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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 52ndAnnual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) inGandhinagar. The annual meetings were held fromMay 22-26, 2017. This was the 1st time that India hosted theannual meetings of the AfDB and its sister institutions,including of finance ministers of member countries, whocomprise the AfDB board of governors. These meetings are theBank’s largest annual event and serve to raise the profile of theinstitution on the global stage. The core theme of the AnnualMeeting was Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creationin Africa.The main focus of the meeting was on achieving sustainableAsia-Africa growth corridor with High 5s- strategy- whichincludes agriculture, energy, industrialisation, and regionalconnectivity as well as improved quality of life. As per reports,India also organised an Africa-India Cooperation event on thesidelines of the event. The government has also organised anexhibition during the annual meetings of the Bank with anobjective to showcase the capabilities of Indian companies interms of technology, innovation, and start-ups for Africancountries.

HIGHLIGHTSIn addition to the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors,these Meetings brought together about 3000 delegates andparticipants, and featured a number of official, knowledge, andside events. The Governors of the Bank were from the 54African regional member countries and 27 non-regionalmember countries (including India).The Annual Meetings provide a unique forum forrepresentatives of government, business, civil society,think-tanks, academia and the media , from Africa and beyond, to debate key issues on Africa’s development, and to discussthe Bank’s performance in delivering on its mandate.

About African Development Bank (AfDB) African Development Bank Group (AfDB), also known asBanque Africaine de Developpment (BAD), was founded in 1964 with a mission to fight poverty and improve living conditions of the people of African continent bypromoting investment in government and private capitalin development projects. The bank is made of threeentities viz.n African Development Bank n Nigeria Trust Fundn African Development FundIts headquarters are at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (IvoryCoast). The motto of the bank is “Building today, a betterAfrica tomorrow” and currently, it has total 78 membersincluding India.Governing The AfDB is controlled by a Board ofExecutive Directors, made up of representatives of itsmember countries.Voting The voting power on the Board is split according tothe size of each member’s share, currently 60%-40% betweenAfrican (or regional) countries and non-regional membercountries (donors). The largest African Development Bankshareholder is Nigeria with nearly 9% of the vote.Representation All member countries of the AfDB arerepresented on the AfDB Board of Executive Directors.Member governments are officially represented at theAfDB by their Minister of Finance, Planning orCooperation who sits on the AfDB Board of Governors.The AfDB Governors meet once a year to take majordecisions about the institution’s leadership, strategicdirections and governing bodies.Unit of Account The African Development Bank is using aUnit of Account which is registered as XUA as ISO 4217standard currency code. It is not exchanged directly byindividuals, it is used for accounting between state members.

INDIA AND OTHER NON-AFRICAN MEMBERSIndia joined the African Development Fund in 1982, andbecame a member of the Bank in 1983. India is anon-regional member of the Bank. India and Africa share a great relationship, and have great degree of commonalitiesin terms of a shared history, and current challenges.India is a non-African member country for the AfDB.Some other non-African member countries include USA,Japan, Germany, Canada, France, China etc. Nigeria is the largest country in terms of voting powers at the AfricanDevelopment Bank, followed by the USA.

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Indian electronic payment and e-commerce company Paytmlaunched its Payments Bank on May 23, 2017, and therebybecame 3rd entity (after Airtel and India Post) to commenceoperation as Payments Bank. However, services of PaytmPayments Bank are currently available only via invitation.The first physical branch of Paytm Payments Bank is in Noida.Over the next two years, ` 400 crore will be invested to build the banking network. One 97 Communications (Paytm PaymentsBank’s parent company) has already invested ` 220 crore. Paytm Payments Bank has laid out plans to open 31brick-and­mortar branches and add 3000 customers within firstyear of its operations. Medium term plan is to add 500 millioncustomers by year 2020. The board will include independent directors PV Bhaskar(former executive director at the Reserve Bank of India), AshLilami (co-founder and managing partner at Saama Capita) andGS Sundarajan (former director at the Shriram Group). VijayShekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive of Paytm (One97Communications Ltd) and Renu Satti, chief executive or PaytmPayments Bank, will also be on the board. Offeringsn As a Payments Bank, Paytm will be able to accept deposits up to

` 1 lakh per customer in savings or current accounts. n Customers will also be offered zero charges on all online

transactions and no minimum balance requirement.n Paytm Payments Bank is offering 4% per annum on savings

accounts interest, which is lesser than its competitor AirtelPayments Bank (7.25% per annum) and India Post PaymentsBank (5.5% interest per annum).

n Cash withdrawal charges through ATMs are similar to those ofany other major bank in India.

n The Paytm blog post which announced the launch of paymentsbank has mentioned about zero charges on online transactions,no minimum balance requirement and free virtual debit card.

n It is to be noted that, Paytm wallet service will now be owned byPaytm Payments Bank. This transfer of ownership from One 97Communication Ltd. to Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. will notaffect the users.

n Current accounts for businesses and interest bearing savingsaccounts for individuals will be offered by bank.

n A range of financial services such as insurance, loans, MutualFunds offered by paytm partners with the seamless Paytmexperience.

PAYTM WALLETPaytm Wallet will now move to the Paytm PaymentsBank Limited. However, customers can continue to usethe Paytm Wallet as before without any changes.There will be no impact on cash4ows or the mode ofaccepting payment. The wallet will not accrue anyinterest unlike money in the savings bank account. Toearn interest, customers will need to open a PaytmPayments Bank savings account.However, if you have not used your wallet in the last 6months and you have zero balance, you will be requiredto login to your wallet again to move to the PaytmPayments Bank.

About Payments BankPayments Bank is a new type of bank, licenced by theReserve Bank of India. As a Payments Bank, Paytm cannow accept customer deposits upto ` 1 lakh per customer in a wallet, savings or current account and offer otherbanking services like Debit Cards, Online Banking andMobile Banking.

Different between Payments Bank and aNormal Bank?

Payments Banks are not allowed to lend to customers.However, they can partner with other financialinstitutions/banks to offer financial products like loans,insurance, mutual funds, pension funds etc.

Background In Indian context, Payments Bank is a new category ofbank which can undertake restricted banking activities.Concept of Payments Bank was recommended byCommittee on Comprehensive Financial Services forSmall Businesses and Low Income Households, set up by Reserve Bank of India(RBI).This committee was headed by Nachiket Mor. RBI’sobjective behind setting up Payments Bank was topromote financial inclusion. On August 19, 2015,Reserve Bank of India gave in-principle licences to 11entities to launch Payments bank. Out of these, 3 entities have dropped out citing lowbusiness potential. Except Vodafone M­Pesa Ltd, other 7entities have received the final licence from RBI.

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INDIA RETAINS WORLD’S HIGHEST FDI RECIPIENT STATUSIndia retained its top position being the world's top most greenfield FDIinvestment destination for the second consecutive year, attracting $ 62.3billion in 2016. India has remained ahead of China and the USA as far asFDI inflows are concerned in the last year 2016, published in the FDI Report 2017 compiled by FDI Intelligence, a division of The Financial Times Ltd.Globally, real estate emerged as the best sector attracting $ 157.5 billion FDIin 2016, marking an increase of 58%. Coal and natural gas projects witnessed an inflow of $ 121 billion, followed by alternate and renewable energy at$ 77 billion. Greenfield investment is a form of foreign direct investment wherein a parent company builds its operations in a foreign country right from the scratch i.e.construction of new production facilities, establishing new distribution hubs,setting up offices and hiring staff.

HDFC AMONG TOP 10 CONSUMER FINANCIALSERVICES COMPANIES GLOBALLYMortgage lender HDFC Ltd is the only Indian company to be named among the top 10 consumer financial services companies in the world, withAmerican Express claiming the first position. This comprehensive ranking ofthe worlds biggest, most powerful and valuable publicly listed companies isbased on a mix of four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value. Thenews came up on May 26, 2017. Capital One Financial and Visa in the 2nd and 3rd place, respectively in thislist. The other consumer finance services companies that made it into the listinclude Orix at the fourth place, Synchrony Financial (5th), DiscoverFinancial Services (6th), Mastercard (8th), PayPal (9th) and CIT group(10th). The HDFC rank is 7th in the list. As many as 58 Indian companiesappeared in the overall Forbes Global 2000 list.

RBI ALLOWEDCOOPERATIVE BANKS TOISSUE MOBILE WALLETSThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hasallowed cooperative banks who arepermitted to install ATMs and issue debitcards, to also issue Prepaid PaymentInstruments (PPIs) like mobile wallets.In a notification issued late on May 25,2017, RBI laid down strict norms andconditions to be followed by co-operativebanks before permitting them to issuewallets for utility bill payments and otheractivities up to a limit of ` 10000. RBI has also laid down following criteria –n Banks should be core banking or CBS

compliant n The net non­performing assets should be

less than 3% n The bank should be profitable in the

previous financial year. n There should be no monetary penalty being

imposed on the entity during the last twofinancial years

n A comprehensive customer grievanceredressal mechanism should be set up.

n The bank should have internal and auditinspection processes both for its branchesas well as the head office.

SBI LAUNCHED NATIONALHACKATHONState Bank of India (SBI) has launched anational hackathon for developers, startupsand students on May 24, 2017 to come upwith innovative ideas and solutions for thebanking sector. The hackathon, namedCode For Bank, will focus on the businessvalue driven by technologies like predictiveanalytics, fin-tech/blockchain, digitalpayments, IoT (Internet of Things), artificial intelligence, machine learning, BOTS androbotic process automation. In the phase 1,participants can register their ideas duringMay 20 to 29, 2017 followed by hackathonwhich will start from June 6, 2017 and ends on June 20, 2017.

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CENTRE PERMITED DIPP TO GRANTINDUSTRIAL LICENCES TO DEFENCEMANUFACTURERSThe government has announced on May 27, 2017 the Department ofIndustrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to grant Industrial licences todefence manufacturers. The decision will clear the confusions in the minds ofthe defence products manufacturing companies as the battle on the matterbetween the DIPP and the Home Ministry had virtually stopped the processof granting industrial licenses since last year.Earlier, a few months back, the Home Ministry was given the responsibility.The decision was taken considering the workload of Home Ministry whichhas to look after security concerns of the entire country.The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) was firstestablished in 1995, and then reconstituted in 2000 and merged with theDepartment of Industrial Development. It falls under the Ministry ofCommerce and Industry.

COUNTRY’S LONGEST BRIDGE INAUGURATEDIN ASSAM Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India’s longest river bridge,the Dhola-Sadia Bridge, in Assam on May 26, 2017. He has also renamedthe bridge as Bhupen Hazarika Bridge. The construction of the bridge beganin 2011. The cost of the project is about ` 2056 crores. Dhola-Sadia Bridge is a three lane bridge stretching 9.15 kilometre built over river Lohit, which is atributary of the Brahmaputra river. The bridge was built by Navayuga Engineering Co. Ltd. The bridge willconnect Sadia, which is 540 km from Guwahati and Dhola, situated 300 kmfrom Itanagar. Road connectivity between Dhola to Sadia will boost overalleconomic development of the areas north of Brahmaputra in upper Assamand Arunachal Pradesh.The bridge fills a huge connectivity gap that existed in the north east region.The bridge will cater to the strategic requirements in border areas and willfacilitate troop mobilization much more quickly in Arunachal Pradesh, thestate which is claimed in its entirety by China.

INAUGURATION OFE-SANADExternal Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj,Electronics and Information TechnologyMinister, Ravi Shankar Prasad and HumanResource Development Minister, PrakashJavadekar jointly inaugurated theintegration of eSanad with ParinamManjusha on May 24, 2017.‘Parinam Manjusha’ is CBSE’s digitalacademic repository which allows studentsto find their mark sheets and othercertificates online. E-Sanad is aimed atonline verification of the documents with an objective to extend contactless, cashless andpaperless document attestation/apostilleservice to applicants in India as well asabroad.

SWACHH BHARAT APPLAUNCHEDCulture Minister Mahesh Sharma haslaunched Swachh Bharat app at theNational Museum in New Delhi onMay 23, 2017. The app will enable visitorsto report garbage on the premises of the ASI monuments across the country. The mainfocus of this “Swachh Bharat App” is tobasically involve people actively to becomepart of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (CleanIndia Movement).At present, this App is available for Android Mobile phones which can be downloadedfrom Google Play Store. In this App theconcept of Physical web is implemented. Assoon as the visitors enter the premises of the monuments and switch on the Bluetooth,the app will relay Swachh Bharat-relatedinformation to the visitors and will ask them to report any garbage around them.Even if the visitors have not installed theApp on their handsets, a message will bedelivered by Google about the SwachhBharat Abiyan and will provide the visitorswith a link to install the App. he Swachh Bharat App will be monitored by the Ministry of Culture. The App isexpected to promote cleanliness in thepremises of ASI monuments.

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INDIA’S TAJ MAHAL AMONG TOP 10 GLOBAL LANDMARKSIconic attraction of India Taj Mahal has emerged as the 5th most popularlandmark in the world and second in Asia, according to the results of onlinetravel portal TripAdvisor’s ‘Travellers’ Choice Awards for Landmarks’.The other iconic landmarks to feature in the top ten included Sheikh ZayedGrand Mosque Center in Abu Dhabi at 2nd rank, Spain’s MezquitaCathedral de Cordoba at the 3rd and St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City at the4th rank. While the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russiaand the Great Wall of China were ranked 6th and 7th respectively, Incan cityof Machu Picchu in Peru was ranked 8th. The final two positions were takenup by Plaza de Espana in Spain and Duomo di Milano in Italy, which wereranked 9th and 10th respectively.Taj Mahal has also ranked 1st in the list of popular landmarks in India,followed by AmberFort, Jaipur; SwaminarayanAkshardham, New Delhi;BandraWorli Sea Link, Mumbai; QutabMinar, New Delhi; Agra Fort, UP;Golden Temple, Amritsar; Humayun’s Tomb, New Delhi; Gateway of India,Mumbai; and Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur.

WORLD’S MOST CROWDED CITIESAccording to World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat data, thelist of world’s most crowded cities is topped by Dhaka. The news came up onMay 24, 2017. With a population density of 44,500 people per squarekilometre, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the most crowded city on theplanet, followed by Indias financial capital Mumbai, home to 31,700 peopleper square kilometre at the second place. Others in the list include Medellin in Columbia ranked third, Manila,Philippines (4th), Casablanca, Morocco (5th), Lagos, Nigeria (6th), Kota,Rajasthan (7th ), Singapore (8th) and Jakarta, Indonesia (9th). UN-Habitat, also known as United Nations Human Settlements Programmeis a UN agency for sustainable urban development and human settlements. Itwas established in 1978 and has its headquarters in the UN Office at Nairobi, Kenya.

28TH EDITION OF NATO SUMMITThe 28th edition of North Atlantic TreatyOrganisation (NATO) summit held inBrussels, Belgium on May 24-25, 2017 inwhich terrorism topped the agenda of themeeting. It is expected that NATO is tojoin the US-led anti-Islamic Statecoalition(IS) to fight against Islamistterrorism.There were multiple competing agendasleading up to the summit, with SouthernEuropean members concerned with security in North Africa and the Middle East andthe European migrant crisis and EasternEuropean members concerned more aboutRussian aggression. The 2018 NATO summit will held inIstanbul, Turkey. NATO was formed in1949 . It has twenty-eight members, mainly in Europe and North America.

70TH WORLD HEALTHASSEMBLYThe 70th World Health Assembly (WHA)opened on May 22, 2017 at Geneva-basedUN headquarters in Switzerland. TheWorld Health Assembly is the maindecision-making body of the World HealthOrganisation (WHO). The Member States of the WHA will elect a new Director-General, who will take chargeof the office for a 5-year term from 1st July2017 onwards. The three nominees for the position are Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia,Dr David Nabarro of the United Kingdomof Great Britain and Northern Ireland, andDr Sania Nishtar of Pakistan. The WHA will also examine a number oftopics related to non-communicable diseases like dementia, cancer. It will also look over the preparations forthe UN General Assembly High-LevelMeeting on NCDs to be held inSeptember, 2018.

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GLOBAL REPORT ON INTERNALDISPLACEMENT With 2.4 million people displaced in 2016, India ranked thirdglobally after China (7.4 million) and the Philippines(5.9 million). As per Global Report on Internal Displacement(GRID) 2016, released by Internal Displacement MonitoringCentre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NCR) onMay 22, 2017, nearly 2.4 million people in India were internallydisplaced due to conflict, violence and disasters in 2016.Monsoon season floods in Bihar between mid­ July andOctober led to more than 1.6 million displacements. TheGRID 2016 has highlighted that displacement will continue ifunderlying causes of conflicts and disasters are not addressed by giving necessary political attention and allocating sufficientfunds to undertake measures for conserving the environment.

