Current Affairs July 14, 2017

1. Model United Nations Regional Conference underway at Kathmandu

A Model United Nations Regional Conference is being held at Kathmandu. The event is organised by the US Embassy in partnership with the Youth Thinker's Society.

The basic aim of the MUN is to provide a platform to young minds to channelise energy and resources for a more prosperous and peaceful world.

The conference simulate four UN committees–United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Economic and Financial Committee (ECOFIN), United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

The delegates are discussing a wide range of issues including environment and water security, promoting human rights of migrant workers, finance security, nuclear non-proliferation and countering youth radicalisation.

2. USIBC plans to break free from Chamber

The U.S. India Business Council (USIBC), a forum of companies that seek to promote business cooperation between the two countries, has decided to de-link from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and function as an autonomous entity.

The U.S. Chamber houses bilateral councils for several other countries, but USIBC and the U.S.-China Council are the most prominent.

3. Training centre for high-speed rail to come up in Gujarat

The country is set to get its first high-speed rail training centre at Gandhinagar.

The training centre will have a sample track fitted with the overhead electrical systems to enable testing of bullet trains that will run on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.

While India’s first bullet train is proposed to hit the track in 2023, the training centre is supposed to start operating by 2020, said Achal Khare, managing director, National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC).

4. DIPP to set up India’s first TISC in Punjab

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) signed an Institutional agreement with the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology in New Delhi to establish India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) at Patent Information Centre, Punjab, under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC program.

The objective of the TISC is to stimulate a dynamic, vibrant and balanced Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) system in India to foster creativity and innovation, thereby promoting entrepreneurship and enhancing social, economic and cultural development by establishing a network of TISCs in India.

The Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) is designated as the National Focal Point for the TISC national network.

5. New Doppler weather radar commissioned

Indigenous Doppler weather radar, capable of predicting with increased accuracy weather events such as cyclone occurring in 500-km radius from Kochi, was inaugurated by Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, at Palluruthy in West Kochi.

The government is also exploring the scope of desalination of sea water, and various departments will be part of the mission, which seeks to scale up the activity to make drinking water available to all.

The S-Band Doppler weather radar in Kochi was made with support from ISRO and Bharat Electronics.

6. SBI waives charge on IMPS fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000

Country's largest bank SBI has waived charges for fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000 through its IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) to promote small transactions.

State Bank of India had been charging Rs 5 along with the applicable service tax for IMPS fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000.

IMPS is an instant interbank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones as well as internet banking.

For IMPS, charge will be Rs 5 along GST for fund transfer in the range of Rs 1,000 to Rs 1 lakh. The charge will go up to Rs 15 for transactions of Rs 1-2 lakh.

GST at the rate of 18 per cent is applicable on all financial transactions.

7. Sandeep Patil named brand ambassador of indoor cricket team

Former Indian batsman Sandeep Patil was named as the brand ambassador of the Indian Indoor Cricket Team.

Patil, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad, will be the face of the team in the lead-up to the 10th edition of the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) World Cup, to be held from September 16-23 at the Insportz Club in Dubai.

8. Justice Vikramajit Sen appointed new BCCC chairperson

The Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) appointed former Supreme Court judge, Justice Vikramajit Sen, as the new chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC).

It is the independent self-regulatory body set up by the Foundation in June 2011 to examine content-related complaints relating to all non-news general entertainment channels in India.

Justice Sen succeeds former Punjab and Haryana high court Chief Justice, Justice Mukul Mudgal, whose three-year term as BCCC Chairperson came to an end.

9. Vijaya Bank MD & CEO gets Skoch award

Kishore Sansi, Managing Director and CEO of Vijaya Bank, has been conferred the ‘Personality of the Year’ award by Skoch Consultancy Services.

The award is part of the ‘Skoch Banking and Financial Leadership’ series.

Past recipients of the award include C Rangarajan, Dilip Parekh and Nandan Nilekani.

Important

Vijaya Bank was established on 23 October 1931.

MD& CEO of Vijya Bank is Dr. Kishore Sansi.

Headquarter:-Bengaluru

10. Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident who won Nobel prize, dies

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent political prisoner, died on Thursday.

Liu was imprisoned for the first time in connection with the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010 while serving his fourth and final prison sentence, for inciting subversion by advocating sweeping political reforms and greater human rights in China.

11. President of India receives first copy of book “President’s Lady”

Vice President Hamid Ansari on Thursday released “President’s Lady,” a book on Suvra Mukherjee, the late wife of President Pranab Mukherjee, and presented its first copy to the President.

