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1st November 2016:

1. Rules notified to impose the Real Estate Regulation Act that is to be fully implemented by April 2017

How much interest would the builders need to pay in case of delay? (10.9%)

Which UT has already set up a temporary regulatory authority of the kind? (Chandigarh)

2. Appointments of 10 judges cleared by the Centre and sent to the President for assent

The judges have been cleared for which two major High Courts? (Guwahati and Delhi)

Who is the Chief Justice of India? (T.S. Thakur)

3. Kerala Piravi Dinam a.k.a. Kerala Day celebrated across the state

Who is the governor of the state? (P. Sathasivam)

Name the others who also celebrate their statehood day on 1st November? (MP, Chattisgarh,

Karnataka, Haryana)

4. China unveils its deadliest beast at the country’s biggest air expo

Which aircraft publically made a debut? (Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter)

Which city in China is hosting the event? (Zhuhai, Southern China)

5. Chief Minister's Good Governance Associates (CMGGAs) programme shaking up the state bureaucracy

Which state’s CM has taken the initiative? (Haryana)

How many districts does Haryana have at present? (21)

Which three schemes were launched by the PM during the Golden Jublee celebrations? (Deen Dayal Jan

Awas Yojana', Automation of Fair Price Shops and Kerosene Free Haryana)

How many rural districts were declared ODF in Haryana on the occasion? (7)

6. India retains its numero uno status in the ICC Test rankings

Which Indian Spinner retains his top position as the best bowler? (R. Ashwin)

Which country stands second in the list? (Pakistan)

7. Kerala declared ODF: Third in the row

Which two states were declared ODF before Kerala? (Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh)

Who is the governor of Himachal Pradesh? (Acharya Dev Vrat)

8. PM Modi inaugurated Asia’s largest man-made jungle safari in Chhattisgarh

What is the name of the safari? (Nandanvan Zoo and Safari)

PM will launch which yojna to provide solar pumps to 51,000 farmers in the state? (Saur Sujala Yojana)

9. The ruling party of Andhra Pradesh launched a Yatra to highlight the welfare and developmental initiatives of

the government

What is its name? (Jana Chaitanya Yatra)

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Which is the ruling party of the state? (TDP; Telugu Desam Party)

10. A 995 acre Tea museum to be launched next month

Which state will launch it? (Kerala)

11. The additional deduction limit under NPS Rs. 50,000

It is covered under which act of section 80CCD? (Income-tax Act, 1961)

What is the minimum annual contribution limit to NPS (National Pension System)? (Rs 1000)

12. NSDA and NSDC chairman, S Ramadorai puts down his papers

Who is the Union Skill Development Minister? (Rajiv Pratap Rudy)

What is NSDA? (National Skill Development Agency, an autonomous body under the skill dvpt min)

13. Justice Mukul Mudgal gives up his entire fees from DDCA

Justice donated his entire fees from the India-South Africa series to? (Indian Paralympians)

The Mudgal committee was formulated to review which scandal? (IPL 2013 spot-fixing)

14. RBI sets up its 2nd Ombudsman office in New Delhi

The first ombudsman would have jurisdiction over? (Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir)

This is the ________ banking ombudsman in the country. (16th)

15. ATM manufacturer NCR Corporation bags the biggest order from SBI

How many new cash vending machines are to be installed by NCR? (7000)

What would the new ATMs be called? (SelfServ 22e ATMs)

2nd November 2016:

1. President Pranab Mukherjee on a three-day state visit to Nepal

Which UNESCO heritage site would be visited by the President? (Pashupatinath Temple)

Where is the Tribhuvan International Airport situated? (Kathmandu, Nepal)

2. MMTC to sell gold coins to the NRIs through the branches of the seven authorized banks

Which countries have been identified as the target markets? (South Africa, the UK, Middle East and

Singapore)

MMTC has an access to how many domestic bank branches? (383)

3. 16th Malom Massacre anniversary attended by Irom Sharmila

What was the Malom Massacre incident? (The military personnel gunned down 10 civilians in Imphal)

Irom Sharmila is fighting to repeal which Act from Manipur? (AFSPA)

4. Salaries of the Parliamentarians to rise by 100%

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Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament, is headed by? (BJP MP Yogi

Adityanath)

Governor’s salary from current Rs. 1.10 lakh is proposed to raised to? (Rs. 2.5 lakh)

5. Siruvani Dam construction to be stalled till it gets a nod from the Tamil Nadu Government

Where is the Siruvani Dam being contructed? (Siruvani river, Kerala)

For which project is the dam being constructed? (Attapadi Irrigation Scheme)

6. Social Media baron joins hands with the government for creation of more jobs

Which social media giant has signed an MoU with the GoI? (LinkedIn)