3RD RCEP INTER-SESSIONALMINISTERIAL MEETING3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)Inter­sessional Ministerial Meeting was held on May 21& 22,2017 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Indian delegation to this meeting was led by Union Commerce and Industry Minister NirmalaSitharaman. As Philippines is currently holding the Presidencyof ASEAN, the RCEP Inter­sessional Ministerial Meeting waschaired by Ramon Lopez – Trade Minister and IndustryMinister of Philippines. Ministers discussed various global economic developments with a specific focus on trade . The Regional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership is a proposed mega regional free tradeagreement between 16 countries, comprising 10 ASEANcountries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) plus6 ASEAN Free Trade Agreement partners (Australia, China,India, Japan, Korea and New Zealand). RCEP negotiationswere formally launched in November 2012 at the ASEANSummit in Cambodia.

INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS CONCEPTS India has ranked 24 in terms of International Tourist Arrivals(ITA) for 2014 and 2015 as pre revised rankings of WorldTourism Barometer by World Tourism Organisation(UNWTO) on May 21, 2017. This sector generated ` 14.1 trillion in 2016 which isequivalent to 6% of India’s GDP. Including arrivals of Non­Resident Indians (NRIs),India’s share in international touristarrivals (ITA) for 2015 has increased to 1.12% from 0.68%before inclusion. India ranked 40 on Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), 2017. This marks a jump of 12 spots as compared to52 rank in previous edition of this index, released in 2015. UNWTO is the United Nation’s agency entrusted with theresponsibility to promote responsible, sustainable anduniversally accessible tourism. It was founded in year 1975.Headquarters of UNWTO is located in Madrid, Spain.

HEALTHCARE INDEX 2017India has ranked 154th among 195 countries onhealthcare index 2017 in Lancet medical journal’s reporttitled ‘Global Burden of Disease’ on May 19, 2017.Performance of countries was assessed for a period of 25years from 1990­ to 2015. Pakistan and Afghanistan arethe only SAARC countries which have ranked lower thanIndia.Sri Lanka has scored 73 on the index, whereas China andBangladesh have score 74 and 52, respectively. Asannounced in new National Health Policy, released inMarch 2017, Indian Govt aims to increase healthspending to 2.5% of GDP. It is to be noted that theWorld Health Organisation (WHO) has recommendedspending 5% of GDP.

BASEL, ROTTERDAM, STOCKHOLMCONVENTIONS IN GENEVAAn inter-ministerial Indiandelegation headed by theSecretary, Ministry ofEnvironment, Forest andClimate Change, AjayNarayan Jha, participated inthe 2017 Conference ofParties (CoPs) to the Basel,Rotterdam, Stockholm (BRS)Conventions. The 3 COPs to BRS Conventions held jointly andback-to-back from April 24 to May 5, 2017 in Geneva,Switzerland. The theme of the meetings and the high-level segment will be – “A future detoxified: soundmanagement of chemicals and waste”.Conference of Parties (CoPs) to the BRS Conventioninclude - the 13th meeting of the Conference of Parties to“Basel Convention (BC COP 13); the 8th meeting of theConference of Parties to “Rotterdam Convention (RCCOP 8) and 8th meeting of the Conference of Parties to“Stockholm Convention (SC CoP 8).

Basel ConventionThe Basel Convention was adopted on March 22, 1989by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Basel,Switzerland, in response to a public outcry, following thediscovery, in the 1980s, in Africa and other parts of thedeveloping world of deposits of toxic wastes importedfrom abroad. The Basel Convention was adopted in 1989and entered into force on May 5, 1992. India ratified theConvention in June 24, 1992.

Rotterdam ConventionThe Rotterdam Convention is a multilateralenvironmental agreement which prescribes obligations onthe importers and exporters of certain hazardouschemicals. The Convention’s objective is to promoteshared responsibility and cooperative efforts among parties in the international trade of listed chemicals in the

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Rotterdam Convention, to protect human health andthe environment, and to contribute to theenvironmentally sound use of chemicals. TheConvention was adopted on September 10, 1998 andentered into force on February 24, 2004. India ratified the Convention on May 24, 2005.

Stockholm ConventionThe Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protecthuman health and the environment from a class ofchemicals known as Persistent Organic Pollutants(POPs). The Convention was adopted on May 22,2001 and entered into force on May 17, 2004. Indiaratified the Convention on January 13, 2006.

G20 LABOUR & EMPLOYMENTMINISTERS’ MEETING HELDG20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meet washeld in Bad Neuenahr (Germany) from May 18 to 19,2017. Germany chaired the G20 Labour andEmployment Ministers’ Meet, as it currently holds theG20 presidency.The meeting focused on the theme ‘Towards anInclusive Future – Shaping the World of Work’. AG20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declarationwas adopted at the end of this meeting, which will bepresented at G20 Summit scheduled to be held inHamburg, Germany on July 7 and 8, 2017.The Indian delegation to G20 Labour andEmployment Ministers’ Meet in Germany was led byUnion Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya. He wasaccompanied by Labour Secretary M Sathiyavathy andother senior officials. G20 (Group of Twenty) formedin year 1999, it is a political forum of industrialisedand developing economies that deliberates upon rangeof global and regional issues which affects the globaleconomy.

19TH SESSION OF INDIA-ITALYJOINT COMMISSION FORECONOMIC COOPERATION19th Session of India-Italy Joint Commission forEconomic Cooperation (JCEC) was held during May11– 12, 2017 in Rome. The Joint Commission wasco-chaired by the Minister of Economic DevelopmentMr. Carlo Calenda from the Italian side and by theMinister of Commerce and Industry Smt. NirmalaSitharaman from the Indian side.Both sides reiterated the importance of the JCEC forthe development of bilateral economic and traderelations through facilitating dialogue and enhancingcooperation on a wide range of issues of mutualinterest. India’s bilateral trade with Italy during2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 was US$ 9.32 billion, US $ 8.28 billion and US $ 8.80 billion respectively.Bilateral trade during the last 3 years has remainedstable despite global slowdown.

50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASIANDEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)More than 5000 people participated in ADB's 50th AnnualMeeting of the Board of Governors held in Yokohama (Japan)from May 4-7, 2017. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley,embarked attended the annual Meeting of Board of Governors’ ofAsian Development Bank in Yokohama, Japan. Theme of ADB's50th Annual Meeting was Building Together the Prosperity ofAsia. The meeting focused on a number of key topics forsustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.n Clean energy and climate changen Sustainable supply and production chainsn Technical and vocational education and training; employmentn Cities, infrastructure, and urban developmentn Information and communication technologyn International development, economics, and financen ADB administration and governance

GLOBAL MOBILE INTERNETCONFERENCE HELD IN BEIJINGThe Global Mobile Internet Conference(GMIC), organised by theGreat Wall Association (GWC) held from April 27 to 29 , April2017 at the China National Convention Center (CNCC) inBeijing, China. The Global Mobile Internet Conference is hostedannually in Beijing and Silicon Valley. Mobile executives,entrepreneurs, developers, and investors from around the globe and across platforms attend GMIC each year.The first annual Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) washosted in Beijing, China, April 23–25, 2009. Great Wall Association (GWC) is the world’s largest and most influential mobile Internetindustry. The conference will cover areas like discuss mobile Internet opportunities within their respective markets, and globally and aimsto connect, educate and promote game developers, while helpingthem to interact with game platforms, publishers, distributors, VCsand media from all over the world.

MASTERCARD ASIA PACIFICDESTINATIONS INDEX 2017Mumbai and Chennai have ranked among the top 20 touristdestinations in Asia Pacific Region as per the Mastercard AsiaPacific Destinations Index 2017. This is the second edition ofMastercard Asia Pacific Destinations Index. It is an offshoot of theannual Global Destination Cities Index. It takes an in-depth, focused look at tourism trends, ranking 171destinations, including island resorts as well as towns and citiesacross the region, in terms of the total number of internationalovernight arrivals; cross-border spending; and the total number ofnights spent at each destination. Top 5 tourist destinations in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region :

RankInternational

OvernightArrivals

Total Nights Stayed byInternational Tourists

Total Expenditure byInternational Tourists

1 Bangkok Bangkok Singapore

2 Singapore Sydney Bangkok

3 Tokyo Kuala Lumpur Tokyo

4 Seoul Tokyo Taipei

5 Kuala Lumpur Melbourne Seoul

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INDIA & WORLDMAURITIUS PM PRAVINDJUGNAUTH’S 3-DAY VISIT TO INDIA

Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth arrived in Indiafor a three-day official visit on May 26 to 28, 2017. Indiaand Mauritius signed following 4 agreements after extensivetalks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hisMauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth-n Setting up of a civil services college in Mauritius n Cooperation in ocean research

USD 500 million Line of Credit (LOC) agreement betweenthe SBM Mauritius Infrastructure Development Companyand Export­Import Bank of India.

Maritime Security AgreementINDIA HAS ANNOUNCED $ 500 MILLION ASSISTANCE IN FORM OF LINE OF

CREDIT (LOC) TO MAURITIUS, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR VARIOUS

PROJECTS. THIS LOC AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN SBM

MAURITIUS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD AND

EXPORT­IMPORT BANK OF INDIA. PM MODI MENTIONED THAT INDIA IS

PROUD TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT

ACTIVITIES IN MAURITIUS.

INDIA-PACIFIC ISLANDSCONFERENCE HELDIndia’s Ministry of External Affairs hosted the ‘India­PacificIslands Sustainable Development Conference’ in Suva, Fiji,on May 25-26, 2017. The conference was inaugurated byAiyaz Sayed­Khaiyum, the Acting Prime Minister of Fiji. Itwas held under the framework of the Forum for India Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC).The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was keyknowledge partner. Minister of State for External Affairs,Gen. (Dr.) VK Singh hosted the conference. He alsoannounced that India will contribute US$ 1 million to Fiji’sTrust Fund for their Presidency of COP­23 to be held inNovember, 2017.Issues discussed at ‘India-­Pacific Islands SustainableDevelopment Conference’. Blue economy,Adaptation­-mitigation practices for climate change, Disaster preparedness Health, International Solar Alliance andFinding practical solutions to Nationally DeterminedContributions (NDC) implementation.The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23)to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be organized by Fiji and hosted at the headquarters of theUNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn, Germany.

START UP INDIA SUMMIT HELD IN UAEA 2-day ‘Startup India Summit’ was held in Abu Dhabi(UAE), on May 23-24, 2017. This summit was held by theConsul General of India (CGI) in Dubai and Embassy ofIndia in Abu Dhabi in partnership with iSPIRIT, a nonprofitthink tank and was supported by TiE Dubai, a nonprofitassociation dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship. The summit aimed to provide a shared platform for theStartup eco system in both, India and UAE for greatercollaboration, exchange of ideas, interaction with academia,investors and industry and for having access to funding fromthe venture capitalist in the UAE. 17 Startup companiesfrom India in the space of artificial intelligence, financialtechnology, digi medicine, health care technology, innovative technology and software services took part in the summit.

2ND INDIA-OPEC INSTITUTIONALDIALOGUEMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum andNatural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan co­chaired the 2ndIndia­ OPEC Institutional Dialogue at the OPECheadquarters in Vienna (Austria) on May 22, 2017. Pradhanheld a one-to-one meet with secretary General of OPECMohammad Sanusi Barkindo. Later, he also discussedbilateral issues of interest at a delegation level dialogue.Mr. Pradhan was accompanied by Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Indian Ambassador in Vienna and CEOs ofIndia’s seven large refiners, both from public as well privatesector – IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, MRPL, HMEL, Reliance andEssar. Highlighting that India had been and continued to be areliable customer of OPEC countries, Mr. Pradhan stated thatabout 86% of India’s import of crude oil, 70% of natural gas,95% of LPG is procured from OPEC countries.India will host the next India – OPEC Institutional Dialogue in 2018. This was the first time that both public sector andprivate refiners from India came together to present theircommon issues, concerns and demands before the OPEC.

INDIA AND PALESTINE SIGNED FIVEAGREEMENTSIndia and Palestine has signed five agreements during the 4day visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to India onMay 14 to 17, 2017. This is Abbas’s fifth visit to India and the third state visit after his earlier visits in 2008 and 2012.On May 16, 2017, India and Palestine signed following fiveMoUs post delegation level talks between Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhin Visa exemption for diplomatic passport holder n Agricultural cooperation n Cooperation in field of IT & Electronics n Cooperation in health sector n Cooperation in the field of youth affairs and sports

Palestine is a‘de jure sovereign state’ in the Middle East thatis recognized by 136 UN members. In 2014, India voted infavor of Palestine at the UN Human Rights Council.

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CRICKETINDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2017Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in the final by a margin of 1 run to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 title on May21, 2017. This final match of IPL was played at Rajiv Gandhi InternationalStadium in Hyderabad. Batting first, the top and middle order of MumbaiIndians struggled to smash big hits. However with Krunal Pandya’s timelyknock of 47 runs, Mumbai Indians managed to reach a total of 129 runs.Mumbai Indians successfully defended this score by restricting Rising PuneSupergiant at 128/6. Krunal Pandya was named Man of the Match. With this win Mumbai Indians became the only IPL team to have won three titles.Moreover, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma became the only player tobe on the winning side for four times.

CHESSASIAN BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIPIndia’s R. Vaishali won the women’s title in the Asian Continental BlitzChess Championship in Chengdu, China, on May 21, 2017. Vaishali won 7games and posted 2 draws in the 9 ­round event. She drew her final roundgame against Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya of Mongolia to finish half­apoint ahead of Iran’s Sarasdat Khademalsharieh and clinch the gold medal.Vaishali secured the third spot (bronze medal) in the women’s event of AsianChess Championship on May 19, 2017. Another Indian chess player,Padmini Rout finished 3rd with 7 points after a last round win over YuxinSong of China.

FIDE GRAND PRIXIndian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna registered his first win at theMoscow FIDE Grand Prix on May 18, 2017. With this win, the World No.16 Indian has now maintained his unbeaten run against GM Michael Adams(England) this year (2017) and recorded his second successive victory againsthim. The FIDE Grand Prix 2017 will be a series of 4 chess tournamentsthat form part of the qualification cycle for the World ChessChampionship 2018.

ATHLETICSWORLD PARA ATHLETICSGRAND PRIXIndia claimed a gold and a bronze at theChina World Para Athletics Grand Prixbeing held in Beijing on May 14, 2017.Ramudri Someshwara Rao won a goldmedal in the 200m race and Hokato Semabagged a bronze in shot put. Both have qualified to represent the country in the IPC Para Athletics WorldChampionships in London later this year.Someswara Rao had become the fastestIndian blade runner in the recentlyconcluded 17th National Para AthleticsChampionships at Jaipur. Sema had alsowon a gold in his event.

22ND ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaikdiscloses the Logo, Mascot for 22nd AsianAthletics Championship on May 9, 2017. Olly Turtle is the mascot of thisChampionship. It will be held at KalingaStadium Bhubaneswar from July 1 to 4,2017. The winners will directly qualify forthe World Championship in London, to beheld from August 4 to 13, 2017. India’ssprint queen PT Usha, Anju Bobby Georgeattended the program. The Asian AthleticsChampionships is an event organized by the Asian Athletics Association.

ARCHERYWORLD CUP (STAGE 1)India clinched a compound team goldmedal to conclude their Archery World Cup Stage 1 campaign in Shanghai on May 19,2017. Indian Men’s team has defeatedColumbia in the archery World Cup stage 1 championships. In the first majorcompetition after last year’s Rio Olympics,the recurve archers failed to make muchprogress with Atanu Das and DeepikaKumari making quarterfinal exits in theirrespective rounds. India beat USA in thesemifinal and Iran in the quarterfinals.

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SQUASHSYS OPEN 2017US-based Indian squash player Ramit Tandon has won hismaiden professional title with a convincing win overcompatriot Kush Kumar in the SYS Open 2017 on May 16,2017. This was Tandon's third appearance in a ProfessionalSquash Association final.The Kolkata player, who shifted to New York nearly 6 yearsago for studies, has just begun to shape his career on theprofessional circuit. This has been his second tournament inthe year, the earlier being a brief appearance in the qualifyingphase in the Tournament of Champions.

ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPSJoshna Chinappa won theAsian Squash title 2017 onApril 30, 2017 . JoshnaChinappa scripted historyby becoming the 1st Indian to clinch the Asian Squashtitle with a thrilling winover compatriot DipikaPallikal Karthik in thewomen's final in Chennai.In the men’s final of 19Asian Squash Championship in Chennai, India’s SauravGhosal lost to Hong Kong’s Max Lee to finish second best.Joshna Chinappa is a squash player based in India. Shereached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in July2016. Joshna was the first Indian to win the British SquashChampionship title in 2003 in the under 19 category and wasalso the youngest Indian women's national champion.At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she along with DipikaPallikal Karthik won the squash women’s doubles gold medal,making it India's first ever Commonwealth Games medal inthe sport.

