Modi's Global Outreach and Diplomatic Successes

THE NEW GLOBAL LORD
A small person who supported his father by selling

tea to the rail passengers -- Narendra Damodardas
Modi, scripted the history when he almost single
handedly proved his mettle by securing landmark
victory in the recent general elections to the Lok
Sabha to ascend the throne of Prime Minister of
India, thus relieving the country from the vicissitude
of coalition politics and the compulsions attached
with it.
After a long gap, India now has a leader who is
decisive and means business. From being a Chief
Minister of a state to being the prime minister is not
a small transition; it also means having a global
view of the things than just focusing on domestic
issues. And he has proved that he is as consummate a
player at Foreign Policy as he at domestic issues.
His first master stroke was invitation to leaders of
SAARC countries and PM of Mauritius for his
swearing-in ceremony. It not only took the whole
polity by surprise but also created an atmosphere of
cordiality with neighbouring countries. The decision
was being watched by foreign policy experts for he
was being seen as a belligerent person with coloured
vision of Indias neighbours.
His choice of Bhutan as his first country for visit
rather than Japan, further consolidated the
importance he attached to neighbouring countries.
He followed this visit up by going to Nepal, a first
for an Indian Prime Minister in last seventeen years.
The month of September can be described as
remarkable for the scale and speed with which Mr.
Modi has undertaken the Foreign Policy platform by
storm. Stretching his landscape of vision from Japan
in the East, to China in the North, to Australia in
GENERAL AWARENESS NOVEMBER 2014
the South and USA in the West proves that he has

the right perspective of the world in his mind. The
alacrity and the speed with which he accepted the
invitation of the US President to visit USA proved
that he is ready to forget the past snubs and move
forward to establish a new era in relationship
between two countries.
The highpoint of his diplomatic mission was his
meeting with Mr. Barack Obama. The leaders of two
largest democracies need a real push that would take
the relationship to a new height to take on the
challenges posed by totalitarian state like China.
The world today has become a dangerous place to
live; the rise of fundamentalism and terrorism in the
Middle East, the dangerous hotspots in the Europe
pose a real threat. India as an emerging economy in
the world has an important role to play at the world
stage.
Mr. Modi has proved that he is deft and flexible
enough to adjust his views to the ground realities
and does not suffer from blinkered vision. He has
proved that he is capable to sit at the high table of
international diplomacy with comfort and ease. His
emergence on the world stage has been stupendous
and he has a task to prove that the breathless pace
of meetings is not without purpose for there is more
to diplomacy than meetings only.
His call to the world leaders to come together as an
all G group to fight out terrorism is a clarion call
that has the power to change the world scenario.
May Almighty give shape to his dreams to make this
world a better place to live.
Chief Editor
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GENERAL AWARENESS
NOVEMBER 2014
Year: 2014
Vol. 3, Issue 05
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
JULY TO SEP. 2014
BULLET NEWS
APRIL to JUNE 2014
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MODI MAKES HISTORY AT MSG, NEW YORK

FIGURES TO REMEMBER
REPO RATE
8.00%
REVERSE REPO RATE
7.00%
MARGINAL STANDING FACILITY

RATE
STATUTORY LIQUIDITY RATIO
9.00%
CASH RESERVE RATIO
4.00%
22%
BANK RATE
BASE RATE(s)
(of various banks)
9.00%
9.80%
10.25 %
Billed as one of the largest receptions ever held for a foreign head of state in the
USA, PM Modi addressed a historical public gathering of over 18,000 persons at the
USAs most prestigious venue Madison Square Garden in New York on 28th
September. Pitching his 3D mantra for assured progress, Modi said, "We have
democracy (peoples government), demographic dividend (young generation) and
demand (huge market of over 125 crore Indians) on our side." India is the youngest
nation in the world with 65% of its population below 35 years of age. He made four
promises to NRI community:
INDIAS RANK IN
Global Competitiveness
st
71
Human Development Index
135th
Global Innovation Index
76th
Economic Confidence Index
01st
Choice for FDI
4th
Global Peace Index
143rd
Press Freedom Index 2014
78th
Ease of Doing Business (World Bank)
134th
Social Progress Index
102nd
World Press Freedom Index
140th
Environment Performance Index
155th
Index for Nuclear Safety
23rd
Index of Economic Freedom
120th
Rank in Energy Usage
69th
Ease of Doing Business (Forbes)
98th
Corruption Perception Index
94th
Recognising the importance of Modis visit to USA, the US Senate unanimously

passed a resolution designating September 30 as 'US-India Partnership Day'
(For further details of Modis US visit, please see our next issue)
President: Barack Obama
Prime Minister: No Position
Capital: Washington DC
Currency: U S Dollar
Parliament: Congress
CHINESE PRESIDENT VISITS INDIA

During recent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping, China signed 12 pacts to commit
investment of $20 billion in India in the next five years besides allowing greater
market access to Indian companies in sectors like pharmaceutical and farm-products.
Highlights of the pacts are:
China to help in modernization of Indian railways, including setting up of a
th
World Prosperity Index
106
Global Hunger Index 2013
63rd
Life time visas for persons of Indian origin (PIO) cardholders

PIO and Overseas Indian Citizen (OCI) cards to be merged in to one common
card
Those who come to India for long stay will not have to report periodically at
police stations as is the present requirement
US nationals to get long term visas and visa on arrival following electronic travel
authorization
Railway University and adding to the speed of trains,

beginning with Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore corridor for
trains 160 kmph speed.
Three MoUs signed for Gujarat -- making Guangzhou

and Ahmedabad as sister cities, setting up of industrial
parks in Gujarat.
Making the Guangdong province and the Gujarat

partners in cultural and social ties.
To provide support for setting up automotive industrial

park near Pune, Maharashtra.
Agreed to opening of a new route to Kailash

Mansarovar via Nathu La in Sikkim.
To observe year 2015 as Visit India year in China,

and 2016 as Visit China in India.
Chinas Premier (Prime Minister): Li Keqiang
Capital: Beijing Currency: Renminbi (Yuan)
Chinas Parliament: National People's Assembly
JAPAN TO INVEST $35 BILLION IN INDIA
PRESIDENT VISITS VIETNAM
President Pranab Mukherjee made a four-day state visit to

Vietnam and met his counterpart Truong Tan Sang. The
two countries signed seven pacts to further strengthen their
strategic partnership in key sectors including Oil Exploration,
Agriculture and Air Connectivity between the two countries.
President: Trng Tan Sang P M:Nguyen Tan Dung
Capital: Hanoi Currency: Dong
Parliament: National Assembly
NUCLEAR DEAL INKED WITH AUSTRALIA

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott came to India on a
two day visit. India signed a landmark civil nuclear
cooperation agreement with Australia on 5th September at
New Delhi. The deal will ensure regular supply of Uranium
for peaceful purposes. Back in 2012, Australia reversed its
policy on nuclear sales to India as the latter refused to sign
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
POSTAL STAMP ON GREAT MUSICIANS

President released a set of eight commemorative postage
stamps on great Indian musicians - Pandit Ravi Shankar,
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, D.K. Pattammal, Pandit Mallikarjun
Mansur, Gangubai Hangal, Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Ustad
Vilayat Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
During recent Japan visit of our Prime Minister, Japan
pledged to invest Rs. 2.1 lakh crore ($35.5 billion) in a wide
spectrum of projects in India over five years. These include
infrastructure, clean energy and skill development. Japan
will also provide all possible support to introduce the
Shinkansen, or bullet train, along the Ahmedabad-Mumbai
route.
Japans Emperor: Akihito Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe
Capital: Tokyo Currency: Yen
Parliament: Diet
KASHI TO LEARN FROM KYOTO

India and Japan have signed a partner city affiliation
agreement between Varanasi (Kashi) and Kyoto, which will
see cooperation in the fields of heritage conservation, city
modernisation and culture. Kyoto is also known as city of
thousand shrines.
GOOD NEWS FOR UNDERTRIALS

In a historic landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has
directed that all under-trial prisoners who have been in the
prison for a period more than half of the jail term prescribed
for the offences they had been arrested should be released
on bail immediately. The Court asked trial court judges to
visit jails under their jurisdiction every week starting from
October 1 and order the release of such under trial
prisoners in the jail itself.
INDIA 71ST IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

India has slipped to 71st position (from 60th in 2013) in an
annual global competitiveness list released by the World
Economic Forum. Switzerland remains on top, followed by
Singapore and United States.
GATES FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT TOILETS

Union Urban Development Ministry and international
organisation Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation have agreed
on a partnership to promote user friendly toilets to improve
sanitation system in India under Swachchh Bharat Mission.
The mission aims at providing toilet facility in every
household in the country by 2019.
INDIAs FIRST CORAL GARDEN

In an attempt to conserve several coral species at one place
and to boost tourism in the state, the country's first 'Coral
garden' will be set up at Mithapur coastal region of
Devbhoomi-Dwarka district in Gujarat.
DOORDARSHAN COMPLETES 55 YEARS

Public service broadcaster Doordarshan is celebrating 55
years of its service. Doordarshan made a modest beginning
in India on 15th September 1959, when the first
experimental centre at Delhi with a small transmitter was
inaugurated by the then President Rajendra Prasad.
NALANDA UNIVERSITY IN NEW AVATAR
MODI VISITS NEPAL
The ancient Nalanda University (NU), which attracted

students from the world over in 6th century A D, started
functioning once again after almost 800 years at its newly
established campus at Rajgir, Bihar. The university was
inaugurated by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
Prime Minister Mr Modi visited Kathmandu, Nepal and

addressed the Constituent Assembly. India agreed to
provide Nepal with $ 1 billion as concessional line of credit
for various development purposes. Modi suggested HIT
formula for Nepals development, implying H for highways, I
for I-ways (for digital revolution) and T for Transways (for
electricity transmission). He said that India will focus on the
4 Cs - cooperation, connectivity, culture and constitution to enhance bilateral ties.
The NU came into existence by the Nalanda University Act

passed by Parliament. Economist Amartya Sen is the
Chairman of the Governing Body of the university that has
received financial support from a number of countries
China, Australia, Singapore and Thailand. The idea of
resurrecting the ancient seat of learning was mooted by
former President APJ Abdul Kalam.
OVER 28 % CHILDREN ARE MALNOURISHED
This week is celebrated every year from 1st September to

the 7th September to make people aware about important
tips of their health and well-being. The theme for this week
is Poshak Ahaar, Desh Ka Adhaar.
A report released by
the ICDS (Integrated
Child
Development
Services)
about
anganwadis says that
about
2.3
crore
children in India, up to
6 years of age, are
suffering
from
malnourishment and are under-weight. This staggering
number amounts to over 28% of the 8 crore children who
attend anganwadis across India. The situation is worst in
Bihar where roughly 50 per cent children in 0-6 age group
are malnourished.
NEW DOMAIN NAMES ENDING WITH .BHARAT
INDIA RANKS 3RD IN IT SECURITY

According to the I T security firm Trend Micro, India ranks
third after Japan and the US in the tally of countries most
affected by online banking malware during the April-June
quarter of 2014.
NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK
India has signed an agreement with Germany for

cooperation in the field of skill development, solid waste
management and cleaning of rivers.
Liars Dice, a Hindi film directed by Geetu Mohandas
has been selected as Indias entry for the Oscar Awards
in the foreign film category.
India and Bangladesh have reached a decision on
ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and
to ensure zero border killings.
India and Bangladesh signed a MoU on cooperation in
the field of traditional systems of medicine and
homeopathy.
Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister visits
Afghanistan to meet President and to review key
projects.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 64 on 17th
September.
AUGUST 2014
INDIA SAYS NO TO WTO TRADE AGREEMENT
At the recent WTO
meet at Geneva, India
blocked a deal on
"Trade
Facilitation
Agreement",
a
worldwide streamlining
of customs rules that
would cut container
handling
times,
guarantee standard procedures for getting goods to and
from their destinations and kill off vast amounts of
paperwork at borders around the world. Some estimates
said it would add $1 trillion to the world economy as well as
21 million jobs, 18 million of them in developing countries.
Indian domain names will now make their debut with the
extension .Bharat which will be in Devanagari script. The
facility wil be available in Indian languages like Hindi, Dogri,
Konkani, Maithalai, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi.
U K DY P M VISITS INDIA
Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of UK visited India. He
met Prime Minister and expressed his desire to work with
India in realising the new governments goal of economic
and social transformation through greater collaboration in
areas such as clean energy, infrastructure development and
cleaning of rivers.
WORLDs HIGHEST PILLAR BRIDGE

Northeast Frontier Railway (NRF) has started construction of
a bridge with highest pillars in the world, near Noney in
Manipur, with height of pillars upto 141 metres. The bridge is
part of the Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway line to connect the
capital of Manipur with the Broad Gauge network of the
country.
Rs. 8,000 CRORE SUPPORT FOR J&K

Prime Minister waived off Rs. 60-crore liability of Jammu
and Kashmir towards the Food Corporation of India and
announced Central assistance of Rs. 8,000 crore for four
major road projects connecting J&K with rest of the country.
RUN FOR AWARENESS FOR BREAST CANCER

Pinkathon Delhi 2014 - a run for cause was organised in
Delhi with the slogan "Each One, Kheench One" urging all
men to encourage at least one special woman in their life to
run for a good cause. The event raises awareness of breast
cancer among women.
Sushma Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister visited

Vietnam on August 24 to give a fillip to bilateral ties in
keeping with Prime Ministers Look East policy.
India's first Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Technology (IIEST) inaugurated at Shibpur, Howrah in
West Bengal
Prime Minister to visit Japan on 30th August to take the
relations of the two countries to a new level and
increase cooperation in various fields.
47th Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN)
Foreign Ministers meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar, on 8th August, attended by Sushma Swaraj.
India to construct a pipeline for supply of petroleum
products from Raxual, Bihar to Amlekhganj, Nepal; to
be extended to Kathmandu later on.
JULY 2014
FOREST COVER CROSSES 24 PER CENT
As per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013 the total
forest and tree cover of the country is 78.92 million hectare,
24.01 percent of the geographical area of India.
Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover of 77522
square kilometer, followed by Arunachal Pradesh, 67321
square kilometer. In terms of percentage, Mizoram has
highest cover at 90.38 percent, followed by Lakshadweep84.56 percent. Punjab retains the distinction of having the
lowest area under Forest cover with only 3.52% of its area
under forest cover while Haryana is a little better with
3.59% of its area under forest cover.
Forest Cover
Tree Cover
Total
AREA
( MILLION HA)
69.79
9.13
78.92
AREA
(IN %)
21.23
2.78
24.01
INDOCHINA ENCYLOPEDIA RELEASED

India and China have jointly released the first encyclopedia
on their age-old cultural contacts, tracing back their history
to over 2,000 years, starting from the visit of Chinese
scholar Huen Tsang to India in the 7th century to bring
Buddhist scriptures to China.
INDIA RANKED 76th IN INNOVATION

India has slipped ten places in the Global Innovation Index
2014 to the 76th rank. Switzerland topped the 142-nation
list. The index ranks countries on innovation, based on a
survey done by INSEAD, Cornell University and the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
ULTRA RICH GROW FAST IN POOR INDIA

The number of ultra-high networth individuals (UHNIs) in
Indiahaving an investible surplus of over Rs 25 crore rose
16 per cent to 1.17 lakh last fiscal, and this is estimated to
triple to 3.43 lakh in the next three years, says a wealth
report by the Kotak group and Ernst & Young.
DELHI 2nd MOST POPULOUS CITY IN WORLD

A recent UN study World Urbanization Prospects by U.N.
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) has
ranked Tokyo as the worlds most populous city with 38
million inhabitants, followed by Delhi with 25 million
inhabitants. The study has projected rapid urban growth in
India, China and Nigeria.
INDIA RANKS 135TH IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Indias ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI)
remained unchanged at 135 in 2013, reflecting little
improvement in the living standard of its people. The report
is topped by Norway, followed by Australia and Switzerland.
Countries at the bottom of index are Niger, Congo and
Central African Republic.
The HDI reflects long-term progress in three basic
dimensions of human lives - a long and healthy life, access
to knowledge and a decent standard of living. It covers 187
countries and is published annually by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP).
DILIPS HOUSE IS NATIONAL HERITAGE SITE

Legendary actor Dilip Kumars ancestral home at Mohalla
Khudadad in Peshawar, Pakistan has been declared as a
national heritage monument by the Pak government. After
acquiring the house, the government is plans to convert it
into a museum.
World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim visits India.
INDIA RATIFIES MARRAKESH TREATY

India has become
the first country to
ratify
the
Marrakesh Treaty
to facilitate access
to
published
works for persons
who are visually
impaired,
or
otherwise
print
disabled.
The
Treaty
was
adopted by 79 member countries of the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO) in June 27, 2013 at
Marrakesh, Morocco.
NEWS FROM STATES

SEPTEMBER 2014
UNPRECEDENTED FLOOD HAVOC IN J&K
First week of September saw all the major rivers of Jammu

Kashmir state, particularly Jhelum River over flowing much
above the danger mark, flooding a large part of the state,
including main city Srinagar, causing unprecedented havoc
all around. The situation was declared a national-level
disaster by Prime Minister.
Hundreds of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF)
personnel worked round the clock to rescue thousands of
marooned persons. Indian Army launched Operation
Megh Rahat a rescue operation to save and provide
relief to the flood victims. Central govt announced a flood
relief package of Rs. 1,000 crore for the state.
MADHYA PRADESH TOPS IN GDP GROWTH

According to recent data from CSO, Madhya Pradesh
outpaced all the major states to top the economic growth
charts with a scorching 11 per cent growth in 2013-14 a
year when India recorded only 4.7 per cent growth. Madhya
Pradesh is followed by new comer Uttrakhand, pushing
Bihar to number three spot.
MAHARASHTRA PUT UNDER PRESIDENT RULE

Presidents rule was imposed in Maharashtra from 28th
September on recommendation of the Union Cabinet,
following the stepping down of Prithviraj Chavan as Chief
Minister as he lost the majority in the state.
BIHAR TO RESTORE GLORY OF ORWELL

Bihar govt has launched the renovation and beautification
work of the birthplace of famous author, journalist and critic
George Orwell at Motihari in East Champaran district of
Bihar, around 165 km from Patna. Orwell, the author of
novels like Animal Farm and Ninteen Eighty-Four, was born
at Motihari on 25th June 1903.
`SWAVALAMBAN ABHIYAN': A set of 11 new propoor initiatives of the Gujarat government aimed at
promoting dignity and self-sufficiency of the poor, launched
at Gandhinagar by the Prime Minister on his birthday 17th
September.
General elections declared in Haryana and Maharashtra

for October 15 for electing Members of Legislative
Assembly (MLAs).
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has announced that
Vijayawada will be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
Uttarakhand Government has declared 9 September as
Himalaya Diwas to spread the message of conservation
of the Himalayan ecosystems.
Lucknow joins the elite club of metro cities to have
Metro rail service as the work started on the project on
27th September.
Railway starts conversion of the 201 km long SilcharLumding meter-gauge rail route in Barack valley in
Assam into broad-gauge.
3rd Ladakh Marathon at Leh in J&K was held on 16th
September. This is worlds highest/toughest marathon
held at 3,524 meter (11,562 feet) altitude.
Kerala will host a Global Agro meet and an exhibition
on hi-tech agriculture and food processing at Kochi on
6th and 7th of November.
AUGUST 2014
FOUR NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED
Kalyan Singh
Vajubhai Vala
C Vidyasagar Rao
Mridula Sinha
Rajasthan
Karanatka
Maharashtra
Goa
Sheila Dikshit resigned as Governor of Kerala

K Sankaranarayanan quits as Governor of Maharashtra
Kamala Beniwal sacked as Mizoram Governor
V K Duggal resigned as Manipur Governor
HIMALAYAN KUMBH STARTS IN UKHAND

The 20-day Nanda
Devi Raj Jat yatra,
also
called
the
Himalayan Kumbh,
began amid religious
customs
and
traditions from Nauti
village in Chamoli
district
in
Uttarakhand on 18th
August. The yatra, which is dedicated to the Nanda Devi
the reigning deity of Uttarakhand takes place once in 12
years, and involves a 280-kilometre difficult hilly trek.
Sikkim has become the first choice of foreign tourists in

the north-eastern states of the country, attracting
31698 tourists in 2013, followed by Arunachal Pradesh.
JULY 2014
AMITABH BACHCHAN: The Indian Megastar was
appointed as Brand Ambassador of Maharashtra for
promoting horticulture sector of the state.
SANIA MIRZA: International tennis star was appointed
Brand Ambassador of the Telangana State
GOVERNMENT
INITIATIVES
SEPTEMBER 2014
MAKE IN INDIA CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
DEEN DAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA

To impart skills to rural and urban poor, the Government
has launched Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana, which would
work towards empowering the population through
enhancement of livelihood opportunities. Rs. 1,000 crore
has been allocated for this purpose during 2014-15, out of
which Rs. 500 crore will be spent on skill development of
over five lac urban poor. Further, September 25 will be
celebrated as Antyodaya Diwas every year to mark the birth
anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL YOUTH
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for

making India a manufacturing destination at the launch of
his ambitious Make in India campaign in the presence of
some 3000 business leaders from around the world
gathered at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
The key elements of the project are as under:

25 Thrust Sectors: Government has identified 25 sectors
where India can become world leader. These include
automobiles, chemicals, IT, pharma, textiles, ports, aviation,
leather, tourism and hospitality and railways.
Single Point Interaction For Investors: Invest India will
be first reference point to guide foreign investors. It will
provide help on regulatory and policy issues and assist in
obtaining regulatory clearances
www.makeinindia.com: Visitors registered on the
website or raising queries will be followed up with relevant
information and a newsletter Global Launch Make in India
will be launched at national and state levels and missions
abroad will take it forward
Who And Where: The portal will track visitors for their
geographical location, interest and real time user behaviour.
Subsequent visits will be customised for the visitor based on
this information.
Domestic Focus: Government will identify select domestic
companies having leadership in innovation and new
technology. The idea is to turn these into global champions
to promote green and advanced manufacturing and help
them to integrate into global value chain
Regulatory Regime Overhaul: Review of all regulatory
processes to make them simple and reduce complications.
Proactive Approach: Investor facilitation cell to assist
foreign investors from the time of their arrival in the country
to the time of their departure.
All Stakeholders on Board: State governments, business
chambers, prominent corporates and foreign companies will
be made part of the project.
The Aajeevika Skills Development Programme has been

renamed as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
Kaushalya Yojana with reeduction in the minimum entry
age to 15 years from 18 years. Besides, skills imparted
under the programme will now be benchmarked against
international standards by roping in private players so that
rural youths are provided with certificates recognised
overseas. The programme aims to train 10 lakh rural
youths by the end of the 12th five year plan (2012-17).
TARGET SET FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS

Government has set a target of constructing 30-kilometre
roads per day. Further, CCTVs are being introduced at all
toll plazas during the current year and all road toll points
would be connected with e-governance system. Govt also
plans to start cashless treatment of road accident victims
during critical golden hour.
COUNTRYS FIRST CBDR IN SPITI, HP

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate
Change has sanctioned Rs 5.12 crore for the countrys first
'Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve' (CDBR) in the Spiti region
of the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh.
The project aims at conserving medicinal plants, rare wildlife
species and natural water bodies found in the cold desert.
JALAN TO HEAD EXPENDITURE COMMISSION
The Expenditure Management Commission, headed by Bimal
Jalan, has been entrusted with the task of suggesting ways
to improve fiscal discipline, target subsidies more efficiently
and imposition of user charges on utilities.
HEAVY FINES FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCES

The new Road Safety and Transport Bill, 2014 proposes a
steep hike in penalties for traffic violations, up to Rs 3 lakh
along with a minimum 7-year imprisonment for death of a
child in certain circumstances. It also proposes a fine of Rs
5 lakh per vehicle as well as imprisonment for faulty
manufacturing design, besides cancellation of licences for
rash and negligent driving.
RVCs PLANNED FOR TAMING INFLATION

Govt has launched the Reefer Vehicle Call-in-Centre (RVC)
for smooth transportation of perishable goods. The RVC will
identify bottlenecks faced in transportation of goods on the
national highways and find ways to overcome them so as to
control inflation in prices of perishable goods in the
country.
RVC is a joint initiative of the Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation, National Centre for Cold-chain Development
and Mahindra Logistics.
ANTI T B SURVEY LAUNCHED

The first anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey of India
for the year 2014-15 was launched on September 6
supported by the World Health Organization (WHO). The
survey aims to improve our preparedness to fight T B,
particularly the Multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW JUDICIAL BILL 2014
A high-powered committee headed by H Devraj, set up at

the behest of the Supreme Court to look into the working of
'C' category deemed universities has found that out of 41
such universities hardly 10 fulfill the criteria needed to
become deemed university. Rest of them may be allowed
to exist as educational institutions affiliated to universities.
A six member panel for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court &
High Court
CJI will head the panel which will have 2 SC judges, 2 eminent
persons and law minister
Constitutional amendment status to stop easy change in current
legislation by future govts.
Eminent persons will be selected by CJI, PM & Open party in Lok
Sabha
One of eminent persons will be nominated from persons belonging to
SC/STs OBCs. Minorities or women
Term of eminent person will not exceed 3 years will not be renominated
If two members are panel do not agree appointment will not happen
President can return recommendation for reconsideration once
ADVANTAGES
DEVRAJ COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITIES
All India Radio has started free SMS service to provide

news in Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Dogri and Nepali.
A National Sports University will be set up in Manipur to
promote excellence in sports studies.
Textiles Ministry has approved setting up of 13 textile
parks entailing investment of at least 100 crore rupees
in each park.
India Newborn Action Plan launched in New Delhi to
achieve the single digit neonatal mortality and stillbirth
rate by 2030.
The Supreme Court has directed Central Government to
ensure 3 percent quota for disabled persons in all
government jobs, including IAS and promotions.
The Expenditure Management Commission, headed by
Bimal Jalan, has been entrusted with the task of
suggesting ways to improve fiscal discipline, target
subsidies more efficiently and imposition of user
charges on utilities.
AUGUST 2014
Judges no more will choose themselves. Armed with expertise of legal

luminaries. Parliament to have a significant say
With the dearance of bill. Government to lay down a set procedure for
appointment of judges to higher judiciary
Government vested with more powers no more to remain a post office
can flag objections at elementary stage of selection and shoot down a
candidature
More transparency, consistency and accountability in judicial
appointments
CRITICISM
Moe political interference likely in recommendation of suitable
candidates for elevation to the bench
Given the composition of the commission executive can have its way
by attainting majority in the committee intelligence reports can be cited
by political parties to scuttle chances of a candidate who may not find
favour with political parities
Procedural delay for appointment of Judges, Thereat to judicial
independence as political parties may strike a deal over a candidate
HISTORY OF THE COLLEGIUM SYSTEM
On 13 August, the Lok Sabha passed the National Judicial

Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 to scrap the collegium
system of appointing Supreme Court and High Court
judges. Along with it, the 99th Constitution Amendment Bill
was also passed which gives constitutional status to the
proposed Commission. The bill was passed by Rajya Sabha
also on14th August. (See The Adjoining Box)
Putting an end to interference of political parties and the executive, the

collegium system was introduced in 1993 under which no outsider had
any role to play in selection and appointment of judges to HCs and SC
Under the current system, a collegium of three senior most judges of a
high court, headed by the CJ of the said court, recommends name of
lawyers / lower court judges to the Supreme Court of elevation to the
bench. The law ministry or the government has little say in the entire
selection process. Even if the executive objects to a candidature it has
little choice but to accept the same after the SC relterates its decision.
FDI IN DEFENCE RAISED TO 49%
ADVANTAGES
BILL PASSED FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSION

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The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for raising

FDI limit in Defence from 26 per cent to 49 per cent. In
Railways, the proposal is to allow up to 100 per cent FDI in
infrastructure projects such as high-speed train systems,
suburban corridors and dedicated freight line that are to be
executed under public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
FLIPKART MoU WITH HANDLOOM WEAVERS

Union Textiles Ministry has signed a MoU with online
shopping company Flipkart to provide online marketing
platform to handloom weavers all over India. It aims to help
weavers and artisans on areas such as deciding on the right
selling price, payment automation, proper packaging,
transportation, and brand building etc. at the national level.
Aware of performance of lawyers and lower judiciary, HC/SC judges

better placed to recommend names
Performance as a lawyer / lower court judge sole consideration for
recommending or selecting
Total judicial independence without any interference of political party or
executive
Minimal delay in the selection process as all main decisions to be
taken by HCs & SC
PITFALLS
Executive can object but only to a limited extent. Final word lies with
the Supreme Court
Abject lack of transparency in selection as grounds for clearing or
rejecting remains unknown
Larger room for arbitrary and whimsical decisions
CABINET NOD FOR DIGITAL INDIA PROJECT

Union Cabinet has approved the Digital India Programme to
transform the Indian economy into a digitally empowered
knowledge economy. The project aims to provide thrust to
nine growth areas that include - Broadband highways,
Everywhere Mobile Connectivity, Public Internet Access
Programme, e-Governance, e-Kranti for electronic delivery
of services, Information For All, Electronics Manufacturing,
IT for Jobs and early harvest programmes.
RASHTRIYA GOKUL MISSION LAUNCHED
Creative engagement with govt. departments

Suggest ideas to boost girl child education
Suggest a roadmap to clean the Ganga
FDI IN INSURANCE HIKED TO 49%

The Union Cabinet has hiked FDI cap in insurance sector
from 26 to 49 per cent, liberalizing foreign investments, a
move that will cheer foreign investors and facilitate funds
flow. It will provide a boost for the pension sector also as
the FDI cap in pension has been linked to insurance.
GOVT TO LAUNCH 4 NEW VACCINES

Four new vaccines will be introduced in India as part of the
Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) to reduce child
mortality by two-thirds by next year. The 4 vaccines are
against rotavirus, rubella and polio (injectable) and an adult
vaccine against Japanese encephalitis
RS. 7060 CR FOR 100 SMART CITIES
Govt has launched a nationwide scheme by the name

Rashtriya Gokul Mission to promote conservation and
development of indigenous breeds of cows in a focused and
scientific manner. The Mission is a focused project under
National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy
Development.
AGE OF JUVENILE LOWERED TO 16

The Union Cabinet has cleared a historic, all new juvenile
justice law under which 16 to 18 year olds who commit
heinous offences such as rapes and robberies can be tried
as adults. Heinous offence has been defined as an offence
for which the minimum punishment under the IPC or any
other law is imprisonment for seven years or more. The bill
is yet to be passed by the Parliament.
EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION

Govt has approved the constitution of the Expenditure
Management Commission to be headed by former RBI
Governor Bimal Jalan. The commission will suggest ways to
reduce food, fertiliser and oil subsidies and narrow the fiscal
deficit. The subsidy bill on food, petroleum and fertilisers is
estimated at Rs 2.51 trillion for 2014-15,
The Union Cabinet has lifted the restriction of one LPG

cylinder per month for domestic use, within the overall
limit of 12 cylinders in a year.
Govt. has set up R. Ramanujam committee to identify
obsolete laws which hamper governance by creating
avoidable confusion.
Govt plans to allocate Rs 7,060 crore in this financial year

for developing 100 smart cities' in the country as satellite
towns of larger cities and for modernising the existing midsized cities. The new cities need to be developed to
accommodate the burgeoning number of people, otherwise,
the existing cities would soon become unliveable.
SOIL HEALTH CARD LAUNCHED FOR FARMERS

Govt plans to provide 'Soil Health Card' to all farmers for
optimum utilization of resources and right selection of crops.
The Card will give crop-wise recommendations of
nutrients/fertilizers required for a particular village to help
the farmers improve productivity by wise use of inputs.
KISAN TV FOR FARMERS

Government to launch Kisan TV' dedicated to the interests
of agriculturists and allied sectors and has allocated Rs 100
crore for this purpose. The channel will provide real time
information on farming techniques, water conservation and
on new technologies to help the farmers.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR 50 CRORE BY 2022

Government has set a target to develop skills of 50 crore
people by 2022 under the National Policy on Skill
Development (NPSD). This target will be distributed among
20 ministries and National Skill Development Corporation
(NSDC). Government has set up a National Skill
Development Agency (NSDA) to coordinate and harmonise
the skill development efforts of the govt and private sector.
PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA
JULY 2014
WEBSITE LAUNCHED FOR PUBLIC GOVERNANCE
Prime Minister has launched a website, mygov.nic.in to
help people contribute in governance of the country by
giving their views on important issues. Initially three
suggested topics include
The government plans to launch a nationwide rural

irrigation scheme to insulate farmers from excessive
dependence on monsoon. Rs 1,000 crore will be spent on
creating infrastructure for the Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana to provide assured water to farmers.
VALIDITY OF INDUSTRIAL LICENCES EXTENDED
The Government has extended the validity period of an

industrial licence to three years from present two years,
with a provision for further extension by two years. The
licence will, however, lapse automatically after five years, in
the absence of commencement of commercial production
PLAN TO MERGE 3 SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES

The Ministry of Labour and Employment plans to launch a
pilot in 20 districts from January 1, 2015 to enable
unorganised workers to avail benefits of the Rashtriya
Swastha Bima Yojana (RSBY), Aam Aadmi Bima Yojan
(AABY) and Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
(IGNOAPS) via one single smart card. The pilot project
would be funded from the National Social Security Fund.
Continuing a downward trend, Indias forex fell by

$101.3 million to $315.59 billion in the week ended
September 19.
Growth of the eight core industries slowed down to 2.7
per cent during July 2014 on shrinking output of crude
oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizers and steel.
Index of Industrial Production grew only 0.5% in July
as against 3.4% in June primarily due to 1% drop in
manufacturing sector which constitutes 75% of index.
India's exports growth slowed down to 2.35% in
August, touching $26.96 billion, while imports reached
$ 37.80 billion, leaving a trade deficit of $ 10.84 billion.
AUGUST 2014
GDP GROWTH JUMPS TO 5.7%
GOVT TO SET UP 660 NIRBHAYA CENTRES

Women and Child Development Ministry has advised that at
least 660 rape crisis centres will be established across the
country and named as Nirbhaya centres, as a tribute to the
victim of December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape case.
The Nirbhaya Centres will act as one stop centre for
women victims of molestation, rape, sexual assault,
domestic violence and provide them medical assistance,
police assistance, psycho-social support and counselling,
legal aid and temporary shelter.
To protect investors, the Cabinet has cleared the SEBI

Bill, to empower SEBI to initiate action against ponzi
schemes and investment frauds.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
SEPTEMBER 2014
S&P UPGRADES INDIAs RATING TO STABLE
Standard & Poors (S&P) has raised the outlook on Indias
sovereign rating from negative to stable and said the new
government has the willingness and capacity to deliver on
reforms and restore high growth. The agency said that
there has been a considerable improvement in sentiment
and macro indicators with the new government taking over.
ADB UPS INDIAS GROWTH RATE TO 6.3%

Asian
Development
Bank has
revised
India's GDP growth
upwards by 0.3 per
cent to 6.3 per cent for
2015, saying that the
Indias economy shows
a new promise of turnaround after the election brought a
stable government in May.
PPI TO TRACK INFLATION IN SERVICES

The government has set up a committee headed by Prof. B
N Goldar to develop a new inflation index - the Producer
Price Index which may replace the Wholesale Price Index.
The most important part of PPI will be inclusion of services,
as currently there is no index tracking inflation in this sector
that contributes about 55% to India's GDP.
Latest data from CSO shows that Indias Gross Domestic

Product (GDP) grew at 5.7 per cent during April-June, the
highest in past 10 quarters. The boost came from increase
in factory output with the latter showing a big jump from
1.2% in the last year to 3.5 % growth this quarter.
Electricity output grew robust 10.2 per cent as compared to
3.8 per cent in same quarter this year.
RBI PUTS GDP GROWTH RATE AT 5.5%

With improvement in economic activity and revival of
sentiments, the RBI has projected that GDP growth in the
current fiscal may rise up to 5.5% from 4.7% in the last
financial year as there are early signs of modest
strengthening of corporate sales and business flows.
UN REPORT PUTS INDIAs GROWTH AT 5.5%

A report from the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) says that
Indias economy is expected to record stronger growth
momentum of 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal,
underpinned by "solid expansion" in industrial and services
sectors, and impetus to economic reforms by the new
government.
Global rating agency Moodys has projected a better

growth outlook for India saying that the countrys GDP
would grow by 5% this year.
JULY 2014
NOMURA PREDICTS 6% GROWTH FOR INDIA
According to the Japanese brokerage firm Nomura, India is
set to be Asia's biggest turnaround story and the country's
GDP growth is expected to rise to over 6 per cent in FY
2015 and over 7 per cent in FY 2016. The Indian economy
is starting to turn around as inflation is abating, the current
account deficit is narrowing, forex reserves are
accumulating and growth is just starting to rise.
FITCH PROJECTS 5.5 % GROWTH FOR INDIA

International rating agency Fitch has improved India's
economic growth forecast to 5.5 per cent this financial year
and 6.5 per cent in FY16 due to the clear mandate received
by the pro-reform Narendra Modi government.
The agency said there will be significant risks to growth if
the monsoon turns out to be much weaker than expected.
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ECONOMY
SEPTEMBER 2014
214 COAL BLOCKS ALLOCATION CANCELLED
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In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on 24

September cancelled 214 coal block allocations made since
1993, except four blocks one belonging to NTPC and SAIL
each and two allocated to Sasan ultra mega power projects.
The Court granted six months breathing time to mining
companies to wind up their operations in the coal blocks.
The allocation of coal block licenses has been the subject of a CBI
investigation that is being monitored by the Supreme Court. It
became a major political issue when CAG Vinod Rai in his report
in 2012 stated that around Rs. 1.83 lakh crore has been lost
because coal blocks were not auctioned openly.
GOVT PLANS 45,000 CRORE DISINVESTMENT

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has
approved the sale of stakes in Coal India Limited (CIL), Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and National
Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).
The Finance
Ministry proposes to sell 10, 5 and 11.36 per cent holding in
CIL, ONGC and NHPC respectively. Govt expects to mop up
around Rs. 45,000 crore through this sale.
MNREGA TO FOCUS ON DRAUGHT RELIEF

With a view to mitigating drought and drought-like situation
in many parts of the country, govt has directed that 50 per
cent of all the works taken up at the district level under
MNREGA scheme should only be for water conservation.
NETHERLAND TO HELP INDIA IN AGRICULTURE
AUGUST 2014
PHONE USERS REACH 943 MILLION
The number of telephone subscribers in India increased by
0.49 per cent over May 2014 to 942.95 million at the end of
June, 2014. The share of urban subscribers was 59.36%.
SEBI SETS 15 MINUTE LIMITS

SEBI has proposed that all listed companies should intimate
decisions on dividends, bonus, fund-raising and buyback,
among others, within 15 minutes of closure of the board
meetings. The move is part of SEBI's effort to ensure 'timely
and adequate' disclosures by listed companies to avoid
chances of insider trading.
The Netherlands is working with India to set up 10 centres

of excellence across the country with an aim to raise
agriculture output and introduce modern farm technologies
and techniques. Three such centres are already working in
Kerala, Maharashtra, and Punjab.
The Asian Development Bank to give $63.3 million loan

to improve urban municipal services in 14 towns in
north Karnataka and $150 million for development of
renewable energy in Rajasthan.
India's foodgrain production is projected to drop by 7
per cent to about 120 million tonnes this year due to
poor monsoon.
Union government has decided to close down Indias
sole and oldest (1961) public sector watch company HMT Watches in a phased manner.
India has signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in
services and investments with 10 ASEAN countries.
ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations
The ADB to give $150 million loan to help build
transmission lines for renewable energy development in
Rajasthan.
Telephone subscriber base in India rose marginally in
July to reach 94.64 crore, with 34.5 lakh users added
during the month, with a monthly growth of 0.37%.
Retirement fund body EPFOs trustees have decided to

retain interest payment on provident fund deposits for
2014-15 at 8.75 per cent.
Vistara: Brand name of the new joint venture airline
of the Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines.
Countrys first seaplane service was launched on
Mumbai-Lonavla short route (80 kms) from the Juhu
aerodrome on 25th August.
JULY 2014
RANGARAJAN PANEL REPORT ON POVERTY
MUKESH IS THE RICHEST 8th TIME

Reliance Industries Chairman, Mukesh Ambani has topped
the Forbes list of billionaires in India for the eighth
consecutive year with a net worth of $23.6 billion, followed
by Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma at $18 billion.
100 BILLIONAIRES IN INDIA

According to the Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014,
India ranks sixth in terms of number of billionaires, having
100 such people, collectively having $175 billion in
networth, while globally the number of uber-rich has
reached a record high of 2,325 persons.
As per Dr. C Rangarajan panel estimates, a person spending

less than Rs 1,407 a month (Rs 47/day) in urban areas and
Rs 972 a month (Rs 32/day) in rural areas would be
considered Below Poverty Line. The number of poor in India
stood at 36.3 cr. (29.5%) in 2011-12, down from 45.4
crore(38.2%) in 2009-10, as per Rangarajan panel norms.
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As per Tendulkar Committee, these figures were fixed at Rs

1,000 a month (Rs 33/day) in cities and Rs 816 a month (Rs
27/day) in villages.
INDIA HAS WORK FORCE OF OVER 47 CRORE

As per NSSO survey result for 2011-12, the estimated
workforce in India is 47.41 crore persons of which 82.7 per
cent is in unorganised sector and 17.3 percent is in
organised sector.
INDIA SIGNS FATCA WITH USA

India and the US have agreed to implement Foreign
Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a US law that
targets tax non-compliance by US taxpayers with foreign
accounts. As per FATCA, it is compulsory for US taxpayers
to report about their offshore assets and accounts.
Similarly, foreign financial institutions are required to report
about accounts held by US taxpayers.
INDUSTRIAL MoU SIGNED WITH CHINA

DISINVESTMENT TARGET - RS. 58,425 CRORE
The government has set a target of mopping Rs 43,425 cr
from stake sale in PSU firms and an additional Rs. 15,000 cr
from sale in other entities such as SUUTI (Specified
Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India). The bulk of the Rs
15,000 cr would be from offloading shares in Axis Bank
India and China have signed a memorandum of

understanding (MoU) that allows Chinese companies to
invest in industrial parks and zones in India. This way
Indian firms will get the benefit of learning economies of
scale and inventory management from the Chinese firms.
TCS REACHES MARKET CAP OF 5 TRILLION

MSP FOR KHARIF CROPS 2014-15
CROP
PADDY
JOWAR
BAJRA
MAIZE
GROUNDNUT
TUAR AND URAD DAL
MOONG
SUNFLOWER
MSP PER QUINTAL

1360
1530
1250
1310
4000
4350
4600
3750
SAHOO PANEL PROPOSES BhDRs

A government panel led by M S Sahoo has proposed a new
class of securities, 'Bharat Depository Receipts (BhDRs)', for
foreign firms to raise money in India, to provide more
choice to domestic investors. A BhDR would be a rupee
denominated instrument issued by domestic depository
against listed equities of a foreign company.
FDI IN DEFENCE, INSURANCE RAISED TO 49%

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence manufacturing
has been hiked from 26 per cent to 49 per cent. The
ownership of such joint ventures will stay with Indian
companies. FDI in insurance sector has also been hiked to
49 per cent from 26 per cent.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has become first Indian

company to achieve a market capitalization of Rs. 5 lakh
crore rupees. TCS is followed by Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC) at 3.5 lakh crore rupees and Reliance
Industries at 3.3 lakh crore rupees.
World Bank to provide $153 million (Rs 920 crore) loan

for the Odisha Disaster Recovery Project to restore and
improve housing and public services in Odisha.
The ADB has approved a multi-tranche loan facility of
$300 million to help Assam continue its drive to
eliminate power sector inefficiencies.
Britain has granted one billion pound ($1.68 billion)
credit line for investment in Indian infrastructure
projects.
The government has granted Navratna status to
Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR).
BANKING & FINANCE

SEPTEMBER 2014
W B LOAN FOR ROAD CONNECTIVITY

World Bank has sanctioned $500 million loan for Indias
National Highways Inter-connectivity Improvement Project
(NHIIP) to improve the national highway network
connectivity to less-developed states.
BENEFITS UNDER PMJDY ARE FOR ALL

Government has decided that benefits under Pradhan Mantri
Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) would be extended to existing
bank account holders provided they apply for it.
The idea of universal bank accounts was originally proposed
by Nachiket Mor committee formed by the RBI to improve
financial inclusion.
Universal financial access aims to
improve financial savings, reduce leakages through direct
benefit transfer and bring down use of cash.
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RBI CLARIFIES ON INOPERATIVE ACCOUNTS

The Reserve Bank has said that the savings bank accounts
in which even if dividend cheque has been credited in it in
the previous two years, the account may not be treated as
inoperative. A bank account becomes inoperative or
dormant if no credit or debit transaction has been
conducted for a period of two years or more.
SBI, ICICI TOP IN MOBILE TRANSACTIONS

