Current Affairs September 25, 2017

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Indian Affairs

TRIFED organised National Workshop on Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce

On 25th September 2017, TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India) organised a National Workshop on Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP), in New Delhi.
National Workshop on Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Procedure:
i. Minister of Tribal Affairs Mr.Jual Oram inaugurated the workshop.
ii. Ministers of State for Tribal Affairs Mr.Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor and Mr.Sudarshan Bhagat were present in the occasion.
iii. The workshop was conducted in order to expand the Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Procedure scheme throughout India.
iv. Currently, this scheme is carried out in 9 states.
TRIFED Signs MoU with Amazon for online sale of tribal products:
i. TRIFED has signed an MOU with Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd for sale of tribal products through e-commerce venture www.amazon.in.
ii. “TRIBES INDIA” showrooms managed by TRIFED has 42 retail outlets and 13 tie-up stores with State level Emporiums in various parts of India.

Current Affairs September 24, 2017

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Indian Affairs

Dr.Harshvardhan launches Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana
On 22nd September 2017, The Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences & Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr.Harshvardhan launched ‘Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana’ in Uttarakhand.
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana:
i.This project has been inspired by teachings and ideals of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay.
ii.Department of Science and Technology (DST) has planned to adopt a few clusters of villages in Uttarakhand and make them self-sustainable using the tools of Science and Technology.
iii.The main idea of this project is to acquire local resources and skill sets and transform them using science and technology. So the value addition is imparted to the local products and services, which would develop the rural community.
iv.In this case, the local communities don’t have to migrate from their native places in search of jobs.Once this concept is implemented in selected villages, it can be followed by villages all over India.
v.Four clusters at Gaindikhata, Bazeera, Bhigun (in Garhwal) and Kausani (in Kumaon) have been selected in Uttarakhand.

Government launches ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’ to boost PMUY
on 23rd September 2017, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr.Dharmendra Pradhan launched the ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’ in Mota Ishanpur village of Gujarat.
Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat:-
i.On this occasion, Mr.Dharmendra Pradhan handed over free LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) connection to a beneficiary of PMUY (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana) scheme.Gujarat Chief Minister Mr.Vijay Rupani was also present in the occasion.
ii.‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’ will focus on spreading awareness among LPG users about the proper use and benefits of LPG.
iii.This Panchayat will act as an interactive forum for PMUY beneficiaries, officials, LPG distributors and NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations).Under one Panchayat, around 100 LPG customers will be clubbed.
vi.The customers can share their experiences with others.The Panchayats will also discuss about safety practices, quality of service provided by distributors and availability of refill cylinders.

Odisha Government launched ‘Sampurna Yojana’
On 24th September 2017, Odisha Government launched ‘Sampurna (Sishu Abond Matru Mrityuhara Purna Nirakaran Abhijan) Yojna’ scheme for pregnant women, in Odisha.
Sampurna Yojana:

Current Affairs September 21, 2017

Indian Affairs

Law Ministry approves Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2017
On 18th September 2017, Law Ministry approved the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2017, in New Delhi.

Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2017:
i.The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2017 would enable the government to seize the property of economic offenders and defaulters who escape from India, through a new provision.
ii.According to the law, a ‘fugitive economic offender’, means an individual against whom an arrest warrant has been issued for an economic offence and the person has escaped from the country and refuses to return to face criminal prosecution.
iii.Before the bill is introduced in Lok Sabha in the winter session of Parliament a ‘Saving Clause’ would be added in the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2017

ONGC discovers oil in Arabian Sea near Mumbai offshore
On 20th September 2017, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) made a significant oil discovery near Mumbai High in the Arabian Sea, in Mumbai.

Current Affairs September 20, 2017

Indian Affairs

Cabinet Approvals on 20th September 2017
The union Minister chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has made approvals for different category on 20th Sept. 2017.

• Cabinet approves introduction of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2017 

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, as union cabinet chairman has given  approval for beginning of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in Parliament subject to modifications of drafting or significant nature, if any, as may be considered necessary by the Legislative Department by amending the Dentists Act, 1948 (16 of 1948).

• Cabinet approves revamped ‘Khelo India’ programme

A revamped ‘Khelo India’ scheme has been approved by union cabiner. There may be 1,000 selected athletes will receive an annual scholarship of Rs5 lakh each for eight years under this scheme.

The program aims to cover about 200 million children in the age group of 10-18 under a massive national physical fitness drive.

• Cabinet apprised of the progress under National Health Mission and decisions of the Empowered Programme Committee and Mission Steering Group of NHM 

The Union Cabinet has been apprised of the progress under National Health Mission (NHM). The Cabinet was also approved  the decisions of the Empowered Programme Committee (EPC) and Mission Steering Group (MSG) of NHM.  National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) became two sub-missions under the overarching NHM.

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

Current Affairs September 17, 2017

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INTERNATIONAL

30th Anniversary of Montreal protocol and 23rd World Ozone Day Celebrated

30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol and 23rd World Ozone Day was observed on 16th September 2017. 

