Union Government Showed Improved Sex West Bengal, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha. l IMR substantially declined over the period from 79 per 1000 live births in NFHS-1

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Specified Bank Notes (Cessation ofLiabilities) Act, 2017 Notifiedl The Central government has notified the Specified

Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017 onMarch 2, 2017.

l Section-5 of the Act bars any person fromknowingly or voluntarily, holding, transferring orreceiving any specified bank note after the expiry ofgrace period Holding not more than ten notes intotal, irrespective of the of the denomination is notprohibited. If it is for the purposes of study, research or numismatics, up to twenty-five notes canbe held.

l Section-7 states that whoever contravenes theprovisions of Section-5 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to ` 10000 or five times theamount of the face value of the specified bank notes involved in the contravention, whichever is higher.

Government Panel RecommendedLegal Framework to Protect Migrantsl A government appointed panel has recommended

necessary legal and policy framework to protectmigrants interests, on March 1, 2017.

l a government appointed panel has recommendednecessary legal and policy framework to protecttheir interests.

l It also recommended that migrants should beenabled to avail benefits of Public DistributionSystem (PDS) in the destination state by providingfor inter-State operability of PDS.

l States are also to be asked to include migrantchildren in the annual work plans under SarvaSiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to uphold their Rightto Education.

Union Government Showed Improved SexRatio, Decline in Infant Mortality Ratel A latest survey by the government has shown positive trends in

key health indicators, including an improvement in sex ratio at birth and a decline in infant mortality rate during 2015-16 onFebruary 28, 2017.

l The National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) for 2015-16unvield by the Health Ministry was conducted after collectinginformation from 6 lakh households, 7 lakh women and1.3 lakh men, and for the first time provide districtlevel estimates.

l Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) declined from 57 to 41 per1000 live births between NFHS-3 (2005-06) and NFHS-4. IMRhas declined substantially in almost all the States during thelast decade. It dropped by more than 20 percentage points inTripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh,Rajasthan and Odisha.

l IMR substantially declined over the period from 79 per1000 live births in NFHS-1 (1992-93) to 41 per 1000 live birthsin NFHS-4.

Union Government Framed Infra Policy toCheck Challenges of Urbanisationl The Union government has formulated a policy to promote

living close to mass public transport corridors like metro,monorail and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), a move aimed ataddressing the challenges of urbanisation.

l The National Transit Oriented Development Policy seeks topromote Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)—a type ofinfrastructure development which enables people to live within walking or cycling distance from transit corridors which arebeing undertaken in India at a large scale.

l The TOD is considered a viable solution to urban challengeslike haphazard growth, mobility problems, congestion due torising private vehicles on roads and pollution, among others.

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Indian Railways Unveiled theAntyodaya Expressl Indian Railways has unveiled the Antyodaya Express, a new train

for the unreserved passengers, on February 23, 2017.l Antyodaya Express was announced as a part of Railway Minister

Suresh Prabhu’s Railway Budget 2016 speech and has beenenvisioned as a long-distance, fully unreserved, superfast trainservice that will be operated on dense routes.

l The train aims to provide enhanced passenger comfort. The seatsof the Antyodaya Express are more comfortable compared to thegeneral sleeper class ones.

l Antyodaya Express boasts of modern amenities such as waterpurifiers, toilet occupation indication display boards, bio-toilets,fire extinguishers with anti-theft arrangement, cushionedluggage racks with coat hooks, LED lights, more mobile chargingpoints and enhanced capacity dustbins.

India Launched ‘Cyber Swachhta Kendra’ toProtect Citizensl The government through its Computer Emergency Response

Team (CERT-in) launched ‘Cyber Swachhta Kendra’ — a newdesktop and mobile security solution for a secure cyber space inthe country, on February 22, 2017.

l The new solution will notify, enable cleaning and secure systemsof end-users to prevent further infections.

l India joined the distinguished club of countries that havemalware-cleaning systems for the use of its citizens. As of now,we have 13 banks and internet service providers usingthis facility.

l This centre will work in coordination with the Internet ServiceProviders (ISPs) and Industry. This Kendra will also enhanceawareness among citizens regarding botnet and malwareinfection along with measures to be taken to secure their devices.

Health Ministry Launched ‘Saathiya Kits’ toImprove Adolescent Health

l The Health Ministry launched ‘SaathiyaResource Kits’ aimed atimproving knowledgeon adolescent healthissues among teenagerson February 20, 2017.

l Health Secretary CKMishra launched the‘Saathiya Resource Kits’ along with the ‘Saathiya Salah’ (a mobile app for

adolescents) under the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram(RKSK) programme.

l The ‘Saathiya Resource Kits’ is a nationwide programme underwhich 1.6 lakh boys and girls will work as peer educators toadolescents and respond to their queries on key health issuesincluding mental and physical changes, nutrition and addiction.

l The initiative also aims to bring down the apprehensions anddoubts among growing adolescents about the body relatedchanges that they undergo during puberty.

Supreme Court Introduced MiddleIncome Group Schemel The Supreme Court of India has introduced the

Middle Income Group Scheme. It is a selfsupporting scheme which provides legal servicesto the middle income group citizens i.e., citizenswhose gross income is not exceeding ` 60000 permonth or ` 750000 per annum.

l Under the scheme, middle class people who can’tafford the expensive litigation in the SupremeCourt can avail the services of the society for anominal amount. The person desirous of availingthe benefit of the Scheme shall have to fill up theform prescribed and accept all the terms andconditions contained therein.

l As per the scheme, contingent fund will becreated to meet the miscellaneous expenditure inconnection with the case under the scheme byrequiring the applicant to deposit upto the stageof admission, a sum of ` 750 in addition to thecharges required to be deposited with the society,out of this contingent fund.

l As per the Supreme Court rules, it is only through advocates on record cases can be filed before it.

Union Government Launched‘TAMRA’ Portal and Mobile Appl Power, Coal and Mining Minister Piyush Goyal

launched Transparency, Auction Monitoring andResource Augmentation (TAMRA) portal andmobile application on February 15, 2017.

l The TAMRA will be an interactive platform for allthe stakeholders to compress the timelines forstatutory and other clearances as it would helpminimise the gestation period forcommencing production.

l The TAMRA will send triggers to the concernedauthority so that the remedial steps can be takenimmediately by those responsible.

l The Ministry of Mines will also receive triggersgenerated by TAMRA and will facilitate inexpediting clearances. This portal also enablessuccessful bidder to give suggestions/inputs.

India’s First Floating ElementarySchool Inaugurated on Manipur’sLoktak Lakel Loktak lake, the largest freshwater lake in the

country, has now become home to first-of-its-kind loktak floating elementary school on February 12,2017.

l The Loktak lake is referred as the ‘lifeline ofManipur’ as it is highly productive and many lives depend on the lake for endurance. The lake is also an Important Bird Area as it’s a potential breeding site for waterfowl and is a staging site formigratory birds.

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FSSAI set-up Panel to FinaliseLaws on Food Fortificationl Food regulator FSSAI set-up a scientific

panel to frame final regulations onfortification of foods and preparestrategies to address malnutrition problem on February 11, 2017.

l The Food Safety and Standards Authorityof India (FSSAI) has already issued thedraft guidelines on fortification for fivefood items like salt, milk, wheat flour, rice and edible oil to boost production andconsumption of fortified foods.

l Fortification means deliberately adding orincreasing the content of essential micronutrients in food items to improve quality.

l The Panel will identify critical nutritionalgaps in the Indian diet in general as wellas in specific target groups based on dietsurveys and credible scientific evidence.

Union Government Launched‘Mission XI Million’l The Union Sports Ministry launched

‘Mission XI million’, the biggest schoolsports outreach programme on February 9, 2017.

l A first-of-its-kind, the programme willencourage children to play football and the approach is to work with school principalsand sports teachers and encourage andincentivise them to make children playfootball games on a regular basis.

l It aims to instil the passion for football in11 million children from every part ofthe country.

l It is divided into three phases : Seminarsfor teacher and educators, in-schoolactivities and football festivals, which willrun-up to September, 2017.

Union Government formedCommittee to ExpediteNamami Gange Programmel The Union government formed a

Committee to expedite theimplementation of its ambitious NamamiGange programme under which it plans to free the Ganga river on February 8, 2017.

l The Secretaries of Ministries of WaterResources, Environment and Forest, andDrinking Water and Sanitation will bemembers of the panel, which will meet atleast once every fortnight.

l More than two thousand 700 villages have been declared as open-defecation free outof four thousand 291 marked villagesalong the main stem of the river.

Parliament Passed Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2017l The Parliament passed a bill seeking to enable the centre and State

governments to specify industrial units which will have to pay wagesonly either through cheques or by transferring into bank accounts onFebruary 7, 2017.

l The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2017, which was passed byvoice vote in Rajya Sabha also enables the employers to pay wages toworkers through cheque or by transferring into their bank accountwithout their written authorisation.

l The Bill replaces the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2016, whichwas introduced in Lok Sabha on December 15, 2016 and repeals thePayment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 promulgated onDecember 28, 2016.