State Bank of India accounted for half of the total number
of banking transactions done through mobile phone in
June,2014, while ICICI Bank became the first bank to
surpass the Rs 1,000-crore mark in terms of amount of
transactions done through mobile phones.
AXIS BANK/ICICI BANK TO COLLECT TOLL TAX

NHAI-promoted Indian Highways Management Company
Limited (IHMCL) has inked a pact with Axis Bank and ICICI
Bank for services related to electronic toll collection.
Considering the complexities and geographical spread, the
nationwide electronic toll collection (ETC) would be first of
its kind in the whole world.
COMMITTEE ON CAPACITY BUILDING

RBI formed G Gopalakrishna Committee to give
recommendations on capacity building in banks and nonbanks, streamlining training intervention and suggesting
changes thereto in view of ever increasing challenges in
banking and non-banking sectors. RBI released committees
recommendations on 23rd September for inviting
suggestions from the stakeholders.
KINGFISHER DECLARED WILFUL DEFAULTER

The public sector United Bank of India (UBI) has slapped
wilful defaulter notice on Kingfisher Airline, its promoter
Vijay Mallya and its directors. Kingfisher Airlines had taken
a loan of Rs 350 crore from the bank. The Airlines owes
around Rs.7,500 crore to a consortium of 17 banks led by
the State Bank of India.
WHAT IS WILFUL DEFAULT

Banks play an important role in development of the country by
providing need based funding to the industry. But some
scrupulous borrowers default in repayment of their dues thereby
putting public funds at risk. Banks take all possible steps to
ensure quick recovery of funds. One such option with banks is to
declare the defaulting borrower as wilful defaulter. Recently, a
lot of heat was generated in newspapers when the United Bank of
India declared Vijay Mallya of Kingfisher Airlines as wilful
defaulter. Let us see who is a wilful defaulter.
DEFINITION
Wilful default broadly covers the following actions by the
borrowers:
a) Deliberate non-payment of the dues despite adequate cash flow
and good networth;
b) Siphoning off of funds to the detriment of the defaulting unit;
c) Assets financed either not been purchased or been sold and
proceeds have been misutilised;
d) Misrepresentation / falsification of records;
e) Disposal / removal of securities without bank's knowledge;
f) Fraudulent transactions by the borrower.
CUT-OFF LIMITS
As per the Central Vigilance Commission guidelines, all cases of
wilful default with an outstanding balance of Rs. 25 lakh or more
have to be reported by the banks/FIs to RBI.
In all cases of wilful defaults of one crore and above, Banks are
required to examine the scope for filing the court case and also
consider criminal action wherever instances of cheating/fraud by
the defaulting borrowers are detected.
The identification of the wilful default has to be made keeping in
view the track record of the borrower and should not be decided on
the basis of isolated or stray transactions/incidents. The default to
be categorised as wilful must be intentional and deliberate
PENAL MEASURES
Banks are required to initiate the following measures against the
wilful defaulters:
1) No additional facilities should be granted by any bank to the
wilful defaulters.
2) They should be debarred from institutional finance from the
scheduled commercial banks, Development Financial Institutions,
Government owned NBFCs, investment institutions etc. for
floating new ventures for a period of 5 years from the date on
which their name is published in the RBI list of wilful defaulters.
3) Banks should initiate legal action against the borrowers /
guarantors. They may initiate criminal proceedings against wilful
defaulters, wherever necessary.
4) Wherever possible, the banks may go in for a change of
management of the wilfully defaulting borrower unit.
5) A promoter or director on the Board of a company which has
been identified as a wilful defaulter will not be allowed to be on the
board of any other company.
6) In order to prevent the access to the capital markets by the
wilful defaulters, a copy of the list of wilful defaulters (non-suit
filed accounts) and list of wilful defaulters (suit filed accounts) are
forwarded to SEBI by RBI and Credit Information Bureau (India)
Ltd. (CIBIL) respectively.
GRIEVANCES REDRESSAL MECHANISM
Banks are required to take the following measures in identifying
and reporting instances of wilful default:
(i) With a view to imparting more objectivity in identifying cases
of wilful default, decisions to classify the borrower as wilful
defaulter should be entrusted to a Committee of higher
functionaries headed by the Executive Director and consisting of
two GMs/DGMs as decided by the Board of the concerned
bank/FI.
(ii) The decision taken on classification of wilful defaulters should
be well documented and supported by requisite evidence. The
decision should clearly spell out the reasons for which the
borrower has been declared as wilful defaulter vis--vis RBI
guidelines.
(iii) The borrower should thereafter be suitably advised about the
proposal to classify him as wilful defaulter along with the reasons
therefor. The concerned borrower should be provided reasonable
time (say 15 days) for making representation against such
decision, if he so desires, to a Grievance Redressal Committee
headed by the Chairman and Managing Director and consisting of
two other senior officials.
(v) A final declaration as wilful defaulter should be made after a
view is taken by the Committee on the representation and the
borrower should be suitably advised.
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SBI STARTS ACCOUNTS FOR MINORS
Export-Import Bank of China and China Development

Bank Corp.signed MoU with SBI, ICICI Bank and Axis
Bank to facilitate trade between the two countries.
AUGUST 2014
State Bank of India has introduced personalised savings

accounts for anyone below 18-year age. Account named
'Pehli Udaan' is a singly operated savings bank account for a
minor aged 10 years and above and who can sign uniformly,
while account 'Pehla Kadam is a savings bank account for
minor of any age operated jointly with his/her parent or
guardian.
CARDLESS WITHDRAWAL FROM ICICI BANK

ICICI
Bank has
introduced
a Cardless
Cash
Withdrawal facility which allows customers to transfer
money from their account to anyone in India with a mobile
number. The recipient, even if he does not have a bank
account, can withdraw money round the clock without using
a debit card from over 10,000 ATMs of ICICI Bank.
RBI NOT TO PRINT RUPEE ONE NOTE

The Law Ministry has clarified that the Government of India
has all the powers to print rupee one currency notes under
the Coinage Act, 2011and the Reserve Bank has the
authority to issue bank notes of denominational values of Rs
2, Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs 500, Rs 1,000, Rs
5,000 and Rs 10,000. The Govt. of India also has the sole
right to mint coins of denominations up to Rs. 1000.
H R KHAN COMMITTEE
The government has set-up a Committee headed by the
Deputy Governor H R Khan of Reserve Bank of India to take
stock of unclaimed deposits in the Public Provident Fund
(PPF) and post office saving schemes and suggest how
these funds can be utilised for the benefit of senior citizens
BANKS TO FIX TIMELINE FOR LOANS

RBI has said that Banks should clearly delineate the
procedure for disposal of loan proposals, with appropriate
timelines, and institute a suitable monitoring mechanism for
reviewing applications pending beyond the specified period.
NABARD PUTS COOP BANKS ON CBS

A total of 201 state and district level Central Cooperative
Banks with 6914 branches from 16 states and three union
territories of the country have joined the 'NABARD initiated
Project on Core Banking Solutions in Co-operative Banks.
PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJNA

Prime Minister has announced a new financial scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna to provide a bank account
to every poor in the country as part of 'Sampoorn Viteeyea
Samveshan' or Comprehensive Financial Inclusion.
To begin with, over 1.84 crore accounts were opened on
launch date 28th August. The government has set a target
of 15 crore new accounts by 2018, ensuring at least two
bank accounts per family.
The salient features of the scheme are:
The scheme will be launched in two phases first from
15.8.14 to 15.8.15 and second from 16.8.15 to 15.8.18,
each phase targeting opening of 7.5 crore bank
accounts.
The accounts will be opened with zero balance with no
minimum balance condition.
Every account holder will get a accidental insurance
cover of Rs. One lac.
Persons opening account upto 26th January, 2015 will
also get a health insurance cover of Rs. 30,000.
All account holders will be issued Rupay debit card to
facilitate ATM withdrawals.
All account holders will get mobile banking facility for
easy money transfer.
Accounts runs satisfactorily for 6 months will be allowed
to have over draft facility of Rs. 5000.
A Rs 1,000-crore credit guarantee fund will be set up by
NABARD for this purpose.
Of the 24.67 crore households in the country, 10.19 crore do not
have access to banking services. In rural areas, 44 per cent
households and in urban areas 33 per cent still do not have a
bank account. The present banking network of the country
comprises of a branch network of 1,15,082 and an ATM network
of 1,60,055.
SLR SLASHED TO 22 PER CENT

RBI has advised that if a company fails to repay its
bank dues, its other group units may also be termed
wilful defaulters.
RBI has fixed 70 years as the upper age limit for
Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers and
other whole-time director of banks in the private sector.
RBI has reduced the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) of

scheduled commercial banks by 50 basis points from 22.5
per cent to 22.0 per cent with effect from the fortnight
beginning 9th August, 2014, unlocking around Rs 40,000
crore of bank funds. All other rates Repo, Reverse repo,
MSF and Bank Rate have been left unchanged.
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FREE ATM TRANSACTIONS LIMITED TO 5/3
Rs. 5000 CR LYING IN UNCLAIMED ACCOUNTS
Banks have been advised to provide their savings bank

account holders with at least five free transactions per
month at their own ATMs. Beyond this, banks may decide to
levy transaction charges (not exceeding Rs 20).
Parliament has been advised that Banks had Rs 5,124 crore

in unclaimed deposits (accounts with no operations for 10
years) lying with them as of December 31, 2013. This
amount will be transferred to the Depositor Education and
Awareness Fund for promotion of depositors' interests.
The number of free transactions on ATMs set up by other

banks will continue to five per month except in six metros Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and
Hyderabad, where it has been reduced to three only per
month.
The Reserve Bank has from time to time advised banks to

play a more pro-active role in finding the whereabouts of
the people whose accounts have remained inoperative.
Banks are required to transfer the unclaimed amount to
Reserve Bank of India every month.
BHARAT BILL PAYMENT SYSTEM
RBI TO IDENTIFY LARGE BANKS
For the convenience of people to pay school fees and

municipal taxes and utility bills through an integrated
platform, the Reserve Bank proposes to set up an "anytime
anywhere" bill payment system by the name Bharat Bill
Payment System.
Bill payment is a major component of the retail payment
transactions as over 3,080 crore bills amounting to more than
Rs 6,00,000 crore are generated each year in the top 20 cities in
the country.
The Reserve Bank has said that Banks having size equal to
or more than 2 per cent of GDP will be designated as
domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) and they
will be subject to higher capital requirements. Additionally,
five largest foreign banks, based on their size, will also be
added to the sample for identification of D-SIBs.
The Reserve Bank has approved the transfer of surplus

(profit) amounting to Rs 526.79 billion for the year
ended June 30, 2014 to the Government of India.
India post announced the launch of over 1000 ATMs in
the near feature. It will also enable core banking
solution at its 25000 offices over the next year.
JULY 2014
RBI MOOTS PAYMENT BANK AND SMALL BANK
The Reserve Bank has issued guidelines for setting up of
Payment Bank and Small Banks. A minimum paid-up capital
of Rs.100 core will be required for setting up of these
banks. Both the banks will have to comply with the CRR and
SLR requirements.
Payment Banks will be allowed only acceptance of demand
deposits and payments and remittances services to migrant
labour workforce, low-income households, small businesses and
other unorganised entities. They will not be allowed to
undertake lending activities.
Small Bank shall primarily undertake basic banking activities
of acceptance of deposits and lending to small farmers, small
businesses, micro and small industries and unorganised sector
entities. The area of operations of the small bank will be
restricted to contiguous districts in a homogenous cluster of the
States.
REVISED KYC NORMS FROM RBI

RBI has revised its "know your customer" guidelines where
a main change is that it has now specified "officially valid
documents" to be the Aadhaar card, voter ID card,
permanent account number (PAN) card, driving licence,
passport, or the NREGA card. The Ration Card has been
dropped from the list.
Now, Banks are no more authorized to accept any
other document as proof of identity.
D-SIBs are perceived as banks that are Too Big To Fail

(TBTF). This perception of TBTF creates an expectation
of government support for these banks at the time of
distress. Due to this perception, these banks enjoy certain
advantages in the funding markets.
PSBs TO ISSUE RUPAY CARDS
Govt has urged public sector banks to issue RuPay cards to
all existing customers who do not have debit cards as well
as to new clients. Banks have also been told to "encourage"
merchant establishments to install point of sale terminals for
RuPay cards. Already, 20 million cards have been issued.
GOVT PLANS UBIs MERGER WITH IDBI
The government has asked IDBI Bank and Kolkata based

United Bank of India to prepare a consolidation plan in view
of poor performance of UBI. Govt also plans to approve the
merger plan of SBI and State Bank of Patiala.
SIX NEW DRTs TO BE SET UP

To expedite the process to recover bad bank loans, govt
proposes to set up six new Debt Recovery Tribunals. The
Government of India had constituted 33 Debts Recovery
Tribunals and five Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals
across the country. These six additional tribunals will make
total number of tribunals to 39.
NO 60% CUT OFF FOR EDUCATION LOANS

The Madras High Court has ruled that banks cannot fix 60%
cut off of minimum marks in Plus Two as condition for
extending education loan to students joining engineering
courses. Once a candidate has been admitted in a course,
banks should consider his request for loan on genuine
grounds of need and not on basis of marks obtained at plus
two level.
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RBI TO SWAP GOLD
INDIA CONQUERS MARS IN FIRST ATTEMPT
RBI plans to swap some of the old gold lying in its Nagpur
vault since pre-Independence timesand whose quality is
not exactly top gradewith purer gold. The operation would
"standardise the gold available with RBI in India with
respect to international standards" and the gold acquired
would placed at its overseas custodian, Bank of England.
India scripted history on September 24, early in the morning

when it became the first country to place its Mars Orbiter
Spacecraft (MOS) in the orbit in very first attempt.
MFIs CAN NOT CHARGE MORE THAN 27.75%

RBI has advised that the lending rate ceiling for micro
finance companies will continue at their present level - at
27.75% for the July to September quarter. This is the
highest rate MFIs can charge to their borrowers in the next
quarter. They may have to charge less if their cost of funds
is lower than 17.75%.
The Non Banking Finance Companies engaged in Micro

Finance are required to be registered with RBI as NBFCMFIs and have to follow the guidelines for maximum rate
of interest they can charge on loans.
BANK CREDIT GROWTH MORE THAN DEPOSITS
Bank deposits grew 13.24 per cent year-on-year to Rs
79,96,060 crore during the fortnight ended July 11 and
credit growth was 13.67 per cent reaching Rs 61,21,418
crore during the same period.
The RBI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding

with the Monetary Authority of Hong Kong for exchange
of supervisory information of banking.
The Reserve Bank will soon put to circulation Rs 10
denominated coins on the occasion of diamond jubilee
of Coir Board.
RBI has allowed Non Banking Financial Companies
(NBFCs) to accept e-KYC service to verify identity and
address proof of customers to reduce risk of fraud.
DEFENCE, SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY
Highlights of the mission are as under:

The mission puts ISRO among an elite league of three
other space agencies- NASA, European Space Agency
and Russian Space Agency, to undertake a successful
voyage to the Red Planet.
Scientists ignited the main 440 Newton Liquid Apogee
Motor (LAM) and eight small thrusters on 24 September
morning to slow down the speed of Mars Orbiter
Mission (MOM) spacecraft Mangalyaan.
The 1,350 kg spacecraft was slipped into its elliptical
orbit spanning 423 km X 80,000 kms, capping a 66
million km journey that began on November 5 last.
The spacecraft will take 77 hours or 3.2 earth days for
each rotation around Mars
At just $74 million, the mission is less than the
estimated $100 million budget of the sci-fi blockbuster
Gravity.
MOM costed one tenth of NASAs Mars mission Maven
that entered the Martian orbit just 2 days back, on
September 22.
Till date, of the 51 missions to Mars launched by
several other countries, only 21 have been successful.
The spacecraft is carrying five scientific instruments aboard
for various investigations:
i) Mars Colour Camera: to take images of the planet's
surface features
ii) Methane Sensor: to look for the methane gas, an
indication of life on the planet
iii) Mars Exosphere Neutral Composition Analyser: to
study neutral gas atoms found in the outermost part of
the Martian atmosphere.
iv) Lyman Alpha Photometer: to measure relative
abundance of two isotopes of hydrogen on Mars
v) Thermal Infrared Imagery Spectrometer: to map the
surface temperature to infer presence of minerals.
SEPTEMBER 2014
JOINT ARMY EXERCISE HELD WITH US ARMY
MARS PLANET PROFILE
A joint 14 days military exercise between the armed forces

of America and India was held at Ranikhet in Almora district
of Uttrakhand. The exercise included 250 personnel of the
US army and a similar strength of a Mountain Brigade of the
Indian Army.
After Venus, Mars is the closest planet to the Earth. It is the

fourth planet from the Sun. Named after the Roman god of
war; it is also called the Red Planet due to its reddish
appearance because of abundance of red oxide dust on the
planet.
Distance from Earth: 60 million kms, farthest could be
400million kms.
Distance from Sun: 150 million kms
Diameter: 6,800 kms
Circumference: 21,300 kms
Known Moons: 2- Phobos & Deimos
Orbit Period: 687 Earth days (Mars year)
Rotation Period: 24hrs, 37min (Mars day)
Surface Temperature: Average -81 F
Atmosphere: Less than 1% of earths, mostly Carbon-dioxide, 96%
Surface gravity: 37% of the Earth, i.e. one can jump
three times higher on Mars
INS SUMITRA JOINS INDIAN NAVY

The new generation Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel
(NOPV), INS Sumitra, built by Goa Shipyard Limited for the
Indian Navy, was formally commissioned by Chief of Naval
Staff on 4th September 2014 at Chennai.
Pakistan conducted a successful test of its surface to

surface missile Hatf IX (NASR), having a range of 60
kilometers
Iran unveiled a new surface-to-air missile - Talash-3
(Endeavor-3), claimed to be capable to shoot down
hostile target at high altitude.
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CROPS IN FERTILE CRESCENT UNDER THREAT
DRAUGHT PREDICTIONS BY SATELLITE
Scientists have warned that millions of lives could be at risk

because of the threat to food crops posed by conflict in the
Middle East. Many of the most valuable wild relatives of
crops vital to global food security grow in the Fertile
Crescent a region that encompasses Iraq, Syria, Israel and
Lebanon.
NASA scientists have developed Soil Moisture Active Passive

(SMAP) satellite that can predict the severity of droughts
worldwide and help farmers maximize the crop yield. This
mission is scheduled to launch in November 2014.
REMAINS OF SUPER DINOSAUR DISCOVERED

Researchers at Drexel University in the US have claimed to
have discovered in Argentina remains of an enormous
Dinosaur weighing nearly 60 tons. The scientists said
measurements of the fossilized bones suggest that the
animal was about 26 meters long. The new super massive
dinosaur has been named Dreadnoughtus.
China launched two satellites - Yaogan-21 and Tiantuo1 to relay information on natural resources, disaster
management and smart satellite experiments.
DRDO successfully test-fired Agni-I - nuclear-capable
surface-to-surface missile from Wheeler Island off
Odisha coast. It has a striking range of 700 to 1250 km.
AUGUST 2014
INDO RUSIA JOINT AIR DRILL
India and Russia conducted their first-ever joint Air Force
exercise Avia Indra-2014 in Astrakhan region located
north of the Caspian Sea. Beginning on 25th August, the
exercise will continue till 5th September.
CHINA DISPLAYS ICBM DONGFENG - 41

China has unveiled its next generation Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng 41 (DF-41). The
missile with an operation range varying between 12000 km
to 15000 km is amongst the worlds longest range missiles.
INDARC OBSERVATORY DEPLOYED IN ARCTIC

Countrys first multi-sensor moored observatory IndARC was
successfully deployed in Kongsfjorden Fjord of the Arctic
region, roughly halfway between North Pole and Norway on
July 23. A team of scientists from the Earth System Science
Organisation-National Institute of Ocean Technology (ESSONIOT) Chennai and ESSO-National Centre for Antartic and
Ocean Research (NCAOR) termed the same as a milestone
in Indias scientific endeavours in the Arctic region.
REVERSE VENDING MACHINES IN UAE

An integrated environment and waste management
company will install reverse vending machines designed to
collect and recycle domestic light bulbs and batteries across
the UAE, making the Gulf country the second nation in the
world, after the UK to adapt this technology.
JULY 2014
INS KOLKATA JOINS INDIAN NAVY
The Indian Navys largest ever destroyer INS Kolkata was
inducted in to service on 10th July. It is Indias first
domestically built guided missile destroyer to feature a
Western-style air search radar and stealth technology.
ADVANCED BRAHMOS TEST FIRED

An advanced version of the 290-km range Brahmos
supersonic cruise missile was successfully tested off the
coast of Odisha, giving the country the capability to hit
enemy targets hidden behind mountains or in a cluster of
buildings with pinpoint accuracy. The missile travelled its
full strike range of 290 km in 500 seconds.
INDIA LAUNCHES FIVE FOREIGN SATELLITES

India successfully launched five foreign satellites from four
countries on board PSLV-C23 rocket on June 30. The five
satellites, launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at
Sriharikota, included two from Germany, and one each from
France, Canada and Singapore.
PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
HIGH SPEED DATA TRANSFER BY LI-FI

A Mexican software company has managed to transmit
audio, video and Internet data across the spectrum of light
emitted by LED lamps at a data transfer rate of 10
gigabytes per second. The technology called Li-Fi or light
fidelity can illuminate a large work space, such as an office,
while providing full mobile Internet to every device that
comes into the range of the light spectrum.
MARS ROVER CREATES TRAVELLING RECORD
OBJECTS SPOTTED BEYOND PLUTO
NASAs Mars exploration rover Opportunity set the record

of maximum distance covered by a rover in one go when it
travelled a distance of 157 feet (48 meters) on 27 July 2014
on the surface of Mars. The 384-pound rover landed on
Mars on January 25, 2004.
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have

discovered two new objects beyond Pluto for NASAs New
Horizons spacecraft to visit. New Horizons spacecraft,
launched in 2006, is on track to become the first probe to
visit Pluto in July 2015, some 4.7 billion miles from Earth in
the Kuiper Belt.
ROSETTA CREATES SPACE HISTORY

After travelling a distance of 6.4 billion kilometres since it
was launched in March 2004, Rosetta- space vehicle by
European Space Agency made history on August 6 when it
became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet
67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko, a 4.5-km-long object. It
will airdrop a lander Philae on the comet.
CARBON GEL WORLDs LIGHTEST MATERIAL

The world's lightest solid material - carbon aerogel - created
by Chinese scientists has fetched a staggering $1.6 million
at an auction. With a density of just 0.16 milligrams per
cubic centimeter, a sixth of air's density, the carbon aerogel
was developed by scientists at Zhejiang University last year.
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NASA SATELLITE TO TRACK CO2
NATO ADOPTS WALES RESOLUTION
American space agency NASA has successfully launched a

satellite -Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), designed
to track atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, a leading humanproduced greenhouse gas responsible for global warming.
The NATO summit

September 2014.
including USA and
resolutions adopted
Resolution.
Warships, submarines, aircrafts and helicopters of

India, US and Japan participated in the trilateral
Malabar naval exercise from 24th July in North Western
Pacific Ocean.
INTERNATIONAL
SEPTEMBER 2014
MODI ADDRESSES UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 69th
session of United Nations General Assembly, UNGA in New
York. The theme of the speech was delivering and
implementing the Post-2015 development agenda.
BAMIYAN, DHAKA TO BE CULTURAL CAPITAL

SAARC Culture Ministers Conference was held at New Delhi
on 25 September. The meet named Bamiyan, the Afghan
town which shot into prominence when the Taliban blew up
two ancient statues of the Buddha in 2001, to be the SAARC
cultural capital for a year beginning April 2015 and Dhaka
for 2016-17. The year 2016-17 was also declared the SAARC
Year of Cultural Heritage.
FRANCE ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE SMOKING
PAKISTAN REELS UNDER FLOOD FURY

At least 280 people have been killed and over two million
affected in massive flooding triggered by heavy monsoon
rains in Pakistan, mainly in Punjab province and in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir (PoK). Most havoc was caused by
overflowing of major rivers like Chenab and Jhelum.
NO INDIAN UNIVERSITY IN WORLDs TOP 220

The QS World University Ranking 2014 ranks Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA at number one, followed by
the University of Cambridge, Imperial College, London,
Harvard University and University of Oxford. Highest rank
secured by an Indian university is 222 secured by IIT,
Bombay, followed by IIT Delhi-235.
ONE MILLION BABIES DIE IN FIRST 24 HOURS

A report released by the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) states that one million babies each year died
within 24 hours of birth from mostly preventable causes.
Further, almost 2.8 million babies die each year within the
first 28 days. The Report showed that many of these deaths
could be easily prevented with simple, cost-effective
interventions before, during and immediately after birth.
In a bid to reduce high smoking rates among the teenagers,

France plans to introduce plain cigarette packaging and ban
electronic cigarettes in certain public places. The new
cigarette packets would be the same shape, same size,
same colour, same typeset to make smoking less attractive
to young smokers.
U N CLIMATE SUMMIT HELD IN NEW YORK
UN Climate Change Summit 2014 held at UN headquarters

in New York on 23 September 2014. The purpose of the
Summit was to raise political momentum for a meaningful
universal climate agreement in Paris in 2015.
SCOTLAND TO STAY WITH UK

Scotland has rejected independence and decided to stay
with United Kingdom. In a referendum that threatened to
break up 307 years union between them, 55 percent
Scottish people polled NO vote and 45 percent YES vote to a
simple question Should Scotland be an independent
country?
United Kingdom comprises of four countries England,
Scotland, North Ireland and Wales.
UKRAINE MOVES AWAY FROM RUSSIA

Ukraine's Parliament has ratified a landmark European
Union pact that decisively steers the former Soviet state
towards Europe and away from Russian influence. The
legislation grants greater autonomy to the separatist regions
in the east of the country, as well as amnesty for most of
those involved in recent fighting with government forces.
was held in Wales, UK on 4 to 5

Leaders from around 60 countries
France attended the summit. The
in the summit were named Wales
6th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional

Cooperation for Home Ministers held on September 19
at Kathmandu, attended by Rajnath Singh.
West Asias largest consumer IT and electronics retail
show- GITEX Shopper held at World Trade Center in
Dubai
London will host its first-ever Regional Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas (RPBD) next month from October 16 to 18.
The seventh round of nuclear talks between Iran and
six major world powers- US, UK, France, Russia, China
and Germany were held in New York.
AUGUST 2014
EBOLA CATASTROPHE IN WEST AFRICA
Three West Africa nations - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra
Leone, are struggling to control an outbreak of Ebola viral
fever that has claimed over 700 lives in the recent past.
The World Bank has pledged USD 200 million in emergency
funding to contain spread of deadly Ebola.
Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola

haemorrhagic fever is a severe, often fatal illness in
human with almost 90 per cent mortality rate. It is
highly infectious and can spread easily through close
contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other
bodily fluid. The virus was first discovered nearly four
decades ago in Congo in a village near the Ebola River.
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NAGOYA PROTOCOL RATIFIED BY 51 MEMBERS

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and
the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their
Utilization will enter into force on 12th October 2014
following its ratification by 12 more countries. With this
development, 51 members to Convention on Biological
Diversity that was agreed in October 2010 in Nagoya,
Japan have ratified the treaty.
India is currently the President of CoP till CoP-12 is held

in Pyeongchang, South Korea in October this year. CoP
equal to Conference of the Parties.
BANGLADESH TO JOIN BRICS BANK
Bangladesh has decided to join the newly formed BRICS
Bank, an initiative of the world's five emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Named as 'New Development Bank', BRICS Bank was

formed after an agreement was signed by BRICS countries
during July, 2014 Summit in Brazil, with the aim at easing
financing constraints faced by BRICS and other
developing countries to address infrastructure gaps and
sustainable development needs.
100 YEARS OF WORLD WAR I
Britain observed Lights Out Project on 4 August 2014 to
commemorate 100 years of First World War (WW-1). Under
the project, lights were turned-off for an hour to pay tribute
to all those who died in World War I.
World War I, also called The Great War, took place in and
around Europe from July 1914 to November 1918 involving 135
countries and claiming more than 9 million lives.
WORLDs FIRST ECO TEMPLE

A Hindu temple - Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, claimed to
be the world's first 'eco-temple' featuring solar panels and a
rainwater harvesting system, has been opened in northwest
London in the UK.
THE "ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE"

Over the past several
weeks, social media has
been flooded with one of
the most effective fundraising campaigns of all
time - The "Ice Bucket
Challenge". It encourages participants to
dump bucket of freezing
water on their head to
raise awareness for the
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) a debilitating disease.
Participants are encouraged to donate $10 if they complete
the challenge or $100 if they don't. In the past few weeks
alone, the ALS Association has earned more than $88.5
million this way.
The World Health Organization has asked for a ban on

the use of e-cigarettes indoors and its sale to children.
The US government has said that its economy grew at
a brisk annual rate of 4.2 percent in the April-June
quarter, slightly faster than it had first estimated.
JULY 2014
6TH BRICS SUMMIT HELD AT FORTALEZA, BRAZIL
Prime Minister Mr. Modi visited Fortaleza, Brazil to attend

the 6th BRICS Summit. The five countries decided to
establish the New Development Bank with an initial
authorised capital of USD 50 billion which will be equally
shared by the founding members to prevent domination by
any one member.
The Bank will work for funding
infrastructure and sustainable development projects in the
BRICS countries. India will have the first Presidency of the
NDB for six years with headquarters in China.
Agreement was also reached on establishing a
Contingency Reserve Arrangement with an initial size
of USD 100 billion to provide additional liquidity protection
to member-nations during balance of payments problems.
Funding of CRA is 41 per cent by China, 18 per cent each
from Brazil, India, and Russia, and 5% from South Africa.
The 7th BRICS Summit will be held in the Russian city
of Ufa.
ISRAEL OPENS WAR WITH GAZA

Israel Defence Forces
launched Operation
Protective
Edge
against
Hamas
militants in Gaza strip
for
their
alleged
kidnapping of three
Israeli teenagers. In
over a month long
conflict, Israeli forces have killed over one thousand persons
in Gaza strip through attack by ground and air strikes.
MALAYSIAN PLANE SHOT DOWN, KILLING 298

A Malaysian aircraft, flight MH 17 flying from Amsterdam to
Kuala Lumpur was shot down by terrorist using a Russian
Buk missile when it was flying above 33,000 feet over
eastern Ukraine on July 17, killing all 295 people aboard.
The disaster is clouded in mystery as both Russia and
Ukraine claim that their forces have not shot the plane.
UKRAINE MOVES TOWARDS EUROPEAN UNION

Ukraine signed a landmark economic trade pact with the
European Union June 27. The Association Agreement is
expected to boost Ukraines exports to the European Union
but has attracted strong negative reaction from the Russia.
It was a refusal to sign this pact last year by Mr
Poroshenkos predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, which
triggered popular protests in Ukraine, leading to Russias
annexation of the Crimea peninsula
India will host the 7th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa)

summit in 2015.
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PERSONS IN NEWS
SEPTEMBER 2014
R A MASHELKAR: Eminent scientist and former Director
General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,
has been named to head an expert panel to recommend
best technologies for the "Swachh Bharat" national
sanitation campaign with an emphasis on areas like potable
water and sanitation.
AKKINENI NAGESWARA RAO (ANR): Legendary Telugu
actor, who passed away in January 2014, became the first
Indian actor to be honoured with a postage stamp by the
U.S. Post Service (USPS).
CHITRESH TATHA: 12-year-old, a sailor of Optimist
dinghy category is the youngest sailor to represent India at
the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea.
TN SURESH KUMAR: A senior ISRO scientist has become
the first Indian to visit the stratosphere, the second layer of
the Earths atmosphere. He travelled to an altitude of
17,100 metres in 48 minutes in a MIG-29 reaching a
maximum speed of 1850 km per hour from Sokol Airbase
near Nizhny Novgorod in Russia.
J. JAYALALITHAA: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was in news
as she and three others were sentenced to four years in jail
by a special court in Bangalore in a 66.65 crore rupees
Disproportionate Assets case on 27th September. She was
also fined Rs. 100 crore.
ALOK SHETTY: The 28 year old Indian architect has been
named Young Leader of Tomorrow by Time magazine for
his pioneering work in designing affordable flood-proof
houses for slum dwellers.
KRITTIKA BISWAS: 21 year old daughter of an Indian
diplomat in New York consulate was in news as she won a
significant legal victory from the local court which awarded
$225,000 settlement for her wrongful arrest and jail for a
day in 2011.
JACK MA: Chinese founder and
promoter of worlds largest online
shopping portal Alibaba was in
news as the firm successfully
launched
worlds
largest
IPO,
amassing around $25 billion from the
investors.
CONNIE HEDEGAARD, Commissioner for Climate Action,
European Commission visited India to mobilize opinion in
favour of acceptance of Common But Differentiated
Responsibility (CBDR) resolution in an realistic manner
wherein all countries agree to accept their responsibility
towards control of emissions affecting the climate change.
TOM THABANE: Prime Minister of Lesotho, a tiny hilly
kingdom in South Africa, was in news as he fled in fear of
his life after soldiers seized power in a coup.
USAIN BOLT: Sprint king from Jamaica was in news as he
visited Bangalore for a day to take part in a cricket match at
the Chinnaswamy Stadium as part of promotional activity for
a footwear company.
AUGUST 2014
IROM SHARMILA CHANU: The human rights activist and
former journalist was in news as an Imphal sessions court
on 19th August ordered her release, accepting her plea that
she did not attempt suicide by fasting unto death.
Ironically, after release she again went on protest fast and
was rearrested.
She has been on a fast since November, 2000 when Assam

Rifles men killed 10 persons at Malom area in Imphal in
an alleged encounter with insurgents. She has been
demanding repeal of the draconian Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers to
armed forces in disturbed areas.
V K DUGGAL: Manipur Governor resigned, the 9th
governor to do so in last few months, following change of
govt at the center.
SHAH RUKH KHAN: Indian superstar has been roped in as
an ambassador for Inter-pols Turn Back Crime campaign
to promote awareness of how everyone can play a role in
preventing crime. The campaign aims at empowering the
public to not to be duped by criminals when buying products
or using the internet.
KAMLA BENIWAL: Governor of Mizoram was in news as
she was sacked by a Presidential order. She was earlier
Governor of Gujarat and shifted to Mizoram on July 6 this
year. She was sacked reportedly for certain irregularities
committed by her during her Gujarat tenure.
NIKHIL CHANDWANI: The 20-year-old noted Indian
author and documentary filmmaker, has become the first
Asian to win the prestigious Author of the Year award from
the American Literary Forum Society for his novel 'Coded
Conspiracy.
K. SANKARANARAYANAN: Maharashtra Governor was in
news as he quit his office to protest his transfer to Mizoram.
JOHN KERRY: US Secretary of State (Foreign Minister)
visited in India to hold 5th Indo-US Strategic Dialogue
CHUCK HAGEL: U.S. Defence Secretary (Defence Minister)
visited India to lay the groundwork for the revival of IndoU.S. defence ties.
GENERAL PRAYUTH CHAN-OCHA: Thailand's coup
leader was in news as he was appointed Prime Minister by a
legislature that was formed by him only, giving the army
chief a veneer of legitimacy to his action.
JULY 2014
ARSENIY YATSENYUK: Ukraines Prime Minister was in
news as he resigned in a shock move to protest the
disbanding of the ruling parliamentary coalition, plunging
the strife-torn nation into political uncertainty.
AKHOURI SINHA: In a rare honour, the USA has named a
mountain in Antarctica after this eminent Indian-American
scientist whose pioneering biological research expedition to
Antarctica has provided vital data about animal populations
in that area.
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NEYMAR: Ace striker of Brazils football team was in news

as he suffered a back bone fracture after being hit by the
Colombian defender Juan Zuniga. Brazils bid to win a sixth
World Cup suffered a devastating blow as Neymar was ruled
out of the rest of the tournament.
APPOINTMENTS
RAJNI RAZDAN:
Commission UPSC.
Chairman,
Union
Public
Service
M. THAMBIDURAI: Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha

K. V. Chowdary: Chairman of Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT)
AHMET DAVUTOGLU: New Prime Minister of Turkey
HAIDAR AL-ABADI: Prime Minister of Iraq
SEPTEMBER 2014
R A MASHELKAR:
Bharat Mission".
GEN. PRAYUTH CHAN-OCHA: Prime Minister of Thailand
Technology Head of the "Swachh
LALITHA KUMARAMANGALAM:
National Commission for Women.
Chairperson of
the
P. SATHASIVAM: Governor of Kerala, he is former Chief

Justice of India
HARDEEP SINGH PURI: Secretary
Independent Commission on Multilateralism
General
of
O PANNEERSELVAM: Elected as new Chief Minister of

Tamil Nadu, in place of Jayalalitha
ADIL ZAINULBHAI: Former McKinsey India Chief has
been appointed Chairman, Quality Council of India.
Formed jointly by Govt of India and three apex industry
organizations FICCI, ASSOCHAM and CII, the Council aims
at helping India achieve and sustain total quality and
reliability, in all areas of life, work, environment, products
and services across all levels -- individual, organisational,
community and societal.
Justice H.L. DATTU: 42nd Chief Justice of India.
ASHRAF GHANI: President of Afghanistan
VOREQE BAINIMARAMA: Fiji's new Prime Minister
JOHN KEY: Prime Minister of New Zealand
LE YUCHENG: China's new Ambassador to India.
RICHARD RAHUL VERMA: Next US ambassador to India.
AUGUST 2014
FOUR NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED
Kalyan Singh
Rajasthan
Vajubhai Vala
Karanatka,
C Vidyasagar Rao
Maharashtra
Mridula Sinha
Goa
K.V. THOMAS: Congress MP appointed Chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.
The post is given for one year to a member of the largest

opposition party in the Lower House. The committee
scrutinizes the accounts of the government and the
reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
S S MUNDRA: Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of
India for three year term. He is ex CMD of Bank of Baroda.
T M BHASIN: Chairman of the Indian Banks Association
IBA for 2014-15. He is CMD of Indian Bank.
JULY 2014
SIX NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED
Ram Naik
Uttar Pradesh.
Kesri Nath Tripathi
West Bengal
Om Prakash Kohli
Gujarat
Balramji Dass Tandon
Chhattisgarh.
Padmanabha Acharya
Nagaland.
Kaptan Singh Solanki
Haryana
PINKY ANAND: Additional Solicitor-General
FUAD MASUM: President of Iraq
JOKO WIDODO (JOKOWI): President of Indonesia
JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER: President of the European
Commission
AWARDS & HONOURS

SEPTEMBER 2014
SARASWATI SAMMAN: Noted Hindi novelist Govind
Mishra for his novel Dhool Paudhon Par.
The prize is given annually by the K K Birla Foundation in
recognition of outstanding literary work in any one of the
Indian languages listed in Schedule VIII of the constitution
of India. The prize carries a cash award of Rs. Ten lakh.
SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR AWARD: 10 scientists
selected for the annual award conferred for their
outstanding works in the field of science and technology. It
consists of a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a citation and a
plaque.
SAAKSHAR BHARAT AWARDS are given on International
Literacy Day Sep 8 by the Union Ministry of Human
Resource Development for the best performance in the field
of adult education.
BHARTENDU HARISHCHANDRA AWARDS: Given by
Union Ministry for Information & Broadcasting for original
writing in Hindi by Indian authors on subjects like
Journalism and Mass Communication, National Integration,
Womens Issues and Childrens Literature.
MIDORI PRIZE IN BIODIVERSITY 2014: Kamal
Bawa, Indian scientist and ecologist for his research on
climate change in the Himalayas.
The prize given by a Japanese foundation, honours three
individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the
conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
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GOLDEN LION: Award for best film at the Venice Film

Festival was bagged by the Swedish film, A Pigeon Sat on a
Branch While Reflecting on Existence directed by Roy
Anderson.
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee, Kolkata-born

British author. The book has been shortlisted for the
prestigious Booker Prize 2014
LION OF THE FUTURE: Award for best debut feature film

at the Venice Film Festival won by the film Court by Indian
writer-director Chaitanya Tamhane.
Heaven is for real by Todd Burpo &Lynn Vincent

The boys in the boat by Daniel James Brown
Orange is the new black by Piper Kerman
The book of life by Deborah Harkness
The goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Half girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat
Simian by Vikram Balagopal
One Life is Not Enough by Natwar Singh
Not just an accountant by Vinod Rai, former CAG of
India
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job? by Faraz
Ahmad
Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan by Ms
Daman Singh
AUGUST 2014
AUGUST 2014
OUTSTANDING PARLIAMENTARIAN AWARDS
BJP leader Arun Jaitley for 2010
Congress veteran leader Karan Singh for 2011
JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav for 2012
The awards were given by the President Pranab Mukherjee
on 12 August, 2014.
ASHOK CHAKRA: Major Mukund Vardarajan named for
highest peace time gallantry award for showing exemplary
bravery in killing two terrorists in Kashmir before he was
shot dead in April this year.
22ND RAJIV GANDHI SADBHAVNA AWARD: Noted film
maker Muzaffar Ali, for his outstanding contribution towards
the promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill.
The award carries a citation and cash award of Rs 5 lakh.
CORE BANKING SYSTEM INITIATIVE AWARD-2014:
won by Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd at the Asian Banking and
Finance - Retail Banking Awards, Singapore.
FIELDS MEDAL: Known as the "Nobel Prize of
Mathematics won by Manjul Bhargava. Four such prizes are
awarded by the International Mathematical Union.
MARYAM MIRZAKHANI: Iranian-born mathematician has
become the first woman to win this prize (Fields Medal).
PARDO DORO (GOLDEN LEOPARD): Award for best film
at the 67th Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno,
Switzerland won by Mula sa kung ano ang noon by Lav
Diaz, Philippines
JULY 2014
PREM BHATIA AWARD for Journalism:
SMITA GUPTA, Associate Editor with The Hindu, for
political reporting.
NITIN SETHI, Associate Editor, Business Standard, for
excellence in environmental and development reporting
BOOKS & AUTHORS

SEPTEMBER 2014
And then One Day: A Memoir Autobiography of noted
film artist Naseeruddin Shah
The Highlights by Frank Keating
Odyssey of My Life : Autobiography of former Union
Home Minister Shivraj Patil
Playing It My Way My Autobiography by cricket legend
Sachin Tendulkar
Gods of Antarctica by Yashwardhan Shukla, a 13 year old
school boy from Delhi
JULY 2014
The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
Finding Neema by Juliet Reynolds
Half a Rupee Stories by Gulzar
The Substance and The Shadow by Udaya Tara Nayar, a
biography of veteran actor Dilip Kumar
Innovation in India by Shyama V. Ramani
OBITUARY
SEPTEMBER 2014
BIPAN CHANDRA: Padma Bhushan awardee historian,
authority on economic and political history of India
BAPU (Sathiraju Lakshminarayana): Veteran Telugu film
director, artist and cartoonist, Padma Sri awardee
G.E. VAHANVATI: The former Attorney-General of India
BALRAJ PURI: Veteran journalist,
awardee, author of over 40 books
Padma
Bhushan
MANDOLIN
U.
SHRINIVAS:
Eminent Carnatic music exponent
from Andhra Pradesh, Padmasri
awardee, known for his expert use
of mandolin, a western instrument,
in Carnatic music. He passed away
at an early age of 45.
KIREET JOSHI:
Eminent educationist
education adviser to the Union government
and former
FIROZA BEGUM: Prominent Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet

singer
JOAN RIVERS: 81-year-old noted lady comedian and TV
host from USA
Norman Gordon:
South African fast bowler, oldest
surviving Test cricketer passed away at 103 years.
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AUGUST 2014
AUGUST 2014
B K S IYENGAR: 96 years old Padma Vibhushan awardee

Yogacharya, known for his vast contribution in spreading
Indian Yoga all over the world.
MALIN VILLAGE: A small village in district Pune,

Maharashtra was in news as it was hit by a massive mud
slide, washing out almost entire village.
U.R. ANANTHAMURTHY: Jnanpith awardee

renowned Kannada novelist and story writer
SINDHUPALCHOK: District of Nepal was in news as a

massive land slide near Mankha on 2 August 2014 blocked
the Sunkoshi River and caused maasive damage to local
settlements, claiming at least 156 lives.
and
MADHUKAR SINGH: Eminent Hindi litterateur and novelist

from Bihar
PRAN KUMAR SHARMA: Eminent cartoonist, popularly
known as Pran, who gave life to lovable comic characters
Chacha Chaudhury and his friend Sabu.
RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH: Oscar-winning British
filmmaker and actor, renowned for his critically-acclaimed
biopic Gandhi on Mahatma Gandhi that won eight Oscars,
died at the age of 90.
ROBIN WILLIAMS: Oscar winning famous US comedy
actor dies of suspected suicide.
JULY 2014
ZOHRA SEHGAL: Legendary actress from Hindi theatre
and cinema, aged over 102 years.
MOUNT SINJAR: place in Nineveh province of northern

