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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

REASONING QUIZ-64 FOR IBPS- PO & CLERK

REASONING QUIZ-64 FOR IBPS- PO & CLERK


I. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

             Eight friends Arun, Bimal, Isha, Lily, Manu, Ram, Victoria and Lucas are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. All of them have a different profession Teacher, Actor, Writer, Singer, Musician, Lawyer, DANCER and Poet but not necessarily in the same order.
            Ram is third to the right of Lily, who was not DANCER and Poet. The one who was Lawyer is an immediate neighbour of Victoria and Isha. The one who was DANCER is second to the left of Ram, who was Singer. The one who was Poet is opposite to Ram. Lucas is not an immediate neighbour of either Isha or Ram but is third to the right of Bimal. The persons who were lawyer and Writer sit opposite to each other. Lucas was an Actor. The one who was DANCER sits third to the left of the Writer. The one who was Teacher and the one who was Poet are immediate neighbours. Arun was not Teacher. Manu is second to the right of Arun, who is an immediate neighbour of Ram and Lucas.

1. Which of the following is the profession of Bimal?
A) Actor
B) Musician
C) DANCER
D) Doctor
E) None of these


2 Who among the following is DANCER?
A) Isha
B) Victoria
C) Lucas
D) Either Isha or Victoria
E) None of these

3. If Victoria is third to the right of Manu then who among the following is immediate left of Bimal?
A) Ram
B) Manu
C) Isha
D) Victoria
E) None of these

4. Which of the following statement is true?
A) Bimal – Lawyer
B) Manu – Singer
C) Arun – Actor
D) Lily – Lawyer
E) None of these

5. Who sits between Musician and Writer?
A) Singer
B) Actor
C) Lawyer
D) Poet
E) None of these

II. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

There are 7 persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting in a row facing north. Each of them has a different profession – MD, Administrator, Teacher, Writer, Athlete , Racer and CA but not necessarily in the same order.

T is not a Racer but sits after the person who immediately follows U. Q is a teacher. The one who is an MD sits second from the right end. The Administrator sits on the immediate left of the Racer. P sits on the immediate right of V and on the immediate left of R. U is fifth from the left end of the row and he is CA. The Athlete is third from the left end.

6. Who among the following sits on the extreme right end of the row?
A. Administrator
B. Writer
C. CA
D. Racer
E. None of these

7. Who among the following is an MD?
A.Q
B.T
C.S
D.P
E. None of these

8. The person sitting on the second left of Q is
A. Racer
B. Administrator
C. CA
D. Athlete
E. None of these

9. Which of the following is true?
A.S – Writer
B.V – Athlete
C.P – CA
D.P – Racer
E. None of these

10. Who sits on the centre of the row?
A. Q – Teacher
B. Q – Racer
C. R- CA
D. P – Athlete
E. None of these


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


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REASONING QUIZ-63 FOR IBPS- PO & CLERK

REASONING QUIZ-63 FOR IBPS- PO & CLERK

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

There are seven friends namely A, B, C, D, E, F and G each of them aspire to become something.
Each of them likes different colors viz. Grey, Purple, Indigo, Marron, White, Magenta and Orange but not necessarily in the same order.
Each of them wants to become Judge, Nurse, Mechanic, Artist, Swimmer, Footballer and Athlete but not necessarily in the same order.
E likes marron color and wants to become a Nurse.
C likes purple color and wants to become an Athlete.
G doesn’t like magenta color and doesn’t want to become a Mechanic.
The person who likes white color, wants to become an Artist while the person who wants to be a Swimmer, likes Grey color.
A likes orange color but F doesn’t like Indigo or magenta color and he doesn’t want to become an Artist.
D wants to become a Judge. B doesn’t want to become a Mechanic or a footballer.

1. Who does want to become a footballer?
1. G
2. C
3. F
4. A
5. B

2. Who among the following likes white color?
1. G
2. C
3. F
4. A
5. B

3. The person who wants to become a judge likes which color?
1. White
2. Indigo
3. Magenta
4. Grey
5. Orange

4. F wants to become a/an ________
1. Artist
2. Nurse
3. Judge
4. Swimmer
5. Mechanic

5. Which of the following combinations of Person – Color – Profession is correct?
1. D – Grey – Judge
2. F – Grey – Swimmer
3. A – White – Athlete
4. B – Indigo – Artist
5. G – White – Artist

II. Study the following information carefully to answer the questions (6-10) given below

Seven candidates Harry, Saam, Nishant, sheena, Nikki, Khushi and Suman are to be interviewed for selection as Trainee officers by different panels 1 to 7 for different banks Indian Bank, CANARA BANK, Bank of Baroda, YES BANK, Uco bank, SIDBI and UNION BANK not necessarily in the same order.

            Nishant is interviewed by panel 4 for Indian Bank. Saam is interviewed by panel 3 but not for YES BANK or Bank of Baroda. Harry is interviewed for CANARA BANK but not by panel 1 or 2. Nikki is interviewed by panel 6 for Uco bank Bank. Panel 7 conducts the interview for SIDBI. Sheena is interviewed by panel 1 but not for Bank of Baroda. Panel 2 does not interview Khushi.

