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CURRENT ISSUES MATERIAL for APPSC (AE & AEE)
(1) Cycle Highway
Asia’s 1b+ cycle Highway inaugrated in
Up.
Runs between Agra to Etawah
It is around 207 kms
(2) Riyadh Mathew
Appointed as. New chairman of press
trust of India (PTI) on Oct 1st 2016
He succeeded Hormusji N Cama .
PTI was established in 1910 as
associate press of India
PTI Head quarter is at New Delhi and
is the largest news agency in India
(3) Fertilizer subsidy
Govt. has introduced DBT for fertilizer
subsidy on 30th Nov 2016
It introduced DBT for LPG earlier
This is different from LPG subsidy as it
use to be given directly to Beneficiaries
but under fertilized subsidy the subsidy
is given to fertilized manufacturing
companies.
(4) Lt General AK Bhatt
He has been appointed as “Director
General of Military operations”
famously called DGMO on 30th Nov
2016.
He succeeded Lt General Ranbir singh
DGMO and Ranbir sigh was in news for
conducting surgical attack at Pak .
(5). “Endemic vascular plants of India”
A book released by “Botanical survey of
India” recently gives information on
endemic plants in 29 stats
According to this book “Tamil Nadu”
was has topped the list of endemic
flowering plants in India with 410
species.
Followed by Kerala (357) and
Maharastra (278)
(6) Akodara village
In Gujarat has become the first digital
village of India.
It was adopted by ICICI in 2015
The village has almost 100% financial
rate and they know the process to do
Mobile banking.
(7) Sushil Chandra
Appointed as chairman for “Control
Board of Direct Taxes” (CBDT) on 1st
Nov 2016
He succeeded Rain singh Nair
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CBDT provides essential inputs for
policy and planning of direct taxes in
India.
IT is established through “Central Board
of Revenue Act, 1963”
(8). Agriculture Marketing and farmer friendly
Reform Index.
Give by NITI Aayog , started in 2016-
12-07
It is on initiatives taken by the states in
implementing farm sector reforms.
Maharastra has been raked 1st in the
country
(1) Maharastra
(2) Gujarat
(3) Rajasthan
(7) Andhra Pradesh
(9) Telangana
(29) Jammu & Kashmir
(9) Ease of Doing Business :(CDE)
. EDB Reforms Ranking 2015-16 is
conducted by “Department of
Industrial policy and promotion” and
the “World Bank”
It bank all the states in India on
proposed 340 point Business Report m
Action plan in period between July
2015 to June 2016
These 340 are divided in to
6 categories
(i) Tax Reforms
(ii) single Window system
(iii) Environment and labour Reforms
(iv) construction permits
(v) commercial disputes.
(vi) Inspection Reforms
Ranking (2016) (2015)
1 AP (98.78) 2
1 TG (98.78 13
3 GUJ (98.21) 1
4 CHA (97.32) 4
(10) Surya kiran
It is the Joint Indo-Nepal Military
exercise
Held at Army Battle school, Nepal.
It is the 10th edition and 2016 emphasis
is on counter terrorism in Mountainous
terrain.
(11) Global Youth Development Index
2016 GYDI is given by common
wealth secretariat.
It Measures countries prospects for
yang people in Employment,
Education, Heath , Civic and political
spheres
Out of 183 , India ranked 133.
(1) Denmark
(2) Australia
(3) Switzerland
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(12) ICT perspective to education and learning
International forum is held in New Delhi
organised by International Bureau of
education. UNESCO.
(13) Sauer Sujala YoJana
Launched on Nov 1st 2016 to provide
solar powered irrigation pumps to
farmers at subsidised rates.
It was launched 1st in Chhattisgarh.
(14) Bindheswar pathak
Founder of sulad International was
appointed as brand Ambassador for
“swachh Rail Mission” by min of
Railways.
(15) Rekha –Awarded Dubai International Film
Festival life time Achievement Award
(16) Titanium project
India’s 1st titanium project has been
started in odisha.
Production unit is owned by saraf
Group
(17) Cyber police stations
Maharastra become 1st state to launch it
in each district to tackle cyber crimes.
(18) Energy Efficiency Implementation
Readiness
In a study report titled “India’s stated
level energy efficiency implementation
Readiness” by
World Bank . Ap has topped with overall
ranking /score of 42.01 followed by
Rajasthan and Karnataka
Ap achieved 1st as it saved 1500
Millions units i.e 65 mw ub twi years
through use of LED lightning.
(19) World Tsunami Awareness day:
1st WTAD was observed on 5th Nov
2016
Theme “effective education and
evacuation Drills”
(20) SAMPRITI 2016
It is the Joint Military exercise b/w India
and Bangladesh.
2016 exercise was held @ Dhaka.
Emphasis was on counter Insurgency.
Terrorism and environment.
(21) PM surakshit Matritva Abhiyan.
Announced by PM on 4th Nov 2016 this
scheme will provide free health ups to
pregnant women @ govt health centres
and hospitals.
Launched by min for health and family
welfare JP Nadda .
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(22) Patriotic 2016
Going to be held @ New Delhi on Dec
5th 2016
Them “Hydrocarbons to fuel the future
choices and challenges”
(23) World science Day
Nov 10th is celebrated as WSD to raise
awareness of benefits of science in over
daily life
Started in 2001 by UNESCO.
Them “celebration science centres and
science Museums”
(24) Golden peacock Award 2016
SAIL has won this award for corporate
governance
SAIL is the 24th largest steel produces in
the world
This award is instituted by “Institute of
directors”(10D) in 1991.
(25) Banking Robot “Lakshmi”
India’s 1st banking robot was launched
by city union bank (CVB) in Chennai,
TN named “Lakshmi”
It is the 1st an site humanoid robot in
India powered with Artificial
Intelligence.
(26) Meng Hongwei:
Form china is newly eluted president of
“INTERPOL”
He succeeded mireille Ballen.
Interpol was esta in the year 1923 HQ@
LYON, FRANCE.
(27) Hand in hand 2016
It is the India china Joint training
Exera’se started in pune , MH.
The aim is to share the expertise in drills
and practices while taking terrorism.
(28) Justice Js Khehar:
Appointed 44th CJI of India succeeded
IS Thakur.
His term starts from 4thJan 2017.
(29) Konkan 2016
It is joint maritime exercise b/w India
and Uk started in Mumbai, MH.
(30) Hailakandi
It is the 1st district in Assam to pay
cashless transactions wages,
To tea garden workers.
(31) World Ayurveda congress
7th WAC was held @ science city in
Kolkata, WB.
Theme “strengthening the ayurveda
Ecosystem”
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(32) Fishing cat
Recently fishing cat was sighted in
Gilalakalandi harbona near
Machililpatnam , Ap.
It is the state animal of WB.
(33) Fin tech cooperation Agreement:
fin tech for financial technologies and
AP an 27th Oct 2016 has signed an
agreement with monetary authority of
Singapore (MAS) to promote innovative
financial services in their respective
markets.
(34) India international seafoocl show
Conference on seafood show for Indian
fishing industry was held at
vishakapatnam.
In was held on 23rd sep, 2016.
(35) Smart water distribution Monitoring web
portal
. AP has launched this on Nov 23rd 2016
which will enable the people to track the
starts of drinking water in the nearly water
tanks.
(36) Gollagudem village
A 5 mw solar power plant was started in
Gollagudem village WG on 21st Nov
2016
India’s 1st solar park was started in
Ananthapur with 250MW capacity in
2016.
(37) Hornbill Festival
It is began in Naga Heritage village of
“Kisama” Nagaland.
It is observed every year on Dec 1st
It is also called Festival of festivals in
Nagaland
(38) Vittiya saksharata Abhiyan
Launched by HRD Ministry an Dec1st
2016 to aware people on cashless
economic system.
