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26TH JANUARY -
73RD REPUBLIC DAY
Republic day is a monumental day in Indian history because it was on this day that India adopted its
own Constitution and declared its own laws of the land. The British colonial Government of India Act
(1935) was finally replaced and the country was set to make a fresh start. Republic Day is celebrated
every year on 26th January to commemorate the adoption of the Indian Constitution, which came
into effect on this day in 1950. Additionally, it was also on this day that the Preamble of the
Constitution of India came into effect. The Preamble is largely a comprehensive statement
that presents the key principles of the Constitution. On this day India shed the last
relic of the colonial system and effected a new dawn by becoming a Sovereign
Democratic Republic.

Background:
India became an independent nation on 15th August, 1947 — a date
thrust upon by Lord Louis Mountbatten, as it marked the second
anniversary of Japan‘s submission to allied powers after World
War II.
After India became independent, it did not have its own
constitution. The laws were based on a common law system
and a modified version of the ―Government of India Act,
1935‖, which was brought in by the British government.
Approximately two weeks later, a Drafting Committee
was appointed to draft the Indian Constitution with Dr
BR Ambedkar as the chairman. The Indian Constitution
was finally ready and adopted on 26th November, 1949
(Constitution Day).
The Constitution came into effect after two months, on
26th January, 1950.
The Indian National Congress, on 19th December, 1929,
passed a historic resolution of ―Purna Swaraj‖ or complete self-rule at its Lahore
ses sion.
It was declared by the Congress party that 26th January, 1930, will be celebrated as ―Independence Day‖ by
the Indians.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was the President of Congress party, hoisted the tricolor on the banks of the
Ravi river in Lahore. This day was celebrated as Poorna Swaraj day for the next 17 years.
Thus, when the Constitution of India was adopted on 26th November, 1949, many considered it necessary to
celebrate and enforce the document on a day associated with national pride, which was – 26th January.

73rd REPUBLIC DAY

Just like every year , this year too the 73rd Republic day‘s parade kicked off a little later at 10.30 am, to
ensure better visibility as Delhi is engulfed with fog on wintry mornings. India showcased its military might
and cultural diversity on Republic Day.
 This year‘s celebrations, however, saw a number of firsts, including, among others, an added day of
celebrating Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose‘s birth anniversary.
 This year also on the Republic Day parade, India will not have a chief guest due to the global
situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 The number of tableaux were reduced this year. A total of 12 states and nine ministries or
government departments were showcased in the parade, due to limited space and time. The parade
featured the largest flypast of 75 aircraft from the three services, marking the 75th year of India‘s
independence.
 Uttar Pradesh's tableau at this year's Republic Day parade was adjudged the best and awarded by
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju.
The theme of Uttar Pradesh's tableau was 'Ayodhya: Cultural Heritage of Uttar Pradesh'. The cultural
heritage of ancient holy town , replica of a , glimpse of 'Deepotsav' and various stories from Ramayana
epic were depicted in the tableau.

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 The Jammu and Kashmir Police have

retained the distinction of bagging the
highest number of gallantry medals
among all States, Union Territories and
Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)
across the country on this years Republic
Day.
 Public broadcaster DD has tied up with
the Indian Air Force (IAF) to provide a
live feed from cameras giving the pilot‘s
view and cockpit‘s view for the first
time ever.For the first time, a unique drone and laser show took place at the annual Beating Retreat
ceremony on January 29.
 The government also dropped the ‗Abide with Me‘ — usually played at the end of the ceremony this
year. The route of the marching contingent ended at the National Stadium instead of the Red Fort.
 In another initiative, as the Prime Minister laid the wreath at the National War Memorial in the
morning, cadets from the National Cadet Corps provided a ―plaque of gratitude‖ to the next of kin of
around 5000 soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice for the nation, and have their names mentioned
on the National War Memorial
 The Rajpath also featured ten scrolls each of 75 metres prepared during the ‗Kala Kumbh‘ event,
showcasing stories of unsung heroes of the freedom movement through the country‘s rich traditional
art forms and installation of 10 large LED screens for a better viewing experience of spectators.
 Prime Minister honoured the winners of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Apda Prabandhan
Puruskar, which was instituted in 2018, for contribution to the fields of disaster risk management.
 The President approved 384 Gallantry awards, on the eve of 73rd Republic Day. It includes- 29
Param Vishisht Seva Medals, 53 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 4 Uttam Yudh Seva Medals, 3 Bar to
Vishisht Seva Medals, 13 Yudh Seva Medals, 122 Vishisht Seva Medals, 3 Bar to Sena Medals
(Gallantry), 2 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), 81 Sena Medals (Gallantry), 8 Nao Sena Medals
(Devotion to Duty), 40 Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), and 14 Vayu Sena Medals (Devotion to
Duty).
 Olympian Neeraj Chopra who is a Subedar in the Indian Army has been honoured with Param
Vishisht Seva Medal on the eve of Republic Day.
 Indias 1st woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Shivangi Singh was a part of India Air Force tableau at the
Republic Day Parade 2022.
 As the country celebrated Republic Day recently, Ruskin Bond‘s new book, ‗A Little Book of India:
Celebrating 75 years of In dependence‘ came in.

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1 24TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON E-GOVERNANCE 2021
Recently, the 24th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) was organised by the Department of Administrative
Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions) and Ministry of
Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), in association with the State Government of Telangana. DARPG is the
nodal agency of the Government of India for administrative reforms as well as redressal of public grievances relating to
the states in general and those pertaining to Central Government agencies in particular.
Key Points
About:
 The Conference provides a platform for constructive exchange of ideas on some of the latest technologies for
promoting e-Governance.
 At the conference, the ‗Hyderabad Declaration‘ on e-Governance was adopted.The declaration aims to bring
citizens and governments closer through digital platforms and transform citizen services through the use of
technology.
 The Conference resolved that Government of India and State Governments shall collaborate to:
1. Transform citizen services through use of technology by leveraging the artifacts of India Stack that
include Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker, UMANG, e Sign and consent framework.
2. Fast track the implementation of the national level public digital platforms in key social sectors viz.
Health, Education, Agriculture, etc by adopting open interoperable architecture for joined up connected
services.
3. Operationalize the data governance framework to facilitate data sharing within Government entities as
also make available all data on data.gov.in except for a negative list.
4. Foster responsible use of emerging technology such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,
Blockchain, 5G, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, etc for Social Empowerment.
5. Make India the global hub for emerging technology through creation of a large pool of skilled resources
on futuristic technologies.
6. Ensure resilient Government Infrastructure with robust technological solutions to withstand pandemic
like disruptions.
7. Integration of all State/District portals with Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring
System (CPGRAMS) for seamless Redressal of Public Grievances.
8. National E-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) 2021 to be adopted in collaboration with
MeITY for improving e-Governance landscape.
Theme: ―India‘s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic World‖
National e-Governance Awards 2021:
 To recognise the implementation of e-Governance initiatives, the National e-Governance Awards 2021 were
presented during the Inaugural Session.
 26 awards were presented under the 6 categories of the Award Scheme to Central Ministries/Departments,
State/UT Governments, Districts, Local Bodies, Public Sector Undertakings and Academic & Research
Institutions.
 These Awards are being given since 2003.
E-governance
About:
 It can be defined as the usage of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by the government to provide
and facilitate government services, exchange of information, communication transactions and integration of
various standalone systems and services.
 Through e-governance, government services are made available to citizens and businesses in a convenient,
efficient and transparent manner.
Types of Interactions in e-Governance:
 Government to Government (G2G):Information is exchanged within the government i.e., either, between the
central government, state government and local governments or between different branches of the same
government.
 Government to Citizen (G2C):The citizens have a platform through which they can interact with the government
and get access to the variety of public services offered by the Government.
 Government to Businesses (G2B):The businesses are able to interact with the government seamlessly with
respect to the services of the government offered to businesses.

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 Government to Employees (G2E):The interaction between the government and its employees occurs in an
efficient and speedy manner.
Objectives:
 To support and simplify governance for government, citizens, and businesses.
 To make government administration more transparent and accountable while addressing the society‘s needs and
expectations through efficient public services and effective interaction between the people, businesses, and
government.
 To reduce corruption in the government.
 To ensure speedy administration of services and information.
 To reduce difficulties for business, provide immediate information and enable digital communication by e-
business.
Challenges:
 Lack of computer literacy: India is still a developing country and a vast majority of the citizens lack computer
literacy which hinders the effectiveness of e-governance.
 Lack of accessibility: Lack of accessibility to the internet or even computers in some parts of the country is a
disadvantage to e-governance.
 Loss of Human interaction: Governance results in a loss of human interaction. As the system becomes more
mechanised, lesser interaction takes place among people.
 Risk of Data Theft: It gives rise to the risk of personal data theft and leakage.
 Lax Administratione: Governance leads to a lax administration. The service provider can easily provide excuses
for not providing the service on technical grounds such as ―server is down‖ or ―internet is not working‖, etc.
e-Governance in the Indian context:
 There are a large number of e-Governance initiatives, both at the Union and State levels.
 In 2006, the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was formulated by the Department of Electronics and
Information Technology and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances that aims at making
all government services accessible to the common man, ensure efficiency, transparency and reliability of such
services at affordable costs to realise the basic needs of the common man.
 NeGP has enabled many e-governance initiatives:Digital India, Aadhaar, myGov.in, (Unified Mobile
Application for New-age Governance) App, Digital Locker, PayGov, Computerisation of Land Records.myGov.in
is a national citizen engagement platform where people can share ideas and be involved with matters of policy and
governance.PayGov facilitates online payments to all public and private banks.
Way Forward
 A hybrid approach needs to be adopted for enhancing interoperability among e-governance applications which
will encompass a centralized approach for document management, knowledge management, file management,
grievance management etc.
 The e-governance initiatives in rural areas should be taken by identifying and analyzing the grassroots realities.
 The government should also focus on devising appropriate, feasible, distinct and effective capacity building
mechanisms for various stakeholders viz bureaucrats, rural masses, urban masses, elected representatives, etc.
 e-Governance through regional languages is appreciable for nations like India where people from several linguistic
backgrounds are the participants.

2 NEAT INITIATIVE
Recently, the Ministry of Education has announced a new National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT 3.0) to
use technology for better learning outcomes in Higher Education.
Key Points
 Model of NEAT Scheme: It is based on a Public-Private Partnership model between the Government and the
Education Technology (Ed-Tech) companies of India.
 Objective: The objectives of NEAT are to bring the best technological solutions in education pedagogy on a single
platform for the convenience of Economically and Socially weaker sections of society.
 Target Areas: Technology solutions using Artificial Intelligence for customized learning or e-content in niche
areas having highly employable skills are being identified for showcasing on the portal.
 Modus Operandi: Under this, the government plans to distribute free coupons for an array of courses offered by
ed-tech companies.
 Implementing Agency: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
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 Its purpose was to conduct a survey on the facilities available for technical education and to promote development
in the country in a coordinated and integrated manner.
 According to the National Policy of Education (1986), AICTE is vested with:
1. Statutory authority for planning, formulation, and maintenance of norms & standards,
2. Quality assurance through accreditation,
3. Funding in priority areas, monitoring, and evaluation,
4. Maintaining parity of certification & awards,
5. The management of technical education in the country.
Ed-Tech
 About: Edtech is the practice of introducing IT tools into the classroom to create a more engaging, inclusive and
individualized learning experience.
 Intended Benefits of Ed-Tech: Technology holds promise and has incredible potential. It can help in:
1. Enabling greater personalisation of education
2. Enhancing educational productivity by improving rates of learning,
3. Reducing costs of instructional material and service delivery at scale
4. Better utilisation of teacher/instructor time.
 National Education Policy 2020: India‘s new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is responsive to the clarion
call to integrate technology at every level of instruction.It envisions the establishment of an autonomous body, the
National Education Technology Forum (NETF), to spearhead efforts towards providing a strategic thrust to the
deployment and use of technology.
 Scope: The Indian ed-tech ecosystem has a lot of potential for innovation.With over 4,500 start-ups and a current
valuation of around USD 700 million, the market is geared for exponential growth — estimates project an
astounding market size of USD 30 billion in the next 10 years.
 Associated Issues With Ed-Tech:
1. Lack of Technology Access: Not everyone who can afford to go to school can afford to have phones, computers,
or even a quality internet connection for attending classes online.
 According to National Sample Survey data for 2017-18, only 42% of urban and 15% of rural households had
internet access.
 In this case, Ed-tech can increase the already existing digital divide.
2. Contradiction with Right to Education: Technology is not affordable to all, shifting towards online education
completely is like taking away the Right to Education of those who cannot access the technology.
Related Steps Taken:
1. Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA).
2. PM eVidya.
3. Swayam Prabha TV Channel
4. SWAYAM portal
Way Forward
 Comprehensive Ed-tech Policy: A comprehensive Ed-tech policy architecture must focus on four key elements-
1. Providing access to learning, especially to disadvantaged groups.
2. Enabling processes of teaching, learning, and evaluation.
3. Facilitating teacher training and continuous professional development.
4. Improving governance systems including planning, management, and monitoring processes.
 Technology is a Tool, Not a Panacea: Public educational institutions play an exemplary role in social inclusion
and relative equality.
1. It is the place where people of all genders, classes, castes, and communities can meet without one group being
forced to bow to others.
2. Therefore, technology cannot substitute schools or replace teachers. Thus, it should not be ―teachers versus
technology‖ rather ―teachers and technology‖.
 Providing Infrastructure for Ed-Tech: In the immediate term, there must be a mechanism to thoroughly map the
ed-tech landscape, especially their scale, reach, and impact.
1. The focus should be on access, equity, infrastructure, governance, and quality-related outcomes and
challenges for teachers and students.
 Special attention must be paid to address the digital divide at two levels — access and skills to effectively use
technology and leverage its benefits.

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3 INDIA STATE OF FOREST

REPORT-2021
Recently, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released the India State of Forest
Report-2021.In October, 2021 an amendment was proposed by MoEFCC to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 to bring
significant changes to forest governance in India.

Key Points
About:
 It is an assessment of India‘s forest and tree cover, published every two years by the Forest Survey of India.
 The first survey was published in 1987, and ISFR 2021 is the 17th.
 India is one of the few countries in the world that brings out such a survey every two years, and this is widely
considered comprehensive and robust.
 The ISFR is used in planning and formulation of policies in forest management as well as forestry and agroforestry
sectors.
 Three categories of forests are surveyed – very dense forests (canopy density over 70%), moderately dense forests
(40-70%) and open forests (10-40%).
 Scrubs (canopy density less than 10%) are also surveyed but not categorised as forests.
New Features of ISFR 2021:
 It has for the first time assessed forest cover in tiger reserves, tiger corridors and the Gir forest which houses the
Asiatic lion.
 The forest cover in tiger corridors has increased by 37.15 sq km (0.32%) between 2011-2021, but decreased by
22.6 sq km (0.04%) in tiger reserves.
 Forest cover has increased in 20 tiger reserves in these 10 years, and decreased in 32.
 Buxa (West Bengal), Anamalai (Tamil Nadu) and Indravati reserves (Chhattisgarh) have shown an increase in
forest cover while the highest losses have been found in Kawal (Telangana), Bhadra (Karnataka) and the
Sunderbans reserves (West Bengal).
 Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh has the highest forest cover, at nearly 97%.
Findings of the Report:
 Increment in Area:
1. The forest and tree cover in the country continues to increase with an additional cover of 1,540 square
kilometres over the past two years.
2. India‘s forest cover is now 7,13,789 square kilometres, 21.71% of the country‘s geographical area, an
increase from 21.67% in 2019.

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3. Tree cover has increased by 721 sq km.Tree cover is defined as all tree patches of size less than one hectare
occurring outside the recorded forest area. This covers trees in all formations including scattered trees.
 Increase/Decrease in Forests:
1. The states that have shown the highest increase in forest cover are Telangana (3.07%), Andhra Pradesh
(2.22%) and Odisha (1.04%).
2. Five states in the Northeast – Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland have all
shown loss in forest cover.
 States with Highest Forest Area/Cover:
1. Area-wise: Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra.
2. In terms of forest cover as percentage of total geographical area, the top five States are Mizoram, Arunachal
Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland.The term 'forest area' denotes the legal status of the land as per
the government records, whereas the term 'forest cover' indicates presence of trees over any land.
 Mangroves:Mangroves have shown an increase of 17 sq km. India‘s total mangrove cover is now 4,992 sq km.
 Forest Prone to Fires:35.46% of the forest cover is prone to forest fires. Out of this, 2.81% is extremely prone,
7.85% is very highly prone and 11.51% is highly prone.By 2030, 45-64% of forests in India will experience the
effects of climate change and rising temperatures.Forests in all states (except Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and
Nagaland) will be highly vulnerable climate hot spots. Ladakh (forest cover 0.1-0.2%) is likely to be the most
affected.
 Total Carbon Stock:
1. The total carbon stock in the country's forests is estimated at 7,204 million tonnes, an increase of 79.4 million
tonnes since 2019.
2. Forest carbon stock is the amount of carbon that has been sequestered from the atmosphere and is now stored
within the forest ecosystem, mainly within living biomass and soil, and to a lesser extent also in dead wood
and litter.
 Bamboo Forests:Bamboo forests have grown from 13,882 million culms (stems) in 2019 to 53,336 million culms
in 2021.
Concerns:
 Decline in Natural Forests:
1. There is a 1,582 sq km decline in moderately dense forests, or ―natural forests‖.
 The decline, in conjunction with an increase of 2,621 sq km in open forest areas – shows a degradation
of forests in the country.
 Also, scrub area has increased by 5,320 sq km – indicating the complete degradation of forests in these
areas.
 Very dense forests have increased by 501 sq km.
 Decline in Northeast Forest Cover:
1. The forest cover in the region has shown an overall decline of 1,020 sq km in forest cover.
2. The Northeast states account for 7.98% of total geographical area but 23.75% of total forest cover.
3. The decline in the Northeastern states has been attributed to a spate of natural calamities, particularly
landslides and heavy rains, in the region as well as to anthropogenic activities such as shifting agriculture,
pressure of developmental activities and felling of trees.
Governments Initiatives
National Mission for a Green India:
1. It is one of the eight Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
2. It was launched in February, 2014 with the objective to safeguard the biological resources of our nation and
associated livelihoods against the peril of adverse climate change and to recognise the vital impact of forestry on
ecological sustainability, biodiversity conservation and food-, water- and livelihood-security.
National Afforestation Programme (NAP):
1. It has been implemented since 2000 for the afforestation of degraded forest lands.
2. It is being implemented by the MoEFCC.
Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority, (CAMPA Funds):
1. Launched in 2016, 90% of the fund is to be given to the states while 10% is to be retained by the Centre.
2. The funds can be used for treatment of catchment areas, assisted natural generation, forest management, wildlife
protection and management, relocation of villages from protected areas, managing human-wildlife conflicts,
training and awareness generation, supply of wood saving devices and allied activities.
National Action Programme to Combat Desertification:
1. It was prepared in 2001 to address issues of increasing desertification and to take appropriate actions.
2. It is implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Forest Fire Prevention & Management Scheme (FFPM):
 It is the only centrally funded program specifically dedicated to assist the states in dealing with forest fires.

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INDIA-UK FREE TRADE

4 AGREEMENT
Recently, India and the UK have launched the formal Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, that both countries
envisage concluding by the end of 2022.Until then, both countries are contemplating an interim free trade area, which
will result in reducing tariffs on most of the items.
Key Points
About the Agreement:
 Both countries agreed to an early harvest scheme or a limited trade agreement to lower tariffs on a small set of
goods apart from easing rules for select services.
 Further, they agreed to avoid ―sensitive issues‖ and focus on areas where there is more complementarity. The
agriculture and dairy sectors are considered sensitive sectors for India in trade talks.
 Also, a target of doubling the trade between India and the United Kingdom (UK) by 2030 has also been set.
Free Trade Agreement (FTA):
 It is a pact between two or more nations to reduce barriers to imports and exports among them.
 Under a free trade policy, goods and services can be bought and sold across international borders with little or no
government tariffs, quotas, subsidies, or prohibitions to inhibit their exchange.
 The concept of free trade is the opposite of trade protectionism or economic isolationism.
 FTAs can be categorised as Preferential Trade Agreement, Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement,
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
India-UK Trade Relations
About:
 India and the UK are vibrant democracies, with a partnership built on our shared history and rich culture.
 The diverse Indian diaspora in the UK, which acts as a ―Living Bridge‖, adds further dynamism to the relations
between the two countries.
 The UK is one of the largest investors in India, among the G20 countries.
Significance of FTA between India & the UK:
 Increasing Exports of Goods: Trade deals with the UK could boost exports for large job-creating sectors such as
textiles, leather goods, and footwear.India is also expected to register a quantum jump in the export of Marine
Products through the recognition of 56 marine units of India.Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) on Pharma
could provide additional market access.
 Clarity on Services Trade: The FTA is expected to provide certainty, predictability and transparency and will
create a more liberal, facilitative and competitive services regime.There is also great potential for increasing
exports in service sectors like IT/ITES, Nursing, education, healthcare, including AYUSH and audio-visual
services.Visa restrictions have been a key issue for India to boost services trade.
 Exit from RCEP: India opted out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership deal in November
2019.Therefore, there is a renewed focus on trade deals with the US, the European Union and the UK, which are
key markets for Indian exporters and are keen to diversify their sourcing.
 Strategic Advantage: The UK is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and one of the strategic
partners of India.Strengthening bonds with the trade would seek UKs support at global issues like standoff with
China in the Ladakh sector of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and claim for permanent seat at UNSC.
Associated Challenges:
 Delays in Signing FTAs: Interim agreements, which reduce tariffs on some products, can however in some cases
lead to significant delays in achieving comprehensive FTAs.India, in 2004, signed an interim trade agreement with
Thailand to reduce tariffs on 84 goods, but the agreement was never converted to a full-fledged FTA.
 WTO Challenges: Interim FTA do not graduate into full FTAs can also face challenges from other countries at
the World Trade Organization(WTO).The WTO rules only permit members to give preferential terms to other
countries if they have bilateral agreements that cover ―substantially all the trade‖ between them.
Way Forward
 India is one of the fastest-growing large economies of the world and FTA with the UK has played a significant role
in enhancing the trade volume of the country.
 However, according to policymakers, FTAs signed by India with the UK have not brought the expected tangible
benefits and, on the contrary, have hurt the country‘s manufacturing sector due to liberal rules of origin.
 Therefore, there is a need for a detailed assessment of FTAs in terms of goods, services and investment flows by
all the stakeholders involved.

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HOMELAND SECURITY
5 DIALOGUE BETWEEN
INDIA AND US
Recently, a Homeland Security Dialogue was held between the officials of India and US.In October 2021 the Ministry of
Defence signed a deal with the US Government for procurement of MK 54 Torpedo and Expendable (Chaff and Flares)
for the Indian Navy, under Foreign Military Sale (FMS).
In July 2021 the US Secretary of State visited India.
Key Points
About:
 The Indo-US homeland security dialogue was launched in 2010 as the mechanism to a sequel to the signing of the
India-US counter-terrorism initiative.First Homeland Security Dialogue was held in May 2011.
 The latest virtual meeting came after in March 2021, the US President Joe Biden administration had announced the
re-establishment of the Homeland Security Dialogue which was discontinued by former US President Donald
Trump‘s administration.
 There are six sub-groups formed under the Indo-US homeland security dialogue which cover the areas of:
1. Illicit finance, Financial fraud and counterfeiting.
2. Cyber information.
3. Megacity policing and sharing of information among federal, state and local partners.
4. Global supply chain, transportation, port, border and maritime security.
5. Capacity building.
6. Technology upgradation.
India- US Relations:
 About:
1. India-US bilateral relations have developed into a "global strategic partnership", based on shared democratic
values and increasing convergence of interests on bilateral, regional and global issues.
2. In 2015, both the countries issued a Delhi Declaration of Friendship and adopted a Joint Strategic Vision for
Asia-Pacific and the Indian Ocean Region.
 Civil-Nuclear Deal:The bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement was signed in October 2008.
 Energy and Climate Change:
1. As a priority initiative under the PACE (Partnership to Advance Clean Energy), the US Department of Energy
(DOE) and the Government of India have established the Joint Clean Energy Research and Development
Centre (JCERDC) designed to promote clean energy innovations by teams of scientists from India and the
United States.
2. India-US Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership was launched at the Leaders climate summit 2021.
 Defence Cooperation:
 Defence relationship has emerged as a major pillar of India-US strategic partnership with the signing of ‗New
Framework for India-US Defence Relations‘ in 2005 which was further updated for 10 years in 2015.
 India and US inked important defence pacts in the last few years and also formalised the four nation alliance
of QUAD (India, US, Japan and Australia).The alliance is seen as an important counter to China in the Indo-
Pacific.
 The Malabar exercise in November 2020 portrayed a high point in Indo-US strategic ties, it was the first time
in 13 years that all four countries of QUAD came together sending a strong message to China.
 India now has access to American bases from Djibouti in Africa to Guam in the Pacific. It can also access
advanced communication technology used in US defence.
 India and US have four foundational defence agreements:
1. Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geospatial Intelligence (BECA).
2. General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA).
3. Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA).
4. Communication Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA).
 India-US Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Initiative was signed in 2010 to expand collaboration on counter-
terrorism, information sharing and capacity building.
 A tri-services exercise– Tiger Triumph- was conducted in November 2019.
 Bilateral and regional exercises include: Yudh Abhyas (Army), Vajra Prahar (Special Forces), RIMPAC, Red
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 Trade:
1. The US is India‘s second largest trading partner and a major destination for India‘s exports of goods and services.
2. The US replaced Mauritius as the second largest source of foreign direct investment into India during 2020-21.
3. The previous US government ended India‘s special trade status (GSP withdrawal) and also imposed several bans,
India also retaliated with bans on 28 US products.
4. Current US government has allowed all the bans by the previous government to expire.
 Science & Technology:Indian Space Research Organisation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) are working together to realise a joint microwave remote sensing satellite for Earth observation, named
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR).
Indian Diaspora:There is a growing presence of Indian diaspora in all spheres in the US. For example the current Vice-
President (Kamala Harris) of the US has a strong Indian connection.
Way Forward
 The stage has been set for transforming India‘s partnership with the US. Afghanistan remains a key area of continuing
concern for both India and the US and both sides are now looking at the bigger challenges emerging in the Indo-Pacific,
driven by the rise and assertion of China.
 There is a huge potential to boost bilateral trade between the countries especially on account of increasing anti-China
sentiment in both the nations.

6 PRAVASI BHARATIYA
DIVAS 2022
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on 9th January every year to mark the contribution of the Overseas Indian
community in the development of India.
Key Points
Background:
 9th January was chosen as the day to celebrate PBD since it was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi, the
greatest Pravasi, returned to India from South Africa, led India‘s freedom struggle and changed the lives of Indians
forever.
 This day came into effect in 2003, but in 2015 it was revised and was decided to be celebrated every two years. It
was then a theme-based conference that was set up every year during the interim period.
 PBD Conventions are held once every two years.PBD 2021: The 16th PBD Convention was held virtually in New
Delhi. The theme was "Contributing to Atmanirbhar Bharat".
 On this day, the Government also confers Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award.It is the highest honour conferred on
a Non-Resident Indian, Person of Indian Origin; or an organisation or institution established and run by Non-
Resident Indians or Persons of Indian Origin, who have made significant contribution in better understanding of
India abroad, support India's causes and concerns in a tangible way.
Significance:
 This day plays a significant role as the overseas Indian community gets a shared platform to get themselves
engaged with the government and the native people of the land.
 The conventions are very useful in networking among the overseas Indian community residing in various parts of
the world and enable them to share their experiences in various fields.
Government Initiative related to Overseas Indians
 Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY): To institutionalize the process of skill development of emigrant Indian
workers.
 Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children (SPDC): 100 scholarships per annum are granted to Persons of
Indian Origin (PIO) and Non Resident Indians (NRI) students for undergraduate courses.
 Know India Program‘ (KIP): It familiarizes Indian-origin youth (18-30 years) with their Indian roots and
contemporary India.
 E-migrate system: It is a foreign employers database. It ensures the welfare and check on exploitation met to
emigrants.
 VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty) scheme: It formalizes a rotation program wherein top NRI
scientists, engineers, doctors, managers and professionals serve Indian public sector organizations for a brief
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7 ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT BANK (AIIB)
Recently, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel has been appointed vice-president of the Beijing-
based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).In October 2021, the Union Minister of Finance participated in the
6th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of AIIB.
Key Points
About:
 It is a multilateral development bank with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia.
 It aims to connect people, services and markets that over time will impact the lives of billions and build a better
future by investing in sustainable infrastructure and other productive sectors.
 It is established by the AIIB Articles of Agreement (entered into force December 2015) which is a multilateral
treaty.
 It is headquartered in Beijing (China) and began its operations in January 2016.
Various Organs of AIIB:
 Board of Governors:The Board of Governors consists of one Governor and one Alternate Governor appointed by
each member country. Governors and Alternate Governors serve at the pleasure of the appointing member.
 Board of Directors:Non-resident Board of Directors is responsible for the direction of the Bank‘s general
operations, exercising all powers delegated to it by the Board of Governors.
 Senior Management:AIIB staff is headed by the President who is elected by AIIB shareholders for a five-year
term and eligible for reelection once.
 International Advisory Panel:The Bank has established an International Advisory Panel (IAP) to support the
President and Senior Management on the Bank‘s strategies and policies as well as on general operational issues.
Key Accomplishments of AIIB:
 Rapid Growth in Worldwide Membership:AIIB began operations in 2016 with 57 founding Members (37
regional and 20 non regional). By the end of 2020, it had 103 approved Members representing approximately 79%
of the global population and 65% of global GDP.
 Highest Credit Rating Assigned by Three Major Rating Institutions:Since 2017, AIIB has received AAA
ratings with a stable outlook from the top credit rating agencies— Standard & Poor‘s, Moody‘s and Fitch.Industry
recognition of its sound financial standing has enabled it to expand its presence in international capital markets.
 Permanent Observer Status in the United Nations:In 2018, AIIB was granted Permanent Observer status in the
deliberations of both the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, the two
development-focused principal organs of the global body.
 Governance Model Enhancing Efficiency and Accountability:AIIB has created an effective environment for its
Board of Directors to take a strategic approach to direct and oversee the work of an accountable management.The
Bank‘s Accountability Framework is an innovative governance model that positions AIIB to embed a culture of
accountability throughout the organization.
 Policies and Strategies Developed or Finalized:Strategies for all major infrastructure sectors and for investing in
equity, mobilizing private capital and financing operations in non regional members have all been approved and
being implemented.
AIIB and India:
 The AIIB has approved more loans for India than any other member of the bank.China is its biggest shareholder
and India is the second-largest.
 The AIIB has funded 28 projects in India amounting to USD6.7 billion.
 It has recently emphasised green projects and supporting public health initiatives during the Covid-19 pandemic,
besides infrastructure.
 In October 2021, India applied for loans from the AIIB and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to procure 667
million doses of Covid-19 vaccines with the ADB expected to lend USD1.5 billion and the AIIB around USD500
million, under the ADB‘s Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) initiative.
 Last year (2021), the AIIB also approved a USD356.67 million loan to the Indian government to support the
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INDIA TO BECOME
8 ASIA'S 2ND LARGEST
ECONOMY BY 2030
According to the Information Handling Services (IHS) Markit report, India is likely to overtake Japan as Asia‘s second-
largest economy by 2030.Currently, India is the sixth-largest economy, behind the U.S., China, Japan, Germany and the
U.K.
 IHS Markit is a global leader in information, analytics and solutions for the major industries and markets that drive
economies worldwide.
 Note: The size of a nation's overall economy is typically measured by its Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, which
is the value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given year.
Key Points
GDP Projection:
 In terms of value, the size of the Indian economy stood at USD 2.7 trillion in 2021, which is projected to grow to
USD 8.4 trillion by 2030.This boom is enough to overtake Japan, making India the second largest economy in the
Asia-Pacific region by 2030.
 India‘s growth rate is projected to be 8.2% in 2021-22, compared to a decline of 7.3% in the previous fiscal.
 However, the momentum of the current financial year(FY) will continue in 2022-23 as well and India will achieve
6.7% growth.
Role of Different Sectors:
 The manufacturing, infrastructure and services sector along with the e-commerce sector have a big role to play in
boosting India‘s growth rate.
 Not only this, due to increasing digitization, the e-commerce market will become bigger in the coming
times.According to a report, 1.1 billion Indians will have internet by 2030, in 2020 this number was 500 million.
Growth Rate:
 Overall the future of the Indian economy looks strong and stable, making it the fastest growing country in the
country for the next decade.
 In the long term also, technological developments like infrastructure sector and startups will play a big role in
sustaining India‘s rapid growth rate.Being one of the world‘s fastest-growing economies will make India one of
the most important long-term growth markets for multinationals in a wide range of industries, including
manufacturing industries such as autos, electronics and chemicals, and services industries such as banking,
insurance, asset management, healthcare and information technology.
Middle Class Support:
 India gets the most help from its vast middle class, which is its main consumer force.Indian consumer spending
will also double in the next decade. This could increase from USD1.5 trillion in 2020 to USD3 trillion in 2030.
FDI Inflows:
 The large increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to India that has been evident over the past five
years is also continuing with strong momentum in 2020 and 2021.
 It is being boosted by large inflows of investments from global technology Multinational Companies (MNCs) such
as Google and Facebook that are attracted to India's large domestic consumer market.
Current State of India‘s Economy:
 India‘s GDP at current prices stood at USD 694.93 billion in the first quarter of FY22, as per the provisional
estimates of gross domestic product for the first quarter of 2021-22.
 India is the fourth-largest unicorn base in the world with over 21 unicorns collectively valued at USD 73.2 billion.
Government Initiatives for Boosting Economy
 ‗Make in India‘ and the National Policy on Electronics 2019 (NPE 2019)
 Production-linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) in Various Sectors
 Major Telecom Sector Reforms:
1. Major telecom sector reforms have been approved in September 2021, which are expected to boost
employment, growth, competition, and consumer interests.
2. The rationalisation of adjusted gross revenue, the rationalisation of bank guarantees (BGs), and the
encouragement of spectrum sharing are among the key reforms.
 Deep Ocean Mission:The Indian government approved the Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) in August 2021, with a
budget outlay of Rs. 4,077 crore (USD 553.82 million) over the next five years.
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1. In order to generate energy, India is focusing on renewable sources. It plans to achieve 40% of its energy
from non-fossil sources by 2030, up from 30% currently, and to increase its renewable energy capacity from
to 175 gigatonnes (GW) by 2022.
2. In line with this, India and the United Kingdom jointly launched a ‗Roadmap 2030‘ in May 2021 to
collaborate and combat climate change by 2030.
Way Forward
 On one hand, the sectors like manufacturing and construction recovered steadily in 2021, on the other hand, low-
skilled individuals, women, self-employed people, and small firms were left behind.
 Infrastructure and manufacturing are the two pillars that should be used to push the growth structurally.
1. However, infrastructure building or revival of the investment cycle, in general, would require the private
sector to also start contributing.
2. The fundamentals for a revival in private corporate and households‘ is emerging with financial institutions,
especially banks, in a better position, corporates deleveraging, and a low-interest rate regime.
 The recovery of the Indian economy in FY22 totally depends on how steadily household incomes recover and
activity in the informal sector and smaller firms normalise.
 India should also increase ease of business and ease of living to enable the private sector to create wealth over a
long period of time.
 Participation of women in the workforce is a key driver of India's growth. Therefore India should increase
women's participation in the workforce.

UNREST IN
9 KAZAKHSTAN
Recently, a sharp and sudden spike in fuel prices triggered a national crisis in Kazakhstan, with the government officially
stepping down following days of violent protests across the country.Russian-led forces have also arrived in Kazakhstan at
the request of the country's authoritarian president, amid a violent crackdown on anti-government protests.
Earlier, the Defence Minister of India held bilateral talks with the Defence Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan in
New Delhi.
Key Points
Reason for the Unrest:
 Angry Kazakhs first took to the streets after fuel prices doubled in the oil-rich Central Asian nation when the
government lifted price caps for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly used in vehicles.
 The protests began in the oil city of Zhanaozen, where at least 16 oil workers protesting against poor working
conditions were killed by the police in 2011.
 Demonstrations broke out and quickly turned violent in cities and towns across the country, in what is being called
the biggest wave of protests in Kazakhstan‘s history.
1. Kazakhstan has been a largely stable autocracy since the collapse of the Soviet Union, protests of this scale
haven‘t been seen since the 1980s.
2. Autocracy is a system of government of a country in which one person has complete power.
 Protesters demanded the resignation of the government and lowering of LPG prices.
 They have argued that the jump in prices would cause a steep increase in food prices and deepen the income
inequality that has plagued the nation for decades.Just last year (2021), inflation in the country was closing in on
9% year-on-year, the highest it has been in over five years.
Demand for Democracy:
 Cheaper fuel is only the tip of the iceberg. There has been a growing discontent among ordinary Kazakhs, both
over rising income inequality, which has only worsened due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the lack of
democracy.
 While the country has been able to attract millions of dollars worth of foreign investments by appearing politically
stable, its authoritarian government has been widely criticised over the years for violating fundamental freedoms.
Significance of the Protests:
 For the World:
1. Sandwiched between Russia and China, Kazakhstan is the world‘s largest landlocked country, bigger than the
whole of Western Europe, though with a population of just 19 million.
2. It has vast mineral resources, with 3% of global oil reserves and important coal and gas sectors.
3. It is the top global producer of uranium, which jumped in price by 8% after the unrest.
4. The country is also the world's second-largest miner of bitcoin.
5. A mainly Muslim republic with a large Russian minority, it has largely escaped the civil strife seen in other
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6. The latest demonstrations matter because the country has been regarded until now as a pillar of political and
economic stability in an unstable region, even as that stability has come at the price of a repressive
government that stifles dissent.
 For Russia:
1. The protests are also significant as Kazakhstan has been aligned with Russia, whose president views the country —
a body double of sorts for Russia in terms of its economic and political systems — as part of Russia‘s sphere of
influence.
 The intervention by the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, a Russian version of North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO), is the first time that its protection clause has been invoked, a move that could
potentially have sweeping consequences for geopolitics in the region.
 This is the third uprising against an authoritarian, Russia-aligned nation, following pro-democracy protests in
Ukraine in 2014 and in Belarus in 2020.
 The chaos threatens to undermine Russia‘s sway in the region at a time when Russia is trying to assert its
economic and geopolitical power in countries like Ukraine and Belarus.
2. The countries of the former Soviet Union are also watching the protests closely, and the events in Kazakhstan
could help energise opposition forces elsewhere.
 For US:
1. Kazakhstan also matters to the US, as it has become a significant country for American energy concerns, with
Exxon Mobil and Chevron having invested tens of billions of dollars in western Kazakhstan, the region where
the unrest began this month.The United States government has long been less critical of post-Soviet
authoritarianism in Kazakhstan than in Russia and Belarus.
Government's Reaction:
 It called the protesters ―a band of terrorists,‖ declared Kazakhstan under attack and asked the Russian-led military
alliance to intervene.
 The government has also tried to quell the demonstrations by instituting a state of emergency and blocking social
networking sites and chat apps.
 Public protests without permits were already illegal. It also initially conceded to a few of the demonstrators‘
demands, dismissing the cabinet and announcing the possible dissolution of Parliament, which would result in new
elections. But its moves have so far failed to tame discontent.
Global Stand:
 The United Nations(UN), US, UK, and France have called on all sides to refrain from violence.
 India is closely monitoring the situation in Kazakhstan and will facilitate the return of Indians.
Way Forward
 The US and other major nations of the world need to tell the Kazakh authorities to stop throttling the internet and
to avoid violence.
 In the long-term, the United Nations (UN) must press the Kazakhs to hold legitimately free and fair elections or
else they will see more and more protest activity.

SEMICONDUCTOR
10 SHORTAGE
Recently, there has been an abrupt and cascading shortage of semiconductors worldwide.
Key Points
About Semiconductors:
 Semiconductors are materials which have a conductivity between conductors (generally metals) and nonconductors
or insulators (such as most ceramics). Semiconductors can be pure elements, such as silicon or germanium, or
compounds such as gallium arsenide or cadmium selenide.Conductivity is the measure of the ease at which an
electric charge or heat can pass through a material.
 They are also known as integrated circuits or more commonly just chips, they may be the tiniest yet most exacting
product ever manufactured on a global scale.
 It's an electric circuit with many components such as transistors and wiring formed on a semiconductor wafer. An
electronic device comprising numerous of these components is called Integrated Circuit (IC), and can be found in
electronic devices such as computers, smartphones, appliances, gaming hardware and medical equipment.These
devices find widespread use in almost all industries, especially in the automobile industry.
 Electronic parts and components today account for 40% of the cost of a new internal combustion engine car, up
from less than 20% two decades ago.Semiconductor Chips account for a bulk of this increase.
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 Work from Home due to Covid: Lockdowns increased the growth in sales of laptops to the highest in a
decade.Home networking gear, webcams and monitors were snapped up as office work moved out of the office,
and laptops were in demand for a while as schools shut.
 False Forecasts: Automakers that cut back drastically early in the pandemic underestimated how quickly car sales
would rebound. They rushed to re-up orders late in 2020, only to get turned away because chipmakers were
stretched supplying computing and smartphone giants.
 Stockpiling: Computer makers began warning about tight supplies early in 2020. Then around the middle of that
year, Huawei Technologies Co. — the Chinese smartphone maker that also dominates the global market for 5G
networking gear — began building up inventory to ensure it could survive US sanctions that were set to cut it off
from its primary suppliers.Other companies followed suit, hoping to grab share from Huawei, and China‘s chip
imports climbed to almost USD 380 billion in 2020, up from about USD 330 billion the previous year.
 Disasters: Production plants in the US were affected by the cold and in japan by wildfire.
 Difficult Production: Manufacturing advanced logic chips requires extraordinary precision, along with huge long-
term bets in a field subject to rapid change.Plants cost billions of dollars to build and equip, and they have to run
flat-out 24/7 to recoup the investment.
Impact:
 Countless industries have been affected as global demand for semiconductor chips continues to outstrip supply.
 Chip shortages are expected to wipe out USD 210 billion of sales for carmakers this year, with production of 7.7
million vehicles lost.
 The semiconductor shortage will severely disrupt the supply chain and will constrain the production of many
electronic equipment types.
 The chip shortage directly impacts consumers as prices of everyday appliances and electronic goods — from TV to
smartphones — have increased due to the global supply chain disruption.
Way Forward
 Emerging technologies, especially, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, augmented and extended reality and
blockchain are gaining prominence across industries. With these applications gaining traction across sectors, the
need for specialised sensors, integrated circuits, improved memory, and enhanced processors is increasing.
 India is finalising plans to manufacture semiconductor chips in a big way, as a part of its ‗Make in India‘ initiative.
The nation is offering more than USD 1 billion in cash to each semiconductor company that sets up manufacturing
units in the country.
1. Chips made locally will be designated as ―trusted sources‖ and can be used in products ranging from CCTV
cameras to 5G equipment.
2. In December 2021, India invited an ―expression of interest‖ from chipmakers for setting up fabrication units
in the country or for the acquisition of such manufacturing units.
 This is all being done to achieve self-sufficiency in the manufacturing of semiconductors, to ensure better control
over data security and prevent countries in the world from being held to ransom by specific members of the
existing semiconductor supply chain.
 It is clear that semiconductors are changing the game in our modern, fast-moving world. Therefore India should
give semiconductors the status of ―critical infrastructure'' in most countries, in the near future.

