Reasoning Quiz

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

In a party there are eight friends in which four are boys and remaining are girls, 

in which girls are Ela, Ishita, Chitra and Diya and boys are Badal, Hitesh, 

Faruq and Ganesh. In between these eight friends one girl and one boy are the host. They are sitting around a rectangular table. 

Three are on the longer side of the rectangular table and hosts are on the remaining side. Some additional information is given below:

(a) All four girls are sitting adjacent to each other and Diya is 3rd right of Ganesh.
(b) Ganesh is the host sitting 2nd left of Chitra. Hitesh and Chitra are sitting opposite to each other.
(c) Ishita is 3rd left of Ganesh. Faruq is third left of Ela.

1. Who is the 2nd host in this arrangement?
(1) Hitesh
(2) Badal
(3) Ela
(4) Chitra
(5) none of these

2. What is the Chitra’s position?
(1) Immediate left of Ganesh
(2) Immediate right to Ganesh
(3) Faruq’s 2nd right
(4) Faruq’s immediate right
(5) Immediate left of Ela.

3. Who is immediate left of Diya?
(1) Ishita
(2) Badal
(3) Faruq
(4) Ganesh
(5) None of these

4. How many girls and boys are sitting opposite to the same gender?
(1) One
(2) Three
(3) None
(4) Two
(5) None of these

5. Which of the following statement is true?
(1) Three boys are sitting on one longer side
(2) Ishita is the another host
(3) Faruq and Ela are opposite to each other
(4) One girls is sitting to the second right of Badal
(5) None of these

6. Vinay moves towards South-East a distance of 14m. then he moves towards West and travels a distance of 28m. From here, 

he moves towards North-West a distance of 14m. and finally he moves a distance of 8m towards East and comes to a halt. 

How far is the starting point where he stood?

(1) 20 m
(2) 22 m
(3) 6 m
(4) 8 m
(5) None of these

7. From the word ‘INTENSIFICATION’, how many independent words can be made without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once?
(1) Four
(2) Five
(3) Six
(4) More than six
(5) None of these

8. In a class of 180, where girls are twice the number of boys, Rupesh, a boy, ranked thirty-fourth from the top. 

If there are eighteen girls ahead of Rupesh, how many boys are after him in rank?
(1) 45
(2) 44
(3) 60
(4) Can’t be determined
(5) None of these

9. Two priests A and B were talking to each other. A said to B, “My mobile set rings every 15 minutes”. 

B retorted, “My mobile set rings every 18 minutes.” The mobile sets of both A and B rang simultaneously at 8 am. 

Four of the following five timings of a certain day are alike with respect to the above situation and hence form a group. 

Which of the following timings is different from the group?
(1) 6.30 am
(2) 5.30 pm
(3) 3.30 pm
(4) 9.30 am
(5) 6.30 pm

10. Pointing to a girl, Mr Raju said, “This girl is the daughter of the husband of the mother of my wife’s brother.” Who is Raju to the girl?
(1) Husband
(2) Brother-in-law
(3) Father-in-law
(4) Either husband or brother-in-law
(5) None of these





ANSWERS
Solutions  (1-5):
E = Ela,
I = Ishita,
C = Chitra,
D = Diya,
B = Badal,
H = Hitesh,
F = Faruq,
G = Ganesh

1. (3) 
2. (4) 
3. (5) 
4. (4) 
5. (5) 

Solutions (6-10)

6. (1)

7. (4) 
8. (2)
9. (2) 
10. (4)

Reasoning Quiz

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below is given a statement followed by two courses of action. 

Course of action is a step for administrative decision to be taken for improvement, 

follow up or further action in regard to the problem, policy etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, 

you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and decide which of the given suggested courses of action is/are logically worth pursuing.