(39) International Day for eliminating violence
against women
Observed on 25th Nov every year to raise
awareness about valance against women
girls
2016 them “ orange the world raise
funds to raise violence against women”
(40) DGP’S conference
1st DGP conference was held @
Hyderabad an 27th Nov 2016
The conference focused on cross border
terrorism. Infiltration.
(41) CH0 Award
Kolkata has been awarded ch0 award for
best solid waste Management improve
med project 2016.
This award Recogniser the best and
boldest work being done by mayors to
fight climate change
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(42) Urban Mobility India Conference
started on Nov8th at Gandhi Nagar ,
GUJ by min of urban development and
GUJ govt
Theme “planning Mobility for city’s
development “
SOCIAL SECTOR SCHEMES
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Launched: 28th August 2014
Main Objective: Financial inclusion and access
to financial services for all households in the
country.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is a
national mission to bring comprehensive financial
inclusion of all the households in the country.
Under the PMJDY, any individual above the age
of 10 years and does not ave a bank account can
open a bank account without depositing any
money.
The scheme was to ensure the access to
financial services such as banking / savings &
deposit Accounts, remittance, credit, debit cards,
insurance and pension in affordable manner. The
scheme was mostly targeted to the people
belonging to the Below Poverty Line but is
beneficial to everyone who does not have a bank
account.
Jan Dhan Yojana has seen a great success,
about 21 Crore accounts have been opened in just
about one and half year under the scheme. Out of
the total 12.87 crore in rural area and 8.13 Crore
accounts have been opened in urban areas.
Despite of zero minimum balance, there is
33074.89 crore rupees balance in these accounts
with 28.88% accounts opened with zero balance.
Official Website: http://www.pmjdy.gov.in
Pradhan Mantri Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
(PMSSY)
Launched: 22th Jan 2015
Main Objective: Secure the future of girl child
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is an ambitious small
deposit savings scheme for a girl child. Under the
scheme, a saving account can be opened in the
name of girl child and deposits can be made for
14 years. After the girl reach 18 years of age, she
can withdraw 50% of the amount for marriage or
higher study purposes.
After the girl completes 21 years of age, the
maturity amount can be withdrawn including the
interest at rates decided by Government every
year.
The investments and returns are exempt from
section 80C of Indian income tax act. The
maximum investment of Rs. 1.5 Lakh per year
can be made while minimum deposit is Rs. 1000/-
per year.
In case of more than one girl child, parents
can open another account on the different name
but only for 2 girl child. Only exception is that
the parents have twins and another girl child.
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Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)
Launched: 8th Apr 2015
Main Objective: Financial support for growth of
micro enterprises sector.
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units
Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana was
launched with the purpose to provide funding to
the non-corporate small business sector. Pradhan
Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is open and is
available from all Bank branches across the
country.
The small businesses/startups or
entrepreneurs can avail loans from Rs. 50
thousand to 10 Lakh to start/grow their business
under the three, Shishu, Kishore and Tarun
categories of the scheme.
As per the official website of PMMY,
27344053 number of loans have been sanctioned
under the scheme till 26 February 2016. The
amount sanctioned has reached more than Rs. 1
Lakh Crore.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
(PMJJBY)
Launched: 9th May 2015
Main Objective: Provide life insurance cover to
all Indian citizens
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana is
a government backed life insurance scheme in
India aimed at increasing the penetration of life
insurance cover in India. The scheme is open and
available to all Indian citizens between the age of
18 to 50 years.
Under the scheme, the policy holder can get a
life insurance cover of Rs. 2 Lakh with an annual
premium of just Rs. 330 excluding service tax.
All the Indian citizens between 18-50 years of
age with a saving bank account are eligible to
avail the scheme.
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
Launched: 9th May 2015
Main Objective: Provide accidental insurance
cover to all Indian citizens
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is
also a government backed accident insurance
scheme in India aimed at increasing the
penetration of accidental insurance cover in India.
The scheme is open and available to all Indian
citizens between the age of 18 to 70 years.
Under the scheme, the policy holder can get a
life insurance cover of Rs. 2 Lakh with an annual
premium of just Rs. 12 excluding service tax. All
the Indian citizens between 18-70 years of age
with a saving bank account are eligible to avail
the scheme.
Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
Launched: 9th May 2015
Main Objective: Increase the number of people
covered under any kind of pension scheme.
Atal Pension Yojana is one of the three Jan
Suraksha schemes launched by PM Narendra
Modi. APY is aimed at increasing the number of
pension scheme beneficiaries across the country.
The scheme is especially targeted to the
private unorganized sector and is open to all
Indian citizens between the age of 18 to 40 years.
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Under the scheme, the beneficiary have to make
contribution for at least 20 years before he/she
can get pension after attaining age of 60 years.
The scheme provides a monthly pension of Rs
1000 to Rs. 5000 per month based on the
contribution amount.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)
Launched: 25th June 2015
Main Objective: Achieve housing for all by the
year 2022, 2 crore in Urban and 3 Crore homes in
Rural areas.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is an ambitious
scheme of Narendra Modi Government. Under
the PMAY, the government aims to provide about
5 Crore affordable homes to the people belonging
to EWS and LIG categories by the year 2022.
There is a target of building 2 crore homes in
urban area and 3 crore in rural areas across the
country.
Under the scheme, the government will
provide financial assistance to the poor home
buyers, interest subsidy on home loan and direct
subsidy on homes bought under the scheme.
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)
Launched: 11th Oct 2014
Main Objective: Social, cultural, economic,
infrastructure developments in the villages, i.e.
development of model villages called “Adarsh
Gram”
Under the Yojana, Members of Parliament
(MPs) will be responsible for developing the
socio-economic and physical infrastructure of
three villages each by 2019, and a total of eight
villages each by 2024.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Launched: 11th OCT 2014
Main Objective: Provide insurance cover to rabi
and kharif crops and financial support to farmers
in case of damage of crops.
In order to make crop insurance simpler and
cheaper for the farmers and to provide them with
better insurance services, a Central Sector
Scheme of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
(PMFSY) was launched by the Government of
India replacing NAIS and MNAIS.
Under the new scheme, farmers will have to
pay a uniform premium of two per cent for all
kharif crops and 1.5 per cent for all rabi crops.
The scheme will be implemented from the kharif
season this year, i.e. 2016.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana
(PMGSY)
Launched: 01th July 2015
Main Objective: Irrigating the field of every
farmer and improving water use efficiency to
provide `Per Drop More Crop’.
The scheme is aimed to attract investments in
irrigation system at field level, develop and
expand cultivable land in the country, enhance
ranch water use in order to minimize wastage of
water, enhance crop per drop by implementing
water-saving technologies and precision
irrigation.
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All the States and Union Territories
including North Eastern States are covered under
the programme.
The government has approved Rs.50,000
crore for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri
Krishi Sinchai Yojana for next 5 years, i.e. up to
2020.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojanaye
(PMGKY)
Launched: Apr 2015
Main Objective: Implement the pro-poor welfare
schemes in more effective way and reaches out to
more poor population across the country.
Garib Kalyan Yojana is a Poverty Alleviation
Scheme, which is primarily a work shop that you
can pay and attend. The effort of the campaign
and workshop is to motive and appraise the
member of parliaments to help them effectively
implement the government run schemes for the
welfare of poor in the country.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana
(PMJAY)
Launched: 25th March 2016
Main Objective: Provides drugs/medicines at
affordable cost across the country.
The scheme is a new version of earlier Jan
Aushadhi Yojana, to be renamed as Pradhan
Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana, the scheme aims to
open 3000 Jan Aushadhi stores to sell drugs at
affordable cost.