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ECONOMY
rbi in news
RBI Releases Annual Report of Ombudsman
Schemes, 2020-21
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the
Annual Report of the Ombudsman Schemes for the
year 2020-21, which has been prepared for the nine-
month period from July 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021,
in alignment with the change in the financial year of
the RBI from 'July-June' to 'April-March' with effect
from July 1, 2020.
 It covers the activities under the Banking
Ombudsman Scheme, 2006 (BOS), the Ombudsman
Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies,
2018 (OSNBFC), and the Ombudsman Scheme for
Digital Transactions, 2019 (OSDT).
 As per the report, the volume of complaints received
under all the three ombudsman schemes increased
22.27 per cent on an annualised basis and stood at  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the eligibility
3,03,107 during the reported period. criteria for entities to be categorised as ‗Specified
 Complaints related to (a) ATM/debit cards and (b) User‘ of Credit Information Companies (CICs). The
mobile/electronic banking (c) credit cards (d) failure eligible criteria are issued under clause (j) of
to meet commitments and (e) non-observance of fair Regulation 3 of the CICs (Amendment)
practices code (FPC) were the top-five grounds of Regulations, 2021.
complaints received at the OBOs  A ‗specified user‘ should be a company
RBI Sets up Separate Department for Fintech incorporated in India or a Statutory Corporation
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sets up a separate established in India.
internal department for Fintech (Financial  In case the entity is a company, it should have not
technology) by subsuming the fintech division of less than 3 years of experience in running the
DPSS (Department of Payment and Settlement business/activity of processing information for the
Systems), Central Office (CO). to facilitate support or benefit of credit institutions and shall
innovation, and help identify, address challenges have a clean track record.
and opportunities in the fintech sector.
 The company should have a net worth of not less
 Ajay Kumar Choudhary, who was recently than Rs 2 crore as per the latest audited balance
promoted as the Executive Director of RBI was sheet, and should meet the requirement on a
appointed as head of the department. continuing basis.
 The department will be administratively attached to  The company should be owned and controlled by
the centralised administrative division (CAD) of resident Indian citizens/Indian company owned and
RBI. controlled by resident Indian citizens.
RBI Increased Banks‘ LCR maintenance on Funds  Currently, there are 4 CICs — Credit Information
Received from Non-Financial Small Business Bureau (India) Ltd (CIBIL), Equifax Credit
Customers to Rs 7.5 Information Services Pvt Ltd, Experian Credit
 The Reserve Bank has increased the threshold for Information Company of India Pvt Ltd and CRIF
deposits and other funds of non-financial small High Mark Credit Information Services Pvt Ltd.
businesses by 50 per cent to Rs 7.5 crore for the RBI Releases Framework for Small-value Offline
purpose of maintenance of Liquidity Coverage Ratio Digital Payments
(LCR), with the aim to better align its regulations
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a
with Basel norms and also enable banks to manage
framework for facilitating small-value digital
liquidity risks more effectively.
payments in offline mode using cards, wallets,
 The Reserve Bank has increased the threshold for mobile devices, etc, to push digital transactions in
deposits and other funds of non-financial small rural and semi-urban areas.
businesses by 50 per cent to Rs 7.5 crore for the
 The upper limit of an offline payment transaction
purpose of maintenance of Liquidity Coverage Ratio
was fixed at Rs 200, with a total limit on a payment
(LCR), with the aim to better align its regulations instrument be at Rs 2,000 at any point in time.
with Basel norms and also enable banks to manage
 The framework will enable the Authorised Payment
liquidity risks more effectively.
System Operators (PSOs) and Payment System
RBI Releases Eligibility Criteria for Entities to
Participants (PSPs), Acquirers and Issuers (banks
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and non-banks) to conduct small value offline
digital payments.
 Offline digital payment is a transaction that does not
require internet or telecom connectivity to take
effect.
RBI extends card tokenisation deadline till June 2022
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the card-
on-file (CoF) tokenization deadline by 6 months i.e.,
to June 30, 2022. Earlier the deadline was fixed till
December 31, 2021.
 In March 2020, RBI had issued guidelines for the
regulation of payment aggregators and payment
gateways, prohibiting payment aggregators and
merchants to store customer card credentials within
their database or server from 30 June 2021.
 In September 2021, RBI extended the scope of
tokenization from device-based tokenization to CoF
tokenization services and barred merchants from
storing actual card data while online transactions.
RBI has fixed the deadline for card tokenization to
January 1, 2022.
SBI IN NEWS
SBI General Insurance launches
‗#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao‘ Campaign on Tax
Saving
SBI (State Bank of India) General Insurance Company
Ltd launched a campaign titled
‗#BahaneChhodoTaxBachao‘ to increase awareness
around the need to buy health insurance to save tax.
SBI Card, Paytm join hands for Card Tokenization to
Protect Cardholders‘ Data
 SBI (State Bank of India) Cards and Payment
Services has collaborated with Paytm to enable their
cardholders to tokenize their cards on devices and
make payments through Paytm.
 Currently, only cards issued in the Indian Territory
are enabled on Paytm network but this partnership
enables SBI Cardholders to transact through Paytm
network in international locations.
 The card tokenization facility is available only on
Android NFC (near field communication) devices.
SBI to Acquire Around 10% stake in IICC
State Bank of India(SBI) is set to acquire around 10%
stake in the India International Clearing Corporation
(IICC), the first international clearing corporation set up
at GIFT-IFSC that acts as a central counterparty
providing clearing and settlement and risk management
services.
State Bank of India acquired minority stake in JSW
Cement for INR 100 crore
State Bank of India(SBI) acquired a minority stake (less
than 50 per cent) in JSW Cement Limited for an
investment of INR 100 crore through Compulsory
Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS).
OTHER BANKS IN
NEWS
Federal Bank, Equirus Wealth Jointly Launches USD
Offshore Fund
 Federal Bank and Equirus Wealth in collaboration
with SCUBE Capital, a global fund management
company based out of Singapore, have launched a
‗US dollar offshore fund‘ for their customers.
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 Only the customers of Federal Bank (both NRI
(Non-Resident Indian) and Resident) could invest in
the fund. It offers a portfolio return (internal rate of
return (IRR)) guidance of ~ USD 6.50 percent per
annum with a fund tenor of 3 years from the date of
fund closure with an option to extend by one year.
 Offshore funds (often referred to as ‗international
funds‘) are fund schemes that make investments in
international markets and multinational companies.
 If an Indian resident wishes to invest in offshore
funds, he/she could invest only in Indian rupees.
 Offshore funds are required to comply with the
mutual fund guidelines issued by the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI).
Canara Bank Partners with Lendingkart to Offer
Loans Online for MSMEs
Fintech company Lendingkart announced a co-lending
partnership with Canara Bank to provide low-cost
business loans of up to Rs. 10 lakh to micro, small and
medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Indian Bank and IIMK LIVE Signed MoU to Provide
Credit Assistance to Start-ups
As part of the Start-up India Innovation Week, Indian
Institute of Management Kozhikode‘s (IIMK) business
incubator, Laboratory for Innovation Venturing and
Entrepreneurship (LIVE), and Indian Bank has signed an
MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to launch a start-
up funding scheme ‗IndSpring Board‘ to support early-
stage start-ups with loans up to Rs 50 crore.
Axis Bank & CRMNEXT win IBSi Innovation
Awards 2021 for ―Best CRM System
Implementation‖
Axis Bank & CRMNEXT Solution won the IBS
Intelligence (IBSi) Global FinTech Innovation Awards
2021 for the ―Best CRM (Customer Relationship
Management) System Implementation‖.The Axis Bank
implemented CRMNEXT for sales and service
modernisation and it also enables smarter lead
processing, automated routing, complete tracking, and
visibility.
UCO Bank Launched RuPay Select Contactless Debit
Card in partnership with NPCI
UCO Bank (formerly United Commercial Bank Ltd) in
partnership with the National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI) launched the ‗UCO Bank RuPay Select
Contactless Debit Card‘ with a host of benefits for its
premium/HNI (High Networth Individuals)
customers.This launch was made on the occasion of the
79th Inauguration Day of the bank i.e. January 6, 2022.
Federal Bank Launches Instant Loan Approval
Portal for MSMEs
Federal Bank, a private sector lender, launched an online
lending platform federalinstaloans.com, to ease credit
approvals of up to Rs 50 lakh for Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across India.
Yes Mutual Fund Renamed as White Oak Capital
Mutual Fund
Yes Asset Management has been renamed as the White
Oak Capital Asset Management with effect from 12th
January 2022. In line with this, Yes Mutual Fund has
been renamed as White Oak Capital Mutual Fund.
NABARD signs pact with Arthimpact Digital Loans
to Support SHGs
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) signed a partnership
agreement with Arthimpact Digital Loans (ARTH) to
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provide end-to-end fintech (financial technology)
solutions to support self help groups (SHGs).
HDFC Bank Adjudged Best Private Bank in India at
the Global Private Banking Awards 2021
 HDFC Bank was named as the ‗Best Private Bank‘
in India at the ‗Global Private Banking Awards
2021‘ which was organised by Professional Wealth
Management (PWM) in a virtual ceremony.
 PWM is a wealth management Magazine, published
by the Financial Times Group.
Axis Bank Collaborates with MinkasuPay for
Biometric-Based Banking Payments
 Axis Bank has partnered with MinkasuPay to offer a
biometric authentication solution for net banking
payments in merchant apps using Fingerprint or
Face ID, without the need for usernames,
passwords, and One-Time Passwords (OTPs).
KVG Bank joins hands with Mecwin Tech to finance
Solar Pump-Sets for Farmers
A Regional Rural Bank (RRB), Karnataka Vikas
Grameena(KVG) Bank (KVGB), has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bengaluru
(Karnataka)-based Mecwin Technologies(Tech) Ltd to
introduce farmer-friendly solar-powered pump-sets using
bank finance.
Airtel Payments Bank & Park+ partner on FASTag-
based Parking Solutions
 Airtel Payments Bank and Park+ have collaborated
to offer FASTag-based smart parking solutions to
marquee commercial and residential properties
across India.
 This partnership will utilize the reach of Airtel
Payments Bank to digitise the parking ecosystem
using FASTag associated with the vehicle.
 Park+ is backed by Sequoia Capital and Matrix
Partners, and is engaged in automating parking
spaces through FASTag.
 Airtel Payments Bank is among the top five issuers
of FASTag in the country. It offers purchase of a
FASTag from the banking section of the Airtel
‗Thanks App‘.
RBI Approves Fino Payments Bank for Cross Border
Remittances
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved Fino
Payments Bank for commencing international
remittance business under the Money Transfer
Service Scheme (MTSS).
 The approval will enable the customers of Fino
Payments Bank to receive money sent from foreign
countries.
Equitas Small Finance Bank became Partner of
Maharashtra state govt
 Equitas Small Finance Bank has empanelled as the
banking partner of the state government of
Maharashtra with an aim to offer its services to
employees of the State Government. The Bandhan
Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, and the South Indian
Bank have been assigned the role of distributing
salaries and allowances to the government
employees.
Bank of Baroda grabbed top spot in Digital Payments
 Bank of Baroda has announced it has won the #1
position in overall digital transactions amongst large
banks for FY20-21. The bank showed the
exceptional growth of digital payment transactions
achievement and was felicitated by the Ministry of
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Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY),
Govt. of India at the Digital Payments Utsav.
 To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the
Independence of India, MeitY is celebrating
―Digital Payments Utsav‖. As a part of the
celebration, the Bank of Baroda has been conferred
with 5 DigiDhan awards for FY 2019-20 & 2020-21
in various categories. BoB has been conferred with
five DigiDhan awards for FY 2019-20 & 2020-21 in
various categories.
CSB Bank has been empanelled as Agency Bank by
RBI
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the
empanelment of CSB Bank, a private sector lender
as an ‗Agency Bank‘. Through this appointment, the
CSB Bank will undertake the general banking
business of the central and state governments under
the guidelines set by the RBI.
 As an Agency bank, CSB Bank will work with
different state governments and central government
departments for businesses such as tax collections,
pension payments, collection of stamp duty, etc.
Central Bank of India signed a co-lending agreement
with U GRO Capital
 Central Bank of India and U GRO Capital has
signed a co-lending agreement and plans to disburse
up to Rs 1,000 crore to medium, small and micro
enterprises (MSMEs) over the next 12 months.
 The disbursement will be to U GRO Capital‘s varied
MSME segments under its programs – Pratham,
Sanjeevani, Saathi, GRO MSME and machinery
financing.
 Central Bank of India will provide co-lending
support through the GRO-Xstream platform with the
loans originated by U GRO Capital‘s distribution
network.
BOB Financial and Indian Navy unveil co-branded
credit card
BOB Financial Solutions Ltd. (BFSL), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB) and the Indian Navy
have introduced a co-branded credit card for the
personnel of the Indian Navy. The card will be equipped
with contactless features and offered on the RuPay
platform.
Federal Bank & Vayana Network won the ‗Most
Effective Bank-Fintech Partnership‘ award
Vayana Network, one of India‘s largest trade finance
platforms, and Federal Bank, a leading Private Sector
Bank have been awarded the ‗Most Effective Bank-
Fintech Partnership: Agile and Adaptable‘ at the IBSi-
Global Fintech Innovation Awards 2021.
IndusInd Bank launched ‗green fixed deposits‘
IndusInd Bank has announced the launch of ‗green fixed
deposits‘, whereby the deposit proceeds will be used to
finance projects and firms supporting the UN‘s
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Axis Bank is 2nd largest in PoS machines
Axis Bank has become the second-largest merchant-
acquiring bank in the country, leapfrogging two spaces
during 2021 by installing over two lakh card-swipe
machines during the year.
This is part of the bank‘s ‗Axis One‘ strategy where it
approaches the customers by offering its entire gamut of
products instead of a standalone service. Axis Bank‘s
strategy to increase the number of merchants is to offer
the latest in technology to them and address pain points.
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FINANCIAL AND
BUSINESS NEWS
SEBI launches ‗Saathi‘ Mobile App for Investor
Education & Awareness
 The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
launched a mobile app ―Saathi‖ based on investor
education in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 It will provide knowledge about KYC (Know Your
Customer) process, trading and settlement, mutual
funds (MF), market developments, investor
grievances redressal mechanism, etc.
Flipkart Launches 2 New Programmes: Flipkart Leap
Ahead & Flipkart Leap Innovation Network
 On the occasion of the National Startup Day
2022(January 16), Flipkart, an online retail
company, announced the evolution of Flipkart Leap,
Flipkart‘s flagship startup accelerator programme, to
identify wider and relevant market opportunities for
its selected startups.
 The Flipkart Leap has evolved into 2 new
programmes: Flipkart Leap Ahead(FLA) and
Flipkart Leap Innovation Network(FLIN).
Sebi proposes to tighten timeline for filing settlement
applications
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
amended the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations,
2018, called the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and has reduced the
timeline for filing settlement applications to just 60 days
from the current 180 days to make the system more
efficient.
TCS becomes new Title Sponsor & Technology
Partner of ‗Toronto Waterfront Marathon‘
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) signed a
partnership agreement with Canada Running Series to
become the new title sponsor & official technology
consulting partner of Toronto Waterfront Marathon and
Virtual Race through November 2026.
NBFC Shrinithi Capital Raises Rs 300 Crores Co-
Lending Facility
 Shrinithi Capital Private (Pvt) Limited (Ltd), a Non-
Banking Financial Company (NBFC) which
primarily focuses on commercial vehicle & two-
wheeler loans, tied-up with IndoStar Capital
Finance Ltd to focus on co-lending facilities.
 Shrinithi Capital Pvt Ltd has raised Rs. 300 crore as
co- lending facility from IndoStar Capital Finance
Ltd.
Reliance Jio Introduces UPI Autopay in
Collaboration with NPCI
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and
Reliance Jio collaborated to announce the
introduction of Unified Payment Interface (UPI)
Autopay for the telecom industry.
 Through this collaboration, Reliance Jio has become
the 1st telecom company to launch a UPI autopay
facility for both prepaid and postpaid subscribers.
Reliance Launches India Inc‘s Biggest Bond Sale
Abroad
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) launched its mega bond
sale as the company sought to raise $3-5 billion from
offshore investors. This will be the largest-ever bond sale
by an Indian company tapping overseas money and the
year's first fundraising from the country.
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NBBL Launches UPMS to Simplify Recurring Bill
Payments
NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL), the wholly-
owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI), launched a Unified Presentment
Management System (UPMS), which will enable users to
set up standing instructions on their recurring bill
payments across all modes of digital payments.
Apple Becomes First Company to Touch $3 Trillion
Market Cap
Apple Inc.‘s stock market value raised above USD 3
trillion and became the first company to achieve this
milestone.
Nippon India MF launches India‘s first Auto
Exchange Traded Fund
 Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited
(NAM India), the asset manager of Nippon India
Mutual Fund (NIMF) launched a New Fund Offer
(NFO) for Nippon India Nifty Auto Exchange
Traded Fund (ETF). It is India‘s First Auto sector
ETF.
 The scheme will provide exposure to top 15
companies of auto sectors such as automobiles 4
wheelers, automobiles 2 & 3 wheelers, auto
ancillaries, and tyres.
LIC, GIC, New India Assurance Continue to be
Identified as D-SIIs for 2021-22: IRDAI
 Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), General
Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) and New
India Assurance continued to be identified by
Insurance Regulator and Development Authority of
India (IRDAI) as Domestic Systemically Important
Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2021-22.
 About D-SIIs:It refers to insurers of large size,
market importance and domestic and global inter-
connectedness whose distress or failure would cause
significant dislocation in the domestic financial
system.
 Thus the continued functioning of D-SIIs is critical
for the uninterrupted availability of insurance
services to the national economy.
LIC Inaugurated ―Digi Zone‖ To Enhance its Digital
Footprint
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has
inaugurated ―Digi Zone‖, at Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai, Maharashtra, as part of its effort to enhance its
digital footprint. LIC‘s Digi Zone can be used by the
customers to purchase policies online, pay the premium
and avail of other services.
Govt Approved 19th Tranche of Electoral Bonds
 Ahead of assembly elections in five states such as
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh and Goa, the government has approved the
issuance of the 19th tranche of electoral bonds,
which will be open for sale from January 1 to 10,
2022.
 In the 19th tranche of sale, the State Bank of India
(SBI), has been authorised to issue and encash
electoral bonds through its 29 specialised branches.
 Electoral Bonds are the alternative financial
instruments that could be used for making donations
to political parties, it was formed as part of efforts to
bring transparency in political funding.These bonds
will be issued in multiples of Rs 1,000, Rs 10,000,
Rs 100,000 , 10,00,000 and Rs 1 crore (the range of
a bond is between Rs 1,000 to Rs 1 crore).
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 Electoral Bonds can be purchased by a person who
is a citizen of India or entities incorporated or
established in India.
 Any party registered under section 29A of the
Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951 and has
secured at least 1 percent of the votes polled in
recent General/Assembly elections (i.e. election of
Lok Sabha or legislative assembly) are eligible to
receive electoral bonds.
 There is no limit on the number of bonds an
individual or company can purchase.
MERGER, TIE UP
ACQUISITION
RIL Picks 54% stake in robotics startup Addverb
Technologies for $132 million
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited(RRVL), the retail unit
of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has acquired a 54%
stake (majority stake) in Addverb Technologies Private
Limited, a Noida based robotics startup, for USD 132
million (Rs 983 crore).
MobiKwik & Bharat BillPay launch ClickPay
Services for Bill Payments
 MobiKwik, a mobile wallet Fintech company,
partnered with NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL) to
launch ‗ClickPay‘ service to its customers. With
this, the customers of MobiKwik can pay recurring
online bills, such as mobile, gas, water, electricity,
DTH, insurance and loan EMIs using their mobile
phone.
 ClickPay is a two-factor authentication payment
feature wherein the billers generate a unique
payment link within the bill-pay message and allow
customers to make payments directly on the
payment page.
ICICI Prudential AMC collaborates with First Trust
Advisors to launch Global FoF
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC)
signed an agreement with First Trust Advisors, an US-
based company to launch a global Fund of Funds (FoF).
Indifi, GPay tie-up to offer Instant Digital Credit to
Small Merchants
Indifi Technologies has joined hands with Alphabet‘s
UPI (Unified Payments Interface)-based payment app,
Google Pay (GPay), to offer instant loans to eligible
small merchants on the GPay platform.The loans will be
in the range of Rs 2.5 to Rs 3 lakh.
Snapdeal, BOB Financial & NPCI Launches
Contactless RuPay Credit Card
E-commerce platform Snapdeal has partnered with Bank
of Baroda (BOB) Financial Solutions Limited, a
subsidiary of BoB, and National Payments Corporation
of India (NPCI) to launch a co-branded contactless
RuPay credit card.
Marwadi Financial Services partnered with NSDL
Payments Bank to offer 3-in-1 Savings Account to
Customers
 Marwadi Financial Services has joined hands with
NSDL Payments Bank to offer 3-in-1 savings bank
account with features of savings, demat
(Dematerialised Account) and trading accounts to
boost its customer experience. This partnership will
also allow NSDL Payments Bank to access
Marwadi‘s clients and expand its customer base.
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 NSDL Payments Bank is a subsidiary of NSDL
(National Securities Depository Limited), the first
and the largest depository in India.
 Marwadi Financial Services is a Rajkot, Gujarat
based financial service group dealing in
equities/commodities/currencies broking and
portfolio management services.
LazyPay Partners with SBM Bank India to Launch
LazyCard for Easy Credit
LazyPay, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solution by
PayU Finance, announced its partnership with SBM
Bank India to launch LazyCard, a prepaid payment
instrument backed by a credit line that works on the Visa
payment network.
RBL Bank Collaborates with Google for Improving
Customer Experience
RBL Bank and Google announced a strategic
collaboration to improve the bank‘s customer experience
strategy through the digital platform, Abacus 2.0.This
collaboration will enable better customer data
management and analytics.
Edelweiss group & Indian Bank Signs Co-lending
Agreement to Priority Sectors
The Edelweiss Financial Services and ECL Finance
signed a co-lending agreement with Indian Bank to
expand services under priority sector lending (PSL).
Sova Capital Collaborates with India INX for
Accessing Russian market
India International Exchange (IFSC) Limited (India INX)
signed an agreement with Sova Capital, an International
Clearing Member of Moscow Exchange (MOEX),
through its wholly owned subsidiary India INX Global
Access IFSC, to allow Indian clients to access the
Russian market.
NTPC Limited to Acquire 5% Equity Stake in PXIL
 NTPC Limited (formerly known as National
Thermal Power Corporation Limited,) is set to
acquire up to 5% of the equity stake in Power
Exchange India Limited (PXIL).PXIL is India‘s first
institutionally promoted power exchange, that
provides electricity trading solutions and connects
buyers as well as sellers.
 Reliance Retail Picked up a 25.8% Stake in Dunzo
for USD 200 Million
 Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a
subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited(RIL) has
purchased a 25.8% stake in Bengaluru-based startup
Dunzo (Dunzo Digital Private Limited), an Indian
company, with an investment of USD 200 Million
(Rs 1489 crore).
Tech Mahindra acquires 100% stake in Allyis India
& Green Investments LLC
Tech Mahindra announced that its subsidiary, Tech
Mahindra (Americas) Inc. is set to acquire 100 % equity
shares in Allyis India Private Ltd and Green Investments
LLC, a holding company for United States (US) based
Allyis Group.
CCI Approves Acquisition of 96.42% Stake In JPL
By Worldone Private Limited
 The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has
approved the acquisition of a 96.42% stake in Jindal
Power Limited(JPL), a subsidiary of Jindal Steel &
Power Limited(JSPL), by Worldone Private
Limited.
 Worldone Private Ltd is a private company owned
by the Promoter Group of JSPL, managing and
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holding investments across various listed and
unlisted companies
Reliance New Energy Solar Acquires 100% Stake in
Faradion
Reliance New Energy Solar Limited (RNESL), a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has signed a
definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent shareholding
in Faradion Ltd.
IOCL acquired 4.93% stake in Indian Gas Exchange
 Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has
announced that it has acquired a 4.93 per cent equity
share in Indian Gas Exchange Limited – the
country‘s first automated national level gas
exchange.
 The Board of Indian Oil at its meeting held on 20
December 2021 has accorded approval for the
acquisition of 36,93,750 equity shares of the face
value of Rs. 10/- each equivalent to 4.93 per cent of
the share capital in Indian Gas Exchange Limited
(IGX).
Wipro to acquire Edgile in USD 230-million deal
Wipro has signed an agreement to acquire Edgile, a
transformational cyber security consulting provider, for
$230 million.
Mastercard and Google Pay tie-up for tokenisation
for card-based payments
 Mastercard and Google announced a tokenization
method that enables Google Pay users to safely
transact using their Mastercard credit cards and
debit cards.
 With this collaboration, Google Pay Android users
can scan and pay across all Bharat QR-enabled
merchants, tap-and-pay, and make in-app
transactions through their Mastercard debit and
credit card.
Paytm Payments Bank tie-up with MoneyGram to
enable international fund transfer
 Paytm Payments Bank has partnered with
MoneyGram, a peer-to-peer remittance company to
enable international fund transfer directly to Paytm
Wallet.
 Under the Partnership, MoneyGram users abroad
can now transfer money to any full Know Your
Customer (KYC)-compliant Paytm wallet.
Paisabazaar.com and Axis Bank Launches Pre-
Qualified Program for Personal Loans
Paisabazaar.com, the digital marketplace for consumer
credit partnered with Axis Bank to launch a pre-qualified
program for unsecured loans on its platform.
Indipaisa tie-up with NSDL Payments Bank to launch
a new Fintech platform
Indipaisa has signed a partnership agreement with NSDL
Payments Bank to launch Financial Technology (Fintech)
solutions targeting India‘s 63 million Small & Mid-sized
Enterprise (SME) sector.
To empower SME owners & operators to provide
facilities and services that help them grow businesses,
comply with government tax laws and build a sustainable
future.
HDFC Bank tie-up with IPPB to offer banking
services in rural areas
HDFC Bank has signed an MoU with India Post
Payments Bank (IPPB) to offer banking services to over
4.7 crore customers of IPPB in semi-urban and rural
areas. Under the MoU, out of 4.7 crores, customers
around 90 per cent reside in rural areas.
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The HDFC bank aims to boost its financial inclusion
drive by leveraging IPPB‘s network of 650 branches and
over 136,000 banking access points.
HDFC Life signed bancassurance partnership with
South Indian Bank
HDFC Life signed a bancassurance (Bank-Insurance)
agreement with South Indian Bank to enable customers
of the South Indian Bank to avail HDFC Life‘s life
insurance products and services to the customers of
South Indian Bank.
IndusInd Bank and NPCI tie-up to offer cross-border
payments through UPI
IndusInd Bank has partnered with the National Payments
Corporation to offer real-time cross-border remittances to
India using UPI IDs, for its Money Transfer Operator
(MTO) partners. It is the first Indian bank to go live on
UPI for cross-border payments/NRI remittances.
FUND ALLOCATION
SIDBI sanctions financial assistance of Rs.650 crore
to AUSFB and JSFB
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
sanctioned financial assistance of around ₹ 650 crore to
AU Small Finance Bank (AUSFB) and Jana Small
Finance Bank (JSFB). The Small Finance Banks will use
this assistance to support small-sized non-banking
financial companies (NBFCs) and micro finance
institutions (MFIs) and micro entrepreneurs.
RBI grants over $900 mn loan to Sri Lanka to tackle
Forex Crisis
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended over
US$ 900 million loan facilities to Sri Lanka,
comprising Asian Clearing Union (ACU) settlement
of over USD 500 million and currency Swap of
USD 400 million.
 This funding will aid Sri Lanka to overcome forex
crisis and shortage of almost all essential
commodities due to a shortage of dollars to pay for
the imports.
RATTING
UN-DESA Report lowered Global Economic Growth
at 4% for 2022 & 3.5% for 2023
United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (UN DESA) released World Economic Situation
and Prospects (WESP) 2022 report was released which
has lowered the global economic growth projections to
4% in 2022 and 3.5% in 2023 due to new waves of
coronavirus infections, persistent labor market
challenges, lingering supply chain issues, and rising
inflationary pressures.
India to grow at 8.3% in 2021: World Bank Report
 The World Bank‘s (WB) Global Economic
Prospects Report was released stating a sharp
decline in global growth from 5.5% in 2021 to 4.1%
in 2022 and 3.2% in 2023.
 On the Indian front, its annual growth is projected at
8.3% in 2021, 8.7% in 2022, and 6.8% in 2023.
India‘s growth contracted 7.3% (-7.3%) in 2020.
Rating Agency
 Citibank :-9%
 India Ratings :-9.30%
 ICICI Bank :-9.60%
Committee
DoT sets up Six Task Forces to Explore 6G
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 The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of
the Ministry of Communication formed a task force
under the Technology Innovation Group (TIG) on
6G (6th Generation) technology to explore
technological innovations and various commercial
uses.
 Under the 6G TIG, the Six task forces will provide
research and development support in the form of
inputs.
 The task forces will target to contribute to the
International Mobile Telecommunications Standard
2030 (IMT) in the development of 6G.
• Task force on Multi-Platform for Next Generation
Networks – Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Director, Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT)-Chennai.
• Task force on Spectrum Policy – Abhay Karandikar,
Director, IIT-Kanpur.
• Task force on Multi-Disciplinary Innovative
Solutions and Devices – Bharadwaj Amrutur,
Director, Indian Institute of Science (Iisc)
Bangalore.
• Task force on Devices – Kiran Kumar Kuchi,
Director, IIT-Hyderabad.
• Task Force Group for Financing Research And
Development – Ashok Kumar Tiwari, Member
(Technology), Digital Communications Commission
(DCC)
• Task force on international standards – NG
Subramaniam, chairman of the Telecommunications
Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI).
COMMITTEE AND
IT'S HEAD
SEBI named Aarati Krishnan as a member of MF
advisory panel
 Aarati Krishnan, Editorial Consultant with
BusinessLine, has been inducted as a member of the
Securities & Exchange Board of India‘s Advisory
Committee on Mutual Funds.
 The committee, chaired by Usha Thorat, former
Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, advises
SEBI on matters related to mutual fund regulation to
ensure investor protection, development of the
industry and disclosure requirements.
 It suggests measures required to be taken to render
the legal framework for mutual funds transparent
and simple for investors and constituents.
MARCH – 2022
MoPNG has set up the Energy Transition Advisory
Committee(ETAC)
 The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Gas(MoPNG) has set up the Energy Transition
Advisory Committee(ETAC) headed by the former
petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor, who resigned
from the office, to draft the strategy.
 The Government of India has been planning to come
up with an energy transition roadmap for the oil and
gas sector to enhance India‘s efforts to achieve net-
zero emissions by 2070.
SEBI reconstituted Market Data Advisory Committee
Chaired by S Sahoo
 Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
reconstituted 20 members Market Data Advisory
Committee (MDAC) to recommend policy measures
in areas like securities market data access and
privacy.The MDAC will be chaired by S.Sahoo.
 S Sahoo is a Professor at National Law University,
Delhi & former chairperson, Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
Govt set up high-level committee to examine of lifting
Nagaland‘s AFSPA
The Government of India has decided to constitute a
‗five-member‘ committee to look into the demand for
withdrawal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
―AFSPA‖ in Nagaland.
The committee headed by Vivek Joshi, the Registrar
General and Census Commissioner of India, would
submit its recommendations within 45 days.
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STATE & UT IN NEWS

Odisha Partners with WFP to Improve Food Security, Kochi (Kerala) has become India‘s first city to have a
Farmers‘ Resilience Water Metro Project after the launch of its first boat in
The Government of Odisha and the United Nations(UN) December 2021, namely ‗Muziris,‘ among the 23
World Food Programme(WFP) have partnered to battery-powered electric boats being manufactured by
improve the food security of small and marginal farmers Cochin Shipyard Limited. This project is operated by
of India by enhancing their resilience to climate change. Kochi Water Metro Ltd (KWML) while it‘s boats are
Kumbalangi Village of Kerala Became India‘s 1st called Water Metros.
Sanitary Napkin-free Village Govt of J&K signs MoU with Century Financial to
 Arif Mohammad Khan, Governor of Kerala, receive USD 100 million Investment
declared Kumbalangi village (India‘s first eco- The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government signed a
friendly tourist village) in the Ernakulam district of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai
Kerala as the first-ever sanitary napkin-free village based Century Financial, which will invest USD 100
in India. million in J&K.
 Under the Avalkayi (for her) NHM launches project ‗Niramay‘ in Assam
initiative led by Hibi Eden,  National Health Mission (NHM), Assam in
Member of Parliament(MP) collaboration with Piramal Swasthya, a non-profit
(Ernakulam), around 5,000 organisation, and Cisco launched pilot project
menstrual cups have been ‗Niramay‘ to digitise the public healthcare delivery
distributed to women aged 18 and in Assam.
above, and volunteers will train  This
the women on how to use the initiative is
menstrual cup and the based on
advantages of using it. Piramal
India‘s first Coal-to- Swasthya‘s
Methanol plant indigenous built-in
launched at BHEL, well being expertise
Hyderabad platform ‗Accessible
The Union Minister for Medical Records
the Ministry of Heavy through Integrated
Industries, Mahendra Nath Technologies‘ (AMRIT).
Pandey dedicated India‘s first Dr Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India‘s
‗Coal to Methanol‘ (CTM) pilot First ‗Open Rock Museum‘ at Hyderabad
plant in the Hyderabad unit of  Union Minister of State
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Independent Charge) Science
(BHEL).It is the first-of-its-kind & Technology Dr
technology demonstration in India, Jitendra Singh
which converts high-ash contain Indian inaugurated India‘s
coal to methanol through the first & unique
gasification route. ‗Open Rock
KVIC launches India‘s 1st Museum‘ at the
Mobile Honey Processing Van campus of Council
in Ghaziabad of Scientific &
Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman of Industrial Research
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), has – National
launched India‘s first Mobile Honey Processing Van at Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI),
Sirora village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. This mobile Hyderabad, Telangana & later addressed the
honey processing unit can process up to 300 KG of Hyderabad Scientists at CSIR-NGRI.
honey in 8 hours.  The Open Rock Museum displays around 35
Indian Railways renames ‗Kevadiya Station‘ as ‗Ekta different types of rocks from different parts of India
Nagar Railway Station‘ with ages ranging from 3.3 Billion years to around
 The Ministry of Railways approved the renaming of 55 Million years of the Earth‘s history.
the Kevadiya railway station under the Vadodara Sikkim Celebrated Losoong/Namsoong Festival
division of Narmada district (Gujarat) as the Ekta Losoong (Namsoong) is annually celebrated across the
Nagar railway station. Indian State of Sikkim on the 18th day of the 10th month
 The new station code of Ekta Nagar railway station of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar, which also marks the
will use the station code EKNR and the numerical beginning of the harvest season.
code of the station will be 08224620. Odisha govt, GAIL India sign MoU for Clean Energy
Kochi becomes India‘s First City with Water Metro Projects in Odisha
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 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was
inked between the Industrial Promotion and
Investment Corporation of Odisha (IPICOL) and
GAIL India (Formerly known as Gas Authority Of
India Ltd) in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) for the
production of eco-friendly fuels in Odisha.
 Both entities will cooperate in the areas of green
hydrogen, green ammonia and renewable energy
(solar/wind).
 NHPC, GEDCOL to form JV for setting up 500-
MW floating Solar Power Projects NHPC (erstwhile
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) Limited
has signed a promoters agreement with Green
Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Ltd
(GEDCOL) to form a JV for setting up a 500-
megawatt (MW) floating solar power projects in
Odisha.
 In this, NHPC will hold a 74% stake, while
GEDCOL holds 26%.
Himachal Pradesh(HP) launched the UNNATI portal
& Mobile app of HPSIDC
 Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister(CM) of Himachal
Pradesh(HP) has launched the UNNATI portal and
the mobile application(app) of the Himachal
Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation
Limited (HPSIDC). He also launched the website of
the HPSIDC.
 The UNNATI portal will allow the user to work in
collaboration with others and focus on individual
projects.
 The HPSIDC website will ensure timely project
updates to the people at all levels and support them
to avoid missing deadlines and maintain the
workflows tools in one place.
J&K govt signs pact with LuLu Group to set up Food
Processing & Logistics hub in Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LuLu
Group International to establish the Food Processing and
Logistics hub in Srinagar (Summer Capital of J&K).
Ganjam Declared itself as Odisha‘s 1st Child
Marriage Free District
Ganjam district of Odisha has declared itself as the 1st
child marriage free district of Odisha. The declaration
has been made after collecting detailed information on all
weddings that took place in 2020 and 2021.
Himachal Pradesh becomes 1st LPG enabled &
smoke free Indian state
 Himachal Pradesh (HP) has become the first LPG
(Liquefied petroleum gas) enabled and smoke free
Indian state. This success is backed by the Central
Government‘s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
(PMUY) scheme and HP Government‘s Mukhya
Mantri Grihini Suvidha Yojana (GSY).
 While the PMUY scheme aims to get rid of the
diseases caused by smoke and freeing women of the
country from indoor pollution, the GSY objective is
to cover those families which are not covered under
PMUY.
Azure Power Commissions 600 MW SECI Project in
Rajasthan
 Azure Power Global, a leading independent
sustainable energy solutions provider in India,
commissioned a 600 Megawatts (MWs) Interstate
Transmission System (ISTS) connected solar project
MARCH – 2022
allocated by Solar Energy Corporation of India
(SECI) in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
 This is the largest solar power project in India,
owned and operated at a single location by any
developer.
PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of Major
Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, UP
 The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas
Modi laid the foundation stone of ~ Rs 700 Crore
Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut,
Uttar Pradesh (UP). It will be established at Salawa
and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut.
 The Governor of UP Anandiben Patel and its Chief
Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath were also present at
the event.
 Other welfare schemes in UP highlighted during the
event
 Under Svamitva (Survey of Villages Abadi and
Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village
Areas) scheme, an initiative of the Ministry of
Panchayati Raj, more than 23 lakh titles (Gharauni)
have been given in 75 districts.
 Farmers of the state have received crores of rupees
in their account under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
They have also benefited by the record payment to
the sugarcane farmers.
 Rs 12000 crore worth of ethanol have been
purchased from UP.
Ladakh Celebrates ‗Losar Festival‘ the traditional
new year of Tibetan Buddhist
 The Losar Festival in Ladakh is celebrated at the
onset of the New Year in the traditional schedule of
Tibetan Buddhism. It is celebrated by the Buddhist
Community in the Ladakh region.
 The Losar is a 15 days festival, from the start of the
Tibetan Lunar calendar, marking the 1st day of the
11 month in Tibetan Calendar.
 Losar is a Tibetan word which means ‗New Year‘.
 Ladakh is also known as ―the Land of Passes‟ (La-
passes, dakh-many).
Haryana launches new Integrated Command and
Control Center in Karnal
 Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar has
opened the new Integrated Command and Control
Center (ICCC) under the Karnal Smart City project.
 The new Command and Control Center will enable
the functioning of advanced systems such as
adaptive traffic control, automatic number plate
recognition, detection of red-light violation and
speed violation.
Nagaland creates 3 new districts Niuland, Tseminyu,
Chumukedima
Nagaland government has announced the creation of
three new districts, namely Tseminyu, Niuland and
Chumoukedima. This comes less than a year after the
12th district of the state—Noklak—was inaugurated.
GACL, GAIL team up to establish bioethanol plant in
Gujarat
 Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL)
and GAIL (India) Limited has signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting
up a bioethanol plant with a production capacity of
500-kilo litre per day (KLD) in Gujarat.
 This MoU was signed on the lines of the roadmap
launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
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for 20% Ethanol Blending in Petrol by 2025 in order
to reduce the import of crude oil.
UP govt to launched ‗Free Smartphone Yojna‘ on Dec
25
 The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh
is set to launch the ambitious ‗Free Smartphone
Yojana on December 25, which is the birth
anniversary of senior BJP leader and former Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
 Under the scheme, the state government will
distribute smartphones and tablets to final year
students of graduation and above. On December 25,
the chief minister will distribute 60,000
smartphones and 40,000 tablets to the youths. More
than 38 lakh youths have registered themselves on
the Digi Shakti Portal. Further registration is going
on.
Jharkhand Assembly passes Bill to prevent mob
violence, lynching
 Jharkhand Assembly has passed the Prevention of
Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021, which
aims at providing ―effective protection‖ of
constitutional rights and the prevention of mob
violence in the state.
 After including one amendment, the Bill was passed
and sent to the Governor for his assent. Once
notified, Jharkhand will become the fourth state to
bring in such a law after West Bengal, Rajasthan
and Manipur.
Odisha CM inaugurated Odisha‘s longest bridge ‗T-
Setu‘ in Cuttack
 Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has
inaugurated the state‘s longest bridge, ‗T-Setu‘,
built over the Mahanadi River in Cuttack District,
Odisha. The bridge in the shape of the English
alphabet ‗T‘ was constructed at a cost of Rs 111
crore.
 The 4-km-long bridge connecting Gopinathpur in
Badamba, Baideswar in Banki to Singhanath Pitha
in Cuttack, will cut the distance between Badamba
and Banki Baideshwar by almost 45 km.
Maharashtra launched Chalo mobile app & smart
card for bus travel
 Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister,
Aaditya Thackeray has launched the Chalo mobile
application (app) and Chalo smart cards to facilitate
digital and advance purchase of Brihanmumbai
Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus tickets.
 He also launched the NCMC compliant smart card
of BEST as well as new fare schemes for the
passengers, one that provided 10 trips at Rs 70 and
another called ‗Flexifare‘.
 Chalo mobile app will allow passengers to buy
online bus tickets and have access to bus passes
through an e-wallet. A contract worth Rs 85 crore
has been given for the maintenance of the Chalo
mobile application for six years.
Syntizen Partners with the Odisha Govt to Provide
Life Certificates to Pensioners
 Syntizen, a Digital Identity Solutions provider, has
partnered with the Odisha government to provide a
Video KYC solution in offering life certificates to 5
lakh pension seekers.
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 Odisha is the first State in India to implement a
digital process which includes Aadhaar Validation
for simplifying the process of obtaining a life
certificate.
World Sangeet Tansen festival organized in Madhya
Pradesh
In Madhya Pradesh, the 97th edition of the World
Sangeet Tansen festival started in Gwalior. A five-day
World Sangeet Tansen festival starts from December 25
to December 30 in the city.
Tamil Nadu Govt launched monitoring system ―CM
Dashboard Tamil Nadu 360‖
Tamil Nadu government has launched the Chief Minister
(CM) Dashboard monitoring system, ―CM Dashboard
Tamil Nadu 360‖ in Chennai. It will enable CM to track
all welfare schemes, including the status of their
implementation, fund allocation, and the number of
beneficiaries along with updates on the storage of water
in dams and rainfall patterns.
Jharkhand Govt Partners with ISB to Boost Forest
Economy
The Jharkhand Government partners with premier city-
based B-school, Indian School of Business (ISB) to
empower Jharkhand‘s forest economy.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of 4 hydropower
projects in Himachal Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid
the foundation of the hydropower projects worth Rs
11000 crore in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
He inaugurated the Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Power Project, a
111 MW Project which has been built at a cost of around
Rs 2,080 crore. He also laid the foundation stone of the
Renukaji Dam project which has been kept pending for
around 3 decades.
The 40 MW project will be built at a cost of around Rs
7,000 crore. Other Projects are: Luhri Stage 1 Hydro
Power Project and the Dhaulasidh Hydro Power Project,
the first hydropower project of the Hamirpur district.
Haryana CM launched ‗Haryana Kaushal Rozgar
Nigam‘ Web-portal
The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar has
launched the ‗Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam portal‘
and announced to set up the Atal Park & Smriti Kendra
in Gurugram, Haryana.
The CM also honoured 78 officers and employees for
delivering the best services in various fields. He also
launched a magazine ‗Vyavastha Parivartan Se Susashan‘
and the 2022 official calendar.
Karnataka govt partnered with NPCI & SBI to
implement ‗e-RUPI‘
Karnataka government has partnered with the National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) & State Bank of
India (SBI) to enable and implement the ‗e-RUPI‘
payment solution to students under its scholarship
programme.
Tamil Nadu CM launched ‗Meendum Manjappai‘
scheme
 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has
launched the ‗Meendum Manjappai‘ scheme to
promote the use of cloth bags by the public and
discourage the use of plastic bags.
 This awareness campaign on using ‗yellow‘ cloth
bag or ‗manjapai‘ as it is called in Tamil, is aimed at
encouraging the people to return to the use of this
eco-friendly bag and discard the plastic bags.
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India State of Forest Report 2021: Key takeaways
 Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav
released the India State of Forest Report (ISFR)
2021, the biennial report of the Forest Survey of
India (FSI) which showed that the forest and tree
cover in India has risen by 2,261 square Kilometers
(sq km) in 2 years (compared to 2019).
 The total rise of 2,261 square Kilometers (sq km)
includes an increase of 1,540 sq km of forest cover
and 721 sq km of tree cover compared to the 2019
report.
 Andhra Pradesh has grown the maximum forest
cover of 647 sq km.
 The total forest and tree cover of the country is 80.9
million hectares, which is 24.62% of the
geographical area of the country.
 We are entering the second phase of the national
mission for Green India, and the MOEF&CC has
taken several decisions for improving forest
conservation through peoples‘ participation. To
achieve India‘s aim of increasing the additional
carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes CO2
equivalent by 2030, the Nagar Van Yojana has been
introduced. This will help increase the tree cover
and has been dovetailed with the second phase of
Green India Mission in the next five years.
Key findings of ISFR 2021
 India has set a target of bringing 33% of its
geographical area under forest cover as envisaged in
the National Forest Policy, 1988. This was also one
of the key targets enlisted in the Strategy for New
India @ 75 document by NITI Aayog (2018).
 Area-wise, Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest
cover in the country followed by Arunachal
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra. The
top five states in terms of forest cover as a
percentage of total geographical area are Mizoram
(84.53%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.33%), Meghalaya
(76.00%), Manipur (74.34%) and Nagaland
(73.90%).
 Twelve states and union territories namely Manipur,
Nagaland, Tripura, Goa, Kerala, Sikkim,
Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
and Daman & Diu, Assam, Odisha, have forest
cover between 33% to 75%.
 ISFR 2021 has found that there is an increase of
1,540 square kilometres (0.22%) of forest cover and
721 sq km (0.76%) of tree cover compared to the
2019 report.
 The states with the highest increase in the forest
cover are Andhra Pradesh (647 sq km), Telangana
(632 sq km), Odisha (537 sq km), Karnataka (155 sq
km) and Jharkhand (110 sq km). The reason for the
increase in the forest cover in states like Andhra
Pradesh is plantation and agroforestry.
Decline in forest cover especially in the northeast
MARCH – 2022
 The northeast reported the biggest overall loss of
forest cover at 1,020 sq km. Though the area has
23.75% of total forest cover, states have lost their
cover - Mizoram (1.03%), Arunachal Pradesh
(0.39%), Manipur (1.48 %), Meghalaya (0.43%),
and Nagaland (1.88%). This decline caused by
natural calamities, shifting agriculture and
deforestation will affect the region‘s water resources
and will have an increased effect on landslides, as
per the report. The loss of India‘s dense and
moderately dense forest is a matter of concern,
because the recent amendments to the Forest Act,
1980 are likely to further make the diversion of
forest land for non-forest use easier.
Increase in forest fires
 As per the ISFR 2021, India reported a total of
3,45,989 forest fires from November 2020 to June
2021. This is the highest recorded in the country for
this period so far. Around 2,58,480 forest fires were
reported during the same time in 2018-19 (Rajya
Sabha query response, December 16, 2021)
indicating a sharp rise.
 Odisha reported the maximum number of fires
among all states (51,968), followed by Madhya
Pradesh (47,795) and Chhattisgarh (38,106).
Uttarakhand recorded the sixth-highest fire counts in
the country; incidences were up 28.3 times this
forest fire season compared to last. Among districts,
the maximum number of such incidents were
observed in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra at 10,577,
followed by Kandhamal in Odisha at 6,156 and
Bijapur in Chhattisgarh at 5,499 incidents.
Other findings
 Forest cover in the hill districts of the country stands
at 40.17% of the total geographical area of these
districts. This has shown a decline of 0.32% in the
current assessment. While in the 2019 report, the
forest cover in the hill regions had an increase of
544 sq km, the 2021 report shows a decrease of 902
sq km.
 The total forest cover in the tribal districts which
stood at 37.53% of the geographical area of the
districts shows a decrease of 655 sq km inside the
RFA/GW and an increase of 600 sq km outside.
 Total carbon stock in the country‘s forest is
estimated to be 7,204 million tonnes and there is an
increase of 79.4 million tonnes in the carbon stock
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of the country as compared to the last assessment of
2019. The annual increase in carbon stock is 39.7
million tonnes. Soil organic carbon represents the
largest pool of carbon stock in forests, which has
been estimated at 4010.2 million tonnes. The soil
organic carbon contributes 56% to the total forest
carbon stock of the country.
MeitY initiated ‗Digital Government Mission‘ to
speed up Citizen Services Delivery
As a next phase of e-governance, the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
initiated a new project namely ‗Digital Government
Mission‘ to speed up citizen services delivery through the
help of advanced technologies such as Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).
MSDE signs MoU with IGNOU to link Vocational
Education & Training with Higher Education
 The Ministry of Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship (MSDE) signed a 10-year long
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indira
Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) to further
strengthen the vocational and technical training
framework.
 This MoU is on the lines of Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) 4.4 i.e. Increase the
number of people with relevant skills for financial
success; and the National Education Policy (NEP)
2020 for increasing Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)
in higher education including vocational education
to 50 % by 2035.
IMD launches four new weather radars and multiple
other initiatives to improve forecasting on IMD
Foundation Day
 India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry
of earth Sciences celebrated its 147th Foundation
Day on 14th January 2022.
 On the foundation day, the Minister of state
(Independent Charge) Ministry of Science &
Technology & Earth Sciences, Jitendra Singh,
launched India‘s 1st Climate Hazard &
Vulnerability Atlas based on the 13 most hazardous
meteorological events, which cause extensive
damages and economic, human and animal losses.
 4 new Doppler weather radars (DWR) were
inaugurated by Jitendra Singh, to further improve
the weather forecast system.The 4 DWRs include C-
band Polarimetric Doppler at Veravali (Mumbai),
X-band Polarimetric DWRs at Ayanagar (Delhi),
Pallikarnai (Chennai) and Leh(Union Territory of
Ladakh) (installed at the highest altitude in India).
 With the launch of 4 new DWR, the number of such
radars in the country reached 33.
 To improve the data reception and dissemination of
weather forecasts, IMD has launched the Crowd
source mobile App ‗Public Observation‘.Using the
app, the user could report weather observations
along with their state, district, location and time of
the events.
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Madhavbaug's Power
MAP, India's first intelligent chronic disease patients
habit tracking system
 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways (MoRTH) inaugurated
Madhavbaug‘s (Vaidya Sane Ayurved Labs Ltd),
Power MAP, during a virtual ceremony. It is India‘s
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first Intelligent Chronic Disease Patients Habit
Tracking System.
 It is a cost effective medical analytics application
for doctors which provides patient‘s clinical
parameters to reverse their chronic diseases
effectively. It integrates various medical services
like pathology labs, dietitians, exercise experts,
stress counsellors and other specialized consultants
through mibPULSE, an all-in-1 health monitoring
app built for patients.
DPIIT Organized the 1st-ever Startup India
Innovation Week from January 10 to 16
 The Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT) has virtually organised the
1st-ever ‗Startup India Innovation Week‘ from 10th
-16th of January 2022, to commemorate the 75th
year of India‘s independence ‗Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav‘ and showcase the spread and depth of
entrepreneurship across India.
 Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush
Goyal launched the ―Startup India Innovation
Week‖.
Defence Ministry Launches Raksha Pension Shikayat
Nivaran Portal
On the Occasion of the 6th Armed Forces Veterans Day,
14th January 2022, Defence Ministry has launched an
online portal – Raksha Pension Shikayat Nivaran Portal
(Raksha प�शन) – to resolve pension-related grievances
of ex-servicemen (ESM) and their dependents. The portal
will help existing and future military pensioners and
enable the ESM to file grievances directly with the
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW).
Indian Railways launched ‗Operation Mission
Amanat‘ for Passengers
The Indian Railways launched a new ‗Operation Mission
Amanat‘ initiative to track lost luggage of the
passengers.The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of
Western Railway will help in getting back the lost
luggage. It will ensure more safety and security of
luggage and belongings of the passengers.
PM Narendra Modi Virtually Inaugurates MSME
Technology Centre and Perunthalaivar Kamarajar
Manimandapam Open-Air Auditorium in
Puducherry
 On the occasion of the National Youth Day 2022,
the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated
an ‗MSME Technology Centre‘, which will function
under the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises (MSME), in Puducherry.
 He also inaugurated the ‗Perunthalaivar Kamarajar
Manimandapam‘, a modern auditorium with an
open-air theatre in Puducherry.
Jitendra Singh launched AI-driven Start-Up for
Water Purification by IIT alumni
 Union Minister of State (I/C) Science & Technology
Dr Jitendra Singh has launched Artificial
Intelligence (AI) driven Start-Up by Indian Institute
Technology (IIT) alumni for water purification
through innovative technology with financial
support from Technology Development Board
(TDB). The facility aims to provide clean drinking
water at a price much lesser than the market price.
 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also
signed between TDB, a statutory body of the
Department of S&T and Swajal Water Private
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Limited. The Gurugram based company‘s patented
system, ‗Clairvoyant‘ uses artificial intelligence to
optimise purification systems and predict future
breakdowns.
SJVN Got Category I Licence for Inter State Power
Trading
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) got the Category I
licence for inter-state trading in electricity in India,
which was granted by the Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission (CERC). SJVN has a portfolio of more than
16,000 megawatt (MW), out of which 2,016.5 MW is
under operation.
Cabinet approves Intra-State Transmission System –
GEC Phase-II worth Rs 12,031.33cr in 7 states
 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
chaired by the PM approved the scheme on Green
Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-II for Intra-State
Transmission System (InSTS).
 This approval will add approximately 10,750 circuit
kilometres (ckm) of transmission lines and approx.
27,500 MegaVolt-Amperes (MVA) transformation
capacity of substations.
 The scheme will facilitate grid integration and
power evacuation of approximately 20 GW of RE
power projects in seven States.
 Our Central Government is launching various
projects to achieve the set target of 450 GW (Giga
Watt) installed Renewable Energy (RE) capacity by
2030.
 States covered: Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar
Pradesh (UP)
 Outlay: Rs. 12,031.33 crore and Central Financial
Assistance (CFA) of 33% of the project cost i.e. Rs.
3970.34 crore.
 Completion Period: Five year from Financial Year
2021-22 to 2025-26.
MoFPI Launches Six Food products of ODOP Brands
 Union Minister for Ministry of Food Processing
Industries (MoFPI) Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras and
Minister of State, MoFPI Shri Prahlad Singh Patel
and senior officials of NAFED launched six food
products of One District One Product (ODOP)
brands under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of
Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME)
Scheme at Panchsheel Bhawan, New Delhi.
 The six food brands are Amrit Phal, Cori Gold,
Kashmiri Mantra, Madhu Mantra, Somdana, and
Whole Wheat Cookies of Dilli Bakes.
 About PMFME Scheme: Aim – To provide support
to Farmer Producer Organisation, Self-help Groups
and Producers Cooperatives and to enhance the
competitiveness of existing individual micro-
enterprises in the unorganized segment of the food
processing industry.
 It is a Centrally sponsored scheme with an outlay of
Rs. 10,000 crore that will be implemented over a
period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
 The expenditure under the scheme would be shared
in 60:40 ratio between Central and State
Governments; 90:10 ratio with North Eastern and
Himalayan States; 60:40 ratio with Union
Territories (UTs) with legislature and 100% for
other UTs.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and National
Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) launched ‗Smart
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cities and Academia Towards Action & Research
(SAAR)‘
 As part of the nationwide Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
(AKAM) celebrations, the Smart Cities Mission
(SCM), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA), National Institute of Urban Affairs
(NIUA) and 15 leading Indian academic institutions
has launched a ‗Smart cities and Academia Towards
Action & Research (SAAR)‘ programme.
 Firstly, there will be preparation of a compendium
of 75 landmark urban projects under SCM. These
will be innovative, multi-sectoral, and have been
implemented across geographies. The compendium
will act as a first point of reference for future
research, help disseminate learnings and best
practices from projects, and act as a repository for
Urban Projects.
 These 75 projects in the compendium cover 47
Smart Cities.
 The compendium will be launched in June 2022.
Ministry of Culture & CSC to undertake India‘s 1st-
ever Cultural Survey of Villages
Ministry of Culture has partnered with the Common
Services Centres (CSC), a Special Purpose Vehicle
(SPV) under the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) to
undertake India‘s first-ever cultural survey of its villages
titled ‗Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar‘ through a mobile
application.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a
100-day Reading Campaign ‗Padhe Bharat
 Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Education,
launched a 100-day reading campaign ―Padhe
Bharat‖ to encourage the reading habit among
students and to improve the learning levels of the
students with a focus on children studying in
Balvatika to Grade 8.
The 100 days (14 weeks) reading campaign will be
organised from January 2022 to April 2022.
 Padhe Bharat campaign is in line with the National
Education Policy(NEP) 2020 which promotes joyful
reading culture among students.
 International Mother Tongue Day which will be
celebrated on 21st February 2022 has also been
integrated into the campaign and the day will be
celebrated with the activity of ―Kahani Padho Apni
Bhasa Main‖ (Reading story in own language)
across India.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Announces 27
Border Infrastructure Projects
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh listed the
development of critical border infrastructure as a
key priority to boost India‘s overall defence and
security system.
 He announced 24 bridge projects and 3 road projects
implemented and managed by the Border Roads
Organisation (BRO) in four states and two union
territories.
 Out of the 24 bridges, nine are in Jammu and
Kashmir, five each in Ladakh and Himachal
Pradesh, three in Uttarakhand and one each in
Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. ii.Out of the 3 road
projects, two are in Ladakh and one is in West
Bengal.
 According to the Defence Ministry, the Chisum-
Demchok road at Umling La Pass with an altitude of
over 19,000 feet in Southern Ladakh and 140-foot
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double-lane modular bridge, built at the height of
11,000 feet at Flag hill in Sikkim‘s Doka la,holds
the Guinness Record of the world‘s highest
motorable road.
 The defence minister also announced the setting up
of ‗BRO Cafes‘ at 75 places for boosting tourism
and for helping armed forces personnel in border
areas.
NITI Aayog tie-up with UN WFP to diversify food
basket
NITI Aayog has signed a Statement of Intent with the
United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The
partnership focuses on mainstreaming millets and
supporting India in taking lead globally in knowledge
exchange using the opportunity of 2023 as an
International Year of Millets.
Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
launched the India Semiconductor Mission
 Information Technology Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw launched the India Semiconductor
Mission (ISM) to attract large investments for
setting up semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities
in India.
 The companies that are interested are invited by the
Centre for the development of the semiconductors
and display manufacturing ecosystem in India.
Docprime tech launched India‘s first ABDM
integrated Health Locker
Docprime tech has launched India‘s first health locker
integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
(ABDM). ABDM was launched in August 2020 for
developing an integrated digital health infrastructure in
the country.ABDM integrated Health Locker will
provide users a digital and self-consented health data
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
USA‘s Shaylyn Ford wins Mrs World 2022
 Shaylyn Ford from the United States of
America (USA) was chosen as the winner
of Mrs World 2022. She became the 8th
American woman to win the title of Mrs.
World.
 Harnaaz Sandhu was named as the
2021‘s Miss Universe.
Global Unemployment to reach 207 million
in 2022
 The International Labour Organization
(ILO) released a report namely ‗World
Employment and Social Outlook
(WESO) Trends 2022‘ projecting global
unemployment at 207 million in 2022,
surpassing its 2019 level (186 million) by
21 million. This rise is due to slow
economic recovery and the spread of new
COVID-19 variants viz. Delta and
Omicron.
 The global unemployment rate is projected to reach
5.9% in 2022. This figure shows an improvement
from 6.2% in 2021 and 6.6% in 2020
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management system without any charges. It will store
and manage health records electronically.
National Dope Testing Laboratory regained WADA
accreditation
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has restored the
accreditation of the National Dope Testing Laboratory
(NDTL) in accordance with the International Standard
for Laboratories (ISL), which had been suspended since
August 2019.
With this, NDTL‘s Anti-Doping testing and activities
will be resumed with immediate effect. NDTL has also
been collaborating with other WADA accredited
laboratories for strengthening its research activities and
anti-doping efforts.
PM Modi inaugurated Bina (MP)-Panki (UP)
Multiproduct pipeline projecT
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the
356 Km long Bina Refinery (Madhya Pradesh)-
POL Terminal at Panki (Kanpur, UP) Multiproduct
pipeline project ( capacity of 45 million metric
tonnes per annum) with an outlay of Rs 1524 crore
(Rs. 1227 crores in UP and Rs. 297 crores in MP).
 The project has been completed and commissioned
one month ahead of the approved completion
schedule of December 2021 (3 years from PNGRB
authorisation) and within the approved cost.
 PM has also inaugurated the completed section of
the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and undertook a
metro ride from the IIT metro station to Geeta
Nagar. The entire length of the Metro Rail Project in
Kanpur is 32 Km and is being built at a cost of
around ₹ 11,000 crores. PM also attended the 54th
Convocation Ceremony of IIT (Indian Institute of
Technology) Kanpur.
Russia‘s first newly-built Tu-160M ‗White Swan‘
Strategic Bomber performs Debut Flight
Russia‘s first newly-built Tupolev Tu-160M strategic
missile-carrying bomber nicknamed ‗White Swan‘
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recently performed its debut flight from the aerodrome of
the Kazan Aviation Enterprise, a subsidiary of the
Tupolev Company (part of the United Aircraft
Corporation within Rostec).
Israel & US tested Arrow-3 Ballistic Missile System in
Israel
Israel & the United States (US) successfully conducted
the flight test of the Arrow-3 ballistic missile interceptor
outside the Earth‘s atmosphere.It was developed in a
joint project between Israel‘s Missile Defense
Organization and the American Missile Defense Agency.
Iran Launches Solid-fuel Satellite Carrier Rocket into
Space
 Iran‘s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched
its first solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket into space
that is made of a cost-efficient composite material
instead of metal.
 The recent launches coincide with talks in Vienna,
which was aimed at reviving Iran‘s nuclear
agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA) with Western powers.
China‘s Chang‘e 5 lunar probe finds 1st on-site
Evidence of Water on Moon‘s Surface
In accordance with the peer-reviewed journal Science
Advances, China‘s Chang‘e 5 lunar lander has found the
first-ever on-site evidence of water in rocks and soil of
the surface of the moon.
Japan & Australia Signed Defence Agreement to
counter China
 Japan and Australia signed a ‗landmark‘ defence
treaty named the Reciprocal Access Agreement
(RAA) to counter China‘s expansionary military and
economic policies.
 Japan and Australia signed a ‗landmark‘ defence
treaty named the Reciprocal Access Agreement
(RAA) to counter China‘s expansionary military and
economic policies.
Chinese 'artificial sun' sets new world record
 The experimental advanced superconducting
tokamak (EAST), which is known as the Chinese
‗Artificial Sun‘ has achieved a continuous high-
temperature plasma operation for 1056 seconds at a
stunning 70 million degrees Celsius. This sets a new
world record for the longest time of operation of its
kind in the world.
 The EAST is located at the Institute of Plasma
Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
(ASIPP) in Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
New Coronavirus Variant Named IHU, Discovered in
France
The Scientists of France have discovered a new variant
of the Coronavirus, named IHU – B.1.640.2 variant. The
new variant named IHU was discovered by the
academics at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection,
Marseille, France.
Shanghai Opened 2 Driverless Metro Lines; Becomes
Longest Metro Line in the World
MARCH – 2022
 Shanghai, the biggest city in China, has opened 2
new driverless metro lines (Line 14 and Phase One
of Line 18) and retained its titles as the World‘s
longest Metro line. With the inclusion of the 2 new
driverless lines, the total length of Shanghai‘s metro
network is extended to 831 km.
 The 2 new fully driverless metro lines take the total
number of automatic lines in Shanghai to 5.
 Shanghai is followed by Beijing(China) and
Delhi(India) in the 2nd and 3rd spot on the list of
cities with the largest metro network.
Japan introduced the world‘s 1st Dual-Mode Vehicle
Japan has introduced a minibus lookalike world‘s first
dual-mode vehicle (DMV) in its town of Kaiyo. The
vehicle can run on normal rubber tyres on the road but its
steel wheels, which are in its underbelly, descend when it
hits the rail tracks.
The DMV can carry up to 21 passengers and runs at a
speed of 60km/h on rail tracks and can go as fast as
around 100km/h on public roads.
China launches new camera satellite with 5m
resolution
China has launched a new satellite with a camera capable
of taking photos of the ground with a resolution of five
meters, according to the National Space Administration
of China (CNSA).
The satellite, called ―Ziyuan-1 02E‖ or ―Five Meter 02
Optical Satellite‖. Beijing time by a Long March-4C
rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in
Beijing Province. Shanxi (northern China).
Russia‘s 1st versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker to
boost India‘s Arctic Plans
Russia has launched its first in the series Project 22220
versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker known as ‗Sibir‘.
This icebreaker will support the growing fleet of
icebreakers to keep the Northern Sea Route open for
year-round shipping through the Arctic and enable a
wider presence of India in the arctic region.
Houston COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax gets DCGI
approval for use in India
 The Texas Children‘s Hospital (TCH) and Baylor
College of Medicine (BCM) announced that
Corbevax, a protein subunit Covid vaccine, has
received approval from the Drugs Controller
General of India (DCGI) to launch it in India.
 The initial construct and production process of the
vaccine antigen was developed at TCH‘s Centre for
Vaccine Development.
Egypt became fourth new member of New
Development Bank
 Egypt added as the fourth new member of BRICS
New Development Bank. Bangladesh, UAE, and
Uruguay joined BRICS New Development Bank in
September 2021.BRICS New Development Bank is
a multilateral bank that was established by Brazil,
Russia, China, India, and South Africa to finance
sustainable development and infrastructure projects.
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INTERNATIONAL AND
NATIONAL SUMMIT
16th edition of India Digital Summit(IDS)
 Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce &
Industry, addressed the 16th edition of India Digital
Summit(IDS), 2022 through a video conference.
The 16th IDS organised by the Internet and Mobile
Association of India (IAMAI) was held from 11th to
12th January 2022 with the theme
―Supercharging Startups‖.
 He also unveiled ‗LEAP‘ (―Leverage,
Encourage, Access & Promote‖) as
the way forward for Startups.
9th Edition of North East Festival held
in Guwahati
The 9th edition of the North East Festival
was held in Guwahati, Assam from 7th to
9th January 2022. The 9th edition of the
North East Festival was inaugurated by
Jagdish Mukhi, Governor of Assam on 7th
January 2022.
Bhupender Yadav chaired 19th
Meeting of National Tiger Conservation
Authority
 The 19th Meeting of the National Tiger
Conservation Authority (NTCA) was held under the
chairmanship of the Union Minister for
Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender
Yadav.
 Currently, there are 51 Tiger Reserves in India and
more than 35 rivers originate from those areas
which are crucial for water security.
 As per the statement of the environment minister,
Tiger continues to be an endangered species and the
tiger population need to be managed actively.
 Highlights of Key Initiatives Launched
 The environment minister launched an action plan
for the reintroduction, protection and conservation
of 7 major big cats in India including the cheetah,
which has become extinct in independent India.
BILATRAL AND MOU
HAL & Mauritius Government Signed Contract to
Supply one ALH Mk-III
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a
contract with the Mauritius government to export one
Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk-III), for the
Mauritius police force.
India offers USD 500mn LOC to Sri Lanka for
Purchase of Petroleum Products
 Indian Government offered a USD 500 million Line
of Credit (LOC) to help Sri Lanka for purchase of
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 Under the action plan, 50 cheetah‘s will be
introduced in the next 5 years in various parks.
 Bhupender Yadav also released a Water Atlas,
mapping all the water bodies in the tiger bearing
areas of India.
 Bhupender Yadav announced that 14 Tiger reserves
across India have received accreditation of the
global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards
(CA|TS). NTCA is working on getting other Tiger
Reserves evaluated for CA|TS
Dr Jitendra Singh Launches Theme of National
Science Day 2022
 Minister of State (MoS) (Independent Charge) for
the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) Dr
Jitendra Singh launched the theme of National
Science Day 2022 in New Delhi raising public
appreciation of the scientific issues.
 The National Science Day (NSD) is observed every
year on 28th February to mark the discovery of the
Raman effect.
 Theme – ‗Integrated Approach in Science and
Technology (S&T) for Sustainable Future
petroleum products as it is struggling with fuel and
energy crisis.
 Recently, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also
extended over US$ 900 million loan to Sri Lanka
utilized that are being utilized by the latter to build
up its depleted foreign reserves and for food
imports.
 India is poised to extend $1.5 billion credit for food,
medicine imports to Sri Lanka.
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India-Japan undertakes Maritime Partnership
Exercise in Bay of Bengal
 A Maritime Partnership Exercise was held between
Indian Navy (IN) and Japan Maritime Self-Defence
Force (JMSDF) in the Bay of Bengal in a non-
contact mode amid COVID-19. The Indian side was
represented by Indian Naval Ships (INS) Shivalik
and INS Kadmatt while JMSDF Ships
Uraga and Hirado the participated from
Japanese side.
UK launches Free Trade Agreement
negotiations with India
The government of the United Kingdom
(UK) launched free trade agreement (FTA)
negotiations with India. This negotiation
was described as a ―golden opportunity‖ to
put British businesses at the ―front of the
queue‖ of the Indian economy.
POWERGRID, Africa50 Signed Joint
Development Agreement to Develop
Africa‘s 1st PPP Transmission Project in
Kenya
 Power Grid Corporation of India
Limited (POWERGRID) has signed a
Joint Development Agreement with Africa50, the
pan-African infrastructure investment platform, to
continue to develop the Kenya Transmission Project
on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis (being
Africa‘s 1st PPP mode transmission project in
Kenya).
 Africa50 is an infrastructure investment platform
that contributes to Africa‘s economic growth.
Currently, it has 31 shareholders, comprising 28
African countries, the African Development Bank,
the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),
and Bank Al-Maghrib.
Adani Group & South Korea's POSCO Partners to
Explore Business in Steel & Renewable Energy
Adani Group has signed a non-binding Memorandum of
Understanding(MoU) with POSCO, a South Korean
steel-making company, to explore business cooperation
opportunities in sectors like Steel, Renewable energy and
others. The investment under the MoU is estimated to be
up to USD 5 billion(~Rs 37000 crore).
Nepal Power Exchange Signs Energy Trading
Agreement with India‘s Manikaran Power
 Nepal Power Exchange Ltd (NPEL) signed an
energy trading agreement with India‘s Manikaran
Power Ltd to sell electricity produced by the
domestic private sector to India through India‘s
Manikaran Power.
 This is the first agreement between the private
sectors of India and Nepal to facilitate power
trading.
 The agreement was signed between NPEL
Managing Director (MD) Ashish Garg and
Manikaran Power Ltd MD Navajeet Singh Kalsi in
the presence of Nepal‘s Energy Minister Pambha
Bhushal.
 About the Agreement: i.The agreement will allow
Nepal to sell 500 Megawatt (MW) of electricity to
India in the initial phase. ii.Under the agreement,
India‘s Manikaran Power will invest in 15 percent
of shares that belong to NPEL, which could be
equated to Rs 300 million.
MARCH – 2022
 Nepal aims at exporting its surplus electricity to
India by increasing its current electricity generation
capacity to around 200 MW.
Cabinet approves MoU between India and
Turkmenistan on Cooperation in Disaster
Management
The Union Cabinet approved the signing of
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India
and Turkmenistan on cooperation in disaster
management including preparedness, response and
capacity building.
Cabinet approves agreement between India and Spain
on Cooperation in Customs Matters
Cabinet approved the signing of the Agreement between
India and Spain on cooperation and mutual assistance in
Customs Matters.
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Nepal for
construction of bridge over Mahakali River
The Union Cabinet has approved a MoU between India
and Nepal for the construction of a bridge over Mahakali
River at Dharchula in India and Dharchula in Nepal.
Sri Lanka, India Inks Deal to Redevelop Strategic
Trincomalee Oil Tank Complex
Sri Lanka signed an agreement with India to jointly
redevelop the strategic World War II-era Trincomalee
Oil Tank Complex, commonly known as the Trinco Oil
Tank Farm in Srilanka‘s eastern port district of
Trincomalee for a lease period of 50 years.
GoI & German Bank signed Euro 442.26 mn loan for
Surat Metro Rail Project
 Government of India and the Germany
Development Bank- KfW (Kreditanstalt fur
Wiederaufbau) signed a 26 million euros loan for a
40.35 km Surat Metro Rail project in Gujarat. The
total cost of the project is Euro 1.50 billion, out of
which KfW is financing Euro 442.26 million.
 The project is co-financed by French Development
Agency, AFD (Agence Française de Développemet)
with Euro 250 million. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi had launched the Ahmedabad Metro Rail
Project Phase-II and the Surat Metro Rail Project in
January this year. The project is aimed at reducing
traffic congestion and long delays on major travel
corridors in Surat city and urban areas.
MoU
NIRDPR & NCGG Signed MoU to Promote Good
Governance Across All Programmes and Schemes
 The National Institute of Rural Development and
Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad has signed a
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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG),
New Delhi to promote inclusive good governance,
strengthen local institutions and effective
implementation of government programmes.
RIL signs MoU with Gujarat for investing Rs 5.95
lakh crore in Green Projects
The Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Government of Gujarat of investment Rs 5.955 lakh
crore in various projects as part of the Investment
Promotion Activity (IPA) for Vibrant Gujarat Summit
2022.
Karnataka & LNG Alliance Signed MoU to Setup
Karnataka‘s 1st LNG terminal in Mangaluru
The government of Karnataka and the Singapore based
LNG Alliance has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to set up Karnataka‘s 1st Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in Mangaluru, Karnataka.
The terminal will be developed in association with the
New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) with an investment
of Rs 2250 crore.
MEA Inks Pact with TCS for Second Phase of
Passport Seva Program
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) selected Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) for implementing the
second phase of the passport seva programme (PSP) –
India‘s largest mission-critical e-governance
programme.the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
AWARD
InnAccel and NIRAMAI Receives World Bank
Group, IFC & CTA‘s Global Women‘s Health
Tech Awards 2022
 NIRAMAI Health AnalytixPvt.
Ltd.(NIRAMAI) and InnAccel Technologies
Pvt. Ltd.(InnAccel), startups supported by the
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance
Council(BIRAC), under the Department of
Biotechnology (DBT), have received the
World Bank Group(WBG), International
Finance Corporation(IFC) and the Consumer
Technology Association(CTA)‘s Global
Women‘s Health Tech Awards 2022.
 The winners were announced at the Consumer
Electronics Show(CES) 2022, held in Las
Vegas, United States(US). It is the most
influential tech event in the world, owned and
produced by the CTA.
Actress Harshaali Malhotra Receives 12th Bharat
Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022
 Hindi actress Harshaali Malhotra has been honoured
with the 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award
2022 for her performance as Munni, a mute girl
from Pakistan, in the 2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan
starring Salman Khan.
Former West Indies Cricketer Clive Lloyd Receives
Knighthood
The Former West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd received
Knighthood from Prince William, the Duke of
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selected Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) for
implementing the second phase of the passport seva
programme (PSP) –India‘s largest mission-critical e-
governance programme.
TRIFED Signs MoU with Rambhau Mhalgi
Prabodhini for Development of Tribal Population
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation
of India (TRIFED) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Rambhau Mhalgi
Prabodhini- Nation First Policy Research Centre (RMP-
NFPRC) to leverage knowledge, expertise and
institutional strengths.
NPCI partners with Udemy Business to encourage
skill employees
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has
signed a partnership agreement with Udemy
Business, to encourage innovative learning and skill
development for employees of NPCI.
 The 3-year partnership with Udemy Business will
offer courses on in-demand skills such as tech,
domain, behavioural, and leadership skills to all
NPCI employees.
 Through the mission ‗Talent Development for All‘
of NPCI, it provides capacity-building programmes
in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning
(ML), Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology
(DLT), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), etc.
Cambridge at Windsor Castle, for his services towards
the game of cricket.
Chennai International Airport Ranks 8th in Global
List for ‗On-Time Performance‘
 As per the report released by Cirium titled ‗the On-
Time Performance Review 2021 Airlines and
Airports‘, the Chennai International Airport has
ranked globally 8th under the large airports
category, and is the only Indian Airport to enter the
top 10 positions of the list.
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 The first 3 positions have been acquired by United  The summit was organised with the theme ―State of
State‘s Itami Airport, Japan‘s Fukuoka Airport, and Governance‖.
Haneda Airport. SKOCH Literature Award 2021:
Overview of 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards®  The SKOCH Literature Award 2021 was presented
2022 held in California to the book titled ‗Rising to the China Challenge:
 Hollywood Foreign Press Association(HFPA) Winning Through Strategic Patience and Flexible
announced the winners of the 79th edition of the Policies‘ authored by leading members of Pune
Annual Golden Globe Awards (2022) in Beverly International Centre(PIC).
Hilton, Beverly Hills, California, United States of Divya Hegde won UN Women‘s Award for
America(USA). Leadership Commitment 2021
 The Golden Globe awards are annually presented by  Divya Hegde, an Indian Climate Action
the Hollywood Foreign Press Association(HFPA). Entrepreneur from Udupi, Karnataka, has won UN
Category Winner Women‘s Award for Leadership Commitment at the
 Best Picture Drama The Power of the Dog 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women‘s
directed by Jane Campion Empowerment Principles Awards Ceremony.
 Best Picture  She has been recognized for her sustained efforts in
– Musical/Comedy West Side Story (2021) advancing gender equality through climate action
directed by Steven efforts with her organization, Baeru Environmental
Spielberg Services.
 Best Actress O.P. Jindal Global University won ―Digital
– Motion Picture Drama Nicole Kidman for Being Innovation of the Year‖ award
the Ricardos  O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has won the
 Best Actor – Motion ‗Digital Innovation of the Year Award‘ in the
Picture Drama Will Smith for King prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Asia
Richard Awards 2021 for creating a free, cloud-based
 Best Actress application to help schools and universities manage
– Motion Picture data.
– Musical/Comedy Rachel Zegler for West  JGU was the only Indian University to be shortlisted
Side Story (2021) for the ―Digital Innovation of the Year‖.
 Best Actor Padma Bhusan Anil Prakash Joshi wins Mother
– Motion Picture Teresa Memorial Award
– Musical/Comedy Andrew Garfield for tick, Environmentalist Dr Anil Prakash Joshi, who was
tick…BOOM! conferred upon the Padma Bhushan this year, has been
 Best Drama Series Succession awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social
 Best Television Justice 2021. Vidyut Mohan, the winner of the Earth shot
Motion Picture The Underground Railroad Prize, and Ridhima Pandey, a young environmental
 Best Actress activist from Uttarakhand, were also the recipients of the
– Television award.
Motion Picture Kate Winslet for Mare of Anukrti Upadhyay‘s Kintsugi wins the Sushila Devi
Easttown Award 2021
Anukrti Upadhyay has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021
 Best Actor
for the Best Book of Fiction for her novel, Kintsugi,
– Television Motion
Picture Michael Keaton for which was published by the Fourth Estate imprint.
Dopesick PETA: Alia Bhatt India‘s 2021 Person of the Year
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
 Best Television Actress
India has named Bollywood star Alia Bhatt its 2021
– Drama Series Michaela Jaé Rodriguez for
Person of the Year. She is an animal lover and often
Pose
shares pictures with her pets.
 Best Television Actor
Viral Desai bagged ―Global Environment And
– Drama Series Jeremy Strong for
Climate Action Citizen Award 2021‖
Succession
Viral Sudhirbhai Desai, an industrialist from Surat, who
Satish Adiga Bestowed With ICMR‘s Dr Subhas is popularly known as the Greenman or green man of
Mukherjee Award for 2020 Gujarat has been honoured with the Global Environment
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has selected
and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021.
Satish Adiga, Professor in Clinical Embryology at
HDFC Bank won CII Dx award for ‗Most Innovative
Kasturba Medical College (KMC) under the Manipal
Best Practice‘ 2021
Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), for the Dr
 HDFC Bank has been named under ‗Most
Subhas Mukherjee Award for 2020.
Innovative Best Practice‘ at the coveted
78th SKOCH Summit: FSL won the Silver SKOCH
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital
Award for Governance
Transformation Award 2021 or CII DX Award
 The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) – Forensic
2021.
Service, Delhi, has won the SKOCH Award
 It will be recognized for the HDFC‘s efforts in
2021(Silver) in the Governance category for its
world-class financial inclusion in Village Level
work towards combating Crime and Violence
Executive (VLE) centres along with the
against Children.
Government of India‘s Common Service Centres
 The award was presented during the 78th SKOCH
(CSC).
Summit held on 6th January 2022.

