Post on 24-Mar-2020
1 | P a g e
IBPS Clerk Mains General Awareness
Capsule in PDF
Economy
1. Fifth Bimonthly monetary policy
Repo rate – 6%
Reverse repo rate - 5.75%
Marginal standing facility rate – 6.25%
Cash reserve ratio – 4%
Bank rate – 6.25%
Statutory liquidity ratio –20%
(Previously it was 19.5%)
2. In the latest Sovereign gold bond series, RBI has fixed purchased price at Rs
2945 per gram.
3. ‘You only Need One’- YONO, is an integrated platform launched State bank of
India.
4. India’s first micro insurance plan ‘Insurance Khata’ is launched in which insurer
can pay premium flexibly in parts with Rs 500 as the minimum premium.
5. Rs. 3 Crore penalty has been imposed by Reserve bank of India on Union bank
of India for violating KYC norms.
6. Asian development increased the funding of India from $2.7 billion to $4
billion. India become the largest receiver of Loan from ADB.
7. ICICI bank will provide financial assistance of 10 crore to Indian army.
8. To boost digital financial transaction in secure way Andhra Pradesh government
signed MoU with Mastercard.
9. According to Morgan Stanely report India will be the fastest growing economy
by 2026-27.
2 | P a g e
10. To commemorate the birth centenary of MS Subbulakshmi Reserve bank of
India introduced Rs 100 coins and Rs 5 coins.
11. For giving boost to power sector in India Asian Infrastructure bank and Asian
Development bank provide USD 100 million financial assistance.
12. According to Moody’s report Refining and Marketing - Asia India will cross
China and become fastest growing market of Petrol consumption in Asia.
13. In order to boost women, Chattisgarh government give loan to women and self
help group on the interest rates of 6.5 to 5 % under Saksham Yojana.
14. Rs. 2.11 Lakh crore has been allocated by cabinet for 2 years for the
recapitalization of public sector banks.
15. For filling GSTR-3B returns GSTN has launched an offline tool through which
taxpayer can fill the data.
16. In a step to improve risk management, Reserve bank of India made Lega Entity
identifier compulsory for companies. It is a 20 digit code which will keep the
track of financial transaction between parties.
17. Initial coin offering
18. Bajaj Allianz unveiled India’s First insurance cover for victims of cyber crime.
19. Bharat 22 an exchange traded fund launched by government and this will b
managed by ICICI prudential mutual fund.
20. Coinome is cryptocurrency exchange platform on which India offer trading of
Bitcoin and Bitcoin cash.
21. Yes bank and Denmark innovation centre signed an memorandum of
understanding for the assistance in financial technology innovation from
Denmark.
22. Paytm launched Inbox messaging service for its customer that enabled them to
chat and transfer money.
23. Yes bank and HDFC bank are the two private sector banks on which RBI
imposed penalty for violating the guidelines on Income recognition asset
classification and delay in reporting on information security of ATM’s of bank.
3 | P a g e
24. 1 rupee note completed hundred years in 2017. It was first issued on 30
November 1917.
25. Cabinet committee on economic affairs provided 10,000 crore Special banking
arrangement for payment of outstanding claims of fertilizer subsidy for year
2016-17.
26. SIDBI and AU small finance bank together launch Rs 200 cr fund that will
provide loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
27. RCom shut their services by 1st December 2017.
28. Asian Development bank approved USD 2 billion dollars for Andhra Pradesh’s
projects
29. Emirates NBD, United Arab Emirates bank opened branch in Mumbai, India.
30. Cleartrip has been named best mobile app for travel on Mobex award 2017.
31. Transcorp and yes bank launched a pre paid card service for transaction
purpose anywhere in country.
32. MuhPeTaala is an initiative by Axis bank and Mumbai police for the promotion
of safe banking.
33. ‘IndusInd Mobikwik’ is a co branded wallet launched by IndusInd.
34. Mobikwik in partnership in which IndusInd customers can pay through
Mobikwik account.
Growth Forecast of India Economy by Different
Organizations
Organization 2017-18 2018-19
International Monetary Fund 6.7% 7.4%
World Bank 7% 7.5%
Reserve Bank Of India 7% -
FICCI 7.4% -
Asian Development Bank 7% 7.5%
HSBC 7.1% -
4 | P a g e
CSO 7.1% -
NITI AAYOG 7% -
DBS 7% -
CRISIL 6.7% -
FITCH 6.9% -
UBS 6.6% -
NOMURA 7.1% -
NCAER 7.6% -
OECD 6.7% 7.2%
United Nation 7.3% 7.9%
International Events
1. BadRabbit is a ransomware which was observed in Russia recently.
2. ‘Feminism’ has been selected as the word of the year by Merriam-Webster.
3. World’s first floating wind farm started generating
4. New member to join International Solar Alliance – Guinea
Headquarter – Gurugram, Haryana
Capital – Conarky
Currency – Franc
5. Collin’s dictionary selected ‘Fake news’ as word of the year.
6. Suraksha, an offshore patrol vessel provided by Indian Navy has been
commissione by Srilanka.
7. Israel ease the norms of visa application for Indian tourists.
8. First budget of Lebanon passed by Lebanon parliament since 2005.
9. Kazakhstan’s name will be change to Qazaqstan.
10. Hwasong -15 an intercontinental ballistic missile is launched by North Korea.
11. Norway, the first country to switch on digital radio from frequency modulation.
12. Shibuya Mirai, world’s first artificial intelligence robot launched by Japan with
the assistance of Microsoft.
5 | P a g e
13. UberAir, flying taxis which will be the joint project of NASA and Uber.
14. Twitter increased the world limit in tweets from 140 to 280.
15. Mohammad VI – A an earth observatory satellite launched by Kazakhstan.
16. Seoul’s Jenny Kim crowned with Miss Supranational 2017 title.
17. United state of America will give USD 500,000 to the religious groups for
promotion of religious freedom in Sri lanka and India.
