BSC MATCH POINT MARCH - 2017

- The Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) starting 7 Jan 2017 - 20.5 per cent
- The present Union Foreign Secretary who got a one-year extension recently S.
Jaishankar
- The new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Burkina Faso Birender Singh
Yadav
- The first state govt to opt for an initiative involving electronic transmission of
postal ballot - Goa
- The new ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo Ashok Warrier
- Winner of the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
in the transportation sector Delhi International Airport
- The state where the new Universal Rail Mill of SAIL at Bhilai was inaugurated
recently Chhattisgarh
- The renowned Urdu poet who died recently Naqsh Lyallpuri
- The host of the National Games to be held in Nov 2017 - Goa
- The new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Alok Verma
- The govts ambitious scheme under which air fares have been capped at 2,500 for
a one-hour flight - UDAN
- The chief guest at the 2017 Republic Day celebrations Sheikh Mohamed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan
- Winner of the womens singles of the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Saina
Nehwal
- The state where the ISKCONs Govardhan eco village is situated which has won
the UN award for taking innovative measures of sustainable tourism in the
country - Maharashtra
- The town declared as the second capital city of Himachal Pradesh - Dharamsala
- The venue of the recent Combined Commanders Conference (CCC) of the three
military chiefs - Dehradun
- The iron-reach asteroid to which a mission has been approved by the NASA 16
Psyche
- The state govt which has launched Aanandam programme to help poor
Madhya Pradesh
- The city where the World Economic Forum (WEF) holds its annual meeting at the
end of Jan - Davos
- The India city which has been ranked as the most dynamic city in the World -
Bengaluru
- The newly elected president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani
- Winner of the 15th edition of the Delhi International chess tournament Farrukh
Amonatov
- The estimated global growth for 2016 as per the IMF 3.1 per cent
- The person who won The Hindu Prize 2016 Kiran Doshi
- The city where the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt Ltd is located -
Mysuru
- The winner of the coveted Bharat award given to brave children Late Kumari
Tarh Peju
- Indias economic growth rate forecast for 2016-17 as per the IMF 6.6 per cent
- The US footballer named Best FIFA Womens Player of 2016 Carli Lloyd
- The venue of the first edition of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)
International Television Dance Festival - Hyderabad
- The state where the Border Security Force (BSF) launched operation Sard Hawa
recently - Rajasthan
- The year which was Indias warmest year ever since the documenting of
meteorological records began in 1901 2016.
- Indias ranking on the global index of talent competitiveness 92nd
- The person honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62 nd Filmfare
Awards 2017 Shatrughan Sinha
- The new CEO of the public broadcaster Prasar Bharti Rajeev Singh
- The state where the scheme Digital Dakiya was launched recently Madhya
Pradesh
- Winner of the Ranji Trophy 2016-17 played in Indore - Gujarat
- The country from which the US announced to end a 20-year economic embargo
recently - Sudan
- The former Chief Minister of Punjab who passed away recently Surjit Singh
Barnala
- The year in which the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) came into
existence - 1969
- The initial investment with which Airtel Payments bank started operations
recently - 3,000 cr
- The country which has taken over as chair of the Group of 77 - Ecuador
- The city where Indias first Madame Tussauds wax museum will open in Jun 2017
New Delhi
- The state where the harvest festival of Magh Bihu was celebrated recently -
Assam
- The indigenously designed, developed and manufactured artillery gun - Dhanush
- Indias GDP growth rate for 2016-17 as projected by NITI Aayog 8%
- The new CEO TCS Rajesh Gopinathan
- The venue of the worlds first Gender Literature Festival scheduled to be held in
Apr 2017 - Patna
- The countrys industrial production growth in Nov 2016 5.7%
- The headquarters of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) - Geneva
- The new chairman of Tata Group N Chandrasekaran
- The state where the harvest festival Thai Pongal is celebrated Tamil Nadu
- The interest rate on savings accounts being offered by Airtel Payments Bank
7.25%
- The global growth rate for 2017 as projected by the World Bank 2.7%
- The Line of Credit offered by India to Kenya for agricultural mechanization
USD 100 mn
- The new chairman of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Alka Panda
- The city where PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the The Nobel Prize exhibition
recently Gandhinagar
-The Portuguese footballer named Best FIFA Mens Player of 2016 Cristiano
Ronaldo
- Indias growth for 2016-17 fiscal as per the World Bank 7 per cent
- Pakistans first submarine-launched nuclear-capable missile which has a range of
450 km Babur-3
- The new chief executive officer of the online market place Flipkart Kalyan
Krishnamurthy
- The actor who has been awarded by the US Embassy for his contributions to the
US India partnership on tuberculosis Amitabh Bachchan
- The 2nd Kalvari class submarine INS Khanderi
- The former President of Iran who died recently Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
- The state govt which has come up with Indias first student startup fund of 200 cr
- Gujarat
- The online payments app launched by the govt - BHIM
- The former President of Portugal who passed away recently Mario Soares
- Winner of the mens singles title of the 2017 Chennai Open Roberto Bautista
Agut
- The date by which the General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) will kick in Apr
1, 2017
- The present Chief Statistician of India (CSI) TCA Anant
- The country which has decided to be associated with the development of Chennai,
Ahmedabad and Varnasi as smart cities - Japan
- The first major PSU in the country to be sold through strategic disinvestment -
BEML
- NASAs spacecraft to study early solar system Lucy and Psyche
- The first country in the world to switch off its FM radio network - Norway
- The Portuguese PM who was the chief guest at the 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas
celebrations held in Bengaluru Antonio Costa
- The Indian island where the Island Tourism Festival 2017 was held recently
Port Blair
- The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimated for 2016-17 as per the CSO
7.1 per cent
- The new Executive Director appointed by the Reserve Bank of India Sureka
Marandi
- The United Nations 70th General Assembly has recognized the year 2017 as the
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
- The first country in the world to pay a basic income to randomly picked citizens
on a national level - Finland
- The venue of the 13th edition of five day Chitwan Elephant Festival
Kathmandu, Nepal
- The person who won the recent presidential election in Haiti Jovenel Moise
- Winner of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) womens football
championship title - India
- The 44th Chief Justice of India (CJI) Jagdish Singh Khehar
- The state which has launched Arogya Raksha scheme for the people of the Above
Poverty Line (APL) Andhra Pradesh
- The venue of the 104th Indian Science Congress Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
- The new Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) David R
Syiemlieh
- The persons chosen for Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award for the year 2016
GK Devansh & Shraddha
- Winner of the Power & Energy Personas Award for Individual Excellence
KM Singh (NHPC)
- The state where the world-famous 11-day festival Bargarh Dhanua Jatra was
observed recently - Odisha
- Indias first fully organic state in 2016 - Sikkim
- Winner of the 2016 Bihari Puraskar, 2016 Satya Narayan
- The new Lt Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal
- The deputy governor of the RBI appointed by the govt recently Viral Acharya
- The Jnanpith Awardee and acclaimed Bengali poet who passed away recently
Shankha Ghosh
- The state which has launched Atal Amrit Abhiyan, a helath assurance scheme -
Assam