Expected Questions for Syndicate Bank PGDBF and
Indian Bank PO 2017
Financial Expected Questions
1. With which of the following nation did
India recently sign an MOU for Technical
Cooperation in Rail Sector Especially on
Safety Related Subject? Italy
2. How much amount of financing
agreement did India recently sign with
World Bank for the 'Third Technical
Education Quality Improvement
Programme' (TEQIP III)? US$ 201.50
million
3. In which of the following state did Smriti
Irani recently inaugurated first ever
Apparel and Garment Centre for the
state? Meghalaya
4. Who among the following was recently
appointed as Group Chief Executive
Officer of Hindustan Construction
Company? Arjun Dhawan
5. Who was recently appointed as the
Managing Director (MD) of BAE Systems
India operations? Nik Khanna
6. Who was recently appointed as the new
CEO, MD of National Stock Exchanges?
Vikram Limaye
7. Who among the following was
appointed as Principal Economic Adviser
in Finance Ministry? Sanjeev Sanyal
8. Who among the following launched the
India Innovation Index? NITI Aayog
CEO Amitabh Kant
9. The India Innovation Index is a joint
initiative of the National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI Aayog),
Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP) and Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII).
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10. How many stations to be taken up under
the Station Redevelopment Plan of the
Indian Railways? 23
11. Which of the following state recently
launched Chief Minister Samagra
Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY)?
Assam
12. What is the purpose of Chief Minister
Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana
(CMSGUY)? It aims to bring a
revolutionary change by doubling farm
income in the state.
13. What is the project outlay of the Chief
Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan
Yojana (CMSGUY)? Rs 30,000 Cr
14. Who was recently appointed as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of KPMG India? Arun M Kumar
15. Welspun India Ltd on 9 February 2017
entered into a co-operation agreement
with ____________. - Cotton Egypt
Association (CEA)
16. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
recently decided to set up a separate
department. Name the department.
Enforcement Department
17. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the
second week of February 2017 decided
to set up a Standing Committee on
_________. Cyber Security
18. A committee comprising 33 members
has been constituted for the speedy
completion of the Sagarmala Project in
Andhra Pradesh. Who will chair the
committee? Andhra Chief Minister N
Chandrababu Naidu
19. Name the first State in the country for
establishing a cashless system for
distribution of food grains. Gujarat
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 20. Indian Railways recently announced
first-ever railway route of Andaman and
Nicobar Islands that will connect two of
its major islands. How long is the rail
link? 240 km
21. What is the project cost of first-ever
railway route of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands that will connect two of its major
islands? Rs 2413.68 Cr.
22. According to the new amendment to the
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit
Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016, allows
declarants to make deposits on one or
more occasions
23. Which of the following company
recently announced to launch its mobile
payment wallet in India? Samsung
(Samsung Pay)
24. Uber launched a new service called
UberHire in how many cities? 9
25. What is project outlay of Pradhan Mantri
Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan? Rs
2351.38 crore
26. What is the aim of Pradhan Mantri
Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan?
ushering in digital literacy in rural India
by March 2019
27. Who was recently appointed as the
managing director of Life Insurance
Corporation of India? Hemant
Bhargava
28. Who was recently appointed as
chairman of Securities and Exchange
Board of India (Sebi)? Ajay Tyagi
29. What was Indias rank in the 5th Annual
International Intellectual Property (IP)
Index of the US Chamber of Commerce
(USCC)? 43rd
30. With which of the following nation did
India recently sign a MoU to allow more
flights to boost tourism and trade?
United Kingdom
31. Hindustan Motors on 11 February 2017
sold out Ambassador car brand to
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French automaker Peugeot SA for
___________. Rs 80 crore
32. Airbus signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for establishing a
Centre of Excellence for aerospace skill
development in __________.
Hyderabad
33. Which of the following bank recently
signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with the Mahratta Chambers of
Commerce, Industries and Agriculture
(MCCIA) to facilitate loans of up to Rs 50
lakh to member MSMEs on a
preferential basis? Small Industries
and Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
34. The ReNew Power Ventures Pvt Ltd on
14 February 2017 announced that it sold
a 10 per cent stake in the company to
Japanese firm JERA for _______. US$
200 million
35. With which of the following nation did
India recently sign a MoU on economic
cooperation? Croatia
36. Indian Railways Dedicated Freight
Corridor: First portion to be operational
by ________. 2018
37. The Ministry of Railways on 13 February
2017 announced that the first portion of
the Indian Railways Dedicated Freight
Corridor (DFC) between ___________
will become operational by March 2018.
- Ateli and Phulera
38. Which of the following company
recently launched theatre-on-demand
service named "Vkaao"? - PVR Pictures
39. Name the Indias first cashless island. -
Manipur's Karang
40. How much amount of investment did
Vodafone announce for West Bengal? -
3000 crore rupees
41. In which of the following state did
Vodafone recently announced to invest
3000 crore rupees? - West Bengal
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 42. Name the two small finance banks which
were recently launched. - Utkarsh Micro
Finance and Suryoday Microfinance
43. Who was recently appointed as the Chief
Operating Officer of Ola Cabs? - Vishal
Kaul
44. State Bank of India (SBI) on 25 January,
2017 has installed an ATM machine on
board in __________. - INS
Vikramaditya
45. RBI on 25 January, 2017 prohibited
Indian entities from making direct
investments in any entity located in
________. - 'non co-operative countries
and territories'
NOTE: The Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) currently
comprises two regional
organisations and 35 member
jurisdictions, including India, US,
UK, China and the European
Commission.
46. With which nation did India recently
revised the agreement to allow seven
additional flights? - Netherlands
47. Union Cabinet approved interest subsidy
scheme to boost rural housing. The
beneficiary who takes a loan under the
scheme would be provided interest
subsidy for a loan amount up to ____. -
Rs. 2 Lakhs
48. Union Government recently allowed
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) to make short
term borrowings at the prevailing
market rate of interest for _________. -
about 20000 crore rupees
49. What is the interest rate of Varishtha
Pension Bima Yojana 2017? - 8% per
annum
50. What is the interest rate of Varishtha
Pension Bima Yojana 2017 for 10 years?
- 8% per annum
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51. Who will implement the Varishtha
Pension Bima Yojana 2017? - Life
Insurance Corporation of India
52. What is the minimum age for Varishtha
Pension Bima Yojana 2017? - 60 years
53. Which of the following state recently
announced Rs 100 crore fund of funds to
develop Fin Tech startups? - Andhra
Pradesh
54. How much amount of fund of funds did
Andhra Pradesh recently announce to
develop Fin-tech Startups? - 100 crore
rupees
55. Which of the following company
recently signed a MoU with Abu Dhabi
Water & Electricity Authority? - Power
Grid Corporation of India
56. For how much amount did Ant Financial,
part of Alibaba recently acquired
MoneyGram? - $880 million
57. India Post Payments Bank was launched
in _____________. - Raipur and Ranchi
58. The paid up equity of India Post
Payments Bank is __________. - Rs 800
crore
59. Which of the following state recently
signed a MoU with AEROCAMPUS for
aero skills academy? - Telangana
60. Reliance Defence has signed a contract
with the Ministry of Defence for the
design and construction of 14 Fast Patrol
Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard
valued at _________. - 916 crore rupees
61. What was India's rank in the
Transparency Internationals Corruption
Perceptions Index 2016? - 79
62. According to the Economic Survey 2016-
17, Gross domestic product (GDP)
growth in 2016-17 to dipped to
________. - 6.5%
63. The Economic Survey 2016-17
introduced the concept of UBI. What
does UBI stands for? - Universal Basic
Income
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 64. In which of the following city did Apple
recently announce to make iPhones? -
Hyderabad
65. With which of the following bank did
magicbricks.com recently launch the
Seal the Deal campaign? State Bank
of India
66. With which of the following nation did
India recently sign the third protocol for
amending DTAA? - Singapore
67. In which of the following state will Paytm
launch its first payment bank? - Uttar
Pradesh (Noida)
68. With which of the following company did
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) tie up to convert all its payment
facilities into cashless mode? -
MobiKwik
69. Which of the following city recently
hosted the Clean India Technology
Week? - Hyderabad
70. How much amount of penalty did RBI
recently impose on Mumbai District Co-
operative Bank for violating KYC norms?
