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Editorial
"Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall."

- Napoleon Bonaparte
Dear Aspirants,
We feel delighted to present to you the "February 2020" edition of "Master In Current Affairs". MICA is a comprehensive
magazine focused on both the intellectual and competitive nature of learning. Apart from the competitive edge, MICA is intended to
provide you with a vision of self-enhancement.
MICA includes highly acclaimed sections such as, Newsletters, News Diary, One Liner, World of English, which are directly related to
your preparation for competitive examinations. Chalte - Chalte is one of the most steering elements of MICA on the go, which is mentioned
below every page.
This edition creates a forum where all candidates and guidance personnel can meet the important issues of this month which may play a
vital role in the forthcoming examination. The important topics covered in this edition are:
“Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019” – The Act seeks to amend the definition of illegal immigrant for Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist
and Christian immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who have been living in India without documentation.
The next article is “Impeachment of Donald Trump” - Donald Trump, now the former American President became the third President
in American history to be impeached with a majority of Representatives voting in favour of the two articles of impeachment drawn
up by House Democrats.
Then there is another topic “International Financial Services Authority Bill 2019” - The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has approved establishment of a unified authority for regulating all financial services in International
Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) in India through International Financial Srvices Centres Authority Bill, 2019.
The next topic “COP25 Climate Summit” - The 25th edition of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or COP25 held in Madrid (Spain).
In this edition as a wish for your bright and prosperous future we are providing “SSC CHSL: Previous Paper 2019 “and
“CRP Clerk Mains : Model Paper 2019” for your self-assessment.
You can also test your Current Affairs by visiting the Quiz Time section for self-assessment, which includes all possible
multiple-choice questions from the current affairs of this month.
To serve you better we will diligently serve you our level best with various new topics and news that is
important from the examination point of view

Best of luck for your exams.

Your suggestions will be highly valuable and welcomed.

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Editor : N.K. Jain “Your Success is Our Success”
 Dwaipayan
PERSONAL DETAILS
Dwaipayan Chakraborty
Father’s Name : Mr. Debabrata Chakraborty
Mother’s Name : Mrs. Chandana Chakraborty
Hobbies : Reading, Swimming, Running & Research
Prior Selection : None
Name of the Exam : Allahabad Bank
Roll No. of Qualified Exam : 3031021869
Roll No. of Mahendra Institute : CAL0611676770
English Language
English Newspaper reading was
the main source of improving this
section.
Reasoning
I solved all the questions given in
the books and handouts provided by
Mahendra’s.
Quantitative Aptitude
MICA : Mahendra's family Maths was my weakest section.
expresses its heartfelt Thanks to Mahendra's faculty that he
congratulations on your helped me improve my Maths.
success. General Awareness
Dwaipayan : Thank You! I thoroughly read the notes given by
MICA : To whom do you want the faculty of Mahendra's.
to give the credit of MICA : What would you
your selection? say about “Master
Dwaipayan : My Parents, God and in Current Affairs”
my teachers. Magazine (MICA)
MICA : After how many attempts and Mahendra Guru
Website?
did you succeed in this
examination? Dwaipayan : I did not use the website
Dwaipayan : I missed SBI PO 2018 much. But every month I
by 0.19 marks. This mugged up the Current
was my first attempt at
Affairs magazine. It
IBPS. is the best source of
MICA : What is the role of
Current Affairs.
Mahendra's institute in
MICA : What is the best thing
your selection? about our coaching
Dwaipayan : I join their green plus
institute, according to
programme and took you?
regular Speed Test and Dwaipayan : Faculties and staff are
class. very supportive. They
MICA : How did you prepare guide on each & every
for the examination? topic and solve the
Dwaipayan : doubts. They provide
Sridhar Patra appointed CMD of NALCO.
INTERVIEW
study room.
MICA : What is the role of
“Time Management” in
one’s success?
Dwaipayan : It is utmost important.
Time management is
the key to sure success.
MICA : How did you prepare
for the Interview?
Dwaipayan : I have not required
stammering problem
and inability to keep my
nerves was also an issue
for interview which I
handled well after mock
interviews provided by
Mahendra’s.
MICA : Tell us about the
Interview Board and
the questions asked?
Dwaipayan : After greetings they
asked me to introduce
myself.
The questions asked were:
I. What is RRB. Who controls it?
And shares?
II. Name 4 women CEO of banks?
III. Which program of West Bengal
government got UNESCO
Award.
IV. What is banking ombudsman?
V. Role of SEBI? Is digital
transaction controlled by RBI?
MICA : From whom did you
get information of your
selection and what was
your reaction?
Dwaipayan : I myself checked and I
was pleased.
MICA : What message do you
want to convey to other
aspirants?
Dwaipayan : Work hard and follow
your teacher's guidance
MICA : Congratulations! once
again on your success.
Your success is our
success.
Dwaipayan : Thank You!
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CURRENT AFFAIRS One Liner

ONE Liner
PERSONS IN NEWS
## Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was recently re-
elected as the President of which country?
## Justice Muhammad Raffiq took oath as the Chief
Justice of which state? - Meghalaya
- UAE
## Which South Asian country tops the list of TRACE
## Which Hindi writer has been selected for the Vyas Bribery Risk Matrix with highest bribery risk?
Samman-2019 for outstanding literary work? - Somalia
- Nasira Sharma
## Justice SA Bobde took oath as the Chief Justice
## Whose Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status was
of India on November 18, 2019. By whome he was
withdrawn by the Home Ministry?
administered the oath of office?
- Aatish Taseer
- President
## Which Indian batsman has recently set a record of
playing 100th T20 International match? ## Who has been recently elected as the President of Sri
- Rohit Sharma Lanka? - Gotabaya Rajapaksa
## Who has inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor check ## The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir had
post on 9th November 2019? constituted an administrative council to fulfill all the
- Narendra Modi government functions. Who had chair the council?
## Who has become the fastest Indian cricketer to take 50 - GC Murmu
T20I wickets? - Yuzvendra Chahal ## Who had announced that the NRC process would be
## Who resigned as the Union Minister of Heavy Industries carried out across India and cover all citizens?
and Public Enterprises citing moral reasons? - Home Minister Amit
- Arvind Sawant Shah
## What is the name of the former Election Commissioner,
who has passed away recently, who had strongly AWARDS
advocated electoral reforms in India?
- TN Seshan ## Which actor has got ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’
award? - Rajinikanth
## Who has become the first Indian to be elected to the
board of Metropolitan Museum of Art? ## Who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement
- Nita Ambani award at the Golden Jubilee of International Film
Festival of India? - Isabelle Hupert
## Which country has granted asylum to former Bolivian
president Evo Morales? - Mexico ## Who has won the Infosys Prize 2019 in the Engineering
## Who has been recently given the additional charge of and Computer Science category?
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises? - Sunita Sarawagi
## - Prakash Javdekar ## India’s Ravi Prakash won the BRICS-Young Innovator
## Which first female officer will be posted abroad as Prize for inventing which inventions?
'Naval Attache' by Navy? - Karabi Gogoi - Milk chilling unit
## Which famous mathematician from Bihar died ## Who has been conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for
recently? - Vashishtha Narayan Peace, Disarmament and Development 2019?
Singh - David Attenborough

6 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Suniel Shetty has been selected as the brand ambassador of NADA.

SCHEMES AND LAUNCHES
## The Government Employees of which Union Territory
are getting all 7th CPC Allowances from 31st October
2019? - Jammu & Kashmir
One Liner
## The BJP had won how many seats in Maharashtra
assembly elections? - 105
## Which district became the first kerosene-free district
of Gujarat? - Gandhinagar

## India has issued a travel advisory for Indians traveling ## Which party won the maximum seats in Haryana
to which nation? - Turkey elections ? - BJP
## The Colonel Chewang Rinchen Setu was recently ## J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred
inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at and appointed as the new Governor of which state?
which place? - Ladakh - Goa
## What is the name of the ad campaign that UNWFP has ## Who has been appointed as the first Lieutenant
launched in India to eradicate hunger? Governor of Jammu and Kashmir?
- Feed our Future - Girish Chandra
## Which Minister launched the first national protocol to Murmu
specify snow leopard population in India? ## Who has been appointed as the first Lieutenant
- Prakash Javadekar Governor of Ladakh?
## The Union Government recently relaxed the norms - Radha Krishna Mathur
for setting up Petrol Pumps. As per the norms, which ## How many members of the European Union delegation
companies are allowed to run Petrol Pumps? arrived in India to visit Jammu and Kashmir?
- Non-oil companies - 27
## Which state/UT government has announced to provide ## Which state has hosted the 7th edition of Tawang
free travel facility for women in public bus service? festival? - Arunachal Pradesh
- Delhi
## Which former Prime Minister's death anniversary is
## Women soldiers will be inducted into the Indian Army
observed on October 31?
by which year? - 2021
- Indira Gandhi
## Which state has launched e-ganna app for sugarcane
## Which party has got the maximum seats in Jharkhand
farmers? - Uttar Pradesh
Assembly Elections 2019? - JMM
NATIONAL & STATE ## Public Health Emergency has been declared in which
state? - Delhi
## Haryana Assembly Election 2019 was held in how
many constituencies? - 90
INTERNATIONAL
## The Ayurveda Palliative Care Unit was inaugurated
recently in which city? - New Delhi ## Joko Widodo has been re-elected as the President of
## Which State Government recently agreed to implement which nation? - Indonesia
the Central scheme PM-KISAN? ## World’s oldest known natural pearl was discovered off
- Delhi which city’s coast? - Abu Dhabi
## The Defence Acquisition Council has approved capital ## Which city has hosted the 18th Summit of Heads of
procurement worth how many crores? State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement
- Rs 3300 (NAM) ? - Baku
## Which state has topped the list of crimes against ## Which party is set to form a minority government in
women as per the latest report released by NCRB? Canada? - Liberal Party
- Uttar Pradesh ## Which country has stopped the postal services with
## Which state government has decided to impose India? - Pakistan
spot fines for storage, sale and purchase of banned ## Naruhito formally ascended to the throne as the Emperor
firecrackers? - West Bengal of which country? - Japan
## Kanya Sumangala Yojana was launched in which ## Who is stated to be the kingmaker in the Canada
state? - Uttar Pradesh Elections 2019? - Jagmeet Singh

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CURRENT AFFAIRS One Liner
## Which country won the ownership of the North Korean FINANCIAL AWARENESS
vessel that was seized for violating the sanctions?
- USA ## India has been ranked at which position in the 2019
## Who was nominated by the US President Donald Ease of Doing Business rankings?
Trump for the post of Energy Minister? - 63rd
- Dan Brouillette ## Which organization recently revealed that 3 million
## The US House of Representatives recently recognized Indian payment cards are up for sale on the Dark
the mass extermination of which people, conducted Web? - ZDNet
between 1915-1917 as genocide. ## India recently committed to tackling money-laundering
- Armenians along with which nation?
## Which city has hosted the 2nd Assembly of - US
International Solar Alliance (ISA) ? ## Which country has opted out of the RCEP agreement?
- New Delhi - India
## Which country has recently signed an agreement to ## Which international oil and gas company announced
establish a high level strategic partnership council with to float its initial public offering (IPO) ?
India? - Saudi Arabia - Saudi Aramco
## Which country’s PM recently resigned after nationwide
## Which country has hosted the conference 'No Money
protests against tax provisions on using WhatsApp and
for Terror 2020'?
Facebook? - Lebanon
- India
## Which is the third gulf country to witness the launch of
the RuPAY card? ## How much amount of fund has been pledged by India
- Saudi Arabia towards UN development activities for 2020?
- USD 15 million
## Who was recently appointed as the Indian Ambassador
to UAE? - Pavan Kapoor ## Which country has introduced visa exemptions for
foreigners seeking medical treatment?
## Which city has hosted the 35th ASEAN Summit?
- India
- Bangkok
## Which country had cancelled hosting of COP25 and
SPORTS
APEC Summits? - Chile
## Who among the following world leaders was on a visit ## Which Indian cricketer broke Don Bradman's record
to India from October 31- November 2? of highest average in Test cricket on home soil?
- Angela Merkel - Rohit Sharma
## India recently signed an MoU with which country in ## Which Indian cricketer has created a new record of
the field of prevention of marine litter? hitting the most number of sixes in a bilateral Test
- Germany series? - Rohit Sharma
## Which country was offered to host the COP 25 climate ## Which badminton player recently supported the 'Bharat
summit? - Spain Ki Laxmi' campaign of Prime Minister Narendra
## Which country has officially launched 5G Service? Modi? - PV Sindhu
- China ## Who has become the third Indian batsman to enter the
## Which neighbouring country of India is suffering from top list in all formats of cricket?
outbreak of ‘African Swine Fever’? - Rohit Sharma
- China ## The ICC has imposed a two-year ban on which
## Which country had notified the UN about its withdrawal cricketer for failing to report a corrupt approach?
from the Paris Climate Agreement? - USA - Shakib Al Hasan
## Which country has approved the sale of a home-grown ## The first day-night Test match had been played between
drug that is expected to cure Alzheimer's? India and Bangladesh on which ground?
- China - Eden Gardens Stadium
## Which country had hosted the BRICS Summit 2019? ## Which country has won the Rugby World Cup 2019?
- Brazil - South Africa

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## What was India’s rank in the recently concluded World
Para Athletics Championship-2019? mission? - Gaganyaan Mission
- 24th
## Which country will host 2023 Men's Hockey World
Cup? - India
## Recently which cricketer was dropped by the ICC
from its latest ODI and T20I rankings? MISCELLANEOUS
- Shakib al Hasan
## Who won the gold medal in the javelin-
throw competition at the World Para-Athletics
Championships? - Sundar Singh Gurjar
## Which Indian player has been named in TIME 100
Next list? - Dutee Chand
## Which Bangladeshi cricketer has been banned from
the sport for five years? - Shahadat Hossain
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
## Which institution fired two BrahMos missiles at Trak
Island in Andaman Nicobar on October 23, 2019? ## When was the International Day for preventing
- IAF
## Which country has shown an interest in purchasing of
BrahMos missile? - Philippines
## Which social media platform has decided to ban
political advertising? - Twitter
## The Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 had conducted
in how many phases? - Five
## Which Indian Institute has recently prepared Indian
Brain Atlas for first time in the country? ## Which nation was ranked as the world’s worst abuser
- IIT Hyderabad
## Which tech giant recently acquired Fitbit wearable? 2019? - China
- Google
## Which Union Minister co-chaired the India-Russia Inter-
Governmental Commission on Military and Military-
Technical Cooperation? - Rajnath Singh
## China launched which country’s first-ever satellite
recently? - Sudan
## Which educational institutes has created India's first
'standing wheelchair'? - IIT Madras
## Which satellite had ISRO launched on November 25?
- Cartosat-3
## Which country recently test-fired surface-to-surface
Shaheen-1 missile? - Pakistan
## Which country's satellite Hayabusa-2 has started
a journey to return to Earth from an asteroid named
Ryugu? - Japan
One Liner
## ISRO has selected 12 potential astronauts for which
## Google has launched a new cloud-based game
streaming service. What is the name of the gaming
service? - Google Stadia
## When is the National Unity Day celebrated in India?
- 31st October
## Former Parliamentarian, Gurudas Dasgupta passed
away at the age of 83. He had served as the Deputy
General Secretary for which political party?
- CPI
## Which veteran CPI leader and former Member of
Parliament has passed away recently?
- Gurudas Dasgupta
## When is the World Tsunami Awareness Day observed
every year? - 5th November
environmental exploitation during armed conflict
observed? - November 6th
## Which body has recommended the central government
to pay compensation to the daily-wage labourers after
construction ban in Delhi? - NGT
## A group of students from which city created a Guinness
World Record for the largest astrophysics lesson?
- Kolkatta
of internet freedom by Freedom of the Net report
## Joint Naval Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ was held
between India and which country at Visakhapatnam?
- Indonesia
## Which country was attacked with over 200 rockets on
November 12, 2019? - Israel
## Over 1,000 migratory birds of different species were
found dead in which lake of Rajasthan?
- Sambhar Lake
## As per the report of the Parliamentary Committee,
what percentage of people die every year in India due
to cancer? - 68%
## Bilateral Maritime Exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr 2019 began
between India and which country recently?
- Qatar

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SPOTLIGHT ALL THAT MATTERS
ABBREVIATIONS IMPORTANT DAYS AND DATES
APEDA : Agricultural and Processed Food Products February 4 World Cancer Day
Export Development Authority February 5 Safer Internet Day
WCCB : Wildlife Crime Control Bureau February 12 National Productivity Day
RCEP : The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership February 13 World Radio Day & National Women’s Day
PETA : People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals February 20 World Day of Social Justice
IFFI : The International Film Festival of India February 21 International Mother Language Day
CLSS : The Credit-linked Subsidy Services February 24 Central Excice Day
CKIC : Chennai- Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor February 27 World NGO Day
NMCG : The National Mission for Clean Ganga February 28 National Science Day

ECONOMIC GLOSSARY BOOKS & AUTHORS

Black Friday
Black Friday is an informal name for the
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The Big Reverse: How
Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the Demonetization
United States, which is celebrated on the Knocked India Out
fourth Thursday of November.
The day after Thanksgiving has been regarded :- Meera Sanyal
as the beginning of the United States Christmas
shopping season since 1952, although the
term "Black Friday" did not become widely
used until more recent decades.
Many stores offer highly promoted sales on
Memories of
Tomorrow 02
Black Friday and open very early, such as at
midnight, or may even start their sales at some :- Dean Koontz
time on Thanksgiving.
Black Friday is not an official holiday, but
California and some other states observe "The

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Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state Partitions of The
government employees, sometimes in lieu of Heart: Unmaking The
another federal holiday, such as Columbus Idea of India
Day.
Black Friday has routinely been the busiest :- Harsh Mander
shopping day of the year in the United States
since 2005, although news reports, which at
that time were inaccurate, have described it
as the busiest shopping day of the year for a
much longer period of time.
Dark Circles
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Origin of the term:
For centuries, the adjective "black" has :- Udayan Mukherjee
been applied to days upon which calamities
occurred. Many events have been described as
"Black Friday", although the most significant
such event in American History was the Panic
of 1869, which occurred when financiers Jay
Gould and James Fisk took advantage of their
05 Hemant Karkare: A
Daughter’s Memoir

connections with the Grant Administration in

an attempt to corner the gold market. :- Jui Karkare

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Soma Roy Burman
S oma Roy Burman took
charge as the 24th Controller
General of Accounts (CGA) in the
Finance Ministry’s Department
of Expenditure.
Soma Roy Burman is the
7th woman to hold the post.
The 1986-batch Indian Civil
Accounts Service (ICAS) Officer
succeeded JPS Chawla.
In her 33-year-long career,
Burman has held several positions at different levels in the
Union Ministries.
About Soma Roy Burman:
## Soma Roy Burman is a 1986-batch Indian Civil
Accounts Service officer.
## During her three-decade-long career, she has held cadre
positions in different government ministries including
Finance, Information & Broadcasting, Home Affairs,
Human Resource Development, Shipping, Industry
and Road Transport & Highways.
## Burman previously served as the Additional Controller
General of Accounts in the CGA office.
## In the position, she took care of crucial aspects of
accounting such as financial reporting, accounting
rules, policy and reforms, data analytics, cash and
budget management.
## She has also headed the Central Pension Accounting
Office (CPAO) as the Chief Controller of Pension.
She also served as the Director of the Institute of
Government Accounts and Finance (INGAF) in New
Delhi.
## Soma Roy Burman has also held important portfolios
in the central government such as Deputy Secretary/
Director in the budget division of the Economic
Affairs Department and Joint Secretary and Financial
Adviser in Home Ministry’s National Intelligence
Grid.
## She has also been active in formulating wide-ranging
reforms to strengthen Public Financial Management in
the Union Government.
About Controller General of Accounts:
The Controller General of Accounts is the principal advisor
to the Union Government on accounting matters. The
CGA is responsible for establishing and managing a sound
management accounting system.
Chief Minister of Odisha has launched a smart learning phone application ‘MadhuApp’ for
school children.
APPOINTMENTS THE PEOPLE
The CGA is also responsible for the
preparation and submission of the accounts
of the Union Government and exchequer
control and internal audits.
Masatsugu Asakawa
M
asatsugu Asakawa has
been unanimously
elected President of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) by its
Board of Governors.
Mr. Asakawa, 61, currently
Special Advisor to Japan’s Prime
Minister and Minister of Finance,
will assume office as ADB's 10th
President on 17 January 2020. He
will succeed Takehiko Nakao,
who will leave office on 16 January 2020. Mr. Asakawa
will finish the unexpired term of President Nakao, which
ends on 23 November 2021.
According to one of the ADB Board of Governors Mr. Hong
Nam-Ki “The ADB Board of Governors looks forward to
working with Mr. Asakawa."
Masatsugu Asakawa:
## In a career spanning close to four decades, Mr.
Asakawa has held a range of senior positions at the
Ministry of Finance of Japan, including Vice Minister
of Finance for International Affairs, and gained diverse
professional experience in development policy, foreign
exchange markets, and international tax policy.
## He served as Finance Deputy for the 2019 G20 Osaka
Summit and the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors meeting in Fukuoka, Japan. Furthermore, in
the immediate aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis,
he took part in the first G20 Leaders’ Summit Meeting
in his capacity as Executive Assistant to the then Prime
Minister Taro Aso. Mr. Asakawa has had frequent
engagement with the Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development, including as Chair of the
Committee on Fiscal Affairs from 2011 to 2016.
## Mr. Asakawa served as a Visiting Professor at the
University of Tokyo from 2012 to 2015 and at Saitama
University from 2006 to 2009.
## He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the University
of Tokyo in 1981 and MPA from Princeton University
in 1985.
About Asian Development Bank:
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive,
resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while
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THE PEOPLE APPOINTMENTS
sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme
poverty. In 2018, it made commitments
of new loans and grants amounting to
$21.6 billion. Established in 1966, it
is owned by 68 members—49 from the
region.
Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
T he National Stock Exchange
(NSE) has appointed Girish
Chandra Chaturvedi as its new
chairman. His appointment
comes following the approval of
markets regulator Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
The NSE chairman was lying
vacant since January 2019 when
then incumbent Chairman of
NSE Ashok Chawla resigned in
the middle of charges of corruption in Aircel-Maxis case.
The Aircel-Maxis is a case of alleged corruption in grant of
Foreign Investment and Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance
in Aircel-Maxis deal.
About National Stock Exchange:
The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)
is the leading stock exchange of India. It is located in
Mumbai. The NSE was established in 1992 as the first
dematerialized electronic exchange in the country. NSE was
the first exchange in the country to provide a modern, fully
automated screen-based electronic trading system which
offered easy trading facility to the investors spread across
the length and breadth of the country. Vikram Limaye is
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of NSE.
About Girish Chandra Chaturvedi:
He is a former bureaucrat who retired from Indian
Administrative Services (IAS) in January 2013 as Secretary,
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is currently on
board of ICICI Bank and member of government appointed
board of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd
(IL&FS). In past, he has also served as Director (Government
Nominee) on Boards of Canara Bank, IDBI Bank Ltd,
Bank of Baroda, IDFC Ltd, GIC Re of India, United India
Insurance Co. Ltd, Agriculture Insurance
Co. of India, New India Assurance Co. Ltd,
National Insurance Academy and Institute
of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).
Sanna Marin
S anna Marin is set to take over as
the new Prime Minister of Finland, becoming the
12 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Cabinet approves Aircraft (amendment) bill, 2019.
youngest-ever prime minister
in the world. The 34-year-old
was selected to head Finland’s
coalition government after she
was elected as the leader of the
Social Democratic Party, the
largest party in the coalition.
The former transport minister
will not only become the world’s
youngest head of government but
she will also be the third female
head of the government in Finland’s political history.
Coincidently, the leaders of all parties in the five-member
coalition government are now women, making it the first-
ever women-led coalition government in Finland.
Finland’s new generation coalition
Finland’s coalition government comprises the Social
Democratic Party, Left Alliance, Green League, Centre
Party and the Swedish People’s party. Besides Social
Democrats, the other four parties are also being led by
women, three of whom are aged below 35 years.
About Sanna Marin:
## Sanna Marin beat her rival Antti Lindtman with 32-29
votes at the Social Democratic Party council meeting
on December 8, 2019 to replace incumbent Antti Rinne
as the new Prime Minister of Finland.
## The Social Democratic Party had emerged as the largest
party in Finland's national elections, which were held
in April 2019. Being the largest party in the coalition,
the Social Democrats can appoint their member to the
post of the prime minister.
## Sanna Marin, a lawmaker since 2015, has been the
vice chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party.
She was also serving as the minister for transport and
communications until this week.
## She will now become the world’s youngest prime
minister and Finland’s third female head of the
government.
Background
Finland currently holds the presidency
of the European Union till the end of
2019. Sanna Marin is likely to take over
soon so that she can represent Finland at
the European Union leaders’ summit in
Brussels from December 12-13, 2019.

National Florence Nightingale The Right Livelihood Award
Awards
T
he President of
India Shri Ram
Nath Kovind presented
the National Florence
Nightingale Awards
to nursing personnel
in New Delhi on 5
December 2019. The
event was held from 5-6
December 2019.
The nurses play a vital role in delivering quality and cost-
effective healthcare, addressing multiple health challenges
and responding to the health needs of individuals, families,
and communities.
The nurses are a symbol of seva, karuna, and shushrusha.
Nurses are the face of healthcare services for the patients
and their families.
World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced 2020 as
the Year of the Nurse and Midwife.
India: There is an increasing number of elderly people
who deserve and require proper geriatric care. In India, the
elders are taken care of their old age parents. Professional
caregivers are in demand to take care of the elderly. It
should be noted that the nursing training institutions can
consider developing short training programs for such care-
givers too.
Florence Nightingale:
## Florence Nightingale, was an English social reformer
and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.
Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a
manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War,
in which she organised care for wounded soldiers.
## Florence Nightingale developed the first organized
training school for nurses in 1860 in London. The
University Of Cincinnati College Of Nursing, founded
in 1889 as the Cincinnati Training School for Nurses,
was modeled after the design of the Nightingale
Training School for Nurses in London.
About The Florence Nightingale Awards:
The Florence Nightingale Awards
for Excellence in Nursing recognize
outstanding nurses in the Greater Cincinnati
region who go above and beyond to provide
exceptional patient care.
Parliament has passed the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
AWARDS
A ctivists Davi
Kopenawa, Greta
Thunberg, Guo Jianmei
and Aminatou Haidar
received the Right
Livelihood Award
2019, also known as
the ‘Alternative Nobel
Prize’. The award
ceremony took place in
Stockholm, Sweden at the end of a Final event of ten day-
long programs held in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden.
Key Points:
i. Davi Kopenawa Yanomami from Brazil also called the
‘Dalai Lama of the Rainforest’ received the award for his
effort taken in the protection of the Amazon Rainforest,
he has led a 20-year campaign to protect their amazon
territory and has always fought for the people of
Yanomami and Yakwana and the Yanomami territory in
Venezuela, which is the largest area of rainforest in the
world under the control of indigenous people in Spite of
receiving threat from gold miners and politicians.
ii. Guo Jianmei, a lawyer from China has been honoured
with the award for her efforts taken in protecting Women’s
rights in China, and for helping in the establishment of
new laws against domestic violence in her country.
iii. Aminatou Haidar, from Western Sahara, a Human
Rights Activist for fighting to attain justice and self-
determination for the people of Western Sahara in a
campaign for more than 30 years, she is also known as
the ‘Gandhi of Western Sahara’.
iv. Greta Thunberg, from Sweden, a climate activist was
selected for inspiring “Fridays for Future”, a global
youth-led movement protesting climate change.
About the award : The Right Livelihood Award is awarded
to honour people who have answered the urgent
challenges faced by today’s world. The prize was
established in the year 1980 and is presented annually
in early December. The prize money is 2,00,000 Euros
which is shared among the four winners. The award is
also called as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ but it does
not have any ties with the organization awarding the
Nobel prize nor it is similar to the Nobel prize in any
way.
About Sweden:
Capital- Stockholm
Monarch- Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister- Stefan Löfven
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FICCI India Sports Awards 2019
T he coveted FICCI
India Sports Awards
2019, an attempt by
FICCI to acknowledge
and recognize the
contribution of sports
persons and various
stakeholders who
deliver excellent results
during the year, has
been awarded to Railway Sports Promotion Board under
the category of Best Company Promoting Sports (Public
Sector) on 11th December, 2019 at New Delhi.
Railway Sports Promotion Board has been awarded for
its immense contribution in the field of providing sports
eco-system within the organization for the budding sports
athletes to nurture and expose themselves to their optimum
limits and bring laurels to the nation.
It is important for any Sports entity to bring a friendly
policy for developing the sports infrastructure and give all
possible support to fulfil the needs of athletes so that they
may be able to compete internationally and achieve greater
success and performance in sports. Indian Railways, apart
from serving the nation in terms of traffic transportation,
has also been contributing in the field of Indian Sports as a
social initiative.
The FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 have been conferred
by a jury headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal, Retired Chief
Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. The event
was graced by Hon’ble Minister of Sports, Government
of Odisha Shri Tusharkanti Behera and Industry
representatives.
Winners: FICCI India Sports Awards 2019
Best National Sports Federation: National Rifle
Association of India
Sports Person (Female): Rani Rampal (hockey)
Sports Person (Male): Saurabh Chaudhary (shooting)
Para-Athlete: Sandeep Chaudhary (javelin)
Special Recognition Para-Athlete: Manasi Joshi (badminton)
Breakthrough Sports Person: Amit Panghal
Special Recognition Breakthrough Sports Person: Esow
Alben (cycling)
Coach or Support Staff: Satyanarayana
Lifetime Achievement (administrator): Govindaraj
Kempareddy
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Lifetime Achievement: Pankaj Advani
(cue sport)
Best State Promoting Sports: Odisha
Best Sports Journalist: Kamesh Srinivasan
2020 Crystal Awards:
T
he World Economic
Forum (WEF)
announced the Winners
of 26th Annual Crystal
Award for the year 2020.
The Crystal Awards
recognises celebrates as
well as the achievements
of leading artists and
cultural figures whose
leadership inspires inclusive and sustainable change. The
annual awards are hosted by World Economic Forum’s World
Arts Forum.
WEF’s 2019 Crystal Award Recipients
Jin Xing– China’s media personality. She was recognized
for her leadership in shaping inclusive cultural norms.
Theaster Gates– Chicago-based artist. He was recognized
for his leadership in creating sustainable communities.
Lynette Wallworth­- Australian artist. She won for her
leadership in creating inclusive narratives
Deepika Padukone- Indian actress. She won the award
for her remarkable leadership in raising mental health
awareness. She is the only Indian actress who has won
26th Annual Crystal Award for spreading mental health
awareness.
The three awardees will be honoured at opening session of
World Economic Forum’s 2020 Annual Meeting in Davos-
Klosters, Switzerland, on 21-24 January. The 2020 annual
meeting will take place from 22-25 January under under
the theme, ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable
World’.
The World Economic Forum:
The WEF Annual Meeting brings together leaders from
international organisations, government, civil society,
culture and media, business, foremost experts and
young generation from all over the world, at highest
level and in representative ways. It engages some 50
heads of state and government, more
than 300 ministerial-level government
participants, and business representation
at the chief executive officer and chair
level.

DSC Prize 2019
A uthor Amitabha
Bagchi has won
DSC Prize for South
Asian Literature 2019,
for his novel ‘Half the
Night is Gone’. It is
Bagchi’s third novel.
A major part of Half
The Night Is Gone, is
based in old-forgotten
world of scheming zamindars, dubious morals and a
man lamenting lost opportunities. His attention to detail
ensures the readers are transported to that time, smelling
the grime and listening to creaking sound made by rusted
doors.
Key Highlights
The winner for this year’s DSC Prize was announced at the
IME Nepal Literature Festival in Nepal. Author Amitabha
Bagchi was handed over the prize by Nepal’s Foreign
Minister Pradeep Gyawali. This year’s international jury
panel was chaired by Harish Trivedi.
One of the major takeaways from this years award was
the fact that among 90 entries received, 37 were by first-
time authors. At the same time, there was also a significant
presence of women writers, with 42 novels penned by them
and 6 women involved as translators.
Apart from Bagchi’s, 6 other books were shortlisted,
these included:
The Far Field- by Madhuri Vijay (which also won JCB
Prize for Literature)
The City and the Sea- by Raj Kamal Jha
There’s Gunpowder in the Air- by Manoranjan Byapari
(Translated by Arunava Sinha)
The Empty Room- by Sadia Abbas
99 Nights in Logar- by Jamil Jan Kochi
About DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
It is a prestigious international literary prize. It is awarded
annually to writers of any ethnicity or nationality
writing about South Asia themes such as culture, history,
people or politics. It defines ‘South Asia’ as Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Maldives,
Myanmar and Sri Lanka. The awards are in its ninth
edition.
ADB issues $250 million loan to India to expand energy efficiency investments.
AWARDS
This year the award received 90 entries and
the submissions came from 22 publishers,
pointing to an increased interest and variety
in South Asian writing. The entries served
as a timely marker of trends in South Asian
fiction writing.
Sahitya Akademi Awards
S
ahitya Akademi
has announced its
awardees for this year. It
announced seven books
of poetry, six short
stories, four novels,
three non-fiction books
and three essays.
Shashi Tharoor, the
former external affairs
minister among the 23 writers named for the Award has
won the award for his book “An Era of Darkness: The
British Empire in India in the creative non-fiction in
English category”.
A masterful weaver of words that have won him
innumerable accolades, Tharoor is the author of bestsellers
like Why I Am A Hindu, The Paradoxical Prime Minister
and Inglorious Empire etc.
The other awardees include Chinmoy Guha, a Bengali
Professor who has won for his essay “Ghumer Darja
Thele”, Tamil writer Dharman for his novel “Sool”. The
awards are to be presented on February 25, 2020. The
winners will be honored with a copper plaque and prize
money of Rs 1 lakh.
A Santhali Novel “Marom” written by Shyam Besra also
won the award. It is to be noted Santhali language was used
in Rajya Sabha for the first time in the recent winter session
of Parliament.
About Sahitya Akademi:
The academy was constituted by Government of India
through a resolution passed in 1952. According to its
constitution the academy is run by three authorities namely
a general council, finance committee and an executive
board.
The proposal of forming the academy was
put forth in 1944 to the British Government
by the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. The
academy till date holds the largest library of
multi-lingual books in India.
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George Laurer Sinha was also regarded as a
fearless woman, who spoke her
G eorge Laurer, the US
engineer who helped to
develop the barcode, has passed
mind and never hesitated to take
tough decisions. Her career saw
her travel places and acquire
away at the age of 94. Mr. Laurer
skills across the advertising,
has been recognized as the co-
marketing, and research
inventor of the Universal Product
spectrum, working with some of
Code (UPC) or barcode. It is
the best brands in fast-moving
found on millions of products,
consumer goods. Tara Sinha
services, and other items for
Associates, in fact, was formed
identification. When he was
after she was controversially fired from Clarion in 1985.
working as an electrical engineer
with IBM, he developed UPC or barcode. He developed a This pushed her to set up Tara Sinha Associates much the
scanner that could digitally read codes. He used stripes to way she had Clarion with clients (Nestlé and Gillette) and
print the codes. The first product that was scanned was a staff from the agency she was exiting. The agency became
packet of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. It took place Tara Sinha McCann Erickson (now McCann) in the later
in June 1974 in Ohio. years.
About George Laurer: George Laurer was born on Having completed her advertising diploma in the early
September 23, 1925, in New York City. His family moved 1950s from London, Sinha joined D J Keymer, Kolkata, the
to Baltimore, Maryland, so his father, an electrical engineer, Indian subsidiary of S H Benson that later became Ogilvy
could work for the United States Navy. Laurer recovered & Mather.
from polio in 11th grade, he was drafted into the U.S. In 1955, Benson closed its Kolkata office, pushing Sinha
Army during World War II. After being discharged from and others to form Clarion. She became its first director
the military, he attended technical school where he studied at 23.
radio and television repair.
She worked in Delhi as well, joining Coca-Cola in 1973,
About Barcode: A barcode (also spelled bar code) is a overseeing its marketing operations in India and then
method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable working at the Atlanta office, after the company quit the
form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the country in 1977. In 1984, she returned to head Clarion for
widths and spacings of parallel lines. These barcodes, now a year and never looked back when the agency closed its
commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D), doors on her.
can be scanned by special optical scanners, called barcode
readers. Barcodes became commercially successful when Ishwar Dayal Swami

F
they were used to automate supermarket checkout systems, ormer Union Minister of
a task for which they have become almost universal. The State for Home and two-time
Uniform Grocery Product Code Council had chosen, in Karnal Lok Sabha MP Ishwar
1973, the barcode design developed by George Laurer. Dayal Swami died at a private
Laurer's barcode, with vertical bars, printed better than the hospital in Faridabad. He was 90
circular barcode developed by Woodland and Silver. Their years old.
use has spread to many other tasks that are generically
His wife Padma Swami had
referred to as automatic identification and data capture.
died six days ago at their Sector
Tara Sinha 13 residence in Karnal due to

T
ara Sinha, best known as the founder of ad agencies
Clarion and Tara Sinha Associates, passed away on at
her Gurugram residence. She was 88.
Sinha, who had both agency and client experience having
worked at Coca-Cola in the 1970s and early 1980s, was the
first woman to set up a national advertising agency. While
Tara Sinha Associates was launched in 1985, Clarion was
launched way back in 1955 at the start of her career.
prolonged illness.
Suffering from heart ailment, Swami underwent a bypass
surgery a week ago. He was admitted to the Metro Hospital
on Saturday after he complained of breathlessness. He is
survived by son, three daughters and grandchildren.
A bureaucrat-turned-politician, Swami contested and won
his first Lok Sabha election in 1996. He was re-elected
in 1999 and made Union Minister of State for Home in

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 OBITUARY
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s National Democratic Alliance Yasuhiro Nakasone
government. Cutting across party lines, political leaders in
Haryana expressed their deepest condolences on his death.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that he
F ormer Japanese Prime
Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone
passed away. He was 101 years
was hurt by the news of Swami’s death and prayed for the
old. He was one of Japan's
peace of the departed soul.
longest-reigning premiers.
Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, in a
He is known for his friendship
tweet, described the death of Mr. Swami as “his personal
with the 40th U.S. President
loss”. He said that Haryana had lost a true social worker
Ronald Reagan. He was one
in his death.
of Japan's longest-reigning
State mourning premiers.
Haryana government had announced one-day state Yasuhiro Nakasone served as the Prime Minister of Japan
mourning for Swami. Flags on all government buildings from 1982 to 1987. His reign boosted Japan's global profile.
put at half-mast. He was on 27 May 1918 in Takasaki, northwest of Tokyo.
He was graduated from Tokyo University. He entered the
Brad Gobright Home Ministry in 1941.

G obright, American climber

known for free solo
climbing fell about 300 meters
(980 ft) to his death on the El
Sendero Luminoso climb at El
Potrero Chico in Nuevo León,
Mexico. The accident happened
while rappelling down the face
of El Sendero Luminoso with
his partner Aidan Jacobson,
after the pair had completed a
quick climb of the face. Jacobson fell a shorter distance
and survived with injuries. It was reported that the two
men were simul-rappelling, a technique in which two
climbers descend opposite strands of an anchored rope,
with their bodies acting as counterweights to each
other.
About Brad Gobright:
Brad Gobright (June 16, 1988 – November 27, 2019) was
an American climber known for free solo climbing.
Gobright was born in Orange County, California, and began
climbing when he was six. He dropped out of college in
2009, working odd jobs during winter and climbing during
the rest of the year.
Gobright and Mason Earle made the first free ascent of The
Heart Route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in
2015. In 2016, he and Scott Bennett climbed three routes
on El Capitan in 24 hours – Zodiac, The Nose and Lurking
Fear. In 2017, he and Jim Reynolds set a speed record of
two hours 19 minutes and 44 seconds for The Nose on El
Capitan. With Alex Honnold in June 2019, he made the
second free ascent of El Niño on El Capitan in fourteen-
and-a-half hours.
He broke the unwritten rule on limiting the annual defence
budget to 1% of gross national product (GNP). Nakasone
was the first Japanese premier to officially visit South
Korea in 1983.
Yasuhiro Nakasone pursued domestic reforms by privatizing
Japan's state-run railway, tobacco, and telecommunications
monopolies. He won a rare fifth year in office after leading
his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 1986 elections. In
2003, he was forced to retire when he was 85 along with
other elder statesmen by then-prime minister Junichiro
Koizumi along with the elderly politicians.
Shriram Lagoo
V eteran actor Shriram
Lagoo passed away on 17
December. Lagoo died of cardiac
arrest in Pune. He was 92 years
old.
Shriram Lagoo was born in
1927 in Satara, Maharashtra. He
was trained as an ENT surgeon
by profession. He played an
important role in the growth of
theatre movement in Maharashtra
along with Vijay Tendulkar, Vijaya Mehta, and Arvind
Deshpande.
Shriram Lagoo essayed memorable roles in Bollywood
films like Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Ek Din Achanak,
Gharonda, and Laawaris. He played Gopal Krishna
Gokhale in the movie Gandhi. He has also been a part of
various TV shows. Gulmohar West, Karamati, Thhoda Sa
Aasman, Waqt Ki Raftar, Lokmanya, Jugal Bandhi, and
Uppanyas are some of his notable works on television.

