DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1 JUNE 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1 JUNE 2016

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1. MADHAVAN BECOMES GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR LEPRA INDIA

i. Bollywood Actor R Madhavan has become the goodwill ambassador of LEPRA India organization that fight against diseases like leprosy and tuberculosis.

ii. LEPRA India is a non-government organisation working in the fields of leprosy, malaria,tuberculosis, HIV or AIDS and community health.

iii. LEPRA Society works with the Central & State Government in various disease control programme. 

2. CEAT CRICKET AWARDS 2016 ANNOUNCED

i. CEAT Cricket Awards 2016 were conferred on the players in  Mumbai.

Some of the recipients of awards:

a.       Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

b.      England batsman Joe Root was named as the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year

c.       India’s test captain Virat Kohli was named CEAT T20 Player of the Year.

d.      International Batsman of the Year – Joe Root

e.       International Bowler of the Year – Ravichandran Ashwin

f.        ODI Cricketer of the Year – Martin Guptill

g.       T20 Player of the Year – Virat Kohli

h.      Indian Cricketer of the Year – Rohit Sharma

i.         Test Cricketer of the Year – Kane Williamson

3. AR RAHMAN CONFERRED WITH JAPAN'S FUKUOKA PRIZE 2016

i. Indian music composer AR Rahman was honored with the Japan's Fukuoka prize 2016.

ii. The award is given for his outstanding contribution towards creating, preserving and showcasing South Asian traditional fusion music.

iii. In 2015 noted Indian Historian Ramchandra Guha was conferred with Fukuoka Prize in academic category.

4. WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2016 OBSERVED ON 31^ST MAY

i. 31 May is observed as World No Tobacco Day

ii. The World Health Organisation called countries to get ready for plain packaging of tobacco products.

5. ADMIRAL SUNIL LANBA TAKES CHARGE AS 21ST NAVY CHIEF

i. Admiral Sunil Lanba appointed as new navy chief.

ii. He will replace Admiral RK Dhowan.

iii. Earleir he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command at Kochi.

6. GURPREET SINGH SANDHU BECOMES FIRST INDIAN TO PLAY IN TIPPELIGAEN

i. National football team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became the first Indian to play top-tier European football league match.

ii. He played for Norwegian side Stabaek FC in Norwegian Premier League (Tippeligaen) .

iii. He played his first Tippeligaen (Norwegian Premier League) for Stabaek FC.

iv. Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs.

7. ALASTAIR COOK BECOMES YOUNGEST CRICKETER TO SCORE 10000 TEST RUNS

i. England cricket captain Alastair Cook became youngest Cricketer to score 10000 test runs.

ii. He made the record on the fourth day of the second test against Sri Lanka.

iii. The previous record was held by Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar who reached the landmark score against Pakistan at Eden Gardens in 2005.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. LEPRA INDIA ORGANIZATION IS WORKING FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE?

a. Finance and Banking

b. Pollution and environment

c. Leprosy, Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV and Community Health

d. All of the above

2. WHO HAS BECOME “GOODWILL AMBASSADOR” FOR LEPRA INDIA?

a. R.Madhavan

b. Amitabh Bacchan

c. Nana Patekar

d. Rajani Kanth

3. ‘JOE ROOT’ HAS RECEIVED “INTERNATIONAL BATSMAN OF THE YEAR” AWARD BY CEAT?

a. Australia

b. England

c. New Zealand

d. Holland

4. WHO IS AWARDED AS THE “INDIA CRICKETER OF THE YEAR,2016” BY CEAT?

a. Virat Kohli

b. Ishan Sharma

c. Rohit Sharma

d. Ashish Nehra

5. “JAPAN’S FUKUOKA PRIZE 2016” HAS BEEN GIVEN TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PERSON?

a. Amitabh Bacchan

b. Narendra Modi

c. Ramachandra Guha

d. AR Rehman

6. ON 31^ST WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DAY IS BEING OBSERVED?

a. No Smoking Day

b. No Liquor Consumption Day

c. No Tobacco Day

d. National Health Day

7. “TIPPELIGAEN” IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH GAME?

a. Squash

b. Football

c. Hockey

d. Cricket

8. WHO BECOMES 1^ST INDIAN TO PLAY IN TIPPELIGAEN?

a. Gurpreet Kaur

b. Gurmeet Singh Sandhu

c. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

d. None of these

9. THE FAMOUS PLAYER “ALASTAIR COOK” FROM ENGLAND BELONGS TO WHICH GAME?

a. Cricket

b. Football

c. Hockey

d. Tennis

10. WHO TOOK CHARGE AS A 21^ST NAVY CHIEF?

a. RK Dhowan

b. Anil Lanba

c. BK Dhowan

d. Sunil Lanba

ANSWERS:

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

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 31 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 31 MAY 2016

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1. INDIA’S OWN SUBMARINE ASSEMBLY WORKSHOP INAUGURATED AT MAZGAON

i. Second submarine assembly workshop of the Mazagon Dock Limited was inaugurated by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.

ii. Submarine Marine Assembly Workshop is a pre-engineered building structure to handle construction of multiple submarines simultaneously.

