DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19 MAY 2016

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1. SBI GOING TO TAKE OVER 5 ASSOCIATE PSBS AND BHARTIYA MAHILA BANK

i. India’s largest bank State Bank of India has decided to merge its five associate public sector banks and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank with itself.

ii. SBI has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it is seeking in-principle approval for acquisition from the Union Government.

iii. Five subsidiary banks of SBI are:

      i State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

     ii State Bank of Hyderabad

    iii State Bank of Mysore

    iv State Bank of Patiala

     v State Bank of Travancore.

2. WORLD’S LARGEST SINGLE ROOFTOP SOLAR POWER PLANT INAUGURATED IN AMRITSAR

i. Punjab’s CM Parkash Singh Badal inaugurated the World’s largest Single Rooftop Solar Power Plant in Amritsar.

ii.The plant has the  capacity of 11.5 MegaWatt at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh at Beas in Amritsar .

ii. It is the largest Solar Power Plant spread over 82 acres of rooftop in single campus on multiple roofs.

iii. The plant has been set up with the cost of 139 crore rupees.

3. FIVE MEMBER COMMITTEE TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT

i. The Centre government has constituted a five Member Committee to  review and give recommendations on the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management roadmap for the future.

ii. The Committee will be headed by former Revenue and Expenditure Secretary N.K. Singh.

iii. The other members of the Committee are:

a.    Sumit Bose -former Finance and Revenue Secretary

b.   Dr. Arvind Subramanian- Chief Economic Adviser

c.    Urijit Patel- Deputy Governor,RB

d.   Rathin Roy- Director, National Institute Public Finance and Policy.

e.    iv. The Committee will examine the need and feasibility of having a ‘fiscal deficit range’ as the target in place of the existing fixed percentage of GDP and make specific recommendations.

v. The committee will submit its report by 31st of October2016.

4. TRIAL RUN OF DELHI METRO'S NEW DRIVERLESS TRAINS FLAGGED OFF

i. Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal flagged off the trial run of Delhi Metro's new driverless trains.

ii. This train is equipped to travel on Unattended Train Operations mode.

iii. The new trains will undergo rigorous trials to ensure that they are ready for smooth operations.

 5. NUCLEAR CAPABLE PRITHVI-II MISSILE TEST FIRED FROM ODISHA

i. Indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-fired from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha.

ii. Prithvi -II Missile is a short-range ballistic missile developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation.

iii.It has strike range of 350 km.

iv. It has advanced inertial navigation, control and guidance system.

6. IT DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES E-NIVARAN PORTAL TO FAST TRACK TAX PAYERS GRIEVANCES

i. The Income Tax department has launched electronic grievance redressal system ‘e-nivaran’

ii.The system is launched  to fast track taxpayer grievances and ensure early resolution of their complaints.

iii.The e-nivaran system also called as unified grievance management system seeks to integrate all online and physical complaints gathered by the department.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1.  WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF STATE BANK OF INDIA?

a. Arundhati Bhattacharya

b. B.Sri Ram

c. P.K Gupta

d. None of these

2. WHERE IS THE HEADQUATER OF BHARTIYA MAHILA BANK?

a. Mumbai

b. New Delhi

c. Chennai

d. None of these

3. SBI HAS HOW MANY SUBSIDIARIES?

a. 5

b. 6

c. 4

d. 7

4. IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITY OF PUNJAB “WORLD’S LARGEST SINGLE ROOF TOP SOLAR POWER PLANT “ INAUGURATED?

a. Ludhiana

b. Mohali

c. Jalandhar

d. Amritsar

5. HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR “FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT “COMMITTEE?

a. 6

b. 4

c. 5

d. 8

6. WHO WILL HEAD THE “FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND  BUDGET MANAGEMENT “ ?

a. N.k Singh

b. Urjit Patel

c. Rathin Roy

d. Sumit Bose

7. WHO IS THE PRESENT UNION URBAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OF INDIA?

a. M.K Bose

b. Venkaiah Naidu

c. Sushil  Modi

d. Menika Gandhi

8. NUCLEAR CAPABLE “PRITHVI-II” IS ___________ MISSILE.

a. Surface-to-Surface

b. Surface-to-Water

c.Surface-to-Air

d.Surface-to-Garvity

9. “E-NIVARAN “PORTAL HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENT OF INDIA?

a. Revenue Department

b. Forest Department

c. Electricity Department

d. Income tax Department

ANSWER KEY

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

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 MAY 2016

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1. UNION GOVERNMENT APPROVES PROPOSAL TO SET UP KALINGANAGAR NATIONAL INVESTMENT MANUFACTURING ZONE

i. union government has approved the proposal  of Odisha Government's to set up Kalinganagar National Investment and Manufacturing Zone in Jajpur district.

ii. The Zone will be a mega industrial zone.

iii.It will have world-class township to manage  the needs of the investors.

iv. Investment and Manufacturing Zone of India and is expected to invite 1 lakh Cr. rupees investment

iv.It will also generate 1 lakh 50 thousand direct jobs.

