Current Affairs 2016

Question: Who is the present Chairman of Competition Commission of India?
1) Shri Ashok Chawla
2) Shri Atulesh Jindal
3) Shri A.K. Jain
4) Shri Devender Kumar Sikri

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Ans: 4

Question: Who has won the FIFA world player award for 2015?
1) Cristiano Ronaldo
2) Lionel Messi
3) Neymar
4) Luis Suárez

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Ans: 2

Question: The 103rd edition of Indian Science Congress from January 3 to 7, 2016 held at -
1) Bangalore
2) New Delhi
3) Mysore
4) Pune

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Ans: 3

Question: In November 2015 concluded G20 summit was held at -
1) Antalya, Turkey
2) Paris, France
3) Berlin, Germany
4) Geneva, Switzerland

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Question: The "Turn the World UN Blue" global campaign was the part of -
1) United Nation's 70th anniversary
2) United Nation's 75th anniversary
3) United Nation's 60th anniversary
4) United Nation's 50th anniversary

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Question: Alphabet is a parent company of -
1) Yahoo
2) Google
3) Microsoft
4) Cisco

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Question: Which of the following has been declared as National Handloom Day by Government of India?
1) August 7
2) August 9
3) August 11
4) August 12

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Question: World water day is celebrated every year on -
1) June 23
2) May 15
3) July 21
4) March 22

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Question: According to Swachh Bharat Survey 2015, which of the following cities is most clean city of India?
1) Bangalore
2) Chennai
3) Mysore
4) Pune

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Question: The 8th BRICS Summit will be held in -
1) China
2) South Africa
3) Brazil
4) India

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Question: How many Indian companies have been included in world largest 500 companies as per fortune magazine?
1) 9
2) 7
3) 8
4) 10

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Question: Famous noodles brand "Maggi" is owned by -
1) Nestle India
2) Pepsico India
3) Parle Foods
4) ITC

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Question: India's biggest telescope "Multi Application Solar Telescope" (MAST) has been installed at -
1) Ladakh
2) Udaipur
3) Jaipur
4) Ahmedabad

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Question: Mission Indradhanush is related to -
1) Universal Immunisation programme
2) Revival of public sector bank
3) Development of Electronic Manufacturing Hub
4) Skill development of rural youth

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Question: Which of the following book is an autobiography of Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam?
1) Ignited Minds
2) Turning Points
3) Wings of Fire
4) My Presidential Years

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Question: Union Government has raised the National Floor Level Minimum wage from Rs. 137 per day to -
1) Rs. 140
2) Rs. 160
3) Rs. 150
4) Rs. 170

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Question: Which of the following state became the first state where railway track was made on PPP model?
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Karnataka

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Question: Which of the following company operate mobile wallet service ?
1) Vodafone
2) Airtel
3) Paytm
4) All of the above

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Question: As per the status on August 4, 2015, the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) stands at -
1) 4.5%
2) 4.25%
3) 4.0%
4) 5%

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Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of first mobile manufacturing electronics cluster at -
1) Tirupati
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Vijayawada

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Question: The 7th BRICS Summit 2015 held in -
1) South Africa
2) Russia
3) Brazil
4) China

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Question: "International Yoga Day" celebrate on -
1) 5th June
2) 20th June
3) 21st June
4) 22nd June

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Question: BRICS summit 2015 held at -
1) Shanghai
2) Ufa
3) Rio De janeiro
4) Moscow

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Question: "Love @ Facebook" is written by -
1) Hindol Sengupta
2) Nikita Singh
3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Anurag Mathur

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Question: Which team is the winner of 8th IPL league?
1) Channai Super King
2) Royal Challengers Bangalore
3) Kolkata Knight Rider
4) Mumbai Indian

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Question: A deadly virus suddenly appear in South Korea, the name of that virus is -
1) Ebola
2) SARS
3) MERS
4) Influenza

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Ans: 3

Note: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Question: Revenue deficit in the budget 2015-16 has been estimated at -
1) 3.0% of GDP
2) 2.4% of GDP
3) 2.6% of GDP
4) 2.8% of GDP

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Ans: 4

Question: In budget 2015-16 the target of agricultural credit for the year 2015-16 has been fixed at -
1) Rs. 10.5 lakh crore
2) Rs. 10.0 lakh crore
3) Rs. 8.5 lakh crore
4) Rs. 9.5 lakh crore

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Question: CSO has changed the base year for estimating the national income data -
1) from 2004-05 to 2010-11
2) from 1999-2000 to 2004-05
3) from 2004-05 to 2011-12
4) from 2004-05 to 2009-10

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Question: In Union Budget, GDP growth rate for the year 2015-16 has been projected at -
1) 8.0 - 8.5%
2) 7.0 - 7.5%
3) 7.5 - 8.0%
4) 8.5 - 9.0%

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Question: 14th Finance Commission has recommended distribution of grants to states for local bodies using 2011 population data. The weight ratio of population and area stands at -
1) 90:10
2) 80:20
3) 85:15
4) 92:08

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Question: In budget 2015-16 speech, the Finance Minister has announced the year __________ will be Amrut Mahotsav.
1) 2019
2) 2021
3) 2020
4) 2022

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Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's first indigenously developed vaccine _________ on March 9, 2015.
1) Rotavirus
2) Oral Polio
3) Influenza
4) Oral Typhoid

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Question: Who has won the 62nd National Film Awards as best actor?
1) Bobby Simhaa
2) Irfan Khan
3) Vijay
4) Amir Khan

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Question: In budget 2015-16, service tax plus education cess has been changed -
1) from 12% to 14%
2) from 12% to 13%
3) from 12.36% to 13%
4) from 12.36% to 14%

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Question: Mawlynnong Village in Meghalaya is in the news recently. The reason being -
1) It has been awarded the Asia's Cleanest village award in 2014-15
2) All the houses in the village have sanitary toilet
3) All the houses in the Village use clean energy for cooking
4) The village is situated on Indo-Bangladesh border

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Question: Who has won the 62nd National Film Awards as best actress?
1) Kangana Ranaut
2) Priyanka Chopra
3) Usha Jadhav
4) Baljinder Kaur

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Question: Who was declare man of the match in World Cup Cricket 2015 final match?
1) Guptil
2) Michael Clarke
3) James Faulkner
4) Mitchell Starc

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Question: Who said, "India is the bright spot on the cloudy global horizon" ?
1) IMF Chief Christine Lagarde
2) World Bank Chief Dr. Jim Yong Kim
3) UNO Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
4) US President Barack Obama

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Question: Which state is the winner of Ranji Trophy 2014-15?
1) Mumbai
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) West Bengal

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Question: What is 'Pink Sheet' ?
1) IMF's Data sheet on current account deficits
2) RBI's Monetary Policy norms
3) World Bank Commodities Price Data
4) WHO Data Sheet on Ebola

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Question: Who was declared man of the tournament in world cup Cricket 2015?
1) Guptil
2) James Faulkner
3) Mitchell Starc
4) AB de Villiers

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Question: Who was the ICC Cricket world Cup 2015 ambassador?
1) Riki Ponting
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) M. S. Dhoni
4) AB de Villiers

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Question: Project 'Maryadaa' is associated with -
1) Making all the women of the village educated and self-reliant
2) Education of girls
3) Making the village open defecation free
4) Skill development for women

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Question: India's Contribution to cumulative Global CO2 emission is about -
1) 7.4%
2) 3.6%
3) 5.5%
4) 2.8%

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Question: The winner of Irani Cup 2014-15?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) West Bengal

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Question: Lee Kuan Yew was recently in news, he is the founder of modern -
1) Thailand
2) Singapore
3) Malaysia
4) Vietnam

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Question: The highest individual World Cup score made by
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Chris Gayle
3) Martin Guptill
4) AB de Villiers

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Note: Martin Guptill has made this score on 2015 World Cup Cricket against West Indies.
Question: In the 2015-16 budget fund allocated for development of the North-Eastern Region (NER) is -
1) Rs. 3,000.00 crores
2) Rs. 2,362.74 crores
3) Rs. 2,100.00 crores
4) Rs. 2,000.00 crores

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Question: An International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) is set up at -
1) Mumbai
2) Ahmedabad
3) Gandhinagar
4) Bengaluru

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Maths Quantitative Aptitude Questions

Ques:1 A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?

1. 120 metres


2. 180 metres


3. 324 metres


4. 150 metres

Ans: (D)

Ques:2 Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

1. 15


2. 16


3. 18


4. 25

Ans: (B)

Ques:3 When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?

