DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 27 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 27 MAY 2016

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1. CABINET GIVES EX-POST FACTO APPROVAL TO THE MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JAPAN

i. The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to the MoU between Indian and Japan for promoting sustainable, stable and low-carbon thermal power development in India.

ii. The MoU will help India to address issues and barriers in promoting sustainable stable and low-carbon thermal power development.

2.  ISLAMIC BANKING TO DEBUT IN GUJARAT

i. Saudi Arabia based Islamic Development Bank is going to open its first branch in India at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

ii. Its a part of MoU between EXIM Bank and IDB during PM Narendra Modi visit to UAE in April 2016.

iii. IDB will also make investments in small and medium enterprises of Gujarat.

iv. IDB's main objective is to bost the economic development and social progress of member countries as well as the Muslim community in accordance with principles of Shariah law.

3. WORLD LEADERS STARTED G7 TALKS WITH ECONOMY IN FOCUS

i. The World leaders started two days of G7 talks in Japan.

ii. They discussed about the declining global economy, terrorism and refugees crisis and China's controversial maritime claims,.

ii. Heads of state and government from the United States,france, Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada and host Japan participated in the meet.

4. SANIA MIRZA, BOPANNA AND PAES WON AT FRENCH OPEN

i. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won French open after defeating Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova.

ii. Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea defeated  Stephane Robert and Alexandre Sidorenko to won the event.

iii. Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski defeated Aliaksandr Bury and Denis Istomin to won the French open.

5. INDIA FIFTH LARGEST PRODUCER OF E-WASTE

i. As per recent study conducted by Assocham-KPMG, India has emerged as the world’s fifth largest electronic waste producer.

ii. India discards roughly 18.5 lakh tonnes of e-waste each year.

iii. India being world’s second largest mobile market with more than 100 crore mobile phones in circulation.

iv. Every year 25 percent of mobiles end up in e-waste annually.

6. PINARAYI VIJAYAN SWORN IN AS KERALA CM

i. Communist Party of India(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan has taken oath as the CM of Kerala.

ii. He has been elected to the state assembly five times and won this year's election from Dharmadam constituency by a margin of 36,000 votes.

7. UNION HRD MINISTRY TO LAUNCH ASMITA, STUDENT TRACKING SYSTEM

i. The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development is going to launch ASMITA, a student tracking system programme.

ii. ASMITA stands for All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis will be launched under Shala Asmita Yojana .

iii. It aims to track the educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII across the 15 lakhs private and government schools in the country.

iv. It will be a online database which will carry information of student attendance and enrolment, learning outcomes, mid-day meal service and infrastructural facilities among others.

8. WORLD FIRST HUMANITARIAN SUMMIT HELD AT ISTANBUL,

i. The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul from 23 to 24th May

ii. The conferenece held first time after World War II.

iii. The summit was inaugurated by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

iv. The purpose of summit to improve the humanitarian responses to crises such as

a.       preventing and ending conflict

b.      respecting the rules of war

c.       achieving gender equality

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITY OF INDIA, SAUDI ARABIA BASED ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK IS GOING TO OPENS ITS FIRST BRANCH?

a. Ahemdabad , Gujarat

b. GandhiNagar, Gujrat

c. Mumbai, Maharashtra

d. New Delhi

2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRY IS NOT A MEMBER OF “G-7”?

a. Japan

b. United States

c. Germany

d. Denmark

3. THE FAMOUS PLAYERS OF TENNIS “DARIA KASATKINA” & “ALEXANDRA PANOVA” BELONG TO WHICH COUNTRY?

a. Spain

b. Switzerland

c. Russia

d. Canada

4. THE NEW CM OF KERELA “PINARAYI VIJAYAN” HAS BEEN REPLACED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PERSON?

a. V.S Achuthanandan

b.  Oommen Chandy

c. AK Antony

d. E.K Nayanar

5. UNDER WHICH SCHEME “ASMIT” HAS BEEN LAUNCHED?

a. SAY

b. BAY

c. PMJDY

d. none of these

6. WHO IS THE PRESENT UNION MINISTER OF HRD MINISTER?

a. Meneka Gandhai

b. Sushma Swaraj

c. Smiriti Irani

d. Smiriti Shah

7.  WHERE “WORLD FIRST HUMANITARIAN SUMMIT” HELD?

a. Tehran

b. Istanbul

c. Washington D.C

d. Chile

8. WHO INAUGURATED “WORLD HUMANITARIAN SUMMIT”?

a. Ban-Ki-Moon

b. Brack Obama

c. Queen Elizabeth

d. Xi- Jinping

ANSWERS:

