Daily Current Affairs 21st Feb. 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21 FEB 2016

(Daily News India)

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1. UMA BHARTI TO INAUGURATE JAL MANTHAN 2016

i. Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti has inaugurated Jal Manthan 2 on February 22 in New Delhi.

ii. The main theme of the event is Integrated Approach for Sustainable Water Management.

iii. The purpose of the event is to have discussions on River Basin Approach for Sustainable development, Ground water, Water security, innovation in water governance, Water management and Coordination.

iv. The first Jal Manthan was organized in November 2014.

2. KALIKHO PUL SWORNED IN AS ARUNACHAL PRADESH CM.

i. Congress leader Kalikho Pul has sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.

ii. Earlier President rule was imposed in the state.

iii. He has replaced former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki

Governor of Arunachal pardesh: J P Rajkhowa

3. RENOWNED NOVELIST HARPER LEE PASSES AWAY

i. Harper Lee known for her famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird has passed away in US.

ii. She is also known for her famous novel about a young girl’s experience of racial tensions in a small Southern town has sold tens of millions of copies and been translated into dozens of languages.

4. WORLD BANK TO SUPPORT RAJASTHAN ON ENERGY REFORMS

i. The World Bank has decided to lend financial support to the Rajasthan government on energy reforms.

ii. The decision was taken at a meeting between World Banks director in India, Onno Ruhl and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

iii. The fund is given for the ongoing projects on rural development, including the Jal Swablamban Abhiyan, and o new technologies in Agriculture, Skill Development and Tourism in Rajasthan.

5. PLAYING IT MY WAY ENTERS LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS

i. Cricket Legend Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography, Playing It My Way, has entered the Limca Book of Records.

ii. The autobiography is entered in the category of best-selling books  in  both fiction and non-fiction categories in the world.

iii. More than 1,50,289 copies of the autobiography has been sold in the world.

6. FEBRUARY 21 OBSERVED AS INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

i. International Mother Language Day  is observed  on 21 February in the world.

ii. The day is observed to promote awareness of linguistic, multilingualism and cultural diversity.

iii. The Theme of the day is “Quality education, language of instruction and learning outcomes

7. MADHYA PARDESH AND RAJASTHAN SETS UP SPV FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART CITY PLANS

i. Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan Government have set up Special Purpose Vehicles for the implementation of Smart City Plans.

ii. They have been set up for five cities that are Jabalpur, Bhopal, indore, Jaipur and Udaipur.

iii. Smart Cities Project  will improve infrastructure and service delivery through application of Information and Communication Technology and e-governance.

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Reasoning Quiz-5 For LIC AAO, SBI Exam 2016

QUIZ-5 FOR LIC –AAO EXAM

REASONING – NUMBER RANKING

1. In a class, among the passed students, Bharati is 25^th from the top and Hema is 5 ranks below Bharati, is 30^th from the bottom. All the students from the class have appeared for the exam, if the ratio between pass and fail students is 4:1 in that class, how many students are fail:

a. 14                          

b. 15                          

c.17                           

d.18

2. In a queue of boy, Piyush is 15^th from starting and shailesh is 18^th from the end. There are 15 persons between them. What is the maximum number of boys in queue:

a. 44                          

b.43                           

c.48                           

d.49

3. Anil ranked 12^th from the top and Rahul is ranked 15^th from the bottom in a class of 35 students. How many students are there between Anil and Ravi:0

a. 8                            

b.9                             

c.6                              

d.7

4. In a row of girls, Nupur is ninth from left and Rupali is thirteenth from right. They interchanged their position and then Nupur becomes sevteenth from the left .find the new position of Rupali from the right end of the row:

a. 20                          

b.27                           

c. 21                          

d. none of these

5. In a queue of 20 boys, Rajesh is 7^th from front and Ashish is 6^th from back. How many boys are standing between Rajesh and Ashish:

a. 8                            

b.7                             

c.9                              

d. none of these

6. Laptop of Acer is kept 10^th from left on the table and laptop of H.P is kept 11^th from right on the same table .If the position of both laptops are being interchanged. Then find out the total number of laptops on the table:

a. 21                          

b.20                           

c. data inadequate   

d. none of these

7. If the bottle of cold drink has kept 13^th from the front and a packet of maggi has kept 11^th from the back on the same table. If they interchanged their position and packed of maggi becomes 10^th from the back then find out the total number of articles on the table;

a. 23                          

b.21                           

c. data inadequate   

d. 22

8. A book is kept 20^th from front and another book is kept 10^th from back. On the same shelf .If nine books are between them. Then find out total number of books that are kept on the shelf and it should not be more than 21:

a. 39                          

b. 18                          

c. 19                          

d. 20

9. Some people are sitting in a row. Richa is sitting in the middle of the row and 7 persons are sitting ahead of Richa. 8 persons are sitting behind Rohan. And three person are sitting between Richa and Rohan. Then find out total number of persons are sitting in a row. If they are more than 15:

a. 20                          

b.21                           

c. data insufficient   

d. 19

10. There are many items in a drawer. One item is kept at 12^th position from left and another is kept 11^th position form right. There are nine items are present between them. If the number of items are not more than 15, then find out total number of items in a drawer:

a. 14                           b.10                            c. 12                           d. none of these

ANSWERS: 

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

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Indian History Quiz-5 For SSC CGL Examination 2016

MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY TEST-5

1. What was the real name of ‘Nurjahan’:

a. Gulbadan              

b. Mehrunnisa                                 

c. Nushrat Begam                

d. Malika Rajia

2. The Italian Traveller ‘Nicolo Manucci’ visited India during which of the following ruler:

a. Shahajahan                      

b. Akbar                               

c. Balban                              

d. Jahangir

3. Who was the founder of ‘Chisti’ movement in Sufism:

a. Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti         

b. Khwaja Abdul     

c. Shaikh Abdul                                

d. Turkaram

4. Who founded the Vijaynagar Kingdom in South India:

a. Devraja-I              

b. Shivaji-I                            

c. Narsimha                          

d. Harihar And Bukka Rai

5. Who invented ‘Sitar’ in India:

a. Amir Khusro                    

b. Firoz Shah                                   

c. Ziauddin Barni                 

d. Jayadeva

6. Who wrote ‘Kathasarita Sagar’:

a. Jayadeva               

b. Somadeva                        

c. Kalhana                          

d. Jai Chand

7. Which of the following tax was taken by non-muslims during the muslim reign:

a. Zakak                                

b. Kharaj                              

c. Jaziya                                

d. Chauth

8. Which among the following was the single biggest item of import to the Vijaynagar Empire:

a. Precious stones               

b. horses                              

c. luxury goods                                

d. raw silk

9. Who was the founder leader of muslim Fakirs:

a. Dadu Mian                       

b. Majnun Shah                               

c. Tipu                                    

d. Akbar

10. The Portuguese built their first fortress in India at:

a. Cochin                              

b.Goa                                    

c. Delhi                                             

d. Kolkata

ANSWERS: 

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

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English Quiz-5 Based on Prepositions For LIC AAO, SBI Exam 2016

PREPOSITION TEST-5

1. We may have to await for (1)/ a new political revival (2)/ to eradicate the (3)/ corruption from our economy (4).

a. 1                

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

2. When she was (1)/ in jail (2)/ she was debarred to send (3)/ a letter even to her son.(4)

a.  1               

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

3. Despite of the best efforts (1)/ put by the doctors (2)/ the condition of the patient (3)/ is detereorating from bad to worse. (4)

a. 1                            

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

4. The militant yielded for (1)/ the temptation and fell (2)/ into the trap (3)/ of police. (4)

a. 1                            

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

5. Many people in India (1)/ are dying from hunger (2)/ but government seems (3)/ to be ignorant of such crude fact.(4)

a. 1                            

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

6. In difficult time (1)/ she prefers keeping her counsel (2)/ rather than wandering (3)/ here and there for relief. (4)

a. 1                            

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

7. The persons who are (1)/ suffering from diabetes are (2)/ advised to substitute (3)/ saccharine by sugar. (4)

a. 1                            

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

8. He always says (1)/ that he prefers to go (2)/ home to stay in (3)/ a hotel at night.(4)

a. 1                            

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

9. Hardly had we settled down (1)/ for the rest (2)/ when we were started by the (3)/ strange sound of trumpets. (4)

a. 1                            

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

10. He was able to (1)/ free himself with (2)/ the debts by (3)/ working day and night. (4)

a. 1                

b.2                             

c.3                              

d.4

ANSWERS :

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

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Daily Current Affairs 20th Feb. 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20 FEB 2016

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1. DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED ANTI-TANK MISSILE NAG IN RAJASTHAN

i. The Defence Research and Development Organisation has test-fired Nag anti-tank missile in Rajasthan.

ii. It can be fired during night and day anytime.

iii. It has a range of 4 km.

2. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR INDIA AND MYANMAR COORDINATED PATROL SIGNED

i. Indian and Myanmar Navy inked a agreement for Standard Operating Procedure for India-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

ii. Myanmar has became the third country with which India has signed a formal agreement for maritime coordinated patrols.

3. AMIT MITRA WILL BE NEW CHAIRMAN OF GST COMMITTEE OF STATE FMS

i. The Finance Minister of West Bengal Amit Mitra was named as the chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax.

ii. He will replace Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani who is facing corruption charges.

iii. The Goods and Services Tax Bill or GST Bill is known as The Constitution Bill, 2014, proposed to be implemented in India from June 2016.

4. WARREN RICHARDSON AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHER WINS WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF 2015

i. The World Press Photo of the Year has selected an image by Australian photographer Warren Richardson as the World Press Photo of the Year 2015.

ii. Richardson is a freelance photographer, currently based in Budapest, Hungary.

 iii. The award is given to those photographer whose visual creativity and skills made a picture that captures or represents an event issue of great journalistic importance in the last year.

5. KARNATAKA BANK BAGS IBSA BANKING TECHNOLOGY AWARD

i. Karnataka Bank  has won the IBA Banking Technology Award’ in the category of ‘Best Risk and Fraud Management Initiative - Runner Up’ amongst small banks.

ii. The award was announced as part of Indian Banks’ Association Technology Conference, Expo and Awards 2016.

6. SBI OPENS "JAPAN DESK" IN NEW DEHI

i. State Bank of India has launched ‘Japan Desk’, a single window for inbound Japanese investments in India.

ii. It will help to facilitate Japanese corporate looking to invest in India with banking and advisory services.

iii. It will also facilitate establishment of banking relationship with Japanese corporates and Japanese nationals and provide information on industries, sectors etc.

7. TATA GOING TO LAUNCH FIRST EVER INDIA-MADE ROBOT ‘BRABO’

i. Tata company, is going to launch first ever India-made robot ‘Brabo’ in Mumbai.

ii. It is displayed in the make in India week in Mumbai to promote domestic productions.

iii. The development cost is reported to be about Rs 10 crore.

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