Daily GK Update 14th July 2017

1. DIPP to set up India’s first TISC in Punjab

i. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry has signed an Institutional agreement with the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology in New Delhi to establish India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) at Patent Information Centre, Punjab.

ii. The objective of the TISC is to stimulate a dynamic, vibrant and balanced Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) system in India to foster creativity and innovation.

iii. Services offered by TISCs include:

1. Access to online patent and non-patent (scientific and technical) resources and IP-related publications;
2. Assistance in searching and retrieving technology information;
3. Training in database search;
4. On-demand searches (novelty, state-of-the-art and infringement);
5. Monitoring technology and competitors;
6. Basic information on industrial property laws, management and strategy, and technology commercialization and marketing.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is the Minister of State (I/C) for Commerce & Industry.

2. Railways Ministry launches RailCloud Project, NIVARAN-Grievance Portal and CTSE Scheme

i. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched the following Initiatives:-

1. RailCloud

RailCloud is another step towards Digitization of Railways. Rail Cloud works on popular Cloud Computing system. It aims to improve customer satisfaction, improve revenue and effective, efficient and safe operations. 

2. NIVARAN

‘NIVARAN-Grievance Portal’ is the first IT application to be launched on the RailCloud. It is the platform for resolution of service related grievances of serving and former railway employees.

3. Cashless treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE)

With an aim to provide immediate care to its retired employees in Golden Hour, the Railway Board has rolled out a Cashless treatment Scheme in Emergency (CTSE) in empanelled hospitals for retired employees and their dependent family members.

Static Takeaways from Above News-

• John Mathai was India's first Railway Minister.

3. Maharashtra, first state to have law against social boycott

i. Maharashtra has become the first state to make social boycott a crime after President Pranab Mukherjee cleared the legislation. The Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal) Act prescribes a maximum punishment of three years in jail and a fine of Rs1lakh.

ii. It aims to prevent atrocities carried out by extra-judicial courts and caste panchayats. The Act also provides for compensation to victims. The fines imposed on violators will be used to compensate them.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

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

4. Health Ministry of India launches the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination 2017-22

i. Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination (2017-22). The Strategic Plan gives year wise elimination targets in various parts of the country depending upon the endemicity of malaria in the next 5 years.

ii. The strategies involve strengthening malaria surveillance, establishing a mechanism for early detection and prevention of outbreaks of malaria, effective indoor residual spray and augmenting the manpower and capacities for effective implementation for the next five years.

Static Takeaways from Above News-

• National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME) was launched in 2016 with the aim of eliminating malaria by 2030.

5. 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey

i. The 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference was held recently in Istanbul, Turkey. Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan visited Istanbul to represent India at the Conference.

ii. The theme for 22nd World Petroleum Congress was ‘Bridges To Our Energy Future’. WPC was first organized in year 1993. Currently, it is being held at the interval of three years. 

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• 21st WPC was held in Moscow, Russia. 
• The capital of Turkey is Ankara. 
• The currency of Turkey is Turkish lira.

6. SBI to slash NEFT, RTGS charges by up to 75%

i. To encourage more customers to transact digitally, State Bank of India will slash charges for National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) transactions by up to 75 per cent with effect from July 15.
ii. The country's largest lender has also waived charges for fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000 done through Immediate Payment Service (IMPS).

Banking Takeaways from Above News-

• The minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS is Rs2 lakh. 
• Headquarter of SBI is in Mumbai.

7. BRPL, TERI in MoU to explore opportunities in solar rooftops, e-vehicles

i. BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) have entered into a partnership to explore collaboration opportunities for solar rooftop, electric vehicles, energy storage systems, energy efficiency and smart grid technologies.

ii. The MoU has been signed for two years. The collaboration will help in research and explore newer collaboration opportunities in the domain of emerging technologies.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• The Chairman of TERI is Shri Ashok Chawla.
• Shri Lalit Jalan is the Chairman of BSES.

8. Tata Sons appoints Aarthi Subramanian as Chief Digital Officer

i. Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, has appointed Aarthi Subramanian as the conglomerate's chief digital officer. Subramanian, who is an executive director at TCS, will join Tata Sons in August.

ii. Subramanian is the second TCSer whom Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran has picked up to be a part of his core team after Suprakash Mukhopadhyay. 

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• N Chandrasekaran is present Chairman of Tata Global Beverages Limited.
• TCS executive Ramanathan Ramanan is the head of Atal Mission under NITI Aayog.

