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QUALIFYING TEST thWednesday 20 September, 2017 [50 Questions in 25 Minutes]

Test will be held at all IBT Centres

Daily 4 hours Class & 1 Hour Speed Test

stBatch Will Start on 25 September 2017 in All IBT Centres

Activity

On-line registration including Edit / Modification

Payment of Appl icat ion Fees / Intimation Charges (Online)

Online Examination - Preliminary

Result of Online exam - Preliminary

Online Examination - Main

Dates

12.09.2017 to 03.10.2017

12.09.2017 to 03.10.2017

02.12.2017, 03.12.2017,

09.12.2017 & 10.12.2017

December 2017

21.01.2018

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

(1) Age (as on 01.09.2017) :

Minimum: 20 years Maximum: 28 years

Age relaxation :

SC/ST :- 5 years

OBC (Non-creamy layers) :- 3 years

Persons With Disabilities :- 10 years

(2) Educational Qualifications: (As on 03-10-2017)

A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline from a University

recognised by the Govt. Of India or any equivalent qualification

recognized as such by the Central Government.

Computer Literacy : Operating and working knowledge in

computer systems is mandatory i.e. candidates should have

Certificate / Diploma / Degree in computer operations /

Language / should have studied Computer / Information

Technology as one of the subjects in the High School /

College/Institute.

(3) Application Fees

` 100/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates.

` 600/- for all others

for IBPS PO Preliminary Exam

SELECTION PROCEDURE

A. Preliminary Examination

B. Main Examination

Note : Penalty for each wrong answer in objective tests would be One-fourth.

FINAL SELECTION :

(i) Those candidates who cleared Prelims would be selected for Mains Examination.

(ii) Candidates who will achieve cut-off in Mains examination would be selected for the provisional Allotment.

S.No

1.

2.

3.

Name of Tests

English Language

Numerical Ability

Reasoning Ability

Total

No. of Questions

30

35

35

100

MaximumMarks

30

35

35

100

Duration

Composite time of 1 hour

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1.

2.

3.

4.

Name of Tests

General / Financial Awareness

General English

Reasoning Ability & Computers

Quantitative Aptitude

Total

No. of Questions

50

40

50

50

190

MaximumMarks

50

40

60

50

200

Timeallotted

45 min

45 min

35 min

35 min

160 min

5.75%

IMPORTANT RATES

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70 TOTAL TESTS

IBPS

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50 Sectional Tests

200+ Topic Tests

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IMPORTANT DAYS IN OCTOBEROctober 2

October 4

October 5

October 8

October 9

October 11

October 15

Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Non-Violence

World Animal Day

World Teacher’s Day

Air Force Day

World Post Day

International Day of the Girl Child

World Students Day

IMPORTANT DAYS IN SEPTEMBERSeptember 2

September 5

September 8

September 14

September 21

September 27

September 28

Coconut Day

Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day)

International Literacy Day

Hindi Divas

International Day of Peace

World Tourism Day

World Rabies Day

NATIONAL NEWS

v Which state government has launched "Indira Canteen" for urban poor? Karnataka

v Which union minister has launched the live twitter wall for promoting Bharat Ke Veer portal? Rajnath Singh

v The Desert National Park (DNP) is located in which state? Rajasthan

v India's first museum on the Partition of the Indian Sub-continent will open in which state? Punjab

v India's first-ever railways disaster management centre will come up in which city? Bengaluru

v India's first-ever aviation university will come up in which state? Uttar Pradesh

v The Union Government will launch a new sub-scheme "AGEY" as part of the DAY- NRLM. What does "AGEY" stands for? Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana

v Which state is hosting the 2017 India-ASEAN Youth Summit? Madhya Pradesh

v Which state government has launched "Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra" for unemployed youth? Maharashtra

v The Orang National Park (ONP) is located in which state? Assam

v Which nationwide campaign has been launched by the Union Government to protect elephants? Gaj Yatra

v The Vansda National Park (VNP) is located in which state? Gujarat

v Which state government has launched a new awareness drive "Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra"? Uttar Pradesh

v Which state will become the India's first state to implement coal utilisation between power units? Gujarat

v Which union minister has launched the NCERT web portal for home delivery of books? Upendra Kushwaha

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

v Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Iran? Hassan Rouhani

v Which Indian has become the Asia's second richest man, according to latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI)? Mukesh Ambani

v Which international organisation has recently released 2017 ICT Facts and Figures report?

