Current Affairs Update – 9 November, 2017

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 9 November, 2017. These are important for the upcoming IBPS PO, Clerk Mains, NICL Assistant, OICL AO exams.

Financial & Banking News

Linking of Aadhaar with insurance policy mandatory: IRDAI

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) on 8 November 2017 announced that the linkage of Aadhaar number with insurance policies is mandatory under the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017.
In June 2017, the Union Government notified the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017.
The Rules make Aadhaar and PAN/Form 60 mandatory for availing financial services including insurance and also for linking the existing policies with the same.
At present, there are 24 life insurance companies and 33 general insurers (including standalone health insurance firms) operating in the country.

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RBI to launch public awareness campaign through text messages

The Reserve Bank of India would soon be launching a new public awareness campaign through text messages to educate public about various banking regulations and available facilities.
The institution first plans to send messages to people, cautioning them against falling victim to unsolicited and fictitious offers received through emails, SMSes and phone calls. The warning would be sent out from ‘RBISAY’ sender id.
Previously as well, the apex bank has sent out alerts through press releases from time to time to warn the public against such offers.
However, this would be the first time that the institution would be using the same form of media -SMS and emails, like those used by the fraudsters.
The institution has also set up a helpline, through which the public can get more information on fake calls and emails as well as on investing wisely and cautiously in chit funds. They just need to give a missed call on 86919-60000 and the information will be provided to them through Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS).
The public can also send their feedback on the campaign by email.

News related to India & states

Facebook to introduce disaster response tools in India

Social media giant, Facebook has teamed up with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and an Indian non-profit body – SEEDS- to offer tools to these agencies in an attempt to help them respond more effectively to natural disasters.
Facebook would be bringing in disaster maps that would illustrate aspects such as movement of people and concentration of Facebook users in a particular area before and after a calamity.
According to Ritesh Mehta, Facebook Head of Programs of India, South and Central Asia, the intention behind introducing the initiatives is to help improve response efforts to natural disasters in India. He added saying that before and after any crisis, the response organisations require accurate information to help the communities to respond, recover and rebuild.
He continued by saying that the traditional communication channels are often offline and due to that it can significant time and resources to understand where help is desperately needed.
However, through the medium of Facebook, in case there is an area that has a high concentration of Facebook users that suddenly goes offline, even that data insight can be used to rush services to the area.
The Disaster Maps tool was introduced globally in June 2017. It uses aggregated location information that users have chosen to share with Facebook. These tools have already been deployed in Peru and the US.

Awards & Honors

Chennai included in UNESCO's Creative Cities Network for contribution in Music

Chennai was on 31 October 2017 included in the Creative Cities Network list of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for its rich musical tradition.
With this, Chennai became the third Indian city on the list of UNESCO Creative Cities list after Jaipur and Varanasi.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova designated 64 cities from 44 countries as UNESCO Creative Cities.
These cities join a network of UNESCO’s effort to promote innovation and creativity for a more sustainable and inclusive urban development.
UNESCO Creative Cities Network List highlights its members’ creativity within seven fields: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts and Music. Presently, the list includes a total of 180 cities in 72 countries.

World News

Morocco launches earth observation satellite

Morocco on 7 November 2017 successfully launched an earth observation satellite called “Mohammed VI-A”.
The satellite was launched by European consortium Arianespace's Vega rocket from French Guyana Space Centre.
The Mohammed VI-A satellite is an Earth observation satellite built for Morocco by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime.
The three-axis stabilized satellite weighed approximately 1,110 kg at launch.
It will be used for mapping and land surveying activities along with regional development and agricultural monitoring.
It will also be used for monitoring changes in the environment and desertification and in the prevention and management of natural disasters and for border and coastal surveillance.

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English Quiz for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant Mains 2017 - 3 - Sentence Synthesizer

November 9, 2017, 10:26 pm

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant Mains 2017. This is a set based on Synthesizing of Sentences.

In each question below, there are two or three sentences. Those are to be synthesised into one sentence. Such synthesised sentences are denoted by (A), (B) & (C). You have to find out which one or more of these three are most similar in meaning of the original two or three sentences.

1. Petroleum industry is going to face certain challenges. These challenges would be imminent in the next two decades. For success, it must predict these challenges now.

(A) In the next two decades, petroleum industry must face the challenges which it has now predicted.

B) If petroleum industry determines to succeed in facing the challenges which are likely to be posed in the next two decades, it must be able to predict them now.

C) If petroleum industry wants to predict the challenges it is likely to face in the next two decades, it must successfully face them

(a) Only A or B
(b) Only B or C
(c) Only A or C
(d) Only A
(e) Only B

2. Two men can now do this job. Previously it required sixteen men.

(A) Two men can now do a job formerly requiring sixteen.

(B) Two men, instead of the previously sixteen, can now do this job.

(C) In place of two men who can do this job now, there is a requirement of sixteen men in the past.

(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Only C
(d) Only A or C
(e) Only B or C

3. They were curious. They asked us a question. They wanted to know why we had left the comfortable hotel and gone to the desert.

(A) Out of curiosity they inquired why we had gone to the desert leaving the comfortable hotel.

(B) They asked us why we were curious to leave the comfortable hotel and go to the desert.

(C) They were curious to know the reason for our leaving the comfortable hotel and going to the desert.

(a) Only A or B
(b) Only B or C
(c) Only A or C
(d) All the three
(e) None of these

4. They could play exceedingly well. They were defeated in the last round. The captain motivated them to overcome the defeat.

(A) The captain’s motivation helped them to overcome the earlier defeat and play exceedingly well.

(B) Despite earlier defeat they played exceedingly well due to the captain’s efforts to motivate them.

(C) Despite the captain’s motivation, they were defeated earlier but could play exceedingly well now.

(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Only C
(d) Only A or B
(e) None of these

5. His marriage is at a far-off place. I do not want to undertake such a long journey to attend it. In fact, there is no earthly reason to justify such a long journey.

(A) There is no reason to justify such a distant place for his marriage as it would take me a long time to reach it.

(B) There is no earthly reason for me to undertake a long journey to attend his marriage.

(C) Because his marriage is at a far-off place, I would not be able to undertake such a long journey as it is not justifiable.

(a) Only A or B
(b) Only B or C
(c) Only A or C
(d) Only C
(e) Only B

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November 10, 2017, 3:55 am

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Puzzle Quiz for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant Prelims 2017 - 4

November 10, 2017, 4:27 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of Puzzle for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant 2017.

