Current Affairs – 14 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz covering the important happenings of 14 August 2016 useful for all upcoming exams.

1. Union Government has launched the first phase of Smart Ganga City programme in 10 cities located along River Ganga on 14 August 2016. Name the Union Water Resources Minister?

Answer:  Uma Bharti

Note: 10 Cities/Towns are Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna, Sahibganj and Barrackpore.

2. Name India’s top squash player who recently won the prestigious PSA Australian Open held in Melbourne?

Answer: Dipika Pallikal

3. Na Muthukumar who died on 14 August 2016 was a famous?

Answer: Lyricist

Note: He won two national awards for the songs Ananda Yazhai Meetukiral in Thanga Meengal and Azhage Azhage in Saivam. He is the only Tamil writer who wrote 103 songs in single year (2012).

4. Name the Bollywood actors who bagged the best actress & best actor awards at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2016?

Answer: Sonam Kapoor & Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Note: Sonam was awarded for her performance in Neerja & Nawazuddin won for his role of psycho serial killer in Raman Raghav 2.0.

5. Who recently became India's first captain to win two Tests in West Indies?

Answer: Virat Kohli

Note: Bishen Bedi, Ajit Wadekar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni won one Test each as captain in West Indies.

6. South Indian Bank (SIB) & ____ has recently announced their collaboration to launch co-branded credit cards for the customers of South Indian Bank?

Answer: SBI Card

7. India will be celebrating its ___th Independence Day on 15 August 2016?

Answer: 70th

8. According to a recent research by NASA which planet was habitable for up to 2 billion years?

Answer: Venus

Note: NASA report suggests that the planet had a shallow water ocean & cooler surface temperatures for up to 2 billion years. The findings were obtained with a model similar to the type used to predict future climate change on Earth. Measurements by NASA’s Pioneer mission to Venus in the 1980s first suggested Venus originally may have had an ocean.

9. Name the world No. 61 women badminton player who defeated Saina Nehwal in the group stage of Olympics 2016?

Ans: Maria Ulitina of Ukraine

10. What was the theme of 2016 International Youth Day (IYD) observed on 12 August?

Answer: The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production

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Practice Online Test for SSC CGL 2016 - General Knowledge

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful General Knowledge  questions for the upcoming SSC CGL Exam 2016. As the exam is online, we have made a online quiz so that you can have an idea of how questions are likely to be asked. In real-time you could check your score as well. 

1. Which of the following Indian Firm has been listed in the top 50 global R&D spenders?

Tata Motors

2. Which state government has recently planned to set up the state’s first Petcoke (Petroleum Coke) based power plant?

Kerala

3. India’s biggest Wildlife Rescue center was recently commissioned at _________.

Nagpur

4. Decimal system was introduced by

Bhaskara

5. The stone Age people had the first domestic

Sheep

6. Which was the first metal used by man?

Copper

7. The Gandhi Mandapam where Gandhiji’s ashes were placed before immersion is in

Kanyakumari

8. Which of the following regions did not form the part of Ashoka’s empire?

Madras

9. Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has recently constituted a 13 member expert committee on Sanskrit, this committee was head by _______.

N Gopalaswami

10. Who is the 1st player to win the ATP World Tour Finals for 4th Consecutive time?

Novak Djokovic

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SSC CGL Online Exam 2016 - Download Admit Card/Call Letter (Tier-1)

Hi Aspirants, SSC has started the process of uploading the admit cards for its CGL Tier-1 online exam 2016. As you known the exam will be held from 27 August to 11 September 2016. Aspirants can download their SSC CGL exam admit card 2016 from the webiste of the respective regional webistes of Staff Selection Commission.

You can check the below links for the Admit Card

Candidates from Rajasthan, Delhi,Uttarakhand

Candidates from Maharashtra, Gujrat,Goa

Candidates from Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh

Candidates from West Bengal, Orrisa,Jharkhand, A&N Island, Sikkim

Candidates from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram

Candidates from Andhra Pradesh, Punduchery,Tamilnadu

Candidates from Karnataka, Kerla

Candidates from Hariyana, Punjab, J&K,Himachal Pradesh

Candidates from Uttar Pradesh & Bihar

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GK Quiz for SSC CGL Online Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful GK Questions for SSC CGL Exam 2016 scheduled to be held from 27 August 2016 to 11 September 2016.

1. What is the currency of Ecuador?

(A) Ecuador Peso

(B) US Dollar

(C) Dinar

(D) Pound

2. Who among the following established the Bhil Seva Mandal in 1922?

(A) Narain Malhar Joshi

(B) Amritlal Vitthaldas Thakkar

(C) Jyotiba Phule

(D) Baba Amte

3. Which among the following apparently impressed Jahangir to issue a farman in 1613 A.D. to the English to establish a factory at Surat ?