Under the scheme, over 500 medicines will
be sold through Jan Aushadhi stores at price less
than the market price. Private hospitals, NGO’s,
and other social groups are eligible to open the
Jan Aushadhi stores with a onetime assistance of
Rs. 2.5 Lakh from the central Government.
Make in India
Launched: 25th Sep 2014
Main Objective: To encourage multi-national, as
well as domestic companies to manufacture their
products in India and create jobs and skill
enhancement in 25 sectors.
The major objective behind the initiative is
to focus on job creation and skill enhancement in
25 sectors of the economy. The initiative also
aims at high quality standards and minimising the
impact on the environment. The initiative hopes
to attract capital and technological investment in
India.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Launched: 2nd Oct 2014
Main Objective: To fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s
dream of a clean and hygienic India.
Swachh Bharat Mission is being
implemented by the Ministry of Urban
Development (M/o UD) and by the Ministry of
Drinking Water and Sanitation (M/o DWS) for
urban and rural areas respectively.
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Kisan Vikas Patra Launched: 3rd March 2015
Main Objective: To provide safe and secure
investment avenues to the small investors.
Kisan Vikas Patra is an investment scheme
wherein the invested money will get doubled in 8
years and 4 months. However, investors would
not get any tax benefit for their investment in
Kisan Vikas Patra unlike in PPF. The Kisan
Vikas Patra certificates would be available in the
denominations of Rs 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 and
50,000 and there is no upper limit on investment
in KVPs.
Soil Health Card Scheme
Launched: 17th Feb 2015
Main Objective: To help farmers to improve
productivity from their farms by letting them
know about nutrient/fertilizer requirements for
their farms.
The soil health card studies and reviews the
health of soil or rather we can say a complete
evaluation of the quality of soil right from its
functional characteristics, to water and nutrients
content and other biological properties. It will
also contain corrective measures that a farmer
should adopt to obtain a better yield.
Digital India Launched: 1st July 2015
Main Objective: To deliver Government services
to citizens electronically by improving online
infrastructure and by increasing Internet
connectivity.
The Digital India programme is a flagship
programme of the Government of India with a
vision to transform India into a digitally
empowered society and knowledge economy. The
vision of Digital India programme is to transform
India into a digitally empowered society and
knowledge economy.
Skill India Launched: 16th July 2015
Main Objective: Train over 40 crore people in
India in different skills by 2022.
The main goal of Skill India Program is to
create opportunities, space and scope for the
development of talents of the Indian youth. The
scheme also targeted to identify new sectors for
skill development and develop more of those
sectors which have already been put under skill
development for the last so many years.
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana
Launched: 22th Jan 2015
Main Objective: To generate awareness and
improving the efficiency of welfare services
meant for women.
The scheme is to have as focussed
intervention and multi-section action in almost
100 districts with low Child Sex Ratio (CSR).
Mission Indradhanush
Launched: 25th DEC 2014
Main Objective: To immunize all children as
well as pregnant women against seven vaccine
preventable diseases namely diphtheria,
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whooping cough (Pertussis), tetanus, polio,
tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B by 2020.
The aim of Mission Indradhanush is to
achieve full immunization in 352 districts which
includes 279 mid priority districts, 33 districts
from the North East states and 40 districts from
phase one where huge number of missed out
children were detected.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
(DDUGJY)
Launched: 25th July 2015
Main Objective: Electric supply feeder
separation (rural households & agricultural) and
strengthening of sub-transmission & distribution
infrastructure including metering at all levels in
rural areas.
DDUGJY will help in providing round the
clock power to rural households and adequate
power to agricultural consumers. The earlier
scheme for rural electrification viz. Rajiv Gandhi
Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has
been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural
electrification component.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya
Yojana (DDUGKY)
Launched: 25th July 2015
Main Objective: To achieve inclusive growth, by
developing skills and productive capacity of the
rural youth from poor families.
DDU-GKY aims to train rural youth who are
poor and provide them with jobs having regular
monthly wages. It is one of the cluster initiatives
of the Ministry of Rural Development that seeks
to promote rural livelihoods. It is a part of the
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) – the
Mission for poverty reduction called Aajeevika.
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate
Yojana (PDUSJY)
Launched: 16th Oct 2014
Main Objective: To consolidate information of
Labour Inspection and its enforcement
through a unified web portal, which will lead to
transparency and accountability in inspections.
A Unified Labour Portal, known as the Shram
Suvidha portal was launched under the scheme as
a platform to facilitate the implementation of a
transparent system for information and database
management.
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT)
Launched: 24th June 2015
Main Objective: Providing basic services (e.g.
water supply, sewerage, urban transport) to
households and build amenities in cities which
will improve the quality of life for all, especially
the poor and the disadvantaged.
The purpose of Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT) is to (i) ensure that every household
has access to a tap with assured supply of water
and a sewerage connection; (ii) increase the
amenity value of cities by developing greenery
and well maintained open spaces (e.g. parks); and
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(iii) reduce pollution by switching to public
transport or constructing facilities for non-
motorized transport (e.g. walking and cycling).
Swadesh Darshan Yojana
Launched: 09th March 2015
Main Objective: Develop world class tourism
infrastructure.
As part of the Swadesh Darshan Scheme,
theme based tourism circuits (TBCT) around
specific themes such as religion, culture,
ethnicity, niche, etc. are identified for
infrastructure development across the country.
PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and
Spiritual Augmentation Drive)
Launched: 09th March 2015
Main Objective: Develop world class tourism
infrastructure in Amritsar, Ajmer, Amaravati,
Dwaraka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Kedarnath,
Kamakhya, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi and
Vellankani.
PRASAD scheme aims to create spiritual
centres for tourism development within the
nation. As part of mission strategy, religious
destinations that have potential to be show-cased
as world-class tourism products are identified and
infrastructure is developed on a priority basis.
National Heritage City Development and
Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)
Launched: 21th Jan 2015
Main Objective: Bringing together urban
planning, economic growth and heritage
conservation in an inclusive manner to preserve
the heritage character of each Heritage City.
With a duration of 27 months (completing in
March 2017) and a total outlay of INR 500
Crores, the Scheme is being implemented in 12
identified Cities namely, Ajmer, Amaravati,
Amritsar, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya, Kanchipuram,
Mathura, Puri, Varanasi, Velankanni and
Warangal. The scheme is implemented in a
mission mode.
Udaan Scheme
Launched: 14th Nov 2014
Main Objective: Encouraging girls for higher
technical education and aims to provide a
platform that empowers girl students and
provides them with better learning opportunities.
It is a mentoring and scholarship scheme to
enable meritorious girl students to transit from
schools to technical education without much
difficulty and also aims to enrich and enhance
teaching and learning of mathematics and science
at senior secondary school level by providing free
online resources for all.
National Bal Swachhta Mission
Launched: 14th Nov 2014
Main Objective: To provide hygienic and clean
environment, food, drinking water, toilets,
schools and other surroundings to the children.
The Bal Swachhta Mission is a part of the
nationwide sanitation initiative of ‘Swachh
Bharat Mission’ launched by the Prime Minister
on 2nd October, 2014.
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Smart City Mission
Launched: 25th June 2015
Main Objective: To develop 100 cities all over
the country making them citizen friendly and
sustainable
Under the mission, the NDA Government
aims to develop smart cities equipped with basic
infrastructure and offer a good quality of life
through smart solutions. Assured water and
power supply, sanitation and solid waste
management, efficient urban mobility and public
transport, robust IT connectivity, e-governance
and citizen participation along with safety of its
citizens are some of the likely attributes of these
smart cities.
Gold Monetisation Schemes
Launched: 04th Nov 2015
Main Objective: To reduce the reliance on gold
imports over time.
The programme is to lure tonnes of gold
from households into the banking system. Under
the scheme, people can deposit gold into the
banks and earn interest based on the value of the
gold.
