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1. NRI Day

• 9 January

2. World Laughter Day

• 10th January

3. National youth day

• 12th January.
• It is celebrated on the birthday of swami Vivekanand ji

4. Army day

• 15 January

5. National Voters day

• 25 January

6. Tourism Day (India)

• 25 January

7. Indian republic day

• 26 January

8. International custom day

• 26 January

 9. Sarvodaya day

• 30 January

10. World Leprosy Eradication Day

• 30 January

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Sentence Correction : English Grammar

Directions to Solve

Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

1. The small child does whatever his father was done.

A. has done

B. did

C. does

D.had done

E.No correction required

2. You need not come unless you want to.

A. You don't need to come unless you want to

B. You come only when you want to

C. You come unless you don't want to

D. You needn't come until you don't want to

E. No correction required

Answer: Option A

3. There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only

A. initials  

B.signatures

C. pictures

D.middle names

E. No correction required

Answer: Option A

4. The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.

A. to whom I sell

B. to who I sell

C. who was sold to

D. to whom I sold

E. No correction required

Answer: Option D

5. They were all shocked at his failure in the competition.

A. were shocked at all

B. had all shocked at

C. had all shocked by

D. had been all shocked on

E. No correction required

Answer: Option E

6. I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.

A. will speak to itself

B. speaks for itself

C. has been speaking

D. speaks about itself

E. No correction required

Answer: Option B

7.  He is too important for tolerating any delay.

A. to tolerate

B. to tolerating

C. at tolerating  

D.with tolerating

E. No correction required

Answer: Option A

8. The population of Tokyo is greater than that of any other town in the world.

A. greatest among any other

B. greater than all other

C. greater than those of any other

D. greater than any other

E. No correction required

Answer: Option E

9. The performance of our players was rather worst than I had expected.

A. bad as I had expected 

B. worse than I had expected

C. worse than expectation

D. worst than was expected

E. No correction required

Answer: Option B

10. Why did you not threw the bag away?

A. did you not throw

B. had you not threw

C. did you not thrown

D. you did not thrown

E. No correction required

Answer: Option A

Answer Key :

1. Answer: Option C
2. Answer: Option A
3. Answer: Option A
4. Answer: Option D
5. Answer: Option E
6. Answer: Option B
7. Answer: Option A
8. Answer: Option E
9. Answer: Option B
10. Answer: Option A

Latest Current Affairs MCQ

1) Union government on 29 December 2014 has given its nod for ordinance route to amend which act, which will benefit People of Indian Origin (PIO) and will give them benefits like life-long visa and exemption from appearing before the local police station on every visit etc?

(A) Citizenship Act, 1955

(B) Citizenship Act, 1947

(C) Citizenship Act, 1950

(D) Citizenship Act, 1983

2) Union Cabinet on 29 December 2014 has approved a proposal to take the ordinance route to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act of which year?

(A) 2014

(B) 2009

(C) 2013

(D) 2011

3) Union Government has reconstituted the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on 29 December 2014 by nominating three new members. Who is the chairman of NDMA?

(A) President of India

(B) Prime Minister

(C) Lok Sabha Speaker

(D) Any person nominated by Union Government

4) As of 24 December 2014, 10 crore accounts have been opened under the PMJDY scheme with a collective deposit amounting to Rs 7,690.89 crore, thus achieveing the target well before the target date. What was the target date for opening 10 crore accounts accounts under PMJDY fixed initially?

(A) January 1, 2015

(B) March 31, 2015

(C) August 15, 2015

(D) January 26, 2015

5) Department of Disability Affairs (Nishaktata Karya Vibhag) functioning under which Ministry on 29 December 2014 renamed as the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Viklangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag)?

(A) Ministry of Minority Affairs

(B) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

(C) Ministry of Labour

(D) Ministry of Home Affairs

6) Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister on 29 December 2014 approved the infusion of RS. 60 crore in Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd. to make it a Government company. A contribution of Rs. 60 crore to the capital of the company would raise the shareholding of the Government to?

(A) 51%

(B) 60%

(C) 75%

(D) 100%

7) Government has recently decided to set up 'Saffron Production & Export Development Agency (SPEDA) to be headquartered at?

(A) Darjeeling, West Bengal

(B) Kottayam, Kerala

(C) Jaipur, Rajasthan

(D) Srinagar, J&K

8) Which mobile company on 29 December 2014 announced rolling back of plan to start charging customers for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services?

(A) Vodafone

(B) Airtel

(C) Docomo

(D) Idea

9) Delhi on 28 December 2014 recorded the lowest temperature in past five years with the mercury dipping to 2.6 degrees Celsius. Delhi's all-time low of 1.1 degrees Celsius was recorded on 26 December of which year?