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Seven teachers A, B, C, D, E, F and G teach in the Science section of XII of a particular school. They teach one of the following subjects – Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. Two teachers each teach Physics and Chemistry. Both the Chemistry teachers and one from Biology, and Maths each has cleared UGC (NET). Four teachers are females – B, C, F and G. Of them two are married. Two teachers are members of PTA executive council, out of which only one is male. However, none of the married teachers are its members. All the married teachers except one are class teachers of one class or the other. There are four married teachers A, B, D and F. There are three subject teachers. None of the married women teachers have cleared UGC (NET). Two male teachers have cleared NET out of which one is married. He is Mr A, a subject teacher. He is not from PCM stream. He teaches Botany or Zoology. The PTA members are not from exclusive PCM or PCB stream. Both the teachers are subject teachers and not class teachers. PTA members teach same subject. Only Mrs B teaches Botany. G is a class teacher.

1. Who among the following are the PTA members?

(a) A and B

(b) B and C

(d) C and E

(e) None of these

2. What does G teach?

(a) Maths

(b) Physics

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) None of these

3. Who is the male class teacher?

(a) F

(b) D

(d) Either D or E

(e) None of these

4. Which of the following combinations is correct?

(a) A - NET cleared - Married - Botany

(b) B - Not cleared - Married - Botany

(d) D - NET cleared - Married - Physics

(e) E - NET cleared - Married – Chemistry

5. Which of the following combinations is incorrect?

(a) E - Unmarried - Male - Chemistry

(b) C - Unmarried - Female - Chemistry

(d) B - Married - Female - Botany

(e) G - Married - Female – Maths

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Study the following information carefully answer the given questions :

Twelve persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing six persons each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row–1, A, B, C, D, E and F are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In row– 2, P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each person seated in a row faces another person of the other row. A sits third to the left of E. The person facing A sits second to the left of T. Two persons are sitting between T and P. C and D are immediate neighbours. C and D do not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between B and C. The person facing D is an immediate neighbour of Q. V is not an immediate neighbour of P. S does not face A.

6. Who amongst the following sits seconds to the right of the person who faces R ?

(a) C

(b) D

(d) E

(e) Cannot be determined

7. Which of the following statements regarding B is true ?

(a) B sits second to the left of C

(b) A sits to immediate left of B

(d) D is an immediate neighbour of B

(e) The person who faces B is an immediate neighbour of S

8. Who amongst the following faces P ?

(a) A

(b) D

(d) E

(e) Cannot be determined

9. Who amongst the following sits exactly between T and R ?

(a) V

(b) Q

(d) P

(e) Cannot be determined

10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group ?

(a) F

(b) Q

(d) C

(e) E

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Solutions:

1-5:

There are seven teachers (clue i) and five subjects (clue i). Four are ladies B, C, F and G (clue iv). Rest are males. Four are married A, B, D and F (clue v). Rest are unmarried. Mr A is a subject teacher and he teaches either Botany or Zoology (clue vi) but (clue ix) tells Mrs B teaches Botany, So Mr A teaches Zoology. Clue ix also tells about G being a class teacher. Clue v says all married teachers except one are class teachers. Since A is married and is a subject teacher, the remaining B, D and F would be class teachers. (Clue iv) says unmarried teachers can only be PTA member whereas (clue vii) says they are subject teachers, So they are bound to be C and E. (clue vi) says no married female teacher has done UGC. Two male teachers have done it one is married Mr A and one is unmarried, Mr E. Mr D hasn't done it, so C and G must have done it because there are four teachers who have done it (2-Chem, 1-Math, 1-Zoology). So the subject left is Physics. So obviously D and F teach Physics. Since PTA members teach same subject (clue viii), C and E teach Chem, leaving G to teach Maths.

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Data Interpretation & Data Analysis Quiz - Set 1

November 10, 2017, 5:08 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of Caselet Data Interpretation Quiz for upcoming Bank PO & Clerk Exams.

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Out of the 15,000 candidates eligible for an Officer’s post in a Public Sector Bank, 450 candidates have prior experience of working in Public Sector banks in rural area only. 25% of the total number of candidates have prior experience of working in Public Sector Banks in urban areas only. 12% of the total number of candidates have prior experience of working in Private Sector Banks in urban areas only. 2% of the total number of candidates have prior experience of working in Private Sector banks in rural areas only. 3,600 candidates have worked in both Public and Private Sector Banks in urban areas only. 600 candidates have worked in both Public and Private Sector Banks in rural areas only. The remaining candidates have no prior experience of working in the Banking industry.

1. How many candidates have prior experience of working in rural areas (both Public Sector and Private Sector Banks together)?

(a) 4,350

(b) 4,950

(d) 4,900

(e) 4,850

2. How many candidates have prior experience of working in Public Sector Banks (Urban and Rural areas together)?

(a) 12,450

(b) 8,400

(d) 10,650

(e) None of these

3. What is the ratio of the candidates who have a prior experience of working in Public Sector Banks in rural areas only to the candidates who have a prior experience of working in Private Sector Banks in rural areas only?

(a) 4 : 3

(b) 3 : 2

(d) 3 : 4

(e) None of these

4. What is the total number of candidates who have worked in Private Sector Banks in urban areas?

(a) 1,800

(b) 2,250

(d) 36,600

(e) None of these

5. The candidates who have no prior experience of working in the banking industry are what per cent of the candidates who have worked in Public Sector Banks in both urban and rural areas together?

(a) 60.5

(b) 63.5

(d) 64

(e) None of these

Answers:

Solutions:
Total no of candidates = 15000
Number with experience in public sector Rural only= 450
Number with experience in public sector Urban only= 25% of total= 3750
Number with experience in private sector Urban only= 12% of 15000= 1800
Number with experience in pvt sector Rural only= 2% of 15000=300
Number with experience in public sector both Urban & Rural = 3600
Number with experience in public sector & pvt sector Rural = 600
Number with experience in public sector & pvt sector Urban= 2250

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Current Affairs Quiz from November, 2017 - Set 1

November 10, 2017, 7:02 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is the first set of Current Affairs Quiz from November, 2017. The following questions are from November 1 to November 4, 2017.

1. How much money did government announce to allocate for Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR)?

(a) ₹15,222 Cr

(b) ₹15,732 Cr

(d) ₹15,622 Cr

(e) ₹16,322 Cr

2. Which of the following state did recently sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) and Terms of Reference (ToR) with Singapore for skilling youth of the state?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Bihar

(e) Assam

3. Which of the following state did recently top Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI) prepared by Child development NGO Plan India?

(a) Sikkim

(b) Goa

(d) Assam

(e) Maharashtra

4. Which of the following Small Finance Banks did recently receive Reserved Bank of India (RBI) approval to operate as Scheduled Commercial Bank?

