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Dear Readers,
Bankers Adda in collaboration with Career Power brings to you Competition Power. The reason why this collaboration is
so important and a landmark event as both BA and Career Power has had a long and extremely successful association
with students appearing for competitive exams.
This magazine includes various initiatives that cover various aspects of Banking and SSC exams in an exhaustive manner.
Keeping in mind the upcoming exams, we have covered Current Affairs for not only the month of December but also for
the month of November under the name Current Affairs Zinger. To make learning easy for the students we have also
introduced another initiative by the name "NEWS MAKER OF THE MONTH" which covers all the important people,
appointments, awards, etc that have made news.
Having covered the GK and CA portion in an exhaustive manner, we have also given equal importance and focus to the
other subjects of the exams, be it Reasoning, Quant, English, Banking, Interview Preparation or Guidance and boosting
the confidence of students. We have also given Mock Papers on IBPS Specialist Officer, LIC AAO and SSC CGL for
practice for our readers, so that they can increase their speed and accuracy. This edition of Magazine also includes a new
series named Twisted Ones which will have questions with higher difficulty level.
We believe that each and every student has the hidden potential to reach the unattainable heights, and it is our
responsibility to provide them with a platform that hones their skills enabling them to overcome each and every
challenge that comes their way while appearing for these exams.
Having said this I would like to give special thanks to the specialized mentors of Bankers Adda and Career Power team for
providing us with the needed support and making this magazine a success.
Good Luck And God Bless
Team Competition Power !!
WHATS THERE?
Motivational Stories | 2
Current Affairs December | 14
Success Stories | 7, 59
Tips for Banking Interview | 8
GK Hindu Review : December | 61
Current Affairs Zinger | 69
Tips for IBPS Specialist Officer
Exam | 120
Handy Notes :
- Discount | 47-49
- Prepositions | 52
- Direction Sense Part 2 | 53-56
- Priority Sector Lending | 57-58
Civics Trickky Notes | 68
Twisted Ones | 76-81
Posts in SSC CGL | 85-88
NEWSMAKER OF THE MONTH | 3-6

CURRENT AFFAIRS | 14-46
India In News | State In News | News From The Banking
Sector News Related To Indian Economy | Business
Ncommittees In News Agreement | Mou Signed | Committees
In News | Ranks And Reports | Pm Visits New Appointments
Obituaries | Awards | Defence | Sports News & more
MOCK PAPERS | 89-148

SSC CGL-2015 Paper held on 16.08.2015
IBPS Specialist Officer- HR/MARKETING/IT
LIC AAO PRACTICE SET | Current Affairs Practice Set
Practice Set for Quantitative Aptitude| Reasoning | English
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Only Persistence Leads To The Goal..!!

A common response to identifying lifestyle changes that
might make a depressed person feel better is, Easier said
than done. Someone coping with depression may get what
she's supposed to do, but the question is how? After all,
depression kills motivation, energy, interest, and focus.
Once you give the engine a jump, it often becomes easier,
but until then, how do you connect the jumper cables you
need to make a spark?
1. Set the bar LOW.
When youre depressed, youre not functioning at your usual
70-90%. Rather, youre sitting somewhere closer to 20%. If
you set the same expectations for yourself that you had
when you werent feeling depressed (which is sometimes just
getting dressed), youre going to feel anxious and
overwhelmed, and probably wont do the task you expected
from yourself (and thus will feel defeated and ashamed).
Set SMALL AND SPECIFIC GOALS. Seriously. Unload the
dishwasher. Heck, unload three glasses. Task completed and
still itching for more? You can always raise the bar if youre
feeling particularly motivated. Take note that if you feel
highly overwhelmed while tackling your goal, chances are it's
too high and you need to lower it to something more realistic
or specific.
2. Practice self-compassion.
Self-criticism is depressions BFF. If you beat yourself up for
being so unproductive and lazy, Youre going to keep
yourself feeling like crap and thus, paralyzed. Try instead to
use the same encouraging words you might use for a friend
or loved one. If you cant find the words, read more about
self-compassion here.
confidence in their ability to perform tasks. As such, they

tend to feel overwhelmed and avoid such tasks. Lower
expectations for yourself within the task, and envision how
you (might) feel after the task rather than during.
5. Make the goal to do it, not to enjoy it.
When youre feeling depressed, its natural to lose interest in
things that used to make you happy. Comedy is no longer
funny, sports are no longer fun, spending time with friends is
no longer engaging. Anxiety, depression, and self-loathing
take over, leading to feelings of detachment and defeat. So,
when doing something fun or active, do it with the goal
to do it, not to enjoy it.
6. Acknowledge your courage for stepping out of your
comfort zone.
As painful as it is, depression can be come comfortable in a
devil you know kind of way. You know what to expect, for
the most part. You know the pain, youre in the pain, you can
predict that tomorrow will be more of the same. The idea of
stepping out of this comfort zone can be quite anxiety
provoking. If you keep doing what youve always done, youre
always going to get what youve always gotten. So, if you find
youre able to do something (even very slightly) different,
congratulate yourself. Theres a good chance whatever
youre experiencing will come with anxiety, because anxiety
accompanies uncertainty. Anxiety may be telling you youre
stepping out of the familiar routine of depression, so
acknowledge your courage and try to bring such experiences
forward in your journey.
3. Recruit support, or ask for help.

Some of us have trouble holding ourselves accountable at the
best of times. With little motivation or energy, its that much
harder. Confide in someone you trust, and ask for their help.
Ask a friend to hold you to your commitment. Ask your
partner to accompany to a yoga class. Pay for your support
group, counseling appointment, or massage beforehand so
youll be more motivated to attend.
4. Envision how you'll feel after the task.
Getting in the shower, going for a walk, preparing a meal, or
hanging out with a friend seems like a very ominous task if
you focus on the effort involved. People who are depressed
generally have low self-efficacy, which means they have low
COMPETITION POWER FEBRUARY 2016
Newsmakers of the Month December 2015

Liberia and Afghanistan becomes the
new WTO members
Liberia has finally acceded to the World Trade Organization
(WTO) with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf describing the
event as another turning point in Liberia's history. The
accession makes
Liberia the 35th
least
developed
country to be
admitted into the
WTO and the
organization's 163rd Member State.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) formally approved
Afghanistans membership to the WTO at its 10th ministerial
conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Afghanistan has
become the 164th WTO member and the 36th least
developed country (LDC) to join the global trade body after
11 years of negotiations.
What is WTO?
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international
organization dealing with the global rules of trade between
nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as
smoothly, predictably and freely as possible.
Important Facts related to WTO
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Established: 1 January 1995
Created by: Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-94)
Membership: 164 countries on 22 December 2015
Head: Roberto Azevdo (Director-General)
Functions:
Administering WTO trade agreements
Forum for trade negotiations
Handling trade disputes
Monitoring national trade policies
Technical assistance and training for developing countries
Cooperation with other international organizations
Brief About:
Liberia
Capital: Monrovia
Currency: Liberian dollar
President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Vice President: Joseph Boakai
Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul
Currency: Afghani (AFN)
President: Ashraf Ghani
PSLV C29 launched from Satish Dhawan

Space Centre with 6 Singapore
Satellites
Indian
Space
Research
Organisation (Isro) has added
another country to its client list
for
commercial
satellite
launches after Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C29) put
in orbit six Singapore satellites.
The Singaporean satellites would help the city-state gather
information on disaster monitoring and urban planning were
launched by ISROs workhorse Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle(PSLV-C29) coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic relations between Singapore and
India this year
A core-alone version of the PSLV (without solid strap-ons)
took off from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space
Centre in Sriharikota, 100km north of Chennai, at 6pm on
Wednesday. A little more than 18 minutes later, the rocket
ejected the 400kg TeLEOS-1 into a 549km circular orbit. The
other five satellites (two micro satellites and one nano
satellite) were put in orbit within another three minutes
before the fourth stage of the rocket re-started to move
away from the satellites before. After this, Isro chairman A S
Kiran Kumar announced the mission a success.
This was the 32nd flight for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV) which once again proved its reliability as the
workhorse rocket for ISRO, recording its 31st consecutive
success. The mission was the golden jubilee launch for ISRO
from Sriharikota, since the maiden launch in August 1979, an
official of the space agency said.
What is PSLV?
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch
system developed and operated by the Indian Space

Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India
to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into Sun
synchronous orbits. PSLV can also launch small size satellites
into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
ICC AWARDS 2015 Announced

Steve Smith became the fourth Australia player and 11th
player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers
Trophy after being named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year
2015. Australia captain also wins ICC Test Cricketer of the
Year award while De Villiers named ICC ODI Cricketer of the
Year.
The full list of ICC Award 2015 winners is:
ICC Cricketer of
the
Year
(Sir
Garfield
Sobers
Trophy)-Steve
Smith (Australia)
ICC Test Cricketer
of the Year Steve
Smith (Australia)
ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year AB de Villiers (South
Africa)
ICC Womens ODI Cricketer of the Year Meg Lanning
(Australia)
ICC Womens T20I Cricketer of the Year Stafanie Taylor
(West Indies)
ICC T20I Performance of the Year Faf du Plessis (South
Africa) (119, 56 balls, 11x4, 5x6 2nd T20I vs West
Indies, 11 January 2015, Johannesburg)
ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year Josh Hazlewood
(Australia)
ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year Khurram
Khan (UAE)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award Brendon McCullum (New
Zealand)
ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Trophy)
Richard Kettleborough
all sale and purchase of goods and services and for all modes
of payment.
This move will bring all high-value household purchases like
high-end electronic gadgets, foreign holidays booked through
tour packages, luxury
items like expensive
watches and gold
jewellery purchases
under the lens of the
taxmen.
The monetary limits
for quoting PAN has raised to Rs. 10 lakh from Rs. 5 lakh for
sale or purchase of immovable property, to Rs 50,000 from
Rs 25,000 in the case of one time hotel or restaurant bills and
to Rs 1 lakh from Rs 50,000 for purchase or sale of shares of
an unlisted company.
The government also made PAN mandatory for the purchase
of cash or prepaid cards amounting to Rs.50,000 or more in
year. Gold jewellery purchase above Rs.2 lakh too would also
need PAN details. The current limit is Rs.5 lakh. All fixed
deposits with post offices, cooperative banks, Nidhis, nonbanking finance companies will also require PAN.
It will also be required under:
PAN should be quoted for purchase of bank drafts/ pay
orders/ banker's cheques exceeding Rs 50,000 on a single
day
Cash deposit exceeding Rs.50,000/- in a single day.
For purchase of foreign currency or cash payment related
to foreign travel exceeding Rs.50,000/ Payment in excess of Rs 50,000 for purchase of mutual
fund units
For opening a demat account
Payment exceeding Rs.50,000 for purchase of RBI bonds
Payment exceeding Rs.50,000/- in a year as life insurance
premium
Persons who do not hold PAN are required to fill a form
and furnish any one of the specified documents to
establish their identity, the statement said. The new
rules will come into effect from January 1, 2016.
Government notified mandatory

quoting of PAN for cash transactions
over Rs 2 lakh
The marginal cost of funds-based

lending rate (MCLR), the new way of
deciding the interest rate
The central government has made it a must to quote the

permanent account number (PAN) for all transactions above
Rs.2 lakh in a bid to curb black money. This requirement will
come into effect from January 2016 and will be applicable on
The Reserve Bank of India announced that banks, with effect

from April 1, will move to the marginal cost of funds-based
lending approach for determining their respective base rates.
Base rate is the minimum lending rate below which banks are

not allowed to lend.
All rupee loans sanctioned and credit limits renewed with
effect from April 1 will be priced with reference to the
marginal cost of fundsbased
lending
rate
(MCLR). The marginal
cost of funds will
comprise marginal cost
of
borrowings
(constituting deposits
core portion of current
and savings deposits;
fixed and floating rate term deposits; foreign and currency
deposits and borrowings short-term and long-term rupee
borrowings and foreign currency borrowings) and return on
net worth.
Apart from helping improve the transmission of policy rates
into lending rates of banks, these measures are expected to
improve transparency in the methodology followed by banks
for determining interest rates on advances.
Below are the key highlights:
1. All rupee loans sanctioned and credit limits renewed
w.e.f. April 1, 2016 will be priced with reference to the
Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) which
will be the internal benchmark for such purposes.
2. The MCLR will be a tenor linked internal benchmark.
3. Actual lending rates will be determined by adding the
components of spread to the MCLR.
4. Banks will review and publish their MCLR of different
maturities every month on a pre-announced date.
5. Banks may specify interest reset dates on their floating
rate loans. They will have the option to offer loans with
reset dates linked either to the date of sanction of the
loan/credit limits or to the date of review of MCLR.
6. The periodicity of reset shall be one year or lower.
7. The MCLR prevailing on the day the loan is sanctioned
will be applicable till the next reset date, irrespective of
the changes in the benchmark during the interim period.
8. Existing loans and credit limits linked to the base rate
may continue till repayment or renewal, as the case may
be. Existing borrowers will also have the option to move
to the Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)
linked loan at mutually acceptable terms.
1) Banks will continue to review and publish base rate as
hitherto. The Reserve Bank of India had brought out the
draft guidelines on banks adopting marginal cost of funds
methodology for calculating base rates on Sep. 1, 2015.
COP21: The Paris Climate Change

Conference
The summit is about reaching a new global deal on cutting

carbon emissions beyond 2020 and agreeing financing to
help poorer countries cope with climate change. It was held
in Pariss north-eastern suburb of Le Bourget, from 30
November to 11 December. 195 countries are attending, and
about 150 world leaders including US president Barack
Obama, Chinas Xi Jinping, Indias Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and the UKs David Cameron attended the opening of
the summit.
Major Points related to the Summit
The adoption of a new global climate change agreement
which is backed by 196 countries with very different
priorities.
The new aspirational goal to keep warming below 1.5C.
It does not simply replace the longstanding 2C goal with
1.5C, but the goal is to hold warming "to well below 2C
above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit
the temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial
levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce
the risks and impacts of climate change.
The Long-term goal is to give practical relevance to the
temperature limit. The draft wording aims to peak global
greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible and to
achieve balance between emissions and sinks in the
second half of the century.
The text provides essentially a two-stage process to
increase ambition over time, acknowledging that the
current provisions are not going to be enough to reach

the long-term 2C temperature limit. In 2018, there will
be a facilitative dialogue to take stock of the collective
efforts of countries, which should inform the efforts of
future commitments. Countries which have submitted
targets for 2025 are then urged to come back in 2020
with a new target, while those with 2030 targets are
invited to communicate or update them. This process
will essentially be repeated every five years, with the first
post-2020 stocktake occurring in 2023.
The agreement places a legal obligation on developed
countries to continue to provide climate finance to
developing countries. It also encourages other countries
to provide support voluntarily a compromise between
the highly polarized positions that have taken centre
stage at the negotiations. Many of the details have been
moved out of the legally binding agreement and into the
more flexible decisions. This includes the provision that,
prior to 2025, countries should agree a new collective
quantified goal from the floor of $100bn per year, which
is the current aspiration.
Countries would be required to pursuepolicieswith
the aim of achieving their climate pledges (INDCs), a
tougher than expected provision. The decision text
invites countries to write long-term low-emissions
strategies by 2020, while the legal agreement says they
should strive to do this.
visit would be on forging greater synergies between two

major Asian economies and take forward the special strategic
ties. In the 9th annual Indo-Japan summit, Modi and Abe had
reviewed implementation of various decisions taken in
course of last one year to enhance economic ties, particularly
in the trade and investment sector. PM Modi said Abes visit
would deepen Indo-Japan relations.
Sources said a number of agreements were signed
including..
1. Rs 98,000 crore contract to build Indias first bullet train
network was inked.
2. Memorandum concerning
the Agreement
on
Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
3. Agreement concerning transfer of Defence Equipment
and Technology Cooperation.
"The memorandum on civil nuclear energy cooperation is
more than just an agreement for commerce and clean
energy. It would be a shining symbol of a new level of mutual
confidence and strategic partnership," PM Modi said.
After the talks, he left for Varanasi, which is Modis
Parliamentary constituency, where he had been attended
Ganga Aarti at famous Dasaswamedh Ghat, which is one of
the holiest places in Varanasi. Modi accompanied Abe during
his nearly four-and-a-half-hour-long visit to Varanasi.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe concluded his three-day
visit to India with the NAMASTE.
Japan PM Shinzo Abe arrives in India:

Bullet train, civil nuclear deal top
agendas
The focus of the visit would be on forging greater synergies
between two major Asian
economies
and take
forward
the
special
strategic ties.
Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe arrived in India
on a three-day visit. Welcoming his Japanese counterpart in
Delhi, Prime Minister Modi described him as a phenomenal
leader and said his trip would further deepen the bilateral
relations.
A Rs 98,000-crore deal to build a bullet train network was
among a number of agreements were signed during Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abes three-day visit. The focus of the
Success Story: SBI PO (Follow Your Heart)

SBI has never been in my dreams when I started my
banking preparations a year before in the month of August
when I joined a coaching
center in our area. I've always
felt that SBI is meant for real
hard workers and brilliant
ones and I never included me
as one among them. After all
the real life hardships
prevented me from dreaming
high. My first target was IBPS
PO and I really tried hard
right from the beginning to
make use of all possible
resources but found it really hard to derive a strategy to
cope with the sections, especially I had no idea how to
cover the GA which then seemed to be literally an ocean.
IBPS PO really gave me nuts. I worked hard but it was
simply a hard work and not a smart work at all that
resulted into a failure. My second exam was IBPS clerk
following which I quit the coaching center when I realized
that I had acquired the knowledge and now it is up to me
to study well. I gave a series of exams after that, cleared
IBPS clerk and had real dreams of clearing the interview
which I couldn't as I hadn't secured enough in the written
to get myself placed. The exams that followed were all in
vain. The results of IBPS clerk gave me a sudden blow
which took several days for me to recover. Although I
dont know exactly how I brought myself back to my
studies, Im sure I couldnt have done it without the help
of Bankersadda and a bunch of loving people. It was then
that I posted in BA for the first time.
helped me unconditionally and now I find myself literally

perplexed at my success. It was not simply my studies that
had helped me. My parents, my husband who motivated
me throughout my preparations, the tutors who had
helped me through the GD/PI preparations, a few people
who had willing fully advised me through sites irrespective
of the fact that Im a totally unknown and desperate
banking aspirant asking for tips, a movie which had
inspired me and finally those who had hurt me mentally
really bad. (that really helped !!) I owe my success to all
those who have stood by me and supported me.
Bankersadda does a lot of magic and the amazing hard
work behind the successful journey of the site and is quite
appreciable.
Ive learned a lot of QA, Reasoning, English and GA within
this one year. But above all Ive learnt that, *God has a
unique plan for each one of us.* *When he denies us
something, he definitely has something better waiting for
us.* And when we are facing intolerable agony, misery
and disappointment at a point in our lives, believe me it is
just a veil hiding an upcoming happiness and prosperity. I
was one of those who constantly get slammed on face on
approaching corporates in search of jobs.* A big thanks to
all those hi-fi corporates for not selecting me!! *Im not
sure if my words could be of any help to my fellow
aspirants. But I would like to say one thing to you, *One
who fails to plan, plans to fail..* so fill in the boost to plan
your moves, create your own strategy better not to follow
someone elses. *Finally in every breath remind yourselves
of your destiny..*
Unemployment was not my only problem, I had a lot of

family problems as well which had put me in severe stress.
Then I made up my mind to study with the help of
wonderful sites like Bankers adda and I started visiting a
library where I sat for hours without a friend but a lot of
unknown people. I studied with the help of borrowed
books and finally cleared the SBI prelims. Though the exam
hall was quite unfriendly for me with a dysfunctional
computer I made it to the GD/PI shortlist as well. My
interview preparation gives me a nightmare even now.
The fact that Ive attended only 110 questions reminded
me of my IBPS clerk results when I had just crossed the
border and I was in a dilemma all the time. But finally God
INTERVIEW ZING WITH BANKERS ADDA: Frequently asked questions

1) Why did you choose CA/
engineering/
MBA/
CS/
Pharmacy , if you wanted to
enter into banking?
Objective:
This question is aimed to find
out whether you are a product
of choice or circumstances. Your
stand should be that of choice
and not circumstances, but with
good reasoning.
Suggested Guidelines:
Never take the position that you did not like the other so
you came to this. Among the various options available to
you in all the three situations, you have deeply analyzed,
taken pros and cons into consideration and have arrived
at a decision. You have chosen this option as you thought
you will do well and will have a good long term
professional growth.
This question enables you to show a realistic and
practical personality and the ability to exercise the right
choice in life.
This will show your futuristic outlook and result
orientation. This will also reveal that you are not inclined
to fall in comfort zone and willing to pay the price for
achievement in life.
Do not take a stand which shows traces of negativity or
your helplessness. you can mention that you have done
your homework and feel assured to have a long term
successful career in this chosen job, industry. you were
driven by long term gains and not deterred by short term
pains of having to start from the very basic.
Remember it is not what you say but how you say is
important!
The secret of being happy is not doing what one likes but in
liking what one does.
2) What preparations did you make for this interview? What
did you do specifically to prepare for this job?
Objective:
These questions are aimed to find out whether you have
casually walked in the interview or have made serious
preparations.
Guidelines:
As a professional you should never give an impression
that your actions / decisions are without due

preparations and deliberations.
Be honest and mention briefly the steps you have
undertaken in order to succeed in the interview.
Do not give all the source of your preparation or
information.
However you can take a position that you attach a lot of
importance to your decision of joining a particular
industry or organization and you have been making
efforts in the same direction.
When asked about the specific steps you should be able
to mention the specific steps that you taken in the past.
Too much details may invite counter questions which
ultimately may not suit you.
The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of
nothing.
The difference between a successful person and others is
not the lack of strength, not the lack of knowledge, but
rather the lack of will!
3) Why did you make so many changes in the past?
Discussion:
This question assumes different significance for prequalification changes and post qualification changes. While
pre-qualification changes are not significant as these can
always be referred as short term assignments.
Why this question?
To find your motivation and de-motivation factors from your
past.
Pre-qualification changes should be portrayed as short
term assignments taken for sustaining yourself during
the studies, to utilized the time and to meaningfully gain
the industry experience or even to make some money to
sustain your studies.
Post qualification changes have to be justified in a logical
manner citing specific reasons for making career
decisions. your should pre-analyze the impact / effect of
your answer on the interviewer and the possible counter
questions..
In all changes you need to mention that you were guided
by the added value or results rather than the monetary
considerations.
Qualified professionals should not portray themselves to
be chasing money rather they should show that they
believe in the philosophy of chasing a good job which
they can do well, so that money and other perks will

naturally flow to them.
A professional sitting idle or unemployed diminishes the
bargaining power of the interviewee in an an interview.
hence be careful not to highlight your unemployment.
in such situations you should have rational explanation to
offer for such absence from work. rather it will be
appropriate to fill the breaks with justified answer.
4) Do you consider yourself successful and why?

Objective:
To check your result orientation and attitude towards self.
Suggested guidelines:
Neither be defensive nor boastful, just show that you are
comfortable with your achievements so far and looking
ahead. Be prepared to give your specific achievements
from the past.
Avoid flowery language or vague generalization.
Interviewer wants to associate with successful people
only.
5) Tell us about your biggest achievement.
Say either your qualification or skill related

development, however be prepared to give justification
and be prepared for the cross examination.
Try to avoid an emotional, flowery language. be

functional and specific.
Do not evade the questions by referring to

generalizations. you have to exhibit your confidence to
handle the job on strength of your professional
qualification and training.
Make a gentle statement that whatever you planned to

achieve in life, you have achieved so far and will
continue to strive in future.
6) Why should we select you? or
Give me 3 reasons so that we select you? or
What are your strengths? or
Why do you think you will do well in this job or profile?
Objective:
To check your self-esteem, confidence and persuasive skills.
this is a question to measure your level of confidence to
handle the job.
Suggested guidelines:
Relate with your past achievements in studies, articleship, training, family commitment and past projects.
Tell them that whatever assignment was given to you in

the past, you have delivered results. you are quick to
learn.
Show confidence to handle the position and deliver the
result in allotted resources as you have done in the past
assignments or positions.
It is essential to mention 3 reasons if you feel that the
producing results at the given position can be well
justified.
Avoid giving stereo type answers like I am hard working,
sincere, and punctual.
Take a few moments to compare the job description with
your abilities, as well as mentioning what you have
accomplished in your other positions. be positive and
reiterate your interest in the company and the position.
Everything is possible for the person who believes.

the characteristic trait of a mediocre is that he never
speaks, he repeats.
Success is not a destination but a journey.
7) What value addition have you made during the last one
year?
Objective:
To check your result orientation, learning attitude and
futuristic outlook.
State just one skill relevant to the job in IT, life skills, people
skills, technical skill or soft skill while you improves in the last
year. you should be able to give specific actions which you
took to improve the same. the value added should have
relevance to the job.
Interviewer may ask you as to what value you propose adding
this year. And you should have a ready program for the value
you propose adding this year. And you should have a ready
program for the value addition for this year and the coming
years. this shows your proactive approach.
8) What value will you bring to our organization? What is
your USP?
Objective:
To find out how precisely you consider yourself to be
different from others.
This question is aimed to know What makes you unique and
different from others? USP is unique selling proposition.
Briefly state Only One given below:
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My commitment to deliver results.

My resource consciousness especially for time.
my ability to form terms.
My balance in stressful conditions.
My result orientation.
My ability to articulate complex issues.
My out of box thinking.
Be prepared to justify your statement with suitable incident

from the past.
You should have a realistic assessment of your skill set /
competencies. One single point which you mention should be
tangible, visible and credible. It should match well with your
appearance and personality. try to be as brief as you can, this
will enhance your credibility.
9) What are you weaknesses and what are you doing on
them?
Objective:
They want to find out whether you are aware of your
weaknesses, are you doing something to get rid of them and
do you have the courage to admit them?
of the same and you are making sincere to get rid of the
same.
Examples:
I am fairly time conscious but sometimes I become
impatient.
I trust people but sometimes I trust them too quickly.
Sometimes I feel little impatient or nervous while closer
to deadlines.
I go deep in to an issue but sometimes I go for over
details.
I tend to neglect my health and family during days of
over work.
I am a team person but sometimes when time is short, I
tend to become little aggressive and get things done
myself.
Sometimes I over analyze the issues.
For high stake decisions, sometimes I tend to take a little
more time to decide.
I am not very logical in food preferences.
Choose any of the above options, but emphasize more on the
positive portion of the option, and rehearse your answer so
that you do not make it look like a grave negative point.
10) If you know your boss is 100% wrong about something
how would you handle it?
Some Donts
I have no weaknesses
I have but I will not tell you.
Once you select me you will come to know.
Sermonize on weaknesses and evade the direct answer.
Telling any strength in the cover of weakness.
Now some dos:
State the weakness, which is obviously visible in you and
you cannot hide it like proficiency in English or
communication skills.
Talk of an IT skill which is likely to be important in future
but will not call for your rejection now in the interview.
Talk of some skill which is actually a positive , say for
instance you habit of working with perfection, or your
habit of working too hard, something like this.
Weakness should not be very negative like short temper,
irregular etc, as they leave a bad impression.
The interviewer may not be satisfied with your answer as he
is interested to know some of your weaknesses, which is
related to your temperament.
If insisted, you may mention that 'some of your strength in
some situations' becomes your weakness and you are aware
The question If you know your boss is 100% wrong about

something, how would you handle this? is asked to find out
how you deal with a difficult situation.
Sample Answer
An answer that works well is: It depends on the situation
and the personality of the supervisor.
To elaborate, give examples:
My present supervisor does not like to have his authority
questioned. Hes fairly new on the job and almost all of
the people he supervises have been on the job longer
than he has. Hes never bothered to learn the
procedures, how things are done or how the computer
system works. But if any of us tell him that how he wants
something done wont work, he gets extremely angry.
So, I never tell him hes wrong. Never. Whatever he tells
me to do, I smile and say okay. Then if I know a way to
get it done that will work, I do it that way, give him the
results he wants and never tell him I didn't do it the way
he told me to. He got the results and is happy. I
saved myself the stress of being yelled at and gave him
what he wanted so I'm happy.
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My prior supervisor was more easy-going and if I told

her you know, I think it might work better if I do what
you asked in such and such a way, she say okay, try
it.
If I were a new hire on a job, I would probably not
question a supervisor because I might think I didn't know
enough. Except on the new job I'm going to. The director
has admitted that shes new on the job and there are a
lot of things that a secretary does that she doesn't know
how to do, so she will be depending on me to know how
to keep the office running.
11) What did you do during this six month gap in

employment?
Everyone, at some point, will probably have a gap in
employment. Do not waste it.
Sample Answer
For the month, I worked on my to do list at home and
accomplished a great deal. Then I began building a plan to reenter the workplace. While it took a little longer than Id
anticipated I've learned a great deal about myself, am
rested and looking forward to new challenges in the
workplace.
13) Are you overqualified for this job?

Are you overqualified for the job?
Are you prepared to respond when an interviewer asks if
youre overqualified?
Keep in mind that you can customize these answers to fit
your particular circumstances and the job you are applying
for.
Clarify the interviewers concerns. Find out whether the
interviewer really thinks youre overqualified or just over
aged and whether youll want to earn too much money
or be bored by the position.
Enthusiastically address the interviewers concerns,
emphasizing the positive. Explain how you can grow in this
position. Show how you can use your experience to benefit
the company in solving long term problems, building profit,
or assisting in other departments. Make sure that the
interviewer understands your qualifications. If youll be
working in an office full of younger people, explain how
youre an anchor. Youre experienced, calm, stable, reliable,
and you can provide day to day continuity.
12) What interests you about this job?

When youre asked what interests you about the position you
are interviewing for, the best way to respond is to describe
the qualifications listed in the job posting, then connect them
to your skills and experience. That way, the employer will see
that you know about the job youre interviewing for (not
everyone does) and that you have the qualifications
necessary to do the job.
For example, if you were interviewing for a Human
Resources Manager job where you would be responsible
for recruiting, orientation, and training, you will want to
discuss how you were responsible for these functions in
your past positions, and why you are interested in
continuing to develop your expertise in Human
Resources management.
Another example would be if you were interviewing for a
Specialist Officer role. In that case, you would mention
your interest in learning and excelling at new
technologies or practices, your experience in
programming both new applications, and your interest in
and your ability to problem solve.
In all cases, you will want to convey your enthusiasm for
the opportunity to interview, along with your solid ability
to do the job.
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INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE: RRB PO AND ASSISTANT

RRB Officer scale 1
Time 8.30 am Panel 1
Venue PNB, Vibhtuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow
Me: Bank offers tremendous growth opportunities and

it is a respectable profession in India. Also it is a secure
job.
F1: Ok so you're looking for career growth?
Me: yes ma'am.
F1: What will be your profile and what will u do while
working in the bank? Told
F1: let's say that a new rrb branch is about to come up
in a village. then how will u inform people about it and
get customer?
Reached around 8.15. A tent had been set up in front of

the entrance to the main interview venue. Sat there.
Went in for verification around 10.30. Biometric
verification was done first. Then I was asked to write
3993 and my name in English and Hindi.
This was followed by document verification. Done
without any hassle since all my documents were in
order.
After that I was taken to the place where the interviews
were going on. My turn came after 15 mins.
3M and 1F (1 male had gone out. he came back when
my interview was done)
Wished them and the head of the panel asked me to
take a seat.
F1: So you did your schooling from St Francis College?
Me: Yes ma'am.
F1: What did you do after school?
Me: Ma'am I have done my bachelor in arts in English
and Economics (actually i have a 3 year gap because I
went to do engineering but I wasn't able to complete it.
I had a feeling that she wanted me to say that but I
didn't because there is no point saying things that are
not being asked)
Me: ma'am i would set up an ultra small branch and

take the help of influential villagers like the panchayat
members and others so as to tell the people that saving
their money with bank is a better option rather than
converting their money in gold assets and taking the
help of moneylenders who charge high rate of interest. I
would tell them that I'm there to help them and they
can get better profit by investing their surplus money
with a bank.
F1: Ok so what's the head of the panchayat called?
Me: sarpanch. they're very influential and people listen
to them. also Sarpanch nowadays are educated and
liberal and they know that the govt and banks are there
to help them out.
F1: ok so now we will talk in Hindi also.
Me: sure ma'am
M1: so u did economics ?
Me: yes sir
M1: ok so tell me what is gdp. told properly
Me: tell me the gdp base year and current growth rate
of gdp. i was a lil confused about the exact figure so i
said "sorry sir i don't know"
M1: ok tell me how are banks helping the country.
then they asked me to go
F1: Why do You want join banking sector?

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Before going i told the head that i had met him once
before in ibps clerk interview.
I maintained eye contact throughout and i wasn't
nervous at all (previously gave IBPS clerk and SBI PO
interview)
i just forgot to smile all the time. i did smile at regular
intervals though.
I found it quite easy. I might be wrong but the panel
looked tired also.
M1: what is the need of RRB in India.

Me: explained them well. They seamed satisfied.
I) Name Vipin SIngla

Venue Kapurthla (Punjab)
Date - 22/11/2015
Reporting time 1.00 pm
Panel - II
M1: Tell me about your state and home city.

Me: I comes from Rajasthan, so I answered this
question very well
I reached at 12:30. Everything happened very fast. At

1:00 we were told to show interview call letter with ID
proof and get entry. Then they called some names from
every panel to come out. Thank god my name was
there. Be sure that your name, fathers name which is in
the Application form should be same as well as in your
Educational
Documents.
F1: what is Name of Indias First Lady prime Minister.

Me: told
M3: what is Banking Ombudsman and what is Single

Window in bank
Me: explained
M1: What is Cross Selling.
Me: answered but I have little bit Knowledge about it .
At Last the lady asked me only a question
Firstly they did biometric verification very strictly.

Checking every candidate's left thumb by scratching
with their own thumbs.
So after 20 Min my interview was over. They wishes me

good luck and gave me a sweet (toffy) to me Their
Behavior was very good and supporting.
That's it friends. No questions from any
subject. They asked much about banking. Interview
was very general. I was neither nervous nor scared
although it was my first interview.
So just relax and enjoy this challenge.
Secondly document verification was done very calmly. I

was the 12th out of 24 candidates in my panel for
interview. I was taken to first floor and told to sit
outside room where only one sir was there. After 5-10
min one mam came. I wished her good morning outside
only. Then after 2-3 min my name was called. At that
time only one mam and
Please remain honest to them. I really enjoyed it.
Three sir were there in the interview panel. I wished

them good morning. My turn will come around 3.45pm.
M1: Describe you and your family?
Me : answered
M2: What is Indian Banking System?
Me: answered
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CURRENT AFFAIRS : DECEMBER 2015

INDIA IN NEWS
2016: UK-INDIA YEAR OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION LAUNCHED
India and United Kingdom launched a joint initiative 2016:
UK-INDIA Year of Education and Research in New Delhi. It
was launched by visiting Secretary of State, Business
Innovation and Skill of the UK Sajid Javid along with Human
Resource Development (HRD) minister Smriti Irani.
CABINET APPROVED REHABILITATION PACKAGE FOR
BORDER VILLAGE
The Union Cabinet approved the rehabilitation package
and upgradation of infrastructure of the Bangladeshi
enclaves and Cooch Behar district. The rehabilitation will
take place after transfer of enclaves between India and
Bangladesh. The total financial implication for
implementation of various components is around 1005.99
crores rupees.
eight different biomes (natural landscapes) across the

country. The initiative was launched on the sidelines of the
Conference of Parties-21 (COP-21) of UNFCCC in Paris.
UNESCO DESIGNATED VARANASI AND JAIPUR AS
MEMBERS OF CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK
Two
Indian
cities,
Varanasi and Jaipur,
have made it to the
Creative City Network of
the United Nations
Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the first time ever.
Varanasi and Jaipur made it to the network in the
categories, City of Music and City of Crafts and Folk Art
respectively.
BBIN FRIENDSHIP MOTOR CAR RALLY FLAGGED OFF
FROM SILCHAR
SIDDHIVINAYAK TEMPLE WILL JOIN GOLD MONETIZATION

SCHEME
Siddhivinayak temple is considering the idea of investing a
portion of its gold reserves in the Gold Monetisation
Scheme launched by the Centre. The proposal will be
discussed at a meeting of the temple board soon.
GOVERNMENT APPROVED NEW NATIONAL WATERWAYS
The government approved a proposal for central
legislation to declare 106 additional inland waterways as
national waterways. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval to carry out
official amendments in the National Waterways Bill, 2015,
an official statement said. After the inclusion of 106
additional inlands waterways to the existing five national
waterways, the total number of national waterways goes
up to 111.
INDIA LAUNCHED I-LTEO PROGRAMME TO MONITOR 8
DIFFERENT BIOMES
India launched the Indian Long Term Ecological
Observatories (I-LTEO) programme to scientifically monitor
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Friendship

Motor Car Rally was flagged off from Silchar, Assam. The
international rally aims at highlighting connectivity in the
sub-region and seamless movements of vehicles across the
borders in the 4 nations through implementation of BBIN
Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA). The Car Rally has been
jointly organised by the Union Ministry of Road Transport
& Highways, Kalinga Motor Sports Club (Odisha) in
partnership with the counterpart clubs of the neighbouring
countries.
SMART CITY PLANS FOR 15 CITIES
Smart City plans for 15 cities spread across six states and
the Union Territory of Puducherry were submitted to the
Union Urban Development Ministry. Rajasthan, which
became the first state to submit Smart City plans, has
proposed total investment of Rs 6,457 crore over the next
five years for developing Ajmer, Jaipur, Kota and Udaipur
as Smart Cities. The other states which submitted their
Smart City plans today were West Bengal, Kerala, Punjab,
Jharkhand and Karnataka.
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INDIA SETS WORLD RECORD FOR LARGEST PRACTICAL
SCIENCE LESSON
In a major feat for India, worlds largest practical science
lesson conducted by 2,000 school students at the IIT Delhi
recently, has made it to the prestigious Guinness Book of
World Records. The achievement has come just six months
after India set two Guinness World Records with a mega
yoga event at the Rajpath in the national Capital.
INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TO PROMOTE HIMALAYANFRIENDLY LIFESTYLE
The Environment Ministry has launched a novel initiative
to bring together people living in the Himalayan region to
promote a more Himalayan-friendly lifestyle. The initiative
called Climate + Change initiative will cut across local,
linguistic, cultural and geographical boundaries to facilitate
innovation toward climate-related adaptation and climate
change mitigation.
PARAM VIR CHAKRA AWARDEES TO FEATURE IN NCERT
BOOK
Param Vir Chakra awardees, the highest military
decoration, will soon feature in a book which the NCERT
will bring out in consultation with the Defence Ministry.
The National Council for Education Research and Training
(NCERT) has begun working on a supplementary reader on
stories of Param Vir Chakra awardees.
OPERATION SMILE-II TO START ON JAN 1 TO RESCUE
CHILDREN
The Centre will launch a new programme Operation Smile
- II from New Years Day, after its success in the two such
initiatives earlier this year for the rescue and rehabilitation
of children. It will run from January 1 to January 31, 2016.
PMS APPEAL HAS AI IN KHADI MODE
Air India has decided to use natural and eco-friendly khadi
products for its International
flights. The national carrier has
placed an order worth Rs. 1.21
crore to Khadi & Village
Industries Commission (KVIC)
for the supply of 25,000 units
of amenity kits. The products
will be supplied by Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan, a flagship

showroom of KVIC.
PREZ TO ATTEND KCRS YAGAM
President Pranab Mukherjee, who will be spending almost
a fortnight in Hyderabad as part of his southern sojourn at
the Rashtrapati Nilayam, will participate in the Ayutha
Maha Chandi Yagam of Telangana Chief Minister K
Chandrashekar Rao.
IMRAN KHAN MEETS NARENDRA MODI
Imran Khan, former cricketer and leader of Pakistans
Tehreek-e-Insaf Party met Prime Minister Narendra Modi
here. "At his request," Khan, who is also an MP in Pakistan,
called on the PM, a PMO statement said.
AMIT SHAH TO UNVEIL GOPINATH MUNDES MEMORIAL
IN BEED
An impressive memorial of senior BJP leader Gopinath
Munde, developed on 18 acres of land at Parli in Beed
district developed on a sprawling 18 acres land, thrown
open to the public by BJPs national president Amit Shah in
the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis.
The memorial comprises the Samadhi, 22-feet full-length
statue of late Munde, a spacious lotus-shaped prayer hall,
a theme park and a guidance centre for students appearing
for competitive examinations.
4 OUT OF EVERY 10 CHILDREN FACE MALNUTRITION
Four out of every 10 children in the country are facing
malnutrition leading to stunted physical growth and
compromised development of brains and immunity, says a
report released, adding child under nutrition rates in the
country are among the highest in the world. Jointly
released by Women and Child Development Minister
Maneka Gandhi and Health Minister JP Nadda, the India
Health Report: Nutrition 2015 notes that in States such as
Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, malnutrition declines
have been much slower than the national average.
TOURISM MIN LAUNCHES CLEANLINESS DRIVE
The Tourism Ministry has launched a cleanliness drive at
Religious Places, Tourism and Heritage Sites from 1st
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December to 15th December this year. It has asked all the
State Governments and UT Administrations to install flex
board messages in religious places and heritage sites on
importance of cleanliness etc.
BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO TO BE THEME OF HRD
MINS KALA UTSAV
Nearly
1,400
schoolchildren from across
the country presented a
melange of Indian culture
through dance, music,
theatre and visual art
performances as part of
the four-day Kala Utsav
festival.
The theme of these performances will be Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao initiative launched by the Modi Government. In
the midst of the event, HRD Minister Smriti Irani
sanctioned relieving orders of National Bal Bhawan (NBB)
Director MC Usha Kumari.
PRABHU FLAGS OFF GOA-MUMBAI DOUBLE DECKER
SHATABDI TRAIN
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the first Goa to
Mumbai double-decker Shatabdi train through video
conference. The train will run thrice a week between
Margao and the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) in
Mumbai.
GATES MEETS PM, OFFERS SUPPORT FOR FINANCIAL
INCLUSION PROJECTS
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates offered
support for strengthening of efforts of the Indian
Government towards financial inclusion and pitched for
the need to lower the cost of clean energy to the level of
hydrocarbons.
GREEN NOD TO DHOLERA AIRPORT
In a major boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modis pet
project Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) in Gujarat,
the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change has given environmental clearance to Dholera
International Airport. The international airport is coming
up at Navagam village near the proposed Dholera SIR

situated in Ahmedabad district.
FADNAVIS UNVEILED INDIAS FIRST SMART CITY
BLUEPRINT IN MUMBAI
The Maharashtra Government unveiled the blueprint of
what is being dubbed as Indias first smart city "CIDCO Navi
Mumbai (South)", which will see an investment of Rs
34,777.40 crore. It was launched by Maharashtra chief
minister Devendra Fadnavis.
DEPUTY PM OF NEPAL MEETS SWARAJ, URGES RE-ROUTE
OF CARGO
Making his second trip to New Delhi to pursue steady
supplies of essential items from India, Nepals Deputy
Prime Minister Kamal Thapa met External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj. He raised the issue of hindrance to
supplies reaching Nepal and urged India to re-route cargo
from alternative points ignoring the main check points in
Raxual and Beerganj.
GOVT LAUNCHES INJECTABLE INACTIVATED POLIO
VACCINE
In keeping with its commitment to the global polio
endgame strategy, the Government launched the
injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in India to be
introduced into national immunisation program along with
oral polio vaccine in phase wise.
In the first phase, the IPV will be introduced in six States
Assam, Gujarat, Punjab, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar
Pradesh. IPV injection will be given to children below one
year of age along with the third dose of the Oral Polio
Vaccine (OPV) at the routine immunisation sessions free of
cost.
CABINET APPROVES SIX NEW IITS
The Union Cabinet chaired by the PM Narendra Modi
approved setting up of six new IITs in Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jammu, Kerala and Karnataka. The
Cabinet also approved changes in the National Rural
Livelihood Mission for the speedy implementation of
projects in rural sector.
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PM TO LAUNCH ACCESSIBLE INDIA CAMPAIGN FOR
DISABLED ON DEC 3
Aiming to ensure ease of access for persons with
disabilities (PwDs) in
Government buildings,
public transportation
and the information
technology field, the
Centre has lined up an
Accessible India Campaign. The nationwide flagship
initiative inaugurated on International Day of Persons with
Disabilities on December 3.
PRANAB INAUGURATES CATTLE FEED PLANT IN GUJ
The President on his visit to Gujarat and adjoining Union
Territory Diu inaugurated the cattle feed manufacturing
plant of Amul Dairy at Kapadvaj town.
INDIA TO LAUNCH $1-B EQUITY FUND FOR RENEWABLE
ENERGY
India proposes to launch a $1-billion equity fund, with seed
capital from public sector units, to support renewable
energy companies.
SUGAM LAUNCHED
As a part of the e-governance policy, the Drug Controller
General of India (DCGI) has finally launched its muchawaited online portal sugam wherein applicant can apply
for licence under import and registration, track the status
of submitted application, answer back to the raised
queries as well as upload essential documents for
registration certificate, import licence and other related
activities. The facility was kicked off by Union Health
Minister JP Nadda at a small function in the DCGI
Headquarter at Kotla near ITO.
STATE IN NEWS
WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT APPROVED PROPOSAL FOR
FORMATION OF 5 NEW DISTRICTS
The West Bengal Government cleared the proposal for
setting up five new districts in the state. These five new
districts will increase the number of districts of West
Bengal to 25. The districts are as follows: Kalimpong,
Basirhat, Sunderbans, Jhargram , Burdwan (Industrial) and

Burdwan (Rural).
PANAJI SMART CITY
The Goa government has approved the Rs 981.11 crore
proposal for Panaji Smart City which would be submitted
to the Union Urban Development Ministry, a senior official
said.
DELHI RECORDED HIGHEST PER CAPITA INCOME
Delhi recorded the highest per capita income among all
states in the country at Rs 2,40,849 during financial year
2014-15, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.
According to Delhi Governments Delhi Statistical Hand
Book, 2015 released, Delhis per capita income in 2014-15
has increased to Rs 2.41 lakh from Rs 2.12 lakh in the
previous fiscal, a rise of nearly 13.50 per cent over the
period. Puducherry recorded the second highest per capita
income in the country.
ISRAEL, AP GOVT TO ENHANCE COOPERATION
Israel and Andhra Pradesh Government during a joint
working group meeting discuss ways to enhance
cooperation in agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries,
urban water management and HLS. The Israeli delegation
was led by Dana Krush, Deputy Chief of Mission at the
Embassy of Israel, while the Indian side was headed by J.
Satyanarayana, Advisor, e-Governance, Electronics -IT,
Government of Andhra Pradesh.
DELHI GOVERNMENT INCREASED MLAS SALARY BY 400%
The Arvind
Kejriwal led Aam
Aadmi
Party (AAP)
government has raised Delhi MLAs salaries by a whopping
400%. Aside from the basic monthly salary of Delhi MLAs
and ministers, a significant hike in a slew of allowances too
has been granted Delhi Assembly approved a bill to
effect the increase considering rising cost of living.
LOSAR, THE BIGGEST TIBETAN BUDDHIST FESTIVAL,
BEGAN IN LADAKH REGION
Losar, the biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival began on 12
December 2015 in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
The festival marks the beginning of New Year for
Buddhists. The annual festival is celebrated by people of
the area with traditional and religion fervor.
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KARNATAKA LAUNCHES 'TOURIST MITRAS'

The Department of Tourism, Government of Karnataka,
along with the Karnataka State Tourism Development
Corporation (KSTDC) and the State Home Department
launched in Bangalore Tourist Mitra, a 175-member
friendly force, to reinforce smooth and secure experiences
for visitors to the states tourist spots.
THREE-DAY MAYYAZHI MAHOTSAVAM KICKED OFF IN
MAHE, PUDUCHERRY
The Mayyazhi Mahotsavam (Fete de Mahe), a three-day
cultural extravaganza, started
on 29 November 2015 at Mahe,
Puducherry. The festival is being
organised jointly by the
Department of Tourism and the
Legislative Assembly Secretariat
at Mahe, which is Puducherrys
exclave in Kerala. The festival will conclude on 1 December
2015.
SHYAMJIS REINSTATEMENT CERTIFICATE HANDED OVER
TO GUJ CM BY MODI
On his maiden visit to Kutch in Gujarat after becoming the
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi handed over the
reinstatement certificate of barrister Pandit Shayamji
Krishna Verma a freedom fighter and nationalist hailing
from Kutch to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel at
the district headquarters Bhuj.
FOOD SECURITY A TOUGH CALL FOR J&K GOVT
The implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA)
in Jammu & Kashmir is emerging as a tough challenge for
the ruling PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir.
JAYA SEEKS RS 7,250 CR FOR HOUSING SCHEME
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has come out with
a massive housing scheme for those who lost their houses
in the recent floods which ravaged many parts of the State.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the
Chief Minister has asked a special financial package of Rs
7,250 crore from the Union Government to implement the
scheme. This is in addition to the Rs 8,500 crores
assistance the State has sought to meet the losses suffered

in the floods.
HYDERBAD METRO TRIAL SUCCESSFUL
A team of State Ministers including Deputy Chief Minister
Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Home Minister N Narasimha
Reddy and the Information Technology Minister K Taraka
Rama Rao along with officials undertook 8-km-long trial
journey from Mettuguda to Nagole and expressed their
satisfaction with Hyderabad Metro Rail project.
MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTED A TASK
FORCE FOR SETTING UP AN IFSC IN MUMBAI
The Maharashtra government constituted a task force for
setting up an International Financial Service Centre (IFSC)
in Mumbai. The task force will be headed by Union
Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha. The task force
will be required to plan and oversee the development of
designated areas at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC).
NITISH ANNOUNCES LIQUOR BAN IN BIHAR FROM APRIL
1
Bihar will go dry from April 1, 2016, Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar. The Chief Minister
made the announcement
a part of his election pledge
at an official function to
mark Prohibition Day. He
said the poorest of the poor
had been consuming liquor,
badly hitting their families and their childrens education.
MLAS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH ASSEMBLY PASSED
RESOLUTION TO REMOVE SPEAKER NABAM REBIA
Out of the total 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly
(MLAs) of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly, 33 members
passed a resolution to remove the Speaker Nabam Rebia.
The resolution was passed by voice vote by the 33 MLAs.
GIFT CITY PHASE-2 WORK LAUNCHED
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)
announced the launch of the Phase-2 development, which
will be focused on International Financial Services Centre
(IFSC) to be set up in GIFT SEZ.
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MAHARASHTRA BECOMES FIRST STATE TO ALLOW MLAS
RAISE ONLINE QUESTION
The Maharashtra legislature has become the first in the
country to launch an online mechanism for its members to
send questions and move different motions in the House.
In this regard state government has launched a website
mls.org.in as part of Digital MLAs initiative in the winter
session of state legislature in Nagpur.
AP, JHARKHAND JOIN UDAY SCHEME TO BOLSTER

DISCOMS
The Andhra Pradesh government has conveyed its inprinciple decision to the Ministry of Power of joining UDAY
(Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme. The UDAY
scheme has inbuilt incentives encouraging State
governments to voluntarily restructure their debts.
KARNATAKA TAKES LED ROUTE TO SAVE ENERGY

In a novel way the Karnataka Government has embarked
on Hosabelaku (new light), a project to save energy.
Launching the project in Mysuru, Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah said the project would take the LED lighting
route for achieving energy efficiency and saving power
consumption by over 40 per cent.
2-WHEELER TAXI SERVICE M-TAXI TO DEBUT IN GGN

Gurgaon: In a bid to provide better public transportation
service, a two-wheeler taxi hailing service was launched in
Gurgaon. The initial launch in Gurgaon, will be followed
with a launch across NCR. This new bike taxi service
introduced by M-taxi Company, can be hailed via its app
shortly.
SMARTCITY KOCHI TO OPEN NEXT MONTH

The much-delayed first phase of SmartCity Kochi, a joint
venture of SmartCity Dubai and the Kerala Government, is
ready for opening and will most likely take place in
January.
INTERNATIONAL BIRD FESTIVAL HELD IN UP

A three day international festival on birds from 4-6
December at the National Chambal Sanctuary (NCS) in
Agra. As many as 25 international bird experts and over 80
Indian ornithologists are expected to attend.
BIHAR ON TOP WITH 17.6% GROWTH RATE

The 17.6 per cent growth rate of Bihar in 2014-15, the
highest in the country, has negated the claims of the BJP
that the States progress came to a grinding halt under
Nitish Kumar after he severed ties with the BJP and joined
hands with the RJD. According to the latest report of the
National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Ayog,
Bihars growth rate of 17.6 per cent is in terms of gross
State domestic product (GSDP) in 2014-15. Bihar has left
behind all other States with Madhya Pradesh following it
with 16.69 per cent, Goa 16.43 per cent and Maharashtra
11.69 per cent.
BANKS IN NEWS
LALU APPOINTS SON TEJASWI AS RJD PARTY LEADER IN

ASSEMBLY
Lalu Prasads son and Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav
was named the leader of RJD legislature party in the new
Bihar Assembly, a decision slammed by BJP as open
display of dynastic politics. The RJD chiefs wife Rabri Devi
will head the legislature party of the bicameral body. While
Tejaswi Yadav is the Deputy Chief Minister of the state,
Rabri Devi is a member of State Legislative Council.
SBI WILL ISSUE EMV CHIP CARD

Countrys largest lender State Bank of India will issue EMV
chip and pin based
debit cards to its new
customers to ensure
enhanced
secure
transactions. EMV chip
and
pin
feature
protects against skimming and card transaction frauds.
SBI WILL ISSUE BONDS FOR BASEL-III
State Bank of India (SBI), the countrys largest lender, will
raise up to Rs.12,000 crore by issuing bonds that are BaselIII complaint. The funds will be raised in one or more
tranches through private placement.
BANKS NEED $140 BN TO COMPLY WITH BASEL III NORMS
BY FY19
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Banks in India will need about $140 billion to ensure full
compliance with the Basel III norms by 2018-19, according
to Fitch Ratings.
AXIS BANK LAUNCHES COUNTRY'S FIRST 'DISPLAY
VARIANT' DEBIT CARD
Country's third largest private sector lender Axis Bank has
launched a 'display variant' debit card which does away
with the hassles of generating one time password (OTP)
over SMS while transacting. The card, which is being made
available for high-value NRE customers, has an embedded
EMV chip, a display screen and a touch-sensitive button
which helps generating the OTP on the card itself.
YES BANK TO MOBILISE $5 BN BY 2020 TO FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE
Yes Bank announced that it will mobilise up to $5 billion of
funds to fight climate change by 2020. The bank was the
first Indian lender to raise money by issuing 'green bonds',
where money is raised to fight climate change.
HDFC INVOKES USLS 1.5 LAKH SHARES
HDFC Ltd has invoked 1.5 lakh shares of United Spirits Ltd
(USL) pledged by Vijay Mallya-led investment arm
Kingfisher Finvest India Ltd. HDFC invoked the shares
amounting to 0.10 per cent stake in USL on November 23,
2015, United Spirits Ltd (USL) said in a BSE filing.
YES BANK INVOKES UNITED BREWERIES SHARES WORTH
RS 778 CR
Private sector lender Yes Bank has invoked 3.02 per cent
stake of United Breweries, pledged by McDowell Holdings,
a unit of Vijay Mallya-led UB Group, by selling shares worth
Rs778 crore.
CANARA BANK CSR DRIVE
Canara Bank has tied up with the Navodhan Charitable
Foundation in its efforts for timely detection of cancer. It
has helped the foundation acquire a mobile cancer
detection unit fitted with the best facilities as part of its
corporate social responsibility (CSR) drive. To coincide with
the launch the mobile unit, the Bank will join the
Foundation to host a one-day cancer detection camp at its
Circle Office.
HSBC TO WIND UP PRIVATE BANKING BUSINESS IN INDIA

