Quiz on Current Affairs: 31 May 2015

1) Siddhivinayak temple which recently received ISO 9001-2008 certification for best quality practices is in which city?

(A) Chennai

(B) Kolkata

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Mumbai

2) International Day of Families was observed on?

(A) May 15

(B) May 14

(C) May 13

(D) May 12 

3) V Shanmuganathan was on 20 May 2015 sworn-in as the Governor of which state?

(A) Mizoram

(B) Sikkim

(C) Meghalaya

(D) Tripura

4) Who was recently appointed new defence secretary?

(A) G Mohan Kumar

(B) J Varghese

(C) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

(D) Jiji Thomson

5) Golden jubilee of which poets works viz.'Sanskriti ke Chaar Adhyaye' and 'Parshuram ki Pratiksha' was recently inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi?

(A) Mohan Rakesh

(B) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

(C) Sumithranandan Pant

(D) Harivansh Rai Bachchan

6) Which state government and Chinese software firm ZTEsoft have recently entered into an agreement for smartcity projects?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Odisha

(D) Gujarat

7) Which bank on 21 May 2015 tied-up with two of the biggest online retail and payment solution companies, Snapdeal and PayPal?

(A) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(B) Punjab National Bank

(C) ICICI

(D) State Bank of India

8) India was recently ranked ___th out of 70 countries in the first Environmental Democracy Index?

(A) 64

(B) 44

(C) 24

(D) 4

9) International Day for Biological Diversity was observed on?

(A) May 14

(B) May 21

(C) May 28

(D) May 22

10) Who was recently named sixth most marketable athlete in the world as per report released by British Sports business magazine 'SportsPro'?

(A) M S Dhoni

(B) Virat Kohli

(C) Sania Mirza

(D) Saina Nehwal

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Mumbai

2) Ans. (A) May 15

3) Ans. (C) Meghalaya

4) Ans. (A) G Mohan Kumar

5) Ans. (B) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

6) Ans. (D) Gujarat

7) Ans. (D) State Bank of India

8) Ans. (C) 24

9) Ans. (D) May 22

10) Ans. (B) Virat Kohli

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Daily Current Affairs: 30 May 2015

1) G R Aloria named chief secretary of Gujarat:

--> Gujarat government on 30 May 2015 appointed 1981-batch IAS, G R Aloria as the new chief secretary to the state.

--> Aloria, who is currently serving as the additional chief secretary of Urban Development Department, succeeded the incumbent chief secretary D J Pandian, who retires from the service on May 31.

--> Aloria is the senior most bureaucrat in the state administration and had served in several key positions including heading the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited during the land acquisition for the for canal network.  

2) Sepp Blatter re-elected as FIFA President:

--> Sepp Blatter, 79, was re-elected as global football body’s (FIFA) president in a vote that overshadowed his arrests and corruption allegations.

--> The 2015, elections that was scheduled for the FIFA presidency, Blatter again became the incumbent candidate, running for a fifth consecutive term.

--> Prince Ali bin Hussein was his opponent in the election.

--> He was first elected President of FIFA on 8 June 1998 at the 51st FIFA Congress, succeeding João Havelange who had held the presidency since 1974.

3) AR Rahman documentary 'Jai Ho' screened at White House:

--> "Jai Ho", a documentary based on music maestro AR Rahman's life, was screened at the White House.

--> The film, directed by Umesh Aggarwal, traces the journey of the Oscar and Grammy winning music composer's professional and personal life.

4) Veena Jain named Doordarshan DG:

--> The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry on 29 May 2015 appointed Veena Jain as director general (news) in Doordarshan in place of Akshay Rout and, in an unusual move, directed her to report directly to the ministry.

--> DD DG (news) is one of the most influential positions in the public broadcaster.

--> Both DD and AIR are media wings that function under Prasar Bharati.

5) Alastair Cook becomes England's leading Test run scorer:

--> Alastair Cook has passed Graham Gooch to become England's leading Test run scorer.

--> In reaching 32 on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley, he overtook Gooch's mark of 8,900, which has stood since 1995.

--> Cook stands 13th on the all-time list of Test run scorers,  and only one current Test player - Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara - is ahead of him on a chart led by India great Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs.

6) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated New Bank Note Paper Line unit in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh:

--> Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the New Bank Note Paper Line unit of 6000 metric ton capacity at Security Paper Mill in Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh.

--> He also flagged off the first consignment of one thousand rupee bank notes made indigenously from this paper mill to the Currency Note Press Nasik.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 29 May 2015

1) Maharashtra government launched Swachhata Saptapadi scheme:

--> On the lines of Centre government’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ the Maharashtra Government launched ‘Swachhata Saptapadi’ scheme.

--> The scheme was launched by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

--> Under the new scheme, debris or waste will not be allowed to dump at dumping grounds and processing of waste will be made mandatory. 

