DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 29 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 29 AUG 2016

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1. ISRO TESTS SCRAMJET ROCKET ENGINE

i. The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully test-fired its Scramjet Rocket Engine.

ii.  It  will use oxygen from the atmosphere thereby reducing launch cost, from the spaceport of Sriharikota.

2. SANIA WON CONNECTICUT OPEN DOUBLES TITLE

i. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza with her Romanian partner Monica Niculescu defeated Kateryna Bondarenko and Chuang Chia Jung in the final.

ii. Now sania mirja is ranked as world no.1 player in mixed doubles women.

3. INDIA CAPTAIN MS DHONI SETS WORLD RECORD IN USA

i. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has set a new world record.

ii. He captained India in a record 325th game most by a player in history

iii. He broke the record of Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's mark.

4. LALITA BABAR AND CHESSPLAYER SHARDUL GAGARE TO GET SJAM AWARDS

i. Chess player GM Shardul Gagare, and steeplechase specialist Lalita Babar who finished a creditable 10th in the Rio Olympics, have been chosen for the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016.

ii. Gagare will receive the Sportsman of the year award and the Lalita will receive the Sportswoman of the year award.

5. PM MODI ANNOUNCES TASK FORCE TO PREPARE INDIA FOR NEXT THREE OLYMPICS

i. After India’s dismal show in the concluded Rio Olympics 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituting a task force.

ii. It will make various suggestions to the roadmap for the next three quadrennial Games 2020, 2024 and 2028.

iii. The PM announced that the task will be announced over the next few days at a meeting of the Council of Ministers held in New Delhi.

6. SHARMILA TAGORE APPOINTED AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE BCCC

i. Film actress Sharmila Tagore, theatre activist Arundhati Nag and Ira Bhaskar have been appointed new members of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council.

ii. The Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Federation headed by Star India chairman Uday Shankar has approved these appointments for a term of three years in the eminent persons.

7. INDIA'S FIRST TEXTILE UNIVERSITY TO COME UP AT SURAT

i. Gujarat government is planning to set up India's first textile university at Surat.

ii. The main aim of the university is to provide all kind of support including technology, research and development and skilled manpower.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. NAME THE CHAIRMAN OF ISRO?

a. N Balakrishnan

b. AS Kiran Kumar

c. RK Krishanamurty

d. None of these

2. THE FAMOUS TENNIS PLAYER “MONICA NICULESCU” BELONG TO WHICH NATION?

a. Romania

b. Scotland

c. Sweden

d. Portugal

3. WHO HAS BECOME WORLD NO-1 PLAYER IN MIXED DOUBLES WOMEN?

a. Chuang Chia

b. Monica Niculescu

c. Sania Mirza

d. Martinga Hingis

4. NAME THE INDIAN CRICKET PLAYER WHO HAS SET A WORLD RECORD OF 325^TH MATCH CAPTAINCY IN USA?

a. Kapil Dev

b. Virat Kohli

c. Sachin Tendulkar

d. MS Dhoni

5. THE FAMOUS PLAYER “LALITA BABAR” BELONGS TO WHICH GAME?

a. Wrestling

b. Chess

c. Race

d. Swimming

6. WHO WILL HEAD THE BROADCASTING CONTENT COMPLAINTS COUNCIL (BCCC)?

a. Uday Shankar

b. Sharmila Tagore

c. Arundhati Nag

d. Ira Bhaskar

ANSWERS:

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

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 28 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 28 AUG 2016

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1. RAIL PASSENGERS TO GET INSURANCE COVER WORTH RS 10 LACS AT A PREMIUM OF ONLY 92 PAISE

i. Railways has started insurance cover of up to Rs10 lakh while booking a train ticket online by paying less than one rupee cost.

ii. Indian Railways subsidiary IRCTC has assigned the task to three private firms are Shriram General Insurance, ICICI Lombard General Insurance and Royal Sundaram General Insurance.

2. INDIA RANKED AT 77^TH, PAKISTAN AT 72^ND ND AND BANGLADESH AT 5^TH IN WORLD RISK REPORT 2016

i. The World Risk Report 2016 published by the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security  released a list after doing analysis of the role that infrastructure plays in shaping a country’s disaster risk.

ii. The list is topped by Island state of Vanuatu.

iii. India has been ranked at 77^th place, Pakistan ranked at 72^nd, Bangladesh at 5th.

3. PAKISTAN TO HOST 19TH SAARC SUMMIT ON NOV. 9 & 10 THIS YEAR

i. Pakistan will host the 19th SAARC Summit on November 9 and 10 this year.

ii. The SAARC Summit Cell is headed by Ambassador Amjad Sial.

iii. SAARC is an organization of eight countries located in the South Asia and it stands for the South Asian Association for Regional Corporation.