Startup India, Standup India
Launched: 16th Jan 2016
Main Objective: To provide support to all start-
up businesses in all aspects of doing business in
India.
Under the scheme, the start-ups will adopt
self-certification to reduce the regulatory
liabilities. An online portal, in the shape of a
mobile application, will be launched to help start-
up founders to easily register. The app is
scheduled to be launched on April 1.
DigiLocker
Launched: 01th July 2015
Main Objective: To provide a secure dedicated
personal electronic space for storing the
documents of resident Indian citizens.
It is a part of Digital India programme,
Digital Locker has been designed to reduce the
administrative overhead of government
departments and agencies created due to paper
work.
It will also make it easy for the residents to
receive services by saving time and effort as their
documents will now be available anytime,
anywhere and can be shared electronically.
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
Launched: 18th Sep 2015
Main Objective: To ensure 24/7 power for all.
The Government of India will provide
financial support of Rs. 45,800 crore over the
entire implementation period of IPDS under
which strengthening of sub-transmission network,
metering, IT application, customer care Services,
provisioning of solar panels will be implemented.
Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
Launched: 21th Feb 2016
Main Objective: To create 300 rural clusters
across the country and strengthen financial, job,
and lifestyle facilities in rural areas.
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Rurban Mission is a solution for both
villages and cities in the country that would
promote growth of villages and its residents at the
place where they are. Under the mission, the
government will identify and develop 300 rural
clusters with urban like facilities in the next 3
years.
Sagarmala Project
Launched: 31th July 2015
Main Objective: To transform the existing ports
into modern world class ports.
The prime objective of the Sagarmala project
is to promote port-led direct and indirect
development and to provide infrastructure to
transport goods to and from ports quickly,
efficiently and cost-effectively.
The Sagarmala Project, aimed at port-led
development in coastal areas, is bound to boost
the country’s economy and the government has
lined up about Rs 70,000 crore for its 12 major
ports only
‘Prakash Path’ – ‘Way to Light’ – The
National LED Programme
Launched: 05th Jan 2015
Main Objective: To distribute LED bulbs and
decrease the power consumption.
This is one of the many schemes launched by
Narendra Modi government India. The
programme has been launched to distribute and
encourage the use of LED light bulbs to save both
cost and consumption.
UJWAL Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
Launched: 20th Nov 2015
Main Objective: To obtain operational and
financial turnaround of State owned Power
Distribution Companies (DISCOMs).
The Scheme aims to reduce the interest
burden, reduce the cost of power, reduce power
losses in Distribution sector, and improve
operational efficiency of DISCOMs.
Vikalp Scheme
Launched: 01th Nov 2015
Main Objective: For confirmed accommodation
in next alternative train for the waitlisted
passengers.
Vikalp scheme is available only for the
tickets booked through internet for six months
and option will be limited to mail and express
trains running on Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi-
Jammu sectors.
National Sports Talent Search Scheme
(NSTSS)
Launched: 20th Feb 2015
Main Objective: To Identify sporting talent
among students in the age group of 8–12 years.
The scheme is being implemented by the Sports
Authority of India (SAI), under the Ministry of
Youth Affairs & Sports for spotting talented
young children in the age group of 8-14 years
from schools and nurturing them by providing
scientific training.
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Rashtriya Gokul Mission
Launched: 16th Dec 2014
Main Objective: To conserve and develop
indigenous bovine breeds.
Rashtriya Gokul Mission aims to conserve
and develop indigenous breeds in a focused and
scientific manner. It is a focussed project under
National Programme for Bovine Breeding and
Dairy Development, with an outlay of Rs 500
crore during the 12th Five Year Plan.
PAHAL-Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG
(DBTL) Consumers Scheme
Launched: 01st Jan 2015
Main Objective: To send the subsidy money of
LPG cylinders directly into the bank accounts of
the consumers and increase efficiency &
transparency in the whole system.
Under the scheme, the LPG consumer can
now receive subsidy in his bank account by two
methods. Such a consumer will be called CTC
(Cash Transfer Compliant) once he joins the
scheme and is ready to receive subsidy in the
bank account.
The National Institution for Transforming
India (NITI AAYOG)
Launched: 01th Jan 2015
Main Objective: to foster involvement and
participation in the economic policy-making
process by the State Governments of India.
The National Institution for Transforming
India (NITI) which replaced 65 year old Planning
Commission will act more like a think tank or
forum, in contrast with the Commission which
imposed five-year-plans and allocated resources
to hit set economic targets.
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan
Yojana (PMKKKY)
Launched: 17th Sep 2015
Main Objective: To Safeguard Health,
Environment and Economic Conditions of the
Tribals.
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan
Yojana (PMKKKY) is meant to provide for the
welfare of areas and people affected by mining
related operations, using the funds generated by
District Mineral Foundations (DMFs).
Namami Gange Project
Launched: 10th July 2014
Main Objective: To integrates the efforts to
clean and protect the Ganga river in a
comprehensive manner.
Namami Gange approaches Ganga
Rejuvenation by consolidating the existing
ongoing efforts and planning for a concrete action
plan for future. The interventions at Ghats and
River fronts will facilitate better citizen connect
and set the tone for river centric urban planning
process.
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Setu Bharatam Project
Launched: 03th March 2016
Main Objective: To free all national highways
from railway level crossings and renovate the old
bridges on national highways by 2019.
Setu Bharatam is an ambitious programme
with an investment of Rs. 50,000 crore to build
bridges for safe and seamless travel on National
Highways.
208 new “road over bridges / road under
bridges” are envisaged for construction, while
1500 bridges will be widened, rehabilitated or
replaced.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Launched: 01th May 2016
Main Objective: To distribute free LPG
connections to the women belonging to 5 Crore
BPL families across the country.
According the estimates, about 1.50 Crore
BPL families will be benefited under the scheme
in the year 2016-17. The scheme will cover
3.5 Crore more BPL families in the next two
years. The scheme provides a financial support of
Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL
households.
This is the first ever welfare scheme by the
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas which
would benefit crores of women belonging to the
poorest households.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
01. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Andhra Pradesh is the 9th largest state in
India by population
2. Andhra Pradesh is the 8th largest state in
India by size
(a) One only (b) two only
(c) Both are correct (d) None
02. Which of the following is the state bird of
Andhra Pradesh?
(a) Parrot (c) Indian Roller
(b) Peacock (d) Sparrow
03. India’s First underwater tunnel is t be setup
in which river?
(a) River Barak (c) River Godavari
(b) River Ganga (d) River Krishna
04. Who is appointed as chairperson of Andhra
Pradesh Commission for Backward classes
which was re-established in January 2016?
(a) Justice K.L. Manjunath
(b) P.L. Punia
(c) Justice V. Eswaraiah
(d) Justice Ramesh Ranganathan
05. Which of the following is/are Correct
regarding Giriputrika Klayana Patakam
scheme?
1) The objective of the scheme is reduce
Infant Mortality and Child Marriages
among Tribal People
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2) The scheme is designed to provide
onetime financial assistance of
Rs 50001/- to tribal women who gets
married
(a) one only (b) Both are correct
(c) two only (d) None
06. Gadanki Ionospheric Radar Interferometer
(GIRI) part of ISRO was recently established
in which part of Andhra Pradesh?
(a) Vijayawada (b) Tirupati
(c) Vishakhapatnam (d) Ongole
07. Kohinoor Diamond is popularly known as ?
(a) Mountain of Lights
(b) Light of mountain
(c) Mountain of sun
(d) None
08. Burripalem, a village under Guntur District
has been adopted by which famous
personality under Smart Village Smart
Ward Scheme?
(a) Prakash Raj (b) Mahesh Babu
(c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) Amir Khan
09. The new Super fast intercity Railway line
was recently launched by Union Railway
Minister Suresh Prabhu, travel between
which two cities?
