Current Affairs 7th August, 2017

1. Sri Lankan Navy commissions India-built AOPV

The Sri Lankan Navy has commissioned an India-built state-of-the-art Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV), the first-ever purchase from a foreign ship builder, to boost its search and rescue capabilities.

• Sri Lankan President and Armed Forces commander-in-chief Maithripala Sirisena commissioned the new patrol vessel “SLNS Sayurala” at a ceremony at the Eastern Container Terminal of the Port of Colombo. It is the largest vessel built by an Indian ship builder for a foreign navy to date.
• It is expected to conduct patrols, policing, surveillance, reconnaissance, search and rescue, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) and pollution control missions in Sri Lanka’s maritime zones.

Current Affairs 6th August, 2017

1. Hiroshima Day: August 6th

August 6th marks the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—an event which is commemorated in the U.S. as “Hiroshima Day.”

• On August 6, 1945, during WWII, an American B-29 bomber piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets deployed the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
• Three days later, on August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb was dropped over Nagasaki, killing some 40,000 more civilians.

Current Affairs 5th August, 2017

1. Satellite launched by Israel to monitor climate change and vegetation

Two satellites are launched by Israel including one dedicated to monitoring the effects of climate change on vegetation were successfully launched into orbit.

•    The Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro Satellite -- or Venus -- is a joint effort between France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) and Israel's space agency.

•    They were launched from Korou, in French Guiana, at 10:56 PM (local time).

•    Venus will photograph 110 specific sites across the world every two days for two-and-a-half years, charting the impact of climate change on ecosystems and agriculture as well as studying carbon stocks and plant evolution.

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

Seating Arrangement: Reasoning Quiz

1. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Eight members P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W of a family are sitting around a rectangular table with all of them facing outwards. Each one of them like different type of music instruments viz. XYLOPHONE, Balafon, Guitar, Piano, VIOLIN, TRUMPET, Accodion and Flute. Three married couples are there in the family.

W is the only sister-in-law of P whereas Q likes TRUMPET and daughter-in-law of RP who is the father of U and uncle of V, sits to the left of the person who likes XYLOPHONE. U is an immediate neighbor of her aunty W who does not sit next to S. R does not like Flute or Accodion. The two youngest members sit next to each other. The one who likes the Balafon sits between V and the one who likes VIOLIN. V is third to the left of S. The one who likes TRUMPET sits between the persons who like Accodion and Flute Respectively. S’s husband and son sit next to her. Piano is not liked by V’s father. V does not like Guitar or Accodion. S is the mother of P and T, and sits second to the left of T.

1. Which of the following statements is true regarding the family?
   1. P is the brother of W
   2. R is the father-in-law of P
   3. Q is the aunty of V
   4. U and V are married couple
   5. None of the Above
2. Who among the following sits between Q and the one who likes Balafon?
   1. P
   2. T
   3. S
   4. V
   5. W
3. What is the position of the person who likes Piano with respect to the one who likes TRUMPET ?
   1. Third to the right
   2. Second to the left
   3. Immediate left
   4. Third to the left
   5. Fourth to the left
4. Who among the following likes Guitar?
   1. W
   2. U
   3. V
   4. X
   5. T
5. Which of the following options represent a pair?
   1. Y, X
   2. W, T
   3. W, R
   4. S, U
   5. None of the above

2. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Eight players – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W sit around a square table in such a way that four of them sit on the four sides while the rest at corners. They play different instruments namely Xylophone, Balafon, Guitar, Piano, Violin, Trumpet, Accodion and Flute. Some of them are facing the centre while some are facing outside.(i.e away from the centre)

• Q faces the centre of the table and does not sit on any corner. V sits on one of the corner between the Flute player and Trumpet player. W sits second to the right of Balafon player who faces the centre.
• The Violin player sits third to the left of Q.  S sits opposite to W. P sits on the corner exactly opposite to T. The Balafon player sits third to the right of Accodion player. The Xylophone player does not facing the centre.
• The Trumpet sits opposite to Q, also faces in opposite direction of Q and sits between Accodion player and Violin player. T who is the Violin player sits immediate right to the Piano player.
• The Piano player faces the same direction of the U. The immediate neighbours of Q are facing opposite directions. The Accodion player sits exactly opposite to Guitar player.
• The one who is on the immediate left of U is facing the same direction as W.  R sits third to the left of W.

