GK Questions for SSC CGL 2015 - Part 1

1) Which of the following relations always holds true?

(A) Income = Consumption + Investment

(B) Income = Consumption + Saving

(C) Saving = Investment

(D) Income = Consumption + Saving + Investment

2) The Keynesian consumption function shows a relation between

(A) aggregate consumption and total population.

(B) aggregate consumption and general price level.

(C) aggregate consumption and aggregate income.

(D) aggregate consumption and interest rate.

3) Over short period, when income rises, average propensity to consume usually

(A) rises

(B) falls

(C) remains constant

(D) fluctuates

4) Average propensity to consume is defined as

 (A) Aggregate consumption / Total population

(B) Aggregate income / Aggregate consumption

(C) Change in consumption / Change in income

(D) Aggregate consumption / Aggregate income

5) In short run, if a competitive firm incurs losses, it will

(A) stop production.

(B) continue to produce as long as it can cover its variable costs.

(C) raise price of its product.

(D) go for advertising campaign.

6) Which one of the following is the specific feature of the single member constituency system?

(A) The system is economical for representatives.

(B) Gerrymandering is not possible in this system.

(C) It secures a stable majority in the legislature.

(D) The candidate has to spend less on electioneering.

7) Who said, "Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf Hitler. He who pledges himself to Hitler pledges himself to Germany" ?

(A) R. Hess

(B) Mussolini

(C) Hitler

(D) Communist International

8) Who speaks of Cabinet system as "the steering wheel of the ship of State" ?

(A) Lowell

(B) Muir

(C) Marriot

(D) Bagehot

9) Who has called the Prime Minister primus inter pares (first among equals) ?

(A) Morely

(B) Harcourt

(C) Laski

(D) Lowell

10) 'There are no politics devoid of religion' is stated by

(A) Nehru

(B) Gandhi

(C) Vinoba Bhave

(0) Jaya Prakash Narayan

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Income = Consumption + Saving

2) Ans. (C) aggregate consumption and aggregate income.

3) Ans. (B) falls

4) Ans. (D) Aggregate consumption / Aggregate income

5) Ans. (B) continue to produce as long as it can cover its variable costs.

6) Ans. (D) The candidate has to spend less on electioneering.

7) Ans. (A) R. Hess

8) Ans. (B) Muir

9) Ans. (A) Morely

10) Ans. (B) Gandhi

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Daily Current Affairs: 29 April 2015

1) Government approved Rs 1,000 minimum monthly Pension via EPFO:

--> Government on 29 April 2015 decided to continue its Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension scheme in perpetuity, a move which would benefit over 20 lakh pensioners under social security scheme run by EPFO.

--> The scheme was initially effective only till last month.

--> Retirement fund body EPFO had suspended the Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension scheme from April 1.

--> The scheme was launched with effect from September 2014, hiking the pension amount to a flat Rs 1,000 per month for those who were getting lower amount earlier.

2) Flipkart acquired mobile marketing firm Appiterate:

--> E-commerce giant Flipkart has announced the acquisition of Appiterate, a mobile engagement and marketing automation company based out of Delhi.

--> Appiterate helps ecommerce companies target consumers better and increase sales by using push notifications and inapp messages.

3) PNB first bank to roll out Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme:

--> The Punjab National Bank has started opening Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme accounts, the first bank to do so after the scheme was formally launched in January 2014.

--> According to a statement from the bank, the scheme is available at 1,604 PNB branches across India.

--> No other bank has rolled out the scheme till now, even though RBI had sent a circular to the heads of 28 commercial banks spelling out the operational guidelines of the Sukanya scheme.

4) BCCI banned Sunil Narine from bowling offbreaks:

--> Sunil Narine, the West Indies player has been barred from bowling off-spinners in all matches organised by the BCCI, including the ongoing IPL.

--> Kolkata Knight Riders’ ace spinner Narine underwent a biomechanical analysis in Chennai after being reported for a suspected illegal action again during the IPL tie against Sun Risers Hyderabad in Visakhapatnam on April 22.

--> After reviewing the footage of the game and analysis in Chennai, the BCCI has decided to ban his off-spinners.

