Rio de Janeiro ordained Unesco world heritage status

Rio de Janeiro, nicknamed the Marvelous City, officially

entered the UN's list of world heritage sites in recognition of
its soaring granite cliffs, urban
rainforest and beaches.
The UN cultural body,
Unesco, highlighted
the
"extraordinary
fusion" of man-made
and natural beauty in certifying Rio on the world
heritage list.
India to contribute $500,000 to UN emergency response
fund
India has said it will
contribute $500,000 to the
United Nations's emergency
response fund for the year
2016-17.
India's cumulative contribution to the fund so far has
been $6 million.
In an average year, CERF allocates approximately
$450 million to humanitarian operations in some 50
different countries.
Qatar abolishes 'kafala' labour system
Qatar has formally announced
the end of its controversial
kafala system, arguably the
biggest ever labour reform
undertaken by the host of the
2022 football World Cup.
Under kafala, all foreign workers working in Qatar
require a local sponsor, in the form of an individual or
company, and need their permission to switch jobs or
leave the country.
5th Edition of India-Arab partnership conference held in
Muscat, Oman
The 5th India-Arab Partnership Conference was held on
December 14-15 2016 in in Muscat, Oman.
The Conference was organized in collaboration with
the Oman Foreign Ministry, Arab League Secretariat,
the Ministry of External Affairs in India, the General
Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the
Arab Countries (GUCCIAC) and Federation of the
Arab Business (FAB).

Theme of the conference: Partnership towards

innovation and cooperation in IT.

India tops Asia in innovation chart

India has emerged as the
most preferred destination
for innovation in Asia and
third biggest globally, with
'Silicon Valley' of East
Bengaluru leading the
charge, says a research by global consulting major Capgemini.
The number of active incubators in the country
increased 40 per cent to 140, with a bulk 66 per cent
of them in tier-II and tier-III centres.
International Human Solidarity Day: 20 December
The United Nations'
(UN)
International
Human Solidarity Day
is annually held on
December
20
to
celebrate unity in diversity.
It also aims to remind people on the importance of
solidarity in working towards eradicating poverty.
India-Nepal Folk Crafts Festival at Kathmandu
The India-Nepal Folk Crafts
Festival (INCF), an initiative
of South Asia Foundation
(SAF) to promote cultural
exchanges between the two
neighbours,
held
in
Kathmandu.
The festival, from December 19-23, aims to promote
crafts based bilateral relations and enhance cultural
exchanges between the artisans of India and Nepal.
India ranks 4th in Global Wind Power Installed Capacity
Index
India was ranked 4th in the
Global Wind Power Installed
Capacity Index.
The
cumulative
installed wind power
generation capacity of
India is 25088 MW.
The cumulative installed wind power generation
capacity of China is 145362 MW which is highest.

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India pledges $1.25 mn to UN relief for Palestinian refugees

India has pledged $1.25 million
to the UN relief agency for
Palestinian refugees as it voiced
concern over the fragile
situation and ongoing conflicts
in the middle-east region.
United Nations Relief and Works Agency has been
providing health, education, relief and social services,
and emergency humanitarian assistance to some 5.3
million Palestinian refugees across its five fields of
operation - Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip - for 65 years.
Palestine
Capital: Jerusalem
Currency: It uses Dinar, Shekel, Pound as
currency.
Pisa tests: Singapore top in global education rankings
Singapore has the highest achieving students in international
education rankings, with its teenagers coming top in tests in
maths, reading and science.
The Programme for International Student Assessment
(Pisa) provides education rankings based on
international tests taken by 15-year-olds in maths,
reading and science.
Singapore
Capital: Singapore
Currency: Dollar
US designates India as Major
Defence Partner
India was formally designated as
a Major Defence Partner of the
United States.
It was announced in the India-US joint statement on
US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carters visit to New
Delhi.
USA
Currency: Dollar
Capital: Washington D.C.
India ranked 7th among countries hit most by terror
India was ranked seventh in the list of countries most impacted
by terrorism in 2015, according to the Global Terrorism Index
(GTI), 2016, released by the Institute for Economics & Peace,
a think-tank based in Sydney, Australia.
As many as 797 terrorist attacks were recorded in
India in 2015, up 4% since 2014, the report said.

Iraq was the worst hit by terror in 2015 with 2,415

incidents. Afghanistan and Nigeria were ranked
second and third respectively.

10 December: Human Rights Day

The Human Rights Day 2016 was on 10 December 2016
observed across the world.
This years theme is "Stand up for someone's rights
today.
9 December: International Anti-Corruption Day
The International Anti-Corruption Day 2016 was observed
across the world on 9 December 2016.
This years theme is United against corruption for
development, peace and security.
English most powerful language in the world: World
Economic Forum
The 2016 World Power Language Index (PLI) announced that
English language is the most powerful language in the world.
The index was published by World Economic Forum (WEF).
Hindi language was ranked 10th in the 2016 PLI.
Mandarin is second while French is the third most
powerful language in the world.
World Economic Forum
Founded: 1971
Headquarters: Cologny, Switzerland
Pakistan lifts ban on Indian cotton imports
Pakistan has lifted an "undeclared" ban on import of ginned
cotton from India, days after rejecting a consignment of 10,000
bales of cotton from India citing violation of plant quarantine
rules by importers.
Earlier, the Department of Plant Protection (DPP) of
the Ministry of National Food Security and Research
put cotton imports from India on hold through Wagah
and Karachi port from November 23, saying the
shipments did not fulfil phyto- sanitary conditions,
Dawn newspaper reported.
The rising border tensions between the two
neighbours had prompted Islamabad to impose the
ban on 10,000 bales of cotton worth USD 3.3 million
from India.
Last year, Pakistan imported ginned cotton worth
more than USD 800 million from India which
accounted for two-thirds of India's cotton exports.
Pakistan
Currency: Rupee
Capital: Islamabad

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India to establish center of excellence at Al-Azhar

University
In an effort to enhance
cooperation in education
between the two countries,
India will establish a
center of excellence in
information technology at
Egypt's oldest and most prestigious Al-Azhar University.
India's leading computer IT organisation, the Centre
for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
had discussed about the establishment of the centre
with Al-Azhar University's department of IT and
department of engineering.
The ambassador informed that Indian government
will pay the cost of the project.
Egypt
Capital: Cairo
Currency: Pound
India, Vietnam sign civil nuclear cooperation pact in a
boost to bilateral ties
India and Vietnam signed a
civil nuclear cooperation
agreement, with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
asserting that it will further
strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between
the two countries.
The two countries also signed three other agreements
-- to enhance aviation links, to jointly work in the area
of energy efficiency and promotion of parliamentary
cooperation.
Venezuela banned its biggest banknote
The Venezuelan government
pulled its 100-bolivar bank note
out of service to combat
smuggling and food shortages.
The
country
is
experiencing a deep economic crisis.
Despite being the biggest note in Venezuelan
circulation, the 100-bolivar note has lost most of its
value and is now worth about $0.02.
Venezuela
Capital: Caracas
Currency: Bolivar
President: Nicolas Maduro

South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President

Lawmakers in South Korea's National Assembly voted
overwhelmingly to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a
corruption scandal.
The vote was 234-56, with six abstentions.
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will be acting
President for the duration of the court's deliberation.
South Korea
Currency: Won
Capital: Seoul
2 NRIs in US' Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40 list: Forbes
Two Indian-origin men
have figured in Forbes
magazine's second annual
list
of
wealthiest
entrepreneurs under the age
of 40 which is topped by
Facebook founder Mark Zuckeberg.
Vivek Ramaswamy, a successful biotech entrepreneur
has been ranked 24th on 'America's Richest
Entrepreneurs Under 40 2016' list with a networth of
$600 million.
Apoorva Mehta stands at 31st spot with a $360
million networth.
Forbes
Founded: 1917
Headquarters: New Jersey
Seventh Indo- Maldives joint military exercise to
commence from 15 dec
Seventh edition of
Exercise EKUVERIN
will be held from 15 to
28 Dec 2016 at
Kadhdhoo,
Laamu
Atoll, Maldives.
The Exercise
is a 14 day
platoon level joint military exercise between the
Indian Army & the Maldives National Defence Force
conducted on a yearly basis.
The previous edition of the exercise was held in India
at Trivandrum, Kerala.
Maldives
Capital: Male
Currency: Rufiyaa
President: Abdulla Yameen

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Indo Russian Bilateral Naval Exercise: Indra Navy 2016

The 9th edition of exercise
INDRA NAVY, an annual
bilateral maritime exercise
between Indian Navy and
Russian Navy will be conducted
in the Bay of Bengal from 14 to
21 December 2016.
The primary aim of exercise INDRA NAVY is to
increase inter-operability amongst the two navies and
develop common understanding and procedures for
maritime security operations.
Russia
Capital: Moscow
Currency: Ruble
President: Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev
Bapus charkha among most influential photos
A 1946 picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his charkha
(spinning wheel) in the foreground is among the 100 most
influential images of all time, according to a compilation by
Time magazine of images that changed the world.
The black and white photo was taken by Margaret
Bourke-White.
The Time collection includes 100 of the most iconic
and history-altering images, dating from the 1820s to
2015 that have remained engrained in the human
psyche from the time they were taken.
4 India-born CEOs on Fortune's Businessperson of the
Year list
Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Mastercard's Ajay Banga are
among four leading India-born CEOs who have sealed a place
in Fortune's Businessperson of the Year list topped by
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Those India born CEOs are:
Nadella has been ranked fifth
Ajita Rajendra on the 34th spot,
HDFC Banks Managing Director Aditya Puri on the
36th position
Mastercards Ajay Banga on 40th.
IISc breaks into top 15 in Times varsity rankings of 2017
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has, for the first time,
broken into the top 15 universities in the latest Times Higher
Education (THE)s BRICS and Emerging Economies
University Rankings 2017

Following IISc is Indian Institute of TechnologyBombay, which climbed three places to the 26th
position, its highest ever rank.
According to THE, India could soon overtake Taiwan
as the second most-represented country in the top 200,
behind China.
Overall, India has 19 universities in the top 200, up
from 16 last year, while Taiwan has 21, down from
24.

World Aids Day: 1st December

World AIDS Day is held on the 1st
December each year and is an
opportunity for people worldwide to
unite in the fight against HIV, show
their support for people living with
HIV.
World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day,
held for the first time in 1988.
Theme for this year is Hands Up for HIV
Prevention.
First element discovered in Asia named 'nihonium', after
Japan
Japanese scientists behind the
discovery of element 113, the first
atomic element found in Asia indeed, the first found outside
Europe or the United States - have
dubbed it "nihonium" after the Japanese-language name for
their country.
Though the element was publicly recognized by the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC) in December 2015, the name was not
announced by IUPAC.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Day of Persons with
Disabilities, celebrated on December
3 is an international observance
promoted by the United Nations since
1992.
The observance of the Day
aims to bring the Persons
with
Disabilities
into
mainstream.
The theme for this years International Day is
Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want.

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Pak-China start direct rail and freight service

China
and
Pakistan
launched a direct rail and
sea freight service with the
first cargo train departing
from China's southwestern
Yunnan province.
The service was launched with the first cargo train
loaded with 500 tonnes of commodities left Kunming,
capital of Yunnan, an inland province in southwest
China departed for Karachi.
The service is a part of China's Maritime Silk Road
initiative, of which USD 46 billion China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor project (CPEC) is a part.
Italy's Renzi quits after crushing referendum defeat
Italian
Prime
Minister
Matteo Renzi announced his
resignation, after learning he
had suffered a crushing
defeat in a referendum on
constitutional reform.
Nearly 70 percent
of Italians entitled to vote their ballots, an
exceptionally high turnout that reflected the high
stakes and the intensity of the various issues involved.
Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan is the favourite to
succeed Renzi as the President of the Council of
Ministers, as Italy's premier is formally titled.
Italy
Capital: Rome
Currency: Euro
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announces
resignation
New Zealand Prime Minister
John Key unexpectedly
announced his resignation,
saying it was the right time
to leave politics after more
than eight years in power.
Mr. Key, a former foreign exchange dealer who
worked at firms including Merrill Lynch, won office
for the National Party in 2008, ending the nine-year
rule of Labour's Helen Clark.
New Zealand
Currency: Dollar
Capital: Wellington

India, Qatar ink five pacts on visas, cyberspace,

investments
Modi and the Qatari Prime Minister, who is here on his first
visit, discussed enhancing cooperation in defence and security,
in particular in cybersecurity and agreed on joint action to
tackle money laundering and terrorist financing.
After the talks, the two sides inked five pacts
including in the field of visas, cyberspace and
investments.
Qatar
Currency: Riyal
Capital: Doha
International Volunteer Day: 5 December
International Volunteer Day observed on 5th December, is an
international observance designated by the United Nations
since 1985.
Theme for the year 2016 is "Global Applause give
volunteers a hand".
World's first solar road opens in France
The worlds first solar
road is opened in the
small
village
of
Tourouvre-au-Perche in
Normandy, France.
The 1 kilometer
road was opened
French Ecology Minister Sgolne Royal and could
generate enough electricity to power the street lights.
US President Obama signs $618 billion defence bill
US President Barack Obama has signed into law the USD 618
billion defence budget for 2017, which enhances security
cooperation with India and conditions nearly half of the
funding to Pakistan on a certification that it is taking
demonstrable steps against the Haqqani Network.
Obama signed the National Defence Authorisation
Act (NDAA) 2017, which asks Defence Secretary and
Secretary of State to take steps necessary to recognise
India as Americas major defence partner.
India to supply additional 80 MW power to Nepal from Jan
1
India will supply an additional 80 MW of power to Nepal from
January 1, which will increase the total total transmission of
electricity to the neighbouring nation to 400 MW.

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According to the statement, Nepal Energy Minister

Janardan Sharma held discussions with Power
Minister Piyush Goyal during his recent visit to India.
In a swift response, within 20 days the Power Grid
Corp installed an additional 220/132kV, 100MVA
transformer at Muzaffarpur substation in India.

India outguns Russia to become 4th largest defense spender

India now belongs to the list
of top five defence spenders
in the world with more than
$50 billion devoted to its
military budget, placing the
South Asian country in
fourth place, according to
the annual Janes Defense Budgets Report.
Unites States, China and United Kingdom sealed first,
second third spot respectively.
NITI Aayog Launches Two Schemes for Customers and
Merchants to Boost Digital Transaction
NITI Aayog, a Government of India policy think-tank
announced the launch of two schemes, Lucky Grahak Yojna
and Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojna, to give cash awards to for
consumers and merchants who use digital payment instruments
for any transaction.
Lucky Grahak Yojana (Consumers) is for the
consumers who will conduct daily transaction using
electronic medium.
Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana (Merchants) is applicable
for those merchants who make digital transaction at
merchant establishments.
e-Tourist visa extended to citizens of 161 countries
The
government
has
extended the facility of eTourist Visa for citizens of
161 countries, Rajya Sabha
was informed.
The e-visa scheme
was launched on November 27, 2014.
Under the scheme, an applicant receives an email
authorising him or her to travel to India after it has
been approved. The tourist can travel with a print-out
of this authorisation.

Raj CM Vasundhara Raje launches Annapurna Rasoi

Yojna
Rajasthan Chief Minister
Vasundhara
Raje
launched a subsidised
meal scheme in the state.
The tagline for
the scheme, named Annapurna Rasoi Yojana, is:
Sabke liye bhojan, sabke liye sammaan (Food for all,
respect for all).
Cost of a meal will come to Rs 23.70 for a meal and
Rs 21.70 for breakfast and of this, Rs 8 and Rs 5 will
be borne by the customer, respectively, while the rest
will be subsidized.
Vijay Diwas: 16 December
Vijay Diwas is commemorated every 16 December in
Bangladesh, as it marks its military victory over Pakistan in
1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War, in alliance with
India.
The end of the war also resulted in the unilateral and
unconditional surrender of the Pakistan Army and
subsequent secession of East Pakistan into
Bangladesh.
Government announces new income declaration scheme
'PM Garib Kalyan Yojana'
Offering one last chance to black money holders, the
government has said that they have time until 31st March 2017
to come clean by paying 50 per cent tax of the unaccounted
money under the Pradhan Madntri Garib Kalyan Yojana.
Government will use this money from penalty under
this scheme for social schemes.
This scheme starts from Dec 17 and declarations
made under this scheme will be kept confidential. Any
individual who has undisclosed income can disclose
income under this scheme till March 31 2017.
Any individual who declares unaccounted income,
will have to pay a fine of 50% of the unaccounted
money.
25% of the amount will remain locked in for 4 years.
Disabled persons to get 4% reservation
Disabled persons will now get 4 percent reservation in
government jobs and educational institutions.
Rajya Sabha has passed the Disabled Persons rights
bill 2014 Unanimously to empower disabled persons.

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Disabled persons will now have 21 categories in place

of earlier 7 categories. Acid victims will also fall
under disabled category from now on.

Kochi to get Indias first transgender school

Sahaj International School
in Kochi will be the first
residential
transgender
school in the country.
The school will
initially
accommodate 10 transgenders, who will study under
the National Open School system.
The school will be inaugurated on December 30 by
transgender rights activist and artist Kalki
Subramaniam.
Prime Minister laid foundation of first ever Indian Institute
of Skills in India at Kanpur
Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone of the first ever
Indian Institute of Skills in the country at Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh.
Prime Minister also inaugurated the Kaushal
Pradarshini (Skill Exhibition) for the youth of Uttar
Pradesh.
The Exhibition would showcase state-of-the-art
vocational training practices across different sectors,
and would be open for public view at the Railway
Grounds, Kanpur between 19th to 22nd December.
Tata Hospital Mumbai records 100% 'cashless' transaction
Tata Memorial Centre Cancer
Hospital,
Mumbai,
has
achieved 100% "cashless"
transaction status.
Tata
Memorial
Hospital is possibly
the first hospital of its kind in government sector
which is making all its transactions through cashless
payments.
Power Ministry to launch GARV-II app
To ensure transparency in implementation of rural
electrification programme, the Power Ministry will launch a
new app, GARV-II, to provide real time data of all six lakh
villages of the country.
GARV-II will have a citizen engagement window
'SAMVAD'to enhance participation.

