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  Centre and RBI – Monetary policy framework agreement signed agreement – pact binds RBI to Inflation target.

Ø  Cut inflation to less than 6% by Jan 2016.

Ø  Consumer Inflation –largest – 4% wm + or – 2 percentage (2016-17).

·         RBI to submit report if CPI inflation is more than 6% for 3 consecutive quarters in 15-16 or less than 2% for 3 lenses. Quart in 2016-17.

·         RBI now to given ore priority for priozerise than interest & forex rates.

·         Centre to amont RBI ACT to setup monetary policy panel – prioritizing controlling prize rise.

·         In case, factors beyond RBI, such as fiscallires possibility of centre or constraints in supplies of goods 1 source are stoking inflation, RBI could like interest to meet largest set.

·         Core sector growth slons to 1.8% in Jan

·         8 core sector industries – coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizers, steel, cement and electricity.

·         Crude oil, N.gas – negative growth.

·         Core section – 38% of IIP.

·         RBI widens scope for priority section lending.

·         “newly includes sanitation, health care, drinking water facilities, renewable energy

·         Property sector lending largest 40%of adjusted net bank credit outoy which18% for agriculture – sub target 8 of small 4 marginal farmers.

·         Foreign secretary SAARC YATRA – stats from Bhutan – Bangladesh –discos LAB 4 teesta

·         Nepal leader of oppn. UCPN (maobt) Fmr pm Babu ram  Bhalkri visit  India  

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Mental Ability test for Police selection process

1. A candidate attempted 12 questions and secured full marks in all of them. If he obtained 60% in the test and all questions carried equal marks, then what is the number of questions in the test? [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]

  36,   30 ,  25 ,  20

2. A cuboid has six sides of different colours. The red side is opposite to black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. Which one of the following would be the opposite to brown? [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]

  Red  , Black  , White ,  Blue

3. A man fills a basket with eggs in such a way that the number of eggs added on each successive day is the same as the number already present in the basket. This way the basket gets completely filled in 24 days. After how many days the basket was 1 / 4th full? [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]

  6  , 12  , 17  , 22

4. A person has 4 coins each of different denomination. What is the number of different sums of money the person can form (using one or more coins at a time)? [UPSC 2009(CS-P)]

  16 ,  15 ,  12  , 11

5. A person traveled a distance of 50 km in 8 hours. He covered a part of the distance on foot at the rate of 4 km per hour and a part on a bicycle at the rate of 10 km per hour. How much distance did he travel on foot?[UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]

  10 km ,  20 km,   30 km  , 40 km

6. A person travels 12 km due North, then 15 km due East, after that 15 km due West and then 15 km due South. How far is he from the starting points? [UPSC 2009(CS-P)]

  6 km   , 12 km  ,  33 km  , 60 km

7. A person X has four notes of Rupee 1, 2 , 5 and 10 denomination. The number of different sums of money she can form from them is [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]

   16  , 15  , 12 ,  8

8. A question paper had ten questions. Each question could only be answered as True (T) or False (F). Each candidate answered all the questions. Yet, no two candidates wrote the answers in an identical sequence. How many different sequences of answers are possible?[UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]

  20 ,  40 ,  512   , 1024

9. Four metal rods of lengths 78 cm, 104 cm, 117 cm and 169 cm are to be cut into parts of equal length. Each part must be as long as possible. What is the maximum number of pieces that can be cut?  [UPSC 2009(CS-P)]

  27  , 36  , 43  , 480

10. Half of the villagers of a certain village have their own houses. One – fifth of the villagers cultivate paddy. One – third of the villagers are literate. Four – fifth of the villagers are below twenty five. Then, which one of the following is certainly true? [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]

A.  All the villagers who have their own houses are literate. 

B. Some villagers under twenty five are literate. 

C. A quarter of the villagers who have their own houses cultivate paddy. 

D. Half of the villagers who cultivate paddy are literate.

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CURRENT EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS 2014 - 2015

NATIONAL

·         India signs a labor – cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia.

