Topics to be covered from Hindu Paper dated on Sunday December 2^nd  

Topic	Page No.
France, Mittal strike deal	1
Steel plant building barracks in Maoist belt	1
FDI in retail? Say a big NO	12
Dealing with a metrosexual patient	12
At Kudankulam’s core is fear, ignorance and anger	13
How Israel has expanded into Palestinian lands since 1947	14
Israel defies U.N. vote with expansion	14
No change in prices of domestic non – subsidised LPG cyclinders	15
New drug pricing set to change industry	15
Maharashtra jittery as Ambedkar death anniversary draws near	18

Todays Topic to Learn : Current Affair

A new facility dedicated to the research of zebra fish, whose genome was similar to that of the human beings, has been established in	Hyderabad
The Red list of threatened species, prepared by the IUCN, listed --- species of plants and animals as Critically Endangered, the most threatened category, from India	132
At present, the  Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of India is --- per one lakh live births, whereas the country’s target is 109 per one lakh live births by 2015	212
According to the RBI, India’s external debt increased by $39.9 billion to --- billion in 2011-12	$345.8
--- (name) will head a high power ministerial panel tasked with the onus of deciding on auction of telecom spectrum	Sharad Pawar
Mohammed Morsi; who won Egypt’s presidential election recently, belongs to ---- party	The Muslim Brotherhood
The Supreme Court banned all commercial and tourism activities within ---- km radius of the Jarawa, Tribal Reserve on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with a view to protecting the indigenous people	Five
--- became the third cricketer from India, after Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma in 2000, to suffer a life ban for bringing the game into disrepute	T.Sudhindra
The Central Government decided to set up a venture capital fund of --- crore which will promote research and development (R&D) in the pharmaceutical sector	Rs.2,000
--- recalled its Ambassador to China for consultations amid a simmering row between the Asian powers over disputed territory in the East China Sea	Japan
According to the latest report --- topped the list in number of foreign tourists visits, followed by Tamil Nadu and New Delhi	Maharashtra
---- (country) declared a national animal health emergency in the face of an aggressive bird flu epidemic that has infected nearly 1.7 million poultry	Mexico
According to statistics released by the Labour Bureau recently India’s official unemployment rate was --- % for the last year	3.8
The name the new PM of Greece is	Antonia Samaras
A five - member committee headed by ---- will look into pay and pension related issues of defence services personnel and ex-servicemen	Ajit Seth
India has set a target of --- billion trade turnover with the West African nations from the present $20 billion	$40
---- tops the list of States where the highest number of crimes against children were committed in 2011	Delhi
In the new service tax regime, all services except the --- activities put on the negative list will come under the tax at the increased rate of 12 per cent	38

Questions

1.    Match the following
    List I    List II
    A.    Pratip Chaudhuri    1.    SBI chairman 
    B.    SL Bansal    2.    OBC chief 
    C.    D Sarkar    3.    Union Bank head 
    D.    Leif Eskesen    4.    Chief Economist for                 India and ASEAN in                 HSBC
    Code:
        A    B    C    D
    (a)    1    2    3    4
    (b)    4    3    2    1
    (c)    1    3    2    4
    (d)    2    3    1    4

2.    Consider the following statements
1.    The 'Look East' policy has given an important place to the country's eastern coast in the world maritime business.
2.    Government has decided to retain the 49 percent  foreign investment  in the TV news channels and FM radio  under the government route .
Incorrect statement is/are
(a)    Only 1    (b)    Only 2
(c)    Both 1 and 2    (d)    None of above

3.    Consider the following statements regarding  National Policy on Information Technology 2012 and choose the  thrust areas of the policy
1.    To increase revenues of IT and ITES (Information Technology Enabled Services) Industry from 100 Billion USD currently to 300 Billion USD by 2020 and expand exports from 69 Billion USD currently to 200 Billion USD by 2020. 
2.    To provide fiscal benefits to SMEs and Startups for adoption of IT in value creation.
3.    To make at least one individual in every household e-literate and to provide for mandatory delivery of and affordable access to all public services in electronic mode.
4.    To enhance transparency, accountability, efficiency, reliability and decentralization in Government and in particular, in delivery of public services. 
Code:
(a)    1, 2 and 4    (b)    2, 3 and 4
(c)    All above    (d)    None of above

4.    Match the following
    List I    List II
    A.    Shri A.P.Singh    1.    Director, CBI,
    B.    Shri J.M. Garg    2.    Vigilance                     Commissioner
    C.    Ms. Praveen Mahajan    3.    Chairperson, CBEC
    D.    Shri H S Brahma    4.    Election                         Commissioner
    Code:
        A    B    C    D 
    (a)    1    2    3    4    (b)    4    3    2     1
    (c)    3    2    1    4
    (d)    2    1    3    4

5.    Consider the following statements regarding  SANDHAN, the Indian language search engine
1.    The search engine has been launched in Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu.
2.    Sandhan has been launched by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) 
3.    An additional URL based semantic search facility is provided for Tamil language.
Correct statement is/are
(a)    1 and 2    (b)    2 and 3
(c)    1 and 3    (d)    All above

6.    Consider the following statements Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme"(RGESS)
1.    The scheme would give tax benefits to new investors who invest upto Rs. 50,000 and whose annual income is below Rs. 10 lakh.
2.    After the first year, investors would be allowed to trade in the securities in furtherance of the goal of promoting an equity culture and as a provision to protect them from adverse market movements or stock specific risks as well as to give them avenues to realize profits. 
3.    Under the scheme, those stocks listed under the BSE 100 or CNX 100, or those of public sector undertakings which are Navratnas, Maharatnas and Miniratnas would be eligible. Follow-on Public Offers (FPOs) of the above companies would also be eligible under the scheme. IPOs of PSUs, which are getting listed in the relevant financial year and whose annual turnover is not less than Rs. 4000 crore for each of the immediate past three years, would also be eligible.
Correct statement is/are
(a)    1 and 2
(b)    2 and 3
(c)    None of above
(d)    All above