SHOOTINGGRAND PRIX OF LIBERATION PLEZN 2017India ended the Grand Prix of Liberation Plezn 2017 Shooting championships with 7 medals on May 7, 2017. India returnedfrom the championship in Czech Republic with a haul of 1gold, 2 silver and four bronze medals. Indian men’s 25mStandard Pistol team has shown excellent performance withNeeraj Kumar winning gold, Harpreet Singh silver andDeepak Sharma the bronze medal.Veteran women’s rifle shooter Tejaswini Sawant also won silver in the 50m Rifle Prone event while Pemba Tamang wonbronze in the Men’s 25 m Centre Fire Pistol. Heena Sidhuclaimed a bronze medal in the women’s 10m Air Pistol as India ended the Grand Prix of Liberation Plezn 2017 Shootingchampionships. Anmol Jain had won a bronze in Men's 10mAir Pistol event on the first day of the championship.

FOOTBALL38TH FEDERATION CUPThe Bengaluru FC defeated Mohun Bagan 2-0 to win theFederation Cup on May 21, 2017. The final event was heldin Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha. India internationalCK Vineeth showed his predatory skills with double strikein the extra time as Bengaluru FC beat Mohun Bagan AC2-0 to win the 38th Federation Cup football tournament.This was Mohun Bagan’s 20 Final in the Federation Cup.Federation Cup was established by the All India FootballFederation in 1977. During 1980s and 1990s, it wasconsidered to be most popular foot ball tournament inIndia. The other popular football tournaments of Indiainclude Durand Cup, Santosh Trophy, Indian SuperLeague, Subroto Cup, IFA Shield etc.

I­LEAGUE TITLE 2017 Aizawl FC, a hitherto little-known club from a remotecorner of the country with a shoe-string budget, were crowned I-League champions in one of the mostremarkable achievements in Indian football history onApril 30, 2017. Aizawl FC, a small team from Mizoram,created history by becoming the first club from north­eastto win this title. Aizawl FC has won this title againstShillong Lajong in their final game of the league season.The I-League, officially known as the Hero I League due to sponsorship reasons, is an Indian professional league formen's association football clubs. At the top of the Indianfootball league system, it is the country's primary footballcompetition. Contested by 10 clubs (currently), it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the I-League 2nd Division as well as a system of direct-entry.

TENNISITALIAN OPEN 2017 74th edition of the Italian Open tennis tournament tookplace at Rome’s Foro Italico from May 10 to 21, 2017. TheItalian Open is a tennis tournament that is held annuallysince year 1930 during second week of May in Italy.After French Open, Italian Open is one of the mostprestigious tennis tournament played on red clay surface.Rafael Nadal holds the record of winning seven ItalianOpen singles titles.

Italian Open 2017 WinnersCategory Winner Runners-up

Men’s Singles Alexander Zverev(Germany)

Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women’s Singles Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) Simona Halep (Romania)

Men’s Doubles Pierre­Hugues Herbert(France) & NicolasMahut (France)

Ivan Dodig (Croatia) &Marcel Granollers (Spain)

Women’s Doubles Martina Hingis(Switzerland) & Y Chan (Taiwan)

E Makarva (Russia) & EVesnina (Russia)

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MADRID OPEN 2017Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem to win Mutua MadridOpen at La Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain on May 14, 2017.Nadal withstood a tough challenge from the 9th-rankedThiem, converting on his fourth match point to earn his 15thstraight victory and tie Novak Djokovic's record of 30 careertitles in Masters 1000 events.The triumph at his home tournament gave Nadal his 72ndcareer title, and 52nd on clay. It will also move him from fifthto fourth in the rankings, ahead of Roger Federer. This isNadal’s fifth Mutua Madrid Open title win and 30th ATPWorld Tour Masters 1000 crown. Rafael now stands withNovak Djokovic in lead position with 30 Masters 1000 Titles. This season, Rafael Nadal has not lost a single match on theclay court.

TALLAHASSEE CHALLENGER 2017The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger 2017 was conducted inTallahassee, United States between April 24 to 30, 2017.Indian tennis player Leander Paeshas won TallahasseeChallenger Men’s Doubles title. Leander Paes has won hissecond title of the season. Leander Paes has won 8 doubles and 10 mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, and is the oldest man to have won a Grand Slamtitle. He is the sports ambassador of the Indian state ofHaryana.He has received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India'shighest sporting honour, in 1996–97; the Arjuna Award in1990; the Padma Shri award in 2001 and its 3rd HighestCivilian Award the Padma Bhushan in January 2014 for hisoutstanding contribution to tennis in India.The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger is a professional tennistournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ChallengerTour. It is held annually at the Forestmeadows TennisComplex in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, since 2000. List of Winners -Category Winner Runners-up

Men’s Single Blaž Rola (Slovenia) Ramkumar Ramanathan(India)

Men’s Doubles Scott Lipsky (United States) and Leander Paes (India)

Máximo González and Leonardo Mayer (Argentina)

BARCELONA OPEN 2017Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated Dominic Thiem of Austria towin his 10th BarcelonaOpen title. It was thesecond consecutive weekthat Nadal had won atournament for the 10thtime. He had become thefirst men's tennis player inthe Open era to win thesame title record­breaking10 times at the MonteCarlo Masters.

10th Barcelona Open title took place at the Real Club deTenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, fromApril 24 to 30, 2017. It was Nadal's second title of theseason and 71st of his career. The fifth-ranked Spaniard had lost his previous three finals, including to Roger Federer inthe Australian Open.The Barcelona Open (currently sponsored by BancSabadell) is an annual tennis tournament for maleprofessional players. The event has been held in Barcelona,Catalonia, Spain every year since 1953, and is played onclay courts at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona.Category Winner Runner

Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Dominic Thiem (Austria)

Men’s Doubles Florin Mergea (Romania)and Aisam-ul-HaqQureshi (Pakistan)

Philipp Petzschner(Germany) andAlexander Peya (Austria)

TABLE TENNISCHILE OPEN 2017Indian table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh has baggedboth the singles and doubles gold at the Seamaster ITTFChallenge Chile Open 2017 in Santiago, Chile. ChileOpen held from April 26 to 30, 2017.Soumyajit became the 3rd Indian to win a men’s singlestitle at an ITTF Challenge Series or ITTF World Tourtournament. The Chile Open was a professional tennistournament played on outdoor red clay courts alternately in Viña del Mar and Santiago, Chile. It was part of the ATPWorld Tour 250 series of the Association of TennisProfessionals (ATP) World Tour. Winner listCategory Winner Runners-up

Men’s singles Soumyajit Ghosh (India) Anthony Amalraj (India)

Men’s doubles Soumyajit & Amalraj(India)

Philipp Floritz(Deutschland)and HunorSzocs (Romania)

SNOOKERASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPLv Haotian from China has won the 33rd edition of ACBSAsian Snooker Championship-2017 by defeating India’stop cueist Pankaj Advani in the final by 3-6 in Doha,Qatar.Indian professional snooker player Pankaj Advani,won silver at the Asian Snooker Championship at Doha,Qatar on April 28, 2017. This is the first silver Advani has won this season, the rest allgold medals , at the National Championships of Billiards,6-red Snooker, 15-red Snooker and the Asian BilliardsChampionship. The defeat in the final meant that Advanicould not complete a career Grand Slam in cue sport.A victory could make Advani only player in history to winall majors in two sports at all levels and across all formats.The Asian Snooker Championship is the premiernon-professional snooker tournament in Asia. The eventseries is sanctioned by the Asian Confederation of BilliardSports and started from 1984.

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F1 RACESPANISH GRAND PRIXLewis Hamilton has won the Spanish Grand Prix inthe Formula One championship. It is Hamilton’s 55thcareer win and second wins of the season. Runner­upof Spanish Grand Prix is Sebastian Vettel. It is held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.Spanish Grand Prix is a Formula One motor racewhich is one of the oldest of its kind in the world. Therace has become a part of the Formula One WorldChampionship since 1968 and is held at variousvenues.

RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX

Mercedes’ Finnish driver, Valtteri Bottas claimed hisfirst Formula 1 victory on April 30, 2017, taking theflag at the Russian Grand Prix after a close chase fromFerrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who finished at 2nd position. Valtteri Bottas is on a one­year contract with Mercedesand has been called in to replace Nico Rosberg. His previous best results were two second places at theBritish and German Grand Prix in 2014.SebastianVettel, who came at 2nd position in this race, has nowextended his lead by 13 points over Lewis Hamilton inthe title fight. The Russian Grand Prix is an annualauto race held at Sochi Autodrom , a street circuit built around Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, as part of theFormula One World Championship.

GOLFYEANGDER HERITAGECHAMPIONSHIPS Shiv Kapur won the inaugural Yeangder Heritage golf championship on April 30, 2017 at Agencies Miaoli(Taiwan). He beat Yikeun Chang of South Korea .Shiv Kapur is an Indian professional golfer. Kapur, who was the Asian Games individualchampion in 2002, was the oldest player in the finalgroups. Kapur is the third Indian to win in Taiwansince 2004. Gaurav Ghei won at the 2006 MercuriesTaiwan Masters, while Gaganjeet Bhullar wasvictorious at the Yeangder Tournament PlayersChampionship 2012.

BADMINTONSUDIRMAN CUP 2017South Korea defeated China won badminton’s Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14 years . It was held in Gold Coast Australiabetween May 21 to 28, 2017. It was the first time that Australiahad hosted the tournament and the first time this event is hostedoutside Asia and Europe since its establishment in 1989.The South Koreans claimed their fourth cup in the world mixedteams competition win by Choi Sol­Gyu and ChaeYoo­Jung inthe mixed doubles match. The Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badmintonchampionship. The tournament takes place every two years. There is no prize money in Sudirman Cup. The winner of the SudirmanCup 2015 was China.

ICE HOCKEYWORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSweden have won the ice hockey world championship, beatingfavourites Canada in a dramatic penalty shootout . Swedenwon this Championship title for the 10th Time. The tournamentwas held in Cologne, Germany and Paris, France from May 5 to21, 2017.The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annualinternational men's ice hockey tournament organized by theInternational Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

WRESTLINGASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2017Bajrang Punia won a gold medal for India in men's 65kg freestylecategory at the Asian Wrestling Championship. He defeated South Korea’s, Seunghui Lee. The event took place from May 10 to 14,2017. The Asian Wrestling Championships 2017 was held at theKD Jadhav Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi inIndia.The Indian wrestlers overall bagged 10 medals comprising 1 gold,5 silver, and 4 bronze. Japan finished on top with 16 medals.India’s medals tally in the men’s section has gone up to 3 (goldand 2 bronze), while in the women’s section it stands at 4 silverand 2 bronze.Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling AsianChampionship organized by the Asian Associated WrestlingCommittee (AAWC). The men's tournament began in 1979 andThe women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year.Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Japan 8 3 5 16

2 Iran 7 2 6 16

3 Kazakhstan 2 5 6 13

4 Uzbekistan 2 1 3 6

5 India 1 5 4 10

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APPOINTMENT LENIN MORENO Lenin Moreno was sworn-in as president of Ecuador on May 24, 2017following a tight race that the disabled former vice president won on promises of maintaining the social programs of his leftist predecessor Rafael Correa.Moreno, a socialist, last month (April, 2017) won a runoff vote in theoil-exporting country, bucking a shift to the right in South America as leftistgovernments struggle to maintain support. During his four-year term,Moreno faces a challenging panorama of a faltering dollarized economy with a heavy debt burden and low oil prices.

TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS The World Health Assembly elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asthe new Director-General of the WHO on May 23, 2017. Ethiopia’sGhebreyesus will begin his five-year term on July 1, 2017.Ghebreyesus will succeed Dr Margaret Chan, who has been serving asWHO’s Director-General since 1st January 2007. Prior to being elected asWHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus served asMinister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia from 2012 to 2016 and as Minister ofHealth, Ethiopia from 2005 to 2012.

DR. HARSH VARDHANThe Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. HarshVardhan has been given additional charge of the Environment Ministry onMay 18, 2017. He represents Chandni Chowk in Delhi as a Member ofParliament in the 16th Lok Sabha. Dr Harsh Vardhan, a senior minister inthe Narendra Modi cabinet, holds the charge of the ministries of earthsciences and science and technology. For a brief period in 2014, HarshVardhan was the Health Minister in the Modi cabinet.

DEBJANI GHOSHYes Bank has appointed Debjani Ghosh as an independent director on May15, 2017. Yes Bank announced the appointment of computer hardwarecompany Intels executive Debjani Ghosh as an additional director on itsboard. She has been associated with Intel since 1996 and has held positionsincluding country head and managing director for South Asia.

EMMANUEL MACRONEmmanuel Macron has been elected as thePresident of France on May 15, 2017. Hehas become the youngest President andoccupant of the Élysée Palace. Macron defeated Marine Le Pen, hisfar-right opponent by securing about 19.3million votes, while Ms Le Pen securedabout 10.4 million.With the victory, Macron is poised tobecome one of Europe’s most powerfulleaders. Macron has a highly promisingagenda of political and economic reform forFrance and the European Union.Emmanuel Macron was the formerinvestment banker. He had served for twoyears as the French economy minister.French President Emmanuel Macron onMay 15, 2017 named Edouard Philippe asthe Prime Minister of the country. EdouardPhilippe from a center-right party and he isa member of the Les Republicans party.

AMITABH BACHCHANWorld Health Organisation (WHO) hasappointed Amitabh Bachchan as itsGoodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis inSouth-East Asia Region on May 13, 2017. He had also served as UNICEF GoodwillAmbassador for Polio in India. He has beenappointed to boost awareness to stop thespread of hepatitis, which is one of theleading causes of liver cancer and cirrhosis. Hepatitis viruses is one of the commoncause of liver damage but other infections,toxic substances such as alcohol, certainmedicine, food contaminants, bad lifestyleand autoimmune diseases may also result inchronic hepatitis. Of the five hepatitis viruses, namely, typesA, B, C, D and E, types B and C are themost deadly. These two types are mostly responsible forliver damage. It is estimated that around325 million across the world suffer fromchronic hepatitis which is an inflammationof the liver resulting in liver scarring, livercancer and death if untreated.

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MUKUL MUDGALJustice Mukul Mudgal, retired judge of DelhiHigh Court was elected as the Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee on May 12, 2017. Thisappointment was made at the world footballgoverning body’s 67th Congress at Manama,Bahrain. Mudgal former Deputy Chairman ofthe Committee, will take the office for four yearseffective immediately. He was served as the Chief Justice of Punjab andHaryana High Court from 2009 to 2011.TheFIFA Governance Committee deals with, andadvises and assists the Council on all FIFAgovernance matters.

DR. HUBERT MINNISDr. Hubert Minnis has been elected as the newPrime Minister of the Commonwealth of theBahamas on May 11, 2017. He defeated PerryChristie’s Progressive Liberal Party in a 34­5parliamentary split.Hubert Minnis, a former health minister wassworn as prime minister of the Bahamas, thecountry’s fourth since the small island chainbecame independent of British rule in 1973. The Bahamas is a coral-based archipelago in theAtlantic Ocean.

VK SARASWATEminent scientist V K Saraswat was appointed as the Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) on May 12, 2017. He succeeds formerISRO chairman K Kasturirangan. Saraswat willbe serving five years term at JNU and he iscurrently serving as the Member of NITI Aayog.Saraswat played a very significant role in thedevelopment of the country’s first liquidpropulsion engine- Devil.He also contributed in the development of otherrocket engines such as Prithvi, Dhanush andPrahaar. He earlier served as the DirectorGeneral of Defense Research and DevelopmentOrganisation. In 1998, Saraswat was awarded the Padma Shri and in 2013 Padma Bhushan.

MOON JAE-IN Moon Jae-in has been declaredwinner in South Korea’s presidentialelection by that country’s NationalElection Commission on May 9,2017. Moon, the Democratic Party’scandidate has won with 41.08% ofvotes. Moon will replace the oustedPresident Park Geun-hye, who wasejected from office in March after a corruption scandal for which she’sawaiting trial. Park was South Korea’s first female President who hasbeen impeached in a corruption scandal.

BRAJ BIHARI KUMARBraj Bihari Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the IndianCouncil of Social Science Research (ICSSR) on May 2, 2017. The HRD Ministry took the decision finalising his name for the top post for aperiod of three years. He succeeded economist SK Thorat.He has been serving as the editor of the two quarterly journals, publishedby a society called Astha Bharati. He is a founding member of a societycalled Astha Bharati. ICSSR is a council in India which promotes researchin the field of social sciences. It was established in 1969 as an autonomousbody under Government of India with their office in New Delhi.

