Questions Asked in IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020: All Shifts| Check Here the Details

 Questions Asked in IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020:

Shift 1 (12th September)

Reasoning Questions:

For 12th September 1st Shift, the reasoning section consists of 10 puzzle questions and 5 seating arrangement questions. Coding-Decoding & In-Equality questions come around 5 nos each, Direction sense is about 3, and the remaining 7 questions come under the miscellaneous. The details are given below.

• Box based puzzle
• Square Based Puzzle (8 people, 4 corner – outside & 4 middle – inside)
• Random arrangement based puzzled, the salary of 6 persons were given
• Floor Based Puzzle (8 Floor, 8 People)
• Parallel Seating Arrangement (5 each side, North-South)
• Uncertain Number of People

Coding Decoding

PRODUCE-  VOWEL= +1  CONSONANT = -1   QUESTION LIKE TELL THE 3RD LETTER FROM THE RIGHT.

Questions asked in IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020

Quantitative Aptitude Questions:

The Quantitative Aptitude Section consists of Data Interpretation(Pie Chart & Table) (12 questions), Quantity 1 & 2 ( 05 questions), Arithmetic Problems(13 questions), Quadratic (05 questions) and Missing Number Series(05 questions). For your reference here we have given the missing number series questions.

Missing Number Series:

S.No	Questions	Answers
1	3.5    2.5   3   6  20   __	95
2	80    66   85   71   90  __	76
3	163  __ 43   23   13   8	83
4	150  148  143  133  116  __	90
5	1.5  3  12  72  _	576

 

Quadratic Equation:

 

S.No	Questions	Answers
1	x2+9x+20=0      8y2-15y+7=0	y>x
2	x2-11x+13=0              y2+12y+36=0	x>y
3	x2+13x+40=0              y2+7y+10=0	x<=y
4	x2-20x+91=0       y2+16y+63 = 0	x>y
5	x2-x-12=0                  y2+5y+6=0	x=>y

 

Arithmetic Problems:

1. A person travels 124 km at an average speed of 77 km/hr. If he travels 60 km at the speed of 75 km/hr, then at what speed does he cover the rest of the distance?

Ans- 80

2. A and b together can complete the work in 6 days and A alone can work in 9 days. In how many days can B complete the ⅜ work?

IBPS RRB PO Prelims Questions – Shift 2 (12th September)

Quantitative Aptitude Questions

Arithmetic

1) Quantity 1

Sum = ?

Time = 2 years

Rate = 12% S.I.

If the Simple Interest is = 1200, then find Principle=?

 

2) Quantity 1

SP= 450

Profit % = 20%

Find Principle =?

 

Quantity 2

SP= 84

Profit%= 20%

Find CP =?

Number Series (missing)

1. 1000, 100, 20, __, 8, 6.4,  10.24(ans)       Logic:-     /10, /5, /2.5, /1.25, /0.025
2. 2, 6, 33, 49, 174,  210(ans) Logic:- difference of 4, 27, 16, 125, 36 (Square-cube alternate)
3. 14, 8, 9, 14.5, 30,  76
4. 77, 85, 69, 101, 37,  165   Logic:- +8, -16,  +32, -64, +128
5. 20, 29, 54, 103, 184, 305 

APPROXIMATION

1)      24.002 * 14.005 – 7.995 * 5.964=x

2)      257.12+ 187.99x = 49.982 +30.99

3)      15.332 – 12.942 + 22.062 -35.65= x

4)    √784.01 * 7.142 + 351.99 * 24.98%

Reasoning Questions:

For 12th September 2nd Shift, the reasoning section consists of 3 puzzles & 1 seating arrangement problems with a set of 5 questions each. There were 5 questions each of In-Equality, Syllogism & Coding-Decoding. Direction sense is about 3, and the remaining 2 questions come under the miscellaneous. The details are given below.

questions and other details to be updated soon.