(a) Capital Small Finance Bank

(b) AU Small Finance Bank

(d) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

(e) None of these

5. In which of the following city did Google recently launch its first data centre in India?

(a) Bengaluru

(b) Kochi

(d) Chennai

(e) Trivandrum

6. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 1 November 2017 approved the implementation of Special Banking Arrangement (SBA) of _________ for payment of outstanding claims to fertilizer companies in the year 2016-17.

(a) ₹ 10000 crore

(b) ₹ 12000 crore

(d) ₹ 18000 crore

(e) ₹ 20000 crore

7. Which of the following bank did recently sign an agreement with the government to provide Rs 1,000 crore financing for food processing projects?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(d) Yes Bank

(e) HDFC Bank

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8. Which of the following state did recently sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an integrated trade facilitation services organisation - Verbind - to set up a logistics and trading hub in the state?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(d) Haryana

(e) Uttar Pradesh

9. India recently set the Guinness World Record by cooking Khichdi. How much did India cook to achieve this feat?

(a) 928 kg

(b) 938 kg

(d) 918 kg

(e) 914 kg

10. PRABAL DOSTYK 2017 is a military exercise between India and __________.

(a) Kazakhstan

(b) Armenia

(d) Kyrgyzstan

(e) Russia

11. Who among the following was appointed United States of America Ambassador to India?

(a) Joanna Kemkers

(b) Joseph Caron

(d) Penny Wensley

(e) Kathleen Stephens

12. What was India’s rank in Global Gender Gap Index 2017?

(a) 100^th

(b) 108^th

(d) 113^th

(e) 104^th

13. The Indian Air Force (IAF) would be participating in a two-week-long multilateral air exercise- 'Blue Flag- 17'- in which of the following country?

(a) Israel

(b) Iran

(d) Saudi Arabia

(e) Egypt

14. Shahzar Rizvi is associated with which sports?

(a) Hockey

(b) Football

(d) Badminton

(e) Table Tennis

15. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed the world's highest motorable road in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, passing through Umlingla Top at a height of over ___________.

(a) 18,500 ft

(b) 19,300 ft

(d) 17,300 ft

(e) 18,400 ft

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Current Affairs Update – 10 November, 2017

November 10, 2017, 9:48 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 10 November, 2017. These are important for the upcoming IBPS PO, Clerk Mains, NICL Assistant, OICL AO exams.

Banking & Financial News

Skywalk, FOB among 5 projects approved for funding through Urban Development Fund

Union Minister of state for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on 9 November 2017 announced that the Skywalk and Foot Over Bridge (FoB) at ITO are among the 5 projects approved for funding of Rs 643.58 crore through the Urban Development Fund by the Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
The other projects include construction of flyovers, underpasses etc at Mahipalpur, Narela, ISBT Kashmiri Gate and Rani Jhansi Road.
The Skywalk and Foot Over Bridge project will be built at an intersection point with a metro station, the Tilak Bridge railway station and seven major arterial roads.
This will lead to easier inter-crossing of pedestrian as the vehicular traffic poses a potentially dangerous situation to the pedestrians.
This project will benefit the public at large who visit these offices along with the employees working in over 25 major offices located in the ITO area such as Police HQ, PWD HQ, Institute of Engineers, ICAI, Income Tax office, Central Excise, DDA, School of Planning and Architecture, GST office, etc.
The entire cost of Rs 54.34 crore of the project is being funded through Urban Development Fund (Rs 43.47 crore) and by DDA (Rs 10.87 crore).
The project is expected to be completed by March 2018.

RBI directs banks to provide doorstep banking facilities to senior citizens, differently-abled

The Reserve Bank of India on 9 November 2017 asked banks to provide doorstep banking facilities to senior citizens who are more than 70 years of age and differently-abled persons by December 2017.
The apex bank has directed all the banks to provide basic banking services such as pick-up and delivery of cash, chequebooks and demand drafts, submission of Know Your Customer (KYC) documents and Life certificates at the residence of the senior citizens and specially-abled persons, including the visually-impaired.
The RBI notification in the same regard has advised the banks including small finance and payments banks to implement the instructions by 31 December 2017 in letter and spirit and give due publicity in their bank branches and websites.
The RBI has asked banks to provide a minimum of 25 cheque leaves every year for a savings bank account free of charge.
It also said that banks should not insist on physical presence of any customer including senior citizens and differently-abled persons for getting cheque books.
Banks have also been advised that a fully KYC compliant account should automatically be converted into a 'Senior Citizen Account' based on the date of birth available in the bank's records.
The banks have also been asked to provide senior citizens and differently-abled persons Form 15G/H (related to tax deduction at source) once a year, preferably in April.

Union Government revises House Building Advance rules for government employees

The Union Government has revised the House Building Advance (HBA) rules for Central Government Employees incorporating the accepted recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

Following are the salient features of the new rules:-

The total amount of advance that a central government employee can borrow from the government has been revised. The employee can now borrow up to 34 months of the basic pay subject to a maximum of Rs. 25 lakhs (Rs. Twenty Five Lakhs only), or cost of the house/flat, or the amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is the least for new construction/purchase of new house/flat. The earlier limit for the same was only Rs 7.50 lakhs.
The HBA amount for expansion of the house has also been revised to a maximum of Rs.10 lakhs or 34 months of basic pay or cost of the expansion of the house or amount according to repaying capacity, whichever is least. The earlier limit was Rs 1.80 lakhs.
The cost ceiling limit of the house which an employee can construct/ purchase has been revised to Rs.1.00 crore with a provision of upward revision of 25 per cent in deserving cases. The earlier cost ceiling limit was Rs 30 lakhs.
If both the spouses are central government employees then, they are now eligible to take HBA either jointly, or separately. Earlier only one spouse was eligible for House Building Advance.
The new rules also include a provision for individuals migrating from home loans taken from Financial Institutions/ Banks to HBA, if they desire.

News related to India and states

Telangana Assembly passes bill on prevention of dangerous activities

The state assembly of Telangana passed three key bills including one on prevention of dangerous activities.
The state assembly passed the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral traffic offenders and Land grabbers (Amendment) Bill, 2017.
The bill seeks replacement of the ordinance that the state government passed about 6 months ago. While the opposition alleged that the state government had failed in bringing down crimes, the government stated that illegal activities had come down after the ordinance had come into force.
Besides this, the assembly also passed the Telangana Road Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 for development of roads and highways by securing funds from financial institutions and the Shops an Establishments (Amendment) Act, 2017. The bill seeks to give instant licences to shops and commercial establishments as part of Ease of Doing Business.

