1. Who has been named as the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

Answer. Amit Mitra

2. Who was appointed as the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) that guards India's frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan?

Answer. Archana Ramasundram 

3. Who was appointed as India’s Ambassador to Mexico?

Answer. Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi 

4. Who was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NTPC Ltd.?

Answer. Gurdeep Singh 

5. Name the Fashion designer who was awarded with the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour), France's highest civilian honour?

Answer. Manish Arora 

6. Who won the 2016 William E. Colby Award for his book, Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition? 

Answer. Nisid Hajari 

7. Name the Veteran Hindustani classical singer who died in Kolkata at the age of 107?

Answer. Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan 

8. Name the Malayalam's most celebrated contemporary poet and Jnanpith-winner who passed away?

Answer. Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup

9. What is the rank of India out of the 38 economies surveyed in the 2016 Intellectual Property Index (IPI) which was released by the Global Intellectual Property Centre (GIPC) of the United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC)?

Answer. 37  

10. Union Government launched which scheme for online booking of LPG cylinders? 

Answer. Sahaj Scheme 






Dear BA'ians,
We present to you a current affairs quiz to keep you updated with the happenings around you with reference to the upcoming competitive exams.This quiz will be provided to with detailed solution, to add to your knowledge base.



1. In order to address the climate change issues in the two countries, India and _____ have launched the FulbrightKalam
Climate Fellowship.
a) UK
b) Japan
c) Germany 
d) France
e) US 


2. What is the new name of the LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) being implemented at present?
a) ROSHNI 
b) CHIRAG
c) SURYA 
d) JAN JYOTI
e) UJALA


3. Which of the following cities has been declared the world's most expensive city in 2016 as per the 2016 Worldwide Cost of Living survey?
a) Zurich 
b) Singapore
c) Tokyo 
d) Los Angeles
e) New York


4. The winner of the 2016 WGCCadillac Championship is?
a) Adam Scott 
b) Dustin Johnson
c) Patrick Reed 
d) Gaganjeet Bhullar
e) None of these


5. Which of the following banks in India has launched “iWork@home”, a first of its kind programme that allows women employees to work from home for up to a year?
a) HDFC Bank 
b) Axis Bank
c) Yes Bank 
d) ICICI Bank
e) Kotak Mahindra Bank 


6.The market regulator SEBI has given its inprinciple nod to which of the following stock exchanges to list itself on a bourse? (It is the Asia’s oldest stock exchange)
a) Magadh Stock Exchange 
b) Calcutta Stock Exchange
c) MCX Stock Exchange 
d) Bombay Stock Exchange
e) National Stock Exchange


7. Who among the following has been appointed as Deputy Chief of Army by the govt?
a) Ashok Singh
b) NPS Hira
c) Praveen Bakshi 
d) KJ Singh
e) None of these 


8. Which of the following cities has been declared the world's most expensive city in 2016 as per the 2016 Worldwide Cost of Living survey?
a) Zurich 
b) Singapore
c) Tokyo 
d) Los Angeles
e) New York


9. India cohosted the meet on Asia’s economic challenges in New Delhi recently named ‘Advancing Asia’ with which of the following institutions?
a) World Bank 
b) IMF
c) ADB 
d) AIIB
e) New Development Bank


10. The Uber Inc recently inaugurated its first engineering centre in Asia in which of the following city?
a) New Delhi 
b) Hyderabad
c) Chennai 
d) Bengaluru
e) Pune


11. According to the IRCTC survey, which railway station has been named the cleanest in India? 
a) Varanasi railway station 
b) Surat railway station 
c) Rajkot railway station 
d) Bilaspur railway station
e) New Delhi Railway station


12. Who is the author of the book titled “Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography”? 
a) Pramod Kapoor 
b) Arundhati Roy 
c) Ambrish Tripathi 
d) Aarathi Prasad
e) Chetan Bhagat


13. The 2016 Global Bamboo Summit will be hosted by which city of India? 
a) Udaipur 
b) Rajkot 
c) Panaji 
d) Indore
e) Dispur


14. Exercise Iron Fist 2016 has conducted by the Indian Air Force in which state? 
a) Maharashtra 
b) Rajasthan 
c) West Bengal 
d) Kerala
e) Gujarat