IBPS RRB PO Shift 3

Overview

Reasoning 

• Uncertain 10 floors
• Rectangle in/out – 8 persons
• Year based puzzle with 3 variables and 7 years – 5 Qs
• Blood Relation – 3 generations, 8 family members – 3 Qs
• Chinese coding – 5 Qs
• Inequalities – 5 Qs
• Syllogism – 5 Qs

Quants

• Arithmetic – 15 Qs
• Approximation – 5Qs
• Data Sufficiency (Arithmetic based)  – 5Qs
• Missing no series – 5Qs
• Table based DI ( 2 colleges, 3 classes (A, B, C), total people, Ratio of teachers and Students
• Double line graph

Quant questions

1. A invests 18000, B invests 12000 from start, C joins after 2 months. Total profit = 85000 after one year, C’s share 35500. Find the investment by C?
2. Equal amount is two schemes, 1st 14% for 3 years, 2nd 12% for 2 years, and interest difference 684.
3. A is 3 times more efficient than B, first A work for 8 days and then B works for 3 days. 50% of work is completed, then find the time taken by B to complete the work?
4. 7 red balls and 9 green balls, one ball is drawn at random. find the probability that it is not green? 

IBPS RRB PO Shift 4

QUANTS

1)  A and b together can complete the work in 6 days and A alone can work in 9 days. In how many days can B complete the ⅜ work?    Ans- 27/4

2) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 mins and 36 minutes. Another pipe C can empty the filled tank in 18 mins. All three pipes A, B, C  are alternately open for 1 min each in an empty tank such that pipe A is open first then pipe B and then C. In what time will the tank be filled?          Ans- 203 mins

3) DATA INTERPRETATION

SPORTS CLUB	TOTAL NO. OF MEMBERS	% OF MEMBERS PARTICIPATED
A	4000	65%
B	9000	20%
C	4800	25%
D	5000	30%
E	6000	35%
F	6750	40%

 

QUESTIONS BASED ON THE DI – If the 30% of the members participated in the event from the sports club B played badminton and the rest played hockey, cricket, and football in the ratio 2:4:3, then the number of members, who played football is

A.380        B.420    C.460   D.480   E.500 

REASONING

A certain number of people are sitting in the row facing the north direction. Four people sit between P & Q. S sits 2nd to the left of Q. a number of persons sit between  Q &S is same as between R & Q. six persons sit between R and V. V sits 3rd from one extreme. S sits to the left of V. Only one person sits between T&W, who sits 2nd to the left of V. There are as many people sitting to the right of V as sitting to the left of P.

QUESTIONS BASED ON THE PUZZLE- what is the position of Q with respect to P? 

What is the maximum number of people sitting in the row? etc

IBPS RRB PO Shift 5 Analysis (Moderate Paper)

Reasoning

• Two variable Circular Seating Arrangement 7 people facing inward (with age calculation) – 5 Qs
• Year based puzzle  – 5 Qs
• Uncertain people Row-based puzzle (Ans 18 people) – 5Qs
• Two parallel rows with 6 people in each row – 5 Qs
• Blood Relation –  3-4 Qs
• Direction (two people coming from different directions meeting at a point) – 3Qs
• The pairing of words – 1 Qs
• Meaning word – 1 Qs 
• Weight comparison order based with 6 people – 3Qs
• Syllogism (Only a few based) – 5 Qs

Quant (Calculative)

• Table based DI – 5/6 Qs
• Pie chart DI – 5/6 Qs
• 2 Caselet DI (Ratio Based) – 5/6 Qs
• Inequalities – 5Qs
• Missing and Wrong no Series (Difference/square/multiple based) – 6/7 Qs
• Arithmetic (profit loss, pipes and cisterns, Time and Work,  Probability ball based) – 13/14 Qs
• No Simplification and Approximation
• Quadratic – 5 Qs

IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020: Shift 1 (13-09-2020)