MALLIKARJUN KHARGE Mallikarjun Kharge is appointed as the Chairperson of the PublicAccounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament on May 2, 2017.Mallikarjun Kharge replaced KV Thomas. The Public AccountsCommittee PAC has 14 members from Lok Sabha and seven from RajyaSabha. The Chairman of the PAC is appointed by the Speaker of LokSabha. The PAC’s main function is to examine the audit report ofComptroller and Auditor General (CAG) after it is laid in theParliament. The term of office of the members is one year

ANTHONY LIANZUALAAnthony Lianzuala took over as the New Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in national capital on May 1, 2017. He will be the First personfrom the North-Eastern Region to hold this position. Lianzuala was the1st Director of training institute in the field of Public FinancialManagement and Accounting in the North-East named INGAF-NER,based in Aizawl, Mizoram. CGA is the principal Accounts Adviser to the Government of India. Heis the responsible for establishing and maintaining a technically soundmanagement accounting system.

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Other AppointmentsPerson Post Related Facts

Vani Sarraju Rao(May 27, 2017)

Ambassador of India to Finland

• She is presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. She is expected to take up herassignment shortly.

Rakesh Kapoor(May 27, 2017)

Chairman ofInternationalFertilizer Association

• IFA ( Head Quarter- Paris France ) is the global Fertilizer Association having about 500 MembersWorldwide representing 68 countries. Rakesh Kapoor is a Joint Managing Director of Indian FarmersFertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO). IFFCO is the World’s largest fertilizer and marketing Cooperativerepresents 50 Million farmers across the country.

Anurag Tripathy(May 26, 2017)

New Secretary of CBSE

• The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has appointed Anurag Tripathy for this post. TheCBSE is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government.

• It is responsible for conducting 10 th, 12 th , JEE(Main), NEET-UG (Undergraduate), for MBBS and BDScourse admission test.

RESIGNATION PUSHPA KAMAL DAHAL ‘PRACHANDA’Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa KamalDahal ‘Prachanda’ announced hisresignation while addressing thenation in a live telecast on May 24,2017. He was elected as the 39thPrime Minister of Nepal.Prachanda has stepped downhonouring a power sharing agreement entered by him with the rulingpartner Nepali Congress on August 3, 2016. As per the agreement, Dahal,who is the Chairman of CPN (Maoist Centre) was to have a brief stintof 9 months and will be succeeded by Nepali Congress president SherBahadur Deuba. It was agreed that the government will be run on arotational basis until elections to Parliament are held in February 2018.

BIMALENDRA NIDHIThe Deputy Prime Minister & Home Minister of Nepal BimalendraNidhi has resigned on April 30, 2017 from his post in protest ofimpeachment motion registered against Nepal's first female chiefjustice Sushila Karki.At least 249 MPs signed the motion which is over the required number to open an impeachment investigation. It comes after the SupremeCourt overturned the government's choice of chief of police.

PERSON DIEDKPS GILLKanwar Pal Singh Gill passed away in New Delhion May 26,2017. Gill was an author, editor,speaker, consultant on counter-terrorism,president of the Institute for ConflictManagement and president of the Indian HockeyFederation (IHF).He served twice as Director General of Police(DGP) for the state of Punjab. He received aPadma Shri award, India's fourth-highest civilianhonour, in 1989 for his work in the civil service.

REEMA LAGOOReema Lagoo (59), the veteran actress of film andTV, has passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra onMay 18, 2017. She was best-known for her roles as mother in Bollywood movies such as “Hum SaathSaath Hain”, “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, “Kal Ho Na Ho”, “Hum Aapke Hain Koun”, etc.She was also known for starring in the TV serialsTu Tu Main Main and Shriman Shrimati. She was awarded the Maharashtra State Film Award forBest Actress for her performance in the 2002. Shewas awarded the V Shantaram Award by thegovernment of Maharashtra.

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Person Post Related Facts

Rajan Anandan(May 25, 2017)

New chairman ofIAMAI

• Google’s vice-president for South East Asia and India, Rajan Anandan has been appointed as the newchairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

• IAMAI is a not-for-profit industry body registered under the Societies Act, 1986. It was founded in 2004.

PV Sindhu (May 16, 2017)

Group-1 officer • The Andhra Pradesh Legislature on May 16, 2017 has passed a Bill to appoint Olympics winner shuttlerPV Sindhu as a Group­1 officer in the government by amending the state public services Act.

• Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced in the state Assembly to appoint Sindhu as the state’ssports ambassador.

Vinay MohanKwatra (May 11, 2017)

New ambassador toFrance

• Currently he is a joint secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office.

• He has an experience of dealing with the UN organisations such as International Labour Organisation(ILO) and World Health Organisation (WHO).

R K Mahajan andMahender Singh(May 11, 2017)

CBEC members • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved appointment of senior bureaucrats R KMahajan and Mahender Singh as members in the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).

• Prior to these appointments, CBEC had only two members , Ananya Ray and S Ramesh, against thesanctioned strength of six. Vanaja N Sarna is the current Chairperson of CBEC.

Mark Lowcock

(May 11, 2017)

United Nations’ newhumanitarian aidchief

• He has been appointed as United Nations’ new humanitarian aid chief by UN Secretary General AntonioGuterres. Mr. Lowcock will replace Stephen O’Brien.

Venu Rajamony

(May 9, 2017)

India’s Ambassadorto the Netherlands.

• Rajamony will also be India’s Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Prevention of ChemicalWeapons. In 1996, he was selected for the UN Commission on Human Rights representing India.

Neil Chatterjee

(May 8, 2017)

Member of FERC • US President Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Neil Chatterjee as a Member of FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission (FERC). His term will expire on June 30, 2021.

Prabhat KamalBezboruah (May 4, 2017)

Chairman of the TeaBoard of India

• Bezboruah became the first Non­IAS and the first industry insider to head the Kolkataheadquartered Tea Board.He will serve till Novermber 2018.

• The Renowned coffee grower M S Boje Gowda was appointed chairman of the Coffee Board of India. MS Boje Gowda will serve till December 2018.

Soumen Ghosh(April 2, 2017)

MD - BhartiEnterprises

• Bharti Enterprises appoints Soumen Ghosh as MD, financial services. In his new role, he will buildstrategic business value proposition for Bharti’s financial services businesses.

• Prior to joining Bharti, Ghosh was heading the Financial Services business at Reliance Capital asExecutive Director.

ANIL MADHAV DAVEUnion environment minister Anil Madhav Dave haspassed away on May 18, 2017. Anil Madhav Davewas an Indian environmentalist and politician.A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he served asthe Minister of State for Environment, Forest andClimate Change in the Narendra Modi ministry fromJuly 2016 . He had founded an organisation called‘Narmada Samagra’ for conservation of Narmada.

SUBRAHMANYAN RAMASWAMYFormer Puducherry Chief Minister SubrahmanyanRamaswamy passed away on May 15, 2017 inPuducherry. Subrahmanyan Ramaswamy was theHome Minister in the DMK­CPI coalition ministryfrom 1969 to 1973.He became Chief Minister of AIADMK in 1974heading the AIADMK­CPI coalition ministry for abrief period. He was also the Chief Minister in theAIADMK government in 1977, which lasted in office for a little over one year.

KARAN SINGHKaran Singh, Himachal Pradesh Cabinet Ministerpassed away on May 12, 2017 at the All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.Singh was suffering from cancer since some time ago.He was a three-time MLA and minister twice. He was sworn as an Ayurveda minister in the Virbhadra Singh cabinet in August, 2015.

LEILA SETHFirst woman judge of Delhi High Court Justice LeilaSeth passes away on May 5, 2017. Leila Seth is themother of the noted author Vikram Seth. Justice Leila Seth was made as a permanent judge of the DelhiHigh Court in 1980.In 1991, she was made as the Chief Justice of theHimachal Pradesh high court Justice Leila Seth hasalso written a number of books, namely, anautobiography, titled ‘On Balance’, ‘We, the Children of India’ (2010), ‘Talking of Justice: People’s Rightsin Modern India’ (2014).

BEGUM YAMANFamous Sufi singer and daughter of legendary SitarMaestro (late) Ustad Vilayat Ali Khan, Begum Yaman K. Khan has passed away after multiple organ failureson April 28, 2017. Begum Yaman used to sing allforms of Indian semi-classical music and was probably the only female singer in India of Sufi style of musicin its purest form.She was the recipient of ‘Hasrat Amir Khusrao Award’ by Urdu Press Club International and an award forher excellence and contribution to semi-classical andSufiana kalam by Balkan-Ji-Bari International.

Other Person DiedPerson Related facts

Roger Moore (May 23, 2017)

• Former James Bond star Roger Moore passed away inSwitzerland after a brief battle with cancer

• He became the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991andworked mainly to protect children’s rights.

Arjun TulshiramPawar (May 10, 2017)

• Arjun Tulshiram Pawar, a senior NCP leader and formerMaharashtra minister, passed away in Mumbai afterprolonged illness.

• In 1999, he was the Minister for Tribal Welfare in theCongress­NCP government led by Chief Minister VilasraoDeshmukh.

Ueli Steck (May 3, 2017)

• Ueli Steck was one of the world’s most famous climbershas died. He belonged to Switzerland.

• Ueli Steck has been killed in a mountaineering accidentnear Mount Everest in Nepal.

SaparmanSodimejo(May 2, 2017)

• The world’s oldest person” Saparman Sodimejo passedaway in Central Java, Indonesia, at the age of 146 years.

• Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto (grandpa Ghoto),was born in December 1870, according to his unverifiedbirth certificate and identification papers.

Pratap SinghBaghel (March 3, 2017)

• Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh ministerPratap Singh Baghel had passed away. He was alsoelected Member of Parliament from Dhar in 1985.

• Pratap Singh had served as minister in MP twice. He waselected MLA from Kukshi in 1972, 1977 and 1980.

PERSON IN NEWSANANYA KAMBOJ8 th standard student fromMohali, Chandigarh has beenselected as a young journalist atthe global Football for Friendship(F4F) Social Programme inRussia. India joins the programme for the first time and 60 othercountries will participate. Mission XI Million is aprogramme of the FIFA U­17World Cup India 2017.F4F will focus on the development of children football, fosteringtolerance and respect for different cultures and nationalities amongchildren from different countries.

KULBHUSHAN JADHAV The International Court of Justice stayed the execution of Indiannational Kulbhushan Jadhav on May 10, 2017, who has beensentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of“spying”. The order by the Hague ­based International Court ofJustice came a day after India approached it against the deathsentence to Jadhav by Pakistan’s Field General Court Martial lastmonth (April , 2017). India asserted that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he wasinvolved in business activities after retiring from the Indian Navy.Pakistan claimed to have arrested him from Balochistan on March3, 2016. The International Court of Justice is the primary judicialbranch of the United Nations (UN). Seated in the Peace Palace inThe Hague, Netherlands and established in 1945.

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1. A web based platform ‘Pratibimba’,to showcase the government'sperformance and achievements to thecitizens was recently launched bywhich Chief Minister?

a. Vijay Rupanib. Raghubar Dasc. Shivraj Singh Chauhand. Siddaramaiahe. Devendra Fadnavis

2. India's GDP will grow at what ratefor the fiscal year 2017-18 according toa survey done by FICCI?

a. Minimum 7.2 %, Maximum 7.6 %b. Minimum 7.0 %, Maximum 7.4 %c. Minimum 7.1 %, Maximum 7.4 %d. Minimum 7.0 %, Maximum 7.6 %e. None of the above

3. Edouard Philippe recently becamethe Prime Minister of which country?

a. Austria b. Francec. Finland d. Greecee. Iceland

4. Which of the following tech citiesacross the world topped the 2017Savills Tech Cities Index?

a. Bengalurub. Berlinc. Austind. Muniche. Karlsruhe

5. What was the theme of this yearsInternational Day of Families?

a. ‘Families, Healthy Lives and Sustainable Future’

b. ‘Families Matter for the Achievement ofDevelopment Goals; International Yearof the Family + 20’

c. ‘Families and Persons with Disabilities’

d. ‘Families, Education and Wellbeing’

e. ‘Families: Educators and Providers ofHuman Rights’

6. 'Maa Comittee' was recentlyconstituted by Uttar Pradeshgovernment to monitor which of thefollowing schemes?

a. Mission Indradhanushb. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojanac. Swachh Bharat Abhiyand. SABLAe. None of the above

7. Which Indian actress recently won thebest actress award at the New York IndianFilm Festival (NYIFF) 2017?

a. Konkona Sen Sharmab. Ratna Pathakc. Anushka Sharmad. Priyanka Choprae. Ramya Krishnan

8. Narmada Seva Mission was recentlylaunched by the Prime Minister. Whichone of the following dams is built onNarmada?

a. Gandhi Sagar Damb. Sardar Sarovar Damc. Panchet Damd. Rajghat Dame. None of the above

9. Which insurance provider recently tiedup with Catholic Syrian Bank to distributelife insurance, health and pensionproducts?

a. HDFC Standard Life Insurance Companyb. ICICI Prudential Life Insurancec. Life Insurance Corporation of Indiad. SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltde. None of the above

10. Who among the following won therecently concluded Spanish Grand Prix?

a. Lewis Hamiltonb. Sergio Perezc. Daniel Ricciardod. Sebastian Vettele. Esteban Ocon

11. S. Ramassamy, who recently passedaway, was the former Chief Minister ofwhich State?

a. Puducherry b. Keralac. Karnataka d. Tamil Nadue. Andhra Pradesh

12. Second meeting for NPDRR wasrecently inaugurated in New Delhi. Whatis its full form?

a. National Policy for Disaster Risk Recovery

b. National Platform for Disaster RiskReduction

c. National Policy for Disaster Risk Reduction

d. National Platform for Disaster Risk Recovery

e. None of the above

13. Andhra Pradesh government recentlyawarded a contract to act as the masterdeveloper for Amaravati, to a firm based in

a. Japan b. Germanyc. the USA d. Australiae. Singapore

14. 'Bishu Parv' is a hunting festival ofthe tribal community. It was recentlycelebrated in a 'bloodless and symbolic'manner in which State?

a. Jharkhand b. Bihar c. Chhattisgarhd. Assam e. Bihar

15. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat LifetimeAchievement Honour was awardedrecently to the Sikkim Chief Minister.Bhairon Singh Shekhawat served aswhich Vice­President of India?

a. 10th b. 11th c. 12th d. 8th e. 9th

16. An expanded Preferential TradeAgreement came into effect recentlybetween India and which other country?

a. Belgium b. Spain c. Mexicod. Peru e. Chile

17. India's firstever National BasketballAssociation (NBA) academy was recentlyopened in which city?

a. Chandigarh b. Rewari c. Lucknowd. Gurugram e. Greater Noida

18. India recently signed an MoU withwhich country in the urban transportsector?

a. Germany b. Australia c. Japand. China e. the UK

19. Who has recently been elected as theChairman of FIFA GovernanceCommittee at the FIFA's 67th Congress?

a. Justice Mukul Mudgalb. Justice Anil R. Davec. Justice Shiva Kirti Singhd. Justice Ranjana P. Desaie. Justice AK Patnaik

20. Which years have been chosen as thebase year for the Index of IndustrialProduction (IIP) and the Wholesale PriceIndex (WPI) respectively?

a. 2009–10, 2010­11 b. 2009­10, 2009­10c. 2011­12, 2011­12 d. 2009­10, 2011­12e. None of the above

21. Whom did Rafael Nadal beat to winhis fifth Madrid Open title?

a. Andy Murray b. Novak Djokovicc. Stan Wawrinka d. Milos Raonice. Dominic Thiem

22. Who among the following is headingthe petitions challenging the practice oftriple talaq?

a. Justice Kurian Joseph b. Justice RF Narimanc. Justice UU Lalit d. Justice JS Khehare. Justice Abdul Nazeer

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23. Honorary life membership ofMarylbone Cricket Club (MCC) wasrecently awarded to which IndianCricketer?

a. Sachin Tendulkar b. Rahul Dravidc. VVS Laxman d. Anil Kumblee. Virat Kholi

24. Which State became the first tointroduce a logo for identifying vehiclesdriven by persons with hearingimpairment?

a. Telangana b. Karnatakac. Andhra Pradesh d. Keralae. Odisha

25. Which of the following States is notin the top 5 in the recently releasedPublic Affairs Index (PAI) in governance?

a. Gujarat b. Maharashtrac. Karnataka d. Himachal Pradeshe. Tamil Nadu

26. Jammu and Kashmir governmentrecently banned the usage of polythenebags below what micron in the State?

a. 5 b. 10 c. 50 d. 100 e. 500

27. United Nations International Day ofVesak is being celebrated in which Asiancountry?

a. Malaysia b. India c. Myanmard. Nepal e. Sri Lanka

28. Which State hosted the first outreach programme of the Ministry of ExternalAffairs 'Videsh Sampark'?

a. Telangana b. Andhra Pradeshc. Rajasthan d. Maharashtrae. Karnataka

29. Science Express, a train scienceexhibition programme is being managedby

a. Visvesvaraya Industrial and TechnologicalMuseum

b. Vikram A Sarabhai Community ScienceCentre (VASCSC)

c. Srikrishna Science Centre

d. Birla Science Museum

e. Birla Industrial and Technological Museum

30. To promote the usage of electric andhybrid vehicles, India's first electric cabfleet will be launched in which city?

a. Pune b. Thane c. Nashikd. Aurangabad e. Nagpur

31. A new Pneumococcal ConjugateVaccine against Pneumonia was recentlylaunched by the Health Ministry. Itprovides immunisations against

a. Viruses b. Fungi c. Bacteriad. (a) and (c) e. All of these

32. Who among the following recentlyreceived the Woodrow Wilson Award?

a. Chitra Ramkrishnab. Aarthi Subramanianc. Chanda Kochhard. Alice G. Vaidyane. Anita Dongre

