CURRENT EVENTS PRACTICE MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. In which city Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, laid foundation stone of Pusa Kisan Haat in ICAR- Agricultural Technology Information Centre?
1) New Delhi 
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata 
4) Chennai

2. Where was the annual India Water Impact Summit 2018 held?
1) New Delhi 
2) Hyderabad
3) Amaravathi 
4) Mangalore

3. Where was the Global Venture Capital Summit-2018 held?
1) Tamil Nadu 
2) Maharashtra
3) Goa 
4) Madhya Pradesh

4. Which pair has become India's Second Inland Water Transport origin destination pair for containerized cargo movement on National Waterway-1?
1) Paradip-Cuttack
2) Kolkata-Patna 
3) Panaji-Kochi
4) Mumbai-Chennai

5. Where was the 1st International Conference on Bears held?
1) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
2) Agra, Uttar Pradesh
3) Darjeeling, West Bengal
4) Nagpur, Maharashtra

6. At which place did Indian Coast Guard conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution
Response Exercise named 'Clean Sea - 2018' at the sea?
1) Chandipur, Odisha
2) Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
3) Mumbai, Maharashtra
4) Calicut, Kerala

7. In which State/UT the India's first underwater museum will be opened in a decommissioned Indian Naval vessel named INS Cuddalore?
1) Odisha 
2) Maharashtra
3) Puducherry
4) Andhra Pradesh

8. When did UNICEF (United Nations International Children Emergency Fund) celebrate its 71st foundation day?
1) December 9 
2) December 10
3) December 11 
4) December 12

9. Where was the Regional Conference on 'Good Governance - Focus on Aspirational Districts' held?
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka
2) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
3) Pune, Maharashtra
4) Hyderabad, Telangana

10. Where was the first International Conference, on the theme- 'Sustainable Water Management', held?
1) Rohtak, Haryana
2) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
3) Mohali, Punjab
4) Kochi, Kerala

11. Which entity has developed the portal ENSURE- National Livestock Mission-EDEG launched
by Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh?
1) National Informatics Centre
2) NITI Aayog 
3) NABARD
4) IIT, Delhi

12. Where was Nishidhi stone inscription from the 12th century, issued to commemorate Jain ascetics
who perform Sallekhana vratha, found?
1) Pelling, Sikkim
2) Udaipur, Rajasthan
3) Shivamogga, Karnataka
4) Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

13. Where was the third exhibition of the 2nd series of collection titled "Uncrowned Glory - An exhibition of Ethnic Ornaments of Himachal Pradesh" inaugurated?
1) Shimla 
2) Manali
3) New Delhi 
4) Mumbai

14. Which state government has announced the creation of an umbrella university named after
former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
1) Gujarat 
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Karnataka

15. Where was the National conference 'AYUSHCHARYA' on Dinacharya (Daily Regimen) and
Ritucharya (Seasonal Regimen) for public health promotion?
1) Mumbai 
2) Kolkata
3) Puducherry 
4) New Delhi

16. In which field Union Cabinet approved a MoU between India and the USA to focus on Scientific
and Technical Cooperation?
1) Earth Sciences
2) Maritime Defence
3) Genetic Engineering
4) Food Processing and Technology

17. Which Indian city has topped in the list of top 10 fastest growing cities in the world from 2019 to
2035 in India, as per Oxford Economics report?
1) Mumbai, Maharashtra
2) Surat, Gujarat
3) Agra, Uttar Pradesh
4) Bengaluru, Karnataka

18. At which position India stood in the highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting
for 7 % of global emissions in 2017, according to a study by Global Carbon Project?
1) Second 
2) Third
3) Fourth 
4) Fifth

19. Which country has become the first Latin American Country to join China's Belt and Road
Initiative?
1) Mexico 
2) Costa Rica
3) Panama 
4) Argentina

20. Where was the 12th session of India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) for Economic and Technical Cooperation, held?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Mumbai, India
3) Dubai, UAE
4) Abu Dhabi, UAE

21. Where did External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-inaugurate Gandhi-Zayed Digital Museum?
1) Bahrain, UAE
2) Abu Dhabi, UAE
3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4) Doha, Qatar

22. Which country topped in road deaths with 1.51 lakh road deaths in 2016, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety?
1) USA 
2) India
3) China 
4) South Korea

23. Which country has become the first country to abolish all fares on public transport by 2019?
1) Luxembourg 
2) Monaco
3) Ireland 
4) Japan

24. Where was the world's largest Arabic audio library launched?
1) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4) Muscat, Oman

25. With which country India participated in the 10th edition of 'INDRA NAVY', the bilateral started at Vishakhapatnam?
1) Australia 
2) Russia
3) France 
4) USA

26. Where was the Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018 held?
1) New Delhi 
2) Dehradun
3) Kolkata 
4) Chandigarh