Manipur CM Okram Ibobi inaugurates two more districts

Amid tight security,
Manipur Chief Minister
Okram Ibobi Singh
inaugurated two new
districts which were
carved out of as many
Naga-dominated
districts.
Singh inaugurated Pherzawl, carved out of
Churachandpur district, and Noney from Tamenglong
district.
Manipur
Capital: Imphal
Governor: Najma Heptulla
Thaawarchand Gehlot Releases 'Saanjhi Saanjh'
Newspaper
Thaawarchand
Gehlot,
Minister for Social Justice
and Empowerment released
the first issue of a National
Newspaper dedicated to
Senior Citizen, 'Saanjhi
Saanjh'.
This newspaper will carry important and useful news
pertaining to elderly persons besides inspirational
stories. It will serve as a bridge between old and new
generations.
Government to launch toll free number '1955' for call
drops
Government is planning to
start soon a toll free number
1955 for taking feedback of
telecom subscribers on call
drops.
Provisioning of this number will be mandatory for
telecom operators and should be accessible for local
and STD calling.
State-run telecom firm MTNL has been directed to
configure this short code.
Railways doubles compensation to rail accident victims
Ministry of Railways after 19 years has decided to double the
compensation paid so far for the death or injury to a passenger
in rail accidents.
Effective from January 1, 2017, the family of a
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compensation of Rs 8 lakh instead of Rs 4 lakh paid

so far.
Piyush Goyal launches Coal Mitra Web Portal
Union Minister of State (IC) for
Power, Coal, New & Renewable
Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal
launched Coal Mitra, a Web portal
for flexibility in Utilization of
Domestic Coal.
The Coal Mitra Web Portal has been designed to bring
about flexibility in Utilization of Domestic Coal.
It will transfer the reserves to more cost efficient
State/Centre owned or Private sector generating
stations, leading to lower generation costs and
ultimately lesser cost of electricity for the consumers.
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched National
Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) during his recent
visit to Kanpur.
The scheme has an outlay of Rs 10000 crore and it
involves incentivizing employers in sharing 25% of
total cost of stipend paid to the apprentices.
9th World Confluence of Humanity, Power and Spirituality
held in Delhi
The 9th World Confluence of Humanity, Power and
Spirituality was held in New Delhi to spread the message of
inter-faith peace and harmony, to ignite the human spirit and to
harness the potential of human beings towards selfless service.
ASSOCHAM, Srei Foundation and the Times Group
organize the annual convention.
The theme of the convention is Sach Bharat:
Spirituality at Work.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung submits his
resignation
In a surprise move, Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung has
submitted his resignation to the Centre, ending a nearly threeand-half- year-long eventful tenure.
65-year-old Jung, a former IAS officer was 20th LG of
Delhi and assumed charge of Lt Governor of Delhi on
July 9, 2013.
Cabinet clears creation of Indian Enterprise Development
Services
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has given its approval to the Cadre review and

formation of a new service in the name of ndian Enterprise

Development Service (IEDS) in the Office of Development
Commissioner (MSME), Ministry of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises(MSME).
The creation of the new cadre and change in structure
will not only strengthen the organization but will also
help to achieve the vision of Startup India, Standup India and Make in India.
PSLV-C36 Successfully Launches RESOURCESAT-2A
Remote Sensing Satellite
In its thirty eighth flight (PSLVC36), ISRO's Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle successfully
launched
the
1,235
kg
RESOURCESAT-2A Satellite
from the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
This is the thirty seventh consecutively successful
mission of PSLV.
Like its predecessors RESOURCESAT-1 and 2,
RESOURCESAT-2A has a unique 3-Tier imaging
system with Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS),
Linear Imaging Self Scanner-3 (LISS-3) and Linear
Imaging Self Scanner-4 (LISS-4) cameras.
India International Science Festival (IISF-2016)
inaugurated in New Delhi
IISF-2016 is being held at
CSIR-National
Physical
Laboratory (NPL) Campus,
New Delhi during 7-11
December, 2016.
India International
Science Festival (IISF) as a major science event was
conceptualized last year which was organized the 1st
IISF at IIT, Delhi during 4-8 December, 2015 and was
visited by more than 4 lakh people.
It was a great success and also won the distinction of
Guinness Book of World Record for successful
conduct of Largest Practical Science Lesson by 2000
school students.
Govt offers discounts on petrol, railways, LIC
As much as 10 per cent and 8 per cent discount will be offered
in case of general and life insurance respectively for buying
new policy or paying premium online via PSUs websites.

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Monthly and seasonal suburban railway tickets

purchased through digital mode will get 0.5 per cent
discount from January 1.
Online booking of railway tickets will get Rs 10 lakh
accident insurance.
On buying petrol or diesel with debit or credit card or
e-wallet from a petrol pump, the customer will soon
get a discount of 0.75 percent.

I&B Minister Venkaiah Naidu to chair SIMCON 2016

The Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting is organizing the
28th
State
Information
Ministers Conference on 9th
and 10th December, 2016 at
Vigyan Bhawan.
M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for I&B will chair the
conference on 10th Dec, 2016.
The two day conference will promote partnership in
the dissemination process between Centre and States,
enabling effective communication to the people and
on sector specific collaboration in the Films,
Broadcasting & Information sector.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan launches Haritha Keralam
Mission
The Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan launched the
Haritha Keralam Mission in Thiruvananthapuram.
It is a comprehensive programme to make the state
clean, protect its water sources and soil.
Eminent Carnatic vocalist and playback singer K J
Yesudas is the Brand Ambassador of the mission.
Kerala
Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
Governor: P Sathasivam
Bengaluru has countrys first Helicopter pilot institute
Countrys first Helicopter pilot institute is ready in Bengaluru.
It is built by Helicopter services company Pawan
Hans limited and Hindustan Aeronautics limited. Its
first batch will commence from January.
Kerala govt launches mobile apps to fight corruption
Seeking to fight corruption with the active participation of
people, Kerala government launched two mobile applications,
which can be used to upload information regarding graft.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the
applications - 'Arising Kerala' and 'Whistle Now - on
the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day.

Using the apps, people can upload videos and audios

related to corruption around them.

L&T to make worlds biggest cricket stadium at

Gujarats Motera
Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) handed a contract to
Larsen & Turbo (L&T) to make Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium
in Ahmedabad, the biggest stadium in the world.
The new stadium will house 1,10,000 people, the
biggest in terms of seating capacity.
With this, the new Motera Stadium will surpass the
Melbourne Cricket Ground which can hold 100,024
people.
President of India Launches 100 Million for 100 Million
Campaign
The President of
India, Shri Pranab
Mukherjee marked his
81st birthday by
launching a 100
Million for 100 Million Campaign organized by the Kailash
Satyarthi Childrens Foundation at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that he
was delighted to launch the campaign led by Nobel
peace prize winner, Shri Kailash Satyarthi, from
Rashtrapati Bhavan, an institution which symbolises
our Republics commitment to democracy, pluralism
and secularism.
The 100 Million for 100 Million Campaign aims to
mobilise 100 million youth and children for 100
million underprivileged children across the world, to
end child labour, child slavery, violence against
children and promote the right of every child to be
safe, free, and educated, over the next 5 years.
Mehbooba Mufti flags off children-special fortnightly train
Vaadi ki Sair
Jammu and Kashmir chief
minister Mehbooba Mufti
flagged off a fortnightly
special train for children
from Banihal to Baramulla.
School
children
boarded the special train -- Vaadi ki Sair at different
stations and the chief minister welcomed them at each
stop and interacted with them during the journey.

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Rajasthan government launches tourist friendly Mobile

App
In an attempt to vow the tourists Rajasthan government has
launched a mobile App that provides real time information
about tourist places in Ajmer and Pushkar with rich content
including pictures, audio and video streams and cultural
stories.
Shiv Shankar Heda, Chairman of the Ajmer
Development Authority, said that the App is
comprehensive and one-stop solution for tourism
needs.
He further added that, more than 40 places of Ajmer
and Pushkar have been covered in the App which
instantly provides real-time and highly contextual
content to the user.
Punjabs first amphibious bus floats in Harike lake
The Punjab government has launched its ambitious amphibious
bus project at the Harike wetland near Amritsar.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal launched
the bus and took the inaugural ride with officials.
The bus project has cost the state government over Rs
11 crore.
Punjab
Capital: Chandigarh
Governor: VP Singh Badnore
Chief Minister: Prakash Singh Badal
Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stones for Rs 1152 Cr
projects in Manipur
Nitin Gadkari, the Union
Minister for Road Transport,
Highways and Shipping laid
the foundation stones for 17
road projects during two
functions held at Jiribam and Imphal.
The projects overall cost is estimated to be around Rs
1152 Cr.
Gadkari announced that the Union Government will
be handing over the responsibility of Imphal-Jiribam
highway (NH 37) to National highways and
infrastructure development corporation Limited
(NHIDCL) from the Border Roads Organisation of
Indian Army.
Manipur
Capital: Imphal
Governor: Najma Heptulla
Chief Minister: Okram Ibobi Singh

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National Resource Centre for Tribal Livelihood to be

launched
Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs in
collaboration with UNDP and National
Scheduled
Tribes
Finance
and
Development Corporation (NSTFDC)
will launch Vanjeevan the National
Resource Centre for Tribal Livelihood
issues at Bhubaneswar, Odisha on December 22, 2016.
Jual Oram, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs will
preside over the launch ceremony.
Vanjeevan will be a programme to identify the
problems in livelihood issues in select districts of six
states having low HDI of tribal people in the first
phase.
The states are Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Odisha and Telangana.
Delhi Airport launches Indias 1st airport e-Shopping
platform for fliers
Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), the company that
operates the Delhi airport, announced that it has launched
India's first airport e-Shopping platform - www.shopflydel.in for domestic passengers.
Through this online shopping portal, now travellers
have access to over 20 categories of products.
7th World Ayurveda Congress to be held in Kolkata from
2nd-4th December
The 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) will be held from
2nd 4th December, 2016 at Science City, Kolkata.
The mega event is being organized by the World
Ayurveda Foundation with support of Ministry of
AYUSH, and the State Government of West Bengal.
The focus of this 7th World Ayurveda Congress is
Strengthening the Ayurveda Ecosystem and the
congregation will bring together stakeholders in the
Ayurveda sector from India and abroad.
ISRO will launch 83 satellites in one go in Jan 2017
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch 83
satellites, 80 of them being foreign, in one go in January next
year, the Lok Sabha was told.
Eighty satellites weighing 500 kg belonged to five
foreign countries -- Israel, Kazakhstan, Netherlands,
Switzerland and the US.
ISRO
Founded: 1969
Headquarters: Bengaluru

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Union HRD Minister launches Vittiya Saksharata

Abhiyan
Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri
Prakash Javadekar launched Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan in
New Delhi.
Union HRD Minister appealed to the faculty and
especially young students to come forward and join
Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan to encourage, create
awareness and motivate all people around them to use
a digitally enabled cashless economic system for
transfer of fund.
Odisha CM inaugurates Tata Steel's Gopalpur ferrochrome plant
The 55,000-tonne per annum
(TPA) ferro-chrome plant set
up by Tata Steel at a cost of Rs
542 crore in its Gopalpur
Industrial Park in Ganjam
district was opened by Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The plant is a unique environment-friendly unit with
state-of-the-art pollution control equipment and
technology such as ETP (effluent treatment plant) and
STP (sewage treatment plant).
Odisha
Capital: Bhubaneswar
Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
Governor: JC Jamir
Himachal Pradesh Raj Bhawan to go 'Cashless'
Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat stressed on the
need to adopt a 'cashless' system in the state and to begin with
he directed the Raj Bhawan staff to ensure that all transactions
are made online.
He also called upon the teachers and NGOs to make
people aware about cashless transactions and
welcomed the decision of Prime minister Narendra
Modi to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency
notes to unearth black money, running a parallel
economy.
Himachal Pradesh
Capital: Shimla
Chief Minister: Virbhadra Singh
Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat

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Govt approves inclusion of 15 new castes in Central

OBC list
The government approved inclusion of 15 new castes and
modification in 13 other castes in the Central list of Other
Backward Classes (OBCs).
The National Commission of Backward Classes
(NCBC) had recommended a total of 28 changes in
respect of 8 states Assam, Bihar, Himachal
Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand.
Out of these 28, 15 were new entries, 9 were
synonyms or sub-castes of the castes which were
already in the list and 4 were corrections.
Cabinet approves Rs 2,000 cr package for refugees
from PoK
A
Rs
2,000-crore
development package
for displaced people of
Pakistan
occupied
Kashmir (PoK) living
in
the
country
was approved by the government.
The Union Cabinet approved the Home Ministrys
proposal to provide enhanced financial aid to 36,384
families, who are mostly living in Jammu region after
their displacement from PoK post Independence.
Each of these families will get around Rs 5.5 lakh as
aid, a senior official said.
Heart of Asia' conference concluded in Amritsar
The sixth 'Heart of Asia'
ministerial conference
concluded in Amritsar
after discussing peace,
cooperation
and
economic development
in Afghanistan.
Delegates from nearly 40 countries participated in the
conference organised on the theme 'Addressing
Challenges, Achieving Prosperity'.
International Gita Mahotsav-2016
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee is on a visit to
Haryana on December 6, 2016 and inaugurated the
International Gita Mahotsav-2016 at Kurukshetra.
The event showcases the importance of Gita in
modern time.

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Exercise Konkan 16 kicked off

KONKAN 16, the 2016 edition of the annual bilateral maritime
exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy, would
be held from 05 -16 Dec 16 at Mumbai and Goa.
Exercise KONKAN, named after the Western coastal
region of India, was institutionalised in 2004.
Since then, the exercise hosted in rotation by both the
Navies, has grown in complexity, scale and intensity.
NITI Aayog to provide Rs 5 lakh per district for digital
payments adoption
NITI
Aayog
has
launched a series of
incentives
for
encouraging
digital
payments for day to day
financial transactions like buying or selling goods/services,
transferring money etc., at the district, taluk and panchayat
level.
This will include providing a fund of Rs 5 lakh per
district administration.
Local administration will have to use the funds to
increase the number of mobile and Aadhar cards
linked to bank accounts, issue of Rupay cards and PIN
numbers and download of apps.
NITI Aayog
Chairman: Prime Minister
Vice Chairman: Arvind Pangariya
CEO: Amitabh Kant
Dr. Ambedkars birth day to be celebrated as Water Day
Lauding the contribution of Dr. B
R Ambedkar in water resources
management of the country
Union Minister for Water
Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma
Bharti has announced that his birth day 14th April will be
celebrated as Water Day.
The Minister said In the coming days water is going
to become an important agenda of the government.
Delhi emerges as most well-read city this year in India
The national capital has emerged as the most well-read city in
India for the fourth consecutive year with Bengaluru and
Mumbai taking the second and third spot, respectively, says a
survey conducted by Amazon India.
According to the Annual Reading Trends Report for
2016 conducted by Amazon.in, Karnal, Vadodara

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and Patna are first-time entrants in the Top 20 list

having bought more books than cities like
Coimbatore, Visakhapatnam and Lucknow this year.
Chetan Bhagats book One Indian Girl emerged as
the highest selling book of this year followed by JK
Rowlings Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts
I and II.

Govt launch mobile App 'Smart Consumer' & OCMC

The government has launched a host of online initiatives
including a mobile App 'Smart Consumer' and an 'Online
Consumer Mediation Centre (OCMC)' to provide speedy
redressal of consumer grievances.
The initiatives were unveiled by Consumer Affairs
Minister Ram Vilas Paswan at a function in New
Delhi on the occasion of National Consumer Day.
A helpline 14404 was also launched for conusmer
related grievances.
National Consumer Day: December 24
The National Consumer Day is observed every year in India on
24th December.
On this day the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 had
received the assent of the President.
This years themeis Alternate Consumer Disputes
Redressal.
Good Governance Day: 25 December
Good Governance Day is a day of national importance in India
observed annually on 25th of December, the birth anniversary
of former-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Good Governance Day was established in 2014 to
honor former Prime Minister Vajpayee by fostering
awareness among the Indian people of accountability
in government.
National Kisan Diwas: 23 December
Kisan Diwas was observed across the country on 23 December
to celebrate the birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Government in 2001 had decided to observe 23
December every year as Kisan Diwas (Farmers Day).
External Affairs Ministry launches Twitter Seva for real
time solutions
Expanding its social media outreach, External Affairs Ministry
has launched a 'Twitter Seva' service with an aim to centralise
its grievance redressal mechanism by bringing over 200 social
media handles including those of Indian Missions and regional
passport offices under one platform.

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Under the new service, a tweet to any Twitter handle

of the Ministry will automatically land in the Twitter
Seva platform which will provide for prompt
resolution of the grievances.

Bunkar Mitra--Handloom Helpline Centre to be set up by

Ministry of Textiles
The Ministry of Textiles has
decided to establish a
Bunkar Mitra-Handloom
Helpline Centre where
professional queries of
weavers will be answered by the experts in the field.
This helpline will function from 10.00 a.m to 6 p.m.
and initially it will be provided in 7 languages viz.,
Hindi, English, and 5 other regional languages
(Telugu, Tamil, Kannada Bengali & Assamese).
Naveen Patnaik launches Biju Sishu Surakshya Yojana
The Odisha government launched the Biju Sishu Surakshya
Yojana, a scheme to nurture the orphan and HIV-infected
children residing in different child care institutions and
orphanages.
The state government, under the scheme, would
extend financial help for their primary and higher
education, rehabilitation, opening accounts under
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana and financial help for
marriage in case of girl children.
The orphan and HIV-infected children would receive
an annual grant of Rs 40,000 per annum for pursuing
higher education.
Assam launches health insurance scheme Atal-Amrit
Abhiyan
Assam's BJP led government rolled out 'Atal-Amrit Abhiyan'
health insurance scheme which will provide coverage against
several critical illnesses.
Launched to mark the 92nd birthday of former prime
minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the scheme will offer
coverage against 437 illnesses in six disease groups.
Both Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Poverty
Line (APL) families, with annual income below Rs 5
lakh, are eligible for the scheme.
First 2G Ethanol Bio-refinery in India to be set up at
Bathinda
The Foundation Stone laying ceremony for setting up the first
Second Generation (2G) Ethanol Bio-refinery in India is being

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held on 25th December, 2016 at village Tarkhanwala, Bathinda

(Punjab), with an approximate investment of Rs 600 crores.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), a
Central Government Public Sector Undertaking, is
setting up the project.
Successful Test Flight of Agni-5
Agni-5, the Long Range
Surface-to-Surface
Ballistic Missile was
successfully flight tested
by DRDO from Dr. Abdul
Kalam Island, Odisha.
The full range test-flight of the missile has further
boosted the indigenous missile capabilities and
deterrence level of the country.
All the Radars, tracking systems and Range Stations
tracked and monitored the flight performance and all
the Mission objectives were successfully met.
This was the 4th test of Agni-5 missile and the second
one from a Canister on a Road Mobile Launcher. All
the four missions have been successful.
Mithun Chakraborty resigns from Rajya Sabha
Actor turned politician Mithun
Chakraborty has resigned from
Rajya Sabha citing poor health
condition.
He has submitted his
resignation to Rajya
Sabha Chairman.
He was nominated to the upper house by West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the TMC in
February 2014.
Railway launches fog alert
Rail Yatri has rolled out a new
feature called Fog Alert to help
train travelers plan their
journeys better in the winter.
The feature allows
users to check if a train
is delayed due to fog.
Fog Alert feature tells the passengers the fog
probability along the route and its probable impact on
train schedule.
It also allows users to keep their family and friends
informed about the delays.

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Odisha to launch malaria elimination programme named

DAMAN in eight districts
The Odisha Government recently decided to launch a new
malaria control programme, DAMAN, in remote tribaldominated areas.
The annual expenditure for the programme will be Rs
24 crore from the state budget.
KSRTC launches bio-diesel buses
For the first time in the country,
Karnataka State Road Transport
Corporation (KSRTC) launched
25 buses that run 100 per cent
on bio-diesel.
KSRTC is expected to
save 86.68 lakh per
annum by using bio-diesel for 25 buses.
The vehicles are retrofitted with Bio-Diesel Kit with
which they can run on 100 percent Bio-Diesel for
effective control over pollution.
Fadnavis launches 'Transform Maharashtra' initiative
Maharashtra Chief Minister
Devendra
Fadnavis
has
launched
an
initiative
Transform Maharashtra at
IIT Bombays Mood Indigo
festival.
The initiative will seek participation from over two
lakh students from across 500 colleges.
It aims to provide an opportunity to college students
to put their heads together and come up with policy
and/or programme level solutions to 11 critical
challenges being faced by Maharashtra at present.
Army to set up R&D cell at IIT-Gandhinagar
The Indian Army has entered into an agreement with the IITGandhinagar (IITGN) to set up a research and development
(R&D) cell on the campus.
Staffed by the faculty and research students, the R&D
cell will attempt to solve the technical challenges
faced by the army.
The agreement will also enable IITGN and Indian
Army to collaborate in various other areas, including
better understanding of critical technology
requirements of the army, sharing of professional and
technical knowledge, and other activities of mutual
interest.

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Chardham highway project: PM Modi lays foundation

stone in Dehradun
PM Narendra Modi has laid the
foundation stone for the
Chardham Mahamarg Vikas
Pariyojna in Uttarakhands
Dehradun.
The Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna, or the
Chardham highway development project, is an
ambitious initiative to improve connectivity to the
Char Dham pilgrimage centres in the Himalayas.
The projects main objective is to develop around 900
km of national highways. These highways will be
built in Uttarakhand at an approximate cost of Rs
12,000 crore.
Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative launched
Swachh Swasth Sarvatra, an inter-ministerial joint initiative
between the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was launched in New
Delhi.
Another joint initiative, Swasth Bacche Swasth
Bharat, between Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare and the Ministry of Human Resource
Development was also launched on the occasion.
Under this initiative:
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has
declared over 700 blocks as Open Defecation Free
(ODF).
Community Health Centres (CHCs) in ODF blocks of
the country will be allocated Rs 10 lakhs under
National Health Mission (NHM) to focus on
sanitation and hygiene.
Under Kayakalp, one Primary Health Centre (PHCs)
in each district is awarded for meeting quality
standards including sanitation and hygiene.
Government Suspends Deemed Recognition of IOA
Government has suspended the deemed recognition, granted by
it to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) until the IOA
reverses its decision to appoint Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay
Chautala as Life Presidents.
Following the suspension, IOA will cease to enjoy the
privileges and prerogatives bestowed on it by the
Government as the National Olympic Committee
(NOC).
All Government assistance, financial or otherwise, to
IOA will also be stopped.