Global banking major HSBC announced shutting down of
its private banking business in India that offers wealth
management services. After a strategic review of the
global private banking operations here, they decided to
close down the business.
RBI IN NEWS
PANEL FOR NEW DEPUTY GOVERNOR
Government appointed panel will interview candidates
next month for the post of Deputy Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India as the term of Urjit Patel, the central
banks incumbent in charge of monetary policy, expires in
January. Two of the RBIs Executive Directors, Michael D
Patra and Deepak Mohanty, have been called for the
interview, apart from Mr. Patel, who is eligible for
reappointment, according to banking industry sources.
RBI TO COMB BANK BOOKS TO UNEARTH HIDDEN BAD
LOANS
The Reserve Bank of India Bank is set to intensify its
scrutiny
of
banks financial
accounts during the annual
financial inspection process as the
banking regulator races to achieve
the goal of cleaning up bank
balance sheets by March 2017.
RBI LIABLE TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION ABOUT BANKS
UNDER RTI ACT: SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court held that the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) is liable to disclose information about the banks and
financial institutions for their action against the loan
defaulters including industrialists under the Right to
Information (RTI) Act, 2005.
RBI INKS INFO EXCHANGE PACT WITH UK FINANCIAL
BODY
The Reserve Bank has signed an agreement with the UKs
Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct
Authority for supervisory cooperation and exchange of
information.
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RBI MAINTAINS STATUS QUO, KEEPS KEY RATES
UNCHANGED
Reaffirming an accommodative stance, the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) kept its policy rates
unchanged in line with the experts
expectation,
while
Governor
Raghuram Rajan nudged banks to
pass on the benefits of earlier cuts to
borrowers. Announcing its fifth bimonthly monetary policy review of
this fiscal, the RBI Governor also said
the economy is truly in a recovery
mode and kept the repo and the CRR unchanged at 6.75
and 4 per cent, respectively.
RBI RELAXES NORMS FOR AIRCRAFT, HELICOPTER
IMPORTS
Relaxing norms for aircraft and helicopter imports, RBI
stated that banks can allow advance remittances for
imports once the company has approval from aviation
regulator DGCA. With the latest notification, the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has done away with the earlier
requirement whereby Civil Aviation Ministrys nod was
compulsory for advance remittances.
NBFC-MFIS CAN GIVE LOANS OF RS 30,000 FOR LARGER
TENURE
NBFC micro finance lenders can now give loans of up to Rs
30,000 for tenure not less than 24 months as the Reserve
Bank has doubled the amount limit for these debts. NonBanking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions
(NBFC-MFIs) had made representations to RBI seeking
revision of the loan amount with tenure not less than 24
months.
RBI PERMITTED FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS TO BUY
DEFAULTED BONDS
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted the Foreign
Portfolio Investors (FPI) to buy fully or partly defaulted
bonds in the repayment of principal on maturity or
principal installment in the case of amortising bond. The
permission was given as part of the drive to promote
investments by FPIs in corporate bonds. The revised
maturity period of such NCDs/bonds that are restructured
based on negotiations with the issuing Indian company

should be three years or more.
RBI GRANTED IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVAL TO NPCI TO
FUNCTION AS THE CENTRAL UNIT FOR BHARAT BILL
PAYMENT SYSTEMS
The Reserve Bank of India decided to grant in principle
approval to the National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) to function as the Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit
(BBPCU) in Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). The BBPS is
an integrated bill payment system which will function as a
tiered structure for operating the bill payment system in
the country with a single brand image providing
convenience of anytime anywhere bill payment to
customers.
RBI GRANTED IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVAL TO THREE
APPLICANTS FOR SETTING UP TREDS
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted in-principle
approval to three applicants to set up and operate Trade
Receivables Discounting System (TReDS). Organisations
which got in-principle approval was granted are: NSE
Strategic Investment Corporation Limited (NSICL) and
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI),
Mumbai, Axis Bank Limited, Mumbai & Mynd Solutions
Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana.
RBI BARS 56 NBFCS FROM CONDUCTING BUSINESS
The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the certificate of
registration of 56 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs),
including ABNL, Future Ventures India and Bajaj Finserve.
RBI ANNOUNCED REVISED PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING
NORMS FOR REGIONAL RURAL BANKS
The PSL target for RRB was increased to 75 percent of total
outstanding from the existing 60 percent. The revised
target will be effective from 1 January 2016. Medium
enterprises, social infrastructure and renewable energy
were included under PSL category. Loans to individual
farmers, for the purpose of PSL, was increased to 50 lakh
rupees from the present 10 lakh rupees against pledge/
hypothecation of agricultural produce (including
warehouse receipts) for a period not exceeding 12 months.
Note: As on March 2015, there were 56 RRBs operating in
the country with a network of 20059 branches. They cover
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644 notified districts in 26 states and the Union Territory
of Puducherry.
their ventures through various online platforms involving

individuals and organisations.
INDIAN ECONOMY
GOVT SCALES DOWN GROWTH PROJECTION TO 7-7.5%

FOR 2015-16
With scarcity of rainfall and slowdown in exports, the
Government scaled down its economic growth forecast for
2015-16 to 7-7.5 per cent from 8.1-8.5 per cent, hoping
that retail inflation is likely to be within the central banks
target of about 6 per cent.
MUDRA YOJANA: FUNDING THE UNFUNDED

Over Rs 42,520 crore has
been disbursed under the
MUDRA Yojana to more
than 66 lakh borrowers,
of which nearly a third
are
women,
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
said. MUDRA Yojana: funding the unfunded. The 3Es of
MUDRA enterprise, earning and empowerment, he said
in a tweet. Under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY),
loans between Rs 50,000 and Rs 10 lakh are provided to
small entrepreneurs.
ADB REPORT ON INDIAN ECONOMY
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) kept its economic
growth forecast for India unchanged at 7.4 per cent for the
current financial year and 7.8 per cent for the next fiscal.
JAPAN ASSISTANCE FOR INDIA
India and Japan exchanged notes for Japans Official
Development Loan Assistance (ODA) worth Rs 5,536 crore
for Chennai and Ahmedabad metro rail projects. The notes
were exchanged between S Selvakumar, Joint Secretary,
Department of Economic Affairs and Yutaka Kikuta, from
the Embassy of Japan to India.
ECOMMERCE WILL ENTER IN MUTUAL FUND AND CROWD
FUNDING
Capital markets regulator the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI) will soon put in place norms to help
entrepreneurs raise funds through crowdfunding. While
discussions are also underway to allow sale of mutual
funds through ecommerce platforms. A SEBI constituted
committee, headed by Infosys cofounder N. R. Narayana
Murthy, to suggest ways for raising of funds through
crowdfunding is likely to submit its report in a
month.Crowd-funding
typically
involves
young
entrepreneurs and small groups of people raising funds for
STANDARD & POORS REPORT ON INDIAN ECONOMY

Indias economy will grow at 7.4 per cent in the current
fiscal, which will further improve to over 8 per cent in
2016-17, Standard
& Poors Ratings
Services projected.
Indian
economy
grew at 7.3 per cent
in last fiscal. The Reserve Bank too has estimated GDP
growth in current fiscal to be 7.4 per cent.
FIN MIN DECREASED DISINVESTMENT TARGET
The finance ministry has cut its ambitious disinvestment
revenue target by 57% to Rs 30,000 crore for the current
fiscal as strategic sales have failed to take off and
minority stake sales in PSUs also staggered after some
initial promise, due to volatile market conditions, sources
said.
IRAN TOPPLES KUWAIT TO BECOME INDIAS 5TH LARGEST
OIL SUPPLIER
Iran has toppled Kuwait to become Indias fifth largest
crude oil supplier in the first half of 2015-16 fiscal year,
selling over 6.5 million tons of oil.
SINGAPORE KNOCKS OFF MAURITIUS AS TOP FDI SOURCE
Singapore has replaced Mauritius as the top source of
foreign direct investment (FDI) into India during the first
half of the current fiscal. During April-September 2015,
India has attracted $6.69 billion (Rs43,096 crore) FDI from
Singapore while from Mauritius, it received $3.66 billion
(Rs23,490 crore), according to data from the Department
of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
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FITCH KEEPS INDIAS RATING AT BBB-, OUTLOOK
STABLE
Fitch Ratings affirmed Indias rating at BBB- -- the lowest
investment grade -- with a stable outlook. Fitch forecast
that Indias GDP growth will accelerate to 7.5 per cent in
the current fiscal and further to 8 per cent in 2016-17.
FED RATE HIKE
The central bank raised the range of the federal funds rate
by a quarter of a percentage point to between 0.25 per
cent and 0.50 per cent. The US Federal Reserve has raised
the interest rates by one quarter percentage, the first in
seven years when America tumbled into a deep financial
crisis with the collapse of the Wall Street.
SECOND QUARTER SAW IMPRESSIVE GROWTH IN
MANUFACTURING
Indias GDP grew at 7.4 per cent in the July-September
2015 quarter as compared to 7 per cent in the previous
quarter, driven by a resurgence in manufacturing growth.
At 9.3 per cent, the manufacturing sector grew the fastest
in three years.
BUSINESS NEWS
TATA MOTORS ONLY INDIAN FIRM ON TOP-50 GLOBAL
R&D LIST
Tata Motors has entered the top-50 league of the worlds
biggest companies in terms of their R&D investments,
which is topped by German automaker Volskwagen. It
moved up from 104th position last year to 49th now and
has also shown the largest increase in R&D (Research and
Development) investments on the list.
ANIL AMBANI, SPIELBERG TO FORM AMBLIN PARTNERS
The Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Entertainment and
acclaimed
Hollywood
director Steven Spielberg's
DreamWorks
announced
formation
of
Amblin
Partners-a
new
film,
television
and
digital
content creation company.
Participant Media led by Jeff Skoll and Entertainment One
(eOne), a leading US-based media company, are also part
of the joint venture. The firms have raised $500 million

debt for the venture.
MAHINDRA GROUP ACQUIRED ITALIAN AUTO DESIGN
FIRM PININFARINA
Tech Mahindra and Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, part of
the Mahindra Group acquired Italian car designer
Pininfarina SpA for 165 million US dollars in an all-cash
deal. Pininfarina is well-known for designing cars for
Ferrari, Maserati, Rolls-Royce and Cadillac.
REL INFRA BUYS ADDL 17% IN PIPAVAV FOR RS850 CRORE
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure has acquired an
additional 17 per cent stake in Pipavav Defence for an
estimated Rs. 850 crore through an open offer, taking its
total holding to nearly 35 per cent.
AIR INDIA BEGINS DAILY DIRECT FLIGHT FROM
AHMEDABAD TO LONDON
National carrier Air India started its direct daily flight from
Ahmedabad, the economic and industrial hub of Gujarat,
to London. With the commencement of this flight, Air India
became the first airline to offer direct flight between
Ahmedabad and London.
LIC HFL TO BUY 19 PC STAKE IN LIC NOMURA MUTUAL
FUND AMC
LIC Housing Finance Ltd (LIC HFL) will acquire 19.3 per cent
shares of LIC Nomura Mutual Fund Asset Management
Company for Rs27 crores.
HAVELLS TO SELL 80% STAKE IN SYLVANIA FOR RS1070
CRORE
Havells is selling 80 per cent stake in its European lighting
business Sylvania to Shanghai-based Feilo Acoustics for
over Rs1,070 crore. The company will be carrying out the
sale by divesting 80 per cent stake each in its two group
firms -- Havells Sylvania Malta BV and Havells Exim Ltd,
Hong Kong.
GOVERNMENT APPROVES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCES FOR
SHIPS BUILT IN INDIA
Cabinet approved a proposal for financial assistance of 20
per cent for ships built in the country in a bid to promote
the shipbuilding industry under the 'Make in India'
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initiative. The implementation of the policy, which would
be in force for 10 years, requires a budgetary support of Rs
4,000 crore.
INDIA HAS WORLD'S 3RD LARGEST BASE OF TECH
STARTUPS
With more than 4,100 enterprises, India is the thirdlargest base of tech startups in the world and the number
is set to grow manifold over the next few years, according
to the technology giant Google.
VODAFONE LAUNCHES 4G SERVICES IN INDIA STARTING
WITH KOCHI
Vodafone India entered the 4G services arena, starting
with Kochi, as it looks to take on market leader Bharti
Airtel and the upcoming launch by Reliance Jio Infocomm.
The countrys second largest mobile operator will shortly
launch the services in Trivandrum and Calicut.
LANCO AMARKANTAK PLANT BEGINS POWER SUPPLY TO
HARYANA DISCOMS
Lanco Amarkantak Power Limited (LAPL), a step down
subsidiary of Lanco Infratech limited (LITL), has started
power supply to Haryana Discoms from its Amarkantak
plant in Chhattisgarh.
SHEMAROO PARTNERS WITH DTH PLAYERS LAUNCHED
MINIPLEX
Film content and entertainment business provider
Shemaroo Entertainment
launched
its
movie
premiere service Miniplex
on cable and online after
partnering with two DTH
players. Shemaroo tied up
with
direct-to-home
operators (DTH) Airtel and
Tata Sky to launch Miniplex and the company said it will
also look at tying up with other DTH players.
RCOM INKS PACT WITH TILLMAN GLOBAL, TPG TO SELL
TELECOM TOWER BUSINESS
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications Ltd has
entered into a non-binding pact to sell its cellular towers to
private equity firm Tillman Global Holdings LLC and TPG

Asia Inc in an estimated Rs 30,000 crore deal to trim debt.
RATAN TATA INVESTS IN SINGAPORES DATA START-UP
Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an
unspecified amount in Crayon Data, a Singapore-based
startup. Crayons flagship product Maya is a
personalisation engine that empowers enterprises to
deliver ultra-personalised choices to their consumers.
TO PROTECT STEEL, ANTIDUMPING DUTY HAS BEEN
SLAPPED
India imposed antidumping duty of up to 57.39 per cent on
import of certain stainless steel products from China,
Korea, the U.S. and EU for five years to save the domestic
industry from cheap shipments. The antidumping duty
imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period
of five years. The duty in the range of 5.39 per cent to
57.39 per cent of the landed value of Cold rolled Flat'
products of stainless steel has imposed on the
recommendation of Directorate General of Antidumping
and Allied Duties (DGAD) in October.
GOVT TO SOON LAUNCH RS10K CR FUND FOR LOCAL
ELECTRONIC FIRMS
Government will soon start an Electronics Development
Fund with a corpus of Rs10,000 crores to provide financial
assistance to domestic companies in the field of
electronics manufacturing and encourage innovation in the
sector. He said the fund, housed with Canbank Venture
Capital Fund, will start this month with an initial corpus of
Rs2,500 crore and rest will be raised from various sources.
TATA GROUP LOOKS AT $350 BILLION MARKET
CAPITALISATION BY 2025
With its listed firms adding over $100 billion to market
capitalisation in the last 15 years, the Tata Group is looking
at an increase of nearly $250 billion by 2025, including
through acquisitions. As per its 2025 vision, Tata group
aims to be amongst the 25 most admired corporate and
employer brands globally, with a market capitalisation
comparable to the 25 most valuable companies in the
world.
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BRICS BANKS KAZBEKOV WELCOMES YUANS INCLUSION
IN IMF RESERVE CURRENCY BASKET
Vladimir Kazbekov, the Vice President of the New
Development Bank (NDB) of the Brazil, Russia, India, China,
South Africa (BRICS) grouping, has welcomed the inclusion
of the Chinese Yuan in the IMF basket of reserve
currencies, as it would benefit the five emerging
economies. IMFs move would further consolidate the
value of the Yuan, which is also called the Renminbi (RMB).
PROJECT LEAP AIRTEL PROGRAMME
The countrys largest telecom services provider, Bharti
Airtel, announced that it will invest Rs.60,000 crores over
the next three years to upgrade its networks to provide
quality services amid increasing competition. The
programme, called Project Leap, will see a network
transformation.
WIPRO TO ACQUIRE GERMANYS CELLENT AG FOR RS 518
CR
Countrys third largest software services firm Wipro said it
will acquire German IT consulting firm cellent AG for 73.5
million euros (about Rs 518 crore). The all-cash deal is
expected to close in the March 2016 quarter, Wipro said in
a filing to the BSE.
HYUNDAI LAUNCHES ROAD SAFETY DRIVE
Hyundai Motor India
launched an initiative to
spread awareness on
road and traffic safety in
the country in association
with the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways. The initiative -- Safe Move-Traffic
Safety Campaign -- will promote the best practices of road
and traffic safety habits among school children.
HARDY OIL & GAS IN TALKS TO BUY RILS 90% STAKE IN
GS-01 BLOCK
UKs Hardy Oil & Gas plc said that it is in talks to acquire
Reliance Industries entire 90 per cent stake in a gas
discovery block off the Gujarat coast. RIL wants to exit
Gujarat-Saurashtra offshore basin block (GS-01) as it feels
that reserves discovered so far are not economically
significant.
INDIA TO DISPLACE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE THIRDLARGEST MARKET IN 2026

As per a forecast by global airline body International Air
Transport Association, India is likely to become the third
largest aviation market in the world displacing the UK by
2026. Besides, the IATA expects Indias air passenger traffic
to grow to 378 million passengers by 2034 with 275 new
passengers likely to be added during this period.
HERO MOTOCORPS PAWAN MUNJAL IS HIGHEST PAID
DIRECTOR
Hero MotoCorps promoter Pawan Munjal emerged as the
highest paid director among the top listed private
companies, taking home a pay packet of nearly Rs 44 crore
last fiscal, followed by two other executives of the auto
group, says a report.
IDEA INKS PACT TO BUY VIDEOCON SPECTRUM IN GUJ,
UP FOR RS 3,310 CR
In a move to use the spectrum for the launch of 4G
services in almost all areas of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
(UP) West, leading mobile operator Idea Cellular signed an
agreement with Videocon Telecommunications to buy its
airwaves in these two major states for Rs3,310 crore.
NIPPON BUYS 23% STAKE IN RELIANCE LIFE FOR RS2,265
CR
Japans Nippon Life Insurance announced the acquisition
of another 23 per cent stake in Reliance Life Insurance for
about Rs2,265 crore. Nippons stake in the company, when
the deal comes through, will increase to 49 per cent - the
upper limit for a foreign player in the private sector
insurance firm.
FACEBOOK EXPANDS FREE BASICS INITIATIVE ACROSS
INDIA WITH RCOM
Facebook has expanded its controversial Free Basics
initiative across the country to
offer basic Internet access with its
telecom
partner
Reliance
Communications (RCom). Earlier
called Internet.Org, Facebook had
launched the initiative in India with
RCom to offer free access to about
32 apps and websites in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra
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Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa. The
number of such free apps and websites has now been
increased to over 80.
AGREEMENTS
UNION CABINET APPROVED REVISED MODEL TEXT FOR
INDIAN BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY
The Union Cabinet, presided by the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi gave its approval for the revised Model
Text for the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). The
revised Indian model text for BIT will replace the existing
Indian Model BIT. The new Indian Model BIT text will
provide appropriate protection to foreign investors in India
and Indian investors in the foreign country, in the light of
relevant international precedents and practices.
IRCTC TIES UP WITH PAYTM FOR E-CATERING PAYMENTS
Train passengers will now find it easier to make online

payments for the food ordered through e-catering with
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
entering into a tie-up with Paytm, a leading payment and
e-commerce shopping website.
INDIA, JAPAN SIGN DEALS ON BULLET TRAIN, DEFENCE,
CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY
Taking their robust bilateral ties to a new level, India and
Japan inked a number of pacts in key areas of defence and
nuclear energy as well as building of first bullet train
network between Mumbai-Ahmedabad at a cost of about
Rs 98,000 crore.
INDIA AND JAPAN SIGNED PROTOCOL TO AMEND
DOUBLE TAXATION AVOIDANCE PACT
The Government of India and the Government of Japan
inked a protocol for amending the existing convention for
the avoidance of double taxation and for the prevention of

fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
MSDE AND DHI SIGNED MOU FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT
IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for skill
development in the manufacturing sector was signed
between
Ministry
of
Skill
Development
and
Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and the Department of Heavy
Industry (DHI). The MoU focused on capital goods and
automotive sector.
INDIA AND JAPAN IMPROVE DEFENCE TIES
Charting a new course, India and Japan announced a series
of military and strategic agreements and understandings.
The high point of the new strategic and military
realignment is Japans formal entry into the India.
INDIA-SINGAPORE SIGNED 10 AGREEMENTS ON MUTUAL
CO-OPERATION
India and Singapore signed 10 agreements on mutual cooperation. These include Defence, Civil Aviation, National
Planning and cyber Security. The agreements were signed
in presence of Prime Minster of Narendra Modi and
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
UNION CABINET APPROVED MOU WITH BRICS FOR
ENERGY CONSERVATION
The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval to a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between
India and BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, China and South
Africa) for strengthening energy efficiency cooperation.
The MoU provides for Joint scientific and technological
research and Conferencing and holding of lectures and
seminars.
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS, TERI UNIVERSITY SIGNED MOU
TO SET UP RAILWAY CHAIR ON SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
The Ministry of Railways and TERI University signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up Railway
Chair on Sustainable Mobility at the premises of TERI
University. The MoU was signed by Rajiv Seth, Vice
Chancellor, TERI University and Manoj Pandey, ED of
Training and Man Power, Ministry of Railways.
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UNION CABINET APPROVED SIGNING OF MOU BETWEEN
INDIA AND IRAN ON VISA FACILITATION
The Union Cabinet approved the signing of the agreement
between India and Iran on visa facilitation for Diplomatic,
Official/Service and Ordinary passport holders. As per the
agreement, upon presentation of an official note by the
local Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with the visa
application, the resident Diplomatic Missions in the host
country would, within 20 working days, issue a gratis visa
valid for 90 days for the holders of valid
Diplomatic/Official/Service passports, assigned on longterm missions to the Diplomatic Missions or the Consulates
General.
UNION CABINET APPROVED DTAC AGREEMENT WITH
JAPAN
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi approved signing and ratification of Protocol
between India and Japan for amending the Double
Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) in order to
facilitate tax-related exchange of information.
NTC SIGNED INTEGRITY PACT WITH TRANSPARENCY
INTERNATIONAL INDIA
National Textile Corporation (NTC) Limited signed a
Memorandum
of
Understanding (MoU) with
Transparency International
India (TII) for adopting
Integrity Pact (IP). With
this signing, NTC became the 51st Public Sector
Undertaking (PSU) and 49th Central PSU to sign a MoU
with TII.
TATA TRUSTS PARTNERED WITH KHAN ACADEMY FOR
FREE ONLINE EDUCATION
Tata Trusts and Khan Academy announced a five-year, notfor-profit partnership to enable free online education for
the Indian market. The partnership will adapt and build on
Khan Academy's existing resources and tools to serve the
specific needs of the Indian learner.
NRDC ENTERS INTO PACT WITH CSIR-IICT
The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC)
has entered into a memorandum of agreement with CSIR-
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad for

marketing the latters inventions/innovations, patents,
formulations, know-how/processes and also collection of
premia and royalties.
CBDT SIGNS 11 MORE UNILATERAL ADVANCE PRICING
AGREEMENTS
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into
11 more unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs)
with Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies operating in
various segments of the economy. Of the total eleven
APAs, seven were having rollback provisions in them with
maximum period of 9 years, while the other four are
extension agreements for future five years i.e. till 2020.
What is Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs)
APA usually is signed between a taxpayer and the central
tax authority (in case of India it is CBDT) for multiple years
on an appropriating transfer pricing methodology.
INDIA, FRANCE LAUNCHED INTERNATIONAL SOLAR
ALLIANCE
India and France launched the International Solar Alliance
in Paris. The alliance was launched jointly by PM Narendra
Modi and French President Francois Hollande during the
United Nations climate change conference (COP21). It will
function from the National Institute of Solar Energy in
India, Gurgaon. It aims to bring 121 tropical countries
together to tap solar energy.
KARNATAKA GOVT SIGNS EOI WITH REITZEL GROUP
Karnataka delegation, which is touring France to promote
Invest Karnataka 2016 (global investment meet), has
signed an Expression of Interest (EoI) agreement with
Reitzel Group. As per the EoI, the company is expected to
invest 3 million Euros (about Rs. 20 crore) and create about
50 new jobs to the already 200 existing jobs.
IISC BANGLORE BAGGED SOLAR PANEL RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FROM US MILITARY
The prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Banglore
bagged a US military contract for research and
development on solar powered micro-grid. The federal
contract worth 52900 US dollars was awarded by the US
Pacific Air Forces, Yokota Air Base in Japan. The contract is
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awarded to develop solar powered micro-grid with battery
and supercapacitor energy storage system.
INDIA AND SOUTH KOREA INK MOU ON TAXATION
TREATY
India and South Korea have inked a new memorandum of
understanding (MoU) on suspension of collection of taxes
during pendency of mutual agreement procedure. This
MoU will relieve the burden of double taxation for
taxpayers in both the countries during the pendency of
Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) proceedings.
UNION GOVT INKS MOU FOR ESTABLISHING IIITS AT
RANCHI, NAGPUR & PUNE
The Union Government has inked a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for establishing three Indian
Institute of Information Technology (IIITs) in the country.
These IIITs are being set up at Ranchi (Jharkhand), Nagpur
and Pune (Maharashtra).
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
SHAH PANEL TO LOOK INTO RIL & ONGC DISPUTE:
PRADHAN
A one-man committee to be headed by Justice (Retd) AP
Shah was constituted to look into acts of omission and
commission and recommend compensation to ONGC
whose natural gas from Bay of Bengal block had flowed to
adjoining fields of Reliance Industries.
REDDY TO HEAD JUDICIAL COMMITTEE ON OROP
Justice (Retired) L Narasimha Reddy,
former Chief Justice of Patna High Court,
will head the Judicial Committee to look
into the implementation of One-Rank,
One-Pension (OROP) scheme for the exservicemen. The panel was given a sixmonth deadline for submission of its recommendations.
CEA DR ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN COMMITTEE SUGGESTS
GST RATE OF 17-18% CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR
Dr Arvind Subramanian led Committee has recommended
standard rate for Goods and Services Tax (GST) at 17 to 18
per cent. The Committee has submitted its report to
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi.
Recommendations of Dr Arvind Subramanian Committee

Standard GST rate of 17 to 18 per cent.
Revenue-neutral rate of 15 to 15.5 per cent.
Two options for states: Single rate of 1 per cent or a
range of 17-18 per cent. Allocation to states will depend on
revenues raised by Centre and states. Three-tier GST rate
structure: Essential goods will be taxed at a lower rate of
12 per cent.
APPOINTMENT (INDIA AND WORLD)

DILIP GHOSH APPOINTED WEST BENGAL BJP CHIEF
BJP appointed Dilip Ghosh as the new president of West
Bengal, replacing Rahul Sinha. Ghosh was a state BJP
general secretary after joining the party some time back.
CHAUDHARY UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED BIHAR SPEAKER
Senior JD(U) leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary unanimously
elected Speaker of 16th Bihar Assembly. Chaudhary had
served as Minister of water resources, I&PRD and
agriculture in the previous Nitish Government, was
opposed by none and even Opposition parties submitted
nomination papers on his behalf.
MAURICIO MACRI BLANCO
Mauricio Macri Blanco was in as the President of
Argentina. He succeeded Cristina Elisabet Fernandez de
Kirchner who was in the office for two terms between
2007 and 2015.
PATRICIA SCOTLAND
Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland appointed
as the Secretary General of the
Commonwealth of Nations. With this,
Patricia becomes the first British citizen
and first woman as well to hold the role
in the 66-year history of 53-member
Commonwealth. Scotland succeeds
India's Kamalesh Sharma and will join
the office on 1 April 2016.
AK JAIN IS NEW CBDT CHIEF
Senior revenue service officer AK Jain was appointed
Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex
policy making body of Income Tax department. Jain, a 1978
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batch Indian Revenue Services officer, was made acting
Chairman of the board following superannuation of Anita
Kapur on November 30.
SUBROTO SOM
Mashreq, Dubai's third-biggest bank by assets appointed
Subroto Som the head of its retail banking group.
SIR VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN
Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, an Indian-American
scientist assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in
London.
DR VIJAY M RAO
Indian-American Dr Vijay M Rao was named as the
chairperson of the prestigious Radiological Society of
North America (RSNA) Board of.
KAHER KAZEM
General Motors has appointed Kaher Kazem as President
and Managing Director of its India operations, effective
January 1. Kazem, who is currently chief operating officer
(COO) of GM India, will be replacing Arvind Saxena.
PRAVIN GORDHAN
Pravin Gordhan, an Indian-origin politician has been
appointed as South Africas new Finance Minister. With
this he becomes countrys third Finance Minister in a
week. He replaces David van Rooyen.
JEFF WILLIAMS
Jeff Williams appointed as the Chief Operating Officer
(COO) of Apple Inc. The post of COO of the company had
been lying vacant since Tim Cook's ascension to position of
Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc in 2011.
ANJU BOBBY GEORGE
Anju Bobby George, the former long jump world
champion, was appointed as
the chairperson of the Target
Olympic
Podium
Scheme
(TOPS). She will be assuming
the charge in the first week of
December 2015.
SUNIL KANORIA
Sunil Kanoria was appointed as the President of The
Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India
(ASSOCHAM). Kanoria has succeeded Rana Kapoor, Yes
Bank Managing Director and CEO.
SANJAY PRADHAN
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) selected Indianorigin World Bank official Sanjay Pradhan to lead the
organization. Pradhan will help ensure that OGP continues
to succeed in its mission to promote government
transparency, accountability and responsiveness to
citizens.
P UDAY BHASKAR
P Uday Bhaskar appointed as the Chairman of Andhra
Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC). Sivanarayana,
who is one of the member of APPSC, had been the Interim
Chairman but he retired in June 2015.
MAHESH GUPTA
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has
a new President in Mahesh Gupta. Gupta, a seasoned
entrepreneur, is currently Chairman of Kent RO Systems
Ltd, which is a leading player in water purifier industry.
Gupta succeeds Alok Shriram who demited office.
JUSTICE TIRATH SINGH (TS) THAKUR
Justice Tirath Singh (TS) Thakur was sworn in as 43rd Chief
Justice of India (CJI) by President Pranab Mukherjee at
Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Thakur succeeded
incumbent Justice H L Dattu.
KAPIL CHOPRA
Kapil Chopra, President, The Oberoi Group, has been
appointed as the Chairman of World Travel & Tourism
Council, India Initiative (WTTCII) for 2016.
UDAI KUMAR
The Metropolitan Stock Exchange (formerly MCX Stock
Exchange) is set to appoint its interim Managing Director
and CEO Udai Kumar as MD & CEO. The equities and
commodities market regulator SEBI is expected to clear the
appointment soon.
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OBITUARIES
SANJEEV SHARMA
ABB India Ltd has appointed Sanjeev Sharma as Managing
Director with effect from January 1, 2016, to continue the
path of next level of growth across utilities, industries and
infrastructure in the country.
PRAKASH KUMAR SINGH
Prakash Kumar Singh appointed as the new chairman of
state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL). The post of
permanent chairman in the company has been lying vacant
since incumbent CS Verma was refused an extension by
the government in June.
AHMAD JAVED
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) appointed Mumbai
Police Commissioner Ahmad Javed as the Ambassador to
Saudi Arabia. With this, Javed became the 20th
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
REVA KHETRAPAL
Former Delhi High Court judge Reva Khetrapal took oath as
Delhi's new Lokayukta. The post of the anti-corruption
ombudsman was vacant since November 2013, when
retired Justice Manmohan Sarin renounced the office.
LALIT MODI
After being ousted as
president
of
the
Rajasthan
Cricket
Association (RCA) for
14 months, former IPL
commissioner
Lalit
Modi again become the
President of RCA .
P DEVADAS, LEADING TN ASTRONOMER, PASSES AWAY

Prof P Devadas, the legendary astronomer based in
Chennai, passed away. The nonagenarian astronomer,
described as a space scientist who has been honoured
many times by the international astronomy community,
has made a lot of contributions in the field of lunar and
planetary studies.
MAHIP SINGH
Writer, columnist and journalist Mahip Singh passed away
at a private hospital in Gurgaon after a brief illness, family
members said. He was 85.
ELDAR RYAZANOV
Eldar Ryazanov, one of the most popular Russian film
directors of the Soviet era, died following the prolonged
illness. He was 88.
SABRI KHAN
Renowned sarangi player Ustad Sabri Khan died in New
Delhi due to breathing problems. He was 88. Khan
belonged to the Sainia Gharana, which traces the tradition
of its music back to Tansen.
MAM RAMASWAMY
Industrialist, founder of Chettinad Group, former
parliamentarian MAM Ramaswamy passed away in
Chennai due to prolonged illness. He was 84. He was
popularly known as MAMR in political, business and sports
circles.
SHARAD ANANTRAO JOSHI
Sharad Anantrao Joshi, a renowned agro-economist and
veteran leader of farmers passed away in Pune,
Maharashtra.
R.K. MATHUR
Former Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur has been appointed
as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), breaking away
from the convention of appointing the head from among
the serving Information Commissioners. The post had
fallen vacant after Vijai Sharma completed his tenure on
December 1.
CHATLA SRIRAMULU
Noted writer and theatre artiste Chatla Sriramulu (84)
passed away at Secunderabad. He was awarded Best
Actor twice by Andhra Nataka Kala Parishad and was also
a recipient of Central Governments Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 1982.
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PETER DICKINSON
British Novelist Peter Dickinson passed away recently
following a brief illness in Winchester, Hampshire. He was
88. He was a prolific novelist for adults and children.
NOORUL HUDA
Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (M) of eastern
India, Noorul Huda passed away following a cardiac arrest
in Kolkata. He was 86.
KURT MASUR
One of the world's greatest conductors, Kurt Masur passed
away on 19 December 2015 in the United States. He died
from complications of Parkinsons Disease.
AWARDS
PREZ GETS GLOBAL LEADER AWARD FOR OPEN
INNOVATION
President Pranab Mukherjee was presented the Garwood
Award for Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation
by the UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business in California,
United States of America, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
DILIP KUMAR GETS PADMA VIBHUSHAN
Dilip Kumar was awarded with PADMA VIBHUSHAN. Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singh handed over to the actor the
Padma Vibhushan medallion,
the citation and a shawl in
the presence of Maharashtra
Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao
and
Maharshtra
Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Close family members and well-wishers of Dilip Kumar and
his wife Saira Banu were also present on the occasion.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE ANNUAL ASIAN
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP FORUM (ABLF) SERIES
Hinduja Brothers were honoured with the prestigious
Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Asian Business
Leadership Forum (ABLF) Series in Dubai. The prestigious
award recognizes the most powerful and influential
business leaders.
SUPER 30 FOUNDING MATHEMATICIAN ANAND

HONOURED IN GERMANY
Founder of super 30 academy Anand Kumar, was
honoured for his commendable work by Eva-Maria Stange,
Minister of State for higher education and research.
UNESCO FELLINI MEDAL TO BE AWARDED AT IFFI FOR THE
FIRST TIME
The UNESCO Fellini medal will be awarded in India for the
first time at the 46th International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) in collaboration with the International Council for
Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT),
Paris. The medal is given to a film that reflects UNESCOs
ideals.
DR APJ ABDUL KALAM IGNITE AWARDS
President Pranab Mukharjee presented Dr APJ Abdul
Kalam IGNITE awards 2015 to a total of 40 school students
of 27 districts from 18 states. The awards were given away
for 31 grass root innovations at the prestigious Indian
Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
E-INDIA AWARD
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) awarded with the
E-India Award for adopting technology to serve the public
better and using resources efficiently through mobile
applications. The award was received by VS Tomar,
Director (Systems) DDA during the e-INDIA SUMMIT 2015
in Mumbai.
SANGEET SAMMAN
Renowned violinist Lakshminarayana Subramaniam will be
honoured with the Sangeet Samman at the ITC Sangeet
Sammelan 2015 beginning on 4 December 2015 at the
Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata.
GOLDEN PEACOCK AWARD
Internationally
co-produced
adventure
drama
film Embrace of the Serpent on 30 November 2015 was
awarded with the Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film
at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa.
INDIAN NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION'S (INBA) AWARD
Pulin Kumar, Group Senior Legal and Compliance Director
of Adidas India was conferred with the Indian National Bar
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Association's (INBA) General Counsel of the year 2015 Retail Award in New Delhi.
'FORBES TOP 100 MIDDLE EAST - GLOBAL MEETS LOCAL
2015' AWARD
Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation,
consulting and business re-engineering, has been awarded
the prestigious 'Forbes Top 100 Middle East - Global Meets
Local 2015' Award.
UTTAR PRADESH RATNA AWARD
Frank Islam, an Indian-American entrepreneur and
philanthropist, will be conferred with Uttar Pradesh Ratna
Award on 4 January 2016 at the inaugural UP Pravasi Diwas
in Agra. The UP Ratna Award is conferred to the NRIs, who
hail from the state.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE DUBAI
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (DIFF)
Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin
Shah was honoured with the lifetime
achievement award at the Dubai
International Film Festival (DIFF). French
actress Catherine Deneuve also received
the award.
BAPPI LAHIRI AND SINGER KUMAR SANU WITH LIFETIME

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
The West Bengal Government honoured music composer
Bappi Lahiri and singer Kumar Sanu with Lifetime
Achievement Awards.
GENESIS PRIZE LAUREATE
Renowned Israeli-US violinist Itzhak Perlman was given
the 2016 Genesis Prize Laureate for his accomplishments
as a musician, teacher and advocate for people with
disabilities.
GRAHAM BELL AWARD
Global software giant Wipro announced that it won the
2015 Aegis Graham Bell Award for developing a solution
for the Internet of Things (IoT).
THE CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY (CII)-ITC
AWARDS 2015
The CII ITC awards were given for Excellence in Sustainable
Business were conferred in New Delhi. They were
conferred on 26 awardees in 4 main categories and 9 sub
categories.
QUEEN'S YOUNG LEADERS AWARD

Two Indians, Kartik Sawhney and Neha Swain, have won
the 2016 Queen's Young Leaders award in the United
Kingdom which will be presented by the British monarch in
Buckingham Palace in June 2016.
MISS UNIVERSE 2015

Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach crowned Miss
Universe 2015 at the final of 64th edition of Miss Universe
held in Las Vegas, the USA. She was crowned by Miss
Universe 2014 winner Paulina Vega of Columbia. Urvashi
Rautela who represented India in the contest couldnt
make it to top 15 semi-finals round.
MAILER PRIZE FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

India-born author Salman Rushdie was awarded the
prestigious Mailer Prize for lifetime achievement.
American experimental performance artist Laurie
Anderson presented the award to Rushdie at Pratt
Institute in Brooklyn, New York City.
MISS WORLD 2015

Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo was crowned Miss
World 2015 at the Beauty of Crown Theater in Sanya,
China. Rolene Strauss of South Africa crowned Mireia
Lalaguna as her successor at the end of the event. It is the
first time Spain has won the title of Miss World.
SOUTH EAST ASIAN WRITE AWARD

Indian-origin Tamil writer Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali was
declared as the winner of the prestigious South East Asian
Write Award for Singapore. Sali will receive the award for
literary excellence.
DEFENCE NEWS
COMBINED COMMANDERS CONFERENCE HELD ON INS
VIKRAMADITYA OFF KOCHI COAST
Combined Commanders Conference, an annual tri-services
event chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was held
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on board INS Vikramaditya about 50 kms off Kochi coast.
This is the first time when the conference was held outside
New Delhi.
INTERCEPTOR BOAT ICGS C-422 COMMISSIONED INTO
INDIAN COAST GUARD SERVICE
Indian Coast Guard has commissioned interceptor boat
ICGS C-422 into its fleet to further enhance its vigil along
Pondicherry and South
Tamil Nadu coast in
the Bay of Bengal. ICGS
C-422 is the 36th
interceptor boat to be
inducted into the
Coast Guard service. The boat is capable of multiple tasks
including interdiction, surveillance and search and rescue.
SAADMEX
The South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise
(SAADMEx) 2015 was concluded by the Union Government
in Delhi. This was the first-ever joint exercise to be
conducted by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
of India. This joint exercise was attended by South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member
countries from 23 November to 26 November 2015. The
member countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
US PACIFIC AIR FORCES COMMANDER IN NEW DELHI TO
STRENGTHEN INDIA-US MILITARY COOPERATION
US Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen Lori J Robinson was
on an official visit to the Capital for strengthening India-US
military cooperation, especially in the wake of Americas
rebalance to Asia Pacific.
SAMUDRA PAVAK ARRIVES AT PORBANDAR
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Samudra Pavak was
inducted in services. The ship has arrived at ICGs
Porbandar base and will be commissioned by the end of
this year.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED NUCLEAR-CAPABLE
PRITHVI-II MISSILE
India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed
nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile from ITR ar Chandipur,
which has a strike range of 350 km, as part of a user trial

by the army. The surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile is
capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and is
thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.
33 PER CENT RESERVATION FOR WOMAN IN
PARAMILITARY FORCES
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that
the government was considering 33 per cent reservation
for women in the paramilitary forces.
INDO-RUSSIA BILATERAL NAVAL EXERCISE INDRA NAVY15 BEGAN IN VISAKHAPATANAM
Indo-Russia bilateral maritime exercise Indra Navy 2015
commenced in Vishakhapatanam. The exercise epitomises
the strategic relationship between the two nations. The
8th edition of Indra Navy was conducted in the Bay of
Bengal till 12 December 2015.
PAKISTAN SUCCESSFULLY TESTS NUCLEAR-CAPABLE
SHAHEEN-IA BALLISTIC MISSILE
Pakistan has successfully tested the nuclear-capable
Shaheen-IA ballistic missile with a range of 900 km. It is
second nuclear capable missile test to be undertaken by
Pakistan. Earlier Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic
missile with a range of 2,750 km was tested.
RS.40,000CR. DEFENCE DEAL WITH RUSSIA
A defence deal potentially worth Rs. 40,000 crore, one of
the biggest of its kind to be approved by the Modi
government, could be the highlight of Prime Ministers
visit to Russia. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)
chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar cleared the
purchase of five S400 Triumf longrange air defence
systems from Russia.
NUCLEAR-CAPABLE DHANUSH MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY
TEST FIRED FROM WARSHIP SUBHADRA
The nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was
successfully test fired from warship Subhadra, off the Puri
coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal. The test was
conducted by Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO). The missile has a length of 8.53
meters and is 0.9 meter wide. It is single-stage, liquid
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propelled which can hit both land and sea-based targets
upto strike range of 350 kms.
of eight Landing Craft Utility Ships being designed and built

by GRSE for the Indian Navy.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES AGNI-I MISSILE

India successfully test-fired the indigenously built nuclearcapable Agni-I missile, capable of hitting a target at a
distance of 700 km, from a test range off the Odisha coast
as part of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) training
exercise. Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I is
designed to carry a payload of more than one tonne. Its
strike range can be extended by reducing the payload.
RANKS AND REPORTS
INDIA-ISRAEL
CO-DEVELOPED
LRSAM
MISILE
SUCCESSFULLY TESTED
Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) co-developed
by India and Israel was
successfully test-fired for
the first time from an Israeli
Naval Platform. The trial
test was undertaken by
Israel Aerospace Industries
(IAI) in the presence of
Defence
Research
Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists.
About the Missile
a) LRSAM is also called Barak 8 missile in Israel which in
Hebrew language means Lightning.
B) Barak 8 is an advanced, long-range missile defence and
air defence system. Its main features are long range, active
radar seeker missile, vertical launch and multiple
simultaneous engagements.
COCHIN SHIPYARD LAUNCHES FAST PATROL VESSELS FOR
COAST GUARD
The public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd has launched the
nineteenth of the 20 Fast Patrol Vessels being built for
Indian Coast Guard. The vessel was named ICGS Atulya
and launched by Hema Subramaniam, wife of Commodore
K. Subramaniam, Chairman & Managing Director, CSL.
GRSE LAUNCHES FIFTH SHIP OF INDIAN NAVY'S LCU MK IV
PROJECT
The fifth ship of Indian Navy's LCU MK IV project, was
launched at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd
(GRSE) in Kolkata. LCU L-55 is the fifth vessel in the series
ANGELA MERKEL TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR 2015

U.S. magazine Time named German Chancellor Angela
Merkel as its Person of the Year 2015, hailing her
leadership during Europes debt, refugee and migrant
crises, as well as Russias intervention in Ukraine.
INDIA RANKS 130 IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX:
UNDP
India ranked 130 among 188 countries in Human
Development Report 2015 released by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP). The ranking is for the
year 2014. Norway topped followed by Australia and
Switzerland. As per the report, the HDI rank of Bangladesh
and Pakistan was 142 and 147, respectively. Among the
BRICS nations, India was ranked lowest.
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE PARTNERSHIP ON MIGRATION AND
DEVELOPMENT
World Bank Groups Global Knowledge Partnership on
Migration and Development (KNOMAD) initiative released
the Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016. The report
provides a snapshot of latest statistics on immigration,
emigration, skilled emigration, and remittance flows for
214 countries and territories. As per the report, the
number of international migrants is expected to surpass
250 million in 2015. India was the largest remittance
receiving country, with an estimated 72 billion US dollars in
2015, followed by China (64 billion) and the Philippines (30
billion US dollars).
GLOBAL ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS REPORT
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) released the Global Illicit
Financial Flows Report 2015 entitled Illicit Financial Flows
from the Developing Countries: 2004-2013. The report
found that developing and emerging economies lost 7.8
trillion US dollars in illicit financial flows from 2004 through
2013. Among the 149 countries surveyed, India stood at
the 4th position in terms of illicit financial flows between
2004 and 2013 with 51 billion US dollars.
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BEST COUNTRIES FOR DOING BUSINESS

India has been ranked a low 97th out of 144 nations,
behind Kazakhstan and Ghana, on Forbes annual list of the
best countries for doing business in 2015, scoring poorly
on metrics like trade and monetary freedom and tackling
challenges like corruption and violence. Denmark topped
the list of the 144 nations on the Best Countries of
Business in 2015 list by Forbes.
INDIA AND WORLD

CHINA URGED G20 MEMBER COUNTRIES TO PURSUE
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
China, which will be hosting the 2016 G20 meet and holder
of the rotating presidency, urged member countries to
pursue structural reforms to spur global economic growth
even as the Asian giants economy slows.
TAPI GAS PIPELINE COULD BECOME A REALITY SOON
Vice President Hamid
Ansari joined Pakistan
Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif and Afghanistan
President Ashraf Ghani
along with his host
Turkmenistan
President
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to press a button that will
forge the first pipeline to supply Turkmen gas to
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, (TAPI) with a final length
of nearly 1,800 km by the time of its completion in 67
years. The project has potential to extract from it between
15%-25% of its natural gas needs of India.
COOPERATION IN DEFENCE BETWEEN US AND INDIA
India and the U.S. have identified 17 new areas for
potential cooperation under the Defence Technology and
Trade Initiative (DTTI), a flagship scheme to enhance
bilateral strategic partnership, particularly in high
technology, launched in 2012.
Concluding his four day tour of the United States, Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar said he and his counterpart,
Ash Carter, had agreed to closely monitor the progress of
the DTTI.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

HELIXSAFE TO COME TO RESCUE
A wearable device that aims at automatically providing
relief and summoning medical help for victims who are left
unattended after serious automobile accidents has been
developed by a student in Uttar Pradesh. Seventeen year
old Akshat Prakash, named his invention HelixSafe and
presented it at the Taiwan International Science Fair, 2015.
HETERO BECAME FIRST INDIAN COMPANY TO RECEIVE
DGCIS APPROVAL FOR HEPATITIS C DRUG
Hyderabad-based Hetero Drugs announced that it received
the approval of Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to
launch fixed-dose combination therapy LedipasvirSofosbuvir. The product will be available under the brand
name Ledisof in India. With this approval, Hetero became
the first company in the country to get approval from DGCI
to launch hepatitis C medicines.
GAIL, ISRO LAUNCH SATELLITE-BASED PORTAL TO
MONITOR PIPELINES
GAIL (India) Limited in collaboration with National Remote
Sensing Centre, a unit of Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO), has launched a surveillance geo-portal
Bhuvan-GAIL Portal that utilises space technology for
its pipeline safety application.
ATLAS V ROCKET LIFTED OFF WITH CYGNUS CARGO
SPACESHIP TO ISS
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V (401 configuration) rocket
carrying the OA-4 Cygnus cargo spacecraft with much
needed supplies blasted off towards the International
Space Station (ISS). The rocket lifted off from Space Launch
Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after three
days of delay due to poor weather.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
UN SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDED BAN ON TALIBAN
The UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted
resolution 2255 (2015) under Chapter VII of the United
Nations Charter. The resolution extends and adjusts
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sanctions regime against individuals and entities affiliated
with the Taliban for 18 months.
MISS IRAQ BEAUTY PAGEANT HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 1972
Miss Iraq beauty pageant was held for the first time since
1972. In the final event of the pageant, Shaymaa Qasim
Abdelrahman was crowned Miss Iraq.
IMF APPROVED ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN
The IMF approved nearly $500 million in its latest tranche
of financial assistance to Pakistan, bringing the total
amount of money released to revive the countrys
economy to $5 billion.
TUNISIA DECLARED NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY
Tunisias President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a nationwide
state of emergency and a curfew in the capital after a
bomb attack on a presidential guard bus killed at least 12
people.
COMMONWEALTH TRADE FINANCE FACILITY
Sri Lanka, India, Malta and Mauritius have come together
to establish a Commonwealth Trade Finance Facility to
boost trade and investment flows, particularly for
developing nations of the Commonwealth.
US INCREASED H2B QUOTA
US lawmakers have decided to increase the quota for H-2B
visas meant for unskilled foreign workers by nearly 400 per
cent but the move is unlikely to significantly impact Indians
as most of them do not opt for it.
BEIJING LIFTS RED ALERT FOR SMOG

Chinese capital Beijing lifted its first ever red alert for smog
as the hazardous haze which surrounded the city bringing
much relief to the over 22 million residents.
SET UP FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY SRI LANKA
Sri Lankas President Maithripala Sirisena , Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe will move a resolution in Parliament
for converting the House into a Constitutional Assembly
(CA). This is to start the process of drafting a Constitution
to replace the current one, in place since 1978.
SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF SCO
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting is
set to showcase growing alignment between China and
Russia, through closer integration of the Beijing marshalled
Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) with Moscow driven
Eurasian Economic Union (EEAU), steered by a 10 year
developmental plan.
NEW ZEALAND FORMALLY BECOMES MEMBER OF AIIB
New Zealand has formally become a member of the Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Finance Minister Bill
English. New Zealand's
ratification
would
contribute to the AIIB
reaching the 50-percent
threshold of the needed
for the AIIB to establish
operations, English said in a statement.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES APJ ABDUL KALAM

FELLOWSHIP FOR INDIAN STUDENTS
The University of South Florida (USF) has announced a
postgraduate fellowship in the name of former president
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to support accomplished and talented
Indian students looking to study abroad.
UN CHIEF LAUNCHED ANTICIPATE, ABSORB, RESHAPE

INITIATIVE TO BUILD CLIMATE RESILIENCE
The United Nations (UN) Chief Ban Ki-moon along with the
agencies of the UN system launched initiative titled
Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape to build climate resilience in
the worlds most vulnerable countries. The initiative was
launched during the United Nations climate change
conference (COP21) in Paris.
MYANMAR LAUNCHED ITS FIRST UNESCO BIOSPHERE

RESERVE INLE LAKE
Myanmar launched its first UNSECO Biosphere Reserve Inle
Lake in Shan state. The Inle Lake was designated as
UNESCO Biosphere reserve in Paris in June 2015.
WOMEN ELECTED IN FIRST EVER PARTICIPATION IN SAUDI

ARABIA
Saudi Arabians voted 17 women into public office in
municipal elections in the conservative Islamic kingdom,
the first to allow female participation. The election was the
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first in which women could vote and run as candidates, a
landmark step in a country where women are barred from
driving and are legally dependent on a male relative to
approve almost all their major life decisions.
WORLD LEADERS LAUNCHED MISSION INNOVATION FOR
ACCELERATING CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION
World leaders launched Mission Innovation for
accelerating clean energy revolution across the world. The
mission was launched by 20 participating countries,
including India, at the United Nations Climate Change
Conference 2015 (COP21) in Paris-Le Bourget, France.
LUXEMBOURG BECAME THE 10TH COUNTRY TO RATIFY
AOA OF ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK
Luxembourg became the 10th country to ratify the Articles
of Agreement (AoA) that will lay the legal framework for
the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB). Apart from Luxembourg, Australia, Austria, Brunei
Darussalam, China, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand,
Singapore and United Kingdom ratified the 60-article
agreement so far.
SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCES 34 NATIONS ISLAMIC
COALITION TO FIGHT TERRORISM
Saudi Arabia has launched Islamic Military Coalition, a new
military alliance of 34 nations mainly Muslim nations to
fight terrorism. It has been established in pursuance of the
objectives and principles of the charter of the Organization
of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council,

established the legality of the operation.
MYANMAR INAUGURATED YANGON STOCK EXCHANGE
Myanmar inaugurated a new stock exchange, named
Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX), with plans for six companies
to start trading in March 2016.
OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE TO TACKLE ISIS
OIR is the US military operation name for the intervention
against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), including
both the campaign in Iraq and the campaign in Syria.
BURKINA FASO PRESIDENT
Roch Marc Kabore became Burkina Fasos first
democratically elected leader in nearly four decades,
vowing a brighter future for the western African country
after a year of political turmoil and unrest.
SUMMITS
CULTURE MINISTER MAHESH SHARMA INAUGURATES
INDIA-LAOS CONFERENCE IN DELHI
India values its relations with Laos as the two countries
share a long history of cultural relations over centuries,
Union Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said.
Inaugurating an international conference on 'India-Laos:
Inter-Cultural Relations.'
IAEA ENDS 12 YEAR IRAN NUCLEAR WEAPON PROBE

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has ended its
12-year investigation into concerns that Iran might be
developing nuclear weapons. In this regard, IAEA Board of
Governors have passed a resolution ending its longrunning inquiry against Iran but allowing inspectors to
continue to police the countrys nuclear programme.
10TH WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI

The five-day long 10th World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Ministerial
Conference
concluded in Nairobi, Kenya.
The conference concluded
with the adoption of the
Nairobi Package that is aimed
at benefitting organizations
poorest members.
UNITED KINGDOM JOINS THE FIGHT AGAINST SYRIA

British aircraft began bombing Syria just hours after the
government secured an overwhelming parliamentary vote
in the House of Commons for military action against the
Islamic State in the West Asian country. The recent
2ND WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE CONCLUDED IN

WUZEN, CHINA
The three-day long 2nd World Internet Conference was
concluded at Wuzen in China. Wuzen is located in Zhejiang
Province in eastern China. The conference was held with
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theme An Interconnected World Shared and Governed by
AllBuilding a Cyberspace Community of Shared Destiny.
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS
OF SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION
The two-day 14th Meeting of the Council of Heads of
Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (CSO)
Member States was concluded. It was held at Zhengzhou,
China.
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF HEART OF ASIA-ISTANBUL
PROCESS
The two-day 5th Ministerial Conference of Heart of AsiaIstanbul Process was concluded in Islamabad, Pakistan. The
event was jointly inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif and President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani.
NMPT HOLDS TRADE MEET IN MYSORE
New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), in association with
Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
Nanjangud Industries Association, organized a trade meet
in Mysore.
ISB HOSTED ANGEL SUMMIT IN HYDERABAD
Angel Hub hosted the first edition of The Angel Summit at
the Indian School of Business (ISB) campus in Hyderabad.
SECURITY EXPO IN CAPITAL CONCLUDES
UBM India recently concluded its 9th International Fire &
Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) India Expo 2015
in the Capital. It was inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister
of Delhi Manish Sisodia.
THE FIRST BRICS MEDIA SUMMIT
The first BRICS media summit, was hosted by Chinas
Xinhua News Agency and co-chaired by The Hindu group of

publications, Empresa Brasil de Communicacao S/AEBC of
Brazil, Rossiya Segodnya of Russia and South Africas
Independent Media.
10TH EAST ASIA SUMMIT HELD IN KUALA LUMPUR,

MALAYSIA
The 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The years summit held under the theme Our
People, Our Community, Our Vision. The summit was
chaired by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak and
attended by the Heads of State/Government of ASEAN
Member States.
WORLD ROBOT OLYMPIAD, 2015 HELD IN DOHA; 2016
SESSION TO BE HELD IN DELHI
World Robot Olympiad (WRO), 2015 was held in Doha,
Qatar. The 2015 session of the event was held with theme
Robot Explorers. It was also announced that the 13th
World Robot Olympiad will be held in Delhi in November
2016.
BIZ BRIDGE MEET IN KOLKATA
Loan applications worth Rs. 50 crore were received from
micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), both
existing and prospective, from the eastern region,
particularly West Bengal, at the end of the four-day Biz
Bridge 2015 organised in Kolkata.
PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATES TOP POLICE
OFFICERS' CONFERENCE IN GUJARAT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formally inaugurated
the All-India conference of Directors General of Police
(AICDGPs) at Dhordo in white Rann of Kutch region near
Bhuj, Gujarat.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

ON MY TERMS: FROM THE GRASSROOTS TO THE
CORRIDORS OF POWER
An autobiography of Sharad Pawar was released by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. He, in his book, has provided a
detailed account of the reason which helped in creation of
rough patches in his relation with Rajiv Gandhi.
The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence An
Insiders Account:
The book titled The Bose Brothers and Indian
Independence An Insiders Account authored by Madhuri
Bose was released.
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IMPORTANT DAYS
25 November- International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women was observed across the world
on 25 November 2015.
26 November - The National Milk Day (NMD) was on 26
November 2015 observed across India to mark 94th birth
anniversary of the Father of the White Revolution Dr
Verghese Kurien.
26th November- The Constitution Day of India is being
observed on 26th November to spread awareness of
Indian Constitution and its architecture Dr. B R Ambedkar.
1 December
Every year on 1st December World Acquired Immuno
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Day is being observed. The
theme for year 2015 is Getting to zero, End AIDS by 2030
2 December
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was
observed globally on 2 December 2015.
4 December
44th Navy Day was observed on 4 December 2015. The
occasion saw screening of Navy Telefilm 2015 titled
Empowering India Through Maritime Security and
Indigenisation on DD National.
5 December
The International Volunteer Day (IVD) was on 5 December
2015 observed across the world with the theme The world
is changing. Are you? Volunteer!.
10 December
Human Rights Day on 10 December 2015 was observed
across the world. It aimed to promote and raise
awareness of the two Covenants of Human Rights DayInternational Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural
Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (ICCPR).
16 December
Vijay Diwas was observed across the country on 16
December 2015. On this day, nation remembers martyrs,
who laid down their lives during Indo-Pak War of 1971.
18 December
International Migrants Day was observed across the world
on 18 December 2015.
VISITS
SUSHMA SWARAJ VISITS TO PAKISTAN
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj reached New
Delhi
after
a
'successful' visit to
Pakistan,
where
she attended the
'Heart of Asia'
conference
and
held bilateral talks
with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his adviser
Sartaj Aziz.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS OF INDIA, PAKISTAN
MEET IN BANGKOK
The two NSAs issued a joint statement after the meeting
stating that the talks revolved around issues like terrorism
and security along the Line of Control (LoC) between both
countries. The meeting between Ajit Doval and Nasir
Janjua comes less than a week after Prime Minister
Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif
on the sidelines of the Paris Climate Summit.
MODI VISITED RUSSIA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Moscow on a
two-day visit during which he will attend the 16th IndiaRussia annual summit. During the visit, a raft of
agreements spanning a broad spectrum of sectors are
expected to be signed following summit-level talks
between the two countries with trade being a major focus
area.
MODI VISITED FRANCE
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 80 other world leaders
attended the two-week climate change conference in
Paris, raising expectations that a global climate agreement
would finally be stitched together, host France announced.
The climate conference, called Conference of Parties, or
COP.
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SPORTS NEWS
KANE WILLIAMSON
Kane Williamson became the first cricketer from New
Zealand to top the
International Cricket
Councils (ICCs) Test
rankings. With this,
Williamson
moved
above England's Joe
Root (886 points) and
South Africa's AB de Villiers (881) to sit on 889 points.
ABHAY SINGH WON U-19 SINGAPORE SQUASH OPEN
Indias Abhay Singh won the Under-19 Singapore Squash
Open. In the final of the Old Chang Kee Singapore Open, he
defeated second seed Alwin Chai of Malaysia. With this
win, Abhay, the world number one junior player & has won
seven junior titles in the year 2015.
BARCA WIN CLUB WC
Lionel Messi fired Barcelona to its third Club World Cup
title with a disputed opening goal as the European
champion beat South American champion River Plate 3-0
in the final.
CHENNAI LIFT ISL TITLE
Forced to shift base to another venue due to floods in their
home city, Chhenaiyin FC crowned the Indian Super League
champions after they beat FC Goa 3-2 in a drama-filled
summit clash in which three goals were scored in the last
four minutes.
MIRZA PROPELS TO NO.1
The Hyderabadi had a splendid 2015 with ten titles of
which nine came with Martina Hingis. The duo won
Wimbledon and US Open together before capping off the
season with the year ending WTA Finals title. Deservedly,
Sania finished the year atop the doubles rankings.
ANIRBAN LAHIRI
Indian golfer Lahiri won the Maybank Malaysian Open and
defeated another Indian, Shiv Chowrasia to win the Hero
Indian Open. But his biggest success came when he was
named to represent India at the 2015 Presidents Cup, the

first ever Indian to get the honour.
PUJARA IS BRAND AMBASSADOR OF RHM
Indian cricketer and local boy Cheteshwar Pujara was
appointed as the brand ambassador of Rajkot Half
Marathon to be organised here on January 24. The
marathon is jointly organised by the Rajkot Municipal
Corporation (RMC) and the city police.
INDIA DROPS TO 7TH IN FIH RANKINGS
The bronze medal in the recently-held Hockey World
League (HWL) Final, notwithstanding, India dropped a
place to the seventh position in the latest International
Hockey Federation (FIH) for men. World champions
Australia, the winners of HWL Final in Raipur, continue to
occupy the top spot ahead of second placed Netherlands
and Germany.
JAPAN'S NOZOMI OKUHARA, KENTO MOMOTA WON
SINGLES TITLES AT WORLD DUBAI SUPERSERIES FINALS
Japanese shuttlers Kento Momota and Nozomi Okuhara
won Men's singles and Womens singles title at the BWF
World Superseries finals held at the Hamdan Sports
Complex, Dubai.
APURVI CHANDELA WINS GOLD MEDAL AT NATIONAL
SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Apurvi Chandela from Rajasthan has won a Gold medal in
the 59th National Shooting Championship in Delhi. She
won the gold medal in 10-metre Air Rifle event in womens
category by shooting 207.8 score in the finals.
VIJAY KUMAR WON GOLD IN THE 59TH NATIONAL
SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Vijay Kumar won the centre fire pistol gold in the 59th
National shooting championship at the Dr Karni Singh
Range in Tughlakabad in New Delhi.
DHONI BECOMES BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR DUBAIBASED COMPANY
Indias ODI cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has
bagged his first endorsement deal outside the country,
signing up to be the brand ambassador of Dubai-based
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hospitality and event management company Grand
Midwest Group for three years.
ICC SUSPENDED WEST INDIES SPINNER SUNIL NARINE
FOR ILLEGAL BOWLING ACTION
International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended West Indies
off-spinner Sunil Narine from bowling in international
cricket with immediate effect.
ANAND FINISHES 9TH, CARLSEN WINS LONDON CLASSIC

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a
draw with Anish Giri of Holland to finish ninth in the
London Classic while Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the
London Classic Event.
2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES LOGO UNVEILED
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND STARTED PLAYING THE

HISTORIC FIRST DAY-NIGHT TEST AT ADELAIDE OVAL
First day-night Test was played at the Adelaide Oval with a
pink Kookaburra ball. It was the first time in 138 years, a
Test match was played with a ball that is not red. It was
won by Australia.
ASHWIN, JADEJA IN TOP-FIVE ALL-ROUNDERS RANKS
Ravichandran Ashwin held on to his top spot, while
Ravindra Jadeja rose a rung to be fifth in the all-rounders'
chart of the latest ICC Test rankings.
MCILROY WINS EUROPEAN TOUR PLAYER AWARD
Rory McIlroy has been voted the European Tour's player of
the year for 2015, winning the award for the third time in
the past four seasons.
SHIVA, MANDEEP, 2 OTHERS GET IOC OLY SCHOLARSHIPS
In a massive fillip to their Olympic dreams, World
Championships bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa (56kg) and
Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Mandeep Jangra
(69kg) were among the four Indian boxers selected by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a scholarship.
Gaurav Bidhuri (52kg) and Sumit Sangwan (69kg) were the
other two boxers picked by the IOC.
SERENA IS SI'S SPOTY
Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the
Year the first female athlete honored on her own by the
magazine in more than 30 years.
PESHAWAR SIGN ANDY FLOWER AS MENTOR
Former England coach Andy Flower has been signed on as
the batting consultant and mentor of the Peshawar
franchise in the upcoming Pakistan Super League.
"Tikhor", a one-horned rhino, was unveiled as the mascot

of the 12th South Asian Games, along with its logo in the
presence of Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Assam
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Meghalaya Sports Minister
Zenith Sangma. Guwahati and Shillong will jointly host the
Games from February 6-16, next year.
ROHIT TO CO-OWN PWL TEAM UP WARRIORS
Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma named as the co-owner of
the Pro Wrestling League team UP Warriors.
JAYAWARDENE ELECTED AS MCC LIFE MEMBER
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has been
awarded honorary life membership of the Marylebone
Cricket Club (MCC) in recognition of his "stellar career".
"Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has awarded former Sri
Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene Honorary Life
Membership of the Club.
PUNE, RAJKOT NEW IPL FRANCHISES
Sanjeev Goenka owned New Rising and Intex Mobiles
bagged the two IPL franchises available for a two year
period with headquarters in Pune and Rajkot.
SAINA, LEE TOP BUYS AT PBL AUCTION
Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei were
the most expensive buys in the Premier Badminton League
auction. Both the shuttlers went for the maximum
permitted limit $100,000.
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ITS A CLEAN SWEEP

At the end of the fourth Test of the Gandhi-Mandela
Series, the scorecard read a 337 run victory for India
their biggest in terms of runs over the visiting world
number 1 South Africa. It also ensured a 3-0 thumping for
the Proteas. After the series won, India ranked 2nd in the
ICC top test rankings.
INDIAS THAKUR ANOOP SINGH WON GOLD MEDAL IN
WORLD BODYBUILDING AND PHYSIQUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Indias Thakur Anoop Singh won gold medal in the 7th
WBPF World Bodybuilding and Physique Championships.
He won the medal in the fitness physique category.
Overall, India won 11 medals in the championships that
saw participation from 47 nations. The championships
were held in Bangkok, Thailand.
KALLIS TOP BILLING AT MCL
South African legend Jacques Kallis was bought at a
handsome price of $175,000 while former Australian
wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist fetched an
impressive amount of $170,000 at the Masters Champions
League (MCL) auction.
INDIA END HWL WITH BRONZE
A spirited India broke their 33-year-old medal jinx as they
came back from two
goals down to stun
defending champions
Netherlands in the
shoot-out after both
the teams were tied
5 -5 at regulation
time in a thrilling bronze medal play-off match of the
Hockey World League (HWL) Final.
MURRAY TAKES GB TO FIRST DAVIS CUP TITLE IN 79
YEARS
Andy Murray gave Britain its first Davis Cup title in 79 years
when he beat Belgiums David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the
first of reverse singles. The win gave Britain an unassailable
3-1 lead in the best-of-five series and the final singles
match was not played. Britain is the only nation to have
competed in all Davis Cup editions since 1900 and its 10th
title makes it the third most successful nation after the
United States (32) and Australia (28).
AUSTRALIA WIN GOLD
World champions Australia stamped their authority and
defeated Belgium 2-1 to clinch the title of the second
edition of Hockey World League (HWL) Final at the Sardar
Vallabh Bhai Patel Stadium.
SAINA NOMINATED FOR BWF PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has been nominated for
the Woman Player of the Year Award of the Badminton
World Federation after a consistent season which saw her
occupy the world number one spot for a brief period.
RENAULT COMPLETE TAKEOVER
Renault completed their takeover of the Lotus team ahead
of the French manufacturer's return to Formula One in
2016, company boss Carlos Ghosn announced.
BAI RECHRISTENS IBL TO PBL
BAI Organising committee has decided to rechristen Indian
Badminton League (IBL) as Premier Badminton League
(PBL). The League is scheduled to be held from January 2
to 17 next year.
TREBLE GLORY FOR SINDHU

Two-time defending champion P V Sindhu completed a
hat-trick of womens singles title at the $120,000 Macau
Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japans Minatsu
Mitani in the final.
NO INDIAN IN ICC TEST TEAM OF THE YEAR, SHAMI LONE
IN ODI X1
No Indian cricketer figured in the ICC's Test team of the
Year 2015, while pacer Mohammad Shami was the lone
representative from among the 'Men in Blue' to find a
place in the ODI team of the Year, which were announced
by ICC. However, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin
has been named as the 12th man in the Test team.
JOSHNA BECOMES HIGHEST RANKED INDIAN
Veteran Joshna Chinappa became the highest ranked
Indian in the world professional squash circuit after
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climbing up four positions to be placed at 13th spot in the
latest rankings list. Best among the Indian men is national
champion Saurav Ghosal, who has dropped a rung to be at
18th.
KUMBLE RESIGNS AS CHIEF MENTOR OF MI
Spin great Anil Kumble stepped down as the chief mentor
of Mumbai Indians with immediate effect. His decision
follows a BCCI crackdown on conflict of interest in the
board.
ROSBERG ENDS 2015 ON HIGH

Nico Rosberg completed a hat trick of
victories to end the Formula One season
when he won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,
profiting from a questionable tire strategy
by his Mercedes teammate Lewis
Hamilton.
SHAKIB BANNED FOR ABUSING UMPIRE
Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was handed a one-match
ban over a double foul-mouthed outburst during the
ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Twenty20
competition.
SAI, GOPICHAND FOUNDATION SIGN MOU
Sports Authority of India and Pullela Gopichand Badminton
Foundation (PGBF) joined hands to establish a SAI
Gopichand National Badminton Academy at Gachibowli,
Hyderabad. A Memorandum of Understanding for this
purpose was signed in the presence of SAI Director General
Injeti Srinivas.
PAK PULLS OUT OF SAFF CSHIP
Pakistan has pulled out of the South Asian Football
Federation Championships (SAFF) to be held in
Thiruvananthapuram from December 23 to January 3.
IMRAN HASAN IS NEW SHOOTING CHAMPION
Imran Hasan Khan made a strong statement as he beat
World Championship and Olympic medallist Gagan Narang
to the mens air rifle gold in the 59th National shooting
championship.
MANOJ PRABHAKAR SELECTED AS AFGHANISTAN

BOWLING COACH
Former India allrounder Manoj Prabhakar will assist the
Afghanistan team as a bowling coach. His appointment
runs until theT20 World Cup to be held in India next year.
PLAYERS OF BANNED IPL TEAMS AUCTIONED
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will wear a non-Chennai Super
Kings jersey in the Indian Premier League
for the first time when he turns up for the new Pune
franchise, owned by Sanjeev Goenkas New Rising, in the
next two editions.
The Pune franchise, which had the right to start picking
players, chose Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, R. Ashwin, Steve
Smith and Faf du Plessis.
LAHIRI WINS ASIAN TOUR ORDER OF MERIT TITLE
Anirban Lahiri become the fourth Indian to win the Asian
Tour Order of Merit title. He was declared the new Asia
No. 1 for 2015, as his lead on the money list has swollen to
over $600,000 with one event remaining in the season.
FOOTBALL ACADEMY OF BRICS CAME IN DELHI
With hopes of catching young talent and providing
professional support for the development of football, Delhi
Dynamos FC announced the launch of the Delhi Dynamos
BRICS Football Academy in India.
SCHEMES
10 NEW/REVISED SCHEMES FOR THE DISABLED PERSONS
Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment
Thaawar Chand Gehlot announced the launching of 10
new/revised schemes for the disabled persons in New
Delhi. These schemes were launched under the National
Trust for the welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral
Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.The list
of the schemes are:
1. DISHA: Early Intervention and School Readiness
Scheme
2. VIKAAS: Day Care Scheme
3. SAMARTH: Respite Care Scheme
4. GHARAUNDA: Group Home for Adults Scheme
5. NIRAMAYA: Health Insurance Scheme
6. SAHYOGI: Caregiver training scheme
7. GYAN PRABHA: Educational support Scheme
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8. PRERNA: Marketing Assistance Scheme
9. SAMBHAV: Aids and Assisted Devices Scheme
10. BADHTE KADAM: Awareness and Community
Interaction Scheme
SETU FOR START-UP BUSINESS

A mechanism known as SETU to support all aspects of
start-up businesses and other selfemployment activities
has been set up by the government. The government has
established a mechanism to be known as SETU (SelfEmployment and Talent Utilisation) under NITI Aayog to
support all aspects of start-up businesses and other selfemployment activities, particularly in technology-driven
areas.
UNION GOVERNMENT APPROVED 3120 CRORE RUPEES
INVESTMENT FOR INFRA BOOST IN 102 AMRUT CITIES
The Ministry of Urban Development approved an
investment of 3120 crore rupees
investment plans for basic urban
infrastructure boost for 102
cities approved under Atal
Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
The plans will enhance water
supply,
sewerage
network
services, storm water drains,
non-motorised transport and
availability of public spaces in 102 cities, under AMRUT.
NHAI APPROVES PILOT PROJECT FOR DEVELOPING
GREENBELTS ALONG NATIONAL HIGHWAY
National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) has
approved a pilot project for undertaking scientific studies
on designing greenbelts along national highways. Proposal
in this regard was submitted by Nagpur based National
Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI).
Key facts are
1. The pilot project will be implemented on a 5 km
stretch on NH-7 (Varanasi to Kanyakumari) between
Jam and Hinganghat in Nagpur region.
2. Around 20,000 scientifically chosen species of trees
are proposed to be planted on both sides of this
stretch in multiple rows at an estimated cost of 11
crore 80 lakh rupees.
GLOBAL INITIATIVE OF ACADEMIC NETWORKS (GIAN)

SCHEME
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD)
has launched Global Initiative of Academic Networks
(GIAN) Scheme to boost the quality of higher education in
India. It was launched by Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani
at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus. GIAN
Scheme aims at improving the quality of higher education
in the country through international collaboration. Initially
500 international faculties will be engaged in conducting
courses and later in subsequent years 1000 faculties would
be engaged under GIAN throughout India. Under this
scheme, academicians will cover 13 disciplines and 352
courses to be taught in 68 national institutions.
UNION GOVT TO ROLL OUT BSV NORMS FROM APRIL 1,
2019
Union Government has decided to advance the date for
implementation of Bharat Stage (BS) V and BS VI emission
norms for four-wheelers. As per advance dates, BS V
norms will be rolled out from 1st of April, 2019 and BS VI
norms from 1st April, 2021. In BS, certain limit is specified
on the released pollutants and in the succeeding higher
stages, the BS norms reduces the limit of pollutant
emission. Issued BS stages are:
1. BS-I - Euro 1 - 2000
2. BS-II - Euro 2 - 2005
3. BS-III - Euro 3 - 2010
4. BS-IV - Euro 4 - 2015 (63 cities till 1 April 2015)
2019 NEW DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF PMGSY
Union Government has reduced the deadline for
completion of flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(PMGSY) for rural connectivity through all- weather roads
from 2022 to 2019. The annual allocation of the Central
release for PMGSY works during year 2015-16 also has
been increased by 5,000 crore rupees.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
INDIA'S
BIGGEST
WILDLIFE
RESCUE
CENTRE
COMMISSIONED IN NAGPUR
Indias biggest Wildlife Rescue Centre named as Gorewada
Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre has been commissioned at
Gorewada near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
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UN LAUNCHED 2016 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PULSES
The UN launched 2016 International Year of Pulses. The
UN launched the year
2016
at
the
headquarters of the
Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) in
Rome, Italy.
SUPREME COURT BANS REGISTRATION OF NEW DIESEL
SUVS, LUXURY CARS IN DELHI
Supreme Court has banned the registration of all diesel
SUVs (Sports Utility Vechiles) and luxury cars in the entire
National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. The ban will be
valid to SUVs, luxury cars with engine capacity of 2000 cc
or more till March 31, 2016. The SC ruling aims at curbing
the alarming pollution level in Delhi.
NSE LAUNCHES THREE NEW GROUP INDICES
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has launched three
separate indices on three corporate houses of India viz.
Tata, Aditya Birla and Mahindra Group. The first of its kind
three separate indices based on corporate houses have
been designed to reflect the performance of companies
belonging to the respective corporate group. Each of three
indices will comprise all the companies of the respective
business group.
I-T
DEPT
LAUNCHES
PAN-BASED
LITIGATION
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Aimed to reduce lengthy proceedings and time taken in
litigation, the Income Tax department has activated a
PANbased online system which enables the taxman to
access cases in their jurisdiction on a click, amongst a
building database of over 5 lakh appeals and 1.50 lakh
judgments. The new facility is part of the National Judicial
Reference System (NJRS), an electronic repository of cases
under the direct taxes category or income tax pending in
legal forums.
HARVARD UNIVERSITYS PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOOL
OPENING MUMBAI CENTRE
The Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health is to open its
new centre in Mumbai, the first in South Asia in a bid to
help broaden and coordinate the Schools nearly 60 years
of collaboration to improve health in India and around the

world.
LS PASSES ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION BILL
The Lok Sabha passed the Arbitration and Conciliation
(Amendment) Bill, 2015, aimed to provide speedy disposal
of arbitration cases and improve the ease of doing
business. The Bill will give a new dimension to the legal
system in the country. And make India a centre of
international commercial arbitration, Law Minister DV
Sadananda Gowda said while moving the Bill.
MODI TO OPEN MAKE IN INDIA WEEK ON FEB 13
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Make in
India Week in Mumbai on February 13, a mega event in
which the Government expects participation of over a
1,000 companies and delegates from over 60 countries.
UNION CABINET APPROVES REAL ESTATE BILL, 2015
Union Cabinet approved the Real Estate (Regulation and
Development) Bill, 2015, as reported by the Select
Committee of Rajya Sabha. The Bill will now be taken up
for consideration and passing by the Parliament. Chaired
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cabinet gave the nod to
the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, a
pioneering initiative to protect the interest of consumers,
promote fair play in real estate transactions and to ensure
timely execution of projects.
Registration of real estate projects and real estate agents
with the Authority, mandatory disclosure of all registered
projects, including details of the promoter, project, layout
plan, land status, approvals, agreements along with details
of real estate agents, contractors, architect, structural
engineer are other features of the Bill.
ROHIT SHARMA TO LAUNCH CRICKET COMIC SERIES
'HYPER TYGERS
Cricketer Rohit Sharma along with Graphic India, UK-based
ISM Komix and Cornerstone Sport are set to launch a new
environmental superhero team called 'Hyper Tygers.
LOK SABHA PASSED ATOMIC ENERGY (AMENDMENT)
BILL, 2015
The Lok Sabha passed the landmark Atomic Energy
(Amendment) Bill, 2015. The bill seeks to overcome
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difficulties encountered in the setting up of new nuclear
projects and enhancement of nuclear power generation.
YOUTUBE OPENS FIRST VIDEO PRODUCTION STUDIO IN
INDIA
Stepping up its India focus, YouTube along with Subhash
Ghai-owned
film
school
Whistling
Woods International,
has opened its first
video
production
studio in the country, called as YouTube Spaces.
PHARMA TO HAVE A SEPARATE MINISTRY
Union Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar said there would
be a separate ministry for pharma and medical devices
sector in the next one year, and assured that the
government will soon implement the Katoch panel
recommendations to cut bulk drugs import from China.
NGT BANS REGISTRATION OF NEW DIESEL-RUN VEHICLES
IN DELHI
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered ban on
registration of new diesel-run vehicles in Delhi to curb the
growing menace of air pollution in the capital city. This
ruling was given by NGT bench headed by Chairperson
Justice Swatanter Kumar.
SC DIRECTED STATE AND UT GOVERNMENTS TO
CONSIDER ACID-ATTACK VICTIMS UNDER DISABLED
QUOTA
The Supreme Court directed State and Union Territory (UT)
Governments to consider acid-attack victims under the
disabled quota. A bench of Justice MY Eqbal and Justice C
Nagappan under the order asked the states and Union
territories to consider the plight of such.
cover the Western Himalayas to Western Ghats, Eastern

Himalayas to Andaman and Nicobar islands, central India
to the Sundarbans, and from Jammu and Kashmir to
Rajasthan and Gujarat.
LOK SABHA PASSED BILL TO ESTABLISH BIS AS NATIONAL
STANDARDS BODY
The Lok Sabha passed the Bureau of Indian Standards Bill,
2015 to establish the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as a
National Standards Body.
GOVERNMENT WILL MONITOR THE CALLS
The governments electronic intelligence monitoring
system, the Central Monitoring System (CMS), will become
operational by March 2016, according to the Telecom
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The Cabinet Committee on
Security has also approved the CMS project with
government funding of Rs.400 crore.
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY ZONES INTRODUCES
BIODIESEL FOR TRAINS
The South Western Railways (SWR) Zone with
headquarters in Hubli, Karnataka has introduced biodiesel
for trains, operating under its zone.
COMMEMORATIVE COINS OF RS 125, RS 10 RELEASED IN
HONOUR OF BABASAHEB BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released two
commemorative coins of 125 rupees and 10 rupees, as
part of the 125th birth anniversary year celebrations of Dr.
Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The coins were issued on
his death anniversary, which is observed as
Mahaparinirvan Divas of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
INDIA TO HAVE 8 NEW OBSERVATORIES

India announced a programme to open eight more long
term ecological observatories to study the effects of
climate change. The new facilities under the Indian Long
Term Ecological Observatories (ILTEO) would assess the
health of eight different biomes (types of habitat) and
come up with long term research findings on the changes
there that were happening due to climate change. It will
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Handy Notes Quantitative Aptitude: Discount

Discount
Discount is defined as the amount of rebate given on a fixed
price (called as marked price) of an article.
Discount=Marked Price Selling Price
Marked Price (List Price)
The price of the label of an article/product is called the
marked price or list price. This is the price at which product is
intended to be sold.
Basic Formulae Related to Discount
Discount%
Discount%
Selling price
(
)
Selling price
Where, r% is the rate of discount allowed.
Note Discount is always calculated with respect to marked
price of an article.
Successive Discount
When a series of discounts (one after the other) are allowed
on marked price of an article, then these discounts are called
successive discounts.
Let
........be the series of discounts on an
article with marked price of Rs. P, then the selling price of the
article after all the discounts is given as
(
QUIZ ON DISCOUNT
1. While selling, a businessman allows 40% discount on the
marked price and there is a loss of 30%. If it is sold at the
marked price, profit per cent will be
(a) 10%
(b) 20%
(c) 16
(d) 16
(e) None of these
2. A man bought an article listed at Rs. 1500 with a discount
of 20% offered on the list price. What additional discount
must be offered to the man to bring the net price to Rs.
1104?
(a) 8%
(b) 10%
(c) 12%
(d) 15%
(e) None of these
3. The cost price of an article is Rs. 800. After allowing a
discount of 10%, a gain of 12.5% was made. Then, the
marked price of the article is
(a) Rs. 1000
(b) Rs. 1100
(c) Rs. 1200
(d) Rs. 1300
(e) None of these
4. The marked price of a radio is Rs. 480. The shopkeeper

allows a discount of 10% and gains 8%. If no discount is
allowed, his gain per cent would be
(a) 18%
(b) 18.5%
(c) 20.5%
(d) 20%
(e) None of these
5. The marked price of a clock is Rs. 3200. It is to be sold at
Rs. 2448 at two successive discounts. If the first discount
is 10%, then the second discount is
(a) 5%
(b) 10%
(c) 15%
(d) 20%
(e) None of these
6. The marked price of a TV is Rs. 16000. After two
successive discounts, it is sold for Rs. 11400. If the first
discount is 5%, then the rate of second discount is
(a) 15%
(b) 20%
(c) 30%
(d) 25%
(e) None of these
7. A dealer marks his goods 30% above his cost price and
then allows 15% discount on it. What is the cost price of
an article on which he gains Rs. 84?
(a) Rs. 800
(b) Rs. 560
(c) Rs. 373.33
(d) Rs. 280
(e) None of these
8. A shopkeeper has announced 14% rebate on marked
price of an article. If the selling price of the article is Rs.
645, then the marked price of the article will be
(a) Rs. 800
(b) Rs. 810
(c) Rs. 750
(d) Rs. 775
(e) None of these
9. A merchant has announced 25% rebate on prices of
ready made garments at the time of sale. If a purchaser
needs to have a rebate of Rs. 400, then how many shirts,
each costing Rs. 320, should he purchase?
(a) 10
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) 5
(e) None of these
10. A shopkeeper sells notebooks at the rate of Rs. 457 each
and earns a commission of 4%. He also sells pencil boxes
at the rate of Rs. 80 each and earns a commission of
20%. How much amount of commission will he earn in
two weeks, if he sells 10 notebooks and 6 pencil boxes a
day?
(a) Rs. 1956
(b) Rs. 1586
(c) Rs. 1496
(d) Rs. 1596
(e) None of these
11. The difference between a discount of 40% on Rs. 500 and
two successive discounts of 36% and 4% on the same
amount is
(a) Rs. 0
(b) Rs. 2
(c) Rs. 1.93
(d) Rs. 7.20
(e) None of these
12. If the price of an item is increased by 30% and then allows
two successive discounts of 10% and 10%. In last the
price of an item is
(a) increased by 10%
(b) increased by 5.3%
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(c) decreased by 3%
(d) decreased by 5.3%
(e) None of these
13. The difference between a discount of 30% on Rs. 2000
and two successive discounts of 25% and 5% on the same
amount is
(a) Rs. 30
(b) Rs. 35
(c) Rs. 25
(d) Rs. 40
(e) None of these
14. The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price.
The gain percentage after allowing a discount of 12% on
the marked price is
(a) 37.5%
(b) 48%
(c) 50.5%
(d) 52%
(e) None of these
15. A merchant marked the price on his goods 20% more
than its cost price and allows a discount of 15%. His
profit percent is
(a) 1%
(b) 2%
(c) 10%
(d) 15%
(e) None of these
Solutions.
1. (c); Let MP of an article=Rs.
SP of an article
Profit when article is sold at MP=480-400=Rs. 80

Hence, profit per cent
5. (c) Let rate of second discount=r%
Now, marked price of the clock=Rs. 3200
(
SP of the clock after first discount

(
SP of the clock after second discount

But SP of the clock after second discount=2448
(
2448
r=100-85=15%
6. (d); Let the rate of second discount=r%
(
)(
7. (a); Let cost price of an article=Rs.
CP of an article
Marked price of an article
SP of the article
Profit when sold at MP
2. (a);
Profit
Listed price of an article=Rs. 1500

(
Price after first discount
8. (c); Let the marked price of item=Rs.

(
Now, second discount=1200-1104=Rs. 96

Hence, required percentage
3. (a); Let marked price of the article=Rs.
SP of the article after a discount of 10%
(
)
CP of the article with a profit of 12.5%
But CP of the article=Rs. 800
4. (d);
SP of a radio
9. (d); Marked price of a shirt

And discount on a shirt
Number of shirts has to be purchased to get a rebate of
Rs. 400
10. (e); SP of the notebook
Commission on one notebook
And
Marked price of a radio=Rs. 480

)
commission
on
10
notebooks
Now, SP of the pencil box

Commission on 1 pencil box=Rs.
Commission on 6 pencil boxes
Hence, total commission of 1 day
CP of a radio
49

Thus, total commission of 2 weeks
11. (d); Discount of 40% of Rs. 500
And single discount per cent equivalent to 36% and
4%
14. (a); Let MP of the article=Rs.

CP of the article
(
)
)
Marked price of item

Selling price of the item after two successive discount
(
Discount by 38.56% on 500

Hence, required difference (
12. (b); Let the cost price of item=Rs.
And SP of the article

)
15. (b); Let the cost price of item=Rs.

Marked price of item
)
Then, selling price of item
Increment in the price of item

Profit
13. (c);
(
Single equivalent discount per cent to 25% and 5%

)
Required difference
Gain per cent

(
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Practice Questions on Subject Verb Agreement (Errors)

1.
It is not simply that one was/ a party of the far-left and the
other is/ a party of the far-right; rather, it is that the FN/
relies exclusively on elections for its legitimac/No error.
Soln. (1) Replace was with were
2. It also reflects the fact that European electorate/have
become more concerned about the inability /of their
national governments to implement /economic reform in a
globalised economy./No error.
Soln. (1) Replace Electorate with Electorates
3. One can only hope that the/ threat of the far-right have/
the positive side effect of focussing the/minds of politicians,
especially on the left/No error.
Soln. (2) Replace has with have
4. The tournament organisers of the ISL /were not available
for a comment /on the development, while another source
rubbished the report/No error.
Soln. (1) Replace Were with was
5. He reiterated that Pakistans strategic/ capabilities was
based on credible/ minimum deterrence and desire for/
peaceful co-existence in the region/No error.
Soln. (2)Replace Was with were
6. To envisage a $10 billion project that/ traverse all three
countries with all the /bad blood between Afghanistan and
Pakistan,/ and Pakistan and India, is ambitious as well/No
error.
Soln. (2)Replace Tranverse with Tranverses
7. This was a night when he wanted /warriors and what
happened next made it clear that/ at the time, he did not/
consider the Belgian to have a serious problem/No error.
Soln. (5) No Error
8. The manager was comfortable /with him coming back on/
Moments later, though, the ball came to Hazard,/ he
winced, turned and headed straight off/No error.
Soln. (5) No Error
9. This Israeli position, and that of its supporter/ in the West,
is facilitated by the position of the leadership/of Hamas,
which is part of the international/ movement of the Muslim
Brotherhood/No error.
Soln. (1) Replace Supporters with supporter.
10. Through the transformations that Pinker documents, /we
appear to have underwent what the/ novelist Michel
Houellebecq calls a/ metaphysical mutation in our relations
with each other/No error.
Soln. (2) Replace Underwent With Undergone
11. One of those is Ravinder Singh"s,/ a fitness professional
who began a neighbourhood/ running group in Gurgaon, a
glass-towered/ business district on the edge of Delhi /No
error.
Soln. (1) Replace Singh's with Singh
12. While our violence towards each /other has diminished with
astonishing speed / as Stephen Pinker documents our
/violence towards the living planet appear to be
intensifying/No error.
Soln (4) Replace Appear with Appears
13. I have being walking /down that road for many /years now
and I still discover/ boreens I'd never thought existed/No
error.
Soln. (1) Replace being with been
14. I am heading back to Clare in the morning past/ all the
rapidly emerging fairy lights in the Munster windows and,/
God willing, will wish you all season's/ greetings from
Shannonside next week/No error.
Soln. (3) Replace Season's with Season
15. Since the terror attacks in Paris by ISIS/supporters the
global community have/ scrambled to militarily defeat IS
and/ also find ways to cut off funding to terrorist
organisations/No error.
Soln. (2) Replace Have with Has
16. A rise and fall/ of the tide are due /to lunar influence/ no
error.
Soln. (2)Replace are with is
17. Cities I have lived in/ I can feel the change,/But I wouldnt
know the/ difference between Indore and Baroda/No error.
Soln. (5) No Error
18. Pathak said this price band/ is one of the least competitive
/and where Indian consumers typically looking/ for the
brand factor in purchase/No error.
Soln. (4) Replace looking with look.
19. The findings from University of Edinburgh /in the U.K. show
that snakes did not/ lose its limbs in order to live in the
sea,/ as was previously suggested/No error.
Soln. (3)Replace its with their
20. The Indian squad for the tour/ of Australia to play One-Day
Internationals and /Twenty20 Internationals against the
host country/ in January 2016 is to be picked in Delhi on
Saturday/No error.
Soln. (5)No error
21. Speaking about the debacle in India/, Smith said the Proteas
was probably psyched /out by the tough nature of the
wickets/ and could really not recover from that/No error.
Soln. Replace was with were
22. It was clear from the way/ they were moving/ that everyone
possessed/ the required experience/No error.
Soln. (5) No Error
23. Every man and women/ of the village have come out/ to see
this strange child/who claims to know everything about his
pre-natal exixtence/No error.
Soln. (2) Replace has with have
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24. In our college , it /was obligatory for each of/ the studends
to buy / his own instruments./No error.
Soln. (5) No Error
25. Not only the doctor /but also the nurse of this
nursing/home is very kind and helpful/to the attendants/No
error.
Soln. (3) Replace is with are
26. The man who cannot/believe his senses and the man who
cannot /believe anything else are/insane/No error.
Soln. (5) No Error
27. Each of the students,/whom I have chosen to take part/in
the culture programmes to be performed/in the city Hall
,are up to the mark/No error.
Soln. (4) Replace is with are
28. Either the manager /or his assistants always try to misguide
the public /regarding the vacancy/in the factory/No error.
Soln. (5) No error
29. No body else/but these comely young women have/ played
a prank on you;but it is pitiable that you don't/ understand
it/No error.
Soln. (5) No error
30. The leader as well as /his followers are Fatally injuried in/
the train accident which occured last night/ near this
railway crossing/No error.
Soln. (5) No Error
31. Baleno is a real global/ model, to satisfy our customers/ not
only in India / across but also global markets/No error.
Soln. (4)Put but also before across
32. An indian driver or carpenter has to work/about two haours
to buy kilograms of rice while his counterparts in autraia/ ,
the neatherlands and switzerland need to/ work only fifteen
minutes for it/no error.
Soln. (2) Put a before kilograms
33. He wrote, Ultimately it is this fraternity that/ makes it
possible, over the past two centuries, for so many million
of/ people, not so much to kill, as/ willingly to die for such
limited imaginings./No error.
Soln. (2) Millon in place of Millons
34. 1 Ramu closely/ resembles to his father/not only in physical
features/but also in habit/No error.
Soln . (2) Delete to
35. A quarrel arouse between the five members/and for a
time/it appeared as if the party /had been heading for a
split/No error.
Soln. (1)Replace between with among
36. The father as well as /the sons were/mysteriously
missing/through the house/No error.
37. Nevertheless, he commends/ Rohit Shetty for having a
team/ that designs action sequences to the /precision, to
rule out mishaps/No error.
Soln. (1)Replace commend with commends

38. This summertime cultural festival has headlining/ acts of
Bollywood singers and dancers, fashion designers and/
reknowned Goan bands in a series of nights of revelry/ that
involves food, entertainment and drinks/No error.
Soln. (5) No error
39. He neither/ gave satisfaction/as a cook/nor as a
chauueur/No error.
Soln. (2) Put neither after satisfaction
40. The teacher asked the student if/everyone of them/were
ready to take/ practical classes every day/No error.
Soln. (3)Replace was with were
41. With the introduction of the new syllabus/the number of
colleges reporting/high results is decreasing/ year after
year/No error.
Soln. (5) No error
42. I have often stood in need of my dog /company and i have
desired ,/ from the mere fact of his existence/ a great sense
of inward security/No error.
Soln. ( 1) Replace dog with dog's
43. Many of the funds/I needed to buy/my own house
were/given by my father/No error.
Soln. (1)Replace Most with many
44. Every day when she/passess through this side/all the
employee gather/around to have a glimpe of her/No error.
Soln. (3)Replace Employee with Employee's
45. To be sure the same sound was that very moment perhaps
being heard all over the seas, from hundreds of/
whalemen's look-outs perched as high in the air; /but from
a few of those lungs could that accustomed old cry have
derived /such a marvellous cadence as from Tashtego the
Indian's/No error.
Soln. (3) Replace few with a few
46. A fleet of ships/ is sailing deep along the/ western
coast/Fleet means a group of ships/No error.
Soln. (5) No error
47. A computer virus/ works exactly like the/ biological
variety/which invade the human/ body/No error.
Soln.(4) Replace invade with invades
48. If mahatma gandhi was alive/ he would feel sorry for the
poor/ and downtrodden who still stuggle everyday to/ make
both ends meets/No error .
49. After spending few days in Evangeline's country,/ about
which Longfellow's beautiful poem has woven a /spell of
enchantment, Miss Sullivan and I/ went to Halifax, where
we remained the greater part of the summer/No error.
Soln. (1) Put a few in place of few
50. The committee decided not to /appoint him neither for/ the
position of chief nor for/ that of stenographer/No error.
Soln. (1) Delete to
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Handy Notes English: Prepositions And Their Usage

Dear Readers,
The competetion is getting so much tougher these days that you
cannot take the risk of leaving anything by chance. It has
become the necessity of the time that you need to be updated
with each and everything. English has become an integral part of
the recruitment processes and no one can deny the fact that it
puts a good impression in the interview as well. So continuing
with what we started in the last edition of the magazine, we are
providing you some basic rules from some of the Prepositions.
These rules will help you in topics like Error Detection, Fillers
and Cloze Tests. We are starting wiith some and will keep
providing the remaining in the upcoming editions.
IN
Rule 1. At a point within an area or a space.
Example: The kids were playing in the hall when we entered the
house.
The handkerchiefs are in that drawer
I have read about Shinzo Abe's visit in the Competetion Power.
Rule 2. Within the shape of something or surrounded by
something
Example: Vidushi left the key in the lock.
You can soak the pulses in the cold water before you consume.
I was lying in the bed when the thief entered the house.
Rule 3. When put into something.
Example: The painter dipped his brush in the paint.
The Lawyer get in his car and drove off.
Rule 4. Forming the whole or part of something/somebody or
contained within something
Example:
There are 12 months in an year
All the paintings in the museum were made by Aniket.
I recognize his mother in her.(= Her character is similar to her
mother's)
Rule 5. During a period of time.
Example: The IBPS PO Preliminary exam was conducted in the
month of October.
IBPS conducted its first exam in 2011.
I woke up late in the morning.
Rule 6. After a particular length of time or to return in a few
minutes.
Example: The printing business of the magazine will complete in
a week's time.
Meena learnt to drive in five weeks.
In a month or two, you will find quizzes related to LIC AAO.
Rule 7. Wearing something

Example: The man in the hat is called Umpire.
Men in black are assumed to be secret agents.
The beautiful lady was dressed in her best clothes.
Rule 8. Used to describe the surroundings.
Example: The kids were playing in the rain.
Neeraj left me all alone in the darkness.
Rule 9. Used to show somebody's job or profession
Example: My father was in Air Force.
Akhilesh Yadav is in politics.
Rule 10. Used to show form, shape, arrangement or quantity of
something.
Example: The Harry Potter is in 7 parts.
The students sat in rows.
Roll the bed sheet in a ball.
People flocked in thousands to see Modi in the rally.
Rule 11. Used to show language, material etc.
Example: Whatever you are speaking, try to speak in English.
Put your request in writing.
Vineet wrote it in pencil.
He paid the rent in cash
Ajay shouted in a loud voice.
Rule 12. Concerning something
Example: Meena was not lacking in confidence.
India is a country rich in minerals.
The car is 4 to 5 metres in length.
Rule 13. While doing something or while something is
happening
Example: In an attempt to save the child, the man lost his
balance.
In all commotions, I forgot to tell him the news.
Rule 14. Used to introduce the name of a person who has a
particular quality.
Example: We are losing a first grade cricketer in Rohit Sharma.
Some More Illustrative Examples.
The whole family got locked in.
I can't drink coffee with milk in.
Aman opened the door and went in.
The kids were playing by the river and one of them fell in.
Nobody was in when we called.
The train is due in at platform number 9.
Your leave application should be in by 10th of January.
I would like to be in on the plan.
He was in and out of the jail for most of the life.
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Handy Notes Reasoning: Directions Concepts and Shortcuts Part 2

1.
A person is walking towards west for 25m later he turns

left and walks 30 meters. Again he takes left and walks 50
meters. Later he takes left and walks 38 meters. Finally he
walks 21 meters to his left. How far is he from the starting
point and in which direction?
(1) 20 SW (2) 80 NE
(3) 45- NE
(4) 5 SW (5) None of the above
Learn the following table:
6.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Shiva is facing N, he turns 180* and 45* in clockwise

direction and then 270* in anti-clockwise direction. Finally
again turns 180*. What is this facing direction now?
(1) SE
(2) SW
(3) South
(4) North east
(5) None of the above
A lady runs 12 km towards north. Then 6 km towards
south and 8 km towards east. How for is she from her
starting point and in which direction?
(1) NE 20 km
(2) NE 15 km (3) NW 10 km
(4) NE 10 km
Point D is 14m to its west point of A.
Point B is 4m towards south of D.
Point F is 9m towards south of D.
Point E is 7m towards east of B
Point C is 4m towards north of E.
Point G is 4m towards south of A.
(I) Which of the following points are in straight line?
(1) DEA
(2) EGC
(3) DBG
(4) EGB
(5) FBC
(II) Point A is in which direction with respect to C?
(1) North
(2) South
(3) East
(4) West
(III) If a person walks 5m towards north from point F and
then takes a right turn and started walking. Which of the
following points would he reach.
(1) G
(2) D
(3) E
(4) A
(5) C
(IV) Point D and C are in which direction of point G?
(1) North East
(2) West (3) North West
(4) South West
A+B means A is 10m N of B
A-B means A is 10m S of B
A*B means A is 5 m E of B
A@B means A is 15m Wof B
(I) In a code P+O-RS@T is written, the point P is in

which direction of point T?
(1) East
(2) South
(3) west
(4) NW
(5) None
(II) What is the distance between point P and S in the
above expression?
(1) 5m
(2) 7m
(3) 10m
(4) 15m
Raju is walking towards west, be takes 3 turns while
walking. All at a backward angle of 45* towards his right,
right and left find in which direction is he facing now?
(1) NS
(2) East
(3) West
(4) NE
SHADOWS CONCEPT:
If sun rises in the east shadow will be in the west (morning time)
If sun sets in the west shadow will be in the east Evening time
i.e. after 12:00 PM)
At exactly 12:00 there is no shadow (mid noon of midnight)
7.
8.
In the Evening time Rekha is walking on the ground If her

shadow is towards right then what is the facing direction of
Rekha?
(1) North
(2) South
(3) East
(4) West
In the morning time, 2 persons A and B are talking to each
other, standing in a straight line in a ground. If As shadow
direction is to the left of B. What is the face direction of B?
(1) north
(2) south
(3) east
(4) west
(5) none
Answers:
1) 3
2) 1
3) 4
4) I) 4 II) 3
III) 3
IV) 3
5) I) 3 II) 1
6) 4
7) 1
8) 1
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Pratice Questions On Direction Sense

1.
Aman is facing west. He turns 45 in the clockwise direction

and then another 180 in the same direction and then 270
in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing
now?
(a) South
(b) North-East
(c) West
(d) South-west
2.
A child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the

east before turning to his right. He went 20 metres before
turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncles
place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there.
From there, he went 100 metres to his north before
meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his
father from the starting point?
(a) 80 metres
(b) 100 metres
(c) 140 metres
(d) 260 metres
3.
Kailash faces towards north. Turning to his right, he walks

25 metres. He then turns to his left and walks 30 metres.
Next, he moves 25 metres to his right. He then turns to his
right again and walks 55 metres. Finally, he turns to the
right and moves 40 metres. In which direction is he now
from his starting point?
(a) South-west
(b) South
(c) North-west
(d) South-east
4.
5.
1.
Deepa moved a distance of 75 metres toward the north.

She then turned to the left and walking for about 25 metres,
turned left again and walked 80 metres. Finally, she turned
to the right at an angle of 45 . In which direction was she
moving finally?
(a) North-east
(b) North east
(c) south
(d) south-east
(e) South-west
2.
Clearly,
AB = 90m, BF = CD = 30 m.
So,
AF = AB BF = 60 m.
Also,
DE = 100m, DF = BC = 20 m.
So,
EF = DE DF = 80 m.
His distance from starting point A
= AE =
= (
3.
Santosh left for his office in his car. He drove 15 km towards

north and then 10 km towards west. He then turned to the
south and covered 5 km. Further, he turned to the east and
moved 8 km. Finally, he turned right and drove 10 km. How
far and in which direction is he from his starting point?
(a) 2 km west
(b) 5 km East
(c) 3 km North
(d) 6 km south
(e) None of these
SOLUTION
Clearly, Aman initially faces in the direction OA. On moving
45 clockwise, he faces in the direction OB. On further
moving 180 clockwise, he faces in the direction OC. Finally,
on moving 270 anit-clockwise, he faces in the direction OD,
which is South-west. Hence, the answer is (d).
Clearly, the child moves from A, 90 m eastwards up to B,

then turns right and moves 20 m up to C, then turns right
and moves 30 m up to D. Finally, he turns right and moves
100 m up to E.
4.
) =
= 100 m.
Hence, the answer is (b).

Kailash turns towards right from north direction. So, he
walks 25 m towards east up to B, turns left and moves 30 m
up to C, turns right and goes 25 m up to D. At D, he turns to
right towards the south and walks 55 m upto E. Next, he
again turns to right and walks 40 m up to F, which is his final
position. F is the South-east of A. So, he is to the south-east
from his starting point.
Hence, the answer is (d).

Deepa started from A, moved 75 m up to B, turned left and
walked 25 m up to C. She then turned left again and moved
80 m up to D. Turning to the right at an angle of 45 , she
was finally moving in the direction DE i.e., South-west.
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9.
10.
5.
Hence, the answer is (e).

Clearly, Santosh drove 15 km from A to B northwards and
then 10 km from B to C towards west. He then moves 5 km
southwards from C to D and 8 km eastwards up to E. Finally,
he turned right and moved 10 km up to F.
11.
12.
A and F lie in the same straight line and F lies to the west
of A.
So, Santoshs distance from the starting point A = AF = (BC DE) = (10 8) km = 2 km. Hence, the answer is (a)
6.
I am facing east. I turn 100 in the clockwise direction and

then 145 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction
am I facing now?
(a) East
(b) North-east
(c) North
(d) South-west
7.
Kunal walks 10 kilometers toward North. From there, he

walks 6 kilometers towards South. Then, he walks 3
kilometers towards East. How far and in which direction is
he with reference to his starting point?
(a) 5 kilometers, West
(b) 5 kilometers, North-east
(c) 7 kilometers, East
(d) 7 kilometers, West
8.
A man leaves for his office from his house. He walks

towards East. After moving a distance of 20 m, he turns
South and walks 10 m. Then he walks 35 m towards the
West and further 5 m towards the North. He then turns
towards East and walks 15 m. What is the straight distance
(in metres) between his initial and final positions?
(a) 0
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
13.
A person starts from a point A and travels 3 km eastwards

to B and then turns left and travels thrice that distance to
reach C. He again turns left and travels five times the
distance he covered between A and B and reaches his
destination D. The shortest distance between the starting
point and the destination is
(a) 12 km
(b) 15 km
(c) 16 km
(d) 18 km
A man walks 1 km towards East and then he turns to South
and walks 5 km. Again he turns to East and walks 2 km, after
this he turns to North and walks 9 km. Now, how far is he
from his starting point?
(a) 3 km
(b) 4 km
(b) (c) 5 km
(d) 7 km
Brijesh went 15 kms to the west from my house, then
turned left and walked 20 kms. He then turned East and
walked 25 kms and finally turning left covered 20 kms. How
far was he from his house?
(a) 5 kms
(b) 10 kms
(c) 40 kms
(d) 80 kms
A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. Then
every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 metres
respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?
(a) 5 metres
(b) 10 metres
(c) 15 metres
(d) 20 metres
(e) 23 metres
A child is looking for his father. He went 90 metres in the
East before turning to his right. He went 20 metres before
turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncles
place 30 metres from this point. His father was not there.
From here he went 100 metres to the North before meeting
his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father
from the starting point?
(a) 80 metres
(b) 100 metres
(c) 140 metres
(d) 260 metres
SOLUTION
6. (b)
7.
As shown in Fig., I man initially faces towards east i.e., in the

direction OA. On moving 100 clockwise, he faces in the
direction OB. On further moving 145 clockwise, he faces in
the direction OC. Clearly, OC makes an angle of (145 -100 )
i.e., 45 with OA and as such points in the direction Northeast.
(b): the movements of Kunal are as shown in Fig. (A to B, B
to C and C to D).
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BF = CD = 2 km.
AF = AB + BF = AB + CD = (1 + 2) km = 3 km.
Mans distance from starting point A
= AE =
=
= = 5 km.
11. (b): The movements of Brijesh are as shown in Fig.
8.
9.
AC = (AB BC) = (10 6) km = 4 km.

