Current Affairs October 5, 2017

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INDIAN AFFAIRS

Prime Minister inaugurates Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in New Delhi
On 4^th October 2017, Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.Golden Jubilee Celebrations of ICSI:
i. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India celebrated Golden Jubilee, to mark the completion of 50 years.
ii. Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi inaugurated the Golden Jubilee and also launched the motto song of the institute.
iii. The institute was initially set up as not-for-profit organisation on October 4, 1968. Later in 1980, it was converted into a statutory professional body under the Company Secretaries Act 1980.
iv. ICSI is the only recognized professional body in India to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries.
Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI):
♦ Headquarters – New Delhi
♦ President- CS Dr.Shyam Agrawal

Tourism Ministry launched ‘Paryatan Parv’ initiative
On 5^th to 25^th October 2017, the Ministry of Tourism conducts ‘Paryatan Parv’, a tourist festival to promote India to Indians, all over India.
Promote India to Indians;
i. ‘Paryatan Parv’ is a tourism festival in which state governments and 18 central ministries take part. This festival will be conducted for 20 days.
ii. Main focus of this festival is to epxlain the benefits of tourism, showcase the cultural diversity of India and highlight the principle of ‘Tourism for All’.
iii. This festival was inaugurated at the Humayun’s Tomb, New Delhi by Dr.Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Culture.
iv. This festival has three parts namely:
1.Dekho Apna Desh – to encourage Indians to visit their own country
2.Tourism for All – tourism events will be held at sites in all states
3.Tourism and Governance – interactive sessions and workshops on various themes
Recent schemes of Ministry of Tourism:
♦ Swadesh Darshan – thirteen thematic circuits identified for development
♦ PRASAD – thirteen sites identified for development

L-G Anil Baijal approves Delhi government education loan scheme
On 5^th October 2017, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal approved the Delhi government’s students higher education loan scheme, in New Delhi.
Approval for Delhi government’s higher education loan scheme:
i. The Delhi government’s students higher education loan scheme would help thousands of students and parents.
ii. The Delhi government had started this scheme 2 years back, to provide loans to students for higher education, even if they didn’t have any property or land as security.
iii. In 2017, the scheme was extended to Delhi students pursuing courses outside Delhi in government recognised institutions.
iv. In September 2017,Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Lieutenant Governor Baijal had blocked the scheme. Now, Baijal has cleared the scheme saying that, his opinion on the scheme was misinterpreted as disapproval.
Recent Schemes introduced by Delhi Government:
♦ YUVA Skill Development Program
♦ Merit Cum Means Scholarship Scheme
♦ Free Surgery Scheme in Delhi

HP Cabinet approves Heritage Tourism policy & ‘Mukhya Mantri Rural Road Repair Scheme’
On October 4, 2017, Himachal Pradesh Cabinet under Chief Minister Virbhadra Singhapproved ‘Heritage Tourism Policy 2017’ & ‘Mukhya Mantri Rural Road Repair Scheme’ along with other developmental and welfare initiatives.
‘Himachal Pradesh Heritage Tourism Policy’ 2017:
i. This policy has been approved with an aim to offer an experience of the culture and heritage of Himachal Pradesh.
ii. Under this policy, heritage buildings, forts, palaces, lodges and mansions etc. having historic lineage will be preserved.
iii .Himachal Pradesh Cabinet believes that this initiative would open new areas in the state for tourism activities.

Current Affairs October 3, 2017

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INDIAN AFFAIRS

India unveils third National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-2031
On October 2, 2017, Union Environment Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan unveiled India’s third National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-2031, which outlines the future road map for wildlife conservation across the country. The plan was unveiled on the inaugural day of the Global Wildlife Programme (GWP) conference in New Delhi, which is jointly hosted by India, World Bank and United Nations Development Programme. 
i. Approach: A “landscape approach” will be adopted to conserve all wildlife that have an ecological value to the ecosystem and to mankind, irrespective of its place of occurrence.
ii. Action for recovery of threatened species: The plan lays special emphasis on recovery of threatened species of wildlife while conserving their habitats.

