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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1ST FEB 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1ST FEB 2017
(Daily News India)
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1. TEXTILE MINISTRY INAUGURATES MEGHALAYA’S FIRST EVER APPAREL AND GARMENT CENTRE AT AMPATI
i. Meghalaya’s 1st ever Apparel and Garment Making Centre was inaugurated jointly by CM of Meghalaya Dr. Mukul Sangma and Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani at Ampati in South West Garo Hills.
ii. The centre would capacitate to create job opportunity for both women and men of the region and make them economically empowered.
iii. The facility has been set up in an area of 45,000 sq ft at an approximate cost of Rs 14.26 cr. It has been set up under North East Region Textiles Promotion Scheme.
iv. Union Ministry of Textiles is working to implement projects worth Rs 70 cr in the Sericulture & Weaving sector for Meghalaya alone to boost investment in the region as well as generate employment prospects.

2. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TO SET UP RS 1500 CR DEFENCE UNIT IN MADHYA PRADESH
i. The Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomar announced that the Ministry of Defence is set to open its Defence Unit in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The unit would enable in Kailaras and Sabalgarh tehsil areas and span over 969.735 hectare of land at a cost of Rs. 1500 crore.
iii. The CM of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has already allotted 334.584 hectare revenue land for the purpose free of cost.

3. E-PAATHSALA LAUNCHES UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY-BACKED SERVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA
i. Bangalore based Start-up firm E-paathsala has launched an integrated accreditation and ERP technology solution for the universities and colleges to enable them better manage their multiple accreditation standards in an easy, fast and efficient manner and bridge the gap identified for specific accreditations.
ii. Every college and University has multiple accreditations for standards such as National Assessment and Accreditation Council, National Board of Accreditation among others.
iii. E-paathsala would provide a software and consultancy solutions that would help the institutions to improve their management system with emphasis on improving accreditation standards.
iv. The technology would provide services like IQAC work flow,  Accreditation Management, PO-CO attainment for students, Admission Management, Accounting, SWOT analysis, and Fees Management, Learning Management System, Student Management, Library Management, Transport Management, Hostel and Class Management, Alumina Management and Placement Management.

4. INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES OPERATION CLEAN MONEY
i. Income Tax Department lead by ‎Sushil Chandra has launched Operation Clean Money to verify the cash deposited in the banks during November 9th  to December 30th 2016.
ii. An online Verification process will be carried out by comparing the demonetization data CBDT with information in ITD databases.
iii. This information will be available at the portal https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. The PAN holder can view the information using the link ‘Cash Transactions 2016’ under ‘Compliance’ section of the portal.
iv. The verification will be closed if the cash deposit is declared under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna.

5. RELIANCE DEFENCE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TO CONSTRUCT 14 FAST PATROL VESSELS FOR INDIAN COAST GUARD
i. Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd, a wholly owned arm of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, has signed a contract worth Rs. 916 cr with the Ministry of Defence to design and construct 14 Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard.
ii. The medium range, high speed vessels would be deployed for patrolling within the exclusive economic zone, anti-smuggling, costal surveillance, anti-piracy, search and rescue operations. It will also provide support as front-line warships during emergencies.
iii. RDEL is the first private sector shipyard which has been awarded a contract of designing and building such ships for Indian Armed Forces.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ - 31 JANUARY

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ - 31 JANUARY

1. IN WHICH INDIAN STATE, A TRADITIONAL BUFFALO RACE EVENT, KAMBALA FESTIVAL ANNUALLY ORGANIZED?
a) Punjab
b) Kerala
c) West Bengal
d) Karnataka

ANS - D
2. IRIS MITTENAERE, WHO HAS BEEN CROWNED THE NEW MISS UNIVERSE 2016, IS BELONGS TO WHICH COUNTRY?
a) Norway
b) Haiti
c) France
d) Colombia

ANS - C
3. IN WHICH STATE, OIL COMPANIES HPCL, ONGC AND THE GAIL HAVE SIGNED MOUS FOR INVESTING RS 1.65 LAKH CRORE?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Kerala
d) Gujarat

ANS - A
4. FIRST EDITION OF THE NORTH EAST INVESTORS SUMMIT HELD IN WHICH STATE?
a) Assam
b) Meghalaya
c) Manipur
d) Tripura

ANS - B
5. INDIA’S FIRST MULTI-SPORTS MUSEUM INAUGURATED IN WHICH CITY?
a) Pune
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) Chennai

ANS - C
6. BY WHICH BANK, MOBILE APP MISSION FINFIT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN COLLABORATION WITH BANGALORE STARTUP FISDOM TO PROVIDE ITS CUSTOMERS AN ONLINE PLATFORM TO MANAGE THEIR PERSONAL WEALTH?
a) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
b) Kotak Mahindra Bank
c) ICICI Bank
d) Yes Bank

ANS - A
7. IN WHICH OF THE GIVEN CITIES, THE INDIA POST PAYMENT BANK HAS STARTED ITS PILOT SERVICES?
a) Pune and Indore
b) Chennai and Kochi
c) Raipur and Ranchi
d) Mysore and Gandhinagar

