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Dear Friends,
Here comes the fourth issue of VistaCareer the most comprehensive career guidance magazine.
With every passing month, we are adding more articles, features and other useful stuff for the student
community. Also, MBA exams are starting from next month and the anxiety levels of aspirants is fairly
high with notifications, forms, deadlines and what not.
As always, the Magazine is designed to work for you in four key areas: One, it will keep you
updated with latest information on exams, patterns, analysis, leading institutes, etc. Two, it will have
expert faculty members and successful students writing articles and sharing their experiences which
will be very useful for your preparation. Three, we will focus on different career option in each issue and
you can find your fit. Four, we will provide preparatory resources like current affairs articles, news and
MCQs; GK and vocab updates; detailed analysis of a sector in each issue and fun elements like
crossword, sudoku, book/app/gadget reviews.
Apart from the regular news coverage across major areas, we have special write-ups on Chinese
Incursions, the threat that our aggressive neighbours pose and how we can find amicable solutions. We
also discuss, once again, the fall in the value of rupee, its effect on the economy and what can the new
Governor of RBI do it stem the fall. The Sector in Focus in this issue is the Automobile sector and you will
find a write up on the same and coverage of the leading automobile manufacturer of India, Maruti
Udyog Ltd. The Career in Focus this month is Railways and has a feature on that alongwith details of
SCRA exam and the GK paper of the recently conducted SCRA exam. We have also featured the leading
institute, Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering located (IRIMEE) at
Jamalpur in Bihar.
In MBA Corner, we have articles on two leading institutes of the country, MDI Gurgaon under
general institutes and IRMA under sectoral institutes. Also, there is GDPI experience of IIT Delhi. Our
Special Feature of the month is 'B-School Selection Guidance 2013' that should serve as a ready
reckoner in shortlisting the institutes that you would like to apply to. We are also starting a 5 issue
feature where we will discuss the career opportunities that exist in various fields after completing your
management and we are starting with 'Marketing' in this issue.
In Personality of the Month section, we have the new Governor of RBI, Raghuram Rajan, a graduate
from IIT Delhi and IIIM Ahmedabad.
In our endeavour to be the best GK and Current Affairs resource, apart from comprehensive
coverage of Current Affairs and 100 MCQs on the same, we have also provided you with IIFT and SNAP
GK papers of previous years as well as list of recipients of various sports and Padma awards.
We would like you to be actively involved in this venture, giving us your feedback as well contributing
articles. Suggestions and Articles can be sent to nishant@vistamind.com or rahul@vistamind.com.
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Chinese Incursions
As India and China seek their rightful place under the sun, the border skirmishes between the two countries continue
to remain an irritant in ties. This year has been particularly worrying for India as China has made repeated
attempts to enter Indian territory.
In April, the rival armies faced each other in a 21-day standoff as Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) troops intruded
about 19 km into the Depsang valley in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector of eastern Ladakh. Then earlier this month,
Chinese troops intruded over 20 km into the Chaglagam sector of eastern Arunachal Pradesh, pitched tents and
finally withdrew after spending three to four days.
The reports of incursion assume greater urgency in the backdrop of two back-to-back attacks on Indian targets
scripted by the Pakistani military. One was a terror strike on the Jalalabad consulate in Afghanistan and the other
was the killing of 5 Indian soldiers across the Line of Control (LoC) by Pakistan army. Pakistan is a traditional ally
of China and the twin developments seem to be part of a concerted attempt.
Since the 1962 war which India lost humiliatingly, China has laid claim to Indias border territories. These include
all the three sectors of the 4,057-km long Line of Actual Control (LAC) western (Ladakh), middle (Uttarakhand,
Himachal) and eastern (Sikkim, Arunachal). While the two incursions this year have generated much media coverage,
they are by no means isolated. India has recorded well over 600 transgressions by PLA troops across the LAC in the
last three years.
What has surprised everyone from seasoned commentators to the common man is the governments apathy in the
fact of such provocation. In every instance, the Manmohan Singh government has sought to make light of the
onslaught. The external affairs minister, for example, belittled the April incident calling it a small little spot of
acne. Many analysts attribute this to Singhs dire wish to reach a lasting solution with Pakistan, a shot at legacy
that is blinding him to realities on the ground.
In a belated move, advanced landing grounds in both Ladakh and Arunachal have been re-activated after being
neglected for over 30-40 years. Besides, the Cabinet Committee on Security has approved an overall Rs 90,000 crore
proposal to raise a new mountain strike corps along with two independent infantry brigades and two independent
armoured brigades (a total of over 80,000 soldiers) in the next seven years to plug operational gaps as well as
acquire some ground offensive capabilities against China.
On their part, Indian troops have been conducting aggressive patrolling along the entire stretch of the LAC. In
August, the IAF landed a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at the DBO airstrip, which is just about 7 km from the LAC
in eastern Ladakh. This was to convey a strategic message that Indian forces can swiftly rush troops and supplies
to forward areas if required.Furthermore, the Army has raised two new infantry divisions comprising 35,000
soldiers and 1,260 officers at Lekhapani and Missamari in Assam. Their primary operational task is the defence of
Arunachal Pradesh.
While the political leadership continues to operate in a vacuum, diplomatic channels are working overtime to sign
deals with that country. For some time now, the two countries have worked to close the new Border Defence Cooperation
Agreement (BDCA) that outlines several confidence-building measures to defuse face-offs and tensions between
rival troops along the LAC. These include additional BPM (border personnel meeting) set-ups to add to the existing
ones at Chushul, Nathu La and Bum La as well as a DGMO-level hotline between the two armies like the one India has
with Pakistan.
Further, after a gap of nearly three years, India and China held the next round of Strategic Dialogue in Delhi. Apart
from the border incursions by Chinese troops, the issue of river water also featured in the talks.India is of the

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opinion that China might use water aggression to deprive India its share of water from River Brahmaputra. India
has protested Chinese dam constructions on Brahmaputra (known as Tsangpo in China) and the issue has figured
in the bilateral talks between the two countries.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to travel to Beijing in October. Apart from waters and border incursion
issues, India would also convey its concerns over market access in sectors like IT and pharma and the huge trade
deficit in favour of China.

The fall of the Rupee and the lessons we can take

There has been a lot of hue and cry about the fall of the rupee, with analysts and economists falling all over each
other to explain the reasons and to offer their two annas of advise. But before all that we need to understand how
the currency markets work
The rupee is freely convertible under current account but not so under the capital account. So what does that mean?
We are free to convert Rupee into other currencies and vice versa for business and travel requirements (current
account) but not for investment purposes (capital account), though small amounts were allowed under capital
account.
`For example and Importer say Reliance importing crude oil for its refineries or a Titan importing gold for its
Jewellery business could convert rupee into say dollars.
How does the currency market work?
Like any other market, the price of an item depends on the supply and demand. So the price of Onions in rupees is
based on demand and supply of Onions. The only difference here is that we are dealing with two currencies.
So lets assume USD is the product and Re is the currency
Demand for USD: Who are the people who want the USD
Importers
Indians traveling abroad on business, students or as tourists
Foreign residents working in India sending money back home (outward remittances)
Indian companies making investments abroad (reverse FDI)
Supply of USD: Who are the people seeking to convert USD into Rupees
Exporters
Foreigners traveling abroad on business, students or as tourists
Indians working abroad sending money home
FII: Foreign funds and companies investing in Indian capital markets
FDI: Foreign companies investing directly in businesses
Traditionally, India has always had imports greater than exports (a negative trade balance). This was balanced to
some extent by inward remittances sent by Indians working abroad, especially the Gulf. The rest was made up
through loans from other countries, loans taken by GOI called sovereign loans. After the 1991 liberalization, FII and
FDI inflows started coming into the country seeking growth. As long as these flows were strong Rupee was stable. In
fact, confidence was so high and reserves so good that Indian companies were allowed to invest in other countries.
Ex: Tata Tea purchase of Tetley and Tata Motors purchase of Jaguar Land Rover. Also Indian companies were allowed
to borrow from external sources. This allowed them to access money at international interest rates, which were
much lower. However the risk was that if the USD value went up then the repayment would be much higher.
From 2004 onwards in big financial boom, with easy liquidity policies across the west a good portion of money
came into India markets keeping the rupee strong. After the 2009 crash, the US reserve bank kept up the flow of cheap
money (very low interest rates) called Quantitative Easing (QE) to support the US. In the last month Fed had talked
about reducing QE as the US economy was showing signs of strength. While this was a key factor in the rupee

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meltdown, it was perhaps only the last straw, the spark that started the fire. The fundamentally weaknesses were
there from a long time. Lets understand these.
Inflation:
For some time now India has been plagued by high inflation. This essential means that the rupee has lost its value
with respect to the goods it can buy. At the same time the US economy has not seen much inflation and hence USD
hasnt loss much value. Hence it was a matter of time that Rupee had to fall vis--vis the USD.
Weak Exports:
This has been probably the biggest pitfall for us. We need to make more products of good quality that the world
would like to buy. China does that, we dont. We need reform in the manufacturing sector, more revolution than
reform. We are plagued with poor infrastructure, corruption and red tape, heavy regulations etc which makes our
manufacturing uncompetitive. Give that China is slowing down due to high cost of labor and that Rupee fall makes
our products price competitive, this could an opportunity for us, perhaps the last one we will get to reform the
manufacturing sector. Over reliance on services like IT/ITES is dangerous.
Lack of Confidence in India:
A few years back India was seen as a growth story, a country that seemed destined to take its place among the
worlds biggest economies. Now people arent sure. Large-scale corruption, high fiscal deficit, regulatory and other
delays in decision making have made people rethink that. High Fiscal deficit, lower growth, etc have led to a sharp
slowing down for funds flowing into India.
Specifically let me give some examples for you to understand this.
In the boom time, International Iron ore prices went up sharply. Instead of taking advantage of that, the government
allowed huge amounts of illegal iron ore to be exported, notably from Goa and Karnataka. Environmental norms
were violated with impunity. Mining licenses were given based on political connections and alleged kickbacks. This
prompted the Supreme court to completely ban Iron ore mining and export.
Coal is main fuel for Indias power sector. And all the coal in India is governed by the staggeringly inefficient Coal
India Ltd widely believed to be one of Indias most corrupt companies. CIL failed to deliver the quantity required
forcing India to depend on costly imported coal. An instead of reforming CIL and allowing private sector participation
in a transparent manner, the Coal ministry allocated Coal mines in an arbitrary fashion at dirt cheap rates forcing
the CAG and then the SC to step in. Most of those licenses will probably end up being cancelled. And not a single Ton
of coal was mined leading to continued imports.
The telecom ministry under A Raja, allocated 2g licenses in an arbitrary manner at very low prices using the
ridiculous first come first served model. Companies like Unitech, Etilsat etc made heavy investments into companies
that received Telecom licenses. As the scam broke, the SC cancelled the licenses, leading to huge losses for these
players. This has affected Indias image among potential investors.
Rather than solve such problems, the government of India is looking at another election, by passing bills like Food
Security Bill which will worsen Government finances and the Land Acquisition bill which will make it tougher and
costlier for to start new investments in manufacturing. It is said that every crisis is an opportunity. The 1991 crisis
lead to economic liberalization, which gave us high growth. Now it is time for reforms 2.0. These reforms need to
focus on infrastructure building and unshackling manufacturing. Hard steps are needed, lets hope that the will to
take the steps is there; in this set of leaders or the next.

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National News

Madras High Court today asked the government and the Medical Council of India to deal with ill-equipped medical
institutions in the country with an iron hand. These institutions would produce poor quality professionals, who
would be a liability to society, the court said, dismissing petitions from 148 students of D.D. Medical College and
D.D. Hospitals in Thiruvallur that had been denied recognition by the MCI.

Fifty girls fled a residential school in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, after being served food containing
worms for several days. They had not eaten for four days. An inquiry has recommended dismissal
of the cook, two assistant cooks, warden and accountant.

The Goa government will not issue excise licence to dance bars in the state, chief minister Manohar
Parrikar has said. He said if any bars were doubling as dance bars, their excise license would be
withdrawn.

Delhi High Court has ordered the state government and a hospital to ensure that treatment is not
stopped for lack of funds for a 29-year-old woman, who has been waiting for kidney surgery since January because
she has been unable to pay the fees of Rs 55,000.

A Kerala-based man posed as an IAS officer in the PMO and cheated a city resident of Rs 43 lakh by promising an
MBBS seat to his daughter. Madhu Ganesh Menons father was arrested from his Thrissur home for abetting the
crime. A letter pad with government logo and an air gun were found at his home. Madhu is still at large.

An average of nine unidentified bodies, mostly of drug addicts and beggars, are found on the streets
in Delhi every day, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau. Of the 37,838 such
bodies found across the country last year, 3,359 were found in Delhi. Police claim most die of
natural causes.

An Indian cancer patient who campaigned against smoking in unusual ways such as confronting strangers in public
and pleading them to quit the practice has died. Abraham Samuel, popularly known as cigarette snatcher, is
survived by his wife and two daughters

Bombay High Court has observed that women who file rape cases in a fit of rage to fix their partners and later
withdraw complaints, should be prosecuted. The court said of late, several cases were coming before it in which
victims have filed rape complaints and contending they had entered into relationships on being
promised marriage. It said the trend sent a wrong signal to society.

India is among the countries that have made least requests for user data from Twitter between
January and June 2013, the social networking sites transparency report has shown. A total of
1,157 requests were received during the period, of which the US had the lions share with 902
requests. India had less than 10 such requests. The Twitter report highlights trends in government
requests for account information.

Prayers at Kedarnath will resume from September 11. Prayers have been suspended in the shrine
for over a month following the Uttarakhand tragedy. The decision was taken at a meeting held by
chief minister Vijay Bahuguna with the head priest of the shrine.

Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue circulars that violators of the
Flag Code of India, 2002 and the State Emblem of India (prohibition of improper use) Act, 2005 will
be punished. The directives were issued on a plea by Kannan from Kancheepuram, who contended
that during the Independence Day in 2011, national flags with inscriptions and with some images
printed over it were sold.

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A 15-year-old girl in a Jammu and Kashmir orphanage has claimed she was being denied a passport to study in the
US as her uncle was a former militant. But chief minister Omar Abdullah said Sufaira Jan would get her passport
soon. She claimed the CID had not cleared her passport application. The officials clarified that at no level the girls
application had been held up or rejected.

The National Green Tribunal today observed that nine city hospitals, including AIIMS, are
violating rules for collection and disposal of municipal solid waste with impunity. The
observation was made after Delhi Pollution Control Committee informed the tribunal that the
hospitals not following rules for collection and disposition. The tribunal directed the hospitals
to take immediate steps or else face action.

All foreign donations above Rs 1 crore will now come under the scrutiny of the income tax department. The Central
Board of Direct Taxes has issued new directives for selection of scrutiny cases by the taxman during this financial
year.

The CBI has registered over 2,283 corruption cases in the last three years and 758 of them are pending investigation,
the Centre has told Parliament.

The president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has announced a plan to invite diplomats from
foreign missions to apprise them of the importance of turban. Manjit Singh G.K. went to Italy earlier this month to
attend a religious event. On August 6, security personnel at the Rome airport asked him to remove his turban. He
refused and after a days impasse and intervention by the Indian mission in Italy, the authorities allowed Singh and
four others to board the plane.

Forty-two Emu contract farming firms in Tamil Nadus Erode district cheated over Rs 224 crore from public last year,
police said. The firms had collected the amount from public in contract farming of the Australian bird on promise
of very high returns like any ponzi scheme, the police said.

Around 58 tigers have died in past five years in Madhya Pradesh because of poaching, territorial
fights and old age. Of the total deaths, nine were because of poaching. The maximum number of
deaths 18 occurred in 2009, followed by 13 last year and 12 in 2010.

The Union government has decided to recruit over 2,000 former army men, specialised in jungle warfare tactics and
counter-IED operations, to impart cutting-edge training to CRPF personnel fighting Maoists in various states of the
country. The first such exercise was done in 2011.

The Supreme Court today modified its order and exempted BJP general secretary and Gujarat MLA
Amit Shah from appearing on alternate Saturdays before the CBI in connection with the Sohrabuddin
Sheikh encounter case. A bench considered that the trial has been shifted to Mumbai. The court had
earlier directed Shah to give an undertaking that he would not influence witnesses and report to the
CBI every fortnight.

A Delhi court, citing denial of assistance from the US authorities, has stayed proceedings
against 13 websites, including Facebook and Google, in a case accusing the firms of
promoting class enmity and undermining national integrity.

Twenty-nine air force officers have sought voluntary retirement, citing lack of promotional avenues, in the last two
years, defence minister A.K. Antony has said. Twenty of the applications have been approved. The quit pleas come at
a time the IAF is facing a staff shortage.

The two Italian marines, accused of killing two fishermen off the Kerala coast in February last year, have refused to
record their statement with the NIA. Officials said it will have no bearing as the NIA was awaiting forensic and
ballistic reports before its chargesheet could be filed.

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The Indian Railways website booked more than five lakh tickets \on August 12, the highest-ever
booked in a single day. The IRCTC has invested about Rs 11 crore to strengthen and upgrade its
ticketing website to facilitate more bookings.

A person claiming to be the descendant of Jhansi ki Rani, moved to Bombay High Court seeking a
direction to authorities to include the queens surname on her statue in Pune. Vivek Tambe claimed he
was the fifth descendant of Laxmibais cousin Anant Tambe. He said the statue, that has Maharani
Laxmibai Saheb Jhansi wali inscribed, should have Newalkar as her surname instead of Jhansi wali.