Government to provide 100 foreign students full scholarship to study Ayurveda

The Union government has announced that it would be providing full scholarship to 100 non-Indian students if they study Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (Ayush) in any of the public institutions across India.
The announcement was made by Ayush Minister Sripad Naik who is on a three day visit to UAE to participate in the first ever International Ayush Conference and Exhibition in Dubai.
The main aim behind the initiative is to encourage and popularise the alternative system of medicine.
The details of the application process and scholarship will soon be available with the Indian missions abroad.
The 100 students can be from any country across the world.
For further promotion of the traditional system of medicine in the Middle East region, the Ayush ministry would be setting up an Ayush chair in Dubai in coordination with the Ministry of Health (MoH) of UAE.

World News

India re-elected as member of UNESCO's executive board

India was re-elected as the member of UNESCO’s executive board on 9 November 2017.
The election was held at the 39th session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation in Paris. The executive board is the top decision- making body of the international organisation.
The General Conference consists of the representatives of the member states of the organisation.
It meets every two years and is attended by member states and associate members along with observers for non-member States, intergovernmental organisations and non- governmental organisations (NGOs).

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Awards & Honors

UNHCR to receive Mother Teresa Award 2017 for social justice

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) was on 9 November 2017 named as the recipient of Harmony Foundation's Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2017 for its exceptional work worldwide.
Harmony Foundation's 2017 theme is 'Compassion Beyond Borders' and UNHCR efforts aptly fit into this theme.
UNHCR beautifully epitomizes the theme with heroism of its workers and volunteers who tirelessly work in crisis areas globally. The UNHCR provides humanitarian aid to innumerable people internally displaced by conflicts and helps stateless people all over the world.
The award will be presented to the UNHCR at a function on 10 December 2017 on the occasion of the celebrations of the unique legacy of Mother Teresa, popularly known as the 'Saint of The Gutters'.

National Entrepreneurship Awards 2017 announced

The Union Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on 9 November 2017 announced the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2017 to encourage a culture of entrepreneurship across the country.
This is the second edition of the National Entrepreneurship Awards (NEA). The awards were instituted by MSDE in 2016.
This year, the awards saw participation from 2880 applicants, out of which 45 were shortlisted and finally 15 were announced as winners across defined categories.
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Ask The Mentor - 11 November, 2017

November 10, 2017, 11:36 pm

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Chapterwise Quantitative Aptitude Quiz from Previous Paper for IBPS Clerk 2017 - Area & Perimeter - 2

November 11, 2017, 12:47 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of Chapterwise Quantitative Aptitude Quiz from Previous Paper for IBPS Clerk 2017 based on Area & perimeter.

1. A plot of 1800 sq. ft. is available at the rate of ₹ 630 per sq. ft. If 45% of the total cost of the plot is to be paid at the time of booking it, how much is the booking amount? (IBPS Clerk 2012)
(a) ₹ 11,34,000
(b) ₹ 5,10,300
(c) ₹ 6,03,000
(d) ₹ 6,00,300
(e) None of these

2. What would be the circumference of a circle whose area is 745.36 sq.cm? (RBI Assistant 2012)
(a) 94.4 cm
(b) 88.8 cm
(c) 96.8 cm
(d) 87.4 cm
(e) None of these

3. The circumference of a circle is 792 meters. What will be its radius ? (SBI Clerk 2012)
(a) 120 meters
(b) 133 meters
(c) 145 meters
(d) 136 meters
(e) None of these

4. Area of rectangular field is 3584 m2 and the length and the breadth are in the ratio 7 : 2 respectively. What is the perimeter of the rectangle ? (SBI Clerk 2012)
(a) 246 m
(b) 292 m
(c) 286 m
(d) 288 m
(e) None of these

5. l/3rd the diagonal of a square is 3 2 m. What is the measure of the side of the concerned square? (IBPS Clerk 2013)
(a) 12 m
(b) 9 m
(c) 18 m
(d) 6 m
(e) 7 m

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6. The perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 6 m more than its breadth is 84 m. What would be the area of a triangle whose base is equal to the diagonal of the rectangle and whose height is equal to the length of the rectangle? (in m2) (IBPS Clerk CWE 2013)
(a) 324
(b) 372
(c) 360
(d) 364
(e) 348

7. The circumference of a circular playground is 308 metre. There is 7 metre wide path around the ground. The area of the path is (Indian Overseas Bank PO 2013)
(a) 2130 sq. metre
(b) 2410 sq. metre
(c) 2510 sq. metre
(d) 2310 sq. metre
(e) None of these

8. Area of a rectangle is equal to the area of the circle whose radius is 21 cms. If the length and the breadth of the rectangle are in the ratio of 14 : 11 respectively, what is its perimeter ? (IBPS RRBs OS 2013)
(a) 142 cms.
(b) 140 cms.
(c) 132 cms.
(d) 150 cms.
(e) None of these

9. A horse is tethered to a peg with a 14 metre long rope at the corner of a 40 metre long and 24 metre wide rectangular grass-field. What area of the field will the horse graze? (IBPS SO 2013)
(a) 154 m2
(b) 308 m2
(c) 240 m2
(d) 480 m2
(e) None of these

10. The area of circle is seven times the numerical value of its circumference. What is the circumference of the circle? (IBPS SO 2013)
(a) 616 units
(b) 132 units
(c) 88 units
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Answers & Solutions
1. B

2. C

3. E

4. D

5. B

6. C

7. D

8. D

9. A

10. C

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Reasoning Quiz: Data Sufficiency & Statement & Assumptions

November 11, 2017, 5:18 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of Analytical Reasoning Quiz for upcoming Bank Exams.

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5) : In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. Give answer

(a) if only Assumption I is implicit.

(b) if only Assumption II is implicit.

(d) if neither Assumption I nor Assumption II is implicit.

(e) if both the Assumptions I and II are implicit.

1. Statement: The government has decided to provide monetary relief to the farmers in the drought hit areas.

Assumptions:

I. The farmers of the affected areas may accept the government relief.

II. The government machinery may be able to reach the affected farmers to provide relief.

2. Statement: All the students of a school were instructed by the Principal to reach school at least 15 minutes before the stipulated time for the coming month.

Assumptions:

I. The parents of the students of the school may protest against the Principal’s instruction.

II. The parents may request the Principal to withdraw the instruction.

3. Statement: Railway authority has started Internet booking facility of long-distance trains and also delivering the tickets at the doorstep through courier service at a little extra cost.

Assumptions:

I. Many customers may now book their tickets through internet, resulting into less crowd at ticket booking offices.

II. Most of the customers may still buy their railway tickets at the booking counters

4. Statement: “If you have obtained 75 per cent or more marks in X Std examination, your admission to our coaching class for XII Std is guaranteed”, An advertisement.