Odisha government creating land bank for industrial allocation
Odisha State Government is creating a 1.2 lakh acre land bank across the state which will be allocated for industrial use and purposes.
i. The land bank is being created to cut red tape and pre-emptively settle local issues related to the land acquisition process.
ii. So far the size of the land bank has reached 57,655 acres. Odisha State Government has also identified other areas across the state which will be brought under this land bank. Another 122,428 acres of land is being considered to be brought under the land bank.

1st community toilet for third gender inaugurated in Bhopal
On 2nd October 2017, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr.Shivraj Singh Chouhaninaugurated a community toilet for third gender, in the Mangalwara area, Bhopal.
1st community toilet for third gender:
i. This is the first community toilet for exclusive third gender usage in India.
ii. This toilet was constructed by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC).
iii. It was built at a cost of Rs.35 lakh. It also has a change/make-up room.
iv. Different signs for men, women, handicapped and transgender people are put on the doors of the toilet.
v. Transgender people live in large numbers in the Mangalwara area.
vi. Mr.Shivraj Singh Chauhan also said that, the state government would provide an additional assistance of Rs.1.5 lakh to the third gender community, for constructing houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
About Madhya Pradesh:
♦ Capital – Bhopal
♦ Chief Minister – Mr.Shivraj Singh Chouhan
♦Governor – Mr.Om Prakash Kohli

NHAI launches 50 Free Eye Check-up camps on National Highways
On 2^nd October 2017, The Minister of Road Transport & Highways Mr.Nitin Gadkari launched the countrywide Free Eye Check-up Campaign at Panjari Toll Plaza, Nagpur Bypass, Nagpur, in Maharashtra.
Free Eye Check-up Camps:
i.This free eye checkup camp will be conducted for five days till 6^th October 2017. 50 free eye check-up camps have been set up on identified national highways.
ii. This initiative is aimed to provide clear vision and safe travel for truck drivers. Also, free spectacles up to a certain power as prescribed by the eye specialist are distributed.
iii. The cleaners can also avail this facility on producing a valid driving license. Defects like cataract will be identified and medicines will be prescribed.
iv. This would reduce the number of accidents involving trucks in national highways.
About NHAI:
♦ Full form – National Highways Authority of India
♦ Chairman – Deepak Kumar

Karnataka launches ‘Mathru Purna’ scheme for pregnant women

Current Affairs September 30, 2017

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Indian Affairs

Environment Ministry notifies New Wetland Rules
On 26th September 2017, the Union Environment Ministry notified the new Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2017, in New Delhi.
Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2017:
i. The new rules will replace the 2010 version of the Wetland rules.
ii. Wetlands are lands mid-way between terrestrial and aquatic eco-systems. The water table is usually near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water.
iii. There are 115 wetlands that are officially identified by the central government. Out of these, 26 are identified as wetlands of international importance under Ramsar Convention.
iv. Ramsar Covention is an international intergovernmental treaty for conservation of wetlands.
v. The new rules insist setting up of a State Wetlands Authority in every state and union territory.
vi. This will be headed by the State’s Environment Minister.
vii. Government officials will be appointed as members.
viii. It will include one expert from each of the following fields: wetland ecology, hydrology, fisheries, landscape planning and socioeconomics.

India registers significant decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
On 29th September 2017, Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin was released, which stated that Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of India has declined by three points (8%).
Decline in IMR:
i. IMR has reduced to 34 per 1000 live births in 2016, compared to the 37 per 1000 live births in 2015.
ii. India has registered 90,000 fewer infant deaths in 2016 compared to 2015.
iii. The total number of estimated infant deaths has reduced to 8,40,000 in 2016 from 9,30,000 in 2015.
iv. According to the SRS Bulletin, the gender gap in India for child survival is reducing steadily.
v. The decline in IMR is reported as 4 points in Bihar, 3 points in Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand and 2 points in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Rajasthan.
About Infant Mortality Rate (IMR):
i. Definition – number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births

