KRISHNA MOHAN: 09/19/17

Tuesday 19 September 2017

Daily GK Update 19th September 2017

1. International Yoga Festival Starts in Kashmir

i. Jammu and Kashmir governor N N Vohra inaugurated the second International Yoga Festival and International Yoga Sports Championship 2017.

ii. The festival is being organized by the Yoga Society of Kashmir at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre. About 300 participants from various parts of India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Canada, Bulgaria, USA, and Nepal are participating in the festival.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

The first International Yoga Festival was held in Uttarakhand.

2. Rajnath Singh Launches Intelligence Wing of SSB and WARB App

i. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched first Intelligence Wing of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Welfare & Rehabilitation Board (WARB) App in New Delhi authorized to Protect the shared borders of India with Nepal and Bhutan.

ii. The intelligence wing will gather actionable information in a bid to enhance operational efficiency. WARB app comprises features to facilitate retired CAPFs and Assam Rifles personnel to get their grievances redressed, seek skill development and other relevant and important information.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Rajni Kant Misra is the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

3. 13th Inter-Governmental Commission Meeting in Kazakhstan

i. Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan is in Astana, Kazakhstan to co-chair the 13th Meeting of Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) with Kazakhstan.

ii. Mr. Kanat Bozumbayev, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan will co-chair the meeting from Kazakhstan side. The IGC meeting aims to follow up on the agenda set between India and Kazakhstan during the two visits of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Kazakhstan.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Astana is the Capital of Kazakhstan.
Nursultan Nazarbayev is the President of Kazakhstan.

4. First ever National Conference on 'Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition' held in New Delhi

i. The Ministry of Women and Child Development holds the first ever National Conference in New Delhi on Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition in the country. This conference is being organized keeping in mind the goal of “Malnutrition Free India-2022”.

ii. The National Conference, first of its kind, aims at bringing convergence at District/Block levels of the three key Departments (Health & Family Welfare, ICDS/Social Welfare and Drinking Water and Sanitation).

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Maneka Gandhi is the Minister of Women and Child Development.

5. Tripura, First State to Set Up Family Welfare Committees

i. Tripura has become the first state in the country to set up family welfare district committees to examine the complaints of women against their husbands and in-laws and find an amicable solution.

ii. Tripura High Court is the first high court among 24 high courts of the country that has constituted the family welfare district committees. The new system would be valid for the next six months and after that National Legal Services Authority (NLSA) would submit a report of its performance to the apex court, on the basis of which a new course of action would be decided.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Manik Sarkar is the Present CM of Tripura.
Tathagata Roy is the Governor of Tripura.

6. S S Rajamouli Receives ANR award

i. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu felicitated film-maker S S Rajamouli with the prestigious ANR National Award for his contribution to the Telugu film industry.

ii. S S Rajamouli has Directed the blockbuster fantasy drama movie Bahubali that has shattered all the records on Box Office.

7. SEBI Allows Realty, Infra Trusts to Issue Bonds

i. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to raise capital by issuing debt securities.

ii. The move will help attract investors to the capital-starved property sector. In addition to allowing bond issuances, SEBI also introduced the concept of strategic investor for REITs, similar to InvITs.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

InvITs and REITs are vehicles that allow investors to take exposure to an income-generating infrastructure project or real estate property.

8. Ola Ties Up With Karnataka Tourism Dept

i. In line with United Nations’ theme for this year’s World Tourism Day, cab aggregator Ola kicked off a tourism campaign in the state.
ii. The campaign is being carried out in association with Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation to promote and raise awareness about responsible tourism named “GhoomoResponsibly”.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Headquarter of Ola is in Bangalore, Karnataka.
CEO of Ola is Bhavish Aggarwal.

9. IDF and US Army Inaugurated First Permanent American Base in Israel

i. The US Army and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) inaugurated a permanent base In Israel. This is the first time that a permanent American base has been opened in the Middle Eastern country.

ii. The base represents the long-standing partnership, the strategic commitment between the armies and the militaries of the United States of America and Israel.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
Reuven Rivlin is the Present President of Israel.

10. M&M enters into strategic alliance with Ford

i. Mahindra & Mahindra has entered into a strategic alliance with US car major Ford Motor Company to explore cooperation in the sphere of products, technologies, and distribution.

ii. The joint statement issued by the company stated that teams from both companies will collaborate and work together for a period of up to three years.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Pawan Goenka is the Managing Director of Mahindra and Mahindra.

