QUIZ-21

Q1. Name the newly appointed chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of the United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
(a) Vinay Shah
(b) Sandeep Kumar
(c) Mahesh Kumar Verma
(d) M. Nagaraja Sarma
(e) N. Venkatesan

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. M. Nagaraja Sarma has been appointed the chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of the United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Sarma is at present the general manager, Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. He has been appointed the CMD for five years.

Q2. Hindi Diwas is celebrated nationally in India on ________________.
(a) 25 September
(b) 16 September
(c) 14 September
(d) 15 September
(e) 20 September

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Hindi Diwas is an annual observance in India which is a celebration of the Hindi language. Celebrated on September 14 every year, Hindi Divas is an annual day celebration mostly sponsored by the central government of India.

Q3. In which of the following Indian city, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe has recently laid the foundation stone of the first High-Speed Rail Project?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Gandhinagar
(c) New Delgi
(d) Vadodara
(e) Jamnagar

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone of the 508-km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail in Ahmedabad. This is the fourth summit meeting between Modi and Abe.

Q4. In the recent announcement of International Olympic Committee (IOC), which of the following city has been awarded the 2024 summer Olympics?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Paris
(c) New York
(d) Beijing
(e) Doha

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally announced that Paris has been awarded the 2024 summer Olympics and Los Angeles has been given the 2028 edition.

Q5. Who has been recently appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd?
(a) Vinay Kumar Shinde
(b) Vishwas Shah
(c) Arjun Malwey
(d) Mahendra Pratap Mall
(e) Amit Kakkar

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Mahendra Pratap Mall was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd.

Q6. In which city, India’s first State of art virology laboratory for Homoeopathy was inaugurated recently by Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State for AYUSH?
(a) Chennai
(b) Lucknow
(c) Kolkata
(d) Varanasi
(e) Kochi

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. India’s first State of art virology laboratory at Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata was inaugurated by Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State for AYUSH.

Q7. Name the Indian player who has recently launched -Mission 24 for Mumbai's M east ward which is known to have one of highest slum population's in the city.
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Rahul Dravid
(c) VVS Laxman
(d) M S Dhoni
(e) Saurav Ganguly

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched -Mission 24 for Mumbai's M east ward which is known to have one of highest slum population's in the city.

Q8. The Secretary-General of UN Antonio Guterre has recently appointed ______________ as the first special envoy for the oceans.
(a) Syed Akbaruddin
(b) Nikki Haley
(c) Samantha Power
(d) Peter Thomson
(e) Zalmay Khalilzad

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Secretary-General of UN Antonio Guterres has appointed the outgoing president of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson as the first special envoy for the oceans, seeking to galvanize efforts to protect the world's seas.

Q9. Pune-based auto firm Force Motors Ltd has entered into an agreement with which of the following car manufacturing company to produce engines for power generation?
(a) Holland Car
(b) Rolls-Royce
(c) Audi
(d) Mercedes
(e) Infiniti

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Pune-based auto firm Force Motors Ltd has entered into a non-binding joint venture agreement with Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG to produce engines for power generation and rail application and complete power generation systems, including spare parts, for Indian and global markets.

Q10. In the recent announcement of International Olympic Committee (IOC), which of the following city has been awarded the 2028 summer Olympics?
(a) Paris
(b) Moscow
(c) Canberra
(d) Los Angeles
(e) New York

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally announced that Paris has been awarded the 2024 summer Olympics and Los Angeles has been given the 2028 edition.

Quantitative Aptitude

Directions (1-5): Study the following pie chart and answer the following questions. 
Total number of Employees = 12600

Q1. The number of employees in the department of Examination is approximately what per cent more than the number of employees in Research department? 
(a) 39%
(b) 40%
(c) 25%
(d) 35%
(e) 50%

Q2. If 66(2/3)% per cent of the number of employees of HR department is females, then what is the number of male employees in the HR department? 
(a) 462
(b) 926
(c) 420
(d) 452
(e) None of these

Q3. The number of employees in Admission department is approximately what percentage of the total number of employees in the department of Examination and Academic Affairs together? 
(a) 28.75%
(b) 45.75%
(c) 29.23%
(d) 23.55%
(e) 18.75%

Q4. What is the average number of employees in Admission, Academic and Research department together?
(a) 1742
(b) 1842
(c) 2042
(d) 2142
(e) None of these

Q5. What is the difference between the total number of employees in the department of HR and Research together and the total number of employees in Accounts and Examination department together? 
(a) 1521
(b) 1512
(c) 1614
(d) 1529
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series?