5) Veteran Marathi film and stage actress Bimba Modak passed away:

--> Eminent Marathi film and stage actress, Shanta alias Bimba Modak of yesteryear passed away on 28 April 2015 in Pune.

--> Modak, had entered into the film industry during the time when it was considered as taboo for women to work in cinema.

--> Her debut film was Chul aani Mul in 1946, which was directed by noted playwright and writer Vishram Bedekar.

6) Two Indians won Whitley Awards for wildlife conservation:

--> Two Indians have been awarded with the prestigious Whitley Awards for their contribution to wildlife conservation.

--> Dr Ananda Kumar, a conservationist from India, was awarded the prize, in honour of his work using innovative communication systems to enable human-elephant coexistence in southern India.

--> Another winner of the Whitley Award, dubbed 'Green Oscar' is Dr Pramod Patil.

--> He has been awarded for his work to protect the iconic great Indian bustard in the Thar Desert. 

7) Seychelles becomes 161st member of World Trade Organisation:

--> Seychelles, an archipelago of 90000 inhabitants became the 161st member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

--> It is one of the smallest nations among the WTO members.

--> This approval by WTO ended Seychelles 20-year long wait to become a member of WTO since it had applied for WTO membership in May 1995.

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April 2015- Current Affairs MCQ Full PDF Free

Friends.. Here is the Current Affairs full MCQ PDF for April 2015. Many of you have expressed that you only need the questions and the corresponding answers without the multiple choices. An equal number of you on the other part opined that choices are required as that gives a sense of an exam like questions. We are not disappointing both viewers. We will be posting PDF containing only answers and also with multiple choices. You can download the PDF as per your wish for free from the below links. For the moment we are posting PDF with choices. The other one with answers only will be posted soon.

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Current Affairs MCQ: 1 May 2015

1) Name the Indian-American who was recently sworn-in as the U.S. Surgeon-General?

(A) Raja Rajeswari

(B) John Davis

(C) Vivek Murthy

(D) Krishna Krishnakumar

2) Who was on 22 April 2015 appointed as the Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF)?

(A) Krishna Choudhary

(B) Rajiva Ranjan Verma

(C) Ranjit Sinha

(D) P. K. Mehta 

3) United Nations (UN) observes World Book and Copyright Day across the world on?

(A) April 22

(B) April 25

(C) April 30

(D) April 23

4) India and which country on 23 April 2015 began 10-day naval exercise named 'Varuna'?

(A) France

(B) Bhutan

(C) Indonesia

(D) Sri Lanka

5) National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) on 23 April 2015 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which e-commerce giant to roll out digital marketing courses?

(A) Myntra

(B) Flipkart

(C) Snapdeal

(D) Amazon

6) Which country has been named happiest country in the world as per latest World Happiness Report?

(A) Belgium

(B) Norway

(C) Singapore

(D) Switzerland

7) Calbuco volcano in which country has erupted recently for the first time in more than 42 years?

(A) Chile

(B) Turkey

(C) Syria

(D) Egypt

8) Which telecom company on 23 April 2015 announced unlimited free calling scheme during night hours from its fixed line phones to any operator including mobile phones anywhere in the country from 1 May?

(A) Reliance

(B) Airtel

(C) BSNL

(D) Idea

9) Which union ministry recently launched a scheme called ‘Operation Five Minutes’?

(A) Ministry of External Affairs

(B) Ministry of Railways

(C) Ministry of Tourism

(D) All of these

10) Which Union Ministry has recently received an ISO 9001:2008 certification from the British Standards Institute?

(A) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

(B) Ministry of Finance

(C) Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

(D) None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Vivek Murthy

2) Ans. (B) Rajiva Ranjan Verma

3) Ans. (D) April 23

4) Ans. (A) France

5) Ans. (C) Snapdeal

6) Ans. (D) Switzerland

7) Ans. (A) Chile

8) Ans. (C) BSNL

9) Ans. (B) Ministry of Railways  [Purchase of an unreserved ticket within five minutes.]