1. Rs. 21,000


2. Rs. 22,500


3. Rs. 25,300


4. Rs. 25,800

Ans: (C)

Ques:4 The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present ages is:

1. 5 : 2


2. 7 : 3


3. 9 : 2


4. 13 : 4

Ans: (B)

Ques:5 The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is:

1. 17 kg


2. 20 kg


3. 26 kg


4. 31 kg

Ans: (D)

Ques:6 In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is:

1. 5 kmph


2. 6 kmph


3. 6.25 kmph


4. 7.5 kmph

Ans: (A)

Ques:7 A sum of money amounts to Rs. 9800 after 5 years and Rs. 12005 after 8 years at the same rate of simple interest. The rate of interest per annum is:

1. 5%


2. 8%


3. 12%


4. 15%

Ans: (C)

Ques:8 A began a business with Rs. 85,000. He was joined afterwards by B with Rs. 42,500. For how much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1?

1. 4 months


2. 5 months


3. 6 months


4. 8 months

Ans: (D)

Ques:9 January 1, 2007 was Monday. What day of the week lies on Jan. 1, 2008?

1. Monday


2. Tuesday


3. Wednesday


4. Sunday

Ans: (B)

Ques:10 A rectangular field is to be fenced on three sides leaving a side of 20 feet uncovered. If the area of the field is 680 sq. feet, how many feet of fencing will be required?

1. 34


2. 40


3. 68


4. 88

Ans: (D)

Ques:11 The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree 3 times the height of the tree, is:

1. 30º


2. 45º


3. 60º


4. 90º

Ans: (A)

Ques:12 Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the compound interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on simple interest is:

1. Rs. 1550


2. Rs. 1650


3. Rs. 1750


4. Rs. 2000

Ans: (C)

Ques:13 Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?

1. Rs. 200


2. Rs. 250


3. Rs. 300


4. None of these

Ans: (B)

Ques:14 How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?

1. 22


2. 24


3. 44


4. 48

Ans: (C)

Ques:15 A cistern 6m long and 4 m wide contains water up to a depth of 1 m 25 cm. The total area of the wet surface is:

1. 49 m²


2. 50 m²


3. 53.5 m²


4. 55 m²

Ans: (A)

Ques:16 The least number, which when divided by 12, 15, 20 and 54 leaves in each case a remainder of 8 is:

1. 504


2. 536


3. 544


4. 548

Ans: (D)

Ques:17 476 ** 0 is divisible by both 3 and 11. The non-zero digits in the hundred's and ten's places are respectively:

1. 7 and 4


2. 7 and 5


3. 8 and 5


4. None of these

Ans: (C)

Ques:18 A man has some hens and cows. If the number of heads be 48 and the number of feet equals 140, then the number of hens will be:

1. 22


2. 23


3. 24


4. 26

Ans: (D)

Ques:19 How many digits will be there to the right of the decimal point in the product of 95.75 and .02554 ?

1. 5


2. 6


3. 7


4. None of these

Ans: (B)

Ques:20 In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there?

1. 50


2. 100


3. 150


4. 200

Ans: (C)

Reasoning Questions And Answers For Competitive Exams

Q - 1. In a certain code HOUSE is written as FTVPI, how is CHAIR written in that code?

1. DIBJS


2. SBJID


3. SHBGD


4. SJBID

Ans: (D)

Q - 2. How many meaningful words can be made from the letters AEHT, using each letter only once?

1. None


2. One


3. Two


4. Three

Ans: (C)

Q - 3. In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term.

8,   14,   26,   48,   98,   194,   386

1. 14


2. 48


3. 98


4. 194

Ans: (B)

Q -4. A long rope has to be cut to make 23 small pieces. If it is double folded to start with how many times does it need to be cut?

1. 9


2. 23


3. 11


4. 12

Ans: (C)

Q - 5. Introducing a boy, a girl said, "He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle." How is the boy related to the girl?

1. Brother


2. Nephew


3. Uncle


4. Son-in-law

Ans: (A)

Q - 6. If the digits of the number 5726489 are arranged in ascending order, how many digits will remain at the same position?

1. None


2. One


3. Two


4. Three

Ans: (D)

Q - 7. If blue means pink, pink means green, green means yellow, yellow means red and red means white then what is the color of turmeric?

1. green


2. yellow


3. red


4. pink

Ans: (C)

Q - 8. 120, 99, 80, 63, 48, ?

1. 35


2. 38


3. 39


4. 40

Ans: (A)

Q - 9. Mara runs faster than Gail.

Lily runs faster than Mara.

Gail runs faster than Lily.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

1. true


2. false


3. uncertain

Ans: (B)

Q - 10. The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago?

1. 71 years


2. 72 years


3. 74 years


4. 77 years

Ans: (A)

Q-11. BRISTLE : BRUSH

1. arm : leg


2. stage : curtain


3. recline : chair


4. key : piano

Ans: (D)

Q-12. An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of the total number of students took part in the fete ?

1. 2/13


2. 13/40


3. Data inadequate


4. None of these

Ans: (C)

Q-13. Which of the following means that N is the maternal uncle of M?

1. N β P - L + E - M


2. N - Y + A β M


3. M - Y * P – N


4. N β C + F * M

Ans: (A)

Q-14. JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, _____

1. OEP


2. NEO


3. MEN


4. PFQ

Ans: (B)

Q-15. 8 : 28 :: 27 : ?

1. 28


2. 8


3. 64


4. 65

Ans: (D)

Q-16. David gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per minute. At the same time, Albert gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building and rides down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If they continue travelling at these rates, then at which floor will their paths cross ?

1. 19


2. 28


3. 30


4. 37

Ans: (C)

Q-17. Which word does NOT belong with the others?

1. aorta


2. heart


3. liver


4. stomach

Ans: (A)

Q-18. If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become?

1. North-East


2. North-West


3. South-East


4. South-West

Ans: (C)

Q-19. Nitin's age was equal to square of some number last year and the following year it would be cube of a number. If again Nitin's age has to be equal to the cube of some number, then for how long he will have to wait?

1. 10 years


2. 38 years


3. 39 years


4. 64 years

Ans: (B)

Q-20. Here are some words translated from an artificial language.

hapllesh means cloudburst

srenchoch means pinball

resbosrench means ninepin

Which word could mean "cloud nine"?

1. leshsrench


2. ochhapl


3. haploch


4. haplresbo

Ans: (D)

Exam Preparation Tips

Written Exam Preparation Tips (Govt & Private Exams)

Written Exam Preparation Tips- Dear candidates, if you are going to do preparation for written exam of any competitive exam or entrance exam or applying to get any job, then you are came to right mode. We have some important tips for every applicants. Apply these tips and get success in your life definitely.


Preparation Material - The candidates must study from latest and update study materiel. The preparation books must cover the latest exam pattern and exam syllabus. Preparation books play a major role in any candidate success. Unsolved papers play an important role in written exam.

Exam Guide – Each exam has a special pattern such as number of questions in the exam, number of sections, exam duration, provision of negative marking or not, nature of exam (subjective/ objective or both). The candidate must consider all these factors in mind during his research and during giving the exam. Preparing yourself according to the exam pattern not according to the books will help you in attractive more marks.

Time- chart - A good time table will definitely increase the probability of success in any exam. Students should follow a pre planned time table and divide their study hours in different subjects and accordingly cover all the subjects and topics.

Significance of Revision – Students must take revision of concepts, chapters, formulas and definition is very much important. Generally students must keep revising their chapters with in every 2 months during their preparation.

Self - Preliminary notes- Self preparatory notes grow your confidence and build your basics more clear and strong. This will definitely increase your success in your exam.

Expert Supervision - Expert supervision is essential for any exam preparation, along with the expert guidance students must solve previous year papers and do some difficult test papers also.

During The Examination:

• First of all candidates should read carefully and follow all the instruction given in the exam paper.


• Students can solve the part which is easy to attempt by the students.


• Don't focus to any question for long time. If you became confused and jammed in then leave that question and go to another question.

Best of Luck for exam (y)

English Preparation Tips For Bank PO/Clerk & Other Competitive Exams

Preparation Tips for English in Competitive Exams

• You have to brush up on your English Grammar. Pay attention to the grammatical mistakes as they can change the meaning of the sentence.


• Practice and work hard on your General Knowledge and keep it updated time to time via reading books, magazine on current affairs and events.


