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Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of Oct.15,2015

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz
 

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of Oct.15,2015 for you!

  1. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has celebrated its 22nd Foundation day on….
  • 10th October
  • 11th October
  • 12th October
  • 13th October

Answer: 3

  1. To honor which of the following Personalities the Union Government has decided to rename the prestigious missile complex in Hyderabad Missile Complex’?

 

  • B.R. Ambedkar
  • Pranab Mukherjee
  • Rajendra Prasad
  • APJ Abdul Kalam

Answer: 4

 

  1. Which of the following state /union territory governments has launched ‘Bill Banvao, Inaam Pao’ scheme to encourage people to receive or demand proper bills for purchase?

 

  • Pondicherry
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Delhi
  • Gujarat

Answer: 3

 

  1. Who among the following has been chosen as ‘Finance Minister of the Year, Asia’ by London-based publication Emerging Markets in October, 2015?
  • Lou Jiwei
  • Arun Jaitley
  • Ishaq Dar
  • Abul Maal Abdul Muhith

Answer: 2

 

  1. Which of the following multinational telecommunications services companie’ treasury division has been adjudged winner of the top treasury team (Asia) awards at the Adam Smith Asia Awards 2015?
  • Sprint
  • Reliance
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Verizon

 

Answer: 3

 

  1. Who among the following personalities is the first Indian head of state to address the Israeli Parliament known as Knesset?

 

  • Narendra Modi
  • Pranab Mukherjee
  • Man Mohan Singh
  • APJ Abdul Kalam

 

Answer: 2

 

  1. Which of the following country/countries navies began the five-day ‘Malabar

exercise’ on the eastern coast, in which several warships, aircraft carriers

and fast attack submarine would participate?

 

  • India
  • United States
  • Japan
  • All of the above

Answer: 4

 

  1. Name the Nobel Laureate, who has been selected for the prestigious Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award, in October, 2015?

 

  • Svetlana Alexievich
  • Kofi Annan
  • Kailash Satyarthi
  • Malala Yousafzai

 

Answer: 3

  1. Who among the following personalities has won the Man Booker Prize 2015?

 

  • Percy Howard Newby
  • Marlon James
  • Richard Miller Flanagan
  • Eleanor Catton

 

Answer: 2

 

  1. With which of the following international corporations Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has signed a 10-year technology services agreement worth approximately $700 million?
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • International Business Machines Corporation
  • Oracle Corporation
  • VMware, Inc.

 

Answer: 2

Happy reading!!

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Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.14, 2015

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz
 

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.14, 2015 for you!

  1. Which of the following countries wants to set up a textile park in Kadi near Ahmedabad with an initial investment of Rs 240-300 crore in October, 2015?
  • Bangladesh
  • Nepal
  • Germany
  • UK

Answer: 1

 

  1. Name the Slovenian firm with which India has signed a contract for 194 micro-light aircraft to be used by Indian Air Force, the Navy and the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in October, 2015.

 

  • Pipistrel
  • Ultralight Aircraft Manufacturers
  • Aircraft Manufacturers
  • Microlight aircraft

Answer: 1

 

  1. In which of the following countries ‘Modi Express’ bus will be launched to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to that country in November, 2015?

 

  • Japan
  • Israel
  • France
  • UK

Answer: 4

 

  1. Name the river, where China operationalized the USD 1.5 billion Zam Hydro-power Station, the largest dam in Tibet in October, 2015.

 

  • Daxia River
  • Yarlung Zangbo river
  • Lancang River
  • Nu River

Answer: 2

 

  1. Which of the following states will play host to the All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF) 2015 and Indywood Film Market (IFM) from November 15 to 21?

 

  • Telangana
  • Assam
  • Kerala
  • Gujarat

Answer: 3

 

  1. Who among the following became the first Indian female bodybuilder to win a silver medal in the 49th Asian championship, held in Uzbekistan and qualified for the World Championship, to be held in Thailand in November, 2015?

 

  • Shweta Rathore
  • Ajit Bharat Shree
  • Sibalika Saha
  • Ashwini Waskar

 

Answer: 1

 

  1. Name the person, who has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of the state-owned Bank of Baroda for three years?