How many students till now have registered on their product ‘Placement’? (over two lakh students

registered for the product and there were over 1.2 million job applications)

7. Patanjali Food Park to get a mega industry status

Who will lay the foundation stone of the Patanjali Food Park? (Sarbananda Sonowal)

Where will the Rs. 1000 crore be opened? (Balipara, Assam)

8. ATMs in the country now to dispense Rs 100 notes

What % of the total ATMs in the country would do so? (10%)

This step is in line with which regulatory authorities’ directives? (RBI)

9. An Indian researcher awarded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

He is a student of National University of Singapore, who is he? (Shamik Chowdhury)

He along with 24 scholars was awarded for their____ ideas for sustainable development? (Green)

10. A scheme to provide legal assistance to deprived sections of the society at the grassroot level launched

What is the name of the scheme? (MASS; Madhubabu Aain Sahayata Sibir)

Which state has launched the same? (Odisha)

11. To curb black money a new amended act comes into effect

Which Act is it? {Benami Transactions (Prohibitions) Act, 2016}

What was the earlier version of this Act? {Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988}

12. Award winning author & illustrator who wrote children’s novel ‘Tuck Everlasting’ passed away

Who was he? (Natalie Babbitt)

She belongs to which country? (USA)

13. CRRC to build the world's fastest commercial train with a top speed of 600 km/hr

What is CRRC? (China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation)

Shanghai Maglev which is currently the fastest train can travel at _____?(430 km/hr)

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14. Minimum broadband speed doubled to 512 kbps from earlier 256 kbps

Which authority has fixed this speed limit? (TRAI)

Where is the HQ of TRAI? (New Delhi)

15. Standard & Poor’s maintained its ‘BBB-/A-3’ credit ratings for India with a stable outlook

What is the projected GDP growth by 2016? (7.9%)

Country’s CAD has been narrowed to what percent in 2016 as per the agency? (1.4%)

3rd November 2016

1. Saad al-Hariri appointed as the new PM of Lebabon

What is the capital of Lebanon? (Beirut)

What is the currency of Lebanon? (Pound)

2. I&B Ministry ordered a TV channel to show a blank screen for a day for revealing "sensitive information"

while covering the Pathankot attacks

Which news channel it is? (NDTV India)

Who is the Cabinet Minister for I&B? (Venkaiah Naidu)

3. Indian automotive major became the 4th largest carmaker in India overtaking Honda Cars

What is the name of this company? (Tata Motors)

Which company is on the top this month? (Maruti Suzuki)

4. GST council fixed a four-tier GST rate structure: Arun Jaitley

What are these rates? (5%, 12%, 18%, and 28% slabs)

There will be zero tax rate on which product i.e. used by common people? (Food grains)

5. Indian off-spinner appointed as the brand ambassador of a Small Finance Bank

What is the name of this player? (R. Ashwin)

What is the name of this SFB? (Equitas Micro Finance Private Limited)

6. 80 crore people covered under the National Food Security law: Ram Vilas Paswan

This law was implemented across the country from____? (1 Nov.)

How much would the scheme cost the government in subsidy? (Rs.1,40,000 crore annually)

7. WI opener became the 1st player in the Test history to remain not out in both innings of a Test

Who is he? (Kraigg Brathwaite)

8. Maharashtra became the 1st state in the country to have a cyber police station in all districts

How many cyber-crime labs will be set up by the state government? (41)

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9. IITs to get students from one of our neighboring countries

Name the country? (Nepal)

What is the title of the seminar in which President Pranab Mukherjee said this? (Nepal and India:

Exploring New Vistas)

10. Scheme launched for upgrading food testing labs

Who launched the scheme? (FSSAI)

What is the amount of the scheme? (Rs. 482 crore)

11. UPI joined by new banks

How many banks have newly joined the UPI? (5)

Name the public sector banks which newly joined? (State Bank of India, Allahabad Bank and Bank of

Baroda)

12. New mobile app launched by Yes Bank

What is the name of the app? (Yes Mobile 2.0)

Name the MD and CEO of Yes Bank? (Rana Kapoor)

13. Waste Management plants to be set up in all the mandis

Under which schemes will these plants be set up? (e-Nam Scheme)

How much money would be allotted by the ministry to these mandis to set up waste management

plants? (Rs. 10 lakh)

14. Indian Railways appointed its brand ambassador

Name the person (Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak)

4th November 2016:

1. A Bollywood actor named as the Indian ambassador for Switzerland Tourism

Who is he? (Ranveer Singh)

He will promote which campaign of Switzerland Tourism for 2017? (Nature wants you back)

2. Indian origin woman received the 'Businesswoman of the Year Award' in Australia

Who is she? (Uppma Virdi)