Assumptions:

I. Bright students do not generally opt for attending coaching classes.

II. The coaching class has adequate capacity to accommodate all such students.

5. Statement: The municipal corporation has given permission for holding fun fairs in the local football ground during the holiday season.

Assumptions:

I. The local residents may protest against the corporation’s decision.

II. Many people may not participate in the fun fair

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

(a) 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.

(b) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(d) if the data given in both the statements I and II even together are not sufficient to answer the question; and

(e) if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

6. Who among M, N, P, T and R is the youngest?

I. N and T are younger than P.

II. M is older than R and P.

7. How many children are there in the row?

I. Manoj is twelfth from the left end and fourth to the left of Hari in that row.

II. Hari is eighth from the right end of that row.

8. How is ‘red’ written in a code language?

I. ‘red and blue’ is written as ‘ho po da’ in that code language.

II. ‘spread red carpet’ is written as ‘na da ka’ in that code language.

9. Village R is towards which direction of village M ?

I. Village M is to the West of Village T, which is to the South of Village R.

II. Village M is to the South of Village B, which is to the West of Village R.

10. How many sisters does D have?

I. D’s mother has four children.

II. K and T are brothers of E.

Answers:

1. (e) If the government has made a plan to provide relief to the farmers, it must be assuming that the plan can be executed. The objective can’t be fulfilled without I and II. Hence, both I and II are implicit.

2. (d) The principal must be assuming that the students will abide by the instruction. Note that if a person instructs someone or a group of persons, the former assumes that the latter will abide by it. Hence, both I and II are not implicit.

3. (a) The initiative taken by the railway authority has been aimed at making the service-customer friendly. Hence, I is implicit. II may nor may not be an assumption. Hence, II is not implicit.

4. (b) From the advertisement, it is obvious the advertiser must be assuming II. Hence, II is implicit. I goes rather against the statement. Hence, I is not implicit.

5. (d) The step taken by municipal corporation has been aimed at good entertainment for the local residents during the holidays. The municipal corporation must be assuming that local residents may participate in the fun fair with great fanfare. Since I and II go against the abvoe assumption both I and II are not implicit.

6. (d) I alone is not sufficient as it lacks the details of R and M. II alone is not sufficient as it lacks details of N and T. Even both I and II together are not sufficient because the comparative details of N, T and R are still lacking

7. (e) From both I and II, Total number of children in the row = 12 + 4 + 8 – 1 = 23. Hence both I and II together are sufficient.

8. (e) Codes of the words are not necessarily in the same order as the words are. Hence neither I alone nor II alone is sufficient to answer the question. Again, from I and II we get that the code for ‘red’ is ‘da’.

9. (c)

10. (d) From I, we do not get information regarding the number of brothers or sisters of D. Hence, I alone is not sufficient. II lacks information regarding D. Hence, II alone is not sufficient. Using both the statements together, we do not get the information regarding the gender of E. Nor is there any connection between the two statements. Hence, both statements even together are not sufficient.

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English Quiz for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant Mains 2017 - 4 - New Error

November 11, 2017, 6:24 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of English Quiz for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant Mains 2017. This is a set based on New type of Sentence Error Detection.

In each of the following questions two/three sentences are given. These sentences are combined into a single sentence and given as four alternatives below each question. You have to select one sentence which is grammatically correct and conveys the same meaning as conveyed by the two/ three sentences and mark the letter of that sentence as your answer. If none of the four sentences given as alternatives below each question is correct, mark ‘e’, None of the above sentences is correct, as the answer.

1. Her father was listening keenly. Rupa noticed this.
(a) Rupa noticed that her father had listened keenly.
(b) Rupa had noticed that her father was listening keenly.
(c) Rupa noticed that her father is listening keenly.
(d) Rupa noticed that her father was listening keenly.
(e) None of the above sentences is correct.

2. The sun is very important to men. Men have long known this.
(a) Men have long known how important the sun is to them.
(b) The sun is very important to them is known to men.
(c) The sun has been very important for men is known to them.
(d) The men know the sun is very important to them.
(e) None of the above sentences is correct.

3. He got up. He wound the cloth around his head.
(a) Having got up, he had wound the cloth around his head.
(b) Getting up he did wound the cloth around his head.
(c) Getting up, he wound the cloth around his head.
(d) Having getting up, he wound the cloth around his head.
(e) None of the above sentences is correct.

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4. They watched. They wondered. They were unable to find the reason.
(a) They watched and wondered till they were unable to find the reason.
(b) They watched and wondered but were unable to find the reason.
(c) They had watched and wondered but were unable to find the reason.
(d) They watched and wondered despite being unable to find the reason.
(e) None of the above sentences is correct.

5. I was very much overwhelmed. I did not make any decision.
(a) I was so overwhelmed to make any decision.
(b) I could not make any decision as I was very much overwhelmed.
(c) I was too overwhelmed to make any decision.
(d) Being very much overwhelmed, I did not make any decision.
(e) None of the above sentences is correct.

6. He is sure to receive his pay. It is due to him. Why then does he worry?
(a) Why does he worry, till he is sure to receive his pay due to him?
(b) Why should he worry as the pay due to him is sure to be received?
(c) Why does he worry as he should be sure to receive the pay due to him?
(d) Why does he worry, since the pay due to him is sure to be received?
(e) None of the above sentences is correct.

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Current Affairs Update – 11 November, 2017

November 11, 2017, 9:39 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 11 November, 2017. These are important for the upcoming IBPS PO, Clerk Mains, NICL Assistant, OICL AO exams.

News related to India & states

Cabinet approves MoU between India and Philippines on agriculture

The Union Cabinet on 10 November 2017 gave its approval for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Philippines on agriculture and related fields.
The cabinet was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The MoU is expected to improve bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture, mutually benefiting both India and Philippines.
The MoU will promote understanding of best agricultural practices in the two countries, which will in turn help achieve better productivity along with improved global market access.
Under the agreement, the two countries would be cooperating in the field of rice production and processing, multi cropping system, dryland farming systems, bio-organic farming, solid and water conservation and management, soil fertility, sericulture, agro forestry and livestock improvement.
The agreement also provides for the established of a Joint Working Group, which will comprise equal number of representatives from both the nations.

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Cabinet approves creation of National Testing Agency to conduct entrance examinations

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 November 2017 approved creation of National Testing Agency (NTA) as an autonomous, self-sustained organisation to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions.
The cabinet approved creation of the agency as a society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act 1860. To start off, the agency will be given a one-time grant of Rs 25 Cr from the Union Government.
The agency would initially conduct the entrance examinations that are currently being conducted by the CBSE.
Other examinations will be taken up gradually after NTA is fully geared up.
The entrance examinations will be conducted online at least twice a year, thereby giving adequate opportunity to candidates to bring out their best.
The agency would also locate centres at sub-district/district level in order to serve the requirements of the rural students.