33. Which of the following varieties ofMango was recently registered forGeographical Indication (GI) tag?

a. Chaunsa b. Dasheric. Mulgoba d. Gulaab Khaase. None of these

34. Who among the following will heada committee formed by Uttar Pradeshgovernment to implement its decision ofwaving off farmers' agricultural loan?

a. Rahul Bhatnagar b. Dinesh Sharmac. Suresh Khanna d. Ramapati Shastrie. Rajesh Agarwal

35. World Health Organisation (WHO)recently appointed Amitabh Bachchan as its Goodwill Ambassador for whichdisease in South­East Asia Region?

a. Cancer b. Depressionc. Hepatitis d. Denduee. Tuberculosis

36. What was the theme of recentlycelebrated International Nurse Day(IND) 2017?

a. Nurses: A voice to lead. Achieving thesustainable development goals

b. Nurses: A Force for Change. Improvinghealth systems' resilience

c. Nurses: A Force for Change. Careeffective, Cost effective

d. Nurses: A Force for Change ­ A vitalresource for health

e. Nurses for Patients' Safety: Targetingcounterfeit medicines and substandardmedication

37. The Election Commission of Indiarecently launched a National ContactCentre. What is the toll­free No.?

a. 1800111947 b. 1800111950c. 1800111955 d. 1800111960e. 1800111991

38. Divya Kakran, bagged a silver medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship inwhich category?

a. 55 kg b. 57 kgc. 59 kg d. 65 kge. 69 kg

39. What was the theme of recentlycelebrated World Fair­Trade Day (WFTD) 2017?

a. Payment of a Fair Price

b. Respect for the Environment fist for fairtrade

c. Good Working Conditions for fair trade

d. Human chains for fair trade and the planet

e. None of the above

40. Who among the following hasrecently been appointed as the Secretaryof Department of Telecommunications(DoT)?

a. Aruna Sundararajan b. JS Deepakc. Manju Jhad. PK Pujarie. None of these

41. Which of the following International Years is NOT matched with its year?

1. 2019 ­ International Year of IndigenousLanguages

2. 2017 ­ International Year of Sustainable Energy for All

3. 2015 ­ International Year of Light andLight-based Technologies

4. 2014 ­ International Year of FamilyFarming

Codea. Only 1 b. Only 2c. 1 and 3 d. 3 and 4e. Only 3

42. Which of the following goods willnot be taxable under the Goods andServices Tax economy, by way ofdefinition of GST in the Constitution?

1. Aviation Turbine Fuel

2. Alcohol for human consumption

3. Natural Gas

4. Petrol

Select the correct answer using the code givenbelow.a. 1, 3 and 4 b. Only 2 c. 1, 2 and 4 d. None of thesee. All of these

43. The Union Ministry for Agricultureand Farmers Welfare recently launchedat the e-Krishi Samvad. Consider thefollowing statements regarding e-KrishiSamvad :

1. e-Krishi Samvad is a unique platformthat will provide direct and effectivesolutions to the problems faced byfarmers.

2. People can directly connect to theICAR website and get the appropriatesolutions from the subject matterspecialists.

3. Stakeholders can upload photographsrelated to diseases of the crops, animals or fishes for diagnostics

Which of the above statements is/are true?a. Only 1 b. Only 2c. 1 and 2 d. All of thesee. None of these

44. The Genetic Engineering AppraisalCommittee (GEAC) cleared GM mustardfor environmental release and use infarmer elds. Consider the followingstatements regarding the GM mustard :

1. GM mustard would be the secondtransgenic food crop to be allowed forcommercial cultivation in Indian eldsafter BT Brinjal.

2. Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH -11) uses a system of genes from soil bacteriumthat makes mustard better suited tohybridisation.

3. GM mustard has been developed byDelhi University-based Centre for

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Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants(CGMCP).

Which of the above statements is/are true?a. Only 1 b. Only 2c. 2 and 3 d. All of thesee. None of these

45. Consider the following statementsregarding India’s indigenous PressurisedHeavy Water Reactors :

1. The total installed capacity of thePlants will be 7000 MW.

2. This Project will bring aboutsubstantial economies of scale andmaximise cost and time efficiencies byadopting fleet mode for execution.

3. The Cabinet’s decision reflects thegovernment’s commitment toprioritise the use of clean power inIndia’s energy mix, as part oflow-carbon growth strategy and toensure long-term base loadrequirement for the nation’sindustrialisation.

Which of the following statements is/arecorrect?a. Only 1 b. Only 2c. 2 and 3 d. All of thesee. None of these

46. Consider the following statementsregarding the Industry-AcademiaCollaborative Mission :

1. The key focus areas of the programmewould aid in preparing India'stechnological and productdevelopment capabilities in thebiopharmaceutical sector to a level that it is globally competitive over the next10-15 years.

2. Total project cost to be funded bygovernment of India is ` 1500 crore forfive years and the 50% cost for theMission Programme will be arrangedthrough the World Bank loan.

3. For the implementation, a ProgrammeManagement Unit will be set-up atBIRAC which will work as anoperational and functional arm thatoversees and monitors programmeimplementation and progress.

Which of the following statements is/arecorrect?a. Only 1 b. 1 and 2 c. 2 and 3d. All of these e. None of these

47. Identify the correct statement

a. The 97th Constitutional Amendment Actgave a constitutional status to cooperative societies.

b. The right to form cooperative societies is a fundamental right.

c. The ‘cooperative societies’ is a subjectenumerated in the Union list.

d. (a) and (b)

e. (a) and (c)

48. Consider the following statementsregarding the Multilateral Convention toImplement Tax Treaty Related Measures

to Prevent Base Erosion and ProfitShifting by India :

1. The Convention implements twominimum standards relating toprevention of treaty abuse and dispute resolution through Mutual AgreementProcedure.

2. The Convention will function in thesame way as an Amending Protocol toa single existing treaty, which woulddirectly amend the text of the CoveredTax Agreements.

3. The Convention ensures consistencyand certainty in the implementation ofthe BEPS Project in a multilateralcontext.

Which of the following statements is/arecorrect?a. Only 1 b. 1 and 3 c. 2 and 3d. All of these e. None of these

49. The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA)with Letter of Assurance (LoA) holders of Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) - FadingAway of the existing LoA-FSA Regimeand Introduction of a New MoreTransparent Coal Allocation Policy forPower Sector, 2017- SHAKTI. Considerthe following statements regarding thebenefits of the SHAKTI policy:

1. Coal available to all Power Plants intransparent and objective manner.

2. Auction to be made the basis of linkage allocations to IPPs; cheaper andaffordable power for all.

3. The Stress on account ofnon-availability of linkages to PowerSector Projects shall be overcome.

Which of the following statements is/arecorrect?a. Only 1 b. 1 and 2 c. 2 and 3d. All of these e. Only 3

50. Identify the incorrect statement

a. The ministry of Urban Developmentstarted the ‘Swachh Sarvekshan’ surveyranking of Cities on Cleanliness.

b. The performance evaluation of theSwachh Survekshan is conducted byQuality Council of India(QCI) which is anautonomous body established bygovernment of India.

c. Mysore is the cleanest city in Indiaaccording to Swachh Survekshan 2017.

d. Both (a) and (b)

e. Both (a), (b) and (c)

51. Which of the following statement iscorrect regarding the term, ‘MoleculeDisarib’?

a. It works by binding itself to a protein called BCL2, which suppresses the death ofcancerous cells.

b. It is used as a GSLV propellant fuelenhancer.

c. It is used in the newly developed ROTAvirus vaccine.

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

52. Consider the following statementsregarding the MoU between Australiaand India :

1. The proposed MoU would strengthenthe relationship between India andAustralia for building peace andstability in the region throughexchange of information, expertise,experience and capacity building.

2. It is true that MoU is not considered asan effective framework to deal with allissues requiring interaction andcooperation in the areas identified.

3. The MoU, once in force, would help incurbing combating InternationalTerrorism and Transnational Organised Crime.

Which of the following statements is/arecorrect?a. Only 1 b. 1 and 2 c. 2 and 3d. All of these e. 1 and 3

53. Consider the following statementregarding the Pneumococcal ConjugateVaccine (PCV) :

1. PCV protects children against severeforms of the pneumococcal disease,such as pneumonia and meningitis.

2. Currently, the vaccine is being rolledout to approximately 21 lakh childrenin all the States of the country in thefirst phase.

3. Pneumococcal disease is the leadingcause of vaccine-preventable deaths inchildren under five years of ageglobally and in India.

Which of the following statements is/areincorrect?a. Only 2 b. 1 and 2 c. 1 and 3d. All of these e. None of these

54. Consider the following statementsregarding the GSLV vehicle :

1. The Geosynchronous Satellite LaunchVehicle was primarily developed tolaunch INSAT class of satellites.

2. GSLV basically launches INSAT intothe Low Earth Orbit.

3. GSLV-F09 has launched the South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 into aGeosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).

Choose the correct statement(s) :a. Only 1 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2d. 2 and 3 e. Only 2

55. Consider the following statements :

1. eVIN (Electronic Vaccine IntelligenceNetwork) is an indigenouslydeveloped technology system in Indiathat digitises vaccine stocks.

2. eVIN aims to support the governmentof India’s Universal ImmunisationProgramme.

3. The innovative eVIN is presently being implemented across all the States inIndia.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?a. 1 and 2 b. 2 and 3 c. 1 and 3d. All of these e. Only 3

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Di rec tions (Q.Nos. 1-3) Study the fol low ing in for ma tioncare fully to an swer the ques tions given below it.

Input 39 121 48 18 76 112 14 45 63 96

Step I 14 39 121 48 18 76 112 45 63 96

Step II 14 39 48 18 76 112 45 63 96 121

Step III 14 18 39 48 76 112 45 63 96 121

Step IV 14 18 39 48 76 45 63 96 112 121

Step V 14 18 39 45 48 76 63 96 112 121

Step VI 14 18 39 45 48 63 76 96 112 121

(This is the final arrangement and step VI is the last step forthis input).

A num ber sort ing ma chine when given an in put of num bers,re ar ranges the num bers in a par tic u lar man ner by step asin di cated be low-till all the num bers are ar ranged in a par tic u lar or der. Given ahead is an il lus tra tion of this ar range ment.

1. If fol low ing is the fifth step of an in put, what willbe the third step?

Step V 17 32 43 82 69 93 49 56 99 106a. 17 32 43 82 69 93 49 56 99 106b. 17 32 82 69 43 93 49 56 99 106c. 17 32 82 69 93 43 49 56 99 106d. 17 32 82 69 43 93 56 49 99 106e. Cannot be determined

2. How many steps will be re quired for get ting thefi nal out put for the fol low ing in put?

Input 101 85 66 49 73 39 142 25 115 74

a. 5 b. 6 c. 7d. 8 e. None of these

3. Which of the fol low ing will be the third step forthe fol low ing in put?

Input 45 78 97 132 28 16 146 54 99 112a. 16 28 45 78 97 146 54 99 112 132b. 16 28 45 97 78 54 99 112 132 146c. 16 28 45 78 97 132 54 99 112 146d. 16 28 45 97 78 132 99 54 112 146e. None of the above

Di rec tions (Q.Nos. 4-6) Each of the ques tions con sistof a ques tion and two state ments I and II given be low it.You have to de cide whether the data pro vided in thestate ments are suf fi cient to an swer the ques tion. Readboth the state ments and Give answera. if the data in tatement I alone are sufficient to answer the

question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient answer the question

b. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer thequestion, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficientto answer the question

c. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II aloneare sufficient to answer the question

d. if the data even in both statements I and II together are notsufficient to answer the question

e. if the data in both state ments I and II to gether are nec es saryto an swer the ques tion

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Part I Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

( )Probationary Officer POState Bank of India (SBI)

-MOCK PAPER 5 ONLINE EXAM JUNE 18, 2017

( )Main Phase II Exam 2017

l This crack set con sists of 155 questions in four parts.l All questions are compulsory.l Answer the questions quickly and as carefully as you can. Some questions may be difficult and others easy.

Do not spend too much time on any question.

Time 3 hours Max. Marks 200

Part Subject Number of Questions Time

I Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 45 60 min

II Data Analysis & Interpretation 35 45 min

III English Language 35 40 min

IV General/Economic/Banking Awareness 40 35 min

General Instructions

4. How many girls are taller than Samir in his class?

I. When students in Samir‘s class are ranked indescending order of their height, Samir‘s rank is17th from the top among all the students and 12th among boys.

II. Samir‘s rank from the bottom on the basis ofheight among boys is 18th and among all students is 29th.

5. Among Nitin, Amit, Sudesh, Rekha and Sujatawho came last for the programme?

I. Nitin came after Amit but not after Sujata.II. Rekha came after Sujata but not after Sudesh.

6. Out of the four team A, B, C and D, which team isnot likely to win as per the opin ion poll?

I. As per the opinion poll, chances of team C‘swinning are more than that of team A but not asmuch as that of team B, whose chances ofwinning are more than that of team A.

II. As per the opinion poll team C‘s chances ofwinning are less than that of team B but not lessthan that of team D, whose chances of winningare more than that of team A.

Directions (Q.Nos. 7-9) Read the fol low ing in for ma tioncare fully to an swer the ques tions given be low it.

The annual gathering of a school was organised on a day inthe morning hours. Six different items viz., drama, singing,mimicry, speech, story-telling and dance are to beperformed by six children A, B, C, D, E and F not necessarilyin the same order. The programme begins with song notsung by B and ends with dance. C performs mimicryimmediately after speech. E performs drama just beforedance. D or F is not available for the last performance.Speech is not given by A. An interval of 30 minutes isgiven immediately after mimicry with three more itemsremaining to be performed. D performs immediately afterinterval.

7. Which item is per formed by F?a. Drama b. Song c. Speechd. Story-telling e. None of these

8. Who per formed dance?a. A b. B c. F d. Data inadequate e. None of these

9. Who was the first per former?a. A b. Bc. C d. Data inadequatee. None of these

Di rec tions (Q.Nos. 10-12) An in ter na tional bankde cided to re cruit Man age ment Train ees for its for eignex change department. The fol low ing cri te ria were laiddown

The candidate must be

I. B. Com., with minimum 65% marks.

II. CAIIB with minimum 50% marks.

III. Having working experience of minimum one year inforeign exchange department of any bank.

IV. Age between 24 yr and 30 yr as on 1.7.1999.

V. Ready to keep a deposit of ̀ 25000 with the bank.

However, if the candidate fulfils all other criteria.

Except

1. (II) above, but has completed CAIIB Part I withminimum 60% marks he may be referred to the General Manager.

2. (III) above, but has 4 years experience of working in abank, his case may be referred to the Chairman.

3. (I) above, but has obtained minimum 60% marks at B.Com. as well as CAIIB; his case may be referred to theManaging Director.

Based on the above criteria and the information given ineach of the following questions, you have to take thedecision in regard to each case. You are not to assumeanything. These cases are given to you as on July 1, 1999.

10. Niranjan‘s fa ther is an in dus tri al ist of the city and Niranjan has no prob lem in keep ing any amount asde posit with the bank. He has com pleted B.Sc. with68% marks and CAIIB with 60% marks. He iswork ing in a pub lic sec tor bank as an of fi cer in thefor eign ex change de part ment since last two years.His date of birth is 25. 4.1974.a. Refer to Managing Director b. Refer to General Managerc. Refer to Chairman d. Candidate is to be selectede. Candidate is not to be selected

11. Ashutosh a com merce grad u ate with 73% markshas com pleted CAIIB Part I se cur ing 64% marks andwill be ap pear ing for CAIIB Part II ex am i na tion. Hisdate of birth is 29.6.1975. He joined a co op er a tive bankin 1996 and con tin ues to work there. He was posted inthe for eign ex change de part ment in 1997 and iswork ing in the same de part ment at pres ent. He cankeep the re quired amount of de posit with a bank.a. Refer to Chairman b. Refer to General Managerc. Data inadequate d. Candidate is to be selectede. Candidate is not to be selected

12. Manisha is an em ployee of a pri vate bank incler i cal cadre for past 6 years in its for eign ex changede part ment. She is B.Com. with 70% marks andCAIIB with 60% marks. Her date of birth is 15.6.1972.She is will ing to keep a de posit of any amount upto ̀50000 with the bank.

a. Refer to Chairman b. Refer to General Managerc. Refer to Managing Director d. Candidate is to be selectede. Candidate is not to be selected

Di rec tions (Q.Nos. 13-14) Study the fol low ingin for ma tion care fully and an swer the ques tions givenbelow.

