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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11TH DEC 2016
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 11TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
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1. HUMAN
RIGHTS DAY OBSERVED ON 10TH DECEMBER
i. The Human Rights
Day is observed on 10 December.
ii. It aims at
promoting and raising awareness of the two Covenants of Human Rights Day.
iii. Human Rights
Day was stated in 1948.
iv. It has stood as
the first major stride forward in ensuring that the rights of every human
across the globe are protected.
2. INDIA
AND VIETNAM INK NUCLEAR COOPERATION PACT
i. India and
Vietnam have signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, it will strengthen the comprehensive strategic
partnership between the two countries.
ii. The two
countries signed three other agreements also— to enhance aviation links, to
jointly work in the area of energy efficiency and promotion of parliamentary
cooperation.
3. 21ST
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF KERALA
i. The 21st
International Film Festival of Kerala started in Thiruvananthapuram.
ii. The Festival
opened with Navid Mahmoudi's directorial debut 'Raftan,' which narrates the
story of a couple attempting to migrate from Iran to Europe.
4. JAPAN
LAUNCHES KOUNOTORI 6 CARGO SPACESHIP
i. Japan has
successfully launched a rocket carrying the unmanned cargo spaceship Kounotori
6 to deliver supplies for astronauts living in the International Space Station.
ii. The H-2B rocket
carrying the spaceship lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in
southwestern Japan.
iii. The spaceship carries
some 5.9 tonnes of supplies, including food, drinking water and other
necessities, as well as some batteries and ultrasmall satellites.
5. PETER
GILCHRIST GRABBED THE LONG UP TITLE OF IBSF WORLD BILLIARDS
i. Peter Gilchrist
of Singapore defeated Sourav Kothari to win the 2016 IBSF World Billiards Long
Up title.
ii. The event was
held in Bengaluru.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10TH DEC 2016
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
1. DONALD TRUMP NAMED TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR 2016
i. The TIME magazine has named US President-elect Donald
Trump as Person of the Year 2016 and called him the President of the 'Divided
States of America'.
ii. The magazine cited his role for the stunning victory in
the US Presidential election.
iii. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the 11
candidates shortlisted by Time for its annual honour.
2. NABARD TO PROVIDE RS. 120 CR TO BANKS FOR SETTING UP POS
DEVICES IN VILLAGES
i. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development said
it will extend support aggregating about Rs. 120 crore to banks for deployment
of two Point-of-Sale devices per village in one lakh villages having a
population of up to 10,000.
ii. The move is aimed at taking rural India closer towards
cashless payment systems.
3. MAHILA E-HAAT TIES UP WITH INDIA POST, SBI
i. The Women and Child Development Ministry has tied up with
India Post and SBI.
ii. This will offer more payment options to buyers and
simplify shipping of products bought from "Mahila E-haat", an online
marketing platform for women entrepreneurs.
4. KARNATAKA BANK GETS AWARD
i. Karnataka Bank Ltd has bagged the ‘Best MSME Bank Award
(private sector) 2016’ instituted by Assocham.
ii. Union Minister of State for MSME Haribhai Parathibhai
Chaudhary handed over the award.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9TH DEC 2016
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
1. HARRY
POTTER TOPS AMAZON'S BEST-SELLING BOOKS OF 2016
i. Amazon
has announced Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as the best-selling book of
2016.
ii. The
playscript by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, was also named this
year's 'Most Wished For' and 'Most Gifted' book.
2. US
DESIGNATES INDIA AS MAJOR DEFENCE PARTNER
i. India and
the United States vowed to expand the bilateral defence cooperation.
ii. Outgoing
American defence secretary Ashton Carter met his counterpart Manohar Parrikar
in New Delhi for the record-breaking seventh time.
iii. He
termed New Delhi as a "major defence partner".
3. TWO
BANKS OF ABU DHABI TO MERGE AS THE BIGGEST BANK IN GULF NATION
i.
Stockholders of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank on December
7, 2016, approved to merge into the biggest bank of all Gulf Countries with an
asset of $ 178 billion.
ii. After
the merger the combined company will be named as NBAD.
iii. The FGB
shareholders will receive 1.254 NBAD shares for each FGB share they hold and
FGB stockholders will own 52% of the new bank.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8TH DEC 2016
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 8TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
1. DONALD
TRUMP NAMED TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR 2016
i. The TIME
magazine has named US President-elect Donald Trump as Person of the Year 2016
and called him the President of the 'Divided States of America'.
ii. The magazine
cited his role for the stunning victory in the US Presidential election.
iii. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi was among the 11 candidates shortlisted by Time for its annual
honour.
iv. Meanwhile, Modi
won the online readers' poll conducted by Time magazine for Person of the Year
2016, the second time he emerged winner of the reader's choice poll.
