194. Rajeev Rishi CMD of Central Bank of India.

195. Institute of Cost Accountants of India new president- Suresh Chandra Mohanty.

196. New Chairman of GST PanelAbdul Rahim Rather.

197. Indian Banks Association (IBA) President K R Kamath.

198. President of Asian Development Bank Board Takehiko Nakao

199. S Gopalakrishnan President of the industry body (CII)

200. Rajan Bharti Mittal President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India.

201. MRP Rao- Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in NTPC

202. CBDT chief- Sudha Sharma

203. Lic Chairman S K Roy.

204. LIC MD- S.B. Mainak .

205. A.K. Roy Chairman cum Managing Director, GIC.

206. M.V. TanksaleChairman & Managing Director, Central Bank of India .

207. Sh. Sharad Kumar, IPS has joined NIA as the Director.

208. Dilip Trivedi appointed Director General of the CRPF.

209. Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana Appointed New Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court

210. Vinay Mittal appointed as Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) member

211. Suresh Chandra Mohanty Elected as the New President of ICAI

212. Arvind Sharma Re-Elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India

213. Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil appointed new Governor of Sikkim

214. Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards

215. Anil Chait, took over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee

(CISC)

216. Darren Lehmann appointed Coach of Australian Cricket Team

217. Susan Elizabeth Rice Appointed as the National Security Adviser to Obama

218. Avinash Chander appointed as the New chief of Defence Research Development

Organiastion(DRDO)

219. Kushal Singh Appointed as the Chairperson of NCPCR

220. Laxman Singh Rathore Elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO

221. Brazils Roberto Azevedo appointed Head of World Trade Organization222. Staffan de Mistura appointed as Italian Special Envoy to India in Marines Case

223. Subhash Kumar appointed as the New Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand.

224. Ramsar Convention appointed Dr. Christopher Briggs as its new Secretary General.

225. Subhash Kumar appointed as the New Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand

226. Giorgio Napolitano Re-elected as the President of Italy to serve a Second Term

227. Aruna Bahuguna became First Women Special DG of CRPF

228. H.R. Mohan elected as the New Vice President of Computer Society


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229. Sunil Kumar Took Over as the Managing Director of CRIS

230. Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn-In as the President of Kenya.

231. Narendra Kumar Verma appointed Director for Exploration of ONGC

232. United Nation (UN) Women chief- Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka

233. New High Commissioner of Singapore to India- Lim Thuan Kuan.

234. Depty Head of UN Mission in Mali Abdoulaye Bathily.235. President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keits

236. National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) appointed Saji Cherian.

237. Prime Minister of ItalyEnrico Letta.

238. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir for the second term-N N Vohra.

239. Coach of the Junior Hockey Mens National TeamGregg Clark.

240. Vice Chairman of Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) for fiscal 2013-14-P. Devadas

241. President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)Raninder Singh.

242. Chairman Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA)Amarnath Sengupta

243. Secretary in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)Amarjit Singh

244. Director (Personnel) of Electronics Corporation of India Ltd-V.S.B. Babu

245. Next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York

Asoke Kumar Mukerji

246. Head of the Securities and Exchange CommissionMary Jo White.

247. Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL)Narendra Kumar

248. Chairman of Dr Reddys Laboratories LtdG V Prasad

249. Governor of the Bank of JapanHaruhiko Kuroda

250. John Ashe elected as the President of UN General Assembly:

251. Elbegdorj Tsakhia new Mongolia President

252. New Bangladesh President: Abdul Hamid

253. New King of Netherlands: Willem-Alexander

254. Nicolas Maduro New President of Venezuela

255. Horacio CartesNew President of Paraguays

256. XI Jinping New President of China (succeeded Hu Jintao).

257. Rafael CorreaEcuadors President

258. Indian-American Nisha Biswal to be US assistant secretary of state for South Asia

259. Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia RegionDr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh

260. Hun Sen is the Prime Minister of Cambodia and leader of the Cambodian Peoples Party

261. Syrias Opposition National Council elected Ahmad Toameh as its Interim Prime Minister

262. President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keits

263. New United states ambassador to the united nations Samantha Power

264. Head of Atomic Energy organisation in Iran-Ali Akbar Salehi

265. Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Mr. FilippoGrandi

266. iGate names former Infosys board member Ashok Vemuri as CEO

267. Cabinet Secretary Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .

268. Union home secretary- Anil Goswami .

269. Secretary of Defense- R K Mathur .

270. Foreign Secretary- Sujatha Singh.

271. Union finance secretary - Rajiv Takru .


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272. Economic Affairs Secretary- Arvind Mayaram .

273. Information and broadcasting (I&B) secretaryBimal Julka .

274. Former Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal has been appointed as member of Union Public

Service Commission (UPSC).

275. Germanys Thomas Bach IOC president

276. Bal Sekhar, the new secretary general of Lok Sabha277. Cabinet ministers:

Oscar Fernandes gets roads and highways ministry

Girija Vyas becomes housing and urban development and poverty alleviation minister

Sis Ram Ola becomes labour and employment minister

K S Rao gets textiles ministry

278. Ministers of state:

EMS Natchiyappan takes oath as MoS commerce and industry

J D Seelam becomes MoS finance

Manikrao Gavit gets social justice and empowerment

Santosh Chowdhury gets health & family welfare

The new Governor of Bank of England is. Ans: Mark Carney (old Mervyn king)

2. New Authority in place of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

Ans: Civil Aviation Authority

3. How much Surplus Profit has been transferred by the RBI to the centre Govt for the year ended

on June, 2013?