• The theme for the year 2017 is ‘Caring for all life under the Sun’.
• The year 2017 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

Points to Remember:

• The Montreal Protocol is one of the most successful global environmental treaties, the implementation of which has not only led to the phase-out of around 98% of ozone depleting chemicals, but also averted more than 135 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
• The Montreal Protocol is the only environmental treaty which enjoys universal ratification of 197 UN member countries.

German citizenship is ranked the most valuable in the world

Not only do Germans have the most powerful passports in the world, they also have the highest quality of citizenship, according to a new report.

• The consultancy Henley & Partners’ first Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) ranks the value of 161 nations’ citizenship on a scale of 0 to 100%.
• European nations dominated the top 20 spots.

New Pattern Reasoning: Quiz

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Lalit, Gopal, Mahesh, Nitin, Deepak, Tarun, Ashish and Vishnu are sitting around a circular table at equal distance between each other, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of the persons are facing the center while some others are facing outside (i.e. in a direction opposite to the center.)
(Note: Same direction means that if one person is facing the center then the other person is also facing the center and vice versa. Opposite direction means that if one person is facing the center then the other person is facing outside and vice versa.)
Deepak sits second to the right of Ashish. Ashish faces the center. Gopal sits third to the left of Deepak. Deepak and Gopal face opposite directions. Immediate neighbors Gopal faces the center. Mahesh sits second to the right of Gopal. Vishnu sits on the immediate left of Mahesh. Lalit sits second to the left of Nitin. Nitin faces the same direction as Gopal. Nitin is not an immediate neighbor of Ashish. Immediate neighbors of Deepak face opposite directions (i.e opposite directions means if one neighbor faces the center the other neighbor faces outside and vice versa).

Coding Decoding Based on New Pattern: Reasoning

Direction (Q 1 – 5): Study the following information arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

With a certain code language:
“The meeting adjourned abruptly” is written as “!e48” “@h08” “#b63” “$d80”
“Since India gained Internet” is written as “#n63” “-a35” “%i24” “%n24”
“Scientists have discovered bacteria” is written as “*a15” “#a63” “&c99” “&i99”
“Current economic scenario fine” is written as “#c63” “*i15” “#c63” “!u48”

1). What is the code for ‘gained’?

A) %i24

B) #n63

C) -a35

D) %n24

E) None of these

2). What is the code for ‘Since meeting fine’?

A) “*a15 !e48 *i15”

B) b) “%i24 @h08 *i15”

C) c) “%i24 !e48 *#c63”

D) d) “%i24 !e48 *i15”

E) None of these

Current Affairs September 16, 2017

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INTERNATIONAL

1. World's most and least stressful cities 2017

Based on a new study by Zipjet, Stuttgart Germany is the least stressful city in the world.

• The study has revealed the world's most and least stressful cities of 2017, and ranked cities globally based on factors that cause stress, such as unemployment, physical and mental health, public transport, security, and even the lack of sunshine hours per year.
• Baghdad, Iraq is the most stressful city in the world while Delhi is the 9th most stressful city.

2. International Day of Democracy: 15 September

In 2007 the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe 15 September as the International Day of Democracy.

• The purpose of International Day of Democracy is to promote and uphold the principles of democracy.
• This year's theme is ‘Democracy and Conflict prevention’.

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

Cabinet Approvals on September 2017

On 12th September ,2017 the cabinet approved introduction of certain bills and MoU’s for the socio- economic welfare of the people residing within it.

The cabinet approves the introduction of the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Parliament

   This amendment will be beneficial for persons who are not covered under CCS (Pension) Rules, at par with Central Government employees. This Amendment will increase the maximum limit of gratuity of employees, in the private sector and in Public Sector Undertakings/ Autonomous Organizations under Government of India.

Why this amendment ?

    Before implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission, the ceiling under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 was Rs. 10 Lakh, After the  implementation of 7th Pay Commission, for Government servants, the ceiling now is Rs. 20 Lakhs .Therefore, considering the inflation and wage increase for the employees engaged in private sector, the Government viewed that the ceiling of gratuity should be revised for employees who are covered under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves development of six laning of Narasannapeta-Ranastalam section of National Highway (NH) – 16 in Andhra Pradesh

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 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

2. Direction: In each of the question below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true  even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

Some red are black.

Some black are yellow.

All yellow are pink.

No pink is blue.

Conclusion:

I. No blue is yellow.

II. Some black are pink.

III. Some blue are red.

IV. No blue is red.

A. Only I and II follow

B. Only either III or IV follows

C. Only I and either III or IV follow

D. Only I, II and either III or IV follow

E. None of these

3. Directions: In each question below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered 1 to 5. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion definitely logically does not follow from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer –

Current Affairs September 14, 2017

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Indian Affairs

Cabinet approves implementation of the scheme “Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund”
On September 12,2017, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) approved a “Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund” (DIDF) with an outlay of Rs10,881 crore during the period from 2017-18 to 2028-29.This fund will give new impetus to the dairy industry and to people relying on it.The project will be implemented by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and National Dairy Development Cooperation (NCDC).
The objective of the fund : – 
i)Building an efficient milk procurement system by setting up of cold storage infrastructure.
ii)Installation of electronic milk adulteration testing equipment
iii)Creation/modernization/expansion of processing infrastructure and manufacturing faculties for Value Added Products for the Milk Unions/ Milk Producer Companies.