Clearly, D is to the North-east of A.
Kunals distance from starting point A
= AD =
=
= = 5 km.
So, Kunal is 5 km to the North-east of his starting point.
(b) : The movements of the man from A to F are as shown in
Fig.
Brijeshs distance from his house at A

= AE = (BE BA)
= (CD BA)
= (25 15) m = 10 m.
12. (a) : The movements of A are as shown in Fig. (O to P, P to
Q, Q to R, R to S and S to T).
Clearly, DC = AB + EF.
F is in line with A.
Also, AF = (BC DE) = 5 m.
So, the man is 5 metres away from his initial position.
(b) : the movements of the person are as shown in Fig.
Clearly, AB = 3 km,
BC = 3AB = (3 3) km = 9 km,
CD = 5AB = (5 3) km = 15 km.
Draw AE CD.
Then, CE = AB = 3 km and AE = BC = 9 km.
DE = (CD CE) =(15 3) km = 12 km.
2
2
2
In AED, AD = AE + DE
( ) km =
AD = ( )
km = 15 km.
Required distance = AD = 15 km.
10. (c) : The movements of the man are as shown in Fig. (A to B,
B to C, C to D, D to E).
Since TS = OP + QR, so T lies in line with O.

As distance from the starting point O
= OT = (RS PQ)
= (15 10) m
= 5 m.
13. (b) : The movements of the child from A to E are as shown
in Fig. 36.
Clearly, the child meets his father at E.

Now, AF = (AB FB)
= (AB DC) = (90 30) m = 60 m.
EF = (DE DF) = (DE BC)
= (100 20) m = 80 m.
Required distance
( )
= AE
= ( )
=
= 100 m.
Clearly, DF = BC = 5 km.
EF = (DE DF) = (9 - 5) km = 4 km.
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HANDY NOTES BANKING: PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING

Highlights of PSL
It means provide credit to the needy sectors of the society.
The sectors are:
Agriculture
Micro and Small Enterprises
Education
Housing
Export
Weaker Sections
Social Infrastructure Renewable Energy

Targets under PSL
Agriculture: 18 percent of ANBC. Out of this 18

percent, a target of 8 percent of ANBC is for Small and
Marginal Farmers, to be achieved in a phased manner
i.e., 7 per cent by March 2016 and 8 per cent by March
2017.
Weaker Sections: 10 percent of ANBC.
Micro Enterprises: 7.5 percent of ANBC has been

prescribed for Micro Enterprises, to be achieved in a
phased manner i.e. 7 percent by March 2016 and 7.5
percent by March 2017.
Overall PSL Target for Domestic Bank/Foreign Bank

with more than 20 Branches: 40 percent of Adjusted
Net Bank Credit.
Overall PSL Target for Foreign Bank with less than 20

Branches: 40 percent of Adjusted Net Bank Credit to
be achieved in a phased manner2015-16
32
2016-17
34
2017-18
36
2018-19
38
2019-20
40
Categorization of MSME according to MSME ACT 2006
Manufacturing Sector (Goods)
Enterprises Investment in plant and machinery
Micro
Does not exceed twenty five lakh rupees
Enterprises
Small
More than twenty five lakh rupees but
Enterprises does not exceed five crore rupees
Medium
More than five crore rupees but does not
Enterprises exceed ten crore rupees
Service Sector
Enterprises
Investment in equipment
Micro Enterprises
Does not exceed ten lakh rupees
Small Enterprises
More than ten lakh rupees but
does not exceed two crore rupees
Medium Enterprises More than two crore rupees but
does not exceed five crore rupees
Other Targets under PSL
Farmers with landholding of up to 1 hectare are
considered as Marginal Farmers. Farmers with a
landholding of more than 1 hectare and upto 2
hectares are considered as Small Farmers.
Scheduled Commercial Banks having any shortfall in
lending to priority sector shall be allocated amounts
for contribution to the Rural Infrastructure
Development Fund (RIDF) established with NABARD.
For Renewable Energy, bank loans up to a limit of
Rs.15 crore to borrowers for purposes like solar based
power generators, etc. For individual households, the
loan limit will be Rs.10 lakh per borrower.
For Housing, banks can provide loans to individuals up
to Rs. 28 lakh in metropolitan centres (with population
of ten lakh and above) and loans up to Rs. 20 lakh in
other centres for purchase/construction of a dwelling
unit per family.
Export credit will be allowed up to 32 percent of ANBC
for Foreign banks with less than 20 branches in India.
For Education, banks can provide loans to individuals
for educational purposes including vocational courses
upto Rs. 10 lakh for studies in India and Rs. 20 lakh for
studies abroad.
Limits under Social infrastructure Bank loans up to a
limit of ` 5 crore per borrower for building social
infrastructure for activities namely schools, health
care facilities, drinking water facilities and sanitation
facilities in Tier II to Tier VI centres.
Monitoring of Priority Sector Lending targets
To ensure continuous flow of credit to priority sector,
there will be more frequent monitoring of priority sector
lending compliance of banks on quarterly basis instead of
annual basis as of now.
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Non-achievement of Priority Sector targets
Scheduled Commercial Banks having any shortfall in
lending to priority sector shall be allocated amounts for
contribution to the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
(RIDF) established with NABARD and other Funds with
NABARD/NHB/SIDBI, as decided by the Reserve Bank from
time to time.
The interest rates on banks contribution to RIDF or any
other Funds, tenure of deposits, etc. shall be fixed by
Reserve Bank of India from time to time.
Common guidelines for priority sector loans
iv. Small and Marginal Farmers: A target of 8 percent of

total outstanding has been prescribed for Small and
Marginal Farmers within Agriculture.
v. Micro Enterprises: A target of 7.5 per cent of total
outstanding has been prescribed for Micro
Enterprises.
vi. Weaker Sectors: A target of 15 per cent of total
outstanding has been prescribed for Weaker Sections.
vii. Monitoring: Priority Sector Lending will be monitored
on a quarterly as well as annual basis.
The revised guidelines will be operational with effect from
January 1, 2016.
Banks should comply with the following common

guidelines for all categories of advances under the priority
sector.
1. Rate of interest
The rates of interest on bank loans will be as per directives
issued by our Department of Banking Regulation from
time to time.
2. Service charges
No loan related and adhoc service charges/inspection
charges should be levied on priority sector loans up to Rs.
25,000.
RBI revises priority sector lending norms for RRBs
Seeing the growing significance of RRBs in pursuit of
financial inclusion agenda, it has been decided to revise
the priority sector guidelines for RRBs.
Some of the salient features of the guidelines are as
following:i.
Targets: 75 per cent of total outstanding to the sectors

eligible for classification as priority sector lending.
ii. Categories of the Priority Sector: Medium Enterprises,
Social Infrastructure and Renewable Energy will form
part of the Priority Sector, in addition to the existing
categories, with a cap of 15 per cent of total
outstanding.
iii. Agriculture: 18% per cent of total outstanding should
be advanced to activities mentioned under
Agriculture.
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CAREER POWER STUDENT IN SBBJ-PO : SUCCESS STORY

Hello Fellow BAians.
Success never comes in
a bouquet, you have to
collect roses among the
thorns. Before starting
my story, I like to thanks
BankersAdda for helping
students like me in their
competitions. And I will
also like to thanks a sir (I don't know his name). He was
taking interview on 09 June, 2015 in Delhi in Career Power.
That day, I was in front of him for giving interview for post of
Operation Management (as I was very much depressed, that
time I decided to do a private job). While talking to me and
knowing about me, he told me that you are on a correct line
and soon you will get a perfect job for yourself. He didn't
selected me that day, and I was very sad. But now I think that
was the correct decision. I also like to thanks my parents and
my siblings who never lose their hope in me and my decision.
Every time I changed my decision, they supported me. Even
they never bothered about those relatives who were thinking
that what his son is doing. Being an retired army personnel,
my father always taught me to fight without thinking about
the result. He told me that keep your arms sharpened always,
nobody knows that when they will be required.
Now, here comes my story. My name is Ajeet Kumar and I
live in Lucknow. I passed class 10th in 2006, Class 12th in
2008, B.Com in 2011 and MBA (Rural Management) in 2014.
Being a General Category, it is very difficult to think oneself
as a PO in State Bank Group. I have never seen myself as a PO
in State Bank Group in my dream also. But miracles do
happen. But miracles will only happen for those candidates
who work hard for achieving their dream.
In my class 11, I opted for PCB with Biotechnology. After 6

days of my class, I realized that I am not made for Science
stream. My heartily thanks to Mrs. Raksha Awasthi , Ex
Principal, Army Public School, SP Marg, Lucknow who allowed
me to change my stream to commerce with math without
any complications. But again I left math in class 12 and opted
for Web Technology. I scored 83.20% in class 12.
During my Class 12, I thought to be a Chartered Accountant. I
was able to clear Common Proficiency Test (CPT) in second
attempt while doing B.Com (CA exams are conducted 2
times in a year). After that I started my IPCC. Inspite of

getting exemption in Taxation in first attempt, I was not able
to clear first group of IPCC. After 5 attempts (CA exams are
conducted 2 times in a year), the result was same like Pawan
Kumar Chaturvedi of Bajrangi Bhaijaan - Zero. For completing
my CA, I wasted 1 year after my B.Com. But the result was Zero.
At this point of time, I was not knowing much about banking
industry jobs. So, in my first bank exam the result was- Zero.
On recommendation of one of my friend, I started preparing
for Bank exams and joined a coaching centre. But again due
to some family issues, I was not able to complete my classes.
And then the time came for IBPS PO 2 (Paper Pencil Mode).
At that time, minimum 17 questions should be answered
correctly in each section. I attempted very well in all sections
except reasoning, in which I attempted only 15 questions. So,
the result was again -Zero.
Now, I was very much depressed. I was not knowing what to
do. I was not able to see my future. To overcome this
depression, my friend again suggested me to do some course
so that I can make myself busy and refresh myself. Then I
started my MBA in Rural Management and along with that I
also started preparing for bank exams. At that time I thought
that I will only give exams for officer cadre in banks because
my father always wanted me to be an officer, so I never filled
form for clerk.
While doing MBA, I thought to do Fellowship Programme in
Management (FPM) from IIM. I started preparing for CAT. I
appeared only once in CAT in year 2013 and scored 63.18
percentile without any coaching. I also appeared for UGC NET
3 times (June 2013, Dec 2013 and June 2014), but the result
was same - Zero.
In middle of that, time came for IBPS PO 3. I cleared written
with only 2 marks above cutoff (61 was cut off for general
category, I scored 63). But after interview, the result was
again same - Zero. This failure hurt me lot. I was very
depressed, but this small success also somewhere filled some
confidence in me that I can beat national level exam. I
personally feels that first success, no matter whether it is a
small or big, really helps every aspirant who are focused on
their goal. On the basis of MBA, I appeared for Management
Trainee (Community Development) in Coal India Limited and
cleared written. But again after interview, the result was
same - Zero.After that, list of failures was getting increased.
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1. UPPSC Subordinate - Written Not Qualified
2. BOBCARDS - Written Not Qualified
3. SBI PO 2014 - Written Not Qualified
4. IBPS PO 4 - Written Not Qualified
5. SBI Associate PO 2014- Written Clear, Not selected by 0.6
marks after final cutoff
6. New India Assurance AO 2014 - Written Not Qualified
7. United India Insurance Limited AO 2014 - Written Not
Qualified
8. CGL 2014 - Written Not Qualified
9. IDBI Manipal 2014 - Written Not Qualified
10. IBPS RRB Officer Scale I 2014 - Scored 114, Not Received
any Call
saw those mails. After reading those mails, I was shocked,

surprised and lost every emotions and reactions, This mail
was from "State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur" and in that they
have called me for documents submission on 03-11-2015.
Now, I have to join bank on 21-12-2015.
I would like to thanks Bankersadda because for SBI Associate
PO, I only read Marketing Capsule provided by them. And you
all will not believe that I found nearly 15-18 questions in
marketing and computer from marketing capsule and daily
quizzes.
I know that everybody is having different problems and
different circumstances, but remember only one thing that if
you can dare, you will win. Failure doesn't means that you
are not good, it means that you have lot of experiences and
these experiences will surely fetch you fruits in future. Never
lose your calmness and hope. Be Cool Be Confident.
And at last my favorite lines which always motivate me.
11. National Insurance Corporation Limited AO 2014 Written Clear, Not selected after Interview
12. NABARD Grade B - Cleared Pre, Mains Not Qualified
13. SBI PO 2015 - Written Not Qualified
14. CGL 2015 - Written Not Qualified
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15. IBPS RRB 2015 - Written Not Qualified
( In 5 to 6 exams, I didn't appeared and 3 to 4 exams I am not
remembering.)
After these failures, my parents told me to fill the forms for

clerk also. Now I have to do that. After that I appeared for RBI
Assistant, and the result was again zero. I also appeared for
FCI Assistant Grade III, result is awaited. I also filled form for
IBPS PO 5, IBPS Clerk 5 and NABARD Development Assistant.
Now, I thought that this is my last attempt for banking job

and after that I will start doing some private job and along
with that I will prepare for bank jobs. I started investing my
100% input. After giving preliminary exam of IBPS PO 5, I was
very much sure about that and I thought to attend Crash
Course of IBPS PO Mains in Career Power, Mahanagar
Branch. I was feeling very sad while attending those classes
because if I would have joined Career Power earlier, I think I
would be employed earlier. I really appreciate the level of
teaching which is adopted there. I still remember that 2nd
last class, 28-Oct-2015, the magical date of my life. While
attending class, I received 3 mails in the evening. But I didn't
opened it. While playing with my mobile nearly about 8 PM, I

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THE HINDU-NEWS REVIEW (DEC. 2015)

1.
In Bi-Monthly Monetary policy RBI left the repo

unchanged at 6.75% as widely expected, following
the 50-basis-point cut in September, making no
alterations in the reserve or cash requirements. The
RBI has revised its forecast for inflation to 5% by
March 2017. However, it retained the 7.4% GDP
forecast.
a. Bank Rate 7.75 % (Unchanged)
b. Cash Reserve Ratio 4 % (Unchanged)
c. Statutory Liquidity Ratio 21.5 % (Unchanged)
d. Repo Rate 6.75 % (Unchanged)
e. Reverse Repo Rate 5.75 % (Unchanged)
f. Marginal Standing Rate 7.75 % (Unchanged)
2. Former Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur was
appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of
India.
3. Senior revenue service officer Arun Kumar Jain was
appointed Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes.
4. Ministry of External Affairs appointed Mumbai Police
Commissioner Ahmad Javed as the Ambassador to
Saudi Arabia.
5. Mauricio Macri Blanco was sworn in as the President
of Argentina.
6. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur was sworn in as 43rd Chief
Justice of India (CJI) by President Pranab Mukherjee
at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Thakur succeeded
incumbent Justice H L Dattu.
7. Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland was
appointed as the Secretary General of the
Commonwealth of Nations. With this, Patricia
become the first British citizen and first woman as
well to hold the role in the 66-year history of 53member Commonwealth.
8. Sunil Kanoria was appointed as the President of The
Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of
India (ASSOCHAM).
9. Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was crowned
Miss Universe 2015 at the final of 64th edition of
Miss Universe held in Las Vegas, the USA.
10. Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo was crowned Miss
World 2015 at the Beauty of Crown Theater in Sanya,
China.
11. The West Bengal Government honoured music
composer Bappi Lahiri and singer Kumar Sanu with
Lifetime Achievement Awards.
12. Indian-origin Tamil writer Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali

was declared as the winner of the prestigious South
East Asian Write Award for Singapore.
13. Dilip Kumar was conferred with the Padma
Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour.
14. Global software giant Wipro announced that it won
the 2015 Aegis Graham Bell Award for developing a
solution for the Internet of Things.
15. India-born author Salman Rushdie was awarded the
prestigious Mailer Prize for lifetime achievement.
16. Naseerudin Shah was honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement Award at the 12th edition of Dubai
International Film Festival in Dubai.
17. Two Indians, Kartik Sawhney and Neha Swain, have
won the 2016 Queen's Young Leaders award in the
United Kingdom which will be presented by the
British monarch in Buckingham Palace in June 2016.
18. Frank Islam, an Indian-American entrepreneur and
philanthropist, will be conferred with Uttar Pradesh
Ratna Award.
19. The Delhi Development Authority was awarded with
the E-India Award for adopting technology to serve
the public better and using resources efficiently
through mobile applications.
20. Hinduja Brothers were honoured with the prestigious
Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Asian
Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) Series in Dubai.
21. President Pranab Mukharjee presented Dr APJ Abdul
Kalam IGNITE awards 2015.
22. President of France Francois Hollande will the Chief
Guest at 67th Indias Republic Day celebrations.
23. British Novelist Peter Dickinson passed away
following a brief illness in Winchester, Hampshire.
24. Renowned economist, agriculturist, prolific journalist
and stalwart farmer leader Sharad Joshi passed away.
25. Renowned sarangi player Ustad Sabri Khan died in
New Delhi.
26. Eldar Ryazanov, one of the most popular Russian film
directors of the Soviet era, died.
27. The Australian association football player Joe
Marston.
28. Noted litterateur and Professor Surendra Upadhyay
passed away due to cardiac arrest.
29. World Bank Groups Global Knowledge Partnership
on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) initiative
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released the Migration and Remittances Factbook

2016. The report provides a snapshot of latest
statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled
emigration, and remittance flows for 214 countries
and territories.
Global Financial Integrity released the Global Illicit
Financial Flows Report 2015 entitled Illicit Financial
Flows from the Developing Countries: 2004-2013.
Among the 149 countries surveyed, India stood at the
4th position in terms of illicit financial flows between
2004 and 2013 with 51 billion US dollars.
Asian Development Bank released a report entitled
Asian Economic Integration Report 2015: How Can
Special Economic Zones Catalyze Economic
Development?
World Economic Forum released the Global Gender
Gap Report 2015. Out of the 145 countries surveyed,
while Iceland topped the Gender Gap Index for the
seventh year in a row, India stood at the 108th
position.
2nd World Internet Conference was concluded at
Wuzen in China.
The two-day 14th Meeting of the Council of Heads of
Governments of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
(CSO) Member States was concluded in Zhengzhou,
China.
5th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia-Istanbul
Process was concluded in Islamabad, Pakistan. The
event was jointly inaugurated by Pakistan Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif and President of Afghanistan
Ashraf Ghani. Indian delegation was headed by
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
The 10th East Asia Summit was held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. Theme was Our People, Our Community,
Our Vision. The 11th East Asia Summit will be held in
Laos.
Union Government requested the states and Union
Territories to start Operation Smile-II from 1 January
2016. Operation Smile-II is a campaign to
rescue/rehabilitate the missing children.
Storm Desmond wreaked havoc in parts of Northern
Ireland, north Wales, southern Scotland and northwest England in the first week of December 2015.
Losar, the biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival began in
Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
Two Indian cities, Varanasi and Jaipur, have made it
to the Creative City Network of the United Nations
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Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

(UNESCO) for the first time ever.
The book titled The Bose Brothers and Indian
Independence An Insiders Account authored by
Madhuri Bose was released.
Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the
Corridors of Power, an autobiography of Sharad
Pawar was released by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.
The Union Government appointed Justice L
Narasimha Reddy to head the Judicial Committee
which will look into the implementation of One Rank
One Pension (OROP) scheme for the ex-servicemen.
The Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian led
panel submitted its report on GST. The commission
recommended standard rate for GST at 17 to 18
percent, the rate at which most products would likely
be taxed. The Committee has suggested doing away
with a proposal to levy a one percent inter-state tax
on transfer of good. The committee excluded real
estate, electricity and alcohol and petroleum
products while calculating tax rates but has suggested
bringing them under the ambit of GST soon. It
recommended a range of 12 to 40 percent for various
products and services. Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR)
proposed at 15-15.5% (Union and states combined).It
included petroleum and alcohol in GST regime.
The Defence Acquisition Council approved the
purchase of 5 units of Russian advance S-400 Triumf
Air Defence Missile Systems from Russia at an
estimated cost of 40000 crore rupees.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the combined
Commanders Conference, an annual tri-services
event held on board INS Vikramaditya about 50 kms
off Kochi coast, Kerala.
Indo-Russia bilateral maritime exercise Indra Navy
2015 commenced in Vishakhapatnam.
Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile was successfully
flight-tested for the first time from an Israeli Naval
Platform. The missile is co-developed by India and
Israel. LRSAM is also called Barak 8 missile in Israel.
The South Asian Annual Disaster Management
Exercise (SAADMEx) 2015 was concluded by the
Union Government in Delhi.
Search engine giant Yahoo on 21 December 2015
named Cowas the Personality of the Year 2015. Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Delhi CM Arvind
Kejriwal were among the top newsmakers of 2015.
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51. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released two
commemorative coins of 125 rupees and 10 rupees,
as part of the 125th birth anniversary year
celebrations of Dr. Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
52. World Robot Olympiad 2015 was held in Doha,
Qatar. This time Indian students were able to win
three medals (1Gold & 2 Silver) and one position
(Eighth).
53. Rajya Sabha passed the Schedule Caste and Schedule
Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill,
2015.
54. The Lok Sabha passed the Commercial Courts,
Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate
Division of High Courts Bill, 2015. The Bill will help
bring in big foreign investments into the country and
improve India's global image on ease of doing
business. It will help set up commercial benches in
select high courts to settle high value commercial
disputes.
55. The Union Cabinet, presided by the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi gave its approval for the revised
Model Text for the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty.
56. The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval to
a MoU signed between India and BRICS countries
(Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa) for
strengthening energy efficiency cooperation.
57. The World Bank approved a 1.5 billion US dollar loan
for the ambitious Clean India Campaign (Swachh
Bharat Mission).
58. The Lok Sabha passed the landmark Atomic Energy
(Amendment) Bill, 2015. The bill seeks to overcome
difficulties encountered in the setting up of new
nuclear projects and enhancement of nuclear power
generation. The amendment will pave the way for
Atomic Energy Units, including Nuclear Power
Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to enter into
joint-ventures with other Public Sector Undertakings
(PSUs) and government sector companies.
59. The Union Government signed MoU and
documentation for establishing three Indian Institute
of Information Technology (IIITs) at Ranchi, Nagpur
and Pune. These IIITs are operated on a PublicPrivate-Partnership (PPP) model.
60. The Union Cabinet approved a 4000 crore rupees
proposal for introducing measures to encourage
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industry in India.
61. The Supreme Court asked the Union Government to
operationalise the Organised Crimes Investigating
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Agency (OCIA) by 1 December 2016. OICA will probe

human trafficking cases across the nation.
The Union Cabinet, presided by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, gave its approval to carry out official
amendments in the National Waterways Bill, 2015.
The amendments provide for enacting a Central
Legislation to declare 106 additional inland
waterways as the national waterways.
The Supreme Court directed State and Union
Territory Governments to consider acid-attack victims
under the disabled quota.
The Lok Sabha passed the Bureau of Indian Standards
Bill 2015 to establish the Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS) as a National Standards Body.
The Union Cabinet approved setting up of six new
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Andhra
Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jammu, Kerala and
Karnataka.
The Union Government launched the injectable
Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) as part of its
commitment to the Global Polio Endgame Strategy.
The Ministry of Urban Development approved an
investment of 3120 crore rupees investment plans for
basic urban infrastructure boost for 102 cities
approved under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
RBI released the final guidelines on computing
interest rates on advances based on the Marginal
Cost of Funds Methodology. The guidelines will come
into effect from 1 April 2016. The new methodology
is aimed at bringing uniformity among BRs of banks
so that they will be more sensitive to any changes in
policy rates of the RBI like Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR),
Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR), etc. Existing loans and
credit limits linked to the Base Rate may continue till
repayment or renewal, as the case may be. Existing
borrowers will also have the option to move to the
MCLR linked loan.
Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
appointed a single-member committee headed by
Ajit Prakash Shah to look into the dispute between Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation Limited and Reliance
Industries Limited on Krishna Godavari gas fields.
Union Government slashed the Minimum Export
Price of onions to 400 US dollars per tonne from 700
dollars a tonne.
Afghanistan will become the 164th WTO member.
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72. Singapore replaced Mauritius as top source of
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India during
April-September of 2015-16 financial year.
73. RBI announced revised Priority Sector Lending norms
for Regional Rural Banks. Among other things, the PSL
target was increased to 75 percent of total
outstanding from the existing 60 percent. The revised
target will be effective from 1 January 2016. Loans to
individual farmers, for the purpose of PSL, was
increased to 50 lakh rupees from the present 10 lakh
rupees against pledge/ hypothecation of agricultural
produce (including warehouse receipts) for a period
not exceeding 12 months.
74. CSO announced that Indias Gross Domestic Product
grew by 7.4 percent in the second quarter (JulySeptember) of 2015-16. The high growth rate became
a possibility due to 10.6 percent registered by Trade,
hotels and Transport and communication and
services related to broadcasting sectors. The
manufacturing sector also grew by 9.3 percent
compared to 7.9 percent in Q2 of FY 2014-15.
75. The Reserve Bank of India decided to grant in
principle approval to the National Payments
Corporation of India to function as the Bharat Bill
Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) in Bharat Bill Payment
System (BBPS).
76. Government of Nepal decided to amend the
Constitution to address two key demands of agitating
Madhesis regarding proportional representation and
constituency delimitation.
77. The European Union extended its economic sanctions
against Russia for six months over its involvement in
the Ukraine crisis.
78. 10th World Trade Organisation Ministerial
Conference concluded on 19 December 2015 in
Nairobi, Kenya. The conference concluded with the
adoption of the Nairobi Package that is aimed at
benefitting organizations poorest members. India
was represented by Minister of State (Independent
Charge) for Commerce & Industry Nirmala
Sitharaman.
79. The Senate of United States ratified reforms to boost
the representation of emerging economies at the
International Monetary Fund as part of Budget Bill.
China's voting rights will rise to 6 percent from 3.8
percent and the nation will become the third-largest
shareholder. As China's voting rights rise, the US will
see its share drop from 16.7 percent to 16.5 percent.
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India's voting rights will also rise to 2.6 percent from

the current 2.3 percent.
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted
resolution to increase sanctions against the Islamic
State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) group and other terrorist
groups.
The Federal Reserve System, the central banking
system of the USA, increased interest rate by 0.25
percent. With this, the interest rates in the US are
now in the range of 0.25 0.50 percent as compared
to zero to 0.25 percent range earlier.
Pension fund regulatory body PFRDA has started
using PAN instead of Aadhaar for validation of new
customers who can now be registered online under
the National Pension System (NPS) scheme.
The IMF approved nearly $500 million in its latest
tranche of financial assistance to Pakistan.
Uttar Pradesh government became the first state to
give its approval for turning around its ailing discoms
by joining the Centres ambitious UDAY (Ujwal
Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme. So far, seven
other states have given an in-principle approval for
the scheme. According to the scheme, loans of Rs
47,700 crore (till September 30, 2015) would be
converted into bonds.
Housing prices increased by 13.7 per cent during JulySeptember of this fiscal compared with year-ago
period but the annual growth rate has slowed down,
according to RBI report. Delhi witnessed the
maximum rise with nearly 22 per cent increase in
prices during the quarter over the last year.
US lawmakers have decided to increase the quota for
H-2B visas meant for unskilled foreign workers by
nearly 400 per cent.
The government lowered the economic growth
forecast for the current fiscal to 7-7.5 per cent from
previously projected 8.1-8.5 per cent mainly because
of lower agricultural output due to deficit rains.
India has been ranked a low 97th out of 144 nations,
behind Kazakhstan and Ghana, on Forbes annual list
of the best countries for doing business in 2015.
The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to
USD 4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas popular among
Indian IT companies.
The Supreme Court banned registration of diesel-run
SUVs and cars having engine capacity beyond 2000 cc
in Delhi and National Capital Region till March 31.
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91. The Finance Ministry said banks will disburse credit to
tune of Rs 1.22 lakh crore to small and marginal
entrepreneurs during the current fiscal under the
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).
92. The Goa government has approved the Rs 981.11
crore proposal for Panaji Smart City which would be
submitted to the Union Urban Development Ministry.
93. Retail inflation scaled a 14-month high of 5.41% in
November, while wholesale price inflation touched 1.99% during the month.
94. The Union Cabinet has cleared the Bill to regulate the
real estate sector while mandating that developers
must deposit 70 per cent of the project cost in a
separate account.
95. A landmark climate change deal was clinched with
the approval of India, China and the US, after days of
tough negotiations with the legally-binding pact
seeking to limit global warming to well below 2
degrees Celsius and committing USD 100 billion a
year from 2020 to help developing nations.
96. India and Japan signed an agreement to amend the
Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement which will
help in reducing tax avoidance and act as a deterrent
against tax evasion as well as accumulation of black
money.
97. The National Green Tribunal has ordered the closure
of Bhushan Steel and Strips Limited, declaring it to be
a polluting industry.
98. National Green Tribunal directed that diesel-run
vehicles will not be registered in Delhi with
immediate effect and asked the central and state
government departments not to purchase diesel
vehicles. There will be no renewal of registration of
diesel vehicles which are more than 10-year-old.
99. Govt imposed five-year anti-dumping duties on
stainless steel imports from China, the European
Union and the United States, as the government tries
to help local companies suffering from cheaper
imports.
100. Delhi recorded the highest per capita income among
all states in the country at Rs 2,40,849 during
financial year 2014-15, Deputy Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia said.
101. A mechanism known as SETU to support all aspects of
start-up businesses and other selfemployment
activities has been set up by the government.
102. Finance Ministry wants EPFO to retain 8.75 per cent
rate of interest on PF deposits for 2015-16.
103. The Delhi Government announced a series of

measures to curb the alarming rise in pollution in the
national capital, including a proposal to close down
the Badarpur Power plant which runs on coal.
104. The telecom wing of the Indian Railways, RailTel, has
signed an agreement with the subsidiary of Google
India to provide Wi-Fi facilities at 400 stations across
the country.
105. The Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
government has raised Delhi MLAs salaries by a
whopping 400%.
106. The Asian Development Bank kept its economic
growth forecast for India unchanged at 7.4 per cent
for the current financial year and 7.8 per cent for the
next fiscal.
107. Bihar has emerged as the fastest growing state in
terms of gross state domestic product, clocking a
growth rate of 17.06 per cent in FY 2014-15.
108. The government has collected Rs 16.69 crore as taxes
and penalty till November 26 from those who have
disclosed illegal wealth under the black money
compliance window. 635 declarations worth Rs 4,160
crore of illegal wealth were made in the three-month
compliance window, which ended on September 30.
109. The Asset Under Management under the National
Pension System has crossed Rs one lakh crore,
Pension fund regulator PFRDA said.
110. The growth rate of eight core sectors industries
slowed to 3.2 per cent in October from a year earlier
on account of a sharp drop in crude oil and steel
production.
111. India and Japan exchanged notes for Japans Official
Development Loan Assistance (ODA) worth Rs 5,536
crore for Chennai and Ahmedabad metro rail
projects.
112. The gold bond scheme has evoked excellent
response with the government receiving 63,000
applications for purchase of bonds worth Rs 246
crore for 917 kg. Gold in the first tranche.
113. Indian companies could raise up to USD 5 billion over
the next three years through issue of offshore rupee
or masala bonds. In September, RBI had allowed nonbanking finance companies (NBFCs) and other
corporates to issue masala bonds. Masala bond is
used to refer to an instrument through which Indian
companies can raise overseas funds in rupees, not
foreign currency.
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114. India is likely to see a jump of 11 per cent in imports
of the metal to 1,000 tonnes this year, says All India
Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation.
115. The finance ministry has cut its ambitious
disinvestment revenue target by 57% to Rs 30,000
crore for the current fiscal as strategic sales have
failed to take off.
116. Bladimir Putin ordered state-of-the art air defence
missile systems to be deployed at a Russian air base
in Syria following the downing of a Russian warplane
by Turkey.
117. Tunisias President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a
nationwide state of emergency and a curfew in the
capital after a bomb attack on a presidential guard
bus killed at least 12 people.
118. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament
that the government was considering 33 per cent
reservation for women in the paramilitary forces.
119. The government has extended the usage criterion of
the RuPay debit cards in order to avail of the in-built
insurance cover. Earlier, cardholders had to use the
card within 45 days prior to claim the insurance
claim. This has now been extended to 90 days.
120. A Japanese television channel has arrived to make a
documentary on how students from the
underprivileged sections of society aspire to be at the
Indian Institutes of Technology under the guidance of
mathematician Anand Kumar and his Super 30 team.
121. Sri Lanka, India, Malta and Mauritius have come
together to establish a Commonwealth Trade Finance
Facility to boost trade and investment flows,
particularly for developing nations of the
Commonwealth.
122. The government said it has advanced the date for
implementation of the roll out of Bharat Stage (BS)
stage V and VI norms for four-wheelers by three
years. Now Ministry has decided to implement BS-V
norms from April 1, 2019.
123. In a dramatic turn, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif met and
spoke on the sidelines of the UNFCCC main event in
Paris, shaking hands and sharing a sofa as they
chatted easily for a few minutes in private.
124. India launched an International Solar Alliance at the
CoP21 Climate Conference, with an announcement
by Prime Minister Modi that the revolution in the
field would bring power to all citizens, and create
unlimited economic opportunity.
125. Russia has begun building two modern military

compounds on the far eastern Kuril islands.
126. President Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to the
contentious Labour Laws Bill of Gujarat, which has
provisions to ban strikes in public utility services for
up to one year.
127. Faulty equipment and the crews inability to control
the aircraft caused an AirAsia A320 to crash into the
Java Sea last year, killing all 162 people onboard, an
Indonesian report said.
128. Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali will perform at
two venues in Kerala State in January next year.
129. Vladimir Kazbekov, the Vice-President of the New
Development Bank (NDB) of the Brazil-Russia-IndiaChina-South Africa (BRICS) grouping, has welcomed
the inclusion of the Chinese yuan in the IMF basket of
reserve currencies Special Drawing Rights.
130. The governments electronic intelligence monitoring
system , the Central Monitoring System (CMS), will
become operational by March 2016.
131. Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an aerial
survey of the affected regions in Chennai and
announced an additional Rs. 1,000-crore relief
package.
132. Tamil star Dhanushs song Kolaveri di has surpassed
100 million views on Youtube since its release.
133. A three-day international festival on birds begins at
the National Chambal Sanctuary (NCS) in Agra. As
many as 25 international bird experts and over 80
Indian ornithologists are expected to attend.
134. Lawmakers approved plans for Germany to take on a
direct role in the battle against the Islamic State (IS)
group in Syria.
135. Securities and Exchange Board of India will soon put
in place norms to help entrepreneurs raise funds
through
crowdfunding.
A
SEBI-constituted
committee, headed by Infosys co-founder N. R.
Narayana Murthy, to suggest ways for raising of funds
through crowdfunding.
136. U.S. magazine Time named German Chancellor
Angela Merkel as its Person of the Year 2015,
hailing her leadership during Europes debt, refugee
and migrant crises, as well as Russias intervention in
Ukraine.
137. Bombay High Court acquitted him of all charges in the
2002 hit-and-run and drunk-and-drive case that killed
one and injured four persons.
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138. Pakistan successfully test-fired the medium-range
Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile which
can carry nuclear warheads up to 2,750 km, bringing
many Indian cities within its range.
139. India and the U.S. have identified 17 new areas for
potential cooperation under the Defence Technology
and Trade Initiative (DTTI).
140. Indian-origin writer Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali has
been declared the winner of this years prestigious
South East Asia Write Award.
141. Countrys largest lender State Bank of India will issue
EMV chip and pin based debit cards to its new
customers to ensure enhanced secure transactions.
142. Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear capable
ballistic missile Shaheen-1A with a range of 900
kilometres.
143. Indias exports fell for the twelfth consecutive month
in November, virtually shrinking by a quarter from a
year earlier to $20 billion.
144. The government has made it mandatory to quote
PAN for all transactions in excess of Rs.2 lakh. The
new rule, effective from January 1, will cover
purchases of all goods or services. In the case of
immovable property, where quoting PAN is currently
required for transactions of Rs.5 lakh, the
government has decided to raise the monetary limits
to Rs.10 lakh.
145. Annoyed with the lack of consensus among

constitutional authorities in Uttar Pradesh, the
Supreme Court invoked its extraordinary powers to
assume authority and appointed former high court
judge Justice Virendra Singh as Uttar Pradeshs
Lokayukta.
146. Supreme Court imposed a ban on the registration of
diesel-run private cars of the capacity of 2000 CC and
above and SUVs.
147. The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully
launched PSLV C-29 rocket with six Singapore
satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
148. The National Highway Authority of India plans to raise
funds up to Rs.1,000 crore through public issue of
tax-free, secured redeemable non-convertible bonds.
149. China has summoned the U.S. envoy to protest
Washingtons sale of warships to Taiwan, as part of a
massive $1.8 billion arms package, Beijing said.
150. The Bihar government will ban liquor sale and
consumption in phases from April 1.
151. A Delhi court granted unconditional bail to Congress
president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul
Gandhi in the National Heraldcase of cheating and
misappropriation.
152. State Bank of India will raise up to Rs.12,000 crore by
issuing bonds that are Basel-III complaint.
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Trickky Notes (Civics) : Parts of Constitution

Tricks to Learn the Part of the Constitution of India
Part
Trick
Name of the Part
First Trick for Article I to X:
Articles
U Ci F DI US Bhi UP se l
Union & Its Territory

1-4
Citizenship
5-11
Fundamental Right
12-35
Directive Principles of State Policy
36-51
Union
52-151
State
152-237
Deals with States in Part of B of the schedule
238
Union Territory
239-241
Panchayats
242-243
Provision for Schedule & Tribal Area
244-244 A
Parts added after 1950:
IVA-Fundamental Duties Article 51-A Duties of a citizen of India. It was added by the 42nd Amendment in
1976
IX A-Municipalities
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II
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VII
VIII
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Trick for Article XI to XVI:
Re Fi Tra(m) Se Election(booth) Pe
Pronounce (Refi Tram Se Election Booth Pe )
Re
Relation between Union & State
245-263
XI
Fi
Finance, Property, Contracts, Suits
264-300
XII
Tra
Trade & Commerce
301-307
XIII
Se
Services under the Union & States
308-323
XIV
Election & Election Commission
324-329
XV Election
P
Provisions related to certain classes: Sc/St & Anglo-Indians
330-342
XVI
Part XIV a) Deals with Tribunals: Articles 323A-323B -Added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976 and deals
with administrative tribunals to hear disputes and other complaints
: LEMATS
Pronounce ( mats)
Trick for Article XVII to XXII
XVII
XVIII
XIX
L
E
M
XX
XXI
XXII
A
T
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Language
Emergency Provisions
Miscellaneous provisions regarding exemption of the President
and governors from criminal proceedings
Amendments of constitution
Temporary, Transition & special Provisions
Short title, Commencement & Repeal of the constitution
343-351
352-360
361-367
368
369-392
393-395
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which is capable of hitting a target at a distance of 700
kms, from a test range off the Odisha coast. Agni-I
Who is the chairman of Indian Council of Historical
Research (ICHR), who has resigned from the post citing
personal reasons? Yellapragada Sudershan Rao
Name the e-commerce company which saw maximum
visitors on its web and mobile sites in October at over 20
crore visitors, as per the recent data from Internet
analytics firm comScore. Amazon India
CreditMantri has announced that it had partnered with
which company to simplify the process for consumers to
access their credit score and history for free?- Equifax
India said it will provide how much amount for the
vulnerable nations in the Commonwealth to help them
introduce clean energy and reduce green-house gas
emissions? - $ 2.5 million
Name the PM of Malta? - Joseph Muscat
The National Green Tribunal has directed the local
commissioner, probing illegal felling of 4,000 trees in the
Eco-Sensitive Zone near the Taj Mahal, to submit the
final inspection report by December 16. Who is the NGT
Chairperson?- Justice Swatanter Kumar
Who are the authors of The Making of Miracles in
Indian States? - Arvind Panagariya & M. Govinda Rao
Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for which city to
participate in the global climate change conference
2015? - Paris
Which country will host the first day-night test match
against New Zealand? - Australia at the Adelaide Oval
Which company is shutting its private banking unit in
India, marking the exit of another foreign bank from the
cut-throat wealth management business in Asia's thirdlargest economy? - HSBC Holdings Plc
The government recently announced additional income
tax incentives for which domestic industry in a bid to
help them remain afloat at a time when the global
industry is going through an extended slump? Shipbuilding Industry
Who has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of
App-based cab operator Ola? - Rajiv Bansal
Which Indian state announced and adopted its Port
Policy 2015 that is aimed at harnessing the advantages
of the 974-km long coastline? - Andhra Pradesh
The government is planning to set up a high-level panel
to effectively deal with the issue of over mounting bad
loans. The committee is likely to be headed by? Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha
16. Which bank is planning to set up a subsidiary for

management of properties owned by it and also for
those taken on lease or rent? - SBI
17. The government has extended the usage criterion of the
RuPay debit cards in order to avail of the in-built
insurance cover from 45 days to how many days? - 90
days
18. US-headquartered InFocus has announced its tie-up with
which mobile phone retailer to sell its smartphones and
feature phones as part of its offline strategy? - Poorvika
19. Fortis Healthcare through Stellant Capital Advisory
Services has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement
with RGAM Investment Advisors and other shareholders
to acquire 100 per cent stake in which company? Religare Health Trust Trustee Manager
20. Which taxi booking app launched its mobile wallet? Ola launched Ola Money App.
21. Name the Chennai based company which is a subsidiary
of MiraMed global, said that it would enter India after
forging tie-ups with healthcare majors to offer electronic
medical record service. - Ajuba Solutions
22. Who is the former Indian Premier League Chief
Operating Officer who will now join the Reliance
Industries Limited (RIL) as its Chief Executive Officer
Sports? - Sundar Raman
23. Who won the Brazilian Grand Prix 2015? - Nico Rosberg
24. Who won the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier
2015? - Li Xuerui defeated Nehwal
25. Name the BCCI president & the chairman of the
International Cricket Council (ICC) who is scheduled to
spend four days in Dubai. - Shashank Manohar
26. Which team won the Cricket All-Stars Twenty20 Series 03 at the Dodgers Stadium,USA? - Warnes Warriors
27. Name the country which has offered to supply LPG to
Nepal after gifting fuel to ease the crisis in the country. China
28. From which country the US have the maximum number
of international students? - India
29. Which country tightened security at all entry points in
the country including airports ahead of the upcoming
ASEAN summit after the horrific terror attacks in Paris
that killed over 120 people? - Malaysia
30. India with which country will discuss ways to enhance
already robust security cooperation in the aftermath of
Paris terror strikes? - France
31. Name the senior diplomat who has been appointed as
the Ambassador to China to replace Ashok Kantha,
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whose term will end in early January. - Vijay Keshav

Gokhale
Who is the Foreign Minister of France? -Laurent Fabius
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reliance Industries
Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Googles India-born CEO
Sundar Pichai are among over 50 global leaders, business
chiefs and pop icons named as contenders by Time
magazine for its which annual honour? - Times Person
of the Year
Who chaired the Seventh Pay Commission which
recently submitted its report? - Justice A.K. Mathur
What is INDRA which recently concluded? - The IndoRussian military exercise
Who has been made the deputy chief minister of Bihar? Tejaswi Yadav
Nitish Kumar took oath as chief minister of Bihar for the
________ time on November 20. - Fifth
Which state launched its rural inclusive growth project
with the objective to realize 'eco-enterprise' in
partnership with India Inc. and a slew of global players.Andhra Pradesh
Name the 10-year-old resident of Pune who has become
the youngest Indian to speak at the TED Youth
Conference in New York. - Ishita Katyal
The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) and the
Health Institute for Mother and Child (MAMTA) will
implement a three-year long community health project
in states of India? - Rajasthan,Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Name the Colonel who laid down his life battling
militants near LoC in north Kashmir's Kupwara district? Santosh Mahadik
Which transportation app has raised $500 million, or Rs
3,250 crore, from Scottish investment firm Baillie
Gifford, China's largest taxi-hailing company Didi Kuaidi
and existing investors Falcon Edge, Tiger Global,
SoftBank and DST Global? - Ola
The gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of Public Sector
Banks rose to how much per cent at the end of June
2015? - 6.03 Percent
Name the cancer care network operator which has
received capital markets regulator SEBIs approval to
float an initial public offer (IPO). - Healthcare Global
Enterprises Ltd (HCG)
What is the full form of DRHP? - Draft Red Herring
Prospectus
Lanco Solar Ltd, a subsidiary of Lanco Infratech Ltd.
(LITL), has signed a memorandum of understanding with
which state government for setting up a 100 MW solar
cell manufacturing plant? - Chhattisgarh Government
Name the noted labour economist who passed away in
Delhi? - Dr. T.S. Papola
48. Watch maker Titan Co joined hands with which global

information technology major to offer a range of smart
watches? - HP
49. Name the bank which has sold its 6% stake in its joint
venture with Prudential PLC of UK, to two entities Premji
Invest of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, and Temasek. ICICI
50. Apollo Tyres has acquired which German tyre
distribution major for 45.6 million Euros (around Rs 301
crore)? - Reifencom GmbH
51. Who is the author of the book, Written by Salim-Javed The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters? Diptakirti Chaudhuri
52. Who is appointed as the Senior Vice-President-Growth
Business of the Leading online travel and hotel services
provider MakeMyTrip? - Deepak Tuli
53. Where, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 2015
summit is took place? - Manila
54. Who won the National Book Award for non-fiction for his
book Between the World and Me? - Ta-Nehisi Coates
55. Name the minister who kicked off his six-day visit to
China with a visit to the control room of the Public
Security University and discussed issues concerning
training in security related matters. - Home Minister
Rajnath Singh
56. What is the name of the suspected mastermind of the
attacks that killed 129 in Paris who was among those
killed in a police raid in a suburb of the French capital,
the Paris? - Abdel Hamid Abaaoud
57. According to the Global Terrorism Index, which is the
worlds most deadly extremist group? -Boko Haram
58. Name the cellphone manufacturing company which will
now sell Yuphoria, Yureka Plus and Yunique handsets
across 30,000 retail outlets in India. - Micromax
59. Who is the Chairman of Bharti Enterprises Chairman and
Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) who urged world leaders to commit and
invest in developing digital infrastructure to deliver a
brighter and more prosperous future to their citizens? Sunil Bharti Mittal
60. Name the State-run telecom firm which offers services in
Delhi and Mumbai, will soon launch free roaming
scheme, allowing customers to receive calls at no extra
cost while travelling across the country. - MTNL
61. Name the bank which has recently introduced its cobranded credit card in association with SBI Card, marking
old private sector lenders entry into credit card
business. - Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB)
62. Name the one of the largest telecommunication service
provider which will invest Rs.13,000 crore or $2 billion
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on capacity expansion and new business initiatives in

India. - Vodafone
Name the countrys largest mortgage lender and the
new generation private sector lender which are planning
to list their bond issuances in London. - Housing
Development and Finance Corporation & YES Bank
The Union Government has announced that it has signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which
country in an effort to enhance the two countries
existing air service cooperation? - Republic of Korea
Name the veteran actor who starred in as many as 100
Hindi films died at the age of 86. - Saeed Jaffrey
Which company launched Atta noodles & aimed to take
on Nestles Maggi, which will returned to the market
after a five-month ban? - Patanajali Ayurved
Name the senior diplomat and former high-profile
spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry who has
been appointed as Indias Permanent Representative to
the United Nations. - Syed Akbaruddin
Where is the G-20 summit 2015 held? -Antalya,Turkey
On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi held bilaterals met with the King of Saudi
Arabia. Name the king. - Salman Al Saud
India announced the procedures for a civil nuclear
agreement with which country for supply of uranium? Australia
Name the tech giant which will open its first retail store
in Singapore, which will also be Southeast Asias first to
be powered solely by solar energy. - Apple
Name the former Janata Dal MLA who died after a
month-long hunger strike to demand a stronger and
independent Lokayukta in Rajasthan and a State-wide
ban on liquor? - Gurusharan Chabbra
Name the country where the Vice-President Hamid
Ansaris was going for a trip but his trip was delayed
after a volcanic eruption? - Indonesia
Nestle said government approved labs have found the
newly manufactured samples of instant noodles Maggi
safe and the company will start retail sales of the
popular snack this month. Nestle is a company of which
country? - Switzerland
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government, in the
coming days, will list out the exemptions to be phased
out as part of its plans to gradually bring down corporate
tax rate to how much percent? - 25%
Name the Romanian Prime Minister who announced the
resignation of his government following huge protests in
the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more than 30
people. - Victor Ponta
Which language has emerged as the largest spoken
Indian language in the United States, with nearly 6.5 lakh
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people speaking it, according to the latest Census data?Hindi

Name the smooth-talking Iraqi politician who pushed
Washington to invade Iraq in 2003 with discredited
information on Saddam Husseins military capabilities,
died of an apparent heart attack?- Ahmed Chalabi
Which country declared state of emergency for a period
of 30 days recently, after arms and explosives were
found at the countrys capital as well as at an island
resort? - Maldives
Name the climate scientist who resigned from The
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), alleging that the
organisation treated her in the worst possible manner
and harmed her mentally, professionally and
economically. -R.K. Pachauri
Name the Popular Telugu comedian who passed away
recently. - Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao
Who is the Bollywood star who made it to the final
nomination in the Favourite Actress in a New TV Series
category of Peoples Choice Awards 2016? - Priyanka
Chopra
Social media giant Facebook will help which company in
setting up 100 WiFi sites in rural areas of western and
southern India? - BSNL
To curb crimes against women travellers, Railways said
an all-India mobile application service will be launched
through which immediate help from which force could
be availed? - Railway Protection Force
Which space station has completed 15 years of
continuous human presence and to mark the event
NASA has released an official country song that
describes the epic journey recently on 2nd November? The International Space Station (ISS)
Who has resigned from the post of Indian Premier
League Chief Operating Officer (COO)? - Sundar Raman
Name the Pakistani all-rounder who will retire from test
cricket after the third test against England. - Shoaib
Malik
Which airline announced to launch a direct flight to
Bangkok from Chennai next month with a limited period
promotional all-inclusive two-way fares of Rs 9,999? SpiceJet
Who has taken over as Chairman of the EEPC India? Tarvinder Singh Bhasin
Name the company which Reliance Communications
(RCom) has agreed to buy? - Russian conglomerate
Sistemas Indian mobile phone business
Which enterprise has raised Rs.1,150 crore through IPO
and made the Indias biggest IPO in three years? - Coffee
Day Enterprises
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92. Name the former Pakistan captain who has agreed to
carry on working with the Afghanistan cricket team as
coach for a two-year period? - Inzamam ul-Haq
93. Who becomes the highest-paid marquee player at Rs.
39.7 lakh in the Pro Wrestling League? - Yogeshwar Dutt
94. Name the companies have bagged $5.6 billion ( Rs
37,000 crore) worth of contract from the Indian Railways
to build locomotives in Bihar, marking the first major
foreign direct investment (FDI) in rail projects after the
limit was raised by the government in select railways
sectors. - US major General Electric and French giant
Alstom
95. Who has been appointed as the vice-chairman of the
Bank of International Settlement (BIS) for 3 years? Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor
96. Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch InBev says it has
finalized the terms of a $107 billion takeover of which
company that will combine the planets two biggest
brewers and create a company that makes almost a third
of the beer consumed worldwide? - SABMiller
97. Who has been appointed as an Executive Director on the
board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? - Subir
Gokarn
98. In which state, heavy rainfall brought daily life to a
grinding halt as its seven districts announced holidays for
schools and colleges? - Tamil Nadu
99. Name the new communication spacecraft which was put
in space by ISRO from the French Guiana space port in
South America. - GSAT-15
100. Who is the Chairman & CEO of GE? - Jeff Immelt
101. Who was the chairman of the committee on the IIT
Examination? - Prof. Ashok Misra
102. Hockey India confirmed the appointment of which
person as the strategic coach for the mens national
team till the 2016 Rio Olympics? - Roger van Gent
103. Which Bollywood actor led a march to the Rashtrapati
Bhavan to counter the protests by writers, artistes and
others against rising intolerance, voicing concern over
the wrong projection of India by those returning their
awards? - Anupam Kher
104. Chinas President recently meet with which countrys
President after 66 years? - Taiwan
105. Name the supersonic land attack cruise missile which
recently test fired in Pokhran. - BrahMos
106. The government imposed how much percent Swachh
Bharat Cess on all services, now liable to service tax? 0.5 per cent
107. Who won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol womens
event at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship in
Kuwait City? - Indias Heena Sidhu
108. Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for a three-day visit

to which country which can result in signing a number of
pacts on mutual investments and defence cooperation
signing a number of pacts on mutual investments and
defence cooperation? - United Kingdom
109. Name the British Indian columnist who was arrested in
London by the British Transport Police on charges
relating to paedophilia. - Hasan Suroor
110. Which online marketplace has made its debut in the
2015 Thomson Reuters Top 100 global innovators list,
leaving International Business Machines Corp, the
world's largest technology services company, out of the
list? - Amazon.com Inc
111. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (IHFL) has acquired a 40
per cent stake in which bank of the U.K. for $100 million,
making it the largest shareholder of a full service
universal bank? - OakNorth Bank
112. Name the British actor who honoured with a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire award
during a ceremony at the Buckingham Palace. - Benedict
Cumberbatch
113. Name the legendary New Orleans R&B songwriter and
producer who passed away recently? - Allen Toussaint
114. The Governments decision to allow 100 per cent Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) in which sector is likely to benefit
the segments? - General aviation and Ground handling
services
115. Name the UAE-based bank which has announced a
partnership deal with State Bank of India to help NRI
customers in the gulf to carry out their remittances
instantly and more conveniently. - Emirates NBD
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Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and
answer the given questions:
Brock, Kane, Undertaker, Khali, Johncena, Bigshow, Batista and
Mark are eight fighters sitting around a circular table. Four of them
are facing towards the centre and four of them are facing away
from the centre. All of them like a different movie, viz. Tamasha,
Bajirao, Dilwale, Massan, Airlift, Sultan, Dangal and Ready, but not
necessarily in the same order.
Johncena faces towards the centre and likes Tamasha. Both the
immediate neighbours of Johncena face away from the centre and
like Dilwale or Massan. Khali faces away from the centre. Both the
immediate neighbours of Khali do not face away from the centre.
Johncena sits third to the right of Bigshow, who likes Airlift and
faces away from the centre. Undertaker sits third to the left of
Bigshow.
The one who likes Dilwale sits opposits of Bigshow. The one who
likes Bajirao is not the immediate neighbour of Bigshow and faces
away from the centre. Brock sits second to the left of Undertaker
and does not like Dangal or Ready. The one who likes Dangal sits
between Mark and Bigshow. Kane faces away from the centre and
does not like Bajirao.
1. Who among the following sits third to the right of Batista?
1) Brock
2) Kane
3) Undertaker
4) Khali
5) Bigshow
2. Which of the following combinations is true?
1) Brock-Airlift
2) Kane-Massan 3) Batista-Dangal
4) Bigshow-Dilwale5) None of these
3. Who among the following sits second to the left of Undertaker?
1) Khali
2) Brock
3) Kane
4) Mark
5) Batista
4. Who among the following likes Sultan?
1) Mark
2) Brock
3) Undertaker
4) Khali
5) None of these
5. Which of the following statements is true about Mark?
1) He sits second to the left of Bigshow.
2) He sits third to the left of kane.
3) He likes either Bajirao or Dilwale.
4) Batista and Bigshow are his immediate neighbours.
5) His neighbours like Tamasha and Dangal.
Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and
answer the questions that follow.
Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing five persons
each. In row 1, Amitabh, Rakesh , Akshay, Arti and Ritesh are sitting
and all of them are facing south. In row 2, Jaya, Poonam, Twinkle,
Gaurav and Jenelia are sitting and all of them are facing north. In
the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces
another member of the other row. Moreover, each of them belongs
to different cities Meerut, Gurgaon, Begusarai, Hajipur, Noida,
Cuttack, Banaras, Haridwar, Allahabad and Mednipur but not
There are only two persons sitting between the person from
Merrut, who sits at an extreme end, and Ritesh. Jaya, who sits in the
middle of the row, is not an immediate neighbour of Poonam, who
is not from Mednipur. Jenelia is sitting at an extreme end. Ritesh,

from Noida , sits on the immediate right of the person from
Gurgaon and faces the immediate neighhour of Poonam. Rakesh is
not sitting at the extreme left end. Jaya is not from Allahabad. There
is only one person between Akshay and Arti, who is from Meerut.
Gaurav, from Cuttack, is an immediate neighbour of the person
from Mednipur and does not face the person from Begusarai.
Twinkle, who is from Hajipur, is an immediate neighbour of the
person from Allahabad, who in turn faces the immediate neighbour
of the person from Noida. There are two persons between the
person from Banaras and the person from Begusarai. Rakesh is not
from Banaras. Jenelia is not from Haridwar.
6. Amitabh belongs to which of the following cities?
1) Haridwar
2) Banaras
3) Begusarai
4) None of these
5) Can't be determined
7. Who is from Haridwar?
1) Twinkle
2) Rakesh
3) Jenelia
4) Jaya
8. Merrut is related to 'Banaras' in a certain way, based on their
seating positions. Then Mednipur is related to whom,
following the same seating positions?
1) Haridwar
2) Allahabad
3) Gurgaon
4) Cuttack
5) Hajipur
9. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their
seating positions and so form a group. Which of the following is
different from the group?
1) Noida
2) Banaras
3) Mednipur
4) Hajipur
5) Cuttack
10. Which of the following statements is/are definitely false?
1) Rakesh is from Begusarai.
2) There are two persons sitting between the person from
cuttack and the person from Allahabad.
3) The person from Gurgaon faces the person from Haridwar
4) The person who is from Allahabad sits opposite the person
from Merrut.
5) All are true
Directions (11-15): In this question four statements are given
followed by five conclusions, one of which definitely does not
logically follow (or is not a possibility of occurrence) from the given
statements. That conclusion is your answer.
(Note : You have to take the four given statements to be true even
it they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then
decide which of the given conclusion logically does not follow from
the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.)
11. Statement :
No dolly is a dog.
All dheeraj are dimple.
All don are dog.
All dog are deepti.
Conclusions:
1) All deepti are dolly.
2) Some dimple are dheeraj.
3) All dheeraj being deepti is a possibility.
4) All don are deepti.
5) None of these.
12. Statement :
Some aniket are ankit.
All ankit are anirudh.
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All anirudh are amitabh.
No amitabh is a abhishek.
Conclusion:
1) All abhishek being aniket is a possibility.
2) No abhishek is an anirudh.
3) All aniket being abhishek is a possibility.
4) All ankit are amitabh.
5) No ankit is a abhishek.
13. Statement :
All meena are maya.
All madhu are meena.
All mayank are madhu.
No maya is a monty.
Conclusion:
1) No meena is a monty.
2) All mayank are
maya.
3) No madhu is a monty.
4) All monty being mayank is a possibility.
5) At least some maya are madhu.
14. Statement :
Some neeraj are nitin.
All neeraj are neha.
All nitin are nancy.
No nancy is a neetu.
Conclusion:
1) All neetu being neha is a possibility.
2) No neha is a nitin.
3) No neetu is a nitin.
4) At least some neeraj are nancy.
5) At least some neha are nancy.
15. Statement :
All swati are sangita.
All sangita are sakshi.
No sakshi is sweta.
No sweta is a shalini.
Conclusion:
1) At least some swati are sweta.
2) All shalini being swati is a possibility.
3) All sakshi being shalini is a possibility.
4) At least some sakshi are swati.
5) No sweta is a sangita.
Solutions
Directions (1-5)
6.
7.
8.
9.
(2) Amitabh belongs to Banaras

