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TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS I May 2018
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1. Important Days 1
2. International Affairs 4
3. National Affairs 12
4. Indian Polity 27
5. Tamilnadu 28
6. Economy 30
10. Appointments 37
11. Personality 42
12. Schemes 43
13. Sports 46
14. Defence 48
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IMPORTANT DAYS
MAY 1 – INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Lumbini is birth place of Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhist religion. Lord Buddha
was born in sacred garden of Lumbini during 6th century BC and had attained
enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, (now in Bihar, India) and gave his first sermon in Sarnath
and died in Kushinagar.
India and Sri Lanka announced that the two nations will
cooperate to tackle smuggling of drugs in both countries.
This decision was taken at the third bilateral meeting
between delegations from the Narcotics Control Bureau
(NCB) of India, and the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) of
Sri Lanka.
The meeting focused on narcotics, drugs and psychotropic
substances and related matters.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is the nodal drug law enforcement and intelligence
agency of India responsible for fighting drug trafficking and the abuse of illegal substances.
The Director General of NCB is an officer of the Indian Police Service(IPS) or the Indian
Revenue Service(IRS).
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the top 10 most powerful people
in the world by Forbes in a list that has been topped for the first time ever by Chinese
President Xi Jinping, who dethroned Russian President Vladimir Putin as the most
influential person on the planet.
Modi ranks 9th on the Forbes 2018 list of 75 of the World's Most Powerful People who
make the world turn.
"There are nearly 7.5 billion humans on planet Earth, but these 75 men and women make
the world turn. Forbes' annual ranking of The World's Most Powerful People identifies one
person out of every 100 million whose actions mean the most," Stated by Forbes .
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive plan to eliminate
trans -fats from the global food supply by 2023.
The WHO released its step-by-step guide called REPLACE, which aims to eliminate
industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from food.
In the next 2 or 3 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) will add 30 more
Doppler radar systems across the country.
The IMD will set up 14 in the northeast, 4 in Jammu and Kashmir, and 3 each in
Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
The Doppler radar can provide area specific rain and storm warnings, which are beneficial
for disaster management and emergency response, and even for aviation.
A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity
data about objects at a distance.
It does this by bouncing a microwave signal off a desired target and analyzing how the
object's motion has altered the frequency of the returned signal. This variation gives
direct and highly accurate measurements of the radial component of a target's velocity
relative to the radar.
Doppler radars are used in aviation, sounding satellites, Major League
Baseball's StatCast system, meteorology, radar guns, radiology and healthcare (fall
detection and risk assessment, nursing or clinic purpose), and bistatic radar (surface-to-
air missiles).
The ‘Akademik Lomonosov’ is to be the first of a fleet of floating nuclear power stations to
be stationed in the Russian Arctic.
The 144-by-30-metre (472-by-98-foot) power plant holds two reactors with two 35
megawatt nuclear reactors that are similar to those used to power icebreaker ships.
The power plant has no propulsion of its own. It will be towed up North to avoid the
steep cost of shipping it by land piece by piece to remote areas.
The plant is capable of producing enough electricity to power a town of 200,000
residents, far more than the 5,000 living in Pevek.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was re-elected for a second six-year term in
presidential elections, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Some 14,638 voting centers have been set up nationwide for Venezuela's more than 20.5
million eligible voters, who are also voting for state legislators.
Mr. Nicolas replaced Hugo Chavez after his death from cancer in 2013.
The National Electoral Council (Spanish: Consejo Nacional Electoral) (CNE) is one of
the five branches of government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela that is
designed to be independent.
It is the institution that has the responsibility of overseeing and guaranteeing the
transparency of all elections and referendums in Venezuela at the local, regional, and
national levels.
The creation of the CNE was ratified by citizens in Venezuela's 1999 constitutional
referendum.
Health care quality is a level of value provided by any health care resource, as determined
by some measurement. As with quality in other fields, it is an assessment of whether
something is good enough and whether it is suitable for its purpose. The goal of health care
is to provide medical resources of high quality to all who need them; that is, to ensure
good quality of life, to cure illnesses when possible, to extend life expectancy
India rose one place to 44th this year in the global competitive rankings out of 63 countries
that were ranked by the IMD World Competitiveness Center.
India started from the 40th position in 2013 and dropped to the 44th rank in 2014.
The top 5 most competitive economies in the world are:
1. The USA 2. Hong Kong 3. Singapore
4. The Netherlands and 5. Switzerland
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), also referred to as the Met Department, is an
agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency
responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is
headquartered in Delhi and operates hundreds of observation stations
across India and Antarctica. Regional office are at Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur and Pune.
Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative of 22 countries and the European Commission
(on behalf of the EU) partnering to reinvigorate and accelerate clean energy innovation with
the objective of making clean energy more widely affordable.
Mission Innovation recognises that accelerating widespread clean energy innovation is an
indispensable part of an effective, long-term global response to the climate challenge,
necessary to provide affordable and reliable energy for everyone and to promote economic
growth, and critical for energy security.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is
an intergovernmental military alliance between three of the five official nuclear-weapon
states with the power to veto at the United Nations Security Council (United
States, France and United Kingdom) and 26 other North American and European countries.
The alliance is based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states
agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. NATO Headquarters
are located in Haren, Brussels, Belgium
NATIOANL AFFAIRS
PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS HELD IN VARANASI
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 would be held between January 7-9 at Vigyan Bhawan New
Delhi. This would be the 12th Edition of NRI Day held every year to celebrate Mahatma
Gandhi’s return to India in 1915.
In 2013, 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held in Kochi from 7–9 January, where the
Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) is organising partner of the summit.
The President of Mauritius, Rajkeswur Purryag, was the chief guest at the official
inaugural session.
