DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13 JUNE 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13 JUNE 2016

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1. SATYA PAL JAIN APPOINTED AS LAW COMMISSION MEMBER

i. Additional Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jain has been appointed as a part-time member of the 21st Law Commission of India.

ii. The appointment will be in addition to his charge as an Additional Solicitor General of India.

iii. The President constituted the 21st Law Commission of India on 1 September 2015 and will end on 31 August 2018.

iv. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, retired Judge of the Supreme Court, is the Chairman of the Commission.

v. Law Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India in 1955.

vi. It works for legal reforms and its members will be primarily legal experts, who are entrusted a mandate by the Union Government.

2. SIKKIM BECOMES INDIA’S FIRST STATE TO LAUNCH OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA PORTAL

i. Sikkim became the first state in India to have an open government data portal linked ‘sikkim.data.gov.in’.

ii. The portal has been developed by Government of Sikkim’s Information Technology Department.

iii. The open government data portal facilitates free use, reuse and redistribution of data produced or commissioned b the government or government controlled entities by anyone.

3. INDIA RANKED 141 OUT OF 163 COUNTRIES ON 2016 GLOBAL PEACE INDEX

i. India was ranked 141 on a Global Peace Index in 2016 out of 163 countries, making it less peaceful country.

ii. India has moved up two positions from 143rd rank in 2015 GPI.

iii. The list is topped by Iceland followed by Denmark, Austria, New Zealand etc.

iv. The least peaceful countries is Pakistan.

4. UNION RAILWAYS MINISTRY FLAGS OFF CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAH EXPRESS TRAIN IN BIHAR

i. Union Railways Ministry has flagged off Champaran Satyagrah Express train at a function in Motihari, Bihar.

ii. Champaran Satyagrah Express train has been introduced to mark 100 years of the historic Champaran Satyagraha launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917.

iii. The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Mahatma Gandhi’s first Satyagraha in India.

iv. It was launched against the oppressive policies European indigo planters that led to exploitation of tens of thousands of landless serfs, indentured labourers and poor farmers in Champaran.

5. GOOGLE, TATA TRUSTS LAUNCH ‘INTERNET SATHI’ IN WEST BENGAL TO EMPOWER RURAL WOMEN

i. The search giant Google Inc and Tata Trusts have jointly launched ‘Internet Saathi’ program in Purulia district of West Bengal.

ii. The initiative has been launched as part of Google’s ‘Helping Women Get Online’ campaign

iii. The main of the programme is to create awareness about the benefits of Internet among women in rural India.

6. 12 JUNE OBSERVED AS WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR

i.The World Day Against Child Labour is being observed  across world on 12^th  June .

ii.The day is observed to bring awareness against child labour.

iii. The main aim of the day is to bring together governments, employers and workers organizations, civil society, as well as millions of people from around the world to highlight the plight of child labourers.

iv. The theme of the day is ‘child labour and supply chains’

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF LAW COMMISSION?

a. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan

b. Justice Sandeep Kaur

c. Justice R. Subramanyam

d. None of these

2. NAME THE NEW MEMBER WHO IS RECENTLY APPOINTED FOR 21^ST LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA?

a. Satya Pal Singh

b. Jayant Sinha

c. Shila Jain

d. Karan Bedi

3. SKKIM HAS LAUNCHED OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA PORTAL FOR THE STATE PEOPLE. SO, NAME THE CAPITAL OF STATE?

a. Dispur

b. Manipur

c. Gangtok

d. Ranipool

4. WHO FLAGS OFF THE ‘CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAH EXPRESS’ TRAIN IN MOTIHARI, BIHAR?

a. Nitish Kumar

b. Suresh Prabhu

c. Narendra Modi

d. Sarad Pawar

5. WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LEAST PEACEFUL ACCORDING TO “GLOBAL PEACE INDEX”?

a. Afghanistan

b. Iran

c. Iraq

d. Pakistan

ANSWERS:

1. A     2. B     3. C     4. B     5. D

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12 JUNE 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12 JUNE 2016

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1. WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON 12TH JUNE

i. Every year the World Day against Child Labour has been Observed on 12th of June.

ii The day was started by the International Labour Organisation to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.

iii. The theme for this year is 'End child labour in supply chains - It's everyone's business.'