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KVASU bags national award for breed conservation
 The All India Co-ordinated Research Project
(AICRP) on poultry breeding, Mannuthy, under the
Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University
(KVASU), bagged the national breed conservation
award for 2021.
PERSON IN NEWS
Vikram Dev Dutt Senior Bureaucrat Vikram
Dev Dutt Appointed as
Chairman and Managing
Director(CMD) of Air India
Roberta Metsola Roberta Metsola from Malta
was elected as the new
President of the European
Union (EU) Parliament, she is
also the youngest-ever
President & only the third
woman to head the EU
Parliament
Vijay Shekhar The Universal Acceptance
Sharma Steering Group appointed
Vijay Shekhar Sharma,
founder of Paytm, as its UA
(Universal Acceptance)
Ambassador.
Dileep Sanghani The board of Directors of the
Indian Farmers Fertiliser
Cooperative (IFFCO) Limited
has elected Dileep Sanghani,
the former cabinet Minister of
Gujarat as the 17th Chairman
of IFFCO.
Narendra Kumar Narendra Kumar Goenka,
Goenka Founder and Managing
Director(MD) of Texport
Industries Pvt Ltd took charge
as the Chairman of the
Apparel Export Promotion
Council (AEPC), under the
aegis of the Ministry of
Textile.
Kovacevski North Macedonian Parliament
elected Dimitar Kovacevski as
the new prime minister.
Rakesh Anand Indian Olympic Association
(IOA) announced the
appointment of Rakesh Anand
as India‘s Chef de Mission for
Commonwealth Games 2022
(CWG 2022)
Bhupender Singh Bhupender Singh Bajwa was
Bajwa appointed as the India‘s Chef
de Mission for Asian Games
2022.
S Somanath The Appointments Committee
of Cabinet (ACC) approved
the appointment of rocket
scientist S Somanath as the
Chairman of the Indian Space
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 The centre received the prestigious award from
ICAR – The National Bureau of Animal Genetic
Resources (NBAGR) for the conservation and
research activities on the Tellicherry breed, the only
registered native chicken breed from the State.
Research Organisation (ISRO)
and The Space Secretary,
Department of Space (DoS).
He will succeed K Sivan, who
is set to retire on 14th January
2022.
Pierre-OlivieR French-born University of
California-Berkeley
economist Pierre-Olivier
Gourinchas has been
appointed as the Economic
Counsellor and Head of
Research Department of the
International Monetary Fund
(IMF).
Dr Navrang Saini The Government of
India(GoI) has extended the
additional charge of Dr
Navrang Saini as Chairperson
(additional charge) of the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Board of India (IBBI) for 3
months till 5th March 2022.
Alikhan Smailov Kazakhstan President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
nominated Alikhan Smailov,
49 years as the Prime Minister
(PM) of Kazakhstan
Daniel Ortega Daniel Ortega Sworn in for
5th Term as President of
Nicaragu
Shersingh B Khyalia Adani Power Appoints
Shersingh B Khyalia as its
CEO
RajKummar Rao RenewBuy, an online
insurance platform, has
appointed RajKummar Rao as
the brand ambassador for its
1st 360-degree consumer
advertisement campaign that
highlights consumer‘s
insurance needs.
Urjit Patel Former Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
Urjit Patel is appointed as a
Vice President of the Asian
Infrastructure Investment
Bank (AIIB) for a three year
tenure (2022-2025) starting
from 1st February.
Haitham Al Ghais The Organization of the
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Countries (OPEC) appointed Mohamed Hussein Somalia‘s President
Kuwait‘s oil executive Roble suspended Prime Minister
Haitham Al Ghais as the new Mohamed Hussein Roble over
Secretary General (SG). Corruption Allegations
Zhang Ming Veteran Chinese Diplomat Karl Nehammer Karl Nehammer sworn in as
Zhang Ming appointed as new Chancellor of Austria
Secretary General of Shanghai Atul Dinkar Rane Atul Dinkar Rane has been
Cooperation Organization appointed as the new Chief
(SCO). Executive Officer and
Jhulan Goswami Legends League Cricket Managing Director of the
(LLC) appointed Jhulan BrahMos Aerospace Limited
Goswami as an Ambassador that manufactures the
to its All Women Match BrahMos supersonic cruise
Official Team to promote missile.
Women‘s Empowerment Harjinder Singh The Indian Olympic
initiatives of the LLC and to Association of India (IOA)
increase participation of has appointed the Ice Hockey
women in cricket. Association of India‘s general
T. S. Tirumurti India‘s Permanent secretary, Harjinder Singh, as
Representative to the United the Chef de Mission of the
Nations (UN), TS Tirumurti country‘s contingent for the
taken over the Chair of the upcoming 2022 Winter
United Nations Counter Olympics in Beijing.
Terrorism Committee Pradeep Kumar Senior Indian diplomat
(UNCTC) for 2022. Rawat Pradeep Kumar Rawat, who is
Maria Elisa Quinteros The members of the Chilean well-versed in negotiating
constitutional assembly have with Chinese diplomats, has
elected epidemiologist Maria been appointed as India‘s next
Elisa Quinteros as the new Ambassador to China.
president of the assembly HO Suri IFFCO-TOKIO General
which is tasked to draft the Insurance has announced the
new Constitution of the appointment of HO Suri as its
Republic of Chile. new managing director and
Vijay Paul Sharma The Central government has chief executive officer.
reappointed Vijay Paul Rajeev Ahuja The RBL Bank board has
Sharma as Chairman of the appointed Rajeev Ahuja,
Commission for Agricultural who‘s currently working as
Costs and Prices (CACP) the Executive Director at the
G Asok Kumar The Additional Secretary bank, as interim Managing
under the Ministry of Jal Director & Chief Executive
Shakti, G Asok Kumar was Officer of the bank with
appointed as the new Director immediate effect.
General of National Mission Mohammed Ben Mohammed Ben Sulayem of
for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Sulayem the United Arab Emirates has
under the Ministry of Jal been elected successor to Jean
Shakti.He is popularly known Todt as the first non-European
as ‗the Rain Man of India‘ president of motorsport‘s
Alka Mittal Oil and Natural Gas world governing body, the
Corporation (ONGC) International Automobile
appointed Alka Mittal was Federation (FIA).
appointed as the 1st woman Kamlesh Gandhi Kamlesh Gandhi named new
Chairman and Managing Co-Chairman of Finance
Director (CMD) of ONGC Industry Development
Vinay Kumar The Appointments Committee Council (FIDC)
Tripathi of the Cabinet (ACC) has Gabriel Boric Gabriel Boric becomes
approved the appointment of Chile‘s youngest ever
Vinay Kumar Tripathi as a president
Chairman and Chief Atul Dinkar Rane DRDO scientist Atul Dinkar
Executive Officer (CEO) of Rane appointed DG for
Railway Board, New Delhi. BrahMos Aerospace
Abdalla Hamdok Al- The Prime Minister (PM) of PV Sindhu India‘s two-time Olympic
Kinani Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok Al- medallist shuttler PV Sindhu
Kinani announced resignation was appointed as a member of
due to political deadlock and the Badminton World
protests in the capital city Federation‘s (BWF) Athletes‘
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Saurav Ghosal India‘s leading player and
world number 15 Saurav
Ghosal was named as the
Professional Squash
Association‘s (PSA) men‘s
president, replacing world
number one Ali Farag.
Danish Siddiqui Photojournalist Danish
Siddiqui, who died while
being on an assignment in
Afghanistan, will be
posthumously awarded as the
‗Journalist of the Year‘ for
2020 by the Mumbai Press
Club, the journalists‘ body
announced.
Kamlesh Gandhi Kamlesh Gandhi named new
Co-Chairman of Finance
Industry Development
Council (FIDC)
Vishwavir Ahuja RBL Bank‘s Vishawvir Ahuja
has stepped down as MD &
CEO of the bank, and the
bank has appointed Rajeev
Ahuja as the interim
Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of the bank
with immediate effect.
SPORTS
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021
 The Best Fédération Internationale de Football
Association (FIFA) Football Awards 2021
ceremony was held as a virtual TV show from the
Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland.
 It has crowned Bayern Munich‘s Polish striker
Robert Lewandowski as Best FIFA Men‘s Player
2021 and Barcelona‘s Spanish midfielder Alexia
Putellas as Best FIFA Women‘s Player 2021.
Other Winners:
Category Winner
Best FIFA Men‘s Player Robert Lewandowski
(Poland)
Best FIFA Women‘s Player Alexia Putellas (Spain)
FIFA Fan Award Denmark and Finland Fans
The Best FIFA Men‘s Coach Thomas Tuchel (Germany)
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Mohammed Ben Mohammed ben Sulayem
Sulayem became the first non-
European to be elected
president of the International
Automobile Federation (FIA),
succeeding the retiring Jean
Todt.
Atul Kumar Goel Centre appoints Atul Kumar
Goel as new MD & CEO of
Punjab National Bank
Vikram Misri Vikram Misri, who was
India‘s envoy to Beijing for
almost three years till early
this month, has been named
the next Deputy National
Security Advisor.
Sanjay Arora ITBP DG Sanjay Arora to
hold SSB additional charge
The Best FIFA Women‘s
Coach Emma Hayes (United
Kingdom)
FIFA Fair Play Award Denmark National Team
and Staff
Puskas Award Erik Lamela (Argentina)
The Best FIFA Men‘s
Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy (France)
The Best FIFA Women‘s
Goalkeeper Christiane Endler (Chile)
FIFA Best Special Award Christine Sinclair (Canada)
FIFA Best Special Award Cristiano Ronaldo
(Portugal)
India Open 2022: Lakshya Sen Wins Mens Singles
Title
 The Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022 was held from
11th to 16th January 2022 at the K.D.Jadhav Indoor
Hall in New Delhi, India.
 India‘s 20 year old Lakshya Sen secured his maiden
Super 500 title by winning the India Open 2022
against world champion Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
in the men‘s singles final.
Championship Winner
Men‘s Singles Lakshya Sen (India)
Women‘s Singles Busanan Ongbamrungphan
(Thailand)
India Withdraw from Asian Under-22 Boxing
Championship Amid Pandemic Threat
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 The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) pulled out of
the Asian Under-22 Championships for men and
women that is scheduled to be held in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan, citing COVID-19 pandemic.The
championship will be held from January 20 to 30,
2022 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan organised by Asian
Boxing Confederation (ASBC).
Tasnim Mir becomes the World No 1 in Badminton
U-19 Girls Singles
Tasnim Mir became the first Indian to grab World no 1 in
Under-19 (U-19) Girls Singles category with 10,810
points in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF)
Junior rankings.
Karnataka to Host Khelo India Games in 2023
 Karnataka Minister for Youth Empowerment and
Sports, K.C. Narayana Gowda announced that
Karnataka will host the next Khelo India Games in
2023.
 Khelo India Games for 2021 is scheduled to be held
in February 2022 at Panchkula, Haryana.
Bharath Subramaniyam becomes India‘s 73rd chess
GM during Vergani Cup Open 2022 in Cattolica,
Italy
 The Vergani Cup Open 2022, a 9-round Swiss
tournament was held on January 2-9, 2022 in
Cattolica, Italy. In this, a 14-year old Chess Player,
Bharath Subramaniyam from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
became India‘s 73rd chess Grandmaster (GM) by
securing the third and final GM norm of the
tournament.
 Indian player Musunuri Rohit Lalith Babu (29)
emerged winner in the tournament i.e. ranked 1st
with seven points.
2022 Adelaide International
 The 3rd edition of Adelaide International 2022 is
being held at The Memorial Drive Tennis Centre,
Adelaide, Australia as two events, from 3rd January
2022 to 15th January 2022.
 Winners
 Men‘s Singles:-Gael Monfils (France)
 Women‘s Singles:-Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
India‘s Rohan Bopanna & Ramkumar Ramanathan
wins 2022 Adelaide International 1 doubles trophy
India‘s Rohan Bopanna & Ramkumar Ramanathan are
teaming up for the first time on the ATP Tour and won
the 2022 Adelaide International 1 doubles trophy against
Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
Nodirbek Abdusattorov wins 2021 World Rapid
Chess Champion
Nodirbek Abdusattorov, from Uzbekistan, won the
World Rapid Chess Champion of 2021 by defeating Ian
Nepomniachtchi (Russia) in a tiebreaker and dethroning
Magnus Carlsen, the current World Number 1.
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Team won 2021-22 Vijay
Hazare Trophy
Himachal Pradesh cricket team won its maiden Vijay
Hazare Trophy 2021-22 or 20th season of the Vijay
Hazare Trophy title after defeating Tamil Nadu in the
finals that was held at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur,
Rajasthan.
PV Sindhu among 6 appointed members of BWF
Athletes Commission till 2025
 Former world champion PV Sindhu has been
appointed as a member of the Badminton World
Federation‘s (BWF) Athletes‘ Commission, along
MARCH – 2022
with fi ve other people. The Chair and Deputy Chair
will be decided among the six members.
 The Chair of the BWF Athletes‘ Commission,
following a vetting process as required for all
Council members, will become a member of the
Council until the next elections in 2025.
 Iris Wang (USA), Robin Tabeling (NED), Greysia
Polii (INA), Kim Soyeong (KOR), Pusarla V
Sindhu (IND) and Zheng Si Wei (CHN) are the ones
appointed as members of the BWF Athletes‘
Commission.
BWF World Championships 2021: Loh Kean Yew
won Men‘s singles
 The 2021 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World
championship (officially known as the TotalEnergies
BWF World Championships 2021), an annual
tournament was held between 12th December 2021
and 19th December 2021 in Huelva, Spain.
 Loh Kean Yew of Singapore won the Men‘s Singles
title and Akane Yamaguchi of Japan won the
Women‘s Singles title of BWF World
Championship 2021.
 Winner of Women‘s Singles:-Akane Yamaguchi
(Japan)
WADA report: India among world‘s top three dope
violators country
 India is among the world‘s top three dope violators
country in the world. Indian athletes were involved
152 times in dope-related activities in the year 2019.
 The report has revealed the latest report published by
the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), which has
put India into the top-three of the world‘s biggest
violators behind Russia (167) and Italy (157).
 World Anti-Doping Agency Headquarters:
Montreal, Canada
Anahat Singh becomes first Indian girl to win Jr
Squash Open in US
Indian
teenager
Anahat
Singh has
scripted
history by
winning
the U-15
girls
category
of the prestigious Junior US Open Squash tournament in
Philadelphia.
Asian Champions Trophy: India win bronze, Korea
lift title
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 India defeated Pakistan 4-3 to secure the bronze
medal, while Korea defeated Japan 4-2 to emerge
Asian Champions Trophy men‘s hockey tournament
held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
 Kanta Tanaka of Japan was declared the best player
of the tournament while Suraj Karkera of India was
adjudged the best goalkeeper. Jang Jonghyun of
Korea was the top scorer with 10 goals in the
tournament.
SAFF U 19 Women‘s Championship: Bangladesh
defeat India
Bangladesh women team has won the SAFF U 19
Women‘s Championship by defeating India in the finals.
Shaheda Akter Ripa of Bangladesh scored the maximum
number of goals in the tournament. She received the
‗most valuable player‘ award.
Aanchal Thakur won bronze medal at FIS Alpine
Skiing Competition 2021
Indian skier Aanchal Thakur has bagged a bronze medal
at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing
Competition in Montenegro. She finished 3rd with an
overall timing of 1:54:30. With this, Aanchal has become
the first Indian Ski athlete to win two medals at the
international level.
Uttar Pradesh won 11th Hockey India junior national
championship
Uttar Pradesh has crowned the winners of the 11th Junior
National Men‘s Hockey Championship following a 3-1
victory over Chandigarh in the final at Kovilpatti, Tamil
Nadu.
Nitesh Kumar wins double gold at 4th Para-
Badminton National Championship
Nitesh Kumar won doubled gold at the 4th Para-
Badminton National Championship, which concluded in
Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Haryana‘s Nitesh along with his
partner Tarun Dhillon defeated World No. 1 Paralympic
Games gold medallist Pramod Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar
in straight sets 21-19, 21-11 in the Men‘s doubles finals
to win the gold.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
South Africa Launches 1st Indigenously developed
Satellite Constellation – MDASat
South Africa launched its first indigenously developed
constellation of satellites called Maritime Domain
Awareness Satellite (MDASat) constellation from Cape
Canaveral in the United States (US) as part of SpaceX‘s
Transporter-3 mission.
ISRO Successfully Conducts Qualification Tests of
Cryogenic Engine for ‗Gaganyaan‘
 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
successfully conducted the qualification test of
Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan programme for a
duration of 720 seconds at ISRO Propulsion
Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
 The Qualification test ensures the reliability and
robustness of the cryogenic engine for induction
into the human-rated launch vehicle for Gaganyaan.
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Jasprit Bumrah Achieves Milestone of Picking 100
Test Wickets
Jasprit Bumrah has achieved the milestone of picking
100 wickets away from home in 22 Test matches. Van
der Dussen became Bumrah‘s 100th Test victim in
overseas conditions.
Mohammed Shami becomes 11th Indian bowler to
take 200 wickets in Test cricket
 Mohammed Shami became just the 11th Indian
bowler to claim 200 wickets in Test cricket in just
55 test matches. During this process, he became the
only 5th Indian pacer to bag 200 wickets in the
purest format of the game.
 Also, Shami is the third fastest Indian pacer to reach this
milestone as Kapil Dev and Javagal Srinath bagged 200
Test wickets in 50 and 54 Tests respectively.
Pankaj Advani won National Billiards Title 2021
 Pankaj Advani has defended his National Billiards
Title by winning his 11th tournament, after defeating
his PSPB teammate Dhruv Sitwala in a 5-2 game final
that was held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
 He represented the Petroleum Sports Promotion
Board (PSPB) team in the National Billiards
Championship. The 88th National Billiards and
Snooker Championships 2021, organised by Cue
Sports India at Bhopal, MP.
 India's 1st human space mission ‗Gaganyaan‘ will
be launched in 2023.
 With this launch, India will become the 4th nation in
the world to launch a Human Spaceflight Mission
after the USA, Russia and China.
 Indian Astronauts were trained by Russia for the
Gaganyaan mission.
Dharmendra Pradhan launches NEAT 3.0 and
AICTE prescribed Technical Books in Regional
Languages
 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministry of
Education (MoE) launched NEAT (National
Educational Alliance for Technology) 3.0, a single
platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech
solutions and courses to students.
 He also launched AICTE (All India Council for
Technical Education) prescribed technical books in
regional languages.
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 Under NEAT 3.0, more than 12 lakh socially and degrees at the 54th Convocation Ceremony of IIT
economically disadvantaged students received free Kanpur. Later Prime Minister also inaugurated the
ed-tech course coupons worth over Rs 253 crore. completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and
IIT Roorkee bags first position among most the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project.
innovative institutions by CII Japan launches Inmarsat-6 F1 Communications
 IIT Roorkee has been selected by the prestigious Satellite
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the  Japan has launched Inmarsat-6 F1, a communication
Industrial Innovation Awards. satellite, through a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
 IIT Roorkee bagged the first position under the (MHI) H-IIA204 rocket from Japan‘s Space Center
Most Innovative Research Institutions category this that will enter geostationary orbit, about 22,240
year. Last year, IIT Roorkee was adjudged as ‗The miles (35,790 kilometres) above the earth.
Most Innovative Institute of the Year‘ for its  It is developed by the London-based company
innovation quotient. Inmarsat as a part of its next-generation satellite
Atal Innovation Mission Unveils Vernacular broadband service.
Innovation Programme
Niti Aayog‘s Atal Innovation
Mission has unveiled
Vernacular Innovation
Programme, which will enable
innovators and entrepreneurs in
India to have access to the
innovation ecosystem in 22
scheduled languages by the
Centre.
NASA‘s launched world‘s
largest telescope named
James Webb Space
NASA‘s $10 billion telescopes
James Webb Space Telescope
designed to capture the first
glimpse of the universe just
shortly after the Big Bang is
targeted for blastoff from the
European Space Agency‘s Kourou, French Guiana.
PM Modi launches blockchain-based digital degrees
at IIT Kanpur
Under the National Blockchain Project, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has launched blockchain-based digital

DEFENCE
Indian Army Signs 1st Contract with Anadron
Systems Pvt Ltd Under Make-II for Maneuverable
Expendable Aerial Target
The Indian Army has signed its first contract with
Anadron Systems Pvt Ltd under Make-II for
Maneuverable Expendable Aerial Target, for Army Air
Defence and Indian Air Force. The contract worth Rs 96
crore is the first contract with the private sector aimed at
Atmanirbhar Defence‘.
Philippines 1st country to purchase $374.96mn
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile System from
India for its Navy
The Philippines became the first country to buy the
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system, boosting
India‘s efforts to become a major exporter of defence
hardware.The Philippines recently signed the ‗notice of
award‘ or the acceptance of India‘s BrahMos Aerospace
Private Ltd $374.96 million (USD 374,962,800) proposal
for supplying the missile system for the Philippine
Navy‘s shore-based anti-ship missile acquisition project.
INS Kochi Undertakes PASSEX With Russia‘s
Admiral Tributs in Arabian Sea
Indian Navy‘s indigenously designed and built guided-
missile destroyer, INS (Indian Navy Ship) Kochi, has
undertaken the international PASSEX (Passage Exercise)
with Russian Federation Navy‘s destroyer Admiral
Tributs at the port of Cochin in the Arabian Sea.
DRDO Flight Tests Final Deliverable Configuration
of MPATGM
Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) successfully flight tested the final deliverable
configuration of the Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided
Missile (MPATGM) at a range in Southern India. It is
indigenously developed anti-tank missile low weight
(15kg), fire and forget missile and is launched from a
man portable launcher, integrated with thermal sight.
India Successfully Test-Fires BrahMos Supersonic
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India successfully test-fired an advanced sea to sea  The S-400 air defence system was contracted for by
variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile from INS India from Russia in a deal worth around Rs 35,000
(Indian Navy Ship) Visakhapatnam warship off the west crores and five squadrons would be provided to
coast. The missile hit the designated target ship precisely India for tackling air threats from up to 400 km.
at the maximum range. ASIGMA: Indian Army launched in-house messaging
India and 5 Other Nations Begin Anti-Submarine app
Exercise ‗Sea Dragon 22‘ with US Navy  Indian Army has launched a contemporary
 The United States (US) messaging application named
Navy Seventh Fleet ‗ASIGMA‘ (Army Secure
announced the beginning IndiGeneous Messaging
of the multilateral anti- Application). It is a new
submarine warfare (ASW) generation web-based application
exercise, ‗Sea Dragon 22‘ developed entirely in-house by a
in Andersen Air Force team of officers of the Corps of
Base, Guam, in the western Signals of the Army.
Pacific.  It works as an
 The six nations that are alternative to Army Wide Area
participating in the Network (AWAN) messaging
exercise are the US, application which has been in
Australia, Canada, India, service for the past 15 years. The
Japan and South Korea. application has been sent out on
Russia test-fires New Army-owned hardware and will
Hypersonic Tsirkon Missiles cater to the army from this time
from Frigate & Submarine forward, lending itself to lifetime
 Russia successfully test- support with future upgrades.
fired around 10 new Indian Navy decommissioned
Tsirkon (Zircon) INS Khukri after 32 years
hypersonic cruise missiles  INS Khukri (Pennant
from a frigate and other number 49), the first indigenously
two missiles from a built Missile Corvette, was
submarine.The Zircon decommissioned after 32 years of
missile would be capable service at Visakhapatnam, Andhra
of flying at nine times the Pradesh.
speed of sound and have a  The warship was built
range of 1,000 kilometres by the Mazagon Dock
(620 miles). Shipbuilders (MSD) and commissioned on 23rd
Indian Navy‘s 2nd indigenous stealth destroyer August 1989 and had been part of both the Western
‗Mormugao‘ sailed and Eastern Fleets.
 Indian Navy‘s indigenous stealth guided-missile DRDO successfully conducted flight test of HEAT
destroyer ‗Mormugao‘ went for her maiden sea ‗Abhyas‘
trials. This second indigenous stealth destroyer of Defence Research and Development Organisation
the Project 15 B (P15B) class, is planning to be (DRDO) has successfully conducted a flight test of
commissioned in mid-2022. Indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial
 Mormugao is being built at Mazagon Dock Target (HEAT) ‗Abhyas‘ from Integrated Test Range at
Shipbuilders Ltd as part of Project 15B destroyers Chandipur off Odisha coast.
and incorporates several indigenous technologies. DRDO named Paras Defence for handing over border
 INS Vela was also constructed at MDSL Mumbai in surveillance systems tech
collaboration with M/s Naval Group, France, and The Defence Research and Development Organization
was delivered to the Indian Navy on November 9, (DRDO) selected Paras Defence and Space Technologies
2021. A total of six submarines are to be built under for handing over the technology of border surveillance
the project. systems as developed by Instruments Research &
India successfully tests ‗Pralay‘ missile off Odisha Development Establishment and DRDO.This technology
coast has been transferred by a licensing agreement for the
India successfully conducted the maiden flight test of the transfer of technology (ToT) for border surveillance
indigenously-developed, surface-to-surface missile systems entered between the company, Instruments
‗Pralay‘ off the Odisha coast. The solid-fuel, battlefield Research & Development Establishment (IRDE) and
missile developed by the Defence Research Development Defence Research and Development Organization
Organisation is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from (DRDO).
the Indian ballistic missile programme. The missile, Rajnath Singh inaugurates Brahmos missile
launched from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island. manufacturing unit in Lucknow
IAF deployed the first S-400 air defence system in  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has laid the
Punjab foundation stone of the BrahMos Aerospace cruise
 Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed the first missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow. He also laid
squadron of the S-400 air defence missile system in the foundation of DRDO Defence Technology and
the western Punjab sector which will take care of Test Centre in Lucknow.
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 BrahMos is a joint venture between the Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
of India and the NPOM of Russia. BrahMos missile
derives its name from the Brahmaputra river of
India and the Moskva river of Russia.
Indian Army set up Quantum Lab at MCTE in
Military Headquarters Of War
 The Indian Army has established the Quantum Lab
at the Military College of Telecommunication
RANKING & ORDER
India‘s Passport Ranked 83rd on Henley‘s Passport
Index Q1-2022
 As per the ‗Henley Passport Index: Q1 2022 Global
Ranking‘, released by Henley & Partners, India has
been ranked as 83rd Most Powerful Passport (with
the visa-free score – 60).
 The index has been topped by Japan and Singapore
as they allow visa-free travel to 192 countries to
their passport holders. Notably, this is the 4th
consecutive year that Japan has been in the top spot.
Telangana Tops in Highest Number of ODF Villages;
Followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
 Telangana has stood first among other states in India
in the list of the highest number of Open Defecation
Free (ODF) Plus villages under the Swachh Bharat
Mission (Grameen) Phase-II programme till
December 31, 2021.
 Telangana is followed by Tamil Nadu with 4,432
villages, next by Karnataka with 1,511 villages and
Gujarat took the 17th position with only 83 villages
(0.45 percent).
Wizikey Report: Reliance is India‘s most-visible
corporate in media
 Reliance Industries Ltd, India‘s largest corporate by
revenues,
profits and
market
value,
topped the
2021
Wizikey
News
Score
ranking as
India‘s
most-
visible
corporate
in the
media.
State Bank
of India is a
close
second on
the ranking, followed by Bharti Airtel, Infosys and
Tata Motors.
 Others on the India list include HDFC at the sixth
spot, followed by HDFC Bank, TCS, Maruti Suzuki
India, Vodafone Idea and ICICI Bank.
MARCH – 2022
Engineering (MCTE), in Military Headquarters Of
War (Mhow), Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
 Indian Army‘s research in the field of Quantum
Technology will help in leapfrogging into next-
generation communication and transforming the
current system of cryptography in Indian Armed
Forces to Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).
 The highest-ranked state-owned firm is National
Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), at
rank 13.
 On the global rankings chart for top Multinational
Corporations(MNC), Facebook tops the index,
followed by Google‘s Alphabet Inc.
 Amazon is ranked third, followed by Apple Inc,
Samsung Electronics, Netflix and Microsoft.
 Notably, Reliance is ranked eighth on global
rankings for top MNCs.
India replace the UK to be 3rd top country hosting
unicorns
 Adding 33 ―unicorns‖ in a single year has helped
India displace the United Kingdom to be third in the
list of countries that are home to such enterprises
valued at over $1 billion each. The US and China,
who occupy the first two ranks, are way ahead,
according to the data compiled by Hurun Research
Institute.
NITI Aayog released 4th State Health Index
NITI Aayog has released the fourth edition of the State
Health Index for 2019–20 that provides incremental
performance in health outcomes and status. The index is
developed by: NITI Aayog, World Bank, and Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
The report, titled ―Healthy States, Progressive India‖,
ranks states and Union Territories on their year-on-year
incremental performance in health outcomes as well as
their overall status.
Among the ‗Larger States‘, in terms of annual
incremental performance, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and
Telangana are the top three ranking states.
Among ‗Smaller States‘, Mizoram and Meghalaya
registered the maximum annual incremental progress.
Among UTs, Delhi, followed by Jammu and Kashmir,
showed the best incremental performance.
On overall ranking based on the composite index score in
2019–20, the top-ranking states were Kerala and Tamil
Nadu among the ‗Larger States‘, Mizoram and Tripura
among the ‗Smaller States‘, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and Daman and Diu and Chandigarh among the UTs.
Telangana topped in Shyama Prasad Mukherji
Rurban Mission
Telangana has secured 1st place among the 34 states and
Union Territories that implement the Shyama Prasad
Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM). Tamil Nadu and
Gujarat have secured 2nd and 3rd place on the list
respectively.In the Ranking of the Cluster, among the
295 clusters, the Ryakal cluster of Sangareddy and the
Jukkal cluster of Kamareddy in Telangana has secured
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the 1st and 2nd position respectively. The Aibawk cluster Human Punjab Odisha Himachal
of Aizawl in Mizoram has secured the 3rd position. Resource Pradesh
IIT Madras bagged the first position in ARIIA and
Rankings 2021 Development
 IIT Madras has bagged the first position in the Atal Public Kerala West Mizoram
Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements Health Bengal
(ARIIA) 2021, for the third consecutive year, under Public Goa Bihar Himachal
the category of CFTIs/ Central Universities/ Infrastructur Pradesh
Institute of National Importance (Technical). e and
 In the state and deemed to be universities category, Utilities
Panjab University (Chandigarh) topped the ranking Economic Gujarat Odisha Tripura
followed by Delhi Technological University, and Governance
Netaji Subhas University of Technology (Delhi). Social Telangan Chhattisgar Sikkim
 In the government engineering colleges category, Welfare & a h
the College of Engineering in Pune stood first, Development
followed by PSG College of Technology in Tamil Judicial & Tamil Rajasthan Nagaland
Nadu, and LD College of Engineering in Gujarat. Public Nadu
 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Khordha Security
(Odisha) topped the private university category. G H Environment Kerala Rajasthan Manipur
Raisoni College of Engineering in Maharashtra was Citizen- Haryana Rajasthan Uttarakhan
recognised as the most innovative private college. Centric d
 Indira Gandhi National Open University (Delhi) Governance
topped the category among centrally funded Composite Gujarat Madhya Himachal
institutions followed by the Indian Institute of Pradesh Pradesh
Management (IIM) Kozhikode.
Good Governance Index 2021: Gujarat topped the India to become 3rd largest economy in 2031
ranking  The Centre for Economics and Business Research
 Good Governance Index 2021 was launched by (CEBR) from the United Kingdom has predicted
Union Minister Amit Shah on the occasion of the that the Indian economy will become the world‘s
Good Governance Day on 25 December 2021. third-largest by the year 2031. In the year 2022,
India is set to regain its sixth position in World
Sectors Group A Group B NE & Hill Economic League Table (WELT) from France, as
States per CEBR.
Agriculture Andhra Madhya Mizoram  The annual league table also predicted that China
and Allied Pradesh Pradesh will overtake the US to be the largest economy in
Sectors 2030 (two years later than the forecast in 2021). The
Commerce Telangan Uttar J&K world economy is set to surpass $100 trillion for the
& Industries a Pradesh first time in 2022.

BOOK & AUTHOR chairman of Tata Sons, titled ―Ratan N. Tata: The
―Bose: The Untold Story of An Chandrachur Ghose Authorized Biography‖ authored by Dr Thomas Mathew
Inconvenient Nationalist will be published in November 2022.
Indomitable: A Working Arundhati On the occasion of Mamata Banerjee‘s birthday
Woman‘s Notes on Life, Bhattacharya Harper Collins announces the forthcoming release of
Work and Leadership Mamata: Beyond 2021 by Jayanta Ghosal
‗Bachelor Dad‘ Tusshar Kapoor HarperCollins Publishers India is set to publish a new
―The Turnover Wizard – Arup Roy Choudhury book titled ―Mamata: Beyond 2021‖, authored by
Saviour of thousands‖ political journalist Jayanta Ghosal and translated by
Gandhi‘s Assassin: The Making Dhirendra Jha Arunava Sinha.
of Nathuram Godse and His New book by Army ex-chief Gen. Vij offers ‗complete
Idea of India‖ picture‘, way forward on Jammu & Kashmir
‗Dr V L Dutt: Glimpses of a V.L. Indira Dutt A new book by former Indian Army Chief of Staff Gen.
Pioneer‘s Life Journey‘ Nirmal Chander Vij (ret) claims to offer a ―full picture‖
―Mamata: Beyond 2021‖ Jayanta Ghosal of the conflicts in Jammu and Kashmir and the way
―The Modi Gambit: Decoding Sanju Verma forward. The book published by HarperCollins India, the
Modi 2.0‖ book of General Vij, The riddle of ―Kashmir: the quest
for peace in a troubled land‖.
Harper Collins to Publish ―Ratan N. Tata: The
Authorized Biography‖ by Dr Thomas Mathew
The authorized biography of Ratan Naval Tata (Ratan N
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DAY & DAYS
December 22 National Mathematics Day
The day is celebrated to
commemorate the birth anniversary
of Mathematician Srinivasa
Ramanujan.
December 23 Indian National Farmer‘s Day
Kisan Diwas or National Farmers‘
Day is celebrated across the nation
on December 23 to commemorate the
birth anniversary of the fifth Prime
Minister of India, Chaudhary Charan
Singh.
December 24 National Consumer Rights Day
December 25 Good Governance Day observed
On this day nation celebrates the
birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna and
former-Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee.
December 27 International Day of Epidemic
Preparedness
January 1 DRDO Celebrated 64th Foundation
Day
January 4 World Braille Day 2022
4th January also marks the birth
anniversary of 19th-century French
educator, Louis Braille, who invented
Braille, a universally accepted
system of reading and writing used
by and for blind persons.
January 6 World Day of War Orphans 2022
January 6 75th BIS Foundation Day
January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas
On 9th January 1915, Mahatma
Gandhi returned to India from South
Africa and became the greatest
‗Pravasi‘.
OBITUARY
Major HPS Padma Shri Awardee Major
Ahluwalia Ahluwalia Passes Away.
Shri Narayan Noted Bengali cartoonist Padma
Debnath Shri Narayan Debnath has passed
away in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Birju Maharaj Legendary Kathak dancer Birju
Maharaj, popularly known as
―Maharaj-ji‖ from Handia, Uttar
MARCH – 2022
January 10 World Hindi Day or Vishwa Hindi
Diwas
January 11 National Human Trafficking
Awareness Day 2022
January 12 National Youth Day 2022
National Youth Day, also known as
Rashtriya Yuva Diwas, is annually
celebrated across India on 12th
January to commemorate the birth
anniversary of the social reformer,
great thinker and philosopher, Swami
Vivekananda.
The theme of National Youth Day
2022 is ―It‘s all in the mind.‖
January 14 6th Armed Forces Veterans Day
January 15 Indian Army Day Theme:- ―In
2022 Stride with the
Future.‖
January 16 1st Ever National Startup Day
Open Data Week – 17th to 21st January 2022
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
announced the initiation of the Open Data Week, a part
of the series of pre-event initiatives leading up to the
‗Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav – Smart Cities: Smart
Urbanization‘ conference which is set to be held in Surat,
Rajasthan during February 2022.
GOI proclaims 26th December as Veer Baal Diwas
The Government of India (GoI) has decided to proclaim
December 26th of every year from 2022 as the Veer Baal
Diwas to honour the sacrifice of Sahibzada Zorawar
Singh and Sahibzada Fateh Singh, the 3rd and 4th sons of
the 10th Sikh Guru, ―Guru Go bind Singh‖, to defend the
dignity and honour of Sikhism.
Pradesh, died at the age of 83.
Maharaj-ji was a lifelong Kathak
guru as well as a talented
Hindustani classical singer and
percussionist.
Saoli Mitra Saoli Mitra, a well-known theatre
figure and daughter of famed
performers Sombhu Mitra and
Tripti Mitra passed away in South
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Kolkata, West Bengal. Neil Nongkynrih Shillong Chamber Choir founder

Shanti Devi Padma Shri awardee and social
activist Shanti Devi passed away in
Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha.
Toshiki Kaifu The former Prime Minister (PM) of
Japan, Toshiki Kaifu passed away
at the age of 91 years in Japan.
Deon Lendore Olympic athlete Deon Lendore,
who participated in the 400 meters
race at the 2020 Olympics, passed
away at the age 29 years due to a
fatal car accident in Texas, United
States (US).
Marilyn Bergman Oscar, Emmy and Grammy
Awardee & Lyricist Marilyn
Bergman passed away.
David Sassoli David Sassoli the President of the
European Parliament (since 2019),
one of three legislative branches of
the European Union, has passed
away in Aviano, Italy.
Neil Nongkynrih passed away
SH Sarma The Indian Navy‘s 1971 Indo-Pak
war veteran Vice Admiral Sree
Harilal Sarma (SH Sarma), the
senior-most living war veteran has
passed away.
Viktor Saneyev The Olympic triple jump – 3 time
gold medalist and former world
record holder, Viktor Danilovich
Saneyev passed away in Australia
Ray Illingworth Ray Illingworth, a former England
cricket captain and the coach of the
England Cricket team (1995-1996)
has passed away at the age of 89.
Richard Rogers Pritzker Prize-winning architect
Richard Rogers passes away
KS Malayalam Director KS
Sethumadhavan Sethumadhavan passes away
Karolos Papoulias Former Greek President Karolos
Papoulias passes away

MISCELLANEOUS
India‘s annual power consumption to grow at 6.5% British Sikh Army officer, Captain Harpreet Chandi
during 2022-24 became the 1st woman of colour to make a solo
 As per the January 2022 ‗Electricity Market Report‘ unsupported trek to the earth‘s South Pole.
of International Energy Agency (IEA), power  Captain Harpreet Chandi is a 32 years old
demand in India is expected to grow at an annual physiotherapist, who was popularly known as ‗Polar
rate of 6.5 percent between 2022 and 2024 backed Preet‘.
by rising consumption from residential and Two New Species of Rare Wasp Discovered:
industrial segments. Monoceromyia flavoscutata, M. nigra
 India clocked the highest 10 percent Y-o-Y growth  Researchers have discovered two new species of
in power demand very rare wasp-like flower flies
during the 2021 such as Monoceromyia flavoscutata
calendar year (CY). and M. nigra from north-eastern
 Global electricity India and the Western Ghats.
demand grew by 6
percent in 2021.
Captain Harpreet
Chandi becomes 1st
Woman of Colors to
make solo trip to South
Pole
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200 CURRENT AFFAIRS

MCQS
1. Government of Karnataka has signed a Letter of
Understanding (LoU) with which organization as a
part of the state-level initiative ‗Code-Unnati‘ to
improve entrepreneurship & youth employment?
a) United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development
b) United Nations Development Programme
c) United Nations Human Rights Council
d) United Nations Security Council
e) United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
2. What was the rank of India in the Global Health
Security (GHS) Index 2021?
a) 49 b) 55 c) 66
d) 74 e) 81
3. Who has authored the new book titled ―Watershed: d) Saudi Arabia
How We Destroyed India‘s Water And How We e) United Arab Emirates
Can Save It‖? 11. Which of the following has become the world‘s first
a) Mriduala Ramesh government to turn 100% paperless?
b) Amit Ranjan a) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
c) Subhadra Sen Gupta b) Lausanne, Switzerland
d) Bhaskar Chattopadhyay c) Montreal, Canada
e) Sudha Murty d) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4. Who among the following has won the 2021 Miss e) Munich, Germany
Universe crown? 12. Which company has tied up with Bhabha Atomic
a) Adline Castelino b) Sanjana Vij Research Centre (BARC) to scale-up Alkaline
c) Vartika Singh d) Harnaaz Sandhu Electrolyze technology for Green Hydrogen production?
e) Andrea Meza a) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
5. Which state government has set up General Category b) Reliance Industries
Commission (Samanya Varg Aayog) for upper castes? c) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh d) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Himachal Pradesh e) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd
e) Madhya Pradesh 13. Which among the following has launched a plan
6. Which Payments Bank has partnered with NPCI called Dhan Rekha Plan?
Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) to facilitate pan a) State Bank of India b) Life Insurance Corporation
India doorstep bill payments service? c) Bank of India d) Axis Bank
a) Paytm Payments Bank e) ICICI Prudential
b) Airtel Payments Bank 14. Which organization has flight-tested Helicopter-
c) India Post Payments Bank launched Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile?
d) Fino Payments Bank a) Indian Army
e) Jio Payments Bank b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
7. How many buildings were inaugurated as part of c) DRDO
Phase 1 of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham d) Defence Research and Development Laboratory
project, recently? e) ISRO
a) 16 b) 19 c) 28 15. Who has been appointed the face of the
d) 25 e) 23 ‗#Care4Hockey‘ Campaign?
8. Which state is holding the top spot with 255,700 a) Savita Punia b) Vandana Katariya
registered EVs? c) Manpreet Singh d) PR Sreejesh
a) Gujarat b) Karnataka e) Rani Rampal
c) Tamil Nadu d) Uttar Pradesh e) Punjab 16. Which country has launched a new group of
9. Who has won his maiden Formula One Drivers‘ satellites ―Shijian-6 05‖ into space?
championship title in the Abu Dhabi GP 2021? a) China b) Japan c) South Korea
a) Sergio Perez b) Esteban Ocon d) Vietnam e) Malaysia
c) Max Verstappen d) Valtteri Bottas 17. Which bank has won two awards at ET BFSI
e) Lewis Hamilton Excellence Awards 2021?
10. Which country became the first country to transition a) Yes Bank b) RBL Bank
to 4 and half-day work week? c) HSBC Bank d) DBS Bank e)Federal Bank
a) Qatar 18. AIBA rebrands itself as IBA with reforms for 2028
b) Oman Olympics. Where is the headquarters of IBA?
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c) Brussels d) Switzerland e) New Delhi through the establishment of the Assam Skill
19. Who has been named ‗Person of the Year‘ for 2021 University (ASU)?
by TIME Magazine? a) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
a) Joe Biden b) Elon Musk b) New Development Bank
c) Vladimir Putin d) Jeff Bezos c) Asian Development Bank
e) Kamala Harris d) World Bank
20. A long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo e) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
(SMART) was successfully test fired off Balasore Development
coast in Odisha. The SMART weapon system is 32. Which of the following company will develop
developed by which country? electric vehicles (EV) with BMW‘s motorcycle
a) Russia b) India brand in India?
c) USA d) Israel e) France a) TVS Motor Company b) Maruti Suzuki
21. Which state has inked agreement with United c) Hyundai India d) Mahindra & Mahindra
Nations Capital Development Fund‘s (UNCDF) to e) Honda Cars
launch ―Mission Shakti Living Lab‖ for financial 33. 7-time champion __________ receives knighthood
empowerment of women? at Windsor Castle, London.
a) Karnataka b) Andhra Pradesh a) Carlos Sainz Jr. b) Yuki Tsunoda
c) Madhya Pradesh d) Odisha c) Max Verstappen d) Valtteri Bottas
e) Tamil Nadu e) Lewis Hamilton
22. French fashion house Chanel named _________, an 34. Edtech platform firm Adda247 has acquired UPSC-
executive from Unilever, as its new global CEO. focused ed-tech platform StudyIQ Education for __.
a) Sonia Gupta b) Leena Nair a) $10 million b) $20 million
c) Naina Bansal d) Roshni Arora c) $30 million d) $40 million e) $50 million
e) Ankita Kapoor 35. Which state has inked pact with United Nations Food
23. Name the Coonoor helicopter crash‘s survivor and Agriculture Organisation (UN-FAO) and Indian
Group Captain who passed away recently. Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Technical
a) Tarak Sinha b) Saranya Sasi Cooperation Project for sustainable agriculture?
c) Bipin Rawat d) Varun Singh a) Haryana b) Bihar c) Rajasthan
e) Koneru Ramakrishna Rao d) Assam e) Andhra Pradesh
24. Which IIT has signed an MoU with Indian Air 36. RBI has introduced prompt corrective action
Force (IAF) to support requirements towards framework for large non-banking financial
indigenous solutions in various weapon systems? companies. The provisions of the PCA framework
a) IIT Delhi b) IIT Madras will be effective from ______.
c) IIT Bombay d) IIT Roorkee e) IIT Guwahati a) December 2021 b) October 2022
25. ADB has projected India‘s economic growth for c) March 2022 d) December 2022
2021-2022 at _______. e) March 2023
a) 10.0% b) 9.7% 37. Who among the following has been honoured with Sports
c) 8.9% d) 6.5% e) 5.9% Journalists‘ Federation of India (SJFI) Medal 2021?
26. UNESCO has added Durga Puja in Kolkata to its a) Sunil Gavaskar b) Rahul Dravid
2021 list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Now c) Ravi Shastri d) Anil Kumble
Intangible Cultural Heritage from India has e) Kapil Dev
increased to ____. 38. Name the NASA spacecraft, which has become the first
a) 14 b) 13 spacecraft to pass through the Sun‘s outer atmosphere.
c) 12 d) 11 e) 10 a) Space Solar Probe b) Parker Solar Probe
27. Amit Shah has laid the foundation stone of Umiya c) American Solar Probe d) RedPlanet Solar Probe
Mata Dham temple and temple premises under Maa e) SunPlanet Solar Probe
Umiya Dham Development Project at ________. 39. Who among the following has been honoured with
a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat b) Bhavnagar, Gujarat SJFI Sportsman of the year 2021?
c) Anand, Gujarat d) Porbandar, Gujarat a) Bajrang Punia b) Yogeshwar Dutt
e) Gandhinagar, Gujarat c) Ravi Dahiya d) Neeraj Chopra
28. Who among the following has assumed charge of e) Vijay Kumar
NFDC, Films Division and Children Films Society 40. Who is the head of the Advisory Committee for
of India (CFSI)? Leveraging Regulatory and Technology Solutions
a) Abhas Jha b) Ravinder Bhakar (ALeRTS) set up by Securities and Exchange Board
c) Anil Dave d) Sunil Arora of India (SEBI)?
e) Umesh Sinha a) Mukundakam Sharma b) Sudarshan Sen
29. Which edition of the India International Science c) Deepak B Phatak d) Abhay Karandikar
festival commences in Panaji, Goa? e) Madhabi Puri Buch
a) 10th b) 11th 41. According to the reports of the data analytics company
c) 4th d) 6th e) 7th YouGov, who among the following personalities is
30. International Tea Day is observed every year on listed the world‘s most admired men?
____________ in India. a) Cristiano Ronaldo b) Jackie Chan
a) 14 December b) 15 December c) Elon Musk d) Barack Obama
c) 16 December d) 17 December e) None of these
e) 18 December 42. A penalty of ___ has been imposed on Punjab National
31. Which organization has approved a $112 million Bank (PNB) by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
loan to strengthen skills education and training a) Rs 1.8 crores b) Rs 1.7 crores