As many as 7,068 posts for teachers are lying vacant in schools of the Delhi Municipal Corporation, junior home
minister Mullappally Ramachandran informed the Lok Sabha. The minister added no guest teachers have been
engaged in the past four years, however, 4,279 teachers have been hired on a contractual basis.

About 370 people commit suicide everyday in the country, junior minister R. P. N. Singh has informed the Lok Sabha.
The details, based on National Crime Records Bureau data, revealed that over 4 lakh people have committed suicide
between 2011 and 2013. Tamil Nadu recorded the highest suicide number - 49,451 in three years.

The Rajya Sabha has passed a bill, paving the way for an alternative waterway route to connect
the Northeast with the rest of India. Once completed, the 121 km National Waterway No. 6 will
provide all-weather connectivity with the ports of Haldia and Calcutta for Assam, Mizoram,
Tripura and Manipur.

London is Indias costliest mission, with an annual expenditure of over Rs 58 crore in 2011-12. The cheapest
consulate is in Bali where expenses add up to a little over Rs 20 lakh, an RTI query has revealed. Closely following
the London mission in terms of expense in 2011-12 are the missions in Jeddah (Rs 45.63 crore), Kabul (Rs 39.09
crore) and Paris (Rs 36.38 crore). The total cost of maintaining 178 Indian missions was Rs 1,497.58 crore in 201112 and Rs 1,386.95 crore in 2010-11.

Over 67 per cent of rural households in India do not have access to toilets, the Centre has said in the Rajya Sabha.
Kerala had the least number of houses without toilets.

Defence minister A.K. Antony has informed the Lok Sabha that around 645 militants were killed in over
232 anti-terrorist operations conducted by the army in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast in the
past three years. He added that the army was facing a shortage of 9,590 officers.

The Centre has sanctioned a contingent of about 1,800 armed personnel to guard the facilities of intelligence
agencies RAW, IB and the Aviation Research Centre. The deployment has been made after security agencies
carried out an analysis of their facilities and felt they needed to be secured from threats, sources said. The contingent
will be drawn from the border guarding force, the Sashastra Seema Bal

International News

The Obama administration has announced around Rs 3 crore in grant for the victims of the Oak
Creek Gurdwara shootout. August 5 marks the first anniversary of the attack in which a lone gunman
opened fire in the gurdwara in Wisconsin, killing at least six persons. The US justice department will
begin keeping numbers on hate crimes committed against Sikhs .

Three of UKs 30 most wanted tax evaders are of Indian-origin who have cost Britons nearly 10 million. HM revenue
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hiding in Kenya, Anand and Jain are in Britain.

An Indian-origin farmer has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Fiji for murdering two co-patriots.
Nilesh Chand had pleaded guilty to murdering Abhishek Kumar and Samuel Vikash Nand. Kumar allegedly was in a
relationship with Chands niece.

British Sikhs have opposed a proposal to set up a halal meat plant next to a gurdwara in Bradford city, England.
Many of our people are vegetarians and the notion of meat being so near to the temple is disrespectful and
insensitive, an official of the board of Bradford gurdwaras said.

A Saudi prince lost a London court battle when a judge ordered that he should pay a $10-million commission linked
to the sale of a luxurious private jet to Muammar Gaddafi.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Zimbabwes election as a farce after his rival President
Robert Mugabes party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in power for
Africas oldest head of state.

US officials paved the way on Friday for same-sex spouses to visit or live in the country, announcing the state
department will give equal treatment to visa applications of gays and lesbians who want to travel with their partner.

Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japans crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is
creating an emergency that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the countrys
nuclear watchdog said.

A US drone killed three suspected Al-Qaida militants in east Yemen, a local official said, the third strike within 24
hours as Washington intensifies efforts to eradicate al Qaidas Yemeni branch after recent warnings of possible
attacks.

Chinas Communist Party expelled Liu Tienan, a senior official of the planning commission, on
corruption charges, amidst a campaign against graft by the party leadership.

James Whitey Bulger, once the most feared mobster in Boston, was found guilty of 31 out of 32 criminal counts
contained in a sweeping murder and racketeering indictment. But jurors found that prosecutors had proven their
case against Bulger on only 11 of the 19 murders dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. Bulger, 83, faces the
possibility of life in prison.

Police in Myanmar opened fire on Rohingya Muslims for the third time in two months, reviving tensions in a region
beset by religious violence last year.

Israels Iron Dome missile-defence system intercepted a rocket that was fired from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and
headed for the southern resort city of Eilat, according to the Israeli military.

Rivals North and South Korea have agreed to restart their troubled joint industrial park after a series of talks on the
fate of the last symbol of economic cooperation.

Ecuador will open up part of the Amazon rainforest to oil drilling after rich nations failed to back a
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British warships arrived in Gibraltar for scheduled exercises amid tensions with Spain over fishing around the
British Mediterranean enclave. Although British, Spanish and Gibraltarian authorities have said the navys arrival
at the British overseas territory is long-scheduled, some in Spain see it as provocative. At about 0800 GMT the
frigate HMS Westminster sailed into Gibraltar port flanked by two smaller ships. It was followed an hour later by
the auxiliary ship Lyme Bay.

British authorities used anti-terrorism powers to detain the partner of a journalist with close links to Edward
Snowden, the fugitive former US spy agency contractor, as he passed through Londons Heathrow airport on Sunday.

Venetian gondoliers went on strike at to protest against the growing danger on the citys congested
waterways after a German tourist was killed in a boat crash on the Grand Canal.

The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer arrived in Pyongyang
to discuss the reunification of families on the divided Korean peninsula, the agency said. North
Korea said that it had accepted a South Korean offer to hold talks on resuming reunions of
families separated by the Korean War.

The Czech parliament voted to dissolve itself, triggering an early election that could hand the Communist Party a
share in power.

Britain runs a secret monitoring station in West Asia to intercept large numbers of telephone calls, emails and
Internet traffic that it shares with intelligence agencies in the US, the Independent newspaper reported.

Mass protests called by Egypts Muslim Brotherhood mostly failed to materialise as the movement reeled from a
bloody army crackdown on followers of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.

Omans Sultan Qaboos has began the first visit to Iran by a foreign leader since moderate President
Hassan Rouhani took office. Iranian media said his trip might be an effort to mediate between Tehran
and Washington.

China arrested Chinese-American billionaire blogger Charles Xue, who has 12 million followers
with his reform-minded comments, for suspected involvement in prostitution, police said.

The US will sell the Indonesian army eight Apache attack helicopters in a deal worth $500 million including radar,
training and maintenance, a US defence official said

Prosecutors in the trial of US army Major Nidal Hasan on Wednesday asked the jury to
sentence him to death for the 2009 shooting rampage, in which 13 people died, at Fort
Hood, Texas.

Business News

An SBI employee has been sentenced to one years rigorous imprisonment for causing a loss of Rs 2.3 lakh to the
bank. M. Ravindranath had been absconding for 14 years before he was caught in 2012. He has also been fined Rs
30,000.

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The cabinet has cleared a proposal to set up the countrys first bank solely
dedicated to women with an initial corpus of Rs 1000 crore. The Bharatiya Mahila
Bank, proposed in the last budget, is likely to be operation by November. Initially,
the bank will have branches in eight cities Calcutta, Guwahati, Chennai,
Bangalore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mysore and Indore.

Fonterra, the worlds leading exporter of dairy products, apologised for a milk powder
contamination scare in China that risks tainting New Zealands reputation for food safety.

Software services exporter HCL Technologies today reported a 41.6 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs
1,209.6 crore for the fourth quarter ended June 30 against Rs 854.1 crore in the year-ago period.

Arcelor Mittal, the worlds largest steel maker, has suffered a net loss of $780 million in
the June quarter on lower sales and margins, but said outlook might be better in the
second half of the year. The company cut its operating profit guidance for the year to $6.5
billion from its earlier forecast of $7.1 billion.

The BSE has decided to halve the circuit limit for the shares of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), capping its
maximum movement in a day at 10 per cent. The change is effective from August 5.

Investors have pulled out more than Rs 48,000 crore from various mutual fund schemes in June after putting in a
staggering Rs 1.44 lakh crore in the preceding two months.

The Centre has issued a notification giving more teeth to the Forward Markets Commission
(FMC) to settle the Rs 5,600-crore NSEL dues. NSEL is faced with the problem of settling dues
after it suspended trade in one-day forward contracts on July 31 following a government
directive.

Pearson, a leading learning company, has appointed Harish Manwani, Chief Operating
Officer of global FMCG major Unilever, as independent non-executive Director.

The power ministry is believed to have shelved the plan to set up a Rs 20,000-crore mega power project at Sarguja
in Chhattisgarh as the coal blocks for the proposed project fall under dense forest area and could rake up the
environment issue.

BSNL expects to hand over a new communication network for exclusive use by the armed forces by July 2015, after
which the defence sector is expected to release 150 megahertz of spectrum.

Retirement fund body EPFO has made a case for an increase in the governments contribution to its pension scheme
EPS-95 to 1.79 per cent of the basic wages from the existing 1.16 per cent for ensuring Rs 1,000 per month to
pensioners.

The Reliance Industries-BP combine, Indian Oil Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and
GAIL (India) Ltd are among the eight firms in the race to buy a 25 per cent stake in an LNG import
terminal being planned at Mundra in Gujarat.

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is considering expanding its UK factory which
could create about 1,000 jobs. The company has singled out its Halewood factory in Merseyside
for the investment as a result of rising demand for the Range Rover Evoque and rollout of new
models.

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Gross non-performing assets (NPA) of public sector banks rose to Rs 1.76 lakh crore in the June quarter from Rs 1.55
lakh crore on March 31. Although the NPAs of banks have shown a rising trend, the position is continuously and
closely being monitored... and there is no cause of alarm, minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena said in
a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

The Competition Commission of India has fined Singapore governments investment arm Temasek
Holdings Rs 50 lakh for late filing of application seeking anti-trust approval for an M&A deal.

The telecom sector has received a cumulative foreign direct investment (FDI) of $12,865 million (Rs 58,782 crore) in
the last 13 years, which comprises 7 per cent of the total FDI inflows.

Indiabulls Real Estate has bought back 49 per cent stake each held by private equity firm Farallon Capital Management
in its seven realty projects for Rs 1,172 crore.

State-run Rural Electrification Corp (REC) has sought market regulator Sebis
approval to raise up to Rs 5,000 crore through tax-free bonds. REC will issue tax
free redeemable non convertible bonds of face value of Rs 1,000 each for up to the
shelf limit of Rs 5,000 crore in one or more tranches in fiscal 2014.

Indirect tax collection grew 2.9 per cent to about Rs 1,47,750 crore in April-July period mainly on decline in excise
duty mop up, reflecting slump in manufacturing activity, a finance ministry official said.

The Bengal government has put the onus on consultancy firm Deloitte to decide on the
consortium bid for its shares in Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. Indian Oil Corporation
has requested the state government to allow a joint bid with ONGC. The empowered
committee of ministers today asked Deloitte to suggest the way and also wrap up the sale process by September 30.

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will invest about Rs 8,000 crore to expand capacity at its Koyali oil
refinery in Gujarat to 18 million tonnes per annum by 2016-17.

Pharma major Dr Reddys Laboratories has initiated recalling of total five lots of Ranitidine
Hydrochloride tablets, USP, used in gastric problems, and 150 mg bottles from the US market
because of microbial contamination of non-sterile products. The drug was supplied to three
different parties without label to enable them to sell the drug under their own label.

The countrys largest hydro-power producer, state-owned NHPC, will buy back shares worth Rs 1,600 crore instead
of going through an offer for sale, sources said.

Sudhir Chaturvedi, Infosys vice-president and financial services head for the Americas, has put in his papers,
marking another high-profile exit at the countrys second-largest software services firm, an Infosys spokesman
said. The development comes amid an organisational restructuring that co-founder and chairman N.R. Narayana
Murthy is overseeing after he returned to the company in June to revive its sagging fortunes.

Five private airlines Jet Airlines, JetLite, SpiceJet, Kingfisher Airlines and defunct Paramount
Airways have nearly Rs 357 crore as dues pending towards the Airport Authority of India.

The government has set up a high-level panel under the chairmanship of Parthasarathi Shome to review tax laws
and suggest ways for a stable and non-adversarial administration. The cabinet had approved setting up of the Tax
Administration Reform Commission earlier this month

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China signed a key convention to share tax records under the aegis of the OECD here. The move is in
line with the global efforts led by G20 countries, including India, to combat tax avoidance and
evasion. China became the 56th signatory to the agreement by signing the Multilateral Convention
on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

Crisil Ltd will sell a 49 per cent stake in IISL for Rs 100 crore to NSE Strategic Investment Corp.
India Index Services & Products Ltd (IISL) is Crisils joint venture with the NSE.

Indian companies have mopped up nearly Rs 900 crore through retail issuance of non-convertible debentures
(NCDs) in the ongoing fiscal, garnering nearly twice the amount originally targeted through these issues.

Sebi has authorised as many as 11 entities, including ICICI Securities, to act as investment advisers
under the new guidelines aimed at ensuring more transparency in the capital market.

Sports & Entertainment News

Despite India serving a ban from the Olympic fold, the IOC has awarded broadcast rights of
several important multi-sporting events, including 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, for seven
South Asian countries to an Indian channel. Star India has been handed the broadcast rights
for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, 2016 Rio Games and 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games
(2014) in Nanjing, China.

Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath was immortalised in wax with his life-size statue becoming
the newest addition to the world-famous Madame Tussauds Museum, in Sydney. The wax figure
portrays McGrath in mid-action, about to deliver a fast ball down the wicket. McGrath was at the
inauguration to re-enact the pose.

Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has been ruled out of next months World Championships due to
a knee injury for which he would have to undergo an operation in South Africa.

Mahi Racing Team India rider Kenan Sofuoglu stormed to his second successive victory in the 2013
World Supersport Championship when he took the chequered flag at the Silverstone track in UK.The
victory was all the more special for the Indian team as their second rider Fabien Foret, who began the
race in seventh spot, also finished at the podium. He took the third spot behind Sam Lowes of Takhnich
Motorsport.

India won a creditable six medals, including four gold at the 15th World Police and Fire Games
held in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The games, which involve 6,700 international competitors
from 67 countries, include sports ranging from wrist wrestling to the toughest competitor
alive contest.

Devendra Jhajharia, the first differently-abled Indian to win a gold at the Para Athletics World
Championships, will be handed a special cash reward of Rs 5 lakh by the Railways for his feat
in the recently-held sixth edition of the event in Lyon.

Thomas Mueller scored a hat trick as Bayern Munich opened their German Cup defence with a 5-0 win over fourthtier side BSV Rehden.

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New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez was suspended for a record 211 games for his involvement in
one of American sports biggest doping scandals. Another 12 players, including three All Stars, were
handed 50-game suspensions following a Major League Baseball investigation into a Florida clinic
accused of supplying them with performance enhancing drugs.

The BWF banned Thai shuttler Bodin Issara for two years on Tuesday for his attack on former doubles partner
Maneepong Jongjit during the final of the Canada Open last month.

Sports minister Jitendra Singh, announced a cash award of Rs 50,000 to each member of the junior womens hockey
team, who recently created history by winning the countrys first-ever bronze medal in the World Cup in Monchengladbach, Germany. The coaches will also be rewarded with Rs 25,000.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen promoting his second love, soccer, on STAR Sports after being roped in as the brand
ambassador in India of the English Premier League. The marketing campaign was launched this month.

Craig Reedie, a driving force behind Londons successful hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games, is all
but assured of being the next president of the Wada after being nominated by the IOC Executive
Board on Friday. Reedie will replace Australian John Fahey, who steps down after six years in
charge in Johannesburg in November.

Commonwealth javelin champion Jarrod Bannister has been banned for 20 months for missing anti-doping tests
and will not be able to defend his title in Glasgow next year. The Australian record holder said that he would not be
able to compete again until February 2015.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manoj Kumar was the biggest mover as he broke into the Top-10 at sixth, but
rising star L Devendro Singh was the best-placed Indian at second in the latest International Boxing Association
(AIBA) rankings.

New Zealand Cricket, appointed Bruce Edgar as general manager national selection. Nominated by a panel, including
Richard Hadlee, he will work alongside NZ head coach Mike Hesson.

Spains Jose Maria Olazabal and Scotlands Sam Torrance have been named captains for the
Seve Trophy, current European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley said on Wednesday.

Indian Greco-Roman grapplers failed to impress at the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria as all the
four competitors in fray crashed out in the opening round. Nitin (55kg), Yogesh (66kg), Harpreet Singh (84kg) and
Sonu (120kg) were all knocked out in their opening bouts at Arena Armeetz.

Mohammed Azharuddin has been offered the job of coaching Jammu and Kashmir team.

Continuing his strong show in the Auto GP series, Narain Karthikeyan recorded his third win of the season.

Indian freestyle grapplers disappointed on the final day of the World Junior Wrestling Championships as they
failed to go past the second round in Sofia, Bulgaria. Dinesh Kumar (66kg), Ajit Singh (84kg) and
Surjeet (120kg) lost to Azerbaijan opponents.

Cricket South Africa, in a release, congratulated Zola Thamae on her election as the first lady
president of any of CSAs affiliates. She was elected as the Free State Cricket Unions president.

Afghanistan hosted their first football international in 10 years, with their national team beating Pakistan 3-0 in
front of a sellout crowd of 6,000 people. The match was the first between the two countries in 36 years.