Give your answer as:
(1) if only I follows
(2) if only II follows
(3) if either I or II follows
(4) if neither I nor II follows
(5) if both I and II follow


1. Statement: There are more than 200 villages in the coastal area of Andhra Pradesh which were severely damaged due to cyclone -

and it caused an extra burden of Rs 200 crore on State Government for relief and rehabilitation work.

Courses of Action:
I. People of coastal area should be shifted to other safer places.
II. State Government should ask for more financial support from Central Government.

2. Statement: If the retired professors of the same institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organisation, their contribution may be beneficial to the institute.

Courses of Action: 
I. Management may seek opinion of the employees before calling retired professors.
II. Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organisation.

3. Statement: 

Experts Committee on Industrial Relations has revealed in their recent reports that not only the internal problems of the -

organisations were successfully managed through quality circles but also employee's motivation level was increased significantly.

Courses of Action: 
I. Organisations should organise orientation programmes for their employees on quality circles.
II. Employees should be encouraged to join quality circle programmes.

4. Statement: 

The Minister said that the teachers are still not familiarised with the need, importance and meaning of population education in the higher education system. 

They are not even clearly aware -about their role and responsibilities in the population education programme.

Courses of Action:
I. Population education programme should be included in the college curriculum.
II. Orientation programme should be conducted for teachers on population education.

5. Statement:

 The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.
Courses of Action: 
I. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
II. System of education should be made more flexible

Directions: In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, $, % and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

• ‘A $ B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’
• ‘A # B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’
• ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B’
• ‘A © B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’
• ‘A % B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’

6. Statements:
H % J
J © N
N @ R

Conclusions: 
I. R % J
II. H @ J
III. N @ H

(1) Only II is true
(2)Only I and III are true
(3) Only I is true
(4) Only III is true
(5) None is true

7. Statement: 
M @ J
J $ T
T © N

Conclusions: 
I. N # J
II. T % M
III. M @ N

(1) Only I and II are true
(2) Only II and III are true
(3) Only I and III are true
(4) None is true
(5) All are true

8. Statement: 
D © K
K # F
F @ P

Conclusions: 
I. P @ D
II. K # P
III. F $ D

(1) Only II is true
(2) Only I and II is true
(3) Only III is true
(4) Only II and III are true
(5) None of These

9. Statement: 
K # N
N $ T
T % J

Conclusions: 
I. J @ N
II. K @ T
III. T @ K

(1) None is true
(2) Only I and II is true
(3) Only II and III is true
(4) Only I and III are true
(5) None of These

10. Statement: 
M @ D
D © V
V $ W

Conclusions: 
I. W @ M
II. M % V
III. D $ W

(1) Only I and II are true
(2) Only II and III are true
(3) Only I and III are true
(4) Only III is true
(5) None of These

Directions (11-15): Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Six lectures are scheduled in a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Computer Science is not on Tuesday or Saturday. Psychology is immediately after Organisational Behaviour. Statistics is not on Friday and there is one day gap between Statistics and Research Methods. One day prior to the schedule of Economics there is no lecture (as that day is the off day and Monday is not the ’off’ day). 

11. Which of the following is the last lecture scheduled? 
(1) Economics
(2) Research Methods
(3) Psychology
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

12. If Wednesday is the ‘off’ day, the code would be 2-4, if Thursday was the ‘off’ day, 

the code would be 3-3. Taking into account the ‘off’ day which of the following code is correct? 
(1) 2 - 4
(2) 3 - 3
(3) 5 - 1
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

13. Which lecture is scheduled on Friday? 
(1) Economics
(2) Psychology
(3) Computer Science
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

14. How many lectures were scheduled between Economics and Psychology? 
(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

15. Which day is Computer Science scheduled?
(1) Monday
(2) Wednesday
(3) Thursday
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these



Solutions (1-5):
1. (5): Victims should be shifted to the safer places. Secondly, 

affected State should ask for more financial help from Central Government to accelerate the relief operation.
2. (2): Valuable suggestions from the retired professors will be helpful for restructuring of an organisation. 