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c) Rs 1.6 crores d) Rs 1.5 crores a) Srikanth Kidambi b) Sandeep Gupta
e) Rs 1.9 crores c) Varun Kapur d) B. Sai Praneeth
43. `World Arabic Language Day is observed globally e) Pullela Gopichand
on _________ every year. 55. Name the former Supreme Court judge, who headed two
a) 16th December b) 17th December inquiry commissions formed to probe into the 2002
c) 18th December d) 19th December Godhra Riots & 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, passed away.
e) 20th December a) Justice S.C. Agrawal
44. Which state has launched Sports Action toward b) Justice K. Ramaswamy
Harnessing Aspiration of Youth (SAHAY) scheme? c) Justice Yogeshwar Dayal
a) West Bengal b) Jharkhand d) Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati
c) Karnataka d) Chhattisgarh e) Justice G.N. Ray
e) Bihar 56. India‘s First International Arbitration and Mediation
45. Union Cabinet approved a Rs ___________ crore Centre (IAMC) has been inaugurated in which state?
production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for a) New Delhi b) Mumbai
boosting semiconductor. c) Hyderabad d) Bengaluru e) Pune
a) Rs 46,000 crore b) Rs 56,000 crore 57. Which of the following state government has recently
c) Rs 66,000 crore d) Rs 76,000 crore announced that the creation of three new districts,
e) None of these namely Tseminyu, Niuland and Chumoukedima?
46. Who has received Global Entrepreneur of the Year a) Assam b) Nagaland
Award- Business Transformation from The Indus c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Mizoram
Entrepreneurs (TiE)? e) Tripura
a) Himanshu Kapania 58. Recently, Emma Raducanu is selected as the BBC‘s
b) Shyam Srinivasan Sports Personality of the Year for 2021. She is
c) Kumar Mangalam Birla associated with which of the following sport?
d) Atanu Kumar Das a) Badminton b) Squash c) Snooker
e) None of these d) Tennis e) Cricket
47. Who is the author of the book titled ‗Rewinding of 59. Which of the following company has been awarded
First 25 years of Ministry of Electronics and with the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment
Information Technology‘? Management Award 2021?
a) Salil Parekh b) Abhay Kumar a) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
c) Sashidhar Jagdishan d) S S Oberoi b) Steel Authority of India Limited
e) All the above c) Coal India Limited
48. What is the rank of PM Narendra Modi in world‘s d) National Thermal Power Corporation
top 20 most admired men, by data analytics e) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
company YouGov? 60. Who has authored the book titled ―India‘s Ancient
a) 16th b) 20th c) 10th Legacy of Wellness‖?
d) 8th e) 9th a) Amitav Ghosh b) Subhadra Sen Gupta
49. What is the theme of the International Migrants Day c) Avtar Singh Bhasin d) Rekha Chaudhari
2021? e) Aditya Gupta
a) Reimagining Human Mobility 61. Which University has won the ‗Leadership and
b) Harnessing the potential of human mobility Management Team of the Year award‘ in the
c) #WeTogether prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Asia
d) Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us Awards 2021?
e) None of these a) Hangzhou Dianzi University of Hong Kong
50. Which institution announced a $93 billion package, b) National University of Singapore
to help poor countries deal with Covid crisis? c) Saint Joseph University of Beirut
a) ADB b) IAB d) Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
c) World Bank d) IMF e) University Teknologi Petronas
e) AIIB 62. Axis Bank has announced the approval to reclassify
51. In 2020-21, India has registered the highest ever which insurance company from promoter category
annual Foreign Direct Investment inflow of _____. to public category shareholder in the bank?
a) $ 111.97 bn b) $ 71.97 bn a) SBI General Insurance Company
c) $ 61.97 bn d) $ 51.97 bn e) $ 81.97 bn b) Religare Insurance Company
52. Haryana recently launched a new Integrated c) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company
Command and Control Center under Karnal Smart d) Bharti AXA General Insurance
City project. It is related to ___________ . e) Oriental Insurance Company
a) Smart crime management systems 63. Which state government has launched Chalo mobile
b) Smart electricity management systems application and Chalo smart cards for convenient
c) Smart traffic management systems bus travel?
d) Smart water management systems a) Gujarat b) Uttar Pradesh
e) Smart disaster management systems c) Himachal Pradesh d) Maharashtra
53. Karl Nehammer has been sworn in as the chancellor e) Madhya Pradesh
of which country? 64. Who among the following has won the Mother
a) Sweden b) Norway c) Denmark Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021?
d) Austria e) Switzerland a) Sushil Kumar b) Vipin Tiwari
54. Who has become the first Indian man to win a silver c) Saurab Rawat d) Anil Prakash Joshi
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65. Who became the first Indian to win the prestigious 76. RBI has imposed how much monetary penalty each
US Junior Squash Open? on two payment system operators, One Mobikwik
a) Saurav Ghosal b) Anahat Singh Systems Private Limited and Spice Money Limited,
c) Ritwik Bhattacharya d) Vikram Malhotra for violation of norms?
e) Velavan Senthilkumar a) 50 lakh b) 90 lakh c) 1 crore
66. Which University has won the ‗Digital Innovation d) 1.5 crore e) 2 crore
of the Year Award‘ in the prestigious Times Higher 77. Which country has launched Inmarsat-6 F1, a
Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021? communication satellite, through a Mitsubishi
a) Amity University Heavy Industries (MHI) H-IIA204 rocket?
b) K.R. Mangalam University a) Russia b) USA c) China
c) GD Goenka University d) Japan e) India
d) O.P. Jindal Global University 78. Which state has topped the composite ranking in the
e) SRM University Good Governance Index (GGI) 2021?
67. ___ women team has won the SAFF U 19 Women‘s a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka
Championship by defeating India in the finals. c) Uttar Pradesh d) Gujarat
a) Sri Lanka b) Pakistan c) Bangladesh e) Odisha
d) Myanmar e) Nepal 79. Who has authored a new book titled ―The Modi
68. National Consumer Rights Day is observed every Gambit: Decoding Modi 2.0‖?
year on ___________. a) Sanju Verma
a) December 21 b) December 22 b) Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
c) December 23 d) December 24 c) Shantanu Gupta
e) December 25 d) SS Oberoi
69. Which bank has signed a co-lending agreement with e) None of these
U GRO Capital to provide INR 1000 crore formal 80. Who has been honoured with the Global Environment
credit to underserved MSMEs at affordable rates? and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021?
a) Central Bank of India a) Vinod Kumar Rana b) Viral Sudhirbhai Desai
b) Indian Overseas Bank c) Saurabh Singh d) Vikram Sharma
c) IndusInd Bank e) All of above
d) Bank of Baroda 81. Karnataka government has partnered with the
e) State Bank of India National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) &
70. Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed the first which bank to enable and implement the ‗e-RUPI‘?
squadron of the S-400 air defence missile system in a) Bank of Baroda b) IndusInd Bank
the western _______ sector. c) State Bank of India d) Bandhan Bank
a) Punjab b) Rajasthan e) None of these
c) Himachal Pradesh d) Uttarakhand 82. DRDO has selected which company for handing
e) Sikkim over technology of border surveillance systems?
71. Name NASA‘s $10 billion world‘s largest space a) MTAR Technologies
telescope designed to capture the first glimpse of the b) Paras Defence & Space Technologies
universe just shortly after the Big Bang. c) Sika Interplant systems
a) Herschel Space Observatory d) Astra Microwave Products
b) Spitzer Space Telescope e) All of the above
c) Hubble Space Telescope 83. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) restored the
d) James Webb Space Telescope accreditation of National Dope Testing Laboratory
e) None of these (NDTL). Where is the headquarters of World Anti-
72. Which state‘s Chief Minister has launched Doping Agency (WADA)?
‗Meendum Manjappai‘ scheme to promote the usage a) Montreal, Canada
of cloth bags by the public and discourage the use of b) Lausanne, Switzerland
plastic bags? c) Washington, D.C., United States
a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka d) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
c) Kerala d) Andhra Pradesh e) None of these
e) Odisha 84. Who is the author of the book ‗Dr V L Dutt:
73. Which of the following regulator has recently Glimpses of a Pioneer‘s Life Journey‘?
inducted Aarati Krishnan as a member of MF a) Rahul Rawail b) SS Oberoi
advisory panel? c) Shantanu Gupta d) V L Indira Dutt
a) RBI b) SIDBI c) SEBI e) None of these
d) IRDAI e) None of these 85. Name the Janata Dal (United) Rajya Sabha MP and
74. Which of the following motor company has industrialist who passed away recently.
appointed Eishin Chihana as its new chairman ? a) R L Jalappa b) Suresh Jadhav
a) Yamaha Motor Ltd b) Ashok Leyland Ltd c) GT Nanavati d) Mahendra Prasad
c) Hero MotoCorp Ltd d) Force Motors Ltd e) All of the above
e) TATA Motors Ltd 86. Recently, which of the following bank has
75. Name the Nobel Peace Prize laureate anti-apartheid announced the launch of ‗Green Fixed Deposits‘?
campaigner African Archbishop who passed away a) IndusInd Bank b) Axis Bank
recently. c) ICICI Bank d) HDFC Bank
a) Richard Rogers b) Desmond Tutu e) None of these
c) Anne Rice d) Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai 87. Which of the following designation is associated
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a) Attorney General 99. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
b) Solicitor General Development (OECD) decreased India‘s growth
c) Chiefs of Staff Committee forecast to 9.4% for FY22 from 9.7%. In which of
d) Deputy National Security Advisor the country OECD is located?
e) All of the above a) China b) Spain c) England
88. Axis Bank is second largest in PoS machines. What d) France e) None of the above
does PoS stand for? 100. India has registered the highest ever annual Foreign
a) Point of Service Mechanism Direct Investment inflow of $ 81.97 bn in which year?
b) Point of Sale Machine a) 2020-21 b) 2019-21 c) 2020-22
c) Point of Service Machine d) 2019-20 e) None of the above
d) Point of Service Maturity 101. Which insurance company has inaugurated ―Digi
e) None of these Zone‖, at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai,
89. Who as been appointed as the Director-General of Maharashtra, as part of its effort to enhance its
Forests & Special Secretary in Ministry of digital footprint?
Environment, Forests & Climate Change? a) United India Insurance Company Limited
a) Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad b) New India Assurance Company Limited
b) Ravi Jha c) Life Insurance Corporation of India
c) C.R.Chaudhary d) National Insurance Company Limited
d) Chandra Prakash Goyal e) Oriental Insurance Company Limited
e) All of the above 102. SBI Cards and Payment Services has collaborated
90. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches with which company to enable their cardholders to
blockchain-based digital degrees at ________. tokenize their cards on devices and make payments?
a) IIT Delhi b) IIT Kanpur a) CCAvenue b) PhonePe c) Amazon Pay
c) IIT Bombay d) IIT Roorkee d) Paytm e) BharatPe
e) None of these 103. Who has been appointed as new Chairman and
91. The rating agency, India Ratings and Research (Ind- Chief Executive Officer of Railway Board?
Ra) expects India‘s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a) Vinay Kumar Tripathi b) Navin Agarwal
in FY22 at how much per cent? c) V K Yadav d) Suneet Sharma
a) 9.4 b) 10.7 c) 8.6 e) Praful Patel
d) 7.4 e) None of the above 104. Who among the following took over as the 24th
92. S&P Global Ratings has retained the Gross Director General of Indian Coast Guard?
Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast of India at a) P S Ranipse b) VS Pathania
______per cent for the year ending FY23. c) Surjeet Singh Deswal d) Udayan Banerjee
a) 9.8 b) 7.8 c) 8.8 e) Rajesh Ranjan
d) 10.8 e) None of the above 105. Which cricket team has won the under-19 Asia
93. What is the projection of Fitch Ratings on India‘s cricket Cup 2021 in Dubai?
economic growth forecast in the financial year a) Nepal b) Pakistan c) India
2021-22 (FY22)? d) Sri Lanka e) Bangladesh
a) 7.2 per cent b) 9.6 per cent 106. Prime Minister Narendra Modi layed the foundation
c) 8.4 per cent d) 11.1 per cent stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in
e) None of the above which district of Uttar Pradesh?
94. At what percent Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has a) Varanasi b) Agra c) Mirzapur
reached in the current series of November? d) Lucknow e) Meerut
a) 12.88% b) 14.23% c) 11.39% 107. On January 1st 2022, Defence Research and Development
d) 13.56% e) None of the above Organisation observed its ____ foundation day.
95. FDI inflows in the last seven financial years are a) 60th b) 62nd c) 64th
over $ 440 bn, which is nearly 58 % of the total FDI d) 66th e) 68th
inflow in the last 21 financial years. Which nation is 108. Which state has become the first state in the country to
the top from where FDI Equity Inflows were launch Digital Life Certificate system for pensioners?
received during 2014-2021? a) Karnataka b) Gujarat c) Odisha
a) Mauritius b) Netherland d) Kerala e) West Bengal
c) USA d) Singapore 109. Which city has become the city with the largest
e) None of the above Metro network in the world?
96. How much crore rupees of the gross GST revenue a) Shanghai, China
collected in the month of November 2021? b) Jakarta, Indonesia
a) 1, 21,526 b) 1, 41,526 c) Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
c) 1, 31,526 d) 1, 11,526 d) London, United Kingdom
e) None of the above e) New York, United States
97. Asian Development Bank has trimmed its 2021 110. Who has been appointed as Managing Director and
growth forecast for India to how much per cent from CEO of Jammu & Kashmir Bank?
its estimation of 10 per cent? a) Navin Agarwal b) Baldev Prakash
a) 9.7 b) 8.9 c) 9.2 c) Subhash Kumar d) Suneet Sharma
d) 7.8 e) None of the above e) Atish Chandra
98. Wall Street brokerage, Goldman Sachs has estimated 111. What is the interest rate applicable on the Public
India‘s GDP growth at how much per cent in 2022? Provident Fund Account (PPF)?
a) 12.7 b) 11.3 c) 10.5 a) 7.7% b) 7.5% c) 7.1%
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112. What was the profession of Vijay Galani who has 125. Which of the following state has declared itself a
passed away recently? child marriage free district, the first in the State?
a) Film Producer b) Lyricist a) Madhya Pradesh b) Odisha
c) Musician d) Scriptwriter c) Gujarat d) Maharashtra
e) Film Maker e) Rajasthan
113. Which country has taken over the rotating 126. How many buckets are used by RBI to classify banks
presidency of the Council of the European Union for as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)?
six months beginning January 2022? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3
a) Germany b) Italy c) Netherlands d) 4 e) 5
d) France e) Denmark 127. Name the world‘s first company which has recently
114. Which day is commemorated as the World Braille hit $3 trillion market cap.
Day annually around the world? a) Apple b) Samsung c) Microsoft
a) January 03 b) January 04 c) January 02 d) Amazon e) Intel
d) January 05 e) January 01 128. Richard Leakey who has passed away recently was
115. What percent stake will be acquired by NTPC in a world renowned conservationist and fossil hunter
Power Exchange of India Ltd (PXIL)? from which country?
a) 3% b) 6% c) 4% a) Nigeria b) Sweden
d) 5% e) 7% c) United Kingdom d) Kenya
116. Cricket all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has e) Sudan
announced his retirement from international cricket 129. ONGC has roped in first ever female as the CMD of
for which country? the company on an interim basis. Name the new
a) Afghanistan b) South Africa interim CMD?
c) Pakistan d) West Indies e) Bangladesh a) Deepa Chadha b) Reena Jaitly
117. Which of the following airline has appointed Vinod c) Alka Mittal d) Manisha Pathak
Kannan as the chief executive officer? e) Dolly Pant
a) Emirates b) Indigo c) Vistara 130. Abdalla Hamdok has recently resigned as the Prime
d) AirAsia e) GoAir Minister of which country?
118. Information Technology Minister Ashwini a) Rwanda b) Turkey c) Somalia
Vaishnaw has launched the India Semiconductor d) Iran e) Sudan
Mission (ISM). The fiscal support of up to 131. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a
________ percent of the project. framework for facilitating small-value digital
a) 30% b) 40% c) 50% payments in offline mode. The upper limit of an
d) 60% e) 70% offline payment transaction was fixed at Rs 200,
119. What is the theme of Naval Exercise Milan 2022? with a total limit of _______ at any point in time.
a) Synergy Across the Seas a) Rs 1000 b) Rs 2000 c) Rs 2500
b) Camaraderie, cohesion and collaboration d) Rs 3000 e) Rs 5000
c) In Pursuit of Maritime Good Order 132. NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) has launched
d) Regional cooperation in recent years a Unified Presentment Management System
e) Friendship Across the Seas (UPMS) to simplify recurring bill payments. Who is
120. Name the Former British Prime Minister, to be the present CEO of NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited
appointed as members of the Order of the Garter, (NBBL)?
England‘s oldest and most senior order of chivalry. a) Noopur Chaturvedi b) Dilip Asbe
a) John Major b) Gordon Brown c) N Venudhar Reddy d) Ritesh Shukla
c) David Cameron d) Theresa May e) Biswamohan Mahapatra
e) Tony Blair 133. Who has been appointed as Director-General of
121. Which of the following is India‘s first crypto index National Mission for Clean Ganga under the
that launched by CryptoWire? Ministry of Jal Shakti?
a) IC15 b) ICY14 c) C-15 a) Dharmendra S Gangwar
d) CPT-15 e) CRIND-15 b) Sanjay Bandopadhyay
122. S. H. Sarma passed away recently. Which of the c) Neelam Shammi Rao
following designation was associated with him? d) G Asok Kumar
a) Field Marshal b) Vice Admiral e) Sundeep Kumar Nayak
c) Lieutenant Colonel d) Brigadier General 134. Name the Indian-origin British Army officer who
e) Air chief marshal became the 1st woman of colour to make a solo
123. Which of the following payments bank has been unsupported trek to the earth‘s South Pole.
categorised as a scheduled bank by the Reserve a) Vartika Shukla b) Anahat Singh
Bank of India (RBI) recently? c) Aashritha V Olety d) Rekha Sharma
a) Jio Payments Bank b) India Post Payments Bank e) Harpreet Chandi
c) Fino Payments Bank d) Paytm Payments Bank 135. Name the three-time Olympic Gold winning Triple
e) Airtel Payments Bank Jump Champion who passed away recently.
124. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed a) Richard Rogers b) Desmond Tutu
____ and Ajay Kumar Choudhary as new executive c) Viktor Saneyev d) Anne Rice
directors (ED) with effect from 03 January. e) Wilbur Smith
a) Pradeep Sharma b) Deepak Kumar 136. Recently, a new variant of Covid-19 named IHU
c) Vikram Singh d) Sonal Kumari (B.1.640.2 variant) has emerged in ____.
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137. Every year on ________, the World Day of War c) Bigbasket d) Reliance Retail
Orphans is recognized. e) Tata Group
a) January 4 b) January 5 c) January 6 148. The Ramnath Goenka Awards are presented
d) January 7 e) January 2 annually in India for excellence in which field?
138. R K Singh has dedicated Automatic Generation a) Science & Technology b) Literature
Control to the nation. It will be operated by ____. c) Sports d) Politics
a) Tata Power e) Journalism
b) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited 149. Govt re-appointed Vijay Paul Sharma as CACP
c) Power Grid Corporation of India Limited Chairman. CACP is an acronym for:
d) Power System Operation Corporation a) Council for Agricultural Costs & Prices
e) Reliance Power b) Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices
139. India has achieved the highest ever monthly export c) Corporation for Agricultural Costs & Prices
of $37.29 billion in ______________. d) Controller for Agricultural Costs & Prices
a) October 2021 b) September 2021 e) Committee for Agricultural Costs & Prices
c) December 2021 d) March 2021 150. The Power Ministry successfully completed
e) November 2021 _______ years of distributing and selling LED lights
140. Which place has been handpicked by Prime under its flagship UJALA programme.
Minister Narendra Modi to host the 25th National a) 4 b) 5 c) 6
Youth Festival? d) 7 e) 3
a) Puducherry b) Uttarakhand 151. Which company has been ranked ‗number one
c) Uttar Pradesh d) Punjab Cooperative‘ in the world in the 2021 edition of the 10th
e) Goa Annual World Cooperative Monitor (WCM) report?
141. The Reserve Bank of India stated that the Certificate a) ONGC b) GSFC c) IFFCO
of Authorisation (CoA) of Payment System d) NABARD e) None of the above
Operator(s) __________has been cancelled. 152. Which state has topped the 9th edition of India
a) Muthoot Vehicle and Asset Finance Limited Skills Report (ISR) 2022?
b) Eko India Financial Services Ltd a) Jharkhand b) Maharashtra
c) Acko India Financial Services Ltd c) Madhya Pradesh d) Gujarat
d) Ujiivan Financial Services Private Limited e) None of the above
e) Both 1 and 2 153. What is the rank of India in the Lowy Institute Asia
142. United Nations‘ World Food Programme (WFP) in Power Index 2021?
India, has partnered with The Akshaya Patra a) 1st b) 2nd c) 3rd
Foundation (TAPF) to enhance the effectiveness of the d) 4th e) None of the above
Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) 154. Who among the following has ranked first in
scheme. Where is the headquarters of UNWFP? Fortune India‘s list of most powerful women in
a) Amsterdam, Netherland India 2021?
b) Atlanta, Georgia, United States a) Nirmala Sitharaman
c) Glasgow, Scotland b) Nita Ambani
d) Rome, Italy c) Soumya Swaminathan
e) Geneva, Switzerland d) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
143. Which state has been launched ―Student Start-ups e) None of the above
and Innovation Policy 2.0 (SSIP-2.0)‖ for the next 155. Which state has topped the composite ranking in the
five years? Good Governance Index (GGI) 2021?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Punjab a) Madhya Pradesh b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh d) Rajasthan c) Uttar Pradesh d) Karnataka
e) Gujarat e) None of the above
144. Which of the following country is not the part of 156. As per the Global Health Security (GHS) Index
multinational exercise Sea Dragon 2022? 2021, what is the rank of India out of 195 countries?
a) United States b) Australia a) 38 b) 51 c) 66
c) China d) Japan e) Canada d) 72 e) None of the above
145. Who has taken charge as the new Secretary-General 157. Which state has secured 1st place among the 34 states
of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)? and Union Territories that implement the Shyama
a) Bolat Nurgaliyev b) Zhang Ming Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)?
c) Muratbek Imanaliyev d) Dmitry Mezentsev a) Himachal Pradesh b) Karnataka
e) Abdulla Aripov c) Uttar Pradesh d) Telangana
146. Name the Indian who has been given the charge as e) None of the above
Chair of UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism 158. What is the rank of India in dope violator‘s country
Committee for 2022. in the world?
a) Harsh Vardhan Shringla a) First b) Second c) Third
b) Vikas Swarup d) Fourth e) None of the above
c) T S Tirumurti 159. What is the rank of India in the ―World Talent
d) Syed Akbaruddin Ranking Report 2021‖ published by IMD World
e) Vinod Verma Competitive Centre?
147. Which of these companies has recently invested a) 42 b) 74 c) 48
USD 200 million in delivery plaform Dunzo to d) 56 e) None of the above
acquire its 25.8% stake? 160. Who has become the most expensive city, according
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a) Tel Aviv b) Paris c) Syria e) Axis Bank

d) Singapore e) None of the above 172. __ Arts and Crafts Village Organization was awarded
161. As per NSO‘s first advance estimate, what is the with the ‗International Craft Award for 2021‘.
estimated GDP growth rate of India in the fiscal a) Assam b) Jharkhand
2021-22 (FY22)? c) Madhya Pradesh d) Kerala
a) 10.2% b) 8.2% c) 7.2% e) Tamil Nadu
d) 9.2% e) 10.5% 173. Who among the following has become India‘s 73rd
162. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has appointed chess Grandmaster?
which company as the service provider for the a) Arjun Kalyan b) Harshit Raja
second phase of the Passport Seva Programme c) Sankalp Gupta d) Mitrabha Guha
(PSP-V2.0)? e) Bharath Subramaniyam
a) Tech Mahindra b) Tata Consultancy Services 174. Which of the following state government declared
c) HCL Technologies d) ITC Limited four villages located near the Nepal border in the
e) Infosys district as revenue villages?
163. In the latest SBI Ecowrap report, what is the a) Uttarakhand b) Uttar Pradesh
projected GDP growth rate of India in FY22? c) Madhya Pradesh d) Kerala
a) 9.7% b) 9.1% c) 9.5% e) Tamil Nadu
d) 9.3% e) 9.8% 175. Which Indian Airport is one of the top 10 large
164. Which day is marked as World Hindi Day globally international airports in the world that ensures ‗on-
every year? time‘ departures?
a) January 10 b) January 04 c) January 06 a) Chennai b) Delhi c) Mumbai
d) January 09 e) January 08 d) Kolkata e) Surat
165. What is the latest value of foreign currency reserves 176. Which tennis player has won the 2022 Melbourne
of India as per the data by RBI? Summer Set 1 men‘s single title?
a) $621.581 billion b) $639.405 billion a) Maxime Cressy b) Andy Murray
c) $642.453 billion d) $633.614 billion c) Novak Djokovic d) Rafael Nadal
e) $654.616 billion e) Rohan Bopanna
166. Centre has recently extended the tenure of whom as 177. National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is
the interim Chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy observed on _________.
Board of India (IBBI) till March 05, 2022? a) January 15 b) January 14 c) January 13
a) Sudhaker Shukla d) January 12 e) January 11
b) Navrang Saini 178. Who has been appointed as the Vice President of
c) Mukulita Vijayawargiya Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
d) M. S. Sahoo a) Raghuram Rajan b) Urjit Patel
e) Mohit Rana c) Viral Acharya d) Bimal Jalan
167. Legends League Cricket (LLC) has appointed whom e) Vikram Singh
as an Ambassador to its All Women Match Official 179. Name the winner of the women‘s singles tennis title
Team to promote Women‘s Empowerment? at the 2022 Adelaide International 1 tournament.
a) Mithali Raj b) Smriti Mandhana a) Simona Halep b) Karolina Pliskova
c) Harmanpreet Kaur d) Shafali Verma c) Ashleigh Barty d) Naomi Osaka
e) Jhulan Goswami e) Sania Mirza
168. Who has received Dr Subhas Mukherjee Award from 180. Which film has won the Golden Globe 2022 Best
ICMR in recognition for his outstanding contribution film in the Motion pictures (drama) category?
to the field of in-vitro fertilization (IVF)? a) The Power of the Dog b) King Richard
a) Danish Siddiqui c) West Side Story d) Being the Ricardos
b) Satish Adiga e) Belfast
c) Buddhadeb Dasgupta 181. Which city has become India‘s first city to have a
d) Lakshmi Nandan Bora Water Metro Project after the launch of its first boat
e) Viral Sudhirbhai Desai in December 2021, namely ‗Muziris‘?
169. Who among the following has won the World Rapid a) Aurangabad b) Bhopal
Chess Championship 2021? c) Kochi d) Mysuru
a) Ian Nepomniachtchi e) Dehradun
b) Magnus Carlsen 182. Who has been appointed as the head of the RBI‘s
c) Viswanathan Anand department for ―FinTech‖?
d) Nodirbek Abdusattorov a) Ajay Kumar Choudhary b) Deepak Kumar
e) Leon Mendonca c) Ajay Kumar d) T Rabi Sankar
170. Rajnath Singh has recently inaugurated Kalpana e) Jose J Kattoor
Chawla Centre For Research In Space Science And 183. Chandrashekhar Patil, popularly known as
Technology at ______. ―Champa‖ was a prominent writer who belonged to
a) IIT Madras b) IISC Bangalore which Indian language?
c) Punjab University d) IIT Delhi a) Konkani b) Gujarati c) Marathi
e) Chandigarh University d) Kannada e) Telugu
171. Which Bank has announced a strategic 184. Which of the following will get India‘s first heli-hub
collaboration with Google to fuel the Bank‘s with all aviation facilities?
customer experience strategy? a) Chennai b) Kochi c) Guwahati
a) ICICI Bank b) RBL Bank d) Bengaluru e) Gurugram
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185. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has 198. What is the estimated GDP growth rate of India in
announced Ajaz Patel as the winner of the ICC FY22, as per the latest projection of UBS
Men‘s Player of the Month. He is a cricketer who Securities?
plays for________. a) 10.1% b) 8.4% c) 9.1%
a) Pakistan b) New Zealand c) India d) 7.5% e) 8.3%
d) Afghanistan e) Australia 199. DRDO undertook the final test firing of Man
186. Which edition of the North East Festival has Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
recently concluded in Guwahati? Which agency has been designated for the
a) 6th b) 7th c) 8th manufacturing of this missile?
d) 9th e) 10th a) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
187. Which state has finished first out of 26 states and b) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
union territories in the ‗India Skills 2021‘ contest? c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
a) Maharashtra b) Kerala d) Bharat Dynamics Limited
c) Odisha d) New Delhi e) Punjab e) Indian Space Research Organisation
188. Who has been named as the new chief economist of 200. What is the rank of India in Henley Passport Index,
the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? released for Q1 of 2022?
a) Pablo Moreno Garcia a) 90 b) 83 c) 72
b) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas d) 89 e) 85
c) Paul Hilbers
d) Piotr Trabinski ANSWER KEYS
e) Simon Johnson 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. d
189. How many total athletes are there currently in the 6. c 7. e 8. d 9. c 10. e
list of athletes selected for Target Olympic Podium 11. a 12. e 13. b 14. c 15. e
Scheme (TOPS)? 16. a 17. d 18. d 19. b 20. b
a) 294 b) 107 c) 301 21. d 22. b 23. d 24. a 25. b
d) 415 e) 435 26. d 27. b 28. d 29. a 30. b
190. Chris Morris who has announced retirement from all 31. c 32. a 33. e 34. b 35. e
forms of cricket, represented which country? 36. b 37. a 38. b 39. d 40. e
a) England b) Australia 41. d 42. a 43. c 44. b 45. d
c) New Zealand d) South Africa 46. c 47. d 48. d 49. b 50. c
e) West Indies 51. e 52. c 53. d 54. a 55. d
191. Retail inflation of India in December 2021 rose to a 56. c 57. b 58. d 59. b 60. d
six-month high of ______ per cent 61. d 62. e 63. d 64. d 65. b
a) 6.59 b) 7.59 c) 8.59 66. d 67. c 68. d 69. a 70. a
d) 9.59 e) 5.59 71. d 72. a 73. c 74. a 75. b
192. Which of the following country has topped the 76. c 77. d 78. d 79. a 80. b
Henley Passport Index 2022? 81. c 82. b 83. a 84. d 85. d
a) America b) Japan c) China 86. a 87. d 88. b 89. d 90. b
d) Germany e) Iceland 91. a 92. b 93. c 94. b 95. d
193. Who is named as the head of the five-member 96. c 97. a 98. d 99. d 100. a
committee formed by Supreme Court to probe the 101. c 102. d 103. a 104. b 105. c
security breach of PM security in Punjab? 106. e 107. c 108. c 109. a 110. b
a) Indu Malhotra b) Uday Lalit 111. c 112. a 113. d 114. b 115. d
c) Ranjan Gogoi d) N. V. Ramana 116. c 117. c 118. c 119. b 120. e
e) Roshan Singh 121. a 122. b 123. e 124. b 125. b
194. Who has become the first person in the world to get 126. e 127. a 128. d 129. c 130. e
a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig? 131. b 132. a 133. d 134. e 135. c
a) Amelia Earhart b) John Edwards 136. b 137. c 138. d 139. c 140. a
c) Bill Cosby d) David Bennett 141. e 142. d 143. e 144. c 145. b
e) Brett Favre 146. c 147. d 148. e 149. b 150. d
195. Recently, the oldest sloth bear of India passed away 151. c 152. b 153. d 154. a 155. b
aged 40 at Van Vihar National Park and Zoo of 156. c 157. d 158. c 159. d 160. a
Bhopal. What was the name of the bear? 161. d 162. b 163. c 164. a 165. d
a) Babli b) Gulabo c) Pinki 166. b 167. e 168. b 169. d 170. e
d) Sheebo e) Roshni 171. b 172. d 173. e 174. b 175. a
196. As per World Bank, what is the projected growth 176. d 177. e 178. b 179. c 180. a
rate of Indian economy in current fiscal, FY22? 181. c 182. a 183. d 184. e 185. b
a) 9.7% b) 8.0% c) 9.1% 186. d 187. c 188. b 189. c 190. d
d) 8.3% e) 8.7% 191. e 192. b 193. a 194. d 195. b
197. Alikhan Smailov has been appointed as the new 196. d 197. b 198. c 199. d 200. b
Prime Minister of which country?
a) Georgia b) Kazakhstan c) Tajikistan
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100 GK QUESTIONS FOR

SSC & RAILWAY
1. In order to overturn the British rule through arms,
the Kakori Conspiracy was planned by the members
of ________ in 1925.
a) Hindustan Republican Association
b) Indian National Congress
c) Indian National Army
d) Gadar Party
2. ―Go back to Vedas‖ This call was given by
a) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
b) Vivekananda
c) Jyotiba Phule
d) Dayanand Saraswati
3. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a
fast unto death in Yervada jail against :
a) British repression of the Satyagrahis
b) Violation of the Gandhi Irwin Pact
c) Communal award of Ramsay Mac Donald
d)Communal Riots in Calcutta
4. What did the Hunter Commission appointed by the
Viceroy probe?
a) Bardoli Satyagraha List – I (Sobriquets) List – II (Names)
b) Khilafat Agitation A. Frontier Gandhi 1. Madan Mohan
c) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy Malaviya
d) Chauri Chaura Incident B. Grand Old Man of India 2. Vallabhai
5. Which British Governor General Introduced Postage Patel
Stamp in India? C. Mahamana 3. Dadabhai
a) Lord Dalhousie b) Lord Auckland Naoroji
c) Lord Canning d) Lord William Bentinck D. Strong Man of India 4. Balgangadhar
6. During colonial period, British capital was mainly Tilak
invested in : 5. Alxlul Gaffar
a) Infrastructure b) Industry Khan
c) Agriculture d) Services Code :-
7. Who was the National leader who wrote History of A B C D
India on the walls of the Andaman Cellular Jail? a) 4 2 3 5
a) Nandalal Bose b) Ambedkar b) 5 3 1 2
c) Vir Savarkar d) Jyotiba Phule c) 4 2 5 1
8. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was equated with d) 5 3 2 4
a) Mazzini b)Cavour 14. Who said ―Truth is the ultimate reality and it is
c) Garibaldi d) Bismarck God‖?
9. When was Mahatma Gandhi arrested during the a) Swamy Vivekananda
‗Quit India Movement‘ of 1942 ? b) Rabindra Nath Tagore
a) 7th Augutst, 1942 b) 30th April , 1942 c) M. K. Gandhi
c) 9th Augutst, 1942 d) 5th July, 1942 d) Radhakrishnan
10. Which Directive Principal bears the direct impact 15. The concept of Constitution first originated in –
of Gandhi‘s moral Philosophy? a) Switzerland b) Britain
a) Equal pay for equal work c) U. S .A d) Japan
b) Provision of free legal aid and advice 16. The term ‗Fraternity‘ in the Preamble of the Indian
c) Prohibition of the slaughter of cows Constitution means a sense of –
d) Protection of the monuments of historical a) Friendliness b) Statehood
importance c) Love and affection d) Brotherhood
11. The Editor of ‗Young India‘ and ‗Harijan‘ was 17. Which commission made the recommendations
a) Nehru b) Ambedkar which formed the basis for the Punjab
c) Mahatma Gandhi d) SUbhash Chandra Bose Reorganisation Act which created the states Punjab
12. ‗Neel Darpan‘ a play depicting the revolt against the an Haryana?
Indigo planters was written by a) Dhar Commission b) Dass Commission
a) Dinbandhu Mitra c) Shah Commission d) Mahajan Commission
b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 18. Who will appoints the new Chief Minister of Jammu
c) Rabindranath Tagore and Kashmir UT?
d) Naveen Chandra Sen a) President
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c) Lieutenant Governor c) 21 years d) 25 years
d) None of these 30. The Earth is tilted on its axis –
19. In which of the following Articles, there is a) 23.5 degree b) 22.5 degree
provision of ―Right to Equality‖? c) 21.5 degree d) 20 degree
a) Article – 14 b) Article – 19 31. The heat from Sun to Earth is called as –
c) Article – 20 d) Article – 21 a) Temperature Radiation
20. Article 27 of the Indian Constitution ―Freedom as to b) Insolation
payment of taxes for promotions of any particular c) Emitted Heat
religion‖ deals with – d) Solar Radiation
a) The Union Government 32. Which of the following line represents the line
b) The State Government which connects the places of equal rain?
c) The Directive Principles of State Policy a) Isohypse b) Isohalines
d) The Fundamental Rights of the Indian Citizen c) Isobar d) Isohyets
21. Which part of the Constitution of India ensures the 33. Sandstone is metamorphosed to –
Social and Economic democracy? a) Shale b) Slate
a) Provision of emergency c) Quartzite d) Marble
b) Centre- state relation 34. Who invented Universal Standard Time?
c) Directive Principles of State Policy a) Enrico Fermi
d) None of these b) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
22. Which of the following organ of the government c) Sandford Fleming
refers to a smaller group of people who are d) Benoit Fourneyron
responsible for implementing laws and running the 35. Which of the following is not a result of
government? And select the correct codes given underground water activity?
below – a) Stalactites b) Stalagmites
I. The Judiciary II. The Executives c) Sink holes d) Flords
III. The Legislature 36. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the
Codes :- earth along which one side has moved down with
a) Only I b) Only II reference to the other is known as –
c) Only III d) No option is correct a) Rift Valley b) U Shaped Valley
23. In Pocket veto, the President of India can keep a c) V Shaped Valley d) Hanging Valley
bill for how much duration? 37. Which one is the deepest gorge in the world?
a) 1 month b) 6 month a) Kali Gandaki Gorge
c) 12 months d) Indefinite Period b) Garganta del Cares
24. In which year, ―House of People ‖ was named as c) Tiger Leaping Gorge
Lok Sabha? d) Vikos Gorge
a) 1954 b) 1964 38. What is the main natural cause of disruption of road
c) 1974 d) 1984 in hilly areas?
25. The largest committee of Parliament of India is – a) Landslide b) Falling of Trees
a) Public Accounts Committee c) Traffic d) Road Construction
b) Estimates Committee 39. Which of the following is a type of farming that
c) Committee on public Undertakings involves both the growing of crops as well as raising
d) Joint Parliamentary Committee of livestock?
26. Which of the following statement is not correct a) Intensive Farming b) Mixed Farming
about Governor? c) Dairy Farming d) Dry Farming
a) A person can be appointed as Governor for two 40. Instrument for meansuring rainfall is called –
or more states. a) Lucimeter b) Galactometer
b) Governor can be trariferred from one state to c) Hyetometer d) Hygrometer
another during their tenure 41. Which among the following peaks is Not located in
c) President appoints Governor by warrant, under Nepal Himalayas?
his hand and seal. a) Annapurna b) Kamet
d) Minimum age required for a person to become c) Lhotse d) Mount Everest
Governor of a state is 30 years 42. Which rivers of India is also known as ―Vridha
27. The retired Judge of Supreme court are restricted to Ganga‘?
practice advocacy in – a) Krishna b) Godavari
a) Any court except Supreme Court c) Mahanadi d) Cauvery
b) Any court of India 43. (Nature of Forest) (Area)
c) Any court below High Court A. Tropical Evergreen 1. Shivalik
d) Any civil court B. Monsoon 2. Shillong
28. Which of the following is not a Panchayati Raj C. Temperate 3. West Bengal
Institution? D. Mangrove 4. Nilgiri
a) Gram Sabha A B C D
b) Gram Panchayat a) 2 4 1 3
c) Gram Cooperative society b) 3 1 4 2
d) Nyaya Panchayat c) 2 1 4 3
29. What is the minimum age required to become a d) 3 4 1 2
member of municipality? 44. Which soil is best for the production of cotton?
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c) Alluvial soil d) Peaty soil a) IMF b) World Bank

45. Which of the following is a part of tertiary sector? c) RBI d) UNCTAD
a) Power and Transportation 59. Ferns belong to which division of plants?
b) Animal Husbandry a) Gymnosperms b) Angiosperms
c) Cotton Manufacturing c) Thallophyta d) Pteridophyta
d) Cultivation of Crops. 60. Cell or Tissue death within a living body is called
46. ‗Law of demand‘ implics that when there is excess as –
demand for a commodity, then – a) Neutrophils b) Nephrosis
a) Price of the commodity falls c) Necrosis d) Neoplasia
b) Price of the commodity remains same 61. Bacteriophase was discovered by .
c) Price of the commodity rises a) Felix d‘ Herelle and Frederick Twort
d) Puantity demanded of the commodity falls b) Kluyver and Niel
47. Perfect competition means – c) Paul Ehrlich
a) Large number of buyers and less sellers d) Burrill and Smith
b) Large number of buyers and sellers 62. Fungi that grow on bark are said to be –
c) Large number of sellers and less buyers a) Xylophilous b) Saxicolous
d) None of these c) Coprophilous d) Corticolous
48. The world wide Great Depression took place in – 63. Cuscuta is a
a) 1936 b) 1929 a) Partial stem parasite
c) 1928 d) 1930 b) Complete stem parasite
49. National Income can be calculated in all except one c) Partial root parasite
of the following ways – d) complete root parasite
a) Sum of all expenditure 64. The part of the flower that can carry out
b) Sum of all outputs photosynthesis is
c) Sum of all savings a) Androecium b) Gynoecium
d) Sum of all incomes c) Calyx d) Corolla
50. Remedy Finance is done by 65. Alcohol is more volatile than water because _____
a) National Development Council is lower than water.
b) NABARD a) Its boiling point b) Its density
c) SBI c) Its viscosity d) Its surface tension
d) RBI 66. In a _____ wave particles of the medium vibrate in
51. In the budget figures of the Government of India, a direction parallel to the direction of wave
Fiscal deficit is – propagation.
a)Total Expenditure –Total Receipts a) Longitudinal b)Transverse
b) Revenue Expenditure–Revenue Receipts c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these
c) Capital Expenditure –Capital Receipts + Market 67. Which of these waves can be polarized ?
Borrowings a) Sound waves in air
d) Sum of budget deficit and Government‘s market b) Longitudinal waves on a string
borrowings and liabilities c) Transverse waves on a string
52. Which of the following taxes is not collected by the d) Light waves
Central Government? 68. Find the power of a convex lens if the image
a) Income Tax b) Customs Duty formed is at a distance of 20 cm from the lens when
c) Professional Tax d) Excise Duty the object is placed on the other side of the lens at
53. Private Investment is otherwise called as – 25 cm from the optical centre.
a) Autonomous investment a) 1 dioptre b)– 9 dioptre
b) Foreigen institutional investment c) 9 dioptre d) 1 dioptre
c) Foreign direct investment 69. In which of the following frequency Range, Human
d) Induced investment ear feels the sensitivity of vibration of sound?
54. Verghese Kurien is related to – a) 0 – 5 Hz b) 6 – 10 Hz
a) Blue Revolution b) White Revolution c) 11 – 15 Hz d) 20 – 20, 000 Hz
c) Yellow Revolution d) Green Revulution 70. Rain drops fall from great height. Which among the
55. Poverty is less developed countries is largely due to following statements is true regarding it?
a) Volunatary idleness a) They fall with that ultimate velocity, which are
b) Income inequality different for different droplets
c) Lack of cultural activities b) They fall with same ultimate velocity
d) Lack of intelligence of the people c) Their velocity increases and they fall with
56. Who among the following suggested the ‗Rolling different velocity on the earth
Plan‘? d) Their velocity increases and they fall with
a) John W. Miller b) D. T. Lakdawala same velocity on the earth
c) Gunnar Myrdal d) Sukhmay Chakarborty 71. Strongest bond is –
57. NIFTY is ssociated with – a) C = C b) C = C
a) Cloth Market Price Index c) C – C d) All are equally strong
b) Consumer Price Index 72. Process of gaining electrons is known as ______
c) BSE Index a) Oxidation
d) NSE Index b) Reduction
58. ―World Economic Outlook ‖ report is published by c) Radiation
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73. Bitter testing food is ________ in nature. b) Novak Djokovic
a) Bases b) Acidic c) Alexander Zverev
c) Neutral d) None of these d) Matteo Berrettini
74. Chemical formula for sulphurous acid is ________ 88. What is the new name of the ‗Union Ministry of
a) H2SO4 b) H2SO3 Shipping‘ of India?
c) H3SO3 d) H3SO4 a) Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
75. What is dry ice? b) Ministry of Ports
a) Dry is without water c) Ministry of Waterways
b) Benzoic acid d) Ministry of Shipping and Waterways
c) Glacial acetic acid 89. National Education Day observed on November 11,
d) Solid carbon dioxide to commemorate the birth anniversary of which
76. If the bullets could not be removed from gunshot Indian personality?
injury of a man, it May cause poisoning by a) Abdul Kalam
a) Mercury b) Lead b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c) Iron d) Arsenic c) Radha Krishnan
77. Which among the following is used in making d) Savitribhai Phule
liquors, medicines and as a fuel in aircrafts? 90. How many countries constitute the Asia-Pacific
a) Propyl alcohol b) Dimethyl alcohol Economic Cooperation (APEC)?
c) Ethyl alcohol d) Methyl alcohol a) 5 b) 11
78. The pair of compounds used as anaesthetic in c) 17 d) 21
medicine is – 91. Who has the power to declare an area as a scheduled
a) Nitrous oxide, Chloroform area?
b) Chloroform and Nitrogen Dioxide a) President
c) Nitrogen Dioxide and ether b) Prime Minister
d) Ether and Ammonia c) Governor of that state
79. ‗Saponification‘ is a process by which – d) Chief Minister
a) Soap is prepared 92. Which article of the Constitution empowers the
b) Sulphur is extracted President to promulgate ordinances?
c) Plastic is prepared a) Article 123 b) Article 52
d) Protein is identified c) Article 25 d) Article 78
80. Which Union Ministry is implementing ‗Gram Ujala 93. The portfolios are allocated to the ministers by:
programme‘? a) the President
a) Ministry of Power b) the Prime Minister
b) Ministry of Rural Development c) collective decision of the Council of Ministers
c) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare d) individual choice
d) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate 94. The Office of Deputy PM :
Change a) was there in original constitution
81. Which country has recently launched the ‗Tsirkon b) not mentioned in the constitution
hypersonic missile system‘? c) was created by 42nd Amendment Act
a) China b) Russia d) can be created by President
c) U.K d) Israel 95. Currency Depreciation means
82. ―The Presidential Years‖ is the memoir of which a) When the exchange rate of a domestic currency
Indian President? is cut down by its government against a foreign
a) Pratibha Patel b) Pranab Mukherjee currency.
c) Ramnath Kovind d) A P J Abdul Kalam b) When domestic currency loses its value in front
83. The ‗Swarnim Vijay Mashaal‘ has been lit by the of a foreign currency in a market driven
Prime Minister of India to commemorate which situation.
historic event? c) Devaluation and depreciation a can be used
a) Indo Pak War interchangeably.
b) World War 2 d) None of the above
c) Indian Independence 96. Which among the following is an example of
d) Indo China War progressive tax?
84. Mount Harriet, which will be renamed as Mount a) Excise duty b) Octroi
Manipur, is located in which state/ UT? c) Income tax d) Service tax
a) Manipur 97. ‗Swarnim Vijay Parv‘, is being celebrated to
b) Lakshadweep commemorate 50 years of India‘s friendship with
c) Mizoram which country?
d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands a) Nepal b) Sri Lanka
85. India was ranked at which position on Global c) Bangladesh d) Japan
Innovation Index 2021? 98. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is associated with
a) 45th b) 46th which field?
c) 47th d) 48th a) Sports b) Science
86. When is Hindi Diwas observed? c) Social Service d) Literature
a) September 12th b) September 13th 99. Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, which
c) September 14th d) September 15th was seen in the news recently, is located in which
87. Who won US Open 2021 final? state?
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c) Karnataka d) Gujarat
9 c 29 c 49 c 69 d 89 b
100. Bhavani Devi is associated with which sports?
a) Weight-lifting b) Archery 10 c 30 a 50 d 70 a 90 d
c) Fencing d) Shooting 11 c 31 d 51 d 71 b 91 a
12 a 32 d 52 c 72 b 92 a
ANSWER KEYS
13 b 33 c 53 d 73 a 93 b
1 a 21 c 41 b 61 a 81 b
14 c 34 c 54 b 74 b 94 b
2 d 22 b 42 b 62 d 82 b
15 b 35 d 55 b 75 d 95 b
3 c 23 d 43 c 63 b 83 a
16 d 36 a 56 c 76 b 96 c
4 c 24 a 44 a 64 c 84 d
17 c 37 a 57 d 77 c 97 c
5 a 25 b 45 a 65 a 85 b
18 a 38 a 58 a 78 a 98 b
6 c 26 d 46 c 66 a 86 c
19 a 39 b 59 d 79 a 99 a
7 c 27 b 47 b 67 d 87 a
20 d 40 c 60 c 80 a 100 c
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40 COMPUTER
MCQs
1. What is an Operating system?
(a) It is an interface between User and the Computer
(b) It manages all resources
(c) It does all process management tasks
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
2. Which process check to ensure the components of
the computer are operating and connected properly?
(a) Booting (b) Processing
(c) Saving (d) Editing
(e) None of these 11. A __________ is an electronic device that process
3. The ability of an operating system to run more than data, converting it into information.
one application at a time is called _________. (a) processor (b) computer
(a) Multi-tasking (c) case (d) stylus
(b) Object-oriented programming (e) None of these
(c) Multi-user computing 12. __________ computers represent data as variable
(d) Real-Time points along a continuous spectrum of values.
(e) None of the above (a) Analog (b) Digital
4. Which of the following is used to switch between (c) Precise (d) Mainframe
open programs? (e) None of these
(a) Alt+tab (b) Ctrl+tab 13. Which of the following is used by the tablet PC to
(c) Shift+tab (d) Ctrl+Alt write on the screen.
(e) Alt+Shift (a) finger (b) mouse
5. To move to the beginning of a line of text, press the (c) digitalizer (d) stylus
__________ key. (e) None of these
(a) a (b) pageup 14. A word in a web page that, when clicked, opens
(c) enter (d) home another document.
(e) None of these (a) anchor (b) URL
6. Which among the following is a language used in a (c) hyperlink (d) reference
computer that is very similar to, the language of (e) None of these
humans and is easy to understand? 15. A network‘s __________ is the central structure that
(a) Source Code connects other portions of the network.
(b) Machine Language (a) trunk (b) backbone
(c) High Level Language (c) protocol (d) server
(d) Object Code (e) None of these
(e) Assembly language 16. You can organize your bookmarks using ______.
7. The first electronic digital computer contained (a) structures (b) containers
_________? (c) folders (d) menus
(a) Electronic valves (b) Neural Networks (e) Chart
(c) Fuzzy Logic (d) Semiconductor memory 17. Which key will launch the Start button.
(e) None of these (a) esc (b) shift
8. What is the sequence of events that occurs in the (c) Windows (d) Shortcut
computer when it is interpreting and executing an (e) None of these
instruction known as? 18. Computers use the __________ number system to
(a) Execution cycle (b) Instruction cycle store data and perform calculations.
(c) Working cycle (d) Machine cycle (a) decimal (b) hexadecimal
(e) None of the above (c) binary (d) octal
9. _____ is a Windows utility program that located and (e) None of these
eliminates unnecessary fragments and rearranges 19. Floppy drives, hard drives and tape drives all use a
filed and unused to disk space to optimise __________ to read data.
operations. (a) laser (b) sensor
(a) Backup (b) Disk cleanup (c) magnet (d) pen
(c) Disk defragmenter (d) Restore (e) None of these
(e) Disk restorer 20. The number of pixels displayed on a screen is
10. Which command is used to set a name to a disk in known as the screen ………… .
DOS? (a) resolution (b) colour depth
(a) VOLUME (b) VOL (c) refresh rate (d) viewing size
(c) LABEL (d) DISKLABEL (e) None of these
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21. Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. confidential information, so that it cannot be
In MS Word spelling check is a feature available in recovered later?
which tab? (a) Redacting (b) Encrypting
(a) Page Layout (b) Home (c) Spoofing (d) Defacing
(c) Insert (d) Review (e) Botnet
(e) References 33. A _________ typically connects personal computers
22. The blank white area near the edges of every page in within a very limited geographical area, usually
a word document is known as a ________. within a single building.
(a) cut mark (b) margin (a) LAN (b) FAN
(c) new area (d) gutter (c) TAN (d) WAN
(e) indent (e) VPN
23. Which of the following software posts unwanted 34. In which type of malicious act, hacker contacts you
advertisements on client‘s computer? by phone or email and attempts to acquire your
(a) Virus (b) Malware password?
(c) Worm (d) Adware (a) spoofing (b) phishing
(e) Logic bombs (c) spamming (d) bugging
24. In which group can you find or replace text and (e) None of these
select text or objects in a document? 35. While browsing the internet, which of the following
(a) Proofing (b) Paragraph key is used for full screen view?
(c) Editing (d) Font (a) F3 (b) F5
(e) None of these (c) F11 (d) F9
25. Walkie-talkie is an example of which of the (e) F1
following? 36. Which of the following type of software secretly
(a) simplex communication collects information about you and your internet
(b) half-duplex communication habits?
(c) full-duplex communication (a) Detectware (b) Spam
(d) semi-duplex communication (c) Spyware (d) Spooling
(e) None of these (e) None of these
26. What happens when you boot up a PC? 37. Which of the following is a common name for the
(a) Portions of the operating system are copied from crime of stealing password?
disk into memory (a) Spooling (b) Ransomware
(b) Portions of the operating system are copied from (c) Hacking (d) Spoofing
memory onto disk (e) None of these
(c) Portions of the Operating system are complied 38. Which of the following device enabling data
(d) Portions of the operating system are emulated transfer between two different networks?
(e) The PC gets switched off (a) Plotter (b) Joystick
27. Which of the following is not a computer language? (c) Gateway (d) Path
(a) High-level language (e) None of these
(b) Machine language 39. Which of the following is related to simplex
(c) Low-level language communication?
(d) Medium-level language (a) Single wire and two-sided communication
(e)All of the above (b) Television
28. The ______________ folder retains copies of (c) Two-wire communication
messages that you have started but are not yet ready (d) Walkie-talkie
to send. (e) None of these
(a) Drafts (b) Outbox 40. Which of the following is not a web browser?
(c) Address Book (d) Sent Items (a) Firefox (b) Safari
(e) Inbox (c) FTP (d) Edge
29. Linux is an OS based on_____ (e) Both (c) and (d)
(a) DBMS (b) UNIX
(c) Network node (d) J2EEE
(e) Python
ANSWER KEY
30. Which of the following is used to close a tab on a 1 d 11 b 21 d 31 a
browser? 2 a 12 a 22 b 32 a
(a) Ctrl + T (b) Ctrl + W 3 a 13 d 23 d 33 a
(c) Ctrl + A (d) Ctrl + Y
(e) None of the above 4 a 14 c 24 c 34 b
31. Which of the following refers to the forging of the 5 d 15 b 25 b 35 c
return address on an e-mail so that the e-mail 6 c 16 c 26 a 36 c
message appears to come from someone other than
7 a 17 c 27 d 37 d
the actual sender?
(a) Spoofing (b) Redacting 8 b 18 c 28 a 38 c
(c) Spamming (d) Pharming 9 c 19 c 29 b 39 b
(e) Ransomware c a b c
32. Which of the following refers to blacking out 10 20 30 40
portions of the document, usually to protect

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20 BANKING AWARENESS
MCQS
A. FCCB
B. FCEB
C. FCNR
D. All of these
E. None of these
8) Which is the Core Banking Solution (CBS) of
Reserve Bank of India?
A. e-kuber
B. e-cbs
C. e-auction
D. All of these
E. None of these
1) Who among the following is not eligible to issue 9) If a customer deposits money with a bank then the
Rupee denominated bonds overseas? banker becomes ______
A. Corporate A. Borrower
B. Limited Liability Partnerships B. Lender
C. Partnership firms C. Debtor
D. Both (A) and (B) D. Agent
E. Both (C) and (B) E. None of these
2) ________ is only a transfer mechanism, which 10) What are the funds that are set aside by the banks as
transfers money between different bank accounts fraction to the loans known as?
and does not hold Money. A. NPA coverage ratio
A. PayTM B. Loan default ratio
B. Airtel Money C. Provisioning coverage Ratio
C. mPesa D. Credit Exposure Ratio
D. BHIM E. None of these
E. None of these 11) RBI has permitted non-bank entities to set up White
3) Which are the banks covered under the Banking lable ATM's in India under the _______ .
Ombudsman Scheme, 2006? A. Nationalisation Act ,1969
A. Scheduled Commercial Banks B. Banking Regulation Act , 1949
B. Regional Rural Banks C. RBI Act , 1949
C. Scheduled Primary Co-operative Banks D. Companies Act,1956
D. All of these E. None of these
E. None of these 12) Which bank came into existence in 1921 when three
4) Every registered taxable person shall be entitled to banks namely, Bank of Bengal (1806), Bank Of
take credit of input tax in his return and such input Bombay (1840) and Bank of Madras (1843) were
tax credit shall be credited to _______ reorganised and amalgamated to form a single
A. Personal Ledger Account banking entity?
B. Refund account A. Imperial Bank of India
C. Electronic Cash Ledger B. State Bank of India
D. Electronic Credit Ledger C. Reserve Bank of India
E. None of these D. Punjab National Bank
5) In NSDL, ―S‖ stands for _______ E. None of the above
A. Securities 13) LBS is one of the economic measures taken by
B. Services centeral government for Financial Inclusion. What
C. Stock does LBS Stands for?
D. Subsidiary A. Loan Banking Scheme
E. None of these B. Lead Banking Scheme
6) Any unit of money, whose face value and intrinsic C. Liquidity Banking Scheme
value are equal, is known as ______ D. Liability Banking Scheme
A. Commodity Money E. None of these
B. Full bodied Money 14) When there is high inflation in the economy, how
C. Paper Money will it affect the supply of money in the economy?
D. Fiat Money A. No effect on the money supply
E. Optional Money B. Supply of money decreases
7) A _____ is a type of corporate bond issued by an C. Supply of money increases
Indian company in an overseas market in a currency D. None of the above
different from that of the issuer. E. All of these

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15) Which type of transactions are reported by the C. 66 × 166 mm

Banks under Cash Transaction Report (CTR) ? D. 147 × 73 mm
A. Cash Transactions more than Rs 10 Lakhs E. None of the given options is true
B. All Transactions more than Rs 10 Lakhs 19) Initially when did Group of Ten countries form the
C. Only Cash Receipts more than Rs 10 Lakhs Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)?
D. Only cash payments more than Rs 10 Lakhs A. 1974
E. None of these B. 1969
16) Choose the different one from the following C. 1981
payment processing platforms in India? D. 1971
A. VISA E. None of these
B. Rupay 20) Which among the following are called final
C. Master card accounts of a Bank?
D. American express A. Trading Accounts, Profit and Loss Account
E. None of these and Balance Sheet
17) Banks in India are required to maintain a portion of B. Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet
their demand and time liabilities with the Reserve C. Balance Sheet Only
Bank of India. This portion is called ________. D. All of the above
A. Statutory Liquidity Ratio E. None of these
B. Cash Reserve Ratio
C. Bank Deposit ANSWER KEYS
D. Reserve Repo 1. E 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. A
E. Government Securities 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. C
18) Which of the following is the dimension of new 500
rupee note?
11. D 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. A
A. 157 × 73 mm 16. B 17. B 18. B 19. A 20. B
B. 66 × 150 mm

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PRACTICE SET
Upcoming Exam
OSCB-AM (PRELIM)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions [Q.1-5] : Find which of the following
sentences may contain an error.
1. (a) Meeta left for her husband‘s last week.
(b) Do it or you will be punished.
(c) Did you ever go to Appu Ghar recently?
(d) I can‘t hear what you are saying now.
2. (a) His friends prayed,‖He may succeed in his new
venture‖
(b) The book has just been lost.
(c) Then I realized that something was burning.
(d) I think the news might be true.
3. (a) The teacher made the students solve the problems.
(b) She started crying when she was left alone.
(c) She was let to do whatever she liked.
(d) She can‘t help visiting her ailing uncle.
4. (a) None but cowards are afraid of dying.
(b) Riches and not character bring you respect.
(c) She is intelligent but her sister dull
(d) Three parts of the lesson are yet to be completed.
5. (a) The police swung into action yesterday.
(b) Nobody could have forecast future correctly.
(c) Remember not to lose your temper even when
you are maligned.
(d) Difficulty after difficulty rose in his way.
Directions [Q.6-10] : In each sentence, a part of the
sentence is underlined in bold which may or may not
be correct, you have to choose the option which may
make the sentence meaningful.
6. The BJP is banking on the electorate to give an
unprecedented second successive victory in the
state
(a) it a unprecedented second successive victory
(b) b. it an unprecedented victory second time
(c) unprecedented second successive victory
(d) it an unprecedented second successive victory
(e) no correction required
7. The narrative of the neglect of OBC interests and
the continuing desertions has rattled the BJP
because they might lead to a split in its vote base.
(a) have rattled in the BJP because they might lead
to
(b) have rattled the BJP and they might lead to
(c) have rattled the BJP in order that they might
lead to
(d) have rattled the BJP because they might lead to
(e) no correction required.
8. The company did not have any good option other
than to offer the stake to the government, and the
government could not but accept it
(a) offering the stake to the government, but the
government could not but accept it
(b) offer the stake to the government, so the
government could not but accept it
(c) offering the stake to the government and yet
the government could not but accept it
MARCH – 2022
(d) offering the stake to the government, and the
government could not but accept it
(e) no correction required
9. The company is no longer looking into an abyss
now, and is in a position to plan and work for
recovery.
(a) Try look into an abyss now, and is in a position
to plan
(b) looking for an abyss now, and is in a position
to plan
(c) looking inside an abyss now, and is in a
position to plan
(d) looking into an abyss now, and is in a position
to plan
(e) no correction required
10. The underlying principle must be that restrictions on
freedom of expression can only be placed where
there were very strong reasons for doing so.
(a) while there are very strong reasons for doing so.
(b) Wherever were there very strong reasons for
doing so.
(c) Whereas there are very strong reasons for
doing so.
(d) where there are very strong reasons for doing so.
(e) No correction required
Directions [Q.11-15] : fill in the blanks in the given
passage with the suitable options to make the passage
meaningful.
Indian aesthetics is a unique philosophical and spiritual
point of view on art, architecture and literature. In Indian
aesthetics, a rasa (11) an essential mental state and is the
dominant emotional theme of a work of art or the
primary feeling that is (12) in the person that views,
reads or hears such a work.
Although the concept of rasa is fundamental to many
forms of Indian art including dance, music, musical
theatre, cinema and literature, the treatment, (13), usage
and actual performance of a particular rasa differs greatly
between different styles and schools of abhinaya, and the
huge regional differences even within one style.
The theory of rasa is attributed to Bharata, a sage-priest
who may have lived sometime between the 1st century
bc and the 3rd century. It was developed by the
rhetorician and philosopher Abhinavagupta (c. 1000),
who 14 it to all varieties of theatre and poetry. The
principal human feelings, according to Bharata, are
delight, laughter, sorrow, anger, energy, fear, disgust,
heroism, and (15), all of which may be recast in
contemplative forms.
11. (a) seems (b) denotes
(c) infers (d) catalyzes
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(e) objects or in a busy shopping mall of a town empties a test tube