9. Google acquires Bangalore-based artificial intelligence firm Halli Labs

i. American technology giant Google has acquired Bangalore-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm Halli Labs for an undisclosed sum.

ii. The firm becomes the latest AI start up to be snapped by a technology giant after a spate of similar acquisitions by firms such as Microsoft, Facebook, Apple among others.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google.
• Alphabet Inc. is the parent company of Google.

10. Indian scientists discover supercluster of galaxies 'Saraswati'

i. For the first time in the country, a team of Indian scientists has claimed to have discovered an "extremely large supercluster of galaxies", Saraswati, in the universe.

ii. The supercluster was discovered by Shishir Sankhyayan, a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Pratik Dabhade, IUCAA research fellow, Joe Jacob of the Newman College, Kerala, and Prakash Sarkar of the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

11. YES Bank gets $150 mn from OPIC to fund SME lending

i. Private sector YES Bank has received $150 million funding from the US government and Wells Fargo to increase lending to support women entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises in India. 

ii. This is the third round of funding to the bank as part of an arrangement with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) -the US government development finance institution and Wells Fargo.
iii. Under the agreement, OPIC will provide $ 75 million in financing and up to $ 75 million in syndicated financing jointly arranged by Wells Fargo Bank to Yes Bank.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Rana Kapoor is the Managing Director and CEO of YES Bank.
• It was founded in 2004.
• Yes Bank is Headquartered in Mumbai.

12. China’s Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies at 61

i. China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, has died at the age of 61. Liu was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.
ii. The Chinese intellectual and activist is the first Nobel Peace Prize winner to die in custody since German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, the 1935 recipient, who died under surveillance after years confined to Nazi concentration camps.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• He was born on 8 December 1955 in Jilin Province in northeast China.
• On 13 July 2017, he died of multiple organ failures.

13. President awards IIMB

i. President Pranab Mukherjee has awarded IIM Bangalore (IIMB) for making management education accessible to all through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
ii. IIMB is the national coordinator for management education on the government’s Swayam platform and has completed five MOOCs on the platform so far.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Union HRD Minister is Mr. Prakash Javadekar.

Quant Quiz

Quant Quiz

Directions—(Q. 1–5) Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions—
The following Bar graph gives the number of products manufactured and sold by a company over the years.
 2004 to 2009 (Value in Thousand). 

1. What is the difference in the number of products manufactured by the Company in the year 2009 and 2008 ?
(1) 4000 
(2) 5500
(3) 3500
(4) 4500
(5) None of these

2. The number of products sold by the company in the year 2004 is what per cent of the number of products manufactured by it in that year ?

 (Rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(1) 71•43 
(2) 67•51
(3) 81•67 
(4) 56•29
(5) None of these

3. What is the per cent increase in the number of products manufactured by the company in the year 2006 from the previous year ? (Rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(1) 19•25 
(2) 33•33
(3) 10•45 
(4) 42•66
(5) None of these

4. What is the respective ratio of the number of products not sold by the company in the year 2007 to those not sold in the year 2005 ?
(1) 3 : 1 
(2) 6 : 5
(3) 1 : 3
(4) 5 : 6
(5) None of these

5. What is the  average number of products manufactured by the company over all the years together ?
(1) 36550
(2) 39480
(3) 41220 
(4) 43330
(5) 34420

Directions—(Q. 6–10) Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow—
The following line graph gives distance (in km) travelled by five different trucks in a day.

6. What is the respective ratio of the distance travelled by Truck A to the distance travelled by Truck D?
(1) 17 : 19
(2) 11 : 15
(3) 19 : 17
(4) 15 : 11
(5) None of these

7. What is the average distance travelled by all the Trucks together ?
(1) 510 km 
(2) 515 km
(3) 425 km 
(4) 475 km
(5) None of these

8. If Truck C covered the given distance at the average speed of 55 km/hr, what was the time taken by it to cover this distance?
(1) 12 hours
(2) 10 hours
(3) 8 hours
(4) 6 hours
(5) None of these

9. The distance travelled by Truck A is approximately what per cent of the total distance travelled by Truck E and C together ?
(1) 44 
(2) 50
(3) 52 
(4) 58
(5) 55

10. If the time taken by Truck B to cover the given distance was 8 hours, what was the average speed of the truck ?
(1) 51•75 km/hr
(2) 45•25 km/hr
(3) 52•25 km/hr
(4) 43•75 km/hr
(5) None of these



ANSWERS
Solutions (1-5):
1. (5) Difference = 52500 – 47500 = 5000

2. (1) Required percentage = 25/35 * 100 = 71.43%

3. (5) Required percentage = (42.5 - 37.5)/37.5 * 100 = 13.33%

4. (3) Required ratio = (45 – 42.5) : (37.5 – 30) = 1 : 3

5. (4) Required average = (35000 + 37500 + 45000 + 47500 + 52500)/6 = 43330 (approx).