• It is not so important that you must join a coaching centre for doing preparations for competitive exam. You can do your study by planning your study schedule in a proper manner.


• Candidate should make a habit of reading English newspaper on a regular basis particularly the editorial part. It helps in humanizing comprehension skills and better understanding of the language.


• Candidate must be attentive of the time factor and the need to plan out answering each section within a targeted time. Candidates having strong vocabulary may easily solve this section.


• The other important part in English is comprehension which helps you to score good in this subject. For descriptive part, work on writing skills by writing short notes on day to day topics for developing your skills of sentence formation and proper usage of grammar.


• It is not difficult to solve all questions of any exam. But it is difficult to solve all of them in a given time duration. You should distribute equal time to each section and more time should be given to the section or part in which you feel you are weak.


• You must take help from the previous year papers or mock test papers and Sample papers are easily available in market and try to solve them in given time period. These practices will improve your performance in the examination.

Question: Synonyms

1. CORPULENT

1. Lean


2. Gaunt


3. Emaciated


4. Obese

Ans-1) 4

2. BRIEF

1. Limited


2. Small


3. Little


4. Short

Ans-2) 4

3. EMBEZZLE

1. Misappropriate


2. Balance


3. Remunerate


4. Clear

Ans-3) 1

4. VENT

1. Opening


2. Stodge


3. End


4. Past tense of go

Ans-4) 1

5. AUGUST

1. Common


2. Ridiculous


3. Dignified


4. Petty

Ans-5) 3

Question- Sentence Correction

6. The small child does whatever his father was done.

1. has done


2. did


3. does


4. had done


5. No correction required

Ans-6) 3

7. You need not come unless you want to.

1. You don't need to come unless you want to


2. You come only when you want to


3. You come unless you don't want to


4. You needn't come until you don't want to


5. No correction required

Ans-7) 1

8. There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only

1. initials


2. signatures


3. pictures


4. middle names


5. No correction required

Ans-8) 1

9. The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.

1. to whom I sell


2. to who I sell


3. who was sold to


4. to whom I sold


5. No correction required

Ans-9) 4

10. They were all shocked at his failure in the competition.

1. were shocked at all


2. had all shocked at


3. had all shocked by


4. had been all shocked on


5. No correction required

Ans-10) 5

Question-One Word Substitutes

11-Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool

1. Imbecility


2. Senility


3. Dotage


4. Superannuation

Ans-11) 3

12. That which cannot be corrected

1. Unintelligible


2. Indelible


3. Illegible


4. Incorrigible

Ans-12) 4

13. The study of ancient societies

1. Anthropology


2. Archaeology


3. History


4. Ethnology

Ans-13) 2

14. A person of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power

1. Expert


2. Intellectual


3. Snob


4. Literate

Ans-14) 2

15. A person who insists on something

1. Disciplinarian


2. Stickler


3. Instantaneous


4. Boaster

Ans-15) 2

16. State in which the few govern the many

1. Monarchy


2. Oligarchy


3. Plutocracy


4. Autocracy

Ans-16) 2

17. A style in which a writer makes a display of his knowledge

1. Pedantic


2. Verbose


3. Pompous


4. Ornate

Ans-17) 1

18. List of the business or subjects to be considered at a meeting

1. Schedule


2. Timetable


3. Agenda


4. Plan

Ans-18) 3

19. Leave or remove from a place considered dangerous

1. Evade


2. Evacuate


3. Avoid


4. Exterminate

Ans-19) 2

20. A prima facie case is such

1. As it seems at first sight


2. As it is made to seem at first sight


3. As it turns out to be at the end


4. As it seems to the court after a number of hearings

Ans-20) 1

Nowadays almost all institutions and organizations conduct Competitive Exams for eliminating the rush and to select the best one among all the appliers.

These competitive exams either for any entrance in educational institute admissions or in job recruitment in any company, are designed to approach all the above mentioned aspects in candidates.

Many applicants feel difficulty while preparing for English subject. But with the help of Tips for Preparation for English in Competitive Exams you may do preparations properly so that you will be able to perform well in examination.

English subject in Competitive Exams is included as a core subject.  Through these competitive exams the organization evaluate the abilities of a candidate such as Subject knowledge, reasoning abilities, conceptual knowledge, English Grammar, memory power, English sentence making skills etc.

Maths - short cut tricks for square

In this post you learn some shortcut method related to square of number.here I will explain Some Tricks that improve your speed during calculation.

Trick 1: 2 Digit Number which ends in 5

Step 1: Multiply ten’s digit with its next number.
Step 2: Find square of unit’s digit. i.e.: Square of 5.
Step 3: Write answers of step 1 and step 2 to together or side by side.

Let’s take examples.  Find square of 45

Step 1:  =>    4 × ( 4 + 1 ) = 4 × 5 = 20
Step 2: = >   25  ( square of unit’s digit)
Step 3:  => (step 1) ( step 2)      Answer = 2025

Trick 2 : if you know square of the previous number.

Step 1: Find square of the previous number which is known.
Step 2: Multiply the number being squared by 2 and subtract 1.
Step 3: Add Step 1 and Step 2

Find square of 31.

Step 1 = > 30² = 900
Step 2 = >  (31 × 2) – 1 = 62 – 1 = 61
Step 3 = >  900 + 61 = 961

Trick 3 : Any two digit number square

Let’s say the number is two digit number. i.e. AB.
So B is units digit and A is tens digit.

Step 1: Find Square of B
Step 2: Find 2×A×B
Step 3: Find Square of A

Step 4 :Add carry from brackets right to left

Let’s take an example.

We want to find square of 37.

Step 1: Find square of 7.  Square of 7 = 49. So write 9 in the answer and 4 as carry to the second step.

Step 2: Find 2×(3×7)

        2 × (3 × 7) = 42.
42 + 4(Carry) = 46.

Step 3: Find square of 3

        Square of 3 = 9
9 + 4(Carry) = 13.
Write 13 in the answer.

        

        So the answer is 1369.

Basically in math form you can say

(n1n2)^2 = (n1)^2(2xn1xn2)(n2)^2

eg:
(42)^2 = (4)^2(2x4x2)(2)^2 = (16)(16)(4)

= > add carry from brackets right to left

 = (17)(6)(4) = 1764

Trick  4 : Square for number  From 31 to 50:

Find the square of 38.

Step 1 :  12 =50-38
Step 2 : Last 2 Digit :  Square of  12 = 144 =44 (1 Carry)
Step 3 : First 2 Digit:  25-12+1 =14

Final answer =1444 (First 2 Digit Last 2 Digit)
382=1444

Trick  5 : Square for number  From 51 to 80:

Find the Square of 62

Step 1 :  50+12 ( Yes, every time You have to think like this 50 + )
{If the number is 72 We will write 50+22}
Step 2 : Last 2 Digit : Square of 12 =144 = 44 ( 1 will be carry )
Step 3 : First 2 Digit : 25+12+1 =38
25 is constant number for every number 51-80 You have to add this!!
So our final result is 3844 (See First 2 Digit and Last 2 Digit above)
622 = 3844

Trick  6 : Square for number  From 81 to 100:

Find the square of 88

Step 1 : 88=100 -12 ( Yes 100-12 Only , not 50+38 or 80+8 )
{If the number is 92 then we have to think like 100-8}
Step 2 : Last 2 Digit : 122 = 144 = 44 (1 carry )
Step 3 : First 2 Digit : 88 - 12 + 1 =77

So our final Answer is 7744 (First 2 Digit Last 2 Digit)

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2. IRS officer KV Chowdary was appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).

3. Senior IPS Officer RC Tayal was appointed as the Director General of National Security Guard.

4. Syed Asif Ibrahim was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism.

5. Journalist and writer Aakar Patel appointed as Executive Director of Amnesty International India.

6. IAS officer G Gurucharan was given additional charge as Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards.

7. Archana Ramasundaram was appointed as the Director of National Crime Records Bureau.

8. Narendra Kumar Yadav took charge as CMD of telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited.

9. U P Singh was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil India Limited.

10. Prof Sanghmitra Bandyopadhayay was appointed as the Director of Indian Statistical Institute.

11. K Sivan was appointed as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.

12. P Kunhikrishnan was appointed as the Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

13. Meena Hemchandra was appointed as the Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India. As an ED, She will look after Department of Banking Supervision, Department of Co-operative Banking Supervision and Department of Non-Banking Supervision.