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

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REASONING QUIZ- 34 FOR SBI CLEK & PO

REASONING QUIZ- 34 FOR SBI CLEK & PO

1. In a row of forty children, Rohit is eleventh from the right end and there are fifteen children between Rohit and Meena . What is Meena's position from the left end of the row?

a) 15

b) 14

c) 13

d) Cannot be determined

e) None of these

2. If the positions of the first and the fifth digits of the number 83591427 are interchanged, similarly the second and the sixth digits are interchanged, and  so  on ,  then  which  of the following will be the second digit from the right end after the rearrangement?

a) 9

b) 3

c) 5

d) 2

e) None of these

Direction (3-7): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: 

B, D, P, M, F, H, K and W are eight friends who have completed their MBA programme with specialization — Human Resources, Marketing, Operations, Information technology and Finance. Three of them have passed with dual specialization. Operations and Information technology were not offered as dual specialization with any of the remaining three specializations. P has passed with Human Resources and Finance and earns the least. B has passed with Operations and earns more than F, D and K. W has passed with Marketing and earns less than only M who has passed with a dual specialization. B is third from the top when they are arranged in descending order of earnings. D earns more than K but less than F. No two of them have same earning. K, who earns more than H, has passed with Human Resources whereas H has passed with dual specialization of Marketing and Finance. None of the three is having the same set of dual specialization. Two of them are having Information technology specialization.

3. Which of the following pairs has the Information technology specialization?

(a) BF

(b) BM

(c) FH

(d) DF

(e) None of these

4. Who among them earns more than F?

(a) Only M and B

(b) Only M, W and B

(c) Only M and W

(d)  Data inadequate

(e) None of these

5. Who among them earns more than only P?

(a) Only W

(b) Only M

(c) Only H

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

6.  Who among of the following earns 4^th highest?

(a) H

(b) M

(c) F

(d) B

(e) None of these

7. Which of the following dual specializations is applicable to M?

(a) Marketing, Finance

(b) Human Resources, Finance

(c) Marketing, Human Resources

(d) Data inadequate

(e) None of these

Direction (8-10): Study the given information carefully and answer the given questions:

In a certain code language "find a sweet home" is written as "dn co he rh", "chocolate begins at home" is written as " rh na ek sa", "find sweet chocolate store" is written as "na dn he ku" and " a store at home" is written as "co ek ku rh".( All codes are two letter only).

8. What does the code 'rh' stand for in the given code language?

a)  sweet

b)  home

c)  find

d)  store

e)  begins

9. What does the code for 'find' in the given code language?

a) rh

b) ek

c) dn or he

d) ze

e) dn

10. What does the code 'na' stand for in the given language code?

a) store

b) at

c) chocolate

d) either 'find' or 'sweet'

e) a

 ANSWER

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

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QUANT QUIZ - 29 FOR SBI CLERK & PO – MIX TOPIC

QUANT QUIZ - 29 FOR SBI CLERK & PO – MIX TOPIC

Q.1  Naval can swim in still water at a speed of 8 km/hr. If the speed of the current would have been 6 km/hr, then the naval could swim 70 km.
(a) upstream in 35 hours
(b) downstream in 15 hours 
(c) upstream in 4 hours
(d) downstream in 6 hours
(e) none of these

Q.2  Rajat and Meena started a business with initial investments in the ratio 2 : 7 and their annual profits were in the ratio 4 : 21. If Rajat  invested the money for 8 months, and Meena invested his money for y months, then the value of y is 
(a) 7 
(b) 6   
(c) 12   
(d) 8
(e) none of these

Q.3 A reduction of 20% in the price of wheat enables a man to buy 25 grams of wheat more for a rupee. How much wheat could originally he had for a rupee? 
(a) 350 grams 
(b) 500 grams  
(c) 100 grams  
(d) 250 grams
(e) none of these

Q.4 A table fan in a shop is offered at a discount of 10%. It is sold during clearance sale at 6% discount over the already discounted price at Rs. 846/- . The original marked price of the table fan is:
(a) Rs. 850/-
(b) Rs. 1000/-
(c) Rs. 946/-
(d) Rs. 900/-
(e)Rs. 896/-