Government Approved ‘Pradhan Mantri GraminDigital Saksharta Abhiyan’l The Union Cabinet approved ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta

Abhiyan’ (PMGDISHA) to make 6 crore rural households digitallyliterate on February 7, 2017.

l PMGDISHA is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy programmesin the world. Under the scheme, 25 lakh candidates will be trained in theFY 2016-17; 275 lakh in the FY 2017-18; and 300 lakh in the FY 2018-19. Toensure equitable geographical reach, each of the 250000 Gram Panchayatswould be expected to register an average of 200-300 candidates.

l The implementation of the scheme would be carried out under theoverall supervision of Ministry of Electronics and IT in activecollaboration with States/UTs through their designated StateImplementing Agencies, District e-Governance Society (DeGS), etc.

l As per the 71st NSSO Survey on Education 2014, only 6% of ruralhouseholds have a computer. This highlights that more than 15 crore ruralhouseholds (@ 94% of 16.85 crore households) do not have computers anda significant number of these households are likely to be digitally illiterate.

Measles-rubella Vaccination Campaign Launchedl The Union Health Ministry launched Measles Rubella (MR) vaccination

campaign in the country on February 5, 2017.l The single vaccine will replace the currently given two doses of measles

vaccine at 9-12 months and 16-24 months of age.l The new single shot vaccine will be given to all children aged between

9 months and less than 15 years irrespective of their previous measles orrubella vaccination status or measles or rubella disease status.

Expert Panel Constituted by AYUSH to Prepare aYoga Protocoll A 16-member Committee of experts constituted by Ministry of AYUSH to

prepare a Yoga Protocol for Diabetes Control. The Committee is headedby Dr. HR Nagendra, Chancellor, S-Vyasa University on February 4, 2017.

l A total of 49 proposals on Diabetes Mellitus under EMR Scheme of Ministry of AYUSH have been received to verify the efficacy of Yoga on DiabetesMellitus from various government and non-government organisation.

l The Ministry of AYUSH through its three research organisations, namely, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Central Council forResearch in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) has launched a programme tointegrate Ayurveda, Homoeopathy and Unani with National Programmefor Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseasesand Stroke (NPCDCS).

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CBDT Signed 10 moreUnilateral APAswith Taxpayersl The Central Board of Direct Taxes

(CBDT) has signed 10 more unilateralAdvance Pricing Agreements (APAs)with Indian taxpayers as it looks toreduce litigation by providing certainty in transfer pricing on February 28,2017.

l The 10 APAs signed in the past oneweek pertain to sectors like telecom,pharma, banking and finance, steel,retail and information technology.

l With this, the total number of APAsentered into by the CBDT hasreached 140. This includes 10 BilateralAPAs and 130 Unilateral APAs.

FDI Inflow grew 18% to $ 46 Billion in 2016 DIPPl The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

in India grew 18% during 2016 totouch $ 46 billion, as per data releasedby the Department of Industrial Policyand Promotion (DIPP) showed onFebruary 26, 2017.

l The country attracted FDI of $ 39.32billion in 2015. Bulk of the FDI camein from Singapore, Mauritius, theNetherlands and Japan.

l The main sectors which attracted thehighest foreign inflows includeservices, telecom, trading, computerhardware and softwareand automobile.

India and ADB Signed $ 375 Million Pact for Loansl India and ADB have signed $ 375 million pact for loans and grants to

develop 800 km Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor, which is thefirst phase of a planned 2500 km East Coast Economic Corridor onFebruary 26, 2017.

l It approved loans comprising a $ 500 million multitranche facility to buildkey infrastructure in the four main centers along the corridor—Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Amaravati, and Yerpedu-Srikalahasti inAndhra Pradesh.

l The first tranche of $ 245 million that was signed will finance subprojects todevelop high-quality internal infrastructure in 2 of the 4 nodes of thecorridor— Visakhapatnam and Yerpedu-Srikalahasti.

l Another component of the approved ADB funds that the signatories signedwas a $ 125 million policy-based loan that will be used for capacitydevelopment of institutions engaged in corridor management.

BharatQR Code Launched to Push Less-cash Economyl BharatQR code, the world’s first interoperable payment acceptance solution,

was launched as part of efforts to move towards less-cash economy onFebruary 21, 2017.

l It Developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Mastercard, and Visa, BharatQR code would require merchants to only display one QRcode instead of multiple ones.

l QR code or Quick Response code is a two-dimensional machine-readablecode made up of black and white squares and are used for storing URLs orother information. These can be read by the camera of a smartphone.

Second Gateway of India Geoeconomic Dialogue Heldl The Ministry of External Affairs co-hosted the Second Gateway of India

Geoeconomic Dialogue with Gateway House on February 13-14, 2017in Mumbai.

l This is India’s premier geoeconomics conference on the theme ‘WhereGeopolitics meets Business’ focussed on building synergies betweenbusiness and foreign policy.

l It is aimed at building synergy between business and foreign policy.

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CBDT Signed Four more UnilateralAdvance Pricing Agreementsl The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT),

Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance hasentered into four more unilateral Advance PricingAgreements (APAs) on February 6, 2017.

l The four APAs signed pertain to the Manufacturing,Financial and Information Technology sectors of theeconomy. The international transactions covered inthese agreements include Contract Manufacturing,IT-enabled Services and SoftwareDevelopment Services.

l The APA Scheme was introduced in the Income-taxAct in 2012 and the ‘Rollback’ provisions wereintroduced in 2014. The scheme endeavors to providecertainty to taxpayers in the domain of transferpricing by specifying the methods of pricing anddetermining the prices of international transactionsin advance.

RBI’S ACTIVITYRBI Set-up Panel to Review Cyber Threatsl The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the

setting-up of an Inter-disciplinary StandingCommittee on Cyber Security on February 27, 2017.

l The 11-member Committee, which will be chaired bythe RBI ED Meena Hemchandra has been entrustedto review the threats emerging form use oftechnology, study adoption of new technologystandards and suggest appropriate policyinterventions to strengthen cyber securityand resilience.

l Last year in June the the RBI had issued guidelines to banks mandating them certain cyber securitypreparedness rules for addressing risks emerging form new technology.

RBI Allowed Multilateral FIs to Investin Masala Bondsl The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), permitted

multilateral financial institutions to invest in rupeedenominated bonds popularly known as ‘masalabonds’ issued by Indian entities on February 16, 2017.

l The RBI has withdrawn the instruction regardingsubmission a fortnightly return on Forward RateAgreement (FRA) and Interest Rate Swap (IRS) toMonetary Policy Department with a copy to variousdepartments of the central bank.

l In order to provide more choices of investors toIndian entities issuing rupee denominated bondsabroad, it has been decided to also permit multilateral and regional financial institutions where India is amember country, to invest in these rupeedenominated bonds.

l The term is used to refer to rupee-denominatedborrowings by Indian entities in overseas markets.

Sixth Bimonthly Monetary PolicyReview Releasedl The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the policy rate

unchanged at the sixth bimonthly monetary policy review onFebruary 7, 2017.

l The RBI maintained its key policy rate unchanged at 6.25%.The reverse repo rate stood at 5.75%. The RBI sees theinflation number at 4-4.5% during the April-Septemberperiod. GVA growth for 2016-17 is projected at 6.9%.

l The Current Account Deficit (CAD) is likely to remain mutedand below 1% of GDP in 2016-17. There will be no limit oncash withdrawal from March 13, 2017.

l The RBI will also raise the withdrawal cap to ` 50000 a weekfrom ` 24000 a week for savings accounts with effect fromFebruary 20.

BANKINGUnion Government Approved SBI Mergerwith 5 Associate Banksl The Union Cabinet on February 15, 2017 approved the merger

of State Bank of India with five of its associate banksincluding State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank ofHyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala, andState Bank of Travancore.

l The merger is likely to result in recurring savings, estimatedat more than ` 1000 crore in the first year, through acombination of enhanced operational efficiency and reducedcost of funds.

l The merger is likely to result in recurring savings, estimatedat more than ` 1000 crore in the first year, through acombination of enhanced operational efficiency and reducedcost of funds.

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MSU Researchers Developed First Stretchable Integrated Circuitl Engineering researchers at East Lansing-based Michigan

State University (MSU) announced the creation of thefirst stretchable integrated circuit made entirely out of aninkjet printer, raising the possibility of the inexpensiveproduction of ‘smart fabric’ on February 20, 2017.

l Smart fabric is made of several materials created formnanomaterials and organic compounds, which aredissolved in a solution to produce different electroniclinks, and are then run through the printer to makethe devices.

l The technology was developed by Chuan Wang, assistantprofessor of electric and computer engineering, who alsodiscovered the material could be produced on a standardprinter, giving it a major potential cost advantage overtechnologies that are expensive to manufacture.

l The technology was developed by Chuan Wang, assistantprofessor of electric and computer engineering, who alsodiscovered the material could be produced on a standardprinter, giving it a major potential cost advantage overtechnologies that are expensive to manufacture.

Scientists Synthesised World’s StrongestMaterial Graphene using Soyabeanl The scientists used the humble soybean to make the

world’s strongest material graphene commercially moreviable on February 16, 2017.

l Graphene is a carbon material that is one atom thick. it’sthin composition and high conductivity means it is usedin applications ranging from miniaturised electronics tobiomedical devices.

l These properties also enable thinner wire connections;providing extensive benefits for computers, solar panels,batteries, sensors and other devices.