Reasoning

• Uncertain row (north facing) Ans-19
• Box puzzle(10)
• Floor Based 2 flats
• Linear Based puzzle (north and south)
• Blood Relation – 3 Questions
• Chinese coding – 5 Qs
• Inequalities – 5 Qs
• AGM / DGM category 2 variable
• Forward-Backward Alphabet Pair
• Order and Sequence
• Miscellaneous Questions-odd +1 even -1, number of repeated Questions

Numerical Ability

• Arithmetic – 14 Qs
• 5 Wrong Number Series
• Data Sufficiency (Arithmetic based)  – 5Qs
• 5 Quadratic equations
• Table based DI- 5 Questions (% of boys and girls)
• Double Line graph (5 days, number of apple and banana) – 5 Questions
• Caselet DI

Current Affairs 11th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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Govt forms three-member expert panel to assist in assessment of relief to bank borrowers

• Government has constituted a three member expert committee to assist in the assessment of relief to bank borrowers.
• The committee chaired by former CAG Rajiv Mehrishi will measure the impact on the national economy and financial stability of waiving of interest and COVID-19 related moratorium. It will also give suggestions to mitigate financial constraints of various sections of society in this respect and measures to be adopted in this regard. The panel  will submit its report within one week.
• The move came as various concerns have been raised during the ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court in the matter regarding  relief sought in terms of waiver of interest and waiver of interest on interest and other related issues.

Railways launch India’s second Kisan Rail from Andhra to Delhi

• The Indian Railways flagged off its second and South India’s first Kisan Rail, from Anantapur in the state of Andhra Pradesh to Adarsh Nagar in Delhi.
• Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy via a video conference jointly flagged off the Kisan Rail train.
• The rail carried 322 tonnes of fruits and vegetables which consist of papaya, sweet lime, mangoes, banana, musk melon, and tomatoes in 13 bogies. One Three-Tier AC carried horticulture farmers, officials from Marketing, Agriculture, and Horticulture Department, and two SLR bogies of Railway Staff.
• The very first Kisan Rail train service introduced by the Indian Railways network was launched on 7 August 2020. The train that runs between Devlali in Maharashtra and Danapur in the state of Bihar operates on a weekly basis.

About Indian Railways

• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Founded: 16 April 1853
• CEO: V K Yadhav

Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates webinar on Enhancing Water Use Efficiency and Coverage of Micro Irrigation in Indian agriculture

• Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated a webinar on Enhancing Water Use Efficiency and Coverage of Micro Irrigation in Indian agriculture.
• The Minister stated the Government has set the target of covering 100 lakh hectares in five years under micro-irrigation. He stated about 11 lakh farmers have benefitted by the adoption of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems.
• During the last five years, an area of 47.92 lakh hectares has been covered under micro irrigation in the country which includes 11.72 lakh hectares for the year 2019-20 which is a significant achievement.

About Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare:         

• Narendra Singh Tomar, (Cabinet Minister)
• Constituency: Morena, Madhya Pradesh
• Parsottambhai Rupala, (Minister of State)

Atal Innovation Mission Launches Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-ANIC Initiative

• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, launched one of its most awaited programmes,the Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-Atal New India Challenges, to spur applied research and innovation in Indian MSMEs and startups.

Current Affairs 10th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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International Day to Protect Education from Attack

• International Day to Protect Education from Attack to be celebrated for the first time in 2020 on September 9th.
• The day was established by a unanimous decision of the UN General Assembly, calling on UNESCO and UNICEF to raise awareness of the plight of millions of children living in countries affected by conflict. The resolution proclaiming the Day was presented by the State of Qatar and co-sponsored by 62 countries.

