Questions asked in IBPS Clerk Mains held on 2 January 2016 - Morning Shift

Hi Aspirants..Today (2 January 2016) was the first day of IBPS Clerk Mains 2016. In this post we are sharng with you the questions asked in the Morning Shift of today's (02.01.2016) exam  & its Review. The Mains Exam consist of Reasoning, English, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness & Computer Knowledge. 40 questions from each section for a total of 200 marks. This will be useful for those having exams in upcoming shift & those preparing for next year's exam. 

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GK Questions asked in 2 January 2016 IBPS Clerk Mains

1. Currency of Nigeria? - Nigerian naira
2. National Housing Bank (NHB) is the subsidiary of? - RBI
3. Beirut Capital of? - Lebanon
4. Which country won the Davis cup 2015? - Great Britain
5. PT Usha is related to which sports? - Atheletics
6. President of France? - Francois Hollande
7. Dachigam National Park is located in which state? - Jammu & Kashmir
8. India’s literacy rate as per census 2011? - 74.04%
9. Sunil Naraine is thecricketer from which country? - West Indies
10. CRAR full form? - Capital to Risk (Weighted) Assets Ratio
11. Who won Mahatma Phule Samata Puraskar 2015? - Arundhati Roy
12. Name India's first Credit Information Company (CIC) founded in August 2000? - Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL)
13. Central Sector Scheme Nai Manzil aims at? - Educational and livelihood needs of minority communities
14. Atal Pension Yojana has replaced which previous scheme? - Swavalamban Yojana
15. Naitonal Voters Day was observed on? - January 25
16. Mount Abu is a popular hill station located in which state? - Rajasthan
17. Which of the following is the Public Sector Bank? - IDBI (from options)
18. 1st BRICS media summit was recently held at? - China
19. KYC is used for which pupose? - To verify the customer
20. Name the first Non-banking financial company (NBFC) recently started bank? - Bandhan
21. IMF recently included which country’s currency in its basket (SDR)? - Yuan (Renminbi) of China
22. In RIDF R stand for? - Rural (Rural Infrastructure Development Fund)
23. First Indian Scientist to receive Bhart Ratna in 1954? - C.V.Raman
24. UNU stands for? - United Nations University [Headquarters: Tokyo,Japan]
25. Commonwealth's new Secretary General? - Patricia Scotland
26. Which bank recently decided to shut its private banking operations in India? - HSBC Holdings Plc
27. MMID full form? - Mobile Money Transfer Identifier
RBI monetary policy review on which basis? - Bi-monthly
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Computer Questions asked in 2 January 2016 IBPS Clerk Mains
1. ADSL full form? - Asymmetric digital subscriber line 
2. Mozila Firefox is a? - Web Browser
3. Device act as both input and output? - Touch screen 
4. Which is the text-based operating system? - Linux
5. Full form of HTTP? - HyperText Transfer Protocol
6. Google is a ____? - Serach Engine
7. c++ is which type of language? - Programming Language
8. Which language is used to write internet program? - HTML

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First Reviews!!!

From the first reviews received it is seen that English, Reasoning & Computer Sections were easy whereas Aptitude was little bit lengthy & from GA banking & current affairs questions were more - static gk were less. Stay connected for more updates.
Aptitude Review

* No questions from quadratic equation, simplification questions were moderate, Data Interpretation question was easy. 

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Persons in News – January 2016

Hi Aspirants we have just thought of creating an exclusive post to update the list of persons in news for January 2016. Here you can check all the important persons of National & International importance who were in news from Current Affairs perspective during January 2016.

