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453. In the UN, it is the Americans and the French who are now blocking the

conclusion of a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. It

was sponsored by India way back in 1996, before 9/11, when the west

didn't care about terrorism, except if Israel was affected.

454. After the Railway Budget gets merged in the Union Budget from 2017,

the following major changes will occur in the budgeting procedure:

a) After 92 years, there will be no separate Railway Budget.

b) The Finance Minister will present the Railway Accounts as part of

the Union Budget, and like other departments it will have a Demand

for Grants

c) There will be a separate discussion on railway expenditure in

Parliament

d) There will be no concept of capital at charge and government will

not receive any dividend from railway accounts. This will save Rs.

9,700 crore.

455. The impact on Ministry of Railway will be as follows:

e) Railway will have a separate identity as a commercially run

department, and will continue to enjoy its existing autonomy.

f) There will be more focussed implementation on capacity expansion

and improving service delivery.

g) An independent Railway Regulator will be created, to recommend

fares and freight rates, and rationalise the entire fare structure as

per market demand.

h)

456. The first Finance Minister of Independent India was

a) Sir RK Shanmukham Chetty

b) John Mathai

c) PM himself was in charge of Finance

d) B.R. Ambedkar


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457. The only two Railway Ministers of Independent India, who became Finance Ministers as well were:

a) John Mathai

b) Madhu Dandavate

c) CD Deshmukh,

d) (a) and (b) above

e) (a) and (c) above

458. Which of the following countries has / have eradicated malaria:

a) Sri Lanka,

b) Iraq,

c) Syria,

d) Libya

e) All the above

459. The newly developed Sustainable Development Goals health

index , places India at

a) 143rd among 188 countries

b) 134th among 188 countries

c) 140th among 188 countries

d) 130th among 188 countries

460. What is the per cent of GDP that India spends on healthcare

a) 1.4%

b) 2.4%

c) 14 %

d) 4.2%

461. Credit Default Swaps : China has given its bond traders the go-

ahead to begin trading credit default swaps (CDS), an indication that

the government is preparing for more big corporate

bankruptcies. Credit default swaps allow investors to insure themselves

against the default of a given security. Past bankruptcies in China

involved only bank or corporate debt, but this one involves 108

creditors. This is because China is trying to take its economy through

the delicate transition from one based on industry and its manufacturing

sectors, to one based on domestic consumption and services like

banking.


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462. A World Class University: The idea that it is possible to set up

“world-class” universities is flawed because at inception this cannot be

claimed or ensured. The base of a university is the quality and quantity

of knowledge it produces and disseminates through researches

supervised by its faculty. The research also depends on quantum of

grants that attract quality students. Quality research is an evolutionary

process and cannot be achieved overnight. The focus should therefore,

be on enabling an ecosystem based of standards, outcomes, aims,

equity and access.

463. As in August,2016 status of Aadhar

464. The Financial Stability and Development Council monitors

functioning of systemically important financial institutions (SIFI).

Guidelines to identify such institutions are to be released shortly.

465. Ten conflict zones that are responsible for displacement of nearly

1% population of the world, ( equivalent to total population of

Thailand or United Kingdom) at the end of 2015 , include:

a) Afghanistan ( 2.7 million)

b) Iraq,

c) Syria ( 4.8 million refugees )

d) Burundi,

e) DR Congo,

f) Somalia ( 1.1 million)

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h) Colombia, Caucasus, and former Yugoslavia.

466. If a person does not have Aadhaar, he will not be denied a benefit

but be enrolled in the programme at once, with the respective ministry

or state government being made responsible to provide him with the

unique identification number.

467. Aadhaar is a :

a) 16 digit number

b) 18 digit number

c) 12 digit number

d) 14 digit number

468. The difference between Mutual Fund and Systematic Investment

Plan:

a) Mutual fund is a mechanism where investors pool their money to

invest in stock market through diverse instruments such as equity,

debt, balanced scheme. It is governed by SEBI.

b) Systematic Investment Plan is one of the long term wealth creation

schemes provided by Mutual Fund. Its investments are made on

monthly basis for any amount from Rs 500/- pm to 1000/- pm over

a period of time.

469. The highest rate of domestic savings reached in India is/ was:

a) 36% of GDP

b) 30% of GDP

c) 20% of GDP

d) 25% of GDP

470. Which of the following are the starting and ending points of

the Delhi Mumbai Infrastructure Corridor :

a) Dadri in Noida and Dighi in Maharashtra.

b) Delhi in north and Mumbai in south

c) Agra in north and Pune in south

d) Gurgaon in north and Sholapur in south


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471. Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a technical six member

committee with RBI governor as its chairperson, to recommend the

extent and direction of change in policy rates, that has replaced the

earlier technical committee. Which among the following are the

differences in the new system :

a) Three of six members are appointed by the Government of

India. The remaining three members are to be from the RBI,

and the RBI Governor will have the casting vote.

b) The discussion in the MPC will be recorded and made public.