18. Typhoon Damrey, a cyclone hit Vietnam and caused serious damage to the life.
19. Youthquake is the word of the year 2017 declared by Oxford dictionary.
20. Air New Zealand bagged Airline of the year award for the fifth consecutive year.
21. China launched BeiDuo-3 Satellites for building a global positioning centre of its
own.
22. Facebook creator app is launched by facebook for creating video & live feature
23. Tesla’s first electric care manufacturing plan to be set outside the US is in
Shanghai, China.
24. With more than $1 billion of financial assistance from Asian infrastructure
development bank, India become the first country to get the help of such big
amount from the bank.
25. Saudi Arabia allowed women into sports stadium from 2018which was banned
since long.
26. Philippines banned the dengue vaccination program.
27. China announced three years punishment for disrespecting national anthem.
28. With the referendum, Catalonia get independent from Spain.
29. Tiankun, a giant ship of launched by China.
Agreement and MoU’s
1. India and Ethiopia -For promotion of trade and economic development.
Ethiopia
Capital - Addis Ababa
Currency - Birr
President - Mulatu Teshome
Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalegn
6 | P a g e
2. India and Armenia – On cooperation and mutual assistance in custom affairs.
Armenia
Capital – Yerevan
Currency – Dram
President – Serzh Sargsyan
Prime Minister – Karen Karapetyan
3. Assam and Singapore – For skilling the youth of Assam
Singapore
Capital – Singapore
Currency – Dollar
President – Halimah Yacob
Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong
4. Indiana (State in US) and Karnataka – Agreement on sister ties for cooperation
in the field of economy, cultural and education.
5. India and Italy – In the field of agriculture and phytosanitary issue.
Italy
Capital – Rome
Currency – Lira
President – Sergio Mattarella
Prime Minister – Paolo Gentiloni
6. India and Spain – agreement for the construction of Regional Rapid Transit
System
Spain
Capital – Madrid Currency – Euro
President – Carles Puigdemont
Prime Minister – Mariano Rajoy
7. India and Mozambique – On development of Rovuma gas discovery
Mozambique
Capital – Maputo
Currency – Mozambican Metical
President – Filipe Nyusi
7 | P a g e
8. India and Columbia – In the field of agriculture and fisheries.
Capital - Bogota
Capital – Peso
President – Juan Manuel Santos
Prime Minister – Stefan Lofven
National Events
1. Indra 2017 – Indo-Russia tri service exercise.
Theme: Preparation and conduct of operation by joint force for
suppression of international terror activity at the request of a host country
under UN mandate’
2. World’s highest Motorable road has been constructed in Ladakh region of
Jammu and Kashmir.
3. Brahmos air version anti shipping missile has been successfully tested by Indian
air force.
4. Sampriti-7 – India and Bangladesh
5. M C Mary Kom has been appointed as AIBA women’s Youth world
championship ambassador. The competition held in Guwahati.
6. The deadline for linking Aadhar mobile SIM is –February 2018
7. Sonepur cattle fair held at Bihar became the Asia’s biggest cattle fair.
8. Internet Quarter Master Package application launched by Indian army with the
help of TCS for automation of logistic function of army.
9. ERO- Net software launched by Rajasthan government through which voters
can register themselves on electoral rolls.
10. For the Protection of Olive riddle turtles Odisha government banned sea fishing
for 7 months.
11. IMBAX 2017 – Bilateral militeray exercise between India and Myanmar held in
Meghalaya.
12. India hosted first world food fair in New Delhi.
Union minister of food processing industry – Harsimrat Kaur Badal
8 | P a g e
13. Priyanka Chopra (97th) and ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar (92nd) have secured
place in World’s most powerful women list of Forbes. The list is topped by
German chancellor Angela Merkel.
14. Creating and sustaining markets for energy efficiency project is a project
launched by Energy efficiency services limited and Global Environment facility.
GEF (Global Environment Facility) – Washington
Chairperson – Naoko Ishii
15. The age of Subscribers for joining National payment system has been increased
from 60 years to 65 years.
16. NIRBHAY – a long range subsonic cruise missile developed by Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
17. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme duration has been expanded for pan India
from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with the corpus of Rs. 1132.5 crore.
18. Glide Bomb, a Smart Anti-Airfield weapon launched by Defence research and
Development Organisation and Indian air force form the Chandipur, Odisha.
19. ARPAN version 3.0 is a software for defence security corp documentationa
related stuffs developed by Tech Mahindra.
20. The rates for the incentives on the Merchandise export from India have been
increased from 2% to 4%.
21. ‘An Insignificant man’ is the documentary based on Delhi Chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal.
22. Assam government launched Deen Dayal Sahajya scheme for persons with
disabilities on the International day of person with disabilities. Under this
scheme Rs. 5000 will be given to the people for the treatment.
23. Mitra Shakti 2017 – 5th edition of India Srilanka joint exercise held in Pune.
24. Ajeya Warrior 2017 – A joint exercise between India and United Kingdom held
in Rajasthan.
25. India get its place in category B of International maritime organization after the
re-election.
26. SPARSH i.e. Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as
a Hobby, scheme launched by minister of communication Manoj Sinha for
9 | P a g e
School children. The amount given under the scholarship is Rs 500/- per
month.
27. INDRA 2017 – Joint exercise between India and Russia held in Russia.
28. For promotion of heritage and spiritual tourism projects central government has
allotted Rs 109 crore for Puducherry in ‘Swadesh Darshan scheme’.
29. Patanjali and Government of India signed Memorandum of Understanding of
Rs 10,000 crore during the world food India. In this event India made 918 Kg
Khichdi and set a Guinness world record. Odisha is the Focus state in world food
India 2017.
30. West Bengal passed green university bill 2017 to set up an environment
university in Hoogly district.
31. Namita Gokhale an eminent writer has been nominated for Centenary National
award for Literature.