 

  • Shyamal Ghosh
  • P S Jayakumar
  • Vikas Sharma
  • Pradeep kumar

Answer: 2

 

  1. Name the person, who has been elected as Fiji’s next president on 13th October, 2015?
  • Jioji Konousi Konrote
  • Frank Bainimarama
  • Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
  • Epeli Nailatikau

Answer: 1

 

  1. Name the person, who has been chosen for the prestigious J C Daniel award for 2014, instituted by Kerala government, in recognition of his sterling contributions to the Malayalam film industry?

 

  • M T Vasudevan Nair
  • T Rajivnath
  • I V Sasi
  • P V Gangadharan

 

Answer: 3

 

  1. Name the person, who has been honoured by the Tamil Nadu government with its ‘Avvaiyaar Award’ for the year 2015?

 

  • Mathangi Ramakrishnan
  • Dr Shanthi Ranganathan
  • V. Shanta
  • Valarmathi

 

Answer:2

Happy reading!!

TEAM CL

IBPS -RRB Examination-2015 result is OUT!!

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Dear Future Bankers,

The  much awaited result of the RRB Written Examination-2015 that was held in the month of September,2015 is OUT!! .

Result images

You can access the result at

http://ibps.sifyitest.com/rrboajun15/resrd_oct15/login.php?appid=0418b50d787ffcd92f1e69a93a13d3cd

We wish all the very best to the successful candidates!

TEAM CL!!

List of Important Books & Authors published in 2015!!

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Dear Aspirants,

Here is the list of important books and authors published in 2015 which we feel are very important from the forthcoming IBPS PO (Mains)-2015  examination’s perspective.

 

 

 

 

Books & Authors

 

 

 

  1. The Courage to Act – A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath : Ben S. Bernanke
  2. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights : Salman Rushdie
  3. To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story :Jairam Ramesh
  4. Globalisation, Democratization and Distributive Justice : Dr. Mool Chand Sharma
  5. 30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories: Naina Lal Kidwai
  6. Ramcharitmanas (105-year-old Urdu copy ): Shiv Brat Lal
  7. Mrs Funnybones :Twinkle Khanna
  8. Making India Awesome : Chetan Bhagat
  9. The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity :Tarun Khanna
  10. R.D. Burman: The Prince of Music :Khagesh Dev Burman
  11. Ghosts of Calcutta :Sebastian Ortiz
  12. Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India :Jairam Ramesh
  13. Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji : Abdul Kalam
  14. Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi’s Assassination : Teesta Setalvad
  15. Modi – Incredible emergence of a star (in Chinese language): Tarun Vijay
  16. Education of Muslims : Professor JS Rajput
  17. Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy:Saptarshi Sarkar
  18. Flood of fire : Amitav Ghosh
  19. Super Economies :Raghav Bahl
  20. Complete Story of Indian Reforms: 2G, Power & Private Enterprise : Pradeep Baijal
  21. Unbelievable – Delhi to Islamabad : Prof Bhim Singh
  22. Food for All:Uma Lele
  23. Family Life :Akhil Sharma( winner of the Folio Prize 2015)
  24. Faces and Places :Prof. Deepak Nayyar
  25. Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy- Speaker’s Perspective :Meira Kumar
  26. Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me : Vinod Mehta
  27. Kiran Bedi — Kaise Bani Top Cop: Kiran Bedi
  28. Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks : SK Rath
  29. Book on Sonia Gandhi titled The Red Sari : Javier Moro
  30. (Tamil Novel) Madhorubhagan: Perumal Murugan
  31. Why I Assassinated Gandhi : Nathuram Godse and Gopal Godse

All the best!!

TEAM CL

Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.13,2015

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz
 

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.13,2015 for you!

  1. With which of the following countries India has concluded the third joint training exercise `Mitra Shakti-2015` that culminated on 12th October, 2015?
  • Nepal
  • China
  • Germany
  • Srilanka

Answer: 4

 

  1. Which of the following Ministries of Government of India has acquired ISO 9001:2008 certificate on 12th October, 2015?

 

  • Ministry of Urban Development
  • Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development
  • Ministry of Home Affairs

Answer: 2

 

  1. Name the Indian Navy ship, which entered the Egyptian Safaga port on 12th October, 2015 for a three-day visit to underscore India’s peaceful presence?