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Haryana signs MoU with Andhra to prepare citizen

database
Haryana government has signed a memorandum of
understanding with Andhra Pradesh to assist it compile a
centralised database of its population to ensure efficient and
effective implementation of welfare programmes.
The MoU for State Resident Data Base (SRDB) was
signed by Haryana Principal Secretary, Information
Technology Devender Singh and Secretary Andhra
Pradesh, Information Technology, Vijayen.
Andhra already has a database of this sort.
It's described as a comprehensive portal for managing
demographic (name, gender, age, photograph and
address) and biometric information for facilitating
"Unique ID" based identity authentication.
Nitish government announces 50 % reservation in judicial
services
The Bihar Cabinet has declared 50 per cent reservation in all
judicial services for aspirants belonging to the Extremely
Backward Classes, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes.
The reservation will be in both Superior Judicial
Services and Subordinate Judicial Services.
According to the Cabinet decision, aspirants
belonging to EBCs will get 21 per cent reservation,
OBCs will have 12 per cent reservations, Scheduled
Castes will have 16 per cent reservation and
Scheduled Tribes will be provided 1 per cent
reservation in all judicial services of the State.
In all categories, there will be 35 per cent horizontal
reservation for women and 1 per cent reservation for
disabled persons.
World Bhojpuri Conference begins in Varanasi
'World Bhojpuri Conference'
will be held in Varanasi from 29
December to January 1, in which
participants from over 18
countries are likely to be present.
During the conference,
a 'Bhojpuri Ratna'
award and 'World Bhojpuri Karmayogi' award will be
conferred on over 25 people including Mauritius
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar, Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Jharkhand
CM Raghubar Das, BJP MP and Bhojpuri actor

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Manoj Tiwari, Bollywod actors Amitabh Bachchan

and Shatrughan Sinha and other personalities.
Gurugram Gets Indias first Digital Investigation Centre
A Digital Investigation
Training
and
Analysis
Centre (DITAC) aimed at
improving the capabilities of
Haryana Police in solving
cyber crime cases, has been
set up in Gurugram, Haryana.
The centre is the first of its kind in the country.
It was Set up with the help of the National Technical
Research Organisation (NTRO).
The DITAC has a state-of-the-art cyber forensic
laboratory equipped with high-end tools, high tech
training facilities to train police officers in handling
cyber related crimes more efficiently and a social
media monitoring lab equipped with the latest
technological gadgets.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu
Suspended By His Party PPA
Incumbent Chief Minister and former Congress rebel Pema
Khandu and six other lawmakers were suspended from the
People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) for allegedly breaking party
discipline.
PPA is likely to propose the name of another leader,
Takam Pario, as Mr Khandu's replacement.
The frontier state in the north-east has witnessed
political instability since last December when
Congress dissidents revolted against former Congress
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki.
Subsequently, Congress rebel Kalikho Pul formed the
government in the state in February with the help of 11 BJP
lawmakers.

PNB launches Mobile Wallet PNB KITTY

Usha Ananthasubramanian, Managing Director & CEO of
Punjab National Bank launched the Banks Mobile wallet PNB Kitty.
PNB Kitty is a digital wallet that enables a smart
phone user to undertake on line transactions using the
money stored in it i.e. without using debit card / credit
card / internet banking and sharing sensitive
information like passwords or card details.

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The App is available on Google Play Store.

Funds can be transferred from a PNB Kitty to another
PNB Kitty using mobile number of the receiver, and
from one account to other using IMPS (through
Account Number & IFSC).

Indian Railways, SBI tie-up to install 10000 POS machines

at various locations
The Indian Railways tied-up with
the State Bank of India (SBI) to
install at least 10000 Point of
Sale (POS) machines using debit
or credit cards at the Public
Reservation System (PRS) counters of Railways.
This tie-up was undertaken to promote Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's decision to promote cashless
transactions.
In the first phase, 40 POS will be installed on priority
at A1, A and B category stations in the division.
India, ASEAN set target of $100 billion trade to be achieved
by 2020
India and ASEAN have set a target of
trading at 100 billion dollar to be
achieved by 2020. Currently the trade
between ASEAN and India is 57 billion
dollars.
ASEAN and India will
celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2017, which will be
attended by the head of states of all the ASEAN
countries.
Paytm launches Each one, teach one to increase digital
inclusion
Paytm has announced a program Each one, teach one to
increase the digital inclusion in the country
The campaign is aimed at transforming user behavior
and further accelerating the countrys ongoing shift
from cash to digital payments.
SBI, BSNL unveil mobile wallet
State Bank of India (SBI) has launched Mobicash Mobile
Wallet in association with state-owned telecommunications
company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).
It will provide a mobile wallet to the masses and
works with smart as well as normal feature phone.
The special feature of Mobicash is that users can
deposit cash with BSNL retail outlets and can also
withdraw cash from his/her account.

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RBI lowers charges on debit card payments up to Rs2,000

To
encourage
digital
transactions, the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has
decided to slash merchant
discount rate (MDR) charges
on payments made through
debit cards from 1 January to
31 March.
The MDR for debit card payments, including for
payments made to government, will be capped at
0.25% for transactions up to Rs1,000 and 0.5%
between Rs1,000-2,000, RBI said in a notification.
The existing MDR cap is 0.75% for transactions up to
Rs2,000 and 1% for over Rs2,000.
YES Bank tied up with Ola to provide cash at your
doorstep
YES Bank, Indias fifth largest private sector bank has
partnered with Ola, one of the popular mobile apps for
transportation, to provide cash-on-demand at customers
doorstep.
Customers will be able to use the Ola app to book a
cab and opt for cash at their doorsteps that will be
enabled using Point-of-Sale (PoS) machines powered
by YES Bank.
Yes Bank
Founded: 2004
CEO: Rana Kapoor
EPFO fixes 8.65% interest rate for PF deposits, cut from
8.8%
Employees
Provident
Fund
Organisation
(EPFO)
has reduced
interest rate on provident
fund deposits to 8.65% for
2016-17 from the current 8.8%.
The move is in line with the falling rate regime with
the RBI cutting key lending rates and banks reducing
deposit rates following the demonetisation move last
month.
ICICI Bank unveils eazypay mobile app for all payment
modes
ICICI Bank has launched a mobile application for merchants
that allows consolidation of all modes of payments, including
digital wallets, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), QR code,
and credit & debit cards.

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The app, eazypay , which is designed for business,

allows multiple users to connect to the same account.
This makes it possible to be used for cash-on-delivery
payments.

India takes over Britain to become world's 5th largest

economy
India has now taken over the
United Kingdom as the fifth
largest economy in the world.
A report published in
Forbes
magazine
said that this dramatic shift has been driven by India's
rapid economic growth over the past 25 years as well
as Britain's recent woes with the Brexit.
Only USA, China, Japan and Germany are ahead of
India now.
RBI imposes penalty on five foreign banks for forex
violations
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has penalised five foreign
banks a total of Rs 60,000 for violation of the central bank's
instructions on reporting requirements of the Foreign Exchange
Management Act, 1999 (FEMA).
Germany's Deutsche Bank was penalised the highest
Rs 20,000 while US' Bank of America-Merrill Lynch,
UK's Royal Bank of Scotland, Japan's Bank of Tokyo
Mitsubishi and UK's Standard Chartered were asked
to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 each.

Chhattisgarh is currently leading in the nation in

training its people in digital transactions.
India gets maximum FDI from Singapore
As per the report by industry chamber PHDCCI and KPMG, in
2015-16, India had received the maximum FDI inflows from
Singapore followed by Mauritius, the US, the Netherlands and
Japan.
The survey has also stated that 40% of FDI flows on
average between 2000 and 2016, has went into
services, telecom, construction, computer software
and hardware sectors.
RBI keeps base rate unchanged
The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has decided
to hold the policy rate at
6.25 per cent citing
uncertainties emanating
from both domestic and
global developments.
There was some relief to banks as RBI has withdrawn
the 100 per cent cash reserve ratio requirement that
was imposed end of last month.
The RBI now estimates economic growth for 2016-17
at 7.1 per cent, down from the 7.6 per cent it had
projected earlier.
RBI
Established: 1935
Governor: Urjit Patel
Headquarters: Mumbai

Bank of Baroda becomes first National Supporter for the

FIFA U-17 WC 2017
Bank of Baroda has become the first Indian company to sign
up as a National Supporter for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India
2017, the first FIFA event to be hosted in the subcontinent.
With the signing of the agreement, Bank of Baroda
has thus claimed the first of six National Supporter
slots for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.
The tournament will be held from 6 to 28 October
2017.

Abu Dhabi banks to merge into largest Gulf Arab bank

Stockholders at two Abu Dhabi banks approved a plan to
merge the firms into the biggest bank of all Gulf Arab countries
with assets of USD 178 billion.
Shareholders at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi and
First Gulf Bank approved the tie-up.
Under terms of the deal, the combined company will
be known as NBAD.

Chhattisgarh CM dedicates countrys first cashless bazaar

to people in Raipur
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh dedicated to people,
country's first cashless bazaar in Raipur.
Over 900 shops of this 'Smart' bazaar are now
providing customers the facilities of cashless
payments using POS, UPI and other digital systems.

100 banks join National Financial Switch network as direct

members
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said 100 banks
have joined the National Financial Switch (NFS) network as
direct members.
NFS is the largest interoperable ATM network in the
country and it manages more than 95 per cent of the
domestic interbank ATM transactions.
The network now has 2,30,000 ATMs.

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Direct members are those banks that directly

participate in clearing and settlement with NPCI.
Direct member bank can also act as a sponsor bank.

Paytm Launches Offline Money Transfer With Toll Free

Number
Paytm users can now have access to the service without an
internet connection.
It was launched a toll-free number 180018001234
through which non-smart phone users can make
transactions through their Paytm wallets.
RXIL gets RBI nod for 1st trade receivables exchange
platform
The Reserve Bank has authorised the Receivables Exchange of
India (RXIL) to launch the country's first trade receivables
exchange platform for MSMEs, buyers and financiers.
Promoted by Sidbi, RXIL has SBI , ICICI Bank , Yes
Bank , SBI Caps, and ICICI Securities as other
investors.
IOC, BPCL, HPCL join hands to set up India's biggest oil
refinery
Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and
Hindustan Petroleum Corp have signed a pact to build India's
biggest oil refinery at a cost of $30 billion on the west coast.
The three firms signed the pact for the 60-million
tonne a year refinery in Maharashtra with IOC as
leader of the consortium.
IOC will hold a 50 per cent stake in the project while
BPCL and HPCL will have 25 per cent each.
Online marketing platform Mahila E-haat ties up with
India Post, SBI
The
Women
and
Child
Development Ministry has tied up
with India Post and State Bank of
India to offer more payment
options to buyers and simplify
shipping of products bought from "Mahila E-haat", an online
marketing platform for women entrepreneurs.
SBI users can avail multiple options for making
payments such as draft, cheque, e-banking and ewallet through "SBI Buddy" application. SBI
customers abroad can make use of "SBI Global".
The tie-up with India Post will help women selling
products on the forum locate the nearest post office
for shipping purposes.

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NABARD to tie up with banks to help them install two PoS

terminals per village
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) is going to support banks for deployment of two
PoS (Point of Sales) devices per village in one lakh villages
having a population of upto 10,000 in an effort to facilitate
more cashless transactions in rural India.
The effort is going to cost NABARD an estimated Rs
120 crore.
Further, NABARD will now support procurement of
EMV chip and PIN-based RuPay Kisan Cards by both
regional rural banks and the rural cooperative banks.
NABARD
Founded: 1982
Headquarters: Mumbai
Chairman: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
SBI to divest 3.9% stake in SBI Life for Rs. 1,794 crore
State Bank of India will divest 3.9 per cent of its stake in SBI
Life Insurance Company to global investment firms KKR and
Temasek for Rs. 1,794 crore .
State Bank of India (SBI) said the Executive
Committee of the Central Board in its meeting
approved to divest 3.9 per cent stake, or 3,90,00,000
equity shares of the life insurance subsidiary, at a
price of Rs. 460 per share.
SBI owns 74 per cent stake in SBI Life while BNP
Paribas Cardif has the remaining 26 per cent.
SBI
Founded: 1955
Headquarters: Mumbai
Chairperson: Arundhati Bhattacharya
Canara Bank launches prepaid card
Canara Bank launched a
prepaid card as part of
efforts to attract more and
more
people
towards
cashless transactions.
Prepaid card lets
the card holders to use the same for cash withdrawal,
purchases at point of sale or internet.
The card holder can prefund the card to his
requirement.
Canara Bank
Founded: 1906
Headquarters: Bengaluru
Chairman: TN Manoharan

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cashless lessons
In another step to push
digital transactions, the
ministry of electronics and
information
technology
(MeitY) launched a TV
channel named 'DigiShala'.
The channel would be managed by Doordarshan (DD)
and piggyback on its infrastructure.
Also, to aware people about digital payments, a
website Cashless India is started.
Black rights activist Viola Desmond to be 1st Canadian
woman on $10 bill
Black rights activist Viola Desmond will be the first Canadian
woman to be featured on the country's $10 bill.
Desmond's image will replace that of Sir John A.
Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, on the
purple banknote beginning in 2018.
ADB slashes India's 2016 growth estimate
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today trimmed its 2016
growth estimate for India to 7 per cent from the previous 7.4
per cent on account of demonetisation, weak investment and
agricultural slowdown.
But India's growth forecast for 2017 was kept at 7.8
per cent.
In a supplement to its Asian Development Outlook
2016 Update report, ADB has downgraded 2016
growth for Asia to 5.6 per cent.
ADB
Founded: 1966
Headquarters: Manila
President: Takehiko Nakao
Payjo to launch banking robots in India with Yes Bank and
RBL
Silicon
Valley-based
artificial
intelligence
company Payjo is set to
launch banking robots in
India in collaboration with
Yes Bank and RBL.
The
company
has signed deals
with the two banks and is in talks with other public
and private sector banks to launch banking robots by
early next year.

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Government to launch helpline number '14444' for digital

payments support
Government
will
launch a helpline
number '14444' to
educate people about
digital transactions.
The service is
expected to
be operational within a week.
Government has already launched a TV channel and a website
to promote digital payments.
India ranked 102nd on enabling cross border trade: WEF
India has improved its ranking
by four places to 102nd position
among 136 economies in terms
of enabling cross border trade,
with Singapore leading the list,
the World Economic Forum
(WEF) said.
Among the Brics nations, India, China and South
Africa have improved their ranking from the previous
edition.
Singapore is leading the top ten economies followed
by the Netherlands and Hong Kong SAR at second
and third places, respectively.
India inks Rs 5,000 crore deal with US for 145 M777
howitzers
Breaking the Bofors jinx, India and the US inked a nearly Rs
5,000 crore deal for 145 M777 ultra-light howitzers, which will
be mostly deployed near the borders with China.
This is the first deal for artillery guns since the Bofors
scandal in 1980s.
The deal was inked as a two-day meeting of the 15th
India-US Military Cooperation Group (MCG) began.
Yes Bank launches new product for money transfer
through feature phones
Private sector lender Yes Bank launched
SIMsePAY, that allows any account
holder to do money transfers, pay utility
bills and other mobile banking services,
without the need for smart phones or internet.
Yes Bank has launched the services with the District
Co-operative Bank, Dehradun, and subsequently
plans to launch it across the country.

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Founded: 2004
Headquarters: Mumbai
CEO: Rana Kapoor
Tagline: Experience our Expertise

RBL Bank launches Aadhaar-based disbursment of mirco

loans
Private sector RBL Bank said
it has launched 'Aadhaar
Payment Bridge System'
(APBS) for small ticket
micro-finance loan disbursements.
The bank said it is the first bank to launch the APBS
on its platform and the intent is to meet the
government's target on digital banking.
The APBS system can now enable MFIs to disburse
loan amounts directly in Aadhaar-enabled bank
accounts through RBL Bank.
Federal Bank partners with Spice Digital for E Collection
Service
Federal Bank partners with Spice Digital for cash management
services through the Banks E collection facility.
The agreement was signed and exchanged at Spice
Digital Corporate office at Noida.
As per the arrangement, twenty thousand plus retail
outlets of Spice Digital can now remit their cash
collection at the federal bank branches pan India.
Federal Bank
Headquarters: Kochi
Founded: 1945
MD & CEO: Shyam Srinivasan
DCB Bank launches its own mobile wallet Cippy
Private sector lender DCB Bank launched its own mobile and
tab based digital wallet Cippy Wallet app to encourage
consumers to experience cash free purchases from the mobile
phone for day-to-day needs.
The app offers a Split-Bill feature which allows any
payment that is either paid using Cippy Wallet app or
other modes such as card or cash can be easily split
between groups with a single click on the mobile
phone.
UN Report - India To Grow GDP At 7.6% In 2016-17
A new United Nations report on the economic growth
prospects for India in this current year, stating that they expect
GDP growth to be 7.6%.

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The report was prepared by United Nations Economic

and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP).
On the other hand, India Ratings has lowered its GDP
forecast for 2016-17 to 6.8 per cent from 7.8 per cent
earlier.

Airtel payments bank offers 1 minute talktime for Rs 1

deposit
Airtel Payments Bank,
part of telcom giant
Bharti Airtel, has
offered
customers
opening a savings
account one minute of talk time on their Airtel mobile for every
rupee deposited.
If a customer opens an account with a deposit of Rs
1,000 then he/she will get 1,000 minutes of free talk
time on his/her Airtel mobile number.
The talk time can be used for Airtel to Airtel calling
all over India.
This benefit is applicable on first time deposits only,
and comes with a validity of 30 days.
Ruchi Soya Industries to provide banking assistance to
farmers
Edible oil firm Ruchi Soya Industries in association with State
Bank of India (SBI) has launched an initiative to provide
banking assistance to farmers.
Under the initiative 'Kisan Kalyan Ayojan', the
company will help farmers to open bank accounts,
procure the produce directly from farmers at the right
price and ensure farmers get their payment
immediately through internet banking.
The company is associated with 10 million farmers
growing soybean, mustard and palm.
RBI raises Market Stabilisation Scheme limit to Rs. 6 lakh
crore to manage liquidity
In order to mop up extra
liquidity from the system in
view
of
demonetisation,
government and the Reserve
Bank sharply raised the Market
Stabilisation Scheme (MSS)
ceiling to Rs. 6 lakh crore from
Rs. 30,000 crore.
Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said RBI
will operate within that limit as per requirement.