Iraq was in news as US forces dropped food packets there
to thousands of Yezidis stranded there as they flee from
nearby areas persecuted by ISIS militants. Hundreds of
Yezidis have been massacred by the ISIS militants for their
refusal to convert to Islam.
Yezidis are a gentle community of ethnic Kurds, whose religious
beliefs are traced to antiquity and the ancient Zoroastrian and
Hindu religions as well as to Christianity and Islam.
LONGTOUSHAN: A town in Ludian county of Yunnan
province of China was in news as it was struck by a 6.5
magnitude earthquake, killing over 400 persons and causing
widespread devastation.
JULY 2014
NADINE GORDIMER: South African Nobel Prize-winning

author, one of the most powerful voices against the
injustice of apartheid.
NEOGURI: Name of powerful typhoon that lashed Japan's

southern Okinawa islands on 8th July, forcing over half a
million people to seek shelter, as the typhoon damaged
buildings, downed trees and brought air/sea traffic to a halt.
PLACES IN NEWS
SPORTS WORLD
SEPTEMBER 2014
SEPTEMBER 2014
GOA: The city was declared as the permanent venue for

the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The 45th IFFI
will be held here from 20 to 30 November, 20 14.
VIJAYAWADA: City of Andhra Pradesh was in news as it
was declared to be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
CHABAD HOUSE: The Jewish centre, also called Nariman
House, in Mumbai was reopened on 26 August 2014, nearly
six years after the 26/11 terror attack in November 2008.
The Centre is a sacred synagogue of Jews.
OMARI MOSQUE, Jabaliya: The centuries old mosque in
Gaza was in news recently due to its destruction in ongoing
Israel-Gaza conflict.
MOUNT ONTAKE:
The volcano 200 km
west of Tokyo was
in news as it
erupted suddenly,
belching out clouds
of rock and ash,
catching hundreds
of hikers unawares
and killing over 36
persons.
17TH ASIAN GAMES OPEN IN INCHEON

The Asian Games, the second largest multi-sport event after
the Olympics, begin in Incheon, South Korea on 19th
September. Around 13,000 athletes from 45 nations will
compete in the next 15 days in 439 events spread across 36
sports and disciplines. 516 Indian athletes will be seen
vying for top honours in 28 sports. Sardara Singh, Captain
of Indian Hockey team was the flag bearer of the Indian
contingent.
Some major acheivments of Indians (up to 29th Sep):
GOLD MEDALISTS
Jitu Rai, shooter won India's 1st gold in the 50m event.
Men's squash team, led by Saurav Ghosal, won gold after
edging out Malaysia
Mens archery team won gold beating the S. Korea team.
Yogeshwar Dutt ended a 28-year gold drought for India in
wrestling after winning Gold by beating Zalimkhan Yusupov
of Tajikistan in mens 65kg freestyle category.
Saketh Myneni and Sania Mirza gave India their first
gold in tennis (mixed doubles) beating Chinese pair
Seema Punia, gave India their first gold medal in athletics
in Discus throw.
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SILVER MEDALISTS
Men's shooting team wins silver in the 25 metre center
fire pistol
Women's squash team, led by Saurav Ghosal, won silver
after losing to Malaysia
Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh won silver in mens
tennis doubles
Saurav Ghoshal won silver in individual squash event
Khushbir Kaur won the countrys first-ever silver in the
womens 20 kms race walk in Asiad.
Bajrang won the silver in 61kg freestyle wrestling defeating
his Iranian opponent.
**** * ****
Viswanathan Anand won the Bilbao Chess Masters Finals
at Bilbao, Spain, defeating Levon Aronian of Armenia.
Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold: Young Indian
shuttler H S Prannoy won the badminton championship
beating Firman Abdul Kholik of Indonesia at Palembang,
Indonesia.
51st Shooting World Championship: Indian shooter
Pradeep bagged a bronze medal at Granada, Spain.
Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black won
the womens doubles title at the WTA Toray Pacific Open at
Tokyo, Japan.
Davis Cup Commitment Award: Ace Tennis player
Rohan Bopanna. It is given to players who have competed
in at least 20 ties.
Pankaj Advani, noted snooker and billiards champion has
announced his retirement from the professional snooker.
However, he will continue to participate in Billiards.
MANOJ KUMAR: A 2010 CWG boxing gold-medalist was in
news as he was selected for Arjuna Award after a directive
from the Delhi High Court where he had filed a case
challenging his non selection for the award.
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has allowed

players to wear religious head coverings, such as hijabs or
turbans by Sikhs, on a trial basis.
U S OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP, NEW YORK

Marin Cilic (Croatia) beats Japan's Kei Nishikori to win
mens singles title
Serena Williams of USA beats Caroline Wozniazki of
Denmark to win Womens singles title
Sania Mirza with Brazil's Bruno Soares won the mixed
doubles title
BWF WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Chen Long of China won the mens singles beating world
no. one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia
Carolina Marin of Spain become Spain's first-ever World
champion in badminton history, beating world no 1 Li Xuerui
of China.
P V Sindhu won the bronze medal in womens singles.
FIBA Basketball World Cup: USA lifts the cup by
defeating Serbia at Madrid, Spain.
FILA Senior World Wrestling Championship held in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Li Na, China's ace tennis star and only Grand Slam winner
announced her retirement at the age of 32.
Marvan Atapattu appointed as the head coach of the Sri
Lankan cricket team. He is the former captain of their
national team.
ICC World Cricket League Division 3 will be held in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia from 23 to 30 October, 2014.
Summer Youth
Nanjing, China
Olympic
Games
2014
held
at
DHONI SCORES RECORD 91 ODI WINS

India thrashed England by nine wickets in the fourth ODI
played at Edgbaston to take 3-0 lead in the five-match
series. The victory also made Dhoni the most successful
Indian ODI captain with 91 wins.
60th National School Games in six sporting disciplines
will be held in November in Punjab.
20th Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships held at
Mumbai.
Indias first National Academy of Athletics established at
Kariavattom near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) has permitted
Indian boxers (pugilists) to take part in the 17th Asian
Games 2014 under the Indian flag as it gave provisional
recognition to Boxing India.
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AUGUST 2014
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2014 CONCLUDE
20th Commonwealth games came to an end on August 3 at
Hampden Park, Scotlands National Stadium, Scotland.
4,750 athletes from 71 countries participated in 18 sports
over 11 days for 824 medals. The 2018 Commonwealth
Games will be held at Gold Coast, Australia.
India won 64 medals 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze and
stood at 5th rank. England topped the medal tally with 174
medals, including 58 golds.
INDIAs GOLD MEDALS IN CWG - 2014

SR. NO.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
SPORTS PERSON
SPORTS
K Sanjita Chanu
Weight lifting
Sukhen Dev
Weight lifting
Satish Sivalingam
Weight lifting
Abhinav Bindra
Shooting, 10 m rifle
Apurvi Chandela
Shooting, 10 m rifle
Jitu Rai
Shooting, 50 m pistol
Rahi Sanorbat
Shooting, 25 m pistol
Sushil Kumar
Wrestling
Amit Kumar
Wrestling
Vinesh Phogat
Wrestling
Yogeshwar Dutt
Wrestling
Babita Phogat
Wrestling
Vikas Gowda
Discuss throw
Parupalli Kashyap*
Badminton
Joshna Chinappa
Squash
and Dipika Pallikal**
*Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian male shuttler
in 32 years to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth
Games in Badminton.
**Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal won the first
ever medal in squash since 1998, when this game was
included in Commonwealth Games.
NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS 2014

These awards are announced every year on 29th August on
the birthday of legendary hockey wizard Sh. Dhyan Chand,
which is observed as National Sports Day.
ARJUNA AWARDS
S. No.
1.
NAME
Mr. Abhishek Verma
DISCIPLINE
Archery
2.
Ms. Tintu Luka
Athletics
3.
Mr. H.N. Girisha
Para-Athletics
4.
5.
Mr. V. Diju
Ms. Geetu Anna Jose
6.
Mr. Jai Bhagwan
Boxing
7.
Mr. R. Ashwin*
Cricket
8.
9.
Mr. Anirban Lahiri

Ms. Mamta Pujari
Golf
Kabaddi
10.
Badminton
Basketball
Mr. Saji Thomas
Rowing
11.
12.
Ms. Heena Sidhu

Ms. Anaka Alankamony
Shooting
Squash
13.
Mr. Tom Joseph
14.
Ms. Renu Bala Chanu
Weightlifting
15.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Rana
Wrestling
Volleyball
TENZING NORGAY AWARDS 2013

Sl. No.
Name
Discipline
1.
Subedar Jagat Singh
Land Adventure
2.
Shri
Passang
Sherpa
Land Adventure
3.
MWO Surender Singh
Air Adventure
4.
Wing Commander (Retd)

Amit Chowdhury
Life Time
Achievement
Tenzing
ARCHERY WORLD CUP, Wroclaw, Poland:

Indian
womens team, led by Deepika Kumari, clinched the recurve
team gold.
THE WORLD KABADDI LEAGUE started in London on
August 9. The league to be played across 16 international
cities, will end on November 30, 2014 in India.
SABINE LISICKI of Germany created a world record of
fastest serve in the womens tennis by serving at 131 miles
per hour at a match played in Stanford, USA.
DHYAN CHAND AWARDS (FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT)
FRANKIE JONES: Canadian gymnast was awarded the

David Dixon Award for the best athlete of the Games. She
won six medals, including one gold.
Sl. No.
1.
2.
3.
RORY MCLLROY: of Ireland became number one in Golf

by winning the elite World Golf Championships held at
Akron, USA.
Name
Shri Gurmail Singh
Shri K.P. Thakkar
Shri Zeeshan Ali
Discipline
Hockey
Swimming (Diving)
Tennis
DRONACHARYA AWARDS (FOR COACHES)

Sl. No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Name
Shri Mahabir Prasad
Shri N. Lingappa
Shri G. Manoharan
Shri Gurcharan Singh Gogi
Shri Jose Jacob
Discipline
Wrestling
Athletics Lifetime
Boxing Lifetime
Judo Lifetime
Rowing Lifetime
USAIN BOLT: Jamaican sprint superstar set a new best

time record of 9.98 second for the rarely run 100 meter
indoors at Warsaws national football stadium in Poland.
DANIEL RICCIARDO of Australia won the Belgian Grand
Prix F1 car race for team Red Bull.
BWF World Badminton
Copenhagen, Denmark
Championship
held
in
25
JULY 2014
20TH CWEALTH GAMES START IN GLASGOW
The 2014
Commonwealth
Games (officially
the 20th
Commonwealth Games) will
be held in Glasgow, Scotland,
from 23 July to 3 August
2014. Mascot for the games
has been named Clyde after
the famous Clyde river of
Scotland. It is in the shape of
a thistle plant, not an animal. Shooter Vijay Kumar led
Indian Contingent as flag bearer.
SAINA NEHWAL: Indian shuttler lifted her first Super
Series title in two years, clinching the $ 750,000 Star
Australian Open after outplaying Spain's Carolina Marin at
Sydney, Australia.
PANKAJ ADVANI won his 9th world title beating Polands
Kacper Flilpiak in the IBSF World 6-Red snooker
championship at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Ritu Rani to captain Indias women hockey team for the
Commonwealth Games, Glasgow.
GERMANY LIFTS FIFA WORLD CUP 2014

Mario Gotze scored the winning goal for Germany in the
22nd minute of extra time as Germany became the football
world champions when they beat Argentina 1-0 in the final
at Rio-de Janeiro. Germany, who had made the final for the
fourth time in a row, won their first title after 1990.
AWARDS FOR FIFA WORLD CUP 2014

GOLDEN BALL
Player of the Tournament- Lionel Messi, Argentina
GOLDEN BOOT
Highest Goal Scorer (6) : James Rodriguez, Colombia
GOLDEN GLOVE
Best Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer, Germany
The Indian men's football team has been ranked 151th in
the FIFA world rankings, which is topped by recentlycrowned world champions Germany.
Wimbledon Tennis Open, London: Novak Djokovic of
Serbia won the Mens title defeating Roger Federer of
Switzerland.
Womens title was won by Petra Kvitova of Czechslovakia by
defeating Eugenie Bouchard of Canada
VINCENZO NIBALI of Italy won the world famous three
week cycling marathon - Tour de France.
SIM BHULLAR has become the first player of Indian origin
to be a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in
USA after joining the Sacramento Kings team.
India clinched their first Test win against England at the
historic Lord's ground in London in nearly three decades.
DAYS & DATES

NOVEMBER
Infant Protection Day, World Cancer
Awareness Day
International Radiology Day
World Legel Service Day
Transport Day
National Children Day, World Diabetes Day
National Law Day
National Flag Day
November 07
November 08
November 09
November 10
November 14
November 26
November 30
OCTOBER
International Non- violence Day
World Habitat day
World Teachers Day
Indian Air Force Day
World Post Day
World Food Day
United Nation (UN) Day
October 02
October 03
October 05
October 08
October 09
October 16
October 24
SEPTEMBER
Teachers Day (Birth Day of S.
Radhakrishnan)
World Literacy Day
Raj Bhasha Divas (Hindi Divas)
World Deaf Day
World Tourism Day
World Heart Day
September 05
September 08
September 14
September 23
September 27
September 29
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JUNE 2014
Panjab University, Chandigarh, is the highest ranked

Indian higher educational institution in the globally
recognized Times Higher Educations Asia rankings.
India has signed the Washington Accord to provide
Indian students with accredited technical education
degrees recognised by 17 major nations.
'Mobile Seva' by govt for delivery of public services
electronically through the mobile platform has been
awarded a United Nations Public Service Award.
In a 25 nation-list compiled by global research firm
Ipsos, India has been placed at number one rank in
terms of economic confidence of citizens.
Unctad's annual World Investment Report 2014 shows
that China remained the first choice of MNCs, followed
by the USA, Indonesia and India.
Prime Minister Mr. Modi made his first overseas trip by
visiting Bhutan. He inaugurated the new Supreme Court
building at Thimpu.
Govt has launched Project Mausam at the 38th session
of the World Heritage Committee held in Doha, Qatar.
National carrier Air India has joined Star Alliance - a
group of 26 (now 27) carriers with as many as 4,338
aircraft flying to 1,328 destinations across 195
countries.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari visited China. He unveiled
an encyclopaedia of 2,000-year old history of cultural
exchanges between India and China.
June 2, 2014 witnessed the birth of 29th state of India
Telangana, formed by carving out 10 districts of
erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.
Global Peace Index (GPI) 2014 released by the Institute
for Economics and Peace released in London has placed
India at 143rd place in list of 162 countries.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Dhaka,
capital of Bangladesh on her first solo overseas visit.
The Narmada Control Authority gave its nod to Gujarat
for raising the height of the Narmada dam to a level of
138.72 metres from the present 121.92 metres.
As per the Nielsen global survey, Consumer confidence

level in India jumped to 121points, making it 2nd most
optimistic country in the quarter ended June 30.
Data released by the World Bank shows that India has
emerged as the world's third largest economy in 2011,
moving ahead of Japan.
India started its biggest year-long cultural festival,
Glimpses of India in China
World Bank and International Finance Corporations
report on Doing Business has ranked India
134th among 189 nations. Singapore ranked first.
Namibia has imported 3400 India made Electronic
Voting Machines for use in their Presidential Election.
Indian film Titli (butterfly), directed by Kanu Behl and
produced by Aditya Chopra was screened at Cannes
Film Festival at Cannes, France.
Press Freedom Index 2014 has placed India at 78th
place on the basis of freedom of media in the country.
Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden topped the list.
World Bank has agreed to provide $ 1 billion assistance
to India to support its Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan III.
The Supreme Court has prohibited use of bulls in Tamil
Nadus Jallikattu festivals as use of bulls in such events
severely harmed the animals.
A study has claimed that more than seven lakh
newborns die in India every year, the highest number
of such deaths globally.
Supreme Court has struck down the legal provision that
makes prior sanction mandatory for the CBI to conduct
a probe against senior bureaucrats.
A UN report says that 60% of the one billion people
practising open defecation in the world live in India.
WHO has counted Delhi among one of the most
polluted city in the world in terms of air quality as it has
highest concentration of particulate matters.
APRIL 2014
The Supreme Court has said that Aadhaar card is not

mandatory for citizens to avail government services.
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India has slid down to 83rd spot among 148

economies in terms of leveraging information and
communications technologies for growth.
The India Public Policy Report 2014 has ranked Indias
smallest states Sikkim, Mizoram, Goa, Punjab and
Delhi best in policy effectiveness.
The Social Progress Index 2014 compiled by US-based
non-profit group Social Progress Imperative ranks
India102nd among the 132 countries.
India and Bhutan have signed an agreement on
development of four hydropower projects for
producing 2120 MW of electricity.
Supreme Court has recognised eunuchs as 3rd gender
and directed Centre and states to take steps to treat
them as socially and educationally backward classes.
Jitan Ram Manjhi became new Chief Minister of Bihar as

present CM Nitish Kumar resigned owing the responsibility
for poor performance of his party in general elections.
APRIL 2014
NEWS FROM STATES
JUNE 2014
Kanyashree Prakalpa, a West Bengal govt scheme for

scholarship to poor girls has been given international
recognition by UK and UNICEF.
Mumbai became the fourth city in the country to have
Metro rail operations, besides Kolkata, Delhi and
Bangalore.
World Bank will provide $ 100 million to Himachal
Pradesh for promoting development of sustainable
hydropower.
Sikkim govt to give 12% reservation in state govt jobs
for candidates of Sikkimese origin living below poverty
line.
Indias first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) named
Gauravi was launched in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 16
June 2014.
Gujarat has become the first state in India to
implement 33 per cent reservation for women in the
police force.
JUNE 2014
MAY 2014
NEW CHIEF MINISTERS IN 5 STATES
Naveen Patnaik (Biju Janata Dal) Odisha, 4th time
Party)Andhra
K Chandrasekhara Rao (Telangana Rastra Samithi)

Telangana
Nabam Tuki (Congress) -- Arunachal Pradesh
Anandiben Patel (BJP): Elected as Chief Minister of

Gujarat in place of Narendra Modi.
The Supreme Court has reconstituted a Special

Investigation Team (SIT) headed by retired judge MB
Shah to monitor the probe into the black money cases.
India and Myanmar have inked a pact to enhance
security cooperation in combating the key issues of
insurgency, arms smuggling and human trafficking.
The ministry of environment and forests has been
renamed as the Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change.
APRIL 2014
Some Other Chief Ministers Were Also Changed:
Central govt to exempt from transfers all its employees

who have differently abled children to take care of.
Govt has decided to abolish all the Groups of Ministers
(GoMs) and Empowered Groups of Ministers (EGoMs)
set up by the previous UPA-II govt.
Govt. has increased the daily food supplement budget
from Rs 280 to Rs 750 for the power games such as
wrestling, weightlifting, judo and boxing.
The Centre has decided to give Rs 12,000 per
household as labour charges to the poor for building
their homes under Indira Awaas Yojna-IAY.
MAY 2014
th
Chandrababu Naidu (Telugu Desam

Pradesh
The Arunachal Pradesh was put on the countrys

railway map on April 7 at Naharlagun, near state capital
Itanagar, starting from Dekargaon, Assam.
Asias largest Tulip garden - Indira Gandhi Memorial
Tulip garden is located on the banks of Dal Lake,
Srinagar, J&K. Spread on 15-hectares, it has over 1.5
million tulips.
Indias first double-decker flyover opened in Mumbai on
18th April connecting the eastern suburbs with western
suburb via the Santa Cruz-Chembur link road.
GOVT INITIATIVES
Pawan Chamling (Sikkim Democratic Fund) Sikkim, 5

time, becoming the longest serving C M in India.
T R Zeliang (Naga People's Front): Elected as the

new Chief Minister of Nagaland following the
resignation of current C M Neiphiu Rio as he got elected
as M P.
A four-year ban on SMSs on prepaid mobile phones in
Jammu and Kashmir has been lifted
Rajasthan to open 325 Ma Bari centres in tribal areas to
provide education to the children in 6-12 age group.
Indian Oil Corporation has introduced the sale of

market-priced 5-kg Free Trade LPG (FTL) cylinders
through kirana stores and supermarkets for the first
time in India.
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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
The World Bank has approved funding of USD 107

million (nearly Rs 650 crore) for a road project in
Mizoram, connecting Myanmar and Bangladesh.
JUNE 2014
GDP GROWS @ 4.7% IN 2013-14: Latest data
released by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) has
estimated value of Indias GDP at current market prices
at Rs. 113.55 lakh crore, achieving a growth rate of 4.7
percent in 2013-14 as against 4.5 percent achieved in
2012-13. This is the first time in 26 years after 198788 that GDP has grown at sub 5% in two successive
years. The per capita income at current prices during
2013-14 is estimated to have attained a level of
Rs.74,380.
MAY 2014
INDIA TO GROW @ 5.5% - WORLD BANK:

The World Bank has projected a 5.5% growth for India
in 2014-15, estimating that this will accelerate to 6.3%
in 2015-16 and 6.6% in 2016-17.
MAY 2014
UN World Economic Situation and Prospects-2014

report says that Indian economy will grow 5 per cent in
2014 and by 5.5 per cent next year.
Organisation
for
Economic
Cooperation
and
Development (OECD) says that India's economy is
expected to grow up to 4.9% in calendar year 2014
APRIL 2014
APRIL 2014
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF),

growth of Indias GDP could recover to 5.4% in 201415 from 4.4% expected in 2013-14
The Asian Development Bank has cut India's growth for
2014-15 to 5.5% against 5.7% estimated earlier, on
account of weaker industrial growth.
ECONOMY
JUNE 2014
The govt has extended the ban on imports of milk and

its products from China for one more year till June
2015.
Foreign investment of 10 per cent or more in a listed
company will now be treated as foreign direct
investment.
Israel to open centres of excellence at Nalanda and
Vaishali in Bihar in the field of vegetables and mango
respectively.
SEBI has asked listed public sector undertakings to
adhere to the mandatory 25% public shareholding
norms that are applicable to private companies.
India has overtaken Germany and Italy to emerge as
the world's second largest textile exporter. But it lags
China, whose exports are nearly seven times higher.
As per 3rd Advance Estimates of crop production, India

is likely to produce 264.38 million tonnes of foodgrains
during 2013-14
Deutsche Bank says that a weaker Indian rupee has
allowed India to remain the cheapest major economy in
the world despite suffering the highest inflation rate.
Exim Bank has extended $ 100 million in line of credit
to Nigeria for building energy projects that will
eventually help boost Indian exports.
FDI inflows from Singapore added up to nearly $6
billion in 2013-14, making it largest source of FDI in
India, followed by Mauritius at $4.9 billion.
As per a World Bank report, India ranked first in

receiving global remittances in the year 2013 with a
whopping $70 billion in its kitty.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has
approved a loan of about Rs 674 crore for a forest
project in Uttarakhand.
Every listed company and those public firms having
paid up share capital of Rs 100 crore or more should
have at least one woman director on their board.
The Supreme Court has allowed mining of iron ore in
Goa after a gap of nearly one-and-a-half year when it
was banned.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has acquired Ranbaxy
Laboratories for USD 3.2 billion to become the largest
pharmaceutical company in India.
Cadbury India has changed its name to Mondelez India
Foods Limited to fall in line with its parent company Mondelez International.
BANKING
JUNE 2014
RBI reduced statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) to 22.5%

from 23%, freeing almost Rs 40,000 crore of
resources.
RBI has advised that for opening of bank accounts, in
case the proof of address furnished by the customer is
not the local address or address where the customer is
currently residing, the bank may take a declaration of
the local address on which all correspondence will be
made by the bank with the customer. No proof is
required for this local address.
Ecr Reduced To 32 Per Cent: The Reserve Bank
has reduced the availability of funds under the export
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credit refinance (ECR) b services with the aim of

spreading financial inclusion. The RBI said the existing
guidelines on the appointment of BCs were reviewed
taking into account recommendations of the Nachiket
Mor Committee.
Limit Raised To Carry Currency Abroad: The
Reserve Bank has permitted residents and nonresidents, except Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, to carry
up to Rs 25,000 in Indian currency notes while leaving
the country as against Rs 10,000 earlier.
IndusInd Bank has launched video branch - a unique
service allowing customers to interact face-to-face with
their bank branch using desktop, tablet or smartphone.
Reserve Bank has raised the annual overseas
investment ceiling for individuals to $ 125,000 from
present $ 75,000.
The Reserve Bank has asked banks to disclose sector
wise loans in their financial statements from 2014/15
onwards.
MAY 2014
P J Nayak Committee to review Governance of Boards

of Banks has recommended that the govt should cut its
stake in public sector banks to below 50%.
RBI has asked banks to consider allowing their
borrowers the facility of prepaying all floating rate term
loans without any penalty.
RBI has asked banks not to levy penalties on customers
who dont maintain a minimum balance in any
inoperative account.
RBI alows banks to open only savings bank account in
the name of minors of age above 10 years,
independently, without the name of their guardians.
The Law ministry plans to amend the Legal Services
Authority Act to allow banks to set up Lok Adalats for
cheque bouncing cases.
RBI has directed that all new ATMs from July 2014
onwards would provide audible instructions and Braille
keypads to customers.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank has been included in the second
schedule to the RBI Act.
RBI plans to launch one billion plastic notes of Rs.10
denomination in a field trial soon in five selected cities.
DEFENCE, SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGY
JUNE 2014
Indias first indigenously - built anti submarine warfare

corvette INS Kamorta commissioned into the Indian
Navy.
Indian-Russian joint venture Brahmos Aerospace testfired its 290-km range supersonic missile from the
stealth destroyer INS Kolkata.
The fifth Indo-French bilateral air exercise Garuda-V
was held at the Jodhpur Air Base.
NASA plans to build worlds most powerful telescope Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope
(ATLAST) to analyse the environment of other planets.
US astronomers have found a huge Earth-like planet Kepler-10c or Mega-Earth having diameter of 29,000
kilometers and weighing 17 times more than Earth.
MAY 2014
APRIL 2014
RBI has granted bank licences to two applicants Infrastructure Development Finance Company and
microfinance lender Bandhan Financial Services Ltd.
The Reserve Bank has adopted the new Consumer Price
Index (combined) as the key measure of inflation on
recommendations of Urjit R. Patel panel.
RBI has asked banks not to levy penal charges for nonmaintenance of minimum balance in ordinary savings
bank account and inoperative accounts.
State Bank of India has launched its operations through
the Twitter to connect better with the tech-savvy young
generation.
RBI has fixed cap of Rs. 50,000 for issuance of pre-paid

payment instruments to make all issuers comply with
the strict money laundering laws.
Umesh Bellur panel has suggested modalities for setting
up of Government Internal Revenue Order for
centralised bills payment system in the country.
Singapore Indian Maritime Bilateral Exercise SIMBEX2014, the naval exercise between the Indian and
Singapore Navy was conducted in the Andaman Sea
World Meteorological Organisation has warned that
there is strong possibility of an "El Nino" climate
phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean this year
Indian Army conducted the Sarvada Vijay exercise in
West Rajasthan as part of regular army training
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has delivered a Dornier
light-weight aircraft named Nabhratna to DRDO to carry
out testing of its radar systems.
Indias first indigenously developed beyond visual range
(BVR) air to air missile - Astra successfully test fired
from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet.
India and China have decided to conduct a joint military
exercise at Bathinda, Punjab
The DRDO has successfully test-fired the surface to air
Akash air defence missiles near Balasore in Odisha.
Pakistan successfully test-fired its surface-to-surface
ballistic missile Hataf-III - Ghaznavi capable of carrying
nuclear weapons up to 290 kilometers.
APRIL 2014
India successfully launched its second navigational

satellite IRNSS 1B onboard PSLV-C24 from Sriharikota
on Andhra coast.
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From April 8, Microsoft has stopped technical support

for its most popular operating system (OS) Windows XP
globally.
The Navy has sold the iconic air craft carrier INS
Vikrant to a ship-breaking company for Rs. 63.2 crore.
The ship was decommissioned in 1997.
India and France conducted a 10-day joint Air exercise
'Garuda-5 in Rajasthan's Jodhpur airbase in Rajasthan.
The government has approved recruitment of young
women as 'combat officers' in Sashastra Seema Bal.
India successfully conducted first night test of its
nuclear-capable surface to surface ballistic missile
Agni-I, with strike range of 700 km
The Indian missile frigate INS Shivalik visited Qingdao the eastern port city of China, to take part in exercises
to mark the Chinese Navys 65th anniversary.
The Army successfully test fired an advanced version of
290-km range supersonic cruise missile, BrahMos, at
the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan.
DRDO team successfully tested its surface-to-air missile
Aakash from the Integrated Test Range near
Chandipur, District Balasore in Odisha.
APRIL 2014
INTERNATIONAL
JUNE 2014
Sunni militants, led by jihadists from the Islamic State

of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have killed thousands of
civilians and army personnel in Iraq and Syria.
China plans to shut down over 2,000 small coal mines
to eliminate outdated capacity and improve work safety
and address pollution concerns.
G7 meet of industrialized nations held at Brussels,
Belgium
MAY 2014
Russia and China used veto power in UN Security

Council against referring the Syrian civil war to the
International Criminal Court (ICC).
Thousands of angry Vietnamese torched several
Chinese projects in Vietnam to protest attempts by a
Chinese oil rig to drill in the disputed waters.
USA has said that America will withdraw its troops from
Afghanistan completely by 2016.
Boko Haram Islamist militants abducted more than 200
school girls from north-eastern Nigeria to pressurize
Nigerian govt for release of their ally militants.
The leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus have
signed a treaty for creation of Eurasian Economic Union
The UNO and the International Olympic Committee
have signed an agreement to promote peace and
economic development
The world's highest train tunnel became operational in
northwest China on May 1 passing through the Qilian
Mountains at an altitude of over 3,600 metres
Moldova and Georgia have signed the European Union

(EU) Association Agreement to strengthen their trade
and political ties with EU.
Afghanistan has signed an agreement with a non-profit
independent organization 'Harkat' for implementing the
Sharia compliant banking system in the country.
Bhutan is likely to become the first country in the world
to go wholly organic in its food production, totally
avoiding usage of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
Royal Navy Submarine Service of United Kingdom for
the first time in its 110-year history has appointed
female submariners.
Spain has suspended the 12th bull fight festival (called
San Isidro festival in Spain) after matadors got injured
by bulls.
Brazil released two postage stamps to pay tribute to the
100 years of Indian cinema.
Saudi Arabia has decided to ban the import of Indian
chilies due to presence of high pesticide residues.
Finance Ministers from G20 nations met at Washington,

USA, to discuss ways to boost investment in
infrastructure.
The European Union has banned the import of
Alphonso mangoes and four other vegetables from
India due to the alleged presence of pests in them.
Latest WTO report projects global trade to recover and
grow by 4.7% in 2014, more than double of what was
achieved in 2013.
PERSONS IN NEWS
JUNE 2014
ARUNADHATI BHATTACHARYA: Chairperson of State
Bank of India has been ranked as most powerful women in
India by the Forbes Magazine. She stood at 36th rank.
KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW: Chairperson of Biocon
Industries, has been awarded the Global Economy Prize for
business by the Kiel Institute in Germany.
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER: German Formula1 champion
was in news as he emerged out of coma after almost 5
months, following his ski accident in Dec. 2013.
ANGELA MERKEL: Chancellor of Germany, declared as
most powerful women in the world by Forbes Magazine.
JUAN CARLOS:
Spain's King, was in news as he
announced his abdication in favour of his son, Prince
Felipe, making way for a "new generation.
MAY 2014
YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA: Prime Minister of Thailand
was removed from office by a Constitutional Court as she
was found guilty of abusing her power when she transferred
a civil servant to another post more than three years ago.
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RAMARNI WILFRED: An 11-year-old boy in the UK has

achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ
test, making him brainier than physicist Albert Einstein.
ALENKA BRATUSEK: First lady Prime Minister of Slovenia
submitted her resignation as she lost the majority in her
own party.
APRIL 2014
CHUNG HONG-WON: South Koreas Prime Minister
resigned taking moral responsibility for the sinking of a
passenger ferry that left 300 people dead or missing.
MAY 2014
MUKUL ROHATGI: 14th Attorney-General of India
RAJIV MATHUR: Chief Information Commissioner
Lt Gen D S SUHAG: Chief of Army Staff (28th)
RAJEEV SURI: President and CEO of Nokia.
AHMED MAITEEQ: Prime Minister of Libya
DALIA GRYBAUSKAITE: President of Lithuania
SERIK AKHMETOV: Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Central

Asia's largest economy, was in news as he resigned from his
post, along with his entire cabinet.
JEAN-MARC AYRAULT: Prime Minister of France was in
news as he was sacked by his President after a stinging
defeat of his (Jeans) group in local elections.
NANCY POWELL: The U.S. ambassador to India has
resigned following a row over the arrest of a junior Indian
diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York.
APPOINTMENTS
JUNE 2014
PETRO POROSHENKO: President of Ukraine

JACOB ZUMA: President of South Africa
LUIS GUILLERMO SOLIS: President of Costa Rica
APRIL 2014
RAJENDRA MAL LODHA: Chief Justice of India (41st),
appointed by President of India
ILA PATNAIK: Noted economist has been appointed
Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance.
Admiral Rabinder Kumar Dhowan: New Chief (22nd) of
Indian Navy
RANJIT KUMAR: Solicitor General of India
ARVIND MAYARAM: Union Finance Secretary.
Dr. AJIT KUMAR DOVAL: National Security Adviser, Govt

of India
R. CHANDRASEKARAN: Chairman, National Association of

Software and Services Companies (Nasscom)
ARUN JAITLEY: Governor on the Board of Governors of

the Asian Development Bank.
R. GANDHI: Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
MADHURI DIXIT: appointed as

advocate for child rights'.
UNICEF's
'celebrity
VISHAL SIKKA: Chief Executive Officer, Infosys

SUMITRA MAHAJAN: Speaker, Lok Sabha
VIKTOR ORBN: Prime Minister of Hungary

KARIM MASSIMOV: Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA: President of Algeria
MANUEL VALLS: Prime Minister of France
DR. SUDHIR KUMAR MISHRA: CEO & MD, BrahMos

Aerospace Corporation
Arun Mishra, Adarsh Kumar Goel and Rohinton
Nariman: Judge in Supreme Court
AWARDS & HONOURS
N. SRINIVASAN: First Chairman of International Cricket

Council, Dubai
JUNE 2014
JUSTICE VK RAJAH: Attorney General of Singapore, he is

an Indian-origin judge.
49TH JNANPITH AWARD 2013: Noted Hindi poet

Kedarnath Singh. The award includes Rs 11 lakh as cash.
ALEXANDER STUBB: Prime Minister of Finland
MOORTIDEVI AWARD,2013: C Radhakrishna for his

book 'Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram' in Malyalam.
REUVEN RIVLIN: President of Israel, from Likud party

BASHAR AL-ASSAD: Elected as President of Syria, for the
third time successively.
Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction: Eimear McBride for

her first novel A girl is a Half-Formed Thing
PRINCE FELIPE: New King of Spain
'LEGION OF FRANCE': Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan

for his contribution to Cinema.
ABDUL FATTAH AL-SISI: President of Egypt

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TANG PRIZE 2014 DECLARED
Lifetime Achievement Award: Shatrughan Sinha
FIELD
NAME
CONTRIBUTION
Sinology
Yu Ying-shih
Research in Chinese
cultural, intellectual and
political history
Sustainable
Development
Gro Harlem
Brundtland, Ex.
PM of Norway.
Rule of Law
Albie Sachs
Bio-pharmaceutical science
Dr. Tasuku
Honjo & James
Allison
innovation, leadership
and implementation of
sustainable
development
fight against apartheid
fight against cancer
Best Entertainer of the Year: Deepika Padukone

GOLDMAN
ENVIRONMENTAL
PRIZE:
Indian
environment activist Ramesh Agrawal has won the
prestigious award Green Nobel that honours heroic
grassroot environmentalists around the world.
61ST NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2013

NAME OF AWARD
Best Feature Film
WORLD FOOD PRIZE: won by Sanjaya Rajaram, for his

contribution in increasing the wheat production in world.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD MEDAL: Gallantry award given
by UNO to eight Indian soldiers on 29th May - International
Day of UN peacekeepers.
MAY 2014
GOLD MEDAL FOR INDIAN DOCUMENTARY
Silent Screams Indias Fight Against Rape a
documentary film directed by Pria Somiah won a Gold World
Medal for Best Investigative Report as well as Bronze
Medals each in the Current Affairs and Human Concerns
sections respectively at the 2014 New York Festivals
International TV and Film Awards.
Best Popular Film

Providing Wholesome
Entertainment
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi) by

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Jolly LLB by Subhash Kapoor
Nargis Dutt Award for

Best Feature Film on
National Integration
Thalaimuraigal(Tamil) by Balu
Mahendra
Best Direction
Best Actor
Best Actress
PALME DOR: The top prize for best picture at the Cannes
Film Festival won by Turkeys Winter Sleep directed by Nuri
Bilge Ceylan
Ship of Theseus (English-Hindi) by

Anand Gandhi
Best Hindi Film
NEW FRONTIERS AWARD 2014 FOR INDIA

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) conferred this award on India
for its outstanding contribution to rebuild physical
infrastructure and its rural tourism economy in the wake of
the June 2013 floods, landslides in the northern state of
Uttarakhand and the devastation wreaked by tropical
Cyclone Phailin.
NAME OF THE WINNER
Hansal Mehta for Shahid (Hindi)

Raj Kumar
For Shahid (Hindi) & Suraj
Venjaramoodu for
Perariyathavar(Malayalam)
Geetanjali Thapa for Liars Dice
(Hindi)
Femina Miss India World 2014--KOYAL RANA

1st Runner up
Jhataleka Malhotra
2nd Runner up
Gail Nicole Da Silva
Miss India Asia

Pacific 2014
Lopamudra Raut
PULITZER PRIZE (POETRY): India-born poet Vijay

Seshadri, for his collection of poems 3 sections.
National Florence Nightingale Awards 2014 conferred

on 35 nursing personnel by President of India for their
meritorious services.
MILLENNIUM TECHNOLOGY PRIZE: Stuart Parkin,

British-American physicist has won the 1 million-Euro prize
for discoveries leading to a thousand-fold increase in digital
data storage on magnetic disks.
APRIL 2014
THE KNIGHT GRAND CROSS: Tata Group chairman

emeritus Ratan Tata has been decorated with the British
governments highest civilian honour in recognition for the
work his group is doing in England.
THE IIFA 2014 AWARDS

Held at Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Best Picture: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Actor: Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Actress: Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express
Best Director: Rakeysh Om Mehra for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
45th DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD 2013: Gulzar,

veteran poet and film lyricist. His real name is Sampooran
Singh Kalra. It is the highest honour from the govt side to
recognize a persons contribution in promoting Indian
cinema.
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OBITUARY
JUNE 2014
SULTAN AZLAN SHAH: 'Father of Malaysian Hockey' as he
promoted the international hockey for over 41 years -- both
as a player and as an administrator.
GOPINATH MUNDE:
Union Minister
for
Rural
Development and Panchayati Raj, Prominent BJP leader
from Maharashtra.
MAY 2014
RUSSY MODI: Noted corporate personality, Ex Chairman
and Managing Director of Tata Steel
MADHAV MANTRI: India's oldest Test cricketer, maternal
uncle of the legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar
GARY BECKER: Nobel Laureate economist from Chicago,
USA.
APRIL 2014
V K MURTHY: Renowned cinematographer and Dada
Saheb Phalke awardee, known for capturing breathtaking
images in Guru Dutt's classics like Pyaasa, Sahib Bibi Aur
Ghulam and Kagaz Ke Phool.
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ: The Nobel laureate, most
popular veteran Spanish-language story writer and novelist
from Colombia. His famous works include One Hundred
Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.
PLACES IN NEWS
JUNE 2014
INDIRA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: The
airport in Delhi was declared second best in service quality
in world and sixth best airport in the world.
MEHRANGIR: Name of the bungalow of Late J. J. Bhabha,
a pioneer nuclear scientist, at Malabar Hills, Mumbai that
was auctioned for a record price of Rs. 372 crore.
RANI-KI-VAV, PATAN: The 11th century step well at
district Patan of Gujarat has been approved as a World
Heritage site by UNESCO.
MAY 2014
HERAT: City in Afghanistan was in news as militants armed
with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades attacked
the Indian Consulate.
MANISA: Place in the western Turkey was in news as over
300 people were killed and hundreds more remained
trapped underground after an explosion and fire in a coal
mine.
AAB BAREEK: A village in Badakhshan province of
Afghanistan was in news as several hundreds of persons
were killed when their village was swept away due to a
heavy mud slide.
APRIL 2014
THE EBOLA (GUINEA): A deadly disease, outbreak of
which in West Africa has claimed more than 145 lives so far.
More than 240 people, mostly in Guinea, are suspected of
having caught the illness. There is no vaccine, no treatment
and the disease is almost always fatal.
SPORTS
WORLD
JUNE 2014
Jitu Rai became first Indian shooter to win three medals in

successive ISSF Shooting World Cup.
Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil won the gold medal and
silver medal respectively, in wrestling in International
Competition in Sassari city, Italy.
Indian Premier League 7: Kolkata Knight Riders won
the IPL title beating Kings Eleven Punjab at the final played
at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Abhishek Verma has become the first Indian archer to win
three gold medals in a single international tournament
Viswanathan Anand won the bronze medal at the World
Rapid Chess Championship held at Dubai.
NATIONAL GAMES: The 35th edition of these will be held
in Kerala in Jan Feb, 2015. Sachin Tendulkar has been
appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for these games.
GHNP, KULLU: The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh has been accorded the
UNESCO World Heritage Site status
FRENCH OPEN TENNIS at Roland Garros, Paris

Rafael Nadal of Spain won the mens title for the ninth time,
and the fifth time in a row, beating Novak Djokovic of
Serbia, Womens title was won by Maria Sharapova of
Russia, defeating Romania's Simona Halep.
THALOT/ LARJI: place about 40 km from Mandi in

Himachal Pradesh was in news as 24 engineering students,
including six girls, were washed away in River Beas
Hockey World Cup (men) Australia defeated The

Netherlands to win the cup at The Hague, Netherland.
Womens cup won by Netherland beating Australia
GARIPHEMA: Village in Nagaland was in news as it has

been declared the countrys first tobacco-free village on the
occasion of World No Tobacco Day on May 31.
16th Asian Junior Athletics Championship: India won

2 Gold, 5 Silver and 5 Bronze to finish 5th at Taipei City,
China from 12 June to 15 June.
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MAY 2014
Uber Cup for womens badminton: China beats Japan in
the final played at New Delhi. Indian team lead by Saina
Nehwal won the bronze medal for the first time in Uber Cup.
Thomas Cup: (mens badminton) Japan beats Malaysia to
lift their maiden trophy in the final played at New Delhi.
National Football Championship (womens): Manipur
beats Odisha to clinch the title at Golaghat, Assam.
Virat Kohli was ranked no 1 in the latest ICC list of One
Day International (ODI) rankings.
Malavath Purna: The 13 year old school girl from
Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh created history by
becoming the youngest female to scale the Mount Everest.
Ronnie O'Sullivan: Snooker player from UK named World
Snooker's player of the year
World Snooker Championship 2014: won by Mark
Selby of England at Sheffield, England, beating the
defending champion Ronnie O Sullivan.
EUROPEAN CUP (football): Real Madrid won the cup
beating Atletico Madrid in the finals played at Lisbon, Spain
Australia beats England to lift the ICC Womens World

Twenty20 trophy at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket
Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Stanislas Wawrinka won the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
Tennis Cup beating Roger Federer at Monte Carlo, Monaco.
2019 Asian Games: Vietnam has decided to quit as hosts
due to lack of preparedness and concerns that holding the
multi-sport event would not be financially viable.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

BOOK
Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. The
Obamas
AUTHOR
Edward Klein
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah
Hannah Kent
Burial Rites
Audrey Magee
The Undertaking
Eimear McBride
A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
WTA Portugal Open 2014: Sania Mirza of India and Cara

Black of Zimbabwe won womens doubles title held in
Oeiras, Portugal.
Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch
Post Haste: Quintessential India
B.G. Verghese
ATP World Tour Masters Tennis: Mens title won by

Rafael Nadal (Spain) at Mutua Madrid, Spain.
Womens
title was won by Maria Sharapova of Russia.
Hard Choices
Barcelona Club to retain Football player Lionel Messi on

net annual salary of 20 million Euros ($27.4 million) making
him worlds highest paid player
A Stamp is Born
C. R. Pakrashi
Arctic Summer
Damon Galgut
India has slid down two places to the 147th spot in the
latest FIFA Rankings of Football playing countries.
Capital in The Twenty First