India’s first Mobile Congress held in New Delhi
On 27th – 29th September 2017, India’s first Mobile Congress, India Mobile Congress 2017, was held at New Delhi.
India’s first Mobile Congress:
i. More than 300 exhibitors, and hundreds of startups from India participated in the India Mobile Congress.
ii. Main focus of the Mobile Congress was the idea of Digital India through privatisation and the advent of 5G.
iii. LG launched K7i smartphone with inbuilt mosquito-repellent.
iv. Nokia, ZTE and Ericsson displayed several of their products that could accommodate 5G technology.
v. Reliance Jio introduced new feature that enables the phone to be connected to a TV.
vi. Taiwan-based semiconductor company, MediaTek launched its new MT6739 chipset for 4G smart phone users.
vii. Phone-manufacturing company Detel displayed its D1 model phone that retails for Rs.300.
About India Mobile Congress:

Current Affairs September 29, 2017

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Indian Affairs

Government finalising Electoral Bonds Scheme: Arun Jaitley
On 28th September 2017, Finance Minister Mr.Arun Jaitley said that, the government is finalising the Electoral Bonds Scheme, in New Delhi.
Electoral Bonds Scheme:
i. Mr.Arun Jaitley announced this at a book release, named ‘India@70 Modi@3.5’.
ii. This is being done in a move to monitor political funding.
iii. According to the electoral bond mechanism, the proposed bonds will resemble a promissory note and not an interest-paying debt instrument.
iv. They will be sold by authorised banks.
v. They can be deposited in notified accounts of political parties within the duration of their validity.
vi. The bonds will not carry the name of the donor.
vii. Depositing money through banks will make sure that only tax paid money comes into the political system.
About Ministry of Finance:
i. Headquarters – New Delhi
ii. Minister of Finance – Mr.Arun Jaitley
iii. Ministers of State – Mr.Arjun Ram Meghwal, Mr.Santosh Gangwar

TK Viswanathan headed committee to deal with hate speech on internet
On 28th September 2017, a committee headed by Mr.T.K.Viswanathan, submitted a report to the Home Ministry, regarding new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet, in New Delhi.
News laws to deal with Internet hate speech:
i. This committee was formed after the Supreme Court ruled out section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act.
ii. The committee has suggested that section 78 of the IT Act needs to be substituted and Section 153 & 505A of the Indian Penal Code needs to be amended.
iii. The committee has recommended that each state should have a State Cyber Crime Coordinator, which should be an officer not below the rank of Inspector General of Police.
iv. Also, each district should have a District Cyber Crime Cell, headed by an officer not below the rank of sub-inspector.
About Mr.T.K.Viswanathan:
i. Occupation – Secretary General of Lok Sabha & Lok Sabha Secretariat
ii. State – Tamil Nadu

Directorate General of Quality Assurance Celebrates its Diamond Jubilee
On 28th September 2017, Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) celebrated Diamond Jubilee to mark 60 years of its existence.
DGQA celebrates Diamond Jubilee:
i. Diamond Jubilee was celebrated to mark the completion of 60 years by DGQA, at DRDO Bhawan, in New Delhi.

IBPS PO Pre Admit Card 2017 Out: Download

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IBPS PO 2017 PRE ADMIT CARD & CALL LETTER

IBPS has released the online exam call letter (Admit Card) for the post of IBPS Probationary Officers 2017-18. All the students who have applied for IBPS PO can download the call letters by clicking on the link provided below. 

Quantative Aptitude IBPS PO/RRB PO/ SBI PO

Q-1: Mayur weighs twice as much as Shweta. Shweta’s weight is 60% of Deepika’s weight. Rakesh weighs 50% of Vikas’s weight. Vikas weighs 190% of Mayur’s weight. Which of these people weighs the least ?

A. Mayur

B. Deepika

C. Shweta

D. Rakesh

E. None of these

Q-2: Two numbers are in the ratio P : Q. When 1 is added to both the numerator and the denominator, the ratio gets changed to R/S. Again, when 1 is added to both the numerator and the denominator, it becomes 1/2. Find the sum of P and Q?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6

E. None of these

Q-3: Efficiency of Asha is 25% more than Usha and Usha takes 25 days to complete a piece of work. Asha started the work alone and then Usha joined her 5 days before completion of the work. For how many days Asha worked alone?