(4) Jaya is from Haridwar
(4)
(3) Among all options only person from Mednipur sits at the
extreme ends.
10. (4)
Directions (11-15):
11. (1)
12. (3)
13. (4)
14. (2)
1. (4)
2. (3)
3. (2)
4. (2)
5. (5)
Directions (6-10):
15. (1)
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Directions (1-5): Which of the phrases (a), (b), (c) or (d)
given below each sentence to make it grammatically
correct?
If the sentence is correct as it is given and No
correction is required, mark (e) as the answer.
1. A freezing morning accompanied by a dense cover of
fog set the toning for the coming weekend.
(a) keeping tone (b) started the toning
(c) kept the tone (d) set the tone
(e) No correction required
2. The jail is in the news again with the finding of a
pistol and some bullets.
(a) to finding
(b) with find (c) finding
(d) one found
3. The space-crunched city throws up several stories of
struggle that schools have had put up with to win
playground for their students.
(a) have had to put up to (b) had put up on
(c) have had to put up with (d) had to put up to
4. Emotions rang high as both families were taken to
the police station last night.
(a) Emotions went higher (b) Emotion become high
(c) Emotionally high
(d) Emotions ran high
5. Work at all the court complexes was paralysed as
lawyers went on a day-long strike as a mark of
protest.
(a) for a one day strike
(b) for a strike
(c) on a days long strike
(d) on a day-long striking
Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following five
sentences A, B, C, D and E in the proper sequence to
form a meaningful paragraph; then answers the
questions given below them.
A. The policy makers in most of the developing
economies recognize this importance and have been
implementing a host of programmes and measures
to achieve rural development objectives.
B. While some of these countries have achieved
impressive results from those programmes and
measures, others have failed to make a significant
dent in the problem of persistent rural under

development.
C. The socioeconomic disparities between rural and
urban areas are widening and creating tremendous
pressure on the social and economic fabric of many
such developing economies.
D. These factors, among many other, tend to highlight
the importance of rural development.
E. Although millions of rural people have escaped
poverty as a result of rural development in many
Asian countries, a large majority of rural people
continue to suffer from persistent poverty.
6. Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
7. Which of the following should be the LAST (FIFTH)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
8. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
(a) C
(b) B
(c) A
(d) D
(e) E
9. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
10. Which of the following should be the SECOND
(a) D
(b) E
(c) C
(d) B
(e) A
Directions (11-15): Each question below has two blanks,
each blank indicating that something has been omitted.
Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits
the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
11. Forest department officials said that when the
elephants were made to..from their trucks
they went straight to the spot where they had been
..during the camp.
(a) jump, killed
(b) alight, tied
(c) enter, hurt
(d) step, played
(e) exit, enjoyed
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12. Excise official seized pouches of whisky..a bus

travelling..Maharashtra.
(a) from, to
(b) in, for
(c) for, towards
(d) inside, on
(e) through, till
13.Organisations..for the victims..the
inhuman and unjust attitude of the government.
(a) fighting, applauded
(b) lobbying, supported
(c) working, condemned
(d) stand, opposed
(e) trying, spoke
14. A collision between two buses..six people
dead, ..the driver of one of the buses.
(a) made, also
(b) left, including
(c) caused, combined
(d) resulted, except
(e) got, surpassing
15. The court..revenue authorities and PCB
officials to ..teams and visit pharma units.
(a) directed, form
(b) announced, arrange
(c) commanded display
(d) ruled, make
(e) told, carve
alight means to descend from a train, bus, or other

form of transport.
tied means fastened or attached with string or
similar cord.
12. (a); from, to is the correct use.
From is used to express duration and starting point
of an activity.
To is used to indicate a limit or an ending point.
13. (c); working, condemned is the correct use.
Condemn means to criticize.
14. (b); left, including is the correct use.
15. (a); directed, form is the correct use
Solutions
1. (d); Replace set the toning with set the tone.
Set the tone means to establish a particular mood
or character for something.
2. (e); No correction required
3. (d); Replace have had put up with to with had to
put up to
4. (d); Replace Emotions rang high with Emotions ran
high.
Emotions ran high means people are angry.
5. (e); No correction required
For question (6-10); The proper sequence to form
meaningful paragraph is EBCDA.
6. (c); C
7. (a); A
8. (d); D
9. (e); E
10. (d); B
11. (b); alight, tied is the correct use.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
After receiving two successive raises, Gopals salary become

equal to 15/8 times of his initial salary. By how much percent
was the salary raised the first time if the second raise was twice
as high (in percent) as the first?
1) 15%
2) 20%
3) 25%
4) 30%
5) 33.33%
A Merchant gives 3 consecutive discounts of 10%. 15% and
15% after which he sells his goods at a percentage profit of
30.05% on the C.P. Find the value of the percentage profit that
the shopkeeper would have earned if he had given discount of
10% and 15% only.
1) 53%
2) 62.5% 3) 72.5%
4) 68.6%
5) 69.2%
Arun sells to Bimal goods at five-thirds the rate of profit at
which Bimal has decided to sell it to Chahal. Chahal, on other
hand, sells it to Dev at one-third the rate of profit at which
Bimal sold it to Chahal. If Dev gives Rs. 2145 to Chahal at 10%
profit, how much did Arun buy it for?
1) Rs. 1000
2) Rs. 2000
3) Rs. 1500
4) Rs. 1800
5) None of these
A sum of Rs. 1000 after 3 years at compound interest becomes
a certain amount that is equal to the amount that is the result
of a 3 year depreciation from Rs. 1728. Find the difference
between the rates of CI and depreciation. (Given CI is 10% p.a.).
1) 3.33%
2) 0.66% 3) 3.67%
4) 8.33%
5) 1.67%
A mixture can be prepared by sugar and salt. Price of sugar is
thrice the price of salt. Kunal sells the mixture at Rs. 2160 per
10g, thereby making a profit of 20%. If the ratio of sugar and
salt in the mixture be 2 : 3, find the cost price of sugar.
1) Rs. 210/gm 2) Rs. 300/gm
3) Rs. 120/gm
4) Rs. 354/gm 5) None of these
An Irrigation dam has four inlets. Through the fist three inlets,
the dam can be filled in 12 minutes; through the second, the
third and the fourth inlet, it can be filled in 15 minutes; and
through the first and the fourth inlet, in 20 minutes. How much
time will it take all the four inlets to fill up the dam?
1) 8 min
2) 10 min
3) 12 min
4) 16 min
5) None of these
Two boats go downstream from point X to point Y. The faster
boat covers the distance from X to Y 1.5 times as fast as the
slower boat. It is known that for every hour the slower boat
lags behind the faster boat by 8 km. However, if they go
upstream, then the faster boat covers the distance from Y to X
in half the time as the slower boat. Find the speed of the faster
boat in still water.
1) 12 kmph
2) 20 kmph
3) 24 kmph
4) 25 kmph
5) None of these
In an exam, the average was found to be 'x' marks. After
deducting computational error, the average marks of 94
candidates got reduced from 84 to 64. The average thus came
down by 18.8 marks. The numbers of candidates who took the
exam were:
1) 100
2) 90
3) 110
4) 105
5) 120
9. A Statue is in the shape of a right circular cylinder with a
hemisphere on one end and a cone on the other. The height
and radius of the cylindrical part are 13 cm and 5 cm
respectively. The radii of the hemispherical and conical parts
are the same as that of the cylindrical part. Calculate the
surface area of the toy if the height of conical part is 12 cm.
1) 1440 cm2
2) 385 cm2
3) 1580 cm2
4) 770 cm2
5) 880 cm2
10. The probability that a contractor will get a plumbing contract is
2/3 and the probability that he will get an electric contract is
5/9. If the probability of getting at least one contract is 4/5,
what is the probability that he will get both the contracts?
1) 19/45
2) 13/45 3) 12/35
4) 11/23
5) None of these
11. Directions (Q. 11-15): Big-bazar Exports produces five types of
trousersA, B, C, D and E, using cloth of three qualitieshigh,
medium and low, and dyes of three qualitieshigh, medium
and low, one trouser require 3 m of cloth. The following table
gives specific information about the production in year 2005. It
gives information about:
1. The number of trousers (of each category) produced, in
thousands.
2. The percentage distribution of cloth quality in each type of
trousers, and
3. The percentage distribution of dye quality in each type of
trousers.
12. What is the total requirement of cloth?

1) 300,000 m 2) 450,000 m
3) 600,000 m
4) 150, 000 m 5) None of these
13. How many metres of medium quality cloth in consumed?
1) 264,000m
2) 288,000m
3) 312,000m
4) 576, 000m
5) None of these
14. How many metres of low-quality cloth in consumed by C-type
trousers?
1) 24,000 m
2) 48,000 m
3) 60,000 m
4) 36,000 m
5) None of these
15. What is the ratio of three qualities of dyes in high-quality
cloth?
1) 2 : 3 : 4
2) 1 : 3 : 6
3) 7 : 8 : 12
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
16. What is the ratio of low-quality dye used for A-type to that
used for B-type trousers?
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1) 1 : 3
4) 4 : 9
2) 3 : 8
3) 1 : 2
5) None of these
Solutions
1. (3); Let Salary raised percentage for First time
initial salary=S
ATQ,
(
) (
)
C.P. of mixture per gram
[ 20% profit]
Now,
and
6.
C.P. of Sugar
/gm
(2); Let the individual time of each inlet be L1 ,L2 , L3 and L4 .
Therefore ATQ,
(i)
(ii)
And
From (i), (ii) and (iii)

We get,
(
2.
..(iii)
)(
)
Percentage of Salary raised
(1); Let marked price
Now, selling price
minutes
minutes
And
Time taken by all inlets together
(
)
CP
Now, new selling price, when only 10% and 15% discount is
given.
Then selling price
New Profit%
3.
9.
(1); Let Profit % from B to C=R%

Since, D gives 2145 Rs. 40 C with 10% Profit i.e.
Let Actual Cost of A be
Rate of A to B
4.
7.
8.
Slant height L
Then Surface Area of Statue
Rs.
10. (1); Since, Probability of getting both Contract

Then, probability of getting both contracts
)
( )
11.
12.
5.
( )
(
)
Now, Let R% is depreciation Rate
Surface area of statue
Rs.
Rs.
(5); Since, Amount after 3 years @ 10 % per annum
Total time=10 minutes

(2) Speed Of the faster boat in still water = 20 kmph.
(1); Let total no. of candidates = n
(
)
n
candidates
(4); Since, Radius of Cylinder, hemisphere and Cone=5 cm
Height of cylinder=13 cm
And height of cone=12 cm
i.e. Rate of depreciation R=8.33%

Difference in Rates=10-8.33=1.67%
(2); Let C.P. of Salt = and C.P. of Sugar
13.
14.
15.
Required probability
(3); Total trousers=200000
So cloth required
(2); Total medium quality cloth that is required
[ ( )
( )
( )
( )
( )]
Mts
=288000 m
(4); Low quality cloth required in type C
mts=72,000 mts
(4); No relationship among quality and dye is given
Hence, cannot be determined.
(4) Ratio and low quality dye in A and B
(
)
type
( )
S.P. of mixture per gram=216
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GK QUESTIONS PRACTICE SET

1.
Shinzo Abe recently visited Varanasi. He is the prime

minister of which country?
1) China
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) Singapore
5) None of these
2. who has been appointed as the Chairman of World Travel &
Tourism Council, India Initiative (WTTCII) for 2016?
1) Kapil Raha 2) Kapil Kapoor 3) Kapil Chopra
4) Rana Kapoor
5) None of these
3. India recently inked a new memorandum of understanding
(MoU) on suspension of collection of taxes during pendency
of mutual agreement procedure (MAP) with which country?
1) China
2) Russia3) North Korea
4) South Korea
5) None of these
4. The Mexican authorities on 9 December 2015 approved the
use of the first-ever vaccine against dengue fever, which will
be publicly available for the first time. Name of the vaccine
is ?
1) Dengmaxia
2) Dengvaxia
3) Denguvaxia
4) Dengavaxia
5) None of these
5. On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of
Power, an autobiography of which person recently released
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ?
1) Nitish Kumar
2) Malayam Singh Yadav
3) Sharad Pawar
4) Oommen Chandy
5) None of these
6. YSX, A new Stock Exchange recently inaugurated by which
country which will start its trading from march 2016?
1) China
2) Myanmar
3) Russia
4) UK
5) None of these
7. Who has recently been appointed as interim Managing
Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Stock Exchange
(formerly MCX Stock Exchange) ?
1) Udai Prasad
2) Udai Singh
3) Udai Rana
4) Udai Kumar
5) None of these
8. Who has recently been appointed as Managing Director of
ABB India Ltd ?
1) Sanjeev Kumar
2) Sanjeev Sharma
3) Sanjeev Rana
4) Vijay Sharma
5) None of these
9. Who has recently been honoured with the lifetime
achievement award at the Dubai International Film Festival
(DIFF)?
1) Anupam Kher
2) Naseeruddin Shah
3) Anil Kapoor
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) None of these
10. India and United Kingdom on 9 December 2015 launched a
joint initiative 2016: UK-INDIA Year of Education and
Research at which place.
1) Hyderabad
2) Pune
3) New Delhi
4) Mumbai
5) None of these
11. Who has/have won recently the 2016 Queen's Young

Leaders award in the United Kingdom which will be
presented by the British monarch in Buckingham Palace in
June 2016, for their exceptional work in transforming the
lives of others and making a lasting difference in their
communities.
1) Kartik Sawhney
2) Neha Swain 3) both 1 and 2
4) Neha Rani 5) None of these
th
12. Which country became the 10 to ratify Articles of
Agreement (AoA)of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
1) Singapore
2) UK
3) US
4) Luxembourg
5) None of these
13. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) head quarters
located at which place?
1) Guangzhou
2) Beijing
3) Shanghai
4) Tianjin
5) None of these
14. Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene on 9
December 2015 was awarded with an honorary life
membership of which cricket club ?
1) Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
2) International cricket council (ICC).
3) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
4) both 2 and 3
5) None of these
15. Human rights day is observed on which date each year?
1) 14 October 2) 10 November 3) 10 December
4) 12 December
5) None of these
16. Who was named as 2015 Person of the Year on 9
December 2015 by Time Magazine.?
1) Narendra Modi
2) Angela Merkel3) Chanda Kochhar
4) Inda Nooyi
5) None of these
17. Which Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist,
will be conferred with Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award on 4
January 2016 at the inaugural UP Pravasi Diwas in Agra ?
1) A. K. Mozumdar
2) Satya Nadela 3) Frank Islam
4) Padma Laxmi
5) None of these
18. A mechanism known as SETU to support all aspects of startup businesses and other selfemployment activities has
been set up by the union government. SETU stands for
1) Secure Employment and Talent Utilization.
2) Self-Earners and Talent Utilization.
3) Self-Employment and Talent Uniqueness.
4) Self-Employment and Talent Utilisation
5) None of these
19. Who has recently bagged the Badminton World Federation
(BWF) player of the Year Awards in males category?
1) Chen Long 2) Parupalli Kashyap
3) Chetan Anand
4) Lin Dan
5) None of these
20. Hetero Drugs on 8 December 2015 announced that it
received the approval of Drug Controller General of India
83

(DCGI) to launch fixed-dose combination therapy LedipasvirSofosbuvir. Headquarters of Hetro Drugs is located at which
place?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Hyderabad
4) Lucknow
5) None of these
21. Hyderabad-based Pune and Rajkot on 8 December 2015
became the interim franchises in the Indian Premier League
(IPL) till 2017. They will take place of the suspended teams
of
1) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 2) Rajasthan Royals (RR).
3) Both 1 and 2
4) Kolkata knight Riders
5) None of these
22. Which states legislature has become the first in the country
to launch an online mechanism for its members to send
questions and move different motions in the House?
1) Jharkhand 2) New Delhi
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) None of the
23. Indra Navy 2015 a navy exercise commenced on 7
December 2015 in Vishakhapatanam. It is between India
and which country?
1) China
2) Maldives
3) Russia
4) Australia
5) None of these
24. SC directed State and UT Governments to consider acidattack victims under Disabled Quota. This decision taken by
which bench ?
1) Justice NV. Raman and Justice R. K. Agrawal
2) Justice MY Eqbal and Justice C Nagappan
3) Justice R. F. Nariman, and Justice Arun Mishra
4) Justice M.V. Ramana and Justice Arun Mishra
5) None of these
25. India on 7 December 2015 launched the Indian Long Term
Ecological
Observatories
(I-LTEO)
programme
to
scientifically monitor eight different biomes (natural
landscapes) across the country. The initiative was launched
on the sidelines of the ----------------- of UNFCCC in Paris.
1) Conference of Parties-21 (COP-21)
5) None of these
26. Biz Bridge meets recently held at which place?
1) Hyderabad
2) Pune
3) Kolkata
4) Agra
5) None of these
27. Which company specialist in digital transformation,
consulting and business re-engineering, has been awarded
the prestigious 'Forbes Top 100 Middle East - Global Meets
Local 2015' Award?
1) Infosys
2) TCS
3) Wipro
4) Tech Mahindra
5) None of these
28. Which States/UTs Assembly has unanimously passed the
Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015 for establishment of statutory
anti-corruption ombudsman?
1) Delhi
2) Maharastra 3) Chandigarh
4) Lakshadweep
5) None of these
29. China has granted a license for production of first manned
two seater electric aircraft named as?
1) PX1E
2) RX1E
3) QX1E
4) SX1E
5) None of these
30. According to the recently released India State of Forest
Report (ISFR) 2015, Indias forest and tree cover has been
increased by?
2
2
2
1) 5081 km
2) 4081 km
3) 5181 km
2
4) 5280 km
5) None of these
31. A Committee based on GST, has recently submitted its
report to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delh.
This committee is headed by.
1) Dr. Arvind Kumar
2) Dr. P. Jai Kumar
3) Dr. Arvind Subramanian
4) Dr. Ram Prasad
5) None of these
32. Which States / UTs has become the first state in the country
to start Rotavirus vaccination project based on the analogy
of the polio vaccine under the Universal Immunisation
Programme (UIP).
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Kerla 5) None of these
33. Which States Government has launched the International
festival on Birds in a bid to promote state as an
international bird-watching destination?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Kerla
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Delhi
5) None of these
34. Which Countries Parliament has passed Citizenship
Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill, 2015 to strip
citizenship of convicted persons on terrorism charges?
1) US
2) UK 3) Australia
4) China
5) None of these
35. The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the certificate of
registration of 56 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs),
including ABNL, Future Ventures India and Bajaj
Finserve.This power comes under which Act
1) Section 40I-A of the RBI Act
5) None of these
36. The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) was launched
in April, under which the overall loan disbursement target
has been set at around Rs for this financial year?
1) 1.50 lakh crore
2) 1.70 lakh crore
3) 1.22 lakh crore
4) 1.25 lakh crore
5) None of these
37. MUDRA stands for.?
1) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency
2) Micro Units Developments and Regional Agency
3) Medium units Development and Refinance Agency
4) Micro union Development and Refinance Agency
5) None of these
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38. The Navy day is celebrated every year to commemorate the
success of Operation Trident of Indian Navy on Karachi
Harbour during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Theme of this year
navy day (2015) is?
1) Ensuring Secure Seas for a Resurgent Nation
2) Ensure seas for a Nations
3) To ensure Nations Seas
4) To secure Nations Maritime Area
5) None of these
39. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced revised Priority
Sector Lending (PSL) norms for Regional Rural Banks
(RRBs).This limit of PSL has been increased 75% from the
previous target .?
1) 50%
2) 70%
3) 60%
4) 40%
5) None of these
40. the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced revised Priority
Sector Lending (PSL) norms for Regional Rural Banks
(RRBs).This limit of PSL comes into effect from ..?
1) 1 January 2016
2) 1 April 2016
3) 31 December 2015
4) 31 March 2016
5) None of these
41. Loans to individual farmers, for the purpose of Priority
Sector Lending( PSL), was increased to Rs. from the
present 10 lakh rupees against pledge/ hypothecation of
agricultural produce (including warehouse receipts) for a
period not exceeding 12 months?
1) 60 lakh
2) 70 lakh
3) 45 lakh
4) 50 lakh
5) None of these
42. The RBI has recently lowered the quantum of loans that will
qualify as PSL Against the earlier limit of 25 lakh rupees,
loans to individuals up to rupees only are considered
as PSL as per revised guidelines?
1) 30 lakh
2) 20 lakh
3) 25 lakh
4) 35 lakh
5) None of these
43. The International Volunteer Day (IVD) was on 5 December
2015 observed across the world. What is the theme of this
year The International Volunteer Day (IVD)
1) The world is changing. Are you? Volunteer!
2) The World is changing
3) The Changing World
4) Volunteer Comes Forward 5) None of these
44. Tata Sons Ltd and Which Bank of China have formed a longterm partnership, under which it will become a strategic
banking partner to the Tata group.
1) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC)
2) Bank of China
3) Hua Xia Bank
4) China Development Bank 5) None of these
45. The United Nations Conference on Climate Change 2015
(COP21) recently held in?
1) Britain (UK)
2) Paris (France)
3) Lima (Peru)
4) Hyderabad (India)
5) None of these
46. The Lok Sabha recently passed the Bill to establish BIS Bill 2015 to make it as a National Standards Body. The bill seeks
to establish harmonious development of standardization
and assessment and quality assurance of goods, processes
and services.BIS stands for..?
1) Bank of Indian Standards
2) Bureau of Indian Standards
3) Board of Indian Standard
4) Boart of Indian Securities
5) None of these
47. The first India International Science Festival (IISF) will
explore ways to translate academic research into industrial
applications benefiting the common man and encourage
culmination of scientific temperament among youngsters,
especially school children. The five day festival recently held
at which place?
1) IIT Kanpur
2) IIT Mumbai
3) IIT Rurkee
4) IIT Delhi
5) None of these
48. Which Corporation recently signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Transparency International India
(TII) for adopting Integrity Pact (IP)?
1) National Textile Corporation (NTC)
2) National Tea Corporation 3) NPCI
4) GAIL
5) None of these
49. US-India business meet recently held at?
1) Hyderabad
2) Jaipur 3) Lucknow
4) Bengaluru
5) None of these
50. Stepping up its India focus, YouTube along with Subhash
Ghai-owned film school Whistling Woods International, has
opened its first video production studio in the country at
which place?
1) Mumbai
2) Hyderabad
3) Pune
4) Kanpur
5) None of these
Answer Key
Q.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Ans.
2
3
4
2
3
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3
4
2
1
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26
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28
29
30
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3
4
3
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1
3
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1
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31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
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Ans.
3
1
4
3
2
3
1
1
3
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Ans.
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2
1
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WHAT ACTUALLY SSC CGL POSTS ARE?

Numerical Aptitude
English Language
Qualification required: Graduation

Age: 18-30 years
Post: Assistants, Inspector (Central Excise), Inspector
(Income Tax), Inspector (Preventive), Inspector (Examiner),
Inspector of Posts, Divisional Accountant, Auditor,
Accountant, UDCs, Tax Assistant etc. Assistant Enforcement
Officer / Sub-Inspector (CBI)
Pattern of Exam: Objective
Subjects
General
Intelligence
&
Reasoning
General Awareness
Tier I
No. of
Questions
50
Marks
Total
50
200
50
50
Subjects
50
50
Tier II
No. of
Questions
100
50
50
Marks
Total
Numerical
200
Aptitude
400
English Language
200
200
Note: There will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong
answer in Tier I and Tier II and 0.50 for each wrong answer
in paper I of tier II.
Interview: Questions are asked to check the candidates
knowledge and analytical ability. Topic of discussion ranges
from politics, sports, current affairs, personal bio-data to
subject taken in graduation.
Post under SSC (CGL)
Desk job
comfortable for family and social life.
Assistants, Auditors, Accountants, Tax-assistants, upper

division clerks.
No uniform
No weapons.
No physical standard (height, chest, weight)
No adventure.
The working hours of desk job are fixed. (in most cases,
except Assistant (cypher).
Field job
Its like office to home, home to office.
Less than field job (at the initial level).
Peace of mind.
Office-to-home, home-to-office.
Hardly any transfers. (except MEA assistant)
Inspectors (income tax, excise, preventive officers,

examiners), CBI, narcotics etc.
In some of these jobs: Physical standards required. (given

on page 20 of notification.
Field jobs involve travelling, carrying out raids,

inspections, surveillance etc.
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Sometimes you might need to work in non-office hours

or even Sundays.
Social status, nuisance power of field job is higher

compared of desk job.
Designations with Job responsibity , Promotions :(1)Income Tax Inspector (ITI)
An ITI generally can be posted at either of the two types

of seats which are transferable on cyclic basis.
Work related to assessment of tax or non-assessment of
tax. When on an assessment seat he is supposed to see
the work related to assessment of income tax to be
imposed on an individual, partnership firm, company etc;
and refund of it in case someone has deposited in excess.
An ITI also has to see the work related to TAX
DEDUCTION AT SOURCE (TDS) besides being
accompanying a raid team. An ITI on non-assessment
seat generally has to do clerical work though he too
could be asked to accompany a raid team.
His promotions in the order are ITO, Assistant
Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and so on. He is
posted in the pay band 9,300-34,800 with grade pay of Rs
4,600.
This is a job without uniform.
(4) Assistant in MEA & Assistant (Cypher) in MEA
(2) EXAMINER
This is an inspector post also; and posted in the pay band

9,300-34,800 with grade pay of Rs 4,600.
If posted in HeadquarterClerical/File work
If posted in the fieldExecutive work e.g. to examine the
goods imported or to be exported and assessing duty on
that.
This is not an uniform post.
His promotions in the order are Appraiser (Group-B
Gazetted),
Assistant
Commissioner,
Deputy
Commissioner and so on.
There is a qualifying period of 3 years for the promotion
to the post of Appraiser; means any one cant be
promoted to that post before completion of three year
service as Examiner.
This post is considered to be the best among all CGLE
posts. One of the main reasons is faster promotions as
compared to the other posts of CGLE.
Examiner posts lie in 11 coastal cities only.
(3) Assistant Enforcement Officer (AEO)
This is also an inspector post; and posted in the pay band

9,300-34,800 with grade pay of RS 4,600.
If posted in Headquarter-Clerical/File work.
If posted in the field-Executive work e.g. prevention of

money laundering, to conduct searches of suspected
persons, conveyances and premises and seize
incriminating materials (including Indian and foreign
currencies involved), to arrest and prosecute the person
suspected to be involved in the act of money laundering,
etc.
His promotions in the order are Enforcement Officer
(Group-B Gazetted), Assistant Director, Deputy Director
and so on.
There are ten Zonal Offices of the Directorate at
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin,
Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai. The
Zonal Offices are headed by the Deputy Directors.
The Directorate has eleven Sub Zonal Offices at
Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Guwahati, Indore, Jaipur,
Jalandhar, Madurai, Nagpur, Patna, Srinagar and
Varanasi, which are headed by the Assistant Directors.
This is a post in the pay band 9,300-34,800 with grade

pay of Rs 4,600.
The most sought after Assistant post under CGLE due to
charm of foreign posting and many other lucrative
facilities like childrens education, accommodation etc
and a very handsome salary of more than 1 lakh per
month (perhaps upto Rs 1,25,000). But one can be
posted in countries like Afganistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya
too; but nothing to fear on this count as while sending
one to an other country on posting he is given a few
choices for the needed postings and he is posted
according to those choices preferably. If one chooses any
of the countries mentioned he is given 50% more salary
and his tenure there is counted as DOUBLE; means he
has to serve there for one and a half year which is
counted equal to three years.
Cypher Asst. is a little different from Asst. (general)
because they have to do the task of coding and decoding
of some highly confidential language in addition. Cypher
has night shifts also and has to work for 6 days. A system
of 2 days off and 2 days will be night shift.
Cypher Asst. gets more foreign postings than General
Asst but the promotional avenues are better in General
Asst.
In MEA the promotional chances are very less and one
can go up to the level of Under Secretary (US). He can be
promoted to the next post in two ways(i) Direct after
15-17 years (ii) After 8 years or so after clearing
departmental exams.
An Assistant (General) is supposed to be posted generally
3 years in India and 3 years in foreign and like this
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throughout his tenure of service whereas an Assistant
(Cypher) is posted 3 years in India and 6 years in foreign
and like this.
(5) DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTANT

pay of Rs 4,200.
This post comes under CAG and this organisation only
allocate the states/zones to DAs. The allocation is made
to different different states AG offices as per the
position of merit and state preferences of an individual.
They discharge the role of Financial Advisers to the
Executive Engineers and ensure a measure of proficiency
in the accounting of public works transactions besides
serving the needs of internal audit.
There are some departments in every state like
agriculture; irrigation; etc. Each such department is
further divided into some divisions. The head of the
accounting branch of such division is called DIVISIONAL
ACCOUNTANT. He has to see everything regarding
expenses incurred on an item falling into his area; make
estimation of an expense to be incurred on an item and
make budget regarding the same; and etc. The final
decision is to be taken by his seniors who normally dont
make an objection on the file put by the Division
Accountant. All in all this post is reported to be very
good. I have heard that this post does not exist in Delhi.
The next promotional post is Divisional Accountant
Officer.
(8) Inspector of Posts (IP)

pay of Rs 4,200.
Office Posting: All type of clerical work like Notching,
Drafting, Dispatching of documents, etc.; and Data Entry,
Analysis, Tabulation, Compiling and Editing of Data, Data
Encoding etc.
Field Posting: Data collection of any type of area like
agricultural, ration etc, preparing rough sketch maps of
areas to be enumerated etc. When on a field work he is
entitled for certain allowances; Rs 500 or roundabout.
Promotions: Statistical Investigator-I (Group-B Gazetted),
Assistant Director, Deputy Director, Joint Director and so
on.
(7) Tax Assistant in CBDT

pay of Rs 2,400.
Tax Assistant in CBDT can be posted at two levels - either
in assessment of tax or in non-assessment. When he is
posted in assessment he is supposed to do the work

pay of Rs 4,200
Inspector of posts is there with every postal division.
There must be 2 or more divisions in each district. This is
the worst post SSC is offering. Presently IP must go to
canvass people for getting Postal Life Insurance and also
they have to acquire a huge sum for the department.
Presently The Department of Posts has given instructions
to all circles to enhance their growth by 20 percent. All
such burden comes on IPs.
(9) Preventive Officer (PO)
(6) Statistical Investigator-II
related to assessment of the income tax of an individual

or a partnership firm or a company or as the case maybe;
and he is to feed that data in the computer. He could also
be asked to do any clerical work like work related to
DIARY AND DISPATCH, notching, drafting etc. He could
also be asked to accompany the RAID team.
When he is posted at a seat that belongs to nonassessment he is supposed to do only clerical work.
Promotions: - Sr TA, ITI, ITO (Group-B gazetted); Assistant
commissioner and so on.
Again this is an inspector post also; and posted in the pay

band 9,300-34,800 with grade pay of Rs4,600.
If posted in the field (like an airport/coast etc)
Executive work e.g. prevention of smuggling, assessment
of customs duty on goods, can arrest, seize , search,
detain etc. on any kind of doubt of smuggling, and etc.
Duty is round the clock (You have to work in day/night
shift).
Uniform (Ashoka Stambha with 2 yellow strips) is a must.
His promotions in the order are Superintendent (Group-B
Gazetted),
Assistant
Commissioner,
Deputy
There is a qualifying period of 8 years for the promotion
to the post of Superintendent; means he cant be
promoted to that post before completion of eight years
of service as PO.
There is a departmental exam for confirmation; without
passing in that he cant be made confirmed; nor he can
be promoted to the next post. Promotion period differs
from zone to zone since there is zonal seniority.
This post like the Examiner posts lies in 11 coastal cities
only.
(10) Central Excise Inspector

pay of RS 4,600.
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If posted in the field (like a range etc)Executive work
e.g. augmentation of Central Excise & Service tax etc,
detection of evasion of taxes etc.
Uniform (khaki) is there but generally optional to wear.
His promotions in the order are Superintendent (Group-B
Gazetted),
Assistant
Commissioner,
Deputy
(11) AUDITOR

pay of Rs 2,800.
He has to pass a confirmatory exam first to be confirmed
3 years compulsory service at the post is the minimum
qualifying period for his promotion to the next post of Sr
Auditor; but subject to his confirmation.
If a vacancy is not available promotion will take more
than 3 years. The pay-band for Sr Auditor is 9,300-34,800
and grade pay of Rs 4,200.
But an Auditor can also appear in the SAS Exam after two
years of qualifying service at the post if he is confirmed.
After passing the exam he becomes AAO (Assistant Audit
Officer) which is a Group-B gazetted post in the pay-band
9,300-34,800 with grade pay of Rs 4,800.
If a person is recruited as an Auditor, he has to pass three
stages of S.A.S. exam namely(1) Preliminary,(2) Part-I,
and (3) Part-II for S.A.S. Apprentices. If a person is
already an S.A.S, he is exempted from taking the
preliminary stage of the exam. After clearing all the
stages of the exam AAO. After this there is no other
exam in this department (CGDA).
An Auditor can also to be asked to go on official tours
sometimes which may run several months.
(12) Assistant CSS

pay of Rs 4,600.
An Assistant in CSS can be promoted to the next post i.e.
SO (Group-B Gazetted) in two ways - one by taking
departmental exam and passing it and secondly without.
One becomes eligible for the departmental exam after
completion of 5 years of service - means he could
become an SO after 6 years.
Otherwise one generally gets promotion in around 10
years of service.
An Assistant in CSS is posted in various ministries and is a
DELHI job primarily. The best post for persons aspiring to
spend their whole service tenure in Delhi and willing to

prepare for higher/further exams.
Be it CSS or Railway or any other department; an
ASSISTANT has to do clerical work; but he is much above
an LDC. His work is generally refined. This post is equal to
a HEAD CLERK.
(13) SI in CBI
This is a post in the pay band 9,300-34,800 with grade pay of
RS 4,200; but its almost equal to the total salary for the
grade pay of Rs 4,600 as CBI executive staff is entitled to
additional 25% on BASIC PAY + DA and in addition to that
salary of 13 months instead of 12 months each year. Forget
about any extra income as CBI keeps a strict watch on its
people.
This is supposed to be a very powerful and influential post
due to very nature of work. Any IT Inspector/ Examiner or for
that matter any other central govt servant will vouch for the
fact that CBI is a much feared organisation. I cant say about
higher bureaucracy like IAS etc, but for middle and lower
level officers, once they come under the scanner, it is very
difficult to get away.
Life in CBI is stressful due to heavy workload and deadlines
there. Training duration is 32 weeks involving physical
training and training on criminal and anti-corruption laws.
During the training the daily physical activity includes 2 km
run, PT, Drill in the morning and Games/Unarmed Combat
Course in the evening.
Friends, as its generally thought it is not a 24 x 7 job; but
sometimes the work streches beyond the usual working
hours i.e. sometimes one has to work till 8 or 9 pm. Usually
on Saturdays, if the workload is more, the work goes on as
usual; though Sundays are spared. Also in some branches like
Special Crime etc, the job involves a fair bit of travelling
especially in the starting years. The nature and hours of work
also differs from branch to branch and place to place. Some
branches have less workload and so the personnel can take it
easy. No uniform required.
Sub Inspectors in CBI or for that matter any rank in CBI does
not possess revolver/pistol. In a very few cases, when a
search is to be carried out in some dangerous places,
weapons are issued to the staff. The officers of CBI
themselves are not interested in carrying weapon.
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SSC TIER-I 2015 PAPER held on 16.08.2015 (Morning Shift)

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING
Directions (12): In each of the following questions, one or
two statements is/are given followed by two conclusion/
assumptions, I and II. You have to consider the statement to
be true, even if it seems to be at variance from commonly
known facts. You are to decide which of the given
consclusion/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the
given statement.
1. Statement:
A good book even if costly is sold out in no time.
Asuumptions:
I. Some books are better than others.
II. All good books are costly.
(1) Only II follows.
(2) Both I and II follows.
(3) Only I follows.
(4) Neither I nor II follows.
2. Statements:
No rod is pod.
No pod is flexible.
Inferences:
I. No rod is flexible.
II. Some pods are flexible.
(1) Neither of them follows. (2) Only inference I follows.
(3) Both of them follow.
(4) Only inference II follows.
3. Ravi is walking in the East direction. After covering a
distance of one kilometer, he turns 45 left and then 90
right. In which direction is he now?
(1) North-East
(2) West
(3) North-west
(4) North
Directions (4-9): In each of the following questions, find the
odd word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
4. (1) BS
(2) EV
(3) IZ
(4) DX
5. (1) OKHA
(2) ERKU
(3) ANDI
(4) PERU
6. (1) 1331
(2) 191
(3) 200
(4) 808
7. (1) Legislator
(2) Lawyer
(3) Mayor
(4) Governor
8. (1) 37
(2) 120
(3) 145
(4) 50
9. (1) Parallel
(2) Acute
(3) Obtuse
(4) Right
Directions (10-14): In each of the following questions, select
the missing number from the given responses.
10.
(1) 90
(3) 48
(2) 12
(4) 16
(1) 535
(3) 154
(2) 451
(4) 702
(1) -12
(3) 7
(2) 9
(4) 12
11.
12.
13.
(1) 1321
(2) 1231
(3) 1332
(4) 1331
14. I. 40 32 72 12
II. 30 24 54 9
III. 54 ? 90 15
(1) 46
(2) 49
(3) 48
(4) 36
Directions (15-20): In each of the following questions, select
the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
15. FIG : EGHJFH : : BIN : ?
(1) ACJHMO
(2) CAHJMOC
(3) CAJHOM
(4) ACHJMO
16. Garbage : House : : Gangue : ?
(1) Ore
(2) Drugs
(3) Factory
(4) Office
17. 6 : 42 : : 7 : ?
(1) 40
(2) 56
(3) 48
(4) 52
18. 12 : 72 : : 8 : ?
(1) 36
(2) 38
(3) 40
(4) 32
19. DBU : EEZ : : CJH : ?
(1) DNN
(2) DMN
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(3) DMM
(4) DNM
20. BLOCKED : YOLXPVW : : ? : OZFMMXS
(1) RESULTS
(2) DEBATES
(3) LAUNNCH
(4) LABOURS
21. Two positions of a dice are shown below. When three is
at the top what number will be at the bottom?
(1) 2
(2) 1
(3) 4
(4) 5
22. From the given alternative words, select the word which
cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
BOOKBINDING
(1) DINING
(2) BONDING
(3) DOING
(4) DIGGING
23. If a mirror is placed on the line MN,them which of the
answer figures is the right image of the given figure?
Questions figure:
Answer Figures:
26. Find the number that is common for all of the clues given
below:
(a) Virgo
(b) Volleyball
(c) A highest scoring shot of a particular sport
(d) Extra sensory perceptions
(1) 8
(2) 2
(3) 6
(4) 4
27. If the words are organised in reverse order of what they
appear in dictionary, which word will come in the third
place?
(1) Odium
(2) Ordeum
(3) Occulist
(4) Odious
Directions (28-29): In each of the following questions,
identify the diagram that best represents the relationship
among classes given below:
28. Christians, Catholics, Pope
Answer Figures:
29. Vegetables, Potatoes, Eatables
Directions (24-25): In each of the following questions, which

answer figure will complete the pattern in the questions
figure?
24. Questions figure:
Answer Figures:
30. Veena and Veeru both start form a point towards North.
Veena turns to left after walking 10 km. Veeru turns to
right after walking the same distance. Veena waits for
some time and then walks another 5 km. Whereas Veeru
walks only 3 km. They both then return towards South
and walk 15 km. forward. How far is Veena from Veeru?
(1) 8 km.
(2) 15 km.
(3) 12 km.
(4) 10 km.
31. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the
question figure. From the given answer figures, indicate
how it will appear when opened.
Questions figure:
25. Questions figure:
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Answer Figures:
(1) 18
(2) 19
(3) 16
(4) 20
40. From the given answer figures, select the one in which
the question figures is hidden/embedded.
Questions figure:
32. Arrange the following words as per order in the

dictionary.
(1) Hale
(2) Hake
(3) Halt
(4) Hamlet
(5) Ham
(1) 2, 1, 4, 3, 5
(2) 2, 3, 5, 4, 1
(3) 2, 1, 3, 5, 4
(4) 1, 3, 5, 2, 4
33. Name a single letter, which can be deleted from the body
of the following words to form entirely new words?
HOST POST COST LOST
STOP
(1) O
(2) P
(3) T
(4) S
Directions (34-36): In each of the following questions, which
one set of letters/numbers when sequentially placed at the
gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
34. SH _ ELAS _ EELA _ HEELA SHEE _ A
(1) HHSS
(2) EEHS
(3) EHSL
(4) ELHA
35. 12 _ 41_34123 _ _ 234
(1) 3241
(2) 2134
(3) 1432
(4) 3212
36. _ _ aba _ _ ba _ ab
(1) abbab
(2) baabb
(3) abbbb
(4) bbaba
37. Find the missing number:
2, 15, 10, 17, 26, _?
(1) 49
(2) 47
(3) 37
(4) 36
38. In the questions one part of the problem figure is
subtracted. Select the option that shows the correct
shape by the subtraction.
Questions figure:
Answer Figures:
39. Find out the number of circles in the given figure.
Answer Figures:
41. If + means , - means , means - and means

+, then what will be the value of
16 64 8 4 + 2?
(1) 18
(2) 24
(3) 16
(4) 12
42. Identify the correct response from the given premises
stated according to following symbols.
A stands for not less than ()
B stands for not equal to ( )
C stands for not greater than ( )
D stands for greater than (>)
E stands for greater than (<)
F stands for equal to (=)
Premises: 4YF3X and 3XF6Z
(1) 2 Y D 3 Z
(2) 2 Y E 3 Z
(3) 4 Y B 5 Z
(4) 2 Y F 3 Z
43. Introducing a man, a woman said His mother is the only
daughter of my father. How is the man related to the
woman?
(1) Brother
(2) Son
(3) Father
(4) Uncle
44. If air is called green, green is called blue, blue is
called sky, sky is called yellow, yellow is called
water and water is called pink ,then what is the
colour of clear sky?
(1) Sky
(2) Water
(3) Blue
(4) Yellow
45. In a certain coding system APPLE stands for ETTPI. What
is the code for DELHI?
(1) HIPLM
(2) CQMND
(3) CQPLM
(4) ZAHDE
46. Direction: Study the diagram given below and answer
question.
The qualified and experienced doctors working in villages
are represented by:
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represented by 56, 68 etc, Similarly, you have to identify
the set for the word EAGLE.
MATRIX I
MATRIX II
(1) 6
(2) 4
(3) 5
(4) 2
47. If CUSTOM is written as UCTSMO then how PARENT will
be written in the same code?
(1) ERAPTN
(2) TNERAP
(3) RAPTNE
(4) APERTN
48. A word is represented by only one set of numbers as
given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers
given in the alternatives are represented by two classes
of alphabets as in two matrics given below. The matrics I
are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are
numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrics can be
represented first by its row and next by its column, e. g.
A can be represented by 01, 14 etc. and M can be
(1) 99, 01, 44, 96, 77 (2) 66, 43, 44, 79, 88
(3) 55, 14, 11, 78, 66 (4) 88, 22, 31, 89, 76
49. In a certain code, FRACTION is written as FNAITCOR. How
is QUANTITATIVE written in that code?
(1) QTNAVIAITETU (2) QIATAETUTNVI
(3) QTEATUIAVITN (4) QEAITATITNVU
50. Which of the following jumbled words is not an animal?
(1) LATHPEEN
(2) TAR
(3) FEFEOC
(4) TICRECK
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
51. If the sum and difference of two agnles are radian and
36 respectively, then the value of smaller angle in
degree taking the value of as is:
(1) 52
(2) 60
(3) 56
(4) 48
52. If P = 99 then, the value of p(p2 + 3p + 3) is :
(1) 989898
(2) 988899
(3) 999999
(4) 998889
53. The least number which when divided by 6, 9, 12, 15 and
18 leaves the same remainder 2 in each case is:
(1) 180
(2) 182
(3) 178
(4) 176
Directions (54-56): The pie-chart given below shows
expenditure incurred by a family on various items and their
savings. Study the chart and answer the questions based on
the pie-chart
55.
56.
57.
58.
(1) 3 : 2
(2) 10 : 9
(3) 3 : 1
(4) 2 :1
If the expenditure on educations is Rs. 1600 more than
that on housing, then the expenditure on food is:
(1) Rs. 12000
(2) Rs. 6000
(3) Rs. 3333
(4) Rs. 7000
If the monthly income is Rs. 36000, then the yearly
savings is :
(1) Rs. 70000
(2) Rs. 72000
(3) Rs. 60000
(4) Rs. 74000
Among the equations
x + 2y + 9 = 0 ; 5x 4 = 0; 2y 13 = 0; 2x 3y = 0, the
equation of the straight line passing through origin is
(1) 2x 3y = 0
(2) x + 2y + 9 = 0
(3) 5x 4 = 0
(4) 2y 13 = 0
If the three angles of a triangle are :
( + 15 ) , (
) and (
) , then the triangle is:
(1) isosceles
(2) right angled
(3) equilateral
(4) scalene
59. A kite is flying at the height of 75m from the ground. The
string makes an angle (where cot
) with the level
ground. Assuming that there is no slack in the string the
length of the string is equal to :
(1) 85 metre
(2) 65 metre
(3) 75 metre
(4) 40 metre
54. The ratio of expenditure on food to savings is :
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60. In an examination, a student must get 36% marks to
pass. A student who gets 190 marks failed by 35 marks.
The total marks in that examination is
(1) 450
(2) 810
(3) 500
(4) 625
61. If D, E and F are the mid points of BC, CA and AB
respectively of the ABC then the ratio of area of the
parallelogram DEFB and area of the trapezium CAFD is:
(1) 2 : 3
(2) 3 :4
(3) 1 : 2
(4) 1 :3
62. 4 men and 6 women complete a work in 8 days. 2 men
and 9 women also complete in 8 days in which. The
numbe of days in which 18 women complete the work is:
(1) 4 days
(2) 5 days
(3) 4 days
(4) 5 days
63. If x = 2 then the value of x3 + 27x2 + 243x + 631 is
(1) 1233
(2) 1211
(3) 1231
(4) 1321
64. If the volume of a sphere is numerically equal to its
surface area then its diameter is
(1) 6 cm
(2) 4 cm
(3) 2 cm
(d) 3 cm
65. The average marks obtained by a student in 6 subjects is
88. On subsequent verification it was found that the
marks obtained by him in a subject was wrongly copied
as 86 instead of 68. The correct average of the marks
obtained by him is
(1) 87
(2) 85
(3) 84
(4) 86
Directions (66-69): Given here is a multiple bar diagram of
the scores of four players in two innings. Study the diagram
and answer the questions.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
66. The average runs of two innings of the player who scored
highest in average are:
(1) 70
(2) 80
(3) 85
(4) 75
67. The average runs in two innings of the player who has
scored minimum in the second innings are:
78.
79.
(1) 30
(2) 60
(3) 50
(4) 40
The total scores in the first innings contributed by the
four players is:
(1) 190
(2) 210
(3) 220
(4) 200
The average score in second innings contributed by the
four players is:
(1) 40
(2) 50
(3) 30
(4) 60
If of a number is 7 more than of the number, then of
the number is:
(1) 12
(2) 20
(3) 15
(4) 18
As 2 days work is equal to Bs 3 days s work. If A can
complete the work in 8 days then to complete the work B
will take
(1) 14 days
(2) 12 days
(3) 15 days
(4) 16 days
Internal bisectors of Q and R of PQR intersect at O. If
ROQ = 96 then the value of RPQ is
(1) 36
(2) 24
(3) 12
(4) 6
(
)
If x =
equal to
(1) 2
(2)
(3)
(4)
If the number of vertices, edges and faces of a
rectangular parallelepiped are denoted by u,e and f
respectively, the value of (u e + f) is
(1) 0
(2) 2
(3) 4
(4) 1
Ther area of the triangle formed by the graphs of the
equaitions x = 0, 2x + 3y = 6 and x + y = 3 is :
(1) 3 sq. unit
(2) 4 sq. unit
(3) 1 sq. unit
(4) 1 sq. unit
3
If 5x + 9y = 5 and 125x + 729y3 = 120 then the value of
the product of x and y is
(1)
(2)
(3) 45
(4) 135
What must be added to each term of the ratio 2 : 5 so
that it may equal to 5 : 6 ?
(1) 65
(2) 78
(3) 13
(4) 12
The value of sin2 22 + sin268 + cot230 is
(1) 4
(2) 3
(3) 3/4
(4) 5/4
The minimum value of 2sin2 + 3cos2 is
(1) 3
(2) 4
(3) 2
(4) 1
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80. If
,then the value of
is
(1) 433
(2) 322
(3) 343
(4) 432
81. 5 persons will live in a tent. If each person required 16m2
of floor area and 100 m3 space for air then the height of
the cone of smallest size to accommodate these persons
whould be
(1) 16 metre
(2) 10.25 metre
(3) 20 metre
(4) 18.75 metre
82. If A and B are in the ratio 4 : 5 and the difference of their
squares is 81, what is the value of A?
(1) 45
(2) 12
(3) 36
(4) 15
83. If the measure of three angles of a triangle are in the
ratio 2 : 3 : 5, then the triangle is :
(1) right angled
(2) isosceles
(3) obtuse angled
(4) equilateral
84. If 4 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 15 days, in
how many days can 6 men and 12 women do the same
piece of work?
(1) 20 days
(2) 45 days
(3) 5 days
(4) 30 days
85. A certain sum will amount to Rs. 12,100 in 2 years at 10%
per annum of compound interest, interest being
compounded annually. The sum is
(1) Rs. 8000
(2) Rs. 6000
(3) Rs. 12000
(4) Rs. 10000
86. The cost price of 100 books is equal to the selling price of
60 books. The gain or loss percentage will be:
(1) 66%
(2) 66
(3) 66
(4) 66
87. Find a simple discount equivalent to a discount series of
10%, 20% and 25%
(1) 55%
(2) 45%
(3) 52 %
(4) 46%
88. G is the centroid of ABC. The medians AD and BE
intersect at right angles. If the lengths of AD and BE are 9
cm and 12 cm respectively: then the length of AB (in cm)
is
(1) 9.5
(2) 10
(3) 11
(4) 10.5
89. If be acute angle and tan (4 50 ) = cot(50 - ), then
the value of in degrees is :
(1) 20
(2) 50
(3) 40
(4) 30
90. Let C1 and C2 be the inscribed and circumscribed circles
of a triangle with sides 3 cm, 4cm and 5cm then
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
91. A train 180 metres long is running at a speed of 90 km/h.
How long will it take to pass a post?
(1) 8.2 secs
(2) 7.8 secs
(3) 8 secs
(4) 7.2 secs
92. The difference between successive discounts of 40%
followed by 30% and 45% followed by 20% on the
marked price of an article is Rs. 12. The marked price of
the article is:
(1) Rs. 800
(2) Rs. 400
(3) Rs. 200
(4) Rs. 600
93. If 5 sin
, the numberical value of
(1)
is
(2)
(3)
(4)
94. A train runs at an average speed of 75 km/hr. If the
distance to be covered is 1050 kms. How long will the
train take to cover it?
(1) 13 hrs
(2) 12 hrs
(3) 15 hrs
(4) 14 hrs
95. If a person travels from a point L towards east for 12 km
and then travels 5 km towards North and reaches a point
M, then shortest distance from L to M is :
(1) 17 km
(2) 13 km
(3) 14 km
(4) 12 km
96. An article which is marked at Rs. 975 is sold for Rs. 897.
The discount per cent is
(1) 10%
(2) 12%
(3) 6%
(4) 8%
97. If the altitude of an equilateral trianlgle is 123 cm, then
its area would be:
(1) 12 cm2
(2) 144 cm2
2
(3) 72 cm
(d) 36 cm2
98. What is the arithmetic mean of first 20 odd natural
numbers?
(1) 19
(2) 17
(3) 22
(4) 20
8
4
3
99. The HCF of x -1 and x + 2x 2x 1 is:
(1) x2 + 1
(2) x2 1
(3) x + 1
(4) x -1
(
) then sec is equal to
100. If sec
(1) (
(2) 2 (
(3) (
(4) (
is
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GENERAL AWARENESS
101. The one rupee note bears the signature of:
(1) Governor, Reserve Bank of India
(2) Finance, Minister
(3) Secretary, Ministry of Finance
(4) None of these
102. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of :
(1) Arya Samaj
(2) RamKrishna Mission
(3) Brahmo Samaj
(4) Prathna Samaj
103. Muddy water is trated with alum in purification process,
its termed as:
(1) Emulsification
(2) absorption
(3) Absorption
(4) coagulation
104. Constitutional Monarcy means:
(1) the King writes the constitution
(2) the King interprets the constitution
(3) the King exercises power granted by constitution
(4) the King is elected by the people
105. Who of the following has given the term rhizoshere:
(1) Garret
(2) Alexopolus
(3) Hiltner
(4) None of these
106. The layer of atmosphere close to the earths surface is
called
(1) Exosphere
(2) Troposphere
(3) Stratosphere
(4) Ionosphere
107. Best way to conserve our water resources:
(1) Rain water harvesting
(2) Sustainable water utilization
(3) Encouragement of natural regeneration of vegetation
(4) All of the options mentioned here.
108. Granite, quartizite areas have upstanding look because
(1) Mechanically wealthered faster
(2) These rocks are resistant to all kinds of erosion
(3) These rocks are not easily croded
(4) Not easily worn down
109. What is Reformation?
(1) Rise of absolute monarcy
(2) Revival of classical learning
(3) The revolt against authority of rope
(4) Change in attitude of man
110. Which among the following is the sweetest sugar?
(1) lacrosse
(2) fructose
(3) maltos
(4) glucose
111. SIDBI stands for:
(1) Small industrial Designed Bank of India
(2) Small Industries Development Bank of India
(3) Small Innovations Development Bankers Institute
(4) Small Industries Development Banker Institute
112. Vergreen type Forests are found in:
(1) Mediterranean region (2) Monsoon climate area
(3) Desert region