She is a lawyer by profession & founder of which start-up? (Chai Walli)

3. China unveiled its largest unmanned aerial vehicle

What is the name of the vehicle? (CH-5)

4. PMSA launched in New Delhi by JP Nadda

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What is it? (Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyaan)

The Pregnant women will be provided free health checkups on the ___ of every month.(9th)

5. Most advanced telescope of NASA completed after 20 years

What is its name? (JWST; James Webb Space Telescope)

Which is the currently operational telescope of NASA? (Hubble Space Telescope)

6. Indian Air Force landed its largest military transport aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh

What is the name of the aircraft? (C-17 Globemaster)

7. The session of COP7 hosted by government of India

What is COP? (Conference of Parties)

Which session of COP is this? (7th)

8. Honorary Doctorate for Pranab Mukherjee during his Nepal Visit

Which university had presented it? (Kathmandu University)

Who is the Prime Minister of Nepal? (Puspa Kamal Dahal)

9. Indian researcher gets the German Green Talent Award

Name the researcher (Shamik Chowdhury)

10. New appointment by the MEA as the ambassador Republic of Lebanon

Name the person? (Sanjiv Arora5th November 2016: 1. Indian women's hockey team won the Asian Champions Trophy title

India defeated which team in final? (China)

Where it was held? (Singapore)

2. Joint team of ITBP and IMF become the 1st to scale the base of the highest peak of Arunachal Pradesh

What is its name of the peak? (Mount Kangto)

What is ITBP & IMF? (Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Indian Mountaineering Foundation)

3. World Tsunami Awareness day observed today

What was the theme of the day this year? (Effective Education & Evacuation Drills)

Which arm of UN observes this day from Dec.2015? (UNGA)

4. A lecture series to be started by government to help students preparing for IIT

What is the name of the lecture series? (IIT-Pal)

Which IIT’s teachers have recorded 80% of the total lectures? (IIT Delhi)

5. Andhra Pradesh topped ‘Energy Efficiency Implementation Readiness’ list

Which organization released the report? (World Bank)

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What was the rank of India’s capital in the list among 10 states? (7th)

6. Google’s venture arm that invests in growth-stage companies has changed its name to 'CapitalG’

What was the older name? (Google Capital)

7. Tax Officials start receiving their respective training for the implementation of GST

How many tax officers to be trained during the process? (18 lakh)

What are the 4 tax slabs as per the new tax regime? (5%, 12%, 18% and 28%)

8. Turkey joins hands with India to fight against terrorism

What is the capital of Turkey? (Ankara)

Who is the president of Turkey? (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan)

9. India to host the WTO meet from November 7 to 12

Which country has opted out of the meet due to tensions? (Pakistan)

WTO ‘s ___________________________ to be held in India (International anti-tobacco conference)

10. PwC India gets a new chairman

Who has been appointed for the position? (Shyamal Mukherjee)

6th November 2016:

1. India’s 4th largest cement company in the making

Name the two companies which decided to merge for creating India’s 4th largest cement company?

(Dalmia Bharat and OCL India)

2. Business Optimism Index released

What is India’s position in the index? (2nd)

Who is at the top spot? (Indonesia)

3. The 1st international Agro biodiversity Congress inaugurated

Who inaugurated the congress? (Narendra Modi)

Where was it inaugurated? (Delhi)

4. Operation to provide free coaching to students launched in South Kashmir

Who launched it? (Indian Army)

What is the name of the Operation? (Operation School Chalo)

5. The 1st ever company to get the approval of the RBI for Debt Recast

Name the company? (Hindustan Construction Company)

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Under which scheme did the company get the approval? (Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets

(S4A))

6. After Saraswati another ancient lost river found

Name the river? (Chandrabhaga)

In which state has the same been found? (Odisha)

7. Andy Murray now World No 1 after his enthralling reach to the Paris Masters

He is associated with which sport? (Tennis)

Whom did he replace to reach the top spot? (Novak Djokovic)

8. A corridor that would connect two biggest oceans to be set up by two countries

Which two countries are working on the project? (Indian and Japan)

What would be the name of the corridor? (Pacific-Indian Ocean Corridor)

9. App-based taxi firms may find the going tough in Maharashtra

Which two firms would be affected by the same? (Ola and Uber)

Rules from which draft are being implemented in the state? (Maharashtra City Taxi Rules 2016)

10. India now number 2 on the Business Optimism Index

Which country bagged the top spot? (Indonesia)

Which country follows India in the list? (Phillipines)

7th November 2016:

1. IOCL ties up with a mobile wallet company for cashless payments

With which company has Indian Oil tied up? (Freecharge)

Cashless payments for what would be encouraged through the same? (LPG Cylinders)

2. British PM Theresa May arrives in India for her maiden visit to the country after assuming office

With India being the 5th largest investor in India, what is Britain’s position in terms of investors in India?