Solutions (6-10):
6. (3) Required ratio = 475 : 425 = 19 : 17

7. (5) Total distance travelled by all trucks = 475 + 350 + 550 + 425 + 525 = 2325 km
Average distance = 2325/5 = 465 km .

8. (2) Time taken by truck C = 550/55 = 10 hours.

9. (1) Required percentage = 475/(550 + 525) *100 = 44% (approx).

10. (4) Speed of truck B = 350/8 = 43.75 km/hr

Concept of Profit & Loss

Concept of Profit & Loss with Quiz

Dear Readers, here we are providing  some useful concept and tricks for Profit & Loss with concept clearing Quiz.Which can be very useful for SBI PO prelims,IBPS PO/Clerk, RBI Assistant,LIC ADO and many more  government sector upcoming exams .

Cost Price-The price at which an article is purchased is called its cost price (C.P.)

Selling Price-The price at which the article is sold is called its selling price (S.P.)

If the cost price (C.P.) of the article is equal to the selling price (S.P.), Then there is no loss or gain.

If the selling price (S.P.) > cost price (C.P.), then the seller is said to have a profit or gain,

Gain or Profit = S.P. - C.P.

If the cost price (C.P.) > selling price (S.P.), then the seller is said to have a loss,

Loss = C.P. - S.P.

Gain% = {Gain*100}/{C.P.}

Loss% = {Loss*100}/{C.P.}

S.P.= {(100+Gain%/100)x C.P}

S.P.= {(100-Loss%/100)x C.P}

C.P.= {(100)/(100+Gain%)x S.P}

C.P.= {(100)/(100-Loss%)x S.P}

If an article is sold at a profit/gain of 30%, then S.P. = 130% of the C.P.

If an article is sold at a loss of 20%, then S.P. = 80% of the C.P.

When there  are two successive Profit of x % and y % then the resultant profit  per cent is given by 

[x + y+ (x*y/100)]

If there is a Profit of  x% and loss of  y %  in a transaction, then the  resultant profit or loss% is given by 

[x – y - (x*y/100)]

Note-  For profit use sign + in previous formula and for loss use – sign.

if resultant come + then there will be overall profit . if it come – then  there will be overall loss.

If a cost price of m articles is equal to  the selling Price of n articles, then Profit percentage 

(m-n)/n×100%

If  m part is sold  at x% profit , n part is sold at y % profit, and p part is sold at z% profit and  Rs. R is earned as overall profit  then the value of total consignment 

R×100 / (mx+ny+pz) 

A man purchases a certain no. of article at m a rupee and the same no. at n a rupee. He mixes them together  and sold them at p a rupee then his gain or loss %

[{2mn/(m+n)p} -1]× 100

Note += profit ,- = loss

When a person sells two similar items, one at a gain of say x%, and the other at a loss of x%, then in this transaction the seller always incurs a loss given by: = {x^2/100}%

A single discount equivalent to discount series of x% and y% given by the seller is equal to

(x +y - xy/100)%

If a seller marks his goods at x% above his cost price and allows purchasers a discount of y %  for cash,  then overall gain or loss 

(x – y –xy/100)% 

Profit or loss according to sign .+ = gain, - = loss

If a trader professes to sell his goods at cost price, but uses false weights, then 

Gain% = {(Error)/(True value - Error)x 100] %

Quiz Based on Concepts

1. 1/3 of a commodity is sold at 15% profit, ¼ is sold at 20% profit and the rest at 24% profit. If the Total profit is Rs. 80 is earned then find the value of commodity?

A) 350

B) 410

C) 400

D) 300
E) None of these

2. A man purchases a certain no. of apple at 5 per rupee and same no. at 4 per rupee. He mixes them together and sells them at 4 per rupee. What is  his gain or loss%?

A)  Gain 20 %

B)  Gain 11.11%

C) Loss 11.11%

D)  Loss 20 %
E) None of these

3. A trader allows a Discount of 5% for cash payment. How much approx % above cost price must he mark his goods to make a profit of 10%?

A) 8.9% 

B) 10%

C) 12.75%

D) 15.8%
E) None of these

4. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent?

