Daily Current Affairs 14th Feb. 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14 FEB 2016

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1. PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE CONFERRED INFOSYS PRIZE 2015

i. President Pranab Mukherjee  Infosys Prize 2015 on six winners in New Delhi.

ii.The awards were received by Prof Umesh Waghmare, Prof Jonardon Ganeri, Dr Amit Sharma, Prof Mahan Mj, Prof G Ravindra Kumar and Dr Srinath Raghavan.

LIST OF AWARDEES:

a.       In Engineering and Computer Science field Prof. Umesh Waghmare received award for his innovative use of first-principles theories and modelling in insightful investigations of microscopic mechanisms responsible for specific properties of certain materials.

b.      In Humanities the award is won by Prof. Jonardon Ganeri for his originality in interpreting and scrutinizing analytical Indian Philosophy.

c.       In Life Sciences the award is won by Dr. Amit Sharma for his pioneering contributions towards deciphering the molecular structure, at the atomic level, of key proteins involved in the biology of pathogenesis of the deadly malarial parasite.

d.      In Mathematical Sciences the award is won by Prof Mahan Mj for establishing a central conjecture in the Thurston program to study hyperbolic 3-manifolds and introduced important new tools to study fundamental groups of complex manifolds.

e.       In Physical Sciences the award is Won by Prof. G Ravindra Kumar for his contributions to the physics of high intensity laser matter interactions.

f.        In Social Sciences the award is won by Dr. Srinath Raghavan for outstanding research that synthesizes military history, international politics, and strategic analysis into powerful and imaginative perspectives on India in global context.

2. JNANPITH AWARD WINNING POET O N V KURUP DIED

i. Famous Malayalam poet and Jnanpith-winner Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup passed away in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

ii. He received the Padma Shri award in 1998 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011.

iii. He is known for his famous published book named Dahikunna Panapatram .

3. PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATED MAKE IN INDIA WEEK IN MUMBAI

i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Make in India Week in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.

ii.The theme of the week is design, innovation and sustainability to showcase India's manufacturing sector potential in the coming decade.

iii.Make In India Week is beginning from 13 February 2016 to  18 February 2016.

iv. It was attended by Prime Minister of Sweden, Finland, and Lithuania Stefan Löfven, Juha Sipilä and Algirdas Butkevičius respectively and Deputy PM of Poland Piotr Glinski among others.

4. 13 FEBRUARY OBSERVED AS WORLD RADIO DAY

i. World Radio Day is observed globally on 13th February.

ii.The day is observed to remember the unique power of radio that touches lives and bring people together across every corner of the globe.

iii.The theme of the day is “Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster”.

5. 1^ST MEGA FOOD PARK INAUGURATED IN MADHYA PRADESH

i. 1st Mega Food Park is inaugurated in Panwa village of Madhya pardesh.

ii.The food park  is named after Indus.

iii. It will create a modern infrastructure and provide impetus to the growth of food processing sector in Madhya Pradesh.

vi. It will help in providing better prices to farmers, reduce wastage of perishables and add value to agricultural produce.

 UNION MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING MINISTER: HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL

6. 4TH WORLD GOVERNMENT SUMMIT CONCLUDED IN DUBAI

i. The 3 day annual World Government Summit Held in Dubai, UAE.

ii. It provides an opportunity to show innovations, best practice and smart solutions to inspire creativity to tackle these future challenges.

iii.In World Government Summit  challenges faced by the humanity such as climate change, financial inclusion, pension sustainability, education for all, etc are discussed.

 iv.The solutions and strategies are discussed for sustainable development goals, internet of things, virtual health, etc.

v. 2016 Best m-Government Service Award is presented to Karnataka’s Mobile One project the award in the One Stop App category at the international level.

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Daily Current Affairs 13th Feb. 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13 FEB 2016

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1. INDIAN ORIGIN LAWYER DAVINDER SINGH NAMED VICE-CHAIRMAN OF ICC COMMISSION

i. Indian origin lawyer Davinder Singh has been appointed as Vice-Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption.

ii. He is one of the top Indian origin lawyer in Singapore.

iii.International Chamber of Commerce Commission is located in Paris as  private sector world business organisation with an aim  to promote global trade and commerce.

