MATCH POINT BSC MARCH 2019
MATCH
POINT
- Winner of
Saraswati Sanman for 2017 – Sitanshu
Yashaschandra
- The venue of
the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit held recently – Beirut, Lebanon
- The amount of
the ‘Standby Swap’ facility approved by the govt within the existing overall
$2-bn currency swap arrangement for SAARC member-countries - $400mn
- The third air
base set up by the Indian navy in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to beef up
surveillance in the Indian Ocean region – INS
Kohassa
- Captain of the
men’s Test and ODI teams of the year (2018) announced by the International
Cricket Council – Virat Kohli
- The defence
exercise conducted recently along the Indian coastline by the Indian Navy,
Indian Coast Guard and other stakeholders – Sea Vigil
- India’s
position on the Global Talent Competitive Index 2019 topped by Switzerland – 80th
- Winner of
Woman’s Voice Award at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival – Ranjani Murali
- The state
which has topped in terms of Gross State Domestic Product with growth rate of
11.3 per cent in FY18, according to a report by Crisil - Bihar
- The person who
took charge as the Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank recently – Amitabh Chaudhry
- The first
player in history to win all three top ICC awards – the Sir Garfield Sobers
Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year, the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year and
the ICC ODI Player of the Year awards for 2018 – Virat Kohli
- The growth
rate of China’s economy in 2018 – 6.6
per cent
- The capital
infusion approved by the govt in the Exim Bank of India -
6,000 cr
- The World
Capital of Architecture for 2020 as announced by the UNESCO – Rio de Janeiro
- The country
which assumed the chairmanship of G77 recently - Palestine
- The state
which has launched a
1,000 cr Sustainable Catchment Forest Management (SCATFORM)
project - Tripura
- Winner of the
first Sheikh Saud International Prize for Materials Research – CNR Rao
- The state
which topped the medals tally with 228 medals at the Khelo India Youth Games
2019 concluded recently in Pune - Maharashtra
- The first
private sector firms to cross
10,000 cr quarterly profit - RIL
- The person who
has become India’s youngest grandmaster – Gukesh
Dommaraju
- The country
with which India recently signed a long-term contract for supply of uranium - Uzbekistan
- The present
Prime Minister of Denmark who visited India recently – Lars Lokke Rasmussen
- The city which
hosted the 10th edition of the India Rubber Expo 2019 recently - Mumbai
- The
four-day-long harvest festival celebrated recently in Tamil Nadu - Pongal
- The city where
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the National Museum of Indian
Cinema (NMIC) - Mumbai
- The India
wrestler who has become the first Indian to be nominated in Laureus World
Comeback of Year Award – Vinesh Phogat
- The capital of
Kenya where a teroorist attack in Dusit D2 Hotel and offices complex killed
several people recently - Nairobi
- The venue of
the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) - Davos
- The new
Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) – Jaideep Govind
- The bank on
which the RBI recently imposed a monetary penalty of
-cr for non-compliance with norms – Bank of Maharashtra
- The world’s
most dynamic city according to the sixth City Momentum Index - Bengaluru
- The person who
resigned recently as the executive director of Federal Bank – Ganesh Sankaran
- The present
Finance Secretary who has been given a one-month extension in service and named
as a member of the 15th Finance Commission – Ajay Narayan Jha
- Winner of the
Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018 – Yohei
Sasakawa
- The venue of
the 9th International Micro Irrigation Conference held recently - Aurangabad
- The head of
the seven-member Group of Minister (GoM) to examine and suggest ways to resolve
issues related to the real estate sector – Nitin
Patel
- The bank which
has created a separate vertical comprising around 1,200 of its existing
staffers to recover its non-performing assets – Syndicate Bank
- Winner of the
2019 Premier Badminton League – Bengaluru
Raptors
- Winner of the
Pro Kabaddi Season Six – Bengaluru Bulls
- Wholesale
Price Index (WPI)–based inflation in Dec 2018 – 3.80 per cent
- Consumer Price
Index (CPI)-based inflation in Dec 2018 – 2.19
per cent
- Index of
Industrial Production (IIP) in Nov 2018 – 0.5
per cent
- The Nikkei
India Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in Dec 2018 – 53.2
- Winner of the
