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  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 1

    Important Abbreviations for SSC 10+2 Exams

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    GAIL- Gas Authority of India Limited

    GATT -General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

    GIC -General Insurance Corporation

    GMT- Greenwich mean Time

    GNLF -Gorakha National Liberation Front

    GNP -Gross National Product

    GPF -General Provident Fund

    GPO -General Post Office

    GPS -Global Positioning System

    GSI -Geographical survey of India

    HAC- Hindustan Aluminum Corporation

    HAL- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

    HCF -Highest common Factor

    HDFC -Housing Development Finance Corporation

    HIV -Human Immuno-deficiency Virus

    HMT -Hindustan Machine Tools

    HUDCO- Housing and Urban Development Corporation

    HYVS- High Yield Variety seeds

    GDP percentages list of India for 2013:

    World Bank Forecast GDP growth rate for India:

    5.7% in 2013-14

    6.5% in 2014-15

    6.7% in 2015-16

    IMFs GDP growth:

    5.6 %- For India (According to World Economic Outlook ) for 2013.

    3.3 %- For global growth.

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    Indias GDP growth Forecast from Others:

    The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (of India) lowers growth projection

    for 2013-14 to 5.3 percent from 6.4 percent projected earlier.

    Indias GDP growth likely to be at 5.2% in 2013: United Nations Conference on Trade and

    Development (UNCTAD).

    RBI recently in its quarterly review has scaled down the growth projection for the current

    fiscal to 5.5 per cent from its earlier estimate of 5.7 per cent.

    Asian Development Bank lowered its growth projection for India to 5.8 percent in calendar

    2013 from 6 per cent estimated earlier, citing the slow progress of economic reforms.

    HSBC cuts Indias GDP growth forecast to 4%

    OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) scaled down Indias

    Growth Rate at 5.3 Percent

    ****Some important current affairs (INTERNATIONAL)**** Tony Abbott is Australias new Prime Minister....!! US and Russia Agreement on Removing Chemical Weapons on Syria.....!! European Union Pledges 650 million euros To Somalia.....!!! 232 Million Global Migrants Living Abroad World Wide...!! Egyptian Court Bans Muslim Brotherhood....!!! Palestinian Authority to be Named State of Palestine....!! 140 Nations Agreed On Global Mercury Limits....!!! Milos Zeman Elected as Czech Republic new President.....!! Pakistan to Renamed Sindh Province to Sind....!! Rafael Correa Re-elected for 3rd term as Ecuadors President...!! Russia and Brazil Signed on Defence Cooperation Agreements...!!

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 3

    IBPS PO GA Questions(19-10-2013) - Morning Session 1. Current bank rate -- 9.00 %

    2. SLR full form -- Statutory Liquidity Ratio

    3. MICR full form -- Magnetic Ink character Recognition

    4. Max. Home loan limit to a person in metropolitan city

    5. Interest Rate for Export

    6. Chairman of fed reserve -- Janet Yellen

    7. About SARFAESI act -- Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of

    Security Interest Act,2002 related with NPA

    8. Micro industry(service) set up cost limit

    9. Who keeps all credit information of persons -- CIBIL

    10. CCTV Full Form

    11.Which among below a microprocessor manufacturing company(options-intel,microsoft etc)

    12. Name of tablet made by microsoft -- Surface

    13. Term associated with cricket

    14. Where is national institute of sports -- Patiala

    15. Two question from union budget

    16. National award in "Best Entertaining Movie category -- Vicky Donor

    17. About "Aam Admi Bima Yojana"

    18. Inventor of mouse who died recently -- Douglas Engelbert

    19. Author of book "The lowland" -- Jhumpa Lahri

    20. Transfer & Withdrawl limit in BSBDA account.

    21. What is the main thing focused in raghuram rajans recent RBI monitary policy21. Target fiscal deficit of

    govt in FY 2013-14

    22. Who among following are major applicant in new banking license(option-tatason,mahindra etc)

    23. Which of the following not considered as proof of identity while opening account in bank(options-

    passport,electicity bill,adhar card,pan card,driving license)

    24. Who is not an MP (options-Amitab bachan,dharmendra,etc)

    25. Pan Card essential for how much money transaction

    26. 'Branch On Wheels' scheme by which bank -- ICICI

    27. Australian PM -- Tony Abbot

    28. Britain PM -- David Cameron

    29. EU 28th Member -- Croatia

    30. NPA Category

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    31. Roshni Scheme

    32. Tagore Award for cultural harmony -- Zubin Mehta

    33. About MNREGA -- 100 Days

    34. INS Sindhurakshak Made by -- Russia

    35. Hummingbird Alogorithm deveoloped by -- Google

    36. Corporate Debt Limit- 25bn $

    37. Limit of Micro Enterprise as per MSME act 2006- 25 lakh

    38. Largest Producer of Gold -- China

    IBPS PO GA Questions(27-10-2013) - Morning Session 1. World Heart Day -- 29 September

    2. Who was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2012

    by the President of India recently -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

    3. Which Woman Tennis Player won 15 grand slams and one doubles recently -- Serena Williams

    4. Name the German chancelor who won the elections again recently -- Angela Merkel

    5. Author of the book " My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions" -- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

    6. Jennifer Lawerence won the best actress award at oscar 2013 for a film who was the director of

    that film?