2. KARNATAKA MOBILE ONE PROJECT WON 2016 BEST M-GOVERNMENT SERVICE AWARD

i. Karnataka’s Mobile One project grabbed 2016 Best m-Government Service Award at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

ii. Mobile One project brings together around 4000 services of multiple states and central government departments as well as private service providers at one place.

iii. The project was launched by the the President Pranab Mukherjee in December 2014.

3. INDIA RANKED 37 IN 2016 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEX

i. India ranked 37 in the 2016 Intellectual Property Index it was released by the Global Intellectual Property Centre of the U.S Chamber of Commerce.

ii.The index was topped by the USA in terms of intellectual property protection and last rank was given to Venezuela.

4. BCCI BANNED PAKISTAN UMPIRE ASAD RAUF FOR INVOLVEMENT IN 2013 IPL SPOT-FIXING SCANDAL

i. The Disciplinary Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India banned Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf for 5 years on charges of corruption and misconduct.

ii.He was founded  guilty of charges in relation to the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing scandal of 2013.

iii.Earlier Ajit Chandila and Hiken Shah were also banned by the committee in relation to the 2013 scandal.

5. STATES CAN CLAMPDOWN MOBILE INTERNET ACCESS UNDER SECTION 144 OF CRPC

i. The Supreme Court ruled that States can clampdown mobile internet access under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code if they think that a public agitation can turn aggressive and disturb public tranquillity.

ii.The ruling was delivered by a bench led by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur.

6. BOOK TITLED A KINGDOM FOR HIS LOVE LAUNCHED BY AMAR CHITRA KATHA

i. A Kingdom For His Love book written by Vani Mahesh and Shinie Antony released.

ii. The authors through the book want to retell the Sanskrit play 'Swapnavasavadattam', one of the earliest and most celebrated playwrights Bhasa.

iii.It is an immersive novel about two people coming together against all odds for the sake of true love.

7. UNION HEALTH MINISTER LAUNCHED NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ELIMINATION OF MALARIA 2016-2030

i. Union Health and Family Welfare Ministery released the National Framework for Malaria Elimination 2016-2030 at New Delhi.

ii.The framework outlines India’s strategy for elimination of the disease by 2030.

iii.NFME document defines goals, objectives, strategies, targets and timelines to eliminate malaria from the country.

iv.It will provide a roadmap for advocating and planning malaria elimination from the country in a phased manner.

v.The main aim is to eliminate malaria from India by 2022

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Quant Quiz-5 For LIC AAO And SBI Examination 2016

QUANT QUIZ - 5 FOR LIC –AAO EXAM

PROFIT AND LOSS

1. What is the cash discount that follows a 20% trade discount on the list price (a 50% mark on the C.P) .If the seller finally makes a profit of 11%:

a. 9.5%                                 

b. 12%                                                  

c. 7.5%                                 

d. 8%

2. A dealer buys a table listed at Rs 200 and gets successive discounts of 10% and 15% .He spends Rs 7 on transport and sells the table for Rs 208. What is his gain:

a. 25%                                  

b. 30%                                                  

c. 35%                                  

d. 40%

3. If a man purchases 7 oranges for Rs 8 and sells 8 oranges for Rs 7. How much profit or loss does he make:

a. 275/16% loss

b. 275/16% profit

c. 375/16% loss

d. 375/16% profit

4. A merchant professes to loss 8% on a certain tea, but he uses a weight equal to 460 g instead of 1 kg. Find his real loss or gain per cent:

a. 50% gain                         

b. 100% gain                                       

c. 200% gain                       

d. 75% gain

5. A man sells an article at a gain of 15%.If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for Rs 4 less, he would have gained 25%. Find the cost price.

