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EDITORIAL

Dear Reader,

Greetings from the Editorial Team of Crucibles.

We take in the immense pleasure to introduce you to the 31st edition of E-zine. Firstly, We would like

to apologise for making you people wait for this edition. Secondly, we are glad to let you all know that

we have a huge lot of members joining us and they brought in new ideas, suggestions and good spirit.

‘August’ is a month where we have heavy rainfall and it’s just not rainfall but also a month which

witnesses ‘Independence Day’. On this note, we would like to wish each one of you a very Happy 67th

Independence Day.

On this occasion, where we have our flag in every kids hand and a wish in every adults speech, there

would be no better occasion to showcase the political face off of different countries in the name of one

particular religion and hence, is chosen as the cover story of the month – “Friends, Foes and Humans”.

Apart from this, We have a few external contributors joining our hand in order to make a success. The

few of them are:

Mohammed Irfan, Software Engineer, Accenture

Avaze Shaikh, B.Tech, SRM University, Chennai

Abhishek Singh, Blogger, Half-Mad BlogSpot

Crucibles, in these two months, not just welcomed new members but were also successful in

conducting a few events and brought in more clear and vivid to the existing members. We made sure

we reach out to the entire lot of students through Orientations. We have added a few clicks as a part of

our Grapevine wherein you can witness the latest happenings in the college.

We would also like to thank Mr. Mukhpreet Khurana for designing such a wonderful cover page. I would

like to end on a note, “A man’s spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in a

prison of his own insecurities” ― Jeremy Aldana.

ZOYA NAAZ

PGP/SS/13-15

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TABLE OF CONTENT

S.No. Topic Page Number

01. Friends, Foes and Humans 04 - 05

02. Discreet Diaries 06

03. Amazon – Inside out 08 – 11

04. Frozen Frames 12

05. Students on Warpath 14 – 15

06. Hypocrisy – the Perfect Termite 16 – 17

07. Bolsa Familia 19 – 20

08. Einstein’s Popcorn 21 – 23

09. A step towards Fitness 25 – 27

10. Caricature’istic 28

11. Movie Magic 30

12. A Doyenne of the Indian Theatre 31

13. Grapevine 32

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“The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very

quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that.”

― Richelle Mead

POLITICS

“FRIENDS, FOES AND HUMANS”

As the change in the attitude towards India’s Modi, Indonesia’s Probawo and others shows, the U.S.

and the E.U. are quite happy to deal with Asian and African leaders accused of human rights abuses

as long as it suits their interests.

There was an ongoing debate in United States and in some key

European countries on the question of 2002 Gujarat riots and

the role of India’s Prime minister Narendra Modi, i.e., on the

bloodletting. There are signs that Washington, London and

Berlin are already mellowing in their attitude towards Modi.

Modi, however, is not the only political personality on the world

stage who is leading his country and at the same time being

accused of human rights violations. Probawo Subianto, who is

also accused of serious human rights violations, is seeking to be

the president of world’s third biggest democracy and the most

populous Muslim nation, Indonesia. While 80 % of the

population is Muslims, there are sizable Christian and Hindu

minority in Indonesian archipelago.

Indonesia’s National commission on Human rights had recommended in 2006 that Praobawo, a retired

general, be prosecuted for the abduction of pro-democracy activists in the late 1990s as Suharto’s

authoritarian rule was entering its last days. He has also been accused of presiding over the killings of

activists in East Timor when it was under Indonesian occupation and the death of over a thousand

civilians and the rape of 168 women in the state-orchestrated riots in May 1998.

Earlier Western official refused to establish official contacts with Prabawo, citing his Human violation

record, but now there are indications that U.S. officials are having second thought on Prabawo’s

candidature. He for once, will ensure continuity in the country’s foreign policy, including strong security

linkages with Washington.

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NEW POLITICAL REALITIES:

Ever since the U.S. State Department revoked the Indian Prime

Minister’s visa in 2005 for his alleged role in 2002 communal riots,

U.S. Ambassadors to India has declined to meet him. The European

Union too citing human rights violations had for long refused a visa

to Modi. Now, seeing the straws in the wind, both Washington and

Brussels seem to be mellowing toward him. And finally Mr. Modi

will be on his first visit to U.S.A as in a role of Indian Prime Minister.

And like Modi, Prabawo is being seen as a very business friendly

and an efficient administrator by the Indonesians elite and the

Western admires.