Century
Hillary Clinton
India Junction A Window to the

Nation brought out
My Years with Rajiv and Sonia
APRIL 2014
Manavjit Singh Sandhu: won the men's trap gold medal
at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Tucson, USA.
Saurav Ghosal: India's numero uno squash player has
been awarded the Dato Alex Lee Award for the 'Outstanding
Asian Men's Player of the Year 2013'.
Heena Sidhu has been ranked world No.1 in the 10 meters
air pistol event by the International Shooting Sport
Federation.
Chitra Magimairaj: won the seniors title in World
Snooker Championships held in Leeds,UK.
7th South Asia Judo Championships: Indian judokas
won 10 gold, one silver and one bronze medal at
Kathmandu, Nepal.
USA Open Karate Championship: Indian players won
eight medals comprising two gold and six bronze in held at
Las Vegas, USA.
Sri Lanka lifts ICC World T20 trophy after beating
India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket
Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Public Relations Directorate,

Railway Board
Thomas Piketty
R.D.Pradhan
Shivaji, the Real Hero: A pictorial

book
the artist Brijesh Mogre,

released in Parliament of UK
An Undocumented Wonder: The

Making of the Great Indian
Election
S. Y. Quraishi
Story of A Death Foretold

Good Governance: Never On
India's Radar
The Hindus:
History
An
Alternative
India at Risk
My Way
In Pursuit of a Lesser Offence
Be Careful What You Wish For
The Country Without a Post Office
Dhool Paudho Par
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera
Madhav Godbole
Wendy Doniger
Jaswant Singh
by Derek OBrien, Rajya Sabha
member
Sujata Parashar
Jeffrey Archer
Agha Shahid Ali
Govind Mishra
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IBPS CLERK EXAM

(GUESS PAPER)
REASONING ABILITY
1) How many such pairs of letters are there in the word
CHARIOT, each of which has as many letters between them
in the word as in the English alphabet?
1) None
2) One
3) Two
4) Three
5) More than three
2) If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with
the first, second. Fourth, and the sixth letters of the word
STARVING, which would be the second letter of the word
from the right end? If more than one such word can be
formed, give X as the answer. If no such word can be
formed, give K as your answer.
1) T
2) S
3) X
4) I
5) K
3) In a certain code UNDER is written as 6152@ and
DEAF is written as 52#7. How is FRAUD written in that
code?
1) 7@56#
2) @7#65
3) 7@#65
4) 765@#
5) None of these
4) The positions of the first and eighth digits of the number
56487931 are interchanged. Similarly, the positions of the
second and the seventh digits are interchanged and so on.
Which of the following will be the fifth digit from the right
end after the rearrangement?
1) 7
2) 8
3) 9
4) 1
5) 3
5) What should come next in the following letter series?
ACFHKMPRUW?
1) Z
2) Y
3) U
4) V
5) T
6) Each vowel in the word DROWNED is changed to the
next letter in the English alphabet and each consonant is
changed to the previous letter in the English alphabet and
then, the letters so arrived are arranged in alphabetical
GYANMS GENERAL AWARENESS NOVEMBER 2014
order. Which of the following will be the second from the

left end in the new arrangement?
1) C
2) V
3) F
4) P
5) Q
Directions
(Qs.
7-11): Read
the
following
information carefully and then answer the questions
given below it.
Eight persons Jayant, Amit, Chandan, Dhiraj, Rahul, Anu,
Shweta and Namrata of a family had their dinner at
Parikarma in Connaught Place. Four each sat on both the
sides of a rectangular table. The restaurant is moving
anticlockwise. Amit is immediate left to Chandan, Shweta is
immediate right to Rahul, Narmata is between Rahul and
Dhiraj. Jayant is extremely left on his side and Anu and
Dhiraj are facing each other. In the meantime they watched
GPO, Regla Cinema. President house, Parliament House,
Pragati Maidan and MC building. All these sights come after
equal intervals. They started and finished their dinner when
they were at the sight of Pragati Maidan. President House is
between GPO and Parliament house. MC building is left of
Regal Cinema. They reached MC building just after GPO .
7) If it took half an hour to reach Pragati Maidans sight
from MC buildings sight, how long have they taken their
dinner?
1) 1 hour
2) 1 hour 30 min
3) 2 hours
4) Cant be determined
5) None of these
8) Who is sitting in front of Amit?
1) Shweta
2) Namrata
3) Rahul
4) Jayant
5) Anu
9) How much time will it take to cover to watch the sight of
Parliament House and MC buildings?
1) 60 minutes
2) 45 minutes
3) 30 minutes
5) None of these
10) Who is sitting between Jayant and Chandan?
1) Amit
2) Rahul
3) Anu
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
11) Which male member is sitting between two female
members?
1) Amit
2) Jayan t
3) Rahul
4) Dhiraj
5) None of these
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Directions (12-15): Each of the questions below consists

of a question and two statements numbered I and II are
given below it. You have to decide whether the data
provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the
question.
Read both the statements and--Give answer (1) if the data in Statement I alone are
sufficient to answer the question, while the data in
Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the
question.
Give answer (2) if the data in Statement II alone are
sufficient to answer the question, while the data in
Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (3) if the data in Statement I alone or in
Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (4) if the data in both the Statements I and
II are not sufficient answer the question.
Give answer (5) if the data in both the Statements I and
II together are necessary to answer the question.
12) What does ka mean in a code language?
I. sa ka na means she may work in that code language.
II. ha ka ta means work is workship in that code
language.
13) What is Sonals rank from the top in a group of 10
students?
I. Meenus rank is three ranks above Sonal.
II. Sita is second from the bottom and is three ranks below
Sonal
14) On which day of the month is definitely Dheerajs
birthday?
I. Dheerajs brother correctly remembers that Dheerajs
birthday is after 15th but before 19th of the month.
II. Dheerajs friend correctly remembers that Dheerajs
birthday is after 17th but before 21st of the month
15) How far is A from the starting point?
I. A drives 10 km. towards East, then takes a right turn and
drives another 10 km. He again drives 5 km. towards left
and again drives 15 km towards left. Finally, he moves 15
km. towards left and stops.
II. A drives 20 km. towards East, then takes a left turn and
drives another 20 km. He again drives 10 km. towards right
and again drives 25 km. towards right. Finally, he moves 30
km. towards right and stops.
Directions (Qs. 16-19): Read the following
given below:
Eight stars of Bollywood like different brands of whiskey. All
have their respective fiancee. Shahrukh Khan likes Johnny
Walker but neither Puja Batra nor Tabu is his fiancee.
Akshay Khanna does not like McDowells and Aristocrate.
Karishma Kapoor is his fiancee. Govinda likes McDwells but
Urmila is not is his fiancee Salman Khan, who likes Black

Dog, has Manisha Koirala as his fiance. Sunil Shetty does
not like Officers Choice and Green Label. Madhuri Dixit is
his fiancee. Aamir Khan neither likes Gibeys nor Bagpiper.
Urmila and Puja Batra are fiancee of Aamir Khan and
Akshay Kumar, though not respectively. Sonali Bendre is not
the fiancee of the star who likes Johnny Walker or
Aristocrate. Tabu is the fiancee of the star who likes Green
Label. Kajol and Sonali Bendre are not fiancees of
Chandrachur Singh. Akshay Kumar neither likes Officers
choice nor Gigbeys nor Bagpiper.
16) Tabu is the fiancee of which actor?
1) Shahrukh Khan
2) Govinda
3) Chandrachur Singh
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
17) Who is the fiancee of Govinda?
1) Tabu
2) Kajol
3) Sonali Bendre
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
18) The actor, whose fiancee is Kajol, loves which whiskey?
1) McDowells
2) Johny Walker
3) Bagpiper
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
19) Sunil Shetty likes which whiskey?
1) Bagpiper
2) Gilbeys
3) Bagpiper or Gilbeys
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
20) Aamir Khan likes which whiskey?
1) Aristocrat
2) Officers choice
3) Officers choice or Aristocrat
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
Directions (21-26): In each of the questions below are
given four statements followed by four conclusions
numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and
then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows
from the given statements disregarding commonly known
facts.
21) Statements:
All silver are metals.
All metals are steel.
Some steel are stones.
All stones are stands.
Conclusions:
I. Some stands are metals.
II. Some stones are silver.
III. Some stands are steel.
IV. Some stones are steel.
1) Only III and IV follow 2) Only I follows
3) Only II follows
4) Only III follows
5) None of these
22) Statements:
All chairs are tables.
All tables are songs.
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Some songs are rhythms. Some rhythms are pillows.

Conclusions:
I. Some tables are chairs.
II. All tables are rhythms.
III. All chairs are songs.
IV. Some pillow are songs.
1) Only I and III follow
2) Only I and IV follow
3) Only I follows
4) Only III follows
5) None of these
I. Some symbols are letters.

II. Some numbers are pianos.
III. No letter is symbol.
IV. Some symbols are alphabets
1) Only I follows
2) Only II follows
3) Only III and IV follow
4) Only IV follows
5) Only either I or III and IV follow
23) Statements:
Some mobiles are pens. Some pens are covers.
Some covers are plates. All plates are papers.
Conclusions:
I. All mobiles are covers.
II. Some pens are papers.
III. All plates are pens.
IV. Some papers are mobiles.
1) Only I follows
2) Only II follows
4) Only II and IV follow
5) None follows
Directions (Q. 27-31): Study the following information

carefully and answer the given questions.
A @ B means A is father of B
A % B means A is husband of B
A $ B means A is sister of B
A B means A is mother of B
A B means A is brother of B
24) Statements:
All shoes are tables.
All caps are lanes.
Conclusions:
I. Some tables are rows.
II. Some tables are shoes.
III. Some rows are caps.
IV. Some lanes are shoes.
1) Only I and II follow
3) Only III follows
5) None of these
Some tables are lanes.

Some lanes are row.
27)
What should be come in place of question

mark to make the expression E is grandfather
of T true?
E@V?N%RT
1) @
2)
3)
4) %
5) None of these
28)
Which of the following statements is true if

the given expression is definitely true?
A%L$KBC
1) K is sister-in-law of A
2) C is daughter of K
3) A is father of B
4) C is son of L
5) None of these
29)
Which of the following expressions, if true,

makes N is sister of R true?
1) F N @ B $ K R
2) N $ F K R $ U
3) R $ U K $ N
4) N F $ K R $ U
5) None of these
30)
Which of the following statements is false if

the given expression is true?
JKL@MN$O
1) M is son of L
2) K is grandmother of O
3) M is grandson of J
4) N is sister of M
5) None of these
31)
What is the relation between W and P if the

given expression is definitely true?
G%HWV%RP
1) P is son of W
2) W is uncle of P
3) P is sister-in-law of W
5) None of these
2) Only II follows
4) Only either I or IV follows
25) Statements:
All brands are bottles.
All bottles are machines.
All machines are files.
All files are roots.
Conclusions:
I. Some files are machines.
II. Some brands are roots
III. Some machines are roots.
IV. All brands are files.
1) None follows
2) Only I follows
3) Only IV follows
4) All follow
26) Statements:
Some symbols are numbers.
Some numbers are letters.
All alphabets are symbols
All pianos are letters.
Conclusions:
Direction (32- 35): The symbols @, , $, % and are

used with different meanings as follows:
P Q means P is either greater than or equal to Q.
P $ Q means P is either smaller than or equal to Q.
P % Q means P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q.
P Q means P is greater than Q.
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P @ Q means P is smaller than Q.

In each of the following questions assuming the given
statements to be true, find out which of the two conclusions
I and II given below them is/are definitely true.
32) Statements :
E K, K @ M, M R
Conclusions :
I.R @ K
33) Statements :
W $ N, N % B, B F
Conclusions :
I.B % W
34) Statements :
M % T, T J, J D
Conclusions :
I.D @ T
II. M @ E
39) If S is preparing for MCA, then who is preparing for

Civil Services and what is his/her sex?
1) V, female
2) V, male
3) P, male
4) T, male
5) None of these
40) If V is between Q and U, what is their order in
anticlockwise direction?
1) Q V U R W T S P
2) Q V U R W S T P
3) V U R S W T P Q
4) T S W R U V Q P
5) None of these
NUMERICAL ABILITY
II. B W
Directions (Q. 41-45): What should come in place

of question mark (?) in the following questions?
41)
II. J @ M
5 8
9 81
42 63 54 8 5
219
12
812
3)
37
1)
35) Statements :
B @ H, H $ N, N % F
Conclusions :
I.F H
399
40
499
4)
38
2)
5) None of these
II. N B
Directions (Qs. 36-40): Read the following

given below it.
42)
1 2 5 8
2 3 ?
3 5 4 3
47
12
38
3)
17
1)
Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are studying in a

library around a rectangular table. They are preparing for
MCA, MBA, CA, Law, Civil services, Gate and CS. Two
persons are preparing for CA. Same sexes are not facing
each other. One CA and Gate-student are diagonally to each
other. T and a law student are also diagonally to each other.
P is facing a CS student, who is a female. The student
preparing for Civil Services is between Q and a law student,
who is a female. MBA student is opposite to Gate student,
who is a male. U is doing law and opposite to W. R and P
are alone on their respective sides. Two CAs are not
adjacent to each other. There is a female between CA and
MBA student.
36) Which is a group of four female students?
1) S, R, V, Q
2) V, R, U, Q
3) S, V, U, R
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
37) Who is preparing for MCA?
1) S
2) V
3) P
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
38) Who is between Q and T?
1) P
2) R
3) S
4) V
5) None of these
44
13
54
4)
13
2)
5) None of these
43)
7056 26244 3 9261

1) 658
3) 548
5) None of these
2) 613
4) 718
44)
(24% of 825) + (40% of 805) + (75% of 644) =

1) 2003
2) 1003
3) 1073
4) 2013
5) 1413
45)
If P X Q = 1833 and A X B = 4161, then find the

value of (AXP) + (BXQ)
1) 8645
2) 7899
3) 8941
4) 8423
5) None of these
Directions (Q. 46-50): What approximate value

should come in place of question mark (?) in the
following questions? (you are not expected to
calculate the exact value)
39
46)
47)
48)
49)
50)
99999 = ?
1) 540
4) 390
4) Rs, 7,437
2) 470
5) 410
3) 320
(65.32)2 = ?
1) 2030
4) 3760
2) 3340
5) 4270
3) 1550
87324 x 77 = ? x 55567
1) 98
2) 120
4) 180
5) 210
3) 145
(886 % of 333) + 1230 = ?

1) 5550
2) 4920
4) 5230
5) 4180
3) 3350
(9238 + 2387 + 1101) (926 + 243 + 611)

=?
1) 13
2) 18
3) 3
4) 26
5) 7
Directions (Q. 5155): What should come in place

of question mark (?) in the following number series?
51)
5, 6, 14, 45, 184, ?
1) 1110
2) 741
3) 885
4) 1236
5) 925
52)
180, 181, 208, 333, 676, ?

1) 1676
2) 1019
4) 1405
5) 1188
3) 757
53)
4, 9, 25, 49, 121, 169, ?

1) 219
2) 229
3) 319
4) 289
5) None of these
54)
1, 27, 125, 343, 729, 1331, ?

1) 2190
2) 2197
3) 3195
4) 1326
5) None of these
55)
7, 8, 6, 9, 5, 10, ?
1) 1
2) 2
3) 7
4) 4
5) None of these
56)
Which number should replace both the

question marks in the following equation?
58)
The difference between two numbers is 43

and their product is 1344. What is the sum of
the numbers?
1) 85
2) 88
3) 92
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
59)
The cost of 18 pens and 12 scissors is Rs.

756. What is the cost of 6 pens and 4
scissors?
1) Rs. 252
2) Rs. 189
3) Rs. 378
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
60)
A number is increased consecutively two

times by 25% each. The original number is
actually increased by what percent?
1) 50
2) 37.5
3) 56.25
4) 62.5
5) None of these
61)
In a field 832 plants are planted in 26 rows

with equal number of plants in each row.
How many plants are there in each row?
1) 44
2) 36
3) 28
4) 32
5) None of these
62)
54 chocolates are distributed among some

boys and girls. If each boy gets 3 then each
girl gets 5. But if each boy gets 5 and each
girls gets 3, 4 more chocolates are needed.
What is the number of girls?
1) 8
2) 10
3) 6
4) 12
5) None of these
63)
In the Annual Examination Ramit scored 64

percent marks and Sangeet scored 634
marks. The maximum marks of the
examination are 850. What are the average
marks scored by Ramit and Sangeet
together?
1) 544
2) 567
3) 589
4) 591
5) None of these
64)
The average marks in Hindi subject of a class

of 54 students is 76. If the marks of two
students were misread as 60 and 77 but the
actual marks were 36 and 47 respectively,
then what would be the correct average?
1) 75.5
2) 77
3) 75
4) 76.5
5) None of these
65)
The average age of a woman and her

daughter is 46 years. The ratio of their
present age is 15 : 8 respectively. What is
the daughters age?
?
19
=
304
?
1) 74
4) 82
57)
2) 76
5) 84
3) 78
What would be the simple interest obtained

on an amount of Rs. 8,500 at the rate of 11
p. c. p. a. For 7 years ?
1) Rs. 6,545
2) Rs. 7,140
3) Rs. 6,842
5) None of these
40
1) 30 years
4) 36 years
2) 32 years
3) 34 years
5) None of these
Directions (Q. 6670) Study the information

carefully to answer the questions that follow
In a college there are 800 students studying four
different courses viz. Marketing, Finance, Accounts and
Retail. 20% of the total number of students are studying
Marketing. One fourth of the total number of students are
studying Accounts. There are 210 students in Finance,
remaining students are studying Retail. Three fifth of the
number of students in Retail are girls. There are 50 boys in
Marketing. 60% of the number of students in Accounts are
boys. There are 150 girls in finance.
66)
What is the total number of boys in Accounts

and number of girls in Finance together?
1) 180
2) 410
3) 230
4) 170
5) None of these
67)
Number of girls in Finance is what percent of

the total number of students in Retail?
(rounded off to two digits after decimal)
1) 72.74
2) 81.65
3) 53.88
4) 65.22
5) None of these
68)
In which stream is the difference between

the number of boys and girls the lowest?
1) Marketing
2) Finance
3) Accounts
4) Retail
5) Marketing and Finance
69)
What is the difference between the number

of boys in Marketing and the number of girls
in Accounts?
1) 20
2) 40
3) 60
4) 80
5) None of these
70)
71)
What is the ratio between total

productions of factories E and F
respectively for the years 2008 and 2010
together?
1) 47 : 33
2) 238 : 151
3) 39 : 28
4) 10 : 7
5) None of these
72)
What is the average production of factory

C for all the years together (in hundred
tonnes)?
1) 1333.6
2) 111.33
3) 129.8
4) 108.16
5) None of these
73)
What is the ratio between total

production by all the factories together in
the year 2007 and 2010 respectively?
1) 52:59
2) 41:54
3) 66:77
4) 39:47
5) None of these
74)
Production of factory D in 2011 is what

per cent of the production of factory D in
the year 2009? (rounded off to two digits
after decimal)
1) 92.56
2) 108.04
3) 106.36
4) 33.61
5) None of these
75)
Production of factory B in 2009 is

approximately what percent of the
production of factory A in same year?
1) 145
2) 18
3) 12
4) 22
5) 69
Directions (Q. 7680) Study the following graph

carefully to answer the questions that follow
Number of Students Enrolled in Three Different Disciplines
in five Different Colleges
B.A
What is the respective ratio of total number

of boys to the total number of girls?
1) 18 : 23
2) 161 : 239
3) 239 : 161
4) 27 : 19
5) None of these
500
400
300
Directions (Q. 7175) Study the table carefully

to answer the questions that followProduction of Rice (in hundred tonnes) by six factories
over the years
Year
345 380 360

210
2007
116
80
112
100
130
86
2008
125
84
124
110
134
90
2009
132
91
130
112
142
98
2010
145
96
139
116
148
108
2011
150
102
144
121
160
116
375 450
400
410
310
300
260
315
100
0
P
350 380
275
B.Sc.
200
Factory
A
B.Com
76)
Number of students studying B.A. in

College S forms what percent of total
number of students studying all the
disciplines together in that college?
(rounded off to two digits after decimal)
1) 38.64
2) 42.55
3) 40.42
4) 32.65
5) None of these
41
77)
78)
79)
80)
Number of students studying B.A. in

College T forms approximately what
percent of the total number of students
studying B.A. in all the College together?
1) 19
2) 28
3) 67
4) 77
5) 91
your answer. If all the words printed in bold are

correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of
the sentence, mark (5) i.e. All Correct as your
answer.
87)
The car 1)/ was praked

building4)/. All correct.5)/
What is the respective ratio of total

number of students studying B.Sc. in
Colleges S and T together to those
studying B.Com. in the Colleges P and Q
together?
1) 4:5
2) 14:13
3) 41:51
4) 153:124
5) None of these
88)
A vaccination1)/ drive was held2)/ to prevent

the outbreak 3)/of an epidemic4)/. All
correct.5)/
89)
Rina was 1)/the first 2)/one to reech 3)/the

venue 4)/. All correct.5)/
90)
She could 1)/not attend 2)/the function 3)/as

her flight got canselled.4)/ All correct 5)/
91)
Mohan trried 1)/to help2)/ but his friend 3)/

refused to take his help4)/. All correct.5)/
92)
The peon1)/has met 2)/ with an accident 3)/

while acrossing the road 4)/. All correct.5)/
What is the respective ratio of total

number of students studying B.A., B.Com.
and B.Sc. in College S ?
1)19 : 18 : 16
2) 16 : 15 : 18
3) 16 : 15: 13
4) 19 : 16 : 13
5) None of these
What is Total
studying B.Sc. in
together?
1) 1755
2)
4) 1555
5)
number of students
the College P,R and T
1155
3) 955
None of these
GENERAL ENGLISH
Directions (Q. 81 to 86) Read each sentence to find
out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The
error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error,
the answer is (5) (Ignore the errors of punctuation,
if any)
81)
There were 1)/many people 2)/present on the3)/
award function.4)/ No error5)
82)
It was a long 1)/and uncomfortable journey 2)/ but
he managed 3)/to reach with time.4)/ No error 5)
83)
The car broke 1)/down while he2)/ was on his
3)/way to work. 4)/No error5)
84)
Do you wanted 1)/ to discuss this 2)/ project today
or
can 3)/ we do it tomorrow4)/? No error 5)/
85)
Inspite of being 1)/ unwell, Shalini gave 2)/ a
wonderful performance 3)/ at the concert. 4)/No
error5)/
86)
The customers were asked to 1)/give their
feedback after 2)/using the try pack of the 3)/new
detergent powder.4)/ No error5)/
Directions (Q. 87-92) In each question below a
sentence with four words printed in bold type is
given. These are lettered as (1), (2), (3) and (4). One
of these four words printed in bold may either be
misspelt or in appropriate in the context of the
sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt
or inappropriate if any. The letter of that word is
2)/near
3)/her
Directions (Q. 93 to 102) In the following passage

there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each, five words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate
word in each case.
Parenting is a difficult job. A creative and
imaginative (93) is a great (94) to the (95) parent. This is
precisely the reason why a repressive society produces few
creative and imaginative people. As not so ordinary children,
the weaker ones are (96) and the hardier ones often over
react in a way that turns them into (97) or actual criminals
if they happen to live in a squalid environment. As adults,
most of us do not care to (98) the kinetic qualities of
children. Just like we want them to stop wriggling or
jumping or sloshing through puddles or dangling from fence
posts.
93)
1) spouse
4) people
2) sibling
5) child
3) one
94)
1) bore
4) problematic
2) challenge
5) companion
3) burden
95)
1) ordinary
4) willing
2) surrogate
5) tension
3) step
96)
1) accepted
4) patented
2) tolerated
5) placed
3) crushed
97)
1) delinquents
4) addictive
2) mad
5) useless
3) angry
98)
1) peace
4) explore
2) hooking
5) accessible
3) tolerant
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Directions (Qs. 99-102): Which of the phrase (1),

(2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should
replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to
make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is
correct as it is given and no correction is required,
mark (e) as the answer.
99)
After keeping a ten-year-old in detention for
around six days, the police finally registered a
case of fraud against the child and sent him to jail.
1) has finally register
2) final register
3) is finally registration
4) is final registration
5) No correction required
100)
101)
102)
Whichever reasons, there is no denying the

changing attitudes to traditions as well as
livelihoods, and by implication to the environment
as well.
1) Whichever the reasoning
2) Whichever reasoned
3) Whatever reasoning
4) Whatever the reason
Environmentalists has pay little heed to the
softer aspects of the movement, of which the
need to change our culture is one of the most
important.
1) is paying little heed
2) are paying little heeding
3) has paid little heeds
4) have paid little heed
Even in a changing world, we cannot wishes
away the Indian nation and replace it with a world
government overnight.
1) Cannot wish away
2) Can never wishing out
3) Cannot wish out
4) Never wishes out
Directions (Q. 103-107) Rearrange the following

SIX sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the
proper sequence so as to form a meaningful
paragraph, and then answer the questions given
below:
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
The farmer called his neighbours and asked them

to help him put mud into the well but the mule
thought that he was calling the neighbours to help
him get out of the well.
A farmer wanted to get rid of his old mule always
came back from wherever the farmer left him.
He walked away from his cruel master and never
returned.
One day the mule fell into a well and the farmer
thought, Why not bury it there so that I dont
have to worry about getting rid of it?
The mule started shaking off all the mud that fell
on him and kept climbing on the heap of mud as it
F)
fell into the well; soon he was on top of the mud

heap and he easily got out of the well.
When they started putting mud in the well the
mule realized his masters plan and started thinking
of ways to save himself.
103)
Which of the following should be the FIFTH

sentence in the rearrangement?
1) D
2) B
3) A
4) F
5) E
104)
Which of the following should be the

FOURTH sentence in the rearrangement?
1) A
2) F
3) B
4) C
5) D
105)
Which of the following should be the LAST

(SIXTH) sentence in the rearrangement?
1) B
2) E
3) C
4) A
5) D
106)
Which of the following should be the FIRST

sentence in the rearrangement?
1) D
2) A
3) C
4) B
5) F
107)
Which of the following should be the

SECOND sentence in the rearrangement?
1) B
2) F
3) E
4) D
5) A
Directions (Q.108-110): Each sentence below has a

blank/s each blank indicating that something has
been omitted. Choose the word/s that best fits the
meaning of the sentence as a whole.
108)
The man sitting __________ the enquiry

counter was very helpful ________ polite.
1) on, or
2) by, but
3) near, then
4) over, because
5) at, and
109)
Everyone was advised not to go near the

seashore as high tide was _____
1) estimated
2) Predicted
3) Calculated
4) deposited
5) Avoided
110)
His father gifted him a motorbike but ____

him to ride it safely.
1) helped
2) saw
3) cautioned
4) pleased
5) teach
Directions (Q. 111120) Read the following

passage carefully and answer the questions given
below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to
help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
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The chasm between Indias flourishing cities and

bleak rural hinterland is narrowing. Spread across 6,50,000
villages, with an average population of 1,100, rural villagers
were long imagined by city dwellers as primitive,
impoverished and irrelevant, something to drive past on the
way to something else. A new prosperity is sprouting in
rural India, it may be a trickle, but Indias urban prosperity
is flowing to the countryside. The transformation of such
villages will also add fuel to the debate over democracys
influence on economic development. India has been faulted
for growing more lethargically than China, in part because
of its democracy. But the new rural prosperity suggests that
the high cost of democracy also has a hidden benefit. By
compelling each politician to deliver results to his own
narrow constituency, democracy spreads economic change
more thinly. In China, a widening income gap between
town and country is worrying officials.
In India, what is changing is the nature of the richpoor divide. That divide was once synonymous with the
urban-rural split. The only way to get rich was to live in
town, and to reside in the country was to be bound to
interminable property. Across India, most of the workers
are farmers or landless labourers. Indias riches to extend to
them, economists say, will require a revolution in farm
productivity; drastic improvements in infrastructure like
roads, irrigation and electricity; and the proliferation of
labour-intensive factories to absorb surplus labour from the
farms. None seems an immediate likelihood. But, being rural
is no longer a life sentence of poverty. The government has
invested billions of dollars in development, including road
building and rural electrification, and has forced banks to
lend to farmers. Hearty monsoons have fattened farmers
profits. For rich and poor farmers alike, education is within
closer reach. Ten years ago, the area that had three
schools; now has five. And ever more students travel to
small towns or cities to pursue higher education after high
school. Widening educational access has helped farmers
children to get city jobs and send money home.
Directions (Q. 111113) Choose the word which is
most similar in meaning to the word printer in bold
as used in the passage.
111)
Thinly
1) evenly
2) blindly
3) heterogeneous
4) circumstantially
5) vaguely
112)
113)
Fattened
1) unhealthy
3) depleted
5) disowned
Interminable
1) regular
3) huge
5) everlasting
114)
115)
Directions (Q. 114 and 115): Choose the word

which is most opposite in meaning to the word
printed in bold as used in the passage.
2) waste
4) folk
Transformation
1) secret
3) development
5) elaboration
2) addition
4) stagnation
116)
Which of the following is TRUE as per the

passage?
1) Indian economy has not progressed at all in the
last few years
2) Democracy is the cause behind the Indian rural
population becoming rich, while staying in the rural
areas
3) India being a democratic nation is a huge
setback to the development of the Indian economy
4) The economists in China are in favour of
introducing a democratic set up in China
5) None is true
117)
Which of the following is NOT TRUE as per

the passage?
1) The access to education has improved in the
rural areas of India
2) The rural people and rural areas were looked
down upon by city dwellers
3) Democracy leads to a homogenous distribution
of economic prosperity
4) The Chinese economy is being remodelled as
per the Indian economy
5) All are true
118)
Which of the following suggests the correct

meaning of the phrase urban-rural split, as
used in the passage?
1) The poor live in urban areas, the rich live in
rural areas.
2) The poor live in rural areas, the rich live in
urban areas.
3) The urban poor exploit the rural poor.
4) The urban rich exploit the rural rich.
5) None of these
119)
Which of the following describes difference

between India and China as quoted in the
passage?
1) India is a rich nation, China is a poor one.
2) India has villages, China has no villages.
3) Indian economy has transformed, Chinese
economy is stagnant.
4) While India is a democratic nation, China is not.
5) None of these
2) heightened
4) effected
2) limited
4) finite
Primitive
1) spirit
3) modern
5) country
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120)
Which of the following is not a measure (as

suggested by economists) to be taken to
extend Indias riches to the landless
labourers?
1) Revolution in farm productivity
2) Improvements in irrigation
3) Proliferation of labour intensive factories
4) Drastic improvements in infrastructure like roads
and electricity
5) None of these
COMPUTER LANGUAGE
121)
122)
If a word is typed that is not in Words

dictionary, a ___ wavy underline appears
below the word.
1) red
2) green
3) blue
4) black
5) None of these
The _____ button on the quick access
Toolbar allows you to cancel your
recent commands or
actions.
1) Search
2) Cut
3) Document
4) Undo
5) None of these
123)
In Excel, any set of characters containing a

letter , hyphen, or space is considered ___
1) a formula
2) text
3) a name
4) a title
5) None of these
124)
In a database of employees, all the

information about a particular person would
constitute a:
1) file.
2) record.
3) field.
4) table.
5) None of these
125)
126)
127)
A ____________ is a small program that

helps to automate a frequently used series
of commands in most productivity software
tools.
1) template
2) macro
3) utility
4) wizard
5) None of these
128)
When you quickly press and release the left

mouse button twice, you are ____
1) Primary-clicking
2) pointing
3) Double-clicking
4) Secondary-clicking
5) None of these
129)
The horizontal and vertical lines

worksheet are called ___
1) cells
2) sheets
3) block lines
4) gridlines
5) None of these
130)
Microsoft Office is an example of a(n):

1) software suite.
2) open-source product.
3) integrated software application.
4) business-management application.
5) None of these
131)
The operating system does all of the

following EXCEPT:
1) provide a way for the user to interact with the
computer.
2) manage the central processing unit (CPU).
3) manage memory and storage.
4) enable users to perform a specific task such as
document editing.
5) None of these
132)
The power-saving mode that allows the

computer to be restarted by simply pressing
a key on the keyboard is called:
1) standby.
2) warm boot.
3) power management.
4) cold boot.
5) None of these
133)
Underlined text, such as text and folder

names is referred to as a ____.
1) hyperlink
2) menu
3) source drive
4) none of the above
5) None of these
____________ is the ability of an operating
system to control the activities of multiple
programs at the same time.
1) Multitasking
2) Streamlining
3) Multiuser
4) Multiprocessing
5) None of these
134)
on a
135)
______ cells involves creating a single cell

by combining two or more selected cells.
1) Formatting
2) Merging
3) Embedding
4) Splitting
5) None of these
The unique signal, generated by a device,

that tells the operating system that it is in
need of immediate attention is called an:
1) action
2) event
3) interrupt
4) activity
5) None of these
136)
The operating system is the most common

type of ______________ software.
1) communication
2) application
3) system
4) word-processing
5) None of these
The ____ program compresses larger files

into a smaller file.
1) WinZip
2) WinShrink
3) WinStyle
5) None of these
137)
Press the ____ button to have the window

fill the entire screen.
45
1) Close
3) Minimize
5) None of these
2) Maximize
138)
MS-DOS is a ____________ operating

system.
1) point-and-click
2) user-friendly
3) command-driven
4) Mac
5) None of these
139)
A ____ is a pointing device.

1) monitor
2) mouse
3) keyboard
4) printer
5) None of these
140)
The category of operating system that you

most likely have running on your desktop or
laptop computer at home is a ____________
operating system.
1) real-time
2) single -user, single-task
3) single-user, multi-task
4) multi-user, multi-task
141)
The main advantage of magnetic disk

compared to magnetic tape is
1) low cost
2) direct access
3) high packet density
4) sequential access
5) None of these
142)
What does the XP stand for in Windows XP?

1) Exponential
2) Experience
3) Expertise
4) Exchange
5) None of these
143)
COBOL is widely
applications
1) Commercial
3) Space
5) None of these
used
in
145)
Verification of a login name and password is

known as:
1) configuration.
2) accessibility.
3) authentication.
4) logging in.
5) None of these
147)
Memory which forgets everything when you

switch off the power is known as
1) Corrupted
2) Volatile
3) Non-Volatile
4) Non-Corrupted
5) None of these
149)
The larger the number of pixels of a

computer monitor, the higher its:
1) resolution.
2) refresh rate.
3) dot pitch.
4) data transfer rate.
5) None of these
150)
CAD stands for

1) Computer aided design
2) Computer algorithm for design
3) Computer application in design
4) All of the above
5) None of these
151)
The basic input/output system (BIOS) is

stored in:
1) RAM.
2) ROM.
3) The CPU.
4) The hard drive.
5) None of these
152)
Ensuring that the essential peripheral

devices are attached and operational is the
____________ process.
1) Configuration
2) CMOS
3) POST
4) ROM
5) None of these
153)
The memory resident portion

operating system is called the:
1) registry.
2) API.
3) CMOS.
4) kernel.
5) None of these
154)
The resolution of a printer is measured in

terms of:
1) pixel density.
2) dot pitch.
3) hertz.
4) dpi.
5) None of these
155)
Which of the following is the

sequence of smallest to largest
storage size?
1) megabyte terabyte gigabyte kilobyte
2) kilobyte megabyte gigabyte terabyte
3) kilobyte megabyte gigabyte petabyte
4) kilobyte megabyte petabyte terabyte
2) Scientific
4) Mathematical
Father of C programming language

1) Dennis Ritchie
2) Prof Jhon Kemeny
3) Thomas Kurtz
4) Bill Gates
5) None of these
The combination of the operating system and

the processor is referred to as the
computers:
1) CPU.
2) platform.
3) BIOS.
4) CMOS.
5) None of these
A fault in a computer program which
prevents it from working correctly is known
as
1) Boot
2) Bug
4) Strap
148)
_________
144)
146)
3) Biff
5) None of these
156)
of
the
correct
unit of
petabyte
petabyte
terabyte
gigabyte
A small biomedical device currently on the

market that can be implanted underneath
the skin for identification purposes is called
the:
1) Identitron.
2) Verichip.
3) Digicard.
4) Nanoguard.
5) None of these
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157)
158)
159)
160)
All of the following statements concerning

windows are true EXCEPT:
1) windows are an example of a command-driven
environment.
2) windows can be resized and repositioned on the
desktop.
3) more than one window can be open at a time.
4) toolbars and scrollbars are features of windows.
5) None of these
All of the following statements concerning
files are true EXCEPT:
1) A file is a collection of related pieces of
information stored together for easy reference.
2) Files can be generated from an application.
3) Files are stored in RAM.
4) Files should be organized in folders.
5) None of these
Using Windows Explorer, a plus (+) sign in
front of a folder indicates:
1) an open folder.
2) the folder contains subfolders.
3) a text file.
4) a graphics file.
5) None of these
Retail
employees
typically
use
____________ terminals to process sales
transactions.
1) sales processing
2) transaction point
3) automatic teller
4) point of sale
5) None of these
165)
Name the famous Eminent Hindi litterateur and

novelist from Bihar who passed away recently?
1) Madhukar Singh
2)
Padma
Sachdev
3) Pran Kumar Sharma
4) Rahi Masoom Raja
5) None of these
166)
If a company intends to issue shares to the public,

it will require prior permission from which of the
following organizations?
1) Forward Market Commission
2) Securities Exchange Board of India
3) Shares Issue Authority of India
4) Ministry of Finance
5) None of these
167)
The exploration rover of NASA that created a

record of travelling maximum distance on Mars.
What is the name of that rover?
1) Creativity
2) Extremity
3) Opportunity
4) Expedition Mars
5) None of these
168)
To promote conservation and development of

indigenous breeds of cows in a focused and
scientific manner by Govt. a nationwide scheme
has been launched named as:
1) Rashtriya Govardhan Mission
2) Rashtriya Gokul Mission
3) National Milk Programme
4) Bhartiya Dugdh Yojana
5) None of these
169)
One of the German player in womens tennis player

has created a world record of fastest serve in the
womens tennis by serving at 131 miles per hour.
Who is she?
1) Sabine Lisicki
2) Cilly Aussem
3) Annika Beck
4) Justine Ozga
5) None of these
170)
Which body has been constituted in law to protect

the interest of Insured?
1) Reserve Bank of India
3) Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
4) Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority
5) None of these
171)
Recently the Nagoya Protocol was ratified by 51

countries. What is the objective of this protocol?
1) Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits of genetic
resources
2) Fair and Equitable Sharing of Natural Resources
3) Fair and Equitable Sharing of Economic
Resources
4) Fair and Equable Sharing of Water Resources
5) None of these
What is the total numbers of medals won by the
India in 20th Commonwealth Games held at
Glasgow, UK?
1) 65
2) 63
3) 66
4) 64
5) None of these
GENERAL AWARENESS
161)
162)
John Kerry who visited India recently is the Foreign

Minister of which country?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Australia
4) New Zealand
5) None of these
Foreign Minister of USA is officially designated as
which one of the options given below?
1) Secretary of State
2) Foreign Secretary
3) Foreign Minister
4) External Affairs
5) None of these
163)

the
interest of bank depositors?
5) None of these
164)
What is the name of village, near Pune where a

massive mud slide occurred in Maharashtra?
1) Lavale Village
2) Malin Village
3) Mulshi
4) Lohegaon
5) None of these
172)
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173)
174)
175)
The Commonwealth Games 2014 were held at UK,

where India won 64 medals, out of which how
many were gold:
1) 15
2) 20
3) 18
4) 22
5) None of these
Which country has been won highest number of
medals at the Commonwealth Games 2014?
1) Australia
2) England
3) South Africa
4) India
5) None of these
World War I, also called The Great War, took place

in and around Europe from July ______to
November _________:
1) 1914-1916
2) 1914, 1918
3) 1918-1922
4) 1916-1919
5) None of these
184)
England tops the Commonwealth Games 2014 by

capturing how many medals?
1) 174
2) 176
3) 202
4) 180
5) None of these
The forthcoming Asian Games are which number in

series:
1) 17th
2) 16th
3) 15th
4) 14th
5) None of these
185)
The book The Boys in the boat has been written

by which author:
1) Daniel James Brown
2) Damon Galgut
3) R.D. Pardhan
4) Thomas Piketty
5) None of these
186)
Which sprint superstar set a new best time record

of 9.98 second for the rarely run 100 meter indoors
race:
1) Asafa Powel
2) Yohan Blake
3) Tyson Gay
4) Usain Bolt
5) None of these
187)
What is the name of the Latest novel written by

Chetan Bhagat:
1) The Girlfriend Story
2) Half Girlfriend
3) Friends are forever
4) Three words
5) None of these
188)
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna, every new

bank account opener will also get a life insurance
cover of __________ lakh rupees:
1) One
2) Two
3) Three
4) Zero
5) None of these
189)
Name the recently appointed new Deputy Governor

of the RBI:
1) S S Mundra
2) Anand Sinha
3) Urjit Patel
4) Vijay Kelkar
5) None of these
190)
S S Mundra, has been appointed Deputy Governor

of RBI for _________ years:
1) One
2) Two
3) Three
4) Four
5) None of these
Which law governs the functioning of stock
exchanges?
1) Indian Contract Act
2) Forward Contract Act
3) Securities Contract Regulation Act
4) Stock Exchange Regulation Act
5) None of these
Name the first Indian Satellite launched.

1) Rohini
2) Aryamihar
3) Aryabhatta
4) Sputnik
5) None of these
177)
Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian male

player in 32 years to win a gold medal in the
Commonwealth Games. He is related to which
sports?
1) Table Tennis
2) Swimming
3) Badminton
4) Boxing
5) None of these
178)
Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal won the

doubles gold medal in Commonwealth Games in
which game?
1) Squash
2) Lawn Tennis
3) Table Tennis
4) Badminton
5) None of these
180)
181)
182)
2) Congo
4) Somalia
183)
176)
179)
1) Ethiopia
3) Nigeria
5) None of these
What is the full form of IRNSS in context of Indian

Satellite Systems?
1) International Regional Naval Satellite System
2) Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
3) Indian Regional National Satellite System
4) Indian Regional New Satellite System
5) None of these
Frankie Jones who has been awarded the David
Dixon Award for the best athlete of the Games is
from which country?
1) UK
2) Canada
3) Australia
4) South Africa
5) None of these
Name African region where Liberia, Guinea and
Sierra Leone countries have been attacked by
Ebola virus:
1) West Africa
2) South Africa
3) East Africa
4) North Africa
5) None of these
191)
In which country, the Ebola virus was first

discovered nearly four decades ago:
48
192)
193)
194)

the interest of stock investors?
5) None of these
Generally, we come across the term capital market.