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KPMG, Microsoft join hands to boost digital

transformation
KPMG and Microsoft India
announced a strategic
Internet of Things (IoT)
Advisory partnership to
accelerate
the
digital
transformation of large and
mid-market enterprises in
the country.
The IoT Advisory will help enterprises deploy
solutions that can drive Cloud-based automation,
generate operational insights through IoT, provide
better customer relationship management and
analytics, improve organisational agility and increase
workforce mobility.
Amazon Launches Its Startup Program Launchpad In
India
Global e-commerce giant has announced it is bringing its
global startup program Launchpad to India.
The
India
Launchpad
portal

www.amazon.in/launchpad is live with products from

over 400 startups, of whom 25 are India-based.
Naidu launches AP Purse
Andhra Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched AP
Purse, a mobile app.
Mr. Naidu said 13 mobile banking and 10 mobile
wallets were available in the purse and could be used
to pay bills.
Andhra Pradesh
Chiehf Minister: N Chandra Babu Naidu
Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan
Capital: Andhra Pradesh (Amaravati is proposed
capital from 2024)
Maharashtra to roll out its own Mahawallet
Maharashtra is set to become the first state to have its own
mobile wallet that will also allow users to transfer funds to or
from other mobile wallets such as Paytm and Mobikwik.
Mahawallet is expected to be launched in the next
15 days.
Except common services, Mahawallet will also allow
users to pay electricity and water bills.
Maharashtra
Chief Minister: Devendra Fadnavis
Governor: C Vidyasagar Rao
Capital: Mumbai

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MMTC to tie-up with SBI to sell govt minted 'Indian Gold

Coin'
Public sector company MMTC will tie-up with the State Bank
of India (SBI) to sell government-minted "Indian Gold Coin".
The state-run bullion trader, which has already tied up
with over half a dozen banks, has so far sold one lakh
pieces of "Indian Gold Coin" and has set a target of
selling 5 lakhs units in the next few years.
The coin is available in denominations of 5gm, 10gm
and 20 gm bar.
SBI
Headquarters: Mumbai
Founded: 1955
Chairperson: Arundhati Bhattacharya
Govt to launch Aadaar Payment App to simplify digital
transactions
The government is coming up with an 'Aadhaar Payment App'
that could silence digital payments critics.
The app, to be launched on December 25, would also
eliminate the fee payments for service providers like
card companies such as Mastercard or Visa.
IDFC Bank launches aadhaar-linked cashless merchant
solution
IDFC Bank has announced the nation-wide launch of aadhaarlinked cashless merchant solution that uses a retailers'
smartphone to enable digital payments.
Aadhaar Pay, launched by the government, has been
developed by IDFC Bank in association with Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
IDFC Aadhaar Pay will enable millions of merchants
across the country to facilitate cashless purchases for
customers in a cost-effective and scalable way.
Google joins hands with Indias Ministry to protect
consumer interest online
Aiming to raise awareness about
online safety, Google India in
collaboration with Ministry of
Consumer Affairs announced a
nationwide 'Digitally Safe Consumer campaign, as part of a
larger effort to help better protect consumer interest online.
Google along with the Department of Consumer
Affairs will undertake a year long campaign focused
on building capacities of consumer organisations,
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Internet safety and related issues.
Polavaram project: Centre extends 1,982-crore loan to
Andhra Pradesh
The Centre has through Nabard released Rs 1,982 crore to
Andhra Pradesh towards the Polavaram irrigation project.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley handed over the cheque
to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Nadu
in the Capital.
This funding is being done through NABARD, which
has now started funding irrigation projects.
Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank launches Bank Sakhi
scheme
To promote and popularise cashless
transactions in rural areas, the
Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank
(KVGB) has come out with an
innovative method of employing
women in villages.
Bank chairman S. Ravindran said that the bank would
appoint women business correspondents called Bank
Sakhi in select villages where this scheme would be
implemented.
To start with, the bank had hired 11 Bank Sakhis
and had plans to appoint a minimum of 50 such
women in different districts.
SBI adopts a village to make it cashless
Indias largest lender State Bank of India has stepped on
towards a cashless economy as the banking behemoth has
adopted a village in Maharashtra where it will drive all
residents to transact digitally.
Shirki, a village in Pen Taluka in Maharashtra is now
the epicentre for SBI, which will promote Aadhaar
number-based merchant payments.
A few weeks ago, the bank made an SBI housing
colony at Nerul in Navi Mumbai with over 1000
families a cash-less colony.
ICICI Bank partners Twitter for better customer
experience
Twitter and ICICI Bank announced a partnership that
integrates a slew of digital customer care support features for
the bank, benefiting millions of its customers with direct online
response to their queries and feedback in real-time.
ICICI Bank is the first bank in India to implement the
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Keralas Nedumkayam tribal colony to be countrys first

digital colony
The Nedumkayam tribal colony in Malappuram district of
Kerala has become the first fully-digital tribal colony in the
country.
The district collector, Amit Meena officially declared
the colony as the first digital and cashless colony at
a function held in the colony.
Au Financiers gets final nod to start small finance bank
operations
Non-banking finance company Au Financiers (India) said it
has received final approval of the Reserve Bank to start
operations as small finance bank.
The company was among the 10 entities that received
in-principle approval of RBI last year to set up small
finance banks.
The company has operations in 10 states with 300
branches.
Bank of Maharashtra Adopts Village in Sangli
Pune based public sector lender Bank of Maharashtra, has
helped to make the village of Malangaon, in Sangli district,
Maharashtra, a completely cashless village.
On the other hand, Siliguri branch of bank of India has
adopted Farabari Adarsh Palli village.
MobiKwik gets RBI nod to accept payments for utility,
convenience bills
Mobile wallet firm Mobikwik has received an in-principle
approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a
Bharat Bill Payments Operating Unit (BBPOU).
MobiKwik said its users across the country will now
be able to pay their utility and convenience bills using
the wallet.
The company will now be integrated in Bharat Bill
Payment System (BBPS), a bill payment system by
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI),
offering interoperable and accessible bill payment
service to customers through a network of agents.
South Indian Bank unveils mobile banking app for NRIs
South Indian Bank has introduced a full-fledged NRI-focused
mobile banking application called SIB Mirror+ across major
mobile platforms.
The new app was launched after the path-breaking 'ELock' feature that provided a single tap solution to
fully secure all digital transaction from frauds.

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SIB Mirror+ equips the customers to perform almost

all banking transactions from their smart phones.
The app comes with self-registration facility for ease
of activation and utilises NEFT facility for interbank
fund transfers.
It also provides bill payment facility, instant
mobile/DTH recharge, cheque book request and 24x7
within bank fund transfer.

Alibaba to soon open first India office in Mumbai

Chinese e-retail giant Alibaba, which has made investments in
India's Snapdeal and Paytm, is setting up its first office in India
in Mumbai.
The office will be located at the commercial BandraKurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai.
US e-commerce giant Amazon also has its office in
the same complex.
Alibaba's decision to open the office could imply that
the competition in e-commerce sector in India is
likely to get even more fierce.
Ajmer tops in top five cities in Digital Transaction
After Noteban, Ajmer has topped the 5 best districts to promote
cashless transactions.
PM Modi awarded scroll of honor to Ajmer Collector
Gaurav Goyal.
Four other districts are Rajkot (Gujarat), Krishna
(Andhra), Jamshedpur and Bokaro in Jharkhand.
PM Narendra Modi launches UPI based mobile payment
app called BHIM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a mobile app, BHIM
(Bharat Interface for Mobile) for the Unified Payment Interface
(UPI), named after Bhimrao Ambedkar.
BHIM app doesn't even require an Internet connection
since it can also work on simple feature phones.
Currently, it is being security checked. After it is launched,
BHIM will not need a mobile phone, internet or even a feature
phone. It will only need your thumb (impression).

Malaysia enthrones new King Sultan Muhammad V

Malaysia installed its 15th king, Sultan Muhammad V.
Sultan Muhammad V takes the national throne under
the rotating monarchy in place since independence
from Britain in 1957.

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Muhammad V replaces Sultan Abdul Halim

Muadzam Shah from the northern state of Kedah.

V K Sharma appointed LIC chief for 5 years

VK
Sharma
has
been
confirmed as chairman and
managing director of the
nation's biggest insurer and
investor LIC for five years
after
the
Cabinet's
Appointments
Committee
recommended his candidature.
He was acting chief of Life Insurance Corp of India
since September 16.
Sharma would succeed SK Roy, who quit abruptly in
June this year, two years prior to his retirement.
VG Kannan appointed CEO of IBA
V G Kannan has taken charge as Chief Executive of the Indian
Banks Association (IBA).
He succeeds M V Tanksale who demitted office as
Chief Executive on August 9, 2016 after being at the
helm for three years.
Kannan had retired as Managing Director & Group
Executive (Associates & Subsidiaries) of State Bank
of India on July 31, 2016.
Nigerias Amina Mohammed named UN Deputy SecretaryGeneral
United Nations (UN) Chief Antonio Guterres appointed
Nigeria's Environment Minister Amina Mohammed as his
Deputy Secretary-General.
Guterres was recently sworn in as the ninth male UN
Chief.
He will take over from current Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon on 1 January 2017.
Also, Guterres appointed Brazilian diplomat Maria
Luiza Ribeiro Viotti as Chef de Cabinet and South
Koreas Kyung-wha Kang as Special Adviser on
Policy.
Sunil Arora appointed as Director General of IICA
Former Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sunil Arora
was appointed as the Director General and Chief Executive
Officer of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA).
Arora's appointment was approved by the
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).

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Audi appoints Rahil Ansari as head of Indian operations

Volkswagen group firm Audi announced a top management
change in India with the appointment of Rahil Ansari as head
of the operations here with effect from February 1, 2017.
Ansari will take over as Head of Audi India from the
incumbent Joe King, who will move back to Audi
headquarters in Germany.
Suzlon Energy appoints Sanjay Baweja as CFO
Suzlon Energy has appointed
Sanjay Baweja as its Chief
Financial Officer with effect
from December 19, 2016.
Sanjay's previous role
as
CFO
with
organisations across
sectors like E-Commerce, Infrastructure and Telecom
gives him a rich experience.
Bipin Rawat to be next Indian Army chief, Dhanoa IAF
Chief
The government today appointed vice chief of army staff Lt
Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief superseding his two
senior officers, while vice chief of air staff Air Marshal B S
Dhanoa has been made the new chief of the Indian Air Force.
Rawat will replace General Dalbir Singh, while
Dhanoa will take over from IAF chief Arup Raha.
It also tweeted that Air Marshal B S Dhanoa will take
over as IAF chief with effect from afternoon of
December 31.
Rajiv Jain named next Director of IB
Jharkhand cadre IPS
officer Rajiv Jain was
appointed as the new
chief of Intelligence
Bureau (IB) while Anil
Dhasmana will head
external intelligence agency RAW. Both the officers will have
a tenure of two years.
Jain, who is at present serving as the Special Director
in the IB, will take over on January 1 after the
incumbent Dineshwar Sharma completes his two-year
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He will serve the office for a period of five years or

till attaining 65 years of age or until further orders,
whichever is the earliest.

In another appointment, Anil Dhasmana will succeeds

Rajinder Khanna who completes his tenure this year
end.

Priyanka Chopra appointed brand ambassador of Assam

Assam roped in Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra as the brand
ambassador of the state tourism.
She will drive the campaign, Awesome Assam.
The agreement is for two years, Assam Tourism
Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Assam
Capital: Dispur
Chief Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal
Governor: Banwarilal Purohit
APIS India ropes in PV Sindhu as its brand ambassador
APIS India, a leading producer,
distributor and exporter of
honey under APIS Himalaya
brand, has roped in Indian
badminton champion and Rio
Olympics silver medalist PV
Sindhu
as
its
brand
ambassador.
Apart from honey, APIS India also produces cookies,
tea and preserves.
Justice Saqib Nisar to be next CJP
Pakistan president has appointed Justice Mian Saqib Nisar as
the 25th head of the Supreme Court with effect from Dec 31.
He will replace Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali.
Pakistan
Capital: Islamabad
Currency: Rupee
Veena Mankar appointed as Non-Executive Chairperson of
IDFC Bank
The Board of Directors of IDFC Bank
has approved the appointment of Ms.
Veena Mankar as the Non-Executive
Chairperson, up to July 26, 2018.
The appointment is subject
to approval of the RBI.
IDFC Bank
Founded: 2015
Headquartes: Mumbai
CEO & MD: Rajiv B Lall

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Nana Akufo-Addo wins poll to become Ghana's president

Ghanas main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has won
the presidency in his third run for the office.
The countrys election commission said Akufo-Addo
received 53.8% of the vote, with John Mahama on
44.4%.
Mahama became president in July 2012 after the
sudden death of the incumbent leader and was elected
later in the year.
Ghana
Capital: Accra
Currency: Cedi
Vistaar Appoints Former SEBI Chief as Chairman and
Director
Vistaar Financial Services Private Limited, a leading NBFC,
announced the appointment of Mr. C.B. Bhave as the NonExecutive Chairman and Independent Director of the
Company.
His appointment will be effective from November 17,
2016.
Mr Bhave served as the Chairman of Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) from February 2008
for a period of three years.
Senior IRS officer Rajendra Kumar appointed new CBDT
member
Senior IRS officer Rajendra Kumarwas has been appointed as
the new Member of the CBDT, the policy making body for the
Income Tax Department.
The orders for appointment of Kumar, a 1980-batch
Indian Revenue Service officer, was issued by the
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Italy names new Prime Minister as Paolo Gentiloni
Italy's new Prime Minister has
been named as Paolo Gentiloni,
the country's fifth premier in as
many years.
Outgoing PM Matteo
Renzi resigned after
losing a referendum on plans to reform Italy's
constitution.
IAMAI sets up committee to fight against the menace of
online piracy
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has
constituted a working group as part of its efforts to fight online

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piracy and developing business standards and best practices for

the digital entertainment industry.
The committee will be chaired by Ajit Mohan of
Hotstar and co-chaired by Uday Sodhi of SET India
and Salil Kapoor of HOOQ.
Cyrus Mistry removed as Director of Tata Industries
Tata Industries, at its Extraordinary General Meeting, removed
former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus P. Mistry, as director in the
company.
Hence, he has also ceased to be the chairman of the
company.
Tata Industries is a subsidiary of Tata Sons, which is
a majority shareholder. Several Tata companies,
including Tata Motors, Tata Power, Tata Steel, hold
equity in the company.
Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar appointed new ISI chief
Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar has been
appointed as the new Director
General of the Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI).
He replaces Lt. Gen.
Rizwan Akhtar who has
been appointed as president of the National Defence
University (NDU) in Islamabad.
Antonio Guterres sworn in as UN secretary-general
Former
Portuguese
Prime
Minister Antonio Guterres was
sworn in as Secretary-General of
the United Nations, becoming the
ninth U.N. chief .
He will take over duties from Ban Ki-moon on Jan 1.
His tenure starting from 1st Jan 2017, will be of five
years upto 31st December 2021.
Priyanka Chopra Appointed UNICEF Global Goodwill
Ambassador
Actress Priyanka Chopra has been appointed as UNICEF's
newest global Goodwill Ambassador.
Footballer David Beckham and 12-year-old British
actress Millie Bobby Brown announced Chopra's
appointment as UNICEF's newest global Goodwill
Ambassador.
UNICEF
Founded: 1946
Headquarters: New York
Executive Director: Anthony Lake

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Appointments by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the
following appointments: Shri Srivatsa Krishna, IAS(KN:1994), as Secretary,
Coffee Board,
Shri T Venkatesh, IAS(UP:1988), as Executive
Director, Tobacco Board,
Shri Arnab Roy, IAS(WB:1991), as Deputy
Chairman, Tea Board
Shri A. Ajith Kumar, IAS(KL:1994), as Executive
Director, Rubber Board, under the Department of
Commerce (by curtailing his tenure as Chairman,
Rubber Board)
Rakesh Asthana becomes interim director of CBI
As the government failed to find any full-time chief for Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI), investigating agency's secondin-command Additional Director Rakesh Asthana will take
charge as interim director, after the retirement of Anil Sinha.
In Gujarat, as IG, Vadodara range, he supervised the
initial probe into the Godhra train incident.
He was also police commissioner of Vadodara and
Surat.
NSE CEO Chitra Ramkrishna resigns
Chitra Ramkrishna has quit as the Managing Director and CEO
of the country's premier bourse.
Her tenure was scheduled to end in March 2018.
She took over as MD and CEO of NSE with effect
from April 1, 2013 for a period of five years.
Panneerselvam sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Amidst a pall of gloom
following Chief Minister
Jayalalithaas death, senior
AIADMK
leader
O.
Panneerselvam was elected the
leader of the Legislature Party
and sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Panneerselvam was administered the oath of
office and secrecy by Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao.
This was his third swearing-in as Chief Minister.
Bernard Cazeneuve named French PM as Valls quits
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has resigned after
announcing his candidacy for the Socialist nomination in next
year's presidential election.

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Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was named as

his successor for the six months until the next
legislative elections.

France
Capital: Paris
Currency: Euro
Van der Bellen wins Austria's presidential election
According to an exit poll
conducted
by broadcaster
ORF, independent candidate
Alexander Van der Bellen has
been
elected
Austria's
next president after winning
53.3 percent of the vote.
Right-wing candidate Norbert Hofer conceded defeat
after garnering 46.7 percent of the electorate,
confirming he would not challenge the result.
Austria
Capital: Vienna
Currency: Euro
Uzbekistan elects Shavkat Mirziyoyev as president
Uzbekistans interim leader, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has won a
crushing presidential election victory to succeed the late Islam
Karimov.
The central election commission said Mirziyoyev
secured 88.6% of total votes.
Uzbekistan
Capital: Tashkent
Currency: Som
B S Bhullar appointed aviation regulator
Senior bureaucrat B S Bhullar was
appointed chief of aviation regulator
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
(DGCA).
He is presently working as
Additional Secretary in
Civil Aviation Ministry.
The post has been lying
vacant for past over four
months after M Sathiyavathy, first woman chief of the
aviation regulator, was named as new Union Labour
Secretary in July this year.

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Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar to be next CJI, first from

Sikh community
India will get its first Chief Justice from the Sikh community
in the new year as Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar will be sworn
in as the next CJI on January 4.
Justice Thakur retires on January 3.
In his letter to law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad,
Justice Thakur described Justice Khehar as a
competent and worthy successor.
Justice Khehar will have a short tenure of a little over
seven months from January 4 till August 28.
American Tourister appoints Virat Kohli as brand
ambassador
Luggage maker American Tourister has appointed India Test
skipper Virat Kohli as its brand ambassador.
The luggage brand has signed the ace cricketer to
feature
in
a
new integrated
marketing
communications campaign, which will be publicised
in India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman,
Bahrain, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, kick
starting in March, 2017.
Indian-American elected Mayor of Californian city
An
Indian-American
engineer has been elected
as Mayor of South San
Francisco city in the US
state of California.
Pradeep Gupta,
an IIT Chennai alumni, was sworn in as the Mayor of
the city early this month.
With this he has became the second Indian-American
to be elected as the Mayor of the Californian city.
Vinod Vashisht takes over as DG NCC
Lt Gen Vinod Vashisht took over the reins of National Cadet
Corps (NCC) as its Director General on 23 December 2016.
An alumnus of National Defence Academy, the
General was commissioned into the Regiment of
Artillery on 09 June 1979.
He is a graduate from Defence Services Staff
College.
Anil Baijal to be new Delhi Lieutenant Governor
Former Union home secretary Anil Baijal was appointed as the
new Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi.
President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the
appointment.

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Baijal, a 1969 batch IAS officer, was home secretary

in 2004 under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

Viral Acharya named RBI deputy governor

Viral Acharya, a 42 year-old professor at the Stern Business
School of New York University, was named deputy governor
of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) .
Acharya, a graduate from the Indian Institute of
Technology-Bombay who has a Ph.D from Stern
School of Business, New York University, will
oversee the important monetary policy department
and research.
Romanian president designates Grindeanu new prime
minister
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has designated veteran
leftist Sorin Grindeanu as the new Romanian head of
government.
It was decided a few weeks after the prevailing
uncertainty due to Lefts victory in the parliamentary
elections on December 11.
Official orders were signed by mid-wing President
Klaus Lohannis to appoint 43-year-old former
telecom minister as prime minister.

PM Narendra Modi ranks 9th in Forbes list of powerful

people
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has been ranked
among the top 10 most
powerful people in the
world by Forbes in a list that
has been topped by Russian
President Vladimir Putin for
a fourth straight year and
had US President-elect Donald Trump in the second place.
Modi ranks 9th on the Forbes list of 74 of the World's
Most Powerful People.
The list includes Reliance Industries Chairman
Mukesh Ambani on the 38the spot.
Madonnas biopic voted as best unproduced script of 2016
Madonnas biopic, titled Blond Ambition, was named as the
best unproduced film script available at present in the
Hollywood system.