32. Rs. 2302 crore has been allocated for the coastal berth scheme. The coastal
berth scheme is a flagship scheme of Sagarmala project. Total 8 districts will be
covered under this scheme.
33. Under the new rule, Farmers do not need to produce Permanent account
number on the sale of the production upto 2 lakh in a day.
34. Datally app launched by google for its users to track data usage and save data.
35. National crime records bureau published a report named ‘Crime in India -2016’.
36. The longest bridge was inaugurated in Assam which is dedicated to the singer
late Bhupen Hazarika.
37. An Aerospace park is been set up in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu.
38. DANX 2017 a defence exercise conducted on Andaman Nicobar Island.
39. FSSAI in collaboration with union ministry of food processing industries
launched Food regulatory portal for the food business.
40. Cleas sea -2017 an exercise conducted by Indian coast guard on Andaman
Nicobar Island.
41. Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme is launched to empower the rural
women for the duration of 2017-18 to 2019-20.
10 | P a g e
42. UMANG app is launched to make government services available to citizens on
the fingertips. UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance).
43. ‘Populism’ is selected as Cambridge’s word of the year 2017.
44. Chhattisgarh government banned use of firecrackers in selected districts of state
during the winter season.
45. Multi state mega mock Tsunami exercise conducted by National Disaster
management authority and Indian National centre for ocean information
services on the eastern coast.
46. A survey conducted by the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau in Kerala
titled ‘Diet and nutritional Status of Urban
Population in India and Prevalence of Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes
and Hyperlipidaemia in Urban Men and Women’.
47. Mukesh Ambani secured top position in the Forbes real time billionaire list.
48. Lifetime pension of rs 10,000 will be given to Hindi Satyagrahis by Haryana
Government.
49. A 14-day joint exercise was held between the armies of India and Kazakhstan in
Himachal Pradesh – Prabal Dostyk 2017
50. In a step to provide emergency care to the accident victims free of cost Kerala
government intitated a Trauma care scheme. It will provide free for 48 hours of
accident.
51. Andhra Pradesh’s Etikoppaka toys get GI Tag. These toys are made from wood
and natural dyes are used to colour this toys.
52. In order to strengthen the defence sector Union Defence ministry approved the
acquisition of 111 utility helicopter for Rs 2178 crore.
Union Defence Minister – Nirmala Sitharaman
53. MSME Samadhan a portal launched by Union minister of state Giriraj Singh. All
the cases related to delayed payment can be directly register on this portal.
54. Yes Bank signed an MoU with government for providing 1000 crore to food
processing projects.
55. FASTags will be integrated in all 4-wheeled vehicles that will be manufactured
on or after 1st December 2017.
11 | P a g e
56. Inter state council has been reconstituted and Prime minister will chair this
council with Six union ministers and chief minister of all states as its members.
57. Mumbai will be the first centre of Walmart India in any Indian city.
58. Balckbuck conservation reserve get approval from Uttar Pradesh government.
59. The duration of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) has been extended by
cabinet committee on economic affairs for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20
as Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and
Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR).
Events, Conferences and their Venues
1. Global club foot conference - New Delhi
2. 49th conference on society of nuclear medicine international conference
SNMICON – New Delhi
3. FIPSPHYSIOCON 2017 Conference on Human Physiology
4. Indian-US ocean dialogue – Goa
5. Vishwa Ved Sammelan – New Delhi
6. World Shotgun championship 2017 held in Moscow, Russia.
7. Commonwealth weightlifting championship 2017 – Gold Coast, Australia
8. G-20 summit – Hamburg, Germany
9. 4th Session of India - Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting – New Delhi
10. Women’s Asian cup of federation of International Basketball – Bengaluru
Women of India Organic Festival – New Delhi
15thBay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Kathmandu, Nepal
9th BRICS summit – Xiamen, China
BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and south Africa.
7th BRICS Trade 3rd Ministers meet – Shanghai, China
International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum summit –
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
11. 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Microsoft theatre, California (USA)
12 | P a g e
12. Shared value summit 2017 – New Delhi
Theme – Equity and Empowerment
36th Geological conference in 2020 will be host by – India
13. Shanghai cooperation summit 2017 – Russia
14. 6th Annual LNG producers consumer conference – Tokyo, Japan
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas – Dharmendra Pradhan
Japan -
Currency – Yen
Prime minister and President – Shinzo Abe
15. International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum summit – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
16. 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Microsoft theatre, California (USA)
17. National Sports Awards 2017 – Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
18. National safety awards (Mines) for 2013 and 2014 – Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi
19. 18th IIFA award – MetLife stadium, New Jersey, USA
20. 13th meeting of the India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental
Commission (IGC) – Astana Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan –
Currency - Kazakhstani tenge
President – Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime minister - Bakytzhan Sagintayev
21. 7th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Economic Ministers meeting – South Korea, attended
by Minister of Commerce and Industry – Suresh Prabhu
22. 4th Session of India - Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting – New Delhi
Tanzania –
Capital - Dodoms,
Currency - Tanzanian shilling
President – John Magufuli
Prime minister - Kassim Majaliwa
13 | P a g e
23. 21st world congress of Mental health – New Delhi
24. Consultative workshop on New National Policy on Biofuels & Pradhan Mantri
Jivan Yojana – New Delhi
25. 9th edition of CMS Vatavaran – New Delhi
Theme: Conservation 4 Water
26. Asian Cricket Council – Pakistan
27. Blue Flag 17 exercise – Israel
28. International conference on Ramayan Circuit and Mithila Awadh relations –
Nepal
29. 22nd meeting of small farmer’s Agri business consortium – New Delhi
30. 4th Meeting of India-US joint working group on Aircraft carrier technology co-
operation – India
31. Hindustan times leadership summit – New Delhi
32. Men’s hockey World league final – Odisha
33. Urban Mobility conference – Hyderabad
34. Sagar Kawach, a coastat security exercise – Goa
35. 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo 2017 – New Delhi
36. 2nd World congress on Marxism - China
Theme: Marxism and the current world and China
37. 8th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Manila, Philippines
38. 2nd India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Council – new Delhi
39. 10th Medical technology conference – New Delhi
40. 3rd Women of India Organic Festival – New Delhi
41. 15thBay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Kathmandu, Nepal
42. India-ASEAN Youth Summit – Bhopal, M.P.
43. 9th BRICS summit – Xiamen, China
BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and south Africa.
