DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 JULY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 JULY 2016

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1. SUDARSHAN SEN APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RBI

I. Sudarshan Sen has been appointed as Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India.

ii. He will replace NS Vishwanathan who was elevated as Deputy Governor of RBI.

iii.Sudarshan Sen will look after Department of Banking Regulation, Department of Co-operative Bank Regulation and Department of Non-Banking Regulation.

2. B SAI PRANEETH WON 2016 CANADA OPEN GRAND PRIX BADMINTON TITLE

i. Ace Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth has won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton title in the men’s singles category.

ii.He defeated Lee Hyun II of South Korea.

iii. Indian pair Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also grabbed the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton title in the men’s doubles category.

3. INDIA’S FIRST COMMERCIAL COURT AND COMMERCIAL DISPUTES RESOLUTION CENTRE INAUGURATED IN CHATTISGARH

i.Chhattisgarh CM Dr. Raman Singh has inaugurated country's first commercial dispute resolution centre and a commercial court in the state capital.

ii. It is located in Naya Raipur area of the city.

iii. The court also consists of arbitration centre and a meditation centre.

4. RIMPAC 2016 - WORLD’S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL MARITIME EXERCISE STARTED

i. The multinational exercise Rim of the Pacific 2016 started in the Pacific Ocean at Hawaii, United States.

ii. RIMPAC 2016, the World’s largest international maritime exercise have included the participation of navies from 26 countries.

iii. This is the 25th edition of exercise started in 1971.

iii.Three new nations are participating for the first time  Denmark, Germany, and Italy.

5. PM ATTENDS MARTYRDOM ANNIVERSARY OF BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADUR

i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended a event to mark the 300th Martyrdom Anniversary of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur in New Delhi.

ii. Prime Minister Modi has released a book on the life of Banda Bahadur.

iii. Banda Singh Bahadur was born on 27 October 1670 in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch district.

6. SBI GETS $625 MN FROM WORLD BANK FOR SOLAR POWER

i.State Bank of India and the World Bank have inked agreements for a $625 million  facility to support grid-connected rooftop solar programme  in the country.

ii. The fund will help in  generating at least 400 megawatt  solar capacity will be created across the country.

iii.The programme also aims at improving the investment climate for solar PV and increase the ‘ease of doing rooftop business’ through technical assistance.

7. INDIA TO HOST WORLD’S FIRST MMA LEAGUE

i. India will be hosting the world’s first Mixed Martial Arts ‘Super Fight League’ from August 26 to October 1.

ii. The league will feature eight teams – Delhi, Haryana, Bangalore, Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai, Punjab, Pune and Goa.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RBI?

(a) NS Vishwanathan

(b) Suresh Parekar              

(c) Sudarshan Sen                

(d) Sumeet Reddy

2. B SAI PRANEETH WOW 2016 CANADA OPEN GRAND PRIX BADMINTON TITLE BY DEFEATING WHICH PLAYER?

(a) Lee Chong Wei

(b) Lin Dan                                   

(c) Fu Haijeng                              

(d) Lee Hyun II

3. INDIA’S FIRST COMMERCIAL COURT AND COMMERCIAL DISPUTES RESOLUTION CENTRE HAS BEEN INAUGURATED IN WHICH STATE?

(a) Chhatisgarh                    

(b) Jharkhand                       

(c) Haryana                           

(d) Kerala

4. NAME THE COUNTERY WHICH PARTICIPATED IN RIMPAC 2016 FOR THE FIRST TIME?

(a) Italy                                  

(b) Canada                            

(c) Portguese                        

(d) Austria

5. BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADUR WHOSE MARTYRDOM ANNIVERSARY WAS ATTENDED BY PM BELONGS TO WHICH STATE?

(a) Punjab                             

(b) Jammu & Kashmir          

(c) U.P.                                   

(d) Haryana

6. WHICH COUNTRY WILL HOST WORLD’S FIRST MMA LEAGUE?

(a) India                                

(b) Nepal                               

(c) China                                

(d) Australia

7. RECENTLY SBI HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH WORLD BANK FOR HOW MUCH AMOUNT AND FOR WHICH PROJECT?

