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Quiz of the day:
What is the share of the Foreign Banks in the branch network in India?
[A]Less than 1 % [B]Around 5% [C]Around 3% [D]Around 6%

30% of the men are more than 25 years old and 80% of the men are less than or equal to 50 years old. 20% of all men play football. If 20% of the men above the age of 50 play football, what percentage of the football players are less than or equal to 50 years?

1. 15%
2. 20%
3. 80%
4. 70%

GK Quiz
1. Which city is the venue for the International Conference on String Theory-2015?
[A]Mumbai
[B]Bengaluru
[C]Chennai
[D]Hyderabad
2. Which country currently (June 2015) holds the presidency of G-20 forum?
[A]India
[B]Turkey
[C]Australia
[D]Mexico
3. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is an inter governmental military alliance of countries from ____?
[A]North America and Asia
[B]Asia and Europe
[C]Europe and North America
[D]Europe and South America
4. Which state became the first in the country to have state butterfly? [A]Maharashtra
[B]Uttarkhand
[C]Himachal Pradesh
[D]Haryana
5. Gunther Schuller, who passed away recently, was a Pulitzer winning composer from which country?
[A]USA
[B]France
[C]Switzerland
[D]Germany
6. Who was chosen for Sangita Kalanidhi-2015 award?
[A]S P Balasubramaniam
[B]Sanjay Subramanyan
[C]Jesu Das
[D]Aravind Bhagavathar
7. The Yulin festival or annual dog meat festival is celebrated in which country?
[A]China
[B]Philippines
[C]Australia
[D]South Korea
8. Which is the world’s costliest prime office market?
[A]West End, London
[B]Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
[C]Connaught Place, Delhi
[D]Finance Street, Beijing
9. Which of the following is the largest produced variety of silk in India? [A]Mulberry
[B]Tasar
[C]Eri
[D]Muga
10. Which article of the Constitution of India directs the state to organize village panchayats?
[A]Article 38
[B]Article 39
[C]Article 40
[D]Article 41
Answers:
1. B> Bengaluru Strings 2015 conference will be held from 22 – 26 June 2015 at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, IISc Campus and ICTS Campus, Bengaluru. The conference, being held in India after 14 years, brings some of the big stars of the physics world to discuss some of the deepest questions of science.
2.B> Turkey Turkey is currently holds the presidency of G-20 forum. In December 2014, Turkey took over the presidency of the G-20 from Australia, and will host the group’s 2015 summit in Antalya.
3.C> Europe and North America The North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO constitutes 28 member states across North America and Europe.
4. A> Maharashtra Maharashtra became the first state in the country to have state butterfly. Maharashtra government declared Blue Mormon as the state butterfly. ‘Blue Mormon’ (Papilio polymnestor) is the second largest by size, only behind the southern birdwing. It has velvet, black wings with bright blue spots. The lower end of the wings are black while the body has some red spots on one side. Interestingly, it is only found in Sri Lanka, western ghats of Maharashtra, South India and coastal belts of the country.
5. A> USA Gunther Schuller was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian and jazz musician. As a composer, Mr. Schuller wrote more than 200 compositions, including solo and orchestral works, chamber music, opera and jazz. His orchestral work, “Of Reminiscences and Reflections,” dedicated to his wife Marjorie Black, won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
6. B> Sanjay Subramanyan Renowned Carnatic singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan has been selected for Sangita Kalanidhi award for his outstanding achievements in Carnatic music. The Sangita Kalanidhi is the highest honour given to Carnatic musicians in India. The first recipients of the award were T.V. S***a Rao, Vidvan T.S. Sabhesa Iyer, and M.S. Ramaswamy Iyer. They were awarded in 1929.
7. A> China The Yulin festival or Dog Meat Festival, commonly referred to as Yulin Dog Meat Festival is celebrated annually in Yulin, Guangxi, China, for the summer solstice in June, by eating dog meat. Around lakhs of dogs have been slaughtered since it started. To stop this barbaric killing of the dogs, a petition called ‘StopYulinFestival’, has been started. People from all over the world are signing petitions to stop the slaughter of dogs in Yulin.
8. A>West End, London London’s West End is the world’s costliest prime office market. West End’s overall prime occupancy costs of $267 (Rs 17,088) per sq ft per year topped the “most expensive” list. Hong Kong Central followed with total prime occupancy costs of $254 per sq. Ft., Beijing’s Finance Street ($196 per sq. Ft.), the Beijing CBD ($188 per sq. Ft.) and New Delhi’s CBD of Connaught Place ($157 per sq. Ft.) rounded out the top five. Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) was at the fifteenth position and the city’s CBD of Nariman Point was at the thirtieth position on the Top 50 rankings for global prime office properties.
9. A> Mulberry Among the four varieties of silk produced as in 2012-13, Mulberry accounts for 79 per cent (18715 MT), Tasar 7.3 per cent (1729 MT), Eri 13.2 per cent (3116 MT) and Muga 0.5 per (119 MT) of the total raw silk production of 23,679 MT. Karnataka is leading in silk production in the country.
10. C > Article 40 Article 40 of the Constitution which enshrines one of the Directive Principles of State Policy lays down that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.

