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Saturday, November 21, 2015
Current Affairs Objective MCQ: 21 November 2015
Here is the Important Current Affairs Quiz
for 21 November 2015.
Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.
1) Who was on 20 November 2015 elected as
the President of industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI) for the year 2016?
(A) Sidharth Birla
(B) Pankaj R Patel
(C) Harshavardhan Neotia
(D) Jyotsna Suri
2) 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) Economic Leaders Summit was recently held at?
(A) Ufa, Russia
(B) Manila, Philippines
(C) Sydney, Australia
(D) New Delhi, India
3) Who has sworn-in as the Chief Minister
of Bihar for the fifth time on 20 November 2015?
(A) Nitish Kumar
(B) Lalu Prasad Yadav
(C) Rabri Devi
(D) Jithin Ram Manjhi
4) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on 18
November 2015 suspended the which country's Anti-Doping Agency as non-compliant
with international sport's anti-doping code?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) USA
(D) Russia
5) 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) headed
by whom has submitted its report on 19 November 2015 to the Union Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley?
(A) Justice AK Mathur
(B) Justice K G Balakrishnan
(C) Justice Vivek Murthy
(D) Justice MS Bali
6) Which organization was on 19 November
2015 chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
for 2015?
(A) Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO)
(B) United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
(C) United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
(D) None of these
7) World Toilet Day (WTD) was observed on?
(A) 16 November
(B) 18 November
(C) 20 November
(D) 19 November
8) World Toilet Day (WTD) was observed on
19 November 2015 across the world with the theme?
(A) Sanitation and Nutrition
(B) Equality and dignity
(C) I give a shit, do you?
(D) Talk it without shame
9) Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
on 17 November 2015 released Global Terrorism Index 2015. Which country topped
the list?
(A) Syria
(B) Pakistan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Iraq
10) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) recently approved ____ per cent disinvestment in Coal India Limited
(CIL)?
(A) 49 %
(B) 24 %
(C) 10 %
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Current Affairs Quiz Questions – 18 November 2015
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Friends..Here is the latest Current Affairs
Quiz for 18 November 2015.
Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.
1) Which state government on 18 Nov. 2015
cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, paving the way towards creating the post of an
anti-graft ombudsman?
(A) Delhi
(B) Goa
(C) Karnataka
(D) Maharashtra
2) Who was on 18 November 2015 appointed as
the new Chief Justice of India?
(A) Justice Ashok Bhusan
(B) Justice R M Lodha
(C) Justice Tirath Singh Thakur
(D) Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
3) Union Minister of Food Processing
Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal on 16 November 2015 laid the foundation stone
of the first Mega Food Park in which state?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Telangana
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Madhya Pradesh
4) Which country recently won the 2015 Fed
Cup tennis tournament which was held in Prague?
(A) Russia
(B) Spain
(C) Czech Republic
(D) Serbia
5) Name the VHP leader associated with the
Ramjanmabhoomi movement who died on 17 November 2015?
(A) Ashok Singhal
(B) Vivek Krishnan
(C) Kiran Biswas
(D) Sachin Singhal
6) G-20 summit 2015 was recently held at
Antalya city of which country?
(A) China
(B) Turkey
(C) Russia
(D) Tunisia
7) Tianhe-2 supercomputer of which country
has recently emerged as the world’s most powerful supercomputer system for the
sixth consecutive time?
(A) Japan
(B) Australia
(C) UK
(D) China
8) EKS Kosmos-2510 defence satellite was
recently launched by which country?
(A) Argentina
(B) France
(C) Russia
(D) None of these
9) K. Shankaran Nair who passed away on 17
Nov. 2015 was the former director of?
(A) RAW
(B) BSF
(C) IB
(D) CISF
10) Name the Australian fast bowler who on
17 November 2015 announced retirement from all forms of international cricket?
(A) Bret Lee
(B) Mitchell Starc
(C) James Faulkner
(D) Mitchell Johnson
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Learn New English Words - The Hindu Editorial - 17 November 2015
The Editorial for the day is about the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to UK recently . Let's have a look at the words used in this editorial which are not so commonly used.
(A) Narendra Modi & Jawaharlal Nehru (Please read the article first and then come back to us. We are only covering
the English Words)
1. The praise and the miss displayed the
strategic manner in which the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological
mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, have tactfully used and baited Nehru.
(a) baited - to intentionally make a person
angry by saying or doing things to annoy them.
2. Nehru’s idea of India — privileging citizenry,
secularism and rationalism — is of course at odds with the Right’s ideology,
with its cultural nationalism and strident
majoritarianism slant.
(a) strident - expressing or expressed in forceful
language that does not try to avoid upsetting other people.