Chennai-Vladivostok sea route: India’s effort to counter China’s OBOR

India is planning to launch major connectivity initiative, connecting Chennai with key Russian port Vladivostok via sea route with an aim to harness natural resources from Northeast Asia and Western Pacific region. This effort by government of India will counter china’s OBOR project.
Importance :-
i. This shipping link would enable to transfer cargo between Chennai and Vladivostok in 24 days in comparison to over 40 days currently taken to transport goods from India to East Russia via Europe
ii. This proposed maritime route which could be transformed into a corridor could compete with Indo-Japan

Parajumbles Tricks- IBPS PO/ RRB MAINS

Parajumbles Tricks with Exercises

(New Pattern)

Para jumbles are a very important topic of English section of most of the competitive exams. It is generally part of every IBPS examination.
In para jumbles, you have to rearrange the parts of a sentence into a meaningful sentence or sentences into a meaningful paragraph.

So, here we are discussing some tips that will help you to solve para jumbles easily.

TIPS for solving Para Jumbles:
1) Try to find out clues that will help us to locate qualifier
Clues include pronouns, like he, she, it, this, that, these, those; adverbs like formally, really; article a, an and the; definers like actually, finally, another; connectors like but, yet, both, also and neither nor, or, however, nevertheless. These can help us to find out the qualifiers.

Now the question arises is what is the meaning of qualifier?
1) Qualifier is a sentence that will tell us something about the following sentence.The following sentence is the Qualified sentence.

2) Locate a Qualifier
Now, with the help of clues, try to find out qualifier and qualified sentences, so that we can make pairs of qualified and qualifier sentences to eliminate the wrong choices given in the question.

3) Eliminate alternatives
After making pairs, start eliminating the wrong choices or options given in the question.

4) Read and try to follow the sequence
In case there is more than one choice, try to follow the sequence of sentences according to the occurrence of the events.

Data Interpretation FOR IBPS PO, RRB, CLERK MAINS

Data Interpretation

Q:1-5 Study the pie-chart carefully to answer the questions given below:

The pie-charts shows the percentage quantity of fruits at two fruit shops A and B.

      1)  What is the difference between the quantity of Guava at Shop B and that at Shop A?

a) 40 kg     b) 45 kg     c) 35 kg

d) 30 kg     e) 50 kg

      2)  If the price of Mango is Rs.30 per kg, Apple Rs.40 per kg and Orange Rs.20 per kg, then what is the ratio of their costs at Shop A?

a) 1 : 4 : 6                    b) 9 : 8 : 5                                c) 3 : 7 : 8

d) 5 : 4 : 1                    e) 2 : 5 : 7

     3)  The quantity of Mango at Shop B is what percent of the quantity of Mango at Shop A?

a) 20%                         b) 220%                                   c) 120%

d) 80%                         e) 180%

Current Affairs September 12, 2017

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1. World Congress of Optometry begins in Hyderabad

The second World Congress of Optometry began in Hyderabad to discuss new ideas and share research and knowledge about various facets of optometry.

•    It will be focused on the future of optometry, upgrading optometrists' skills, as well as developing clinical and professional knowledge and skills.

•    The conference theme is ‘Accessible, quality vision and eye health’.

•    The biennial congress is a World Council of Optometry (WCO) initiative organised in partnership with the Asia Pacific Council of Optometry (APCO) and the India Vision Institute (IVI).

2. Centre allots Rs 60,000 cr to interlink rivers in Maharashtra

Union Water resources minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a Rs 60,000 crore plan to link rivers in the state.

•    Fadnavis and Gujarat CM Vinay Rupani will be soon signing a pact for river water sharing too to improve the water crisis situation in Maharashtra.

•    Gadkari said that the Centre will provide financial assistance to the tune of up to Rs 60,000 crore in the next two years to the state for developing river-linking and irrigation projects under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).

Points to Remember

•    Maharashtra is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

•    Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. Nagpur is Maharashtra's second capital as well as its winter capital while Pune is regarded as its Cultural Capital.

•    The major rivers of the state are Godavari, and Krishna.

•    C Vidyasagar Rao is the governor of Maharashtra.

3. 80 lakh students to get enrolled under countrywide ‘school chalo abhiyan’

Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government will undertake a programme from next year to enrol “70-80 lakh” students in the country who are out of schools.

•    “There are about 70-80 lakh children who are not going to schools. We have thought of a plan to address the problem.It will be known as ‘school chalo abhiyan’,” Javadekar said.