- 1 Lakh rupees
71. Which of the following state recently
launched NTR Arogya Raksha Scheme? -
Andhra Pradesh
72. Who was recently appointed as the
Executive Director of Reserve Bank of
India? - Surekha Marandi
73. Bunkar Mitra helpline was launched for
which of the following purpose? - extend
professional expertise to distressed
handloom weavers
74. Who was recently nominated as Tata
Power chairman? - S Padmanabhan
75. Who was recently appointed as the new
managing director of IBM India? - Karan
Bajwa
76. To which of the following central bank
did RBI announce to provide Rs 1 bn in
100-rupee notes? - Nepal Rashtriya
Bank
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77. With which of the following state did
Patanjali tie up for herbal forest project?
- Haryana
78. How much amount of assistance did
government announce for drought-hit
Karnataka? - 1782 crore rupees
79. Which of the following bank recently
tied up with LIC for capital support to
enterprises? - Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
80. Name the newly launched tools by
Google for small and medium businesses
in India? - My Business and Digital
Unlocked
81. Japan to associate with India in its Smart
Cities Mission with the development of
how many cities? - 3
82. Which of the following cities will be
developed by Japan for Smart Cities
Mission? - Chennai, Varanasi and
Ahmedabad
83. Which of the following bank recently
unveiled its first Humanoid Banking
Assistant Ira? - HDFC Bank
84. What is the name of the first Humanoid
Banking Assistant of HDFC Bank? - Ira
85. Which of the following bank recently
became the third lender to offer block
chain service? - Axis Bank ( 1. ICICI 2. Yes
Bank)
86. What is the purpose of Pravasi Kaushal
Vikas Yojana? - to train and certify
Indians who are seeking overseas
employment.
87. With which of the following nation did
India recently sign a MoU on support in
defence cooperation? - Portugal
88. How many MoUs did India recently sign
with Portugal? - 7
89. 16th meeting of Financial Stability
Development Council held in
_________. - New Delhi
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 90. Who chaired the 16th meeting of
Financial Stability Development Council?
- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
91. Regional Labour Conference of North-
Eastern Region held in ___________. -
Guwahati
92. Who was appointed as the new Chief
Executive Officer of Flipkart? - Kalyan
Krishnamurthy
93. Who was recently appointed as Chief
Financial Officer of Reliance Power? -
Suresh Nagarajan
94. Worlds largest street light replacement
programme was recently dedicated to
the nation. Whose project is that? -
Street Lighting National Programme
(SLNP) of the South Delhi Municipal
Corporation (SDMC)
95. Which of the following state recently
launched India's largest WiFi service? -
Maharashtra
96. What is the name of India's largest Wi-Fi
service? - 'MumbaiWifi'
97. Who was recently appointed as the new
President for BMW Group India? -
Vikram Pawah
98. What was India's growth forecast in
World Bank's January 2017 Global
Economic Prospects report? - 7% for FY
2016-17
99. Which of the following state recently
signed a MoU with NDDB to promote
dairy development? - Arunachal
Pradesh
100. Which of the following airline
recently launched Fly For Sure scheme?
- Air India
101. Who was recently appointed
Airtel's CFO for India, South Asia? - Badal
Bagri
102. With which of the following
nation did India recently sign MoU over
cyber security? - United States of
America
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103. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated
India's first international stock exchange
at _______. Gift City, Gandhinagar,
Gujarat
104. India INX will be a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the ____________. -
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
105. How much amount of MoU did
Gujarat government sign with Indian
Railways for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad
Bullet train project? - Rs 77,000 crore
106. Which of the following state
recently announced Indias first Student
Startup and Innovation Policy? - Gujarat
107. What is the corpus of Gujarat's
State Innovation Fund? - 200 crore
rupees
108. With which of the following
nation did India recently sign a MoU on
cooperation in agriculture and allied
sectors? - Kenya
109. Chhabra Thermal Power Plant is
located in ______. - Rajasthan
110. Who was recently appointed
MD and CEO of Tata Consultancy
Services? - Rajesh Gopinathan
111. Who among the following was
recently appointed as the Tata Sons
Chairman? Former TCS Chief N
Chadrasekaran
112. How much amount of financial
pact did India sign with World Bank for
the 'Nagaland Health Project'? - $48
million
113. India recently signed a financing
pact with World Bank for $48 million for
the _________. - Nagaland Health
Project
114. With which of the following
state did Indian Railways recently sign a
MoU for suburban railway system? -
Karnataka
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Chaudhry panel ____________. - to
review life insurance product norms
116. Which of the following countries
recently signed a MoU for collaboration
in third world countries? - India and USA
117. With which of the following
nation did India recently sign a MoU to
construct 3000 Rain Water Harvesting
systems? - Sri Lanka
118. What was India's rank in global
index of talent competitiveness? - 92
119. Who topped the global index of
talent competitiveness? - Switzerland
120. Goods and Services Tax rollout
was recently deferred to ________. - 1
July 2017
121. With which of the following
nation did India recently sign a MoU for
cooperation in cooperative sector? -
Mauritius
122. Who was recently appointed as
the new MD of State Bank of
Hyderabad? - Mani Palvesan
123. Who was recently appointed as
the new CEO and MD of Bharti AXA
General Insurance? - Sanjeev Srinivasan
124. What was India's rank in the
Arton Capital's global ranking 'Passport
Index? - 78
125. Which of the following
organisation recently announced India
Innovation Index to measure
performance of Indian states? - World
Economic Forum, NITI Aayog, the World
Intellectual Property Organization and
the Cornell University
126. NITI Aayog recently announced
India Innovation Index for which
purpose? - to measure performance of
Indian states
127. Which of the following bank
recently announced to train 25,000
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people in cashless transactions in
Madhya Pradesh? - HDFC Bank
128. HDFC Bank recently announced
to train 25,000 people in cashless
transactions in _________. - Madhya
Pradesh
129. The Union Cabinet on 18
January 2017 excluded States and Union
Territories from National Small Savings
Fund (NSSF) investments except -
Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala and
Madhya Pradesh Railway Ministry
launched Mission 41K to save energy
worth ________. - Rs 41000 crore
130. What is the maximum incentive
commitment of the recently approved
amendment in Modified Special
Incentive Package Scheme? - 10000
crore rupees
131. All India Institute of Medical
Sciences recently signed 3 MoUs worth
____. - Rs 7670 crore
132. What is the purpose of the
Saksham 2017 programme? - petroleum
awareness programme
133. Which of the following bank
recently launched Contactless Credit
Card Wave n Pay? - Punjab National
Bank
134. Which of the following company
recently launched Cash@Home service
to deliver cash at customer's doorstep? -
Snapdeal
135. Which of the following company
recently acquired Novartis' oncology
brand Odomzo? - Sun Pharma
136. Sun Pharma recently acquired
Novartis' oncology brand Odomzo for
__________. - $175 million
137. For which of the following
purpose did government recently set up
Indian Enterprise Development
Services? - development of Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises
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 138. Which of the following state - create separate payment regulatory
recently announced to adopt cashless board, 24x7 RTGS and NEFT
payment system in public transactions 150. Indias first Digi Dhan Mela was
from New Year(January, 2017)? - Tripura held in _______. - Gurugram, Haryana
139. For which of the following 151. What amount of funds did
projects did Indian Railways recently tied government recently release for
up with Japan International Cooperation Polavaram irrigation project? - Rs 1981
Agency (JICA) - for Mumbai-Ahmedabad crore [Note: Polavaram Project is also
High Speed Rail Project known as Indira Sagar Project]
140. How much amount of 152. In which of the following place
investment did Amul recently announce did government lay the foundation
for West Bengal? - 200 Crore rupees stone for Indias first 2G Ethanol Bio-
141. In which of the following state refinery? - Bathinda, Punjab
did Amul recently announce to invest Rs 153. What is the project cost of
200? - West Bengal Indias first 2G Ethanol Bio-refinery? - Rs
142. Which of the following 600 crores
organisations developed Aadhaar 154. Who was appointed as brand
Payment App? - IDFC Bank along with ambassador of Tata Motors commercial
UIDAI and National Payments vehicles? - Akshay Kumar
Corporation of India. 155. Which of the following stated
143. Which of the following bank named Mega Lift Irrigation Scheme after
recently launched EazyPay app for freedom fighter Parbati Giri? - Odisha
merchants? - ICICI Bank 156. What is the project outlay of
144. Name the first bank to roll out Parbati Giri Mega Lift Irrigation Scheme?
all-in-one payments platform in India. - - Rs 7600 crore
ICICI Bank 157. How much amount of credit did
145. For which of the following World Bank recently approve for Bihar
purpose did Goverment recently launch Rural Roads Project? - US$ 235 million
14404 helpline number? - for redressal 158. Ratan P Watal panel suggested
of consumer related grievances to create a fund proposed as DIPAYAN -
146. Online Consumer Mediation from savings generated from cash-less
Centre was recently launched in which transactions
place? - Bengaluru, Karnataka 159. Nitin Gadkari inaugurated
147. Which of the following company Sagarmala Development Company in
recently appointed former HDFC Bank __________. - New Delhi
VP Balakrishnan as MD & CEO? - Geofin 160. With which of the following
Comtrade nation did India recently sign MoU for
148. Watal panel was recently in technical cooperation in infrastructure
news. For which of the following engineering? - Bhutan
purpose did government form Watal 161. Who was recently appointed as
panel? - to recommend measures to the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of
boost digital payments India? - Viral V Acharya
149. Which of the following was
recommendation of Ratan Watal Panel?