Hence, management should involve such experienced people. Seeking permission from the employees is not the right course of action.
3. (5): Statement emphasises the benefits and effectiveness of quality circles.

 Hence, it is advisable that quality circles should be encouraged in the organisation and at the same time employees should be persuaded to join them. Hence, both the actions are right courses of action.
4. (2): Statement points out the unacquaintance of the teachers with population education, 

hence orientation programme should be conducted for teachers. Hence, action II is the right course of action.
5. (5): Statement speaks of inadequacies of the education system and emphasises the need for flexibility and revision.

 Hence, both the actions are right courses of action to update the curriculum.

Solutions
$ - ≥
# - ≤
@ - >
© - =
% - <

6. (2):
Statement: H < J = N > R
Conclusions: R < J
H > J
N > H

7. (5):
Statement: M > J ≥ T = N
Conclusions: N ≤ J
T < M
M > N

8. (3):
Statement: D = K ≤ F > P
Conclusions: P > D
K ≤ P
F ≥ D

9. (1):
Statement: K ≤ N ≥ T < J
Conclusions: J > N
K > T
T > K

10. (4):
Statement: M > D = V ≥ W
Conclusions: W > M
M < V
D ≥ W

Solutions (11-15):

DAYS	LECTURES
Monday	Organisational Behaviour
Tuesday	Psychology
Wednesday	Statistics
Thursday	Computer Science
Friday	Research Methods
Saturday	OFF
Sunday	Economics

11. (1)

12. (3): Codes are defined on the basis of the days above and below the OFF day.
So according to the OFF day (Saturday), there are 5 days before it and 1 day after it.
So the required code is 5 – 1.

13. (5)

14. (3)

15. (3)

Reasoning Quiz

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.

Whether you are planning school education (nursery to standard XII) of your child, 

pursuing a graduate or post-graduate degree,this bank can help finance your ambitions and goals

—An advertisement by a bank.

These questions are based on the information given above and the sentences labelled A, B, C, D, E and F are given below-
(A) In lack of resources, people go to banks for loans.
(B) Educational loans are one of most popular financial dealings done by banks.
(C) With the growing banking network in India and government's programme of 'financial inclusion' 

has ensured that even the poor educate their words and pursue higher education.
(D) The presence of a large number of banks in India has created a cut-throat competition among various commercial banks and they are offering loans in niche areas with tempting incentives.

(E) Like 'teasing rates' in home loan sectors, these days banks offer education loans without making clear catches and later on impose exorbitant interest rates on the borrowers.
(F) The advertisement will enamour those people who lack resources to pursue higher education and make available good education to their children.

1. Which of the following statements A, B, C, D, E and F can be assumed from the facts/information given in the statement? 

(An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted)
(A) Only A and F
(B) Only D
(C) Only B
(D) Only C and E
(E) None of these

2. Which of the following statements A, B, C, D, E and F weakens the facts/information provided in the above passage?
(A) Only A
(B) Only B and C
(C) Only D and F
(D) Only E
(E) None of these

3. Which of the following statements A, B, C, D, E and F represents a reason behind the bank offering educational loans to people?
(A) Only A and B
(B) Only D
(C) Only C and D
(D) Only D and E
(E) Only E and F

4. Which of the following statements A, B, C, D, E and F strengthens the passage given above ?
(A) Only C
(B) Only B and D
(C) Only D and F
(D) Only A and F
(E) Only C and F

5. Which of the following statements numbered A, B, C, D, E and F can be inferred from the facts/ information given above? 

(An inference is something that is not directly stated but can be inferred from the given information)
(A) Only B and C
(B) Only B
(C) Only D
(D) Only C and D
(E) None of these

6. Retailing in India is in the process of getting more organised and professional. Large retail formats, Hypermarkets, warehouse club and discount superstores -

are set to take over the retail scene. Medium-scale retail formats such as departmental stores and supermarket chains have already made an appearance and are slowly changing the face of -

retailing in the country.