I. Six children B, D, C M, J and K are split in two groupsof three each and are made to stand in two rows insuch a way that a child in one row is exactly facing achild in the other row.

II. M is not at the ends of any row and is to the right of J,who is facing C. K is to the left of D, who is facing C.K is to the left of D, who is facing M.

13. Which of the fol low ing group of chil dren are inthe same row?a. BMD b. MJK c. BDC

d. MJD e. None of these

14. Who is to the im me di ate left of B?a. M b. D c. J d. Data inadequate e. None of these

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Di rec tions (Q.Nos. 15-17) In each of these ques tionsbe low are given a state ment fol lowed by threeas sump tions I, II and III. An as sump tion is some thingsup posed or taken for granted. You have to con sider thestate ment and the fol low ing as sump tions and de cidewhich of the as sump tions is im plicit in the state ment,then de cide which of the an swers a, b, c, d and e. is thecor rect an swer.

15. State ment “Move into the up per ech e lonswith out pay ing a steep price-book a lux u ri ous flatwith us.” Ad ver tise ment of a con struc tion com panyfor its pres ti gious pro ject.

Assumptions I. It is possible to join the select band of rich people

by hard work.II. Staying in luxury without paying steep price is

the criterion of upper crust of society.III. Booking a luxurious flat is very easy now.a. Only II b. Only III c. II and III d. Only I e. None of these

16. State ment “The em ploy ees as so ci a tion hasap pealed to the man ag ers of com pany ‘S’ to in tro ducewrit ten ex am i na tion for cler i cal cadre re cruit ment topre vent se lec tion of in com pe tent per sons.”

As sump tions I. So, far the company‘s ‘S’ used to se lect can di dates

with out con duc ing a writ ten ex am i na tion.II. A written examination can help to identify

competent persons.III. At higher level written examination may not be of

much use.a. I and II b. II and III c. Only III d. I and III e. None of these

17. State ment “The sim plest and most ef fec tive wayto up grade your home - ex change your old fur ni tureand get 25% to 33% off on the new fur ni ture.” — Anad ver tise ment of a fur ni ture com pany.

As sump tions I. Now-a-days there is no demand for furniture

product unless some attractive scheme is offered.II. Some customers always desire to have best quality

and do not bother either for cost or forconvenience.

III. Some customers want to keep their home up todate with reasonable cost and with less hassles.

a. Only III b. Only II c. Only Id. I and II e. None of these

Directions (Q.Nos. 18-20) In each question below arefour statements followed by four Conclusions I, II, III andIV. You have to take the four given statements to be trueeven if they seem to be at variance from commonly knownfacts and then decide which of the given conclusionslogically follows from the four given statementsdisregarding commonly known facts. Then, decide whichof the answers a, b, c, d and e. is the correct answer.

18. Statements All stones are pearls.

Some pearls are shells.Some shells are boxes.No box is container.

Conclusions I. Some stones are shells.II. No pearl is container.

III. No shell is container.IV. Some pearls are containers.

a. Only II follows b. II and III followc. Either II or IV follows d. Only III followse. None follows

19. Statements Some rings are chains.

All chains are bangles.All bracelets are bangles.Some bangles are pendants.

Conclusions I. Some rings are bangles.II. Some chains are pendants.

III. Some bracelets are rings.IV. No pendant is ring.

a. None follows b. Only I follows c. II and III followd. Only IV follows e. None of these

20. Statements Some schools are colleges.

Some colleges are hostels.No hostel is office.All offices are institutes.

Conclusions I. No hostel is institute. II. Some hostels are schools.

III. Some hostels are institutes.IV. Some offices are colleges.

a. Only I follows b. II and III followc. Only IV follows d. Either I or III followse. None of these

Directions (Q.Nos. 21-23) Study the followinginformation carefully to answer these questions.

‘P ´ Q’ means ‘P is wife of Q’.

‘P ̧Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’.

‘P + Q’ means ‘P is son of Q’.

‘P - Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’.

21. In H + I L¸ , how is L related to H?a. Brother b. Sister c. Cousind. Brother or Sister e. None of these

22. Which of the following represents ‘S is motherof T’?a. S M H T´ ¸ - b. S M + H T´ - c. M S H T´ ¸ -d. M S H + T´ ¸ e. None of these

23. In J F + R B- ´ , how is R related to J?a. Father b. Motherc. Paternal aunt d. Cannot be determinede. None of these

Directions (Q.Nos. 24-27) Study the followinginformation carefully and answer the questions givenbelow.

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven students of a college. Each ofthem has a favourite subject from Physics, Chemistry, English,Biology, History, Geography and Philosophy, not necessarily inthe same order. Each of them also has a favourite sport fromFootball, Cricket, Hockey, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennisand Basketball, not necessarily in the same order.

R likes Philosophy and his favourite sport is Hockey. The one who likes Football likes English. T’s favourite sport is notBadminton or Table Tennis. V does not like either History orBiology.

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The one whose favourite sport is Basketball does not likePhysics. W likes Chemistry and his favourite sport isVolleyball. S likes Geography. Q’s favourite sport isBadminton. V does not like English and his favourite sportis not Basketball. P’s favourite sport is Cricket. The onewhose favourite sport is Badminton does not like Biology.

24. Who likes His tory?a. P b. R c. Qd. V e. Data inadequate

25. Whose fa vour ite sport is Bas ket ball?a. S b. W c. Qd. Data inadequate e. None of these

26. Which sub ject does T like?a. Biology b. Physics c. Chemistryd. Data inadequate e. None of these

27. What is Q’s favourite sport?a. Cricket b. Table Tennis c. Footballd. Badminton e. None of these

Directions (Q.Nos. 28-30) In the following questions,the symbols $, %, @, © and H are used with thefollowing meaning as illustrated below.

‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.

‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.

‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.

‘P H Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.

‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.

Now in each of the following questions assuming the givenstatements to be true, find which of the three conclusions I,II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

28. Statements V © K, K @ B, B $ M

Conclusions I. V © B II. M © K III. M © Va. None is true b. Only I is true c. Only II is trued. Only III is true e. II and III are true

29. Statements D H R, R % F, F $ T

Conclusions I. F % D II. F $ D III. T © Ra. Only I is true b. Only II is true c. Only III is trued. Either I or II is true e. Either I or II and III are true

30. Statements N @ D, D H K, K $ A

Conclusions I. K @ N II. A © D III. N $ Aa. None is true b. Only I is true c. I, II are trued. I and III are true e. All are true

31. Zoom combo box on standard toolbar willa. zoom the whole document to the selected percent of the

original sizeb. zoom the selected part of document to the selected percent

of the original sizec. zoom the view of document, but print will be still of the original

sized. Both (a) and (c)e. None of the above

32. Which of the following is not a part of a standard office suit?a. File Manager b. Image Editor c. Databased. Word Processaor e. None of these

33. ‘Ctrl + I’ shortcut key is used to a. formatting cell b. invoke the goto optionc. auto fill d. change the contents of a cell to italicse. None of these

34. The basic operations performed by a computer area. Arithmetic Operations b. Logical Operationsc. Storage and Relative d. All of thesee. None of these

35. Which of the following companies is a leader inmanufacturing of Hard Disk Drives?a. Samsung b. Seagate c. Fujitsud. IBM e. Panasonic

36. Paragraph marks showsa. starting of a paragraphb. data saved till the marked paragraphc. that ‘Enter’ key is pressed at that point to mark the end of the

paragraphd. current cursor position in the paragraphe. None of the above

37. A user can get files from another computer onthe internet by usinga. FTP b. UTP c. HTTPd. Both (a) & (b) e. None of these

38. How many types of normalisation form are there in MS-Access?a. 3 b. 4 c. 5d. 6 e. None of these

39. Which option can be used to set custom timings for slides in presentation?a. Slider Timings b. Slider Timerc. Rehearsal d. Slide Show Setupe. None of these

40. In which toolbar we will find the sort command?a. Standard Toolbar b. Table Datasheet Toolbarc. Formatting Toolbar d. Froms Toolbare. None of these

41. A browser is

A. a piece of software that acts as an interface betweenthe user and the inner workings of the internet.

B. it connects a web sever and sends request forinformation, receives information and displays onthe user’s computer

a. A and B b. Either A or B c. Only Bd. Neither A nor B e. Only A

42. The OCR is used for the preparation of a. electricity bills b. insurance premium c. telephone billsd. All of these e. None of these

43. MTBF meansa. Mean Time Before Failure b. Mean Time Buffer Featurec. Most Treated Buffer Time d. Master Test Board Featuree. None of these

44. Which of the following is not a special programin MS-Office?a. Office Art b. Clip Art c. Word Art d. Paint Art e. None of these

45. The TREE commanda. is an external command.b. displays the structure of the directories of the disk in the

specified drivec. displays the true name of logical drives and directoriesd. All of the abovee. None of the above

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8. (d) From the ta ble, it is clear that ei ther Aor B per formed danc ing. Hence, the data isnot ad e quate to an swer the ques tion.

9. (d) From the ta ble, it is clear that ei ther Aor F were the first per former.

10. (e) Since, Niranjan does not sat isfycri te rion I nor (c), there fore, he can not bese lected.

11. (b) Ashutosh does not sat isfy cri te rion II.But as he sat is fies (a), his case may bere ferred to the Gen eral Man ager.

12. (d) Since, Manisha sat is fies all thecri te ria, there fore, she can be se lected.

Solutions (Q.Nos. 13-14) According to thegiven hypothesis, the positions of sixchildren as shown below.

13. (e) From above, the two groups are BMJand KDC.

14. (a) From above, it is clear that M is to the immediate left of B.

15. (b) Only Assumption III is implicit in thegiven statement.

16. (a) Assumptions I and II are implicit in the given statement.

17. (a) Only Assumption III is implicit in thegiven statement.

18. (c)

Conclusion I.Î II.ü III.Î IV.ü

So, either conclusion II or IV follows.

19. (b)

Conclusion I.ü II.Î III.Î IV.Î

Only conclusion I follows.

20. (d)

Conclusion I.Î II.Î III.Î IV.Î

So either conclusion I or III follows.

21. (d) H + I ® H is the son of I.

L ̧I ® I is the father of L.

So, L is the brother or sister of T.

22. (a) From answer option (a)

S ́M ® S is wife of M.

M ̧H ® M is the father of H.

H - T ® H is the sister of T.

So, S is the mother of T.

23. (b) J - F Þ J is the sister of F

F + R ® F is the son of R.

R ́B ® R is the wife of B.

So, R is the mother of J.

Solutions (Q.Nos. 24-27) According togiven information

Students Sports Subjects

P Cricket Biology

Q Badminton History

R Hockey Philosophy

S Basketball Geography

T Football English

V Table Tennis Physics

W Volleyball Chemistry

24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (e) 27. (d)

Solutions (Q.Nos. 28-30) According to thegiven information

$ >Þ ãÞ < « Þ £

@ Þ ³ % Þ =

28. (c) V Kã Þ V < K

K @ B Þ K B³

B $ M Þ B > M

From all above statements,

V < K B > M³

Con clu sions I. V Bã Þ V <B (False)

II. M Kã Þ M < K (True)

III. M Vã Þ M < V (False)

Only II is true.

29. (e) D«R Þ D R£

R % F Þ R = F

F $ T Þ F > T

From all above statements,

D R = F > T£

Con clu sions I. F % D Þ F = D

II. F $ D Þ F > D

III. T Rã Þ T < R (True)

Hence, either I or II and III are true.

30. (a) N @ D Þ N D³

D«K Þ D K£

K $ A Þ K > A

From all above statements,

N D K > A³ £

Conclusions I. K @ N Þ K N³ (False)

II. A Dã Þ A < D (False)

III. N $ A Þ N > A (False)

So, none is true.

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

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

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

46. (d) Re quired percentage

=+

+´

( )

( )

5100 2520

5450 4510100

= ´ = »7620

9960100 76 50 77. %

47. (a) Re quired av er age in Fac tory C

=+ + +5040 4550 3890 4200

4

= =17680

44420

48. (e) Av er age work ers in Fac tory B

=+ + +4250 3280 5200 4000

4

= =16730

44182 5.

Average workers in Factory F

=+ + +6000 4100 4220 3125

4

= =17445

44361.25

Required difference = - . .4361 25 4182 5

= .178 75 » 178

49. (b) 6:30 AM to 12:30 PM – 33140

12:30 PM to 6:30 PM – 28510

6:30 PM to 12:30 AM – 23840 (lowest)

12:30 AM to 6:30 AM – 25300

50. (c) Re quired ra tio

=

+ + +

+ +

+ + +

+

6500 4250 5040 7135

4215 6000

4045 4000 4200 5125

4805 3125+

=33140

25300 = 1657 1265:

51. (d) Re quired av er age in come

=+ + + +3 5 3 25 2 5 4 25 375

5

. . . . . crore

= 3.45 crore = ` 34500000

52. (b) Re quired percent

= ´ »2

3 5100 57

.%

53. (c) Percent profit earned by A

=-

´3 5 2 25

2 25100

. .

. » 55.5%

Percent profit earned by D

=-

´4 25 3 5

3 5100

. .

. » 21.4%

\ Required difference

= - »55 5 214 35. . %

54. (e) To tal ex pen di ture in curred by all thecom pa nies to gether

= + + + +2 25 3 5 2 3 5 2 5. . . .

= 1375. crore

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Hostel

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SonMother

Dau

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Wife

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GuruBankin July 2017

1. ‘‘Jayant could not reach Pune from Mumbai onlast Saturday because of non-availability of tickets.’’

Which of the following, if true, would support andstrengthen this statement?

I. Last Friday evening, he had booked a luxury carfor 3 days for going to a picnic spot near Vasal forhis boss.

II. He was seen at railway reservation counterrequesting for a ticket for Pune on Saturdaymorning.

III. His secretary had contacted several travel agentsto get a seat for Jayant on last Thursday, Fridayand even Saturday morning.

IV. Jayant attended a dinner party last Saturdayevening.

V. Jayant’s wife was reluctant to go to Pune lastweek.

a. I, II and V b. II and III c. IV and Vd. I, III and IV e. None of these

Di rec tions (Q.Nos. 2-5) In each of the ques tions be loware given four state ments fol lowed by four con clu sions I,II, III and IV. You have to take the given state ments to betrue even if they seem to be at vari ance fromcom monly known facts. Read all the con clu sions andthen de cide which of the given con clu sions log i callyfol lows from the given state ments dis re gard ingcom monly known facts.

2. State ments All drums are tubes.

Some tubes are pipes.No pipe is stick.Some sticks are rubbers.

Con clu sions I. All rubbers are tubes.II. Some sticks being drums is a

possibility.III. At least some pipes are drums.IV. Some sticks are definitely tubes.

a. None b. Only I c. I and IId. II and III e. Only III

3. State ments Some pens are rooms.

All rooms are walls.Some walls are bricks.All bricks are slates.

Con clu sions I. At least some slates are walls.II. All walls are pens.

III. Some bricks being rooms is a possibility.

IV. Some slates are not rooms.a. I and III b. II and III c. I and IId. III and IV e. None of these

4. State ments Some chairs are pencils.Some pencils are bottles.Some bottles are bags.Some bags are books.

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( )Probationary Officer POState Bank of India (SBI)

-MOCK PAPER 6 ONLINE EXAM JUNE 18, 2017

( )Main Phase II Exam 2017

Part I Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

l This crack set con sists of 155 questions in four parts.l All questions are compulsory.l Answer the questions quickly and as carefully as you can. Some questions may be difficult and others easy.

Do not spend too much time on any question.