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 162. China's Pacific Construction 175. Which of the following agency
Group inkd $5.5-bn MoU in December, will implement the Government
2016 with - Gujarat Govt. launched Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana? -
163. Which of the following bank National Payment Corporation of India
recently signed a MoU with HFL to 176. Name the Government
provide dairy loans to farmers? - Bank of launched Cash Award scheme for the
Baroda consumers to promote digital
164. Who was appointed as the new payments? - Lucky Grahak Yojana
Controller General of Accounts? - 177. Name the Government
Archana Nigam launched cash award scheme for the
165. Name the app launched by PM merchants to promote digital
Narendra Modi for Aadhaar-based transactions? - Digi Dhan Vyapar
digital payment? - BHIM 178. What is the estimated
166. Expand BHIM. - Bharat Interface expenditure on the first phase of Lucky
for Money Grahak Yojana and Digi Dhan Vyapar
167. Which of the following state/UT Yojana? - 340 Crore rupees
recently became India's 1st cashless 179. What amount did the
region? - Daman & Diu Government recently sanction for for
168. Which of the following company Solar City Programme? - 30 Crore
became first to win approval to buy Rupees (It is also called as the
majority stake in an Indian bank? - Development of Solar Cities
Fairfax Financial Programme)
169. Fairfax Financial in Decemeber, 180. In which of the following place
2016 became the first to win approval to did PM Narendra Modi recently unveiled
buy majority stake in an Indian bank. first ever Indian Institute of Skills? -
Name the bank. - Catholic Syrian Bank Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Ltd. 181. In which of the following state
170. Which of the following bank did PM Narendra Modi recently
recently launched ts own mobile wallet launched Kaushal Pradarshini? - Uttar
Cippy? - DCB Bank Pradesh
171. With which of the following 182. Indian Institute of Skills has been
country did India recently sign a MoU on conceptualised by _______. -
exchange of financial intelligence? - Singapores Institute of Technical
Tajikistan Education.
172. NALCO and NTPC recently 183. Which of the following bank
signed a MoU to set up a power plant in recently launched a wallet named
which state? - Odisha MobiCash? - State Bank of India
173. NALCO and NTPC recently 184. With which of the following
signed a MoU to set up a ________ company did SBI jointly launch the State
powerplant in Odisha. - 2400 MW Bank MobiCash wallet? - Bharat Sanchar
174. Which of the following agency Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
will implement the Government 185. What is the Maximum balance
launched Lucky Grahak Yojana? - limit per wallet for Nil KYC Wallets in
National Payment Corporation of India State Bank MobiCash? - 10000 Rupees

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 186. What is the Maximum balance
limit per wallet for KYC Wallets in State
Bank MobiCash? - 50000 rupees
187. Which of the following recently
became the first village in Jammu &
Kashmir to go cashless? - Lanura
188. How much amount did
government recently released to
Telangana for development of backward
areas? - Rs 450 crore
189. Union Government recently
released Rs 450 crore to which of the
following state for development of
backward areas? - Telangana
190. With which of the following
nation did India recently sign a MoU on
agriculture and the food industry? -
Kyrgyzstan
191. Who will head the high-level
task force on Indus Water Treaty? -
Nripendra Mishra
192. Which of the following recently
announced to be India's first carbon
neutral district? - Majuli, Assam
193. Which of the following banks
recently signed a MoU for Online
Electricity Bill Payments in Bihar? - HDFC
Bank
194. With which state did HDFC Bank
recently sign a MoU for Online Electricity
Bill Payments? - Bihar
195. On how many foreign banks did
RBI recently impose penalty for violating
FEMA norms? - 5 (Deutsche Bank,
Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of
America, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and
The Royal Bank of Scotland.)
196. What amount of penalty did RBI
recently impose Germany's Deutsche
Bank for violating FEMA norms? - Rs
20000
197. Name the Ministry of Electronics
and IT programme recently launched to
reach out to more than one crore rural
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citizens for digital modes of payments? -
Digi Dhan Abhiyaan
198. What is the aim of Digi Dhan
Abhiyaan? - To reach out to more than
one crore rural citizens for digital
modes of payment
199. How much amount did
government recently sanction for
development of Majuli Island? - 207
crore rupees
200. What was India's rank in the
2016 Global Wind Power Installed
Capacity Index? - 4
201. Who topped the 2016 Global
Wind Power Installed Capacity Index? -
China
202. Who was recently appointed
CEO of Noida Authority? - Deepak
Agarwal
203. Government recently
announced to launch a toll free number
_____ for taking feedback of telecom
subscribers on call drops. - 1955
204. How many MoUs did India
recently sign with Kyrgyzstan? - 6
205. What was India's GDP in the
second quarter (July-September) of
2016-17 financial year? - 7.3 per cent
206. Which of the following Raj
Bhawan recently adopted cashless
system after PMs appeal? - Himachal
Pradesh
207. What is the esitmated project
cost of Mumbai Urban Transport Project
(MUTP) Phase-III? - Rs 8679 crore
208. With which of the following
state did Ola recently sign MoU to train
2,500 drivers this fiscal? - Odisha
209. Ola recently signed an MoU with
Odisha to train _______ drivers this
fiscal. - 2500
210. Which of the following bank
recently tied up with Ola to set up
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National Bank
211. Which of the following bank
recently tied up with Ola to set up
mobile ATMs in 10 cities? Yes Bank
212. Hailakandi district became the
first to make cashless payment. It is
located in which state? - Assam
213. Who was recently appointed as
CEO and Director for Airtel's DTH
business? - Sunil Taldar
214. With which of the following
country did Confederation of Indian
Industry recently sign a MoU for smart
cities? - Australia
215. Which of the following company
recently launched start-up program
Launchpad in India? - Amazon
216. Name Amazon's newly launched
global start-up program in India. -
Launchpad
217. Who was recently appointed as
Managing Director of Air Asia India? -
Amar Abrol
218. Which of the following
companies recently agreed to build
India's largest oil refinery? - Indian Oil
Corporation, Bharat Petroleum
Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum
Corp
219. Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat
Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan
Petroleum Corp recently signed an
agreement to build India's biggest oil
refinery at a cost of ______. - $30 billion
220. What is RBI's Repo rate as of 12
December, 2016? - 6.25 %
221. What is RBI's Reverse Repo rate
as of 12 December, 2016? - 5.75 %
222. With which of the following
country did India recently sign a MoU for
ferry goods at Mongla port? -
Bangladesh
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223. Expand AFA - Additional Factor
of Authentication
224. How much amount of support
did National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development recently announce
to provide to banks for setting up PoS
devices in villages? - 120 Crore Rupees
225. Government recently
announced to launch a helpline number
of ________ to educate people and
provide support related to cashless
mode of transactions. - 14444
226. For which of the following
purpose did Government of India
recently launch 14444 helpline number?
- for digital payments support
227. Conference on Ease of Doing
Business was held between India and
_________. - United Kingdom
228. India-UK Conference on Ease of
Doing Business was held in _______. -
New Delhi, India
229. Name the TV Channel which was
recently launched to promote cashless
India? - Digishala TV
230. Who among the following
recently launched Digishala TV Channel
to promote cashless India? - Union
Information and Technology Minister
Ravishankar Prasad
231. Which of the following state
recently topped the list of states with
the most deposits in Jan Dhan accounts?