Canadian Minister Jason Kenney became the first individual of non-Indian heritage to
address the gathering.
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts (AFSPA), are Acts of the Parliament of India that grant
special powers to the Indian Armed Forces in what each act terms "disturbed
areas". According to The Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 1976 once declared ‘disturbed’,
the area has to maintain status quo for a minimum of 3 month.
Regarding the air connectivity, the Ministry is regularly pursuing with Ministry of Civil
Aviation to take up opening of under-served and unserved airports / airstrips under RCS
UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme). Ministry of Tourism has also taken up the
development of Buddhist Circuit under its Scheme ‘Swadesh Darshan’ wherein the last
mile connectivity of tourist sites is also one of the components
Google has appointed Nitin Bawankule as the country head for its cloud business in India.
Bawankule has been with Google for more than six years. His previous posts with the
company include head of sales for the company’s e-commerce, retail and classifieds and
education business.
Without Borders (RWB), the World Press Freedom Index measures the level of media
freedom in 180 countries.
As per the Reporters without Borders’ annual report released on April 25, India dropped
down two places from 136 in 2017 to 138 in 2018.
Justice C.K Prasad, Press Council of India Chairman mentioned RWB’s annual report has
“lack of clarity” on the inputs that weighed in the rankings.
India has been projected to be the second fastest growing country in the world for air
passenger traffic. India has been projected to be the second fastest growing country in the
world for air passenger traffic.
The Airports Council International (ACI), in its traffic forecasts, said, by 2022 passenger
traffic in emerging economies like India will surpass advanced economies.
The ACI, a global trade body representing airports across the globe, has put Vietnam at the
top position with an 8.5 percent growth rate, followed by India at 7.5 percent and Iran at
7.3 percent. China has been placed at the 8th position with 5.9 percent growth rate.
With the help of World Bank’s assist NITI Aayog confirmed that
there was no cheating of funds occurred in the Centre’s
ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection
Mission (AB-NHPM), expertise on fraud detection and
prevention.
GIS technology
A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate,
analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data. The acronym GIS is sometimes used
for geographic information science (GIScience) to refer to the academic discipline that studies
geographic information systems
The Ministry of Women and Child Development will set up 100 more ‘one stop centres’ to
help women in distress.
The centres will be established in Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
Agreements
India inks $200 million loan agreement with World Bank for national nutrition mission
The Government of India has signed a loan deal worth USD 200 million with the World
Bank for the National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan).
The aim is to reduce stunted growth in children from birth to 6 years, from the current
figure of 38.4% to 25% by the year 2022.
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 8 in
Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.
POSHAN Abhiayan
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March 2018 by the Prime Minister in Jhunjhunu.
The Abhiyaan targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children,
women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per
annum respectively.
Women who land in the Kerala capital city need not fret over a safe place to stay as the
municipal corporation orporation is set to launch ladies-only lodges. The "She Lodges” will be
a boon to unaccompanied women who come to the southern city ,especially from other states
and are in dire need of a safe roof over their heads.
The Kerala Government will set up a Joint Venture company ‘Kerala Fibre Optic Network
Limited’ to launch its new optic fibre network.
The company will implement the Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project.
The K-FON initiative will provide speedy internet connectivity to government offices and
educational institutions and to the public at an affordable rate.
INDIA INKS $200 MILLION LOAN AGREEMENT WITH WORLD BANK FOR
NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION
The Government of India has signed a loan deal worth USD 200
million with the World Bank for the National Nutrition Mission
(POSHAN Abhiyaan).
The aim is to reduce stunted growth in children from birth to 6
years, from the current figure of 38.4% to 25% by the year 2022.
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on March 8 in Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.
POSHAN Abhiayan
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March 2018 by the Prime Minister in Jhunjhunu.
The Abhiyaan targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children,
women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum
respectively.
Scientists have found a grain of magmatic zircon (a mineral that contains traces of
radioactive isotopes) in the rock that is an estimated 4240 million years old, making it the
world’s second oldest rock.
A MoU was signed between Gujarat government and the Poland government regarding
the centenary celebrations to mark independence of Poland in Delhi and other regions of
the world.
The department of youth and cultural affairs of Gujarat government will be co-
organisers for the centenary celebrations.
The MoU was signed by Polish ambassador to India Adam Burakowski and principal
secretary of youth and cultural affairs department V P Patel
According to the MoU, the Gujarat state government’s cultural affairs department will
help Poland in organising and publicising “generations to generations” programme in
Delhi and other regions of the world
During the World War II, King of Jamnagar Digvijaysinh Jadeja offered shelter to more
than 600 women and children of Poland.
A programme about the king offering shelter to Polish people will be conducted.
Poland got independence in October 1918.
JP Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare chaired a high-level meeting to
review the preparedness of various agencies for prevention and management of vector-
borne diseases, in New Delhi.
JP Nadda recite the agencies to develop a separate registry for cases originating and taking
place in Delhi.
He highlighted the importance of conducting focused and intensive IEC (Information,
Education & Communication) campaigns and continuing them through the monsoon
season.
India was the third largest solar market in the world in 2017
behind China and the US, according to Mercom
Communications India.
India set a new record, with 9.6 GW of solar installations in
2017, which is more than double the 4.3 GW installed in
2016.
The Union Cabinet has approved setting up of a new All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
Funds of Rs.1,103 crore have been approved for the project.
The new AIIMS will be set up under the Pradhan MantriSwasthya Suraksha Yojana
(PMSSY) scheme.
The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are a group of autonomous public
medical colleges of higher education.
These institutes have been declared by an Act of Parliament as Institutes of National
Importance. AIIMS Delhi, the fore-runner parent excellence institution, was established
in 1956.