·         GSLV – D5- indigenous cryogenic engine – GSAT -14 communications satellite.

·         Elagandhi – AVS senator of Ind organ Lisa Maria sign, Rama Krishna mission received pravasi Bharatiya samman Award.

·         Vanity Bagh written by Anees Salim.

·         India and South Korea sign agreement on the protection of dassified information.

·         Chronicle of a corpse bearer by cymsmistry.

·         Namma wifi- Bangalore metro

·         B.K.S. Iyengar 4 CSIR chief R.A. mashelkar vecarved – padma vibhushan.

·          Tejas – India’s 1st indigenously developed light combat aircclas

·         101 – Indian Science congress – Jammers

·         Odia gets classical Language status.

·         Mohair – non scheduled air service – seaplane – Mumbai – juhu.

·         India – Saudi Arabia Signs MOU on Defense co-operation.

·         Five On INS Sindhuratna (submarine)

·          V Cabinet clears rescration for tats – OBC.

·         April 7 – May12 – Electron far 16^th L.S and A.P Orissa and Sikkim.

·         Sahitya academy award

ü  Urdu –Tarred akhtar

ü  Rajasthani – Ambika dutt

ü  Bengali – subodh sarkan

·         Bank of India Launches IMT (instant money transfer) allows cordless cash withdrawal at its 1mt-enabled.

ATMS

·         “Nirbheek”   - Light Weight revolver   Exp Feb Women – Launched by Indian Ordnance Factory.

·         Meghalaya gets connected to the Indian railway network.

·         PSLV – country’s 2^nd navigation satellite: IRNSS-IB

·         Amnachal Pradesh capital Itanagar country’s railway map.

Current Events Sports Winners 2014-2015

         

SPORTS	WINNERS
Sanil shetty ankita das    (T.T)	Jituraj – air pistol
Vishnu vardhan Natasha palha  (tennis)	Petrakvitova Novak djokovic (Wimbledon. Nicorosberg – German GP
Lina Stanislaus wawrinka (aus open)	Vinconzo nibali – four de France.
Soured Kothari – billardo – wr Asian billiards.	Dianiel ricciardo – Hungarian GP.
Heenasindm –shooting.	Lewishamiton – Italian GP
Lewis Hamilton – maloyoran grand pix Umber cup 2014 – china Humans cup, 2014 (badminton) (china –Japan ) held in India	Marin2cilic s. Williams Sarma / brunospare missed dondeo (us open)
Maria sharapora nadal (French open)	17th asru games –inch eon
Daniel riccieardo – Canadian Grandpre	Lewis Hamilton – Singapore GP
Pankaj advani – IBAF warld (b-red title snooker)	Mary kom-1st ind woman to clinch a gold at
Saina nehwal – anos open super seriesbad.htb.	astern games.

·         Annu rani – 1^st in woman –bag a javelin medal (silver Asian glumes)

·         Lewis Hamilton – Russian formula one  gp in Sochi

·         Anirban lahir (ind ) –maccuropengolf tournament.

·         Pankaj advent – world billions championship

·         L. Hamilton – Strand prefix.

·         Harinderpal sandhu – squash.

Nicorosberg – Brazilian Gp

L.Hamilton – Abu Dhabi GP.

P.V sindhu – Macau GP badminton.

Sarita Devi – boxev from Manipur.

Rory McElroy –British open golf tournament.  

Current Events INTERNATIONAL 2014-2015

 INTERNATIONAL

·         Latvia joins euro zone.

·         Awaji league – P.M shekh hasina –wine absolute majesty.

·         Comet chasing – rosetta – ESA

·         Iran halts production of 20% enriched uranium at nations and fordo.

·         Tunisia – P.M – mehdi jomaa.

·         Ukraine president Viktor yanukoyow PETRO POROSHENKO

·         jennet yellen = 1^st woman president – v.s federal reserve

·         SUSHIL KOIRALA -  Nepal P.M.,

·         Belgium’s parl legalizes euthanasia for children.

·         Lebanon P.M – Tam am Salam.