Q6. 541, 269, 133, 65, ?, 14
(a) 31
(b) 33
(c) 36
(d) 35
(e) None of these

Q7. 705, 728, 774, 843, 935, 1050, ?
(a) 1190
(b) 1180
(c) 1185
(d) 1187
(e) None of these

Q8. 60.5, 72, 84.5, 98, 112.5, ?
(a) 125
(b) 122
(c) 126
(d) 127
(e) None of these

Q9. 16, 37, 62, 96, 146, ?
(a) 229
(b) 217
(c) 221
(d) 213
(e) None of these

Q10. 13, 10, 4, –5, –17, ?
(a) –34
(b) –32
(c) –22
(d) 34
(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following given questions(just calculate the approximate value)?

Q11. 52.02% of 749 + 45% of 419.98 – ? = 15²
(a)  354
(b)  364
(c)  370
(d)  368
(e) 394

Q12. 246.01 + 2953.98 – 449.98 – 302 = ?
(a) 2020
(b) 2800
(c) 2450
(d) 3000
(e) 3050

Q13. ? + 30.01% of 651 ÷ 25.05% of 59.98 = 135
(a) 68
(b) 140
(c) 122
(d) 78
(e) 128.5

Q14. 1549.95 - 7.99 × 25.03– ?² = 1153.95
(a) 14
(b) 24
(c) 32
(d) 18
(e) 8

Q15. 499.99 + 1999 ÷ 39.99 × 50.01 =? 
(a) 3200
(b)2700
(c) 3000
(d) 2500
(e) 2400

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. Flabbergasted (V):- to shock or surprise (someone) very much.
Synonyms: astounded, stupefied, amaze. astonish, astound, stupefy, stun.
Uses: The burglar was flabbergasted when he broke into the house and found himself surrounded by police officers.

2. Flutter (V):- move along rapidly and lightly.
Synonyms: burst, flare, outburst, flash.
Uses: My eyelashes flutter when someone blows air into my face.

3. Fatuous (Adj):– Foolish or stupid.
Synonyms: silly, foolish, brainless,stupid.
Uses: Ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their course.

4. Exacerbate – to make more violent or intense.
Synonyms: aggravate, complicate, worsen.
Uses: A misconceived plan that only exacerbated the city's traffic problem.

5. Dissonance (N):– lack of harmony or agreement.
Synonyms: conflict, dis-accord, dissent, dissidence, in-harmony.
Uses: The dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes.

6. Serendipity (N):- luck that takes the form of finding valueable or plesant thingsthat are not looked for.
Synonyms: coincidence, happenstance.
Uses:  It is merely a serendipity that he found his lost brother in the fair.

7. Convalescence (V) – the gradual return to health after illness.
Synonyms: recuperate, recover, recoup, come back.
Uses: The long months that the soldire spent in the hospital slowly convalescing.

8. Whimsical (Adj):- Unusual in a playful or amusing way; not serious.
Synonyms: Capricious, freakish, impulsive.
Uses: Its hard to make plans with such a whimsical friend.

9. Envious (Adj):– Feeling or showing a desire to have what someone else has: feeling or showing envy.
Synonyms: covetous, invidious, green-eyed, jaundiced.
Uses: In Game of Thrones, queen Cersi was being envious of growing powers of Tywin Lannisters.

10. inducement(N):- Something that gives you a reason for doing somethingand makes you want  to do it.
Synonyms: motivation, incentive, encouragement, boost, goad.
Uses: India must not live in the hope that Muslims in the country will not fall a victim to such inducements.

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. Tenebrous (Adj):- dark and gloomy.
Synonyms: Stygian, tenebrific, tenebrious
Uses: TENEBROUS -> TENT+BRUSH. When you go camping, it is difficult, at night, to find your toothBRUSH inside your TENT because it is so TENEBROUS without street lights.

2. Expurgate (V):- to remove objectionable material.
Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten.
Uses: The censor expurgated every reference to drugs and Intimacy, converting the rapper's raunchy flow into a series of Avengers.

3. Tendentious (Adj):-  likely to lean towards a controversial view.
Synonyms: tendencious.
Uses: Because political mudslinging has become a staple of the 24-hour media cycle, most of us, despite protestations to the contrary, are tendentious on many of today’s pressing issues.

4. Mellifluous (Adj):- smooth and sweet-sounding.
Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellisonant, sweet
Uses: Lata Mangeshkar has Mellifluous voice!