NTPC SIGNS MOU WITH GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR TO IMPROVE
The Government of Bihar (GoB) and NTPC Limited have signed an MoU to improve the
performance of Power Sector in Bihar.
As per the MoU, the Barauni Thermal Power Station (720 MW) will be transferred to
NTPC.
Also to be transferred to NTPC are 2 more power stations Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam
Limited (KBUN) and Nabinagar Power Generating Company (Pvt.) Limited (NPGC).
The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) aims at correcting the
imbalances in the availability of affordable healthcare facilities in the different parts of the
country in general, and augmenting facilities for quality medical education in the under-
served States in particular.
The scheme was approved in March 2006.
Key Highlights
• The United States is the wealthiest country in the world with a total wealth of USD
64,584 billion.
• The report ranked China in the second place, as its total wealth in 2017 amounted to
USD 24,803 billion.
• Japan follows at the third position with a total wealth of USD 19,522 billion.
• The top 5 also includes the United Kingdom at the 4th position with wealth amounting
to USD 9,919 billion and Germany at the 5th position with USD 9,660 billion.
• India is ranked at the 6th position with USD 8,230 billion, followed by France at 7th
with USD 6,649 billion, Canada at 8th with USD 6,393 billion, Australia at 9th with USD
6,142 billion and Italy at 10th with USD 4,276 billion.
Solar street lights are raised light sources which are powered by photovoltaic
panels generally mounted on the lighting structure or integrated in the pole itself. The
photovoltaic panels charge a rechargeable battery, which powers a fluorescent or LED
lamp during the night.
INDIAN POLITY
PARLIAMENTARY PANEL TO LOOK INTO BLACK MONEY AND
PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
In the context of ambitious schemes like Ayushman Bharat and also keeping in mind the
needs of the huge young population of the country, this is considered as an important step to
understand the needs of the health sector in the country.
TAMILNADU
TAMIL NADU TO BUILD INDIAS NEXT GENERATION DEFENCE AIRCRAFT
The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), which had conceived and designed
the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, has set the ball rolling for building the next
generation defense aircraft, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), by
extending an invitation to private players in Coimbatore to build a technology
demonstrator
The proposal is not only the first time an indigenous military aircraft programme is seeing
the involvement of private players, but it is also the first time a defense plane development
project is proposed to be executed outside Bengaluru.
The project to be implemented in Sulur in Coimbatore district which may house the
permanent base of the Tejas squadron marks Tamil Nadu’s first major defense aircraft
project.
MUBINA HAS WON THE 2018 MISS KOOVAGAM BEAUTY PAGEANT TITLE
Chennai-based transgender Mubina has won the 2018 Miss Koovagam beauty pageant title
in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu.
Apart from their beauty and attire, the contestants were tested for their knowledge in
Indian mythologies.
After the badly incident of 13 people died in protests against the Sterlite Copper plant in
Tamil Nadu‟s Tuticorin .
\Earlier, the state govt has increased the compensation to families of those killed in anti-
Sterlite protests from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.
The awardees for 2018 Annual Awards of Viduthalai Siruthaigal Party of Tamil Nadu was
announced .
Ambedkar Sudar Award 2018 : Kerala CM Pinaryi Vijayan.
Periyar Oli Award : Katthar (People‟s singer from Andhra)
Kamarajar Kathir Award – S. Thirunavukarasu ( President of Tamil Nadu Congress
committee).
Kayed e Milad Pirai Award – M. Gulam Mohammed ( Editor of Vaigarai Velicham
Magazine),
Ayodhi Dasar Adhavan Award – Dr. A. Cheppan ( Post humously)
Semmozhi Naiyuru Award – Va.Mu. Sedhuraman.
The 19th edition Russian Education association with Study Abroad – The authorized India
Representative for Russian universities.
This is being done with the intention to support their eligibility to pursue bachelor/post
graduate programs.
Officials say there would be no pre-qualifying exams like CET, IELTS for admissions in
universities in Russia.
However, MCI as a special case for the year 2018 has exempted students from writing
NEET who had been admitted in medical courses overseas.
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Agriculture Rice, sugar cane, cotton, coconut, cashew, tea, rubber, coffee
ECONOMY
INDIA REVENUE WILL BE DOUBLE IN FIVE YEARS BY CONSTANTIA
This projected growth, said Constantia in a 30 April statement, is due to the company’s
acquisition of a majority stake in India-based Creative Polypack and its group companies,
in combination with plans for the expansion of its existing subsidiary, Parikh Packaging
American retail giant Walmart Inc. has acquired a 77% stake in domestic online retailer
Flipkart (Rs 1.12 lakh crore).
This is the world’s largest e-commerce deal.
The Remit SCOPE – Remittance markets and opportunities- Asia and the Pacific report has
recited that the following are the three largest remittance-receiving countries in the world
in 2017:
India (USD 69 billion)
China (USD 64 billion)
Philippines (USD 33 billion)
Remittances to India are money transfers from non-resident Indians (NRIs) employed
outside the country to family, friends or relatives residing in India.
India is the world's leading receiver of remittances, claiming more than 12% of the
world's remittances in 2015.
Remittances to India stood at US$68.91 billion in 2015, accounting for over 4% of the
country's GDP.
The Goods and Services Tax Council decided to convert the GST Network into a 100%
government enterprise, and implement a single form for GST filing from the current three.
At its 27th meeting, the Council also decided to create a Group of Ministers to review the
plan for imposition of a cess on sugar. The cess was meant to subsidise sugarcane farmers
as their production cost is much higher than the selling price.
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liquidity and sometimes taking surplus liquidity from commercial banks—to manipulate the
short-term interest rate and the supply of base money in an economy, and thus indirectly
control the total money supply, in effect expanding money or contracting the money supply.