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Wada warned Jamaica that it risked expulsion from the next Olympics and other major competitions if it failed to
address failings highlighted by a senior ex-employee. Wada director general David Howman urged the islands
government to investigate claims by the former executive director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission that its
drugs-testing programme was completely inadequate.

Ambassadors of eight cricket playing nations - Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri
Lanka and the West Indies - have come together to host a community tournament in Washington DC to popularise
the game in the US.

The ICC is considering using Snicko technology in the next Ashes series in Australia, the ruling
bodys chief executive Dave Richardson said. Snicko will probably be the first bit of technology
introduced. Its always been reliable, he said.

Science & Technology

The Centre has approved a joint project aimed at value addition for the newly created IIT Hyderabad through an
academic and industry interface between the institute and Japan. The project costs Rs 1,776.5 crore and will be met
through an official development assistance of Rs 1,501.72 crore from the Japanese government and the rest will be
borne by the HRD ministry over a period of four years between 2013-14 and 2016-17.

The US will manufacture and sell an explosive detection kit developed by Indian scientists for quick detection and
identification of explosives. The kit was launched in Washington. This is probably the first time a technology
developed by the DRDO was being manufactured and marketed by America.

Six emu chicks have been released into an open cage for public viewing at a zoo maintained by the
horticulture department of SAILs Rourkela steel plant in Odisha. Emu is the second largest bird in
the world after the ostrich. The zoo has 10 emus.

Scientists have discovered that the sleeping patterns of baby owls are similar to that of human
babies. The sleep of baby birds appears to change in the same way as it does in humans,
researchers at Germanys Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and the University of Lausanne
in Switzerland have found.

A giant panda has surprised its keepers by giving birth to a stillborn cub at the Smithsonian
National Zoo in Washington, a day after the animal delivered a live cub, an official said.

News Makers

Strategic analyst Air Commodore (retd) Jasjit Singh, 79, died on Sunday after a brief illness, official
sources said. The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses co-founder was cremated in the presence
of top officers from three services, including IAF chief N. A. K. Browne.

Actor Salman Khan has got the UK visa after being denied the first time and will be flying to
London to shoot for Kick. The 47-year-old was denied the visa because some documents related
to the poaching case against him did not reach on time, his father Salim had said. Salman has
a court case stemming from the hunting of black buck during the shooting of Hum Saath Saath
Hain near Jodhpur in 1998.

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An Indian-origin doctor has taken over as the first woman CEO of a hospital renowned for
carrying out worlds first heart transplant. Dr. Bhavna Patel took charge of the Groote Schuur
Hospital, Cape Town, where Chris Barnard carried out the first heart transplant in 1967. Patel,
who started in 2005 as the hospitals medical manager, was the chief operating officer for two
years before taking up the new post.

India-born distinguished experimental physicist Katepalli Sreenivasan has been appointed to the
Kleiner Chair for Innovation in mechanical engineering at the New York University. Sreenivasan is
known for his research on the behaviour of fluids and turbulence. He graduated in mechanical
engineering from Bangalore University, and did his masters and Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering
from the Indian Institute of Science.

Ashish Nanda has been appointed as the new director of IIM-A. Nanda, a professor at Harvard
Law School, will take charge on September 2, an official statement said today. He will be the first
director from an international institute to head the premier business school.

A street in Canadas Winnipeg city has been named after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Indias 67th
Independence Day. The street leading to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will now be known as Honorary
Mahatma Gandhi Way. The mayor of Winnipeg has said it is appropriate the roadway leading to the museum be
associated with an individual synonymous with the struggle for human rights.

Dilip Trivedi took over as director-general of the CRPF. Trivedi, a 1978-batch IPS officer of Uttar
Pradesh cadre, was earlier special director-general of the BSF. The CRPF faces its biggest challenge
in Maoist areas, he said.

Lt Gen. Anil Ahuja took charge of the armys general officer commanding (GOC) of Gajraj Corps in Assams Tezpur.
Ahuja succeeds Lt Gen. C.A. Krishnan. He has the Ati Vishist Seva Medal, Sena Medal and Vishist Seva Medal and bar
for distinguished service.

Dutch Prince Johan Friso, who went into a coma following a skiing accident in February,
2012, has died, the government said. The prince, 44, was skiing off-piste in Lech, Austria,
when he was buried in an avalanche.

Brad Pitt has been snubbed by a museum after they reportedly decided he was not fit for a place
on their board. The 49-year-old actor has been a long-time supporter of the Los Angeles Museum
of Contemporary Art, but bosses have apparently decided he isnt smart enough for a place
alongside the intellectual elite, reported Daily Star. Brad has always supported the museum, so
he asked if he could participate on a higher level. But while the committee admires Brads ambition,
the fear is that he might be a little on the dumb side to serve on an art board. He doesnt even have
a college degree, a source said.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Africas oldest leader at 89, began a new five-year term on by
calling the West vile for questioning his re-election.

Adolf Hitler had lied about the time the World War II started, according to the German gunner who
the fired first shots, saying the war got underway 55 minutes earlier than the Fuhrer claimed. Hitler
told the world the bombardment began at 5.45am, but that was untrue. It began at 4.50am I know
because I was there, sailor, now 100, said.

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Bharti Airtel today appointed Christian de Faria as the new CEO for its African operations,
while Manoj Kohli, managing director and CEO (international) will relocate to India. The
appointment will come into effect from January 1. Kohli, who is in-charge of Africa, Bangladesh
and Sri Lanka operations, is based in Airtels Africa headquarters in Nairobi.

Desh Prem Azad, former coach of Kapil Dev and other Test players, died after a brief illness at
a hospital near Mohali. Azad was 75. He also received the Dronacharya award .

Goalkeeper Gylmar, who played in the World Cup winning Brazil teams in 1958 and 1962, has died
in Sao Paulo, aged 83.

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Test your current affairs quotient

1.

2.

3.

Where are the headquarters of the Medical Council of India?

a. Delhi
b. Kolkata
c. Bengaluru
Who is the Chief Minister of Goa?
a. Shivraj Singh Chauhan
c. Manohar Parrikar

d. Mumbai

b. Bhupendra Hooda
d. None of them

Airport lounge of which airline is known as the Maharaja Lounge?

a. Indian Airlines
b. Air India
c. Kingfisher

d. Spice Jet

4.

A year ago on August 5, 2012, six Sikh worshippers were shot dead by a white supremacist, Wade Michael Page, who
went on a shooting rampage in the Gurdwara in Oak Creek. In which country is the Gurudwara located?
a. UK
b. Canada
c. USA
d. Australia

5.

Milkha Singhs wife Nirmal Kaur was also a famous sportsperson. She was associated with which sport?
a. Volleyball
b. Hockey
c. Football
d. None of these

6.

DGCA is the regulatory authority of

a. Transport
b. Aviation

c. Banking

d. Taxation

The capital of Uttarakhand is

a. Hardwar
b. Dehradun

c. Nainital

d. None of these

7.

8.

Nikhil Nanda, the son in law of Amitabh Bachchan, is the joint Managing Director of
a. Escorts Group
b. Hero Group
c. Future Group
d. None of these

9.

Which of the following Indian cities do not have a branch of AIIMS?

a. Delhi
b. Bhopal
c. Bhubaneswar

d. Mumbai

10. Kedarnath shrine is located in which state of India?

a. Himachal Pradesh
b. J&K

c. Uttarakhand

d. Uttar Pradesh

11. Where is the RSS headquarters located?

a. Ahmedabad
b. Surat

c. Nagpur

d. Mumbai

12. Richter scale is used to measure

a. Earthquake
b. Temperature

c. Waves

d. Rainfall

13. AK-47 rifle was developed in which country?

a. USA
b. USSR

c. UK

d. Israel

14. Mullaperiyar Dam is located in which state of India?

a. Tamilnadu
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh

d. Maharashtra

15. Which of the following states do not have a Lokayukta?

a. Gujarat
b. Haryana
c. Karnataka

d. West Bengal

16. National Green Tribunal Act was passed in the year

a. 2000
b. 2005

d. 2010

c. 2008

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17.

According to NCRB data, in the last three years which state has recorded the maximum number of suicides?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Bihar
c. West Bengal
d. Maharashtra

18.

IED is a type of
a. Explosive

b. Medicine

c. Gadget

d. None of these

19.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) Bill was passed in the Indian Parliament in which year?
a. 2004
b. 2008
c. 2009
d. 2010

20.

Anna Hazare comes from which state of India?

a. Maharashtra
b. Gujarat

c. Rajasthan

d. None of these

21.

Recently, a street in a Canadian city has been named after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Indias 67th
Independence Day. Name the city.
a. Toronto
b. Ontario
c. Winnipeg
d. None of these

22.

The centres proposed all women bank is named as

a. Indian Women Bank
b. Progressive Women Bank
c. Bharatiya Mahila Bank
d. Bharatiya Bank

23.

Who was recently elected as the President of Zimbabwe?

a. Morgan Tsvangirai
b. Robert Mugabe
c. Yusi Sibanda

d. None of them

Who is the Prime Minister of Spain?

a. Mariano Rajoy
b. Jos Mara Aznar

c. Juan Carlos

d. None of them

Who is the Director of FBI?

a. John Pistole
b. Timothy Murphy

c. Sean Joyce

d. Robert Mueller

Hezbollah, is a political party of which country?

a. Syria
b. Lebanon

c. Qatar

d. Iraq

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

Fukushima nuclear plant is located in which country?

a. Japan
b. South Korea
c. North Korea

d. Vietnam

Rise up Australia is a
a. Political party

d. None of these

b. News Channel

c. NGO

Benjamin Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of which country?

a. Iran
b. Israel
c. Lebanon

d. Syria

The capital of Philippines is

a. Bangkok
b. Jakarta

c. Manila

d. None of these

Who is the President of Equador?

a. Rafael Correa
b. Jorge Glas

c. Lenin Moreno

d. Alfredo Palacio

Which of the following countrys Head of State is called Chancellor?

a. Great Britain
b. Italy
c. France

d. Germany

Who is the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross?

a. Peter Maurer
b. Yves Daccord
c. Henry Dunant

d. None of them

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34. Who is the Vice-President of USA?
a. Hillary Clinton
b. Joe Biden

c. Dick Cheney

d. None of them

35. Chakan, a place where an unit of an Indian auto major is located, was recently in news. Which auto companys
manufacturing unit is there?
a. Bajaj
b. Hero
c. TVS
d. None
36. Automobile company BMW belongs to which country?
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. France

d. USA

37. Where are the headquarters of Standard Chartered bank located?

a. London
b. New York
c. Paris

d. Munich

38. Where are the headquarters of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) located?
a. Kolkata
b. Delhi
c. Chennai

d. Mumbai

39. Pearson Education, a leading learning company, is from

a. UK
b. USA
c. India

d. China

40. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is owned by

a. Maruti
b. Tata

d. BMW

c. Ford

41. Which franchise has won the inaugural Indian Badminton League?
a. Hyderabad
b. Pune
c. Mumbai

d. Bengaluru

42. Gautam Gambhir is playing for which county in the English County Championship?
a. Essex
b. Lancashire
c. Somerset
d. None of these
43. Asia Cup hockey tournament 2013 is played in which country?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Malaysia

d. China

44. Who is the coach of the Bayern Munich football team?

a. Jose Maurinho
b. David Moyes
c. Pep Guardiola

d. None of these

45. Alex Rodriguez was recently suspended for a record 211 games for his involvement in one of American sports
biggest doping scandals. He plays which sport?
a. Basketball
b. Volleyball
c. Rugby
d. Baseball
46. World Twenty20 qualifiers 2013 will be held at
a. Holland
b. UAE

c. Scotland

47. Who among the following has received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2013?
a. Ranjan Sodhi
b. Krishna Poonia
c. Virat Kohli

d. Zimbabwe

d. Vijender Singh

48. In 2012, this company was the third largest PC vendor of the world. Name the company.
a. HP
b. Lenovo
c. Compaq
d. Dell
49. Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) was founded in the year
a. 2003
b. 2005
c. 2010

d. 2012

50. Power Finance Corporation is a

a. Navaratna
b. Maharatna

c. Ratna

d. None of these

51. Who is the Chairman of Jet Airways?

a. Vijay Mallya
b. Naresh Goyal

c. Capt. Gopinath

d. Kalanithi Maran

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52.

53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

58.

59.

60.

61.

62.

63.

64.

65.

66.

67.

68.

69.

70.

Who is recently appointed the Executive Chairman of Infosys?

a. Rohan Murthy
b. Nandan Nilekani
c. N R Narayan Murthy

d. None of these

Where is the Headquarter of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)?

a. Delhi
b. Kolkata
c. Lucknow

d. Mumbai

Which branch of RBI holds the maximum Gold Deposits?

a. Kolkata
b. Mumbai
c. Nagpur

d. Delhi

Wave, Avenger, Discover are the models of which Automobile company?

a. Bajaj
b. Hero
c. Kinetic

d. None

Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

a. Shashi Kant Sharma
b. S Y Qureshi
c. Altamas Kabir

d. None of them

Standard & Poor, a credit rating Agency, is headquartered at

a. New Jersey
b. New York
c. London

d. Paris

Which of the following are the brands of Unilever?

a. Lux
b. Sunsilk

c. Rexona

d. All of them

Who is the Chairman of Blackberry Limited?

a. Thorsten Heins
b. Barbara stymiest

c. Mike Lazaridis

d. None of them

Which of the following is not a state owned company?

a. RIL
b. ONGC
c. HPCL

d. All of them

HSBC is headquartered in which of the following countries?

a. UK
b. Hong Kong
c. China

d. USA

Assocham is a body of
a. Industries

d. None of these

b. Hospitals

In Banking, NPA stands for

a. National Performance Appraisal
c. Non Personal Agenda

c. Hotels

b. Non Performing Assets

d. None of these

Mahindra & Mahindra is a company that manufactures

a. Automobiles
b. Medical equipments
c. Power equipments

d. All of these

Essar Steel is a company owned by

a. Birla Group
b. Tata Group

c. Ruia Group

d. None of them

Where are the headquarters of Coal India Limited?

a. Kolkata
b. Delhi

c. Mumbai

d. Raipur

Foreign investment limit in Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARC) is

a. 25%
b. 49%
c. 74%

d. 100%

Infotel Broadband, a broadband service provider, is owned by

a. Airtel
b. MTS
c. BSNL

d. Reliance

Foreign Investment Promotion Board looks into

a. FDI
b. Export

c. Import

d. None of these

Which of the following are forms of Indirect tax?

a. Sales tax
b. VAT

c. GST

d. All of these

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71. Stingray, an automobile model, is manufactured by
a. Maruti
b. Fiat

c. BMW

d. Ford

72. Indian Oils Koyali oil refinery is located in which state of India?
a. Rajasthan
b. Punjab
c. Gujarat

d. Maharashtra

73. Which is the worlds largest stock exchange?

a. NYSE
b. NASDAQ

c. FTSE

d. NSE

74. Who is the Commerce Minister of India?

a. Salman Khurshid
b. Ajit Jogi

c. Pawan Bansal

d. Anand Sharma

75. Which of the following is an ITC product?

a. Vivel
b. Classmate

c. Wills

d. All of them

76. OECD is an economic organization of how many countries?

a. 20
b. 30
c. 34

d. 42

77. Who is the Heavy Industries minister of India?

a. Praful Patel
b. Sharad Pawar

d. Ambika Soni

c. Jairam Ramesh

78. James Pattinson, Mitchel Starc, Usman Khwaja are associated with which sport?
a. Cricket
b. Football
c. Hockey
d. None of these
79. Mesut Ozil, a German international footballer has left Real Madrid and joined which English football club?
a. Liverpool
b. Arsenal
c. Chelsea
d. Manchester United
80. Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga plays for which franchise in Indian Premier League?
a. KKR
b. RCB
c. MI
d. KXIP
81. Where is the headquarter of International Cricket Council (ICC)?
a. London
b. Mumbai
c. Melbourne

d. Dubai

82. Shiv Kapur, Arjun Atwal, SSP Chowrasia can be associated with
a. Tennis
b.Golf
c. Badminton

d. Polo

83. Reliance and IMG is promoting a franchise based tournament in

a. Football
b. Golf
c. Tennis

d. Cricket

84. La Liga is the football league of which country?

a. England
b. Spain

d. Germany

c. Italy

85. Who won the mens title in the National Senior Squash Championship 2013?
a. Sourav Ghoshal
b. Mahesh Mangaonkar
c. Ravi Dixit

b. Harinder Pal Singh

86. Vishwanathan Anand will play the chess world championship match this year against
a. Peter Leko
b. Magnus Carlsen
c. S S Ganguly
d. None of them
87. Which Indian shuttler has recently got a bronze in the World Badminton Championship?
a. Saina Nehwal
b. Jwala Gutta
c. Ashwani Ponappa
d. PV Sindhu
88. Armaan Ebrahim, Karun Chandok, Narain Karthikeyan can be associated with
a. Football
b. Tennis
c. Swimming

d. Motorsports

89. Who among the following has never won the US Open Tennis Grand Slam?
a.Serena Williams
b. Samantha Stosur
c. Kim Clisters

d. Victoria Azarenka

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90.

91.

92.

93.

94.

95.

96.

97.

98.

99.