7th BRICS Trade Ministers meet – Shanghai, China
14 | P a g e
44. Heli-expo India and International Civil Helicopter conclave – New Delhi
45. World Youth Forum – Egypt
46. 14th SAARCLAW conference – Colombo, Srilanka
Theme – Emerging legal trends in SAARC countries
47. 7th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable – Bangkok
Theme – Global Energy markets in transition: From vision to action.
48. Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2017
Theme – A world in my book
Sports Events
1. Top Swiss player Martina Hingis announced retirement from tennis.
2. Shiv Kapur, golf player won Panasonic Open 2017.
3. Asia Cup 2017 - India defeated China by 5-4
4. Ankushita Boro named best boxer in the AIBA world youth women’s boxing
championship.
5. World Skill competition –
Venue – Abu Dhabi
Mohit Dudeja - Silver medal
Kiran – Bronze medal
6. Pakistan Footbaal federation has been suspended by FIFA for corruption and
malpractices.
7. Abhishek Verma clinched three medals – gold, silver and bronze in Asian
Archery championship
8. Selena Selvakumar bagged three gold medals in Egypt junior Table tennis
tournament.
9. Spain tennis player Rafael Nadal won men’s single title in China open tennis
tournament. Whereas Carolina Gracia from France won in women’s single
category.
10. Pankaj advani clinched the IBSF world snooker championship held at Qatar.
11. Shiva Keshvan bagged gold medal at Asian Luge championship 2017
15 | P a g e
Venue – Altenberg, Germany
12. Puducherry became the member of BCCI and allowed to be the part of Ranji
trophy 2018.
13. Johar Cup hockey tournament 2017
Venue – Malaysia
Winner – Australia
India’s Position – Third
14. FIFA men’s player award won by Cristiano Ronaldo and women’s award by
Lieke Martines
Venue – London
15. Srikanth Kidambi clinched men’s single title Denmark open Badminton title by
beating South Korea.
16. India is the winner of 22nd Asian Athletic championship. Held at Kalinga
stadium in Bhubaneswar.
17. Commonwealth chess title won by Grandmaster Abhijit Gupta in men’s category
and Swati ghate in women’s category.
18. Yo-yo test, is a mandatory test for the sportsperson. Under the new rules,
cricketers are need to pass Yo Yo test.
19. Achantha Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won bronze in men’s
double in Belgium open.
20. India bagged 146 medals in Asia Masters Athletics Championship with 37 golds.
Venue – China
Winner – China
21. Diya chitale won Silver in girls double category in the ITTF world cadet
challenge held in Suva.
22. Swiss player Roger Federer won men’s single title in Swiss Indoor Men’s tennis
2017.
23. England clinched FIFA U-17 World Cup by beating Spain.
Venue – India
24. Shaikhom mirabhai Chanu bagged gold medal at world weighlifting
championship held at Anaheim, USA
16 | P a g e
Index and Reports
Index/Report Released by India’s
rank
Topped
by
World talent report IMD 51 Switzerland
Passport Index Arton Capital 75th Singapore
Safe cities Index The Economist
Intelligence Unit
Delhi &
Mumbai –
43rd and 45th
Tokyo
Climate Change
Performance Index
(CCPI)
German watch 14th Sweden
Doing business report World bank
Headquarter –
Head –
CEO – Kristalina
Georgieva
100th New
Zealand
Global retail
development index
- 1st India
Global Financial
Centres Index
Yen Partners and the
China Development
Institute (CDI)
London
Gender Vulnerability
Index
Child rights organisation
‘Plan India’
--- Goa
Global TB report World Health
Organisation
1st India
Quality of Nationality
Index (QNI) Report
Henley & Partners –
Kochenov
101 Germany
Global Climate risk
Index
German watch 6th Haiti
17 | P a g e
Global Hunger Index International Food Policy
Research Institution
100th Belarus
Global
Competitiveness
Index (GCI)
World Economic Forum 40th Switzerland
Commitment to
Reducing Inequality
Index
Oxfam International 132nd Sweden
Global Human Capital
Report
World Economic Forum 103rd Norway
Global Cybersecurity
Index (GCI)
International
Telecommunication
Union (ITU)
23rd Singapore
International
Quarterly Business
Report (IBR)
Grant Thornton 7th Indonesia
Global Retirement
Index (GRI)
Natixis Global 43rd Norway
Melbourne Mercer
Global Pension Index
Australian Centre for
Financial Studies
28th Demark
Global Gender gap
Index 2017
World Economic Forum 108th Iceland
State Investment
Potential Index (N-
SIPI 2017) report
National Council of
Applied Economic
Research
- Gujarat
Sustainable
Development Goal
(SDG) Index 2017
Sustainable Development
Solutions Network
(SDSN)
116th Sweden
Women Entrepreneur
(WE) Cities
Index 2017
Dell Bengluru
(40th)
New York
(USA)
18 | P a g e
Awards
1. Jnanpith Award 2017 – Krishna Sobti (Hindi Literature)
2. Blue planet Prize – Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
3. Dun & Bradstreet – Everest Infra Awards 2017 – Tata Solar Power
4. Man Booker Prize 2017 – Gorge Saunders (US)
5. 30th Indira Gandhi Ward 2017 – Singer T M Krishna
6. Padma Prabha Puruskar – Prabha Verma
7. Ezhuthachan Puraskaram award 2017 – K Satchidanandan (For contribution
in Malayalam literature)
8. Vishnu das Bhave Award – Mohan Joshi
9. CII industrial Innovation Award 2017 – L&T technology service
10. Green Platinum Award – Govardhan Village of ISKCON in Palghar district,
Maharashtra
11. Kalakar Puraskar – Konkani Folk artist Gopal Gowda
12. Tata Literature live Lifetime achievement award 2017 – Girish Karnad
13. Certification of commendation to combat illegal wildlife trade – India’s
wildlife Crime Control Bureau
14. UN Equator Prize - NGO Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), pune
15. ANR National Award - S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali)
16. In 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence
17. Great immigrants annual award - Shantanu Narayen and Vivek Murthy
18. Awards 2016-17, Karnataka bank bagged best bank in small banks category
19. World Food Prize 2017 – Ar. Akinwumi Ayudeji
20. Pramod Mahajan Smriti award – Anupam Kher
21. Little miss world 2017 – Indian girl Poorvi G B
22. Annual Nansen Refugee Award - Zannah Mustapha
23. UN Equator Prize - NGO Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), pune
24. ANR National Award - S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali)
19 | P a g e
25. In 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17, Karnataka bank
bagged best bank in small banks category.