2) Now, apply for SBI loans online:

--> Country's largest lender State Bank of India on 29 May 2015 launched an online customer acquisition solution through which one can apply for home, car, education and personal loans online.

--> SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya launched the application that will help customers gauge their eligibility and get a quote personalised to their requirement, the bank said in a statement.

--> The bank plans to launch a similar application on the mobile platform, soon.

3) Pradeep Kumar Sinha appointed new Cabinet secretary:

--> Power secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was on 29 May 2015 appointed as the next Cabinet secretary of the government.

--> He will succeed Ajit Seth who has been holding the position for the last four years.

--> Sinha, a 1977-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been asked to take over as officer on special duty (OSD) in Cabinet secretariat, an official release said.

--> He will formally take over the new charge on June 13, it said.

4) 4th North East Youth Festival inaugurated:

--> 4th North East Youth Festival is being held from 29 May to 31 May 2015.

--> The Festival is being organized by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) on behalf of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

5) US removed Cuba from list of State Sponsor of Terrorism:

--> United States (US) in a landmark decision has removed Cuba from its list of State Sponsor of Terrorism.

--> In this regard US secretary of state John Kerry has signed an  order removing Cuba from the terrorism blacklist.

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Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for SBI PO 2015

1) If cost price of 30 pens is equal to selling price of 24 pens, profit percentage is?

(A) 10%

(B) 20%

(C) 25%

(D) 16%

(E) None of these 

2)  In an election between two candidates one who got 35% of the votes lost the election by 720 votes. Then total votes polled in the election was?

(A) 1800

(B) 2400

(C) 3200

(D) 3800

(E) None of these

3) A number when divided by 91 gives a reminder 17. When the same number is divided by 13 the reminder will be?

(A)  2

(B) 4

(C) 5

(D) 1

(E) None of these

4) 25 litres of salt solution contains 6% salt. How many litres of water must he added so as to get a resultant solution containing 5% salt?

(A) 5 litres

(B) 4 litres

(C) 8 litres

(D) 6 litres

(E) None of these

5) The difference between simple interest and compound interest on a sum of money at 5% per annum for 2 years is Rs.100. The sum of the money is?

(A) 50000

(B) 42500

(C) 40000

(D) 25000

(E) None of these

6) In how many years a sum of money doubles in simple interest if rate of interest is 12%?

(A) 8 Years

(B) 12 years

(C) 8 & 1/3 years

(D) 14 years

(E) None of these

7) The average of 17 numbers is 45. The average of first 9 of these numbers is 51 and last 9 of these numbers is 36. What is the ninth number?

(A) 16

(B) 18

(C) 15

(D) 17

(D) None of these

8) The price of an article is cut by 10%. To restore it to the former price the new price must be increased by?

(A) 11%

(B) 10%

(C) 11 &1/9%

(D) 10 & 1/9%

(E) None of these

9)  By Selling 66 pens one gain selling price of 22 pens. Gain percentage is

(A) 20%

(B) 40%

(C) 25%

(D) 50%

(E) None of these

10)  If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30%, its breadth is increased by 20%. Its area will be increased by? 

(A) 50%

(B) 53%

(C) 52%

(D) 56%

(E)None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (C) 25%

Solution: If cost price of x articles is equal to selling price of y articles, then

Profit% = ((x-y/y)*100) %

2) Ans. (B) 2400

3) Ans. (B) 4

4) Ans. (A) 5 litres

5) Ans. (C) 40000

Solution: Formulae for difference between simple interest and compound interest = PR^2/10000

6) Ans. (C) 8 & 1/3 years

7) Ans. (B) 18

8) Ans. (C) 11 &1/9%

9) Ans. (D) 50%

10) Ans. (D) 56%

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Essay competition for SBI PO 2015

Friends.. Today we are starting a new segment in our blog. As you know, now essay writing has become an important part of competitive exams having descriptive part, be it SBI PO, IBPS PO, UPSC Exams, IB Exams at all. Essay writing is an art. It is an interesting intellectual exercise where you can express your thoughts within a given particular topic and restrictive word count prescribed. Many candidates still fear writing essays. Confidence level of many candidates drops down reading the pattern of exams seeing "Essay" under descriptive topic. 

Essay is not a topic that is to be feared. Anybody can write write good essays. Of course, a good vocabulary will allow you to express exactly what you mean. But for a starter it is not necessary to have a great vocabulary in mind. Just try to express what is in your mind in simple words. Then one will certainly refer dictionaries for words that we cannot express at all within our confined vocabulary. That adds our vocabulary. The other time we sit down to write we have one more word added. Try to repeat the new words you learn as much as in your writing so that we don't forget it anymore. Try to write as much moke essays as you can.

From today, we are giving a chance to all our followers to write essays on topics that have chances to be asked in SBI PO 2015 mains exam. Topic for today is

"Is our education system needs a change?"

Essay should be below 250 words. We don't encourage plagiarism. So the essays submitted by you must be written by yourself and not copied from other websites. As an encouragement for you, we will be publishing two winners for each essay. You can submit your essays using Google Forms from below link or by e-mail over currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com.