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Burning Topics of the Month
'Samagra Shiksha'– an Government to reduce
integrated scheme for carbon emission intensity
school education by 35%
Chit Funds (Amendment) Act, 2019
21 Nov' 19
T
he Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha has passed the Chit
Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 by voice vote. The
bill seeks to amend the Chit Funds Act, 1982, which
regulates chit funds and prohibits a fund from being created
without the prior sanction of a State Government.
The amendments have been made to facilitate the orderly
growth of the chit fund sector to remove bottlenecks and
enable greater financial access to people.
Under the legislation, the prescribed ceiling of aggregate
chit fund amount for individuals has been raised from one
lakh rupees to three lakh rupees and in case of firms, the
limit has been raised from 6 lakh to 18 lakh rupees.
Besides, words chit amount, dividend and prize amount
have been substituted with terms gross chit amount, the
share of discount and net chit amount. The legislation
also increases the maximum commission of a foreman
from five per cent to seven per cent and also allows the
foreman a right to lien against the credit balance from
subscribers.
Accoding to Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur
the bill has been brought with an intention of protecting
the interests of investors belonging to the poor and
marginalized section of the society.
The government also wants that the invested money should
be returned on time to those investors who have been
cheated in such schemes.
The government has also conducted financial literacy
programmes in different parts of the country to create
awareness among the people for such schemes.   Panaji in Goa in the
About Chit funds-
## It is a type of rotating savings and credit association
system practiced in India.
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Unauthorised colonies Act
2019
& Many More...
## Chit fund schemes may be organized by financial
institutions, or informally among friends, relatives, or
neighbours.
How it works-
The fund starts at an announced date and continues
for the number of months equal to the number of
subscribers. Each month, the subscribers put in their
monthly installments into the pot. Then, an open auction
is conducted to determine the lowest sum a subscriber is
willing to take that month. For example, if the monthly
installment is `1000 and there are 50 members, the pot
in the first month will contain `50,000. If the auction
determines a winner who is willing to accept `45,000 for
that month, the surplus `5,000 is distributed to the other
49 members, after subtracting fees paid to the organizer.
The subscriber who won the auction was able to access
`45,000 in the first month and the others benefited in their
share of the `5,000 surplus. The process
repeats, distributing the auction amount to
one member each month. All of the other
subscribers, including the ones who took
their share in a previous month, continue
paying the monthly installments.
The International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) 21 Nov' 19
T
he Golden
J u b i l e e
edition of
the International
Film Festival of
India (IFFI) held at
presence of galaxy of
stars from the Indian
and world film industry.

## Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash
Javadekar inaugurated the mega event and expressed
that the government has opened a single window
through which all the permissions required to shoot a
film in the country will be granted. It will attract more
international filmmakers to shoot their films in India
and the initiative will benefit Goa, Leh-Ladakh and
Andaman-Nicobar as well.
## At the event, renowned Super star Rajinikanth was
bestowed with the Icon of the Jubilee Award at the
hands of the Information and Broadcasting Minister
Prakash Javadekar in the presence of Mega star
Amitabh Bachchan. Renowned French film actor
Isabelle Huppert was honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement Award at the event.
## IFFI features a Country of Focus that brings out
the cinematic excellence and contributions of that
particular country every year and this year, the country
of focus is Russia.
## The Golden Peacock Retrospective section showcased
eight movies from eight different countries. These are
the films which won the Golden Peacock Awards in the
previous years. Introduced in its 3rd edition, Golden
Peacock is the most prestigious award by IFFI for the
best film in the international competition section. Sri
Lankan film ‘Gamperaliya’ was awarded for the very
first time in 1965 for its style and content.
About The International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
## It was founded in 1952. It is one of the most significant
film festivals in Asia. It is held annually.
## The festival aims at providing a common platform
for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence
of the film art; contributing to the understanding
and appreciation of film cultures of different nations
in the context of their social and cultural ethos; and
promoting friendship and cooperation
among people of the world.
## The festival is conducted jointly
by the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting, Directorate of Film
Festivals and the Government of Goa.
Government to reduce carbon
emission intensity by 35% 22 Nov' 19
U
nion Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate
Change Prakash Javadekar stressed the need to
work daily to fight the menace of air pollution.
The government has clamped down coal-based thermal
power plants to check air pollution. Pollution is being
monitored in 355 cities.
Particles drama won the Golden Peacock Award at the 50th IFFI.
NATIONAL
The Government has
made city specific
plans. 80% vehicular
emissions reduction
was registered after
the adoption of BS-
IV fuel standards in
heavy-duty diesel
vehicles.
Saying planting saplings can be a good initiative, the Union
Minister for Environment suggested that every citizen
should plant at least seven trees.
Central Government has notified a Graded Response Action
Plan for Delhi and NCR for different levels of pollution.
Mr Javadekar informed that India has already reduced its
carbon emissions intensity by 22 per cent, and now the
target is to go beyond 35 per cent.
The Minister told that the number of initiatives have
been taken for the abatement and control of air pollution
including, operationalization of Eastern Peripheral
Expressway and Western peripheral Expressway in 2018.
The government is ready to adopt any new technology that
helps in reducing pollution.
New Delhi will take less time than Beijing to improve its
air quality.
Some easy ways to reduce carbon emissions
## Switch to a renewable energy option through your utility or
a certified renewable energy provider (U.S. and Canada).
## Recycle as much as possible, even when travelling, and
buy products with recycle-able/minimal packaging.
Search online for ways to recycle hard-to-recycle
items in your local community.
## Minimize purchases of new products, especially
resource-intensive, heavy or heavily-packaged products.
## Compost your food waste.
## Support climate action organizations. Research the
companies you buy from (especially
ongoing purchases). If they aren't
reducing greenhouse gases themselves
and supporting action on climate
change, switch to a company that is.
Govt approved setting up of six
plastic parks 22 Nov' 19
G
overnment has approved setting up of six plastic
parks in different parts of the country. These
parks will have an ecosystem with state of the art
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infrastructure building and enabling the common facility
to consolidate and synergize the capacities of the domestic
downstream plastic processing industry.
These parks are located in Assam, Madhya Pradesh,
Odisha, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu.
Odisha was the first state to start working on developing a
‘Plastic Park’, located in Jagatsinghpur district.
Under the scheme, the government provides grant funding
up to 50 per cent of the project cost. The remaining project
cost is to be funded by State Government beneficiary
industries and by a loan from financial institutions.
Four new plastic parks have also been given in-principle
approval for establishment in West Bengal, Haryana,
Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh.
Minister of State for Environment Babul Supriyo informed
that the environment Ministry has issued Standard
Guidelines on Single-use plastics to all Ministries and
States for its extensive implementation.
What is Plastic Park?
A plastic park is an industrial zone devoted to plastic
enterprises and its allies industries. It includes a whole
range of companies required by the plastics processing
community from material and machinery suppliers,
plastics processing companies, plastic recycling companies
including waste management system. These plastic parks
are being developed by State Governments with the
support of Department of Chemicals & Petrochemical of
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers. These parks have
great potential for attracting investments and generating
more employment opportunities for the local population.
AIPMA has been instrumental in setting up these plastic
parks.
About AIPMA:
The All India Plastics Manufacturers' Association (AIPMA)
was founded by Industry visionaries 73 years ago making
it one of the oldest & largest Apex bodies of the Plastic
Industry in India. Through the years AIPMA has expanded
and progressed by leaps and bounds in all fields of Plastics.
It,s Head Offices are located in prime locations such as
Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata.
## It work towards making India an International sourcing
base for plastics.
## It fights against any national or international challenges
confronting the growth of the Indian
Plastic Industry.
## It remains alert on various
environmental issues & anti-plastic
campaign.
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E-Cigarette Act 2019 22 Nov' 19
H
ealth Minister
Dr. Harsh
Va r d h a n
firstly introduced
a bill to prohibit
the production,
manufacture, import,
export, transport, sale,
distribution, storage
and advertisement of electronic cigarettes. It is done to
protect the people from harmful effects of e-cigarettes. After
that the bill was passed by the both houses. In Rajya Sabha it
was passed through voice note.
Background :
Home Ministry has previously issued an order to all
states and UTs, enabling law enforcement officials to
conduct searches on-premises for the product without a
warrant.
The Union Cabinet in September had approved an
ordinance to ban production, import, distribution and sale
of electronic cigarettes. The decision was taken considering
impact of e-cigarettes on the youth.
A punishment of one-year imprisonment and a fine of one
lakh rupees have been proposed for first-time offenders. The
storage of e-cigarettes is punishable with imprisonment of
up to six months or a fine of up to 50 thousand rupees or
both.
About E-Cigarette
An electronic cigarette, also known as e-cigarette among
other names. E-cigarettes are the most common form of
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems.
It is a handheld battery-powered vaporizer that
simulates smoking and provides some of the behavioral
aspects of smoking, including the hand-to-mouth
action of smoking, but without burning tobacco.
Using an e-cigarette is known as "vaping" and the user
is referred to as a "vaper." Instead of cigarette smoke,
the user inhales an aerosol, commonly called vapor.
E-cigarettes typically have a heating element that
atomizes a liquid solution called e-liquid. E-cigarettes
are automatically activated by taking
a puff; others turn on manually by
pressing a button. Some e-cigarettes
look like traditional cigarettes, but
they come in many variations. Most
versions are reusable, though some are
disposable.

Government launches Credit-linked
Subsidy Services Awas Portal
25 Nov' 19
U
n i o n
Minister
of Housing
and Urban Affairs
Hardeep Singh Puri
launched the Credit
Link Subsidy
Scheme (CLSS)
Awas Portal
(CLAP). Along with
portal, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MHUA) also launched Global Housing Technology
Challenge (GHTC)-India to accomplish ‘Housing For
All Mission’. Some more agreements were signed
with certain state governments for the construction of
Lighthouse projects under GHTC-India. GHTC-India
seeks to get globally acclaimed, proven and alternate
construction technologies for speedier as well as cost-
effective construction of affordable housing.
About CLSS Awas Portal (CLAP):
The CLAP aims to provide a transparent and robust real-
time web-based monitoring system for the beneficiaries
of the Credit-linked Subsidy Services (CLSS) as through
the portal people seeking to avail housing subsidy under
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY)-Urban will be able to
track their applications.
The CLSS Awas Portal also seeks to address grievances
of beneficiaries in a much comprehensive and organised
manner as well as to help other stakeholders to work in
synergy for release of subsidy to beneficiaries on time.
Under CLSS, the Centre provides interest subsidy of up to
around Rs.2.67 lakh on home loans to individuals, which
reduces principal outstanding amount of loan.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban):
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) for ensuring housing
for all in urban areas was launched on 25th June 2015 for
implementation during 2015-2022. The Mission provides
central assistance to implementing agencies through
States/Union Territories (UTs) and Central Nodal Agencies
(CNAs) for providing houses under following verticals of
the Scheme:
1. “In-situ” Slum Redevelopment (ISSR)
2. Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)
3. Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP)
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4. Beneficiary-led individual house
construction/enhancements (BLC).
At present, among the 4 verticals of PMAY
(Urban), the government has managed to
reach more than 8 lakh beneficiaries under
CLSS.
Parliament passes Transgender
Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill
26 Nov' 19
P
arliament has passed the Transgender Persons
(Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, with the Rajya
Sabha approving by a voice vote.
The Lok Sabha had already passed the bill. It defines a
transgender person as one whose gender does not match
the gender assigned at birth.
Key Highlights:
## It provides every transgender person a right to reside
and be included in his household.
## The Bill prohibits discrimination against a transgender
person including denial of service, unfair treatment in
education, employment, healthcare, and enjoyment
of goods, facilities, and opportunities available to the
public, right to movement and right to reside.
## As per the legislation, no government or private
entity can discriminate against a transgender person
in employment matters including recruitment and
promotion.
## The bill will take forward transgenders and bring
them into the mainstream. And a grievance redressal
mechanism has been set up for the issues related to
transgender.
## The government has implemented several welfare
schemes for the upliftment of transgenders, like
scholarships in education and provision for a credit
facility.
Before passing the bill, the House negated with voting
DMK member Tiruchi Siva's demand to send the bill to a
Select Committee.
Earlier, participating in the discussion, Tiruchi Siva said
only passing the bill will not serve the purpose. He said it
must be passed in a comprehensive and wholesome manner.
He said this bill requires more deliberations as some of the
clauses are ambiguous in nature.
He suggested that the Statutory Commission like SC-ST
Commission may be set up to resolve the grievances of the
transgender. He also appealed that punishment prescribed
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under the bill for sexual abuse of transgenders must be re-
fixed on the lines of punishment clauses set
for other rape cases.
Mr. Siva urged that reservation must be
provided in the employment and education
to transgenders.
Unauthorised colonies Act 2019
from 16th December for the registration
process. Mr Puri also said, more than 50
help centres will be started by the DDA in
these colonies to address the grievances of
the residents.
PIB establishes a fact-checking unit
30 Nov' 19

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29 Nov' 19 he Centre’s nodal agency for issuing releases to

L
ok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha
has passed
the National Capital
Territory of Delhi
(Recognition of
Property Rights
of Residents in
Unauthorised Colonies)
Bill, 2019.
The bill provides for a legal framework to grant ownership
rights to nearly 40 lakh people living in unauthorised
colonies in Delhi.
The bill will allow registration of properties and provide
certain relief to the residents of 1731 unauthorised colonies
in the city from registration charges and stamp duty.
The Bill also has provisions for recognising the property
rights in unauthorised colonies by securing the rights
of ownership or transfer or mortgage in favour of the
residents who are possessing properties on the basis of
Power of Attorney, Agreement to Sale and possession
letter.
The government took the decision to confer the ownership
rights to residents living in these unauthorised colonies and
termed it a revolutionary step.
After regularisation of these colonies, Delhi's picture will
be completely changed and it will ensure ease of living in
these colonies. Once these colonies are regularised, MPs
will also be able to carry out development programmes
under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme (MPLAD) fund.
65 affluent colonies in the national capital have been
excluded from the purview of the Bill and their case will be
dealt with separately at subsequent stages.
The work of digital mapping of these colonies will be
completed before 31st December and will be uploaded
on the portal. So far mapping of 600 colonies have been
completed. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union minister for housing
and urban affairs had told that another portal will be opened
the public, the Press Information Bureau (PIB)
has created a fact checking unit in order to tackle
the fake news on social media targeting the government
and the work being done by it, reported a tweet from
PIB.
The fact check unit will have officials from the PIB as well
as employees hired on contract to monitor platforms such
as Twitter, Facebook and Youtube to flag news that is fake
and has the potential for creating social unrest.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting urged
people to email snapshots of any dubious material they
come across on any platform including social media and
get it verified.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar
has again called for combating fake news and even said that
it is more dangerous than paid news.
About PIB:
The Press Information Bureau was established in 1919 as a
small cell, which has now grown into a nationwide network
of 8 regional offices and 34 branch offices.
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) is the nodal agency
of the Government of India to disseminate information
to the print and electronic media on government
policies, programmes, initiatives and achievements.
It functions as an interface between the Government
and the media and also serves to provide feedback to
the Government on people’s reaction as reflected in the
media.
PIB disseminates information through different modes of
communication viz. press releases, press notes, feature
articles, backgrounders, photographs, database available
on Bureau’s website. Information disseminated is released
in English, Hindi and Urdu and subsequently translated
in other Indian languages to reach out to about 8,400
newspapers and media organizations in different parts of
country.
In addition PIB organizes Press Conferences, Press Briefing,
Interviews of the Minister’s /Secretary’s and other senior
officers for sensitizing media persons on important policy

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initiatives of the Government. The Bureau
also conducts Press Tours to successful
project sites to enable media to have first
hand account of developmental activities
going on in the country.
Complaint box to be placed in every
panchayat of J&K 04 Dec' 19
J
ammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish
Chandra Murmu has directed to place a Complaint
Box in every Panchayat in the Union Territory to
enable citizens to register their complaints and grievances
with the government. These directions were issued in the
first meeting of the Administrative Council in Jammu
during which functioning of public grievances redressal
mechanism was reviewed.
Principal Secretary to Government, Planning, Development
and Monitoring and Grievances Department Rohit Kansal
made a detailed presentation explaining the process of
registering and handling the grievances and complaints.
The council was informed that grievances are received
through different means including by post and also can be
brought to the Lieutenant Governor’s Grievance Cell by
the complainant personally.
LG directed that the disposal of grievances and in particular
the time taken for disposal should be rigorously monitored.
He also directed that the Awaz-e-Awaam portal of Jammu
& Kashmir should include a mechanism for registering
and monitoring grievances received during public outreach
meetings by the Advisers.
A Dashboard should be prepared on the portal in order
to monitor the disposal of grievances on a real time
basis. The grievances received in Public Durbars should
also be entered in the Awaz-e-Awam system. After the
integration of Centralized Public Grievance Redress and
Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) with Awaz-e-Awaam,
the grievances received on CPGRAMS from across
the Country will automatically get directed to Awaz-e-
Awaam and thus resolution of such grievances will also
be expedited.
Girish Chandra Murmu (born 21 November 1959) is the
first lieutenant governor of the Union territory of Jammu
and Kashmir.
Lieutenant Governors:
## As of now India has 29 states and 7 Union Territories. All
the 29 sates of India are headed by the governor of the
respective state but the Union Territories are governed
by the Lieutenant Governors or administrators.
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# # The head of the UTs i.e. Lieutenant Governor or
administrator is the representative of the President
of India in the respective Union Territory. The
head of the UTs is appointed by the President of
India.
## In India three Union Territories namely
Delhi, Puducherry and Andaman and
Nicobar Island are governed by the
Lieutenant Governor while rest of the
UTs are governed by the Administrator.
Cabinet approves Personal Data
Protection Bill, 2019 04 Dec' 19
T
he Personal
Data Protection
(PDP) Bill,
2019 is inspired
from a previous draft
version prepared by
a committee headed
by retired Justice B N
Srikrishna. However,
the present bill differs
from what was recommended by Justice B N Srikrishna
committee.
What is Data?
## Data is the large collection of information that is stored
in a computer or on a network.
## Data collected and handled by entities is called data
fiduciaries.
## Although the fiduciary controls how and why data is
processed, yet the processing itself may be by a third
party, the data processor.
## Now a days Companies, governments, and political
parties find it valuable because they can use it to find
the most convincing ways to advertise online.
What is the propose of PDP Bill?
The B N Srikrishna committee draft had required all
fiduciaries to store a copy of all personal data in India,
which was criticised by foreign technology companies that
store most of Indians’ data abroad.
Salient provisions of the bill
## The Bill calls for the creation of an independent
regulator Data Protection Authority, which will
oversee assessments and audits and definition making.
## Each company will have a Data Protection Officer
(DPO) who will liaison with the DPA for auditing,
grievance redressal, recording maintenance and more.
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## It also grants individuals the right to data portability
and the ability to access and transfer one’s own
data.
## The Bill stated the penalties as: Rs 5 crore or 2 percent
of worldwide turnover for minor violations and Rs 15
crore or 4 percent of total worldwide turnover for more
serious violations.
## Also, the company’s executive-in-charge can also face
jail terms of up to three years.
Advantages:
## Data localisation can help law-enforcement agencies
access data for investigations and enforcement.
## Instances of cyber-attacks and surveillance will be checked.
## Recently, many WhatsApp accounts were hacked by
an Israeli software called Pegasus.
## Social media is being used to spread
fake news, which has resulted in
lynchings, national security threats,
which can now be monitored, checked
and prevented in time.
Only Aadhar authenticated bank
accounts to get PM-Kisan payments
09 Dec' 19
T
he Government of India has notified that the
fourth instalment of the PM-KISAN (Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) income support
scheme due in December 2019 will be transferred only
to Aadhar-authenticated bank accounts of more than 50
million beneficiaries. This will be the first time since
the launch of this scheme on 24 February 2019 that
the government is insisting on mandatory condition of
Aadhar seeding.
Highlights:
The instalment for December 2019 to March 2020 will be
transferred to Aadhar-authenticated bank accounts at one
go this month. The department has authenticated over 50
million bank accounts.
Government has not yet decided the date and venue for
disbursement of the instalment but is expected to disburse
over Rs.10,000 crore to farmers in a one day. This will
also be the largest disbursal in one day so far under PM-
KISAN, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi during
the launch on February 24 distributed first instalment of
Rs.2,000 each for December 2018-March 2019 period to
over 10 million farmers. The step is expected to boost
sagging rural economy at a time when GDP growth has
hit bottom.
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About Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-
Kisan) Yojana:
## Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
is a Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from
Government of India.
## The Scheme is effective from 1.12.2018.
## Under the Scheme an income support of Rs.6000/-
per year is provided to all farmer families across the
country in three equal installments of Rs.2000/- each
every four months.
## Definition of family for the Scheme is husband, wife
and minor children.
## The entire responsibility of identification of beneficiary
farmer families rests with the State / UT Governments.
## The fund is directly transferred to the bank accounts of
the beneficiaries.
## For enrollment, the farmer is required to approach the
local patwari / revenue officer / Nodal Officer (PM-Kisan)
nominated by the State Government.
## The Common Service Centres (CSCs)
have also been authorized to do
registration of the farmers for the
Scheme upon payment of fees.
'Samagra Shiksha'– an integrated
scheme for school education 12 Dec' 19
M
inistry of
Human
Resource
Development
has implemented
the Scheme of
Vocationalisation of
School Education.
Under the scheme,
a vocational
subject is offered for Classes IX to XII along with the
general education to provide necessary employability and
vocational skills for a variety of occupations.
The above scheme is being implemented under the
umbrella of ‘Samagra Shiksha – an integrated scheme for
school education’.
Important Provisions:
## Samagra Shiksha is an integrated scheme for school
education extending from pre-school to class XII to

ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all
levels of school education.
## It subsumes the three Schemes of Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha
Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).
## The scheme treats school education holistically as a
continuum from Pre-school to Class 12.
## The main emphasis of the Scheme is on improving the
quality of school education by focusing on the two T’s
– Teacher and Technology.
Objective:
The Objective of the Scheme is to ensure inclusive and
equitable quality education from pre-school to senior
secondary stage in accordance with the Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) for Education.
SDG 4.1: Aims to ensure that all boys and girls complete
free, equitable and quality primary and secondary
education leading to relevant and effective learning
outcomes.
SDG 4.5: Aims to eliminate gender disparities in education
and ensure equal access to all levels of education.
The scheme mainly aims to support States in the
implementation of the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
Right to Education Act (RTE) is a fundamental right under
Article 21-A of the Constitution of India.
Fund Resources:
## The Scheme is being implemented as a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme.
## At present the fund sharing pattern for the scheme
between Centre and States is in the ratio of 60:40 and
for the North-Eastern, the Himalayan States and for all
other States and Union Territories with Legislature is
in the ratio of 90:10.
## It is 100% centrally sponsored for Union Territories
without Legislature.
## The scheme also proposes to give
flexibility to the States and UTs to
plan and prioritize their interventions
within the scheme norms and the
overall resource envelope available to
them. ## It’s Currency is Sri Lankan rupee.
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Indo Sri Lanka joint exercise MITRA
SHAKTI 14 Dec' 19
T
he seventh edition of Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-
2019 aimed at enhancing interoperability and
operational efficiency amongst the armies of both
India and Sri Lanka when deployed as part of United Nations
peace keeping forces was commenced on 01 December at
Aundh Military Station, Pune and it was concluded on 14
December. The objective of the exercise is to build and
promote positive relations between armies of India and Sri
Lanka through focus on sub unit level training on counter
insurgency and counter terrorism operations in urban and
rural environment under United Nations mandate. The
joint training exercise also signifies the strength of India-
Sri Lanka relations in the field of military cooperation and
engagement, which is vital for refining the interoperability
and operational preparedness.
The joint exercise is designed for incorporating the current
dynamics of United Nations peace keeping operations
through practical and comprehensive discussions and tactical
exercises. The primary focus of the joint training exercise
will remain on field craft, battle drills and procedures as also
the ability to operate jointly with seamless interoperability.
Mitra Shakti exercise:
The Mitra Shakti exercise was started in 2013 and is
conducted annually as a part  of military diplomacy and
interaction between the armies of India and Sri Lanka. It
is important for India to maintain good relations with its
neighbours in political, economic, social ways. This will
also help India in implementing its Neighbourhood first
Policy. With China increasing its presence in Sri Lanka
(Hambantota port), it becomes vital for India to revive and
boost historical ties.
As member nations of the United Nations, the participating
contingents will gain immensely through joint operability
and enhanced military and diplomatic association.
About Srilanka:
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri
Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian
Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal
and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.
## It’s Capital is Colombo and administrative
capital is Jayawardenepura Kotte.
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Gujarat Government announced relief
and cold wave. Besides, for providing immediate relief
package for farmers 23 Nov' 19 to the victims of State-specific disaster within the local

G
context, which are not included in the list of the above
ujarat Govt.
notified natural calamities, Ministry of Home Affairs
has announced
has authorized the State Governments to incur an
a relief
expenditure of 10% of funds available under SDRF,
package 3,795 crore
subject to the procedures laid down therein.
rupees for farmers who
suffered crop loss due ## This flexibility is applicable only after
to unseasonal rains. the state has listed the natural disasters
for inclusion and has notified clear and
The massive relief
transparent guidelines for relief, in
package is expected to
case such disasters occur.
benefit as many as 56.36 lakh farmers from State's 18,369
villages. It should be noted that this marks the first instance
of State's farmers from all villages being given a relief by
Centre has extended ban on NDFB
the state government. for 5 years 24 Nov' 19

T
It should be noted that only three of the Talukas covering he Centre
Ahmedabad, Surat and Junagadh cities have been kept has extended
out of the package. Meanwhile, to ensure that only true a ban on
beneficiaries receive the relief funds, the money will be Assam-based Bodo
paid only through RTGS, directly to the farmer's bank insurgent group
accounts. National Democratic
Out of the total package, 1,641 crore rupees will be given Front of Bodoland
through a budgetary provision and 2,145 crore under the (NDFB) citing that
State Disaster Response Fund. Farmers will get assistance the terrorist outfit has
in the range of 4,000 rupees to 13,000 rupees. This relief continued to indulge its involvement in violent activities
package is in addition to 700 crore rupees announced by which includes killings, extortion and joining hands with
the state government earlier. anti-India forces. The NDFB was declared an outlawed
outfit in 1990s, the ban has been extended every five years
About SDRF:
since then.
## The State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) is the
What is the reason banning NDFB?
primary fund available with States for disaster
response and is constituted under Section 48 of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended ban
Disaster Management Act, 2005 (DM Act). on NDBF under provisions of sub-section (1) of section
3 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. MHA
## The SDRF is used for meeting expenditures for
has also notified that NDFB was indulging in illegal and
providing immediate relief to the victims of cyclone,
violent activities intended to disrupt sovereignty and
drought, earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorm,

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territorial integrity of India. This is in furtherance of
NDBF’s objective of achieving a separate Bodoland. The
notification also pointed out that since January 2015, NDFB
was involved in 62 violent incidents which resulted in
killings of 19 civilians and 55 extremists, besides arresting
of 450 ultras and confiscation of 444 arms and weapons.
About NDBF:
The NDFB was formed in 1986 to obtain a sovereign
Boroland for the Bodo people. Since then NDFB has
been engaging in unlawful and violent activities thereby
undermining the authority of Union Government as well
as Government of Assam. It has also been spreading
terror and panic among people and continues to indulge in
extortion of money from various sections of society with a
view to financing and executing its plans for the creation
of a separate Bodoland resulting in killings and destruction
of properties of non-Bodos, inhabiting
the Bodo-dominated areas in Assam.
Moreover, it still continues to embark on
a systematic drive for recruitment of fresh
cadres with a view to continue its terrorist
and insurgency activities.
UMEED Mission aims to reduce
poverty in J&K 27 Nov' 19
J
ammu and
Kashmir Rural
Livelihoods
Mission popularly
known as UMEED
aims to reduce
poverty in the
union territory. The
Mission aims that
every poor household comes out of poverty with immense
confidence and belief in them and reap benefits of the
central government programme.
The Rural Livelihoods Mission works on seven steps to
poverty reduction that includes identification of the poor,
organizing the poor, creating favorable environment to
harness their potential, showing them the path to capital,
showing them the path to right livelihood, social awareness
and safety nets around the poor and converging welfare
schemes as their entitlements.
UMEED launched in 2011, is continuing in extension
mode in Jammu & Kashmir. The Mission was rolled out
and implemented in a phased manner that lays emphasis
on sustainable institution-building approach. Such
initiatives have been successful wherever the target
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groups afflicted with poverty organized themselves
and created support structures that are sensitive to their
needs/demands.
The Rural Livelihoods Mission UMEED puts greater thrust
on continuous training of the community in the form of
exposure visits, participation in workshops, and conducting
training programs round the year for the community cadre.
Diverse training programmes on core requirements under
the mission are conducted focusing on the mobilization of
poor, organizing the poor to focus on financial inclusion,
enhancing the livelihood, etc.
UMEED encompasses the spirit of universal social
mobilization wherein it enables poor to build their
organizations by themselves, take tangible decisions that
have an impact on their lives by debating and discussing
among themselves in a transparent manner. To ensure
universal mobilization, at least one member from each
rural poor and vulnerable household,
preferably a woman, remains part of
Self Help Group (SHG). UMEED has an
objective to be a people-led and people-
centred initiative for providing space,
voice and resources for the poor in an open
and transparent manner.
Shipping Ministry approves Loktak
Inland Water ways project in Manipur
28 Nov' 19
S
h i p p i n g
Ministry gave
approval for
the development of
Loktak Inland Water
ways improvement
project in Manipur
under the central
sector scheme. The
estimated cost of the project is over 25 crore rupees. The
Loktak Lake is the largest fresh water lake in North east
located at Moirang in Manipur.
In a statement, Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
said that North-East is a beautiful region with stunning
landscapes and holds a lot of opportunity for tourism
purposes. He said that the project will develop the Inland
water transport connectivity in North East States and give
boost to the tourism sector also.
Chairman of Loktak Development Authority and MLA
of Khurai in Manipur L Susindro Meitei had met Mr
Mandaviya in this regard in New Delhi.
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Inland waterways:
Inland waterways is a network in the form of rivers, canals,
backwaters and creeks that can be used for transportation in
place of or in addition to roads and rails.
Through the ages, rivers have served as effective waterways,
carrying people and goods over long distances. Even today,
many countries depend heavily on inland water transport,
especially for large and bulky cargo, as it is cheaper, more
reliable and less polluting than transporting goods by road
or rail.
Until about a hundred years ago, the Ganga river, too, was
a busy waterway.
Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of
Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by Nagaland to the north,
Mizoram to the south, and Assam to the west; Myanmar
(Sagaing Region and Chin State) lies to its east. The state
covers an area of 22,327 square kilometres
(8,621 sq mi) and has a population of
almost 3 million. Manipur has been at the
crossroads of Asian economic and cultural
exchange for more than 2,500 years.
Inauguration of Sarai Sewage
Treatment Plant in Uttarakhand
06 Dec' 19
K
ing Carl
XVI Gustaf
and Queen
Silvia of Sweden
inaugurated Sarai
Sewage Treatment
Plant (STP) in
Uttarakhand. The
Swedish King and
Queen were on a five-day visit to India to strengthen
bilateral ties. "Bilateral relations between India and
Sweden are friendly and based on principles of democracy
and transparency, right to freedom, and rule of law.
About Sarai Sewage Treatment Plant:
It is the first Sewage Treatment Plant to be completed under
Hybrid Annuity (HAM) Based Public Private Partnership
Model (PPPM). The 14 million litres per day (MLD)
Sarai STP has been constructed at a cost of Rs.41.40 crore
under Centre government’s Namami Gange Programme.
Namami Gange – National Mission for Clean Ganga is
an Integrated Conservation Mission (ICM) , approved as
‘Flagship Programme’ approved as ‘Flagship Programme’
by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget outlay
28 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 UNDP launched Accelerator Lab in New Delhi.
of Rs.20,000 Crore. It seeks to accomplish twin objectives
of effective abatement of pollution, conservation as well as
rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
Key Points:
## Unique feature of this HAM project is that after its
commissioning, this plant will also be maintained and
perated for a period of 15 years by same developer
for efficient performance and for meeting output
parameters.
## This Sarai 14 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant is based on
advanced aerobic biological process, Sequential Batch
Reactor (SBR) process. Thus it is capable of removing
nutrients during treatment and is a 100% eco-friendly
project. The plant will meet the highest standards of
output parameters and has been completed before its
scheduled timeline.
## Municipal sewage is considered as the main source
of pollution in Ganga. It is being tackled through 150
Sewerage projects at a cost of more than Rs.23,000
crores (over 3 billion USD), in addition to various
interventions for checking industrial
and other sources of pollution in Ganga
basin. Namami Gange interventions
extends to urban as well as rural areas
covering diverse sectors.
The first Pashu Kisan credit cards
distributed 07 Dec' 19
T
he first Pashu Kisan credit cards (Animal husbandry
Credit Card) in India were distributed to 101 animal
farmers in Bhiwani district of Haryana. These credit
cards were launched to promote animal husbandry and
agriculture business. The haryana govt has also set a target
to issue 10 lakh Pashu Kisan Credit cards by March 2021.
The agriculture and animal husbandry business will be
made job-oriented, for this, youth will be given training
in skill development in horticulture as well as animal
husbandry. This will also help the youth of the state get
employment in developed countries.
The central and state government is trying to double the income
of farmers in Haryana. For this, various schemes and programs
for farmers and livestock farmers are being effectively
implemented. Dairy farming and horticulture training will be
imparted to more than five lakh farmers in the state to make
animal husbandry and agriculture business profitable.
Highlights of Pashu Kisan credit cards:
## Under the Scheme, banks will provide Rs 40,783 for a
cow and Rs 60,249 for a buffalo.

## The credit amount for goat and sheep each will be Rs 4,063.
## In the case of a pig, the credit amount will be Rs
16,337 per pig.
## For Hens, the credit amount will be Rs 720 per layer
and Rs 161 per broiler hen.
Key Points:
i. These 101 livestock owners can now use these cards
to pay for animal feed, etc. They can repay within a
stipulated period. The scheme is expected to help the
livestock owners in improving their dairy business.
ii. Dairy production in Haryana: Haryana, with 107.26
lakh tonne milk production, has the second highest per
capita milk availability in India.
iii. Members present: Animal Husbandry & Dairy
processing Minister of Haryana, Jayprakash Dalal;
Chairman of Haryana Animal Husbandry Development
Board, Somvir Sangwaan were present on this occasion
and other officials were present during the event.
About Haryana:
Capital- Chandigarh.
Chief Minister- Manohar Lal Kattar.
Governor- Satyadev Narayan Arya.
National Parks(NP)- Sultanpur NP,
Kalesar NP.
Formation- Haryana as a state came into
existence on 1 November 1966, under the
Punjab Reorganisation Act (1966).
UP Government to set up 218 fast-
track courts 09 Dec' 19
T
he Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up 218
fast track courts to hear rape cases and crimes against
children. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting.
Talking to media after the meeting, Minister Yogi Adityanath
expressed concern over crimes against women. It is decided to
set up 144 fast track courts to hear rape cases and 74 POCSO
courts for matters related to crimes against children.
For these fast-track courts, 218 posts of additional sessions
judges have been created. Besides this, staff posts for the
court will also be created. 60 per cent of expenditure on the
courts will be borne by the Centre.
The state government will spend 40 per cent. An estimated
63 lakh rupees will be incurred on each of the new fast-
track courts. Amid the outrage over the death of the Unnao
rape victim, the Uttar Pradesh government announced that
it would set up 218 fast track courts for the speedy disposal
Centre approved the development of Loktak Inland Waterways.
STATE
of sexual crimes against women and children. The decision
was taken by the State Cabinet, a day after the last rites of
the Unnao victim were performed in her native village.
The State at present has 42,389 pending cases of sexual
offences against children and 25,749 pending cases of rape
and sexual crimes against women.
These special courts will be part of the total
1,023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs)
which were proposed to be set up under
the Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act earlier this year.
Hornbill Festival celebrated in
Nagaland 09 Dec' 19
E
very year the
“Hornbill
Festival” is
celebrated between
December 1 and
December 10 in
Nagaland. It is
also called Festival
of Festivals. The
festival is organized by the State Tourism and art and
culture department in Kohima.
Highlights of the festival:
The festival is held every year in the state capital Kohima
near the Kisama village. The aim of the festival is to protect
and revive the rich culture of Nagaland. All the tribes of
Nagaland take part in the festival. Traditional arts of the
state such as wood carvings, paintings and sculptures are
displayed in the festival.
Tourism:
Till December 8, 2019, around 2,39,901 visitors have
visited the festival.It includes 2,799 foreigners as well. The
festival contributes a major share in boosting the economy
of the state.
Naga Morungs:
The Naga Morung is one of the major highlights of the
festival. The Morung is a self-governing body that aims
to protect the village men. Morungs were the community
spaces in Nagaland where the young boys were trained.
The boys are taught history and culture of the tribes in the
land. They also learnt folk songs and tales during their stay.
The boys were made Naga warriors in these Morungs.
At the Hornbill festival, the culture of the Morung tribes
is exhibited. Their arts, paintings, lifestyle are displayed.
Tourists stay at Morung cottages during the festival.
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The name:
Hornbill is a revered bird that is featured
widely in the songs of Nagaland tribes.
Hornbills are birds that are found in tropical
and sub-tropical Asia, Africa and Melanesia.
Nagaland government has extended
the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system
11 Dec' 19
B
efore it, Dimapur was the only place in Nagaland
which was not under the ILP system because
the district is a commercial hub and has a mixed
population (often referred to as ‘Mini India’).
Recently Manipur has also been brought under the purview
of ILP System. Thus, the entire northeast India has been
exempted from CAB except for Sikkim and non-tribal
areas in Assam and Tripura. The main objective of the ILP
system is to prevent the settlement of other Indian nationals
in these states to protect the indigenous population.
Key Points:
The extension of ILP to Dimapur has been issued under
section 2 of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873
by the governor of Nagaland.
The extension of the ILP regime makes it mandatory for
“every non-indigenous person” who entered the district
after November 21, 1979, to obtain an ILP within 90 days.
Any non-indigenous person passing through the district as
a transit passenger and having a valid ticket will not be
required to obtain Inner Line Permit, the notification said.
Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 and North-East India
Protected by the ILP System: Nagaland, Arunachal
Pradesh, Manipur and Mizoram have been exempted from
the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB),
2019.
Sixth Schedule Areas: The whole of Meghalaya (except a
part of Shillong), Mizoram and the tribal areas of Tripura
and Assam are also exempted from the CAB.
The Sixth Schedule contains special provisions for the
administration of tribal areas in the four north-eastern
states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
What is Inner Line Permit?
Inner Line Permit is an official travel document issued by
the Government of India to allow inward travel of an Indian
citizen into a protected/restricted area for a limited period.
It is a special permit required by “outsiders” from other
regions of the country to enter the notified states.
30 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Government introduced Sexual Harassment electronic Box.
This act was enacted during the British era to protect the
British interests from the hill tribals who used to invade the
British subjects.
An imaginary line known as the inner-
line was created to divide between the two
communities so that neither party could go
beyond the line without a permit from the
appropriate authorities.
Andhra Pradesh Assembly passed the
Disha bill 13 Dec' 19
T
he Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on December 11, 2019 has
passed the Disha Bill that proposed harsh punishment
for crimes against women. Disha bill is also known as
the Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) bill.
Key Features:
The act provides harsh punishments to those who did
heinous crimes against women. The cabinet also approved
establishment of special courts for offences against women
and children under Women and Children Act, 2019. The
courts will also deal with cases under POCSO (Protection
of Children against Sexual Offence) act.
The act specifies that judgement for every case registered
should be pronounced within 21 days. Special attention
should be given to cases such as rape, acid attacks.
The Andhra Pradesh government will now establish,
operate and maintain a register in electronic form, to be
called ‘Women & Children Offenders Registry’. This
registry will be made public and will also be available to
country’s law enforcement agencies.
Punishment:
Under the act, those found guilty under the act will be
tried under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Accused
with proven charges of sexual attack on children will be
imprisoned for 10 to 14 years.
The act also includes strict actions against persons
uploading degrading posts against women on social media.
In this case, the first-time offenders will be punished with
2 years of jail term and the second term offenders will be
punished with four years of jail term.
The Act also prescribes, death penalty for rape crimes
where there is adequate conclusive evidence, and this
provision is given by amending Section
376 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860.
Disha is the name given to the veterinarian
who was raped and murdered in Hyderabad
on 27 November and sparked an outrage
across country.
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Bougainville gains
South Africa's Zozibini India to set up 12 hi-tech
independence from Papua
Tunzi crowned Miss parks in Bangladesh
New Guinea
Universe 2019

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DTAA and Protocol between Republic of
India and Republic of Chile approved
28 Nov' 19
Agreement and Protocol into force after the Cabinet
approval. Implementation would be watched and reported
by Union Ministry of Finance.
About Chile:

U
n i o n Chile is a long, narrow country stretching along South
Cabinet has America's western edge, with more than 6,000km of
approved the Pacific Ocean coastline. Santiago, its capital, sits in a
signing of  Double valley surrounded by the Andes and Chilean Coast Range
Taxation Avoidance mountains. The city's palm-lined Plaza de Armas contains
A g r e e m e n t the neoclassical cathedral and the National History Museum.
(DTAA) and Protocol The massive Parque Metropolitano offers swimming pools,
between Republic of a botanical garden and zoo.
India and Republic Capital: Santiago Trending
of Chile. This will help in elimination of double taxation
as well as prevention of fiscal evasion and avoidance with Currency: Chilean peso
respect to taxes on income. Official language: Spanish
Major impact of DTAA Agreement and Protocol
India to set up 12 hi-tech parks in
It will facilitate elimination of double taxation between
two nations. Moreover, a clear allocation of taxing rights Bangladesh 29 Nov' 19

I
between Contracting States by Agreement will provide tax ndian High
certainty to investors and businesses of both countries. This Commission,
will also augment the flow of investment through fixing of Dhaka India will
fees for technical services, royalties and the tax rates in set up 12 hi-tech
source State on interest. parks in Bangladesh
The Agreement and Protocol implements minimum at a cost of $193
standards and other recommendations of G-20 OECD Base million. Speaking at
Erosion Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project (or BEPS Project). a business meeting
The Agreement includes provisions such as a Principal in Rangpur organised
Purpose Test, Preamble Text, a General Anti-Abuse by the local Chamber of Commerce and Industry, High
provision along with a Simplified Limitation of Benefits Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das
Clause (SLBC) as per BEPS Project. This will result in said that these hi-tech parks will provide training to 30,000
curbing of tax planning strategies which exploit gaps and youth of Bangladesh as skilled IT professionals.
mismatches in tax rules. Responding to the issue of the trade imbalance between
Way Forward the two countries, according to Riva Ganguly Das that
The Implementation Strategy and Targets includes diversification of the product basket of Bangladesh will
completing necessary formalities for bringing the help reduce the gap by increasing exports to India.