26. Bhupen Hazarika national Award - Assamese writer Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi
27. Right Livelihood award - Colin Gonsalves, Khadija Ismayilova,
Yetnebersh Nigussie and Robert Bilott
28. Nisha Dutt has been choosen for the Social Entrepreneur of the year award and
she became the first Indian women to won this award.
29. Odiya Poet Haraprasad Das has been honoured with kalinga literary award
2017.
30. UNESCO Prize for Girl’s and Women’s Education given by UNESCO to -
Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities
Centre in Greater Mekong Sub-Region
31. Nobel Prize –
Economics - Richard Thaler (US) for contribution in the field of
behavioural economic
Physics - Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S. Thorne for LIGO
detector and gravitational waves observation
Chemistry - Jacques Dubochet, Richard Henderson and Joachim Frank for
Crypto electron microscopic study
Medicine - Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for
diclovery of molecular mechanism to control circadian rhythm
Literature - Kazuo Ishiguro
Peace - International campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons
32. (DEPDC/GMS) in Thailand and Mini Academy of Science and Technology
(MaCTec Peru).
33. Sangita Kalanidhi award 2017 - Musician and Chitraveena Maestro N. Ravikiran
34. Grand Prix Award has been honoured to CM of Sikkim Pawan Chamling for the
innovative work in organic farming.
35. UNESCO Asia Pacific award for cultural heritage conservation programme – Sri
Ranganathaswamy temple, Tamil Nadu
20 | P a g e
36. American Bazar Philanthropy Award 2017 – Indian American Attorney Ajay
Raju
37. Manushi Chillar became the 54th Miss Indian world 2017 winner.
38. Global diversity award – Salman Khan
39. Annual Nansen Refugee Award - Zannah Mustapha
40. National Lata Mangeskar Award – Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan
41. Hridayanath Mangeskar Award – Javed Akhtar
Committees
Committee Headed by
Sub committee of financial stability and development
council
RBI governor
Urjit Patel
Committee to examine the subcategorization of other
Backward class
G Rohini
Committee on proposal of haj pilgrim’s subsidy and
allowing women travel alone in group of 4 without any
male
Afzal Amanullah
Reviewing the Section 66 of IT act 2015 T K Viswanathan
Committee to study and examine the problems of the
people living on border area of Jammu & Kashmir
Rina Mitra
Committee study the healthcare infrastructure on the ports
and how to upgrade them under PPP mode to provide
better health services
Ved Prakash
Committee setup to investigate the accident in NTPC
Unchahar Thermal Plant.
P.D. Siwal
Committee to examine relations between India and China
on the issues of rohingyas and Doklam conflict.
Shashi Tharoor
RBI constituted a committee to look after linking home
loan rates with RBI’s repo rate
Tarun ramadorai
21 | P a g e
Committee on the salary structure of judges of lower courts Former SC judge
PV Reddy
FRBM review committee NK Singh
40-member committee To select the movies for
international film festival at Goa a
Vivek Agnihotri
Study the feasibility of merging Maharashtra state
cooperative bank and financially weak districts (DCCB)
Yashwant Thorat
Committee to review the water resources in North Eastern
Region
Rajiv Kumar
Committee to look after the protection of personal data of
citizens and recommends methods to identify and study the
issues
Justice B N
Srikrishna
Committee on constitution of Group of Ministers for GST
composition scheme
Himanta Biswa
Sharma
21 member committee for the Recommendations on
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Uday Kotak
Recommendation on army reforms included redeployment
and restructuring posts of officers, soldiers and civilians in
Army.
Shekatkar
committee
For selection of editor in chief of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) A Surya Prakash
Personalities
1. Suresh Chukkapalli – honorary consul general in Hyderabad.
2. Anand Rajeswar Baiwar – executive director of Securities and Exchange board
of India (SEBI).
3. Neelamani N. Raju –First female Police chief of Karnataka.
4. Nasir Kamal – Additional Director General of BSF
5. Debjani Ghosh - first Female President of National Association of Software and
Services Companies (NASSCOM).
22 | P a g e
6. Shamsher Khan – Swimmer passed away
7. N Poonguzhali – First female senior deputy director general, Tamil Nadu
Department of telecommunication
8. Vettor Purushan – Malyalam Actor passed away
9. Chakravarthi AVPS - Global ambassador of World Packaging Organisation
(WPO).
