Current Affairs Based on “The Hindu” for IBPS Exams

Q5. ब्राजील के रियो डी जनेरियो में मरकाना स्टेडियम में ______वें ग्रीष्मकालीन पैरालम्पिक खेल, 07
सितंबर 2016 को शुरू हो गए।

(a) 15th

(b) 17th

(c) 11th

(d) 13th

(e) 10th

Q14. फॉर्च्यून ने वर्ष 2016 की विश्व की 51 सर्वाधिक शक्तिशाली महिलाओं की सूची में भारतीय मूल की
किस महिला को शामिल किया है?

Solutions

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol.Centre has said, over 15 crore LED bulbs have been
distributed under Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs (UJALA) programme. The Power
Ministry, in a release, said, over five crore households have already benefited
from the programme.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol.Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal has formally
upgraded Majuli to a district from sub-division in presence of his ministerial
colleagues. With this, the number of districts in Assam has gone up to 35.
Prior to this, a cabinet meeting was also held at Majuli.

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol.The Centre has announced a financial package for Andhra
Pradesh. It includes full funding of Pollavaram irrigation project, tax
concessions and a special assistance.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol.Gujarat Governor OP Kohli took additional charge of the
Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Acting chief justice of Madhya Pradesh high court
justice Rajendra Menon administered him the oath of office at a brief function
at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol.The 15th Summer Paralympic Games began on 07th September
2016 at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Summer Paralympic Games
will conclude on 18 September 2016. The 4,300 athletes come from more than 160
countries.

S6. Ans.(a)

Sol.India has signed a preliminary pact with Greece for
bilateral Air Services Agreement that proposes to allow unlimited points of
call for domestic airlines in the European nation. Seeking to improve
international air connectivity for Indian carriers, the government has been
entering into air services pacts with many countries besides making efforts to
re­negotiate existing.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol.Satbir Singh, presently Additional Secretary in the
Ministry has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the People’s
Democratic Republic of Algeria. Algeria, officially the People’s Democratic Republic
of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.
Its capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the country’s far
north.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol.India, Kazakhstan joint bilateral military exercise
“Prabal Dostyk -16” began in Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. The 14-day
exercise will be a significant step towards fostering military as well as
diplomatic ties between both countries. ‘Prabal Dostyk’ means ‘Robust
Friendship’. The exercise will be conducted in two stages; first stage will be
to familiarize with each other’s tactics, drills, weapons & equipment. In
the second stage, troops of both the armies will graduate to jointly execute a
helicopter-borne operation in a simulated environment.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol.Jayant Purushottam Gokhale has been appointed director
of Syndicate Bank. The Centre has nominated Gokhale as part-time non-official
director under the chartered accountants category for a period of three years.
His appointment is subject to his resignation from the board of LIC Nomura
Mutual Fund Asset Management Company, before joining the bank’s board.

S10. Ans.(e)

Sol.Canara Bank has been conferred with the ‘Dun &
Bradstreet Banking Awards 2016’ for being the Best Bank under priority sector
lending and Best Retail Growth performer amongst public sector banks. The award
was received by Harideesh Kumar B, Executive Director, Canara Bank, from Vinod
Rai, Chairman of Banks Board Bureau, in the presence of Arjun Ram Meghwal,
Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, in Mumbai.

S11. Ans.(e)

Sol.Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet
republic, extends from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains at
its eastern border with China and Russia.

S12. Ans.(d)

Sol.Founded as ‘Canara Bank Hindu Permanent Fund’ in 1906,
by late Shri Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, a philanthropist, this small seed
blossomed into a limited company as ‘Canara Bank Ltd.’ in 1910 and became
Canara Bank in 1969 after nationalization.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol.Capital of Greece- Athens

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol.PepsiCo CEO and Chairman Indra Nooyi is the only Indian
origin woman in Fortune’s 51 Most Powerful Women list that is topped by Mary
Barra, CEO and Chairman of General Motors. Nooyi was ranked second on the list,
same as 2015. In 2014, she was ranked third. The list comprises 22 CEOs of
major companies and many more corner office contenders across industries. The
2016 list has nine newcomers and one return candidate.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol.The bank has deployed these software robots
across the organisation including retail banking, agri-business, trade and
forex, treasury and human resource management.