Which of the following statements is an assumption implicit in the above proposition ?

 (An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted)
(A) With the appearance of large retails, local shopkeepers have been taken for granted and rendered jobless
(B) The large-scale and medium scale retailing is a new phenomenon in India
(C) The revolutionisation of retail sector in India has opened up huge phenomenon in India
(D) The consumer in India have been the main beneficiary of retail boom in India
(E) None of these

Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.

Education is the most important investment one makes in life. Higher studies and specialization in certain fields call for additional financial support from time-to-time.

7. Which of the following can be inferred from the given information? 

(An inference is something that is not directly stated but can be inferred from the given information)
(A) People generally lack finances to pay for higher education
(B) The rich and wealthy sections of our society are unwilling to spend money on the education of their children
(C) Higher education requires higher amount of money than primary education
(D) Now-a-days even the poor and needy desire to educate their children
(E) None of these

8. Which of the following statements is an assumption implicit in the above given proposition? 

(An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted)
(A) Higher education need not much finances as it is subsidized by the government
(B) Education is one of the most essential parts of one's life
(C) Education is mostly neglected in our society
(D) Specialization in education is most sought after thing today
(E) None of these

9. In a certain code ORGANISE is written as BHSPDRHM. How is DOUBTFUL written in that code?
(1) CVPEKTES
(2) CVPIMVGU
(3) ATNCKTES
(4) ATNCMVGU
(5) None of These

10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SPINSTER each of which -

has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions), 

as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
(1) Four
(2) Three
(3) Five
(4) Six
(5) More than six


SOLUTIONS
1. (1)
2. (4)
3. (2)
4. (1)
5. (2)
6. (2)
7. (3)
8. (2)
9. (1):
10. (5): There are more than six such pairs i.e. PS, PT, NR, ST, RT, EI and NP.

Reasoning Quiz

Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5): In each group of questions below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 

You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known -

facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts. 
Give answer—
(1) If only conclusion I follows.
(2) If only conclusion II follows
(3) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
(4) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
(5) If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.


Statements (1-2):
No coconut is a lemon.
All lemons are onions.
All coconuts are groundnuts.

1. Conclusions: 
I. Some groundnuts are not onions.
II. All lemons are groundnuts is a possibility.

2. Conclusions: 
I. Some lemons which are groundnuts are also a part of onions
II. No onion is coconut.

Statements (3-4):
Some thousands are millions.
All millions are billions.
All trillions are billions.

3. Conclusions: 
I. All thousands are trillions is a possibility.
II. No billion is thousand is a possibility.

4. Conclusions: 
I. Some trillions are millions is definitely true.
II. At least some trillions are not thousands.

5. Statements : 
All refrigerators are televisions.
All juicers are refrigerators.
No television is radio.

Conclusions: 
I. Some radios are not juicers.
II. All refrigerators are radios is a possibility.

Statements (6-10):
Some mobiles are calculators.
All calculators are machines.
All equipments are mobiles.

6. Conclusions: 
I. No equipment is machine is a possibility.
II. Some machines which are mobiles are also a part of equipments.

7. Conclusions: 
I. All equipments are calculators.
II. Some equipments are not calculators.

Directions : 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 in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give 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 sufficient to answer the question.
3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
4) if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
5) if the data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

8. How is ‘never’ written in a code language? 
I. ‘never ever go there’ is written as ‘na ja ni ho’ in that code language.
II. ‘go there and come back’ is written as ‘ma ho sa ni da’ in that code language.

9. Among M, P, K, J, T and W, who is lighter than only the heaviest?
I. P is heavier than M and T.
II. W is heavier than P but lighter than J who is not the heaviest.

10. What does ‘S’ mean in a code language? 
I. ‘5 $ # 3’ means ‘flowers are really good’.
II. ‘7 # 3 5’ means ‘good flowers are available’.