(A) Reconciliation between the English and Portuguese

(B) A heavy dose of bribe to Nur Jahan

(C) A secret offer of naval help to the Mughal emperor to oust the Portuguese

(D) The defeat of Portuguese naval squadrons by the English

4. Who is the present Union Rural Development Minister of India?

(A) Narendra Singh Tomar

(B) Najma Heptullah

(C) Kalraj Mishra

(D) Ananth Kumar

5. Which is the capital of Turkey?

(A) Damascus

(B) Tunis

(C) Ashgabat

(D) Ankara

6. Which among the following was the first Presidency of British East India Company in India ?

(A) Madras

(B) Hugli

(C) Surat

(D) Masulipattam

7. Who among the following preached the doctrine of “One religion, one caste and one God for mankind“?

(A) Jyotiba Phule

(B) Vivekananda

(C) Sri Narayan Guru

(D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

8. Ladakh Festival is celebrated at which of the following state?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Bihar

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Jammu and Kashmir

9.  International Day of Peace was observed on?

(A) 13 September

(B) 12 August

(C)  21 September

(D) 10 December

10. Which country has declared, Cow as their National Animal?

(A) Maldives

(B) Nepal

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Sri Lanka

Answers

1) Ans. (B) US Dollar

2) Ans. (B) Amritlal Vitthaldas Thakkar

3) Ans. (D) The defeat of Portuguese naval squadrons by the English

4) Ans. (A) Narendra Singh Tomar

5) Ans. (D) Ankara

6) Ans. (C) Surat

7) Ans. (C) Sri Narayan Guru

8) Ans. (D) Jammu and Kashmir

9) Ans. (C) 21 September

10) Ans. (B) Nepal

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Exam Pattern and Syllabus for IBPS Clerk Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has published the Notification for its Clerical Cadre Recruitment 2016 (IBPS CWE Clerk VI 2016 Notification Published). It’s time now to change the gear and start preparation seriously. But first we have to understand the pattern of the exam, its syllabus, negative marking etc. Let’s have a look on the same.

Exam Pattern

IBPS will conduct Online Common Written Exam for Clerk VI 2016 in two tiers i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main. Total marks of Preliminary exam is 100 in a duration of 1 hour for objective type questions & total marks of Main examination is 200 in a duration of 2 hours for objective type questions. The tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

Syllabus for the Preliminary Examination 

 Syllabus for Main Examination

 Negative Marking

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question.

Scores: The corrected scores obtained by each of the candidates in different sessions (if held) will be normalized using equipercentile method.

Cut-off Score (Online main examination)

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in each test of Online Main Examination and also a minimum total score to be considered for further process. Depending on number of the State/ UT wise vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be considered for provisional allotment. Prior to the completion of provisional allotment process scores obtained in the Online Main Examination will not be shared with the candidates.

NOTE: MARKS OBTAINED IN THE MAIN EXAMINATION ONLY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FINAL MERIT LISTING.

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IBPS CWE Clerk VI 2016 Notification Published

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has published notification for online examination (Preliminary and Main) for the next Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts in the Participating Organisations. Exam is tentatively scheduled in November/ December 2016 & January 2017. Eligible candidates can apply online from 22-08-2016 to 12-09-2016. Details are as follows:

Important dates:

Starting Date to Apply Online & Payment of Fee through Online: 22-08-2016

Last Date to Apply Online & Payment of Fee through Online: 12-09-2016

Download of call letters for Pre Exam Training: 25-10-2016 to 07-11-2016

Conduct of Pre Exam Training   07-11-2016 to 12-11-2016

Download of call letters for Online Examination (Preliminary): 18-11-2016 onwards

Date for Online Examination (Preliminary): 26 & 27-11-2016 and 03 & 04-12-2016 (if required)

Result of Online Exam (Preliminary): December 2016

Download of Call letter for Online Exam (Main): December 2016

Online Examination (Main): 31-12-2016 & 01-01-2017

Provisional Allotment: April 2017

Educational Qualification: Candidate should possess Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University recognised by the Govt. of India or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government & Operating and working knowledge in computer systems is mandatory.

Age limit: Candidates age limit should be between 20 to 28 years as on 01-08-2016. Age relaxation as applicable for OBC, SC/ST, PWD candidates.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected on the basis of Online Examination (Preliminary and Main).

Application Fee

-- Rs.100/- for SC/ ST/ PWD/ EXSM candidates

-- Rs.600/- for all others.

