Expected current affairs in 2014 Exams

1. What is the capital of Guyana? - Georgetown

2. National Journalism Day is observed on which day every year? - 17 November

3. Apollo Hospitals tied up with Pharma firm - Sanofi

4. Mohammad Ghouse, passed away in Chennai. He was associated with which sports? - Cricket

5. Expand COMPAT - Competition Appellate Tribunal

6. Indian men hockey team clinched gold after how many years in Asian Games? - 16 years

7. India won how many gold medals in 17th Asian games? - 11

8. Expand TS GENCO – Telangana State Power Generation Corporation

9. Who is Michael Phelps? - US swimmer

10. Indian Railways on 10 October 2014 celebrated its ……… Annual Railway National Awards -59th

11. PM Narendra Modi addressed Indian-Americans at world famous Madison Square Garden.Madison Square Garden is situated in which city? - New York

12. J. Jayalalithaa became first incumbent chief minister to be convicted for corruption and was sentenced for 4 years in Jail .She was the chief minister of ____________ state? - Tamil Nadu

13. The Vision Statement is issued by - India and US

14. Kailash Satyarthi is associated with _______movement? - Bachpan Bachao Andolan

15. Who is the author of the Book " The shadow lines"? - Amitav Ghosh

16. According to Union Budget 2014-15, how many IIMs to be opened? - 5

17. In railway budget 2014-15, Cleanliness budget up by how many per cent over last year? - 40%

18. FDI limit in Civil Aviation - 49%.

19. Census 2011, was the 15th Census of India and …… Census after Independence. - 7th

20. Headquarter of Indian bank is situated in __________ city? - Chennai

21. Who is the current road, transport, highways and shipping minister? - Nitin Gadkari

22. ECB stands for-External Commercial Borrowings

23. Wimbledon Cup is related to _______ game ? - Lawn tennis

24. Currency of Malaysia is - Ringgit

25. EPS in share market stands for - Earnings Per Share

26. Who is authorized to permit premature closure of PPF A/c? - Chairman of concerning Bank

27. The objective of Government to appoint Narasimham Committee is - to strengthen the banking system

28. When was NABARD established? - July 12, 1982

29. _________ cities in India has become the world’s second most populous city in 2014 after Tokyo, according to a UN report released recently? - Delhi

30. Recently who has become the first player of Indian origin to be a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA)? - Sim Bhullar

31. Who is the present Global Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF? - Sachin Tendulkar

32. ___________ is an e-Commerce solution of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)? -RuPay Debit Cards

33. Recently SBI signed _______ line of credit with Export Import Bank of India. - 500 million dollars

34. _________ highest urban population? - Maharashtra

35. Japan has sea-conflict with _________ country? - China

36. ________ signed an agreement with the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. for a loan of Rs. 1,170 crore? -Canara Bank

37. Recently former President of the United States of America Bill Clinton visited Jabrouli village, near Lucknow, on an awareness mission on - diarrhea

38. India has inked a loan agreement with World Bank for an assistance of ____for the Odisha Disaster Recovery Project. - $153 million39. For the safety and welfare of women how much money has been provided for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana to generate awareness on the issues? - Rs. 100 crores

40. ___was conferred “Best Bank – Public Sector” award in BFSI Awards-2014 by World HRD Congress, recently? - Bank of Maharashtra

41. What is Current Repo Rate? - 8%

42. Recently Priyanka Chopra played a role of Mary Kom in a movie, who is Mary kom? - Boxer

43. Expand DBT - Direct Benefit Transfer

44. Lisbon is the capital of – Portugal

45. Currency of Saudi Arabia - Riyal

46. What is ‘C’ in KYC? - Customer

47. What is ‘I’ in REIT? - Investment

48. Mary Barra who recently visited India is the CEO of – General Motors

49. According to RBI norms, what is minimum capital required for foriegn banks to open subsidaries in India? - Rs 500 Crores

50. 17th Asian Games were held at- Incheon

51. ‘Together we can’ is slogan of ________? - Canara Bank52. “Pahla kadam , pahli udan” account is launched by ______ ? - SBI

53. Bank formed by Brics is known as - New Development Bank

54. SEBI extended guide line to appoint at least one women in board of director by - 31march 2015

55. Upallu Srinivas who died recently is a renowned – Madolin Player

56. RBI has recently reduced ATM transaction from 5 to 3, on _______ accounts it is not applicable? - BSBDA

57. Pension scheme for rural and unorganised sector is - Swavalamban

58. Card launched by Indian Railway to avoid payment transaction during ticket booking is - Go India smart Card

59. Government clears disinvestment in 3 PSU’s for the sum of Rs 44,000 crores, _________ is one of them? - ONGC

60. Cantolania referendum is a part of _______? - Spain

61. Rupay card is used by which type of banks? - All scheduled commercial banks

62. Current Prime Minister of UK is - David Cameroon

63. Who was the Indian cricket team coach in the recent debacle against England in the investec test series? - Duncan Fletcher

64. Shivasundram hydro power project is stated in which state ? - Karnataka

65. _________ has launched premium credit cards exclusively for women scheme? - HDFC Bank

66. The upper limit that can be deposited in PPF account has increased to – Rs 2 lac

67. “And Then One Day” novel is authored by – Naseeruddin Shah

68. _________ has not been conferred with Padma Shri awards? - Raghunath Mashelkar

69. Bhamashah Financial Empowerment scheme is launched by the government of which of the following states? - Rajasthan

70. _________ states in India has the highest rural population? - Sikkim

71. The minimum paid up capital required for both small and payment banks is – Rs 100 crores

72. Limit for FDI in multibrand is - 51%

73. _________ banks has signed 500 million dollar line of credit EXIM bank of Korea? - SBI

74. Committee formed to review the investment guidelines for national pension schemes in the private sector – G.N. Bajpai Committee

75. As per HSBC report India will become the fifth largest exporter by the year - 2030

76. Asia’s first ballistic Research Centre is to be opened in – India

77. The book ‘Lajja’ is authored by – Taslima Nasrim

78. Name the French Foreign Minister who recently visited India. - Laurent Fabris

79. ‘Economic Outlook Report’ is published by which of the following organisations? - IMF

80. India’s first Kisan Mandi is to be set up in – Delhi

81. Jan Dhan yojna additional insurance coverage is provided by which organization? - HDFC

82. What is the tagline of United bank of India? - The Bank that begins with U.

83. BSBDA is related with which of the following field? - Banking

84. Which is the Largest desert in the world? - Sahara

85. Who is Lieutenant Governor of Delhi? - Najeeb Jung

86. Hanoi is the capital of –Vietnam

87. Who is the author of Half girlfriend? - Chetan Bhagat

88. PMGSY full form-Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

89. What is the Currency of China? - yuan

90. What is the maximum amount in PPF? - Rs 150000

91. Kudankulam Nuclear power plant is situated in which state? - Tamil Nadu

92. Who is the Director of Finding Fanny? - Homi Adajania

93. What is the Maximum limit of RTGS? - No limit

94. Pre shipment and post shipment is related with which finance? - Export finance

95. State with lowest population, according to census 2011? - Sikkim

96. RBI release draft Guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks and Small Banks.What is thecapital of these banks? - Rs 100 crore

97. RRCAT is located in which state? - Madhya Pradesh

98. Individual Borrower can check their credit report from –CIBIL

99. EBT full form-Electronic Benefits Transfer

100. Bank license given to which NBFCs ? - Bandhan and IDFC101. Which one of the following is not regulator(Options - RBI,SEBI,CERN,IRDA) ? - CERN102. Rohan Bopanna related to which sport ? - Tennis103. Which line divides America and Canada- ? 49th parallel104. What is the nick name of Korea ? - Land of morning calm105. 2014 is recognised as completion of 100 years of which war ? - World War - I106. Angela Merkel is related to which country ? - Germany107. Who is the chairman of committee related to Gas pricing ? -Vijay Kelkar108. What is the expanded form of PLO - Palestine liberation organization109. African union is fighting with which terrorist organisation ?- Boko haram110. Donna Trott has authored the book titled as ? - The goldfinch111. What is the range of Bramhos missile ? - 290Km112. Currency of Bhutan? - Ngultrum113. New Governor of Haryana ? - Kaptan Singh Solanki114. Jarawa tribe belongs to ? - Andaman and Nicobar islands115. Who is the Minister of state for IT & Broadcasting? - Prakash Javdekar116. What is the Literacy rate of Bihar according to 2011 census? - 63.82%117. Mary kom movie produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali is written by : Saiwyn Quadras118. Currency of Sri lanka ? - Sri Lanka Rupee119. Capital of Kuwait ?- Kuwait city120. Power, Coal and renewable energies minister in the current government ? - Piyush Goyal121. Currency of Vatican City ? - Euro122. Gagan Narang won medal in Commonwealth in which shooting event? - 50 m air rifle event123. What are the number of Nationalized Banks in India after nationalization of BMB? - 21124. Davis Cup related to which sport ?- Lawn Tennis125. Which country topped CWG 2014 Medal tally ? - England126. New Deputy Governer of RBI S S Mundra replaced whom ? - K C Chakraborty127. Which among the following is a banking term ? - CRR128. Which of the following is an Indirect Tax ? - Service Tax129. Controller of Mutual Fund ? - SEBI130. Full form of CFL? - Compact fluorescent lamp131. Cerebral hemorrhage caused by deficiency of which vitamin? - Vitamin K132. Capital of Sierra Leon? - Freetown133. Minister of Parliament Affairs: Venkaiah Naidu134. Hepatitis day: 28 July135. 17th NAM Summit will be held in: Venezuela136. In Common wealth Games 2014 Abhinav Bindra won gold for: 10m rifle shooting137. Capital of Iraq: Baghdad138. Capital of Bhutan: Thimpu139. Currency of Vatican City: Euro140. A book on Vijay Malaya is authored by: K. Giriprakash141. RBI governor replaced whom: D Subba Rao142. Khushwant Singh is: a novelist, journalist143. Which scheme is for slum people: Indira Awas Yojna