This involves meeting the demand of base money at the target interest rate by buying and
selling government securities, or other financial instruments. Monetary targets, such
as inflation, interest rates, or exchange rates, are used to guide this implementation.
Uropeltis bhupathyi, a new snake species has been discovered in the Anaikatty hills,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Uropeltis bhupathyi:
i. The new species has been named Uropeltis bhupathyi after the late herpetologist S.
Bhupathy, for his contributions to the field.
ii. It is only 40 cm in length. It is brown in colour. It belongs to a family of snakes found only
in India and Sri Lanka.
The first edition of the Global Wind Summit will be held in Hamburg, Germany in
September 2018
The four-day event will see speakers from about 100 countries, including India, China, the
US, Spain, and Denmark
The conference on wind is the largest and most important meeting of the wind industry
worldwide
The event combines two conferences, WindEnergy Hamburg and WindEurope.
Eight Nepali climbers reached the top of Mount Everest , the first of hundreds of climbers
expected to summit the world’s highest mountain in coming weeks.
The team reached the summit while fixing ropes for foreign climbers, who will begin this
week to ascend the mountain.
Iswari Paudel of Himalayan Guides Nepal, the company assigned to fix the ropes,
confirmed that the team has scaled the mountain. China’s first home-built aircraft carrier
begins sea trials.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Azerbaijani: Azə rbaycan Qran Prisi) is a Formula One motor
race that was held for the first time in 2017.
It is held on the Baku City Circuit, a street circuit in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
The first Formula One race at the circuit, in 2016, was named the European Grand Prix.
The Billboard Icon Award was established in 2011 to recognize music singers and
contribution.
The recipient of the award also performs during the ceremony.
In 2001, Lata Mangeshkar was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India.
She was only the second vocalist, after MS Subbulakshmi, to receive the honour.
The Nikkei Asia Prize is an award which recognizes the achievements of people and
organizations that have improved the lives of people throughout Asia.
The awards were created and presented by Nikkei Inc, one of the largest media
corporations in Japan.
Launched in 1996, the program honors people in Asia who have made significant
contributions in one of the three areas: regional growth; science, technology and
innovation; and culture.
The Minister of IT, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development of Andhra Pradesh Shri Nara
Lokesh has received an award for ‘Digital Leader of the Year’.
This award was given during the Businessworld Digital India Summit Award 2018 held in
New Delhi.
This award was announced for the best utilization of technology governance and Nara
Lokesh got it for development of the rural sector and water supply departments.
Asian, Arab, and women filmmakers scored big at the closing ceremony of the 71st Cannes
Film Festival, while Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda took home the top prize -- the
Palme d'Or. Kore-eda, in the festival's main competition for the fifth time won the Palme
d'Or for 'Manbiki Kazoku' (Shoplifters).
Prajnesh Gunneswaran won the prestigious T.K. Ramanathan award for the year 2017-18
at the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) annual day function at the SDAT tennis
stadium.
Polish author Olga Tokarczukwon the Man Booker International Prize for her novel
‘Flights’.
The novel, translated by Jennifer Croft, interweaves narratives of travel with explorations
of the human body.
APPONITMENTS
PIYUSH GOYAL TO TAKE OVER FINANCE MINISTRY, SMRITI IRANI MOVED
OUT OF I&B
Railways and coal minister Piyush Goyal will hold charge of the finance and corporate
affairs ministries till Arun Jaitley returns.
In the cabinet reshuffle, Smriti Irani has been assigned to handle the Ministry of Textiles,
having been left out of the high-profile information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry.
Yes Bank is India's fourth largest private sector bank, founded by Rana Kapoor and
Ashok Kapur in 2004.
Yes Bank is the only Greenfield Bank licence awarded by the RBI in the last one
decade.
YES BANK is a “Full Service Commercial Bank”, and has steadily built a Corporate,
Retail & SME Banking franchise, Financial Markets, Investment Banking, Corporate
Finance, Branch Banking, Business and Transaction Banking, and Wealth Management
business lines across the country.
Reliance Industries (RIL) has received environment clearance for the expansion and
optimisation of its petrochemical complex at Nagothane in Raigad district of Maharashtra.
The estimated cost of the project is Rs.2,338 crore.
The project is for expansion and de-bottlenecking of petrochemical project at Nagothane.
India's Multi Commodity Exchange launched the country's first copper options contracts.
Three contracts with a lot size of 1 tonne were launched.
The option contract will provide physical market participants an additional instrument to
hedge their risk.
Lt Gen Sangwan has also participated in Operation Blue Star, Operation Vijay and Operation
Parakram.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United
States federal government, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national
security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human
intelligence (HUMINT).
As one of the principal members of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA reports
to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence
for the President and Cabinet.
State-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) appointed Pravin
L. Agrawal as a part-time official director on its board.
An Indian Forest Service officer, Agrawal is presently joint secretary in the Department of
Heavy Industry (DHI), Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
PERSONALITY
RENOWNED PHYSICIST EC GEORGE SUDARSHAN PASSED AWAY
BS Yeddyurappa resigned 55 hours after taking oath as the Karnataka CM, ahead of the
floor test. BJP, with 104 seats, was seven short of the required number of 111.
The Congress with 78 MLAs, the JD(S) with 36 and three others were also individually not
in a position to form the government.
SCHEMES
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES PILOT SCHEME
The Government kicks off a Pilot Scheme for Procurement of Aggregate Power of 2500
MW on competitive basis for three years under medium term from generators with
commissioned projects but without Power Purchase Agreement.
Under the scheme a single entity can be allotted maximum capacity of 600 MW. The
Scheme assures a minimum off-take of 55 per cent of contracted capacity. The Tariff will be
fixed for three years without any escalation.