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Bangladesh, to the east of India on the Bay of Bengal, is
a South Asian country marked by lush greenery and many
waterways. Its Padma (Ganges), Meghna and Jamuna
rivers create fertile plains, and travel by boat is common.
On the southern coast, the Sundarbans, an enormous
mangrove forest shared with Eastern India, is home to the
royal Bengal tiger.
Capital: Dhaka
Currency: Bangladeshi taka
Prime minister: Sheikh Hasina
Suriname president sentenced to 20
years in prison 30 Nov' 19
S
uriname's
President Desi
Bouterse has
been sentenced to 20
years in prison over
the execution of 15
political opponents
in 1982.
He was found guilty
of planning and ordering the extrajudicial execution of 15
political prisoners.
The president has previously denied the allegations.
He claimed the victims, who included lawyers, union
leaders and journalists, were shot while trying to escape a
colonial-era fortress in Paramaribo, the capital of the South
American country.
Bourtese led Suriname during the 1980s as head of a
military government and de facto leader.
He took office as president in 2010, following a democratic
election and was elected for another term in 2015.
The court ruled that the president had overseen an operation
which involved soldiers under his command kidnapping
16 government critics, including lawyers, journalists and
university professors.
Only one of the detainees - a union leader - survived the
killings and was able to testify against Bouterse.
About Suriname:
## Suriname is a small country on the northeastern coast
of South America.
## Paramaribo is the capital city of Suriname on the banks
of the Suriname River. It’s known for ornate wooden
Dutch colonial buildings in its center.
32 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 India, Vietnam signed MoU for cooperation in the field of education.
President Bouterse
## After playing an active role in a 1980 coup d'etat
against Prime Minister Henck Arron, Bouterse was
promoted to head of the army and made de facto leader
of Suriname until 1987.
## He later left the army to lead the National Democratic
Party (NDP), which came to power in 2010.
## The party has repeatedly tried to halt this trial and six
people accused of being involved have already died
since it began 12 years ago.
## In 2012, the National Assembly passed an amnesty law
granting Bouterse immunity, which
was later invalidated by a court ruling.
## In 1999, Bouterse was convicted in
absentia for drug trafficking by a court
in the Netherlands - allegations he
denies.
UNDP 2019 human development
index: India ranked 129th 08 Dec' 19
R
ecently, the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) released its report titled
“Human Development Report 2019– Beyond
income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in
human developmen in the 21st century”. The report was
based on the human development of a changing world. As
per the report India ranked 129th out of 189 countries in
the list which is up by 1 rank of 130 from 2018. The list
was topped by Norway. The report in detail are as follows:
Human development index UNDP Report on India:
i. 27.1 crore people in India were lifted out of poverty
from 2005-06 to 2015-16. The improvement was due
to reduction in poverty along with improvement in life
expectancy, education and access to healthcare.
According to HDI (Human Development Index), no
other region experienced such rapid development
progress. However, Despite India’s significant
progress, it accounts for 28% of the total 1.3 billion
multidimensional poor.
ii. Index Score: India scored 0.647 in 2018, as against
0.643 in 2017. The score is calculated in the range of 0
to 1.
India’s HDI value increased by 50% (from 0.431
to 0.647), in 2018 as against 2017, which placed it
above the average for countries in the medium human
development group (0.634) and above the average for
other South Asian countries (0.642).

iii. Life expectancy: In India, between 1990 and 2018,
life expectancy at birth increased by 11.6 years, mean
years of schooling increased by 3.5 years and expected
years of schooling increased by 4.7 years. Per capita
incomes rose by over 250%.
iv. Rank improvement factor: Some of the factors that
lead to India’s improvement in the rankings were
due to govt. initiatives like Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana (financial inclusion scheme), Ayushman Bharat
(universal health care scheme) etc.
v. Inequality & gender bias: UNDP, however, warned
of inequalities that persist in India. The report found
that despite progress, inequalities persist in the country
affecting women and girls. Indians showed biases in
gender social norms, indicating a backlash to women’s
empowerment.
General report:
i. Rank indicators: the countries were ranked based on
indicators such as life expectancy at birth, expected
years of schooling, mean years of schooling, GNI
(Gross national income) per capita and HDI (Human
Development Index) value
ii. South Asia: fastest growing region: South Asia was
the fastest growing region witnessing 46% growth
during 1990-2018, followed by East Asia and the
Pacific at 43%. No region, other than South Asia, has
experienced such rapid human development progress.
iii. Poverty: Of the 1.3 billion multidimensional poor,
661 million are in Asia and the Pacific. This is nearly
half of multi-dimensional poor living in 101 countries
around the world.
Ranking
Rank Country
129 India.
1 Norway.
2 Switzerland.
189 Niger (last rank)
South Africa's Zozibini Tunzi crowned
Miss Universe 2019 09 Dec' 19
S
outh Africa's Zozibini Tunzi has been crowned Miss
Universe for the year 2019, beating more than 90
contestants. The 26-year-old Tunzi was declared
the winner at a televised event at Atlanta in United States
yesterday. Tunzi's win is South Africa's third Miss Universe
crown; she is the first black woman to win the Miss Universe
title since Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe 2011,
Saudi Arabia elected to UNESCOs World Heritage Committee.
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and the first to do so
with afro-textured
hair.
Indian contestant
Vartika Singh
crashed out of the
world's biggest
beauty pageant after
securing a place in
the top 20. Miss Puerto Rico Madison Anderson was named
the first runner-up. Miss Puerto Rico Madison Anderson
was named the first runner-up, followed by Mexican
contestant Ashley Alvidrez as the second runner-up. Also
part of the top 5 were Colombia and Thailand.
About the Final Round:
In the final three, Tunzi was asked about what she believes
young girls today should be taught most, answering that
she said, I think the most important thing we should be
teaching young girls today is leadership. It's something that
has been lacking in young girls and women for a very long
time – not because we don't want to, but because of what
society has labelled women to be. I think we are the most
powerful beings on the world, and that we should be given
every opportunity, and that is what we should be teaching
these young girls – to take up space. Nothing is as important
as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.
Zozibini Tunzi:
As Miss Universe, Tunzi will reside in New York City,
and will take part in a number of events and appearances
throughout the world.
Tunzi began her pageantry career in 2017, when she was
accepted as one of the top 26 semifinalists of
Miss South Africa 2017, although she was
not selected as one of the twelve finalists.
She returned to pageantry to compete in
Miss South Africa 2019.
India has the 2nd -highest population
of unvaccinated children for measles
10 Dec' 19
A
ccording to the joint report of World Health
Organization (WHO) and UNICEF (United Nations
Children’s Fund) published in Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), India has the 2nd highest
number of children who are not vaccinated against measles
with 2.3 million in 2018 (2.9 million in 2017) . Nigeria, an
African country tops the list with 2.4 million unvaccinated
children (4 million unvaccinated children in 2017).
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Key Points:
i. After Nigeria & India, the other 4 countries with the
most number of unvaccinated children are Pakistan
(1.4 million), Ethiopia (1.3 million), Indonesia (1.2
million) and the Philippines (0.7 million).
ii. As per the report, globally in 2018, there were at least
10 million cases of measles and 140,000 deaths. The
major casualties from measles are children under the
age of 5.
iii. Despite being preventable by two doses of vaccination
(first dose is given at nine-12 months of age and the
2nd dose is given at 16-24 months of age), which is
part of India’s routine immunisation programme, there
were nearly 70,000 cases of measles reported in India
in 2018, the third highest in the world. But in 2019 it
was reduced to over 29,000 cases, which have been
reported to the WHO.
iv. Failing to immunize: Globally 19.2 million children did
not receive the first dose through routine immunisation
services.
v. Effective strategy: Nearly 163 million children in India
received have been been given the measles vaccine.
The 1st dose of measles vaccine was initiated as part
of the national immunisation programme in the 1990s.
A second dose was initiated based on the WHO’s
recommendation to prevent infection and death. India
introduced the second dose from 2010.
About Measles:
It is a highly infectious illness caused by
the rubeola virus. Its symptoms can range
from rashes to pneumonia and can cause
blindness and death.
Bougainville gains independence
from Papua New Guinea 12 Dec' 19
T
he South
P a c i f i c
Archipelago of
Bougainville voted to
become independent
of Papua New Guinea.
Around 98% of
1,81,067 voters voted
to get independent
from Papua New
Guinea.
34 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Lok Sabha passed a bill to merge Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman.
Bougainville
It is the largest island of the Solomon Islands
Archipelago. The island has the world’s largest copper
deposits. The most widely spoken language in the
country is Halia.
The country is yet to prove its recognition in the United
Nations. In India, Godman Nithyananda is said to have
built a new country called “Kailassa” near Ecuador.
Kailassa is also yet to prove its recognition in United
Nations.
Diplomatic Recognition
By international law, a country should recognize the
other for the later to become an independent country. The
recognition can be proved by the new country through
United Nation Resolution. If majority of the countries vote
in favour of membership of the country, then the country
enters world map and begins to exist legally. ‘There are
195 countries in the world today that are recognized by the
United Nations.
Apart from Diplomatic recognition, the countries of
North America and South America assent on Montevideo
Convention.
Montevideo Convention
The Montevideo Convention is a treaty that was signed in
1933. The convention defines rights and duties of statehood.
It lists the criteria for a country to become independent and
declare its sovereignty. The most important factor of the
convention is that it prohibited the use of military force to
gain sovereignity.
China’s interests
The prevailing situation in the Pacific is advantageous
to China. China seeks to influence an independent
Bougainville. The political and economic presence of china
in the country has increased already. China’s support to the
island will increase its support among the Pacific islands
against Taiwan. It is important to note that Taiwan recently
lost two of its Pacific allies this year. Australia, UK and
US believe that there are possibilities of China bringing
Bougainville into its debt trap diplomacy.
China is also interested in Bougainville
for its rich fisheries, copper, gold and
other resources. Building strong ties with
the country will help China increase its
presence in the Pacific.
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Taxation Laws Mukesh Ambani, the 9th 7th Economic Census: First
(Amendment) Bill, 2019 richest person in the world time digital
passed in parliament

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Act, 1924. Initially the Board was in charge of both direct
Tax department launches web portal for
and indirect taxes. However, when the administration of
exchange of information 22 Nov' 19 taxes became too unwieldy for one Board to handle, the

T
Board was split up into two, namely the Central Board of
he Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes
Direct Taxes and Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBDT), P C Mody inaugurated the Web Portal for
with effect from 1.1.1964. This bifurcation was brought
Exchange of Information on Income Tax Website in
about by constitution of two Boards u/s 3 of the Central
New Delhi.
Board of Revenue Act, 1963.
The Web Portal consolidates all the relevant Automatic
Composition of CBDT:
Exchange of Information related information at one place
for financial institutions, officers and public. The posrtal The Central Board of Direct Taxes consists of a Chairman
would not only be useful for the domestic financial and following six Members: -
institutions but will also help the foreign tax authorities and Chairman
financial institutions to get information about the Indian
laws, rules and procedures. Member (Income-tax)

India is committed to exchange financial account Member (Legislation & Computerisation)

information automatically from 2017 under the Common Member (Personnel & Vigilance)
Reporting Standard on Automatic Exchange of Information Member (Investigation)
(AEOI).
Member (Revenue)
About the Central Board of Direct Taxes:
Member (Audit & Judicial)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes is a statutory authority
functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963. Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill,
The officials of the Board in their ex-officio capacity also
function as a Division of the Ministry dealing with matters
2019 passed in parliament
relating to levy and collection of direct taxes. 25 Nov' 19

T
Functions and Organisation: axation Laws
Its functions include formulation of policies, dealing with (Amendment) Bill
natters relating to levy and collection of direct taxes, and passed in both the
supervision of the functioning of the entire Income Tax houses.
Department. CBDT also proposes legislative changes in Highlights of the
direct tax enactments and changes in rates and structure of Ordinance and the Bill
taxation in tune with the policies of the Government.
Currently, domestic
Historical Background of C.B.D.T. companies with annual
The Central Board of Revenue as the apex body of the turnover of up to Rs 400
Department, charged with the administration of taxes, came crore pay income tax at the rate of 25%. For other domestic
into existence as a result of the Central Board of Revenue companies, the tax rate is 30%. The Bill provides domestic

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companies with an option to pay tax at the rate of 22%,
provided they do not claim certain deductions under the
Income Tax Act.
The Bill provides an option to new domestic manufacturing
companies to pay income tax at the rate of 15%, provided
they do not claim certain deductions. These new domestic
manufacturing companies must be set up and registered
after September 30, 2019, and start manufacturing before
April 1, 2023.
A company can opt the new tax rates in the financial year
2019-20 (i.e. assessment year 2020-21) or in any other
financial year in the future. Once a company exercises this
option, the chosen provision will apply for all subsequent
years.
Key Issues and Analysis
In 2017-18, 29% of the 8.4 lakh companies paid tax at
an effective rate higher than 25%. The Bill allows these
companies a lower statutory tax rate option of 25.17%.
These companies contributed 69% of the total income tax
paid by all companies in 2017-18.
In case of the manufacturing sector, the effective tax rate
after deductions was 28% in 2017-18. This is much higher
than the 17.16% statutory tax rate option provided under
the Bill for new domestic manufacturing companies.
The Ministry of Finance has estimated the revenue impact
of new tax rates and other measures under the Ordinance
(includes exemptions to capital gains of
certain investors from increased surcharge
rates) at Rs 1.45 lakh crore. This could
increase the fiscal deficit for the year 2019-
20 from 3.3% of GDP to 4% of GDP.
Mukesh Ambani, the 9th richest
person in the world 01 Dec' 19
W
ith a net
w o r t h
of USD
60 billion, Reliance
Industries chief
Mukesh Ambani
has been ranked the
9th richest person
globally, according
to 'The Real-Time Billionaires List' of Forbes, that was
topped by Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
Ambani made it to the daily list of the top 10 richest people
in the world because of the increase in the share price of
his flagship firm Reliance Industries. Also, he became the
36 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Researchers discovered a massive black hole in the Milky Way.
first Indian firm to hit the Rs.10 lakh crore market valuation
mark.
About Forbes List:
Forbes is an American business magazine. Published bi-
weekly, it features original articles on finance, industry,
investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on
related subjects such as technology, communications,
science, politics, and law. Its headquarters is located in
Jersey City, New Jersey.
The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings,
including of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), of
the America’s Wealthiest Celebrities, of the world's top
companies (the Forbes Global 2000), 30 Under 30 and
The World's Billionaires. The motto of Forbes magazine is
"The Capitalist Tool". Its chair and editor-in-chief is Steve
Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Federle.
Top 5 in the list:
## The list was topped by Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff
Bezos with a net worth of $113 billion
## Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ranked second with a
net worth of $107.4 billion
## Bernard Arnault & family Chairman and CEO, LVMH
Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton ranked third with a net
worth of $107.2 billion
## CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren
Buffett stands fourth with a net worth
of $86.9 billion
## CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg
was ranked fifth with a net worth of
$74.9 billion
ADB approves $206 million loans
to develop water supply, sewerage
infrastructure in Tamil Nadu
02 Dec' 19
A
sian Development Bank (ADB), a regional
development bank has signed $206 million loan
agreement with Government of India (GoI) to
develop water supply, sewerage infrastructure in 5 cities
(Ambur,Tiruchirappalli, Tiruppur, Madurai and Vellore)
of Tamil Nadu (TN) and also enhances capacities of urban
local bodies (ULBs) for improved service delivery.
Highlights:
i. It was the 2nd project loan for the ADB-assisted
$500 million multi-tranche financing for TN Urban
Flagship Investment Program, granted in earlier

September 2018, that will develop climate-resilient
water supply, sewerage, and drainage infrastructure in
at least 10 cities in Tamil Nadu. The first project under
the program amounting to $169 million targeting
the cities of Chennai, Coimbatore, Rajapalayam,
Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, and Vellore is currently
under implementation.
ii. Sewage collection & treatment will be done in 4 cities
(Ambur, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruppur, and Vellore) by
installing sewage treatment plants, pumping stations.
Water supply systems improvement will be achieved
in 2 cities (Madurai and Tiruppur) through 1,260 km
of new distribution lines that linked to nearly 190,000
households with metered water supply.
iii. The agreement was signed by Mr. Sameer Kumar
Khare, Additional Secretary (Fund Bank and ADB)
of the Department of Economic Affairs in India’s
Ministry of Finance and Mr. Kenichi Yokoyama, ADB
Country Director for India.
About ADB:
## It,s Motto is “Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific”.
## It was Formed on 19 December, 1966.
## It Headquarters in Manila, Philippines.
## Membership - 68 countries
## Recently in September 2019, ADB’s president
Takehiko Nakao has announced his resignation which
will be effective from January 16, 2020
About Tamil Nadu:
Capital- Chennai.
Chief minister- Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
Governor- Banwarilal Purohit.
Reserve Bank keeps repo rate
unchanged at 5.15 % 05 Dec' 19
T
he Reserve
Bank of India
(RBI) in its
fifth bi-monthly
Monetary Policy has
kept the policy repo
rate unchanged at
5.15 per cent.
The six-member
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by Governor
Shaktikanta Das unanimously voted for a status quo policy.
The reverse credit policy has also maintained the reverse
Neha Dixit was awarded the 2019 International Press Freedom Award.
ECONOMY
repo rate at 4.90 per cent and the marginal standing facility
rate and Bank Rate at 5.40 per cent.
The real GDP growth for 2019-20 has been revised
downwards from 6.1 per cent in the October policy to 5.0
per cent.
Interacting with Media, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
said the decisions are in consonance with the objective of
achieving the medium-term target for consumer price index
inflation of 4 per cent while supporting growth.
About RBI:
The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935
in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of
India Act, 1934.
The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially
established in Calcutta but was permanently moved to
Mumbai in 1937. The Central Office is where the Governor
sits and where policies are formulated.
Though originally privately owned, since nationalisation in
1949, the Reserve Bank is fully owned by the Government
of India.
Repo Rate:
Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country
(Reserve Bank of India in case of India) lends money to
commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds.
Repo rate is used by monetary authorities to control
inflation.
Description: In the event of inflation, central banks increase
repo rate as this acts as a disincentive for banks to borrow
from the central bank. This ultimately reduces the money
supply in the economy and thus helps in
arresting inflation.
The central bank takes the contrary
position in the event of a fall in inflationary
pressures. Repo and reverse repo rates form
a part of the liquidity adjustment facility.
7 December: GST Stakeholder
Feedback Diwas 08 Dec' 19
T
he central and
state authorities
organised GST
(Goods and Services
Tax) Stakeholder
Feedback Diwas on 7
December 2019. The
aim of organizing this
event was to get an
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on-the-spot response and suggestion to the new system for
filing GST Returns to be introduced from next fiscal year.
The new return form will be made mandatory from 1 April
2020. The programme was organised on the new system for
filing returns across 125 cities to get on-the-spot response
and suggestion.
About GST Stakeholder Feedback Diwas
As per Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
(CBIC) about 7,500 trade associations/stakeholders
participated in the programme. Besides them a large
number of taxpayers, all prominent chambers of commerce
and industry, compliance managers and tax practitioners
also participated.
The participants were encouraged to upload GST returns
(ANX-1 and 2) and give feedback in regard to ease of
compliance, deficiencies, improvements and uploading.
There was overwhelming response from GST stakeholders
and several useful suggestions were received.
The focus was on assessing ease of compliance and
uploading of these new returns so that taxpayers as well
as traders do not face any difficulty when returns are made
legally mandatory.
Background:
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman directed
CGST (Centre Goods and Services Tax) and SGST
(State Goods and Services Tax) authorities to organise a
nationwide interaction with stakeholders in order to get a
first-hand feedback on new GST returns that are proposed
to be rolled out from next fiscal year (April 2020).
The finance minister then on November 16, held a meet
with select taxpayers, Chartered Accountants and tax
practitioners on the same subject. Later, during first
National Conference on GST (held on 25 November),
Revenue Secretary had also urged states
GST authorities to hold similar stakeholder
consultations in their jurisdictions as well
as to all GST stakeholders to actively
participated in these feedback sessions in
their nearest CGST or SGST Office cross
the country.
7th Economic Census: First time
digital 14 Dec' 19
T
he Seventh Economic Census is being conducted
nationwide through Common Service Centres
(CSC) and is expected to be completed by March
2020. This is the first time the census is being conducted
digitally.
38 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Assam imposed a complete ban on gutka and pan masala.
Highlights
As the census is
being conducted
digitally, the
Ministry of Statistics
and Programme
Implementation
conducting the
census has tied
up with CSC
e-governance services for the 7th census. Currently the
census is being held in Delhi. Delhi is the 26th place where
the census is launched. The process is long and will take
minimum of three months to complete the census in Delhi
region alone. Already the census is on in 20 states and 5
union territories.
Initially the economic census process will take minimum
of 2 years to complete. With digital processes implemented
in the census, it is being completed in less than 6 months
according to the Ministry. Around 1.5 lakh trained
enumerators have been employed in the census. They will
visit 35 crore households and establishments to carry out
the census.
Economic Census
The Indian Economic Census is counting entrepreneurial
units in the country. It involves both agricultural and non-
agricultural activities. It provides information such as
number of persons employed, number of establishments,
type of ownership, source of finance, etc. The information
provided by the census is used to plan and assess
contribution of various sectors towards GDP of the country.
Indian Economic Census
In 1976, Government of India launched a plan scheme
called Economic Census and Surveys. In 1977 Central
Statistical Organisation conducted First economic census in
collaboration with the Directorate of Economics & Statistics
(DES) in the States/Union Territories. So
far 6 census have been conducted in the
years 1977, 1980, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2013.
The economic census 1980 and 1990 were
integrated with population census.
World Economic Forum Report: India
slips to rank 112 in Gender Gap
17 Dec' 19
R
ecently, the World Economic Forum released its
report according to which India ranked 112th
in terms of gender gap. The report said that the

India was ranked in bottom-five in terms of survival and
economic participation.
Highlights: India
## India was in 108th position in 2018. Its performance
weakened in the year 2019 according to the report.
India’s performance was lagging in three out of four
metrics used for ranking the countries. India slipped to
150th rank in health and survival, 149th in economic
participation, 112th in educational attainment.
India improved to 18th place in terms of political
empowerment.
## The report also said that opportunities for women in
India is very low. India was ranked below countries like
Bangladesh (50th), Indonesia (85th), Brazil (92nd),
Nepal (101st), Sri Lanka (102nd), China (106th).
## The World Economic Forum published its first
report in 2006. Since then performance of India has
deteriorated. In 2006, India was ranked at 98th place.
Opportunities for women in the country is 35.4%. Sex
ratio of India was low as compared to other countries
(91 girls for every 100 boys).
Highlights: World
Iceland was the topmost gender-neutral country. Next to
Iceland, other Nordic Countries like Norway, Finland and
Sweden were the top performers. At the top 10, countries
like Nicaragua (5th), New Zealand (6th), Ireland (7th),
Spain (8th), Rwanda (9th) and Germany (10th). United
States continued to decline falling to 53rd
place.
Though there are several hinderance for
the situation to get improved, role model
effect will start to have impact in terms of
leadership. For instance, eight out of top
10 countries had high political empowerment with greater
participation from women.
Now National Electronic Fund
Transfer (NEFT) 24×7 17 Dec' 19
F
rom 16
Dec,2019 the
Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has
operationalised round-
the-clock (24×7)
availability of the
National Electronic
Fund Transfer (NEFT).
The RBI has also asked banks not to levy any charges
from savings bank account holders for funds transfers done
Constitution Day was observed on 26 November.
ECONOMY
through NEFT system which are initiated online (internet
banking and/ or mobile apps of the banks).
Key Points:
## Through this move, the RBI has joined an elite club
of countries having payment systems which enable
round-the-clock fund transfer and settlement of any
value.
## Benefit to Customers: Customers can now transfer
money through NEFT without paying any charges any
time of the day whereas banks charge a fee for fund
transfer through cheques and Demand Draft (DD).
Background:
## The NEFT system, introduced in 2005, has seen
exponential growth in recent years reflecting its
popularity as well as increasing customer acceptance.
Despite such growth, many banks continued to levy
the maximum permissible charges to their customers.
## It was desirable that the benefits accruing on account
of increasing volume of transactions are passed on to
the customers so as to incentivise greater use of the
electronic payment system in place of cumbersome
paper-based mechanism like cheques/DDs.
About National Electronic Fund Transfer:
National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) is a nation-
wide payment system facilitating one-to-one funds transfer.
Under this Scheme, individuals, firms and corporates can
electronically transfer funds from any bank branch to
any individual, firm or corporate having an account with
any other bank branch in the country participating in the
Scheme.
NEFT is different from Real Time Gross Settlement
(RTGS). RTGS can be explained as a system where
there is continuous and real-time settlement of fund-
transfers, individually on a transaction by transaction
basis.
NEFT settlements happen in batches, so there might
be a slight delay for the actual transfer to take place
RTGS transactions, on the other hand, happen in real
time.
There is no limit – either minimum or maximum – on the
amount of funds that could be transferred using NEFT.
However, the maximum amount per transaction is limited
to 50,000/- for cash-based remittances within India and
also for remittances to Nepal under the
Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme.
The minimum amount to be remitted
through RTGS is 2,00,000/- with no upper
or maximum ceiling.
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Burning Topics of the Month
WADA Executive Wasim Jaffer becomes
Committee bans Russia 13th South Asian Games
the first Indian Cricketer
from Olympics and World held in Nepal
to play 150 Ranji
Championships Matches

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Lakshya Sen is now scheduled to play at the Syed Modi
Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Open title
International Super 300 tournament in Lucknow, which
25 Nov' 19 starts from November 26.

I
ndian shuttler Background: He was born into a badminton family. His
Lakshya Sen father is DK Sen, an Indian badminton coach and his brother
won the men’s is Chirag Sen, who is also an international badminton player.
singles final at the In February 2017, Lakshya Sen became the
Scottish Open at world no. 1 in BWF World Junior rankings.
Glasgow, Scotland He had participated in the 2018 Summer
on November 24, Youth Olympics and won the silver medal
2019. This is his in the boys’ singles.
fourth title within the
span of three months. Steve Smith become the fastest man to
Lakshya Sen beat Brazil's Ygor Coelho in three sets of 18- score 7,000 30 Nov' 19

S
21, 21-18, 21-19 to win the acclaimed Scottish Open title.
The total match duration was 56 minutes. teve Smith
on Saturday
Sen has now won four titles out of the five tournaments that
became the
he participated in since September 2019- Scottish Open,
fastest man to score
SaarLorLux Open, Dutch Open and Belgian International.
7,000 Test runs,
He had lost in the second round of the Irish Open.
shattering a record
Lakshya in Scottish Open that had stood since
Lakshya Sen had begun his campaign at the Scottish Open 1946, while moving
with a win over Austria's Luka Wraber in straight sets. He past Donald Bradman
then went on to defeat India’s Kiran George to reach the to become Australia's 11th highest scorer.
quarterfinals. The 30-year-old took a single off Muhammad Musa during
In the quarterfinals, Sen pulled off another straight-set win the second Test against Pakistan in Adelaide to reach the
over world no. 6 Brian Yang to face-off against France's milestone and take possession of a record held for 73 years
Christo Popov in the semifinals. by English great Wally Hammond.
During the men’s singles final, though Lakshya was lagging Hammond reached the mark in 131 innings, while Smith,
behind in the opening game, he came back with greater who played his first Test nine years ago, made the grade in
momentum to seal off the match with a win. The win will his 126th.
assist Lakshya to break into the top-40 in the BWF rankings. India's Virender Sehwag is the third fastest in 134
He has become the fourth Indian to win the Scottish Open innings.
title. The others include Pullela Gopichand (1999), Arvind Fewest inns to 7000 Test runs: 126 - Steve Smith, 131 -
Bhatt (2004) and Anand Pawar who won it twice in 2010 Walter Hammond, 134 - Virender Sehwag, 136 - Sachin
as well as 2012. Tendulkar

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Smith also passed the legendary Bradman's 6,996 Test runs.
It took Smith 70 Tests to do so, while Bradman needed only
52.
The 30-year-old's heroics at the Ashes in England this
year saw him widely labelled the best since Bradman,
considered Test cricket's greatest ever, when he scored a
mammoth 774 runs in just seven innings.
He had the opportunity to pass both Bradman and Hammond
in the first Test against Pakistan in Brisbane, but fell for just
four in a rare failure.
In an insight into Smith's determination to be the best,
Smith said after missing out in Brisbane that he punishes
himself when the runs do not flow.
"I always punish myself when I get no runs, just like I
reward myself when I score runs with a chocolate bar at the
end of the night, if I get a hundred," he said.
"So yeah, if I get no runs, I always like to have a run or go
to the gym or do something just to give myself a bit of a
punishment."
Smith still has 10 other Australian players above him in
total Test runs scored.
Greg Chappell (7,110) is his next target, but
he has a mountain to climb to reach Ricky
Ponting, who amassed 13,378 runs in his
168 Tests.
India’s Praggnanandhaa won London
Chess Classic 2019 08 Dec' 19
I
ndian young
g r a n d m a s t e r,
Rameshbabu
Praggnanandhaa
(14) was crowned
the winner of the
London chess classic
2019 in the FIDE
Open category with
7.5 points from 9
rounds & shared the title with Anton Smirnov of Australia,
who also scored 7.5 points. The tournament, organized by
the World Chess Federation (FIDE), was held at Olympia
London in London, United Kingdom (UK) from 29
November 2019.
Key Points:
i. Praggnanandhaa has also crossed the ELO rating
(a method for calculating the relative skill levels of
players) of 2600 to reach 2601 at the age of 14 years,
India ranked 5th in the Global Climate Risk Index.
SPORTS
3 months and 26 days. With this, he has become the
youngest Indian ever to cross 2600 ratings and the
2nd youngest in the world (youngest to ever reach
the 2600-rating mark is John Burke of US (United
States),who reached 2601 ratings in September 2015
when he was 14 years and 2 months old).
ii. Praggnanandhaa drew his 9th and final round with
Sahaj Grover of India in the final round of the
competition. India’s top seed Aravindh Chithambaram
came 3rd with 7 points.
iii. This is Praggnanandhaa third tournament victory
in the year 2019. Already, he had won the Xtracon
Open 2019 in Denmark in July 2019 & World Youth
championships 2019 in Mumbai in October 2019.
iv. RB Ramesh was the long-time coach of Praggnanandhaa.
Chess:
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a
checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.
The game is played by millions of people worldwide. Chess
is believed to be derived from the Indian game chaturanga
sometime before the 7th century.
The United Kingdom:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK or U.K.)
or Britain, is a sovereign country located
off the north­western coast of the European
mainland. The United Kingdom includes
the island of Great Britain, the north­eastern
part of the island of Ireland, and many
smaller islands.
WADA Executive Committee bans
Russia from Olympics and World
Championships 09 Dec' 19
W
ADA’s (World Anti-Doping Agency) Executive
Committee has banned Russia from the
Olympics and World Championships for 4 years.
Russia has been banned, after its capital Moscow trying to
manipulate laboratory data by deleting and planting fake
evidence to help them in their drug test. The WADA has
first commissioned a report after finding evidence on mass
doping in Russian athletics in the year 2015 and banned
the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) which was
reinstated in the year 2018.
Key Points:
i. Russia has been banned from 2020 Summer Olympics
to be held in Tokyo, Japan, 2022 Winter Olympics in
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Beijing, China, and Major International Competition
like 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Youth Olympic
Games, Paralympics, World Championships and other
games subject to the Anti-Doping Code. Similar to the
case of Winter Olympics 2018 held in PyeongChang,
South Korea
ii. In the Winter Olympics 2018, 168 Russian Athletes
participated as ‘Olympic Athletes from Russia’.
Russians who have not been incriminated in Russia’s
State-sponsored doping scheme will be allowed to
participate in the Tokyo and Beijing games to be held
in 2020.
iii. The country will also be banned from hosting
matches in the UEFA (Union of European Football
Associations) Euro Football Championships and to
host any major championships during the four year
ban which extends to include the 2032 Olympics.
iv. The Russian Government Officials and Representatives
have also been banned from attending major events or
from serving as the board members of any organization
that has signed the anti-doping code.
About WADA:
The World Anti-Doping Agency is a foundation initiated
by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada
to promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against drugs
in sports. The agency's key activities include scientific
research, education, development of anti-doping capacities,
and monitoring of the World Anti-Doping Code, whose
provisions are enforced by the UNESCO International
Convention against Doping in Sport. It was set up on 10
November 1999 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Since 2002, the
organization's headquarters have been located in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada.
About Russia:
Capital- Moscow
President- Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister- Dmitry Medvedev
Wasim Jaffer becomes the first Indian
Cricketer to play 150 Ranji Matches
09 Dec' 19
W
asim Jaffer, (41) from Mumbai, Maharashtra
and former Indian Cricketer becomes the first
Indian to play 150 Ranji Matches. Jaffer is
only 853 runs away from completing 20,000 runs in 150
matches, followed by Devendra Bundela, Madhya Pradesh
and Amol Muzumdar, Maharashtra who have played in
42 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Madhya Pradesh approved Rs.156 crore for development of Omkareshwar.
145 and 136 matches
respectively. Jaffer
played his 150th
Ranji Game for
Vidarbha against
Andhra Pradesh
(AP) the match was
held in Devineni
Venkata Ramana
Praneetha Ground, Northern side of ACA-KDCA (Andhra
Cricket Association–Krishna District Cricket Association)
Ground in AP.
Key Points:
## Jaffer has played 253 First-Class games with a score
of 19,147 runs and an average of 51.19, he has scored
57 hundred’s, 88 fifties and with a high score of 314
runs.
## He has represented India in 31 test matches between
2000-2008 with a score of 1944 runs including 5
hundred’s and 11 fifties, and a high score of 212 in a
match played against West Indies at St. John’s.
## He has also played 2 ODI (One Day International) for
India.
About Ranji Trophy:
## The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket
championship played in India between multiple teams
representing regional and state cricket associations.
The competition currently consists of 38 teams, with
all 29 states in India and two of the seven union
territories having at least one representation.
## The competition is named after the first Indian cricketer
who played international cricket, Ranjitsinhji, who
was also known as 'Ranji'.
## The competition was launched in following a meeting
in July 1934, with the first fixtures taking place in
1934–35. The trophy was donated by Ranji
## The current Ranji Trophy championship
is held by Vidarbha, which won against
Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final match
of the 2018–19 season held at Vidarbha
Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.
13th South Asian Games held in
Nepal 11 Dec' 19
T
he 13th edition of the South Asian Games (SAG),
officially known as XIII South Asian Games held
in Kathmandu and Pokhara in Nepal. These were
organized by the South Asia Olympic Council (SAOC).
 SPORTS
India topped the India won the gold medal in the women’s football game
medal tally winning after defeating Nepal for 2-0. Both the goals from the
a total of 311 medals Indian side was scored by MG Baladevi. Maldives won the
comprising 173 gold, bronze medal in the women’s football game.
93 silver, and 45 Vikas, Pinki win gold as India finish boxing campaign
bronze medals. India with 16 medals
was followed by
Nepal and Sri Lanka India’s Vikas Krishan Yadav (69kg) and Pinki Rani Jangra
in the second and (51kg) both from Haryana, won gold medals each in the
third rank respectively. Men and women’s boxing events respectively. With this the
Indian boxing team won a total of 16 medals.
Game highlights:
Mascot: Blackbuck (Krishnashar), is the official mascot Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total medal
for the 13th South Asian Games. 1 India 173 93 45 311
Participants: A total of 7 nations namely India, Bhutan,
Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Srilanka 2 Nepal 51 60 95 206
participated in the South Asian Games. 3 Sri Lanka 40 83 128 251
Medal record by India: India’s 311 medals surpassed
About Nepal:
the medal count of 309, it obtained in the previous(12th)
edition of the South Asian games held in Guwahati(Assam) Capital- Kathmandu.
and Shillong(Meghalaya) in 2016. Currency- Nepalese rupee.
It is also to be noted that India has topped the medal tally President- Bidhya Devi Bhandari.
of every South Asian Games since its inception in 1984.
Prime Minister- Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli.
Indian men, women’s kho kho teams won gold medals
in South Asian Games: Mirabai Chanu bags Gold in 6th
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medals after defeating Bangladesh and Nepal respectively
at the 13th South Asian Games. In the men’s team India’s ormer world
Deepak Madhav was the top scorer. champion,
weightlifter
Runners: In the men’s Kho kho finals, Bangladesh Saikhom Mirabai
emerged as runners while in the women’s kho kho finals, Chanu won the
Nepal emerged as runners. women's 49kg
Amalraj, Sutirtha win TT singles titles in South Asian category gold medal
Games: to open India's
i. Men’s TT winner: Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj account at the 6th
(Tamil Nadu) defeated India’s Harmeet Desai(Gujarat) Qatar International
to win the Men’s singles title in the Table Tennis(TT) Cup in Doha.
event. Anthony won the gold medal while Harmeet Chanu bagged gold with an effort of 194kg in the Olympic
settled with silver medal. qualifying event, with the points which will come in handy
ii. Women’s TT winner: In the women’s singles TT when the final rankings for Tokyo 2020 cut are done. The
match, India’s Sutirtha Mukherjee (West Bengal) won 24-year-old Manipuri lifted 83kg in snatch
gold medal by defeating India’s Ayhika Mukherjee and 111kg in clean and jerk to finish on top
who settled with Silver medal of the podium.

Indian women’s football team clinches third successive However, it was a performance way below
SAG gold, beats Nepal 2-0 her personal best of 201 kg.

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Burning Topics of the Month

PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 Indian scientists identify a

Trakea: A Unique bar-
Mission successfully protein that helps regulate
coding software
launched blood sugar levels

& Many More...

Diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders such as dementia

Indian scientists identify a protein
and Alzheimer's disease are often linked with each other.
that helps in regulating blood sugar
SCGN is found in lower quantities in the brains of
levels 22 Nov' 19 Alzheimer's patients. The Researchers said that SCGN

S
cientists at the would soon become a diagnostic marker, and one should
CSIR-Centre check its potential in diabetes management.
for Cellular The Centre for Cellular and Molecular
and Molecular Biology or CCMB is an Indian
Biology (CCMB) biotechnology research establishment
in Hyderabad have located in Hyderabad that operates under
demonstrated the the aegis of the Council of Scientific and
role of a protein Industrial Research.
secretagogin (SCGN)
in increasing insulin action in obesity-induced diabetes. PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 Mission
They show that SCGN binds to insulin and protects it from successfully launched 27 Nov' 19

I
various stresses, increases its stability and adds to its action.
SRO has
It said various kinds of cellular stresses can result in loss successfully
of structure and function of insulin, ultimately leading to launched its third-
diabetes. generation earth-
At present, the processes regulating insulin synthesis, imaging satellite
maturation, secretion and signalling in diabetes were not into space from the
completely understood. Satish Dhawan Space
Centre in Sriharikota
Yogendra Sharma from CCMB and his colleagues Anand
in Andhra Pradesh.
Sharma, Radhika Khandelwal and Amrutha Chidananda
have demonstrated the role of a protein secretagogin Key Points:
(SCGN) in increasing insulin action in obesity-induced The launch will enhance India's ability in high-resolution
diabetes. imaging and also reinforce India as a global launch
The scientists have shown injection of SCGN (found at destination for small satellites using its workhorse rocket
lower levels in diabetic patients) in obese diabetic mice Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
clears excess insulin from circulation and reduces fat mass. Besides the CARTOSAT 3 satellite, the PSLV C-47 rocket
According to CCMB, SCGN treated animals also had carried 13 nano satellites from the US, roped in through the
lower levels of harmful new commercial arm New Space India.
LDL-cholesterol and lower lipid accumulation in liver “This would have the most advanced spatial resolution
cells. These findings were published in the latest issue of capability in our observation satellites,” an official
the journal iScience. associated with the launch had told ET earlier.

44 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Rajnath Singh flagged off massive campaign against single-use plastic.