(b) slant - to present information in a particular
way, especially showing one group of people, one side of an argument, etc. in
such a positive or negative way that it is unfair.
More examples: The police claimed that reports
in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant.
3. Modern, independent India draws heavily
from the ethos that Nehru was
devoted to and one which he consciously fostered.
(a) ethos - the set of beliefs, ideas, etc.
about the social behaviour and relationships of a person or group.
(b) fostered - to encourage the development
or growth of ideas or feelings.
4. But even as the Sangh bristles against Nehru’s liberal
legacy, the BJP’s top leaders seek to place themselves in a chronological line.
(a) bristles - to react angrily.
More examples: She bristled at the suggestion
that she had in any way neglected the child.
5. The office of the Prime Minister of
India draws much of its aura from
the man who first occupied it.
(a) aura - a feeling or character that a person
or place seems to have.
More examples: The woods have an aura of mystery.
6. Therefore the routine personal jibes, the references to his western demeanour, his easy camaraderie with women.
(a) jibes - to make insulting remarks that
are intended to make someone look stupid.
(b) demeanour - a way of looking and behaving
More examples: There was nothing in his
demeanour that suggested he was anxious.
(c) camaraderie - a feeling of friendliness
towards people that you work or share an experience with.
More examples: When you've been climbing alone
for hours, there's a tremendous sense of camaraderie when you meet another climber.
7. In doing so, it straitjackets his legacy so that it becomes that much more easily
attackable.
(a) straitjackets- something that severely limits
development or activity in a way that is damaging
More examples: He refused to be fitted into
any ideological straitjacket.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Latest Current Affairs Quiz – 16 November 2015
Friends.. Here are some useful Multiple
Choice Current Affairs Quiz Questions for upcoming exams.
Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.
1) Who was on 16 November 2015 appointed as
the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York?
(A) Ranjan Mathai
(B) S Jayasankar
(C) Syed Akbaruddin
(D) Vikas Swarup
2) Union Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare has recently opened country’s first Affordable Medicines and Reliable
Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) outlet at AIIMS in?
(A) Chennai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Kolkata
3) Which player on 15 November 2015 won
Women's Singles final of China Open Superseries Premier Badminton tournament?
(A) Li Xuerui
(B) Saina Nehwal
(C) Wang Yihan
(D) Carolina Marin
4) Which country will host 2015
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from 18–19 November 2015?
(A) Bhutan
(B) Maldives
(C) Turkey
(D) Philippines
5) Who won Men’s Singles final of China
Open Superseries Premier Badminton tournament?
(A) Lee Chong Wei
(B) Tang Yuanting
(C) Kim Gi-jung
(D) Kim Sa Rang
6) International Day for Tolerance was
observed globally on?
(A) 14 November
(B) 16 November
(C) 15 November
(D) 10 November
7) Who won Brazilian Grand Prix of formula
one?
(A) Sebastian Vettel
(B) Lewis Hamilton
(C) Nico Rosberg
(D) Kimi Raikkonen
8) Name the children's book writer and
widow of cartoonist RK Laxman who died on 14 November 2015?
(A) Sumathi Laxman
(B) Kamala Laxman
(C) Priya Laxman
(D) Meenu Laxman
9) World Pneumonia Day was observed on 12
November 2015 across the world with the theme?
(A) “Innovate to End Child Pneumonia”
(B) "Every Breath Counts: Stop
Pneumonia Now"
(C) "Push the Pace. Fight
Pneumonia"
(D) None of these
10) "Building Responsive, Inclusive
and Collective Solutions" will be the theme of which Summit to be hosted
by India in 2016?
(A) BRICS 2016
(B) SAARC 2016
(C) G-20 2016
(D) ASEAN 2016
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Solved GK Questions - SSC CHSL Exam held on 15 Nov. 2015 (Evening Shift) - Part 3
Friends..Here are the solved GK Questions of Evening Shift SSC CHSL Exam held on 15 November 2015. Answers are highlighted.
1) When was the League of Nations
established?
(A)
In 1939 (8) In 1914 (C) In 1918 (D) In
1920
2) The headquarters of the Survey of India
Dept. (department) is located at:
(A) Hyderabad (B) New Delhi (C) Jaipur (D) Dehradun
3) Kathakali is a dance prevalent in which
state?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Orissa (C) Kerala (D) Andhra Pradesh
4) Todar Mal, the brilliant revenue officer
served under:
(A) Humayun (B) Baz Bahadur (C) Sher Shah (D) Bhagwan Das
5) Where did the Black-Hole tragedy took
place?