SUITABLE BOGEY:

Washington anyway has only been playing up Human rights related issues when it suits its strategic

goals. In the recent years, Obama’s administration has backed the military takeover in Egypt and turned

a blind eye to the killings and on the large scale arrested the civilians. President Barack Obama was in

kingdom of Saudi Arabia in late March. This is his third official visit to a country where the political

activities were banned. It again shows the well known love of U.S.A to the gulf countries for its use.

URVASHI TYAGI

PGP/WIN/13-15

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“DISCREET DIARIES”

1. In the next three years, up to 25% of the world's new workers will be Indian.

2. 42% of the world’s poor live in India.

3. India’s GDP will quadruple from 2007 to 2020, according to Goldman Sachs.

4. Property prices in Mumbai and Delhi have more than doubled in the past 18 months.

5. India's tech capital, Bangalore, has increased its office supply by six times since 2006, and now has

more Grade - A offices than Singapore.

6. Half the world’s outsourced IT services come from India, amounting to a $47 billion dollar industry.

7. Walmart alone outsources $1 billion in IT contracts to India.

8. India is the world's second largest importer of arms and has spent $50 billion on defence purchases

in the last decade.

9. India grows 12 million tons of mangoes in a year, the weight equivalent to 80,000 blue whales.

10. India's Cherrapnuji is the wettest places on earth, receiving 425 inches of rain every year.

11. A bigger movie market than America and Canada combined, India sold 3.2 billion tickets last year.

12. The average Indian is nearly 20 years younger than the average Japanese (26 vs 45).

13. In recent decades, 500,000 female births have gone missing each year due to (illegal) sex selection

and abortion.

14. India has 568 million more registered voters than the US -- and a better turnout rate too.

15. India used to account for 33% of the world's GDP; then fell to 3%; now may rise to 25%.

16. " Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the only politician who has won from six different constituencies: Balrampur

- 1957, 1967, Gwalior - 1971, New Delhi - 1977, 1980, Vidisha- 1991, Gandhinagar - 1996, Lucknow -

1991, 1996, 1998 !".

17. The indelible ink used to mark voter's finger nails is made by Mysore Paints and Varnishes Private

Limited, the only company authorized to make the black ink.

18. India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest Country in the world, and one of the most

ancient civilizations.

19. Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

20. The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the

end of the 11th century.

21. The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras

and Suru rivers in the Himalayan Mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

22. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka,

consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

23. Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world.

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BUSINESS

“The best way to predict your future is to create it”

― Peter F. Drucker

“AMAZON – INSIDE OUT”

It was founded by Jeff Bezos in the year 1994, with its headquarters situated in Seattle, Washington. It

grew to become one among the “Fortune 100” companies.

It all started with a vision to become earth’s most customer centric company, where customers can find

out anything and everything they want to shop online at the lowest prices. Amazon.com and other

sellers offer unique products along with used items in a categorized way as in organized as books,

movies, apparel, healthcare, automobiles.

Today, Amazon retail websites offer everything from toys and video games to MP3 downloads and

collectible items. The name tag itself says Amazon - A-Z. You name it; you will get it online at the lowest

price; the only advantage that grabs eyeballs of many customers worldwide.

After becoming the world’s No.1 online retailer, Amazon entered into E-Book hardware in the year

2007. It initially released Kindle reader in the market. Then, it came up with a bang and added kindle

fire wireless with HD display, Dolby Digital Plus, 4G connectivity to its cart. We also have kindle paper

white which is known as the world’s most advanced e-reader. It has the world class fulfillment centers,

which provide customers with fast, reliable and flexible shipping from Amazon’s retail websites. It also

provides 24/7 availability. Adding to it, Amazon also has the world’s best Technical Talent.

Sellers:

In 2000, Amazon.com began to offer e-commerce to the retailers

and to individual sellers. Today, many world-class retail brands and

individual sellers increased their sales and reached new customers

by leveraging the power of the Amazon’s e-commerce platform.

Partners work with Amazon Services to power their e-commerce

offerings from end-to-end, including technology services,

merchandising, customer service, and order fulfillment. Other

branded merchants leverage Amazon.com as an incremental sales

channel for their new merchandise. Over 2 million third-party

sellers have their space in Amazon where they are offer new, used,

and collectible items at fixed prices to its customers around the

world.