27. Which country has approved a new law allowing foreign bluecollar workers into the country to ease labour shortages from April 2019?
1) Australia 
2) Ethiopia
3) Spain 
4) Japan

28. Which country became the 38th member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international body to combat money laundering, terrorist financing etc?
1) Egypt 
2) Pakistan
3) Israel 
4) Afghanistan

29. Where was Vivah Panchami, the wedding of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita, celebrated on 12th
December 2018?
1) Dhaka, Bangladesh
2) Janakpur, Nepal
3) Uttar Pradesh, India
4) Colombo, Sri Lanka

30. With which Indian bank the Central Bank of the UAE made a Currency Swap Agreement and was signed?
1) State Bank of India
2) Reserve Bank of India
3) NABARD 
4) SIDBI

31. With which country India signed an agreement to pay for the crude oil it imports from the country in rupees?
1) Iran 
2) Iraq
3) Qatar 
4) Saudi Arabia

32. Which airlines has become the first Indian Domestic carrier to have 200 aircraft in its fleet?
1) IndiGo 
2) SpiceJet
3) Jet Airways 
4) GoAir

33. Which country became the world's leading exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time?
1) Qatar 
2) USA
3) Iran 
4) Australia

34. Which bank has approved a $400 million loan for a Water Sanitation Project in Andhra Pradesh?
1) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
2) Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB)
3) World Bank 4) SoftBank

35. Where was the 54th SKOCH Summit on the State of Power, Oil and Gas held?
1) Mumbai 
2) Dehradun
3) Raipur 
4) New Delhi

36. By which year India aimed to become a USD 5 trillion economies as per India's 1st Agriculture Export Policy 2018 released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry?
1) 2023 
2) 2025
3) 2031 
4) 2028

37. Which institute won the DSCI Excellence Award 2018, given by Data Security Council of India
(DSCI), for its contributions in Cyber Security education?
1) IIT, Madras 
2) IIT, Kharagpur
3) NIT, Trichy
4) IISc, Bangalore

38. Which country scientists have made nanowire devices from zinc oxide crystals that can inherently process and even store information?
1) American 
2) Indian
3) German 
4) Australian

39. Which country launched its Chang'e-4 moon mission to reach the far side of the moon for the first time?
1) Japan 
2) Singapore
3) South Korea 
4) China

40. What is the name of the threestage nuclear capable surface-tosurface ballistic missile successfully
test fired by India, from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast?
1) Agni-V 
2) Agni-II
3) Vishal-III 
4) Dhanush-IV

41. Which Indian power station created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for 941
days, on 10th December 2018?
1) Bokaro Power Station-1, Jharkhand
2) Kaiga Power Station-1, Karnataka
3) Durgapur Power Station-2, West Bengal
4) Barauni Power Station-2, Bihar

42. What is the rank of India in the Climate Change Performance Index released on the sidelines of
COP24 UN Summit in Katowice, Poland, on 10th December 2018?
1) 4 
2) 6 
3) 9 
4) 11

43. Who was appointed as Chief Economic Advisor for a period of 3 years?
1) Ravi Shankar A S
2) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
3) Vijay Thomas
4) Harish Chauhan

44. Who was appointed as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 11th December
2018?
1) Ravi Handa
2) Shaktikanta Das
3) S Krishnamoorthy
4) Arjun Rishab

45. Which Australian cricketer broke an unwanted 130-year-old record in Australian cricket when he lost his wicket for just 2 runs?
1) Shaun Marsh 
2) Tim Paine
3) David Warner
4) Glen Maxwell

46. Who became the youngest and the fifth Indian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit in golf?
1) Shubhankar Sharma
2) Anirban Lahiri 
3) Shiv Kapoor
4) Jeev Milkha Singh

47. Who was appointed as the Managing Director of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)?
1) Wasim Khan 
2) Rashid Khan
3) Abbas Mohammed
4) Hashim Ahmed

48. Which sportsperson was honoured with the Meethoileima (Outstanding Queen) title by Manipur government?
1) Manu Bhaker 
2) Hima Das
3) MC Mary Kom
4) Saina Nehwal

49. Who is the Present Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
1) Raman Singh
2) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
3) Ajit Jogi
4) Bhupesh Baghel

50. Who is the Present Chief Minister of Rajasthan
1) Vasundhara Raje
2) Hira Lal Devpura
3) Ashok Gehlot
4) Shiv Charan Mathur

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Appointment of Shri Shaktikanta Das as Governor, RBI

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) read with sub-section (4) of Section 8 of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934, the Central Government appointed Shri Shaktikanta Das, IAS Retd., former Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, as Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), for a period of three years.

Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) is under implementation across the country. The Mission has progressed since the launch in 2016. Out of the mandated 300 clusters, 295 clusters have been identified and approved across 29 States and 6 Union Territories. SPMRM was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on February 21st, 2016 with an outlay of Rs. 5142.08 crore. This is a unique programme, designed to deliver catalytic interventions to rural areas on the threshold of growth. There is a funding support of up to 30% of the estimated investment for each Rurban cluster, given as Critical Gap Funding (CGF), while 70% of the funds is mobilized by the States through convergence with synergic State and Central programmes as well as private investment and institutional funding. Upon being re-classified as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the CGF is now shared between the Centre and the State in a ratio of 60:40 for Plain area States and 90:10 for Himalayan and NE States.

        Further, through intense engagements with the States, 232 Integrated Cluster Action Plans (ICAPs), which are the blue prints of investment for each cluster, have been approved. Rs1314 crore of Central Share of CGF, Rs. 627.91 crore as corresponding State Share and Rs. 103.25 crore of Administrative Funding, has been released to 29 States and 6 Union Territories over the last four financial years. In FY 2015-16, administrative funds of Rs.32.05 crore has been released. In FY 2016-17, the BE of Rs. 300 crore was doubled at the RE stage to reach 100% expenditure, with a total release of Rs. 600 crore. In FY 2017-18, Rs. 553.26 crore was released to States/UTs against the revised estimate of Rs. 600 crore. In the current FY 2018-19, 236.90crore has been released till date, against a revised estimate (RE) of Rs. 551.03 crore.

            Substantial part of the works identified for development in the clusters is focused on provision of basic and economic amenities. Provision of basic amenities in a cluster typically comprise; provision of 24/7 Water Supply to all households, Solid and Liquid Waste Management facilities at the household and cluster level, provision of Inter and Intra village roads within the cluster, adequate Street Lights and Public Transport facilities using green technologies. Provision of Economic Amenities in a cluster comprise various thematic areas in the sectors of Agri Services and Processing, Tourism, and Skill development to promote Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.

Welfare Schemes for Rural Masses

The Government organized “Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (GSA)” from 14th April to 05th May, 2018 and also extended the campaign to villages having population of more than 1,000 in 117 Aspiration Districts from 1stJune 2018 to 15th August 2018.

The campaign, undertaken under the name of “Sabka Sath, Sabka Gaon, Sabka Vikas”, was to promote social harmony, spread awareness about pro-poor initiatives of the government and reach out to poor households to enroll them as also to obtain their feedback on various welfare programmes. As a special endeavor during the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, saturation of eligible households/persons was envisaged under seven flagship pro-poor programmes, namely, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Saubhagya, Ujala scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Mission Indradhanush. During GSA, farmers meeting was also organized at block level in rural areas of the country with the aim of “Doubling the farmers’ income till 2022”.

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. In which city Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the Institution's
Innovation Council, an innovation cell for higher education institution?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi
4) Chennai

2. Where did the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid the foundation of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Project for 129 districts under the 9th CGD bidding round?
1) Rajasthan
2) New Delhi
3) Gujarat
4) UttarPradesh

3. What is the theme of the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health, which is to be held next year in Hyderabad?
1) A New Agenda: Lung Health beyond 2015
2) Accelerating toward elimination
3) Declaring Our Rights: Social and Political Solutions
4) Ending the Emergency: Science, Leadership, Action

4. Which State/Union Territory has topped in the employability rate as per the 6th Edition of India Skills Report?
1) New Delhi
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Kerala
4) Pondicherry

5. For conservation of which animal did Gujarat Government had launched the project worth
Rs.351 Crore after the outbreak of Canine Distemper Virus?
1) Tiger
2) Asiatic Lion
3) Elephant
4) Wild ass

6. For which low cost air carrier service did Airports Authority of India has cancelled the UDAN
licence in seven airports for poor and irregular services?
1) Air Odisha
2) Air Carnival
3) Vistara
4) GoAir

7. Where was the 2nd Edition of India Gold and Jewellery Summit inaugurated?
1) Hyderabad
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) New Delhi

8. Which city has became the first in India to launch a dedicated Open Transit Data portal to spot
locations of cluster buses at intervals of 10 seconds?
1) Mumbai
2) Bengaluru
3) Delhi
4) Kochi

9. In which state 'Jhiri Mela', a weeklong annual festival, was inaugurated on November 23, 2018, in Jhiri village?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Meghalaya
4) Jammu and Kashmir

10. Where was the 10-day long Bali Yatra festival inaugurated, on 23rd November 2018?
1) Cuttack, Odisha
2) Guwahati, Assam
3) Patna, Bihar
4) Ranchi, Jharkhand

11. Where was the 70-feet tall statue of Lord Buddha, the second tallest statue of Buddha in India, unveiled?
1) Philibit, Uttar Pradesh
2) Rajgir, Bihar
3) Shillong, Meghalaya
4) Kohima, Nagaland

12. In which district of Uttar Pradesh A 221-metre long statue of Lord Ram, which will be the world's tallest statue, will be constructed?
1) Lucknow
2) Allahabad
3) Ayodhya
4) Faizabad