ANS - C
8. FOR WHICH CATEGORY OF NON IMMIGRANT VISA HOLDER, THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAVE PASSED A LEGISLATION TO DOUBLE THE SALARY?
a) H-2B
b) H-1B
c) H-2A
d) H-1A

ANS - B
9. WHICH COUNTRY HAS BECOME THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO PASS A BILL TO COMPLETELY STOP INVESTMENT IN FOSSIL FUEL?
a) Norway
b) Switzerland
c) Singapore
d) Ireland

ANS - D
10. IN WHICH CITY, THE CAB HAILING FIRM UBER HAS LAUNCHED ITS TWO-WHEELER AGGREGATION SERVICE UBERMOTO?
a) Hyderabad
b) Mysuru
c) Bangalore
d) Chennai


ANS - A
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 31TH JAN 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 31TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
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1. FIRST EDITION OF THE NORTH EAST INVESTORS SUMMIT HELD IN SHILLONG
i. The 1st edition of the North East Investors Summit was inaugurated by the Union Textiles Minister, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in Shillong, Meghalaya.
ii. The North East Investors Summit 2017 was jointly organized by the Union Ministry of Textiles and the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region of the Government of India in collaboration with industry associations Confederation of Indian Industry and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
iii. The theme of the summit was “Exploring Opportunities in North East Region”.
iv. Its aim to launch North East Region as a Global destination for investment by exploring possibilities of attracting the investment especially in textile manufacturing.
vi. The summit also aims to attract new skills and advanced production technology.

2. INDIA’S FIRST MULTI-SPORTS MUSEUM INAUGURATED IN KOLKATA
i. India’s first multi-sports museum, Fanatic Sports Museum was inaugurated at the Ecospace in New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata jointly by Abhinav Bindra, Sachin Tendulkar, Deepa Malik, Sourav Ganguly and Devendra Jhajaria.
ii. The museum, spread over 6700 sq ft, has been launched jointly by sports historian Boria Majumdar and industrialist from Kolkata, Harshavardhan Neotia.
iii. India already has two cricket museums located at Chennai and Pune. However the new multi-sports museum would cover variety of games ranging from tennis, football, badminton, hockey, golf and athletics besides cricket.
vi. Apart from these, gloves worn by Bindra in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt’s running shoes, Racket used by Pullela Gopichand to train Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu in Rio,caps of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, Bat used by Karun Nair to score 303 against England among others are some of the eye catching display’s for the museum.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 29 & 30 JANUARY

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 29 & 30 JANUARY

1. IN HOW MANY DISTRICTS THE INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT HAS PLANNED TO SET UP WEATHER STATIONS BY THE END OF 2019?
a) 400 Districts
b) 710 Districts
c) 660 Districts
d) 520 Districts

ANS - C
2. WORLD LEPROSY DAY IS CELEBRATED ON JANUARY 30 ANNUALLY TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF WHICH FAMOUS FREEDOM FIGHTER?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Lala Lajpat Rai

ANS - A
3. WHO OF THE FOLLOWING WON THE 2017 KOLKATA MARATHON?
a) Paritosh Roy
b) Abul Hossain
c) Shubhankar Ghosh
d) Biswanath Pal

ANS - B
4. IN WHICH CITY OF KARNATAKA, DESHPANDE FOUNDATIONS IS SET TO LAUNCH INDIA’S LARGEST STARTUP INCUBATION CENTRE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2017?
a) Mangalore
b) Mysore
c) Bengaluru
d) Hubballi

ANS - D
5. A PERSONAL STATUS AND INHERITANCE COURT FOR NON MUSLIMS WOULD BE SET UP IN WHICH COUNTRY TO ENSURE EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL SECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY?
a) Abu Dhabi, UAE
b) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
c) Baghdad, Iraq
d) Kabul, Afghanistan

ANS - A
6. NAME THE RENOWNED HOLLYWOOD ACTOR WHO STARRED IN THREE HARRY POTTER FILMS AS MR. OLLIVANDER AND DIED RECENTLY?
a) Sir Sean Bean
b) Sir Michael Caine
c) Sir John Hurt
d) Sir Colin Firth

ANS - C
7. WHICH BECOMES THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO APPOINT ‘DIGITAL AMBASSADOR’ ?
a) Switzerland
b) Denmark
c) USA
d) Australia

ANS - B
8. FUTURE GENERAL INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY HAS ENTERED INTO CORPORATE AGENCY TIE UP FOR ITS PRODUCT WITH WHICH BANK ON JANUARY 30, 2017?
a) Central Bank of India
b) Andhra Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Bank of Maharashtra

ANS - D
9. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE UNITED NATIONS IN INDIA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS?
a) Syed Akbaruddin
b) Ashok Amritraj
c) A. Ramaswamy
d) Radha Kumar

ANS - B
10. MARTYRS DAY IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON JANUARY 30 TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF WHICH GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Lala Lajpath Rai


ANS - C
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Monday, January 30, 2017

REASONING QUIZ- 93 FOR IBPS PO & CLERK

REASONING QUIZ- 93 FOR IBPS PO & CLERK


Directions (1 – 3): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

T is 2 m to the east if Point S. Point R is 6 m to the north of point S. Point V is 9 m to the east of point R. Point U is 10 m to the south of point V.