    7. Rice, Pulses, Millets come under which crops -- Food Crops

    8. ROA(Return on Asset ) means?

    9. What is meant by Run to Bank -- Heavy cash withdrawals by depositor from an account at a time

    10. FTSE-100 is the stock exchange of which country -- London

    11. Which of the following is not a credit rating agency?

    12. Ambassadors for prestige cooking ware Abhishek, Aishwarya

    12. One ques. on Headquarter of a foriegn Bank?

    IBPS PO GA Questions(26-10-2013) - Evening Session 1. IBSA full form -- India Brazil South Africa

    2. Which bank has HQ in Bangalore --Canara

    3. MSF rate 9.5 has decreased to how much on 07/10/2013 -- 9

    4. Director of movie Lunchbox -- Ratish Batra

    5. International Child Peace Prize -- Malala Yousafzai

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    6. 1st CYBER FORENSIC LAB will be in which state -- Tripura

    7. DICGC insured how much money -- 1 lakh

    8. New DG of WTO -- Roberto Azevedo

    9. Life of Pie novel writer -- Yann Martel

    10. Duration of 12th year plan -- 2012-17

    11. Gujar Mal Modi Award 2013 -- Vinod Prakash Sharma

    12. Limit of educational loans under priority sector for abroad -- 20 Lakh

    13. Which tennis player has retired in 14 august 2013 -- Marion Bartoli

    14. According to 2004, Senior citizens can invest upto -- 15 Lakh

    15. GDP Growth rate of India as per Central Statistics Office (CSO) for 2013?

    16. Trade deficit was how much low as on september?

    17. CRR condition related to 95%

    18. According to 2011 census which state has highest Rural Population -- Uttar Pradesh (15.51

    crore- 18.16% of Indias Rural Population)

    19. Full form of CDS -- Credit Default Swap

    20. Fairfax group head which brought blackberry -- Prem Valsa

    21. Aadhaar Bill name -- UIDAI bill

    22. Which option will be provided to voters by Election Commission in upcoming elections as per

    the directives of Supreme Court -- Option to Reject All(NOTA)

    23. Which Indian actor is/has been selected for a US award for his television show by the America

    Abroad Media (AAM) -- Aamir Khan for Satyameva Jayathe

    24. DAX is the Stock Market index of which country -- Germany

    25. NEFT maximum limit -- No Limit

    26. One Question on core banking solution?

    27. Question related to Deep discount bond feature

    28. One question on Prithvi-2

    29. One question on NBFC

    30. One question on Truncated cheques

    31. Related to Currency Swap Arrrangement b/w India and Japan

    32. Record made by Indian Women players by winning bronze medal for the first time in which

    sport event recently -- Hockey

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    33. Which of the following is not an Android OS?

    34. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana is provided with how much money for the year 2013-14 --

    9954crores

    IBPS PO GA Questions(26-10-2013) - Morning Session

    1. Which of the following movie nominated for Oscar Award?

    2. Who among the following is chairman FMC (Forward Markets Commission) -- Ramesh

    Abhishek

    3. What is the name of food grain scheme of Himanchal Pradesh -- Rajiv Gandhi Ann Yojana

    4. Which of the following is the GAAR implementation date -- April 1, 2016

    5. What is the name of new President of Iran -- Hassan Rouhani

    6. Who among the following is the new chairman of SBI -- Arundhati Bhattacharya

    7. Who among the following is the new chairman of AADHAR -- Nandan Nilekani

    8. Fullform of NOFHC -- Non Operative Financial Holding Company

    9. Indiss place in global competitive list by WEF -- 60

    10. Which of the following Bank open 15000 branches -- SBI

    11. Which of the following country in BRICS?

    12. Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award -- Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod Maestro