10. Vikas Seth – CEO of Bharti AXA life insurance
11. Bipin Puri –Director general Armed Forces Medical Services
12. Saraswati tripathy – Freedom fighter passed away recently
13. Akshay Ruparelia – Youngest Millionair of UK
14. Sreerupa Mukherjee – Crickter passed away
15. Madhu Azad – first female Mayor of Gurgaon
16. Shubhangi Swaroop – First Female Pilot in Indian Navy
17. D K Saraf – Chairperson of Petrol and natural gas regulatory board
18. Anshu Prakash – Chief secretary of New Delhi
19. Shamika Ravi – Part time member of Economic advisory council
20. Sail S parekh – CEO and MD of Infosys
21. Jagmit singh – First non-white head of political party in Canada
22. Adarsh Shein – Former chief justice of India passed away recently
23. Quarraisha Abdool Karim – UNAIDS Special ambassadors for Adolescents and
HIV
24. Narendra Batra – President of Indian Olympic association
25. Sandeep Bhushan – Facebook India MD
26. Ashwin Kumar – chief secretary of Puducherry
27. Rajesh Vaishnav – India’s high commissioner to Malta
28. Dia Mirza – United Nations Environment’s goodwill ambassador for India.
29. Chief Election commissioner – Mr. Achal Kumar Jyoti
30. Jitesh singh deo – Peter England Mr. India
Books & Authors
23 | P a g e
Name of the Book Author
After Piketty: The agenda for
economics and inequality
Heather M. Boushey
Who me poor Gayatri Jayaraman
An ordinary life: A memoir nawazuddin Siddiqui and Rituparna
Chatterjee
Employment Growth and development;
Essays on changing world economy
Deepak Nayyar
I do what I Do Raghuram Rajan
The Glory of Patan KM Munshi
Marriage and its discontents; women,
Islam and the Law in India
Sylvia Vatuk
Political Violence in Ancient India Upinder Singh
The Ivory throne Manu S. Pillai (Won Youth award in English
language 2017)
Keeping India Safe: The dilemma of
Internal security
Vappala Balachandram
The Shershah of Kargil Deepak Surana
Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl Ram Kamal Mukherjee
No room for small dreams Shimon peres
30 seconds thriller K V Sridhar
Where India Goes Dian Coffey and Dean Spears
Moments of truth: My life with acting Rohan Taneja
The Emergency: Indian democracy’s
darkest hours
A Surya Prakash
Indira: India’s most powerful Prime
Minister
Sagarika Ghoshe
Durand curse: A line across the pathan
heart
Rajiv Dogra
24 | P a g e
The Golden House Salman Rushdie
The purveyors of destiny : A cultural
biography of Indian railways
Arup K Chatterjee
Writing Pakistan: Conversation on
Identity, Nationhood and Fiction
Mustaq Bilal
Gandhi against case Nishikant Kolge
Hit Refresh Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
The making of Legend Bindeshwari Pathak
Wild Child and other story Paro Anand (Winner of Children award in
English 2017)
The essential Ambedkar Bhalchandra Mungekar
The mavericks of Mussoorie M Ramachandran
The Bengals: A portrait of community Sudeep Chakravarti
The Nationalist Minhaj Merchant
E-book India 2017 yearbook Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi
India’s most fearless : True Stories of
modern Military heroes
Shiv Aroor
A coffee table book – A journey towards
self-reliance
Released by Nirmala Sitharaman
How India Sees the World: Kautilya to
the 21st Century
Shyam Saran
A to Z of Financial Management in
Autonomous Institutions
Rajat Bhargava and Deenanath Pathak
Dream nation : Uniting a country with
Handwritten Dreams
Saji Mathew and Jubie John
New wealth of Nations Surjit Bhalla
25 | P a g e
STATIC GK
State Capital Chief Minister
Governor National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary
Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati N. Chandra Babu Naidu
E.S.L. Narasimhan
National Park – o Sri Venkateshwar
National park
Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of
Pakistan
Hein G Kiessling
Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova
Journey of Women Law Reforms and
The Law Commission of India – Some
Insights
Pawan Sharma
A Republic in making: India in the
1950’s
Gyanesh Kudaisya
Doughnut Economics – Seven ways to
think like a 21st century economist
Kate Raworth
Demonetisation and black money C Rammanohar Reddy
Indian Railways: The weaving of
national tapestry
Bibek Debroy, Sanjay Chadha and Vidya
Krishnamurthi
Hope in a challenged democracy: an
Indian narrative
Ashwani Kumar
Indira Gandhi: a life in Nature Jairam naresh
The Exile: The flight of Osama Bin
Laden
Andrian Levy
From Chanakya to Modi: the evolution
of India’s foreign policy
Aparna Pande
Immortal India Amish Tripathi
26 | P a g e
o Papikonda National Park
Wildlife Sanctuary –
o Pulicat lake Bird sanctuary
o Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary
o Kolleru Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
o Corina Wildlife Sanctuary
Andaman and Nicobar
Port Blair National Park – o Mahatma Gandhi
National park
o Campbell bay
National park
o Middle button
island National
park
o Saddle peak
National park
o Campbell Bay
National Park
Wildlife Sanctuary o Barren Island
Wildlife Sanctuary o Paget Island
Wildlife Sanctuary o Ranger Island
Wildlife Sanctuary o Tilchang Island
Wildlife Sanctuary o Sir Huge Rose
Island WLS Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar Pema Khandu
Brigadier BD Mishra
National Park – o Namdapha
National park
o Mouling National
park
Wildlife Sanctuary –
27 | P a g e
o Dibang Wildlife
Sanctuary
o Sesa Orchid
Wildlife Sanctuary
o Pakhui Tiger
Reserve
Assam Dispur Sarabananda
Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi
National Park – o Orang NP o Manas National
park
o Dibru Saikhowa
National park
o Kaziranga
National park
Wildlife Sanctuary –
o Dipor Bill Wildlife
Sanctuary
o Sonai Rupai
Wildlife Sanctuary
o Pabitora Wildlife
Sanctuary
o Laokhowa
Wildlife Sanctuary
o Pabha Wildlife
Sanctuary
Bihar Patna Nitish
Kumar Satyapal Maik
National Park – o Valmiki National