Here are the Persons in News – January 2016

1. Harper Lee - His book "Go Set a Watchman" topped the 2015 US bestseller list. 
2. Zinedine Zidane - Appointed as the new manager of Real Madrid football club. 
3. Syed Kirmani- Presented with Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award on 5 January 2016.
4. Filippo Grandi - He has taken the charge as new UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 6 January 2016. 
5. V.V.S. Laxman - His masterly innings of 281 against Australia was rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years. 
6. Mary Barra - Elected as Chairman of Board of Directors of General Motors. 
7. S H Kapadia - Former Chief Justice of India - He died on 5 January 2016.
8. Kate Atkinson - British writer - She won the novel-of-the-year prize at Britain's Costa Book Awards 2015 for her book "A God in Ruins". 
9. Abid Ali Neemuchwala - Appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Wipro. 
10. Radha Krishna Mathur  - On 4 January 2016 sworn in as the eighth Chief Information Commissioner of India. 
11. Pranav Dhanawade - He created history on 5 January 2016 when he became the first batsmen in to score more than 1,000 runs in an innings in school cricket. 
12. Justice RM Lodha - Justice RM Lodha Committee on IPL spot fixing on 4 January 2016 submitted its report to the Supreme Court suggesting reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). 
13. Vilmos Zsigmond - Cinematographer - He is the winner of an Oscar for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind & died on 1 January 2016.
14. Arunima Sinha - India’s star amputee mountaineer - She successfully scaled Mount Aconcagua in which country as part of her Mission 7 Summits. 
15. Natalie Cole - Grammy-winning singer died on 2 Jan 2016. 
16. L M Kahute - Appointed as the DGP of Manipur. 
17. Atul Sobti - Assumed charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL). 
18. A B Bardhan - Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (CPI) died. 
19. Sanjay Subrahmanyam - foremost south Indian classical vocalists - Awarded Sangita Kalanidhi award 2015.
20. Kamlesh Chandra - Head of one member committee formed to examine the wage structure, service conditions of the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the Department of Posts (DoP)
21. Virat Kohli - Selected for 'Cricketer of the Year' award 2015 by BCCI
22. Laxmi Ratan Shukla - Former Bengal cricket captain - Announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. 
23. Adnan Sami - Singer - He got Indian citizenship. 
24. Nagesh Prabhu - Assumed charge as Secretary General of International Sericultural Commission (ISC). 
25. S Javeed Ahmed - New Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh.
26. Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria - Took over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff. 
27. Shyam Benegal - Eminent filmmaker – He was appointed as the committee head to look into the revamp of the Censor Board                                               
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Current Affairs January 2016 for Exams

Hi Aspirants..Itz the first month of the new year and has come with lot’s of new hope. Many Exams are upcoming in 2016 & let’s try together to make your dreams come true this year itself. As requested by many of our followers, we are creating a post exclusively for January 2016 Current Affairs where we will post all the important happenings of January 2016. 

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Here is the Date Wise Current Affairs of January 2016

1. Current Affairs Quiz 7 January 2016
2. Current Affairs Quiz 6 January 2016
3. Current Affairs Quiz 5 January 2016
4. Current Affairs Quiz 4 January 2016
5. Current Affairs Quiz 2 January 2016
6. Current Affairs Quiz 1 January 2016

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Current Affairs Quiz – 1 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 1 January 2016. This will be very useful for all upcoming exams like UPSC,SSC,IBPS,Bank Exams etc. The trending topics for the day include Shyam Benegal committee, Premier Badminton League (PBL), Deputy Chief of the Air Staff etc. Attempt the Quiz & share your views. 

1) Union government on 1 January 2016 constituted a committee headed by eminent filmmaker _____ to look into the revamp of the Censor Board?

(A) Shyam Benegal

(B) Adoor Gopalakrishnan

(C) Sanjay Leela Bhansali

(D) Rajkumar Hirani

2) Revamped Premier Badminton League (PBL) will commence on 2 January 2016. The inaugural Indian Badminton League was held in which year?

(A) 2015

(B) 2014

(C) 2013

(D) 2012

3) Who on 1 January 2016 took over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff?

(A) S.B.P.Sinha

(B) R K Sharma

(C) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

(D) None of these

4) In which city ambitious odd-even scheme for vehicles according to number plate kick started on 1 January 2016?

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Bengaluru

(C) New Delhi

(D) Chennai

5) Name the Indo-French joint military training exercise named which will be held in Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan's Bikaner during January 2016?

(A) Shakti-2016

(B) Surya Kiran-2016

(C) Hand-in-Hand-2016

(D) None of these

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6) Which state on 1 Jnauary 2016 appointed S Javeed Ahmed as the new Director General of Police?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) West Bengal

(C) Karnataka

(D) Madhya Pradesh

7) Who on 1 January 2016 assumed charge as Secretary General of International Sericultural Commission (ISC)?