A) 100%

B) 116.67%

C) 200%

D) 300%
E) None of these

5. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

A) 2200

B) 2400

C) 2500

D) 2000
E) None of these

6. Abhishek purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?

A) 5.4

B) 5.6

C) 6.5

D) 4.5
E) None of these

7. Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is:

A) 33.33%

B) 66.66%

C) 44%

D) 50%
E) None of these

8. On selling 17 toys at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 toys . The cost price of a Toy is:

A) Rs. 50

B) Rs. 60 

C) Rs. 65

D) Rs. 70
E) None of these

9. A shopkeeper sells some articles at the profit of 25% on the original price. What is the exact amount of profit? To find the answer, which of the following information given in Statements I and II is/are Sufficent?

I. Sale price of the article

II. Number of articles sold

A)Only I is sufficient.

B)Only II is sufficient.

C)Both I & II are sufficient.

D)Either I or II are sufficient.

E)Both I & II are not sufficient.

10. A man purchases 10 Cows at Rs. 3000 each. 1 Cow died. He sold 2 Cows at 5% loss, at what rate he should sale the remaining Cows, so as to gain a Profit of 10 % on the total Cost?

A) Rs.4000

B) Rs.3000 

C) Rs.3900

D) Rs. 4500

E) Rs. 4200

Answers

1). C

2). B

3). D

4). A

5). D

6). B

7). C

8). B

9). C

10).C

Explanation:

1. Part sold at 24% profit = 1-(1/3+1/4) = 5/12
 Value of commodity = (80×100) / (1/3*15+1/4*20+5/12*24)= 400

2. Gain or loss = [2*5*4/4(5+4) - 1] × 100 % = 11.11% 
Sign is + ive so gain 11.11% 

3. 10 = x-5 – 5x/100
19x/20 = 15; x=15.789% = approx 15.8%

4. Let C.P. be Rs. x and S.P. be Rs. y.
Then, 3(y - x) = (2y - x)     y = 2x.
Profit = Rs. (y - x) = Rs. (2x - x) = Rs. x.
So profit % =100%

5. Let CP is x.
Then   (1920-x)/x*100= (x-1280)/x*100
On solving x=1600
Selling Price = 1600*125/100= Rs. 2000

6. Cost price of 1 Toy = 375/12= 31.25
Selling price of 1 toy = Rs.33
Profit= Rs (33-31.25) =1.75
Profit% = 1.75/31.25*100= 5.6

7. Lcm of 5&6 =30
Cost price of 30 articles= 5/6*30 = 25
Selling Price of 30 articles = 6/5*30 =36
% profit = (36-25)/25*100= 44% 

8. Cost price of 17 toys – Selling price of 17 toys = cost Price  of 5 toys
Cost price of 12 toys = selling Price of 17 toys= 720
Cost price of 1 toy= 720/12= 60 

9. Both I & II are sufficient to find the exact amount of profit .

10. Selling Price With Profit of 10 %  of total cost = 3000*10*110/100= 33000
Selling Price of 2 cows with 5% loss= 6000*95/100= 5700
Difference = 33000-5700= 27300;
So rate of the cows for selling to gain 10% profit on total = 27300/7= Rs. 3900
(because 1 cow died so remaining= 10-1-2=7)

New Pattern English

Directions (1-15): In each question, the word at the top is used in four different ways, numbered a-d. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.

Q1. Rake

(a) She’s raking in thousands a day.

(b) It’s the only shop in the area and they’re raking it in.

(c) The rake is coming in any moment.

(d) Tim keeps raking off the rows we had last year.

(e) None of these 

Q2. Mark

(a) His dedication marked him up for great things.

(b) I marked off the items on the list as I finished purchasing them.

(c) They marked out the pitch.

(d) Her speed marks her out from the rest of the group.

(e) None of these

Q3. Roll

(a) They rolled in very drunk at three o’clock in the morning.

(b) The government want to roll back the freedom of the press.

(c) The army rolled by when they came under attack.

(d) Roll on Friday! It’s been a dreadful week.

(e) None of these

Q4. Mess

(a) The children were messing about with the TV remote control and broke it.

(b) They messed with the discussions and the contract fell through.

(c) She’s been messing with it for hours and it still doesn’t work.

(d) They messed up the kitchen.

(e) None of these

Q5. Rush

(a) They rushed away when the police arrived.

(b) Zain rushed out to get to his medical appointment.

(c) They don’t want to be rushed into giving an answer and have asked for more time.

(d) They rushed out to catch the first rain of the season.

(e) None of these

Q6. Fasten

(a) Fasten your seatbelts.

