June 2013 : Current Affairs Collection for IBPS/Bank Exams

Q1. Who won the French Open 2013 Women’s Singles?

Ans. Serena Williams

Note: She defeated No. 2 Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 to secure her second French Open title. It was the 31-year-old American's 16th Grand Slam title win.

Q2. Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh was on four days visit to an Asian country recently. Name the country?

Ans.  Japan.

Note: The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, visited Japan from 27-30 May 2013 for the Annual Summit of the Prime Ministers.

Q3. Name the world's largest online retailer who in Month of June 2013 entered into Indian e-commerce market with the launch of its marketplace offering books, movies and television shows for sale?

Ans. Amazon.com. It will be called Amazon.in in India

Q4. World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2013. What was the theme this year?

Ans. Think, Eat, Save Reduce Your Foodprint.

Note: It aims at an anti-food wastage and loss campaign to encourage people to reduce their foodprint. It also calls for more awareness about the environmental impact of the food choices people make and empowers them to make informed decisions.

World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

Q5.  In a landmark judgment on 3 June 2013, which commission held that political parties are answerable to citizens under the Right to Information Act (RTI Act)?

Ans. Central Information Commission (CIC).

Note: Present Chief Information Commissioner is Satyananda Mishra.

Q6. Name the sports channel to whom on 7 June 2013 the High Court of Delhi directed to provide live signals of ICC Champions Trophy 2013 in England to Doordarshan without any commercials till its further orders?

Ans. ESPN

Note: ICC Champions Trophy tournament started in England on 6 June 2013 and will continue till 23 June 2013.

Q7. Who was recently re-elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA)?

Ans. K R Kamath

Note: He is the chairman and managing director of Punjab National Bank (PNB) and was re-elected as the Chairman of IBA for 2013-14 tenure.

Q8. The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) recently roped in which corporation for maintenance as well as cleanliness of Taj Mahal as well as five more tourist destinations, under the Campaign Clean India?

Ans. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC)

Q9. Recently government decided to set up India's highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Nyoma, Leh district of which Indian State?

Ans. Jammu and Kashmir. It will be at an altitude of about 14000 feet.

Q10. The government hiked the import duty on Gold and Platinum on 05 June 2013. What is the present import duty?

Ans. 8 per cent.

Note: Earlier it was 6 per cent. The hike is aimed at curbing import of gold, which is mainly responsible for the rise in Current Account Deficit (CAD) impacting on the country's foreign exchange reserves as well as the rupee value.

Q11.  Where was the first all-women police station started functioning from 4 June 2013?

Ans.  Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

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Q12. Who appointed as the new National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013?

Ans. Susan Elizabeth Rice

Note: Presently she was the American ambassador to the United Nations. She replaced Tom Donilon.

Q13. Nawaz Sharif on 5 June 2013 took oath to the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for his third term after formally being elected as the Prime Minister by the National Assembly. He returned back to power almost after how many years?

Ans. 14

Note: He was forced to leave the office in a military coup and went into exile. He was sworn-in by the President Asif Ali Zardari at a function in an ornate hall at the Presidency.

Q14. Name the operating system launched by Windows recently as the updated version of its Windows 8?

Ans. Windows 8.1

Q15. Name the bullet train series successful tested by Japan recently, which are designed to travel at speeds of about 311-500 mph?

Ans. L0 Series Trains (maglev bullet trains)

Q16. Coca-Cola, the largest soft-drink maker of the world, opened its bottling plant in which country on 4 June 2013 as part of its planned five-year 200 million US dollar investment?

Ans. Myanmar

Q17. SBI reduced interest rate on fixed deposits of maturity up to one year by...................... percent to 7.25 percent?

Ans. 0.25

Q18. Who became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years at the FIFA Congress in Mauritius held on 30 May 2013?

Ans. Burundi's Lydia Nsekera

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Q19. Who was, on 3 June 2013, elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan?

Ans. Ayaz Sadiq, he was a Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N)

Q20. Under the provisions of which act did Sreesanth and 25 others arrested in connection with IPL spot-fixing scandal denied bail recently?

Ans. Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

Note: MCOCA was formulated in 1994 to tackle organized crime which abetted narco-terrorism and raised huge amount of illegal money.

Q21. Indian Skipper MS Dhoni received the ICC ODI Championship Shield and a cheque of 175000 US dollars. State the reason for it?

Ans. for leading the number One ODI team on the annual 1 April cut-off date.