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Sushma Swaraj named in FPs Global Thinkers 2016 list

External
Affairs
Minister
Sushma Swaraj was named in
the Global Thinkers List of 2016
compiled by Foreign Policy
magazine.
Swaraj was included in
the Decision-makers category alongside former US
secretary of state Hillary Clinton, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel, UN Secretary General Bank ki-Moon
and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Apart from Swaraj, other Indians on the list included
Anupama Nayar and Vineet Nayar, co-founders of
Sampark Foundation.
PV Sindhu wins BWF Most Improved Player award
PV Sindhu won the most
improved player award at the
Badminton World Federations
annual function held in Dubai.
Malaysias Lee Chong
Wei was declared the best men's player while the
Japanese pair of Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka
Takahashi won the honour in the women's category.
ICFA presents 'Global Agriculture Leadership Award
2016' to Ratan Tata
Indian Council of Food
and Agriculture (ICFA)
presented
'Global
Agriculture Leadership
Award 2016' to Tata
Sons interim Chairman
Ratan Tata in Mumbai.
Leadership Awards jury conferred on Tata the
'Lifetime Achievements Award 2016' for his
transformational role in scaling Tata Group as the
globally admired group during his stint of two
decades as Chairman.
Coimbatore City corporation to receive Digital India Silver
Award
The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has been selected
for Digital India Award instituted by Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology.

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The biopic of Madonna topped the list of 73 scripts

with 48 votes in the newly published annual Black
List.

The corporation will receive the Digital India Silver

Award in the category of "Most Innovative Citizen
Engagement" and also installing and implementing
free WiFi Scheme in its various offices.

Stephanie Del Valle wins Miss World 2016 title

Stephanie Del Valle from Puerto Rico was crowned the Miss
World 2016.
Yaritza Miguelina Reyes Ramirez from Dominican
Republic as first runner up and Natasha Mannuela
from Indonesia as second runner-up.
Indias Priyadarshini Chatterjee only made it to the
top 20.
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank bagged two awards for
inclusive insurance
The Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
(KVGB) has bagged two awards for inclusive insurance from
Skoch Group for 2016.
The bank bagged the awards in life insurance and
micro insurance sectors under the order of merit
category.
KVGB Chairman S Ravindran received the award
from Sameer Kochhar, Chairman of Skoch Group
during the 46th Skoch Summit in New Delhi.
Priyanka Chopra made it to IMDb's most popular
celebrities' list
Priyanka Chopra, has now made it up to the list of IMDb's most
popular celebrities' list beating many Hollywood celebrities.
Standing at number 55,she is ahead of Hollywood's
big names like Jennifer Aniston, Emma Watson,
Leonardo Di Caprio, Johnny Depp, Scarlett
Johansson and others.
Priyanka is the only Indian who's on the list.
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year
2016 award
Andy Murray has been chosen for the BBC Sports Personality
of the Year for a record third time.
Murray, beat the gold medal-winning triathlete
Alistair Brownlee into second place and showjumper
Nick Skelton, in third.
Corporation Bank bags SKOTCH silver award
Corporation Bank has bagged the SKOCH silver award for
attaining the position of number1 channel partner of LIC of
India for the past three financial years.

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The bank was also awarded order of merit under other

three categories.
CK Gopal, General Manager of the bank, received the
award in the presence of Nilesh Sathe, Member of
IRDAI, and Sameer Kochhar, Chairman of SKOCH
Foundation, in New Delhi.

Digital India Awards 2016

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Minister for Communications
and Information Technology and Law and Justice presented
Digital India Awards to the distinguished winners.
Three awards Platinum, Gold and Silver were
presented in each category to the winners shortlisted
from the nominations received under each category.
Exemplary Online Service Category:
Platinum Award was bagged by VYAS- VarnijYakar
Automation System for Department of Commercial
Taxes, UP.
E-permit, Commercial tax department, Gujarat and
One Stop Clearance System, Punjab Bureau of
Investment Promotion win the Gold and Silver award
respectively.
Open Data Champion Category:
Platinum Award was won by Office of the Registrar
General, India.
The Health and Family Welfare and Directorate of
Marketing & Inspection won the Gold Award.
The Silver award was bagged by the Rajya Sabha and
National Crime Records Bureau.
Most Innovative Citizen Engagement Category:
MyGov won the Platinum Award.
Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting
System (OMMAS) for Pradhan Mantri Gram
SadakYojana (PMGSY) won the Gold Award.
The Silver Award was won by Coimbatore City
Municipal Corporation.
Outstanding Digital Initiative by Local Body Category:
Platinum Award was bagged by Surat Municipal
Corporation.
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation and
Web and Mobile based Integrated Complaint Logging
and Resolution Tracking System - Madurai
Corporation win the Gold and Silver award
respectively.
Best Mobile App Category:
Citizen Cop Mobile App Chattisgarh won the
Platinum Award.
Mid-Day Meal Mobile App, Himachal Pradesh won
the Gold Award.

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The Silver Award was won by GARV GrameenVidyutikaran App Ministry of Power.
Web Ratna - Ministry / Department category:
The Platinum was bagged by Ministry of Human
Resource Development.
Gold by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Silver by Ministry of External Affairs.
Web Ratna - State/ UT category:
The Platinum award has been won by Rajasthan
followed by Tamil Nadu and Haryana in the Gold and
Silver section respectively.
Sahitya Akademi Award 2016 announced
Sahitya Akademi on 21
December 2016 announced
the Sahitya Akademi
Awards for the year 2016
in 24 languages.
Eight books of
poetry, seven books of short stories, five books of
novel, two books of criticism, one book of essays and
a book of play have won the prestigious awards for
the year.
The prestigious award will be presented to the
winners at a special function to be held on 22 February
2017 in New Delhi.
The Award includes a casket containing an engraved
copper-plaque, a shawl and a cheque of Rs. 100000.
ICC Awards 2016
Ravichandran Ashwin has been named the ICC
cricketer of the year.
Ravichandran Ashwin has been named the ICC test
cricketer of the year.
South Africa's Quinton de Kock has been named the
ICC ODI cricketer of the year.
Pakistan Test skipper Misbah ul Haq was given the
Spirit of Cricket award.
Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was
named the emerging player of the year.
Alastair Cook has been appointed captain of the ICC
Test XI.

Virat Kohli has been named as the captain of the ICC

ODI side.
Corporation Bank bags Best MSME Bank Award
The Corporation Bank has bagged the Best MSME Bank
Award 2016 instituted by the Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

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Vijaya Bank has bagged Best Bank for SME

Lending award from Assocham. The Bank has
bagged the said award under Best SME Lending
category for public sector banks.
The awards were presented at the fourth SMEs
Excellence Award function in New Delhi.
Corporation Bank
Founded: 1906
Headquarters: Mangalore
Tagline: A premier public sector bank
CEO: Jai Kumar Garg
Vijaya Bank
Founded: 1931
Headquarters: Bengaluru
Tagline: A friend you can bank on
CEO: Kishore Kumar Sansi
CII National Quality Award to BEML
BEML Ltd, under the
Union
Ministry
of
Defence,
has
been
bestowed
with
the
prestigious CII National
Quality 2016 Award
jointly
instituted
by
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) & Export Import Bank
(EXIM).
BEML won the award for practising various EFQM
Models (European Foundation for Quality
Management) and achieving results.
Turner Prize: Helen Marten wins 2016 award
Helen Marten has won the Turner Prize 2016, and has said she
intends to share the 25,000 award with her fellow nominees.
The youngest on the shortlist, Marten uses sculpture,
screen printing and writing to create her work.
The prestigious prize is awarded to a British artist,
under the age of 50.
TIME Magazine names Donald Trump its Person of the
Year
Time Magazine named US President-elect Donald Trump its
person of the year 2016.
TIME's announcement comes just two days after
Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the magazine's
online readers' poll for Person of the Year 2016.
Time makes its annual choice based on the impact a
person has on world events, for better or for worse.

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Last year the magazine chose German Chancellor

Angela Merkel.
Karnataka Bank bags MSME award in pvt. sector
Karnataka Bank bagged the Best MSME Bank Award (Private
sector) 2016, instituted by the Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), New Delhi.
Raghurama, General Manager, Karnataka Bank,
received the award from Haribhai Parathibhai
Chaudhary, Union Minister of State for MSME, in
New Delhi.
Karnataka Bank
Founded: 1924
Headquarters: Mangaluru
IFFK 2016: Keralas Film fiesta begins
The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) which was
started at Thiruvananthapuram will showcase 184 films from
62 countries.
Navid Mahmoudis directorial debut film Raftan
(Parting) opened the eight-day fiesta.
Iqbal Sayed becomes first Indian to win a medal at Mr
Olympia
Mumbai-based Civil Engineer
Iqbal Sayed has become the first
Indian to win a medal at the Mr
Olympia amateur event held in
Hong Kong.
He has won a silver medal
in the event beating
participants from 20 countries to finish second in the
Olympia Amateur Asia 2016s Classic Bodybuilding
category.
Cristiano Ronaldo wins fourth Ballon dOr award
After giving a European
Championship title to
Portugal and another
Champions
League
trophy to Real Madrid,
Cristiano Ronaldo ends
2016 with his fourth
world player of the year award.
Ronaldo is now one short of his Barcelona rival
Lionel Messis record tally of five. Messi finished
second this time.

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Rajiv Gandhi airport, Hyderabad gets carbon neutral

status
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad
has achieved carbon neutral status.
It is the first in the Asia-Pacific region in the 5-15
million passengers a year category to attain this.
The GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd
(GHIAL), which manages and operates the airport,
also claimed that it is the second airport among all the
categories in Asia-Pacific to achieve carbon neutral
status.
Earlier in September, GMR Group-led Delhi airport
had become the first airport in Asia-Pacific to achieve
carbon neutral status.
Andy Murray, Angelique Kerber named ITF Players of
the Year
Briton Andy Murray was
named ITF player of the
year in Mens category.
Angelique Kerber
was named ITF
player of the year
in Womens category.
Kerber becomes the first German to win the award
since Steffi Graf claimed the last of her seven in 1996.
Yoga joins Unesco world heritage list
Yoga,
the
mind-body
discipline based on ancient
Indian philosophy and now
practised all over the world,
has joined Unescos list of
intangible world heritage.
It was added to the
prestigious list in recognition of its influence on
Indian society, from health and medicine to education
and the arts, the world heritage committee said in a
statement.
UNESCO
Founded: 1945
Headquarters: Paris
Director General: Irina Bokova
Indian football federation wins AFC developing member
award
All India Football Federation has won the AFC Developing
Member Association of the Year Award at the Asian Football
Confederation's Annual Awards Night.

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AIFF President Praful Patel received the Award from

AFC Vice-President Ali Kafashian at a glittering
ceremony here.

Katy Perry honoured with human itarian award at

UNICEF event
Hillary Clinton honoured singer Katy Perry with an Audrey
Hepburn Humanitarian Award at UNICEF Gala.
Clinton, 69, made a surprise appearance at UNICEFs
Annual Snowflake Ball to give the award to Perry.
Kehkashan Basu,UAE-based Indian wins International
Children's Peace Prize
16-year-old Indian environmental activist Kehkashan Basu
based in the UAE has won this year's prestigious International
Children's Peace Prize for her fight for climate justice and
combating environmental degradation.
Kehkashan Basu was presented the award by
Bangladesh's Nobel peace laureate Mohammad
Yunus at a glittering ceremony in The Hague.
Delhi Airport among most connected
The Indira Gandhi International Airport(IGT) in New Delhi is
the 22nd most connected airport in the world, according to air
travel intelligence company OAG.
Mumbai Airport has been ranked 28th.
Chicago Airport, Atlanta Airports and Dallas Airports
in the US, have ranked first, second and third
respectively.
Kolkata bags best cities award for tackling climate change
Kolkata, along with 10 other cities from across the globe, has
been honoured with the best cities of 2016 award in recognition
of its inspiring and innovative programme with regard to solid
waste management.
Kolkata is the only Indian city to receive the
prestigious award.
It received the award during the C40 Mayors Summit
held in Mexico City.
Other cities that won the award are Addis Adaba,
Copenhagen, Curitiba, Sydney and Malborne, Paris,
Portland, Seoul Shenzhen, and Yokohama.
Srinidhi Shetty wins Miss Supranational
Mangaluru girl Srinidhi Shetty was crowned Miss
Supranational 2016 at a grand ceremony in Krynica Zdroj,
Poland. She also won the title of Miss Asia-Oceania.

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Srinidhi became the second Indian to win the title

after Asha Bhat in 2014.
India is the first country to win Miss Supranational
twice in three years.

Star Screen Awards 2016

Best Film: Pink
Best Actor (Male): Amitabh Bachchan
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt
Lifetime achievement award: Rekha
Best Actor (Critics Choice): Sushant Singh Rajput
Best Actress(Critics Choice): Swara Bhaskar
Best Director: Ram Madhvani Neerja
Modi wins readers poll for TIME Person of the Year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
won the readers poll for TIME
Person of the Year 2016.
Mr. Modi won 18 per cent of
the vote, significantly more
than his closest rivals,
including U.S. President Barack Obama, U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump and Wikileaks
Founder Julian Assange.
The editors of the magazine will decide the Person of
the Year on December 7.
Last year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was
awarded the title.
Flipkart Founders Binny and Sachin Bansal named Asians
of the Year
The Straits Times of Singapore has chosen Sachin Bansal and
Binny Bansal for the prestigious "2016 Asian of the Year" as
part of a group called the "The Disruptors."
Earlier this year, Time Magazine put Sachin Bansal
and Binny Bansal on the list of 100 Most Influential
People in the world.
In 2014, the award was given to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.
Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh chosen for 52nd Jnanpith
Award
Eminent modern Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh has been chosen
for the prestigious 52nd Jnanpith Award for 2016, the literary
organisation has announced.
Instituted in 1961, the award by Bharatiya Jnanpith
recognises Indian literatteurs who write in one of the
22 Indian languages listed in Schedule Eight of the
Indian Constitution.

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Last year the Jnanpith award was given to Gujarati

writer Raghuveer Chaudhary.

Sunny Leone to receive PETA's person of the year award

Actress Sunny Leone will receive PETA's person of the year
award for her dedication to promoting the rescue of homeless
dogs and cats, as well as her compassion for animals abused
and killed for their skin.
Earlier this year, the 35-year-old star featured in an ad
campaign by the organization which encouraged
people to "be an angel" and adopt a homeless dog.
SASTRA Ramanujan prize for Radziwill, Matomaki
The 2016 SASTRA-Ramanujan award for mathematics was
jointly presented to Maksym Radziwill and Kaisa Matomaki.
The award was presented during international
Number-Theory conference at Kumbakonam,
Tamilnadu.
The award citation and the shared prize money of
$5,000.
Rajasthani litterateur Satya Narayan to be awarded Bihari
Puraskar 2016
Dr Satya Narayan, an esteemed Rajasthani litterateur has been
chosen to award the 26th Bihari Puraskar 2016 by the K K Birla
Foundation.
He was been chosen for his Hindi book titled Yeh Ek
Dunia published in 2010.
The prize includes cash of Rs 2 lakhs, besides a
citation and a plaque.
Last year, writer Bhagwati Lal Vyas received this
award for his Rajasthani poetry collection titled,
'Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad'.
Bharatiya Jananpith announces Navlekhan award 2016
Two new Hindi writers Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar
Devansh have been chosen for Bharatiya Jnanpith 12th
Navlekhan Award for the year 2016, the literary organisation
announced.
The decision to confer the award on Shraddha for her
short story, 'Hawa Mein Phadphadati Chitthi' and on
Devansh for his poem 'Akash Mein Deh' was taken
unanimously by a selection panel chaired by eminent
poet Vishnu Nagar.
The award, that is given to young authors in Hindi for
their first creations, consists of a statue of Goddess
Saraswati, a citation and a cash prize each, besides
Jnanpith publishing their works.

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India beat Belgium 2-1 to win Junior Hockey World Cup

title
India created history
by winning the FIH
Junior Hockey World
Cup after a gap of 15
long years with a
clinical 2-1 victory
against Belgium in the final.
It was also the first time that a host nation had won
the tournament since its inception.
ATK beat Kerala in penalty shootout to win 2016 Indian
Super League
Atletico de Kolkata beat Kerala Blasters 4-3 in the shootout to
claim their second ISL title in three years at a jam-packed
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi.
The two teams, who had previously met in the 2014
final where ATK had beaten Kerala 1-0, were tied 11 at the end of 120 minutes of open play.
Vijender Singh knocks out Francis Cheka to defend WBO
Asia Pacific title
The Vijender Singh juggernaut rolled on without a glitch as the
Indian boxing star took less than 10 minutes to successfully
defend his WBO Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight title with an
emphatic Technical Knockout win over Tanzania's Francis
Cheka.
Vijender landed the winning blow in the third round
of what was to be a 10-round contest to leave on the
former World Champion Cheka dazed and a packed
Thyagraj Stadium delirious.
Karun Nair becomes second Indian to score triple century
Karun Nair became the second Indian after Virendra Sehwag
to score a triple ton in Test cricket as the smashed unbeaten 303
runs off just 381 balls.
India declared their first innings at 759 for the loss of
seven wickets in the fifth Test against England which
is their highest ever team total in Tests.
Malaysia: Arjun Bhati wins in Kids Golf World
Championship 2016
12-year-old Arjun Bhati has outshined India in the Kids Golf
World Championship 2016 in Malaysia defeating South
Africa's Methu Denish to secure the first position.

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In a competition in which 21 countries had

participated, Arjun secured the top shot scoring two
extra shots.

Shiva Keshavan grabs gold at Asian Luge Championship

Indias seasoned Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan braved an
injury to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Luge Championship
in Nagano.
Keshavan dominated the event and finished the 2 heat
race with a time of 1 minute, 39.962 seconds and top
speed of 130.4 km/h.
Peter Gilchrist Lifts World Billiards Championship,
Kothari's Run Ends
Multiple-time champion
Peter Gilchrist added
another feather to his
cap as he pulled off a
one-sided 1500-617 win
against Indian national
champion Sourav Kothari in the Long-Up Format final of IBSF
World Billiards Championship in Bengaluru.
Earlier, a day after upsetting tournament favourite
Pankaj Advani, Kothari got the better of compatriot
Dhvaj Haria.
Pankaj Advani wins World Billiards Championships title
Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won his 16th World
Championships title by beating Peter Gilchrist of Singapore in
the summit clash.
Advani beat multiple world champion Gilchrist by six
games to three in a gripping final contest to win his
11th World Billiards title.
The Indian champion beat Gilchrist 151 (98)-33, 150
(97)-95, 124-150, 101 (98)-150 (89), 150 (87)-50,
152-37, 86 (86)-150, 151 (110)-104, 150 (88)-15.
Magnus Carlsen wins third World Chess Championship
Magnus Carlsen of
Norway has won the
World
Chess
Championship for the
third consecutive time
after
defeating
challenger
Sergey
Karjakin of Russia.
Karjakin tied against Carlsen in 12 regular rounds but
was beaten in the final phase of four quickfire games.