11. Cyclist Mark Beaumont Breaks the World Record

i. Mark Beaumont has broken the world record for cycling around the world - by 44 days. The 34-year-old, from Perthshire, arrived in Paris one day ahead of schedule having cycled the 18,000-mile route in 79 days.
ii. He set a new world record of 194 days in 2008. Since then it has been broken by other riders, with the previous record set at 123 days. He was on his bike for more than 16 hours a day and only slept for five hours each night.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

During the trip, Mark was also awarded the Guinness World Records title for the most miles cycled in a month, from Paris to Perth in Australia, verified at 7,031 miles (11,315km).

12. Asian Indoor Games: Purnima Wins Gold in Pentathlon

i. India won its first athletics gold, through Purnima Hembram in women’s pentathlon, in the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

ii. India also got two silvers, through Sanjivani Jadhav in women’s 3000m and Tejinder Singh Toor in men’s shot put, and a bronze through Kerala’s V. Neena in women’s long jump.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

The fourth Asian Indoor Games were held in Incheon, South Korea.
Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan.

13. Lewis Hamilton Wins Singapore Grand Prix

i. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, in Singapore. Hamilton’s rival Sebastian Vettel withdrew in the middle of the race due to his damaged Ferrari car.

ii. He was followed by Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo in the 2nd position and Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in the 3rd.

ENGLISH CLASS

Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed in the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Credit rating agencies may be in for a tough ride as the Securities and Exchange Board of India __(1)___ to tighten the screws on them. The market regulator has released a consultation paper __(2)___ feedback on a new set of rules __(3)____ to improve “market efficiency” and enhance “the governance, accountability and functioning of credit rating agencies”. Among them are provisions to restrict cross-shareholding __(4)___ rating agencies without regulatory approval to 10%, and increase the minimum net worth requirement for ___(5)____ and new agencies from 5 crore to 50 crore. Another mandates at least five years’ experience for promoters of rating agencies. SEBI has proposed disclosure norms to ___(6)___ investor awareness about the operations of rating agencies. The spin-off of non-core operations of rating agencies will allow SEBI to focus on regulating just their credit rating operations. SEBI has spelt out its rationale for proposing each of the rules. SEBI’s __(7)__ concern, apart from improving the information available to investors, seems to be to prevent rating agencies from resorting to collusion in __(8)___ decisions. This effort is in ___(9)__ with SEBI’s crackdown on the agencies after the default in 2015 of a highly-rated debt __(10)__ by Amtek Auto.

Q1.
(a)enter
(b)needing
(c)continues
(d)require
(e)demostrate

Q2.
(a)relying
(b)making
(c)judging
(d)creating
(e)seeking

Q3.
(a)drafted
(b)created
(c)informed
(d)imagined
(e) Proof

Q4.
(a)about
(b)between
(c)among
(d)above
(e) and

Q5.
(a)open
(b)main
(c)existing
(d)relied
(e) applied

Q6.
(a)motivate
(b)improve
(c)prompt
(d)worsen
(e)diminish

Q7.
(a)negligible
(b)least
(c)predominant
(d)collateral
(e)trivial

Q8.
(a)reaching
(b)maping
(c)void
(d)confines
(e)circle

Q9.
(a)field
(b)wide
(c)reaching
(d)line
(e)horizon

Q10.
(a)stimulus
(b)vent
(c)cause
(d)issued
(e)impetus

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.continues is the right word. Other options like "enter', 'require' and 'demonstrate' can be easily eliminated, as they are irrelevant in context to the passage.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol.seeking -To inquire for; request, To endeavor to obtain or reach:

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol.drafted-prepare a preliminary version of (a document)

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. between is the correct choice.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. existing is the correct choice.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. improve is the correct choice.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. predominant-having superior strength, influence, or authority

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. reaching is the correct choice.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option D is the correct choice.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option D is the correct choice.

Direction (11-15): In each question, the word at the top is used in five different ways, numbered to (a) to (e), Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.

Q11. Come
(a)The top and bottom come away if you pull hard enough.
(b)My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend.
(c)I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet.
(d)The art of origami comes from Asia.
(e)The woman came forward with her husband's fingerprints.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. come apart-separate
come down with something-become sick
come across something-find unexpectedly
come from someplace- originate in
come forward-volunteer for a task or to give evidence

Q12. hold
(a)Please hold on while I transfer you to the Sales Department.
(b)Hold onto your hat because it's very windy outside.
(c)A man in a black mask held the bank up this morning.
(d)I had to hold my dog back because there was a cat in the park.
(e)Jamie held on his tears at his grandfather's funeral.