first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award for his outstanding leadership for
the nation – Narendra Modi
- The venue of
the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2019 - Varanasi
- The theme of
PBD 2019 – Role of Indian Diaspora in
Building a New India
- The youngest
gold medallist at the 2019 Khelo India Youth Games in Pune – Abhinav Shaw
- The person
whose appointment as non-executive part-time Chairman of the board of YES Bank
was approved by the RBI recently – Brahm
Dutt
- The
banker-turned-politician who passed away recently – Meera Sanyal
- The state
where the National Wildlife Board recently cleared ONGC’s Trishna gas project
situated in Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary - Tripura
- The state
where the ‘Ama Ghare LED’ scheme was launched recently - Odisha
- The state
where Supreme Court recently gave its nod to govt’s Chardham development plan -
Uttarakhand
- The state which
hosted the 25th edition of the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII’s) Partnership Summit - Maharashtra
- The country
with which $75bn bilateral currency swap arrangement was approved by the Union
Cabinet recently - Japan
- The country
where Tata Steel’s Plant was declared by the World Economic Forum as
‘Manufacturing Lighthouse’ - Netherlands
- The new tax
exemption limit for firms in annual revenue set by the GST Council -
40 lakh
- The present
President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation who has been named Chef de
Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – Birendra
Prasad Baishya
- The state
where Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated India’s longest (300-metre-long)
single-lane steel cable suspension bridge over Siang river recently – Arunachal Pradesh
- The IIT where
scientists have created ‘space fuel’ by simulating interstellar conditions in
the lab – IIT Madras
- The state
which has bagged the Central Board of Irrigation and Power award for speedy
execution of Polavaram multipurpose project – Andhra Pradesh
- The state
where PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of North Koel (Mandal Dam) project
and Kanhar Stone Pipeline irrigation system recently - Jharkhand
- The new
president of the Global Solar Council (GSC) headquartered in Washington DC – Pranav R Mehta
- The High Court
which recently set a seven-day notice period for political parties and
individuals to call for hartal and general strike in the State – Kerala High Court
- The new
Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) – Kumar Rajesh Chandra
- The
Constitutional Amendment Bill through which ten per cent reservation in govt
jobs and educational institutions to the economically backward among upper
castes has been given – 124th
- The host city
of the second edition of Khelo India Youth Games - Pune
- The state
which recently announced to give interest-free loans to farmers - Uttarakhand
- The first
woman to join International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently as its Chief Economist
– Gita Gopinath
- The number of
regional rural banks (RRBs) in the country after recent amalgamation in Bihar
and Punjab - 53
- Winner of the
women’s singles title of the 2018 Hopman Cup tennis tournament – Belinda Bencic
- Winner of the
men’s singles title – Roger Federer
- The estimated
growth rate of the Indian economy in 2018-19 as per the Central Statistics
Office (CSO) – 7.2 per cent
- The chairman
of the high-level committee that will work towards deepening digital payments
in India – Nandan Nilekani
- The state
which has announced interest-free loans of up to
3 lakh for women self-help groups (WSHGs) in the state - Odisha
- Winner of the
best motion picture drama award at the 76th Annual Golden Globe
Awards – Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Iranian
private sector back which has been allowed to open its branch in Mumbai – Bank Pasargad
- The present
Prime Minister of Norway who visited New Delhi recently – Erna Solberg
- The person
sworn in as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third consecutive term
recently – Sheikh Hasina
- The country
against which India won their first ever Cricket Test series on their soil
recently - Australia
- The country
which recently cleared the extradition of Sanjeev Chawla, an accused of
match-fixing in 2000 - UK
- The private
sector bank which will buy mortgage provider Gruh Finance Ltd – Bandhan Bank
- The Sahitya
Akademi awardee Bengali writer who passed away recently – Dibyendu Palit
thanks BSC .. best wishes
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