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Content Creators:

Amazon continues to drive innovation by empowering content creators as well as consumers and

sellers. Kindle Direct Publishing and Amazon Publishing give authors innovative means to bring books to

readers. Amazon Studios is developing feature films and episodic series in a new way, one that's open

to great ideas from creators and audiences around the world. Create Space makes it simple to print and

distribute books, music, and video through Internet retail outlets, personal websites, bookstores,

retailers, libraries, and academic institutions-on-demand.

Developers and Enterprises:

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud

infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can

use to enable virtually any type of business. Some examples of the services offered by Amazon Web

Services:

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

• Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

• Amazon Simple DB

• Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)

• Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Amazon FPS)

• Amazon Mechanical Turk

• Amazon Cloud Front.

Amazon’s evolution from Web site to e-commerce and publishing partner to development platform is

driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company’s DNA. The world’s brightest technology

minds come to Amazon to research and develop new technologies that improve the lives of our

customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world. Because that's what

being Earth's most customer-centric company is all about, and it's still Day One at Amazon.

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Prior to it Amazon has four business processes:

1. Seller Support (TAM) - This is also an international and a

domestic process that comes under both Amazon.com and

Amazon.in. The Seller Support Associate acts as the primary

interface between Amazon and our business partners. The

Seller Support Associate will be responsible for providing

timely and accurate operational support to Merchants selling

on the Amazon platform. The successful candidate has an

immediate, distinct effect on the experience of customers of

Amazon, making a strong record of customer focus a high

standard for the role. A Seller Support Associate is expected

to address chronic system issues, provide process

improvements, develop internal documentation, and

contribute to a team environment, all while adhering to

service level agreements for phone and/or email cases. This

will basically maintain the accounts of the customers.

2. Customer Support - This is basically an international and a domestic process that comes under

both Amazon.com and Amazon.in. The Customer service associate’s job involves communicating

with the customers/vendors via live chat, email and phone by utilizing a variety of software tools

to navigate customer accounts, research and review policies and communicate effective solutions

in a fun and fast paced environment.

3. TRMS (Risk and Fraud) - This process will mainly ensures that no fraud is been taking place at any

instance. For example, it takes cares of every minute things right from the order confirmation to

delivery of the product.

4. Listing - Integrating seller content to the Amazon platform using standard item creation

templates, working with European Business Teams.

- Integrating external content to the Amazon websites.

- Gathering requirements and helping to build the tools and processes to increase the ease and

efficiency with which sellers integrate with Amazon.

- Correcting and enhancing existing content of products that have high visibility on the Amazon

website but show poor content.

- HTML coding will also be done for web creation and organizing them category wise.

Sourcing Channels at Amazon:

1. Vendor management

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2. Internal Sourcing Department

3. Advertisements – On paper basically

4. Employee referrals

5. Walk-ins

The benefits provided to the employees at Amazon:

1. Insurance

2. Over Time allowance

3. Food coupons

4. Home pick up and drop

5. No Dress Code

It is emerging its business almost all over India by having many contact centers. Recently it has planned

to open a new contact centre in Gurgaon thereby, giving employability to almost 8000 people. And we

have Pan India in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Gurgaon. Amazon is one such place wherein you will be

having prosperity in terms of your career growth. After graduating, one can apply for internship and

most of the HR’s are picked up from Customer Support Team then based upon their performance they

will give you permanent employability.

PARNIKA POORNABODHA

PGP/SS/13-15

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“FROZEN FRAMES”

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Shutter Speed: 1/320

ISO: 200

White Balance: Cloudy

Location: Commercial Street, Bengaluru

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EDUCATION

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

― Plutarch

“STUDENTS ON WARPATH”

Inevitably, Students across the world are frustrated with their educational institutions. Tution fees rise

at rates much higher than inflation, and scholarships are harder to come by. The finances of higher

education lead students across the world to the banks for loans. It is a dangerous business. As the

International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Global Employment Report

from last year put it, “In developing regions where 90 % of the

global youth population lives, stable quality employment is

lacking.”The numbers are dire. Almost 13 % of young people (74

million people) cannot find workman increase of three and half

million between 2007 and 2013.This raises an important problem: if

I am to take loans to go to college, and if there is no guarantee of

employment after that, I shall be weighed down by debt and

unemployment to boot.

Miserable truths about the economics of education moved students to the streets from Qubec(Canada)

to Santiago(Chile) to Sofia(Bulgaria) to Kuala Lumpur(Malaysia) and most recently, in Taipei(Taiwan )

over a trade agreement signed with China. Students in Taiwan feel that the agreement will be

detrimental to their job prospects. No surprise that students in Lebanon are also part of this new wave.

