MATCH POINT BSC NOVEMBER 2019

MATCH POINT

- The first tri-services exercise between India and the US to be
held in Andhra Pradesh in Nov – Tiger
Triumph

- Winner of the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix F1 chamionship – Sebastian Vettel

- The initiative launched by the Govt to tackle inherited
genetic diseases of newborn babies - UMMID

- The city where the National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi
Campaign 2019 was organized recently – New
Delhi

- The event organized recently in the US in which Prime Minister
Narendra Modi addressed 50,000 Indian Americans – Howdy, Modi!

- The person whose re-appointment as the Managing Director and
CEO of Federal Bank was approved by the RBI recently – Shyam Srinivasan

- The film which has been selected as India’s official entry in
the International Feature Film category for the Oscars 2020 – Gully Boy

- The singer who was conferred “Magnificent Performing Arts
Award” at the annual 21^st Century Icon Awards in London recently – Sonu Nigam

- The new chief of Air Staff appointed by the Govt recently – Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

- The state where the Indian Air Force opened Vijaynagar
advanced landing ground (ALG) recently – Arnachal
Pradesh

- Recent winner of the “Education Excellence Award 2019” in the
US – Anand Kumar

- The state which has declared 2020 as Artificial Intelligence
year - Telangana

- The interest rate approved by the govt on deposits in
Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for 2018-19 – 8.65 per cent

- The maiden trilateral naval exercise held recently among India,
Singapore and Thailand – SITMEX-19

- The new basic corporate tax for domestic firms – 22 per cent

- Winner of “Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award
2019” – Sheikh Haina

- The bilateral military exercise between India and the US held
recently – Yudh Abhyas

- The first Indian wrestler to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics –
Vinesh Phogat

- The country which has topped in terms of origin of
international migrants in 2019 - India

- The indigenous air-to-air missile successfully flight-tested
by the Indian Air Force and DRDO recently - ASTRA

- The city which recently overtook Mumbai to become the top
centre for trading “rupee” - London

- The present President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) who resigned
recently – Takehiko Nakao

- The person appointed recently as the head of the UN mission in
Hodeidah, Yemen – Abhijit Guha

- The massive joint war game conducted recently by the Indian
Army and the Indian Air Force in Arunachal Pradesh – Him Vijay

- The state which launched the first ever public information
portal “Jan Soochna Portal - 2019” recently - Rajasthan

- The first Indian company to provide broadband services to the
maritime sector - Nelco

- Winner of the 2019 FIBA basketball World Cup title - Spain

- Winner of the IBSF World Billiards Championship – Pankaj Advani

- The first Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh appointed recently – Justice P Lakshmana Reddy

- The minimum export price of onions fixed by the Govt recently
- $850 per tonne

- The terrorist group which attacked two oil processing plants
in Saudi Arabia recently – Houthi group
(Yemen)

- The host country of FIFA U – 17 Women’s World Cup (2020) - India

- The export incentive announced by the Union Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman recently –



















 50,000 cr

- A special window announced by the Govt to provide funding for
unfinished housing projects -

 10,000 cr

- Winner of the 2019 U-19 Asia Cup cricket tournament - India

- The first Chancellor of the Haryana Sports University at Rai
in Sonipat district – Kapil Dev

- The new reduced risk weight for consumer credit – 100 per cent

- The first country in Asia to require tobacco products to be
sold without colourful brand logos - Thailand

- The animal identified recently as the largest flying animal of
all time – Cryodrakon boreas

- The minimum equity capital to set up a small finance bank
(SFB) under the ‘on tap’ licence regime -

 200 cr

- The head of the RBI’s International Working Group (IWG) to
review agricultural credit – Mahesh
Kumar Jain

- India’s High Commissioner to the UAE who was conferred the
First Class Order of Zayed II recently – Navdeep
Singh Suri

- The factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial
Production (IIP), in Jul 2019 – 4.3 per
cent