Q1. A person starts from point W which is south of point T, goes 5 m towards north and reaches point X, now he takes a right turn and reaches point U. Find the distance XU.

a)       8 m
b)      7 m
c)       5 m
d)      10 m
e)       Cannot be determined

Q2. A person starts from point V and goes 20 m towards west and reaches point Z. Find difference between lengths of RZ and ST.

a)       4 m
b)      7 m
c)       5 m
d)      9 m
e)       None of these

Q3. Point S is in which direction with respect to point V?

a)       North-east
b)      South-West
c)       South-east
d)      North-west
e)       Data inadequate

Directions (4-10): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

Eight friends – Kavita, Mohan, Pallavi, Ruby, Awani, Shivam, Laxmi, and Onam, are sitting around a circular table, facing the center, but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them is from different cities of Haryana, viz Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Shimla, Bhopal, Mumbai, Rajkot, Manali, and Kashmir, but not necessarily in the same order.
Shivam sits second to the right of the one who is from Bhopal. The one who is from Manali is an immediate neighbor of the one who is from Bhopal. Two persons sit between Mohan and the one who is from Manali. Pallavi and Awani are immediate neighbors of each other. Neither Pallavi nor Awani is an immediate neighbor of either Mohan or the one who is from Bhopal. The one who is from Shimla sits second to the right of Ruby. Ruby is neither from Bhopal nor Manali. Laxmi and the one who is from Chandigarh are immediate neighbors. Mohan is not from Chandigarh. Only one person sits between Pallavi and one who is from Ludhiana.
Onam sits third to the left of the one who is from Kashmir. The one who is from Rajkot sits second to the left of the one who is from Mumbai.

Q4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

a)       Onam - Chandigarh           
b)      Kavita - Bhopal
c)       Ruby - Shimla
d)      Awani - Mumbai
e)       Shivam – Rajkot

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MONTHLY GK CAPSULE (NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS) JAN. 2017

Monthly GK Capsules of Jan. 2017
Here is the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates of Jan. 2017. So if you are preparing for any Government, Bank, Railways, SSC Examination this PDF file is very helpful to you. All the best to all participants for the upcoming Examination.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 27 & 28 JANUARY

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 27 & 28 JANUARY

1. INDIA’S FIRST POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS HAVE BEEN INAUGURATED IN WHICH CITY?
a) Mysuru
b) Rajkot
c) Pune
d) Mohali

ANS - A
2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE IT PROJECT E-HEALTH KERALA, LAUNCHED BY KERALA CHIEF MINISTER PINARAYI VIJAYAN?
a) Life Line
b) Jeevan Rekha
c) Health Zone
d) Life System

ANS - B
3. WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED A SPECIAL SCHEME ‘DULARI KANYA’ TO CHECK INFANT MORTALITY IN THE STATE?
a) Manipur
b) Assam
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Goa

ANS - C
4. THE “LUXURY TRAVEL TIMES” A MOBILE BASED SOCIAL LUXURY TRAVEL MAGAZINE LAUNCHED BY WHICH ONLINE TRAVEL PORTAL?
a) Cleartrip
b) MakeMyTrip
c) IRCTC
d) Yatra.com

ANS - B
5. WHO HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE ASHOK CHAKRA BY PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE?
a) Neelkanth Ramesh Harikantra
b) Tejesh Brijlal Sonawane
c) Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary
d) Havaldar Hangpan Dada

ANS - D
6.  WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE INTERIM CEO OF INDIA POST PAYMENT BANK?
a) Shinjini Kumar
b) A.P Singh
c) Sunita Sharma
d) Shashi Arora

ANS - B
7.  HOW MUCH AMOUNT CENTRE DECIDED TO SPEND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 1253 KM OF ROAD IN ASSAM INTO NATIONAL HIGHWAY?
a) Rs 15,000 crores
b) Rs. 11,000 crore
c) Rs. 25,000 crore
d) Rs. 10,000 crore

ANS - A
8.  TO WHOM SERENA WILLIAMS DEFEATED TO WIN THE WOMEN’S SINGLE TITLE IN AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017?
a) Abigail Spears
b) Martina Hingis
c) Sania Mirza
d) Venus Williams

ANS - D
9.  WHO HAS WON THE MEN’S SINGLE AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017?
a) Grigor Dimitrov
b) Rafael Nadal
c) Roger Federer
d) Stan Wawrinka

ANS - C
10.  NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY OBSERVED ON WHICH DAY?
a) January 28
b) January 27
c) January 30
d) January 29

ANS - D


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