More recently, the students at the American University Beirut(AUB) have been of a struggle to roll back

a 6-8 % increase I their tuition fees. There were protests and grievances everywhere in the university.

The young people indicate that they are fighting for their future. This is not an idle struggle which can

be shut down due to insufficient progress. According to them there is no end to their struggle until and

unless there is enhanced educational system or it will end with modern education as we all know it.

The Kernel of the Occupy movement in the United States was around student debt, which has now

climbed above the threshold of $1 trillion. When students has incur high debt rate to go to college, this

impact them in different ways. First, it reduces the ability of students from middle class backgrounds to

enter college without borrowing money .The very rich typically are able to cover cost without anxiety, &

few among the very poor are celebrated for their achievements with scholarships. It is the middle class

that sees a wall grow around the aspirations of its children to go to college. Second, college debt

suffocates the ability of students to experiment with new ideas. They are eager to find courses that will

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enhance their ability to find a high –paying job once they graduate. To this end, they spend their time

finding wage less internships, whose growth has been astronomic over the past two decades. This

means courses that challenge the prevailing social order or introduce students innovate thinking seems

less attractive.

When colleges are challenged over their high cost, they argue that

what they provide is a “high-quality “learning experience. Words

such as “excellence “spiral outwards as justifications for

unconscionably high prices. As machines have been designed to

reduce the skill required by the workers, mass education seems less

necessary-could we have a society where a small percentage of the

population receives “quality education” and the rest make do with

the basic skills?

This is the moment that we now inhabit, where across the world students have begun to register their

dismay at the way education has become increasingly a commodity and not a social good. The

realization comes not only because of the volume of debt but also with the inability of those debt-

burdened students to find meaningful employment .It is these sides of the coin that provoked the most

recent wave of student unrest across the planet.

URVASHI TYAGI

PGP/WIN/13-15

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“HYPOCRISY – The Perfect Termite”

We talk about all round development, we talk about progress and scope for improvement, we talk

about social welfare, we talk about mutual benefits, we talk about endless crap on how we are

progressing as a Nation, as Individuals.. But we fail to look into ourselves and see where the actual crap

lies.

A guy doesn’t sit next to a girl because there are people ready to pound onto them as if they committed

a crime.

A marketer has to think twice before marketing condoms because he is under the notion on how would

people take it as. To be precise, LOG KYA KAHENGEY.

A girl thinks twice before falling in love with a guy who is a year or two younger to him, thinking LOG

KYA KAHENGEY.

Mothers and fathers restrict their children on talking for hours with FRIENDS, because their mindsets

conclude something is fishy.

We go for movies with our family, and a few explicit scenes actually make us hang our heads in shame,

because there are people, our OWN people who think KE YE KAISI MOVIES DEKHTA HAI.

A person gets addicted to alcohol or smoking for various reasons, and people conclude that he/she is a

spoilt brat and this is the age to make his/her life and he is getting addicted here.

A son fails to tell his dad that he wants to go for a movie with his girl friend, who apparently is his BEST

FRIEND, a daughter fails to tell her family that she might get late from a party and a guy will drop ger

back home.

A son fails to communicate to his mother or father that the girl who just got introduced to them was

JUST A FRIEND.

A guy and a girl cannot walk together in a park and have fun because they have a million eyes staring at

them already.

LOG KYA KAHENGE, the ONLY statement that has set many lives on fire.

Love, being one of the most priceless feeling to mankind, has become a daily joke. Inter-caste marriages

suffer endless torture as people are all set to criticise the couple on endless grounds.

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A Muslim marrying a Hindu or a Christian marrying a Punjabi or

even a South Indian guy marrying a Hawaiian girl, criticism

welcomes them with open arms till the very end, in any and every

way possible. A guy who is ALMOST well settled in life, tries to

make things work out for the girl he loves and its barely been a

month that love blossoms. The girl thinks she is spoiling the guy’s

life, because she is NOTHING and that would form the basis for

awesome blossom criticism because what matters is LOG KYA

KAHENGE.

The concern behind every single thought is agreeable and respectable to almost any extent, the feeling

of responsibility towards loved ones, dear ones is appreciated, BUT TILL WHEN WILL THIS CONTINUE TO

ROT LIVES ? TILL WHEN WILL WE INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO SUPPRESS OUR FEELINGS just because

LOG KYA KAHENGE?