2.  INDIA AND BANGLADESH POWER TIES WITH 21ST-CENTURY NUCLEAR DEAL

i. India and Bangladesh has conducted a nuclear agreement with each other to engage the bilateral neighborhood relationship.

ii. The nuclear agreement has been signed between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Bangladesh department of science and technology.

iii. The Indian nuclear deal will provide and train Bangladesh to import their first nuclear power plant from Russia.

3. UR RAO BECOMES FIRST INDIAN TO BE AWARDED IAF’S ‘HALL OF FAME’ AWARD

i. Space scientist Prof Udupi Ramachandra Rao became the first Indian to receive ‘Hall of Fame’ Award by the International Astronautical Federation.

ii. The award is given for his outstanding contribution to the progress of astronautics within the framework of the IAF activities.

iii. He will receive the award at the 67^th International Astronautical Congress to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico in September 2016.

4. INDIAN CLINCH SILVER AT ASIAN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP

i. Indian women's squash team have won the Silver medal in the Asian Team squash Championships.

ii. The final was won by Malaysia.

iii.Last year  India won bronze-medal in the  asian squash championship.

5. SUDHA BREAKS 3,000M STEEPLECHASE NATIONAL RECORD

i. Sprinter Sudha Singh set a new national record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase category.

ii.He broke the record by clocking 9 minutes and 26.55 seconds in the IAAF Diamond League race in Shanghai.

ii. The 2010 Asian Games gold medallist broke the 9 minutes and 27.09 seconds national record timing set by long-distance runner Lalita Babar.

6. HDFC BANK LAUNCHES SMARTUP FOR START-UPS

i. HDFC Bank Ltd. launched SmartUp solution.

ii. It is a first of its-kind dedicated platform for start-ups to fulfill all their banking needs.

iii.The SmartUp is tailored to meet all the requirements of a start-up,  advisory and forex services and offering banking and payment solutions

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. “KALINGANAGAR NATIONAL INVESTMENT MANUFACTURING ZONE” IS LOCATED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATE OF INDIA?

a. Bihar

b. Orrisa

c. West Bengal

d. Kerela

2. INDIA HAS SIGNED ‘ 21^ST CENTURY NUCLEAR DEAL’ WITH _________?

a. China

b. SriLanka

c. BanglaDesh

d. Mayanmar

3. WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF BANGLADESH?

a. Hamid Khan

b. Shekh Hassina

c. Abdul Sekh

d. Abdul  Hamid

4. WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF IAF?

a. International Astronautical Federation

b. International Administration Federation

c. International Associates Federation

d. None of these

5. WHO AMONG OF THE FOLLOWING HAS BECOME FIRST INDIAN TO BE AWARDED IAF’S “HALL OF FAME” AWARD?

a. UN Singh

b. UK Sinha

c. UR Rao

d. UR Singh

6. WHO AMONG OF THE FOLLOWING BROKE THE STEEPLECHASE NATIONAL RECORD?

a. Sudha Kumari

b. sudha Singh

c. Sudha Kakkar

d. Sudha Roy

 7. WHO IS THE CEO OF HDFC BANK?

a. Aditya Roy

b. Adtiya Singh

c. Aditya Ambani

d. Aditya Puri

 8. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BANK LAUNCHES “ SMART UP FOR START-UP”?

a. SBI

b. HDFC

c. ICICI

d.  Axis Bank

 ANSWER KEY

1. b      2.c       3. d      4. a      5. c      6.  b     7. d      8. b

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REASONING QUIZ–27 FOR SBI CLERK & PO EXAM 2016

REASONING QUIZ – 27 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, the symbols @, #, %, $ and © are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’

‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither equal to nor smaller than Q’

‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor greater than Q’

‘P $ Q’ means ‘ P is not smaller than Q’

‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’

Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three conclusions I, II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

1.Statements: R@D, D©W, B$W

Conclusions:

I. W # R       

II. B © D       

III. W $ R

(1) None is true        

(2) Only I is true

(3) Only III is true    

(4) All are true

(5) Only either I or III is true

2.Statements:H$V, V%M, K©M

Conclusions:  

I. K©V         

II. M@H       

III. H©K

(1) Only I and II are true        

(2) Only II and III are true

(3) Only I and III are true         

(4) All are true

(5) None of these

3.Statements: K#T, T$B, B@F

Conclusions:

I. F$T           

II. K#B        

III. T$F

(1) All are  true                          

(2) Only I is true

(3) Only I and II are true          

(4) Only II and III are true

(5) None is  true

4.Statements:Z#F, R@F, D©R

Conclusions: 

I. Z#R       

II. F#D         

III. D©Z

(1) Only III is true          

(2) Only I is true      

(3) None is true    

(4) Only either I or III is true

(5) All are true

5.Statements:M © R, R % D, D@N

Conclusions:

I. M©N     

II.NSR           

III. M©D

(1) Only I and II are true          

(2) Only I and III are true

(3) Only II and III are true    

(4) All are true

(5) None of these.

Directions (6-8): Study the following information and answer the questions.

9112  8113  7148  1083  9877

6. If 2 added in all first digit of every Number and 2 minus in all last digit which number will be 3rd largest?

1. 9112

2. 8113

3. 7148

4. 1083

5. 9877

7. If 9 added in all two middle digit of all number which digit will be a smallest?

1. 9112

2. 1083

3. 7148

4. 8113

5. 9877

8. If all digits is added of all numbers indivisually  then which number will be highest?

1. 9877

2. 1083

3. 7148

4. 8113

5. 9112

Directions (9-10): 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 (9-10):

Some thousands are millions.

All millions are billions.

All trillions are billions.

9. Conclusions:

I. All thousands are trillions is definitely not follow.

II. No billion is thousand can never be true.

10. Conclusions:

I. Some trillions are millions is  a possibility.

II. At least some trillions are not thousands is definitely follow.

ANSWER

1.5, 2.1, 3.5, 4.3, 5.3, 6.2, 7.2, 8.1, 9.2, 10.1,

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REASONING QUIZ -26 FOR SBI CLERK & PO EXAM 2016

REASONING QUIZ -26 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

Directions (Q. 1–5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers it rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and its rearrangement.

Input: money player native typhoon diamond corrupt leaders read pager

Step I: typhoon money player native diamond corrupt leaders read pager

Step II: typhoon leaders money player native diamond corrupt read pager

Step III: typhoon leaders diamond money player native corrupt read pager

Step IV: typhoon leaders diamond corrupt money player native read pager

Step V: typhoon leaders diamond corrupt player money native read pager

Step VI: typhoon leaders diamond corrupt player native money read pager

Step VII: typhoon leaders diamond corrupt player native pager money read

And step VII is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input:    added essar called show tummy forced into monger Sukhdev cat

1. How many steps are required to complete the arrangement?

1) Eight

2) Seven

3) Six

4) Nine

5) Ten

2. In step VI, which of the following words would be on the sixth position from left?

1) essar

2) added

3) trcat

4) forced

5) show

3. What is the position of 'called' in the step IV?

1) Fourth from right end

2) Fourth from left end

3) Fifth from right end

4) Fifth from left end

5) Third to left end

4. Which of the following is second last step of the given input?

1) Sukhdev monger forced added essar called show trcat into cat.

2) Sukhdev forced added monger called essar show trcat into cat.

3) Sukhdev monger forced called tummy added essar show into cat.

4) Cannot be determined

5) Other than given options

5. Which of the following words will be fifth from the right end in the above arrangement in step III?

1) Sukhdev

2) essar

3) show

4) call

5) called

Direction (6-10): Each of the question given below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in statements are sufficient to answer the questions . Read both statements and given answer.

1) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

2) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not suffcient to answer the question.

3) If the data either is statement I alone or is statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

4) If the data in both the statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

5) If the data is both the statement I and II together are necessary to answer the questions.

6. On which day of the week does 'Sunita' birthday fall?

I. Sita correctly remembers that Sunita's birthday fall after Tuesday but before Friday.

II. Reeta  correctly remembers that Sunita's birthday fall before Saturday but after Wednesday.

7. How is 'sa' coded in a code language?

I. 'li na pee' means 'come home tomorrow'

II. 'pee sa ki' means 'home and office'

8. U, V, W, X and Y are standing in a row facing North who is on the immediate right of U?

I. V is on the immediate left of Y, who is second to the right of U.

II. U is second to the right of W and W is third to the left of V.

9. Rani is shoter than Meena and Rewa is taller than Mini. Who is the shorter among them?

I. Meena is shorter than Mini.

II. Meena is shorter than Rewa.

10. In a certain code, '349' means 'we are champions' which letter stands for 'we'?

I. '975 means 'we won cup'.

II. 641 mean's 'they are loser's'

ANSWER

1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.4, 8.3, 9.1, 10.1,

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