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Given:

Two trains were running in the same direction at 90 km per hour and 70 km per hour respectively. The faster train passed a man standing in the slower train in 18 seconds.

Concept Used: 

length of faster train can be determined by calculating the relative speed of the train

Formula Used:

relative speed of train = (speed of faster train - speed of slower train)   [for same direction]

Calculation:

⇒ relative speed of train = (90 - 70)km/hr = 20 km/hr = 20 × 5/18 m/s

⇒ length of faster tain = 20 × 5/18 × 18 = 100 m  

∴ required length of the faster train = 100 m

Given:

By selling an article at 3/4 of selling price, a trader incurred a loss of 10%

Formula Used:

loss% = (cost price - selling price)/cost price × 100

profit% = (selling price - cost price)/cost price × 100

Calculation:

Let the cost price of that article be Rs. 100x

⇒ selling price when sold at 3/4 of original selling price = 90x

⇒ original selling price = 90x × 4/3 = 120x

⇒ required profit% = (120x - 100x)/100x × 100 = 20%

∴ required profit% = 20% profit

Given:

compound interest of Rs 420 is gained at a rate of 5% per annum on a principal in the second year

Formula Used:

A = P × [(1 + r/100)ⁿ]; where P = principal, r = rate% p.a., n =time period, A = amount

Calculation:

Let the principal amount be Rs. P

⇒ amount at the end of 1^st year = P × (1 + 5/100) = 1.05P

⇒ amount at the end of 2^nd year = P × [(1 + 5/100)]² = 1.1025P

⇒ amount at the end of 2^nd year - amount at the end of 1^st year = compound interest in second year

⇒ 1.1025P - 1.05P = 420

⇒ 0.0525P = 420

⇒ P = Rs. 8000

∴ required value of principal = Rs. 8000

The correct answer is option 1.

• For the Financial Year 2019-20, the Union Government aims to restrict the fiscal deficit at 3.8 percent of GDP.
• The government Friday came out with a roadmap to reduce the fiscal deficit, the gap between total expenditure and revenue, to 3 percent of the GDP by 2020-21, and eliminate the primary deficit.
• In BE 2018-19, the primary deficit was calculated at Rs 48,481 crore which is 0.3 percent of GDP.
• The primary deficit in RE 2018-19 is expected to be Rs 46,828 crore which works out to be 0.2 percent of the GDP.
• Fiscal Deficit is the difference between the total income of the government (total taxes and non-debt capital receipts) and its total expenditure.
• Gross domestic product is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period.

The correct answer is Gujarat.

Key Points 

• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Index for the year 2019-20 was released by NITI Aayog.
• As per the SDG index, Kerala topped the index followed by Himachal Pradesh at the second spot, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana at the third spot, Karnataka at 4^th spot, and Goa and Sikkim at fifth spot.

Important Points

• The SDG India Index has been developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the United Nations, and the Global Green Growth Institute.
• Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand are at the sixth spot of the index.

The correct answer is option 1.

• ICRA Limited is an Indian independent and professional investment information and credit rating agency. It was established in 1991 and was originally named Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited.
• CARE Ratings commenced operations in April 1993 and in over 27 years, it has established itself as the second-largest credit rating agency in India.
• CRISIL, was the first credit rating agency in India, introduced in 1988 by the ICICI and UTI jointly with share capital coming to fron SBI, LIC, and United India Insurance Company.
• A credit rating agency is a company that assigns credit ratings, which rate a debtor's ability to pay back debt by making timely principal and interest payments and the likelihood of default.

The correct answer is option 3.

• Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank will merge to create India's fourth-largest public sector bank (PSB) with a business of Rs15. 2 lakh crore.
• Union Bank of India (UBI), Andhra Bank, and Corporation Bank will be amalgamated to create India's fifth-largest PSB.
• Among the four mergers, the combined entity of Allahabad Bank and Indian Bank will have the lowest net NPA (non-performing assets), while boasting the highest provisioning coverage and strongest CASA (current account and savings account) franchise.
• “Indian Bank’s merger with Allahabad Bank will help it emerge as a strong entity with reach, improving provisioning coverage ratio (PCR) and strong CASA ratio,”. The merged entity also has the least branch overlap.

The correct answer is Mahabharata.

Key Points

• The Mahabharata is a major Sanskrit epic written by Vyasa and is considered one of the two major epics, the other being Ramayana.
• It is also called Jaisamhita and Satasahasri Samhita and has one lakh verses.
• It narrates the struggle between the two main noble families of Pandavas and Kauravas.

Additional Information

• Ramayana is written by Valmiki in Sanskrit.
• Rig Veda is an ancient Indian religious book that mainly contains various hymns for praying to Vedic Gods.
• Atharvaveda contains hymns many of which were charms and magical spells.

The correct answer is Copper.

Key Points

• The Karddamaka Kshatrapas issued coins in silver, copper and potin.
• The Kardamakas issued coins with legends bearing the issuer’s name and titles along with that of their fathers/predecessors.
• The Kardamaka dynasty was founded by the king Chastana.
• Karddamaka kshatrapas issued the very rare coins in copper metal.

The correct answer is option 2.

• Nyāya, literally meaning "rules", "method" or "judgment", is one of the six orthodox schools of Hinduism.
• This school's most significant contributions to Indian philosophy was the systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology.
• Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā because of its focus on the earlier (pūrva) Vedic texts dealing with ritual actions, and similarly as Karma-Mīmāṃsā due to its focus on ritual action. It is one of six Vedic schools of Hinduism.
• Samkhya is one of the six āstika schools of Hindu philosophy. It is most related to the Yoga school of Hinduism
• Vedanta or Uttara Mīmāṃsā is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. Literally meaning "end of the Vedas".