(A) Ishita Roy

(B) Pritam Roy

(C) Nagesh Prabhu

(D) Vishnu Ratnam

Note: He is at present Member Secretary and CEO of Central Silk Board under Ministry of Textiles.

8) Singer Adnan Sami on 1 January 2016 got Indian citizenship. Adnan Sami was born in which country?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) UAE

(C) Egypt

(D) Pakistan

9) Which state will host the first edition of Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI) from January 14, 2016?

(A) Goa

(B) Kerala

(C) Gujarat

(D) Maharashtra

10) Name the former Bengal cricket captain who on 30 December 2015 announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?

(A) Manoj Tiwari

(B) Laxmi Ratan Shukla

(C) Sanjay Bangar

(D) Robin Uthappa

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Shyam Benegal

2) Ans. (C) 2013

3) Ans. (C) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

4) Ans. (C) New Delhi

5) Ans. (A) Shakti-2016

6) Ans. (A) Uttar Pradesh

7) Ans. (C) Nagesh Prabhu

8) Ans. (D) Pakistan

9) Ans. (B) Kerala

10) Ans. (B) Laxmi Ratan Shukla

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Current Affairs Review 2015 - QUIZ

Hi Aspirants..Here is a short & interesting quiz to review some persons in news during 2015.

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Current Affairs PDF in Question Format: December 2015 (Fourth Week)

Hi Aspirants..Here is the free Current Affairs PDF Questions of December 2015 - Fourth Week. We have covered all the Important Current Affairs Questions from December 2015 fourth week in this free PDF Capsule. This free Current Affairs PDF will help you in your SSC, UPSC, PSC, banking, insurance and other upcoming exams. We are also updating Daily Current Affairs Quiz on our site. Along with this PDF also follow the Daily Quiz series to brush up your knowledge. You can download the PDF from the below link.

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Let's have a look at the important happenings from December 2015 Fourth Week.

1) Who was on 20 December 2015 crowned Miss Universe 2015? - Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach

Note: Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach is from Philippines.

2) Which team won the second edition of Indian Super League (ISL) Football tournament on 20 December 2015? - Chennaiyin FC

Note: In the final played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa, they defeated hosts Goa FC by 3-2 goals score.

3) Which club has recently won the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup for a record third time? - Barcelona FC

4) Who was named the 2015 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player-of-the-Year on 20 December 2015? - Eugeneson Lyngdoh

5) Which team won the Indian Premier Tennis League (IPTL) 2015 title on 20 Dec.2015? - Singapore Slammers

6) Mireia Lalaguna Royo who was on 19 December 2015 crowned Miss World 2015 is from which country? – Spain

7) Name the New Zealand cricketer who on 22 December 2015 announced retirement from all forms of international cricket? - Brendon McCullum

8) Who on 20 December 2015 received the 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in London? - Andy Murray

9) Which Search engine giant on 21 December 2015 named Cow as the Personality of the Year 2015? – Yahoo

10) Union Cabinet has recently approved the reconstruction and completion of Salma Dam Project in which country? - Afghanistan

11) Who was named Men’s World Champion by International Tennis Federation (ITF) on 22 December 2015? - Novak Djokovic

12) Who was named women’s World Champion by International Tennis Federation (ITF) on 22 December 2015? -  Serena Williams

13) ICC on 23 December 2015 announced the winners for the 2015 ICC Awards. Who won Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year 2015? - Steve Smith

You can check all questions from the below PDF. 

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Top Award/Prize winners in 2015 - The year that is gone by

Hi Aspirants.. It’s time to say goodbye to 2015. A new year is coming our way with lot’s of hope and freshness. At the outset Currentaffairs4examz wishes all our dear followers a great 2016 ahead.

Let’s have a look at the important Award/Prize winners of 2015. This will be very useful for upcoming competitive exams in 2016.