We HAVE TO be assertive on what WE WANT, and not WHAT OTHERS WANT. We often get carried away

by decisions that are made for us or are influenced for us, but we lack the guts to make our own

choices. We lack TRUST in life. We ultimately end up regretting the chances we did not take. Concern

for the society HAS TO EXIST and thats undeniable, but not at the cost of suppressing our own thoughts,

feelings and actions. Think well, decide well, live well, at your own stake, at your own will. Pay no

attention to LOG KYA KAHENGEY, because LOGO KA KAAM HAI KEHNA.

You wanna live your life your way, go ahead, see to it that you do but not at the cost of what people

think. You as a marketer can do ANYTHING, provided you start thinking beyond what you have been

thinking so far. You love a guy or a girl who’s elder/younger to you, have the guts to trust that

relationship and give in everything to make it happen, fear 5rishn, fear nothing.

Give in all you can, expect nothing back. What YOU own will definitely come to YOU. Break free from

the clutches that the society lays down upon you, live your life your way, live every moment, every

second, if its friendship, love, professionalism or ANYTHING, have the guts to live it till the last heart

beat. Do not fear on LOG KYA KAHENGEY, follow your thoughts and notions, live YOUR life YOUR way.

MUKHPREET KHURANA

PGP/SS/14-16

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SOCIAL

“An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A

hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.”

― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“BOLSA FAMILIA – A Step Towards Development”

There have been very few ideas, since inception of life on earth that made positive impact on millions of

lives. One such idea is Bolsa Familia. This innovative social initiative has transformed lives of millions of

people in Brazil.

The program mandates direct cash transfers to poor families provided they commit and continue

keeping their children at school and take them for regular health check-ups. This program gives twin

benefits of addressing poverty through direct cash transfer along with making sure the future

generations are safeguarded against the perils of illiteracy and ill-health.

It comes as a boon to poor families who were earlier forced to take

loans just to meet the unplanned expenditure of medical expenses.

It makes sure that children complete their basic education and are

better skilled to get a job. In this way, this program breaks the jinx

of future generations being continuously pushed into poverty. For

those who see the world through statistics, this program reaches 11

million families i.e., more than 46 million people. So this has been

described as the largest program of its kind in the world.

The beneficiaries form not only the major portion of the country’s low-income population but also are

the portion that has never benefited from social programs. This scheme also happens to be the most

targeted one, as it reaches 94 percent of the funds and reaches the poor which constitutes 40 percent

of the population. Studies prove that most of the money is used to buy food, school supplies, and

clothes for the children. It is estimated that a startling 27.7% came out of poverty in alone first five

years of full scale implementation of this program. Also this program gives a sense of belonging with the

country to the people, thus reducing anti-government instincts of terrorism. Also, this has brought

efficiency in the delivery of public services as people take responsibility and demand for better services

In order to avail the direct cash transfer benefit. So this program has led to building stronger institutions

for health and education in order to cater to a huge population of beneficiaries of this program.

This scheme has also proved that privatization is not answer to bring in efficiency in institutions.

Governments shirking responsibility in garb of privatization will have lot of lessons to learn from this

Innovative scheme, embraced by millions. It has shown that a public deliver mechanism can thrive

successfully and also meet the aspirations of millions of beneficiaries. This fact has been commended by

none other than the World Bank itself.

At a time when people across the world have lesser confidence in their governments to deliver public

services, this program has proved that governments can deliver with collective participation of its

people. This program has also targeted another social menace of child labour with considerable success.

This program does not allow the children to skip more than 15% of the classes, .If a child is caught

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skipping, the allowance is suspended for the entire family, thus forcing the parents to pull their children

out of labour and send them to schools.

This pioneering program has spread to all over the world and has

become the most successful export. Supporters of this program call

this as a cheap and efficient way of improving lives of the poor but

its critics say it merely locks the poor into a holding pattern and

continue to show inequality. But few shall doubt that this program

has ensured economic stability to millions of families. It is also said

that this program merely keeps the families above a subsistence

level and does not move them up the social ladder. But it needs to

be understood that this program is not a magic wand to solve all

the ills of the down trodden and the larger economy. The program,

based on rights mechanism, along with other meaningful policy

mechanisms will be a complete solution to the economy and the

ideal way forward.