GK Quiz

1. Which city is the venue for the International Conference on String Theory-2015?
[A]Mumbai
[B]Bengaluru
[C]Chennai
[D]Hyderabad

2. Which country currently (June 2015) holds the presidency of G-20 forum?
[A]India
[B]Turkey
[C]Australia
[D]Mexico

3. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is an inter governmental military alliance of countries from ____?
[A]North America and Asia
[B]Asia and Europe
[C]Europe and North America
[D]Europe and South America

4. Which state became the first in the country to have state butterfly? [A]Maharashtra
[B]Uttarkhand
[C]Himachal Pradesh
[D]Haryana

5. Gunther Schuller, who passed away recently, was a Pulitzer winning composer from which country?
[A]USA
[B]France
[C]Switzerland
[D]Germany

6. Who was chosen for Sangita Kalanidhi-2015 award?
[A]S P Balasubramaniam
[B]Sanjay Subramanyan
[C]Jesu Das
[D]Aravind Bhagavathar

7. The Yulin festival or annual dog meat festival is celebrated in which country?
[A]China
[B]Philippines
[C]Australia
[D]South Korea

8. Which is the world’s costliest prime office market?
[A]West End, London
[B]Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
[C]Connaught Place, Delhi
[D]Finance Street, Beijing

9. Which of the following is the largest produced variety of silk in India? [A]Mulberry
[B]Tasar
[C]Eri
[D]Muga

10. Which article of the Constitution of India directs the state to organize village panchayats?
[A]Article 38
[B]Article 39
[C]Article 40
[D]Article 41

Answers:
1. B> Bengaluru Strings 2015 conference will be held from 22 – 26 June 2015 at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, IISc Campus and ICTS Campus, Bengaluru. The conference, being held in India after 14 years, brings some of the big stars of the physics world to discuss some of the deepest questions of science.

2.B> Turkey Turkey is currently holds the presidency of G-20 forum. In December 2014, Turkey took over the presidency of the G-20 from Australia, and will host the group’s 2015 summit in Antalya.

3.C> Europe and North America The North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO constitutes 28 member states across North America and Europe.

4. A> Maharashtra Maharashtra became the first state in the country to have state butterfly. Maharashtra government declared Blue Mormon as the state butterfly. ‘Blue Mormon’ (Papilio polymnestor) is the second largest by size, only behind the southern birdwing. It has velvet, black wings with bright blue spots. The lower end of the wings are black while the body has some red spots on one side. Interestingly, it is only found in Sri Lanka, western ghats of Maharashtra, South India and coastal belts of the country.

5. A> USA Gunther Schuller was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian and jazz musician. As a composer, Mr. Schuller wrote more than 200 compositions, including solo and orchestral works, chamber music, opera and jazz. His orchestral work, “Of Reminiscences and Reflections,” dedicated to his wife Marjorie Black, won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

6. B> Sanjay Subramanyan Renowned Carnatic singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan has been selected for Sangita Kalanidhi award for his outstanding achievements in Carnatic music. The Sangita Kalanidhi is the highest honour given to Carnatic musicians in India. The first recipients of the award were T.V. S***a Rao, Vidvan T.S. Sabhesa Iyer, and M.S. Ramaswamy Iyer. They were awarded in 1929.

7. A> China The Yulin festival or Dog Meat Festival, commonly referred to as Yulin Dog Meat Festival is celebrated annually in Yulin, Guangxi, China, for the summer solstice in June, by eating dog meat. Around lakhs of dogs have been slaughtered since it started. To stop this barbaric killing of the dogs, a petition called ‘StopYulinFestival’, has been started. People from all over the world are signing petitions to stop the slaughter of dogs in Yulin.

8. A>West End, London London’s West End is the world’s costliest prime office market. West End’s overall prime occupancy costs of $267 (Rs 17,088) per sq ft per year topped the “most expensive” list. Hong Kong Central followed with total prime occupancy costs of $254 per sq. Ft., Beijing’s Finance Street ($196 per sq. Ft.), the Beijing CBD ($188 per sq. Ft.) and New Delhi’s CBD of Connaught Place ($157 per sq. Ft.) rounded out the top five. Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) was at the fifteenth position and the city’s CBD of Nariman Point was at the thirtieth position on the Top 50 rankings for global prime office properties.

9. A> Mulberry Among the four varieties of silk produced as in 2012-13, Mulberry accounts for 79 per cent (18715 MT), Tasar 7.3 per cent (1729 MT), Eri 13.2 per cent (3116 MT) and Muga 0.5 per (119 MT) of the total raw silk production of 23,679 MT. Karnataka is leading in silk production in the country.