Which of the following statement about capital
market is true?
1) Both primary market and secondary market
constitute capital market
2) Only secondary market constitute capital market
3) Only primary market constitute capital market
4) Only money market
5) None of these
The functioning of commodities market is regulated
by _________?
1) Govt. of India
2) Forward Market Commission
4) Commodities market of India
5) None of these
196)
Which of the following statement regarding

commodity market is true?
1) They trade in primary products like wheat, sugar
2) They trade in mine products like gold and silver
3) They trade in shares of public limited companies
4) Only 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
198)
199)
200)
Name the agreement that was objected to by India

at the recent WTO meet:
1) Trade Facilitation Agreement
2) International Trade Agreement
3) WTO Trade Agreement
4) International Trade Pact
5) None of these
Which body has been constituted to coordinate the

activities of various financial regulators?
1) Finance Stability and Development Council
4) Financial Action Task Force
5) None of these
195)
197)
4) Ministry of Minority Affairs

5) None of these
Name the scheme that aims at providing nutritional

supplements, health check-ups immunization to the
children up to the age of 6 years.
1) National Health Mission
2) Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
3) Integrated Child Development Services
4) National Child Development Scheme
5) None of these
Under Total Sanitation Campaign which award is
given to panchayat of the village that attains 100%
target of indoor toilets?
1) Nirmal Bharat Puraskar
2) Nirmal Gram Puraskar
3) Nirmal Abhiyan Puraskar
4) Nirmal Panchayat Puraskar
5) None of these
Which Ministry has launched Nirmal Bharat
Abhiyan?
1) Ministry of Women and Child Development
2) Ministry of Urban Development
3) Ministry of Rural Development
ANSWER KEY
REASONING ABILITY
Q.
1
5
9
13
17
21
25
29
33
37
A.
2
1
2
2
3
1
4
5
3
4
Q.
2
6
10
14
18
22
26
30
34
38
A.
4
1
1
5
2
1
5
3
5
1
Q.
3
7
11
15
19
23
27
31
35
39
A.
3
2
3
3
3
5
3
2
5
2
Q.
4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
36
40
A.
1
3
5
3
2
2
1
4
4
2
NUMERICAL ABILITY
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
GENERAL ENGLISH
Q.
81
A.
3
Q.
82
A.
4
Q.
83
A.
5
Q.
84
A.
1
Q.
85
A.
1
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
101
3
2
97
102
1
5
98
103
4
5
99
104
5
2
100
105
5
3
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
49
7-11)
COMPUTER LANGUAGE
Q.
121
126
131
136
141
146
151
156
A.
1
2
4
1
2
2
2
2
Q.
122
127
132
137
142
147
152
157
A.
4
3
1
2
2
2
3
1
Q.
123
128
133
138
143
148
153
158
A.
2
3
1
3
1
2
4
3
Q.
124
129
134
139
144
149
154
159
A.
2
4
1
2
1
1
4
2
Q.
125
130
135
140
145
150
155
160
A.
2
1
3
3
2
2
2
4
7. 2)
GENERAL AWARENESS
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
161
166
171
176
181
186
191
196
1
2
1
3
1
4
3
4
162
167
172
177
182
187
192
197
1
3
4
3
2
2
2
3
163
168
173
178
183
188
193
198
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
164
169
174
179
184
189
194
199
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
3
165
170
175
180
185
190
195
200
1
3
1
2
1
3
2
1
EXPLANATIONS
1. (2)
3
C
8
H
1
A
18
R
9
I
15
O
20
T
There are six sectors in the circle and it is given

that to cross two sectors [as shown in fig, between
MC Building and Pragati Maidan there are two
sectors] it takes 30 minutes. Hence to cross one
sector it will take 15 minutes. Hence for six, it will
be 6 x 15 = 90 minutes = 1 hrs.
8. 3)
See the figure
9. 2)
The reason is the same as in Q. 46.
10. 1) See the figure.
11. 3) From the given names it can be easily
distinguished between their sexes. Hence, Rahul
is sitting between Shweta and Namrata.
12. (5) From both the statements
sa
ka
na
she
may
ha
ka
ta
worship
work
is
||
13. (2) From Statement II

So
6
2. (4)
3. (3)
4. (1)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
S T A R V I N G
Meaningful word STIR
U
N
D
6
1
5
D
E
A
5
2
#
Therefore,
F
R
A
7
@
#
According to question
1 3 9
8 4 6
work
||
th
th
14. (5) From both the Statements

Dheerajs birthday is on 18 th.
E
2
F
7
R
@
U
6
D
5
16-20): Following table can be made after going

through the information:
Star
Whiskey
Fiancees
Shahrukh
Kajol
JW
A Khanna
Karishma
Gil/Bag
Govinda
Sonali
McDowell
Salman
Manisha
BD
Sunil
Madhuri
Bag/Gil
Amir
Urmila/Puja
Off
A Kr
Puja/Urmila
Aristo
Chandra
Tabu
GL
th
5 from right
16. 3
5. (1)
17. 3
18. 2
19. 3
20.2
A +2 C +3 F +2 H +3 K +2 M + 3 P +2 R +3 U +2
W +3 Z
21. (1)
6. (1)
D
-1
C
R
-1
Q
O
+1
P
W
-1
V
N
-1
M
E
D
+1 -1
F
C
Silver Metal
Steel
Stones
Stands
50
31. (2) W is uncle of P

22. (1)
Chairs Table
G+ = H
W+V+ = R
P
(32-35):
Rhythm
Pillows
Song
23. (5)
24. (2)
25. (4)
Mobiles
Pen
Shoes
Tables
Covers Plates
Papers
Brand
Bottle
Machine
Row
Files
Roots
26. (5)
Symbols
Numbers
27. (3) E is grandfather of T

E+
V+ N+ = R
T
28. (1) K is sister in law of A
A+ = L K
B+ C
29. (5) None of these
%=
32. (4) E K E K
K@MKM
MRMR
Therefore, E K M R
Conclusions :
I. R @ K R K : Not True
II. M @ E M E : Not True
Caps
Lanes
Letters
33. (3) W $ N W N
N%BN=B
BFBF
Therefore, W N = B F
Conclusions :
I.B % W B = W : Not True
II. B W B W : Not True
B is either greater than or equal to W.
34. (5) M % T M =T
TJTJ
JDJD
Therefore, M = T J D
Conclusions :
I.D @ T D T : True
II. J @ M J M : True
35. (5) B @ H B H
H$NHJ
N%FN=F
Therefore, B H N F
Conclusions :
I.F H F H : True
II. N B N B : True
30. (3) M is grandson of J

J
L+
M+ N O
51
Now, MCA is definitely between (W) and (T) and P is C.A.

student [because two CAs are not adjacent to each other].
The position of S and V is not definite according to the
passage.
53)
Squares of prime numbers

So answer is (17)2 = 289
54)
Cubes of odd numbers

So answer is 133 = 2197
55)
+1, 2, +3, 4, +5
So answer is 10 6 = 4
36. 4) Since the sex of S and V is not definite.

37. 4) He/she may be S or V.
38. 1) See the picture shown above.
39. 2) Now we will be certain about S and V.
56)
40. 2)
x
19
=
304
x
X=
57)
41)
9 63
5 8
5 8 399
X
X 54 9
42 81
8 5
8 5
40
42)
7 17 5 8 7 17 8 47
X

3 5 4 3 3 4 3 12
43)
7056X 26244 3 9261

= 84 X 162 21 = 4 X 162 = 648
44)
(24% OF 825) + (40% OF 805) + (75% OF 644)

= 198 + 322 + 483 = 1003
45)
1833 and 4161 are odd so their factors will also be

odd. Hence, A, B, P, Q all are odd and thus (AXP)
+ (BXQ) cannot be odd. So answer is an even no.
Hence, none of these
46)
99999 10000 ( Approx)
65.32 x 65.32 = 65.3 x 65.3 (approx)

= 4270 (approx)
P = 8500,
SI =
r = 11%,
x y = 43
xy = 1344
numbers are 64 and 21
64 + 21 = 85
59)
18p + 12s = 756
60)
6p + 4s =
756
252
3
25 + 25 +
(25)(25)
100
50 + 6.25 = 56.25
61)
832
32
26
62)
5G + 3B = 54
Using options, we get G = 6 and B = 8
63)
64% of 850 + 634 = Total
87324 77
x=
120 (approx )
55567
544 634
Average
2
49)
(886% of 333) + 1230 = ?

2950.38 + 1230 = 4180
So average = 589
50)
(9238 + 2387 + 1101) (926+ 243 + 611) = x

12726 1780 = 7.14
48)
64)
51)
52)
x 1 + 1, x2 + 2, x3 + 3, x4 + 4, x5 + 5
So answer is 925
Difference is (1)3, (3)3, (5)3, (7)3, (9)3
So answer is 676 + 729 = 1405
t = 7 yrs
8500 11 7
6545
100
58)
= 100 10 = 320 approximate

47)
304 19 76
60 36 24
54
77 47 30
So new average = 76
65)
54
= 75
54
Ratio is W : D and total 92

15 : 8
23 92
14
52
So W = 15 x 4 = 60
D = 8 x 4 = 32
80)
B.Sc. (P) + B.Sc. (R) + B.Sc. (T)

380 + 260 + 315 = 955
81)
martyrdom is followed by of and not about.
82)
Well-verse means having a good hold over

something.
83)
120 + 150
= 270
Omit a and add the.

Ruskin talks of a social affection which forms a
specific economy.
We are not talking about the economy per se;
rather we are talking about what forms that
specific economy.
84)
Instead of finding, add find.

The verb after to is always in the base form.
67)
150
65.22%
230
85)
68)
Using table use can observe the difference
Instead of surfacing use surface.

Surface means a layer or on outer part.
Surfacing means a verb of coming up to the
surface.
69)
80 50 = 30
86)
No error
70)
B:G
322 : 478 so
87)
Breeze is the correct word
88)
Matter is the correct word
89)
We have taken both as doing a task together, and

therefore we do not use either.
Omit either and add both.
We are not making a choice.
90)
When it is mentioned that a leader is calling upon

someone, that someone should be specific.
Therefore, instead of people add subjects or
followers.
91)
Devastating is the correct word.
92)
Across is a preposition.
Use crossing instead of acrossing, which is also
not a word.
Qs. 66 70)
66)
71)
72)
73)
Boys
Girls
Total
Marketing
50
110
160
Finance
60
150
210
Accounts
120
80
200
Retail
92
138
230
B:G
161 : 239
E(2008 & 2010) 282 47
F (2008 & 2010) 198 33

112 124 130 139 144
129 .8
5
(116 + 80 + 112 + 100 + 130 + 86) = 624
and
(145 + 96 + 139 + 116 + 148 + 108) = 752
Ratio is
624 39
752 47
74)
D(2011)
121
100
100 108.04%
D(2009)
112
75)
B (2009)
91
100
100 69% (approx)
A(2009)
132
76)
400
100 32 .65 %
1225
77)
310
100 19 % (approx )
1660
78)
B.Sc. (S T )
765 153
B.Com (P Q) 620 124
79)
B.A (S)
400
16
:
:
:
B.Com (S)
375
15
:
:
:
B.Sc.(S)
450
18
53
Special
PUNJAB G.K.
Punj means five and aab in Persian means water.
Thereafter there was a long spell of peace in the region.
Punjab is referred to as land of five waters (rivers)

namely Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum. At
present, only three rivers traverse through Punjab as the
present day state of Punjab has lost most of its area after
partition to Pakistan and its further division after
independence.
Fourth Phase: In the seventh century, Muslims forces

started arriving. In 10th /11th century area was invaded
by Mohamad Ghaznavi and in the 12th century by
Mahmoud Ghouri. By the 13th century slave dynasty of
Turkish origin had established their control over the area.
BRIEF HISTORY OF PUNJAB

Punjab is not only cradle of Indian civilisation but also has
been gateway to India. Several foreigners came to India
from time to time and settled down here.
In the 16th century, the mughal forces led by Babar

defeated the Lodhis in the first battle of Panipat in 1526
and established the Mughal dynasty . This dynasty ruled
India from 1526 to 1857.
The earliest known civilization of people, whom we can

say were the original inhabitants of India, is said to have
originated in this part of India and is called Indus Valley
Civilisation. This civilisation is known to have risen around
3300 B.C. but withered away around 1800 B.C. These
times are known as Bronze Age. Why this civilization
perished and how it perished is still a matter of
controversy, but this civilization had all the ingredients of
a modern civilization with well planned cities with
drainage and storage system.
Fifth Phase: By the end of the 17th century, Punjab

witnessed the rise of militant phase with the advent of a
new religion called Sikhism; The mughal forces were
numerically large in number, but by now the sikhs
started organizing themselves and offered mughals stiff
resistance. With the decline of the mughals after the
death of Aurangzeb, the Sikhs consolidated their power in
different areas and by the end of the 18th century,
different sikh misls held large parts of Punjab.
Second Phase: Around 1500 B.C., people from Central

Asia came here, chose to stay back and adopted it as
their own country. They were known as aryans. This era
is known as Vedic period during which the vedas and
puranas are said to have been composed. This period is
associated with the beginning of Hindu religion. The
Punjab of this time is known as Sapt- Sindhu or land of
Seven Rivers. This era continued upto around 600 B.C.
Punjab was under the control of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

who ruled from 1801 to 1839. Lahore was capital of his
empire and his regime is also known as Lahore Durbar.
During his reign the territory of Lahore Durbar extended
from Afghanistan (Khyber pass) in the west, Kashmir in
the north, Tibet in the east and Bahawalpur in the South.
In 1809, the Britishers entered into a treaty with
Maharaja Ranjit Singh accepting river Sutlej as the border
between the Sikh empire and the British Empire. The
treaty was signed on 25.04.1809 at a place near Ropar at
the banks of the river Sutlej.
Third Phase: The 3rd phase witnessed origin of new

religions like Buddhism and Jainism, which developed as a
result of orthodoxy in Hinduism. Fairly large empires had
come into existence by this time.
In 326 B.C. Punjab was invaded by Alexander. He was
given a tough fight by Porus in the Battle of Hydespus but
lost the war. Alexander entered into alliance with Porus
and appointed him as his regent. East of Porus kingdom
was the powerful kingdom of Magadh ruled by Nanda
dynasty. Alexander avoided confrontation with Magadh
rulers.
By the end of the sixth century, India was now
prosperous nation ruled by several kings in different
places.
Sixth Phase: The Britishers had come to India in 1600

as traders. By the end of the 18th century they had
acquired political aspirations and controlled a large part of
India.
After death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the empire
weakened due to internal strife. In 1845 and 1849, two
battles known as Anglo-Sikh wars took place in which the
Lahore durbar lost and the Punjab was annexed by the
Britishers. On 29-3-1849, Treaty of Lahore was signed by
54
the Britishers with the dethroned king Maharaja Duleep

Singh depriving him of sovereignty, kingdom and fortune.
He surrendered the famous diamond Kohinoor to the
Queen of England under terms of the treaty.
The Britishers divided Punjab into princely states and the
British province of Punjab which was granted statehood.
A Lieutenant Governor was appointed at Lahore as direct
representative of the British Crown.
Kashmir which was part of Lahore darbar was
sold to Gulab Singh who was Prime Minister in Lahore
darbar for Rs. 75 lacs.
SITUATION AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE
The major part of Punjab was under British occupation
and princely states of Punjab. The area under the British
control was divided into Muslim dominated West Punjab
in Pakistan and the Sikh dominated eastern area as
province of Punjab in India. In 1950, two separate states
were created:
i.
ii.
Punjab which included the Raj province of Punjab.

Gopi Chand Bhargava was the first Chief Minister of
Punjab.
PEPSU: (acronym for Patiala and Eastern Punjab
States Union) It comprised formerly princely states
consisting of Patiala, Nabha, Jind, Kapurthala,
Malerekotla, Faridkot, Kalsian and Nalagarh.
The last Maharaja of Patiala, Yadavindra Singh, became

Rajpramukh (equivalent to the Governor) of the state with
principal city Patiala as its capital.
The union territory of Himachal Pradesh was also created

in 1950 with the merger of hill princely states and certain
Punjab hill states.
In 1956, PEPSU was merged into Punjab and several
northern districts of Punjab were hived off and added to
Himachal Pradesh.
In 1966, the state of Punjab was further divided into
Hindu dominated southern state of Haryana and the Sikh
dominated present day Punjab.
CAPITAL OF PUNJAB
Lahore was the capital of undivided Punjab which was
now part of Pakistan. Punjab had to look for a new
capital. In 1955, the central government decided to build
a new capital Chandigarh for the now divided Punjab or
the Eastern Punjab.
This is the first modern town established as a
planned city.
At present, Chandigarh serves as the capital of
Punjab and Haryana. This city has been designed by
French architect Le Corbusier.
HISTORY OF SIKHS
Punjab witnessed a development which left a deep impact
on the social fibre of the state i.e. birth of a new religion
called Sikhism.
Sikhism: Guru Nanak the first guru of Sikhs laid the
foundation of a new religion. During his times, the state
was torn with strife and under attack by Mughal army led
by Babur. Hindu religion was once again under the
Brahminical stranglehold. The Muslim repression was also
on the rise. It was under these circumstances that he
gave a new philosophy which preached equality of all and
tolerance for all faiths. His philosophy was quite akin to
the philosophy of Saint Kabir. But after death of Saint
Kabir, there was none to carry forward his message while
Guru Nanak appointed his successor and this line of
succession went on till tenth Guru Gobind Singh, the last
guru of Sikhs. Before his death, Guru Gobind Singh
designated Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal Guru of
Sikhs.
TEN GURUS
1)
Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469- 1539)
2)
Guru Angad Dev Ji (1504-1552)
3)
Guru Amardas Ji (1479- 1574)
4)
Guru Ram Das Ji (1534- 1581)
5)
Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563 1606)
6)
Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji (1595- 1644)
7)
Guru Har Rai Ji (1630- 1661)
8)
Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji (1656- 1664)
9)
Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji (1621- 1675)
10)
Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666-1708)
Guru Granth Sahib: The fifth guru of Sikhs, Guru Arjun

Dev compiled the hymns of all the first four gurus. He
also included hymns of several bhagats' and compiled
the book which is known as Adi Granth. It included his
own bani as well. The book compiled by him is known as
Adi Granth or Pothi Sahib. The Adi Granth was installed
in 1604 as the holy book at Sri Harmindar Sahib Amritsar,
with Baba Budha ji as its first Head Granthi. The granth
compiled by Guru Arjun Dev Ji was scribed by Bhai
Gurdas.
During his stay at Talwandi Sabo, also known as Guru ki
Kashi, Guru Gobind Singh Ji included the verses by Guru
Tegh Bahdur Ji at appropriate places in Adi Granth with
Bhai Mani Singh as the scribe. This book is now known as
Guru Granth Sahib and this scripture was bestowed the
Guruship by him before his death.
This scripture comprise 1430 pages and is composed in
31 ragas and contains 5894 hymns. It includes the bani
of:
i.
ii.
First five gurus and the ninth guru

Fifteen bhagats and eleven bhatts.
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SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS ASSOCIATED

WITH SIKHISM
Guru Granth Sahib : Just before his death, Guru Gobind

Singh on 6 October 1708 asked his followers to fetch Sri
Granth Sahib. He instructed that henceforth, Guru Granth
Sahib is the guru, thus ending the line of personal gurus.
Udasis by Guru Nanak Dev Ji: Guru Nanak Dev Ji

undertook four journeys in four different directions. He
travelled in all four directions - North, East, West and
South. He is believed to have travelled more than 28,000
Kms during the period from 1500 to 1524. These four
journeys are known as four Udasis.
Banda Singh Bahadur: He came in contact with Guru

Gobind Singh at Nanded. His original name was Lachman
Das and belonged to Rajouri area of Jammu. He was a brave
fighter and was able to unite different sections of society in
his struggle against the excesses of mughals. One of his
great success was defeat of Nawab of Sirhind who had
bricked alive the two youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
Langar Pratha: Wherever the guru travelled, Mata Khivi

wife of the second Guru Angad Dev Ji provided food
(Langar) to the gathering. Though the institution of
langar had started during the time of Guru Nanak, the
system of langar gained currency during the second Guru
Angad Dev Ji. It was during the tenure of third guru Guru
Amar Das Ji that the system was formalised uniting the
community by establishing the two key concepts:
He was later on captured and tortured to death in 1716.
i.
ii.
Pangat All human beings equal, all of them

should sit in a row without discrimination or
consideration of rank
Sangat the congregation of people for the
purpose of uttering the name of one God.
Manji System: (Established by Guru Amar Das Ji): Guru

Amar Dass ji selected twenty two devoted followers to
spread the message of Guru Nanak across the country
and also to provide spiritual guidance. Each such place
was known as manji and they were also responsible for
management of offerings by the sangat and the same
was to be used for langar and the balance after meeting
the expenses was supposed to be passed on to Gurus
golak at Goindwal Sahib.
Miri Piri: The concept was started by the sixth guru
Hargobind Ji after the sacrifice of his father Guru Arjun
Dev Ji. He donned two kirpans, one to symbolize the
concept of Miri or Temporal Authority and the second to
symbolize the concept of Piri or Spiritual Authority. It
was a departure from earlier traditions when only spiritual
powers were worn by preceding gurus.
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib: During the
reign of Aurangzeb, Muslim fundamentalist forces started
forcing Hindus to convert and adopt Muslim religion.
Kashmiri Pandits led by Pandit Kirpa Ram approached
Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib (at Anandpur Sahib) to
intercede with the king on their behalf. He travelled to
Delhi, where he was asked to convert or face death. He
preferred the latter and was beheaded at Chandni Chowk.
Alongwith him, Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Sati Das and Bhai
Dayala were also executed.
Birth of Khalsa: On the day of Vaisakhi i.e. 13th April,
1699, Guru Gobind Singh called Sikhs to congregate at
Anandpur Sahib. He announced the formation of a new
religion khalsa and called upon his followers to wear
five symbols, all beginning with letter- k; Kesh, Karra,
Kangha, Kachch and Kirpan.
RISE OF SIKH MISLS

After Banda Bahadur was captured and executed, the
mughals tried to mend fences with Sikhs. In 1733,
Zakariya Khan, governor of Punjab made peace with Sikhs
and bestowed the title of Nawab on Kapur Singh. Kapur
Singh organised the Sikh misls into Dal Khalsa and
appointed Jassa Singh Ahluwalia as the Supreme
Commander.
S.NO.
NAME OF MISL
FOUNDED BY
Faizalpuria or Singhpuria,
Nawab Kapoor
Singh
Ahluwalia Misl
Jassa Singh
Ahluwalia
Bhangi Misl
Chajja Singh
Ramgarhia Misl
Jassa Singh
Kanhiya Misl
Shukerchakia Misl
Phulkian Misl
Dallewalia
Tara Singh
Gheba
Nakai Misl
Hira Singh
Jai Singh Kanhiya

Charat Singh
Chaudhari Paul
10
Karor Singhia Misl
Karor Singh
11
Sahidi Nihang Misl
Deep Singh
12
Nishanwalia Misl
Sangat Singh
RANJIT SINGH AND THE SIKH EMPIRE

Ranjit Singh born in the Sandhawalia Clan (Sukerchakia
Misl). He succeeded his father at the age of 12 and after
various campaigns, all Sikh misls accepted him as their
leader. Thus, he was able to unite all the Sikhs under one
banner. He was crowned at Lahore on April 12, 1801 and
died in 1839. After his death the Sikh empire withered
and in 1849 Britishers annexed Punjab as a part of British
Empire.
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VARIOUS MOVEMENTS RELATED

TO PUNJAB
1) Nirankari Movement: Founded by Baba Dayal Das.
He called for return of Sikhism to its origins and
emphasized the worship of God as Nirankar (formless).
2) Naamdhari Movement: This movement founded
was by Baba Ram Singh. He was disciple of Balak Singh
of Kuka movement. Namdharis played a large role in
Indian freedom and cow protection movement.
3) Singh Sabha Movement: In response to the Arya
Samaj and actions of Christians missionaries, prominent
personalities decided to constitute Singh Sabha on
October 1, 1873. Thakur Singh was its President and
Gyani Gyan Singh its secretary.
4) Arya Samaj Movement: The movement was
founded by Swami Dayanand Sarasvati at Bombay in
1875. The most distinctive feature of Arya Samaj was the
Shuddi movement which means the reconversion of those
Hindus who had once been willingly or forcibly converted
into other religious but were now willing to come back
into the fold of Hinduism.
5) Dev Samaj Movement: This movement was
founded in 1877 at Lahore by Shiv Narayan Agnihotri. It
emphasized on the eternity of the soul, the supremacy of
the Guru and the need for good Acton.
6) Ahmadaia Movement: It is also known as Qadiani
movement. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
(1837-1908) at Qadian in Punjab, towards the end of the
19th century. The aim of the movement was to reform
Islam and to defend it against the onslaughts of Christian
missionaries and the Arya Samajists.
7) Gurudwara Reform Movement: This movement
came into prominence in 1920s. The main aim of the
Akalis was to purify the management of the Sikh
gurudwaras or shrines by removing the corrupt and
selfish mahants from them. This movement resulted in
the formation of Shrimoni Gurudwara Prabhandak
Committee in 1920 and the passage of Sikh Gurudwara
Act 1925.
8) Punjabi Suba Movement: In the 1950s and 1960s
the nationwide movement of linguistic groups seeking
statehood resulted in a massive recognization of states
according to linguistic boundaries in 1956.
9) Dharam Yudh Morcha: In August 1982, the Akali
Dal under the leadership of Harchand Singh Longowal
launched the Dharam Yudh Morcha, or the battle for
righteousness. The major issues of the Morcha were:
i. Transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab
ii. Transfer of Punjabi speaking areas into Punjab, etc.
The Morcha resulted in start of militancy in Punjab

which lead to Blue Star Operation on Harmandir
Sahib and lateron murder of Indira Gandhi, Prime
Minister of India.
Thereafter, a agreement was signed between the
government of India and Akali Dal led by Harchand
Singh Logowal, which is prominently known as RajivLongowal Accord. Even this was not acceptable to
militant leaders and Harchand Singh Logowal was
assassinated by them.
FACTS PUNJAB
CAPITAL
Boundaries With
Latitude
Longitude
Area
Forest Area
Population (census 2011)
Rural population
Urban population
Males
Females
Population density (per sq
km)
Sex Ratio
CHANDIGARH
(POPULATION 9.5
LAKHS)
J & K (N), Haryana and
Rajasthan (S), Pakistan (W),
Himachal Pradesh (N-E)
2930 N to 3232 N
7355 to 76 50 E
50,362 sq km (1.54% of
total geographical area of
country)
6% of the total area of the
state
277.43 lakhs (2.29% of
countrys population)
173.44 lakhs (62.52% of
total population)
103.99 lakhs (37.48% of
total population)
146.39 lakhs (52.8% of total
population)
131.04 lakhs (47.2% of total
population)
551
895 (846 for 0-6 age group)
Literacy rate
75.80%
Male Literacy Rate

Female Literacy Rate
80.40%
70.70%
Urban literacy rate
83.2%
Rural literacy rate

Life expectancy
71.4%
69.4 years
Districts
22
Divisions
(Jalandhar, Patiala,
Firozepur, Faridkot Ropar)
=5
82
Sub-divisions
Tehsils / Blocks
82 / 146
Sub-Tehsils
Inhabited villages
85
12581
Panchayats
12776
Towns (One lac & above)

Cities (Census Towns)
High court
Strength of Vidhan Sabha
Seats of Lok Sabha
Seats in Rajya Sabha
State Bird
State Animal
State tree
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Punjab & Haryana High
Court, Chandigarh
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13
7
Baaz (Eastern Goshawk)
Blackbuck (Kala Hiran)
Shisham (called Tahli in
Punjab)
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HISTORY OF PUNJAB
Birth
Guruship
Death
(A.D.)
1469.
15071539
Guru
Nanak
Father/Mother
Wife
Contemporary Ruler
Mehta
Kalyan
Das/Tripta
Sulakhni
Lodhis,
Babar,
Humayun
Guru
Angad
1504.
15391552
Pheru Mal / Ramo
Khivi
Sher
Suri
Guru
Amardas
1479.
15521574
Tej
Bhan/Sulakhani
Mansa
Devi
SherShah
Suri,
Humayun,
Akbar
Guru
Ramdas
1534.
15741581
Haridas / Daya
Kaur
Bhani
Akbar
Guru Arjan
Dev
1563.
15811606
Guru Ramdas /
Bhani
Ganga
Akbar,
Jahagir
Guru
Hargobind
1595.
16061644
GuruArjan
Dev/Ganga
Nanaki
Jahangir,
Shah Jahan
Guru
Rai
1630.
16441661
1656.
16611664
1621.
16651675
Gurditta/Nihal
Kaur
Krishan
Kaur
Shah Jahan,
Aurangzeb
Guru Hargobind
/Nanaki
Gujri
Aurangzeb
1666.
16751708
Guru
Tegh
Bahadur/Gujri
Sundri,
Jeeto,
Sahib Kaur
Aurangzeb,
Bahardur
Shah
Har
Guru Hari
Krishan
Guru Tegh
Bahadur
Guru
Gobind
Singh
Guru Har/ Krishan

Kaur
Shah
Aurangzeb
Important Events
Was born at Nankana Sahib Near Lahore.

Had two sons Baba Sri Chand & Baba Lakhmi Das.
Baba Sri Chand founded Udasi Sect.
Four udasis (Journeys) Started Langar Institution of Langar and Guruship.
Breathed his last at Kartapur Sahib (Now in Pakistan).
Was born at Harike (Amritsar) Also known as Bhai Lehna.
Introduced Gurmukhi Script
Strengthened institution of Langar
Humayun sought blessings to the throne of Delhi
Established his headquarters at newly built town Goindwal
Sent Bhai Gurdas to Agra
Composed Anand Sahib and Abolished caste system
Had two sons Bhai Mohan & Bhai Mohri and Two daughters, Bibi Dani &
Bibi Bhani.
Founded the city of Amritsar and designed Golden Temple. Composed
Lavan, sung at the time of sikh marriage.
Had three sons Priti Chand, Mahadev & Arjun Dev.
688 Shabads in Guru Granth Sahib.
Started the construction of Harmandir. Its foundation was laid by Sufi Saint
Hazrat Mian Mir
Founded the city of Taran Taran and dug a tank known to lure leprosy
Composed Sukhmani and 2218 hymns in Adi Granth
Compiled the AdiGranth with Bhai Gurdas as scribe.
Introduced the institution of Dasvand and strengthened the Masand system
Executed at Lahore on orders of Jahagir for sheltering the rebellious Prince
Khusro
Founded the concept of Miri and Piri Temporal power and Spiritual
powers.
first to maintain an army and fight wars
Constructed Akal Takhat and Logarh Fort at Amrtisar
Constructed the city of Kiratpur
Helped Shah Jahan in curing Dara Shikoh by providing rare herbs
Was summoned by Auranzagzeb on the accusation of helping Dara Shikoh
during the war of succession. Sent his son Ram Rai instead
Visited Delhi and stayed at the residence of Raja Jai Singh of Amber, Died
at Delhi of smallpox while serving epidemic stricken people
Visited Bihar and Bengal
Founded city of Anandpur
Was executed on orders of Aurangzeb at Delhi, where now
Gurudwara Sis Ganj is situated. His body was taken by Lakhi Vanjara and
Cremated at his house which is now known as Gurudwara Rakab Ganj
Sahib.
His 'Sis' (head) wastaken away by Bhai Jaita, who brought back his head to
Anandpur Sahib.
115 sloakas in Guru Granth Sahib.
Problems with hill chiefs especially Bhim Chadn of Kahlur (Bilaspur). On
invitation by Chief of Sirmaur (Nahan) spent some time at the city of Paonta
Sahib. Birth of Khalsa on Baisakhi day of A.D. 1699.
Built Fort Anandgarh at Anandpur
Attacked by Mughals and hill Chiefs. Left Anandpur and wandered about
sometime being chased by Mughals
Wrote Zafarnamah Letter to Aurangzeb. Went south to meet Aurangzeb on
his invitation but Aurangzeb died.
Helped Bahadur Shah in Succession
Died on being stabbed by muslim fanatic probably sent by Wazir Khan, the
subedar of Sirhind
Wrote: Dasam Granth, Savaiye, Jaap Sahib.
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CULTURE
Punjab is more famous for its agriculture than its culture. The
reasons are obvious. In the late sixties and early seventies,
Punjab become the grain bowl of the country and as a result
India became self reliant in food production.
However, Punjab is a land of rich traditions. Because of regular
invasions from West and Central Asia, its traditions whether in
respect of food habits, clothing or art have acquired and
absorbed different hues.
delicacy and are also famous world-wide. In respect of nonvegetarian food, mutton in form of rogan josh is their
favourite dish. Chicken Tikka is a specific Punjabi novelty and it
is one of the most famous cuisine in many foreign countries.
ART & CRAFT

1.
Phulkari: The most popular craft in Punjab is Phulkari,

which is a format of embroidery whereby flowery patterns
of silken thread are made with a high degree of skill. It is
further of two types :
i. Bagh: The whole cloth is covered with embroidery.
ii. Chope: The flowery patterns are at a distance from
each other.
This format of embroidery is said to have its origin in Iran
and the immigrants are said to have brought it to Punjab.
2.
Pidhis: These are small four legged woven wooden stools

of daily use. These are getting out of use for people are
now adopting modern ways of life. Even rural areas have
taken to sofa and table in their daily life.
3.
Durries: These are cotton spreads used to spread on bed

or the floor.
4.
Jutties: These are foot wear and used by both men and
women. These foot wears are decorated with silken
embroidery to give them elegant look. Patiala and Abohar
are major juttie producing centres.
5.
Dolls: These are crafted and dressed all over Punjab.
RELIGION & CASTE

Prior to partition, Punjab was a Muslim dominated area with
Hindus and Sikhs forming a large minority. After partition, the
Eastern Punjab which was later-on christened as Punjab in
1950, was now a hindu dominated state with sikhs being the
largest minority. In the present day Punjab, Sikhs are in
majority while Hindus are the largest minority, though Muslims
and Christians also constitute a fairly large number. The
demographic data of the state is as under:
Religion
Sikhs
Hindus
Muslims
Christians
Jains
Percentage
63%
34%
2%
1.2%
0.16%
Though Sikhs do not believe in casteism, but the practice is

quite pervasive in the religion. Following reformist movements
among various religions played a great role in lowering the
caste barriers:
i.
Ahmadiya movement among Muslims
ii.
Arya Samaj among Hindus
iii.
Singh Sabha movement in Sikhs
But caste system is so deeply rooted in the psyche that the
people have failed to shake it off. Jats who were themselves
considered to be of low caste group joined the Sikh fold in big
numbers and gained the top position in the hierarchy of Sikhs
because of economic prosperity.
As per 2011 census, scheduled castes constitute 16.6% of
Indian population while population of Scheduled Tribes is
8.6%.Punjab has the highest percent of Scheduled Caste
population; 31.9 per cent of the state's total number. It does
not have the Scheduled Tribe population.
India
Punjab
SCHEDULED CASTE
16.6%
31.9%
SCHEDULED TRIBE
8.6%
0%
There are 37 Scheduled Castes notified in the State of Punjab.

As per 2001 census, around 75.7% of SC population of the
state was living in rural areas. Highest proportion of Scheduled
Tribe population is in Lakshdweep with 94.8% of its population
belonging to Scheduled Tribe category.
FOLK DANCES OF PUNJAB

The famous folk dances of Punjab are:
i.
Bhangra for men
ii.
Gidha for girls
Apart from Bhangra, the other dance formats practised by men
in Punjab are jhoomer, luddi, julli and dankara. For women
kikli is another famous form of dance and celebration.
FESTIVALS
TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS:
The festivals are popular occasions for social intersection and
enjoyment and the Punjabis celebrate them with gusto. Punjab
being a predominantly agricultural state that prides itself on its
food grain production.
i.
Baisakhi: Baisakhi is celebrated in the month of April

after harvesting of wheat, which is the major crop of
the area and also staple diet of the people. This
festival acquired further boost with creation of khalsa
by Guru Gobind Singh on this day in 1699 at
Anandpur Sahib.
ii.
Lohri: Lohri is seasonal festival marking end of

winter and is celebrated with bonfire at night.
iii.
Maghi: This festival is celebrated just the day after

Lohri. This festival commemorates the heroic fight of
chali mekte of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed
their life to save the life of their guru.
iv.
Rakhri: On this day sisters tie decorated threads

called rakhi or rakhri at the wrist of their brother and
brother vow to protect their sisters.
FOOD HABITS
The staple diet of Punjabis is based on wheat and cereals.
They are known for their like of rich fried food. Punjab tops in
consumption of milk and milk products. Paranthas, Nans, rotis
made of wheat flour and corn flour constitute their main food.
In winter, Maki-di-roti ans sarson-ka-saag are considered a
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v.
Tikka: It is celebrated a day after Diwali and on this

day women put a tika on forehead of their brothers
to protect them from evils.
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS:
DIWALI
This festival marks the return of Lord Ram from exile after his
victory over Ravana. The festivals is celebrated by Hindus and
Sikhs alike with lighting of earthern lamps at night. For Sikhs
the day holds is important for on this day Guru Hargobind
Sahib ji reached Amritsar and this day is celebrated as Bandi
Chor Diwas.
GURPURABS
The gurpurabs are celebrated by the Sikhs to express their
reverence for their gurus. Major gurpurabs celebrated by Sikhs
are:
i.
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev ji , the first Sikh Guru in
the month of Katak and
ii.
The second in the month of Pausa (DecemberJanuary) to celebrated the birth anniversary of Guru
Gobind Singh.
Besides execution of Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
and Sahibjadas (sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji) are also
celebrated as important gurpurabs.
HOLI AND HOLA MOHALLA
Holi apart from being a tradition spring festival of colours is
celebrated all over northern India. The Sikh community in
Punjab observes Holla Mohalla a day after Holi, with thousands
of devout Sikhs gathering at Anandpur Sahib-where Guru
Gobind Singh was baptized Sikhs to participate in the grand
fair of Holla Mohalla.
Apart from these, many other religious and traditional festivals
like Dushehra, Ram-Naumi, Krishna Janamashtami, Teejan etc.
are also celebrated in Punjab.
COSTUMES
The climate of the area being varied, people prefer to wear
cotton clothes, for it keeps them cool in summer and warm in
winter. Men prefer to wear long Kurta (shirt) with trousers.
Most unique identification of a sikh man is his turban and his
beard.
Women of the state also wear salwar kameez along with a
dupatta (long stole). Though dupatta or the long stole is
getting lost in modernity and new age girls have taken to
shorts and jeans like never before.
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Punjabi is said to have evolved from Shauraseni apabhramsa.
It is said that traces of prakrits especially pali and other
proto-indo-aryan and pre-indo-aryan languages also appear in
Punjabi phonology and morphology.
In the era pre-Guru Nanak, nathas and yogis were
very active in Punjab and their compositions were in
apabhramsa and the language of the people. Gradually, the
language of the common people replaced the apabhramsa and
manifested itself as sant-bhasha. This language became
popular with the saints who travelled from one place to other
further popularizing the language.
It emerged as an independent language in 12th

century with Fariduddin Ganjshakar, generally known as
Sheikh Farid(1173-1266), who used this language of the
population to compose his teachings .The language flourished
when sikh gurus used this language predominantly to compose
their verses. The earliest known text of Punjabi is known as
Janam sakhis of Guru Nanak by his disciple Bala. It is said to
have been written after the death of Guru Nanak Dev at the
instance of Guru Angad Dev Ji.
The second Sikh guru, Guru Angad Dev Ji gave the
language its script which is known as gurmukhi.
SCRIPTS OF PUNJABI
There are at present two variants of this language. In
one variety, Punjabi is written in the arabian script. This script
is followed in present day western Pakistan and is known as
lahnda variety (lahnda means west). This variety is written in
arabic script and is also called shahmukhi script.
The other script is called gurmukhi which was
devised by the second Sikh guru Guru Angad Dev for scriptural
use. It is now followed in the eastern Punjab or the present
day Punjab of India.
This language is spoken by more than ten crore
people all over the world. It is the 9th most spoken language in
the world and is the most widely spoken language in Pakistan,
11th most widely spoken in India and the 3rd most spoken
language in United Kingdom and Canada.
It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and
is the first official language of the Indian state of Punjab. In
Pakistan, Punjabi has not been granted official status at the
national level, though it is the most spoken language in the
largest province of Punjab (Pakistan).
DISTINCT DIALECTS:
A language may be spoken indifferent ways in different areas.
Similarly, Punjabi also has different dialects which are
characteristic to a particular area.
The major dialects of Punjabi in the present day Punjab are:
DIALECT
Majhi
Doabi
Pwadi
Malwi
AREA
Amritsar, Gurdaspur
Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur area
Kharar, Ropar, Kural, Nurpur
Morinda Rajpura and Samrala.
Bedi,
Ludhiana, Ambala, Bhatinda, GangaNagar,

Malerkotla, Fazilka and Farezepur, Hissar
and Sirsa area
PUNJABI WRITERS WHO HAVE

WON NATIONAL AWARDS
JNANPITH AWARDS: These awards are given for life time
contribution to Indian literature.
Amrita Pritam in 1981
Gurdial Singh in 1999
SARASWATI AWARDS:
Harbhajan Singh : 1994 for Rukh te Rishi
Dalip Kaur Tiwana : 2001 for Katha Kaho Urvashi
Surjit Patar : 2009 for Lafzan di Dargah
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SOME IMPORTANT BOOKS IN PUNJABI

Book
Kaffian
Chandi di War
Chandanwadi
Kissa Puran Bhagat
Rana Surat Singh
Sundri
Lehar Hulare
Save Patar
Kagaj Te Kanvas
Luna
Chhita Lahoo
Pavitar Paapi
Jungnama
Marhi da Deeva
Rasidi Ticket
Author
Bulle Shah
Guru Gobind Singh
Dhani Ram Chatrik
Qadaryaar
Bhai Veer Singh
Bhai Veer Singh
Bhai Veer Singh
Prof. Mohan Singh
Amrita Pritam
Shiv Kumar
Nanak Singh
Nanak Singh
Shah Mohamad
Gurdyaal Singh
Amrita Pritam
LOVE BALLADS
Heer Ranjha
Heer Ranjha
Sasi Punnu
Sohni Mahiwal
Mirza Sahiban
Mirza Sahiban
Damodar
Waris Shah
Hashim Shah
Fazal Shah
Hafiz Barkhudar
Peelu
RELIGIOUS VERSES
Asa di Vaar
Guru Nank Dev ji
Japji Sahib
Guru Nank Dev ji
Sidh Gosht
Guru Nank Dev ji
Barah Mah
Guru Nank Dev ji
Anand Sahib
Guru Amar Dass ji
Lavaan
Guru Ram Dass ji
Sukhmani Sahib
Guru Arjun Dev ji
Jaap Sahib
Guru Gobind Singh ji
Savaiye
Dasam Granth
Zafar Nama
Some Other Regligios Texts
Kafian
Bulleh Shah
Kafian
Shah Hussain
GEOGRAPHY OF PUNJAB
PHYSIOGRAPHY
The present day Punjab is roughly triangular in shape
and it borders Pakistan on the west, Jammu & Kashmir on the
north, Himachal Pradesh on the north eastern and east and
Haryana to its south and southeast. The area is comparatively
small at 50,362 sq.kms. and mostly alluvial plain best suited
for accessibility and agriculture. The area is sloping gradually
with 350 metres above sea level in the northeast and north to
about 180 metres in the southwest.
Punjab is part of Sutlej basin, with Yamuna forming its
western border and Indus bordering it on the east.
DRAINAGE
At present, Punjab is left with only three rivers namely
Satluj, Beas and Ravi.
Satluj is the main and major stream. It has its source in one
of the westerly Mansarover lake in Tibet. It criss-crosses
Himachal Pradesh before entering Punjab near Nangal.
It is joined by the river Beas at Harike before entering
Pakistan.
Beas river has a very short course rising from Beas Kund near
Rohtang Pass in Himachal to its confluence with Sutlej.
Ravi originates in the Himalayas in the Chamba district in
Himachal Pradesh. It is the smallest of the five Punjab rivers. It
enters Punjab plain near Madhopur. It then flows along the
Indo-Pak border for some distance before entering Pakistan
and joining the Chenab river. Lahore is situated on the banks
of this reiver.
On the southern margins of Punjab runs a seasonal river
Ghaggar which is believed to be same as Vedic river Saraswati.
CANAL SYSTEM OF PUNJAB

Upper Bari Doab Canal: This canal rakes off from Ravi at
Madhopur. This canal is said to have been got constructed by
Maharaja Ranjit Singh and was extended by the Britishers for
the purpose of irrigation.
Bist Doab Canal : This canal takes off from the right bank of
river Satluj at Ropar. It has two branches Jalandhar Branch
and Nawan Shahar branch, This canal irrigates Hoshiarpur,
Jalandhar and Kapurthala region.
Bhakra Dam & Canal : It is one of the biggest multi purpose
river valley scheme. The dam was completed on October 22,
1963 while the canal system was completed in 1968.
Sirhind Canal :This is one of the biggest canal system in
India and irrigates malwa region of Punjab. The Sirhind canal
takes off at Ropar head works from river Satluj and upto
Doraha flows as one channel. Therafter, it divides into four
branches.
Makhu Canal : This canal irrigates Moga region and branches
off the Harike barrage at Harike.
Shah Nahar Canal : The canal takes off from river Beas
downstream of Pong dam. It irrigates semi-hilly of Himachal
Pradesh and some areas of Hoshiarpur district.
Some other river projects are:

Beas Project: A diversion dam has been constructed at
Pandoh in Himachal Pradesh across river Beas. The waters of
Beas are diverted to river Satluj at Slappar. Pong Dam has
been constructed at Pong about 35 KM from Mukerian across
the river Beas.
Thein Dam : It is constructed across river Ravi about 20 kilo
meter above Madhopur.
SOILS: Punjab is divided into three distinct regions on the

basis of soil types. The regions are:
i) South Western Punjab
ii) Central Punjab and
iii) Eastern Punjab.
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CLIMATE: The climate of Punjab is varies from extreme hot

to extreme cold and the major seasons in Punjab are :
i.
Summer: From April to June, the temperature can
go as high as 50 degrees Celsius.
ii.
Rainy: July to September. Though Punjab falls in
low rainfall area but majority of its rainfall is due to
monsoon during this period. Average annual rainfall in
Punjab is 472.1 mm as per report of planning
commission.
iii.
Winter: December to February. During this period
the temperature can fall as low as 5 degree Celsius.
In certain areas the temperature has gone as low as
0 degree Celsius also in the recent years.
Between February and April is the transitional period and this
period when the weather is quite pleasant. This season is
known as Basant (Spring); while between October and
November, the trees start losing leaves and this period is
known as Patjharh (Autumn) .
ECONOMY
The economy of the state is largely dependent on agriculture
with majority of its population professing farming.
The state has number of small, medium and large scale
industrial units. Major industries in the state include metals,
manufacturing textiles, hosiery, yarn, sports good, hand tools,
bicycles and light engineering goods.
COMPOSITION OF GSDP PUNJAB AT CURRENT PRICES
(%) 2013-14
SECTOR
Punjab
Primary
20.81
Secondary
28.30
Tertiary
50.86
Overall
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Achievement in Eleventh Plan:
SECTOR
TARGET
ACHIEVEMENT
Primary
2.40
1.67
Secondary
8.00
9.00
Tertiary
7.40
8.31
Overall
5.90
6.74
(Source: Planning Commission)
AGRICULTURE
Agriculture is the backbone of Punjab economy.
The progress made by agriculture in Punjab is unparalleled.
The state was deficit in food at the time of independence but it
made rapid progress during sixties and seventies. The
production of wheat and rice has increased considerably during
this period and Punjab came to be known as the granary of
India.
Food Grain Production Punjab 2012-13
Area
Production
Yield
(000, hectares)
Rice
Wheat
Other
cereal
Pulse
Total
(000, metric
tonnes)
(Kg per
hectare)
2845
3512
145
11374
16591
525
3741
5097
3981
13
6515
12
28502
Cotton
Sugarcane
481
83
1627
489
535
5952
The state ranks 2nd in wheat production in India after Uttar