The scheme is aimed reviving power demand, as muted demand growth at a time when the
industry expanded its capacity has affected the generators not having power purchase
agreements (PPAs), the government said in a release.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) (or Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) or Clean India
Mission in English) is a campaign in India that aims to clean up the streets, roads and
infrastructure of India's cities, smaller towns, and rural areas.
The objectives of Swachh Bharat include eliminating open defecation through the
construction of household-owned and community-owned toilets and establishing an
accountable mechanism of monitoring toilet use
The GOBAR-DHAN Scheme aims to positively impact village cleanliness and generate
wealth and energy from cattle and organic waste.
The Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) scheme was first
announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his budget speech .
According to Jaitley, the scheme would focus on managing and converting cattle dung and
solid waste in farms to compost, biogas and bio-CNG. “The Gobar-Dhan Yojana will help
in keeping the village clean while increasing the income of farmers and cattle herders,” PM
Modi had said after the budget.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will set up a skill development
centre at Bharosa, Hyderabad, for distressed women and children.
This is an initiative of Hyderabad City Police and will be an integrated support centre.
The initiative is aimed at empowering vulnerable and marginalised women by teaching
them skills and giving them training for them to earn a living.
It is an initiative under the Disha project and aims to make women who are affected by
violence economically self-sufficient.
Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan is a campaign that is being organised on the occasion of Ambedkar
Jayanti during the period 14th April to 05th May, 2018.
The campaign is undertaken under the name of "Sabka Sath, Sabka Gaon, Sabka Vikas".
Objective :
The objective of the campaign is to promote social harmony, spread awareness about pro-
poor initiatives of government, reach out to poor households to enroll them as also to
obtain their feedback on various welfare programmes.
The entire premium will be paid by the government to the insurance agency and the nominee
will get the amount within ten days of the claim after the death of the farmer. the dependent
family will get the benefit irrespective of the reason for the death of the farmer.
E-VISA SCHEME
The e-Visa scheme has been implemented by the foreigners division of the home
ministry with a view to improve the efficiency and transparency of various services
being provided to foreign nationals.
The facility is now available for nationals of 163 countries for entry into India through
25 international airports and five sea ports.
The scheme will mainly focus on improving quality of education, enhancing the learning
outcomes and using technology to empower children and teachers.
The scheme will be focused on digital education and it will enhance the use of digital
technology in education through smart classroom and digital boards.
The scheme will provide a holistic education for holistic development.
It would help improve the quality of education by focusing on teachers and technology.
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SPORTS
RIZVI BECOMES WORLDS TOP LIST
Indian shooter Shahzar Rizvi grabbed the number one spot in ISSF world rankings, riding
on his silver medal-winning performance in the just-concluded World Cup in Changwon,
Korea.
P. Shri Nivetha shot the women’s air pistol gold, after topping
the qualification list featuring 94 shooters, in the Grand Prix
of Liberation international shooting competition .
LIONEL MESSI WON EUROPEAN GOLDEN SHOE FOR THE 5TH TIME
Coimbatore racer Bala P Archery World Cup 2018 asath won the Formula Junior Racing
Series 2018 Championship in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Bala, who was trailing in second place after Round 1 with 91 points, was in his element in
Round 2 at the Kari Motor Speedway.
For the first time in the 12-year history of the Hyundai Archery World Cup, New Zealand
has sent a full 16-athlete squad to a stage, to compete in the opening leg of the 2018 circuit
in Shanghai, China.
DEFENCE
INDIA-NEPAL JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE SURYA KIRAN TO BE HELD IN
UTTARAKHAND
The aim of this exercise is to conduct battalion level joint with emphasis on counter
terrorism operations in mountainous terrain
The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to set up the country’s first national sports
university in in Imphal (west), Manipur.
The ordinance is on the lines of National Sports University Bill, 2017 which is pending in
Parliament (introduced in Lok Sabha in August, 2017)
The specialised university will be the first of its kind in the country and adopt best
international practices.
Manipur government has already allocated land for the proposed university. The proposal
to set up national sports university in Manipur was initially announced by Prime Minister
Nar endra Modi.
The was approved in 2014-15 budget with Rs. 100 crore allocation.The proposed university
is expected to bridge gap that exists in sports technology high performance training
Ministry of Culture organized 3-Day long diversified cultural festival ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti
Mahotsav’ festival which was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra
Singh Rawat, Near Tehri Lake, Uttrakhand.
It is the ninth edition of this festival.
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav is a seven day festival showcasing the spectacular diversity of
India, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari through folk, tribal and classical art forms in all its
dimensions - dance, music, drama, entertainment and food.
Gaj Yatra was organised by the wildlife Trust of India in collaboration with the State
Forest Department.
Under this campaign , an elephant mascot will be there .It as launched to the
acknowledged good gesture of villagers from Garo Hills who had set aside part of their
community – owned land to create village researchers.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an agency of United Nations and
coordinates its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing
environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded by Maurice Strong, its first
director ,as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June
1972.
The new Defence Planning Committee (DPC) met for the first
time under the chairmanship of national security advisor Ajit
Doval.
No major decision was taken since it was the first meeting of the
DPC, which is now a permanent body under the NSA.
The Defence Planning Committee (DPC) was the ultimate
authority on all questions related to NATO’s integrated military structure.[1] It was
formed following a North Atlantic CouncilMinisterial meeting in Ottawa in May 1963. The
DPC met for the first time on October 10, 1963 to prepare a Defence review
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
ISRO - IMPORTANT FACTS:
The Indian Space Research Organisation is the space agency of the Government
of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore
In 1969 , ISRO superseded the erstwhile Indian National Committee for Space
Research (INCOSPAR) established in 1962 by the efforts of independent India's
first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and his close aide and scientist Vikram
Sarabhai.