144. Minister of Information & Broadcasting, environment, forest: Prakash Javadekar145. Banking is defined under which act: Banking Regulation Act, 1949146. ICC trophy is related to? Cricket147. Capital of Zimbabwe? Harare148. Currency of Myanmar? – Kyat149. Author of the book titled 'What young India wants'? - Chetan Bhagat150. World environment day? - 5th June151. Skill development minister? - Sarbananda Sonowal152. Minimum Maturity period for commercial paper? - 7 days153. Governor of West Bengal? - Keshari NathTripathi154. Who was the defence minister in the previous council of ministers - A K Antony155. Literacy rate of kerala? - 93.91 %156. ADB will help in road construction in which Indian state? – Manipur157. Author of the book 'My Years with Rajeev and Sonia'? - R D Pradhan158. Guru Tej Bahadur trophy is related to which sport? - Hockey159. Venue of next FIFA 2018 World cup? – Russia160. 3 countries who are a participating in Malabar Exercise? - India, USA, Japan161. Full form of EVM - Electronic Voting Machine162. FIFA golden ball award ? - Lionel Messi163. Reliance produced less amount of gas resulting in government loss in which block ? KG-D6164. First BRICS New development bank ? – Shanghai165. Union minister of Mine & steel, labour & employment - Narendra Singh Tomar166. Recent book on Dilip Kumar - Substance and Shadow by Uday Tara167. Sri Lankan cricketer, who announced his retirement? - Mahela Jayawardhane168. Currency of Saudi Arabia - Saudi Riyal169. Name of Maharashtra new tiger reserve - Bor Sancutary reserve170. Fees needed to submit for lodging complain to Banking ombudsman - No fees171. Insurance regulator – IRDA172. Chandi prasad bhat won Gandhi peace prize for his contribution in which area? - Chipko Movement173. Which country manufactured VELOX-1 ? – Singapore174. Capital of Cyprus ? – Nicosia175. Committee on financial inclusion: Nachiket Mor Committee176. 150 km missile launched by DRDO recently: Prithvi177. Minister of Social Justice and empowerment: Thawar Chand Gehlot178. Bhartiya Mahila Bank Chairman: Usha Ananthasubramanium179. Banks Nationalization: 1969180. Capital of Argentina: Buenos Aires181. Official Currency of Indonesia: Indonesian Rupiah182. Vijay Sheshadri won Pulitzer prize for: "3 Sections"183. Which state don’t shares the border with Telangana: Jharkhand184. Constituency of Nitin Gadkari: Nagpur185. Recently PM inaugurated a hydro power plant at which place: Uri (J & K)186. Press freedom day: 3 May187. RBI established in: 1935188. Who is the current Food & Consumer Affairs minister: Ram Vilas Paswan189. World Tourism Day is celebrated on: 27 September190. Gillette cup is associated with which sports: Cricket191. Kaveri river water dispute between which states: Karnataka & Tamil Nadu192. Capital of Canada? Ottawa193. Headquarter of CRISIL? – Mumbai194. Which device is used to measure blood pressure ? Sphygmomanometer195. State with highest per capita milk availability- PUNJAB

196. 24th ASEAN summit venue- Nay Pyi Taw197. SMSME cabinet minister- Kalraj Mishra198. Bhartiya Mahila bank inaugurated by-Manmohan Singh199. Study of kidney disease comes under branch? Nephrology200. Country having three top most companies? USA201. .CSO full form- Central Statistical Organisation202. CBS full form- Core Banking Solution203. Which organization collect and publish financial data? National Sample Survey Organisation204. Ashes trophy played between countries- Australia and England205. Lok Sabha Constituency of Sushma Swaraj – Vidisha206. Who is Health Minister: Dr. Harsh Vardhan207. Who provides assistance to small industries: SIDBI208. RBI Adjust Liquidity by which tool: LAF (Liquidity Adjustment Facility)209. Functions of RBI – Bankers Bank210. Camel is the official animal of which state: Rajasthan211. Capital of Sweden: Stockholm212. Winner of Australian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg213. Nilgiris is located in which state: Tamil Nadu214. Highest Urban Population of which state: Maharashtra215. International Day for Old Person: 1 October216. Sign on 1 Rupee currency note: Finance Secretary217. Capro Group has won the International Business Year of the award is owned by: Lord Swaraj Paul218. 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in: Malta219. Committee on Cauvery water dispute: B.S Chauhan220. Which country started first plastic notes: Australia221. DRDO developed which indigenous plane: Tejas222. Japan has sea-conflict with which country: China223. A.R Rahman street name in which country: Canada224. Which of the following is not true about Telangna? is dived on the linguistic basis.225. Currency of Afghanistan – Afghan Afghani226. Commercial Paper is issued for how many days - a minimum of 7 days and a maximum of up to 1s year227. Malaysia currency: Ringgit228. Who score first hattrick goal in foot ball world cup: Thomas Muller (Germany)229. Mynamar capital: Naypyidaw230. In LoK Sabha elections if any candidate win two seats (like our pm) so in what duration of time he has to leave one seat -14 days231. FIFA 2014 Mascot Name: Fuleco232. Indian Overseas minister: Sushma Swaraj233. IBSA full form – India, Brazil, South & Africa234. World Autism day: 2 April235. World aids day celebrated on : 1 December236. Chemical and fertilizer cabinet minister: Ananth Kumar237. Beiji oil refinary located in: Iraq238. PC stands for: Personal Computer239. Flipkart acquire which online shop: Myntra.com240. Currency of Italy: Euro241. Head of SIT Committee: MB Shah242. Capital of Brazil –Brasilia243. Casual vacancy written by: J K Rowling244. Iraq currency: Dinar245. Who regulate Monetary policy: RBI

246. Budget in which article: Article:112247. How many languages in Indian currency – 17248. Full form of ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange249. Kanyakumari formerly known as - Cape Comorin250. York University, Canada gave award to - Ratan Tata251. Nevia first plant in India - Sanand, Gujarat252. Who win 3 medals in ISSF world cup in Munich – Jitu Rai253. Who is Richest Player in FIFA: Cristiano Ronaldo254. OPEC has how much % of total oil - 81%255. Country having least global peace index – Syria256. Tata group joined which airlines: Air Asia257. Commercial papers issued in what multiples: Rs.5 lakh258. Recently Navaratna status given to: National Building Construction Corporation & Engineers India Ltd259. Azlan Shah who died recently is a: Hockey Player260. Indian currency notes bear a signature of: RBI Governor261. World economic forum held in: Abuja (Nigeria)262. Headquarter of Infosys: Bangalore263. Best ranked IIT among BRICS top universities 2014: IIT Delhi264. Salarjung museum located in which state: Hyderabad, Telangana265. RIL & Network 18 Deal(in crores)- 4000 Crores266. Sahara the untold story Written by?-Tamal Bandyopadhyay267. Amul set up Dairy worth 200 cr at which city?- Varansi268. Chinese Currency? – YUAN269. Sachin Tendulkar coins were sponsored by which company? EAST INDIAa. COMPANY270. Human rights day is observed on which day-DEC 10271. Who is the current road, transport, highways and shipping? NITINb. GADKARI272. ECB stands for ? EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWINGS273. WIMBLEDON championship is related to which game ? LAWN TENNIS274. Who is the current SBI chairman? ARUNDATI BHATTACHARYA275. Regulatory authorities of Cooperative banks & RRB's?- NABARD276. A Scheme named Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls also known as ?- SABLA277. Recipient of 49th Jananpeeth Award - Kedar Nath Singh278. Amul related to what ? - white revolution279. FIBA is related with Which sport ?- Basketball280. Recently in which state Solar thermal power plant installed – Rajasthan281. Which card is issued by NPCI?-RuPay Card282. Which south east organisation has 10 members?-ASEAN283. ARMY FLAG DAY- 7 December284. In shop transaction is done by which machine: POS285. Water resource minister - Uma Bharti286. Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for Best Singer (Female): Sunidhi Chauhan287. Which award is given to Leander Paes, Ruskin bond- Padma Bhushan award288. Vijay hazare trophy is related to which sport? CRICKET289. Night blindness is due to deficiency of which disease- Vitamin A290. Full form of NVRAM- Non Volatile Random Acess Memory291. Which of the following activities is not done by RBI?- trading in commodities292. Currency of Kuwait-Kuwaiti Dinar293. Capital of Bhutan-Thimphu294. Recently Hindustan Motor car plant shut down: Uttarpara plant in West Bengal