(a) Vijayawada to Vishakhapatnam
(b) Vishakhapatnam to Secunderabad
(c) Vijayawada to Secunderabad
(d) Tirupati to Secunderabad
10 India’s first Integrated Criminal Justice
System (ICJS) will be also launched in High
Court of Judicature
(a) Hyderabad (b) Kolkata
(c) Delhi (d) Chennai
11. The first meeting of the BRICS Working
Group on Energy Saving and Energy
Efficiency held in
(a) Visakhapatnam (b) Cochin
(c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata
12. The term Greenfield Airport means
(a) It is a new airport which is constructed
on an undeveloped site
(b) It is the development of old Airport with
new technologies
(c) Mandatory on Airports across states to
follow green technologies
(d) A government of India initiative where
Compulsory play ground to be
developed in all the airports in India.
13. INDRA NAVY15 is a joint Naval Exercise
between which of the following Countries?
(a) India & China
(b) Singapore & Russia
(c) China & Singapore
(d) India & Russia
14. Which of the following statements are/is
correct in regard to ePragati scheme
launched in Andhra Pradesh?
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1. The basic objective of e-Pragati is to
provide an integrated One Governance
that will be citizen-centric, transparent
and effective by moving away from the
traditional piecemeal approach.
2. It is developed in association with
Information Technology (IT) giant
Wipro.
3. The project aims to bring together 745
government to businesses (G2B),
government to citizens (G2C),
government to employees (G2E) and
government to governments (G2G)
services offered by 33 departments of
state and more than 300 government
agencies.
4. As many as 72 projects of various
departments have been grouped under
14 packages.
(a) One only (b) All the above
(c) one and three only (d) None
15. Krishnapatnam port has been awarded with
which of the following award?
(a) Golden peacock award
(b) Golden Parrot award
(c) Golden saver award
(d) Golden bird award
16. “Report on Cricket Reforms” was recently
submitted to government by which
committee?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar committee
(b) Sharad Pawar Committee
(c) Lodha Committee
(d) None
17. CBFC Stands for
(a) Central Board of Film Creation
(b) Cinema board and film committee
(c) Central board of film certification
(d) Central board under film Committee
18. “Corruption Perception Index” which ranks
countries based on Corruption prevalence is
given by which organisation?
(a) Transparency International
(b) United Nation Organisation
(c) World Economic Forum
(d) Accountability International
19 Kilkari project which was recently launched
is based on?
(a) Tribal welfare
(b) Women Education
(c) Women and child health
(d) Preserving the language of tribal’s
20. Article 47 of Indian constitution talks
about?
(a) Duty of the State to raise the level of
nutrition and the standard of living and
to improve public health
(b) Prohibit cow slaughtering
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(c) Protection of monuments and places and
objects of national importance
(d) Protection of life and personal liberty
21. NITI Aayog stands for
(a) National Institute of Transparency India
(b) National Institute of Traditional India
(c) National Institute of Transforming India
(d) National Institute of Technology India
22. Recently which of the two union ministries
were merged in India?
(a) Ministry of External affairs & foreign
relations
(b) Ministry of rural development &
agriculture
(c) Ministry of External affairs & oversees
Indian affairs
(d) None
23. “One Belt- One Road” is a policy initiative
of which country?
(a) India (b) China
(c) Russia (d) Japan
24. Chabahar is a sea port situated in which of
the following country?
(a) Iran (b) Iraq
(c) Pakistan (d) Afghanistan
25. BREXIT means?
(a) A new policy to terrorism by USA
(b) Britain exit from European Union
(c) Britain exit policy with India
(d) Related to India – China relations
26. India has started building a Satellite
tracking and imaging centre in which of the
following country?
(a) Laos (b) Vietnam
(c) Bangladesh (d) Myanmar
27. “ Naseem al Bahr” is a bilateral maritime
exercise between which of the following
countries?
(a) Pakistan & China
(b) Pakistan & India
(c) India & Oman
(d) Pakistan & Oman
28. Industry 4.0 refers to?
(a) Industry growth at 4%
(b) Fourth Industrial revolution
(c) Four crucial industries in a country
(d) None
29. Stand up India scheme was recently
launched by Government of India which is
related to?
(a) To promote entrepreneurship among SC
& ST Only
(b) To promote entrepreneurship among
women Only
(c) Both a & b
(d) None
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30. Which of the following statements regarding
IMF is/are correct
1) The headquartered of IMF is situated
in Washington D.C, USA
2) It works to foster global growth
and economic stability by providing
policy, advice and financing to
members.
(a) One only
(b) Two only
(c) Both the statements are correct
(d) None
31. Term IIP is frequently seen in newspaper,
what does it stands for?
(a) Index on industrial promotion
(b) India index promotion
(c) India infrastructure project
(d) Index on infrastructure promotion
32. What is seed funding?
(a) Initial capital to state a business
(b) Initial source of seed for ploughing in
agriculture
(c) New social sector scheme introduced by
GOI for agriculture
(d) None
33. For the first time Socio – Economic based
survey was conducted in India in which
year?
(a) 2001 (b) 2011
(c) 1991 (d) 1901
34. Jallikattu is a popular Bull- Vaulting event
practiced in which south Indian state ?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
35. Recently which Indian State has given 35%
reservations for Women in state government
jobs?
(a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Gujarat
36 Which of the following are the indicators in
HDI?
1) Life expectancy
2) Standard of living
3) Education
4) Health
(a) 1 & 2 only (b) 1,2 &3 Only
(c) 1 only (d) All the above
37. Athulyam is a education based social sector
program of which of the following Indian
States?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Telangana
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
38. Which of the following statements
regarding Balamrutham is Correct?
1) It is a scheme under ICDS which aims
to supply supplementary nutrition’s
for the children aged between 7
months to 3 years
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2) It is started by Andhra Pradesh in
2013
(a) One only (b) Two only
(c) Both are correct (d) None
39. Zika Virus wasd first identified in which
country?
(a) Brazil (b) Uganda
(c) India (d) South Africa
40. Space Park is an initiative under ISRO is to
be established in which city?
(a) Hyderabad (b) Bangalore
(c) Chennai (d) Tirupati
41. IoT Stands for?
(a) Internet of Things
(b) Internet on things
(c) Intranet of Technology
(d) Internet on Technology
42. The 103rd Indian Science Congress was held
at which Indian city?
(a) Bangalore (b) Kolkata
(c) Mysore (d) Vishakhapatnam
43. Where is the world largest river Island
located?
(a) India (b) Russia
(c) USA (d) China
44 ODD EVEN Formula for vehicles was
recently introduced in which Indian City
(a) Delhi (b) Bangalore
(c) Hyderabad (d) Kanpur
45. Which state in India is declared as Organic
State of India?
(a) Assam (b) Tripura
(c) Sikkim (d) Megalaya
46. Terms like El Nino & La Nina are
frequently seen in news; they are related to
which ocean?
(a) Indian Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Pacific Ocean (d) South China sea
47. Who is recently appointed as brand
ambassador for CRPF?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Sania Mirza
(c) P.V. Sindh (d) M.S. Dhoni
48. Who is recently appointed as CEO for
Smart AP Foundation?
(a) R. Vikram Kumar
(b) R. Vijay Kumar
(c) R. Vivek Kumar
(d) R. Vamshi Krishna
49. The National Sport day is observed every
year across India on
(a) 29th April (b) 29th August
(c) 29th May (d) 29th November
50. Who is India’s 23rd governor of RBI?
(a) Y.V.Reddy (b) D.Subbarao
(c) Raghuram Rajan (d) Urjit R. Patel
51. According to Indian laws Adolescent age in
India is between?
