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Some important facts about peaks
• Highest Mt. Peak in India: K2 or Godwin Austin
• Highest peak in Aravalli: Gurushikhar (in Mt. Abu)
• Highest peak in Satpura: Dhupgarh (Mahadeo Hills)
• Highest peak in E. Ghats: Armakonda (Andhra pradesh)
• Highest peak in W. Ghats: Kolsubai
• Highest peak in Nilgiris: Doda Betta
• Hills in Southern Hill complex : Nilgiri, Annamalai, Cardamom & Palani
• Hills in Eastern Ghats: Shevaroy, Javadi, Palkonda, Nallamalai, Northern Circars
• Oblique ranges to Western Ghats in Maharashtra: Ajanta, Satmala, Harishchandra, Balaghat
• Satpura range from East to West: Amarkantak - Maikal- Mahadeo - Gawilgarh - Rajpipala
• Highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar islands : Saddle Peak
• The highest peak of Naga hills is Saramati peak.

12 SEPTEMBER 2016

Ques. : 1 Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the 2016 US Open?
1) Venus Williams
2) Serena Williams
3) Karolina Pliskova
4) Angelique Kerber
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Angelique Kerber

Ques. : 2 The Patanjali Ayurveda launched its mega food park on a 230-acre land at an industrial hub in which of the following cities recently?
1) Nagpur
2) Kanpur
3) Bhubaneswar
4) Mangalore
5) Bhopal
Answer:- 1) Nagpur

Ques. : 3 The Navy of which of the following countries revealed images of its futuristic Zumwalt destroyer recently which has stealth capabilities?
1) US
2) Russia
3) China
4) France
5) Sweden
Answer:- 1) US

Ques. : 4 The weightlifter Le Van Cong broke the world record in the men’s 49kg class by lifting 183kg and winning gold for which of the following countries at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games?
1) Philippines
2) Japan
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam
5) Mongolia
Answer:- 4) Vietnam

Ques. : 5 Which of the following pairs won the men’s doubles title of the US Open 2016?
1) Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut
2) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
3) Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares
4) Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares

Ques. : 6 In a revolutionary move, doctors in which of the following countries successfully carried out the world's first robotic eye surgery recently?
1) Norway
2) UK
3) US
4) Switzerland
5) Singapore
Answer:- 2) UK

Ques. : 7 Bykytzhan Sagintayev was appointed as the new Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently?
1) Tajikistan
2) Kazakhstan
3) Kyrgyzstan
4) Turkmenistan
5) Ukraine
Answer:- 2) Kazakhstan

Ques. : 8 Solung festival is associated with which of the following states?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Jharkhand
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Assam
Answer:- 3) Arunachal Pradesh

Ques. : 9 Which of the following parties was recognised by the Election Commission as a National Party recently?
1) Biju Janata Dal
2) Janata Dal (United)
3) Janata Dal (Secular)
4) Rashtriya Janata Dal
5) Trinamool Congress
Answer:- 5) Trinamool Congress

Ques. : 10 The newly formed Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to fight against epidemics is headquartered at
1) Sydney, Australia
2) New Delhi, India
3) London, UK
4) New York, US
5) Oslo, Norway
Answer:- 5) Oslo, Norway

10 SEPTEMBER 2016

Ques. : 1 The ISRO recently launched GSLV rocket carrying the satellite INSAT-3DR from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It is a
1) weather satellite
2) military satellite
3) educational satellite
4) communication satellite
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) weather satellite

Ques. : 2 Which of the following states has been adjudged the cleanest state among 26 states in the sanitation survey conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)?
1) Nagaland
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Mizoram
4) Kerala
5) Sikkim
Answer:- 5) Sikkim

Ques. : 3 PepsiCo CEO and Chairman Indra Nooyi was ranked 2nd on the list of Fortune's 51 Most Powerful Women’s list. The list is topped by
1) Mary Barra
2) Hillary Clinton
3) Melinda Gates
4) Meg Whitman
5) Ginni Rometty
Answer:- 1) Mary Barra

Ques. : 4 Which of the following banks has announced the deployment of ‘Software Robotics’ in over 200 business processes across various functions of the bank?
1) SBI
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Federal Bank
Answer:- 4) ICICI Bank

Ques. : 5 Jayant Purushottam Gokhale has been appointed as director of which of the following banks?
1) Punjab National Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Bank of Baroda
4) Syndicate Bank
5) Corporation Bank
Answer:- 4) Syndicate Bank

