Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (08 April 2016)

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Q.1- Which one of the following lakes have maximum depth?

A. Superior
B. Baikal
C. Tanganyika
D. Michigan

Q.2- What is the difference between a CFL and an LED lamp?

1. To produce light, a CFL uses mercury vapour and phosphor while an LED lamp uses semiconductor material.
2. The average life span of a CFL is much longer than that of an LED lamp.
3. A CFL is less energy-efficient as compared to an LED lamp.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3

Current Affairs for BANK, IBPS Exams

08 April 2016

:: NATIONAL ::

Supreme Court ordered Vjay Mallya to declare his and his families assets

• The banks’ outright rejection of the offers by Vijay Mallya to partially repay the carrier’s debts led the Supreme Court to order him to disclose under oath assets existing in his name and those of his wife and children as on March 31.

• A Bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Nariman gave Mr. Mallya time till April 21 to file the affidavit, which should include a complete list of all their properties both in India and abroad.

• The court asked Mr. Mallya’s lawyers to get instructions and indicate when the businessman would be present in court.

• The Bench agreed with the banks that Mr. Mallya’s presence was “necessary” for any meaningful negotiations to start.

• It also agreed that he should pay in advance a “substantial amount” of his dues, estimated to be over Rs. 9,000 crore, to prove his bona fide.

Fees in IITs increased for general and completely waved off for SCs/STs

• Studying at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is going to cost much more from the coming academic session as the Central government has decided to double the fee.

• The annual tuition fees for undergraduate courses will be increased from Rs. 90,000 to Rs. 2 lakh.

• However, there will be a total fee waiver for the differently abled and students of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the weaker sections.

• The IITs are the most- sought-after institutes in India for engineering, as per the Indian government’s National Institute Ranking Framework.

• The fee was last revised in 2013 under the UPA government from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 90,000. In 2008, the fee was increased from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 50,000.

Some relief by railways to Latur district

• While announcing that two trains will carry 25 lakh litres of water to Latur from Miraj in the next 15 days, Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse blamed the previous governments of the Congress and the NCP for the present situation.

• Section 144 has been invoked in Latur to avoid riots over water as all sources have dried up. The city is allegedly getting water once in 20 days.

• The Revenue Minister, however, refuted the allegations of migration, and said the government is committed to supplying water to the people.

Pakistan suspends peace process with India

• Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit, who accused India of suspending Foreign Secretary-level talks, also raised the recent arrest in Pakistan of a former Indian naval officer accused of spying.

• Mr. Basit told the press conference “The arrest of Kulbushan Yadav corroborates what Pakistan has been saying all along. We are aware of those who seek to create unrest in Pakistan.”

• Mr. Basit’s comments came a day after an official from the Chinese Embassy defended China’s move to stop a diplomatic campaign by India at the 1267 Committee of the U.N. to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar.

• Analysts said the sharp comments by the High Commissioner were unusual, and possibly an indicator of a growing civil-military divide in Pakistan.

• Nawaz Sharif’s government is facing increasing pressure from the military which is trying to take control of foreign policy and nuclear issues.

• The MEA said the High Commissioner had been contradicted by his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson who said the “countries are in contact” to work out dates for the Foreign Secretary talks.

:: INTERNATIONAL ::

India is sixth largest military spender in 2015

• India is the sixth largest military spender in 2015 having spent $51.3 billion even as the world spent $1,676 billion reversing a global trend which was on the decline since 2011., as per the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

• India moved one rank up from last year accounting for 3.1 percent of global military expenditure.

• Over a ten-year period from 2006-15 this represents a 43 per cent jump. India is also ahead of countries like France, Germany and Israel who happen to be among its top arms suppliers.

• World military expenditure rose by 1 per cent in 2015, the report noted said it reflects continuing growth in Asia and Oceania, Central and Eastern Europe, and some Middle Eastern states.

• On the one hand, spending trends reflect the escalating conflict and tension in many parts of the world; on the other hand, they show a clear break from the oil-fuelled surge in military spending of the past decade.

• The U.S. remained by far the world’s largest spender in 2015 despite its defence expenditure falling by 2.4 per cent to $596 billion followed by China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and U.K.

• China’s expenditure rose by 7.4 per cent to $215 billion.

India trying to avoid embarrassing episode of five years ago on immigration

• The U.S federal agencies that caught 10 Indians in a sting operation for allegedly defrauding the country’s immigration system are yet to move against the recipients of fraudulently obtained visas and other documents.

• Meanwhile, Indian diplomats are trying to avoid the repeat of an embarrassing spectacle five years ago when Indian students trapped in the Tri Valley University scam were radio tagged to monitor their movement.