15. Which union ministry is hosting “The Everlasting Flame International Programme”? 
a) Ministry of Home Affairs 
b) Ministry of Finance 
c) Ministry of Minority Affairs 
d) Ministry of Railways 
e) Ministry of Women and child Development

Answers:


  1. e
  2. e
  3. b
  4. a
  5. d
  6. d
  7. b
  8. b
  9. b
  10. d
  11. b
  12. a
  13. d
  14. b
  15. c





1. In a newly introduced category,which state was declared the most film-friendly State?

2. Sanjay Leela Bhansali wins best director award at the 63rd National Film Awards for?

3. Which country launched a massive military operation in Punjab province in the wake of the deadly Taliban suicide bombing in Lahore, conducting raids and making several arrests?

4. Who is the CEO of Flipkart? 

5. Expand the DIPP?

6. The World Autism Awareness Day is observed on which day every year?

7. Name the state where President's rules has been imposed recently?

8. Who is the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir?

9. Name the stock exchange which has launched its new index for mild and small cap stocks?

10. Who is the HRD minister of India?

Answers:
  1. Ans:Gujarat
  2. Ans:Bajirao Mastani
  3. Ans:Pakistan
  4. Ans:Binny Bansal
  5. Ans:Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion 
  6. Ans:2nd April
  7. Ans: Uttarakhand 
  8. Ans:N N Vohra
  9. Ans:National Stock Exchange (NSE) 
  10. Ans:Smriti Irani






1. Which process check to ensure the components of the computer are operating and connected properly?
a)Booting 
b)Processing 
c)Saving 
d)Editing 
e)None of these

2. What is the main folders on a storage device called?
a)Platform 
b)interface 
c)Root directory 
d)Device driver 
e)None of these

3. The name that the user give to a document is referred to as?
a)Name given 
b)Document given 
c)File name 
d)Document identify 
e)None of these

4. Information in a database is typically stored in this, which consists of vertical columns and horizontal rows?
a)Field 
b)Record 
c)Table 
d)File 
e)None of these

5. The default extension of Access database file is?
a)db
b)adb
c)dba
d)mdb
e)None of these

6. A storage device where the access time is depended upon the location of the data is?
a)Random access 
b)Serial access 
c)Sequential access 
d)Transaction access
e)None of these

7. _________ means that the data contained in a database is accurate and reliable.
a)Data redundancy 
b)Data integrity 
c)Data reliability 
d)Data consistency
e)None of these

8. In computer language, one kilobyte equals?
a)1000 bytes 
b)1024 bytes 
c)100 bytes 
d)8 bytes 
e)None of these

9. Example of a telecommunications device is a?
a)Keyboard 
b)Mouse 
c)Modem 
d)Printer 
e)Scanner

10. Data on floppy disks is recorded in rings called ____?
a)Sectors 
b)Ringers 
c)Rounders
d)Tracks
e)Segments

Answers:


  1. a
  2. c
  3. c
  4. c
  5. d
  6. b
  7. d
  8. b
  9. c
  10. d






Directions (Q. 1-5): These questions are based on the following data. The distribution of appeared and qualified aspirants in competitive examination from different cities. 



1.  What is the ratio of the number of appeared aspirants from Chittor and Etawa together to that of the appeared aspirants from Agra and Faridabad together?
(a) 17 : 33
(b) 11 : 13
(c) 13 : 27
(d) 17 : 27
(e) None of these


Answer:
1-a

2.  In which city the percentage of qualified aspirants to appeared aspirants is the least?
(a) Chittor
(b) Faridabad
(c) Delhi
(d) Etawa
(e) Gudur


Answer:
2-e

3.  What is the difference in the number of qualified aspirants in cities Delhi and Gudur?
(a) 690
(b) 670
(c) 780
(d) 720
(e) None of these



Answer:
3-d

4.  What is the percentage of qualified aspirants with respect to appeared aspirants from cities Bareli and Chittor taken together? (Rounded off total decimal places.)
(a) 23.11
(b) 24.21
(c) 21.24
(d) 23
(e) None of these




Answer:
4-b

5.  What is the ratio between number of candidates qualified from Bareli and Delhi together and the number of candidates appeared from ‘Chittor’ respectively?
(a) 8 : 37
(b) 11 : 12
(c) 37 : 40
(d)  7 : 37
(e) None of these