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Nico Rosberg retires from Formula 1

2016 world champion Nico Rosberg has sensationally retired
from Formula 1 with immediate effect.
The German driver, 31, won the title less than a week
ago, beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to
his first Drivers' Championship.
India beat Pakistan to win women's Twenty-20 Asia Cup
title
Indian women maintained
their supremacy in the
Asia Cup by beating archrivals Pakistan for their
sixth title in as many
editions.
Veteran Mithali Raj, who was removed as T20 captain
before the start of the tournament, made a statement
with an unbeaten 73 to guide India to 121 for five in
20 overs.
The bowlers then bowled brilliantly to limit Pakistan
to 104 for six, completing a comprehensive 17-run
win.
Usain Bolt wins 'Athlete of the Year' award
Olympic champion Usain Bolt has won the IAAF male Athlete
of the Year award for a record sixth time.
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana, who broke the 10,000m
world record by over 14 seconds in winning Olympic
gold in Rio this summer, won the female award.
Bolt will retire next year, following the 2017 World
Athletics Championships in London.
India to train Qatar police to host FIFA World Cup 2022
India will train Qatar's police for the FIFA World Cup 2022.
This was agreed upon during a meeting between
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser
Bin Khalifa Al Thani and Home Minister Rajnath
Singh in Delhi.
The Prime Minister, who holds the Interior Ministry
portfolio, invited Mr Singh to Qatar to strengthen
bilateral security cooperation as the country prepares
to host the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Mukesh Kumar Wins Panasonic Open
India's Mukesh Kumar became the oldest golfer to win an
Asian Tour title when he lifted the Panasonic Open after it was
curtailed to 54 holes due to fog.
The 51-year-old Mukesh, who has 123 PGTI titles
under his belt, turned in a two-under 70 in the final

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round to total 10-under 206 to claim the trophy -- his

first on the Asian Tour.
Argentina win women's Hockey Junior World Cup 2016
Argentina won the womens Hockey Junior World Cup 2016
as they defeated Netherlands.
Argentina defeated Netherlands 4-2 in high quality
final in Santiago, Chile.
Earlier in the day, Australia claimed bronze defeating
Spain 4-3.
Argentina
Capital: Buenos Aires
Currency: Peso
Argentina is FIFA 'Team of the Year'
Argentina finish 2016 on top of the FIFA World Ranking,
earning the accolade of "Team of the Year."
France have been named "Mover of the Year,"
awarded to the nation who earn the most ranking
points in the last 12 months.
India take bronze at women's U-18 Asia Cup hockey
India outclassed South Korea 3-0 to win the bronze medal at
the 4th Women's U18 Asia Cup 2016 hockey tournament in
Bangkok.
Ritu put India in the lead by converting a penalty
corner early in the second half while Sangita Kumari
scored a couple of field goals later on.
Jeje Lalpekhlua adjudged Indias best footballer of 2016 by
AIFF
Jeje Lalpekhlua has been adjudged the 2016 Player of the Year
by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
He striker will get R 2.5 lakh and a trophy, according
to a media release by the AIFF.
Odishas Sasmita Malik was chosen woman
footballer of the year. She will get R 2 lakh and a
trophy.
India U-19 beat Sri Lanka U-19 to lift Youth Asia Cup title
India dished out a clinical performance to beat hosts Sri Lanka
by 34 runs and lift the Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia
Cup title in Colombo.
Opting to bat after winning the toss, India Under-19s
first posted a competitive 273 for eight in their 50
overs and then rode on its spinners fine bowling effort
to bowl out Sri Lanka Under-19 to 239 in 48.4 overs
at the R Premadasa Stadium.

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This was the third edition of the tournament and India

has lifted all the editions, once being declared Joint
winner with Pakistan.

Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic retires from tennis

Former world number one and 2008 French Open champion
Ana Ivanovic has retired from tennis at the age of 29.
The Serb has been out with injury since August and
dropped to 63 in the world rankings, having won just
15 matches in 2016.
Meghalaya to host 2022 National Games
Meghalaya will host the 2022 National Games, which will
coincide with the states 50 years of statehood. The state had
pledged 5 crore rupees as the bid amount for the game.
With this, Meghalaya will become the third northeastern state after Manipur and Assam to host the
National Games.
The upcoming Nation Games will be hosted by Goa
in November 2017.

Nobel-winning economist Thomas Schelling dies at 95

Nobel
Prize-winning
economist
Thomas
Schelling, who used game
theory to explain nuclear
strategy, has passed away,
according to a colleague.
Schelling was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics
in 2005 along with Robert Aumann.
Environmentalist Anupam Mishra dead at 68
Noted Gandhian, journalist, environmentalist, and water
conservationist Anupam Mishra passed away at the age of 68
at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
He had been awarded the 1996 Indira Gandhi
Paryavaran Puraskar (IGPP) award instituted by the
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of
India.
Russian ambassador to Turkey shot dead in Ankara
A gunman shot and killed Russias ambassador to Turkey
Andrei Karlov as he gave a speech at a photo exhibition in
Ankara.

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The gunman has been identified as a Turkish

policeman, who was on duty.

Turkey
Capital: Ankara
Currency: Lira
The first US astronaut to orbit Earth dies
John Glenn, who was
celebrated as a national
hero after becoming the
first US astronaut to
orbit Earth and went on
to serve 24 years in the
Senate and seek the
presidency, has died. He was 95.
He died at Ohio State Universitys James Cancer
Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Poet, former MP Bekal Utsahi passes away

Veteran poet and former Rajya Sabha MP Bekal Utsahi passed
away at Delhis Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. He was
admitted in the hospital on December 1 following brain
haemmorhage. He was 88.
Utsahi was awarded the Padmashree in 1976 for his
contribution to literature.
He was also honoured with Yash Bharti by the UP
government.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa passes away
Tamil Nadu chief
minister J Jayalalithaa
passed
away
in
Chennai after 74 days
of
hospitalisation,
Apollo
Hospitals
announced in a press
release issued. She was 68.
She became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first
time in 1991.
She was also an actress and worked in over 200 films.
Former international hockey umpire Sujlana passes away
Former international hockey umpire and veteran administrator,
Phulel Singh Sujlana, passed away in Mumbai.
He has officiated some matches first at the
international level as an umpire at the 1978 Asian
Games in Bangkok.

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Ex-Indian defender and Coach Abdus Salam passes away

Former Indian defender and Coach Syed Abdus Salam, best
defender at the 1956 Melbourne Games, passed away in
Hyderabad on Saturday. He was 80.
Salam played for Mohammedan Sporting his entire
career and the team won both the Calcutta football
League and IFA Shield under his captaincy.
Cho Ramaswamy passes away
Cho Ramaswamy, Actor, political commentator, theatre
personality and editor of Thuglak, a Tamil magazine known for
its withering satire and fearless criticism of political figures,
died on 7th December 2016.He was 82.
Winner of the B.D. Goenka award for excellence in journalism,
he was nominated to Rajya Sabha by the BJP government led
by A.B. Vajpayee.
British singer George Michael passes away
George Michael, the British
pop superstar has died on 25
December 2016. He was 53.
Michael
enjoyed
immense popularity
early in his career as
a teenybopper idol,
delivering a series of hits such as Wake Me Up
Before You GoGo, Young Guns (Go For It) and
Freedom.
He sold well over 100 million albums globally, earned
numerous Grammy and American Music Awards.
National emblem sketcher Dinanath Bhargava passes away
Dinanath Bhargava, a co-artist in the team that sketched the
national emblem 'Lion Capital of Ashoka' and decorated the
pages of the Constitution's manuscript, died at the age of 89 in
Indore.
Born on November 1, 1927 at Multai in Betul district
of Madhya Pradesh, Bhargava was chosen by noted
painter Nandlal Bose in the group for designing the
pages of the Indian Constitution's manuscript.
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, veteran Sri Lankan PM,
passes away
Veteran Sri Lankan politician Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, who
served twice as Prime Minister, passed away after a brief
illness.
Wickremanayake served twice as the Island nations
Premier, first from 2000 to 2001 and then from 2005
to 2010.

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Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sunderlal Patwa

Dies
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and seasoned BJP
leader Sunderlal Patwa died in Bhopal after suffering a heart
attack. He was 92.
Sunderlal Patwa was a two-time Chief Minister of
Madhya Pradesh.
His first term lasted a month in 1980. His second term
lasted for two years from 1990 to 1992.

Chief Justice of India releases coffee table book Courts of

India- Past to Present
Chief Justice of India Justice T S Thakur released the book
published by Publications Division titled Courts of India
Past to Present.
The 'Courts of India' traces the historical evolution of
the
courts,
identifies
the diverse
court
system, compile their customs and practices and also
contextualizes it.
Playing It My Way' wins prestigious award, named Book
of the Year
Sachin Tendulkar's
autobiography
"Playing it my
Way" has won the
Crossword Book of
the Year Award
(Autobiography
category).
Penned by noted cricket historian and writer Boria
Majumdar, the book which chronicled the life and
career of Tendulkar in his own words, smashed
several records in the publishing world after it was
released two years ago.
It had also entered the Limca Book of Records for
being the best-selling adult hardback across both
fiction and non-fiction categories.
India-US Relations in the Age of Uncertainty: A book by
B.M. Jain
Indo-U.S. Relations in an Age of Uncertainty, the book by
long-time America-watcher B.M. Jain was released recently.
The book narrates the India-America relations and their future
in the Trump-Modi era.

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Current Affairs Question

Whose photo has been included in Times 100 most
influential photos?
(A) Mahatma Gandhis Charkha
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Shubhash Chandra Bose
(E) None of these
How many Indian origin CEOs have been included in
Fortune's recently released Businessperson of the Year
list?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) None of these
Which Indian university has been included into the top
15 universities in the latest Times Higher Educations
BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings
2017?
(A) IIT Bombay
(B) IIT Kharagpur
(C) Indian Institute of Science
(D) IIT Delhi
(E) None of these
Which city will host 7th World Ayurveda Congress?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Chennai
(E) None of these
How many satellite will be launched together by ISRO in
January 2017?
(A) 80
(B) 83
(C) 22
(D) 48
(E) None of these
What is Indias rank in World Economic Forums cross
border trade index 2016?
(A) 97
(B) 102
(C) 122
(D) 112
(E) None of these
Which country has topped World Economic Forums
cross border trade index 2016?
(A) Singapore
(B) Netherland
(C) Hong Kong

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(D) Australia
(E) None of these
India and the US has inked a Rs______crore deal for 145
M777 ultra-light howitzers?
(A) 1000
(B) 2000
(C) 3500
(D) 5000
(E) None of these
Which bank has launched 'Aadhaar Payment Bridge
System'?
(A) DCB Bank
(B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(C) RBL Bank
(D) Yes Bank
(E) None of these
World Aids Day is observed on which date?
(A) 30 November
(B) 1 December
(C) 5 September
(D) 2 December
(E) None of these
Which ministry has recently launched Vittiya Saksharata
Abhiyan?
(A) HRD Ministry
(B) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(C) Ministry of Road transport
(D) Commerce and Industry ministry
(E) None of these
Tata Steel's Gopalpur ferro-chrome plant was recently
inaugurated in which state?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Odisha
(E) None of these
Which states Raj Bhawan has adopted 'cashless' system
recently?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Tamilnadu
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
(E) None of these
How many new castes have been added recently to the
Central list of Other Backward Castes?
(A) 28
(B) 15
(C) 13
(D) 9
(E) None of these

15. A Rs ____crore development package for displaced

people of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) living in the
country was approved by the government?
(A) 1000
(B) 2000
(C) 3000
(D) 5000
(E) None of these
16. Which Bank has collaborated with Spice Digital for cash
management services through E collection?
(A) Yes Bank
(B) Federal Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) HDFC Bank
(E) None of these
17. Who has been appointed as Executive Director of Rubber
Board?
(A) A Ajith Kumar
(B) Arnab Roy
(C) Shri Vatsa Krishna
(D) T Venkatesh
(E) None of these
18. International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed
on which date?
(A) 1 December
(B) 3 December
(C) 2 December
(D) 4 December
(E) None of these
19. Which countrys scientists founded the element
'Nihonium'?
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) South Korea
(D) Malaysia
(E) None of these
20. Which bank has launched mobile wallet Cippy?
(A) Federal Bank
(B) Yes Bank
(C) RBL Bank
(D) DCB Bank
(E) None of these
21. What is Indias economic growth forecast in the current
year, according to a UN report?
(A) 6.8%
(B) 7.8%
(C) 7.6%
(D) 7.3%
(E) None of these

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22. Who has been appointed as interim director of Central

Bureau of Investigation?
(A) Anil Sinha
(B) Rakesh Asthana
(C) Ajith Kumar
(D) Sanjay Goswami
(E) None of these
23. Chitra Ramkrishna has recently resigned as the CEO
of___
(A) NSE
(B) NCX
(C) MCDX
(D) NSY
(E) None of these
24. Who is the president of All India Football Federation?
(A) Praful Patel
(B) Ankit Nagar
(C) Mukul Sharma
(D) Rakesh Dwivedi
25. Which of the following has recently announced
retirement from F-1 racing?
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Nico Rosberg
(C) Sebestian Vettel
(D) Max Verstapan
(E) None of these
26. Matteo Renzi resigned recently from prime ministerial
post of __
(A) Italy
(B) New Zealand
(C) Australia
(D) Norway
(E) None of these
27. Which city has hosted Heart of Asia conference recently?
(A) Bhopal
(B) Lucknow
(C) Pathankot
(D) Amritsar
(E) None of these
28. Which of the following has won International Children's
Peace Prize 2016?
(A) Malala Yusufzai
(B) Alina Hayaa
(C) Surbhi Sharma
(D) Kehkashan Basu
(E) None of these
29. Which is the most connected airport in the world?
(A) Chicago
(B) Dallas
(C) New York

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(D) Atlanta
(E) None of these
Which Indian city has won best cities award for tackling
climate change?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Chennai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Bengaluru
(E) None of these
Which film has won best film award at Star screen
awards 2016?
(A) Pink
(B) Sultan
(C) Fan
(D) Bahubali
(E) None of these
Which team has won Womens Asia Cup T20 2016?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) India
(D) Bangladesh
(E) None of these
Who has been chosen for Athlete of the year award
2016?
(A) Chriastiano Ronaldo
(B) Michael Phelps
(C) Usain Bolt
(D) Virat Kohli
(E) None of these
Which city has organized International Gita Mahotsav2016?
(A) Gurgaon
(B) Lucknow
(C) Varanasi
(D) Kurukshetra
(E) None of these
What is the name of annual bilateral maritime exercise
between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy?
(A) Navax 16
(B) Rovex 16
(C) Konkan 16
(D) Malabar 16
(E) None of these
What is the new limit of Market Stabilisation Scheme?
(A) 30, 000 Crore
(B) 6 Lac Crore
(C) 2 Lac Crore
(D) 60,000 Crore
(E) None of these

37. Which Company has launched Startup Program

Launchpad In India?
(A) Amazon
(B) Google
(C) Microsoft
(D) Facebook
(E) None of these
38. Who has sworn in as Tamilnadus new Chief Minister?
(A) Panneerselvam
(B) M Karunanidhi
(C) MK Stalin
(D) MK Alagiri
(E) None of these
39. Who has became the oldest golfer to win an Asian Tour
title?
(A) Anirban Lahiri
(B) SP Chaurasia
(C) Jeev Milkha Singh
(D) Mukesh Kumar
(E) None of these
40. J Jayalalithaa passed away recently. She was the Chief
Minister of___
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Tamilnadu
(D) Tripura
(E) None of these
41. Who is the author of the book titled India-US Relations
in the Age of Uncertainty?
(A) Mohan Sharma
(B) BM Jain
(C) Taran Sahni
(D) Kartar Singh
(E) None of these
42. NITI Aayog will include providing a fund of Rs___per
district administration for digital transformation?
(A) 2 lakh
(B) 5 lakh
(C) 10 lakh
(D) 15 lakh
(E) None of these
43. ____birth day will be celebrated as National Water Day?
(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayees
(B) Bhagat Singhs
(C) BR Ambedkars
(D) Dr Rajendra Prasads
(E) None of these
44. Which states Chief Minister has launched a mobile app
AP Purse?
(A) Andhra Pradesh

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(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(C) Telangana
(D) Himachal Pradesh
(E) None of these
Which is going to become the first state to have its own
mobile wallet?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Gujarat
(C) Punjab
(D) Maharashtra
(E) None of these
Which bank will tied-up with MMTC to sell govt minted
'Indian Gold Coin'?
(A) Bank of Baroda
(B) SBI
(C) Punjab National Bank
(D) Yes Bank
(E) None of these
Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of France?
(A) Bernard Cazeneuve
(B) Shavkat Mirziyoyev
(C) Van der Bellen
(D) Manuel Valls
(E) None of these
Who has been elected as the President of Austria?
(A) Bernard Cazeneuve
(B) Shavkat Mirziyoyev
(C) Van der Bellen
(D) Manuel Valls
(E) None of these
Who has been elected as the President of Uzbekistan?
(A) Bernard Cazeneuve
(B) Shavkat Mirziyoyev
(C) Van der Bellen
(D) Manuel Valls
(E) None of these
Which team has won women's Hockey Junior World Cup
2016?
(A) Germany
(B) Netherlands
(C) Spain
(D) Argentina
(E) None of these
India has pledged______million Dollar to the UN relief
agency for Palestinian refugees.
(A) 1.25
(B) 2.50
(C) 3.50
(D) 1.75
(E) None of these

52. Which country has topped in global education rankings?

(A) Sweden
(B) Norway
(C) Singapore
(D) Switzerland
(E) None of these
53. Which city is hosting India International Science
Festival?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) New Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Kolkata
(E) None of these
54. What is the estimated economic growth for 2016-17 for
India, according to RBI?
(A) 7.1%
(B) 7.6%
(C) 7.3%
(D) 7.2%
(E) None of these
55. How many banks have joined National Financial Switch
network as direct members?
(A) 29
(B) 55
(C) 88
(D) 100
(E) None of these
56. Which company has launched offline money Transfer
facility with Toll Free number?
(A) Freecharge
(B) Paytm
(C) Mobikwik
(D) Reliance
(E) None of these
57. Which bank has won the Best MSME Bank Award 2016?
(A) Corporation Bank
(B) Syndicate Bank
(C) Vijaya Bank
(D) Canara Bank
(E) None of these
58. Which bank has won the Best SME lending Bank Award
2016?
(A) Corporation Bank
(B) Syndicate Bank
(C) Vijaya Bank
(D) Canara Bank
(E) None of these
59. Who has won Turner award 2016?
(A) Erick Sigmund
(B) Glen Mark

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(C) David Ruth

(D) Helen Marten
(E) None of these
Who has been chosen as Times Person of the year?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Donald Trump
(C) Mark Zuckerberg
(D) Barack Obama
(E) None of these
Which country has designated India as a Major Defence
Partner?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) Australia
(D) Qatar
(E) None of these
Which is the most hit country by terror attacks?
(A) Iran
(B) Nigeria
(C) Syria
(D) Iraq
(E) None of these
What is Indias rank in the Global Terrorism Index 2016?
(A) 4
(B) 10
(C) 7
(D) 5
(E) None of these
On Online booking of railway tickets, customer will get
Rs _____ accident insurance.
(A) 10 lakh
(B) 5 lakh
(C) 2 lakh
(D) 15 lakh
(E) None of these
Which city is hosting 28th State Information Ministers
Conference?
(A) Mumbai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Kolkata
(E) None of these
Which institution has tied up with banks to help them
install two PoS terminals per village?
(A) RBI
(B) SIDBI
(C) SEBI
(D) NABARD
(E) None of these

67. Which bank has won the Best MSME Bank Award 2016
in private banks category?
(A) Yes Bank
(B) Axis Bank
(C) Karnataka Bank
(D) Jammu & Kashmir Bank
(E) None of these
68. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has been appointed as the Chief
Justice of___
(A) Iran
(B) Pakistan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Israel
(E) None of these
69. Who has won World Billiards Championship 2016?
(A) Pankaj Advani
(B) Sourav Kothari
(C) Geet Setthy
(D) Peter Gilchrist
(E) None of these
70. Where is the headquarters of Karnataka Bank?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Mysore
(C) Belgaum
(D) Mangaluru
(E) None of these
71. World Human Rights Day is observed on which date?
(A) 10 December
(B) 9 December
(C) 8 December
(D) 7 December
(E) None of these
72. International Anti-Corruption Day is observed on which
date?
(A) 10 December
(B) 9 December
(C) 8 December
(D) 7 December
(E) None of these
73. According to World Economic Forum, which is the most
powerful language in the world?
(A) English
(B) Mandarin
(C) Hindi
(D) French
(E) None of these
74. Which country has recently lifted un declared ban on
the import of Indian cotton?
(A) Iran
(B) Myanmar

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(C) Pakistan
(D) Sri Lanka
(E) None of these
Al-Azhar University is located in which country?
(A) Egypt
(B) Syria
(C) Iran
(D) Kazakhstan
(E) None of these
Which Bank has recently launched a prepaid card?
(A) SBI
(B) Canara Bank
(C) Vijaya Bank
(D) Syndicate Bank
(E) None of these
Which TV channel has been launched for cashless
lessons?
(A) Cashless India
(B) Digi India
(C) DigiShala
(D) Digital India
(E) None of these
Veena Mankar has been appointed as Non-Executive
Chairperson of__
(A) Bank of Baroda
(B) Canara Bank
(C) IDBI Bank
(D) IDFC Bank
(E) None of these
State Bank of India will divest ____ percent of its stake
in SBI Life Insurance Company.
(A) 3.9
(B) 3.2
(C) 4.2
(D) 3.5
(E) None of these
Where is the headquarters of Canara Bank?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Kolkata
(C) Mumbai
(D) Mangaluru
(E) None of these
Indias first Helicopter pilot institute is established in
which city?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Mumbai
(C) New Delhi
(D) Chennai
(E) None of these