• Indian diplomatic sources said they have not received any response yet from the State Department or the Department of Homeland Security to India’s request that the ‘students’ who have been involved in the sting operation should not be arrested or deported.

• The 10 Indians among the 21 arrested by the U.S. agencies so far were middlemen who facilitated the transactions between visa seekers and the fake ‘University of Northern New Jersey’ set up by undercover agents of the Department of Homeland Security.

• Fresh documents released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey illustrate an elaborate racket to game the U.S. immigration system.

• The visa seekers were already in the U.S. on student visas that were about to expire. The deal that the two sought involved two types of visas.

• First, student visas that would allow the recipients Curriculum Practical Training or CPT, under the guise of which Promatrix would employ them. Second, H-1B visas through fake diplomas and transcripts provided by the fake university.

• India’s contention is that if a fake U.S. university issues documents to a prospective student and the immigration department then issues him a visa, it reflects the loopholes in the U.S. system more than the criminality of the visa seeker.

• In this instance, the ‘university’ itself is fake, but in many cases, there are legally functioning universities that enable such operation.

• The counter to that argument is that in this case ‘students’ get into the university with the explicit understanding that they would not be attending classes.

• Incidentally, the annual growth of Indian students in the U.S. in 2014 was the highest in recorded history, rising by 29.4 per cent compared with the previous year.

• There were 132,888 Indians studying in U.S. schools in 2014, compared to 102,673 in 2013. China has the largest student contingent in the U.S. – 304,040 in 2014, which was an increase of 10.8 per cent from the previous year.

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (07 April 2016)

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Q.1- Which of the following is/are not touching Panama?

1. Ecuador
2. Nicaragua
3. Costa Rica
4. Carribean Sea

A. 1,3
B. 1,2
C. 2,3 and 4
D. 3,4

Q.2- With reference to Union Budget, which of the following, is not covered under Non-Plan Expenditure?

1. Defense–expenditure
2. Interest payments
3. Expenditure on infrastructure
4. Subsidies

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (06 April 2016)

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Q.1- Vermicompostuse which of the following for the process of composting?

A. Bacteria
B. Worm
C. Fungi
D. None

Q.2- Amnesty International is

A. an agency of the United Nations to help refugees of civil war.
B. a global Human Rights Movement.
C. a non-governmental voluntary organization to help very poor people.
D. an inter-governmental agency to cater to medical emergencies in war-ravaged regions.

(Notification) Recruitment of 16,000+ Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales) & Junior Agricultural Associates at SBI - 2016

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as (i) Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) (ii) Junior Agricultural Associates in clerical cadre in State Bank of India. Candidates can apply for vacancies in one State and for one post only. Under Special Recruitment Drive for Tura (Meghalaya) and Kashmir Valley & Ladakh candidates can apply for one District only. Candidates can appear for the test only once under this recruitment project. The candidates applying for vacancies, other than for Special Recruitment Drive for Tura (Meghalaya), Kashmir Valley & Ladhak , should be proficient (reading, writing, speaking and understanding) in official language of the State. The candidates applying for vacancies under special Recruitment drive for Tura (Meghalaya), Kashmir Valley & Ladhak should be proficient (reading, writing, speaking and understanding) in official language of the State and local language of the concerned District (mentioned in the vacancy table against each District). Test of knowledge of official and/or local language will be conducted as a part of the selection process.

Post Details:

Post Name: Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales) & Junior Agricultural Associates

PAY SCALE: 11765-655/3-13730-815/3-16175-980/4-20095-1145/7-28110-2120/1-30230-1310/1-31540

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (05 April 2016)

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Q.1- How many major ports are present in India?

A. 13
B. 12
C. 14
D. 15

Q.2- Who among the following are entitled to obtain an Aadhaar card?

A. Every Resident
B. Every Citizen
C. Only citizens who are residing in India
D. None

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (04 April 2016)

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Q.1- Consider the following statement and mark the correct answer.

A) GST is a tax regime to separate state taxes from central taxes.
B) GST will have no impact on cascading effect of taxes.
C) All major Central and State taxes will get subsumed into GST which will reduce the multiplicity of taxes, and thus bring down the compliance cost.
D) None of the above

Q.2- Which of the following is hottest planet in the solar system?

A. Neptune
B. Nercury
C. Mars
D. Venus

(Cut-off) IBPS CWE - Specialist Officers (SO - V) Exam

"IBPS has released Cut-off for Recruitment of Specialist Officers. Office Notice is as follows:"

Exam Name: Specialist Officers SO (CWE-V)

(Cut-off) IBPS CWE - Probationary Officers Exam

• 2016

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Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (03 April 2016)

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Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (02 April 2016)

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Q.1- Which of the following is correct regarding commonwealth of nations?