Ans: Rs.33000cr

4. RTI online was inaugurated by

Ans: Mr.Narayanasamy (Minister Personal Public Grievance & Pensions)

5. Name the 69th Male sportsman in the Hall ofFame by ICC.

Ans: Shane Warne

6. Gold Imports in 2012-13 was

Ans: 846 tonnes

7. Cash forVote a Rs.10cr scam is related to

Ans: Indian Railways

8. Nitaqat (S Arabia) dead line is Nov3, 2013 whereas CTS-2010 dead line is ..

Ans: Dec 31, 2013

9. Contribution of Manufacturing in the GDP is

Ans: 16%


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10. Indias GDP growth in 2012-13 was.

Ans: 5%

11. Name the company providing 4-G Airwaves to all 22 circles.

Ans: Reliance Industries Co.Ltd.

12. How many cities having more than 1 million populations?

Ans: 5313. Sardar Sarovar Dam is on river Narmada which is in.

Ans: Madhya Pradesh

14. Disinvestment Target thru PSU stake sales in Current Financial Yearis.

Ans: Rs.40000

15. Due to .. Virus S.Arabia restricted the Pilgrimage visas to Elderly people.

Ans: Corona virus

16. Which Nation was infested by the Locust?

Ans: Madagascar

17. Interest Subvention (Subsidy) for the Exporteris.

Ans: 3%

18. What will be the interest rate for Farmers who pay the CorpLoan regularly?

Ans: 4%

19. Corp Loan limit is Rs.3 lac and rate of interest on Corp Loan is

Ans: 7%

20. Indias Money Supply (M3)/Board Money reached as on Aug.2013

Ans: Rs.87trillions

21. The Badminton player is called Shuttler where as the Table Tennis player is called

Ans: Paddler

22. Name the 1st Indian Women who won Bronze in the World Badminton Championship held in

Guangzhou.

Ans: P V Sindhu

23. In the World Badminton Championship, in Semi Final P V Sindhu loses to

Ans: Ratchanok in thanon of Thailand

24. On Swapping of Criminals with Bangladesh, Anup Chetia ofIndias criminal will be swapped

with

Ans: Subrata Bain & Sazzad Hussain

25. Retirement Age of Central Government Employee was raised from 58 to 60 years, last time in

Ans: 1998

26. Export Target in 2012-13 was $ 300bn whereas for 2013-14 it is

Ans: $325bn

27. Who has been appointed as the new President of ASSOCHAM in place of Mr.Raj Kumar

Dhoot?Ans: Mr.Rana Kapoor

28. Corporate Bonds is Issuance in 2012-13 was Rs.2.51trillion($50.26bn)where as in 2012-13 it

was

Ans: Rs.3.5 trillion ($70bn)

29. Period of realization and repatriation for Exporters changed from 12 months to ..

Ans: 9 months

30. Banks have to maintain ..Cash Reserve Ratio on Daily Basis.


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Ans: 99%

31. Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) Limits is .. of the NDTL (Net Demand &Time

Liability).

Ans: 0.5%

32. What is the Concessional Tax rate for FII &QFI on Corporate Rupee Bonds?

Ans: 5 %33. What is Izumo?

Ans: Japans biggest warship recently launched

34. What was the Net Non Performing Assets of Banks in 2012-13?

Ans: Rs.9282cr

35. Japans National Debt has reached at 1008.6 trillion yen, and Fiscal Deficit is 2012 was..

Ans: 10.3% of the GDP

36. How many people in USA in Hindi specking, as per Census Bureau Report?

Ans: 6.5lac

37. Due to In ordinate delays and problems of land acquition, name the companies pulled out their

projects from India.

Ans: Posco form Karnataka & Arcelor Mittal from Orrisa

38. What is the rate of Interest on FCNR (B) deposits?

Ans:PLUS LIBOR 4%

39. Why is the Lasalgaon of Nasik (Maharastra) famous for?

Ans: It is the hub of Onions

40. Unemployment rate in UK is.

Ans: 7.8%

41. Which country in Europe has the highest rate of unemployment?

Ans: Spain 27.5%

42. In Europe the nation having the highest growth rate of GDP.

Ans: Portugal (1.1%), 2nd Germany (0.7%), 3rd France (0.5%)

43. Massive Students protect against the China Govt took place in 1989 at.

Ans: Tiananmen Square in Beijing

44. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhutilkaran Yojna is implemented in a village where population is

more than .

Ans: 100 persons

45. Indias Largest lender Bank and the 60th largest bank in the World is ..

Ans: SBI

46. As perRBIs report the proportion of Rural Banks to Urban Banks is.

Ans: 37% (it was 57% in 1994)

47. Under LRS (Liberalised Remittance Scheme) Resident individual limit has been changed from

$200000 to ..Ans: $ 75000

48. Overseas Direct Investment limit of Indian Companies has been changed from 400% of their

net worth to.

Ans: 100%

49. Who is the author ofthe Moon Baller?

Ans: Gold Coins & Medallions


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