Note: Indian team claimed the number-one spot from England after winning the series 3-2 in January 2013. India won eight out of 13 ODIs while losing five in the 12-month period between 1 April 2012 and 1 April 2013.

Q22. Who became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013?

Ans. Raghav Joneja

Note: He broke the record set by Nameirakpam Chingkheinganba  of Manipur's, who climed the everest at the age 16 years seven months and 11 days.

Q23. RBI extended Time for opening up of New Banks by.................... Months recently?

Ans. Six

Q24. Name the young Bollywood actress who committed suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai?

Ans.  Jiah Khan.

Note: She debuted in Ram Gopal Varma's Nishabd, opposite veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan in the year 2007.

Q25. Who was recently named as the New Prime Minister of Palestine?

Ans. Rami Hamdallah

Q26. Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Scheme Launched in 18 Districts of India from 01 June 2013. Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, M. Veerappa Moily launched the scheme from which district of Karnataka?

Ans. Tumkur near Bangalore

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Q27. Who resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal?

Ans. Rajeev Shukla

Q28. World Ocean Day was celebrated across the world on 8 June 2013. What was the theme this year?

Ans. Together, we have the Power to Protect the Oceans is the theme for 2013.

Note: For the first time, World Ocean day was introduced in 1992 at Rio de Janeiro with a motive of raising awareness of people towards the crucial role that sea plays in our lives.

Q29. Name the book released by Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari on 6 June 2013, which is authored by Rukhsar Amrohvi?

Ans. Dard-e-Dil Likhun Kab Tak” (in Urdu and Hindi)

Note: Rukhsar Amrohvi is the daughter of the legendary film director and writer Kamal Amrohvi. The book, Dard-E-Dil Likhun Kab Tak is a compilation of poems composed by poetess Rukhsar Amrohvi and some rare pictures of the historic moments of Indian Cinema.

Q30. Who won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2013?

Ans. Kevin Barry. Irish author for his novel City of Bohane 

Mathematics Short Tricks For IBPS/Bank & SSC Exams

COMPOUND INTEREST - Easy Method

You can calculate compound interest mentally

Question

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Find the compound interest on Rs 2500 @ 12% P.A. for two years

Step 1 First we add rates Let it be A

Step 2 Multiply rates and divide by 100 Let it be B

Step 3 Add A and B It is our compound interest rate percentage for two years .Take percentage

12 + 12 + ( 12+ 12 ) / 100 = 24 + 1.44 = 25.44

Find 25.44 % of 2500

and that is compound interest

Easy Method of Finding %

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(25 / 100)x 2500 + (44/10000)x2500 = 625 + 11

625 + 11 =636

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Rs 636 is our compound interest

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Total amount = 2500 + 636 = 3136

ADDITION OF TIMES

Now you want to add these two numbers together:

135

355

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490

So we now have a sub total of 490. What you need to do to this and all sub totals is add the time constant of 40.

No matter what the hours and mins are, just add the 40 time constant to the sub total.

490 + 40 = 530

So we can now see our answer is 5 hrs and 30 mins!

Eg 2

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Time 1: 1 hr 35 min

Time 2 : 2 hr 45 min

Time 3 : 4 hr 25 min

ADD

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135

245

425

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805

add constant 40

805+40 = 845

so, total time is 8 hrs 45 mins

Multiply large number by 5

Multiply by 5

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Most people memorize the 5 times tables very easily, but when you get

in to larger numbers it gets more complex - or does it? This trick is

super easy.

Take any number,

then divide it by 2 (in other words, halve the number).

If the result is whole,

add a 0 at the end.

If it is not,

ignore the remainder and add a 5 at the end.

It works everytime:

2682 x 5 = (2682 / 2) & 5 or 0

2682 / 2 = 1341

(whole number so add 0)

13410

Let’s try another:

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5887 x 5

2943.5

(fractional number

(ignore remainder, add 5)

29435

Multiply by 9 – with your fingers

Multiply by 9 – with your fingers

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This one is simple -

to multiple any number between 1 and 9 by 9

hold both hands in front of your face - drop the finger that

corresponds to the number you are multiplying (for example 9×3 - drop

your third finger) - count the fingers before the dropped finger (in the

case of 9×3 it is 2) then count the numbers after (in this case 7) -

the answer is 27.

Tough Multiplication- Made Easy

Tough Multiplication

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If you have a large number to multiply and one of the numbers is EVEN,

you can easily subdivide to get to the answer:

32 x 125, is the same as:

16 x 250 is the same as:

8 x 500 is the same as:

4 x 1000 = 4,000

Dividing by 5

Dividing by 5

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Dividing a large number by five is actually very simple.