Earlier, the RBI governor could accept or ignore any or all of

the advice he received, without assigning any reason.

c) The MPC's job is to contain inflation between 2% and 6%.

For the next five years. The inflation target is to have

Parliament's clearance through the Finance Bill.

d) All the three above.

472. Arunachal Pradesh, from January 2016 to September 2016, has

had the most frequent regime changes. Which of the following

numbers is correct:

a) Five regimes, including one period of President's rule.

b) Four regimes including one spell of President‟s rule

c) Three regimes with no President‟s Rule

d) Four regimes with no President‟s Rules

473. Since 1994, which of the following have been an established fact :

a) The only place to determine majority of an elected government is

on the floor of the House.

b) President's rule was to be subjected to judicial scrutiny.

c) The option of reversing the decree in case of lack of adequate

justification or mala fide imposition of President‟s rule, lay with

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d) All the three above.

474. Short Note on „One Budget from January 2017‟.

The railway budget has been merged with the general budget and date

of its presentation has been advanced to January, from the year 2017.

Currently, the general budget is presented on the last working day of

February and the entire budget process is completed by mid-May. The

budget presented in January will allow the government to complete the

process before the new financial year starts from 1st April. This will

also allow taxpayers to know the tax rules before the start of the

financial year, and ministries will be able to start spending from the

very start of the fiscal. (100 words)

475. Short Note on „WTO Ruling against India on solar modules‟

India‟s National Solar Mission, includes a provision that 10% of the

modules used in India's solar plants, should be domestically

manufactured. Solar developers, buy most of their modules from foreign

companies, especially Chinese. India-made modules are unable to

compete with foreign ones, both on price and technology. If anti-

dumping duty on solar modules, abolished in 2014, is re imposed, it

would raise the cost for Indian developers, thereby rendering solar tariffs

less competitive. National Thermal Power Corporation and Solar

Corporation of India have been holding separate auctions, with a

domestic content requirement (DCR) provision, where the subsidy

provided by the government as well as winning tariffs, are significantly

higher than in open auctions.

In 2013, the US had complained to World Trade Organisation

(WTO), that the DCR provision in India‟s National Solar Mission,

favoured local manufacturers and was inconsistent with the WTO's

Trade Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) agreement. The WTO,

Appellate Body has upheld the complaint of US.


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476. At a glance „Early Budget‟ and WTO ruling


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http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31816&articlexml=January-Budget-may-Help-Govt-Streamline-Spending-23082016015026

http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31816&articlexml=Solar-Cos-at-Ease-over-WTO-Ruling-19092016021011


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477. All commercial aerial vehicles including unmanned aerial vehicles

in India come under the jurisdiction of :

a) Directorate General of Civil Aviation

b) Ministry of Civil Aviation

c) Ministry of Defence

d) International Civil Aviation Organisation

478. Drones can be deployed for which of the following activities:

a) land dispute resolution,

b) rain water management,

c) identifying illegal colonies and

d) crop damage assessment in rural areas.

e) All the above

479. Which of the correct option about GDP contribution by

agriculture and number of people employed:

a) 20% of the India's $2 trillion economy.

b) 25% of the nation's $2 trillion economy.

c) 10% of the nation's $2 trillion economy.

d) 15% of the nation's $2 trillion economy.

Indian Names of months

JANUARY TO JUNEUttaraayanfrom 14th

January to 21st June

JULY TODECEMBER

Dakshinaayan(22nd June to 21st December/13th January)

Month Major Indian festivals

1. Magh Mahakumbha (every 12th year),Makarsankranti, Pongal, Republic Day

2. Phalgun Holi, Mahavir Jayanti, Good Friday,

3. Chaitra Start of Indian calendar on Chaitichandraoccuring between 21st March to 31st

March

4. Vaishakh Ramnavami, Bhaishakhi, Bihu,

5. Jyeshth Buddha Jayanti

6.Aashadh Jaganath yatra, Ramzan, Eid

7. Shravan Vyaspurnima, Rakshabandhan

8. Bhadrapad Krishna Janamashtami, Ganesh Utsav, Onam

9. Ashvin Durgapuja, Dassehra, , Eid,

10.Kartik Deepawali , Gurupurnima

11. Margshirsh

12. Paush Christmas, New Year


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480.

IPC Sections 499 and 500 ? • The Supreme Court will decide whether IPC

Sections 499 and 500 are an infringement on the individual's right to freedom of speech and expression and whether remedy against defamatory statements can be sought only through civil process--defamation suit -seeking damages from offender.