11. How is P related to J?
I. M is brother of P and T is sister of P.
II. P’s mother is married to J’s husband who has one son and two daughters.

12. How many students are there between Suresh and Mohan in a row of fifty students? 
I. Suresh is twelfth from the left end and Mohan is seventeenth from the right end.
II. Suresh is six places away from Jayesh who is twentieth from the left end.


ANSWERS
Solutions (1-7):
     

For (1-2):

1. (2)
2. (4)

For (3-4):

3. (1)
4. (4)
5. (1):

For (6-7):

6. (1)
7. (4)

Solutions (8-12):
8. (4)
9. (5)
10. (5)
11. (5)
12. (1)

Reasoning Quiz

Reasoning Quiz

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it:

In a SAARC meeting eight delegates A, B C, D, E, F, G, and H of different countries are sitting around a square table facing the centre not necessarily in the same order. 

Each one of them is belongs to different countries India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. 


F sits second to the right of the delegate of Sri Lanka. Bangladesh is an immediate neighbour of delegate of Sri Lanka. 

Two people sit between the delegate of Bangladesh and B. C and E are immediate neighbours of each other. 

Neither C nor E is an immediate neighbour of either B or delegate of Sri Lanka. The delegate of Pakistan sits second to the right of D,

 who is the delegate of Maldives. G and the delegate of India is immediate neighbour of each other. B is not the delegate of India. 

Only one person sits between C and D. H sits third to left of the delegate of Bhutan. The delegate of Nepal sits second to left of the delegate of Afghanistan. 

1. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
(1) E is an immediate neighbour of the delegate of India
(2) E is the delegate of Maldives
(3) The delegate of India is an immediate neighbour of F
(4) The delegate of Bhutan sits between F and delegate of Nepal
(5) Shopkeeper sits second to the right of the teacher

2. H is the delegate of which country?
(1) India
(2) Pakistan 
(3) Sri Lanka 
(4) Afghanistan 
(5) Bhutan

3. What is the position of delegate of Afghanistan with respect to delegate of Bangladesh?
(1) Immediately to the left 
(2) Third to the left
(3) Second to the right 
(4) Fourth to the left
(5) Second to the left

4. Who sit/s exactly between the delegate of Maldives and C?
(1) H  
(2) Delegate of Pakistan
(3) Delegate of Nepal
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) F

5. What is the position of delegate of Pakistan when counted anti-clock wise direction from C?
(1) Immediately to the left 
(2) Third to the left
(3) Second to the right 
(4) Fourth to the left
(5) None of these



Directions (6-8): Read the following information and answer the given questions. 
In the following question, a statement a statement is followed by two Assumption/ Course of Action I and II.
Give your answer as:
(1) If only I follow.
(2) If only II follows.
(3) If either I or II follows.
(4) If neither I nor II follows.
(5) If both I and II follows.

6. Statement: While presenting a stage show in a Saifai (Uttar Pradesh),

 the famous actor and actress declared that they have a practice of either taking full payment or none for their stage shows.

Assumptions: 
I. They took full payment for their recent show.
II. They did not take any money for his recent show.

7. Statement: 

The Delhi court has directed the government to respond to a PIL alleging that politicians were -

misusing government’s funds worth crores in the name of sports on advertisement for their publicity.

Course of Action:
I. Government should respond to the PIL and ensure that this type of incident do not occurs in future.
II. Government should identify those politicians and must warn them not to do this again.

8. Statement: 

‘We are here to announce that you are appointed as a Content Manager with a probation period of six months -

and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation’

 – A line in an offer letter.

Assumptions: 
I. The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of joining.
II. Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period.