MOHAMMED IRFAN

Software Engineer, Accenture

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“Einstein’s Popcorn”

1. What is the cost sharing ratio of the Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna, which was launched in

1999?

a. Centre 75%: States 25%

b. Centre 50%: States 50%

c. Centre 25%: States 75% Ans: (a) Centre 75%: States 25%

2. Which among the following is not a 100 percent centrally sponsored scheme?

a. Janani Suraksha Yojna

b. Pradhan Mantri gram Sadak Yojna

c. NREGA Ans: (c) NREGA

3. What is the estimated number of increase in the total labour force during the 11th Five Year plan

period?

a. 45 Million

b. 55 million

c. 58 Million Ans: (a) 45 Million

4. In the Year 2008-09 there was a sharp deterioration in India’s Fiscal Position. Which among the

following was / were the reason behind this?

a. Rise in the commodity Prices

b. Global Financial Meltdown

c. Fiscal Laxity Ans: (a) Rise in the commodity Prices

5. We read in the newspapers that the government insists on controlling its own expenditures and

keeps a check on both revenue and fiscal deficits. Which among the following is the most

probable reason for the government to do so?

a. To keep adequate liquidity in the economy

b. To minimise the public debt

c. To control the inflation Ans: (c) To control the inflation

6. Which among the following Constitutional Amendments Act changed the manner of distribution

of Central Tax collections between the Central & state Governments?

a. 77th Amendment

b. 80th Amendment

c. 84th Amendment Ans: (b) 80th Amendment

7. To provide for the effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or

incidental thereto National Disaster Management Bill was passed in which year?

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a. 2004

b. 2005

c. 2006 Ans: (b) 2005

8. Which of the following was the first country to introduce Goods & Services Tax?

a. Germany

b. France

c. Australia Ans: (b) France

9. The Financial Action Task Force is an inter-governmental body. What is the main purpose of this

Task Force?

a. combat money laundering and terrorist financing

b. combat the male effects of Global Meltdown

c. combat the problems of Least Development Countries LDCs Ans: (a)

10. Which among the following bills make a passage for India to be a part of Financial Action Task

Force?

a. Unlawful Activities (Prevention Act ) 1967

b. Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002

c. Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act 2009 Ans: (c)

11. Which among the following are three pillars of Basel II?

a. Minimum capital requirements, Supervisory review, Market discipline

b. Government Control, Credit control, Fiscal Balances

c. Capital Adequacy, Liquidity Adequacy, Accounting Discipline Ans: (a)

12. Which among the following surveys are conducted by The National Sample Survey Organization or

NSSO?

a. Socio -economic surveys

b. Annual Survey of Industries

c. Agricultural surveys

d. all of above Ans: (d) All of above

13. India has recently approved the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Asean (AIFTA). This will make a

free trade area of how many countries including India?

a. 10

b. 11

c. 12 Ans: (b) 11

14. India's "Look East" Policy represents its efforts to cultivate extensive economic and strategic

relations with which of the following?

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a. China & Japan

b. Nations of Southeast Asia

c. Nations of Asia Pacific Region Ans: (b) Nations of Southeast Asia

15. India has also been conducting joint naval exercises named SIMBEX since 1993 with which of the

following countries?

a. Singapore

b. South Africa

c. Sri Lanka Ans: (a) Singapore

16. Which country will take over as the chairman of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium?

a. Sri Lanka

b. United Arab Emirates

c. Seychelles Ans: (b) United Arab Emirates

17. In an effort to explore employment opportunities in European countries for skilled and semi-

skilled Indian workers, Indian will sign a pact with which of the following countries?

a. Denmark

b. Netherlands

c. France Ans: (a) Denmark

18. Where is the local branch of International Social Security Association (ISSA), South Asia in India?

a. Chennai

b. Mumbai

c. New Delhi Ans: (c) New Delhi

19. Which country was in news recently to build world's largest amphibious aircraft?

a. US

b. China

c. Russia Ans: (b) China

20. Many a times we read about the term Special Purpose Vehicle. Which among the following is

most suitable definition of SPV?

a. An entity which is formed for a single, well-defined and narrow purpose

b. An entity which is formed for a group of broad purposes taken simultaneously

c. An entity which is formed for a single, well-defined and but a purpose with broad

perspectives Ans: (a)

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SPORTS

“The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the

courage to start.”