(3rd)

What facility has been provided for the businessmen? [easier visa regime and an access to the EU-EEA

(European Economic Area)]

3. The Kerala Government now favours entry of women of all ages to the sanctum sanctorum of the famous

Sabarimala Temple

In which state is the famous Sabarimala Temple situated? (Kerala)

This temple is located near which famous tiger reserve? (Periyar Tiger Reserve)

4. RBI gets a new executive director

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Name the new ex-director appointed (M Rajeshwar Rao)

He has also served as the banking ombudsman for which regional office of the RBI? (New Delhi)

5. Ministry of Defence clears massive defence proposals

Defence proposals worth how many crores have been cleared? (Rs. 82000 crore)

How many Tejas jets to be procured by the MoD? (83)

6. A former NASA scientist dies at 87

What is the name of the famous NASA scientist? (Kanu Ramdas Gandhi)

He was the grandson of? (Mahatma Gandhi)

7. New credit cards in partnership with Flipkart launched for online shoppers

Which bank has launched the cards? (Axis Bank)

By what name have the cards been launched? (Buzz Credit Cards)

8. CoP 22 to be held at Morocco

In which city would the same be held? (Marrakech)

What is the currency of Morocco? (Moroccan Dirham)

9. PM addressed a valedictory function organized at the Vigilance Awareness week

How much money has been saved through DBT? (Rs 36000 crore)

When was the Vigilance Awareness Week observed? (31st Oct- 5th Nov)

10. 17-time Grand Slam champion out of the top-10 of the ATP rankings for the first time since 2002

Who is he? (Roger Federer, 16th)

Who is on the top? (Andy Murray)

11. Oyo Rooms appointed a former Amazon executive as the company's CTO

He was also the former CTO of Hike Messenger, who is he? (Anil Goel)

Oyo Rooms has received Rs.635 crore in a funding round led by which bank last year? (SoftBank)

12. Indian wushu team won five medals in the eighth Sanda World Cup

What was the break-up of medals won by India? (4 Silver & 1 Bronze)

Where was this tournament held? (China's Xi'an)

13. A British retail bank halted online transactions as cash stolen from 20,000 customer accounts in a cyber attack

Which Bank is it? (Tesco Bank)

Where is the HQ of the Bank? (Edinburgh, UK)

14. National Cancer Awareness Day observed

When is the World Cancer Awareness Day observed? (4th February)

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128th birth anniversary of which Noble Laureate & Bharat Ratna awardee is celebrated on 7th Nov? (CV

Raman)

15. Sourabh Verma lost in the final of the Bitburger Open

He is related to which sport? (Badminton)

8th November, 2016

1. Everyone is saying it’s economy but its Modinomy; masterstroke by PM Modi

Name the chip which will be embedded on Rs. 2000 notes? (NGC Chip)

What is the deadline for those who will be unable to deposit 500 and 1000 notes to bank till 30th

December? (March 31, 2017)

2. 1st Joint Commission Meeting

The meeting is between which two countries? (India and Palestine)

Who will co-chair the meeting? (MJ Akbar)

3. Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography nominated for Crossword's Popular Choice Award

What is the name of the book? (Playing It My Way)

4. Kerala's private healthcare sector declared all its institutions tobacco smoke-free

Which Act’s ‘No Smoking' signages & measures to be adopted by private hospitals? (Indian Tobacco

Control Act)

Which Cricketer will take part in Kerala’s awareness mission against liquor and narcotic abuse? (Sachin

Tendulkar)

What is the name of this drive that will be launched on 20 Nov. in Thiruvananthapuram? (Vimukthi)

5. 19-year-old to become the youngest player to open for England in the upcoming Test match

Who is he? (Haseeb Hameed)

He will debut against India, where this match will be played? (Rajkot)

6. Indian-origin cab driver to be presented with 'Australian of the Year Award' on 25 Jan. 2017

He will be awarded in the '2017 Local-Hero' category, who is he? (Tejinder Pal Singh)

7. Water detected on the largest metallic asteroid in the Solar System

What is the name of this Asteroid? (Psyche)

8. Prime Minister Modi chairs meet of three services, reviews defence preparedness

Name the Air Force Vice-Chief Marshal who attended the meeting (Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa)

India’s NSA was also present in the meeting. Who is he? (Ajit Doval)

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9. President Pranab Mukherjee to throw open the biennial agri trade fair on 20th November

Where will the fair be organized? (Chandigarh)

What will be the theme this year? (Building Global Competitiveness)

10. Russia ready to improve relations with the US after elections

Who is the President of Russia? (Vladimir Putin)

9th November 2016:

1. Hillary trails, Donald Trump becomes the President of the US

Donal Trump would be the ____________ President of the US (45th)

Which political party does he belong to? (Republican)

2. Two Indian Women have been elected to the US House of Congress

Name the Attorney General of California who has been appointed at the Senate (Kamala Harris)

Who became the 1st Indian-American woman to be elected in the US house of representatives? (Pramila

Jayapal)

3. ICFNR set up in Noida

What is ICFNR? (Indian Council for Fertiliser and Nutrient Research)

Name the minister of Chemical and Fertiliser of India (Ananth Kumar)

4. NGUT scheme to be inaugurated soon

What is NGUT? (New Green Urban Transport Scheme)

Who is the Minister of Urban Development? (M. Venkaiah Naidu)

5. 1 crore free LPG connections under PMUY

What is PMUY? (Pradhan Mantri Ujwala Yojna)

6. New MD and CEO for CERSAI

Name the person (Praveen Kumar Sharma)

What is CERSAI? (Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India)

7. Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 announced

Who got the award? (Amitav Ghosh)

Name his book which won Sahitya Akademi Award and Ananda Puraskar? (The Shadow Lines)

8. First ever LNG powered bus of India launched

In which state was it launched? (Kerala)

Name the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas? (Dharmendra Pradhan)

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10th November, 2016

1. President of Israel on India’s visit

Name the President of Israel (Reuven Rivlin)

What is the currency of Israel? (Israeli new shekel)

2. PM Shri Narendra Modi on a 2 day Japan visit

PM Modi made a surprise stopover in which country? (Thailand)

Name the Late King to whom PM Modi paid respect in Thailand (King Bhumibol Adulyadej)

3. 10th November is observed as the World Science Day for Peace and Development

What is the theme of the year 2016? (Celebrating Science Centres and Science Museums)

4. Essel Finance all set to enter the mutual fund business by acquiring a mutual fund company

Name the company acquired by the Essel group? (Peerless Mutual Fund)

5. PMYY launched by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

What is PMYY? (Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana)

Who is the minister of state (IC) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship? (Rajiv Pratap Rudy)

6. Healthy India initiative magzine and a mobile app launched by JP Nadda

What is the name of the mobile app? (No More Tension mobile App)

What is the hindi name of the magazine? (Swastha Bharat-ek pehal)

11th November 2016

1. India and Japan ink the Civil Nuclear deal on the second day of the PM’s visit to Japan

Who is the Prime Minister of Japan? (Shinzo Abe)

Which naval exercise was held between the two countries? (Malabar)

2. Long queues and a little chaos continues after the demonetization move by the GoI

How many cash vans have been deployed to fulfill the cash needs at the ATMs? (8,800)

Deposits in the banks in just 2 days have surged to a whopping? (Rs. 60,000 crore)

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3. SBI to issue 13.63 crore shares to shareholders of associates, BMB

How many foreign offices does SBI have across 36 countries? (191)

Which entity wholly owns the BMB? (Government of India)

4. Country’s first banking robot makes a debut

By what name would the banking robot be known? (Lakshmi)

Where did it make its debut? (Chennai)

5. 7th world carom championship

Which women team won the gold medal? (India)

Name the Indian players who won gold in doubles event? (India's S Apoorwa and Kajol Kumari)

6. National record senior high jump broken

Name the player who breaks the record? (Tejaswin Shankar)

7. Under 8 world kickboxing championship

Which Indian won the gold medal? (Tajamul Islam)

She qualified in the championship by winning which championship? (2015 National Kickboxing

Championship in Delhi)

8. Shah Rukh Khan biography released

What is the name of the book? (SRK- 25 Years of a Life)

Who is the author of the book? (Samar Khan)

9. Myntra to open its first retail store

In which city would the store be opened? (Bengaluru)

Who is the CEO of Myntra? (Anantha Narayan)

10. Foundation stone of the North-Eastern Broad guage line laid by Hon Railway Minister

The new line would run between which two cities? (Bairabi and Sairang)

Aizwal is the capital of which state of India? (Mizoram)

12th November 2016:

1. Jan Dhan Accounts once dormant; now flushing with cash

How many Jan Dhan Accounts have been opened in the country so far? (25.45 crore)

What percent of the total accounts were zero balance before the demonetization announcement?