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

v Who has won the 2017 Kenya Presidential election? Uhuru Kenyatta

v The 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries has started in which city? Kathmandu

v What is the India's rank in the 2017 Natixis Global Retirement Index (GRI)? 43rd

v Which country to host the 8th edition of Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)? India

v Which country has been declared the world's most liveable city by The Economist's Global Liveability Report-2017? Melbourne

v Which country to host the steering committee of the proposed TAPI Gas pipeline? India

v Which country to host 2017 G7 Interior Ministers summit on security issues? Italy

v Yisrael Kristal, the world's oldest man passed away. He hailed from which country? Israel

v Which country is host ing the 2017 FIBA Asia Championship? Lebanon

v Which country to host the 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries? Nepal

v Which city hosted the 2017 meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers? Shanghai

OBITUARIES

v Sitaram Panchal, who passed away recently, was associated

with which field? Film Industry

v Dr Bhakti Yadav, who passed away recently, was the first

woman doctor of which state? Madhya Pradesh

v Vijay Nambisan, who passed away recently, was the

renowned personality of which field? Poetry

v Ruth Pfau, popularly known as Pakistan's Mother Teresa has

passed away. She hailed from which country? Germany

v Sanwar Lal Jat, the former Union minister has passed away.

He hailed from which state? Rajasthan

v Robert Hard, the noted actor has passed away. He hailed

from which country? England

v BB Shivappa, the noted Indian political leader passed away.

He hailed from which state? Karnataka

v Santosh Mohan Dev, the veteran political leader passed

away. He hailed from which state? Assam

v Pushpa Bhargava, the renowned scientist passed away. He

was related to which field? Biology

AWARDS

v Which of the following have won the 2017 The Hindu

Playwright Award? Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam

v Who has won the 2017 Kalpana Chawla Award for courage

and daring enterprise? Preethi Srinivasan

v Who has been chosen for the first-ever Kesari Media

Award? T J S George

v Which Indian-origin personality will be honoured with the

2017 Asia Game Changers Award? Dev Patel

v Who has been selected for the 2017 Prem Nazir Award?

Sharada

v Which Indian sportsperson has been honored with the East

Bengal football club's highest honour "Bharat Gaurav"?

Dhanraj Pillay

v Who has been conferred the 2017 Personality of

the Year award by Skoch Consultancy Services (SCS)?

Kishore Sansi

v IROAF has won the 2017 Golden Peacock Award for Eco

Innovation. What does “IROAF” stands for?

Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel (IROAF)

BANKING & ECONOMY

v What is the India's rank in the 2017 Digital Evolution Index (DEI)? 53rd

v Which bank has recently launched two digital products: Bharat QR and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) for online payments? Canara Bank

v SEBI has recently allowed Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) to launch gold options. The headquarters of MCX is located in which city? Mumbai

v Who has been appointed as new Executive Director of the World Bank (WB) to represent the constituency of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka? S. Aparna

v NABARD has conferred the 'best performance award' for 2016-17 to which regional rural bank?

Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank

v The CCEA has approved the proposal of DIPAM for strategic disinvestment. What does "DIPAM" stands for? Department of Investment and Public Asset Management

v India has recently signed how much amount of loan pact with AIIB for Gujarat road project? $329 million

v Which committee has been constituted by the SEBI on fair market conduct? T.K. Viswanathan committee

PERSONS IN NEWS

v Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

v M Venkaiah Naidu has been sworn-in as 13th Vice President

of India. He hails from which state? Andhra Pradesh

v Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Papua New

Guinea? Peter O'Neill

v Who has will be the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?

Rajiv Kumar

v Who has been appointed as the new CMD of Small

Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)?

Mohammad Mustafa

v Who has won the 2017 Rwandan presidential election?

Paul Kagame

v Which Indian-origin personality has been appointed as the

new UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador? Lilly Singh

v Sundar Singh, who has won gold at the 2017 World Para

Athletics Championships, is associated with which sports?

Javelin throw

NEW APPOINTMENT

v Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of India

Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)?

Sankara Rao

v Which Indian sportsperson has been appointed as the WHO

Goodwill Ambassador for physical activity in the South-

East Asia Region (SEAR)? Milkha Singh

v Who has been appointment as the new chief of the Central

Board of Film Certification (CBFC)? Prasoon Joshi

v Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India

(CJI)? Dipak Misra

v Who has been appointed as the new CMD of Hindustan

Copper Limited (HCL)? Santosh Sharma

v Who is the newly appointed CEO of Rajya Sabha TV

(RSTV)? Shashi Shekhar Vempati

v Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to

the Republic of Kazakhstan? Prabhat Kumar

v Who has been appointed the new brand ambassador of the

Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC)? Bilal Dar

v Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of

Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC)?