The book has been authored by Sangeeta Ghosh.

The bilingual compilation in English and Bengali contains reminiscences of people who knew Suvra Mukherjee, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur, and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

Quicker Maths (BSC Publication): M.Tyra (E-Book)

About the Author

Manoj Tyra, widely known as M. Tyra, is a renowned teacher of Mathematics and has been in this profession since he graduated with a degree in Mathematics from the Delhi University in 1990. Manoj Tyra’s approach to the subject lies in his treatment of various problems through Vedic maths. Apart from authoring Magical Book on Quicker Maths

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1. How to prepare for Math

2. Addition

3. Multiplication

4. Divisibility

5. Squaring

6. Cube

7. HCF & LCM

8. Fractions

9. Decimal Fractions

10. Elementary Algebra

11. Surds

12. Number System

13. Binary System

14. Permutation & Combination

15. Probability

16. Ratio and Proportion

17. Partnership

18. Percentage

19. Average

20. Problems Based on Ages

21. Profit and Loss

22. Simple Interest

23. Compound Interest

24. Alligation

25. Time and Work

26. Work and Wages

27. Pipes and Cisterns

28. Time and Distance

29. Trains

30. Streams

31. Elementary Mensuration-I

32. Elementary Mensuration-II

33. Series

34. Data Sufficiency

35. Data Analysis 

36. Trigonometry

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Seating Arrangement Quiz: Reasoning

Directions (1 - 5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight members of a family sitting around a circular table and all of them are facing away from the centre. Each of them has a different sunsign, viz. Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer, Virgo, Pisces, Aries and Capricorn, but not necessarily in the same order. 

C sits second to the right of F’s wife, whose sunsign is neither Cancer nor Capricorn. No male is an immediate neighbour of C. E’s son sits second to the left of H and on the immediate right of the person whose sunsign is Leo. H, who is brother of B, has the sunsign Capricorn. H is not an immediate neighbour of F’s wife. E’s son’s sunsign is Libra. 

Only one person sits between G and H. F’s sister E sits on the immediate right of her father, whose sunsign is Aries. G is mother of B. Only one person sits between F’s father and A. A sits on the immediate left of the person whose sunsign is Pisces. Only one person sits between F and B. B sits second to the left of the person whose sunsign is Aquarius. B is father of D and is not an immediate neighbour of A.

1. Whose sunsign is Aquarius?

1) D 

2) G 

3) Father of D

4) Can’t be determined 

5) None of these

2. Who among the following is E’s son?

1) B 

2) F 

3) A 

4) D 

5) C

3. The person whose sunsign is Virgo is sitting between who among the following?

1) The persons whose sunsigns are Pisces and Leo

2) The persons whose sunsigns are Aries and Libra

3) The persons whose sunsigns are Libra and Cancer

4) Can’t be determined

5) None of these

4. Four of the five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

1) D 

2) C 

3) A 

4) F 

5) B

5. What is the position of G with respect to her granddaughter according to the given seating arrangement?

1) 4th to the right 

2) 4th to the left

3) Immediate left 

4) Immediate right

5) 2nd to the left

Directions (6 - 10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.

• Seven people, P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have a seminar, but not necessarily in the same order, in seven different months (of the same year), namely January, February, March, June, August, October and December. Each of them also likes a different fruit, namely Banana, Grapes, Papaya, Orange, Mango, Litchi and Apple, but not necessarily in the same order.
• R has a seminar in a month which has less than 31 days. Only two people have a seminar between R and S. The one who likes Banana has a seminar immediately before S. Only one person has a seminar before the one who likes Papaya. Q has a seminar immediately after the one who likes Papaya. 
• Only three people have a seminar between Q and the one who likes Mango. T likes neither Mango nor Papaya. P has a seminar immediately before T. V likes Apple. The one who likes Grapes has a seminar in the month which has less than 31 days. The one who has a seminar in March does not like Orange.

6. In which of the following months does S have a seminar? 

1) January    

2) Cannot be determined 

3)  October   

4) December 

5) June 

7. Who among the following have seminars in January and June respectively? 

1) V, S    

2) U, S 

3)  Q, T    

4) V, R 

5) U, R 

8. How many people has/have a seminar between the month in which V and R have seminars? 

1) None    

2) Two 

3) Three    

4) One 

5) More than three 

9. As per the given arrangement, R is related to Banana and Q is related to Orange following a certain pattern. Which of the following is V related to following the same pattern? 