13. Where was the five-day exhibition on "Our Vote- Our Future" inaugurated?
1) Jaipur
2) Hyderabad
3) Bhopal
4) Chhattisgarh

14. In which state Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu has laid the foundation stone for the Dera
Baba Nanak-Kartarpur Sahib road corridor to connect Gurdaspur district of to Pakistan?
1) Jammu and Kashmir
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Punjab

15. Which state emerged as the top performing state under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, according to the National Health Agency?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra

16. In association with which state government India Autism Center (IAC) will build a world-class autism township at a cost of Rs 500 crore?
1) Karnataka
2) Gujarat
3) Telangana
4) West Bengal

17. Which state government has released lexicons of 21 tribal languages for multilingual education (MLE) purposes for elementary schools in tribal dominated districts?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Odisha
4) Assam

18. Which state has became the second state in the North East to introduce Tourist Police?
1) Meghalaya
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Nagaland
4) Manipur

19. Which Indian state has became the FIRST to launch a single emergency number "112", connecting police, fire, health and other helplines through an Emergency Response Centre?
1) Karnataka
2) Telangana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Andhra Pradesh

20. Which state was the State of Focus for the 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
2018 that concluded in Panaji, Goa?
1) Rajasthan
2) Sikkim
3) Nagaland
4) Jharkhand

21. What is the rank of India in the list of most vacation deprived nations in the world as per Expedia Vacation Deprivation Report 2018?
1) 2
2) 3
3) 5
4) 6

22. How much aid did Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, announced to the war torn Yemen?
1) $500 million
2) $700 million
3) $900 million
4) $1300 million

23. With Which Country India had decided to set up the hotline to combat smuggling, improve border management and facilitate trade?
1) Bhutan
2) Bangladesh
3) Nepal
4) Srilanka

24. Which country will host the Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 which is also known as the
'Oscars of sports', on February 18, 2019?
1) Morocco
2) Monaco
3) Spain
4) Egypt

25. In which country the Four day 12th biennial World Congress on Mountain Medicine under the theme" Mountain Medicine in the Heart of the Himalayas" was held?
1) Kathmandu, Nepal
2) Jakarta, Indonesia.
3) Washington D.C,U.S.A
4) New Delhi, India

26. What is the President of Djibouti inaugurated the first Indiabuilt centre of entrepreneurship
and innovation in Djibouti?
1) Ismail Omar Guelleh
2) Ramee Aslam Shah
3) Danish Mujeeb
4) Rashid Al Mubeen

27. Where did Indian President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Australian Financial Review
India Business Summit?
1) Bengaluru, India
2) Canberra, Australia
3) Sydney, Australia
4) New Delhi, India

28. Where was the 1st Russia-India Strategic Dialogue held?
1) New Delhi, India
2) St. Petersburg, Russia
3) Mumbai, India
4) Moscow, Russia

29. In which field India's Foreign Service Institute has signed a MoU with Institute of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR for cooperation?
1) Marine Defence
2) Information and Technology
3) Diplomatic training
4) Biotechnology

30. With which country did India participated in Konkan-2018, the bilateral naval exercise started off
at Goa?
1) Russia
2) France
3) Germany
4) United Kingdom

31. With which digital payments service provider did Life Insurance Corporation of India has partnered to offer online insurance premium payments on its platform?
1) PayPal
2) Paytm
3) MobiKwik
4) CitrusPay

32. Which software company has launched its Neighbourly app in Delhi and Bangalore, to collect
local information from the neighbors about their neighbourhood?
1) Microsoft
2) Google
3) Apple
4) Ubisoft

33. With which status Government of India has conferred the National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC)?
1) Maharatna: Category - I
` 2) Miniratna: Category - I
3) Navratna: Category - II
4) Maharatna: Category - II

34. Which Indian institute has developed a smart phone-based system to detect adulteration in milk?
1) IIT, Madras
2) IIT, Hyderabad
3) IISc, Bangalore
4) Raja Ramanna centre for advanced technology

35. In which country the world's first genetically edited babies have been created?
1) United States
2) Japan
3) China
4) Germany

36. Which company has announced the launch of the world's first GST calculator with two new
innovations MJ-120 GST and MJ-12GST dedicated to the Indian market?
1) Canon India
2) Casio India
3) TechnoCrush India
4) Nippon India

37. Which cyclone was termed as the rarest of rare that hit the Coast of Odisha in October 2018 by
Regional Integrated Multi- Hazard Early Warning System?
1) Okhi
2) Titli
3) Gaja
4) Vardha

38. Who is appointed as the MD and CEO of State Bank of Mauritius (SBM)?
1) Sidharth Rath
2) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
3) Sandeep Bakhshi
4) Shyam Srinivasan

39. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) with effect from 2nd
December 2018?
1) Sunil Arora
2) Harish Reddy
3) Sandeep Shukla
4) Santosh Veer