 

  • INS Trikand
  • INS Virat
  • INS Vikrant
  • INS Varuna

Answer: 1

  1. Who among the following personalities has been awarded the Nobel prize in Economics for 2015?
  • Svetlana Alexievich
  • Paul L. Modrich
  • Aziz Sancar
  • Angus Deaton

Answer: 4

  1. Which of the following countries has agreed on 12th October, 2015 to give a 2,000-year-old Buddha sculpture back to India?
  • Bhutan
  • China
  • Germany
  • Australia

Answer: 4

 

  1. As per the report of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), what per centage of the original habitats in the eastern Himalayas remain intact?

 

  • 25%
  • 75%
  • 50%
  • 90%

Answer: 1

 

  1. Which of the following firms has/ have barred by SEBI on 12th October, 2015 from securities markets?
  • Vaastav ALR International
  • Bharat KrishiSamridhi
  • Both A and B
  • Neither A nor B

Answer: 3

  1. Which of the following Universities has conferred President Pranab Mukherjee with Honorary Doctorate in Political Science on 11th October, 2015?
  • The University of Bangladesh
  • The University of Myanmar
  • The University of Norway
  • The University of Jordan

Answer: 4

 

  1. Who is the author of the book ‘Neither a Hawk nor a Dove’ which has been launched in October, 2015.
  • Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
  • Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
  • Ghulam Muhammad Qasir
  • Amjad Islam Amjad

Answer: 2

  1. With which of the following Banks the Reserve Bank has signed an agreement on 12th October, 2015 on information sharing?
  • Peoples Bank of china
  • Bank of Sweden
  • Bank of Botswana
  • Central bank of European Union

Answer: 3

Happy Reading!!

All the best!

TEAM CL

Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.12,2015

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz
 

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of oct.12,2015 for you!

  1. With which of the following countries Indian Government has held joint commission on October 10-11 after 15 years?
  • Maldives
  • China
  • Germany
  • Srilanka

Answer: 1

 

  1. In which of the following countries Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Mahatma Gandhi Street on 11th October, 2015?
  • Israel
  • Sweden
  • Jordan
  • South Africa

Answer: 3

 

  1. Name the government based mobile phone- intervention to tobacco users where they will be counseled to kick the habit?

 

  • “Mobile Tobacco”
  • “Mobile Cessation”
  • “Mobile Tobacco Give Up”
  • “Mobile Tobacco Free”

 

Answer: 2

 

  1. Name the Indian boy, who has become the world’s youngest Chartered Accountant?

 

  • Deepak Sharma
  • Preveen Kumar
  • Rajive Verma
  • Ramkumar Raman

Answer: 4

 

  1. Name the person, who has been appointed Chairman of the Broadband India Forum (BIF) that works on enhancing broadband potential in the country?
  • Shyamal Ghosh
  • M F Farooqui
  • Vikas Verma
  • Pradeep kumar

Answer: 2

 

  1. Name the person, who has elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on 11th October, 2015?

 

  • Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
  • Rana Bahadur Shah
  • Sushil Koirala
  • Ram Baran Yadav

Answer: 1

 

  1. Which of the following days will be observed as ‘Constitution Day’ as a step towards spreading awareness about the life of its chief architect Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar?
  • November 26
  • January 26
  • April 14
  • December 31

Answer: 1

 

  1. Name the port, where the Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of an ambitious project Sagarmala in October, 2015.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Port
  • Kandla Port
  • Visakhapatnam Port
  • Cochin Port

Answer: 1

  1. International Day of the Girl Child (Day of the Girl) is celebrated annually on….
  • 10th October
  • 11th October
  • 12th October
  • 13th October

Answer: 2

  1. Who among the following has won the Russian Formula One Grand Prix in Sochi, in October, 2015?
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Nico Rosberg
  • Felipe Massa
  • Lewis Hamilton

Answer: 4

Happy Reading!

Team CL

 

 

 

Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.11,2015

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz
 

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.10,2015 for you!