(a) $ 525 mn, solar pwer    

(b) $625 mn, Hydro electric power

(c) $625 Mn, Solar power   

(d) $750 mn, solar power

ANSWER:-

1.c

2.d

3.a

4.a

5. b

6.a

7.c

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QUANT QUIZ 45 FOR SBI PO & IBPS –MIX TOPIC

QUANT QUIZ  45 FOR SBI PO & IBPS –MIX TOPIC

Q.1 The bus fare and train fare of a place from Delhi were Rs. 50 and Rs. 80 respectively. Train fare has been increased by 30% and the bus fare has been increased by 20%. The ratio of new train fare to new bus fare is

(1) 11 : 18

(2) 15 : 18

(3) 5 : 3

(4) 26 : 15 

(5) None of these 

Q.2 A sum of money amounts to Rs. 6000 in 5  years and to Rs. 6500 in 6 years at simple interest. The rate of interest per annum is

(1) 8 1/3%

(2) 4 1/3%

(3) 5 1/3%

(4) 6%

(5) None of these 

Q.3 The marked price of a shirt and trousers are in the ratio 1 : 2. The shopkeeper gives 40% discount on the shirt. If the total discount on the set of the shirt and trousers is 30%, the discount, offered on the trousers is 

(1) 20%

(2) 15%

(3) 30%

(4) 25%

(5) None of these 

Direction(4-9) : Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below :

Number of students enrolled with five colleges over the years :

4. If from college Q in 2009, 90 % of the students enrolled appeared in a competitive examination, out of which 75 % students passed, how many students passed the examination ?

1) 216 

2) 243 

3) 270 

4) 280 

5) None of these

5. In 2007, from all the colleges together an overall 40 % of the students enrolled for a computer course total how many students enrolled for these course ?

1) 600 

2) 700 

3) 900 

4) 800 

5) None of these

6. What is the ratio of the average number of student enrolled with colleges together in 2009 to that in 2010 ?

1) 110 : 113 

2) 117 : 108 

3) 105 : 108 

4) 111 : 113 

5) None of these

7. The Average number of students enrolled from college Q for all the years together is approximately what percent of the average number of students enrolled from college R for all the years together ?

1) 80 

2) 83 

3) 85 

4) 87 

5) None of these

8. In 2008, from all colleges together 10 % students enrolled went abroad. Approximately how many students went abroad?

1) 321 

2) 311 

3) 5211 

4) 211 

5) None of these

9. What is the average number of students enrolled for college R for all the years is –

1) 402 

2) 302 

3) 602 

4) 502 

5) None of these

Q.10 Simple interest on Rs. 500 for 4 years at 7% per annum is equal to the simple interest on Rs. 400 at 5% per annum for a certain period of time. The period of time is

(1) 5 years

(2) 4 years

(3) 26/3 years

(4) 7 years

(5) None of these 

ANSWERS

1.4, 2.1, 3.4, 4.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.2, 8.4, 9.1, 10.4,

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REASONING QUIZ-52 FOR SBI PO & IBPS- PO

REASONING QUIZ-52 FOR SBI PO & IBPS- PO

 Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions (1-5).

Eight people Le, Ma, Ni, Ox, Pn, Qg, Rs and St are sitting around a circular table with equal distance between each other but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing the centre while some are facing outside.(i.e away from the centre)

- Ma sits third to the left of Le. Only three people sit between Ma and St. Pn sits to the immediate right of St.

- Immediate neighbours  of Pn face opposite directions(i.e. if one neighbour faces the centre then the other neighbour faces outside and vice-versa.) Only one person sit between Pn and Ox.

- Rs sits second to the right of Ox. Both Rs and Ni face the same direction as St (i.e if St faces the centre then Rs and Ni also faces the centre and vice-versa.)

- Immediate neighbours of Qg faces opposite directions (i.e if one neighbours faces the centre then the other neighboccur faces outside and Vice-versa.)

- Pn does not face outside. Ox faces a direction opposite to that of Ma.