14. Muhammadu Buhari assumed the office of 5th President of Nigeria.

15. Former Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo was appointed as the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University, Bihar. Yeo will succeed Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

16. Veena Jain was appointed as Director General (news) in Doordarshan.

17. Pradeep Kumar Sinha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary to the Union Government. He succeeded Ajit Seth.

18. Distinguished Scientist G Satheesh Reddy was appointed as Scientific Advisor to Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.

19. Eminent scientist Dr. S Christopher was appointed as the Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

20. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in its 2nd Bi-Monthly monetary policy review cut repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.25 per cent from 7.5 per cent, third time this year.


21. Bank Rate – 8.25 % (Decreased 0.25%)


22. Cash Reserve Ratio – 4 % (Unchanged)


23. Statutory Liquidity Ratio – 21.5 % (Unchanged)


24. Repo Rate – 7.25 % (Decreased 0.25%)


25. Reverse Repo Rate – 6.25 % (Decreased 0.25%)


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21. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was selected for the 2015 World Food Prize.

22. Anisa Rasouli nominated as the first ever female Supreme Court judge of Afghanistan.

23. The Government of Mauritius designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as new President.

24. Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa was sworn-in as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. He became the 19th Governor of the state.

25. Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma was sworn-in as Governor of Mizoram.

26. Darshan Jain, an Indian-American teacher, US named for prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching by President Barack Obama.

27. Sanjeev Galande was selected for G D Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2014.

28. Veteran Writer Vishwanath Tripathi was selected for the 28th Moorti Devi Award for the year 2014 for his book Vyomkesh Darvesh.

29. The district administration of Nadia, West Bengal was on 26 June 2015 conferred with the United Nations Public Service Award 2015 for eliminating open defecation in the district.

30. The spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was conferred with the Columbia’s highest civilian award Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero (Order of the Democracy Simon Bolivar) by Columbia.

31. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was presented with the Space Pioneer award for the year 2015 in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada.

32. Uttarakhand’s Medical, Health and Family Welfare Minister Surendra Singh Negi was conferred with the World No Tobacco Day Award 2015 by the World Health Organsiation.

33. Super 30 founder and mathematician Anand Kumar was honoured by Legislature of British Columbia in Canada at Toronto University for his pioneering work in the field of education.

34. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two-day visit to Bangladesh from 6 June to 7 June 2015. The two nations signed, exchanged, adopted and handed 22 bilateral documents in Dhaka, including historical 1974 Land Boundary Agreement which would settle the 4096-kilometre-long border dispute. Modi along with her Bangladeshi Counterpart Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the Dhaka- Shillong-Guwahati and Kolkata-Dhaka-Tripura bus services.

35. Sepp Blatter resigned as President of FIFA amid the corruption scandal.

36. Matti Makkonen, the man responsible for conceiving the idea of short messaging service (SMS) technology, died.

37. The Great Wall of China, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was in news as Beijing Times published a survey report stating that around 30 percent of the Wall disappeared overtime and around 1185 km of the fortification are in poor condition.

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39.The place Tengnoupal in Manipur was in news as at least 20 Army personnel were killed and 16 others injured after a group of militants ambushed 6 Dogra Infantry Regiment.

40.Two Indian organizations Indian Army and Indian Railways are among the world's biggest employers, together employing around 2.7 million people, as per a research published by the World Economic Forum. Indian Railways was ranked at the eighth place in the list of world's biggest employers with 1.4 million staff. Immediately after Indian Railways is the Indian Armed Forces with 1.3 million people.

41. Institute for Economics and Peace released the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2015. Among these 162 countries, India was placed at the 143rd position, the same as 2014.

42. An unmanned American SpaceX rocket dubbed Falcon-9 broke apart in flames minutes after lifting off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 28 June 2015.

43. Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) first-ever Jan Aushadhi Generic Drug (JAGD) Store was inaugurated at its headquarters in IP Estate, New Delhi. The store will offer over 118 commonly used drugs at a 10 to 20 percent lesser price than market value.

44. G7 Summit 2015 was held at SchlossElmau in Bavaria, Germany from 7 June to 8 June 2015. This was the 41st G7 summit and the theme for the summit was Think Ahead. Act Together.

45. India by celebrating the first International Yoga Day in Rajpath, New Delhi created two Guinness World Records (GWRs) on 21 June 2015. The two records include participation of most individuals and individuals from the largest number of nationalities performing asanasat a single venue. Around 36 thousand participants performed asanas and 84 nationalities joined the official observation of International Yoga Day at Rajpath in New Delhi. The celebration at Rajpath was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who termed the venue as Yogpath. 192 countries celebrated the first International Yoga Day on 21 June 2015.

46. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh launched a weather alert service named NOWCAST. NOWCAST will be used to send SMS alerts on extreme weather data like hailstorm, thunderstorm and squall originated by India Meteorological Department (IMD) to over one crore farmers whose mobile numbers are registered on government’s mKisan portal.

47. Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) launched the country’s first consumer complaint mobile app named ASCI online. ASCI launched this consumer friendly app with an aim to address the issue of misleading advertisements.

48. Indian Railways rechristened Ahmedabad-Haridwar Mail Express also known as 'Haridwar Mail' as Yoga Express.

49. Union Government launched Mobile Blood Bank Locator App.

50. To provide security to those devotees taking part in the 59-day-long annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Army in first week of July 2015 launched Operation Shiva.

51. Exercise Ajeya Warrior is a joint exercise between the armies of India and UK. Exercise began on 13 June 2015 at Westdown Camp in Salisbury Plains Training Area, UK.

52. The term Magna Carta was in news as the Queen Elizabeth II of the UK inaugurated a ceremony to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. The ceremony took place at Runnymede near London where King John II sealed the original accord on 15 June 1215.

53. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were recently in news as they were resurrected in Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan via 3D light projection technology. The two statues of Standing Buddhas of Bamiyan, 115 ft and 174 ft tall respectively, were carved out of sandstone cliffs and stood at one point painted and gilded. These statues were destroyed in March 2001 by Taliban declaring it as false idols.

54. Cyclonic storm ASHOBAA was in news after it developed into a cyclonic storm from only a depression that formed over the Arabian Sea.

55. The Section 12(1)(d) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was in news as the Union Government filed a complaint under it against Maggi, owned by Nestle. Maggi noodles containing high levels of lead and Monosodium Glutamate (MSG).

56. The term Abraj Kudai was in news as it was described as the world’s biggest hotel set to open in 2017. Abraj Kudai is under construction in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

57. India’s maiden indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was undocked at the Cochin Shipyard in Kochi, Kerala.

58. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) set up an Expert Group headed by Dr. D Prabhakaran on Salt, Sugar and Fat in Indian Food Products.

59. Union Ministry of Finance constituted a Task Force headed by Dhirendra Swarup on Financial Redress Agency (FRA).

60. The Union Government formed a committee under the Chairperson-ship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to oversee the celebrations of 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, also called Bhim Jayanti which is annually celebrated on 14 April.

61. Union Ministry of Finance constituted a Committee on Revisiting and Revitalizing the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model of Infrastructure Development under the Chairmanship of Vijay Kelkar.

62. Book titled Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji authored by former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwariwas released.

63. The book Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination was compiled and introduced by Indian civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad and published by Tulika Books.

64. The book Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait was released. It was written by Dr Anna Suvorova of Russia.

65. A book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi titled Modi –Incredible emergence of a star written in Chinese language by Tarun Vijay was in news as one copy of the book was given to Vice-President M Hamid Ansari.

66. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a book titled Education of Muslims: An Islamic Perspective of Knowledge and Education – Indian Context edited by Professor JS Rajput.

67. The book Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy was written by Saptarshi Sarkar and was published in April 2015 by Harper Collins India.

68. Booker Prize awardee Amitav Ghosh released his new novel Flood of fire.

69. Greece became the first developed nation to default on International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt. It became a defaulter after it missed the deadline for payment of 1.7 billion dollar (1.5 billion euro) to IMF. The Eurozone Finance Ministers refused to extend its bailout to Greece after it rejected the proposal given by the troika viz., International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission (EC) and European Central Bank (ECB).

70. The Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to re-promulgate the contentious land acquisition ordinance a third time.

71. Central government came out with its much-awaited draft gold monetisation scheme with an aim to bring household and institutionally held gold within circulation. As per the draft guidelines, minimum gold deposit is proposed at 30 gms for a minimum period of one year and the interest earned on it would be exempt from income tax as well as capital gains tax.