The Cartosat 3 follows similar launches in an earlier series
deployed for cartography (map-making applications),
infrastructure planning, coastal land use and regulation,
road-network monitoring and more importantly, change
detection in bringing out geographical and man-made
features. The mission life of these satellites were five years.
According to the ISRO 2018-19 annual report, the
CARTOSAT 3 is a 3-axis agile satellite with a spatial
resolution parameter of 0.25 m, an advancement from the
previous series, which had the parameter at less than 1 m.
ISRO:
The Indian Space Research Organisation is
the space agency of the Government of India
headquartered in the city of Bengaluru.
FSSAI, Nasscom Foundation partners
to develop app to prevent food
wastage
13 Dec' 19
F
ood regulator
FSSAI (Food
Safety and
Standards Authority
of India) and Nasscom
Foundation, a trade
association of Indian
IT and Business
Process Outsourcing industry, have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to jointly build a technology platform
to prevent food wastage and encouraging food donation by
developing an app for the purpose. The collaboration is a
significant step in the direction of leveraging technology for
solutions of social problems.
Key Highlights:
FSSAI and Nasscom (National Association of Software
and Services Companies) Foundation will develop a
common 24×7 helpline number and a mobile application
‘Food Donation in India’ to donate food to the needy. The
helpline number will connect donors with surplus edibles
to food distribution organisations.
This platform will help in facilitating registration of surplus
food distribution organisations. Initially, the network of 81
such organizations across India, known as Indian Food
Sharing Alliance (IFSA) will be a part of the platform.
Significance:
The collaboration would provide a recognition to
organisations involved in surplus food distribution and
would help in reducing the wastage of food in country
through food donation.
Karnataka conducted a Human Library event in Mysuru.
SCIENCE
This solution will also provide an easy accessible platform
that will cater to different stakeholders such as food
businesses, hoteliers, caterers, individuals etc and will
facilitate food donations in any part of country.
About FSSAI:
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an
autonomous body established under the Ministry of Health
& Family Welfare, Government of India. The FSSAI has
been established under the Food Safety and Standards
Act, 2006 which is a consolidating statute
related to food safety and regulation in
India. FSSAI is responsible for protecting
and promoting public health through the
regulation and supervision of food safety.
Trakea: A Unique bar-coding
software 14 Dec' 19
T
he Haryana Police Department has adopted a unique
barcoding software. The software is used to ensure
that 1000s of digital forensic reports are stored safe
and secure. It offers a foolproof security to the samples
collected from the crime scene.
Conventional Forensic Management
In conventional methods, the crime exhibits like parcels or
samples are labeled with details like FIR number, names
and addresses of victim, medical officers and accused. The
crime exhibits include documents, DNA samples, serology,
toxicology or biology examinations, lie detections, etc.
These exhibits are easy to track and trace as they are stored
on FIR number and are available to be tracked virtually by
anyone.
About the Software
The Software features two stages of bar coding to maintain
the secrecy of the samples. The samples and reports are
sent through biometrically authorized chain. The cases are
allocated to the biotechnology experts through automated
case allocation. Therefore, the experts will not know about
the details of the case or the names associated with case.
Similarly, the police department or the other officials
associated with the case will not know about the details of
the professional performing the examination.
Benefits
The software is android based and has been prepared in
an application format. Therefore, usage
becomes simple. It can be well integrated
with the judicial system and doing so will
help reduce time lags. Above all, the system
helps in reducing malpractices greatly.
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Burning Topics of the Month
Angela Merkel became the Toni-Ann Singh crowned
most-powerful women of Miss World 2019
2019
‘World Habitat Award’ to Odisha
11 Dec' 19
R
ecently, Odisha has won the 'World Habitat Award'
for its ambitious initiative- Jaga Mission. It aims
at transforming the slums into liveable habitat with
all necessary civic infrastructure and services at par with
the better off areas within the same urban local body and to
continuously improve the standard of the infrastructure and
services and access to livelihood opportunities.
World Habitat Award
This award is given by World Habitat, in partnership with
United Nations Habitat, every year, in recognition of
innovative, outstanding, and revolutionary ideas, projects,
and programmes from across the world in the field of
housing.
United Nations Habitat or United Nations Human
Settlements Programme
It is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is
mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially
and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the
goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
It was established in 1978 as an outcome of the first UN
Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban
Development (Habitat I) held in Vancouver, Canada, in
1976.
UN-Habitat is headquartered at the United Nations Office
at Nairobi, Kenya.
World Habitat
It is an international not-for-profit organisation/foundation
established in the United Kingdom.
It works internationally to help bring the best housing to
the people who need it the most.
Jaga Mission
46 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Japan to invest Rs.13,000 crore to North Eastern state project of India.
‘World Habitat Award’ to
Odisha
& Many More...
Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission (OLHM)- JAGA is
a society under the Housing & Urban Development
Department, Government of Odisha.
The slum land titling mission was being executed in
collaboration with Tata Trusts and Norman Foster
Foundation.
Odisha government rolled out this first of its kind project
on May 7, 2018.
This mission was also awarded the 'India Geospatial
Excellence Award' for technological innovation in
transforming the lives of urban poor.
India Geospatial Excellence Award
This award is given by GeoSmart India
which is an interactive platform that
demonstrates the collective and shared
vision of the Indian geospatial community
and is the most prominent stakeholder event
of the Indian geospatial ecosystem.
Greta Thunberg named TIME’s 2019
Person of the Year 13 Dec' 19
T
he Swedish
teenager Greta
Thunberg,
who became voice of
a generation facing
climate change
emergency was named
as Time magazine’s
2019 Person of the
Year. The magazine announced 16-year old Thunberg as its
choice among other 2019 finalists, which included The Hong
Kong Protesters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President
Donald Trump, and anonymous whistleblower whose memo on
Trump’s dealings with Ukraine triggered impeachment inquiry.

Others honoured by TIME for year 2019:
Athlete of the Year: US Women’s Soccer Team
Guardians of the Year: the US Public Servants
Entertainer of the Year: Singer Lizzo
Business Person of the Year: Disney CEO Bob Iger
About Greta Thunberg
She is a Swedish environmental activist on climate
change whose campaigning movement, which became
known as “Fridays for Future,” prompted millions
of people in about 150 countries “to act on behalf of
the planet. Thunberg is known for her straightforward
speaking manner, both in public and to political leaders
and assemblies, in which she urges immediate action to
address what she describes as the climate crisis. She had
been nominated for a Nobel peace prize, recognised for
her mobilisation of students in her ‘Fridays for Future’
weekly school strikes.
Time magazine
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news
website published in New York City. It was founded in
1923 and for many years it was run by its influential co-
founder Henry Luce. A European edition (Time Europe,
formerly known as Time Atlantic) is published in London
and also covers the Middle East, Africa,
and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian
edition (Time Asia) is based in Hong Kong.
The South Pacific edition, which covers
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
Islands, is based in Sydney.
Angela Merkel became the most-
powerful women of 2019 14 Dec' 19
G
e r m a n
Chancellor
A n g e l a
Merkel has topped the
Forbes’ 2019 edition
of 100 World’s Most
Powerful Women for
the ninth consecutive
year. She was joined
in top spots by fellow prominent female political leaders.
The 65-year-old German leader has made 14 appearances in
list’s 16-year history of Forbes magazine which releases a
wide-ranging list intended to celebrate 100 most influential
females. She was praised for standing up to US President
Donald Trump and for allowing over a million Syrian
refugees into Germany.
India successfully test fired Prithvi II missile.
MISCELLANEOUS
Other Winners:
Every year Forbes’ magazine annually compiles a list
of influential women leaders from around the world in
politics, business and entertainment.
Top 5:
In this year’s list, Angela Merkel was followed by Christine
Lagarde, president of European Central Bank (ECB) and
has earlier served as MD of International Monetary Fund
(IMF).
Christine rose to the second spot in the list after standing at
number 22 last year on same list.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives,
stood at number 3 as the highest-ranking and most powerful
female elected official in American political history.
Ursula Von Der Leyen, President of European Commission
stood at number No. 4
And Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors stood at number 5.
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, too, found
a spot on 2019 Forbes’ list. She was ranked 34, ahead
of Queen Elizabeth II, who is at number 40, and Ivanka
Trump, who stood at number 42.
Swedish teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg, who was
recently named Time’s Person of the Year, stood at 100th
spot on 2019 Forbes’ list.
Forbes’ magazine
Forbes is an American business magazine. Published bi-
weekly, it features original articles on finance, industry,
investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on
related subjects such as technology, communications,
science, politics, and law. Its headquarters is located
in Jersey City, New Jersey. Primary
competitors in the national business
magazine category include Fortune and
Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Forbes has
international editions in Asia and Europe.
Toni-Ann Singh crowned Miss World
2019 16 Dec' 19
J
amaica’s Toni-
Ann Singh was
crowned as Miss
World 2019 at a
beauty pageant held
in London, UK. She
won the coveted Miss
World title for the year
2019 after beating her contenders, Ophely Mezino from
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France and Suman Rao from India. She received her crown
from Mexico’s Vanessa Ponce de Leon, the winner of Miss
World 2018. The event was hosted by British television
personality Piers Morgan, who was also the head judge of
the event.
Key Highlights:
## France’s Ophely Mezino was adjudged first runners-
up. India was represented at the annual beauty pageant
by Suman Rao India. She was declared second runners-
up (3rd) while.
## Suman Rao, who is from Rajasthan, had earlier won
Femina Miss India World 2019 title in June. She is a
Chartered Accountant student hailing from Rajasthan,
was crowned Miss India World 2019 in June this year.
## India had won the last Miss World title was in 2017,
when Manushi Chillar represented the country. This
2017 win had come in 17 years after Bollywood actor
Priyanka Chopra had bagged the title in year 2000.
About Toni-Ann Singh:
The 23-year-old Toni-Ann Singh is born to Indo-Caribbean
father Bradshaw Singh and African-Caribbean mother
Jahrine Bailey. She is a student of women’s studies and
psychology at US’s Florida State University and aspires
to be a medical doctor. She has previously served as
the president of Caribbean students association at the
university. She is the fourth Jamaican woman to win the
coveted beauty pageant. The Caribbean island nation has
previously won Miss World titles in 1963, 1976 and 1993
(when Lisa Hanna had represented).
About Jamaica:
Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.
Spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area,
it is the third-largest island of the Greater
Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and
Hispaniola).
It's capital is Kingston.
It's currency is Jamaican dollar.
First Meeting of National Ganga
Council 16 Dec' 19
R
ecently, the
Prime Minister
chaired the first
meeting of the National
Ganga Council at
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
The first meeting of the
Council was aimed at
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reinforcing the importance of a ‘Ganga-centric’ approach in
all departments of the concerned states as well as relevant
Central Ministries.
The National Ganga Council, also known as the National
Council for Rejuvenation, Protection, and Management of
River Ganga was set up in 2016. It replaced the National
River Ganga Basin Authority (NRGBA).
Key Points:
## The 'Namami Gange' should holistically evolve to
'Arth Ganga' i.e. a sustainable development model
with a focus on economic activities related to
Ganga.
## Setting up of a digital dashboard where data from
villages and urban bodies to be monitored on a daily
basis by NITI Ayog and Ministry of Jal Shakti.
## The need to increase the efficiency of district Ganga
committees for effective implementation of the
Namami Gange Programme.
## The potential of religious and adventure tourism in the
Ganga river basin area to be explored in future. As the
income generated from tourism activities would help
to generate sustainable income for cleaning the Ganga.
National Ganga Council
The National Ganga Council is chaired by Prime Minister.
The National Ganga Council is formed under the
Environment (Protection) Act (EPA),1986.
It has been given overall responsibility for the
superintendence of pollution prevention and rejuvenation
of River Ganga Basin, including Ganga and its
tributaries.
National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) acts as an
implementation arm of the National Ganga Council.
NMCG was established in the year 2011 as a registered
society.
It has a two-tier management structure and comprises of
Governing Council and Executive Committee.
The aims and objectives of NMCG are:
To ensure effective control of pollution and rejuvenation
of the river Ganga by adopting a river basin approach to
promote inter-sectoral coordination for
comprehensive planning and management.
To maintain minimum ecological flows in
the river Ganga with the aim of ensuring
water quality and environmentally
sustainable development.
 Citizenship
(Amendment) Act, 2019
The Act seeks to amend the definition of illegal immigrant
for Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist and Christian immigrants
from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who have
been living in India without documentation. They will be
granted fast track Indian citizenship in six years.
At the first hearing on petitions challenging the CAA, the
Supreme Court declined to stay the contentious law but
asked the Centre to file its reply against the petitions that
say it violates the Constitution. The petitioners say the Bill
discriminates against Muslims and violates the right to
equality enshrined in the Constitution.
Consequently, Protests have broken out across India, a
few of them violent, against the Citizenship (Amendment)
Act 2019. In response, the government had turned off the
internet and issued Section 144 in some areas, that prohibits
a gathering of four or more people in a place.
Background
## In India, citizenship is regulated by the Citizenship
Act, 1955. The Act specifies that citizenship may
be acquired in India through five methods – by
birth in India, by descent, through registration, by
naturalisation (extended residence in India), and by
incorporation of territory into India.
Citizenship by Birth
Any person born in India on or after 26 January 1950, but
prior to the commencement of the 1986 Act on 1 July 1987,
is a citizen of India by birth. A person born in India on or
after 1 July 1987 but before 3 December 2004 is a citizen
of India if one of parents was a citizen of India at the time
of the birth.
Citizenship by Descent
A person born outside India on or after January 26, 1950 is
a citizen of India by descent if his/her father was a citizen
of India by birth.
Citizenship by Registration
Citizenship can also be acquired by registration. Some
of the mandatory rules are:
## A person of Indian origin who has been a resident of
India for 7 years before applying for registration.
Lok Sabha passed the 2019 Sanskrit Central Universities Bill.
## A person of Indian origin who is a resident of any
country outside undivided India.
## A person who is married to an Indian citizen and is
ordinarily resident for 7 years before applying for
registration.
Citizenship by Naturalization
## Under The Citizenship Act, 1955, one of the
requirements for citizenship by naturalisation is that
the applicant must have resided in India during the last
12 months, as well as for 11 of the previous 14 years.
## The amendment relaxes the second requirement from
11 years to 5 years as a specific condition for applicants
belonging to the specified six religions, and the above
mentioned three countries.
Citizenship by incorporation of
Territory
## If any new territory becomes a part of Government of
India shall specifies the person who among the people
of the territory shall be the citizen of India. Such persons
become the citizen of India from the notified date.
## However, illegal migrants cannot become Indian
citizens. Under the Act, an illegal migrant is a foreigner
who:
## Enters the country without valid travel documents like
a passport and visa, or enters with valid documents,
but stays beyond the permitted time period.
## In 2015 and 2016, the government exempted specified
groups of illegal migrants from provisions of the 1946
and 1920 Acts. They were Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists,
Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan,
Bangladesh and Pakistan, who reached India on or
before December 31, 2014.
## The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was
introduced in Parliament to amend the Citizenship Act,
1955, so that these people could be made eligible for
citizenship of India.
## The Bill was lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok
Sabha. Subsequently, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,
2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha in December 2019.
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Key Features
## Citizenship on the basis of religion: The Act amends
the Citizenship Act, 1955, and for the first time, will
grant citizenship on the basis of religion to non-
Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh
and Pakistan, who entered India on or before December
31, 2014.
## Non - Muslim Communities Included: Hindu, Sikh,
Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian. This implies that
migrants, who identify themselves with any group or
community other than those mentioned here, from
the above mentioned countries won't be eligible for
citizenship.
## Exceptions: The provisions on citizenship for illegal
migrants will not apply to two categories - states
protected by the ‘Inner Line’, and areas covered under
the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
## Inner Line Permit (ILP): This is a special permit that
citizens from other parts of India require to enter a state
protected by the ILP regime. Without an ILP granted
by the state government, an Indian from another state
cannot visit a state that is under the ILP regime.
## CAB won't apply to areas under the sixth schedule of
the Constitution – which deals with autonomous tribal-
dominated regions in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and
Mizoram. The bill will also not apply to states that
have the inner-line permit regime (Arunachal Pradesh,
Nagaland and Mizoram).
Why Assam is protesting against
the act?
Among the states in the Northeast, the outrage against
CAA has been the most intense in Assam. While a part of
these states have been exempted from the legislation, CAA
overs a large part of Assam. The protests stem from the fear
that illegal Bengali Hindu migrants from Bangladesh, if
regularised under CAA, will threaten cultural and linguistic
identities of the state.
Is NRC and CAA are same?
The National Register of Citizens, 1951 is a register
prepared after the conduct of the Census of 1951 in respect
of each village, showing the houses or holdings in a serial
order and indicating against each house or holding the
number and names of persons staying therein.
The NRC was published only once in 1951.
The NRC of 1951 and the Electoral Roll of 1971 (up to
midnight of 24 March 1971) are together called Legacy
Data.
Persons and their descendants whose names appeared in
these documents are certified as Indian citizens.
50 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Ravi Mittal is appointed as the new Information and Broadcasting Secretary.
The National Register of Citizens or NRC that we saw in
Assam targeted illegal immigrants. A person had to prove
that either they, or their ancestors were in Assam on or
before March 24, 1971. NRC, which may be extended to
the rest of the country, is not based on religion unlike CAB.
Arguments in Favour
## The government has clarified that Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Bangladesh are Islamic republics
where Muslims are in majority hence they cannot be
treated as persecuted minorities. It has assured that
the government will examine the application from any
other community on a case to case basis.
## This Act will come as a big boon to all those people
who have been the victims of Partition and the
subsequent conversion of the three countries into
theocratic Islamic republics.
## The constitutions of Pakistan, Afghanistan and
Bangladesh provide for a specific state religion. As a
result, many persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist,
Jain, Parsi and Christian communities have faced
persecution on grounds of religion in those countries.
## Many such persons have fled to India to seek shelter
and continued to stay in India even if their travel
documents have expired or they have incomplete or
no documents.
Arguments in Against
## The fundamental criticism of the Act is that it
specifically targets Muslims. Critics argue that it is
violative of Article 14 of the Constitution (which
guarantees the right to equality) and the principle of
secularism.
## India has several other refugees that include Tamils
from Sri Lanka and Hindu Rohingya from Myanmar.
They are not covered under the Act.
## Despite exemption granted to some regions in the
Northeastern states, the prospect of citizenship for
massive numbers of illegal Bangladeshi migrants has
triggered deep anxieties in the states.
## It will be difficult for the government to differentiate
between illegal migrants and those persecuted.
What will be the government’s
move after protests?
The petitions against the Act are listed for hearing on
January 22. Many experts say that the rules can be
challenged on legal grounds, the government will wait till
January 22. Since the Supreme Court did not clamp a stay
on CAA, the home ministry could notify rules about who
all can apply for citizenship, notify the authority and state
minimum requirements and cut-off date.
 IMPEACHMENT OF
DONALD TRUMP
Donald Trump, now the former American President
became the third President in American history to be
impeached with a majority of Representatives voting
in favour of the two articles of impeachment drawn up
by House Democrats. The first was Andrew Johnson in
1868 after a showdown with Congress over his dismissal
of the Secretary of War and the second was Bill Clinton
in 1998-99 over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Both
were acquitted in the Senate. The articles, essentially
the charges against the President, accuse him of abuse of
power and obstruction of Congress, both related to the
Ukraine scandal.
How the House members voted?
It was certain before the vote that the impeachment
resolution would go through the House of Representatives,
which is controlled by the Democrats. In the 435-member
House, the Democrats have 233 members, while
the Republicans have 197. The House voted on the
impeachment articles largely along party lines. The first
article got 230 votes. The tally on the second article was
229-198. Two Democrats — Reps. Jeff Van Drew of
New Jersey and Collin Peterson of Minnesota, both from
districts that backed Mr. Trump in the 2016 presidential
election — voted against both articles. Rep. Jared Golden
of Maine, whose district was also carried by Mr. Trump
in 2016, voted for the first article but against the second.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) of Hawaii voted “present” on
both votes.
Articles of impeachment
In the United States, the articles of impeachment are
drafted by the House of Representatives for cases
involving federal officials. Once drafted, a supermajority
of the United States Senate is required to hold a trial based
on the articles.
If a person of a high office is convicted of having
committed "Treason, Bribery, or other High Crime
or Misdemeanor," then they will be removed upon
impeachment in accordance with the law. An impeachment
Salman Khan appointed as brand ambassador of PepsiCo India.
trial is carried out in the Senate, with the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court presiding if the impeachment involves
the President.
Why Trump was impeached?
Both articles of impeachment are related to the Ukraine
scandal, which means the House did not consider the
Robert Mueller report on Russia’s alleged interference in
the 2016 election and Mr. Trump’s handling of the issue.
The first article, on abuse of power, is about Mr. Trump’s
conduct in the Ukraine scandal. The Democrats alleged
that the President abused his power by putting pressure
on Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch a
probe against Joe Biden, the former Vice-President and a
Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 presidential
election, and his son Hunter Biden. The President is accused
of withholding both a White House meeting and military
aid to Ukraine. The article states that Mr. Trump “corruptly
solicited the government of Ukraine to publicly announce
investigations” into Mr. Biden and into “a discredited
theory” that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 presidential
election.
The second article, on obstruction of Congress, alleges
that Mr. Trump obstructed the Congressional impeachment
inquiry by refusing to cooperate with it. The President,
who has denied all charges, urged several witnesses not to
testify before the House panel.
Is Trump out of office?
No. Impeachment by the House doesn’t remove
an American President from office immediately.
Impeachment means a majority of House Representatives
have approved the articles raised against the President,
setting the stage for his trial in the Senate. After the trial,
the Senators will vote on his conviction. A President can
be convicted and removed from office with the support
of at least two-thirds of the Senate (that is 67 Senators
in the 100-member U.S. Senate). In the current Senate,
the Republicans have a majority with 53 seats, while the
Democrats have 47 (including two Independents). This
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means, for Mr. Trump to be convicted, the Democrats
have to make sure that none of their Senators crosses
the party line and at least 20 Republicans do that and
vote for the conviction — an impossibility given the
partisan mood in the Capitol. So far, the Republicans
have rejected the charges against the President. So it’s
almost certain that Mr. Trump will be acquitted in the
Senate.
Then why the impeachment?
## Democrats say it is their constitutional duty to start
the impeachment proceedings as the President’s
actions threaten the Constitution. The underlying
message is that as the next election is less than a year
away, the voters can decide whether they want to
re-elect a President who has been impeached by the
House.
## It’s also about bad legacy for Mr. Trump. He’s gone
down in history as the third President to be impeached
in the U.S. — the first was Andrew Johnson in 1868
after a showdown with Congress over his dismissal of
the Secretary of War and the second was Bill Clinton
in 1998-99 over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Both
were acquitted in the Senate.
## Former President Richard Nixon, embroiled in the
Watergate scandal, resigned in 1974 before the
impeachment proceedings could begin.
## So, the impeachment has put Mr. Trump in rare
company. It is not clear how the impeachment would
impact the 2020 election.
Procedure of Impeachment in
America
At the federal level, the impeachment process is a three-
step procedure.
## First, the Congress investigates. This investigation
typically begins in the House Judiciary Committee,
but may begin elsewhere. For example, the Nixon
impeachment inquiry began in the Senate Judiciary
Committee. The facts that led to impeachment of
Bill Clinton were first discovered in the course of
an investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth
Starr.
## Second, the House of Representatives must pass, by a
simple majority of those present and voting, articles of
impeachment, which constitute the formal allegation
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or allegations. Upon passage, the defendant has been
"impeached".
## Third, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the
impeachment of a president, the Chief Justice of the
United States presides over the proceedings. For the
impeachment of any other official, the Constitution
is silent on who shall preside, suggesting that this
role falls to the Senate's usual presiding officer,
the President of the Senate, who is also the Vice
President of the United States. Conviction in the
Senate requires a two-thirds supermajority vote of
those present. The result of conviction is removal
from office.
Constitutional provisions
There are several provisions in the United States
Constitution relating to impeachment:
Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 provides:
The House of Representatives shall have the sole Power of
Impeachment.
Article I, Section 3, Clauses 6 and
7 provide:
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments.
When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or
Affirmation. When the President of the United States is
tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall
be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the
Members present.
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further
than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold
and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the
United States; but the Party convicted shall nevertheless
be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and
Punishment, according to Law.
Article II, Section 2 provides:
The President shall have power to grant reprieves and
pardons for offenses against the United States, except in
cases of impeachment.
Article II, Section 4 provides:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of
the United States, shall be removed from Office on
Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or
other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
SBI reduced MCLR by 10bps.
 International
Financial Services
Centres Authority
Bill, 2019
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has approved establishment of a unified authority for
regulating all financial services in International Financial
Services Centres (IFSCs) in India through International
Financial Srvices Centres Authority Bill, 2019.
International Financial Service
Centre (IFSC)
An IFSC caters to customers outside the jurisdiction of the
domestic economy. Such centres deal with flows of finance,
financial products and services across borders.
An expert panel headed by former World Bank economist
Percy Mistry submitted a report on making Mumbai an
international financial centre in 2007. However, the global
financial crisis in 2008 made countries including India
cautious about rapidly opening up their financial sectors.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, had announced in the Union
Budget 2015 that India's first IFSC's would be set up in
GIFT City in Gujarat.
In India, IFSC has been defined in
SEZ Act, 2005. As per the act:
## The Central Government may approve the setting up of
an International Financial Service Centre in a Special
Economic Zone and may prescribe the requirements
for setting up and operation of such centre.
## The Central Government shall approve only one
International Financial Services Centre in a Special
Economic Zone.
## Since India has many restrictions on the financial
sector, such as partial capital account convertibility,
high SLR (statutory liquidity ratio) requirements and
foreign investment restrictions, an SEZ can serve as a
testing ground for financial sector reforms before they
are rolled out in the entire nation.
Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
## In India, the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy
was announced in April 2000.
Climate emergency has been named as the 2019 Word of the Year.
## The Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, was passed
by Parliament in May, 2005 and came into effect in
2006.
## SEZs addresses the issue of multiplicity of controls
and clearances, have world-class infrastructure, and a
stable fiscal regime.
## SEZs focus on economic growth supported by quality
infrastructure complemented by an attractive fiscal
package, both at the Centre and the State level, with
the minimum possible regulations.
## GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City), located
in Gandhinagar is India’s first International Financial
Services Centre.
Background
## The bill was introduced in the lower house by Union
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on November
25, 2019. It was passed amid various objections by the
opposition.
## The bill was earlier withdrawn from the Rajya Sabha,
as a finance bill is usually only tabled in the Lok Sabha.
The bill had received approval from the Union Cabinet
in February 2019.
## Currently, the banking, capital markets and insurance
sectors in IFSC are regulated by multiple regulators,
i.e. RBI, SEBI and IRDAI.
## The dynamic nature of business in the IFSCs
necessitates a high degree of inter-regulatory
coordination. It also requires regular clarifications
and frequent amendments in the existing regulations
governing financial activities in IFSCs.
## The development of financial services and products
in IFSCs would require focussed and dedicated
regulatory interventions. Hence, a need for a unified
financial regulator for IFSCs in India to provide world
class regulatory environment to financial market
participants.
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## IFSCs are set-up to bring back the financial services
and transactions that are currently carried out in
offshore financial centres by Indian corporate entities
and overseas branches or subsidiaries of financial
institutions (FIs) to India.
## In order to ensure this, the business and regulatory
environment must be comparable to other leading
international financial centres in the world like
London and Singapore. Currently, the banking, capital
markets and insurance sectors in IFSCs are regulated
by multiple regulators like the RBI, SEBI and IRDAI
respectively.
## For IFSCs to attain its objectives there is a need for
inter-regulatory coordination. The establishment of
a unified financial regulator for IFSCs will result in
providing a world-class regulatory environment to
market participants from the ease of doing business
perspective.
Taking into account the regulatory requirements of IFSCs
and the provisions of the existing laws of financial sector,
the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of
Finance (MoF) has prepared a draft Bill to set up a separate
unified regulator for IFSCs. Following are the main features
of the Bill:
Salient Features of the Authority
## Management of the Authority:   The Authority
shall consist of a Chairperson, one Member each to
be nominated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
of India (IRDAI) and the Pension Fund Regulatory
and Development Authority (PFRDA), two members
nominated by the Central Government and two other
whole-time or full-time or part-time members.
## Functions of the Authority:   The Authority
shall regulate all such financial services, financial
products and Financial Institutions in an IFSC. It
may also recommend to the Central Government
such other financial products, financial services and
financial institutions which may be permitted in the
IFSCs.
## Powers of the Authority: All powers exercisable by
the respective financial sector regulatory (viz. RBI,
SEBI, IRDAI, and PFRDA etc.) under the respective
Acts shall be solely exercised by the Authority in the
IFSCs in so far as the regulation of financial products,
financial services and FIs that are permitted in the
IFSC are concerned.
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## Processes and procedures of the Authority:  The
processes and procedures to be followed by the
Authority shall be governed in accordance with the
provisions of the respective Acts of Parliament of
India applicable to such financial products, services or
institutions, as the case may be.
## Grants by the Central Government:   The Central
Govt. may, after due appropriation made by Parliament
by law in this behalf, make to the Authority grants of
such sums of money as the Central Government may
think fit for being utilized for the purposes of the
Authority.
## Transactions in foreign currency:  The transactions
of financial services in the IFSCs shall be done in
the foreign currency as specified by the Authority in
consultation with the Central Govt.
## Performance Review Committee: The Authority will
constitute a Performance Review Committee to review
its functioning. The Review Committee will consist of
at least two members of the Authority. It will review
whether:
(i) the Authority has adhered to the provisions of the
applicable laws while exercising powers or performing
functions,
(ii) the regulations made by the Authority promote
transparency and best practices of governance, and
(iii) the Authority is managing risks to its functioning
in a reasonable manner. The Committee must submit
a report of its findings to the Authority at least once
every year.
The International Financial Services Centres Authority
Bill, 2019 has also proposed setting up of the International
Financial Services Centres Authority Fund.
International Financial Services
Centres Authority Fund
## All grants, fees, charges and sums received by the
authority from different sources, as decided by the
centre, will be credited to the fund.
## The fund will be utilized to give salaries, allowances
and other remuneration to the members and employees
of the Authority and for other expenses incurred by the
Authority.
## The centre may provide grants to the authority for
the regulation of IFSCs. Besides this, all transactions
of financial services in the IFSCs will be done in
the foreign currency specified by the Authority, in
consultation with the central government.
 COP25 Climate Summit
The 25th edition of the Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) or COP25 held from December 2 to December
13 in Madrid (Spain).
Originally, the Summit was scheduled to be held at Chile
(South America) but violent mass movement across the
country made Chile reluctant from hosting the event.
The location of this conference is rotated every year in
different regions of the world. This year it was the turn of
South America to host the event.
The previous UN climate conference, COP24 in
Katowice Poland, focused on completing work on the
Paris Agreement Work Programme, a set of decisions
meant to operationalize the treaty. Parties adopted a
Climate Package, which includes decisions on nearly
all of the issues mandated as part of the Paris Work
Programme.
Why all the UN attention on the
climate
There is more evidence of the impacts of climate change,
especially in extreme weather events, and these impacts are
taking a greater toll. The science shows that emissions are
still going up, not down.
According to the 2019 WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin,
levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
have reached another new record high. This continuing
long-term trend means that future generations will be
confronted with increasingly severe impacts of climate
change, including rising temperatures, more extreme
weather, water stress, sea level rise and disruption to marine
and land ecosystems.
WMO
It stands for World Meteorological Office, the UN agency
for international cooperation in areas such as weather
forecasting, observing changes in the climate, and studying
water resources.
Assam launched anti Depredation Squads of Forest Department.
Agenda for COP25
The prime objective of the conference is to complete the
rule-book to the 2015 Paris Agreement that will become
effective in 2020 to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol
(comes to an end in 2020).
The issues like the creation of new carbon markets,
emission reduction targets, country’s individual targets, etc.
remained unresolved during COP24 at Katowice (Poland)
2019. Thus the rulebook under the Paris Agreement could
not be finalized.
Background
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997
and entered into force in 2005.
Kyoto Protocol
## The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement
linked to the UNFCCC, which commits its parties
by setting internationally binding emission reduction
targets.
## It recognized that developed countries are principally
responsible for the current high levels of GHG
emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than
150 years of industrial activity.
## The detailed rules for the implementation of the
Protocol were adopted at COP-7 in Marrakesh, in
2001 and are referred to as the Marrakesh Accords.
## Kyoto Protocol Phase-1 (2005-12) gave the target of
cutting down emissions by 5%.
## Phase- 2 (2013-20) gave the target of reducing
emissions by at least 18% by the industrialized
countries.
## The summit also discussed the functioning of
international emissions trading systems, compensation
for poor countries to deal with rising sea levels and
other consequences of climate change.
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## It considered the Annual Emissions Gap Report,
produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
and a series of reports from the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
## Both the reports summarise that the goal of
keeping average temperatures within 1.5°C from
pre-industrial times is “on the brink of becoming
impossible.'' As the overall emissions are still
increasing worldwide.
## The processes and methods of reporting information
about climate change have fixed during the summit.
Specifically, the developing countries have tried
to ensure that there are greater appreciation and
recognition of the issue of loss and damage due to
climate change.
## There is a demand to institute a mechanism to
compensate countries that suffer major losses due
to climate change-induced events like cyclones or
floods.
## It puts into efforts for committing to a long-term action
plan to fight climate change.
## So far only 73 countries, most of them small emitters,
have committed themselves to achieve net-zero
emissions by 2050.
India’s Agenda
## India has unlikely announced any enhanced targets
during the summit.
## India’s current efforts are already much more compared
to even rich and developed countries. Thus, India has
reiterated its stand for “Common but Differentiated
Responsibilities”.
## Developed countries are major contributors to climate
change and they are doing proportionately less,
especially when it comes to providing finance and
technology to the less developed world.
Carbon Market
## A carbon market allows countries, or industries, to
earn carbon credits for emission reductions they make
in excess of what is required of them.
## These credits can be traded to the highest bidder in
exchange for money.
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OPEC countries to cut oil production.
## The buyers of carbon credits can show the emission
reductions as their own and use them to meet their own
emission reduction targets.
## A carbon market already existed under the 1997 Kyoto
Protocol but several countries walked out of the Kyoto
Protocol and thus the demand for carbon credits had
waned.
## As a result, developing countries like India, China
and Brazil had accumulated huge amounts of carbon
credits. These credits are now in danger of getting
redundant.
WHO's involvement in COP25
As the UN's Health Agency, WHO has a strong involvement
in the UNFCCC process? At COP23 in Bonn in 2018, WHO
and the COP23 Presidency launched a Special Initiative on
Climate change and Health in Small Island Developing
States. At COP24 in Poland in 2019, WHO and the global
health community delivered the COP24 Special Report on
Health and Climate Change.
At COP25, WHO has presented the Health Commitments
from governments and financial actors that have come out
of the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in New York. Over
73 national governments and 87 sub-national governments,
together covering more than 1 billion people, have signed
into the commitment, thereby vowing to provide their
citizens with clean air. Financial commitments to scale up
finance for climate-resilient health systems and air quality,
as well as the creation of the Clean Air Fund, are beginning
to provide the necessary financial backing to make these
commitments a reality.
WHO have also launched a new series of Climate & Health
Country Profiles at COP25, as well as a Health and Climate
Change Global Survey Report, tracking the progress of key
health and climate change indicators for more than 100
governments.
The global health community, together with WHO, have also
hold a Climate Change & Health Summit on the sidelines of
COP25, bringing together a broad range of actors in the field
to discuss the global state of climate and health.
Conclusion
Because the clock is ticking on climate change, the world
cannot afford to waste more time, and a bold, decisive,
ambitious way forward needs to be agreed.
 ETYMOLOGY WORD OF ENGLISH
Concur (Verb) - UK ​ DEFINITIONS
/
-rr- formal a : something done or said that may serve as an example or
1. to agree or have the same opinion. rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same
or an analogous kind a verdict that had no precedent
The new report concurs with previous findings.
b : the convention established by such a precedent or by
2. The board concurred that the editor should have full
long practice
control over editorial matters.
c : a person or thing that serves as a model
"I think you're absolutely right," concurred Piyush.
ORIGIN : Late Middle English (also in the senses ‘collide’
OTHER DEFINITIONS
and ‘act in combination’): from Latin concurrere ‘run together,
1. If two or more events concur, they happen at the same time.assemble in crowds’, from con- ‘together with’ + currere ‘to run’.
2. to agree or have the same opinion as someone else: Related forms
He said the mayor should not be re-elected, and the con·cur·ring·ly, adverb
voters concurred. pre·con·cur, verb (used without object), pre·con·curred,
3. to agree with someone or something: pre·con·cur·ring.
concur with sb/sth- The new report concurs with un·con·curred, adjective
previous findings. un·con·cur·ring, adjective
concur that The board members concurred that the DERIVED FORMS
offer should be accepted. concurringly (con' curringly) adverb
PRONUNCIATION : Let us deal with the pronunciation Synonyms : agree, coincide
with this magical word i.e., concur, so first of all break it into
ANTONYMS : differ, disagree
two parts i.e., con+ cur so ‘con’ sounds as ‘done’ or ‘ton’ with
EXAMPLES OF CONCUR IN A SENTENCE
more focus on the syllable ‘c’, while ‘cur’ sounds exactly like
I have sought second opinions, which concur that it is
the latter part of the word ‘occur’ this hence; con like ton and
outrageous that the cost of these repairs has been set so high.
cur like latter part of ‘occur’, hence becomes concur.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Lord Judge delivered a concurring opinion.
I concurred with the programme. Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He concurred wholly that the heat and humidity were awful. I entirely concur in that view.
The standing joint committee concurred with him. Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-
More example sentences ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
 ‘Furthermore, this is a case of general importance and The Master of the Rolls delivered a concurring judgment.
it may well set a precedent.’ Times, Sunday Times (2015)
 ‘Critics say that the judges should have let the 1963 FIRST KNOWN USE OF PERCOLATE
precedent stand, even if it was bad.’ 15th century
NEW AND TRICKY
SUFFIX DESCRIPTION PART OF SPEECH MADE FROM EXAMPLES
ATE doing something Verb Root Interrogate, prevaricate, mutate, ignite, expedite
Origin of the word concur : The Latin word currere, meaning 2- Such is her burgeoning popularity Toomey is looking to
“to run,” and its form cursus give us the roots curr and curs. employ more instructors to lead her highly personalized
Words from the Latin currere have something to do with running. exercise classes.
A current is the direction in which a river runs or flows. When two (How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New
people concur, their ideas or opinions run together in agreement. York’s Latest Fitness Craze)
A course is the path over which something moves or runs.
3- The other justices joined his opinion or concurred in
Contemporary Examples part; none dissented.
1. Reminded of that revving motor down in Dixie, I have (Jonathan Lai, Philly.com, "How the U.S. Supreme
to concur. Court's partisan gerrymandering non-decisions
(A History of American Fun) affect Pa.," 18 June 2018)

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 DESIGNATION WHO'S WHO
WHO’S WHO
S.No. DESIGNATION NAME
1. Chairman, Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu
2. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
3. Chairman of Niti Ayog Narendra D. Modi
4. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad
5. Leader of House in Lok Sabha Narendra D. Modi
6. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha -
7. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora
8. Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, Sushil Chandra
9. Director General, ITBP S S Deshwal
10. Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sharad Kumar
11. Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale
12. Comptroller & Auditor General of India Rajiv Mehrishi
13. Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre S. Somanath
14. Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India R. S Sharma
15. CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla
16. Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Nand Kumar Sai
17. Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi
18. Chairman, UPSC Arvind Saxena
19. Director General, National Investigation Agency Y.C. Modi
20. Chairman, UGC D. P. Singh
21. Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO K. Sivan
22. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Sec. Deptt. of Atomic Energy K. N. Vyas
23. Chairman, SSC Braj Raj Sharma
24. Chairman,National Human Rights Commission Justice H.L. Dattu
25. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Vivek Joshi
26. Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes Pramod Chandra Mody
27. Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India Subash Chandra Khuntia
28. Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India Ajay Tyagi
29. Chairperson, State Bank of India Rajnish Kumar
30. Chairman, LIC M. R. Kumar
31. India’s permanent representative in UNO Syed Akbaruddin
32. Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla
33. Chairperson of National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma
34. Chairman, 15th Finance Commission N. K. Singh
35. Chairman, Competition Commission of India Ashok Kumar Gupta
36. Chairperson,Central Board of Film Certification Prasoon Joshi
37. President, ASSOCHAM Balkrishan Goenka
38. Chairman, NASSCOM Keshav Murugesh
39. Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat
40. Chief, RAW Samant Goel
41. Children Film Society of India, CEO Prashant Pathrabe
42. Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre A.K. Mohanty
43. President, CII Vikram S. Kirloskar
44. President, FICCI Sandip Somany
45. Chairman of 21st Law Commission Dr. Justice BS Chauhan
46. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval
47. Chairperson, Prasar Bharati Dr. A. Surya Prakash
48. DG of National Testing Agency Vineet Joshi
49. Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar
50. Chairman, Indian Banks Association Rajnish Kumar
Data as on 26th December, 2019