(23.37%)

2. Private cars to be pooled as taxis: NITI Ayog

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Which company approached the NHAI in relation to promoting ride shared along the Delhi-Gurgaon

highway? (Uber)

Name the Vice- Chairman of Niti Ayog? (Arvind Panagariya)

3. Sick PSUs identified for privatization by the NITI Ayog

Which PSU would be put on sale first? (Bharat Pumps and Compressors Ltd)

How much money would be raised through the sale of the sick units? (Rs 20, 500 crore)

4. International Hockey Federation gets the first Indian President

Name the president of the federation? (Narinder Batra)

He earlier was the president of? (Hockey India)

5. Maharshtra Government signed an MoU with Canada for investment on Smart City projects

What is the capital of Canada? (Toronto)

Which Canadian minister visited India? (Canadian Minister of Economic Development Navdeep Bains)

6. Elevated railway corridor to come up in Guwahati

This corridor runs between? (Kamakhya and New Guwahati)

Suresh Prabhu announced an investment of ________ for the Project? (Rs 5000 crore)

Which train has been flagged off? (Karimganj-Maishashan-Silchar passenger train)

7. APEC leader’s summit 2016 to be held in November

Where will the summit be held? (Lima)

Where is the HQ of APEC? (Singapore)

8. Mobile application for children launched in Maharashtra

What is the name of the application? (Chirag)

Who launched it? (Maharashtra State Child Rights Protection Commission)

9. Golden Peacock award 2016 conferred upon by the GoI

Which public sector undertaking won the award? (Steel Authority of India Ltd.)

13th November 2016:

1. SBI to calibrate its ATMs for 2000 Rupee notes

How many ATMs would be dedicated towards the same by Monday evening? (1000)

An ATM cassette or Rs 100 notes carries how many notes in general? (2500 notes)

2. Only 2% of India’s consumer transactions are cashless

Non cash transactions have grown by what % globally? (8.6%)

Which form of payment constitutes 2/3rd of the total cashless payment market? (Cards @ 65%)

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3. IRDAI questions the merger of two big insurance companies

Which two companies merged their operations recently? (Max India and HDFC Life)

What is the tagline of HDFC Life? (Sar Uthaa K Jiyo)

4. Aditi Ashok becomes the first woman to win the European Title

With which sport is she associated? (Golf)

Which city hosted the Hero Women’s Indian Open? (Gurgaon, Haryana)

5. PM addressed the people of three cities back to back after coming back from a 3-day visit to Japan:

Inaugurates an Electronic city project in Nuam, Goa

Which three cities did the PM visit? (Goa, Pune and Belgam)

The foundation stone of which new airport has been laid by the? (Mopa, Goa)

Where the 2020 Olympics would be held? (Tokyo, Japan)

6. The Global Citizen Award goes to an Indian-origin humanitarian

Name the person (Imtiaz Sooliman)

7. Sikkim to get the world’s highest skywalk

What is the name of the project? (Bhaleydhunga Skywalk Project)

Who laid the foundation stone? (Pawan Chamling)

8. Doordarshan to launch a new channel for northeast

What is the name of the channel? (DD Arunprabha)

The channel will focus primarily on which two states? (Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim)

9. The 6th annual joint training exercise between India and China

What is the name of the exercise? (Hand in Hand 2016)

Where will the exercise take place? (Pune)

10. New bilateral trade agreement signed between India and Bhutan

Which Indian minister had visited Bhutan for these? (Nirmala Sitharaman)

Who is the Minister for Economic Affairs, Bhutan who signed the agreement? (H.E. Tengye Lyonpo

Lekey Dorji)

The agreement has been signed to facilitate? (Trade, Commerce and Transit)

11. Doodle 4 Google' competition by Google India

Name the girl who won the competition? (Anvita Telang)

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14th November 2016:

1. FDI in the services sector sees an all time high between April and September

What is the contribution of the services sector in India’s GDP? (60%)

FDI forms what percent of the foreign investments in the country? (18%)

2. Bank Deposits cross Rs. 1.5 lakh crore in 5 days after the demonetization announcement

[Babulogy: Demonetization is the process to withdraw from use the national currency or devalue it. It is the act

of stripping a currency unit of its status as the legal tender. Demonetization is necessary whenever there is a

change of national currency. The old unit of currency must be retired and replaced with a new currency unit]

3. A public sector bank signs MoU with Army for salary account

Which bank signed the MoU? (Corporation Bank)

How much personal accident cover would be provided under the MoU? (Rs. 10 lakh)

4. One more financial services firm gets final RBI nod for small finance bank

Which firm got the approval? (Ujjivan Financial Services)

What % of the total number of branches should be in rural unbanked areas? (25%)

5. RBI forms a task force for the re-calibration of ATMs

Who would lead the task force? (SS Mundra)

The task force will have representation from various banks and ________? (NPCI)

6. Yes Bank appoints its new Head Global Indian Banking

Who has been appointed as the new Head? (Amresh Acharya)

Where is the HQ of Yes Bank? (Mumbai)

7. President of Israel on a 6-day visit to India: supports India on terror

Who is the President of Israel? (Reuven Rivlin)