Researchers Created ‘Thubber’, a Stretchable Rubberl The researchers created ‘thubber’, a stretchable rubber

that packs a thermal conductive punch on February 14,2017.

l The new material, nicknamed ‘thubber’, is an electricallyinsulating composite that exhibits an unprecedentedcombination of metal-like thermal conductivity andelasticity similar to soft, biological tissue that can stretchover six times its initial length.

l Our combination of high thermal conductivity andelasticity is especially critical for rapid heat dissipation inapplications such as wearable computing and softrobotics, which require mechanical compliance andstretchable functionality.

l The key ingredient in ‘thubber’ is a suspension ofnon-toxic, liquid metal microdroplets. The liquid Stateallows the metal to deform with the surrounding rubberat room temperature.

Researchers Created Stable Compound of Helium and Sodiuml An international team of researchers successfully

synthesised a thermodynamically stable compound ofsodium and the noble gas helium, Na2He, which has afluorite-type structure and is stable at high pressures onFebruary 7, 2017.

l Helium is the second, after hydrogen, most abundantelement in the Universe and it is present in significantquantities in normal stars and in gas giant planets suchas Jupiter and Saturn.

l Helium and neon are the most inert elements in theperiodic table. This is easy to understand as the ionisation potential of the He atom is the highest of all the elements and its electron affinity is zero.

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Science & Technology

TENNISRotterdam Open 2017l Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga claimed his

first title since 2015 as he recovered to beatDavid Goffin 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the ABN AMROWorld Tennis Tournament final in Rotterdamon February 19, 2017.

l Tsonga received a wild card entry into the 2007 Australian Open, where in only his secondsenior Grand Slam tournament match, he metsixth seed Andy Roddick for the second timein his career.

l Tsonga won a singles match at the 2008 NextGeneration Adelaide International.

FOOTBALLEFL Cup 2016-17l Manchester United at Wembley, who

managed to beat Southampton 3-2 to win the5th league cup in their history on February 27,2017.

l The win not only saw Manchester Unitedovertake Liverpool as the country’s mostsuccessful domestic club with 42 trophies, butalso placed Jose Mourinho in the company ofSir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough as theonly manager to have won four leaguecup trophies.

l The 2016-17 EFL Cup was the 57th season ofthe EFL Cup, formerly known as the FootballLeague Cup, featuring all 92 clubs from thePremier League and the English FootballLeague (EFL).

BADMINTONUganda International Series 2017l The men’s doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis

emerged victorious at the 2017 Uganda International Series inKampala on February 27, 2017.

l Kona and Francis tasted success soon after teaming-up at the end of the 2015 season. Last year, they triumphed at three InternationalSeries events (in Guatemala, Peru and Botswana) with the lattercoming in December.

l The Uganda International is an international badminton tournament held in Uganda organised by Uganda Badminton Association.

l In 2008, this tournament have been sanctioned by Badminton World Federation asInternational Series rated event with total prize money$ 5000.

l For the badminton players, this tournament became a landmark forUganda, because they can improved their point in world rankingand also in certain years, the points will be the OlympicGames qualification.

81st Senior National Championship 2017Sourabh Verma has won the men’s singles title in the81st Senior National Badminton Championships tournament onFebruary 7, 2017. In the final match, held at Patna (Bihar), hedefeated Lakshya Sen.

Other WinnersCategory Winner Runners-up

Women’s Singles Rituparna Das Reshma Karthik

Women’s Doubles Aparna Balan/ Prajakta Sawan Shikha Gautam/Sanyogita Ghorpade

Men’s Doubles Satwik Sai Raj/ Chirag Shetty Nand Gopal K./Sanyam Shukla

Mixed Doubles Satwik Sai Raj/ Maneesha K. Venkat Gaurav Prasad/Juhi Dewangan

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Sports

CRICKETT20 World Cup for Blindl Defending champions India defeated Pakistan by

9 wickets in the final of the T20 World Cup for Blindto lift their second straight title on February 11, 2017.

l For his outstanding innings, Jayaramaiah wasadjudged as ‘Man of the Match’ while Munir wasgiven the ‘Man of the Series’ award for his 570 runsin the tournament.

SQUASHAsian Junior Championship 2017l India defeated Malaysia 2-0 to win the gold medal in

the boy’s team event at the Asian Junior Squashchampionship on February 2, 2017.

l India won the title for the second time, the earlierbeing in 2011 when they defeated arch-rivalsPakistan in Colombo.

l The Asian Junior Squash Individual Championshipsare the event which serves as the individual Asianjunior championship for squash players organised bythe Asian Squash Federation.

CUE SPORTS29th National Snooker Championshipl Pankaj Advani won the Indian National Snooker

Championship with a 6-0 win over Pandurangaiah ofRailways in a one-sided final on February 2, 2017.

l In recognition of his achievements, the governmentof India has bestowed several awards uponAdvani—Arjuna Award (2004), Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna (2006), and Padma Shri (2009).

l He has achieved a hat-trick of hat-tricks in Englishbilliards, holding the World, Asian, and IndianNational Championship titles simultaneously, inthree different years—2005, 2008 and 2012. Hebecame a snooker professional only in 2012, and hisfirst season on the main tour was the 2012-13 season.

CYCLINGAsian Para-Road Championshipl India made a rousing start at the sixth Asian

Para-Road Cycling Championship, bagging all threemedals in the 12.8 km Individual Time Trial onFebruary 24, 2017.

l Abhishek from Chandigarh won the gold medal,Divij Shah from West Bengal won silver and Harinder Singh from BSF bagged the bronze medal.

l Nine members of Indian Para Cycling team areparticipating in the event under the aegis of CyclingFederation of India. They were trained and sponsored by Aditya Mehta Foundation, Hyderabad.

MOTOR SPORTSNew Zealand Grand Prixl Young Indian racer Jehan Daruvala tasted his first major

success of 2017 when he won the New Zealand Grand Prix on February 13, 2017.

l In 2015, Daruvala stepped-up to single-seaters with FortecMotorsport in the Formula Renault 2.0 championships. Heclaimed fifth place in the Northern European Cup andpartook as a guest driver in the Eurocup and Alps series.

l The Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, as it is known in itsabbreviated form, is among the most competitive entry-levelsingle-seater championships on the motor-racing ladder inwhich drivers race Formula One style open-cockpit cars fittedwith slick tyres and wings.

RUGBYWomen’s Asian Sevens Trophyl India won the silver medal at the women’s Asian Rugby

Sevens Trophy having won five matches and lost one here onFebruary 17, 2017.

l In the seven-nation round-robin competition, India defeatedLaos 22-7, Philippines 12-5, Nepal 43-0 and Malaysia by26-12. On the second day, India defeated Pakistan by 5-0 andin the last match were beaten by South Korea by 0-29.

l The Asian Seven Series is an annual series of regional rugbysevens tournaments run by Asia Rugby featuring nationalsevens teams. It has been held regularly since 2009.

SPORTS PERSONALITIESLuis Norton de Matos

l The All IndiaFootball Federation(AIFF) appointedPortugal’s LuisNorton de Matos asthe head coach ofthe India U-17 teamfor the FIFA U-17World Cupscheduled to be held in October this yearon March 1, 2017.

l In 1978, Norton de Matos moved abroad and joined StandardLiège in Belgium, helping the team to the second position inthe Belgian Pro League in his second seasonand adding the1981 Belgian Cup.

l He returned home and signed with Portimonense SC, scoringa career-best 12 goals in the 1981-82 campaign as the Algarve club finished in sixth position.

l Norton de Matos retired in June, 1987 at the age of 33 yearsand six months, after spells with Belenenses (two seasons)and CF Estrela da Amadora (second level). He gained fivecaps for Portugal, all in 1982.

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Sarah Coytel Sarah Coyte, the South Australia and Adelaide Strikers allrounder,

is seeking better balance in life after announcing her retirementfrom all forms of the game at the age of 25.

l Her decision arrived a year after she stepped down frominternational duty with the Southern Stars to combat mentalhealth issues.

l In June, 2015, she was named as one of Australia’s touring party for the 2015 Women’s Ashes in England.

R. Ashwinl Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin added yet another feather to his

cap by becoming the highest wicket-taker in a home Test season onFebruary 25, 2017.

l He has taken 67 wickets from 10 Tests—the most in a home season, surpassed legendary allrounder and former India captain Kapil Dev,who had 63 wickets from 13 matches in the 1979-80 season.

l Ashwin recently became the fastest to 250 Test wickets, going pastDennis Lillee’s recrod of 48 Tests by three matches.

John-John Dohmen/Naomi Vanl Belgium skipper

John-John Dohmen, who guided theteam to silver medal in last year’s RioOlympics, andNetherlands’ Naomivan As, who waspart of the RioOlympics silvermedal-winning

women’s team, were adjudged the International Hockey Federation(FIH) male and female Player of the Year on February 24, 2017.

l It’s for the first time that a ceremony was held to honour the bestoutfield players, goalkeepers, rising stars, coaches and umpiresby FIH.

l There were two Indians in the fray with Sreejesh among nomineesfor the best goalkeeper while 20-year-old Harmanpreet Singh, whowas part of the junior World Cup-winning squad, was a nominee inthe ‘Rising Star of the Year’ category.