295. Book my journey transforming into dreams: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam296. Highest rural population state as per Census 2011 - Uttar Pradesh297. Reliance company lady head name- Neeta Ambani298. Full form CAG-Comptroller and Auditor General299. Which of the following is not an indirect tax- 10% surcharge on income300. Who directed the silent film raja Harish Chandra: Dadasaheb Phalke301. According to Census 2011 highest sex ratio for which state: Kerala302. Repo rate: 8%303. CRR – 4%304. Number of directors in RBI – 4 deputy directors305. Satish Shivlingam realeted to which: Weightlifting306. Who is Nripendra Mishra: Principal Sec. to PM307. Defence minister: Arun Jaitely308. Home minister: Rajnath Singh309. PMGSY Established by-2002310. IAY--Allocate financial assistance311. Budget Allocate for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayin Yojana - Rs. 1000 cr312. Young India book author...MK GANDHI313. MGNERGA Act launched in: 2005314. National Pension System (NPS) launched in — 2004315. Capital of ITALY- Rome316. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) launched by : Ministry of Labour and Employment317. Commonwealth total medal of India --- 64318. WTO member -160319. Official director of RBI - Raghuram Rajan320. Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana has allocated Rs.100 crore321. Monetary policy published and controlled by – RBI322. On Advances taking as loan ---pre- shipment loan323. Tibor full form - Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate324. How much interest paid by RBI on deposit of CRR? Zero325. RBI proposed for 5th deputy governor by post - Chief Operating Officer326. Shadow banking committee headed by - T. Vijay Bhaskar327. Who is lady election commission officer? V.S. Ramadevi328. Summer 2016 games held in? Rio De Janeiro329. Pound sterling is the currency of which country - United Kingdom330. Which Lok Sabha election was held recently held - 16th331. GDP for 2014-15 by IMF? - 5.4%332. India's first motion picture? - Raja Harishchandra333. India's first newspaper? - Bengal Gazette334. Press council of India formed in which year? – 1978335. Indira Awas Yojna which year formed? – 1996336. Which of following country is not a male dominated country? – USA337. Currency of UK ? - Pound Sterling338. Minister of Railways ? - Sadananda Gowda339. World Heart day? - 29 September340. WTO head quarter? – Geneva341. When did India become member of WTO? – 1995342. RBI formed in which Year? – 1935343. India's first Postal Savings Office ATM located in which city? – Chennai344. First newspaper of India- Bengal gazette345. Indira sagar dam located in which state – Madhya Pradesh346. Addis Ababa capital of – Ethiopia347. Bangladesh currency – Taka

348. External affairs minister – Sushma Swaraj349. Japan Prime Minister– Shinzo Abe350. Author of inheritance of loss – Kiran Desai351. Bharatanatyam dance of which state – Tamil Nadu352. Taj Mahal in which state – Uttar Pradesh353. What is the profile of Maneka Gandhi - Women and child development354. FFCB full form - Foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs)355. Number of goals in FIFA World Cup – 171356. Louvre museum in - Paris357. Laughter day – 1st Sunday of may358. Oscar best movie – 12 years a slave359. National award for best Hindi film – Jolly LLb360. Inheritance of loss – Kiran desai361. Kaiga nuclear power plant – Karnataka362. Jan Dhan Yojana – Life Insurance – 30,000363. World Bank head – Jim Yong Kim364. ILO headquarters – Geneva365. Deputy speaker of Loka sabha – Thambi durai366. Purpose of Commercial Paper – to meet short-term debt obligation367. RBI proposed small and ___ banks – Payment368. Income exempted from tax (below 60) – 2.5 lakhs369. Metro rail project in Ahmadabad and – Luckhnow370. GAAR = General Anti Avoidance Rules371. 1st presidency of new BRICS bank – India372. Zambia capital – Lusaka373. Port Louis is capital of – Mauritius374. Russia currency - Russian Ruble375. Home Affairs Minister - Shri Rajnath Singh376. Rural Development Minister - Nitin Gadhkari377. Coorg Hill station is where? – Karnataka378. Kathak dance – UP379. Kerala new Governor - P Sathasivam380. REIT abbreviation - Real Estate Investment Trust381. Which insurance company extended Jan Dhan insurance cover to 1 lakh? - HDFC Ergo382. BKS Iyengar is related to which field? Yoga383. Best actor in national film awards ? - Suraj Venjaramoodu(Malayalam), Raj Kumar Rao(Hindi)384. Best actress in Oscar? Cate Blanchett385. Rajiv Khel Ratna award 2014? – None386. US released postage stamp on who actor ? - Akkineni Nageswara Rao387. "The suitable boy" written by? - Vikram Seth388. By whose goal Germany win the final with 1-0 in Brazil ? - Mario Goetze389. World Computer Literacy Day? - 2nd December390. Cheruthoni dam in which state? - Kerala391. Japan will give total money for infra project? - $ 33 Billion392. How much amount allocated for price stabilisation fund- 500 cr393. Malaysia Currency – Ringgit394. World Environment Day - 5 June395. New IIMs to be opened in which district - Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Orissa and Rajasthan.396. Who is John Carrey? – Actor397. Tintu Lukka from which game – Athletics398. Sanitation Program in Budget till – 2019399. Oscar winner in leading role actor - Matthew McConaughey

400. Who is the USA Secretary of State - John Kerry401. Which country capital is Port Victoria? – Seychelles402. “Cry The Peacock” author? - Anita Desai403. Atomic Energy minister of India - Narendra Modi404. French Open winner - Rafael Nadal405. Narora Power Plant situated in? U.P406. Best Director National Awards? Hansal Mehta407. U.K. Prime Minister? David Cameroon408. Full Form Of UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development409. Sattriya is the dance form of which state? – Assam410. Leander Paes related to which game? – Tennis411. Rihand Dam in which state? - Uttar Pradesh412. Mogadishu is the capital of which country: Somalia413. e-visa in how many cities to promote tourism: 9414. FIDE world (rapid chess championship) won by which player: Magnus Carlsen415. Vice President of USA: Joe Biden416. Which film got Best Film Award at Film Fare Awards: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag417. Governor of Maharashtra: C Vidyasagar Rao418. Li-tatina (tomator tyoha) festival of which country: Spain419. Hill station 'ARAKU' in which state: Andhra Pradesh420. Oscar 2014 Best supporting actress - Lupita Nyong'o421. Best actress in film fare awards 2014 - Deepika Padukone422. Fiscal deficit according to union budget – 4.1%423. According to Budget 2014, how many new Govt. Medical Colleges will be opened? – 12424. Najma Heptulla ministry: Minority affairs425. Loss incurred for railway per passenger in paise - 23p426. Full form of CST? - Central Sales Tax427. Full form of NABARD? - National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Developemnt428. Full form of UGC? - University Grants Commission429. Full form of SLR? - Statutory Liquidity Ratio430. Ajiknkya Rahane is related to which game? – Cricket431. What is purpose of Jan Dhan Yojna? - Minimum one account for every family432. Who issues RuPay card? – NPCI433. Who is Robin Williams? - Hollywood Actor434. Who is P.J Kurien? - Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha435. What is the amount charged for ATM transactions after 5 times? - Rs. 20436. Flag Bearer for India in Commonwealth Games 2014? - Vijay Kumar437. How many Deputy Governors are there in RBI? – 4438. Strike word is related to which game? – Baseball439. Hardware park is proposed to which state? - Andhra Pradesh440. What % of money is increased for cleanliness in budget? - 40%441. Who is all time highest goal scorer of Germany? - Miroslav Klose442. Wilfried Bony - Football Striker from Ivory Coas443. Saji Thomas is related to which game? – Rowing444. Bhamashah Yojna in Rajasthan is for what purpose? - Women Empowerment445. Bank Capitalization related to -? - Basel III Norms446. Which country is the top source of FDI? – Singapore447. Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan is to be ended by– 2019448. Amit kumar related to which game – Wrestling449. Zero Effect- Zero Defect slogan by - Narendra Modi450. Who is Azim premji - Founder of Wipro451. Prior to which year currency note should be exchanged – 2005452. PFO monthly pension limit - Rs. 1000 (Minimum limit) & Maximum Limit is Rs. 15000