(A) 2001

(B) 1911

(C) 1945

(D) 1974

10) Which social networking site has recently apologized for the grief its "Year in Review" feature caused some of its users while dishing out good memories along with the bad ones?

(A) Facebook

(B) Twitter

(C) Instagram

(D) Whatsapp

Answers Key :

1) Ans. (A) Citizenship Act, 1955

2) Ans. (C) 2013

3) Ans. (B) Prime Minister

4) Ans. (D) January 26, 2015

5) Ans. (B) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

6) Ans. (A) 51%

7) Ans. (D) Srinagar, J&K

8) Ans. (B) Airtel

9) Ans. (C) 1945

10) Ans. (A) Facebook

Seating Arrangement Questions Answers With Solution

Q. (1-5) I. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting on a wall and all of them are facing east.

II. C is on the immediate right of D.

III. B is at an extreme end and has E as his neighbour.

IV. G is between E and F.

V. D is sitting third from the south end.

1. Who is sitting to the Right of E ?

1. A
2. C
3. D
4. G

2. Which of the following pairs of people are sitting at the extreme ends ?

1. AE
2. AB
3. CB
4. FB

3. Name the person who should change places with C such that he gets the third place from the north end.

1. G
2. F
3. D
4. A

4. Immediately between which of the following pairs of people D is sitting ?

1. AC
2. AF
3. CF
4. CE

5. Which of the conditions given above are not required to find out the place in which A is sitting ?

1. I
2. II
3. IV
4. All required

Q. (6-8) I. There are seven books one each on Psychology, Hindi, English, Sociology, Economics, Education and Accountancy, lying on a table one above the other.

II. Sociology is on the top of all the books.

III. Accountancy is immediately below Education which is immediately below Sociology.

IV. Economics is immediately above Psychology but not in the middle.

V. Hindi is immediately below Psychology.

6. Economics is between which of the following books ?

1. Accountancy and Education
2. Psychology and Hindi
3. English and Psychology
4. Psychology and Sociology

7. Which three books are between Accountancy and Hindi ?

1. English, Economics and Psychology.
2. Economics, Psychology and Education.
3. Economics, Psychology and Hindi
4. None of these

8. If Sociology and English, Accountancy and Hindi and Education and Psychology interchange their positions, which book will be between Psychology and Sociology ?

1. Accountancy
2. Psychology
3. Economics
4. Hindi

Q. (9-10) Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a circle facing the centre. B is sitting between G and D. H is third to the left of B and second to the right of A. C is sitting between A and G and B and E are not sitting opposite to each other.

9. Which of the following statements is not correct ?

1. C is third to the right of D.
2. E is sitting between F and D.
3. A is sitting between C and F.
4. E and C are sitting opposite of each other.

10. Who is third to the left of D ?

1. A
2. E
3. F
4. None of these

Solution (1-5) :

Solution (6-8)

Solution (9-10)

Answer Key :

1. 4
2. 2
3. 1
4. 3
5. 4
6. 3
7. 1
8. 4
9. 2
10. 3

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Poll For Bank Exam Set 2

Which of the following institutions is responsible for finalizing the interest rates and credit policy of the Euro zone?

Banque National de Paris

European Central Bank

IMF

Bank of England

Poll Maker

When shares are sold for more than the amount paid for it, what is the gain known as?

Profit

Capital gains

Beneficial sale

Capital allowance

Poll Maker

For what kind of transactions are demat accounts necessary?

For having mobile banking facilities

For taking retail loans from banks

For trading in shares of companies

For non resident account

Poll Maker

With which financial sector are these terms associated with : free look period; rider; third party administrator; surrender value

Insurance

Banking

Capital markets

Mutual funds

poll creator

Which of the following is not a physical asset?

Gold jewellery

Real estate

Commodities

Debentures

Poll Maker

Current Affairs Questions & Answers MCQ December 2014

1) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and educationist Madan Mohan Malviya were on 24 December 2014 chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. Both of them share common birthday on?

(A) 24 December

(B) 25 December

(C) 31 December

(D) 1 January

2) Who among the following was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL) on 23 December 2014?

(A) Nirmal Chandra Jha

(B) A K Dubey

(C) S Bhattacharya

(D) None of these

3) National Consumers Right Day was observed on?

(A) November 20

(B) December 26

(C) July 21

(D) December 24

4) Theme song of the 35th National Games 2015 penned by Javed Akhtar and composed by famous singer and composer Hariharan was released on 24 December 2014. Which state will host 35th National Games 2015 during Jan-Feb?

(A) Kerala

(B) Jharkhand

(C) Goa

(D) Gujarat

5) Which Union Ministry on 24 December 2014 has decided to have all official work on e-files within three months, in connection with observance of ‘Good Governance Day’ on December 25?