- Uttar Pradesh
232. Nitin Gadkari, the Union
Minister for Road Transport, Highways
and Shipping laid the foundation stones
for 17 road projects in _______. -
Manipur
233. How much amount road
projects did Nitin Gadkari launch in
Manipur? - Rs 1152 Cr
234. How many road projects did
Nitin Gadkari launch in Manipur? - 17
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Industry Director of Facebook India? -
Pulkit Trivedi
236. With which of the following
nation did India recently sign a MoU on
Standardization Cooperation? - Bank
Indonesia
237. ISRO recently signed a deal with
consortium of ____ companies to build
satellite privately. - six
238. Which of the following bank
recently tied up with Indian railways to
install POS machines at various
locations? - State Bank of India
239. State Bank of India recently tied
up with Indian railways to install how
many POS machines at various
locations? - 10000
240. How much amount of Grant
Agreement did India recently sign with
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD) for Additional
Financing for Financing Energy Efficiency
at MSMEs Project? - US$ 5.19 million
241. For which of the following
purpose did India recently sign a Grant
Agreement of USD 5.19 million with
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD)? - Additional
Financing for Financing Energy
Efficiency at MSMEs Project
242. Which of the following state
recently approved the
recommendations of 7th pay
commission? - Uttar Pradesh
243. Who was recently appointed
CEO of Indian Banks Association? - VG
Kannan
244. Who was recently appointed as
the Chairman of LIC? - VK Sharma
245. Which of the following
organisation was recently given
observer status by United Nations? -
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International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC)
246. Which of the following bank
recently pledged Rs 1,300-cr loan for
Telangana irrigation project? - Andhra
247. How much amount of loan did
Andhra Bank recently pledge for
Telangana irrigation project? - 1300
crore
248. Which of the following mobile
wallet company recently launched
campaign to increase digital inclusion? -
PayTM
249. After Rajasthan, in which state
Airtel Payments Bank was recently
launched? - Karnataka
Budget Expected Questions:
Financial Sector:
1. Which of the following board was
announced to be abolished in the
Budget 2017-18? - Foreign Investment
Promotion Board
2. How much amount is set as the lending
target of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
for FY2017-18? - Rs 2.44 lakh crore
3. How many schemes will the government
launch to promote BHIM app? - 2
4. What are the two new Schemes will be
launched to promote the usage of BHIM
App? - Referral Bonus Scheme for
individuals and a Cashback Scheme for
merchants.
5. As per the Union Budget 2017,
transaction above how much amount
will not be permitted in cash? - 3 lakhs
6. How much amount has been allocated
for the BharatNet Project? - 10000 crore
rupees
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 7. Union Government recently proposed to
have a carry-forward of MAT for
_________. - 15 years
8. In the Budget 2017-18, holding period
for long term capital gain lowered to
how many years? - 2 years
9. Capital gains tax to be exempted for
persons holding land from which land
was pooled for creation of the state
capital of _________. - Andhra Pradesh
10. In the Budget 2017-18, government
proposes to reduce basic customs duty
for LNG to what per cent? - 2.5%
11. What is the rate of tax for individuals
earning between Rs. 2.5- Rs 5 lakh? - 5%
12. The government announced simple one
page return for people with an annual
income of _________. - Rs 5 Lakhs
13. How much surcharge will be imposed on
the Income earned between Rs 50 lakh
to Rs 1 crore? - 10 %
14. According to the Union Budget 2017, if
the Income earned is above Rs 1 crore,
then it will fetch what per cent of
surcharge? - 15%
15. What is the time period of revising the
Income Tax Returns as per the Union
Budget 2017? - 12 months
16. In order to give a boost to banking
sector, the Union Budget 2017 proposes
how much provision for Non-Performing
Asset? - 8.5%
17. In the Budget 2017-18, how much tax
rate has been announced to be imposed
on the small and medium-sized
companies that have an annual turnover
of up to Rs 50 crore? - 25%
18. In the Budget 2017-18, 25% tax rate has
been announced to be imposed on the
small and medium-sized companies that
have an annual turnover of up to
_______. - Rs 50 Crore
Miscellaneous:
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1. How many themes were there in the
2017-18 Union Budget? - 10
2. According to the Budget 2017-18, total
expenditure is _______. - Rs. 21, 47,000
crore.
3. According to the Budget 2017-18, capital
expenditure will be _________. - 25.4%
4. According to the Budget 2017-18, total
resources transferred to States and
Union Territories is ________. - Rs 4.11
lakh crore
5. According to the Budget 2017-18,
expenditure for science and technology
is _________. - Rs. 37,435 crore
6. Finance Minister announced in his
Budget Speech that the maximum
amount of cash donation for a political
party will be __________. - 2000
7. In the Union Budget 2017-18, how much
amount has been allocated for the
defence sector? - Rs. 2.74,114 crore.
Agriculture sector:
1. In Union Budget 2017-18 it was
announced that a dedicated micro
irrigation fund will be set up for
NABARD. What will be the initial corpus?
- 5000 crore rupees
2. A dedicated micro-irrigation fund will be
set up by NABARD to achieve the goal of
_________. - 'Per Drop More Crop'
3. How much amount is allocated for the
fund for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana? - Rs 13240 crore
4. How much amount is allocated as credit
to farmers in the 2017-18 Union Budget?
- 10 lakh crore
5. In the 2017-18 Union Budget a sum of
Rs. 10 lakh crore is allocated as credit to
farmers, with how many days of interest
waiver? - 60 days
6. According to the Budget 2017-18
government will set up mini labs in Krishi
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 Vigyan Kendras for what purpose? - soil
testing
7. In Union Budget 2017-18, irrigation
corpus increased from Rs 20,000 crore to
___________. - 40,000 crore rupees
8. According to the Budget 2017-18, dairy
processing infrastructure fund wlll be
initially created with how much amount
of corpus? - 2000 crore rupees
9. What will be the initial corpus of newly
announced Milk Processing Units in
Budget 2017-18? - 8000 crore rupees
Rural population:
1. The government targets to bring 1 crore
households out of poverty by
_________. - 2019
2. During 2017-18, how many farm ponds
will be be taken up under the
MGNREGA? - 5 lakh
3. How much amount has been allocated
for Rural, Agriculture and Allied sectors?
- 1,87,223 crore rupees
4. How much amount has been allocated
for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
for 2017-18? - Rs. 19,000 crore
5. According to the Union Budget 2017-18,
For the women, child,
imparting new skills to the people in the
underprivileged health care:
rural areas, mason training will be
provided to 5 lakh persons by _______. -
2022
6. How much amount did government
allocate for the Deendayal Antyodaya
Yojana- National Rural Livelihood
Mission for 2017-18? - Rs 4500 crore
7. Union Government targets to achieve
100 per cent village electrification by
__________. - 1st May, 2018
8. According to the budget speech by Arun
Jaitley, Sanitation coverage in rural areas
has gone up to ______. - 60%
For youth and Education:
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1. What is the corpus of SANKALP Scheme?
- Rs 4,000 crore
2. What does SANKALP stands for? - Skill
Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness
for Livelihood Promotion
3. What is the corpus of STRIVE scheme? -
Rs 2,200 crore
4. Government recently announced STRIVE
Scheme for students. What does STRIVE
stands for? - Skill Strengthening for
Industrial Value Enhancement
5. How many India International centres
will be set up across the country? - 100
6. Which platform will be launched with
atleast 350 online courses for enabling
students to virtually attend courses? -
SWAYAM
7. In how many districts will government
introduce a system of measuring annual
learning outcomes and come out with an
innovation fund for secondary
education? - 3,479
8. Which initiative will be launched by
Union Government to provide education
and skills through digital means, as per
the Union Budget 2017? - DigiGaon
poor and
1. How much amount has been allocated
for Mahila Shakthi Kendras? - Rs 500
crore
2. The government has set a target to
eliminate tuberculosis by - 2025
3. How many health sub centers will be
transformed into health wellness
centres? - 1.5 lakhs
4. How much amount did the government
allocate for the welfare of Women and
Children under various schemes across
all the Ministries for the FY 2017-18? -
Rs. 1,84,632 crores
5. In the Union Budget 2017-18,
government announced to set up two
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 AIIMS at __________. - Gujarat and
Jharkhand
6. How much amount has been allocated
for Scheduled Castes for FY 2017-18? -
Rs. 52,393 crore
7. Under a nationwide scheme for
pregnant women, how much amount
will be transferred to each person? - Rs
6000
Infrastructure and railways:
1. How much amount has been allocated
for infrastructure sector? - Rs. 39,61,354
2. According to the Budget 2017-18, how
many points will the Indian Railways
focus? - 4
3. Which of the following facility will be
introduced to register all coach related
complaints? - Coach Mitra
4. How much amount has been allocated
for railways? - Rs. 1,31,000 crore
5. Raksha coach will be set up with a corpus
of _______. - 1 lakh crore rupees (for 5
years)
6. Raksha coach will be set up for which
purpose? - Passenger safety
7. Union Government targets to eliminate
unmanned level crossings by
_________. - 2020
8. The government announced all trains
will have bio-toilets by ________. - 2019
9. How many railways stations will be
made differently-abled friendly by
providing lifts and escalators? - 500
10. How much amount has been allocated
for transportation sector as a whole,
including rail, roads, shipping, in the FY
2017-18? - Rs. 241387 crores
11. How much amount has been allocated
for highways? - 64000 crore rupees
12. How many kilometers of coastal
connectivity roads have been identified
for construction and development to
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facilitate better connectivity with ports
and remote villages? - 2000 km
13. How much amount of new railway lines
to be commissioned in 2017-18? - 3,500
km
14. According to the Budget 2017-18, high
speed Internet to be allocated to how
many gram panchayats? - 1,50,000
Non-Financial Expected
Questions:
1. 19th Bharat Rang Mahotsav was held in
________. New Delhi
2. International Theatre Festival of India
was recently held in ______. New Delhi
3. Who is the partner state of 31st
Surajkund International Crafts Mela?
