BSC MATCH POINT -- DECEMBER 2016--IBPS CLERKS MAIN/INDIAN BANK/SYNDICATE BANK PO

MATCH POINT DECEMBER 2016

·         The venue of the recent meet of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers — Tashkent

·         The central force which celebrates its raising day on 24 Oct — ITBP

·         The venue of the first National Tribal Carnival held recently — New Delhi

·         The present chief minister of Manipur who was attacked by the militants recently — Okram Ibobi Singh

·         The chairman ofTata Group who was removed recently — Cyrus Mistry

·         The present Prime Minister of New Zealand who visited India recently —John Key

·         The city where PM Narendra Modi recently launched a 1,500-km-long gas pipeline costing 251,000 cr, called "Urja Ganga" — Varanasi

·         The country India defeated to win the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup final — Iran

·         Winner of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World cup — North Korea

·         The venue of the recently held first ever global conference to strengthen Arbitration and Enforcement — New Delhi

·         Gujarat's first green airport and second green airport in the country after Kochi — Vadodara International Airport

·         The mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup being hosted by Russia — Zabivaka (a wolf)

·         The new high-value currency note the RBI is going to issue – Rs. 2,000

·         The govt's initiative in which the fares will be capped at Rs.2500 for one-hour flights on unserved and under-served routes — UDAN (Ude Desh .ka. Aam Naagrik)

·         The SBI's 5th zone in North East announced recently — Silchar

·         The country to which the World Bank has pledged USD 2-bn aid package to tackle climate change — Bangladesh

·         The state which has declared `Bathukamma' as a state festival — Telangana

·         The new political party launched by Irom Sharmila in Manipur — People's Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA)

·         The first Indian city to be officially declared as one of the venues for hosting the U-17 World Cup 2017 by FIFA — Kochi

·         The state which has launched `Kaushalya Setu' scheme, a skill development programme for students — Maharashtra

·         The first indigenously made nuclear submarine operationalised recently —INS Arihant

·         The place where PM Narendra Mod i recently launched the National SC/ST Hub — Ludhiana

·         The Indian sportsperson appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes' Commission — Saina Nehwal

·         The eminent writer selected for Matrubhumi Literary Award recently C Radhakrishnan • India's next Ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva — Amandeep Singh

·         The country which commissioned its most advanced stealth guided missile destroyer Zumwalt recently — US

·         The year in which the International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to organise the first ever ICC Women's World T20 event - 2020

·         The country with which Cipla has signed an MoU for setting up the first biosimilars manufacturing facility -South Africa

·         The present chairman of the BRICS Bank or the New Development Bank - KV Kamath

·         Winner of men's singles title at the Chinese Taipei Open - Sourabh Verma

·         Winner of the 1st BRICS U-17 Football Tournament 2016 held at Goa - Brazil

·         The safest place in world as per a recent report carried out by the World Economic Forum (WEE) - Finland

·         The total deposits (highest till date) reported by the Indian banking system in Sep 2016 as per the data released by the RBI – Rs.100 lakh cr

·         The new Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) - Ajay Kumar Bhalla

·         The Indian scientist who has been awarded the prestigious [AFT Young scientist scholarship award in the US - Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad

·         The country-to which China recently offered about $24 billion dollar credit line - Bangladesh

·         The city where PM Narendra Modi recently (on 14 Oct) inaugurated "Shaurya Smarak" - Bhopal

·         The brand ambassador of Valvoline Cummins India Virat Kohli

·         The RBI's Executive Director who was recently appointed as a Whole-Time Member of market regulator SEBI - Gurumoorthy Mahalingam

·         The present chairman of SEBI - UK Sinha

·         The king of Thailand and the world's longest-serving monarch who died recently aged 88 - Bhumibol Adulyadej

·         The former Director-General of CSIR who has been conferred the V Krishnamurthy Award for excellence by Centre for Organisation Development - RA Mashelkar

·         The 9th UN Secretary-General who will take over from Ban Ki-moon -Antonio Guterres

·         India's new ambassador to Eritrea — Amrit Lugun

·         The high-altitude glacial lab of India located in Spiti Valley in the Himalayas which started functioning recently — Himansh

·         The country with which the Indian Navy conducted the 28th Coordinated Patrol and Second Bilateral Maritime Exercise in the Andaman Sea recently — Indonesia

·         The first Indian lender to complete a banking transaction using Blockchain technology — ICICI Bank

·         The country which has announced to quit commonwealth group after the grouping's decision to penalise the island nation, over the ouster of its previous President in 2012 —Maldives

·         The public sector lender which recently sealed a principal sponsorship contract with badminton Olympians PV Sindhu and K Srikanth — Bank of Baroda

·         The former CM of Uttarakhand who has been conferred with a prestigious award by the Ugandan govt for promoting human values through his literature — Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

·         India's ranking among the highest US security holding countries — 12th

·         The person reappointed as the PM by the king Mohammed VI in Morocco — Abdelilah Benkirane

·         India's current ranking on the International Food Policy Research Institute's (IFPRI) Global Hunger Index (GI-II), 2016 — 97th

·         The day to be observed as the First World Tsunami Awareness Day — 05 Nov

·         The city where the Kabaddi World Cup was held at the Arena by TransStadia, India's first convertible stadium — Ahmedabad

·         Winner of the women's singles title of China Open 2016 — Agnieszka Radwanska

·         The day on which the Paris Agreement on climate change entered into force recently — 4 Nov

·         Winner of the Martin Ennals Award 2016 — Ilham Tohti, China

·         Winner of the Japanese Grand Prix Fl championship — Nico Rosberg

·         Winner of the men's singles title of China Open 2016 — Andy Murray

·         The Indian shooter awarded by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) awarded as the `Champion of Champions' title for pistol shooting in 2016 — Jitu Rai

·         The Indian scheme the International Energy Agency (IAE) is going to implement globally — UJALA

·         Winner of the women's singles title of the Russian Open Grand Prix — Ruthvika Shivani Gadde

·         The state which has added 21 new districts recently and now there are 31 districts — Telangana

·         The joint military exercise conducted between India and China in Punc in Maharashtra recently — Hand-in-Hand

·         The amount the govt will receive by selling 964.80 MHz of spectrum — Rs.65,789 cr

·         Winner of the 24th Ekalavya Award for the year 2016 — Srabani Nanda.

·         China's new ambassador to India — Luo Zhaohui

·         The state whose traditional state festival "Bathlikamma" found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records recently — Telangana

·         The city where India's first international arbitration centre was inaugurated recently - Mumbai

·         The scheme launched by Madhya Pradesh to make the state anaemia-free - Lalima Abhiyan

·         India's next Ambassador to Austria - Renu Pall

·         The Sikkim CM awarded with prestigious "Sustainable Development Leadership Award" by President Prartab Mukherjee - Pawan Chamling

·         The head of the RBI Internal Working Group (IWG) on Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation Policy - Lily Vadera

·         The host country for the 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) - India

·         India's communication satellite launched recently from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana- GSAT-18

·         The new Chairman and CEO of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank - Parvez Ahmed

·         Winner of the first BRICS Under-17 football tournament held in Goa -Brazil

·         The former Portugal PM who has been elected as the next Secretary-General of the United Natiobs - Antonio Guterres

·         The present Prime Minister of Sri Lanka who visited New Delhi recently - Ranil Wickramasinghe

·         The new reverse repo rate after the 4 Oct monetary policy review by the RBI - 5.75 per cent

·         The city where the country's first Medipark is going to be set by public sector undertaking HLL Lifecare - Chennai

·         The present statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) -  20.75 per cent