12. (a) choked (b) chortled containing some fluid, which in turn creates an unseen
(c) resonating (d) evoked cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable
(e) thriving of inflicting a horrible death within 5 days on any one
13. (a) paradigm (b) dimension who inhales it. At first 500, or so victims feel that they
(c) interpretation (d) cross section have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two.
(e) seems Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start
14. (a) invited (b) inveigled filling with fluid. They rush to local hospitals for
(c) instructed (d) applied treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find that the
(e) modified medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to
15. (a) composure (b) tranquility excessive demand. But no one would be able to realise
(c) stupefaction (d) influence that a terrorist attack has occurred. One cannot deny the
(e) sentiments possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious
Directions [Q.16-20] : Rearrange the jumbled variety capable of causing an epidermic. The meeting
sentence and answer the questions given below. concluded that such attacks, apart from causing
(a) The NSP 2022-26, with references to India, has immediate human tragedy, would have dire long-term
been framed after seven years of diligent and effects on the political and social fabric of a country by
rigorous analysis and consultations led by the way of ending people‘s trust on the competence of the
National Security Division. government. The experts also said that the bombs used in
(b) The public version, seen by PTI, is meant to provide Kenya and Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and
an insight into the overall vision and direction of the involved quantities of high explosives, but new terrorism
country's national security. will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive
(c) Pakistan, in its first-ever National Security Policy than hijacking an aero plane or a machine of previous
(NSP) launched on Friday by Prime Minister Imran decades. According to Bruce Hoffman, an American
Khan, makes it imperative for itself to deter war and specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally
defend the country's territorial integrity and had a specific manifesto - to overthrow a colonial power
sovereignty at "all costs" by using all elements of or the capitalist system and so on. These terrorists were
national power. not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft
(d) Its guiding principle reads: "Ensure the defense and and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many
territorial integrity of Pakistan in all their innocent people might turn their natural supporters off.
manifestations." Political terrorists want a lot of people watching but not a
(e) Section V of the policy provides an insight into the lot of people dead. ―Old terrorism sought to change the
traditional concept of security and efforts by world while the new sort is often practiced by those who
policymakers to deal with various threats. believe that the world has gone beyond redemption‖, he
16. Which of the following is the first sentence after added. Hoffman says, ―New terrorism has no long-term
rearrangement? agenda but is ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is
(a) a (b) b (c) c often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of
(d) d (e) e religious intolerance or a protest against the West in
17. Which of the following is the second sentence after general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be
rearrangement? religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a government
(a) a (b) b (c) c and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply
(d) d (e) e intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain on the
18. Which of the following is the third sentence after victim.‖
rearrangement? 21. In the context of the passage, the culprit‘s act of
(a) a (b) b (c) c emptying a test tube containing some fluid can be
(d) d (e) e classified as
19. Which of the following is the fourth sentence after (a) a terrorist attack
rearrangement (b) an epidemic of a dreaded disease
(a) a (b) b (c) c (c) a natural calamity
(d) d (e) e (d) panic created by an imaginary event
20. Which of the following is the fifth sentence after (e) None of these
rearrangement? 22. In what way would the new terrorism be different
(a) a (b) b (c) c from that of the earlier years ?
(d) d (e) e A. More dangerous and less baffling
Directions [Q.21-30] : Read the passage and answer B. More hazardous for victims
the questions. C. Less complicated for terrorists
In the second week of August 1998, just a few days after (a) A and C only (b) B and C only
the incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi (c) A and B only (d) All the three
and Dar-es-Salaam, a high-powered, brain-storming (e) None of these
session was held near Washington D.C. to discuss 23. What was the immediate provocation for the
various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended meeting held in August 1998 ?
by ten of America‘s leading experts in various fields such (a) the insistence of America‘s leading
as germ and chemical warfare, public health,disease (b) the horrors of possible bio-attacks
control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing (c) a culprit‘s heinous act of spreading germs
officers. Being asked to describe the horror of possible (d) people‘s lack of trust in the government
bio-attack, one of the experts narrated the following (e) None of these
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24. What could be the probable consequences of bio- (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6
attacks, as mentioned in the passage ? (d) 10 (e) 14
A. Several deaths 33. P men working together can complete a piece of
B. Political turmoil work in 20 days and (P – 6)women working
C. Social unrest together can complete same work in 40 days. If ratio
(a) A only (b) B only of efficiency of a man to that of a woman is 8:5,
(c) C only (d) A and B only then find time taken by P men & (P + 10) women to
(e) All the three complete the same work while working together?
25. The author‘s purpose of writing the above passage 10 10
seems to explain (a) 10 days (b) 6 days
(a) the methods of containing terrorism 11 11
(b) the socio-political turmoil in African countries 10 10
(c) 13 days (d) 9 days
(c) the deadly strategies adopted by modern terrorists 11 11
(d) reasons for killing innocent people 10
(e) the salient features of terrorism of yester years (e) 12 days
26. According to the author of the passage, the root 11
cause of terrorism is 34. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52
A. religious fanatism cards, then find the probability of getting one red
B. socio-political changes in countries face card and one black ace?
C. the enormous population growth 1 2 76
(a) (b) (c)
(a) A only (b) B only 221 221 221
(c) C only (d) A and B only
91 5
(e) All the three (d) (e)
27. The phrase ―such attacks‖, as mentioned in the last 221 221
sentence of the second paragraph, refers to 35. If side of a square is equal to height of equilateral
(a) the onslaught of an epidemic as a natural calamity triangle, then find ratio of area of equilateral triangle
(b) bio-attack on political people in the government to area of square?
(c) attack aimed at damaging the reputation of the
government (a) 2 :5 (b) 3 :5 (c) 3 :2
(d) bio-attack manoeuvred by unscrupulous elements (d) 1 : 3 (e) Data insufficient.
(e) None of these
28. The sole objective of the old terrorism, according to Directions (Q.36-40) : Bar chart given below shows
Hoffman, was to total number of items sold by five companies and
(a) plant bombs to kill innocent people table shows the percentage of items which are
(b) remove colonial power or capitalist system rejected (due to some defect in them) by customers
(c) make people realise the incompetence of then out of total items sold by respective companies.
government
(d) give a setback to socio-political order
(e) None of these
Directions (Q.29-30) : Choose the word which is most
OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in capital
as used in the passage.
29. gloomy
(a) discouraging (b) disgusting
(c) bright (d) tragic
(e) versatile
30. cacophonous
(a) loud (b) melodious
(c) sonorous (d) harsh
(e) distant

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
31. The average age of a group of six men is thirty
years. From the group , two men whose ages were
six years more and ten years more than the average
age of group, left the group, and four new men,
having average age eight years more than the
average age of group joins the group. Find the new
average age of group.
(a) 30 years (b) 32 years (c) 34 years Note - Total items sold = number of items rejected +
(d) 36 years (e) 24 years number of items which are not rejected
32. A and B entered into a business by investing Rs. 36. Find the average number of items which are rejected
12000 and Rs. 16000 for T months and (T + 4) by the customers to company P, R and T?
months respectively. If at the end of business, profit (a) 275 (b) 255
share of A is 7800 Rs. less than profit share of B (c) 325 (d) None of these (e) 350
and total profit was Rs. 25800, then find value of (T 37. Number of items sold by company P which are not
+ 4). rejected are what percent more or less than total

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items which are rejected by customers to company (a)Rs.41,472 (b)Rs.46,584 (c)Rs.48,376

Q and R together? (d)Rs.40,172 (e)Rs.36,588
(a) 85% less (b) 85 11 % more 49. A shopkeeper marked his article 60% above the cost
23 price and ratio of discount allowed to profit earned
is 4 : 1. If profit earned is Rs.180 less than discount
(c) 75 13 %less (d) 95 15 %more
allowed, then find ratio of selling price to marked
23 23
(e) 77% less price of the article.
38. Find the ratio of number of items which are not (a)3 : 5 (b)6 : 7 (c)4 : 7
rejected by customers to company S to total number (d)7 : 10 (e)None of the above
of items which are rejected by customers to 50. A vessel contains mixture in which 25% is water
company R and T together? and rest is milk. If 40 liters more water added in
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 4 : 5 vessel, then quantity of water becomes 40% of
(d) 3 : 5 (e) None of these mixture. Find the quantity of milk in the vessel?
39. Rejected items by customers to company Q is what (a)100 l (b)140 l (c)160 l
percent of rejected items by customers to company (d)120 l (e)80 l
S? Directions (Q.51-55) : Read the data carefully and
(a) 50% (b) 75% (c) 45% answer the questions.
(d) 60% (e) 65% There are total 1400 students in three schools - P, Q and
40. What is the difference between no. of items which R. Total students in P are 8% more than that of in R,
are sold by company R and T, which are not 1
while total students in Q are 33 % less than that of in
rejected by customers? 3
(a)None of these (b)420 (c) 520 P. The ratio of boys in P & Q is 10 : 7 respectively and
(d)440 (e)560 the total girls in P are 60% more than total girls in Q.
Direction(Q.No.41-45):Calculate the approximate 6
value of given questions. Total boys in R is 42 % more than total boys in Q.
41. 24.92% of 180.01 +(18.96)2 =? % of 1014.89 7
(a)30 (b)60 (c) 50 51. Total boys in P are what percent more than total
(d)40 (e)70 girls in R?
42. (a)50% (b)60% (c)55%
24.89% of 624.09 (d)45% (e)40%
 397.97  19.78 52. Find average numbers of girls in P & R?
19.7% of 994.89 (a)300 (b)220 (c)280
 ? 3  19.14  23.06 (d)240 (e)400
(a)9 (b)13 (c) 4 53. If 50% and 60% of total boys and girls respectively
(d)19 (e)11 are from general category in Q, then find total
? 20.03 4.99 7699.99  ? 9.03 5.99 students who are not from general category in Q are
43.  what percent less than total girls from R?
99.99 100.05
(a)17.50% (b)19.25% (c)15.25%
(a)1700 (b)2400 (c) 2800
(d)18.50 % (e)29.25%
(d)2600 (e)2700
54. Find the ratio of boys in Q to girls‘ in P?
44. ? 761.19  170.09%of  7499.97   38.54 44.79 (a)6 : 7 (b)7 : 9 (c)7 : 10
 750.05  (d)7 : 12 (e)7 : 8
(a) 947 (b) 837 (c) 679 55. Find the difference between total boys and total girls
(d) 911 (e) 977 in these three schools together?
(a)250 (b)240 (c)220
45. 821.01 1368.97  ?  575.98 (d)360 (e)500
(a) 25 (b) 36 (c) 49 Directions (Q.56-60) : Study the pie chart and table
(d) 16 (e) 9 given below carefully and answer the following
46. A man can row at 14 km/hr. in still water and speed questions.
of stream is 2 km/hr. If it takes him 7 hr. to row to a Pie chart shows percentage distribution of total students
place & to come back, then find how far is the appeared in Preliminary examination of
place? five different exams in Delhi (SBI PO, IBPS PO, SBI
(a)36 km (b)48 km (c)28 km Clerk, IBPS Clerk & RRB Clerk) and table chart
(d)54 km (e)42 km shows the number of students who qualified for MAINS
47. R‘s income is 25% more than Q‘s income and P‘s examination of these 5 exams in Delhi.
income is 70% of R‘s income. If Q‘s income is
Rs.5,000 more than P‘s income, then find average
income of Q & R.
(a) Rs.50,000 (b) Rs.30,000 (c) Rs.45,000
(d) Rs.25,000 (e) Rs.15,000
48. Prashant invested Rs.5P in a scheme offering 18%
p.a. at SI for 8 years and received
total interest of Rs.11,520 from the scheme. If he
invested Rs.18P in another scheme offering 20%p.a.
at CI compounding annually for 2 years, then find
total amount received by him from the scheme
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There are two rows of five chairs of each row placed one
behind the other. Nine persons are sitting on the chairs.
All the people are facing north. C is sitting at the corner
in front of M. Y is sitting second to the left of U. The
chair to the immediate left of S is vacant. O is sitting to
the immediate right of R, who is not an immediate
neighbour of S. L is sitting second to the right of P. P is
to the right of Y. Y is not at the corner. S is not sitting to
56. Students who got failed in Preliminary examination
the right of M.
of RRB Clerk in Delhi are what percent of students
66. Where exactly is the vacant chair?
who appeared in Preliminary examination of IBPS
(a) In front of L (b) In front of U
PO in Delhi?
(c) Behind L (d) Behind U
(a)25% (b)35% (c)20%
(e) In front of Y
(d)15% (e)10%
67. How many chairs are in between S and R?
57. Find total number of students who got failed in
(a) One (b) None (c) Two
Preliminary examination of SBI PO and IBPS Clerk
(d) Three (e) They are in different rows
together in Delhi.
68. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way.
(a)1,80,000 (b)1,90,000 (c)1,75,000
Find the odd pair out.
(d)1,68,000 (e)1,84,000
(a) SL (b) OP (c) RY
58. If students who get final selection in SBI PO
(d) CM (e) OU
MAINS examination in Delhi are 20% of students
69. Who is sitting exactly in front of P?
who qualified for SBI PO MAINS examination in
(a) Nobody (b) O (c) R
Delhi, then find students who did not get final
(d) S (e) U
selectionin SBI PO MAINS examination in Delhi
70. Who is sitting diagonally opposite to C?
are what percent of students who appeared for SBI
(a) L (b) S (c) R
PO Preliminary examination in Delhi?
(d) O (e) Nobody
2 2 71. If a meaningful word can be formed using the 2nd,
(a) 36 % (b) 16 % (c) 26 2 %
3 3 3 3rd, 6th, 9th and 10th letters of the word
2 'ECTOPARASITE', then what is the fourth letter
(d) 56 2 % (e) 46 % from the left end of the word formed? If no such
3 3 word can be formed, then mark X as your answer
59. Students who got qualified for SBI Clerk MAINS while if more than one such word can be formed,
examination in Delhi are what percent of students then mark Z as your answer.
who appeared for SBI Clerk Preliminary (a) A (b) Z (c) X
examination in Delhi? (d) C (e) I
(a) 35% (b) 25% (c) 50% 72. In the word 'BROADCASTING', if each letter at an
(d) 75% (e) 20% even position is replaced by its immediately next
60. Find total number of students who did not qualified letter in English alphabet and each letter at an odd
for MAINS examination of IBPS PO, RRB Clerk & position is replaced by its immediately previous
SBI Clerk together in Delhi. letter in English alphabet, then which will be the
(a) 2,77,000 (b) 2,84,000 (c) 2,59,000 sixth letter to the right of the first vowel from the
(d) 2,65,000 (e) 2,69,000 left end in the newly formed word?
Directions (Q.61-65) : In the following questions, two (a) J (b) S (c) T
equations (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve (d) Z (e) D
both the equations and mark the answer accordingly. Directions (Q.73-77) : When a word and number
(a) x<y arrangement machine is given an input line of words
(b) x>y and numbers, it arranges them following a certain
(c) x≤y rule. The following is an illustration of input and
(d) x≥y rearrangement. Read the following information and
(e) x=y or no relation. answer the questions that follow.
61. I. x2 +10x +24 = 0 II. y2 +7y +10 = 0 Input: pacify 61 violet births 22 85 abuse 43 descends
62. I.1
5 6 54 52
2
 II.y   15
x x y Step I: abuse 58 pacify 61 violet births 22 43 descends 52
Step II: abuse 58 violet 16 pacify births 22 43 descends
63. I. x  8  2 II.y  32  25 52
Step III: abuse 58 violet 16 pacify 25 births 22 43
64. I.28x2  95x  72  0 descends
Step IV: abuse 58 violet 16 pacify 25 births 34 22
II.15y2  34y  15  0 descends
Step V: abuse 58 violet 16 pacify 25 births 34
65. I.35x2  34x  8  0 descends22
II.7y2  18y  8  0 Step V is the last step of the output.
Find the steps of the following input.
Input: 16 34 border update 27 scrambled evictions 49
REASONING ABILITY 78 joy
Directions (Q.66-70) : Study the given information 73. In which step do the numbers appear in descending
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(a) Step II (b) Step III (c) Nephew (d) Niece

(c) Step IV (d) Both (b) and (c) (e) Grandson
(e) None of the steps 84. Which of the following is not a child of A?
74. What is the sum of the numbers in between the I. M II. Q III. L
words 'border' and 'scrambled' in step III? (a) Only III (b) Only I and II
(a) 77 (b) 43 (c) 86 (c) Only I and III (d) Only II
(d) 50 (e) 59 (e) Only II and III
75. What is the sixth term from the right end in step IV? Directions (Q.85-86) : Two statements numbered I
(a) Border (b) 43 (c) 94 and II are given below. You have to decide whether
(d) Evictions (e) 34 the data provided in the statements are sufficient to
76. In which step does '72 16 scrambled' appear in the answer the question.
same order? 85. Point F is 18 m to the south-west of point M. Point
(a) Step III (b) Step IV M is to the north of point E. Point G is 5 m to the
(c) Step V (d) All of the above west of point E. In which direction is point T with
(e) Both steps IV and V respect to point F?
77. What is the position of '43' in the last step? I. Point T is 7 m to the north of point G. Point E
(a) 5th from the left (b) 5th from the right is 12 m to the east of point F.
th
(c) 4 from the left (d) 6th from the right II. Point O is 15 m to the south of point G. Point
(e) 7th from the left O is 20 m to the south-east of point F.
Directions (Q.78-81) : Study the given information (a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to
carefully and answer the questions below it: answer the question while the data in statement
Certain number of persons are sitting in a linear row such II alone are not sufficient to answer the
that alternate persons are facing opposite directions, i.e., question
if a person is facing north, his immediate neighbours are (b) If the data in both statements I and II together
facing south and vice versa. D is sitting at the corner are not sufficient to answer the question
facing south. One person is sitting between E and D. (c) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to
Four persons are sitting in between M and E. V is sitting answer the question while the data in statement
to the immediate left of M. H is sitting fifth to the right of I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
V. As many persons are sitting in between M and H as (d) If the data either in statement I alone or in
many are sitting in between H and T. O is sitting to the statement II alone are sufficient to answer the
immediate right of T. L is sitting sixth to the right of O. question
Two persons are sitting to the right of L. H is facing (e) If the data in both statements I and II together
north. are necessary to answer the question
78. How many persons are sitting in the arrangement? 86. Six people A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in a linear
(a) 18 (b) 27 (c) 25 row facing north. Who is seated to the immediate
(d) 29 (e) 22 left of A?
79. How many persons who are sitting in between L and I. F is seated second to the left of E. A is seated
V are facing north? third to the right of D. C is seated to the right
(a) Five (b) Fifteen (c) Seven of B. Two people are seated to the left of D.
(d) Eight (e) Thirteen II. B is seated to the immediate left of F. D is seated
80. As many persons are sitting to the left of O as many to the immediate left of E.
are sitting to the left of ___. Fill in the blanks. (a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to
(a) V (b) None of the given answer the question while the data in statement
(c) M (d) T II alone are not sufficient to answer the
(e) H question
81. Which of the following is true? (b) If the data in both statements I and II together
(a) E is an immediate neighbour of H. are not sufficient to answer the question
(b) Five persons sitting in between H and T are (c) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to
facing north. answer the question while the data in
(c) H is sitting exactly in the middle of the statement, I alone are not sufficient to answer
arrangement. the question
(d) M and O are facing the same direction. (d) If the data either in statement I alone or in
(e) Three persons are facing south in between M statement II alone are sufficient to answer the
and H. question
Directions (Q.82-84) : Study the given information (e) If the data in both statements I and II together
carefully and answer the questions below it: are necessary to answer the question
A family consists of eight members spanned across three Directions (Q.87-88) : In the questions given below,
generations. A is the only daughter of N. O is the father four statements are given followed by conclusions I, II
of L. S is the brother-in-law of L. S is the father of E. O and III. You have to take the given statements to be
is married to N. M is the grandson of O. Q is the only true even if they seem to be at variance from
sister of M. L is not married. commonly known facts. Read the conclusions
82. How is L related to M? carefully and decide which of the given conclusions
(a) Maternal aunt (b) Maternal uncle logically follows from the given statements,
(c) Paternal uncle (d) Paternal aunt disregarding commonly known facts.
(e) Brother 87. Statements:
83. How is E related to N? Some furniture are sofa.
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Some cupboard is window. (e) South - East
Some furniture are polished. 94. Point W is in which direction with respect to point
Conclusion: R?
I. Some sofa is not cupboard. (a) North-East (b) South
II. All cupboard can be sofa. (c) South-West (d) North
(a) Only I follows (e) North-West
(b) Only II follows 95. Find the incorrect statement from the given
(c) Both I and II follows alternatives.
(d) Neither I nor II follows (a) SR > QZ (b) RZ < AB
(e) Either I or II follows (c) QB > SW (d) AB > ZR (e) RS > BQ
88. Statements: Directions (Q.96-100) : Study the given information
Only a few experts are enzymes. carefully and answer the questions below it:
Some enzymes are enigma. Twelve people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L live
No expert is an eraser. in a six floored building numbered 1 - 6 from bottom to
Conclusions: top. The building has two flats on each floor numbered 1
I. All erasers can never be enzymes. and 2 such that flat '1' is to the west of flat '2'. Everyone
II. Some experts are definitely not enigma. lives in a different flat.
(a) Either I or II follows Everyone is from different cities among Berlin, Oslo,
(b) Only I follows Pune, Lisbon, Kolkata, Rome, Quito, London, Cairo,
(c) Both I and II follow Prague, Paris and Perth. The one from Lisbon lives in an
(d) Neither I nor II follows odd numbered flat and lives to the north-west of the one
(e) Only II follows from Perth. A lives immediately above G in the same
Directions (Q.89-92) : Study the given information numbered flat. H lives on an even numbered floor of an
carefully and answer the questions below it: even numbered flat. E is from Oslo and lives on the top
Six persons P, Q, R, S, T, and U bought gifts for different floor. C is from London and lives on an odd numbered
occasions such that the gifts were of different colours. No floor of an odd numbered flat. The one from Prague lives
two persons bought gifts at the exact same time. The one immediately below H in the same numbered flat. E and J
who bought the red gift was not the first to buy a gift. live on the same numbered floor. B lives in the same
Three persons bought gifts in between S and the one who numbered flat as J immediately below J. Three floors are
bought the green gift. S bought his gift before the green between F and B who live in the same numbered flats. G
gift. P bought his gift immediately before the one who is from Quito and lives on the same floor as F. K is from
bought the white gift. One person bought gifts in between Paris and lives in a flat which is to the east of A's flat.
the blue and the red gifts. Q bought the pink gift. T The ones from Cairo and Prague live on the same floor. I
bought his gift immediately before the one who bought is from Pune and lives in the same numbered flat as L. L
the blue gift. T did not buy his gift after the one who and D live on the same floor. The one from Rome lives
bought the green gift. R bought his gift after T but not on an odd numbered floor and lives immediately above
immediately. Less than two persons bought gifts in the one from Berlin in the same numbered flat.
between Q and the one who bought the yellow gift. 96. Who among the following lives on an even
Neither U nor R bought the white gift. numbered floor of an even numbered flat?
89. Who bought the yellow gift? (a) K (b) E (c) The one from Quito
(a) R (b) P (c) U (d) I (e) B
(d) T (e) S 97. Select the correct pair.
90. How many persons bought gifts in between Q and (a) L – Lisbon (b) F – Berlin
P? (c) D - Perth (d) A – Cairo
(a) Three (b) Four (c) One (e) J – Kolkata
(d) Two (e) None 98. Who among the following is from Perth ?
91. Which gift was bought by R? (a) G (b) B (c) F
(a) The blue gift (b) The white gift (d) H (e) L
(c) The green gift (d) The yellow gift 99. Who among the following lives on the fourth floor ?
(e) The red gift I. H II. I III. The one from Lisbon
92. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way. (a) Only I (b) Only II
Find the odd one out. (c) Both I and II (d) Both II and III
(a) Red, T (b) Green, Q (c) Pink, S (e) Both I and III
(d) White, U (e) Yellow, P 100. Select the odd one out.
Directions (Q.93-95) : Study the given information (a) H (b) F (c) J
carefully and answer the questions below it: (d) D (e) C
One person moves 10m to the east of point A to reach
point B. Then, he turns left from point B and moves 18m EXPLANATIONS
to reach point Q. Again, from point Q he turns right and
moves 6m to reach point Z. Now, from point Z he turns 1. c 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. d 6. d
left and moves 7m to reach point R. Point S is 11m to the 7. d 8. d 9. d 10. d 11. b 12. d
left of point R and point W is 12m to the south of point 13. c 14. d 15. c 16. c 17. a 18. b
S. 19. e 20. d 21. a 22. b 23. e 24. e
93. If point M is 3m to the west of point W, then point 25. c 26. a 27. d 28. d 29. c 30. b
B is in which direction with respect to point M? 31. b; Total age of group of six men = 30 × 6 = 180
(a) South (b) North-East years
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When two men left the group, the total age of 20 15

 1200  700
remaining four men 100 100
= 180 –(36+40) = 104 years  240  105  345
Total age of new group of men who joins the group
= (30 +8) × 4 = 152 years Required Percentage  675  345 100
345
Required average  104  152  256  32 years 15
8 8  95 %more
32. e; Ratio of profit sharing of A & B = 23
A : B 60
38. c; Required ratio 800 
12000 × T : 16000×(T+4)  100
3T : 4T+16 15 30
700   1650
Let profit share of A be Rs.P 100 100
So, profit share of B = Rs.(P+7800) 480 480
   4:5
ATQ- 105  495 600
P +P +7800 = 25800 20
P = 9000 Rs. 1200
39. b; Required Percentage  100 100  75%
Profit share of B = Rs.16800 40
So, 800
100
3T 9000
 40. e; Required difference  1650 70  700 85
4T  16 16800
100 100
T  10months =1155 – 595 = 560
So, (T+4) = (10+4) = 14 41. d;
33. a; Let efficiency of a man and a woman be 8a
 180  192 
25 ?
units/day and 5a units/day respectively.  1015
ATQ, 100 100
?
P×8a×20=(P-6)×5a×40 45  361   1015
8P=10P-60 100
P=30 100
406  ?
So, total work = 30×8a×20 1015
= 4800a units ?  40
No , required time  4800a 10 42. a;
 10 days
30 8a   40 5a  11 25
 624
34. b; Required probability  C1  C1  398  20  ?3  19  23
6 2 100
20
52
C2  995
100
6 2
 
156
 398  20  437  ?3
52  51
199
1 2
 729  ?3
6 2 2
  ?9
26  51 221
35. d; Let side of square be ‗X‘ & side of equilateral 43. e;
100 ?  7700 54  54  ?
triangle be ‗y‘.
ATQ, 7700 54
?
154
 ygiven
3
x ?  2700
2 44. e;
2x
y ? 761  170  7500  39  45
3 100 750
3 2  ? 778  1755
y 2
Required ratio  4 3  2x  1  ?  977
2
     2
x 4  3 x 45. d;
3 4 x2 1 821 1369  ?  576
    1: 3
4 3 x2
784  ?  24
36. a; Required average
1 25 15 30  ?  16
 900  700  1650
100
46. b; Let the distance covered by man
3 100 100
Between two places is ‗D‘
 225  105  495  275
1 ATQ,
3 D D
37. d; Number of items which are not rejected 7 
16 12
75 3  4
By customer to company p  900  675 7  D
100 
 48 
Items which were rejected by costumer D  48km
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47. c; Let Q‘ s income be Rs.100x
So, R‘s income = Rs.125x And let total girls in Q =5y
And P‘s income = Rs.87.5% So, Total girls in P =8y
ATQ, ATQ-
100x -87.5x =5,000 10a +8y =540…………….(i)
X=400 Also, 7a +5y =360…………………(ii)
Required average income From (i) and (ii) we get……………
100x  125x a = 30, y =30
  112.5 x  Rs.45,000
2 Total boys in R  7  30  100  300   1  300
48. a; ATQ,  7  100
5P 18 8
 11,520
100
P  1,600Rs.
Required amount
2
 20  300  200
 181,600 1    Rs.41,472 51. a; Required percentage  100  50%
 100  200
49. d; Let C.P of the article be Rs.100x 240  200
So, M.P of the article  100x  160  Rs.160x
52. b; Required average =  220
100
2
53. a; Total students who are not from general category
Let discount allowed on article & profit
50 40
Earned on article be Rs. 4y & Rs.y, respectively. in Q  210  150  165
ATQ, 100 100
4y –y =180
Required percent  200  165 100
Y = 60 200
Hence, discount allowed on article =4y = Rs.240 35
And profit earned on article = y = Rs.60   100  17.5%
200
Now,
160x -240 = 100x +60 54. e; Required ratio = 210  7 : 8
60x = 300 240
X =5 55. c; Required difference = (300 + 210 + 300) -
Hence, M.P of the article = rs.160x = rs.800 (240+150+200)= 220
And S.P. of the article =800 -240 = 560 56. b; Students who got failed in Preliminary
examination of
So, required ratio = 560  7 RRB Clerk in Delhi
800 10
50. d; Let total mixture in vessel be Q litres. =  6,00,000  8   6000  42,000
Initial quantity of water in vessel = 0.25Q  100 
And, quantity of milk in vessel =0.75Q Students who appeared in Preliminary examination
ATQ- of
0.25Q  40 40 20
 IBPS PO in Delhi = 6,00,000   1,20,000
0.75Q 60
100
15Q  2400  30Q
Required %  42,000  100  35%
15Q  2400 1,20,000
Q  160l 57. e; Required number of students
75  24  
Quantity of milk in vessel  160  120l    6,00,000    48,000 
100  100  
(51-55)
 18  
Let total students in R = 25x    6,00,000    20,000 
108   100  
So, total students in P  25x   27x
100  96,000  88,000
2  1,84,000
And total students in Q= 27x   18x
3 58. c; Students who got failed in SBI PO MAINS
So, ratio of total students in P, Q and R respectively examination in
=27:18:25 80
Delhi = 48,000  38,400
27 100
Total students in P  1400  540
70 Students who appeared for SBI PO Preliminary
examination in
18
Total students in Q = 1400  360 Delhi = 6,00,000 24  1,44,000
70 100
25
Total students in R  1400  500 Required percentage = 38,400 100  26 2 %
70 1,44,000 3
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59. b; Students who appeared for SBI Clerk Preliminary

examination in
Delhi = 6,00,000 30  1,80,000
100
45,000
Required % = 100  25%
1,80,000
60. a; Required number of students =

So, x ≤ y.
(66-70)
61. e; I.x2+ 10x + 24 = 0
x2+ 6x + 4x + 24 = 0
x(x + 6)+ 4(x + 6) = 0
(x + 6) (x+ 4) = 0
x = -6,-4
II.y2 + 7y + 10 = 0
y2 + 2y + Sy + 10 = 0
y (y + 2) + 5 (y + 2) = 0 66. b;
(y + 5) (y + 2) = 0 67. c;
y = -5,-2 68. e;
So, no relation 69. b;
5 6 70. a;
62. a; I. 1   71. c; ECTOPARASITE
x2 x The 2 nd, 3 rd, 6 th, 9 th and 10 th letters are C, T, A, S,
x2 -6x +5 = 0 I.
x2 -5x –x +5 = 0 No meaningful word can be formed.
x(x-5) -1 (x-5) = 0 72. d; We have:
(x-1) (x-5) = 0 BROADCASTING
x=1,5 After the operation, we get:
II. y  54  15 ASNBCDZTSJMH
y So, Z is the sixth letter to the right of the first
y2 -15y +54 = 0 vowel from the left end.
y2 -6y -9y +54 = 0 (73-77)
y(y-6)-9(y-6) =0 The arrangement works as follows:
(y-6) (y-9) = 0 The word with the least number of consonants is
y =6,9 picked and put at the beginning followed by the
So, x < y. highest number whose digits are interchanged.
63. b; I. x  8  2 The steps are as follows:
Input: 16 34 border update 27 scrambled evictions
Squaring on both sides:
49 78 joy
x-8=2 Step I: joy 87 16 34 border update 27 scrambled
x=10
evictions 49
II. (y+3)2=25
Step II: joy 87 update 94 16 34 border 27 scrambled
evictions
Step III: joy 87 update 94 border 43 16 27 scrambled
So, x > y. evictions
64. e; I. 28x2 -95x +72 = 0 Step IV: joy 87 update 94 border 43 evictions 72 16
28x2 -63 x – 32x +72 = 0 scrambled
7x(4x-9)-8(4x-9)=0 Step V: joy 87 update 94 border 43 evictions 72
(7x-8) (4x-9) =0 scrambled 61
8 9 Step V is the last step of the output.
x , The numbers do not appear in descending order in any
7 4
of the steps.
II. 15y 2  34 y  15  0 73. e;
74. c; Required sum = 43 + 16 + 27 = 86
15y 2  25y  9 y  15  0 75. a; 'Border' is the sixth term from the right end in
5 y3 y  5  33 y  5  0 step IV.
5 y  33 y  5  0 76. b; '72 16 scrambled' appear in the same order in
3 5 step IV
y , 77. b; The position of '43' in the last step is 5 th from
5 3
the right.
So, no relation
(78-81)
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Conclusion:
Some sofa is not cupboard is true. But all
cupboard can be sofa, thus conclusion I & II is
true.
78. b; 88. d; Only a few experts are enzymes. Some enzymes
79. d; are enigma. No expert is an eraser.
80. b; 18 persons are sitting to the left of O. There is
no other person in the arrangement who has 18
persons to their left.
81. c;
(82-84)

All erasers can never be enzymes is not true.

Some experts are definitely not enigma is not true.
So, none of the conclusions follow.
82. b; (89-92)
83. e; Q Pink
84. a; L is not a child of A. S Yellow
(85-86) P Red
85. a; From I alone: T White
Point F is 18 m to the south-west of point M.
U Blue
Point M is to the north of point E. Point G is 5 m
to the west of point E. Point T is 7 m to the north R Green
of point G. Point E is 12 m to the east of point F. 89. e;
90. c;
91. c;
92. b; The gift of the given colour was bought
immediately before the gift bought by the given
person. So, Green, Q is the odd one out.
(93-95)

So, T is to the north-east of F. statement I alone is

sufficient.
From II alone:
Point F is 18 m to the south-west of point M.
Point M is to the north of point E. Point G is 5 m
to the west of point E. Point O is 15 m to the
south of point G. Point O is 20 m to the south-east
of point F.
Point T is not mentioned in this statement. So, the
direction can't be determined. II alone is not
sufficient. 93. e;
86. a; Considering statement I: 94. c;
F is seated second to the left of E. A is seated 95. e; As per the diagram the distance between RS is
third to the right of D. C is seated to the right of 11m and BQ is 18m. So that RS > BQ is odd here.
B. Two people are seated to the left of D. (96-100)
1 2
So statement I alone is sufficient. 6 E, Oslo J, Kolkata
C is seated to the immediate left of A. 5 C,London B,Rome
Considering statement II: 4 I,Pune H,Berlin
B is seated to the immediate left of F. D is seated 3 L,Cairo D, Prague
to the immediate left of E.
2 A, Lisbon K, Paris
So statement II alone is not sufficient.
(87-88) 1 G,Quito F, Perth
87. c; Some furniture are sofa. 96. a;
Only a few sofa is cupboard. 97. e;
Some cupboard is window. 98. c;
Some furniture are polished. 99. c;
100. e;

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PRACTICE SET
Upcoming Exam
OSCB-BA (PRELIM)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions [Q.1-5] : Find out which part of the
sentences given below each question may containan
error.
1. In the US, government borrowings in (1) the last
quarter (2) of the current fiscal year have breached
(3) the cap they had set for the full year. (4)
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
(d) 4 (e) no error for Indian consumers who‘ve been hit ______ by
2. There were far more (1) profitable houses to break inflation.
into (2) within a stone‘s throw of her (3) own (a) burden, unnecessarily
modestest establishment. (4) (b) bonanza, hard
(a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (c) debt, unaware
(d)4 (e) no error (d) opportunity, vehemently
3. The Election Commission should be (1) open about (e) none of these
the option of extending (2) the no- rallies rule if the 10. Mamata Banerjee is quite the Renaissance woman
situation (3) so demands. (4) in terms of the ______ of her artistic talent —
(a)1 (b)2 (c)3 ranging from paintings, poetry, designing saris and
(d)4 (e) no error coming up with ______ for her programs.
4. Coming back for covid, (1) The Election (a) versatility, logos
Commission must hold (2) party leaders responsible (b) vivacity, motives
(3) for cadre‘s violations. (c) debonair, placards
(a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (d) abundance, totems
(d)4 (e) no error (e) none of these
5. As for issues, these elections (1) will be a good Directions [Q.11-15] : You have to select option which
measure of how ordinary voters (2) are assessing the may make the bold part in every question
economy, which is (3) in good health by some contextually and syntactically correct.
macro-economic indicator. (4) 11. The country has moved into the poll mode and the
(a)1 (b)2 (c)3 announcement by the Election Commission
(d)4 (e) no error (ECI) of the schedule for assembly elections in five
Directions [Q.6-10] : fill in the blanks with correct states.
options. (a) by the announcement by the Election
6. The state mostly________ incumbents. But as poll Commission (ECI)
campaigns heat up, it is fair to say BJP,________ by (b) at the announcement by the Election
the PM, starts with many advantages. Commission (ECI)
(a) welcomes, usurped (b) selects, backed (c) with the announcement of the Election
(c) throws out, helmed (d) ignores, managed Commission (ECI)
(e) none of these (d) with the announcement by the Election
7. India‘s netas are not used to being ________ very Commission (ECI)
often – and they will therefore have a strong (e) no correction required.
__________/ to ask rank and file to behav(e) 12. Its for a universe of diverse responses including
(a) flattered, desire acceptance, denial, fight or surrender.
(b) eulogized, interested (a) Its universal for
(c) upbraided, incentive (b) It is universal for diverse responses
(d) glared, impulse (c) Its universality make for a universe of diverse
(e) none of these responses
8. Even as successive governments have _______ over (d) Its universality makes for a universe of diverse
allowing foreign investments in traditional retail, responses
their online counterparts have ________ on the (e) no correction required
recent dramatic increase in access to internet 13. By stoking controversy for his vaccine skepticism,
through mobile phones among young Indians. Djokovic made early donations in Serbia to help
(a) gone gaga, backed down fight the coronavirus pandemic while also
(b) groaned, piggybacked purchasing ventilators for neighboring Montenegro.
(c) gloated, placed their bets (a) And with stoking controversy for his vaccine
(d) blamed, retracted skepticism,
(e) none of these (b) Although by stoking controversy for his
9. As sourcing, retailing and warehousing costs drop vaccine skepticism,
due to the Internet platform, this could be a ______

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(c) Despite stoking controversy through his
vaccine skepticism,
(d) And despite stoking controversy for his vaccine
skepticism,
(e) no correction required
14. Through such knowledge gained from the
scriptures, and practice thereof, the human form
has the power to give the soul a chance for its
purification and sublime release. The present world
that we see is illusory, just as any show on
television.
(a) By such knowledge gained from the scriptures,
and practice of that
(b) With such knowledge gained from the
scriptures, and practice of it
(c) Through such details of knowledge gained
from the scriptures, and practice thereof
(d) Through such knowledge gained from the
scriptures, and practice thereof
(e) no correction required
15. Virat Kohli's talismanic presence will be the shot
in the arm that India would need in its bid to win
the historic first-ever away Test series against South
Africa but the hosts will also walk in with a spring
in their step in the final Test.
(a) Virat Kohli's talismanic presence be the shot in
the arm that India would need in their bid to
win
(b) Virat Kohli's talisman and presence will be the
shot in the arm that India would need in their
bid to win
(c) Virat Kohli's talismanic presence will be the
shot for the arm that India would need in their
bid to win
(d) Virat Kohli's talismanic presence will be the
shot in the arm that India needed in their bid to
win
(d) No correction required.
Directions [Q.16-20] : you have to rearrange the
jumbled sentences and answer as per the questions by
selecting the appropriate option.
A. But MPs do have the freedom to list multiple
professions.
B. That‘s more versatility than even Ronald Reagan
could boast — radio broadcaster, lifeguard and
actor.
C. Politics isn‘t a career choice in itself, as far as
parliament‘s website is concerned.
D. Did you know L K Advani is a journalist, diplomat
and trade unionist?
E. Actually, sit back and relax because the 16th Lok
Sabha boasts as many as 119 social workers.
16. Which of the following can be the first sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) a (b) b (c) c
(d) d (e) e
17. Which of the following can be the first sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) a (b) b (c) c
(d) d (e) e
18. Which of the following can be the first sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) a (b) b (c) c
(d) d (e) e
19. Which of the following can be the first sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) a (b) b (c) c
MARCH – 2022
(d) d (e) e
20. Which of the following can be the first sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) a (b) b (c) c
(d) d (e) e
Directions (Q.21-28) : Read the following passage
carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you
to locate them while answering some of the questions.
Since July 1991, the government of India has effectively
put the liberalisation policy into practice. The drastic
steps even include some administrative reforms for
pruning the government agencies. Last year the Japanese
business circles represented by the Ishikawa Mission
called attention of their Indian counterparts to what they
considered to be the major impediments in India.
However, thanks to the almost revolutionary reforms put
into effect by the Indian government, those impediments
either have been removed or now are on their way out.
This development gives a new hope for the future of
economic co-operation between the two countries. At the
same time, it should be borne in mind that there is a stiff
competition with other countries, notably China and
South-East Asian countries, in this regard. The success
stories of ASEAN countries welcoming Japanese
investments with adequate infrastructure are already
known in India but it may be useful if further studies of
Japanese joint ventures in ASEAN countries be made by
Indian business circles. The coastal areas of China have
initiated a very active campaign to welcome foreign
economic participation. Beyond our bilateral
relationship, India‘s more active participation in global
economy is needed. India certainly deserves a far bigger
share of world trade considering its vast resources. It is
strongly hoped that the Indian government‘s recently
initiated effort of enlarging its export market would bear
fruit. India has steadfastly maintained its parliamentary
democracy since independence. Considering its size, its
population and its internal complexity, the overall
maintenance of national integrity and political stability
under parliamentary democracy is remarkable and
admirable indeed. Here lies the base for the status of
India in the world. By effectively implementing its
economic reform with the support of public opinion, this
democratic polity of India has again demonstrated its
viability and resilience. At the same time, it gives hope
and inspiration to the whole world which faces the
difficult problem of North-South confirmation.
21. The Ishikawa Mission during its visit to India
emphasized on
(a) future economic co-operation between Japan
and India.
(b) need for removing policy and/or
implementation hurdles.
(c) need for a stiff competition.
(d) striking down revolutionary reforms.
(e) None of these
22. How did the Indian government react to the hurdles
in· the way of bilateral trade between India and
Japan?
(a) The government, in principle, agreed for
removal of these hurdles.
(b) Bureaucracy succeeded in maintaining a status
quo.
(c) Government thought it was against
liberalisation policy.
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(d) The Japanese delegation could not forcefully (e) rejuvenation

argue their case. 30. pruning
(e) It failed to remove these hurdles. (a) activating (b) trimming
23. What is the result of Japanese investments in (c) punishing (d) encouraging
ASEAN nations? (e) empowering
(a) It could not gather momentum for want of
infrastructure. QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
(b) The experiment failed because of stiff 31. Ravi invested Rs. P in a scheme A offering simple
competition from other countries. interest at 10% pa for two years. He invested the
(c) China and South-East Asian countries objected whole amount he received from scheme A in
to Japanese investments. another scheme B offering simple interest at 12%
(d) The passage does not provide complete pa for five years. If the difference between the
information. interests earned from schemes A and B was
(e) None of these Rs.1300, what is the value of P ?
24. Which of the following is TRUE about the author‘s (a) Rs.2500 (b) Rs.2000 (c) Rs.3000
view regarding India‘s participation in world trade? (d) Rs.2800 (e) Rs.4500
(a) India should actively contribute in a big way as Directions (Q.32-36) : In each question two equations
it had tremendous resources. numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both
(b) India‘s sharing in global economy has already the equations and mark the answer
been very fast and beyond its resources. a) if x > y
(c) India should refrain from making efforts in b) if x  y
enlarging its export market. c) if x < y
d) if x  y
(d) India needs to first strengthen its democracy.
(e) None of these
e) if x = y or no relation can be established between
25. It can be inferred from the content of the passage x and y.
that the author is a/an 32. I. 4x2 – 15x + 14 = 0
(a) political analyser II. 6y2 -10y + 4 =0
(b) Japanese bureaucrat 33. I. 3x2 +10x +3 =0
(c) economist II. 2y2 +15y +27 =0
(d) Japanese politician 34. I.7x2 +12 x +5 =0
(e) Indian Prime Minister II.3y2+7y +2 =0
26. The author seems to appreciate India‘s national 35. I. 16x2 -14x +3 =0
integrity and political stability particularly in view II. 6y2 -19y +15 = 0
of which of the following ? 36. I .x2 +11x +18=0
A. the size of the country
B. India‘s population II. y 2  81  0
C. its internal complexity 37. Five years ago, Somi‘s age was 1 of Amit‘s age at
(a) None of the three (b) All the three 3
(c) A & B only (d) B & C only that time. The ratio of Amit‘s age six years hence to
(e) A & C only Somi‘s age twelve years hence will be 7:4. What
27. The author feels that India has a better status in the was Somi‘s age three years ago ? (in years)
world market because of its (a) 13 (b) 29 (c) 17
(a) success in political stability and national (d) 25 (e) 27
integration in democratic set-up. 38. A bag contains 24 eggs. Out of which 8 are rotten.
(b) vast population. The remaining eggs are not rotten. Two eggs are
(c) giant size. selected random. What is the probability that one of
(d) effective bilateral relationship with other the eggs is rotten ?
countries. 11
(e) foreign economic participation. (a) (b) 17 (c) 13
28. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the 23 23 23
context of the passage? 32
(d) (e) 62
A. India‘s successful experiment of economic 69 69
reform has become an inspiration to the world. 39. A, B and C started a business with their investment
B. Size, population and internal complexity of our in the ratio of 1:3:5. After 4 months, A invested the
country are the barriers in the way of attaining same amount as before but B as well as C withdrew
national integrity and political stability. half of their investments. The ratio of their profits at
C. A few government agencies were not in favour the end of the year is
of liberalisation policy at the beginning. (a) 1:2:3 (b) 3: 4: 15 (c) 3:5:10
(a) A only (b) B only (d) 5:6:10 (e) 4:5:10
(c) C only (d) All the three 40. The distance between two cities (M and N) is 569
(e) None of these km. A train from City M at 8 am travels towards
Directions (Q.29-30) : Choose the word which is most City N at 53 kmph. Another‘s train starts from City
nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in N at 9 am and travels towards City M at 76 kmph.
bold as used in the passage. At what time will the trains meet?
29. resillence (a) 12:30 pm (b) 1:00 pm (c) 2:30pm
(a) quietening (b) amplifying (d) 1:30 pm (e) 2:00 pm
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Directions (Q.41-45) : Study the tabled and answer (d) 1917 (e) 1937
the given questions. 50. 1604, 1460, 1291, 1095, ?
Date regarding the number of students studying in (a) 870 (b) 865 (c) 855
various streams in various Universities (St Christ, PD (d) 770 (e) 765
and Kelly) in the year 2012. Directions (Q.51-55) : What approximate value
Univers St PD Kelly should come in place of (X) in the following questions
ity  Christ (Note: You are not expected to calculate the exact
Streams Total Fema Total Fem Total Fema value .)
 stude le Stude ale Stude le
51. 55.2
410
 499.9127.9 ?% of 5600
nts Stud nts Stu nts Stude 69
ents dent nts (a) 17.5 (b) 12.5 (c) 10
s (d) 15 (e) 8
A 3000 1800 2800 120 2000 1500
0
1
52. 630 × ? + 599.85 -55% of 12000 =37 % of 9200
B 1800 600 1400 800 1200 900 2
C 1200 500 1600 500 900 300 (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 15
D 600 250 400 180 500 260 (d) 20 (e) 8
Please Note : Total students = Female students + male 11999.87 1
53.  54.9%of 1800 389.9 11 % of 9900
students ? 9
41. The total number of students studying in Stream C
in St Christ and PD together is what per cent less (a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 20
than that of those studying in Stream B in the same (d) 18 (e) 32
universities together?
31 5 1
(a) 20 (b) 12.5 (c) 18 54. 8099.9  2699.8 1799.8 62 % of ?
(d) 15.25 (e) None of these 27 3 2
42. The number of males studying in Stream B in Kelly (a) 22500 (b) 15200 (c) 16200
is what per cent of that studying in Stream C in St (d) 18200 (e) 19200
Christ ? 55. 2498 626  99  ?% of 2500
6 1 (a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 12.5
(a) 42 (b) 40 (c) 48
7 9 (d) 2 (e) 8
56. A shopkeeper sell his goods on cost price but uses
1
(d) 54 (e) None of these 950 grams instead of 1 kg. Find his % profit.
6
(a) 18% (b) 15% (c) 7 5 %
43. What is the ratio of the total numbers of females 19
studying is Stream A and B together in PD 5
university to the total number of females studying in (d) 12% (e) 5 %
the same streams together in kelly ? 19
(a) 5:6 (b) 10:13 (c) 1:2 57. The breadth of a rectangular hall is 2 of its length.
(d) 5:12 (e) None of these 3
44. Total number of males studying in stream D in all If the area of the hall is 2400m2, then what is its
the universities together in 2013 was 1190 more length?
than that in the year 2012. In 2013, what was the (a) 30 minutes (b) 45 metres (c) 60 metres
total number of students (Male + Female) studying (d) 36 metres (e) None of these
in stream D in all the universities together, If the 58. Jatin can complete a job in 15 hours. Pankaj can
total number of male students in Stream D in 2013 complete the same job in 10 hours. If jatin worked
for 9 hours and then quit how many hours will
4
constituted of the total number of students? Pankaj alone take to complete the remaining work ?
7 (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10
(a) 2500 (b) 3500 (c) 4500 (d) 4 (e) 9
(d) 4000 (e) 3200
59. By selling an article at 2 of the marked price, there
45. What is the average number of male students 5
studying in stream A in all the given universities? is a gain of 28%. The ratio of the marked price to
(a) 1100 (b) 1250 (c) 1150 the cost price is
(d) 1200 (e) None of these (a) 16:5 (b) 5:11 (c) 11:13
Directions (Q.46-50) : What should come in place of (d) 17:16 (e) None of these
the questions mark (?) in the following number series. 60. The average of 18 results is 68. If the average of the
46. 640, 647, 1300, 3905, ? first 7 results is 72 and that of the last 11 results is
(a) 15624 (b) 15614 (c) 15524 75 then the 8th results is
(d) 13524 (e) 12624 (a) 100 (b) 113 (c) 105
47. 27, 41, 103.5, 363.75, ? (d) 96 (e) Can‘t be determined
(a) 1658.875 (b) 1538.875 (c) 1638.875 Directions (Q.61-65) : Refer to the pie chart and
(d) 1438.875 (e) 1518.875 answer the given questions.
48. 320, 348, 413, 539, ? Distribution of the total number of MRI done by five labs
(a) 656 (b) 726 (c) 736 in week I of April 2017
(d) 746 (e) 756 Total number = 200
49. 12, 139, 393 , 901, ?
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(d)Four (e)More than four

69. Who is sitting second to the right of W?
(a)S (b)E (c)T
(d)F (e)Nobody
70. Which of the following persons are sitting to the
right of R?
(a)F (b)E
(c)T (d)All of the above
(e)None of the above
61. Out of the total number of MRIs done by Lab R, 71. If W : A, F : R and E : T, then similarly which of the
two fifths were done for males and out of the total following will be valid based on the same analogy?
number of MRI done by Lab S, three-eighths were (a)A : S (b)E : F (c)W : T
done for males. What is the ratio of the MRIs done (d)S : A (e)T : W
for males by Lab R to the done for males by Lab S ? Directions (Q.72-73) : In the question below, a
(a) 1:6 (b) 7:9 (c) 5:6 statement is followed by two conclusions based on the
(d) 4:9 (e) 5:8 statement. Study the conclusions and select the
62. In Lab T, the ratio of the number of females who correct option as the answer.
came for MRI to that of males who came for MRI 72. Statement: M ≥ A < S > O = I
was 5:7. What was the number of females who came Conclusions: I. M ≥ I II. I > M
for MRI in Lab T ? (a)Neither I nor II follows
(a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 21 (b)Either I or II follows
(d) 7 (e) 10 (c)Both I and II follow
63. As compared to week I, in week II the number of (d)Only II follows
MRI is done by Labs P and R decreased by 10 each (e)Only I follows
respectively. What is the total number of MRI is 73. Statement: Y = Z ≥ X; Y < W ≤ V
done by Lab P and R together in Week II ? Conclusions: I. W > X II. Z ≥ V
(a) 64 (b) 76 (c) 84 (a)Only II follows
(d) 80 (e) 72 (b)Only I follows
64. What is the difference between the total number of (c)Neither I nor II follows
MRIs done by Lab P and Q together and that done (d)Either I or II follows
by Lab S and T tougher ? (e)Both I and II follow
(a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 28 Directions (Q.74-78) : Study the following
(d) 22 (e) 24 information and answer the following questions.
65. The total number of MRIs done by all the given labs From the year 1997 to 2011, eight books will be released
together in week II of April 2017 was 25% more every alternate year on the same date in July. Four books
then that in week I of March 2017. What is the total will be released in between A and B. A will be released
number of MRIs done all the given labs together in before B. L will be released immediately after A. There
week I of march 2017? are three years in between the releases of O and N. E will
(a) 150 (b) 120 (c) 180 be released immediately after N. D will be released after
(d) 140 (e) Data inadequate F but not immediately.
74. Which book will be released in the year 2005?
REASONING ABILITY (a)O (b)E (c)N
66. Using 2nd , 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th letters from the left (d)F (e)D
of the word CONVECTION, a meaningful word can 75. How many books will be released in between the
be formed. What is the third letter from right end in books D and O?
that newly formed word? If more than one word can (a)None (b)One
be formed mark X and if no word can be formed (c)More than three (d)Two (e)Three
mark Z as your answer. 76. Which book will be released immediately before
(a) X (b) E (c) I book D?
(d) C (e) Z (a)B
Directions (Q.67-71) : Study the following (b)L
information and answer the following questions. (c)E
Seven persons are sitting in a linear row such that some (d)The book released in the year 2007
are facing north while some are facing south. T is facing (e)O
north. W is sitting second to the right of S and both are 77. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
facing the same direction. T is sitting second to the left of and form a group. Find the odd pair out.
A. E is sitting to the immediate right of F and both are (a)LO (b)AE (c)FN
facing opposite directions. S is sitting to the immediate (d)OE (e)NB
right of A and they are facing opposite directions. Two 78. In which year will book F be released?
persons are sitting between T and R. E and R are facing (a)1999 (b)2009 (c)2001
opposite directions and are not sitting next to each other. (d)1997 (e)2005
R is to the right of T. Directions (Q.79-81) : In the question given below,
67. Which of the following people are facing south? two statements are given followed by conclusions: I
(a)W (b)E (c)R and II. You have to take the given statements to be
(d)S (e)Either E or R true even if they seem to be at variance from
68. How many persons are sitting to the left of A? commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and
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from the given statements disregarding commonly Directions (Q.87-90) : Study the following
known facts. information and answer the following questions.
79. Statements: Seven houses are at some distance and different
Only a few swirls are attires. directions with respect to each other. P is 6m to the west
No attire is an aviary. of S. S is 8m to the north of T. Q is 6m to the west of T
Conclusions: and R is 6m to the east of T. U is 3m to the south of R. V
I. At least some aviaries are swirls. is 12m to the west of U.
II. All aviaries can never be swirls. 87. In which direction is V with respect to Q?
(a)Only II follows (a)North (b)South (c)East
(b)Either I or II follows (d)West (e)South-east
(c)Both I and II follow 88. The shortest distance between R and S is _____.
(d)Neither I nor II follows (a)5m (b)7m (c)10m
(e)Only I follows (d)8m (e)None of the above
80. Statements: 89. Find the odd one out.
Only a few bowery are broods. (a)S is related to P (b)R is related to Q
Some buckles are bowery. (c)U is related to V (d)R is related to T
Conclusions: (e)R is related to V
I. All bowery being buckles is a possibility. 90. In the word 'OBLIQUE', each vowel is changed to
II. All buckles can never be broods. its preceding letter while each consonant is changed
(a)Neither I nor II follows to its succeeding letter as in the English alphabet. If
(b)Only II follows all the letters are then arranged in alphabetical order
(c)Either I or II follows from left to right, then which letter will be third
(d)Only I follows from the right end?
(e)Both I and II follow (a)R (b)N (c)C
81. Statements: (d)M (e)T
Only a few columns are convex. Directions (Q.91-95) : Study the following
No convex is concave. information and answer the following questions.
Conclusions: Eight people Ana, Bil, Dan, Gin, Jil, Kat, Max and Ray
I. Some concaves are columns. live in a three floored building numbered 1 - 3 from
II. No column is a concave. bottom to top. The building has three flats on each floor
(a)Either I or II follows numbered 1, 2 and 3 such that flat '1' is to the west of flat
(b)Both I and II follow '2' which is to the west of flat '3'. Everyone lives in a
(c)Only I follows different flat and only one flat is vacant. Kat lives in a
(d)Neither I nor II follows flat to the west of Ana's flat. Jil lives in a flat which is to
(e)Only II follows the north-west of Gin's flat. Dan and Ray live in the same
Directions (Q.82-86) : Study the following numbered flat and Ray does not live on the top floor. Bil
information and answer the following questions. lives in a flat to the east of Max's flat. Dan lives in a flat
Ten people, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U and V, are seated which is to the east of Gin's flat. There is only one floor
around a rectangular table, with three at each length and between Jil's and Max's floors. Gin lives in an even
with two at each width. All of them are facing the centre. numbered flat of even numbered floor.
S sits in the middle along the length of the table. R sits 91. Which flat is vacant ?
fifth to the left of M who is an immediate neighbour of S. (a)Flat 1 of floor 1 (b)Flat 1 of floor 2
Only four people are seated between U and T who faces (c)Flat 3 of floor 3 (d)Flat 2 of floor 1
P. V, who is an immediate neighbour of R, sits third to (e)Flat 2 of floor 3
the left of U. Only three people are seated between O and 92. Who among the following lives on the second floor?
N who is not an immediate neighbour of T. (a)Dan (b)Ana (c)Bil
82. Who among the following faces S? (d)Gin (e)Both a and d
(a)V (b)R (c)N 93. Who lives on the flat 3 of floor 1 ?
(d)Q (e)None of the above (a)Jil (b)Ray (c)Kat
83. Who among the following is an immediate (d)Dan (e)Ana
neighbour of Q? 94. Who lives in a flat immediately above Gin's flat ?
(a)M (b)P (c)U (a)Dan (b)Ray (c)Kat
(d)S (e)None of the above (d)Bil (e)Max
84. Who among the following sits fourth to the left of 95. Max's flat is to the _____ of Jil's flat.
V? (a)South (b)South-west (c)North-east
(a)Q (b)S (c)M (d)West (e)North
(d)T (e)None of the above Directions (Q.96-100) : Consider the string given
85. Out of five four follows a certain pattern, and thus below and answer the questions that follow:
forms a group. Which one of the following doesn't P&T%*D K#T !JU$G?L@%E<MY ^H>C
belong to that group? 96. If all the symbols are dropped from the string, then
(a)T (b)P (c)N which of the following letter is fifth from the left
(d)U (e)O end?
86. In which position U sits with respect to S? (a)G (b)U (c)L
(a)2ndto the right (b)3rdto the right (d)T (e)K
(c)2ndto the left (d)4thto the right 97. How many letters are immediately preceded as well
(e)4thto the left as immediately followed by a symbol?
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(d)1 (e)More than 3 1

98. Which element is sixth to the left of third symbol Step III. x =-3, 
from the right end? 3
(a) G (b)$ (c)L II. 2y2 +15y +27 =0
(d)? (e)U
99. How many letters are there in the English alphabet Step I. +9 +6
after the letter which is ninth letter from the left 9 6
end? Step II.  
(a) 14 (b)19 (c)1 2 2
(d)24 (e)5 Step III. y =-4.5, -3
100. Five officers Bhat, Kaur, Lal, Jha and Syed work in Hence x  y
an office. The designations of these officers in the 34. e;
decreasing order of ranks are JS, JD, US, SO and I. 7x2 +12x +5 =0
ASO. Bhat is neither the JS nor the JD. Kaur is
immediate senior to Lal. Jha is not junior to Syed. Step I. +7 +5
Lal is the junior-most officer. Who is the JD? 7 5
(a) Lal (b)Kaur (c)Syed Step II.  , 
(d)Jha (e)Bhat 7 7
5
EXPLANATIONS Step III. x  1 , 
1. d 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. d 6. c 7
7. c 8. b 9. b 10. a 11. d 12. d II. 3y2 +7y +2 =0
13. d 14. d 15. d 16. c 17. a 18. d
19. b 20. e 21. b 22. a 23. d 24. a Step I. +6 +1
25. c 26. b 27. a 28. a 29. d 30. b 6 1
31. a; Reqd difference Step II.  
3 3
 P  10  2  12 5 P  10  2
 P    1
 100  100 100 Step III. y = -2, 
 100P  20P  60 20P 3
or ,     1300 Thus, relationship can‘t be established
 100  100 100 35. c;
120P 3 20P I. 16x2 -14x +3 =0
or ,    1300
100 5 100
6P 3 20P Step I. -8 -6
or ,    1300 8 6
5 5 100 Step II.  , 
72P  20P 16 16
or ,  1300
100 1 3
or ,52P  1300 100 Step III.  x   ,
2 8
1300 100 II. 6y2 -19y +15 =0
P   Rs.2500
52
32. a; Step I. -10 -9
I. 4x2-15x +14 =0 10 9
Step II.  , 
Step I. -8 -7 6 6
8 7 5 3
Step II.   Step III. y   ,
4 4 3 2
Step III. x = 2, 1.75 Hence, x < y
II. 6y2 -10y +4 =0 36. e;
I. x2 +11x +18 =0
Step I. 6 -4
Step I. +9 +2
6 4
Step II.   9 2
6 6 Step II.  , 
2 1 1
Step III. y = 1, Step III. x = -9, -2
3
Hence, x > y II. y2 = 81
33. b; y  92
y  3
I. 3x2 +10x +3 =0
Hence, no relation can be established.
Step I. +9 +1 37. c; Five years ago, let Amit‘s age be 3x years .
Then, Somi‘s age = x
9 1
Step II.   Now, according to the question.
3 3
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3x  5  6 7 3x  11 7
 or , 
x  5  12 4 x  17 4
or ,12x  44  7 x  119
or ,5x  75  x  15
50. a; Pattern is
Somi‘s age 3 years ago = 15 +(5-3) = 17 years
38. d; Total number of eggs = 24
8 eggs are rotten
Remaining eggs = (24 -8) = 16 is not rotten
Now, 2 eggs are randomly selected 51. b;
Then n(S) = 24C2 = 23 × 12 x
 5600  8  41  500  128
nE  16 C1 8 C1  16  8 100
16  8 32 700
P E    x
23 12 69 56
39. d; Ratio of profit x  12.5
3x 5x 52. c;
 x  4  2x  8 : 3x  4   8 : 5x  4   8 630X  600  37.5 
9200 55
  12000
2 2 100 100
 20x : 24x : 40x  5 : 6 : 10 630X  600  3450  6600
40. b; The distance covered in (9 am -8 am)= 1 hours by 630X  10050  600
train A=53 × 1 = 53 km
Remaining distance = 569 – 53 = 516 km 9450
X
Relative speed = 76 +53 = 129 kmph 630
X  15
 They meet after 516  4 hours 53. a;
129 12000 55 100 1
Hence they meet at (9 am +4 hours) =1 pm   1800    9900 390
X 100 9 100
41. b; Reqd per cent less
12000
1800 1400  1200 1600   1490 990
  100 X
1800 1400 12000
400 100 X
  100  %  12.5%less 500
3200 8 X  24
300 6 54. e;
42. a; Reqd %   100  42 %
700 7 62.5 X 31 5
 8100  2700  1800
1200 800 2000 100 27 3
43. a; Reqd ratio    5: 6
1500 900 2400 5x
 9300 4500 1800
44. b; Total number of male students in Stream D in all 8
the universities together in 2012 = 350 +220 +240 =
12000 8
810 X
Total number of male students in Stream D in all the 5
universities in 2013 = 810 + 1190 = 2000 X  19200
Total number of students in 2013 55. a;
2000 7 50  25
  3500 25X 
10
4
45. a; Reqd average X 5
1200 1600 500 3300 1000 950
   1100 56. e; Reqd % profit   100
3 3 950
46. a; Patter is 50 5
  100  5 %
640 × 1 +7 = 647 950 19
647 × 2 + 6 =1300 57. c; Let the length of the rectangular hall be L metres.
1300 × 3 +5 = 3905
3905 × 4 + 4 = 15624 Then, breadth = 2 L
3
47. c; Pattern is
27 × 1.5 +0.5 = 41 Now, L  2 L  2400
41 × 2.5 +1 = 103. 5 3
10.3 × 3.5 + 1.5 = 363. 75 Or, l 2 
2400  3
 3600
363.75 × 4.5 + 2 = 1638.875 2
48. e; Pattern is
320 + (33 +1) = 348 L  3600  60metres
348 +(43 +1) = 413 58. d; LCM of 15 and 10 = 30 units (Total work)
413 + (53 +1) = 539 30
539 +(63 +1) = 756 Now, Jatin can do  3units/ hrs
49. d; Pattern is 10
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Remaining work = 30 = 18 = 12 units 1999 A

 Time taken by Pankaj = 12  4hrs 2001 L
3 2003 N
59. a; Let the cost price be Rs.100 and the marked price 2005 E
be rs.x
2007 O
2
Then x   128 2009 B
5
2011 D
128 5
Or, x   320 74. b;
2 75. b;
Rqd ratio = 320  16  16 : 5 76. a;
77. d;
100 5
60. e; Since 8th result is not common between the two 78. d;
calculations. (79-81)
61. c; Reqd ratio 79. d; Only a few swirls are attires. No attire is an
2 aviary.
of 25% of 200
5 20 5
    5: 6
3
of 32% of 200 24 6
8
62. e; The number if females who come for MRI in lab
T.
5 5 12
 12% of 200    200  10
12 12 100
63. e; Total number of MR is done by P and R together
in week II = 90% of 15% of 200 +90% of 25% of At least some aviaries are swirls is a possibility
200 but not a definite truth. All aviaries can never be
= 90% of 40% of 200 = 90% of 80 = 72 swirls is not true. So, the conclusions do not
64. b; Reqd difference follow.
 32  12%  15  16% of 200 80. d; Only a few bowery are broods. Some buckles
are bowery.
 44  31% of 200  13% of 200  26
65. e; Since no relation between week I March 2017 and
week I April 2017 is given.
We can‘t find the solution.
66. c;
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C O N V E C T I O N
The only meaningful word that can be formed is All bowery being buckles is a possibility is true.
VOICE. So, the third letter from right end is I. All buckles can never be broods is not true.
(67-71) So, conclusion I follows.
81. a; Only a few columns are convex. No convex is
concave.

