Current Affairs 22nd August, 2017

INTERNATIONAL

1. Festival of India being Organized in Cote D’ivoire, Liberia and Guinea

A Festival of India is being organized in Cote d’Ivoire and concurrently accredited countries of Liberia and Guinea from 15 August, 2017 – 28 January, 2018.

• The Festival will showcase diverse Indian culture, i.e. classical and folk dances.
• The events will be held in four cities of Cote d’Ivoire, namely, Abidjan, Yamassoukro and Grand Bassam and Daloa and capital cities of Monrovia of Liberia and Conakry of Guinea.

Arrangement Puzzel :Quiz

Direction (Ques 1 - 5) - Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

• There are 9 people namely Anamika, Bhim, Carom, Deepika, Elli, Faraha, Gopal, Hemant and Ishita sitting around a circular table out of which some are females and some are males. 
• Some are facing towards the centre and some are facing away from the centre. The following information is known about them. 
• Elli’s neighbours face in same direction as that of Carom’s sister who is sitting to the immediate right of Carom. 
• The female sitting between Bhim and Deepika is not Elli. Elli sits fourth to the right of Faraha.  Faraha’s spouse is Bhim.
• Ishita sits exactly between Gopal and Carom and they face in opposite directions.  Gopal is a male sitting with two females and one of them has husband facing towards the centre who is sitting third to the left of Bhim.

Machine Input Output: Quiz

Direction (1 - 5): Study the given information and answer the following questions.

Input : 40 made butter 23 37 cookies salt extra 52 86 92 fell now 19

1. Step I: butter 19 40 made 23 37 cookies salt extra 52 86 92 fell now
2. Step II: cookies 23 butter 19 40 made 37 salt extra 52 86 92 fell now
3. Step III: extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 40 made salt 52 86 92 fell now
4. Step IV: fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 made salt 52 86 92 now
5. Step V: made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 salt 86 92 now
6. Step VI: now 86 made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 salt 92
7. Step VII: salt 92 now 86 made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19

Current Affairs 21st August, 2017

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Ministry of Defence approves delegation of Powers to Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
On August 20 2017,The Ministry of Defence has decided to delegate administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to overcome delays in the construction of strategic roads along the India-China border.
According to the references between the Chief Engineer and HQ DGBR and also between HQ DGBR and the Ministry, the defence ministry has assigned more administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for increase the speed to complete the projects.
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Reasoning : Quiz

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

Eight people J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are the member of the family. Among them four are males and four are females. There are three husbands, three wives, two daughters, and two sons in the family. Each member of the family likes different colour i.e. Red, Black, White, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Violet and Orange. They all are sitting around a circular table facing the center. 

No male like White. Q likes Blue and married to the one who likes Pink. J is the father of L and O, who is a male and likes Pink. J and K cannot sit adjacent to each other. All females sit together. M likes Orange and is sitting second to the left of her father. M is the daughter of L, who is second to the right of her son. The one who likes Violet is married to the one who like Yellow and neither J nor K likes Yellow. N likes White and is sitting between the one who likes Black and the one who like Violet. P is the father of K and is sitting between two male members.

Q1. How is O related to K?

(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Maternal Uncle
(d) Grandfather
(e) None of these

Quant: Quiz

Directions (1-5): What value should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. [(87.5)^2 – (12.5)^2]/75 = ?
(a) 75
(b) 80
(c) 85
(d) 100
(e) 120

Tricks and Short-cuts: Part 1

Multiplication using multiples
12 x 15
= 12 x 5 x 3
= 60 x 3
= 180

Multiplication by distribution 
12 x 17
= (12 x 10) + (12 x 7) —> 12 is multiplied to both 10 & 7
= 120 + 84
= 204

Current Affairs 19th August, 2017

INTERNATIONAL

1. Emma Stone Named as 2017’s Highest-Paid Female Actor

Emma Stone has been named Hollywood’s best-paid female actor in Forbes’ annual list of top earners.

• The 28-year-old made $26m in the last 12 months, the majority of which was earned from her Oscar-winning performance in the musical romance La La Land. The film made over $445m worldwide.
• Stone was closely followed by Jennifer Aniston with $25.5m, yet the majority of Aniston’s earnings have come from endorsements, such as SmartWater and Emirates airlines.
• Last year’s no 1, Jennifer Lawrence, is in third place with $24m.

Current Affairs 18th August, 2017

INTERNATIONAL

1. Italy to Host G-7 Interior Ministers' Summit

Italy will host a summit of G-7 interior ministers centered on security issues.

• According to Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti, the meeting is being organized at the request of Italy's G-7 partners namely Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States.
• Italy currently holds the rotating helm of the G-7 industrialized nations.
• The summit is expected to be held in October.

IBPS PO- Input Output (New Pattern)

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

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two-digit numbers and all are arranged as per some logic based on the value of the number.)