72. PM Narendra   Modi government   approved   Rs 4,318.28 crore for constructing roads and basic amenities at two industrial regions in Gujarat and Maharashtra under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project.

73. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a new production line in Hoshangabad to manufacture currency paper and would ensure high-denomination notes are printed on locally-made paper. Currently, currency notes of larger denominations are printed on imported paper though ink used is mostly produced within the country. With the development of new facilities at Hoshangabad and also Mysore, it would be possible to produce currency printing paper in adequate quantity to meet the need of the nation.

74. Hyderabad House, Vigyan Bhawan and Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan have topped the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) ratings, leaving behind Rashtrapati Bhawan among the 49 government buildings in the capital that were screened for overall cleanliness.

75. Over one-third of Indian population living in rural areas is illiterate, according to the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011. Around 64 per cent of the rural Indian population is literate, the Census data showed. Rajasthan leads the pack of illiterate states with 47.58 per cent of its population falling in that category, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 44.19 per cent of its people in rural areas being illiterate. Bihar is at the third place with 43.85 per cent and followed by newly carved state Telangana with 40.42 per cent population belonging to this category. However, the most literate state of Kerala has only 11.38 per cent population falling under the illiterate category. After Kerala, Goa has the least illiterate population with 15.42 per cent and Sikkim at the third spot with 20.12 per cent.

76. The disinvestment department plans to sell 15 per cent stake in Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL), 10 per cent each in Oil India (OIL) and Engineers India (EIL) and 5 per cent each in NTPC and Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL).

77. Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states with highest mobile penetration in rural areas, while Naxal-affected Chhattisgarh finds its place at the bottom. In UP, 86.63 per cent households have mobile handsets, while only 28.47 per cent households in Chhattisgarh own the device.

78. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that the Cabinet has approved funds amounting to Rs 50,000 crore over the five years to ensure that the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana is a success.

79. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, J.P. Nadda launched a voice-based web portal for 24/7 toll-free health services. The NHP Voice Web is a 24/7 toll free helpline (1800-180-1104) wherein the caller can get authentic health information on various topics.

80. Narendra Modi government has allocated Rs 200 crore for three years to set up an online national agriculture market by integrating 585 wholesale markets across India — a move that would help farmers realise better prices.

81. The Digital India initiative, launched by PM Narendra Modi, could potentially translate into a business opportunity of $3-4 billion annually for the Indian IT industry. In a show of support towards the government’s Digital India push, members of India Inc announced a total investment of Rs 4.5 lakh crore towards various projects which their companies would be undertaking in the next few years. It is estimated that the various projects and initiatives unveiled by the government and the private sector companies would offer employment to over 18 lakh people in the next five to 10 years while driving digital inclusion throughout the country.

82. The United States and Cuba formally agreed to restore diplomatic ties that had been severed for 54 years.

83. Government gave three months time till September 30 for people to declare their undisclosed foreign income and assets to escape prosecution under the new black money law, while tax and penalty on such funds can be paid till December 31. Those availing the one-time ‘compliance window’ would be required to pay a tax of 30 per cent and a penalty of a similar amount. Under the new black money law, which has been passed by Parliament and would come into force from April 1, 2016, the penalty would be much higher at 90 per cent, in addition to a 30 per cent tax on undisclosed foreign assets, while such persons would also face criminal prosecution with a jail term of up to ten years.

84. The World Bank approved $650 million towards loans for the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) to facilitate faster and more efficient movement of goods between northern and eastern parts of India. The Eastern Corridor is 1,840 km long and extends from Ludhiana to Kolkata.

85. India was among the 50 founding countries that signed an agreement providing the legal framework for the China-led USD 100 billion multilateral Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The AIIB will have authorised capital of USD 100 billion, and Asian countries will contribute to up to 75 per cent of the total capital. Each member will be allocated a share of the quota based on their economic size. China, India and Russia are the three largest shareholders, taking a 30.34 per cent, 8.52 per cent, 6.66 per cent stake, respectively. Their voting shares are calculated at 26.06 per cent, 7.5 per cent and 5.92 per cent.

86. The government plans to double trade with Pacific Alliance member nations like Mexico, Peru, Chile and Colombia to $30 billion by 2019.

88. A sub-committee of the Niti Ayog comprising state chief ministers reached a broad consensus on bringing down the number of centrally sponsored schemes to 30 from 66. Flagship schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and the National Food Security Mission would continue even after the restructuring of schemes starting 2016-17. The panel chaired by Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

89. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is expected to elevate India and Pakistan as full-fledged members in next BRICS summit, to be held in Russia’s Ufa, which coincides with the SCO meeting.

90. The Centre has raised the national floor-level minimum wages (NFLMW) to Rs 160 per day from Rs 137.

91. Centre will give Rs 1 lakh per house for slum development and an interest support of 6.5% to ease the EMI burden of the urban housing scheme beneficiary. States will have the full flexibility in formulation, approval and execution of the public-private partnership projects under the schemes — Smart Cities, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut) and Housing for All by 2022 in urban areas. The guidelines common to all the three missions include the objective criteria for selection of cities and allocation of funds. Under the schemes, 100 Smart Cities, 500 cities under the urban transformation mission and two-crore affordable houses for the urban poor under the Housing for All project would be constructed. The ‘housing for all’ mission is to be implemented in 4,041 cities or towns. Each selected city for the smart city development will get a central assistance of Rs 100 crore a year, while under Amrut, allocation of funds will be as per urban population and number of cities/towns in the state. Also, 10% of energy needs of smart cities need to be met from renewable sources, 80% of building construction to be green and 35% of housing in greenfield projects need be for economically weaker sections. For smart city creation, states and urban local bodies will set up special purpose vehicles with equal stake. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), ownership of houses would be in the name of woman or jointly with husband.

92. The Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has notified an order to make the Universal Account Number (UAN) mandatory for all employers covered under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952.

93. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete held delegation level talks in New Delhi.

94. The second round of the United Nations negotiations on climate change have concluded in Bonn, Germany.

95. The much-awaited Bibek Debroy committee report on the restructuring of Indian Railways lays down a five-year roadmap to evolve a statutory rail regulator and scrap the Rail Budget.

96. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju as the nodal minister of MoRTH has approved a sum of Rs 10 crore as immediate relief for Arunachal Pradesh.

97. Sri Lanka has invited former Indian President A P J Abdul Kalam as chief guest at a power and energy conference to be held in Colombo on June 26 and 27.

98. The Cabinet has approved the signing of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement for the regulation of passenger, personal and cargo vehicular traffic amongst BBIN.

99. A two member mission of the World Bank Group is on a two day-visit to India to collect data and information for Doing Business Report, 2016. The members are Nadine Abi-Chakra and Baria Nabil Daye. India ranked 142 among 189 nations in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2015 report.

100. Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu announced that Jind and Karnal districts of Haryana and Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh have been included in the National Capital Region (NCR).

102. Bangladesh has offered to establish two Special Economic Zones in Mongla and Bheramara for Indian companies. Opening its insurance sector, Bangladesh handed over consent letter by Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to start operations in the country.

103. On PM Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh visit, India and the neighbouring country signed 22 agreements and MoUs for co-operation in areas of trade, investment, education, climate change and Information and Communication Technology. Besides the landmark exchange of Instruments of Ratification of 1974 Land Boundary Agreement.

104. Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Power and Adani Power signed separate memorandums of understanding with state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).

105. RBI said banks can start using the strategic debt restructuring (SDR) scheme, which will allow them to acquire a 51% stake or more in stressed companies. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had given its nod to the scheme earlier this year, allowing banks to convert debt into equity at a price that was fair but not below the face value.

106. The effective incidence of service tax on food bill in air conditioned restaurants will go up to 5.6 per cent as against 4.94 per cent previously. The increased incidence follows government raising service tax rate from 12.36 per cent to 14 per cent with effect from June 1. Air conditioned hotels and restaurants attract a service tax on 40 per cent of the billed amount.

107. India has decided to buy only 36 Rafale fighter jets scrapping the earlier plan to acquire 126 of the French aircraft on grounds of huge cost.

108. The controversial land ordinance was re-promulgated for the third time with President Pranab Mukherjee giving his assent.

109. Four Indians are among the world’s 100 most powerful women who are “transforming the world”, according to the Forbes’ 12th annual list, which is topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya (30), ICICI bank head Chanda Kochhar (35), Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (85) and HT Media Chair Shobhana Bhartia (93), and two women of Indian-origin — PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi (15) and Cisco Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior (84) — make the list.