(a) 14 – 18 (b) 15 – 19
(c) 13 – 17 (d) 16 – 20
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52. Recently CAMPA bill was passed in
parliament, what is the abbreviation of
CAMPA?
(a) Compensatory Afforestation and
management planning authority
(b) Compulsory afforestation and
maintenance plan authority
(c) Compensatory afforestation and
maintenance plan authority
(d) Compulsory afforestation and
management planning authority
53. Which of the following statements is/are
correct regarding National Human Rights
COMMISSION?
1. The Chairperson of NHRC is H.L.Dattu
2. NHRC is formed in the year 1993
(a) One only (b) Two only
(c) Both are correct (d) None
54. President rule emergency provision is
mentioned in which Article in Indian
Constitution?
(a) 352 (b) 356
(c) 358 (d) 360
55. Anti Defection law is mentioned in which
schedule of the constitution?
(a) 9th Schedule (b) 10th Schedule
(c) 11th Schedule (d) 12th Schedule
56. Right to constitutional remedies is
mentioned in which Article of the
Constitution?
(a) Article 31 (b) Article 32
(c) Article 33 (d) Article 34
57. AFSPA Means?
(a) Armed forces special protection act
(b) Anti forces special protection act
(c) Arunachal special provision act
(d) Air forces special protection action
58. Which state has setup the first Happiness
Department in India?
(a) Gujarat (b)Madhya Pradesh
(c) Telangana (d) Maharashtra
59. Paracel Islands is located at?
(a) Arabian Sea
(b) South China Sea
(c) Caspian Sea
(d) Bay of Bengal
60. According to Indus Water Treaty 1960
which three rivers are given to India?
(a) Indus , Chenab & Jhelum
(b) Ravi , Beas & Sutlej
(c) Indus , Ravi & Sutlej
(d) Ravi, Chenab & Jhelum
61. Which of the following is the capital of
Mongolia?
(a) Astana (b) Tashkent
(c) Dushanbe (d) None
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62. To evacvuate Indian Citizens in South
Sudan, Government of India launched
(a) Operation Rahat
(b) Operation Sankat Mochan
(c) Operation Smilling Buddha
(d) Operation Shakti
63. Usain Bolt is a?
(a) Sprinter (b) Chess Player
(c) Long jump player (d) None
64. IMPS in Banking sector stands for?
(a) Immediate Payment Service
(b) Inter Mobile Payment Service
(c) Immediate Money Payment Service
(d) None
65. New Development Bank is related to?
(a) RBI (b) BRICS
(c) ASEAN (d) G20
66. The 13th major port in India is coming up in
which state?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra
67. What is the theme of 12th Five Plan in
India?
(a) Faster , Inclusive & more sustainable
(b) Inclusive growth
(c) Inclusive & more sustainable
(d) Indicative plan
68 Logistics performance index is given by ?
(a) IMF (b) World Bank
(c) RBI (d) NABARD
69. What is the percentage under Priority Sector
Lending that RBI kept for all banks in
India?
(a) 20% (b) 30%
(c) 40% (d) 80%
70. The Government of India has started Skill
Banks in which two states ?
(a) UP & Bihar
(b) UP & Jharkhand
(c) Jharkhand & Bihar
(d) Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
71. Which of the following statements is/are
correct regarding World Economic Form?
1) It is established in 1971 with Geneva
as its headquarter
2) It publishes Network Readiness Index
(a) One only (b) Two only
(c) Both are correct (d) None
72. Antrix Coorporation is ?
(a) A department in Ministry of Home
Affairs
(b) A wing under ISRO
(c) A secret wing under Indian Armed
Forces
(d) China’s base in Pakisthan
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73. ICICI stands for?
(a) Industrial Credit and Investment
Cooperation of India
(b) Industrial Credit and Investment
Coordination of India
(c) Industrial Credit and Investment
Consumer of India
(d) Industrial Credit and Investment
Corporation of India
74 “State of Childrens Report” is given by ?
(a) UNESCO (b) UNICIEF
(c) ILO (d) None
75. All India NEET examination is entrance
exam admissions to?
(a) Medicine (b) Engineering
(c) Law (d) Police
76. Which state in India has recently introduced
Fat Tax?
(a) Delhi (b) Telangana
(c) Kerala (d)Punjab
77. state in India has recently introduced
Luxury Tax?
(a) Kerala (b) Bihar
(c) Delhi (d) West Bengal
78. Aquila is a?
(a) Virus (b) Solar power drone
(c) Bacteria (d) Hollywood Movie
79. Red Corridor in India refers to?
(a) Red soil areas in India
(b) Naxalite insurgency areas
(c) Export zones in India
(d) None
80 Montreal Protocol refers to?
(a) Endanger species
(b) Ozone depletion
(c) Green houses gases
(d) None
81. NDRF stands for?
(a) National Disasters Response Force
(b) National Disasters Recovery Force
(c) National Disasters Rehabilitation Force
(d) National Disasters Reconciliation Force
82. KENDRAPADA SHEEP which was
recently got rare tag from government is
found in which state of India?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Orissa
(c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu
83. Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve is situated
in which state?
(a) Sikkim (b) West Bengal
(c) Assam (d) Arunachal Pradesh
84. World Heritage Site is a site given by?
(a) UNICIEF (b) UNESCO
(c) WTO (d) UNO
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85. Khasi Tribes are found in which Indian
State?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Manipur
(c) Meghalaya (d) Assam
86. Jnanpati Award 2015 was won by?
(a) Raghuveer Chaudhari
(b) Bhalchandra Nemade
(c) Kedarnath Singh
(d) Ravuri Bharadhwaja
87. Ramon Magsaysay Award for community
leadership 2016 was won by?
(a) Bezwada Wilson
(b) Conchita Carpio-Morales
(c) Thodur Madabusi Krishna
(d) None
88. Which online grievance redressal syatem
has been launched for railway employees in
India recently?
(a) Aakalan (b) Nivaran
(c) Sahayata (d) Sahyog
89. “Exercise RIMPAC 2016” the naval exercise
has started in which country?
(a) United States (b) United Kingdom
(c) Germany (d) France
90. How much amount has been approved by
World Bank for technical education quality
improvement project in India?
(a) $120.50m (b) $201.50m
(c) $202.50m (d) $203.50m
91. National Doctors Day is celebrated on
which date every year?
(a) July 1st (b) August 1st
(c) December 1st (d) May 1st
92. Which of the following has become the
official sponsor of Indian contingent to the
Rio Olympics 2016?
(a) Amul (b) ITC
(c) GMR (d) BCCI
93. Who is recently appointed as CEO of
Google?
(a) Subramanya swami (b) Sundar Pichai
(c) Satya Nadella (d) Donald Trump
94. GMC Balayogi Stadium is located at?
(a) Bangalore (b) Hyderabad
(c) Vishakhapatnam (d) Kakinada
95. What is the theme of 2016 National
Statistics Day?
(a) Youth empowerment
(b) Indian population
(c) Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
(d) Sustainable development
96. Who is known as the Father of InDIAN
Statistics?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Aryabatta
(c) P.C.Mahalanobis
(d) None
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97. Global Capital Index is released annually
by?
(a) World Bank (b) IMF
(c) WEF (d) UNFCCC
98. Which of the following state governments
has recently banned e-cigarettes?
(a) Delhi (b) Kerala
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Bihar
99. Which Indian bank has recently signed an
agreement with the World Bank for $625-
million loan to support rooftop solar
program in India?
(a) SBH (b) HDFC Bank
(c) Exim Bank (d) SBI
100. BRICS 2016 summit will be hosted by
which country?
(a) Goa, India
(b) Delhi,India
(c) Shanghai, China
(d) Durban, South Africa
101. “Mingle” is a e program associated with?