10) Ans. (A) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

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GK Capsule for Oriental Insurance AO Exam 2015

Friends..As you know Oriental Insurance AO Exam 2015 is scheduled to be held this Sunday ie, on 03 May 2015. Many of you have requested us to provide a GK capsule for this exam. But with this very limited time it’s very difficult for us to bring you a PDF GK Capsule. But don't worry... In this post we are sharing with you the important links in our blog which will surely act as a quick useful reference for this exam. Here are they: 

--> Latest Current Affairs Questions (January 2015 to April 2015) week wise: Click Here

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--> ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Quiz: http://goo.gl/NpyoJa

--> Recent Current Affairs MCQ (April 2015) : Click Here

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Download SSC CGL 2015 Notification| Last Date 28 May 2015

Staff Selection Commission has notified the Combined Graduate Level Examination 2015. SSC will hold the Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2015 (Tier-I) on SUNDAY the 9th August, 2015 & 16th August, 2015 and if necessary, on subsequent Saturdays/Sundays, in different batches, for selecting candidates for Tier-II examination for filling up different categories of posts in various Ministries/Departments/ Organisations. Further details are as follows:

Advertisement No.F. No. 3/2/2015–P&P-I.

Important Dates

Opening Date for Online Registration: 02 May 2015

Closing Date for Online Registration: 28.05.2015 (5:00PM)

Date of Examination: 9th August, 2015 & 16th August, 2015

Essential Qualifications (as on 1st August, 2015)

i) Compiler : Bachelor’s Degree from any recognized University with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as compulsory or Elective subject.

ii) Statistical Investigator Grade – II Bachelor’s Degree in any subject from a recognized University or Institute with at least 60% in Mathematics at 12th standard level: OR Bachelor’s Degree in any subject with Statistics as one of the subjects at degree level.

iii) All other Posts: Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.

Age Limit (as on 1st August, 2015): Age limit is different for each post. Please refer the official notification from below link for more details about age limit.

Scheme of the Examination: The Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below-

Tier -I -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

Tier -II -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

Tier -III -- Personality Test cum Interview/Computer Proficiency Test/Skill Test (wherever applicable)/Document Verification.

Please note: The Commission reserves the right to make changes in the scheme of examination such as conduct of Tier-I and Tier-II examination in on-line mode, treating Tier-I examination as only qualifying and not conducting personality test cum interview for some or all posts etc.

Application Fee:

--Rs. 100 (One hundred only)

All Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Physically Handicapped, and Ex-Servicemen eligible for reservation are exempted from paying application fee, as per extant government orders.

** For Paper or Off-Line Applications: Candidates should pay the fee by means of Central Recruitment Fee Stamps (CRFS) only.

** Applications On-line may pay the requisite fee through State Bank of India only either in the form of challan or on-line through SBI Net Banking. Payment can also be made through any Credit or Debit Card.

How to Apply: The application must be submitted only in the prescribed format on – line or on paper/off-line. (Annexure-I). For detailed instructions for filling up the application form Annexure-II (A&B) may be referred to from the official notification from the below link.

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Apply Online for SSC CGL 2015: http://ssconline.nic.in or http://ssconline2.gov.in

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Current Affairs Questions: 30 April 2015

1) Pakistan on 21 April 2015 conferred its top civilian award ‘Nishan-e-Pakistan’ on?

(A) Xi Jinping

(B) Barack Obama

(C) Tony Abbott

(D) Vladimir Putin

2) Magnetic levitation technology (Maglev) train of which country has recently clocked a new world speed record smashing through the 603 kilometre per hour mark in a test run?

(A) Germany

(B) France

(C) Japan

(D) China

3) Which Online travel company on 21 April 2015 announced that it has acquired certain assets of Mygola.com?

(A) Travel Yaari

(B) PlanmyTravel

(C) MakeMyTrip

(D) None of these

4) Janaki Ballav Patnaik who passed away on 21 April 2015 was the former Chief Minister of which state?

(A) Assam

(B) Odisha

(C) Bihar

(D) Jharkhand

5) Civil Services Day was observed across India on?

(A) 21 April

(B) 22 April

(C) 23 April

(D) 24 April

6) Which country will become the first Test cricket nation to visit Pakistan since 2009 as announced recently?

(A) Srilanka

(B) Bangladesh

(C) West Indies

(D) Zimbabwe

7) Which department was on 21 April 2015 awarded 'Prime Minister's award for excellence in Public Administration?