Time 3 hours Max. Marks 200

Part Subject Number of Questions Time

I Reasoning & Computer Aptitude 45 60 min

II Data Analysis & Interpretation 35 45 min

III English Language 35 40 min

IV General/Economic/Banking Awareness 40 35 min

General Instructions

GuruBankin July 2017

147. FTII and Canon signed an MoU to promotea. film education b. film funding c. film productiond. All of these e. None of these

148. What does TIES stand for?a. Trade Infrastructure for Export Schemeb. Trade Investment for Export Schemec. Trade India for Export Schemed. All of the abovee. None of the above

149. Royal assent has been given to Brexit Bill totrigger which Article of the EU Lisbon Treaty?a. Article-50 b. Article-51 c. Article-52d. Article-53 e. None of these

150. The students of MIT-Pune and IBM havedeveloped which robot to assist senior citizens ineveryday tasks?a. Chintu b. Mintu c. Chintand. All of these e. None of these

151. The Union Cabinet on March 15, 2017 approved the National Health Policy fora. increasing public healthcare expenditure to 2.5% of GDPb. allocation of more than two-thirds of the resources towards

primary healthcare

c. Both of the aboved. None of the abovee. betterment of primary education

152. Where is Asia’s first greenfield training facilitybeing set-up?a. Pakistan b. India c. Sri Lankad. Bangladesh e. Bangkok

153. NITI Aayog will start a process to make Statesprepare WMI. What does WMI stand for?a. Water Management Index b. Water Maximum Indexc. Water Mineral Index d. All of thesee. None of these

154. Modi government has initiated whichprison reform?a. Migrating to e-prisons, a software to integrate prison data

across the nationb. Attempt at long pending prison reformsc. Re lease of un der tri als booked for petty crimesd. All of the abovee. None of these

155. World Bank Group approved $ 210 million loanfor strengthening gram panchayats in which State?a. West Ben gal b. Bihar c. Jharkhandd. Chhattisgarh e. Odisha

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1. (b) Here I weakens the statement whereas II and III support and strengthen thestatement. But IV and V neither weaken norstrengthen the statement.

In order to decide whether a statementstrengthens (or weakens) anargument,follow these steps

StepI Break up the argument mentally. See what is the supporting premise, what is theassumption and what is the conclusion.

StepII If a suggested statement supportsany of the three it would be a strengthening statement. If it contradicts any of the three it would be a weakening statement.

In order to decide which statementstrengthens (or weakens) an argument themost, following an additional step.

Step III If a suggested statement supports(or weakens) the basic assumption of anargument, it would be the moststrengthening (weakening) argument.

2. (d)

Conclusions

I. 3 II. 3 III. 3 IV. 7

II and III follow.

3. (a)

Conclusions

I. 3 II. 7 III. 3 IV. 7

I and III follow.

4. (b)

Conclusions

I. 7 II. 7 III. 7 IV. 3

Either I or III and IV follow

5. (d)

Conclusions

I. 7 II. 7 III. 3 IV. 3

III and IV follow.

Solutions (Q.Nos. 6-8) In this arrangementwe are using words and numbers atalternate positions. First preference is forword. Words are assigned according todictionary and numbers are in descendingorder.

6. (d) Step II Car 73 18 25 wear 49 long for

It is an arrangement case hence, inputcannot be find.

7. (c) In put war 52 and peace 43 16 now 24

Step I and war 52 peace 43 16 now 24

Step II and 52 war peace 43 16 now 24

Step III and 52 now war peace 43 16 24

Step IV and 52 now 43 war peace 16 24

Step V and 52 now 43 peace war 16 24

Step VI and 52 now 43 peace 24 war 16

Hence, six more steps are required.

8. (c) Step III bond 86 goal 12 33 like high 46

Step IV bond 86 goal 46 12 33 like high

Step V bond 86 goal 46 high 12 33 like

Step VI bond 86 goal 46 high 33 12 like

Step VII bond 86 goal 46 high 33 like 12

9. (d) 10. (d) 12. (d)

12. (a) From I, R > N > T > P, M

Solutions (Q.Nos. 13-15) As per theinformation

13. (e) Since, F is the only son of E while E is the fa ther-in-law of B, it means B is the wifeof F. Thus, B is a fe male. How ever thegen der of G is not known, so there can beei ther 2 or 3 fe males.

14. (e) As the gen der of G is not known, wecan’t establish any re la tion be tween A and G.Hence, op tion (d) is cor rect.

15. (a) B is the spouse of F.Hence, op tion (a) is cor rect.

Solutions (Q.Nos. 16-17) According to thegiven information

Hints Solutions&

Tube

Drum Pipe

Stick Rubber

PenRoom

Wall

SlateBrick

Chair Pencil Bottle BookBag

Train

KiteRoad TruckBus

[A] (B)

[E] (C)[D]

[F]

LE

GE

ND

S

Siblings

Couples

[Male]

(Female)

G

A C F

B D

1. A and B started a business with respective investmentsof ` 25000 and ` 15000. The number of months forwhich B invested was four less than the number ofmonths A had invested. If the respective ratio betweentotal profit and A’s share in profit was 7 : 5, what was the number of months for which B invested in the business?a. 5 b. 6 c. 9d. 7 e. 8

2. The average of 10 numbers is 21.8. The average of lastfour numbers is 15. If the average of first five numbers is23, what is the value of the sixth number?a. 32 b. 43 c. 48

d. 38 e. 42

3. A retailer bought a luxury pen after getting a discount of30% on the marked price. He sold the luxury pen to acustomer for ` 4536 and earned a profit of 20% on hiscost price. What was the initial marked price of theluxury pen?a. ` 6200 b. ` 5800 c. ` 5600

d. ` 5400 e. ` 5500

4. Every month, Mr. Duggabati spends 24% of his monthlyincome paying rent and 30% on shopping of groceries.Out of the remaining, he invests in fixed deposit and thelottery in the respective ratio of 9 : 7 respectively. If in ayear, he deposited a total of ` 124200 in fixed deposit,how much did he pay as rent in the year?a. ` 124000 b. ` 110400 c. ` 117600

d. ` 124560 e. ` 115200

5. 18 women complete a project in 24 days and 24 mencomplete the same project in 15 days. 16 women workedfor 3 days and then they left. 20 men work for next2 days and then they are joined by 16 women. In howmany days will they complete the remaining work?

a. 61

5 days b. 7

3

5 days c. 34

5

7 days

d. 52

5 days e. 1

3

7 days

6. Sum of money was invested for T years in scheme Aoffering simple interest. The amount received after Tyears was twice the sum of money invested in thescheme. What will be amount received for scheme A,when a sum of ` 5450 is invested for 2T years?

a. ` 16290 b. ` 15500 c. ` 15050

d. ` 16350 d. ` 16500

7. Ram purchased 40 dozens notebooks at ` 50 per dozen.He sold 10 dozens of it at 15% profit and the remaining30 dozens at 25% profit. What is his percentage profit in the whole transaction?a. 18.8% b. 20% c. 22.5%

d. 25% e. 28.5%

8. Train A running at 108 km/h takes 15 seconds to cross apole. How much time will train B take running at 54 km/h to cross the pole, if length is one-third that of train A?a. 12 sec b. 10 sec c. 15 sec

d. 18 sec e. 20 sec

9. When the breadth of a rectangle is reduced by 4 cm(keeping the length constant), its area reduces by 72 cm2

and when the length is reduced by 4 cm (keeping thebreadth constant) its area reduced by 64 cm2, what is theperimeter of the rectangle?a. 66 cm b. 72 cm c. 68 cm

d. 76 cm e. 82 cm

10. Jar A has x litre of mixture of apple juice and water in the respective ratio of 5 : 1 and jar B has x litre of mixture ofmango juice and water in the respective ratio of 21 : 30.30 L mixture was taken from jar A and jar B each andmixed in jar C. If 12 L mixture was taken out from jar C,what was the final quantity of water in jar C?a. 15 L b. 6 L c. 4 L d. 9 L e. 12 L

Directions (Q. Nos. 11-15) In these questions, twoequation numbered I and II are given. You have to solveboth the equations and choose the appropriate option.

a. x y> b. x y< c. x y³

d. x y£ e. x y= or re la tion can not be de ter mined

11. I. 3 14 15 02x x+ = = II. 2 19 44 02y y+ = =

12. I. x 2 196= II. y y2 2 48 0+ - =

13. I. 2 17 36 02x x+ + = II. 3 20 33 02y y+ + =

14. I. x x2 12 35 0+ + = II. 3 19 20 02y y+ + =

15. I. x x2 7 10 0- + = II. y y2 5 6 0- = =

100

40 Boo rs

Practice Dossier

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Boo rs

Directions (Q.Nos. 36-40) What will come in place ofquestion marks in the given equations?

36. 423

349

659

12+ +æ

èç

ö

ø÷ ¸ =?

a. 22

9b. 2

4

9c. 1

2

9d. 1

4

9e. 1

8

9

37. 2 8 5 200 22 2? ( ) ( )= ´ ¸

a. 6 b. 4 c. 5 d. 8 e. 7

38. 8 8 8 8 83152´ ¸ =

- ?

a. 24 b. 12 c. 18

d. 27 e. 7

39. ? of 420 486 3 8 3+ ¸ =( )a. 5/7 b. 6/7 c. 5/6 d. 4/5 e. 3/4

40. ( . ) ( . ) [( ) ( . ) ] ?1 6 0 8 0 42 2 2 2¸ = ¸ -2.4

a. 24 b. 32 c. 40 d. 36 e. 28

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1. (e) Let, A in vested money in busi ness = x months

then B invested money in business = -( )x 4 months

\ Ratio of profit of A and B = ´25000 x : 15000 4´ -( )x

Let, total profit and A’s share is 7x and 5x respectively

\ A’s share

=´Ratio of profit of Total profit

Sum of ratio of

A

profit of andA B

Þ 55 7

5 3 4x

x x

x x=

´

+ -( )

Þ 17

5 3 12=

+ -

x

x x

Þ 8 12 7x x- =

Þ 8 7 12x x- =

Þ x = 12

Now, B invested money in business = -( )x 4 months

= -( )12 4 months = 8 months

2. (b) Let, num bers are

x x x x1 2 3 10, , ¼¼ .

According to the question,x x x x1 2 3 10

1021 8

+ + + ¼¼ += .

Þ x x x1 2 10 218+ + ¼¼ + = …(i)

and x x x x7 8 9 10

415

+ + +=

Þ x x x x7 8 9 10 60+ + + = …(ii)

and x x x x x1 2 3 4 5

523

+ + + +=

Þ x x x x x1 2 3 4 5 115+ + + + = ...(iii)

Now, putting the value of Eqs. (ii) and(iii) in Eqs. (i), we have

115 60 2186+ + =x

Þ x6 175 218+ =

Þ x6 218 175= -

Þ x6 43=

Hence, value of sixth number is 43.

3. (d) Let, marked price of lux ury pen = ` x

Then, SP for retailer

= - ´ =x xx30

100

7

10`

Now, retailer sale to this pen to acustomers.

Hence, SP for retailer would be his CP.

\ CP = `7

10

x, profit percentage = 20%,

SP = ` 4536

Now, from formula,

CP = SP 100

100 +

æ

èçç

ö

ø÷÷Profit%

Þ 7

104546

100

100 20

x= ´

+

æ

èçç

ö

ø÷÷

Þ 7

104546

100

120

x= ´

Þ x =´ ´

´

10 4546 100

7 120

Þ x = ` 5400

4. (e) Let, monthly sal ary of Mr. Dugabatti = ` x

Expenses on rent and domestic items

= ´ +x ( )%24 30

= ´ = ´ =x xx

5454

100

54

100% `

\ Rest amount from salary

= - =xx x54

100

46

100`

Now, investment in fixed deposit andlottery = 9a and 7a

According to the question,

46

100

9

9 7124200

x a

a a´

+=

( )

Þ 23

50

9

16124200

x a

a´ =

Þ x =´ ´

´

50 16 124200

23 9

Þ x = ` 48000

Now, rent paid by Dugabatti in a year

= ´4800024

100 = ` 115200

5. (c)18 women com plete the work

= 24 days

\ 1 day work of 1 women =´

1

18 24

and 24 men complete the work

= 15 days

\ 1 day work of 1 man =´

1

24 15

Now, 3 days work of 16 women

= ´ ´´

=16 31

18 24

1

9

Rest work = - =11

9

8

9

Now, 2 days work of 20 men

= ´ ´´

=2 201

24 15

1

9

\ Rest work = - =8

9

1

9

7

9

Let, time taken by 16 women tocomplete the work = x days

\ 7

9

16

18 241´

´´ =x

Þ x =´ ´

´=

9 18 24

7 16

243

7 days

Þ x = 345

7 days

6. (d) From, SI =´ ´P R T

100

Þ PP R T

=´ ´

100

Þ RT = 100 …(i)

Now, P = ` 5450, T T= 2 years

\ SI =´ ´5450 2

100

R T

=´ ´5450 2

100

RT =

´10900 100

100

[Q RT = 100]

= ` 10900

Now, total amount received fromscheme A P= + SI

= +5450 10900

= ` 16350

7. (c) CP of 40 doznes note books

= ´ =40 50 2000`

SP of 10 dozen notebooks

= ´ =115

100500 575`

SP of 25 dozen notebook

= ´ =125

1001500 1875`

Total SP = ` 2450

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Directions (Q.Nos. 1-3) Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

N is sister of W. I is brother of W. U is father of N and Gis mother of I.

1. How is G related to W?a. Daugh ter b. Son c. Mother

d. Fa ther e. Mother-in-low

2. If X is the only son of W, then how is X related to I?a. Son b. Grand son c. Nephew

d. Niece e. Son-in-law

3. How is N related to U?a. Mother b. Daugh ter-in-low c. Niece

d. Daugh ter e. Sis ter-in-low

Directions (Q.Nos. 4-5) Study the given informationcarefully to answer the given questions :

P is 8 m East of Q. R is 15 m South of Q, S is 6 m West of R, T is 20 m North of S, T is 9 m West of U.

4. If X is 5 m South of P and Z is 14 m West of X. then whatis the distance between Z and T?a. 5 m b. 20 m c. 15 m d. 10 m e. 12 m

5. In what direction is U with respect to R?a. North b. East c. South-East

d. North-West e. North-East

6. In a certain code language, the word ATMOSPHERE iswritten as BSLPROGFQF. How will the wordNEIGHBOURS be written in that language?a. MFJHGAPVQR b. MFJFGAPVQR c. ODJFIAPTSR

d. ODJEIAPTSR e. None of these

7. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with thesecond, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the eighth, theninth the tenth and the eleventh letters of the wordESTABLISHMENT, which of the following will be thefourth letter of that word? If more than one such wordcan be formed, given N as the answer. If no such wordcan be formed, give Z as the answer.a. N b. Z c. M d. A e. E

8. In a certain code ‘764’ means, ‘you are tall’, ‘648’ means,‘are you sick’ and ‘148’ means ‘they are sick’, Then, whichof the following will certainly not be the code for ‘tallpersons are sick’ ?a. 7148 b. 7548 c. 7048 d. 7248 e. 7348

9. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way andso form a group. Which is the one that does not belongto that group?a. Cube b. Rhombus c. Trapezium

d. Square e. Parallelogram

10. Abhay gave an application for a new ration care to theclerk on Monday afternoon. Next day was a holiday. So,the clerk cleared the papers on next working day onresumption of duty. The senior clerk checked it on thesame day, but forwarded it to the head clerk on nextday. The head clerk decided to dispose the case on thesubsequent day. On which of the following days was thecase put up to the head clerk by the senior clerk?a. Wednesday b. Thursday c. Friday

d. Saturday e. Monday

Directions (Q.Nos. 11-15) In these questions,relationship between different elements is shown in thestatements. The statements are followed by conclusionsI and II. Study the conclusions based on the givenstatements and select the appropriate option.

Give answer

a. if only con clu sion I is true

b. if only con clu sion II is true

c. if both con clu sions are true

d. if none of the con clu sions is true

e. if ei ther con clu sion I or II is true

11. State ments P < E < T £ R; T ³ KCon clu sions I. K > P II. R ³ K

12. State ments X < W; A > C ³ H = WCon clu sions I. C > X II. A> W

13. State ments B £ N < D; K = R < D £ WCon clu sions I. N = R II. B < W

14. State ment J £ L < B £ S > Y < MCon clu sions I. J < M II. L ³ Y

15. State ments B £ N < D; K = R < D £ WCon clu sions I. W > K II. N ³ W

Directions (Q.Nos. 16-20) Study the followinginformation carefully and answer the given questions.

When a word and number arrangement machine isgiven an input line of words and numbers, it arrangesthem following a particular rule. The following is anillustration of input and rearrangement.

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Directions (Q.Nos. 31-35) Study the following arrangement ofletters, numbers and symbols carefully to answer the givenquestions.

