Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-19): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U work in  6 different banks, viz. UCO, Syndicate, SBI, Canara, PNB and BOI bank (but not necessarily in same order). Each of them has a different bike; viz. Pulsar, Ninja, Hunk, R-15, Apache & Avenger (but not necessarily in same order). 
(I) The one who has Pulsar works in Canara bank and the one who has Ninja works in UCO bank.
(II) U does not work either in SBI or PNB. P has Hunk and works in Syndicate.
(III) T works in BOI and S and Q does not work in Canara. S does not have Avenger.
(IV) The one who works in PNB does not have apache or R15 and R works in UCO.


1. Who works in SBI?
 (1) Q
 (2) R
 (3) S
 (4) T
 (5) U

2. Who has avenger?
 (1) Q
 (2) S
 (3) T
 (4) U
 (5) R

3. Which of the following pairs of person and bike is correct?
 (1) Q- Avenger      
 (2) R- R15          
 (3) T- Pulsar  
 (4) S- Hunk 
 (5) None of these      

4. Which of the following pairs of person and organization is correct?
 (1) R-Canara
 (2) T-Syndicate   
 (3) S-BOI
 (4) Q-PNB 
 (5) None of these

English Quiz

Directions (1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5), i.e. ‘No Error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation. If any)
 1. Simplest solution(1)/than this expensive method (2)/ which you are suggesting (3)/should be found out.(4)/No error.(5)

 2. Until(1)/ he has confessed his fault (2)/he will be kept(3)/ in prison(4)./No error.(5)

 3. Swift’s (1)/Gulliver’s Travels (2)/have been read by me(3)/several times.(4) /No error.(5)

 4. I should have thought (1)/you had more sense (2)/than to get yourself(3)/ involved in the squabble (4)./No error(5)


 5. Due to uncertainty (1)/ capital market conditions (2)/ there has been tremendous (3)/ growth in bank deposits. (4)/ No error (5)

Quiz on "Person in News"

1. Who of the following was recently chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 ?
 (a) Pratibha Ray
 (b) Amar Kant
 (c) Ravuri Bharadhwaja
 (d) Kedamath Singh


2. Who of the following was recently named the next president of the European Commission ?
 (a) Jose Manuel Barroso
 (b) Jean Claude Juncker
 (c) David Cameroon
 (d) None of above

3. Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has recently won the People's Choice prize at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014. Which of, the following statements is/are true regarding this ?
 (1) He won prize for his work Save Tree, Save the Future.
 (2) This is first sand art world cup of USA.

 (a) Only 1
 (b) Only 2
 (c) Both 1 and 2
 (d) None of above

Current Affair Quiz

Ques. : 1 The govt has set-up a Committee to examine the un-claimed amount in PPF, Post Office and Savings Schemes. The seven member committee, which will submit its reports by 31st Dec, is being headed by
 1) HR Khan
 2) Urjit Patel
 3) Subir Gokarn
 4) Anand Sinha
 5) None of these


Ques. : 2 Which of the following cities will be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh as announced by the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu recently?
 1) Guntur
 2) Nellore
 3) Visakhapatnam
 4) Vijayawada
 5) None of these

Ques. : 3 India has been ranked the lowest among BRICS countries in the recently released Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15 which is topped by
 1) China
 2) United States
 3) Singapore
 4) Switzerland
 5) None of these

Daily GK Updates: 9th Sept 2014

Daily GK Updates: 9th Sept 2014

1.    Reserve Bank to pick talent via UPSC-like test
i. The Reserve Bank of India will adopt a common recruitment system from next year to tap talent for its core functions. The larger objective is to strengthen itself in the changing economic scenario.
ii. “Starting from 2015, there shall be common recruitment for all core functions of the bank,” the RBI said in an internal report on HR initiatives.
iii. At present, it recruits officers and support staff for core and non-core functions through different examinations, such as the Grade ‘B’ officers level exam. The RBI now has about 17,000 employees.
iv. The proposed common recruitment will not only cover traditional areas such as economics and statistics but also include niche skills, such as risk management, financial markets trading, accounting, legal, human resources management and counselling.
v. The officers that are recruited will have a common seniority. In effect, it will be like the common cadre under the All India Services of the Union Public Service Commission.
vi. The Reserve Bank Services Board hopes to complete the entire recruitment cycle within three to four months.

2.    RBI sets 70 years as upper age limit for MD, CEO of pvt banks
i. The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday decided to fix the maximum age for Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers in private sector banks at 70.
ii. RBI said in the light of the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the upper age limit for Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) and other Whole Time Directors (WTDs) of banks in the private sector should be 70 years.
iii. Within the overall limit of 70 years, individual bank’s boards are free to prescribe a lower retirement age for WTDs, including MD & CEO, as an internal policy, RBI said in a circular.
iv. RBI said the Companies Act, 2013 prescribes that "no company shall appoint or continue the employment of any person as Managing Director, Whole Time Director or Manager who is below the age of 21 years or has attained the age of 70 years''.

Working hard is not enough: Work Smart

Working hard is not enough: Work Smart

Once upon a time, there were two woodcutters. They had an argument - who can cut more trees in a day. They decided to cut the trees next day from morning 10:00 AM to evening 6:00 PM and see who can cut more.

 Both woodcutters took up their position in the morning. Initially, they worked at one speed. But, after one hour, one of them heard, that the other one had stopped cutting trees. Realizing that this was his chance, the first woodcutter started to cut trees with double efforts.

 Ten minutes passed, and he heard that the second woodcutter started to work again. They were working almost synchronously, when the first woodcutter heard that his opponent has stopped again.
 The first woodcutter started to work, feeling the smell of victory.