2. TRUMP
SELECTS IOWA GOVERNOR BRANSTAD AS U.S. ENVOY TO CHINA
i. U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as his
incoming government's ambassador to China. "Branstad has a tremendous
understanding of China and the Chinese people and is someone who very much
impressed the President-elect.
ii. Terry Edward
Branstad is an American politician who is the 42nd Governor of Iowa, in office
since January 2011. Branstad was also the state's 39th governor from 1983 to
1999, and he was president of Des Moines University from 2003 to 2009.
3. NABARD
TO PROVIDE RS. 120 CR TO BANKS FOR SETTING UP POS DEVICES IN VILLAGES
i. The National
Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
on 08 December said it will extend support aggregating about Rs. 120
crore to banks for deployment of two Point-of-Sale devices per village in one lakh villages
having a population of up to 10,000.
ii. The move is
aimed at taking rural India closer towards cashless payment systems.
Friday, December 9, 2016
REASONING QUIZ- 88 FOR IBPS PO & CLERK
REASONING QUIZ- 88 FOR IBPS PO & CLERK
DIRECTIONS(1-5): STUDY THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION CAREFULLY TO ANSWER THE GIVEN QUESTIONS:
Seven
persons Amy, Baby, Chris, Dag, Katy, Laina and Nancy are seated in a straight
line facing north in ascending order of their salaries. Nancy earns more than Laina
and Dag. Nancy earns more than Amy but he does not earn the highest. Amy earns
more than Laina. The person who earns the second highest receives a salary of
Rs. 38,000 while the third lowest earner receives Rs.26,000. Katy earns less than Laina but more than Dag.
Chris earns Rs. 21,000.
Q1. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING EARN(S) MORE
THAN RS. 26,000 BUT LESS THAN RS. 38,000?
a)
Only Amy
b)
Only Laina
c)
Amy and Laina
d) Katy
and Laina
e)
Amy and Nancy
Q2. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING MAY EARN RS.
24,000?
a) Katy
b) Dag
c) Laina
d) Chris
e) Nancy
Q3. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING EARNS MORE
THAN KATY BUT LESS THAN AMY?
a) Chris
b) Nancy
c) Dag
d) Laina
e)
Baby
Q4. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING EARNS THE
HIGHEST?
a)
Baby
b) Nancy
c)
Amy
d) Laina
e) Katy
Q5. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING EARNS
RS.38,000?
a)
Amy
b) Laina
c)
Baby
d) Katy
e) Nancy
REASONING QUIZ-87 FOR IBPS PO & CLERK
REASONING QUIZ-87 FOR IBPS PO &
CLERK
DIRECTIONS (1-5):
STUDY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are eight friends
who went to polling station to give their votes. There were different parties’
names in the EVM namely RJD, Akali Dal, Samajwadi party, Bahujan Samaj Party,
Trinamool Congress, Communist Party and Congress Party not necessarily in the
same order. All the parties had different symbols namely Pen, Pump, Cup, Broom,
Cycle, Lotus and Elephant, but not necessarily in the same order. Each person
voted for their favorite party.
·
M voted on symbol cycle.
·
Akali Dal symbol is Cup.
·
T voted for Bahujan Samaj Party.
·
Q voted on Pen.
·
Pump is the symbol of Samajwadi party.
·
N did not vote for any party.
·
Lotus is the symbol of Congress Party.
·
S voted for Congress Party.
·
O voted for the party whose symbol is cup.
·
M and P did not vote for Trinamool Congress and
whose party symbol is Broom.
·
P’s favourite party is Communist Party.
Q1. WHAT IS THE SYMBOL OF RJD?
(a)
Pump
(b)
Cup
(c)
Lotus
(d)
Cycle
(e)
None of these
Q2. Q VOTED FOR WHICH PARTY?
(a)
Trinamool Congress
(b)
Akali Dal
(c)
RJD
(d)
Communist Party
(e)
None of these
Q3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS IS DEFINITELY
CORRECT?
(a)
M – Communist Party – Cycle
(b)
S – Congress Party– Elephant
(c)
O – Akali Dal– Broom
(d)
N – RJD– Pen
(e)
Q – Trinamool Congress – Pen
Q4. WHICH CANDIDATE VOTED FOR NO ONE?
(a)
M
(b)
T
(c)
N
(d)
Q
(e)
R
Q5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COMBINATIONS IS TRUE ACCORDING
TO THE PARTY SYMBOLS?
(a)
RJD – Cycle
(b)
Bahujan Samaj Party – Broom
(c)
Akali Dal – Cup
(d)
Congress Party – Lotus
(e)
All of these
QUANT QUIZ-56 FOR IBPS CLERK & PO
QUANT QUIZ-56 FOR IBPS
CLERK & PO
Q1. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO CITIES A AND B IS
330KM. A TRAIN STARTS FROM A AT 8 (A)M. AND TRAVELS TOWARDS B AT 60 KM/HR.