Jharkhand
4. Which of the following country was the
partner country of the 31st Surajkund
International Crafts Mela? Egypt
5. Who was recently appointed as the
Director General of Police (DGP) of
Karnataka? Rupak Kumar Dutta
6. Frank Lampard is associated with which
sports? Football
7. Name the famous footballer who
recently announced retirement. Frank
Lampard
8. The Winners of Excellence under the
state category of the eGovernance
Awards for the year 2017 is/are
____________. Rajasthan and
Telangana
9. Name the first Indian female singer to
collaborate with the United Nations on a
project aimed at empowering women,
ending human trafficking and promoting
gender equality. Neeti Mohan
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10. Which of the following nation recently
announced its aim to launch First Ever
Mars Mission in 2020? UAE
11. Which of the following nation recently
suspended issuance of Visa for travellers
from five major Muslim countries?
Kuwait
12. Asim Basu, who recently passed away,
was related to which field? Theatre
artist
13. With which of the following nation did
India recently sign a MoU to construct a
multi-ethnic secondary school? Sri
Lanka
14. Who among the following inaugurated
the 3-day Visakha Utsav in
Visakhapatnam? Venkaiah Naidu
15. International Day of Zero Tolerance for
Female Genital Mutilation 2017 was
observed on ______. 6 February
16. What was the theme of International Day
of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital
Mutilation 2017? - Building a solid and
interactive bridge between Africa and
the world to accelerate ending FGM by
2030.
17. The World Wetlands Day was observed
globally on __________. 2 February
18. What was the theme of World Wetlands
Day 2017? 'Wetlands for Disaster Risk
Reduction'
19. World Cancer Day is observed on
_________. 4 February
20. What was the theme of World Cancer
Day 2017? We can. I can.
21. Vijay Goel laid the foundation stone for
firstever training centre for differently-
abled sportsmen in ___________. -
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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22. Indias first National Womens
Parliament (NWP) began in __________.
Amravati, Andhra Pradesh
23. What was the theme of Indias first
National Womens Parliament (NWP)?
'Empowering Women - Strengthening
Democracy'
24. How many Post Office Passport Seva
Kendra facilities were announced to be
launched by Union Government? 56
25. Name the first North-East state to
implement e-Cabinet solution.
Arunachal Pradesh
26. Integrated Under Water Harbour
Defence and Surveillance System
(IUHDSS) for the Indian Navy was
recently launched in _________.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
27. The Implementation and Assessment
Group (IAG) meeting of the GICNT
partner countries was held in
___________. New Delhi
28. In which of the following state did the
first Smart Police Station start
functioning? Andhra Pradesh
29. The Union Health Ministry on 5 February
2017 launched the measles-rubella (MR)
vaccination campaign in _________.
Bengaluru
30. The Union Health Ministry on 5 February
2017 launched the measles-rubella (MR)
vaccination campaign in how many
states? five states/UTs
31. National Deworming Day 2017 was
observed on __________. 10 February
32. Safer Internet Day is observed on
_________. 7 February
33. What was theme of Safer Internet Day
2017? Be the Change: Unite for a
Better Internet
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34. Mission 11 million initiative launched for
which purpose? a football initiative
aimed towards taking the game to
12,000 schools in 37 cities across the
country
35. Aashay Verma is associated with which
sports? Basketball
36. Priyanka Prabhakara is associated with
which sports? Basketball
37. Rituparna Das is associated with which
sports? Badminton
38. Sourabh Verma is associated with which
sports? Badminton
39. 2017 FIBA Womens Asia Cup will be held
in _________. Bengaluru, India
40. Who among the following authored the
book titled - Veerappan, Chasing the
Brigand? K Vijay Kumar
41. Who was honoured with Israel's 'Genesis
prize' 2017? Anish Kapoor
42. Which of the following airlines launched
the world's longest scheduled
commercial airline route? Qatar
Airways ( Doha to Auckland)
43. Name the vessel of Indian Navy which
recently has gone green by installing a
solar power system on board. INS
Sarvekshak
44. National Productivity Day 2017 was
observed on ______. 12 February
45. What was the theme of National
Productivity Day 2017? 'From Waste to
Profits-through Reduce, Recycle and
Reuse'
46. World Radio Day was celebrated across
the world on ________. 13 February
47. What was the theme of World Radio Day
2017? Radio is You
48. International Day of Women and Girls in
Science is observed on _______. 11
February
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49. Who won the T20 Blind World Cup 2017?
India
50. Who was elected as the new President of
Germany? Frank-Walter Steinmeier
51. ISRO set world record by launching how
many satellites in a single mission? 104
52. International Aero India 2017 was held in
_________. Bengaluru, Karnataka
53. Indias first floating elementary school
inaugurated on ________. Manipurs
Loktak Lake
54. Who was recently appointed as
Pakistan's first woman Foreign Secretary
to UN? Tehmina Janjua
55. Who won the 2017 Laureus 'Sportsman
of the Year' award? Usain Bolt
56. Which of the following Indian state
recently launched Nasha Mukt campaign
to make state addiction-free? - Bihar
57. Jallikattu is a bull taming sport practiced
in - Tamil Nadu
58. Donald Trump sworn-in as _____ US
President. - 45th
59. Who was recently appointed as the
Director of the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI)? - Alok Kumar Verma
60. Who recently sworn in as President of
Gambia in Senegal? - Adama Barrow
61. Who won the 2017 Pro Wrestling League
Season? - Punjab Royals
62. Which of the following airports recently
won the Corporate Social Responsibility
award in aviation sector? - Delhi
International Airport
63. 65th Miss Universe pageant was held in
_______. - Philippines
64. Which of the following Bollywood
actress recently judged the 65th Miss
Universe pageant? - Sushmita Sen
65. Who won the 2017 Malaysia Masters
Grand Prix Gold? - Saina Nehwal
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66. Saina Nehwal recently won the
___________. - 2017 Malaysia Masters
Grand Prix Gold Womens Singles title
67. Naqsh Lyallpuri, who recently passed
away, was a/an __________. - Eminent
Urdu poet.
68. Whose pen name is Naqsh Lyallpuri? -
Jaswant Rai Sharma
69. With which of the following nation did
India in January, 2017 sign a MoU in the
field of defence industry? - United Arab
Emirates
70. Name the guided missile which was
recently tested by DRDO in January,
2017. - PINAKA
71. Union Government recently approved
setting up of world class Integrated
Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre in
_________. - New Delhi
72. Union Government recently approved
setting up of world class Integrated
Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre in
New Delhi. What is the estimated project
cost? - Rs 2,254 crore.
73. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER
2016) was conducted by ________. -
Pratham NGO
74. Which of the following nation recently
launched first-ever Military
Communications Satellite Kirameki-2? -
Japan
75. US President Donald Trump signed
executive order to pull US out of TPP.