(4) Equatorial region
113. An eazyme produced by HIV that allows the integration
of HIV DNA into the host cells DNA is:
(1) Ligase
(2) Integrase
(3) Helicase
(4) DNA gyrase
114. Which of the following plant shows chloroplast
dimorphism?
(1) Sugar beet
(2) Rice
(3) Wheat
(4) Sugarcane
115. Burns caused by steam are much severe than those
caused by boiling water because
(1) Steam pierces through the pores of body quickly
(2) Steam has latent heat
(3) Steam is gas and engulfs the body quickly
(4) Temperature of steam is higher
116. Who was the Indian women president of the United
Nations General Assembly?
(1) Sarojini Naidu
(2) Margret Thatcher
(3) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
(4) Golda Mayer
117. Which among the following is a folk dance of India?
(1) Mohiniattam
(2) Kathakali
(3) Manipuri
(4) Garba
118. In which years was the Indian National Congress formed:
(1) 1885
(2) 1875
(3) 1901
(4) 1835
119. Choose the correct option which repsresents the
arrangement of atmospheric layers.
(1) Ionophere, Ecosphere, Mesophere, Stratosphere,
Troposhere
(2) Ecosphere, Troposphere, Ionosphere, Mesophere,
Stratosphere
(3) Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Ecosphere, Troposphere,
Stratosphare
(4) Troposphae, Ionosphere, Ecosphere
120. NABARD stands for
(1) National business for accounting and Reviewing
(2) National Bank for agriculture and rural
developement
(3) National Bank for aeronautics and radar
development
(4) National bureau for air and road transport
121. What is the plural voting system?
(1) Candidates themselves caste more than one vote
(2) Only the higher officials caste more than one votes
(3) Eligible voter exercises one vote a with specific
qualifications cast more than one vote.
(4) All the citizens caste three votes each.
122. Who was the first speaker the Lokshabha:
(1) Dr. S.P. Mukerjee
(2) G.V. Mavalankar
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(3) N. Sanjeev Reddy
(4) B.R. Ambedkar
123. Who initiated the movement to form the India Nations
congress:
(1) Annie Besant
(2) A.O. Hume
(3) W.C. Banejee
(4) Gandhi ji
124. The gene which exhibites multiple effects is known as:
(1) Pseudogene
(2) Pleiotropic
(3) Complementary
(4) Polygene
125. Radio activity was discovered by :
(1) Becqueral
(2) Soddy
(3) Rutherford
(4) curie
126. Which of the following is called the Light house of the
Mediterranean?
(1) Mount pelee of West Indies (2) Vesuvious of Italy
(3) Stromboli of Sicily
(4) Paracutin of Mexico
127. Which of the following is in the ascending order of Data
hierarchy?
(1) Byte-Bit-File-Record-Database-Field
(2) Field-Byte-Bit-Record-File-Databae
(3) Bit-Byte-Record-Field-Database-File
(4) Bit-Byte-Field-Record-File-Database
128. Day and Night are equal at the
(1) Prime Meridian
(2) Antarctic
(3) Poles
(4) Eqator
129. Gandhijis famous Quit India Movement call to the
British was given in(1) 1943
(2) 1941
(3) 1942
(4) 1940
130. Which of the following particles has the dual nature of
particle wave?
(1) Electron
(2) Meson
(3) Proton
(4) Neutron
131. Swaraj is my Birth Right and I shall have it. This was
advocated by:
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Sardar Patel
(3) Lokmanya Tilak
(4) Lala Lajpat Rai
132. The metal ion present in vitamin B12 is:
(1) Cobalt
(2) zinc
(3) Nickel
(4) iron
133. Surplus budget is recommended during:
(1) Boom
(2) Depression
(3) Famines
(4) War
134. What is the popular sovereignty?
(1) Sovereignty of peoples representative
(2) Sovereignty of the legal head
(3) Sovereignty of the head of state
(4) Sovereignty of the people
135. Microbial degradation of nitrates into atmospheric
nitrogen is known as:
(1) Ammonification
(2) Nitrification
(3) Denitrification
(4) Putrefaction
136. The best milk bred in the word is:

(1) Chittagong
(2) Sindhi
(3) Deoni
(4) Holstein-Friesian
137. Indias first nobel Prize was given for:
(1) Literature
(2) Chemistry
(3) Medicine
(4) Physics
138. A computer executes programs in the sequence of:
(1) Execute, Fetch, Decode (2) Store, Feth, Execute
(3) Fetch, Decode, Execute (4) Decode, Fetch, Execute
139. The two specific heats of gases are realted by :
(1) Cp + Cv = RJ
(2) Cp Cv R/J
(2) Cp Cv = RJ
(4) Cp/Cv = R
140. Which of the following options correctly explains the
term heat budget?
(1) It is a mode of transfer of heat through matter by
molecular activity.
(2) It is the balance between incoming and outgoing
radiation
(3) It is the radiation from the earth in the form of long
waves.
(4) It is the amount of heat which the surface of earth
receives from the sun.
141. Reserve transcription was discovered by:
(1) Beadle & Tatum
(2) Waston & Crick
(3) Temin & Baltimore
(4) Har Govind Khorana
142. Economic profit or normal profit is the same as:
(1) Optimum profit
(2) accounting profile
(3) Maximum profit
(4) net profit
143. What is the currency of Saudi Arabia?
(1) Dinar
(2) Riayal
(3) Pound
(4) Lira
144. The asha-grey soils of highlatitude coniferous forests a
known as:
(1) Tundra soils
(2) Podsols
(3) Grey- Brown soils
(4) Red and Yellow soils
145. Bangladesh was created in
(1) 1970
(2) 1972
(3) 1973
(4) 1971
146. Ultra purification of a metal is done by:
(1) Slugging
(2) Zone melting
(3) Smelting
(4) leaching
147. Voting is :
(1) The process of selecting reprsentives
(2) The process by which voters exercise their right to
vote
(3) The unit of area who constitute a unit for electing
representative
(4) Universal adult franchise.
148. Reserve bank of Inida was nationalized in:
(1) 1949
(2) 1951
(3) 1947
(4) 1935
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149. Which one among the following industries is the
maximum consumer of water in India?
(1) Paper and pulp
(2) Thermal Power
(3) Engineering
(4) Textile
150. Pulses are obtained from the family:

(1) Liliaceae
(2) Leguminosae
(3) Cycadaceae
(4) Fungi
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (151-155): In the following questions, you have a
brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read
the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each
question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
True, it is the function of the army to maintain law and order
in abnormal times. But in normal times there is another force
that compels citizens to obey laws and to act with due regard
to the rights of others. The force also protects the lives and
properties of law abiding men. Law are made to secure the
personal safety of its subjects and to prevent murder and
crimes of violence. They are made to secure the property of
the citizens against theft and damage and to protest the
rights of cmmmunities and castes to carry out their customs
and ceremonies, so long as they do not conflict with the
rights of others. Now the good citizen, of his own free will
obeys these laws and he takes care that everythihng he does
is done with due regard to the rights and well being of
others.
But the bad citizen is only restrained from breaking these
laws by fear of the consequence of his actin. And the
necessary steps to compel the bad citizen to act as a good
citizen are taken by this force. The supreme control of law
and order in a state is in the hands of a Minister, who is
responsible to the state Assembly and acts throught the
Inspector General of Police.
151. Which of the following statements is not implied in the
passage?
(1) The forces of law help to transform irresponsible
ones.
(2) Law protects those who respect it
(3) Law ensures peoples religious and social rights
absolutely and unconditionaly.
(4) A criminal is deterred from committing crimes only
for fear of the law
152. The expression customs and ceremonies means:
(1) Fairs and festivals
(2) Supersitions and formalities
(3) Habits and traditions
(4) Usual practices and religious rites
153. they are made to secure the property of citizens
against theft and damage means that the law:
(1) Helps in recovering the stolen property of the
citizens.
(2) Safeguard peoples possessions against being stolen

or lost.
(3) Initiates process against offenders of law.
(4) Assists the citizens whose property the citizens
whose property has been stolen or destroyed.
154. Which one of the following statement is implied in the
passage?
(1) Criminals, who flout the law, are seldom brought to
book
(2) The police check the citizens, wheather they are
good or bad, from violating the law.
(3) The police hardly succeed in converting bad citizens
into good ones.
(4) Peaceful citizens seldom violate the law
155. According to the writer, which one of the following is
not responsibility of the police?
(1) To protect the privileges of all citizens.
(2) To
maintain
peace
during
extraordinary
circumstances.
(3) To ensure peace among citizens by safeguarding
individual rights.
(4) To check violent activities of citizens.
Directions (156-162): In the following questions, out of the
four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted
for the given words/sentence.
156. A study of ancient things.
(1) Physiology
(2) Archaeology
(3) Ethnology
(4) Zoology
157. A person who deserves all praise.
(1) Detestable
(2) lovable
(3) Despicable
(4) laudable
158. One who is skillful
(1) Disciplined
(2) diligent
(3) Different
(4) dexterous
159. One who runs away from justice or the law.
(1) Smuggler
(2) Criminal
(3) Figitive
(4) Thief
160. Of ones own free will.
(1) mandatory
(2) obligatory
(3) voluntary
(4) compulsory
161. One who is too careless to plan for the future.
(1) imprudent
(2) impractical
(3) impotent
(4) improvident
162. One who has long experience.
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(1) novice
(2) expert
(3) veteran
(4) practitioner
Directions (163-167): In the following questions, some part
of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out
which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that
part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your
answer is No error.
163. Who do you think I met?
(1) Who
(2) No error
(3) do you think
(4) I met?
164. Just outside my house are a polyground for school boys
and girls.
(1) Just outside my house (2) Are a playground
(3) No error
(4) For school boys and girls
165. He can be a basketball player since he is tall like a mule.
(1) He can be
(2) he is tall like a mule.
(3) No error
(4) a basketball player since
166. It is not advisable to take heavy luggages while on a
journey.
(1) to take heavy luggages (2) while on a journey.
(3) No error
(4) It is not advisable
167. A bird in the tree is worth two in the bush.
(1) A bird in the tree
(2) two in the bush.
(3) No error
(4) is worth
Directions (168-170): In the following questions, choose the
word opposite in meaning to the given word.
168. Placid
(1) Urgent
(2) dull
(3) Moving
(4) stormy
169. VACILLATION
(1) Steadfastness
(2) relief
(3) Inoculation
(4) remorse
170. Effeminacy
(1) Aggressiveness
(2) attractiveness
(3) Manliness
(4) boorishness
Directions (171-180): In the following questions, a
sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are
given alternatives to the bold sentence/ part of the sentence,
which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct
alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer
is No Improvement.
171. If I will get an opportunity, I shall attend the seminar.
(1) get
(2) got
(3) No Improvement
(4) shall get
172. Both the teams played the game fairly.
(1) No Improvement
(2) played a fairly the game
(3) played fairly the game
(4) fairly played the game
173. She could not help but laugh.
(1) but laughing
(2) laughter
(3) No Improvement
(4) laughing
174. We met yesterday, havent we?
(1) didnt we?

(2) No Improvement
(3) hadnt we?
(4) isnts it ?
175. I took my mother some grapes when she was in
hospital.
(1) I took for my mother some grapes.
(2) I brought my mother some grapes
(3) I took some grapes for my mother
(4) No Improvement
176. The others shook their heads and made vague noises of
approval.
(1) Hung
(2) turned around
(3) No Improvement
(4) nodded
177. She insisted on she was innocent.
(1) insisted on that
(2) No Improvement
(3) insisted that
(4) insisted with
178. The world is being faced with a crises
(1) Confronted
(2) in front of
(3) No Improvement
(4) facing
179. You must endure what you cannot cure.
(1) acdept
(2) suffer
(3) prevail
(4) No Improvement
180. He does not laugh, nor he smiles.
(1) nor he does smile
(2) neither he does smile
(3) nor does he, smile
(4) No Improvement
Directions (181-182): In the following questions, four words
are given in each question, out of which only one word is
correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
181. (1) Deffusion
(2) Defusion
(3) Diffussion
(4) Diffusion
182. (1) circumlocution
(2) Circumlocation
(3) Circumlocutien
(4) Circumlocution
Directions (183-187): In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in
the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses
the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
183. Instead of keeping his promise of helping me with office
work, he just left me high and dry.
(1) Left me without a drop of water
(2) Left me in a state of anger
(3) Left me alone to do the work
(4) Left me feeling like a fool
184. Unless you make amends for the loss, nobody is
prepared to excuse you.
(1) improve
(2) confess
(3) compensate
(4) pay debt
185. Before the report reached the authority, media spilled
the beans.
(1) Hinted at the consequences.
(2) Dropped the charges
(3) Spilled the content of the package
(4) Revealed the secret information
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186. Amit said to Rekha, Dont make a mountain out of a
mole hill.
(1) Exaggerate a minor problem
(2) Attempt an impossible task
(3) Create problems
(4) Start looking for mole hills in mountains.
187. His friend turned out to be snake in the grass.
(1) Cowardly and burtal
(2) A hidden enemy
(3) An unreliable and deceitful person
(4) Low and mean
Directions (188190): In the following questions, out of the
four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the given word.
188. PERUSE
(1) Read
(2) Argue
(3) Follow
(4) Reduce
189. SPUME
(1) Spit
(2) poision
(3) Lava
(4) foams
190. BOARD
(1) Food
(2) Furniture
(3) Lodging
(4) Frame
Directions (191-195): In the following questions, you have a
brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read
the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each
question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
Journalists argue over functions of a newspaper. I feel that a
provincial papers purpose is not only to present and project
the news objectively and imaginatively, but to help its
readers to express themselves more effectively, canalizing
their aspirations, making more articulate their demands. A
newspaper should reflect the community it serves warts and
all.
When the mirror is held to society it reveals neglect,
injustice, ignorance or complacency. It should help to
eradicate them. It would be pretentious to think that a
newspaper can change the course of world affairs but at
the local limit it can exert influence, it can probe, it can help
get things done. The individuals voice must not be stifled.
Instead, the readers should be encouraged to express their
opinons, fears, hopes, and their grievances on this platform.
191. How can a newspaper influence local affairs?
(1) By focusing on world affairs.
(2) By influencing public opinon through half truths.
(3) By encrouraging the readers to accept their
grievances.
(4) By proving into the ills of society and rallying support

for change.
192. How can the readers air their grievances?
(1) By writing to journalists.
(2) By supporting the local newspaper
(3) By writing to their local newspaper
(4) By being complacent
193. In this passage the writer highlights the fact that:
(1) Journalists differ in their opinion on the function of a
newspaper
(2) A newspaper should reflect the community it serves.
(3) A newspaper should only concentraite on local
affairs.
(4) Newspaper can eradicate injustice
194. The expression warts and all in the passage means:
(1) Hopes and fears
(2) With no attempt to conceal blemishes ad and
inadequacies
(3) The communitys problems
(4) The readers grievances
195. What is the main purpose of a newspaper?
(1) Encourage the readers to be pretentious.
(2) Project news objectively and imaginatively.
(3) To present facts in a bluntway
(4) Exert influence on the individuals.
Directions (196-200): In the following questions, sentences
are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate
word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question.
Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your
answer.
196. The police fired on the mob when they ________.
(1) Turned violent
(2) fizzled out
(3) Became abusive
(4) turned noisy
197. He has the full facts ________ but is deliverately hiding
them.
(1) Up his sleeve
(2) under his sleeves
(3) Upon his sleeves
(4) in his sleeves
198. The appearance of the city ________ day by day.
(1) Changed
(2) is changing
(3) Had changed
(4) could change
199. When the morning ________ the murder was
discovered.
(1) Arrived
(2) came
(3) Occurred
(4) happened
200. The smell of the Sea called ________ memories of her
childhood.
(1) For
(2) back
(3) Up
(4) on
100
ANSWER KEY
Qns.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Ans.
4
1
1
4
4
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
4
4
4
1
2
4
3
3
4
4
2
3
1
3
4
2
1
1
3
3
4
3
1
1
3
4
2
3
Qns.
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
Ans.
3
4
2
1
1
3
4
1
4
3
1
3
2
4
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
2
1
1
2
1
4
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
3
1
3
2
Qns.
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
Ans.
4
2
1
3
4
2
4
2
4
2
4
4
4
4
2
4
2
4
2
4
3
3
4
3
3
2
4
4
3
2
2
4
2
4
2
3
4
1
4
2
Qns.
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
Ans.
3
2
2
2
1
3
4
4
3
1
3
1
2
4
3
4
1
3
2
2
3
4
2
2
4
2
2
1
2
2
3
4
2
2
2
2
4
4
3
3
Qns.
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
Ans.
4
3
1
2
2
1
1
4
1
3
1
2
3
1
3
4
3
4
4
3
4
1
3
3
4
1
3
1
4
1
4
3
2
4
4
1
1
2
1
3
HINTS
1. (4) None of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
2. (1) Neither Inference I nor II follows. Both the Premises
are Universal Negative (E-type). No conclusion/Inference
follows from the two Negative Premises.
3. (1)
4. (4)
101

Third Row
54 + ? = 90
? = 90 54 = 36
And, = 15
15. (4)
5. (4) PERU is a name of South American country.
6. (1) The number 1331 is a perfect cube number.
11 11 11 = 1331
7. (2) Legislator and Mayor are elected representatives of
people. Governor is appointed by the President.
Lawyer is a person who pleads in the court.
8. (2) Except the number 120, all other numbers follow the
pattern x2 +1
37 = (6)2 + 1
145 = (12)2 + 1
50 = (7)2 + 1
But, 120 = 11 11 1
9. (1) Except parallel, all other terms are related with
angles.
10. (1) The product of outer four numbers is equal to the
central number.
First Figure
1 3 4 5 = 60
Second Figure
6 7 1 2 = 84
Third Figure
3 10 3 1 = 90
11. (3) First arrangement
6 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 0 = 19
19 7 = 133
Second arrangement
2 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 8 = 28
28 7 = 196
Third arrangement
1 + 5 + 7 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 22
22 7 = 154
12. (1) First Figure
2 2 3 = 12
Second Figure
2 3 5 = 30
Third Figure
5 1 (-1) = -5
Fourth Figure
4 3 (-1) = -12
13. (4) 4 4 4 = 64
7 7 7 = 343
11 11 11 = 1331
14. (4) First Row
40 + 30 = 72
And, = 12
Second Row
30 + 24 = 54
And, = 9
Similarly,
16. (1) Garbage is domestic waste material; Similarly,

Gangue is waste material of ore.
17. (2) 6 (6 + 1)
6 7 = 42
Similarly,
7 (7 + 1)
7 8 = 56
18. (4) 12 = 72
Similarly,
8 = 32
19. (3)
Similarly,
20. (3)
Pairs of opposite letters.
21. (4) Six dots are on the face adjacent to one dot, three
dots, four dots and five dots. So, two dots lie opposite six
dots. If we rotate the first dice downward two times, we
get the second dice. So, five dots like opposite three dots.
22. (4) There is only one G in the given word. Therefore, the
word DIGGING cannot be formed.
BOOKSINDINGDINING
BOOKBINDINGBONDING
BOOKBINDINGDOING
23. (2)
102
24. (3)
25. (1)
26. (3) The zodiac sign Virgo comes at the sixth place.
The number of players in a side in volleyball game = 6
A six is the highest score on a ball in the game of cricket.
Extra sensory perception is referred to as sixth sense.
27. (4) Reverse order of words:
(2) Ordeum
(1) Odium
(4) Odious
(3) Occulist
28. (2) Pope is the highest authority of any stream of
Christianity. Catholics represent one of the groups of
Christians.
32. (3) Arrangement of words as per dictionary:

2. Hake
1. Hale
3. Halt
5. Ham
4. Hamlet
33. (4) HOST HOT
POST POT
COST COT
LOST LOT
STOP TOP
34. (3) S H E E L A / S H E E L A /S H E E L A / S H E E L A
35. (1) 1 2 3 4 / 1 2 3 4 / 1 2 3 4 / 1 2 3 4
36. (1) a b a b a b / a b a b a b
37. (3)
38. (4)
39. (2)
29. (1) Potato comes under the class vegetables. Vegetables
are eatables.
40. (3)
30. (1)
All the components of question figure are present in the
Answer Figure (3)
41. (3)
Required distance = (5 + 3) km. = 8 km.

31. (3)
16 64 8 4 + 2 = ?
? = 16 + 64 8 4 2
? = 16 + 8 8 = 16
42. (4) A
B <,<
C
103

D>
E<
F=
4Y F 3X 4Y = 3X
3X F 6Z 3x = 6Z
X = = 2Z
Similarly,
Y= X
= 2Z
Z=
Option (1)
2Y D 3Z
2y > 3z
2y > 3
2Y 2Y
Option (2)
2Y < 3Z
2Y < 3Z
2Y < 3
2Y 2Y
Option (3)
4Y B 5Z
4Y > 5Z or 4Y < 5Z
4Y > 5
or 4Y < 5
48. (1) E 55, 66, 77, 88, 99

A 01, 14, 22, 30, 43
G 02, 10, 23, 31, 44
L 57, 65, 78, 89, 96
4Y >
or 4Y
Option (4)
2Y F 3Z
2Y = 3Z
2Y = 3
2Y = 2Y
43. (2) Only daughter of womens father means the women
herself. Therefore, the man is the son of that woman.
44. (1) The colour of clear sky is blue. Here blue has been
called sky.
45. (1)
49. (4)
12345678
FRACTION
It has been coded as:
18365472
FNAITCOR
Similarly,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
QUANT ITA T I V E
It would be coded as:
1 12 3 10 5 8 7 6 9 4 11 2
Q E A I TAT I TN V U
50. (3)
LATHPEENELEPHANT
TARRAT
FEFEOC
COFFEE
TICRECK CRICKET
51. (1)
Similarly,
46. (3) The required region should be common to all the

three diagrams. Such region is marked 5.
47. (4)
radian = 180
=
----(i)
According to the question,
A + B = 140
and, A B = 36
. (ii)
On adding ,
2A = 176 A =
From equation (i),
88
= 140
52. (3) p = 99 (Given)
Expression = p (p2 + 3p + 3)
= p3 + 3p2 + 3p
=p3 + 3p2 + 3p + 1 1
= (p + 1)3 1
104
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
= (99 + 1)3 - 1 = (100)3 -1

= 1000000 1= 999999
(2)
(4) Expenditure on food : savings
= 120 : 60 = 2 : 1
(1) 70 54 = Rs. 1600
16
1
= Rs. 12000
(2) 360
1
60
Annual savings
= Rs. (6000 12)
= Rs. 72000
(1) Co-ordinates of origin = (0 , 0)
These co-ordinates satisfy the equation 2x 3y = 0
(3) Sum of all angles of a triangle = 180
x + 15
X+
=180
43x = 129
x=
= 45
the angle of triangle are :
x + 15
=
It is an equilateral triangle.
59. (1)
= 60
( )
D and E are midpoints of BC and AC respectively.

DE BA DE BF.
FE BD
DF is the diagonal of parallelogram BDEF.
Area of BDF = Area of DEF
Similarly
DE is the diagonal of parallelogram DCEF.
Area of DCE = Area of DEF
BDF = DCE = AFE
= DEF
On adding
4 DEF = ABC
Parallelogram BDEF
= 2 DEF = ABC
Quadrilateral CAFD = ABC BDF
= ABC BDF
=
Required ratio
=
62. (2) According to the question, (4 8) men + (6 8)
) men + (6 8) women 4 men + 6
women (
women 2 men + 9 women
)
(4 2) men (
2 men 3 women
4 men + 6 women
M 1 D1 = M 2 D2
12 8 = 18 D2
D2 =
days
63. (1) x3 + 27x2 + 243 x + 631
= x3 + 3. x2 9 + 3x. 92 + 93 93 + 631
= (x + 9)3 729 + 631
= (2 + 9)3 98
= 113 98 = 1331 - 98 = 1233
64. (1) Radius of sphere = r units
A = Position of kite
AC = length of string
AB = 75 metre
cot
cosec
x 36 = 225 100
x=
= 625
61. (1)
sin
From ABC
sin
AC 15 = 17 15
AC =
60. (4) Let total marks in the exam be x.
r = 3 units
Diameter = 2 3 = 6 units
65. (2) Correct sum of marks obtained by the student
= 88 6 86 + 68
528 86 + 68 = 510
Correct average =
66. (1) Required average runs
105
67.
68.
69.
70.
=
The required cricketer is M.S. Dhoni.
(4) the required cricketer is Cheteshwar Pujara.
Required average runs
=
(2) Required total score
= 60 + 50 + 70 + 30 = 210
(1) Required average score
=
= 40
(2) Let the number of x.
x=
71. (2) As 2 dayss work = Bs 3 days

Time taken by A = 8 days
Time taken by B =
= 12 days
72. (3)
In OQR

(
= 180
73. (2) x =
=
x+1=
=
74. (2) Vertices of parallel to piped
=u=8
Edges = e = 12
Surfaces = f = 6
u e + f= 8 12 + 6 = 2
75. (3)
x = 0 Equation of y axis Putting x = 0 in 2x + 3y = 6

0 + 3y = 6 y = 2
co-ordinate of point of intersection on y axis
= (0, 2)
Again, putting y = - , x = 3
Point of intersection on x axis = (3, 0)
In x + y = 3
Putting x = 0, y = 3
And on putting y = 0 , x = 3
Required area
= OAC - OAB
=
=
= 1 sq. units
76. (2) 5x + 9y = 5
On cubing both sides,
(5x)3 + (9y)3 + 3 5x 9y (5x + 9y) = (5)3
[ (a+b)3 = a3 + b3 + 3ab (a+b)]
125x3 + 729y3 + 135xy 5 = 125
120 + 135 5xy = 125
135 5xy = 125 120 = 5
xy =
77. (3) Let x be added to each term. According to the
question,
12 + 6x = 25 + 5x
6x 5x = 25 12
x = 13
78. (1) sin222 + sin268 + cot2 30
= sin2 22 + sin2(90 - 22 ) + ( )
= sin222 + cos222 = 3
[ sin2 + cos2 = 1]
=1+3=4
79. (3) 2 sin2
= 2 sin2 + 2cos2 + cos2
2 (sin2 + cos2 ) + cos2
= 2 + cos2
Minimum value = 2 + 0 = 2 because cos2
0
80. (2)
81. (4) Let the radius of the base of conical tent be r metre
and its height be h metre.
Area of base =
= 16 5 = 80 .. (i)
Volume =
= 5 100 cu. metre .. (ii)
106

On dividing equation (ii) by (i),
h=
82. (2) Let A = 4x and B = 5x.
(5x)2 (4x)2 = 81
25x2 16x2 = 81
9x2 = 81 x2 = 9
x= =3
A = 4x = 4 3 = 12
83. (1) Angles of triangle = 2x , 3x and 5x (let)
2x + 3x + 5x = 180
10x = 180
x =
Angles of triangle = 2x = 2 18 = 36 ,
3x = 3 18 = 54
5x = 5 18 = 90 ,
Hence, it is a right angled triangle.
84. (3) 4 men 8 women
1 man 2 women
6 men + 12 women
M 1 D1 = M 2 M 2
8 15 = 24 D2
D2 =
85. (4) A = P (
AD = 9 cm.
AC =
BE = 12 cm.
BC =
From
,
AB =
=
=
= 10 cm.
89. (4) tan (4 - 50 ) = cot (50 - )
tan(4
)
(
))
(
4
(
)
4
4
4
3
90. (2) Here, 32 + 42 = 52

It is a right angled triangle.
12100 = P (
12100 = P ( )
12100 = P
P=
= Rs. 10000
86. (2) C.P. of each book = Rs. 1 (left).
C.P. of 60 books = Rs. 60
Their S.P. = Rs. 100
Gain percent
=
=
87. (4) Single equivalent discount for discount of 10% and
20%
=(
)
= (30 2) % = 28%
Single equivalent discounts for discounts of 28% and
25%
=(
)
= (53 7)% = 46%
88. (2)
Radius of circum circle= C2

=
because
AC = Diameter of circle
Semi- perimeter of ABC(s)
=
Area of ABC = 3 4 = 6 sq. cm.
In radius =
( )
=
91. (4) Speed of train = 90 kmph
=(
)m/sec.
= 25 m/sce.
When a train crosses a post. It covers a distance a post, it
covers a distance equal to its own length.
Required time =
=
92. (4) Single equivalent discount for 40% and 30%
107

=(
= (70 12)% = 58%

Single equivalent discount for 45% and 20%
=(
)
= (65 9)% = 56%
Let the marked price be Rs. x.
x (58 56)% = 12
= 12
From ABD,
AD =
= ( )
=
X = 12 cm.
AB = 2x = 2 12 = 24 cm.
Area of ABC =
=
93. (4) 5 sin

sin
= 144 sq. cm.

98. (4) Sum of first n odd natural
Numbers = n2 = (20)2 = 400
Required average =
= 20
99. (2)
100. (4)sec
= p .. (i)
sec2
(sec
)(
)=1
sec
.(ii)
Expression =
=
=
=
On adding both the equations, 2 sec
94. (4) time =
sec
95. (2)
From LOM
LM =
=
=
= 13 km.
96. (4) Discount percent = x% (let).
According to the question
= 975 897
97. (2)
= 8%
AD = 12 cm.
AB = 2x cm. (let)
BD = xcm.
108
Scope in LIC AAO

Recently Life Insurance Corporation of India has released a
notification for the recruitment of Assistant Administrative
Officer for the year
2016. This vacancy has
created quite a buzz in
the students. We have
constantly
been
recieving queries about
the
Roles
and
Responsibilities of AAO.
In fact, many students wanted to know whether it is better
than a Bank PO. Well the answer to this question depends
from person to person and everyone has their own priorities.
LIC is one of the pioneer organisation in the insurance sector
and one of the largest NBFCs. So friends, this article covers
every aspect that one should know before joining LIC as AAO.
wait for your turn to get the promotion after certain period
of time. Below are the designations that one gets after
getting promotion from AAO. Click on the below image to
enlarge.
What is AAO
AAO is the Assistant Administrative Officer. AAO can be
posted anywhere in India where the company. AAO is the
Head of the Department which they were alotted at the time
of Joining. The name itself suggests that the role of AAO is
administrative and they need to run their respective
departments with other staff members. Other staff members
include Assistants and Higher Grade Assistants. A person
Joining as AAO is a Class I officer and this is the entry level
officer job in Insurance Sector.
What are the Departments in LIC
Just like any other organisation, LIC has different
departments which deals with their respective issues. The
departments include:
i. Claim
ii. New Business
iii. Sales
iv. Accounts
v. Policy Servicing
vi. Office Servicing
The above is the list of departments that one gets alotted
once selected in LIC.
What can be the Future Prospects
Every organisation has different ranks/designation in the
hierarchy of the organisational structure. The promotion in
LIC will be from time to time and there is no certification like
JAIIB/CAIIB in insurance sector. So, what you need to do is
Payment Benefits and Other Emoluments

As per the notification, the basic salary of the AAO is Rs.
17240/-. The total in hand salary of AAO is Rs. 39,815/-.
Before you decide anything, we would like to tell you that
Payment Revision is pending and after revision the in hand
salary will be Rs. 47,048/-. Apart from these, there is a
discussion going on for 5 days working in the organisation.
So, this becomes another reason to join the organisation.
So friends, no need to have a second thought for this kind of
job. This might be an opportunity knocking your door. The
exam will be in the month of March and you have a lot of
time to prepare for the exam. This kind of opportunity comes
once in an year and this is the time to go for it.
109
LIC AAO- PRACTICE SET

REASONING
Directions (1-5): In each question below are given three
statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and
IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the
conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions
logically follows from the given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts.
1. Statements:
a. No anil are jaya.
b. All anil are aniket.
c. All aniket are sunil.
Conclusions:
I. All sunil are anil.
II. Some jaya are not sunil.
III. Some aniket are not jaya. IV. All anil are sunil.
1) All follow
2) Only II, III and IV follow
3) Only I, III and IV follow
4) Only III and IV follow
5) None of these
2. Statements: a. All meena are payal.
b. No rahul are payal. c. Some bikki are meena.
Conclusions:
I. Some payal are bikki.
II. Some bikki are not rahul.
III. No meena are rahul.
IV. Some bikki are not meena.
1) ll follow
2) Only I, II and III follow
3) Only II, III and IV follow 4) Only II and III follow
5) None of these
3. Statements: a. Some swati are vandy.
b. All vandy are sikha.
c. All sikha are gopal.
Conclusions:
I. All vandy are gopal. II. Some swati are gopal.
III. Some sikha are swati.
IV. Some gopal are not vandy.
1) All follow
4) Only I and III follow
5) None of these
4. Statements: a. No vidushi are guneet.
b. All santosh are vidushi.
c. All sweta are santosh.
Conclusions:
I. Some vidushi are not santosh.
II. Some guneet are not vidushi.
III. All santosh are sweta.
IV. Some santosh are not sweta.
1) None follows
3) Only I, II and IV follow 4) Only either III or IV follows
5) Only II and either III or IV follows.
5. Statements: a. Some mango are orange.
b. No orange are tiger.
c. No orange are lion.
Conclusions:
I. No tiger are lion.
II. Some tiger are lion.
III. Some mango are not lion.
IV. Some mango are not tiger.

1) All follow
2) Only I, III and IV follow
4) Only II and IV follow
5) None of these
answer the questions given below.
World Cup is being organised by India. Different teams are
participating in the World Cup. Seven teams which are
participating are Pakistan, Australia, Srilanka, India, Kenya,
South Africa and West Indies. They will be playing there matches
at different places, namely Delhi, Ranchi, Chennai, Nagpur,
Chandigarh and Mumbai, but not necessarily in the same order,
on different days of the week, starting from Monday.
Pakistan will be playing at Ranchi, but neither on Friday nor
on Monday.
The host country will be playing on Thursday at Nagpur.
There is a gap of one day between Pakistan and India
match.
South Africa will be playing the match before West Indies
but after Kenya at Cuttack on Wednesday.
West Indies will be playing on the last day of the week.
Australia will be playing at Mumbai.
No match will be played at Delhi on Monday.
The match at Chandigarh will be played on the last day of
the week.
The match at Chennai will be played on Tuesday.
No match will be played at Mumbai on Tuesday and Friday.
6. Australia will be playing the match on which day of the
week?
1) Friday
2) Tuesday
3) Saturday
4) Wednesday
5) Monday
7. Which team will be playing the match between Thursday
and Saturday?
1) West Indies
2) Srilanka
3) India
4) Kenya
5) Pakistan
1) India Thursday - Nagpur
2) Kenya Wednesday - Delhi
3) West Indies Saturday - Chandigarh
4) Srilanka Monday - Ranchi
5) Australia Friday Chennai
9. Which team will be playing in Chennai?
1) Australia
2) India
3) Kenya
4) South Africa
5) West Indies
1) Australia-Tuesday 2) South Africa-Sunday
3) Kenya-Thursday 4) Australia-Monday
5) None of these
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Eight playersHshim Amla, De Villiers, Dale Steyn, JP Duminy,
Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, David Miller and Dean Elgar are sitting
in three lines L1, L2 and L3. And they are in three different
categories, either batsman or bowler or all rounder. In each line
at least two and at most three players are sitting there. And at
least two players are in each category but not more than three.
De Villiers and Dale Steyn are in different lines but not in line L2,
and both are in same categories. Dean Elgar and David Miller are in
same line and in same categories, but not all rounders. JP Duminy
and Imran Tahir are in different lines but not in line L1 and in
different categories but not all rounder. Hashim Amla is in Line
L2 and JP Duminy is not in same line as in Hashim Amla. Both
players of line L2 are bowlers. Morne Morkel is all rounder and
not in line L1. From three all rounder two are line in L3. Morne
Morkel and Dale Steyn are in same line and there are three
batsmen.
11. Who are batsmen among these eight players?
1) De Villiers, JP Duminy, Morne Morkel
2) David Miller, JP Duminy, De Villiers
3) De Villiers, David Miller, Dean Elgar
4) Dean Elgar, David Miller, Dale Steyn
5) JP Duminy, Dean Elgar, David Miller.
12. In which line David Miller and JP Duminy are sitting?
1) L2 and L3
2) L1 and L2
3) L1 and L3
4) both in L3
13. Which two are in same categories and in same line?
1) Morne Morkel and De Villiers
2) Dean Elgar and JP Duminy
3) David Miller and De Villiers
4) Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel
5) Imran Tahir and JP Duminy
14. In which category and line Imran Tahir is there?
1) BowlerL2
2) BowlerL3 3) BatsmanL2
4) BatsmanL3
5) Cant' be determined
15. In which categories 3 players are there?
1) Bowlers and all rounders 2) Batsman and all rounders
3) Bowlers and batsman
5) None of these
Directions (16-20) Study the following information carefully and
A word arrangement Machine, when given a particular
input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is
the illustration of the input and the steps of rearrangement.
Input
we again 36 early 17 morning in day 7 11
Step I
again we 36 early 17 morning in day 7 11
Step II
again 36 we early 17 morning in day 7 11
Step III
again 36 early we 17 morning in day 7 11
Step IV
again 36 early 7 we 17 morning in day 11
Step V
again 36 early 7 in we 17 morning day 11
Step VI
again 36 early 7 in day we 17 morning 11
Step VII
again 36 early 7 in 17 day we morning 11
Step VIII
again 36 early 7 in 17 day 11 we morning
Step IX
again 36 early 7 in 17 day 11 morning we
Step IX is the last step.
16. If the following is the IInd step of an input what will be Vth
step?
Step II After 89 she 38 wins 11 Olympic 22 the 7
(1) after 89 she 7 the 22 Olympic 11 wins 38
(2) after 89 Olympic she 38 wins 11 22 the 7
(3) after 89 Olympic 7 she 38 the wins 11 22
(4) after 89 Olympic 7 she 38 the 11 wins 22
17. Which of the following is the last step for the Input eat 9
fast icecream 22 3 umbrella cat 5?
(1) cat eat 9 fast 5 icecream 22 umbrella 3
(2) eat 22 icecream 3 umbrella 9 cat 5 fast
(3) eat 22 umbrella 3 icecream 9 cat 5 fast
(4) eat 22 icecream 3 umbrella5 cat 9 fast
18. Which step will be the last step for the Input elephant 17
free open 41 27 danger 15?
(1) IV
(2) V
(3) VI
(4) VII
(5) None of these
th
19. Which word/number will be at 4 from the left in step V for
the given input in above question?
(1) 41
(2) danger
(3) open
(4) 15
(5) None of these
rd
20. Which word/number will be 3 to the right of 41 in step IV
for the given input in Q. 18?
(1) open
(2) danger
(3) 15
(4) 17
(5) None of these
Directions (21-25) In the questions given below, certain symbols
are used with the following meanings.
P@Q means P is neither equal to nor smaller than Q.
P Q means P is not smaller than Q.
P Q means P is neither greater nor smaller than Q.
P Q means P is neither greater than nor equal to Q.
P+Q means P is not greater than Q.
P Q P is not equal to Q.
Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given
statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II
given below them is/are definitely true.
Give answer
(1) If only conclusion I is true
(2) If only conclusion II is true
(3) either conclusion I or II is true
(4) If neither conclusion I nor II is true
(5) If both conclusions I and II are true
21. Statements
Y, E J
Conclusions I. E T
II. ET
22. Statements T
Conclusions I. L
II. A@L
23. Statements TO, OP, P
Conclusions I. PT
II. OA
24. Statements D
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Conclusions I. D@M II. D+M
II. Efforts should be made to follow the guidelines issued by

the government in reprocessing of computer waste.
answer the questions given below:
The centre reportedly wants to continue providing subsidy to
consumers for cooking gas and kerosene for five more years.
This is not good news from the point of view of reining in the
fiscal deficit. Mounting subventions for subsidies means
diversion of savings by the government from investment to
consumption, raising the cost of capital in the process.
The government must cut expenditure on subsidies to create
more fiscal space for investments in both physical and social
infrastructure. It should outline a plan for comprehensive reform
in major subsidies including petroleum, food and fertilizers and
set goals.
29. Which of the following is a conclusion which can be drawn
from the facts stated in the above paragraph?
(1) Subsidy provided by the government under various
heads to the citizen increases the cost of capital
(2) Govt. is unable to withdraw subsidies provided to
various items
(3) Govt. subsidy on kerosene is purely a political decision
(4) Govt. does not have enough resources to continue
providing subsidy on petroleum products
(5) None of these
30. Which of the following is an assumption which is implicit in
the facts stated in the above paragraph? .
(1) People in India may not be able to pay more for
petroleum products
(2) Many people in India are rich enough to buy petroleum
products at market cost
(3) Govt. may not be able to create more infrastructural
facilities if present level of subsidy continues for a longer
time
(4) Govt. of India has sought assistance from international
financial organizations for its infrastructural projects
(5) None of these
25. Statements A+P, A@T, T
Conclusions I. P S
II. P+S
Directions (26-28): In each question below is given a statement
followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of
action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for
improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the
problem, policy etc on the basis of the information given in the
statement. You have to assume everything in the statement to
be true. Then decide which of the two given suggested courses
of action logically follows for pursuing. Give answer :
1) if only I follows.
2) if only II follows.
3) if either I or II follows. 4) if neither I nor II follows.
5) if both I and II follow.
26. Statement: Taking advantage of loopholes in service rules
and protection from political authorities, a large number of
government employees have been doing a "disappearing
act" by remaining absent from work for prolonged periods
after availing simple leave for a brief period.
Courses of action:
I. All such employees should be shown the door
immediately.
II. All the erring employees should be deprived of pension
and other such benefits.
27. Statement: There has been more than one accident on each
day of the tenure of Railway minister X. 60% of accidents
have been caused by human error and 20% due to
inadequate expansion of railway lines.
Courses of action:
I. New trains should not be introduced in an overburdened
system.
II. New technology should be introduced and provision for
this should be made in the budget in this regard.
28. Statement: Proliferating computer graveyards have become
a major threat for human health.
Courses of action:
I. Major computer firms should be requested to create a
common facility to collect and recycle e-waste.
31. The circumference of a circle is equal to the side of a square
whose area measures 407044 sq cm. What is the area of the
circle?
(1) 22583.2 sq. m.
(2) 32378.5 sq. m.(3) 41263.5 sq. m.
(4) 39483.4 sq. m.
(5) Cannot be determined
32. 5 men are working to complete a work in 15 days. After five
days, 10 women are accompanied by them to complete the
work in next 5 days. If the work is to be done by women
only then when could the work be over, if 10 women have
started it?
(1) 10 days
(2) 18 days
(3) 15 days
(4) 12 days
(5) None of these
33. In an examination, it is required to get 296 of the total

maximum aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 259
marks and is declared failed. The difference of marks
obtained by the student and that required to pass is 5%.
What are the maximum aggregate marks a students can
get?
(1) 690
(2) 780
(3) 740
(4) 760
(5) None of these
34. Ram mixes 15 kg of sugar purchased at the rate of Rs. 8.00
per kg with 25 kg of sugar purchase at the rate of Rs. 10.00
per kg. At what rate per kg should Ram sell the mixture to
get a profit of Rs. 3 per kg?
(1) Rs. 11.00
(2) Rs. 11.25
(3) Rs. 12.25
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(4) Rs. 12.50
(5) None of these
35. If A can complete a job in 10 days and along with B he can
complete the same job in 6 days, how much of the job
remains to be completed, if both work for 4 days and A

alone works for two more days?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5) None of these
Directions (36-40): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow
Percentage of Marks Obtained by Different Students in Different Subjects
Students
Subjects Marks
Hindi (100) English (150) Maths (75) Physics (150) Chemistry (150) Biology (75) IT (50)
Amit
67
88
92
88
58
60
98
Ruchi
65
78
68
70
64
72
76
Kanchan
89
66
76
76
72
68
76
Prashant
88
80
72
68
62
64
72
Mrinal
78
64
76
74
68
80
78
Kunal
60
86
88
74
94
76
84
Diksha
74
92
96
66
86
88
96
36. How many marks did Kunal get in all the subjects together?
41. If the distance travelled by Truck A and Truck B on Saturday
(1) 592
(2) 558
(3) 634
was the same, what was the respective ratio of the time
(4) 606
(5) None of these
taken by Truck A to that taken by Truck B to travel that
37. What are the average marks obtained by all students
distance?
together in Chemistry?
(1) 6 : 7
(2) 13 : 19
(3) 11 : 12
(1) 98
(2) 112
(3) 88
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
(4) 124
(5) None of these
42. If the distance travelled by Truck B on Thursday was 846
38. How many students have scored the highest marks in more
kms, what was the time taken by it to travel that distance?
than one Subject?
(1) 16 hrs 55 min 12 sec
(2) 16 hrs 12 min
(1) Four
(2) Three
(3) Two
(3) 15 hrs 6 min 4 sec (4) Cannot be determined
(4) One
(5) None of these
(5) None of these
39. Marks Obtained by Ruchi in Biology are what per cent of 43. What is the average speed to Truck A metre/Second for all
marks obtained by Kanchan in the same subject?
the days together?
(rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(1) 180
(2) 13
(3) 120
(1) 94.44
(2) 105.88
(3) 113.13
(4) 12
(5) None of these
(4) 86.24
(5) None of these
44.
Average
speed
of
Truck
C is approximately what per cent of
40. Who has scored the highest marks in all the subjects
average
speed
of
Truck
B
over the days?
together?
(1)
63
(2)
74
(3) 95
(1) Diksha
(2) Mrinal
(3) Ruchi
(4)
86
(5)
69
(4) Prashant
(5) None of these
Directions : (41-45): Study the following graph carefully to 45. What is the per cent increase in speed in Truck C on Friday
from the previous day?
answer the questions that follow
(1) 15
(2) 28
(3) 20
Speed (in km/hr) of three Trucks on Different Routes on
(4) 18
(5) None of these
Different Days of the Week
46. Aalam sold two vehicles for Rs. 46000 each. If he gains 10%
on the first and loses 10% on another, then what is his gain
or loss per cent in this transaction?
(1) 2% loss
(2) 1% profit
(3) 1 % loss
(4) 2 % profit
(5) None of these
47. A committee of 3 members is to be selected out of 3 men
and 2 women. What is the probability that the committee
has at least one woman?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5) None of these
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48. The ages of Ranjana and Rakhi are in the ratio of 15 : 17
respectively. After 6 years, the ratio of their ages will be 9 :
10. What will be the age of Ranjana after 6 years?
(1) 40 years
(2) 30 years
(3) 34 years
(4) 36 years
(5) None of these
49. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 20000 at
the end of 3 years is Rs. 7200. What would be the
compound interest accrued on the same amount at the
same rate in the same period?
(1) Rs. 8342.36
(2) Rs. 8098.56 (3) Rs. 8246.16
(4) Rs. 8112.86
(5) None of these
50. Ninad, Vikas and Manav enter into a partnership. Ninad
invests some amount at the beginning. Vikas invests double
the amount after 6 months and Manav invests thrice the
amount invested by Ninad after 8 months. They earn a
profit of Rs. 45000 at the end of the year. What is Manavs
share in the profit?
(1) Rs. 25000 (2) Rs. 15000
(3) Rs. 12000
(4) Rs. 9000
(5) None of these
Directions (51-55) : What should come in place of the question
mark (?) in the following number series ?
51. 1548
516
129
43
?
(1) 11
(2) 10.75
(3) 9.5
(4) 12
(5) None of these
52. 949 189.8 ? 22.776 11.388 6.8328
(1) 48.24
(2) 53.86
(3) 74.26
(4) 56.94
(5) None of these
53. 121 144
190
259
?
466
(1) 351
(2) 349
(3) 374
(4) 328
(5) None of these
54. 14
43.5
264
?
76188
(1) 3168
(2) 3176
(3) 1587
(4) 1590
(5) None of these
55. 41 164
2624
?
6045696
(1) 104244
(2) 94644
(3) 94464
(4) 102444
(5) None of these
Directions (5660) : What approximate value will come in place
of the question-mark (?) in the following questions ? (You are
not expected to calculate the exact value.)
56. 465 84 + 765 86 211 99 = ?
(1) 84000
(2) 10800
(4) 85000
(5) 86000
57. 151.1% of 151.1 + 151.1 = ?
(1) 380
(2) 400
(4) 420
(5) 440
58. 2001 473 1001 245 = ?
(1) 650
(2) 700
(4) 850
(5)1000
59. 2400 - 1220 + 440 = ?
(1) 59
(2) 35
(4) 25
(5) 30
60.
=?
(1) 140
(2) 125
(4) 85
(5)110
(3) 83000
(3) 350
(3) 950
(3) 44
(3) 95
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (61-100): Pick out the most effective word from

the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence
meaningfully complete.
61. Vision is usually most effectively when many
different.are used.
(a) developed, manifestations
(b) adapted, organizations (c) communicated, vehicles
(d) exhibited, forms
(e) described, thought
62. People who have been through difficult, painful and not
very..change efforts often end up.both
pessimistic and angry conclusions.
(a) successful, drawing
(b) meaningful, projecting
(c) reliable, evolving
(d) strong, following
(e) challenging, lamenting
63. The human mind is never .; it advances or
it.
(a) absolute, diminishes
(b) dynamic, stops
(c) perfect, disintegrates
(d) stationary, retrogrades
(e) happy, decomposes
64. If miserby is the effect of ill-fortune, it ought to be pitied,
if of to be
(a) virtue, criticized

