MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -8 FOR SSC CGL AND RAILWAYS EXAM 2016

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -8

1. Where was the first Vasco Da Gama reached in India:

a. Hugly                              

b. Calicut                           

c. Diu                                   

d. Balasore

2. Who was the first governor of Portuguese in India:

a. Francisco Almeida  

b. Hawkins                                   

c. Thomas Roe                

d. Alfonso

3. In which of the following was the first factory built by Britishers in India:

a. Calcutta             

b. Masulipatnam                       

c. Surat                               

d. Odisa

4. When was the first Anglo-Mysore war took place:

a. 1769 A.D                       

b. 1761 AD                        

c. 1760 AD             

d. 1765 AD

5. When was the ‘Treaty of Allahabad’ took place:

a. 1765 AD            

b. 1764 AD                        

c. 1766 AD             

d. 1767 AD

6. In which of the following place the permanent settlement of 1793 was introduced:

a. Bengal                            

b. Bihar                                          

c. U.P                        

d. Orissa

7. Who was called ‘The father of Modern Western Education’ in India:

a. Lord Minto I               

b. Lord Amherst                        

c. Lord William Bentick        

d. Lord Hastings

8. The First official census in India took place:

a. 1881 AD            

b. 1882 AD                        

c. 1883 AD             

d. 1884 AD

9. Which among the following viceroy appointed the ‘Hunter commission’:

a. Lord Curzon               

b. Lord Ripon                              

c. Lord Cripps                 

d. Lord Linlithgo

10. Where was the Sanskrit College established in 1791:

a. Calcutta             

b. Banaras                        

c. Madras               

d. Delhi

ANSWERS

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

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REASONING QUIZ–13 BASED ON MIX REASONING

REASONING QUIZ–13 BASED ON

MIX REASONING

1. In a row of boys facing north, Ganesh is 5^th to the left of Ashoka. Alok is 3^rd to the right of Ganesh. Vilas is 3^rd to the left of Ashoka. Which of the following describes the position of Vilas.

a. To the immediate right of Ganesh                            

b. To the immediate left of Ganesh

c.    To the immediate right of Alok                                           

d. 3^rd to the right of Ganesh.

2. If Z is called 11, Y is called 12, X is called 13, W is called 14 and so on, then what will be the numerical value of 5^th alphabet right of 9^th alphabet from left.(alphabet are written in reverse order):

a. 23                          

b. 25                                      

c. 24                                      

d. 17

3. L M N O P have different ages. L is elder than only P. N is younger than only M. Who is in middle.

O                                

b. M                                       

c. N                                        

d. P

Directions (4 -6): which of the following condition are true:

4. Statement:

 Some locks are keys

Some keys are robots

All locks are aces

Some robots are hard

 Conclusions

I. All locks are robots

II. Some ace are keys

III. Some keys are not locks

IV. Some robots are lock

a. Only II follows                

b. only I and III follow                  

c. only I follow                                

d. donly I and II follow

5. Statements:

Some horses are weak

All weak are goats

Some goats are leopard

All leopard are frog

Conclusion

I. Some frog are horses

II. Some goats are horses

III. Some horses are not leopard

IV. Some frogs are goat

a. Only I and II follow       

b. only II and IV follow                 

c. only III and IV follow                

d. d. d. none of these

6. Mani said pointing to a picture ‘That picture is of Sister of Grandson of Father of my maternal uncle’. How is the lady in the picture related to Mani.

a. Father’s sister                

b. mother’s sister               

c. cousin (Maternal sister)          

d. none of these

7. If P $ Q means P is father of Q

P # Q means P is mother of Q

P @ Q means P is sister of Q

Then how is Q related to N in N #L $P@Q:

a. Grandson             

b. Granddaughter              

c. Nephew                            

d. data inadequate

Directions (8-10): Read the following information carefully to answer these questions:

1. P Q R S T are sitting along a circle facing the centre.

2. R is neighbor of P and Q

3. T is to the immediate left of Q

8. Which is a false statement:

a. T is to the immediate right of S

b. P is between R and S

c. S is 2^nd to the right of R

d. None of the above

9. Which is a true statement

a. P is 2^nd to the left of Q

b. S is between P and T

c. R is 4^th to the left of T

d. None of these

10. Which is position of S

a. To the immediate right of T

b. 3^rd to the right of Q

c. To the immediate left of P

d. None of these

ANSWERS

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

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QUANT QUIZ-13 BASED ON RATIO AND PROPORTION

QUANT QUIZ-13 BASED ON

RATIO AND PROPORTION

1. Two numbers are in ratio1/2:2/2/3, when each of these are increased by 15, they become in the ratio1/2/3:2/1/1 Find the numbers:

a. 27, 36                              

b. 36,27                              

c. 48, 27                              

d. 64,48

2. A and B have money in the ratio 2:1.If A gives Rs 2 to B, the money will be in the ratio 1:1.What was the initial amounts they had:

a. Rs 12, Rs 6                   

b. Rs 16 , Rs 8                              

c. Rs. 8 ,Rs 4                                 

d. Rs 6 and Rs 3

3. A man ordered 4 pairs of black socks and some pair of brown socks. The price of a black socks is double that of a brown pair, while preparing the bill the clerk interchanged the number of black and brown pairs by mistake which increased the bill by 50%.The ratio of the number of black and brown pairs of socks in the original order was:

a. 2:1                        

b. 4:1                                    

c. 1:2                                    

d. 1:4

4. A fruit seller sold big, medium and small sized apples for Rs 15, Rs 10 , Rs 5 respectively. The total number of apples sold were in the ratio 3:2:5.Find the average cost of an  apple :

a. 8                            

b. 10                                     

c.9                                         

d.7

5. 4 yrs ago, the ratio of the age of A and B was 2:3 and after 4 yrs it will become 5:7.Find their present age:

a. 36,40                               

b. 32,48                              

c. 40,56                                           

d. 36, 52

6. If there is a reduction in the number of workers in a factory in the ratio 15:11 and an increment in the wage in the ratio 22 : 25 than the ratio by which the total wage of the workers should be decreased in:

a. 6:5                        

b. 5:6                                    

c. 3:7                                    

d. 3:5

7. Two equal glasses filled with alcohol and water in the proportion 2:1 and 3:2 are emptied into a 3^rd glass. The proportion of alcohol and water in the 3^rd glass will be:

a. 13:17                              

b. 19:17                              

c. 13:11                               

d. 19:11

8. A policeman starts to chase a thief, when the thief goes 10 steps, the policeman moves 8 steps. 5 steps of policeman are equal to 7 steps of thief. The ratio of the speeds of policeman and thief is:

a. 25:28                              

b. 25:26                              

c. 28:25                                           

d. 56:25

9. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school was 5:3. Some new boys and girls were admitted to the school, in the ratio 5:7.At time, the total number of students in the school became 1200 and the ratio of boys to girls changed to 7:5. The number of students in the school before new admission was:

a. 700                                  

b. 720                                              

c. 900                                               

d. 960

10. In an examination, the number of those who passed and the number of those who failed were in the ratio 25:4.If 5 more had appeared and the number of failures was 2 less than earlier. The ratio of passers to failure would have been 22:3.The total number who appeared at the examination is:

a. 145                                  

b. 150                                              

c. 155                                               

d. 180

ANSWERS

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

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MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -7 FOR SSC AND RAILWAYS EXAM 2016

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -7

1. Who was called the ‘Grand old man of India’:

a. Dadabhai Naoroji                 

b. B.G.Tilak                                   

c. Tagore               

d. Lala Lajpat Rai

2. ‘My experiments with Truth’ is the work of which of the following person:

a. Mahadev Desai                                  

b. J.L.Nehru                                  

c. M.K.Ghandi                  

d. Sunil Sarkar

3. Who was the first viceroy of India:

a. Lord Clive                                

b. William Bentick                   

c. Lord Curzon                

d. Lord Canning

4. Who is the author of ‘Social Background of Indian Nationalism’:

a. A.R. Desai                                 

b. Dharam Kumar                     

c. Raya Ji                

d. K.Rajayan

5. Champaran Satyagraha was took place in:

a. Gujarat                                      

b. Bombay                         

c. Bihar                               

d. Madras

6. Hindu Mahasabha came into existence in :

a. 1901                                            

b. 1906                                           

c. 1915                                

d. 1925

7. The Ganpati festival was started in:

a. 1792                                            

b. 1793                                           

c. 1893                                

d. 1904

8. Sati was declared a punishable offence in:

a. 1727                                            

b. 1729                                           

c. 1829                                

d. 1834

9. Swami Vivekananda , known in his pre monastic life as:

a. Narendra nath Dutta                      

b. Vishwanath Dutta                

c. Upendranath Dutta 

d. Vasava Dutta

10. In India the ‘Wahabi movement’ was started by:

a. Syed Ahmed                            

b. Vilayet ali                                 

c. Mohammad ali           

d. Jahan Dad khan

ANSWER

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

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Daily Current Affairs 8th March 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8 MARCH 2016

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1. 8 MARCH IS OBSERVED AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

i. International Women’s Day is observed on 8th March  in allover the world.

ii. The day is observed to highlight the achievements of women while calling for greater equality.

iii. The theme of the day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”.

2. UNION GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED ONLINE MARKETING PLATFORM MAHILA E-HAAT

i. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched Mahila e-Haat portal in New Delhi.

ii. The Mahila e-Haat portal is an online marketing platform.

iii. It is the initiative taken by government to help women to sell products online.

iv. It is an initiative for women across the country as a part of Digital India and Stand Up India initiatives.

3. GYAN SANGAM THE 3RD PHASE OF BANK REFORMS TO FOCUS ON BAD LOAN

i. The Gyan Sangam two day annual meeting of chiefs of public sector financial institutions, officials from the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India held  in Gurgaon.

ii. The meeting is conducted to discuss the severe issues relating to banking as NPA’s and bad loans etc.

iii. The issues relating to Restructuring and mergers and acquisitions of banks, NPA management, digital and financial inclusion, Credit growth, and Risk management.

4. COUNTRY'S FIRST SMALL FINANCE BANK TO BEGIN OPERATIONS

i. Jalandhar based Capital Local Area Bank has become the first to receive the Reserve Bank of India‘s licence to start operations as a small finance bank.

ii. In last year 2015 Reserve Bank of India granted in-principle licences to 10 applicants to set up small finance banks.

iii. The small finance bank will examine the basic banking activities of acceptance of deposits and lending to unserved and underserved sections including small business units, marginal farmers and unorganised sector entities.

5. AMAZON IS INDIA'S MOST TRUSTED ONLINE SHOPPING BRAND

i. Amazon World's largest e-retailer is ranked as India's most trusted online shopping brand .

ii. It was followed by Snapdeal and Flipkart.

iii. Amazon is India's most trusted online shopping brand with 36 per cent of the trust pie.

6. INVESTORS' SUMMIT STARTED IN GURGAON

i. The first two-day 'Happening Haryana Global Investors Summit 2016' has been started  in Gurgaon,.

ii. It was attended by several Union Ministers, leading entrepreneurs and MNCs .

iii. The participating countries are Czech-Republic, Japan, Korea, Malawi, Peru, Poland, Spain, Mauritius, New Zealand, China, the United Kingdom and Tunisia.

iv. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is the chief guest at the inaugural session.

7. UNION GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TO WITHDRAW TAX PROPOSAL ON EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND

i. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on announced to withdraw proposal to tax Employee Provident Fund  withdrawals.

ii. Government retained the tax proposal for National Pension Scheme withdrawals.

iii. The proposal was made by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the Union Budget 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha.

iv. According to the proposal 60 percent of the amount deposited in the EPF account of the employee would be taxable at the time of withdrawal and 40 percent would be tax free.

v. It would become effective from 1 April 2016.

vi. The proposal to tax EPF withdrawals was made with an aim of to create a pensioned society.

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