Q.5 Tarun bought a T.V. with 18% discount on the labeled price. Had he bought it with 24% discount, he would have saved Rs. 600/-. At what price did he buy the T.V.?
(a) Rs. 7,500/- 
(b) Rs. 7, 400/- 
(c) Rs. 8, 000/- 
(d) Rs. 8, 500/- 
(e)none of these

Q.6 Two vessels contain milk and water in the ratio 5 : 2 and 7 : 6. Find the ratio in which the contents of the two vessels have to be mixed to get a new mixture in which he ratio of milk and water is 8:5.
(a) 7:9
(b) 9:7
(c) 1:2
(d) 2:1
(e)none of these

Q.7   In a test, A scored 15% less than B and B scored 10% more than C. If  C scored 320 marks out of 400, then A’s marks are:
(a) 350
(b) 300
(c) 310
(d) 325
(e)none of these

Q.8 A garrison is provided with ration for 72 soldiers to last for 54 days. Find how long would the same amount of food last for 90 soldiers, if he individual ration is reduced by 10?
(a) 54 days
(b) 126 days
(c) 48 days
(d) 72 days
(e)none of these

Q.9 A seller uses 920 gm in place of one kg to sell his goods. When he sells his article at 15% gain on cost price, the actual percentage of profit is: 

1)25

2)30

3)20

4)15
5)16

Q.10  A, B and C have to type 506 pages to finish an assignment. A can type a page in 12 minutes, B in 15 minutes and C in 24 minutes. If they divide the task into three parts so that all three of them spend equal amount of time in typing, what is the number of pages that B should type? 

1) 172

2) 176

3) 154

4) 168

5) 164

ANSWERS

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

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BANKING QUIZ- 13 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

BANKING QUIZ- 13 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

1. Reserves which can act as a liquidity buffer for commercial banks during crisis times are– 

(A) CAR

(B) CRR

(C) CAR and CRR

(D) CRR and SLR

(E) SLR

2. For repayment of loan availed from Banks NBFC we come across a term known as EMI What does it stand for? 

(A) Equated Money Index

(B) Easy Money Installment

(C) Equal Monthly Installment

(D) Equated Monthly Installment

(E) Equal Minimum Installment

3. CASA deposits are___________

(A) Special schemes of banks

(B) Term deposits

(C) Hybrid deposits

(D) Recurring deposits

(E) Demand deposits

4. What is the meaning of NAV in financial term?

(A) Net Annual Value

(B) Net Asset Value

(C) Net Actual Value

(D) Non Asset Value

(E) Net Average Value

5. If Reserve Bank of India reduces the Bank Rate by 1%, what will be its impact? 

(A) Less liquidity in the market

(B) No change in the liquidity in the market

(C) More liquidity in the market

(D) Mobilization of more deposits by commercial-banks

(E) None of these

6. Whose signature is found on a 50 rupee currency note in India?

(A) President of India

(B)  Prime Minister of India

(C) Finance Minister

(D) Governor, RBI

 (E) Secretary, Ministry of Finance

7. Almost all banks in our country have introduced facility for granting crop loans to farmers.

(A) Term Loans

(B) Reverse Mortgage

(C) Bank Guarantee

(D) Foreign Exchange

(E) Kisan Credit Cards

8. What is the full form of ‘ECB’ ?

 

(A) External Commercial Borrowing

(B) European Credit Borrowing

(C) External Credit For Business

(D) Essential Commercial Banking

 (E) None of these

9. “The termination of an insurance policy due to non­payment of premium” is technically called as?

A. Death

B. Forfeiture

C. Lapse

D. Seize

E .None of these

10. AMFI stands for _____________

A) Association of Mutual Finance in India

 B) Authority of Mutual Funds in India

C) Amalgamation of Mutual Funds in India

D) Association of Mutual Funds in India

E) None of these

ANSWER

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

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26 MAY 2016

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1. INDIA, THAILAND, MYANMAR TO BE CONNECTED BY A 1400-KM ROAD

i. India, Myanmar and Thailand will be connected by a 1,400-kilometre highway, to promote the trade and cultural exchanges in these countries.

ii. It is the first time that when India going to connect South East Asian nations by road.