40. Who was appointed as the chairperson of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for a period of three years?
1) Sanjeev Lade
2) Nageshwara Rao Guntur
3) Bhaskar Parekh
4) Hari Kamath

41. Who was appointed as the Chairman of Union Public Service Commission?
1) S Ramesh
2) Sushil Kumar
3) Arvind Saxena
4) Ram Pillai

42. Which Indian Cricketer has became the first player to pick up a hat-trick in the history of cricket's newest format T-10 League?
1) R Ashwin
2) Pravin Tambe
3) Virat Kohli
4) Shikhar Dawan

43. Which country has won the 6th edition of International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup, hosted by the West Indies?
1) India
2) Australia
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh

44. What is the name the Indian who became the 1st ever woman boxer to win 6 world championship
titles, by winning gold in Women's Light Fly (45-48 kg) Category, of AIBA Women's
World Boxing Championship 2018, held in New Delhi?
1) Sonia Chahal
2) Mary Kom
3) Sarita Devi
4) Pinki Rani

45. Where was the 14th edition of Hockey Men's World Cup inaugurated ?
1) Guwahati, Assam
2) Bhubaneswar, Odisha
3) Kolkata, West Bengal
4) Jodhpur, Rajasthan


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Successful Flight Test of ATGM ‘HELINA’

Indigenously developed Helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ has been successfully flight tested from Army Helicopter at 1400hrs in the ranges of Pokhran. The weapon system has been tested for its full range.The ‘HELINA’ weapon system released smoothly from the launch platform has tracked the target all through its course and hit the target with high precision. Allthe parameters have been monitored by the telemetry stations, tracking systems and the Helicopters. The Missile is guided by an Infrared Imaging Seeker (IIR) operating in the Lock on Before Launch mode. It is one of the most advanced Anti-Tank Weapons in the world.Senior officials from DRDO and Indian Army were present during the mission.

IBPS Recruitment of Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee Posts

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection(IBPS) invites applications for the online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts in the Participating Organisations is tentatively scheduled in October/ November 2018.
Participating Organization:
1. Allahabad Bank: 784 Posts
2. Bank of India: 965 Posts
3. Canara Bank: 1200 Posts
4. Corporation Bank: 84 Posts
5. UCO Bank: 550 Posts
6. Union Bank of India: 519 Posts
Total no. of posts: 4102

Qualification: Any Bachelor Degree.

Age (As on 01.08.2018): 20 to 30 years.

Selection: Online Preliminary examination, Online Main examination, Interview.
Application Fees: Rs. 100 for SC/ ST/ PWD candidates. Rs. 600 for all others.

Examination Centre:
Andhra Pradesh:
Preliminary Examination Centre: Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram.
Main Examination Center: Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam.

Telangana:
Preliminary Examination Centre: Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal.
Main Examination Center: Hyderabad.

Apply mode: Online.
Online registration including Edit/ Modification of application: 14.08.2018 to 04.09.2018.
Payment of Application Fees/ Intimation Charges (Online): 14.08.2018 to 04.09.2018.
Online Examination – Preliminary: 13.10.2018, 14.10.2018, 20.10.2018 and 21.10.2018.
Online Examination – Main: 18.11.2018.

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National Statistical Commission

The National Statistical Commission (NSC) constituted a Committee on Real Sector Statistics under the Chairmanship of Dr. Sudipto Mundle in April, 2017 for improvement and modernisation of real sector database. The Committee submitted its report to the NSC in July, 2018.Chapter V of the report discusses alternative approaches for converting the old GDP series to the new base year 2011-12. It presents estimates of the old series of GDP and other macroeconomic aggregates converted to the new base year 2011-12 for the period 1993-94 to 2013-14 based on one of these approaches.

2.     The report of the Committee was considered by the NSC in its meeting held during 16-17th July, 2018. In this meeting, the NSC inter alia noted the recommendations made by the Committee along with those made by three other committees and desired that the reports of all the four Committees should be placed on the MoSPI website for wider consultation. Accordingly, the reportswere uploaded on the MoSPI website.

3.     The Committee on Real Sector Statistics made the following recommendations:

(1)    The estimates of GVA/GDP prepared by the CSO using its methodology for the period 2004-05 to 2011-12 may be considered by the NSC as and when they are approved by the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics.

(2)    The NSC could also consider initiating an exercise toproject forwards the GDP series based on the old methodology with 2004-05 as base up to, say, 2014-15 and adjust it to the new base year 2011-12 based on comparisons with the new series.

(3)    Meanwhile the estimates of gross domestic product and other related aggregates forthe period 1993-94 to 2013-14 using the production shift method are being presented to the NSC for consideration.

(4)    When the GDP and other macroeconomic aggregates based on the methodsmentioned in V.3.1 and V.3.2 of the report become available the time series data based on all the three approaches should be compared for their robustness.