Answer:
5-c

6.  A, B, C are employed to do a work for Rs. 5750. A and B together finished 19/23rd of work and B and C together finished 8/23rd of work. Wage of B, (in Rs.) is
(a) 1000
(b) 800
(c) 1200
(d) 1150
(e) None of these



Answer:
6-a

7.  In a lab, two bottles contain mixture of spirit and water in the ratio 2 : 5 in the first bottle and 7 : 3 in the second. The ratio in which the contents of these two bottles be mixed such that the new mixture has spirit and water in the ratio 2 : 3 is 
(a) 31 : 13
(b) 21 : 8
(c) 1 : 2
(d) 9 : 8
(e) 21 : 5



Answer:7-b

8.  Ram drove from home to his office at the speed of 50 km/h and on his returning journey, he drove at the speed of 45 km/h and also took an hour longer to reach home. What distance did he cover each way?
(a) 450 km
(b) 225 km
(c) 900 km
(d) 500 km
(e) None of these



Answer:
8-a

9.  The difference between the present ages of Ashish and Divesh is 14 yr. Seven years ago, the ratio of their ages was 5 : 7 respectively. What is Divesh’s present age?
(a) 49 yr
(b) 42 yr
(c) 63 yr
(d) 35 yr
(e) None of these



Answer:
9-e

10. In a class of 80 students and 5 teachers, each student got toffees that are 15% of the total number of students and each teacher got toffees that are 25% of the total number of students. How many toffees were there?
(a) 1030
(b) 1040
(c) 1050
(d) 1060
(e) None of these



Answer:
10-d






Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

Given the state of ...(1)... life in our country today-where corruption, violence and intolerance are increasingly ...(2)... in day to day interactions-isn't it ...(3)... time that ...(4)... made a concerted effort to teach values? The very first ...(5)... from many is that values cannot be taught, they need to be ...(6).... Ideally, values must be taught by people who are ...(7)... to lead by example. Fortunately for us, Indian culture has ensured that good role ...(8)... can still be found ...(9)... our midst. We only need to ...(10)... in on them.


1. 
1) my 
2) their 
3) social 
4) night 
5) Public

2. 
1) sordid 
2) practical 
3) evident 
4) theoretical 
5) tense

3. 
1) long 
2) high 
3) quantum 
4) quality 
5) depressing

4. 
1) educationists 
2) players 
3) politicians 
4) artists 
5) government

5. 
1) suggestion 
2) objection 
3) proclamation 
4) temptation 
5) emotion

6. 
1) studied 
2) tried 
3) learned 
4) imbibed 
5) experienced

7. 
1) thrilling 
2) willing 
3) declaring 
4) considering 
5) trying

8. 
1) players 
2) actors 
3) models 
4) reversal 
5) leading

9. 
1) amongst 
2) between 
3) above 
4) like 
5) against

10. 
1) ten 
2) bang 
3) zero 
4) hit 
5) smart



Answers
1. 5
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1
5. 2
6. 4
7. 2
8. 3
9. 1
10. 3






Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information given below and answer the given questions:

In a certain code 'The black dog frightened the cat' is written as '516721', 'The frightened cat run away' is written as '64581' 'The cat was black' is written as '3621' and 'The dog run' is written as '741'.

1. What is the code for 'dog'?
1) 7 
2) 2 
3) 1 
4) can't be determined 
5) None of these
2. What does '8' stand for?
1) away 
2) was 
3) black 
4) cat 
5) the

3. '625' could be a code for which of the following?
1) cat run away 
2) cat frightened run 
3) was run day 
4) frightened black cat 
5) None of these

4. What is the code for 'frightened'?
1) 6 
2) 4 
3) 8 
4) 1 
5) 5

5. What does '4' stand for?
1) 1 
2) 7 
3) 4 
4) 3 
5) None of these

Direction (6-10): Each of the question given below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in statements are sufficient to answer the questions . Read both statements and given answer.

1) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
2) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not suffcient to answer the question.
3) If the data either is statement I alone or is statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
4) If the data in both the statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
5) If the data is both the statement I and II together are necessary to answer the questions.

6. On which day of the week does 'Manita' birthday fall?
I. Seema correctly remembers that Mainta's birthday fall after Tuesday but before Friday.
II. Rajani correctly remembers that Manita's birthday fall before Saturday but after Wednesday.

