Daily Current Affairs 17th Feb. 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 17 FEB 2016

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1. UNION GOVERNMENT UNVEILS NATIONAL CAPITAL GOODS POLICY 2016

i. The Union Government has Launched a National Capital Goods Policy 2016 to give importance to the capital goods sector and the Make in India initiative.

ii. It was announced on the occasion of the Make in India Week held in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

iii. It is for the first time that Union Government has framed such national policy for the capital goods sector.

iv. Key features of Policy

a.       Increase exports of capital goods from the current 27% to 40 % of production.

b.      Increase share of domestic capital goods production in order to make India a net exporter of capital goods.

c.       Facilitate improvement in technology depth, increase skill availability and promote growth and capacity building of MSMEs.

2. INDIAN RAILWAYS WON 36TH NATIONAL CHESS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

i. Indian Railways grabbed the 36th National Chess team Championship in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

ii. Indian railways has defeated defeated Life Insurance Corporation in the final.

3. FASHION DESIGNER MANISH ARORA HONOURED WITH KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR

i. Fashion designer Manish Arora was honoured the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur France's highest civilian honour.

ii. The award is given  for his renowned and critically-acclaimed contribution to the fashion world.

iii. National Order of the Legion of Honour is the highest decoration in France

iv. Earlier Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachchan and J.R.D Tata have been honoured with this prestigious award.

4. INDIA PARTICIPATES IN COBRA GOLD 2016 MULTILATERAL EXERCISE

i. India for the first time has participated in the Cobra Gold 2016 multilateral exercise hosted by Indonesia.

ii. Cobra Gold 2016 is 35th edition of multilateral exercise in which 35 countries have participated

iii. The main theme of the exercise is humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

iv. Cobra Gold multilateral exercise  is the largest Asia-Pacific military exercise held annually in Thailand.

5.  TATA STEEL WINS TIME'S BEST IN CLASS FOR MANUFACTURING AWARD

i. American publishing company Time Inc has announced the winners of the TIME India awards for honouring leaders for manufacturing excellence in India at Switzerland.

ii.  The awards is given in three categories such as Best in class manufacturing, manufacturing innovator of the year and Young maker of the year.

iv. Tata Steel won the award for best in class for manufacturing, Hero Moto Corp was honoured with the manufacturing innovator of the year and Yogesh and Rajesh Agrawal of Ajanta Pharma Limited were honoured with the TIME India Young Maker of the Year award.

6. INDIA FINISHED AT TOP WITH 308 MEDALS IN SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2016

i. 12th South Asian Games 2016 finished at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati, Assam.

ii. About 2600 athletes from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.

iii. India finished at the top with a record 308 medals - 188 Gold, 90 Silver and 30 Bronze,

iv. Top 5  winner countries are India, sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

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Indian History Quiz-1 For SSC CGL Examination 2016

MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY TEST-1

1. Who started the Persian Festival ‘Navroz’ in India:

a. Muhammad Gauri

b. Balban                              

c. Razia Sultana                    

d. Malik Riruz

2. The Tughlaq dynasty was founded by which of the following ruler:

a. Firoz Shah Tughlaq         

b. Mohammed bin Tuglaq  

c. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq                  

d. Vahlol Lodhi

3. The First Arab Invasion in India was led by:

a. Muhammad-bin-Qasim    

b. Muhammad Gauri                       

c. Mahmud Ghazni               

d. Aram Shah

4. In the battle of Chandwar Muhammad Gauri defeated which of the following Rajput Ruler of India:

a. Samshudin-Shah  

b. Prithivraj Chauhan                      

c. Jaichand                            

d. Rahul Rai Verman

5. Who was the first Muslim Ruler of Kashmir?

a. Shahbuddin                      

b. Shamshuddin Shah                     

c. Malik Kafur                                   

d. Akbar

6. When was the first battle of Tarain was fought:

a. 1296 A.D               

b. 1191 A.D                          

c. 1027 AD                            

d. 1174 A.D

7. The famous ‘Dilwara Temple’ at Mount Abu was built by which of the following ruler:

a. Surya verman                  

b. Siddharaja Solanki                      

c. Vikram Dev                                   

d. Ashoka II

8. ‘Geet Gobind’ is written by which of the following writer:

a. Soma Deva                       

b. Kalhana                            

c. Jaya Deva                          

d. Kaviraj

9. The Slave Dynasty was founded by:

a. Qutbuddin Aibak  

b. Razia Sultana                   

c. Abul Fazal                         

d. Bairam Khan

10. The first rupee ‘Rupiya’ was released by which ruler of Sur Dynasty:

a. Nader Shah                      

b. Imam Shah                                   

c.  Sher Shah Suri                

d. Akbar

ANSWERS: 