A. 13 days

B. 11 days

C. 10 days

D. 15 days

High Level Puzzles- IBPS PO/ RRB PO/ SBI PO

Set – 1:

Gaurav, Optimus, Dixit, Fighter, Abhinav and Nirmal were born in different months-March, April, May, June, and July and August, not necessarily in the same order. All of them have different years of birth- 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995, though not respectively.

(A)Fighter was born neither in the month of July nor in April but was born in the year 1992.

(B)A person who is born in 1995, is born either in June or in March. Optimus is born neither in 1994 nor 1993 but was born in the month of august.

(C)Gaurav who was born in the month of June, has his year of birth either 1994 or 1993. A person

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Analysis (Prelims) 2017: 17th Sep - Shift 4

IBPS RRB ASSISTANT PRELIMS 2017-18 EXAM ANALYSIS SHIFT- Iv

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
REASONING ABILITY	23-38
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	26-29
TOTAL	52-62

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

(Moderate)

The level of this section was Easy-Moderate.

There were a total of 1 sets of DI.

1.      Tabular Easy

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Analysis (Prelims) 2017: 17th Sep - Shift 3

IBPS RRB ASSISTANT PRELIMS 2017-18 EXAM ANALYSIS SHIFT- Iii

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
REASONING ABILITY	26-27
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	26-29
TOTAL	52-62

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

(Moderate)

The level of this section was Easy-Moderate.

There were a total of 1 sets of DI.

1.      Tabular Easy

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Analysis (Prelims) 2017: 17th Sep - Shift 2

IBPS RRB ASSISTANT PRELIMS 2017-18 EXAM ANALYSIS SHIFT- II

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
REASONING ABILITY	23-27
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	26-29
TOTAL	57-64

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

(Moderate)

The level of this section was Easy-Moderate.

There were a total of 1 sets of DI.

1.      Tabular Easy

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Analysis (Prelims) 2017: 17th Sep - Shift 1

IBPS RRB ASSISTANT PRELIMS 2017-18 EXAM ANALYSIS SHIFT- I

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
REASONING ABILITY	28-30
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	26-29
TOTAL	60-62

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

(Moderate)

The level of this section was Easy-Moderate.

There were a total of 1 sets of DI.

1.      Tabular Easy

IBPS RRB Assistant Exam Analysis 2017

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IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Analysis (Prelims) 2017: 17th Sep - Shift 4

IBPS RRB ASSISTANT PRELIMS 2017-18 EXAM ANALYSIS SHIFT- Iv

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
REASONING ABILITY	24-28
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	26-29
TOTAL	57-62

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

(Moderate)

The level of this section was Easy-Moderate.

There were a total of 1 sets of DI.

1.      Tabular- Easy

Solutions- IBPS PO/ RRB 2017 - Syllogism New Pattern Quiz

1. Direction: In each of the question below are given some conclusions followed and some statements are given. You have to take the given conclusions to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide from which of the statements given definitely true.

Conclusion:

No car is bus.

Some trucks is definitely not cars.

Statement:

I. No car is road, some roads are busses, some trucks are not busses.

II. All car is road, no road is bus, some road is not truck.

III. All roads are cars, no road is truck, no bus is road.

IV. No car is road, all busses are road, some busses are truck.

A. Statement I follows

B. Statement II follows

C. Statement III follows

D. Statement IV follows

E. None of these

Solution- Night Practice for IBPS PO/RRB PO- 2017-Inequality

Direction (1-5): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions.

1. Statement: P ≤ Q = R > S > T

Conclusions:

I. P < T

II. T < Q

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either conclusion I or II follows

D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

E. Both conclusion I and II follows

2. Statement: L ≤ M < N > O = P

Conclusion:

I. P < N

II. O < M

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Either conclusion I or II follows

D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

E. Both conclusion I and II follows

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Analysis (Prelims) 2017: 16th Sep - Shift 2

IBPS RRB ASSISTANT PRELIMS 2017-18 EXAM ANALYSIS SHIFT- II

SECTIONS	GOOD ATTEMPTS
REASONING ABILITY	28-30
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE	26-29
TOTAL	57-62

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

(Moderate)

The level of this section was Easy-Moderate.

There were a total of 1 sets of DI.

1.      Tabular Easy