S12. Ans.(e)
Sol.Jamie held back his tears at his grandfather's funeral.
hold somebody/ something back-prevent from doing/going
hold something back-hide an emotion
hold on-wait a short time
hold onto somebody/ something-hold firmly using your hands or arms
hold somebody/ something up-rob

Q13.turn
(a)Please turn the TV down while the guests are here.
(b)I turned the job down because I don't want to move.
(c)Your mother wants you to turn the TV off and come for dinner.
(d)It's too dark in here. Let's turn some lights in.
(e) Can you turn the music up? This is my favorite song.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. It's too dark in here. Let's turn some lights on
turn something down- decrease the volume or strength (heat, light etc)
turn something down- refuse
turn something off- stop the energy flow, switch off
turn something on- start the energy, switch on
turn something up- increase the volume or strength (heat, light etc)

Q14. Fall
(a)He stood up quickly and his chair fell over.
(b)The supermarkets are falling over themselves to attract customers to their shops.
(c) I fell out with my sister because she broke my necklace
(d)Jerry hasn't spoken to his brother for years. They had a falling-out over money.
(e) My hair fell about when I was ill

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol.My hair fell out when I was ill
To fall over is to fall to the ground from an upright position.
If you fall over yourself (or fall all over yourself) to do something, you
are very keen to do it.
To fall out with someone is to become upset or angry with them, and
stop being friendly with them.
A falling-out (noun) is an argument or disagreement.
If your hair falls out it becomes loose and unattached.

Q15. SET
(a) There are roadworks on the motorway so you'd better set off early.
(b)He came home with lipstick on his collar and this set off a huge argument.
(c) She set herself against the prevailing beliefs of the time.
(d)The smoke from the fire set at the smoke alarm.
(e) I'm looking forward to setting on my summer holiday

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. The smoke from the fire set off the smoke alarm.
To set off is to start a journey
To set off something (or set something off) is to cause something to
start or happen.
To set off something (or set something off) is to cause something to
explode or start to ring loudly

Daily Word List

Dear Readers,

Since several banking exams are lined up in upcoming months and vocabulary plays an important role to score 4- 5 marks within a few seconds, if you are memorizing words on the very daily basis. Here, we are providing you some words to help you to attain your goal.

1. Enunciation (N):- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
Synonyms: diction, articulate,
Uses: As the teacher gave instructions, she was careful to enunciate each step of the process so her young students would not be confused.
Trick: rhymes with pronunciation which means clear accent.

2. Eviscerate (V):- take away a vital or essential part of; surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ.
Synonyms: disembowel, draw, resect.
Uses: the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed
Tricks: eviscerate = e (exit) + viscera + ate; The viscera has been exit & eaten

3. Tantamount (Adj):- being essentially equal to something.
Synonyms: equivalent
Uses: his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt
Trick: Tantamount and Paramount are similar in sound but have different meanings. While tantamount means, equivalent, paramount means chief in importance.

4. Suffuse (V):- cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across.
Synonyms: perfuse.
Uses: The sky was suffused with a warm pink color.
Trick: SUFFUSE=SUFficient+difFUSE. So, Suffuse is to Diffuse Sufficiently, that is, spread through, over or across.

5. Arrogate (V):- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.
Synonyms: assume, seize, take over, usurp
Uses: She seized control of the throne after her husband died.
Trick: A surrogate mom arrogate the custody of the child for ever.

6. Repine (V):- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.
Tricks: Imagine on Christmas, your friend brings pine tree instead of Christmas tree, so you will repine.

7. Primordial (Adj):- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state.
Synonyms: aboriginal , primaeval , primal , primeval
Uses: primordial forms of life.
Trick: primordial" = "prime" + "order" =first in the order = existing at the beginning , rudimentary.

8. Temerity (N):- the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.
Synonyms: audaciousness, audacity.
USes: The correspondent must have lost the playbook and had the temerity to ask him to explain.
Trick: remember the word tremor.. meaning shaking with fear so a temer person doesn't have tremors.