4.     The reports of Committees were considered by the NSC in its meeting held on 30th Jul 2018 at Mumbai and the NSC gave directions that a copy of all the three reportsof the NSC Committees on Real Sector statistics, Online Reporting System and Analytics may be forwarded to MoSPI for comments on eachitem of recommendation.

5.     As the report of the Committee on Real Sector Statistics is in the public domain, there seems to be some confusion in a section of the media as also amongst a few economists and academicians that back series data of GDP has been officially released by the MoSPI.

6.     It is clarified through this Press Note that the methodology for back-casting GDP series has not yet been finalised and various alternative methods are being explored. The methodology as also the series using the methodology will be worked out using the suggestions made by the Committee on Real Sector Statistics and other suggestions that emanate during the consultancy process. This exercise will first be considered in the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics and subsequently by the NSC. Thereafter, the MoSPI will consider releasing official estimates on back series of GDP data. Thus, it is work in progress.

IBPS (CRP RRBs VII) Recruitment of 10190 Officer, Office Assistant Posts

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection invites applications for Common Recruitment Process for Recruitment of Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Office Assistant (Multipurpose) in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) - CRP RRBs VII.

Post details:
1. Office Assistant (Multipurpose): 5249 Posts
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRBs.

2. Officer Scale-I (Assistant Manager): 3312 Posts
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics or Accountancy. Proficiency in local language as prescribed by the participating RRBs.

3. Officer Scale-II- General Banking Officer (Manager): 1208 Posts
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy with experience.

4. Officer Scale-II- Specialist Officers (Manager)
I. Information Technology Officer: 81 Posts
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Electronics/ Communication/ Computer Science/ Information Technology with experience.
II. Chartered Accountant: 21 Posts
Qualification: Certified Associate (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with experience.
III. Law Officer: 32 Posts
Qualification: Degree in Law with experience.
IV. Treasury Manager: 17 Posts
Qualification: Chartered Accountant or MBA in Finance with experience.
V. Marketing Officer: 38 Posts
Qualification: MBA in Marketing with experience.
VI. Agricultural Officer: 72 Posts
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Dairy/ Animal Husbandry/ Forestry/ Veterinary Science/ Agricultural Engineering/ Pisciculture with experience.

5. Officer Scale-III (Senior Manager): 160 Posts
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to the candidates having Degree/ Diploma in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy with experience.

Total no. of posts: 10190
Age (As on 01.06.2018):
For Officer Scale- III (Senior Manager): 21 to 40 years.
For Officer Scale- II (Manager): 21 to 32 years.
For Officer Scale- I (Assistant Manager): 18 to 30 years.
For Office Assistant (Multipurpose): 18 to 28 years.

Selection Process: Based on Preliminary/ Main/ Single Exam and interview.

Fees/ Intimation Charges: Online payment from 08.06.2018 to 02.07.2018.

Online Examination – Preliminary: Officer Scale-I- 11.08.2018, 12.08.2018 and 18.08.2018. Office Assistant- 19.08.2018, 25.08.2018 & 01.09.2018.
Online Examination – Main/ Single Officers (I, II & III): 30.09.2018, Office Assistant: 07.10.2018.

Conduct of interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III): November 2018.

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GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. The world's No Tobacco day is observed on 31st May. This year the theme is:
1) "Tobacco and heart disease
2) "Tobacco and Cancer
3) "Tobacco and Lung Cancer
4) "Tobacco and health problems
5) "Tobacco and Life Risk

2. The Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII, a biannual event started between which of the following two countries:
1) India and Nepal
2) India and Bangladesh
3) India and Pakistan
4) India and Bhutan
5) India and Myanmar

3. For the first time,which country is hosting Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Regional AntiTerrorist Structure Legal Experts meeting 2018?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) China
4) Nepal
5) Bhutan

4. Vikas Gowda announced his retirement. He is:
1) The chief secretary of RBI
2) The only Indian to win commonwealth games in Weightlifting
3) The only Indian to win Commonwealth Games medal in Discus throw
4) The Chief Election Commissioner
5) The Indian origin Srilankan cricketer .

5. The new Messaging App 'Kimbho' was launched by :
1) BHEL
2) BSNL
3) TATA
4) Patanjali
5) Ayush

6. Sangeeta Bahl is in the news recently. The reason is :
1) She has become the oldest Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest.
2) She is the youngest Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest.
3) She is the double amputee to climb Mt everest
4) She created world record by scaling 3 highest mountains in single climbing season.
5) She hails from Telangana state.