Significance of the NTA

The establishment of the agency is expected to benefit around 40 lakh students appearing in various entrance examinations.
It will relieve CBSE, AICTE and other agencies from responsibility of conducting these entrance examinations.

NTA Members

The agency will be chaired by an eminent educationist appointed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
It will also have a CEO/ Director General, who will be appointed by the Union Government.

The Director General will be assisted by 9 verticals headed by academicians/ experts.

Days

World Science Day for Peace and Development 2017 observed globally

The World Science Day for Peace and Development was observed across the world on 10 November 2017 with the theme ' Science for Global Understanding'.
The day highlights the significant role of science in society and the need to engage public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives.
The World Science Day for Peace and Development was proclaimed by the UNESCO General Conference through its Resolution 31C/ 20 in 2001. The Day is celebrated all over the world to consider the commitment made at the UNESCO-ICSU World Conference on Science (Budapest 1999).
The Day aims to renew the national and international commitment to science for peace and development and to stress the responsible use of science for the benefit of society.

Appointments

RedBus co-founder Phanindra Sama named Telangana's Chief Innovation Officer

The Telangana Government has appointed Phanindra Sama, who Co-Founded bus ticketing company RedBus and serial entrepreneur, as Chief Innovation Officer of the State.
A South African investment firm had acquired RedBus for about Rs. 780 crore. After the successful exit, Phanindra Sama has been working with start-ups and overseeing the activities of Kakatiya Sandbox in Nizamabad.
Phanindra received the formal appointment letter from Telangana IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao at Secretariat on Friday.
Phanindra will head the State's Innovation Cell, which aims at promoting innovation at the grass root level, catching the school children in rural areas very young.

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General Awareness Questions asked in IBPS RRB Assistant Mains 2017

November 12, 2017, 8:22 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here are the General Awareness Questions asked in IBPS RRB Assistant Mains 2017. A big thanks to our own V Pandey for sharing as always.

1. CERSAI related = securitization
2. Global trust bank = Oriental Bank of commerce
3. "Start Up Sambandh" with which country = Sweden
4. "Golden house" = Author Salman Rushdie
5. Baikal lake = Russia
6. Mortgage related = reverse mortgage
7. fine money launder rules over = 50,000
8. P weeks - 3yrs loan = bridge loan
9. Indian railway institute = Vadodara Gujarat
10. loan up to 3 lakks to SHG at rate of interest = 7%
11. INDRA exercise = Russia
12. PMMY = all banks (question is which bank is eligible to sanction mudra finance)
13. Bangalore situated on which river = Virshabavati River
14. Chhilchhila wildlife sanctuary = Haryana
15. Ram Mukherjee related to = Director (obituary)
16. Bhitarkanika national park = Odisha
17. WMA = A stands for Advances (m not sure but had no other choice that's why i taken risk in this one)
18. 2 portion note joint = mutilated note (someone confused bcoz of soiled not definition but mutilated note is ri8 according to question)

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19. environment friendly banking = Green Banking
20. Gobindobhog Rice = west bengal (Dada ko rice pasand h)
21. Interest free A/C = current account
22. Governor of Bihar = Satya Pal Malik
23. Nobel chemistry prize = Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson, Jacques Dubochet
24. UPI = U stands for Unified
25 Kidambi srikant = Badminton
26. Asia hockey cup winner = India
27. 20 November = universal child day
28. Budapest is the capital of = Hungary
29. Banking ombudsman maximum penalty = 20 lakh
30. CANDI app = Canara Bank
31. IFSC = F stands for Financial
32. MMID used for = mobile payment
33. RERA = 2nd R = Regulatory
34. Credit card not issued by = Payment bank
35. Tele law service by law and justice department and which one more department is also participated in the same programme = Department of electronics and IT
36. Partition museum = Amritsar, Punjab
37. Housing subsidiary which is estd in 1988 = NHB

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Current Affairs Update – 12 November, 2017

November 12, 2017, 10:27 am

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 12 November, 2017. These are important for the upcoming IBPS PO, Clerk Mains, NICL Assistant, OICL AO exams.

Banking & Financial News

Karnataka inks pacts with Chinese firms

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the sixth China-India Forum meet being jointly hosted by the Government of China, Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), China-India Friendship Association (CIFA), and Podar Enterprise here on Friday.
Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries RV Deshpande said Karnataka expected trade and investments between India and China to increase as India sees big opportunities to attract Chinese companies to Make in India, besides attracting investments.
The following MoUs were signed at the Forum: Semiconductor Alliance of China and Beijing Construction & Highway Development Group presented EoI letters to the Karnataka government.
Podar Enterprise signed strategic cooperation MoU with Hebei Provincial Government. Podar Advisory and Consulting Enterprise signed tri-party MoU of cooperation with Baoding City Government and Hebei Information Investment Group.
Fortune Plus, China, signed MoU for setting up electric vehicle hub with Imperator Autocorp Pvt Ltd. Podar Holding International Pte Ltd signed MoU for cooperation in education with Yigcal University, Shandong.

Air India gets Rs. 1,500 cr loan from Bank of India

Debt-laden Air India has received a loan worth of Rs. 1,500 crore from Bank of India to meet urgent working capital needs less than a month after floating a tender in this regard, an airline source said.
For the second time in recent months, the flagship carrier has received loans from a public sector lender.
Battling multiple headwinds, the disinvestment-bound airline has been working on ways to reduce its debt, including by way of selling non-core assets and expanding operations.
The source said the airline has received Rs. 1,500 crore loan from Bank of India after the tender for the amount was floated last month in order to meet “urgent” working capital needs.
A tender was issued by the carrier on October 18 in which it had sought government guarantee-backed short-term loans totalling up to Rs. 1,500 crore to meet “its urgent working capital requirements”.
Prior to that, the airline had borrowed around Rs. 3,250 crore as short tenure loans from two lenders -- IndusInd Bank and Punjab National Bank, sources had said. This loan too was for meeting urgent working capital needs and the tender was floated in September.

PNB MetLife in distribution pact with Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait

Life insurer PNB MetLife has signed a corporate agency agreement with Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C (BBK).
This tie-up will help PNB MetLife distribute its retail and group products to BBK’s customers in India.
With this partnership, BBK customers in India will get access to PNB MetLife’s entire portfolio of products ranging from health, savings, and wealth to rural plans.
As on date, BBK, which is one of the largest commercial banks in Bahrain, has branches at Mumbai, Hyderabad, Aluva and New Delhi.
The bancassurance tie-up forms an important part of PNB MetLife’s growth strategy and the life insurer has already forged many such alliances including PNB, Karnataka Bank and Jammu & Kashmir Bank.
Bancassurance is an arrangement by which a bank and an insurance company partner to enable the insurer sell its products to the bank’s client base.