110. India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194 million, surpassing China, according to United Nations annual hunger report.

111. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed to introduce a separate category of semi-closed Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) for Mass Transit System (PPI-MTS). The PPI-MTS can be used within the mass transit systems and will have a minimum validity of six months from date of issue. Such PPIs will be re-loadable instruments subject to an outstanding limit of Rs.2,000 at any point of time, RBI suggested in a draft circular for public comments.

112. President Pranab Mukherjee arrived In Stockholm on the first leg of his five-day state visit to Sweden and Belarus.

113. Bangladesh is set to honour former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his outstanding support for the country’s independence from Pakistan in 1971 when he was a Lok Sabha member. Bangladesh will hand over Vajpayee’s “Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the country from June 6.

114. State-run operator BSNL will not charge mobile phone users for incoming calls when on roaming from June 15 onwards.

115. India and Belarus decided to work together on defence and security issues as President Pranab Mukherjee met his Belarusian counterpart and agreed on a 17-point road map aimed at strengthening mutual trust and confidence.

116. India joined the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information. The target is to reach 94 countries by 2017.

117. India and the Netherlands will collaborate on fighting terror and cyber crime and have decided to set up a joint working group on counter terrorism. This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after his meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte who is in India on a two-day visit.

118. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu took the first concrete step towards building a new capital for Andhra Pradesh, performing the bhoomi puja for “a world class capital city named Amaravati after the mythological City of the Gods.”

119. As Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s membership of the European Union at a summit later this month, more than 50 Conservative party members of Parliament have said that they will vote to leave the EU if the Prime Minister does not achieve the autonomy from the EU they seek. In his election campaign, Mr. Cameron had promised far-reaching treaty change with the EU and an ‘in-out’ referendum on its membership of the European body to be held before 2017.

120. ICICI Bank appointed M. K. Sharma as the non-executive Chairman of the Board for a period of five years, in place of K. V. Kamath.

121. To ease pressure during peak hours, the Railways has decided to stagger booking of Tatkal tickets by allowing reservations in AC class from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and non-AC class from 11 a.m.

122. U.S. President Barack Obama approved the deployment of up to 450 more U.S. military personnel to Iraq, in a bid to reverse gains by the Islamic State group. The White House said the forces will take part in an already 3,000-strong U.S. mission to “train, advise, and assist” Iraqi army and Sunni tribal fighters.

123. African leaders signed a potentially historic 26-nation free trade pact to create a common market spanning half the continent from Cairo to Cape Town.

124. The Maharahstra government has made the teaching of English, Maths, Science and Social Science mandatory in all madrasas that seek grants from the State.

125. Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive of the media-entertainment conglomerate 21st Century Fox and hand the job to his son James, CNBC television reported.

126. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to permit non-resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the chit funds without limit on a non-repatriation basis. The subscription to chit funds, however, should come through the normal banking channel, including through an account maintained with a bank in India, the apex bank said.

127. The Union government has launched an insurance pool of Rs. 1,500 crore, mandatory under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act to offset the financial burden on foreign nuclear suppliers in case of an accident. The pool has been set up by General Insurance Corporation of India and 11 other non-life insurers, including New India, Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and United India Insurance, from the public

128. MLA Kapil Mishra was sworn in as a Cabinet minister in the Delhi government and given charge of the Law Department.

129. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will flight test an indigenously developed re-usable satellite launch vehicle for the first time this September.

130. Mt. Everest moved 40 cm to the northeast during the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal.

131. The banking system as a whole has been witnessing higher level of non-performing assets (NPA). State-run banks continue to report higher bad loans and the gross non-performing assets as on March 31, 2015, stood at 5.17 per cent.

132. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. plans to set up 40,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country in three years at a cost of Rs. 6,000 crore to provide seamless Internet connectivity.

133. An Egyptian court upheld a death sentence against ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsy for plotting jailbreaks and attacks on police during the country’s 2011 uprising.

134. Russia’s military this year alone will receive over 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of piercing any missile defences, President Vladimir Putin said.

135. Asian Development Bank proposes to increase lending to India by almost 50 per cent to $12 billion by 2018, ADB President Takehiko Nakao said.

136. Microfinance company, Bandhan Financial Services Ltd, said that it got the final nod from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a universal bank. The bank is planned for launch in Kolkata — the city where Bandhan is headquartered — on August 23. Mr. Ghosh also said that the new Bank would start operations in 27 States with around 500 to 600 bank branches and 10 million customers at its launch. Further all the existing microfinance businesses of the NBFC and the clients would be transferred to the new bank.

137. James Horner, celebrated composer of musical scores for several smash-hit movies, including Titanic and Avatar , died in a plane crash at the age of 61.

138. In a “historic” decision, the Samajwadi Party government has renamed the Lucknow Prani Udyan, popularly known as Lucknow Zoo, as “Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan, Lucknow”.

139. The Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) completed its 100th orbit around Mars.

140. The Union Cabinet cleared the proposal for the setting up of six new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country. The new IIMs will be located at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha) and Amritsar (Punjab).

141. Australia announced that it would join the new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founding member. The bank already has 57 prospective members.

142. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the date for the public to exchange their pre-2005 banknotes till December 31, 2015.

143. New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the BRICS Bank, is expected commence operations and start financing projects by April 2016, said its first President K.V. Kamath at the CII National Council Meeting.

Reasoning Preparation Tips | Logical Reasoning (Bank, IBPS, Cat, BitsatExam)

How to prepare for logical aptitude test

• The logical reasoning tests are designed to measure the ability of the contenders to draw the logical statement or arguments.


• Candidates who are preparing for any of the competitive exam or entrance test like Bank, CAT, BITSAT, SSC etc. they need to have complete knowledge about logical reasoning. It is an important section to clear in exam.


• Logical reasoning aptitude tests are timed. You should allow around 30 seconds for each test question. To master your logical aptitude test, you must be familiar with all the ins and outs of your spatial aptitude test.


• Typically, you will have easier test questions at the beginning. The level of difficulty of the questions will increase as the test progresses.


• There is only one correct answer


• Aspirants may also take help from the online mock tests and previous year practice sets.


• It is most important to make sure that you practice the right test questions for the aptitude test.


• there are several types of spatial aptitude test questions, each designed to match a different level of difficulty and complexity, the right test questions are essential for an successful practice.


• Do not waste your time on time consuming sites; don’t practice the generic spatial tests that are offered free on many websites, as they are likely to waste your time.

Latest Current News & Affairs

What is a logical reasoning test?

A logical reasoning test is a form of psychometric testing that is widely used by mutual employers to help candidates through their recruitment process.

Logical reasoning tests generally non-verbal content, need candidates to interpret and manipulate shapes, numbers and patterns. Sometimes logical reasoning tests are given a more definite name:

• Inductive reasoning


• Diagrammatic reasoning


• Abstract reasoning

Contenders who are preparing for the logical reasoning they can take help from the reasoning books which are available in market at very low cost. Aspirants may also do their preparation with online tests and practice sets.

First in India (Male)

First in India	Names
First Governor of Bengal	Lord Clive
First Governor General of Bengal	Warren Hastings
First Governor General of India	Lord William Bentic
First Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
First President of Indian National Congress	W. C. Banerjee
First Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayab Ji
First Governor General of Independent India	Lord Louis mountbatten
First Indian Governor General of Independent India	C. Rajagopalachari
First Indian ICS officer	Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Indian to pass ICS Exam	Surendra Nath Banerjee
First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space)	Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
First Commander in chief of Free India	General K. M. Cariappa
First Indian Noble Laureate	Rabindra Nath Tagore
First Indian Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Nath
First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
First Field Marshal	General S. F. J. Manekshaw
First Indian to swim across the English Channel	Mihir Sen
First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award	G. Shankar Kurup
First Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
First Speaker of Lok sabha	G. V. Mavlankar
First President of Independent India	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First Vice-President of Independent India	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
First Prime Minister of Independent India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Home Minister of Independent India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai patel
First Education Minister of Independent India	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
First Chief of Air Staff	Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
First Indian Sir Chief of India	Air Marshal S. Mukherjee
First Chief of Army Staff	General M. Rajendra Singh
First Chief of Naval Staff of India	Vice Admiral R. D. Katari
First person to get Paramvir Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
First Indian Scientist to get Nobel price	C. V. Raman
First Chinese pilgrim to visit India	Fa – Hien
First Indian to win Magasysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
First Minister to resign from Indian Union Cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
First British to visit India	Hawkins
First Election Commissioner of India	Sukumar Sen
First Chief Justice of India	Hiralal J Kania
First Foreigner to get Bharat Ratna Award	Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
First Indian to get Nobel prize in Economics	Dr. Amratya Sen
First Test Tube Baby of India	Indira (Baby Harsha)
First Indian Pilot	J R D Tata
First Indian to Reach Antarctica	Lt. Ram Charan
First Deputy Prime Minister of India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office	Morarji Desai
First Indian Prime Minister to loose an election	Indira Gandhi
First President of India to die in office	Dr. Zakir Hussain
First Indian to reach South Pole	Col I. K. Bajaj
First India recipient of Oscar Award	Bhanu Athaiya