All you do is multiply by 2 and move the decimal point:

Eg1

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195 / 5

Step1: 195 * 2 = 390

Step2: Move the decimal: 39.0 or just 39

Eg2

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2978 / 5

step 1: 2978 * 2 = 5956

Step2: 595.6

Assorted Multiplication Rules

Assorted Multiplication Rules

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Multiply by 5: Multiply by 10 and divide by 2.

Multiply by 6: Sometimes multiplying by 3 and then 2 is easy.

Multiply by 9: Multiply by 10 and subtract the original number.

Multiply by 12: Multiply by 10 and add twice the original number.

Multiply by 13: Multiply by 3 and add 10 times original number.

Multiply by 14: Multiply by 7 and then multiply by 2

Multiply by 15: Multiply by 10 and add 5 times the original number, as above.

Multiply by 16: You can double four times, if you want to. Or you can multiply by 8 and then by 2.

Multiply by 17: Multiply by 7 and add 10 times original number.

Multiply by 18: Multiply by 20 and subtract twice the original number (which is obvious from the first step).

Multiply by 19: Multiply by 20 and subtract the original number.

Multiply by 24: Multiply by 8 and then multiply by 3.

Multiply by 27: Multiply by 30 and subtract 3 times the original number (which is obvious from the first step).

Multiply by 45: Multiply by 50 and subtract 5 times the original number (which is obvious from the first step).

Multiply by 90: Multiply by 9 (as above) and put a zero on the right.

Multiply by 98: Multiply by 100 and subtract twice the original number.

Multiply by 99: Multiply by 100 and subtract the original number.

Percentages Made Easy

Percentages

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Find 7 % of 300. Sound Difficult?

Percents:

First of all you need to understand the word “Percent.”

The first part is PER , . PER = FOR EACH.

The second part of the word is CENT, as in 100.

Like Century = 100 years. 100 CENTS in 1 dollar… etc. Ok…

so PERCENT = For Each 100.

So, it follows that 7 PERCENT of 100, is 7. (7 for each hundred, of only 1 hundred).

8 % of 100 = 8.

35.73% of 100 = 35.73

But how is that useful??

Back to the 7% of 300 question.

7% of the first hundred is 7.

7% of 2nd hundred is also 7,

and yep, 7% of the 3rd hundred is also 7.

So 7+7+7 = 21.

If 8 % of 100 is 8,

it follows that 8% of 50 is half of 8 , or 4.

Break down every number that’s asked into questions of 100, if the

number is less then 100, then move the decimal point accordingly.

EXAMPLES:

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8% of 200 = ? 8 + 8 = 16.

8% of 250 = ? 8 + 8 + 4 = 20.

8% of 25 = 2.0 (Moving the decimal back).

15% of 300 = 15+15+15 =45.

15%350 = 15+15+15+7.5 = 52.5

Also it’s usefull to know that you can always flip percents, like 3% of 100 is the same as 100% of 3.

35% of 8 is the same as 8% of 35.

check divisibility by 7

The known rules for testing for divisibility by 7 are amazingly cumbersome.

Here's one such rule.

To find out if a number is divisible by 7,

double the last digit,

then subtract it from the remaining digits of the number.

If you get an answer divisible by 7, then the original number is divisible by 7.

If you don't know whether the new number is divisible by 7, you apply the rule again.

For example,

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to check whether 616 is divisible by 7,

double the last digit (6 x 2 = 12),

then subtract the answer from the remaining digits (61 – 12 = 49).

Because 49 is divisible by 7, so is 616.

The method works quite well for small numbers. For larger numbers,

the rule is sufficiently complicated that it takes nearly as much effort

to check for divisibility as it would be to perform the division

operation itself.

HERE IS ANOTHER METHOD:

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• Consider the following multiple of 7:

6,049,344

• Separate the number into pairs of digits, starting from the right.

6 04 93 44

• Calculate the difference between each pair of digits and the

nearest upper or lower multiple of 7, beginning with the first pair at

the right. For the first pair, use the lower multiple, for the second

use the upper multiple, for the third use the lower multiple, and so on.

44 – 42 = 2; 98 – 93 = 5; 04 – 0 = 4; 7 – 6 = 1

• Write out the resulting digits in the order in which they were calculated.

2541

• Repeat the process on the digits 2541.

25 41

41 – 35 = 6; 28 – 25 = 3

63

• The final pair, 63, is a multiple of 7. Hence, the original number must also be a multiple of 7