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QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
Q.1. Which of the following statement/statements is/are
correct?
A. The Chairman of the Central Board of Direct
Taxes inaugurated the Web Portal for Exchange
of Information on Income Tax Website in New
Delhi.
B. The Chairman of the Central Board of Direct
Taxes is Rishi Kumar Shukla.
C. The portal would be useful for the domestic
financial institutions.
D. The portal would help the foreign tax authorities
and financial institutions to get information.
E. The Central Board of Direct Taxes consists of a
Chairman and five Members.
(1) Only A, B and C (2) Only A, C and D
(3) Only B, C and E (4) Only C, D and E
(5) Only A, D and E
Q.2. In which of the following country the Indian High
Commission will set up 12 hi-tech parks?
(1) Srilanka (2) Nepal (3) Myanmar
(4) Bangladesh (5) Bhutan
Q.3. Recently, which of the following country’s
President Desi Bouterse has been sentenced to 20
years in prison over the execution of 15 political
opponents in 1982?
(1) Sudan (2) Mauritania (3) Suriname
(4) Nigeria (5) Ethiopia
Q.4. Recently, in which of the following state a three-
day Global Buddhist Congregation held in the
presence of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai
Lama and Mahanayaka Thero from Sri Lanka?
(1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Goa
(3) Maharashtra (4) Jammu and Kashmir
(5) Uttarakhand
Q.5. Which of the following statement/statements is/are
correct?
A. The Lok Sabha has passed the Chit Funds
(Amendment) Bill, 2019 to amend the Chit
Funds Act, 1980.
B. The prescribed ceiling of aggregate chit fund
amount for individuals has been raised from
one lakh rupees to three lakh rupees.
C. In case of firms, the limit has been raised from
6 lakh to 18 lakh rupees.
D. Rajiv Maharishi is the Minister of State for
Finance.
(1) Only A, B and C (2) Only B, C and D
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(3) Only B and C (4) Only C and D
(5) Only A and D
Q.6. Which country’s film actor Isabelle Huppert was
honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award in
the event of the International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) 2019 at Panaji in Goa?
(1) Russia (2) France
(3) Saudi Arabia (4) Spain
(5) South Africa
Q.7. According to the Union Minister of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar by
how many percentage the Government is targeted
to reduce carbon emissions?
(1) 35% (2) 25% (3) 30%
(4) 20% (5) 45%
Q.8. Government has approved the setting up of six
plastic parks in different parts of the country. Which
of the following state is not selected to setting up of
plastic parks?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Assam
(3) Jharkhand (4) Odisha
(5) Uttar Pradesh
Q.9. How much fine has been proposed in e-cigarette
bill on the storage of e-cigarettes?
(1) 50 Thousand (2) 1 Lakh
(3) 25 Thousand (4) 2 Lakh
(5) 1.5 Lakh
Q.10. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Urban aims to
address the housing needs of urban population of
country. CLSS covers the MIG (middle income
group) segment for first time? What is the full form
of CLSS?
(1) The Credit-locked Subsidy Services
(2) The Customer-linked Subsidy Services
(3) The Customer-locked Subsidy Services
(4) The Credit-linked Subsidy Services
(5) The Credibility-linked Subsidy Services
Q.11. Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish
Open men's single title. How many Indians have
won the Scottish Open title previously?
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 4
(4) 1 (5) 5
Q.12. The 17-year-old Manu Bhaker have clinched gold
medal in the ISSF World Cup Finals? Where this
event was held?
(1) Peru (2) China (3) Chile
(4) Japan (5) India

Q.13. Recently, Rafael Nadal has won the Davis Cup
title. It was his ______ Davis Cup title.
(1) Fifth (2) Fourth (3) Seventh
(4) Eighth (5) Sixth
Q.14. Recently, which of the following state government
has announced a relief package of 3,795 crore
rupees for farmers who suffered crop loss due to
unseasonal rains?
(1) Gujarat (2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Maharashtra
(5) Bihar
Q.15. For how many years the Union Ministry of
Home Affairs has extended ban on NDBF under
provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 of
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967?
(1) 3 years (2) 4 years (3) 5 years
(4) 6 years (5) 7 years
Q.16. The Rural Livelihoods Mission popularly known
as UMEED aims to reduce poverty in which union
territory?
(1) Andaman & Nicobar
(2) Ladakh
(3) Lakshadweep
(4) Jammu and Kashmir
(5) Daman and Diu
Q.17. In which state the Shipping Ministry gave approval
for the development of Loktak Inland Water ways
improvement project?
(1) Mizoram (2) Nagaland (3) Manipur
(4) Tripura (5) Arunachal Pradesh
Q.18. Recently, the seventh edition of MITRA
SHAKTI military exercise aimed at enhancing
interoperability has held. It is conducted between
which two countries?
(1) India and Sri Lanka
(2) India and China
(3) India and Bangladesh
(4) India and France
(5) India and Russia
Q.19. Which Indian businessman has ranked among the
top 10 of the Real-Time Billionaires List of Forbes
2019?
(1) Gautam Adani
(2) Lakshmi Mittal
(3) N. R. Narayana Murthy
(4) Ratan TATA
(5) Mukesh Ambani
Q.20. Which of the following country has been elected as
a member of the World Heritage Committee?
Cabinet approved the creation of Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund.
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(1) India (2) Thailand (3) Costa Rica
(4) Cyprus (5) Pakistan
Q.21. Soma Roy Burman is the _________ Controller
General of Accounts (CGA) of India.
(1) 7th (2) 15th (3) 24th
(4) 32nd (5) 21st
Q.22. Where is the UN Climate Change Conference COP
25 held?
(1) Stockholm (2) Vienna (3) Davos
(4) Madrid (5) Austria
Q.23. Recently, Akkitham Namboodiri has won the
Jnanpith Award? This was the ___________
Jnanpith Award.
(1) 51th (2) 52nd (3) 53rd
(4) 54th (5) 55th
Q.24. Which state’s Chief Minister has stayed the Aarey
Metro car-shed work and said no trees will be
felled until further notice?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra (4) Odisha
(5) Delhi
Q.25. Saudi Aramco, world’s largest integrated oil and
Gas Company, will float initial public offering
(IPO). Who is the President and CEO of Saudi
Arabian Oil Company Saudi Aramco?
(1) Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
(2) Kamal Bahamdan
(3) Asya Alashaikh
(4) Amr F. Zedan
(5) Amin H. Nasser
Q.26. Recently, India has announced India a line of credit
of appx __________ as financial assistance to Sri
Lanka.
(1) Rs. 4,450 crore (2) Rs. 3,230 crore
(3) Rs. 7,854 crore (4) Rs. 800 crore
(5) Rs. 650 crore
Q.27. With which Bank did BlackBuck partner to provide
FASTags to truck owners free of cost?
(1) PNB, ICICI Bank
(2) ICICI, Axis Bank
(3) IDFC Bank, Yes Bank
(4) HDFC Bank, Digibank
(5) Dhanlaxmi Bank, City Union Bank
Q.28. How much loan the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) will provide for the Chennai- Kanyakumari
Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu?
(1) $238 million (2) $451 million
(3) $672 million (4) $800 million
(5) $700 million
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Q.29. Who institutes the International Press Freedom
Award?
(1) Journalism Education Committee
(2) Committee on Journalist Welfare
(3) Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
(4) Committee to Protect Journalists
(5) None of the above
Q.30. When is the Constitution Day observed in India?
(1) 26 June (2) 26 December
(3) 26 January (4) 26 November
(5) 26 October
Q.31. Recently, Which of the following telecom
company's chairman along with four directors
have resigned from the company which is going
through the insolvency process because of loss of
Rs 30,142 crore for July-September?
(1) Tata Communications
(2) Bharti Airtel
(3) Reliance Communications
(4) Idea
(5) None of the above
Q.32. Which of the following plant is Indian Oil
Corporation Limited going to set up in Panipat
to promote the use of environmentally friendly
products?
(1) G ethanol plant (2) 2G ethanol plant
(3) 3G ethanol plant (4) 4G ethanol plant
(5) 5G ethanol plant
Q.33. The Economic Census is being conducted
nationwide and first time conducted digitally. In
India how many times the economic Census had
been conducted earlier?
(1) 7 Times (2) 6 Times (3) 5 Times
(4) 8 Times (5) 4 Times
Q.34. Recently, the Reserve Bank has imposed a fine
of Rs 5 lakh on prepaid payment instrument
Oxigen Services for non-compliance of regulatory
guidelines. This power of RBI is vested under
which Act?
(1) Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2005
(2) Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2006
(3) Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007
(4) Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2008
(5) Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2009
Q.35. Who among the following is named as Time
magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year?
(1) Jeff Bezos (2) Narendra Modi
(3) Mukesh Ambani (4) Jair Bolsonaro
(5) Greta Thunberg
64 MICA FEBRUARY 2020 Harsimrat inaugurated Central Indias first Mega Food Park.
Q.36. Recently, FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 were
presented at New Delhi to acknowledge and
recognize contribution of sports persons and
various stakeholders who deliver excellent results
during the year. Who among the following has got
Lifetime Achievement Award?
(1) Vishwnathan Anand (2) Narain Karthikeyan
(3) Pankaj Advani (4) Deepa Malik
(5) Saurav Ganguly
Q.37. Recently, which of the following Bill has been
passed in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
that proposed harsh punishment for crimes against
women?
(1) Asha Bill (2) Abha Bill (3) Drishti Bill
(4) Disha Bill (5) Gargi Bill
Q.38. Recently, around 73 countries have joined the
Climate Ambition Alliance (CAA) at the COP25
in New York. Where will the COP26 in November
2020 be held?
(1) California, USA (2) Glasgow, UK
(3) Paris, France (4) Tokyo, Japan
(5) New Delhi, India
Q.39. Recently, Rajya Sabha has passed the Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment)
Bill. Which of the following tribe is included by
this bill?
(1) Parivara (2) Talwara (3) Siddi
(4) Only 1& 2 (5) All of the above
Q.40. With reference to the ‘Wholesale Price Index
(WPI)’, consider the following statements:
A. It is released by the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation.
B. It covers the wholesale prices of goods only.
C. It covers the average price of goods only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only A and B (4) Only A and C
(5) All of the above
Q.41. With reference to the Atal Bhujal Yojana, consider
the following statements:
A. It has been launched for sustainable management
of groundwater.
B. It is a central sector scheme fully funded by the
Government of India.
C. It is a central sector scheme funded by both the
Government of India and state governments.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only A and B (4) Only A and C
(5) All of the above

Q.42. Mullaperiyar Dam, was recently in news. - consider
the following statements about that:
A. Mullaperiyar Dam is located on the confluence
of the Mullayar and Periyar river.
B. It is disputed between Karnataka and Kerala.
C. Periyar river is an east-flowing river.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only A and B (4) Only A and C
(5) Only B and C
Q.43. Recently, the President of India Shri Ram Nath
Kovind presented the National Florence Nightingale
Awards in New Delhi. It is related to which field?
(1) Climate Change (2) Sports
(3) Literature (4) Nursing Services
(5) Child Development
Q.44. Who among the following has received the Right
Livelihood Awards 2019, also known as the
‘Alternative Nobel Prize’?
(1) Davi Kopenawa (2) Greta Thunberg
(3) Guo Jianmei (4) Aminatou Haidar
(5) All of the above
Q.45. Recently, the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) released its report titled
“Human Development Report 2019. As per the
report what is the India’s rank?
(1) 127th (2) 129th (3) 126th
(4) 124th (5) 120th
Q.46. Recently, Zozibini Tunzi has been crowned Miss
Universe for the year 2019 beating more than 90
contestants. She belongs to which country?
(1) Sudan (2) USA (3) Ethiopia
(4) South Africa (5) Nigeria
Q.47. According to the recent joint report of World Health
Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund,
India has the 2nd highest number of children who
are not vaccinated against measles. Who is in the
top of the list?
(1) Nigeria (2) Pakistan (3) Philippines
(4) Indonesia (5) Libya
Q.48. The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 introduced
in Lok Sabha is inspired by which committee?
(1) Abhijit Sen Committee
(2) Abid Hussain Committee
(3) Ajit Kumar Committee
(4) Athreya Committee
(5) B. N Srikrishna
Q.49. The Government of India has notified that now the
instalment of the PM-KISAN will be transferred
India ranked 73rd in the 2019 E-commerce Index.
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only to Aadhar-authenticated bank accounts. How
much amount is provided in one instalment?
(1) Rs.6000/- (2) Rs.4000/- (3) Rs.2000/-
(4) Rs.1500/- (5) Rs.3000/-
Q.50. ISRO has successfully launched the CARTOSAT 3
satellite along with 13 nano satellites of which country?
(1) US (2) Srilanka (3) Nepal
(4) Russia (5) Indonesia
Q.51. Recently, which of the following country has been
banned for 4 years by WADA’s (World Anti-Doping
Agency) Executive Committee for manipulating
laboratory data?
(1) Spain (2) Russia (3) Finland
(4) Pakistan (5) Afghanistan
Q.52. Who among the following Indian Cricketer has
became the first Indian to play 150 Ranji Matches?
(1) Yuvraj Singh (2) Amit Mishra
(3) Wasim Jaffer (4) Cheteshwar Pujara
(5) Ashish Nehra
Q.53. Recently, which Country’s King Carl XVI Gustaf
and Queen Silvia has Sweden inaugurated Sarai
Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Uttarakhand?
(1) Scotland (2) Austria (3) Finland
(4) England (5) Sweden
Q.54. Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government has
announced to set up how many fast track courts
for the speedy disposal of sexual crimes against
women and children?
(1) 212 fast track courts (2) 210 fast track courts
(3) 218 fast track courts (4) 228 fast track courts
(5) 215 fast track courts
Q.55. Human Rights Day is celebrated on which date?
(1) December 7 (2) December 8
(3) December 9 (4) December 10
(5) December 15
Q.56. Which of the following city will host the 2023
Men’s Hockey World Cup?
(1) Jaipur (2) New Delhi (3) Gwalior
(4) Lucknow (5) Bhubaneswar
Q.57. Which of the following bollywood actor has been
selected by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
as its brand ambassador?
(1) Amitabh Bachchan (2) Akshay Kumar
(3) Salman Khan (4) Suniel Shetty
(5) Shahrukh Khan
Q.58. Which of the following country has topped the
2019 South Asian Games championship?
(1) Nepal (2) Sri Lanka (3) India
(4) Pakistan (5) Indonesia
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Q.59. Which country has recently recorded the first polio
case in 27 years?
(1) Vietnam (2) Singapore (3) Malaysia
(4) Indonesia (5) England
Q.60. Who has been appointed as a Senior Security
Advisor in the Home Ministry?
(1) N. K Singh (2) Sylendra Babu
(3) Walter Devaram (4) Sandeep Bharadwaj
(5) K. Vijay Kumar
Q.61. Ministry of Coal initiated the auction process of
27 coal mines. Who is the union minister of coal
ministry?
(1) Pralhad Joshi
(2) Piyush Goel
(3) Anurag Thakur
(4) Ram Vilas Paswan
(5) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Q.62. _______________ and Dell Technologies will
launch a new education programme where they will
train 4,000 Indian teachers in Artificial Technology.
(1) UNESCO (2) UNISEF (3) WHO
(4) Microsoft (5) World Bank
Q.63. INDRA is a Joint tri military exercise between
India and which country?
(1) France (2) Russia (3) USA
(4) China (5) Myanmar
Q.64. Who has won the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
title?
(1) Max Verstappen (2) Charles Leclerc
(3) Valtteri Bottas (4) Lewis Hamilton
(5) None of the above
Q.65. Which state government has launched a citizen
helpline No. 14400 for corruption-related
complaints?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan
(5) Karnataka
Q.66. Suranga Bawadi has entered the World Monuments
Watch List under “Ancient Water System of the
Deccan Plateau” of the World Monument Funds. It
is situated in which state?
(1) Maharashtra (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Kerala (4) Karnataka
(5) Andhra Pradesh
Q.67. Willingdon Island is the largest artificial island in
India. It is situated in which state?
(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Odisha
(3) Kerala (4) Tamil Nadu
(5) Gujarat
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Q.68. Which state has become the first to have its own
water policy?
(1) Meghalaya (2) Goa
(3) Chhattisgarh (4) Arunachal Pradesh
(5) Uttar Pradesh
Q.69. On which day the Central  GST  and
State  GST  authorities have organized a
nationwide  GST Stakeholder Feedback
Diwas on New GST Returns?
(1) 6th December (2) 7th December
(3) 5th December (4) 8th December
(5) 9th December
Q.70. Recently, where have the 13th South Asian Games
formally held?
(1) Kathmandu (2) Colombo (3) Dhaka
(4) Bishkek (5) Odisha
Q.71. In which Indian state the first Pashu Kisan credit
cards are distributed to 101 animal farmers?
(1) Gujarat (2) Punjab (3) Haryana
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Madhya Pradesh
Q.72. Recently, OPEC and its allies has decided to reduce
oil production by how many barrels per day?
(1) 3 Lakh barrels (2) 4 Lakh barrels
(3) 5 Lakh barrels (4) 6 Lakh barrels
(5) 7 Lakh barrels
Q.73. Recently, in which state the Union Minister for food
processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal has inaugurated
Avantee mega Food Park?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Punjab
(3) Gujarat (4) Jammu and Kashmir
(5) Madhya Pradesh
Q.74. Who among the following has taken over as
the CEO of one of the world’s most cash-rich
companies ALPHABET?
(1) Bill Gates
(2) Satya Nadela
(3) Abidali Neemuchwala
(4) Salil Parekh
(5) Sundar Pichai
Q.75. Who among the following has won the Best Actress
Award at the 50th International Film Festival of India?
(1) Deepika Padukone (2) Anjali Patil
(3) Usha Jadhav (4) Nadezhda Markina
(5) Anastasiia Pustovit
Q.76. Who among the following has topped the Real-
Time Billionaires List of Forbes?
(1) Satya Nadela (2) Jeff Bezos
(3) Mukesh Ambani (4) Mark Zuckerberg
(5) Bill Gates

Q.77. With which Country has India signed a
memorandum of understanding to enable the
Maharashtra's Savitribai Phule Pune University to
set up its campus in the country?
(1) UAE (2) Qatar (3) Dubai
(4) Saudi Arabia (5) Cyprus
Q.78. Which of the following has released the 2019
Emissions Gap Report?
(1) World Environment Organization
(2) UN Environment Programme
(3) Global Pollution Board
(4) Asian Global Warming Monitor
(5) None of above
Q.79. When was the Nagaland state formed which has
recently celebrated its foundation day?
(1) 1 December 1962 (2) 1 December 1963
(3) 1 December 1964 (4) 1 December 1965
(5) 1 December 1966
Q.80. Where is the Military Exercise between India and
Sri Lanka Mitra Shakti 2019 held?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Visakhapatnam
(3) Gwalior (4) Pune
(5) Odisha
Q.81. Recently, exercise HAND-IN-HAND 2019 held
between __________.
(1) India, US (2) India, Russia
(3) India, China (4) India, Thailand
(5) India, Srilanka
Q.82. Where will the third edition of Khelo India Youth
Games be held?
(1) Lucknow (2) Guwahati (3) Pune
(4) Mumbai (5) Gurugram
Q.83. Recently, which State has mandated helmets for
pillion riders also?
(1) Uttarakhand (2) Telangana
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Karnataka
(5) Kerala
Q.84. The Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019
will provide cover officially only for the _______.
(1) President Only
(2) Prime Minister and former Prime Minister
(3) Prime Minister Only
(4) President, Vice President, Prime Minister
(5) President, Vice President
Q.85. Recently, Bharosa Saving Accounts is launched by
which of the following Payments Banks?
(1) Jio Payments Banks
(2) Aditya Birla Payments Banks
(3) India Payments Banks
Sundar Pichai has become CEO of Alphabet.
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(4) Airtel Payments Bank
(5) Fino Payments Banks
Q.86. Recently, RBI has approved the merger of 13
District Cooperative Banks with state cooperative
banks of which state?
(1) Kerala (2) Odisha (3) Karnataka
(4) Tamilnadu (5) Andhra Pradesh
Q.87. Which is the first central government healthcare
centre to have robotic surgery facility?
(1) Daya Memorial Hospital
(2) Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
(3) Safdarjung Hospital
(4) Manipal Hospital
(5) None of the above
Q.88. Which organization has presented the Mother
Teresa Memorial Award 2019 for social justice?
(1) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(2) Novo Nordisk Foundation
(3) INGKA Foundation
(4) Wellcome Trust
(5) Harmony Foundation
Q.89. Who has become the first state in the country to get
the law on contract farming?
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Rajasthan (3) Odisha
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Madhya Pradesh
Q.90. Which country has topped the E-commerce Index
2019?
(1) Scotland (2) Netherlands
(3) Switzerland (4) Singapore
(5) Finland
Q.91. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
has signed an MoU with the _________ to offer
technical training programs to employees of
the government, nationals, and members of the
organization.
(1) Cyprus Accountants and Auditors Association
(2) Saudi Arabia Accountants and Auditors
Association
(3) Kuwait Accountants and Auditors Association
(4) Abu Dabhi Accountants and Auditors Association
(5) None of the above
Q.92. Which of the following has organized the Startup
India Global Venture Capital Summit?
(1) Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade
(2) Government of Goa
(3) Government of Punjab
(4) 1 & 2
(5) All of the above
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Q.93. Who has taken charge as the Chief of Personnel of
the Indian Navy?
(1) Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar
(2) Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh
(3) Vice Admiral Karambir Singh
(4) Vice Admiral Pradeep Singh
(5) Vice Admiral Randheer Singh
Q.94. Who is elected as the President of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB)?
(1) Takehiko Nakao (2) Jin Liqun
(3) Tedros Adhanom (4) Masatsugu Asakawa
(5) None of them
Q.95. Who is appointed as the Senior Security Advisor in
the Home Ministry?
(1) K. Vijay Kumar
(2) S Raja Balan
(3) T V Karthick Subramaniyan
(4) Sandeep Kumar
(5) None of the above
Q.96. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to
amend which of the following act?
(1) The Citizenship Act, 1949
(2) The Citizenship Act, 1955
(3) The Citizenship Act, 1956
(4) The Citizenship Act, 1945
(5) The Citizenship Act, 1957
Q.97. 799 Van Dhan Vikas Kendra benefiting 12 lakh
tribals across the country by providing market access
to their products is opened in how many states?
(1) 20 states (2) 21 states (3) 22 states
(4) 23 states (5) 24 states
Q.98. Recently, in Karnataka bypolls to 15 Assembly
constituencies have held. Who is the governer of
Karnataka?
(1) B. D. Mishra (2) Vajubhai Vala
(3) Phagu Chauhan (4) Jagdish Mukhi
(5) Anusuiya Uikey
Q.99. Jalshakti Minister has informed in 4th India Water
Impact Summit, 2019 in New Delhi that Ganga has
become one of 10 cleanest rivers in the world. Who
is the Jalshakti Minister at present?
(1) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
(2) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(3) Prakash Javadeker
(4) Anurag Thakur
(5) Narendra Singh Tomar
Q.100. Recently, the Indian Railways has provided free
WiFi at five thousand 500 stations across the
country. What is the full form of WiFi?
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(1) Wireless Fisibility (2) Wireless Fiduciary
(3) Wireless Fiscal (4) Wireless Fidelity
(5) Wireless Fireless
Q.101. Finland elected Sanna Marin, the youngest-ever
Prime Minister. What is the capital of Finland?
(1) Oslo (2) Kyiv (3) Bucharest
(4) Vienna (5) Helsinki
Q.102. Recently, at least 62 migrants drown as boat sinks
off at the coast of Mauritania. What is the currency
of Mauritania?
(1) Naira (2) Ouguiya (3) Euro
(4) Peso (5) Rand
Q.103. Which of the following national parks is included
in UNESCO’s world heritage sites?
(1) Khangchendzonga National Park
(2) Sri Venkateswara National Park
(3) Sirohi National Park
(4) Simlipal National Park
(5) Salim Ali National Park
Q.104. Recently, Consumer Affairs Minister has reported
that Hallmarking for Gold jewellery and artefacts
will be mandatory from 15th January 2021.Who is
the Consumer Affairs Minister at present?
(1) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(2) Prakash Javadeker
(3) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
(4) Ram Vilas Paswan
(5) Narendra Singh Tomar
Q.105. Which of the following bill is passed by Parliament
to set up a unified authority to regulate all financial
services in India?
(1) International Economic Services Centres
Authority Bill, 2019
(2) International Financial Services Centres
Authority Bill, 2019
(3) International Public Servants Authority Bill, 2019
(4) International Financial Reorganisation Centres
Authority Bill, 2019
(5) None of these
Q.106. Recently, Toni-Ann Singh was crowned as Miss
World 2019 at a beauty pageant held in London,
UK. She belongs to which of the following country?
(1) South Africa (2) Namibia (3) Jamaica
(4) Mozambique (5) Peru
Q.107. Kailash Joshi, who has passed away recently, was
the former Chief Minister of which state?
(1) Uttarakhand (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Rajasthan
(5) Maharashtra

Q.108. The World Economic Forum has recently
announced the winners of 26th Annual Crystal
Award for the year 2020. Who among the following
Indian actresses has got the award for spreading
mental health awareness?
(1) Priyanka Chopra (2) Alia Bhatt
(3) Deepika Padukone (4) Vidya Balan
(5) Aushka Sharma
Q.109. Which of the following nation has recently gained
independence from Papua New Guinea?
(1) New Ireland (2) Kiriwina (3) Manus
(4) Buka (5) Bougainville
Q.110. Recently, Legislative elections in Jharkhand
conducted. Who is the Governor of Jharkhand at
present?
(1) Tamilisai Soundararajan
(2) Anusuiya Uikey
(3) Najma Heptulla
(4) Draupadi Murmu
(5) Baby Rani Maurya
Q.111. Who among the following has topped the Forbes’
2019 edition of 100 World’s Most Powerful Women
for the ninth consecutive year?
(1) Christine Lagarde
(2) Angela Merkel
(3) Kristalina Georgieva
(4) Greta Thunberg
(5) Anshula Kant
Q.112. The Seventh Economic Census is being conducted
nationwide and is expected to be completed by
March 2020. When the first Indian Economic
Census was started?
(1) 1975 (2) 1970 (3) 1980
(4) 1977 (5) 1982
Q.113. Recently, who is named as the Business Person of
the Year 2019 by TIME magazine?
(1) Jeff Bezos (2) Mukesh Ambani
(3) Tim Cook (4) Larry Page
(5) Bob Iger
Q.114. Recently, State Bank of India has announced a
reduced 1-year marginal cost-based lending rates
by _________.
(1) 5 bps (2) 7.5 bps (3) 10 bps
(4) 15 bps (5) 8 bps
Q.115. Which of the following has won the 2019 FICCI
India Sports Awards?
(1) Railway Sports Promotion Board
(2) IAF Sports Promotion Board
(3) Naval Sports Promotion Board
Masatsugu Asakawa elected as the President of ADB.
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(4) Army Sports Promotion Board
(5) None of the above
Q.116. How many communities will be provided
citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment)
Bill, 2019?
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5
(4) 6 (5) 7
Q.117. Who has been appointed as the new High
Commissioner of India to the Republic of Ghana?
(1) Ahmed Yousif Mohamed
(2) E.J.C. Nwana
(3) Sugandh Rajaram
(4) Rahul Kulshreshth
(5) None of the above
Q.118. Sunil Chhetri, who has been recently appointed
brand ambassador of PUMA, plays which sports?
(1) Lawn Tennis (2) Badminton (3) Football
(4) Hockey (5) Table Tennis
Q.119. Which Indian city has became the first city to
have an online waste exchange for municipal solid
waste?
(1) Lucknow (2) Pune (3) Indore
(4) Bhopal (5) Chennai
Q.120. Gollapudi Maruti Rao, who recently passed away,
was a famous personality of which field?
(1) Actor (2) Musician (3) Politician
(4) Hockey Player (5) None of the above
Q.121. Now the individuals will be able to transfer money
online any time as the Reserve Bank of India
has allowed 24-hour National Electronic Funds
Transfer facility throughout all 365 days in a year.
What is the maximum limit of transferring money
online?
(1) 1 Lakh (2) 2 Lakh (3) 2.5 Lakh
(4) 3 Lakh (5) 3.5 Lakh
Q.122. Recently, Reserve Bank has increased the
household income limits for borrowers of Non-
Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and
microfinance institutions (MFIs) from 1 lakh to
__________.
(1) Rs. 1.20 lakh (2) Rs. 1.25 lakh
(3) Rs. 1.50 lakh (4) Rs. 1.75 lakh
(5) Rs. 2 lakh
Q.123. Who has been appointed as chief design consultant
for TRIFED?
(1) Rohit Bal (2) JJ Valaya
(3) Neeta Lulla (4) Ritu Beri
(5) Arjun Munda
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Q.124. According to a recent report, which country has
recorded the highest estimated number of cervical
cancer deaths in 2018?
(1) China (2) Russia (3) India
(4) Mexico (5) Pakistan
Q.125. Sarai Sewage Treatment Plant was inaugurated in
which state?
(1) West Bengal (2) Kerala (3) Rajasthan
(4) Haryana (5) Uttarakhand
Q.126. International Civil Aviation Day is observed on
which day?
(1) December 5 (2) December 6 (3) December 7
(4) December 8 (5) December 10
Q.127. Investor Education & Protection Fund Authority
has signed an agreement with which bank to create
Investor awareness in India?
(1) Union Bank (2) Axis Bank
(3) HDFC (4) Bank of Baroda
(5) SBI Bank
Q.128. Which of the following country's President Omar
al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a
minimum-security lock-up for convicting in money
laundering and corruption?
(1) Eretria (2) Rwanda (3) Sudan
(4) Mauritania (5) Ethiopia
Q.129. Recently, Foreign Minister of Indonesia Retno L.
P. Marsudi was on a two-day visit to India. Who is
the president of Indonesia?
(1) Win Myint (2) Joko Widodo
(3) Jair Bolsonaro (4) Shinzo Abe
(5) Cyril Ramaphosa
Q.130. Recently, the Human Development Report 2019
by the United Nations Development Programme
was released. Which of the following country has
topped the Human Development Index-2019?
(1) Norway (2) Switzerland (3) Ireland
(4) Australia (5) China
Q.131. Who among the following has been given the
‘Gangadhar National Award’ 2019?
(1) Ashok Chakradhar (2) Suryakumar Pandey
(3) Nikita Jain (4) Viswanath Prasad Tiwari
(5) Phoolchand Gupta
Q.132. Recently, an MoU has been signed between
National Small Industries Corporation Limited and
Aramco for the development of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises Ecosystem in India in Oil &
Gas Sector. Aramco belongs to which country?
(1) UAE (2) Saudi Arabia (3) Oman
(4) Ecuador (5) Yemen
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Q.133. How many POCSO courts for matters related to
crimes against children will be set up by Uttar
Pradesh Government?
(1) 94 (2) 84 (3) 34
(4) 44 (5) 74
Q.134. Which country has organized the 2019 NATO
Summit?
(1) United States (2) United Kingdom
(3) France (4) India
(5) Spain
Q.135. Recently launched ‘Bharatiya Poshan Anthem’ has
been penned by which writer?
(1) Shankar Mahadevan (2) Vishal Khurana
(3) Ehsaan Noorani (4) Prasoon Joshi
(5) Javed Akhtar
Q.136. Recently, Reliance Industries chief Mukesh
Ambani has been ranked the 9th richest person
globally, according to 'The Real-Time Billionaires
List' of Forbes. It is issued by ________.
(1) France
(2) United Kingdom
(3) United States of America
(4) Canada
(5) Japan
Q.137. Recently, Asian Development Bank has approved
$206 million loans to develop water supply,
sewerage infrastructure in 5 cities of Tamil Nadu.
Where is the headquartes of Asian Development
Bank?
(1) Tokyo, Japan (2) Shanghai, China
(3) Jakarta, Indonesia (4) New Delhi, India
(5) Mandaluyong, Philippines
Q.138. WADA’s (World Anti-Doping Agency) Executive
Committee has banned Russia from the Olympics
and World Championships for 4 years. It is based
in which country?
(1) Canada (2) Switzerland (3) Australia
(4) China (5) USA
Q.139. Recently, who has been appointed as the new
President of Mauritius?
(1) Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
(2) Pravind Jugnaut
(3) Pritivirajsing Roopun
(4) Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
(5) None of the above
Q.140. What is the name of the typhoon that recently hit
Philippines?
(1) Frank (2) Kammuri (3) Angela
(4) Haiyan (5) Faxai

Q.141. The Suruli Waterfalls is attracting heavy footfalls
of tourists. It is located in which state?
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Himachal Pradesh
(5) Punjab
Q.142. Sports Minister has called for a rigorous campaign
to bring awareness about doping. Who is the Sports
Minister?
(1) Anurag Thakur (2) Gautam Gambhir
(3) Pankaj Singh (4) Kiren Rijiju
(5) Shahnawaz Hussain
Q.143. Which country will host the 36th International
Geological Congress?
(1) Russia (2) India (3) Japan
(4) Australia (5) USA
Q.144. Who has recently created history by scoring
centuries on debut in both One Day International
and Test cricket?
(1) Abid Ali (2) Shivam Dube
(3) Naseem Shaah (4) Mayank Agarwal
(5) Shreyash Ayer
Q.145. Which Legislative Assembly passed two Bills to
set up the separate Commissions for Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Karnataka
(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Maharashtra
(5) Chattisgarh
Q.146. Who among the following is the only Indian to
have found a place in both the ICC Women's ODI
Team and T20I Team of the Year?
(1) Harmanpreet Kaur (2) Smriti Mandhana
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(3) Jhulan Goswami (4) Poonam Yadav
(5) Shikha Pandey
Q.147. Recently, for which Economic Corridor project
Pakistan and the World Bank have signed a loan
agreement of USD 406 million?
(1) Bolan Pass (2) Chaprot Pass (3) Dorah Pass
(4) Khyber Pass (5) Gumal Pass
Q.148. In which of the following country India is set to
reconstruct 11 heritage sites under Indian National
Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage?
(1) Nepal (2) Sri Lanka (3) Bangladesh
(4) Myanmar (5) Bhutan
Q.149. Which of the following countries non-Muslims
migrants will get citizenship if they migrated to
India on or before December 31, 2014 as per the
new Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019?
(1) Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
(2) Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan
(3) Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal
(4) Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal
(5) None of these
Q.150. Which of the following is the 1st Indian corporate
firm that is awarded with UN award in ‘climate
neutral now’ category for its carbon neutral
programme?
(1) Reliance Industries Limited
(2) Infosys
(3) Tata Consultancy Services
(4) Tech Mahindra
(5) None of these

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CHSL PRE PREVIOUS PAPER 2019/ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Q.1. Select the most appropriate word for the
group of words.
That which cannot be seen through
(A) magical (B) opaque
(C) transparent (D) invisible
Q.2. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out
of the given options pick the one that gives
their correct order.
A. As a result, he had gotten into a million
activities and hobbies.
B. Thus, his parents were now reluctant to spend
any more money on his hobbies.
C. John hated finishing things almost as much as
he loved starting them.
D. But he never stuck with any of them for
long.
(A) ADCB (B) BCAD
(C) CADB (D) CDBA
Q.3. Select the correctly spelt word.
(A) persoue (B) pursue
(C) persue (D) purseue
Q.4. Identify the most appropriate option to
substitute the underlined segment. If no
substitution is required, select No substitution.
The commander of the ship as well as the crew
are caught by the storm.
(A) No substitution Q.10. Identify the segment which contains the
(B) are being caught by
(C) is caught in himself.
(D) are caught in
Q.5. Identify the most appropriate option
to substitute the underlined segment.
If no substitution is required, select No
substitution.
All the accident victims have been admitted and
received attention.
(A) but are receiving (B) No substitution
(C) so had received (D) and have received
Q.6. Select the most appropriate synonym of the
given word.
VITAL
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(A) needless (B) essential
(C) insignificant (D) trivial
Q.7. Select the most appropriate indirect form of
the given sentence.
She says, "I go for a walk every morning."
(A) She says that she goes for a walk every
morning.
(B) She said that she goes for a walk every
morning.
(C) She said that she went for a walk every
morning.
(D) She says that I go for a walk every morning.
Q.8. Select the most appropriate passive form of
the given sentence.
He threw the ball towards his little brother.
(A) The ball was thrown towards his little brother.
(B) The ball is thrown towards his little brother.
(C) His little brother's ball was thrown at him.
(D) The ball is being thrown towards his little
brother.
Q.9. Select the most appropriate word for the
group of words.
Willing to be guided or controlled
(A) abominable (B) adorable
(C) amenable (D) adamant
grammatical error.
The picture of the king's is exactly like the king
(A) The picture (B) the king himself
(C) is exactly like (D) of the king's
Q.11. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate
word.
______ people are remembered even after death
for their good deeds.
(A) Virtuous (B) Vicious
(C) Violent (D) Virtual
Q.12. Select the most appropriate antonym of the
given word.
OMINOUS

(A) threatening (B) baleful
(C) foreboding (D) auspicious
Q.13. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
given idiom.
Red letter day
(A) a very hot day (B) a very cold day
(C) a very special day (D) a frightful day
Q.14-18. In the following passage some words have
been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help
of the alternatives given. Select the most
appropriate option for each blank.
For two months I have been trying to decide who
(A) ______ the best ice cream. I have (B) ______
it down to my two favourite manufacturers. Let's
start (C) ______ Randolph Farms who have lots
of (D) ______ flavours. Then, we have Goodies
who use natural (E) ______ to make excellent
ice cream.
Q.14. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank A
(A) was making (B) is making
(C) makes (D) make
Q.15. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank B
(A) chosen (B) cancelled
(C) narrowed (D) selected
Q.16. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank C
(A) by (B) with
(C) from (D) off
Q.17. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank D
(A) unlike (B) variety
(C) various (D) different
Q.18. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank E
(A) goods (B) ingredients
(C) elements (D) particles
Q.19. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
given idiom.
In a pickle
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(A) in great pain (B) in deep sorrow
(C) in jubilation (D) in trouble
Q.20. Select the most appropriate antonym of the
given word.
NOVEL
(A) old (B) original
(C) new (D) fresh
Q.21. Identify the segment which contains the
grammatical error.
He asked from me if I was interested in a career
in modelling.
(A) He asked (B) from me if
(C) I was interested (D) in a career
Q.22. Select the most appropriate synonym of the
given word.
PITFALL
(A) hazard (B) refuge
(C) retreat (D) haven
Q.23. Select the wrongly spelt word.
(A) receive (B) acheive
(C) grieve (D) believe
Q.24. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out
of the given options pick the one that gives
their correct order.
(A) We even fail to recognize that their call of
duty keeps them away from their families.
(B) Yet, we often fail to appreciate these
sacrifices that they make.
(C) They make countless sacrifices for the
nation and keep us safe from our enemies.
(D) The uniformed men and women are our
unsung heroes.
(A) DABC (B) DCBA
(C) ABCD (D) CBAD
Q.25. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate
word.
She was ______ with joy at winning the talent
show.
(A) overruled (B) overwhelmed
(C) overturned (D) overpowered
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Q.26. Three of the following four numbers are alike
in a certain way and one is different. Pick the
number that is different from the rest.
(A) 336 (B) 224 (C) 226 (D) 448
Q.27. Arrange the following activities in a logical and
meaningful order.
1. Setting up alarm clock
2. Solving question paper
3. Alarm Bell ringing
4. Reach examination centre.
5. Getting dressed and be ready
6. Returning answer book
(A) 3, 1, 5, 4, 2, 6 (B) 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6
(C) 1, 3, 5, 4, 6, 2 (D) 1, 3, 5, 4, 2, 6
Q.28. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the
same way as are the numbers of the following set.
(8, 39, 5)
(A) (11, 67, 8) (B) (10, 60, 6)
(C) (9, 55, 4) (D) (14, 115, 9)
Q.29. Two statements are given, followed by three
conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming
the statements to be true, even if they seem to be
at variance with commonly known facts, decide
which of the conclusions logically follow(s)
from the statements.
Statements:
Some plants are vegetable.
All vegetables are vitamins.
Conclusions:
I. Some vitamins are plants.
II. Some vitamins are vegetables.
III. No vitamin is plant.
(A) Either conclusion I or III follows.
(B) Only conclusions II and III follow.
(C) Only conclusions I and II follow.
(D) Only conclusions I and III follow.
Q.30. Two different positions of the same dice
are shown below, the six faces of which are
numbered 1 to 6. Find the number opposite to
the face having 3.
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(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 5
Q.31. A + B means ‘A is the sister of B’.
A − B means ‘A is the son of B’.
A × B means ‘A is the father of B’
A ÷ B means ‘A is the brother of B’
If S × M ÷ U + L × Z − I is true then how is L
related to I?
(A) Husband (B) Son
(C) Father (D) Brother
Q.32. Three of the following four words are alike in
a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd
word out.
(A) Ulcer (B) Anaemia
(C) Hormone (D) Hypertension
Q.33. If CALLOSUM is coded as 31336134, then how
will CEREMONY be coded as?
(A) 25945757 (B) 35854656
(C) 35954547 (D) 35954657
Q.34. Select the option that is related to the third letter-
cluster in the same way as the second letter-
cluster is related to the first letter-cluster.
DHMR : BJKT : : XCOE : ?
(A) VFMH (B) VENG
(C) UENG (D) VEMG
Q.35. Select the correct mirror image of the given
figure when the mirror is placed to the right of
the figure.
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
Q.36. A figure of the transparent sheet with a pattern
is given below. Select the option that shows how
the pattern would appear when the transparent
sheet is folded at the dotted line.
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(A) (B)

(C) (D)
Q.37. ‘Mercury’ is related to ‘Metal’ in the same way
as ‘Frog’ is related to ‘_________’.
(A) Rodent (B) Reptilian
(C) Amphibian (D) Mammal
Q.38. Select the number-pair in which the two numbers
are related in the same way as are the two
numbers of the following number-pairs.
11 : 120
(A) 17 : 289 (B) 12 : 144
(C) 2 : 3 (D) 8 : 65
Q.39. Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the
relationship between the following classes.
Women, Lawyers, Sons
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(A) 27 (B) 26 (C) 24 (D) 25
Q.43. Three of the following four letter-clusters are
alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick
the odd one out.
(A) DGJM (B) BDGJ
(C) TWZC (D) KNQT
Q.44. Three friends A, B and C have different amounts
of rupees with them. If A takes `10 from B, then
A will have `4 less than C. A and C together
have total `330. How many rupees does C
have?
(A) 176 (B) 170 (C) 172 (D) 174
Q.45. Select the combination of letters that when
sequentially placed in the gaps of the given letter
series will complete the series.
u__mpm__uucm_mmj_uc_pmm_
(A) u c m j p u m j (B) u c m j u u m m
(C) u c u j p m m j (D) p c j m p u m j
Q.46. Select the figure that will come next in the
following figure series.