2. INDIA, JAPAN AND US STARTED MALABAR EXERCISE NEAR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

i. India, Japan and US have started the Malabar Exercise, near to  the South China Sea.

ii. The exercise aims to achieve deeper military ties and greater interoperability amid rising tensions in the region.

iii. In last year 2015 the exercise is conducted in Chennai and included the participation of Japan.

    

3. AAI HONOURED WITH THE NATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMING CENTRAL PSU FOR GREEN ENERGY INITIATIVES

i. The Airports Authority of India has been honoured with the National Award for Best Performing Central PSU for Roof Top Solar Power initiatives.

ii. It has installed 4.8 megawatt peak power rooftop solar plants at 13 airports.

Minister of State for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy: Piyush Goyal.

4. GOVERNMENT FORMS PANEL ON PSU EXECUTIVES PAY REVISION

i. The Government of India has constituted a committee to make recommendations on pay scale revision of executives in PSUs.

ii. The panel's suggestions will be submitted within six months of its constitution, and the government's decision on them will take effect from January 1, 2017.

iii. The last pay revision for the executives came into effect in 2007.

5. TELANGANA TO SET UP 12,500-ACRE PHARMA CITY NEAR HYDERABAD

i. The CM of Telangana state Mr. K. Chandrashekhar Rao has announced Telangana is going to set up a 'Pharma City' on 12,500 acres of land in Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar districts.

ii. The state already has been the drugs capital of the country with almost one-third of the total production in value terms.

iii. The proposed park will attract all pharmaceutical  manufacturing companies in telangana.

6. 'SANSAD RATNA' AWARDS CONFERRED ON 5 MPS

i. Four first time Lok Sabha MPs were among five Parliamentarians who were honoured with the 'Sansad Ratna' Awards for their performance in Parliament.

ii. The award was were given to five Lok Sabha MPs and one former Rajya Sabha member.

iii. The receipents of the awards are:

a.    PP Chaudhary,    

b.   Heena Vijaykumar Gavit,

c.    Shrirang Appa Barne,     

d.   Raajeev Shankarrao Satav,

e.    Shivaji Adhalrao Patil     

f.     P Rajeev

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PSUS HAVE BEEN HONOURED WITH ‘NATIONAL AWARD’ FOR BEST PERFORMING CENTRAL PSU FOR ROOF TOP SOLAR POWER INITIATIVES?

a. Airport Authority of India

b. Air India Engineering Services

c.  Air India Limited

d. Antrix Corporation

2. WHICH STATE KNOWN AS ‘DRUG CAPITAL OF INDIA’?

a. Himachal Pradesh

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Punjab

d. Telangana

3. WHO IS THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA?

a. ESL Narasimhan

b. Kiran Bedi

c. Shila Dixit

d. Mridula Sinha

4. NAME THE CEO OF ‘CAXIA BANK’?

a. Alexendra Josheph

b. Gonzalo Cortazar

c. Niano Cortazar

d. None of these

5. RECENTLY, SBI SIGNED MOU WITH CAXIA BANK TO ENHANCE BUSINESS SYNERGIES . WHERE IS THE HEADQUARTER OF CAXIA BANK LOCATED AT?

a. Barcelona, Spain

b. London. UK

c. Dubai, Saudi Arabia

d. Dhaka , Bangladesh

6. AMONG THE ‘SANSAD RATAN’ AWARDEES , WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE FORMER MEMBER OF RAJYA SABHA?

a. PP Choudhary

b. RS Satav

c. P Rajeev

d. H. Vijaykumar Gavit

ANSWERS:

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

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Banking Awareness Tutorial-3 For SBI PO, Clerk /IBPS Examination

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REASONING QUIZ-46 FOR SBI PO & CLERK

REASONING QUIZ-46 FOR SBI PO & CLERK

Directions (Q. 1–2): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

L is father of P who is son of S. M is grandmother of R who is son of O. N is paternal uncle of R who is brother of S.

1. How is O related to L?

1) Brother-in-law

2) Brother

3) Can’t be determine

4) None of the above

2. According to the above information how is S related to R?

1) Paternal Aunt

2) Maternal Aunt

3) Niece

4) Nephew

Directions (Q. 3-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North, but not necessarily in the same order. B sits second to the left of A. Three persons are sitting between G and B. G sits on the extreme left end of the row. D is an immediate neighbor of G. F and B are not neighbours. C sits second to the right of D but is not the immediate neighbor of E. There are three persons between C and F.

