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The person appointed by the World Bank as Chief

Economist who will succeed Kaushik Basu as Chief
Economist and Senior Vice-President Paul Romer
Winner of the community impact awards from Google for a
mobile GPS project that keeps fishermen safe from invisible
maritime boundaries Advay Ramesh
The Pakistani wrist spinner who has scaled the number one
spot in the ICC Test rankings Yasir Shah
The legendary singer and ghazal maestro who passed away
recently Mubarak Begum Shaikh
The oldest litigant of Babri Mosque Ram Janmbhumi dispute
of Ayodhya who passed away recently Mohammad
Hashim Ansari
The head of the Committee set up to prepare Draft Bill on
Ganga to deal with all the issues related to the river Girdhar
Malviya
Indias ranking out of 149 nations on the latest Sustainable
Development Goal Index topped by Sweden 110th
The new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Ajay Bhushan
Pandey
The state whose tourism department won two Gold Awards
at the prestigious Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
awards Kerala
The tech giant with which the NITI Aayog has signed
Statement of Intent (SoI) to set up Atal Tinkering laboratories
(ATL) Intel
The country where the researchers from Laval University
are going to conduct the worlds first Zika vaccine test on
humans Canada
The country which has declared a three-month state of
emergency following a failed coup Turkey
The bank which has signed an agreement with Reliance Jio
Money for one-click payment service Federal Bank
The bank which the IRCTC has joined hands with to chalk
out a detailed plan for promotion of rail ticketing activities
SBI
The person appointed as the Managing Director of the ICC
Cricket World Cup 2019 Steve Elworthy
The Nigerian journalist and presenter who has won the
second BBC World News Komla Dumor Award Didi
Akinyelure
The Indian who has won the prestigious 2016 Mr World
title and has become the first Indian and first Asian to win
the title Rohit Khandelwal
The hockey legend of India who died recently Mohammad
Shahid
The Internet browser which was recently bought by a
Chinese consortium for $600 mn Opera

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The bank which has set up a joint venture with Brookfield

Asset Management with an initial commitment of over $1
bn to make investments in businesses with stressed assets
SBI
The state assembly which passed a resolution against the
proposed merger of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) with
SBI Kerala
Indias growth projections for 2016-17 as per IMF 7.4%
Indias economic growth rate in 2016-17 as per Fitch
7.7%
The amount the govt is going to release to recapitalise 13
public sector banks `23,000 cr
The present Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of
AIIB DJ Pandian
Winner of the mens title in the 73rd Senior National Squash
Championship Saurav Ghosal
Winner of the womens title Dipika Pallikal
The youngest Chief Minister in the country at present
Pema Khandu
She is the new CM of Arunachal Pradesh.
The city where Indias first e-court was opened recently
Hyderabad
The Indian firm with which Bell Helicopter has signed an
agreement to develop the helicopter market in India Tata
Advanced Systems
The worlds first hospital on a train which celebrated 25
years of service recently The Lifeline Express
The first state in the country to set up Happiness
Department Madhya Pradesh
The state govt which has signed an MoU with the
Netherlands to set up a skill development centre to help
farmers in the state Uttar Pradesh
The new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI)
Guruprasad Mohapatra
The artillery gun system successfully tested by the DRDO
recently ATAGS system
The Pakistani cricketer who has become the sixth oldest
player in Test history to make a century recently Misbahul-Haq
The head of the Committee set up by RBI to study the
entire gamut of regulatory issues relating to Financial
Technology and Digital Banking in India Sudarshan Sen
The number of soiled currency notes RBI has asked banks
to exchange free of charge 20
The boxer whom Vijender Singh defeated to clinch the WBO
Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title recently Kerry Hope
The first country in the world to become YAWS-free as per
the WHO India
The new chairman of CBSE Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi

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The member of the silver medal winner hockey squad of the