Q.40. Which number will replace the question mark (?)

in the following series?
55, 56, 64, 91, 155, ?
(A) 280 (B) 265 (C) 275 (D) 270 (A) (B)
Q.41. Select the option in which Figure-X is embedded.
(Rotation is not allowed)
(C) (B)

Q.47. Select the set in which the numbers are related in

the same way as are the numbers of the following
set.

(A) (B) (145, 65, 115)

(A) (185, 65, 170) (B) (80, 50, 110)
(C) (185, 70, 95) (D) (130, 70, 100)
(C) (D) Q.48. Select the word-pair in which the two words are
related in the same way as are the two words in
the following word-pair.
Q.42. How many triangles are present in the given
figure? Temple : Worship

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(A) School : Education
(B) University : Professor
(C) Hotel : Expenditure
(D) Hospital : Doctor
Q.49. In a code language, PROXIMITY is written
as ZQTRKAVKO. How will ILLOGICAL be
written as in that language?
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Q.51. A and B can complete the piece of work in 15
days and 10 days respectively they work together
to complete the work for `35000. Find the share
of B.
(A) `15000 (B) `14000
(C) `21000 (D) `7000
Q.52. Chords AB and CD of a circle intersect externally
at P. AB= 6 cm,. CD = 3 cm and PB= 4 cm, then
find the length (in cm) of PD is?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 2 (D) 7
Q.53. If each side of a rectangle is increased by 13%,
then its area will increased by?
(A) 21.69% (B) 13% (C) 27.69% (D) 26%
Q.54. The sum of the salaries of A and B together is
`43000. A spends 95% of his salary and B, 80%
of his salary. If now their saving are the same,
What is B's salary ( in `)?
(A) 8000 (B) 34400 (C) 10600 (D) 8600
 1 3 8
3 +  ÷
 5 5 5
Q.55. The value of is?
1  5  1 1 
1 ÷  +  ÷ 
8  8  8 3 
(A) 19/16 (B) 19/7 (C) 19/9 (D) 19/64
Q.56.
3
If sin θ = 3x and cos θ = , ( x ≠ 0 ) , then value
x of radius 4 cm and 2 cm is 10 cm. The length ( in
 2 1
of 6  x + 2  is?
 x 
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 1/2
Q.57. In a triangle ΔABC, the bisector of ÐB and ÐC
meet at O, inside the triangle ÐBOC= 156°, then
the measure of ÐA is?
(A) 66° (B) 132° (C) 84° (D) 156°
Q.58. Two number are in the ratio of 3 : 4. On increasing
each of them by 30, the ratio becomes 9 : 10. The
number are?
(A) 30, 40 (B) 15, 20 (C) 12, 16 (D) 18, 24
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(A) QNNKINCEK (B) QMMKIMCEK
(C) RNNLINCEK (D) QNNLINBEL
Q.50. Which two numbers should be interchanged in
the following equation to make it correct?
779+14×21−532÷41 = 807
(A) 779 and 21 (B) 532 and 779
(C) 21 and 41 (D) 532 and 41
Q.59. The compound interest on the certain sum of money
at 11% for 2 year is `6963. Its simple interest at the
same rate and for the same period is?
(A) `6500 (B) `6600 (C) `6750 (D) `6000
Q.60. A dealer buys an article marked at `20000 with two
successive discount of 10% and 8%, He spends
`1440 on repairs and sells it for `20000, what is the
profit or loss percent ( correct to one decimal place?
(A) 12.3% profit (B) 12.35 loss
(C) 11.1 % profit (D) 11.1% loss
3π
− 3
Q.61. If cos x = and π < x < , then the value
2 2
of 2cot2 x + 3sec2 x?
(A) 10 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
Q.62. The ratio between speed of two trains is 2 : 5. If
the first train runs 350 km in 5 hours, then the
sum of the speed is ?
(A) 180 (B) 265 (C) 245 (D) 350
Q.63. Two students A and B, appeared for an examination.
A secured 8 marks more than B and the marks of
former was 60% of the sum of their marks. The
sum of the marks obtain by A and B is ?
(A) 45 (B) 50 (C) 40 (D) 75
Q.64. The distance between the centre of the two circle
cm ) of the transverse common tangent is?
(A) 10 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 4
Q.65. Given n is an integer, what is the remainder when
(6n + 3) is divided by 9?
2
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
Q.66. There is a polygon of 11 sides. How many triangle can
be drawn by only using the vertices of the polygon?
(A) 165 (B) 150 (C) 175 (D) 180
Q.67. If 6 = 10 , then find the value of x is?
4 4 4
x
+8 x x
(A) 2 (B) 16 (C) 4 (D) 8
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1 y Q.71. In which year, the absolute difference of the
Q.68. If 4 (cos ec 66 − tan 24 ) + 2 sin 90 − 4 tan 2 66o y tan 2 24 =
2,
2 o 2 o o

students in two schools is the lowest?

then the value of y is ?
(A) 2008 (B) 2011
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) –1/2 (D) –1
(C) 2009 (D) 2012
If ( x − 7 ) + ( 2 x + 8) + ( 2 x − 3) = 3 ( x − 7 )( 2 x + 8)( 2 x − 3) ,
3 3 3
Q.69.
then what is the value of x? Q.72. What is the Average of the number of students
from school A during the six year period?
(A) 1.6 (B) 2.4 (C) 1.2 (D) 0.4
(A) 760 (B) 700
Q.70. The average of fifteen person is 32 years. If
two more persons are added then the average is (C) 715 (D) 765
increased by 3 years. The new person have an Q.73. In which of the year, the percentage increase
age difference of 7 years between them. The age of the students in school A is the highest in
(in year) of the older among the new persons is? comparison to its previous year?
(A) 58 (B) 61 (C) 50 (D) 54 (A) 2010 (B) 2012
Q.71-75. The given Bar Graph presents the number of (C) 2011 (D) 2009
students of two schools for six year. Q.74. What is the ratio of the number of students taken
for all years together from school A to that from
school B?
(A) 417 : 401 (B) 370 : 429
(C) 429 : 370 (D) 401 : 417
Q.75. PQRS is the cyclic quadrilateral. If angle P is
three times the angle R and angel S is five times
the angle Q, then the sum of the angle Q and R is
? ( in degree)
(A) 70 (B) 65
(C) 72 (D) 75

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Q.76. What was India's rank in the year 2018 in world Q.80. In 2018, Bharat Vatwani and_________were the
Crude Steel production according to Steel Users two Indian awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay
Federation of India? award.
(A) Fourth (B) Second (A) Rajendra Singh
(C) First (D) Third (B) Arvind Kejriwal
Q.77. The Chola Empire was invaded by ______ in the (C) Sonam Wangchuk
early 14th century A.D.
(D) Sathyabhama Das Biju
(A) Malik Kafur (B) Taimur
(C) Muhammad Ghori (D) Genghis Khan Q.81. With which of the following sports is the term
'bib' associated? The word refers to sheets
Q.78. Who wrote the book 'An Era of Darkness: The printed with numbers.
British Empire in India'?
(A) Hockey (B) Football
(A) Sudha Murthy (B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Ramchandra Guha (D) APJ Abdul Kalam (C) Lawn Tennis (D) Running
Q.79. The historical Sher Shah Suri Marg is called as: Q.82. What is the chemical name of slaked lime?
(A) National Highway Number 23 (A) Calcium Nitrate (B) Sodium Chloride
(B) National Highway Number 11 (C) Calcium Chloride (D) Calcium Hydroide
(C) National Highway Number 1 Q.83. With which of the following sports is the term
(D) National Highway Number 8 'tumble turns' associated?

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(A) Long Jump (B) Cycling
(C) Swimming (D) Running
Q.84. In May 2019, Former Miss World Priyanka
Chopra visited ______ as UNICEF's Goodwill
Ambassador for humanitarian work.
(A) Ethiopia
(B) Uganda
(C) Democratic Republic of Congo
(D) Kenya
Q.85. To which of the following states does the folk
song 'Bhawaiya' belong?
(A) Chhattisgarh (B) Odisha
(C) West Bengal (D) Jharkhand
Q.86. ___________attacked the southern coast of
Kathiawar along the Arabian Sea, where he
sacked the city of Somnath and its renowned
Hindu temple in 1026.
(A) Firoz Shah Tugalaq
(B) Mahmud of Ghazni
(C) Ahmed Shah Tugalaq
(D) Muhammad Ghori
Q.87. After going through the processes of scouring
and bleaching, 99% of cotton is made up of
which polymer?
(A) Epoy (B) Cellulose
(C) Proteins (D) Teflon
Q.88. A____ is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in
a computer.
(A) ROM (Read Only Memory)
(B) CPU (Central Processing Unit)
(C) RAM (Random Access Memory)
(D) Motherboard
Q.89. 'World Metrology Day' was celebrated in India
on _______ 2019.
(A) 18th April (B) 25th January
(C) 20th May (D) 17th February
Q.90. Jawaharlal Nehru port is located in:
(A) Kerala (B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) West Bengal
Q.91. In Economics, buying an asset in one market
and simultaneously selling an identical asset
in another market at a higher price is termed
as_________.
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(A) Depreciation (B) Mortgage
(C) Arbitrage (D) Devaluation
Q.92. __________ is the process by which water
vapour in the air is changed into liquid water.
(A) Decantation (B) Precipitation
(C) Evaporation (D) Condensation
Q.93. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page
and________.
(A) Peter Thiel (B) Steve Wozniak
(C) Sergey Brin (D) Elon Musk
Q.94. _________ is the first Indian gymnast to win
a Gold medal at a Global Event in the World
Challenge Cup in Turkey.
(A) Ashish Kumar
(B) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
(C) Rakesh Patra
(D) Dipa Karmakar
Q.95. The powers, privileges and immunities of either
House of Parliament and of its Committees and
Members have mainly been laid down in article
_____ of the Constitution of India.
(A) 115 (B) 107 (C) 105 (D) 102
Q.96. Kalumar Peak is the highest point in ___ range.
(A) Karakoram (B) Satpura
(C) Vindhaya (D) Aravalli
Q.97. In May 2019, Pakistan successfully test-
fired a surface-to-surface ballistic missile
named_________.
(A) Salaam III (B) Musafir II
(C) Watan I (D) Shaheen II
Q.98. _________ is a large mass of snow and ice at an
high altitude that slides down mountain slopes.
(A) Volcano (B) Hurricane
(C) Avalanche (D) Cyclone
Q.99. 'Chakri' is a type of traditional music that is
popular in the Indian state of _________.
(A) Rajasthan (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Punjab
Q.100. Members of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme (MPLADS) was introduced in
December_______.
(A) 2014 (B) 2004
(C) 1991 (D) 1993

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Q.1.(B)
Q.2.(C) The correct sequence is CADB
Q.3.(B) The correct spelling is ‘pursue’ which means ‘to
follow’.
Q.4.(C) According to ‘as well as’ the verb should be used
for the first subject ‘the commander’ a singular
subject.
Q.5.(D) The rule of Parallelism is to be followed.
Q.6.(B) For other options:
Trivial (adj.) - not important
Q.7.(A) Kindly refer to the rules of narration for the
sentences expressing habitual actions and
universal truth.
Q.8.(A) Kindly refer to the rules of Voice.
Q.9.(C) For other options:
Abominable (adj.)- very bad; terrible.
Adorable (adj.)- inspiring great affection or
delight.
Adamant (adj.)- refusing to be persuaded or to
change one's mind.
Q.10.(D) As ‘of’ is already mentioned, there is no need of ('s).
Q.11.(A) Virtuous (adj.)- having or showing high moral
standards.
For other options:
Vicious (adj.)- deliberately cruel or violent.
Virtual (adj.)- almost or nearly as described, but
not completely or according to strict definition.
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Q.26.(C) 336 = 3 + 3 = 6
224 = 2 + 2 = 4
448 = 4 + 4 = 8
Q.27.(D) Q.31.(A)
Q.28.(D) (8, 39, 5) = 82 – 52 = 39
(14, 115, 9) = 142 - 92 = 115
Q.29.(C)
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Q.12.(D) Ominous (adj.)- giving the worrying impression.
Auspicious (adj.)- conducive to success;
favourable.
For other options:
Baleful (adj.)- threatening harm; menacing.
Foreboding (n)- a feeling that something bad
will happen; fearful apprehension.
Q.13.(C) Q.14.(C) Q.15.(C)
Q.16.(B) Q.17.(D) Q.18.(B)
Q.19.(D)
Q.20.(A) Novel (adj.)- interestingly new or unusual.
Q.21.(B) Generally ‘ask’ does not take ‘any preposition.
Q.22.(A) Pitfall (n)- a hidden or unsuspected danger or
difficulty.
For other options:
Refuge (n)- the state of being safe or sheltered
from pursuit, danger, or difficulty.
Retreat (v)- move back or withdraw.
Haven (n)- a place of safety or refuge.
Q.23.(B) The correct spelling is ‘achieve’.
Q.24.(B)
Q.25.(B) Overwhelm (v.)- have a strong emotional effect
on.
For other options:
Overrule (v)- reject or disallow.
Overturn (v)- abolish, invalidate.
Q.30.(B)
Q.32.(C) The hormone is different because hormones are
chemical substances that act like messenger
molecules in the body.
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Q.33.(D) CALLOSUM = 3 1 12 12 15 19 21 13 K (LM) N (OP) Q (RS) T
=31 3 3 6 1 3 4 Q.44.(C) A + 10 = C – 4
Q.34.(D) DHMR = -2, +2, -2, +2 = BJKT A – C = - 14…..(I)
Q.35.(B) A + C = 330 …..(II)
Q.36.(C) From (I) and (II)-
Q.37.(C) The frog belongs to the amphibian class. 2 A = 316
Q.38.(C) 112 = 121 – 1 = 120 A = 158
22 = 4 – 1 = 3 C = 172
Q.39.(B) Q.45.(A) u u c m /p m m j /u u c m/ p m m j /u u c m /p m
Q.40.(A) 55, 56, 64, 91, 155, 280 mj
+13 +23 +33 +43 +53 Q.46.(C)
Q.41.(D) Q.47.(C) (145, 65, 115) = 145 + 115 = 260 = 260/4 = 65
Q.42.(D) (185, 70, 95) = 185 + 95 = 280 = 280/4 = 70
Q.48.(A)
Q.49.(A)

Q.43.(B) D (EF) G (HI) J (KL) M Q.50.(B)

532 + 14 × 21 − 779 ÷ 41 = 807
B (C) D (EF) G (HI) J 532 + 294 – 19 = 807
T (UV) W (XY) Z (AB) C 826 –191 3 8
3 =+807
÷
= =807 
5 5 5
807
1  5  1 1 
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1 ÷  +  ÷   APTITUDE
8  8  8 3 
Q.51.(C) Ratio of share = 2 : 3
 16 3  5
B's share  + ×
= 
5 5 8
9  5  1 
=
35000
× 3 = 21000 ÷  +  × 3 
5 8  8  8 
Q.52.(A) PA×PB = PC× PD  19  5
 ×
= 
(6+4)×4 = (3+PD)×PD 5 8
9
PD=5 ÷ {1}
8
Q.53.(C) =13+13+1.69 19 / 8
=
=27.69% 9/8
Q.54.(D) A+B = 43000 19
=
A= 4B 9

5B = 43000 Q.56.(C) sin θ = 3x

B = 8600 sin 2 θ = 9 x 2 − − − − ( I )
Q.55.(C) 3
 1 3 8 cos θ =
3 +  ÷ x
= 
5 5 5 9
1  5  1 1  cos 2 θ = − − − − ( II )
1 ÷  +  ÷  x2
8  8  8 3  ( I ) + ( II )
 16 3  5 9
sin 2 θ + cos 2 θ = 9 x 2 + 2
 +  × Mysore University to set up separate Department
80  5 2020
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=  1 
9  5  1  1 = 9  x2 + 2 
÷  +  × 3   x 
8  8  8 
1  2 1 
 19  5 =x + 2 
 × 9  x 
=  5 8 6  1 
9 = 6  x2 + 2 
÷ {1} 9  x 
8
 sin θ = 3x
sin 2 θ = 9 x 2 − − − − ( I )
3
cos θ =
x
9
cos 2 θ = − − − − ( II )
x2
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9 Q.62.(C) Speed of the first train =
350
= 70 km/h
sin 2 θ + cos 2 θ = 9 x 2 + 5
x2
2→70
 1 
1 = 9  x2 + 2  1→35
 x 
7→245
1  2 1 
=x + 2  Q.63.(C) A = 60%
9  x 
B = 40%
6  1 
= 6  x2 + 2  20%→8
9  x 
100% = 40
 1  2
6  x2 + 2  = Q.64.(C)
 x  3 l = 102 − ( 4 + 2 )
2

Q.57.(B) l = 100 − 36
∠A
∠BOC = 90o + l =8
2 Q.65.(D)
= ( 6n + 3)
2
∠ A
156o − 90o =
= 32 ( 2n + 1)
2
2
∠A = 66 × 2
o
= 9 × ( 2n + 1)
2

∠A = 132o Q.66.(A) =11 C

3

Q.58.(B) 11×10 × 9
=
3× 2
= 165
Q.67.(B) x = 16
Q.68.(B)
6 →30 1 y
4 (cos ec 2 66o − tan 2 24o ) + sin 90o − 4 tan 2 66o y tan 2 24 =
1→5 2 2
1 y
15,20 4 (cos ec 2 66o − cot 2 66o ) + − 4 tan 2 66o y cot 2 66 =
2 2
Q.59.(B) 11 + 11 + 11×11 = 23.21
1 y
100 4 + − 4y =
23.21% → 6963 2 2
1% → 300 9 9
=y
22% → 6600 2 2
10 × 8 y =1
Q.60.(C) Net discount %= −10 − 8 + = 17.2%
100 Q.69.(D)
17.2
Discount = 20000 × = 3440
( x − 7 ) + ( 2 x + 8) + (2 x − 3) = 3 ( x − 7 )(2 x + 8)(2 x − 3)
3 3 3
100
He also pays `1400 on repairing, ( x − 7 ) + ( 2 x + 8 ) + ( 2 x − 3) = 0
Net cost = 20000 – 3440 + 1440 = 18000
5x = 2
2000
Net profit % = × 100 = 11.1% 2
18000 x=
Q.61.(A) 2cos x
2
3 5
+
sin 2
x cos 2
x x = 0.4

2×
3 Q.70.(B) Sum of the age of the new persons = 3×15+35+35
4 +3× 4 6 =115
= + 4 = 10
3 3 1
1− Age of the older person = 61
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Q.71.(C) =2009
Q.72.(C) 640 + 800 + 500 + 700 + 900 + 750
=
6
4290
=
6
= 715
Q.73.(C) =2011
Q.74.(C) = 640 + 800 + 500 + 700 + 900 + 750 : 550 +
820 + 600 + 750 + 500 +480
SSC CHSL PRE PREVIOUS PAPER 2019/GENERAL AWARENESS
Q.76.(B) India's crude steel production for 2018 was
106.5 Mt, up by 4.9% on 2017, meaning India
has replaced Japan as the world's second largest
steel producing country.
Q.77.(A) The Chola Empire finally came to an end with
the invasion of Malik Kafur in the early 14th
century A.D.
Q.78.(B) Shashi Tharoor wrote the book 'An Era of
Darkness: The British Empire in India'.
Q.79.(C) National Highway 1 or NH 1 is a National
Highway in Northern India that links the
national capital New Delhi to the town of Attari
in Punjab near the India–Pakistan border. This
was a part of Grand Trunk Road of Sher Shah
Suri that ran from Lahore to Bengal.
Q.80.(C) In 2018, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk
were the two Indian awarded with the Ramon
Magsaysay award.
Q.81.(D) Bib is a usually a piece of cloth hung from the
neck and hanging on the chest of the runner.
Q.82.(D) Calcium Hydroide is the chemical name of slaked
lime. It has many names including hydrated lime,
caustic lime, builders' lime, slack lime or cal.
Q.83.(C) A tumble turn is one of the turns in swimming,
used to reverse the direction in which the person
is swimming.
Q.84.(A) In May 2019, Former Miss World Priyanka
Chopra visited Ethiopia as UNICEF's Goodwill
Ambassador for humanitarian work.
Q.85.(C) Bhawaiya is a popular folk music of West Bengal.
Q.86.(B) Mahmud of Ghazni attacked the southern coast
of Kathiawar along the Arabian Sea, where he
sacked the city of Somnath and its renowned
Hindu temple in 1026.
Q.87.(B) After scouring and bleaching, cotton is 99% cellulose.
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= 4290 : 3700 = 429 : 370
Q.75.(D)
Q+R = 75
Q.88.(D) Motherboard is the main printed circuit board
(PCB) in a computer.
Q.89.(C) 'World Metrology Day' was celebrated in India
on 20th May in 2019 and this year's theme was
"Redefinition of SI base units".
Q.90.(B) Jawaharlal Nehru port is located in Situated on
the Western seafront of Maharashtra.
Q.91.(C) In Economics, buying an asset in one market and
simultaneously selling an identical asset in another
market at a higher price is termed as Arbitrage.
Q.92.(D) Condensation is the process by which water
vapour in the air is changed into liquid water.
Q.93.(C) Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and
Sergey Brin.
Q.94.(D) Dipa Karmakar is the first Indian gymnast to
win a Gold medal at a Global Event in the World
Challenge Cup in Turkey.
Q.95.(C) The powers, privileges and immunities of either
House of Parliament and of its Committees and
Members have mainly been laid down in article
105 of the Constitution of India.
Q.96.(C) Kalumar Peak (752 meters) is the highest point
in Vindhaya range.
Q.97.(D) The Shaheen-II is a land-based supersonic
surface-to-surface medium-range guided
ballistic missile. The Shaheen-II is designed and
developed by the NESCOM and the National
Defence Complex of Pakistan.
Q.98.(C) Avalanche is a large mass of snow and ice at an
high altitude that slides down mountain slopes.
Q.99.(C) 'Chakri' is a type of traditional music that is
popular in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Q.100.(D) Members of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme (MPLADS) was introduced in December
1993.
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CRP Clerk Mains/General Awareness
Q.1. Who is the chairperson of the National Green
Tribunal (NGT)?
(1) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
(2) Justice A. K. Sikri
(3) Justice N.V. Ramana
(4) Justice Arun Kumar Mishra
(5) None of the above
Q.2. Who is the Chairman of Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO)?
(1) Ajay Narayan (2) K. Sivan
(3) Anoop Srivastava (4) Vijay Keshav Gokhale
(5) None of these
Q.3. Who is the author of the book titled “The Tech
Whisperer”?
(1) Jaspreet Bindra (2) Rohinton Mistry
(3) Nirad C. Chaudhari (4) Preeti Shenoy
(5) None of these
Q.4. Who is appointed as Google India Country Manager?
(1) Rajesh Sharma (2) Suresh Sharma
(3) Vikram Raj (4) Rahul Rai
(5) Sanjay Gupta
Q.5. Who has taken Charges as new BCCI President?
(1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Virat Kohli
(3) Rohit Sharma (4) Saurav Ganguly
(5) None of these
Q.6. Who among the following is the new Chairman of
Staff Selection Commission (SSC)?
(1) Braj Raj Sharma (2) Pankaj Kumar
(3) Roshni Rajaram (4) Ayush Singh
(5) Rajnish Kumar
Q.7. Who among the following has not shared the
Nobel Prize 2019 for Medicine?
(1) Britain’s Peter Ratcliffe
(2) William Kaelin
(3) Gregg Semenza
(4) M Stanley Whittingham
(5) None of the above
Q.8. Which State Government has decided that no
Government job will be provided to persons with
more than 2 children?
(1) Kerala (2) Goa
(3) Assam (4) Arunachal Pradesh
(5) None of these
Q.9. Which of the following trophy has won by the
Services football team?
MSME sector has contributed over 29 percent of GDP.
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(1) Deodhar Trophy (2) Ranji Trophy
(3) Bandodkar Trophy (4) Santosh Trophy
(5) None of these
Q.10. Which of the following state government has
decided to bring more crops under its ‘Bhavantar
Bharpayee Yojna (BBY)’ scheme?
(1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Haryana
(3) Delhi (4) Uttar Pradesh
(5) Rajasthan
Q.11. Which of the following represents correct meaning
of ‘REPO RATE’?
(1) Rate on which RBI sells Government Securities
to Banks
(2) Rate for borrowing rupees by banks from RBI
(3) Rate offered by banks to their prime customers
(4) Rate applicable for grant of priority sector loans
(5) None of these
Q.12. Which of the following book is written by Kapil
Dev?
(1) One day Wonders
(2) Cricket - My Style
(3) Twenty Years at the top
(4) Cricket-Favourite Game
(5) None of these
Q.13. Which country’s researchers have developed a
new technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2)
from a stream of air?
(1) UK (2) USA (3) Japan
(4) China (5) France
Q.14. Which country will host the 2023 Men's Hockey
World Cup?
(1) India (2) France (3) Australia
(4) South Africa (5) Indonesia
Q.15. Which country topped in Inclusive Internet Index
2019?
(1) Sweden (2) Singapore (3) Iran
(4) India (5) None of the above
Q.16. Which country has decriminalised Abortion and
also legalised same-sex marriage?
(1) Malta (2) Northern Ireland
(3) El Salvador (4) Poland
(5) Southern Ireland
Q.17. Which company became the world’s sixth-largest
energy entity with high market capitalization?
(1) TATA (2) Amazon (3) ONGC
(4) RIL (5) TCS
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Q.18. Which Bank has topped the RRBs in terms of Q.27. What is the name of the regulatory body that issues
achievement of Rupay Card transaction targets the Financial Stability Report?
(POS and eCOM)? (1) Reserve Bank of India
(1) Delhi Grameen Bank (2) State Bank of India
(2) Assam Grameen Bank (3) Industrial Development Bank of India
(3) Jammu & Kashmir Grameen Bank (4) Central Bank of India
(4) Manipur Grameen Bank (5) None of the above
(5) Uttar Pradesh Grameen Bank Q.28. What is Minimum Capital Requirement to open
Q.19. Which among the followings birthday on 15 Small Finance Banks?
October is declared as World Students Day by the
(1) 200 Crore (2) 100 Crore (3) 300 Crore
United Nations?
(4) 500 Crore (5) 400 Crore
(1) Barak Obama (2) Abraham Lincoln
Q.29. What do you mean by a non-performing asset?
(3) Nelson Mandela (4) Abiy Ahmed
(5) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (1) Money at call and short notice
Q.20. Which among the following is not a factor of (2) An asset that ceases to generate income
Production? (3) Cash balance with other banks
(1) Bank credit (2) Labour (3) Land (4) Cash balance with RBI
(4) Capital (5) Entrepreneurship (5) None of these
Q.21. Where was “The Global Ayurveda Summit” 2019 Q.30. Under which Ministry does Agricultural and
held? Processed Food Products Export Development
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Karnataka Authority (APEDA) function?
(3) Kerala (4) Bihar (1) Ministry of Agriculture and Technology
(5) Tamilnadu (2) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Q.22. Where is the headquarters of Ujjivan Small (3) Ministry of Human Welfare
Finance Bank Limited located? (4) Ministry of Food Processing and Research
(1) Thrissur (2) Ahmadabad (3) Kolkata (5) None of the above
(4) Bangalore (5) None of these Q.31. Uber cup is related with which sport?
Q.23. Where is the headquarters of BIMSTEC located? (1) Table Tennis (2) Badminton (3) Cricket
(1) Bangladesh (2) Nepal (3) India (4) Hockey (5) None of these
(4) Indonesia (5) Srilanka
Q.32. The second edition of the naval exercise
Q.24. Where is the Colonel Chewang Rinchen Setu IMNEX-19 has been conducted between India and
located? ________.
(1) Leh (2) Pakistan (3) Kashmir (1) Maldives (2) Nepal (3) Myanmar
(4) Ladakh (5) Srinagar
(4) Mongolia (5) Malawi
Q.25. What is the time limit fixed by TRAI for mobile
Q.33. The Indian Army has begun to digitize its official
phone call ring?
records under its new programme called:
(1) 40 sec (2) 45 sec (3) 35 sec
(1) “OASIS”-Officers Abstracted Structures
(4) 50 sec (5) 30 sec
Information System
Q.26. What is the theme of the 2019 Aadi Mahotsav, the
National Tribal Festival? (2) “OASIS”-Officers Analytical Structures
(1) A Celebration of the Spirit of Tribal Crafts, Information System
Culture, and Commerce (3) “OASIS”-Officers Automated Structures
(2) Festival to Light up the Artisans Information System
(3) Celebrating the Artisans (4) “OASIS”-Officers Auxiliary Structures
Information System
(4) The true colour of Celebration of handicrafts
(5) “OASIS”-Officers Attentive Structures
(5) None of the above
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Q.34. The best indicator of economic development of
any country is____.
(1) Its agriculture (2) Its transport
(3) Its gross production (4) Its per capita income
(5) None of these
Q.35. The ‘World Economic Outlook Report’ is released
by -
(1) World Bank
(2) Asian Development Bank
(3) International Monetary Fund
(4) International Labor Organization
(5) None of the above
Q.36. Smart Money is a term used for Credit card &
______________.
(1) Internet Banking (2) Debit Card
(3) Mobile Apps (4) Demand Drafts of Banks
(5) None of the above
Q.37. Savings bank accounts are opened by-
(1) Trading entities, manufacturing entities and
individuals for savings purposes
(2) Traders and manufactures for business purposes
(3) Individuals for savings purposes
(4) Limited companies and partnerships for savings
purposes
(5) Cooperative banks for savings
Q.38. Recently, The Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare released a commemorative postal stamp of:
(1) National Institute of Nutrition
(2) National Institute of Research
(3) National Institute of Art
(4) National Institute of Culture
(5) None of the above
Q.39. Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana was
launched by-
(1) Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
(2) Nitish Kumar
(3) Yogi Adityanath
(4) Bhupesh Baghel
(5) Manohar Lal Khattar
Q.40. Kais Saied is elected as the new President of which
country?
(1) Tunisia (2) Ethiopia (3) Armenia
(4) Mauritius (5) Singapore
Q.41. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde has become the
_________ Chief Justice of India on 18 November
2019.
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(1) 34th (2) 35th (3) 47th
(4) 50th (5) 67th
Q.42. In which year the South Africa was invited to join
BRIC?
(1) 2008 (2) 2009 (3) 2010
(4) 2011 (5) 2012
Q.43. In which country Block chain-based carbon
trading exchange has been launched?
(1) Malaysia (2) Japan (3) Singapore
(4) China (5) India
Q.44. Dhanwantari award is conferred in the field of
______.
(1) Medical Science (2) Sports
(3) Indian Philosophy (4) Agriculture
(5) None of the above
Q.45. Deutsche Bank AG is a _________ multinational
investment bank and financial services company.
(1) Japanese (2) American (3) Russian
(4) German (5) None of these
Q.46. Between which cities, Sarbat-Da-Bhala Express
train runs?
(1) New Delhi and Lohian
(2) New Delhi and Jaipur
(3) New Delhi and Amritsar
(4) New Delhi and Chandigarh
(5) None of these
Q.47. At which place, 2019 World Athletics
Championships was held?
(1) Qatar (2) UAE
(3) Saudi Arabia (4) India
(5) None of these
Q.48. Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank merged into
Union Bank of India. Where is the Headquarters
of Union Bank of India?
(1) Mumbai (2) Kolkata (3) Chennai
(4) New Delhi (5) Bengaluru
Q.49. ‘Hryvnia’ is the currency of which country?
(1) Ukraine (2) Uganda (3) Kenya
(4) Sudan (5) Belgium
Q.50. ‘AIBEA’ was recently in news what is the full
form of ‘AIBEA’?
(1) Asia and India Bank Entrepreneur Association
(2) All India Bank Employees Association
(3) Agreement of Indian Bankers with Employees
Association
(4) Article of Indian Bank Executive Association
(5) None of the above
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CRP Clerk Mains/English Language
Q.51-55. Read the THREE sentences i.e. (A), (B) and
(C) given below respectively and try to find
out the sentence(s) which is/are INCORRECT
among them and mark your answer.
Q.51. A. India is hardly immune to the global trend of
sliding fees and trading commissions.
B. Any attempt at sweeping out a corner of India’s
financial system means bringing investors
face-to-face with creepy-crawlies.
C. One of the most controversial aspect of the
Draft Rules is the requirement for every
intermediary to enable tracing of originators of
information on its platform.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Both A and B (4) Only C
(5) All are incorrect
Q.52. A. The integrity of markets, including sanctity of
contracts and guaranteed settlement of trades
is at stake.
B. Unearthing bad behaviour is a first welcome
step.
C. Too many small, independent shops are still
open for business even as their owners try to
sell themselves to bigger intermediaries.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Both A and B (4) Only C
(5) All are incorrect
Q.53. A. Market pressures haven’t led to the kind of brutal
consolidation that should have taken place.
B. The authorities are keen that assets, where the
underlying risk emanate in India, should be
traded onshore, and not via derivatives.
C.  Upfront cash is often a key factor which
creditors evaluate while deciding a winning
bidder.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Both A and B (4) Only C
(5) All are incorrect
Q.54. A. Recapitalising insurance companies will help
them meet regulatory requirements and facilitate
eventual sale of government stake in them.
B. The task of the hackers will become much
more difficult, no doubt about that.
C. The government is seeking clearance for fresh
spending and for reallocation of certain unspent
amounts amid an economic slowdown.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
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(3) Both A and B (4) Only C
(5) All are correct
Q.55. A. The spokesperson did not comment on the
number of employees that could be impacted
by the exercise.
B. Technology and economics have done their bit
to nudge the industry toward a much-delayed
consolidation.
C. The company, which has been focussing on
profitability, will accommodate some of their
employees in other business.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Both A and B (4) Only C
(5) All are incorrect
Q.56-58.In the following question, a group of five words
is given in which two words are different from
the other three words same in meaning. Choose
the option which contains the initials of those
two words.
Q.56. A. Supplant B. Do up C. Oust
D. Recondition E. Supersede
(1) A-B (2) B-D (3) C-E
(4) A-D (5) B-E
Q.57. A. Adjure B. Spurn C. Rebuff
D. Repudiate E. Beseech
(1) A-B (2) B-D (3) C-E
(4) A-D (5) A-E
Q.58. A. Clump B. Subjugate C. Vanquish
D. Trudge E. Clobber
(1) A-B (2) B-D (3) C-E
(4) A-D (5) B-E
Q.59-62.In the following question, a sentence followed
by four differently written sentences is given.
Read them carefully and choose the option
which contains the initials of the sentences
conveying the similar meaning.
Q.59. In order to doubly ensure safety and security of
the school, the department would soon ask all
government school authorities to convene PTI
meetings.
A. PTI meetings would soon be asked to be
convened as per the department in order to
doubly ensure the safety and security of the
school.
B. The department would soon ask all government
school authorities to convene PTI meetings to
doubly ensure safety and security of school.

