International Summits: Static Awareness

International Summits in 2016-17

Summits	Location Year Headquarters
BRICS Summits	Countries (5) - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa 6th BRICS Summit 2014 – Fortaleza, Brazil 7th BRICS Summit 2015 – UFA, Russia 8th BRICS Summit 2016 – Benaulim, Goa, India 9th BRICS Summit 2017 - Xiamen, China
G-20 Summits	Headquarters - Cancún, Mexico Establishment - 20 August 2003 Chairperson- Angela Merkel, Total Member Countries- 20 Countries = Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom         United States, European Union 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia 10th G 20 Meeting 2015 – Antalya, Turkey 11th G 20 Meeting 2016 – Hangzhou, China 12th G 20 Meeting 2017 – Germany 13th G 20 Meeting 2018 – Argentina, Buenos Aires
G-7 Annual Summits (Earlier it was G8, Now Russia suspended Temporarily)	Establishment - 1975 Group of Seven Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada. 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Brussels, Belgium 41st G8 Summit 2015 – Schloss Elmau, Germany 42nd G8 Summit 2016 – Shima, Japan 43rd G8 Summit 2017 – Italy 44th G8 Summit 2018 – Canada 45th G8 Summit 2019 – France 46th G8 Summit 2020 - United States    47th G8 Summit 2021 - United Kingdom
SAARC Summits (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)	Headquarters – Kathmandu, Nepal Formation - 16 January, 1987 First holder - Abul Ahsan Secretary General– Arjun Bahadur Thapa Countries (8)– Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka SAARC Summit Held – 18th SAARC Summit 2014 – Kathmandu, Nepal 19th SAARC Summit 2016 – Islamabad, Pakistan 20th SAARC Summit 2018
ASEAN Summits (Association of South East Asian Nation)	Headquarters - Jakarta, Indonesia Establishment -  8 August 1967 Total Countries – 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Secretary General – Le Luong Minh (Vietnam) Chairman - Philippines Rodrigo Duterte Summits held – 24th ASEAN Summit 2014 (May)– Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 25th ASEAN Summit 2014 (November)– Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 26th ASEAN Summit 2015 (April)– Langkawi, Malaysia 27th ASEAN Summit 2015 (November)– Manila, Philippines 28th ASEAN Summit 2016 ( April ) – Vientiane – Laos 29th ASEAN Summit 2016 ( November )-Vientiane- Laos 30th  ASEAN Summit  2017 (April) -       Philippines,Metro Manila        31st  ASEAN Summit 2017 (November) – Philippine, Clark, Freeport Zone
East Asia Summit (EAS)	Establishment - 1991 by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Countries: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Vietnam The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings. The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 December 2005. Summits Held – 9th East Asia Summit 2014 – Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 10th East Asia Summit 2015 – Kuala Lumpur .Malaysia 11th East Asia Summit 2016 – Vientiane, Laos 12th East Asia Summit 2017 – TBD, Philippines
IBSA Summits	Headquarters - Stafford St, Abbotsford, Victoria Established – 6th June, 2003 IBSA Dialogue Forum – India, Brazil, South Africa. 1st: March 5th, 2004, in New Delhi 2nd: March 3rd, 2005, in Cape Town 3rd: March 30th, 2006, in Rio de Janeiro 4th: July 16th and 17th, 2007, in New Delhi 5th: May 11th, 2008, in Somerset West 6th: August 31st to September 1st, 2009, in Brasília 7th: March 8th, 2011, in New Delhi
APEC Summits (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation)	Headquarters – Singapore Establishment - 1989 Total Countries – (Australia, Canada, Brunei, Chile, china, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Vietnam). These are total 21 countries. Executive Director – Alan Bollard Summit Held – 26th APEC Summit 2014 – Beijing, China 27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines, Manila 28th APEC Summit 2016 – Peru, Lima 29th APEC Summit 2017 – Vietnam, Danang 30th APEC Summit 2018 -  Papua, New Guinea Port Moresby  31st APEC Summit 2019 -  Chile 32nd APEC Summit 2020 - Malaysia        33rd APEC Summit 2021 -  New Zealand            34th APEC Summit 2022 –  Thailand       35th APEC Summit 2023 -   Mexico                     36th APEC Summit 2024 -   Brunei                      37th APEC Summit 2025 -  Republic of Korea    38th APEC Summit 2026 -  Peru