• The SC will also consider whether the tone, tenor and stringency of Sections 499 and 500 of the IPC needs to be read down. ( Finance Minister’s case against Delhi CM)

481.

22 Languages as per the Eight Schedule of the Constitution of India ( Article 344 (1) and 351) (Page 330 of soft copy)

1. Assamese 8. Kashmiri 15. Oriya a) Sindhi was inserted in 1967. (21st Amendment)

b) Konkani inserted in 1992. ( 71st Amendment)

c) Bodo , Dogri , Maithali, and Santhali inserted in 2003

(92nd Amendment)

1) Original List had 16 languages only.

2. Bengali 9. Konkani 16. Punjabi

3. Bodo 10. Maithili 17. Sanskrit

4. Dogri 11. Malayalam 18. Santhali

5. Gujarati 12.Manipuri 19. Sindhi

6. Hindi 13. Marathi 20. Tamil

7.Kannada 14. Nepali 21. Telugu

22. Urdu


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481. As per 2011 national census the ratio of the elderly

population was

a) 8.6%

b) 5.6%

c) 6.5%

d) 6.8%

482.

483. How is the state of Delhi different from other states ?

Delhi is a Union territory and not a fully fledged state. The

powers of governance in Delhi as recommended in the

Balakrishna Report, was based on analysis of other capital cities of

the world . Article 239AA of the Constitution is the arch stone that

surmises that Delhi “remains to be under the overall control of the

Centre as it is a Union territory national capital territory.

The office of the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi is

unique and has wider powers than those enjoyed by the governor of

a state, because the LG is an administrator. Governor enjoys

constitutional immunity but not the LG. He is the executive head of

the state. The Chief Minister (CM) and his council have to aid and

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difference of opinion between LG and CM, the issue has to be

referred to the President. LG is not a mayor or a titular head

484. About President‟s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh:

Article 174(1) mandates that there cannot be more

than a six month gap between two assembly sessions. This was

the situation in Itanagar, along with the internal political crisis

within the state government. Governor Rajkhowa advanced the

scheduled assembly winter session from January 14, 2016 to

December 16, 2015, and fixed a motion for removing the

Speaker as the first agenda item. The Speaker was removed in

an `assembly' meeting that was held outside the premises of the

State Assembly.

The Supreme Court's 1979 Valluri Basavaiah

Chowdhary judgment clearly states that as long as a

democratically elected government exists, the Governor can

only act on its advice. Similarly, the 1994 Bommai judgment

said that the question of whether a government still has a

majority or not, can only be decided on the floor of the

assembly. Therefore, the imposition of the President‟s Rule in

Arunachal Pradesh was held to be unconstitutional.

485. Which of the following have been declared as terror states by

the United States of America?

a) Iraq

b) Syria

c) Sudan

d) All the three above

486. What is meant by Smart Cities? How are they different from

traditional cities?

A Smart city is one in which almost all the public services are

automated and computerised. They are monitored and controlled

through smart technology, which is similar to the one used in smart cell

phones. Just as in a smart production line, every process is automated,

and quality of output is high, in a smart city all aspects of public service

delivery are automated. In case of electric power, the fluctuations in

requirements in different localities get projected and supply is adjusted

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computers adjust the traffic lights either to divert traffic or to speed up

its movement to clear the points of blockades. This enhances the

quality of public services delivered in the city.

Singapore is the best example of a Smart City. All government

services are delivered online and within the predetermined time limits.

It is the only city in the world, where approval for construction /

renovations to companies as well as to citizens, is given online.

Citizens do not need to visit any government organisation for any work.

487. Life in a Smart City : Accountability of all citizens is also

increased in a smart city. As everything is real time and is on camera,

evidence admissible and needed for enforcing the law, is always

available. This enforces public discipline as well. As the quality of life

in a Smart city is high, living therein is also expensive. Singapore is

also the most expensive city in the world to live in. However, this could

also be because it is a small city state that needs to import almost

everything from other countries.

The negative points for a smart city include, higher cost of living,

minimum scope for non technical employment, and the possible misuse

of technology that could give rise to security concerns. However, these

negatives are common to all sectors that are technology driven.

In India, the 12 cities and towns included for conversion into

smart cities, in the first list finalized in 2015, are Chennai, Coimbatore,

Dindigul, Erode, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi,

Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, and Vellore.

