MCQ Current Affairs: 17 June 2015

1) Which country on 07 June 2015 conferred its prestigious liberation war honour on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his “active role” in its independence struggle?

(A) China

(B) Nepal

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Bangladesh 

2) Who has been recently appointed as the new chief of the elite counter-terror force National Security Guard (NSG)?

(A) R C Tayal

(B) Manish Kumar Agrawal

(C) Rajender Pal Upadhyay

(D) J N Choudhury

3) Who won the French Open Men's singles title 2015?

(A) Novak Djokovic

(B) Andy Murray

(C) Stan Wawrinka

(D) Rafael Nadal

4) Who won the French Open women's singles title 2015?

(A)  Lucie Safarova

(B) Maria Sharapova

(C) Bethanie Mattek-Sands

(D) Serena Williams

5) India and which country on 8 June 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding for development of vaccines?

(A) Russia

(B) Netherlands

(C) Singapore

(D) South Africa

6) Who was recently appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner?

(A) Vijai Sharma

(B) Sudhir Bhargava

(C) Basanth Seth

(D) KV Chowdary

7) 16th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) informally known as the “Bollywood Oscars, was recently held at?

(A) UK

(B) Rome

(C) Singapore

(D) Malaysia

8) Who was recently appointed as new Central Vigilance Commissioner?

(A) T.M. Bhasin

(B) KV Chowdary

(C) Pradeep Kumar

(D) None of these

9) World Ocean Day was observed on?

(A) 8 June

(B) 9 June

(C) 5 June

(D) 7 June

10) Who recently won the 2015 Canada Grand Prix of Formula 1?

(A) Nico Rosberg

(B) Sebastian Vettel

(C) Lewis Hamilton

(D) Felipe Massa

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Bangladesh

2) Ans. (A) R C Tayal

3) Ans. (C) Stan Wawrinka

4) Ans. (D) Serena Williams

5) Ans. (B) Netherlands

6) Ans. (A) Vijai Sharma

7) Ans. (D) Malaysia

8) Ans. (B) KV Chowdary

9) Ans. (A) 8 June

10) Ans. (C) Lewis Hamilton

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Daily Current Affairs 16 June 2015

Friends..Here are the Important Current Affairs Updates for 16 June 2015.

1) BSNL aims to launch m-wallet with SBI over next 2 months:

--> Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) plans to introduce mobile wallet (m-wallet) over the next two months with State Bank of India as its banking partner.

--> As per the bank, m-wallet will be different from others as money can be withdrawn for any unutilised fund and allow withdrawal from SBI ATMs.

--> Mobicash Wallet mobile user can pay for various services such as recharge of prepaid cards and mobile/utility bills, book film tickets and shop online beside one can transfer money using the service. 

2) Indian Oil Corp's Lotus Xangpo petrol pump world's highest altitude outlet:

--> Indian Oil Corp's (IOC) petrol pump, Lotus Xangpo Memorial filling station, in Leh has become the world's highest altitude retail outlet to be powered by solar power.

--> A solar power generation system has been installed at the petrol pump situated at 11,500 feet above the sea level to replace polluting diesel generator, the company said.

3) Taj Mahal now WiFi enabled:

--> Tourists visiting the Tajmahal can now access Wi-Fi service for free for the first 30 minutes as the facility was formally launched by Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on 16 June 2015.

--> After free usage limit of 30 minutes, a customer can continue using the service on paid basis for which subscription plans are available in various denominations.

--> The facility has been set up by state-run operator BSNL with the optical fibre backbone which can provide high internet speed of up to 100 Mbps.

4) Sunil Chhetri becomes first Indian to score 50 international goals:

-->  Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals during his team’s 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam.

--> Chhetri’s feat, though, came in a losing cause, as India suffered their second successive defeat in the preliminary joint qualification second round.

--> Former captain Bhaichung Bhutia stays at the second spot with 42 goals in 107 matches while IM Vijayan has 40 goals from 79 games.

5) Election Commission of India (ECI) suspended recognition of National People's Party (NPP):

--> Election Commission of India (ECI) on 16 June 2015 suspended the recognition of National People's Party (NPP) as a state party in Meghalaya.