453. Pankaj Advani Sports name – Billiards454. Chanakya also known as (his alternate name) – Kautilya455. CDR fullform - Credit Default Swap456. SEZ started by PM In which state/city – Maharashtra457. Indira Awas Yojna new name - National Gramin Awaas Mission (proposed name, please check once)458. FLIPKART is which kind of company? - E-Commerce459. 200 cr allocated for stadium in which state - Jammu & Kashmir460. Which organization is worried for EBOLA – WHO461. Largest bank - Industrial & Commercial Bank of China462. Who is sumitra mahajan - Loksabha Speaker463. Sanjita Chanu wins gold in: Weightlifting464. Abhinav Bindra related to: Shooting465. Apurvi Chandela related to: Shooting466. 6th BRICS summit held in: Fortaleza, Brazil467. Anirban Lahiri belongs to which sports: Golf468. Rory Mcllory belongs to which sports: Golf469. NHB full form: National housing bank470. KYC full form: know your customer471. India celebrated it's ___ independence day on 15th Aug, 2014: 68th472. PPF investment Limit: Rs 1.5lakh473. Yuki Bhambri related to which sport – Tennis474. Lionel Messi player of which country: Argentina475. In budget tax free home loan limit: Rs. 2 lakh.476. Income tax limit other than senior citizen: Rs. 2.5 lakh477. Smart car launched --- Tata Nano478. Volley term from which sport – Tennis479. Kargil war in which year: July 1999480. ISRO headquarter: Bangalore481. Make in India terms launched by – PM N. Modi482. Art 370 is related to which state – Jammu & Kashmir483. Jan Dhan Yojana Benefits – Overdraft Loan in Bank Account484. Writer of The Mother I Never Knew - Sudha Murthy485. L stands in SLR- liquidity486. Money laundering is done to- Avoid tax487. When did Mangalayan reached Mars - 24 September 2014488. In how days KYC custom fill identity proof – 5 working days489. Which Indian movie selected for Oscar Award 2015 - Liar's Dice490. NIM full form- Net Interest Margin491. MTSS- Money Transfer Service Scheme492. Kisan Vikas Patra was closed by govt. earlier why - to avoid Money laundering activities493. SBI life insurance partnered with – BNP Paribas Cardif494. Currency of Cambodia – Riel495. What is A in ATM – Automated496. Hard Choice author - Hillary Clinton497. Who invented Dynamite – Alfred Nobel498. Capital of Argentina: Buenos Aires499. Which actor's father is a famous badminton player - Deepika Padukone500. Word C stand for what in CP- commercial paper501. Bank used to what method to read code on cheque - MICR.502. Purpose of starting Minor account for 10 years children - Financial inclusion503. Kundankulam nuclear plant is a agreement between India and __ - Russia504. CVV full form – Card Verification Value

505. Minority affair minister – Najma Heptulla506. Yogakshemam Vahamyaham is the slogan of – LIC507. Bank of International Settlement headquarter – Switzerland508. HDFC Tagline - We understand your world509. Smart star account opened by which bank – ICICI bank510. In Varistha pension Bima scheme will be administrated by – LIC511. Director of Singham Returns movie – Rohit Shetty512. Taskant is the capital of – Uzbekistan513. Sati pratha abolished by whom – Raja Ram Mohan Rai514. Railway minister: Sadanand Gowda515. Full form of PKI – Public Key Infrastructure516. Iran president: Hassan Rouhani517. Which country is part of European Union but do not use euro currency – Denmark518. CBS Full form- Core Banking Solution519. Cyrus Mistry is the CEO of – TATA group520. Kakrapar atomic power plant- Gujarat521. DNA full form: Deoxyribo Nucleic acid522. Home rule league moment leader - Annie Besant/ Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak523. Committee on Banking Ombudsman – Suman Verma Committee524. What “S” stands in CDSL – Securities [Central depository Securities depository Ltd.]525. IFSC Code contain how many digits- 11 alphanumeric code526. EBW full form - Export Bills Permitted to be Written off527. According to WHO, Highest rate of Child marriage – Bangladesh (India raked 2nd)528. Agaria Tribe belongs to which state – Madhya Pradesh529. Capital of Tanzania – Dodoma530. DIGC insurance cover is headed by – Central Govt.531. The initial minimum paid-up capital for a private bank shall be Rs.200 crore532. MTSS used - personal remittance533. According to census 2011Lowest density state - Arunachal Pradesh534. Which country does not belong in European Union but use Euro as a currency - Vatican city535. Max money that can remitted to Nepal from any of the NEFT-enabled branches in India – Rs 50,000536. In NSDL ,word ”S” stands for - National Securities Depository Limited537. SBI tag line: Pure Banking Nothing Else538. Santi Swaroop Bhatnagar award in mathematic: Dr. Kaushal Kumar Verma539. Bank celebrate 150 years with Sri Lanka: SBI540. Cheque amount written is called exchange of notes done by customer541. Overnight money needed by bank from RBI on which rate bases: MSF542. Poverty elevation minster – Ramvilas Paswan543. CPI full form: Consumer Price Index544. Urban dev and Parliament minister: Venkaiah Naidu545. Who won bronze medal in swimming in 2014 Asian Games: Sandeep Sejwal546. Jai hind slogan given by – Subhash Chandra Bose547. Capital of Turkey: Ankara548. BSE is given trade facility – online549. Who gave the principle of objects submerged partially or fully in water – Archimedes550. ASBA full form-Application Supported by Blocked Account

551. Kakrapar nuclear power plant is located at which place? – Maharashtra

552. Recently which bank has launched six digital touch banking branches across the nation? -State Bank of India

553. ________ announced a new liberal visa policy for nationals of Afghanistsan on humanitariangrounds. - India554. ________announced to honour Shahrukh Khan with Officer of the Legion of Honour for his contribution to Cinema? – France555. What stands for NPA? - Non Performing Assets

556. A book Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas has been released, recently. Who is the author of the book? - Edward Klein557. JP Morgan cut India's GDP growth projection for 2014-15 to _________percent from 5.3 percent. - 5.1558. Recently John Kerry visited India. He is the Secretary of State of which country? - USA559. Who is the Union Civil Aviation Minister at present? - Ashok Gajapathi Raju560. Who is the Director of the film ‘Mary Kom’? - Omung Kumar561. What is the currency of China? - Yuan562. Recently RBI extended the timeline for full implementation of Basel III norms to ______instead of 31 March 2018. - 31 March 2019563. _____________is a financial instrument by which company invite the public to invest their money in the company and investor can become a partner of the company. - Equity564. Recently N.R. Narayana Murthy, the founder and executive Chairman of _____was honoured with the 2014 Canada India Foundation Chachalani Global Indian Award in Toronto, Canada . -Infosys565. _________ celebrated as World Citizen Day? - November 19566. The bank should have net profit for the last ________consecutive years to be permitted to set up the joint venture company for undertaking the insurance business with risk participation subject to safeguards. - five567. ____________is the process of stopping the flow of the physical cheque issued by a drawer at some point with the presenting bank en-route to the drawee bank branch. In its place an electronic image of the cheque is transmitted to the drawee branch by the clearing house. - Cheque Truncation568. Section 35(6) of the________, empowers NABARD to conduct inspection of State Cooperative Banks (SCBs), Central Cooperative Banks (CCBs) and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). - Banking Regulation Act, 1949569. Recently _______Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) conducted annual bilateral naval exercises named SIMBEX 2014 in Andaman Sea. - Indian

570. _____________ has been appointed Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, recently. - Justice B.C. Chauhan571. _______is NOT a basic approach to measure GDP? - Investment Approach572. What is the tagline of Allahabad Bank? - A tradition of trust573. --------------------------- financial years the benefits of Indira Awas Yojana has also been extended to minorities? - 2006-07

574. What is the allocation for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme in the Budget 2014-15? - Rs. 100 Crore

575. What is the enhanced FDI limit in Defence Sector? - 49 per cent

576. What is the rank of India in Human Development Index 2014? - 135577. Which country will host G8 Summit in 2015? - France578. Who is the Chairman of Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC)? - Parthasarathi Shome579. Who is Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers? - Ananth Kumar580. What is the tagline of Syndicate Bank? - Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner581. Which bank has started cardless cash withdrawal from its ATMs? - ICICI Bank

582. National Housing Bank is a subsidiary of- RBI583. What is the initial capital infused by the Government of India in Bhartiya Mahila Bank(BMB)? -s. 1000 crore584. ------------------- is not related with Negotiable Instruments Act 1881? - Hundi585. ------------------------- is an Atomic Power Project located in Uttar Pradesh? - Narora586. Hewlett & Packard which has recently announced its business to be split into two parts is associated with - Computer and Hardware587. Which state has highest sex ratio as per the Census 2011? - Kerala588. Mars Orbiter Mission reached on Mars on which day? - 24 September589. Swachhta Udyami Yojana has been launched by which ministry? - Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment590. Cairo is the capital of which country? - Egypt591. What is the full form of GDR? - Global Depositary Receipt592. Who is the union minister of Tribal Affairs? - Jual Oram593. Full form of IRDA is – Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.594. What is the percentage of liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) threshold set for January 2015 that have to be met by the banks as per a recent revision in liquidity guidelines under the Basel-III framework by RBI? - 60 per cent595. Which country was runner up in the game of Kabaddi when India completed a golden double in men’s as well as women’s596. category in Asian Games 2014? - Iran