Vikramajit Sen

OCTOBER-2017 (Edition)

TARGETED QUESTIONS FOR IBPS PO & CLERK EXAM

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MONTHLY UPDATEv The 2017 Malabar trilateral naval exercise has started

between India and which of the following countries?

United States and Japan

v The India-Australia naval exercise 'AUSINDEX 17' has

started in which port city? Fremantle

IMPORTANT DAYS

v The 2017 World Elephant Day (WED) is observed on which

date? August 12

v What is the theme of 2017 International Youth Day (IYD)?

Youth Building Peace

v The 2017 International Biodiesel Day (IBD) is celebrated on

which date? August 10

v The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is

observed on which date? August 9

v The 2017 National Handloom Day (NHD) is celebrated on

which date? August 7

v What is the theme of 2017 World Breastfeeding Week

(WBW)? Sustaining Breastfeeding Together

v The 2017 Save Public Sector Banks Day (SPSBD) will be

celebrated on which date in India? July 19

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

v The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has

launched Android Skill Development programme with

which tech giant? Google

v The Oxford University Press (OUP) has recently launched

online dictionaries in which of the following Indian

languages? Tamil and Gujarati

v Which state government has launched Facebook's 'She

Means Business' programme to train women entrepreneurs?

Odisha

v Who is the chairman of the All India Council for Technical

Education (AICTE)? Anil Sahasrabudhe

v ISRO will launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation

(EO) satellite "HySIS" to enable distinct identification of

objects from space. What does "HySIS" stands for?

Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite

v ISRO and NASA are jointly working on which mission to

launch dual frequency SAR satellite by 2021? NISAR

DEFENCE AND SECURITY

v Which country to host 5th Global Conference on Cyber

Space (GCCS)-2017? India

v The Maharashtra government has constituted committee on

safety measures for women in IT sector?

Rashmi Shukla committee

v Which country will chair the IONS maiden International

Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX)-

2017? Bangladesh

v Where is the headquarters of the Bureau of Police Research

and Development (BPRD)? New Delhi

v Indian Army has developed which mobile app for soldiers to

track promotions and postings? Humraaz app

v Which committee has been constituted by Union

Government to identify key data protection issues?

B N Srikrishna committee

v The 2017 Indo-Thai joint military exercise “Maitree” has

started in which Indian state? Himachal Pradesh

BOOKS & AUTHOR’S

v Who is the author of the book "Flaming Tresses of

Draupadi"? Veerappa Moily

v Who is the author of the book 'The Ministry of Utmost

Happiness'? Arundhati Roy

v Who is the author of the book “President’s Lady” (Pranaber

Preyosi)? Sangeeta Ghosh

v Who is the author of the book “Narendra Modi: The Making

of a Legend”? Bindeshwar Pathak

v Who has authored the book "The Adivasi Will Not Dance"?

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

v Who is the author of the book "Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna,

Atal Ji"? Ramesh Pokhriyal

v The book titled 'Master on Masters' is written by

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

v Who is the author of the book "Indira Gandhi - A life in

nature"? Jairam Ramesh

v Recently published book 'The Exile' is written by

Cathy Scott and Adrian Levy

SPORTS

v Rinku Hooda, who won silver at the World U-20 Para

Athletics Championships, is associated with which sports?

Javelin throw

v Maheshwari Chauhan is associated with which sports?

Shooting

v Who has become the first Indian athlete to qualify for javelin

throw final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships

(WAC)? Davinder Singh Kang

v Which Indian shuttler has won the men's singles 2017

Bulgaria Open International Series tournament?

Lakshya Sen

v Which Indian pair has won gold in the skeet mixed team

event at the 7th Asian Championship Shotgun?

Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Rashmmi Rathore

v Which team has won the 2017 UEFA Super Cup football

tournament? Real Madrid

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Beside beside: He sat me.

Besides Besides: his children, his nephews and nieces were also present at the ceremony.

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‘From’ denotes a point of time. It may be used with all the tenses. It may be followed by ‘to’, ‘till’ or ‘until’ either expressed or understood.

‘For’ denotes a period of time. It may be used with any tense except the Present Imperfect. Examples :-

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From from: She worked morning to evening.

For for: I have been waiting here 3 hours.

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Through through: The train passed the tunnel.

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On on: The book is the table.

Upon upon: The cat jumped the rat.