Shahid Afridil Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi announced his retirement from

international cricket, ending an illustrious and sometimescontroversial 21-year career on February 20, 2017.

l He had already quit Tests in 2010 and ODI cricket after the 2015World Cup but still skippered the Pakistan Twenty20 team at the2016 world championships in India.

l He stepped down as captain after the tournament although heretained his slender hopes of continuing his career in the sport’sshortest format as a player.

l Afridi finishes his international career having played just 27 Testmatches which yielded 1176 runs with a highest score of 156 and48 wickets.

l He played 398 one-day internationals with 8064 runs, a highestscore of 124, while taking 395 wickets with his leg spin.

l His Twenty20 international career saw him play 98 matches with1405 runs and 97 wickets.

Virat Kohlil Virat Kohli became first Indian sportsperson to

ink ` 100 crore deal with Puma on February 19, 2017.

l Kohli’s endorsement deal with the Germancompany involves a fixed payment and royaltydepending on the brand’s business performance.

l PUMA SE, branded as PUMA, is a Germanmultinational company that designs andmanufactures athletic and casual footwear,apparel and accessories, headquartered inHerzogenaurach, Germany.

Kumar Sangakkaral Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara

became the second Asian, after MahelaJayawardene, and 16th overall to feature in1000 matches across all forms of the game.

l Sangakkara achieved the feat after featuring for Karachi Kings against the Quetta Gladiators inthe Pakistan Super League.

l Out of the 1000 matches, Sangakkara played587 for the Sri Lankan team.

Nasir Jamshedl Batsman Nasir Jamshed suspended from all

forms of cricket for violating the PakistanCricket Board’s (PCB) anti-corruption code onFebruary 15, 2017.

l The 27-year-old has played in two Tests,48 one-day internationals and 18 Twenty20matches for Pakistan.

l In his debut against Zimbabwe, he opened thebatting and smashed 61 off just 48 deliverieswhich sa w him win the ‘Man of theMatch’ award.

l In his second ODI, he hit 74 off 64 balls,becoming only third Pakistani to makeconsecutive half centuries in first andsecond matches.

Usain Boltl World’s ‘greatest’ sprinter Usain Bolt won the

‘Sportsman of the Year’ trophy for arecord-equalling fourth time, while gymnastSimone Biles clinched the top honour in thewomen’s category at the Laureus World Awards at a glittering ceremony on February 14, 2017.

l The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annualaward ceremony honoring remarkableindividuals from the world of sports along with the greatest sporting achievements throughoutthe year.

l It was established in 1999 by Laureus Sport forGood Foundation founding patrons Daimlerand Richemont and supported by its globalpartners Mercedes-Benz and IWCSchaffhausen. The first ceremony was held onMay 25, 2000 in Monte Carlo.

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Adam Vogesl Australia batsman Adam Voges announced his

retirement from international cricket onFebruary 13, 2017.

l He bows out with the second highest Testaverage of all time behind Australian great Sir Donald Bradman.

l Voges retires with an international battingaverage of 61.87 from 31 innings. Bradman’scareer average of 99.94 from 52 Tests is thebest of all time.

l He played for the Australian national team atTest, One Day International (ODI), andTwenty20 International (T20I) level, and isthe current captain of Western Australia andPerth Scorchers in domestic cricket.

Genzebe Dibabal Genzebe Dibaba has recorded the fastest

indoor 2000 m of all time on February 8, 2017.l She was the 2012 World Indoor Champion for

the 1500 m, and is the reigning 2014 WorldIndoor Champion and World Indoor RecordHolder in the 3000 m.

l She represented Ethiopia at the 2012 Summer Olympics and has twice competed at theWorld Championships in Athletics (2009and 2011).

l She was highly successful as a junior(under-20) athlete, having won two juniorworld cross country titles and one worldjunior 5000 m gold medal. At the 2015 WorldChampionships in Beijing (China).

l She became World Champion in 1500 m aswell as claiming the bronze medal in the5000 m event. She was named LaureusSportswoman of the Year for the 2014 yearalongside male winner counterpart NovakDjokovic and was 2015 IAAF World Athlete of the Year.

NOTEBOOKIndia to Host Women’s YouthWorld Boxing Championshipl India will host the World Women’s Youth

Boxing Championship in November thisyear—the first major international event to beheld in the country since 2010.

l In 2010, India had hosted the Commonwealth Championships followed by theCommonwealth Games. The country has nothosted a major boxing event since then,primarily because of the administrativeturmoil that gripped the sport in 2012.

l The International Boxing Academy could beset-up in Delhi itself at the IG Stadium. Weare working on it.

India to Host 2019 Combined World Cupfor Shootingl India will host the Combined World Cup for shooting in 2019, a

qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on February 21, 2017.l Combined World Cup comprises all the three categories (shotgun,

rifle and pistol), and at stake in the 2019 edition will be a number ofquota places for the Tokyo games.

l The National Rifle Association of India’s (NRAI) bid was approved by the International Shooting Sport Federation’s Executive Board.

Official Mascot Unveiled for FIFA U-17 WorldCup India 2017

l The FIFA U-17 World CupIndia 2017, the Official Mascot of the tournament wasrevealed on February 9, 2017.

l The young and charismaticface of the FIFA U-17 WorldCup India 2017, a cloudedleopard called Kheleo, wasintroduced to hundreds of fans and media representatives.

l The clouded leopard is a vulnerable wild cat whose habitat extendsfrom the Himalayan foothills to mainland South-East Asia.

Russia Banned from London WorldAthletics Championshipsl Russia will miss August’s World Athletics Championships in London

after their doping ban was extended on February 6, 2017.l So far in 2017, 35 Russian athletes have applied to compete as

neutral athletes in international competition.l Russia has been barred from international competition since

November, 2015 following a damaging report alleging thatState-sponsored doping was rife in the country.

India to Host World Billiards Championship forNext Four Yearsl India will host the World Billiards Championship for the next four

years, the Billiards and Snoooker Federation of India (BSFI)announced on February 5, 2017.

l The premier event was held in Bengaluru last year when championcueist Pankaj Advani had triumphed in the 150-UP format beatingPeter Gilchrist of Singapore.

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1. The lady, worked with CharlesBabbage and who is considered as thefirst computer programmer, isa. Lady Nesta

b. Lady Fardorc. Lady Augusta Ada

d. Lady Smith

2. The term ‘GIGO’ is related to whichcharacteristic of computer?a. Speed b. Automaticc. Accuracy d. Reliability

3. Printed circuit board is known asa. Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

b. Central Processing Unit (CPU)

c. Read-Only Memory (ROM)d. Motherboard

4. What is ‘Strati’?a. Supercomputer

b. 3-D printed electric carc. Robot

d. Computer software

5. Which of the following devices allowsyou to print on both sides of the paper?a. Fuserb. Duplexer

c. Toner

d. Paper swapping unit

6. High quality digital print, which isprinted on a sheet of polyvinyl chloride is calleda. Flex b. Banner

c. Poster d. None of these

7. Which is not a free open-sourceoperating system software?a. Syllable b. SkyOS

c. Linux d. FreeBSD

8. Which of the following is a mobileoperating system software?a. iOS b. BlackBerryc. MeeGO d. All of these

9. For adding a formula to the cell E10 in Excel, the correct option isa. A1 + B1 b. +A1 + B1c. SUM (A1, B1) d. = A1 + B1

10. In MS-Word software, a temporaryleft or right margin for paragraphs, isknown asa. Indent b. Gutter

c. Footnote d. Footer

11. Which is a popular Chinese searchengine?a. DuckDuckGo b. Baidu

c. Bing d. ChaCha

12. HTML is used to preparea. webpage

b. operating systemc. high-level program

d. machine language program

13. A software, which allows you to gain administrative right to someone’scomputer, is calleda. Trojan horse b. Rootkitc. Bot d. Worm

14. Which is the an antivirus software?a. McAfee b. Norton

c. QuickHorse d. VIPRE

15. What is the frame rate in a standardanimation today?a. 6 fps b. 24 fps

c. 124 fps d. 160 fps

16. Which is not a computer animationsoftware?a. Flash b. Mayac. Python d. FlipBook

17. Which of the following is an opticaldrive?a. Hard disk drive b. CD drivec. DVD drive d. Both (b) and (c)

18. Which of the following relations iscorrect, when arranged from smallest tolargest?a. 1 bit < 1 nibble < 1 byte < 1 TB

b. 1 bit < 1 nibble < 1 MB < 1 KB

c. 1 bit < 1 byte < 1 nibble < 1 KBd. 1 bit < 1 nibble < 1 TB < 1 MB

19. What is SERP?a. Search Engine Results Programb. Search Engine Results Providerc. Search Engine Results Paged. Search Engine Resource Program

20. Mozilla Firefox is a/ana. browser b. editor

c. compiler d. None of these

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Revenue InspectorRecruitment Exam 2016-17

Maximum Marks 150Time Allotted 2 Hours

Part I Computer RelatedKnowledge

Part II (1) General Hindi

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List-I List-II

A. Shimla of this State 1. Ambikapur

B. Island of Sal forest 2. Lafagarh

C. The first biotech park ofthis State

3. Manipat

D. Chittorgarh of this State 4. Bastar

Code A B C D A B C D

a. 1 2 3 4 b. 2 3 4 1c. 3 4 1 2 d. 4 3 2 1

143. Which of the following districts has the lowest population density in thisState according to Census 2011?a. Dantewada b. Sukmac. Narayanpur d. Bijapur