1. How many people sit between Le and Qg when counted from the right of Qg?

A. Five

B. None

C. Foccur

D. One

E. Two

2. Which of the following are facing outside in the above seating arrangement?

A. Ox,St,Le,Ni

B. Pn,St,Ma

C. Rs,Qg,Ox,Ma

D. None of the given options is true

E. Ni,Le,Og,Ox

3. Who amongst the following sits third to the left of Pn?

A. Qg

B. Ni

C. Ma

D. Le

E. Rs

4. How many people face the centre as per the given arrangement?

A. Fourth

B. Three

C. Two

D. One

E. More than four

5. What will come in place of question mark (?) in the given series based on the positions as given in the arrangement?

Pn Rs, Le Ox, Ma St, Ni ?

A.Qg

B. St

C. Ni

D. Ox

E. Le

Directions (6 – 10): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

A number arrangement machine when given an input of words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of rearrangement.

Input  :  20 merge 85 61 occur done 32 cut 43 16 set next

Step 1 :  16 merge 85 61 occur done 32 cut 43  set next 20

Step 2 :  32 16 merge 85 61 occur done cut set next 20 43

Step 3 :  61 32 16  merge occur done cut set next 20 43 85

Step 4 :  cut 61 32 16  merge occur set next 20 43 85 done

Step 5 :  merge cut 61 32 16 occur set 20 43 85 done next

Step 6 :  occur merge cut 61 32 16  20 43 85 done next set

And Step 6 is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the approximate step for the given input.

Input:  rest taste 76 51 appoint 27 in 13 hype 35 90 east

6. How many steps are required to complete the rearrangement for the given input?

A.6

B.7

C.4

D.5

E. None of these

7. In which step ‘taste appoint in hype east’ found in the same order?

A. Step 5

B. Step 2

C. Step 4

D. Step 3

E. None of these

8. What is the position of ‘13’ in the fifth step from the left end?

A. Sixth

B. Fifth

C. Fourth

D. Seventh

E. None of these

9. Which element is exactly between ‘in’ and ‘27’ in the fourth step of the given arrangement?

A. rest

B. appoint

C.51

D. hype

E.13

10. Which step would be the following input?

Hype appoint 76 35 13 rest taste 27 51 90 east in

A. Step 6

B. Step 3

C. Step 5

D. Step 2

E. None of these

ANSWER

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

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QUANT QUIZ - 44 FOR SBI PO & IBPS –MIX TOPIC

QUANT QUIZ - 44 FOR SBI PO & IBPS –MIX TOPIC

Directions (Q. 1-5): From a class total 360 students appeared in an exam. Three fourth of these are Male. 40 % male failed in the exam, two third of the Female are failed in the exam and remaining passed :

1.What is the ratio of the total number of female pass to the number of boys who passed in the exam ?

1) 4 : 27

2) 5 : 27 

3) 5 : 17 

4) 6 : 31

5) None of these

2.What is the differnce between the number of male who passed and number of female who failed in the exam ?

1) 114 

2) 115 

3) 112 

4) 102 

5) None of these

3.What is the sum of the number of male who are failed and number of female who are failed ?

1) 168 

2) 268 

3) 160

4) 158 

5) None of these

4.What is the ratio of the total number of male and female who are passed to the number of male and female who are failed ?

1) 5 : 7 

2) 7 : 8 

3) 9 : 17 

4) 8 : 7 

5) None of these

5. Total number of male failed is approximately what percent of total number of female in the class

1) 60 % 

2) 120 % 

3) 150 % 

4) 180 % 

5) 270 %

Q.6 The ratio of the number of students studying in Schools P, Q and R is 5 : 6 : 8 respectively. If the number of students studying in each of the schools is increased by 50%, 10% and 40% respectively, what will be the new ratio of the number of students in Schools A, B and C. 

(1) 75 : 66 : 112  

(2) 75 : 33 : 112 

(3) 35: 32 : 56

(4) Can’t say 

(5) None of these

Q.7 A sum of Rs. 2135 is to be divided among R, S and K in such a way that 3 times R’s share, 4 times S’s share and 7 times K’s share are all equal. The share of K is

(1) Rs. 735  

(2) Rs. 980 

(3) Rs. 420

(4) Rs. 1100  

(5) None of these

Q.8 A car runs at the speed of 60 kms per hour when not serviced and runs at 72 kms/hr. when serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 12 hours. How much time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced ?