Pradesh.
The total foodgrain production of Punjab in 2012-13 went
down from 29076 in 2011-12 to 28502 due to drought. The
expected foodgrain (provisional) yield in the year 2013-14 is
27801 million tonnnes, tells us about the falling yield and
impact of climatic conditions on the economic conditions of the
farmers.
Some Important facts about Food production:
Punjab produced around 18% of the total wheat produced in
the country (down in percentage terms from 20% in 2012) and
11% (increased from 9% last year) of the rice.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CENTRAL POOL
2011-12
2012-13
Wheat
38.7
33.6
Rice
22.1
25.1
2013-14
43.4
29.3
Other major crops of Punjab are: sugarcane, maize, millet,

barley and fruit.
Punjab is the most prolific contributor to our national pool of
food grains.
Khanna, in Ludhiana district is the largest grain market in Asia.
Rabi Crops: Wheat, Gram, Barley, Potatoes and winter
vegetable
Kharif Crops: Rice, Maize, Sugarcane, cotton and Pulses.
SHARE OF AGRICULTURE
The share of agriculture in GSDP (Gross State Domestic
Product) has decreased from 21.19% in 2004-05 to 17.51% in
2007-08, 15.47% in 2010-11 and 12.84% in 2013-14. It shows
the declining trend of agriculture in the economy of Punjab.
However, it must be understood that the overall production of
foodgrain has increased over a period of time; the state
produced only 65.06 lac mt of rice in 1990-91, the production
of which has now gone up to 113.74 lac my in 2012-13.
COMPARATIVE AGR. PRODUCTION (LAC MT)

Rice
Wheat
Total Foodgrain
1990-91
65.06
121.59
192.18
2011-12
105.42
179.82
290.76
2012-13
113.74
165.91
285.02
AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONES
Sub-Mountations Zone
(kandi zone)
Central Alluvial Zone
(Sweet water zone)
Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur,
Roopnagar, SAS Nagar
Amritsar, Taran Taran, Kapurthala,
Jalandhar,Ludhiana, Patiala,
Fatehgarh Sahib, Nawanshahar,
Sangrur, Barnala
Southern Dry Zone

(Cotton Belt)
Bathinda, Faridkot, Firozpur,

Mansa, Moga, Muktsar
(maize)
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While the Net sown area of the state is around 41.55 lac
hectares but the cropping intensity is almost double at 191%.
The net sown area of the state accounts for around 83% of its
geographical area while the irrigated area is around 98%.
PER CAPITA INCOME

As per the latest official data the Per capita income in
Punjab at current prices for 2013-14 is Rs. 92638.
While in terms of constant prices at 2004-05 level, the
per capita income has increased to Rs. 49411 in 2013-14.
PER CAPITA INCOME PUNJAB vs. ALL INDIA
At Current Prices
At Constant Prices
Punjab
All India
Punjab
All India
2004-05
33103
24143
33103
24143
2011-12(P)
76895
61855
46325
38048
2012-13(Q)
84526
67839
47834
38856
2013-14(A)
92638
74380
49411
39904
4.
Faridkot (SC) Prof. Sadhu Singh (AAP)
5.
Fategarh Sahib (SC) : Harinder Singh Khalsa (AAP)
6.
Ferozpur Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya (SAD)
7.
Gurdaspur Vinod Khanna (BJP)
8.
Hoshiarpur (SC) Vijay Sampla (BJP)
9.
Jalandhar (SC) Santokh Singh Chaudhary (INC)
10. Khadoor Sahib - Ranjit Singh Brahmpura (SAD)

11. Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu (INC)
12. Patiala Dr. Dharam Vira Gandhi (AAP)
13. Sangrur Bhagwant Mann (AAP)
2)
Sr. No. Name
(Source: ESO News April June 2013)
ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF PUNJAB

Governor
Chief Minister
Deputy Chief Minister
Speaker of Vidhan Sabha
Leader of Opposition
Vidhan Sabha
in
Sh. Shiv Raj Patil

Sh. Parkash Singh Badal
Sh. Sukhbir Singh Badal
Sh. Charanjit Singh Atwal
Sh. Sunil Jakhar (Congress)
Jalandhar
Patiala
Firozepur
Faridkot
Rupnagar
(Ropar)
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
Ashwani Kumar, Shri
09/04/2016
Bhunder, Shri Balwinder Singh
04/07/2016
Dhindsa, Sardar Sukhdev Singh
09/04/2016
Gill, Dr. M.S.
09/04/2016
Gujral, Shri Naresh
09/04/2016
Khanna, Shri Avinash Rai
09/04/2016
Soni, Smt. Ambika
04/07/2016
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
Gurdaspur, Amritsar, TaranTaran, Kapurthala,

Jalandhar,
Hoshiarpur,
Nawanshahar,
Pathankot (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar)
(Mohali),
Districts in Punjab: 22
Sub-divisions in Punjab : 82
Tehsils in Punjab: 82
Sub-Tehsils in Punjab : 85
Blocks in Punjab : 146
Towns in Punjab : 143
Lok Sabha-13 ( election held May 2014 to 16th Lok

Sabha)
1.
Amritsar Captain Amrinder Singh (INC)
2.
Anandpur Sahib Prem Singh Chandumajra (SAD)
3.
Bathinda Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Bada (lSAD)
District with Maximum Area Firozepur

District with Minimum Area SAS Nagar (Mohali)
District with Highest Population Ludhiana (12.6%)
District with Lowest Population Barnala (2.2%)
District with Highest Sex Ratio Hoshiarpur (961)
District with Lowest Sex Ratio Bhatinda (868)
District with Highest Literacy Ratio Hoshiarpur (84.6%)
District with Lowest Literacy Rate Mansa(61.8%)
District- -Highest Population Density Ludhiana(978)
District -- Lowest Population Density Muktsar ( 348)
District with Highest Urbanization Ludhiana
District with Lowest Urbanization Taran Taran
(Source-Economic Survey Punjab2013-14)
PUNJAB TOPS IN THESE FIELDS
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
1)
DISTRICTS
Roopnagar (Ropar), SAS Nagar

Ludhiana, Sangrur, Barnala, Patiala,
Firozpur, Muktsar, Moga, Fazilka
Faridkot, Bathinda,Mansa
Mohali, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib
Date of Retirement
Members of Vidhan Sabha: 117
DIVISIONS OF PUNJAB: 5
DIVISION
Rajya Sabha 7
Punjab consumes 10% of fertilizer consumption of India

One third of all the tractors of India plough fields in
Punjab.
Contributes 29.30% of central pool of rice and 43.40% of
central pool of wheat in 2013-14
Record yield of 4898 kg per hectare of Wheat & 3741 kg
per hectare Rice
Per Capita eggs availability highest in India 30 for India
and 126 for Punjab .
971 gm per capita milk (in 2014) availability is highest in
India against 290 gm for All India.( 2012)
Highest number of vehicles per thousand population:Motor vehicles 77, tractors 55
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Highest cropping intensity in the country.

Highest net area irrigated
Highest yield rate per hectare
Highest contribution of wheat and rice to the national pool
Highest consumption of fertilizers
Highest number of tube wells.
LITERACY RATE OF PUNJAB:

Overall
Male
Female
Person
Rural
Urban
Total
76.6%
86.7%
80.4%
65.7%
79.2%
70.7%
71.4%
83.2%
75.8%
CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENTS OF VARIOUS
BODIES IN PUNJAB
Chairman of Punjab State Human Rights commission:

Justice Jagdish Bhalla
Chief Information Commissioner of Punjab: S. Sarwan
Singh Channy, IAS (Retd.)
Chairman of Punjab Mandi Board : Ajmer Singh Lakhowal

State Electoral Officer of Punjab : Sh. V.K.Singh I.A.S.
Chairperson of Punjab State Womens commission : vacant
President of SGPC : Avtar Singh Makkar
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITIES
LOCATION
YEAR ESTB.
Guru Nanak Dev University

(GNDU)
Amritsar
Nov. 24, 1969
Punjabi University
Punjab University
Patiala
Chandigarh
Punjab Agriculture
University (PAU)
Punjab Technical University
(PTU) / Baba Sahib
Ambedkar Technical
University
Baba Farid University of
Health & Sciences
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary
and Animal Sciences
University
Lovely Professional
University.
Thapar University
Rajiv Gandhi National Law
University.
Central University of Punjab
Ludhiana
April 30, 1962

1882 at Lahore;
Relocated Chd. 1956
1962
Jalandhar
Jan. 16, 1997
Faridkot
July 1998
Ludhiana
(Bifurcated
from PAU)
Phagwara
Aug. 9, 2005
Patiala
Patiala
1956
2006
Bhatinda
2009
Ropar
2008
Mohali
Mohali
2012
Indian Institute of
Technology
NIPER (National Institute of
Pharmaceutical Education
and Research)
Indian School of Business
2006
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Guru Nanak Dev was born at which place:

Talwandi (Nankana Sahib) presently in
Pakistan
Who composed Anand Sahib: Guru Amardas
Guru Amardas was born at: Village Basarke
Guru Ramdas born at: Lahore (Chuna Mandi)
Which Mugal ruler got guru Arjan Dev Ji executed:
Emperor Jahanagir
In which year Guru Arjan Dev Ji attained
Martyrdom: 1606 AD
How was Guru Hargobind related to Guru Arjan Dev
Ji: Guru Hargobind was son of Guru Arjan Dev
Ji
Guru Harbogind was born at: Guru ki Wadali
(Amritsar)
In which year was Guru Harkrishan Ji born: 1656
AD
Guru Harkrishan was son of: Guru Har Rai Ji
How was Guru Har Rai related to Guru Hargobind:
Guru Har Rai was grandson of Guru Hargobind
Ji
What was the name of father of Guru Har Rai: Bhai
Gurditta Ji
Who was the 9th Guru of Sikhs: Guru Tegh
Bahadur Sahib Ji
Guru Tegh Bahadur was son of: Guru Hargobind
Ji (6th Guru of Sikhs)
At which place was Guru Tegh Bahadur born:
Amritsar
Name the place at which Guru Gobind Singh Ji was
born: Patna Sahib (Bihar)
In which year was Guru Gobind Singh Ji born: 1666
AD
In which year Guru Gobind Singh Ji breathed his
last: 1708 AD
Name the emperor who got the 9th Guru of Sikhs
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji executed: Aurangzeb
In which year Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji attained
Martyrdom:11th November, 1675
At which place Guru Gobind Singh Ji breathed his
last: Hazoor Sahib (Maharashtra)
By which other name is Hazoor Sahib known as:
Nanded
Zaffarnamah, the poetical composition written by:
Guru Gobind Singh Ji
To whom was the Zaffarnamah addressed:
Aurangzeb
What is the meaning of Zaffarnamah: Epistle of
Victory
In which language is Zaffarnamah written: Persian
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born in the year: 1469 AD
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In which year did Guru Nanak Dev Ji breathed his

last: 1539 AD
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The Travels by Guru Nanak Dev Ji are known as:

Udasis
How many journeys were undertaken by Guru
Nanak Devi Ji: Four
What was the name of Father of Guru Nanak Dev Ji:
Mehta Kalyan Das
What was the name of mother of Guru Nanak Dev
Ji: Mata Tripta Ji
Name the wife of Guru Nanak Dev Ji: Mata
Sulakhni
Name the wife of Guru Angad Dev Ji, whose name
also appears in Guru Granth Sahib: Mata Khivi
Who were the contemporary rulers of India during
the times of Guru Nanak Dev Ji: Lodhis, Babar,
Himayun
Which Mughal emperor visited and paid obeisance to
Guru Amar Das Ji: Akbar
Guru Amar Das Ji directed the mughal emperor to
________ before paying his obeisance: sit in the
langar and partake food with commoners
How was the Guru Ram Das Ji related to Guru Amar
Das Ji: Guru Ram Das Ji was son in law of Guru
Amar Das Ji
What was the name of wife of Guru Ram Das Ji:
Bibi Bhani
What was the name of father of Guru Arjan Dev Ji:
Guru Ram Das Ji
Name the contemporary rulers during the times of
Guru Arjan Dev Ji: Akbar and Jahangir
Guru Hargobind Ji was imprisoned by which Mughal
king: Jahangir
At which place was Guru Hargobind Ji imprisoned:
Gwalior Fort
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Name the Gurudwara which stand at the place

where Guru Arjan Dev Ji was Martyred: Gurudwara
Dehra Sahib (Lahore, in 1606)
What was the name of wife of Guru Arjan Dev Ji:
Mata Ganga Ji
What was the original name of Guru Arjan Dev Ji:
Arjan Mal
Which city was founded by the 3rd guru of Sikhs
Guru Amardas Ji: Gobindwal Sahib
Which city was founded by Guru Angad Dev Ji, the
2nd guru: Khadoor Sahib
What was the original name of Guru Ramdas Ji, 4th
guru: Bhai Jetha Ji
Which Salokas by Guru Nanak referred to invasion
by Babar: Babarvani
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Where was Guru Nanak imprisoned by Babar forces:

Sayyadpur, In Pakistan
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Name the place and the Gurudwara where Guru

Nanak Dev Ji mollified Vali Kandhari: Panja Sahib
What was the original name of Guru Gobind Singh

Ji: Gobind Rai
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What was the name of the demon Guru Nanak Dev

Ji met while passing through Assam: Kauda
Rakshash
Apart from the vani of six gurus, Guru Granth Sahib

contains compositions of how many Bhagats:
Fifteen
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What is the name of the composition that records

the dialogue between Guru Nanak Dev Ji and
Sidhas: Sidh Ghosht
Apart from Gurus and Bhagats, Guru Granth Sahib

contains compositions of _________ Bhattas:
Eleven
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What is the name of the two accomplices of Guru

Nanak Dev Ji: Bhai Mardana Ji and Bhai Bala Ji
Name the person who got the Gurudwara at Nanded

(Hazoor Sahib) built: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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Name the Muslim accomplice of Guru Nanak Ji who

carried Rabab with him: Bhai Mardana
The Gurudwara at Hazoor Sahib is situated on the

banks of which river: Tapti
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The concept of MIRI-PIRI was established by:

Guru Hargobind Ji
How many Hymns in Guru Granth Sahib are

contributed by Fifteen Bhagats: 922
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Which guru was made to sit on hot iron plate and

burning sand was put on his body: Guru Arjan Dev
Ji
Which Bhagat has contributed maximum Hymns in

Guru Granth Sahib: Bhagat Kabir
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How many Hymns of Bhagat Kabir are included in

Guru Granth Sahib: 541
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Which guru established Amritsar: Guru Ramdas Ji
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Which guru got the tank in Amritsar excavated:

Guru Ramdas Ji
What was the hereditary occupation of Bhagat

Kabir: Weaver
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Bhagat Kabir belonged to which cast: Julaha
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Name the spiritual leader who built Harmandir

Sahib: Guru Arjan Dev Ji
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At which place in Delhi was Guru Tegh Bahadur

martyred: Chandani Chowk
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Who compiled Adi Granth: Guru Arjan Dev Ji
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Adi Granth also known as: Pothi Sahib
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Adi Granth contained Vani of how many Sikh

Gurus: Five
Which Gurudwara is situated at Chandani Chowk in

memory of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji: Gurudwara Sis
Ganj Sahib
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The Guru Granth Sahib contains vani of how many

Sikh gurus: Six (First Five and The Ninth Guru,
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji)
Name the Gurudwara situated at the place where

body of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji was cremated:
Gurudwara Rakab Ganj
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Who was the first head granthi of Adi Granth: Baba

Budha Ji
Who carried the head of Guru Tegh Bahadur from

Delhi to Anandpur Sahib: Bhai Jaita Ji
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Name the three persons who were martyred along

with Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib: Bhai Mati Das,
Bhai Sati Das, Bhai Dayala
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What was the name of the leader of delegation of

Kashmiri Brahamans that came to seek help from
Guru Tegh Bahadur: Pandit Kirpa Ram
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Who built the Gurudwaras Rakab Ganj and Sis Ganj

built: Sardar Baghel Singh in 1790
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Gurmukhi script was standardized by : 2nd Guru

Angad Dev ji
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On which day of 1699 Guru Gobind Singh Ji created

Panth Khalsa: Vaisakhi ( 13th April 1699)
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Which person is said to have betrayed Mata Gujari Ji

and two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji:
Gangu Brahamin
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Name the Gurudwara which stands at the place

where two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji
were bricked alive: Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib
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Name the five takhats: i) Akal Takhat (Amritsar)

ii) Damdama Sahib (Talwandi Sabo) iii)
Keshgarh Sahib (Anandpur Sahib) iv) Patna
Sahib (Bihar) v) Hazoor Sahib (Nanded)
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What was the original name of Banda Singh

Bahadur: Lachman Das
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How many pages does

contained: 1430 pages
Guru
Granth
Sahib
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When was Guru Granth Sahib anointed as eternal

guru of Sikhs: 3rd October, 1708
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In which year construction of Harmandir Sahib

completed: 1589 AD
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Who was the scribe of Adi Granth: Bhai Gurdas Ji
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Name the institution started by the 6th Guru

Hargobind Ji: Akal Takhat
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At what age Baba Budha Ji passed away: 125

years in 1631
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How many Gurus did Baba Budha Ji serve: six
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Asa di var is composed by : Guru Nanak Dev ji
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Japji Sahib is the vani of which Sikh Guru: Guru

Nanak Dev Ji
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Who laid the foundation of Harmandir Sahib

(Amritsar): Mian Mir
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Who was the scribe of Guru Granth Sahib when it

was dictated by Guru Gobind Singh Ji: Bhai Mani
Singh
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Sukhmani Sahib is composition of which Guru: Guru
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Banda Singh Bahadur belonged to: Rajori Area

(Jammu)
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Lachman Das who later on was known as Banda

Bahadur renounced the world and acquired the
name: Madho Das
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Lachman Das after renouncing the world acquired

the name Madho Das and settled at: Panchvati
(Nasik)
Maharaja Ranjit Singh) in the year: 1819 AD

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The regime of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was also

known as: Lahore Durbar
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Treaty of Amritsar was signed in the year: 1809 AD
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh was crowned on: April 12,

1801 AD
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh belonged to ______ Misl:

Sukerchakia
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Madho Das met Guru Gobind Singh at ______ and

acquired the new name Banda Bahadur: Nanded
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___________ was sent by Guru Gobind Singh to

Punjab to seek revenge from enemies of khalsa:
Banda Bahadur
What was the name of father of Maharaja Ranjit

Singh: Sardar Mahan Singh
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh belongs to _______ sikh clan:

Sandhwalia
107)
Banda Bahadur conquered Sirhind defeating the

mughal forces led by: Wazir Khan, Governor of
Sirhind
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh was crowned by: Shri Sahib

Singh Bedi
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Wazir Khan was defeated by Banda Bahadur at the

battle of: Chapar Chiri (:35361:32)
Shri Sahib Singh Bedi was a descendent of: Shri

Guru Nanak Dev Ji
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Banda Bahadur was defeated in the battle of:

Gurdas Nangal (Gurdaspur)
Takhat Shri Patna Sahib and Takhat Shri Hajoor

Sahib was got built by: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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Banda Bahadur was tortured and executed in the

year: 1716 AD
Maharaja Ranjit Singh got ________ gold plated:

Shri Harminder Sahib
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During the reign of Banda Bahadur, sikhs got

divided into: Tat 6 Khalsa (9 59 6 <59; 5)6 and Bandai
Sikhs
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Banda Bahadur established his headquarter at which

place: Mukhlisar (presently in Distt Mohali)
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Mukhlisar was renamed by Banda Bahadur as:

Lohgarh
139)
Name the person who united Tat khalsa (9 59 6<59 ; 5)

and Bandai Sikhs: Bhai Mani Singh
113)
_______was capital of first Sikh state under Banda

Singh Bahadur from years 1710-1715: Lohgarh
(presently in Distt. Mohali)
140)
Number of MPs in Punjab Rajya Sabha is: 7
141)
Singhpuria Misl was founded by: Nawab Kapur

Singh
114)
Name the person who is known as Bearded Mother

Teresa: Bhagat Puran Singh
142)
The other name

Faizalpuria
115)
Lala Lajpat Rai was known as: Sher-e-Punjab
143)
116)
Who is known as Flying Sikh of India: Milkha

Singh
Ahluwalia Misl was founded by: Jassa Singh

Ahluwalia
144)
117)
Le Corbusier, the architect of Chandigarh was citizen

of: France
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was given the title of ______

by Nawab Kapur Singh: Sultan-ul-quam
145)
118)
During the Mahabharata period Punjab was known

as: Panchnada
Sukherchakia Misl was founded by: Sardar Charat

Singh (Grandfather of Maharaja Ranjit Singh)
146)
119)
Major Gen. Rajinder Singh is also known as:

Sparrow
Small Holocaust ()'956 0 59 =0 575)6 took place in the

year: 1746 AD at Kahnuwan
147)
120)
Which Mughal king was instrumental in execution of

Banda Bahadur: Farukh Siyar
The 2nd Holocaust took place at a place near

Ahmedgarh called: Village Kup
148)
The 2nd Holocaust took place in the year: 1762 AD
121)
In which year Zakariya Khan became governor of

Punjab: 1726 AD
149)
In the 2nd Holocaust Sikhs were defeated by:

Ahmed Shah Abdali
122)
In which year Nadir Shah attacked Punjab: 1738

AD
150)
123)
Mir Manu became governor of Punjab in which year:

1748 AD
The 2nd Holocaust is known

Khalughara (8 59 560 59=0 575)6
124)
When was Dal Khalsa found: 1748 AD
125)
In which year Maharaja Ranjit Singh annexed

Lahore: 1799 AD
126)
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Annexed Amritsar in: 1805

AD
127)
Kashmir became part of Lahore Durbar (Kingdom of
for
Singhpuria
Misl
as:
was:
Wadda
EDUCATING THE MIND WITHOUT

EDUCATING THE HEART IS NO
EDUCATION AT ALL
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BIOLOGY PHYSICS
CHEMISTRY MCQs
1) Which gland is not associated with human
alimentary canal?
a) salivary glands
b) adrenal gland
c) liver
d) pancreas
2) In humans, bile juice is secreted by
a) pancreas
b) small intestine
c) esophagus
d) liver
3) An enzyme which can only act in acidic medium is
a) pepsin
b) trypsin
c) rennin
d) amylase
4) The part of digestive system where no digestion
occurs
a) duodenum
b) esophagus
c) stomach
d) mouth
5) Which of the following animals has no need for a
gall bladder?
a) horse
b) lion
c) dog
d) human
6) About how much saliva does a person produce
each day?
a) 100 ml
b) 250 ml
c) 500 ml
d) 1500 ml
7) Saliva has the enzyme
a) pepsin
b) ptyalin
c) trypsin
d) rennin
8) Curdling of milk in the stomach is due to the
action of
a) pepsin
b) rennin
c) HCL
d) rennin
9) Pepsinogen is secreted by
a) gastric glands
b) intestinal glands
c) chief cells
d) parietal cells
10) Pancreas has
a) only endocrine cells
b) only one type of cell, the same functioning both in an
exocrine and endocrine fashion
c) two types of cells-exocrine and endocrine
d) only exocrine cells
11) Largest gland in human body is
a) liver
b) pancreas
c) pituitary
d) thyroid
12) Grana refers to

a) glycolysis of glucose
c) stacks of thylakoids
b) by-product of photosynthesis
d) stacks of quantasomes
13) A specific function of light energy in the process

of photosynthesis is to
a) activate chlorophyll
b) split water
c) synthesis glucose
d) reduce CO2
14) ATP formation during photosynthesis is known
as
a) phosphorylation
b) photophosphorylation
c) oxidative phosphorylation
d) substrate level phosphorylation
15) Dark reaction in photosynthesis is called so
because
a) it does not require light energy
b) cannot occur during daytime
c) occurs more rapidly at night
d) it can also occur in darkness
16) Which of the following is connected with
transport of water in plants?
a) phloem
b) xylem
c) epidermis
d) cambium
17) The ultimate cause for movement of water
against gravity in a tree is
a) osmosis
b) imbibitions
c) transpiration
d) photosynthesis
18) Which of the following is not an example of a
selectively permeable membrane?
a) plasma lemma
b) cell Wall
c) mitochondrial membrane
d) chloroplast membrane
19) Which of the following is responsible for
guttation?
a) root pressure
b) transpiration
c) photosynthesis
d) osmosis
20) Phenyl mercuric acetate
a) reduces transpiration rate
b) reduces photosynthesis
c) kills the plant
d) reduce respiration
21) Which of the following has no blood but
respires?
a) earthworm
b) hydra
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c) cockroach
d) fish
22) Which type of respiratory organs are present in

spiders and scorpions?
a) book lungs
b) gill books
c) gills
d) lungs
23) At high altitude, RBCs of human blood will
a) increase in number
b) decrease in number
c) decrease in size
d) increase in size
24) Vocal cords occur in
a) pharynx
b) glottis
c) bronchial tube
d) larynx
25) Which one of the following structures closes the
respiratory passage during ingestion of food?
a) larynx
b) epiglottis
c) hard palate
d) soft palate
26) The covering of lungs is called
a) pericardium
b) pleural membrane
c) perichondrium
d) peritoneum
27) The narrowest and most numerous tubes of
lungs are termed as
a) bronchus
b) alveoli
c) bronchioles
d) hilum
28) The exchange of gases in a mammal takes place
is
a) trachea
b) bronchioles
c) bronchi
d) alveoli
29) Volume of air inspired and expired with each
normal breath is called
a) tidal volume
b) inspiratory capacity
c) total lung capacity
d) residual volume
30) Tidal volume of air in a normal healthy man
during inspiration is about
a) 300 400 ml
b) 500 700 ml
c) 900 1000 ml
d) 100 250 ml
31) The maximum possible volume of air, which can
be inspiration, is called as
a) tidal air volume
b) vital lung capacity
c) complemental air volume
d) total lung capacity
35) Mountain sickness results due to

a) anaemic hypoxia
b) arterial hypoxia
c) lack of sufficient RBCs d) lack of sufficient WBCs
36) Which one of the following is the most common
type of transpiration?
a) stomatal
b) lenticular
c) foliar
d) cuticular
37) The process of the escape of liquid from the tip
of uninjured leaf or through hydathodes is called
a) transpiration
b) guttation
c) evapo-transpiration
d) evaporation
38) In a closed circulatory system,
completely enclosed within
a) the skeleton
b) sinuses
c) vessels
d) hearts
blood
is
39) The smallest blood vessel in the body is a

a) capillary
b) artery
c) vena cava
d) vein
40) Both erythrocytes and leucocytes are formed in
the
a) bone marrow
b) thymus
c) arterial walls
d) lymph nodes
41) An erythrocyte lives for approximately
a) one week
b) one month
c) four months
d) one year
42) The abnormal increase in the total RBC count is
referred to as
a) pneumonia
b) polycythemia
c) leucopenia
d) anaemia
43) The life span of human WBC is normally
a) 1213 days
b) 80-90 days
c) 100-120 days
d) 20-30 days
44) The function of vitamin K is in
a) regulation of calcium and phosphorus metabolism
b) blood clotting
c) respiration
d) carbohydrate metabolism
45) Oxygenated blood is carried by
a) pulmonary vein
b) pulmonary artery
c) hepatic portal vein
d) renal vein
32) Percentage of O2 present in inhaled air in man is

about
a) 21%
b) 78%
c) 1%
d) 43%
46) In mammals, oxygenated blood enters the heart

at the
a) right atrium
b) left atrium
c) right ventricle
d) left ventricle
33) Oxygen is transported in blood mainly by

a) leucocytes
b) erythrocytes
c) thromobocytes
d) blood plasma
47) Which chamber of the heart has the thickest

muscular walls
a) right atrium
b) left atrium
c) right ventricle
d) left ventricle
34) Asthma is a respiration disease caused due to

a) infection of trachea
b) infection of lungs
c) bleeding into pleura cavity
d) spasm in bronchial muscles
48) When the right ventricle of heart contracts, the

blood goes to
a) all parts of the body
b) Pulmonary arteries
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c) aorta
d) lungs
49) The tricuspid valve occurs between the

a) right auricle and right ventricle
b) pulmonary aorta
c) carotico-systemic aorta and left ventricle
d) left ventricle
50) Typical lub-dub sound heard in heartbeat are
due to
a) closing of bicuspid and tricuspid valves
b) closing of semilunar valves
c) closure of bicuspid-tricuspid valves followed by semilunar
valves
d) blood under pressure through aorta
51) What is blood pressure?
a) the pressure of blood on the heart muscle
b) the pressure of blood exerted on the walls of arteries and
veins
c) the pressure of blood on the walls of veins only
d) the pressure of blood on the walls of arteries only
52) Which one of following is called pace maker of
the heart?
a) SA node
b) AV node
c) Chordae tendianae
d) AV septum
53) Blood groups in man were discovered by
a) Mendel
b) Francis Nelson
c) S. Miller
d) Landsteiner
54) Rh factor was discovered by
a) William Harvey
b) Landsteiner
c) Robert Hook
d) C. De Duve
55) Rh factor is named after
a) Drosophila
b) a Monkey
c) a Rat
d) a Man
56) Excretion means
a) removal of substances present in excess
b) formation of those substances that have some role in the
body
c) removal of such substances that have never been part of
the body
d) all of the above
57) A mammal excretes nitrogen in the form of
a) ammonium ions
b) amino acids
c) urea
d) uric acid
58) Kidneys are not only organs of excretion. Their
work is supplemented by
a) liver
b) heart
c) large intestine
d) skin
59) The basic unit of a vertebrate kidney is the
a) ureter
b) nephron
c) malpighian tubule
d) islets of Langerhans
60) The two kidneys lie
a) at the level of ovaries b) at the same level
c) left kidney at a higher level than the right one

d) right kidney at a higher level than the left one
61) Function of glomerulus in mammalian kidney is
a) reasbsorption of salts
b) urine formation through blood filtration
c) urine collection
d) all of the above
62) The reabsorption of glucose in a nephron occurs
in
a) loop of Henle
b) first half of proximal tubule
c) distal convoluted tubule
d) proximal part of collecting ducts
63) Strongest cartilage is
a) hyaline cartilage
b) fibrous cartilage
c) elastic cartilage
d) none of the above
64) Striated muscles are found in
a) gallbladder
b) wall of bladder
c) leg muscles
d) lungs
65) Strongest muscle in the body is present in
a) arm
b) jaw
c) thigh
d) neck
66) Axial skeleton in man is made up of
a) 126 bones
b) 100 bones
c) 103 bones
d) 80 bones
67) Skull of man is made up of
a) 10 bones
b) 22 bones
c) 30 bones
d) 24 bones
68) Longest bone is that of
a) humerus
b) stapes
c) femur
d) radio-ulna
69) In man ribs are attached to
a) calvicle
b) ileum
c) sternum
d) scapula
70) The smallest bone in mammals is
a) septomaxillary
b) dentary
c) femur
d) stapes
71) The longest cell in the body of an animal is
a) osteocytes
b) neuron
c) chromatophores
d) lymph corpuscles
72) Which cell stops dividing after birth?
a) glial cells
b) epithelium
c) liver
d) neuron
73) The largest number of cells bodies of neurons in
our body is found in
a) brain
b) spinal cord
c) tongue
d) retina
74) Which part of human brain is more developed in
comparison of others?
a) cerebrum
b) cerebellum
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c) optic lobes
d) medulla oblongata
75) Which part of mammalian brain controls the

muscular co-ordination?
a) cerebrum
b) cerebellum
c) corpus callosum
d) medulla oblongata
76) There are how many pairs of spinal nerves in a
human
a) 8
b) 12
c) 25
d) 31
77) There are how many pairs of cranial nerves in a
human?
a) 8
b) 12
c) 25
d) 31
78) Pituitary gland is found in
a) around trachea
b) gonad
c) pancreas
d) brains
79) Which of the hormones is responsible for the
emotional state such as fear and anger and causes
rise of blood pressure and rate of heartbeat?
a) insulin
b) adrenaline
c) progesterone
d) thyroxine
80) The main function of plasma membrane is to
a) maintain cell shape and size
b) control of all cellular activity
c) regulate the flow of materials into and out of the cell
d) store cell material
81) Function of a Centriole is
a) formation of spindle fibers
b) formation of nucleolus
c) initiation of cell division
d) formation of cell plate
82) Functional activities of a cell are controlled by
a) nucleus
b) nucleolus
c) mitochondria
d) cytoplasm
83) Study of Algae is called
a) phycology
b) mycology
c) dendrology
d) mycology
84) Which of the following is a non-poisonous
snake?
a) cobra
b) python
c) viper
d) krait
85) Which of the following diseases is caused by a
virus?
a) typhoid
b) cholera
c) influenza
d) diphtheria
86) DTP vaccine is given to infants to immunize them
against
a) diphtheria, pneumonia and typhoid
b) diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus
c) diarrhea, pneumonia and tuberculosis
d) diphtheria, whooping cough and typhoid
87) Jaundice is a disease of

a) kidney
b) pancreas
c) liver
d) duodenum
88) Male mosquito does not carry malarial parasite
because:
a) it is too small to bite man.
b) it lacks the modified mouth parts
c) malarial parasites cannot reproduce in them.
d) female mosquito is more deadly
89) Continuous fever, headache, slow pulse, pain in
the stomach, rose colored ashes are the major
symptoms of
a) plague
b) typhoid
c) mumps
d) measles
90) Bark of which plant yields famous drug of
malaria?
a) cinchona
b) quercus
c) betula
d) eucalyptus
91) Deficiency of vitamin C causes
a) rickets
b) beriberi
c) scurvy
d) night blindness
92) If there were no ultraviolet rays reaching the
earth, human should suffer from deficiency of
a) fatty acids
b) essential amino acids
c) vitamin D
d) vitamin E
93) Smog is a combination of
a) fire and water
b) smoke and fog
c) water and smoke
d) air and water
94) Sound becomes a hazardous noise pollution if its
level is a above
a) 30 Db
b) 120 dB
c) 80 dB
d) 150 Db
95) Maximum threat to the world is from (among the
following)
a) global warming
b) ozone hole
c) water pollution
d) soil erosion
96) Which of the following is the symbol of the metal
that occurs in liquid form at ordinary temperature?
a) Na
b) Sn
c) Pb
d) Hg
97) Which of the following is least compressible?
a) gas
b) liquid
c) solid
d) none of these
98) Which of the following is not a chemical change?
a) rusting of iron
b) converting water into steam
c) making curd from milk d) heating coal
99) Atomicity of Phosphorous is
a) 1
b) 2
c) 4
d) 6
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100) The number of atoms present in a molecule of

an element is known as its
a) valency
b) atomicity
c) chemical Formula
d) symbol
113) Which of the following acid is used in fire

extinguishers?
a) hydrochloric acid
b) sulphuric acid
c) nitric acid
d) oxalic acid
101) Random Movement of particles was discovered

by
a) Robert Brown
b) E. Goldstein
c) James Chadwick
d) Wilhein Weins
114) Which of the following acid is used by

goldsmiths for cleaning gold and silver ornaments?
a) HCL
b) H2SO4
c) HNO3
d) H3PO4
102) Scattering of light by colloidal particles is

known as
a) Tyndall effect
b) Brownian motion
c) reflection
d) rectilinear propagation
115) Which order of relative size amongst the

following is incorrect?
a) Li < Na < K
b) C < Si < Al
c) Mg > Al < Na
d) F < Cl < Br
103) Which of the following non-metals occur in

liquid form at room temperature?
a) bromine
b) carbon
c) sulphur
d) chlorine
116) Which one of the following has the smallest

size?
a) Al
b) Al+
c) Al+2
d) Al+3
104) Brass is an example of a ______

a) homogenous compound
b) homogenous mixture
c) heterogeneous mixture
d) heterogeneous compound
117) Which of the following is an example of fossil

fuel?
a) coal gas
b) coke
c) natural gas
d) producer gas
105) Which of the following is not a noble gas?

a) helium
b) neon
c) argon
d) hydrogen
106) Which of the following acids is present in sour
milk?
a) glycolic acid
b) lactic acid
c) citrus acid
d) tartaric acid
107) Which of the following acids is called the king
of the acids?
a) acetic acid
b) phosphoric acid
c) oxalic acid
d) sulphuric acid
108) The sharp pain caused by the sting of an ant is
due to
a) malic acid
b) nitric acid
c) formic acid
d) lactic acid
109) Vitamin C is an organic acid known as
a) ascorbic acid
b) citrus acid
c) glycolic acid
d) acetic acid
110) Soaps are sodium salts of
a) mineral acids
b) fatty acids
c) bases
d) carbonic acid
111) Sodium bicarbonate is also known as
a) washing soda
b) baking soda
c) glaubers salt
d) lime soda
112) Which of the following is not a property of
acids?
a) all acids have a sour taste
b) acids turn blue litmus red
c) acids turn red litmus blue
d) all acids form H+ ions in water
118) When steam is passed over hot coke, it

produces
a) producer gas
b) synthesis gas
c) tear gas
d) coal gas
119) Producer gas is a mixture of
a) carbon monoxide and nitrogen gas
b) carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas
c) carbon monoxide and water vapour
d) carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide
120) Water gas consists of
a) water vapour and coal dust
b) a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen
c) a mixture of carbon monoxide and the nitrogen
d) water vapour and methane.
121) The gas used in the welding and cutting of
metals is
a) ethane
b) ethene
c) ethyne
d) propene
122) Coal with largest C content is
a) anthracite
b) peat
c) lignite
d) bituminous
123) An allotropic form of carbon used for cutting
and drilling is
a) charcoal
b) bone charcoal
c) graphite
d) diamond
124) Cinnabar is an ore of
a) Pb
b) Zn
c) Hg
d) Cu
125) Which of them is not an ore of silver?
a) Ag2S
b) AgNO3
c) AgCl
d) None of these
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126) Which of the following alloys contains Tin?

a) brass
b) solder
c) duralumin
d) steel
127) An amalgam of metal has which other element?
a) C
b) Ag
c) Mg
d) Hg
128) Gold is alloyed with which metal to make it
harder?
a) Cu
b) Hg
c) Ag
d) C
129) The most abundant element in the universe is
a) helium
b) oxygen
c) silicon
d) hydrogen
130) The most abundant metal on the earth is
a) iron
b) gold
c) aluminium
d) copper
131) Aluminium is extracted from
a) hematite
b) bauxite
c) calamine
d) magnetite
132) Metallurgy is the process of
a) extracting metals from the Ore
b) roasting the Ore
c) liquefaction of nitrogen
d) adding carbon to the Ore in blast furnace
133) A metal, which melts on the palm
a) potassium
b) sodium
c) gallium
d) zinc
134) The process of protecting iron by coating with
Zinc.
a) smelting
b) galvanising
c) rusting
d) corrosion
135) A lustrous non-metal is
a) diamond
b) iodine
c) sulphur
d) phosphorus
136) Sodium is a
a) silvery white and very soft metal
b) colourless and hard metal
c) silvery white and very hard metal
d) colourless and very soft metal
137) Which of the following is used for making
magnets?
a) duralumin
b) magnalium
c) bronze
d) alnico
138) What should be added to pure iron to make
stainless steel?
a) nickel and cobalt
b) cadmium and chromium
c) nickel and cadmium
d) chromium and nickel
139) The red or Orange coating that forms on the
surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture for
some time is called
a) galvanization
b) electroplating
c) rust
d) reduction
140) The tip of the lead pencil is made of

a) lead
b) graphite
c) zinc
d) charcoal
141) The most abundant element in the suns
atmosphere is
a) xenon
b) argon
c) hydrogen
d) oxygen
142) Ordinary glass is a mixture of
a) sodium silicate, Calcium silicate
b) sodium silicate, Calcium silicate and Silica
c) sodium silicate and Silica
d) none of the above
143) Glass used for making wind screens of
automobiles is
a) hard glass
b) photo chromatic glass
c) safety glass
d) optical glass
144) Annealing is done to
a) increase brittleness
b) increase Transparency
c) decrease brittleness
d) increase refractive index
145) Steel is preferred over iron in construction of
ships because
a) melting point of steel is higher than Iron
b) steel is more uniform than Iron
c) steel does not rust
d) tensile strength of steel is not high
146) The carbon content in steel is
a) 0.1 5.0%
b) 2.0 2.5%
c) 0.1 1.5%
d) less than 0.1
147) Permanent magnets can be made from
a) Ni steel
b) cobalt steel
c) stainless steel
d) wrought iron
148) The main constituents of cement are:
a) calcium oxide, silicon dioxide, Aluminium oxide
b) calcium oxide, Iron oxide, Sulphur dioxide
c) magnesium oxide, Silicon dioxide, Aluminium oxide
d) none of these
149) A thick paste of cement, sand and water is
called
a) concrete
b) mortar
c) slurry
d) moderator
150) The process of making soap by the hydrolysis of
fats and oils with alkalis is called
a) hydrolysis
b) saponification
c) esterification
d) none of these
151) The soap can be hardened by
a) adding sodium carbonate or sodium silicate during its
manufacture
b) adding sodium chloride
c) adding potassium hydroxide
d) adding animal fat and coconut oil
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152) Bleaching powder is

a) CaO2Cl
b) CaOCl2
c) CaClO2
d) CaCl2+O2
153) Plaster of Paris is obtained by heating
a) gypsum
b) limestone
c) sodium carbonate
d) calcium sulphate
154) The common name of sodium bicarbonate is
a) lime
b) baking powder
c) baking soda
d) washing soda
155) Slaked lime reacts with chlorine to give
a) baking soda
b) washing soda
c) bleaching powder
d) cement
156) The main constituent of cement is
a) SiO2
b) CaO
c) CaSO4
d) Al2O3
157) The real bleaching agent present in bleaching
powder is
a) chlorine
b) oxygen
c) oxygen
d) CaO
158) Cake does not taste bitter due to presence of
a) sodium carbonate
b) tartaric acid
c) citric acid
d) sugar
159) What is obtained on adding lime to H2O?
a) lime
b) limestone
c) slaked lime
d) quicklime
160) Which of the following is different from others?
a) speed
b) density
c) force
d) time
161) The amount of substance in the SI system of
units is represented by
a) candela
b) mole
c) weight
d) kilogram
162) The SI unit of temperature is
a) Kelvin
b) second
c) mole
d) candela
163) The National Physical Laboratory is situated at
a) Kolkata
b) New Delhi
c) Bombay
d) None of these
164) The SI unit of electric current is
a) ampere
b) candela
c) mole
d) none of these
165) How many fundamental units are present in the
SI system of units?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 3
166) Which of the following physical quantities is
different from others?
a) speed
b) distance
c) energy
d) average velocity
167) The unit for the rate of change of velocity will

be
a) m/s
b) m/s2
c) Ns
d) N/s
168) The velocity of a body at rest is always
a) unity
b) negative
c) zero
d) infinite
169) Impulse is
a) a scalar quantity
b) a vector quantity
c) neither a scalar nor a vector
d) sometimes a scalar and sometimes a vector
170) The weight of a body would not be zero
a) at the centre of the earth
b) during a free fall
c) in interplanetary space
d) on a frictionless surface
171) A man is standing on a boat in still water. If he
walks towards the shore the boat will
a) move away from the shore
b) remain stationary
c) move towards the shore
d) sink
172) If action and reaction were to act on the same
body,
a) the resultant would be zero
b) the body would not move at all
c) both (a) and (b) are correct
d) neither (a) nor (b) is correct
173) The combined effect of mass and velocity is
taken into account by a physical quantity called
a) torque
b) moment of force
c) momentum
d) moment of momentum
174) Momentum is a measure of
a) weight
b) mass
c) quantity of motion
d) velocity
175) A rocket works on the
a) first law of motion
b) second law of motion
c) third law of motion
d) law of conservation of energy
176) When a bicycle travels on a rough surface, its
speed
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
d) none of these
177) It is difficult to walk on ice because of
a) absence of friction
b) absence of inertia
c) more inertia
d) more friction
178) The law which defines force is
a) Newtons third law of motion
b) Newtons first law of motion
c) Newtons second law of motion
d) Newtons law of gravitation
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179) Friction between any two objects is due to

a) attraction between them
b) repulsion between them
c) some adhesive forces between them
d) irregularities on the surfaces
180) Pascal is the unit for
a) pressure
b) thrust
c) buoyant force
d) None of these
181) The mercury barometer was invented by
a) Celsius
b) Fahrenheit
c) Torricelli
d) Bernoulli
182) The buoyant force depends on
a) depth of a liquid
b) colour of a liquid
c) density of liquid
d) none of these
183) The hot air balloon rises because it is
a) denser
b) less dense
c) equally dense
d) the given statement is wrong
184) A boat full of iron nails is floating on water in a
lake. When the iron nails are removed, the water
level
a) rises
b) falls
c) remains the same
d) nothing can be said
185) An ice cube is floating in a glass of water. What
happens to the water level when the ice melts?
a) rises
b) falls
c) remains same
d) first rises and then falls
186) The branch of physics which deals with the
study of fluids in motion is called
a) dynamics
b) hydrostatics
c) hydrodynamics
d) none of these
187) Pressure is a
a) scalar quantity
c) normal force
b) vector quantity
d) all the above are wrong
188) The upward force acting on the body immersed

in a fluid is called
a) hydrostatic pressure
b) buoyant force
c) true weight
d) net force
189) Work done upon a body is
a) a vector quantity
b) a scalar quantity
c) always positive
d) always negative
190) the flowing water of a river possesses ______
energy.
a) gravitational
b) potential
c) electrical
d) kinetic
191) The unit of power is
a) watt per second
b) joule
c) kilo joule
d) watt
192) A bird flying in the sky has
a) K.E. only
b) P.E. only
c) neither K.E. nor P.E.
d) both K.E. and P.E.
193) In summer, the clocks

a) become slow
b) become fast
c) gives correct time
d) lose time
194) Therm is the unit of
a) heat
b) temperature
c) thermometry
d) work
195) Heat flows as a result of difference of
a) temperatures
b) weights
c) masses
d) none of these
196) The first thermometer was developed by
a) Joule
b) Fahrenheit
c) Galileo
d) Watt
197) Soda bottles are made of thick glass so that
they can withstand the
a) pressure in summer
b) temperature in summer
c) decrease in viscosity
d) increase in potential energy
198) Evaporation is the process of changing liquid
into vapour
a) at any temperature
b) above its boiling point
c) at its boiling point
d) below its boiling point
199) The period of pendulum depends upon
a) mass
b) length
c) amplitude
d) energy
200) Potential energy of the bob is maximum
a) at the mean position
b) at the extreme position
c) between the mean position and extreme positions
d) none of these
201) The force which tries to bring the body back to
its mean position is called
a) deforming force
b) restoring force
c) gravitational force
d) buoyant force
202) In which of the following media will sound
travel the fastest?
a) solid
b) both solid and liquid
c) liquid
d) gas
203) Sound waves in air are _____ waves.
a) longitudinal
b) radio
c) transverse
d) electromagnetic
204) Sound waves cannot pass through
a) a solid-liquid mixture
b) an ideal gas
c) a liquid-gas mixture
d) a perfect vacuum
205) Out of the following, which frequency is not
clearly audible to the human ear?
a) 30 Hz
b) 30,000 Hz
c) 300 Hz
d) 3000 Hz
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206) The distance between two consecutive crests is

