DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7 MAY 2016

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1. SEVEN INDIAN SHUTTLERS QUALIFY FOR RIO OLYMPICS

i. Seven Indian shuttlers have booked their berth for the upcoming Rio Olympics, scheduled in August.

ii. The list of players is given below:

a.    Two female singles players such as Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu,

b.   A male singles' player  Kidambi Srikanth,

c.    women's doubles pairing of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa

d.   Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddyin male doubles team.

2. CORPORTION BANK GETS MSME AWARD

i. Corporation Bank has been given ‘excellence award on empowering MSMEs’ .

ii. The award is given by the Federation of Industry, Trade and Services.

iii. The bank had achieved the regulatory target of 7 per cent of annual net bank credit under micro enterprises for 2015-16.

Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Kalraj Misra

3. WILFUL DEFAULTERS OWE RS 66,000 CR TO GOVT BANKS

i. The Minister of state for Finance Jayant Sinha has stated that there were 7,686 wilful defaulters owing Rs 66,190 crore to state-owned banks as of December 2015.

ii. The number of wilful defaulters of Public sector banks rose from 5,554 to 7,686 in three years.

iii. They owes amount more than doubled to from last year to Rs 66,190 crore from Rs 27,749 crore.

4. IREDA MAY BE CONVERTED INTO A GREEN BANK

i. The state run Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency can be converted into a Green Bank.

ii. It may br converted to enable its access funding from overseas banks.

iii. IREDA is created to work with the private sector to increase investment in clean energy and bring clean energy financing into the mainstream.

iv. The green bank could offer lower interest charges than traditional banks .

v. It will also tap into international capital to finance solar and wind projects to help India power its cities and rural communities.

5. INDIAN PARASHAR KULKARNI WINS 2016 COMMONWEALTH SHORT STORY PRIZE FOR ASIA REGION

i. Indian Parashar Kulkarni won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016 for the Asia region.

ii. The is given for his politically grounded unpublished short fiction 'Cow and Company'.

iii. The story 'Cow and Company' narrates the story of four men in search of a cow.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1) WHICH COUNTRY WILL BE GOING TO HOST RIO OLYMPICS 2016?

a. Brazil

b.Spain

c. Japan

d. Russia

2) HOW MANY INDIAN SHUTTLERS  HAVE QUALIFIED FOR RIO OLYMPICS?

a. 6

b.8

c. 7

d.9

3) WHICH BANK HAS RECEIVED MSME AWARD?

a. SBI

b.PNB

c.BOI

d. CORP BANK

4) HOW MUCH AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT BANKS OWED BY WILFUL DEFAULTERS?

a. 55600cr

b.66000cr

c. 66190cr

d. none of these

5) WHO IS THE WRITER OF SHORT STORY ‘NIROPORADH GHUM’?

a. Sumon Rehman  b.  Ali Afzhar  c. Saquib Kamal  d. None of these

6)  HOW MANY INDIANS ARE SHORTLISTED FOR COMMONWEALTH 2016 SHORT STORY PRIZE?

a. 7

b.8

c. 6

d.5

7. WHO HAS TRANSLATED BANGLADESHI SHORT STORY BOOK ‘NIROPORADH GHUM’?

a. Anubhav sinha

b. Arunava Sinha 

c. Vinayak Karma    

d. Chetan Bhagat

8. WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF JUDGING PANEL OF FO COMMONWEALTH 2016 SHORT STORY PRIZE?

a. Mathew Joshep

b. Gillian  Slovo

c. Robert  Hyde

d. None of these

ANSWERS:

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

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6 MAY 2016

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1. VICE ADMIRAL SUNIL LANBA APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF

i. Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, presently Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief  Western Naval Command, was appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff.

ii. He will succeed present Navy Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan, who will superannuate from the post on 31 May 2016.