7. Which city is going to be NATO's 1st Latin American Global Partner?
1) Cuba
2) Colombia
3) Brazil
4) Peru
5) Argentina

8. Recently, Alicia Pucheta became the first interim woman President of which country ?
1) Paraguay
2) Poland
3) Finland
4) Ireland
5) cuba

9. Nepal is the first country in WHO's South-East Asia Region to defeat Trachoma. Trachoma is a : 1) Eye disease caused by infection
2) Liver disease
3) Pancreas disease caused by virus
4) Brain disease
5) Small and large intestine disease caused by viral infection

10. The United States has withdrawn to invite which country from Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise:
1) Russia
2) Pakistan
3) North Korea
4) India
5) China

11. Prime minister launched Eastern Peripheral Expressway recently. Which among the following are true about Expressway:
a) It has been launched in Bagpat, Uttar Pradesh.
b) Eastern Peripheral Expressway is 235 km long.
c) It is India's first highway to be lit by solar power .
1) Only a and b are true
2) Only b and c are true
3) All a, b and c are true
4) None of them are true
5) Only a and c are true

12. The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed every year on May 29 and this year the theme is:
1) "UN Peacekeepers: 70 Years of Service and Sacrifice".
2) "UN Peacekeepers: Many Years of Service and Sacrifice".
3) "UN Peacekeepers: Life for Service and Sacrifice".
4) "UN Peacekeepers: Service and Sacrifice".
5) "UN Peacekeepers: Change the lives for better future".

13. Which country has banned products from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, accusing it of supporting terrorism.?
1) US
2) Israel
3) Qatar
4) India
5) UK

14. India, United States and Japan will deploy 22nd Malabar exercise at Guam. Guam is a:
1) Guam is a US island territory in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific.
2) Guam is a Japan's island territory in Micronesia.
3) Guam is an Indian island territory near Indian ocean.
4) Guam is a Japan's island territory near Red Sea
5) Guam is a richest city in US.

15. In the fourth week of May, which country has passed a tougher anti-terror law?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) India
4) Myanmar
5) France

16. Gaj Yatra launched in Garo Hills recently. In which state it is:
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Meghalaya
4) Manipur
5) Odisha

17. Which state Government Launches Reuse Of Treated Waste Water Policy ?
1) Telangana
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Goa
4) Gujarath
5) Manipur

18. Prime minister inaugurated India's first 14-lane highway. It is between:
1) Delhi-Meerut
2) Delhi-jaitser
3) Delhi-sirpur
4) Meerut-dispur
5) Chennai-meerut

19. Name the Indian cartoonist who has won award in the best caricature category at the 2018 World Press Cartoon awards:
1) Srikumar saran
2) Thomas antony
3) Madhukar gupta
4) Sreedhar
5) Sraswathi narasimha rao

20. The US Capitol ,for the first time will host which among the following gathering of community: 1) African-americans
2) Muslims
3) Indian-Americans
4) Muslim-Americans
5) immigrants

21. Name the former World Shooting Champion who won the gold in the Grand Prix in Munich, Germany:
1) Heena sidhu
2) Rajwant singh
3) Tejaswini sawant
4) Surya kanthi
5) Anju mudgal

22. Choose the correct answer?
a) India will be the host country for celebrations of World Environment Day 2018
b) The theme for this year is 'Beat Plastic Pollution'
c) World environment day is celebrated on 5th June.
d) Cuba was the host country for the world environment day 2017.
1) Only a and b are true
2) Only b and c are true
3) Only a and c are true
4) Only c and d are true
5) Only a, b and c are true

23. The ASEAN India Film Festival has started in New Delhi. The Headquarters of ASEAN are at : 1) Jakarta, Indonesia
2) New Delhi, India
3) Beijing, China
4) Canberra, Australia
5) Kaulalumpur, Malaysia

24. The second stage of Archery World Cup 2018 has been started in Antalya. Antalya is in:
1) Malaysia
2) Finland
3) Turkey
4) Bhutan
5) Nepal

25. Dr. Kamaljit S. Bawa has been conferred with the prestigious Linnean Medal. Which of the statements are true about this:
a) The Linnean Medal is awarded to a biologist every year by the Linnean Society of London
b) He became the first Indian to win this award
c) Dr. Bawa is Botanist and the President of ICRISAT d) He is the Indian Botanist and President of ATREE
1) Only a and c are true
2) Only b and c are true
3) Only c and D are true
4) Only a and d are true
5) Only a,b and d are true

26. Which Indian airport has been recognized as the world's first fully solar energy-powered airport by United Nations Environment Programme?
1) Cochin international Airport
2) Goa International Airport
3) Indira Gandhi International Airport
4) Rajiv Gandhi International airport
5) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

27. The BCCI and UN Environment has signed an agreement to promote 'green' Cricket in India. the main aim is to:
1) Focus on phasing out singleuse plastic across stadiums in the country, highlighting hazards of plastic pollution .
2) Focus on planting trees around the stadiums
3) Focus on Non-smoking across stadiums. Highlighting hazards of smoking pollution
4) Focusing on hazards of drunk and drive cases, and avoidance of accidents
5) Focusing on eradicating air pollution