L, then the wavelength is given by
a) L/2
b) 2 L
c) 4 L
d) L
220) When the object is at focus of a concave mirror,

the image is formed at
a) focus
b) centre of curvature
c) within focus
d) infinity
207) The frequency of a wave is 5 Hz. It refers to

(type of wave)
a) ultrasonics
b) microwaves
c) infrasonics
d) radio waves
221) Which of the following is a non-luminous body?

a) fire
b) sun
c) stars
d) earth
208) A pulse is a wave

a) of high duration
b) of short duration
c) which travels in vacuum only
d) which travels in solids only
222) A body which allows most of the light to pass

through it is called a
a) transparent body
b) opaque body
c) translucent body
d) none of these
209) Sound travels fastest in

a) water
b) steel
c) air
d) kerosene oil
223) During the 19th century, light was considered to

be a stream of particles called
a) atoms
b) electrons
c) corpuscles
d) quantas
210) Which of the following types of waves is

different from others?
a) Light waves
b) X-rays
c) Radio waves
d) Sound waves
224) Who first proposed that light was wave-like in

character?
a) Huygens
b) Newton
c) Young
d) Maxwell
211) Waves produced by supersonic jet planes are

a) shock waves
b) seismic waves
c) infrasonics
d) none of these
225) The screen behind the eye lens is called the

a) iris
b) ciliary muscle
c) retina
d) pupil
212) Echo is produced due to

a) reflection of sound
b) refraction of sound
c) resonance
d) none of these
226) The middle vascular coat that darkens the eye

chamber and prevents refraction by absorbing the
light rays is
a) choroid
b) sclera
c) retina
d) cornea
213) SONAR is based on the principle of

a) echo
b) resonance
c) reverberation
d) any one of the above
214) The audible range of frequency is
a) 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
b) 40 Hz to 40,000 Hz
c) 60 Hz to 60,000 Hz
d) 10 Hz to 20,000 Hz
215) Which of the following frequencies of sound
cannot be heard by human beings?
a) 5 Hz
b) 20 Hz
c) 400 Hz
d) 1000 Hz
216) The mirror used in automobiles to see the rear
field of view is
a) concave
b) convex
c) plane
d) none of these
217) The mirror used in search lights is
a) concave
b) convex
c) plane
d) none of these
218) Shaving mirrors are
a) convex mirrors
b) concave mirrors
c) plane mirrors
d) none of these
219) The laws of reflection are true for
a) the plane mirror only b) the concave mirror only
c) the convex mirror only d) all reflecting surfaces
227) The amount of light entering the eye is

controlled by the
a) sclera
b) cornea
c) iris
d) crystalline lens
228) The eye lens is a
a) transparent double-convex lens
b) transparent double-concave lens
c) transparent concavo-convex lens
d) none of these
229) The eye lens contains a watery liquid called the
a) aqueous humour
b) peroxide
c) vitreous humour
d) none of these
230) Long-sightedness is caused by the eyeball
being too short. It can be corrected by the use of a
a) convergent lens
b) plane mirror
c) divergent lens
d) none of these
231) A lens which is thicker in the middles and
thinner at the edges is called a _____ lens.
a) convex
b) concave
c) cylindrical
d) none of these
232) A lens which is thinner at the middles and
thicker at the edges is called a _____ lens.
a) convex
b) concave
c) cylindrical
d) none of these
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233) Which of the following lens is used to minimise

hypermetropia?
a) convex lens
b) concave lens
c) cylindrical lens
d) none of these
234) Most of the refraction of light takes place in the
a) iris
b) cornea
c) pupil
d) retina
235) When the light is very bright,
a) the iris makes the pupil expand
b) the iris makes the pupil contract
c) the iris and the pupil remain as they are
d) none of these
236) Who discovered by his experiments with glass
prisms that white light consists of seven colours?
a) Newton
b) Faraday
c) Maxwell
d) Young
237) Autosomes in humans are paired in
a) 21 pairs
b) 24 pairs
c) 22 pairs
d) 16 pairs
238) The light which refracts most while passing
through a prism is
a) red
b) violet
c) indigo
d) yellow
239) The planet having the largest number of
satellites amongst the following is
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Uranus
d) Mars
240) In the absence of his tone proteins in
prokaryotes, the an ioinic charges of each inter
nucleotide phosphate in DNA is neutralized by
a) phospholipids
b) polyamines
c) polysaccharides
d) glycelipids
241) Phagocytosis and pinocytosis are collectively
termed as
a) endocytosis
b) suspension feeding
c) omnivores
d) mucous trap
242) Which one of the following is called pacemaker
of the heart?
a) SA node
b) AV node
c) Chordae tendinae
d) AV septum
243) The life span of human WBCs is normally
a) 12-13 days
b) 80-90 days
c) 100-120 days
d) 20-30 days
244) Oxygenated bold is carried by
a) pulmonary vein
b) pulmonary artery
c) hepatic portal vein
d) renal vein
245) The reserve food in fungal cell is
a) glucose
b) fructose
c) glycogen
d) starch
246) Trypanosoma is
a) bacteria
c) algae
b) fungus
d) protozoa
247) Seeds are called the products of sexual

reproduction due to
a) it gives rise to new plants
b) formation by fusion of pollen tubes
c) it can survive for longer periods
d) are formed by fusion of gametes
248) The most essential organ for fertilization is
a) juicy fruit
b) green sepals
c) coloured petals
d) mature ovule
249) BCG vaccine is used to protect a child from
a) polio
b) plague
c) dengue
d) tuberculosis
250) Bulliform cells are present in
a) lower epidermis of monocot leaves
b) upper epidermis of monocot leaves
c) dicot stem
d) upper epidermis of dicot leaves
251) Sebaceous glands are found in
a) dermis of skin of mammals
b) epithelium of intestine of frog
c) epithelium of stomach of frog
d) epidermis of skin mammals
252) One of the most resistant known biological
material is
a) lignin
b) hemicelluloses
c) sporopollenin
d) lignocelluloses
253) Parthenogenesis is a type of
a) sexual reproduction
b) asexual reproduction
c) budding
d) regeneration
254) Which one of the following is not correct about
cathode rays?
a) They are deflected to the positive plate of
electromagnetic field
b) The nature of cathode rays does not depend upon the
nature of gas taken in the discharge tube
c) The nature of cathode rays depends upon the nature of
gas taken in the discharge tube
d) Cathode rays are made up of material particles
255) Cathode rays are produced when high electric
voltage is applied to the gas held in a discharge tube
at a pressure of about
a) 10-3 atm
b) 10-5 atm
c) 1 atm
d) 100 atm
256) The electronic configuration of chlorine with
atomic number 17 is
a) 2, 8, 7
b) 2, 9, 6
c) 2, 10, 7
d) 2, 9, 9
257) A divalent cation has 10 electrons and 12
neutrons. The atomic number and mass number of
the elements are
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a) 12, 24
c) 11, 25
b) 10, 12
d) 8, 12
258) Isotopes differ in the number of

a) electrons
b) protons
c) neutrons
d) nucleons
259) The only elements having no neutron is
a) protium
b) deuterium
c) tritium
d) All of these
260) -particle are
a) double positive helium nucleus
b) single positive helium nucleus
c) neutral helium atom
d) None of these
261) Neutron was discovered by
a) J J Thomson
b) James Chadwick
c) Goldstein
d) Rutherford
262) Man made synthetic fibre is
a) wool
b) rayon
c) nylon
d) cotton
263) Which one of the following statements is not
correct?
a) All metals are solid at room temperature
b) All metals are good conductor of heat and electricity
c) All metals from basic oxides
d) All metals possess luster when freshly prepared
264) Among metals, the poorest conductor of heat is
a) lead
b) tin
c) bismuth
d) mercury
265) The correct order of electrical conductivity is
a) Al > Au > Cu > Ag
b) Cu > Ag > Al > Au
c) Au > Ag > Al > Cu
d) Ag > Cu > Au > Al
266) Beakers A, B and C contain zinc sulphate, silver
nitrate and iron (II) sulphate solutions, respectively.
copper pieces are added to each beaker. Blue colour
will appear to in case of
a) beaker A
b) beaker B
c) beaker C
d) All the beakers
267) A particle is projected up with an initial velocity
of 80 ft/s. The ball will attain height of 96 ft/s from
the ground after
a) 2.0 and 3.0 s
b) Only at 3.0s
c) Only at 2.0 s
d) After 1 and 2 s
268) A stone is dropped into water from abridge 44.1
m above the water. Another stone is thrown
vertically downward 1 s later. Both strike the water
simultaneously. What was the initial speed of the
second stone?
a) 12.25 m/s
a) 14.75 m/s
c) 16.23 m/s
d) 17.15 m/s
269) Which one of the following statements is
wrong?
a) Sound travels in straight line

b) Sound travels in the form of waves
c) Sound is a form of energy
d) Sound travels faster in vacuum than in air
270) A body is thrown vertically upwards with a
velocity .
Find the true statement from the
following.
a) Both velocity and acceleration are zero at its highest
point
b) Velocity is maximum and acceleration is zero at the
highest point.
c) Velocity is maximum and acceleration is of downwards at
its highest point
d) Velocity is zero at the higher point and maximum height
reached is
u2
2g
271) The process of respiration is concerned with

a) liberation of oxygen
b) liberation of carbon dioxide
c) liberation of energy
d) intake of oxygen
272) Cyanobacteria are
a) bacteria
b) virus
c) algae
d) fungi
273) Which one of the following statements is
wrong?
a) Voltmeter should have high resistance
b) Ammeter should have low resistance
c) Ammeter is placed in parallel
d) Voltmeter is placed in parallel across the conductor in a
circuit
274) A. The resistance of super conductor is zero.
B. The super conductor are used for the transmission
of electric power.
a) A and B are true
b) A and B are false
c) A is true and B is false d) A is false and B is false
275) The resistivity of a wire
a) increase with the length of the wire
b) decreases with the area of cross-section
c) decreases with the length and increases with the crosssection of a wire
d) None of the above
276) Ohms law is true
a) for gases at low temperature
b) for metallic conductor
c) for electrolytes when current passes through them
d) for diode when current flows
277) Which of the following is not an endocrine
gland?
a) Salivary gland
b) Pituitary gland
c) Thyroid gland
d) Adrenal gland
278) Two rods of same material and length have
their electric resistance to ratio 1 : 2. When both
rods are dipped in water, the correct statement will
be
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2)
3)
4)
A has more loss of weight

B has more loss of weight
Both have same loss of weight
Loss of weight will be in the ratio 1 : 2
279) The temperature of the Sun is measure with

a) platinum thermometer b) gas thermometer
c) pyrometer
d) vapour pressure thermometer
280) In case of uniform circular motion, which of the
following physical quantity do not remain constant?
a) Speed
b) Momentum
c) Kinetic energy
d) Mass
281) Inertia is that property of a body by virtue of
which the body is
a) unable to change by itself the state, the rest
b) unable to change by itself the state of uniform motion
c) unable to change by itself the direction of motion
d) unable to change by itself the state of rest and of
uniform linear motion
282) A rider on horse back falls when horse starts
running all of a sudden because
a) rider is taken back
b) rider is suddenly afraid of falling
c) inertia of rest keeps the upper part of body at rest
whereas lower part of the body moves forward with the
horse
283) A person is standing in a elevator. In which
situation, he finds his weight less than actual when
a) the elevator moves upward with constant acceleration
b) the elevator moves downward with constant acceleration
c) the elevator moves upward with uniform velocity
d) the elevator moves downward with uniform velocity
284) When the speed of a moving body is doubled
a) its acceleration is doubled
b) its momentum is doubled
c) its kinetic energy is doubled
d) its potential energy is doubled
b) increasing the temperature

c) increasing the pressure
d) increasing the pressure and lowering the temperature
289) The term rancidity represents
a) acid rain
b) oxidation of fatty food
c) rottening of fruit
d) fading of coloured clothes in the sun
290) Evaporation of liquid occur at
a) boiling point
b) fixed temperature lower than the boiling point
c) all temperature
291) The basic unit of a vertebrate kidney is the
a) ureter
b) nephron
c) malpighian tubule
d) islets of langerhans
292) Largest part of the brain of human being is
called
a) olfactory lobe
b) cerebral hemisphere
c) corpus callosum
d) optic nerve
293) Which part of human brain is more developed
in comparison to others?
a) Cerebrum
b) Cerebellum
c) Optic lobes
d) Medulla oblongata
294) Hearing is controlled by
a) tyemporal lobes
b) cerebrum
c) hypothalamus
d) parietal lobe
295) The two kidneys lie
a) at the level of ovaries
b) at the same level
c) left kidney at a higher level than the right one
d) right kidney at a higher level than the left one
296) Example of analogy is
a) wings of bird and butterfly
b) limbs of horse and man
c) wings of bat
285) Which of the following is not a chemical

reaction?
a) Souring of milk
b) Rusting of iron
c) Dissolution of sugar in water
d) Digestion of food in our body
297) Removal of anthers from flowers is the process

which is known as
a) emasculation
b) breeding
c) manuring
d) fallowing
286) The physical state of water at 100C is

a) solid
b) liquid
c) gas
d) plasma
298) Improved variety of paddy (rice) is

a) Ranjit
b) Sonalika
c) Ganga 101
d) Pusa 215
287) Which of the following characteristics are

associated with gaseous state?
a) Definite shape, compressible, fixed volume
b) Incompressible, fixed shape and size
c) No fixed shape and size, highly compressible
d) Fixed shape, incompressible, closely packed
299) Which one of the following crop doesnt

required more nitrogen fertilizers?
a) Maize
b) Paddy
c) Clover (Berseem)
d) Sugarcane
288) A gas can be liquefied by

a) lowering the temperature
300) Which one is used for weeding?

a) Insecticides
b) Weedicides
c) Herbicides
d) Pesticides
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Odyssey of My Life is the autobiography of which
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Japan has promised to provide all possible support
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With which Japanese city India has signed a
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Prime minister of India recently visited Japan to
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Which committee has been setup by the govt. to
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The proposed Producer Price Index aims to replace
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great
Indian_________: Musicians
National Nutrition Week is celebrated every year
from ______September to the ______September:
1st, 7th
What is the theme of the National Nutrition Week
2014: Poshak Ahaar, Desh Ka Adhaar
Who is the head of the committee setup to examine
the un-claimed amount in PPF, Post Office and
Savings Schemes: HR Khan
Name the Australian Prime Minister who came to
India on a two day visit: Tony Abbott
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has announced
that _______ will be the new capital of Andhra
Pradesh: Vijayawada
MS Dhoni has become the most successful Indian
ODI captain with ________ wins to his career: 91
Joan Rivers, 81-year-old noted lady comedian and
TV host who passed away recently was from which
country: United State of America
India signed a landmark civil nuclear cooperation
agreement with Australia on 5th September to
ensure supply of ________ for peaceful purposes:
Uranium
Prime Minister of which country recently returned
two precious ancient idols of Hindu deities to India
which were allegedly stolen from temples in Tamil
Nadu: Australia
The Supreme Court has directed that all ________
prisoners who have been in the prison for a period
more than half of the jail term prescribed for the
offences they had been arrested, should be released
on bail immediately: Under trial
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the economic growth charts with a scorching 11 per
cent growth in 2013-14: Madhya Pradesh
In the recent rescue operations in J & K, hundreds
of NDRF personnel worked round the clock to
rescue thousands of marooned persons. What is the
full form of NDRF: National Disaster Relief Force
Which major river of J & K caused heavy damage
due to floods in the State: Jhelum
What is the name of the award for best film at the
Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion
Name the Swedish film directed by Roy Anderson
that won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film
Festival: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch While
Reflecting on Existence
Name the film directed by Indian writer-director
Chaitanya Tamhane that won award for best debut
feature film at the Venice Film Festival: Court
Name the tennis star who won mens single titles at
the US open tennis: Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic, winner of US open 2014 is from which
country: Croatia
Name the first ever male Asian player to play in the
finals of US Open Lawn Tennis Championship: Kei
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singles title at US open: Kei Nishikori
Womens singles title at the US open tennis
championship was won by_________: Serena
Williams
Sania Mirza won which title at the US open tennis
championship: Mixed doubles q
Midori Prize in Biodiversity is given in which country:
Japan
Midori Prize in Biodiversity is given for what
purpose: For outstanding contributions to the
conservation
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biodiversity
Which Indian scientist and ecologist has won Midori
Prize in Biodiversity for his research on climate
change in the Himalayas: Kamal Bawa
Name the author of the book The Lives of Others:
Neel Mukherjee
The book The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
was in news for what reasons: it has been
shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize
2014
Booker prize for literature are given in which
country: England
RBI has fixed _______years as the upper age limit
for managing directors (MDs) and chief executive
officers (CEOs) and other whole-time director of
banks in the private sector: 70
Which Union Minister recently visited Afghanistan to
meet President and to review key projects there:
Sushma Swaraj
India has signed the _________ (FTA) in services
and investments with 10 ASEAN countries: Free
Trade Agreement
Which country launched two satellites - Yaogan-21
and Tiantuo-1 to relay information on natural
resources, disaster management: China
With which neighbouring country India signed a
MoU on cooperation in the field of traditional
systems of medicine and homeopathy: Bangladesh
China has assured cooperation for setting up a
automobile manufacturing industrial park at which
place in India: Pune
Under which Indian law, Govt. of India is the sole
authority to print Rupee one currency note:
Coinage Act, 2011
RBI is authorized to issue currency notes upto which
highest denomination:10,000
Govt. of India is empowered to issue coins upto
which highest denomination: Rs. 1,000
Who has been appointed as head of the Expenditure
Management Commission: Bimal Jalan
What is the purpose of setting up of Expenditure
Management Commission: for suggesting ways
to improve fiscal discipline
Pehli Udaan and Pehal Kadam are the names for
which item: Savings account for minors
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Bank of India
Which bank has started cardless cash withdrawal
facility from its ATMs: ICICI Bank
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
has approved the sale of stakes in how many PSUs:
Three ONGC, NHPC and CIL
60th National School Games in six sporting
disciplines will be held in November in which State:
Punjab
DRDO successfully test-fired indigenously developed
Agni-I - nuclear-capable missile recently. It is what
type of missile: Surface-To-Surface
Indias first coral garden is proposed to be
developed in which State: Gujarat
Which public sector bank has declared the
Kingfisher Airlines as the willful defaulter: United
Bank of India
Which State has launched the renovation and
beautification work of the birthplace of famous
author, journalist and critic George Orwell: Bihar
Bhartendu Harishchandra Awards are given by
Union Ministry for Information & Broadcasting for
what purpose: For original writing in Hindi
Indian authors on subjects like Journalism
and
Mass
Communication,
National
Integration, Womens Issues and Childrens
Literature
Govt has launched the Reefer Vehicle Call-in-Centre
(RVC)
for
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smooth
transportation of perishable goods
Name the prominent Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet
singer who passed away recently: Firoza Begum
Who is Indias noted snooker and billiards champion
to announce his retirement from the professional
snooker: Pankaj Advani
With which country India has signed an agreement
for cooperation in the field of skill development,
solid waste management and cleaning of rivers:
Germany
Scientists have warned that millions of lives could be
at risk because of the threat to food crops in Fertile
Crescent. Where is this area: Middle East Asia
H. Devraj Committee has been setup for what
purpose: To examine working of 'C' category
deemed universities
Which State has declared 9 September as Himalaya
Diwas to spread the message of conservation of the
Himalayan ecosystems: Uttarakhand
Saakshar Bharat Awards are given on which date:
Sep. 8 International Literacy Day
Saakshar Bharat Awards are given for what
purpose: For the best performance in the field
of adult education
Saakshar Bharat Awards are given by which Union
Ministry: Human Resource Development
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit
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Wales Resolution is the name given to the
resolutions adopted at the recent summit of which
international organization: NATO
Chitresh Tatha, a 12 year old boy is representing
India at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, South
Korea in which sports: Optimist Dinghy Race
General elections for electing Members of Legislative
Assembly (MLAs) have been declared for how many
states: Two (Haryana and Maharashtra)
Davis Cup Commitment Award is given for which
category of Tennis player: Those who have
competed in at least 20 ties
Name the winner of the Davis Cup Commitment
award 2014: Rohan Bopanna
Countrys first 'Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve'
(CDBR) is to be developed in which place: Spiti in
Himachal Pradesh
President Pranab Mukherjee made a four-day state
visit to Vietnam and met his counterpart
__________: Truong Tan Sang
What is the currency of Vietnam: Dong
_______ is the capital of Vietnam: Hanoi
Which public sector organization is celebrating 55
years of its service: Doordarshan
First experimental centre of Doordarshan was
established at which place: Delhi
Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold championship is
for which sports: Badminton
The Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold
championship 2014 was held at which place:
Palembang, Indonesia
Name the winner of the Indonesian Masters Grand
Prix Gold championship 2014: S Prannoy, India
FILA Senior World Wrestling Championship held
in_________, Uzbekistan: Tashkent
Name the eminent scientist who has been named to
head an expert panel to recommend best
technologies for the "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: R A
Mashelkar
Which country is helping India to set up 10 centres
of excellence to raise agriculture output and
introduce modern farm technologies: Netherlands
Indian Highways Management Company Limited
(IHMCL) has inked a pact with ___________ for
services related to electronic toll collection: Axis
Bank and ICICI Bank
Which committee recommended idea of universal
bank accounts that is bank account for every
individual: Nachiket Mor
Name the Chinas President who recently visited
India: Xi Jinping
On which railway corridor China has assured
technological support for achieving speed of 160
kmph: Chennai Bangalore Mysore
Which Chinese city has signed a sister city
agreement with Ahmedabad: Guangzhou
China has agreed to opening of a new route to
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Nathu La
Which type of power projects are categorized as
Ultra Megha Power Project: Which generate more
than 4000 MW or above electricity
Guangdong province of China has agreed to become
partner in cultural and social ties with which State of
India: Gujarat
What is the name of currency of China: Renminbi
(Yuan)
_______ is the capital of China: Beijing
The worlds highest and toughest marathon held at
3,524 meter (11,562 feet) altitude is held at which
place: Leh, J & K
Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of
the National Commission for Women: Lalitha
Kumaramangalam
Who has been appointed Chairman, Quality Council
of India: Adil Zainulbhai
6th meeting of the South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for Home Ministers
held on September 19 at which place: Kathmandu
Manoj Kumar a 2010 CWG boxing gold-medalist was
in news for what reasons: He has been given
Arjun Award on Delhi High Court orders
51st Shooting World Championship was held at
which place: Granada, Spain
20th Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships was
held at_______ : Mumbai
Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (RPBD) to be held
from October 16 to 18 will be hosted by which city:
London
A joint 14 days military exercise between the armed
forces of America and India was held at which
place: Ranikhet in Almora district of
Uttrakhand
What is the name given to the Joint Army Exercise
between armed forces of American and India being
held at Ranikhet, Uttarakhand: Exercise Yudh
Abhyas 2014
Govt. has launched India Newborn Action Plan for
what purpose: To achieve the single digit
neonatal mortality and stillbirth rate by 2030
The 45th IFFI will be held from 20 to 30 November,
20 14 at which place: Goa
IFFI stands for: International Film Festival of
India
Which city has been declared as the permanent
venue for the International Film Festival of India
(IFFI): Goa
Who has been appointed as new ambassador of
China in India: Le Yucheng
Name the Indo-American appointed by USA as its
next ambassador to India: Richard Rahul Verma
And then One Day: A Memoir is the autobiography
of which noted film artist: Naseeruddin Shah
The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 was won by
which country: USA
144) The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 was held at

which place: Madrid, Spain
Supreme Court has directed Central
Government to ensure ______ percent quota for
disabled persons in all government jobs, including
IAS and promotions: Three
Players of which sports have recently been allowed
to wear religious head coverings, such as hijabs or
turbans by Sikhs, on a trial basis: Basketball
Sportspersons of which game have now been
allowed to participate in Asian Games under Indian
flag: Boxing
The Asian games been held in Incheon, South Korea
are which number in series: 17th
Name the sports person who was the flag bearer of
the Indian contingent in the Asian Games: Sardara
Singh
Who is Sardara Singh, the flag bearer of the Indian
contingent in the Asian Games: Captain of Indian
Hockey Team
Mandolin U. Shrinivas, eminent Carnatic music
exponent from Andhra Pradesh who passed away
recently was famous for what reasons: His expert
use of mandolin, a western instrument, in
Carnatic music
Name the international NGO that has agreed to
promote user friendly toilets to improve sanitation
system in India under Swachchh Bharat Mission:
Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation
All India Radio has started free SMS service to
provide news in how many languages: Five
Recognising the importance of Prime Minister Modis
visit to USA, the US Senate has designated
September 30 as ________ day: US-India
Partnership Day
Which country voted in a referendum to continue
with UK: Scotland
The United Kingdom is a union of how many
countries: Four
Which are the four countries comprising the United
Kingdom: England, Scotland, North Ireland and
Wales
Alok Shetty the 28 year old has been named Young
Leader of Tomorrow by Time magazine for his
pioneering work in designing affordable flood-proof
houses for slum dwellers. He is from which field:
Architecture
Name the Indias pistol-shooter who won India's
first gold in the 50m event at Asian Games: Jitu
Rai
Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) and
China Development Bank Corporation have signed
agreements with which Indian banks to facilitate
trade between the two countries: SBI, ICICI Bank
and Axis Bank
Name the bank which accounted for half of the total
number of banking transactions done through
mobile phone in June,2014: State Bank of India
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the world record for largest IPO, amassing around

$25 billion from the investors: Chinese founder
and promoter of worlds largest online
shopping portal Alibaba
John Key has been elected as new Prime Minister of
which country: New Zealand
Name the World Chess Championship recently won
by Viswanathan Anand: Bilbao Chess Masters
Bilbao Chess Masters Finals were held at which
place: Bilbao, Spain
Summer Youth Olympic Games 2014 were held at
which place: Nanjing, China
Ashraf Ghani has been appointed new President of
which country: Afghanistan
Sania Mirza recently won the womens double title in
which championship at Tokyo, Japan: WTA Toray
Pacific Open
U N summit on climate change was held at which
place: New York, USA
Indias first National Academy of Athletics has been
established at which place: Kariavattom near
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Apart from India, how many other international
space agencies have been successful in sending a
spacecraft Mars: Three
Which Indian film has been selected as Indias entry
for the Oscar Awards in the foreign film category:
Liars Dice
The UN climate summit 2014 was held at which
place: New York
RBI has formed G Gopalakrishna Committee to give
recommendations on which matter: Capacity
building in banks and streamlining training
intervention
__________ appointed as the head coach of the Sri
Lankan cricket team: Marvan Atapattu
Which city shall be hosting ICC World Cricket
League Division 3: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Noted Hindi novelist Govind Mishra has been
honoured with which prize: Saraswati Samman
What is the title of the book by Govind Mishra for
which he has been awarded Sarswati Samman:
Dhool Paudhon Par
Which international Chinese tennis star has
announced her retirement from the sports: Li Na
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana has been launched
for what purpose: To impart skills to rural and
urban poor
What is the new name for Aajeevika Skills
Programme aimed at providing skill development to
Rural Youth: Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gramin
Kaushalya Yojana
Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gramin Kaushalya
Yojana the minimum entry age for imparting skill to
rural youth has been reduced from 18 years to
______: 15 Years
What is the aim of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gramin
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What is the objective of recently launched Deen
Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana: For
skill development of rural youth
Indias first National Sports University is going to be
setup in which State: Manipur
Name the surface to surface missile recently tested
by Pakistan: Hatf IX
_______ and _______ has been named as SAARC
cultural capital for a year beginning April 2015 and
2016-17 respectively: Bamiyan and Dhaka
The year _________ has been declared as the
SAARC Year of Cultural Heritage: 2016-17
Which country has decided to sell cigarettes in plain
packets to discourage smoking: France
Name the industrialist who is the 2nd richest
billionaire of India: Dilip Shanghvi
Standard & Poors (S&P) has raised the outlook on
Indias sovereign rating from negative to
_________: Stable
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given for
excellence in which field: Science & Technology
Name the programme launched by Govt. of India for
making India as future manufacturing hub: Make in
India
How many thrust sectors have been identified under
the Make in India campaign: 25
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the
_____ session of United Nations General Assembly
in New York: 69th
The six major world powers held the 7th round of
nuclear talks with which countries: Iran
Which state capital has recently started the work on
having a metro rail service: Lucknow
Name the State that has recently been put under
presidents rule: Maharashtra
Mount Ontake that erupted suddenly, killing over 36
persons is located in which country: Japan
Jitu Rai won Indias first Gold Medal in Asiad 2014 in
which sports: Pistol Shooting
In which two events, Indian mens team won the
gold medal in Asiad 2014: Archery and Squash
Name the Indian wrestler who ended a 28-year
drought for gold in wrestling by winning gold at
Asiad 2014: Yogeshwar Dutt
_________ won the countrys first-ever silver in the
womens 20 kms race walk in Asiad: Khushbir
Kaur
Saurav Ghoshal won silver in individual _______
event at Asiad 2014: Squash
Who has been named as the new Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu: O Panneerselvam
Name the American venue where Prime Minister
Modi addressed a gathering of over 18,000 persons:
Madison Square Garden, New York
_________ is the West Asias largest consumer IT
and electronics retail show: GITEX Shopper,
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for PIOs and OICs. What is the full form of PIOs and
OICs: Persons of Indian Origin, Overseas
Indian Citizens
Global Competiveness report is published by which
organization:
World
Economic
Forum
(Switzerland)
Global Gender Gap Report is published by which
organization:
World
Economic
Forum
(Switzerland)
Which committee has recommended Vijayawada as
capital of Andhra Pradesh: The Sivaramakrishnan
Committee
Name the programme launched by Indian Army to
rescue thousands of maroon persons in floods of
Jammu & Kashmir: Operation Megh Rahat
In which country the city of Bamiyan is located:
Afghanistan
For what reasons is Bamiyan an important city: It
had worlds tallest Buddha Statue which were
destroyed by Taliban in 2001.
In which city is the Headquarter of United Nations
situated: New York
Who is the President of United Nations General
Assembly: John William Ashe of Antigua and
Barbuda
Which day has been declared by US Senate to be
designated
as
US-India
partnership
day:
September 30
Sarasawati Samman is promoted by which
foundation: K.K. Birla Foundation
What is the award amount for the winners of
Saraswati Samman: Rs. 10 lacs
What is the prize money for the winners of Shanti
Swarup Bhatnagar Award: Rs. 5 lakh, a citation
and a plaque
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Minister of which country: USA
222) Foreign Minister of USA is officially designated as

___________ in USA: Secretary of State
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almost swept away in a massive mud slide: Malin

Village
Name the famous Eminent Hindi litterateur and
novelist from Bihar who passed away recently:
Madhukar Singh
Name the exploration rover of NASA that created a
record of travelling maximum distance on Mars:
Opportunity
Govt has launched a nationwide scheme by the
name _____________to promote conservation and
development of indigenous breeds of cows in a
focused and scientific manner: Rashtriya Gokul
Mission
Name the German player who created a world
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record of fastest serve in the womens tennis by

serving at 131 miles per hour: Sabine Lisicki
Recently the Nagoya Protocol was ratified by 51
countries. What is the objective of this protocol:
Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits of
genetic resources
What is the total number of total medals won by the
India in 20th Commonwealth Games: 64
India won 64 medals at the Commonwealth Games
2014. Of this how many were gold medals: 15
Name the country that won highest number of
medals at the Commonwealth Games 2014:
England
England top the Commonwealth Games by capturing
__________ medals: 174
Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian male
player in 32 years to win a gold medal in the
Commonwealth Games in which sports: Badminton
Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal won the
doubles gold medal in Commonwealth Games in
which game: Squash
Name the Canadian gymnast who was awarded the
David Dixon Award for the best athlete of the
Games: Frankie Jones
K.V. Chawdary has been appointed chairman of
which important central govt. office: Central Board
of Direct Taxes
Countrys first multi-sensor moored observatory
IndARC was successfully deployed in Kongsfjorden
Fjord in which region of the world: Arctic Region
22nd Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award has been
awarded to which personality: Muzaffar Ali
Muzaffar Ali, winner of 22nd Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna
Award is a prominent person from which field:
Cinema, Film maker
The deadly EBOLA virus has claimed hundreds of
lives in Africa. What is the full form of EBOLA: No
full form, it is the name of virus
Name African region where Liberia, Guinea and
Siera Leone countries have been attacked by Ebola
virus: West Africa
In which country, the Ebola virus was first
discovered nearly four decades ago: Congo
The book The Boys in the boat has been written
by which author: Daniel James Brown
What is the name of the Latest novel written by
Chetan Bhagat: Half Girlfriend
Modi suggested HIT formula for Nepals
development. Expand the acronym HIT: Highways,
I-ways and Transways
India to construct a pipeline for supply of _______
from Raxual in Bihar to Amlekhganj in Nepal:
Petroleum products
Name the recently appointed new Deputy Governor
of the RBI: S S Mundra
S S Mundra, has been appointed Deputy Governor
of RBI for _________ years: Three
Name the agreement that was objected to by India
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Agreement
In which State of India, world highest piller railway
bridge is being constructed: Manipur
Pinkathon Delhi 2014 - a run for cause was
organised in Delhi with the slogan "Each One,
Kheench One" urging all men to encourage at least
one special woman in their life to run for a good
cause. What was this cause: Spreading
awareness about breast cancer
RBI has reduced the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) of
scheduled commercial banks by 50 basis points.
What is the present rate of SLR: 22%
Reduction of SLR by 50 basis points is expected to
release Rs. _________ crore of Banks funds:
40,000
Name the number one ranking golfer of the world
who won the elite World Golf Championships held at
Akron, USA: Rory Mcllroy
Worlds No. 1 golfer Rory Mcllroy is from which
country: Ireland
Longtoushan, a town in Ludian county of Yunnan
province of China was in news for what reasons: It
was hit by a severe earthquake
Name the eminent Indian cartoonist famous for his
popular comic characters, who passed away: Pran
Kumar Sharma
Name the popular comic characters created by late
cartoonist Pran: Chacha Chaudury and Sabu
Which Indian bank won the Core Banking System
Imitative Award 2014 at Singapore: Bharatiya
Mahila Bank Ltd.
Governor of which Indian State was recently sacked
by the President for her alleged irregularities:
Mizoram
As per recent estimates from RBI, the projected
GDP growth rate for year 2014-15, is around
_________ per cent: 5.5
The Union Cabinet has cleared a historic, all new
juvenile justice law under which _________year
olds who commit heinous offences such as rapes
and robberies can be tried as adults: 16 to 18
Govt. has allowed __________ per cent FDI in
defence sector: 49%
Nikhil Chandwani who recently won the Author of
the year award in USA is also known for his works
in which other fields: Documentary Films
Name the US Defence Secretary who visited India
recently: Chuck Hagel
What is the name of the recently released
controversial book by Natwar Singh: One Life is
not Enough
The World Kabaddi League started in _________ on
August 9: London
What is the objective of the proposed Bharat Bill
Payment System: Centralised payment of
various types of bills
47th Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN)
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Foreign Ministers meeting held at which place: Nay