2. SUNRISERS HYDERABAD GRABBED 2016 INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE

i. Sunrisers Hyderabad has won the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League.

ii. It is their maiden IPL title.

iii.Sunrisers hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final match.

3. REAL MADRID GRABBED 2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

i. Real Madrid won the 2016 European champions title.

ii. Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid

4. 29 MAY OBSERVED AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

i. The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed on 29^th May 2016 to honour the work of UN peacekeepers.

ii. The day is observed in the memory of the UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives in the cause of peace.

iii. The theme of the event is “Honouring Our Heroes”.

5. TRIAL RUN OF HIGH-SPEED SPANISH TALGO TRAIN CONDUCTED IN INDIA

i. Spanish train Talgo’s trial run was conducted on the Bareilly to Moradabad route of Uttar Pradesh.

ii. It was conducted as part of the Railways’ strategy to increase the speed of trains.

iii. The trail run was conducted by a joint team of the Railway Design Standards Organisation and Spanish train manufacturer Talgo.

iv. Spanish train Talgo is a lighter and faster vehicle with speed up to 115 km per hour.

v. Talgo's lighter trains consume 30 percent less energy.

6. CHINA TO LAUNCH WORLD'S 1ST QUANTUM SATELLITE          

i. China is goping to launch the world's first quantum communication satellite.

ii It aims to improving the security of data transmission.

iii. The satellite will use quantum photons, which cannot be separated or duplicated, making the communication immune to wiretapping or interceptions.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. “SUNRISERS HYDERABAD” IS THE WINNER OF 8^TH IPL TITLE. THIS TEAM HAS DEFEATED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TEAM?

a. Kolkata Knight Riders

b. Royal Challengers Bangalore

c. Kings IX Punjab

d. Chennai Super Kings

2. WHO HAS WON “2015 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE”?

a. Real Madrid

b. Atletico  Madrid

c. Spain

d. Scotland

3. WHEN “INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS” IS OBSERVED?

a. 30^th May

b. 31^st May

c. 29^th May

d. 28^th May

4. WORLD’S 1^ST QUANTUM SATELLITE IS BEING LAUNCHED BY____________?

a. Japan

b. Korea

c. Sri Lanka

d. China

5. WHO IS THE PRESENT DEFENCE MINISTER OF INDIA?

a.P.Chitambaram

b. Manohar Parrikar

c. Sushma Swarj

d. None of these

ANSWERS:

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

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QUANT QUIZ - 30 FOR SBI CLERK & PO – MIX TOPIC

QUANT QUIZ - 30 FOR SBI CLERK & PO – MIX TOPIC

Directions: Following pie chart shows the amount of money spends by a man on different items. His income is Rs 10,000 monthly.

1.   How much he pays for education and medical, if his salary is 10000.

1) Rs 3600 

2) Rs 1820 

3) Rs 3400

4) Rs 2200 

5) None of these

2. What is the angle shown by food expenditure?

1) 82° 

2) 86 2/5°

3) 84°

4) 89 1/5°

5) 87 3/5°

3. What is his monthly saving?

1) Rs 1120 

2) Rs 1220 

3) Rs 1920

4) Rs 1400 

5) None of these

4. What is the difference between money he spent on education and medical purposes?

1) Rs 300 

2) Rs 200 

3) Rs 160

4) Rs 2000 

5) None of these

5. If the salary is raised to Rs 15,000 and distribution on various items remains the same, then how much he spends on medical charges?

1) Rs 2400 

2) Rs 2040 

3) Rs 2200

4) Rs 1920 

5) None of thes

Q.6 The profit after selling a pair of trousers for Rs. 800 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the same pair of trousers for Rs. 600. What is the cost price of the pair of trousers?

A) Rs 750  

B) Rs 700 

C) Rs 763 

D) Cannot be determined 

E) None of these

Q.7  There are 8 dozen candles kept in a box. If there are 20 such boxes, how many candles are there in all the boxes together?

A) 1176  

B) 1920   

C) 1216 

D) 168  

E) None of these

Direction: A bag contains 4 red, 5 brown and 6 white balls. Three balls are drawn randomly :

Q.8 What is the probability that the ball drawn contains no brown ball ?

I) 3/5

2) 2/3

3) 4/5

4) 3/4

5) None of these

Q.9  Two balls are draw randomly ,what is the probability that ball drawn are red balls?

I) 2/35

2) 11/35

3) 24/91

4) 31/45

5) None of these

Q.10 What is the probability that ball drawn is white?

I) 4/15

2) 2/5

3) 1/3

4) 3/5

5) None of these

ANSWERS

1.3, 2.2, 3.4, 4.2, 5.4, 6.2, 7.2, 8.2, 9.1, 10.2,

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REASONING QUIZ- 36 FOR SBI CLEK & PO

REASONING QUIZ- 36 FOR SBI CLEK & PO

Directions (1-2): In each group of questions below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer—

(1) If only conclusion I follows.