What is the capital of Israel? (Jerusalem)

8. PM Modi addresses a rally in Ghazipur, UP

Where did the PM inaugurate a newly-built Perishable Cargo Centre? (Ghazipur Ghat)

The PM lay the foundation of a rail-road bridge over the Ganga that will connect? (Mau with Tadighat)

9. Class 10th Board exams to be compulsory now

From which year will the exam be made mandatory? (2017-18)

Which state board exams would become mandatory from the coming year? (5th and 8th)

10. World Diabetes Day observed on 14th November 2016

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What was the theme this year? (Eyes on Diabetes)

The day was founded in 1991 by? (WTO and International Diabetes Federation)

Which tall leader’s 127th birth anniversary was observed today? (Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru)

11. All transaction charges waived off on ATMs in the wake of demonetization

The charges have been waived off till? (30th December 2016)

Which type of ATMs has been set up in the country to fight cash crunch? (Micro-ATMs)

Notes of what denominations would be dispensed of the ATMs soon? (Rs 50 and Rs 20)

12. UNESCO’s world heritage site ‘Al Ain Oasis’ has been opened to public for the first time

Where is this Heritage site situated? (United Arab Emirates)

How many date palm trees have been found here? (1,47,000)

13. The Sino-Indian military exercise to kick start from 15th November 2016

What will the military exercise be called? (Hand In Hand 2016)

Which city will host the exercise? (Pune)

14. US launched clean energy projects with India

Projects worth how many dollars have been launched? ($ 95 million)

USD 75 million has been issued for a PV project in which state? (Andhra Pradesh)

15. NPCI waives switching fee for RuPay PoS transactions

NPCI MD and CEO is Mr.? (AO Hota)

How many PoS terminals are operative in the country at present (14 lakh)

15th November 2016:

1. Dudhwa National Park now open for the tourists in this tourist season

In which state is the National Park located? (Uttar Pradesh)

Who is the governor of UP? (Ram Naik)

2. Next Asian Championship Hockey to be held in 2018

Which country will host the tournament? (India)

Where was the 2016 Asian Hockey Championship held? (Kuantan, Malaysia)

3. All bankers at their best for fulfilling PM Modi’s dream

Name the fully owned subsidiary of RBI that prints currency? (Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran

Private Limited)

Name the Indian government owned corporation which produces currency notes, coins and other

government related documents? (Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited)

How many currency chests does the RBI currency management system have? (4075)

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How many small coins depot does the RBI currency management system have? (3746)

Which bank manages the highest number of currency chests? (SBI with 1965 chests)

4. MOU between Chemical and fertilizers ministry and Agriculture ministry

Why the MOU has been signed? (To market products developed by Agri-Scientists)

Where will the ministry keep the products? (Kisan Suvidha Kendra)

5. India soon to be in the core team of the World Bank

India will be in the core team of IDA of World bank, what is IDA? (International Development

Association)

Where is the HQ of World Bank? (Washington D.C.)

6. Navtej Sarna takes Charge

Who is he? (Indian ambassador to US)

7. Jharkhand celebrates its state formation day

Who is the governor of Jharkhand? (Draupadi Murmu)

8. RBI sets up Special Task Force for ATM

Who will be the head of the task force? (S.S. Mundra)

Why the task force is formed? (To dispense new currency notes form ATM)

9. 13 year old creates history by swimming 9.2 Km in 3 hours

Name the boy from Kerala who made this record? (Mritul)

10. Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar programme launched by a state government

Which CM launched the scheme? (Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar)

How many households would be covered under the scheme? (50 lakh households)

16th November 2016:

1. RBL Bank launches a mobile payment system

Which payment gateway has launched the same with RBL Bank? (Mastercard)

Name the mobile wallet that has been integrated with the Masterpass QR (OnGo digital wallet)

2. National Press Freedom Day observed on 16th Nov 2016

Who spoke at the commemoration day function? (PM Narendra Modi)

3. MSP for two important commodities increased by the GoI

What is the full form of MSP? (Minimum Support Price)

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By how did the price of the best quality pulses go up? (Rs. 550 per quintal)

[Babulogy: MSP is the minimum support price that the government provides to buy farmer’s produce]

4. Transactions above the stated limits now to be recorded and reported to the Tax Dept

What amount of deposits on a single day will be reported? (Rs 50,000)

All the deposits above Rs. ________ lakh would be reported to the Tax Dept (2.5)

5. Like theatres and ATMs, government now enables search of toilets through Google Maps

Which ministry partenered with Google Maps for the same? (Min of Urban Dvpt)

The ‘toilet-locator’ feature will be launched in? (Delhi-NCR regions)

6. Another book: ‘The legend of Lakshmi Prasad’ launched

Who is the author of this book? (Twinkle Khanna)