Pyi Taw, Myanmar
The Reserve Bank has approved the transfer of
surplus (profit) amounting to Rs 526.79 billion for
the year ended June 30, 2014 to__________.
Government of India
Name the space ship that created a world record of
travelling longest ever distance of 6.4 billion kms
since its launch in March 2004: Rosetta
The space ship Rosetta that created world record for
longest distance covered was launched by which
space agency: European Space Agency
What is the brand name of the new joint venture
airline of the Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines: Vistara
UAE has become the first gulf country to install
reverse vending machines. What is the purpose of
these machines: To collect domestic light bulbs
and batteries for recycling
Haider Al-Abadi has been named as Prime Minister
of which country: Iraq
Who has been elected as Deputy Speaker of Lok
Sabha: M. Thambidurai
The recent Archery World Cup was held at Wroclaw.
It is in which country: Poland
Indian womens archery team led by ___________
won the gold medal in recurve category: Deepika
Kumari `
Robin Williams who recently died of suspected
suicide was a famous __________ of USA: Comedy
Actor
For which State government announced Central
assistance of Rs. 8,000 crore for four major road
projects connecting it with rest of the country:
Jammu & Kashmir
What is the name of the new bill passed by the
Parliament to scrap the collegium system of
appointing Supreme Court and high court judges:
National Judicial Appointments Commission
Bill, 2014
To give national judicial appointments commission a
constitutional status, __________ Constitution
Amendment Bill was also passed: 99th
Which award for popularly known as Nobel Prize of
Mathematics: Fields Medal
Name the Indian Mathematician who won the recent
filed medal: Manjul Bhargava
Name the first women to win the Fields Medal in
Mathematics: Maryam Mizakhani
Govt has approved the constitution of the
Expenditure Management Commission to be headed
by which person: Bimal Jalan
What is the purpose of setting up Expenditure
Management Commission: To suggest ways to
reduce subsidies on food, fertilizer and oil
Name the army officer who was decorated with
Ashok Chakra the highest peace time gallantry
award of the country: Major Mukund Vardarajan
What is the name of the award for the best film at
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The famous Locarno International Film Festival is
held in which country: Switzerland
Who is the new Chairperson Union Public Service
Commission: Rajni Razdan
What is the formal name of the scheme launched to
provide a bank account to every Indian: Pradhan
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna, every new
bank account opener will also get a life insurance
cover of __________ lakh rupees: One
As per new RBI guidelines, banks are required to
provide their savings bank account holders with at
least ________free transactions per month at their
own ATMs.: Five
The number of free transactions on ATMs set up by
other banks had been reduced to_________, from
five earlier, in Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata,
Bengaluru and Hyderabad: Three
Name the JD(U) leader who has been selected for
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award 2012: Sharad
Yadav
Recently, a large number of countries around the
world organized various functions to commemorate
100 years of which major international event:
World War 1
World War I, also called The Great War, took place
in and around Europe from July ______to November
_________: 1914, 1918
Which place of Nepal was in news as a massive land
slide near Mankha on 2 August 2014 blocked the
Sunkoshi River and caused maasive damage to local
settlements, claiming at least 156 lives:
Sindhupalchok
Which country recently unveiled its next generation
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng
41 (DF-41): China
In which Indian State started the The 20-day Nanda
Devi Raj Jat yatra also called the Himalayan
Kumbh,: Uttarakhand
BKS Iyengar, 96 year old Padmavibhushan Awardee
who passed away recently was a world famous Guru
in which field: Yoga
A Hindu temple - Shree Swaminarayan Mandir,
claimed to be the world's first 'eco-temple' featuring
solar panels and a rainwater harvesting system, has
been opened in which place: London, UK
Among Northeastern States, ________ has been the
first choice of foreign tourist in 2013: Sikkim
Name the human rights activist and former
journalist of Imphal who has been protesting
against AFSPA since November 2000: Irom
Sharmila Chanu
What is the full form of AFSPA: Armed Forces
Special Powers Act
General Prayuth Chan-ocha has been proclaimed as
Prime Minister of which country: Thailand
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join the newly form BRICS bank: Bangladesh
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Name the CMD of Indian Bank who has been
elected as Chairman of the Indian Banks Association
for 2014-15: T M BHASIN
Youth Olympic games 2014 were held at which
place: Nanjing, China
Name the Jnanpith awardee and renowned novelist
and story writer, who passed away recently: U R
Ananthamurthy
U R Ananthamurthy was renowned novelist and
story writer of which language: Kannada
Sushma Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister
recently visited which country to promote countrys
Look East Policy: Vietnam
Governor of which State recently quite his office to
protest his transfer to Mizoram: Maharashtra
Which sprint superstar set a new best time record of
9.98 second for the rarely run 100 meter indoors
race: : Usain Bolt
The sprint superstar Usain Bolt is from which
country: Jamaica
Which online shopping portal has signed a MoU with
Union Textile Ministry to provide online marketing
platform to handloom weavers all over India:
Flipkart
Noted film maker and actor Richard Attenborough
who passed away recently, hailed from which
country: Britain
Name the super hit biopic, winner of 8 Oscars,
directed by Richard Attenborough: Gandhi
Which animal has been selected as mascot for the
forthcoming Asian Games: Harbor Seals
The forthcoming Asian Games are which number in
series: 17th
Name the city that is hosting the 17th Asian Games:
Incheon
Incheon city is located in which country: South
Korea
Governor of Kerala, Ms. Sheila Dikshit was in news
for
what reasons: She resigned from
governorship
BJP veteran Kalyan Singh has been appointed
Governor of which State: Rajasthan
Who has been appointed as the new governor of
Maharashtra: C Vidyasagar Rao
Vajubhai Vala, a senior BJP leader from Gujarat has
been made Governor of which State: Karnataka
Deputy Prime Minister of which country recently
visited India to promote mutual economic and social
ties: United Kingdom
Name the Deputy Prime Minister of UK who recently
visited India: Nick Clegg
Who is the Prime Minister of United Kingdom:
David Cameron
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Kingdom: UK Pound
With which country India conducted its first ever
joint Air Force exercise: Russia
What is the name of the joint Air Force exercise
conducted with Russia: Avia Indra-2014
Avia Indra-2014 is being conducted in ________
region located North of the Caspian Sea:
Astrakhan
Of the total 943 million telephone users of India,
roughly _____ per cent are from urban area: 60%
On which route Indias first sea plane service has
been launched: Mumbai-Lonavala
What is the title of the recent book launched by
Vinod Rai, former CAG of India: Not just an
Accountant
Ahmet Davutoglu has been appointed Prime Minister
of which country: Turkey
Indias first Indian Institute of Engineering Science
and Technology (IIEST) has been established at
which place: Shibpur, West Bengal
Prime Minister of India recently visited which East
Asian country: Japan
Which international organization has called for a ban
on the use of e-cigarettes indoors and its sale to
children: World Health Organization
BWF World Badminton Championship was held in
which country: Denmark (Copenhagen)
Indian domain names now can make their names
with extension _______ in Devnagri Script: .Bharat
The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be hosted by
which country: Australia
V K Duggal recently resigned as Governor of which
State: Manipur
Which international organization has appointed Shah
Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador for it project
Turn Back Crime: Interpol
Govt. has setup R. Ramanujam Committee for what
purpose: To identify obsolete laws
The popular Ice Bucket Challenge is aimed at
collected charity to fight which decease:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Under Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana, the account
holders will also be provided Rs. _________
accident cover insurance: One lac
Persons opening account under PM Jan Dhan Yojana
by 26th January 2015 will get Rs. _________ life
insurance cover: 30,000
If account under PM Jan Dhan Yojana is run
satisfactorily for at least six months, the account
holder will be allowed to have Rs. _________ as
overdraft limit: 5,000
Accounts holder under PM Jan Dhan Yojana will be
issued which type of debit cards: Rupay
Govt plans to open _________ crore bank accounts
under PM Jan Dhan Yojana by 26th January, 2015:
7.5
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Australian Open
Name the Indian player who won his 9th world title
in snooker: Pankaj Adavani
Govt. has fixed Rs. ___________ per quintal as the
minimum support price for the winter paddy crop:
1360
Who has been elected as President of the European
Commission: Jean-Claude Juncker
ISRO recently launched how many satellites all
together onboard its launch vehicle PSLV-C23: Five
The recently launched five foreign satellite by ISRO
were from how many countries: Four
Name the four countries whose satellites were
recently launched by ISRO: Germany-2, France,
Canada, Singapore
With which country India has jointly released the
first encyclopedia on their age-old cultural contacts,
tracing back their history to over 2,000 years:
China
Who was the famous Chinese traveller who visited
India in the seventh century to bring Buddhist
scriptures to China: Huen Tsang
Who is Akhouri Sinha in whose honour the USA has
named a mountain in Antarctica: Eminent IndianAmerican scientist
With which country India has signed and MoU to
allow their companies to invest in industrial parks
and zones in India: China
American space agency NASA has successfully
launched a satellite -Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2
(OCO-2) for what purpose: To track atmospheric
Carbon Dioxide
International rating agency Fitch has improved
India's economic growth forecast to _______ per
cent this financial year: 5.5
RBI plans to swap some of the old gold lying in its
_________vault since pre-Independence times
and whose quality is not exactly top grade with
purer gold: Nagpur
RBI plans to swap some of the old gold lying with it
and the gold acquired in lieu of this would be kept
at which place: Bank of England, London
India and the US have agreed to implement FATCA,
a US law that targets tax non-compliance by US
taxpayers with foreign accounts. What is FATCA:
Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act
The ADB has approved a multi-tranche loan facility
of $300 million to Assam for what purpose: To
improve power sector
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one pension scheme to enable senior citizens to

avail benefit of these schemes through a single
smart card. Name these three schemes: The
Rashtriya Swastha Bima Yojana (RSBY), Aam
Aadmi Bima Yojan (AABY) and Indira Gandhi
National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)
RBI has advised that the lending rate ceiling for
MFIs will continue at their present level - at 27.75%
for the July to September quarter. MFIs stands for:
Micro Finance Companies
With which country The Reserve Bank of India has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding for
exchange of supervisory information of banking:
Hong Kong
Which new financial entities have been allowed by
RBI to accept e-KYC service as a valid process to
verify identity and address proof of customers to
reduce risk of fraud and forgery: Non Banking
Financial Companies
A government panel panel led by M S Sahoo has
proposed a new class of securities for foreign firms
to raise money in India. Name this security: Bharat
Depository Receipts (BhDRs)
Bharat Depository Receipts are denominated in
which currency: Rupee
Bharat Depository Receipts will be issued by which
financial authority: Local Depositories
Which is the newly invented worlds lightest solid
material created by Chinese scientists: Carbon Gel
Name the international body that has sanctioned
$500 million loan for Indias National Highways
Inter-connectivity Improvement Project (NHIIP):
World Bank
India has become the first country to ratify the
Marrakesh Treaty. What is the purpose of this
treaty: To facilitate access to published works
for persons who are visually impaired, or
otherwise print disabled
The city of Marrakesh located in which country:
Morocco
The Government has extended the validity period of
an industrial licence to _______ years from present
two years, with a provision for further extension by
two years: Three
Ritu Rani has been named captain Indias women
_________ team for the Commonwealth Games,
Glasgow: Hockey
Brazils bid to win a sixth World Cup suffered a
devastating blow as their ace striker ________
suffered a back bone fracture after being hit by the
Colombian defender Juan Zuniga: Neymar
Name the head of the panel that has recommended
new norms for fixation of poverty line: Dr. C.
Rangarajan
As per Rangarajan panel report a person spending
less than Rs 1,407 a month (Rs ______day) in
urban areas will be considered Below Poverty Line
(BPL): 47
less than Rs 972 a month (Rs ______day) in rural

areas will be considered Below Poverty Line (BPL):
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As per Rangarajan panel report the number of poor
in India stood at 36.3 crore in 2011-12 which is
roughly ____ per cent of Indias population. 30
Which ministry plans to setup 660 rape crisis centres
across the country: Women and Child
Development Ministry
What is the proposed name for one stop centre for
women victims of molestation, rape, sexual assault,
domestic violence: Nirbhaya Centre
The Madras High Court has ruled that banks cannot
fix _____ cut off of minimum marks in Plus Two as
condition for extending education loan to students
joining engineering courses: 60%
Name the only supersonic cruise missile of India:
Brahmos
Name the Indian who has become the first player of
Indian origin to be a part of the National Basketball
Association (NBA) in USA after joining the
Sacramento Kings team: Sim Bhullar
Name of powerful typhoon that lashed Japan's
southern Okinawa islands on 8th July, forcing over
half a million people to seek shelter: Neoguri
As per India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013 the
total forest and tree cover of the country is 87.92
million hectare, which is _______ percent of the
geographical area of India: 24.01
___________ state has the largest forest cover of
77522 square kilometer, followed by Arunachal
Pradesh, 67321 square kilometer: Madhya
Pradesh
In terms of percentage, _______ state has highest
cover at 90.38 percent, followed by Lakshadweep84.56 percent: Mizoram
Pinky Anand has been appointed to which important
national post: Additional Solicitor General
What is the function of the Additional Solicitor
General: Legal advisor to Central Govt.
Name the legendary actress from Hindi theatre and
cinema who passed away recently at the age of 102
years: Zohra Sehgal
Name the Indian Navys largest ever destroyer
_____________that was inducted in to service on
10th July: INS Kolkata
The INS Kolkata is equipped with stealth
technology. What is the benefit of this technology:
It avoids detection of the ship by the enemy
radar
Name the Indias first indigenously built antisubmarine corvette commissioned into service by
Indian Navy: INS Kamorta
In which sector Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
has been hiked from 26 per cent to 49 per cent:
Defence manufacturing
FDI in insurance sector has been hiked to ______
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409) A recent UN study World Urbanization Prospects
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(UN DESA) has ranked Delhi as second most
populous city in the world with 25 million
inhabitants. Which is the most populous city:
Tokyo, 38 million
Ancestral House of which Indian film celebrity has
been declared as a National heritage monument by
the Pakistan Govt.: Dilip Kumar
World Bank has agreed to provide $153 million (Rs
920 crore) loan to Odisha for what purpose: To
restore cyclone hit housing and public
services
Mr. Ram Naik has been appointed Governor of
which State: Uttar Pradesh
Who has been appointed as New Governor of West
Bengal: K.N. Tripathi
Sh. Om Prakash Kohli has been appointed Governor
of which State: Gujarat
Name the New Governor of Chhattisgarh State:
Balramji Das Tandon
Mrs. Margret Alva has been appointed as new
Governor of which State: Goa
Sh. Kaptan Singh Solanki has been appointed as
new Governor of which State: Haryana
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Nagaland:
Padmanabha Acharya
Name the football player who scored the winning
goal for Germany in the FIFA World Cup 2014:
Mario Gotze
Germany won FIFA World Cup 2014 by defeating
which country: Argentina
Name the best player of the FIFA World Cup 2014
who won the Golden Ball: Lionel Messi,
Argentina
Name the best goalkeeper of the FIFA World Cup
2014 who won the Golden Glove Award: Manuel
Neuer, Germany
Name the best player who scored highest goals 6,
in the FIFA World Cup 2014 and won the Golden
Boot award: James Rodriguez, Colombia
Final match of FIFA World Cup 2014 was played at
which place: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
The Indian men's football team has been ranked
__________ in the FIFA world rankings: 151th
In the FIFA world rankings, which country has been
ranked as no. 1: Germany
Under which programme Government has set a
target to develop skills of 50 crore people by 2022:
The National Policy on Skill Development
(NPSD)
The government has set a target of mopping Rs
_________ from stake sale in PSU firms: 43425
crore
Govt. plans to raise Rs 15,000 crore from sale in
financial entities such as SUUTI. What is the full
form of SUUTI: Specified Undertaking of the
govt. proposes to set up six new DRTs. What is the

full form of DRT: Debt Recovery Tribunal
How many judges are there in a Debt Recovery
Tribunal: One
The judge in the debt recovery tribunal is named as:
Presiding Officer
Bad Bank Loans cases of upto Rs. ____________
can be filed in DRT: No Limit
To promote financial inclusion, govt proposes to
sanction an overdraft (OD) facility of Rs.
_________by the bank to individuals who open an
account with them: Rs 5,000
With what objective government plans to grant OD
of Rs. 5000 to new bank account openers: To
attract people to open bank account to
promote financial inclusion
Name the comprehensive scheme for financial
inclusion which will ensure that every earning citizen
opens a bank account: 'Sampoorn Viteeyea
Samveshan'
Which financial institution has been asked to create
a Rs. 1,000-crore credit guarantee fund to finance
govts proposed OD scheme: NABARD
Parliament has been advised that Banks had Rs
5,124 crore in unclaimed deposits as on December
31, 2013. What is a unclaimed deposit account:
Accounts with no operations for 10 years
Out of the two balance of trade and balance of
payment, which item is larger: Balance of
Payment
Government proposes an allocation of Rs 7,060
crore in this financial year for developing
__________smart cities in the country as satellite
towns of larger cities and for modernising the
existing mid-sized cities 100
Which country has granted one billion pound ($1.68
billion) credit line for investment in Indian
infrastructure projects: Britain
Name the proposed Rs. 1000 crore nationwide rural
irrigation scheme to insulate farmers from excessive
dependence on monsoon: Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana
Name the proposed soil health card' that will be
issued to all farmers for optimum utilization of
resources and right selection of crops: Soil Health
Card
Government plan to launch ___________TV
dedicated to the interests of agriculturists and allied
sectors and has allocated Rs 100 crore for this
purpose: Kisan
Recently held BRICS summit was ___________ in
series: 6th
The 6th BRICS summit was held at which place:
Fortaleza, Brazil
Name the new development bank that the BRICS
nations propose to form as an alternative to the
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Development Bank: $50 billion
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20% each
BRICS nations have agreed to establish a $100
billion fund to provide additional liquidity protection
to member-nations during balance of payments
problems. What is its name: Contingency Reserve
Arrangement
Which country has agreed to contribute largest
share of 41% to the Contingency Reserve
Arrangement: China
What will be the Indias contribution to the proposed
CRA by the BRICS Nations: 18%
The headquarters of the proposed BRICS New
Development Bank will be located in which country:
China
Which country has been allocated the presidency of
the proposed BRICS New Development Bank: India
The 7th BRICS Summit will be held at which place:
Russian city of Ufa
Under which programme government plans to
launch four new vaccines to reduce child mortality
by
two-thirds
by
next
year:
Universal
Immunization Programme (UIP)
As per the Global Innovation Index 2014 India has
been placed at which rank: 76th
A Mexican software company has managed to
transmit audio, video and Internet data across the
spectrum of light emitted by LED lamps at a data
transfer rate of 10 gigabytes per second. What is
this technology called: Li Fi
What is the full form of the new data transferee
technology Li Fi: Light Fidelity
The 7th IBSA summit 2015 will be held in which
country: India
What is the full form of term IBSA: India, Brazil,
South Africa
An civilian aircraft of which country was recently
shot down by terrorist using a Russian Buk missile:
Malaysia
Name the two new types of banks for formation of
which the RBI has issued guidelines: Payment
Bank and Small Banks
The proposed payment banks will not be allowed
which major function of the banks: Lending
Prem Bhatia Award are given for excellence in which
field: Journalism
The area of operations of the small bank will be
restricted to which level: Contiguous districts in
a homogenous cluster of States
Smita Gupta has been awarded the Prem Bhatia
award for political reporting. She is associated with
which news paper: The Hindu
Nitin Sethi, Associate Editor, Business Standard,
has been honourd with which award for excellence
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Bhatia Award
Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning author, one
of the most powerful voices against the injustice of
apartheid, passed away recently. He was from
which country: South Africa
Newly elected President of which country is
popularly known as Jokowi: Indonesia
As per NSSO survey result for 2011-12, the
estimated workforce in India is 47.41 crore persons.
Write full form of NSSO: National Sample Survey
Organization
The Reserve Bank has said that Banks having size
equal to or more than 2 per cent of GDP will be
designated as D-SIBs. Write full form of D-SIB:
Domestic Systemically Important Banks
What is the new condition in terms of capital
requirement for the purposed D-SIBs: Required to
maintain higher capital requirement
Reserve Bank proposes to circulate special Rs. 10
coins on the occasion of diamond jubilee of which
organization: Coir Board
In which international ground Indian Cricket Team
recently won a test match after nearly three
decades: Lords, London
As per latest RBI guidelines which popular identity
document has now been declared invalid for the
purpose of KYC norms: Ration Card
The commonwealth games that were held at
Glasgow, Scotland, were which number in series:
20th
What is the name of the mascot for the 20th,
Commonwealth Games: Clyde
The name of the commonwealth games mascot
Clyde has been kept after which: Famous river of
Scotland
Name the Indian player who carried the Indian flag
to lead the Indian Contingent in Commonwealth
Games: Vijay Kumar (Shooter)
Name the sports person who won 1st gold medal for
India at the 20th Commonwealth Games:
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu
The 1st medal in 20th Commonwealth Games was
won by India in which sports: Weight Lifting
Name the Indian shooter who won Gold in 10 meter
rifle shooting and announced his retirement from
the Commonwealth Games: Abhinav Bindra
Name the player who won gold at the
Commonwealth Games in the womens 10m air rifle
event: Apurvi Chandela
Name the author of the book The Lives of Others:
Neel Mukherjee
Name the three countries whose warships,
submarines, aircrafts and helicopters participated in
the trilateral Malabar naval exercise: India, US and
Japan
The trilateral Malabar naval exercise by India and
two other countries was held at which place: North
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house of Parliament: Lok Sabha
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country: Iraq
Prime Minister of which country was in news as he
resigned in a shock move to protest the disbanding
of the ruling parliamentary coalition: Ukraine
To protect investors, the Cabinet has cleared the
SEBI Bill, to empower SEBI to initiate action against
ponzi schemes and investment frauds. What is a
ponzi scheme: Fraudulent deposit collection
scheme
In the recently compiled Human Development
Index, India has been placed at which rank: 135th
Name the country which enjoys the honour of being
placed at the top of the Human Development Index:
Norway
The mascot of 20th Commonwealth Games Clyed
has been derived from which animal: No animal, it
is a thistle plant
Govt. plans to merge United Bank of India with
which bigger bank: IDBI Bank
Which public sector undertaking has recently been
granted Navratna status: Container Corporation
of India Limited (CONCOR)
Name the website that has been launched by the
Prime Minister to help people contribute in
governance of the country by giving their views on
important issues: mygov.nic.in
Name the world famous three week cycling
marathon won by Vincenzo Nibali of Italy: Tour de
France
Kargil Vijai Diwas is celebrated on which date: 26th
July
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched Operation
Protective Edge against __________ militants in
Gaza strip: Hamas
Name the Indian corporate which became first
Indian company to achieve a market capitalization
of Rs. 5 lakh crore rupees: TCS (Tata
Consultancy Services)
Which famous sports person has been appointed as
Brand Ambassador of Telangana State: Sania
Mirza
In the recently released Global Innovation Index
2013, India has been placed at which rank: 66th
Name the country that has topped the 142 nations
list of Global Innovation Index 2013: Switzerland
Mens title in Wimbledon Tennis Open was won by
which sports star: Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic lifted the Wimbledon Mens title by
defeating which player: Roger Feeder
Womens title in Wimbledon Tennis Open was won
by which sports star: Petra Kvitova
Petra Kvitova lifted the Wimbledon Womens title by
defeating which player: Eugenie Bouchard
Maharashtra has appointed Amitabh Bachhan as its
brand ambassador for what purpose: for
Promoting Horticulture
510) Who presents the economic survey report in the

parliament: Finance Minister
511) India plans to start its 1st bullet train on which

512)
513)
514)
515)
516)
517)
518)
519)
520)
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route: Mumbai - Ahmedabad

Govt. proposes to develop Diamond Quadrilateral
for high speed trains connecting which main cities:
The Four Metros
Govt. has raised deduction limit under section 80-C
of Income Tax Act by what amount: Rs. 50,000
As per sanction 80-C of the Income Tax Act, what is
the maximum amount of savings that are exempted
from income tax: Rs. 1.5 lac
Senior citizen in the age group of 60 and above are
exempted from income tax upto what amount of
income: Rs. 3 lac
Name the new welfare scheme proposed by Indian
government for promoting the girl child: Beti
Padhao, Beti Bachao Yojana
Govt. proposes to start a Rs. 500 cr scheme for
providing 24 x 7 power supply to all homes in rural
areas. Name this scheme: Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
What is the target for 2014-15 for agriculture credit
by banks: Rs. 8 trillion
The Swatch Bharat Abhiyaan aims to achieve total
sanitation in India by which year: 2019
As per the budget announcement of the finance
minister the target of financial inclusion has been
set at opening at least ________________ bank
account in each house hold: Two
Govt. plans to setup two biotech clusters at which
centres: Bangaluru and Faridabad
JUNE 2014
522) Latest data released by the Central Statistical Office
(CSO) has estimated value of Indias GDP at current
market prices at Rs. 113.55 lakh crore, achieving a
growth rate of _____ percent in 2013-14: 4.7
523) The per capita income at current prices during

2013-14 is estimated to be around Rs.________
Rs.74,380
524) Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has been elected as President of

which country: Egypt
525) Name the new Solicitor General of India: Ranjit

Kumar
526) Who has been appointed as National Security

Adviser, Govt of India: Dr. Ajit Kumar Doval
527) Dag Hammarskjold Medal is by UNO for what

purpose: Show of Gallantry
528) In an effort to eliminate outdated capacity and

improve work safety and address pollution concerns,
which country plans to shut down over 2,000 small
coal mines by next year: China
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529) Why govt. has decided to abolish, with immediate

effect, all the Groups of Ministers (GoMs) and
Empowered Groups of Ministers (EGoMs) set up by
the previous UPA-II govt.: To improve
accountability and responsibility
530) Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil won the gold medal and
silver medal respectively, in which International
Competition in Sassari city, Italy: Wrestling
531) Name the cricket team that won the Indian Premier
League 7: Kolkata Knight Riders
532) The final match of IPL 7 was played at _______

stadium in Bangalore: M. Chinnaswamy
533) Sultan Azlan Shah who passed away recently, was

associated with which sports: Hockey
534) Sultan Azlan Shah who passed away recently, was

from which country: Malaysia
535) Name the Union Minister for Rural Development and

Panchayati Raj who was killed in a road accident
recently: Gopinath Munde
536) RBI in its second bimonthly policy statement,

reduced statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) to ______
from 23%: 22.5%
537) Reduction of SLR by 50 basis points is expected to

increase banks lendable resources by Rs. _____
crore: 40,000
538) The RBI has reduced the availability of funds under

the ECR window from 50 per cent of export credit
outstanding to 32 per cent with immediate effect.
ECR Stands for: Export Credit Refinance
539) Juan Carlos, King of Spain was in news for what

reasons: He abdicated his throne for his son
540) Who has been made the new king of Spain: Prince
Felipe
541) Which village in Nagaland has been declared as the

countrys first tobacco-free village: Gariphema
542) World No Tobacco Day is observed on which date:

May 31
543) Name the first Indian archer to win three gold

medals in a single
Abhishek Verma
international
tournament:
544) SEBI has said that public sector undertakings listed

on stock exchanges to have should also adhere to
the mandatory _____ public shareholding norms
that are applicable to private companies: 25%
545) Bashar Al-Assad has been elected as President

of_________ for the third time successively: Syria
546) Name the fifth Indo-French bilateral air exercise

held at Jodhpur Air Base in Rajasthan: Garuda-V
547) Kepler 10 C is the name of the biggest rocky

________ ever discovered: Planet
548) Which state has announced 12 per cent reservation

for BPL candidates in all the state government jobs:

Sikkim
549) What is the popular name for the French Open

Tennis Championship held at Paris: Roland Garros
550) Name the winner of the Mens title at French Open

Tennis Championship: Rafael Nadal
551) Name the winner of the Womens title at French

Open Tennis Championship: Maria Sharapova
552) Ace tennis player Rafael Nadal is from which

country: Spain
553) Ace tennis player Maria Sharapova is from which

country: Russia
554) G7 meet of industrialized nations was held at which

place: Brussels, Belgium
555) Name the new speaker of Lok Sabha: Sumitra

Mahajan
556) RBI has advised that for opening of bank accounts,

the proof of __________ is not necessary if
customer has submitted proof of his permanent
address: Local Address
557) India recently test fired its 290-km range supersonic

missile from the stealth destroyer INS Kolkata. What
is its name: Brahmos
558) Central government has decided that all the

government employees who have differently abled
children to take care of will be exempted from
___________: Transfers
559) In which river 24 engineering students, including six

girls, were washed away due to sudden release of
water from the reservoir: River Beas
560) Reuven Rivlin has been elected ________ of Israel:

President
561) Who has been appointed as new Chief Executive

Officer, Infosys: Vishal Sikka
562) World Bank will provide $ 100 million to which State

for
promoting development
hydropower: Himachal Pradesh
of
sustainable
563) Name the Union Minister who has been appointed

as India's Governor on the Board of Governors of
the Asian Development Bank: Arun Jaitely
564) Name the Bollywood celebrity who has been

appointed as UNICEF's 'celebrity advocate for child
rights': Madhuri Dixit
565) Which country has overtaken Germany and Italy to

emerge as the world's second largest textile
exporter: India
566) Name the country that is largest exporter of textiles

in the world: China
567) The Centre has decided to give Rs. ______ per

household as labour charges to the poor for building
their homes under Indira Awaas Yojna: 12,000
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568) Govt. provides Rs. _____ for construction of a house

under IAY in hilly areas: 75,000
569) Govt. provides Rs. _____ for construction of a house

under IAY in plain areas: 70,000
570) Which private sector bank has launched video

branch - a 24x7 unique innovative service allowing
customers to interact face-to-face with their bank
branch using desktop, tablet or smartphone:
IndusInd Bank
571) Govt. has recently cleared to raise the height of

which dam from present 121.92 metres to 138.72
metres: Narmada Dam
572) Name the city which has become the fourth city the
country to have Metro rail operations: Mumbai
573) India recently signed Washington Accord with a

group of 17 nations for what purpose: Academic
recognition of its degrees
574) For which type of sports Govt. has decided to
UNICEF, is for what purpose:

scholarship to poor girls
To
provide
587) Name the IT initiative of the govt. for delivery of

public services through the mobile platform has
been awarded a United Nations Public Service
Award: Mobile Seva
588) Where is the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

that has been accorded the UNESCO World Heritage
Site status for its exceptional natural beauty and
conservation of biological diversity.: Kullu district
of Himachal Pradesh
589) ISIS militants have been waging a fierce civil battle

against the democratically elected govt. of which
country: Iraq
590) What is the full form of ISIS: Islamic State of

Iraq and Syria
591) Which country won the Mens title in hockey world

cup: Australia
increase the daily food supplement budget from Rs

280 to Rs 750: Power Games
592) Which country won the Womens title in hockey
575) As per new SEBI norms for public issuance of debt
593) The World Cup Hockey Championship was held at
securities (debentures, bonds etc.), these offers will

have to be of minimum _______ crore: Rs. 100
594) Which Indian university has been named as the best
576) Name the German Formula one champion who

emerged out of coma after almost five and a half
months, following his devastating ski accident in
December, 2013: Michael Schumacher
577) 16th Asian Junior Athletics Championship was held

at which place: Taipei City, China
578) Name the Indias first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC)
launched in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: Gauravi
579) Name the prize won by Sanjaya Rajaram, India born

veteran plant scientist from Mexico, for his
contribution in increasing the wheat production in
world: World Food Prize
580) World Food Day is observed on which date:

October 16
581) Name the historical monument of Gujarat that has

been approved as world heritage site by UNESCO:
Rani-Ki-Vav
582) Rani Ki Vav, a world heritage site, is what type

of monument: Stepwell
583) Foreign investment of ______ per cent or more in a

listed company will now be treated as foreign direct
investment (FDI): 10
584) Arvind Mayaram committee has been setup for what

purpose: To review definitions of FDI and FII
world cup: The Netherland

which place: The Hague, Netherland
higher educational institution in India by the Times
Higher Educations Asia
rankings: Panjab
University, Chandigarh
595) Viswanathan Anand won the _______ medal at the

World Rapid Chess Championship held at Dubai:
Bronze
596) Name the India's biotechnology queen, Chairperson

of Biocon Industries who has been awarded the
coveted Global Economy Prize for business: Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw
597) Indias
first indigenously-built anti submarine

warfare corvette __________ is to be commissioned
into the Indian Navy next month: INS Kamorta
598) National carrier Air India has joined ___________ a

group of 26 (now 27) carriers with as many as
4,338 aircraft flying to 1,328 destinations across 195
countries: Star Alliance
599) In a 25 nation-list compiled by global research firm

Ipsos, India has been placed at ______ rank in
terms of economic confidence of citizens: First
600) RBI has permitted which new entities to act as

business correspondents (BCs) of banks, allowing
them to offer limited services: Non-banking
finance companies NBFCs
601) RBI has permitted residents and non-residents,
appointed to which important post: Judge in

Supreme Court
except Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, to carry up to

________ in Indian currency notes while leaving the
country: Rs. 25,000
586) Kanyashree Prakalpa, a West Bengal government
602) The Corporate Affairs Ministry has recently notified
585) Rohinton Nariman, the noted advocate has been
scheme that has been recognized by UK and

new CSR expenditure rules for the companies. What
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is CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility
623) As per the Global Peace Index 2014, _________ has
603) The 35th edition of the National Games will be held

in _______ in Jan Feb, 2015: Kerala
been declared as the most unpeaceful country:

Syria
604) _______
has been appointed as Goodwill

Ambassador for national games: Sachin Tendulkar
624) As per the Global Peace Index 2014, India has been
605) The World Bank has approved funding of USD 107
625) The book titled The Goldfinch has been authored by
million (nearly Rs 650 crore) for a road project in

which state: Mizoram
626) Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction 2014 has been
606) The government has extended the ban on imports

of milk and its products from which country: China
placed at which rank: 143rd

whom: Donna Tartt
won by __________ for her first novel A girl is a
Half-Formed Thing: Eimear McBride
607) Which country plans to open two centres of
627) Which Indian Airport was declared second best in
excellence at Nalanda and Vaishali in Bihar in the

field of vegetables and mango respectively to help
cultivators increase their productivity: Israel
628) Name the lady who has been declared as most
608) Which state has become the first state in India to

implement 33 per cent reservation for women in the
police force, across all cadres: Gujarat
609) Prime Minister Mr. Modi made his first overseas trip
by visiting which country: Bhutan
610) Bhutan is major partner with India in production of

__________: Hydroelectric Power
611) Indias External Affairs Minister made a goodwill visit

to which country as her first solo overseas visit:
Bangladesh
612) Name the Indian statesman who recently visited

China: Hamid Ansari
613) Who has been elected as the First Chairman of

International Cricket Council, Dubai: N. Srinivasan
614) International Widows Day is observed on which

date: 23rd June
successive ISSF Shooting World Cup: Jitu Rai
616) 49th Jnanpith award 2013 has been awarded to

which noted Hindi poet: Kedarnath Singh
629) Angela Merkel has been declared as most powerful

women in the world. Who is she: Chancellor of
Germany
630) Who has been declared as most powerful women in

India by the Forbes
Bhattarcharya
magazine:
Arunadhati
631) Which Indian actor has been conferred with Legion

of France recently: Shahrukh Khan
MAY 2014
632) As per are recently World Bank report, India
emerged as the world's _________largest economy
in 2011, from being the 10th largest in 2005: Third
633) Which country has the largest economy in the
philosophy
and
634) India and China have decided to conduct a joint

military exercise at which place in India: Bathinda,
Punjab
635) Worlds highest train tunnel at an altitude of 3,067.4
617) The Moortidevi Award is given in which field: For a

Indian
powerful women in the world by Forbes Magazine:

Angela Merkel
world: USA
615) Name the first Indian shooter to win three medals in
work in
heritage
service quality in world and sixth best airport in the

world: Indira Gandhi International Airport
cultural
618) Name the winner for Moortidevi Award 2013: C.

Radhakrishna
619) The
2013
Moortidevi
Award
winner,
C.
Radharkrishna
writes
in
which
language:
Malayalam
620) World Refugee Day is observed on which date:

June 20
621) Union Ministry of Culture has launched the Project
metres in China passes through which mountain:

Qilian Mountain
636) World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has

warned that there is strong possibility of an "El
Nino" climate phenomenon this year. It occurs at
which place in the world: Tropical Pacific Ocean
637) For what banking purpose govt. is considering

establishment of exclusive Lok Adalats: For cheque
bouncing cases
638) Aab Bareek, a village in Badakhshan province of

Afghanistan was in news for what reasons: Its
suffered a devastating mud slide
Mausam for what purpose: To explore the

diversity of cultural, commercial and religious
interactions in the Indian Ocean region
639) Which state has lifted the four years ban on SMS on
622) As per the Global Peace Index 2014, _________ has
640) Ahmed Maiteeq has been elected as Prime Minister
been declared as the most peaceful country:

Iceland
prepaid mobile phones: Jammu & Kashmir

of which country: Libya
641) What is the recent guideline from RBI in contest of
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prepayment of all floating rate term loans: Banks

not to charge penalty for prepayment
development airborne radar systems. What type of

equipment it is: Light-weight Aircraft
642) RBI has asked banks not to levy penalties on
661) As per Press Freedom Index 2014, India has been
customers who dont maintain a minimum balance

in which type of accents: Any inoperative
account
placed at _____ place on the basis of freedom of

media in the country: 78th
643) Prime Minister of which country was removed from

office by a Constitutional Court: Thailand
644) Which country has decided to introduce Islamic

banking: Afghanistan
645) United Nations has signed an agreement with which

international body to use power of supports to
promote piece and economic development:
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
646) What is the brand name of the football that will be

used in the Brazil FIFA World Cup: Brazuca
647) What is the name of the Indias first indigenously

developed beyond visual range (BVR) air to air
missile successfully test fired from a Russian-built
Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet: Astra
648) What is the range of Indias air to air Astra missile:

60 kms
649) What is the recent Supreme Court ruling in context
662) The Supreme Court has reconstituted a SIT under

the chairmanship of retired judge MB Shah. What is
full form of SIT: Special Investigation Team
663) The Supreme Court has reconstituted a SIT under

the chairmanship of retired judge MB Shah for what
purpose: To monitor the probe into the black
money cases
664) Which country has imported 3400 India-made

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for use in their
Presidential Election: Namibia
665) Name the public sector
undertaking that is
responsible for manufacturing EVMs in India:
Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL)
666) Name the Cricket player was ranked no 1 in the

latest ICC list of One Day International (ODI)
rankings: Virat Kohli
667) Noted cueist Mark Selby of England recently won

world championship in which game: Snooker
of investigation against senior bureaucrats in

corruption cases: Prior permission not required
for investigation
668) Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe
650) Name the Pakistans surface-to-surface ballistic
669) In terms of consumer confidence India has been
missile test fired recently: Hataf-III
won womens doubles tennis title

tournament: Portugal Open 2014
in
which
ranked _______ most optimistic country: 2nd
651) India has been given New Frontiers Award 2014 for
670) Saudi Arabia has decided to ban the import of
what achievement: for fast development of

infrastructure after the June 2013 floods,
landslides in Uttarakhand
Indian ____ due to presence of high pesticide

residues: Chilies
652) WHO has identified which Indian city having worst

air quality in the world: Delhi
653) What is the name of the recent book released by

Hillary Clinton: Hard Choices
654) Arctic Summer novel has been written by which

author: Damon Galgut
655) The book My Years with Rajiv and Sonia has been
written by which author: R. D. Pradhan
656) In which countrys parliament a pictorial book on

Indias war hero Shivaji, was released: UK
671) India and ________ have inked a pact to enhance

security cooperation in combating the key issues of
insurgency, arms smuggling and human trafficking:
Myanmar
672) Name the Indian who has been appointed President

and CEO of Finnish tele- communications equipment
maker Nokia: Rajeev Suri
673) The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) has

been nominated for the prestigious UNESCOapproved World Heritage Site status. It is in which
state: Himachal Pradesh
674) Name the Indian documentary film that won gold
Haram abducted more than 200 school girls:

Nigeria
medal and two other medals at the 2014 New York

Festivals International TV and Film Awards: Silent
Screams Indias Fight Against Rape
658) Gary Backer who passed away recently was a Noble
675) Who has been named as the world snookers player
657) In which country Islamist militant group Boko
Laureate in which field: Economics
of the year: Ronnie OSullivan
659) In which country females have been allowed entry
676) The Supreme Court has prohibited use of ______in
in their navy, for the first time in its 110 year

history: United Kingdom
Tamil Nadus Jallikattu festivals as it harmed the

animals and constituted an offence under the
Prevention of Cruelty to the Animals Act: Bulls
660) Hindustan
Aeronautics
Limited
developed
Nabhratna to carry out testing of its under-
677) In which country over 300 miners were killed in a
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coal mine blast: Turkey
678) Which country has decided to go wholly organic in

its food production, totally avoiding usage of
chemical fertilisers and pesticides: Bhutan
679) P J Nayak Committee appointed by the RBI has

submitted its report recently. What was the task of
this committee: To review Governance of
Boards of Banks in India
680) A major recommendation of PJ Nayak Committee

has been objected to by bank employees unions. It
is about what: Government should cut its stake
in public sector banks to below 50 percent
681) Nayak
committee has recommended that a

__________ should be constituted to which the
Government transfers its holdings in banks: Bank
Investment Company
682) RBI has decided to conduct a field trial for one

billion Rs. ___________ denomination plastic notes:
Ten
683) The field trial for Rs. 10 plastic notes will be

conducted in how many cities: 5
684) Russy Modi who passed away recently was a noted

corporate figure. He was associated with which
company: Tata Steel
685) Along with General Election 2014, how many states

also elected their new MLAs: Five
686) Name the five states that also held state elections
along with General Election 2014: Odisha, Sikkim,
Arunachal
Pradesh,
Andhra
Pradesh,
Telangana
687) Name the Chief Minister of Sikkim state who has

been elected for the record 5th time: Pawan
Chamlilng
688) Who has been elected as new Chief Minister of

Andhra Pradesh: Chandrababu Naidu
689) Who has been elected as new Chief Minister of

Telangana: K Chandrasekhara Rao
690) Nabam Tuki has been elected as Chief Minister of

which state: Arunachal Pradesh
691) Name the new Chief Minister of Nagaland: TR

Zeliang
692) Why a new Chief Minister has been placed in Bihar

when there was no state election: Current CM
Nitish Kumar resigned on moral grounds for
poor performance of his party
693) Who has replaced Narendra Modi as Chief Minister

of Gujarat: Anandiben Patel
694) A World Bank report on Ease of Doing Business

placed India at ______ rank among 189 nations:
134th
695) Which country was put under martial law recently

when months of deadly anti-government protests
caused political paralysis: Thailand
696) A study by UNO has forecasted global economic

growth rate to be at _____ per cent in 2014: 2.8
697) In a study by Deutsche Bank, which major country

has been ranked as cheapest economy in the world:
India
698) Which bank has recently been declared as a

Scheduled Bank by the RBI: Bhartiya Mahila
Bank
699) Which banks are called scheduled bank: whose

name appears in the 2nd schedule of the RBI
Act, 1934
700) By becoming scheduled bank, a bank is entitled to

avail which facility from RBI: Taking Loans
701) The 3rd Advance Estimates of crop production in the

2013-14 crop year (July-June) by the Agriculture
Ministry has estimated
Indias agriculture
production at _______ million tonnes: 264
702) RBI has directed that all new ATMs to be installed

by commercial banks from July 2014 onwards
should provide __________ instructions and
________ enabled key pads: Audio, Braille
703) The Reserve Bank has allowed banks to provide

long-term loans of up to a maximum tenor of _____
years to exporters to be utilised for execution of
long-term supply contracts for export of goods: 10
704) Name the recently held war exercise by Indian Army

in West Rajasthan: Sarvada Vijay
705) Name the international badminton championship for

Men and Women held recently in New Delhi:
Thomas Cup and Uber Cup, respectively
706) India started its biggest year-long cultural festival,

Glimpses of India in which country: China
707) Indias first indigenous payment gateway, RuPay

has been launched to counter rival networks such as
___________. : Visa and Mastercard
708) Indias first indigenous payment gateway, RuPay

has been launched by which financial institution:
National Payments Corpo-ration of India
709) Jacob Zuma has been re-elected as President of

which major South African Country: South Africa
710) Name the Indias oldest test cricketer who passed

away recently: Madhav Mantri
711) Mr. Rajiv Mathur has been appointed as new ____

____ Commissioner of India: Chief Information
712) Who has been appointed as 28th Chief of Army

Staff: Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag
713) The womens title in National Football Championship

2014 has been which team: Manipur
714) Which football player, reportedly, is the highest paid

in the world: Lionel Messi
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715) The Social Progress Index 2014 compiled by USbased non-profit group Social Progress Imperative
ranks India _______among the 132 countries:
102nd
716) Who is Nancy Powell who resigned recently: U.S.

ambassador to India
717) Viktor Orban has been elected as Prime Minister of

which country: Hungary
718) Global monetary agency International Monetary

Fund (IMF) has projected Indias GDP growth to
reach ________ per cent in the current fiscal year:
5.4
its first rail line: Arunachal Pradesh
731) The pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy laboratories of

India has been bought out by which Indian pharma
company: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
732) The Millennium Technology Prize is given every two

years
for
what
purpose: To recognize
technological innovation for improving human
life
733) Name the winner of 2014 Millennium Technology

Prize: Stuart Parkin
734) What is the strike range of nuclear-capable surface

to surface ballistic missile Agni-I: 700 kms
735) As per a World Bank report, which country ranked
719) The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has pegged
first in receiving global remittances in the year 2013

to the tune of 70 billion US dollar: India
Indias GDP growth rate during 2013-14 at _____

per cent: 4.9
736) What is the full name of the New Chief Justice of
720) RBI has issued new licences for banks to how many
applicants: Two
721) Name the two applicants who have been granted

licences to open new bank: Infrastructure
Development Finance Company and Bandhan
Financial Services Ltd.
722) As per rules notified by the Corporate Affairs
India: Rajendra Mal Lodha
737) Justice R M Lodha is the _______ Chief Justice of

India: 41st
738) The RBI has decided to adopt which tool as the key
measure of inflation: Consumer Price Index
739) Who has been appointed as Deputy Governor of

Reserve Bank of India: R. Gandhi
Ministry, every listed company and those public

firms having paid up share capital of Rs 100 crore or
more should have at least ______ woman director
on their board: One
740) Where in India we have Asias largest tulip garden -
723) According to an Assocham report, ______has
passed away recently. He was from which field of

Cinema: Cinematographer
emerged as the number one state in the country

replacing Gujarat, attracting cumulative investment
proposals of Rs 14,73,466 crore as on December
2013: Maharashtra
724) The Reserve Bank has fixed the upper limit to Rs.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden: Srinagar,

J&K
741) V K Murthy, winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Awrad
742) Who has been elected as New Chairman of National

Association of Software and Services Companies
(Nasscom): R. Chandrasekaran
______for
issuance
of
pre-paid
payment
instruments to make all issuers comply with the
strict money laundering laws: 50,000
743) Name the first aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy
725) Name the Indias top shooter who won the men's
Pulitzer Prize for his witty and philosophical

collection of poems: Vijay Seshadri
trap gold medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in

Tucson, USA: Manavjit Singh Sandhu
726) Name the bank that recently started rendering its

services from the social site Twitter: SBI
727) The Reserve Bank has directed banks offering GMLs

to strengthen their credit appraisal process in the
wake of frauds committed by certain unscrupulous
jewelers. What is the full form of GMLs: Gold Metal
Loans
728) Guljar, the veteran poet and film lyricist has been
awarded 45th Dada Saheb Phalke Award for which
field: No film, it is life time achievement award
729) What is the real name of the Phalke award winner

Gulzar: Sampooran Singh Kalra
that has been sold off as scrap: INS Vikrant
744) Name the India-born poet who has been awarded
745) What is the name of the Pulitzer Prize winning book

written by Vijay Seshadri: 3 sections
746) Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as new Union

________ Secretary: Finance
747) The seventh South Asia Judo Championships were

held at which place: Kathmandu, Nepal
748) Who has been appointed as the New Chief of the

Indian Navy: Admiral Rabinder Kumar Dhowan
749) The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

has approved a loan of about Rs 674 crore for a
forest project in which State: Uttarakhand
750) Recently declared National Film Awards were _____

in the series: 61st
730) Name the Indian state that has recently witnessed

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THE NEW GLOBAL LORD

A small person who supported his father by selling

the South and USA in the West proves that he has

A PUBLICATION OF GYANM EDUCATION &

SCO 13-14-15, 2ND FLOOR, SEC 34-A, CHANDIGARH

MODI MAKES HISTORY AT MSG, NEW YORK

REVERSE REPO RATE

MARGINAL STANDING FACILITY

CASH RESERVE RATIO

Human Development Index

Global Innovation Index

Economic Confidence Index

Choice for FDI

Global Peace Index

Press Freedom Index 2014

Ease of Doing Business (World Bank)

Social Progress Index

World Press Freedom Index

Environment Performance Index

Index for Nuclear Safety

Index of Economic Freedom

Rank in Energy Usage

Ease of Doing Business (Forbes)

Corruption Perception Index

Recognising the importance of Modis visit to USA, the US Senate unanimously

CHINESE PRESIDENT VISITS INDIA

China to help in modernization of Indian railways, including setting up of a

World Prosperity Index

Global Hunger Index 2013

GENERAL AWARENESS NOVEMBER 2014

Life time visas for persons of Indian origin (PIO) cardholders

Railway University and adding to the speed of trains,

Three MoUs signed for Gujarat -- making Guangzhou

Making the Guangdong province and the Gujarat

To provide support for setting up automotive industrial

Agreed to opening of a new route to Kailash

To observe year 2015 as Visit India year in China,

JAPAN TO INVEST $35 BILLION IN INDIA

PRESIDENT VISITS VIETNAM

President Pranab Mukherjee made a four-day state visit to

NUCLEAR DEAL INKED WITH AUSTRALIA

POSTAL STAMP ON GREAT MUSICIANS

KASHI TO LEARN FROM KYOTO

GOOD NEWS FOR UNDERTRIALS

INDIA 71ST IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

GATES FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT TOILETS

INDIAs FIRST CORAL GARDEN

DOORDARSHAN COMPLETES 55 YEARS

NALANDA UNIVERSITY IN NEW AVATAR

MODI VISITS NEPAL

The ancient Nalanda University (NU), which attracted

Prime Minister Mr Modi visited Kathmandu, Nepal and

The NU came into existence by the Nalanda University Act

OVER 28 % CHILDREN ARE MALNOURISHED

This week is celebrated every year from 1st September to

NEW DOMAIN NAMES ENDING WITH .BHARAT

INDIA RANKS 3RD IN IT SECURITY

NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK

India has signed an agreement with Germany for

WORLDs HIGHEST PILLAR BRIDGE

Rs. 8,000 CRORE SUPPORT FOR J&K

RUN FOR AWARENESS FOR BREAST CANCER

Sushma Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister visited