67. c;
68. e;
69. b;
70. d;
71. e; A is to the immediate left of W.
R is to the immediate left of F.
T is to the immediate left of E. Some concaves are columns. No column is
Similarly, W is to the immediate left of T. concave. So, either conclusion I or II follows.
(72-73) (82-86)
72. b; M ≥ A < S > O = I
So, either M ≥ I or M < I.
Hence, either I or II follows.
73. b; Y = Z ≥ X; Y < W ≤ V
So, V ≥ W > Y = Z ≥ X
So, W > X is true.
So, only I follows. 82. a;
83. d;
(74-78)
84. a;
Year
85. c; All except N sits at any of the widths.
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(87-90) So, 6 letters are immediately preceded as well as
immediately followed by a symbol.
98. a; We have:
P&T%*DK#T!JU$G?L@%E<MY^
H>C
So G is sixth to the left of third symbol from the
right end.
99. a; Ninth letter from left is L. So, 14 letters are
there in the English alphabet after the letter which
is ninth letter from the left end.
100. c; It is given that,
87. b; The five officers are Bhat, Kaur, Lal, Jha and
88. c; Using Pythagoras's theorem, Syed.
(6)² + (8)² = (Shortest distance) Their designations in decreasing order of ranks
36 + 64= 100 are JS, JD, US, SO and ASO.
= (10)² Lal is the junior-most officer.
So, shortest distance = 10m Kaur is immediate senior to Lal.
89. e; R is related to V is the odd one out. We get,
90. b; OBLIQUE
Each vowel is changed to its preceding letter Designation Name
while each consonant is changed to its succeeding JS
letter:
NCMHRTD JD
Alphabetical order:
US
CDHMNRT
So, 'N' is third from the right end. SO Kaur
(91-95)
1 2 3 ASO Lal
3 Jil Kat Ana Bhat is neither the JS nor the JD.
Jha is not junior to Syed.
2 ….. Gin Dan
The final arrangement is,
1 Max Bil Ray
Designation Name
91. b;
92. e; JS Jha
93. b;
94. c; JD Syed
95. a; US Bhat
(96-100)
96. d; We have: SO Kaur
P&T%*DK#T!JU$G?L@%E<MY^
ASO Lal
H>C
After dropping the symbol, we get: Here, Syed is the JD.
PTDKTJUGLEMYHC
So, T is fifth from the left end. ****
97. e; We have:
P&T%*DK#T!JU$G?L@%E<MY
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PRACTICE SET
Upcoming Exam
ASO-SECRETARIAT
(PAPER-I, II & III)
PAPER-I
GENERAL STUDY
a French Empire
1. Between whom carnatic wars were fought? Codes
(A) French East India Corporation and English East A B C D
India Corporation. (A) 1 2 3 4
(B) French East India Corporation and Dutch East (B) 2 3 1 4
India Corporation. (C) 1 4 3 2
(C) Dutch East India Corporation and the (D) 2 3 4 1
Portuguese. 6. ‗Dubla Hali‘ system was practised in which region
(D) English East India Corporation and the Dutch. of India?
2. Arrange the following battle between the British and (A) Surat (Gujarat)
Sikhs in correct chronological order (B) Munger (Bihar)
(A) Battle of Ramnagar, Battle of Chillianwala, (C) Midnapore (West Bengal)
Battle of Gujarat, Annexation of Punjab. (D) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh
(B) Battle of Chillianwala, Battle of Gujarat, Battle 7. The development of railways was started in the
of Ramnagar. reign of which Governor General?
(C) Battle of Gujarat, Battle of Chillianwala, Battle (A) Lord Canning
of Ramnagar, Annexation of Punjab. (B) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Annexation of Punjab, Battle of Gujarat, Battle (C) Lord William Bentick
of Chillianwala, Battle of Ramnagar (D) Lord Minto
3. Which of the following is/are not correct regarding 8. Who remarked in 1834 that ―the bones of the cotton
Alfonso De Albuquerque? weavers are bleaching the plains of India‖ ?
I. He was the second Governor of Portuguese in (A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
India. (B) William Bentinck
II. He had captured Goa from the ruler of Bijapur. (C) Dadabhai Naoroji
III. He discouraged his countrymen to marry (D) RC Dutt
Indian women. 9. Which of the following did not form part of the so
IV. He consolidated Portuguese power in India. called ‗Home Charges‘ in British India?
Select the correct answer using the codes given (A) Interest on Public debt.
below. (B) Charges for civil administration
(A) I and II (B) Only II (C) Guaranteed interest on railways
(C) Only IV (D) Only III (D) Payment of dividends to the shareholders.
4. In which of the following places the Dutch 10. A famine of the nineteenth century, which has been
established their trading centres in India? described as the ‗Sea of Calamtiy‘ was the famine in
(A) Nagapattinam, Chinsura, Machilipatnam (A) Rajputana, 1868-69
(B) Surat, Bharuch, Agra (B) Madras Presidency, 1866-67
(C) Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna (C) Orissa, 1866-67
(D) All of the above (D) Bengal, 1860-61
5. Match the following. 11. The correct geographical location for the Ramosi
List I List II uprising?
A. Francois Caron 1. Set up a first French (A) Western India (B) Eastern Ghats
factory at Surat (C) Eastern India (D) Western Ghats
B. Marcara 2. Set up another factory of 12. Which among the following is/are the speciality of
French at Masulipatnam in Pabna rebellion?
1669 (A) Presence of religious leaders in the main front.
C. Francois Martin 3. Acquired the area of (B) Formation of Agrarian League.
Pondicherry from the (C) Coincided with the Non-Cooperation movement.
Quiladar of (D) Peasants did not defy colonial authority and as a
Valikondapuram from the matter of wanted to become ryots of the Queen.
Sultan of Bijapur and 13. Who led the Chuar revolt?
transformed into (A) Durjan Singh (B) Keerat Singh
aflourishing port. (C) Teerat Singh (D) Vijay Singh Pathik
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14. Which of the following led the Bhil revolt, which (D) Political affairs committee.
arose due to problems, related to agriculture? 27. Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits
(A) Sevaram (B) Tipu discrimination on the grounds or religion, race,
(C) Durjan Singh (D) Alluri Sitarama Raju caste, sex and place of birth ?
15. Kuka revolt was started by (A) Article 25 (B) Article 19
(A) Bhagat Jawahar Mal (C) Article 23 (D) Article 15
(B) Jatra Bhagat 28. Which of the following Fundamental Right is given
(C) Kampa Ram in Article 21 ?
(D) Bhavan Singh (A) Right to Property (B) Right to Equality
16. ‗Plates‘ move over thermal convective currents, (C) Right to Speech (D) Right to Life
which are made up of 29. Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act,
(A) gravitational energy 1986 was legislated to implement the provisions of
(B) radioactive energy (A) Article 23 (B) Article 24
(C) thermal energy (C) Article 21 (D) All of these
(D) magnetic energy 30. Which article of the Indian Constitution did Dr. BR
17. ________ mountains are formed due to folding of Ambedkar term as the Heart and Soul of the Indian
crustal rocks by compressive forces generated by Constitution?
endogenetic forces coming from within the Earth. (A) Article 19 (B) Article 356
(A) Block (B) Fold (C) Article 32 (D) Article 14
(C) Dome (D) Coastal 31. Which of the following can be amended by special
18. A deep valley characterised by steep step-like slope majority?
is known as (A) DPSP
(A) U-shaped Valley (B) Blind Valley (B) Rules of procedure in Parliament
(C) Gorge (D) Canyon (C) Admission of new state
19. Peneplain is related to (D) Use of English language in Parliament
(A) wind (B) underground water 32. A socialistic ideology is reflected in the Directive
(C) glacier (D) river Principle, which calls for
20. Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a low- (A) securing equitable distribution of material
pressure zone, is located resources of the country to prevent
(A) between trade winds and westerlies belt. concentration of wealth.
(B) between westerlies and polar winds belt. (B) promotion of cottage industries.
(C) nearby the poles. (C) free and compulsory education for children up
(D) at the equator. to 14 years of age
21. What is the name of the winds that blow from the (D) All of the above
subtropical high pressure belts towards the subpolar 33. A uniform civil code mentioned in the Directive
low pressure belts? Principles of State Policy ensure
(A) Easterlies (B) Trade winds (A) economic equality
(C) Westerlies (D) Western disturbances (B) national security
22. Given below are the different kinds of humidity. On (C) National integration
which one, the possibility of precipitation depends (D) Support of weaker sections of society
the most? 34. A Prime Minister of India should be a member of
(A) Specific humidity (A) Rajya Sabha
(B) Absolute humidity (B) Lok Sabha
(C) Relative humidity (C) Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha
(D) Humidity capacity (D) None of the above
23. Which one among the following is oldest 35. Who was the Prime Minister of India during ―the
geographical region of India? Emergency‖ between the year 1975 to 1977?
(A) Mountain regions of Himalayas (A) Indira Gandhi (B) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) Great Indian Plain (C) Moraj Desai (D) Charan Singh
(C) Indian Peninsular Plateau 36. Which one of the following is the largest (area-wise)
(D) Eastern Coastal Plain Lok Sabha Constituency?
24. Which one of the following pairs of rivers and (A) Kangra (B) Ladakh
tributaries is not correctly matched? (C) Kachchh (D) Bhilwara
(A) Godavari –Indravati (B) Ganga – Penganga 37. In case of equal voting, who among the following
(C) Krishna – Bhima (D) Luni - Sukri can cast only a casting vote in Lok Sabha?
25. Indian climatic regime is characterised by its unique (A) President of India
diversity. Which one of the following do not play (B) Prime Minister of India
any role in climatic diversity of India? (C) Chief Justice of India
(A) Latitudinal extent (D) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(B) Distance from sea 38. By which Bill the Government propose collection of
(C) Orientation of hills and mountains revenues for a year?
(D) Longitudinal extent (A) Economic Bill (B) Finance Bill
26. Which Cabinet committee is often described as a (C) Supplementary Bill (D) None of the above
'Super Cabinet'? 39. The supreme Court was set-up under the
(A) Appointment committee. (A) Regulating Act, 1773
(B) Parliamentary affairs committee. (B) Pitt‘s Indian Act, 1784
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40. The power to legislate on all matters relating to (C) Remains constant (D) fall
election to Panchayats lies with 53. Which one of the following is not a function of the
(A) the Parliament of India RBI?
(B) the State Legislature (A) Credit control
(C) the State Election Commission (B) Organisation of Scheduled Commercial Banks
(D) the Election Commission of India (C) Formulation of Monetary Policy
41. Which of the following Articles empower (D) Credit creation
Parliament to make any law for the whole or any 54. Which of the following committees has given its
part of the territory for implementing treaties and recommendations on Financial Inclusion?
international agreement and convention? (A) Rakesh Mohan Committee
(A) Article 256 (B) Article 253 (B) Rangarajan Committee
(C) Article 252 (D) Article 249 (C) Sinha Committee
42. Which of the following is not matched correctly? (D) Kelkar Committee
(A) Rajmannar Committee – 1999 55. In 2020, which of the following banks was merged
(B) Punchhi Commission – 2001 with Union Bank of India?
(C) Sarkaria Commission – 1983 (A) Punjab National Bank (B) Corporation Bank
(D) Anandpur Sahib Proposal – 1973 (C) Syndicate Bank (D) Canara Bank
43. Which one of the following is not an objective of 56. ‗Joule‘ is related to energy in the same way as
Fiscal Policy in India? ‗Pascal‘ is related to
(A) Full employment (A) Mass (B) pressure
(B) Price stability (C) density (D) purity
(C) Optimum allocation of resources 57. The unit of the force constant k of a spring is
(D) Regulation of international trade (A) N-m (B) N/m
44. Corporation tax is a tax imposed on (C) N-m2 (D) n/m2
(A) the net incomes of the companies 58. The resistivity of a material may be expressed in
(B) the corporate properties unit of
(C) the utilities provided by the corporation (A) Ohm (B) Ohm/cm
(D) tax imposed by the corporation on individual (C) Ohm-cm (D) Ohm-cm2
properties 59. A student measures certain lengths using a meter
45. Which one of the following is the pathway to scale having least count equal to 1 mm.
increase productivity in agriculture? Which one of the following measurement is more
(A) Efficiency irrigation precise?
(B) Quality seeds (A) 0.50 mm (B) 29.07 mm
(C) Use of pesticides (C) 0.925 mm (D) 910 mm
(D) None of the above/More than one of the above 60. In negative acceleration, the velocity of a body
46. Study of aggregates is known as _________ ______
(A) Macroeconomics (A) is zero (B) increases
(B) Microeconomics (C) deceases (D) remains constant
(C) Price theory 61. A permanent magnet repels
(D) Factor price determination (A) ferromagnetic substances only
47. Which one of the following is not a source of direct (B) diamagnetic substances only
finance? (C) paramagnetic substances only
(A) NABARD (D) Both (B) and (C)
(B) Regional Rural Bank 62. Which one of the following statements regarding
(C) State Bank of India starch and cellulose is not correct?
(D) Allahabad Bank (A) Both of them are of plant origin.
48. In which year, the Soil Health Card Scheme was (B) Both of them are polymers.
originally launched by the Government of India? (C) Both of them give colour with iodine
(A) 2006-07 (B) 2004-05 (D) Both of them are made up of glucose molecules
(C) 2007-08 (D) 2014-15 63. Non-stick frying pans are coated with
49. Indirect taxes by nature are (A) Orion (B) Teflon
(A) degressive (B) regressive (C) Polystyrene (D) Polypropylene
(C) progressive (D) proportional 64. Which one of the following is not a natural fibre?
50. For small industries, which of the following (A) Terylene (B) Jute
financial institution is source of credit? (C) Flax (D) Wool
(A) IDBI (B) SIDBI 65. ‗Nobel oil‘ is the name of which one of the
(C) IFCI (D) NABARD following explosives?
51. Which one of the following committees (A) TNG (B) TNP
recommended the abolition of reservation of items (C) TNA (D) TNT
of small scale sector in industry? 66. A drug that is antipyretic as well as analgesic is
(A) Abid Hussain Committee (A) chloroquine
(B) Narsimhan Committee (B) penicillin
(C) Nayak Committee (C) paracentamol
(D) Rakesh Mohan Committee (D) chloropromazine hydrochloride
52. When money supply increases in economy, value of 67. Chondrichthyes is characterised by
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(B) ventral mouth (A) An insulin obtained from the Indian pig using
(C) ctenoid scale and ventral mouth the genetic engineering methods.
(D) placoid scale and ventral mouth (B) An energy capsule being used by astronauts as
68. Among the following which one lays eggs and does food supplements.
not produce young ones directly? (C) First animal to be created by gene editing.
(A) Echidna (B) Kangaroo (D) A new patent law enforced in USA.
(C) Porcupine (D) Whale 81. Which financial institution has launched ―Digital
69. ‗Fluid Mosaic Model‘ proposed by Singer and Payments Index (DPI)‖?
Nicholson is mainly concerned with (A) RBI (B) NPCI
(A) ribosomes (B) cytoplasm (C) Finance Ministry (D) State Bank of India
(C) cell wall (D) plasma membrane 82. Pong Dam sanctuary, which was seen in the news
70. What is a tonoplast? recently, is located in which state?
(A) Outer membrane of mitochondria (A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Inner membrane of chloroplast (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Membrane boundary of the vacuole of plant cells (C) Sikkim
(D) Cell membrane of a plant cell (D) Gujarat
71. Zingiber officinale is an example of 83. Which organisation releases the World Food Price
(A) perennial plant (B) herb Index?
(C) shrub (D) biennial (A) UNICEF (B) FAO
72. Consider the following statements (C) WWF (D) WFP
I. Aerenchyma tissue is found in hydrophytes. 84. The Financial Stability Report (FSR) is released by
II. Number of stomata is less and sunken in which organisation?
xerophytes. (A) World Bank
III. Velamen tissue in orchids is found in root. (B) IMF
Which of the statement (s) given above is/are correct? (C) Reserve Bank of India
(A) I, II and III (B) Only III (D) Asian Development Bank
(C) Only II (D) Only I 85. Which country has launched the satellite Arktika-
73. Which one of the following statements about blood M?
elements is correct? (A) US (B) Russia
(A) Red blood cells number is same as that of (C) UK (D) France
white blood cells and platelets. 86. Which Union Ministry implements the PM Mudra
(B) The number of white blood cell is more then Yojana?
red blood cells. (A) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) The number of red blood cells is the highest. (B) Ministry of Labour and Employment
(D) The number of red blood cells is lower then (C) Ministry of Social Justice
platelets. (D) Ministry of Finance
74. Nobels of Ranvier are found in 87. Which state leads in sweet potato production across
(A) cardiac muscle fibre India?
(B) striated muscle fibre (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) medullated nerve fibre (C) Odisha (D) Karnataka
(D) non-medullated nerve fibre 88. Which country has given the name ―Yaas‖ to the
75. Dinosaurs were cyclone in the Bay of Bengal?
(A) Cenozoic reptiles (A) India (B) Sri Lanka
(B) Mesozoic birds (C) Oman (D) Pakistan
(C) Paleozoic amphibians 89. Where is the headquarters of BIMSTEC located?
(D) Mesozoic reptiles (A) Dhaka (B) New Delhi
76. Which of the following is a vestigial organ? (C) Beijing (D) Colombo
(A) Heart (B) Kidney 90. Who is the composer of the official theme song of
(C) Lungs (D) Appendix the Indian Olympic Team of Tokyo 2020?
77. Who propounded the theory of evolution? (A) A R Rahman (B) Mohit Chauhan
(A) Spencer (B) Darwin (C) Vishal Dadlani (D) Shankar Mahadevan
(C) Wallace (D) Huxley 91. Who is known as the Father of Modern Oriya Literature?
78. The cutting of DNA at specific locations became (A) Sarala Das
possible with the discovery of (B) Mukunda Das
(A) cloning (C) Fakir Mohan Senapati
(B) vectors (D) Radhanath Ray
(C) restriction endonuclease 92. What is the main objective of the launching of
(D) Ligase enzyme ‗MadhuApp‘ by Odisha?
79. What is Case protein that is often mentioned in news? (A) To provide information about Apiculture
(A) A molecular scissors used in targeted gene editing. (B) To provide online selling and purchase facility
(B) A biosensor used in the accurate detection of of Honey
pathogens in patients. (C) To provide video tutorial lessons to school children
(C) A gene that makes plants pest resistant. (D) None of the above
(D) A herbicidal substance synthesized in 93. When was the state‘s name officially changed from
genetically modified crops. Orissa to Odisha?
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94. Which region of Odisha is mention in the National to be at variance from commonly known facts
Anthem of India? and then decide which of the given conclusions
(A) Utkala (B) Drābia logically follows from the two/three statements
(C) Ucchala (D) Baga disregarding commonly known facts.
95. What is the State Flower of Odisha? Give answer—
(A) Tangidi Puvvu (B) Brahma Kamal (A) If only conclusion I follows.
(C) Jasmine (D) Ashoka (B) If only conclusion II follows.
96. What type of Legislature is the Odisha Legislative (C) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
Assembly? (D) If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.
(A) Unicameral (B) Bicameral Statements:
(C) Tricameral (D) Multicameral Some exams are tests. No exam is a question.
97. Which among the following is rightly described as Conclusions:
the Magna Carta of India? I. All questions are not exams.
(A) Part III (B) Part IV II. Some tests are not questions.
(C) Part IV A (D) Preamble 8. Directions - Study the following information
98. The Speaker of Lok Sabha can resign from his post carefully to answer the given questions:
by writing to Each of the six friends, A, B, C, D, E and F scored
(A) President (B) Vice President different marks in an examination. C scored more
(C) Prime Minister (D) Deputy Speaker than only. A and E. D scored less than only B. E did
99. Who decides the salaries and privileges of the high not score the least. The one who scored the third
court judges? highest marks scored 81marks. E scored 62 marks.
(A) President (B) Supreme Court Which of the following could possibly be C‘s score?
(C) Parliament (D) High court (A) 70 (B) 94
100. The Attorney General of India is appointed by (C) 86 (D) 61
(A) the president of India 9. If ‗+‘ means ‗ב; ‗–‘ means ‗’‘; ‗ב means‗–‘ and
(B) the prime Minister ‗’‘ means ‗+‘ then4 ’ 8 – 2 × 2 + 4 = ?
(C) the chief Justice of India (A) 6 (B) 8
(D) the UPSC (C) 0 (D) 4
10. If ‗+‘ means ‗ב; ‗–‘ means ‗’‘; ‗ב means‗–‘; and
‗’‘ means ‗+‘ then5 + 8 – 4 × 2 ÷ 9 = ?
PAPER-II (A) 15 (B) 13
(REASONING ABILITY) (C) 17 (D) 11
1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way 11. If ‗A‘ means ‗ב; ‗B‘ means ‗’‘; ‗C‘ means‗+‘ and
and so form a group. Which is the one that does not ‗D‘ means ‗–‘ then21 C 3 D 6 A 8 B 2 = ?
belong to that group? (A) 72 (B) 0
(A) RU (B) BE (C) 48 (D) 4
(C) FI (D) AE 12. 2F, 4G, 8I, 14L, ?
2. In a certain code CURATIVE is written as (A) 22I (B) 20L
BSVDDUHS. How is STEAMING written in that (C) 22 P (D) 16K
code? 13. DVG, FSI, HPK, JMM, ?
(A) BFUTFMHL (B) TUFBFMHL (A) IKP (B) LJO
(C) BFUTLHMF (D) BFUTHOJN (C) KIO (D) LIP
3. In a certain code ‗COURT‘ is written as‗5%@38‘ 14. 3GP, 8HS, 23JV, 68MY, ?
and ‗TILE‘ is written as ‗8©$4‘.How is ‗CITE‘ (A) 105RC (B) 203QB
written in that code? (C) 205QD (D) 135RB
(A) 5$84 (B) 5%84 15. D2V, G5U, J12S, M27P, ?
(C) 5©84 (D) 3©84 (A) P58L (B) P57K
4. Among P, Q, R, S and T, each having different (C) Q58L (D) Q57M
weight, R is heavier than S but lighter than T. P is 16. Directions - In each question below is given a
lighter than S. Who among them is the heaviest? statement followed by two conclusions numbered
(A) T (B) Q I and II. You have to assume everything in the
(C) T or Q (D) Data inadequate statement to be true, then consider the two
5. If ‗+‘ means ‗subtracted from‘, ‗ב means‗ added conclusions together and decide which of them
to‘, ‗’‘ means ‗multiplied by‘ and ‗–‘means logically follows beyond are as onable doubt
‗divided by‘, then 15 + 6 ’ 4 – 8 × 5 = ? from the information given in the statement.
(A) 12 (B) 23 Give answer
11 (A) if only conclusion I follows;
(C) 13 (D) 17 (B) if only conclusion II follows;
13
6. Pointing to a girl, Arun said ―She is the only (C) if either I or II follows;
daughter of my grandfather‘s son‖. How is the girl (D) if both I and II follow
related to Arun? Statement—A large section of labourers in India is
(A) Daughter (B) Sister of unorganised field. Most of them earn uncertain
(C) Cousin Sister (D) Data inadequate wages and find only insufficient and small jobs.
7. Directions - In each group of questions below are Conclusions—
two/ three statements followed by two I. The labourers of organised field avail the
conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take advantage of better facilities and stability in
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II. Some labourers of unorganised field have 24. Three positions of a cube are shown below. What
regular and certain income. will come opposite to face containing ‗4‘?
17. Directions - In each question below is given a
statement followed by two conclusions numbered
I and II. You have to assume everything in the
statement to be true, then consider the two
conclusions together and decide which of them
logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from (A) 1 (B) 2
the information given in the statement. (C) 4 (D) 5
Give answer 25. From the given options, figure can be formed by
(A) if only conclusion I follows; folding the figure given in the question?
(B) if only conclusion II follows;
(C) if either I or II follows;
(D) if neither I nor II follow
Statement—The multinational fast-food chains
have hardly reached India, but the Farmer
Associations are ready to accept them.
Conclusions—
I. Farmer Associations are opposing modernisation.
II. Farmer Associations are not willing to compete
with multinational companies.
18. Dinesh said, "Amar's father is the only brother of my
sister's son. "How is Aman's father related to Dinesh? 26. How many cubes are there in the following figures?
(A) Cousin (B) Nephew
(C) Aunt (D) Data inadequate
19. Which of the following pairs of words have the
same relationship as FAN : HEAT ?
(A) Water : Drink (B) Food : Hunger
(C) Teach : Student (D) Air : Breathe
20. If 'B x C' means 'B is the daughter of C', 'B + C' means
'B is the husband of C' and 'B - C' means 'B is the (A) 17 (B) 20
sister of C', then what does 'M + N - P x Q' mean? (C)23 (D) 19
(A) M is the brother-in-law of Q 27. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
(B) M is the uncle of Q and so form a group. Which is the one that does not
(C) M is the son-in-law of Q belong to that group?
(D) Q is the mother-in-law of M (A) Hibiscus (B) Mustard
21. From the given answer figures, select the one (C) Sunflower (D) Jasmine
inwhich the question figure is hidden/embedded. 28. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and so form a group. Which is the one that does not
belong to that group?
(A) 36 (B) 49
(C) 625 (D) 225
29. A person starts from a point in east direction. He
walks 10 m and takes a right turn. Now he walks 5m
and again takes a right turn. Next, he walks 3 m and
22. From the given answer figures, select the one in takes a left turn. Now he walks 6 m and takes a right
which the question figure is hidden/embedded. turn. He finally stops after walking 8m. In which
direction is the starting point with respect to the
ending point?
(A) South-east (B) South-west
(C) North (D) North-east
30. A person starts from point A, walks 10 m in south
direction. Now he takes a left turn and walks 8m
before turning left again. Next, he walks 16 m and
takes a right turn. Now he walks 4 m and takes a
23. Which of the following cube in the answer figure right turn again. He stops after walking 10 m. Find
cannot be made based on the unfolded cube in the his distance from point A.
question figure? (A) 20 km (B) 3√10 km
(C) 4√10 km (D) 4√5 km
31. Point A is 10 m west of point B. Point B is 6 m
south of point C and also 7 m north of point D.
Point E is 4 m west of point D. Point C is 6 m east
of point F. Find distance AE.
(A) √75 m (B) √65 m
(C) √70 m (D) √85 m
32. Raghav starts walking in south direction and walks a
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walk 6m. Again, he takes a left turn and walk 15m All cups are plates. No plate is a shop.
and reached a point P. Find the distance between Conclusions:
starting point and P and in which direction is the I. No cup is a shop. II. No shop is a plate.
person from the initial point. (A) Only conclusion (I) follows.
(A)10m, south east (B)10m, north east (B) Only conclusion (II) follows.
(C)20m, north west (D)20m, south west (C) Both conclusions follow.
33. In a class of 39 students, the ratio of boys and girls (D) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II)
is 2:1. Akruthi ranks 15th among all the students follows.
from top and 8th among girls from the bottom. How 41. A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown
many boys are there below Akruthi? below in the question figures. From the given
(A) 16 (B) 17 answer figures, indicate how it will appear when
(C) 15 (D) Data Inadequate opened?
34. In a queue, Kundu is 14th from the front and Jeelani
is 17th from the end, while Asika is in between
them. If Kundu is ahead of Jeelani and there are 48
persons in the queue. How many persons are there
between Kundu and Asika?
(A) 8 (B) 7
(C) 6 (D) 7
35. In a row of 40 boys when Kushal was shifted to his
left by 4 places, his place from the left end of the
row became 10. What is the position of Suraj from
the right end of the row, if Suraj was three places to
the right of Kushal‘s original position?
42. If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then which of
(A) 22 (B) 23
the answer figures is the right image of the given
(C)25 (D)24
figure?
36. In a row of 25 children facing South, R is 16th from
the right end and B is 18th from the left end. How
many children are there between R and B?
(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) None of these (D) Data inadequate
37. In the given figure, how many pens are blue?

43. In the following question below are given some

statements followed by some Conclusions. Taking
the given statements to be true even if they seem
to beat variance from commonly known facts,
(A) 23 (B) 19 read all the Conclusions and then decide which of
(C) 12 (D) 15 the given Conclusion logically follows the given
38. Present age of A is 2 times the present age of B. statements.
After 8 years the B‘s age will be 4 times of C‘s Statements:
present age. If C celebrated his fifth birthday 9 years I. All LEDs are bulbs. II. Some bulbs are not tube
ago, then what is the present age (in years) of A? lights.
(A) 88 (B) 96 Conclusions:
(C) 92 (D) 84 I. Some tube lights are LEDs. II. All LEDs are
39. How many triangles are therein the given figure? tube lights.
(A) Only Conclusion I follow.
(B) Only Conclusion II follows.
(C) Neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows.
(D) Both Conclusions follow.
44. If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then which of
the answer figures is the right image of the given
figure?
(A) 14 (B) 15
(C) 16 (D) 19
40. In the following question below are given some
statements followed by some conclusions. Taking
the given statements to be true even if they seem
to beat variance from commonly known facts,
read all the conclusions and then decide which of
the given conclusion logically follows the given
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45. If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then which of 53. The LCM of two numbers is 1920 and their HCF is
the answer figures is the right image of the given 16. If one of the numbers is 128, find the other
figure? number.
(A) 204 (B) 240
(C) 260 (D) 320
54. 132  168 24  33  107  (?)2
(A) 2 (B) 256
(C) 16 (D) 4
1
55. The value of 54  (125) 0.25 is :
46. Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the (A) 125 (B) 5
question figure?
(C) 625 (D) 125

56. 0.2343  0.1888 = ?

(A) 0.4232 (B) 0.4132
(C) 0.4233 (D) 0.4231
57. In an examination 1100 boys and 900 girls appeared
50% of the boys and 40% of the girls passed the
exam. The percentage of candidates failed is ….
(A) 45 (B) 45.5
(C) 54.5 (D) 59.2
47. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the 58. After getting two successive discounts Shalini got a
correct alternative from the given ones that will shirt at Rs. 136 whose marked price is Rs. 200. If
complete the series. the second discount is 15% find the first discount.
XX, XOX, XXXX, XXOXX,XXXXXX, ? (A) 12.5% (B) 15%
(A) XXXOXXXX (B) XXXOXXX (C) 25% (D) 20%
(C) XXXXXXX (D) XXXOXXXO 59. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many
48. Select the related number from the given for a rupee must he sell to gain 20% ?
alternatives: (A) 3 (B) 4
0.5 : 2 :: 0.125 : ? (C) 5 (D) 6
(A) 6 (B) 16 60. The difference between compound interest and
(C) 8 (D) 12 simple interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10 %
49. Directions : Study the following information to is Rs. 25. The sum is
answer the given questions (A) Rs. 1200 (B) Rs. 2500
Seven friends T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in (C) Rs. 750 (D) Rs. 1250
a straight line facing North. W sits fifth to the right (e) Rs. 2000
of T. W does not sit at any of extreme ends. Two 61. A can do a certain work in the same time in which
people sit between Z and X. Y sits third to the left of B and C together can do it. If A and B together
U. Y sits exactly in the middle. Z is not an could do it in 20 days and C alone in 60 days, then
immediate neighbour of Y. B alone could do it in:
If all the seven friends are made to sit alphabetically (A) 20 days (B) 40 days
from right to left, positions of how many will (C) 50 days (D) 60 days
remain unchanged ? 62. During the onward journey from Bombay to Pune,
(A) None (B) One Deccan Queen travels at an average spread of 80
(C)Two (D)Three kmph, while on the return journey, the train is able
50. Urmila and Qureshi are children of Tarun who is to average a speed of 100 kmph. What is the
brother-in-law of Priya. Urmila is niece of Sundar. average speed of the train on its entire journey?
Priya is daughter of Rekha but Rekha is not father of (A) 88(8/9)km/hr (B) 89(8/9)km/hr
Priya. How is Rekha related to Tarun? (C) 900/7 (D) None
(A) Son-in-law (B) Brother-in-law (0.013) 3  0.000000343
(C) Mother-in-law (D) Sister-in-law 63. The value of is
(0.013) 2  0.000091 0.000049
(A) 0.03 (B) 0.01
(QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE) (C) 0.04 (D) 0.02
51. 1  2  3  2  3  4  3  4  5  ......Find
64. If  and 
the
are the roots of the equation
sum of first 100 terms?
(A) –629 (B) – 626 4x 2  19x  12  0, then find the equation having
(C) –625 (D) – 622
52. In a division sum, the divisor is 10 times the 1 1
the roots and .
quotient and 5 times the remainder. If the remainder  
is 46. What is the divided?
(A) 4236 (B) 4306 (A) 4x 2  19x  12  0
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then the number of players who play only football

(B) 12x 2  19x  4  0 are ______, assuming there is a total of 16 players.
(C) 12x 2  19x  4  0 (A) 16
(C) 4
(B) 8
(D) 10
(D) 4x  19x  12  0
2 79. If the probability of an event is P, the probability of
its complementary event will be:
65. If (1/x) + (1/y) + (1/z) = 0 and x + y + z = 9 then
(A) P – 1 (B) P
what is the value of x  y  z  3xyz ?
3 3 3
1
(A) 81 (B) 361 (C) 1 – p (D) 1 
p
(C) 729 (D) 6561
66. What is the remainder obtained it 455 o is divided by 80. In a family of 3 children, the probability of having
19 one boy is:
(A) 0 (B) 3 7 1
(A) (B)
(C) 4 (D) 1 8 8
67. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a 5 3
college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in the (C) (D)
number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% 8 4
respectively, what will be the new ratio ? 81. A committee of 3 members is to be made out of 6
(A) 8 : 9 (B) 17 : 18 men and 5 women. What is the committee has at
(C) 21 : 22 (D) Cannot be determined least two women?
68. The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is: 10 14
(A) (B)
(A) 18 (B) 24 33 33
(C) 19 (D) 20
14 13
69. If A  1  1, B  a 1  and (A  B) 2  A 2  B2 (C) (D)
2  1 b  1 15 25
    82. The planets revolve round the Sun once in 200, 250
then the value of a and b are and 300 days, respectively in their own orbits. When
(A) a = 4, b = 1 (B) a = 1, b = 4 do they all come relatively to the same position as at
(C) a = 0, b = 4 (D) a = 2, b = 4 a certain point of time in their orbits?
70. A is a square matrix, then which of the following is (A) After 3000 days (B) After 2000 days
not symmetric? (C) After 1500 days (D) After 1200 days
(A) A + AT (B) AAT 83. Convert the set x in roster form if set x contains the
T
(C) A A (D) A – AT positive prime number, which divides 72.
71. The statement on adding 10 in a number, ‗the
(A) {} (B) {2, 3}
number becomes 20‘ in the form of an equation is
(A) x  10  20 (B) x  10  20 (C) {2, 3, 7} (D) {3, 5, 7}
84. Probability Class 10 MCQ Question 4. The total
(C) 10x = 20 (D) x  20 number of events of throwing 10 coins
10
simultaneously is
72. Which of the following equations has two distinct
(A) 1024 (B) 512
real roots?
(C) 100 (D) 10
9
(A) 2x 2  3 2 x  0 85. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The
4 probability of getting a sum of 9 is:
(A) 1/10 (B) 3/10
(B) x 2  x  5  0
(C) 1/9 (D) 4/9
(C) x 2  3x  2 2  0 86. Two iron sheets spherical in shape each of diameters
(D) 5x 2  3x  1  0 6 cm are immersed in the water contained in a
73. A number when subtracted from 40 results into 15. cylindrical vessel of radius 6 cm. the level of the
This statement in the form of an equation is water in the vessel will be raised by?
(A) 40 – x = 15 (B) x – 40 = 15 (A) 1 cm (B) 2 cm
(C) 40 + x = 15 (D) 40x = 15 (C) 3 cm (D) 6 cm
74. If the sum of three numbers in an A.P. is 9 and their 87. The radius of the base and height of a right circular
product is 24, then numbers are cone are in the ratio 5 : 12. If the volume of the cone
(A) 2, 4, 6 (B) 1, 5, 3 is 314 2/7 cm cube. The slant height (in cm) of the
(C) 2, 8, 4 (D) 2, 3, 4 cone will be
75. The sum of first n odd natural numbers is (A) 12 (B) 13
(A) 2n2 (B) 2n + 1 (C) 15 (D) 17
(C) 2n – 1 (D) n2 88. The length of a rectangle, which is 25 cm is equal to
th the length of a square and the area of the rectangle is
76. n term of the sequence a, a + b, a + 2d, … is 125 square cm less than the area of the square. What
(A) a + nd (B) a – (n –1)d is the breadth of the rectangle?
(C) a + (n – 1)d (D) n + nd (A) 15 cm (B) 20 cm
77. The sum of all odd integers between 2 and 100 (C) 12 cm (D) 14 cm
divisible by 3 is 89. A bag has 3 red balls and 5 green balls. If we take a
(A) 17 (B) 867 ball from the bag, then what is the probability of
(C) 876 (D) 786 getting red balls only?
78. Let the players who play cricket be 12, the ones who (A) 3 (B) 8
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(C) 3/8 (D) 8/3 (A) Consequently (B) Absolutely
90. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn (C) Silently (D) Certainly
together at random. What is the probability of both 3. What type of error exists in the following sentence?
the cards being kings ? Duty is what one expects from others, it is not what
(A) 1/15 (B) 1/221 one does oneself.
(C) 25/57 (D) 35/256 (A) Syntax error (B) Misplaced modifier
91. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. (C) Article error (D) Run-on sentence error
One ball is picked up randomly. What is the 4. It took exactly thirty minutes to reach office by bike.
probability that it is neither red nor green? Which of the following questions elicits the answer?
(A) 1/3 (B) 3/5 (A) How long for reaching office by bike?
(C) 8/21 (D) 7/21 (B) How far is the office from here by bike?
92. One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 (C) How long did it take to reach office by bike?
cards. What is the probability that the card drawn s a (D) How far did it take to reach by bike?
face card (Jack, Queen and King only)? 5. His old clothes and uncombed hair gave him a
(A) 3/13 (B) 1/13 ___________ appearance. (fill in the blank)
(C) 3/52 (D) 9/52 (A) disrespectful (B) disputatious
93. Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 (C) discontented (D) disreputable
cards. The probability that one is a spade and one is 6. After the Liberalisation in 1991, ‗Night clubs‘ are
a heart, is: open ________. (fill in the blank)
(A) 3/20 (B) 29/34 (A) Far into night (B) into the night far
(C) 47/100 (D) 13/102 (C) Far into the night (D) into far night
94. What is the geometric mean of the sequence 1, 2, 4, 7. I am a very vandal sort of person. What this means
8, ______, 2n ? is that the speaker is______ (fill in the blank)
n/2 ( n 1) / 2 (A) A person who commits arson
(A) 2 (B) 2
(B) a cause of someone‘s ruin
( n 1) ( n 1)
(C) 2 1 (D) 2 (C) one who deliberately damages other‘s property
95. The average of 7 consecutive numbers is n. If the (D) someone who has bad intention
next two numbers are included, the average will 8. Pollution has a negative effect on the health of
(A) increased by 2 (B) remains the same everyone living in the city, not to mention the
(C) increased by 1 (D) increased by 2 damage to the environment. The phrase not to
96. The captain of a cricket tem of 11 members is 26 mention is used
years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If (A) to introduce an irrelevant fact
the ages of these two are excluded, the average age (B) not to mention but inform
of the remaining players is one year less than the (C) to mention something unpleasant
average age of the whole team. What is the average (D) to introduce extra information
of the team? 9. Her bad performance in the last examination gave us
(A) 23 years (B) 24 years blue devils. Choose the correct meaning of the
(C) 25 years (D) None of these underlined phrase.
97. Find the Median of given Grouped data. (A) Depressed feelings (B) heart attack
Rating Frequency (C) Feeling of hate (D) nightmares
0-5 12 10. Identify the question below that does not quite
5-10 20 require yes/no answer:
10-15 10 (A) Is there vacancy for one more person in your
15-20 6 office?
(A) 10 (B) 18 (B) Could you show me the way to your office?
(C) 8 (D) 17.5 (C) Were you going home yesterday night?
98. The mode of 12, 17, 16, 14, 13, 16, 11, 14 is (D) How dare you ask me such a silly question?
(A) 13 (B) 11 11. Hopefully that will be sooner than ______. (fill in
(C) 14 (D) 14 and 16 the blank)
99. The variance of the data 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 is (A) better (B) latter
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) later (D) earlier
(C) 8 (D) 9 12. While the immediate quarrel appears to have been
100. Which of he following equations is correct ? subsided, many issues remain. It is yet unknown
(A) S = r + n (B) S = r – n what motivated belligerents to back off.
(C) S = r × n (D) S = rn (A) The two statements are unrelated.
[S = Size of the class; r = Range; n = Number of (B) They are not related; the second statement is
classes] not an issue that remains.
(C) They are related in the sense that the second
statement is one of the issues that remains.
PAPER-III (D) None of the above
13. Everyone thinks he‘s guilty of the robbery, but it
(ENGLISH LANGUAGE) looks like he‘s going to get away with it. ―Get away
1. We lost power _____ the rainstorm that occurred in
with‖ means:
the first week of December. (Fill in the blank)
(A) proceed with (B) tolerate
(A) From (B) Since
(C) go along with (D) escape punishment
(C) With (D) During
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14. I can put up with the house being messy, but I hate (A) Having lost his fortune, he is now a beggar.
it if it‘s not clean. Choose the correct meaning of the (B) Having a beggar, he lost his fortune.
underlined phrase. (C) Having to lose his fortune, he is a beggar now.
(A) encourage (B) suffer (D) Having had lost his fortune, he is now a beggar.
(C) tolerate (D) oppose 27. ―He has finished this task. No, he is going home.‖
15. My daughter won the tennis tournament. Rewrite What would be the appropriate questions for the
the sentence beginning with ―It…‖ responses here?
(A) It was my daughter who won the tennis (A) Is he going home after finishing the task?
tournament. (B) Is he done? Is he staying?
(B) It was the tennis tournament that my daughter (C) Is he finishing the task? Or going home?
won. (D) When will he finish and go home?
(C) Only (A) 28. The bike sped away. It hit only Sanchit. In other
(D) Both (A) and (B) words, ____________
16. What did he say? This was it. (Combine into one (A) The bike is still speeding. It hit only Sanchit.
sentence) (B) The bike sped away after hitting Sanchit and no
(A) This was what he said. one else.
(B) Is it what he said? (C) The bike sped away only after hitting Sanchit.
(C) What was this did he say? (D) The bike only sped away while hitting Sanchit.
(D) This is what he said. 29. When a five-star hotel requires the services of a
17. Had you known that the customer would be person who can judge in matters of taste, they
displeased_______ (Complete the sentence contact a _________.
choosing the right words) (A) ignoramus (B) plover
(A) would you not do such a thing (C) connoisseur (D) custodian
(B) you cannot do such a thing 30. Which of the following is the correct word-
(C) you wouldn‘t do such a thing formation?
(D) you had not done such a thing (A) prominant + ence = prominance
18. ―She exclaimed with sorrow that was a very (B) prominent + ence = prominence
miserable plight.‖ How can this sentence be written (C) promin + ence = prominence
alternatively? (D) promin + ance = prominance
(A) She said with sorrow, "What a miserable ply it 31. Which of the following is more polite as a request?
is!" (A) May I use your laptop?
(B) She said, "What a plight it is!" (B) Please, would I use your laptop?
(C) She said, "What a miserable sight it is!" (C) Would I use your laptop, Please?
(D) She said, "What a miserable plight it is!" (D) Could I use your laptop?
19. ―I came home last night‘‘. Report this as told by a 32. Choose the word having same, or nearly the same
male person. meaning of the word ‗Obnoxious‘:
(A) He told that he had come home last night. (A) roguish (B) preacher
(B) He said that he came home last night. (C) pacifist (D) odious
(C) He said that he had come home the previous 33. Seema seems polite, but her friend Sheetal is _____.
night. (A) discourteous (B) urbane
(D) He says that he came home the previous night. (C) malafide (D) chivalrous
20. When a letter closes with ―Sincerely yours‖ we call 34. It‘s been an unforgettable day. ―It‘s‖ here ______
it a ___________ letter. (fill in the blank) (A) is a mistake. The correct word is ―Its‖
(A) informal (B) formal (B) stands for ―It is‖
(C) official (D) unofficial (C) stands for ―It was‖
21. Killing of large numbers of defenceless people is (D) none of these
___________. 35. ―Your eyes are wet.‖ What would be the next
(A) homicide (B) genocide logical and correct sentence?
(C) massacre (D) assassination (A) Am I cutting onions?
22. In the expression, ―I‘m not absolutely certain I (B) You were cutting onions.
posted it‖, ―absolutely‖ ________. (C) Have you been cutting onions?
(A) denotes duration (B) describes manner (D) Am I not cutting onions?
(C) indicates degree (D) none of these 36. I wish I ______ more free time on my adventure trip
23. Waste not, want not. Identify the type of sentence. last week. (fill in the blank)
(A) simple (B) compound-complex (A) got (B) had
(C) complex (D) compound (C) enjoyed (D) had had
24. Find the ODD ONE from the following sentences: 37. _____ using dried herbs, he picked fresh ones from
(A) He is poor, but honest the garden. (fill in the blank)
(B) Keep quiet or you will be penalised. (A) rather (B) rather than
(C) Speak the truth, and you need have no fear. (C) Not (D) Apart from
(D) He is more a teacher than a writer. 38. _____ you had seen it with your own eyes, you
25. Is your wife well? She speaks well. Identify the part wouldn‘t have believed that such a thing could
of speech of the underlined. happen. (fill in the blank)
(A) adverb, adverb (B) adjective, adverb (A) before (B) until
(C) adverb, adjective (D) adjective, adjective (C) unless (D) till
26. He lost his fortune. He is now a beggar. Begin with 39. I. A day‘s journey
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III. Hercules‘ deeds 52. Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition:
Identify the correct usage of apostrophe: My father is _____ sixty.
(A) I only (B) II only (A) below (B) under
(C) I and III only (D) All of these (C) beneath (D) upon
40. Platinum Jubilee is the _______. 53. ―The teacher said to me, ―How old are you?‖ In
(A) special celebration of an event on its seventy- indirect narration, how would this sentence be?
fifth anniversary (A) The teacher asked me that how old I was.
(B) special celebration of an event on its fiftieth (B) The teacher asked me how old I am.
anniversary (C) The teacher asked me how old I was.
(C) special celebration of an event on its seventieth (D) The teacher enquired about me how old I am.
anniversary 54. The following word refer to a person who tells the
(D) special celebration of an event on its sixtieth future and interprets character by reading the lines
anniversary and configuration on the palm.
41. Rahul was ill. He decided to go. When you combine (A) Palmist (B) Astrologer
these sentences as one, which of the following (C) both (A) and (B) (D) Ostler
words would you use? 55. All of Natasha‘s friends never tell a lie. In the past
(A) since (B) however tense this will read:
(C) therefore (D) else (A) All of Natasha‘s friends never tells a lie.
42. ______ entering the room, he saw an unexpected (B) All of Natasha‘s friends never told us lies.
guest. (fill in the blank) (C) All of Natasha‘s friends never have told a lie.
(A) When (B) At (D) All of Natasha‘s friends never told a lie.
(C) Since (D) Upon 56. Fill in the blank using correct modal.
43. Has anyone told you what to do this month? If you He worked hard that he _____ win the first prize in
begin the sentence with ‗Have you‘, how will you English.
complete the question? (A) may (B) might
(A) been told by someone what to do this month? (C) will (D) need to
(B) told what to do this month by someone? 57. We heard the news. At once we rushed to the
(C) been told someone what to do this week? hospital. (Rewrite using the phrase ‗as soon as‘)
(D) told someone what has been done this month? (A) We heard the news as soon as we rushed to the
44. Man proposes, God disposes. This is a correct hospital.
example of: (B) We rushed as soon as we heard the news to the
(A) Metaphor (B) Simile hospital.
(C) Antithesis (D) Oxymoron (C) As soon as we heard the news, we rushed to the
45. Choose the correct word having the opposite, or hospital.
nearly the opposite meaning of the word ‗Sallow‘: (D) As soon as we have heard the news, we rushed
(A) pale (B) rosy to the nearest hospital.
(C) peaky (D) docile 58. Identify the correctly spelt word in the following:
46. Everything but _______ available at the emporium. (A) Questionaire (B) Questionaire
Which phrase if placed as the filler, will make the (C) Questionnaire (D) Questionaier
sentence grammatically and contextually correct? 59. Identify the incorrectly spelt word in the following:
(A) pens have been (B) loafs was (A) Charisma (B) Choir
(C) pens were (D) pens was (C) Champion (D) Chouffer
47. Identify the correct sentence among the following: 60. If _______, don‘t fix it, is an old proverb. (Choose
(A) The more we get, the more we want. the right phrase below and complete the proverb)
(B) The more that we get, the more we want. (A) it isn‘t broke (B) it ain‘t broke
(C) The more we get, the more that we want. (C) it is not broken (D) it‘s broke
(D) The more that we get, the more that we want. 61. In the old saying, The early bird catches the worm,
48. The children told me the truth. Write the sentence ‗Worm‘ means:
beginning with Object. (A) An insect (B) opportunity
(A) I was told the truth by the children. (C) time (D) principle
(B) The truth was told to me by the children. 62. She was the one who had insisted on waiting
(C) The truth is told to me by the children. ______ they were married. (Fill in the blank with
(D) both (A) and (B) right word/words)
49. Which of the following group of words represent (A) If not (B) If
conjunction? (C) Until (D) Unless
(A) though, where, besides 63. Binay said that he has been working in the office
(B) from, where, provided since 1999. What this means is that _____.
(C) lest, consequently, whence (A) Binay has left office for good.
(D) how, otherwise, upon (B) Binay‘s leaving office was not good.
50. The _____ of the prisoner‘s sentence angered many (C) Binay is still working in the office.
citizens. (fill in the blank) (D) Binay will leave office forever.
(A) abetment (B) abatment Directions (Q.64-67) : Read the following passage to
(C) abitment (D) abatement answer the given questions based on it.
51. Everyone of them has courage. What would be the Last year I suffered a stroke I had to be hospitalized. I
appropriate reply to this statement? was put in a general ward for there was no room in the
(A) haven‘t they? (B) hasn‘t they? intensive coronary care unit.
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circumstances and on hospital diet. For breakfast he used
to get two eggs, besides other things.
The man was regularly visited by a twelve year old boy,
perhaps his son, dressed in worn-out cloths. The man
always kept one egg for that boy when he arrived soon
after the doctors had done their rounds.
One day was a shortfall in the supply of eggs to the
hospital and our man got only one egg. He looked at it
for a long time, turning it over in his hands and then put
it away. He thought the boy‘s need was greater than his
perhaps.
64. What does ‗indigent circumstances‘, as used in
the passage mean?
(A) Miserable condition
(B) Miserly personality
(C) Very poor condition
(D) Rich background
65. Why was the author hospitalized?
(A) He wanted a medical check-up
(B) He wishes to experience hospital life
(C) He wanted to interact with other patients from
a sociology angle
(D) He fell seriously ill
66. Why did the sick man look at the egg for a long
time?
(A) He thought the egg was bad
(B) He could not decide whether he should eat it or
keep it for the boy
(C) He wished to really enjoy eating it
(D) He was annoyed at being given only one egg
67. What does the above passage focus on?
(A) Poverty of the man
(B) Nature of the dirty hospital
(C) Paternal affection of the man
(D) Poor condition of the boy
68. ____ policeman wears ____ uniform given by the
government. (Supply the correct articles)
(A) a, an (B) no article, a
(C) a, a (D) a, the
69. Identify the sentence that uses articles correctly:
(A) An umbrella is an useful thing.
(B) His elder sister is a S.P.
(C) Let us rest for quarter of an hour.
(D) A cold drink on a hot day is always welcome.
70. Identify the correct one:
(A) Binod‘s wife‘s parents
(B) Government‘s of Bihar
(C) Your‘s daughter
(D) Nobody else‘s advice
71. He and not his brothers, ____ found guilty. (Fill in
the blank)
(A) can (B) are
(C) is (D) have
72. This is my laptop. Where is _____? (Fill in the
blank)
(A) mine (B) yours
(C) others (D) that
73. Buy _____; _____ are the best apples in the shop.
(Fill in the blanks with correct pronouns)
(A) it, they (B) them, these
(C) those, they (D) them, they
74. I haven‘t brought the book. I shall give it to you
tomorrow. (Begin with ―Would you mind‖ …… and
rewrite the sentence)
(A) Would you mind my bringing the book
tomorrow?
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(B) Would you mind it giving you the book
tomorrow?
(C) Would you mind if given the book to you
tomorrow?
(D) Would you mind if I give you the book
tomorrow?
75. If you are asking for information, you use very
polite language. Which of the following is the most
appropriate question in this context?
(A) Can you tell me the way from here to Vanik?
(B) May I know the way to Vanik from here?
(C) Could you tell me whether there is a way to
Vanik from here?
(D) Is there a way to Vanik from here?
Directions (Q.76-80) : Read the following passage to
answer the given questions based on it.
Once upon a time I went for a week‘s holiday in the
Continent with an Indian friend. We both enjoyed
ourselves and were sorry when the week was over, but on
parting our behaviour was absolutely different. He was
plunged in despair. He felt that because the holiday was
over all happiness was over until the world ended. He
could not express his sorrow too much, but in me the
Englishman came out strong. I could not see what there
was to make a fuss about. It was not as if we were parting
forever or dying. ‗Buck up‘, I said, ‗do buck up‘. He
refused to buck up, and I left him plunged in gloom.
76. What is the Continent in the context of the
passage?
(A) An island (B) The countryside
(C) African safari (D) Europe
77. What does the author mean by ‗buck up‘?
(A) Buckle yourself up (B) Stand up
(C) Cheer up (D) Shut up
78. Why was the Indian friend plunged in despair?
(A) He was hopeless
(B) He experienced racial discrimination
(C) He would never be so happy again
(D) He had spent lot of money
79. What does ‗but in me the Englishman came out
strong‘ imply?
(A) He was strong Englishman.
(B) He had the typical English character
(C) The Englishman went out of him
(D) He started following Indian traditions
80. What is the author‘s intension in the passage?
(A) To contrast the Indian character with the
English character
(B) To show that an Indian is sorrowful
(C) To ridicule the Indian traditions
(D) To praise the Englishman
81. ―May I use your laptop?‖ is more ______ than ―I
want to use your laptop.‖ (Fill in the blank)
(A) discourteous (B) suggestive
(C) polite (D) authoritarian
82. They said to him, ―May you die!‖. In indirect
speech this sentence would be_______.
(A) They cursed him that I might die.
(B) They said to him that may I die.
(C) They exclaimed with sorrow that he might die.
(D) They cursed him that he might die.
83. We believe that the Odisha government is honest.
(Change the voice)
(A) It is believed that the Odisha government is
honest.
(B) The Odisha government is believed to be
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(C) The Odisha government was believed being (B) died of, died from
honest. (C) died with, died from
(D) To be honest is believed the Odisha (D) died from, died with
government. 95. Did she ask after me in her letter? Another way of
84. Choose the past tense of the verbs ‗grind‘ and saying this would be:
‗wind‘: (A) Did she ask me to call her in her letter?
(A) grinded, winded (B) grinded, wound (B) Did she ask for information about me in her
(C) ground, winded (D) ground, wound letter?
85. Let us merge together other states exports so that (C) Did she ask me to meet her in her letter?
foreign imports could be reduced. (Correct the (D) Did she ask me to reply in her letter?
sentence by picking the right suggestion given below) 96. How should he do this sum? He does not know this.
(A) Remove ‗let us‘ and begin the sentence with (Combine this pair into one sentence)
‗We should‘ (A) How he should do this sum, he does not know?
(B) Omit the phrase ‗so that‘ (B) He does not know how he should solve this
(C) No change required sum.
(D) Omit the words ‗together‘ and ‗foreign‘ (C) He do not know how he should does this sum.
86. Match the fragments correctly: (D) He does not know how he should do this sum.
(1) Action speak (A) a thousand words 97. When I went to his house, I found him _____ this
(2) All good things (B) never boils file. (Fill in the blank)
(3) A picture is worth (C) must come to an end (A) persuing (B) pursuing
(4) A watched pot (D) louder than words (C) pursued (D) persued
(A) 1 - (A), 2 – (C), 3 – (B), 4 – (D) 98. Put the following words in an order to make a
(B) 1 - (A), 2 – (B), 3 – (C), 4 – (D) meaningful sentence:
(C) 1 - (D), 2 – (C), 3 – (A), 4 – (B) are/holiday/with/because/they/I/on/friends/don‘t/pla
(D) 1 - (D), 2 – (C), 3 – (B), 4 – (A) y/my
87. The bike‘s stand is damaged can be better written (A) My friends don‘t play because they are on holiday.
as: (B) I don‘t play with my friend because they are on
(A) The bikes stand is damaged a holiday.
(B) The stand of the bike is damaged (C) I don‘t play with my friends because they are
(C) The stand of bikes is damaged on holiday.
(D) The bikes‘ stand is damaged (D) My friends are on holiday because I don‘t play
88. The selfish CEO sees factory workers as a dime a with them.
dozen, so he would rather fire and replace 99. Make a complete sentence from the following phrases:
employees than treat them fairly. What does ―a dime to use--environmental impact--can help to--making
a dozen‖ indicate? an effort--decrease your--those resources--
(A) fools (B) dishonest polystyrene ones--and avoid.
(C) of very little value (D) less visible (A) Decrease your effort to use those resources and
89. I have packed ____ things for the trip. I have avoid polystyrene ones can help to making an
already arranged ____ luggage at the destination. environmental impact.
(Fill in the blanks with right words) (B) Decrease your effort to use and avoid
(A) a few, a little (B) some, a few polystyrene ones and to use resources can help
(C) few, some (D) a few, some to making an environmental impact.
90. In order to indicate frequency, we use such words (C) Making an effort to use and avoid polystyrene
as: ones and those resources can help to decrease
(A) quickly, dangerously, calm your environmental impact.
(B) regularly, always, occasionally (D) Making an effort to use those resources and
(C) anyway, now, next avoid polystyrene ones can help to decrease
(D) recently, never, during your environmental impact.
91. The girl said on Wednesday she would call us. 100. Children should be _____ to their parents. (Fill in
(Correct the sentence) the blank)
(A) No correction required (A) respectable (B) respectful
(B) On Wednesday, she would call us said the girl. (C) respecting (D) respected
(C) The girl said she would call us on Wednesday.