Yelena Isinbayeva is a world record holder in which sport?

a. Shot Put
b. Discus
c. Javelin

d. Pole Vault

Who is the coach of the senior Indian cricket team?

a. Gary Kirsten
b. Kapil Dev

d. Mohinder Amarnath

c. Duncan Fletcher

Greeco-Roman and Freestyle are two different forms of which sport?

a. Boxing
b. Judo
c. Wrestling

d. None of these

Who among the following is famously known as Blade Runner?

a. Usain Bolt
b. Tyson Gay
c. Asafa Powell

d. Oscar Pistorius

7th Asian Junior Wushu Championship was recently concluded at

a. Manila
b. Singapore
c. Jakarta

d. Colombo

Where is the capital of Bolivia?

a. Sucre
b. Santa Cruz

d. None of these

c. La Paz

Giant Panda can be seen in which of the following countries?

a. China
b. India
c. Korea

d. Japan

Where would you find Talibans?

a. Pakistan
b. Afghanistan

d. All of These

c. UAE

Which is the smallest Asian country according to population?

a. Maldives
b. Sri Lanka
c. Indonesia

d. None

INTERPOL headquarters are in

a. London
b. Lyon

c. Madrid

d. Munich

c. Lebanon

d. Iran

100. Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister of

a. Israel
b. Syria

Answers given at the end of the magazine

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Automobile Industry
Introduction
The Indian market conditions last year has been favourable for luxury and
premium carmakers, who have received impetus from new launches. The
top manufactures have posted double-digit growth for the quarter ended
June 30, 2013, with firms like Honda at more than 40 per cent and Audi at
more than 25 per cent, besides others.
India is also becoming an export hub for sports utility vehicles (SUVs).
Foreign auto majors are looking to leverage the cost effective manufacturing
practices and are assessing opportunities to export SUVs to Europe, South
Africa and Southeast Asia too. Mr Alan Mulally, Chief Executive Officer, Ford, has said, Ford will export Figo and
Eco Sport models out of India. The Indian plants would support the market here, as well as other global markets.
As per data published by Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA),the production of
passenger vehicles in India was recorded at 3.23 million in 2012-13 and is expected to grow at a compound annual
growth rate (CAGR) of 13 per cent during 2012-2021, Passenger car sales stood at 1.89 million units in 2012-13.
Additionally, share of luxury cars to the total passenger car market of India is expected to increase to four per cent
by 2020.
The total number of passenger cars in India is likely to touch around 8 million units by 2020, as per Mr Boris Fitz,
Director, Sales and Network Development, Mercedes-Benz India. The industry produced 1.74 million vehicles in May
2013.
The export of passenger vehicles and three- wheelers grew by 7.34 percent and 26.53 percent respectively during the
April-May 2013, as per data released by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
And also, the amount of cumulative FDI inflow into the Indian automobile industry during April 2000 to April 2013
was worth US$ 8.32 million, amounting to 4 per cent of the total FDI inflows (in terms of US$), as per data published
by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce.
Role of Government:
The Union Budget 2013-14 announced by Mr P Chidambaram, the Union Finance Minister, Government of India, in
the Parliament on February 28, 2013, had a few add-ons for the industry. The analysis by Deloitte on the Union
Budget highlighted the following:

The period of concession available for specified part of electric and hybrid vehicles till April 2013 has been
extended upto March 31, 2015
The basic customs duty (BCD) on imported luxury goods such as high-end motor vehicles, motor cycles, yachts and
similar vessels was increased. The duty was raised from 75 percent to 100 percent on Cars / motor vehicles
(irrespective of engine capacity) with CIF value more than US$ 40,000; from 60 percent to 75 percent on motorcycles
with engine capacity of 800cc or more and on yachts and similar vessels from 10 percent to 25 percent
In addition, an increase in excise duty from 27 to 30 per cent has been allowed for SUVs with engine capacity
exceeding 1,500 cc, while excise duty was decreased from 80 to 72 per cent, in case of SUVs registered solely for taxi
purposes
An exemption from BCD on lithium ion automotive battery for manufacture of lithium ion battery packs for supply
to manufacturers of hybrid and electric vehicles
The excise duty on chassis of diesel motor vehicles for transport of goods reduced from 14 per cent to 13 per cent
Moreover, the Government of India allows 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the automotive industry

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through automatic route. The Government also plans to accelerate the supply of electric vehicles over the next eight
years. It is expected that there will be a demand for 5-7 million electricity-operated vehicles by 2020.
The contribution of automotive sector in the gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to double, reaching a
turnover worth US$ 145 billion in 2016, with special focus on export of small cars, MUVs, two & three wheelers and
auto components, as per the Automotive Mission Plan (AMP) 2006-2016.
Some of the Major Developments & Investments

Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd is expecting to sell over 60 per cent more units this year on the back of the launch of its
upgraded small car - Nissan Micra
Mahindra USA, a subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M), will set up an assembly and distribution centre,
expanding one of the four tractor facilities in North America, by January 2014
The Japan-based automobile manufacturer Isuzu Motors local subsidiary Isuzu Motors India has entered into an
agreement with Hindustan Motors (HM) for contract manufacturing of Isuzu SUVs and pickup trucks
A year after introducing the popular MINI range of cars in India, luxury car maker BMW has started local production
of MINI Countryman at its facility in Chennai
Hero MotoCorp has bought a 49.2 per cent stake in its US-based technology partner Erik Buell Racing (EBR) for US$
25 million. This is Hero MotoCorps first-ever equity purchase in an overseas company. Also, Hero MotoCorp has
entered into the African continent with launch of its brand and products in Kenya, where it has also set up an
assembly unit. The company has also partnered with Ryce East Africa to sell its two-wheelers in the country
Daimler is developing its Indian commercial vehicle operations as an export hub. Daimler India Commercial
Vehicles (DICV) will export locally assembled trucks from the conglomerates Mitsubishi Fuso range in 15 markets
in Asia and Africa

Future:
Both Indian and Global manufacturers have focused their efforts to develop
innovative products, technologies and supply chains in the industry. Car
makers are launching a slew of car models, mostly compact SUVs, in the
coming months. The automobile body SIAM expects the launches to be able
to brighten the market. In the recent past, Kochi has emerged as Indias
strongest growing market for luxury car brands like BMW, Audi, Mercedes
and Jaguar Land Rover on back of rising value of spices and rubber and
ever-increasing inflows from non-resident Keralites. Kerala now accounts
for 10 per cent of Indias luxury car sales.
Lastly, analysts see Indian automobile sector accounting for more than 10 per cent of the GDP and providing
additional employment to 25 million people by 2016.
References:MediaReports,PressReleasesofAutomotiveComponentManufacturersAssociationofIndia(ACMA),
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Union Budget 2013-14 Analysis by Deloitte.

Maruti Udyog Limited

Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL)wasestablishedinFebruary1981,thoughtheactualproductioncommencedin1983
with the Maruti 800, based on the Suzuki Alto kei carwhichatthetime
was the only modern car available in India, its only competitorstheHindustanAmbassadorandPremierPadminiwerebotharound25
years out of date at that point. Originally, the company was owned by
theIndiangovernment,andbySuzukiofJapan.Relationshipbetween
the Government of India, under the United Front (India) coalition and
Suzuki Motor Corporation over the joint venture was a point of heated
debate in the Indian media until Suzuki Motor Corporation gained the
controlling stake. This highly profitable joint venture that had a near
monopolistic trade in the Indian automobile market and the nature of
the partnership built up till then was the underlying reason for most
issues. The success of the joint venture led Suzuki to increase its equity from 26% to 40% in 1987 and further to 50%

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in 1992. In 1982 both the venture partners had entered into an agreement to nominate their candidate for the post
of Managing Director and every Managing Director will have a tenure of five years. The BJP-led government held
aninitialpublicofferingof25%ofthecompanyinJune2003.AsofMay2007,thegovernmentofIndiasold its
complete share to Indian financial institutions and no longer has any stake in Maruti Udyog.
Manufacturing Units:
Maruti Suzuki has two manufacturing facilities in India. Both manufacturing facilities have a combined production
capacity of 14,50,000 vehicles annually. The Gurgaon manufacturing facility
has three fully integrated manufacturing plants and is spread over 300
acres (1.2 km2). All three plants have an installed capacity of 350,000 vehicles
annually but productivity improvements have enabled it to manufacture
900,000 vehicles annually. The Gurgaon facilities also manufacture
240,000K-Seriesenginesannually.Theentirefacilityisequippedwithmore
than 150 robots, out of which 71 have been developed in-house. The Gurgaon
Facilities manufactures the 800, Alto, Wagon R, Estilo, Omni, Gypsy, and
Eeco. The Manesar manufacturing plant was inaugurated in February 2007
and is spread over 600 acres (2.4 km2). Initially it had a production capacity
of 100,000 vehicles annually but this was increased to 300,000 vehicles
annually in October 2008. The production capacity was further increased by 250,000 vehicles taking total production
capacity to 550,000 vehicles annually. The Manesar Plant produces the A- star, Swift, Swift Dzire, Sx4, Ertiga and
Ritz.
Sales and Service:
Presently, Maruti Suzuki has 933 dealerships across 1206 outlets in 878 towns and cities in allstatesandunion
territoriesof India. It has 2,965 service stations (inclusive of dealer workshops andMaruti Authorised Service
Stations) in 1,422 towns and cities throughout India. Service is a major revenue generator of the company. Most of
the service stations are managed on franchise basis, where Maruti Suzuki trains the local staff. Other automobile
companies have not been able to match this benchmark set by Maruti Suzuki. The Express Service stations help
many stranded vehicles on the highways by sending across their repair man to the vehicle.
Other Services:
Maruti has also launched various other services for the existing as well as
the prospective customer:
1. Launched in 2002 Maruti Suzuki provides vehicle insurance to its
customers with the help of the National Insurance Company, Bajaj Allianz,
New India Assurance and Royal Sundaram.
2. To promote its bottom line growth, Maruti Suzuki launched Maruti Finance
in January 2002. Prior to the start of this service Maruti Suzuki had started
two joint ventures Citicorp Maruti and Maruti Countrywide with Citi Group
and GE Countrywide respectively to assist its client in securing loan.
3. Maruti True Value service is a market place for used Maruti Suzuki Vehicles. One can buy, sell or exchange used
Maruti Suzuki vehicles with the help of this service in India.
4. Maruti Suzuki started a new initiative under the brand name Maruti Genuine Accessories to offer accessories like
alloy wheels, body cover, carpets, door visors, fog lamps, stereo systems, seat covers and other car care products.
These products are sold through dealer outlets and authorized service stations throughout India.
5. As part of its corporate social responsibility Maruti Suzuki launched the Maruti Driving School in Delhi. Later the
services were extended to other cities of India as well. These schools are modelled on international standards,
where learners go through classroom and practical sessions. Many international practices like road behaviour
and attitudes are also taught in these schools. Before driving actual vehicles participants are trained on simulators.
Accolades:
The company has got many awards till date and even various variants have got various other awards. In February
2012, the company sold its ten millionth vehicle in India. As of November 2012, it had a market share of 37% of the
Indian passenger car market.

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Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

IRIMEE is located at Jamalpur in the Munger district of Bihar. The Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical &
Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur is the Centralised Training Institute of Indian Railways, for the training of officers
and supervisors of the Mechanical Engineering department.
IRIMEE had humble beginnings, when it started in 1905 as a technical school attached to the Jamalpur Workshop.
It came into national prominence when it started the training of Special Class Railway Apprentices as Mechanical
and Electrical engineers, starting from the year 1927. In 1974, the school was made a Centralised Training Institute
(CTI), renamed as Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, and brought under direct
control of Railway Board. It is, therefore, the oldest of the CTIs.
In 1988, the training of IRSME probationers was centralised under the control of Director, IRIMEE but with HQ at
Kharagpur, where there was an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) coordinating the training with the Director. From 1997,
HQ of IRSME Probationers was shifted to Jamalpur.

1.

2.

3.
4.
5.

Training activities at IRIMEE comprises of:

Professional courses for serving officers and supervisors of Mechanical Departmentsuchas:
a.
Mandatory courses for serving officersviz.

Senior Professional Development Programme of 3 weeks duration for IRSME Officers with 8-12 years of
service.

Refresher course of 2 weeks duration for IRSME Officers with 1-3 years of service.

Integrated course of 8 weeks duration for recently promoted group B officers.

b. Special courses in relevant topics, such as :

Accident management course, Breakdown cranes, New technologies, Diesel loco reliability, Diesel refresher
courses etc.
c.
Short duration Interactive workshops/Seminars such as:

Seminar on Information Technology, Incentive scheme, GM loco manufacture and ALCO loco modifications,
Maintenance of Wheels and Roller bearings etc.
Training of IRSME probationersandintroductorycoursesofoneweekdurationforprobationersofotherDepartments.

Training of IRSME probationers during their 1 years of probationary period is centrally controlled by
IRIMEE. Their training mainly comprises of

Institutional training at RSC, IRIMEE, IRIEEN, IRICEN and IRISET for about 36 weeks.

Training at major Railway organisations like RDSO, DLW, DMW, RCF, ICF and RWF for about 14 weeks.

Training in various repair workshops for 8 weeks.

Training in various divisional units like Diesel sheds, C&W depots, Control room etc. 16 weeks.
Theoretical and practical training of Special Class Apprentices.
Technical Training of Apprentice Supervisors of all Indian Railways.
Special courses as per requirement for Non-Railway Organisations and Foreign Railways.

SCRA Special Class Railways Apprentices

SCRA Special Class Railways Apprentices is a special under graduate course in Mechanical Engineering of Indian
Railways for which entrance examination conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).
The SCRA was started in India by British Government in 1927 to train selected and intelligent Indians for assistance
in Railways Operations. The training is provided in Jamalpur workshop which is the Railways largest workshop in
India. In British days, after completion of training in Jamalpur workshop, candidate would undergo one year
training in United Kingdom. After that the candidate required to qualify Mechanical Degree Examination conducted
by London Engineering Council.

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Nowadays SCRA is a four years training program in Mechanical Engineering at the IRIMEE (Indian Railways Institute
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering), Jamalpur for which the institute has a memorandum of understanding
with BIT Mesra, Ranchi. During the training program, semester system of BIT Mesra is followed and workshop
sessions are done during holidays at BIT Mesra.
UPSC conduct a competitive entrance examination for SCRA in which more than a lakh student applies. The selection
process comprises of written examination, personal interview and medical examination. Written examination
comprises of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, General Knowledge, English Language and Psychological Test. Shortlisted candidates called for personal interview. The standard of examination is of class XII CBSE.
During training students get a stipend with dearness allowance every month. Apart from this medical facility,
privilege passes and PTOs also provided by Indian railways.
After completion of apprenticeship, students join as officers in Indian Railways Services of Mechanical Engineering.
Career in SCRA
On successful completion of SCRA four years apprenticeship, candidates are absorbed in IRSME (Indian Railway
Services of Mechanical Engineers) as a probationer. After probation, candidates are posted as officers in junior
scale. Promotion to the senior scale takes place after about two years of service in working post. After six to seven
years of service, the officer is promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade, which has two levels. One can be serving
in various assignments at the Junior Administrative Grade for 8-10 years. This is followed by the Selection Grade.
After six to eight years of service in senor administrative grade candidates are promoted to Divisional Railway
Managers (DRM).
DRM is the head of Indian Railways at division level, right now there are total sixty seven divisions in India. Majorly
divisions are concerned with running of trains but workshops, loco sheds, coach depots and wagon depots are also
come under divisions. Each division has its own functional organizations which reports DRM.

Model SCRA Questions

1.

In which one among the following states is the Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve located?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Assam
(c) Orissa
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

2.

Which one among the following is the correct order of the states through which the river Chambal flows?
(a) Madhya Pradesh - Uttar Pradesh - Rajasthan
(b) Madhya Pradesh - Gujarat - Rajasthan
(c) Rajasthan - Madhya Pradesh - Bihar
(d) Gujarat - Madhya Pradesh - Uttar Pradesh

3.

Regur soil is ideally suited for the growth of which one among the following crops?
(a) Groundnut
(b) Wheat
(c) Rice

(d) Cotton

Which one among the following states produces highest amount of mica?
(a) Bihar
(b) Orissa
(c) Chhattisgarh

(d) Andhra Pradesh

4.

5.

Which one among the following water bodies separates the Andaman Islands from Nicobar Islands?
(a) 11 Channel
(b) 10 Channel
(c) Gulf of Mannar
(d) Andaman Sea

6.

A plant leaf appears to be green because it

(a) absorbs green light
(c) reflects green light

7.

8.

(b) reflects all but yellow and blue light

(d) absorbs red and yellow light

Which one among the following enzymes is unique in the alimentary canal of cattle?
(a) Cellulase
(b) Amylase
(c) Pectinase

(d) Driselase

Cartilage present in body is

(a) a muscular tissue

(d) a germinal tissue

(b) an epithelial tissue

(c) a connective tissue

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9.

Which one among the following is an environment-friendly activity?

(a) Burning waste polythene and plastics for their disposal
(b) Use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to increase crop productivity
(c) Burring of biomass as fuel
(d) Use of biomass as fuel

10.

Which one among the following glands is present in pairs in human body?
(a) Adrenal
(b) Liver
(c) Pancreas

(d) Pineal

11.

During the process of respiration in human beings, the exchange of gases takes place in
(a) bronchi
(b) alveoli
(c) bronchiole
(d) Pleura

12.

The stylistic compositions of Sunga terracottas are typically

(a) handmade
(b) single-mould impressed
(c) double-mould impressed
(d) wheel-turned

13.

The famous historical book, Travels in the Mughal Empire was written by
(a) Ibn Batuta
(b) Francois Bernier
(c) Al-Biruni

(d) Thomas Roe

14.