·         Italy P.M – matteo ranzi

·         Crimea peninsula proclaims independence from Ukraine.

·         E-fan – world’s 1^st electric aircraft developed by airbus (franle).

·         Maldives – president Abdulla Yemen (progressive party oif Maldives).

·         Malaysian airline MH 370, (Boeing 777) – goes dun in southern Indian ocean.

·         Malaysian P.M najib  razak.

·         G -8 –suspends Russia – at Nuclear Securety summit – at hague.

·         Shigeru ban – (japan – architech – wins pritzker architechne prize  2014 ( for inexpensive design – disaster relief shelter).

·         Russian Mathematician Yaakov grigorevich Sinai – wins able prize, 2014.

·         Jens stolten berg –NATO secretary – general.

·         Hungary P.M – Viktor or ban

·          Indian born Vijay seshadri wins 2014 putolizer prize for poetry (3 sections)

·         Pope francis

·         Libya P.M ahmed matiq

·         Eurasian Economic integration agreement – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan

·         Kepler – 10 c Godzilla.

·         Egypt P.M –

·         Palestinian P.M. rami Hamdallah.

·         Mayan Gn.kristin Lund – 1^st woman head of Un peacekeeping operation.

·         Egypt president – abdelfatahal – sisi

·         ISVAEL president – revven rivlin.

·         Colombia president – manvel santos.

·         U.N HR’S chief – prince Zoidal – Hussein (Jprdan)

·         Fmr. Jorwegian Premier Grolarlem Brundtland – 1^st vilipend  of Tang prize (Astra’s Nobel) – Taiwan.

·         Japanese Scientist unveil Kodomoroid –world’s 1^st news veading android.

·         Ukraine, Geogria,Moldova signs partnership pact with EU.

·         6^th BRICS summit (Fortaleza) –BRICS bank of shanghai to be named new development bank

·         Australia abolished & a divisive carbon tax

·         Bolivia signs a bill that legalize child labor from age to

·         Indonesia president Joko wiclo do

·         India’s 1^st Multi sensor Moored observatory  IND ARC KONGSFJORDEN

·         Iraqi president fuad mecum

·         Chinese journalist Hushuli & lawyer wanga canfa winner of ramon Magsaysay award.

·         Right livelihood award – 2014

·         Edward showden

·         Alanrushoridger – editor – the guardian (British)

·         Madison square –newyark (U.S.A).

The worlds 1^st Zero – gravity 3d printer installed bu NASA on intern. Space station.

·         Nihau gupta (ind/us) int, children pealed prize

·         18^th SAARC summit – Kathmandu.

·         Boeing aircraft – world’s 1^st flight using ‘greediest’ – birfuel from vegt oil 4 waste cooking oil.

·         Shela – Bangladesh; mtvinson massif – Highest pea 12 in Antartica.criner).

·          Miss world 2014 – reline SORAVSS (SA)

·         U.N.. climate summit 2014 – LIMA (perm) : - sets out guideline four submission of national greenhouse – gas pledge in 2015.

·         Ukraine resigns from non-aligned status.

NOBEL AWARDS 2014 (Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Economics)

NOBEL                                      

Medicine                              

John o’ keefe conglobe – amer         -    Brain’s internal positioning system.

Nomery comple –may bratty

Edward Moser

Physics

Isamu akasaki

Hiroshmi amino(JAP  

Shuji nakamura (JPN/IND)             -        inverting blue light emitting   diodes

Chemistry

 Stetan W . Hell (G.R)

ERIC betzig (V.S)                         -        optical microscopy into new dimension lising Willzum E.  Member (V.S)

                                                               fluorescent molecules.

Literature:   Patrick Modiano (fr)                            

Economics. - Jean triole (fr) –govt – regulate – monopolies.

MANBOOKER PRIZE, 2014.

Richard Flanagan – Australian – “the narrow road to the deep north”

World food prize 2014

Sanjaya raja ram (ind)

European court of justre – Luxembourg.

Sweden officially recognizes the state of Palestine.

APEC Summit – Beijing.

G – 20 summit – Brisbane

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