ANOTHER TRAIN STARTS FROM B AT 9 (A)M. AND TRAVELS TOWARDS A AT 75 KM/HR. AT
WHAT TIME DO THEY MEET?
a) 10 : 30 am.
b) 10 am.
c) 11 : 30 am.
d) 11 am.
e) None of these
Q2. IN AN ELECTION BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES, ONE
GOT 60% OF THE TOTAL VALID VOTES, 10% OF THE VOTES WERE INVALID. IF THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF VOTES WAS 9500, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF VALID VOTES THAT THE OTHER
CANDIDATE GOT?
a) 5700
b) 3420
c) 5130
d) 3800
e) None of these
Q3. A LENT RS. 8000 TO B FOR 3 YEARS AND RS. 4000
TO C FOR 5 YEARS ON SIMPLE INTEREST AT THE SAME RATE OF INTEREST AND RECEIVED
RS. 5500 IN ALL FROM BOTH OF THEM AS INTEREST. THE RATE OF INTEREST PER ANNUM
IS:
a) 10.50 %
b) 12.50%
c) 15 %
d) 13%
e) None of these
Q4.
ANKUR INVESTED AN AMOUNT OF RS 29500 IN ORDER TO START A BUSINESS. AYUSH JOINED
HIM 4 MONTHS LATER BY INVESTING AN AMOUNT OF RS. 33500. IF THE BUSINESS EARNED
A PROFIT OF RS. 120575 AT THE END OF TWO YEARS, WHAT WAS ANKUR'S SHARE OF THE
PROFIT?
a) Rs. 60725
b) Rs. 61950
c) Rs. 59250
d) Rs. 58625
e) None of these
Q5. A WATER TANK HAS THREE TAPS A, BAND C. TAP A,
WHEN OPENED, CAN FILL THE WATER TANK ALONE IN 4 HOURS. TAP B, WHEN OPENED, CAN
FILL THE WATER TANK ALONE IN 6 HOURS AND TAP C, WHEN OPENED, CAN EMPTY THE
WATER TANK ALONE IN 3 HOURS. IF TAPS A, BAND C ARE OPENED SIMULTANEOUSLY, HOW
LONG WILL IT TAKE TO FILL THE TANK COMPLETELY?
a) 10 hours
b) 8 hours
c) 18 hours
d) 12 hours
e) None of these
QUANT QUIZ-55 FOR IBPS CLERK & PO
QUANT QUIZ-55 FOR IBPS
CLERK & PO
DIRECTIONS
(Q. 1-3): STUDY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
THAT FOLLOW.
An office consists of 729
employees working in different departments, viz, HR, IT, Production and
Marketing. The ratio of men to women in the organization is 5 : 4 respectively.
20 per cent of the men work in the IT department. 1/3rd of the women work in the HR department. The
total number of employees in the Production department is 180. Two-Sixth of the
women work in the IT department and the remaining work in the Marketing
department. 40 per cent of the men work in the Production department.1/3rd
of the men work in the HR department and
the remaining work in the Marketing department.
Q1.
NUMBER OF WOMEN WORKING IN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT FORMS WHAT PER CENT OF THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE ORGANIZATION?
a) 13.75
b) 11.5
c) 13.5
d) 12.35
e) None of these
Q2.
WHAT IS THE RESPECTIVE RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF MEN WORKING IN THE HR DEPARTMENT TO THE WOMEN WORKING IN THE SAME?
a) 5 : 4
b) 4: 3
c) 9 : 8
d) 13: 12
e) None of these
Q3.
TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT FORMS APPROXIMATELY
WHAT PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE ORGANIZATION?
a) 22
b) 23
c) 25
d) 26
e) 28
Q4.
IF THE PERIMETER OF A SQUARE IS EQUAL TO THE RADIUS OF A CIRCLE WHOSE AREA IS
22176 SQ.CM, WHAT IS THE AREA OF THE SQUARE?
a) 1225 sq.cm
b) 784 sq.cm
c) 441 sq.cm
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Q5.
RAHUL SPENDS 50% OF HIS MONTHLY INCOME ON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, 20% OF HIS MONTHLY
INCOME ON BUYING CLOTHES, 5% OF HIS MONTHLY INCOME ON MEDICINES AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF RS. 11250 HE SAVES.
WHAT IS RAHUL'S MONTHLY INCOME?
a) Rs. 38200
b) Rs. 34000
c) Rs. 41600
d) Rs. 45000
e) None of these
Thursday, December 8, 2016
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH DEC 2016
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
1. ISRO
LAUNCHES PSLV-C36 CARRYING REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE
i. The Indian Space Research Organisation has launched PSLV C36 Resource
Sat-2A from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
ii. The satellite is intended to continue the remote sensing data
services to global users.