144. In this State, which of the following ores is standing first rank in oreproduction in India?

a. Chalcopyrite b. Tin c. Hematite d. Bauxite

145. Which of the following districtpairs has the highest and the lowestliteracy rates?a. Dhamatri — Dantewadab. Rajnandgaon — Bijapurc. Durg — Sukmad. Raipur — Kondagaon

146. How many Lok Sabha seats arethere in this State?a. 11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 14

147. Which of the following is not trueabout ‘Bhojali’?a. It is a song of this State.b. This song is related to water in land.c. It is sung by farmers.d. None of the above

148. Which of the following authoritiesis the constitutional head of this State?a. The Chief Justiceb. The Advocate Generalc. The Governord. The Lokpal

149. How many tiers are working in thePanchayati Raj system in this State?a. Two tiersb. Three tiersc. Four tiersd. None of the above

150. The freedom fighter Dr. Radhabai of this State was not related toa. Woman’s emancipationb. untouchability eradicationc. Gandhian movementd. the fact that she completed her medical

education in England

1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b)

6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (a)

11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (b)

16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a)

21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (a)

26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (d) 29. (b) 30. (d)

31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (d)

36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (c)

41. (a) ( )2017

22

23

= ´ +( )23 87 16 22 Mod 23

= ( )16 22 Mod 23

= ( )3 11 Mod 23 [Q [( ) [( ) ]16 1622 2 11= ]

= ( )4 33 2´ Mod 23 [ ( ) , ]\ =3 3 311 3 3 2

= ´( )18 9 Mod 23 [ ]Q 4 643 =

= 1 [Q164 Mod 23 1= ]

42. (b) 001

( )17 100

To find the unit digit of ( )17 100, we have to

divide the index ‘100’ by 4,

Þ100

4, we get ‘O’ reminder

[When remainder comes zero, index wouldbe ‘4’]

Last digit of ( )17 7 14 4= =

In options, 001 is the only option which have unit digit 1.

\ Options (b) is correct

43. (b) 24 and 28

Let, the number be x and y.

Then, according to the questions,

x y+ = 52

and LCM of x and y is 168.

Try from the options and find the answerwhich satisfies both the above conditions.

Thus, 24 and 28 is the correct answer.

44. (d) 11

7

11

11

11

3

+

+

+

= +

+

11

13

4

= +14

7

=+7 4

7 =

11

7

45. (c) ( . )0 02 3

= æèç

öø÷

2

100

3

=8

100 3( ) = 0 000008.

46. (d) ( )2 2 3 3 3 17´ ´ + ´ ´ = +( )8 27 17

= ( )35 17

To find the last three digits of a number, wehave to find the Mod 1000 of a number.

( )35 17 Mod 1000

= ´( )225 358 Mod 1000

[ ( ) ]Q 35 35 3517 2 8= ´

= ´( )625 354 Mod 1000

[ ( ) [( ) ] ]Q 225 2258 2 4=

= ´( )625 352 Mod 1000

[ ( ) [( ) ] ]Q 625 6254 2 2=

= ´625 35 Mod 1000 = 875

875 is the last three digits of ( )35 17

Q 875 is divisible by 5, 25 and 125

\ ( )35 17 is divisible by 5, 25 and 125.

47. (b)

0237 0237 0237 0763 0763

0763

0237 0237 02

. . . . .

.

. . .

´ ´ + ´

´

´ - 37 0763 0763

0763

´ +

´

. .

.

=+

- ´ +

( . ) ( . )

( . ) . . ( . )

0237 0763

0237 0237 0763 0763

3 3

2 2

[ ( )( )]Q a b a b a ab b3 3 2 2+ = + - +

=

+ - ´

+

[ . . ] [( . ) . .

( . ) ]

( .

0237 0763 0237 0237 0763

0763

023

2

2

7 0237 0763 07632 2) . . ( . )- ´ +

= +0237 0763. . = 1000. = 1

48. (a)

49. (c) Let, the two number be 3x and 2 x

\ HCF = =15 x

First Number = = ´ =3 3 15 45x

Second Number = = ´ =2 2 15 30x

\ LCM of 45, 30 = 90

50. (b) x = 8, y = 4, z = 27

Then,

x y z

-´

-´

-2

3

3

2

1

3

= ´ ´

- - -

( ) ( ) ( )8 4 27

2

3

3

2

1

3

= ´ ´

- - -

( ) ( ) ( )2 2 33

2

3 2

3

2 2

1

3

= ´ ´- - -2 2 32 3 1

= ´ ´1

4

1

8

1

3 =

1

96

51. (d) x = +7 4 3

1 1

7 4 3x=

+

Þ1

7 4 3

7 4 3

7 4 3+´

-

-

=-

-

7 4 3

49 48( ) ( )

[ ( )( ) ]Q a b a b a b+ - = -2 2

Þ1

7 4 3x

= -

Hints Solutions&

1. The ‘Misl’ of which Ranjit Singh wasthe leader, wasa. Sukerchakia b. Ahluwaliac. Phulkia d. Ramgarhia

2. The fort of Lohagarh was built bya. Banda Bahadur b. Guru Govind Singhc. Ranjit Singh d. None of these

3. Who among the following was thefirst woman Chief Justice of a HighCourt?a. Geeta Mukherjee b. Leila Sethc. Sujata Manohar d. Rani Jethmalani

4. The Asiatic Society was established inCalcutta bya. Warren Hastings b. Sir William Jonesc. Raja Ram Mohan Roy d. TB Macaulay

5. Who among the following introducedthe famous Persian festival of Naurojin India?a. Balban b. Firoz Tughlaqc. Iltutmish d. Alauddin Khalji

6. Bahamani kingdom was founded bya. Timur b. Zain-ul-Abidinc. Malik Kafur d. Hasan

7. Saka era started from a. 78 BC b. AD 78 c. 300 BC d. AD 124

8. Vande Matram was first sung at thesession of the Indian National Congressina. 1886 b. 1892 c. 1896 d. 1904

9. Who was the founder of Qutb Shahidynasty? a. Adil Shah b. Ibrahim Adil Shah IIc. Ibrahim Qutb Shah d. Quli Qutb Shah

10. The most populous tribes in India is a. Santhali b. Tharuc. Bhil d. None of these

11. Nadir Shah invaded India during thereign of a. Shah Alamb. Bahadur Shahc. Muhammed Shahd. Farrukhsiyar

12. By what name is the Ganga knownin Bangladesh?a. Padma b. Bhagirathic. Rupnarayan d. Nubra

13. Nuclear fission is caused by theimpact ofa. proton b. electronc. neutron d. None of these

14. Which bank gives long term loanto farmers?a. NABARDb. Land Development Bankc. SBId. Rural banks

15. Which of the fol low ing el e ments isnot ra dioac tive?a. Zirconium b. Uraniumc. Radium d. Plutonium

16. Which one of the fol low ing is not aline of de mar ca tion be tween twocoun tries?a. Radcliffe Lineb. Durand Linec. International Date Lined. MacMahon Line

17. Which one of the fol low ing isop po site to dem o cratic state?a. Socialism b. Monarchyc. Despotism d. Republic

18. Con tour line is the imag i nary linejoin ing places of equala. elevation b. temperaturec. rainfall d. humidity

19. Panda be longs to the same fam ily asthat ofa. whale b. bearc. kangaroo d. porcupine

20. Lake formed in a cut off riverme an der is calleda. Ox-Bow Lake b. Crater Lakec. Playa Lake d. Meteoric Lake

21. The causal or gan ism of Po lio isa. a worm b. a bac te ria c. a fungi d. a virus

22. The heavi est nat u rally occuringel e ment isa. thorium b. uraniumc. mercury d. polonium

23. Which Sul tan re ceived a robe ofhon our from the ca liph?a. Balban b. Qutubuddin Aibakc. Alauddin Khilji d. Iltutmish

24. In stru ment used to study thebe hav iour of a vi brat ing string isa. hygrometer b. sonometerc. barometer d. hydrometer

25. Sand stone is meta mor phosed toa. quartzite b. marblec. shale d. slate

26. The Gandhara art flour ished un dera. the Guptas b. the Mauryasc. the Kushans d. the Satavahanas

27. Gyp sum is used for im prove ment ofa. Podsols b. Acidic soilsc. Alkaline soils d. Saline soils

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Trade ApprenticeRECRUITMENT EXAM 2017(Non-ITI)

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Part I General Knowledge

28. Which one of the fol low inglan guages is not spec i fied in the Eighthsched ule of the In dian Con sti tu tion?a. Sindhi b. Sanskrit c. Urdu d. English

29. Sul phur di ox ide bleaches colour ingmat ter bya. decomposition b. oxidationc. reduction d. dehydration

30. Which ar ti cle of the In dianCon sti tu tion pro vides for equalop por tu ni ties for all cit i zens in pub licemployment?a. Article-20 b. Article-25c. Article-22 d. Article-16

31. Which of the fol low ing is an in di recttax?a. Wealth Tax b. Estate Dutyc. Capital Gains Tax d. Excise Duty

32. Which one of the following is usedfor writing on glass? a. Silicon b. Graphite c. Hydrogen fluoride d. Hydrogen iodide