10. C > Article 40 Article 40 of the Constitution which enshrines one of the Directive Principles of State Policy lays down that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.

RBI allows NRIs to subscribe chit funds

Reserve Bank of Indian has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to invest in chit fund to encourage flow of capital into the country. Decision in this regard was taken after RBI had revised the extant guidelines for subscription to the chit funds in consultation with the government. Henceforth, NRIs on non-repatriation basis will be allowed to invest in chit fund without any ceiling. However, the subscription to the chit funds by NRIs will be mandatorily brought in through normal banking channel, including through an account maintained with a bank in India. The state government may permit any chit fund to accept subscription from NRIs on non-repatriation basis. It will be permitted by the registrar of chits or an officer authorized by the state government in accordance with the provisions of the Chit Fund Act, 1982. Earlier in May 2000, RBI had barred NRIs from investing in a company or firms engaged in the business of chit fund. Apart from this decision, RBI also extended the scheme allowing airline companies to raise external commercial borrowings (ECB) for working capital as a permissible end-use under the approval route. Now, the ECB scheme will continue till March 31, 2016.

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RBI relaxed KYC rules for Non-Banking Financial Companies

R. Koteeswaran took charge as new CMD of Indian Overseas Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank secured shareholders approval for merger with ING Vysya Bank

Economy News
Economy news covers issues on budget, STOCK MARKET; monetary transactions, financial demands of the country.

India to provide 60 million dollar LoC to Guyana for road infrastructure projects

Union Government formed NITI Aayog to replace Planning Commission

Union Cabinet approved to set up India-based Neutrino Observatory in
Tamil Nadu

PM launched National Programme for LED-based Home and Street Lighting

Union Cabinet approved promulgation of ordinance for amending MMDR Act, 1957

Nomura forecasted Indian Economic Growth at 5.5 percent for FY 2015-16

Union Cabinet approved 2G telecom spectrum auction targeted to fetch 64840 crore rupees

Union Government nominated 17 Telugu personalities as brand ambassadors of Swachh Bharat campaign

Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers approved 100 percent production of Neem-Coated Urea

Commemorative Postage Stamps released to mark 100 Years of Mahatma Gandhi’s Return to India

Sports News
Every single update of what is happening in the sports world is available in this sub-category.

ICC announced Associate & Affiliate panel of umpires for the year 2015

Union Sports Ministry recognised Boxing India as national federation for representing Boxing

T Anilkumar won 7th Chennai Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament (Category B)

S Shrikrishna won the National Sub-Junior Billiards title 2015

BCCI announced 15-man Indian cricket team for World Cup 2015

Ishpreet Singh Chadha won National Sub-Junior Snooker title 2015

Personalities in News
Eminent personalities and their whereabouts come under this category

R K Srivastava took over as Chairman of AAI

Kiran Bhai Vadodaria elected as INS president

Former ISRO Chairman V R Gowarikar died in Pune

Amitabh Bachchan named as the Brand Ambassador of AP health sector

Atul Khare appointed as the UN Under-Secretary-General

Sindhushree Khullar appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog

Awards and Honours
Updates of announcements of different awards and honours are available in this section.

India to host World Bridge Championships 2015

K K Paul sworn in as sixth Governor of Uttarakhand

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari presented Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2015

Corporate News)
Updates of all the corporate houses of the country are covered in this category.

Tencent Holdings Limited launched China's first online bank WeBank

US to host international Anti-terror Summit on 18 February 2015

Economy News
Economy news covers issues on budget, STOCK MARKET; monetary transactions, financial demands of the country.

Israel stopped transfer of tax collected from Palestinians to Palestinian Authority Government

Sports News
Every single update of what is happening in the sports world is available in this sub-category.

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara became fastest to score 12000 Test runs

Andy Murray won ATP World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi

Russian Popov Ivan won 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster

Chess title
New Zealand won Test series 2-0 against Sri Lanka
Australia won 4-match Border-Gavaskar Test series, 2-0

Misbah-ul-Haq announced to retire from ODIs after Cricket World Cup 2015

Stanislas Wawrinka won Chennai Open title of Tennis

Roger Federer won Brisbane International Tennis title

Personalities in News
Eminent personalities and their whereabouts come under this category.

Mario Matthew Cuomo, former New York Governor, died at 82

American country music singer Little Jimmy Dickens died at 94

Veteran Chinese sports administrator He Zhenliang died

Awards and Honours

Updates of announcements of different awards and honours are available in this section.

The Lunchbox nominated for BAFTA 2015 under Non-English Best Film Category

Indians awarded with Queen’s New Year Honours 2015

Yu Min honoured with State Preeminent Science and Technology Award 2014

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