General Awareness for competitve exams

• What is current CRR Rate - 4%


• How much % SLR cut down in monetary policy - 0.5%


• Minimum paid-up capital for payment banks – Rs 100 Crore


• Which organisation gives loan to landless farmer- NABARD


• Who is Tony Abott – Prime Minister of Australia


• Who is the minister of Ministry of Home Affairs - Rajnath Singh


• Who is Civil aviation Minister - Ashok Gajapati Raju


• Which state ban wearing dhoti in parliament- Tamil Nadu


• Which state has large number of tigers- Karnataka


• BRICS bank head office will be located in which country- Shangai, China


• “Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan” a book is written by- Daman Singh


• In India economic condition are measured after - 5 yrs


• Rainfall density is highest in which state- Cherrapunji, Meghalaya


• Who is the head of UNESCO - Irina Bokova


• Ban Ki -moon is the Secretary-General of – UN


• Which country is helping India for Ganga rejuvenation – Japan


• According to Union budget 2014-15, Agricultural university will open in which state – Andhra Pradesh & Rajasthan


• Governor of U.P – Ram Naik


•  Lab To Land is a initiative of which Ministry - Ministry of Rural Development


• What is the age limit for voting right- 18 years


•  ISIS is active in which state – Iraq


• Mars Orbiter Mission, informally called - Mangalyaan


• What is HAL Dhruv - It is a utility helicopter developed and manufactured by India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.


•  Gandhi Nagar is the capital of which state- Gujarat


•  Nalanda university is located in which state –Bihar


• Telangan’s state brand ambassador- Sania Mirza


• Human Development index 2014 topped by which country - Norway


• Capital of Maldives- Male


• Bangkok is the capital of which country- Thailand


• Jitu Rai is associated with - Shooting


• What is the rank of India in CWG 2014 games medal tally– Fifth


•  Parupalli Kashyap is related to with which game - Badminton


• K. Sanjita chanu belongs from which state - Manipur


• Tiger wood is related with which game- Golf


• Novok Djokovic is related to which game - Tennis


• Bharat Bill Payment System - "any where any time payment system"


• FDI in insurance sector - 49%


• Proposed number of IIMs in Union Budget – 5


• Serena Williams related to – Tennis


• How many gold medals India got in commonwealth games – 15


• Paran Kumar related to which field – Cartoonist


• Kuchipudi is a classical dance of : Andhra Pradesh


• AIMA Entrepreneur of the year: Mr Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Chairman and Managing Director, Bandhan Financial Services.


• International Day against drug abuse- June 26


• Textile join hand with for handloom weavers: Flipkart


• India to give grant of $1 million for construction of cricket stadium in: Kandhaar, Afghanistan


• Paragliding world cup will be held in: Kangara, HP


•  In which city of Japan Mou signed for making Varanasi smart city – Kyoto


• Minister of Parliamentary affairs state – Prakash Javadekar


• Minimum pension under EPFO: Rs 1000


• According Census 2011 which state has highest population: Uttar Pradesh


• Which Metro city celebrated its 375th anniversary: Chennai


• Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rural Mission: stop migration from rural areas to cities


• Go India Smart Card by: Northern Railways


•  Teenage Swimmer USA Create World Record: Katie Ledecky


• Playing It My Way Book Autobiography of : Sachin Tendulkar


•  BASIC Countries- Brazil South Africa, India and China


• Full form of DTAA- Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement


• Which of the bank has been featured in Forbes Asia's FAB 50 list of 2014: Axis Bank


• Total Number of Rajya Sabha seats: 250


• Totals seats for Uttar Pradesh for elections: 80


• India nuclear deal with country- Australia


• Who is Sumitra Mahajan: Lok Sabha Speaker


•  How many seats does BJP won in U.P: 71


• Usain Bolt represent which country: Jamaica


• In the 4th test with England how many Indian batsman gone to duck: Six


• Vinod Kumar Duggal resigned as a governor from which state: Manipur


• Virbhadra Singh is the chief minister of which state: Himachal Pradesh


• India won how many gold, Silver, Bronze respectively in common wealth: 15,30,19


• Full form of ETF: Exchange Traded Fund


•  RuPay card is launched by: National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)


• Jan Dhan Yojna Insurance cover – Rs 1 Lakh


•  Libya’s currency – Dinar


• RBI’s new deputy governor - SS Mundra


• Red cross day - 8th May


•  Sunidhi chauhan got dada saheb phalke award for which song - 'Kamli' from 'Dhoom 3'


•  Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) cabinet minister – Kalraj Mishra


•  Chacha Chauhary’s author – Pran Kumar Sharma


•  Eco tourism and Education tourism in railway announced for - North East States


• 95th Independence Day celebrated by which country – Afghanistan


•  Name of transaction in which we doesn’t swipe card, but use details of card – Online transaction


• Which agency set standards for individual customers and SME: BCSBI


• IIEST full form - Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology


• Ragala venkat Rahul related to which game – Weightlifter


• Which film directed by Richard Attenbourgh and got Academy Award: Gandhi


•  India’s first Indigenous anti submarine – Kamorta


• Drug for ebola virus - ZMapp

History of India

First Women in the history of India

India’s First Woman Railway Driver : Surekha Shankar Yadav

India’s First Woman Tabla Maestro : Dr. Aban Mistry

India’s First Recognized Billionth : Citizen Astha

India’s First Woman Airbus Pilot : Durba Banerjee

First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha : V. S. Rama Devi

First Indian Woman To Win Magsasay Award : Kiran Bedi

First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets : Diana Eduljee

First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force : Nita Ghose

First Indian Woman To Complete Her MBBS : Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888

First Woman Cheif Engineer : P. K. Tresia Nanguli

First Indian Woman At Antarctica : Meher Moos In 1976

First Woman Foriegn Minister : Lakshmi N. Menon

First Woman Commercial Pilot : Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways

First Woman Sahitya Award Winner : Amrita Pritam

First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress : Dr. Ashima Chatterjee

First Woman To Win WTA Tennis Tournament : Sania Mirza

First Chief Justice Of Mumbai High Court : Justice Sujaata B Manohar

First Indian Woman Advocate : Regina Guha

First Indian Woman Barrister : Cornotia Sorabji

First Woman Surgeon : Dr. Prema Mukherjee

First Woman To Get Arjun Award : N. Lumsden (1961)

First Woman Chairman Of Bank: Tarzani Vakil

First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission : Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak

First Indian Woman To Receive Asiad Gold Medal : Kamalji Sandhu

First Woman Speaker Of State Assembly : Mrs. Shano Devi

First Actress In The Indian Cinema : Devika Rani

First Woman Finger Prints Expert In India : Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal

First Woman Doordarshan News Reader : Pratima Puri

First Indian Woman To Reach In Olympic Games : Sini Abrahim

First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award : Dr. Amrita Patel

First Indian Woman IAS Officer : Anna George

First Woman President Of Student’s Union : Anju Sachdeva of Delhi University

First Woman Chairperson Of Rajya Sabha : Violet Alva In 1962.

Profit and Loss shortcut tricks and concept

As we all know profit and loss question is the very import part of any competitive exam. Math is not hard to study but we need to score more in less time so we need shortcut and tricks to solve them. here we discussed  the shortcut tricks with proper explanation. This will not only make you understand it better but will also let you complete the questions in lesser time.

Cost Price-The price at which an article is purchased is called its cost price (C.P.)
Selling Price-The price at which the article is sold is called its selling price (S.P.)

Loss = C.P. - S.P.