--> The NPP is headed by former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma.

--> The decision was taken in lieu of its failure in filing the election expenditure statement related to 2014 Lok Sabha general elections within the prescribed limit of 90 days.

6) Nathu La pass in Sikkim reopened for Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrims after 53 years:

More than a half-century after China closed the Nathu La Pass on the Sikkim-Tibet border, the first batch of 50 Indian pilgrims and tourists will be going to the legendary Kailash-Manasarovar in Tibet on 18 June 2015.

--> This follows a bilateral agreement to open the pass for Indian visitors which was signed on September 18 last year when the Chinese President Xi Jinping visited New Delhi.
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SSC CGL 2015 - General Knowledge Quiz

Here are some GK Questions for SSC CGL 2015.

1. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Hevea Tree — Brazil

(B) Sumatra Storm — Malaysia

(C) Kajan River — Borneo

(D) Dekke Toba fish — Brazil

 2. Which of the following resources is renewable one?

(A) Uranium

(B) Coal

(C) Timber

(D) Natural Gas

3. How many neck canal cells are found in the archegonium of a fern?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four

4. Which angiosperm is vesselless?

(A) Hydrilla

(B) Trochodendro

(C) Maize

(D) Wheat

 5. Who was the first child born after operative procedure?

(A) Caesar

(B) Huxley

(C) William

(D) Pasteur

6. Myrmecology is study of? 

(A) Insects

(B) Ants

(C) Crustaceans

(D) Arthropods

7. NIN (National Institute of Nutrition) Central Office is located at?

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Mumbai

(C) Bengaluru

(D) Kolkata

8. Cactus is referred to as

(A) Hydrophyte

(B) Mesophyte

(C) Xerophyte

(D) Epiphyte

9. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

(A) Thorium

(B) Geothermal heat

(C) Tidal power

(D) Radiant energy

10. Which of the following statements is correct?

(A) Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills.

(B) Mahadeo hills are the part of Karnataka Plateau.

(C) Mahadeo hills are in the east of Chhotanagpur Plateau

(D) Mahadeo hills are the part of Aravalli ranges.

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Dekke Toba fish — Brazil

2) Ans. (C) Timber

3) Ans. (A) One

4) Ans. (B) Trochodendro

5) Ans. (A) Caesar

6) Ans. (B) Ants

7) Ans. (A) Hyderabad

8) Ans. (C) Xerophyte

9) Ans. (A) Thorium

10) Ans. (A) Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills.
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15th June 2015 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) Snapdeal acquired mobility solutions company Letsgomo Labs:

--> Domestic e-commerce giant Snapdeal has acquired Gurgaon based mobility solutions company Letsgomo Labs.

--> With this acquisition Letsgomo team will become part of Snapdeal.

--> It will help to strengthen Snapdeal position in the m-commerce domain by further strengthen it mobile technology capabilities. 

2) Supreme Court cancelled AIPMT 2015:

--> Supreme Court on 15 June 2015 set aside the 2015 All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) over irregularities in the conduct of the exam.

--> The apex court directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which conducts the exam, to re-conduct the test within four weeks.

--> The order was passed by the vacation bench of Justices RK Agrawal and Amitava Roy which ruled on a batch of petitions seeking re-conduct of the AIPMT following the leak of the question paper and circulation of answer keys through electronic devices at different examination centres across 10 states.

3) Adani Group inks pact to set up 10K MW solar park in Rajasthan:

--> Adani Group has set a target of 10,000 mw of solar power generation capacity by 2022 and has signed a joint venture agreement with the government of Rajasthan to set up a 10,000 mw.

--> The group's arm Adani Renewable Energy Park has signed a pact with the Rajasthan government for a 50:50 joint venture, namely Adani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan, for the solar power project which will emerge as the largest such integrated facility in India.

4) BSNL started offering free Roaming across India:

--> State-run telecom firm BSNL on 15 June 2015 started offering free roaming across the country, which will allow all its mobile customers to receive calls at no extra cost.

--> Government under National Telecom Policy 2012 has set a goal to achieve free roaming gradually.