Which was the 1st book authored by the same author? (Mrs. Funnybones)

7. The second T20 CWC for the blind to start in January 2017

How many teams would be participating in the tournament? (9)

In which city would the final match be played? (Bengaluru)

8. VAT on e-payment transactions exempted in Chattisgarh to promote digital payments

Which state became the first state to pass a motion supporting note ban? (Chattisgarh)

Who is the CM of Chattisgarh? (Raman Singh)

9. Nine bills to be discussed in the parliament during the winter session

Which major bill would be taken up in the discussions? (The GST Bill)

Which bill would be withdrawn in this season? (The High Court’s (Alteration of Names) Bill)

10. Programme launched by Bihar CM to provide free electricity in the state

What is the name of the programme? (Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar)

Who is the governor of Bihar? (Ram Nath Kovind)

17th November 2016:

1. Bharti Airtel announced its merger with Axiata

Axiata is a company in which country? (Bangladesh)

Who is the head of Bharti Airtel? (Sunil Bharti Mittal)

2. Over ₹3,900 crore collected as Swachh Bharat Cess in 2015-16

How much % of the collected cess would go to the Urban Dvpt Min and the Water and Sanitation

Min respectively? (20% and 80% respectively)

SBC of what % has been imposed on all taxable services since the last year? (0.5%)

3. Indian Startups make way to to North America

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How many startups have been selected? (7)

4. Federal Bank joins hands with a payment company

Which wallet has it merged with? (Oxigen Wallet)

What services would be enabled through the same? (Digital wallet, payment of utility bills,

domestic money remmitance)

5. 2500 Petrol pumps to help the people get cash through card swipe at their PoS terminals

Which bank has enabled the operations? (SBI)

Who approached the FinMin with the proposal? (Dharmendra Pradhan)

6. As per a Citi Group report, India’s CAD to remain constant

The gold imports rose in the festive season to? ($ 3.5 bn)

What is the present CAD of India? ($ 10.8 bn)

[Babulogy: CAD; Current Account Deficit stands for the value of imports of goods / services / investment

incomes is greater than the value of exports. It is sometimes referred to as a trade deficit]

7. NADA bans an Indian sprinter for 8 years on failing the doping test during Rio Olympics

Who has been slapped with the ban? (Dharambir Singh)

What is NADA? (National Anti-Doping Agency)

8. Farmers in Punjab may get their land back after the verdict from the Supreme Court

Villages in which area are facing the heat of the dispute? (Satluj Yamuna Link canal)

How long is the disputed canal? (212 Km)

9. India’s central bank has formed a task force to deal with the issue of providing an exchange facility

to people in Nepal

This move was informed by Urjit Patel to which bank? (Nepal Rashtra Bank)

Rs. 500 and Rs 1000 notes worth Rs. ________ are in circulation in Nepal? (Rs 33.6 million)

10. Sweden to have a National digital currency in two years from now

What is the currency called? (e-Krona)

Which bank is the world’s oldest bank? (Riksbank)

11. 3 airports to be expanded in Karnataka

Name the airports (Belagavi, Hubballi & Mysuru airports)

Who is the MoS for Railways? (Jayant Sinha)

12. Microsoft signs an agreement with a southern state in India for digital services

Which state has signed the MoU? (Telangana)

Who is the governor of Telangana? (E.S.L. Narsimha)

13. Temple gets rich in after the GoI’s demonetization move

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Which temple received donations in notes of old denominations? (Siddhivinayak, Mumbai)

How much donation has been received by the temple after a 50% increase? (Rs 27.5 lakh)

14. Indian Women’s cricket team whitewashes West Indies

Where did the team win its third match of the ODI series? (Vijaywada)

15. 1 crore houses to be built in 3 years on: Narendra Singh Tomar

The Indira Awas Yojna would be restructured into? (PM Awaas Yojna-Gramin)

What is the deadline for the Housing for All Mission? (2022)

16. Great Indian Film and Literature Festival to be held on December 2nd 2016

Which city would host the event? (Gurugram, Haryana)

17. 56 year old NASA scientist: the oldest woman in space

Name the woman scientist (Peggy Whitson)

18. Saudi Arabia falls at spot 2 as India’s top oil supplier

Which country has surpassed Saudi Arabia? (Iran)

Who is the president of Iran? (Hassan Rouhani)

19. Arjun awardee Sarita Devi to open boxing academy in Imphal

Sarita Devi is associated with which sport? (Boxing)

Imphal is the capital of which state of India? (Manipur)

20. A centralised milk processing unit to be set up in Bengal

Which company to set up the unit? (Amul)

Where will the 7th such milk unit be established? (Sankrail food park, Howrah)

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