a. Rs. 160                                             

b. Rs. 260                                             

c. Rs 610                              

d. Rs 180

6. An article is sold at 25% profit. If its CP and SP are increased by Rs 16 and Rs 6 respectively, the percentage of profit decreases by 20%. Find the cost price.

a. Rs 45                                

b. Rs 58                                

c. Rs 54                 

d. data inadequate

7. A person sells his table at a profit of 40% and the chair at a loss of 20% but on the whole he gains Rs 60. On the other hand if he sells the table at a loss of 20% and the chair at a profit of 40% then he neither gains nor loses. Find the cost price of the table and the chair.

a. Rs 200, Rs 100                               

b. Rs 100, Rs 200                               

c. Rs 250, Rs 150

d. Rs 150, Rs 250

8.1/5  if a commodity is sold at 25% profit,1/10 is sold at 40% profit and the rest at 30% profit. If a total profit of Rs 150 is earned, then find the value of the commodity:

a. Rs. 550                                             

b. Rs. 450                                             

c. Rs 650                              

d. Rs 500

9. Umesh purchased 30 bananas at Rs 3 each. He sold 16 bananas at 15% profit and the remaining 30% profit. What is his profit percentage in this transaction:

a. 33%                                  

b. 22%                                                  

c. 17%                                  

d. 31%

10. A calculates his profit percentage on the selling price whereas B calculates his profit on the cost price. They find that the difference of their profits is Rs 900.If the selling price of both of them are the same, and A gets 50% profit and B gets 40% profit, then find their selling price:

a. Rs 4200                            

b. Rs 4500                                           

c. Rs 4000                            

d. Rs 4800

ANSWERS

1.C, 2.D, 3.C, 4.B, 5.A, 6.C, 7.A, 8.D, 9.B, 10.A 

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Daily Current Affairs 12th Feb. 2016 (Free GK Updates)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12 FEB 2016

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1. THE 6TH NATIONAL SCIENCE FILM FESTIVAL STARTED IN MUMBAI

i. The 6th National Science Film Festival and Competition has been started at Nehru Science Center in Mumbai.

ii. The event was chaired by veteran director Shyam Benegal and science film maker Dr Mike Panday.

    

2.  R K VERMA IS APPOINTED AS NEW SECRETARY OF RAILWAY BOARD

i. Mr. R K Verma is appointed  as  new Secretary in Railway Board of India.

ii. He has worked with various railways, including Southern, North-East Frontier Eastern and Western comprising of Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering.

UNION RAILWAY MINISTER: SURESH PRABHU

3. RBI SAID TO BANK SET ASIDE MORE FOR STRESSED LOANS

i. The Reserve Bank of India has directed commercial banks to accelerate provisioning requirement for the existing stock of restructured loans that are showing signs of stress.

ii. Banks have provided only 5 per cent for these restructured loans but now the central bank has directed them to increase the provisioning by 2.5 per cent every quarter so that by March 31, 2017 provisioning reached the 15 per cent level.

iii. The central bank has given direction to support the RBI’s drive to clean up banks’ balance sheets by March 2017.

4. SIACHEN AVALANCHE SURVIVOR LANCE NAIK HANAMANTHAPPA PASSED AWAY

i. . Lance Naik Hanamanthappa who had been battling for life at the Army’s Research & Referral hospital passed away he was 33 years old only.

ii. Hanamanthappa belonged to a farming family in Betadur village in Kundagol taluk of Dharwad district.

iii. He was trapped inside an air pocket under 35 feet of snow and he was buried alive in an avalanche on February 3.

5. RAILWAY MINISTRY LAUNCHES 3 IT ENABLED APPS

i. The Union Ministry of Railways has launched 3 IT enabled apps to bring transparency in Indian Railways and to promote Digital India initiative.

ii. The apps were launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

iii.Three IT enabled apps are:

a.    Hand Held Terminals for TTEs will help in updating status of passenger list of the whole train.

b.   Paperless unreserved ticketing mobile application will be used for booking unreserved tickets on many suburban and some long distance routes.

c.    E-booking of disposable linen on trains will Allows passengers to avail bedroll kits through online booking and from IRCTC set up select outlets on the station.