World Suicide Prevention Day

• World Suicide Prevention Day is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003.
• World Suicide Prevention Day Theme 2020 is “working together to prevent suicide”.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL

EPFO decides to pay 8.5% interest during 2019-20

• The Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar chaired the 227th Meeting of the Central Board of Trustees of Employees’ Provident Fund.
• In view of the exceptional circumstances arising out of Covid-19, the Central Board has recommended the same interest rate at 8.50 per cent to the Central Government.
• It would comprise of 8.15 per cent from debt income and balance 0.35 per cent capital gain from the sale of Exchange Traded Funds, ETFs subject to their redemption by 31st December this year.
• It further recommended to account such capital gains in the income of the financial year 2019-20 as being an exceptional case.
• The Central Board accorded approval for an Amendment to Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976 to enhance the maximum assurance benefit to 7 lakh rupees from the present maximum assurance benefit of 6 lakh rupees.

About EPFO:

• Headquarters: New Delhi, India
• Sunil Barthwal: Central Provident Fund Commissioner

Indian agri-tech sector can grow to $24.1 billion in five years: Report

• India’s agriculture technology sector has the potential to grow manifold to $24.1 billion in the next five years, according to a new report.
• With a turnover of $204 million, India’s agri-tech sector is at under 1% of its market potential. A big chunk of the gains will likely be made by companies addressing supply chain and financial services solutions, driven by the availability of affordable high-speed internet and maturing of India’s digital content ecosystem, the EY report on India’s agri-tech potential said.

Current Affairs 09th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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NITI Aayog constitutes Multidimensional Poverty Index Coordination Committee (MPICC)

• NITI Aayog has constituted a Multidimensional Poverty Index Coordination Committee (MPICC).
• The MPICC, chaired by Ms Sanyukta Samaddar, Adviser (SDG) has members from relevant Line Ministries and Departments, namely Ministry/ Department of Power, WCD, Telecommunication, MoSPI, Rural Development, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Food & Public Distribution, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Education, Housing & Urban Affairs, Health & Family Welfare, and Financial Services.
• Preparation of a MPI Parameter Dashboard to rank States and UTs, and a State Reform Action Plan (SRAP) are at an advanced stage of development.
• Global MPI is an international measure of multidimensional poverty covering 107 developing countries and was first developed in 2010 by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for UNDP’s Human Development Reports.
• According to Global MPI 2020, India is 62ndamong 107 countries with an MPI score of 0.123 and 27.91% headcount ratio, based on the NFHS 4 (2015/16) data.
• Neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka (25th), Bhutan (68th), Nepal (65th), Bangladesh (58th), China (30th), Myanmar (69th) and Pakistan (73rd) are also ranked in this index

About NITI Aayog

• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Chairperson: Narendra Modi
• Vice Chairperson: Rajiv Kumar
• CEO: Amitabh Kant

PM Modi inaugurates Patrika Gate in Jaipur

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Patrika Gate in Jaipur through video conference.
• The Iconic Gate is built by the Patrika Group of Newspapers on the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg in the Pink City.
• Patrika Gate has been built as a unique memorial showcasing the architectural and cultural heritage of all the regions of Rajasthan.
• The gate engraves the architecture, culture, and lifestyle of every corner of Rajasthan
• On this occasion, the Prime Minister will also launch two books – Samvad Upanishad and Akshar Yatra – authored by Editor-in-Chief of Rajasthan Patrika Group Gulab Kothari.

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan announces that Five Petroleum and Gas sector PSUs will join International Solar Alliance

• Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhaninaugurated  First World Solar Technology Summit organized by
• Five Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry will be joining International Solar Alliance (ISA)’s Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action (ISA-CSCA) as Corporate Partners.
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and GAIL (India) Limited will be contributing to ISA’s Corpus Fund.

About MoPNG

• Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel: Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
• Constituency: Deogarh, Odisha

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launches 22 bamboo clusters in 9 States; Logo for National Bamboo Mission also released

• Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated by virtual mode 22 bamboo clusters in 9 States (Gujarat, MP, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Karnataka).
• A logo for the National Bamboo Mission was also released.
• The Government’s goal in the bamboo sector is being achieved with the concerted efforts of all stakeholders of the Bamboo Mission.