Ques. : 6 Mexico has set up its consulate in south India in Chennai that will cater to Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The currency of Mexico is
1) Euro
2) Pound
3) Peso
4) Franc
5) Dollar
Answer:- 3) Peso

Ques. : 7 Who among the following is the present Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj?
1) Ananth Kumar
2) Narendra Singh Tomar
3) Thawar Chand Gehlot
4) Chaudhary Birender Singh
5) Radha Mohan Singh
Answer:- 2) Narendra Singh Tomar

Ques. : 8 Which of the following has become the first state in the country to roll out the “Twitter Seva” project with the launch of 122 Twitter handles in one go in the state capital?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Kerala
Answer:- 2) Uttar Pradesh

Ques. : 9 YES Bank recently deferred its $1-billion equity raising plan. The bank was trying to raise money through QIP which means
1) Quantitative Institutional Placement
2) Qualitative Institutional Placement
3) Quintessential Institutional Placement
4) Qualified Institutional Placement
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Qualified Institutional Placement

Ques. : 10 Who among the following has been appointed part-time Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
1) Anand Deshpande
2) Rajesh Jain
3) J Satyanarayana
4) Kris Gopalakrishnan
5) Sam Pitroda
Answer:- 3) J Satyanarayana

NOTICE DATED 8
TH MAY, 2015

Notice is hereby given to all candidates who appeared in the Combined Graduate
Level Recruitment, 2014 held on 12th April, 2015 that the following answer keys for
Question Booklet Series: D have been finalised by the group of experts engaged by the
West Bengal Staff Selection Commission:

FINAL ANSWER KEYS FOR CGL RECRUITMENT 2014

Question Booklet Series : D
1. D 2. C 3. 4. A 5. C 6. 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. C
11. C 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. C 19. 20. C
21. C 22. B 23. A 24. A 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. B
31. B 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. A
41. D 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. C 47. C 48. C 49. A 50. D
51. A 52. B 53. B 54. B 55. D 56. A 57. D 58. D 59. B 60. D
61. B 62. A 63. C 64. A 65. C 66. B 67. A 68. C 69. A 70. A
71. C 72. 73. A 74. D 75. D 76. D 77. D 78. A 79. C 80. C
81. B 82. D 83. A 84. A 85. B 86. B 87. C 88. B 89. C 90. A
91. B 92. C 93. A 94. B 95. B 96. D 97. 98. C 99. B 100. D
101. B 102. A 103.D 104. C 105. C 106. A 107. B 108. A 109. D 110. A
111. B 112. B 113. B 114. B 115. C 116. C 117. A 118. A 119. 120.
121. B 122. A 123. A 124. C 125. D 126. A 127. D 128. B 129. D 130. C
131. A 132. C 133. B 134. B 135. D

Question number 3, 6, 19, 72, 97, 119 and 120 stands cancelled and no marks shall be
awarded against these four questions irrespective of the fact whether any candidate has
attempted or not attempted the said questions.
Hence, total marks for this examination shall be considered as 141.5 instead of 150.

Sd/-
Secretary cm Controller of Examinations
West Bengal Staff Selection Commission

list of 2015 :-

S.No Ministries Name Photo
1 Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
,Dept of Atomic Energy, Dept of Space- Narendra Modi

2 Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Ministry of Corporate Affairs- Arun Jaitley

3 Ministry of Home Affairs- Shri Rajnath Singh

4 Ministry of External Affairs ,Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs - Smt. Sushma Swaraj

5 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping - Nitin Gadkari


6 Ministry of Urban Development
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - M. Venkaiah Naidu

7 Ministry of Defence- Manohar Parrikar

8 Ministry of Railways- Suresh Prabhu

9 Ministry of Law & Justice-D. V. Sadananda Gowda

10 Ministry of Water Resources & Ganga Rejuvenation - Uma Bharti

11 Ministry of Minority Affairs -Najma Heptullah

12 Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution
-Shri Ram Vilas Paswan

13 Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises -
Shri Kalraj Mishra

14 Ministry of Women & Child Development -
Maneka Gandhi

15 Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers -
Shri Ananth Kumar

16 Ministry of Communications and Information Technology-
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

17 Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Jagat Prakash Nadda

18 Ministry of Civil Aviation - Ashok Gajapati Raju Pusapati

19 Ministry of Civil Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
- Shri Anant Geete

20 Ministry of Food Processing Industries - Harsimrat Kaur Badal

21 Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Steel - Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

