Static GK- Asian Countries, Currency & Capitals

Country	Capital	Currency	Language
Abkhazia	Sukhumi	Russian ruble(RUB)	Georgian Abkhaz Russian
Afghanistan	Kabul	Afghani(AFN)	Pashto Dari (Persian)
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Episkopi Cantonment	Euro (EUR)	English Greek
Armenia	Yerevan	Dram (AMD)	Armenian
Azerbaijan	Baku	Manat (AZN)	Azerbaijani
Bahrain	Manama	Bahraini dinar (BHD)	Arabic
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Taka(BDT)	Bengali
Bhutan	Thimphu	Bhutanese ngultrumb(BTN)	Dzongkha
British Indian Ocean Territory	Diego Garcia	UK pound	English
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei dollar (BND)	Bahasa Melayu
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Riela (KHR)	Khmer
China	Beijing	Renminbi (yuan)(CNY)	Standard Chinese
Christmas Island	Flying Fish Cove	Australian dollar (AUD)	English
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	West Island	Australian dollar (AUD)	English
Cyprus	Nicosia	Euro (EUR)	Greek Turkish
East Timor	Dili	United States dollarc(USD)	Portuguese Tetum
Georgia	Tbilisi	Lari (GEL)	Georgian
Hong Kong	Special administrative region of China	Hong Kong dollar(HKD)	English Cantonese
India	New Delhi	Indian rupee (INR)	Hindi English
Indonesia	Jakarta	Indonesian rupiah (IDR)	Indonesian
Iran	Tehran	Rial (IRR)	Persian
Iraq	Baghdad	Iraqi dinar (IQD)	Kurdish Arabic
Israel	Jerusalem	Israeli new shekel (ILS)	Hebrew English Arabic
Japan	Tokyo	Yen (JPY)	Japanese
Jordan	Amman	Jordanian dinar (JOD)	Arabic
Kazakhstan	Astana	Tenge (KZT)	Kazakh Russian
Kurdistan	Erbil	Dinar	Kurdish
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)	Arabic
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Som (KGS)	Kyrgyz Russian
Laos	Vientiane	Kip (LAK)	Lao
Lebanon	Beirut	Lebanese pound (LBP)	Arabic
Macau	Special administrative region of China	Macanese pataca(MOP)	Portuguese Cantonese
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Ringgit (MYR)	Malaysian
Maldives

Current Affairs October 23, 2017

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INDIAN AFFAIRS

Haryana to introduce ‘PGs for cattle’ to boost milk production
On October 22, 2017, Haryana State Government announced to set up ‘PGs (Paying Guests) for cattle’, through which people living in high-rises or in urban areas will be able to rear their own cattle and produce quality milk for their personal consumption.
i. Under this initiative, Haryana State Government will earmark 50 to 100 acres of land for dairy business.
ii. In such earmarked areas, there will be two types of dairies – one will be traditional and the other will be set up as ‘PGs for cattle’.
iii. People who live in high rise buildings in a big city where rearing cattle is not possible, but still want to consume milk of their own cow or buffalo, can rear their own cattle and get quality milk by taking up plots reserved for ‘PGs for cattle’ in the earmarked dairy areas.
iv. Haryana Government is taking several measure to boost dairy industry in the state with an objective to make Haryana as the best state in milk production.

India’s First Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra for Skilling in Smart Cities
On October 23, 2017, Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh along with Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated India’s first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in Smart Cities in New Delhi in collaboration with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).About India’s First Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra for Skilling in Smart Cities:
i. This centre, located at Mandir Marg, New Delhi, is an exemplary heritage building of approx. 30,000 sq.ft.
ii. It has a capacity of skilling 4000 youth annually and caters to healthcare and solar energy sectors.
iii. The centre will be managed by Orion Edutech, which is National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) affiliated training partner.
iv. Orion Edutech has trained nearly 3 lakh candidates through its network of over 275 skill development centres across India.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

State of World Population 2017 Report launched
As per the recently released State of World Population 2017 report by the United Nations Population Fund, prevailing inequality between rich and poor has to be tackled on an urgent basis and poorest and most vulnerable women will have to be empowered to make their own decisions about their lives. On failing to do so, countries across the world could face unrest and their development will be hampered.
i. The report has been titled “Worlds Apart: Reproductive Health and Rights in an Age of Inequality.”
ii. As of 2017, half of 1.6 billion women of reproductive age living in developing regions want to avoid a pregnancy.Around 59 million women use unreliable traditional methods of pregnancy prevention whereas 155 million use no method of contraception at all.