4. BENGALURU TO HOST THE PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS 2017

i. IT capital of the country, Bengaluru, will host the 2017 Bharatiya Pravasi Divas.

ii. It is scheduled to take place on February 7, 8 and 9 of 2017.

iii. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated in India on 9 January each year to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of India.

5. FINANCE MINISTRY SET UP A COMMITTEE FOR DIGITALIZING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS

i. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has set up a committee to consider incentive schemes for promoting digitalization.

ii. The schemes are aimed to promote such as cash back schemes and tax rebates for promoting card and digital payments in a step towards discouraging cash transactions.

iii. The committee will be headed by former Finance Secretary Ratan P Watal

6. WORLD BANK SANCTIONS RS 980 CR FOR BRAHMAPUTRA DREDGING

i. The World Bank has announced a funding of Rs 980 crore to dredge the Brahmaputra as an initiative to develop waterways to Bangladesh.

ii.It will promote the trade between the Bangladesh and other South East Asian countries

iii. The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs.

7. BCCI SUBMITS COMPLIANCE REPORT TO LODHA PANEL

i. The BCCI submitted the first Compliance Report to the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha Panel in regards to the implementation of reforms as per the apex court verdict.

ii. The BCCI has already filed a Review Petition with the Supreme Court seeking recusal of CJI TS Thakur from the case.

8. DIPP TO LAUNCH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON IPR

i. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion will launch a nation-wide awareness campaign on Intellectual Property Rights .

ii. It will be taken forward by Cell for IPR Promotion and Management in collaboration with the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks and Industry Associations.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHO IS GOING TO HOST 19^TH SAARC SUMMIT?

a. India

b. Pakistan

c. Bangladesh

d. Nepal

2. WHICH CITY OF INDIA WILL HOST THE “PRAVASI BHARTIYA DIVAS 2017”?

a. Gandhinagar

b. Nasik

c. Bengaluru

d. Nagpur

3. WHO WILL HEAD THE COMMITTEE FOR “DIGITALIZING INCENTIVE PAYMENT”?

a. Ratan-P-Watal

b. arun Jaitely

c. P. Chitambaram

d. Mukesh Shah

4. FOR WHICH RIVER DREDGING, WORLD BANK HAS SANCTIONED RS.980 CR TO BANGLADESH NAD OTHE SOUTH AISAN COUNTRIES TO INCREASE THE TRADE & COMMERCE AMONG THE COUNTRIES?

a. Ganga

b. Ravi

c. Chenab

d. Brahamputra

5. WHERE IS THE SECRETARIAT OF SAARC LOCATED?

a. Kathmandu, Nepal

b. New Delhi, India

c. Dhaka, Bangladesh

d. Colombo, Sri lanka

ANSWERS:

1) B    2) C     3) B    4) D    5) A

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REASONING QUIZ-62 FOR IBPS- PO & CLERK

REASONING QUIZ-62 FOR IBPS- PO & CLERK

Direction (1–5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Seven Athletes participated in a running competition. There were two types of running competition – one was of 95metres and the other of 185metres. The players who participated in both types of races were A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Each athlete completed each race in different time periods, i.e. no race was completed by any two or more Athletes in the same time period. Each athlete was given a particular position according to her performance.

The one who got the top position performed better than others while one who got the lowest position performed worse. F‘s performance was better than G’s in any race. A ‘s position in 95metres race was just above F but in 185metres race just below C. D’s position in 185metres race was just above G but in 95metres race just below E. No persons were assigned positions between A and D. At least four Athletes got positions above A in 95metres race and at least four persons below in 185metres race. C did not get the highest or the lowest position in any race.

1. How many persons got position below B when the performance of all persons in 85metre race is taken into consideration?

1.   Six

2.   Five

3.   Four

4.   One

5.   None of these

2. Who among the following persons showed very dismal performance in 85metre race?

1.   B

2.   E

3.   G

4.   Can't say

5.   None of these

3. Who got the position, just above C in the 85metre race?

1.   Can’t be determine

2.   A

3.   G

4.   B

5.   None of these

4. In185metre race, how many persons performed better than B?

1.   Six

2.   Five

3.   Four

4.   Data insufficient

5.   None of these

5. Who among the following got the same position both in 85ft and 165ft races?

1.   Only C

2.   Only D

3.   Only A

4.   Can't say

5.   None of these

 

Direction (6–10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Twelve friends are sitting in two parallel rows containing six persons each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between the adjacent persons. In row 1 - Piyush, Khushboo, Rita, Sita, Tina and Urvasi and all of them are facing south. In row 2- Juhi, Khushi, Laxmi, Manu, Neha and Priya are facing North.