7. How is 'sa' coded in a code language?
I. 'li na pee' means 'come home tomorrow'
II. 'pee sa ki' means 'home and office'

8. U, V, W, X and Y are standing in a row facing North who is on the immediate right of U?
I. V is on the immediate left of Y, who is second to the right of U.
II. U is second to the right of W and W is third to the left of V.

9. Rani is shoter than Madhu and Ranu is taller than Mini. Who is the shorter among them?
I. Madhu is shorter than Mini.
II. Madhu is shorter than Ranu.

10. In a certain code, '349' means 'we are champions' which letter stands for 'we'?
I. '975 means 'we won cup'.
II. 641 mean's 'they are loser's'


Solutions

1 - The
7 - day
4 - run
6 - cat
2 - black
5 - Frightened
3 - w
8 - away

Answers:
1. 1
2. 1
3. 4
4. 5
5. 5

(6-10):

6. 5; From I and II, common day is Thursday. Hence Manita’s birthday fall on Thursdays.

7. 4; From I: li na pee - come home tomorrow .... i)
We can’t deduce the meaning of ‘sa’ so I alone is not
sufficient.
From II: pee sa ke - ‘home and office ’ ... ii)
we can’t deduce the meaning of ‘sa’ so II alone is also not sufficient even by combining i) and ii), we can’t find the meaning of (sa).

8. 3;
From I
On the immediate right of U is V,
So, I is alone sufficient.

From II
On the immediate right of U is V
So, II alone is sufficient

9. 1;

10. 1






Directions (Q. 1-7): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

A group of seven friends S, T, U, V, W, X and Y has four males and three females. Each of them has a different type of watch, viz Titan, HMT, Rado, Fastrack, Reebok, Casio and Tissot, and each of them has passed out from a different college – GLA, HCC, PTC, RKC, GNC, SPDC and SRMC but not necessarily in the same order. None of the females has Casio or Titan. U has Rado and she has passed out from GNC. S has passed out from SPDC. T does not have Fastrack. W has Tissot and has passed out from HCC. X has Titan and has not studied in GLA. Y has Casio and has studied in PTC. The one who has Fastrack has passed out from SRMC. The one who has HMT has studied in GLA. None of the female members has studied either in SPDC or in HCC. 

1. Which of the following watches does V have?
(a) Casio
(b) Fastrack
(c) HMT
(d)Rado
(e) None of these 

2. Which of the following combinations is true?
(a) U-Rado-GNC-Female
(b) S-Reebok-HCC-Male
(c) Y-HMT-GLA-Female
(d) W-Tissot-HCC-Female
(e) None of these

3. Which of the following groups has only female members?
(a) XVT
(b) WUY
(c) UTV
(d) VST
(e) None of these 

4. The one who has Titan has passed out from which of the following colleges?
(a) HCC
(b) GNC
(c) SPDC
(d) RKC
(e) Can’t be determined

5. From which of the following colleges did W pass out?
(a) PTC
(b) HCC
(c) RKC
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these 

6. Who possesses HMT?
(a) T
(b) U
(c) V
(d) W
(e) X

7. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) V has passed out from GLA college.
(b) U is a male and possesses Rado.
(c) X possesses Titan and has passed out from RKC.
(d) Y is a female and possesses Casio.
(e) All are true. 

Directions (Q. 8-12): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

There are seven different types of games, viz T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z, being played on different days of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday. V is played on Thursday. Two games are played between game V and game X. Only one game is played between game T and game U. Game T is not played on the day immediately before or immediately after the day when game V is played. Game Z is played on the day immediately before the day on which Game W is played. Game U is not played after game Y.

8. How many games are played between game Z and U?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three 
(e) None of these

9. Which of the following games is played on Saturday?
(a) T
(b) X
(c) Z
(d) W
(e) None of these 

10. On which of the following day is game W played?
(a) Monday
(b) Wednesday
(c) Saturday
(d) Sunday
(e) None of these

11. Which of the following games is played on Friday?
(a) U
(b) V
(c) W
(d) X
(e) None of these 

12. How many games is/are played between game X and game T?
(a) One
(b) Two 
(c) Three
(d) None
(e) None of these 

Answers:



  1. b
  2. a
  3. c
  4. d
  5. b
  6. a
  7. c


  8. c
  9. e
  10. b
  11. a
  12. e





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