597. What is the capital of South Korea? - Seoul598. What is the tagline of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited? - Zimmedari ka humsafar599. What was the old name of Axis Bank? - UTI Bank600. --------------------------- countries DON'T have dollar as its currency? - Sweden601. "Hundi" is - equivalents of cheques issued by indigenous bankers.602. What does ‘M’ stands for in OMO? - Market603. What was the name given to The 2014 Hong Kong protests,against proposed electoral reform in the country? - Umbrella Movement604. Banks declare an Asset as Non Performing where the interest / principal is in arrears for more than -90 days605. Who among the following was popularly called as ‘Loknayak’? - Jai Prakash Narayan606. What was the codename given to first nuclear explosion conducted by India's in 1974? -Smiling Buddha607. SBI has launched multi-currency card in association with which of the following companies? -Master Card608. --------------------- states Kathakali dance form is associated? - Kerala609. Who was chosen as Most Valuable player among Indian medalists in Asian Games 2014? - M. C. Mary Kom610. What is the name of the committee set up to examine the current monetary policy? - Urjit Patel Committee611. What is Currency of Algeria? - Dinar612. What is Universal Banking ?- Provision of commercial and investment services613. MacMohan line is in between which two countries? - India and China614. When banks invest in government securities by depositing collateral, it is called - Asset Securitization615. G.N Bajpai committee is related to which of the following? - National Pension Scheme616. ------------------- is a foreign bank? - HSBC Bank617. RBI announces STAR SERIES notes recently. What is it? - replacement of defectively printed notes618. In Jan Dhan scheme which of the following will provide the accident cover under the scheme? -

HDFC ergo619. What is India's number in mars mission, among Asian countries? - 1st620. World investvment report issued by - UNCTAD621. ------------------------- currencies is not included in SBI multicurrency scheme ? - Yen622. Expand CIBIL - Credit Information Bureau India Limited623. Ram Naik governor of which state - Uttar pradesh624. CRR stands for - Cash Reserve Ratio625. What is the currency of Egypt? - Pound626. Who is the Governor of Kerala? - P. Sathasivam627. What is the minimum amount to be deposited in PPF per month? - Rs. 500628. How many IIMs will be established as per Budget 2014-15? - 5629. Who is H.L. Dattu? - Chief Justice of India630. Which is the least populous state of India as per Census 2011? - Sikkim631. What is the name of the bank account opened for childrenabove 10 years of age by ICICI? -Smart kid account632. Who is the CM of Tamil Nadu? O. Paneerselvam633. What is the slogan of Jan Dhan Yojana? - Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhata634. Lionel Messi is associated with which sport? - Football635. Expand IFSC - Indian Financial System Code636. Who won the Nobel piece awrd 2014? Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay637. Who belongs to tennis? options were - djokovic, federer, messi638. When is world rabies day? 28th setember639. Interest on savings account is calculated on which basis? daily basis640. In which of the following places there is no nuclear plant? – Kenya641. Mutual funds regulated by ? - Securities and Exchange Board of India642. What is ping in computer networking utility? - Packet InterNet Groper643. Processor speed measure in Instructions per second644. Using two different brand names for a propose of single product is called? Co-branding645. One question on repo rate646. What does B stands for in ECB ? - Borrowings647. What is the full form of RRB ? - Regional rural Bank648. What is the upper limit of PPF ? - 1.5 lakh649. What is the oldest currency in the world? - Pound sterling650. Which among the following is not an output device ? – Scanner651. Who is the author of the book Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar ? - Dilip D' Souza652. What will Inflation result in ? - Decrease in economic activities of a country653. Which among the following is a volatile memory ? – RAM654. Question based on the definition of GNP (Gross National Product)655. What is an Internet explorer ? Browser656. What is the extension used for MS word ? - .doc,.docx657. What is the first step of buying ? - need recognition658. In which of the following areas there is no 100% FDI in railways ? –659. who is water resource minister ? - Uma Bharti660. the 5000 � overdraft in Jan dhan will be applicable only if the account is active for how many months.661. The slogan " I have a dream" is given by which American activist in his public speech ? - MartinLuthor King662. which PSU is responsible for insurance over export? - Export Credit Insurance663. Which is an insurance regulatory body- IRDA664. Which is the Regulatory body for RRB? – NABARD665. Who is the author of God of small thing ? Arundhati Roy666. NPS stands for? National pension scheme667. RBI policy related to money laundering? Know Your Customer

668. NBFC deals in? - providing banking services669. What is the full form of PDF? Portable Document Format670. What is the function of Ctrl + s in MS Word = to save file or document

PRIZES AND THEIR FIELDS1. Bourlog Award » Agriculture2. Academy (oscar) Awards » Film3. Dada Saheb Phalke Award » Film4. Bharat Ratna » For outstanding contributions in the field of art/literature /science and public service5. Ramon Magasaysay Award » Goverment Service, Social Service, Journalism, Literature, Communication and International Understanding.6. Shankar Award » Indian Philosophy, Culture and Art.7. Pulitzer Prize » Journalism8. Jnanpith Award » Literature9. Saraswati Samman » Literature10. Vyas Samman » Literature11. Dhanwantri Award » Medical Science12. Grammy Award » Music13. Noble Prize » Peace, Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Economics14. Vachaspati Samman » Sanskrit literature15. Kalinga Award » Science16. Bhatnagar Award » Science17. Karbir Samman » Socio-Communal Harmony18. Arjuna Award » Sports19. Dronacharya Award » Sports Coaching20. DhyanChand Award » Lifetime Achievement in Sports

IMPORTANT COMMITTEES IN BANKING SECTOR1. M.P. Bezbaruah: to suggest suitable remedial measures to address concerns regarding security of people from North East.2. B. Sambamurthy: panel favours single mobile banking app on all SIMs. Panel recommended that customers should not be required to visit the bank branch for mobile number registration.3. Vijay Kelkar Committee was appointed by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry to prepare a road map to make India self-sufficient in oil and natural gas by 2030.4. Deepak Mohanty Committee: on Data and Information Management in the Reserve Bank of India5. K. K. Mehrotra Committee: to inquire gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant.6. P.J. Nayak: to review Governance of Boards of Banks in India. The committee was constituted under the chairmanship of P. J. Nayak. He is a former Chairman and CEO of Axis Bank.7. Nachiket Mor Committee: to permits NBFCs to work as Business Correspondents of banks.8. Vishnu Sahay committee: look probe into the Muzaffarnagar communal violence.9. Urjit Patel Committee : to examine the current monetary policy framework.10. Mukul Mudgal member panel to probe IPL spot‐fixing.11. Nachiket Mor : committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low‐income households.12. Justice A.P. Shah committee : to head panel on road safety13. Anil Kaushal committee: to examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing of Spectrum.14. Bimal Jalan panel : to scrutinize applications for new bank licenses.15. Parthasarathi Shome. – for Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest a system to enforce better tax compliance

16. Kirit Parikh panel : on fuel pricing has suggested that the diesel prices should be increased by Rs.1-1.50 a litre every month as against the 45-50 paise monthly hike followed currently.17. K U.B. Rao : the idea of setting up Bullion Bank or Bullion Corporation of India18. Arvind Mayaram Panel: report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL)19. Arvind Mayaram Committee –for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)20. Suma Verma Committee : to update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 200621. Damodran Committee: on improvement of customer services in banks22. Shri M. Narasimham Committee: on Banking Sector Reforms23. Shri K.U.B. Rao Committee: recommended aligning gold import regulations24. K M Chandrasekhar committee : for rationalization of foreign investment norms25. Shri Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee: to study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for authentication of card present transactions.

Famous Indian musicians and their instruments

INSTRUMENTALISTS Sitar

clem alford

Indrajit Banerjee

Nikhil Banerjee

Partha Bose

Anjan Chattopadhyay

Bharati Chokshi

Shambhu Das

Imrat Khan

Nishat Khan

ustad rais khan

Vilayat Khan

Srinivas Koumounduri

Niladri Kumar

Manju Mehta

Brigitte Menon

Budhaditya Mukherjee

manilal nag

Shahid Parvez

Rohini Prasad

Dr. Chandrakant Sardeshmukh

Kartik Seshadri

Anoushka Shankar

Ravi Shankar

Baluji Shrivastav

Sanjeeb Sircar

Collin WalcottSarod

Buddhadev Das Gupta

Ali Akbar Khan

Amjad Ali Khan

Rajeev Taranath

Sharan Rani

K. SridharTabla

Anindo Chaterjee

Swapan Chaudhuri

David Courtney

Kumar Bose

Zakir Hussain

Shaik Dawood Khan

Alla Rakha Khan

Nizamuddin Khan

Shabbir Nisar Khan

Hetal Mehta

Kalyan Pathak

Sharda Sahai

Ahmed Jan Thirakwa

Tina SugandhBansuri and Venu

Hari Prasad Chaurasia

Pandit Pannalal Ghosh

Sunil Kant Gupta

Nityanand Haldipur

G.S. SachdevMisc. Instruments

S. Balachander - saraswathi vina

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - guitar

Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar - rudra vina

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar - rudra vina

M.S. Gopalakrishnan - violin

Gopalan Govender - mridangam

Phil Hollenbeck - pakhawaj

Asad Ali Khan - rudra vina

Ustad Bismillah Khan - shehnai

Aslam Khan - Sarangi

Sheikh Chinna Moula - nadaswaram

Palghat R. Raghu - mridangam

Ravikiran - gottuvadhyam

Kaushik Roy - guitar

Shiv Kumar Sharma - santur

U. Srinivas - Carnatic mandolin

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Launched India along with 20 other countries signed an agreement to become founding

members of the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to aid theinfrastructure development in the Asian region and reduce the dependence on Western-dominated World Bank and IMF.