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

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English Quiz-1 Based on Prepositions For LIC AAO, SBI Exam 2016

PREPOSITION TEST-1

1. Mt. Abu is about Five Thousand feet ___________ the Sea level:

a. Above                                

b. Along                     

c. After                                  

d. Behind

2. Ramesh fell down while he was running ___________ a Bus:

a. Into                        

b. After                                  

c. Over                                   

d. Through

3. There are tall beautiful coconut trees ___________ the river:

a. Along                                 

b. At                           

c. Into                        

d. Over

4. He is dishonest person you cannot rely ___________ him:

a. To                          

b. For                        

c. At                           

d. On

5. In the month of December the temperature falls ___________ 4^oC:

a. Below                                

b. At                           

c. Into                        

d. From

6. He was fast asleep ___________ his bed:

a. Into                        

b. In                           

c. By                           

d. For

7. You must finish your project ___________ 5 o’clock positively:

a. In                           

b. for                         

c. till                           

d. To

8. Children are fond ___________ chocolates and computer games:

a. For                         

b. Of                           

c. With                                   

d. In

9. The man ___________ a Beard is my Uncle:

a. In                          

b. Of                           

c. For                         

d. With

10. The Box belonged ___________ the landlord:

a. Of                           

b. With                                  

c. To                          

d. For

ANSWERS:

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

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Daily Current Affairs 16th Feb. 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 16 FEB 2016

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1. INDIA AND SWEDEN SIGNED MOU ON TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN RAIL SECTOR

i. The Ministry of Indian Railways and Sweden signed a Memorandum of Understanding on technical cooperation in rail sector.

ii. It will help to promote efficiency and sustainability and achieve concrete results with regard to bilateral trade, investment, research and technology transfer.

Pm of Sweden: Stefan Lofven

2. INDIA WON THREE-MATCH T-20 SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA

i. India on won the three-match T-20 series against Sri Lanka by defeating with 2-1 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

ii. Indai is ranked on first position in T-20

iii. The man of theis given to Ravichandran Ashwin.

3. INDIAN WOMEN FOOTBALL TEAM DEFEATED NEPAL TO BAG GOLD AT SAG

i. The India women's team won gold at the 12th South Asian Games after beating Nepal by 4-0 in the in Shillong.

ii. 12th South Asian are hosted by India for the third time.

4. JAUNA MURMU AND RANJIT NAYAK INCLUDED IN TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME

i. Two prominent sportspersons Jauna Murmu and archer Ranjit Nayak were included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

ii. Jauna Murmu is a sprinter, while Ranjit is an archer both are chosen for the scheme by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

iii. Target Olympic Podium Scheme was started with the objective of identifying and supporting potential medal prospects for 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

5. MYSURU DECLARED CLEANEST CITY IN SWACHH SARVEKSHAN 2016

i. Mysuru city from Karnataka has been ranked first in terms of cleanliness for second time in Swachh Sarvekshan 2016.

ii. It was announced by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu during the Swachh Survekshan 2016 award function held in New Delhi.

iii. The rankings of the Swachh Survekshan Survey 2016 were conducted by Quality Council of India as part of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’.

iv. The survey was conducted to measure the impact of efforts under Swachh Bharat Mission for solid waste management, construction of toilets and service delivery level.

v. Top 5 cities are Mysore, Chandigarh, Tiruchirappalli, Delhi and Visakhapatnam.

6. INDIA’S FIRST LIGHTEST GUN NIDAR LAUNCHED

i. India’s first indigenously developed lightest revolver Nidar weighing merely 250 grams was launched.

ii. It has been designed and manufactured by the Rifle Factory Ishapore located in West Bengal.

iii. It is launched to give a boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative in small manufacturing sector.

iv. It has a range 7 meters with precise accuracy.