Nobel Prize Winners 2015

1) Nobel Peace Prize - Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet

2) Literature - Svetlana Alexievich

3) Physics - Arthur B. McDonald & Takaaki Kajita

4) Chemistry - Paul L. Modrich, Tomas Lindahl and Aziz Sancar

5) Physiology or Medicine - William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura & Tu Youyou

6) Economic Sciences - Angus Deaton

Man Booker Prize

1) Marlon James - For his book "A Brief History of Seven Killings"

Oscar Award 2015

1) Best Picture: Birdman

2) Best Actor : Eddie Redmayne for the film "The Theory of Everything"

3) Best Actress: Julianne Moore for the film "Still Alice"

4) Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for the film "Birdman".

National Film Awards 2015

1) Best Actor - Vijay (Nanu Avanalla Avalu -Kannada Film)

2) Best Actress - Kangana Ranaut (Queen - Hindi Film)

3) Best Feature Film - Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)

4) Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment - Mary Kom (Hindi)

5) Best Direction - Srijit Mukherji (Chotushkone - Bengali Film)

Padma Award 2015

1) Padma Vibhushan - L. K. Advani, Amitabh Bachchan, Prakash Singh Badal, D. Veerendra Heggade, Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan, Kottayan K. Venugopal, Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner).

Jnanpith Award 2015

1) Winner - Raghuveer Chaudhari ( Gujarati writer)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2015

1) Winner - Sania Mirza (Tennis)

Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2015

1) Winner - Shashi Kapoor

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Online Current Affairs Quiz – 30 December 2015

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Online Quiz for 30 December 2015. Trending topics for the day include Kamov 226T light helicopters, 51st Jnanpith award 2015 to Raghuveer Chaudhary, successfully test of Surface to Air Missile Barak 8 from INS Kolkata etc. First study the questions carefully & then attempt the quiz given at the bottom. This will improve your memory!! Try & share your score.

1) World Health Organization (WHO) on 30 December 2015 declared which West African country as Ebola-free?

(A) Kenya

(B) Guinea

(C) Liberia

(D) Nigeria

2) Russia’s Rostech State Corporation has recently signed one billion US dollar deal with ______ to manufacture 200 Kamov 226T light helicopters?

(A) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

(B) Indocopters Private Limited

(C) Mahindra Group

(D) Ashok Leyland

3) Giorgi Kvirikashvili was on 30 December 2015 elected as the 12th Prime Minister of?

(A) France

(B) Georgia

(C) Canada

(D) Algeria

4) Who has been selected for the 51st Jnanpith award 2015?

(A) Ravuri Bharadhwaja

(B) Bhalchandra Nemade

(C) Kedarnath Singh

(D) Raghuveer Chaudhary

5) Iconic ____ poet and Padma Bhushan recipient Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar passed away on 30 December 2015?

(A) Marathi

(B) Malayalam

(C) Urdu

(D) Kannada

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6) Indian Navy on 30 December 2015 successfully test-fired the Surface to Air Missile Barak 8 from INS Kolkata. Barak 8 missile was developed jointly by India and ___

(A) Russia

(B) Israel

(C) Canada

(D) China

7) SpiceJet on 29 December 2015 launched an end-to-end travel solutions platform named?

(A) SpiceVacations.com

(B) Spicetrip.com

(C) Spicetour.com

(D) SpiceHolidays.com

8) Rakhi Haldar and Kavita Devi on 29 December 2015 bagged gold in their respective weight categories in the Senior National Weightlifting Championships held at?

(A) Kochi, Kerala

(B) Patiala, Punjab

(C) Dehradun, Uttarakhand

(D) New Delhi

9) Well-known sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik’s _____ sculpture on 29 December 2015 found a place in Limca Book of World Records?

(A) Santa Claus

(B) Christmas Cake

(C) Taj Mahal

(D) Jesus Christ

10) Subir Sen who passed away on 29 December 2015 was a veteran ____

(A) Athelete

(B) Director

(C) Singer

(D) Writer

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Guinea

2) Ans. (A) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

3) Ans. (B) Georgia

4) Ans. (D) Raghuveer Chaudhary

5) Ans. (A) Marathi

6) Ans. (B) Israel

7) Ans. (A) SpiceVacations.com

8) Ans. (B) Patiala, Punjab

9) Ans. (A) Santa Claus

10) Ans. (C) Singer

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