Consider the following statements about Rabindranath Tagore:

1. He composed a number of patriotic songs during the Swadeshi Movement.
2. He returned his Knighthood to condemn the brutal killing of innocent people at Jalianwalla Bagh.
3. He refused to accept the Nobel Prize conferred by the British
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

15.

With which revolution, the Socialist Movement began to develop in India?

(a) Russian Revolution
(b) French Revolution
(c) America War of Independence
(d) Industrial Revolution

16.

Which one among the following was not a feature of the provincial executive according to the Government of India
Act, 1935?
(a) The executive authority of the province was vested in the Governor.
(b) There was a Council of Ministers to advise the Governor
(c) Dyarchy established by the Government of India Act. 1919 was abolished at the provincial level
(d) The governor could be removed by a vote of no-confidence of the provincial Legislature

17.

Which of the following statements about caste system in India is/are correct?
1. Caste is determined by birth.
2. Caste groups are exogamous.
3. Caste membership involves rules about food and food-sharing
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1 only

18.

Sanskritization as a process of cultural change has primarily a contextual significance. In this contest, which one
among the following statements is correct?
(a) It is a process of alienation
(b) It is particularistic in origin and therefore, belongs to the little tradition
(c) It results in loss of social
(d) it is against cultural mobility and social change

19.

Which of the following are the characteristics of social change?

1. Social change is universal although the rate of change varies.
2. Social change is both intentional and unplanned.
3. Social change has variable consequences.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
(a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1 and 2 only

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20. The National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation to beneficiaries whose annual income is
(a) less than the poverty line for various income generation activities
(b) more than the poverty line for various income generation activities
(c) more than double the poverty line for various income generation activities
21. Which of the following powers are available to the President of India but not to the Governor of a State?
1. Power to grant pardon in case of death sentence
2. Diplomatic powers
3. Power to veto the bills passed by the State Legislature
4. Power to declare emergency
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
(a) 1 and 4 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 4
22. Which of the following statements about Humayun is/are correct?
1. He built a new city at Delhi which he named Dinpanah
2. The autobiography of Humayun, Humayun-nama, was written by his sister, Gulbadan Begum.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
23. Who among the following Indian rulers was the first to change war-technology from matchlocks to flintlocks?
(a) Siraj-ud-daula
(b) Hyder Ali
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
24. Annie Besant formed the Home Rule League in India based on the pattern to Home Rule Movement in
(a) lreland
(b) Scotland
(c) England
(d) Eastern Europe
25. Which one among the following did not happen in the year 1946?
(a) Announcement of the Cabinet Mission to India
(b) Direct Action call given by the Muslim League
(c) Formation of Interim Government
(d) Lord Mountbattens appointment as Viceroy of India
26. Which one among the following falsifies the statement, If the letter comes, the arrangements will be made?
(a) The letter does not come, but arrangements are made
(b) The letter comes, but the arrangements are not made
(c) The letter does not come, but the arrangements are not made either
(d) The arrangements are made
27. Which one among the following, if true, would contradict the statement, Famous industrialists are all superrich,
and the superrich actively engages in Philanthropy?
(a) Vs family owns 85% of the fertilizer industry in the country, but their engagement in social causes is quite low.
(b) The name of I group and the leather industries are practically synonymous; however, their presence and
support is evident in the education sector
(c) P runs a family foundation for the needy in the society, but her boss at the bank does not allow her much time for
the foundation work
(d) Famous and Superrich are relative terms
28. Which one among the following would most strengthen the claim that bats navigate echolocation?
(a) If bats are discovered as the unique species with the ability to navigate by echolocation
(b) If a link with other members of their order of species is found which also possess the trait of echolocation
(c) Research shows that evolution has made the eyes of the bats more efficient with time.
(d) Observer groups report that the bats live in dark caves and can identify their pray only within a very close rang
Directions (For the 2 items which follow):
The following two items have a question each and followed by two statements labeled as Statements I and Statement
II. You are to identify the answer using the code given below:

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Code
(a) Only Statement I is sufficient
(b) Only Statement II is sufficient
(c) Both Statement I and Statement II together are sufficient
(d) Both statement I and Statement II are not sufficient
29.

Q. R. S and T are four consecutive calendar years. Is Q a leap year?

Statement I : Q and R do not have same number of days.
Statement II: Q and T have same number of days.

30.

What is the difference between the ages of Y and X?

Statement I : The ratio between the ages of X and Y is 2 : 3
Statement II: Ys age is 50% more than Xs age.

31.

A is 5 years older than B; B is thrice as old as C. Sum of the ages of A, B and C is 40 years. How old is A?
(a) 10 years
(b) 12 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 20 years

32. Consider the following pictures of a dice:

(a) 2

(b) 3

4
6

(c) 5

2
4

(d) 6

33.

If 15% of X is added to X and 5% of the result is subtracted from the result, then the value of X
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) No change
(d) depends on X

34.

Which pone among the following parts of India falls under earthquake zone V?
(a) Western Ghats
(b) Indo-Gangetic Basin
(c) Vindhyan Region

(d) North-Eastern Region

35.

Arrange the following National Parks of India on the basis of their location beginning from North to south:
1. Indravati
2. Bandhavgarh
3. Bandipur
4. Kanha
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
(a) 2-4-3-1
(b) 4-2-3-1
(c) 2-4-1-3
(d) 4-2-1-3

36.

Chinkara is considered as the integral part of which among the following communities?
(a) Apatanis
(b) Lepchas
(c) Bishnois
(d) Bhutias

37.

Following are some components of money supply in India:

1. Currency with the public
2. Aggregate demand deposits with banks
3. Aggregate time deposits with banks
4. Other deposits with the Reserve Bank of India
Which of the aforesaid items are components of narrow money (M1) in India?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1, 2 and 4

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(d) 1 and 4 only

Which one among the following statements regarding the measures undertaken by the Government of India to
galvanize the institutional credit system for farmers is not correct?

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(a) Government is implementing a comprehensive Farm Credit Package
(b) Government is providing concessional crop loans up to 7 lakhs to the farmers
(c) Farm loans up to 1 lakh have been made collateral free
(d) Agricultural credit is disbursed only through single-agency network
39. Which of the following factors can decrease biological oxygen demand (BOD) of any freshwater ecosystem?
(a) Large amount of sewage
(b) Large biomass accumulation and decomposition
(c) Increased organic matter pollution
(d) Low temperature low plant biomass accumulation
40. Doctors use electrocardiogram (ECG) to
(a) estimate the volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute
(b) detect changes in the electrical impulses in the heart during its contraction and relaxation
(c) determine the changes in the sound pattern during opening and closure of valves
(d) compare the sound waves resulting from vibration produced by cardiac muscles during pumping of heart
41. Net population size will increase if
(a) initial population size along with birthrate and immigration rate are more than death rate and emigration rate
(b) initial population size along with birthrate and immigration rate less then death rate and emigration rate
(c) only birthrate and immigration rate are more than rate and emigration rate
(d) only birthrate and immigration rate are less than rate and emigration rate
42. Consider the following statements:
1. Red algae appear black since they do not absorb light of any wavelength.
2. Yeast is commonly used for fermentation prior to baking.
3. Olive oil is extracted from seeds of olive plants.
4. Commercially used saffron represents dried stigma from flowers.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 2 and 4

43. Which of the following statements about democracy are correct?

1. Democracy is a government of the people, for the people and by the people.
2. Democracy is a rule of majority.
3. Democracy provides an opportunity to the people to voice their grievances in a peaceful manner.
4. Democracy always leads to disintegration of the society.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Code:
(a) 1, 2 , 3 and 4
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) 1 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3 only
44. Consider the following statements:
1. The Lucknow Pact of 1916 promoted the spirit of unity between the Indian National Congress and the All India
Muslim League.
2. Tilak was opposed to the signing of the Lucknow Pact.
Which of the statements given above is /are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
45. Who among the following was not given capital punishment in the Lahore Conspiracy Case?
(a) Ajit Singh
(b) Raj Guru
(c) Sukhdev
(d) Bhagat Singh
46. Consider the following statements relating to the Khilafat Movement :
1. The Khilafat agitation was launched in 1920 on the question of the future of Turkey which was a defeated power
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2. The educated Indian Muslims were taking serious interest in the affairs of Turkey
3. During the Amritsar Congress (1919, it was decided between the leaders of the Congress and the Khilafat Committee
and the Khilafat agitation would be continued under Mahatma Gandhis leadership.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 2 only
47.

Who among the following sports persons were commissioned as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial
Army in the November 2011 for their outstanding contribution in the field of sports and to their commitment to the
Army?
1. Rahul Dravid
2. M. S. Dhoni
3. Abhinav Bindra
4. Sushil Kumar
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
code:
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 4 only

48.

Which one among the following is the first UN agency to accept Palestine as its full member lion October
2011?
(a) UNESCO
(b) WTO
(c) WHO
(d) IMF

49.

M is taller than S, who is shorter then R. Vp is taller than Ak. Ah is shorter then Vk. Neither Vp nor Vk is tallest. If R
is standing second in decreasing order of height, who will decreasing order of height, who will stand in the middle
in the group of these seven persons?
(a) Vp
(b) Vp or Vk
(c) Ah
(d) Cannot be determined

50.

Consider the following statements about Indias Five year plan:

1. Prior to the Fourth Five-year plan, the allocation of State resources was based on schematic pattern.
2. Lack of transparent and objective mechanism in allocation of State resources led to the adoption of the Gadgil
formula in 1969.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

51.

The benefits under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana include which of the following?
1. Hospitalization expenses, taking care of the most common illnesses excluding maternity benefits
2. Health insurance cover of 30,000 per family per annum on a family floater basis
3. Cashless attendance to all covered ailments
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 2 only

52.

M ranked sixteenth from the top and twenty-ninth from the bottom among those who passed an examination. Six
students did not participate in the examination and five failed. The number of students did not participate in the
examination and five failed. The number of students in the class was
(a) 40
(b) 44
(c) 50
(d) 55

53.

Five friends A, B, C, D and E are standing in a row facing South but not necessarily in the same order. Only B is
between A and E, C is immediate right to E, and D is immediate left to 9 A. On the basis of this, which one among the
following statements is definitely true?
(a) B is to the right of E
(b) A is second to the left of C
(c) D is third to the left of E
(d) b is to the left of A

54.

A clock is so placed that at 12 noon, its minute hand points towards North-East. In which direction does its hour
hand point at 1:30 PM?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(D) West

Answers given at the end of the magazine

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Careers in Marketing
The time to apply to B-Schools is right here. And many B-Schools would ask you to choose your specialization right
away. Even if they do not, it would be a god idea to have information about major specialisations and the kind of
careers that you can make in them Starting from this month, we will discuss all the major specializations in detail,
one by one. Let us start with Marketing in this issue.
Marketing Defined
The process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and
services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives.
MBA Marketing offers careers in Sales & Distribution, Advertising & Public Relations, Market Research, Brand
Management, Retail Management and Services Marketing.
The skills required to be a successful professional in this field are command over language, both spoken and
written; ability to persuade and influence people; awareness of general business scenario; a knack of listening well;
ability to devise and offer solutions to the customers problem areas; analytical ability; good reasoning power; skill
with numbers and basic computer knowledge and good presentation skills, especially PowerPoint.
This field has a defined career growth path, though career progression largely depends on ones performance. It
provides opportunity to travel, see places, meet people and build contacts, both professional and personal. It offers
good financial rewards, based on ones performance and targets achieved and it is not a 9-to-5 job. There is ruthless
competition in the market and since targets must be met, work-life balance sometimes becomes difficult. Over and
above the long hours, the job may require you to stay away from family for long periods.
Now let us look at various domains in marketing
1.

Sales and Distribution

Opportunities in Sales are extremely varied and plentiful. Virtually all industries and companies need people to
fulfill the sales function. In many companies, a sales career provides an entry into the corporation, and provides a
possible path into product management. Modern sales techniques have come a long way, and often include
implementation of marketing tools such as analysis of local markets, customer asset management, and regional
programming and pricing. Many larger firms have specific training programs in place to develop sales professionals
to move into greater roles managing larger territories and other sales people. Sales careers often provide a route
into general or business unit management.
Members in this domain manage the sales of the companys products through its team of Sales Officers, Distributors
and Salesmen. Most common position offered in this domain is that of an Area Sales Manager (ASM). He manages
the targets and divides amongst his team members. He allocates resources & budget for promotions and manages
local promotions. He also manages credit for distributors and supply chain - order of new stock and forecasting of
sales. He coordinates with consumer research team and makes lot of field trips to be on top of things.
MBAs with previous technical experience, also go for sales profiles in high tech industries like computing, telephony,
networking, software, services, security solutions, automobiles, industrial equipments, etc. Those interested in this
field can supplement previous experience with strong technical aptitude and coursework. Opportunities in this
area are varied, but include product management and sales of technical products.
An ASM then moves to becoming a Zonal Manager, Territory Manager, Product Manager, Brand Manager and Country
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2.

Advertising & Public Relations

The core activity is to take a product and construct promotional campaigns that get people excited about the
product. On the PR side you will help to manage the perception of the products. Most common functions/roles in
this domain are:
Advertising Media Planner
Copywriter/Illustrator/Creative
Production Manager
Public Relations Specialist
Accounts Executive

3.

Market Research
The market research function typically performs the analysis work that goes into successfully marketing a product
or service. Market researchers are responsible for identifying consumer insights and behaviors, studying competitors,
segmenting target markets, and calculating the optimal price and level of advertising and promotions. A strong
analytical focus is required as much of the work involves utilizing marketing models and frameworks. Market
research opportunities exist across all industries, as well as in service agencies.
Market researchers figure out what drives people to buy any product. Key tasks in market research involve collection
and analysis of market information, identification of market trends and market segmentation. Market researchers
are applied consumer behaviouralists, combining quantitative data with their understanding of how markets work
to better promote a product. They use tools such as statistical analysis packages, surveys, focus groups, new
product tests, etc to help achieve success for a product.
This field is booming and with ever-improving data capturing by using bar code scanners, cookies on the net, etc.
Jobs in marketing research are increasingly global and call for both a grasp of culture, of markets, and quantitative
methods. The field of market research is one of the most interesting, highest growth occupational categories
available today.
Most common functions/roles in this domain are:
Part of Market Research team of a corporation
Consulting practice as a solo practitioner
Consulting practice while teaching in academia
Consulting practice inside a large firm
Practice inside an ad agency

4.

Brand Management Product or Service

Brand Managers are responsible for the marketing and development of products or services. Jobs in Brand
management are both strategic and tactical.
Strategic because Brand managers are responsible for positioning a product or service, assessing the
competition and thinking about the future.
Tactical because they are in the field developing appropriate promotional campaigns, talking to reps about
what customers want and think and doing the day-to-day sales tracking thats required for any major product
or service category.
Brand management professionals are excited about managing and strengthening brands. They are at the vortex of
company life because their decisions directly affect the success of a business. They also tend to be on the leading
edge of social and Internet culture. Understanding the consumers mind and the connection between consumer
behavior and a brand is central to succeeding in product and service management jobs.
Brand Manager Product or Service, would be responsible for:
Quarterly and region-wise allocation of budget
New launches both pilot and national
Handle the team - Marketing Managers, Sales Managers and Media & Advertising agencies
Analyze Consumer & Media research reports
Promotional campaigns in consultation with marketing
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More senior brand management jobs include management of multiple products and brand groups. Work at this
level becomes more strategic and long-term in scope, with less day to day execution of plans. Relationship building
is crucial at both junior and senior levels, including relationships with advertising agency partners, key customer
account executives and other operating units (e.g. Operations). The typical job progression for an individual who
remains in marketing follows:

Assistant Brand

Manager Brand Manager Marketing Director - Group or Division Director Senior Company

Executive
5.

Retail Management
Retail is one of the largest, most dynamic parts of the world economy. In good economic times, jobs in the retail
sector are numerous and many entry-level positions are easy to get. Even during economic contractions, when some
retailing sectors suffer, otherslike groceries, drugstores, and discounterscontinue to thrive.
Careers in retail are people-oriented, fast-paced, and have room for creativity. Retailing jobs are for serviceoriented, entrepreneurial profession. The options are many including store management, buying, merchandising
and central management. Theres also the booming area of e-tailing (online retail). If you have an interest in
technology, marketing and retail, these may be the retailing jobs for you.
Most common functions/roles in brick and mortar retail companies in this domain are:

Department Manager - Store Manager for a department, like clothing, accessories, home appliances, etc.

Store Manager - Responsible for the operation and performance of one or more stores

Merchandise Manager - Responsible for selecting/buying the merchandise that a store carries

Operations Manager - Takes care of the logistics, availability of stocks, etc

The

6.

functions/roles in online retail are:

Category Managers
Customer Service
Logistics / Supply Chain Managers

Services Marketing
This domain is very similar to sales and marketing field but instead of products, services will be sole here. These
positions exist in Financial institutions like Banks, Investment Firms, Insurance, Credit Card Companies; Health
Care firms like Hospitals; Public Utilities like Airport, Highways, etc; Entertainment firms like Sports, Radio, Television,
Movie, Travel; Real Estate firms and Non-profit Organizations.