- The rate of retail inflation, represented by the Consumer
Price Index (CPI), in Aug 2019 – 3.21
per cent

- India’s economic growth for the fiscal year 2019-20 as
projected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – 7 per cent

- The new principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi – Pramod Kumar Mishra

- The chairman of Cipla who was inducted as honorary fellow of
the Royal Society recently – Dr Yusuf
Hamied

- The university which has topped the top 300 World University
Rankings 2020 list by Times Higher Education (THE) – University of Oxford

- The person inducted to the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame
recently – Pawan Munjal

- The state where the annual harvest festival Onam is celebrated
- Kerala

- The former Union Minister and veteran lawyer who passed away
recently – Ram Jethmalani

- The head of the three-member panel to oversee the bifurcation
of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories – Sanjay Mitra

- The second Scorpene diesel-electric submarine which was
commissioned recently – INS Khanderi

- The new Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI) – Vijay Kumar Chopra

- The host city of the 8^th Asian Ministerial Energy
Roundtable (AMER8) held recently – Abu
Dhabi

- The head of the RBI’s panel for reviewing the existing state
of housing finance securitization – Harsh
Vardhan

- The person who succeeded Alibaba Group chairman Jack Ma
recently – Daniel Zhang

- Winner of the men’s singles title of the 2019 US Open – Rafael Nadal

- Winner of the women’s singles – Bianca Andreescu

- The city which hosted the Fourth Indian Ocean Conference 2019
– Male (Maldives)

- The state which has jointed hands with UNESCO to promote
cultural heritages of the state - Rajasthan

- Winner of the 2019 Italian Gran Prix Formula One – Charles Leclerc

- Winner of the Duleep Trophy (2019-20) cricket tournament – India Red

- The capital infusion approved by the govt in three state-run
general insurance companies -

 12,000 cr

- The amount India will spend in the next five years under the
newly formed Jal Jeevan Mission -

 3.5 lakh cr

- India’s new ambassador to Norway – B Bala Bhaskar

- The former President of Zimbabwe who passed away recently – Robert Mugabe

- The city which hosted the Aqua Aquaria India 2019 show
recently - Hyderabad

- The person conferred the “Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis”
award by the Vatican recently – Muhammad
Yunus

- The Chief Election Commissioner who assumed chairmanship of
the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) recently – Sunil Arora

- The host city for the South Asian Speakers’ Summit held
recently - Male

- The foreign direct investment (FDI) into India during the
first quarter (Apr-Jun) of 2019-20 - $16.33bn

- The head of the RBI’s taskforce to look into ways to develop
the secondary market for corporate loans – TN
Manoharan

- The venue of the 72^nd Session of World Health
Organization Regional Officer for South-East Asia (SEARO) meeting held recently
– New Delhi

- The line of credit announced by India for the development of
the Far East region of Russia, at the 5^th Eastern Economic Forum
(EEF) in Vladivostok - $1bn

- The head of the steering committee on fintech-related issues –
Subhash Chandra Garg

- Winner of the SAFF Under-15 title - India

- The month which was celebrated as Rashtriya Poshan Maah
recently - September

- The collection from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Aug 2019 -


98,202cr

- The city where India hosted the 14^th Conference of
Parties, COP14, to the UN Covention to Combat Desertification – Greater Noida

- The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in Aug 2019
– 51.4

- India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in Apr-Jun
2019 – 5 per cent

- The state which has launched its exculsive education TV
channel “Kalvi Tholaikkatchi” – Tamil
Nadu

- India’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP) who
passed away recently – Kanchan Chaudhary
Bhattacharya

- The joint military exercise conducted between Pakistan and
China recently – Shaheen VIII

- The country which conferred “King Hamad Order of the
Renaissance” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently - Bahrain

- The amount the RBI has decided to transfer as dividend and
surplus reserve to the govt -

1.76lakhcr

- The head of the committee on Economic Capital Framework which
submitted its report recently – Bimal
Jalan

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