28. Who launched the twin pit toilet technology ad campaign for the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) ?
1) Aamir khan
2) Akshay kumar
3) Anil kapoor
4) Rishi kapoor
5) Jackie shroff

29. As per Lancet's latest study, India's rank in terms of Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index is :
1) 125
2) 134
3) 145
4) 167
5) 150

30. On 25th May 2018, which International union has brought in to effect the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rule?
1) ASEAN
2) NATO
3) SAARC
4) EU
5) BIMSTEC

31. Choose the correct one:
a) India was ranked 44th in terms of competitiveness for year 2018
b)The US became the most competitive economy country
c) Malaysia and UK are in the second and third place
1) Only a is true
2) Only b and c are true
3) Only a and c are true
4) Only c is true
5) Only a and b are true

32. The 5th India-CLMV Business Conclave 2018 was held in which country?
1) Cambodia
2) Myanmar
3) Vietnam
4) Laos
5) India

33. Name the actor/actress who has been collaborated with NITI Aayog for the promotion of Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) launched by the Central government:
1) Shraddha kapoor
2) Ranbir kapoor
3) Sushant singh rajput
4) Hrithik roshan
5) Jai hemant shroff

34. Which UN organization has launched a data visualisation application recently?
1) UNO
2) UNSC
3) UNDP
4) UNFPA
5) UNICEF

ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3 5) 4 6) 1 7) 2 8) 1 9) 1 10) 5
11) 5 12) 1 13) 3 14) 1 15) 2 16) 3 17) 4 18) 1 19) 2 20) 3
21) 3 22) 5 23) 1 24) 3 25) 5 26) 1 27) 1 28) 2 29) 3 30) 4 31) 5 32) 1 33) 3 34) 5

Economic Survey Draws Attention to 10 New Economic Facts on Indian Economy

The Economic Survey presented by the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in Parliament on 29th January has relied upon analysis of the new data to highlight ten new economic facts:

1.      Goods and Services Tax (GST) has given a new perceptive of the Indian economy and new data has emerged.  There has been a fifty percent increase in the number of indirect taxpayers. There has also been a large increase in voluntary registrations, especially by small enterprises that buy from large enterprises wanting to avail themselves of input tax credits.

The Survey also stated that fears of major producing states that the shift to the new system would undermine their tax collections have been allayed as the distribution of the GST base among the states got closely linked to the size of their economies.

Similarly, there has been an addition of about 18 lakh in individual income tax filers since November 2016. 

2.      India’s formal sector, especially formal non-farm payroll, is substantially greater than what it currently is believed to be. It became evident that when “formality” was defined in terms of social security provisions like EPFO/ESIC the formal sector payroll was found to be about 31 percent of the non-agricultural work force. When “formality” was defined in terms of being part of the GST net, such formal sector payroll share was found to be 53 percent.

3.      For the first time in India’s history, data on the international exports of states has been  dwelt in the Economic Survey.  Such data indicates a strong correlation between export performance and states’ standard of living.  States that export internationally and trade with other states were found to be richer.  Such correlation is stronger between prosperity and international trade. 

4.      India’s exports are unusual in that the largest firms account for a much smaller share of exports than in other comparable countries. Top one percent of Indian firms account only for 38% of exports unlike in other countries where they account for substantially greater share – (72, 68, 67 and 55 percent in Brazil, Germany, Mexico and USA respectively).  Such tendencies were also found to be true for the top five or ten per cent of the Indian companies.

5.      It was pointed out that the Rebate of State Levies (ROSL) has increased exports of ready-made garments (man-made fibers) by about 16 per cent but not of others. 

6.      The data highlighted another seemingly known fact that Indian society exhibits a strong desire for a male child.  It pointed out that most parents continued to have children until they get number of sons.  The survey gave details of various scenarios leading to skewed sex ratios and also gave a comparison on sex ratio by birth between India and Indonesia.

7.      The survey pointed out that tax departments in India have gone in for contesting against in several tax disputes but also with a low success rate which is below 30 per cent. About 66 per cent of pending cases accounted for only 1.8 per cent of value at stake.   It further stated that 0.2 per cent of cases accounted for 56 per cent of the value at stake.

8.       Extrapolating the data the survey indicated that growth in savings did not bring economic growth but the growth in investment did. 

9.      The survey mentions that collections of direct taxes by Indian states and other local governments, where they have powers to collect them is significantly lower than their counterparts in other federal countries. A comparison has been given between ratios of direct tax to total revenues of local governments in India, Brazil and Germany.

10.  The survey captures the footprints of climate change on the Indian territory and consequent adverse impact on agricultural yields.  Extreme temperature increases and deficiency in rainfall have been captured on the Indian map and the graphical changes in agricultural yields are brought out from such data.  The impact was found to be twice as large in un-irrigated areas as in irrigated ones.