(b) We fastened it down to keep the wind from blowing it away.

(c) They have fastened up the speech as a source of inspiration.

(d) He fastened the latch of the door.

(e) None of these

Q7. Wave

(a) They waved at us when they passed by.

(b) Don’t wave at people you don’t know.

(c) We waved her down at the station.

(d) The accident was bad, but the police waved us on.

(e) None of these

Q8. Leap

(a) The tiger leapt at the deer.

(b) A leap of faith is what it takes.

(c) Look before you leap.

(d) He leaped out the chance to visit America.

(e) None of these

Q9. Act

(a) The police were acting on a tip from an informer and caught the gang red-handed.

(b) The enzyme acts upon certain proteins.

(c) My computer’s acting out I think I might have a virus.

(d) They acted out the story on stage.

(e) None of these

Q10. Finish

(a) They finished off all the chocolates and had to go to the all-night store to buy some more.

(b) We went out for dinner and finished out in a club.

(c) We attended some workshops and finished the project.

(d) She finished with him a few months ago.

(e) None of these

Q11. Turn

(a) She turned up an hour late.

(b) Please turn up the music; it’s too loud.

(c) Turn off the lights please before you leave.

(d) Hundreds of fans were turned away from the football stadium.

(e) None of these

Q12. Ask

(a) My mother is always asking after you.

(b) I’ll ask around and see if anyone has seen your cat.

(c) Let’s ask to the teacher our question.

(d) John has asked Mary out several times.

(e) None of these

Q13. Put

(a) Could you put off the light please?

(b) The meeting was put off because of the strike.

(c) Please don’t put yourself out for us.

(d) We put you up if you’d like to come for the week-end.

(e) None of these

Q14. Get

(a) Some people manage to get up early.

(b) It’s time to get down to some serious work!

(c) Be quiet and get on with your homework.

(d) Charlie had the ‘flu but he got rid with it.

(e) None of these

Q15. Pick

(a) Children are quick to pick up a new language.

(b) Can you pick me out at the station?

(c) Will you help me pick out a handbag to go with my outfit?

(d) The other children were always picking on Charlie because of his red hair.

(e) None of these

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Option (d) is the answer, ‘Rake off’ means to cheat someone, here the sentence explains that Tim keeps talking about the rows the speaker had last year, here the phrase should be ‘raking over’ which means to talk, think, etc, about something negative in the past. “Tim keeps raking over the rows we had last year”.

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. The phrase ‘mark up’ means to increase the price or number of something, Option (a) is the answer, the intended meaning of the sentence here is that his dedication shall lead him to reach great heights so here the phrase to be used should be ‘mark out’ which means to show promise for the future. “His dedication marked him out for great things.”

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. Option (c) is the answer, as to ‘roll by’ means to pass and it does not fit in here as it is very clear from the sentence that the army moved back when they were attacked. So, the correct phrase which should be used here is “The army rolled back when they came under attack”. Here ‘roll back’ means retreat or to move back.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. Option (b) is the answer as the intended meaning of the sentence is that because the discussion was spoiled and it didn’t work the contract was dropped off. So, the correct phrase which should be used here is ‘messed up’ which means to spoil or ruin. “They messed up the discussions and the contract fell through”.

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. Option (b) is the answer. The intended meaning of the sentence is that Zain went in hurry to get his medical appointment. The correct phrase which should be used here is ‘Rush off’ which means to depart in hurry.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. Option (c) is the answer. The sentence here intends to explain that the people have taken the speech as a source of inspiration but the phrase used here is incorrect.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Option (c) is the answer. Here the intended meaning of the sentence is that we waved to her to say goodbye.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. Option (d) is the answer. The intended meaning of the sentence seems to be that the person willingly wanted an opportunity to visit America.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. Option (c) is the answer, the correct sentence should be “My computer’s acting up I think I might have a virus”. Here acting up refers to behave badly or strangely.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. Option (b) is the answer. The intended meaning is ‘they end up in a club’.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. Option (b) is the answer as to turn up means to raise the volume while it is used in the sentence where the intended meaning is to lower the volume as it is too loud.

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. The sentence is used in correct form with some grammatical errors. While others are correct in every respect. The correct form of option (c) should be:- Let’s ask the teacher our question.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol. To put off means to postpone or arrange a later date while speaker is asking the person to turn off or switch off the lights. Hence correct choice is option (a).

S14. Ans.(d)

Sol. To get rid of means to eliminate.

S15. Ans.(b)

Sol. To pick out means to choose or to select. The correct sentence is: Can you pick me up at the station?