Note: Same directions means that if one person facing the centre then the other person also faces the centre and vice versa. Opposite direction means if one person is facing the centre then the other person faces outside and vice versa.

6. Who among the following is a Trumpet player?
   A. P
   B. U
   C. T
   D. Can’t be determined
   E. None of these
7. R is related to which of the following Instruments?
   A. Guitar
   B. Xylophone
   C. Accodion
   D. Can’t be determined
   E. None of these
8. Who among the following sits exactly between R and the Xylophone Player?
   A. The person who plays Flute
   B. The person who plays Accodion
   C. The person who plays Balafon
   D. Trumpet
   E. None of these
9. How many persons sit facing the centre?
   A. None
   B. One
   C. Two
   D. Three
   E. Four
10. Which of the following pairs are the immediate neighbors of the Flute player?
    A. P, V
    B. P, R
    C. V, R
    D. Q, R
    E. V, Q

Solution

1. Explanation

1.  Answer – 3. Q is the aunty of V

2. Answer – 4. V
3. Answer – 1. Third to the right
4. Answer – 5. T
5. Answer – 2. W, T

2. Explanation

6. Answer – B. U
7. Answer – A. Guitar
8. Answer – C. The person who plays Balafon
9. Answer – E. Four
10. Answer – A. P, V

Coding-Decoding New Pattern: Quiz

Directions (1 ‐ 5): Study the following information to answer the given questions:
In a certain code:

‘target made oval gamer’ is written as ‘N2@ T3$ L2# G4%’,
‘rupee recover support label’ is written as ‘I3@ H5% O3# I5$’,
‘usual favour market house’ is written as ‘F3# S3@ N4% U4$’, and
‘part ever incline oval’ is written as ‘L2# V2$ K2% R5@’.

1. Which is the code for ‘severe’?
a) H4#
b) H4@
c) N3%
d) G2@
e) Cannot be determined

2. What is the code for ‘oral theme’?
a) L2# H4@
b) L2# G3@
c) F3# G3@
d) L1# G4@
e) Cannot be determined

3. What is the code of ‘quart recover’?
a) I5$ J3%
b) J5$ K4#
c) H6$ W@
d) I2# J3%
e) Cannot be determined

4. What is the code of ‘vapour’?
a) E4#
b) E5@
c) R4$
d) E4$
e) Cannot be determined

5. Which is the code for ‘complaint several’?
a) U7# H5#
b) H7% H5@
c) X7% H5#
d) S8% H5#
e) Cannot be determined

Directions (6 ‐ 10): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

In a certain code,
‘commit also make policy’ is written as ‘%e4 !y6 #t6 @o4’,
‘policy craze anger mobile’ is written as ‘!y6 @r5 %e6 #e5’,
‘allow mild course prize’ is written as ‘!e5 %d4 #e6 @w5’, and
‘craze manner pump arst’ is written as ‘%r6 #e5 !p4 @t6’.

6. What is the code for ‘mild’ ?
a) @w5
b) %d4
c) %e4
d) %e6
e) Can’t be determined

7. What does ‘#e6 #e5 @04’ stand for?
a) also make course
b) craze also course
c) commit course mobile
d) artist mild craze
e) Either also make course or prize also course

8. Which could be the code for ‘peace protect pump’?
a) #t4 %d6 !r4
b) !e4 !r4 !e2
c) !p4 @w3 !r4
d) !e5 !t7 !p4
e) None of these

9. ’!l8 %n6 @e7’ could be a code for which of the following?
a) mobile charge victory
b) peaceful modern advance
c) against modern effort
d) mild peaceful west
e) None of these

10. Which of the following is the code for ‘anger prize commit’?
a) !e5 %d4 %e4
b) !e5 @r5 #t6
c) @r5 #e6 #t6
d) #t6 @o4 %e6
e) None of these

Solutions:-

(1-5)
The alphabet is written for first letter of each word in reverse order – A to Z, B to Y, C to X……….and Z to A

For symbols, last letter is used:
T = %, E = @, L = #, R = $
The number is number of letters between first and last letters of words.

