February 2016 : Expected Current Affairs Quiz - Set 2

World Wetlands Day is observed on ?


The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared which virus as a global public health emergency ?


Which country has recently lifted the ban on import of Indian groundnut, thereby providing market access after nine months ?


Which Airport was recently declared as the world's busiest airport for international passengers ?

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English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 4th February 2016

Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 4th February 2016. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Time to debate Governors’ powers"

• Debate - formal and serious discussion
• Mandatory - compulsory
• Floor test - to prove majority (by head-count) on the floor of the Parliament for a crucial decision
• Conclusively - without any ​doubt
• Prematurely - before the due time
• Underscored - gave extra importance to something
• Vested - fully and unconditionally guaranteed as a legal right
• Harmonious - friendly and ​peaceful
• Assent - express approval or agreement
  
• Cautioned - warn or advise against doing something
• Hasty - hurried
• Instigate - to initiate
• Protest - an action of expressing disapproval of or objection to something
• Abused - treat with cruelty or violence
• Threaten - to ​warn someone that you will ​kill or ​hurt them if they do not do what you ​want
• Assaulted - a ​violent ​attack
• Sacrificed - to give up something that is ​valuable to you in ​order to ​help another ​person
• Collision - a ​strong ​disagreement
• Accused - to say that someone has done something ​morally ​wrong
• Hit the headlines - to ​appear in the ​news ​suddenly
• Adverse - harmful
• Notion - a ​belief or ​idea
• Hues - different ​types
• Pliant - easily influenced
• Agenda - a ​list of ​aims or ​possible ​future ​achievements

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6th February 2016 - Important Current Affairs updates

International Affairs

• Today (6th February) is International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.
• This day is an UN-sponsored awareness day.
• This day is observed to make the world aware of female genital mutilation (also called FGM) and to promote its eradication.[
• The 9th India-Nepal combined battalion-level military training exercise 'Surya Kiran' will be conducted at Pithoragarh from 8th to 21st February 2016.
• Surya Kiran series of exercises is a bi-annual event conducted alternatively in India and Nepal.
• During the exercise, an infantry battalion each from the Indian Army and the Nepalese Army would train together and share their experiences of counter-terrorism operations and jungle warfare in mountainous terrain.
• The aim of this combined training exercise is to enhance inter-operability between the Indian and the Nepalese army units in jungle warfare and counter terrorism operations in mountainous terrain.

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IBPS Specialist (IT) Officers V Exam Model Practice Paper - Pdf Download

Hi Friends, I am Shravan again. Today a local news paper published Model Paper for upcoming IBPS Specialist Officers V Online Exam 2015. Here I am sharing the pdf version of that paper so that it will be helpful for you in your upcoming IBPS SO V online exam. You can download the paper from below link. Try to solve these questions on your own and check with the key provided. Happy Reading :)

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English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 3rd February 2016

Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 3rd February 2016. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Gearing up for the Zika threat"

• Gearing up - to ​prepare for something that you have to do
• Congenital - a disease ​exists from ​birth
• Malformations - a condition in which a ​part of the ​body is ​wrongly ​formed
• Emergency - a serious, unexpected, and dangerous situation requiring immediate action
• Outbreak - a sudden occurrence of something dangerous (war or disease)
• Foetal - related to the child in the womb (unborn)
• Immune system - the ​cells and ​tissues in the ​body that make it ​able to ​protect itself against ​infection
• Placenta - the ​temporary ​organ that ​feeds a developing ​baby inside ​its mother's ​womb
• Epidemic - a situation in which a large number of people get the same disease at the same time
• Microcephaly - abnormal smallness of the head
  
• Ethical - relating to moral principles
• Stray - not in the right place
• Urged - recommended (something) strongly
• Endemic - a disease regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
• Unreliable - not ​able to be ​trusted or ​believed
• Virology - the branch of science that deals with the study of viruses
• Surveillance - close observation
• Prevalence - existing very ​commonly or ​happening often
• Contingency - something that might ​possibly ​happen in the ​future (usually ​causing ​problems)

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5th February 2016 - Important Current Affairs updates

International Affairs

• The United Nations Postal Administration has released 6 new postage stamps promoting equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today left for 2 day Colombo visit.
• During this visit, she is expected to discuss the fishermen’s issue and rights of minority Tamils with the top Sri Lankan leadership.
• Ms. Swaraj along with her Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera will co-chair the 9th Joint Commission meeting to discuss key bilateral and regional issues in Colombo later today.
• Important Points to Note :
• The joint commission was set up in 1992 as a mechanism to address issues of bilateral cooperation. 
• The last meeting of the Joint Commission was held in New Delhi in January 2013.
• Canadian blood agencies have announced a temporary restriction on blood donations aimed at keeping the Zika virus out of the nation’s blood supply.
• Iraq has announced that it's security forces have started building a wall around the capital Baghdad in an effort to prevent attacks by the so-called Islamic State (IS).
  

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Karnataka Bank Officers (Scale I) Online Exam 2016 Call Letters out

Friends, the Karnataka Bank Ltd., has released Call Letters for it's Officers (Scale I) Online Exam 2016. As you know, the bank has invited online applications from eligible aspirants for filling up of above mentioned posts from 7th January 2016 to 18th January 2016. Now it has came out with the call letters for the same.  The online exam is going to be held on 20th February 2016 (Saturday). You can download your Online Exam call letters from the official website of Karnatka Bank www.karnatakabank.com or from below link by entering your Registration Number and Date of Birth / Password. All the Best :)

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IBPS Clerks IV Joining Details of Central Bank of India out

Friends, the Central Bank of India has released the list of 442 candidates who have been provisionally selected for the posts of Clerks (Single Window Operators - A) for the year 2015-16. All the selected candidates have to report to the respective Regional Offices shown against their names on 1st March, 2016 at 10.00 A.M along with their original documents.  Check complete details from the official website of Central Bank of India www.centralbankofindia.co.in or from below link. All the Best :)

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English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 2nd February 2016

Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 2nd February 2016. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Djokovic’s dominance"

• Dominance - power and influence over others
• Allegation - a ​statement, made without giving ​proof, that someone has done something ​wrong or ​illegal
• Restoration - the ​process of ​returning something to ​its ​earlier good ​condition
• Semblance - resemblance / similarity
• Normalcy - the condition of being normal
• Aloft - in the ​air or in a ​higher ​position
• Desperately - extremely or very much
• Exposé - a report in the media that reveals something discreditable
• Waver - become weaker
• Peer - a person who is having same abilities as you
• Indeed - really
  
• Significant - important or ​noticeable
• Merely - just / only
• Consistent - always ​happening in a ​similar way
• Surpassed - exceed
• Ruthless - cruel
• Ambition - a strong desire to do or achieve something
• Burn bright - to shine
• Iteration - the repetition of a process
• Peerless - unequaled
• Triumph - a great victory or achievement
• Transformative -  ​causing a ​major ​change to something
• Formidable -  ​causing ​fear or ​respect
• Coup - an ​unexpectedly ​successful ​achievement
• Severe - very great
• Winning streak - a period of time when you win a lot of games
• Covetously - having a great desire to get something
• Legacy - something that is a ​part of ​your ​history

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SIDBI Officers Grade A Online Exam 2016 Results out

Friends, the  Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has released the Results of it's SIDBI Assistant Managers Grade 'A' Online Exam 2016. As you know, the organization has conducted online exam for the recruitment  of above mentioned posts on 24th January 2016 (Sunday). Now it has came out with the result of the same. You can check the Roll Numbers of the Candidates shortlisted for the Interview from the official website of SIDBI or from below link. All the Best :)

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