Directions (9-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
(i) A X B means “A is the father of B”
(ii) A + B means “B is the sister of A”
(iii) A – B means “B is the mother of A”
(iv) A ÷B means “A is the brother of B”

9. Which of the following means P is nephew of R?
(I) R x K ÷ P
(II) R – N + P – K
(III) R ÷ K x P + M
(1) Only I
(2) Only II
(3) Only III
(4) Either II or III
(5) None of these

10. If it is given K x P ÷ R + S – Q. then which of the following is true?
(1) R is the brother of P
(2) K is the husband of S
(3) Q is the wife of K
(4) R is the sister of S
(5) None of these

Solutions (1-5)1. (4)
2. (3)
3. (2)
4. (3)
5. (5)

Solutions (6-8):
6. (3) As given in the condition in the statement, the actor and actress either will take the full payment for -

his recent show or will not take any money for the same. Hence, either of the assumptions follows.

7. (5) Both Course of Actions follows.
8. (5) The performance of the individual has to be tasted over a span of time as the statement mentions. 

So I is implicit. The statement mentions that the individual’s worth shall be reviewed -

(during probation period) before confirmation so II is also implicit.

Solutions (9-10):
9. (5) Either 1 or 4
10. (3) Q is the wife of K

Daily GK Update 19th July 2017

1. TR Zeliang appointed as Chief Minister of Nagaland by Governor

i. TR Zeliang has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland by Governor PB Acharya. This will be the second term for Zeliang, his earlier term was from 2014 to 2017.
ii. Zeliang's appointment came after Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu and nine ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) legislators failed to appear for the floor test.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Doyang Dam is situated in Nagaland.
• PB Acharya is the Governor of Nagaland.

2. Maharashtra government approved revised policy of scheme to improve girl child ratio

i. The Maharashtra government has approved a revised policy of the 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme, according to which families who have a yearly income of up to Rs 7.5 lakh will be benefited. The scheme was launched by the state government on April 1, 2016, in place of 'Sukanya' scheme.
ii. It is aimed at improving the skewed girl child ratio, prevent sex determination and female foeticide, and support female education.
iii. Earlier provision: The 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme catered to girls from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and those whose annual income was up to Rs 1 lakh.
iv. Revised provisions: Families having an income up to Rs 7.5 lakh will be eligible for the scheme. After bearing the first girl child, if the mother or the father undergoes a family planning operation, a sum of Rs 50,000 shall be deposited in a bank in the name of the girl child. The scheme will be valid only if there are a maximum of two girl children born. In case a third child is born, the scheme shall become invalid for the first two as well.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Devendra Fadnavis is the CM of Maharashtra.
• C. Vidyasagar Rao is the Governor of Maharashtra.

3. India & Sri Lanka sign MoU to develop village in Anuradhapura District

i. India and Sri Lanka have signed a MoU to develop a village in Anuradhapura District (in Sri Lanka) at a cost of 30 crores Sri Lankan rupees. The village in the name of a famous Buddhist monk Sobitha Thero, envisages construction of 153 new houses, a multi-purpose community building, internal water supply system and renovation of monk’s quarters & library.

ii. The project is in line with Government of Sri Lanka’s policy of rehabilitation of rural villages for economic development. It will benefit 153 families residing in the village.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Mr. Taranjit Singh Sandhu is the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka.
• Maithripala Sirisena is the President of Sri Lanka.

4. Indians among top asylum-seekers, according to the International Migration Outlook 2017

i. According to the International Migration Outlook 2017 report on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, Indians are among top asylum-seekers in other countries such as New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Japan, and the United States of America.
ii. According to the report on OECD member-nations, top asylum-seekers to New Zealand between 2012 and 2016 were from China, India, Fiji, and Iraq. Among these, India and China were the largest source countries of asylum-seekers (11% and 9%), followed by Fiji (8%), Iraq (7%) and Pakistan (6%).

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was officially born on 30 September 1961. 
• Angel Gurría is the Present Secretary-General of OECD. 
• It is the 41st edition of International Migration Outlook 2017.

5. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice Presidential Candidate, Quits BJP And Government

i. M Venkaiah Naidu, the vice presidential candidate of the BJP-led ruling coalition, quit the government and BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top ministers, and allies were by Mr. Naidu as he completed the formalities for joining the vice presidential contest.

ii. In preparation for his new role, 68-year-old Mr. Naidu quit his ministries. Smriti Irani will take additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and Narendra Tomar will take charge of Urban Development.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Smriti Irani is also Textiles Minister in the Government of India. 
• Narendra Singh Tomar is also the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, and Housing and Urban Affairs.

6. Australia and US jointly launched multimillion hypersonic missile – HIFiRE

i. The US and Australia have jointly test-fired a hypersonic missile capable of moving at a speed eight times faster than sound as part of a $54-million research project.

ii. The test was part of a project called the Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation Program (HIFiRE) involving the US and Australian militaries, Queensland University, Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group.
iii. A hypersonic glider capable of moving at a speed eight times faster than sound has launched from a rocket range in the town of Woomera, South Australia.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• The Capital of Australia is Canberra.
• Malcolm Turnbull is the present Prime Minister of Australia.

7. US Navy tests world’s first Laser Weapons System

i. The U.S. Navy recently tested the world's first-ever active laser weapons system, which is now deployed and ready for war. The system has special materials that release photons and at the speed of light, it silently hits an object, burning it to a temperature of thousands of degrees.

ii. Each strike travels 50,000 times the speed of an incoming intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Admiral John Richardson is the Chief of Naval Officer of US Navy.

8. Bharat Arun appointed Team India bowling coach

i. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Bharat Arun as the Indian Cricket team’s bowling coach.
ii. BCCI’s acting Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary announced that the cricket body has also decided to retain Sanjay Bangar as an assistant coach and R Sridhar as fielding coach till the 2019 ODI World Cup.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Ravi Shastri is the newly appointed coach of Indian Cricket team.
• He has replaced Anil Kumble.

9. FIFA has lifted their ban on the Sudan Football Association

i. World football's governing body FIFA lifted the ban on the Sudan Football Association (SFA) imposed on it for the failure to abide by agreements mentioned in articles 14 and 19 of the FIFA statute.

ii. The SFA and its member officials are now eligible to benefit from the FIFA development program, course or training.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Mr. Bakri Hassan Salih is the present Prime Minister of Sudan.
• The Capital of Sudan is Khartoum.
• The President of FIFA is Gianni Infantino.

10. UK’s first woman Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill elected to key Parliament panel

i. Britain’s first woman Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill has been elected to an influential cross-party panel in the UK Parliament that examines the workings of the Home Office.
ii. The Labour MP, who won the Birmingham Edgbaston seat in the UK elections 2017, will be one of 11 MPs on the cross-party home affairs committee, which investigates the spending, policy and administration of the ministerial department.

11. UIDAI launches mAadhaar app on Android

i. UIDAI, which issues Aadhaar numbers, has launched mAadhaar app for mobile users that will allow users to carry unique identification profile on mobile.

ii. It allows users to carry their Aadhaar demographic information, i.e. name, date of birth, gender, address and the photograph linked with their Aadhaar number, on their smartphones.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Nandan Nilekani is the present Chairman of UIDAI.
• UIDAI stands for Unique Identification Authority of India.

General Intelligence Study Plan For SSC

Staff Selection Commission is commonly known as “SSC”. It conducts various exams for central government every year like CGLE, CHSL (LDC), MTS, CPO, GD etc. Most of these papers consist of pre and mains. Here we are trying to provide you a common study plan for prelims exam if you are preparing for any exam of SSC.

Usually Prelims or Tier -I of SSC consists of 4 sections:

• General Intelligence
• General Awareness
• Maths 
• English and comprehension 

Let’s start with the syllabus and study plan for reasoning and importance of reasoning in SSC.