RC Passage The Hindu

Understanding Trumpocalypse

Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States. These words will echo in the hearts of 324 million Americans today, some shell-shocked and downcast, others delirious with joy. The sheer divergence of emotions over the surprise result is a poignant signal of how deeply divided the nation is, after a polarising two-year election campaign. Bigotry, patriarchy and racist rancour, which reared their ugly heads throughout this season of incivility, may find no welcome catharsis with the apotheosis of Mr. Trump. According to the exit polls, 58 per cent of whites and 21 per cent of non-whites voted for Mr. Trump, whereas 37 per cent of whites and 74 per cent of non-whites voted for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. He also scored higher with men than women, and with those voters who did not have a college degree. In other words, blue-collared white men and women thronged to Mr. Trump in droves, angry about their perceived impoverishment and disenfranchisement inflicted by the country’s political and financial elites. It had left them with only one option: to throw a metaphorical grenade at these power centres.

At the heart of the shock result is the shock itself, which stemmed from what most analysts have been calling the vote of the “silent majority”. Why did the U.S. media and pollsters fail to see which way the wind was blowing? They apparently did not suspect, when poll results suggested that Ms. Clinton was the more acceptable candidate, that some of the respondents to these polls may have been unwilling to admit to being supporters of Mr. Trump. It is likely for instance that women, 42 per cent of whom voted for Mr. Trump, were reluctant to reveal their preference after Mr. Trump was exposed for boasting about sexual assault and faced allegations of the same. What was not taken proper note of was that in almost every swing State, there were between 11 and 18 per cent “undecided” voters in late October — a significant number of people that tilted the election in favour of Mr. Trump. Insofar as this election reflected expressions of frustration that went against the grain of political correctness, the Trump victory resembles Brexit. However, in his victory speech Mr. Trump has appeared to quickly move past campaign recrimination, the conciliatory tone of which may go a little way in calming nerves at home as well as of anxious world leaders watching the election from afar. If indeed he presents a softer, more collaborative face at home and abroad, the Divided States of America may yet hold firm and lend strength to the global order, as it has done in the past.

1). What does the Phrase “silent majority” refers to in this passage?

a)  The minority population of Black Americans

b)  b)The supporters of Ms.Clinton

c)  The supporters of Mr.Trump who doesn’t showoff during pre-poll.

d)  the gang of ungraduate  people who voted for Mr.Trump.

e)  The supporters of Mr. Trump.

2). Why does the result of U.S Poll has been considered as a surprising one?

a)  As most of the country’s leaders support is with Ms. Clinton

b)  the pre poll analysis by all U.S Media results in more supporters to Ms. Clinton than Mr.Trump

c)  There were lot of complains against Mr. Trump which would will lead to Ms. Clinton victory.

d)  As presently Ms. Clinton’s party is on the command and also in the past.

e)  None of the above.

3). Which of the following is true about the post election result?

a)  Were most of the college degree holders voted for Mr.Trump.

b)  More percentage of women voters were voted for Mr.Trump than men.

c)  More percentage of Black Americans were voted for Mr.Trump than White Americans.

d)  Less percentage of blue-collared employees were casted their poll to Mr.Trump.

e)  Less percentage of blue-collared employees were casted their poll to Ms.Clinton.

English-Sentence Correction (Unsolved) for Practice

1.        A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.

(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them

(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them

(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them

(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based（E）

(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based

2.        A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.

(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump

(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping

(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump

(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump（A）

(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities

3.        A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.

(A) it was only the second published by an American woman

(B) it was only the second that an American woman published

(C) the second one only published by an American woman

(D) the second one only that an American woman published（E）

(E) only the second published by an American woman

4.        A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting to close to large jet engines for long periods of time.

(A) a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

(B) a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to large jet engines

(C) a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

        (D) damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time

(E) damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

5.        A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.

(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom

(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him

(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him

(D) some Black’s returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom（A）

(E) some Black’s return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa

Static GK- SAARC Countries

Member Country	Capital	President	Prime Minister	Currency
Afghanistan	Kabul	Mohammad Ashraf Ghani		Afghani
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Abdul Hamid	Sheikh Hasina	Taka
Bhutan	Thimpu	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck	Tshering Tobgay	Ngultrum and Indian Rupee
India	New Delhi	Ram Nath Kovind	Narendra Modi	Indian Rupee
Maldives	Malé	Abdulla Yameen		Maldivian Rufiyaa
Nepal	Kathmandu	Bidhya Bhandari	Sher Bahadur Deuba	Nepalese Rupee
Pakistan	Islamabad	Mamnoon Hussain	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi	Pakistani Rupee
Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Maithripala Sirisena	Ranil Wickremesinghe	Sri Lankan Rupee

Source: Wikipedia