Feature : Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

MDI is a front runner B-School of India. It is a school for Thought
Leaders and Change Masters through Academic Excellence and
Continuous Innovation.
The PG Programmes in Management offered by MDI are recognized
and accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE) New Delhi. Its PGPM has been awarded A Grade by the
National Board of Accreditation of All India Council for Technical
Education. Various surveys have consistently ranked MDI amongst
the top five B-Schools of the country. MDI has the distinction of
being the first internationally accredited Indian B-School. It was
accredited by South Asian Quality Standards (SAQS) in 2005 and
by Association of MBAs (AMBA) in 2006.
Courses offered
MDI offers various full time, executive and Management Development programs in its Gurgaon campus. The flagship
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Human Resources and International Management. MDI also have executive programmes on Energy Management,
Public policy and also National Management.
Admission
MDI application form along with Information Brochure will be available
for sale from August 16, 2013 till October 15, 2013 on payment of
Rs.1800/- in cash at MDI, Gurgaon and other designated counters.
Applicants can register themselves online by visiting MDI website http:/
/www.mdi.ac.in. They can click on the programme they wish to apply for
and follow the instructions given on the website. Online registration
will be Open till October 15, 2013, 17:00 hrs. Candidates who have
appeared for the CAT (2013) would be short listed on the basis of the
details in the application form and the CAT scores. Only the short listed
candidates will then be called for Group Discussion followed by Personal Interviews during February to April 2014.
Successful candidates will be intimated of their final selection in April May 2014.
Fees
For the PGPM and the PGP-HR course the total fees is INR 14,91,000 while for the PGP-IM course the fees is INR
18,50,500.
Placement
According to the MDI website, the placement for the 2013 batch was quite good. The average salary was around INR
12 lakhs and the highest salary being in the range of INR 22 lakhs. In terms of international placements, the average
salary was INR 34.6 lakhs.

Feature : Institute of Rural Management, Anand

IRMA was established in 1979 at Anand, Gujarat with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
(SDC), the Government of India, Government of Gujarat, the erstwhile Indian Dairy Corporation and the National
Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
Dr. Vergese Kuriens work with dairy co-operatives, which
revolutionized the dairy industry in the country, led to the formation
of IRMA. It was founded with the belief that the key to effective rural
development lies in professional management. Professionalising
rural management involves synergising specific yet unmet needs of
the rural sector with the formal techniques and skills of management
professionals. Linking the two are the rural managers graduating
from IRMA after undergoing a two-year diploma (PRM) programme
in rural management.
Post Graduate Programme in Rural Management
This two-year residential programme leading to a Post-Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM) has been
recognised as equivalent to a Masters degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and approved by the
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The participants of this programme are highly valued in local,
national and international cooperatives, NGOs, development organisations, and funding agencies. All participants
are suitably placed in different organisations through the Campus Placement programme.
Eligibility
A graduate from any discipline, with a minimum of 15 years (10+2+3) of education, having 50 per cent (45 per cent
for SC/ST/dap (differently abled person)) aggregate marks at the graduation level can apply for admission. Those
who are in the final year and who expect to complete all the requirements of graduation before June 17, 2013 can
also apply. Only Indian nationals are eligible to apply for PRM.
Admission
Till last year IRMA conducted its own examination for admission to the PRM program but from this year they have
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Fee Structure
The total programme cost over the period of two years (inclusive of boarding, lodging, and field expenditure) is
estimated to be about Rs 4,17,700/-. This includes deposits, tuition and computer fees, room rent, electricity,
entertainment, boarding, and field expenditure. IRMA has a cooperative mess, which is governed and managed by
students. Students also frame and implement the rules and regulations of the mess. They share the cost of boarding
equally.
Placements
In the placement process, organizations ranging from Cooperatives to Non government Organisations to Financial
companies to Technological companies, all have visited IRMA. For the 2011-13 batch, salary offered were from INR
3.36 lakhs to INR 13.5 lakhs with the average being INR 7.09 lakhs.

GD and Interview Experience

Institute : IIT, Delhi
GD Experience:
Topic: Ultimate political solution for India
No. of students in the group: 14

Time duration: 2 min (preparation) 12-15 min (discussion)

As the topic was very general (as was the case with most groups or rather all groups), everybody had lot of points.
So at times there were 4-5 people speaking at a time. Had to time speech well. Made 4-5 decent entries but couldnt
put my points across properly, nobody carried on the discussion on the things I talked about. Talked about the
overlap of Executive and Legislature, Small states not finding proper representation in Parliament, Indian Parliament
vs US Parliament and how we copied British, Criminal cases pending against elected MPs, Kickbacks to be identified
in case of clear scam for the politician to be convicted, votebank politics, Should make political science a compulsory
subject so that people are aware and cant be misguided.
PI Experience:
No. of panel members: 3 Profs (1 male(M1), 2 female (F1 & F2))
F1 : How tall are you?
Me : 61, Im the tallest in my family :)
F1 : How tall is your dad?
Me : 511
M1 : You remember there was an experiment conducted by Mr. XXXXX on height?
Me : No Sir.. (was feeling ki ye kya tha)
M1 : He mixed genes of tall and dwarf and predicted the outcome of the next generation. You must have read it in
Genetics?
Me : Ohhh that one sir, yeah I remember it Thereare4possibilities.....(toldall4).

M1 : So what are the chances of having a tall next kid?

Me : 75% (M1 nodding head in agreement)
M1 : What about 2nd generation?
Me : Will be 8 or 16 possibilities, not sure as I read it 10yrs back. Some more talks on biology and why I couldnt opt for
doctory..
M1 : So whats your goal in life?
Me : Told (Entrepreneurship and NGO stuff)

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M1 : So you dont want Audi A8, Ferrari etc..
Me : Answered with a smile that sir It was more imp when I was in college, now broader goals in mind.
(M1 leaves the room)
F1 : So what was this company you worked with?
Me : Told about MLM, F1 asked was it like Amway I said yes, went ahead telling about the products and the team of people
I managed, the public speaking and Event Management side.
F1 : So why you left the company?
Me : Told the problem with services and product quality not improving and how it is important to improve it constantly
(as its computer education based), explained that I did everything in my capacity to make things better before
deciding to quit.
F2 : So you said youre good at Marketing? Avoid such huge paragraphs (I answer in long paras all the time), in 3-4 lines
tell me how will you market yourself.. (Good one)
Me : Explained that I will tell my strengths and substantiate it with my achievements and will tell my USP (unique selling
point) which makes me stand apart from others.
F2 : So DO IT?
Me : Told my strength that Im very passionate and I give my 100% in everything I get into and told some achievements
regarding acads, workex, family, mbaprep to substantiate my point. Forgot to focus on the USP thing. :(
F1 : So you want to be an entrepreneur, do you have any B-plans in mind?
Me : Told that I researched on Bio-diesel and Flyash bricks.
F2 : How is an MBA at DMS going to teach you that except the Brand name thing (used this thing in one of my answers)?
Me : Told that I have experience in MArketing so evrytime I think of starting a business I get confused how to proceed.
Explained that I know how to market but dont know other aspects. An MBA will help me learn the basics of business
then onwards I can build upon it by reading on the specific field I wana venture into.
(M1 re-enters)
M1 : Tell me which are the biggest awards given by Indian govt to citizens of India?
Me : Tried recalling but couldnt
M1 : Padma Bhushan ...
Me : Yes Sir, Padma Shree too
M1 : and Padma Vibushan..
Me : Right Sir
M1 : The President can elect 2 people to the Parliament, can you say which field they are from?
Me : No sir, I dont remember.
M1 : What is the job of RBI?
Me : Deciding the monetary policy which includes controlling money supply, deciding rates, etc.
M1 : So what is fiscal policy and how is it diff from monetary policy?
Me : Told that one is about controlling money supply and other is about using money which is a broader thing. Explained
in details, how the difference matters.
M1 : Whats reverse Repo rate?
Me : told
M1 : and Repo rate?
Me : told
M1 : So which IIMs you applied to?
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M1 : Which ones youve calls from? Which others IITs and Non-IIMs?
Me : Told.
M1 : What is MDIs fees?
Me : Told exactly
M1 : IIT-D fees?
Me : Told exactly
M1 : ok thank you :)

MBA Preparation Guidance

Selection of B-Schools
There are more than 4,000 B-Schools in the country right now which are producing about 2,50,000 MBAs every year.
This is against a total of approximately 8,00,000 aspirants who write various entrance exams for admission into
these management institutes. But, out of these 4,000 odd institutes, not more than 90-100 of them are worth getting
into, if your objective is to build a sound knowledge base and to kickstart your career. So our focus will be on these
institutes, and to get into these institutes, you will need to perform really well in the written test as well as the group
discussion, essay and interview round.
Management institutes offer various programs. Most common among them are:

Two-year degree or diploma full time residential program

By far the most popular program
Three-year part-time
Most suited for working professionals
Evening or weekend classes
Twelve to eighteen months Executive program
Fully residential program / weekend program
Suitable for middle management executives
Certificate Programs
Classes are delivered live in online mode
Can do the course from top institutes in your city
Distance Learning and Correspondence

The most popular program for freshers is two-year full time degree or diploma program and for working professionals,
they can choose between various options available to them, depending upon various factors like jib, location, etc.
The two-year full time programs are commonly referred to as MBA Degree, MMS Degree, PGPM Diploma, PGDM
Diploma or PGDBM Diploma. Here, a study selects one or more specializations at the start of first year or second
year from among Finance, Marketing, HR, Operations, IT, etc or he can choose to do general management.
The student also does a 6-8 weeks of Internship with a company after competing his first year. Towards the end of
second year, he sits for the placement process conducted by the college and most likely, has a job in hand at the time
of passing out.
Parameters used to select the right B-School
Placements
Quality of Students
Quality of Faculty
Infrastructure
Location of Institute
Return on Investment
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Placements
Placement should not be the sole criterion while selecting a B-School. It should be used in combination with other
criterion. Any institute offering 70-75%+ placement should be considered, unless you believe that you will be at the
bottom 25% of the batch and hence most likely would not be placed! Also B-Schools mostly report Cost to Company
(CTC) as the salary, which is mush higher than your Gross and Net take home salary. Remember, placement is a
function of a host of factors, the most important one is YOU
Quality of Students
Learning at a B-School happens from faculty members and fellow students. Hence, the profile of the batch is very
important. It should be diversified mix across freshers and work ex, graduation steams, sectors worked and geographic
spread.
Also, the best institutes attract the best students! Good B-Schools draw students from across the country while the
average ones get students from adjoining areas.
Quality of Faculty
Work experience, qualification and teaching experience, in that order, are the three most important factors to
determine the quality of faculty. Management education cannot be imparted by Ph.Ds who have never worked in the
corporate sector.
Look for IIM/Top B-School qualification alongwith industry exposure. Do check the background of key faculty
members and details of their work experience in blue chip organizations.
Lot of faculty members are teaching at B-Schools today, because they did not get a job or were not successful in the
corporate world. You do not want these people to teach you!
Also, a right balance between Full time and Visiting faculty is essential. While Full time faculty ensures continuity,
Visiting faculty brings with himself practical exposure and latest trends in the market.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure of a B-School comprises of infrastructure and facilities which aide and enhance the learning experience.
The critical items on the list will include Computer Lab (both hardware and softwares), Library (books, journals,
magazines), high speed Internet connection, fully equipped classrooms and hostels.
Remember, acreage is not an important issue and the campus need not be 5 Star. We all know that the smaller the
town, cheaper is the land. But as we will discuss in the next point, location is an important criteria while deciding
a B-School. Also, finally, you are going to pay for the facilities. But, beware of 2-3 room institutes.
Location
Location does not matter for the Top 10-15 Institutes. An XLRI can excel in a remote location like Jamshedpur and an
IIM can thrive in Kozhikode. But it impacts all the other B-schools. A non-metro location does create problems in
terms of placements, attracting the best faculty (both full time and part time), Industry Interaction, Guest lectures,
Live projects, etc.
The most preferred locations are New Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai followed by Pune, Chennai & Kolkata.
Fee & Return on Investment
This parameter has gained lot of importance in the last decade, where cost of management education has steeply
moved northward while the average salaries have remained stagnant or have reduced. Also, because of high cost,
lot of students opt for education loans to fund their studies and they have to pay EMIs from their salaries to repay
the loan.
So, look for Return of Investment (RoI). It is calculated as Avg Placement/Total Cost. Consider total cost including
Hostel and Food. Preferably, it should be more than 1 and definitely not more than 0.5.
RoI > 1
1 > RoI > 0.5
RoI < 0.5

Ideal
Should consider
Avoid

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Also, estimate the EMI that you need to repay and it should not be more than 40% of your in hand salary. High fees,
most of the times goes in providing 5 star facilities (25 acre campus, AC hostel rooms with attached toilets, etc), in
heavy advertising, having celebrity faculty or brand ambassadors and greed for profits. Also remember that high
fees would mean that you would require guarantor & collateral for your education loan, which is best avoided.
Focus
Management education is a very customized process and cannot be imparted by a mass production method. Even
the IIMs, after having completed 50 years, have not gone beyond 400 students in a batch. Large batch sizes lead to
poor quality of faculty, no personalized attention and placement problems. So, avoid B-Schools with huge batch
sizes.Also, management education is inherently about making you Jack of all trades master of none. You get a good
exposure of all domains of management, and then learn on the job. So, avoid specializations, which are very
specific, like PGDM in Pharma, Retail, Insurance, Energy, Biotech etc
The best management institutes in the country are the ones who only impart management education and nothing
else. Even the IITs, the ivy league institutes in engineering, have not been very successful in management education
and only a couple of them find a place in Top 20. So, avoid institutes which offer multiple cputses and MBA is just
one of them. For ex: B Tech & MBA or BBA, B Com, B Sc, MCA, B Pharma, etc etc
Statutory Warning
Dont get impressed by full page ads, TV commercials, foreign tour, foreign degree and free laptop. Remember there
is no free lunch and you bear the cost of all these expenditures which do not improve your learning in any way.
Also, beware of so-called Consultants and institutes which admit anyone (mostly at any score). Please note that
AICTE or UGC approval is no guarantee that the institute is good, and you can find scores of such approved institutes
in your city where you would definitely not like to take admission.
B-School Grading 2013
We have categorised the B-Schools into 7 grades: Top 10, A++, A+, A, B++, B+ and promising new B-Schools. A
combination of objective and subjective criteria has been used and the executive programs have been removed.
The institutes within a grade are mentioned in alphabetical order.
Category

No. of
Institutes

Institute Profile

Percentile Range

Top 10

10

World class, Ivy league, 100% placements

> 90 %ile

A++

10

A+

10

A
B++

10
15

Consistent quality, Good placements

75 85 %ile
70 - 80 %ile

B+

15

Popular at local level, local placements

60 75 %ile

Upcoming

13

New institutes, very promising, will become

A category institutes in 3-5 years

60 - 90 %ile

Total

83

Good quality, near 100% placements

> 85 %ile
80 - 90 %ile

Percentile range is the percentile that you will need to get a call from any institute in that category. Please note that
written exam performance is just one of the criterion for shortlisting.
Top 10 Institutes

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore

Exam
CAT
CAT
CAT
CAT
CAT

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Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur

CAT
CAT
CAT
CMAT
XAT

A++ Category Institutes

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJSoM), Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development
(SCMHRD), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

Exam
Self
CAT

A+ Category Institutes
FORE School of Management (FORE), New Delhi
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata
Department of Management Studies (DoMS), Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras
International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi
Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR), Mumbai
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi
Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA), Ahmedabad
T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal
Xavier Institute of Management (XIM-B), Bhubaneswar

Exam
CAT
Self
CAT

A Category Institutes
Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), School of Excellence
of Bharthidasan University, TrichyBharatidhasan (BIM), Trichy
Department of Financial Studies (DFS), University of Delhi, South
Campus, Delhi
Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics (DSE),
University of Delhi, New Delhi
Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME),
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM), Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur
Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand
Nirma University Institute of Management (NIRMA), Ahmedabad
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research and
Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai
Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune

Exam
XAT

CAT
CAT
CAT
NMAT
CAT, XAT
SNAP
SNAP
Self

CAT
CAT
CAT
CAT
CAT
CAT
CAT, XAT

Self
Self
XAT
CAT
CAT
CAT
CAT
CMAT
SNAP

B++ Category Institutes

Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Noida
Department of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Pune (PUMBA), Pune

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Goa Institute of Management, Goa

Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad
Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University (FMS BHU), Varanasi
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata
Department of Management Studies (DoMS), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune
Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Nagpur
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli
Department of Business Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad
Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM), Pune
Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WE School), Mumbai
University Business School (UBS), Chandigarh

B+ Category Institutes

Alliance School of Business, Bangalore

Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore

Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM), Pune

ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad

Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal

National Insurance Academy (NIA), Pune

NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research(NLDIMSR), Mumbai

SDM Institute for Management Development (SDM-IMD), Mysore

SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS), Mumbai

Sadhana Center for Management and leadership Develeopment (SCMLD), Pune

Sri Ram College of Commerce, MBA-GBO, New Delhi

Symbiosis Center for Information Technology (SCIT), Pune

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), Pune

Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nasik

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Bangalore

Promising New B-Schools

New IIMs (Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Udaipur, Kashipur, Trichy)

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Bangalore

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Bangalore and Hyderabad

Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WE School), Bangalore

International Management Institute (IMI), Kolkata and Bhubaneswar

Vanguard Business School (VBS), Bangalore*

Plan of Action
Select the colleges that you wish to apply to based on your performance in the All India Mock CATs
Discuss with the faculty
Keep track of the deadlines and apply close to the last date

* Promoted by Directors of VistaMind

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Recipients of Awards in Sports

A.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:

Sl. No.
1

Name
Mr. Ronjon Sodhi

Discipline
Shooting

B. Arjuna Awards:
Sl. No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Name
Ms. Chekrovolu Swuro
Mr. Ranjith Maheshwari
Ms. P.V. Sindhu
Ms. Kavita Chahal
Mr. Rupesh Shah
Mr. Virat Kohli
Mr. Abhijeet Gupta
Mr. Gagan Jeet Bhullar
Ms. Saba Anjum
Ms. Rajkumari Rathore
Ms. Joshna Chinnappa
Ms. Mouma Das
Ms. Neha Rathi
Mr. Dharmender Dalal
Mr. Amit Kumar Saroha

Discipline
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Boxing
Billiards & Snooker
Cricket
Chess
Golf
Hockey
Shooting
Squash
Table Tennis
Wrestling
Wrestling
Athletics (Para)

C. Dronacharya Awards for 2013:

Sl.No.
Name
1
Ms. Poornima Mahato
2
Mr. Mahavir Singh
3
Mr. Narinder Singh Saini
4
Mr. K.P. Thomas
5
Mr. Raj Singh
* Lifetime contribution in coaching

Discipline
Archery
Boxing
Hockey
Athletics*
Wrestling*

D. Dhyan Chand Awards :

Sl.No.
1
2
3
4

Name
Ms. Mary Dsouza Sequeira
Mr. Syed Ali
Mr. Anil Mann
Mr. Girraj Singh Para

Discipline
Athletics
Hockey
Wrestling
Sports (Athletics)

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Sl. No.

