DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 16 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 16 MAY 2016

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1. INDIA INKS PROJECT COLLABORATION AGREEMENT WITH WHO TO PROMOTE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

i. India has signed Project Collaboration Agreement with World Health Organization for cooperation on promoting the quality, safety and effectiveness of service provision in traditional and complementary medicine.

ii. The collaboration aims at supporting WHO in the development and implementation of the ‘WHO Traditional and Complementary Medicine Strategy.

iii.The agreement will l contribute to the global promotion of traditional Indian Systems of Medicine.

2. PM NARENDRA MODI AND  SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT RELEASE SIMHASTHA DECLARATION

i. PM Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena have released ‘Simhastha Declaration’ at Ninora village in Ujjain.

ii. The agreement was signed on the three day International Vichar Mahakumbh held on side-lines of the month-long Simhastha mela.

iii. PM Narendra Modi  appealed saints to conduct Vichar Kumbh every year with devotees and discuss social issues like the need to educate the girl child or plant trees.

3.2016 RED FLAG AERIAL COMBAT EXERCISES HELD IN US

i. The multilateral Red Flag Aerial combat exercises between US, NATO and allied forces and India Air Force held in US.

ii.It was the second time India had participated in such an exercise after 2008.

iii.The exercises provide an opportunity to the pilots from the US, NATO and other allied countries to practice and refine their skills for real combat situations.

4. UNION CABINET APPROVES COUNTRY’S FIRST NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS POLICY

i. The Union Government has approved National Intellectual Property Rights Policy, 2016.

ii.The policy  is approved to promote the IP regime and to encourage innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in India.

iii. It is the first kind of policy in the country seeks to strengthen legislative and legal framework of IPRs.

iv. The National IPR Policy will endeavour for a “Creative India; Innovative India: रचनात्मक भारत; अभिनव भारत”.

iv.The Policy aims to create public awareness about the social, economic and cultural benefits of IPRs among all sections of society.

5. PARKASH SINGH PANEL SUBMITS REPORT ON JAT QUOTA AGITATION

i. Parkash Singh committee constituted to inquire into the omission  of police and civil administration during Jat Quota agitation .

ii. The government would examine the report and would take appropriate action accordingly.

iii. Some important Findings of the committee

a.       There is a mention of about 90 officers who have been found guilty.

b.      Officers who were derelict in performing the duty or showed soft corner for the agitators have been identified and their names have been mentioned in the report.

c.       The report carried the names of officers who acted responsibly during the Jat quota agitation.

6. FIFA APPOINTS JUSTICE MUKUL MUDGAL AS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF ITS GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

I. FIFA appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal as deputy chairman of its Governance Committee.

II.Portuguese Luis Miguel Maduro was appointed as the Chairman of the Governance Committee.

iii.FIFA’s Independent Review Committee has been set up to protect the organisation against any conflict of interest in the approval of any appointments to the key committees and bodies.

7. ANDY MURRAY BEATS NOVAK DJOKOVIC TO WIN FIRST ITALIAN OPEN TITLE

i.Andy Murray won his first Italian Open Men's Singles Tennis title in the final played in Rome.

ii.It is Murray's first title in Rome .

8. SANIA MIRZA AND MARTINA HINGIS CLINCH 2016 ITALIAN OPEN TITLE

i.World No. 1 women's doubles team of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis grabbed  the Italian Open title.

ii.The pair defeated Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova 6 to clinch the title.

iii. Sania Mirza is currently ranked No. 1 in the women's doubles rankings.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1.   WHO IS INDIA’S UNION HEALTH MINISTER?