2. INDIA IMPOSES BAN FOR TRAVEL TO LIBYA

i. India has banned Indians from travelling to Libya, irrespective of the purpose of the visit, in view of the prevailing security situation in that country.

ii. The decision is taken due to security threats and challenges to lives of Indian nationals in Libya

iii. Large number of people is killed in clashes between unity government forces and fighters of the Islamic State jihadist group.

3.    BJP LEADER SARBANANDA SONOWAL TAKES OATH AS ASSAM CM

i. In Assam, BJP leader Sarbananda Sonowal has taken oath as the Chief Minister.

ii.BJP has made its first victory in  North Eastern part of the country .

Governor of Assam: PB Acharyya.

4.  NGT BANS OVER 10-YEAR-OLD LIGHT, HEAVY DIESEL VEHICLES IN SIX KERALA CITIES

i. National Green Tribunal has banned use of light and heavy diesel vehicles, which are more than 10 years old, in six major cities.

ii. These  cities are Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Kochi, Kozhikode and Kannur.

iii. The state government will not to register any diesel vehicle in the capacity of 2000 CC and more, except public transport and local authority vehicles.

5. 13 NEW SMART CITIES UNVEILED BY GOVERNMENT

 i. Thirteen cities have been selected in the first phase of the government’s smart cities mission.

ii. These cities includes Lucknow, Warangal, Bhagalpur, New Town Kolkata , agartala,Chandigarh, Faridabad, Raipur,Imphal, Ranchi, Warangal, Port Blair and Panaji.

iii. Earlier in January the first 20 smart cities were announced by the urban development ministry.

iv. But it came under fire for leaving out non BJP states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.

6. E-MUNICIPAL COUNCIL' BUILDING TO START UP IN BUNDI, RAJASTHAN

i. Rajasthan's Bundi is going to have  an 'e-municipal council' to provide files and detailed  of municipal council online.

 ii. The city's municipal data files can be accessed from anywhere on phones and computers.

 iii. An 'e-municipal council' office is equipped with solar panels and biometric entry.

7.  FIFA'S ACTING SECRETARY GENERAL MARKUS KATTNER DISMISSED OVER BONUS PAYMENTS

i. FIFA acting Secretary General Markus Kattner was dismissed from his position with immediate effect.

ii. He was accused of paying himself bonuses worth millions of pounds.

iii. He joined FIFA in 2003 as Director of Finance, becoming Deputy Secretary General in 2007.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF MAYANMAR?

a. Hitin Kyaw

b. Hitin Sein

c. Thein Sein

d. Thein Sein

2.  WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF THAILLAND?

a. Shanghai

b. Yangoon

c. Bangkok

d. Burma

3. THE PRESENT CM OF ASSAM ‘SARBANANDA SONOWAL’ IS SUCCEEDED BY WHICH OG THE FOLLOWING PERSON?

a. PB Acharya

b. Tarun Kumar Gogoi

c. Ajay Acharya

d. Manoj Shikre

4. RECENTLY, IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATE OF INDIA , NGT BANS OVER 10-YEAR-OLD LIGHT & HEAVY VEHICLES?

a. Tamil Nadu

b. Karnataka

c. Maharashtra

d. Kerela

5. HOW MANY CITIES HAVE BEEN SELECTED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF GOVERNMENT’S SMART CITIES LIST?

a. 10

b. 12

c. 15

d. 13

6.  “E-MUNICIPAL COUNCIL” OFFICE HAS BEEN SETUP IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITY OF INDIA?

a. Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

b. Bundi, Rajasthan

c. New Delhi

d. Mumbai, Maharashtra

7. RECENTLY, WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CMD OF NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA?

a. M.K Sharma

b. P.K Sharma

c. B.K Sharma

d. S.K Sharma

8. WHAT DOES IMA STAND FOR____________?

a. Indian Military Academy

b. Indian Management Academy

c. Indian Municipal Academy

d. None of these

9. RECENTLY, WHO HAS APPOINTED AS NEW COMMANDANT OF IMA?

a. General SS Saini

b. Lt. Gernail Singh

c. General MK Saini

d. General SK saini

10. ‘ ARJUNA AWARDS ‘ IS RELATED TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FIELD?

a. Art & Culture

b. Sports

c. Literature

d. Journalism

 

ANSWERS:

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

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