7. DEVARAJA REDDY ELECTED AS THE NEW ICAI PRESIDENT

i. The Institute of chartered accountants of India appointed M Devaraja Reddy as the new President.

ii. Earlier he was the Vice-President of ICAI for the council year 2015-16.

iii. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is the national professional accounting body of India

iv. It was established on 1 July 1949

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Reasoning Quiz-1 For LIC AAO, SBI Exam 2016

Reasoning QUIZ-1 FOR LIC –AAO EXAM

TOPIC: SYLLOGISM

Directions : Which of the following given below conclusions are true.

1. Statements:     All halls are tyres.

Some tyres are wheels.

All wheels are cars.

            Conclusions:              I. Some cars are wheels.

                                    II. Some cars are tyres.

                                    III. Some wheels are halls.

                                    IV. All wheels are halls is a possibility.

a. None follows

b. I,II, IV follows

c. Only II and III follow

d. Only I and II follow

2. Statements:     Some blades are hammers.

Some Hammers are knives.

Some knives are axes.

               Conclusions:           I. Some Axes are hammers

                                    II. Some Knives are blades

                                    III. Some axes are blades

                                    IV. Some axes being hammer is a possibility

a. None follows

b. Only IV follows

c. Only III follows

d. Only II follows

3. Statements:     All dolls are windows

All bottles are windows

All cars are bottles.

              Conclusions:            I.  All windows are cars

                                    II. Some cars are not dolls is a possibility

                                    III. Some cars are dolls

                                    IV. Some windows are cars

a. Only II,III and IV follows

b. Either II or III follows

c. Only IV follows

d. None of these

4. Statements:     Some Benches are beads.

All beads are flowers

No tree is a flower

               Conclusions:           I. Some beads being tree is a possibility

                                    II. Some trees are beads

                                    III. No tree is a bead.

                                    IV. Some benches being tree is a possibility

a. III and IV follows

b. IV and either II or III follows

c. Only IV follows

d. None of these

5. Statements:     All breads are tables.

Some tables are brushes.

All brushes are paints.

               Conclusions:           I. Some paints are breads

                                    II. Some brushes are breads

                                    III. Some paints are tables

                                    IV. Some breads are not paints

a. Only I and II follows

b. Only III follows

c. Either I or IV and III follows

d. None  follows

6. Statements:     Some pictures are frames.

Some frames are idols

All idols are curtains.

               Conclusions:           I. Some curtains are frames

                                    II. Some idols are frames

                                    III. Some pictures are not idols is a possibility

                                    IV. All idols are curtains is a possibility

a. All follows

b. I, II and III follows

c. Only I and III follows

d. None of these

7. Statements:     All typhoons are cyclones.

All winds are typhoons.

All clouds are winds.

               Conclusions:           I. All typhoons are clouds

                                    II. All clouds are cyclone

                                    III. Some typhoons are not cloud.

                                    IV. Some winds are clouds is a possibility.

a. Only I follows

b. II and either I or III follows

c. II and IV and either I or III follows.

d. All follows

8. Statements:     Some floppies are keyboards.

All keyboards are speakers.

All speakers are monitors.

               Conclusions:           I.  Some monitors are floppies

                                    II.  All key boards are monitors

                                    III. Some monitors are keyboards.

                                    IV. Some monitors are not key board.

a. None follows

b. Either II or IV and I and III follows

c. I,II, III follows

d. Only I and II follows

9. Statements:     All islands are countries.

All continents are islands

All planets are countries.

               Conclusions:           I. All countries are continents.

                                    II. Some continents are not countries.

                                    III. Some countries are not continents

                                    IV. No planet is continent is a possibility.

a. I or III and IV follows

b. I or II and IV follows

c. All follows

d. None of these

10. Statements:   All buses are scooters

No scooter is a train.

Some trains are jeeps.

             Conclusions: I. No Bus is Train.

                                    II. Some Jeeps are Scooters.

                                    III. Some Jeeps are not Scooters.

                                    IV. Some Jeeps are not Bus.

a. I,III, IV follows

b. I and II or III follows

c. All follows

d. None of these

ANSWERS:

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

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