Australia, Indonesia and South Korea skipped the launch of a China-backedAsianinfrastructure bank as the United States said it had concerns about the new rival toWestern-dominated multilateral lenders.

China’s $50 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is seen asachallenge to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, both of which countWashington and its allies as their biggest financial backers.

Besides India and China, other AIIB members are Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Thailand, SriLanka, Singapore, Qatar, Oman, the Philippines, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Brunei,Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia and Myanmar.

The AIIB, launched in Beijing at a ceremony attended by Chinese finance minister LouJiwei and delegates from 21 countries including India, Thailand and Malaysia, aimsto give project loans to developing nations. China is set to be its largest shareholder witha stake of up to 50 percent.

The development bank was proposed a year ago by Chinese President XiJinping, and is to offer financing for infrastructure projects in underdeveloped Asiancountries.

Headquartered in Beijing, former chairman of the China International Capital Corpinvestment bank Jim Liqun, is expected to take a leading role.

The bank will initially be capitalized with $50 billion, most of it contributed byChina. The country is planning to increase authorized capital to $100 billion. With thatamount the AIIB would be two-thirds the size of the $175 billion Asian DevelopmentBank.

Voting rights are to be decided after consultations among the members over fixing thebench marks which were expected to be combination of GDP and Purchasing Power Parity(PPP).

India will be the second largest bank shareholder though Kuwait, Qatar, Mongolia,Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Nepal, Oman, and all the countries of the Association of SoutheastAsia, except Indonesia are involved.

Indonesia was not present and neither were South Korea and Australia. Japan, China’s main rival in Asia and which dominates the $175 billion Asian

Development Bank along with the United States, was also not present, but it was notexpected to be.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said the new bank would use the best practices of theWorld Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

The AIIB is expected to begin operations in 2015 with senior Chinese banker JinLiqun, ex-chairman of investment bank China International Capital Corp, expected totake a leading role.

The memorandum of understanding signed said authorised capital of the bank would be$100 billion and that the AIIB would be formally established by the end of 2015 with itsheadquarters in Beijing.

The AIIB is in addition to the BRICS Development Bank (Brazil, Russia, India, Chinaand South Africa) formed this year, which will be based in Shanghai. It is set tocommence its operations with an Indian as its President.

India Elected to UNHRC India was re-elected to the UN’s main human rights body for the period of 2015-17,

receiving the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group. India is currently a member of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)and

its first term is due to end on December 31, 2014. After India’s re-election, the country’s Ambassador to the UN Asoke Mukerjiemphasised

that the country’s focus will be to make the UN human rights system more effective andaddress issues through a constructive approach.

India was seeking re-election to the UN body, the elections for which were held in the UNGeneral Assembly.

India was competing in the Asia-Pacific group in which four seats were up for election.The other countries competing in the group were Indonesia, Bangladesh, Qatar,Thailand, Kuwait, Cambodia, Philippines and Bahrain.

Out of them, India, Bangladesh, Qatar and Indonesia made it to the UNHRC. India received 162 votes, the highest number in the Asia-Pacific group. India -162 votes; Indonesia -152; Bangladesh -149; Qatar -142 elected.

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nationssystem responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of humanrights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations andmake recommendations on them.

It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that requireits attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.

The Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by theUN General Assembly. The Human Rights Council replaced the former United NationsCommission on Human Rights.

The Council was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 March 2006 byresolution 60/251. Its first session took place from 19 to 30 June 2006. One yearlater, the Council adopted its “Institution-building package” to guide its work and setup its procedures and mechanisms.

Among them were the Universal Periodic Review mechanism which serves to assessthe human rights situations in all United Nations Member States, the Advisory Committeewhich serves as the Council’s “think tank” providing it with expertise and advice onthematic human rights issues and the Complaint Procedure which allows individuals andorganizations to bring human rights violations to the attention of the Council.

The Human Rights Council also works with the UN Special Procedures established bythe former Commission on Human Rights and now assumed by the Council. These aremade up of special rapporteurs, special representatives, independent experts andworking groups that monitor, examine, advise and publicly report on thematic issues orhuman rights situations in specific countries.

Apart from India, the other 14 member states elected to the Human Rights Council fora three-year term of office beginning January 1, 2015, are Albania, Bangladesh,Bolivia, Botswana, the Congo, El Salvador, Ghana, Indonesia, Latvia, the Netherlands,Nigeria, Paraguay, Portugal and Qatar.

India’s focus is to ensure that the “idea behind creating the Human Rights Council isactually implemented in practice.”

India wants to “build constructively and have space for dialogue” to find ways to redressissues of human rights.

A constructive approach will be more sustainable in addressing issues than engagingin a “polarised discourse”.

India has had a winning streak in UN elections. Through the election victories, India hasconsistently proved that in the UN family, its standing is a “high one”.

MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF ECONOMIC SURVEY 2013-14

Economy to grow in the range of 5.4 – 5.9 per cent in 2014-15 overcoming sub-5percent growth.

Growth slowdown was broad based, affecting in particular the industry sector. Aided by favourable monsoons, agricultural and allied sector registered a growth of 4.7

per cent in 2013-14. Industry and Service sectors also witnessed slowdown. Reforms needed for long term-growth prospects on 3 fronts- low and stable inflation

regime, tax and expenditure reform and regulatory framework. Survey suggests removal of restriction on farmers to buy, sell and store their produce to

customers across the country and the world. Rationalisation of subsidies on inputs such as fertilizer and food is essential. Government needs to eventually move towards income support for farmers and poor

households. The fiscal policy for 2013-14 was calibrated with two-fold objectives; first, to aid growth

revival; and second, to reach the FD level targeted for 2013-14. The Budget for 2013-14 followed the policy of revenue augmentation and expenditure

rationalization to contain government spending within sustainable limits. The fiscal outcome of the central government in 2013-14 was achieved despite the

macroeconomic challenges of growth slowdown, elevated levels of global crude oil prices,and slow growth of investment.

High inflation, particularly food inflation, was the result of structural as well as seasonal factors.

IMF projects most global commodity prices are expected to remain flat during 2014-15. The RBI with a view to restoring stability to the foreign exchange market, hiked short

term interest rate in July and compressed domestic money market liquidity. RBI has indentified five sectors — infrastructure, iron and steel, textiles, aviation and

mining as the stressed sectors. Public sector banks (PSBs) have high exposures to the ‘industry’ sector in general and to

such ‘stressed’ sectors in particular. The New Pension System (NPS), now National Pension System, introduced for the

new recruits who join government service on or after January 2004, represents a majorreform of Indian pension arrangements.

The next wave of infrastructure financing will require a capable bond market. The India’s balance-of-payments position improved dramatically in 2013-14 withcurrent

account deficit at US $ 32.4 billion as against US$ 88.2 billion in 2012-13. India’s foreign exchange reserves increased from US$ 292.0 billion at end March 2013

to US$ 304.2 billion at end march 2014. India’s external debt has remained within manageable limits due to the external debt

management policy with prudential restrictions on debt varieties of capital inflows.

World trade volume which decelerated to 2.8 per cent in 2012 has shown signs ofrecovery in 2013, albeit slow with a 3.0 per cent growth.

The sharp fall in imports and moderate export growth in 2013-14 resulted in a sharp fallin India’s trade deficit by 27.8 per cent.

In April-May 2014, trade deficit declined by 42.4 per cent. Record food grains and oilseeds production of 264.4 million tonnes (mt) and 32.4 mt is

estimated in 2013-14. Horticulture production estimated at 265 mt in 2012-13 has exceeded the production of

foodgrains and oilseeds for the first time. Due to higher procurement, stocks of foodgrains in the Central Pool have increased to

69.84 million tonnes as on June 1, 2014. The net availability of foodgrains increased to 229.1 million tonnes and that of

edible oils to 12.7 kg per year in 2013. The latest gross domestic product (GDP) estimates show that industry grew by just 1.0

per cent in 2012-13 and slowed further in 2013-14, posting a modest increase of 0.4 percent.

India ranked 12th in terms of services GDP in 2012 among the world’s top 15countries in terms of GDP (at current prices).

India has the second fastest growing services sector with its CAGR at 9.0 per cent, justbelow China’s 10.9 per cent, during 2001 to 2012.