(A) Murshidabad (B) Dacca (C) Monghyr (D) Calcutta
6) The Simplest CPU - scheduling algorithm
is:
(A) Multilevel scheduling algorithm (B) FCFS Scheduling algorithm (C) SJF
Scheduling algorithm (D) Round - robin scheduling algorithm
7)
Iron filings can be separated from a heterogenous mixture using the
technique of
(A) Sedimentation (B) Evaporation (C)
Sublimation (D) Magnetization
8) The first Bio-sphere Reserve in India
has been established in :
(A) Nanda devi (B) Hazaribagh (C) Kanha (D) Nilgiri
9)
The largest reservoir of fresh water is :
(A) Ponds (13) Lakes (C) Glaciers (D) Ground Water
10)
India born Vijai Sheshadri won the prestigious '2014 Pulitzer Prize in
which of the following categories?
(A) Drama (13) Journalism (C) Music (D) Poetry
11) What is Kyoto Protocol ?
(A) It is an agreement among countries to
start using nuclear energy (B) It is an
agreement among countries to take steps for reducing global warming (C) It
is an agreement among countries to take steps for reducing acid rain (D) It is
an agreement among countries to take steps for planting trees to control
pollution
12) Arundhati Roy is the author of
(A) The Tin Drum (B) My Childhood Days (C) God of Small Things (D) Disgrace
13) Earth day is celebrated on
(A) September 17 (B) February 16 (C) April
4 (D) April 22
14) Which of the following rivers originates
from Trans Himalayas ?
(A) Saraswathi (B) Ganga (C) Yamuna (D) Sindu
15) The time element in price analysis was
introduced by :
(A) J.S. Mill (B) J.R. Hicks (C) J.M.
Keynes (D) Alfred Marshall
16) Mixed Economy means
(A) Co - existence of rich and poor (13) Co
- existence of small and large Industries (C) Promoting both agriculture and
Industries in the economy (D) Co
-existence of public and private sectors
17) A demand curve will not shift
(A)
When there is a change in advertisement expenditure (B)
When only price of the commodity changes (C) When only income changes (D) When
only prices of substitute products change
18) The amount of matter in a ball of steel
is its
(A) Density (B) Volume (C) Weight (D) Mass
19) Dr. P. Rama Rao Committee is related to
which of the following?
(A) Industry (B) Agriculture (C) Taxes (D) Defence
20) Rand is the currency of:
(A) Romania (B) Norway (C) Namibia (D) Iran
Ans.
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Sunday, November 15, 2015
SSC CHSL Exam 15 November 2015 Key for GK Questions: Part 2 (Evening Shift)
Friends..Here are the solved GK Questions of Evening Shift SSC CHSL Exam held on 15 November 2015. Answers are highlighted.
1) Who discovered the link between
electricity and magnetism?
(A) Diesel (B) Michael Faraday (C) Volta (D) Maxwell
2) The most suitable unit for expressing
nuclear radius is
(A) angstrom (B) micron (C) nanometre (D) fermi
3) Which of the following phenomenon helps
to conclude that light is a transverse wave?
(A)
polarisation (B) refraction (C) interference (D)
diffraction
4) Minamata disease is caused by pollution
of water by
(A) methyl isocyanate (B) mercury (C) lead (D) tin
5) When price of a substitute of commodity
'x' falls, the demand for 'x' :
(A) Increases at increasing rate (B) rises (C) falls (ID) remains unchanged
6) The most abundant element by number in
the living system is
(A) Oxygen (B) Carbon (C) Nitrogen (D) Hydrogen
7) Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
(A) Veerasena (B) Vishnusena (C) Harisena (D) Mahasena
8) Plank's constant has the dimensions of
(A)
angular momentum (B) force (C) energy (ID) linear momentum
9) If the President wants to resign, he
shall address his letter of resignation to:
(A) Speaker of Lok Sabha (B) Chief Justice
of India (C) Prime Minister of India (D)
Vice- President of India
10) By whom was the autonomous investment
separated from induced investment?
(A) Joan Robinson (B) Adam Smith (C) Schumpeter (D) Malthus
11) World wild life fund was founded in:
(A) 1992 (B) 1961 (C) 1965 (D) 1969
12) Christmas factor is involved in
(A) Digestion (B) Respiration (C) Blood Coagulation (D) Excretion
13) Who built the famous Shiva temple at
Eliora?
(A) Gupta King Samudra Gupta (B) Chalukyan
King Pulikeshi II (C) Rashtrakuta Ruler
Krishna I (D) Mauryan Emperor Ashoka
14) Kimono is a dress style of which Asian
Country?
(A) Laos (B) China (C) Japan (D) Korea
15) If xylem and phloem are arranged in the
same radius, such a vascular bundle is called
(A) concentric (B) radial (C) collateral (D) bicollateralClick Here to view Part-1 of Solved Questions.
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