How to Apply: Eligible and interested candidates can apply online through IBPS’s website www.ibps.in from 22-08-2016 to 12-09-2016.

Check CWE Clerks-VI Official Notification

Exam Pattern and Syllabus for IBPS ClerkExam 2016

Click Here to Apply Online 

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions - 13 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 13 August 2016 useful for upcoming competitive exams like IBPS, SSC, UPSC, PSC Exams etc. We have prepared the questions in such a way as likely to be asked in these exams.

1. Which bank has recently launched a program called "Project Ananya" that focuses on improved customer service and offering latest in digital banking services?

Answer: Syndicate Bank

Note: The bank plans to transform 10 % of its branches to the new format in the next 6-12 months. The first Ananya branch was opened by MD and CEO Arun Srivastava.

2. Indian's multinational pharmaceutical company Cipla Limited has appointed ____ as the managing director (MD) & Chief executive officer (CEO) of effective September 1, 2016?

Answer: Umang Vohra

Note: The current incumbent, Subhanu Saxena will step down from his position on August 31, 2016 to attend to emergent family priorities.

3. World Elephant Day was observed on?

Answer: 12 August

4. Supreme Court of India on 12 August 2016 has lifted the ban on registration of high-end diesel cars and SUVs having engine capacity of 2000 cc and above in which city?

Answer: New Delhi

Note: Ruling in this regard was given by SC bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur on record the affidavits filed by some car makers and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

5. World Bio-Fuel Day was observed across the world on?

Answer: 10 August

Note: The day is observed every year with an aim to create awareness about non fossil-fuels (Green Fuels).

6. The 2016 International Youth Day was celebrated on?

Answer: 12 August

7. Name the Chinese table tennis champion who became the fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam by winning gold medal in Rio Olympics 2016?

Answer: Ma Long

8. Which state Government on 10 August 2016 decided to grant 33 percent reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)?

Answer: Nagaland

Note: The decision was announced by the Chief Minister TR Zeliang during the State Level Watershed Conference held in Kohima.

9.  Who topped the 100 Richest Tech Billionaires In The World 2016 List of Forbes?

Answer: Bill Gates

10. Name the Indian cricket player who has equalled Kapil Dev and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's record for taking two five wicket hauls and scoring two half-centuries in a Test series?

Answer:  Ravichandran Ashwin

Note: He has joined Kapil Dev and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as the third Indian player to take two five wicket hauls and score two half-centuries in a Test series. Kapil Dev has achieved it twice in his illustrious career. Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved this in the five-Test series against England in 2014.

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Current Affairs Quiz: 12 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here are the Current Affairs Quiz Questions for 12 August 2016 covering the important happenings of the day. Questions will be very useful for upcoming Bank Exams, UPSC/SSC Exams etc.

1. Which state Government has recently launched Rhino horn verification process for verifying rhino horns stored in various treasuries of Assam since 1980?

Answer: Assam

Note: The process will be responsible for verifying the genuineness of the rhino horns, which were recovered since 1980s and stored in various treasuries.

2. Who recently became the first swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same event?

Answer: Michael Phelps

3. Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which was passed by Rajya Sabha recently will amend the Maternity Benefit Act of which year?

Answer: 1961

4. ____ on 12 August 2016 became the first state to ratify the Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill , 2014?

Answer: Assam

Note: The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 8 August 2016 and by the Rajya Sabha on 3 August 2016. The GST will have two components keeping in mind the federal structure of India: the Central GST (CGST) and the State GST (SGST). For goods and services that pass through several states, or imports, the Centre will levy another tax, the Integrated GST (IGST).

5. What is the name of the world’s biggest furniture retailer that broke ground for its first store in India in Hyderabad on 11 August 2016?

Answer: Ikea (Sweden)

Note: Ikea, the world’s biggest furniture retailer, will open its first India store in Hyderabad by 2017 with investment of Rs. 700 crore.

6. India’s first repository on tigers will be set up in which city?

Answer: Dehradun

Note: India’s first repository on tigers will be set up by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) under its new Tiger Cell at Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

7. Which union ministry has launched a social media campaign to mark Daughters’ Day on August 11?

Answer: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Note: The Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has recently launched a social media campaign to mark Daughters’ Day on August 11, 2016. The entire week will be celebrated as Daughters’ Week as part of government’s ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme to check female foeticide, improve sex ratio and educate girls across India.

8. Microsoft on 11 August 2016 announced the appointment of _____ as the new Managing Director (MD) of its India Research Lab?

Answer: Sriram Rajamani

Note: Rajamani replaced Chandu Thekkath, who previously worked as Managing Director of the lab for two years.