82. Which state has launched mobile apps to fight

corruption?
(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Gujarat
(C) Kerala
(D) Rajasthan
(E) None of these
83. Which stadium is going to be worlds largest cricket
stadium?
(A) Sardar Patel Stadium
(B) Wankhede Stadium
(C) Holker Stadium
(D) Eden Garden
(E) None of these
84. Which of the following is associated with 100 Million
for 100 Million mission?
(A) Malala Yousufzai
(B) Kailash Satyarthi
(C) Vijay Kelkar
(D) Arvind Pangariya
(E) None of these
85. Which state has started train Vaadi ki Sair?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Jammu Kashmir
(E) None of these
86. Which state has recently launched tourist Mobile App?
(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Gujarat
(C) Kerala
(D) Rajasthan
(E) None of these
87. Paolo Gentiloni has been appointed as the Prime Minister
of___
(A) South Korea
(B) New Zealand
(C) Italy
(D) Brazil
(E) None of these
88. Who is the head of IAMAI committee to fight against the
online piracy?
(A) Ajit Mohan
(B) Salil Kapoor
(C) Uday Sodhi
(D) Virendra Sharma
(E) None of these
89. Inter-Services Intelligence is the intelligence agency of
which country?
(A) Afghanistan

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(B) Pakistan
(C) Iran
(D) Iraq
(E) None of these
Who has won World Billiards Championships 2016?
(A) Peter Gilchrist
(B) Sourabh Kothari
(C) Pankaj Advani
(D) Chris Evan
(E) None of these
Which country has its currency as Bolivar?
(A) Botswana
(B) Salvador
(C) Venezuela
(D) Ecuador
(E) None of these
Which countrys Assembly has recently voted to impeach
its President?
(A) South Africa
(B) South Korea
(C) Ghana
(D) Thailand
(E) None of these
What is the name of joint military exercise between India
and Maldives?
(A) EKUVERIN
(B) SIMBEX
(C) INDRA
(D) LAMITY
(E) None of these
What is the name of joint naval exercise between India
and Russia?
(A) EKUVERIN Navy
(B) SIMBEX Navy
(C) INDRA Navy
(D) LAMITY Navy
(E) None of these
Which state has launched Indias first amphibious bus?
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Punjab
(E) None of these
What will be the name of National Resource Centre for
Tribal Livelihood?
(A) Vanjeevan
(B) Navjeevan
(C) Junglejeevan
(D) Vanmitra
(E) None of these

97. Which Airport has launched Indias first airport eShopping platform?
(A) Rajiv Gandhi Airport
(B) Delhi Airport
(C) Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport
(D) Chennai Airport
(E) None of these
98. According to Asian Development Bank, what is Indias
expected growth rate for the current fiscal year?
(A) 7%
(B) 7.1%
(C) 7.3%
(D) 7.6%
(E) None of these
99. What is the helpline number for digital payments
support?
(A) 1224
(B) 12333
(C) 14444
(D) 18004
(E) None of these
100. Who has been appointed UNICEF Global Goodwill
Ambassador?
(A) Deepika Padukone
(B) Kareena Kapoor
(C) Alia Bhatt
(D) Priyanka Chopra
(E) None of these
101. Which city has recently obtained UNESCO world
heritage status?
(A) Rio
(B) Milan
(C) Madrid
(D) Durban
(E) None of these
102. Which country is the fourth largest defence spender?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) India
(D) Russia
(E) None of these
103. What is the name of recently launched Punjab National
Bank Mobile Wallet?
(A) PNB Buddy
(B) PNB Mobiease
(C) PNB Purse
(D) PNB Kitty
(E) None of these
104. Which bank has tied-up with Indian Railways to install
10000 POS machines?

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(A) PNB
(B) SBI
(C) Bank of Baroda
(D) ICICI Bank
(E) None of these
105. Who is the most powerful person in Forbes list?
(A) Donald Trump
(B) Vladimir Putin
(C) Angela Markel
(D) Francois Hollande
(E) None of these
106. Who has been included in 15 Global Thinkers List of
2016 compiled by Foreign Policy magazine?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Arvind Kejriwal
(C) Sushma Swaraj
(D) Manmohan Singh
(E) None of these
107. Who has won the most improved player award at the
Badminton World Federation?
(A) Saina Nehwal
(B) Lee Xuirui
(C) PV Sindhu
(D) Carolina Marin
(E) None of these
108. Thomas Schelling has passed away recently. Who he
was?
(A) Economist
(B) Journalist
(C) Writer
(D) Singer
(E) None of these
109. India will contribute _____to the United Nations's
emergency response fund.
(A) $500,000
(B) $600,000
(C) $200,000
(D) $100,000
(E) None of these
110. Which country has recently abolished 'kafala' labour
system?
(A) UAE
(B) Oman
(C) Qatar
(D) Iraq
(E) None of these
111. 5th Edition of India-Arab partnership conference held
in__
(A) UAE
(B) Oman

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(C) Qatar
(D) Iraq
(E) None of these
112. Which country has topped in Asia in innovation chart?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Malaysia
(D) Indonesia
(E) None of these
113. Which of the following has launched Lucky Grahak
Yojana?
(A) RBI
(B) NITI Aayog
(C) HRD Ministry
(D) Ministry of Food Processing
(E) None of these
114. e-Tourist visa has been extended to how many countries?
(A) 149
(B) 153
(C) 158
(D) 161
(E) None of these
115. Which state has launched Annapurna Rasoi Yojna?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Haryana
(C) Punjab
(D) Rajasthan
(E) None of these
116. Which company has launched Each one, teach one
program?
(A) Paytm
(B) Flipkart
(C) Amazon
(D) Freecharge
(E) None of these
117. Who has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Indian
Banks Association?
(A) MV Tanksale
(B) VG Kannan
(C) M Rajeshwar
(D) G Mahalingam
(E) None of these
118. Vijay Divas is observed on which date?
(A) 14 December
(B) 15 December
(C) 16 December
(D) 17 December
(E) None of these
119. Which Scheme is launched by government for disclosing
money?

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(A) Garib Kalyan Yojna

(B) Vittiya Sahayata Yojna
(C) Garib Sahayata Yojna
(D) Digi Dhan Yojna
(E) None of these
120. Disabled persons will now get __ percent reservation in
government jobs and educational institutions.
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 2
(E) None of these
121. Indias first transgender school will be opened in which
city?
(A) Kochi
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Surat
(D) Patna
(E) None of these
122. Who has been appointed as Director General of Indian
Institute of Corporate Affairs?
(A) Sunil Arora
(B) Rahil Ansari
(C) Sanjay Baweja
(D) Ranjan Mathur
(E) None of these
123. Who has been awarded with 'Global Agriculture
Leadership Award 2016'?
(A) Sunil Mittal
(B) Laxmi Mittal
(C) Anil Ambani
(D) Ratan Tata
(E) None of these
124. First ever Indian Institute of Skills was inaugurated in
which city?
(A) Kanpur
(B) Kochi
(C) Varanasi
(D) Vadodara
(E) None of these
125. Which hospital has recently recorded 100% 'cashless'
transaction?
(A) AIIMS, New Delhi
(B) Apollo Hospital, Mumbai
(C) JK Lon Hospital, Jaipur
(D) Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
(E) None of these
126. The ___ City Municipal Corporation has been selected
for Digital India Award instituted by Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology.

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(A) Coimbatore
(B) Nagpur
(C) Mumbai
(D) Shimla
(E) None of these
127. State Bank of India has launched Mobicash Mobile
Wallet in association with telecom company___
(A) Airtel
(B) Vodafone
(C) BSNL
(D) Telenor
(E) None of these
128. What will be the merchant discount rate for the Debit
card payment upto Rs. 1000?
(A) 0.20%
(B) 0.25%
(C) 0.75%
(D) 0.50%
(E) None of these
129. Who has been appointed as next Indian Army chief?
(A) Bipin Rawat
(B) BS Dhanoa
(C) Arup Raha
(D) Rajiv Jain
(E) None of these
130. Who has been appointed as next Indian Air Force chief?
(A) Bipin Rawat
(B) BS Dhanoa
(C) Arup Raha
(D) Rajiv Jain
(E) None of these
131. Who has been appointed as next Intelligence Bureau
chief?
(A) Bipin Rawat
(B) BS Dhanoa
(C) Anil Dhasmana
(D) Rajiv Jain
(E) None of these
132. Which team has won Junior Hockey World Cup 2016?
(A) Belgium
(B) Germany
(C) India
(D) Australia
(E) None of these
133. Which newspaper has been released for Senior Citizen?
(A) Sandhya Jyoti
(B) Ummeed
(C) Naya Savera
(D) Saanjhi Saanjh
(E) None of these

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134. Which toll free number will be launched for call drops?
(A) 14444
(B) 1224
(C) 1924
(D) 1955
(E) None of these
135. Which Bank has tied up with Ola to provide cash at your
doorstep?
(A) Yes Bank
(B) DCB Bank
(C) Axis Bank
(D) ICICI Bank
(E) None of these
136. What is the new interest rate on Provident Fund deposits?
(A) 8.80%
(B) 8.65%
(C) 8.75%
(D) 8.50%
(E) None of these
137. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of Assam
tourism?
(A) Vijendra Singh
(B) MC Mary Kom
(C) Priyanka Chopra
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
(E) None of these
138. Who has won BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016
award?
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Andy Murray
(C) Usain Bolt
(D) Simone Biles
(E) None of these
139. Who is the second Indian batsman to score triple century
in test cricket?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Murli Vijay
(C) Cheteshwar Pujara
(D) Karun Nair
(E) None of these
140. International Human Solidarity Day is observed on which
date?
(A) 19 December
(B) 20 December
(C) 22 December
(D) 23 December
(E) None of these
141. Which city has hosted India-Nepal Folk Crafts Festival
2016?
(A) Kathmandu

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(B) New Delhi

(C) Mumbai
(D) Patna
(E) None of these
142. What is Indias rank in Global Wind Power Installed
Capacity Index?
(A) 2
(B) 7
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) None of these
143. What amount of compensation will be paid now for the
death or injury of a passenger in rail accidents?
(A) 2 Lac
(B) 4 Lac
(C) 8 Lac
(D) 10 Lac
(E) None of these
144. Which app has been launched recently for flexibility in
Utilization of Domestic Coal?
(A) Coal Seva
(B) Coal Mitra
(C) Coal Saathi
(D) Coal Sahayak
(E) None of these
145. What is the outlay of National Apprenticeship Promotion
Scheme?
(A) 10000 Crore
(B) 1000 Crore
(C) 5000 Crore
(D) 100000 Crore
(E) None of these
146. Which bank has launched eazypay mobile app?
(A) HDFC Bank
(B) Axis Bank
(C) Yes Bank
(D) ICICI Bank
(E) None of these
147. India has now taken over the United Kingdom as the___
largest economy in the world.
(A) 5th
(B) 4th
(C) 6th
(D) 7th
(E) None of these
148. Which bank has become first National Supporter for the
FIFA U-17 WC 2017?
(A) Corporation Bank
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Bank of Baroda

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(D) State Bank of India

(E) None of these
149. Which bank has won SKOTCH silver award recently?
(A) Corporation Bank
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Bank of Baroda
(D) State Bank of India
(E) None of these
150. Who has been chosen as the ICC cricketer of the year?
(A) Joe Root
(B) Quinton De Kock
(C) Virat Kohli
(D) R Ashwin
(E) None of these
151. Worlds first solar road was recently opened in which
country?
(A) Russia
(B) Sweden
(C) France
(D) Argentina
(E) None of these
152. Which is the most well-read city this year in India?
(A) Mumbai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Patna
(E) None of these
153. American Tourister has appointed ____ as its brand
ambassador?
(A) PV Sindhu
(B) Ravindra Jadeja
(C) R Ashwin
(D) Virat Kohli
(E) None of these
154. Who has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award
for 2016?
(A) Shankha Ghosh
(B) Raghuvir Choudhary
(C) Laxmi Vyas
(D) Padma Sachdev
(E) None of these
155. Who has been chosen for PETA's person of the year
award?
(A) Sunny Leone
(B) Angelina Jolly
(C) Scharlet Johanson
(D) Emma Watson
(E) None of these
156. Which is the FIFA 'Team of the Year'?
(A) Belgium

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(B) France
(C) Argentina
(D) Brazil
(E) None of these
157. Which team has won bronze at women's U-18 Asia Cup
hockey?
(A) India
(B) Spain
(C) South Korea
(D) Netherlands
(E) None of these
158. Who has been chosen as Indias best footballer of 2016
by AIFF?
(A) Sunil Chhetri
(B) Jeje Lalpekhlua
(C) Amit Singh
(D) Vishal Chhetri
(E) None of these
159. Which team has won Under-19 Asia Cup Cricket title?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Pakistan
(D) India
(E) None of these
160. What is the Currency of France?
(A) Euro
(B) Franc
(C) Dollar
(D) Peso
(E) Both A and B
161. Which helpline number has been launched for consumer
related grievances?
(A) 12555
(B) 14444
(C) 14404
(D) 18005
(E) None of these
162. National Consumer Day is observed on which date?
(A) 23 December
(B) 24 December
(C) 25 December
(D) 26 December
(E) None of these
163. Good Governance Day is observed on which date?
(A) 23 December
(B) 24 December
(C) 25 December
(D) 26 December
(E) None of these

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164. Which service has been launched by External Affairs

Ministry to centralise its grievance redressal mechanism?
(A) Twitter Seva
(B) Facebook Seva
(C) Twitter tag
(D) Facebook tag
(E) None of these
165. Which Handloom Helpline Centre will be set up by
Ministry of Textiles?
(A) Bunkar Friend
(B) Bunkar Sahayata
(C) Bunkar Saathi
(D) Bunkar Mitra
(E) None of these
166. Which state has launched Biju Sishu Surakshya Yojana?
(A) Tripura
(B) Assam
(C) Karnataka
(D) West Bengal
(E) Odisha
167. Which bank has launched aadhaar-linked cashless
merchant solution?
(A) IDBI Bank
(B) SBI
(C) IDFC Bank
(D) PNB
(E) None of these
168. Pradeep Gupta has been elected as Mayor of___
(A) South San Francisco
(B) North Dakota
(C) Wisconsin
(D) Michigan
(E) None of these
169. Ramanujan prize is given in which field?
(A) Physics
(B) Music
(C) Medicine
(D) Mathematics
(E) None of these
170. George Michael passed away recently. Who he was?
(A) Writer
(B) Journalist
(C) Actor
(D) Singer
(E) None of these
171. Which state has launched health insurance scheme AtalAmrit Abhiyan?
(A) Assam
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Odisha

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(D) Punjab
(E) None of these
172. First second generation Ethanol Bio-refinery in India will
be set up in which date?
(A) Assam
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Odisha
(D) Punjab
(E) None of these
173. Mithun Chakraborty was a Rajya Sabha member from
which party?
(A) BJP
(B) Congress
(C) TMC
(D) SP
(E) None of these
174. Which service has been started by railways to provide
information about the delays in train operations?
(A) Fog Alert
(B) Winter Alert
(C) Weather Alert
(D) Rail Alert
(E) None of these
175. Which state has launched malaria elimination programme
DAMAN?
(A) Assam
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Odisha
(D) Punjab
(E) None of these
176. Centre has through Nabard released Rs 1,982 crore to
____ towards the Polavaram irrigation project.
(A) Assam
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Odisha
(D) Punjab
(E) None of these
177. Which bank has launched Bank Sakhi scheme?
(A) Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank
(B) Baroda Rajasthan Regional Rural Bank
(C) Rajasthan Marudhara Grameen Bank
(D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(E) None of these
178. Which village has been adopted by SBI to make it
cashless?
(A) Shirdi
(B) Donja
(C) Shirki
(D) Nagepur
(E) None of these

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179. Who has been appointed as Director General of National

Cadet Corps?
(A) Vinod Vashisht
(B) MS Sahoo
(C) Ajay Shirke
(D) Gourav Jain
(E) None of these
180. Dinanath Bhargava passed away recently. Who he was?
(A) Writer
(B) Painter
(C) Politician
(D) Singer
(E) None of these
181. Which state has launched 25 buses bio-diesel recently?
(A) Assam
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Punjab
(E) None of these
182. The Indian Army has entered into an agreement with the
_____ to set up a research and development (R&D) cell
on the campus.
(A) IIT-Madras
(B) IIT-Mumbai
(C) IIT-Gandhinagar
(D) IIT-Kanpur
(E) None of these
183. Which bank has collaborated with Twitter for better
customer experience?
(A) ICICI Bank
(B) Yes Bank
(C) Axis Bank
(D) HDFC Bank
(E) None of these
184. Nedumkayam tribal colony, which is going to be
countrys first digital colony, is in which state?
(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala
(E) None of these
185. Which bank has adopted Malangaon in Sangli district?
(A) Bank of Baroda
(B) Bank of Maharashtra
(C) Bank of India
(D) SBI
(E) None of these
186. What is the full form of BBPOU?
(A) Bharat Bill Payments Overdraft Unit

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(B) Bharat Bill Payments Operating Unit

(C) Bharat Bill Present Operating Unit
(D) Bharat Bill Payments Organising Unit
(E) None of these
187. Who has been appointed as the new Lieutenant-Governor
of Delhi?
(A) Anil Baijal
(B) Najib Jang
(C) Kiran Bedi
(D) Rajiv Jain
(E) None of these
188. Ana Ivanovic retired recently. She was a__
(A) Badminton Player
(B) Cricket Player
(C) Chess Player
(D) Tennis Player
(E) None of these
189. Which state will host 2017 National Games?
(A) Meghalaya
(B) Kerala
(C) Goa
(D) Assam
(E) None of these
190. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake passed away recently. He was
the former Prime Minister of which country?
(A) Myanmar
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Malaysia
(D) Thailand
(E) None of these
191. India will supply an additional ____ MW of power to
Nepal from January 1, 2017?
(A) 80
(B) 100
(C) 280
(D) 400
(E) None of these
192. Which state has signed a memorandum of understanding
with Andhra Pradesh to prepare citizen database?
(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Gujarat
(C) Haryana
(D) Maharashtra
(E) None of these
193. Which state has declared 50 per cent reservation in all
judicial services for Extremely Backward Classes, Other
Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar

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(C) Rajasthan
(D) Punjab
(E) None of these
194. Which city is organising World Bhojpuri Conference
2016?
(A) Kanpur
(B) Lucknow
(C) Varanasi
(D) Mathura
(E) None of these
195. Which state has established Indias first Digital
Investigation Centre?
(A) Tamilnadu
(B) Gujarat
(C) Haryana
(D) Maharashtra
(E) None of these
196. What is the full form of BHIM app launched by PM
Modi?
(A) Bharat Interface for Money
(B) Bharat Interface for Mobility
(C) Bharat Interconnection for Mobile
(D) Bharat Interface for Mobile
(E) None of these
197. Which bank has launched SIB Mirror+ app?
(A) Syndicate bank
(B) SBI
(C) State bank of Patiala
(D) South Indian bank
(E) None of these
198. Alibaba will open its first India office in which city?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Kolkata
(D) New Delhi
(E) None of these
199. Which country has appointed Sorin Grindeanu as Prime
Minister?
(A) Portugal
(B) Romania
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) New Zealand
(E) None of these
200. Who will be awarded with Bihari Puraskar 2016?
(A) Om Thanvi
(B) Bhagwati Lal Vyas
(C) Satya Narayan
(D) Raghuvir Choudhary
(E) None of these

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RRB NTPC Stage II (Mains) Model Paper

Who among the following is the writer of the book, "The

3.

(D) In 1793

10. Which is the worlds largest port?

man who Divided India"?

(A) New York

(B) Rotterdam

(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(C) London

(D) Colombo

(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2.

(C) In 1783

11. In India, which type of soil covers the largest area?

(C) Larry collins and Doming Lapier

(A) Red soil

(B) Alluvial Soil

(D) Rafiq Zakaria

(C) Black Soil

(D) Laterite Soil

Who started quit India Movement?