5. Histrionic (Adj):- to be overly theatrical.
Synonyms: melodramatic.
Uses: she had such a histrionic outburst that one would have thought that she’d been handed a death sentence.

6. Sartorial (Adj):- related to fashion or clothes.
Uses: His girlfriend often insulted his lack of any sartorial sense.

7. Mettlesome (Adj):- filled with courage or valor.
Synonyms: spirited, game, gritty, intrepid, fearless, courageous, hardy, brave, plucky, gallant, valiant.
Uses: For its raid on the Bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Seal Team Six has become, for many Americans, the embodiment of mettle.

8. Cupidity (N):- greed for money.
Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness.
Uses: When the president was arrested for theft of company funds, he made no attempt to apologize for his cupidity.

9. Disabuse (V):- to persuade somebody that his/her belief is not valid.
Synonyms: inform, intimate.
Uses: Although my mother tried, she could not disabuse me of my belief in Santa Claus when I was a kid.

10. Propitiate (V):- to placate or appease.
Synonyms: appease, soothe, placate.
Uses: Only an idiot believes he can propitiate his way into heaven by giving the church all of his money.

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. Recondite (Adj):- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.
Synonyms: abstruse, deep, profound.
Uses: the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them.
Tricks: recon-dite:recon sounds like reckon which means guess...if a question is DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND u will GUESS the answer.

2. Facsimile (N):- an exact copy or reproduction.
Synonyms: facsimile machine , fax
Uses: Digital facsimiles of 20 notable books from the Bavarian State Library’s impressive collection of Oriental and Asian books.
Tricks: sounds like fax..and fax means to replicate or make a copy.

3.Repudiate (V):- refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.
Synonyms: disown , renounce, abdicate.
Uses: She renounced her husband
tricks: REPUTATION+ATE....in hindi cinema if you marry a girl not belonging to your religion,class,....the father says you ate my reputation and you are not my son from now....hence the father DISOWNS his son.

4. Obsequious (V):- attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish, blandishment
Uses: The princess had obsequious servants who showered her with attention.
tricks: obsequious - obey sequence of work in office(obedience, dutiful).

5. Esoteric (Adj):- confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
Synonyms: abstruse, deep, recondite.
Uses: a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories
Tricks: HISTORIC things are known to few people.

6. Contrite (Adj):- feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.
Synonyms: remorseful, rueful, ruthful.
Uses: The defendant who plead guilty seemed contrite for his actions, crying a river in front of everyone, and he even went as far as requesting 500 hours community service.
Tricks: I feel contrite because I didn't do it right.

7. Ingrain (V):- produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.
Synonyms: impress, instil.
Uses: His hands were grained with dirt.
Tricks: Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us.

8. Pedantic (Adj):- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
Synonyms: academic, donnish.
Uses: My father is a pedantic man who usually misses all the vacation fun because he is busy reviewing travel documents.
Tricks: pedantic sounds like VEDANTIC. Any body who follows Vedas is usually a v. conservative and bookish person.

9. Pandemonium (N):- a state of extreme confusion and disorder.
Synonyms: bedlam, chaos, tumult.
Uses: I live a serene and peaceful life, but yours is full of pandemonium.
Tricks: Pan (all) + Demon (devil) + ium (like) = like full of devils (wild place)

10. Paragon (N):- an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept.
Synonyms: beau ideal, idol, perfection
Uses: In the movie, the angel represents the paragon of goodness that will save the world.
Tricks: paragon which is a slipper brand makes products which are models for perfection.

Reasoning Ability

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

T, R, S, Q, M, L, P and K are eight friends sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. Those who sit at the four corners face away from the centre while those who sit in the middle of the sides face the centre of the square table.

P sits third to the right of S, who faces the centre. Q sits third to the left of M, who does not sit in the middle of the sides. Only one person sits between Q and R. R is not an immediate neighbor of M. T faces the centre. K is not an immediate neighbor of R.

Q1.Who sits exactly between Q and R?

(a) K

(b) L

(c) P

(d) T

(e) M

Q2.What is the position of M with respect to L?

(a) Second to the right

(b) Fifth to the right

(c) Third to the left

(d) Fourth to the left

(e) Second to the left

Q3.Which of the following pairs represents the persons seated in the middle of the sides who face each other?

(a) K, L

(b) T, Q

(c) R, Q

(d) T, S

(e) S, Q

Q4.Who among following sits opposite to K ?