What does TPP stands for? - Trans-
Pacific Partnership (TPP)
76. Which of the following country in
January, 2017 launched a 10-year-plan to
cut reliance on vegetable imports from
India? - Nepal
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77. Who was recently appointed as Director
of Central Intelligence Agency? - Mike
Pompeo
78. National Voters Day is observed on
__________. - 25 January
79. 7th National Voters Day was observed
on 25 January, 2017 with the theme of
________. - Empowering Young and
Future Voters
80. National Girl Child Day is observed on
__________. - 24 January
81. What was the theme of 2017 National
Girl Child Day? - Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao
82. Which of the following contingent
participated in the Republic Day parade
for the first time? - National Security
Guard
83. 2017 Republic Day Theme was
____________. - Skill India and Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao.
84. Who was the chief guest of 2017
Republic Day? - Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of
Abu Dhabi
85. Indias first ever Womens Football
Professional League will be held in
___________. - New Delhi
86. Who has been recenelt selected to the
2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame
instituted by the American Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery? - G N
Rao
87. Indian Navys Theatre Level Exercise
TROPEX 17 recently began in January,
2017. What does TROPEX stands for? -
Theatre Readiness Operational Exercise
88. Kambala festival is associated with
_________. - Karnataka
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89. Who was recently appointed as
Karnataka Lokayukta? - P Vishwanath
Shetty
90. Who was recently appointed as the Delhi
Police Commissioner? - Amulya Kumar
91. Who was recently appointed as UN in
India Goodwill Ambassador for the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
- Ashok Amritraj
92. Who was recently appointed as
Chancellor of Nalanda University? - Dr
Vijay Bhatkar
93. Who was recently appointed as the
acting governor of Meghalaya? -
Banwarilal Purohit
94. Who was recently appointed as the
acting governor of Arunachal Pradesh? -
P B Acharya
95. Who topped the Transparency
Internationals Corruption Perceptions
Index 2016? - Denmark
96. Who won the Miss Universe 2016 title? -
Frances Iris Mittenaere
97. Who was recently appointed head of 4-
member BCCI panel by Supreme Court? -
Ex-CAG Vinod Rai
98. Who won the men's single title in the
Syed Modi International Badminton
Championships 2017? - Sameer Verma
99. Who won the women's single title in the
Syed Modi International Badminton
Championships 2017? - PV Sindhu
100. Who won the 2017 Australian Open
Mens Singles title? - Roger Federer
101. Roger Federer won the 2017
Australian Open Mens Singles title by
defeating _______. - Rafael Nadal
102. Roger Federer created history by
winning most grandslam after he won
the 2017 Australian Open Mens Singles
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title. How many grandslams did he win in
total? - 18
103. Who won the 2017 Australian Open
Womens Singles title? - Serena Williams
104. Anti-Leprosy Day is observed on
___________. - 30 January
105. Who was recently appointed
President of Table Tennis Federation of
India? - Dushyant Chautala
106. Who was recently appointed
Chairman of African Union Commission?
- Moussa Faki Mahamat
107. Which of the following state tourism
was recently featured in ABTAs Travel
Trends Report 2017? - Kerala
108. What was Kerala's rank in ABTAs
Travel Trends Report 2017? - 8
109. Name the nuclear-capable strategic
ballistic missile which was recently
tested - Agni-IV
110. What is the range of Agni-IV ? - 4000
km
111. Somdev Devvarman is associated
with which sports? - Tennis
112. Who was named as World's Best
Playmaker for 2016 by International
Federation of Football History &
Statistics? - Lionel Messi
113. In how many cities did National
Mission for Clean Ganga announce to
introduce trash skimmers to clean the
Ganga river? - 6
114. Who was recently appointed as the
New Chief Secretary of Telangana? - SP
Singh
115. Name the Indian origin entrepreneur
who was recently appointed Major
General of Kyrgyzstan? - Shaikh
Mohammed
116. Who was recently appointed as
Chairman of UPSC? - David R Syiemlieh
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recently chosen for 2016 Bharatiya
Jnanpith Navlekhan Award? - Shraddha
and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
118. Name the British-Indian professor
who was recently knighted by Queen
Elizabeth II. - Shankar Balasubramanian
119. In how many cities did government
recently launch the Swachh Survekshan-
2017? - 500
120. Which of the following organisation
will conduct Swachh Survekshan-2017? -
Quality Council of India (QCI)
121. Union Government launched an
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Enforcement Toolkit for police in
_______. - New Delhi
122. Who among the following launched
the mobile app for Haj Pilgrimage? -
Union Minister of State for Minority
Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
123. 104th Indian Science Congress was
held in ___________. - Tirupati
124. Who was recently declared winner of
Haitis Presidential elections? - Jovenel
Moise
125. 2017 will be observed as ______. -
International Year of Sustainable
Tourism for Development
126. H S Mahadev Prasad, who recently
passed away, was a _______. - Politician
127. Name the Karnataka's Cooperation
Minister who recently passed away. - H S
Mahadev Prasad
128. World Braille Day is observed on
__________. - 4 January
129. Tony Atkinson, who recently passed
away was a famous ________. - British
Economist
130. Who was appointed as brand
ambassador of Gionee? - Virat Kohli
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131. Who won the 2017 Qatar Open? -
Novak Djokovic
132. Who won the men's singles title of
2017 Chennai Open? - Roberto Bautista
Agut
133. Who won the 2017 Brisbane
International Womens Doubles title? -
Sania Mirza along with her American
partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands
134. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who
recently passed away was the former
president of ____. - Iran
135. With which of the following space
organisation did ISRO recently sign a
Partnership Agreement for satellite
launch technology? - French Space
agency (CNES)
136. With which of the following space
organisation did Axiom Research Lab sign
Mou for equipping their lunar rover with
micro-cameras? - French Space agency
(CNES)
137. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated
Nobel Prize Exhibition in ________. -
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
138. Who won the Best Motion Picture
(Drama) in 74th Annual Golden Globe
Awards? - Moonlight
139. Who was named Best FIFA Mens
Player 2016? - Cristiano Ronaldo
140. Who recently won the Technical
Oscar Award? - IIT Kharagpur alumnus
Parag Havaldar
141. 12th World Hindi Day was observed
on ___________. - 10 January
142. Which of the following vaccine was
introduced in the Universal
Immunization Programme? - Rubella
vaccine
143. 21st National Youth Festival was held
in ______. - Rohtak, Haryana
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expand World Cup competition to _____.
- 48 teams
145. Roman Herzog, ho recently passed
away was the former president of ____.
- Germany
146. Worlds first Gender Literature
Festival (GLF) will be held in __________.
- Patna, Bihar
147. Name the second of the Scorpene
class submarine, which was launched in
Mumbai. - INS Khanderi
148. Name the first country to ban FM
radio broadcasting. - Norway
149. National Youth Day is observed on
_____. - 12 January
150. Who was recently appointed new
Vice Chief of Army Staff? - Lt General
Sarath Chand
151. In which of the following city/state
the world's largest stadium is being
constructed? - Ahmedabad, Gujarat
152. Who won the 2016-2017 Ranji
Trophy? - Gujarat
153. Who won the best film in 62nd
Filmfare awards? - Dangal
154. Which of the following won the 2016
Hindu Prize? - Kiran Doshis book titled
Jinnah Often Came to Our House
155. First Ever Asia-Pacific Broadcasting
Union Dance Festival concluded in
___________. - Hyderabad
156. Who took the chair of UN group of
134 developing countries? - Ecuador
157. India's first solar power boat was
launched in ______. - Kerala
158. Army Day is celebrated on _______. -
15 January
159. Deepak Roy, who recently passed
away was a _______. - Filmmaker
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160. Who topped the Arton Capital's
global ranking 'Passport Index? -
Germany
161. Which of the following state recently
announced series of welfare measures
for army personnel? - Telangana
162. Who won the 2017 Premier
Badminton League? - Chennai Smashers