--> Among private telecom operators Aircel has started offering free incoming calls to its customers in five south Indian states while on roaming in the region.

5) United Kingdom celebrated 800 years of Magna Carta:

--> United Kingdom (UK) celebrated 800 years of signing of Magna Carta on 15 June 2015.

--> The celebrations to observe signing of 8 century year old historic document which had laid foundation for modern democratic society was led by  Queen Elizabeth II.

--> UK Prime Minister David Cameron was also had joined the queen to mark the celebrations.

6) Denmark’s Mogens Lykketoft elected as President of UN General Assembly:

--> Mogens Lykketoft from Denmark was unanimously elected as President of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

--> He was only the nominee put forward by the Western Europe and other group (WEOG).

7) Mahindra Group bagged multi-million dollar aerospace deal with Airbus:

--> In a boost to prime minister Narendra Modi's Make in India initiative, Airbus Group announced to award aero-components production contract to Mahindra Group

--> The contract has been awarded to Mahindra Group subsidiary, Mahindra Aerospace by an Airbus Group company, Premium AEROTEC of Germany.

8) Union Government launched augmented reality application ‘Sakaar’

--> Union Government has launched Augmented Reality technology based mobile application named ‘Sakaar’ to highlight the achievements of the Department of Space.

--> It was launched by Minister of State (MoS) in the Department of Atomic Energy Dr. Jitendra Singh in New Delhi.

--> Sakaar application and its multimedia content for Android devices is developed by Development and Educational Communication Unit (DECU) of ISRO.
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SBI PO & SSC CGL 2015 Quiz- Quantitative Aptitude Questions

Friends..Here are some high level Quantitative Aptitude (QA) questions for SBI PO 2015 and SSC CGL 2015. Hope you are following our Quiz series on Quantitative Aptitude.

1) A plate was sold for Rs.6,300 after giving two successive discounts of 12 &1/2 % and 10%. Find the marked price?

(A) Rs. 7,300

(B) Rs. 7,700

(C) Rs. 8,000

(D) Rs. 7,250 

2) A dealer buys a table listed at Rs.1,500 and gets successive discounts of 20% and 10%. He spends Rs.20 on transportation and sells it at a profit of 20%. The selling price of the table is?

(A) Rs.1,320

(B) Rs.1,350

(C) Rs.1,360

(D) Rs.1,380

3) To attract more visitors, Zoo authority announces 20% discount on every ticket which costs 25 p. For this reason, sale of ticket increases by 28%. Find the percentage of increase in the number of visitors.

(A) 40 %

(B) 50 %

(C) 60 %

(D) No change

4) Kiran bought two pens for Rs.37.40 at a discount of 15%. What must be the marked price of each of pen?

(A) Rs.11

(B) Rs.44

(C) Rs.33

(D) Rs.22

5) Which of the following represents a correct proportion?

(A) 12 : 9 = 16 : 12

(B) 13 : 11 = 5 : 4

(C) 30 : 45 = 13 : 24

(D) 3 : 5 = 2 : 5

6) A sphere is cut into two hemispheres. One of them is used as bowl. It takes 8 bowlfuls of this to fill a conical vessel of height 12 cm and radius 6 cm. The radius of the sphere (in centimetre) will be

(A) 3

(B) 2

(C) 4       

(D) 6

7) The perimeters of a circle, a square and an equilateral triangle are same and their areas are C, S and T respectively. Which of the following statement is true?

(A) C=S=T

(B) C>S>T

(C) C < S < T

(D) S < C < T

8. The list price of a shirt is Rs.440 and a customer pays Rs.396 for it. The discount rate is?

(A) 10%

(B) 10 & 1/2 %

(C) 20 %

(D) 12%

9. Nisha bought a number of oranges at 2 for a rupee and an equal number at 3 for a rupee. To make a profit of 20% she should sell a dozen for

(A) Rs. 6

(B) Rs. 8

(C) Rs. 10

(D) Rs.12

10. If A's salary is 50% more than that of B, then B's salary is less than A's by

(A) 33%

(B) 40 &1/3%

(C) 45 & 1/3%

(D) 33&1/3%

11. A and B are 20 km apart. A can walk at an average speed of 4 km/hour and B at 6 km/hr. if they start walking towards each other at 7 a.m., when they will meet ?