C. All government school authorities would soon
be asked to convene PTI meetings, by the
department in order to doubly ensure safety
and security of the school.
D. The department would soon convene PTI
meetings and ask all government school
authorities to doubly ensure safety and security
of the school.
(1) Only A and D (2) Only C and D
(3) A, B and C (4) B, C and D
(5) Only A and B
Q.60. Cough suppressants act by suppressing the part of
your brain that makes you feel like coughing but
do not treat the cause of cough.
A. Treatment of the cause of cough is done by
Cough suppressants by suppressing the part of
your brain that makes you feel like coughing.
B. The part of your brain that makes you feel like
coughing is suppressed by Cough suppressants
but the cause of cough is not treated by them.
C. The cause of cough is not treated but the part
of your brain that makes you feel like coughing
is suppressed by Cough suppressants.
D. Cough suppressants do not treat the cause of
cough but suppress the part of your brain that
makes you feel like coughing.
(1) Only A and D (2) Only C and D
(3) A, B and C (4) B, C and D
(5) Only A and C
Q.61. The demand of the present time is that society should
deliberate on its duties and responsibilities as well.
A. Society in the present time should fulfil the
demand of deliberating on its duties and
responsibilities as well.
B. Duties as well as responsibilities should be
deliberated on by society which is the demand
of the present time.
C. Either duties or responsibilities should be
deliberated on the demand of the present time
by the society.
D. Both duties and responsibilities should be
deliberated on by society as per the demand of
the present time.
(1) Only A and D (2) Only C and D
(3) A, B and D (4) B, C and D
(5) Only A and C
Q.62. The properties of all those involved in the scam
will be confiscated and every single paisa of each
and every employee will be returned.
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A. The properties of each and every employee
will be confiscated and all those involved in
the scam will be returned every single paisa.
B. Each and every employee will be returned
their every single paisa and all those involved
in the scam their properties will be confiscated.
C. Every single paisa of each and every employee
will be returned and the properties of all those
involved in the scam will be confiscated.
D. Confiscation of the properties of all those
involved in the scam will be done and each and
every employee will be returned their every
single paisa.
(1) Only A and D (2) Only C and D
(3) A, B and C (4) B, C and D
(5) Only A and C
Q.63-64. In the following sentence, there are two blank
spaces and five pair of words have been denoted
by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) are given.
Find out which pair of words can be filled in the
blanks to make a meaningful sentence.
Q.63. Brokers_________ day traders to the products by
offering additional _________for trades which
they must enter and exit in five minutes.
(1) endure, influence (2) tempt, intact
(3) lure, leverage (4) put off, pay
(5) Both (1) and (3)
Q.64. Technology-based automated tools or appropriate
mechanisms with appropriate controls to
_________ identify and remove or disable public
access to unlawful information or content must be
_________.
(1) instinctively, ascertained
(2) inevitably, utilise
(3) unavoidably, affected
(4) proactively, deployed
(5) Both (1) and (4)
Q.65. In the following question, three sentences i.e.
(A), (B) and (C) are given and you have to
choose the sentence in which the highlighted
phrasal verb/idiom is correctly used.
A. I'd gotten a handle on the concept after
spending an hour with the tutor.
B. As long as I was in town on business, I thought
I'd kill two birds with one stone and visit my
uncle too.
C. Rani has been burning the midnight oil trying
to finish this report, so she must be exhausted.
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(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Both A and B (4) Only C
(5) All of the above
Q.66. Which of the Phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) should
replace the highlighted phrase to make it
grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct
as it is given and no correction is required, mark
(5) as the answer.
This issue of traceability and decrypt is in the
heart of the challenge between Facebook,
WhatsApp and the government in the Supreme
Court.
(1) decrypt is at the heart of the challenge among
(2) decryption is in the heart of the challenge
between
(3) decryption is at the heart of the challenge
between
(4) decryption is at the heart of the challenge
among
(5) No correction required
Q.67-70.In the following question, there are three
sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words
that are highlighted. From the highlighted
words, select the most appropriate words (A or
B) to form correct sentences.
Q.67. I. We reassembled the pig ark (A)/ arc (B) in
preparation for our spring arrivals.
II. I marked the point where the tangential line
touched the ark (A)/ arc (B) of the circle.
III. They held each other’s hand in a way that it
formed an arc (A)/ ark (B).
(1) AAA (2) BBA (3) ABB
(4) ABA (5) AAB
Q.68. I. The guinea foul (A)/ fowl (B) likes to hide her
nest in out-of-the-way places.
II. The midfielder was booked for a fowl (A)/ foul
(B) on Ford.
III. Domestic and wild fowl (A)/ foul (B) are
generally abundant.
(1) AAA (2) BBA (3) ABB
(4) ABA (5) AAB
Q.69. I. She went to House of Design, a new Boston
bridal (A)/ bridle (B) house specializing in
couture-quality gowns.
II. At this period he also assumes a bridle (A)/
bridal (B) dress, painted with blue and red
tints.
III. The boy walked up to the horse and pulled
its head up with the bridle (A)/ bridal (B),
leading it out of the trees.
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(1) AAA (2) BBA (3) ABB
(4) ABA (5) AAB
Q.70. I. She refused to get up and continued laying
back with a groan (A)/ grown (B).
II. He continued supposing we had groan (A)/
grown (B) to know and love nuclear power.
III. Their suffering was quite evident due to their
continual grown (A)/ groan (B).
(1) AAA (2) BBA (3) ABB
(4) ABA (5) AAB
Q.71-75.In the following question, out of the five phrases
choose the one which is out of the context and
can’t be the part of a meaningful passage.
Q.71. (1) English teachers in government-run primary
and upper primary schools
(2) across UP will now learn spoken English for
better communication
(3) improve the level of education in government
schools
(4) with students the teachers will have to undergo a
(5) short-duration compulsory online course.
Q.72. (1) several migratory Siberian birds were spotted
(2) in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur
(3) are an attraction for many visitors in the bird
sanctuary
(4) Siberian birds have reached the zoo of Kanpur
bird sanctuary
(5) with the onset of winter.
Q.73. (1) if you feel distracted and you need something
to pump your energy,
(2) about you take a short break where you can be
distracted
(3) catching up on something enjoyable
(4) and exciting is a great idea
(5) as it gets monotonous doing the same old thing
every day.
Q.74. (1) if you got a work bestie, you should consider
going out
(2) for a walk with them to help you get through
all that work stress and strain.
(3) as going for a walk helps you release all the
stress in your muscles
(4) end of the day you got to be productive,
(5) and makes you active and mobile.
Q.75. (1) well, too much caffeine is bad for health and
we all know that,
(2) but a cup of piping hot coffee can always come
to your rescue,
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(3) however, this isn’t quite advisable and you has restated the salience of the RTI Act, just when
better keep a the executive seemed intent on devaluing it.
(4) if you don’t want to let your personal life suffer The verdict sets at rest notions that RTI Act
(5) watch on how many cups are you consuming provisions pose a threat to judicial independence.
per day. SC has accepted the principle that disclosures
serve the public interest. However, the court also
Q.76-80. In the following question, two sentences divided
underscored the threats facing the judiciary while
into 3 parts are given. Choose the option which
noting that RTI Act must not be used to destroy the
contains the initials of incorrect parts.
institution. Therefore the judgment is justified in
Q.76. I. The Press Council of India has filed a plea (A)/
carving out certain limitations for exercising the
in Supreme Court regarding restrictions (B)/
Act's provisions. In recent years, controversies
on press freedom in Jammu and Kashmir (C).
have brought out severe churning within Supreme
II. The watchdog body was established (P)/ for
Court on issues like collegium deliberations,
the purpose of maintain (Q)/ the standards of
executive interference in judicial appointments
news agencies in the country (R).
and transfers, and CJI's powers as a master
(1) B and Q (2) A and R (3) B and P
of the roster in charge of setting up benches.
(4) C and Q (5) All correct
Given the enormous pressures under which judges
Q.77. I. India has made considerably improvement
work, information commissioners have the two-
(A)/ in education enrolment in recent years,
pronged task of ensuring their orders serve the
(B)/ almost reaching the goal of universal
urgent public interest while not impeding the
access to schooling (C).
functioning of judges. By embracing transparency
II. The real policy challenge and haranguing,
despite these recent setbacks, SC has sent out
(P)/ disruptive protests and slogans (Q)/ is no
a strong message to other public functionaries.
substitute for policy action (R).
Political parties refuse to come under the RTI
(1) C and R (2) B and Q (3) A and R
Act despite a Central Information Commission
(4) B and P (5) All correct
ruling in 2013. The claim that parties are not
Q.78. I. Opposition parties should unite (A)/ around the
public functionaries is facetious given how they
demand, (B)/ as his own interests are at stake (C).
depend on funds collected from the public and
II. British rule triggered in India (P)/ in the late
exist for serving the public interest. The RTI Act's
19th century lead to (Q)/ the emergence of a
prescription of proactive disclosure of information
few movements (R).
should become the credo of every public institution.
(1) C and R (2) B and Q (3) A and P
Q.80. Which of the following strong messages has/have
(4) C and Q (5) All correct
been sent out to other public functionaries by SC?
Q.79. I. The adopt of the Constitution (A)/ in 1950 was
A. The predominance of laws with the support of
a watershed (B)/ in Indian history (C).
foreign forces which are inimical to India must
II. Let us examine broad trends in gross
not be there.
investment, (P)/ employment and aggregate
B. Clarity must be adopted in the face of any
demand (Q)/ at the last few years (R).
emerging complications.
(1) C and R (2) B and Q (3) A and R
C. All the rights are guaranteed by the Constitution
(4) B and P (5) All correct
of India to all citizens of the country.
Q.80-85.Read the following passage carefully and
(1) Only A (2) Both A and B
answer the questions given below it. Certain
(3) Only B (4) Both B and C
phrase has been given in bold to help you locate
(5) All of the above
it while answering some questions.
Q.81. Notwithstanding a Central Information
By holding the Chief Justice of India as a public
Commission ruling in 2013, which of the following
authority falling under the ambit of the Right to
repercussions was/were seen?
Information Act, the Supreme Court's verdict
(1) Government bodies refuse to come under the
strikes a blow for transparency and accountability.
RTI Act.
The judgment comes at a time when the RTI Act
(2) Political parties denied being subjected to the
and the information commissioners overseeing
RTI Act.
RTI appeals have been weakened by the Centre
assuming greater powers in determining their (3) Leading Print and Media houses refused to
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(4) Major retail and wholesale companies turned
down functioning under the RTI Act.
(5) Both 2 and 3
Q.82. As per the given passage, which of the following
facts is/are in contrast with the claim that ‘parties
are not public functionaries’?
(1) Political parties alerting the government to
change in public opinion.
(2) Political parties function due to public funds.
(3) Political parties are working for the general interest.
(4) Political parties encourage popular participation
in government programs.
(5) Both 2 and 3
Q.83. As per your reading of the passage, what should be
the ‘working principle’ of every public institution?
A. Strategical divulgation of information of making
contract terms as per the RTI Act prescription.
B. Dynamic divulgation of information based on
the RTI Act’s ordinance.
C. Systematic concealment of the information
based on the RTI Act’s ordinance.
(1) Only A (2) Both A and B
(3) Only B (4) Both B and C
(5) All of the above
Q.84. Which of the following sentences is/are NOT
TRUE, according to the passage?
A. Establishing specific restraints rationalizes the
judgment.
B. The huge disturbance is caused due to a
number of disputes on various issues inside the
Supreme Court.
C. The watchdog body was established for the
purpose of preserving interdependence.
(1) Only A (2) Both A and B
(3) Only C (4) Both B and C
(5) All of the above
Q.85. As per your reading, what is best understood by
the phrase “strike a blow for” used in the first
paragraph?
(1) To take care not to lower or diminish one's
reputation or position, especially in relation to
that of someone else potentially better.
(2) To stop trying because one is satisfied with
one's past achievements.
(3) To do something that helps something or
contributes to the success of something.
(4) To continue working hard to make sure to be
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successful rather than relying on the success
that one has already had.
(5) To win something easily or decisively.
Q.86-90. In the passage, some blanks are given and
against each blank five alternatives are
suggested. Choose the correct alternative to
complete the passage in a meaningful way.
India’s request for country-specific tariff schedules
was rejected early in the _________ (A). So was its
suggestion of an auto-trigger mechanism to check
a sudden _________ (B) in imports from particular
partner countries. India also argued for stricter rules
of origin, and rightly so too, but this too failed
to _________ (C). Movement of professionals
was another area that saw a/an _________ (D).
Given these, there was little chance of the political
leadership agreeing to join the bloc. Policymakers
must have reasoned that India has active FTAs with
most members of the RCEP except China, Australia
and New Zealand and there will be no economic
impact. However, the fallout of India’s decision is
that it has _________ (E) its image as a protectionist
nation with high tariff walls. With a market of 1.3
billion people, there is bound to be more pressure on
India to open its gates. The smart way to handle this
is to initiate reforms on the export front, bring down
costs in the economy and, simultaneously, increase
efficiencies. India cannot miss out on being a part
of global supply chains and this can happen only if
tariff barriers are reduced and the best way to balance
the effect of rising imports is by promoting exports.
Tariff walls cannot be permanent.
Q.86. Choose the correct option for A.
(1) summoning (2) discuss (3) negations
(4) negotiations (5) parleys
Q.87. Choose the correct option for B.
(1) gush (2) surge (3) discharge
(4) plummet (5) eddy
Q.88. Choose the correct option for C.
(1) pass away (2) pass off (3) pass on
(4) pass out (5) pass muster
Q.89. Choose the correct option for D.
(1) sure-fire (2) deadlock
(3) breakthrough (4) impasse
(5) Both (2) and (4)
Q.90. Choose the correct option for E.
(1) perceived (2) polished (3) burnished
(4) mundane (5) furbish

CRP Clerk Mains/Reasoning Ability
Q.91-93.Study the following information to answer the
given questions.
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Step: 1 – Those Number which is immediately
preceded by the symbol and immediately followed
by an Alphabet are written at the right end in
ascending order.
Step: 2 – After completing the step -1,
interchanging the Odd number with the previous
element in the series to form the step -2.
Step: 3 – After completing the step – 2, Alphabet
which is immediately followed by a symbol are
written between sixth and seventh element from
the right end in alphabetical order from left to
right.
Q.91. Which of the following element is seventh to the
right of the element which is tenth from the left
end in step -3 of newly formed series?
(1) B (2) * (3) N
(4) W (5) S
Q.92. If all the symbols are removed from the step -3,
then which of the following element will be
exactly in the middle of the new series?
(1) 5 (2) B (3) 6
(4) Q (5) S
Q.93. How many numbers are immediately followed and
immediately preceded by an alphabet in step -3 of
new series?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three
(4) None (5) More than three
Q.94-95.Study the following information to answer the
given questions.
Four cows A, B, C and D are seated at the corners
of a rectangular field such that cow A is to the
North of cow B. Cow C is 0.2 km to the East of
cow A. The longer side of the rectangular field is
2 km. Four dogs E, F, G and H are seated at the
corners of another rectangular field such that dog
E is 1.6 km to the west of dog G. Dog H is 1.2
km to the south of dog G and in the East of dog F.
Rectangle field which is made by the dogs EFHG,
intersects the line joining the cows AB and CD at
the points KL and IJ respectively. It is also known
that point K is 0.9 km towards the East of dog E
and point J is 0.4 km towards the North of cow D.
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Q.94. If the farmer “Gopal” wants to reach to the dog E
from cow D, then which of the following will be
the correct direction to reach his destination?
(1) Gopal walks 1600 m to the north of cow D,
then he takes left turn and walks 1000 m to
reach near the dog E.
(2) Gopal walks 1600 m to the north of cow D,
then he takes right turn and walks 500 m to
reach a point and then he takes right turn and
walks 1200 m and then he takes right turn and
walks 1600 m to reach near the dog E.
(3) Gopal walks 400m to the north from cow D
and then he takes left turn and walks 200m and
then he takes right turn and walks 1200m and
finally he takes right turn and walks 900m to
reach near the dog E.
(4) Gopal walks 400m to the north from cow D
and then he takes left turn and walks 1100m
and then he takes left turn and walks 1200m to
reach near the dog E.
(5) Gopal walks 200m west from cow D and then
he takes right turn and walks 400m then he
takes left turn and walks 900m and finally he
takes right turn and walks 1200m to reach near
the dog E.
Q.95. What will be the minimum distance to reach cow
C from point L according to the options?
(1) LJDBAC (2) LJHGIC (3) LJIKAC
(4) LFEKAC (5) LHGKAC
Q.96-100.Study the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
Seven books - Book-1, Book-2, Book-3, Book-
4, Book-5, Book-6 and Book-7 were launched
in seven different months – February, March,
April, May, July, October and December but not
necessarily in the same order. Each book has a
different number of pages – 120, 110, 125, 190,
200, 230, and 135. Each book was written in a
different font – Rumi, Sheila, Kalam, Sophia,
Calibri, Reis and Italic but not necessarily in the
same order also each book has a different genre
– Thriller, Romance, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Action,
Horror and Drama but not necessarily in the same
order.
The book written in Calibri font was launched in a
month having less than 31 days and has120 pages.
The book launched in July month has 110 pages.
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Only one book was launched between Book-1 and
the book written in Calibri font. The book based on
Romance was launched immediately before book
based on Horror and immediately after the book
based on Thriller. The book written in Kalam font
was launched immediately before Book-1. Book-
3 was launched immediately after Book-1. Only
two books were launched between Book-2 and
Book-3. The book based on Drama was launched
immediately before the book based on Mystery.
Book-7 was launched in a month which has less
than 31 days. Book-6 was launched immediately
after Book-7. Only one book was launched
between Book-1 and the book written in Sophia
font. Book-6 was not based on Sci-Fi. The book
written in Rumi font was launched immediately
before the book written in Italic font. Only two
books were launched between the book based on
Thriller and the book based on Drama. The number
of pages in book-7 is less than book-5. Book-5 was
not written in Kalam font. The book written in Reis
font was launched in a month having less than 30
days. The book based on Thriller was launched in
the month of April. The book which is in between
of Book-1 and Book-2 has 125 pages. The book
which has 200 pages launched before December
but after July. The book which has 135 pages was
not launched in February and December.
Q.96. Which of the following books was based on Action
and how many pages were there?
(1) Book – 1, 190 (2) Book – 4, 200
(3) Book – 2, 125 (4) Book – 6, 135
(5) None of these
Q.97. How many book (s) were launched between the
book written in Sheila font and the book based on
Drama was launched?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two
(4) Three (5) More than three
Q.98. Which of the following combinations is/are
correct?
(1) Book-6 – Thriller – Sheila - 135
(2) Book-1 – Horror – Italic - 110
(3) Book-7 – Mystery – Sheila - 190
(4) All are Correct
(5) None is correct
Q.99. If Sci-Fi is related to Calibri, in the same way,
Horror is related to Sophia, and then following the
same pattern, who among the following is related
to Italic?
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(1) Romance (2) Action (3) Drama
(4) Mystery (5) Thriller
Q.100. How many books were launched after the book
based on Thriller was launched?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two
(4) Three (5) More than three
Q.101-105. Study the following information carefully
and answer the questions given below.
There are eight boxes namely H to O are placed in a
rack one above the other and each box has different
fruits – apple, orange, banana, grapes, watermelon,
peach, apricot and blackberry. The lowermost rack
is numbered as 1 and above is 2 and so on. Each of
the boxes is having different colours among Blue,
Green, Yellow, Brown, White, Orange, Indigo and
Red. Each of the boxes is having different serial
numbers among 19, 23, 17, 31, 34, 37, 27 and 21.
All the above information is not necessarily in the
same order.
The box, whose serial number is prime number,
contains apple. The box, whose serial number is 34,
contains grapes. There are three boxes are placed
between the box whose serial number is 27 and the
Indigo coloured box. Box J’s serial number is not
27. The Indigo coloured box is placed adjacent to
the blue coloured box. The box I’s serial number
is 37 and doesn’t placed at the topmost rack. The
box whose serial number is a cube of 3, contains
Blackberry. Box M is Yellow-coloured and
placed adjacent to the Red-coloured box. Box H
is placed in the even-numbered rack above fourth
and it is placed adjacent to the box whose serial
number is 31. Not more than five boxes are placed
above the Red-coloured box. Box J is placed in
the seventh rack and Box H is placed adjacent to
Box J. Two boxes are placed between the boxes
having serial number 21 and 34. Box J is White-
coloured. Maximum numbers of boxes are placed
between the Brown-coloured box and Orange-
coloured box. Box H is not Brown coloured. Box
L is Green coloured and it is placed adjacent to
the Orange coloured box. Box N’s serial number
is 21 and placed in the lowermost rack. The box,
whose serial number is 23, is placed two boxes
above the Yellow-coloured box. Box O’s serial
number is 19. The box, whose serial number is 17,
is placed above the box whose serial number is 34.
Box O does not contain banana, orange and apple.
The box whose colour is blue has apricot in it. The
box whose sum of digits of the serial number is

10 has orange in it. The box whose serial number
is completely divisible by 3 has peach in it. The
white box does not contain apple.
Q.101. What is the serial number of Box H?
(1) 23 (2) 33 (3) 17
(4) 27 (5) None of these
Q.102. Which among the following combination is true?
(1) Box N-Brown-21-1st rack
(2) Box M-Yellow-34-3rd rack
(3) Box K-blue-31-5th rack
(4) Box O-Orange-19-8th rack
(5) None of these
Q.103. In a certain way Box O is related to serial number
17, Box H is related to serial number 34 and in the
same way Box M is related to which among the
following serial number?
(1) 21 (2) 23 (3) 37
(4) 27 (5) None of these
Q.104. Which of the following statements is true?
(1) Only two boxes are placed below Box M.
(2) The number of boxes is placed between Box K
and Box I is same as Red and Green coloured
box.
(3) Box L and Box K are placed adjacent to the
box whose serial number is 34.
(4) Box H is placed two boxes above the Red
coloured box.
(5) None of these
Q.105. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and hence form a group. Which of the following
does not belong to the group?
(1) Box L-27 (2) Box M-34 (3) Box H-23
(4) Box O-19 (5) Box K-31
Q.106-110. Study the following information carefully
and answer the questions given below.
A definite number of persons are sitting around
a circular table facing towards the centre and the
other side their nine friends have nine cars – Nano,
Creta, Verna, Polo, Brezza, Duster, WagonR,
Captur and Amaze, which were parked in a
circular parking lot which has space to park at least
10 cars. There are two circles, one circle is inside
another circle. Cars are parked in the outer circle
and people are sitting in the inner circle.
Wagon R and Polo were parked at a gap of 5
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spots and only one car is parked on one of those
5 spots. V sits fourth to the left of Q. Q is one of
the immediate neighbours of R. Polo is parked
second to the left of Captur and is at a gap of 3
spots from Duster. Only three persons sit between
P and R (from one side only). Amaze is parked on
the immediate right of Duster. Only five persons
sit between T and S when counted from the left
of T. U sits second to the left of T. The number
of spots between Creta and Brezza, when counted
from the left of Creta, is one more than the number
of spots between Brezza and Amaze when counted
from the right of Amaze. Only three persons sit
between R and T (from one side only). Brezza is
parked adjacent to Nano and is second to the left of
WagonR. Not more than four persons sit between
V and U when counted from left of U. Verna is
parked at a gap of 1 spot from Duster. Only 2 cars
were parked between Nano and Duster, but Nano
is not parked adjacent to Verna. Only six persons
sit between T and Q counted from one side only.
V is not an immediate neighbour of T. Not more
than 2 spots were there between Brezza and Verna
when counted from the right of Verna.
Q.106. What is the total number of persons sitting around
the circular table and what is the position of Creta
with respect to Polo?
(1) 11, Fourth to the right
(2) 8, Second to the right
(3) 10, Third to the left
(4) 12, Fourth to the left
(5) Cannot be determined
Q.107. What is the position of R with respect to V and
how many vacant spots were there between
WagonR and Duster, when counted from the left
of WagonR?
(1) Third to the left, 3
(2) Seventh to the right, 5
(3) Sixth to the right, 7
(4) Seventh to the left, 2
(5) None of these
Q.108. How many persons sit between P and Q, when
counted from the left of Q and what is the position
of Captur with respect to Nano?
(1) 2, Eighth to the left
(2) 6, Seventh to the right
(3) 4, Sixth to the left
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(4) 5, Fifth to the left
(5) None of these
Q.109. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and thus form a group. Which of the following
does not belong to the group?
(1) UR (2) QV (3) TV
(4) PU (5) QR
Q.110. How many car(s) are parked between Creta and
Verna, when counted from the right of Verna and
how many cars can be parked in the parking lot?
(1) One, 12 (2) Two, 14 (3) Three, 17
(4) Four, 15 (5) Five, 18
Q.111-115. Read the following information carefully
and answer the questions given beside.
The below-mentioned table represents some
words and their codes. The codes are assigned on
the basis of some pattern.
Word: VITAMIN PROOF RATIFY
Code: 50 10 59
Column A, B, C, D and E show some numerical
values which form the codes for the words asked.
You have to mark the column name as your answer
in which the code for the asked word lies. The
words are to be coded in the same manner which
is followed by the codes mentioned in the above
table.
A  B  C  D  E
49  72  38  61  26
30  33  22  29  50
10  59  25  66  20
47  87  93  35  40
19  31  84  57  37
For example: If the code for the word “VITAMIN”
is asked then it would be ‘E’.
Q.111. Identify the code for "STRANGE" belongs to
which of the following?
(1) A (2) B (3) C
(4) D (5) E
Q.112. Identify the code for "EFFECT" belongs to which
of the following?
(1) A (2) B (3) C
(4) D (5) E
Q.113. Identify the code for "DREAM" belongs to which
of the following?
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(1) A (2) B (3) C
(4) D (5) E
Q.114. Identify the code for "BRUTAL" belongs to which
of the following?
(1) A (2) B (3) C
(4) D (5) E
Q.115. Identify the code for "SUPREME" belongs to
which of the following?
(1) A (2) B (3) C
(4) D (5) E
Q.116-120. A string of numbers is given as input. The
further steps given are obtained by applying
certain logic. Numbers of step II have been
obtained by using at least one digit of each
number in step I.
Input: 2436 1192 2971 1234 3420
Step-I: 1212 0209 0263 0406 0008
Step-II: 2236 1233 1287 1430 1032
Step-III: 1032 1233 1287 1430 2236
Step-IV: 70 218
Step-V: 170
Step V is the last step of arrangement. As per the
rule followed in the above steps, give the answer
of following questions for the given input.
Input: 5241 4522 3489 4179 4183
Q.116. What will be the third step of the given input?
(1) 1532 2232 3756 1834 4631
(2) 1532 1834 2232 3756 4631
(3) 1834 1532 2232 3756 4631
(4) 1532 1834 2232 4631 3756
(5) 1532 2232 1834 3756 4631
Q.117. What will be the resultant of the given input?
(1) 170 (2) 110 (3) 340
(4) 530 (5) 420
Q.118. Which number is third from the right end of the
step-II?
(1) 1834 (2) 2232 (3) 1532
(4) 4631 (5) 3756
Q.119. What will be the sum of both numbers of step-IV?
(1) 323 (2) 529 (3) 426
(4) 360 (5) 288
Q.120. If you have to multiply the result of a given input
by 8, what will be the new result?

(1) 1521 (2) 1444 (3) 1360
(4) 1960 (5) 2720
Q.121-126. Study the following information carefully
and answer the questions.
Q.121. Educator: Like any other difficult pursuit, music
requires intense study and practice in order for
one to become proficient. But many school music
programs encourage only children who demonstrate
early aptitude to continue studying music, while
children who are not especially musical are
directed towards other activities. Having learned
to think of themselves as musically inept, these
children do not devote any time to music and thus
deprive themselves of the opportunity to develop a
latent talent.
The educator’s statements, if true, would best
support which of the following conclusions?
(1) Music education should not devote special
attention to talented students.
(2) Everyone has the potential to learn music.
(3) Talent is not always apparent at an early age.
(4) Children are particularly sensitive to criticism
from adults.
(5) All children should study music.
Q.122. Improved technology and equipment often result
in fewer injuries during high-risk activities such
as rock climbing and scuba diving. But participant
education also plays a large role in reducing
the number of injuries sustained during these
activities. People who are poorly trained in these
activities run a much higher risk of injury even if
provided with the latest and best equipment.
Which of the following can be properly inferred
from the information above?
(1) Training is a more important safety factor than
equipment in high-risk activities.
(2) People who are properly trained in their
activities do not sustain injuries.
(3) The safety benefits of the latest equipment can
be offset by inadequate preparation.
(4) Rock climbing and scuba diving are more risky
than any other activities.
(5) People with the latest equipment often neglect
proper training.
Q.123. The new heart scans offer patients significant
benefits. They can be completed in a fraction of the
time required for an angiogram, with no recovery
time necessary. Furthermore, the scans are more
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sensitive and can identify problem areas that an
angiogram might not perceive. However, heart
scans use more radiation than most diagnostic
procedures, and can cause undue concern over
and treatment for the harmless abnormalities
often picked up by such sensitive technology.
Which of the following conclusions is best
supported by the statements above?
(1) A heart scan is safer than an angiogram
procedure.
(2) Patients should not be concerned about heart
abnormalities that appear in a heart scan.
(3) A heart scan could result in indirect harm by
causing a patient to undergo risky, unnecessary
procedures.
(4) An angiogram is the more appropriate of the
two procedures for most patients.
(5) The heart scan is a more expensive procedure
than the angiogram.
Q.124. China will soon become a nation producing world-
leading products developed by a large number of
small local entrepreneurs.
Which of the following is/are valid argument/
arguments?
I. No, The true potential of entrepreneurship can
be attained not by having too many start-ups
but by ensuring that these start-ups grow into
sizeable businesses.
II. Yes, Starting up a business is a hard task but
growing it is much easier.
III. No, We support seeding of businesses but once
these businesses are successful, our policies
simply do not seem to help them.
(1) Only I (2) Only II
(3) Only I and III (4) Only II and III
(5) All of the above
Q.125. The public often protests when an unregulated
service industry is found to be corrupt. However,
regulation often leads to increased costs for the
consumer. Fewer companies survive in a regulated
market, leading to decreased competition and
higher prices. The public then responds negatively
to the increased costs of these services.
The statements above best support which of the
following?
(1) Service industries should not be regulated.
(2) The public should not protest unregulated
services.
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(3) Only unregulated services are subject to public
protest.
(4) The public is sometimes the cause of its own
complaints.
(5) Decreased competition always leads to
increased prices.
Q.126. In many countries, handloom art is in crisis. The
textile ministry’s Handlooms Census (2013) shows
there has been a 33 per cent drop in handloom
employment since 1995-96. Many countries'
handloom exports touched Rs 2,246 crore in
2016-17. However, this has been continually
declining compared to the previous 4-5 years.
Since India produces almost 85 per cent of the
world’s handloom products, we can ill afford to let
the handloom sector and handloom art to fall into
decline.
Which of the following statements weakens the
importance of the handloom sector?
I. Only 4.3 million people are engaged in
handloom weaving and allied activities now,
against 6.5 million in 1995-96.
II. Handloom is the second-largest unorganized
set of economic activities in the country, after
agriculture that supports rural areas.
III. Handloom art and weaving centres are
clustered all over the country with many of
these art genres being popular in international
markets.
(1) Only I (2) Only II
(3) Only I and III (4) Only II and III
(5) None of the above
Q.127-130. Study the following information carefully
and answer the question given below.
M Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting
A in a straight line facing north and the person G
K O
L
Building-1 Building-2 Building-3
There are three buildings 1, 2 and 3. Each building
has 7 floors and if the floor is occupied then there
will be only one person. There are five floors
between B and D. There are three floors between
S and R. Neither S nor R lives on the top and the
bottom floor.
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P does not live in building-1 and he lives one of
the floors above either K or O but not at the top. N
lives immediately below the floor on which J lives.
There is one floor between J and O.
Q.127. If B and D live in building-3 then S and R will live
in which of the following buildings?
(1) Building-1
(2) Building-2
(3) Building-3
(4) Either Building-1 or Building-2
(5) None of these
Q.128. If P lives below the either S or R then how many
persons live between P and K?
(1) One (2) Two (3) None
(4) Three (5) Either One or None
Q.129. If T lives immediately above H then H lives in
which of the following building?
(1) Building-1
(2) Building-2
(3) Building-3
(4) Either Building-1 or Building-2
(5) Cannot be determined
Q.130. If S and R live in building-2 and M is immediately
below the either B or D then what can be the
position of U with respect of P in building-2?
(1) Immediately below
(2) Immediately above
(3) Four places below
(4) Two places above
(5) Cannot be determined
Q.131-135. Study the following information carefully
and answer the question given below.
of this family has six vessels which were also
placed in a row. G’s vessels names are A1, B2,
C3, D4, E5 and F6. G’s vessels have contained
different volumes of Milk from 1 to 6 litres but
not necessarily in the same order. G’s vessels are
differentiated with respect to following colours
Blue, Green, Red, Black, Purple and Yellow but
not necessarily in the same order. Consider all
the vessels are facing north direction. These eight
persons have different ages (in years) – 7, 10, 13,
18, 28, 30, 36, and 42 but not necessarily in the
same order.

The vessel D4 and the vessel E5 are at a gap of
two vessels. G is sitting second to the left of the
one who is 18 years old. The vessel F6 is third to
the right of Black coloured vessel. Two persons
are sitting between G and B. The Purple coloured
vessel is the thrice the volume of Milk as in the
Vessel E5. The person having age 13 is sitting
immediate right of B. The vessel C3 is second to
the left of the vessel having 6 litres of Milk. D is the
immediate neighbour of B. G is as much younger
than D as he is older than H. The vessel D4 is
placed exactly between the Red coloured vessel
and the vessel A1. None of G, H, and D is sitting
immediately to one another. C is sitting third to
the right of the one who is 7 years old. The Green
vessel has 4 litres of Milk and it is at either of the
extreme ends. A is sitting second to the right of the
one who is 36 years old. At least three persons are
sitting between G and A. F is sitting third to the
right of the one who is 10 years older than him. A
is not the oldest. The total volume of Milk in the
vessel F6 and the volume of Milk to its immediate
right are equal to the volume of Milk in the vessel
A1. The vessel D4 has 3 litres of Milk. The Blue
vessel has more volume of Milk then vessel E5.
Q.131. Four of the following five are alike and thus form
a group. Which is the one that does not belong to
the group?
(1) A (2) E (3) G
(4) D (5) F
Q.132. What is the position of the one whose age is 28
years with respect to the one who is the oldest
among all?
(1) Second to the left (2) Third to the left
(3) Second to the right (4) Third to the right
(5) Immediate left
Q.133. Which among the following vessels has 6 litres
Milk and which among the following vessels is
placed 2nd to the left of Purple coloured vessel?
(1) Blue coloured vessel, The vessel with 2 litres
Milk
(2) Yellow coloured vessel, The vessel with 3
litres Milk
(3) Black coloured vessel, Vessel E5
(4) Purple coloured vessel, Vessel C3
(5) Can't be determined
Q.134. What is the difference between the ages of D and
C?
(1) 20 (2) 29 (3) 8
(4) 15 (5) 30
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Q.135. Who among the following is 30 years old?
(1) C (2) G (3) A
(4) F (5) None of these
Q.136-140. Each of the questions below consists of a
question and two statements numbered I and II
given below it. You have to decide whether the
data provided in the statement are sufficient to
answer the question. Read both the statements
and Give answer:
Q.136. Six persons i.e. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting
around a circle facing inside. Who among the
following sits second to the right of E?
I. B sits second to the right of A. D is not the
immediate neighbour of B. Only one person
sits between D and E. Neither F nor C is
the immediate neighbour of E. C is not the
neighbour of B.
II. Only two person sits between B and C. D sit
second to the right of A. E sits second to the left
of F. E is not the immediate neighbour of B.
(1) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
statement II alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(2) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
statement I alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(3) If the data either in statement I alone or in
statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(4) If the data even in both statements I and
II together are not sufficient to answer the
question.
(5) If the data in both statements I and II together
are necessary to answer the question.
Q.137. Do P, Q, and R stand in a straight line?
I. T is 4 km towards the south of S. U is 8 km
towards the west of T. P is 2 km towards the
north of T. Q is 3 km towards the north of S
and R is 4 km towards the south of Q.
II. P is 2 km towards the north of V. U is 4 km
towards the west of V. Y is 1 km towards the
south of U. W is 2 km towards the west of Y.
Q is 2 km towards the north of W. R is 2 km
towards the north of Y.
(1) If the data in Statement I alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
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(2) If the data in Statement II alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(3) If the data in Statement I alone or in Statement
II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
(4) If the data in both the Statements I and II are
not sufficient to answer the question.
(5) If the data in both the Statements I and II
together are necessary to answer the question.
Q.138. Who amongst A, B, C, D, E, F and G is the tallest?
I. G is smaller than only one person. A is taller
than C and E but not as tall as F, who is smaller
than B and D.
II. B is taller than A but not the tallest. Only three
person is taller than G. F is taller than C but
smaller than G. C is not smallest.
(1) If the data in Statement I alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(2) If the data in Statement II alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(3) If the data in Statement I alone or in Statement
II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
(4)  If the data in both the Statements I and II are
not sufficient to answer the question.
(5) If the data in both the Statements I and II
together are necessary to answer the question.
Q.139. Who is paternal uncle of Atul?
I. Atul is brother of Leela who is daughter of
Seema. Pawan is brother of Neeraj who is
sibling of Seema’s husband.
II. Govind is sister of Kisan who is husband
of Reema. Krishna is sister of Atul who is
CRP Clerk Mains/Numerical Ability
Q.141-145. Find the correct relationship between given
quantities.
(1) Quantity: I > Quantity: II
(2) Quantity: I ≥ Quantity: II
(3) Quantity: I < Quantity: II
(4) Quantity: II ≥ Quantity: I
(5) Quantity I = Quantity II or relation can't be
established
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daughter of Govind’s sibling.
(1) If the data in Statement I alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(2) If the data in Statement II alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(3) If the data in Statement I alone or in Statement
II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
(4) If the data in both the Statements I and II are
not sufficient to answer the question.
(5) If the data in both the Statements I and II
together are necessary to answer the question.
Q.140. What is Pulkit’s rank from the right in a class of 50
students?
I. Mohan rank is 16th from the end. Mohan is
6 ranks left of Kamal who is 7 ranks left of
Pulkit.
II. Pradeep is 24 ranks right of Pulkit and Pramod
is 6 ranks to the left Pulkit. Pramod rank is
16th from the end.
(1) If the data in Statement I alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(2) If the data in Statement II alone are sufficient
to answer the question, while the data in
Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer
the question.
(3) If the data in Statement I alone or in Statement
II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
(4) If the data in both the Statements I and II are
not sufficient to answer the question.
(5) If the data in both the Statements I and II
together are necessary to answer the question.
Q.141. The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 4: 5. If 45
students from the same school left in which ratio of
boys and girls is same and 40 new girls joined the
school, then the ratio of boys to girls will becomes
4 : 9.
Quantity I: What percentage of total students will
be boys if 50% of the total number of
boys leave the school?
Quantity II: 30%
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Q.142. In a race of 500 meters, A beats B by 50 meters but and 2015 is 60 and 96 respectively. If employee
in a race of 1 km, B beats C by 250 meters. left B in year 2016 is 48 and this company starts in
Quantity I: In a race of 800 meters, by how much 2015, then find total employee working in B at the
distance will A beat C? end of 2016 is approximate what percent of total
Quantity II: 250 meters. employee working in A at the end of 2016?
Q.143. The compound interest received on Rs. 5000 at (1) 75% (2) 72% (3) 68%
x% per annum at the end of 2 years is equal to the (4) 78% (5) None of these
simple interest received in four years on Rs. 2650 Q.148. The ratio of total employee who left B and C in
at the same rate of interest. the year 2016 is 7: 9 and total employee working
Quantity I: What is the total simple interest received? in B and C at the end of 2014 are 480 and 516
Quantity II: Rs. 1275 respectively. If total employee working at the
Q.144. An inlet pipe A can completely fill a water tank of end of 2017 in C is 399, then find total employee
25000 litres capacity in 10 hours but an outlet pipe working in B at the end of 2016.
B can empty the completely filled tank in 40 hours. (1) 356 (2) 251 (3) 441
Quantity I: In how many hours pipe A and Pipe (4) 280 (5) None of these
B together will fill half of the tank? Q.149. Total employee working in B at the end of 2013
Quantity II: In how many hours pipe A alone fill is 660 and 84 employee left company in 2014,
70% of the capacity of the tank? while 96 new employees joined the company. If
Q.145. A train of length 'x' metres running at the speed of respective ratio of employee left the company B
15 km per hour takes 40 seconds to cross a man in year 2016 and 2017 is 6: 7 and total employee
walking in the opposite direction at the speed of working in B at the end of 2017 is 1398, then find
7.5 km per hour but it takes 2 minutes to cross a total employee left B in 2016 and 2017 together?
platform of length 'y' meters. (1) 2652 (2) 2874 (3) 3516
Quantity I: What is the length of the train? (4) 4044 (5) None of these
Quantity II: What is the length of the platform? Q.150. The average of total employee left company
Q.146. There are two groups in first group four boxes each A in the given three years is 63 and ratio of
containing 4 white and 5 black balls and also in employee left in 2015 to in 2017 is 7 : 6. If
second group there are 3 boxes each containing 5 company A start in 2015, then find total employee
white and 3 black balls. A black ball is selected at working in A at the end of 2016 is how much
random. Find the probability that black ball is from percent more than total employee who joined
a box of the second group? company C in the year 2016?
81 81 9
(1) (2) (3) 26 (1) 18% (2) 25% (3) 22%
241 242
(4) 20% (5) None of these
1 Q.151. If each company start in 2015 and ratio of total
(4) (5) None of these
3 employee left A in 2015 to that of B and C together
Q.147–151. Read the data carefully and answer the in 2016 is 1: 2. If total employee who left A in
questions. (Some data are missing). 2015 and that of B and C together in 2016 is 108
Given below table shows number of employees and total employee who left B in 2016 is 50%
joined (at the beginning of the year) and left (at the of employee who left C in same year, then find
end of the year) in three companies i.e. A, B and C difference between total employee working in C at
in four years (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018). the end of 2017 and total employee working in A
A B C at the end of 2016.
Year (1) 244 (2) 286 (3) 252
Joined Left Joined Left Joined Left
2015 306 - 288 54 252 108 (4) 276 (5) None of these
2016 234 72 216 - 324 - Q.152. A broker gets a commission of 8% on the sale upto
2017 336 - 432 - 372 84 Rs. 8000 and a commission of 10% on the sale
Q.147. In year 2014 total employee who joined A is 64 above Rs. 8000. If he returns a sum of Rs. 12310 to
which is 32% of total employee working in A that the company after deducting his commission, what
year and total employee who left A in year 2014 was total sale of the company?

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(1) 13500 Rs (2) 13800 Rs (3) 12900 Rs Total Players = 6000
(4) 12500 Rs (5) None of these
Q.153. A sum of Rs 2592 was invested in two banks
first bank offers 16 2 % compound interest of
compound 3

annually whereas second bank offers a simple

1
interest of 12 % .
2
Find the difference of SI and CI of 2 years and 6
months.
(1) Rs. 275 (2) Rs. 250 (3) Rs. 264

(4) Rs. 279 (5) None of these
Players who know the game
Q.154. A is 30% more efficient than B. B works for 12 days, Village
Kabaddi (Skilled)
and the remaining work is completed by A alone in P 440
20 days. In how many days will B, working alone, to Q 500
complete half of the total work? R 880
(1) 38 days (2) 30 days (3) 23 days S 700
T 360
(4) 26 days (5) 19 days
Q.157. Total skilled players from village Q and T together
Q.155. A perfume production company prepares perfume is what percent more than total unskilled players
by mixing it with water. The new mixture of 340 from village R?
litres contains perfume and water in the ratio 27
(1) 8% (2) 6.5% (3) 12%
: 7. Later, the company decides to further liquefy
the mixture to form a new mixture containing (4) 7.5% (5) None of these
perfume and water in the ratio 3 : 1. How much Q.158. If total male unskilled players in village S is
water must they have to add in the previous 2
66 % more than that of female unskilled players,
mixture? 3
then find ratio of total male unskilled players in
(1) 20 litre (2) 15 litre (3) 10 litre
village S to total unskilled players in village P and
(4) 24 litre (5) 30 litre
R together?
Q.156. Present age of Rahul’s mother is double of his age. (1) 22: 43 (2) 23: 41 (3) 25: 54
Rahul’s father is 5 years elder to Rahul’s mother.
(4) 28: 57 (5) None of these
10 years back, the father was 3 times the age of
Rahul. After 5 years, father’s age will be twice that 3
Q.159. Out of total players in village R, 46 % are female
of Rahul. What is the ratio of the present ages of 7
th 7
and of total female are unskilled players, then
Rahul, mother and father? 13
(1) 1 : 2 : 11 (2) 5 : 10 : 11 (3) 3 : 8 : 9 find total unskilled male players from village R.
(4) 5 : 11 : 10 (5) None of these (1) 420 (2) 380 (3) 360
Q.157-161.Read the data carefully and answer the (4) 440 (5) None of these
questions. Q.160. In another village U total skilled players are 20%
Given pie chart shows percentage distribution
of Players of Kabaddi in five different villages more than total unskilled players in village P and
th
(P, Q, R, S and T) and table shows number 3
total skilled players in village U are of total
of Players who know the game Kabaddi. 7
Note – Total Players = players who know the game players in that village. Find total unskilled players
Kabaddi (Skilled) + players who don’t know the from village U is what percent less than total
game Kabaddi but they can play (unskilled).
unskilled players from village R?

