Daily Current Affairs 5th March 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 MARCH 2016

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1. PM LAUNCHED ‘SETU BHARATAM’ PROJECT

i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Rs 50,000-crore "Setu Bharatam" programme to build bridges for safe and seamless travel on National Highways.

ii.The government aims to make all national highways free from railway crossings by 2019.

v. In Budget 2016-17 Rs. 19,000 crore has been sanctioned under the Pradham Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

2. KERALA GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN FIRST OF ITS KIND INITIATIVE BY LAUNCHING THE AIR AMBULANCE

i. Chief Minister  of kerala Oommen Chandy  has  launched  the Air Ambulance in Kerala

ii. The Air Ambulance in Kerala will work for speedy organ transportation between hospitals from brain-dead persons with the help of Air Ambulance in Kerala.

3. MANOJ KUMAR TO BE HONOURED WITH DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2015

i. Shri Manoj Kumar is to be honoured with the 47th Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2015.

ii.The Award is given for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema.

iii The Dadasaheb Phalke award is India's highest award in cinema.

iv.Earlier the Dadasaheb Phalke award was given to Shashi Kapoor.

4. RATAN THIYAM SELECTED FOR 11TH META LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

i. Ratan Thiyam has been selected for prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016 at the 11th edition of Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards .

ii. The award is given for creating a new language in theatre and enriching the art form in various roles as writer, designer, director, composer and choreographer

5. WORLD'S COSTLIEST TRAIN STATION OPENED IN NEW YORK AT 9/11 SITE

i. The World's most expensive train station in the world has been opened at the World Trade Center site in New York, United States Of America.

ii. The site World Trade Center destroyed 14 years ago in the 9/11 attacks.

6. STEVIE WONDER HONOURED WITH GLOBAL GREEN HERO AWARD

i. Famous singer Stevie Wonder was honoured with Global Green Hero award at the 13th Annual Global Green USA Pre Oscar party.

ii. The singer is serving the industry from the age of 11 and has continued to perform and record till the early 2010s. He has been blind since shortly after birth.

iii.Earlier he has  been  honoured with the Grammy Award.

7. PA SANGMA FORMER LOK SABHA SPEAKER PASSED AWAY

i. Purno Agitok Sangma former lok Sabha Speaker and one of the co-founders of Nationalist Congress Party passed away.

ii.He was  known as one of the greatest leaders from Northeast in national politics and  has been elected to the Lok Sabha for eight times.

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Ancient History Quiz-5 For SSC CGL and Railways Exam

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY QUIZ -5

1. What was the capital of Mahajanpada ‘Kurus’:

a. Vaishali                         

b. Banaras                        

c. Hastinapur                              

d. Ujjain

2. What was the name of the mother of Mahavira:

a. Trishala                        

b. Yasoda                           

c. Radha                             

d. Sangmitra

3. In which of the following is not the branch of Buddhism:

a. Hinayana                      

b. Mahayana                                

c. Trikratna                                 

d. Vajrayana

4. In which of the Jaina’s Philosophy ‘Telepathic Knowledge’ is mentioned:

a. Srutajnana                  

b. Matijnana                                

c. Manahparyana-Jnana                    

d. Kealajnana

5. Kalidas was flourished in the reign of which the following ruler:

a. Ashoka               

b. Kumargupta& Chandrgupta II  

c. Harshvardhan & Kanishka         

d. Bindusara

6. Who was the first Gupta ruler to issue silver coin:

a. Chandrgupta II                      

b. Kumargupta I                        

c. Samudragutpa                       

d. Bajirao

7. The lofty stone images of Budha at Bamiyan in Afghanistan belonged to:

a. Murya Dynasty                      

b. Gupta Dynasty                       

c. Kushan Dynasty                    

d. Verdhan Dynasty

8. Who wrote ‘Hitopdesha’:

a. Mudura                          

b. Bhattin                          

c. Narayan Pandit                     

d. Bhasa

9. Who was the founder of Cholas:

a. Vatsaraja                      

b. Vijayalaya                                

c. Rajendra II                              

d. Indra III

10. Who was the founder of ‘Pala’s Empire’:

a. Gopala                            

b. Dharampala                            

c. Bhoja                              

d. Vishnu II

ANSWERS

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

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English Quiz-7 Based on Spotting the Error

ENGLISH QUIZ-7 BASED ON SPOTTING THE ERROR

1. Many  a man (1) / have been (2)/ working under me (3)/ none of these (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

2. I told him (1)/ the story (2)/ in details (3)/ to make him understand it fully. (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

3. Different authorities (1)/ defines (2)/ intelligence in different ways (3)/ none of these. (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

4. The old man (1)/ told his sons (2)/ that there was no such thing (3)/ like luck. (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

5. Everyone knows (1)/ that the tiger (2)/ is faster (3)/ of all animals. (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

6. Sakshi wrote an essay (1)/ so well that (2)/ her teacher was (3)/ very pleased with her. (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

7. The conference was (1)/ attended (2)/ by more than (3) one hundred delegates. (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

8. This is (1)/ one of the most (2)/ interesting book (3)/ I have ever read. (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

9. Ram was happy (1)/ that Rita and her sister was going (2)/ by the same train (3)/ the next day (4)

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

10. –

a. 1                            

b. 2                                        

c. 3                                        

d. 4

ANSWERS:

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

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Quant Quiz-10 Based on Partnership

QUANT QUIZ-10 BASED ON PARTNERSHIP

1. A , B and C enter into a partnership. A invests Rs 4000 for the whole year, B puts in Rs 6000 at the first and increasing to Rs 8000 at the end of 4 months, while C puts in at first Rs 8000 but withdraw Rs 2000 at the end of 9 months. Find the profit of A at the end of year, if the total profit is Rs 16950.