a.J.P Nadda    

b.Radha mohan singh    

 c.Kalraj mishra  

d.Piyush goyal

2.   NAME THE PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA WHO VISITED INDIA RECENTLY?

a.Maithripala sirisena 

b.Fancios hollande 

c.Angele merkel 

d. Shinzo abe

3.   NAME THE COUNTRY WHICH HOSTED 2016 RED FLAG AERIAL COMBAT EXERCISES?

a.USA   

b.India  

c .Japan  

d.China

4.   WHAT IS INDIA’S RANK IN WORLD INTELLECTUAL  PROPERTY INDEX?

a.37

 b.35 

c.36 

d.38

5.   WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF FIFA?

a.Michel platini

b.Larry page

c.Gianni Infantino

d.Zaheer abbas

6.   WHO IS WORLD’S NO.1 PLAYER IN MEN LAWN TENNIS SINGLES?

a.Chen long 

b.Novak djokovic 

 c.Andy murrah 

d. Roder Federer

ANSWERS

1.a       2.b       3.a       4.a       5.c       6.b

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15 MAY 2016

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1. BEIJING GOING TO HOLD FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE ON TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT

 i. Beijing is going to hold the First World Conference on Tourism for Development na from 18th to 21st of May, 2016.

ii. The conference aims to advance the contribution of tourism to the UN Sustainable Development Goals under the theme 'Tourism for Peace and Development'.

iii. It will create a better understanding on tourism’s contribution to development, including poverty alleviation and peace.

2. FIFA APPOINTS FATMA SAMOURA AS FIRST FEMALE SECRETARY GENERAL

i. FIFA has appointed Fatma Samoura a UN diplomat as its first ever female secretary-general.

ii. Fatma Samoura will be responsible for the day-to-day running of football's world governing body.

iii. Her appointment was announced at FIFA's congress in Mexico City by president Gianni Infantino,

3. INDIA'S FIRST SOLAR POWERED TRAIN SET FOR TRIAL IN JODHPUR

i. The Indian Railways is going to conduct trial of its first solar panel-powered train in Rajasthan's Jodhpur city.

ii. The Solar panels have been installed on top of the coaches in the train.

iii.The solar energy will be used  for the functioning of lights and fans inside the coaches in the train.

4. ASHOK CHAWLA APPOINTED AS NEW NSE CHAIRMAN

i. Securities and Exchange Board of India has approved the appointment of Ashok Chawla as new chairman of National Stock Exchange.

ii. He will replace Mr. S B Mathur, who has completed his tenure.

5. ANIL KUMBLE RE-APPOINTED ICC CRICKET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

i. Former India captain Anil Kumble has been re-appointed ICC Cricket Committee chairman.

ii.He is appointed  for the second term of 3 years.

ii. Earlier he served as the chairman in 2012.

6. RWANDA CAPTAIN BATS FOR 51 HOURS STRAIGHT AND CREATED A NEW GUINNESS RECORD

i. Rwandan national captain Eric Dusingizimana has set a new Guinness world record by batting out for straight 51 hours, the longest individual net session.

ii.He has broken  the record set by India's Virag Mane, who had batted a straight 50 hours.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS FIRST FEMALE SECRETARY GENERAL IN FIFA?

a.Fatma samoura  

b.Afkham Fatima

 c.Christine lagarde 

d.Martina

2. WHICH COUNTRY’S BATSMAN CREATED A NEW GUINNESS RECORD BY BATTING FOR 51 HOURS STRAIGHT?

a.Chile 

b.Rwanda

c.Iraq

d.Brazil

3. WHERE IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF SEBI?

a.Mumbai 

b.Hyderabad 

c.Bihar 

d.Delhi

4. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF NSE?

a.U.k sinha 

b.T.s vijyan 

c.Ashok chawla 

d.Harish banwala

5. WHERE IS THE HEADQUARTER’S OF ICC?

a. Dubai 

b.Iran

c.Bangladesh 

d.Pakistan

 ANSWERS

1.a       2.b       3.a       4.c       5.a

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QUANT QUIZ-24 FOR SBI CLERK & PO –MIX TOPIC

QUANT QUIZ-24 FOR SBI CLERK & PO –MIX TOPIC

Q.1 SONAL starts working on a job and works on it for 15 days and completes 60% of the work. To help him complete the work, he employs ANMOL and together they work for another 8 days and the work gets completed. How much more efficient is SONAL than ANMOL?