Syllabus of reasoning:

Series:

1. Analogy (both word based and numerical)

2. Odd pair (both word based and numerical)

3. English Dictionary based word arrangements, missing letters

4. Box containing some number, you’ve to find missing number.

5. Ranking, missing characters etc.

Coding:

1. Typical coding decoding

2. Symbols 

3. Maths operations

Arrangement:

1. Sitting arrangement (line, table and circular)

2. Blood relations (mom-dad-father in law)

3. Building, car, color, occupations of persons.

4. Schedules (lecture on Monday. Etc.)

5. Direction based (Mohan moves three kms north…how far he is from home)

Logic: 

1. Syllogism (2 statements and 3 statements)

2. Conventional Venn Diagrams 

3. Assumption, interference, conclusion etc.

Imaged Based:

1. Cubes-dices: predicting color, numbers in other faces

2. Sequence of figures

3. Paper-cutting, folding, punching

4. Mirrors and water reflection

5. Configuration, fitting pieces, odd pieces etc.

Miscellaneous:

1. Clock 

2. Calendar

3. Matrix

4. Age related problems 

Importance of reasoning and study plan for topic according to importance:

Reasoning plays a vital role to qualify Prelims with good marks as it is one of the easiest sections of all, thus providing a base for the highest score in the SSC Prelims. The topics which we should prepare first while preparing Reasoning is from “Series”. 

From previous years exam papers we can easily understand that we get 8 to 10 marks questions from this. So we are required to first emphasis on the topics of Series like:-

1. Analogy (words and numbers)

2. Odd pair

3. Classification

4. Dictionary based series

5. Inserting missing characters

6. Logical sequence of words

To prepare these topics you can buy any book of reasoning with previous year questions of SSC, if you can get book consisting chapter topic-wise prefer it. 

You can prepare each topic in a single day by practicing 50 to 75 questions of each topic. By doing so 6 days of a week will pass on now on 7th day of week you are required to go through all the topics which you have practiced in last 6 days. 

From the next week, the topic you should start preparing is “Arrangement”.

Arrangement is another important topic for SSC candidates. The topic which you required to go through to prepare this are:

1. Sitting arrangement 

2. Blood relations 

3. Building, car, color, occupations of persons.

4. Schedules

5. Direction based

You should try to cover each topic in a day but don’t leave the topic after a day if you can’t cover it completely. Some of the above topics may take 2 to 3 days depending upon the familiarity of you with the topics so don’t get harsh on yourself take your time to understand each chapter.

But while doing so don’t forget to revise the topic you have studied earlier. You have to spend one day after every six day on revising the topics which you have studied earlier.

After this you should go through coding and decoding which is another important topic. While preparing coding decoding you should cover topic 

1. Typical coding decoding

2. Symbols 

3. Maths operations

You should cover each of these topics in a day only.

After this you can go with logical Reasoning covering topic 

1. Syllogism (2 statements and 3 statements)

2. Conventional Venn Diagrams 

3. Assumption, interference, conclusion etc.

These topics need more practice once you understand the basic concepts of each topic try to give atleast 2 days on each topic.

After this you can go through questions based on images, which will consist chapter

1. Cubes-dices: predicting color, numbers in other faces

2. Sequence of figures

3. Paper-cutting, folding, punching

4. Mirrors and water reflection

5. Configuration, fitting pieces, odd pieces etc.

Try to cover 1 chapter in 1 day.

Don’t forget to revise the previous chapters you have studied.

Now you can revise the remaining chapters like Matrix, Clock, calendar, etc. 

Once you have finished all the chapters of reasoning. Start attempting reasoning section only from practice set daily. With a stop watch and try to complete the section of 25 questions in 12 to 15 minutes and 50 question section in 22 to 25 minutes.

On every seventh day try to revise all the sets which you have practiced in last 6 days analyses your mistake and work on the topics in which you have answered maximum questions wrong.

Keep doing this till your exam and you will find in reasoning will become a key to the Fort of your SSC Prelims.