488. Which of the following as recommended by the Fourteenth

Finance Commission , have been included in the Reserve Bank of

India‟s report on state finances, April, 2016:

a) the states' share of tax devolution from increased from 32% to

42% of the divisible pool, but in effect, there has been a

decline by 0.3% of GDP in 2015-16, due to discontinuance of

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b) Schemes representing national priorities like poverty

alleviation, and those backed by cess, have continued.

c) States to be provided with greater fiscal space for

development expenditure on health and education by

augmenting revenue generation, levying reasonable user

charges, boosting performance of state public sector units and

by improving realisations from state power distribution

utilities.

d) All the above

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490. Gilgit, from where Karakoram Highway passes can be

accessed from, lies in :

a) Leh and Ladakh

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c) Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

d) Pakistan

491. Which of the following choices is the correct meaning of

`LoC Dynamic‟ :

a) A level of tolerance allowed by both India and Pakistan,

where infiltrations could occur but the levels of violence

were kept `local‟.

b) The Line of Control was not a fixed border and kept

changing

c) The Line of Control was as transitory measures of conflict

management

d) None of the above

492. What makes India‟s seven successful „surgical strikes' of 28-

29 September, 2016 , different and a „game changer‟ is / are:

a) Not the mission in itself, but the decision to make it

officially known to all.

b) For over two decades `denials' have been an important

unspoken feature in Indo-Pak terms of engagement.

c) Modi government has been consistent in rejecting the

ongoing transitory measures of conflict management

d) India went public with its claim, asserting in its wake

that old rules were no longer in play

e) All the above

493. The next Football World Cup will be held in:

a) Russia

b) Qatar

c) Brazil

d) Mexico

494. Short Note on `enclaves' or „chhitmahal‟

After 1971, India and Bangladesh contained within each

other's borders, patches of territory belonging to the other nation.

These were called `enclaves', or chhitmahal in Bengali. Each was

small in area, but there were many: 102 Indian enclaves in

Bangladesh, 71 Bangladeshi enclaves in India mainly in Cooch

Behar. In 2010, it was discovered that more than 51,500 people

lived in these enclaves.

Negotiations for these had been going on since 1958. In

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was transferred, then held in abeyance after assassination of

Mujib Rehman in 1975. In 2014, Parliament passed the

amendments towards the end of its term. In 2015, India and

Bangladesh finally swapped each other's chhitmahals. In May

2016 Assembly elections 15,000 newly registered Indian voters

cast their votes.

495. Short Note on the Bill twice passed by a State Assembly

and twice rejected by the President of India:

The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime

(GCTOC) Bill, 2015 was introduced in 2003. The Bill was first

rejected by then President APJ Abdul Kalam in 2004, demanding that

the clause relating to interception of communication be removed. It was

again rejected when Pratibha Patil was the President. In March 2014,

Gujarat assembly had again passed the bill retaining controversial

provisions In January, 2016,the Union home ministry has withdrawn

the controversial anti-terror bill of Gujarat after waiting for President

Pranab Mukherjee's nod for almost five months.

496. Short Note on geographical significance of Arunachal

Pradesh:

Arunachal Pradesh borders three of India's neighbours -Bhutan,

China and Myanmar, stretching up to 1,630 km. China has been

persistently staking claim over its entire 83,743 sq km territory

even after 53 years of India-China war when the Chinese soldiers

briefly occupied parts of its land. Arunachal is the only Northeast

state that has not witnessed home-grown insurgency (Sikkim was

merged into India in 1975), Arunachal also matters because of its

huge natural resources. Apart from timber, (felling of trees ,

banned by the Supreme Court since 1996), horticulture, orchids

the state has huge untapped hydroelectric potential.

Two of the state's easternmost districts, Tezu and Anjaw,

are hotbeds for cultivation of illicit opium. Naga underground

outfits, particularly the NSCN-K have been active in Tirap,

Changlang and Longding districts, that adjoin Nagaland.

497. Under Article 174 of the Constitution, the governor exercises his

power to convene, prorogue or dissolve the house on the aid and advice

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whether the governor is bound by the CM's advice if he has lost his

majority is still a grey area.

498. Which of the following executive actions have been deemed

as „atrocious‟ by the Supreme Court of India:

a) Emergency of 1975

b) JMM bribery case.

c) Vodafone tax judgement

d) All the three above

499. The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, has been extended by the

Supreme Court to include:

a) all private bank employees

b) all political parties

c) all Non government organisations

d) none of the above

500. Short Note on Amendment to Section 46A of Banking Regulation

Act in 1994, only the chairman, director and auditor of a bank were

regarded as public servants in connection with offences under IPC. But

the amendment brought within its purview chairman appointed on a

whole-time basis, managing director, director, auditor, liquidator,

manager and any other employee of a banking company , terming them

as public servants for offences under IPC.

Supreme Court‟s Judgement stated that: Object of enactment of

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was to make the anti-corruption

law more effective and widen its coverage. It will be more reasonable

to understand the expression `public servant' by reference to the office

and the duties performed in connection therewith to be of a public

character,“ merely because the legislature had said that Section 46A of

Banking Regulation Act was applicable only with respect to Indian

Penal Code offences, operation of PC Act for the same offences could

not be shut out.

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