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Sunday, January 19, 2014

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs For Bank 18th January 2014




Mithun Chakraborty, Actor, will be nominated to Rajya Sabha on Trinamool Congress Ticket
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South Asian Literature DSC Prize Won by Cyrus Mistry


Obama Announced to establish an Af-Pak Strategic Partnership Office

 
US President has signed $ 1.1 trillion spending Bill
 

3rd Lusofonia Games Started in Goa

Saturday, January 18, 2014

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs For Bank 17th January 2014


Dawoodi Bohra Community Leader Dr.Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin is no More

Suchitra Sen, Famous Bengali Actress, Passes Away

 
Tomb of Pharaonic King discovered by Archaeologists of America and Egypt

 
Young Scientist Awards declared by Kerala State Council


 Organisational Excellence Award Achieved by HAL

 
Level of Green Houses Gases Rising Rapidly: UN Report



Friday, January 17, 2014

IBPS: Previous Papers


1. After striking the floor, a ball rebounds to 4/5th of the height from which it has fallen, Find the total distance that if travels before coming to rest if it has been gently dropped from a height of 120 metres.

  • 540 mtrs
  • 960 mtrs
  • 1080 mtrs
  • 1120 mtrs
2. There is a 7-digit telephone number with all different digits . If the digit at extreme right and extreme left are 5 and 6 respectively, find how many such telephone numbers are Possible.
  • 120
  • 1,00,000
  • (6720
  • 30,240
 3. A speaks the truth 3 out’ of 4 time, and B 5 out of 6 times.What is the probability that they will contradict each other in stating the same fact?
  • 2/3
  • 1/3
  • 5/6
  • 1/21
4.A circle is inscribed inside an equilateral triangle touching all the three sides,If the radius of the 4circle is 2 cm, find the area of the triangle.
  • 15
  • 18
  • 16
  • 12
5. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing you such that D is on the left of C; B is on the right of E; A is on the right of C and B is on the left of D.If E has only one neighbour, then who is sitting in the centre?
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
6. In which city is the headquarters of World Trade Organisation (WTO) locate ?
  • New York
  • Geneva
  • Rome
  • Paris
7 In a family of five persons,Dinesh is Jairam’s son & Gopal’s brother while Meeta is Gopal’s mother and Jayanti’s daughter If there are no step brothers or half brothers in the, family which of the following statements is true?
  • Jayanti is Dinesh’s mother
  • Meeta is Dinesh’s Mother
  • Jayanti is Jairam’s grandmother
  • All the above
8. four sisters-Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vihba are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share, They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order, At the end of fourth game, each sister had Rs.32. How much money did Suvarna start with ?
  • Rs 60
  • Rs 34
  • Rs 66
  • Rs 28
9. A man decides to travel 80 kilometers in 8 hours partly by foot and partly on a bicycle. If his speed on foot is 8 km/hr and on bicycle 16 km/hr, what distance would he travel on foot?

  • 20 km
  • 30 km
  • 48 km
  • 60km
10. Due to a 25 % increase in the price of rice per kilogram a person is able to purchase 20 kilograms less for Rupees 400. What is the increased price of rice per kilogram?
  • Rs 5
  • Rs 6
  • Rs 10
  • Rs 4
11. A toy weighing 24 grams of an alloy of two metals is worth Rs 174/-, but if the weights of the two metals be interchanged, the toy would be worth Rs 162/- If the price of one metal be Rs 8 per ,gram, find the price of the other metal used to make the toy
  • Rs 10/ gram
  • Rs 6/gram
  • Rs 4/ gram
  • Rs 5/gram
12. Rahul’s mother is the only daughter of Monika’s father. How is Monika’s husband related to Rahul’s?

  • Uncle
  • Father
  • Grandfather
  • Brother
13. A man is facing west. He turns 450 in the clockwise direction and then another 1800 in the same direction and then 2700 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
  • South -West 
  • South
  • North-West
  • West
14. If it was Saturday on 17th December, 1982 what will be the day on 22nd December, 1984
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Sunday
15. One term in the following number series is not correct. 15, 16, 22, 29, 45, 70 Find out the wrong term?
  • 16
  • 22
  • 45 
  • 70
16. ln an exercise, Krishnan walked 25 metres towards South and then he turned to his left and moved, for 20 metres, He again turned to his left and walked 25 metres. Thereafter,he turned to his right and walked 15 metres. What is the distance and direction of his present location with reference to the starting point,
  • 74 metres North East
  • 60 metres North
  • 35 metre East
  • 40 metres South East
17. Where did NASA’s land rover Curiosity landed on Mars on August 5/6, 2012?
  • Sea of Tranquility
  • Gale Crater
  • Fast Mountain
  • Rover Desert

18. Three bells chime at intervals of 48, 60 and 90 minutes respectively. If all the three bells chime together at 10 AM, at what time will all the three chime again that day

  • 1 PM
  • 2 PM
  • 8 PM
  • 10 PM

 19. Find the last two digits of : 153763519717

  • 35
  • 45
  • 55
  • 85

20. Indira is three times older than Yogesh while Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. If Yogesh is older than Zaheer then Which of the following statements can be inferred ?