BIMSTEC Summits (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation	Headquarters – Dhaka Establishment - 6 June 1997 Chairmanship – Nepal (since 2014) Total Countries - Bangladesh, India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South Asia Summits Held – 1st  BIMSTEC Summit 2004 – Thailand, Bangkok 2nd BIMSTEC Summit 2008 – India,       New Delhi 3rd BIMSTEC Summit 2014 -  Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw 4th BIMSTEC Summit 2017 -  Nepal, Kathmandu
Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) (2010)	Establishment – 2009 Total Countries – 58 Countries European Union members represented by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission only (as observer) Summits Held - 1st  NSS 2010 – Washington, D.C, USA 2nd NSS 2012 - South Korea, Seoul 3rd  NSS 2014 – Hague, Netherlands 4th  NSS 2016 – Washington, D.C, USA 5th  NSS 2017 – India
OPEC International Seminar	Headquarters - Vienna, Austria Establishment - 1960, Baghdad Secretary General - Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo Total Countries – (Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela). OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 6th International OPEC – Veinna, Austria
NATO	Headquarters - Brussels, Belgium Establishment -  4 April, 1949 Secretary General - Jens Stoltenberg Total Member Countries - 28 NATO – North Atlantic treaty Organization Summit Held in – NATO Summit 2014 – Wales (Britain), UK (Britain last hosted the     summit in 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister) NATO Summit 2016 – Poland, Warsaw NATO Summit 2017 -  Belgium, Brussels NATO Summit 2018 – Turkey, Istanbul
Asian development Bank meeting	Headquarters - Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines Establishment - 19 December 1966 President - Takehiko Nakao Total Member Countries - 67 countries ADB – Asian Development Bank Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year. ADB Annual Meeting 2014 – Astana, Kazakhstan ADB Annual Meeting 2015 – Baku, Azerbaijan ADB Annual Meeting 2016 -       Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany ADB Annual Meeting 2017 - Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
Earth Hour	Global earth hour 2015 – Seoul Global earth hour 2016- Australia
NAM Summit	Headquarters - Jakarta, Indonesia Establishment – 1961, Belgrade Secretary General - Nicolás Maduro Total Member Countries - 120 countries NAM Summit Full Form – Non-Allied Moment 16th NAM(Non-Aligned Movement) Summit 2012 was held in Tehran, Iran. It has 120+2 (Two nations namely Azerbaijan Republic and Fiji) members. 17th NAM summit 2016 was held in Caracas,Venezuela.
Global Insurance Summit	·          8th Global insurance Summit Was held in 2015  – Mumbai
CHOGM Summit	Establishment – 1907 Chairman - Joseph Muscat Total Members Countries – 52 countries CHOGM Full Form – Common Wealth Heads of Government Meeting held After Gap of Every Two years Next CHOGM Will held In United Kingdom 2018 In 2015 CHOGM Meeting Was held In – Malta
UN Climate Change Summit	Meetings :- 1st meeting 2000 - The Hague, Netherlands 2nd meeting 2001 - Bonn, Germany 3rd meetibg 2001 - Marrakech, Morocco 4th meeting 2002 - New Delhi, India 5th meeting 2003 - Milan, Italy] 6th meeting 2004 - Buenos Aires, Argentina 7th meeting 2005 - Montreal, Canada 8th meeting 2006 - Nairobi, Kenya 9th meeting 2007 - Bali, Indonesia 10th meeting 2008 - Poznań, Poland 11th meeting 2009 - Copenhagen, Denmark 12th meeting 2010 - Cancún, Mexico[edit] 13th meeting 2011 - Durban, South Africa 14th meeting 2012 - Doha, Qatar 15th meeting 2013 - Warsaw, Poland 16th meeting 2014 - Lima, Peru 17th meeting 2015 - Paris, France 18th meeting 2016 - Marrakech, Morocco 19th meeting 2017 - Bonn, Germany
22nd CII Partnership Summit & 1stSunrise AP Investment Meet	Headquarters - New Delhi, India Establishment – 1895 Executive Vice Chairperson - Shobana Kamineni Place - Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
India Investment Summit	Date - 4th and 5th February, 2016 Place - New Delhi