(1) 14.4 hours 

(2) 16 hours 

(3) 13 hours

(4) 16.4 hours 

(5) None of these

Q.9 The average of five positive numbers is 64. The average of the first two numbers is 59 and the average of last two numbers is 63. What is the third number ?

(1) 76  

(2) 56  

(3) 86 

(4) Cannot be determined

(5) None of these

Q.10 A shopkeeper sell his articles at cost price but uses 900 gm weight for 1200 gm weight. His profit percentage is 

(1) 33.33%  

(2) 25%  

(3) 16.66%

(4) 20%   

(5) None of these

ANSWERS

1.2,2.4,3.1,4.4,5.2,6.1,7.3,8.1,9.1,10.1,

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REASONING QUIZ- 51 FOR SBI – PO & IBPS

REASONING QUIZ- 51 FOR SBI – PO & IBPS

Directions (Q.1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Parul, Sweta, Rani, Shilpa, Tweety, Usha, Vivesha and William are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each has different professions – MANAGER, MUSICIAN, DANCER, WRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER, PILOT, BANKER and BODYGUARD but not necessarily in the same order.

Sweta sits second to the left of ‘William’s husband, who is neither an WRITER nor a Banker. No female is an immediate neighbour of Sweta. Shilpa’s daughter sits second to the right of Usha and on the immediate left of DANCER. Usha, who is sister of Vivesha, is a Banker. Usha is not an immediate neighbour of William’s husband. Shilpa’s daughter is a MANAGER. Only one person is sitting between Parul and Usha. William’s brother Shilpa sits on the immediate left of his mother, who is an PILOT. Parul is the father of Vivesha. Only one person sits between William’s mother and Tweety. Tweety sits on the immediate right of the person who is a MUSICIAN.

Only one person sits between William and Vivesha. Vivesha sits second to the right of the person who is a bodyguard. Vivesha is mother of Rani and not an immediate neighbour of Tweety.

1. Who amongst the following is sitting 2^nd to the left of Shilpa’s daughter?

1. Dancer

2. Pilot

3. Banker

4. Bodyguard

2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given information and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

1. Shilpa

2. Parul

3. Rani

4. Tweety

3. The person who is a Photographer is sitting between which of the following persons?

1. BODYGUARD and WRITER

2. PILOT and MANAGER

3. MUSICIAN and DANCER

4. Can’t be determined

4. Who among the following is sitting opposite to Dancer?

1. Data inadequate

2. Sister of Usha

3. William’s Husband

4. Photographer

5. What is the position of Parul with respect to his grandson?

1. Immediate left

2. Third to the right

3. Immediate right

4. Second to the right

6. Pointing to a lady, Sahil said, “She is the daughter of my wife’s grandfather’s only child.” How is the woman related to Sahil?

(1) Wife  

(2) Sister – in – law

(3) Sister  

(4) Daughter

7. Piyush walks 10m towards west, then turn to his right and walks 5 meter and turns to his left and walks 2 m. and meet his friend. Then, again turns to his left and walks 5m. What is the shortest distance between his starting point and where he meets his friend?

1) 12 m.

2) 13 m.

3) 11 m.

4) 14 m.

8. Which of the following expression will be true if the expression- A ≤ G = Q < S ≤ B > C > I is definitely true?

1) Q>C

2) I > G

3) S>A

4) Q < B

9. Which of the following symbols should replace the question mark (?) in the given expression in order to make the expressions A< P as well as B > D definitely true?

P ≤ B = T ?A < D ≥ C

1) <

2) ≤

3) >

4) None of these

10. In a queue , Rahul is standing 17^th from the left and Deepak is standing 25^th from the right .If they interchange their position then Deepak becomes 30^th from right end. Now, what is the new position of Rahul from the left and how many boys are standing in a queue?

1. 20, 45

2. 22, 46

3. 23, 47

4. Data inadequate

ANSWER

1.3, 2.4, 3.1, 4.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.2, 8.3, 9.4, 10.2,

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