In 2013-14, FDI inflows to the services sector (top five sectors including construction)declined sharply by 37.6 per cent to US$ 6.4 billion compared to an overall growth in FDIinflows at 6.1 per cent resulting in the share of the top five services in total FDI falling tonearly one-sixth.

Major sector-wise performance of core industries and infrastructure services during2013-14 shows a mixed trend. While the growth in production of power and fertilizerswas comparatively higher than in 2012-13, coal, steel, cement, and refinery productionposted comparatively lower growth. Crude oil and natural gas production declined during 2013-14.

The performance of the coal sector in the first two years of the Twelfth Plan has beensubdued with domestic production at 556 MT in 2012-13 and 566 MT in 2013-14.

A total length of 21,787 km of national highways has been completed till March 2014under various phases of the NHDP. In spite of several constraints due to the economicdownturn, the NHAI constructed 2844 km length in 2012-13, its highest everannual achievement. During 2013-14 a total of 1901 km of road construction wascompleted.

From the infrastructure development perspective, while important issues like delays inregulatory approvals, problems in land acquisition & rehabilitation, environmentalclearances, etc. need immediate attention, time overruns in the implementation ofprojects continue to be one of the main reasons for underachievement in many of theinfrastructure sectors.

Human- induced Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are growing and are chieflyresponsible for climate change.

The world is not on track for limiting increase in global average temperature to below2?C, above pre-industrial levels. GHG emissions grew on average 2.2 per cent per year between 2000 and 2010, compared to 1.3 per cent per year between 1970 and2000.

There is immense pressure on governments to act through two new agreements onclimate change and sustainable development, both of which will be global frameworks foraction to be finalized next year.

The cumulative costs of India’s low carbon strategies have been estimated at aroundUSD 834 billion at 2011 prices, between 2010 and 2030.

According to HDR 2013, India has slipped down in HDI with its overall global ranking at 136 (out of the 186 countries) as against 134 (out of 187 countries) as perHDR 2012. It is still in the medium human development category.

The poverty ratio (based on the MPCE of Rs 816 for rural areas and Rs 1000 for urbanareas in 2011-12 at all India level), has declined from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05 to 21.9per cent in 2011-12.

In absolute terms, the number of poor declined from 407.1 million in 2004-05 to269.3 million in 2011-12 with an average annual decline of 2.2 percentage points during2004-05 to 2011-12.

During 2004-05 to 2011-12, employment growth [CAGR] was only 0.5 per cent,compared to 2.8 per cent during 1999-2000 to 2004-05 as per usual status.

ENVIRONMENT /SCIENCE & TECH

Hurricane Gonzalo Hit BermudaHurricane Gonzalo slammed directly into Bermuda, knocking out most of the electricity there as it lashed

the tiny Atlantic island chain with pounding surf,

National Air Quality Index LaunchedIndia has launched a new air quality index to help citizens understand complex pollution data and its

implications for their health.

Cyclonic Hudhud IntensifiesAuthorities in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh stocked shelters with rations and planned mass evacuations

as the states stepped up their preparedness for a powerful cyclone that is likely to hit the southeastern

Air pollution Alert in BeijingBeijing issued a yellow alert for air pollution with smog forecast to continue for the next three days. Due to

the weather, pollution was predicted to remain heavy in Beijing.

Kamal Bawa gets 2014 Midori Prize

Indian scientist Kamal Bawa, a distinguished professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts in

Boston, has won the 2014 Midori Prize in Biodiversity

Long Range Forecast for the RainfallThe rainfall over the country as a whole during the second half of the 2014 southwest monsoon season is

likely to be 95% of PLA with a model error of ±8%.

18th BASIC Meeting on Climate ChangeThe 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in New Delhi, India on 7-8 August

2014.

Scheduled Tribes Forest Rights Act, 2006To address the adverse living conditions of many tribal families living in forests was on account of non-

recognition and vesting of pre-existing rights,

Waves Measured First Time in Arctic OceanA University of Washington researcher made the first study of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean,

and detected house-sized waves during a September 2012 storm.

Typhoon Rammasun Hits PhilippinesTyphoon season is underway in the Asia-Pacific, as the strongest storm so far this year tore its way

through the Philippines and China.

3 Projects for Interlinking of Rivers IdentifiedUnion Government has identified three projects for interlinking of rivers and according to government all

such initiatives will be taken only when the concerned state governments give their concurrence.

Nagoya Protocol Coming Into Force in OctIndia facilitated the entry into force of Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.

Polavaram Project Gets Parliament NodThe Indirasagar-Polavaram Multi-purpose Irrigation Project took a new turn with the passing of the Bill in

the Lok Sabha, which paves the way for the Polavaram project

Present Status of Inter-State River DisputesThe status of various Inter-State water disputes which have been referred to Tribunals for conflict

resolution is given below:

World Day to Combat DesertificationThe World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is celebrated every year on 17th June.

Deep Depression Intensifies Into Cyclone NanaukA deep depression over the Arabian Sea intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘Nanauk’ that lay about 660 kms

southwest of Mumbai and was heading for the Oman coast.

SCIENCE & TECH

Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft ExplodesAn unmanned private rocket contracted by NASA to carry cargo into the space has exploded seconds

after its launch along the eastern Virginia coast of the US.

China Launch Unmanned Lunar MissionChina launched an unmanned spacecraft to fly around the moon and back to Earth in order to test

technologies to be used in the Chang’e-5, a future probe

Latest Space Missions of IndiaThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has submitted a plan for 58 space missions to be

undertaken as a part of 12th Five Year Plan, 2012-17.

India US Cooperation in Earth ScienceOctober 9, 2014

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Earth System Science Organization-Ministry of

Earth Sciences (ESSO-MoES) and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

New Species of Catfish Found in IndiaIchthyologists — zoologists who study fish — from Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) in India announced

they have discovered a new species of catfish,

2.6m Light Years Long Stream of Gas FoundAstronomers have found a bridge of atomic hydrogen gas 2.6 million light years long between galaxies

500 million light years away.

New Species of Mayfly Discovered in IndiaScientists have discovered a new species of mayfly in the southern Western Ghats, a mountain range

along the west coast of India.

New Species of Ctenomys IdentifiedResearchers has identified four new species of Ctenomys, a genus of gopher-like mammal found

throughout much of South America.

Wheat Genome Unveiled

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) to which India is a partner published

today in the international journal Science a draft sequence

Cygnus Leaves for International Space StationOrbital Sciences Corp. has successfully launched its second dedicated Cygnus cargo mission toward the

International Space Station (ISS).

Research Ship “Sindhu Sadhana” LaunchedIn a historic ceremony held at the Marmugao Harbour of Goa, Dr.Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the

Prime Minister’s Office, Department of Personnel and Training,

Human Genome Shrinked to 19,000 GenesA study by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) updates the number of human genes -

those that can generate proteins- to 19,000;

HESS Telescope Detected Gamma RaysThe HESS-II (High Energy Stereoscopic System) telescope in Namibia has detected gamma rays of only

30 Giga electron volts (GeV) from the Vela pulsar.

PSLV-C23 Puts 5 Salellites into SpacePSLV C23 carrying French Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7 and four co-passenger spacecrafts from

Singapore, Canada and Germany was successfully launched from Sriharikota in

MACE Telescope Being Setup in LadakhA gigantic gamma ray telescope designed, developed and manufactured by the Electronics Corporation

of India Limited, is all set to be moved to its home in Hanle in Ladakh region of Jammu &

NASA Curiosity Completes 1 Year on MarsToday, on June 24, Nasa’s Mars Curiosity rover completes one Martian year — 687 Earth days — on the

Red Planet.

LATEST G K

India to Setup First Fish HospitalThe country’s first hospital to treat abnormalities and diseases in fish is set to come up in Kolkata by mid-

2015. The work has already started on the project.

Rashtriya Ekta Divas on 31st OctGovernment of India has decided to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on

October 31, as ‘Rashtriya Ekta Divas’ or the National Integration Day.

Rajni Razdan is New UPSC ChairmanSmt. Rajni Razdan, Member, Union Public Service Commission, took the oath of office and secrecy as

Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Endangered Languages of IndiaThe Government of India has initiated a Scheme known as “Protection and Preservation of Endangered

Languages of India”.

6th Economic Census Results ReleasedDr. Pronab Sen, Chairman, National Statistical Commission and Dr. T.C.A. Anant, Chief Statistician of

India and Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,

Latest Data on Telecom SubscribersThe number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 933.00 million at the end of March, 2014 to

935.81 million at the end of April, 2014, thereby showing a monthly growth of

B Ashok is New CMD of IOCPetroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has approved appointment of B Ashok as the head of India’s

largest oil firm, IOC, in what will be the first top level appointment by the new government.

Rani ki Vav Included in World Heritage ListRani –ki –Vav (Gujarat) has been approved for inscription on the World Heritage list.

Project ‘Mausam’ LaunchedProject ‘Mausam’ is a Ministry of Culture project with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA),

New Delhi as the nodal coordinating agency.