163. Who won the Delhi International
Open chess tournament? - Farrukh
Amonatov
164. Who recently won the 2016 T S Eliot
Prize for Poetry? - Jacob Polley
165. Name the recently launched web-
portal for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. -
ShaGun
166. Which Indian cricketer was recently
inducted into Legends Clubs Hall of
Fame? - Kapil Dev
167. Who recently became the worldwide
Olympic partner through 2028? - Alibaba
168. Khullam Khulla is the autobiography
of _________. - Rishi Kapoor
169. Who was appointed as the new
President of European Parliament? -
Antonio Tajani
170. Which city was recently declared as
second capital of Himachal Pradesh? -
Dharmashala
171. An Unsuitable Boy is the
autobiography of ________. - Karan
Johar
172. Which of the following app was
recently launched to provide village-wise
and habitation-wise base line data on
household electrification for all the
states? - Garv-II
173. GARV-II app was recently launched to
provide village-wise and habitation-wise
base line data on household
electrification for all the states. What
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 does GARV stands for? - Grameen
Vidyutikaran
174. In which of the following place did
PM Narendra Modi recently laid the
foundation stone of Madan Mohan
Malviya Cancer Center in December,
2016? - Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
175. What is the project outlay of Madan
Mohan Malviya Cancer Center? - 500
crore rupees
176. Who was recently appointed as the
brand ambassador of American
Tourister? - Virat Kohli
177. Who was recently appointed as the
new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu? -
Girija Vaidyanathan
178. Who among the following was
named the ICC Cricketer of the Year? -
Ravichandran Ashwin
179. Who among was selected the ODI
Cricketer of the Year? - South Africa's
Quinton de Kock
180. Who was recently declared as the
2016 AIFF Player of the Year? - Jeje
Lalpekhlua
181. Which of the following place recently
withdrew visa-free facility for Indians? -
Hong Kong, China
182. Pratikar-1 is a military exercise
between - Nepal and China
183. Who won the Sahitya Akademi
Award 2016 for Hindi? - Nasira Sharma
184. Who won the Sahitya Akademi
Award 2016 for English? - Jerry Pinto
185. Who won the Sahitya Akademi
Award 2016 for Urdu? - Nizam Siddiqui
186. National Mathematics Day is
observed on ______. - 22 December
187. In which of the following place did
government inaugurated North Eastern
Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy
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in December, 2016? - Shillong,
Meghalaya
188. Which of the following organisation
recently launched Performance on
Health Outcomes index? - NITI Aayog
189. Who among the following recently
named as the top earning celebrity of
2016 in the Forbes India Celebrity 100
List? - Salman Khan
190. Shiva Keshavan is associated with
which sports? - Luge
191. Who won the women's U18 Hockey
Asia Cup? - China
192. Who won the bronze medal in
women's U18 Hockey Asia Cup? - India
193. Which of the following nation
recently launched TanSat satellite to
monitor global carbon emissions? - China
194. Name the Indian-American who was
recently elected Mayor of South San
Francisco city? - Pradeep Gupta
195. With which of the following institute
did the Indian Army recently tie up for
Research and Development? - IIT
Gandhinagar
196. Which of the following state recently
announced to launch malaria elimination
programme named DAMAN in eight
districts? - Odisha
197. DRDO successfully flight tested Smart
Anti-Airfield Weapon system in ____. -
Odisha
198. Who was recently conferred with the
52nd Jnanpith Award? - Bengali poet
Shankha Ghosh
199. Who was named PETA's Person of
the Year 2016? - Sunny Leone
200. Which bollywood actor's 500th film
The Big Sick will premier in Sundance
Film Festival? - Anupam Kher
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201. National Consumer Day is celebrated
on ______. - 21 December
202. What was the theme of National
Consumer Day 2016? - Alternate
Consumer Disputes Redressal
203. Good Governance Day is observed on
______. - 25 December
204. Which of the following title did Yuki
Bhambri win in December, 2016? - ITF
Hong Kong F4 Futures title
205. Yuki Bhambri is assocaited with
which sports? - Tennis
206. Who won the Under-19s Asia Cup
title 2016? - India
207. India won the 2016 Under-19s Asia
Cup title by defeating _______. - Sri
Lanka
208. Dinanath Bhargava, who recently
passed away _________. - designed
National Emblem
209. First biological pacemaker developed
from human stem cells in - Canada
210. For which of the following purpose
did government recently set up Justice B
N Srikrishna committee? - to
recommend ways to make arbitration
more efficient
211. Which of the following state recently
signed a MoU with Andhra to prepare
citizen database? - Haryana
212. In which of the following place did
Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone
of Char Dham Highway Development
Project? - Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
[Note: It is also called as the Chardham
Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna.]
213. What is the approximate project cost
of Char Dham Highway Development
Project? - Rs 12,000 crore
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214. Who was appointed as the Director
General of J&K police in December,
2016? - Shesh Pal Vaid
215. Who was appointed as the 21st
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi? - Anil
Baijal
216. Which of the following state will host
2022 National Games? - Meghalaya
217. 2017 National Games will be held in
_______. - Goa
218. Samit Gohel is assocaited with which
sports? - Cricket
219. Who was recently chosen Cricket
Australias ODI Captain of Year 2016? -
Virat Kohli
220. Tennis player Ana Ivanovic recently
announced retirement. She represented
which nation? - Serbia
221. Which of the following nation
recently rejected Indias 'Open Sky
offer? - Nepal
222. Who among was recently selected
for 2016 Bihari Puraskar? - Rajasthani
writer Satya Narayan
223. Name the famous Star Wars movie
actress who recently passed away. -
Carrie Fisher
224. Sunderlal Patwa, who recently
passed away, was the former Chief
Minister of ______. - Madhya Pradesh
225. Name the astronmer who confirmed
dark matter passed away in December,
2016. - Vera Rubin
226. Who among the following launched
Swachh Swasth Sarvatra initiative? - JP
Nadda
227. Which of the following nation
recently launched remote sensing
satellites SuperView-1 01 and 02? - China
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228. Which of the following country
recently operationalised world's longest
bullet train line? - China
229. World's highest bridge standing
1850ft above a gorge opened in
_______. - China
230. Beipanjiang Bridge, 'world's highest
bridge' recently opened in China. What is
the height of the bridge? - 1850 ft
231. Indias first transgender school was
opened in _______. - Kochi, Kerala
232. Who was appointed as Prime
Minister of Romania? - Sorin Grindeanu
233. Which of the following company
recently launched Hour of Code
campaign to teach computer
programming to school kids? - Disney
234. Name the campaign launched by
Disney to teach computer programming
to school kids? - Hour of Code
235. In how many states did Disney
recently launch Hour of Code campaign
to teach computer programming to
school kids? - 3
236. Which of the following ministry
launched the Swasthya Raksha
Programme recently? - AYUSH Ministry
237. Swasthya Raksha Programme was
recently launched by AYUSH Ministry for
which purpose? - to promote health and
health education in rural villages
238. Name the Indian cricketer who
recently became the second Indian to
score triple century in Tests? - Karun Nair
239. Karun Nair became second Indian to
score triple century in Tests. He scored
the triple ton against ________. -
England
240. Which of the following bank recently
became the first national supporter for
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the Under 17 FIFA World Cup? - Bank of
Baroda
241. Who won the 2016 Indian Super
League? - Atletico de Kolkata
242. Atletico de Kolkata won the 2016
Indian Super League by defeating
________. - Kerala Blasters
243. Whom did Vijender Singh defeat to
retain WBO Asia Pacific Super
Middleweight title? - Francis Cheka
244. 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup
was held in which country? - Uttar
Pradesh, India
245. Who won the 2016 Men's Hockey
Junior World Cup? - India
246. Who did India defeat to win the 2016
Men's Hockey Junior World Cup? -
Belgium
247. Who was recently crowned Miss
World 2016? - Puerto Ricos Stephanie
Del Valle
248. UNESCO accorded World Heritage
Site Status to which of the following city?