― John Bingham

“A STEP TOWARDS FITNESS”

The utmost need for today’s generation for sports and fitness has been the only need to gain healthy

minds. People of this generation really need to look up to something that is eventually going to pay off

when they are old, helpless and longing for support i.e., sports and fitness. You cannot deny the fact

that sports and fitness have been beneficial for every generation in every major aspect. Helping, body

and mind collaborating to reach out to your “outputs”. It has developed living in so many ways that

today; people feel it is just not an important thing to do as they have predicted healthy lifestyles for

themselves. I am very much here to tell you how you can choose the right thing for yourself when you

are willing to do it, but not exactly why. Why you need to keep fit? Obviously, because you need to live

healthy!

The thought of putting on running shoes, getting outside and exercising sound less and less appealing as

the cold nights draw in. The wintery weather makes it easy to just stay in and curl up on the sofa, but

getting into bad habits now is the worst thing you can do. By starting regular exercise now you can

avoid the mad rush to lose weight before next summer.

We’ve all must have heard of runner’s high, haven’t we? That magical feeling when endorphins (your

body’s natural painkillers) are coursing through your veins and you feel on top of the world. But if

you’re running shoes are not up to scratch that runner’s high could quickly turn into a painful low. Here

is something you would want to know for your right pairs.

For over 25 years leading UK experts have been selling sports shoes

and sharing their expert advice with their customers. By analysing

different factors such as the width of your foot, your weight, the

surface you typically train on and the biomechanics of your running

they can advise you on which running shoe is right for you. A lot

more goes into finding the right sports shoe than you think!

A great place to start is sportsshoes.com, where you can not only find advice on choosing the right

running shoe, but also a wealth of informative articles on football boots, tennis shoes and any other

sports related footwear. Did you know for example that the way you place your sports shoes can have a

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massive impact on performance? Or that permanently leaving the laces of your football boots done up

will decrease heel support over time?

Alternatively, you can pick up the phone for a chat with an expert or visit their store in Bradford, home

to a technical running and fitness centre. The store features free Asics Dart fish running gait analysis,

which will analyse your natural running style in super slow motion. Football fans can have a go on the

boot testing net which features a speed gun as well.

So is all this ‘loving your feet’ going to cost you an arm and a leg? Not at sportsshoes.com, whose price

beat promise and regular online sale mean you can get top notch brands like Nike, Adidas, Asics and

Saucony at the cheapest, discount prices. Whether you buy online, over the phone or in store, make

sure you get the right advice before you buy any of the many indoor and outdoor shoes on offer. Once

you’re kitted out with the right sports shoes, you’re ready for your runner’s high! (Or any other sports-

related rush for that matter). Believe me it’s an absolute enthralling experience when you get that high.

Talking about running, we all love football .Right? Ok for those of you who aren’t football followers I am

sure you must be following the FIFA world cup. If you’ve been watching the world cup, you’re probably

aware of Ronaldo, the Portuguese superstar with the incredible six-pack. So what do you need to do to

get a six-pack like Ronaldo’s? Our world cup workout shows you what you need to do to slim down and

get your abs looking more like a washboard than a beer barrel. Of course, someone like Ronaldo has a

lot of advantages – he is a full time professional athlete who can spend hours a day working out. In

addition, he will have access to a team of dieticians and even chefs who can ensure that he eats the

right things. But does that mean you can’t have a great looking body if you have a full time job working

in an office or spend hours each day sitting at the wheel of a car? No. It simply means you have to be

smart.

The first step is your workouts. When it comes to effectiveness, there are workouts and there are

workouts – what we mean is that not all workouts are created equal, and if you want great results,

you’re going to have to do the right type of workouts. So what type of workouts do you need to get a

great six-pack? The key is the effect your workouts have on your metabolism, and that comes down to

intensity. So if your idea of a workout is ten minutes dawdling on the treadmill, a few sets of bench

press and then a long sauna, it’s time to crank it up.

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The good news is, our world cup workout won’t take up a lot of time – you’ll work hard, but you’ll be

done in less than an hour. That’s because the most effective type of exercise for fat burning and muscle

building is high intensity weight training. High intensity weight training involves working hard and fast

and taking minimal rest periods. You should focus on exercises that use lots of muscles at once – good

exercises to do include:

Deadlifts

Barbell squats

Lunges

Dumbbell step-ups

Dips

Pull-ups

Renegade rows (with dumbbells or kettle bells)

Dumbbell rows

One arm snatches

Two-arm kettle bell swings

As you might notice, most of these exercises involve body weight, dumbbells, or kettle bells – and not a

machine to be seen. These are the most effective ways to work out, and have the added advantage that

you can do most of them at home with a minimum of equipment.

