Sr. No             Minister                         Portfolio  1.           Shri Narendra Modi         Prime Minister and also in-charge of:                                                            – Ministry of Personnel                                                            – Public Grievances and Pensions                                                            – Department of Atomic Energy                                                            – Department of Space   All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.   2.           Shri Raj Nath Singh         Minister of Home Affairs   3.           Smt. Sushma Swaraj       Minister of External Affairs   4.           Shri Arun Jaitley            -  Minister of Finance                                                     – Minister of Corporate Affair  5.           Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari   – Minister of Road Transport & Highway                                                       – Minister of shipping                                                        – Minister of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation  6.           Suresh Prabhu                     Minister of Commerce & Industry  7.           D.V Sadananda Gowda        Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation  8.           Sushri Uma Bharati             Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation  9.           Nirmala Sitharaman            Minister of Defence  10.         Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi          Minister of Minority Affairs  11.         Shri Ramvilas Paswan         Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution  12.         Maneka Sanjay Gandhi       Minister of Women & Child Development  13.         Shri Ananth Kumar          – Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers                                                    – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs  14.         Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad    – Minister of Law & Justice                                                                                                    – Minister of Electronics & Information Technology           15.         Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda      Minister of Health & Family Welfare 16.         Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati     Minister of Civil Aviation 17.         Shri. Anant Geete                      Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises      18.         Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal         Minister of Food Processing Industries 19.         Shri Narendra Singh Tomar         – Minister of Rural Development                                                             – Minister of Panchayati Raj                                                            – Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation 20.         Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh      Minister of Steel 21.         Shri Jual Oram                              Minister of Tribal Affairs 22.         Shri Radha Mohan Singh                Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare           23.         Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot              Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment 24.         Smt. Smriti Irani                           – Minister of Textiles                                                                – Minister of Information & Broadcasting             25.         Dr Harsh Vardhan                         – Minister of Science & Technology                                                                – Minister of Earth Sciences                                                               – Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change 26.          Prakash Javadekar                        Human Resource Development 27.          Piyush Goyal                                 – Minister of Railways                                                                 – Minster of Coal 28.         Dharmendra Pradhan                     – Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas                                                                – Minister of Skill Development & Enterprise

Answer: D) Rs. 112.5 Explanation: Manju borrows Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 4% p.a. simple interest  She also lends it at 6 1⁄4% p.a for 2 years  => Total Gain = 6 1/4% − 4% = 2 1/4% So her gain in the transaction for 1 year = The simple interest she gets for Rs.5000 for 1 year at 2 1⁄4% per annum = PTR100=5000×94×1100 = Rs. 112.5/ year.

Answer: C) David Grossman Explanation: David Grossman has become the first Israeli author to win the 2017 Man Booker International prize for his novel “A Horse Walks Into a Bar”. The novel was translated by Jessica Cohen and is published in Britain by Jonathan Cape. The book is an ambitious high-wire act of a novel that shines a spotlight on the effects of grief, without any hint of sentimentality. Since 2016, the Man Booker International Prize awards both the winning author and translator £25,000. To be considered for the prize, books had to be translated into English and published in the UK between May 1, 2016 and April 30, 2017.

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Answer: B) IIT, Kharagpur Explanation: The researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a new technology to manufacture cheaper, quicker and pollution-free bio-fuel. The ‘soil-to-soil’ manufacturing technology developed at the P K Sinha Centre for bio-energy at IIT-KGP is in the process of being patented. The technique will ensure relatively quicker production of bio-fuel and the process is completely green. The green leafy part of corn and sugarcane plants, the waste part of paddy straw, bamboo, banana plant, pineapple and cotton plants, kans grass (kassh phool), castor plant and even non-edible weeds that grow in dry and waste land and a mix of all has been used by IIT-KGP to produce bio fuel. The project is funded by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Answer: A) 7920 Explanation: ST candidates vacancies can be filled by C35 ways = 10  Remaining vacancies are 5 that are to be filled by 12  => C512= (12x11x10x9x8)/(5x4x3x2x1) = 792  Total number of filling the vacancies = 10 x 792 = 7920

12 S of Z represents 12 Signs of the Zodiac.   It is similar to the 1. 52 W in a Y        -  52 weeks in a year 2. 3 H in a C          -  3 Hands in a Clock 3. 3600 S in an H   -  3600 Seconds in an Hour 4. 5 O in the W      -   5 Oceans in the World

Answer: C) SIDBI Explanation: Small Industries and Development Bank of India (SIDBI) announced a plan to promote micro-enterprises in 115 aspirational districts across the country. It has tied up with Common Service Centre (CSC).