Category

Community Sports Identification

and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent
Financial Support for Sports Excellence
Establishment and Management of
Sports Academies of Excellence
Employment of Sportspersons and
sports welfare measures.

2
3
4

Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel

Protsahan Puruskar, 2013
Dr. U.K. Mishra, Founder and President,
National Sports Academy, Allahabad
Services Sports Control Board
Pullela Gopichand Academy of Badminton, Hyderabad
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board

Recipients of Padma Awards

A.

Padma Vibhushan
Sl.No.
1
2
3
4

B.

Name
ShriRaghunathMohapatra
Shri S.Haider Raza
Prof. YashPal
Prof.RoddamNarasimha

Discipline
Art
Art
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering

State/Domicile
Orissa
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka

Discipline
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Public Affairs
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Trade and Industry
Trade and Industry
Medicine
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Civil Service
Civil Service
Sports
Sports

State/Domicile
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Delhi
Delhi
West Bengal
Maharashtra
Punjab
Maharashtra
Delhi
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
USA *
USA *
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Delhi
Karnataka
Manipur

Padma Bhushan
Sl No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Name
Dr.RamanaiduDaggubati
Smt.SreeramamurthyJanaki
Dr. (Smt.)Kanak Rele
Smt.Sharmila Tagore
Dr. (Smt.)SarojaVaidyanathan
Shri Abdul Rashid Khan
Late RajeshKhanna
Late JaspalSingh Bhatti
ShriShivajiraoGirdhar Patil
Dr.ApathukathaSivathanu Pillai
Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat
Dr. AshokeSen
Dr. B.N. Suresh
Prof. Satya N.Atluri
Prof. JogeshChandra Pati
Shri RamamurthyThyagarajan
Shri AdiBurjor Godrej
Dr.NandkishoreShamrao Laud
Shri MangeshPadgaonkar & Education
Prof. GayatriChakravortySpivak
ShriHemendra SinghPanwar
Dr. MaharajKishan Bhan
Shri RahulDravid
Ms. H.MangteChungneijangMary Kom

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Padma Shree
Sl.No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
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Name
Shri GajamAnjaiah
Swami G.C.D. Bhartialias BharatiBandhu
Ms. B.Jayashree
Smt. SrideviKapoor
Shri KailashChandra Meher
Shri Brahmdeo RamPandit
Shri VishwanathDinkar Patekar alias
Nana Patekar
Shri RekandarNageswara
Rao alias Surabhi Babji
Shri LakshmiNarayanaSathiraju
Smt. JaymalaShiledar
Shri SureshDattatrayTalwalkar
Shri P.Madhavan Nair alias Madhu
Shri ApurbaKishore Bir
Shri GhanakantaBora Borbayan
Smt. HildaMit Lepcha Art Sikkim
Smt. SudhaMalhotra
Shri GhulamMohammadSaznawaz
Shri RameshGopaldas Sippy
Ms. MahrukhTarapor
Shri BalwantThakur
Shri PuranDas Baul
Shri Rajendra Tikku
Shri Pablo Bartholomew
Shri S.Shakir Ali
Sh. S.K.MMaeilanandhan
Ms.NileemaMishra
Ms. ReemaNanavati
Ms. JharnaDharaChowdhury
Late Dr. RamKrishan
Late ManjuBharat Ram
Prof. MustansirBarma
Shri AvinashChander
Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande
Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal
Prof. Deepak B. Phatak
Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju
Prof. Ajay K. Sood
Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan
Dr. Manindra Agrawal
Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar
Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale
Smt. Vandana Luthra
Ms. Rajshree Pathy
Shri Hemendra Prasad Barooah
Shri Milind Kamble
Ms. Kalpana Saroj
Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal
Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram
alias Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram

Discipline
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art

State/Domicile
Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Orissa
Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Art

Andhra Pradesh

Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art

Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Kerala
Maharashtra
Assam

Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Art
Social Work
Social Work
Social Work
Social Work
Social Work
Social Work
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering
Trade Industry
Trade and Industry
Trade and Industry
Trade and Industry
Trade and Industry
Medicine
Medicine

Maharashtra
Jammu and Kashmir
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Jammu and Kashmir
West Bengal
Jammu & Kashmir
Delhi
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Bangladesh*
Uttar Pradesh #
Delhi #
Maharashtra
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra
Delhi
Tamil Nadu
Assam
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Delhi
Andhram Pradesh

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79
80

Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe

Dr. Taraprasad Das
Prof. (Dr.) T .V. Devarajan
Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal
Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka
Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani
Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo
Dr.Sundaram Natarajan
Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar
Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta
Prof. (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam
Dr. Radhika Herzberger
Shri J. Malsawma
Shri Devendra Patel
Dr. Rama Kant Shukla
Prof. Akhtarul Wasey
Prof. Anvita Abbi
Shri Nida Fazli
Shri Surender Kumar Sharma
Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh
Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor
Alias Salik Lakhnawi
Prof. Noboru Karashima
Shri Christopher Pinney
Smt. Premlata Agrawal
Shri Yogeshwar Dutt
Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha
Subedar Major Vijay Kumar
Shri Ngangom Dingko Singh
Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar
Ms. Ritu Kumar
Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht

Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education

Maharashtra
Orissa
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Delhi
Delhi
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Mizoram
Gujarat
Delhi
Delhi
Delhi
Madhya Pradesh
Delhi
Bihar
Bengal#

Literature & Education

Literature & Education
Sports
Sports
Sports
Sports
Sports
Sports
Fashion Designing
Archaeology

Japan *
UK *
Jharkhand
Haryana
Karnataka
Himachal Pradesh
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs.

# indicates awardees in the posthumous category.

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Raghuram Rajan
Raghuram Rajan:
Raghuram Govinda Rajan, who is the Designate Governor of the Reserve Bank of
IndiawillbetakingchargeonSeptember4,2013.Hehasbeenappointedasthe
next (23rd) Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 6th of Aug, 2013 for a term of
three years and will take over from Dr. D Subbarao, whose five year term completes
on September 4, 2013.
Rajans previous work with the Indian government includes his helmsmanship of
aPlanningCommission-appointedcommitteeonfinancialreforms,andashonorary
economic adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Early Life:
He was born in 1963 in Bhopal to an IFS officer from a Tamil family. Till his 7th
year of school, he lived in different countries, and in 1974, he moved back to India.
Then he did the rest of his schooling in Delhi. In 1985, he graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhiwithabachelorsdegreeinelectricalengineering,andhecompletedthePostGraduateDiplomainBusiness
Administration at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1987. He received a PhD in management from
theMITin1991forhisthesistitledEssaysonBanking.
Career:
After graduation, Rajan joined the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He was then appointed as
the youngest-ever Economic Counselor and Director of Research (chief economist) at the International Monetary
Fund(IMF)fromOctober2003toDecember2006.
In 2005, at a celebration honoring Alan Greenspan, who was about to retire as chairman of the US Federal Reserve,
Rajan delivered a controversial paper that was critical of the financial sector. In that paper, Has Financial
Development Made the World Riskier?, Rajan argued that disaster might loom.
The response to Rajans paper at the time was negative. For example, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former
Harvard President Lawrence Summers called the warnings misguided and Rajan himself a luddite. However,
following the 2008 economic crisis, Rajans views came to be seen as prescient; by January 2009, The Wall Street
Journalproclaimedthatnow,fewaredismissinghisideas.Infact,Rajanwasextensivelyinterviewedontheglobal
crisis for the Academy Award winning documentary film Inside Job.
In November 2008, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed Rajan as an honorary economic adviser.
That same year, a high-level committee on financial reforms, headed by Rajan, submitted its final report to the Planning
Commission.
ReplacingKaushikBasu,RajanwasappointedasChiefEconomicAdvisortotheMinistryofFinance,Governmentof
India on 10 August 2012.He also prepared his very first Economic Survey for India for the year 2012-13, on the 27
February.
On August 6, 2013 it was announced that Rajan would take over as the next RBI Governor. He is a member in
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He also serves as Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at
theUniversityofChicago.RajanisalsoavisitingprofessorfortheWorldBank,FederalReserveBoard,andSwedish
Parliamentary Commission.
Honours and Accolades:
Rajan won the Directors Gold Medal for best all-round achievement at IIT Delhi and was also a gold medallist at IIM
Ahmedabad. In 2003, he was also the inaugural recipient of the Fischer Black Prize awarded by the American
Finance Association for contributions to the theory and practice of finance by an economist under age 40.The Center
for Financial Studies (CFS) has awarded the 5th Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics to Raghuram G. Rajan
for his highly influential contributions in a remarkably broad range of areas in financial economics.
In 2010, he was featured on Foreign Policy magazines FP Top 100 Global Thinkers, and again in 2012.In a 2011 poll
inTheEconomist,Rajanwasrankedbyhispeersastheeconomistwiththemostimportantideasforapost-crisis
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SNAP 2011
For all questions in this section, correct answers carry 1 mark each
1.

Name the jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist who won 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent
struggle for fundamental human rights in China.
(1) Went Xiabo
(2) Wen Jiabao
(3) Liu Jiabao
(4) Liu Xiaobo

2.

Which government is behind the The Nalanda Proposal proposing Nalanda as an ideal site for establishing a 21st
century learning institution.
(1) Singapore
(2) India
(3) U.K.
(4) China

3.

Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger are known for founding

(1) Facebook
(2) Orkut
(3) Wikipedia

(4) Google

The year 2010 is represented in Roman Numerals as

(1) LLX
(2) MMX

(4) CCXX

4.

(3) IIXX

5.

In which country is the seat of the United Nations International Court of Justice?
(1) France
(2) Norway
(3) Britain
(4) Netherlands

6.

In 1965 Gordon Moore, Co-founder of Intel, made a prediction about the future of computer processing. What does
his prediction, known as Moores Law say?
(1) As technology continues to advance, computer chips will become obsolete.
(2) Computer-processing power will double every 18 months to two years.
(3) There will eventually be no need for transistors in high-tech electronics.
(4) As the number of transistors increases, computer-processing power will be reduced by half in every two years.

7.

At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock. Who wrote this famous
advertising headline?
(1) David Ogilvy
(2) Walter Thompson
(3) Leo Burnett
(4) Salman Rushdie

8.

His lifes motto was simple living and high thinking. He was one of the greatest intellectuals and activists of the
19th century and one of the pillars of the Bengal Renaissance. He was a polymath. Sanskrit pundit, educator, social
reformer, writer and philanthropist. Due to his relentless efforts, on 26th July 1856, widow re- marriage was
legalized by the then Government of India Who is this towering personality?
(1) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(2) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(3) Rabindranath Tagore
(4) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

9.

Eustace Fernandes, who passed away in early 2010, was the much admired creator of
(1) Tom and Jerry
(2) Amul Girl
(3) Air India Maharaja
(4) Snow White

10.

Find the mismatch

(1) Somdev Devvarman
(3) Arjun Atwal Golf

11.

Badminton

Who designed the new rupee symbol?

(1) Dilip Chhabria
(2) D.Udaya Kumar

(2) Gagan Narang Shooting

(4) Anita Sood Swimming

(3) Tarun Tahiliani

(4) S. Arun Kumar

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12. What exactly is cloud computing?
(1) A way to organize desktop computers.
(2) Lightweight software that takes up little space on a hard drive
(3) Computing resources that can be accessed on demand, like electricity from a utility
(4) The World Wide Web.
13. What is NDM-1?
(1) National Defence Missile 1, developed by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) as a part of
the comprehensive missile shield for India.
(2) A bacterial gene called New Delhi Metallo-Lactamase-l, dubbed the superbug because of it being resistant to
most antibiotics.
(3) New Directions in Management l - the first among a series of international conferences on Management, to be
inaugurated by Bill Gates in Mumbai in January 2012.
(4) A vision document on Disaster Management, released by Planning Commission.
14. Niyamgiri Hills was in the news because of
(1) Vedantas failed mining proposal in the area inhabited by Dongria Kondh tribals.
(2) The helicopter crash and death of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
(3) Headquarters of the Naxalite Red corridor.
(4) Cond Nast Traveller magazine selected it as the best trekking holiday spot in the world.
15. Match the following husband-and-wife team with the awards they have received for exemplary work:
1. Bill and Melinda Gates
i. Right to Livelihood Awards
2. Sankaralingam and Krishnammal
ii. UN Population Award
3. Prakash and Mandakini Amte
iii. Kyoto Prize
4. Peter and Rosemary Grant
iv. Magsaysay Award
(1) 1 - ii. 2 - i, 3 - iii. 4 - iv (2)1 - ii, 2 - i. 3 - iv, 4 - iii

(3)1 -7 iv, 2 - iii, 3 - ii, 4 i (4)1 - ii, 2 - iv, 3 - iii, 4 - i

16. What is Renminbi?

(1) It is the official currency of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), whose principal unit is the Yuan.
(2) Low cost car being developed by Volkswagen in China, at prices lower than Nano.
(3) New aircraft Company floated by Brazil to challenge Boeing and Airbus.
(4) New currency mooted for the entire ASEAN region like Euro for Europe.
17. Embraer is one of the world leaders in the manufacturing of corporate/business jets. Embraer belongs to which
country?
(1) Germany
(2) Japan
(3) Brazil
(4) France
18. The Unique Identification (UID) Project, headed by Nandan Nilekani has been renamed as
(1) Adhaar
(2) Sambhav
(3) Sambhandh
(4) Alekh
19. Indias first Special Economic Zone dedicated to the Aerospace Industry has been launched at
(1) Hyderabad
(2) Hallargi
(3) Shimla
(4) Ahmedabad
20. The prime purpose of WTO is to promote:
(1) Financial Support
(2) Global Peace

(3) Unilateral Trade

(4) Multilateral Trade

21. On March 5, 2010, which of the following personalities from India is among 19 members chosen by UN Chief Ban KiMoon for a highlevel advisory group on Climate Change Financing tasked with mobilizing funds pledged during the
Copenhagen meet to tackle global warming?
(1) Shyam Saran
(2) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(3) Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
(4) Pradipto Ghosh
22. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has termed the 11th Five Year Plan as:
(1) Indias health plan
(2) Indias poverty eradication plan
(3) Indias rural prosperity plan
(4) Indias education plan

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23.

Which of the following milestones was achieved by New Zealand Cricket Team Captain Daniel Vettori recently?
(1) 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in Test Cricket
(2) 3,000 runs and 300 wickets in One-Day Internationals (ODIs)
(3) 3,000 runs and 300 wickets in Test Cricket
(4) 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in One-Day Internationals (ODIs)

24.

What is the full form of the term NPA as used in banking environment?
(1) Not Profitable Assets (2) New Potential Accounts (3) Non Performing Assets (4) Net Performing Assets

25.

Which of the following contributes to the highest share of revenue earned by the Government of India?
(1) Income Tax
(2) Excise Duty
(3) Value Added Tax
(4) Corporate Tax

26.

Which country was worlds largest exporter with merchandise exports worth $ 1.47 trillion with 2008, according to
the World Trade Organization?
(1) USA
(2) China
(3) Germany
(4) Russia

27.

Where in India, recently has the Clinton Foundation, founded by former US President Bill Clinton, firmed up its
plans to set up worlds largest solar park (3,000 to 5,000 MW capacity)?
(1) Bihar
(2) Orissa
(3) Gujarat
(4) Rajasthan.

28.

Which three public sector lenders have entered recently into a joint venture agreement for setting up a banking
subsidiary, India BIA Bank (Malaysia) Bhd, in Malaysia?
(1) Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank.
(2) Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Bank of India
(3) Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank.
(4) Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, and Andhra Bank.

29.

What is the campaign of Union and State Governments against the Naxalite movement called?
(1) Operation Red Alert
(2) Operation Green Hunt (3) Operation Cobra Den (4) Operation Clean Corridor

30.

The instrument used to measure the speed of the wind is

(1) Altimeter
(2) Anemometer
(3) Chronometer

(4) Dosimeter

31.

Which of the following countries is the first in the world to propose a carbon tax for its people to address global
warming?
(1) Finland
(2) Japan
(3) Germany
(4) Australia

32.

Amino acids are found in

(1) Carbohydrates
(2) Fats

33.

(3) Proteins

Which among the following is the worlds largest milk producing country?
(1) India
(2) China
(3) The US

(4) Vitamins

(4) Germany

34.