9. Unassailable (Adj):- not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question.
Synonyms: impregnable , inviolable , secure , strong , unattackable
Uses: fortifications that made the frontier inviolable.
Trick: a boat can be made to change direction by changing direction of SAIL. so one who is unassailable cannot be changed or questioned or attacked or tampered with.it remains as it it.

10. Iconoclastic (Adj):- characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions; destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited.
Synonyms: Unorthodox, destructive.
Uses: This comes in the wake of other iconoclastic destruction by Islamic State.

Trick: icon = idol clash = fragments. So, one who destroys idols into pieces is iconoclast.

Daily Word List

Dear Readers,

Since several banking exams are lined up in upcoming months and vocabulary plays an important role to score 4- 5 marks within a few seconds, if you are memorizing words on the very daily basis. Here, we are providing you some words to help you to attain your goal.

1. Sobriquet (N):- a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
Synonyms: byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname.
Uses: In the 'Game of Thrones' Tywin Lannister used to called as an Imp so the word 'Imp' is a 'Sobriquet' here.
Tricks: we know sabri(ramayana) by her name.

2. Bacchanal (N):- someone who engages in drinking bouts; a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Synonyms: bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia.
Uses: a night of bacchanalian revelry
Tricks: Bachchan acted well in movie SHARABI.

3. Mortification (N):- strong feelings of embarrassment.
Synonyms: chagrin, humiliation.
Uses: he had to undergo one humiliation after another.

4. Enfeeblement (N):- serious weakening and loss of energy.
Synonyms: ebilitation, enervation, exhaustion
Uses: The boring class enfeebled my imagination.

5. Asceticism (N):- rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint.
Synonyms: ascesis
Uses: When Gregory was a monk, he lived an ascetic lifestyle that excluded worldly goods.
Trick: Asceticism comes from the word ascetic, which comes from Greek roots meaning monk, and practice or exercise.

6. Barefaced (Adj):- with no effort to conceal; unrestrained by convention or propriety.
Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent
Uses: They attacked him in various ways with barefaced questions
Trick: adding to above statement Bar Faced. strippers you know have to shameless in order to dance against pole(in bar) and so they are noticeable.

7. Bastion (N):- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
Synonyms: fortification, munition.
Uses: the last bastion of male chauvinism
Trick: In a war the base station has the strongest protection.

8. Begrudge (V):- be envious of; set one's heart on.
Synonyms: envy
Uses: Americans, for the most part, don’t begrudge someone his success.
Trick: be+grudge. when u have grudge on somebody you always wish ill for him.

9. Beleaguer (V):- annoy persistently.
Synonyms: badger, bug, pester, tease
Uses: If we do not spray our house with insect repellant, mosquitos will beleaguer us all summer.
Tricks: the australians beleaguered harbhajan singh.

10. Satirical (Adj):- exposing human folly to ridicule.
Synonyms: satiric
Uses: a persistent campaign of mockery by the France satirical fortnightly magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' of Hajrat Muhammed Sahab, annoyed the vicious terrorist syndicate ISIS so much, they attacked on it, to retaliate.
Trick: SATIRICAL or IRONICAL which are rhyming words refer to criticism through irony or ridicule.

Quantitative Aptitude

Direction(1-5)- Study the following table and answer the questions accordingly
Table shows production of mobile phone in different companies in different years (in thousand).

Q1. Which mobile phone company witnessed lowest growth rate in production from 2006 to 2012?
(a) Nokia
(b) Samsung
(c) Lenovo
(d) Moto
(e) None of these

Q2. Total phones produced by MI in 2007 is what percent of total phones produced by Nokia over all years? (approximately)
(a) 12%
(b) 9%
(c) 15%
(d) 18%
(e) 22%

Q3. What is the ratio of total production of company MI to the total production of Company Lenovo in all the years together?
(a) 83 : 55
(b) 55 : 83
(c) 89 : 53
(d) 53 :89
(e) None of these

Q4. Total phones produced by Nokia and Moto in 2012 isapproximately what percent more or less than the phones produced by Nokia and MI in 2007?
(a) 10%
(b) 27%
(c) 18%
(d) 13%
(e) 23%

Q5. Which mobile phone company witnessed the maximum growth rate in production from 2006 to 2010?
(a) Moto
(b) MI
(c) Samsung
(d) Nokia
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following given questions(just calculate the approximate value) ?

Q6. 0.052 ÷ 0.001 × 59.989 = 29% of 399.98
(a) 46
(b) 26
(c) 16
(d) 56
(e) 52