(b) clamity, revered
(c) virtue, protected
(d) vice, revered
(e) virtue, revered
65. It would be impossible for us to continue living in this
world if each of usexactly what fate had in
for him.
(a) follow, plan
(b) appreciate, strategy
(c) design, anticipation
(d) visualize, hidden
(e) knew, store
66. It is the ..of selfishness for man, who fully
in their own case the great advantages
of good education, to deny these advantages to women.
(a) parody, demand
(b) height, appreciate
(c) height, assimilate
(d) degree, appreciate
(e) level, advance
67. The learner should be ..to take a small first
step, one that will provide immediate success and
.the learning.
(a) encouraged, reinforce
(b) forced, organise
(c) directed, reorganize
(d) cautioned, reinforce
(e) encouraged, acknowledge
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68. His death.more tributes than have been paid at
the of any other human being in history.
(a) brought, passing
(b) directed, helm
(c) delivered, description
(d) invited, living
(e) acknowledged, perpetuate
69. Only with executive..can the organization
concentrate its energies on competitive
advantage over time.
(a) position, embarking
(b) development, directing
(c) contingent, fabricating
(d) commitment, sustaining
(e) satisfaction, moulding
70. All the performances of human art, at which we look
with praise or wonder, are of the restless.of
perseverance.
(a) manifestations, pronouncement
(b) projections, component (c) instances, force
(d) proofs, humanity
(e) visions, future
Directions (71-75): Read each sentences to find out whether
there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of
the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there
is no error the answer is (e). (Ignore error of punctuation, if
any)
71. This laboratory of physics is (a)/ not only equipped with
(b)/ all state-of-the-art instruments (c)/ but also with
outstanding physicists. (d) / No error (e)
72. No method of making (a)/ other people agree to (b)/
your view-point is (c) as effective as this method. (d)/ No
error (e).
73. I was pretty sure that (a)/ he would support my views
(b)/ for changing the age-old (c) and static structure of
our organization. (d)/ No error (e).
74. I did not like his (a)/ comments on my paper (b)/ but I
had no alternative (c) as I had agreed to keep quiet. (d)/
No error (e).
75. The report is candid in admitting (a)/ that the investment
by the government (b)/ in health and family planning (c)
have been eroded considerably. (d)/ No error (e).
Directions (76-80): In each of the questions below four
sentences are given which are denoted by A, B, C, D. by using
all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful
paragraph. The correct order of the sentences is your answer.
Choose from the five alternatives the one having the correct
order of the sentences.
76. A. It was with this invincible sprite that Netaji opposed
Wavells offer.
B. Japans surrender is not Indis Surrender, he said.
C. The revolutionary spirit of Netaji was never dampened
even after the surrender of Japan.
D. He knew that a war of liberation demanded great
spirit, great sacrifice, courage and patience.
(a) BCDA
(b) BCAD
(c) CBAD
(d) DCBA
(e) CBDA
77. A. But all work is not education.
B. In India a majority of our people do hard work,
strenuous physical work, but all are not educated.
C. It aims at concrete and objective realization of the
ideas and is of great educative value.
D. Work is that activity of man which has a definite
objective.
(a) DCAB
(b) BCDA
(c) BACD
(d) DBCA
(e) CBAD
78. A. Hari Prasand Nanda is one such person who worked
his way to the top from the scratch.
B. A few of them had a spark of proven adventure and
their initiative, dedication and sincerity brought them
spectacular success.
C. The partition India into India and Pakistan made a
number of migrants to India penniless.
D. He rose to become a first-generation entrepreneur
with the second largest complex to his credit.
(a) ADBC
(b) ADCB
(c) CBAD
(d) CBDA
(e) BCDA
79. A. They think that India will disintegrate like the Soviet
Union or Yugoslavia.
B. What will be the exact shape of India in 2000 A.D. can
only be a matter of surmise.
C. On the contrary, the blind patriots foresee a very
bright future for India.
D. The prophets of doom say that the future of India is
doomed.
(a) BCDA
(b) BDAC
(c) DABC
(d) DBAC
(e) BCAD
80. A. I wish I had more time, so that I could visit the odd
nooks and corners of India.
B. And yet I have not seen many parts of the country we
love so much and seek to serve.
C. Our own country is a little world by itself with an
infinite variety and places for us to discover.
D. I have travelled a great deal in this country and I have
grown in years.
(a) DCBA
(b) DBCA
(c) ADBC
(d) CDBA
(e) CBAD
Directions (81-90): In the following passage there are blanks
each of which has been numbered These numbers are
printed below the passage and against each five words are
suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out
the appropriate words.
Although John Wisdom's writings in philosophy show
clearly the influence of Wittgenstein, they nevertheless also
display....(81)....originality. Despite the ....(82)....and difficulty
of his style, a careful reading of Wisdom is seldom....(83)....
He is a unique kind of genius in philosophy. This essay is an
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excellent example of Wisdom's repeated attempts
to....(84)....the ultimate bases of philosophical perplexity. A
great deal of time Wisdom is....(85)....interested in finding out
why metaphysicians feel....(86)....to utter such strange
sentences eg. Time is unreal, There are no material
things, etc. According to Wisdom, such sentences are both
false (and perhaps meaningless) and yet....(87) Even more
than Wittgenstein, Wisdom has stressed the therapeutic
conception of philosophy, a view that comes out clearly in
this essay where he emphasizes the analogy between
philosophical and neurotic distress....(88)....them with other
kinds of problems.
The reader who is interested in gaining a
fuller....(89)....with Wisdom's thought is referred to his
famous article Gods in Philosophy and Psycho-analysis.
Other Minds is Wisdom's most....(90) discussion of a single
topic and in many ways his finest work.
81. (a) concise
(b) virtual
(b) marked
(d) limited
(e) relative
82. (a) individuality
(b) novelty
(c) originality
(d) complexity
(e) creativity
83. (a) unprofitable
(b) useful
(c) advantageous
(d) unreliable
(e) durable
84. (a) jettison
(b) delimit
(c) augment
(d) fortify
(e) explore
85. (a) admirably
(b) primarily
(c) inadvertently
(d) reluctantly
(e) happily
86. (a) depressed
(b) confirmed (c) alluded
(d) compelled
(e) adapted
87. (a) illuminating
(b) damaging (c) confusing
(d) critical
(e) unreliable
88. (a) compelling
(b) associating (c) contrasting
(d) describing
(e) advocating
89. (a) comparison
(b) analysis
(c) agreement
(d) elaboration
(e) acquaintance
90. (a) projected
(b) sustained
(c) prolonged
(d) prolific (e) attributed
Directions (91-100): Read the following passage carefully and
answer the questions given below It. Certain words are given
in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the
questions.
Management is a set of processes that can keep a
complicated system of people and technology running
smoothly. The most important aspects of management
include planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling
and problem-solving. Leadership is a set of processes that
creates organizations in the first place or adapts them to
significantly changing circumstances. Leadership defines what
the future should look like, aligns people with that vision and
inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles. This
distinction is absolutely crucial for our purposes here:
Successful transformation is 70 to 90 percent leadership and

only 10 to 30 percent management. Yet for historical reasons,
many organization today don't have much leadership. And
almost everyone thinks about the problems here as one of
managing change.
For most of this century, as we created thousands and
thousands of large organizations for the first time in human
history, we didn't have enough good managers to keep all
those bureaucracies functioning. So many companies and
universities developed management programmes, and
hundreds and thousands of people were encouraged to learn
management on the job and they did. But, people were
taught little about leadership. To some degree, management
was emphasized because it's easier to teach than leadership.
But even more so, management was the main item on the
twentieth century agenda because that's what was needed.
For every entrepreneur or business builder who was a leader,
we needed hundreds of managers to run their ever growing
enterprises.
Unfortunately for us today, this emphasis on
management has often been institutionalized in corporate
cultures that discourage employees from learning how to
lead. Ironically past success in usually the key ingredient in
producing this outcome. The syndrome, as I have observed it
on many occasions, goes like this: success creates some
degree of market dominance which in turn produces much
growth. After a while keeping the ever larger organization
under control becomes the primary challenge. So attention
turns inward, and managerial competencies are nurtured.
With a strong emphasis on management but not on
leadership, bureaucracy and an inward focus take over. But
with continued success, the result mostly of market
dominance, the problem often goes unaddressed and an
unhealthy arrogance begins to evolve. All of these
characteristics then make any transformation effort much
more difficult.
Arrogant managers can over-evaluate their current
performance and competitive position, listen poorly, and
learn slowly. Inwardly focused employees can have difficulty
seeing the very forces that present threats and opportunities.
Bureaucratic cultures can smother those who want to
respond to shifting conditions. And the lack of leadership
leaves no force inside these organizations to break out of the
morass.
91. Why, according to the author, is a distinction between
management and leadership crucial?
(a) Leaders are reactive whereas managers are proactive.
(b) Organisations are facing problem of not getting good
managers.
(c) Organisations are pursuing the strategy of statusquo.
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92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
(d) In todays context, organizations need leaders much

more than managers in transforming them.
(e) None of these
Why did companies and universities develop
programmes to prepare managers in such a large
number?
(a) Companies and universities wanted to generate funds
through these programmes.
(b) A large number of organizations were created and
needed managers in good number.
(c) Organisations did not want to spend their scarce
resources in training managers.
(d) Organisations wanted to create communication
network through trained managers.
(e) None of these
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the
context of the passage?
(a) Bureaucratic culture can smother those who want to
respond to changing conditions?.
(b) Leadership produces change and has the potential to
establish direction.
(c) Pressure on managers comes mostly from within.
(d) Leadership centres on carrying out important
functions such as planning and problem-solving.
(e) Managers believe that they are the best and that their
idiosyncratic traditions are superior.
Which of the following is not the characteristic of
bureaucratic culture?
(a) Managers listen poorly and learns slowly.
(b) Managerial competencies are nurtured.
(c) Employees clearly see the forces that present threats
and opportunities.
(d) Prevalence of unhealthy arrogance.
(e) Managers tend to stifle initiative and innovation.
Which of the following is SIMILAR in meaning to the word
smother as used in the passage?
(a) suppress
(b) encourage (c) instigate
(d) criticize
(e) attack
How has the author defined management?
(a) It is the process of adapting organizations to changing
circumstances.
(b) It is the system of aligning people with the directions
it has taken.
(c) It refers to creating a vision to help direct the change
effort.
(d) Creating better performance through customer
orientation.
(e) None of these
Management education was emphasized in the
management programmes because
(a) establishing direction was the main focus of

organizations.
(b) motivating employees was thought to be done by
managers.
(c) strategies for producing change was the main focus of
organizations.
(d) organizations wanted to create powerful guiding
coalition.
(e) management was the main item of agenda in
organizations.
98. What is the historical reason for many organizations not
having leadership?
(a) A view that leaders are born, they are not made.
(b) Leaders lack managerial skills and organizations
(c) Leaders are weak in carrying out traditional functions
of management.
(d) Leaders allow too much complacency in
organizations.
(e) None of these
99. In the passage management is equated with
(a) organisation
(b) leadership
(c) organizational vision
(d) bureaucracy
(e) managerial training
100. Which fo the following is SIMILAR in meaning to the
word nurtured as used in the passage?
(a) created
(b) developed (c) thwarted
(d) surfaced
(e) halted
Solutions
1. (4)
2.
(2)
3.
(2)
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13. (4) Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel
14. (1) Bowler
15. (2) Batsman and all rounder
4.
(5)
5.
(5)
(6-10)
Team
Pakistan
India
South Africa
West Indies
Australia
Srilanka
Kenya
Venue
Ranchi
Nagpur
Cuttack
Chandigarh
Mumbai
Delhi
Chennai
Day
Saturday
Thursday
Wednesday
Sunday
Monday
Friday
Tuesday
6. (5)
7. (2)
8. (1)
9. (3)
10. (4)
(11-15) :
Batsman = BT, Bowler = BW, All rounder = AR
Name
BT
BW
AR
X
X
Hashim Amla
X
X
X
X
De Villiers
X
X
X
X
Dale Steyn
X
X
X
X
JP Duminy
X
X
X
X
Imran Tahir
X
X
X
X
Morne Morkel
X
X
X
X
David Miller
X
X
X
X
Dean Elgar
X
X
11. (5) JP Duminy, Dean Elgar, David Miller
12. (3) and
(16-20)
Word arrangement machine first arranges words having
first letter vowel in alphabetical order, after that words
having first letter consonant will be arranged in alphabetical
order. Alternately the numbers are chosen such that
greatest, lowest, 2nd greatest, 2nd lowest and so on.
16. (3)
Step II :- after 89 she 38 wins 11 Olympics 22 the 7
Step III :- after 89 olympic she 38 wins 11 22 the 7
Step IV :- after 89 olympic 7 she 38 wins 11 22 the
Step V :- after 89 olympic 7 she 38 the wins 11 22
17. (2) eat 22 ice-cream 3 umbrella 9 cat 5 fast
18. (3)
Input : - elephant 17 free open 41 27 danger 15
Step 1 :- elephant 41 17 free open 27 danger 15
Step 2 :- elephant 41 open 17 free 27 danger 15
Step 3 :- elephant 41 open 15 17 free 27 danger
Step 4 :- elephant 41 open 15 danger 17 free 27
Step 5 :- elephant 41 open 15 danger 27 17 free
Step 6 :- elephant 41 open 15 danger 27 free 17
19. (4)
20. (2)
(21-25)
@
X
=
+
#
21. (4)
22. (5)
23. (2)
24. (3)
25. (4)
(26-28)
26. (4) I is not advisable because of two reasons. First, it is
not prudent to take action against all such employees
because there may be some employees who are on
leave for genuine reasons. Second, a proper enquiry
must be made and a notice should be sent to such
employees in this regard. Taking hasty action does
not seem judicious. In other words, course of action I
is a harsh one hence not advisable. Course of action II
is also not advisable on similar grounds.
27. (5) I is advisable because it will reduce the menace of
accidents by putting a check on the load on rail lines.
II is also advisable because uprgadation and
introduction of new technology will ensure more
safety to a great extent.
28. (5) Both I and II are advisable. Efforts made by major
firms collaboratively will be paragmatic approach.
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Hence I is advisable. II is also advisable because this
will reduce the menace up to some extent.
(29-30)
29. (4) Govt. does not have enough resources to continue
providing subsidy on petroleum products.
30. (1) People in India may not be able to pay more for
petroleum products.
31. (2) Area of sqare, x2=407044
X = 638 cm
Circumference of circle = 2 R
R = 638
Area of circle = R2
=
(
)
= 32378.5
32. (1) Let 1 women complete the work in n days alone.
Now, Remained work = 1
Therefore,
16 hrs 55 min 12 sec.

43. (2) Average speed =
= 50
44. (4) Average speed B =
=
Average speed C =
=
Required % =
= 86% (approx)
45. (5) Req%=
46. (3) When each of the two commodities is sold at the
same price and a profit of x% is made on the first and a
loss of x% is made on the second, then there is always
loss and the value is given by
Here, % value =10
Required answer =
loss.
47. (3) Required probability =

n = 150
to finish the remained part by 10 women only.
They will take =
days.
33. (3) Let the maximum marks be x
According to the question
5% of x = 296
X=740
34. (5) Total weight of the mixture = 15+25 = 40kg.
Total cost price of the mixture
= (15
)
C.P of mixture per kg =
35. (1) Work done by (A+B) in 4 days and A alone in 2 days
=
Remaining work = 1
36. (4) Total marks = 60% of 100 + 86% of 150+88% of 75
+74% of 150+94% of 150+76% of 75 + 84% of 50
= 606
37. (5) Required average marks
=
38.
39.
40.
41.
=
(3) Two Amit and Diksha
(2) Required% =
(1) Diksha
(3) If the distance travelled be x km
Then, required ratio =
42. (1) Required time =
hrs.
=
48. (4) Let the present age of Ranjana and Rakhi be 15x and
17x
X=2
Age of Ranjana after 6 years
36 years.
49. (2) S.I. =7200
R=
C.I = 20000[(1+ )
]
= 8098.56
50. (2) Let the investment of Ninad = x
investment of Vikas = 2x
investment of Manav = 3x
Ratio of them investment
x
v
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
(2); Series is
,
(4); Series is +0.2,
)
(1); Series is +23,+(23 ) (
(5); Series is
(3); Series is
(1)
(1)
(2)
(2)49-35+21=35
(2)
(d); exhibited, forms is the correct use.
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62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
Exhibited means to show, make visible or apparent.

85.
Forms means a particular way in which a thing exists or 86.
appears.
87.
(a); successful, drawing is the correct use.
88.
Successful means accomplishing a desired aim or result. 89.
(d); stationary, retrogrades is the correct use.
90.
Stationary means not moving or not intended to be 91.
moved.
Retrogrades means a degenerate person.
(e); virtue, reversed is the correct use.
92.
Virtue means a good and moral quality.
Revered means to have great respect for something.
(e); knew, store is the correct use.
to have in store for someone means to happen in 93.
future.
(b); height, appreciate is the correct use.
Appreciate means to recognize the full worth of.
(a); encouraged, reinforce is the correct use.
Encouraged means to give support, confidence, or hope 94.
to (someone).
Reinforce means to strengthen or support (an object or
substance).
(a); brought, passing is the correct use.
95.
Brought means cause (someone or something) to be in
a particular state or condition.
96.
(d); commitment, sustaining is the correct use.
Commitment means the state or quality of being
dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.
97.
Sustaining means to keep in existence; maintain,
continue, or prolong.
(c); instances, force is the correct use.
98.
Instances means an example or single occurrence of 99.
something.
100.
Force means to make (someone) do something.
(b); Change not only equipped to equipped not only as
not only but also is a conjunction which is used to join
nouns, pronouns etc but as far as adjective are concerned ,
it joins two desirable adjective.
(a); Add other after no as no will be followed by other if
one is compared with all others of same variety.
(c); Change for to on.
(e); No error
(d); Change have into has as subject the subject which is
singular is followed by singular subject has.
(e); CBDA
(a); DCAB
(c); CBAD
(b); BDAC
(d); CDBA
(c)
(d)
(a)
(e)
(b)
(d)
(a)
(b)
(e)
(d)
(d); This distinction is absolutely crucial for our purposes
here: Successful transformation is 70 to 90 percent
leadership and only 10 to 30 percent management.
(b); For most of this century, as we created thousands and
thousands of large organizations for the first time in human
history, we didn't have enough good managers to keep all
those bureaucracies functioning.
(d); Management is a set of processes that can keep a
smoothly. The most important aspects of management
include planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling
and problem-solving.
(c); Inwardly focused employees can have difficulty seeing
the very forces that present threats and opportunities.
Bureaucratic cultures can smother those who want to
respond to shifting conditions.
(a); Smother means is to overwhelm or suffocate. So,
suppress is the word which is similar in meaning to it.
(e); Management is a set of processes that can keep a
smoothly.
(e); But even more so, management was the main item on
the twentieth century agenda because that's what was
needed.
(e)
(d)
(b); Nurtured
Meaning- help or encourage the development of. So,
developed is the word which is similar in meaning to it.
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What to do for getting Good Score in IBPS SO ?

Dear Readers,
IBPS Clerk is over now and all eyes are on Specialist Officer.
The paper is just few weeks away and most of you must be
thinking of scoring good in Professional Knowledge section.
But friends, we hope that you still remember that there are
other sections as well where you can take the lead. This
article will show you the way to score good in all sections but
professional knowledge section.
Let us start with Reasoning which proved to be the toughest
in the IBPS PO exam.
Reasoning Ability:
The past experiences say that Never Leave It Up To Reasoning
Only. Yes friends, IBPS PO Mains exam proved that Reasoning
can also become very tough if IBPS wishes. The paper level
was quite high and those who panicked couldn't handle the
pressure and that became the reason for their rejection.
Though this much level is not expected in Specialist Officer,
but who knows, what might come in the exam.
This section will have minimum 3-4 puzzles, with questions
on Syllogisms, Direction Sense, Coding Decoding, Inequalities,
Logical Reasoning and Data Sufficiency etc. This tests your
mental aptitude and skills in attempting the questions. If
practised properly, this might become scoring one. Below are
the topics that you should target for Specialist Officer
Reasoning section.
i. Classification
ii. Coding-Decoding
iii. Direction and Distance
iv. Ordering and ranking
v. Syllogism
vi. Blood relations
vii. Sitting arrangement/Puzzle
viii. Arrangement and pattern
ix. Classification/Analogy
x. Mathematical Inequalities
xi. Coded Inequalities
xii. Logical Reasoning
English Language:
This section has the special feature and no one can be 100%
sure about the attempts in this section. What you need to
target is to score safe and move forward. This strategy is
proved to be the best. If you indulge yourself in this section
then this might cost you more time. The topics covered in
this sections are:
1. Reading Comprehension
2. Vocabulary
3. Synonyms & Antonyms
4. Sentence Completion
5. Error Detection
6. Para-Jumbles
7. Cloze Test
Quantitative Aptitude:
This section is one of the sections, that has been quite
constant for a while. This is the section which is the most
time consuming one in the exam. The approach should be
different for this section. You have to chose easy questions
first and then go for the tough ones. Don't go for all the
questions as you have sectional cut-off to clear. Manage your
time accordingly and you will be through. The good thing to
start with is the DI. And then quadratic equations would be a
good choice. and then go for the rest.
i. Simplification
ii. HCF & LCM
iii. Number series
iv. Problems based on numbers
v. Data Interpretation
vi. Speed Time And Distance
vii. Percentage, Average
viii. Ratio and Proportion
ix. Profit and loss
x. Simple interest and Compound interest
xi. Time and Work
xii. Probability
xiii. Number Series
xiv. Permutation and Combination
So friends, the gist of the above can be taken as Go With The
Easy One first.
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IBPS SO PRACTICE SET

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING
Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information and answer the
questions given below.
In a conference 8 people Pappu, Kalu, Chotu, Bikki, Golu, Tina, Reena
and Payal from different cities Begusarai, Khagaria, Munger,
Bhagalpur, Mokama, Muzzafarpur, Purnia and Katihar not
necessarily in same order sitting around a rectangular table. 3
persons are sitting on each longer side and each on the smaller
sides. Bikki is sitting second to the right of the person who is from
Katihar. Golu is sitting third to the left of the person who is from
Muzzafarpur. Tina and Reena are sitting opposite each other. Chotu
is sitting diagonally opposite the person from Purnia. Kalu is sitting
opposite the person who is from Begusarai. The person from Bhagalpur
is sitting second to the right of the person from Mokama and second to
the left of Pappu, who is not sitting near the person who is from
Purnia. Reena is sitting on the smaller side and to the right of the
person who is from Purnia. Persons from Mokama and Bhagalpur are
not on the same side of the table. The person from Bhagalpur is
sitting third to the right of the person from Katihar, who is not
sitting diagonally opposite the person from Khagaria. The person
from Bhagalpur is third to the left of Chotu. Tina sits second to the left
of Payal. The person from Khagaria sits opposite to the person
from Mokama.
1. Who is sitting third to the right of the person from
Muzzafarpur?
1)Golu
2) Person from Mokama
3)Pappu
4) Person from Purnia
5) None of these
2. Who is definitely sitting diagonally opposite to Bikki?
1) Pappu
2) Chotu
3) Person from Khagaria 4) Person from Munger
3. According to the sitting arrangement what will come in place
of question mark?
Bikki : Bhagalpur :: Chotu : ?
1) Muzzafarpur
2) Mokama
3) Munger
4) Katihar
5) None of these
4. From which city does Pappu belong?
1) Khagaria
2) Begusarai
3) Mokama
4) Katihar
5. Which of the following combinations is definitely correct?
1) Payal Katihar
2) Bikki Mokama
3) Pappu Munger
4) Reena Bhagalpur
5) None of these
Directions (6-10): Read the following information carefully and
answer the given questions.
Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work in three different
companies: Career Power, HCL and Infosys. Out of these, two
are female who work in different companies and have different
specializations. Two of them are specialists in Finance, two in

HR, two in Marketing and one each is an Engineer and a
Computer Specialist. D, working in a company Career Power has
specialized in HR and her friend G, a Finance Specialist is working
in company Infosys. H, an HR specialist, is working with B, a
Marketing Specialist and does not work in company HCL. C is not
a Computer Specialist. No two people with the same
specialization work together. F is a specialist in Marketing
working in company HCL and his friend A has specialized in
Finance and is working in company Career Power with only one
another Specialist. Not more than three of them work in
company Infosys. No female is an Engineer or a Computer
Specialist.
6. In which two companies do the HR specialist work?
(1) Career Power and HCL
(2) HCL and Infosys
(3) Career Power and Infosys (4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
7. Who is the Computer Specialist?
(1) C
(2) E
(3) H
(4) Data inadequate (5) None of these
8. Which of the following represents the two females?
(1) DB
(2) DH
(3) DG
(4) Either (1) or (3)
(5) None of These
9. Which of the following is the specialty of C?
(1) Marketing (2) Finance
(3) Computer
(4) Engineer
(5) None of These
10. In which company does C work?
(1) HCL
(2) Infosys
(3) Career Power
(4) HCL or Infosys
(5) None of These
Directions (11-15): 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 given in the statements are
sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and
give answer:
(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 statement II alone
are sufficient to answer the question.
(4) if the data in both statements I and II together are not
sufficient to answer the questions.
(5) if the data in both statements I and II even together are
necessary to answer the questions.
11. How is J related to K?
I.
J's father P is the brother of N. N is K's wife.
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II. J is the son of P. P is the brother of N. N is K's wife.
12. On which floor of the building does G stay? (The building
has five floors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.)
I.
Only the even-numbered floors are occupied and G
does not stay on the second floor.
II. G does not stay on odd-numbered floor.
13. How many days did Raju take to complete his assignment?
I.
Mohit correctly remembers that Raju took more than 3
days but less than 9 days to complete his assignment.
II. Mina correctly remembers that Raju took more than 7
days but less than 11 days to complete his assignment.
14. How is the word 'GATES' coded in the code language?
I.
'BRICK' is coded as 'LDJSC' and 'PIN' is coded as 'OJQ'.
II. 'WATER' is coded as 'SFUBX' and 'DISH' is coded as 'ITJE'
15. Among A, B, C and D, which school has the highest number
of students?
I.
School A has fewer students than school D.
II. School C has fewer students than school D.
16. The economy grew by 4.7 per cent in the quarter ending
December, which was slightly better than the average of 4.6
per cent during the first half of the year.
Which of the following assumptions is implicit in the above
statement? (An assumption is something supposed or taken
for granted.
1) Growth figures are released quarterly.
2) Eight core industries grew by just 1.6%.
3) There is an unexpected measure of uncertainty in the
decision making.
4) Export grew at a slower pace during the three months
up to January.
5) GDP growth will figure prominently in the General
Elections.
17. It is astounding that 81.4 crore voters are eligible to
exercise their franchise through 9.13 lakh polling stations
and 10 crore more voters have joined the ranks of voters
since the election five years ago.
Which of the following can be inferred from the above
situation?
1) The Election Commission deserves applause for being
incharge of a complex service.
2) The Election Commission must be given credit for the
voteshare increase in the recently held elections.
3) All the parties will gain in their vote share with the
increase in number.
4) The Election Commission plays a vital role in the India
political system.
5) None of these
18. Most of pre-poll surveys show that in this election
Congress-led UPA alliance will get a maximum of 100 seats.
Which of the following is the best reason for the above
mentioned assertion?
1) This election will have corruption and mis-governance

as major issues and people will vote against the last ten
years of misgovernance by the Congress.
2) People will vote for the UPA as the claimed they have
done tremendous work in the last ten years.
3) Congress gradually forgot the aam aadmi and moved
towards safeguarding the interests of the corporate world.
4) The Congress could not control corruption in the last ten
years.
5) Inflation could not be controlled by the UPA
government in the last years and that impacted aam aadmi
very badly.
19. The entrance of AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) has given a new ray
of hope to the Indian political system.
Which of the following courses of action should best be
taken?
1) The AAPs chef, Arvind Kejriwal, is an honest man and
people should repose a lot of faith in him.
2) A lot of scams during the UPA tenure have given a ray
of hope to the Indian people.
3) The AAP should promise to set up an independent anticorruption agency to investigate corruption cases in the
capital.
4) The party should be given a fair chance of contesting
the elections.
5) None of these
20. By fixing a deadline of one year from the date of framing of
charges for the completion of trial involving the members
of parliament and legislative assemblies, the Supreme Court
has once again intervened effectively to give some
credibility to the idea of cleaning the polity.
Which of the following can be concluded from the above
passage?
1) This will help in reducing the scourge of criminalization of
politics.
2) The latest order will help address this problem by
empowering the trial court to refuse routine adjournments.
3) To implement the guidelines, the government must set
up more speedy trail courts, which will help them deliver
justice in time.
4) The steps taken by the apex court will help choose the
best people from their constituency and make the Indian
democratic system free from criminalisation.
5) None of these
Directions (21-25): Study the following information to answer
the given questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input
line of words and numbers rearranges them following a
particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and
rearrangement.
(All numbers in these questions are two digit numbers)
Input: 16 today 32 waiting 21 are 11 people 46 bus 66 long
Step I: 16 today 32 waiting 21 11 people 46 bus 66 long are
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Step II: 16 today 32 waiting 21 people 46 bus 66 long 11 are
Step III: 16 today 32 waiting 21 people 46 66 long bus 11 are
Step IV: today 32 waiting 21 people 46 66 long 16 bus 11 are
Step V: today 32 waiting people 46 66 21 long 16 bus 1 I are
Step VI: today 32 waiting 46 66 people 21 long 16 bus 11 are
Step VII: today waiting 46 66 32 people 21 long 16 bus 11 are
Step VIII: waiting 46 66 today 32 people 21 long 16 bus 11 are
Step IX: waiting 66 46 today 32 people 21 long 16 bus 11 are
Step X: 66 waiting 46 today 32 people 21 long 16 bus 11 are
Step X is the last Step of the arrangement of the above input as
the intended arrangement is obtained.
Now, answer the questions based on the following input:
Input: 23 you 13 wake 81 me 43 before 72 go 34 up
21. Which of these words /numbers would be fourth (from left
side) in Step IV for the input?
(1) me
(2) 43
(3) 81
(4) wake
(5) None of these
22. The following stands for which step of the rearrangement?
you wake 81 43 72 34 up me 23 go 13 before
(1) Step IX
(2) Step IV
(3) Step VI
(4) Step V
(5) None of these
23. Which of the following would be Step II for the above
input?
(1) 23 you wake 81 me 43 72 34 up go 13 before
(2) 23 you 13 wake 81 me 43 72 go 34 up before
(3) 23 you wake 81 me 43 72 go 34 up before 13
(4) 23 you wake 81 me 43 72 go 34 up 13 before
(5) None of these
24. How many Steps would be needed to complete the
rearrangement for the above input?
(1) X
(2) XI
(3) VIII
(4) VII
(5) None of these
25. Which of the following would be the last but one step for
the input?
(1) you 81 72 wake up 43 34 me 23 go 13 before
(2) you 81 72 wake 43 up 34 me 23 go 13 before
(3) you wake 81 72 43 up 34 me 23 go 13 before
(4) 81 you 72 wake 43 up 34 me 23 go 13 before
(5) None of these
Directions (26-30): In each question below, there are two or
three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III
and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if
they seem to be variance with commonly known facts and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the
given statements.
26. Statements:
All dell are acer.
Some acer are hp.
Conclusions
I. Some dell are hp.
II. All hp are acer.
III. Some acer are dell. IV. No acer are dell.
(1) I and II follow
(2) II and III follow
(3) I and III follow
(4) II and IV follow
(5) None of these
27. Statements:
Some turquoise are red.
All red are pink.
Conclusions
I. Some turquoise are pink.
II. Some pink are turquoise.
III. Some pink are red. IV. All pink are red.
(1) I, II and III follow
(2) II, III and IV follow
(3) I, III and IV follow
(4) I, II and IV follow
(5) All follow
28. Statements:
Some neeraj are panda.
All panda are cat.
Conclusions
I. Some neeraj are cat.
II. No neeraj are cat.
III. All cat are panda.
IV. All neeraj are cat.
(2) Either II or IV follows
(3) only I follows .
(4) Either I or III follows
(5) None of these
29. Statements:
Some cartoons are lazy.
No lazy are tomy.
Conclusions
I. Some cartoon are not tomy. II. Some cartoon are tomy.
III. Some tomy are not cartoon.
IV. Some tomy are cartoon.
(2) Only I follows
(3) Either I or II and III follow
(4) Either III or IV and I follow
(5) Either I or II and either III or IV follow
30. Statements:
Some meena are tina. No neena is meena.
Conclusions
I. Some tina are not neena.
II. All tina are neena.
III. Some neena are not tina. IV. All neena are tina.
(2) Only I follows
(3) Only III follows
(4) I and either III or IV follow
(5) III and either I or II follow
Directions (31-35): Study the following statement carefully and
answer the given questions.
In a certain code
arti favourite sweets kaju is written as pi li si xi,
saurabh iron man kaju is written as ti pi hi chi,
favourite man iron arti is written as ti chi si xi
sweets iron favourite dangerous is written as xi ni chi li.
31. What is the code for iron?
1) xi
2) chi
3) pi
4) ti
5) ni
32. chi xi pi hi could be a code for which of the following?
1) Favourite iron saurabh kaju
2) saurabh iron man kaju
3) sweets iron Favourite dangerous
4) cant be determined
5) None of these
33. What does xi stand for?
1) arti
2) man
3) Favourite
4) iron
5) None of these
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34. Which of the following may represent Favourite dangerous
kaju?
1) hi li pi
2) pi xi li
3) xi ni si
4) pi ni xi
5) None of these
35. What is the code for dangerous?
1) ni
2) ti or ni
3) si or ni
4) Cant be determined
5) None of these
Directions (36-40): In each question below is given a statement
followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of
action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for
improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the
problem, policy etc. on the basis of the information given in the
statement. You have to assume everything in the statement to
be true. Then, decide which of the two given suggested courses
of action logically follows for pursuing.
Give answer
(1) If only I follows
(2) If Only II follows
(3) If either I or II follows
(4) If neither I nor II follows
(5) If both I and II follow
36. Statement A phone was received at the district control
office from an anonymous person that there was a deadly
bomb in the secretariat.
Courses of action
I. Bomb defusing squad should be sent immediately.
II. The authority should not give any heed to this type of
hoax.
37. Statement The hygienic condition of the city X is not
good. Polythenes and garbage are littered all over.
Courses of action
I. The hygienic condition of the city X is a problem which has
been persisting over a long time and
cant be improved
immediately.
II. NGOs and Nagar Nigam should start a cleanliness
movement.
38. Statement Rajdhani Express was derailed while crossing
a bridge near city Y. This resulted in loss of life and
property.
Courses of action
I. An investigation committee should be set up to look into
the matter related to the accident.
II. Proper action should be taken against the accused.
39. Statement There is great fear among people that a
neighbouring country X will drop an atom bomb on India
within 24.
Courses of action
I. India should take initiative, drop atom bombs and destroy
the atomic centres of country X.
II. The President of India should talk to his counterpart of
country X.
40. Statement: The epidemic of porno websites is spreading in
India and thus harming Indian youths by degrading their
moral and ethical values.
Courses of action
I. Cabin facilities should not be given to Internet users.

II. Porno sites should not be allowed to be free sites.
Directions (41-45): Study the following information to answer
the given questions.
There are eight captains, namely Ponting, Dhoni, Pollard, Smith,
Brendon, Malinga, Afridi and Kevin, sitting around a circular
table, facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order.
Each of them is from a different cricket team, viz Australia,
South Africa, Bangladesh, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka,
India and Pakistan.
Pollard and Brendon are immediate neighbour of each
other. Neither Pollard nor Brendon is an immediate
neighbour of either Dhoni or the captain of Sri Lanka. The
captain of India sits second to right of Smith, who is the
captain neither of Sri Lanka nor of West Indies. Malinga sits
second to the right of the captain of Sri Lanka. The captain of
West Indies is an immediate neighbour of the captain of Sri
Lanka. Two people sit between the captain of West Indies
and Dhoni. Afridi and the captain of New Zealand are
immediate neighbours of each other. Dhoni is not the
captain of New Zealand. Only one person sits between
Pollard and the captain of Australia. Kevin sits third to the
left of the captain of Bangladesh. The captain of South Africa
sits second to the left of the captain of Pakistan.
41. Who among the following sit exactly between Dhoni and
the captain of West Indies?
1) Ponting and the captain of India
2) Pollard and Brendon
3) Kevin and Ponting
4) Pollard and the captain of New Zealand
5) Afridi and Malinga
42. Who among the following is the captain of Australia?
1) Pollard
2) Smith
3) Brendon
4) Malinga
5) Afridi
43. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the
one that does not belong to that group?
1) Kevin-Captain of Sri Lanka
2) Dhoni-Captain of Pakistan
3) Pollard-Captain of Bangladesh
4) Afridi-Captain of India
5) Smith-Captain of Australia
44. Who among the following sits second to the left of the
captain of India?
1) Smith
2) Captain of Australia
3) Brendon
4) Both 1) and 2)
5) Captain of Bangladesh
45. Which of these statements is/are correct?
1) Brendon is the captain of South Africa.
2) Pollard is the captain of Bangladesh.
3) Afridi is the captain of West Indies.
4) All 1), 2) and 3)
5) None of these
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answer the questions given below:
Sakshi, Sonal, Siksha, Sapna, Nancy, Kavita and Neha are
employees of different company. Each of them works on
different floors numbered from I to VII, but not necessarily in
the same order. Each of them wears a shirt of a different colour,
viz Blue, Green, Yellow, Sky Blue, Purple, Red and Pink but not
Sonal works on floor IV but she does not wear either Purple or
Sky Blue shirt. Siksha wears Blue shirt but she does not work on
floor II or VI. Nancy works on floor V and she wears a Red shirt.
The one who wears a Green shirt works on floor VII. Sapna
works on floor I. Neha wears a pink shirt. Sakshi does not work
on VII. The one who wears sky Blue shirts works on floor II.
46. Neha works on which of the following Floors?
1) II
2) III
3) VI
4) VII
5) None of these
47. Sakshi wears a shirt of which of the following colours?
1) Sky Blue
2) Blue
3) Purple
4) Yellow
5) None of these
48. Which of the following combinations is/are true?
1) Kavita - Yellow VII 2) Sapna Purple - I
3) Sakshi Green I
4) Both 1) and 3)
5) None of these
49. Who among the following wears a shirt of Green colour?
1) Sakshi
2) Kavita 3) Sapna
4) Cant be determined
5 ) None of these
50. Who among the following works on floor II?
1) Kavita
2) Siksha 3) Sakshi
4) Neha
5) None of these
Directions ( 51-56): Study the following table carefully and
answer the questions.
Population abstract of country X
States
Total
Rural :
Male :
Literate :
Percentage Graduates out of
Population
Urban
Female
illiterate
literates
Maharashtra
2250000
28 : 17
23 : 22
5:3
48
Madhya Pradesh
1642000
5:3
5:3
3:1
35
Odisha
1136000
11 : 5
9:7
11: 5
38
West Bengal
2480000
18 : 13
21 : 19
20 : 11
42
Tamil Nadu
2050000
16 : 9
13 : 12
3:2
56
Uttarakhand
248000
5:3
9:7
3:1
44
Jharkhand
960000
17 : 7
11 : 9
4:1
32
51. Urban population of Maharashtra and Odisha together is
56. What is the ratio between total female population of Tamil
what per cent of the total population of these two states?
Nadu and Jharkhand together and total male population of
(Rounded off to two digits after decimals)
these two states together, respectively?
(a) 32.49%
(b) 35.59%
(c) 38.55%
(a) 697 : 798
(b) 715 : 797
(c) 708 : 797
(d) 32.85%
(e) None of these
(d) 698 : 797
(e) None of these
52. Approximately, by what per cent is the urban population of
Directions (57-62): Refer to the graph and answer the given
Maharashtra less than its rural population?
questions.
(a) 33%
(b) 39%
(c) 49%
(d) 45%
(e) None of these
53. What per cent of the total population of West Bengal,
Odisha and Madhya Pradesh together is illiterate? (Rounded
off to nearest integer)
(a) 28%
(b) 34%
(c) 29%
(d) 31%
(e) 33%
54. What is the difference between number of graduates from
Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand?
(a) 366340
(b) 349185
(c) 388185
(d) 382340
(e) None of these
55. What is the total number of graduates from Odisha, West
Bengal and Maharashtra together?
(a) 1509695
(b) 1529559
(c) 1643780
I. Profit =Income Expenditure
(d) 1619455
(e) None of these
II. Per cent profit= (Profit/Expenditure)100
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57. If Cs income in 2008 was Rs. 369000 what was the per cent
profit in that particular years?
(a) 23%
(b) 28%
(c) 26%
(d) 19%
(e) 33%
58. What is the respective ratio between the total expenditure
of all the businessmen together in 2005 and total
expenditure of all the given businessmen given together in
2007?
(a) 12 : 11
(b) 52 : 45
(c) 8 : 7
(d) 45 : 50
(e) 16 : 13
59. If the per cent profit earned by all the given businessmen
together in 2006 was 45%, what was the total income (in Rs.
thousand) of the all given businessman together in that
particular year?
(a) 1820
(b) 1680
(c) 1640
(d) 1780
(e) 1740
60. Expenditure of businessmen A increased by what per cent
from 2004 to 2008?
(a) 12
(b) 120
(c) 108
(d) 118
(e) 115
61. What is the average expenditure (in Rs. thousand) of
businessman B among all the given years together?
(a) 426
(b) 422
(c) 434
(d) 448
(e) 438
62. If expenditure of business A, B, C increased by 5%, 6% and
12% from 2008 to 2009, then what was the total
expenditure (in Rs. thousand) of A, B and C in 2009?
(a) 1293
(b) 1417
(c) 1401
(d) 1381
(e) 1453
Directions (63-66): Answer the questions on the basis of the
information given below.
The production (in million tonne) of fertilizer by IFFCO Ltd.
during the period 2010-14.
The line graph shows the production (in million tonne) of

fertilizer at three plants A, B and C of IFFCO Ltd. during the
period 2010-14.
63. What is the percentage increase in the production of

fertilizer by IFFCO Ltd. From 2012 to 2014?
(a) 22.22%
(b) 34.44%
(c) 44.44%
(d) 48.22%
(e) 27.58%
64. For which year is the ratio of the production of fertilizer at
plant B to the total production of fertilizer by IFFCO Ltd. the
highest?
(a) 2010
(b) 2011
(c) 2012
(d) 2013
(e) None of these
65. The total production of fertilizer by all given three plants of
IFFCO Ltd. is what per cent of the total production of
fertilizer by IFFCO Ltd. In 2013?
(a) 20%
(b) 32.42%
(c) 28.72%
(d) 22.72%
(e) None of these
66. For which year during the period 2010-14 is the absolute
difference in the production of fertilizer at plant A and plant
C the lowest?
(a) 2010
(b) 2011
(c) 2012
(d) 2013
(e) None of these
answer the questions.
Mr. Hansraj is facing a decision problem. He has excellent
training products but is not sure about the demand for his
products. He wants to setup a training centre to provide training
programmes of Sr. executive, Jr. Executive and non-executive
level.
His financial advisor Mr. Altamas told him that, if he wants to
setup a non-executive level training centre, the total cost would
be on two counts. He first would be a fixed cost which is Rs. 2
lakh per annum besides; it would also entail a variable cost of
training per candidate. This would be Rs. 1000 per candidate
trained.
He further estimated that, if a training centre is setup for
conducting Jr. Executive and non-executive level training
programmes, the total fixed cost would be Rs. 3.2 lakh per
annum and the cost of training per candidate will be Rs. 750.
Mr. Altamas motivates Mr. Hansraj to setup a combined training
centre for Sr. executive, Jr. Executive and non-executive, the
fixed cost of which is Rs. 5 lakh per annum and the cost of
providing training per candidate is Rs. 500.
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67. What would be the volume that Mr. Hansraj should train,
where he would be indifferent between setting up a nonexecutive level and Jr. Executive level training centre?
(a) 495
(b) 490
(c) 480
(d) 475
(e) 485
68. What would be the volume that Mr. Hansraj should train
where he would be indifferent between setting up a training
centre for Jr. Non-executive level and Sr., Jr. and nonexecutive level?
(a) 710
(b) 720
(c) 730
(d) 740
(e) 750
69. What would be the volume that Mr. Hansraj should train,
where he could be indifferent between setting up a training
centre for non-executive and for all three categories?
(a) 450
(b) 500
(c) 550
(d) 600
(e) 700
70. Assume that Mr. Hansraj shares the same vision that Mr.
Altamas has and setup a training centre for all three
categories. In the first year, he manages to train 1200
candidates at Rs. 1250 per candidate. What would be his
profit?
(a) Rs. 3.2 lakh
(b) Rs. 3.6 lakh (c) Rs. 4 lakh
(d) Rs. 4.4 lakh
(e) Rs. 4.5 lakh
Directions (71-75): What should come in place of question mark
(?) in the following number series?
71. 66 64.5 60.8 54.9 47.79 38.66 27.51 ?
1) 16.44
2) 15.54
3) 14.34
4) 13.24
5) 12.14
72. 4 104 1320 12204 85876 ?
1) 419380
2) 429880
3) 439780
4) 449580
5) None of these
73. 24.5 32.2 39.9 47.6 55.3 ?
1) 59.9
2) 59.7
3) 58.3
4) 57.7
5) 56.7
74. 15 18 39.6 134.64 753.984 ?
1) 6235.385
2) 6336.280
3) 6563.620
4) 6785.856
5) None of these
75. 1 2 5 10 17 28 41 58 ?
1) 67
2) 69
3) 73
4) 75
5) 77
Directions (76-80): In the following questions two equations
numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the
equations and
Give answer
(1) if x > y
(2) if x y
(3) if x < y
(4) if x y
(5) if x = y or the relationship cannot be established
1/4
1/3
76. I.
x+
=0
II. (81) y + (343) = 0
3
77. I.
II. y + 9.68 + 5.64 = 16.95
( )
78. I.
II. 4y = - (589 4) + 5y
2
2
2
2
79. I. 12x + 11x + 12 = 10x +22x II.13y - 18y + 3 = 9y - 10y
7/5
3/5
1/4
1/4
1/2
80. I. (x 9) = 169 x II. . y y 7=273 y
3
81. Mr. X invested a certain amount in Debit and Equity funds in

the ratio of 4 : 5 respectively. At the end of one year, he
earned a total dividend of 30% on his investment. After one
year he reinvested the amount including dividend in the
ratio of 6 : 7 in Debt and Equity Funds. If the amount
reinvested in Equity Funds was Rs. 94,500, what was the
original amount invested in Equity Funds?
(a) Rs. 75,000
(b) Rs. 81,000
(c) Rs. 60,000
(d) Rs. 65,000
(e) None of these
82. Inside a square plot a circular garden is developed which
exactly fits in the square plot and the diameter of the
garden is equal to the side of the square plot which is 28
metre. What is the area of the space let out in the square
plot after developing the garden?
2
2
2
(a) 98 m
(b) 146 m
(c) 84 m
2
(d) 168 m
(e) None of these
83. Amit and Sujit together can complete an assignment of Data
entry in 5 days. Sujits speed is 80% of Amits speed and the
total key depressions in the assignment are 5,76,000. What
is Amits speed in key depressions per hour if they work for
8 hours a day?
(a) 4800
(b) 6400
(c) 8000
(d) 7200
(e) None of these
84. Profit earned by an organization is distributed among
officers and clerks in the ratio of 5 : 3 respectively. If the
number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and
the amount received by each officer is Rs. 25,000, what was
the total amount of profit earned?
(a) Rs. 22 lakh
(b) Rs. 18.25 lakh
(c) Rs. 18 lakh
(d) Rs. 23.25 lakh (e) None of these
85. A shopkeeper labeled the price of his articles so as to earn a
profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by
offering a discount of 10% on the labeled price. What is the
actual percent profit earned in the deal?
(a) 18%
(b) 15%
(c) 20%
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
86. The compound interest earned by Suresh on a certain
amount at the end of two years at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. was
Rs. 1,414.4. What was the total amount that Suresh got
back at the end of two years in the form of principal plus
interest earned?
(a) Rs. 9,414.4
(b) Rs. 9,914.4 (c) Rs. 9,014.4
(d) Rs. 8,914.4
(e) None of these
87. 4 men can complete a piece of work in 2 days. 4 women can
complete the same piece of work in 4 days whereas 5
children can complete the same piece of work in 4 days. If 2
men, 4 women and 10 children work together, in how many
days can the work be completed?
(a) 1 days
(b) 3 days
(c) 2 days
(d) 4 days
(e) None of these
88. Ms. Deepti Jain invests 11% of her monthly salary, i.e., Rs.
5,236 in Fixed Deposits. Later she invests 19% of her
monthly salary on Life Insurance Policies; also she invests
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another 7% of her monthly salary on Mutual Funds. What is
(E) None of the above
the total annual amount invested by Ms. Deepti Jain?
94. The cost of carpeting a rectangular Hall will be how much?
(a) Rs. 2, 11,344
(b) Rs. 17,612
(c) Rs. 1, 05,672
I. Perimeter of a rectangle is 60 m.
(d) Rs. 35,224
(e) None of these
II. Angle between width and hypotenuse is 30.
89. A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D in the ratio
III. The cost of carpeting the surface floor is Rs. 125 per
of 2 : 3 : 7 : 11 respectively. If the share of C is Rs. 2,755
square metre.
more that the share of A, then what is the total amount of
(A) Only I and II
money of B and D together?
(B) Only II and III
(a) Rs. 4,408
(b) Rs. 5,510
(c) Rs. 6,612
(C) Only I and III or only II and III
(d) Rs. 7,714
(e) None of these
(D) Question cannot be answered even with information in
90. A shopkeeper bought 150 calculators at the rate of Rs. 250
all three
per calculator. He spent Rs.2500 on transportation and
(E) All the three statements I, II and III together are
packing. If the marked price of calculator is Rs. 320 per
necessary for answering the question.
calculator and the shopkeeper gives a discount of 5% on the 95. How much marks was obtained by Mukesh in Geography?
marked price then what will be the percentage profit gained
I. The average marks obtained by Mukesh in English, History
by the shopkeeper?
and Geography were 65.
(a) 20%
(b) 14%
(c) 15%
II. The difference between the marks obtained by Mukesh in
(d) 16%
(e) None of these
English and History was 15.
Directions (91-95): the following questions are accompanied by
III. The total marks obtained by Mukesh in Geography and
three statements I, II and III. You have to determine which
Mathematics were 140.
statement/statements is/are sufficient to answer the questions.
(A) All I, II and III together are required
91. What is the two-digit number?
(B) Only I and III are required
I. The number obtained by interchanging the digits is more
(C) Only II and III are required
than the original number by 9.
(D) Even with all I, II and III together, the answer cannot be
II. Sum of the digits is 7.
determined
III. Difference between the digits is 1.
(E) Any two of I, II and III are sufficient.
(A) I and III only
(B) I and II only
Directions (96-100): What will come in place of the question
(C) II and III only
(D) All I, II and III
mark (?) in the following questions?
(E) Question cannot be answered even with the information 96.
( )
( )
in all the three statements.
(a) 3844
(b) 3721
(c) 3481
92. What is Sudha's present salary?
(d) 3638
(e) None of these
I. The salary increases every year by 15%
97. [(
) (
)]
II. Her salary at the time of joining was Rs. 10,000
(a) 2
(b) 8
(c) 382
III. She had joined exactly 5 years ago.
(d) 386
(e) None of these
(A) II and III only
(B) I and II only
98.
(C) All I, II and III
(D) I and III only
(a) 997091
(b) 997071
(c) 997090
(E) None of the above
(d) 999070
(e) None of these
93. What is the speed of the train?
99.
I. The train crosses 300 metres long platform in 21 seconds.
(a)
(b) 0.75
(c) 1
II. The train crosses another stationary train of equal length
in 192 seconds.
(d)
(e) None of these
III. The train crosses a signal pole in 9 seconds.
)
(
)
(
)
100. (
(A) Only I and II
)
(a) (
(b)
(c) 163.84
(B) Only II and either I or III
(d) 12.8
(e) None of these
(C) Only I and either II or III
(D) Only III and either I or II
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (101-110): Read the passage given below and answer
the questions that follow based on the information given in the
passage.
Right through history, imperial powers have clung to their
possessions to death. Why, then, did Britain in 1947 give up the
jewel in its crown, India? The independence struggle exposed

the hollowness of the white mans burden. Provincial self-rule
since 1935 paved the way for full self-rule. Churchill resisted
independence, but the Labour Government of Atlee was antiimperialist by ideology. Finally, the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny in
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1946 raised fears of a second Sepoy Mutiny, and convinced
British waverers that it was safer to withdraw gracefully. But
politico-military explanations are not enough. The basis of
empire was always money. The end of empire had much to do
with the fact that British imperialism had ceased to be
profitable. World War II left Britain victorious but deeply
indebted, needing Marshall Aid and loans from the World Bank.
This constituted a strong financial case for ending the no longerprofitable empire.
Empire building is expensive. The US is spending one billion
dollar a day in operations in Iraq that fall well short of full scale
imperialism. Through the centuries, empire building was costly,
yet constantly undertaken because it promised high returns. The
investment was in armies and conquest. The returns came
through plunder and taxes from the conquered. No immorality
was attached to imperial loot and plunder. The biggest
conquerors were typically revered (hence titles like Alexander
the Great, Akbar the Great, and Peter the Great). The bigger and
richer the empire, the more the plunderer was admired. This
mindset gradually changed with the rise of new ideas about
equality and governing for the public good, ideas that
culminated in the French and the American Revolutions. Robert
Clive was impeached for making a little money on the side, and
so was Warren Hastings. The white mans burden came up as a
new moral rationale for conquest. It was supposedly for the
good of the conquered. This led to much muddled hypocrisy. On
the one hand, the empire needed to be profitable. On the other
hand, the white mans burden made brazen loot impossible.
An additional factor deterring loot was the 1857 Sepoy
Mutiny. Though crushed, it reminded the British vividly that they
were a tiny ethnic group who could not rule a gigantic
subcontinent without the support of important locals. After
1857, the British stopped annexing one princely state after
another, and instead treated the princes as allies. Land revenue
was fixed in absolute terms, partly to prevent local unrest and
partly to promote the notion of the white mans burden. The
empire proclaimed itself to be a protector of the Indian peasant
against exploitation by Indian elites. This was denounced as
hypocrisy by nationalists like Dadabhai Naoroji in the 19th
century, who complained that land taxes led to an enormous
drain from India to Britain. Objective calculations by historians
like Angus Maddison suggest a drain of perhaps 1.6 percent of
Indian Gross National Product in the 19th century.
But land revenue was more or less fixed by the Raj in
absolute terms, and so its real value diminished rapidly with
inflation in the 20th century. By World War II, India had ceased
to be a profit centre for the British Empire. Historically,
conquered nations paid taxes to finance fresh wars of the
conqueror. India itself was asked to pay a large sum at the end
of World War I to help repair Britains finances.
But, as shown by historian Indivar Kamtekar, the
independence movement led by Gandhiji changed the political
landscape, and made mass-taxation of India increasingly
difficult. By World War II, this had become politically impossible.