A.300%

B.200%

C.125%

D.100%

Q.2  Two taps can fill a tank in 10 min and 12 min respectively. Both the taps are kept open for 3 min and then the tap that fills the tank in 10 min is turned off. In how many more minutes will the tank be filled?

A. 5 min

B. 5.4 min

C.6.4 min

D.4.5 min

Q.3  40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining employees are executives. The annual income of each worker is Rs. 210. The annual income of each executive is Rs. 500. What is the average annual income of all the employees in the factory together?

A.390

B.384

C.408

D.415

Q.4 If the price of RICE increases by 10%, by how much must a user cut down his consumption so that his expenditure on RICE remains constant?

A.100/11%

B.16.67%

C.20%

D.33.33%2.

Q.5. A thief steals a car and drives it at 15 km/hr. The theft has been discovered after one hour and the owner of the car sets off in another car at 25 km/hr. When will the owner overtake the thief from the starting point?
A.1
B.1.5
C.2
D.2.5
E. 3

Q.6 There were FIVE children of a person. when, the average age of children was 12 years, a child of age 4 year had died. After 6 years from this incident,what was the average age of remaining childrens.??

a) 15   

b) 15.5  

c) 14  

d) 20 

e) NOTA

Q.7 The ratio of numbers of Peon ,Clerk and Officers in an office is 4:7:3 and the ratio of salary of each is 7:11:19 resp. If total number of Clerk is 28 and total expenditure in the form of salary is 194400. Find the salary of each Peon.??

a) 2000   

b) 2200   

c) 2100   

d) 2300   

e) NOTA

Q.8  A and B together can do a work in 12 days.they together starts working but A works of 5 days and left the job ,the remaining work is done by B in 28 days. B alone will complete the work in.??

a) 60   

b) 48   

c) 36   

d) 24  

e) NOTA

Q.9  A and B together can do a work in 12 days. B and C  together can do the same work in 15 days. A is twice as good as C. B alone will complete the work in.??

a) 20   

b) 25   

c) 30  

d) 35  

e) NOTA

Q.10 Two inlet pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 and 15 min. and outlet pipe C can empty the full tank in 10 min. A and B together are opened for 3 min and then C also opened.The tank will be emptied in.??

a) 8 MIN   

b) 8.5 MIN  

c) 9 MIN

d) 7.5 MIN  

e) NOTA

ANSWERS

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

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REASONING QUIZ - 25 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

REASONING QUIZ - 25 FOR  SBI  CLERK & PO

Direrctions (Q. Nos. 1-5): Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions given below:

Ravi, Piyush, Rita, Gaurav, Payal, Aashi, Suresh and Rita are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order. Ravi is an immediate neighbour of Rita, but not an immediate neighbour of Payal. Piyush is on the immediate right of Aashi and fourth to the left of Ravi. Rita is an immediate neighbour of Payal but not that of Aashi or Ravi. Suresh is an immediate neighbour of neither Rita nor Gaurav. Payal is not an immediate neighbour of Suresh.

1. Who among the following are immediate neighbours of Gaurav?

(a) Rita and Ravi

(b) Aashi and Rita

(c) Piyush and Aashi

(d) Can't be determined

(e) None of these

2. In which of the following pairs is the first person sitting on the immediate right of the second person?

(a) Gaurav, Ravi

(b) Piyush, Aashi

(c) Suresh, Ravi

(d) RRita, Aashi

(e) None of these

3. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

(a) Piyush is on the immediate left of Payal.

(b) Gaurav is on the immediate right of Rita.

(c) Ravi is third to the right of Rita.

(d) All are true

(e) None of these

4. In which of the following groups is the second person sitting between the first and the third person?

(a) Rita — Aashi — Suresh

(b) Gaurav —Rita — Ravi

(c) Piyush — Rita — Payal

(d)Payal — Aashi — Piyush

(e) None of these

5. Who among the following sits opposite Rita?

(a) Aashi

(b) Suresh

(c) Ravi

(d) Gaurav

(e) None of these

6. Among A, B, C, D and E. each having a different weight, D is not lighter than B and E is not heavier than A. C is not the heaviest. Who among them is the lightest ?