6. Sheena is interviewed for which Bank?
1) Indian Bank
2) UNION BANK
3) SIDBI
4) YES BANK
5) None of these

7. Panel 2 conducts interview for which Bank?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) SIDBI
3) UNION BANK
4) CANARA BANK
5) None of these

8. Who is interviewed for UNION BANK?
1) Nikki
2) Sheena
3) Khushi
4) Saam
5) None of these

9. Which candidate is interviewed by panel 5?
1) Khushi
2) Suman
3) Sheena
4) Harry
5) None of these

10. Panel no 6 belongs to which of the following banks?
1) Canara Bank
2) Uco Bank
3) Indian Bank
4) SIDBI
5) Yes Bank

ANSWER KEY
1.1, 2.5, 3.3, 4.4, 5.2, 6.4, 7.1, 8.4, 9.4, 10.2,



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Monday, August 29, 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25,26 AUGUST

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25,26 AUGUST

1.    United States has announced 138 million dollar new aid to which country?
a)    South Sudan
b)    Uganda
c)    Kenya
d)    Sudan

2.    Which State has issued a draft notification for creation of 17 new districts?
a)    Karnataka
b)    Telangana
c)    Andhra Pradesh
d)    Tamil Nadu

3.    which Indian tennis player topped the WTA women’s doubles ranking?
a)    Sania Mirza
b)    Rushmi Chakravarthi
c)    Prarthana Thombare
d)    Tara Iyer

4.    Name the  company that acquired the cement business of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd?
a)    Ramco Cements
b)    UltraTech Cement
c)    Ambuja Cements
d)    Birla Corporation Limited

5.  Who was appointed as the head of the task force by the Union Government to study the structure of organised Group A Central services?
a)    Justice A P Shah
b)    T Jacob
c)    T K Prasad
d)    Vijay Kelkar

6.    India is ranked at which place in the W10 report 2016 released by New World Wealth?
a)    Fourth
b)   Ninth
c)    Seventh
d)   Second

7.  The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition was observed globally on?
a)    20 August
b)    21 August
c)    22 August
d)    23 August

8.    Name the two states that signed MoU to build three barrages for water utilization of Godavari River and its tributaries?
a)    Maharashtra and Goa
b)    Telangana and Goa
c)    Telangana and Maharashtra
d)    Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

9.    Union Government launched ‘Sugamaya Pustakalaya’ online library to serve?
a)    Persons with print disabilities
b)    Persons with dyslexia
c)    Persons with physical disabilities
d)    Persons with visual disabilities

10.    Name the country who launched the KN-11 ballistic missile from a submarine in Sea of Japan?
a)    China
b)    North Korea
c)    South Korea
d)    Japan

11.  Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recently banned which country from competing at September’s Paralympics in Rio?
a)    Pakistan
b)    Russia
c)    China
d)   North Korea

12.   Where the  two-day SAARC Finance Ministers’ Conference held?
a)    Colombo
b)    Dhaka
c)   New Delhi
d)    Islamabad


13. Which state named Sakshi Malik, the woman wrestler who won the bronze medal at Rio Olympics, as its brand ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Punjab
d) Assam

14. Under which of the following campaign/yojana of Prime Minister 'Sugamya Pustakalaya' the e-library for Persons with print Disabilities was launched?
a) Accessible India Campaign
b) Nai Manzil Yojana
c) Skill India Campaign
d) Kaushal Vikas Yojana

15. With which country union Cabinet approved revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income?
a) Fiji
b) Finland
c) France
d) Cyprus

16. The compensation to victims of terror and left extremism enhanced by union Cabinet from three lakh rupees to?
a) Eight lakh
b) Five lakh
c) Four lakh
d) Six lakh

17. Who topped the list of  The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016?
a) Scarlett Johansson
b) Melissa McCarthy
c) Jennifer Aniston
d) Jennifer Lawrence

18. In the Forbes list of World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016 which Indian actress made her entry?
a) Deepika Padukone
b) Aishwarya Rai   
c) Sonam Kapoor
d) Priyanka Chopra

19. During the second meeting of BRICS Ministers for Disaster Management in August 2016 the BRICS Countries adopted which declaration?
a) Manama Declaration
b) Brasilia Declaration
c) Udaipur Declaration
d) Chennai Declaration

20. In which state the 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit will be held?
a) Haryana
b) Goa
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
ANSWER

1.A, 2.B, 3.A, 4.D, 5.B, 6.C, 7.D, 8.C, 9.A, 10.B, 11.B, 12.D, 13.B, 14.A, 15.D, 16.B, 17.D, 18.A, 19.C, 20.B,
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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 29 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 29 AUG 2016
(Daily News India)
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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 325TH 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
(Daily News India)
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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 77TH, PAKISTAN AT 72ND ND AND BANGLADESH AT 5TH 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 77th place, Pakistan ranked at 72nd, 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 19TH 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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