9 W 1 & L Y © E K S R 8 % W H 7 $ 5 U G 4 # 6 2 N A 3 @ Z H D

31. As per the given arrangement, four of the following five are alike in acertain way and hence form a group, which one of the following doesnot belong to the group?a. W $ H b. % H 8 c. U # G d. 3 H @ e. 1 Y &

32. How many letters are there between the eight element from the rightand the seventh letter from the left end of the given arrangement?a. Nine b. Six c. Eight d. Five e. Ten

33. Which of the following will be ninth to the right of the sixteenthelement from the right end of the given arrangement?a. # b. 3 c. Z d. 6 e. N

34. What will be the sum of all the numbers between the tenth elementfrom the left end and the tenth element from the right end of the givenarrangement?a. 28 b. 21 c. 24 d. 18 e. 19

35. If all the letters from the given arrangement are deleted, then whichof the following will represent the fifth element to the right of '4' andthe fourth element to the left of '%' respectively?a. 3, & b. H, @ c. @, © d. 3,1 e. @, 1

Directions (Q.Nos. 36-40) These questions are based on five wordsgiven below

ROD ITS MUG RAY SEW

36. If the third alphabet in each of the words is changed to next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, in how many words thus formed will an alphabet appear twice?a. One b. Two c. Four d. Three e. None

37. If the third letter in each of the words becomes the first letter, thefirst becomes the second and the second becomes the third letter,which of the following will form meaningful English words?a. Both MUG and RAY

b. None of the given op tions will form a mean ing ful Eng lish word.

c. Both ROD and SEW d. Only RAY e. Only ITS

38. Which of the following represent the letters immediately following, (inthe English alphabetical order) the third letter of the word which is thirdfrom the right and the second letter of the word which is second from the left of the given words? (the counting is done from left to right)a. H, U b. F, R c. R, H d. K, N e. Y, T

39. If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear inthe dictionary from left to right, the position of which of the following will not change when compared to the given positions?a. Both ITS and RAY b. The po si tions of all the given words would change.

c. Only MUG d. Only SEW

e. Only ROD

40. If in each of the given words, each of the consonant is changed to the previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, how many words thus formed will have at leastone vowel?a. More than three b. None c. Three d. Two e. One

Solutions. (Q. Nos. 1-3) From given ifor ma tion,re la tion di a gram is as below

1. (c) G is the mother of W.

2. (c) X is nephew of I.

3. (d) N is the daughter of U.

Solutions. (Q.Nos. 4-5) From given infor ma tion,direction diagram is as follows

4. (d) From diagram, PX = 5 m,

\ QO = 5 m

Now, OR = QR - QO = - =15 5 10 m

\ ZS = OR = 10 m

\ TZ = ST - ZS = - =( )20 10 10 m

Hence, distance between Z and T = 10 m

5. (e) With respect to R. U is in North-East direction.

6. (b) As,

Same as,

7. (c) Given word–

Required letters– S, A, B, L, S, H, M, E

Required word from these letters– SHAMBLES

Fourth letter of this word =M

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G

W–N

Sister+I

Mother

+X

Onlyson

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O 15 m

14 m

P

5 m

20 m

Z

Q

R

8 m

9 mT U

N

S

W E

A

B

+1

T

S

–1

M

L

–1

O

P

+1

S

R

–1

P

O

–1

H

G

–1

E

F

+1

R

Q

–1

E

F

+1

N

M

–1

E

F

+1

I

J

+1

G

F

–1

H

G

–1

B

A

–1

O

P

+1

U

V

+1

R

Q

–1

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1. Before the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) of a computer can perform arithmetic and logic operations, it must firsttransfer the data from primary memory to a. read only memory b. control unit

c. registers d. secondary memory

e. random access memory

2. Which of the following options is used for increasing and decreasing the speed of the cursor of a mouse?a. Setting b. Control c. Control Panel

d. C Drive e. My Computer

3. A light sensitive device that converts drawings, printedtext or other images into digital form is calleda. Keyboard b. Plotter c. Scanner

d. OMR e. Printer

4. The thick, rigid metal platters that are capable of storingretrieving information at a high rate of speed area. hard disk b. SAN c. soft disk

d. flash memory e. cache memory

5. One or more defects or problems that prevent thesoftware from working as intended or working at all is a a. bug b. bot

c. programming language d. fuzzy logic

e. error

6. What is the term used to describe the amount of spaceyou have to transmit to and from the Internet?a. Internet speed b. Net work speed c. Router  

d. Band width e. Trans mis sion

7. A (n)…………….consists of a username, password andstorage space called a user folder or user directory.a. ac count b. swap file c. buffer

d. au then ti ca tion e. ware house 

8. .………… defines how one Internet-connected computercan contact another to exchange control andconfirmation messages.a. Pri vacy rules b. Internet rules

c. Trans mis sion Con trol Pro to col (TCP)

d. Internet Pro to col (IP) e. File Trans fer Pro to col (FTP)

9. .……………..is the process that transforms data such asvoice, text, graphics audio, and video into digital form.a. Wire less data trans mis sion b. Digitisation

c. Con ver gence d. Data trans fer

e. Con ver sion

10. A database, called the ………………, stores configurationinformation about installed peripherals and software.a. BIOS b. pro file c. reg is try

d. boot sec tor e. boot pro cess

11. ………… is a circular path on the surface of a disk ordiskette on which information is magnetically recordedand from which recorded information is read.a. Track b. Stor age block c. Block

d. Platter e. Sector

12. A piece of stiff paper that contains digital informationrepresented by the presence or absence of holes inpredefined positions, is known asa. Punch card b. Magnetic strip

c. Data recorder d. Sound card

e. Memory card

13. Which operating system enables a multiple user accessto a computer through the sharing of time?a. Multi-user operating system

b. Single user operating system

c. Real time operating system

d. Distributed operating system

e. Batch processing operating system

14. When creating a computer program, the ……… designsthe structure of the program.a. end user b. system analyst c. programmer

d. tester e. manager

15. Which of the following is a language, instead of usingnumbers, programmers began using English likeabbreviations (mnemonics) to represent the elementaryoperations?a. Ma chine lan guage b. Mnemonics language

c. Assembly level language d. English language

e. General language

16. What is the term for the illusion of movement created byshowing a series of still pictures in rapid succession?a. Tran si tion b. Twining

c. Bitmapped graphics d. Animation

e. Image

17. .............. is the process of copying software programsfrom secondary storage media to the hard disk.a. Configuration b. Download c. Installation

d. Upload e. Compression

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1. Which company has launched India’sfirst insurance product that can bebought at a Point of Sale (PoS)? a. ICICI Prudential b. Bharti Axa

c. Edelweiss Tokio d. LIC

e. Birla Sun Life

2. Subscribers of which governmentscheme can now have online access to their statement of transaction? a. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

b. Stand­Up India

c. Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana

d. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana

e. Atal Pension Yojana

3. Who has been appointed the newExecutive Director (ED) of ReserveBank of India (RBI)? a. Nishant Jain b. Swati Tripathi

c. Priya Mittal d. Malvika Sinha

e. Kalpana Gupta

4. G­20 Finance Ministers’ andCentral Bank Governors’ Meetingwas held on April 21, 2017 ina. Paris (France)

b. London (UK)

c. Berlin (Germany)

d. Lisbon (Portugal)

e. Washington DC (USA)

5. Which private sector bank hasannounced a tie­up withPaisabazaar.com under which thebank will offer conditionallyapproved loans to the latter’sexisting customers? a. ICICI Bank b. HDFC Bank

c. Yes Bank d. Axis Bank

e. Kotak Mahindra Bank

6. Which private sector bank has wonthe prestigious ‘Golden PeacockInnovative Product/Service Award2017’ for its innovative mobiletechnology product, SIMsePAY? a. Bandhan Bank b. IDFC Bank

c. Karur Vysya Bank d. Yes Bank

e. Federal Bank

7. According to SEBI’s new slew ofreforms all listed companiesincluding PSUs must have publicshareholding ofa. 20% b. 24% c. 25%

d. 55% e. 75%

8. Who is the newly appointed MDand CEO of the LIC HousingFinance? a. Sunita Sharma

b. Pooja Bansal c. Nikita Todarwal

d. Nikhil Kumar e. Vinay Sah

9. What is the current reverse reporate, as per first bi-monthlymonetary policy review for 2017-18of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?a. 6.% b. 6.25% c. 6.5%

d. 5.75% e. 5.5%

10. Which of the following is the onlypublic sector company in the fieldof life insurance?a. GIC b. NIACL c. OICL

d. LIC e. All of these

11. With which of the following did theState Bank of India enter into ajoint venture agreement forundertaking general insurancebusiness?a. New India Assurance Ltd.

b. Insurance Australia Group

c. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

d. Allianz

e. None of the above

12. Which of the following terms is notrelated to the insurance sector?a. Indemnity b. Coverage

c. Misuse Alert d. Annuity

e. ULIP

13. Which of the following is theregulator of the credit ratingagencies in India?a. RBI b. SBI c. SEBI

d. ICRA e. IRDAI

14. State financial corporations giveassistance mainly to develop?a. small and medium scale industries

b. agricultural sector

c. cotton industry

d. large scale industries

e. None of the above

15. Which bank was adjudged the ‘BestSmall Bank for 2016’? a. HDFC

b. Karur Vysya Bank

c. Vijaya Bank

d. Andhra Bank

e. Laxmi Vilas Bank

16. Which among the following is not akey area currently mandated forAadhaar Card? a. Free mid­day meals for school

children

b. Filing tax returns

c. Booking air tickets

d. Scholarship schemes

e. Only (a), (b) & (d)

17. Which private sector bank achieved a landmark installation of 10000Point of Sale (PoS) terminals onMarch 27, 2017? a. Yes Bank

b. Karnataka Bank

c. Federal Bank

d. Karur Vysya Bank

e. Dena Bank

18. In which year was the Imperial Bank of India rechristened as State Bankof India?a. 1855 b. 1955 c. 1962

d. 1965 e. 1976

19. Which among the followinge­commerce company has achieved a new milestone by becoming thesole member of AdvertisingStandards Council of India (ASCI)? a. Freecharge b. MobiKwik

c. Paytm d. PayU

e. Bhim

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1. Write an essay on any one of the following in about 350 words :(a) Crop Insurance : Prospect and Apprehensions(b) Should Water be wasted in maintaining the Public Parks(c) Yoga—Health Insurance at Zero Premiums

2. Write a Précis in about one-third of the total length of the passage.The per capita income of Jharkhand at constant prices (NSDP at factor cost) was ` 18510 in 2004-05 and is projected tobe ` 33260 in 2015-16. It has grown by 5.47% per annum (CAGR) in the last 11 years. The growth rate in per capitaincome in this period has remained impressive except for the four bad years 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09 and 2011-12. In2004-05 and 2008-09 the growth rate was negative, in 2005-06 it was negligible and in 2011-12 it was very low. If theseyears are not considered, the average growth in per capita income in this state would have been about 10%. The percapita income has grown at 7.18% (CAGR) since the initiation of 12th five year plan in 2012-13. The growth rate in this period has not only remained reasonably high, but also remained almost stable. If the Jharkhand economy maintainsthis growth rate, the per capita real income of the State will get doubled every ten years. The per capita income of theState at current prices has grown at a compound annual rate of (CAGR) 11.13% between 2004-05 and 2015-16 and13.68% between 2012-13 and 2015-16. The difference between per capita income at constant and current prices and intheir growth rate is because of the rate of inflation. Since the rate of inflation has not remained uniform in this period,the difference between the growth rate of per capita income at current and constant prices differs from year to year.

3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below them.Many of the underdeveloped countries will promote the growth of their economies in one way or the other, no matterwhether they receive substantial outside aid in the process or not. The character of that development, however, islikely to be strongly influenced by the types of and amounts of aid available. The outcome is much more likely to befavourable, from the' standpoint of the objectives for successful development set-up previously, if there is substantialinternational aid than if there is not. By substantial aid I mean not only large amounts of technical assistance but alsoof capital. Initially, the capacity of an underdeveloped country to use capital productively may be surprisingly small,limited by lack of organisation, trained personnel, and other social obstacles. At this stage technical assistance is themain need from outside, with comparatively small amounts of capital, much of which may have to be in the form ofgrants for oneself liquidating projects, in education, health, access to roads to rural areas, and the like, if, at this stage,substantial capital is available from outside to supplement what can be formed internally (and to simulate internalcapital formation, for it does that too) the rate of economic growth can be consistently increased, and the strains andfrustrations and political risks of the development are likely to be considerably less. It is possible for underdevelopedeconomies to modernise themselves with very little capital from outside. Japan imports of capital were small thoughsome of it came at crucial times. The contribution of foreign direct investments to the advancement of technicalknowhow also was greater than would be indicated merely by the size of the investment. The Soviet Unionindustrialised its economy with practically no aid from foreign investment capital except for the foreign ownedinstallations confiscated after the revolution, though it imported machinery in the early days on short term orimmediate term credits and hired services of foreign experts. Both Japan and Russia achieved their development in anauthoritarian political and social framework. The outcome in both cases form standpoint of the peace of the world and democratic ideals was highly unfavourable. In the absence of outside aid, the only way to accumulate capital is toincrease production without taking much of the benefit in more consumption or even while pushing consumptionstandards down. Where the people are already near the subsistence level this may mean extreme hardship. Somehowthe people must be motivated to change their accustomed ways quickly, to work hard, and to forgo presentconsumption so that capital investment can be made.(a) How does the availability of substantial capital help?(b) How can a nation accumulate capital if it does not get outside aid?(c) How did Japan and Russia become developed?(d) What problems does an underdeveloped country face?

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President Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Vice-President Mhd. Hamid Ansari

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

Cabinet MinistersMinister Portfolio

Rajnath Singh Home Affairs

Sushma Swaraj External Affairs

Arun Jaitley Finance & Corporate Affairs, Defence(Add. Charge)

M. Venkaiah Naidu Information & Broadcasting, UrbanDevelopment, Housing and UrbanPoverty Alleviation

Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport, Highways andShipping

Ravi Shankar Prasad Law & Justice, Electronics andInformation Technology

Suresh Prabhu Railways

DV Sadananda Gowda Statistics & ProgrammeImplementation

Thaawar Chand Gehlot Social Justice and Empowerment

Dr. Harsh Vardhan Science & Technology, Earth Sciences Environment (Add. Charge)

Ramvilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food and PublicDistribution

Kalraj Mishra Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Ananthakumar Chemicals and Fertilizers, Parliamentary Affairs

Jagat Prakash Nadda Health & Family Welfare

Ashok Gajapathi Raju Civil Aviation

Uma Bharati Water Resources, River Developmentand Ganga Rejuvenation

Harsimrat Kaur Badal Food Processing Industries

Narendra Singh Tomar Rural Development, Panchayati Raj,Drinking Water and Sanitation

Chaudhary Birender Singh Steel

Jual Oram Tribal Affairs

Radha Mohan Singh Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Smriti Zubin Irani Textiles

Prakash Javadekar Human Resource Development

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Women and Child Development

Anant Geete Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)Minister Portfolio

Vijay Goyal Sports & Youth Affairs, Water Resources,River Development and GangaRejuvenation

Rao Inderjit Singh Planning, Urban Development, Housingand Urban Poverty Alleviation

Jitendra Singh Development of North Eastern Region

Bandaru Dattatreya Labour and Employment

Rajiv Pratap Rudy Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Shripad Yesso Naik AYUSH

Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum and Natural Gas

Minister Portfolio

Piyush Goyal Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energyand Mines

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs

Manoj Sinha Communications and Railways

Nirmala Sitharaman Commerce and Industry

Mahesh Sharma Culture and Tourism

Ministers of StateMinister Portfolio

VK Singh, MJ Akbar External Affairs

Santosh Kumar Gangwar Finance

Faggan Singh Kulaste, Anupriya Patel

Health & Family Welfare

Ajay Tamta Textiles

CR Chaudhary Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Krishna Raj Women & Child Development

Arjun Ram Meghwal Finance and Corporate Affairs

Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Defence

Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi Drinking Water and Sanitation

Giriraj Singh, HaribhaiParthibhai Chaudhary

Micro, Small & MediumEnterprises

Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Water Resources, RiverDevelopment & GangaRejuvenation

Sudarshan Bhagat Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Rajen Gohain Railways

Mansukh L. Mandaviya Road Transport and Highways,Shipping, Chemical and Fertilizers

Parushottam Rupala Agriculture and Farmers Welfareand Panchayati Raj

P. Radhakrishnan Road Transport & Highways,Shipping

Kiren Rijiju, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir

Home Affairs

SS Ahluwalia Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,Parliamentary Affairs

Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabor Tribal Affairs

PP Chaudhary Law & Justice, Electronics &Information Technology

Ram Kripal Yadav Rural Development

Jayant Sinha Civil Aviation

Vishnu Deo Steel

Mahendra Nath Pandey, Upendra Kushwaha

Human Resource Development

YS Chowdhary Science & Technology and Earth Sciences

Babul Supriyo Urban Development, Housing andUrban Poverty Alleviation, HeavyIndustries and Public Enterprises

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Information & Broadcasting

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Food Processing Industries

Vijay Sampla, Krishan Pal, RamDas Athawale

Social Justice & Empowerment

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