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(1) 24% (2) 44% (3) 34%
(4) 42% (5) None of these
Q.161. If the above data given is for the year 2017 and
in 2018 total players increased by 40%, while
percentage distribution of players of Kabaddi in
five different villages remain same as in 2017.
If number of skilled players from village P, Q, S
and T in 2018 increased by 25%, 20%, 14% and
10% respectively and total skilled players from all
the five village in 2018 are 2800, then find total
unskilled players from R in 2018.
(1) 1896 (2) 1472 (3) 1672
(4) 1596 (5) None of these
Q.162-166. Read the given information carefully and
answer the questions given below.
Rohit Sharma scored runs against different
countries in three different years.
NOTE: Total runs scored in a year = Australia
+ England + Others
2017: The total runs scored in 2017 were 1200.
The runs scored against England were 1/3 of the
runs against Others in 2018.
The average runs scored against Australia and
England was 300.
2018: The total runs scored against Australia and
Others was 1200. The ratio of the total runs scored
against Others in 2017 to that of the total runs
scored against Others in 2018 is 4:3. The total runs
scored against England in 2018 were equal to the
total runs scored against England in 2019.
2019: The sum of the total runs scored against
Australia and England is equal to the total runs
scored against Others. The total runs scored in
2019 were 1400. The total runs scored against
Australia were twice of the runs scored against
England in 2017.
Q.162. What were the total runs scored in 2018?
(1) 1100 (2) 1500 (3) 1600
(4) 1400 (5) 1000
Q.163. What is the sum of the runs scored against England
in all three years?
(1) 800 (2) 950 (3) 850
(4) 1050 (5) 1100
Q.164. What is the ratio of the total runs scored against
Australia in 2017 to that of the total runs scored
against England in 2019?
(1) 7: 9 (2) 9: 7 (3) 11: 7
(4) 9: 8 (5) 11: 13
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Q.165. What is the difference between the total runs
scored against Others in 2017 to the total runs
scored against Others in 2018?
(1) 150 (2) 200 (3) 100
(4) 300 (5) 250
Q.166. The total runs scored against Australia in 2018 is
what percentage of the total runs scored against
Australia in 2019?
(1) 125% (2) 100% (3) 150%
(4) 200% (5) 250%
Q.167-170. What approximate value will come in place of
question mark (?) in the following questions?
Q.167. 447.75 ÷ 28 × 4.99 = ?
(1) 50 (2) 70 (3) 60
(4) 80 (5) 90
Q.168. 4985.0346 ÷ 215.987 + 3768.112 ÷ 206.868 = ?
(1) 40 (2) 50 (3) 75
(4) 60 (5) 45
Q.169. 73 – 16 = ?% of 399
2 3
(1) 250 (2) 270 (3) 290
(4) 310 (5) 330
Q.170. 459% of 849.947 + 269.9% of 6281.012 - 1486.002
=?
(1) 18500 (2) 17900 (3) 18200
(4) 19500 (5) 19300
Q.171-175. Study the data given below and answer the
following question.
The bar graphs shown below shows the distance
covered by a boat moving upstream and
downstream on different days. And the table shows
the speed of stream in km/hr. on different days.
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Day 1  
Day 2 2 accordingly.
Day 3  
Day 4 3 Statement I: Diameter of the base is equal to the
Day 5  
Day 6 4 Statement II: Height of the tank is 20 m.
Day 7 2 Statement III: Area of the base is 320 sq. m.
Q.171. If the time taken by boat to travel upstream on
Day 1 is equal to the time taken by it to travel
downstream on Day 5 and the speed of boat in still
water on Day 5 is 13 km/h then find the speed of
stream in still water on Day 5.
(1) 13.5 (2) 12.5 (3) 13
(4) 14 (5) Can’t be determined
Q.172. If the time taken by boat to travel upstream on Day
2 and the time taken by it to travel downstream on
1
the same day is 25 hrs. Find the speed of boat in
4
still stream on Day 2.
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6
(4) 8 (5) can’t be determined
Q.173. If the speed of boat in still water on Day 6 was 31
km/hr and the speed of boat in still water on Day 3
was 28 km/h and time taken to travel downstream
on Day 6 is 5/6 hrs less than the time taken by it to
travel downstream on Day 3, then find the speed of
stream (in km/h) on Day 3?
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5
(4) 6 (5) None of these
Q.174. The speed of boat in still water on Day 7 was 23 km/
hr if the time taken by boat to travel downstream
on Day 7 is 15/32 times taken to travel upstream
on Day 1, then find the time taken by the boat to
cover a distance of 51.20 km upstream when the
speed of stream is same as that of Day 7.
(1) 0.3 (2) 0.5 (3) 0.9
(4) 0.8 (5) None of these
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Q.175. If the time taken by boat to travel upstream on Day
1 is 6 hours more than the time taken by it to travel
downstream on Day 5 and the speed of boat in still
water on Day 5 is 13 km/h, then find the upstream
speed of boat on Day 1.
(1) 12 km/h (2) 15 km/h
(3) 18 km/h (4) None of these
(5) Can’t be determined
Q.176-180. In each of the following questions, a question
is followed by three statement. Read all the
statements and find that which statements are
required to answer the question and answer
Q.176. What is the volume of the cylindrical tank?
height of the tank.
(1) Only I and III (2) Only I
(3) Only III (4) Any two are sufficient
(5) None of these
Q.177. What is the selling price of the camera if no
discount is offered?
Statement I: Cost price of the camera is Rs 10000.
Statement II: Profit earned was 20%.
Statement III: Had 20% discount been offered on
selling price the profit would have been Rs 700.
(1) Only III (2) Only II and III
(3) Only I and II (4) All together are sufficient
(5) Any two are sufficient
Q.178. How many students failed in class 6?
Statement I: 400 students passed in class 6.
Statement II: Number of students failed in class 6
is 10% of those of failed in class 7?
Statement III: 75% of the students who appeared
in examination have passed taking class 6 and 8
together.
(1) Only II and III (2) Only I and II
(3) Only III (4) None of these
(5) All together are sufficient
Q.179. What is the rate of interest per capita per annum?
Statement I: Simple Interest accrued in two years
on the same amount at the same rate of interest is
Rs 44000.
Statement II: The amount becomes Rs 15400 in
two years on simple interest.
Statement III: Difference between the compound

interest and simple interest earned in two years on
the amount invested is Rs 120.
(1) Only I and II (2) Only II and III
(3) Only II (4) Only I and III
(5) None of these
Q.180. In how many days 9 men and 15 women can the
work be done ?
(I) 6 men and 5 women can complete the work in 6
days.
(II) 3 men and 4 women can complete the work in 10
days.
(III) 18 men and 15 women can complete the work in 2
days.
(1) Only I (2) Only II (3) Any two in container B.
(4) All I, II and III (5) None of these
Q.181. In a match of 50 overs, team A’s average runs for
first thirty overs was 4.5 runs/over while for the
remaining 20 overs the average was 5.5 runs/over.
Team B chased the target and lost by 10 runs. Find
the average runs per over scored by team B. (team
B played all the 50 overs).
(1) 3.6 (2) 5.7 (3) 4.7
(4) 6.0 (5) None of these
Q.182. In a bag which contains 40 balls, there are 18 red
balls and some green and blue balls. If two balls
are picked up from the bag without replacement,
then the probability of the first ball being red and
second being green is 3/26.
Find the number of blue balls in the bag.
(1) 12 (2) 10 (3) 18
(4) None of these(5) can’t be determined
Q.183. A is 50% more efficient than B. They together start
7 of Ayush and takes 25% of that then we get the
the work and does th of the work in 8 days and
12
A left. Find in what time B alone will complete the
whole work.
1 1 2 age is 10 years more than Ayush’s present age then
(1) 32 (2) 35 (3) 34
7 2 7
2 age of entire family is 30.25 year?
(4) 37 (5) None of these
5
Q.184. There is a square field of area ‘X’ square meters.
A cylindrical ditch of radius 7 meters and depth
2 meters is dug, and the mud is taken out and
spread over the remaining part of the square field,
the height of square field which goes up by 0.77
meters. What is the value of ‘X’?
(1) 548 m2 (2) 524 m2 (3) 518 m2
(4) 554 m2 (5) 504 m2
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Q.185. A man invested an amount at the rate of 10% p.a.
on compound interest and after two years he again
invested half of the initial amount. If man got Rs.
444.6 as interest after three years, find the amount
received by man after three years, if he invested
same amount on simple interest at rate of 15% p.a.?
(1) 3840 (2) 3590 (3) 3760
(4) 3720 (5) None of these
Q.186. From container A containing 54 liter of mixture of
milk and water in ratio of 8 : 1 , 18 liter of the
mixture is taken out and poured into container B in
which ratio of milk to water is 3 : 1. If difference
between total milk and total water in container B
is 30 liter then find the quantity of initial mixture
(1) 30 (2) 28 (3) 32
(4) 36 (5) 40
Q.187. Train A can cross a man in 8 sec and a 180 m
long platform ‘P’ in 17 sec. If train A cross train B
which is running in opposite direction at speed of
108 km/hr in 8 sec, then find time (in sec) taken by
train B to cross platform P?
(1) 12 (2) 15 (3) 18
(4) 14 (5) None of these
Q.188. There are two shopkeepers, first shopkeeper
calculates his profit percent on the selling price
whereas the second shopkeeper calculates his
profit percent on the cost price. If the selling price
for both the shopkeeper is same and the difference
between their profits is Rs 175. Then, calculate the
sum of the cost price for both the shopkeeper if the
profit percent for the both shopkeeper is 25%?
(1) 5425 (2) 4875 (3) 4675
(4) 5275 (5) 5325
Q.189. If 6 years are subtracted from the present age
present age of his only son. 4 years ago, his
daughter’s age is 7 years more than his son. Sum
of daughter’s present age and his wife’s present
find the present age of Ayush if average of present
(1) 45 (2) 50 (3) 60
(4) 40 (5) 36
Q.190. ‘X’ is a bread seller who marked up price of each
bread packet by 150% above and allow discounts
of 40% and made a profit of Rs. 30 on each bread
packet. If ‘X’ allows 37.5% discount on each
packet, then find how much profit he gets on
selling 80 bread packets?
(1) 2750 (2) 3200 (3) 2700
(4) 2500 (5) 2400
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Explanation/CRP CLERK MAINS/General Awareness
Q.1.(1) A retired Judge of the Supreme Court. Adarsh
Kumar Goel is the chairperson of the National
Green Tribunal (NGT). National Green Tribunal
Act, 2010 is an Act of the Parliament of India
which enables the creation of a special tribunal
to handle the expeditious disposal of the cases
environmental issues.
Q.2.(2) Kailasavadivoo Sivan, an Indian space scientist,
is the Chairperson of the Indian Space Research
Organization.
Q.3.(1) A new book entitled “The Tech Whisperer”,
written by digital transformation expert Jaspreet
Bindra.
Q.4.(5) Google India has appointed former Star and Disney
head Sanjay Gupta as new Country Manager.
Q.5.(4) Saurav Ganguly has taken Charges as new BCCI
President.
Q.6.(1) Braj Raj Sharma, a 1984-batch IAS officer of
J&K cadre, has been appointed as chairman
of Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Pankaj
Kumar has been appointed as the new CEO of
the Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI).
Q.7.(4) M Stanley Whittingham has received the Nobel
Prize 2019 for Chemistry.
Q.8.(3) Assam State Government has decided that no
Government job will be provided to persons
with more than 2 children after 1 January 2021.
Q.9.(4) In Football, the Services football team lifted
the 2019 Santosh Trophy by defeating Punjab
1-nil in the final at the Guru Nanak Stadium in
Ludhiana.
Q.10.(2) The state government of Haryana has decided
to bring more crops under its ‘Bhavantar
Bharpayee Yojna (BBY)’ scheme.
Q.11.(2) Rate for borrowing rupees by banks from RBI
represents correct meaning of ‘REPO RATE’.
Q.12.(2) Kapil Dev has written three autobiographical
works. “Cricket-My Style” was launched in 1987.
Q.13.(2) Researchers of USA have developed a new
technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2)
from a stream of air.
Q.14.(1) India will host the 2023 Men's Hockey World
Cup.
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Q.15.(1) Sweden topped in Inclusive Internet Index
2019. India has been ranked 47th in the overall
"Inclusive Internet Index 2019" score.
Q.16.(2) In Northern Ireland Abortion has been
decriminalised and same-sex marriage is
legalised.
Q.17.(4) RIL became the world’s sixth-largest energy
entity with high market capitalization.
Q.18.(3) Jammu & Kashmir Grameen Bank secured the
top position in terms of achievement of Rupay
Card transaction targets (POS and eCOM).
Q.19.(5) The birthday of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 15
October is declared as World Students Day by
the United Nations.
Q.20.(1) Bank credit is not a factor of Production.
Q.21.(3) “The Global Ayurveda Summit” was held
at Hotel Le Meridien, Kochi Kerala. It is an
international annual event has started to serve as
a force to galvanize Ayurvedic sector to aspire,
plan and achieve greater heights.
Q.22.(4) Ujjivan Financial Services Limited started
operations as a NBFC in 2005. On 7 October
2015, Ujjivan received an in-principle approval
from the Reserve Bank of India to set up a small
finance bank.
Q.23.(1) The headquarters of BIMSTEC is in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. The Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation is an international organisation of
seven nations of South Asia and South East Asia.
Q.24.(4) Colonel Chewang Rinchen Setu is located in
Ladakh. On 21 October 2019, Defense Minister
Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Colonel Chewang
Rinchen Setu in East Ladakh on the Shyok River.
Q.25.(5) The time limit set by TRAI for mobile phone
call ring is 30 seconds. Telecom regulator TRAI
fixed ring call time on mobile for 30 seconds and
for landline phones by 60 seconds. TRAI has
mandated a terminating network to disconnect
incoming calls after a minimum ring span as
well as notify the original network.
Q.26.(1) Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah
inaugurated Aadi Mahotsav 2019, the National
Tribal Festival, at Dilli Haat, New Delhi. The
theme is to represent the basic ethos of tribal
life.

Q.27.(1) Reserve Bank of India is the regulatory body
that issues the Financial Stability Report.
Q.28.(2) The Minimum Capital Requirement to open
Small Finance Banks is 100 Crore.
Q.29.(2) Non – performing asset is an asset that ceases to
generate income.
Q.30.(2) Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority (APEDA) is
an apex body that functions under the Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Government of
India, responsible for the export promotion of
agricultural products.
Q.31.(2) Uber cup is related with the sport of Badminton.
Q.32.(3) The second edition of the naval exercise called
IMNEX-2019 has been conducted between
India and Myanmar in Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh. The exercise aims to increase maritime
cooperation between the two navies.
Q.33.(3) The Indian Army has begun to digitize its
official records under its new programme
called “OASIS”-Officers Automated Structures
Information System.
Q.34.(4) Per capita income of a country is the best
indicator of economic development of that
country.
Q.35.(3) The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a report
by the International Monetary Fund that analyzes
key parts of the IMF's surveillance of economic
developments and policies in its member
countries. It also projects developments in the
global financial markets and economic systems.
Q.36.(2) Smart Money is a term used for the credit card,
debit card etc.
Q.37.(3) Savings bank accounts are opened by individuals
for saving purpose.
Q.38.(1) Recently, The Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare released a commemorative postal
stamp of National Institute of Nutrition. It was
introduced under the “Corporate My Stamp”
scheme of India Posts. The stamp was released
during the completion of Centenary Celebrations
of National Institute of Nutrition. The theme of
the celebration was “Empowering the nation
through nutrition”.
Q.39.(3) On the occasion of Dhanteras, Mukhya Mantri
Kanya Sumangala Yojana launched in Uttar
Pradesh by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The
Ellyse Perry named 2019 Best cricketer and ODI player.
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program aims at empowering the girl child for
which an amount of 15 thousand rupees will be
provided to every family in which a girl child
takes birth.
Q.40.(1) Kais Saied is elected as the new President of
Tunisia. Kais Saied is a Tunisian politician and
former professor of constitutional law.
Q.41.(3) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde has sworn in as
the 47th Chief Justice of India on 18 November
2019. President Ram Nath Kovind administered
the oath of office at the Durbar Hall of the
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Q.42.(3) South Africa was invited to join BRIC in
December 2010, after which the group adopted
the acronym BRICS.
Q.43.(3) New technology, blockchain-based carbon
trading exchange has been launched in
Singapore. This will enable airlines and other
corporate buyers to buy and sell tokens approved
by the International Civil Aviation Organization
and supported by carbon offset credits.
Q.44.(1) The prestigious Dhanwantari award, which
recognizes contribution in medical science is
awarded annually since 1972.
Q.45.(4) Deutsche Bank AG is a German multinational
investment bank and financial services company
headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.
Q.46.(1) Indian Railways unveiled the Sarbat-Da-Bhala
Express on the occasion of the 550th Birth
Anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The
train no. 22479/22480 Sarbat-Da-Bhala Express
runs between New Delhi and Lohian Khas. New
Delhi-Ludhiana Intercity renamed by Union
Minister Harsimrat Badal on the occasion of the
550th Parkash Purb celebrations as 'Sarbat Da
Bhala Express'.
Q.47.(1) The 17th edition 2019, World Athletics
Championships was held at Khalifa International
Stadium, Doha, Qatar.
Q.48.(1) Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank merged into
Union Bank of India. The headquarters of Union
Bank of India is in the Mumbai.
Q.49.(1) ‘Hryvnia’ is the currency of Ukraine.
Q.50.(2) The two bank unions – AIBEA (All India
Bank Employees Association) and BEFI (Bank
Employees Federation of India) have protested
against the Modi government’s decision to
merge six PSU banks with four large ones.
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Explanation/IBPS CLERK MAINS/English Language
Q.51.(4) ‘aspects’ should replace ‘aspect’ as ‘one of the’,
‘each of the’, etc. take plural nouns with them.
Q.52.(2) ‘the’ should replace ‘a’ as the definite article is
used before ordinal numbers.
Q.53.(2) ‘emanates’ should replace ‘emanate’ as a singular
verb is needed for a singular noun (risk).
Q.54.(5) All are correct.
Q.55.(4) ‘its’ should replace ‘their’ as it is referring to a
singular noun (company).
Q.56.(2) Supplant, Oust and Supersede are synonyms,
they all mean to take the place of (a person or
thing previously in authority or use) whereas Do
up and Recondition are synonyms which mean
overhaul or repair (a vehicle engine or piece of
equipment).
Q.57.(5) Spurn, Rebuff and Repudiate are synonyms, they
all mean reject with disdain or contempt whereas
Adjure and Beseech are synonyms which mean
ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do
something.
Q.58.(4) Subjugate, Vanquish and Clobber are synonyms,
they all mean to overcome, quieten, or bring
under control (a feeling or person) whereas
Clump and Trudge are synonyms which mean
walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.
Q.59.(3) For D: All other sentences are conveying the
same meaning except sentence D, because as per
sentence D ‘the department would soon convene
PTI meetings’, while the original message is
saying that ‘the department would soon ask all
government school authorities to convene PTI
meetings’, so it is giving the wrong message,
hence it gets eliminated.
Q.60.(4) For A: It is clearly written in the original
sentence that the cause of cough is not treated
by Cough suppressants, but sentence A is saying
that it does treat the cause of cough.
Q.61.(3) For C: Both duties and responsibilities should
be fulfilled, according to the original sentence
but in the sentence C 'either….or' is mentioned
which makes it entirely wrong.
Q.62.(4) For A: Sentence A is wrong because of the fact
that neither the properties of employees will
be confiscated nor the corrupt people will be
refunded any single paisa.
Q.63.(3) Lure (v) – tempt (a person or animal) to do
something or to go somewhere, especially by
offering some form of reward.
Leverage (n) – the power to influence a person or
situation.
For other options:
Endure (v) – suffer (something painful or
difficult) patiently.
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Intact (adj.) – not damaged or impaired in any
way; complete.
Put off (n) – an evasive reply.
Q.64.(4) Proactively (adverb) – by taking action to control
a situation.
Deploy (v) – bring into effective action; utilise.
For other options:
Instinctively (adverb) – without conscious
thought; by natural instinct.
Inevitably (adverb) – unavoidably
Ascertain (v) – find (something) out for certain;
make sure of.
Q.65.(5) Get a handle – Develop an understanding of
something.
Kill two birds with one stone – Accomplish two
things with the same effort.
Burn the midnight oil – Work or labour late into
the night.
Q.66.(4) decryption ('and' connects similar parts of
speech) is at (at is used to indicate places) the
heart of the challenge among (among is used for
more than two people).
Q.67.(4) Ark (n) – a low hut used to house livestock,
often incorporating a covered run.
Arc (n) – a part of a curve, especially a part of
the circumference of a circle.
Q.68.(2) Fowl (n) – a gallinaceous bird kept for its eggs
and flesh; a domestic cock or hen.
Foul (n) – (in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke
or piece of play, especially one involving
interference with an opponent.
Q.69.(4) Bridal (adj.) – of or concerning a bride or a
newly married couple.
Bridle (adj.) – the headgear used to control a
horse, consisting of buckled straps to which a bit
and reins are attached.
Q.70.(3) Grown (v) – (of a person) come to feel or think
something over time.
Groan (v) – a deep sound conveying pain,
despair, pleasure, etc.
Q.71.(3) If we see on the basis of grammar, ‘for better
communication’ does not link well with ‘improve
the level’, so it is not linking with phrase 3.
If we see, on the basis of the context, ‘better
communication with students is done and
improve the level’ is getting out of the context.
If we remove the third phrase and directly
connect 2 and 4, we will get a meaningful and
grammatically correct sentence.
Q.72.(3) If we see on the basis of grammar, the place
‘Kanpur’ and ‘are an’ are not connecting, and
phrase 1 is in the past tense but phrase 3 is starting
with the present tense, so it is grammatically
wrong as well.

If we see, on the basis of the context, ‘Uttar
Pradesh’s Kanpur’ is totally not matching with
‘are an attraction for many visitors in bird
sanctuary’.
If we remove the third phrase and directly
connect 2 and 4, we will get a meaningful and
grammatically correct sentence.
Q.73.(2) If we see on the basis of grammar,’ energy' written
at last of the phrase 1 is not at all connecting
with 'about you' written at the beginning of the
phrase 2.
If we see, on the basis of the context, ‘getting
distracted’ is not the idea but ‘catching up on
something enjoyable’ is.
If we remove the second phrase and directly
connect phrase 1 and 3, we will get a meaningful
and grammatically correct sentence.
Q.74.(4) If we see on the basis of grammar, at last of the
phrase 3, ‘in your muscles’ is written which is
not logically connecting with ‘end of the day’
moreover it is a phrase which starts with ‘at the
end of the day’.
If we see, on the basis of the context, a walk is
used in an active voice so next step should also
be relevant with a walk and not with the For other options:
If we remove the fourth phrase and directly
connect 3 and 5, we will get a meaningful and
grammatically correct sentence.
Q.75.(4) If we see on the basis of grammar, the last word
of phrase 3 is ‘a’ which does not connect with
the first word i.e. ‘if’ of the phrase 4.
If we see, on the basis of the context, ‘letting
your personal life suffer’ does not link well with
a mild consciousness mentioned in the phrase
5 to know how many cups of coffee have been
consumed by one, which is why phrase 4 is out
of the context.
Moreover, if we remove the fourth phrase and
directly connect 3 and 5, we will get a meaningful
and grammatically correct sentence.
Q.76.(1) In part B: Add ‘the’ before ‘Supreme Court’.
In part Q: Preposition generally takes 'gerund'
with it so use 'maintaining' in place of 'maintain'.
Q.77.(3) In part A: An adjective ‘considerable’ is required
to qualify a noun ‘improvement’.
In part R: a plural helping verb ‘are’ is required for
the plural subject ‘disruptive protests and slogans’.
Q.78.(4) In part C: ‘his’ must be replaced with ‘their’
because the subject is ‘Opposition parties’.
In part Q: here the sentence is in the past tense so
‘lead to’ must be replaced with ‘led to’.
Q.79.(3) In part A: ‘subject of reference’ generally should
be a noun hence ‘adoption’ must replace ‘adopt’.
In part R: ‘at the last few years’ should be
replaced with ‘over the last few years’, because
the latter is a phrase which means ‘during the
last several years’.
Veteran actor Shriram Lagoo passed away.
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Q.80.(3) The answer lies in the last paragraph of the
passage.
Q.81.(2) The answer lies in the last paragraph of the
passage.
Q.82.(5) The answer lies in the last paragraph of the
passage.
Q.83.(3) The answer lies in the last line of the passage.
Q.84.(3) The answer lies in the second paragraph of the
passage.
Q.85.(3) To do something that helps something or
contributes to the success of something.
e.g. - Relief agencies are desperately hoping
that the ceasefire strikes a blow for peace in the
region.
Q.86.(4) Negotiation (n) – discussion aimed at reaching
an agreement.
For other options:
Summon (v) – order (someone) to be present.
Negation (n) – the contradiction or denial of
something.
Parley (v) – hold a conference with the opposing
side to discuss terms.
Q.87.(2) Surge (n) – a sudden large increase, typically a
temporary one.
Gush (n) – (of a liquid) flow out of something in
a rapid and plentiful stream.
Discharge (n) – the action of doing all that is
required to fulfil a responsibility or perform a
duty.
Plummet (n) – a steep and rapid fall or drop.
Eddy (n) – a circular movement of water causing
a small whirlpool.
Q.88.(5) Pass muster means to be accepted as adequate or
satisfactory.
For other options:
Pass away – a polite or kind way to say someone
has died.
Pass off – to try and convince someone that
something is real.
Pass on – to transfer information.
Pass out – to faint, or become unconscious.
Q.89.(5) Impasse (n) – a situation in which no progress is
possible, especially because of disagreement; a
deadlock.
For other options:
Breakthrough (n) – a sudden, dramatic, and
important discovery or development.
Sure-fire (adj.) – certain to succeed.
Q.90.(3) Burnish (v) – enhance or improve.
For other options:
Perceive (v) – become aware or conscious of
(something); come to realize or understand.
Furbish (v) – give a fresh look to
(something old or shabby); renovate.
Mundane (adj.) – boring.
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Explanation/CRP CLERK MAINS/Reasoning Ability
Q.91.(5) Step- 1: D S * H 4 W N T L $ F 3 6 Q 5 C # 7 % Q.96.(4) Q.97.(4) Q.98.(5)
8B@9K Q.99.(1) Q.100.(5)
Step- 2: D S * H 4 W N T L $ 3 F 6 5 Q C 7 # % Q.101-105.
8B9@K
Rack Box Color Serial Fruits
Step- 3: D H 4 W N T 3 F 6 5 Q C 7 # L $ S * %
8B9@K Number
8 Box O Brown 19 watermelon
Q.92.(1) Step- 1: D S * H 4 W N T L $ F 3 6 Q 5 C # 7 %
7 Box J White 23 banana
8B@9K 6 Box H Indigo 17 apple
Step- 2: D S * H 4 W N T L $ 3 F 6 5 Q C 7 # % 5 Box K Blue 31 apricot
8B9@K 4 Box M Yellow 34 grapes
Step- 3: D H 4 W N T 3 F 6 5 Q C 7 # L $ S * % 3 Box I Red 37 orange
8B9@K 2 Box L Green 27 blackberry
1 Box N Orange 21 peach
Step- 3: D H 4 W N T 3 F 6 5 Q C 7 L S 8 B 9 K
Q.101.(3) Q.102.(3) Q.103.(4)
Q.93.(2) Step- 1: D S * H 4 W N T L $ F 3 6 Q 5 C # 7 %
Q.104.(4) Q.105.(3)
8B@9K
Q.106-110.
Step- 2: D S * H 4 W N T L $ 3 F 6 5 Q C 7 # %
WagonR
8B9@K
Creta
Step- 3: D H 4 W N T 3 F 6 5 Q C 7 # L $ S * %
8B9@K Brezza
U
Q.94.(5) A 0.2 km C Q
0.4 km 0.4 km T R Nano
E 0.9 km K 0.2 km I 0.5 km G
Polo
1.2 km
1.2 km
P V S
1.2 km
L J 0.5 km
F 0.9 km H Verna
0.4 km 0.4 km
Captur Amaze
B D Duster
Q.106.(3) Q.107.(4) Q.108.(3)
Q.95.(3)
A 0.2 km C Q.109.(5) Q.110.(3)
0.4 km 0.4 km Q.111.(2) The numeric value of the letters are calculated
E 0.9 km K 0.2 km I 0.5 km G by considering A as 1 and Z as 26.
1.2 km The code for VITAMIN using the below
1.2 km 1.2 km
L J 0.5 km mentioned logic is
F 0.9 km
0.4 km 0.4 km
H (V+T+M+N) – (I+A+I) = (22+20+13+14)
– (9+1+9)
B D 69 – 19 = 50
Q.96-100. Hence, the answer is E.
Month Book Genre Font Pages Similarly,
February Book-7 Sci-Fi Reis 190 (S+T+R+N+G) – (A+E) = (19+20+18+14+7) –
March Book-6 Action Sheila 135 (1+5) = 78 – 6= 72
April Book-2 Thriller Calibri 120
May Book-4 Romance Kalam 125 Q.112.(3) EFFECT = (F+F+C+T) – (E+E) = (6+6+3+20) –
July Book-1 Horror Rumi 110 (5+5) = 25
October Book-3 Drama Italic 200 Q.113.(4) DREAM = (D+R+M) – (E+A) = (4+18+13) –
December Book-5 Mystery Sophia 230 (5+1) = 35 – 6 = 29

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Q.114.(1) BRUTAL = (B+R+T+L) – (A+U) and would stop our startups from making their
= (2+18+20+12) – (1+21) mark as the policies are not supportive. Hence,
52 – 22 = 30 option (3) is correct.
Q.115.(4) SUPREME = (S+P+R+M) – (U+E+E) Q.125.(4)
= (19+16+18+13) – (21+5+5) = 66 – 31 = 35 Q.126.(1) Statement I is correct. It states how the number
of people employed has been dwindling over
Q.116-120.
Input : 2436 1192 2971 1234 3420
the years. This weakens the importance of the
(2×6, 4×3) (1×2, 1×9) (2×1, 9×7) (1×4, 2×3) (3×0, 4×2)
handloom sector. Statement II is incorrect as it
Step-I: 1212 0209 0263 0406 0008
not strengthens the importance of the argument.
+(32)2 +(32)2 +(32)2 +(32)2 +(32)2
Statement III is incorrect as it does not impact
Step-II: 2236 1233 1287 1430 1032 the argument. Hence, option (1) is correct.
Arranged in ascending order Q.127-130.
Step-III: 1032 1233 1287 1430 2236 1 (a) 1 (b)
(10+12+12+14+22) (32+33+87+30+36)
B/D B/D
Step-IV: 70 218
S/R M S/R P+ M
(7+0=7=72=49) (2+1+8=11=112=121) A P+ J A P+ J
(49+121) P+ N P+ N
Step-V: 170 K O K O
Input : 5241 4522 3489 4179 4183 S/R S/R
Step-I: 0508 0810 2732 3607 1208 L B/D L B/D
Building-1 Building-2 Building-3 Building-1 Building-2 Building-3
Step-II: 1532 1834 3756 4631 2232
Step-III: 1532 1834 2232 3756 4631 2 (a) 2 (b)
Step-IV: 138 185 B/D B/D
Step-V: 340 S/R M S/R P+ M
A P+ J A P+ J
Q.116.(2) Q.117.(3) Q.118.(5) P+ N P+ N
Q.119.(1) Q.120.(5) K O K O
Q.121.(3) By referring to the latent talent that some children S/R S/R
L B/D L B/D
may be neglecting, the educator is implying that
not all talent shows its face at an early age. Building-1 Building-2 Building-3 Building-1 Building-2 Building-3

Q.122.(3) The text states that preparation, like equipment, Q.127.(4) Q.128.(5) Q.129.(5) Q.130.(5)
is a major factor in the risk of injury during high- Q.131-135
risk activities. People who are poorly trained run Persons H E G C F B D A
a higher risk of injury even if provided with Age
the best equipment. From this we can infer that 7 28 10 42 18 36 13 30
(in years)
whatever benefits might derive from the best
equipment can be negated by improper training. Person G's vessels
Vessels
Q.123.(3) The option (3) states that a heart scan could result C3 E5 B2 F6 D4 A1
(North)
in indirect harm by causing a patient to undergo Milk
risky unnecessary procedures. This is supported 5 2 6 1 3 4
(Liters)
by the passage, which states that the scans could Color Black Yellow Purple Red Blue Green
result in undue concern and treatment. Q.131.(4) Q.132.(1) Q.133.(4)
Q.124.(3) To become a world leading producer, one needs Q.134.(2) Q.135.(3)
to have economies of scale.Statement I is a
Q.136.(3)
strong argument. It states that simply having
A B
a huge number of startups is not enough but E D D A
what is done with them in terms of growth is
important. Statement II is not strong as it does
not add anything to support the given original B C E F
statement and is irrelevant. Statement III is F C
correct. If this is true, this is a strong argument Q.137.(1) Q.138.(4) Q.139.(4) Q.140.(2)

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Explanation/CRP Clerk Mains/Numerical Ability
Q.141.(3) Let the number of boys = 4x and the number of Q.143.(3)
girls = 5x 2
 r  2650 × 4 × r
If 45 students from the same school leave the 5000 1 +  − 5000 =
school  100  100
5000 (1 + 0.01r ) − 5000 = 106r
2
45 × 4
Then the number of boys left = = 20
5000 (1 + 0.0001r 2 ) − 5000 = 106r
9
45 × 5
Then the number of girls left = 9 = 25
5000 + 0.5r 2 + 100r − 5000 = 106r
According to the question,
4 x − 20 4
0.5r 2 − 6r = 0
=
5 x − 25 + 40 9 6
4 x − 20 4
r= = 12%
= 0.5
5 x + 15 9
2650 × 12 × 4
36x – 180 = 20x + 60
= 106 ×12 = 1272
100
16x = 240 So, Quantity I = Rs. 1272
x = 15 Quantity II = Rs. 1275
The number of boys = 4x = 4 × 15 = 60 Q.144.(3) The efficiency of inlet pipe
And the number of girls = 5x = 5 × 15 = 75 25000
= = 2500 liters/hour
10
When, 50% of the boys left then the remaining
The efficiency of outlet pipe
number of boys = 50% of 60 = 30
25000
Total students = 30 + 75 = 105 = = 625 liters/hour
40
30 ×100 Quantity I:
= 28.57%
105 25000
Half of the tank = = 12500 liters
2
Therefore, Quantity : I < Quantity : II The efficiency of pipe A and B together
Q.142.(1) Case 1, = 2500 – 625 = 1875 litres per hour
When A goes for 500 meters B goes for 450 12500 20
meters The reqd. time = = hours
1875 3
A : B = 500 : 450 = 10 : 9 = 6 hours 40 min.
Case 2, Quantity II:
When B goes for 1000 meters, C goes for 750 100% in 10 hours therefore, 70% of 10 = 7 hours
meters Therefore, Quantity : I < Quantity : II
B : C = 1000 : 750 = 4 : 3 Q.145.(5) Quantity I:
A : B : C = 40 : 36 : 27 Relative speed of man and train
Quantity I: = 15 + 7.5 = 22.5 km/hr = 22.5 × 5/18 m/sec
When A travels 40x meters C travels 27x meters Distance(x) = speed × time
When A travels 40 × 20 = 800 meters 22.5 × 5 × 40
= 250 meters
C will travel 27 × 20 = 540 meters 18
It means, A will beat C by Quantity II :
800 – 540 = 260 meters x + y = 15 × 120 × 5/18
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Y = 500 – 250 = 250 meters = the length of Total employee working in company C at the end
platform of year 2017
Therefore, Quantity I = Quantity II = 252 – 108 + 324 – 48 + 372 – 84 = 708
Q.146.(1) Required difference = 708 – 432 = 276
3 3 9 Q.152.(1) Let total sale be x
×
7 8 56 92 % of 8000 + 90% (x-8000)=12310
=
 3 3 4 5   9 20  after solving x=13500
 7 × 8 + 7 × 9   56 + 63  Q.153.(5) SI of 2.5 years=12.5 2.5 25.92=810 Rs
CI of 2.5 years =
9
56 81 7 2 − 62
⇒ = 2592 × = 936
241 241 62
63 1
3528 × = 294
12
Q.147.(4) Total employee working in Company A in 2014
32 CI of 2.5 years= 936+294=1230
= x× = 64 = x = 200
difference of SI and CI=1230-810 = Rs. 420
100
Total working employee in Company A in end of Q.154.(5)
A n 13
2016 = 200–60 + 306 – 96 + 234 – 72 = 512 =
Bn 10
Total working employee in Company B in end of
2016 = 288 – 54 + 216 – 48 = 402 Tw = 10 × 12 + 20 × 13 = 380
402 380
×100 ≈ 78% = 19
Required % = 2 × 10
512
Q.148.(2) Total employee working in Company C at the Q.155.(1) Make quantity of liquid perfume equal
end of 2017 = 1272 – 9x = 399 27 : 7 = 27 : 7
9x = 873 9 (3 : 1) = 27 : 9
x = 97 Now, 27 + 7 = 34 = 340
1 = 10, 2 = 20
So, 7x = 7×97 = 679
Q.156.(2) M = 2R
Total employee working in Company B at the
F = M + 5 ........(i)
end of 2016 = 480 + 288 + 216 – 54 – 679 = 251 10 years back,
Q.149.(3) F – 10 = 3(R - 10) .............(ii)
2013 660 After 5 years,
2014 672 F + 5 = 2(R + 5) ..............(iii)
2015 906 After solving
2016 1122-6x Ratio: 5 : 10 : 11
2017 1554-7x Q.157-160.
Total 4914 – 13x = 1398 Number of Skilled Unskilled
Village
13x = 3516 Players Players Players
Q.150.(2) 7 x + 6 x + 72 P 720 440 280
= 63 Q 900 500 400
3
R 1680 880 800
x=9 S 1500 700 800
Total employee working in company B at the end T 1200 360 840
of 2016 = 306 – 63 + 234 – 72 = 405
Q.157.(4) Required %
Total employee joined company C in 2016 = 324
500 + 360 − 800 60
81 = ×100 = ×100 = 7.5%
Required % = ×100 = 25% 800 800
324 Q.158.(3) Ratio between male unskilled player to female
Q.151.(4) Total employee working in company A at the end unskilled players in village S = 5: 3
of year 2016 8 = 800
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5 = 500 Q.171-175.
Required ratio = 500: 1080 = 25: 54 Upstream Downstream Stream
Days
325 distance distance speed
Q.159.(2) 1680 × % = 780 Day – 1 60 75 -
7 Day – 2 56 90 2
7 Day – 3 40 75 -
780 × = 420
13 Day – 4 72 80 3
800 − 420 = 380 Day – 5 48 60 -
Q.160.(2) Total skilled player in village U Day – 6 64 70 4
Day – 7 60 50 2
120
= 280 × = 336 Q.171.(5) Data is not sufficient
100
3 = 336 Q.172.(3) 56 + 90 = 25 1
b−2 b+2 4
1 = 112
on putting b = 6, we get the answer
7 = 784
75 70 5
784 – 336 = 448 − =
800 – 448 = 352 Q.173.(5) 28 + x 31 + 4 6
x=2
352
×100 = 44% Q.174.(4)
800
50
=2
Q.161.(1) 23 + 2
Number of Skilled Unskilled 15 15
Village 2× =
Players Players Players 32 16
P 1008 550 458 60
=
15
Q 1260 600 660 b − 2 16
R 2352 456 1896 b − 2 = 64
S 2100 798 1302 51.20
T 1680 396 1284 = 0.8h
64
Q.162-166.
Q.175.(5) Can’t be determined.
2017 2018 2019
Australia 450 750 300 Q.176.(4) Any of the two are sufficient to answer the
England 150 400 400 question.
Other 600 450 700 Q.177.(5) Any two of these are sufficient to answer the
Total 1200 1600 1400 question.
Q.162.(3) = 1600 Q.178.(4) None of these are sufficient to answer the
Q.163.(2) = 150 + 400 + 400 = 950 question.
Q.164.(4) = 450: 400 = 9: 8 Q.179.(4) Only I and III are sufficient to answer the
question.
Q.165.(1) = 600 – 450 = 150
Q.180.(5) From (I) Profit percent of Jeevan
750
Q.166.(5) = ×100 = 250%
300 = = 20
Q.167.(3) ? ≈ 80
From (II) Profit percent of Rahul
5000 3800
Q.168.(1) + = 23 + 19 ≈ 42
220 200 = = 15

Q.169.(4) 5329 − 4096 = ? So both statements are necessary

4 Q.181.(3) Runs scored by A for first 30 overs = 4.5×30 =
135
? = 308.25
Runs scored by A for last 20 overs = 5.5 × 20 =
Q.170.(5) 110
450 270 Total Run scored by A in 50 overs = 135 + 110 =
850× + 6280 × − 1480 = 3825 + 16950 − 1480 ≈ 19295
100 100 245

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Total Runs scored by B in 50 overs = 245 – 10 = (3x+16) - (x+2) = 30
235 2x+14=30
235 2x=16
So the required average = 50 = 4.7
x 18 3 x=8
Q.182.(1) × = 4x=32
40 39 26
x = 10
Q.187.(4)
x + y = 22
y = 22 – 10 = 12 La La + 180
=
Q.183.(3) The ratio of efficiency of A to B is 3: 2 8 17
Together they can do 5x work per day La = 160m
In 8 days they can does 40x work 160
7 Sa = = 20m / s
×total work = 40x 8
12 160 + Lb
40 x ×12 480 x = 30 + 20
Total work = =
7 7 8
Total work done by B alone in 160 + Lb = 400
480 x 240 2
= = = 34 days Lb = 240
7 × 2x 7 7
Q.184.(4) 240 + 180 420
t= = = 14sec
30 30
Q.188.(1)
7m C.P. S .P
A (4 5) × 4
B (3 4)× 5
22
× 7 × 7 = 154m 16 20
2

7 15 20
22 1 → 175

× 7 × 7 × 2 = 308m3
72 31 → 175 × 31 = 5425
(a –154m2) × 0.77 = 308 m3
a2– 154m2 = 400m2 Q.189.(2) Let the age of Ayush is x years.
a2 = 554 m2 A W D S
Q.185.(5) let he invested Rs 100 3x + 6 x−6 x−6
x +3 +7
after 2 years he got Rs 121 4 4 4
and now he invested Rs 50 x−6 x−6 3x + 6
10 +7+ +x+ +3
171× = 444.6 4 4 4 = 30.25
100 4
171 = 4446
9x + 34
1 = 26 = 30.25
16
100 = 2600
9x = 450
145
2600 × = 3770 x = 50
100 Q.190.(3) C.P. M.P. S.P.
Q.186.(3) 100 250 150
M : W 50 = 30
8 : 1 100 = 60
48 6 250 = 150
18 60 150 375/4
16 2
profit = 135×80/4 = 2700

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