6. YES BANK PARTNERED WITH SMARTBOX TO HELP REDUCE DELIVERY RETURNS FOR E-COMMERCE FIRMS

i. Yes Bank has tied up with Smartbox Ecommerce Solutions for solving problems  relating to  delivery of e-commerce firms.

ii.The bank will help  the payment solutions for Smartbox network of Automated Parcel Delivery Terminals.

iii. YES Bank partnership will help to reduce costs for e-commerce companies while offering additional convenience to online shoppers.

iv.YES Bank is India's fifth largest private sector bank.

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Quant Quiz-4 for LIC AAO And SBI Examination 2016

QUANT QUIZ-4 FOR LIC –AAO EXAM

PERCENTAGE

1. Two numbers are respectively 8% and 32% more than third. What percentage is the first of the second:

a. 800/11%

b.900/11%

c. 800/9%

d. 200/9%

2. An electrical contractor purchases a certain amount of wire, 10% of which was stolen. After using 85% of the remainder, he had 47m 25 cm of wire left. How much wire did he purchase:

a. 350 m                                

b. 320 m                                

c. 300m                                  

d. 370m

3. A man spends 15% of his income in board and lodging, 10% of the remainder in other personal necessities and 5% of the rest in charity. If his income is Rs. 20000, find the amount left by him at the end:

a. Rs 14535               

b. Rs 14353                           

c. Rs 14533               

d. Rs 15435

4. During the first year, the population of a town increases by 20% during the second year decreases by 5% and again decreases by 10% during the third year and the population at the end of third year is 51300. Find the population at the beginning of the first year.

a. 50000                                

b. 51000                                

c. 49200                    

d. 40000

5. A candidate scores 46% and fails by 55 marks, while another candidates who scores 81% marks, get 15 marks more than the minimum required marks to pass the examination. Find the maximum marks for the examination :

a. 350                         

b. 100                                    

c. 150                         

d. 200

6. A solution of salt and water contains 5% salt by weight, of it 20 kg water evaporates and the solution now contains 15% of salt. Find the original quantity of solution.

a. 15 kg                                  

b. 30 kg                                              

c. 18 kg                                  

d. 24 kg

7. In an examination the percentage of students qualified to the number of students appeared from school ‘A’ is 80%. In school ‘B’ the number of students appeared is 25% more than the students appeared from school ‘A’ and the number of students qualified from school ‘B’ is 40% more than the students qualified from school ‘A’. What percentage of students qualified to the number of students appeared from school ‘B’:

a. 45%                                   

b. 90%                                               

c. 89.5%                     

d. 89.6%

8. A reduction of 12.5% in the price of mangoes enables a purchaser to obtain 4 more for a rupee. What are the reduced price and the original price per mango:

a. Re1/32, Re.1/28

b. Re1/32, Re1/36

c. Re 1/28, Re.1/36  

d. none of these

9. When the price of coffee was increased by 24% , a family reduced its consumption in such a way that the expenditure on coffee was only 8% more than before. If 31 kg were consumed per month before, find the new monthly consumption:

a. 26 kg                                  

b. 25 kg                                              

c. 28 kg                                  

d. 27 kg

10. In a school, a total of 110 students are studying together in two divisions A and B of class X. The students are studying only Hindi, only Sanskrit or both Hindi and Sanskrit. The total number of students in A and B divisions are in the ratio of 5:6; the number of students studying only Hindi is 40% of the total number of students in the two divisions. The number of students studying both subjects in A division is 30% of the students in that division and is equal to the number of students studying only Hindi in the same division.36 students study both Hindi and Sanskrit. What is the total number of students studying only Sanskrit in class X:

a. 44                           

b. 38                                       

c. 36                           

d. 30               

e. none of these

Answers:

1.B, 2.A, 3.A, 4.A, 5.D, 6.B, 7.C, 8.A, 9.D, 10.D

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