Current Affairs 08th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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International Literacy Day

• 8 September was declared international literacy day by UNESCO. It was celebrated for the first time in 1967.
• Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. Celebrations take place in several countries.
• Thetheme of International Literacy Day 2020, is “Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.” 

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL

Germany launches Indo-Pacific strategy with ‘key role’ for India

• Germany, current EU president and Europe’s biggest economy, has launched its Indo-Pacific strategy with India that is expected to play a key role in Berlin’s outreach in the region where China’s aggressive foreign policy has rattled countries.
• The strategy released by German Foreign Ministry has several indirect references to Chinese behaviour that challenged rules-based world order. Berlin’s strategy also suggested opening dialogue with institutions where India plays a key role — Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation and Indian Ocean Rim Association — in the areas of business and maritime safety, as well as disaster risk management.
• The German government also announced that it will work to maintain rules-based order together with partners in the Indo-Pacific region. To this end, it will cooperate with India and Japan for UN Security reforms.

About Germany

• Capital: Berlin
• Currency: Euro
• Chancellor: Angela Merkel

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND FINANCE

NABARD organizes awareness cum sensitization programme for newly proposed FPO in J&K

• In Jammu and Kashmir, an awareness cum sensitization programme for newly proposed Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) was organized by NABARD in coordination with District Administration in Anantnag.
• The programme was organised to promote sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural prosperity through effective credit support related services, institutional development and other initiatives.

Current Affairs 06th & 7th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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First-ever cannabis medicine project coming up in Jammu

• Union minister Jitendra Singh announced that the first ever cannabis medicine project will soon be set up at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) in Jammu with Canadian collaboration.
• Special permission had to be obtained to produce the pain-relief medicine for patients suffering from cancer, diabetes, etc., using cannabis, which is otherwise restricted for use because of narcotic drug abuse.
• The medicine prepared from this plant can be utilised even for export to other countries.
• Singh also reviewed the progress of the construction of north India’s first biotech industrial park in Kathua near Jammu.
• A few other projects are also being set up through the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

About Jammu and Kashmir

• Capitals: Jammu (Winter), Srinagar (Summer)
• Governor: Manoj Sinha

Tamil Nadu Govt constitutes 7- member panel to look into NEP-2020

• The Tamil Nadu Government has constituted a seven member panel to look into the National Education Policy-2020.
• The committee will be headed by the state education department principal secretary Dheeraj Kumar with six former vice chancellors as the members.
• The higher level committee will go through the policy and make recommendations that are feasible for adoption.

About TN

• Capital: Chennai
• Chief minister: Edappadi K. Palaniswami
• Governor: Banwarilal Purohit

Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu selected as fully Digital Economy district

IBPS Clerk Score Card 2020: Check Your Prelims & Mains Score Card Details

 IBPS Clerk Score Card 2020: This is the article regarding the details of IBPS Clerk Score Card 2020 for the Prelims and Mains examinations. Candidates who are going to appear for the IBPS Clerk 2020 Exams shall go through this fully and know the respective details.

IBPS Clerk 2020 Notification has released on the official site on 02-09-2020. One of the most important recruitment notification for the banking aspirants. This year the board has to recruit a total of 1,557+ vacancies throughout India. The IBPS Clerk Apply Online link has been activated on 03-09-2020. The final date for the submission of the online application get ends on 23-09-2020. Following that the IBPS Clerk 2020 Prelims Exam will be held on 5th, 12th & 13th December 2020. Then the Mains exam will be conducted on 24-01-2020. So candidates have to submit your online application and start your preparation process now itself.