33. Stainless steel does not rust because a. chromium and nickel combine with iron b. chromium forms an oxide layer and

protects iron from rusting c. nickel present in it, does not rust d. iron forms a hard chemical compound

with chromium present in it

34. When was the Family PlanningProgramme officially started in India? a. 1950 b. 1952 c. 1956 d. 1962

35. Which of the following is the oldestlibrary in India? a. Asiatic Society Library, Kolkata b. Central Reference Library, Kolkata c. Kannimara Library, Chennai d. Delhi Public Library, Delhi

36. Unity between the Congress and theAll India Muslim League was broughtabout by the a. Poona Pact b. Lucknow Pact c. Government of India Act, 1919d. Government of India Act, 1935

37. Who among the following Viceroysintroduced the system of local self-government in India? a. Lord Mayo b. Lord Lytton c. Lord Ripon d. Lord Curzon

38. Karma is a folk dance of which of the following? a. Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh b. Jharkhandc. Chhattisgarhd. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and

Maharashtra

39. Where is Integral Coach Factorysituated? a. Perambur b. Chittaranjan c. Mumbai d. Kolkata

40. The basis of classifying governmentsas unitary and federal isa. relationship between the Centre and

States b. relationship between the Legislature and

Executive c. relationship between the Legislature and

Judiciary d. relationship between the Prime Minister

and the President

41. How long can one, under ourConstitution, remain a minister, evenwithout being a member of either Houseof Parliament?a. One year b. Three months c. Six months d. Nine months

42. National Integration Council ischaired by a. the President b. the Prime Minister c. the Defence Ministerd. the Home Minister

43. Which of these is not included as aFundamental Right in the IndianConstitution? a. Right to Freedom of Speech b. Right to Equality before the Law c. Right to Constitutional Remedies d. Right to equal wages for equal work

44. The theory of economic drain ofIndia during British imper ialism waspropounded bya. MK Gandhi b. RC Dutt c. JL Nehru d. Dadabhai Naoroji

45. The exchange value of the rupee isdetermined with reference to a. the US dollar b. the British pound c. a basket of selected currenciesd. None of these

46. World Population Day is celebratedona. July 11 b. July 12 c. July 15 d. August 11

47. Where is the Indian Institute of Astro Physics located?a. Thiruvananthapuramb. Chennai c. Bangalurud. New Delhi

48. Which chapter of the UN Charterdeals with the peaceful settlement ofdisputes?a. Chapter I b. Chapter IIIc. Chapter V d. Chapter VI

49. Coca-Cola India (CCI), HindustanCoca-Cola Beverages Private Limited(HCCBPL) and which Indian bankannounced a strategic partnershiprecently to enable 2.6 million retailersand 5000 distributors to conduct business transactions digitally?

a. State Bank of Indiab. Union Bank of Indiac. United Bank of Indiad. Bank of India

50. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)recently said that Resident Indian citizens who were abroad can exchange old ` 500, ` 1000 banknotes up to which date?a. December 31, 2016b. March 31, 2017c. June 30, 2017d. September 30, 2017

51. The value of 0796 0796 0204 0204

0796 0204

. . . .

. .

´ - ´

- is

a. 0.408 b. 0.59 c. 0.592 d. 1

52. The small est num ber, which whendi vided by 12 and 16 leaves re main der 5and 9 re spec tively, isa. 55 b. 41 c. 39 d. 29

53. A pipe can empty a tank in40 minutes. A sec ond pipe with di am e tertwice much as that of the first is alsoat tached with the tank to empty it. Thetwo to gether can empty the tank in

a. 8 min b. 131

3 min c. 30 min d. 38 min

54. The cost of car pet ing a room is ` 120. If the width had been 4 m less, thecost of the car pet would have been ` 20less. The width of the room isa. 24 m b. 20 m c. 25 m d. 18.5 m

55. If the vol ume and sur face area of asphere are nu mer i cally the same, then itsra dius isa. 1 unit b. 2 units c. 3 units d. 4 units

56. If x = -7 4 3, then xx

+1

is

equal toa. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

57. A num ber which when di vided by 10 leaves a re main der of 9, when di vided by9 leaves a re main der of 8 and whendi vided by 8 leaves a re main der of 7, isa. 1539 b. 539 c. 359 d. 1359

58. The sev enth term of the se quence 1,3, 6, 10, ……… isa. 20 b. 26 c. 28 d. 32

59. A tap can fill a cis tern in 8 hours and an other tap can empty it in 16 hours. Ifboth the taps are open, the time taken tofill the tank will bea. 8 h b. 10 h c. 16 h d. 24 h

60. A re duc tion of 20% in the price of sugaren ables a pur chaser to ob tain 3 kg more for` 120. The orig i nal price (per kg) of sugar isa. ` 15 b. ` 12 c. ` 10 d. ` 8

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Part II Mathematics

61. If x y=1

3 and y z=

1

2, then x : y z: , is equal to

a. 3 : 2 : 1 b. 1 : 2 : 6 c. 1 : 3 : 6 d. 2 : 4 : 6

62. Each ex te rior an gle of a reg u lar poly gon of n sides isequal to

a. 4 90n ´ ° b. 360°

nc. ( )2 4 90n - ´ ° d. 4 90´ °

63. The av er age of 11 num bers is 10.8. If the av er age of the first six be 10.4 and that of the last six is 11.5, then the mid dle (6th)num ber isa. 10.3 b. 12.6 c. 13.5 d. 15.5

64. The sides of a rect an gu lar plot are in the ra tio 5 : 4 and itsarea is equal to 500 sq m. The per im e ter of the plot isa. 80 m b. 100 m c. 90 m d. 95 m

Di rec tions (Q.Nos. 65-69) Study the fol low ing graphcare fully and an swer the ques tions given be low.

Production of Three Types of Tyres by aCompany Over the Year (in lakh)

65. What was the per cent age drop in the num ber of C typetyres man u fac tured from 2007 to 2008?a. 25% b. 10% c. 15% d. 2.5%

66. What was the dif fer ence be tween the num ber of B typeman u fac tured in 2008 and 2009?a. 100000 b. 2000000 c. 1000000 d. None of these

67. The to tal num ber of all the three types of tyresmanufactured was the least in which of the fol low ing years?a. 2009 b. 2010 c. 2006 d. 2008

68. In which of the fol low ing years was the per cent ageproduction of B types to C types the max i mum?a. 2008 b. 2009 c. 2010 d. 2007

69. The to tal pro duc tion of C type tyres in 2006 and 2007to gether was what per cent age of pro duc tion of B type tyresin 2008?a. 50% b. 100% c. 150% d. 200%

70. What is the least number which when divided by 7, 9 and12 leaves the same remainder 1 in each case?a. 253 b. 352 c. 505 d. 523

71. A train 280 m long is moving at a speed of 60 km/h. What is the time taken by the train to cross a platform 220 m long?a. 45 sec b. 40 sec c. 35 sec d. 30 sec

72. The value of 2 2 2+ + + ... is

a. 2 b. 2 c. 2 2 d. 2 2+

73. Out of 10 teachers of a school, one teacher retires and in hisplace, a new teacher of age 25 years joins. As a result average age of teachers reduces by 3 years. The age of the retired teacher isa. 50 yr b. 55 yr c. 58 yr d. 60 yr

74. 5 4 3 3 3 6- - - - -[ { )}] is equal to a. 10 b. 6 c. 4 d. 0

75. The sum of the square of two positive numbers is 100 anddifference of their square is 28, the sum of the numbers is a. 12 b. 13 c. 14 d. 15

76. Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7. On diminishing each ofthem by 40, they became in the ratio 17 : 27. The difference ofthe numbers is a. 18 b. 52 c. 137 d. 50

77. If the volumes of two cubes are in the ratio 27 : 64 and thenthe ratio of their total surface area isa. 27 : 64 b. 3 : 4 c. 9 : 16 d. 3 : 8

78. 0.15% of 331

3% of ̀ 10000 is

a. ` 5 b. ` 150 c. ` 0.05 d. ` 105

79. A can do a piece of work in 24 days. If B is 60% moreefficient than A, then how many days does B require to do thesame work?a. 12 days b. 15 days c. 16 days d. 18 days

80. If the ratio of x to y is 25 times the ratio of y to x, then what is the ratio of x to y? a. 1 : 5 b. 5 : 1 c. 25 : 1 d. 1 : 25

81. The av er age age of 5 sis ters is 20 years. If the age of theyoun gest sis ter be 4 years, what was the av er age age of thegroup of sis ters at the birth of the youn gest sis ter?a. 25 yr b. 15 yr c. 18 yr d. 20 yr

82. If 3

1

1

3

4

2x x x-+

-=

-, then x is equal to

a. -4 b. 4 c. 2 d. -2

83. The HCF of two num bers is 8. Which one of the fol low ingcan never be their LCM?a. 24 b. 48 c. 56 d. 60

84. A lawn is in the form of a rectangle having its sides in theratio 2 3: . The area of the lawn is 1/6 hectare. Find the length ofthe lawn.a. 60 m b. 40 m c. 50 m d. 70 m

85. When 60 is sub tracted from 60% of a num ber, the re sult is60. The num ber is a. 120 b. 150 c. 180 d. 200

Directions (Q.Nos. 86-87) Select the relatedwords/letters/numbers from the given alternatives.