         

3. Who is the sitting 5^th right of the 2^nd to left of the above arrangement?

(1)F  

(2)E

(3)B  

(4)H

(5)None of these

4. If all the letters are arranged in alphabetical order from left end, then how many letters will obtain the same position after rearrangement?

(1) Two  

(2) Three

(3) Four

(4) None

5. How many meaningful words can be formed by using 2^nd, 6^th, 7^th,8^th letters of the above arrangement(using each letter once only)?

(1) Three   

(2) Two

(3) One

(d) No meaningful words can be formed

Directions (Q. 6– 10): In each question, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions. Study the conclusions based on the given statements and select the appropriate answer.

6. Statements:  B > E ≥ A < L; T > A > S

Conclusions:

I. E ≥ T

II. E<T

(1) Both conclusion I and II are true.

(2) Either conclusion I or II is true.

(3) Conclusion II is true.

(4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true

(5) Only conclusion I is true.

7. Statements:  L = I ≥ N < E; N ≥ S

Conclusions:

I. L >N

II. L=N

(1) Either conclusion I or II is true.

(2) Neither conclusion I nor II is true.

(3) Only conclusion II is true.

(4) Both conclusion I and II are true.

(5) Only conclusion I is true.

8. Statements: V < E > B = H ≥ N; B ≤ T

Conclusions:

I. B ≥N

II. N ≤ T

(1) Either conclusion I or II is true.

(2) Only conclusion II is true.

(3) Neither conclusion I nor II is true.

(4) Only conclusion I is true.

(5) Both conclusion I and II are true.

9. Statements:  F = K ≥ N < E; F < T

Conclusions:

 I. T>N

II. F≥N

(1) Only conclusion II is true.

(2) Either conclusion I or II is true.

(3) Both conclusion I and II are true.

(4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true.

(5) None follow

10. Statements:  J > E ≥ Z < L; Z ≥ A > S

Conclusions:

 I. J ≥ S

II. E = L

(1) Only conclusion II is true.

(2) Both conclusion I and II is true.

(3) Either conclusion I or II is true.

(4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true.

(5) Only conclusion I is true.

ANSWER

1.1, 2.1, 3.4, 4.3, 5.3, 6.2, 7.1, 8.5, 9.3, 10.5,

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BANKING QUIZ-22 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

BANKING QUIZ-22 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

1. Which entity got approval from RBI to set up and operate “Bharat Bill Payment System”?

a. Master

b. Visa

c. Rupay

d. Pay U India

2. Where is the headquarter of Investment Information and Credit rating agency (ICRA) is located?

a. Mumbai

b. Gurgaon

c. New Delhi

d. Bangalore

3. A bank gives facilities to their customer for 24*7 banking transaction without any time limitation as well as on bank holidays also. This facility is called?

a. E- Banking

b. M-Banking

c. E-Lobby

d. None of these

4. The account which has not been used for 24 months (2 years) by its operator is called________________.?

a. Frozen account

b. Dormant account

c. Closing account

d. Non Performing account

5. Which of the following is not a measure of the Risk Management in Banks?

a. RTGS

b. CRR

c. SLR

d. CAR

6. Banking Code & Standards Board of India(BCSBI) is regulated by________.

A. SEBI

B. Ministry of Finance

C. RBI

D. GOI

7. NEFT is an electronic fund transfer system that operates on a _________ basis which settles transactions in batches.

A. Deferred Net Settlement (DNS)

B. Declared Net Settlement (DNS)

C. Defined Net Settlement (DNS)

D. Domain Net Settlement (DNS)

8. In which city the Japan helpdesk opened by SBI in India?

A) Mumbai

B) Chennai

C) Hyderabad

D) Bangalore

E) New Delhi

9. Which Indian bank has got one of the four banking license from the Myanmar Govt. to operate its branch there?

A) Bank of Baroda

B) Central Bank of India

C) Bank of India

D) State Bank of India

E) Punjab National Bank

10. National Payments Corp. of India Ltd. launched a platform for the transfer of money instantly as a text message. The platform is called_________________.

A) Unified Process Interface

B) Under One Platform

C) Unified Payments Interface

D) One Payment App

E) One payment Solution

ANSWER

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

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