Eg: made –
M => N, 2 letters between M and e. @ for e

for support –
S => H, 5 letters between s and t. % for t
So support = H5%, etc.

1. B)

2. C) 

3. A) 

4. D) 

5. C)

(6 – 10)
# for first letter c, % for first letter m, @ for first letter a, and ! for first letter p
Number represents number of alphabets in word

Alphabet represents the last letter of word.
6. B) mild = % for m, d for last d in mild and 4 for mild

7. B) #e6 – course; #e5 – craze; @04 – also

8. D) peace – !e5; protect – !t7; pump – !p4

9. B) tis – lists

since da and arise both not present so ‘da’ can be ‘arise’
tip – regime

10. B)

Current Affairs 4th August, 2017

1. USISPF set up to deepen Indo-US ties

A new representative body -- US- India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) -- is being set up to further enhance business relations between the India and US.

The non-profit corporation aims to promote bilateral trade and work on creating “meaningful opportunities that have the power to change the lives of citizens”.

USISPF's board of directors will include Chairman John Chambers (Executive Chairman, Cisco), Vice-Chairs Punit Renjen (Global CEO, Deloitte LLP) and Edward Monser (President, Emerson Electric), and board members Indra Nooyi (Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo), and Ajay Banga (President and CEO, MasterCard).

2. Army launches 'Humraaz' app for soldiers

The Indian Army has developed a mobile application 'Humraaz' through which serving soldiers can track details like postings and promotions.

Through the 'Humraaz' app, soldiers can also view their monthly salary slips and the Form 16 and also download them.

3. Desi Global Positioning System: NavIC

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has deployed an indigenous regional positioning system named as “Navigation with Indian Constellation” (NavIC).

It consists of seven satellites in a constellation to provide Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services in Indian mainland and surrounding region up to 1500 Km.

A budget of Rs.1420 Crore has been approved by the Government for the realisation of the system including 7 in-orbit satellites, 2 satellites as ground spare and associated ground segment.

4. Microsoft ties up with Telangana to use AI

Microsoft is tying up with the state of Telangana to use its artificial intelligence-based MINE platform to screen children for eye problems and prevent avoidable blindness.

MINE -Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare -is a global consortium of eyecare providers, research and academic institutions that will apply artificial intelligence to help in eyecare delivery.

5. SBI to raise Rs. 2,000 cr. via Basel-III bonds

State Bank of India plans to raise Rs 2,000 crore by allotting Basel-III compliant bonds to various investors.

The committee of directors for capital raising accorded its approval to allot 20,000 AT1 Basel-III compliant non-convertible, perpetual, subordinated bonds in the nature of debentures.

The bonds will carry a coupon rate of 8.15% per annum with a call option after 5 years or the anniversary date thereafter.

6. Iran’s Hassan Rouhani sworn in for second term

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani was officially sworn in for a second term  at a ceremony overseen by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.

Rouhani won the re-election in May 2017, after securing 57% of the votes. He defeated his main contender Ebrahim Raeisi.

Iran

Capital: Tehran

Currency: Rial

President: Hassan Rouhani

7. InCred ropes in Rahul Dravid as brand ambassador

Fintech startup InCred has signed up former Captain of Indian Cricket Team, Rahul Dravid, as its brand ambassador.

The Mumbai-based start-up has raised $85 million, one of the largest rounds of funding of a start-up in the Indian financial services industry recently.

The company gives loans in four categories – affordable housing loans, consumer loans, education loans and SME loans.

8. Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies

Robert Hardy, screen actor who played Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter movies, has died.

Between 1978 and 1990 he played eccentric veterinarian Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small, a popular show based on James Herriot’s books.