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Wednesday 26 September 2012
Current Affairs September 2012 Quiz-26
1. Effective from September 22, 2012 what is the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?
1) 4% 2) 4.75%
3) 4.5% 4) 4.25% 5) 5%
2. Which Russian city hosted the 24th Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in September 2012?
1) Yekaterinburg
2) Vladivostok 3) Moscow
4) Novosibirsk
5) Saint Petersburg
Monday 24 September 2012
Reasoning 4 Bank Exams
Series is divided into two types. One is Number series and another one is Letter series. In Bank clerk exams 5 questions are covering from number series.
Number series tests present nume rical sequences that follow a logical rule which is based on elementary ar-ithmetic. An initial sequence is given from which the rule is to be deduced. You are then asked to predict the next number that obeys the rule.
Some practice questions
Directions(1–5): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series.
(SBI clerk 6-1-2008)
1. 12, 6.5, 7.5, 12.75, 27.5, 71.25, ?
1) 225.75 2) 216.75
3) 209.75 4) 236.75
5) 249.75
English 4 Bank Exams
In the last session we have studied the significance of prepositions, various types of prepositions, stock of prepositions and select list of words taking more than one preposition. In this session let us learn more about them and work out a few examples for practice.
Words Taking More than One Preposition
1. Blind:
A: Of (Physical). He is blind of one eye.
B: To (mental). She seems blind to his faults.
2. Communicate:
A: With (to make correspo-ndence). We can now com-municate instantly with people on the other side of the world.
Current Affairs September 2012 Quiz-25
1) 9% 2) 8%
3) 8.2% 4) 8.5%
5) 9.5%
2. Which Indian author has been short listed for this year's Man Booker Prize for his novel 'Narcopolis', a dark tale about the opium and heroin dens of Mumbai?
1) Aravind Adina 2) Jeet Thayil
3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Chetan Bhagat
5) Rahul Bhattacharya
Sunday 9 September 2012
Books & Authors
"Between The Assasinations" was written by Aravind Adiga, this is his second book.
"Sea of Poppies" was written by Amitav Ghosh, this book was nominated for the 2008 Booker Prize.
"Mid Night Children" was written by Salman Rushdie, this book has been adjudged as the Best Of Booker Prize.
"Enchantress Of florence" was written by Salman Rushdie, which is the latest book written by him.
"God Of Small things" was the first book written by Arundhati Roy which won the man Booker Prize in 1997.
"Imagining India" was written by Nandan Nilenkhani.
Saturday 8 September 2012
Reasoning 4 Bank Exams
1. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ELRU using each letter only once in each word?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three
4) More than three 5) None
2. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters INATS using each letter only once in each word?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three
4) More than three 5) None
Friday 7 September 2012
Appointments in India 2012
Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar appointed as President, Indian Economic Association.
Parvin Sinclair appointed as Director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Jan 2, 2012.
Samir K. Brahmachari reappointed as Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He got extension for a period of two years.
Arvind Gupta appointed as Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA).
Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan appointed as Director General, Indian Coast Guard in Jan 2012. Earlier served as the first Commandant fo the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala.
Learn English - Competitive Guidance
Developing a solid foundation in English grammar will not only help you understand and create sentences correctly but will also make it easier to improve your communication skills in both spoken and written English.
When we start learning about the parts of speech, we know that they are eight in number and are named as: nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. In this session let us learn in detail about nouns.
Current Affairs September 2012 Quiz-23
1. What is the first quarter (April-June) gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the year 2012-13?
1) 6.3% 2) 7.5% 3) 6.5% 4) 5.5% 5) 8.5%
2. Who, among the following Nobel laureates in Literature, has written a novel 'The Dream of the Celt'?
1) V.S.Naipaul 2) J.M.Coetzee
3) Orhan Pamuk
4) Tomas Transtromer
5) Mario Vargas Llosa
3. Which state imposed a ban on manufacture, storage and sale of gutka, pan masala and their variants containing tobacco and nicotine recently? (It has become the second state after Madhya Pradesh to ban gutka products)
1) Punjab 2) Haryana
3) Kerala 4) Gujarat
5) Andhra Pradesh
Sunday 2 September 2012
Statements & Conclusions
Directions (1-5): In each of the qu-estion below are three statements followed
by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known
facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions
logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known
facts.
(CANARA BANK 18-07-2010)
Give answer (1): if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (2): if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (3): if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
Give answer (4): if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
Give answer (5): if both conclusion I and conclusion II follows.
1. Statements:
All jeeps are cars.
All cars are buses.
Some buses are trucks.
Conclusions:
I. Some jeeps are trucks.
II. All jeeps are buses.
(CANARA BANK 18-07-2010)
Give answer (1): if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (2): if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (3): if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
Give answer (4): if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
Give answer (5): if both conclusion I and conclusion II follows.
1. Statements:
All jeeps are cars.
All cars are buses.
Some buses are trucks.
Conclusions:
I. Some jeeps are trucks.
II. All jeeps are buses.
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