Homi Bhabha’s bungalow Sold for �372 crThe J. J. Bhabha bungalow called Meherangir located at Malabar Hills was successfully sold by NCPA for

Rs 372 crore after conclusion of a public auction as per the provisions of Bombay

Vishal Sikka Appointed CEO of InfosysInfosys Ltd (INFY.NS), India’s second-largest IT services exporter, has for the first time picked an outsider

as chief executive officer, as it seeks to boost

India Elected to Committee for Safeguarding of Cultural HeritageIndia has been elected for the next four years (2014-2018) to the Intergovernmental Committee for the

Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

R K Malhotra Appointed IOC Chairman

R K Malhotra, Director (R&D) at Indian Oil Corp (IOC), has been given additional charge as Chairman of

the nation’s largest company as appointment of a regular head has been delayed.

Cabinet Secretary Gets Six Month ExtensionCabinet Secretary Ajit Seth was given six months extension in service, just 12 days before he was

supposed to retire, in an apparent move to ensure continuity

Ajit Doval Appointed National Security AdviserHighly decorated police officer and former Intelligence Bureau Chief Ajit Doval, considered one of the

finest operational brains, was appointed as the National Security Adviser.

National Spelling Bee 2014 ChampionsTwo spellers were declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee — the first time in 52

years.

MARKETING

1. Bancassurance is a relationship between Bank and---------

1. Education

2. Insurance Company

3. Employee

4. Customer

5. All of these

Answer: 2. Insurance Company

2. BIM stands for–

1. Bank Insurance Model

2. Book In Management

3. Bank In Money

4. Bank Investment Model

5. All of these

Answer: 1. Bank Insurance Model

3. Effective Communication is–

1. Good Vocabulary

2. A sine–qua–non for marketing

3. Not required of demand exceeds supply

4. All of these

5. None of these

Answer: 2. A sine–qua–non for marketing

4. Which is not a part of 7 ps of marketing?

1. Price

2. Policy

3. Product

4. People

5. Process

Answer: 3. Product

5. Market Plan can be for­

1. A brand

2. A product

3. Product line

4. All of these

5. None of these

Answer: 4. All of these

6. Solid marketing strategy is the fundation of a–

1. Sales

2. Budget

3. Well–written marketing plan

4. Market

5. All of these

Answer: 3. Well–written marketing plan

7. Which is/are promotional content?

1. Sales Promotion

2. Branding

3. Direct Marketing

4. Advertising

5. All of these

Answer: 3. Direct Marketing

8. Marketing strategy means–

1. To introduce in sales promotion scheme

2. Population

3. Perseverance

4. Demands

5. Networth

Answer: 1. To introduce in sales promotion scheme

9. Customisation means–

1. Making Few change according to client requirement to an already existing product

2. Test

3. Production

4. Costing

5. All of these

Answer: 1. Making Few change according to client requirement to an already existing product

10. Marketing should be resorted–

1. Only among rich person

2. Depends on income

3. Only in crowded areas

4. Depends on the product

5. Only among the poor

Answer: 4

Awards &Honors

1. B. C. Roy Award is given in the field of

A. Music B. Journalism

C. Medicine D. Environment

.Answer: Option C

2. In which year was Pulitzer Prize established?

A. 1917 B. 1918

C. 1922 D. 1928

Answer: Option A

3. Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2000 was awarded to the former President of South Africa alongwith

A. Sathish Dawan

B. C. Subramanian

C. Grameen Bank of Bangladesh

D. World Healt Organisation

Answer: Option C

4. Who has been awarded the first lifetime Achievement Award for his/her contribution in the field of Cinema?

A. Ashok Kumar

B. Hou Hsio-hsein

C. Akiro Burosova

D. Bernardo Burtolucci

Answer: Option A

5.

The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award was conferred was conferred upon Ms. Kiran Bedi for her excellent contribution to which of the following fields?

A. Literature

B. Community Welfare

C. Government Service

D. Journalism

Answer: Option C

6. Which of the following societies has instituted an award for an outstanding parliamentarian?

A. Jamanlal Bajaj Foundation

B. Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies

C. G. B. Pant Memorial Society

D. R. D. Birla samara Kosh

Answer: Option C7. Which is the highest gallantry award in India?

A. Param Vishishtat Seva Medal

B. Param Vir Chakra

C. Kirti Chakra

D. Vir Chakra

nswer: Option B

Explanation:

The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, similar to the British Victoria Cross, US Medal of Honor, Pakistani Nishan-e-Haider, or French Legion of Honor or Russian Cross of St. George.

8. Which state gives Mewar Award?

A. Haryana B. Delhi

C. Punjab D. Rajasthan

Answer: Option D9. Who is the first Asian Winner of Nobel Prize?

A. C. V. Raman

B. Rajiv Gandhi

C. Rabindranath Tagore

D. Mother Teresa

Answer: Option C10. The first Indian to receive Noble Prize in Literature was

A. Mother Teresa

B. C. V. Raman

C. Rabindranath Tagore

D. Sarojini Naidu

Answer: Option C

11. The first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi's 'Khel Ratna' award is

A. Vishwanathan Anand

B. Leander Peas

C. Kapil Dev

D. Limba Ram

Answer: Option A

12. Pulitzer prize is awarded for outstanding work in the field of

A. Science and Technology

B. Environmental Studies

C. Literature and Journalism

D. International Understanding

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

13. Saraswathi Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to

A. classical music

B. education

C. literature

D. fine arts

Answer: Option C

.

14. Who among the following has received a Nobel Prize in literature 1953?

A. Pablo Neruda

B. Derek Walcott

C. Ernest Hemingway

D. Winston Churchill

Answer: Option D

15. The Arjuna Awards were instituted in the year

A. 1965 B. 1961

C. 1963 D. 1957

Answer: Option B

this question.

16. The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony has been given to

A. Larry Pressler

B. Amnesty International

C. Hussain Ibrahim Zaki

D. Yasser Arafat

Answer: Option D

17. 'Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for

A. acts of gallantry in the presence of enemy

B. gallantry by children

C. outstanding contribution to literature

D.the most conspicuous bravery or self sacrifice on land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy

Answer: Option D

18. Who among the following is the recipient of the first Dayawati Modi Award for art, culture and education?

A. Dharmavir Bharti

B. Amitabh Bachchaan

C. B. V. Karanth

D. Ashok Vajpeyi

Answer: Option B

19. The Nobel Prize was first awarded in

A. 1976 B. 1958

C. 1901 D. 1972

Answer: Option C

20. Who among the following own the Nobel prize for literature?

A. Linus Pauling

B. Samuel Beckett

C. Philip Noel - Baker

D. Ralph Bunche

Answer: Option B

PM Narendra Modi’s Cabinet as on November 9 -2014

CABINET MINISTERS1. Shri Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs2. Smt. Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs3. Shri Arun Jaitley: Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information & Broadcasting4. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs5. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways, Shipping6. Shri Manohar Parrikar: Defence7. Shri Suresh Prabhu: Railways8. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Law & Justice9. Sushri Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga

Rejuvenation10. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs11. Shri Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution12. Shri Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises13. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi: Women and Child Development14. Shri Ananthkumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers15. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology16. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda: Health & Family Welfare17. Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: Civil Aviation18. Shri Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises19. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries20. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines, Steel21. Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation22. Shri Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs23. Shri Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture24. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment25. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani: Human Resource Development26. Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Science and Technology, Earth SciencesMINISTERS OF STATE27. General V.K. Singh: Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs28. Shri Inderjit Singh Rao: Planning (Independent Charge), Defence29. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Textiles (Independent Charge)30. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya: Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)31. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy: Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs32. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik: AAYUSH (Independent Charge), Health & Family Welfare33. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan: Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)34. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal: Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)35. Shri Prakash Javadekar: Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)36. Shri Piyush Goyal: Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)37. Dr. Jitendra Singh: Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space38. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman: Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)

39. Dr. Mahesh Sharma: Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge), Civil Aviation40. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs41. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav: Drinking Water & Sanitation42. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary: Home Affairs43. Shri Sanwar Lal Jat: Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation44. Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya: Agriculture45. Shri Giriraj Singh: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises46. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir: Chemicals & Fertilizers47. Shri G.M. Siddeshwara: Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises48. Shri Manoj Sinha: Railways49. Shri Nihalchand: Panchayati Raj50. Shri Upendra Kushwaha: Human Resource Development51. Shri Radhakrishnan P.: Road Transport & Highways, Shipping52. Shri Kiren Rijiju: Home Affairs53. Shri Krishan Pal: Social Justice & Empowerment54. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Agriculture55. Shri Manuskhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava: Tribal Affairs56. Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution57. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai: Mines, Steel58. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat: Rural Development59. Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria: Human Resource Development60. Shri Y.S. Chowdary: Science and Technology, Earth Science61. Shri Jayant Sinha: Finance62. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Information & Broadcasting63. Shri Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Baral: Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation64. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Food Processing Industries65. Shri Vijay Sampla: Social Justice & Empowerment