  1. High-risk area (HRA) boundary of maritime Piracy of India’s western coastline has been shifted from.… on 9th October, 2015.
  • 75 degrees East to the 65 degrees East longitude
  • 78 degrees East to the 60 degrees East latitude
  • 70 degrees East to the 65 degrees East longitude
  • 78 degrees East to the 65 degrees East longitude

Answer: 4

 

  1. Which of the following States has released the state’s first start-up policy to promote entrepreneurship, to loud cheers by aspiring entrepreneurs and students?
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Gujarat
  • Rajasthan
  • Bihar

Answer: 3

 

  1. Name the person, who will be honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai on October 26, 2015?
  • A R Rahman
  • Abishek Bachchan
  • Hrithik Roshan
  • Shah Rukh Khan

Answer: 1

 

  1. Which of the following countries/organizations has launched ‘Operation Sophia’ in the southern Mediterranean to intercept boats smuggling migrants?
  • China
  • World Bank
  • European Union (EU)
  • India

Answer: 3

 

  1. Which of the following countries joined hands on 9th October, 2015, to combat and prevent organised human trafficking and migrant smuggling?
  • SAARC Countries
  • BRICS Countries
  • European Union Countries
  • ASEAN Countries

Answer: 2

 

  1. With which of the following countries Union Government has recently begun Smart City project for sustainable development, with two billion Euro assistance in Puducherry?

 

  • UK
  • Norway
  • Germany
  • France

Answer: 4

 

  1. Name the person, who has been appointed as Secretary of the Department of Official Language under the Home Ministry.

 

  • Girish Shankar
  • Pravir Kumar
  • Narayanan Raghavan Pillai
  • Ajit Kumar Seth

Answer: 1

 

  1. With which of the following countries India signed an agreement to set up a Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) to strengthen the trade relations between the countries?

 

  • Ecuador
  • Brazil
  • Colombia
  • Peru

Answer: 1

 

  1. With which of the following companies Retail major Future Group entered into a partnership on 9th October, 2015?

 

  • Forever Living Allo Vera Product Limited
  • Patanjali Ayurved Limited
  • Reddy’s Pharma Limited
  • Cipla Pharma Limited

 

Answer: 2

 

  1. Who among the following pairs has won the WTA China Open doubles?

 

  • Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan
  • Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
  • Peter Fleming and John McEnroe
  • Anders Järryd and Ken Flach

Answer: 2

All the best!

TEAM CL

 

Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.10,2015

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz
 

Dear Aspirants,

Here is the Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs of Oct.10,2015 for you!

  1. Named the renowned scientist who has been appointed as Atomic Energy Secretary and Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission on 9th October, 2015.

 

  • Shekhar Basu
  • Ranjit Basu
  • Nirmal Mitra
  • Shekhar Mitra

Answer: 1

 

  1. In which of the following states India’s first community reserve to protect the endangered Gangetic river dolphins will be formed?
  • Odisha
  • Kerala
  • West Bengal
  • Maharashtra

Answer: 3

 

  1. In which year the endangered Gangetic river dolphin was declared as the National Aquatic Animal of India?
  • 2005
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012

Answer: 2

 

  1. The Kerala government has launched a programme to trace, rescue and reunite the little ones with their family. The programme is titled as…
  • “Operation Valaka”
  • “Operation Vabhav”
  • “Operation Valsalya”
  • “Operation Bachpan Bachao”

Answer: 3

 

  1. The Indo-China Combined Military Training Exercise HAND-IN-HAND 2015 will be conducted from 12 to 23 October 2015 at Kunming Military Academy, Yunnan, China. This will be the fifth exercise in the Hand-in-Hand series which started in the year…
  • 2005
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2010

Answer: 2

 

  1. Name the Emirati human rights activist who has been named the winner of Martin Ennals award, 2015 often dubbed as the Nobel prize for human rights.
  • Ahmed Mansoor
  • Ahmed Nasir
  • Mohammad Mansoor
  • Mohammad Nasir

Answer: 1

 

  1. World Post Day is celebrated on…

 

  • 7th October
  • 8th October
  • 9th October
  • 10th October

Answer: 3

 

 

  1. Who among the following has been appointed Liverpool’s F.C.new manager on a three-year deal in October, 2015?

 

  • Jurgen Klopp
  • Tom Werner
  • John Houlding
  • Rafael Benítez

Answer: 1

 

 

  1. Finance ministers from a number of countries most launched a group on 8th October, 2015, to pool resources for their fight against the impact of global warming. the group ios known as…

 

  • G20
  • V20
  • W20
  • E20

Answer: 2

 

  1. Scientists from the University of Liverpool have used new data which indicates that the Earth’s inner core was formed ….billion years ago.

