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12 BANKING SERVICES CHRONICLE JANUARY 2015

Chief guest for the Republic Day ceremony 2015 Barack
Obama
The bank which has acquired ING Vysya Bank Kotak
Mahindra Bank
The lines of credit announced by PM Narendra Modi for
Fiji USD 80 mn
The lock-in period for investments in re-launched Kisan
Vikas Patra (KVP) 2.5 years
The country ranked on top in Global Terrorism Index
released recently Iraq
The Commission which submitted its final report to
Gujarat CM in 2002 riots Justice Nanavati Commission
The winner of the mens singles title of the ATP World
Tour finals Novak Djokovic
The cricketer named by the BCCI for this years CK
Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award Dilip Vengsarkar
The country with the largest youth population in the
world as per a UN report India
The fourth joint military exercise between India and
China conducted in Pune Hand-in-Hand 2014
Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 7 Jan
The country that has recently slipped into recession
Japan
The upper ceiling on investment through Kisan Vikas
Patra (KVP) None
The period in which the invested money will get doubled
in Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) 100 months
The surface-to-air missile successfully launched by India
recently Akash
The country with which Australia has signed Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) recently China
The city where the 2014 G20 Summit was held in
Australia Brisbane
2015 summit of the G20 will be held in Turkey
2016 summit of the G20 will be held in China
The winner of the LG Peoples Choice award at the ICC
annual awards for 2014 Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
The present Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama
The winner of the Womens ODI Cricketer of the Year
award at the ICC annual awards for 2014 Sarah Taylor
The bank which has extended a loan of up to USD 1 bn to
Adani group for its assets in Australia SBI
The winner of the mens singles title of the China Open
Super Series Premier in Fuzhou Kidambi Srikanth
The winner of the womens singles Saina Nehwal
2014 ICC Cricketer of the Year Mitchell Johnson
The bank whose proposal to hike foreign holding to 74
per cent has been cleared by FIPB HDFC Bank
The state which has made voting in local body elections
compulsory Gujarat

WPI inflation recorded in Oct 1.77 per cent

Indias position among the worlds largest passportissuing countries Third
The country that ranks first China
Indias position in the production of crude steel in the
world Fourth
The Indian who has become the quickest cricketer in
history to reach 6000 runs in ODI Virat Kohli
The worlds only cricketer to hit two double centuries in
ODI till now Rohit Sharma
The first ever spacecraft to land on a comet Philae
The capital city of Myanmar which hosted ASEAN
Summit recently Naypyidaw
The current contribution of services sector in the
countrys GDP 57 per cent
The city where the 22nd Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) summit was held recently Beijing
The state where the institute of livestock management and
entrepreneurship of North East is being set up Assam
The number of member countries of the ASEAN group
10
National Education Day 11 Nov
The person whose birth anniversary is observed as the
National Education Day Mulana Abul Kalam Azad
The country with which India has jointly developed long
range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) recently Israel
The newly elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly
Haribhau Bagde
Public Service Broadcasting Day 12 Nov
The country where 47 students were killed in a suicide
attack at a school assembly recently Nigeria
The Commission which submitted its report on Saradha
Scam Justice Shyamal Sen Commission
The participating countries of the fourth edition of the
biennial drill IBSAMAR India, Brazil and South Africa
The no. one in badminton who has been suspended due to
an apparent anti-doping regulation violation recently
Lee Chong Wei
The first state in the country with bank accounts for all
families Kerala
The current milk production of India 137 million tonnes
per year
The two countries where the govt. is planning to legalise
all Indian currency notes Nepal and Bhutan
The state which has the largest chunk of the total SC
population in the country Uttar Pradesh
The name of Telanganas financial assistance scheme for
the aged and the physically handicapped Aasara
The new Union Defence Minister of India Manohar
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The new Union Railway Minister of India Suresh
Prabhu
The place where Interpol General Assembly was held
from Nov 3 to 7 Monaco
The Kerala board prominent communist leader who died
recently MV Raghavan
The 2-seater trainer jet which made its maiden flight on 8
Nov Tejas PV6
World Diabetes Day (WDD) 14 Nov
The new chief minister of Goa Laxmikant Parsekar
The country which Indias mens hockey team defeated 31 recently Australia
The village adopted by the PM in his parliamentary
constituency under SAGY scheme Jayapur
The border between India and China Mc Mahon Line
The border between India and Pakistan Radcliffs Line
The border between India and Afghanistan Durand
Line
The former president of Israel who visited India recently
Shimon Peres
The country which hosted the international conference on
climate change from Nov 9-12 Nepal
PM Narendra Modis position in the Forbes worlds most
powerful peoples list of 2014 15th
The state which launched Samajwadi Pension Scheme to
benefit poor families Uttar Pradesh
The city known for its world-famous cattle fair Sonepur
The telecom major which called off `700 cr deato acquire
Loop Mobile based in Mumbai Bharti Airtel
The title of Sachins autobiography Playing It My Way
The Forbes 2014 list of 72 most-powerful people in the
world has been topped by Vladimir Putin
The Indian politician who has received Japans Grand
Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers award
Manmohan Singh
The new Financial Services Secretary Hasmukh Adhia
The chairman of the review committee set up to look into
restructuring of the AICTE MK Kaw
The noted Bollywood actor who died recently Sadashiv
Amrapurkar
The 14th and current Attorney General of India Mukul
Rohatgi
The businessman wanted in Bhopal Gas Tragedy case
who died recently Warren Anderson
Indias current ranking in the 2014 Ease of Doing
Business report by the WB 142nd

The country to which India has offered a USD 300-mn

credit line Vietnam
The theme of the 18th SAARC summit Deeper
integration for peace, prosperity
The new MSP for wheat `1,450
The winner of the 2014 World Billiards Championship
Pankaj Advani
The founder of e-commerce site Alibaba who has become
the richest man in China Jack Ma
The govt. has declared the birth anniversary (31 Oct) of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pateas NationaUnity Day
The scheme launched by the govt for comprehensive
development of tribals Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
The new Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra
Fadnavis
The Commerce and Industry Minister of Oman who
visited India recently Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidy
The district in Gujarat where the Statue of Unity will
come up Narmada
The country that had suggested the name of the cyclonic
storm arisen in the Arabian Sea as Nilofar Pakistan
Indias current ranking in the World Economic Forums
2014
gender gap index 114th
The city where the countrys first hospital to treat
abnormalities and diseases in fish is set to come up
Kolkata
The Indian-American named by the US President Barack
Obama as the US Ambassador to Sweden Azita Raji
The Vietnamese PM who visited India recently Nguyen
Tan Dung
The Indian boxer suspended by the International Boxing
Association (AIBA) Sarita Devi
The winner of the Madhya Pradesh govt.s prestigious
National Kalidas Samman for the year 2012-13
Kanhailal
Indias first long-range subsonic cruise missile test-fired
on 17 Oct Nirbhay
The new CM of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar
The city where the Asian Infra Investment Bank (AIIB)
wilbe headquartered Beijing
Its first Secretary Genera Jin Liqun
The team with which BCCI has suspended all bilateral
cricket tours West Indies
The group which has bought two operational power units
of JP Group recently JSW Energy
The current President of Finland Sauli Niinisto