1. All these countries were formerly colonies of British empire
2. These countries has a legal obligation to support Britain, when it is facing external war.
3. Nepal is part of commonwealth of nations

A. 1,2
B. 2,3
C. 1,3
D. None

Q.2- Which of the following is correct regarding El Niño?

A. It occurs in Indian ocean
B. It increases rain fall in India
C. It increases temperature near Peru
D. None

CWE-Probationary Officers (PO/MT-IV) Provisional Allotment Released by IBPS

"IBPS has released Provisional Allotment for Recruitment of Probationary Officers. Office Notice is as follows:"

Exam Name: Probationary Officers (PO)

CWE-PO/MT-IV

Year: 2016

CWE-Specialist Officers (CWE-SPL-IV) Provisional Allotment Released by IBPS

"IBPS has released Provisional Allotment for Recruitment of Specialist Officers. Office Notice is as follows:"

Exam Name: Specialist Officers (SO)

CWE-PO/MT-IV

Year: 2016

CWE-Clerk (CWE-CLERK-IV) Provisional Allotment Released by IBPS

"IBPS has released Provisional Allotment for Recruitment of Clerk. Office Notice is as follows:"

Exam Name: CLERK

CWE-PO/MT-IV

Year: 2016

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (01 April 2016)

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Q.1-Which of the following is not part of core sector of economy?

1. Coal
2. Electricity
3. Power
4. Natural gas

Q.2- Special safeguard mechanism is related to which of the following institutions?

A) WHO
B) WTO
C) BRICS
D) None

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (31 March 2016)

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Q.1- Which of the following state does not share boundary with Myanmar?

A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Meghalaya
C. Manipur
D. Nagaland

Q.2- Asian Development Bank was formed in which of the following years?

A. 1946
B. 1991
C. 1966
D. None

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (30 March 2016)

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Q.1- International court of Justice’s permanent seat is present in which of the following?

A. Hague
B. Brussels
C. New York
D. Washington

Q.2- Which of the following is correct regarding mars gravity?

A. It is 2.66 times of earth’s gravity
B. It is equal to earth’s gravity
C. It is 0.375 times earth’s gravity
D. None of the above

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (29 March 2016)

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Q.1- Nuclear security summit, 2016 will happen in which of the following cities?

A. Washington
B. New York
C. Prague
D. None

Q.2- What is “virtual private network” ?

(a) It is a private computer network of an organization where the remote users can transmit encrypted information through the server of the organization.
(b) It is a computer network across a public internet the provides users access to their organizations network while maintaining the security of the information transmitted.
(c) It is a computer network in which users can access a shared pool of computing resources through a service provider.
(d) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct description of virtual private network.

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (28 March 2016)

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Q.1- Which of the following is correct regarding Art 356?

1. It can be imposed only on the receipt of report from the Governor of State
2. Parliament can take under its authority the powers of the legislature of the State.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both
D. None

Q.2- Which of the followings does not have coral reefs?

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. Gulf of Kutch
3. Gulf of Mannar
4. Sunderbans

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (27 March 2016)

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Q.1- Who won the player of the year honours at the second hockey India annual awards?

A) P.Sreejesh and Deepika
B) Sushant and Mithali
C) Harjeet Singh and Preeti Dubey
D) Pranay and Padma

Q.2- Who among the following is yahoo president and CEO?

A) John Sebastian
B) Christine Matthew
C) Marisa Mayer
D) Langer

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (26 March 2016)

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Q.1- Which one of the following groups of items is included in India’s foreign-exchange reserves?

A. Foreign-currency assets, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and loans from foreign countries
B. Foreign-currency assets, gold holdings of the RBI and SDRs
C. Foreign-currency assets, loans from the World Bank and SDRs
D. Foreign-currency assets, gold holdings of the RBI and loans from the World Bank

Q.2- What is the duration of the model code of conduct?

A. From the date of announcement to date of polling
B. From first phase to last phase of election
C. From the date of announcement till the process of election is over
D. None of the above

Daily Questions Challenge for IBPS Exams (25 March 2016)

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Q.1- Arrange these peaks in descending elevation?

1. Everest
2. Dhaulagiri
3. Lhotse
4. Nanda Devi

A. 1-2-3-4
B. 1-3-2-4
C. 1-4-3-2
D. 4-2-3-1

Q.2- Which of the following statements are correct regarding Human genome project?

1. The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international scientific research project with the goal of identifying and mapping all of the genes.
2. Indian government played an important role in it.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. None
D. Both