  • Yogesh is older than wahida.
  • Indira is older than Wahida
  • Indira may be younger than Wahida.
  • None of the above

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs For Bank 16th January 2014






Toomey, Jet CEO, Quits


Incentives to the Sugar industry for Exports Approved by GOM


Yahoo CFO, Henrique de Castro, leaves the company


Microsoft ties up with top 10 Engineering Colleges of India


Tamilnadu Government Sanctioned Rs.1.75 crores for World level Squash and Kabaddi events

 
 An Agreement between South Korea and India to strengthen economic cooperation

 
US President, Obama, has declared 2014 as Year of Action


Thursday, January 16, 2014

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs For Bank 15th January 2014



CBI announced to set up specialized unit to handle sports related cases


Chandy dedicated Third Phase of Techno park to the Nation


Sticky Nanoparticles will prevent Cancer


Economy of India will grow by 6 % in 2014-15: Report

 First Trial Run of a Rail Engine witnessed by Arunachal Pradesh


66th Army Day observed
 

Pakistan is the only polio endemic country in the world


Namdeo Dhasal, Renowned Marathi Poet, is no more


New Chief Marketing Officer of Tupperware India is Chandan Deep Singh





Wednesday, January 15, 2014

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs For Bank 14th January 2014




New MD and CEO of AEGON Religare Life Insurance is KS Gopalakrishhna
 

Power Steering Nano Car Variant Launched at Rs.2.36 lakhs


General Motors defeated Volkswagen by selling 9.71 million cars
 

Refinery Rates of the Banks reduced by NABARD

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

IBPS: Reasoning Previous Papers

Directions (Q. 1 to 3): A gold smith has five gold rings, each having different weight.

Statement-1 Ring A is weighing twice as much as ring B.
Statement-2 Ring B is weighing four times as much as ring C.
Statement-3 Ring C is weighing half, as much as ring D.
Statement-4 Ring D is weighing one third as much as ring E.

1. Which of the following represents the descending order of weight of rings

(a) ABECD
(b) AEBDC
(c) CDBEA
(d) BDCEA
(e) AEBCD

Ans. (b)

2. Which of the following represents the ascending order of weights of rings.

(a) ABECD
(b) AEBDC
(c) CDBEA
(d) BDCEA
(e) CDEBA

Ans. (c)

3. Which of the pairs of rings have ratio 1 2 in respect of their weights.

(a) A and E
(b) B and C
(c) C and D
(d) C and D as well as D and B
(e) D and E

Ans. (c)

Directions (Q. 4 to 10): In each of the following number series, one term is wrong. The correct term is given
as one of the five alternatives under it. Find the correct term in each case which will replace the wrong one.

4. 7, 19, 11, 19, 15, 15, 19, 11

(a) 7
(b) 13
(c) 17
(d) 23
(e) 19

Ans. (d)

5. 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 23

(a) 17
(b) 18
(c) 15
(d) 16
(e) 9

Ans. (a)

6. 1, 2, 9, 28, 60, 126

(a) 62
(b) 63
(c) 64
(d) 65
(e) 66

Ans. (d)

7. 3, 5, 9, 17, 36

(a) 35
(b) 32
(c) 29
(d) 30
(e) 33

Ans. (e)

8. 1, 3, 8, 15, 24, 35

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
(e) 4

Ans. (a)

9. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 22, 34

(a) 25
(b) 21
(c) 28
(d) 27
(e) 26

Ans. (b)

10. 1, 2, 6, 24, 119, 720

(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 120
(d) 22
(e) 122

Ans. (c)

11. Deepak said to Nitin, “that boy playing with football is younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father’s wife”. How is the boy playing football related to Deepak?

(a) Brother
(b) Father in law
(c) Maternal Uncle
(d) Husband
(e) None of these

Ans. (a)

Directions (Q. 12 to 13): In each of the following questions various terms of a letter series are given with one term missing as shown by (?) choose the missing term out of the given alternatives.

12. A, B, D, G, ?

(a)M
(b) L
(c) K
(d) H
(e) N

Ans. (c)

13. Y, W, U, S, Q, ??

(a) NJ
(b) ML
(c) JR
(d) LM
(e) OM

Ans. (e)

Directions (Q. 14 to 16): Read the following information and answer the questions:
Five men ABCD and E read a newspaper. The one who reads first gives it to C. The one who reads last had taken from A. E was not the first or last to read. There are two readers between B and A.

14. B passed the newspaper to whom?

(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) None of these

Ans. (b)

15. Who reads the newspaper last?

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) B

Ans. (d)

16. Who reads the newspaper after C?

(a) A
(b) D
(c) E
(d) B
(e) C

Ans. (c)

17. Aarrange the given words in a meaningful sequence and then choose the most appropriate sequence from given alternatives:

1. Family
2. Community
3. Member
4. Locality
5. Country

(a) 31245
(b) 31254
(c) 31425
(d) 31452
(e) 13245

Ans. (a)

18. In a certain language “NATURE” is coded as “MASUQE”. How is “FAMINE” coded in that code?

(a) FBMJND
(b) FZMHND
(c) GANIOE
(d) EALIME
(e) FZJME

Ans. (d)



19. If DELHI is coded as 73541 and CALCUTFA is coded as 82589662. How will CALICUT be coded?

(a) 5279431
(b) 5978213
(c) 825 1896
(d) 8543691
(e) 1694358

Ans. (c)

20. If INSTITUTION is coded as NO1TUTITSNI. How PERFECTION will be coded?

(a) NOICThFREP
(b) NOITCEFERP
(c) NOITCEFRPE
(d) NOITCEFREP
(e) NOITCEFPER

Ans. (d)

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs For Bank 13th January 2014




South Indian Actress, Anjali Devi, Passes Away


Google purchased Nest Thermostat for $ 3.2 billion


India completes 3 years without reporting any Polio case


Foundation laid for 2800 Megawatt Nuclear Power plant in Fatehabad


4th DRM of Salem Division is Shubhranshu