86. ? : Melody :: Delicious : Good Taste?a. Voice b. Speak c. Tongue d. Highness

87. 8 : 256 :: ?a. 7 : 343 b. 9 : 243 c. 10 : 500 d. 5 : 75

Directions (Q.Nos. 88-89) Select the one which isdifferent from the other three responses.

88. a. Hypothesis b. Assumptionc. Observation d. Experiment

89. a. 21 : 6 b. 28 : 4 c. 42 : 12 d. 84 : 24

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They are kept outdoors instead of inhouses and have much more spacethan before. A large ground is chosenand is surrounded by a high iron railing in places. When a mother animal givesbirth to her young, she is usuallyremoved to another place where sheand her babies are speciality cared for.These baby animals are very popularwith visitors, especially children. A few years ago a baby polar bear was bornin a ditch, so it become very popularindeed. Crowds went to the zoo to seeit. Many pictures were taken of it, anda special book was written about it.

146. According to the passage, what isthe main improvement in modern zoos?a. The animals are let loose.b. The animals are kept in cages.c. The animals kept in ditches.d. The animals are provided enough space

to move freely.

147. Some animals died very soon after they were brought to the old-fashionedzoo due toa. starvation b. lack of enough exercisec. suffocation d. captivity

148. The animals are provided with their nature surroundings in the modern zooto make them

a. familiar with the natural surroundingsb. secure their own foodc. live happily with other animalsd. feel at home in the zoo

149. What precautions are taken in themodern zoo to prevent animals fromescaping?a. The zoo is surrounded by a wall.b. The animals are always kept in cages.c. The zoo is surrounded by an iron railing and

deep wide ditches.d. A guard is kept to watch them.

150. The meaning of the word ‘ditch’ asused in the passage is a. tunnel b. pit c. novel d. trap

55

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a)

6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (c)

11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (a)

16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (a)

21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (a)

26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (b) 30. (d)

31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (b) 35. (a)

36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (a)

41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (d) 44. (d) 45. (a)

46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (a) 50. (b)

51. (d) Let, 0796. = a and 0.204 = b

\ Expression =´ - ´

-

a a b b

a b

=-

-=

+ -

-

a b

a b

a b a b

a b

2 2 ( ) ( )

= +a b

= + =0796 0 204 1. .

52. (b) Here, 12 5 7- = , 16 9 7- =

\ Required number = LCM of 12 and 16 7-

= - =48 7 41

53. (a) Q Area = + æèç

öø÷p pr2

21

2

Hence, when diameter twice, than area ofcross section becomes 4 times.

\ Second pipe empty the tank

= =40

410 min

Thus, both the pipes will empty the tank in

=´

+=

40 10

40 10

400

50 = 8 min

54. (a) Let, the cost of car pet ing per sq m be `1.

\ Area of the room = 120 sq m

Let the breadth of the room be x m.

Length of room =120

x m

New cost = -120 20 = ` 100

Breadth = -( )x 4 m

Then,120

4 100x

x´ - =( )

Þ 6

4 5x

x( )- =

Þ 6 24 5x x- = Þ x = 24

\ Breadth of the room = 24 m.

55. (c) Let, the ra dius of the sphere be r units.

According to the question,4

343 2p pr r= Þ r = 3 units

56. (d) x = -7 4 3

\ x = -7 4 3 = - ´ ´7 2 2 3

= + - ´ ´4 3 2 2 3

= - = -( )2 3 2 32

\ 1 1

2 3x=

-

=-

´+

+=

+

-

1

2 3

2 3

2 3

2 3

4 3

= +2 3

\ xx

+1

= - + + =2 3 2 3 4

57. (c) Here, Di vi sor - Remainder = 1

e.g., 10 9 1- = , 9 8 1- = , 8 - =7 1

\ Re quired num ber = (LCM of 10, 9, 8)- 1

= - =360 1 359

58. (c)

Hence, the seventh term of the series willbe 28.

59. (c) Part of the cis tern filled in 1 h =1

8

Part of the cistern emptied in 1 h =1

16

When both the taps are opened simulta-neously, part of cistern filled in 1 hours.

= - =-

=1

8

1

16

2 1

16

1

16

Hence, the cistern will be filled in 16h.

60. (c) Let original rate = ` x per kg

New rate = 80% of x x= æèç

öø÷`

80

100 = = `

4

5

Original quantity for ` 120120

=x

New quantity = ´ =1205

4

150

x x

\ 150 120

3x x

- =

Þ30

3x

= Þ x = =30

310

\ Original rate = 10 per kg

61. (c) x y=1

3 …(i)

y x= 3 …(ii)

yz

=2

…(iii)

From Eqs. (i), (ii) and (iii),

x y z: : : := 1 3 6

62. (b) Clearly each ex te rior an gle of a reg u lar

poly gon =°æ

èç

öø÷

360

Number of sides

63. (b) 6th num ber

= ´ + ´ - ´( . . . )6 10 4 6 115 11 10 8

= + -( . . . )62 4 69 0 118 8

= - =1314 118 8 12 6. . .

64. (c) Area of rect an gle = ´ L B

\ 5 4 500x x´ = sq m

Þ 2 5002x = sq m

\ x2 500

2025= =

\ x = 5

\ L = ´ =5 5 25 m

B = ´ =5 4 20 m

\ Perimeter = +2 L B( ) m

= + ( )2 25 20 = ´ =2 45 90 m

65. (b) Required per cent age

=-

´( . )25 22 5

25100

= ´ =2 5

2 5100 10

.

.%

1 3 6 10 15 21 28

+2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7

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þ Nationaln The first North-eastern State

government has implementede-Cabinet solution for the StateCabinet members Arunachal Pradesh

n India’s first a-political three-daysNational Women’s Parliament (NWP)was held in

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh)

n The world’s first Braille Atlas forvisually impaired persons has beenlaunched by Dr. Harsh Vardhan

n The Central Advisory Board ofEducation (CABE) has constituted asub-Committee to boost girls’education Kadiyam Srihari Committee

n Who has inaugurated a two-dayseminar on Bonded Labour at NehruMemorial Museum & Library, TeenMurti Bhawan, New Delhi

Justice HL Dattu

n The first floating elementary school ofIndia has been inaugurated atLangolsabi Leikai of ChampuKhangpok floating village on LoktakLake in Manipur

Loktak Elementary Floating School

n The Union Minister has launched theNational Career Service (NCS) andJeevanPraman facility to the EPFOpensioners through Post Offices inHyderabad Bandaru Dattatreya

n The first Indian State to establishcashless system for distribution offood grains Gujarat

n The State govenment has decided toconstitute a sub-committee of Councilof Ministers to prepare a blue print ofIntegrated Dairy Complexes in allcities of the State Haryana Government

n The State government has launched‘Aardram’ a public health initiative

Kerala

n The world famous 43rd edition ofKhajuraho Dance Festival begins atKhajuraho in

Chhatrapur (Madhya Pradesh)

n ‘Mil Banche’ programme was held inall the primary and middle government schools in Madhya Pradesh

n The States emerged Winners ofExcellence under the State category

Rajasthan and Telangana

n The ‘Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign’ has been launched in

Karnataka

n The Union Human ResourceDevelopment Ministry will set-up adepartment to conduct examinationsfor higher and secondary education

National Testing Agency (NTA)

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held in Spain

n The Airways who has launched theworld’s longest scheduled commercialairline route with the arrival of itsflight from Doha to Auckland(New Zealand) Qatar Airways

n International organisation has openedthe South Asia Regional Training andTechnical Assistance Centre(SARTTAC) in India

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

n The Minister of State forCommunications (Independent Charge) Manoj Sinha has inaugurated thetwo-day ASEAN India Digitalconnectivity summit in New Delhi

n Who has launched an appeal for$ 3 billion to help 48 million childrencaught-up in crises worldwide amidfears of a funding cut from top donorthe USA? UNICEF

n The two-day programming committeemeeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) washeld at Kathmandu (Nepal)

n The country who host the4th BIMSTEC Summit-2017 Nepal

n International Conference on NexGenTechnologies for Mining and FuelIndustries inaugurated in India

n The world’s first country to completely divest from fossil fuels Ireland

n The Minister of State forCommunications (Independent Charge) Manoj Sinha has inaugurated thetwo-day ASEAN India Digitalconnectivity summit in New Delhi

þ Economy & Bankingn This Indian bank has tied-up with a

cross-border payment networkEarthport Plc. to enable fasteroutbound cross-border payments forits customers Axis Bank

n The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hasannounced its Sixth Bi-monthlyMonetary Policy Rates for 2016-17

6.25%

n The Committee has been constitutedby the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) oncyber security

Meena Hemachandra Committee

n India’s rank in the USCC IntellectualProperty Index (IPI)-2017 is 43rd

n The bank, who tied-up with IFFCO toprovide co-branded debit cards withinbuilt overdraft facilities tothe farmers Bank of Baroda

n Bank that partnered with Fin-techstartup India Lends to enable thefirst-time borrowers with no credithistory to take loans IDFC Bank

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1. A, B and C invested ` 20 lakh in abusiness in the ratio 7 : 2 : 1. The total

profit is 18%. A has to pay 30% tax and Bhas to pay 20% tax. What percent of net

profit of A is more than the net profit

of B? [BPSC 60-62nd (Pre.) 2017]

a. 118.8% b. 180.0% c. 306.25%

d. 304.5% e. None of these

2. x is a consecutive whole number andthe first four values of expression

x y3 3 3+ - are 7, 20, 45, 88, then the

fifth value is [BPSC 60-62nd (Pre.) 2017]

a. 137 b. 155 c. 158

d. 143 e. None of these

Directions (Q.Nos. 3-5) The table below embodies data on the salesrevenue (` in lakh) generated by apublishing house during the years2012-15 while selling books,magazines and journals as threecategories of items. Answer thequestions based on the data containedin the table. [UGC NET 2017]

Year

Item

Sales Revenue (` in lakh)

2012 2013 2014 2015

Journals 46 47 45 44

Magazines 31 39 46 51

Books 73 77 78 78

Total 150 163 169 173

3. In 2015, approximately, what percent

of total revenue came from books?

a. 45% b. 55% c. 35% d. 25%

4. The number of years in which there

was an increase in revenue from at least

two categories of items, is

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3

5. If the year 2016 shows the same

growth in terms of total sales revenue asthe year 2015 over the year 2014, then

the revenue in the year 2016 must beapproximatelya. ` 194 lakh b. ` 187 lakh

c. ` 172 lakh d. ` 177 lakh

6. How many different 6-digit numbers

can be formed from the digits, 2 threetimes, 5 twice and 8 once?