22 Ministry of Rural Development , Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation - Chaudhary Birender Singh

23 Ministry of Tribal Affairs - Jual Oram

24 Ministry of Agriculture -Shri Radha Mohan Singh

25 Ministry of Human Resource Development - Smriti Irani

26 Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment - Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot

27 Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Science Dr. Harsh Vardhan

by- B.C.I

New Appointment 2015
• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Narendra Modi, Chairman
• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman
• Lok Sabha, Speaker : Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan
• Lok Sabha, Secretary-General : T. K. Viswanathan
• Rajya Sabha, Chairman : Mohammad Hamid Ansari
• Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman : P. J. Kurien
• Rajya Sabha, Leader of House : Arun Jaitley
• Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition : Ghulam Nabi Azad
• Rajya Sabha, Secretary-General : Shumsher K. Sheriff
• Chief Election Commissioner : Harishankar Brahma
• Election Commissioner : Syed Nasim Zaidi
• Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma
• National Human Right Commission (NHRC) : Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson
• Cabinet Secretary : Ajit Kumar Seth
• Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Nripendra Misra
• National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice V. Eshwaraiah, Chairman
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Ms. Shanta Sinha, Chairperson
• National Commission for Scheduled Castes : Dr. P. L. Punia, Chairman
• National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) : Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman
• Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) : Deepak Gupta, Chairman
• National Commission on Farmers (NCF) : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman
• National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Ajit Kumar Doval
• National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Sharad Kumar, Director-General
• Railway Board : A. K. Mital, Chairman
• Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Dineshwar Sharma, Director
• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Anil Kumar Sinha, Director
• Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) : Rajinder Khanna, Director
• National Security Guard (NSG) : Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, Director-General
• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) : Prakash Mishra, Director-General
• Border Security Force (BSF) : Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director-General
• Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Arvind Ranjan, Director-General
• Railway Protection Force. (RPF) : P. K. Mehta, Director-General
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Parkash Mishra, Director-General
• Sashastra Seema Bal : B. D. Sharma, Director-General
• Indian Coast Guard : Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director-General
• Defence Intelligence Agency : Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh, Director-General
• University Grants Commission (UGC) : Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman
• Defence Research and Development Organisation. (DRDO) : Dr. Avinash Chander, Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary
• Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government : Dr. R. Chidambaram
• Space Commission and ISRO : A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman
• Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy : Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman
• National Commission for Minorities : Naseem Ahmad, Chairperson
• Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Amitava Bhattacharya, Chairman
• Indian Council of Medical Research : Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Director-General
• India and Census Commissioner : C. Chandramouli, Registrar-General
• Law Commission : Justice D. K. Jain, Chairman
• Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) : Dr. B. N. Suresh, President
• National Forest Commission : Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal, Chairman
• National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : T. Nanda Kumar, Chairperson
• Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General AT Parnaik, Director-General
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor
• Press Council of India : Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman
• Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) : Ravindra Pisharody, Chairman
• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : R. K. Tewari, Chairman
• Central Board of Excise and Customs : Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam, Chairman
• Competition Commission of India : Ashok Chawla
• Central Administrative Tribunal : Justice Syed Rafat Alam, Chairman
• National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) : R.S.T. Sai, CMD
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) : R. S. Sharma, CMD
• GAIL : B. C. Tripathi, CMD
• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) : S. Behuria, Chairman
• Oil India Ltd : Sunil Kumar Srivastava, CMD
• Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) : Dr. Satbir Bedi, Chairperson
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) : U. K. Sinha, Chairman
• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) : Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman
• State Bank of India (SBI) : Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman
• Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) : M. S. Raghavan, Chairman
• Company Law Board : Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh, Chairman
• India's Permanent Representative to UN : Asoke Kumar Mukerji
• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) : S. K. Roy, Chairman
• Central Water Commission : Ashwin Pandya, Chairman
• National Commission for Women : Ms. Lalitha Kumarmangalam, Chairperson
• 14th Finance Commission : Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Chairman
• National Statistical Commission : Dr. Pronob Sen, Chairman
• Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) : Pahlaj Nihalani, Chairperson
• Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) : Dr. Rakesh Tewari, Director-General
• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) : Dr. Jyotsna Suri, President
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) : Dr. Rahul Khullar, Chairman
• Enforcement Directorate : Dr. Rajan Katoch, Director
• Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) : R. V. Verma, Chairman
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre : Dr. Sekhar Basu, Director
• Indian Olympic Association : N. Ramachandran, President
• National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) : Prof. B.K.Tripathi, Acting Director
• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : Ajay S. Shriram, President
• Prasar Bharti Board : Dr. A. Surya Prakash, Chairman
• Investment Commission : Ratan Tata, Chairman
• Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) : Jagmohan Dalmiya, President
• NASSCOM : R. Chandrasekaran, Chairman
• National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) : Ramesh Sippy, Chairman
• United News of India : Ravindra Kumar, Chairman
• Press Trust of India (PTI) : Mahendra Mohan Gupta, Chairman
• Indian Newspaper Society (INS) : Kiran B. Vadodaria, President
• The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) : Rana Kapoor, President -

Current Affairs 09.04.2015

Dhanush: India has successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast.