(A) Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Food

(B) Ministry of Information & Communication Technology

(C) Ministry of Railways

(D) Ministry of Human Resource Development

6) Which E-retailing firm on 23 December 2014 launched the online Agri store offering agricultural products to the farmers?

(A) Flipkart.com

(B) Snapdeal.com

(C) ebay.com

(D) Quickr.com

7) Which country on 23 December 2014 launched its largest ever missile warship named Tuo Chiang?

(A) China

(B) Japan

(C) South Korea

(D) Taiwan

8) Government on 24 December 2014 decided to promulgate ordinance for easy passage of bills relating auction of coal blocks and increasing the foreign investment in Insurance sector sector. An ordinance is issued under which Article of the Constitution of India?

(A) Article 234

(B) Article 256

(C) Article 123

(D) Article 321

9) For the first time in the country, which telecom company on 24 December 2014 decided to charge customers for using voice calls over Internet (VoIP) like Skype, Viber etc?

(A) BSNL

(B) Airtel

(C) Idea

(D) Vodafone

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 102nd Indian Science Congress on January 3 at?

(A) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

(B) Kolkata, West Bengal

(C) New Delhi

(D) Mumbai, Maharashtra

11) Union Government on 25 December 2014 observed "Good Governance Day" to remember the birth anniversary of?

(A) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

(B) Madan Mohan Malviya

(C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(D) L K Advani

12) Which country has recently won the women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2014 title?

(A) Pakistan

(B) India

(C) Iran

(D) New Zealand

13) Which country's parliament re-elected Shinzo Abe on 24 December 2014 to serve another term as Prime Minister?

(A) South Korea

(B) China

(C) Thailand

(D) Japan

14) Winter session of Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on 23 December 2014 after passing a "record" number of ___ legislations, including amendment bills on amend coal mines allocation and labour laws, in 22 sittings?

(A) 18

(B) 15

(C) 25

(D) 23

15) Government has recently decided to start printing Rs. 1 notes after a gap of almost two decades. Due to higher cost and for freeing capacity to print higher denomination notes, printing Rs.1 note was discontinued in which year?

(A) 1991

(B) 1995

(C) 1994

(D) 1999

16) India has recently bagged the gold medal in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad held at?

(A) Hungary

(B) Russia

(C) Belgium

(D) China

17) Government on 24 December 2014 has released a commemorative postal stamp to highlight heroic deeds of those engaged in Kuka movement. Kuka movement of the Namdhari Sikhs against the British rule had happened in which year?

(A) 1930

(B) 1847

(C) 1901

(D) 1857

18) Who among the following has been conferred with the second Yash Chopra Memorial Award on 25 December 2014?

(A) Asha Bhosle

(B) Amitabh Bachchan

(C) Lata Mangeshkar

(D) Aamir Khan

19) Reliance Capital has recently tied up with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank to open a new bank in India as and when RBI kicks off on-tap licensing. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is the fourth largest bank in which country?

(A) Taiwan

(B) Hong Kong

(C) Japan

(D) Sri Lanka

20) Government has recently launched 'Mission Indradhanush' that aims to cover all unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children by which year?

(A) 2020

(B) 2016

(C) 2019

(D) 2025

21) Raghubar Das will be sworn in as the __th chief minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014?

(A) 10th

(B) 6th

(D) 7th

(D) 5th

22) Russia and how many ex-Soviet nations have recently finalized the formation of a new economic alliance called Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)?

(A) Six

(B) Ten

(C) four

(D) eight

23) Which Indian city will host the prestigious World Information Technology Congress (WITC) in 2018 as announced recently?

(A) Kochi

(B) Hyderabad

(C) Bengaluru

(D) Gandhinagar

24) Indian army on 26 December 2014 started 'Operation All Out' against the Bodo militants in which state?

(A) Assam

(B) Chattisgarh

(C) West Bengal

(D) Nagaland

25) Satya Nadella who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 December 2014, to extend support to Modi's Digital India initiative, is the CEO of which technology giant?

(A) Twitter

(B) Facebook

(C) Microsoft

(D) Apple

26) 10th anniversary of earthquake which triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing more 230,000 people was observed on 26 December 2014. Where was the epicentre of this earthquake in 2004?

(A) Chennai, India

(B) Colombo, Sri Lanka

(C) Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(D) Sumatra, Indonesia

27) Who has been voted as the number one footballer in the world recently, with 74 per cent of 73 judges drawn from 28 countries voted in favour of this player?