ISRO built India's first satellite, Aryabhata, which was launched by the Soviet
Union on 19 April 1975.
It was named after the Mathematician Aryabhata. In 1980, Rohini became the first
satellite to be placed in orbit by an Indian-made launch vehicle, SLV-3 and director
of this project was APJ. Abdul Kalam.
Ariane
Passenger First experimental communication
19th June 1981
Payload satellite.
Experiment
Stretched Rohini
Carried gamma ray astronomy and
Satellite Series 20th May 1992
astronomy payload.
(SROSS-C)
20th September
IRS-1E Earth observation satellite
1993
Stretched Rohini
Satellite Series 4th May 1994 Identical to SROSS-C.
(SROSS-C2)
29th December
IRS-1C Earth observation satellite
1995
29th September
IRS-1D Earth observation satellite.
1997
Multipurpose communication:
business
INSAT-3B 22nd March 2000 communication, developmental
communication, and mobile
communication.
Geosynchronous communications
INSAT-4C 10th January 2007
satellite.
IMS-1 (Third
Low-cost micro satellite imaging
World Satellite 28th April 2008
mission.
– TWsat)
university students.
Nano-satellite weighing 3 kg
Jugnu 12th October 2011
developed by IIT Kanpur.
Mars Orbiter
5th November Also known as Mangalyaan is India’s
Mission
2013 first Mars orbiter.
(MOM)
Twenty-third geostationary
GSAT-14 5th January 2014
communication satellite of India to
14. According to the Asian Developments 21. Which international body has tied up
Bank’s report, India’s economy is with NITI Aayog to help prevent any
expected to grow at _______ percent in fraud or corruption in Centre’s ambitious
2018 Ayushman Bharat Scheme?
(A) 7.3% (B) 7.5% (A) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(C) 7.4% (D) 7.6% (AIIB)
(B) World Bank
15. Market regulator Securities and (C) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Exchange Board of India has extended (D) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
the timing of equity derivatives trading
from current 3.30 pm to 11:55 pm with 22. How many additional One Stop Centres
effect from __________. have recently been approved by the
(A) July 1, 2018 government for the benefit of the violence
(B) May 1, 2018 affected women?
(C) October 1, 2018 (A) 50 (B) 100
(D) August 1, 2018 (C) 150 (D) 200
16. How much amount has been 23. Which country is not among India’s VP
sanctioned by the Government of India Naidu visited three countries?
for laying regional ring road around (A) Guatemala (B) Panama
Hyderabad? (C) Peru (D) Colombia
(A) Rs 7,500 crore
(B) Rs 6,500 crore 24. The IMF expects India to be the fastest
(C) Rs 5,500 crore growing economy of 2018 with a
(D) Rs 4,500 crore growth rate of___________ percent.
(A) 7.8% (B) 7.6%
17. Recently, North Korea has adjusted its (C) 7.4% (D) 7.5%
tome zone forward by _______ minutes
25. What is the total worth of the deal of
to align it with the time of of South
Artificial Limbs Manufacturing
Korea in a move to promote
Corporation of India(ALIMCO)?
reconciliation between two nations.
(A) Rs 1 crore (B) Rs 2 crores
(A) 15 minutes (B) 30 minutes
(C) Rs 3 crores (D) Rs 5 crores
(C) 45 minutes (D) 60 minutes
26. Which command of Indian Army in
18. How much amount has been
nuclear weapon environment
sanctioned by the Government of India
Culminated Vijay Prahar?
for the inland waterway on Godavari
(A) South Western Command
River?
(B) Eastern Command
(C) Northern Command
(A) Rs 2,500 crore
(D) Training Command
(B) Rs 1,000 crore
(C) Rs 2,000 crore
27. With which country, India has recently
(D) Rs 1,500 crore
signed two agreements in the field of
agriculture?
19. ) RBI will buy Rs___crore of government
(A) Myanmar (B) Panama
bonds-
(C) Guatemala (D) Nepal
(A) 10000 crore (B) 12000 crore
(C) 8000 crore (D) 14000 crore 28. The government has decided to
provide financial assistance of Rs_____
20. By India to forecast the reach of which per quintal of cane crushed in sugar
natural disaster? season 2017-18 to sugar mills.
(A) Drought (B) Tornados (A) Rs 2.50 (B) Rs 5.50
(C) Volcano (D) Tsunami (C) Rs 7.50 (D) Rs 9.50
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29. India's largest e-commerce startup 37. Reserve Bank has initiated prompt
Flipkart ______________. corrective action against which public
(A) 12.0 billion dollars sector lender?
(B) 16.0 billion dollars (A) Canara Bank
(C) 18.2 billion dollars (B) Punjab National Bank
(D) 20.8 billion dollars (C) UCO Bank
(D) Dena Bank
30. Ranjan Roy, who passed away recently,
was associated with which field? 38. How much amount has been finalized
(A) Politics (B) Law by the Indian Army?
(C) Sports (D) Journalism (A) Rs 25,000-crore
(B) Rs 10,000-crore
31. India has extended how much amount of (C) Rs 15,000-crore
line of credit to support 27 solar power (D) Rs 20,000-crore
projects in 15 countries?
(A) $2.4 billion (B) $1.0 billion 39. Which among the following sports
(C) $1.4 billion (D) $2.0 billion federation has recently introduced No-
32. Ch Kamalamma was native of which Needle Policy?
state? (A) Athletics Federation of India
(A) Telangana (B) Tripura (B) All India Football Federation
(C) West Bengal (D) Kerala (C) Badminton Association of India
(D) Hockey Federation of India
33. Which State Electricity Board has signed a
MoU with the National Thermal Power? 40. Dr Nirmal Hirawat who passed away
(A) Maharashtra recently was former minister of which
(B) Telangana state?