The second part of getting a great six-pack is diet. Quite simply, you

have to strip down to reveal your abs. You need to eat wholesome,

natural, unprocessed foods, and stay away from junk foods and

other sugary foods, including alcohol – it’s packed with calories. If

you work hard and eat right you might not get Ronaldo’s six pack,

but you’ll certainly look and feel better. These so called tips were

for those who need those six packs. But for those who don’t have

time?

Well, for those who feel are in short of time and don’t think they could waste their valuable time. I

suggest them to please make time. An hour dedicated only for your fitness will pay off the 16-18 hour

work or stress you take out on your body. It will definitely help you a lot. All you need to do is, just

make time. Rise up early, get into your track suit, buy running shoes (if you don’t have any), play your

walkman and just walk and also if you can, run. More or less, if you are looking for a hefty, muscular

physique, hit the nearest gym as soon as possible. Take tips from your trainer. Ask him to plan out your

fitness regime and also take special care of your routine. These pointers are just the few things that can

help you get a cool and fit body. Trust me, people of today’s generation REQUIRE fitness, it’s the only

one small requirement that can help get healthy minds and lives.

AVAZE SHAIKH

SRM UNIVERSITY – (B.E.)

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“CARICATURE’ISTIC”

“261 medal ceremonies, some tears and lots of cheers. The moment everything turned to

gold! #BestGamesEver”

- @Glaslow2014

Website Courtesy: http://www.heraldscotland.com/commonwealth-games

Picture Courtesy: Steven Camley

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LIFESTYLE

“That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing

breezes cannot be bettered.”

― Nicholas Sparks

“MOVIE MAGIC”

When you are watching entertainment you will realize you are in 80s. Where in you saw films on

bonding with horses dogs snakes etc etc. Entertainment is same but just a twist with modern flavour.

Entertainment just relies on slap stick comedy lines from actors like jhonny lever and krishna leaving

story at docs. With no story line nor any additional twists this one falls flat. For this week this one can

be avoided.

Starring: Akshay Kumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Johnny Lever

Directed by: Sajid-Farhad

Produced by: Ramesh S. Taurani, Jayantilal Gada

Production Company: Tips Industries Limited

Distributed by: Pen Movies

Release date(s): August 8, 2014

ABHISHEK SINGH

Blogger/ Owner at http://abhishek-half-mad.blogspot.in/

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“A Doyenne of the Indian Theatre”

Remembering Zohra Sehgal

With a career spanning more than eight decades and spreading smiles through miles, Veteran actress

and all jovial Zohra Sehgal bid adieu as she breathed her last on Thursday, 10/7/2014. Aged 102 and

forever young at heart, Zohra Sehgal was “A miracle woman, a legend beyond explanation”, quotes

Mr.Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Born into a Pathan family in Rampur, the turning point in her life came during

her teens when she saw the legendary Uday Shankar perform in Dehradun. Having travelled across

India, the doors to fame waited for her. Zohra had acted on the stage in different parts of India,

including plays performed for jails inmates. According to Khushwant Singh, she once stayed back to

witness an execution in the Ferozpur jail after staging a play there. After her husband's suicide, she first

moved to Delhi, and then went to London. She took on odd jobs like working in the India Tea Centre

when film roles failed to knock her doors. She got her first break in the films and was signed by Arthur

Rank and Merchant Ivory productions.

Zohra Sehgal, an enigmatic actress, famous as the most spirited and natkhat daadi of Indian cinema

might have breathed her last , but her naughty nonchalance will remain timeless and how! Defying her

age and taking up challenging roles while being at the wrong end of her '90s, this outstandingly dashing

daadima livened up our screens with her innocent sparkle. Bestowed with several honours including the

prestigious Padma Shri and the Padma Vibhushan Awards. Lighting up our screens with her short

cameos or appearances in films, Zohra Sehgal will definitely be missed.

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Sher-O-Shayari conducted by the team “Crucibles” followed by Iftar Party at IIPM

“Crucibles Orientations” conducted for batches PGP/WIN/14-16, PGP/SS/14-16 & UGP/SS/14-17

Traditional Day is observed as a celebration of

India's diverse culture. It’s a day designated

for people to come in traditional attire from

their home state, or specific culture of their

choice.

TRADITIONAL DAY celebrated at IIPM

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