- Rio De Janerio
249. Name the 1st country to legally
approve 3-parent technique. - United
Kingdom
250. British Library- the national library of
the United Kingdom, recently announec
to digitise how many early printed
Bengali books? - 4000
251. Fifth edition of India-Arab
Partnership Conference was held in
_______. - Muscat, Oman
252. The Supreme Court (SC) recently
ordered the State and the Union
Governments to remove all liquor shops
located ________________ from
national and state highways. - 500
meters or less
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253. The Supreme Court (SC) recently
ordered the State and the Union
Governments to remove all liquor shops
located 500 meters or less from national
and state highways. Who headed the
bench? - Chief Justice TS Thakur
254. Joint military exercise EKUVERIN was
held between India and _______. -
Maldives
255. Who was recently appointed as the
new chief of Army Staff? - Lt Gen Bipin
Rawat
256. Who was recently appointed as the
new chief of Indian Air Force? - Air
Marshal BS Dhanoa
257. Who was recently appointed as the
new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) -
Rajiv Jain
258. Who was recently appointed as the
new chief of Research and Analysis Wing
(R&AW)? - Anil Dhasnama
259. Who was recently appointed as the
new Audi India head? - Rahil Ansari
260. Who was recently appointed as the
Director General and Chief Executive
Officer of the Indian Institute of
Corporate Affairs (IICA)? - Sunil Arora
261. Who among the following was
recently named UN Deputy Secretary-
General? - Nigerias Amina Mohammed
262. Who was recently named 2016
'Global Thinker' by Foreign Policy
magazine? - Sushma Swaraj
263. Who was recently awarded with the
Global Agriculture Leadership Award
2016? - Ratan Tata
264. Who was recently named in ICC
Women's Team of the Year? - Indian
cricketer Smriti Mandhana
265. Smriti Mandhana is associated with
which sports? - Cricketer
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266. Sushma Swaraj was recently named
2016 'Global Thinker' by Foreign Policy
magazine. In which country is Foreign
Policy Magazine is originated? - United
States of America
267. Which of the following president was
recently accorded a ceremonial welcome
at Rashtrapati Bhavan? - Kyrgyzstan
President Almazbek Sharshenovich
Atambayev
268. Karun Nair is associated with which
sports? - Cricket
269. How much amount of fine did
National Green Tribunal decided to
impose on aircrafts that empty human
waste in air? - Rs 50000
270. Which of the following state recently
announced to create OBC Ministry? -
Maharashtra
271. India recently signed a Letter of
Agreement and Acceptance (LOA) with
the US to purchase how many M777
ultra-light artillery guns? - 145
272. India recently signed a Letter of
Agreement and Acceptance (LOA) with
the US to purchase 145 M777 ultra-light
artillery guns for _____. - Rs 5000 crore
273. Which of the following was recently
added to list of worlds intangible
heritage by UNESCO? - Cuban rumba and
Belgian beer
274. What was the theme of World AIDS
Day 2016? - Hands up for
#HIVprevention
275. World AIDS Day is observed on
______. - 1 December
276. Who won the 2016 World Chess
Championship? - Magnus Carlsen
277. 2016 World Chess Championship was
held in _____. - New York, USA
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278. Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan was
recently launched by ___________. -
Prakash Javadekar, the Union Minister
for Human Resource Development
279. Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan was
recently launched for which of the
following purpose? - to make people
aware about the cashless economic
system
280. Name the campaign which was
recently launched to make people aware
about the cashless economic system. -
Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan
281. Which of the following was recently
added to the list of Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO? - Yoga
282. Which of the following states confers
the Yash Bharti Awards? - Uttar Pradesh
283. Who was recently appointed as the
CBI additional director? - Rakesh
Asthana
284. With which of the following nation
did India recently sign a MoU on cyber
space and combating cyber-crime? -
United Arab Emirates
285. Who won the readers poll for the
TIME Person of the Year 2016? -
Narendra Modi
286. Who was named as the TIME Person
of the Year 2016? - Donald Trump
287. Who among the following was
recently chosen for the prestigious "2016
Asian of the Year" by the Straits Times of
Singapore? - Sachin Bansal & Binny
Bansal of Flipkart
288. Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal of
Flipkart was recently chosen for the
prestigious "2016 Asian of the Year" by
________. - Straits Times of Singapore
289. International Volunteer Day is
observed on _____. - 5 December
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290. International Volunteer Day 2016
was observed with the theme of
_______. - Global Applause give
volunteers a hand
291. What was the theme of World Soil
Day 2016? - Soils and pulses, a symbiosis
for life
292. World Soil Day is observed on ____. -
5 December
293. National Pollution Control Day is
observed on _______. - 2 December
294. International Day of Persons with
Disabilities is observed on __________. -
3 December
295. What was the theme of International
Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016? -
Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We
Want
296. Who won the 2016 Miss
Supranational title? - Srinidhi Shetty
297. Who won the 2016 Women's Asia
Cup T20? - India
298. India won the 2016 Women's Asia
Cup T20 by defeating _________.
Pakistan
299. 2016 Women's Asia Cup T20 was held
in ______. - Bangkok, Thailand
300. Who recently launched the Stanpan
Suraksha mobile app to promote
breastfeeding? - Union Tribal Affairs
Minister Jual Oram
301. Name the earth observation satellite
recently launched by ISRO? -
RESOURCESAT-2A
302. Who was appointed as the 44th Chief
Justice of India? - Justice J S Khehar
303. Who recently sworn-in as Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu? - O
Panneerselvam
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304. Who was recently appointed Chief of
Directorate General of Civil Aviation? - B
S Bhullar
305. Shavkat Mirziyoyev was recently
appointed president of __________. -
Uzbekistan
306. Navy Day is observed on _____. - 4
December
307. Navy Day 2016 was the _______. -
45th
308. Which of the following offshore
patrol vessel recently visited Australia to
strengthen bilateral ties? - INS Sumitra
309. Konkan 16 is a bilateral maritime
exercise between India and ________. -
United Kingdom
310. National Water Day will be observed
on _______. - Dr Ambedkars birthday
14th April
311. Who won the 2016 Turner Prize? -
Artist Helen Marten
312. India recently agreed to train Sukhoi
Su-30MK2 fighter pilots of ________.
Vietnam
313. With which of the following country
did India recently sign a Civil nuclear
cooperation agreement? - Vietnam
(Earlier India signed with Japan too).
314. Which of the following state
government recently decided to impose
a blanket ban on the sale and
consumption of liquor in three districts
of the state? - Uttarakhand
315. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan launched
Haritha Keralam Mission for which of the
following purpose? - to make the state
clean, protect its water sources and soil.
316. Which of the following nation
recently announced India as their Major
Defence Partner? - The US
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317. Human Rights Day is observed on
______. - 10 December
318. What was the theme of Human
Rights Day 2016? - "Stand up for
someone's rights today
319. International Anti-Corruption Day is
observed on ______. - 9 December
320. What was the theme of International
Anti-Corruption Day 2016? - United
against corruption for development,
peace and security.
321. Which of the following language was
named the most powerful in the 2016
World Power Language Index (PLI)? -
English
322. Who among the following recently
released 2016 World Power Language
Index (PLI)? - World Economic Forum
323. What was the rank of Hindi language
in the 2016 World Power Language Index
(PLI)? - 10
324. Name the 1st American to Orbit
Earth who recently passed away. - John
Glenn
325. Who recently launched Kailash
Satyarthis 100 Million for 100 Million
campaign? - President Pranab
Mukherjee
326. Name the campaign by Kailsah
Satyarthi which was recently launched by
President of India. - 100 Million for 100
Million campaign
327. President Pranab Mukherjee
launched Kailash Satyarthis 100 Million
for 100 Million campaign. What is the
aim of the campaign? - mobilising 100
million youth and children for the
upliftment of 100 million
underprivileged children across the
world.
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328. Which of the following company
recnelty tied up with ISRO for assembly,
integration and testing of Indian
Regional Navigation Satellite System
Satellites (IRNSS)? - Alpha Design
329. Which of the following state recently
launched Narmada Seva Yatra? -
Madhya Pradesh
330. Who was recently elected as New
Zealands new Prime Minister? - Bill
English
331. Who among the following sworn-in
as ninth Secretary General of United
Nations? - Antonio Gueterres
332. Who was recently elected as Italys
new Prime Minister? - Paolo Gentiloni
333. What was India's rank in Expedia
'Vacation Deprivation report 2016? - 4
334. Worlds longest tunnel opened for
commercial service in ________. -
Switzerland
335. What is the name of the worlds
longest tunnel for commercial service? -
Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT)
336. Who was recently conferred with
highest French civilian distinction Legion
of Honour? - US Secretary of State John
Kerry
337. International Mountain Day 2016
was observed on ________. - 11
December
338. What was the theme of International
Mountain Day 2016? - Mountain
Cultures: Celebrating diversity and
strengthening identity.
339. Which of the following state recently
launched Indias first amphibious bus
project? - Punjab
340. Name the cyclone which recently
struck coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and
Andhra Pradesh. - Vardah
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341. Which Bollywood actress was
recently appointed UNICEF Global
Goodwill Ambassador? - Priyanka
Chopra
342. With which of the following nation
did India recently sign a MoU on Youth
and Sports Cooperation? - Indonesia
343. Who was recently conferred with
2016 Ballon d'Or Award? - Cristiano
Ronaldo
344. Who awarded the 2016 Ballon d'Or
Award? - France Football magazine
345. Who won the World Billiards title
2016? - Pankaj Advani
346. Which of the following nation, after
India demonetized its popular 100
banknotes? - Venezuela (Bolivar Fuerte
100)
347. Which of the following nation
recently launched advanced weather
satellite Fengyun-4? - China
348. What is Indra Navy- 2016? - Indo-
Russian Bilateral Naval Exercise
349. Name the book compiled and
recently launched by Supreme Court
Editorial Committee. - Courts of India-
Past to Present
350. Which of the following state recently
launched Mahila Police Volunteer
Initiative? - Haryana
351. What was PM Narendra Modi's rank
in the Forbes magazine's annual list of
Worlds Most Powerful People 2016? - 9
352. Who topped the Forbes magazine's
annual list of Worlds Most Powerful
People 2016? - Vladmir Putin
353. Name the Nobel-winning economist
who passed away recently. - Thomas
Schelling
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