(a) D    

(b) B    

(c) E  

(d) Data inadequate   

(e) None of these

7.Each consonant in the word BISCUIT is replaced by the next letter in the English aiphabet and each vowel is replaced by the previous letter in the English aiphabet and the letters so obtained are rearranged in alphabetical order, which of the following will be the third from the left end after the rearrangement?

(a)C

(b)D  

(c) H  

(d) T 

(e) None of these

8. In a certain code language 'you are fine' is written as 'no la so'. How is 'fine' written in that code language ?

I) ' A fine dramatic story' is written as 'la jo ni da'.

II) 'Fine creative art' is written as 'qa la yo'.

III) 'New wonderful fine illusion' is written as 'chi su la tic'.

a) Only I

b) Only II

c) Only III

d) Only I and II

e) Any of I, II and III is sufficient

9. Ravi walks 30 metres towards south then turns to his right and starts walking straight till he completes another 30 metres. Then again turning to his left he walks for 20 metres. He then turns to his left and walks for 30 metres. How far is he from his initial position?

(a) 30 metres

(b) 50 metres

(c) 10 metres

(d) 60 metres

(e)none of these.

10.  Lata leaves from her home. She first walks 30 metres in North-West direction and then 30 metres in South-West direction. Next, she walks 30 metres in South-East direction. Finally, she turns towards her house. In which direction is she moving?

(a) South-West

(b) South-East

(c) North-East

(d) North-West

(e) none of these.

ANSWERS

1.b

2. a

3. c    

4. b

5. d

6. d

7. c

8. e

9. b

10.c

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BANKING QUIZ -4 FOR SBI CLERK & PO

BANKING  QUIZ -4  FOR  SBI  CLERK  &  PO

1.Gross domestic capital formation is defined as

A. flow of expenditure devoted to increased or maintaining of the capital stock

B. expenditure incurred on physical assets only

C. production exceeding demand

D. net addition to stock after depreciation

2.What is full form of SLR in banking term:

A. Statutory liquidity rate

B. Statutory liquidity ratio

C. Statutory liquid rate

D. Stagnent liquidity ratio

           

3.Deficit financing means that the government borrows money from the:

A.RBI

B. local bodies

C .big businessmen

D .IMF

4.The banks are required to maintain a certain ratio between their cash in the hand and totals assets. This is called

A. Statutory Bank Ratio (SBR)

B. Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR)

C .Central Bank Reserve (CBR)

D .Central Liquid Reserve (CLR)

5.In India, inflation measured by the

A .Wholesale Price Index number

B. Consumers Price Index for urban non-manual workers

C. Consumers Price Index for agricultural workers

D. National Income Deflation

                       

6.In India, which one among the following formulates the fiscal policy?

A. Planning Commission

B. Ministry of Finance

C. Finance Commission

D. The Reserve Bank of India

           

7.Devaluation of currency leads to

A. fall in domestic prices

B. i ncrease in domestic prices

C. no impact on domestic prices

D. erratic fluctuations in domestic prices

8.When State Bank of India was established ?

A. 1st April 1935

B. 1st July1935

C. 1st July 1965

D. 1st July 1955

9. "CRAR" stands for?

(A) Currency to risk weighted assets ratio          

(B) Capital to risk weighted assets ratio              

(C) Capital to risk weighted accurate ratio          

(D) Capital to rest weighted assets ratio  

(E)None is correct

10. What does CRISIL stand for?

(A) Credit Rating and Industrial Services of India Limited

(B) Cash Rating and Industrial Services of India Limited

(C) Credit Rating and Investment Services of India Limited

(D) Currency Rating and Investment Services of India Limited

(E) Cash Rating and Investment Services of India Limited

ANSWER   KEY

  1.  D

  2.  B

  3.  A

  4.  B

  5.  A

  6.  B

  7.  B

  8.  D

  9.  B

 10.  C

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