(IWò@û )
(D) She would on Wednesday call us said the girl.
92. Complete the series: bad-worse-worst; good-better-
best; ill- _____ - ______
(A) more ill, most ill (B) less ill, least ill
(C) lesser, least (D) worse, worst 101. @iwZ _\Kê iìPû@?
93. Killing of mother is matricide; killing of father is
patricide; killing of wife is uxoricide; killing of (A) ù_ûhòaû (B) ù\Lôaû
husband is: (C) ùaûjòù^fû (D) aûjûeòaû
(A) Regicide (B) Vulpicide
(C) Mariticide (D) Parricide
102. ‘ajðòMZ ùjaû’ KâòdûUò ùKCñ ùgâYúe iìPû@?
94. There is a confusion in identifying those who‘ve (A) @cògâ Kâòdû (B) cògâ Kòâdû
_____ COVID-19, from those who‘ve ______ the
(C) @icû_òKû Kòâdû (D) ^ûc]ûZê Kâòâdû
virus. (Fill in the blanks with right words)
(A) died from, died of 103. @iwZ ]ûZê Kê iìPû@?

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(A) ù^ (B) gú (B) cêMþ] ^ jêG

(C) \û (D) Mcþ (C) KòG
104. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê i¸ûa^û KûkiìPK aòbqòKê iìPû@? (D) GMêWòK ÿ c¤eê ùKCñUò aò ^êùjñ
(A) _XÿêQò (B) _Xÿòfû 115. @¤aiûd\ßûeû Kû~ðýùe iò¡ò fûb jêGö (Cq aûKýe
(C) _Xÿòa (D) _Xÿ«ò Kòâdûe @^êa§ _\Kê iìPû@)
105. eùcg ajò ]eò aò\ýûkdKê Mfûö (ùeLûuòZ _\Uò (A) Kû~ðýùe (B) fûbjêG
ùKCñ Kâòdû iìPû@) (C) @¤aiûd \ßûeû (D) iò¡ò
(A) icû_òKû Kòâdû (B) @icû_òKû Kâòdû 116. eûcP¦â Rû^Kúuê aòaûj Keò[ôùfö (Cq aûKýe Kòâdû
(C) iûjû~ýKûeú Kâòdû (D) ijû[ðK Kòâdû _\Uò ùKCñ ùgâYúe iìPû@)
106. ‘ùi ~ûZâû ù\Lô @ûiòQ«òö (Cq aûKýe @icû_òKû (A) @KcðK (B) iKcðK
KâòdûUò ùKCñ @[ðùe _âùdûM ùjûAQò iìPû@) (C) \ßòKcðK (D) @icû_òKû
(A) \êAUò Kû~ðý GK icdùe iû]ôZ ùjaûö 117. HZòjûiòK Z[ý iõMâj _ûAñ IWÿògû _âKéÁ ùlZâö (_âKûe
(B) ^òcò©û[ðùe @icû_òKû Kòâdûö \éÁòeê Cq aûKýUò ùKCñ ùgâYúe iìPû@)
(C) ùMûUòG Kû~ðý @^ý Kû~ðý C_ùe ^òbðe Keê[ôùfö (A) aòaé©ò iìPK aûKý (B) aòiàd iìPK aûKý
(D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) _âgÜ iìPK aûKý (D) @ûù\gûcôK aûKý
107. ‘MCWÿ MûBMêWòK ÿ ê ùMûVKê ù^CQòö (Cq aûKýùe 118. _òfûUò ^ò\eê CZþ[ôZ ùjfûö (Cq Kâòdû_\Uò ùKCñ
aýajéZ Kâòdû_\Uò ùKCñ ùgâYúe iìPû@) ùgâYúe iìPû@)
(A) @KcðK (B) iKcðK (A) cògâ Kòâdû (B) @cògâ Kâòdû
(C) \ßòKcðK (D) iò¡Kâòdû (C) @icû_òKû Kâòdû (D) iKcðK Kòâdû
108. iúZûKê ^ûPò @ûùiö (Cq aûKýe aûPý ^òeì_Y Ke) 119. IcòKâ^ bìZûYê ^òcò© ^ìZ^ ahðe _ûk^ RùcAaû
(A) K©éðaûPý (B) KcðaûPý ùjûA_ûeòfû ^ûjñòö
(C) bûa aûPý (D) CùŸgý (ùeLûuòZ Kâòdû _\Uò ùKCññ ùgâYúe iìPû@)
109. ‘_òfû cû^ue KfòKZû aêfû ieòùf \òfäú ~òaû (A) _âùdûRK Kòâdû (B) ù_âeYû[ðK Kòâdû
ùjaö’ (Cq aûKýe aûPý ^òeì_Y Ke) (C) ^ûc]ûZê Kâòdû (D) ù~øMòK Kòâdû
(A) K©ðéaûPý (B) KcðaûPý 120. Ké¾ búc\ßûeû Reûi§Kê ceûAùfö (Cq aûKýùe
(C) bûaaûPý (D) aòù]d _âùdûM iû¤ KâòdûUò K’Y iìP^û _â\û^ KeêQò)
110. ‘Zûue ]^ ^ûjñò Kò«ê ùi ^òÃku @U«òö’ (Cq (A) _âùdûRK Kòâdû (B) ù_âeYû[ðK Kòâdû
aûKýUò iõeP^û \éÁòeê ùKCñ ùgâYúe iìPû@) (C) ^ûc]ûZê Kâòdû (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ
(A) iek (B) ù~øMòK 121. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê Kâòdû aòùghý ^ò‰d ð Keö
(C) RUòk (D) cògâ (A) ceûAaû (B) cûeòaû
111. \êAUò Êû]ú^ aûKý [ôaû ùMûUòG aûKýKê ùKCñ aûKý (C) ceû (D) cûe«ò
Kêjû~ûG? 122. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê _âùdûRK ]ûZêe KòâdûKê iìPû@ö
(A) iek (B) ù~øMòK (A) aêjûAaû (B) ùbûùKAaû
(C) RUòk (D) cògâ (C) [ùAaû (D) cêùjñAaû
112. ù~Cñ aýqò KVò^_eògâcú, KÁijò¾ê, aê¡cò û^ I ^òcðk 123. @iwZKê _é[K Keö
PeòZâaògòÁ, ùijò aýqò Gjò RMZùe ~gÊú jêGö (A) ùfLûAaû (B) ù\LûAaû
(MV^ \éÁòeê Cq aûKýUò ùKCñ ùgâYúe iìPû@) (C) WÿeûAaû (D) gúZùkAaû
(A) iek (B) ù~øMòK 124. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê Z\þba ]ûZêKê iìPû@?
(C) RUòk (D) cògâ (A) cé (B) iÚû
113. ùfûKUòe \êeaiÚû ù\Lô Zûue \éjd \dûùe (C) _ò (D) \û
ZekòMfûö (Cq aûKýe CùŸgý ^òeì_Y Ke) 125. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê ZZþicþ ]ûZêKê iìPû@?
(A) Zûue jé\d (B) ZekòMfû (A) Kâ¦þ (B) ^ûPþ
(C) \dûùe (D) ùfûKUòe \êeaiÚû (C) ZXÿþ (D) ùgû
114. P¦âcûe c]êe @ûùfûKùe KòG cêMÛ ^ jêG? (Cq 126. ùi KjòKjò [Kò_Wÿòùfö (ùeLûuòZ @icû_òKû
aûKýe K©ðû KòG iìPû@) Kòâdû_\Uò ùKCñ ùgâYúe iìPû@)
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(B) @iµ^Ü iìPK 138. aûKýùe CùŸgý iû]ûeYZü ùKCñ _\ ùjûA[ûG?

(C) i¸ûa^û iìPK (A) K©ðû (B) aòùghý
(N) GMêWòK ÿ c¤eê ùKCñUò aò ^êùjñ (C) iað^ûc (D) icÉ C©e VòKþ
127. ùi PûKòeò _ûA[ôùf _êeú ~ûA[û@ûù«ö (Cq ùeLûuòZ 139. ^òùcÜûq aûKýc¤eê aòiàdiìPK aûKý ^ò‰d ð Keö
@icû_òKû Kâòdû_\Uò K’Y iìPûCQò ^ò‰d ð Ke) (A) cñê PûjêñQò, Zû’e cwk ùjC
(A) iõ_^Ü iìPK (B) @iµ^Ü iìPK (B) cêñ K’Y Zû’e @cwk Pûjñò_ûùe
(C) i¸ûa^û iìPK (D) ùKCñUò aò ^êùjñ (C) cêñ _êYò Zû’e @cwk PûjêñQò
128. @icû_òKû Kâòdû aòbqò ùKùZùMûUò iìPû@? (D) cêñ Zû’e @cwk Pûùjñ Kò
(A) 5 (B) 13 140. c]êcòZû ~\ò G. Giþ. I _eúlûùe KéZKû~ðý jêG,
(C) 3 (D) 10 ùZùa Zû aû_û Lêiòùjùa I Zû’Kê \òfäú aêfûAù^ùaö
129. ‘@Qþ, ~û’ ùKCñ ]ûZê ^ò‰d ð Ke? (Cq aûKýUò ùKCñ ùgâYúe PìPû@)
(A) ùcøkòK ]ûZê (B) ùa÷KéZòK ]ûZê (A) iek (B) RUòk
(C) @_ì‰]ð ûZê (D) ^ûc]ûZê (C) ù~øMòK (D) câògâ
130. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê i¸ûa^û iìPK @icû_òKû KâòdûKê ^ò‰dð _âgÜ ^õ 141 Vûeê 155 _~ðý« gê¡ûg± ^ò‰ðd Keö
Ke? 141. (A) hWÿ~ª (B) hWÿþ~ª
(A) _Xÿò_Xÿò (B) _Xÿê_Xÿê (C) hUþ~ª (D) hY~ª
(C) _Xÿòùf (D) _Xÿòùa 142. (A) ÊbûaòK (B) ÊûbûaòK
131. ùi ùbûRò LûA ~òùaö (ùeLûuòZ @icû_òKû KâòdûUòùe (C) ÊbûaúK (D) ÊûbûaúK
ùKCñ Kâòdû aòbqòe _âùdûM ùjûAQò iìPû@) 143. (A) aòic (B) aògc
(A) @ûA (B) A (C) aòhc (D) aúgc
(C) LûA (D) C 144. (A) _âûd½òZ (B) _âdû½ò©
132. C_ô©ò \éÁòeê ]ûZêKê iû]ûeYZü ùKùZ bûMùe aòbq (C) _âûd½ò© (D) _âûdû½ò©
Keû~ûAQò iìPû@? 145. (A) a^òZû (B) a^úZû
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) a^ôZû (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ
(C) 5 (D) 3 146. (A) akòÁ (B) akòÂ
133. iì~ðý _âûZüKûkùe C\òZ jê@«òö (Cq aûKýe KâòdûUò (C) akúÁ (D) akúÂ
ùKCñ ùgâYúe iìPû@)
147. (A) aòh‰ð (B) aòh‰
(A) @cògâ (B) cògâ
(C) aòg‰ð (D) aòg‰
(C) @icû_òKû (D) cògâ
148. (A) @aðûPú^ (B) @aðûPò^
134. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê iKcðK aûKýKê PòjÜU Keö
(C) @ûaðûPò^ (D) @ûaðûPú^
(A) _òfûcûù^ ùgâYúùe aiòQ«ò
149. (A) @¡ðûwò^ú (B) @¡ðûwú
(B) aòRêkò @ûKûgùe PcêKêQò
(C) @¡ðûwû (D) Cbùd (B) I (C) VòKþ
(C) QûZâ ajò KòYê@Qò
150. (A) @Rò‰ð (B) @Rú‰ð
(D) QûZâ Kfcùe ùfLê@Qò
(C) @Rò‰ (D) @Rú‰
135. ùaûjì gßgêeKê fûR Kùeö (Cq aûKýùe ùMøY KcðKê
151. (A) ]ìcâ (B) ]ìc
iìPû@)
(C) ]êcâ (D) ]êc
(A) ùaûjì (B) gßgêeKê
152. (A) jÉò~ì[ (B) jÉú~ì[
(C) fûR (D) Kùe
(C) jÉò~ê[ (D) jÉú~ê[
136. Ne cûMêQò bòK NeKê bòKûeòUòö (Cq aûKýùe flY
\éÁòeê Kûjûe @bûa ejòòQò iìPû@) 153. (A) ùgûeòh (B) ùiûeòg
(A) ù~ûMýZû (B) @ûi©ò (C) ùiûeòh (D) ùiûeòi
(C) @ûKûOþlû (D) CùŸgý 154. (A) aýajûeúK (B) aýûajûeòK
137. bûeZ \ò^Kê\ò^ C^ÜZò KeêQòö (ùeLûuòZ @õgUò Cq (C) aýûajûeúK (D) aýajûeòK
aûKýe K’Y iìPû@) 155. (A) cê^ò@û (B) cê^ú@ûñ
(A) CùŸgý (B) aòù]d (C) cê^ò@ûñ (D) cê^ú@û
(C) K©ðû (D) Kâòdû _âgÜ ^õ 156 Vûeê 170 _~ðý« aò_eúZ @[ð ^ò‰ðd Keö
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(A) @bwêe (B) gûgßZ (A) fêj (B) eq

(C) Nõêe (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) Rk (D) Zek
157. ‘ic_ðòZ’ 172. ‘]ú’
(A) MéjúZ (B) @û^úZ (A) c^ (B) aê¡ò
(C) @_ðòZ (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) Pò«û (D) jé\d
158. ‘_ì‰ûð w’ 173. ‘_ê¿fòU’
(A) @wjú^ (B) LŠòZ (A) cdìe (B) bâce
(C) @LŠòZ (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) gê@û (D) _lú
159. ‘\dûkê’ 174. ‘iaðM’
(A) ^òÂeê (B) ^òŸd ð (A) Rk (B) ^ò@ûñ
(C) ^òŸd ð ú (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) _a^ (D) ahðû
160. ‘CMâ’ 175. ‘]ì^ú’
(A) ùiøcý (B) gû« (A) ^ò@ûñ (B) ^\ú
(C) ]úe (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) _aðZ (D) _a^
161. ‘@ÉMûcú’ 176. ‘Mêeêcôû^’
(A) C\dMûcú (B) C\údcû^ (A) _lú (B) iòõj
(C) C\d^ (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) jÉú (D) c^êhý
162. ‘Kú©ðò’ 177. ‘gì_ðK‰ð’
(A) @Kúðò (B) @_Kú©ðò (A) Bgße (B) aò¾ê
(C) @^Kú©òð (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) MùYh (D) MeêWÿ
163. ‘@ûùcû\’ 178. ‘ùaýûc’
(A) @-@ûùcû\ (B) aòhû\ (A) aûdê (B) _é[ôaú
(C) aòh\ (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) @ûKûg (D) Rk
164. ‘@ûKhðY’ 179. ‘c^êRòjß’
(A) aòKhðY (B) KhðY (A) Rk (B) @MÜò
(C) @KhðY (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) aûdê (D) @ûKûg
165. ‘Kcð’ 180. ‘_údìh’
(A) @_Kcð (B) @Kcð (A) @céZ (B) iê]û
(C) @^Kcð (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) iê¡û (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ
166. ‘Bhðûkê’ 181. ‘a^R’
(A) \dûkê (B) gâ¡ûkê (A) _ê¿ (B) cfäú
(C) @\dûkê (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) _\à (D) _a^
167. ‘@]ôK’ 182. ‘_fßk’
(A) @Ì (B) CYû (A) ^\ú (B) ù_ûLeú
(C) Kc (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) _\à (D) icê\â
168. ‘@iÚòe’ 183. ‘gêbâûõgê’
(A) ]úe (B) iÚòe (A) iì~ðý (B) P¦â
(C) ^câ (N) b\â (C) júeû (D) iê^û
169. ‘KêiôòZ’ 184. ‘gZjâ\û’
(A) @KêiôòZ (B) iê¦e (A) @ûjäû\ò^ú (B) Mwû
(C) @Zòiê¦e (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (C) aòRêkò (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ
170. ‘LUû’ 185. ‘KìU’
(A) _òZû (B) còVû (A) Ne (B) i\à
(C) Zòq (D) @û´òkû (C) ^òkd (D) icÉ C©e VòKþ
_âgÜ ^õ 171 Vûeê 185 _~ðý« _âZòg± iìPû@ö _âgÜ ^õ 186 Vûeê 190 _~ðý« iùcûyûeòZ g±e @[ð
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186. ‘@ajòZ, @aòjòZ’ ùicûù^ Gùa ùMûUòG K[û Kjê[ôaû ùaùk _e cêjì©ðùe @^ý
(A) RûYò[ôaû, ~ûjû aòjòZ ^êùjñ GK K[û Kj«òö Gjò _âKéZò ù~ûMêñ ùKjò ùKjò ùicû^uê ù\ûcêjñû
(B) ~ûjû aòjòZ ^êùjñ, RûYò[ôaû Kj«òö @ûjêeò c¤ ùicûù^ RYK i¹êLùe Zû’e _âgõiû Keòaû
(C) ~ûjû ePòZ ^êùjñ, RûYò[ôaû iÚùk, Zû’e @^ê_iÚòZòùe Zû’e ^ò¦û Mû^ Keò[û@û«òö GjûQWÿû Gjò
(D) Cbùd (B) I (C) VòKþ cêjì©ðùe Kûjûe iêMêY aLûY«ò Z _ecêjì©ðùe Zû’e \êMðêY Mû@û«òö
187. ‘@a\ý, @a¤’ G_eò ùfûKue ÊbûaKê ‘GKû ZêŠùe C@û Chê^û’ ùaûfò
(A) @K[ý, ~ûjû Kjòùja ^ûjñ Kêjû~ûGö Gcûù^ icûRùe K\û_ò aògßûiù~ûMý ùjA^[û’«òö
196. @iòSû ]û^eê ùKCñ PûCk jêG?
(B) ~ûjû Kjòùja ^ûjñò, @K[ý
(C) ~òG a]ù~ûMý ^êùjñ, @K[ý (A) @eê@û (B) Chê^û
(D) ~ûjû Kjòùja ^ûjñò, ~òG a]ù~ûMý ^êùjñ (C) aûiÜû (D) ieê
188. ‘@ù^K, @ù^÷Ký’ 197. ùKCñ ]û^ MRûjêG ^ûjñ?
(A) GKû]ôK, _âùb\ (A) @eê@û (B) Chê^û
(B) _âùb\, GKû]ôK (C) aûkêwû (D) ieê
198. ùKCñ ùfûKcûù^ iað\û aògßûiù~ûMýö
(C) @ù^K c¤eê GK, _âùb\
(A) ù~Cñ ùfûKcû^ue K[û I Kûcùe _âû[ðKý [ûG
(D) _âùb\, @ù^Kc¤eê GK
189. ‘@iêe, @gêe’ (B) ù~Cñ ùfûKcû^ue K[û I Kûcùe _âû[ðKý [ûG
(A) \û^a, búeê (B) búeê, \û^a (C) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ
(C) ù\÷Zý, \û^a (D) \û^a, ù\÷Zý (D) GMêWòKÿ c¤eê ùKCñUò aò ^êùjñ
190. ‘MeòÂ, MòeòÂ’ 199. ùKCñ ùfûKcû^uê ‘ù\ûcêjñû’ Kj«òö
(A) MêeêZe, gòa (B) gòa, MêeêZe (A) ù~Cñcû^ue K[û I Kûcùe ùck[ûG
(C) jòcûkd, gòa (D) Cbùd (A) I (B) VòKþ (B) ù~Cñcû^ue K[û I Kûcùe ùck ^[ûG
191. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê ùKCñUò ‘Ke’ e @[ð ^êùjñ iìPû@ö (C) ù~Cñcûù^ K[ûKê N^N^ _eòa©ð^ Ke«ò
(A) _\à (B) LRYû (D) Cbùd (B) I (C) VòKþ
(C) jûZ (N) jÉúe gê‹ 200. ùKCñ ùfûKcûù^ icûRe aògßûiù~ûMý ùjûA^[û«òö
192. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê ùKCñUò ‘L’ e @[ð ^êùjñ iìPû@? (A) ù~Cñcû^ue K[ûùe N^N^ _eòa©ð^ ùjûA[ûG
(A) @ûKûg (B) ÊMð (B) ù~CñùfûKe K[û I Kûcùe ùck ^[ûG
(C) gì^ýcŠk (N) _lú (C) ù~Cñ ùfûKcûù^ i¹êLùe _âgõiû Keòaû iÚùk
193. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê ùKCñUò ‘Zcü’ e @[ð ^êùjñ iìPû@? @^ê_iÚòZòùe Zû’e ^ò¦ûMû^ Ke«ò
(A) @§Kûe (B) _û_ (D) icÉ C©e VòKþ
(C) ùgûK (N) ge EXPLANATIONS
194. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê ùKCñUò ‘Zéhû’e @[ð ^êùjñ iìPû@? PAPER-I
(K) _ò_ûiû (L) ùfûb 1. A 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. A
7. B 8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. D
(M) Azû (N) K_U 13. A 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. B 18. D
195. ^òùcÜûq c¤eê ùKCñUò ‘gòk’e @[ð ^êùjñ iìPû@ö 19. D 20. D 21. C 22. C 23. C 24. B
(K) Êûbûa (L) PeòZâ 25. D 26. D 27. D 28. D 29. B 30. C
31. A 32. A 33. C 34. C 35. A 36. B
(M) iZþùfûK (N) Cbùd (K) I (L) VòKþ 37. D 38. B 39. A 40. C 41. B 42. B
^òùcÜûq @^êùz\Kê _V^_ìaðK icÉ _âgÜe C©e \ò@ö 43. D 44. A 45. D 46. A 47. A 48. A
49. B 50. B 51. A 52. A 53. D 54. B
@iòSû ]û^eê @eê@û ·Ck jêG I iòSû ]û^eê Chê^û 55. B 56. B 57. B 58. C 59. C 60. C
·Ck jêGö @eê@û ]û^Kê aêYòùf MRû jêG, Kò«ê Chê^û ]û^e MRû 61. B 62. C 63. B 64. A 65. A 66. C
ùjaûe gqò ^ [ûGö @eê@û I Chê^û _eÆee aò_eúZö 67. D 68. A 69. D 70. C 71. B 72. A
73. C 74. C 75. D 76. D 77. B 78. C
iaê cYòh GKû _âKéZòe ^êjñ«òö Kêjû~ûG- cYòh 79. A 80. C 81. A 82. A 83. B 84. C
ùMûUòùK _âKéZò ùMûUòGö ùKùZK ùfûKue K[û I Kûc c¤ùe 85. B 86. D 87. C 88. C 89. A 90. B
91. C 92. C 93. B 94. A 95. D 96. A
ùKøYiò _û[ðKý ^[ûGö ùicûù^ ~ûjû Kj«ò, Zûjû Ke«òö Gcûù^
97. A 98. D 99. C 100. A
iað\û aògßûiù~ûMýö
@ûC ùKùZK ùfûK @Q«ò, ù~Cñcû^ue K[û I PAPER-II
1. D;
Kûcùe ùKøYiò ùck eùj^ûjñòö Gcûù^ Kj«ò ùMûUûG, Ke«ò
ùMûUûGö ùicû^ue K[ûùe N^N^ _eòa©ð^ flý Keû~ûGö

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21  3  6  8  2
1
 21  3  6  8 
2
2. A;  21  3  24  0
12. C; The difference in the two consecutive numbers is
2, 4, 6, 8 respectively and the letters having logic –
Number/2 + 5 = The corresponding value of that
letter
13. B;

14. B;

3. C;
COURT  5%@38
and TILE  8©$4
 CITE  5©84 15. A;
4. D; T>R>S>P
No any statement is given about Q.
5. D;
?  15  6  4  8  5
 15  6  4  8  5 16. D; The statement says that most of the labourers of
unorganised field, find only insufficient and small
1
 15  6  5 jobs. That means better facilities and stability in job
2 is availed by organised labourers. Hence conclusion
 15  3  5  17 I is logical.
6. D; According to the statement Most of the unorganised
labourers earn uncertain wages. This itself means
that some labourers of unorganised field have
regular and certain income. Hence conclusion II is
logical
17. D; The eagerness of Farmer Association to accept
But Grand father from which side not mentioned. multinational fast food assures that they want
7. D; modernisation and to compete with multinational
companies. Hence both the conclusions are illogical.
18. B;

8. A;
19. B; As 'fan' is related to 'heat' similarly, 'food' is
related to 'hunger'.
20. C;

C scored more A and E, D scored less thanonly B.

Hence C‘s score is possible only 70.
9. C; 4  8  2  2  4
After changing 21. C;
 4  8  2  2 4 22. B;
 4 48  0 23. B;
10. C; 5  8  4  2  9 24. A;
25. B;
After changing
26. A;
 58  4  2  9
27. B; All others are flowers. ‗Mustard‘ is not a flower
 5 2  2  9 and from it oilcan be extracted
 10  2  9 28. B; All are perfect squares. But, 49 is a prime
 17 number square; whereas remaining are composite
11. B; 21C3D6A8B2 numbers squares.
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Between Kundu and Asika
=48-(14+17)=17
 Between Kundu and Asika=8
35. D; Total =40

30. C;
 Suraj from right =41-17=24
36. C; Total =25

Between R & B=7

37. A;
38. B; A:B=2:1
C‘present age=14
Required distance = √((8+4)2+ 42) = 4√10 km B‘ age after 8 years=14  4=56
31. D; B‘s present age=56-8=48
A‘s present age =48  2=96
39. B;

AE  62  72  36  49  85 The triangles are

32. B; AED,AEF,AEB,FEB, EGB, EHB, EHG, CED,
CEB, CEG, CEH, DAC, BCA, ADB, CBD
Thus, there are 15 triangles in the given figure.
40. C;

41. C;
42. B;
43. C;
X2= 62+ 82 44. C;
X = √100 = 10 45. B;
33. B; Total =39 46. C;
B:G=2:1 47. B;
2 48. C;
Boys=  39  26
3
1
Girls=  39  13
3 49. A;
rank from bottom
=40-15=25th Actual position TZVYXWU
Alphabetical position ZYXWVUT
So, the position of none of the friends will remain
8th among girls from back means, there are 7 girls unchanged.
below Akruti. 50. C;
from bottom her rank =25th
So there are 24 students below Akruti.
Among them 7 are girls
Boys=24-7=17
34. A;

Rekha is mother-in-law of Tarun.

51. B;

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62. A; Average speed = 2ab/a+b = (2 × 80 × 100)/180 =

800/9 = 88 8/9 km/hr
(0.013) 3  (0.007)3
63. D; 
= – 660 + 34
(0.013) 2  0.013 0.007  (0.007) 2
= – 626 (0.013 0.007) [(0.013) 3  0.013 0.007  (0.007) 2 ]

52. D; Divisor = (5  46)  230 (0.013) 2  0.013 0.007  (0.007) 2
230  (0.013 0.007)
10  Quotient 230   23
10 = 0.02
Divided = (Divisor × Quotient) + Remainder
= (230 × 23) + 46
64. B; Given equation is 4x 2  19x  12  0 and the
= 5290 + 46 roots are  and  .
= 5336 1 1
53. B; The required equation having the roots and is
54. D;  
12 x 2  19x  4  0 [ by Formula 1]
(?)2 132  168 24  33  107
65. C;
(?)2 169 7  27  107 66. D; Since 19 is prime, Euler‘s number of 19 = 19 (1
– 1/19) = 18
(?)2 256  16  (4) 2 Hence, by Euler‘s remainder theorem, the remainder
?  4 =1
Hence, option D is correct. 67. C; Originally, let the number of boys and girls in the
55. B; college be 7x and 8x respectively.
56. A; 0.2343  0.1888 are mixed recurring decimal Their increased number is (120% of 7x) and (110%
of 8x).
2343 23 2320
0.2343    120   110 
9900 9900   7 x  and   8x 
1888 18 1870  100   100 
0.1888   42x 44x
9900 9900  and
0.2343  0.1888 5 5
2320 1870 2320 1870 4190  The required ratio =  42x 44x 
   21: 22
    0.4232 :
9900 9900 9900 9900  5 5 
57. C; 68. B; Let the fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 be x.
58. D; Let the first discount be x%. Then, 5 : 8 : 15 : x
Then, 85% of (100 – x)% of 200 = 136  5x  (8 15)
85 (100 x) (8  15)
or,   200  136 x  24
100 100 5
or, 8500 – 85x = 136 × 50 = 6800
or, 85x = 1700 69. B; A  1  1, B  a 1
     1
 x  20%  2 1  b
Hence, option D is correct. a 1 0 
AB 
59. C; C.P. of 6 toffees = Rs. 1  b  2  2
S.P. of 6 toffees = 120% of Re. 1 = Rs. 6 a 1 0  a 1 0 
5 (A  B) 2    
6  b  2  2  b  2  2
For Rs. , toffees sold = 6.
5  (a  b) 2 0
 
For Rs. 1, toffees sold =  6  6   5 (a  1) (b  2)  2 (b  2) 4
 5 1  1 1  1  1 0 
A2     
2
60. B; Principal = x (100/ r ) where x is the difference 2  1 2  1  0  1
in Cl & SI for 2 years. a 1  a 1  a 2  b a  1
B2     
 P  25(100/ 10) 2  2500 b  1 b  1 ab  b b  1
61. D; (A  B)'s 1 day work  1/ 20 Since (A  B) 2  A 2  B2
C‘s 1 day work = 1/60  (a  1) 2 0 a 2  b a  1
(1  B  C)'s 1 day‘s work = 1/20 + 1/60 = 1/75   +
Also A‘s 1 day‘s work = (B + C)‘s 1 day‘s work (a  1) (b  2)  2 (b  2) 4 ab  b b  1
Therefore, we get: 2 × (A‘s 1 day‘s work) = 1/15  1 0  a 2  b  1 a  1
= > A‘s 1 day‘s work = 1/30  0  1   
   ab  b b 
Therefore, B‘s 1 day‘s work = 1/20 – 1/30 = 1/60
So, B alone could do the work in 60 days. a 1  0
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70. D; (A  A T ) T  A T  (A T )T Hence, after 3000 days they all come relatively to

the same position as at a certain point of time in
= A T  A  (A  A T )
their orbits.
71. B; Hint: Hence, option A is correct.
Let the number be x. 83. B; {2, 3}
72. B; x  x  5  0
2 2 and 3 are the divisors of 72, which are prime.
So, the roster form of set x is (2, 3}.
73. A; Hint:
84. A; Total events 2  1024
10
Let the number be x.
74. D; Reason : Let three numbers be a – b, a+ d 85. C; Total cases = 36
a  d  a  a  d  9 Total cases in which sum of 9 can be obtained are:
 3a  9 (5, 4), (4, 5), (6, 3), (3, 6)
a 3 P(9)  4 / 36  1/ 9
Also (a – d) . a . (a + d) = 24 86. B; Let water raised be x.
 (3  d) .3(3  d)  24 4
2    (3)3    (6) 2  x
9d 8 2 3
72    36x
 d2  9  8  1  d  1 x  2 cm
Hence numbers are 2, 3, 4 or 4, 3, 2 87. B; Radius = 5x, height = 12x
75. D; Required Sum = 1 + 3 + 5 + … + upto n terms.
Here a = 1, d = 3 – 1 = 2 1
V  r 2 h
n 3
Sum  [2  1  (n  1)  2]
2 2 1 22
n n 314    5x  5x  12x
 [n  2n  2]   2n  n 2 7 3 7
2 2
2200 3  7
Reason : All of two digit odd numbers are 11, 13, x3  1
15. ….99, which are in A.P. 7  22  25 12
Since there are 90 two digit numbers of which 45 x 1
numbers are odd and 45 numbers are even Radius = 5, height = 12
45 45
Sum  [11 99]   110  45 55  2475 Slant height = 122  52  13cm
2 2 88. B;
76. A; Reason : an  a  (n  1)d 89. C;
77. B; The numbers are 3, 9, 15, 21, …, 99 90. B; Let S be the sample space
Here a = 3, d = 6 and an = 99 Then, n(S) = 52C2 = 1326.
 a n  a  (n  1)d Let E = event of getting 2 kings out of 4.
52 * 51
 99  3  (n  1)  6 n (E)  6
 99  3  6n  6
2 *1
4C2
 6n  102
 n  17
4*3

2*3
Required Sum = n [a  a n ]  17 [3  99]  17  102  867
2 2 2 n (E) 6 1
P( E )   
78. D; None n (S) 1326 221
79. C; 1 – p 91. A; Total number of balls = (8 + 7 + 6) = 21.
3 Let E = event that the ball drawn is neither red nor
80. D;
4 green
81. B; Number of possible combination of 3 persons in = event that the ball drawn is blue.
which 2 have to be women = (2 Women out of 5 × 1 n ( E)  7 .
Man out of 6) or (3 Women out of 5) P(E) = n(E)/n(S) = 7/21 = 1/3
= C C C
5
2
6
1
5
3
92. A; Clearly, there are 52 cards, out of which there are
12 face cards.
11 P (getting a face card) = 12/52 = 3/13.
Total possible outcomes = C3
93. D; Let S be the sample space.
5! 6! 5!
  Then, n(S) = 52C2 = (52 × 51) / (2 × 1) = 1326.
= 2! 3! 5!1! 3!2! 70 14 Let E = event of getting 1 spade and 1 heart.
 
11! 11 15 33 n (E) = number of ways of choosing 1 spade out
3!8!
of 13 and 1 heart out of
Hence, option B is correct
82. A; Given that, three planets revolves the Sun once in 13  13C1 *13C1  169 .
200, 250 and 300 days, respectively in their own P(E)  n(E) / n(S)  169/ 1326 13/ 102 .
orbits. 94. A; Given sequence is 1, 2, 4, 8, ______, 2 n
 Required time = LCM of (200, 250 and 300) =
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1 85. D 86. C 87. B 88. C 89. D 90. B

GM = (2 . 2 . 2 . 2 ...2 ) n 1
0 1 2 3 n 91. C 92. D 93. C 94. D 95. B 96. D
97. B 98. C 99. D 100. B
1
01 23.... n n 1
EXPLANATIONS
 G.M  (2 ) 1. ‗during‘ is a preposition which is used before a noun
1 (during + noun) to say when something happens. It
 n ( n 1)  n 1 does not tell us how long it happened.
 GM   2 2  2. Only ‗silently‘ modifies wrote suitably (wrote
 
  silently)
n
3. A run-on error is a common writing mistake caused
 GM  2 2 by using inappropriate punctuation at the end of a
95. C; The average of 7 consecutive numbers is n sentence. This should be two sentences. The comma
implies that the 4th term is equal to n. is wrong. This is an example of a run-on error.
Now if we include next two terms then the average 4. The answer emphasises on the time taken. Hence,
of 9 terms will be 5th term. Now as the terms are how long did it take…? would be the correct
consecutive, so the 5th term will be n + 1. question.
96. A; Let the average age of the whole team by x years. 5. Disreputable=not considered to be respectable in
11x  (26  29)  9(x  1)
character or appearance.
 11x  9x  46 6. far into the night means extending until a late hour
 2x  46 7. vandal = one who deliberately damages other‘s
 x  23 property
So, average age of the team is 23 years. 8. not to mention = in addition to
97. C; 9. blue devils = a period of depression, melancholy, or
Total Frequency = 12 + 20 + 10 + 6 = 48 and despondence
n 48 10. Questions that start with ‗how‘ requires many words
  24 to answer
2 2 11. Sooner than later mean ‗in the fairly near future;
Rating Frequency Cumulative Frequency fairly soon‘ (adjective)
0-5 12 12 12. C
5-10 20 20+12=32 13. Get away with = escape blame, punishment, or
10-15 10 32 + 10 = 42 undesirable consequences for an act that is wrong
15-20 6 42 + 6 = 48 14. Put up with = tolerate or endure something
24 is less than 32 and greater than 12. So, the 15. Both (a) and (b) mean the same
Median Class is 5 – 10. 16. Simple sentences are combined by an adverb clause
L = 5, h = 5, cf = 12, f = 20 to form a complex sentence like this.
Median = L + [(n/2 – c.f) /f] * h 17. Conditional sentence
= 5 + [(24 – 12 ) / 20] * 5 18. Exclamatory sentence structure = What + adj. +
=8 noun…!
98. D; 19. Past simple to past perfect
2  4  6  8  10 30 20. Sincerely yours/ Yours sincerely is written to
99. C; Mean, x   6 complementary close a formal letter
5 5
21. Homicide= an act of killing a person; genocide =the

1
 Variance (x i  x) 2 deliberate killing of a large number of people from a
n particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of
1

 2  6) 2  (4  6) 2  (6  6) 2  (8  6) 2  (10  6) 2
5
 destroying that nation or group; assassination = the
action of assassinating someone
22. ‗absolutely‘ is the adverb of degree
= 16  4  0  4  16   40  8
1 1 23. It means ‗wise use of one's resources will keep one
5 5 from poverty‘
100. D; 24. D
25. First ‗well‘ qualifies the noun ‗wife‘ and the second
PAPER-III ‗well‘ qualifies the verb ‗speaks‘
26. Synthesis of sentence using perfect participle
1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. C
27. B
7. C 8. D 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. C
28. The bike hit only Sanchit, no one else
13. D 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. D
29. Connoisseur = an expert judge in matters of taste
19. C 20. B 21. C 22. C 23. D 24. D
30. Prominence = the state of being important, famous,
25. B 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. B
or noticeable
31. C 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. C 36. D
31. ‗would‘ is more polite as request
37. B 38. C 39. D 40. C 41. B 42. D
32. Odious = extremely unpleasant; repulsive
43. A 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. A 48. D
33. Discourteous = showing rudeness and a lack of
49. C 50. D 51. A 52. A 53. C 54. A
consideration for other people
55. D 56. B 57. C 58. C 59. D 60. B
34. ‗It‘s‘ is contraction for ‗It is‘
61. B 62. C 63. C 64. A 65. D 66. B
35. Have you been is the correct structure
67. C 68. C 69. D 70. D 71. C 72. B
36. Correct structure: I wish I + past perfect
73. D 74. D 75. C 76. D 77. C 78. A
37. Rather than = instead of
79. B 80. A 81. C 82. D 83. B 84. D
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39. All the three use possessive case correctly
40. Silver jubilee = 25th anniversary; golden jubilee =
50th anniversary
41. "however" is a conjunctive adverb. This type of
adverb is used to join clauses and to express
contrast, cause and effect, or sequence
42. Upon is used to express place and time
43. Correct structure: Have you been told by…..
44. Antithesis is a literary device that refers to
the juxtaposition of two opposing elements through
the parallel grammatical structure(figure of speech)
45. Sallow = (of a person's face or complexion) of an
unhealthy yellow or pale brown colour; rosy =
(especially of a person's skin) coloured like a pink
or red rose
46. Correct structure = Everything but + Plural
Countable noun + Singular verb + …..
47. (a) shows the correct proverb
48. Voice change rule: V2 changes to was/were + V3
49. All words in (c) represent conjunctions
50. Abatement = the action of abating or being abated;
ending or subsiding
51. Question tag correct structure: haven‘t they
52. Below = lower than
53. Present simple to Past simple
54. Astrologer = a person who uses astrology to tell
others about their character or to predict their future;
Ostler = one who takes care of horses or mules
55. ‗Never told a lie‘ is the correct structure
56. B
57. As soon as = immediately at or shortly after the time
that call as soon as you get there
58. Questionnaire = a set of printed or written questions
with a choice of answers, devised for the purposes
of a survey or statistical study
59. Chauffeur is the correct spelling which means a
person employed to drive a private or hired car
60. If it ain‘t broke, don‘t fix it means if something is
reasonably successful or effective, there is no need
to change or replace it
61. B
62. Until focusses on time
63. ‗Has been working‘ denotes present perfect
continuous tense that shows that the action is still in
progress
64. A
65. D
66. B
67. C
68. Policeman is singular; uniform produces consonant
sound
69. In (a) ‗a‘ useful; In (b) an S.P. ; In (c) a quarter
70. Nobody else‘s is the correct usage
71. ‗He‘ is the main subject here
72. ‗yours‘ is the correct usage
73. Them = objective pronoun for apples; they =
subjective pronouns
74. Correct structure: Would you mind if I give….
75. ‗could‘ shows politeness when asking for information
76. D
77. C
MARCH – 2022
78. A
79. B
80. A
81. ―May‖ gives a polite sense/request
82. Optative sentence; may to might
83. Voice change: V1 to is/are + V3
84. Grind-ground-ground; wind-wound-wound
85. Merge together and foreign imports show
redundancy error
86. All are popular proverbs
87. B; correct use of possessive case
88. A dime a dozen = very common and of no particular
value
89. A few = some (plu. countable noun); few =
negligible (plu. countable noun); a little = some
(uncountable noun); little = negligible (uncountable
noun)
90. Adverbs of frequency = regularly, always, occasionally
91. Misplaced modifier
92. Ill-worse-worst is the correct one
93. Regicide = killing of king; Vulpicide = killing of
fox; Parricide= killing of parents/kin
94. Died from (disease); died with (causative agent)
95. Ask after = ask for information about someone
96. Synthesis of sentence using adverb clause
97. Pursuing = follow or chase (someone or something)
98. C
99. D
100. Respectful(adj.) = feeling or showing deference and
respect
101.(C) 102.(B) 103.(B) 104.(D) 105.(B)
106. (B)107.(C) 108.(C) 109.(B) 110.(B)
111.(B) 112.(C) 113. (A) 114. (C) 115.(C)
116.(C) 117.(B) 118.(A) 119.(C) 120. (-)
121. (C)122.(A) 123.(D) 124.(C) 125.(A)
126.(A) 127. (C)128. (C)129.(C) 130.(C)
131.(B) 132.(B) 133.(B) 134. (C)135. (C)
136.(B) 137.(B) 138.(D) 139.(C) 140.(D)
141. (B)142.(B) 143.(C) 144.(C) 145.(A)
146.(B) 147.(B) 148.(A) 149.(D) 150.(B)
151.(B) 152.(A) 153.(C) 154.(B) 155.(A)
156.(B) 157.(D) 158.(D) 159.(B) 160.(D)
161.(B) 162.(D) 163.(B) 164.(A) 165.(B)
166.(B) 167.(D) 168.(B) 169.(B) 170.(B)
171.(B) 172.(B) 173.(B) 174.(C) 175.(B)
176.(A) 177.(C) 178.(C) 179.(B) 180.(-)
181.(C) 182.(B) 183.(B) 184.(D) 185.(D)
186.(A) 187.(D) 188.(A) 189.(A) 190.(A)
191.(A) 192.(D) 193.(D) 194.(D) 195.(C)
196.(A) 197.(B) 198.(B) 199.(D) 200.(D)
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PRACTICE SET
Upcoming Exam
SSC-CGL (TIER-I)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the:

(a) Ramayana (b) Mahabharata
(c) Jatakas (d) Upanishads
2. The Tungabhadra river provided sustenance to (c) Indian Post Office (Amendment Bill)
which empire? (d) Dowry Prohibition Bill
12. The Attorney General of India holds office during
(a) Chola (b) Vijayanagar
(c) Vakataka (d) Pandya the pleasure of the :
3. Raja Rammohan Roy and David Hare were (a) President (b) Prime Minister
associated with the foundation of the : (c) Parliament (d) Chief Justice
13. The type of unemployment mostly found in India
(a) Hindu College (b) Ripon College
(c) M.A.O. College (d) Sanskrit College can be characterised as:
4. Which of the following phenomenon gives an (a) structural (b) frictional
evidence for the spherical shape of the earth? (c) cyclical (d) disguised
14. Rutherford‘s alpha-particle scattering experiment
(a) Solar eclipse (b) Lunar eclipse
(c) Revolution (d) Rotation of Earth was responsible for the discovery of:
5. Which of the following deserts does not lie in the (a) Electron (b) Proton
Northern Hemisphere? (c) Nucleus (d) Helium
15. The strength of a force is usually expressed by its
(a) Gobi (b) Kalahari
(c) Sahara (d) Thar __________
6. Which is the smallest among the following water (a) Motion (b) Direction
bodies? (c) Interaction (d) Magnitude
16. The best and the poorest conductors of heat are
(a) Arctic Sea (b) Hudson Bay
(c) Japan Sea (d) Okhotsk Sea respectively :
7. China does not share its border with which Indian (a) silver (Ag) and lead (Pb)
state? (b) copper (cu) and aluminium (Al)
(c) silver (Ag) and gold (Au)
(a) Bihar (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) copper (Cu) and gold (Au)
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Sikkim
17. Which of the following gases is heavier than
8. Which of the following was not one of the features
oxygen?
of Government of India Act, 1935 ?
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Ammonia
(a) Provincial autonomy (c) Methane (d) Helium
(b) Dyarchy of centre
18. What is the main constituent of natural gas?
(c) Bicameral Legislature
(d) All India federation (a) Methane (b) Ethane
9. Which of the following Fundamental Rights is/are (c) Butane (d) Hydrogen
19. Flint glass is obtained from which of the following?
available to non-citizens ?
(a) Zinc and barium borosilicate
1. Equality before Law (b) Sand, red lead and potassium carbonate
2. Right against Discrimination
(c) Sodium aluminium borosilicate
3. Equality of Opportunity
(d) Pure silica and zinc oxide
4. Protection of Life and Personal Liberty
20. Which part of the plant gives us saffron?
Select the correct answer using the codes given
below: (a) Roots (b) Petals
(a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 4 (c) Stem (d) Stigma
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 2 and 3 21. Alveoli is related to which of the following system
10. Which Article of Indian Constitution prescribes of human body?
Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language (a) Circulatory system
of the Union? (b) Excretory system
(c) Reproductive system
(a) 341 (b) 342
(d) Respiratory system
(c) 343 (d) 346
22. DPT is a vaccine for :
11. The only instance when the President of India
(a) diarrhoea, polio and typhoid
exercised his power of veto related to the:
(b) diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus
(a) Hindu Code Bill (c) diarrhoea, polio and tetanus
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23. Under construction, Sela Tunnel will ensure all- 5. Dissolution
weather connectivity between ________. (a) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2 (b) 3, 2, 1, 4, 5
(a) Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand (c) 3, 1, 4, 2, 5 (d) 3, 2, 4, 5, 1
(b) Assam and Arunachal Pradesh 33. Which one-set of letters when sequentiallyplaced at
(c) Karnataka and Maharashtra the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
(d) None of the above __cb__cab__baca__cba__ab
24. Recently seen in the news, in which city is National (a) cabcb (b) abccb
(c) bacbc (d) bcaba
Geophysical Research Instituted located?
34. Directions: In each of the following questions,a
(a) Kolkata (b) Chennai series is given, with one/two terms(s) missing.
(c) Bengaluru (d) Hyderabad Choose the correct alternative from the given
25. Which of the following states has launched the onesthat will complete the series.
‗Mera ghar Mere Naam‘ scheme to confer 4, 196, 16, 169, ?, 144, 64
proprietary rights? (a) 21 (b) 81
(a) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) 36 (d) 32
(c) Gujarat (d) Himachal Pradesh 35. Among her children, Manju's favourites are
Ramaand Rashmi. Rashmi is the mother of Sharat,
REASONING ABILITY who isloved most by his uncle Mithu. The head of
thefamily is Kumkum Lal, who is succeeded by his
sonsGopal and Subhas. Gopal and Manju have
26. Directions: If a mirror is placed on the line MN, beenmarried for 35 years and have 3 children. What
then which of the answer figures is the correct isthe relation between Mithu and Subhas?
image of the given question figures? (a) Uncle - Nephew (b) Father - Son
(c) Sibling (d) No relation
36. Out of 100 families in the neighbourhood, 50
haveradios, 75 have TVs and 25 have mobiles. Only
10 families have all three and each mobile owner
alsohas a TV. If some families have radio only,
howmany have only TV?
(a) 30 (b) 35
(c) 48 (d) 40
37. Directions: From the given answer figures, select
the one in which the question figure is
hidden/embedded.
27. Find out the pair of numbers that does not belong to
the group for lack of common property.
(a) 11–115 (b) 10–90
(c) 9–72 (d) 8–56
28. Directions: Which one of the given responses
wouldbe a meaningful descending order of the
following?
1. Major 2. Captain
3. Colonel 4. Brigadier
5. Lt. General
(a) 5, 4, 3, 1, 2 (b) 5, 1, 4, 2, 3 38. Anita, who turned 58 last Tuesday (26/06/2016),
(c) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2 (d) 3, 4, 2, 5, 1 was born on which day of the week?
29. Directions: In each of the following (a)Sunday (b)Thursday
questions,select the related letters/word/numbers (c) Friday (d)Saturday
from the givenalternatives. 39. Five boys A, B, C, D. E are sitting in a park in
BDAC : FHEG : : NPMO:? acircle. A is facing South-West, D is facingSouth-
(a) RQTS (b) QTRC East, B and E are right opposite A and
(c) TRQS (d) RTQS Drespectively and C is equidistant between D andB.
30. Three positions of a cube are shown below. What Which direction is C facing'?
will come opposite to face contaning ‗%‘? (a) West (b) South
(c) North (d) East
40. 2 7 9
7 3 4
9 8 ?
(a) % (b) & 126 168 216
(c) ^ (d) + (a) 8 (b) 3
31. FGHI : OPQR : BCDE : ? (c) 6 (d) 36
(a) KLMJ (b) KLMN 41. Ganesh cycles towards South–West a distanceof 8
(c) IUVW (d) STUW m, then he moves towards East a distance of20 m.
32. Directions: Arrange the following words as per From there he moves towards North–East adistance
orderin the dictionary. of 8 m, then he moves towards West adistance of 6
1. Dissident 2. Dissolve m. From there he moves towardsNorth–East a
3. Dissent 4. Dissolute distance of 2 m. Then he movestowards West a