Park Wildlife Sanctuary-
o Salim Ali Wildlife Sanctuary
o VikramShila Wildlife Sanctuary
o Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary
o Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctary
28 | P a g e
Goa Panaji Manohar Parrikar
National Park – o Mollem National
park
Chattisgarh Raipur Raman Singh
Balram Das Tandon
National Park – o Guru Ghasidas
National park
o Indiravati
National park
o Kanger ghati
National park
o Gormada reserve Wildlife Sanctuary –
o Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
o Bhairamgarh Wildlife Sanctuary
o Semarsot Wildlife Sanctuary
o Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary
Delhi New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal
Anil Baijal
Wildlife Sanctuary – o Indira
Priyadarshini Wildlife Sanctuary
Gujarat Gandhinagar
Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli
National Park – o Marine National
park
o Black buck
National park
o Gir forest
National park
Himachal Pradesh
Shimla Virbhadra Sigh
Acharya Dev Vrat
National Park – o Great Himalayan
National park
o Khirganga
National park
o Pin valley
National park
o
29 | P a g e
Jammu And Kashmir
Jammu (Winter) and Srinagar (Summmer)
Mehbuba Mufti Sayyed
Narendra Nath Vohra
National Park – o Dachigam
National park
o Kishtwar National
park
o Salim Ali National
park
Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar
Das Draupadi Murmu
National Park – o Betla National
park
o Kerala Thiruvana
nthapuram Pinnarayi Vijayan
P. Sathasivam
National Park – o Periyar NP o Anamudi shola
National park
o Eravikulam
National park
o Periyar National
park
o Mukurthi
National park
Karnataka Bangaluru Siddharamaiah
Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
National Park – o Bandipur NP
o Anshi NP
o Bannerghatta NP
o Kudremukh NP
o Nagarhole NP
o Mudumalai NP
o Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal Shivraj singh chouhan
Om Prakash Kohli
National Park – o Bandhavgarh
National park
o Madhav National
park
o Kanha tiger
reserve
o Panna National
park’
o Sanjay National
park
30 | P a g e
o Fossil National
park
o Van Vihar
National park
Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis
C. vidyasagar Rao
National Park – o Chandoli NP
Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh
Nazma Heptullah
National Park – o Keibul Lamjao
National park
Meghalaya Shillong Mukul
Sangma Ganga Prasad
National Park – o Balphakram
National park
o Nokrek National
park
Mizoram Aizwal Lal
Thanhawla Nirbhay Sharma
National Park –
Nagaland Kohima T.R.Zeliang Padmanabha Acharya
National Park –
Rajasthan Udaipur Vasundhara Raje
Kalyan Singh
National Park – o Keoladeo National
park
o Desert National
park
o Ranthambore
National park
o Odisa Bhubanesh
war Naveen Pattnaik
S. C. Jamir National Park – o Bhitarkanika NP o Simlipal National
park
Punjab Chandigarh
Amarinder Singh
V P Singh Badnore
Wildlife Sanctuary – o Abohar Wildlife
Sanctuary
o Harike Wildlife Sanctuary
o Jhajjar Bacholi
31 | P a g e
o Bir Moti Bagh Wildlife Sanctuary
o Bir Bhadson Wildlife Sanctuary
Sikkim Gangtok Pawan
Kumar Chamling
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
National Park – o Khangchendzonga
National park
Tamil Nadu Chennai Edappadi k. Palaniswami
Banwari lal Purohit
National Park – o Gulf of Mannar
Marine National
park
Telangana Hyderabad K
Chandrasekhar Rao
E. S. L. Narasimhan
National Park – o Kasu
Brahmananda
reddy National
park
o Mahavir harina
vanasthali
National park
Tripura Agartala Manik
Sarkar Tathagat Roy
National Park – o Bison National
park
o Clouded leopard
National park
Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow Yogi Adityanath
Ram Naik National Park – o Dudhwa National
park
o Valmiki National
park
Uttarakhand Dehradun Trivendra
singh Rawat Krishna kAnt Paul
National Park – o Jim corbett
National park
o Alley of flowers
National park
32 | P a g e
o Rajaji National
park
o Nanda devi
National park
o Gangotri National
park
West Bengal Kolkata Mamta
Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
National Park – o Gorumara NP o Buxa Tiger reserve
o Neora Valley
National park
Important Dates
Date Day Theme
SEPTEMBER
5th September Teacher’s day “Teaching in Freedom, Empowering
Teachers”
8th September International literacy
day
‘Literacy in a digital world’
14th September Hindi day -
13th September World First aid day -
15th September Engineer’s day 2017 year – 49th anniversary of
Engineer’s day and 156th Birth
anniversary of Sir M Visvesrayya.
15th September International day of
democracy
democracy and conflict prevention
16th September Ozone day -
33 | P a g e
21st September International day of
Peace
“Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and
Dignity for All.”
21 September World Alzheimer day -
25th September World Deaf day -
27th September World tourism day Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for
Development.
28th September World Rabies day Rabies: Zero by 30
29th September World heart day -
OCTOBER
2nd October International day of
non-violence
-
2nd October UN World habitat day Housing Policies: Affordable Homes
1st October UN International Day
of Older Persons
Stepping into the Future: Tapping the
Talents, Contributions and Participation
of Older Persons in Society
1st October World Vegetarian Day
2-8th October World wildlife week To promote the preservation of Fauna
4th October World animal welfare
day
Living in Harmony with our Wildlife to
ensure their Continued Survival
5th October World Teachers day Teaching in Freedom, Empowering
Teachers
9th October World post office day -
10th October World mental health
day
Mental health in the workplace
11th October International day for
the girl child
Empower girl: before, during and after
conflict
13th October International day for
disaster reduction
Home safe home: Reducing exposure,
reducing displacement.