Mumbai to host Asian Bankers Association summit

For the first time, the nation’s financial capital will host the 34th annual conference of the Asian Bankers Association (ABA) this week.
The two-day conference will be held in the megapolis from November 16 and will be hosted by State Bank, with the theme of ‘Asia’s turn to transform’, SBI said.
The event is expected to see the presence of over 160 domestic as well as international bankers and Reserve Bank deputy governor Viral V Acharya will deliver the special opening address on the second day, a SBI spokesperson told PTI.
Founded in 1981, the ABA serves as a forum for advancing the cause of the banking industry and promote regional economic cooperation across the continent.
With around 80 members from 25 countries, the association holds conferences on issues of concern to the banking sector, policy advocacy discussions, and training programmes.
The this year’s summit will discuss the impact of the ongoing global downturn on the outlook of the Asian economies; economic consequences of the Brexit in March 2019 on Asia, the America-first policy of the Trump administration; implications of fintech on banks, among others.

Appointments

Debjani Ghosh appointed First Woman NASSCOM President

The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) on Friday announced the appointment of Debjani Ghosh, former MD, Intel South Asia, as the NASSCOM President-Designate, succeeding R Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM upon the completion of his term in March 2018.
Ghosh has held other posts at Nasscom in the past. She has been a member of company’s executive council and a trustee of Nasscom Foundation. To find the next President, the Nasscom President Succession Committee was set up by its chairman in March 2017, a Nasscom release said.

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Former France Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay appointed new UNESCO chie

Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday appointed Audrey Azoulay, a former culture minister of France, to the top post of the agency.
Born in 1972, Ms. Azoulay was France’s Minister of Culture and Communication from February 2016 to May 2017.
She has occupied senior positions in France’s public broadcasting sector and then served as rapporteur to France’s public auditing authority, the Cour des comptes, and as a European Commission legislative expert on issues of culture and the media.
Ms. Azoulay served France’s National Cinema Centre (CNC), first as Deputy Audiovisual Director, then as Director of Financial and Legal Affairs, and finally as Deputy Director-General.

Former India goalkeeper Bhaskar Ganguly appointed AIFF ombudsman

The Supreme Court on Saturday appointed former India goalkeeper Bhaskar Ganguly to the two-member committee which will oversee the working of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) following the removal of its erstwhile President Praful Patel.
Ganguly, who served as captain of the Indian team at the 1982 Asian Games, will serve as ombudsman along with former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi.
They have been tasked with formulating the AIFF constitution within eight weeks.
The apex court also stayed the recent order of the Delhi High Court against top ranked AIFF officials and allowed all elected committees of the federation to function on a regular basis.
The Delhi High Court had on October 31 set aside the election of Praful Patel as AIFF President on the grounds that it was conducted without following the National Sports Code and asked for fresh polls within five months.
The High Court had also appointed S.Y. Quraishi as the AIFF administrator. The order came two days after India successfully hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time. Patel had said during the tournament that India was also looking to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Awards & Honors

Dipa Karmakar honoured with D.Litt. by NIT Agartala

India's star gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been conferred a D.Litt. degree from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala.
Expressing happiness on being honoured with the degree, Karmakar said she wanted to achieve such a degree once and that it would further add to her responsibility towards the people of the country.
The 24-year-old Tripura girl is the first Indian woman gymnast to have qualified for the Olympics. She finished fourth in the final round of the women's vault event at the Rio Olympics Games in Brazil last year.
The director of NIT, Agartala, Professor Ajoy Kumar Ray, handed over the degree to Karmakar, during the 10th convocation programme at the Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan here.

World News

ASEAN inks free trade, investment pacts with Hong Kong in Manila

Hong Kong on Sunday signed free trade and investment pacts with the ten-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in what one of the Chinese territory's senior officials called a "loud and clear" vote against rising regional trade protectionism.
The pacts conclude nearly three years of talks, are expected to take effect on January 1 at the earliest, and aim to bring "deeper and bolder" integration of market access with the bloc, said Edward Yau, Hong Kong's commerce and development secretary.
Total merchandise trade between Hong Kong and ASEAN was HK$833 billion ($107 billion) last year, official figures show. Total services trade was HK$121 billion ($16 billion) in 2015.
The ASEAN Hong Kong China Free Trade Agreement (AHKCFTA) was signed on the sidelines of a summit of the regional grouping in the Philippine capital of Manila.

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Necessary steps to prevents flood in India - IBPS PO Descriptive 2017

November 12, 2017, 9:19 pm

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is the first essay for IBPS PO Descriptive 2017 aced by Pallavi.

In the rainy season rivers and canals are full to the brim. Sometimes water rises so high that it overflows the banks. Fields, and sometimes houses, lies under water. This great rise of water is called a flood. Here are some things that can be done to protect homes and communities from the damage caused by flooding. Floods can be prevented with proper planning and adoption of effective mitigation measures, particularly in areas prone to flooding.

1) Improving Drainage:Improving water drainage helps control floods by facilitating easy flow of excess water, especially in urban areas during flash floods. It can be improved by rehabilitating and cleaning water drainage systems, including removing solid waste from drainage systems. Effective drainage systems can ensure flood waters find a clear waterway, leading to non-risk areas.

2) Building Dikes and Levees:Dikes and levees are flood-control structures built to fight river flooding and water surges. Dikes and levees restrain rivers during floods by providing artificial water channels that prevent runoffs from bursting floodplains.

3) Building Canals: Canals are artificial water channels that can be crucial to flood prevention. Canals facilitate control of water levels passing through, and form linear reservoirs and water locks. Canals can also be used to lock excess flood waters in its linear reservoirs to prevent flooding and store water for future use.

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4) Harvesting Rain Water: Harvesting rainwater involves collecting and storing rainwater and can not only prevent floods, it can also curb urban water scarcity. Rain water harvesting is carried out in different ways, including building ponds, storm drains, water retention basins and flood-control dams.

5) Detention basin:These are small reservoirs built and connected to waterways. They provide a temporary storage for floodwaters. This means in an event of flooding, water is drained into the basin first, giving people more time to evacuate.

6) Education:In many developing countries, drainage systems are chocked with litter and people have little knowledge of the effects that can have during a rain. When it rains, waterways and culverts are blocked by massive chunks of litter and debris, and water finds its way into the streets and into people's homes.

Education is therefore very important, to inform and caution people about the dangers of floods, what causes floods, and what can be done to minimise its impact. The Central Government Mechanism includes several organizations and various expert committees to enable the State Governments in addressing flood problems.