(a) Orkut (b) Facebook
(c) SBI (d) HDFC
102. Recently appointed T.S.R.Subramanaian
Committee is associated with?
(a) Helath sector
(b) Education Sector
(c) Railway reforms
(d) Pay commission
103. Swachh Yug program is associated with?
(a) Youth empowermwnt
(b) ODF free villages
(c) Rural youth awareness campaign
(d) Protection to saints across ganga river
104. What is the abbreviation of MTCR?
(a) Missile Technology Control Regulation
(b) Missile Technology cooperation Regime
(c) Missile Technology Control Regime
(d) Missile Technology Cooperation
Regulation
105. Garland Highway is related to?
(a) India (b) Pakistan
(c) Afghanistan (d) Sri Lanka
106. Concept of Payment Banks is related to?
(a) Indian Railway (b) RBI
(c) India Post (d) India Airlines
107. The target to achieve Sustainable
Developments Goals is?
(a) 2020 (b) 2030
(c) 2022 (d) 2032
108. What is the deadline of Income Declaration
Scheme recently introduced by
Government?
(a) September 30st (b) August 1st
(c) May 1st (d) November 1st
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109. MSP in Indian Economy stands for
(a) Minimum Suitable price
(b) Minimum support price
(c) Minimum sustainable price
(d) Multi sector policy scheme
110. What is the percentage cess government is
collecting via Krishi Kalyan?
(a) 0.50% (b) 0.05%
(c) 5.5% (d) 5.0%
111. World Investment report is released every
year by?
(a) WTO (b) UNCTAD
(c) IMF (d) World Bank
112. IGST stands for?
(a) Indian Goods & Service Tax
(b) Industrial Goods & Service Tax
(c) Integrated Goods & Service Tax
(d) International Goods & Service Tax
113. Provision related to sedition is in which act
in India?
(a) Indian Constitution (b) IPC
(c) CrPC (d) CPC
114. The Film “The man who knew Infinite” is
based on?
(a) Aryabatta
(b) Srinivasa Ramanuja
(c) M. visvesvaraya
(d) None
115. BIROS a recently launched satellite by
ISRO By its PSLV belongs to which
country?
(a) India (b) Germany
(c) Indonesia (d) USA
116. Ramsar International Convention is related
to?
(a) Education
(b) Wet Lands
(c) Rice production
(d) Global economic Crisis
117 Shailesh Naik Committee recently
appointed by Government is related to?
(a) Pensions
(b) Coastal regulation
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Jammu & Kashmir
118. Amir Amanullah Khan Award is the highest
civilian award of which country?
(a) Pakistan (b) Afghanistan
(c) Indonesia (d) Iran
119. NJAC stands for?
(a) National Judicial appointment
commission
(b) National judicial appointment committee
(c) National judicial advocacy commission
(d) National judicial advocacy committee
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120. Karnala Bird Scantuary is located at?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Madhya Pradesh
121. MySpeed is a?
(a) A new mobile application released by
Honda
(b) A new mobile application released by
RBI to check banks performance
(c) A new mobile application released by
TRAI
(d) None
122. The Indravati National Park (INP) is located
at which state?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Telangana
123. Union Minister for HRD?
(a) Smriti Irani
(b) Prakash Javadekar
(c) Arun Jaitley
(d) Ashok Gajapathi Raju
124. Shankar Acharya committee is related to?
(a) New education policy
(b) New financial year
(c) New manufacturing policy
(d) Having dual Time zone in India
125. Who has become the first-ever Indian
gymnast to be certified as “World Class
Gymnast” by the International Federation of
Gymnastics?
(a) Saina agarwal (b) Sania mirza
(c) Dipa Karmakar (d) P.v.sindu
126. NATO stands for?
(a) New Atlantic treaty organ
(b) North Atlantic treaty organization
(c) North America trade organization
(d) None
127. National Green Tribunal is located at?
(a) New Delhi (b) Srinagar
(c) Raipur (d) Bangalore
128. Smart pulse survey is related to?
(a) Education
(b) Socio economic census
(c) Health
(d) Heart beat of old age people
129. Which Indian has won the Gourmand World
Cookbook Award for 2015-16?
(a) Sanjeev Kapoor
(b) Vikas Khanna
(c) Nimi Sunilkumar
(d) Sanjay thumma
130. Abdul Sattar Edhi was the well-known
philanthropist of which country?
(a) Bangladesh (b) India
(c) Pakistan (d) Iraq
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131 “Ace against Odds” is the autobiography of?
(a) Serena Williams
(b) Venus Williams
(c) Sania Mirza
(d) Saina Agarwal
132. Who has won 2016 Women’s Singles and
men’s singles Wimbledon Championship
respectively?
(a) Maria Sharapova & Andy Murry
(b) Serena Williams & R. Federer
(c) Serena Williams & Andy Murry
(d) Maria Sharapova & R.Federer
133. Arvind Subramanian committee is
associated with?
(a) Maize production
(b) Petrol and diesel reforms
(c) Pulses shortfall concern
(d) Onion production
134. The Prime Minister of United Kingdom?
(a) David Cameron
(b) Malcolm Turnbull
(c) Theresa May
(d) Justin Tredeau
135. “Operation Megh Prahar”, the battle exercise
has been conducted by which Indian
military force on the banks of the river?
(a) Ganga (b) Yamuna
(c) Beas (d) Kaveri
136. International Youth Day is celebrated every
year on?
(a) August 10th (b) August 10th
(c) August 12th (d) August 14th
137. Sundarshan sen Committee is recently
appointed by government to study issues
relating to?
(a) IOT technologies
(b) Financial technology and digital banking
(c) Ecommerce in India
(d) None
138. Tri- Netra is a program associated with?
(a) Indian Medical Council
(b) Indian Railways
(c) Indian Rivers
(d) None
139. Which of the following is nutrition sponsor
of the Indian Olympic team in 2016 Rio
Olympics?
(a) ITC
(b) Dabur
(c) Herbalife International India
(d) Pepsi
140. The Book “Who moved my Interest Rate?”
has been written by?
(a) D. Subbarao (b) Y.V.Reddy
(c) Raghuram Rajan (d) None of the above
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141. Who is famously known as Indian Road
Doctor?
(a) S.P.Tucker
(b) Ganghadhara Tilak Katnam
(c) Suresh Prabhu
(d) None
142. Who has become the first-ever Indian to won
the Mr. World title 2016?
(a) Salman Khan (b) Raj Kumar
(c) Rohit Khandelwal (d) Amir Khan
143. The Petra pole Integrated Check Post is
between which two neighboring countries?
(a) India & Pakistan
(b) India & Bangladesh
(c) Pakistan & China
(d) India & Srilanka
144. The 2019 ICC cricket world cup is going to
be held at?
(a) Australia (b) England
(c) South Africa (d) West Indies
145. Girdhar Malviya committee constituted
recently is associated with?
(a) River Ganga (b) River Ravi
(c) River Yamuna (d) River Krishna
146. What is the name of the Skill Development
Program launched by government in Jammu
& Kashmir?
(a) Skill J&K Initiative (b) Gaurav
(c) Himayat (d) J&K Vikas yojana
147. What is the theme of recently launched
“Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh”?
(a) Forest our deeds
(b) Green cover for a happy living
(c) Plant trees to protect earth
(d) None
148. Maitree is a joint military exercise
conducted between?
(a) India & Pakistan
(b) India & Thailand
(c) India & Afghanistan
(d) India & Laos
149. The 2016 Make in India conference is going
to be held at?
(a) Hyderabad (b) Vijayawada
(c) Bhubaneswar (d) Gandhi Nagar
150. The biggest floating National Park in the
world is located at?
(a) America (b) Russia
(c) India (d) Australia
151. Which Indian State has recently launched
Rapid Rural Police Response System
(RRPRS)?