A group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings; e.g. left
(opposite of right) and left (past tense of leave)
(1) Synonyms
(2) Homonyms
(3) Heteronyms
(4) Acronyms

35.

The National Flag of India was designed by

(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Jawaharlal Nehru

36.

(3) Rabindra Nath Tagore (4) Pingali Venkayya

In 1679, Denis Papin, a French physicist, who assisted Robert Boyle, used the latters scientific discoveries and
invented what is today one of the most commonly found kitchen equipment. His invention earned him a membership
of the Royal Society of England What was the invention?
(1) Knife
(2) Fork
(3) Pressure Cooker
(4) Stove

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37. Mr. Ratan Tata refused a job with one of the following companies to join Tata Steel in 1962. Which company was it?
(1) IBM
(2) HUL
(3) Siemens
(4) SKF International
38. Which of the following have owned Land Rover brand before Tata Motors?
(1) BMW
(2) British Leyland
(3) British Aerospace

(4) All of the above

39. Who is known as The Man Who Broke the Bank of England after he made a reported $l billion during the 1992 Black
Wednesday UK currency crisis?
(1) George Soros
(2) George W Bush
(3) Paul Volcker
(4) Ben Bernanke
40. Who is the current Dean of Harvard Business School?
(1) Nitin Nohria
(2) Deepak Jain
(3) Kim Clark

(4) None of these

Answers given at the end of the magazine

IIFT 2010
1.

Name the South Korean President who attended the Indian Republic Day Parade in 20l0 as a chief guest.
(1) Kim Yoon Ok
(2) Ban Ki- Moon
(3) Lee Myung Bak
(4) Chung Mong Koo

2.

The Indian government auctioned the 3G spectrum in 22 telecom circles in 20l0. Which three companies won the
maximum number of circles in the auction?
a. R-Com
b. Airtel
c. Vodafone
d. Aircel
(1) a, b & c
(2) b, c & d
(3) a, c & d
(4) a, b & d

3.

Which one of the following group of banks formed a joint venture in Life Insurance Sector?
(1) Canara Bank, HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce Limited
(2) Canara Bank, HDFC, Syndicate Bank
(3) HDFC, HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce Limited
(4) Canara Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC

4.

Match the International Organization-Location- Country

International Organization
Location
Country
a. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
i. Lyons
1. Austria
b. World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
ii. Vienna
2. Switzerland
c. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
iii. Gland
3. France
d. International Police (INTERPOLE)
iv. Brussels
4. Belgium
(1) a-iii-2, b-iv-4, c-i-3, d-ii-1
(2) a-iv-4, b-iii-2, c-ii-1, d-i-3
(3) a-ii-4, b-iv-3, c-iii-1, d-i-2
(4) a-i-4, b-iii-1, c-ii-3, d-iv-2

5.

Match the Women CEOs in 2010 and their respective Company and its Location.
Name of CEOs
Name of the Company
Location
a. Carol A Bartz
i. Dupont
1. Colorado
b. Ellen J Kullman
ii. Western Union
2. California
c. Ursula Burns
iii. Yahoo Inc
3. Connecticut
d. Christina A Gold
iv. Xerox Corporation
4. Delaware
(1) a-ii-4, b-iii-3, c-iv-1, d-i-2
(2) a-iii-3, b-iv-4, c-i-1, d-ii-2
(3) a-iii-2, b-i-4, c-iv-3, d-ii-1
(4) a-ii-1, b-iii-2, c-i-4, d-iv-3

6.

Match the Acquiring Company with its Target Company.

Acquiring Company
Target Company
a. United Breweries Group
1. Schoneweiss
b. Mahindra & Mahindra
2. RSM Ambit
c. Price Water Cooper
3. Ambuja Cement
d. Holcim
4. Shaw Wallace
(1) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
(2) a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
(3) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4

(4) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3

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7.

Match the Company an and its Tagline

Company
a. Toyota
b. BSNL
c. Airtel
d. Trump (MTNL)
(1) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
(2) a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2

Tagline
1. Express Yourself
2. The easy way to stay in touch
3. Connecting India
4. Touch the perfection
(3) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
(4) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1

8.

Match the name of the Indian Banks with their Brand Ambassadors for the year 2010.
Name of the Banks
Name of the Brand Ambassador
a. Canara Bank
1. Rahul Dravid
b. Dena Bank
2. Hema Malini
c. Bank of Rajasthan
3. Venkatesh Prasad
d. Bank of Baroda
4. Juhi Chawla
(1) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
(2) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
(3) a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
(4) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

9.

Match the following measuring instruments to the formal test methods which define use of the instruments
Instruments
Use of instrument
a. Squid
i. Heating of power radiation
b. Actionometer
ii. Viscosity of a fluid
c. Dilatometer
iii. Boiling Temperature of a liquid
d. Ebulliscope
iv. Coefficient of thermal expansion
e. Rheometer
v. Magnetic Field
(1) a-v, b-i, c-iv, d-iii, e-ii
(2) a-ii, b-i, c-v, d-iii, e-iv

(3) a-v, b-iv, c-i, d-ii, e-iii

10.

(4) a-iii, b-iv, c-v, d-i, e-ii

Name the Indian state having maximum number of Major Seaports.

(1) West Bengal
(2) Goa
(3) Gujarat

(4) Tamil Nadu

11. Match the National Highway route number to States that it covers?
National Highway Route Number
Name of the Indian States which the NH covers
a. National Highway Number 6
1. Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat
b. National Highway Number 7
2. Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra
c. National Highway Number 8
3. Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Gujarat
d. National Highway Number 15
4. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
(1) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
(2) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
(3) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
(4) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
12.

13.

Match the old name to the new name of the countries.

Old Name
a. South West Africa
b. Rhodesia
c. Northern Rhodesia
d. Abyssinia
(1) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
(2) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

New Name
1. Ethiopia
2. Zambia
3. Namibia
4. Zimbabwe
(3) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

Match the Country, City and River.

Country
City
a. Germany
i. Lisbon
b. Poland
ii. Chittagong
c. Portugal
iii. Dreden
d. Bangladesh
iv. Warsaw
(1) a-i-3, b-iv-1, c-iii-2, d-ii-4
(3) a-iv-4, b-iii-1, c-i-2, d-ii-3

River
1. Vistula
2. Karnafuli
3. Tagus
4. Elbe
(2) a-iii-1, b-iv-3, c-i-4, d-ii-2
(4) a-iii-4, b-iv-1, c-i-3, d-ii-2

(4) a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3

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14. Match the Geographical Epithet to Country/ City.
Epithet
a. Quaker city
b. Twin city
c. White city
d. Windy city
(1) a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
(2) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

Country /City
1. Budapest
2. Chicago
3. Philadelphia
4. Belgrade
(3) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2

(4) a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3

15. The State Bank of India was known as Imperial Bank of India in 1921, which was an amalgamation of three banks
namely.
(1) Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras
(2) Bank of Bengal, Bank of Punjab and Bank of Mysore
(3) Bank of Bombay, Syndicate Bank and Union Bank
(4) Bank of Madras, Mercantile Bank, Bank of Travancore
16. The Constitution of which country has influenced the inclusion of the Emergency Provision in the relatively the
latest one?
(1) Germany
(2) Canada
(3) USA
(4) Britain
17. Which one of the following national park established by government of India is the relatively the latest one?
(1) Madhav National Park, Madhya Pradesh
(2) Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim
(3) Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal
(4) Tadoba National Park, Maharashtra
18. Who among the following is a recipient of the prestigious Dara Shikoh award by Indo-Iran Society for contributing
towards nurturing the value of peace, harmony and brotherhood in 2010.
(1) Sheikh Hasina
(2) Sonia Gandhi
(3) Shiela Dixit
(4) Fatima Bhutto
19. Which one of the following Indian Union Territory is having the legislative assembly as of 2010.
(1) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(2) Lakshadweep
(3) Puducherry
(4) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
20. Match the Lt Governors- Indian Union Territories- and the Capital.
Lt. Governors
Union Territories
Capital
a. J. K. Dadoo
i. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
1. Kavaratti
b. Satya Gopal
ii. Puducherry
2. Port Blair
c. Iqbal Singh
iii. Andaman and Nicobar Island
3. Silvassa
d. Lt. Gen. (Retd). Bhopinder Singh
iv. Lakshadweep
4. Puducherry
(1) a-iii-2, b-i-3, c-iv-1, d-ii-4
(2) a-ii-4, b-iii-2, c-iv-3, d-i-1
(3) a-i-3, b-iv-1, c-ii-4, d-iii-2
(4) a-iv-1, b-i-3, c-ii-4, d-iii-2
21. Which one of the following structure has been included in UNESCO in 2010 as world cultural heritage list?
(1) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
(2) Jantar Mantar
(3) Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
(4) Red Fort Complex
22. Match the following Head of the Staff to the concerned Defense forces.
Head of the Staff
a. Pradeep Vasant Naik
b. Vijay Kumar Singh
c. Nirmal Verma
d. Suresh Chand Mukul
(1) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

Defence Force
1. Chief of Integrated Defense Staff
2. Chief of Naval Staff
3. Chief of Army Staff
4. Chief of Air Staff
(2) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

(3) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4

(4) a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3

23. Which one of the following state is having maximum number of special economic zone (SEZ), notified under the SEZ
Act, 2005.
(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Karnataka

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24.

Match the following Brand to the Company.

Brand
a. Santoor
b. Margo
c. Camay
d. Hamam
(1) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3

25.

Company
1. Hindustan Unilever Limited
2. Wipro
3. Henkel
4. Proctor and Gamble
(2) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1

(3) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2

(4) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3

Match the Countries - Name of the parliament Currency

Country
a. Sweden
b. Japan
c. Poland
d. Israel

Name of the Parliament

i. Diet
ii. Riksdag
iii. Knessat
iv. Sejm

(1) a-iii-2, b-iv-1, c-i-4, d-ii-3

(3) a-iv-2, b-iii-1, c-ii-4, d-i-3

Currency
1. Yen
2. Zloty
3. Krona
4. New Shekkel
(2) a-ii-3, b-i-1, c-iv-4, d-iii-4
(4) a-ii-3, b-i-1, c-iii-4, d-iv-2

26.

Name the sports personality who is not an ambassador for the Common Wealth Games 2010.
(1) Samaresh Jung
(2) Sushil Kumar
(3) MC Mary Kom
(4) Tejeswini Sawant

27.

Match the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) in India and their position
CPSE
a. Steel Authority of India Limited
b. Gas Authority of India Limited
c. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
d. Hindustan Machines and Tools

Position
1. Mini Ratna Category I
2. Maharatna
3. Mini Ratna Category II
4. Navratna

(1) a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1

(3) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1

(2) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3

(4) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3

28.

Select the country that has maximum share in FDI equity inflow in India as on June 2010.
(1) Germany
(2) UAE
(3) France
(4) Netherland

29.

Which sector attracted minimum FDI equity Inflow in India in the year 2009 2010?
(1) Construction activities
(2) Housing and real estate
(3) Telecommunications
(4) Power

30.

Match the Indian TV Channel to its Owners/ Parent Company

TV Channel
a. CNBC
b. Times Now
c. Star News
d. Aaj Tak
(1) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1

Owner / Parent Company

1. Bennett, Coleman and Co.Ltd
2. Raghav Bahal
3. India Today Group
4. Anand Bazar Publication
(2) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3

(3) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1

(4) a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2

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In disguise
Open to bribery
sonorous; pompous (of writing)
a high priest of the Old Testament
hold one-self back from something
Persistence or stubbornness
Objective case of the first person pronoun
Tocheckorrejectwithasharprebukeorremark.
acombiningformmeaningequal. A mark of
standardisation

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Symbol of iron
A usually intellectual taste or liking
to change from one state to another
Prefix for two
a stock symbol used for a famous MNC
Nausea or vomiting
An international protector of human rights
Wandering; thorough; unmitigated (fool?)
toraiseorlift,especially
bysomemechanicalappliance:

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undisturbed or untouched
shamelessorbrazenlyimmodest

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tomake(aliving)orsupport(existence)laboriously
to badmouth or defame
Boredom
a glitch
chemical symbol of silver

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An expert or critic maybe

Theactofmakinganoffering,
especiallytoadeity.
an act of praising
Crafty or cunning
asphereofoperationorinfluence; scope
a adult female swine
chemical symbol of thorium

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Gadget Review

Lenovo Idea Tab

What comes to mind when you hum the name Lenovo? Rock solid, crash resistant, heavy on your hands and
shoulders, rugged build quality. The story may not have been true recently to stick to the competitive market,
Lenovo launched laptops under the 21k economy range, which dont do any justice to the brand name. The Idea Tab
are a different story altogether. They come in 3 avatars: A1000 (Rs. 8990/-), A2107 (Rs. 9975/-), and A3000 (Rs.
14995/-). Here we will deal with the biggest avatar and find out how at this price range Lenovo takes on the Samsung
Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (Rs. 17000/-), which has been a disappointment after the much successful Galaxy Tab 2. First
glance into the specs makes a decent impression considering the price tag. The most impressive point is that it
sports an ARM CORTEX A9 processor clocked at 1.2 GHZ, which means it will support multi-tasking without any
glitch. Supported by a PowerVR SGX531 GPU, originally used for Galaxy S first generation at 220MHZ, lesser than the
Nokia Lumia 820, it performs well on the ANTUTU benchmark while rendering arcade games like Dead Target. Though
it doesnt give the intricate details XOLO 900 gives, yet it is commendable. 1GB DDR2 RAM is well supported by a
16GB hard-coded Class 10 storage space made by Transcend (the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 gives only 8GB). Good that the
expandable storage goes up to 64 GB, yet it is wise not to use maximum memory.
The display is IPS LCD at 600x1024, 170 ppi, which is a bit low, but the viewing
angles are quite good. Sunlight sharpness is like all others and only an AMOLED
can give you under the sun sharpness. Running Jelly Bean 4.1, it can be upgraded
tom 4.2, though some distributors give you 4.2 ready box packs. The device is
backed by a 3500mAh battery that can deliver up to 7 hours of Web-browsing
and 336 hours of standby time, according to the company. It sports a 5megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front facing camera. The Lenovo
A3000 also has a SIM card slot and comes enabled with voice-calling. Yet, this
machine doesnt support external pen drives, which should have been included
in the pack. The Tab is heavy, signature Lenovo at 337gms, the build quality is
rock solid. Take my word, any day this machine is better than the Galaxy Tab 3. No point shelling another 2000/- on
the Tab 3. If your pocket is not pinching then my choice would be the Nexus 7.

Our Verdict

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Book Review

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (A Review : Rashi Ravi Ganguly)

For you a thousand times over... Heres a classic that makes one believe in the magic of
ever-afters set amidst the ruggedly beautiful Afghan valleys that quickly become striferidden and war-torn, The Kite Runner renders a poetic personal history of a shy, vulnerable
and imaginative young boy and his transformation and redemption in the face of unrelenting
hardships. Amir and Hassan are best friends, they are also Master Servant, but Hassan,
the indefatigable kite runner and protector of his unwitting half-brother Amir, suffers
brutally due to Amirs sudden cowardice one fateful afternoon, and thereafter is forced to
leave the home he grew up in due to Amirs vengeful guilt and competitive craving for his
own fathers love. Though Hassan leaves, Amirs guilt refuses to, even when he migrates to
America in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and it is only years later that he
gets to atone for his sins on a reluctant pilgrimage to his childhood home at the behest of a
revered kinsman and mentor. His journey, though full of hardships, ends in fulfilment.
Hosseini weaves a story fraught with the tenuous strands of relationships father-son,
mentor-student, master-servant, brother-friend, society-individual, culture/reality-ideals
and the insidious yet very visible impact they have on an individuals psyche. His language
is evocative and magical invoking pathos and beauty through a narrative that could well
have been grim for all the strife and sorrow strewn throughout. Yet the message one gleans at the end is one of hope,
regeneration and survival not of the fittest, but of the most self-aware, humble and introspective being. One who
is willing to do it over, to rebuild, regenerate, and be true to oneself a thousand times over...

Our Verdict

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slider controls, Adjustment results are displayed in real-time.
Cons: Does not provide a wide range of features, Photoshop.com online photos
can only be shared, not edited or saved to your device.
When you first open Photoshop Express, you have the option to use the camera
(on supported devices) or select a photo from your devices photo library for
editing. You can also choose to browse online photos on Photoshop.com. The top
toolbar is where all the action takes place. You get to crop, tweak image settings
(exposure, saturation, tint, and others), apply a soft focus effect, and finally, apply color effects and frames. Much
likeInstagram, Photoshop Express lets you apply full-image color effects to quickly get the look you want. The
effects are very heavy-handed, and there is no way to control their intensity. Theres a selection of seven effects in
all, ranging from vibrant to soft black-and-white, but they all lack the finesse usually associated with the
Photoshop brand. The good thing is that Photoshop express has only one Settings screen that gives you access to all
the editing functions without much searching. You can opt to directly share your photos over Facebook or Twitter or
you can create an account with Adobe and store photos there, like a Cloud Storage facility. Final verdict: this is quite
low grade and much inferior to Snapseed. If phone photo-editing is your fashion then you must look for other
alternatives.

Our Verdict :
Hopeless
Poor
Average
Very Good
Excellent

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Answer of Current Affairs Quotient

Answers
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2. c

3. b

4. c

5. a

6. b

7. b

8. a

9. d

10. c

11. c

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100. a

Answer of GK Paper of the month

Answers
Snap-2010
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