Far from taxing India to pay for World War II, Britain actually
began paying India for its contribution of men and goods. Troops
from white dominions like Australia, Canada and New Zealand
were paid for entirely by these countries, but Indian costs were
shared by the British government. Britain paid in the form of
non-convertible sterling balances, which mounted swiftly. The
conqueror was paying the conquered, undercutting the
profitability on which all empire is founded. Churchill opposed
this, and wanted to tax India rather than owe it money.
But he was overruled by Indian hands, who said India would
resist payment, and paralyze the war effort. Leo Amery,
Secretary of State for India, said that when you are driving in a
taxi to the station to catch a life-or-death train, you do not
loudly announce that you have doubts whether to pay the fare.
Thus, World War II converted India from a debtor to a creditor
with over one billion pound in sterling balances. Britain,
meanwhile, became the biggest debtor in the world. Its not
worth ruling over people who are afraid to tax.
101. Which of the following was NOT a reason for the
emergence of the white mans burden as a new rationale
for empire building in India?
1) The emergence of the idea of the public good as an
element of governance.
2) The decreasing returns from imperial loot and increasing
costs of conquest.
3) The weakening of the immorality attached to an
emperors looting behaviour.
4) A growing awareness of the idea of equality among
peoples.
5) None of these
102. Which of the following best expresses the main purpose of
the author?
1) To present the various reasons that can lead to the
collapse of an empire and the granting of independence to
the subjects of an empire.
2) To point out the critical role played by the white mans
burden in making a colonizing power give up its claims to
native possessions.
3) To highlight the contradictory impulse underpinning
empire building which is a costly business but very
attractive at the same time.
4) To illustrate how erosion of the financial basis of an
empire supports the granting of independence to an
empires constituents.
5) None of these
103. What was the main lesson the British learned from the
Sepoy Mutiny of 1857?
1) That the local princes were allies, not foes.
2) That the land revenue from India would decline
dramatically.
3) That the British were a small ethnic group.
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4) That India would be increasingly difficult to rule. The
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5) None of these
104.Which of the following best captures the meaning of the
white mans burden, as it is used by the author?
1) The British claim to a civilizing mission directed at
ensuring the good of the natives.
2) The inspiration for the French and the American
Revolutions.
3) The resource drain that had to be borne by the home
countrys white population.
4) An imperative that made open looting of resources
impossible.
5) None of these
105. Why didnt Britain tax India to finance its World War II
efforts?
1) Australia, Canada and New Zealand had offered to pay
for the Indian troops.
2) India had already paid a sufficiently large sum during
World War I.
3) It was afraid that if India refused to pay, Britains war
efforts would be jeopardised.
4) The British empire was built on the premise that the
conqueror pays the conquered.
5) None of these
Directions (106-108): Choose the word which is opposite in
meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
106. Proclaim
1) declare
2) clarion
3) trumpet
4) predicate
5) deny
107. debtor
1) loanee
2) drawee
3) mortgagor
4) defaulter
5) mortagagee
108. hypocrisy
1) glibness
2) phoniness
3) honesty
4) quackery
5) deceit
Directions (109-110): Choose the word which is most similar in
meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage
109. imperialism
1) development
2) quackery
3) underprogress
4) failure
5) None of these
110. fresh
1) new
2) old
3) medium
4) light
5) None of these
Directions (111-120): Read the passage given below and answer
the questions that follow based on the information given in the
passage.
The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) and India Health Report on
Nutrition, 2015 (IHR), offer a critical analysis of the state of
nutrition in India. The first report, the India Health Report:
Nutrition 2015(IHR), provides easy-to-understand, State-wise
data dashboards that give a comprehensive view of nutrition
and its determinants. It looks at disparities in these outcomes
and their multiple determinants across geographical regions,

socio-economic classes, and demographic groups to help
identify strategic choices for policy-making at the State level.
In turn, GNR assesses progress in reducing malnutrition for
all 193 countries. It concludes that while India is on track to
meeting only two of the eight global targets on nutrition, it has
significantly improved its nutrition performance in the past 10
years. GNR notes that there has been a big increase in the
number of countries on track to meet global nutrition targets,
and encourages countries, including India, to establish specific
and time-bound targets for malnutrition reduction that are
consistent with the new Sustainable Development Goals.
Together, these reports paint several pictures about India, a
data-poor country. They portray one of great progress in
improving nutrition across India; stunting among children, a
marker of the most persistent types of malnutrition, has
declined rapidly in the last ten years. And this decline has been
faster than in many other countries. But as we dig deeper, there
are diverse pictures about the life conditions of Indian
children positive stories about childrens lives and futures in
Goa, Kerala, Manipur and Tamil Nadu, but dismal ones in Bihar,
Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. What cannot be debated is the
reality of deep, systemic inequality; of inequality in the
circumstances that children are born into, that they live and
grow in. For those of us who are worried about Indias economic
growth, these are also pictures of inequality that point to how
well these children will be able to contribute to Indias economic
growth and their own prosperity. Their poor nutrition stunts
more than their bodies. It stunts their well-being, and,
consequentially, that of their home States and their nation. Two
other things, both related to inequality, stand out as well in the
data. First, the data point to tremendous variability across States
in delivering what should be universal, rights-based and already
mandated health and nutrition services. For example, sample
this for intra-State disparity. Food provided by the Integrated
Child Development Services reaches barely 1 in 5 children in
Uttar Pradesh but over 90 per cent in Odisha. Less than 33 per
cent of children in Nagaland are fully immunised; in Goa, it is
more than 90 per cent. Close to 80 per cent defecate in the open
in Odisha; barely 2 per cent do so in Kerala. Why?
These are disparities across States that operate in the same
national framework, and there is, lets face it, no good reason
for this other than an inability or an unwillingness to invest in
changing ground realities, for everyone and everywhere. This is
not an insurmountable challenge and its certainly an area
where States can, if they want it, make dramatic change in short
timeframes. Examples abound from within India. The data in the
reports show that, clearly, the imperative for introspection, and
looking within for solutions was never clearer. No child should
go without basic health care, food security and things like water
and a toilet. Indeed, no adult should either. No society should
condone such inequalities in the basics. And no society has
progressed without addressing these basics.
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111.What are the disparities that states are facing in the
national framework?
I.Health and nutirition services
II.Variable food services
III.Inequality in education
1. III
2. II & III
3. I & II
4. I, II & III
5. None of the above
112. The Global Nutrition Report focuses mainly on the
1. Sustainable Development Goals
2. Comprehensive view of nutrition and its determinants
3. Indias economic growth
4. Intra-State variability
5. Progress in reducing malnutrition
113. Which of the following would be the suitable title?
1. State of nutrition in India 2. Global nutrition targets
3. Nutrition and its determinants
4. Progressive India
5. Inequality: A big challenge
114. According to author what is the biggest challenge that India
is facing?
1. Reducing progress in malnutrition
2. Inability to invest in education and health services
3. Unwillingness and inability to invest in basic facilities
4. High global nutrition targets
5. None of these
115. What is NOT TRUE according to the above passage?
I. Food provided by ICDS reaches to only few children in UP.
II.Nearly 80 percent defecate in the open in West bengal.
III.Less than 33 percent children in Nagaland are
immunised.
1. III & II
2. I,II & III
3. I & II
4. I & III
5. II only
Directions (116-118): Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE
in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
116. Persistent
1. assiduous
2. Unrelenting 3. interrupted
4. fixed
5. dogged
117. Diverse
1. varied
2. Assorted
3. separate
4. similar
5. distant
118. Mandate
1. edict
2. Bidding
3. order
4. abide
5. breach
Directions (119-120): Choose the word which is most similar in
meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage
119. Imperative
1. trivial
2. Free
3. obligatory
4. avoidable
5. Assured
120. Condone
1. condemn
2. Forbid
3. regard
4. forgive
5. censure
Direction (121-125): Which of the Phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4)
given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in
bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the

sentence is correct as it is, mark (5) as the answer.
121. The statement comes at a time when about 40, 000
delegates from across the world are present in Paris to
work out a plan to contain global warming by limiting the
rise in global temperatures.
(1) to work for a plan (2) to work for a planning
(3) to work as a plan
(4) to work at a plan
(5) No correction required
122. What is happening in Chennai is the result of what had
happened for 150 years in the developed world.
(1) of what has happened
(2) of what happened
(3) of what happening
(4) of what was happened
123. The journey from a student of art to taking up art as a
career is a tedious one where talent often remains
unrecognized due to lack of visible.
(1) owing to lack of visibility
(2) because of lack of visibility
(3) due to lack of visibility
(4) due to visibility
124. The crowd was brought under control by using force but it
took almost a five hours to disperse the mob.
1. as it takes almost five hours
2. but it took nearly five hours
3. as it required almost five hours
4. but it take almost five hours
5. No correction required
125. Now Amaravati is all set for transformation to a tourist
destination with financial assistance from two central
schemes.
1. is all set for transformation on
2. is all set for transformation into
3. is all set to transform to
4. is all set to transformation
5. No correction required
Directions (126-130): Each question below has two blanks, each
blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the
set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the
sentence as a whole.
126. Few professions can _________ the sheer variety and
constant _________ of being a doctor.
1) like, struggle
2) share, enthusiast
3) match, challenge
4) draw, workload
5) justify, exception
127. Many teachers _________ the lack of professional freedom
as the _________ for leaving the job.
1) cited, reason
2) explained, force
3) claimed. Understanding
4) argued, culprit
5) believe, ground
128. A public servant who is guilty will not _________
punishment and no _________ person will be punished.
1) be, sincere
2) flee, guilty
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3) defend, common
4) avoid, uninformed
5) escape, innocent
129. The Reserve Bank of India will be ____up an information
technology subsidiary to _______ to regulation and
supervision.
1) setting, improve
2) making, advance
3) giving, amend
4) taking, boost
5) filling, better
130. Unpredictable _________ of the child could not lead the
consultants to any _________
1) performance, setting
2) belief, judgment
3) operation, purpose 4) behaviour, conclusion
5) react, decision
Direction (131 135): Read each sentence to find out hether
there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error,
if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that
part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore
errors of punctuation, if any.)
131. Your over-independent on 1)/ others even for 2)/ trivial
matters may 3)/ prove disadvantageous. 4)/ No error 5)
132. People who are 1)/ fortunate enough to own 2)/ a
personal library are always 3)/ held in high esteem by me.
4)/ No error 5)
133. A small loaf of bread 1)/ given with affection 2)/ is far
superior to 3)/ a delicious dish served with indifferently. 4)/
No error 5)
134. Everybody know 1)/ that his failure can 2) be attributed
only 3)/ to his lack of practice 4.) No error 5)
135. Most of the popular tele-serials 1)/ are not only illogical 2)/
in their story line 3)/ but also crude in their presentation.
4)/ No error 5)
Direction (136-140); Rearrange the following six sentences (A),
(B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a
meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below
them.
(A) The group desired to enhance the learning experience in
schools with an interactive digital medium that could be used
within and outside the class-room.
(B) Then the teacher can act on the downloaded data rather
than collect it from each and every student and thereby save his
time and effort.
(C) Edutor, decided the group engineers, all alumni of the Indian
Institute of technology, when they founded Edutor Technologies
in August 2009.
(D) They can even take tests and submit them digitally using the
same tablets and the teachers in turn can download the tests
using the companys cloud services.
(E) With this desire they created a solution that digitizes school
textbooks and other learning material so that students no longer
need to carry as many books to school and back as before, but
can access their study material on their touch-screen tablets.
(F) A mechanic works on motors and an accountant has his

computer. Likewise, if a student has to work on a machine or
device, what should it be called ?
136. Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH
(LAST) after rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) F
(3) E
(4) B
(5) D
137. Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH
after rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) F
(3) E
(4) B
(5) C
138. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after
rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) D
(3) C
(4) E
(5) C
139. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after
rearrangement?
(1) F
(2) D
(3) A
(4) C
(5) E
140. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after
rearrangement?
(1) A
(2) B
(3) D
(4) E
(5) F
Directions (141150) : In the following passage some of the
words have been left out each of which is indicated by a
number. Find the suitable word from the options given against
each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to
make the paragraphs meaningfully complete.
Indias (141) on global warming so far has been that some
affluent countries would do what is needed and that the Indian
contribution would be in the form of mere (142) to them to do
something to reduce global warming; no talk of any (143) in
India. For example, deforestation seems to be a free-for-all affair
and reforestation, nobodys (144). In Tamil Nadu, a government
once (145) that while laying State and National highways, 100
saplings would be planted and maintained for every tree felled.
It remains a dream. Agencies have (146) to convert the tonnes
of garbage we generate into a source of electricity. Its again
inaction. Solar energy generation (147) the push it deserves. We
only know how to light lakhs of oil lamps and burst crackers, in
turn (148) air and noise pollution. What is the point of taking
(149) in a global conference unless there is a blueprint of
practical solutions and (150) by a leading nation in the
subcontinent?
141. 1) stance
2) stand
3) favor
4)burden
5)conference
142. 1) appeals
2) appease
3)appearance
4)reconsideration
5)range
143. 1.) success
2) movement
3) progress
4) degree
5) pressure
144. 1) guilt
2) liability
3) competence
4) influence
5) responsibility
145. 1) promised
2) wished
3)confirmed
4)rejected
5)capacity
146. 1) controlled
2) managed
3) committed
4) offered
5)extend
147. 1) needs
2) lacks
3) requires
4) provides
5) own
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148. 1) maintaining
4) creating
149. 1) part
4) effect
150. 1) increased
4) launched
2) leading
5)affecting
2) lives
5) away
2) ended
5) initiated
3) causing
3) participation
3) decreased
Solutions:
(1-5) :
1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. (1) 5. (4)

(6-10) :
Person
Gender
Company
A
Male
Career Power
B
Male/Female
Infosys
C
Male
HCL
D
Female
Career Power
E
Male
HCL
F
Male
HCL
G
Male/Female
Infosys
H
Male
Infosys
6. (3) 7. (2) 8. (4) 9. (4) 10. (1)
18. (1) The passage points to the predicted collapse of UPA

alliance in the General Election 2014.
19. (4)
20. (4) The passage talks about cleaning the Indian politics
from criminalization choice (1) cannot be considered
completely. But (4) can be considered as it substantiates
the conclusion fully.
(21-25):
Input : 23 you 13 wake 81 me 43 before 72 go 34 up
Step I: 23 you 13 wake 81 me 43 72 go 34 up before
Step II: 23 you wake 81 me 43 72 go 34 up 13 before
Step III: 23 you wake 81 me 43 72 34 up go 13 before
Step IV: you wake 81 me 43 72 34 up 23 go 13 before
Step V: you wake 81 43 72 34 up me 23 go 13 before
Step VI: you wake 81 43 72 up 34 me 23 go 13 before
Step VII: you wake 81 72 43 up 34 me 23 go 13 before
Step VIII: you 81 72 wake 43 up 34 me 23 go 13 before
Step IX: 81 you 72 wake 43 up 34 me 23 go 13 before
21. (1) 22. (4) 23. (4) 24. (5) 25. (2)
(26-30):
26. (5)
Specialisation
Finance
Marketing
Engineer
HR
Computer
Specialist
Marketing
Finance
HR
(11-15):
11. (2) Only Statement II is necessary to answer the question.
J is nephew of K.
12. (1) I. Using I only we can determine that G stays on 4th
floor.
II. Using II alone, we cannot determine if G stays on 2nd
or 4th floor.
13. (5) I. Raju can take 4 to 8 days to complete the work.
II. Raju can take 8 to 10 days to complete the work.
Using both the statements together, we can determine
that Raju took 8 days to complete
the
work.
14. (4) Codes of GATE cannot be found from any of the
statement.
15. (4) Even by using both the statements together we
cannot determine whether B has higher number of
students or D.
16. (1) A quarter is the common denomination of the
periods mentioned here.
17. (1) The passage points to the efforts taken by the
Election commission in adding peoples names in voters
lists.
27. (1)
28. (3)
29. (4)
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30. (4)
(31-35):
Kaju pi
Favourite xi
Arti si
Sweets
li
Iron
chi
Man ti
Saurabh hi
Dangerous ni
31. (2) 32. (1) 33. (3) 34. (4) 35. (1)
(36-40):
36. (1) I is advisable because it will be helpful in tackling the
problem. II is not advisable because even an anonymous
call cant be termed as a box without investigation and
inspection.
37. (2) I is not a course of action. II is advisable because it
will be helpful in reducing the problem.
38. (5) I and II follow
39. (4) I is not advisable because of several reasons. Firstly
we are not sure whether the fear among the people is
genuine. India should seek international support to
mount a pressure on the neighbouring country to curb
the menace. II is not advisable unless the veracity of bear
becomes clear.
40. (4) I is not advisable because it will create problem
regarding secrecy for internet users. II is not advisable.
(41-45):
Person
Sakshi
Sonal
Siksha
Sapna
Nancy
Kavita
Neha
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
Colour
Sky Blue
Yellow
Blue
Purple
Red
Green
Pink
Floor
II
IV
III
I
V
VII
VI
(3)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(b); Total Population of Maharashtra and Odisha
=2250000+1136000=3386000
Urban population of Maharashtra & Odisha
Therefore,
Required percentage
52. (b);
Required
(
percentage
)
(
(
)
53. (d); Total illiterate population of West Bengal, Odisha and
Madhya Pradesh
And total population of West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya

Pradesh
Therefore,
Required percentage (
)
54. (b); Number of graduates from Madhya Pradesh
of of 1642000
Number of graduates from Uttarakhand
41. (3) 42. (2) 43. (4) 44. (4) 45. (4)
(46-50):
248000=
Therefore,
required
of of
difference
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55. (c) Total number of graduates from Odisha, West Bengal
and Maharashtra together
Of of
of of 2480000+48%
64. (b); Ratio for the year
2010,
2011,
of of 2250000
2012,
56. (c); Total female population of Tamil Nadu and

Jharkhand together
Total male population of Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand

together
Therefore,
Required ratio
57. (a); Here, expenditure of C in 2008=Rs. 300000
Income of C in 2008=Rs. 369000
Profit of C in 2008
Profit percentage
58. (b); Total expenditure of all businessmen together in the
year 2005
Total expenditure of all business together in the year
2007
Required ratio
59. (e); Given, profit percentage in year 2006=45%
Now, 45
Profit
thousand
Profit=Incomeexpenditure
Income
(
) thousand
Income
thousand
60. (e); Expenditure of businessman A in 2004=260
Expenditure of businessman A in 2008=560
Percentage increase
61. (c); Average expenditure of businessman B among all the
given years together
62. (c); Expenditure of businessman A in year 2009
Expenditure of businessmen B in year 2009
Expenditure of businessman C in year 2009

Total expenditure of all three businessmen in year
2009
63. (c) Required percentage increase
2013,
2014,
Hence, it is highest for 2011.
65. (d); Total production of all given three plants in
2013
million tonne
Required percentage
66. (c); By visualization, it is 0 (zero), i.e. lowest for 2012.
67. (c); Let be the volume. So, the cost of training of
candidates in both of these should be the same for
indifference between the two options
i.e. 2 lakh+1000 =3.2 lakh+750
h
68. (b); Let be the value, then,
h
h
lakh
69. (d); Let be the volume. Then,
2 lakh+1000
lakh+
h
70. (c); Total sales
lakh
Total cost (for all 3 levels)
lakh
Profit=Total salesTotal cost
=15-11=Rs. 4 lakh
71. (3) the pattern of series is:
66 1.5 = 64.5
64.5 3.7 = 60.8
60.8 5.9 = 54.9
54.9 7.11 = 47.79
47.79 9.13 = 38.66
38.66 11.15 = 27.51
27.51 13.17 = 14.34
Digit of before decimal and after decimal both are
increased by 2 digit.
72. (2) The pattern of series is:
(4 + 22) 13 = 104
(104 + 42) 11 = 1320
(1320 + 62) 9 = 12204
(12204 + 82) 7 = 85876
(85876 + 102) 5 = 429880

7 3.5 = 24.5
7 4.6 = 32.2
136

7 5.7 = 39.9
7 6.8 = 47.6
7 7.9 = 55.3
7 8.10 = 56.7
15 1 = 15
15 1.2 = 18
18 2.2 = 39.6
39.6 3.4 = 134.64
134.64 5.6 = 753.984
753.984 9.0 = 6785.856
1+1=2
2+3=5
5 + 5 = 10
10 + 7 = 17
17 + 9 = 28
28 + 11 = 41
41 + 13 = 58
58 + 17 = 77
76. (1); I.
Hence,
80. (4); I.
II.
y=39
Hence,
81. (a); Let the amount in Equity funds in the original amount
be Rs.
st
Profit at the end of 1 year
Equity fund at the end of Ist year
Amount in Equity Funds in the original amount

82. (d)
II. ( )
3*y+7=0
Hence,
77. (3); I.
Reqd. Area
83. (c); Let, Amits speed is key depression per hour.

Sujits speed per hour (key depressions)
II.
As per questions,
(
78. (5); I.
( )
II.
Hence, No relation
=5.28
84. (c); If the total amount earned be Rs.

Then
=Rs.1 lakh
85. (e); Let the C.P. be Rs.
M.P.
S.P
79. (2); I.
(
)(
)
%profit
II.
(
86. (b);
)(
[(
(
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From II. In ABC,
Tan 30 =
Amount
87. (a) As per question,
Work of 2 men for 1 day
Work of 4 women for 1 day
Work of 10 children for 1 day
Work of (2 men+4 women+10 children) together for 1
day
(2 men+ 4 women+ 10 children) together will complete
the work in 1 day.
88. (a); Let the monthly salary of Ms. Deepti be Rs.
=Rs. 47600
Total annual amount invested
(
89. (d); Let the shares of A, B, C and D be Rs.

respectively.
Shares of B and D together
and
90. (b) Total CP= 150250 + 2500 =40,000

Total SP=M.P. 95% 150 = 45,600
(
91. (B) let decimal digit be x and unit digit be y

From I. 10x + y + 9 = 10y + x
X+1=y
From II. x + y = 7
From III.
Hence, by only I and II. We get the answer.
92. (C) By combining all the three statements together, we can
get the required answer.
93. (C) Let length of train be l m. and speed be v m/s
Now, From I.
From II.
From III.
Now, it is clear that we can get the value of l and v y using
Only I and either II or III.
94. (E) From I. 2(L + B) = 60
L + B = 30
. (i)
L: B =
Combining statements I and II, we can get the values of L
and B, i.e.,
L = 19m,
B = 11m (Approx.)
2
Area of rectangle = 19 x 11 = 209 m
From III,
2
Cost = Rs. 125 per m
All the three statements I, II and III together are necessary
for answering the question.
95. (D) From I.
Marks in (English + history + geography) = 65*3 = 195
From II.
English ~ history = 15
From III.
Marks of (Geography + Maths) = 140
Since, No relation between Maths, history and English is
given nor we create from the given information.
Hence, all I, II and III together, the answer cannot be
determined.
96. (b)
97. (c) ? = (
) (
)
?=
98
? = 60*8 98 = 480 98 =382
98. (a);
?=1002974 5883 = 997091
99. (e)
=
(
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(
)
(
)
100. (c)
? = 533.61 + 2361.96 1584.04 1147.69
? = 2895.57 2731.73
? = 163.84
101. (2); Refer to the second paragraph of the passage.
102. (4); Refer to the last line of the first paragraph, the second
paragraph and the last line of the passage.
103. (3); Though crushed, it reminded the British vividly that
they were a tiny ethnic group who could not rule a gigantic
subcontinent without the support of important locals
104. (1); The white mans burden came up as a new moral
rationale for conquest. It was supposedly for the good of
the conquered
105. (3); Refer to the fifth paragraph of the passage.
106. (5); proclaim
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Meaning- to announce officially or publicly. So, deny is the
word which is opposite in meaning to it.
107. (5); debtor
Meaning- a person who owes a creditor. So, mortgagee is
the word which is opposite in meaning to it.
108. (3); hypocrisy
Meaning- pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you
do not have. So, honesty is the word which is opposite in
meaning to it.
109. (1); imperialism
Meaning- a policy of extending your rule over foreign
countries. So, development is the word which is similar in
meaning to it.
110. (1); fresh
Meaning- recently made, produced, or harvested. So, new
is the word which is similar in meaning to it.
111. (3); Health and Nutrition services, Variable food services
are the disparities that states are facing in the national
framework.
112. (5); GNR assesses progress in reducing malnutrition for all
193 countries
113. (1); Read first two lines of the passage.
114. (3); No good reason for this other than an inability or an
unwillingness to invest in changing ground realities, for
everyone and everywhere
115. (5); Food provided by the Integrated Child Development
Services reaches barely 1 in 5 children in Uttar Pradesh but
over 90 per cent in Odisha. Less than 33 per cent of
children in Nagaland are fully immunized. Close to 80 per
cent defecate in the open in Odisha.
116. (3); Persistent
Meaning: continuing to exist or occur over a prolonged
period. So, interrupted is the word which is opposite in
meaning to it.
117. (4); Diverse
Meaning: showing a great deal of variety. So, similar is the
word which is opposite in meaning to it.
118. (5); Mandate
Meaning: an official order or instruction to do something.
So, breach is the word which is opposite in meaning to it.
119. (3); Imperative
Meaning: of vital importance; crucial. So, obligatory is the
word which is similar in meaning to it.
120. (4); Condone
Meaning: To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense)
without protest or censure. So, forgive is the word which is
similar in meaning to it.
121. (5)
122. (1); Replace of what had happened with of what has
happened as a sentence starts in present tense should
stay in present tense.
123. (3); Replace due to lack of visible with due to lack of
visibility as it conveys the proper meaning of the sentence.
124. (2); Replace but it took almost five hours with but it took
nearly five hours as it makes sentence structure
grammatically correct.
125. (2); Replace is all set for transformation to with is all set
for transformation into as into is used to show a change in
state.
126. (3); match, challenge is the correct use.
Match- a person or thing that is equal to another in quality
or strength.
Challenge- a call to someone to participate in a
competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in
terms of ability or strength.
127. (1); cited, reason is the correct use.
Cited- refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for.
Reason- a cause, explanation, or justification for an action
or event.
128. (5); escape, innocent is the correct use.
Escape- to break free, to get out of a situation you dont
want to be in.
Innocent- not guilty of a crime or offence.
129. (1); setting, improve is the correct use.
Setting- the place where something is positioned or where
an event takes place.
Improve- make or become better.
130. (4); behaviour, conclusion is the correct use.
Behavior- the way in which one acts or conducts oneself,
especially towards others.
Conclusion- the end or finish of an event, process, or text.
131. (1); Your over-dependence on is the correct usage. As
dependent is an adjective, its noun form will be used as a
subject.
132. (5); No error
133. (4); The word indifferently has wrongly been used. It
should be replaced with its noun form indifference.
134. (1); Everybody is a singular noun. Hence, the correct verb
should be knows, not know
135. (5); No error
For question (136-140); The correct sequence to form
meaningful paragraph is FCAEDB.
136. (4); B
137. (3); E
138. (2); D
139. (1); F
140. (1); A
141. (2)
142. (1)
143. (3)
144. (5)
145. (1)
146. (4)
147. (2)
148. (3)
149. (1)
150. (5)
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1. According to Fiedlers Contingency Model of Leadership,
which one of the following is a situational variable?
a. Leader Member relationship
b. Organisational System
c. Degree of task structure
d. Leaders position power
e. None of the above
2. The right sequence of steps in Kurt Lewins change procedure
is
a. Unfreezing Moving Freezing
b. Moving Unfreezing Freezing
c. Unfreezing Freezing Moving
d. Freezing Moving Unfreezing
3. Which of the following is not a traditional method of
organizational development ?
a. Survey feedback
b. Sensitivity training
c. Process consultation d. Managerial grid
4. Characteristics of Industrial Relations do not include :
a. Industrial Relations are outcome of employment
relationship in an industrial enterprise.
b. Industrial Relations promote the skills and methods of
adjustment and co-operation with each other.
c. Industrial Relations create complex rules and regulations
to maintain cordial relations.
d. Industrial Relations system creates an environment of
distrust and conflict.
5. Who are not the Actors of Industrial Relations?
a. Workers and their organizations
b. Employers and their organizations
c. Community and cultural associations
d. Government and the role of the State
6. Which of the following is a machinery for settlement of
industrial disputes ?
a. Indian Labour Conference
b. Joint Management Council
c. Industrial Tribunal
d. Standing Labour Committees
7. Which approach to job design has key element called the
task idea to job specialization?
(a) Engineering Approach
(b) Human Relations
(c) Socio technical Approach
(d) Job characteristics Approach
(e) None of these
8. Which of the following trends in the employment relations in

the new economic era is not correct ?
a. Declining stability and security
b. Declining labour intensity
c. No shift from contract of service to contract of service
d. Declining mutual commitment
9. Premature evaluation is a type of
a. semantic barrier
b. psychological barrier
c. organisational barrier
d. personal barrier
e. none of the above
10. Which of the following is not a feature of systems approach ?
a. A system is a combination of parts
b. Parts and sub-parts are related to one another
c. It is not necessary for a system to have a boundary
d. System transforms inputs into outputs
11. Which of the following organizations is a two-dimensional
structure ?
a. Functional structure b. Matrix structure
c. Line structure
d. Divisional structure
12. Where do the following activities fall in Kurt Lewins model
of change process ?
a. Unfreezing
b. Moving
c. Refreezing
d. None of the above e. All of the above
13. The scope of industrial relations does not include
a. Employer and Employee relations
b. Employer and Trade Union relations
c. Employer, Employee and Trade Union relations.
d. Employer and Customer relations
14.This is a barrier to advancement to the higher levels of the
organisation for women and minorities(a) Iron Gate (b) Glass ceiling (c) Bench Mark
(d) Diversity Programme
(e) None of these
15. Which of the following is not an adjudication machinery
under the Industrial Disputes Act ?
a. Labour Court
b. Court of Enquiry
c. Industrial Tribunal
d. National Tribunal
16. As a result of the New Economic Policy which of the
following has been badly affected ?
a. Trade Unions
b. Collective Bargaining
c. Strikes
d. All the above
17. Which of the following is not a tripartite body ?
a. Indian Labour Conference
b. Joint Management Councils
c. Standing Labour Committee
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d. Wage Boards
18. Which of the following is not a part of the structure of Trade
Union in India ?
a. Craft Union
b. Industrial Union
c. Company Union
d. Federations
19. The basic function of trade union is
a. To protect and promote the interest of the workers
b. Acquiring the control of industry by workers
c. Imbibing sincerity and discipline in workers
d. To provide cultural and recreational facilities.
20. Ravindra Verma was the Chairman of
a. Royal Commission on Labour
b. First National Commission on Labour
c. Second National Commission on Labour
d. Labour Investigation Committee
21. Which of the following aims to check inter and intra union
rivalry in India ?
a. The Trade Union Act
b. The Code of Discipline in Industry
c. The Inter Union Code of Conduct.
d. All the above
22. _____ are consistent with recent efforts by companies to
reduce costs, cut overhead, speed up decision making,
increase flexibility, get closer to customers, and empower
employees.
a. Wider spans of control
b. Narrower spans of control
c. Matrix structures
d. Simple structures
23. Which of the following is not a function of human resource
management ?
a. Planning
b. Organising
c. Directing
d. Accounting
24. Moonlighting means
a. Working simultaneously in two organisations
b. Working under moonlight.
c. Working in the night.
d. Encouraging employee to improve productivity
25. Which of the following is called a negative process ?
a. Recruitment
b. Selection
c. Induction
d. Performance Appraisal
26. The term conjunction is a state of relationship under which
the parties, instead of offering their best , offer the least in
the absence of which the relationship will break , is
developed by
a. Ian Clegg
b. Neil W Chamberlain
c. Kochan
d. E Durkheim
27. In ID Act, 1947, which one of the following is not a

adjudication machinery:
a. Labour Court
b. Industrial tribunal
c. National Tribunal d. Court of enquiry
28. Which one of the following does not come under the scheme
of workers participation in management in 1975 & 1977?
a. Joint Management council
b. Shop Council
c. Joint Council
d. Unit Council
29. The primary function of ILO is to formulate the international
labour standards in the shape of
a. Convention only
b. Recommendations only
c. Both a & b
d. Either a or b
30. The Bombay mill hands association under the president ship
of N M Lokhande which is often referred to as the starting
point of the Indian labour movement, was established in
a. 1878
b. 1879
c. 1890
d. 1891
31. Which of the following is not regarded as trade union
weapon?
a. Strike
b. Check off
c. Picketing
d. Boycott
32. Which of the following is not the long term objective of trade
union?
a. Establishment of Socialist Society
b. Nationalization of industries
c. Parliament of proletariat
d. Higher wages & Short hours of work
33. The first union led by Maniben Kara & Kamala Sinha (Two
women) in india was
a. HMS
b. INTUC c. AITUC
d. BMS
e. None of these
34. According to factory act 1948, which of the following is
correct?
a. 8 hours a day and 48 hours a week
b. 9 hours a day and 54 hours a week
c. 9 hours a day and 48 hours a week
d. 8 hours a day and 54 hours a week
35. Which of the following benefits is not found under the
employees state insurance act 1948?
a. Sickness Benefit
b. Maternity benefit
c. Dependents Benefit
d. Childrens allowances
36. Which of the following is based on contributory principle?
a. Maternity benefit act 1961
b. ESI act 1948
c. Workmens compensation act 1923
d. Old age pension scheme
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37. The Indian constitution is amended to incorporate which of
the following provision?
a. Payment of bonus act
b. Workers participation in management
c. Provision of gratuity
d. None of the above
e. Both a & b
38. Which of the following legislations makes provision of 240
days service equivalent to one year continuous service
a. The payment of wages act 1948
b. The ESI Act
c. The industrial dispute act
d. The minimum wages act
39. Employment Exchanges (Compulsory notification of
vacancies act 1959 and apprenticeship act 1961 represent
which of the following types of labour legislation
a. Protective Legislation
b. Social Security legislation
c. None of the above
d. All of the above
e. Both a & b
40. An employer has submitted Draft Standing Orders to the
certifying officer for certification. Which of the following will
apply till the final certified standing orders become
enforceable?
a. Nothing will apply
b. Model Standing Orders
c. Certified Standing Order of similar organization in that
locality
d. It will be decided by the employer
41. There shall be delegation of authority in the welfare fields,
either by election to committees, or by proper nomination,
according to
a. Principle of Timeliness.
b. Principle of Accountability
c. Principle of Evaluation and Assessment
d. Principle of Responsibility
42. The need for imparting necessary education to workers in
India had been emphasised first by
a. The Royal Commission on Labour
b. The Indian Industrial Commission
c. The Labour Investigation Committee
e. Both a & b
43. As per the Factories Act, 1948, a crche will be provided in
Factories where more than
a. 30 unmarried women are employed
b. 30 married women are employed
c. 30 women are employed
e. All of the above
44. Which of the following is an agency for providing labour
welfare facilities in Factories?
a. Management
b. Trade Union c. Government
d. NGO
45. Which of the following is not included under intra-mural

labour welfare facilities ?
a. Canteen
b. Crache
c. Hospitals
d. Shelter, Rest rooms e. None of the above
46. Which of the following is not a characteristic of labour
market ?
a. Same wage rate
b. More sellers than buyers
c. Heterogeneity in labour services
d. Limited mobility of labour
47. Which of the following factors affect supply of labour ?
a. Population and Labour Force Participation Rate
b. Skill, Experience and Job Qualification
c. Mobility of Labour and Organization of Buyers and Sellers
d. All the above
48. Which of the following cannot be said to be a type of wage
differential ?
a. Occupational Wage Differential
b. Geographical Wage Differential
c. Inter-industry Wage Differential
d. National Wage Differential
49. Fixing lower retirement age for workers will result in
a. increased supply of labour
b. reduced supply of labour
c. will have no effect on supply of labour
d. all of the above
50. Which of the following industries lead to seasonal
unemployment ?
a. Sugar industry
b. Construction industry
c. Ice-cream industry
d. All the above
Answer Key
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6
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10
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b
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c
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11
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16
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18
19
20
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b
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d
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b
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b
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21
22
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24
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28
29
30
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d
a
d
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d
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d
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c
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31
32
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34
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36
37
38
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40
Ans.
b
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c
c
d
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41
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IBPS SO- MARKETING PRACTICE SET

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
All of the following questions EXCEPT one would be

considered to be forms of information needs probes. Which
one?
a. What decisions do you regularly make?
b. What information do you need to make decisions?
c. What data analysis programs would you want?
d. What magazines and trade reports would you like to
see on a regular basis?
e. What products would be most closely matched to
consumer needs?
__consists of people, equipment, and procedures to gather,
sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute needed, timely, and
accurate information to marketing decision makers.
a. A marketing information system
b. A marketing research system
c. A marketing intelligence system
d. A promotional campaign
e. A marketing database
The companys marketing information system should be a
cross between what managers think they need, what
managers really need, and ________.
a. what the marketing research department is able to do
b. what consumers are willing to share
c. what the competition is doing
d. what is acceptable industry practice
e. what is economically feasible
A ________ is a direction or sequence of events that has
some momentum and durability; the shape of the future is
revealed and many opportunities are provided.
a. fad
b. fashion
c. trend
d. megatrend
e. style
More than any other group, the ________ cohort accepts
cultural diversity and puts personal life ahead of work life.
a. World War II
b. postwar
c. leading-edge baby boomer d. trailing-edge baby boomer
e. Generation X
The 21st century saw ________ markets grow more rapidly
again due to a higher birth rate, a lower death rate, and
rapid growth from foreign immigration.
a. suburban
b. urban
c. rural
d. coastal
e. secondary
Consumer expenditures are affected by ________.
a. savings
b. debt
c. credit availability
d. all of the above
People vary in their attitudes toward their society.
________ usually live more frugally, drive smaller cars, and
wear simpler clothing.
a. Makers
b. Escapers
c. Seekers
d. Changers
e. Developers
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
People vary in their attitudes toward society and react

accordingly. ________ are a major market for movies,
music, surfing, and camping.
a. Makers
b. Preservers
c. Escapers
d. Changers
e. Developers
With respect to the shortage of raw materials, air and water
are classified as _________ resources. However, as we
know, problems are beginning to plague both our air and
water quality.
a. infinite
b. near finite
c. finite renewable
d. finite nonrenewable
e. absolute
The task of any business is to deliver ________ at a profit.
a. customer needs
b. products
c. customer value
d. products and services
e. improved quality
In a hypercompetitive economy such as ours, a company
can win only by fine-tuning the value delivery process and
choosing, providing, and ________ superior value.
a. communicating
b. selecting target markets with
c. composing d. developing
e. researching
The traditional view of marketing is that the firm makes
something and then ________ it.
a. markets
b. sells
c. distributes
d. prices
e. services
Procurement, technology development, human resource
management, and firm infrastructure are handled in certain
specialized departments and are called ________.
a. materials handling
b. support activities
c. inventory activities d. primary activities
e. benchmark activities
The firm should estimate its competitors costs and
performances as ________ against which to compare its
own costs and performance.
a. competition
b. standards
c. challenges
d. benchmarks
e. moveable standards
To respond effectively and provide value delivery, the
company requires ________ to integrate major business
processes within a single family of software modules.
a. human resource management
b. internal auditing management
c. internal resource management
d. strategic management
e. marketing management
With respect to value delivery, ________ allows the
company to handle complex relationships with its trading
partners to source, process, and deliver products.
a. a value matrix
b. a global distribution policy
c. a business development strategy
d. business partnership management
e. total quality management
Which of the following is one of the four planning activities
undertaken by all corporate headquarters?
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
a. defining the corporate mission

b. establishing strategic business units
c. assigning resources to each SBU
d. assessing growth opportunities
e. all of the above
A clear, thoughtful mission statement provides employees
with a shared sense of purpose, direction, and ________.
a. profitability
b. target market feasibility
c. opportunity
d. continuous improvement
e. quality products
Most marketing plans cover ________.
a. one year
b. two years
c. three years
d. four years
e. five years
________ takes place when at least one party to a potential
exchange thinks about the means of achieving desired
responses from other parties.
a. Marketing management
b. Forecasting
c. Segmentation
d. Targeting
e. Distribution
Marketing management is ________.
a. managing the marketing process
b. monitoring the profitability of the companys products
and services
c. selecting target markets
d. developing marketing strategies to move the company
forward
e. the art and science of choosing target markets and
getting, keeping, and growing customers through creating,
delivering, and communicating superior customer value
In business markets, advertising can play a role, but a
stronger role may be played by the sales force, ________,
and the companys reputation for reliability and quality.
a. brand image
b. distribution c. promotion
d. price
e. performance
Global marketers must decide ________.
a. which countries to enter
b. how to enter each country (as an exporter, licenser, joint
venture partner, contract manufacturer, or solo
manufacturer)
c. how to adapt their product and service features to each
country
d. how to price their products in different countries
e. all of the above
Mohan Sawhney has proposed the concept of ________ to
describe a cluster of complementary products and services
that are closely related in the minds of consumers but are
spread across a diverse set of industries.
a. metamarket
b. vertical integration
c. horizontal integration
d. betamarket
e. synchronized marketing
The ________ process consists of analyzing marketing
opportunities, selecting target markets, designing marketing
strategies, developing marketing programs, and managing
the marketing effort.
27.
28.
9.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
a. marketing planning b. strategic planning

c. market research
d. opportunity analysis
e. share of customer
Managers of ________-oriented businesses concentrate on
achieving high production efficiency, low costs, and mass
distribution.
a. selling
b. product
c. production
d. marketing e. consumer
The feasibility of companies dealing with customers one at a
time has risen as a result of advances in ________,
computers, the Internet, and database marketing software.
a. improved communication flow
b. information technology
c. just-in-time manufacturing
d. factory customization
e. customer-centered strategies
Holistic marketing incorporates ________, an understanding
of broader concerns in the ethical, environmental, legal, and
social context of marketing activities.
a. safe product design b. cultural marketing
c. social responsibility marketing
d. cross-functional teams
e. direct-sales policies
The ________ holds that the organizations task is to
determine the needs, wants, and interests of target markets
and to deliver the desired satisfactions more effectively and
efficiently than competitors in a way that preserves or
enhances the consumers and the societys well-being.
a. customer-centered business b. focused business model
c. societal marketing concept
d. ethically responsible marketing manager
e. production-centered business
The ________ consists of all the organizations that acquire
goods and services used in the production of other products
or services that are sold, rented, or supplied to others.
a. business market
b. consumer market
c. e-commerce market
d. global market
e. supplier market
Business markets differ significantly consumer markets in
that business markets possess all of the following
characteristics EXCEPT ________.
a. fewer, larger buyers
b. close suppliercustomer relationship
c. professional purchasing
d. inverted demand
e. multiple sales calls
Ultimately, the amount of steel sold to General Motors
depends on the consumers demand for GM cars and trucks.
From the standpoint of the steel manufacturer, which of the
following demand forms is most pertinent?
a. Derived demand
b. Inelastic demand
c. Geographic demand
d. Relational demand
e. Static demand
The business buyer makes the fewest decisions in the ____.
a. modified rebuy
b. regular buy
c. straight rebuy
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d. new rebuy e. new task
35. The fundamental determinant of a persons wants and
behavior is the persons ________.
a. psyche
b. national origin c. culture
d. peer group
e. family tree
36. A child growing up in the United States is exposed to all of
the following values EXCEPT ________.
a.achievement and success
b. activity
c. efficiency and practicality
d. the importance of the group in daily life
e. freedom
37. Consumers often choose and use brands that have a brand
personality consistent with how they see themselves, also
known as the ________.
a. actual self-concept
b. ideal self-concept
c. others self-concept
d. prohibitive self-concept
e. suggestive self-concept
38. ________ portrays the whole person interacting with his
or her environment.
a. Attitude
b. Reference group
c. Lifestyle
d. Culture
e. Subculture
39. Brand associations consist of all the brand-related thoughts,
feelings, perceptions, images, experiences, beliefs,
attitudes, and so on that become linked to the brand ____.
a. stimulus
b. link
c. connection
d. personality
e. node
40. The five-stage model of the consumer buying process
includes all of the following stages EXCEPT ________.
a. problem recognition
b. information search
c. social interaction
d. purchase decision
e. postpurchase behavior
41. ____ are adept at building customer relationships, not just
products; they are skilled in market engineering, not just
product engineering.
a. Profit-centered companies
b. Customer-centered companies
c. Production-centered companies
d. Sales-centered companies
e. Promotion-centered companies
42. The opening vignette on Ritz-Carlton shows that successful
marketers are the ones that fully ________.
a. understand promotional strategy
b. diversify their product line
c. divorce themselves from a production mentality
d. satisfy their customers profitably
e. understand the sales concept
43. Total customer benefit is the perceived monetary value of
the bundle of economic, functional, and ________ benefits
customers expect from a given market offering.
a. psychological
b. intangible
c. realized
d. fabricated e. advertised
44. The bundle of costs customers expect to incur in evaluating,
obtaining, using, and disposing of the given market offering
is called the ________.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
a. organizational expense ratio

b. shoppers fatigue
c. total customer cost
d. analysis paralysis
e. comparison shopping to comparison buying ratio
Total customer satisfaction is measured based on the
relationship of ________.
a. anticipated and real performance
b. perceived performance and expectation
c. advertised outcomes and real outcomes
d. past experience and present experience
e. customer attitude and salespersons attitude
The ultimate goal of the customer-centered firm is ______.
a. high customer satisfaction b. high profits
c. low costs
d. maximum stakeholder satisfaction
the customers lifetime purchases.
a. Activity-based costing
b. Customer profitability analysis
c. Customer value analysis
d. Customer-perceived value
e. Customer lifetime value
The aim of customer relationship management (CRM) is to
produce high customer ________.
a. value
b. loyalty
c. profitability
d. satisfaction
e. equity
A customer touch point in the airline industry would include
an item such as ________.
a. reservations
b. mechanics ability to service the airplanes
c. ease of access to the airport
d. the value of air travel versus surface transportation
e. competency of a travel agent
When companies provide rewards to customers who buy
frequently and in substantial amounts, this is referred to
as_____.
a. benefit programs
b. frequency programs
c. satisfaction programs
d. loyalty programs
e. quality programs
Answer Key
Q. Ans.
1
e
2
a
3
e
4
c
5
e
6
b
7
d
8
d
9
c
10
a
Q.
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Ans.
c
a
b
b
d
c
d
e
c
a
Q.
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Ans.
a
e
d
e
a
a
c
d
c
c
Q.
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Ans.
a
d
a
c
c
d
a
c
e
c
Q.
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Ans.
b
d
a
c
b
e
e
b
a
b
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IBPS SO-IT OFFICER PRACTICE SET

1. int x, y=2, z, a; x=(y*=z)+(z=a=y); print f(%d,x);
(a) print 8
(b) print 6
(c) prints 6 or 8 depending on the compiler
implementation
(d) syntactically wrong
(e) None of the above
2. What is the meaning of x-=y+1;
(a) x=x-y+1
(b) x=-x-y-1
(c) x=-x+y+1
(d) x=x-y-1
3. Which of the following operators takes only integer
operand?
(a) +
(b) *
(c) /
(d) %
4. The resert of integer division is called as
(a) truncation
(b) rounding
(c) overflow
(d) All of the above (e) None of the above
5. The value of an automatic variable that is declared but
not initialized will be
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) 1
(d) un predicatable (e) None of the above
6. Tuple variables in SQL are defined in
(a) from clause
(b) select clause (c) where clause
(d) All of the above (e) None of the above.
7. What is (123)6 in base 11?
(a) (6)11
(b) (11)11
(c) (21)11
(d) (47)11
(e) (49)11
8. If the Disk head is located initially at 32, find the no. of
disk moves required with FCFS if the disk queue of I/O
block request are 98, 37, 14, 124, 65, 67;
(a) 310
(b) 324
(c) 315
(d) 321
(e) 388
9. In C++, a function contained within a class is called as
(a) A method
(b) An operator
(c) A member function
(d) A class function
(e) A variable
10. Which protocol is used to read email?
(a) SNMPC
(b) SMTP
(c) FTP
(d) NNTP
11. In a modem, which terms deals digital to analog
converter transmits signal
(a) equalizer
(b) Modulator (c) demodulator
(d) terminal
12. In a k-map, the adjacent squares represents min terms
that differ by
(a) one variable
(b) two variable
(c) three variable
(d) four variable
(e) All of the above
13. A compiler that runs on one machine but produces
object code for another machine is called
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
(a) Incremental compiler

(b) cross compiler
(c) Interpreter
(d) Assembler
In a compiler, grouping of character into tokens is done
in
(a) scanner
(b) parser
(c) code generator
(d) code optimizer (e) None of the above
Which statements is true about the programmable logic
array
(a) It produces the sum of the product as the output
(b) It produces the product of sum as the output
(c) both of the above
(d) Either a or b
(e) None
Which one is the correct statement?
(a) Bus is a group of information carrying wire
(b) bus can carry data or address.
(c) bus is needed to achieve reasonable speed of
operation
(d) only a and b.
(e) All a, b and c.
What is the function of overlay?
(a) It is a part of an operating system
(b) It is a specific memory location
(c) It is a single contiguous memory that was used in the
older days for running large programs by swapping.
(d) It is overloading the system with many user files.
What is the necessary condition of dead lock are
(a) Non-preemption and circular wait
(b) mutual exclusion and partial allocation
(c) either a or b
(d) both a and b
(e) None
19. If there are 32 segment, each of size 1 k bytes, then the

logical address should have
(a) 13 bits
(b) 14 bits
(c) 15 bits
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(d) 16 bits
(e) 19 bits
20. The total size of address space in a virtual memory
system is limited by
(a) The length of Memory address Register
(b) availability of secondary storage
(c) The available main memory
(d) All of the above
21. Which of the following is the FALSE statement?
(a) The amount of virtual memory available is limited by
the availability of secondary storage.
(b) Any implementation of a critical section required the
use of an indivisible machine instruction, such as test and
set.
(c) The LRU page replacement policy may cause hasking
for some type of program
(d) The best fit technique for memory allocation ensures
the memory will never fragmented.
22. The principal of locality justifies the use of
(a) Interrupt
(b) DMA
(c) polling
(d) cache memory (e) None of the above
23. Int i=10;
Void main ( )
{
Int i=20;
{
Int i=30;
Cout <<i<<::i;
{
{
(a) prints 30 20
(b) prints 3010 (c) prints 2010
(d) prints 1020
24. Pick up the correct statements regarding inline
function.
(a) It speeds up excution
(b) It slows down the execution
(c) It increases the code size
(d) both a and c
(e) both b and c
25. Which of the following testing methods is normally used
as the acceptance test for a software system?
(a) Regression testing
(b) Integration Testing
(c) Unit Testing
(d) Functional Testing
26. The meaning of Thrashing is
(a) Reduces pages I/o
(b) decrease the degree of multi programming
(c) Emplies excessive page I/o
(d) Improve the system performance
27. Which normal form is considered adequate for normal

relational database design?
(a) 1 NF
(b) 2 NF
(c) 5 NF
(d) 3 NF
(e) 4 NF
28. Let R=(A, B, C, D, E, F) be a relation scheme with the
following dependencies
CF, EA, ECD, AB. Which of the following is a key
for R?
(a) CD
(b) EC
(c) AE
(d) AC
29. A DBMS transaction is said to be atomic, which one of
following is true?
(a) All its instructions are either committed or aborted.
(b) All its instruction are committed without interruption.
(c) It contains only one instruction.
(d) All of the above.
(e) None
30. The diagram that helps in understanding and
representing user requirements for a software project
using UML is:
(a) Entity Relationship diagram
(b) use case diagram
(c) data flow diagram
(d) deployment diagram
31. Which of the following layer in the OSI model has the
responsibility of password verification?
(a) session layer
(b) physical layer(c) Data link layer
(d) Network layer (e) Transport layer
32. When an application begins searching a binary tree, it
starts at
(a) The outer most node
(b) The middle node, halfway between the root and the
longest branch
(c) The root node
(d) The rightmost child of the root node.
(e) None
33. Which of the following characteristics is not part of a
network protocol?
(a) Character length
(b) baud rate
(c) BIOS (Basic input/output system)
(d) parity
34. Bridge are capable of which:
(a) Expanding the length of a network segment
(b) Acting as a firewall
(c) segmenting network
(d) communication of computers on a LAN
(e) None
35. A page fault :
(a) occurs when a program accesses an available page of
memory
(b) is an error in a specific page
(c) is a refrence to a page belonging to another program
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36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
(d) occurs when a program accesses a page not currently

in memory
The infix expression A+(B-C)*D is correctly represented is
prefix notation as
(a) A+B-C*D
(b) +A*-BCD
(c) ABC-D*+
(d) A+BC-D*
Software engineering primarily aims on developing
(a) Reliable software (b) Cost effective
(c) Both a and b
(d) either a or b
Which of the following joins is also called as an inner
join?
(a) Non-equijoin
(b) selfjoin
(c) Equijoin
(d) All of the above (e) None
Which of the following SQL commands can be used to
modify existing data in a database table?
(a) MODIFY
(b) UPDATE
(c) CHANE
(d) NEW
(e) None
Which of the following group functions Ignores NULL
value?
(a) MAX
(b) COUNT
(c) SUM
(d) All of the above (e) None of the above
If a class B network on the Internet has a subnet mask of
255.255.248.0. What is the maximum number of hosts
per subnets?
(a) 1022
(b) 1023
(c) 2046
(d) 2047
(e) None
Which of the following includes in Data ware housing?
(a) Data Analysis
(b) Data design
(c) construction and administration
(e) None
The system can allocate resources to each process in
some order called.
(a) safe state
(b) unsafe state (c) Deadlock state
(d) Preemptive state (e) None
Which of the following statement is false?
(a) optimal binary search tree construction can be
performed efficiently using dynamic programming.
(b) BFS cannot be used to find connected component of a
graph.
(c) Given the prefix and postfix, walks over a binary tree
cannot be uniquely constructed.
(d) All are true
(e) None
Which scheme is used for mapping host names and email
destinations to IP addresses?
(a) DNS
(b) TCP/IP
(c) TELNET
(d) RARP
(e) ARP
What is the main difference between CISC and RISC
processors
(a) RISC has fewer instruction than CISC
47.
48.
49.
50.
(b) RISC has fewer addressing mode than CISC.

(c) RISC has more Register than CISC.
Which statement is true?
(a) functional testing is called black box testing.
(b) structural testing is called glass box testing.
(c) Glass box testing is called white box testing.
(e) None
When we connect one network to different network it is
provided by
(a) Networking
(b) Gateway
(c) Bridge
(d) LAN
(e) None
If stack is empty, then after a POP operation it is called
(a) Overflow
(b) under flow (c) empty
(d) None
(e) All of the above
Which of the following is not a relational DBMS
(a) Oracle
(b) Integrated DBMS
(c) Microsoft SQL server
(d) Sybase
Solutions
1. (c) If we take left associative then
x=(y=y2)+z=a=y
y=2
so, y=4
x=4+4=8
if we take right associative then
x=(y=y*2)+z=a=y
y=2
so, either 8026 depend on compiler
y=22+2
y=6
2. (d)
Solution x=y+1
x=x-(y+1)=x-y-1
3. (d), In C/C++ modules operator always takes integer value
4. (a)
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5. (d) In C, in f C; if we want to print the value of C. then
the result will be unpredictable.
6. Ans. (a)
7. Ans. (d)
(123)6=( )10
360+261+162=(51)10
(51)10=( )11
(47)11
8. (d) For FCFS scheduling
Total move:- (98-32)(98-14)+(124-14)+124-65+67-65
66+84+110+59+2
321
9. (c)
10. SMTP
SMTP is called mail transfer agent protocol.
11. (a)
12. (a) By figure adjacent square is differ by anyone variable.
13. (b) Definition of cross compiler.
14. (a) Scanner
15. (a) It is the definition of PLA
16. Ans. (e)
17. Ans. (c) Definition of Overlay
18. Ans. (d) Necessary condition of dead lock is all four
condition which is given above
19. (c) Logical address should b=32 1 k byte=25210
=215
15 bits
20. (b) Virtual memory is a part of secondary memory, so
virtual memory system is depend on secondary storage.
21. (d)
22. (d) Cache memory works on principal of locality of
refrence or 90-10 rule
23. (b) In C++, : : access the global value of i. here global
value is 10
So, its value 3010
24. (d) Definition of inline
25. (d)
26. (c) Thrashing means, the working of CPU is slightly low. It
is because thrashing means the O.S. will interrupt in
excessive page I/o. During this time the CPU becomes in
idle condition.
27. (d)
28. (b) By option EC we get D ECDAEA
ABECDAB
CFECDABF
So, EC is a key.
29. (a) In DBMS, atomic transactions means, either
committed or aborted.
30. (b) UML is based use case diagram
31. (a)
32. (c) The searching in a binary tree is always started from

the root node.
33. (c)
34. (a)
35. (d)
36. (b)
A+(-BC)*D 1st step
A+*-BCD 2nd step
+A*-BCD 3rd step
37. (c)
38. (c) Equijoin
The other name of Innerjoin is Equijoin.
39. (b)
40. (d) All MAX, COUNT and SUM ignores NULL value.
41. (c)
For class B
255.255.248.0
Reserved
11111000.00000000
This bit is for host
So, total no. of host pre subnet is
2n-2
211-2=2046
42. (d)
43. (a) A system allocate the resource in safe state always.
44. (b)
45. (a) DNA is used for mapping host name to IP address.
46. (d) All are advantage of RISC OVER CISC.
47. (d)
48. (b)
49. (b)
50. (b)
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