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distance of 4 m and then towardsSouth– West 2 m

and stops at that point. How faris be from the
starting point?
(a) 12 m (b) 10 m
(c) 8 m (d) 6 m
42. From the given alternative words, select the
wordwhich cannot be formed using the letters of the
given word:
'CONCENTRATION' (a) 21,55,32,02 (b) 56,12,87,22
(c) 23,45,12,22 (d) 21,87,22,32
(a) CONCERN (b) NATION
(c) TRAIN (d) CENTRE 50. Directions: In question, two statements are
If '–' stands for '  ' '+' stands for '×' , '  ' for '–' and
followed by two conclusions numbered I and
43.
II.Which one of the four alternatives is correct?
'×'for '+', which one of the following equations in
Statement:
correct?
I. All teachers are aged.
(a) 30 – 6 + 5 × 4 ÷ 2 = 27
II. Some women are teachers.
(b) 30 + 6 – 5 ÷ 4 × 2 = 30
Conclusion:
(c) 30 × 6 ÷ 5 – 4 + 2 = 32
I. All aged are women
(d) 30 ÷ 6 × 5 + 4 – 2 = 40
II. Some women are aged.
44. Some equations have been solved on the basis of a
(a) Both conclusion I and II follow
certain system. Find the correct answer for the
(b) Only conclusion I follows
unsolved equation on that basis. If 9 * 7 = 32,13 * 7
(c) Only conclusion II follows
= 120, 17 * 9 = 208, then 19 * 11 = ?
(d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
(a) 150 (b) 180
(c) 210 (d) 240
45. Directions: A piece of paper is folded and cut as QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
shown below in the question figures. From the given
answerfigures, indicate how it will appear when 51. What is the smallest cubic number which is divisible
opened. by 5, 6, 8 & 9?
(a)26370 (b)25200
(c) 24840 (d) 27000
52. A & B work together to complete the rest of a job in
37
7 days. However, of the job work already
100
done. The work done by A in 5 days is equal to the
work done by B in 4 days. How many days would
be required by the fastest worker to complete the
entire work?
(a)20 (b)25
46. If ―SUGGESTION‖ is written as ―! @%%*!(&^#‖ (c)30 (d)10
and―SAMPLE‖ as ―!$></*‖, then ―GESTATION‖ 53. Consider a right circular cone of base radius 2cm &
is written as: height 8 cm. A cylinder is to be placed inside the
(a) %*(!$(&^# (b) %*!)$(&^# cone with one of the flat surfaces resting on the base
(c) %*!($)&^# (d) %*!($(&^# of the cone. Find the largest possible total surface
47. Pointing to a boy on the stage, Aashi said, ―He is the area(in cm 2) of the cylinder?
brother of the daughter of the wife of my husband.‖
How is the boy on the stage related to Aashi?
(a) Son (b) Husband
(c) Cousin (d) Nephew
48. In a row of children facing North, Sheila is shifted
to her right by four places becomes 18th from the
right end of the row. Sahil, who is 15th from the left
(a) 32  (b) 64 
end of the row, is 5th to the left of Sheila. How 3 3
many children are there in the row?
100 50
(a) 42 (b) 37 (c)  (d) 
(c) 41 (d) 39 3 3
49. A word is represented by only one set of numbers as 54. If the selling price of two horses is same but one
given inany one of the alternatives. The sets of sells at 20% profit & another at 30% loss, then what
numbers given in thealternatives are represented by is the overall profit & loss percentage in this
two classes of alphabets as intwo matrixes given transaction?
below. The column and rows of matrix I (a) 16% loss (b) 5% loss
arenumbered from 0 to 4 and the column and rows 220 400
(c) %loss (d) %loss
of matrix II arenumbered from 5 to 9. A letter from 19 39
these matrixes can berepresented first by its row and 55. A person visits a market & returns between 4 pm &
next by its column.'K' can berepresented by 14, 03, 5 pm. When he comes back, he finds that the hour
etc. and 'Z' can be represented by58,69,etc. identify hand & the minute hand of the clock have
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interchanged their position. For how much time
(approx.) was he out of his house? (c) 17 119 (d) 13 119
(a) 55.38 minutes (b) 55.48 minutes 6 6
(c) 55.57 minutes (d) 55.67 minutes 64. An alloy contains copper, zinc and nickel in the
ratio of 5:3:2. The quantity of nickel in kg that must
56. The average age of a cricket team of 11 players is
be added to 200 kg of this alloy to have the new
same as it was 3 years back because 3 of the players
whose current average age of 33 years are replaced ratio 5:3:3 is :-
by 3 youngsters. The average age of new-comers (a) 5 kg (b) 10 kg
(c) 15 kg (d) 20 kg
will be?
65. Rs.5887 is divided between Shyam and Ram, Such
(a)23 years (b)21 years
(c)22 years (d)20 years that Shyam‘s share at the end of 9 years is equal to
57. A trader marked up a, watch 40% above the cost Ram‘s share at the end of 11 years, compounded
annually at the rate of 5%. Find the share of shyam ?
price & then gave a discount of 10%. He made a net
(a) 2088 (b) 2000
profit of Rs 468 after paying a tax of 10% on the
gross profit. What is the cost price of the watch? (c) 3087 (d) None of these
(a) Rs 1200 (c) Rs 2000 66. a, b and c be non-zero real numbers. If
(b) Rs 1800 (d) Rs 2340 a b c b c a
   11 and    13, then the value
58. There are three brothers. The sums of ages of two of b c a a b c
them at a time are 4 years, 6 years & 8 years. The 3 3 3
difference between the eldest & the youngest is ? of a  b  c  3 is
(a) 3 years (b) 4 years b3 c 3 a 3
(c) 5 years (d) 6 years (a) 0 (b) 1
59. A bike ·consumes 20 ml of petrol per kilometre, if it (c) 902 (d) 702
is driven at a speed in the range of 25-50 km/hr & 67. Two similar circles are inscribed in a right angled
consumes 40 ml of petrol per kilometer at any other triangle with sides 24 cm and 32 cm as shown in
.speed. How much petrol(in leters) is consumed by figure. Find the area of the shaded region.
the bike in travelling a distance of 50 km, if the bike
is driven at a speed of 40 km/hr for first 10 km, at a
speed of 60 km/hr for the next 30 km & at a speed
of 30 km/hr for the last 10 km ?
(a) 1L (b)1.2L
(c) 1.4L (d) 1.6 L
60. If a sum of money at a certain rate of simple interest
per, year doubles in 5 years & at a different rate of
simple interest per year becomes three times in 12
years, then the difference between the two rate of (a) 279.13 cm2 (b) 183.12 cm2
simple interest per year is? (c) 239.17 cm2 (d) 223.17 cm2
(a) 2% (b) 3% 68. A circle with centre O touching three sides of a
1
(c) 3 % (d) 4 1 % rectangle having sides 18cm × 12 cm is drawn as
3 3 shown in the figure. The diagonal intersects the
circle at point A and B. Points U, O and B are
61. Find the value of 3 2  5  3 2  5  6  2 5
collinear. Find the length of chord AB (in cm).
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 5 (d) 3
62. Two pipes can fill the tank with water in 30 minute
and 45 minute respectively. The third pipe C can
empty tank .in 48 minutes. First A and B are
opened. After 10 minutes C is opened. Total time
(in minutes) in which the tank will be filled. .
(a) 22min 30sec (b) 22min 48sec 6
(c) 20min 25sec (d) 18min 40sec (a) 6 2 (b)
63. Find the area of quadrilateral PQRS (cm2) ? 2
(AP=6cm , PS =4 cm, SB= 2cm, BR =6 cm, CR = 4 12
cm, AQ =8 cm, QC= 4 cm) (c) (d) 12 5
5
69. The value of tan600, tan420. tan600. tan660. tan780 is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 3 (d) -1
x
70. What is the simplified value of 1+ tanx . tan ?
2
(a) cotx (b) secx
(c) cosx (d) cosecx
(a) 17 119 (b) 19 119
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Directions (Q.71-74) : The table given below depicts (a) paradoxical (b) strange
the export of a commodity through four ports in the (c) stupid (d) repulsive
year 2017 and 2018. 80. Her supporters began to _______and she was left
Study the table answer the questions.
alone.
Port Export in 2017 Export in 2018
(a) fall over (b) fall away
(in crore rupees) (in crore rupees)
A 56 61 (c) fall on (d) fall off
B 150 161 81. _____ of the five persons will appear in the court.
C 230 234 (a) Any (b) Neither
D 140 151 (c) Either (d) Both
Directions (Q.82-84) : In these questions some of the
71. The percentage increase in the export of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out
commodity from the year 2017 to 2018 was the which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it
highest from which port? corresponding to the appropriate letter. If there is no
(a) A (b)B error, indicate corresponding to the last option.
(c) C (d) D 82. Our leaders should (a) / no let the criminal (b)/
72. What was the change in the aggregate export of the, activities to grow in our country. (c)/ No error (d)
commodity in the year 2018 as compared to the year 83. He can‘t understand why (a)/she did not told him
2017?
(b)/the reason for her absence (c)/No Error (d)
(a) Nearly 5.56% increase
(b) Nearly 5.56% decrease 84. The eminent journalist (a)/ expressed his
(c) Nearly, 5.06% increase helplessness in making (b)/ the seminar to be held
(d) Nearly 5.06% decrease in the university premises. (c)/ No error (d)
73. What was the average- increase in the export of the Directions (Q.85-86) : In the following questions, out
commodity from the ports in the year 2018 as of the given four alternatives, one word is mis-spelt.
compared to the year 2017? Find the mis-spelt word.
(a)Rs. 82500000 (b)Rs. 80000000 85. (a) Resscision (b) Fluorescent
(c)Rs. 75000000 (d)Rs. 62500000 (c) Impostor (d) Bivouac
74. If all the ports will follow the .same rate of increase 86. (a) Exhume (b) Epiphany
or decrease as in their respective previous year then
what will be the (approx.) difference between (c) Embezzle (d) Emolient
amount of export of commodity at Port A and Port Directions (Q.87-90) : Four alternatives are given for
C in 2019? the Idioms/Phrase printed in bold. Choose the
(a) 170 crore (b) 150 Crore alternative which best expresses the meaning of
(c) 100 crore (d) 50 Crore Idiom/Phrase.
87. To cut the crackle
1 1
75. If x  0, then find x (a) To humiliate the ones who are at a lower post.
x9 x9 (b) To annoy someone
(a) 66  9 (b) 66  9 (c) To act in a friendly way
(c) (d) 77  9 (d) To stop talking aimlessly and come to the point
77  9
88. A fool‘s errand
(a) A blunder
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(b) To go on a pleasant journey
(c) A useless undertaking
Directions (Q.76-78) : Choose the correct alternative
which can be substituted for the below given word/ (d) None of these
sentence. 89. A baker‘s dozen
76. A person who talks in sleep is called as (a) Twelve (b) Charity
(a) Philatelist (b) Somnambulist (c) Thirteen (d) Allowances
(c) Somniloquist (d) Oneirocritic 90. A sop to Cerberus
77. The person who knows everything (a) To use one‘s wit to prove someone wrong.
(a) Omnipresent (b) Omnipotent (b) To make a matter worse.
(c) Omniscient (d) Oblivious (c) Something offered to appease someone.
78. A person involving in an activity for pleasure and (d) To earn money in a huge amount
not money is called as ___ Directions (Q.91-95) : Which of the phrase/ word
(a) Amateur (b) Follower from the options (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below
(c) Altruist (d) Antiquarian each sentence should replace the phrase printed in
bold letters to make the sentence grammatically
Directions (Q.79-81) : In the following question,
correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e)
sentences are given with blanks to be filed in with an
i.e., ―No correction required‖ as the answer.
appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested
91. If you want to keep your job here, you must abide
for each question. Choose the correct alternative out
of the four as your answer. for our rules.
79. It is _____ that those who expect clemency from (a) account for (b) account by
others are seldom merciful themselves. (c) abide by (d) No Correction Required
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(a) describe (b) account for 13. a 14. c 15. d 16. a 17. a 18. a
(c) tell of (d) No Correction Required 19. b 20. d 21. d 22. b 23. b 24. a
93. I advise for walk alone in this neighborhood. 25. a
26. c;
(a) advised a walking
115
(b) advise against walking 27. a;  10.45 (Not divisible)
(c) advise to walk 11
(d) No Correction Required In other cases all are divisible
28. a; Descending order
94. Rearrange the following parts (1, 2, 3 and 4) in
5. It. General
proper sequence to obtain a correct sentence.
1. and he who has hope, 
4. Brigadier
2. has hope
3. has everything 
4. the person who has health 3. Colonel
(a) 1, 4, 3, 2 (b) 3, 2, 4, 1 
(c) 3, 4, 1, 2 (d) 4, 2, 1, 3 1. Major
95. In the sentence given below, replace the underlined 
phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct. 2. Captain
If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (d) i.e. ―No 29. d;
correction required‖ as the answer.
The woman to who I sold my house was a criminal.
(a) to whom I selled
(b) to whom I sell
(c) to whom I sold
(d) No correction required
Directions (Q.96-100) : Fill in the blanks with
appropriate words:
Long ago there lived a merchant. He used to (96)_____in 30. d;
salt. He had a donkey to carry load. He used to sell his %+
salt loaded on the donkey. He had to cross a stream to go 31. b;
to other village. Once his donkey fell into the stream and
much of the salt was (97)______ in water. The donkey
easily crossed the stream due to the light weight of salt
on his back. The donkey was (98)______. The donkey
on his next trip knowingly fell into the stream. The
merchant suspected the animal‘s intention. On the other
day too the donkey intentionally repeated the same trick.
His master was now sure about the animal‘s
(99)____intention. 32. a; 3,1,4,5,2
The merchant next day loaded the donkey with a lot of 33. c; bacbc
cotton. The donkey once again repeated the same trick. bcbaca/bcbaca/bcbaca/b
He fell into the stream. This time his load became very 34. c;
heavy. The donkey carried the heavy load. It was very
(100)_____ for him to move on. The donkey now
realized his mistake. He stopped falling down into the
stream any more. He thought that it was not good to play
tricks. The merchant had taught the donkey a good 62=36
lesson. 35. a;
96. (a) sell (b) business
(c) deal (d) pact
97. (a) dissolved (b) drowned
(c) displaced (d) flux
98. (a) sad (b) sincere
(c) affected (d) happy
99. (a) pure (b) evil
(c) decent (d) delightful
100. (a) easy (b) frustrating 36. d; 25 har mobile and each mobile owner also has
(c) displeasing (d) tiring TV.
 TV owners who have not mobiles=75-25=50
As 10 har all three, so
EXPLANATIONS Only TVS=50-10=40
37. c;
1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. c 38. d; Anita turned 58 on 26/06/2016, which was a
7. a 8. c 9. b 10. c 11. c 12. a Tuesday.

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Hence, she was born on 26/06/1958.

Number of years in between is 58.
Number of Leap years in between is 1960, 1964,
1968 .. 2016
Hence 15 Leap years in between.
Now every Leap year brings forth 2 days change, 51. d; LCM of 5, 6, 8, 9 = 360
and every normal years brings forth 1 day change Now,
in the birth day of the week. 360 = 2 × 2 × 2× 3 ×3 ×5
Total odd days = Remainder of (58 + 15)/7 = Then the smallest cubic number
Remainder of 73/7 = 3 = 360 × 3× 5 ×5 = 27000
Hence Anita's birth day of the week must have
5 4
been 3 days behind Tuesday, which must have 52. a; 
been a Saturday A B
39. d; A 5 (Ratio of no. of days to finish a particular

40. c; If cue sec columnwise B 4
2  7  9  126 work)
7  3  8  168 7 7 63
 
9  4  ?=216 5 x 4 x 100
9  7 63

?= 216  6 20x 100
36 x5
41. b; Total days takes by A & B = 25 days & 20 days
respectively
53. a;

Required Ans=20-(4+6)=10 mt.

42. d; In ‗CENTRE‘ there are two E‘s
43. a; 30-6+5  4  2=27
After changes the symbol,
 30  6  5  4  2  27
 5  5  4  2  27 ABC  ADE
 25  4  2  27 BC AB

 27 DE AD
44. d; r 8h
 
9  7  16 2 8
16  2  32  4r  8  h  h  8  4r.........i 
97  2 
13  7  20 Now
20  6  120 TSA  CSA  Base area  2
13  7  6 
19  11  30  2rh  2r 2
30  8  240
19  11  8 
 2r 8  4r   2r 2
45. c;
46. d; SUGGESTION-!@%%*!C&^#  16r  8r 2  2r 2
SAMPLE-!$></*
GESTATION-%*!C$C&^#  16r  6r 2
47. a; 4ac - b2
 Maximumvalue 
4a
 16 2  256 2 32 2
   cm
4   6   24 3
1
48. b; Sahil‘s position from right =18+5=23rd 54. c; 20% profit =
5
 Total =(15+23)-1=38-1=37
49. d; FUEL-21,87,22,32 3
30% loss =
50. c; 10
CP SP
st
1 horse  5735 6742

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2nd horse 
10 6  60 7 6  42 
 x 2  2  5  2  5  33 2  5 2  5 x   
Rs.95 Rs.84 x  4  3x
3

11 220 x = 1 satisfy given equation,

Loss  100  %  the whole expression now reduces to
95 19
55. a; For Min hand 1  
5 1  5

1 min = 60 62. b;
0
For Hour hand 1 min =  1 
2
1
6t  t  360
2 Let the two pipes be A & B and total volume of the
13t
 360 tank = LCM (30,45,48) = 720 units
2 In 10 mins it will fill  10 24  16  400 units
720 After 10 min flow rate will be  24  16  15  25 units
t
13 Remaining qty = 720 -400 = 320 units
t  55.38 min utes Time taken to fill the remaining qty
320
56. c; Let the average age is x years   12 min 48sec
& average age of new comers = y years 25
11(x-3) = 11x -99 +3y Total time = 10 min +12 min 48 sec
11x -33=11x -99+3y = 22 min 48 sec
y=22 years 63. d;
57. c;
Let the cost of the watch = Rs.x
After 40% marked price & 10% discount
140 90 126x
SP  x   
100 100 100
126x 26x
Pr ofit  x
100 100
According to question
10% pay tax on profit ABC is an isosceles triangle
26x 90 AO is perpendicular on BC
   468
100 100 2
468100100  BC 
x  Rs.2000  AO  AB2     12  5
2 2
26  90  2 
58. b; Let the age of all brothers are x, y & z
AO  119cm2
x+y=4
1
y+z=6  6  8  sin A
ArAPQ 1 10
z+x=8  2  
for x=3, y=1 & z=5 ArABC 1
12 12  sin A 3 30
Difference between eldest & the youngest is = 4 yrs 2
59. d; 10 km  2010  200ml 1
 6  2  sin B
30km  40 30  1200ml ArBSR 1 3
 2  
10km  2010  200ml ArABC 1  12  10  sin B 10 30
Total petrol consumed = 1.6L 2
5 yrs
60. c; x   2 x SI 1
 4  4  sin C
ArQRC 2 4
Rate of interest = 20%  2  
12 yrs
ArABC 1  12  10  sin C 15 30
x 3x SI 2
Area of PQRS = 30 –(10+3+4) = 30-17 = 13 units
2x
Rate of interest = 100 1
And Area of ABC   BC  AO
12 2
100%
  16.66% 1
 10  119  5 119cm2
6 2
Difference in rate of interest = 3.33%
 Area of quard PQRS = 13  5
   
2
119
61. c; 62 5  5 1  5 1 30
13 119 2
Letx  3 2  5  3 2  5  cm
6
Cubing both sides, we get 64. d; Ratio of cooper : zinc : nickel = 5:3:2
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 Original quantity of alloy = 200 kg RT 2  RB  RA

So, Quantity of nickel that must be added
32  122  6 2  RA
  200  20kg
53 2  RA 
144 24
  12 2
9 11
65. c; Shyam‘s share (1+0.05) = Ram‘s share (1+0.05) 6 2 2
Shyam‘s share / Ram‘s share = (1+0.05)11/
 AB  RA  RB
(1+0.05)9 = (1+0.05)2 = 441/400
Therefore, Shayam‘s share =(441/841)×5887= 3087.  12 2  6 2  6 2cm
66. c; We know that 69. c; We know that
x3  y 3  z 3  3xyz    
tan . tan 600   . tan 600    tan3

 x  y  z  x  y  z  xy  yz  zx
2 2 2
  tan 6 . tan60  6 . tan60  6   tan3  6 
0 0 0 0 0 0


 x  y  z x  y  z   3xy  yz  zx 
2
  tan 60. tan540. tan 660  tan180
ATQ, tan180
 tan 60. tan 660  ........i 
a 3
b c3 3
tan540
3
 3  3 3
b c a Now

 a b c   a b c 
2
 b c a     
tan180. tan 600  180 . tan0 600  180  tan 3 180  
          3   
 b c a   b c a   a b c   tan18 . tan 42 . tan 78  tan54
0 0 0 0

 On putting the values we get. tan540

 tan 420. tan 780  .......ii 
a 3 b3 c 3 tan180
  3 Multiplying equation (i) and Equation(ii) we get
b3 c 3 a 3

 11112  3 13  902  tan6 . tan42 . tan66 . tan78  1
0 0 0 0
67. c; Let radius of circle = r
 tan60. tan420. tan600. tan660. tan780  3
By Pythagoras theorem , AC  32  24  40cm 2 2
70. b;
x
1  tan x. tan
2
x
2 tan
2 x
 1  tan
2 x 2
1  tan
2
2 x x
1  tan  2 tan2
 2 2
x
1  tan2
2
Ar ΔABC  Ar ΔBOC  Ar ΔBOA  Ar ΔCOA
2 x
1 1 1 1 1  tan
  24  32   24  r   32  3r   40  r 2  1  sec x
2 2 2 2 
2 x cos x
 24  32  24r  32  3r  40r 1  tan
2
24 71. a;
r cm
5 Export Export in Rate of Export in
Area of shaded re  region =Area of Δ ABC - in 2017 2018 increase 2019
Area of two circles (in crore (in crore (in crore
1 22 24 24 rupees) rupes) rupes)
  24  32  2     239.17cm2 A 56 61 8.90% 66.43
2 7 5 5
68. a; B 150 161 7.3% 172.8
C 230 234 1.7% 237.98
D 140 151 7.8% 162.86
576 607 5.56%
Port A has shown highest growth.
72. a; Total export in 2017 = 575
Total export in 2018 = 607
32
Overall increase %  100
575
Overall increase is of 5.56 %
 In right angle  BMR 73. b; = 607 -576 = 31 crore ports
BR  62  62  6 2 Average growth  31 crore = Rs.7.75 crore
4
And we know , for given circle 74. a; Difference between A & C in 2019

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 1.089 61~1.017 234 (c) stupid means having on showing a great lack
of intelligence or common sense; and (d)
 66.43~ 237.98 repulsive means arousing intense distaste or
 171.55crore disgust; Revolting.
75. d; Let x + 9 = a Hence, the answer is ‗paradoxical‘ (a)
Then , x = a- 9 80. Her supporters began to _________ and she was
ATQ, left alone.
1 The options are (a) fall over means stop working
x 0 suddenly; crash; (b) fall away mans it breaks of
x9
from the thing it was fixed to; fall on means
1
a9 0 attack someone forcely or unexpected us; and (d)
a fall off means a decline especially in quantity or
1 quality
a 9 Hence, the answer is ‗fall away‘ (b)
a
Now, we know that 81. _____ of the five persons will appear in the court.
2 2 The options are (a) any; (b) Neither; (c) Either;
 1  1
a   a    4 and (d) Both
 a  a Hence, the answer is – ‗any‘ (b)
2 82. Our leaders should (a)/ know, let the criminal (b)/
 1
  a    81  4  77 activities to grow in our country (c)/ No error (d)
 a The correct answer is -
 1  Our leaders should (a)/ know, let the criminal (b)/
 a    77 activities disrupted in our country (c)/ No error
 a (d)
Subtract 9 from both sides The ―disrupted‖ in place of ―to grow‖
 1 Hence, the answer is (c)
 a    9  77  9 83. He can‘t understand why (a)/ she did not told him
 a
(b)/ the reason for her absence (c)/ No error (d)
 put a -9 = x
The correct answer is -
1 ―He can‘t understand why (a)/ she did not tell
x  77  9
x9 him (b)/ the reason for her absence (c)/ No error
76. ―A person who talks in sleep‖ The options are (d)‖
(a) philatelist means one who collects or studies The ―did not tell‖ in place of ―did not told‖
stamps (b) somnam bulist means the act of Hence, the answer is (b)
84. The eminent journalist (a)/ expressed his
getting up and walking around while sleep;(c)
helplessness in making (b)/ the seminar to be
somniloquist means someone who talks while
held in the university premises (c)/ No error (d)
they are sleep and (d) oneirocritic means an
The correct answer is-
interpreter of dreams a person who judge or
The eminent journalist (a)/ expressed his
interprets dreams. helplessness making (b)/ the seminar to be held
Hence, the answer is-somniloquist (c) in the university premises (c)/ No error (d)
77. ―The person who knows everything‖ The ―making‖ in the place of ―in making‖
The options are (a) omnipresent means present Hence, the answer is (b)
everywhere at the same time ; (b) omnipotent 85. The mis-spelt world is _________Right word,
means having unlimited power; (c) omniscient (a) Rescission is not, the word – Rescission
means knowing everything and (d) oblivious means the revocation, cancellation or
means not aware of or concerned about what is repeal of law, order, agreement;
happening around one; unaware. (b) Fluorescent means emission of light by a
Hence, the answer is-omniscient- (c) substance
78. ―A person involving in an activity for pleasure (c) Imposter means a person who practices
and not money‖ deception under an assumed character,
The options are (a) Amateur means engaging or identity or name.
engaged in without payment; non-professional, (d) Bivouac means a temporary camp without
(b) Follower means a person who supports and tents or cover, used especially by soldiers
admires a particular person or set of ideas; (c) or mountaineers.
Altruist means a person who cares about others Hence, the answer is Rescission – (a)
and helps them despite not gaining anything by 86. The word mis-spelt word is –
doing this; and (d) Antiquarian means relating to (a) Exhume means dig out (something buried,
the study of antiquities. especially a corpse from the ground
Hence, the answer is Amateur – (a) (b) Epiphany means a Christian feast day.
79. ―It is ________ that those who expect clemency (c) Embezzle means steal or misappropriate
from others are seldom merciful them sieves‖. (money placed in one‘s trust or belonging
The options are (a) paradoxical means a to the organization for which one works)
seemingly absurd or contradictory statement; (b) and
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(d) Emollient is not the Right word, it should
be Emollient means directly to the skin to
soothe and hydrate it.
Hence, the answer is – Emollient – (d)
87. ―To cut the crackle‖ means to stop chattering; be
quiet; stop talking and start working
The options say (a) ―To humiliate the ones who
are at a lower post‖ means to reduce to a lower
standing in one‘s own eyes or in others eyes‘ (b)
To annoy someone means to disturb and upset a
person; (c) to act in a friendly way means smiling
at people is friendly gesture that you can aim to
do more often to act friendly; and (d) to stop
talking aimlessly and come to the point means
informal talk at length without acting on what is
said, stop talking a aimlessly and come to a point.
Hence, the answer is - to stop talking aimlessly
and come to the point (d).
88. ―A fool‘s errand‖ means a task or activity by that
has no hope of success.
The options say (a) A blunder means a stupid or
careless mistake; (b) To go on a pleasant journey
means whether you want to send an happy trip
message to a friend or happy journey wishes to a
boss; (c) A useless undertaking means clearly a
fool‘s errand; and (d) None of these.
Hence, the answer is – A useless undertaking –
(c)
89. A baker‘s dozen means is a neighborhood artisan
bakery
The options are (a) Twelve means of numbers;
(b) charity means an organization set up to
provide help and raise money for these in need;
(c) thirteen means is called baker‘s dozen, a big
or long dozen; and (d) Allowance means the
amount of something that is permitted for month
or so.
Hence, the answer is – Thirteen – (c)
90. A sop to Cerberus means a concession or bribe to
conciliate a person otherwise liable to be
troublesome.
The options are (a) To use one‘s wits to prove
someone wrong means to prove or declare guilty
of an offense; (b) To make a matter worse means
do more harm than good; (c) something offered
to appease someone means To make (someone)
pleased on less angry by giving or saying
something desired; and (d) To earn money in a
huge amount means Great business ideas and
side Rustles to help you make extra money.
Hence, the answer is – something offered to
appease someone (c)
91. ―If you want to keep your job here, you must
abide for our rules‖
The options are (a) account for means a report or
description of an event or experience; (b) account
by means a record of money that has been paid
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and money that has been received; (c) abide by
means to follow a rule, decision, or instruction,
and (d) No correction required.
Hence, the answer is – abide by (c).
92. ―I hope you can account of the time you were
out!‖
The options are (a) describe – means give a
detailed account, narrate; (b) account for means a
report or description of an event; (c) tell of means
give an account of someone or something and (d)
No correction required
Hence, the answers is – account for (b)
93. I advised for walk alone in this neighborhood.
The options are (a) advised a walking means
advised to walk (b) advise against walking means
Beware bluebottle stings, mumbaiites advised
against walking barefoot; (c) advise to walk
means start slowly, walks at a steady pace; and
(d) No correction required.
Hence, the answer is – advise against walking (d)
94. Rearrange the following parts (1, 2, 3 and 4) in
proper sequence to obtain the right sentence.
1. and he who has hope,
2. has hope,
3. has everything,
4. the person who has health
The options are
(a) 1, 4, 3, 2 (b) 3, 2, 4, 1
(c) 3, 4, 1, 2 (d) 4, 2, 1, 3
Hence, the answer is – 4, 2, 1, 3 (d)
95. In the sentence given below replace the
underlined phrase to make the sentence
grammatically correct.
―The woman to who I sold my house was a
criminal‖.
The options are (a) to who I selled, it is not
correct; (b) to whom I sell; is not also correct; (c)
to whom I sold; is correct sentence; and (d) No
correction required.
Hence, the answer is – to who I sold (c)
(96-100)
96. So, it is ―to deal in salt‖
Hence, the answer is – deal (c)
97. So, it is ―was dissolved in water‖
Hence, the answer is – dissolved (a)
98. So, it is ―was happy‖
Hence the answer is – happy (d)
99. So, it is ―the animal‘s evil intention‖
Hence, the answer is – evil (b)
100. So, it is ―very tiring for him to move on‖
Here, the answer is – tiring (d).
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WHO'S WHO
LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
NAME OF MINISTER PORTFOLIO CONSTITUTION
Ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions Varanasi (UP)
Narendra Modi epartment of atomic energy, Department of space All
important policy issues and all other portfolios not
allocated to any minister
Rajnath Singh Minister of defence Lucknow (UP)
Amit Shah Minister of home affairs & Ministry of Co-operation Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat)
Nitin Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nagpur (MP)
Raj Kumar Singh Minister of Power, New & Renewable Energy Arrah (Bihar)
Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of finance, Minister of corporate affairs Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)
Jyotiraditya Scindia Minister of Civil Aviation Rajya Sabha (MP)
Narendra Singh Tomar Minister of agriculture and farmers welfare Morena (MP)
Ramchandra Prasad Singh Minister of Steel Rajya Sabha (Bihar)
Ashwini Vaishnaw Minister of Railways, Communications, IT & Electronics Rajya Sabha (Odisha)
Virendra Kumar Minister of social justice and empowerment Tikamgarh (MP)
Dr Subrahmanyam Minister of external affairs Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)
Jaishankar
Pashupati Kumar Paras Minister of Food Processing Industry Hajipur (Bihar)
Arjun Munda Minister of tribal affairs Khunti (Jharkhand)
Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of women and child development Amethi (UP)
Mansukh L. Mandaviya Minister of health and family welfare; Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)
Minister of Chemical & Fertilizer
Bhupender Yadav Minister of environment, forest and climate change, Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan)
Minister of Labour & Employment
Piyush Goyal Minister of Textiles Rajya Sabha
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (Maharashtra)
Minister of Commerce & Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Education, Skill Development & Rajya Sabha (MP)
Entrepreneurship
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister of minority affairs Rajya Sabha (Jharkhand)
Pralhad Joshi Minister of parliamentary affairs; Minister of coal; and Dharwad (Karnataka)
Minister ofmines.
Dr. Mahendra Nath Minister of Heavy Industries Chandauli (UP)
Pandey
Giriraj Singh Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Begusarai (Bihar)
Gajendra Singh Minister of jal shakti Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
Shekhawat
Kiren Rijiju Minister of Law & Justrice Arunachal West (Arunachal
Pradesh)
Narayan Tatu Rane Minister of MSME
Sarbananda Sonowal Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Minister of AYUSH
G. Kishan Reddy Minister of Culture & Tourism Secunderabad (Telangana)
Minister of Development of North-Eastern Region
Parshottam Rupala Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandary & Dairy Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)
Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Rajya Sabha (UP)
Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs
Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of Information & Broadcasting Hamirpur (Himachal
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MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

NAME OFMINISTER PORTFOLIO CONSTITUTION
MoS (independent charge) of ministry of statistics and
Rao Inderjit Singh Gurgaon (Haryana)
programme implementation & Planning
MoS (independent charge) of ministry of Science &
Technology
MoS (independent charge) of ministry of Earth Sciences
MoS in the Prime Minister‘s Office;
Uddhampur (J & K)
MoS in the ministry of personnel, public grievancesand
Dr. Jitendra Singh pensions;
MoS in the department of atomic energy; andMoS in the
department of space

MINISTERS OF STATE
NAME OF MINISTER PORTFOLIO CONSTITUTION
Sri Nitish Paramanik Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
D.L. Murgan Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandary and Dairying
Sri John Barla Ministry of Minority Affairs
Dr. Munjapara Ministry of Women and Child Development
Mahendrabhai Ministry of AYUSH
Sri Santanu Thakur Ministry of Minority Affairs
Dr. Bharati Pravin Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Pawer
Dr. Raj Kumar Ranjan Ministry of External Affairs
Singh Ministry of Education
Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Ministry of Finance
Karad
Sushri Pratima Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Bhoumik
Faggansingh Kulaste Ministry of Steel & Rural Development Mandla (MP)
Ashwini Kumar Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Buxar (Bihar)
Choubey Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Bikener (Rajasthan)
Ministry of Culture
General (Retd) V. K. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways & Civil Aviation Ghaziabad (UP)
Singh
Krishan Pal Ministry of Power & Heavy Industries Faridabad (Haryana)
Danve Raosaheb Ministry of Railways, Coal & Mines Jalna (Maharashtra)
Dadarao
Anupriya Singh Patel Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Rajeev Chandrasekhar Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Ramdas Athawale Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Rajya Sabha (MP)
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Fatehpur (UP)
and Rural Development
Kushal Kishore Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Muzaffarnagar (UP)
Sushri Shobha Ministry of Agruculture & Farmers Welfare
Karandlaje
Pankaj Chaowdhary Ministry of Finance
V. Muraleedharan Ministry of External Affairs & Praliamentary Affairs
Nityanand Rai Ministry of Home Affairs Ujiarpur (Bihar)
Kapil Moneshwar Patil Ministry of Panchayatiraj
Renuka Singh Saruta Ministry of Tribal Affairs Surguja (Chhatisgarh)
Som Parkash Ministry of Commerce and Industry Hishiarpur (Punjab)

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Rameswar Teli
S.P. Singh Baghel
Kailash Choudhary
Bishweswar Tudu
Shripad Yesso Naik
Sri Bhagwanth Khuba
A. Narayanswamy
Shri Ajay Kumar
Shri Devusinh Chauhan
Shri Ajay Bhatt
Sri B.L. Verma
Smt. Annapurna Devi
Smt. Dar Shana Vikram
Jardosh
Sri Bhanu Pratap Singh
Verma
Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel
Smt. Anu Priya Singh
Patel
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Labour & Employment Dibrugarh (Assam)
Ministry of Law & Justice
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Barmer (Rajasthan)
Ministry of Tribal Affairs & Jal Shakti
Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Tourism
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Ministry of Chemical Fertilizer
Ministry of Social Justrice & Empowerment
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Communication
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region
Ministry of Co-operation
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Textile
Ministry of Railway
Minor, Small and Medium Enterpreniur
Ministry of Law and Justice
Ministry of Commerce and Industry

GOVERNOR & CHIEF MINISTER OF STATE

State Capital Governor Chief Minister
Andhra Pradesh Amaravati Biswabhushan Harichandan Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Brigadier B.D Mishra (Retd) Pema Khandu
Assam Dispur Jagdish Mukhi Himanta Biswa Sarma
Bihar Patna Phagu Chauhan Nitish Kumar
Chhattisgarh Naya Raipur/Bilaspur Anusuiya Uikey Bhupesh Bhagel
Goa Panaji PS Sreedharan Pillai Pramod Sawant
Gujarat Gandhinagar Acharya Devvrat Bhupendrabhai Patel
Haryana Chandigarh Bandaru Dattatreya Manohar Lal Khattar
Himachal Pradesh Summer Capital: Shimla
Winter Capital: Dharamshala Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Jai Ram Thakur
Jharkhand Ranchi Ramesh Bais Hemant Soren
Karnataka Bengaluru Thawar Chand Gehlot Sri Basavaraj Bommai
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Arif Mohammed Khan Pinarayi Vijayan
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Maharashtra Mumbai Bhagat Singh Koshyari Uddhav Thackeray
Manipur Imphal Shri La. Ganesan N. Biren Singh
Meghalaya Shillong Satya Pal Malik Conrad Kongkal Sangma
Mizoram Aizwal Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu Zoramthanga
Nagaland Kohima Jagdish Mukhi Neiphiu Rio
Odisha Bhubaneshwar Prof. Ganeshi Lal Mathur Naveen Patnaik
Punjab Chandigarh Shri Banwarilal Purohit Charanjit Singh Channi
Rajasthan Jaipur Kalraj Mishra Ashok Gehlot
Sikkim Gangtok Ganga Prasad Prem Singh Tamang (PS Golay)
Tamil Nadu Chennai R. N. Ravi M. K. Stalin
Telangana Hyderabad Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan K. Chandrashekhar Rao
Tripura Agartala Satyadev Narayan Arya Biplab Kumar Deb
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Anandiben Patel Yogi Adityanath
Uttarakhand Winter Capital: Dehradun
Summer Capital: Gairsain Gurmit Singh Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami

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West Bengal Kolkata Jagdeep Dhankar Mamata Banerjee

Union territory with their Capital and LG/Administrator

Union Territory Capital Governor
Andaman & Nicobar Port Blair Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant
Governor)
Chandigarh Chandigarh Shri. V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Daman Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
Delhi (National capital Territory of Delhi) New Delhi Shri Anil Baijal (Lieutenant Governor)
Chief Minister: Arvind Kejriwal
Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (May-October) Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)
Jammu (November-April)
Lakshadweep Kavaratti Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
Puducherry Puducherry Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (Lt Governor)
Chief Minister: N. Rangaswamy
Ladakh Leh Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor)

Constitutional Office-Holders
President Ram Nath Kovind
Vice President and ex-officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Chief Justice N. V. Ramana
Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra
Comptroller and Auditor General Girish Chandra Murmu
Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission Pradeep Kumar Joshi
Attorney General K. K. Venugopal

Important office holders

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Pramod Kumar Misra
Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Finance Secretary T. V. Somanathan
Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Law Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta
Secretary General of the Lok Sabha Utpal Kumar Singh
Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha P.C.Mody
Secretary General of Supreme Court of India Sanjeev S. Kalgaonkar
Chairperson of the Railway Board Suneet Sharma
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
Principal Scientific Adviser K. VijayRaghavan
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran

Heads of statutory commissions

Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission Arun Kumar Mishra
Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpura
Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Vijay Sampla
Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Harsh Chouhan
Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes Bhagwan Lal Sahni

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Chairperson of the National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma
Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Priyank Kanungo
Chairperson of the Central Administrative Tribunal L. Narasimha Reddy
Chairperson of the Central Vigilance Commission Suresh N. Patel
Chairperson of the Central Information Commission Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission K. N. Vyas
Director of the Department of Space S. Somanath
The Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S. Somanath
Chairperson of the University Grants Commission D. P. Singh
Chairperson of the Central Water Commission Narendra Kumar
Director of the Space Applications Centre D. K. Das
Chairperson of the National Forest Commission B. N. Kirpal
Chairperson of the Competition Commission Ashok Kumar Gupta

Heads of financial bodies

Chairperson of the 15th Finance Commission of India N. K. Singh
Governor, of the Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das
Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Ajay Tyagi
Chairperson of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Subhash Chandra Khuntia
Chairperson of the 7th Pay Commission Ashok Kumar Mathur
Chairperson of the Small Industries Development Bank Sivasubramanian Ramann
Chairperson of the Company Law Board Mahesh Kumar Mittal
Chairperson and Managing Director of the Export-Import Bank Harsha Bhupendra Bangari
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the National Housing Bank Sarada Kumar Hota
Chairperson of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Govindarajulu Chinthala
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Industrial Finance Corporation Emandi Sankara Rao
Chairperson of the National Stock Exchange Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
Chairperson of the Bombay Stock Exchange Vikramajit Sen
Chairperson of the State Bank of India Dinesh Kumar Khara
Chairperson of the Industrial Development Bank Mahesh Kumar Jain
Chairperson of the Life Insurance Corporation M. R. Kumar
Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes Jagannath Biddyadhar Mohapatra (Acting)
Chairperson of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Vivek Johri
President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Uday Shankar
Chairperson of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Supramita Bandhopadhaya
President of the Confederation of Indian Industry T. V. Narendran
Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India Ashok Kumar Gupta
President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry Sandeep Jajodia
Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission Radha Binod Barman
Director General of the Archaeological Survey V. Vidyavathi
Chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority P.D. Vaghela
Director of the Enforcement Directorate Karnal Singh
Chief Managing Director of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Shashi Shanker
Chairperson and Managing Director of the Gas Authority of India Limited B. C. Tripathi
Chairperson of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited Sanjiv Singh
Chairperson and Managing Director of the Oil India Limited Utpal Bora

Defence and Security

Chief of Defence Staff
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane

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Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar

Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Vice Air Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna
Director General of the Military Intelligence Lieutenant General K. G. Krishna
Director of the Intelligence Bureau Arvind Kumar, IPS
Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing Samant Goel, IPS
Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS
Director General of the Border Security Force Pankar Kumar Singh
Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force Kuldiep Singh, IPS
Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force Sheel Vardhan Singh, IPS
Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Sanjay Arora, IPS
Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal SANJAY ARORA, IPS
Director General of the National Security Guard Shri M.A Ganapathy
Director General of the National Investigation Agency Kuldiep Singh
Director General of the National Disaster Response Force Shri S N Pradhan, IPS

Government of Odisha
Home, General Administration & Public Grievances and any other Departments specifically not assigned Naveen Patnaik
(Chief Minister of Odisha)
(Cabinet Minister)
Agriculture & Farmers' Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Higher Education Arun Kumar Sahoo
Forest & Environment,Parliamentary Affairs Bikram Keshari Arukha
Health & Family Welfare Naba Kishore Das
Finance, Excise Niranjan Pujari
Planning & Convergence, Commerce & Transport Padmanabha Behera
Steel & Mines, Works Prafulla Kumar Mallik
Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law, Housing & Urban Development Pratap Jena
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Co-operation Ranendra Pratap Swain
Revenue & Disaster Management Sudam Marndi
Rural Development, Labour & Employees' State Insurance Susanta Singh
Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti Smt. Tukuni Sahu
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Science & Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability Ashok Chandra Panda
Energy, Industries, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Home Dibya Shankar Mishra
S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Jagannath Sarka
Tourism, Odia Language, Literature & Culture Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Smt. Padmini Dian
Skill Development & Technical Education Premananda Nayak
Water Resources, Information & Public Relations Raghunandan Das
School & Mass Education Samir Ranjan Das
Electronics & Information Technology, Sports & Youth Affairs Tusharkanti Behera

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ABBREVIATION
Acronyms Abbreviations Returns.
ACS Automated Clearing CAD Current Account Deficit
System. CAR Capital Adequacy Ratio
AD Authorized Dealer. CARE Credit Analysis and
ADB Asian Development Research Limited
Bank. CASA Current and Savings
ADF Automated Data Flow Accounts
AEPS Aadhaar Enabled CBLO Collateralized Bank
Payments Switch Lending Obligations
CBS Core Banking Solution.
AFS Annual Financial CCIL Clearing Corporation of
Statement. India Limited
AIC Agricultural Insurance CCL Cash Credit Limit
Company. CDB Caribbean Development
AIF Alternative Investment Bank.
Fund CDBS Committee of Direction
ALCO Asset Liability on Banking Statistics.
Committee CDRS Corporate Debt
ALM Asset Liability Restructuring
Management CDS Credit Default Swap.
AMFL Association of Mutual CEPA Comprehensive
Funds in India Economic Partnership
AML Anti-Money Laundering Management.
AMRMS Audit and Risk CFRA Combined Finance and
Monitoring Mechanism Revenue Accounts.
ANBC Adjusted Net Bank CGRA Currency and Gold
Credit Revaluation Account.
APBS Aadhaar Payment CIBIL Credit Information
Bridge System Bureau of India Limited
ARC Asset Reconstruction CMIS Currency Management
Companies InformationSystem
ASBA Applications Supported CNP Card Not Present
Bank Accounts CPFF Commercial Paper
ASSOCHAM Associated Chambers of Funding Facility
Commerce and Industry CPI Consumer Price Index.
of India. CRAR Capital To Risk
ATM Automated Teller Weighted Asset Ratio.
Machine. CRISIL Credit Rating
BCBS Basel Committee on Information Services Of
Banking Supervision India
BCSBI Banking Codes and CRMD Credit Risk
Standards Board of Management
India Department.
BIS Bank for International CRR Cash Reserve Ratio.
Settlements. CSR Corporate Social
BOE Bill of Exchange Responsibility
BOP Balance of Payments. CTI Country Threat Index.
BOT Build,Operate and DPG Deferred Payment
Transfer. Guarantee
BSCS Basel Committee on DPN Demand Promissory
Banking Supervision. Note
BSE Bombay Stock DRAT Debt Recovery
Exchange. Appellate Tribunal
BSR Basic Statistical DRI Differential Rate Of

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Interest Network and

DSCR Debt Service Coverage Operation Limited
Ratio FIPB Foreign Investment
DTAA Double Taxation Promotion Board.
Avoidance Agreement. FPI Foreign Portfolio
EBRD European Bank for Investment.
Reconstruction and FTA Free Trade Agreement.
Development. GAAR General Anti Avoidance
ECB External Commercial Rule.
Borrowings. GDR Global Depository
ECS Electronic Clearing Receipt.
System. GFD Gross Fiscal Deficit.
EDF Export Development GIRO Government Internal
Fund Revenue Order.
EDI Electronic Data GMS Gold Monetisation
Internchange Scheme
EDP Entrepreneurship GSTN Goods and Services
Development Network
Programme HDFC Housing Development
EEFC Exchange Earners‘ Finance Corporation
Foreign Currency IADB Inter American
EFTPOS Electronic Funds Development Bank.
Transfer At Point Of IAS Integrated Accounting
Sale Systems
EIB European Investment IBBI Insolvency and
Bank. Bankruptcy Board of
ELSS Equity Linked Saving India
Scheme. IBRD International Bank for
EMI Equated Monthly Reconstruction and
Installments Development
EPFO Employees‘ Provident IBU International Banking
Fund Organisation Unit
EPOS Electronic Point Of Sale ICA Indian Council of
EPS Earning per Share Agricultural Research.
ESOP Employee Stock ICICI Industrial Credit and
Options Investment Corporation
EXIM Export Import Bank of of India.
India. ICRA Investment Information
FCA Foreign Currency and Credit Rating
Assets. Agency of India Limited
FCCB Foreign Currency IDB Islamic Development
Convertible Bond Bank.
FCNR Foreign Currency Non IDBI Industrial Development
Resident Deposit Bank of India.
Accounts IDR Indian Depository
FCNRA Foreign Currency Non Receipts.
resident Account. IDRBT Institute for
FDI Foreign Direct Development and
Investment. Research OfBanking
FEDAI Foreign Exchange IEPF Investors Education and
Dealers Association Of Protection Fund
India IFC International Finance
FERA Foreign Exchange Corporation
Regulation Act. IIB International Investment
FICCI Federation of Indian Bank.
Chambers of Commerce IIBF Indian Institute of
and Industry Banking and Finance.
FII Foreign Institutional IMF International Monetary
Investor. Fund.
FINO Financial Information IMPS Immediate Payment

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Service Development Fund
IMT Instant Money Transfer MIBOR Mumbai Inter Bank
IOB Indian Overseas Bank. Offer Rate.
IPO Initial Public Offering MICR Magnetic Ink Character
IPPB India Post Payments Recognition
Bank MIS Management
IRBI Industrial Information System
Reconstruction Bank Of MSS Market Stabilisation
India. Scheme
IRDA Insurance Regulatory MTN Medium Term Note
and Development MUDRA Micro Units
Authority of India Development And
IROs Interest rate options Refinance Agency
IRR Internal Rate Of Return. NABARD National Bank For
ISCI International Standard Agricultural And Rural
IndustrialClassification Development
KCC Kisan Credit Card NAS National Account
KMB Kotak Mahindra Bank. Statistics.
KVB Karur Vysya Bank. NAV Net Asset Value.
KVIC Khadi and Village NBC Non Banking
Industries Corporation Companies.
KVP Kisan Vikas Patra NBFC Non Banking Finance
KYC Know Your Customer Companies
Guidelines LAB Local NDA Net Domestic Asset
Area Bank. NDS Negotiated Dealing
LAF Liquidity Adjustment Systems
Facility NDTL Net Demand And Time
LAMPS Large Sized Adivasi Liability
Multipurpose Societies NECS National Electronic
LDB Land Clearing System
Development Bank. NEFT National Electronic
LERMS Liberalized Exchange Funds Transfer System.
Rate Management NFA No Frills Account.
System NFC Non Banking Finance
LIBOR London Inter Bank Companies.
Offered Rate. NFS National Financial
LIC Life Insurance Switch
Corporation Of India NHB National Housing Bank.
LTCG Long-Term Capital NIB Nordic Investment
Gains Bank.
LTN Long Term Note NPA Non Performing Assets.
MCA Ministry Of Company NPCI National Payments
Affairs Corporation Of India
MCLR Marginal Cost Of NPS National Pensions
Lending Rate Scheme
MFDF Micro Finance NPV Net Present Value

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1. Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a grand wall mural of Mahatma Gandhi made from 2,975 clay kulhads
(earthen cups) at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad on the 74th death anniversary of ‗Father of the Nation‘.
2. Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran has been appointed Chief Economic Advisor to the government of India.
3. Social worker and Padma Shri awardee, Baba Iqbal Singh, passed away at the age of 95.
4. The Lok Sabha secretariat has launched a new app, Digital Sansad, that will make it easier for people to follow
proceedings in Parliament, and also their own lawmakers.
5. Ola Electric said it will invest over USD 100 million (about Rs 750 crore) over the next five years and set up a
global centre for advanced engineering and vehicle design in the UK.
6. Fairfax and Capital Group-backed non-banking finance company IIFL Finance appointed former State Bank of
India boss Arun Purwar as chairman of its board effective from April 1.
7. As the country celebrated Republic Day recently, Ruskin Bond‘s new book, ‗A Little Book of India: Celebrating
75 years of Independence‘ came in.
8. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, IREDA in New Delhi signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with Goa Shipyard Limited, GSL, to set-up a rooftop solar power project at GSL headquarter in Vasco da Gama,
Goa.
9. TVS Motor Company said it has acquired a 75 per cent stake in Switzerland‘s largest e-bike player, Swiss E-
Mobility Group AG (SEMG), for USD 100 million.
10. World Champion Carlsen wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022
11. Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district(Tamil Nadu) has been given the prestigious TX2 award
after its tiger numbers doubled to 80 since 2010.
12. The book titled ‗Operation Khatma‘ has been released. It is an eyewitness account by two journalists R C Ganjoo
and Ashwini Bhatnagar.
13. The world‘s largest canal lock was inaugurated by Dutch King Willen-Alexander at Ijmuiden The Netherlands
.$338 million amount has been spent on the construction on this project.
14. A $150-million India-UAE venture capital fund to fuel growth of start-ups in India and the UAE was launched
from the India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai.
15. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited‘s ALH MK III aircraft was formally inducted at INS Utkrosh in Port Blair by
Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN), Lieutenant General Ajai Singh.
16. Malaysia‘s AirAsia Group said it has changed the name of its listed holding company to Capital A to reflect the
diversity of its business portfolio as it seeks to grow its non-airline revenue.
17. Google to invest up to $1 billion in Indian telecom operator Airtel
18. Russia has delivered to India all the contracted 70,000 AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles as envisaged under a
contract signed late last summer between India and Kalashnikov.
19. Pushp Kumar Joshi to be new chairman and managing director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)
20. In an important milestone in S&T Cooperation between India and France, an MoU has been signed between CSIR
and Institut Pasteur with scope for cooperation in health research.
21. The Andhra Pradesh government has revised the number of districts in the state, increasing it from the existing 13
to 26.
22. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has released a 5-year roadmap and Vision Document
2.0 for the electronics sector. The Vision Document 2.0 titled ―$300 bn Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing &

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Exports by 2026‖ has been prepared by MeitY in association with the India Cellular & Electronics Association
(ICEA).
23. Karnataka has launched ‗Brain Health Initiative‘, a first-of-its-kind in the country, undertaken by NIMHANS in
association with NITI Aayog in the state.
24. Telangana launches ‗Mana Ooru-Mana Badi‘ to strengthen govt schools
25. Indian Naval Ships Shivalik & Kadmatt undertook Maritime Partnership Exercise with Japan Maritime Self-
Defence Force Ships Uraga and Hirado in the Bay of Bengal.
26. The government of Assam has decided to honour renowned industrialist Ratan Tata with the award of ‗Asom
Baibhav‘ which is the highest civilian honour of the state.
27. Indian hockey legend and Olympics gold medallist Charanjit Singh passes away
28. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai launched Gram One programme in 3026 Gram Panchayats spread
over 12 districts. The scheme is aimed at taking government services to the doors of people at the grass-root level.
29. Bank of Maharashtra, Lendingkart partner to offer small-ticket MSME loans
30. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank invests $150 million in data centres across Asia
31. P S Vinothraj directed film Koozhangal from India won the best film award in the Asian Film Competition section
at the 20th Dhaka International Film Festival in Dhaka.
32. The Indian space agency successfully conducted a 25-second qualification test for its liquid propellant-based
Vikas engine to be used under the Gaganyaan mission.
33. Iran, Russia and China began a joint naval drill in the Indian Ocean aimed at boosting marine security, state media
reported.
34. Apple retained the title of the world‘s most valuable brand in 2022, with a valuation of $355.1 billion (about Rs.
26,72,600 crore), according to a report. The valuation of the Cupertino company increased by 35%, thanks to the
growth of its recognition in the market.
35. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launched Platina Fixed Deposit, which offers interest of 15 basis points in addition to
the regular Ujjivan SFB term deposit rates.
36. India emerges as largest exporters of cucumber, gherkins in the world
37. Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022 presented to GIDM, Prof. Vinod Sharma
38. Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was conferred with the Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau.
39. INS Khukri, the lead ship of the Indian Navy‘s Khukri class missile corvettes which was decommissioned last
December, was handed over to the Diu administration to be converted into a museum.
40. ‗Paschim Lehar‘: Indian Armed Forces‘ 20-day Joint Maritime Exercise off West Coast Ends
41. Friendship Hospital, in the southwestern town of Satkhira in Bangladesh has been adjudged the most
transformative building of the world for the year 2021 by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
42. India‘s first para-badminton academy launched in Lucknow
43. The Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA), the first-of-its-kind state-level bird atlas in India, has created solid baseline data
about the distribution and abundance of various bird species across all major habitats giving an impetus for
futuristic studies.
44. India‘s first innovation centre for graphene will be set up in Kerala by the Digital University Kerala (DUK), along
with Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) in Thrissur, for Rs 86.41 crore.
45. The governments of Himachal and Haryana signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction
of a dam on 77 acres in Himachal near the Adi Badri area of Yamunanagar for the revival of the Saraswati river.
The project is estimated to cost Rs 215.35 crore.
46. Syed Modi International: PV Sindhu wins Women‘s singles title; Ishan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto bags Mixed
Doubles trophy
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48. Global internet body ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group said it has roped in Paytm founder
Vijay Shekhar Sharma as UA Ambassador.
49. United Nations Development Programme India announced their partnership with leading content creator and
actress Prajakta Koli who embraces the moniker MostlySane as their first UNDP India Youth Climate Champion.
50. Tripura celebrated 44th Kokborok Day on 19th January
51. Facebook‘s parent company Meta said that it has created a new artificial intelligence supercomputer that it
believes will be the fastest in the world.
52. Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary set to be notified as 4th tiger reserve of Rajasthan
53. With an aim to encourage adoption of open data and promote innovation across India‘s urban ecosystem, the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) announced the initiation of the Open Data Week from 17
January to 21 January.
54. City Union Bank, the oldest Private Sector Bank in India, in association with smart-tech-enabled preventive
healthcare platform GOQii and powered by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has launched a
wearable payment solution called CUB fitness watch debit card.
55. The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member countries conducting a 12-day maritime exercise in the
Mediterranean Sea. The name of the maritime exercise is ―Neptune Strike ‘22‖. The naval drill will end on
February 04, 2022.
56. Ladakh team wins 9th IHAI national women‘s ice hockey championship
57. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said all existing non-deposit taking Non-Banking Finance Company-Investment
and Credit Companies (NBFC-ICCs) with asset size of ₹ 1,000 crore and above will be permitted to undertake
factoring business subject to satisfaction of certain conditions.
58. Senior IAS officer Chanchal Kumar was appointed as Managing Director, National Highways & Infrastructure
Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
59. Israel successfully tests Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system
60. In order to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and
as part of the year long celebrations, the government has decided to install a grand statue of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose at India Gate in New Delhi.
61. According to a US-based global leader approval tracker, Morning Consult Political Intelligence, PM Modi
emerges as ‗Most Popular Leader‘ worldwide, tops with 71 percent.
62. In a bid to strengthen vocational education, the ministry of skill development & entrepreneurship has signed a
Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU).
63. Himachal Pradesh‘s Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched a new app Apna Kangra to provide a hassle-free
experience for tourists and also boost the sale of local handicrafts.
64. Indonesia names new capital Nusantara, replacing sinking Jakarta
65. Star India opener Smriti Mandhana was named in the ICC T20 women‘s Team of the Year for her superlative
show in the format in 2021 but no Indian made the men‘s side.
66. Jio Platforms (JPL) has inked a strategic partnership with the University of Oulu, Finland, for undertaking
research and standardization-related activities in 6G technology.
67. Barbados PM Mia Mottley sworn in after 2nd consecutive elections
68. Coal Secretary Dr. Anil Kumar Jain launched Koyla Darpan Portal to share Key Performance Indicators related to
the Coal Sector.
69. Over 76 thousand 500 ‗Agri Nutri Gardens‘ have been established under the Agri Nutri Garden Week‘ as against
the target of 7 thousand 500.
70. Dileep Sanghani has been elected as chairman of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO).

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71. Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, has been awarded the 2022 Genesis Prize for his ―leadership,
determination and especially for his willingness to assume great risks‖ in developing a coronavirus vaccine in
record time.
72. Rhapsody Music Foundation has won the prestigious Reimagine Education Award, which is is given by Wharton
School‘s Alfred West Jr.
73. Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard in $68.7 billion deal
74. Children have chosen ‗anxiety‘ as their word of the year for 2021, according to new research from Oxford
University Press (OUP). In comparison, teachers have chosen ‗resilience‘.
75. An Indian Navy P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft participated in multinational Anti-Submarine
Warfare (ASW) Exercise Sea Dragon-22 at Guam in the U.S. that saw the participation of Quad countries, Canada
and South Korea.
76. The Karnataka State Government launched the AVGC center of excellence (animation, visual effects, gaming, and
comics) pitching it as a pioneering high technology digital media hub. The IT/BT & Electronics department has
funded the facility.
77. Roberta Metsola elected as new President of European Parliament
78. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh launched Mobile COVID testing facility for
Northeast, beginning with Mizoram.
79. Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US quarter, in a new version
of the coin unveiled by the US Mint
80. India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 7.6 per cent in fiscal year 2022-
23 (FY23), helped partly by continued government spending and a favourable global trade outlook, the ratings
agency said.
81. Lt Gen Manoj Pande appointed as next Army Vice Chief
82. Kotak Mahindra Bank KMB signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with GIFT SEZ Limited GIFT SEZ
for boosting financial services ecosystem at International Financial Services Centre IFSC at Gandhinagar.
83. Ex-CAG Vinod Rai joins Unity Small Finance Bank as independent chairman
84. India offers $ 500 mn ‗critical support‘ to Sri Lanka to purchase petroleum products
85. India‘s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has been named as the world‘s largest derivatives market place for 2021,
for the third year in a row.
86. Senior bureaucrat Vikram Dev Dutt takes over as CMD of Air India

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