9. The legendary Pakistani cricketer, often dubbed as Little Master, who passed away on 12 August 2016?

Answer: Hanif Mohammad

Note:  He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1968. In January 2009, he was named along with two other Pakistani players, Imran Khan and Javed Miandad, among the inaugural batch of 55 inductees into the ICC's Hall of Fame.

10. Which committee was formed recently to restructure the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)?

Answer: Mihir Shah committee

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Railway RRB NTPC Exam 2016 - Question Papers and Answer Keys published

Hi Aspirants, Railway RRB has activated the link to check the Question Papers and Answer Keys of its NTPC (Graduate) Exam (CEN 03/2015) held during March-May 2016. The Notification issued by various RRBs read as follows:

Important Notice for Candidates of NTPC (Graduate) Exam (CEN 03/2015) OBJECTION TRACKER Question Papers, Answer Keys and Candidates’

Response for the exam will be available on the websites of RRBs from 00:00 Hrs. of 12/08/2016 to 23:59 Hrs. of 19/08/2016. Objections to Question(s) and Key(s) can be raised during above period only. Objections raised by the candidates, if any, will be considered and evaluated before processing of the result. Thereafter, RRBs will hold additional CBT (second stage examination) in terms of paras 8.12 and 14.03 of CEN 03/2015. Please note and keep visiting RRB websites regularly for the updates in this regard.

Click here to refer the document to knowhow to read and interpret your question paper and answer.

Click here to view the question booklet,answer keys and responses.

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Current Affairs 11 August 2016

Hi Aspirants, after a short break we are back. We are in a phase of change and will come up with more details soon. Here are the Important Current Affairs for 11 August 2016 useful for all upcoming competitive exams.

1. Which country on 11 August 2016 launched Gaofen-3 high-resolution radar imaging satellite?

Answer: China

Note: China has successfully launched a new high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) dubbed as Gaofen-3. It was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on the back of a Long March 4C rocket.

2. Government has introduced the Maternity Benefit Bill in Rajya Sabha on 10 August 2016. The bill seeks to increase maternity leave to ___ weeks from current 12 weeks in all establishments?

Answer: 26 weeks

Note: Once passed, this bill see India among 40 countries where maternity leave is more than 18 weeks. The bill will amend the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. Currently women working in the private sector are allowed a maternity leave of three months while those in government sector are entitled to a leave of six months.

3. Renowned carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi will be honoured at the United Nations on 15 August 2016 by whom?

Answer: A.R. Rahman

Note: Rahman will become the second Indian artist after Subbulakshmi to perform at the UN.  M. S. Subbulakshmi was invited by the then UN Secretary General U Thant to perform at the UN headquarters in 1966.

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on 10 August 2016 dedicated the first unit of the ambitious Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in which state to the nation?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

Note: Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has India’s single largest nuclear generation unit with capacity of 1000 megawatt (MW). It is built under India-Russian Nuclear agreement of 1988.

5. Union Government has decided to set up a committee to look at easing the policy regime for e-commerce players, including the rules for foreign direct investment (FDI). The committee will be headed by whom?

Answer: Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog.

Note: Members in the panel will include officials from Union Commerce Ministry and Industry and Department of electronics and IT among others.

6. Who on 9 August 2016 assumed charge as the Chairman of Central Silk Board, Union Ministry of Textiles for a period of three years?

Answer: K M Hanumantharayappa

Note: He is the 25th Chairman of the Central Silk Board.

7. Name the Yesteryear Tamil actress who passed away on 9 August 2016 in Chennai?

Answer: Jyothilakshmi

8. Name the Iron Lady of Manipur who ended her 16-year-long hunger strike for repealing of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) of 1958 from Manipur?

Answer: Irom Chanu Sharmila

Note: She had started hunger-strike at the age of 28 following a massacre in Malom, Imphal in which innocent 10 persons were killed by the Assam Rifles in November 2000.

9. The Reserve Bank of India on 9 August 2016 released its third bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17. What was the Repo Rate?

Answer: 6.5 percent

Note: Repo Rate: The policy Repo Rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) was kept unchanged at 6.5 percent.

Reverse Repo Rate: The reverse repo rate under the LAF will remain unchanged at 6.0 percent.

Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): The Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks was also kept unchanged at 4.0 percent of Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL).

Marginal standing facility (MSF) Rate: The MSF rate was fixed at 7.0 percent.

Bank Rate: The Bank Rate also stands at 7.0 percent.

10. Who was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of State Bank of India (SBI) on 10 August 2016?

Answer: Dinesh Kumar Khara

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