a. Rs 3600             

b. Rs 6600                         

c. Rs 6750                         

d. Rs 6300

2. Three men A, B and C subscribe Rs 4700 for a business. A subscribes Rs 700 more than B and B Rs 500 more than C. How much will C receive out of a profit of Rs 423:

a. 135                                  

b. 198                                              

c. 90                                     

d. 190

3. A is a working and B is a sleeping partner in a business .A puts in Rs 5000 and B puts in Rs 6000. A receives of the profits for managing the business, and the rest is divided in proportion to their capitals. What does each get out of a profit of Rs 880      .

a. Rs. 350, Rs 420                      

b. Rs 460 , Rs 350                      

c. Rs 110, Rs. 420                      

d. Rs 460 , Rs 420

4. A and B entered into partnership with Rs 700 and Rs 600 respectively. After 3 months A withdrew 2/7 of his stock but after 3 months more he put back 3/5 of what he had withdrawn. The profits at the end of the year are Rs 726, How much of this should A receive:

a. 633                                  

b. 336                                              

c. 663                                               

d. 366

5. A , B , C pasture in the same field. A has in it 10 oxen for 7 months, B has 12 oxen for 5 months and C has 15 oxen for 3 months. The rent is Rs 17.50 .How much of the rent should each pay:

a. Rs 7, Rs 6, Rs. 4.50   

b. Rs 6,Rs. 8,Rs 3.50                 

c. Rs 7,Rs. 5,Rs 5.50                  

d. Rs 8,Rs 5,Rs 4.50

6. A and B enter into partnership investing Rs 12000 and Rs 16000 respectively. After 8 months, C also joins the business with a capital of Rs 15000. The share of C in a profit of Rs 45600 after 2 years will be:

a.  12000                            

b. 14400                             

c. 19200                             

d. 21200

7. A and B started a joint firm. A’s investment was thrice the investment of B and the period of his investment was two times the period of investment of B.B got Rs 4000 as profit for his investment. Their total profit if the distribution of profit is directly proportional to the period and amount, is:

a. Rs 24000                      

b. Rs 16000                                  

c. Rs 28000                                   

d. Rs 20000

8. Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5:7:8.They had partnered for 14 months, 8 months and 7 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investment;

a. 5:7:8                                

b. 28:49:64                                   

c. 38:28:21                        

d. none of these

9. A invested Rs 81000 in a business. After few months, B joined him with Rs 90000. At the end of the year, the total profit was divided between them in the ratio 6:5. After how many months did B join:

a. 3 month                        

b. 4 month                        

c. 5 month                         

d. none of these

10. Reena started a software business by investing Rs 20,000.After six months, Renu joined her with a capital of Rs 40000. After 3 years, they earned a profit of Rs 24,500.what was Simran’s share in the profit:

a. 10500                             

b. 5145                                           

c. 14000                             

d. none of these

ANSWERS

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

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REASONING QUIZ–10 BASED ON MIX REASONING

REASONING QUIZ–10 BASED ON MIX REASONING

1. If ‘Z’ denotes ‘-‘ ; ‘N’ denotes ‘ ’; ‘J’ denotes ‘ ’ and ‘L’ denotes ‘+’ then 40 J 5 Z 8 L 6 N 4 is:

a. 24                         

b. 40                         

c.-24                         

d. none of these

2. What should come next in the following letter series based on English alphabet: ACY      GIE    MOK

a. SQU                                  

b. SUQ                                 

c.  RTP                                 

d. none of these

3. The positions of how many digits in the number 59164823 will remain unchanged after the digits are rearranged in descending order within the number:

a. One                                  

b. Two                                 

c. three                               

d. none of these

4. In a certain code language ‘how are you doing’ written as ja da ka pa, ‘are you fine here’ written as ‘na ka sa ja’ and ‘fine doing well’ as ‘ra pa sa’.

‘how doing here’ written in that code language:

a. Ja sa pa              

b. pa sa da             

c. na pa da             

d. none of these

5. In which of the following A < E is definitely true:

a. Z_<A_<B =C_<D=E>_F>G                           

b. Z_<A>B=C<D<F>_F>G     

c. Z_<A<B=C_<E<F=G                                      

d. all of these

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions:

B,D,H,K,P,R and T are seven friends who studied in three Music institutes X,Y and Z. They had opted for one out of the three streams- composing, singing and lyricist with at least two of the in each specialization. No two persons have the same combination of institute and specialization.

The composer is from institute Y earns the maximum. D studied in institute Z as lyricist and earns more than only B and K. H is from institute X as composer and earns less than only P and T. R studied in institute Z for singing and earns more than D but less than H. T studied in institute X for singing. K, as lyricist , studied in institute Y and is not the least earner among them. B is the only studying singing from one of these institutes among them.

6. In which of the institutes did B study:

a. X                

b. Y                           

c. Z                            

d. Y or Z                  

e. data inadequate

7. What is P’s steam:

a. Lyricist              

b. composing                  

c. singing               

d. data inadequate       

e. none of these

8. Which of the following combinations of institute-individual- stream is not correct:

a. X-K- lyricist     

b. X-H-composing         

c. Y-B-singing                  

d. Z-R- singing                

e. none of these

9. Whose income is the second highest among them:

a. T                

b. H                           

c. P                            

d. P or T                 

e. none of these

10. How many of them earn more than D:

a. One                      

b. two                                  

c. three                               

d. five                                  

e. none of these

ANSWER

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

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