12. Suresh's expenditure and savings are in the ratio 7 : 5. If

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

his income is increased by 15% and expenditure is

(B) B.R. Ambedkar

increased by 10%, then by how much percent does his

(C) Lala Lajpat Rai

saving increases ?

(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(A) 10%

(B) 12%

Two vessels A and B contains acid and water in the ratio

(C) 15%

(D) 22%

2 : 7 and 4 : 1 respectively. In what ratio both the mixtures

13. Which one of the following diagrams best depicts the

be mixed so that the ratio of acid and water in the new

relation between doctor, female and Hindu ?

mixture becomes 4 : 11 ?

4.

5.

6.

(A) 1 : 12

(B) 12 : 1

(C) 11 : 1

(D) 1 : 11

(A) 324 km/min

(B) 25 km/hr

(C) 25 km/min

(D) 324 km/hr

Find out the odd pair of numbers :

(A) 3, 81

(B) 4, 256

(C) 7, 2408

(D) 5, 625

2, 6, 54, 162, 1458, 4374, ?

8.

(A) 40550

(B) 39366

(C) 29302

(D) 40205

(A) In 1907

(B) In 1913

(C) In 1917

(D) In 1920

1
+

17
12

, then the value of a + b + c will be.

1
2

(D)

(A) 60%

(B) 120%

(C) 150%

(D) 160%

15. If * denotes , denotes +, denotes , $ denotes and

@ denotes =, then which equation will be right from the
given alternatives?
(A) 40 $ 24 * 8 @ 90 50 20
(B) 80 * 2 $ 9 20 90 @ 200
(C) 2 $ 4 8 * 2 @ 3 4
(D) 90 @ 20 5 $ 4 * 2 9
16. To complete a piece of work, A takes 80% more time than
B. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how

(A) 4

(B) 5

(C) 6

(D) 7

much time will B take to do it ?

2

(A) 50 5 days

When was regulating act passed?

(A) In 1763

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(C)

doubled, the profit % will be.

When was Gadar Party established?

9.

(B)

14. An article is sold at a profit of 30%. If the selling price is

Which number will replace the question mark in the given

series :

7.

(A)

The speed of 90 m/s is the same as

(B) 28 days

(B) In 1773

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(C) 50 days

(D) 39, 22

(D) 25 5 days

22. If a, b,c d, e are five consecutive odd numbers, their

average is:

17. If in a certain language TEN = 54, VAN = 308 so RIT = ?

(A) c

(A) 9

(B) e 4

(B) 12

(C) a + 4

(C) 40

(D) All of these

(D) 18

23. Who discovered the solar system?

18. Which of following fractions is smallest ?

(A) Newton
(B) Kepler
(C) Copernicus

(A) 14

(D) Aryabhatta

(B) 13

24. Where Gautam Buddha died?

(A) Kushinagar

(C) 11
11

(B) Kapilvastu

(D) 17

(C) Sarnath

If P * Q denotes P is the brother of Q.

(D) Hastinapur

P Q denotes P is the daughter of Q.

25. What is the quorum for the Lok Sabha?

P $ Q denotes P is the grandfather Q.

(A) 1/10th of total members

P @ Q denotes P is the mother of Q.

(B) 1/3rd of total members

19. Then which equation shows that N's father is the

(C) 1/4th of total members

grandfather of S ?

(D) 1/6th of total members

(A) $ N * R @ S

26. Who appoints the chief Justice of High Court?

(B) N * O $ S

(A) President

(C) * N $ R Q

(B) Chief Justice of India

(D) R * N Q
20. If 2 = 1.414, the value of

21
2+1

(C) Governor of the state

is nearest to

(D) Prime Minister

(A) 0.414

27. Which among the following countries is the highest

(B) 0.586

producer of gold?

(C) 0.586

(A) China

(D) 0.172

(B) South Africa

21. In a line of students Rohan is 5th from the start. Reena is

(C) Brazil

sixth after Rohan. Raman is 10th from the end and also
tenth after Reena. Then how many total students are there

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(D) India
28. Ankaleshwar is famous for:-

in the class and what is Reena's position from end ?

(A) Coal

(A) 40, 28

(B) Iron ore

(B) 30, 20

(C) Petroleum

(C) 31, 21

(D) Uranium

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29. The LCM of two numbers is 12 times of their HCF. The

sum of the HCF and the LCM is 403. If one of the number

(D) Sodium hydroxide

36. Solder is an alloy of _____

is 93, then find the other number?

(A) Tin and Zinc

(A) 38

(B) Tin and Lead

(B) 124

(C) Zinc and Lead

(C) 128

(D) Zinc and Copper

(D) 134

37. From the point T, A goes 400 meter towards South - East

30. Find the odd one out :

direction. After that he goes 300 meter towards South -

(A) Solar Energy

West direction. From the same point T, B goes 400 meter

(B) Wind Energy

towards the North - West direction. After that he goes 300

(C) Atomic Energy

meter towards the North - East direction. Now, How much

(D) Natural Power

is the distance between A and B ?

31. Find the length (in meters) of the longest rod that can be

(A) 700 meter

put in a room of dimensions 20 m 12 m 9 m ?

(B) 900 meter

(A) 205 metre

(C) 1100 meter

(B) 830 metre

(D) 1000 meter

(C) 25 metre

38. In triangle ABC, points P, Q and R are taken on AB, AC

(D) 40 metre

and BC respectively such that BR = PR and RQ = CR. If

BAC = 70, then find the value of PRQ.

32. Which alphabet will complete the given series

A, 2, D, 7, K, 16, ?

(A) 30

(A) S

(B) 40

(B) T

(C) 50

(C) V

(D) 60
39. In the given figure which number will replace the question

(D) L

mark ?

33. If tan + cot = 4, then find the value of tan2 + cot2 ?

(A) 4
(B) 16
(C) 18

(A) 10

(D) 14

(B) 50

34. Pace Maker is related to:-

(C) 15

(A) Lungs

(D) 40

(B) Heart
(C) Liver

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40. If sin A cos A = 113 then find sin A + cos A

(D) Brain

(A)

35. What is the chemical name of baking soda?

(B)

(A) Sodium carbonate

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(B) Sodium bicarbonate

(C)

(C) Sodium Chloride

(D)

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97
97
126
127
113
127
97

41. In this question from the given alternatives, select the word

47. Which Chinese traveler visited India during the reign of

which cannot be formed by the letters of the given word

Harsha Vardhan?

using each letter only once :

(A) Seleucus

FERTILISATION

(B) Itsing

(A) NATION

(C) Fai Huan

(B) NARRATION

(D) Hsuan Tsang

48. Gray Revolution is associated with:-

(C) ITERATION
(D) STATION

(A) Telecom

42. Which number will replace the question mark ?

(B) Fish Industry

9 : 9 : : 12 : ?

(C) Wool

(A) 18

(D) Oil Seed

49. Given a = 142, b = 144 and c = 146, find the value of a3 +

(B) 21
(C) 15

b3 + c3 3abc

(D) 16

(A) 5184

43. The mean of a distribution is 20 and the standard deviation

(B) 5274

is 9. What is the value of the coefficient variation ?

(C) 5354

(A) 222.22%

(D) 5000

(B) 45%

50. A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 10%. B sells it to C at

(C) 70%

a profit of 15%. If C pays Rs. 2530 for It, find the cost

(D) 192%

price of the bicycle for A ?

44. Who had played an important role in the abolition of

(A) Rs. 2100

tradition of sati ?

(B) Rs. 2000

(A) Lord Irwin

(C) Rs. 2210

(B) Lord Bentinck

(D) Rs. 2130

(C) Lord Hastings

51. In the given alternatives, four open cubes are given. Find

(D) Lord Ripon

that alternative by which a 'standard dice' can be formed ?

45. Traditional dance form Mohiniyattam belongs to which

state?
(A) Kerala

(A)

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh

(B)

46. Who is known as the Iron Man of Germany?

(A) Otto Von Bismarck
(C)

(B) Napoleon Second

(C) Adolf Hitler
(D) Mussolini

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(D)

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52. Find the total number of prime factor in the product of

(C) Literature

{(15)5(24)7(45)9}

(D) Public service

(A) 45

58. What is the ratio of simple interest earned on certain

(B) 64

amount at the rate of 14% for 5 years and 35% for 4 years

(C) 42

(D) 65

(A) 1 : 2

53. Find the mode and median of the following data -

(B) 2 : 1

7, 5, 6, 5, 7, 8, 7, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 7, 6

(C) 3 : 4

(A) 5, 7

(D) 4 : 3
59. Who is the writer of Kavya Mimansa

(B) 5, 6
(C) 6, 5

(A) Subandhu

(D) 6, 6

(B) Shri Harsh

54. In the following question, one statement is given followed

(C) Panini

by two conclusions numbered I and II you have to decide

(D) Rajshekhar
60. Who was the first to use the word Harijan for Dalits?

which conclusion(s) follow(s) the statement.

Statement : I lost my watch due to my negligence while

(A) Sardar Patel

playing cricket.

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

Conclusion : I. If you are careless then you have to pay for

(C) Joyti Rao Phule

it.

(D) Vinoba Bhave

II. Carelessness is a bad habit of human being.

61. A sum of money doubles itself in 3 years at compound

(A) Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

interest. In how much time will it amount to 16 times of

(B) Only conclusion I follows.

itself at the same rate of interest ?

(C) Either conclusion I or II follows.

(A) 24 years

(D) Only conclusion II follows.

(B) 12 years

55. Which of the following defect of eyes cannot be cured?

(C) 8 years

(A) Cataract

(D) 32 years

(B) Colour-blindness

62. Which word will replace the question mark ?

(C) Myopia

Red : Thrill : : Purple : ?

(D) Hypermetropia

(A) Warning

56. Who among the following invented nuclear reactor?

(B) Danger

(A) Edward Jenner

(C) Beauty

(B) William Harvey

(D) Nature

(C) Enrico Fermi

63. Select the pair of alphabet which completes the given

(D) Michael Faraday

arrangement :

57. Booker Award is associated with which the following

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A, Z, D, W, I, R, P, K, ?

field?

(A) Y, B

(A) Games

(B) U, D

(B) Journalism

(C) V, E

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(D) T, H

70. 16 Men can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 3 days

64. American President elect Donald Trump belongs to which

after they started the work, 8 more men joined them. How

political party?

many days will they take to complete the remaining work?

(A) Democratic Party

(A) 4 days

(B) Republican Party

(B) 5 days

(C) Congress Party

(C) 6 days

(D) Communist Party

(D) 8 days

65. Which of the following vitamin helps in blood clotting?

71. Walking at 7th of his usual speed a man is 1 hour late. Find

(A) Vitamin K

his usual time to cover this distance?

(B) Vitamin C

(A) 45 minutes

(C) Vitamin B

(B) 75 minutes

(D) Vitamin D

(C) 60 minutes

66. Which of the following city is situated on the bank of river

Thames?

(D) 30 minutes
72. Champions Trophy is associated with which game?

(A) London

(A) Cricket

(B) New York

(B) Badminton

(C) Paris

(C) Football

(D) Bangkok

(D) Tennis

67. Which of the following part of Indian constitution is called

73. Inflation is calculated by using_______

the Magnacarta of India?

(A) FOREX

(A) Part III

(B) Share price

(B) Part VI

(C) WPI

(C) Part IV

(D) Government Expenditure

(D) Part V

74. In the given figure, O is the centre of circle. ONY = 70

68. When is world population day celebrated?

and OMY = 15. Then find the value of MON.

(A) 10 June
(B) 11 July
(C) 18 July
(D) 20 August
69. Of three positive numbers, the ratio of first and second is

(A) 90

4 : 7, that of second and third is 4 : 9. The product of first

(B) 100

and third number is 4032. Find the sum of three numbers.

(C) 110

(A) 107

(D) 120

(B) 214

75. Who is the second Indian batsman who scored triple

(C) 321

century?

(D) 374

(A) Virat Kohli

(B) Karun Nair
(C) Ajinkya Rahane

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(D) Gautam Gambhir

76. Select the alternative figure in which the given figure is

80. 15612 + 154 + 225is equal to

(A) 15

embedded.

(B) 25
(C) 75
(D) 125
81. Ram is facing towards South - East direction. If North
becomes South, South becomes West, East becomes North
and West becomes East. Now in which direction Ram is
(A)

facing?
(A) North - West
(B) South - East

(B)

(C) South - West

(D) North - East
82. How many perfect square lie between 160 and 410 ?
(A) 6

(C)

(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9

(D)
77. Vasco-de-Gama reached ________Indian coast in May

83. In the following question two statements are given.

Followed by these statements two conclusions numbered I

1498, through Cape of Good Hope.

and II are given. You have to assume every statement true

(A) Surat

and decide which conclusion follow(s) the statements :

(B) Mumbai

Statement : I. All mobiles are radios.

(C) Kalikat

II. Some mobiles are watch.

(D) Vishakhapatnam

Conclusion : I. Some watches are radio.

78. Surface-to-surface missile is:-

II. No watch is radio.

(A) Akash

(A) Either conclusion I or II follows.

(B) Prithve

(B) Only conclusion II follows.

(C) Brahmos

(C) Both conclusion I and II follows.

(D) Nag
79. By selling 44 metres of cloth a person gains equal to the
selling price of 11 metres. Find his % gain.

(D) Only conclusion I follows.

84. What is trigger in nuclear fission?
(A) Electron

(A) 25%

(B) Proton

(B) 20%

(C) Neutron

(C) 33 3 %
1

(D) 12 %
2

(D) Positron
85. Which of the following disease is caused due to virus?
(A) Diarrhoea

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(B) Tetanus

also says that lady is my grandmother. How Atul is related

(C) Polio

to Mr. Madan ?

(D) Gonorrhoea

(A) Grandson

86. What is the name of the parliament of Bangladesh?

(B) Son

(A) Jatiyo Shangsad

(C) Father

(B) Majlis

(D) Brother

(C) People's council

92. A, B and C are three partners in a business. The share of

5

(D) National Assembly

87. When was Bangladesh established?

total profit. If C receives Rs. 740 then find the share of B

(A) 1970

in total profit.

(B) 1971

(A) Rs. 380

(C) 1972

(B) Rs. 420

(D) 1973

(C) Rs. 350

88. As compared to Earth, the mass of moon is

approximately_________
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

(D) Rs. 240

93. If sign of and are interchanged, then which of the

1
4

following equation is correct ?

(A) 80 8 + 9 8 = 82

81
1

(B) 5 70 + 8 2 10 = 50

(C) 9 3 10 + 18 100 = 25

(D) 10 + 21 7 3 20 = 50

6
2

89. If a + b = 10, ab = 23 then, find the value of a + b ?

94. Select the right order of given words from the given

(A) 54

alternatives according to English dictionary.

(B) 52

(1) Persuading

(C) 56

(2) Parasite

(D) 60

(3) Perchasing

90. In a family Amit says that I am elder than Vikas. Anita

(4) Permanent

says that I am younger than four persons of my family.

(5) Particular

Mohit says, I am not the youngest person of family. Ajay

(A) 2, 1, 4, 5, 3

says, I am elder than four persons of family. Vikas says

(B) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1

that I am elder than Mohit. Who is the fourth eldest person

(C) 1, 2, 5, 4, 3

in family ?

(D) 4, 3, 2, 5, 1

(A) Mohit

95. A person observes that the angle of elevation at the top of

(B) Ajay

a pole of height 30 meter is 60. Find the distance of the

(C) Vikas

person from the pole?

(D) Anita

(A)

91. Pointing towards a lady, Atul says, "that lady is the wife
of only brother of son of Madan's mother's husband." He

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A in profit is 12 of the total profit and B's share is 7 of the

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3

(B) 303 m
(C) 103 m

(D) None of these

96. Arrange the given word in a meaningful sequence and find
the correct sequence from the given alternatives :
(1) A glass of water
(2) A bucket of water
(3) Sea
(4) River
(5) Pond
(A) 2, 5, 4, 1, 3

101. The foreign exchange reserves in 2002-03 was how many

(B) 5, 3, 1, 2, 4

times that in 2007-08 ?

(C) 1, 2, 5, 4, 3

(A) 1.5 times

(D) 5, 4, 2, 1, 3

(B) 1.75 times

97. Who established Red Cross Society?

(C) 2 times

(A) J. H. Durant

(D) 2.25 times

(B) Baden Powell

102. What was the percentage increase in the foreign exchange

(C) Trigve Li

reserves in 2008-09 over 2004-05 ?

(D) Frederic Passy

(A) 40%

98. Hundred years war was fought between

(B) 50%

(A) France and Germany

(C) 60%

(B) Germany and Austria

(D) 33 3 %

(C) France and England

103. The foreign exchange reserves in 2004-05 were what

(D) England and Austria

percent of the average foreign exchange reserves over the

99. Who was the first Indian female foreign secretory?

period under review?

(A) Gauri Chaterjee

(A) 80%

(B) Chokila Iyer

(B) 100%

(C) Indira Goswami

(C) 125%

(D) None of these

100. The ratio of the area of a square to that of the square drawn
on its diagonal is

(D) 150%
104. Brazil is situated in which continent?
(A) Europe

(A) 1 : 1

(B) South America

(B) 1 : 2

(C) North America

(C) 2 : 1

(D) Africa

(D) 1 : 4

105. When was first electric rail stared?

Direction (101-103) The bar graph shows the foreign

(A) 1853

exchange reserve of a country (in million US $) from

(B) 1885

2001-2002 to 2009 - 2010. Based on the bar graph answer

(C) 1905

the given question.

(D) 1929
106. How many total square are in the given diagram ?

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(A) C, F
(B) M, V
(C) P, R
(D) G, L
112. Spondylitis affects which organ?
(A) Lungs
(B) Kidneys
(A) 14

(C) Medulla

(B) 18

(D) Brain

(C) 9

113. Thee wheel and axle unit of railway is situated at which

(D) 10

place.

107. Find out the alternative figure which completes the given

(A) Chittaranjan

figure :

(B) Bangalore
(C) Chennai
(D) Sikandrabad
114. Dogri language is spoken by people of which state?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Assam
(C) Bihar

(A)

(D) Odisha
115. In the given figure which number will replace the

(B)

questions mark ?

(C)
(D)
108. What will be the angle between the minute hand and hour

(B) 272

(C) 380

(D) 120

116. In a building of five floor, there are five friends named N,

hand of a clock at 4 : 20 ?

O, P, Q, R live. But not necessarily in the same order. The

(A) 20

(B) 30

ground floor is numbered one. 1st floor is numbered

(C) 0

(D) 10

second, and so on until the top most floor is numbered 5.

109. Where is Forest Research Institute located?

Q lives at the odd numbered floor. But Q not lives at the

(A) Dehradun

(B) New Delhi

top most floor and ground floor R lives immediately above

(C) Coimbatore

(D) None of these

P and N lives immediately above O. R is immediately

110. Sanchi describes art and architecture of which religion?

below Q.

(A) Jainism

(B) Buddhism

So from the given alternatives, which pair shows the

(C) Muslim

(D) Christian

person who lives on the top most and ground floor?

(A) O, P

111. Find out the odd pair of alphabet :

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(A) 512

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(B) N, P

(C) Q, N

(D) R, N

Answer Key

117. If it was Friday on 10 February 1900, then what day will

be on 20 November 1900 ?
(A) Friday

(B) Saturday

(C) Tuesday

(D) Sunday

If X denotes yellow colour, R denotes pink colour, Z

denotes red colour, B denotes green colour, D denotes blue
colour, P denotes white colour, H denotes black colour, L
denotes saffron colour.
118. Then select the alternative which only shows colours of
the Indian flag.
(A) R, X, D, H

(B) L, P, B, D

(C) B, H, X, D

(D) L, B, R, X

119. In the given diagram :

Triangle shows senior citizen.

Circle shows doctors.
Rectangle shows females.
How many people are senior citizen, doctor as well as
female ?
(A) 9
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 5
120. Choose the figure which is different from rest.

(A)

(B)

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1.
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3.
4.
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6.
7.
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10.
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27.
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29.
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31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.

(C)

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C
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C
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B
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41.
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C
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81.
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C
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A
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