English Quiz: Double Fillers

Direction: Fill in the blanks with appropriate word to form a meaningful sentence.

1. India’s navy is beginning to see the end product of decades of ______ and a continuing ______ of strategic planning.
   A) agitation, praise
   B) calmness, disdain
   C) confusion, neglect
   D) amazement, despite
   
   

   
   
2. Recent moves by the government to try and _________the ___________ of savings rates in the country — many of which are still administratively set — are welcome and praiseworthy.
   A) resolve, diversity
   B) rationalize, multitude
   C) elucidate, phenomenon 
   D) accumulate, majority
   
   
   

   
   
3. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ______ in line with ________ by keeping unchanged the repo rate, the rate at which the central bank lends to the banking system, at 6.25 per cent.
   A) enforced, assumption
   B) executed, view
   C) operated, fortune
   D) acted, expectations
   
   
   

   
   
4. On Tuesday, the Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu government to waive farm loans taken by all farmers, _________ of their land holding, and to ensure that no penal action or loan recovery was ________ against them.
   A) irrespective, initiated
   B) needless, inserted
   C) impartial, originated
   D) respectful, sponsored
   
   
   

   
   
5. Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation in order to curb the use of black money, a _________ theme in public __________ has been the use of such unaccounted wealth in financing political parties.
   A) relaxed, domain
   B) fixed, execution 
   C) recurring, discourse
   D) circular, attitude
   
   

   
   
6. _______ summer and the water availability _______ in most part of the country.
   A) After, low
   B) Come, dwindles
   C) Attain, subside
   D) Occur, flourishes 
   
   
   

   
   
7. It is a great relief that the country is ______ to ______ the goods and services tax (GST) regime.
   A) next, forwarding
   B) concentrated, borrowing
   C) gaining, seize 
   D) close, adopting
   
   
   

   
   
8. The one ____________ success of the Narendra Modi-led government is a/an ________ in the Centre’s fiscal state.
   A) unequivocal, improvement
   B) certain, stoppage
   C) indisputable, stagnation
   D) questionable, organised
   
   
   

   
   
9. The Supreme Court’s ______ last week that the sale of vehicles meeting Bharat Stage-III (BS-III) emission norms won’t be allowed from April 1 caught the industry on the wrong ________.
   A) ruling, bench
   B) verdict, foot
   C) adjudication, terms
   D) decision, sentence
   
   
   

   
   
10. It appears that the central government and the Supreme Court are no ______ to a _______ on how senior judges should be appointed.
    A) adjacent, refusal
    B) approaching, contest
    C) closer, compromise
    D) proximity, pay
    
    
    

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1. Option C
Explanation: confusion, neglect
2. Option B
Explanation: rationalize, multitude
3. Option D
Explanation: acted, expectations
4. Option A
Explanation: irrespective, initiated
5. Option C
Explanation: recurring, discourse
6. Option B
Explanation: Come summer is equivalent to When summer comes.
7. Option D
Explanation: close, adopting
8. Option A
Explanation: unequivocal, improvement
9. Option B
Explanation: If something catches you on the wrong foot, you are not prepared for it.
10. Option C
Explanation: closer, compromise

English Quiz for SBI PO 2017

Direction: In the passage given below words are given in bold, each followed by a number given in the brackets. Every word in bold has five alternatives. Find the word which best suits the place. If the given word suits the blank, mark 'no correction/change required' as the answer.