Gain% = {Gain*100}/{C.P.}
Loss% = {Loss*100}/{C.P.}

When there are two successive Profit of x % and y % then the resultant profit per cent is given by [x + y+ (x*y/100)]
If there is a Profit of x% and loss of y % in a transaction, then the resultant profit or loss% is given by [x – y - (x*y/100)]
If a cost price of m articles is equal to the selling Price of n articles, then Profit percentage
(m-n)/n×100%

If cost price of 'a' articles is equal to the selling price of 'b' articles, then profit percentage
= (a – b)/b  × 100%
Example If cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 18 articles, then profit percentage.
Soln. Given that a = 20, b = 18
According to formula,
Profit % = (20 – 18)/18  × 100%
= 2/18  × 100% = 100/9  = 11 1/9 %

If a shopkeeper sells his goods at a% loss on cost price but uses b g instead of c g. then, his percentage profit or loss is
= [ (100 – a) c – 100 ]/b %
As sign positive or negative.
Example If a dealer sells goods at 6% loss on cost price but uses 14 g instead of 16 g. what is his percentage profit or loss?
Soln. Given that a = 6%, b = 14 g, C = 16g
According to formula,
Required answer = [ (100 – 6) 16 – 100 ] %
14
= ( 752 – 700 ) /7% = 52/7 % = 7 3/7 % gain
+ve sign shows that there is a gain.

Computer knowledge questions - General Knowledge

1) Which of the following is an input device?

A. Mouse
B. Keyboard
C. Scanner
D. All the above

Answer : D.

2) The set of instructions that tells the computer what to do is

A. Softcopy
B. Software
C. Hardware
D. Hardcopy
Answer : B.

3) Which of the following stores more data?

A. DVD
B. CD ROM
C. Floppy Disk
D. CD RW
Answer : A.

4) ---- is the heart of the computer and this is where all the computing is done.

A. Keyboard
B. Monitor
C. Central Processing Unit
D. Printer
Answer : C.

5) One byte is equival to

A. 8 bit
B. 16 bit
C. 32 bit
D. 64 bit
Answer : A.

6) To move forward through the tabs

A. CTRL+TAB
B. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
C. SHIFT+TAB
D. None of these
Answer : A.

7) Personal computers can be connected together to form a

A. server
B. network
C. supercomputer
D. enterprise
Answer : B.

8) Choose the smallest memory size

A. kilobyte
B. megabyte
C. gigabyte
D. terabyte
Answer : A.

9) The steps and tasks needed to process data, such as responses to questions or clicking an icon, are called:

A. instructions
B. operating system
C. application software
D. system unit
Answer : A.

10) The operating system is the most common type of ____________ software.

A. system
B. communication
C. application
D. word-processing
Answer : A.
11) The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminals computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called:

A. simulation
B. animation
C. robotics
D. computer forensics.
Answer : D.

12) The base of the hexadecimal number system is

A. 2
B. 8
C. 10
D. 16
Answer : D.

13) Computer software includes

A. Packaged programs
B. Application programs
C. Operating system programs
D. All of these
Answer : D.

14) The Operating System Manages

A. Processes
B. Memory
C. Disks and I/O devices
D. All of the above
Answer : D.

15) Allocation of a resources in a time dependent manner to several program simultaneously called

A. multi user
B. multi tasking
C. time sharing
D. None of these.
Answer : C.

16) Data that are accumulated and processed in group called

A. Group processing
B. Batch Processing
C. Time sharing
D. None of these.
Answer : B.

17) Multiprocessing supports more then one_____ at the same time

A. User
B. Process
C. Hardware
D. None of these.
Answer : B.

18) Which of the following are true about firewalls?

A. Follows a set of rules
B. Can be either a hardware or software device
C. Filters network traffic
D. All the above
Answer : D.

19) What are the four things needed to connect to the Internet?

A. Monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem
B. Telephone line, PDA, modem and computer
C. Telephone line, modem, computer, and an ISP
D. Modem, computer, PDA and ISP
Answer : C.

20) 1024 bytes equals:

A. 1 KB
B. 1 MB
C. 1 GB
D. 1 TB
Answer : A.

Indian Geography and World Geography

1) Which is the difference between asteroids and comets?
1. Asteroids are small rocky planetoids, while comets are formed of frozen gases held together by rocky and metallic material.
2. Asteroids are found mostly between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, while comets are found mostly between Venus and Mercury.
3. Comets show a perceptible glowing tail, while asteroids do not.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer : B.

2) Which one of the following can one come across if one travels through the Strait of Malacca

A. Bali
B. Brunei
C. Java
D. Singapore
Answer : D.

3) Which one of the following is the appropriate reason for considering the Gondwana rocks as most important of rock systems of India?

A. More than 90% of limestone reserves of India are found in them.
B. More than 90% of India’s coal reserves are found in them.
C. More than 90% of fertile black cotton soils are spread over them.
D. None of the reasons given above is appropriate in this context.

Answer : B.

4) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (City to River)

A. Berlin : Rhine
B. London : Thames
C. New York : Hudson
D. Vienna : Danube
Answer : A.

5) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (Dam / Lake to River)

A. Govind Sagar - Satluj
B. Kolleru Lake - Krishna
C. Ukai Reservoir - Tapi
D. Wular Lake - Jhelum

Answer : B.

6) Which one of the following rivers does not originate in India?

A. Beas
B. Chonab
C. Ravi
D. Sutlej
Answer : D.

7) With reference to the mineral sources of India, consider the following pairs:
Mineral 90% National Sources in
1. Copper — Jharkhand
2. Nickel — Orissa
3. Tungsten — Kerala
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

A. 1 and 2 only
B. 2 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3

Answer : B.

8) With reference to the river Luni, which one of the following statements is correct?

A. It flows into Gulf of Khambhat.
B. It flows into Gulf of Kuchchh.
C. It flows into Pakistan and merges with a tributary of Indus.
D. It is lost in the marshy land of the Rann of Kuchchh.

Answer : D.

9) Which one of the following pairs of countries fought wars over a region called Ogaden?

A. Eritrea and Sudan
B. Ethiopia and Somalia
C. Kenya and Somalia
D. Ethiopia and Sudan

Answer : B.

10) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A. Japan : Nikkei
B. Singapore : Shcomp
C. UK : FTSE
D. USA : Nasdaq

Answer : B.
11) A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics:
1. Warm and dry climate.
2. Mild and wet winter.
3. Evergreen oak trees.
The above features are the distinct characteristics of which one of the following regions?

A. Mediterranean
B. Eastern China
C. Central Asia
D. Atlantic coast of North America
Answer : A.

12) A layer in the Earth’s atmosphere called Ionosphere facilitates radio communication. Why?
1. The presence of ozone causes the reflection of radio waves to Earth.
2. Radio waves have a very long wavelength.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : D.

13) A state in India has the following characteristics:
1. Its northern part is arid and semi-arid.
2. Its central part produces cotton.
3. Cultivation of cash crops is predominant over food crops.
Which one of the following states has all of the above characteristics?

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Karnataka
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer : B.

14) Among the following States, which one has the most suitable climatic conditions for the cultivation of a large variety of orchids with minimum cost of production, and can develop an export oriented industry in this field?

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Uttar Pradesh
Answer : B.

15) As a result of their annual survey, the National Geographic Society and an international polling firm Globe Scan gave India top rank in Greendex 2009 score. What is this score?

A. It is a measure of efforts made by different countries in adopting technologies for reducing carbon footprint?
B. It is a measure of environmentally sustainable consumer behaviour in different countries.
C. It is an assessment of programmes / schemes undertaken by different countries for improving the conservation of natural resources.
D. It is an index showing the volume of carbon credits sold by different countries.
Answer : B.

16) At which one of the following places do two important rivers of India originate, while one of them flows towards north and merges with another important river flowing towards Bay of Bengal, the other one flows towards Arabian Sea?

A. Amarkantak
B. Badrinath
C. Mahabaleshwar
D. Nasik
Answer : A.

17) Between India and East Asia, the navigation-time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following?
1. Deepening the Malacca straits between Malaysia and Indonesia.
2. Opening a new canal across the Kra isthmus between the Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer : C.

18) Cape Canaveral, the site from which space shuttles are launched is located on the coast of

A. Florida
B. Virginia
C. North Carolina
D. South Carolina
Answer : A.

19) Consider the following countries:
1. Switzerland
2. Malta
3. Bulgaria
Which of the above are members of European Union?

A. 1 and 2 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer : B.

20) Consider the following pairs:
Protected Area Well Known for
1. Bhiterkanika, Orissa — Salt Water Crocodile
2. Desert National Park, Rajasthan — Great Indian Bustard
3. Eravikulam, Kerala — Hootak Gibbon
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer : B.