(A) 8.00 a.m.

(B) 8.30 a.m.

(C) 9.00 a.m.

(D) 10.00 a.m.

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Rs. 8,000

2) Ans. (A) Rs.1,320

3) Ans. (C) 60 %

4) Ans. (D) Rs.22

5) Ans. (A) 12 : 9 = 16 : 12

6) Ans. (A) 3

7) Ans. (B) C>S>T

8) Ans. (A) 10%

9) Ans. (A) Rs. 6

10) Ans. (D) 33&1/3%

11) Ans. (C) 9.00 a.m.
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English Quiz Capsule for SBI PO 2015

Here are some questions from English Section for SBI PO 2015 last minute preparation. Check More English Questions for SBI PO 2015. Try to solve yourself first and then refer the answer. You could find more study materials for SBI PO 2015 from the link at the bottom. 

Directions : In Question Nos. 1 to 5, a sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B), (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D).

1. Your previous project was only failed because you did not persevere yourself in it. 

(A) failed only because you did not persevere.

(B) failed only because you did not persevere for it.

(C) only failed because you did not persevere.

(D) No improvement

2. I had more sympathy withyou, my friend.

(A) have more sympathy

(B) have much sympathy

(C) had much sympathy

(D) No improvement

3. The bank manager was given a holiday and so he resolved to go for hitch-hiking. 

(A) with hitch-hiking

(B) for the hitch-hiking

(C) hitch-hiking

(D) No improvement

4. Our big iron gate jingles on its hinges as it is opened.

(A) clangs

(B) grates

(C) bangs

(D) No improvement

5. Although other parts the world 20 per cent of the farm area is owned by women, in India women own less than 7 per cent.

(A) If in other parts of

(B) However some parts of

(C) While in other parts of

(D) No improvement

Directions : In Question Nos. 6 to 10, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and indicate it

6. Passing out of use

(A) Adolescent

(B) Reticent

(C) Translucent

(D) Obsolescent

7. A drink usually made from a mixture of one or more alcoholic drinks

(A) Cocktail

(B) Mocktail

(C) Liquor

(D) Bisque

8. Affecting or relating to cows 

(A) Feline

(B) Bovine

(C) Ovine

(D) Vulpine

9.  Something that might happen in the future

(A) Contingency

(B) Insurance

(C) Emergency

(D) Prophecy

10. A special fondness or liking for

(A) Propensity

(B) Inclination

(D) Penchant

(D) Preoccupation

Answers

1) Ans. (A) failed only because you did not persevere.

2) Ans. (B) have much sympathy

3) Ans. (C) hitch-hiking

4) Ans. (B) grates

5) Ans. (C) While in other parts of

6) Ans. (D) Obsolescent

7) Ans. (A) Cocktail

8) Ans. (B) Bovine

9) Ans. (A) Contingency

10) Ans. (D) Penchant
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Employment News: 13th June - 19th June 2015

1. Staff Selection Commission.

Name of Post – Postal & Sorting Assistant, Data  Entry  Operator and Lower Division Clerk

No. of Vacancies – 6,578

Last Date - 13.07.2015

Details SSC CHSL Notification 2015

2. IDBI Bank.

Name of Post – Assistant Manager Grade ‘A’

No. of Vacancies – 500

Last Date - 24.06.2015

3. National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited.         

Name of Post – General Manager, Addl. GM (Law), Deputy General Manager

(Engg), Project Manager (Civil), Manager (Finance) etc.

No. of Vacancies - 109

 Last Date - 07.07.2015

4. Reserve Bank of India.

Name of Post– Junior Engineer (Civil) and Junior Engineer (Electrical).

No. of Vacancies - 23

Last Date - 26.06.2015

5. Directorate General Border Security Force.

Name of Post – Para Medical Staff

No. of Vacancies - 60

Last Date - 30 days from the date of publication

6. Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences.

Name of Post– Assistant Professor

No. of Vacancies – 33

Last Date - 21 days from the date of publication.

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