(C) Madhya Pradesh (A) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Kerala (B) Haryana
(C) Rajasthan
34. How much amount has been earmarked (D) Madhya Pradesh
for the implementation of the Swachh
Bharat Mission (SBM) in 2018-19? 41. Ahmed served as the __________
(A) Rs 18,500 crore President of India.
(B) Rs 12,500 crore (A) 2nd (B) 5th (C) 7th (D) 6th
(C) Rs 14,500 crore
(D) Rs 16,500 crore 42. Credit rating agency Fitch has stated that
India's economic growth will accelerate to
35. PM of India and his Nepalese counterpart ________ in the current financial year
K P Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated a (2018-19) and ________ in the next fiscal
direct bus service between ______ and (2019-20).
_______. (A) 7.2%, 7.4% (B) 7.2%, 7.5%
(A) Jhansi and Itahari (C) 7.1%, 7.3% (D) 7.3%, 7.5%
(B) Bhaktapur and Allahabad
(C) Varanasi and Pokhara 43. What is the total amount of Indian Army
(D) Janakpur and Ayodhya has finalised ammunition?
(A) Rs8,000 crore (B) Rs10,000 crore
36. What percent for the current fiscal year (C) Rs15,000 crore (D) Rs18,000 crore
by the Credit rating agency ?
(A) 7.6 per cent (B) 7.5 per cent 44. The recovery of black money panel is
(C) 7.2 per cent (D) 7.3 per cent headed by _____________.
(A) L K Adwani (B) Narendra Modi
(C) Yashwant Sinha
(D) Murali Manohar Joshi
45. The World Health Organization 53. India’s production of foodgrains touched
(WHO) has launched REPLACE a record _______ million tonnes in 2017-
initiative 18.
(A) 2020 (B) 2022 (A) 536.2 (B) 480.5
(C) 2023 (D) 2025 (C) 279.5 (D) 110.3
46. Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy aims to 54. Which Indian iron ore mining company
achieve 175 GW installed capacity has bagged the 2018 S&P Global PLATTS?
from renewable energy sources
by which year? (A) Steel Authority of India
(A) 2020 (B) 2022 (B) National Mineral Development
(C) 2025 (D) 2030 Corporation
(C) Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Ltd
47. EC George Sudarshan who died (D) Essel Mining & Industries Limited
recently was a renowned ________
(A) Journalist 55. Raghuvir Singh, who passed away
(B) Physicist recently, was the freedom fighter from
(C) Writer which district of Uttar Pradesh?
(D) Agricultural Scientist (A) Azamgarh (B) Etawah
(C) Jaunpur (D) Muzaffarnagar
48. Which among the given sports apparel
brand has been approved by the Indian 56. The International Day Against
Olympic Association (IOA)? Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
(A) Adidas (B) Puma is observed on____________
(C) Li-Ning (D) Converse (A) May 18 (B) May 17
(C) May 19 (D) May 16
49. NALCO has inked pact with
the Ministry of Mines and NALCO is 57. Who among the following has recently
based in ________ unveiled a photo museum in Odisha’s
(A) Ranchi, Jharkhand Bhubaneswar?
(B) Kolkata, West Bengal (A) Hari Prasad Bharati
(C) Hyderabad, Telangana (B) Aneel Prasad Mishra
(D) Bhubaneswar, Odisha (C) Prasanta Kumar Nayak
(D) Bijaya Kumar Panda
50. How much amount has been released
by the Indian Government for the river
58. NITI Aayog’s 3 days Venture Capital
training in Nepal?
Symposium 2018 is being organised
(A) NRs 100.00 million
between India and___________
(B) NRs 180.74 million
(A) France (B) Nepal
(C) NRs 125.52 million
(C) United States (D) Vietnam
(D) NRs 150.81 million
51. Jivya Soma Mashe who passed away 59. The World Day for Cultural Diversity
recently was an internationally on__________
acclaimed artist of which tribal art (A) May 20 (B) May 22
form? (C) May 21 (D) May 19
(A) Bhil (B) Madhubani
(C) Gond (D) Warli 60. What is the theme for the International
Day for Biological Diversity 2018?
52. How much amount has been approved (A) Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism
for dedicated “Micro Irrigation Fund”? (B) Mainstreaming Biodiversity,
(A) Rs 2,500 crore (B) Rs 7,000 crore sustaining people and their
(C) Rs 5,000 crore (D) Rs 10,000 crore livelihoods
61. The HSBC of 2018-19 averaging to _____ 69. What is the total length of the India’s first
percent in the current fiscal. long highway expressway?
(A) 5.1% (B) 4.2%
(C) 3.6% (D) 6.3% (A) 127km (B) 105km
(C) 135km (D) 148 km
62. Which among the given novels has won
the 2018 Man Booker International Prize. 70. Alan Bean passed away recently. He was
(A) The Vegetarian a veteran______________
(B) A Horse Walks Into a Bar (A) Astronaut (B)Archaeologist
(C) Flights (C) Painter (D) Author
(D) The World Goes On
71. Which bank has introduced the digital
63. Name the first Indian father-daughter loans against mutual funds (LAMF)?
duo who recently conquered Mount
Everest. (A) Yes Bank
(A) Ramesh Thakur- Geeta Thakur (B) HDFC Bank
(B) Sunil Garg- Priya Garg (C) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(C) Ajeet Bajaj – Deeya Bajaj (D) Federal Bank
(D) Dipesh Mittal-Siya Mittal
72. What is the theme for the International
64. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation- Day of UN Peacekeepers 2018?‘’.
Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO- (A) Investing in peace around the world
RATS) is hosted by – (B) Honouring Our Heroes
(A) Pakistan (B) Kazakhstan (C) UN70 and UN Peacekeeping: Past,
(C) India (D) Kajikistan Present, and Future
(D) UN Peacekeepers: 70 Years of Service
65. The Union Cabinet has sanctioned USOF and Sacrifice
What does “USOF” stands for –
73. Name the cricketer who has emerged as
(A) Universal Service Obligation Fund the International Cricketer of the Year.
(B) Universal Service Offering Fund (A) Shikhar Dhawan
(C) Universal Service Oak Fund (B) Virat Kohli
(D) Universal Service Opacity Fund (C) AB de Villiers
(D) MS Dhoni
66. In New Delhi, Prime Minister of
Netherlands Mark Rutte inaugurated the 74. Joko Widodo is the present President of
____________ ___________.
(A) Indo-Dutch Yamuna Forum (A) Singapore (B) Indonesia
(B) Indo-Dutch Ganga Frontier (C) Malaysia (D) Turkey
(C) Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum
(D) Indo-Dutch Yamuna Frontier 75. Who among the following Indian
sportsperson has won the silver medal?
67. SIDBI was founded on ____________. (A) Karan Singh
(A) 22 May 1995 (B) 2 June 1983 (B) CA Bhavani Devi
(C) 14 May 1981 (D) 2 April 1990 (C) SN Siva Magesh
(D) Abhishek Poswal
76. Google Doodle recently celebrated 84. Which country has emerged as the
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s 115th birth largest remittance-receiving country of
anniversary on which date? the world?
(A) 1 April (B) 2 April (A) Inodnesia (B) China
(C) 3 April (D) 4 April (C) India (D) Bhutan
77. Which group of nations recently 85. Name the veteran singer who was
suspended the new "good conduct honoured with the Swara Mauli title
certificate"? (A) Asha Bhosle
(A) United States of America (B) Kavitha Krishnamurthy
(B) United Arab Emirates (C) Lata Mangeshkar
(C) United Kingdom (D) Subramanyam Swami
(D) United Nations
86. Who has been assigned the additional
78. India observed ___________ birth charge of the Finance Ministry till
anniversary of nation’s first Nobel Award incumbent minister Arun Jaitley
winner Rabindranath Tagore on May 7, recovers from kidney surgery?
2018 (A) Manohar Parrikar
(A) 157 (B) 156 (B) Piyush Goyal
(C) 155 (D) 154 (C) Prakash Javadekar
(D) Suresh Prabhu
79. Which among the given Indian pair has
won the silver medal in shooting? 87. The 2018 Venture Capital Symposium
(A) Gagan Narang – Pooja Ghatkar was organized by NITI Aayog?
(B) Abhinav Bindra – Heena Sidhu (A) South Africa (B) France
(C) Manavjit Singh Sandhu – Shreyasi (C) Germany (D) Italy
Singh
(D) Jitu Rai – Apurvi Chandela 88. Which Bollywood personality has been
honoured by European Union?
80. With which of the following countries, (A) Akshay Kumar
India has recently signed MoUs? (B) Priyanka Chopra
(A) Guatemala (B) Nepal (C) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) United States (D) Russia (D) Deepika Padukone
81. The framework by US agreement took
place in which year? 89. Name the youngest Indian women who
(A) 2015 (B) 2016 recently created history by
(C) 2014 (D) 2012 mountaineering the world’s highest peak
Mt Everest.
82. . The first HADR exercise ‘Samvedna’ has (A) Shivangi Pathak
started off the coast of which Indian state? (B) Ruchita Tripathi
(A) West Bengal (B) Kerala (C) Surbhi Srivastava
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh (D) Anupama Rai
83. Mohamed Salah plays for which 90. Which among the following international
football club? bodies has approved $300 million
(A) Manchester United credit for the India Energy Efficiency
(B) Liverpool Scale-Up Program?
(C) Real Madrid (A) International Monetary Fund
(D) A.C. Milan (B) World Bank
(C) Asian Development Bank
(D) European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
91. Which Indian organization has recently 99. Which nation’s court has ruled
signed a pact with ABB India? lawmakers with dual citizenship as
(A) TRAI (B) ISRO ineligible to hold a parliamentary seat?
(C) NITI Aayog (D) DRDO (A) Australia (B) US
(C) UK (D) Japan
92. Name the Institute/Organization that
has been awarded the Clarivate 100. Cambodia organized the 5th India-
Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 CLMV Business Conclave in __________.
(A) IISC, Bengaluru (A) Siem Reap (B) Mumbai
(B) ISRO (C) Phnom Penh (D) New Delhi
(C) CSIR
(D) ICMR
ANSWER KEYS
1 A 21 B 41 B 61 A 81 A
2 B 22 B 42 D 62 C 82 B
3 C 23 D 43 C 63 C 83 B
4 B 24 C 44 D 64 A 84 C
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6 A 26 A 46 B 66 C 86 B
7 B 27 B 47 B 67 D 87 B
8 C 28 B 48 C 68 D 88 C
9 A 29 B 49 D 69 C 89 A
10 A 30 D 50 B 70 A 90 B
11 C 31 C 51 D 71 B 91 C
12 D 32 A 52 C 72 D 92 C
13 B 33 D 53 C 73 B 93 B
14 A 34 D 54 B 74 B 94 C
15 C 35 D 55 D 75 B 95 D
16 C 36 D 56 B 76 C 96 C
17 B 37 D 57 B 77 B 97 A
18 C 38 C 58 A 78 A 98 B
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20 D 40 D 60 D 80 A 100 C