Suvo Sarkar: An Indian banker Suvo Sarkar has been named ‘Retail Banker of the Year in Middle East’ a prestigious award in UAE.

Snapdeal: Reality firm TDI Infracorp has tied up with online market company Snapdeal to sell flats in its township at Kundli, Haryana.

Saakshar Bharat: The central government programme ‘Saakshar Bharat’ to promote adult education has launched in Odisha 16 district.

E-Visa scheme: Government of India has decided rename ‘Visa on Arrival (VoA)’ scheme to ‘Visa Online’.

Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL): Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has been conferred with the prestigious India CSR Community Initiative award for its programme for adolescents girls heath.

Cipla: Pharma major Cipla has announced that, it will acquire Brazilian firm Duomed Produtos Pharmaceutics for about Rs. 2.6 crore.

Major Highlights of the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Passed by Parliament

1) The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 4th March, 2015 and by the Rajya Sabha yesterday i.e. on 12th March, 2015.The passage of the Bill thus paved the way for major reform related amendments in the Insurance Act, 1938, the General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Act, 1972 and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act, 1999. The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act 2015 to be so enacted, will seamlessly replace the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, which came into force on 26th December 2014. The amendment Act will remove archaic and redundant provisions in the legislations and incorporates certain provisions to provide Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) with the flexibility to discharge its functions more effectively and efficiently. It also provides for enhancement of the foreign investment cap in an Indian Insurance Company from 26% to an explicitly composite limit of 49% with the safeguard of Indian ownership and control.

Water activist Rajendra Singh (Better known as the Water Man of India) has wins Stockholm Water Prize 2015 for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security in rural India, and for showing extraordinary courage and determination in his quest to improve the living conditions for those most in need.

26 MARCH 2015
Ques. : 1 ___________Republic Day was celebrated on 26 Jan with Barack Obama being the first US President to be the chief guest at the occasion.
1) 65th
2) 66th
3) 67th
4) 64th
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) 66th
Ques. : 2 Who is the first US President to visit India twice during his tenure?
1) Bill Clinton
2) George W Bush
3) George HW Bush
4) Barack Obama
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Barack Obama
Ques. : 3 RK Laxman, who died on 26 Jan, was a renowned
1) novelist
2) journalist
3) cartoonist
4) film maker
5) None of these
Answer:- 3) cartoonist
Ques. : 4 The National Bravery Awards, instituted in 1957, are presented by the PM on the eve of the Republic Day. The first official National Bravery Award was presented to
1) Chinmay Sharma
2) Harish Chandra
3) Sunil Singh
4) Subhash Kumar
5) None of these
Answer:- 2) Harish Chandra
Ques. : 5 Who among the following has became the first woman officer to command the tri-service guard of honour for a visiting head of state?
1) Gunjan Saxena
2) Shakti Devi
3) Divya Ajith
4) Pooja Thakur
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Pooja Thakur
Ques. : 6 The veteran politician LK Advani was honoured with _________ on the eve of Republic Day of India.
1) Padma Vibhushan
2) Padma Bhushan
3) Padma Shree
4) Bharat Ratna
5) None of these
Answer:- 1) Padma Vibhushan
Ques. : 7 Who among the following artists of Hindi cinema were presented with the Padma Vibhushan award on 26 Jan?
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Dharmendra
3) Dilip Kumar
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
Answer:- 5) Only 1) and 3)
Ques. : 8 Who among the following foreigners is NOT an awardee of Padma Bhushan award presented on 26 Jan?
1) David Frawley
2) Bill Gates
3) Melinda Gates
4) Saichiro Misumi
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 9 Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of
1) Italy
2) Spain
3) Norway
4) Greece
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) Greece
Ques. : 10 Who among the following has been crowned as Miss Universe 2015?
1) Paulina Vega
2) Koyal Rana
3) Gabriela Isler
4) Diana Harkusha
5) Nia Sanchez
Answer:- 1) Paulina Vega