14th October World Standards day Standards make cities smart
34 | P a g e
15th October UN World Students
Day
15th October International day for
rural women
Challenges and opportunities in climate
resilient agriculture for gender equality
and the empowerment of rural women
and girls
16th October World Food day Change the future of migration. Invest
in food security and rural development
17th October International day for
the eradication of
poverty
Answering the Call of October 17 to end
poverty: A path toward peaceful and
inclusive societies
20 October UN world Statistics day Better data, Better Lives
21st October Police Commemoration
day
24th October World polio day One day: one focus: ending polio
24th October United nations day -
27th October World day for
audiovisual Heritage
Discover, remember and share
31st October National Unity Day
(Rashtriya Ekta Diwas)
-
NOVEMBER
10th November World Science Day for
Peace and
Development
Science for Global Understanding
11th November National education day -
14th November Children’s day -
14th November Diabetes day Women and diabetes – Our right to a
healthy future
15th November Jharkhand Statehood
Day
35 | P a g e
10th November World science day for
peace and development
-
19th November National integration
day
-
19th November World Toilet Day Wastewater
20th November Universal children’s
day
#KidsTakeOver
21st November World fisheries day -
25th November International day for
Elimination of violence
against women
Leave no one behind: end violence
against women and girls
26th November National law day -
26th November Constitution day -
DECEMBER
1st December World AIDS Day My health My right
2nd December International day for
the abolition of slavery
-
4th December Indian Navy Day -
7th December Indian Armed Force
Flag Day
-
7th December International Civil
aviation Day
-
9th December International Day
against corruption
-
10th December Human Rights Day -
14th December National Energy
conservation day
-
18th December International
Migration day
-
23rd December Farmers Day -
36 | P a g e
Festivals of India
Hornbill festival – Nagaland
Tendu Leaf bonus festival – Chhattisgarh
Konark dance festival – Odisha
Kathakar international story tellers festival – New Delhi
Cherry Blossom festival – Meghalaya
Dang Darbar festival – Gujarat
Pinjore Heritage festival – Himachal Pradesh
Deccan Festival – Andhra Pradesh
Tulip festival – Jammu & Kashmir
Lokrang Festival – Madhya Pradesh
Banganga festival – Maharashtra
Serendipity arts festival – Goa
Joydev Kenduli Mela – West Bengal
Kampil fair – Uttar Pradesh
Goncha festival – Chattisgarh
29th December International
Biodiversity day
-
JANUARY
4th January International World
Braille day
-
9th January NRI day -
10th January World Laughter day -
12th January National Youth Day -
15th January Army day -
24th January National Girl Child Day -
25th January Tourism Day -
25th January National Voters day -
37 | P a g e
Kanthuri festival – Tamil Nadu
Guruvayur festival – Kerala
International Organisation and their
Headquarters
United Nation – New York
International atomic energy agency (IAEA) – Vienna, Austria
Economic Commission for Africa – Adis Ababa, Ethiopia
Economic and social commission for Western Asia – Amman, Jordan
Economic Commission for Europe – Geneva, Switzerland
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) –
Bangkok, Thailand
United Nations Centre for Human and Settlements (UNCHS) – New
York, USA
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - New York, USA
United Nations Industrial Development Organisations – Vienna,
Austria
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO) - France
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UCTAD) -
Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Development fund foe Women (UNFEM) - New York,
USA
United Nations Development Programme - New York, USA
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Nairobi Kenya
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Geneva,
Switzerland
United Nations Institute for training and research (UNITAR) - Geneva,
Switzerland
United Nations Poplation Fund (UNFPA) - New York, USA
38 | P a g e
World Food Programme – Rome, Italy
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) - Rome, Italy
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) – Montreal, Canada
International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) – Rome, Italy
International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva, Switzerland
International Maritime Organization (IMO) – London UK
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington DC
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Geneva, Switzerland
Universal Postal Union – Bern, Switzerland
World Health Organisation (WHO) - Geneva, Switzerland
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) - Geneva,
Switzerland
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) - Geneva, Switzerland
World trade organisation (WTO) - Geneva, Switzerland
International bank for reconstruction and Development (IBRD) –
Washington DC
International Development Association - Washington DC
International Finance Corporation (IFC) - Washington DC
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) - Washington DC
International Centre for Settlement of Investment disputes (ICSID) -
Washington DC
Actionaid – UK
Amnesty International – London UK
CARE International – Geneva, Switzerland
Human Rights Watch – New York
International committee on red cross - Geneva, Switzerland
Oxfam International – UK
The commonwealth of Independent states (ICIS) – Minsk, Belarus
Non-Aligned movement – Jakarta, Indonesia
South Asian Association for Regional cooperation – Kathmandu, Nepal
Asian Development bank (ADB) – Mandaluyong, Philippines
39 | P a g e
Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) – Jakarta, Indonesia
Colombo Plan – Colombo, Sri Lanka
European Economic community – Brussels, Belgium
International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) – Lyons, France
Arab League – Cairo
North Atlantic treaty organisation (NATO) – Brussels, Belgium
Organisations of Arab Petroleum Exporting countries (OAPEC) – Kuwait
Organisation for Economic co operation and development (OECD) –
Paris, France
Organisation of Islamic countries (OIC) – Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Organisation of Petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) – Vienna,
Austria
IMPORTANT DANCE FORMS OF STATES
Mohiniyattam – Kerala
Bharatnatyam – Tamil Nadu
Fugdi – Goa
Yakshgana – Karnataka
Dumhal - Jammu & Kashmir
Gaur Maria – Chhattisgarh
Kinauri Nati – Himachal Pradesh
Kalbelia – Rajasthan
Thang ta – Manipur
Phulpati, Maach – Madhya Pradesh
Giddha – Punjab
Munda – Jharkhand
Garba – Gujarat
Goti Pua, Chhau – Odisha
Jhumar, Phag– Haryana
Lavni – Maharashtra