(2) If only conclusion II follows

(3) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

(4) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

(5) If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

Statements (1-2):

No apple is a melon.

All melons are onions.

All apples are groundnuts.

1. Conclusions:

I. Some groundnuts are not onions.

II. All melons are groundnuts is a Possibility.

2. Conclusions:

I. Some melon which are groundnuts are also a part of onions

II. No onion is apple.

Directions: In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, &, * and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

‘A & B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’

‘A # B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’

‘A @ B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’

‘A © B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’

‘A * B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’

3. Statements:

H * J

J © N

N @ R

Conclusions:

I. R * J

II. H @ J

III. N @ H

(1) Only II is true

(2)Only I and III are true

(3) Only I is true

(4) Only III is true

(5) None is true

4. Statement:

M @ J

J & T

T © N

Conclusions:

I. N # J

II. T * M

III. M @ N

(1) Only I and II are true

(2) Only II and III are true

(3) Only I and III are true

(4) None is true

(5) All are true

5. In a class of 180, where girls are twice the number of boys, Rahul , a boy, ranked thirty-fourth from the top. If there are eighteen girls ahead of Rahul , how many boys are after him in rank?

(1) 45

(2) 60

(3) 44

(4) Can’t be determined 

(5) None of these

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

P, Q, R, S, T and W are six members of a family. They are Fashion designer, Artist, Pharmacist, BANK PO, Photographer and Merchant but not necessarily in the same order. P the Fashion designer is married to the lady Artist. The Merchant is married to the Photographer. W the BANK PO is the son of Q and brother of T. R the Photographer is the daughter-in-law of S. T is an unmarried pharmacist. S is grandmother of W. There are two married couples in the family.

6. What is the profession of Q?

1) Photographer 

2) Pharmacist

3) BANK PO 

4) Merchant 

5) Can't be determined

7. Which of the following is/are a couple/couples?

1) QR 

2) Both QR and PS

3) PS 

4) TS 

5) Both PR and QS

8. In a certain code, 'MUKESH' is written as 'PENOVK’ and ‘STOCK’ as ‘VWAFN’. How is 'KNIGHT' written in that code?

(1) HKADEQ

(2) NQAJKW

(3) HKUDEQ

(4) NQUJKW

(5) None of these

9. In a certain code, ‘red' means violet', 'violet means 'green', 'green' means 'white', 'white' means 'pink', and 'pink' means 'sky blue', what is the colour of grass ?

(1) Red

(2) Green

(3) Violet

(4) White    

(5) None of these

10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word PLAGIARISM, each of which has as many letters between them in the word, as they have in the English alphabet?

(1)  Two 

(2) One

(3) None

(4) Three

(5) More than three

ANSWER KEY

1.5, 2.4, 3.2, 4.5, 5.3, 6.4, 7.2, 8.4, 9.3, 10.1

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BANKING QUIZ- 14 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

BANKING QUIZ- 14 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

1. A fixed deposit receipt is kept with the bank for its safety, is known as ___?

1) Valid safe deposit

2) Safe deposit

3) Locker

4) Safe custody

5) None of the above

2. "ASBA" stands for –

1) Application supported by bank account

2) Application supported by blocked amount

3) Application supported by blocked account

4) Application supported by balance account

5) None of these

3. FCCB is an abbreviation of___________

1) Form currency convertible bonds

2) Forex currency convertible bonds

3) Foreign currency convertible bonds

4) Future currency convertible bonds

5) None of these

4. In TRIPS, what does ‘I’ stand for?

1) Infra

2) Information

3) Indian

4) Intellectual

5) None of these

5) Which of the following organizations is the Mutual Fund Market regulator?

(1) AMFI

(2) CIBIL

(3) SEBI

(4) CRISIL

(5) None of these

6) The discounting rate at which RBI borrows government securities from commercial banks is known as

(1) Base Rate        

(2) Reverse Repo

(3) Deposit Rate

(4) Repo Rate

(5) None of th

7. Scheduled bank refers to a bank

(1) Which is included in the second schedule  to the RBI act, 1934

(2) registered with ministry of finance , govt. of India

(3) authorized by central government to transaction government business

(4) incorporated as a cooperative society

(5) none

8. What does Deficit financing mean?

1) Government of India borrows from RBI

2) Government of India borrows from IMF

3) Government of India borrows from SBI

4) Government of India borrows from World Bank

5) None of these.

9. FEMA stands for________________?

(1) Foreign Exchange Money Agency

(2) Foreign Exchange Management Act

(3) Full Exchange money Agency

(4) Foreign Exchange Money Act

10. What is the name of technology given to the computerized clearance of cheque:

1) Automatic clearance

2) Speedline System

3) MICR

4) Special clearing

5) None of the above

ANSWER

1.4,2.2,3.3,4.4,5.3,6.4,7.1,8.1,9.2,10.3

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