2. KUMAR RAJESH CHANDRA APPOINTED CHIEF OF BUREAU OF CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY

i. Senior IPS officer Kumar Rajesh Chandra was appointed as the Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.

ii. He will replace IPS officer G S Malhi.

iii. G.S Malhi had completed his tenure  in November 2012.

iv. The post was lying vacant since then.

v. The appointment for the post was delayed due to claims from officers of both Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service to the coveted post.

vi. Bureau of Civil Aviation Security is a regulatory authority for civil aviation security.

vii. The main responsibility of BCAS is to lay down standards and measures in respect of security of civil flights at international and domestic airports in India.

3. RADHA BINOD BARMAN TOOK OVER AS CHAIRPERSON OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMISSION

i. Renowned statistician Dr Radha Binod Barman took over as the part-time Chairperson in the National Statistical Commission.

ii. Professor Rahul Mukherjee, Dr Rajiv Mehta ,Professor S. Mahendra Dev and Dr Manoj Panda also took over as other part-time members of the commission.

iii. National Statistical Commission is an advisory body on all statistical matters, set up to enhance public trust in official statistics.

4. AGRICULTURE PROJECT HARITA-PRIYA OF ANDHRA PRADESH WINS WSIS 2016 PRIZE

i. The agriculture project Harita-Priya of Andhra Pradesh won the World Summit on the Information Society  2016 prize in e-Agriculture category.

ii. Harita-Priya stands for Harmonized Information of Agriculture, Revenue and Irrigation for a Transformation Agenda - Precision Technology for Agriculture.

iii. It meant to collect very specific climate data from farms and give farmers personalised information through SMS

iv. The data is used to create advisories and alerts on irrigation schedules and pests and plant diseases.

5. UNION CABINET APPROVES INDIA-UAE CURRENCY SWAP AGREEMENT

i. The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding between Reserve Bank of India  and Central Bank of United Arab Emirates  on co-operation concerning currency swap agreement.

ii. The Agreement was signed in February 2016 during the official state visit of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to India.

iii. The MoU will help to further strengthen the close economic cooperation and relationship between India and UAE.

iv. A currency swap involves exchange of principal and interest in one currency for the same in another currency.

 CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHO IS APPOINTED ASTHE NEW CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF?

a. Arun Prakash     

b. Sureesh Mehta              

c. Sunil lanba

d. R.k dhawan

2. WHO IS THE PRESENT ARMY GENERAL?

a. General Dalbir Singh Suhag

b. R.K Dhawan

c. Pran Nath Thapard.

d. none of these

3. WHO IS THE PRESENT CABINET MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT OF INDIA?

a. Vayalar Ravi

b. Praful Patel

c. Ashok Gajapathi Raju

d. Rajiv Pratap Rudy

4. HOW MANY PART-TIME MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED IN  NATIONAL  STATISTICAL COMMISSION ?

a. 4

b.8

c.6

d.5

5. WHO IS THE PRESENT CHAIRPERSON OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMISSION?

a. G.S Malhi

b. Radha Binod Barman

c. Rajesh Chandra

d. None of these

6. WHO WINS WSIS PRIZE 2016?

a. Harita-priya

b. Uday yojna

c. Atal pension yojna

d. PMJDY

7. HARITA-PRIYA PROJECT WINS AWARD FOR_

a. E-Banking

b. E-Commerce

c. E-Agriculture

d. None of these

ANSWERS:

                     1. C     2. A     3. C     4. B     5. B     6. A     7. C

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Quant Quiz-21 For SBI PO & Clerk Based on Time & Work

QUANT QUIZ-21 BASED ON TIME AND WORK

1. Rohan completes 40% of task in 18 days and then with the help of Ram and Rohit finishes the work. Ram is 50%  as efficient as Rohan is and Rohit is 50% as efficient as Ramesh. How many days the remaining work is complete:

a.                              

b.                                     

c.                             

d.