Current Affairs 17th August, 2017

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Cabinet Approvals August 16 2017

On August 16, 2017, Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved following bilateral agreements and initiatives:

Cabinet approves new Metro Rail Policy

Union Cabinet has approved a new Metro Rail Policy that seeks to enable realization of growing metro rail aspirations of a large number of cities but in a responsible manner.

Current Affairs 16th August, 2017

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Govt asks Google, Facebook, Microsoft, others to remove Blue Whale link.

The government has directed internet majors Google, Facebook, Whats App, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately remove links of the dangerous online game Blue Whale Challenge. It leads to suicides of children in India and other countries.

1. The Blue Whale game was created by a 22-year-old Russian named Philipp Budeikin who, in an interview, confessed that he was directly responsible for at least 17 teenagers in Russia committing suicide.
2. Budeikin was arrested in May 2017 and was sentenced to three years in prison.

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Current Affairs 15th August, 2017

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

1. World Health Organisation declares Somalia free of polio

The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it had not recorded any case of polio disease in Somalia in the last three years, declaring the country polio free.

The WHO said the country recorded the last case of polio in 2014 in the central part of the country but has since then remained free of the paralyzing disease.

The UN health agency, however, warned Somalia remained vulnerable, calling for continued vaccination campaign.

The head of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean, which covers Somalia, Mohamed Fiqi said that massive vaccination campaigns and commitment from government and international actors had ensured the polio virus did not recur in the Horn of Africa country.

Quiz: Quant

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the questions given below it.

A survey conducted on 1800 schools shows that 25% of the total schools have only adequate water supply. 15% of the total number have proper supply of electricity only. 7% of the total number of schools have only proper education facilities. 12% of the total number of schools have tele-communication services only. 16% of the total number of schools have proper health care services only. 6% of the total number of schools have adequate water as well as supply of electricity. 8% of the total number of schools have adequate supply of water, electricity as well as health care services. 5% of the total number of schools have proper supply of electricity, tele-communication services as well as health care services and 6% of the total number of schools have all the facilities.

Current Affairs 14th August, 2017

1. India, Russia to hold mega war games in October

In the midst of evolving security situation in the region, India and Russia will hold a mega war game in October involving their armies, navies and the air forces for the first time to further ramp up military ties.

•    The exercise Indra, which will be held in Russia from October 19 to 29, will primarily focus on achieving coordination between forces of the two countries in a tri- services integrated theatre command scenario.

•    It will be for the first time India will participate in a tri-services exercise with a foreign country with such large scale participation by the Navy, the Army and the Air Force.

Current Affairs 13th August, 2017

1. Environment Minister launches ‘Gaj Yatra’ to mark World Elephant Day

Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, launched ‘Gaj Yatra’, a nationwide campaign to protect elephants on the occasion of World Elephant Day.

• The campaign is planned to cover 12 elephant range states. The Environment Minister released the All India Census 2017 Report on elephants as also the Agreed Points of Action on Trans-Boundary Conservation of Elephants by India and Bangladesh and a document titled ‘Right of Passage’ on elephant corridors in India.
• The ‘Gaju’ mascot, which was released by the Ministry in 2012, will be helm the campaign. The campaign will be led by the Wildlife Trust of India.
• Actor and wildlife enthusiast, Ms. Dia Mirza, participated in the walk and run event organised on the occasion along with the children.

Current Affairs 12th August, 2017

1. 15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting in Kathmandu

The working session of the 15th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, BIMSTEC, Ministerial meeting held in Kathmandu.

• Describing BIMSTEC as a “natural choice” for India to fulfill its key foreign policy priorities of ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘Act East’, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the grouping enjoys the unique strengths of connecting South and Southeast Asia.
• India was hosting the first BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise in October 2017. “This will help the group countries to develop quicker, coordinated and comprehensive responses to disasters, and provide timely relief and rehabilitation,”
• India also identified the energy sector as a key area of cooperation and noted that cross-border exchange of power between India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh is on a rapid upswing.

Current Affairs 9th August, 2017

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Government to expand Logistics Data Bank project to South India
Government will soon expand operation of Logistics Data Bank (LDB) project to India’s southern region. So far, it had covered only the western logistics corridor.

1.      Logistics Data Bank (LDB) project was unveiled in July 2016 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai with an aim to bring efficiency in the current Logistics & Supply Chain environment through use of information technology that would be helpful for tracking and viewing the movement of containers across the port.

2.      The LDB is being implemented through a Special Purpose Vehicle called Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Logistics Data Services Ltd. (DLDSL) — that is jointly (50:50) owned by the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Trust and Japanese IT services major NEC Corporation.

Data Interpretation: Quiz

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow: 

1). What is the total number of children liking BB?

a)  17859

b)  16389

c)  21568

d)  12354

e)  20568