In the 1980s, ‘pseudo-secularism’ and ‘minority-ism’ were the two principal issues of Indian politics. These expressions, used by the BJP, denote grievances (1) of Muslims by the ruling Congress, and in subsequent decades, by regional forces.

A section of the Hindu majority also always felt secure (2) about it. This grief was shared by many Congress leaders as well. The Muslim leadership, too, in the name of marginalization from the structures of power and economy, pursued their politics almost exclusively for emotive identity-related issues of personal law, Urdu, Muslim universities, etc. Cultural identities were not defined in terms of regional, ethnic and linguistic diversities of the religious communities. At least on this particular issue, ‘secular’ politics, their Muslim leadership and the majoritarian communal politics were all on the same board. Playing the majoritarian communal card became easier for a Hindu team (3). The Muslim leadership asked for their conservatism to be preserved and safeguarded (4).Whatever they asked for was granted, all in the name of ‘secularism’. Muslim politics did not go beyond this, even though their uninterupted (5) under-representation in every sphere of education, economy and power continued.

1) Find out the appropriate word 1. 

a) irritation

b) enragement

c) placation

d) baleful

e) No correction required

2) Find out the appropriate word 2. 

a)jubilant

b) dispiriting

c) gleeful

d) aggrieved

e ) No correction required

3) Find out the appropriate word 3. 

a)consolidation 

b)division

c)severance

d)parting

e) No correction required

4) Find out the appropriate word 4. 

a) praised

b)carry on

c) perpetuated

d)standstill

e) No correction required

5) Find out the appropriate word 5. 

a) woeful

b)uplifting

c) encouraging

d) gloomy

e) No correction required

Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, Will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error. Mark (E) i.e. no error as the answer. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any). 

6) Hence, the Muslim masses were not accustomed to mobilise (A)/ protests against price rise, unemployment, electricity, roads, healthcare, education, environment (B)/ and such socially non-divisive issues of everyday concern. (C)/ Ironically, they still suffered from being an ‘appeased’ community.(D)/ No error (E)/. 

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E

7) As the majoritarian communal politics alleged these (A)/ ‘secular’ parties of ‘minority appeasement’, the Congress-led UPA-1 bought out the Sachar Report (B)/ in 2005 to essentially tell ‘saffronised Hindus’, “See! Had weappeased them, (C)/ their economic status could not have been so woeful!” But that was not to be.(D)/ No error (E)/.

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E

8) The ‘revolution of rising expectations’ between the historically (A) /oppressed groups — the lower OBCs and lower Dalits (B)/ — is something no political formation (C)/, except Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), addressed (D)/ No error (E)/.

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E

9) One needs to watch if the BJP really would likes to trifurcate UP. (A)/Politically, this may be more useful for Modi in (B)/ that the chief minister of UP as the state is today (C)/ could emerge as his next contender for the prime ministership. (D)/ No error (E)/.

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E

10) Is the BJP here to offer good governance and development, along with Hindutva? (A)/ Or is it here only to unfold a radical Hindutva with everything else a façade? (B)/ Did Adityanath really have any imagination for the concrete development of UP? (C)/ The mandate of 2017 in UP, it seems, is to give a chance to the BJP to answer these questions. (D)/ No error (E)/.

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E

Answer's: 
1. (c) placation noun form of placate - to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures (तसल्ली देना , दिलासा देना )
2. (d) aggrieved - feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated ( पीड़ित , असंतुष्ट)
3. (a) consolidation – to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine(समेकन)
4. (b) perpetuated - make (something) continue indefinitely. (बनाये रखना)
5. (a) woeful - characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery (खस्ताहाल)
6. ( E) No error
7. (b)“brought out “ not “bought out “
8. (a) remove “between” (used for two persons ) among is the correct word for more than two .
9. (a) Error “ likes “ correct : “like”
10. Answer: (e) No error