(A) Cristiano Ronaldo

(B) Lionel Messi

(C) James Rodríguez

(D) Neymar da Silva

28) Name the Union minister of tourism and culture who on 26 December 2014 launched e-ticketing facility for the Taj Mahal and Humayun's tomb on a pilot basis?

(A) Jagat Prakash Nadda

(B) Mahesh Sharma

(C) Sarbananda Sonowal

(D) Prakash Javedkar

29) President Pranab Mukherjee on 26 December 2014 has signed ordinances moved by Union government on raising foreign direct investment (FDI) cap to 49 per cent in insurance sector and facilitating e-auction of coal blocks. According to Article 123 of Constitution, every ordinance must be laid and approved by both houses of the parliament within __ weeks from the next reassembling?

(A) 2 weeks

(B) 4 weeks

(C) 5 weeks

(D) 6 weeks

30) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and late educationist Madan Mohan Malviya (posthumously) have been chosen for Bharat Ratna, country’s highest civilian award recently. Bharat Ratna was instituted in which year?

(A) 1948

(B) 1950

(C) 1954

(D) 1951

31) Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 27 December 2014 broke whose record for most number of stumpings in International cricket?

(A) Adam Gilchrist

(B) Kumar Sangakkara

(C) Mark Boucher

(D) Romesh Kaluwitharana

32) Raghubar Das on 28 December 2014 sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of which state?

(A) Jharkhand

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Haryana

(D) Mizoram

33) BCCI on 27 December 2014 banned which India spinner from bowling in competitive matches due to suspect action?

(A) Ravichandran Ashwin

(B) Ravindra Jadeja

(C) Axar Patel

(D) Pragyan Ojha

34) An AirAsia flight QZ8501 of which country went missing on 28 December 2014, with 162 people aboard, en route to Singapore from Indonesia?

(A) Malaysia

(B) Singapore

(C) Indonesia

(D) India

35) Who was declared 'All India Football Federation Player of the Year' on 27 December 2014?

(A) Subrata Pal

(B) Sunil Chhetri

(C) Sandeep Nandi

(D) Sandesh Jhingan

36) Name the Director of the hindi film 'PK' starring Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma, featuring Aamir Khan as an alien, which was recently in news for controversy?

(A) Rajkumar Hirani

(B) Reema Kagti

(C) Vijay Krishna Acharya

(D) Ashutosh Gowariker

37) Recently, sixteen states have ratified a constitutional amendment bill which seeks to scrap the collegium system of judges appointing judges, bringing the government a step closer to put in place a new mechanism of appointments in the higher judiciary. Any Constitutional amendment bill requires ratification by at least __ percent of the state legislatures?

(A) 25%

(B) 75%

(C) 50%

(D) 90%

38) India Post recently tied up with which online seller to jointly work on bringing thousands of weavers and artisans from Varanasi through its website?

(A) Flipkart

(B) Amazon

(C) Indiamart

(D) Snapdeal

39) NATO formally ended its war in Afghanistan on 28 December 2014, after how many years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence?

(A) 10 years

(B) 13 years

(C) 5 years

(D) 15 years

40) Which national party celebrated its 130th Foundation Day on 28 December 2014?

(A) BJP

(B) CPI (M)

(C) NCP

(D) Congress

Answers

1) Ans. (B) 25 December

2) Ans. (C) S Bhattacharya

3) Ans. (D) December 24

4) Ans. (A) Kerala

5) Ans. (A) Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Food

6) Ans. (B) Snapdeal.com

7) Ans. (D) Taiwan

8) Ans. (C) Article 123

9) Ans. (B) Airtel

10) Ans. (D) Mumbai, Maharashtra

11) Ans. (C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

12) Ans. (B) India

13) Ans. (D) Japan

14) Ans. (A) 18

15) Ans. (C) 1994

16) Ans. (A) Hungary

17) Ans. (D) 1857

18) Ans. (B) Amitabh Bachchan

19) Ans. (C) Japan

20) Ans. (A) 2020

21) Ans. (A) 10th

22) Ans. (C) four

23) Ans. (B) Hyderabad

24) Ans. (A) Assam

25) Ans. (C) Microsoft

26) Ans. (D) Sumatra, Indonesia

27) Ans. (A) Cristiano Ronaldo

28) Ans. (B) Mahesh Sharma

29) Ans. (D) 6 weeks

30) Ans. (C) 1954

31) Ans. (B) Kumar Sangakkara

32) Ans. (A) Jharkhand

33) Ans. (D) Pragyan Ojha

34) Ans. (C) Indonesia

35) Ans. (B) Sunil Chhetri

36) Ans. (A) Rajkumar Hirani

37) Ans. (C) 50%

38) Ans. (D) Snapdeal

39) Ans. (B) 13 years

40) Ans. (D) Congress

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