 

  • 1 billion
  • 1– 0.5 billion
  • 1 — 1.5 bilion
  • 7 billion

Answer :3

Happy reading!!

TEAM CL

 

Decoding the Basics of Base Rate!

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Base Rate: It is defined as the minimum rate of interest below which a bank can not lend except DRI advances, banks own employees and loans to banks depositors against their own deposits. Introduced on the recommendation of Deepak Mohanty committee, this rate is applicable from July 1, 2010 across all the scheduled commercial banks in India.

base-rate

The purpose of introducing base rate was to replace the faulty Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) system that was in operation since 2003 and used for calculating the interest on the floating interest rate on loans.

The Base rate system will address the following major concerns.

  1. It will bring transparency in terms of interest rate levied by the banks and will end the differential treatment given by the banks to the customers.
  2. The banks can not lend below this rate, therefore, any kind of potential loss in terms of money would be avoided.
  3. Base rate will help in passing the benefits of potential policy rate cuts to the customers very effectively universally.
  4. The banks are required to review these rates at least once every quarter and hence this will ensure better offerings to customers.

The Base rate range is fixed by the Reserve Bank of India but the individual Base rate is decided by the individual banks for a specific period as they consider it appropriate.

At present (as on October 10, 2015) the base rate range fixed by RBI is : 9.70% to 10.00%.

We hope this article will bring clarity in understanding the Base Rate!

All the best!

Kandarp Rai

Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of Oct 9, 2015

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Dear Aspirants,

Here is the Jigyasa: Daily Current Affairs Quiz of Oct.9, 2015 for you!

 

  1. Who among the following has been awarded The Nobel Prize, 2015, in Literature?
  • Peter Ware Higgs
  • Paul L. Modrich
  • Aziz Sancar
  • Svetlana Alexievich

Answer: 4

 

  1. The Indian ‘Air Force day’ is celebrated on…
  • 8th October
  • September
  • 9th October8th
  • 10th October

Answer: 1

 

 

  1. Name the person, who was elected on 6th October, 2015 as the head of the Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change at its 42nd session underway in Dubrovnik, Croatia?
  • K. Pachauri
  • Hoesung Lee
  • Raymond S. “Ray” Bradley
  • Michael E. Mann

Answer: 2

 

  1. Name the Indian cyclist, who created history by winning five medals, including gold at the Taiwan Cup Track International Classic event.
  • Mahitha Mohan
  • Jankidas Mehra
  • Deborah
  • Piloo Sarkari

Answer: 3

 

  1. Who among the following Bollywood actors has been named the first Indian ambassador for Tourism New Zealand?
  • Sidharth Malhotra
  • Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan
  • Hrithik Roshan
  • Shah Rukh Khan

Answer: 1

 

  1. Which of the following countries has launched “Jilin-1” satellites on 7th October, 2015?

 

  • UK
  • USA
  • Germany
  • China

Answer: 4

 

  1. Which of the following Indian company has won a prestigious award for the first time in the field of nano biotechnology at the Climate CoLab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge?
  • Nanoshel
  • Nualgi
  • Nanobio chemicals
  • Velbionanotech

Answer: 2

 

  1. Who among the following business group family has topped FORBES’ Inaugural List of Asia’s Richest Families?

 

  • Reliance’s Ambani family
  • Sun Hung Kai’s Kwok family
  • Samsung’s Lee Family
  • Henderson’s Lee Shau Kee’s family

Answer: 3

 

  1. Who among the following has been named as the Cultural Ambassador for Seychelles?
  • R. Rahman
  • Anil Kapoor
  • Amitabh Bachchan
  • Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Answer: 1

 

  1. To create irrigation infrastructure at the ground level, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a World Bank supported National Watershed Management project on 9th October, 2015. It is named as…
  • Neernan
  • Neerchal
  • Nelanchal
  • Neeranchal

Answer: 4

Happy Reading!

TEAM CL

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