(A) Department of Posts

(B) Department of Civil Aviation

(C) Income Tax Department

(D) All of these

8) International Mother Earth Day was observed globally on 22 April 2015 with the theme?

(A) Green Cities

(B) The Face of Climate Change

(C) Mobilize the Earth

(D) It's our turn to lead

9) Which player has recently smashed a world record 350 in just 138 balls during a one-day match in a Royal London National Club Championship game?

(A) Sean Abbott

(B) Liam Livingstone

(C) Charles Coventry

(D) Chris Morgan

10) Which bank has recently tied up with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch Rupay Platinum Debit card with upgraded features?

(A) IDBI Bank

(B) ICICI Bank

(D) SBI

(D) Federal Bank

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Xi Jinping

2) Ans. (C) Japan

3) Ans. (C) MakeMyTrip

4) Ans. (B) Odisha

5) Ans. (A) 21 April

6) Ans. (D) Zimbabwe

7) Ans. (C) Income Tax Department

8) Ans. (D) It's our turn to lead

9) Ans. (B) Liam Livingstone

10) Ans. (A) IDBI Bank

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Reasoning Questions for SBI PO 2015

DIRECTIONS: In the following question, four words have been given, out of which three are a like in some manner, while the fourth one is different.

1) Choose out the odd one

(A) Phi

(B) Gamma

(C) Peso

(D) Beta

2) If OVER is coded as RZJX, and US as XW, then STEM is coded as

(A) VUJX

(B) XJID

(C) VXJS

(D) XVUW

3) If BUILDING is coded as CVJMEJOH and INSTITUTE is coded as JOTUJUVUF, what will be the codes for the following?

LUCKNOW and PATNA

(A) MVDLOPX and QBUOB

(B) MUDLOPY and QBUOB

(C) MVDPLOX and QAUOB

(D) MVDLOPY and QBUOB

4) When it is 10:00 am in Cologne (Germany), the time in Delhi (India) is 2:30 pm the same day. Rajiv caught a flight from Cologne to Delhi at 2:30 pm (according to the time of Cologne). At what time will he reach Delhi by the time of Delhi if the flying time of the flight was 4 hours?

(A) 10:00 PM

(B) 6:30 PM

(C) 11:00 PM

(D) 8:00 PM

5) In a 20 pages book, pages 1 and 2 face each other, 3 and 4 face each other, 5 and 6 face each other. This pattern is repeated till the end. The product of 2 pages facing each other in this book cannot be:

(A) 184

(B) 132

(C) 90

(D) 56

DIRECTION: Select the choice out of the given choices which gives the given words in the correct alphabetical order.

6) Bald, Bead, Birth, Bomb:

(A) Bald, Bead, Birth, Bomb

(B) Bead, Bald, Bomb, Birth

(C) Birth, Bomb, Bald, Bead

(D) Bomb, Bald, Bead, Birth

7) Find the wrong number in the following series.

2, 5, 10, 50, 500, 5000

(A) 10

(B) 50

(C) 500

(D) 5000

8) A aeroplane flies West at 800 km/hr. for two hrs and then turns North and goes an hour at the same speed. It then flies East for 4 hrs at 400 km/hr. It flies 800 km South. At this time how far is it from its starting point:

(A) 400 km.

(B) 800 km.

(C) 200 km.

(D) 0 km.

9) Given that in a standard code pattern

ABCD is coded as EFGH

JKLM is coded as NOPQ

then RSTU is coded as:

(A) W V Y X

(B) Q P U V

(C) V W X Y

(D) V W Y Y

10) In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.

1, 4, 27, 256, 3125, 46658

(A) 4

(B) 46658

(C) 27

(D) 3125

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Answers

1) Ans. (C) Peso

2) Ans. (C) VXJS

3) Ans. (A) MVDLOPX and QBUOB

4) Ans. (C) 11:00 PM

5) Ans. (A) 184

6) Ans. (A) Bald, Bead, Birth, Bomb

7) Ans. (D) 5000

8) Ans. (D) 0 km.

9) Ans. (C) V W X Y

10) Ans. (B) 46658

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