1) Mango    

2) Litchi 

3) Apple    

4) Papaya 

5) Grapes

10. Which of the following fruits does U like? 

1) Orange    

2) Papaya 

3)  Mango    

4) Banana 

5) Grapes 

Directions (6 - 10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.

Seven people, P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have a seminar, but not necessarily in the same order, in seven different months (of the same year), namely January, February, March, June, August, October and December. Each of them also likes a different fruit, namely Banana, Grapes, Papaya, Orange, Mango, Litchi and Apple, but not necessarily in the same order.

R has a seminar in a month which has less than 31 days. Only two people have a seminar between R and S. The one who likes Banana has a seminar immediately before S. Only one person has a seminar before the one who likes Papaya. Q has a seminar immediately after the one who likes Papaya. 

Only three people have a seminar between Q and the one who likes Mango. T likes neither Mango nor Papaya. P has a seminar immediately before T. V likes Apple. The one who likes Grapes has a seminar in the month which has less than 31 days. The one who has a seminar in March does not like Orange.

6. In which of the following months does S have a seminar? 

1) January    

2) Cannot be determined 

3)  October   

4) December 

5) June 

7. Who among the following have seminars in January and June respectively? 

1) V, S    

2) U, S 

3)  Q, T    

4) V, R 

5) U, R 

8. How many people has/have a seminar between the month in which V and R have seminars? 

1) None    

2) Two 

3) Three    

4) One 

5) More than three 

9. As per the given arrangement, R is related to Banana and Q is related to Orange following a certain pattern. Which of the following is V related to following the same pattern? 

1) Mango    

2) Litchi 

3) Apple    

4) Papaya 

5) Grapes

10. Which of the following fruits does U like? 

1) Orange    

2) Papaya 

3)  Mango    

4) Banana 

5) Grapes 

Blood Relation Concepts: Reasoning

Blood Relations

To solve the blood relation questions easily we need to observe the family tree.  

If we assume we are in the middle then in your generation, we have sisters, brothers, cousins, Brother-in-law, sister-in-law. We can easily observe in each generation which of the relations we might have.

In solving the blood relation problems we usually assume the speaker is in the position "you" and try to prepare the diagram according to the question.

It is always best practice to denote Males and Females with notation.

Some general Relationships:

1. Brother                  Son of Mother or Father
2. Sister                     Daughter of Mother or Father
3. Aunt                      Sister of Mother or Father
4. Uncle                     Brother of Mother or Father
5. Cousin                   Son of Uncle or Aunt or Daughter of Uncle or Aunt
6. Grandmother         Mother of Father or Mother
7. Grandfather           Father of Father or Mother
8. Niece                     Daughter of Brother or Sister
9. Nephew                 Son of Brother or Sister
10.  Brother-in-law    Sister’s Husband or Brother of Wife or Husband
11. Sister-in-law        Brother’s Wife or Sister of Wife or Husband
12. Daughter-in-law  Wife of Son

Problems:

Pointing to a man, a lady says that his father is the third son of her grandmother. How is the lady related to that man?

Ans: Pointing to a man, a lady says that his father is the third son of her grandmother.

Always the question consists of two parts. The phrase before "is"  and the phrase after "is". Firstly draw the seperate diagrams for these two phrases and merge them.

Pointing to a man  a lady says that his father: 

FATHER

↓

MAN

The third son of her grandmother: 

GRAND MOTHER

↙↓↘

SON   SON   SON

Son of her grand mother means, that person is the lady's father or uncle.  

Merge the two diagrams above.  To the man the lady is pointing is son of one of these 3 sons. 

GRAND MOTHER

↙↓↘

SON SON  SON

                                                             ↙    ↓          ↘

                                                       MAN   LADY    MAN

Phrase analysis: English

Phrase analysis

Phrase analysis is an important step in the study of English language.  Phrases plays very important role in packing information.  This analysis is important in understanding long sentences.   After phrase analysis we study clause analysis. 

Phrase is a part of a sentence but doesn't give full meaning.  For example, the phrase "in the sky" is a phrase in the sentence "The birds are flying in the sky".  Phrases does't contain Finite Verbs.  


Finite verb: Finite verbs have subjects and a sense of completeness.  They may be simple or compound and are said to have NUMBER and PERSON, which they take from their SUBJECTS.  

Non - Finite Verb: Non - Finite Verbs do not have subjects or a sense of completeness.  Nor are they said to have number or person although, most of them, like finite verbs, do have tense.  Thye cannot be used to make a clause, but can be used to make phrases.  