2. HINDI
LANGUAGE IN THE TOP 10 MOST POWERFUL LANGUAGES
i. The World Economic Forum has named Hindi language ranked 10th in the
top 10 most powerful languages on the planet.
ii. The list is topped by English as the most powerful language followed
by Mandarin.
3. IOC,
BPCL, HPCL JOIN HANDS TO SET UP INDIA'S BIGGEST OIL REFINERY
i. Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan
Petroleum Corp have signed a pact to build India's biggest oil refinery at a
cost of $30 billion on the west coast.
ii. The three firms signed the pact for the 60-million tonne a year
refinery in Maharashtra
iii. IOC will hold a 50 % stake in the project while BPCL and HPCL will
have 25 % each.
4. MAHILA
E-HAAT TIES UP WITH INDIA POST, SBI
i. The Women and Child Development Ministry has tied up with India Post
and SBI.
ii. This will offer more payment options to buyers and simplify shipping
of products bought from "Mahila E-haat", an online marketing platform
for women entrepreneurs.
iii. Now, SBI customers abroad can make use of "SBI Global".
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
REASONING QUIZ- 86 FOR IBPS PO & CLERK
REASONING QUIZ- 86 FOR IBPS PO & CLERK
DIRECTIONS
(1 - 5): EACH QUESTION BELOW IS FOLLOWED BY TWO STATEMENTS I AND II. YOU ARE TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THE DATA GIVEN IN THE STATEMENT IS SUFFICIENT TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
Give answer (a) if you cannot get the answer from the
statements I and II together, but need even more data.
Give answer (b) if the statement I alone is sufficient to
answer the question, but the statement II alone is not sufficient.
Give answer (c) if the statement II alone is sufficient to
answer the question, but the statement I alone is not sufficient.
Give answer (d) if both statements I and II together are
needed to answer the question
Give answer (e). if either the statement I alone or the
statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
Q1.
HOW IS G RELATED TO M?
I. M is the brother of T, who is the daughter of G.
II. E is the husband of G.
Q2.
IN A ROW OF BOYS FACING NORTH, WHAT IS B’S POSITION FROM THE LEFT END?
I. B is twentieth from the right end.
II. There are Nine boys between D and B.
Q3.
IN A ROW OF 45 STUDENTS FACING NORTH, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE THERE BETWEEN A AND
B?
I. B’s position in the row is 17th from the right end.
II. A’s position in the row is 4th from the left end.
Q4.
HOW FAR IS P FROM THE STARTING POINT?
I. P moves 6 km. towards East, then 3 km. towards left, 11
km, towards right and finally. 3 km, towards right and stops
II. P moves 3 km. towards East, then 3 km. towards right,
12 km, towards left and finally, 1 km. towards left and stops.
Q5.
ON WHICH MONTH OF THE YEAR WAS KAVYA BORN?
I. Her mother correctly remembers that Kavya was born
after July and before october.
II. Her father correctly remembers that she was born
after April and before September.
QUANT QUIZ-54 FOR IBPS CLERK & PO
QUANT QUIZ-54 FOR IBPS
CLERK & PO
Directions
(q. Nos.1-5) in the following pie-charts, the percentage wise distribution of
candidates who have applied for different subjects in a college and that of
selected candidates has been given. Read the following pie-charts to answer the
questions given below.
Percentage of candidates applied Number of candidates =
88000
Percentage of candidates qualified Number of candidates =
14400
1. WHAT
IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO GOT SELECTED IN
SCIENCE AND THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO APPLIED FOR THE SAME ?
(a) 15904
(b) 14904
(c) 15940
(d) 16940
(e) None of these
2. WHAT
IS THE SUM OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO APPLIED FOR ARTS AND THE
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO GOT SELECTED IN MATHS AND ENGLISH BOTH ?
(a) 19432
(b) 20432
(c) 20342
(d) 19433
(e) None of these
3. WHAT
IS THE RATIO BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, WHO QUALIFIED IN ARTS AND
COMMERCE TOGETHER AND THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO QUALIFIED IN ENGLISH AND SCIENCE
?
(a) 17 : 25
(b) 17 : 29
(c) 17 : 26
(d) 29 : 17
(e) None of the above
4. WHAT
PER CENT OF CANDIDATES QUALIFIED IN ENGLISH OF THE TOTAL CANDIDATES APPLIED FOR
THE SAME?
(a) 15
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 19
(e) 22
5. FIND
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO GOT SELECTED FOR ENGLISH, SCIENCE AND
ARTS.
(a) 3618
(b) 3682
(c) 3628
(d) 3268
(e) 3168