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Current Affairs Quiz from November, 2017 - Set 2

November 12, 2017, 9:30 pm

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here are important Current Affairs questions from November 5 to November 8, 2017.

1. Which of the following bank did recently launch voice-based international remittance service on its Money2India application?

(a) ICIC Bank

(b) Yes Bank

(d) HDFC Bank

(e) IndusInd Bank

2. On which of the following online transactions did HDFC Bank waive off transaction charges?

(a) NEFT

(b) RTGS

(d) Both 1 & 2

(e) All 1, 2 & 3

3. What amount of financial assistance did Shipping Ministry announce under the Coastal Berth Scheme of the Sagarmala Programme?

(a) ₹2802.05 crore

(b) ₹2302.05 crore

(d) ₹2382.05 crore

(e) ₹2832.05 crore

4. What amount of financial assistance did International Finance Corporation announce for projects by Ashiana Housing Limited (Ashiana) meant for affordable / mid-income housing as well as retirement homes for the elderly?

(a) $28 million

(b) $23 million

(d) $26 million

(e) $27 million

5. SAMPRITI-7 is a military exercise between India and _______________.

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Nepal

(d) Bhutan

(e) Vietnam

6. How much amount did India announce to contribute to the UN partnership fund, scaling up its support to sustainable development projects across the developing world?

(a) $200 million

(b) $150 million

(d) $100 million

(e) $300 million

7. The government launched Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana to promote which of the following hobbies?

(a) Pottery

(b) Coin Collection

(d) Origami

(e) Philately

8. How much amount of financing agreement did India and World Bank sign for the Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence & Equity (OHEPEE) Project?

(a) US$ 119 Million

(b) US$ 118 Million

(d) US$ 116 Million

(e) US$ 117 Million

9. The 20^th International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI), popularly known as the Golden Elephant began in _________.

(a) Mumbai

(b) Kolkata

(d) New Delhi

(e) Bengaluru

10. With which of the following nation did India recently announce to collaborate on multi-radio telescope project?

(a) Japan

(b) South Africa

(d) Canada

(e) South Korea

11. The Indian Army on 4 November 2017 launched an independent and fully-integrated Joint Training Node (JTN) in which of the following state?

(a) Meghalaya

(b) Sikkim

(d) Assam

(e) Tripura

12. Which of the following state was chosen to host the Nobel Prize Series - India event during 1-28 February 2018?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Kerala

(d) Delhi

(e) Karnataka

13. Indian boxer MC Mary Kom on 8 November 2017 won the Gold Medal at the Asian Boxing Championship 2017 in ______.

(a) 46 kg category

(b) 48 kg category

(d) 52 kg category

(e) 54 kg category

14. Which of the following municipal corporation won the Best City Bus Services Award for attracting 87% of private vehicles users?

(a) Ahmedabad

(b) Kochi

(d) Surat

(e) Lucknow

15. World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed on _____________.

(a) 4 November

(b) 6 November

(d) 3 November

(e) 5 November

16. Which of the following country did India defeat to qualify for the 2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup and win the Asia Cup 2017?

(a) China

(b) Japan

(d) Australia

(e) Indonesia

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Puzzle Quiz for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant Mains 2017 - 3

November 12, 2017, 10:30 pm

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of Puzzle for IBPS Clerk & RBI Assistant 2017.

Eight EPians live in an eight storied exampundit building- A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H. They were born on various dates of the same year - 1st January, 23rd January ,4th April, 15th June, 6th July, 17th August, 24th September, 23rd October. The floors are numbered from 1 to 8 like ground floor is numbered as 1st numbered floor and the top most floor is numbered as 8th numbered floor.

F lives on an even numbered floor and was born in the same month with the person who lives on second floor. The one who lives on the top most floor has birthday in the month which has 30days. C has birthday on 15th June and lives on an odd numbered floor between the persons who have birthdays on 23rd January and 24th September. G doesn’t have birthday on an odd numbered date but in the month which has 31days. D may live immediately below the person who has birthday on 23rd January. E was born immediately before F. A who has birthday neither on 17th August nor on 24th September lives above G. The one who has birthday on 17th August lives immediately below the one who has birthday on 4th April. H does not live on the top most floor.

1. Who lives on 6th floor?

a) F

b) G

c) H

d) Cannot be determined.

2. Who lives immediately below A?

a) H

b) The one who has birthday on 1st January.

c) D

d) None

3. Who has birthday on 23rd October?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

4. C has birthday on:

a) 17th August

b) Cannot be determined.

c) 15th June.

d) 4th April.

5. G lives on:

a) 2nd floor.

b) 3rd floor.

c) 5th floor.

d) 1st floor.

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6. F's birthday comes on:

a) 23rd January

b) 1st January

c) 24th September

d) Cannot be determined.

7. Who lives between E and H?

a) D

b) C

c) A

d) B

8. How many people live between G and D?

a) 2

b) 6

c) 4

d) None

9. Who lives on the top most floor?

a) A

b) C

c) D

d) B

10. How many people live above D?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 5

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Chapterwise Quantitative Aptitude Quiz from Previous Paper for IBPS Clerk 2017 - Number Series - 2

November 12, 2017, 11:30 pm

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of Chapterwise Quantitative Aptitude Quiz from Previous Paper for IBPS Clerk 2017 based on Number Series.

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series. (SBI PO Prelim 2015)

1. 93 95 99 ? 110 121 134

(a) 104

(b) 96

(d) 103

(e) None of these

2. 8 12 18 27 40.5 60.75 ?

(a) 104.125

(b) 121.125

(d) 83.125

(e) None of these

3. 4 7 11 18 29 ? 76 123

(a) 59

(b) 38

(d) 53

(e) None of these

4. 3 10 ? 172 885 5346 37471 299832

(a) 39

(b) 27

(d) 34

(e) None of these

5. 15 22 56 183 ? 3755 22542

(a) 709

(b) 698

(d) 800

(e) None of these

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What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ? (IBPS PO Main 2015)

6. 104 109 99 114 94 ?

(a) 69

(b) 124

(d) 78

(e) None of these

7. 980 392 156.8 ? 25.088 10.0352

(a) 65.04

(b) 60.28

(d) 63.85

(e) None of these

8. 14 16 35 109 441 ?

(a) 2651

(b) 2205

(d) 2211

(e) None of these

9. 1331 2197 4913 6859 ? 24389

(a) 12167

(b) 13824

(d) 15625

(e) None of these

10. 3600 725 150 35 12 ?

(a) 8

(b) 7.4

(d) 10

(e) None of these

Answers & Solutions

1. D

2. E

3. E

4. A

5. C

6. E

7. C

8. D

9. A

10. B

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