(a) S

(b) P

(c) L

(d) R

(e) Q

Q5.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) M

(b) K

(c) R

(d) P

(e) L

Solution (1-5):

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Directions (6-10): In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the following coding system and mark the number of that combination as your answer. If none of the four combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark (e), ‘None of these’, as the answer

Conditions 

1. If the first letter in the group is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant their codes are to be interchanged.

2. If the first letter in the group is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel are to be coded as the code for vowel.

3. If the first as well as the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded as the code for the first letter.

Q6.IRHMEJ

(a) 743*@2

(b) 243*@7

(c) 243*@2

(d) 743*@7

(e) None of these

Q7.ALFJHE

(a) 69$23@

(b) @9$23@

(c) 69$236

(d) @9$236

(e) None of these

Q8.FIKLRU

(a) 87#94$

(b) 57#94$

(c) 87#948

(d) $7#94$

(e) None of these

Q9.TFIKAR

(a) %$7#6%

(b) %$6#74

(c) 4$7#64

(d) 4$7#6%

(e) None of these

Q10.MHEJKQ

(a) ©3@2#@

(b) *3@2#*

(c) *3@2#©

(d) ©3@2#*

(e) None of these

Solution(6-10):

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. With the help of condition 1- IRHMEJ= 243*@7

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. With the help of condition 3- ALFJHE= 69$236

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. With the help of condition 2- FIKLRU= 87#948

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. None of these.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. MHEJKQ= *3@2#©

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

In a certain code 

‘all candidates must qualify’ is written as ‘na li ja pa’, 

‘qualify in all subjects’ is written as ‘ta ja li ra’ and 

‘candidate read all subjects’ is written as ‘sa li na ra’.

Q11.What does ‘li’ stand for?

(a) Subject

(b) Qualify

(c) Must

(d) All

(e) None of these

Q12.Which word will be coded as ‘ja na’?

(a) Must qualify

(b) Candidate subjects

(c) Qualify subjects

(d) Can’t be determined

(e) Candidate qualify

Q13.How will ‘all subjects’ be coded?

(a) li sa

(b) li ra

(c) ra ja

(d) pa li

(e) None of these

Q14.What will be the code for ‘must’?

(a) pa

(b) ka

(c) li

(d) na

(e) Can’t be determined

Q15.How could be ‘candidate should read all subjects’ coded as ?

(a) ka na pa li ra

(b) sa li ran a ja

(c) na aka sa li ra

(d) na ja sa li ra

(e) na pa sa li ra

Solution(11-15):
Candidates= na
Must= pa
Subject=ra
In=ta
All=li
Qualify=ja
Read=sa

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol.

S12. Ans.(e)
Sol.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Current Affairs

Q1. Which bank has recently launched its first ‘Digital Banking Branch’ named 'CANDI' in Bengaluru?
Answer: Canara Bank

Q2. The six winners were recently conferred Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2017. The Ramon Magsaysay Award has been named after former President of which Country?
Answer: Philippine

Q3. Name the Swimmer, who has recently become first ever Swimmer to win three gold medals in one night at worlds Championship.
Answer: Caeleb Dressel

Q4. Budapest is the Capital of __________.
Answer: Hungary

Q5. Who is the present chairman of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)?
Answer: S Christopher

Q6. James McCloughan, an Army medic from Michigan who risked his life multiple times to rescue Vietnam War comrades has recently become the first person to receive the Medal of Honor from President of which of the following country?
Answer: The USA

Q7. Which city has recently reached on an agreement with the leaders of the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 Summer Games?
Answer: Los Angeles

Q8. Indian shuttler C Rahul Yadav has recently clinched the men's singles title at Lagos International challenge. The event was held in _____________.
Answer: Nigeria

Q9. The Metro of which city was recently declared as the world’s first green metro after it added a green certification for all its major buildings and installations?
Answer: Delhi

Q10. Prague is the Capital of which of the following country?
Answer: The Czech Republic

Q11. World breastfeeding week 2017 is being celebrated from 1st to 7th August 2017 with the theme ____________________.
Answer: Sustaining Breastfeeding Together

Q12. Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar, a classical vocalist passed away recently. He belonged to which tradition?
Answer: Dhrupad Tradition

Q13. The Supreme Court of India has recently imposed a ban on the use of five harmful metals. Which metal is not among them?
Answer: Bismuth

Q14. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has recently changed the Policy Repo Rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF). What is the new Repo rate set by the RBI?
Answer: 6.00%

Q15. With which lender, Smartphone-maker Samsung has tied up to store higher variants of its debit cards on the app?
Answer: State Bank of India