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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

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 29th 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 8TH 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. 30th May
b. 31st May
c. 29th May
d. 28th May

4. WORLD’S 1ST 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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Monday, May 30, 2016

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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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 30 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 30 MAY 2016
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1. RBL BANK TO LAUNCH SCHEME FOR FINTECH ENTREPRENEURS
i. RBL Bank is going to launch an Entrepreneur-in-Residence  programme for fintech start-ups .
ii. Recently the bank has also opened a branch for start-ups in Bengaluru.
iii. The EIR programme is the part of RBL Bank’s engagement with start-ups.

2. SADHGURU TO LEAD YOGA SESSION AT UN ON 2ND INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY
i. Spiritual leader and Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev will lead a yoga session at the UN on the occasion of the second International Yoga Day.
ii. The International Yoga Day will be commemorated on June 21st.
iii. The theme for this Yoga will be Sustainable Development Goals.

3. INDIAN AUTHOR ADITI KRISHNAKUMAR WINS ASIAN BOOK AWARD          
i. Indian woman author Aditi Krishnakumar has won the 'Scholastic Asian Book Award' for her 32,000-word manuscript named "love of Indian history".
ii. Last year also she won award for her manuscript "Codex: The Lost Treasure Of The Indus".

4.  TELANGANA GOVERNMENT ENTERS LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS
i. The Telangana government has entered the Limca Book of Records for conducting the most intensive household survey by a state.
ii. In 2014 four lakh government employees covered more than 1.09 crore households between 7 am and 8 pm in one day.
iii. The survey was ordered after Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao after he assumed office.

5. MAN GETS 366 FLAG TATTOOS FOR GUINNESS RECORD
i. Har Parkash Rishi  an Indian man who holds the Guinness World Record for having the maximum number of flags  tattooed on his body.
ii. He had all his teeth removed so he could fit nearly 500 straws and over 50 burning candles in his mouth.
iii. He goes by the name Guinness Rishi.

6. INDIA’S FIRST INTEGRATED WEB PORTAL TO PROMOTE NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS LAUNCHED
i. The Union Ministry of Power and the United States Agency for International Development  launched India’s first integrated web portal.
ii. It is designed to promote and mainstream Net Zero Energy Buildings in India.
iii. The portal will provides complete information about NZEB that generate as much energy as they use.
iv. It will help to achieve near-zero energy status through the use of efficient lighting and equipment, best practice design strategies and integration of renewable energy technologies.

7. PAKKE TIGER RESERVE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH BAGGED INDIA BIODIVERSITY AWARD 2016
i. Pakke Tiger Reserve  received the 'India Biodiversity Award 2016' in  Mumbai.
ii. The Pakke tiger reserve is located in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
iii. The Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme of the Pakke Tiger Reserve was given award under Conservation of threatened species category.

8. SUNIL MITTAL RECEIVES 2016 HARVARD ALUMNI AWARD
i. Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal  was honoured with 2016 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award.
ii. Sunil Mittal is Indian telecom tycoon, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
iii. Bharti is India’s largest telecom company and world’s third largest mobile operator.
iv. Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award is  given to those who have contributed to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHAT IS THE THEME OF “2ND INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY”?
a. Sustainable Development Goal
b. Survival without disease
c. Strong immunization
d. Breathe in fresh air

2. INDIAN AUTHOR ADITI KRISHNA KUMAR WON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AWARDS?
a. Man booker’s Prize
b. Asian Book Award
c. Sahitya Academy Award
d. None of the above

3. WHICH STATE OF INDIA HAS ENTERED THE “LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS” FOR CONDUCTING MOST INTENSIVE SURVEY BY STATE?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Maharashtra
c. Telangana
d. Tamil Nadu

4. “PAKKE TIGER RESERVE” IS LOCATED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATE OF INDIA?
a. UP
b. Andhra Pradesh
c.  Bihar
d. Telangana

5.  “2016 HARVARD ALUMNI AWARD “IS GIVEN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PERSON?
a. Sunil Mittal
b. Sunil Shrama
c. Anil Ambani
d. Mukesh Ambani

ANSWERS:


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