IBPS Clerk 2020 Important Dates

IBPS CLERK EVENTS	DATES
IBPS Clerk notification release date	01-07-2020
IBPS Clerk Online application starts from	02.09.2020
IBPS Clerk online application ends on	23.09.2020
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	02.09.2020 to 23.09.2020
The download of all call letters for IBPS Clerk Pre Exam training	17.11.2020 onwards
IBPS Clerk online pre-exam training	23.11.2020 to 28.11.2020
Online Examination – Preliminary	05.12.2020, 12.12.2020 and 13.12.2020
The download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	18.11.2020
Result of Prelims exam	31.12.2020
The download of call letter for online exam Main	12.01.2021
Conduct of online examination main	24-01-2021
Declaration of Final result	01-04-2021

 

IBPS Clerk Scorecard 2020:

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection(IBPS) is the body that is responsible for the declaration of results and releasing the IBPS Clerk scorecard for both prelims and mains on its official site. Earlier the IBPS Clerk scorecard was released along with the IBPS Clerk result but over the past few years, there has been a change in this pattern. That is the IBPS has released the result status first then after that, the scorecard/marks have been released within a week from the date of the result announcement. The scorecard will be published on the official site along with the sectional and overall cut off marks of the prelims as well as mains exams.

Current Affairs 05th September 2020| Current Affairs News

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International Day of Charity

• The International Day of Charity is an international day observed annually on 5 September.
• It was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in
• Originally a Hungarian civil society initiative to commemorate Mother Teresa’s death, International Day of Charity on September 5.

National Teacher’s day

• Teachers’ Day in India is celebrated on 5 September every year to mark the birth anniversary of India’s second President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan.
• On this day, teachers and students report to school as usual but the usual activities and classes are replaced by activities of celebration, thanks and remembrance. In some schools, senior students take the responsibility of teaching in order to show their appreciation for the teachers.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL

Cabinet Approves Bill To Include Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi As Official Languages In J&K

• The Union Cabinet approved a bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
• The Bill received the Cabinet nod at a meeting presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Union Minister and Udhampur MP Jitendra Singh stated the government has accepted the long-pending demand of the region for the inclusion of Dogri, Hindi and Kashmiri as official languages in J-K.
• “It is not only a fulfilment of a long-pending public demand of the region but also in keeping with the spirit of equality which was ushered in after August 5 last year (when provisions of Article 370 were repealed),” he stated.
• It was an anomaly that the three languages — Dogri, Hindi and Kashmiri — which are spoken by nearly 70 per cent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir were not approved for use in official business, he stated.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL

UNEP launches “Green Nudges” programme for universities

• The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a new publication, “The Little Book of Green Nudges”, which aims to inspire up to 200 million students around the globe to adopt environmentally friendly habits and greener lifestyles.
• The book is UNEP’s first on behavioural science and nudge theory, which focuses on human actions and how to change them, and was drafted with The Behavioural Insights Team and GRID-Arendal.
• It contains 40 ready-made nudges – simple measures that make it easier to make green choices – which university campuses can deploy to encourage students and staff to embrace more sustainable behaviours.
• The Little Book of Green Nudges contains evidence-based guidance on implementing nudges, centered around techniques such as resetting default options, changing the framing of choices, and harnessing social influence.
• It also includes case studies of nudging interventions rolled out at universities from Thailand to Kenya, Finland and Colombia.
• UNEP is collaborating with higher education institutions around the world to pilot nudging on campuses. Already 20 universities have joined the programme – including the University of Chile, the University of Nairobi, the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the University of California at Berkeley

About UNEP

• Headquarters location: Nairobi, Kenya
• Head: Inger Andersen

Rajnath Singh to represent India at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Moscow

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to Russia, visited the Main Cathedral of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Museum Complex in Moscow.
• The Defence Minister will attend the combined meeting of Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, SCO, Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO and Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS Member States in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of victory in the World War-II.

About Russia:

• President: Vladimir Putin
• Capital: Moscow
• Currency: Russian Rouble
• Prime minister: Mikhail Mishustin

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND FINANCE

LazyPay launches LazyUPI digital credit card

• LazyPay has launched a digital credit card that combines the power of UPI and the Buy-Now-Pay-Later, Called LazyUPI.