GENERAL AWARENESS---- in points
GENERAL
AWARENESS
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India’s
Largest Producer of fertilizers- IFFCO
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The
bank which launched the “Corp Bullion Plus” scheme for sale of gold for
domestic and export purposes-Corporation Bank.
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World
Coconut Day-September 2.
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The
Sector in which Govt. to launch Rs.1000 Crore Venture Capital fund to support Start-Ups-Pharmaceuticals.
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The
state which has bagged the maximum number of cities under Smart City Category-Uttar
Pradesh (12) followed by Maharashtra (10).
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The
bank which has raised Rs.2000 Crore through sale of bonds to boost lending and meet
capital needs-HDFC Bank.
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Chairman
of SEBI Reconstituted Takeover Panel for seeking exemption from the mandatory
open offer-Justice NK Sodhi.
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10
new entrants of Indian Heritage on Google Cultural Institute including-Heritage
Transport Museum, Gurgaon.
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Chairman
of the Banking Codes and Standards Board of India-AC Mahajan.
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The
Country whose Banking Regulator injected 60 billion Yuan ($9.4 billion) into the
inter-bank money market through short term liquidity operations-China.
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The
Richest Temple of the world is to benefit the Gold Monetisation Scheme-Balaji Temple
Tirupati.
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The
Bank whose Base Rate is the Lowest in the Banking Industry-HDFC Bank (9.35%).
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The
Banks which have been designated “As too big to fail” by RBI-SBI and ICICI
Bank.
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The
Airline whose new CMD Aswani Lohani has been appointed-Air India.
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The
Award which Whistle-Blower Bureaucrat Sanjay Chaturvedi has been conferred-Ramon
Magsaysay Award.
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The
Commission which recommended abolishing death penalty for all crimes other than
terrorism-related one-Law Commission of India.
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The
country which celebrated its 58th National Day commemorating the
independence from British colonial rule-Malaysia.
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Countries
whose cricket test series to be held in November will be known as “Mahatma
Gandhi-Nelson Mandela Series”-India-South Africa
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The
Commission whose recommendations on MAT have been accepted by the Government-
AP Shah Panel.
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The
State which has decided to form Farmers’ Public Limited Company to provide linkage
of national markets to the local produce-Goa
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The
units for which the Govt. has launched five common facility centres in West
Bengal, Assam and Bihar- Small Jute Handicrafts.
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The
Activity which the Govt. has decided to recognize as a “Sports Discipline” and
placed it in the “Priority Category”-Yoga.
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The
Regulator for which the Govt. has notified to be merged on September 28 with SEBI-Forward
Markets Commission.
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The
country which is major player in the world by having 10 out of 13 “Root
Servers” in Global Internet Governance-USA.
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The
latest communication satellite has been successfully positioned in its orbit slot-GSAT-6.
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The
government has appointed Ramesh Chand to become the 3rd Full- time
member after Bibek Debroy and VK Saraswat in-Niti Aayog.
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India
has been ranked at the bottom 37 out of 38 globally on inclusive growths and development
parameters-World Economic Forum report.
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The
State where 10th World Hindi Summit was held on 10-12 September-Madhya
Pradesh.
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The
country which scraps dividend tax for long-term investors-China.
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Forbes
Asia’s 9th list of philanthropists features 7 Indians including-
Three Infosys co-founders.
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The
route through which about four Lakh people crossed in 2015 seeking refuge in Europe-Mediterranean
Route.
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The
Scheme which the Government has approved for development of plants in the country-National
offshore Wind Energy policy.
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The
Regulator on whose recommendations the government has allowed Spectrum Trading-TRAI.
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The
State where households owning mobile phones enjoy 30% higher level of economic
prosperity compared with non-mobile-owning Kerala.
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The
country which is the Best Place in the World to live for those aged 60 and over-Switzerland
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68
years after independence, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the Government to
implement Urdu as-Country’s Official Language.
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The
country which plans to allow foreign central banks enter into its inter-bank
currency market-China.
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Union
HRD Ministry for promotion of a national apprenticeship scheme has launched-National
Web Portal
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Union
Commerce Ministry to reach out to new and potential exporters has launched-Online
Certification Programme.
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The
country whose rating has been downgraded to “Junk Grade” by S&P-Brazil
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India’s
Billionaire Brigade has doubled in three years and Mukesh Ambani continues for the
fourth year as-Richest Indian.
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The
currency notes which has topped the Demand Chart of India-Rs.500 Note.
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The
Exchange whose CEO has been charged with embezzlement by Japanese Prosecutors-
Biticoin Exchange.
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As
per Hurum India Rich List 2015, the woman who has topped the Rich List in
India-Indu Jain followed by Savitri Jindal
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The
Venture Capital Fund for which the Industry veterans have teamed up, to launch exclusively
for-Women Entrepreneurs.