2. Working together Anu and Anna can do a job in 6 days. Anna and Maya can do same job in 10 days and Maya and Anu in 7.5 d ays. How long will it take if they do together.

a. 3                        

b. 5                                                        

c. 7                                        

d. 2

3. 3 man, 4 women and 6 children can complete work in 7 days. a woman does double the work  a man does and a child does half the work a man does. How many woman alone can complete the work in 7 days.

a. 7                                        

b.8                                                         

c. 9                                        

d. 10

4. A,B and C can do a work in 5,10,15 days. They started together but after 2 DAYS A and B left.C did the remaining work in

a. 3                                        

b. 4                                                        

c. 8                                        

d.5

5. A can do a certain job in x days. B takes twice as long to do job. Working together they can complete in 6 days. How many hours does B takes.

a. 9                                        

b.10                                                      

c. 7                                        

d. 8

6. X alone can do a piece of work in 15 days and Y alone can do it in 10 days. X and Y undertook a job for Rs 720. With the help of Z they finish it in 5 days .Z’s pay is:

a. 150                                   

b.140                                                   

c. 60                                      

d. 120

7. S can do a job in 20 days R in 30 days and P in 60 days .If S is helped by R and P every 3^rd day. How long will it take them to finish.

a. 15                                     

b.20                                                      

c. 10                                      

d. 18

8. 4 Men and 3Women can do a job in 6 days.5 Men and 6 Women can do a job in 4 days if she work alone on it then she takes:

a. 48                                     

b. 54                                                     

c. 60                                      

d. 72

9. A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 10 days. A and B undertook a job of Rs 3200. They worked it for 2 days and then C finished the remaining work in 7 days. C pays:

a. 1493                                

b. 1500                                                

c. 1600                                

d. 2000

10. 10 Women can complete a work in 7 days 10 Child can complete a job in 14 days .how many day will 5 women + 10 child take:

a. 7                                        

b. 14                                                     

c. 10                                      

d. 15

ANSWERS

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

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 MAY 2016

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1. US NAVY TESTED WORLD'S LARGEST UNMANNED SURFACE VESSEL, SEA HUNTER

i. United States of America tested the world's largest unmanned surface vessel named Sea Hunter.

ii. It is designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board.

iii. The ship is powered by two diesel engines and can reach speeds of 27 knots per hour.

2. MARK SELBY WON WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP

i. England's world number one Mark Selby grabbed World Championship title of Snooker.

ii. He defeated China’s Ding Junhui by 18-14.

ii. Now he became the first Asian player to win the world title.

3. BHUPENDRA KAINTHOLA TAKES CHARGE AS FTII DIRECTOR

i. Indian Information Service  officer Bhupendra Kainthola took charge as Director of Film and Television Institute of India .

ii. He has replaced Prashant Pathrabe.

iii. Film and Television Institute of India is first institute in the country that provides training for acting, film making, video editing, direction and production.

iv. It is an autonomous body under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

4. SC SETS UP RM LODHA PANEL TO OVERSEE FUNCTIONS OF MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA

i. The Supreme Court has formed a committee headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha to oversee the functions of the Medical Council of India .

ii. The main work of the committee is to oversee all statutory functions under the Medical Council of India, Act.

iii. The MCI is the statutory regulator of medical profession and education in India.

iv. SC stated that MCI had repeatedly failed in its duties and the quality of medical education in the country was at its lowest ebb.

v. MCI has been accused of indulging in corrupt practices.

5. INDIA’S GDP TO GROW AT 7.5% FOR 2016-17

i. International Monetary Fund projected India’s growth rate at 7.5 percent for the year 2016.

ii. The IMF stated India’s growth rate in its report titled Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, Building on Asia’s Strengths.

iii. It stated that GDP growth rate of India will be 7.5 percent growth in 2016 and 2017.

6. INDIA’S FIRST SCORPENE CLASS SUBMARINE INS KALVARI UNDERGOES FIRST SEA TRIAL

i. INS Kalvari, Indian Navy’s first indigenous Scorpene-class stealth submarine, has been recently launched  in the Mumbai naval dockyard.

ii. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which is built under the strategic Project collaboration with French naval defence and energy company DCNS.

iii. INS Kalvari is also known as Tiger Shark .

iv. It can undertake various operations including multifarious warfare, Anti-submarine warfare, Intelligence gathering, mine laying, area surveillance etc. 

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