(a) Delhi (b) Punjab
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Andhra Pradesh
152. BRIOS a satellite launched by PSLV C34 of
ISRO belongs to?
(a) Germany (b) Indonesia
(c) USA (d) Canada
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153. INSAT 3DR was recently launched by
ISRO using GSLV on?
(a) 6th September 2016
(b) 7th September 2016
(c) 8th September 2016
(d) 9th September 2016
154. Zoological survey of India was established
on?
(a) 1st July 1916 (b) 2nd July 1917
(c) 3nd July 1918 (d) 4nd July 1917
155. On June 30th, 2016 Rodrigo Duterte was
elected as president of which country?
(a) Indonesia (b) Philippines
(c) Vietnam (d) Bhutan
156. According to World Investment Report
2016, the rank of India is?
(a) 8th (b) 9th (c)10th (d) 11th
157. Which one of the following is the world
fastest computer?
(a) Sunway Taihu light (b) Tainhe 2
(c) Titan (d) IBM Bluegene
158. AP on 30th July 2016 has signed a MOU
with Japan to develop
(a) Airport
(b) Food value system
(c) Ecommerce in AP
(d) None
159. The 23rd chief of Indian Navy who was
sworn in on June 1st 2016 is?
(a) Sunil Lanba (b) Arup Raha
(c) Dalbir Singh (d) None
160. India’s first National Disaster Management
Plan 2016 was released on?
(a) June 1st (b) June 2nd
(c) June 3rd (d) June 4th
161. When is world’s suicides prevention day is
celebrated on?
(a) Sep 9th (b) Sep 10th
(c) Sep 11th (d) Sep 12th
162. Devendra Jhajharia, who has won gold at
the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Javelin Throw,
is from which state?
(a) Punjab (b) Haryana
(c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
163. “2016 Yudh Abhyas” the joint military
training exercise will be conducted between
India and which country?
(a) Pakisthan (b) France
(c) United States (d) Bangladesh
164. Number for Kisan Call center is?
(a) 1800 180 1551
(b) 1800 180 1552
(c) 1800 180 1553
(d) 1800 180 1554
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165. Who won 2016 US open men’s and
women’s single title respectively?
(a) Stan Wawrinka & Angelique Kerber
(b) Angelique Kerber & Andy Murry
(c) Federer & Angelique Kerber
(d) None
166. The Book “Six Machine” is autobiography
of?
(a) Chris Gale (b) Ricky Pointing
(c) Virendra shewag (d) Bravo
167. Madad is a?
(a) Government new social sector program
for orphans
(b) To help Indian students abroad this is
started
(c) Urdu word which entered in to
dictionary
(d) None
168. India has signed open sky agreement with?
(a) Singapore (b) Greece
(c) Kabul (d) None
169. The 2016 Make in India conference will be
held in?
(a) Bangalore (b) Vishakapatnam
(c) Bubeneshwar (d) Delhi
170. 2016 Kabadi world cup will be held in?
(a) South Africa (b) India
(c) Australia (d) US
171. To develop food value chains AP Govt has
signed an MOU with which country
(a) Japan (b) Singapore
(c) Malaysia (d) China
172. The WEF India economic summit 2016 oct
will be hoisted in?
(a) Geneva (b) Delhi
(c) Hyderabad (d) Islamabad
173. 2016 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana
Award was won by?
(a) Sachin (b) Shubha Mudgal
(c) Lata Mangeshkar (d) None
174. India’s First E Court was opened at?
(a) Delhi (b) Hyderabad
(c) Chennai (d) None
175. Canal top solar plant was launched at which
city by BHEL in AP?
(a) Rajumandry (b) Bimavaram
(c) Vijayawada (d) Vishakapatnam
176. Engineer’s Day in India is celebrating every
year on September 15th to remember the
Birthday Anniversary of which personality?
(a) Visvesvaraya (b)Homie Bhabha
(c) Tesla (d) None
177. Which city to hold the 2016 Kabaddi world
cup to be held from October 7th to
22nd 2016?
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(a) Vishakapatnam (b) Ahmedabad
(c) Warangal (d) Bengalore
178. Worlds first self driving car was introduced
by?
(a) Ola (b) Uber
(c) Google (d) Microsoft
179. Which Telecom Operation to be merged
with Aircel to form the country’s fourth
largest phone company in terms of
customers and revenue?
(a) Tata Communications (b) Docomo
(c) Idea (d) Reliance
180. Which City hosted the first National
Conference of Investigation agencies held
on 12-13 August 2016 organised by Bureau
of Police Research and Development and
National Investigation Agency?
(a) New Delhi (b) Hyderabad
(c) Pune (d) Dehradun
181. Which Legendary has been honoured at the
United Nations on India’s
70thIndependence Day by Composer A.R
Rahman?
(a) Sivaji Ganesan
(b) M.S Subbulakshmi
(c) Bala subramanyam
(d) None of the Above
182. Which state has become the first state to
ratify Constitution Amendment Bill related
to the Goods and Services Tax?
(a) Gujarat (b) Tamilnadu
(c) Assam (d) Andhra Pradesh
183. Which of the following Indian company is
listed in the Fortune Change The World
2016 for the good and having a positive
social impact through their activities?
(a) Amul (b) Nestle
(c) Nike (d) Cipla
184. Subroto Cup is related to which Sport ?
(a) Football (b) Basketball
(c) Cricket (d) Kabbadi
185. Which state on 29th August has passed
resolution during the special session of the
House for the purpose of changing the name
of the State?
(a) Odisha (b) Telangana
(c) Puducherry (d) West Bengal
186. JUNO a satellite mission to Jupiter is
launched by?
(a) ISRO
(b) NASA
(c) Russian Space agency
(d) All the above
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187. Who has been conferred with the Dhyan
Chand Lifetime Achievement Award for the
year 2016 during National Sports Day?
(a) Silvanus Dungdung
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) P.V.Sindhu
(d) D.None of these
188. In which city, The two-day meeting of the
BRICS Women’s Parliamentarian Forum
was initiated?
(a) Vishakapatnam (b) Jaipur
(c) Goa (d) Hyderabad
189. Which bollywood actress has appointed as a
brand ambassador of Vistara?
(a) Katrina Kaif (b) Priyanka Chopra
(c) Alia Bhat (d) Deepika Padukone
190. Managing Director for Face book India?
(a) Umar Gupta (b) Umang Bedi
(c) Chetan Bhagat (d) None
191. Anaconda 16 is a joint military exercise by?
@ POLAN
(a) EU (b) G20
(c) NATO (d) BRICS
192. As on 5th August what is Repo Rate of
India?
(a) 6.50 (b) 6.00 (c) 6.75 (d) 6.25
193. India ranked which position among
163 countries in Global Peace Index
announced by Institute for Economics and
Peace?
(a) 143 (b) 141 (c) 128 (d) 123
194. Who has been chosen for the prestigious
2016 Tyler Prize for Environmental
Achievement?
(a) Rajendra Singh
(b) Partha Dasgupta
(c) Madhav Gadgil
(d) Surensh Kumar Pratab
195. Which state government recently makes
sale of Gutka, a non-bailable offence?
(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra
(c) Punjab (d) AP
196. PAN card is must for all purchase above
Rupees ?
(a) 25000 (b) 50000
(c) 100000 (d) 125000
197. % tax deduction for contribution to Swachch
Bharat and Clean Ganga schemes was
announced.
(a) 80% (b) 100%
(c) 90% (d) None
198. Horticulture University to be established in
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Haryana
(c) Rajasthan (d) Punjab
199. The University of Disability Studies to be set
up in
(a) Tamilnadu (b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka (d) Haryana
200. As per the expectations the target to make
AP top state in India by?
(a) 2020 (b) 2029
(c) 2030 (d) 2022