 Manu is sitting 3rd to the left of Juhi. Neha is facing Rita. Piyush is sitting 3rd to the right of Tina. Khushboo is facing Juhi and sitting at one end of the row. Urvasi is sitting second to the right of Tina. Khushi is facing Sita and she is not sitting in any middle position of the row. The person facing Tina is second to the right of Manu. Laxmi is not facing Tina and he is not sitting on the immediate left of Juhi.

6. Who are the immediate neighbours of Urvasi?

1) Piyush,Rita

2) Rita,Khushboo

3) Juhi,Urvashi

4) Priya,Urvasi

5) None of these

7. In the row facing south who is sitting at the ends of the row?

1) Rita,Piyush

2) Piyush,Urvasi

3) Sita,Khushboo

4) Sita,Tina

5) None of these

8. Who are the immediate neighbours of Neha?

1) Laxmi,Manu

2) Neha,Manu

3) Priya,Juhi

4) Manu,Priya

5) None of these

9. If Sita interchanged her position with Urvasi, similarly Piyush with Rita and Tina with Khushboo then who among them facing Urvasi?

1) Manu

2) Khushi

3) Priya

4) Juhi

5) None of these

10. Who is sitting second right of Urvasi?

1) Sita

2) Piyush

3) Rita

4) Manu

5) None of these

ANSWER KEY

1.1,2.3,3.4,4.4,5.4,61,7.3,8.4,9.2,10.1,

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REASONING QUIZ-61 FOR IBPS- PO & CLERK

REASONING QUIZ-61 FOR IBPS- PO & CLERK

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

Three women and four men are a group of friends, R, M, T, S, L, W and Z. Each one has a different occupation, i.e Engineer, Manager, Model, Cardiologist, Lecturer, Councellor and Merchant and each one owns a different car, i.e Avanti, Honda city, Audi, Ferrari, Cruse, Verna and Polo, not necessarily in that order. None of the women is a Councellor or an Engineer. T is a Model and she owns Cruse car. R owns a Verna. M is not a Cardiologist. L is a Merchant and he owns Honda city. W is an Engineer and does not own Avanti. Z is a Councellor and owns Audi. The Cardiologist owns Polo car whereas the Lecturer owns Verna. The Manager owns an Avanti. None of the women own a Verna.

1.  What is the occupation of “S”?

a. Manager

b. Merchant

c. Cardiologist

d. Councellor

e. Lecturer

2. Who among of the following are the group of men?

a. RLWZ

b. MTWZ

c. MTRS

d. LWZM

e. RLWS

3. Which among of the following are correct combinations?

a. Manager- Verna

b. Engineer-Audi

c. Lecturer-Cruse

d. Cardiologist- Polo

e. Councellor-Polo

4. Who owns the car “Avanti”?

a. T-Female

b. M-Female

c. L-Male

d. R-Male

e. S-Female

5. If R is related to Verna and Z is related to Audi, then how is W related to?

a. Audi

b. Verna

c. Ferrari

d. Polo

e. Cruse

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight players—Dharampal, Karampal, Karandeep, Harjeet, Diljeet, Manpreet, Rampal and Sukdev are sitting in three lines L1, L2 and L3. And they are in three different categories, either shooter or Athlete or all rounder. In each line at least two and at most three players are sitting there. And at least two players are in each category but not more than three. Karampal and Karandeep are in different lines but not inline L2, and both are in same categories. Sukdev and Rampal are in same line and in same categories, but not all rounders. Harjeet and Diljeet are in different lines but not in line L 1and in different categories but not all rounder. Dharampal is inline L2 and Harjeet is not in same as in Dharampal. Both players of line L2 are Athletes. Manpreet is all rounder and not in line L 1 .From three all rounder two are line in L3. Manpreet and Karandeep are in same line and there are three shooters.

6. Name the person who is not sitting in Line L3?

a. Karandeep

b. Harjeet

c. Manpreet

d. Karampal

e. None of the above

7. Who among of the following are not sitting in the “Line L3” but categorized in “All Rounder”?

a. Karampal

b. Harjeet

c. Dharampal

d. Sukhdev

e. Manpreet

8. Diljeet belongs to which category?

a. All Rounder

b. Athlete

c. Shooter

d. Can’t be determine

9. Name the shooter who is not sitting in Line L1?

a. Karampal

b. Harjeet

c. Dharampal

d. Karandeep

e. Rampal

10. “Sukhdev” is related to “Karampal”, “Harjeet” is related to “Karandeep” , then who among of the following are related to “Dharampal”?

a. Karampal

b. Karandeep

c. Harjeet

d. Manpreet

e. Diljeet

ANSWER KEY

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

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