Types of phrases:
There are nine different kinds of phrases.

A. Noun Phrase: 
A noun phrase is made up of a noun and its accompanying modifiers. It is the most frequently used phrase to pack information.  A simple noun can be heavily modified with adjective, post modification clauses
Structure of Noun Phrase:

Noun Phrase (NP) = determiners + (pre-modifiers) + noun + (post-modifiers)
Jaya Prakash, India, The top of the building, The girl who went in just now, The boy in blue shirt, A rumour that his resignation had been demanded spread among the employees.

B. Adjective Phrase: 
The adjective phrase describes a quality or an attribute in the phrase and functions as an adjective. In the following sentences, if there is more than one adjective in the sentence then they are taken consecutively and constitute a phrase - (handsome young man, annoying French girl)
Structure of Adjective Phrase (Adj. P) = (pre-modifiers) + adjective + (post-modifiers)
very tall, extremely busy, large enough.


C. Verb Phrase: 
The predicate of a sentence is always made up of the verb phrase and its complements. The main verb in a sentence can take on several auxiliary verbs or models thus forming a verb phrase.
Structure of Verb Phrase (VP) = (helping verbs) + full verb.
She laughed, I am working, We have been waiting for the results, She can speak German and French,  They might have been expecting all that.


D. Adverb Phrase:
An adverb phrase functions as an adverb. It is made up of a single adverb or a group of words that function as adverbs. It is called an adverbial phrase.
REMEMBER:  Adverbial phrases can be constructed with prepositions as well as with an infinitive form of a verb.

Example:
 Purpose:     I make wax toys for fun
 Manner:     The barber cut my hair with a pair of scissors
 Place:         The man who lives in the bunglow is a doctor
Time:          We must finish our assignment before sunrise
 Frequency: Raghu buys a new dress every month
 Purpose:     Raju bought a card for his father
 Purpose:     He is saving money to buy a house
 Purpose:     The players all showed up to support the team
 Purpose:     Sally brought a paper puppet home from school to show to her brother


E. Prepositional Phrase:
A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition, a noun or a pronoun (that is the object of the preposition) and, usually, an adjective that modifies the object).
Structure of Prepositional phrase (PP) =  preposition + a complement (= a noun phrase, generally)

Example: 
above my head, among the trees, around our house,  at the shop, under the bed.


 F. Appositive Phrase
An appositive phrase is an extension of a word that immediately goes before it.

Example:
 1. My favourite actor, a wonderful comedian in his own right, has won several international awards. [Noun phrase as appositive]
 2.  An excellent exercise, walking briskly, helps reduce body fat quickly. [Gerund phrase as appositive]
 3. Carol’s goal in life, to become an engineer, is fading slowly. [Infinitive phrases as appositive]


The following 3 phrases are usually studied as  Non - Finite verbs.

G. Infinitive Phrase: 
An infinitive phrase contains an infinitive and a complement or any modifiers connected to it. Infinitive phrases act as nouns, adjectives and adverbs.
Examples:
 1. Her objective to promote window remarriage won wide acceptance in rural areas. [modifies objective, functions as an adjective]
 2. He wanted to educate the masses. [Noun - object of the sentence]
 3. Listening to Sam recount his wartime exploits is an overwhelming experience. [Noun - subject of the sentence]
 4. To know him is to love him. [Noun, predicate nominative]
 5. I went to college to study literature. [Object of a Infinitive].


H. Gerund Phrase:
Gerunds verbs, ending in -ing and acting as nouns, usually are associated with complements and modifiers in a gerund phrase. These phrases act as units and can function in every way like a noun. Prepositional phrases are usually part of the gerund phrase.

Example:
 1. Cramming just before the exams is a poor study strategy. [Gerund phrase as subject]
 2. Nancy enjoyed swimming in the sea before sunrise. [Gerund phrase as object]
 3. She is interested in teaching mathematics for the rest of her life. [Gerund phrase as object of the preposition in].


I. Participle Phrase:
Present participles, verbs that end in -ing, and past participles, verbs ending in -ed are joined with complements and modifiers to form phrasal structures. Participial phrases function only as adjectives. When they start a sentence, they are set off by a comma which makes them an introductory modifier. In other cases, participial phrases are set off by commas if they are parenthetical parts.

Example:

 1. The wooden staircase, having become dilapidated because of thousands of traipsing visitors, needed to be repaired. [modifies “staircase”]

 2. The tailors, working round-the-clock, finally finished the stitching assignment. [modifies “tailors”]