Rome Olympics in 1960 who passed away recently Joe
Antic
The state govt which has set a target to construct toilets
across all villages of the state by Mar 2019 West Bengal
The venue of the 11th Asia Europe Meeting ASEM
Summit held recently Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The operation launched by India to evacuate Indian citizens
stranded in South Sudan Sankat Mochan
The African country to which Indias Exim Bank has
extended a loan of USD 44.95 mn for a textile factory and
development of small and medium enterprises Kenya
The amount approved by the govt for the Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana to impart skills to 1 cr people over
the next four years (2016-20) `12,000 cr
The PSU in which disinvestment of 15 per cent paid-up
equity has been approved by the govt NBCC
The airline ranked as worlds best airline in a survey
conducted by Skytrax Emirates
The head of the Committee set up by the govt to tackle the
shortage of pulses in India Arvind Subramanian
The private lender which has acquired Tamil Naduheadquartered microfinance institution Grama Vidiyal
IDFC Bank
The new chairman and managing director (CMD) of Oil
India Utpal Bora
The renowned historian who passed away recently
William H McNeill
The new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of BPCL
D Rajkumar
The writer upon whom the President Pranab Mukherjee
conferred the 51st Jnanpith Award recently Raghuveer
Chaudhari
The first woman Chief Justice of Nepal who was sworn in
recently Sushila Karki
The programme launched by Telangana for a greener and
healthier state Harita Haram
The name of the Marine Commandos (MARCOS-East) unit
commissioned at INS Kalinga in Visakhapatnam INS
Karna
The fortnight from 11th to 23rd Jul was observed by the
govt across the country as Intensified Diarrhoea
Control Fortnight
The firm which is all set to buy Lafarge Indias 11-mn-tonne
cement business for $1.4 bn Nirma

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The present governor of Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik

The former Indian football player and first professional
full-time coach who passed away recently Amal Dutta
Winner of the mixed doubles title of 2016 Wimbledon
Henri Kontinen and Heather Watson
NASAs spacecraft which successfully entered into the orbit
of Jupiter recently Juno
The host of the meet of the heads of anti-narcotics agencies
of BRICS nations held recently India
The bank which has launched a premium credit card by the
name ELITE SBI
The railway station which the Central Govt has given its
nod for renaming after BR Ambedkar as the Dalit icon was
born here Mhow (Madhya Pradesh)
The new Executive Director of RBI Sudarshan Sen
The new Deputy Governor of RBI NS Vishwanathan
Winner of the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton
title B Sai Praneeth
The former Prime Minister of France who passed away
recently France
The new Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar
The first port in India to implement logistics data tagging of
containers Jawaharlal Nehru Port
The worlds largest international maritime exercise held
recently in Hawaii, US RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific)
2016
The venue of the first meeting of the BRICS Working Group
on Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency was held recently
at Visakhapatnam
The Water Jet Fast Attack Craft launched by the Indian
Navy recently INS Tarasa
The city where Indias first Commercial Court and
Commercial Disputes Resolution Centre was recently
inaugurated Raipur
Winner of the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix Formula One
Lewis Hamilton
The name of the squadron of the Indian Air Force made with
two Tejas fighter aircraft Flying Daggers
Winner of mens singles title of the 2016 Wimbledon tennis
tournament Andy Murray
The present CMD of HDFC Bank who has been ranked the
best banking CEO in Asia Aditya Puri
The air missile defence system deployed by the US in South
Korea recently THAAD
The present President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi

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DISCLAIMER
Any student taking admission in an institute that is not actually BSC, but has merely a name similar
to BSC or is using a fake logo, is spoiling his/her career. Please note BSC is running classroom
coaching at the following centres only Agartala, Bengaluru, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh,
Chennai, Cuttack, Dhanbad, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Faridabad, Gaya, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad,
Jammu, Jamshedpur, Jorhat, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela,
Trivandrum, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam. If you take admission at any fake centre, BSC is not
responsible for this. So beware and take admission at original BSC centres only.

H Bhopal centre has been closed. There will be no admission now onwards. Dwarka (Delhi)
centre has now been shifted to Uttam Nagar (Delhi).
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