[Allahabad High Court (RO) 2017]a. 60 b. 120 c. 720 d. 6

7. A man used 11

2 glasses of milk and

1

2

glass of water to make 1 glass each ofHorlicks for him and his wife. Weassume that the powder has negligiblevolume. If his immediate neighbourdrops in suddenly, how many glasses ofmilk does he need in all to take to makeone glass of Horlicks in the sameproportion for each of the three people?

[Allahabad High Court RO 2017]

a. 21

4b. 3 c. 2

1

2d. 2

8. In A, B C, D and E courts, the number

of pending cases against politicians wererespectively 3 thousands, 5 thousands,

2 thousands, 4 thousands and 1 thousand,

in which after final decision 50, 20, 10,40 and 30 politicians respectively were

found free of charges. Hence, theaverage charged politicians per court is

[Chhattisgarh Patwari 2017]a. 2500 b. 2900 c. 2970 d. 2570

9. The LCM of two numbers is 131387

and the GCD is 37. If one of the number

is 1961, the other number is[Chhattisgarh Patwari 2017]

a. 2579 b. 2369 c. 2479 d. 2469

10. A train of length 300 m is travelling

with a speed of 54 km/h. It takes

40 seconds to cross a bridge, then thelength of the bridge will be

[Chhattisgarh Patwari 2017]a. 250 m b. 300 m

c. 350 m d. None of these

11. The ratio of ages of A and B, 4 yearsbefore was 2 : 3 and after 4 years it will be

[Rajasthan Gram Sevak (Grade-II) 2016]a. 38 and 54 yr b. 36 and 40 yr

c. 34 and 50 yr d. 42 and 58 yr

12. What will be the square root of

( . ) ( . )

. .

0 1 0 01

0 001 0 11

2 2-

´+

ìíî

üýþ

[Rajasthan Gram Sevak (Grade-II) 2016]a. 0.1 b. 9 c. 10 d. 1

13. A completes 7/10 part of work within

15 days. Thereafter, with the help of B,he completes the rest of the work within

4 days. B alone will be able to do it in

how many days?

a. 355

17b. 30

7

17

c. 285

12d. 21

3

7

14. In how many ways, a group of 3 boys

and 2 girls can be formed out of the totalof 4 boys and 4 girls?

[UK PSC Lower Sub 2016]a. 15 b. 16 c. 20 d. 24

15. Four mat weavers can weave 4 mats

in 4 days. At the same rate, how many

mats would be woven by 8 mat weavers in8 days? [UK PSC Lower Sub 2016]

a. 4 b. 8 c. 12 d. 16

16. In a parade of school students, the

number of boys and girls are in the ratioof 9 : 7 respectively and the total number

of boys and girls are 256. Find the

number of girls. [SSC CGL (Pre.) 2016]a. 102 b. 112

c. 118 d. 128

17. Two persons ride towards each other

from two places 55 km apart, one ridingat 12 km/h and the other at 10 km/h.

When will they be 11 km apart?[SSC CGL (Pre.) 2016]

a. 2 h 30 min b. 1 h 30 minc. 2 h d. 2 h 45 min

18. A man spends 60% of his income on

different expenditures. His income is

increased by 20% and his expenditurealso increased by 10%. Find the

percentage decreases in his saving?[SSC CGL (Pre.) 2016]

a. 10% b. 15%

c. 20% d. 25%

19. The average score of a group ofstudents is 75. The brightest 28% of them

secured an average score of 85 and thedullest 27% of them secured 38. The

average score of remaining is[MP Police (SI) 2016]

a. 91 b. 88 c. 93 d. 85

20. The ratio between the present ages

of A and B is 6 : 7. If B is 2 years old than

A, what will be the ratio of the ages of Aand B after 4 years? [MP Police (SI) 2016]a. 6 : 7 b. 7 : 8

c. 8 : 9 d. None of these

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Bank of Baroda PS Jayakumar

Bank of India MO Rego

Bank of Maharashtra Ravindra Marathe

Bharatiya Mahila Bank SM Swathi

Canara Bank Rakesh Sharma

Central Bank of India Rajeev Rishi

Corporation Bank JK Garg

Dena Bank Ashwini Kumar

IDBI Bank Kishor Karat

Indian Bank Mahesh Kumar Jain

Indian Overseas Bank R. Koteeswaran

Oriental Bank of Commerce Animesh Chauhan

Punjab and Sind Bank Jatinderbir Singh

Punjab National Bank Usha Ananta Subrahmaniam

State Bank of India PK Gupta

State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Jyoti Ghosh

State Bank of Hyderabad Santanu Mukherjee

State Bank of Mysore NK Chari

State Bank of Patiala MS Ramesh Rangan

State Bank of Travancore CR Sasikumar

Syndicate Bank Arun Shrivastava

UCO Bank RK Takkar

United Bank of India Pawan Kumar Bajaj

Union Bank of India Arun Tiwari

Vijaya Bank Kishore Kumar Sansi

þ Maharatna/Navaratna Com pa niesMaharatna Chairman/MD

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Atul Sobti

Coal India Limited S. Bhattacharya

Gas Authority of India Limited BC Tripathi

Indian Oil Corporation Limited B. Ashok

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation DK Sarraf

Steel Authority of India Limited PK Singh

National Thermal Power Corporation Gurdeep Singh

Navaratna Chairman/MD

Container Corporation of India Limited Anil Kumar Gupta

Engineers India Limited Sanjoy Gupta

National Buildings Construction Corporation AK Mittal

Bharat Electricals Limited SK Sharma

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited D. Rajkumar

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited T. Suvarna Raju

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited MK Surana

National Mineral Development Corporation Narendra Kothari

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited NK Yadav

Power Finance Corporation Rajiv Sharma

Power Grid Corporation IS Jha

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited P. Madhusudan

Shipping Corporation of India AK Gupta

Neyvelli Lignite Corporation Limited SK Acharya

Oil India Limited Utpal Bora

Rural Electrification Corporation Limited BP Pandey

National Aluminium Company Limited TK Chand

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þ Important InternationalOfficials

Designation Name

¢ Secretary-General, UnitedNations Organisation

Antonio Guterres

¢ Managing Director,International Monetary Fund

Christine Lagarde

¢ President, World Bank Jim Yong Kim

¢ Vice-President, World Bank Hiroshi Naka

¢ Director-General, World TradeOrganisation

Roberto Azevedo

¢ President, UN GeneralAssembly

Peter Thomson

¢ Director-General, UnitedNations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organisation

Irina Bokova

¢ Director-General, InternationalLabour Organisation

Guy Ryder

¢ Executive Director, UnitedNations International Children’s Emergency Fund

Antony Lake

¢ Director-General, World Health Organisation

Margaret Chan

¢ President, International Courtof Justice

Peter Tomka

¢ President, Asian DevelopmentBank

Takehiko Nakao

¢ President, InternationalOlympic Committee

Thomas Bach

¢ Administrator, NASA Charles F. Boldon

¢ High Commissioner, UNCommission on Human Rights

Zeid Ra’ad AlHussein

¢ Director-General, InternationalAtomic Energy Agency

Yukiya Amano

¢ Secretary-General, NATO Jens Stoltenberg

¢ Secretary-General, ASEAN Lee Luang Minh

¢ Secretary-General, SAARC Arjun BahadurThapa

¢ Secretary-General,Commonwealth

Patricia Scotland

¢ President, FIFA Gianni Infantino

¢ President, International CricketCouncil

Zaheer Abbas

¢ Chairman, International Cricket Council

Shashank Manohar

¢ President, InternationalParalymic Committee

Philip Craven

¢ President, IAAF Sebastian Coe

¢ Secretary-General, OIC EkmeleddinIhasnoglu

¢ Secretary-General, GulfCooperation Council

Abdul Rahman ibnHamad al Attiyah

¢ Director-General, FAO Jose Graziano daSilva

¢ Director-General, UNIDO Kandeh Yumkella

¢ Head, World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin

*Last updated on March 6, 2017

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