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The
Most Powerful Business-woman -Mary Barra of General Motors (First) followed by Indra
Nooyi of Pepsi Co.(2nd)
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The
State in India where China seeks Government help to build Mega Township-Haryana.
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The
countries which have agreed to remove import duties on close to half the goods traded
between them under RCEP Pact-India and China.
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The
State which ranked First in “Ease of Doing Business”-Gujarat followed by Andhra
Pradesh
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The
country which has got the 5th Prime Minister in 8 years-Australia.
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The
Nation whose Constituent Assembly has rejected the State as “Hindu State” and reaffirmed
to remain as a “Secular Nation”-Nepal
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The
country which has been ranked on the top in emerging economies in fall of
Foreign Exchange Reserves in August-China followed by Indonesia, Malaysia and
India.
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The
Institute which has been ranked 15th in India in the “Financial
Times Masters in Management Rankings 2015”-IIM-Ahmedabad.
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The
Place which has the World’s highest Cricket Stadium (At an altitude of 1457
metre above sea-level) with the 20, 000 seating capacity-Dharmsala (HP) in
India.
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Global
Magazine Fortune shows in the list of Most Powerful Woman Banker on the
Top-Chanda Kochar.
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The
project which has been marked the formal linking of the two rivers on 15th
September-Krishna-Godavari Linking Project.
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In
Equity Category, R.Jankiraman and Roshi Jain of Franklin Templeton Investments have
been on the Top of the-BS Fund Managers of the Year.
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In
Debt category, Santosh Kamath and Kunal Aggarwal of Franklin Templeton have
been on the Top of the-BS Fund Managers of the Year.
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First
time in history of QS World University Rankings, two Indian Institutes have
entered in top 200 list-Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and IIT, Delhi.
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The
scheme under which drought-hit districts to get 50 more days of work under-MGNREGA
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The
scheme which the Govt. has announced to develop 300 rural clusters, each with a
population of about 50000-Rurban Scheme.
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The
World Body which has called for Special Court to prosecute Sri Lankan forces
and Tamil Tiger rebels who committed war crimes-United Nations.
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New
digital money service which has been unveiled by Novopay Solutions and
partnered with RBI, Banks-Mobile Wallet.
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The
postal Stamps which have been stopped to sell by the Government-Stamps of
former PM Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
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The
Regulator which has launched a Mobile App. and other phone-based services like
accessing PF Account details-EPFO.
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The
country which has been ranked 34th among 60 leading economies in
terms of “Business Growth Environment” by Thornton Report-India.
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The
University which has topped inaugural Reuters Top 100 universities in the world-Stanford
University USA
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India
slips to 81 Rank in “Global Innovation Index” 2015, while the country which has
topped the list is-Switzerland followed by UK.
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The
Bank who has added 5 Lakh customers within less than one month after starting
banking business-Bandhan Bank.
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The
company which has announced India’s Largest Vehicle Recall (2, 23, 578
manufactured between 2003 and 2011)-Honda Company.
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PM
Modi terms giving up of the LPG Subsidy as-Silent Revolution.
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The
Nation which adopted a new constitution after it became a democratic Republic
in 2008-Nepal.
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The
bank which gets First Prize in Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar for 2014-15-Syndicate Bank.
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As
per report of the United Nations, the country whose broadband penetration
ranking has gone down to 155 from 111-India.
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The
currency which have been reintroduced after two decades by the Finance
Ministry-Rs.1 Note.
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A
5.2-metre-tall hourglass, with a diameter of 1metre, displayed at a Japanese
Museum has been recognized by-Guinness Worlds Records.
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The
institution which launched Renew Wind Energy’s “Credit Enhanced” Infra bonds worth
Rs.451 Crore-IIFCL
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The
latest appl. which has been launched by Microsoft India-Office 2016.
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The
Boston-based (USA) company to whom First License Issued to offer digital
currency services in the State-Circle Internet Financial.
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As
per World Bank Report, the city which is the Worst in 381 cities in developing
countries-Delhi.
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The
country in which only Global Development Institutions are allowed to sell Panda
Bonds and the proceeds must remain in the country-China.
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The
Banks whose presence in the Empowered Group made mandatory as per modified norms
of Joint Lenders’ Forum-SBI and ICICI Bank.
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The
Tax which would not be applicable to overseas firms not having a permanent
establishment in India-MAT.
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The
Orbiter, India’s First Interplanetary Mission, which completes one year around
the Red Planet on 24th September-Mars Orbiter.
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The
Executives who will no longer require permission from Finance Ministry to go on
official foreign trip- Heads of Banks and FIs.
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