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Current Affairs Questions: May 2015 (First Week)

Friends..Here is the CA of May first week which we have missed to update.

 1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 May 2015 joined which Chinese social media platform? - Weibo

2) Name the fourteenth edition of the Indo-French naval exercise which concluded on 2 May 2015? - VARUNA 2015

3) Who defeated Manny Pacquiao from Philippines to win the unified World Welterweight title on 3 May 2015? - Floyd Mayweather Jr.

4) World Asthma Day 2015 was observed globally on 5 May 2015. What was the theme for the day in 2015? - You Can Control Your Asthma

5) Who was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India on 7 May 2015? - Achal Kumar Jyoti

6) State Bank of India on 7 May 2015 launched State Bank RuPay Platinum debit card in association with? - National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)

7) Name David Cameron’s Party which on 8 May 2015 won the UK General election 2015 by securing 331 seats in a Parliament of 650? - Conservative Party

8) Which country on 8 May 2015 successfully test-fired a newly developed Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM)? - North Korea

9) Which club won the Barclays Premier League 2014-15 football title? – Chelsea

10) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the state owned power equipment maker, on 4 April 2015 commissioned a 195 MW thermal unit at? - Muzaffarpur, Bihar

11) Name the indigenously developed Surface-to-Air missile Weapon System (AWS) which was on 5 May 2015 inducted into the Indian Army in New Delhi? - Akash Weapon System (AWS)

12) Who on 7 May 2015 launched the Mobile Application of DD News? - Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting

13) Which online fashion retailer on 6 May 2015 acquired Bengaluru-based startup firm Native5 Software Solutions Pvt Ltd? – Myntra

14) Who was on 7 May 2015 appointed as (DG) of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)? - Navneet Rajan Wasan

15) Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 May 2015 approved the 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill on? - Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh.

16) Which team on 3 May 2015 emerged as champions in the 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletic Championships? - Indian Army

17) World Press Freedom day was observed globally on? - 3 May 2015

18) UNESCO on 3 May 2015 presented the 2015 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to? - Mazen Darwish

19) Which team won the 5th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2015? - Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB)

20) Which magazine was on 5 May 2015 presented with the 2015 Freedom of Expression Courage Award? - Charlie Hebdo

21) Union Ministry for Social Justice & Empowerment on 6 May 2015 launched the Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme for? - Scheduled Castes.

22) Who on 7 May 2015 became the youngest lawmaker of Britain at the age of 20? - Mhairi Black

23) Name the Eminent historian and social scientist who passed away on 7 May 2015? - Amalendu Guha

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English Quiz for SBI PO 2015 and SSC CGL 2015

Items 1-5: Choose the correct verb form to fill in the gap in each.

1. If they had been there, they _____ you.

(A) will help

(B) would have helped

(C) would help

(D) had helped

2. I can't remember his _____ a single day off work. 

(A) take

(B) took

(C) taking

(D) taken

3. The accident occurred when the passengers _____.

(A) sleep

(B) had slept

(C) had been sleeping

(D) were sleeping

4. When I ____ her last, she was living with her aunt.

(A) saw

(B) was seeing

(C) had seen

(D) see

5. If you heat water, you ____ steam.

(A) will get

(B) get

(C) are getting

(D) would get

Items 6-8: Choose the correct preposition.

6. This is the book that I have been looking ____.

(A) for

(B) into

(C) by

(D) on

7. He was endowed ____ some rare faculties.

(A) by

(B) with

(C) in

(D) at

8. Man does not live ____ bread alone.

(A) with

(B) in

(C) on

(D) by

Items 9 - 11: Identify the wrong pair in each set:

9. (A) lion - den

(B) dog - kennel

(C) horse - stable

(D) sheep - house

10.(A) king - regicide

(B) mother - matricide

(C) sister - infanticide

(D) father - patricide

11.(A) dogs -- quack

(B) bees - hum

(C) swallows — twitter

(D) frogs - croak

Items 12 - 14: Use the correct question tag for each.

12.Don't be late for dinner, ____

(A) won't you?

(B) will you?

(C) do you?

(D) don't you?

13.None of us knew the answer, ____

(A) isn't it?

(B) didn't we?

(C) did we?

(D) are we?

14. I believe you are just eighteen years old, ___

(A) aren't you?

(B) are you?

(C) don't I?

(D) do you?

Answers

1) Ans. (B)would have helped

2) Ans. (C)taking

3) Ans. (D)were sleeping

4) Ans. (A)saw

5) Ans. (B)get

6) Ans. (A)for

7) Ans. (B)with

8) Ans. (D)by

9) Ans. (D)sheep - house

10) Ans. (C)sister - infanticide

11) Ans. (A)dogs -- quack

12) Ans. (B)will you?

13) Ans. (C)did we?

14) Ans. (A)aren't you?
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