    13. Which of the following is the population growth rate (2001-2011) - 17.64%

    14. One question related with MSF.

    15. Graphic biography on of whom released by Amar Chitra Katha -- Dhyan Chand

    16. Bank rate -- 9%

    17. Raghuram Rajan book name -- Fault Lines

    18. One question related to INS VIKRANT.

    19. Pullea Gopichand related to which game -- Badminton

    20. Maharashtra state launches Manodhairya scheme for whom -- For rape victims

    21. First Women Chief Information Commissioner -- Deepak Sandhu

    22. Sundarban located in which state -- West Bengal

    23. Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards(From India) -- The Good Road

    24. What is the Maximum limit in prority sector by public sector -- 40 %

    25. According to MSMED Act 2006,maximum limit in services is 5 crore .what is minimum limit for

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 7

    medium enterprises -- 2 crore

    26. Where is the head quaters of european union?- Brussels

    Daily Important Current Affairs Question And Answer : 18 October 2013

    -----------------------------

    Q1. In Which Indian state Maximum cop suicides in 5 years?

    Answer : Maharashtra

    Q2. Who recently becomes the first Indian cricketer who hits fastest century in one day

    internationals?

    Answer : Virat Kohli

    Q3. Who has been recently appointed as new chairman of railways board?

    Answer : Arunendra Kumar

    Q4. Which company net profit rises 13% to Rs 837.16 crore in second quarter?

    Answer : Bajaj Auto

    Q5. Which former Indian pacer recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?

    Answer : Ajit Agarkar

    Q6. In which country recently at least 44 dead in passenger plane crash?

    Answer : Laos

    Q7. Who has been recently becomes the youngest Booker prize winner?

    Answer : Eleanor Catton

    Q8. Which Indian state to launch door delivery scheme?

    Answer : Himachal Pradesh

    Q9. Who has been recently elected as new chairman of Public Health Foundation?

    Answer : Anand Mahindra

    Q10. How much percent condom use has dropped in five years in India?

    Answer : 40 Percent

    LIST OF IMPORTANT AWARDS ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' (Important for po/clerk entrance exam:) 1. Man Booker Prize 2013 - Eleanor Catton (for The Luminaries)

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    2. Man Booker International Prize - Lydia Davis 3. Asia Pacific International Award - Dr. Mujeeb Athar 4. Cecil B Demile Award - Woody Allen 5. Champion for Global Change Award 2013 - Malala Yousafzai 6. First Mahathir Award for Global Peace - Nelson Mandela 7. German Whistleblower Prize 2013 - Edward Snowden 8. Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival- Sacro GRA (Italy) 9. Grand Prize at Cuba's International Radio and Telivision Festival - Baraksat (Lebanese Documentary) 10. IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Kevin Barry 11. INDEX Design Award - Kavitha Shukla 12. ISRO Young Scientist Award - Jenita Mary 13. Jnanpith Award 2012 - Ravuri Bharadhwaja 14. Knighthood, which is the highest honour of Britain - Anish Kapoor (sculptor). 15. Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran - Hariharan 16. 'Legend of Planet' award - Bindeshwar Pathak (Sulabh movement founder) 17. Library of Congress Gershwin Award - Carole King (first woman)

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    18. National Literacy Award - Chattisgarh 19. NSS Wernher von Braun MemorialAward - Abdul Kalam 20. NTR National Literary Award - Manoj Das 21. Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 - Shashi Tharoor 22. Presidential medal of freedom - Dr. Sally Ride 23. Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013 - Adam Johnson (for the novel The Orphan Masters son) 24. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - Ranjan Sodhi 25. Saraswati Samman (2013) Sugathakumari 26. Skoch Group Award - Jharkhand 27. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony - Zubin Mehta 28. Tagore Peace Prize - Shihab Ghanem (first Arab) 29. The Simn Bolvar National Award of Journalism 2013 - Hugo Chavez (late Venezuelan President ) 30. U. N. Champions of the Earth Award - V. Ramanathan 31. UEFA Best Player in Europe Award- Franck Ribry 32. UNs Public Service Award - Omen Chandi (Kerala CM) 33. Unique Female Leader Award - Madeleine Albrite (former US Secratary)

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    34. United Nation's Public Service Award - Oommen Chandy (Chief Minister of Kerala). 35. US "woman of courage" award - Nirbhaya (Dehli gang rape victim) 36. Vyas Samman (2012) Narendra Kohli 37. Whitley award (Green Oscar) - Dr. Aparajita Datta 38. Womens Prize for Fiction - AM Homes (for her book, May We Be Forgiven) 39. Youngest Indian to scale theMount Everest - Raghav Joneja 40. ParliamentarianAwards - 2012 - Sharad Yadav

    Daily Important Current Affairs Question And Answer : 19 October 2013

    -----------------------------

    Q1. In Which Indian state Maximum cop suicides in 5 years?

    Answer : Maharashtra

    Q2. Who recently becomes the first Indian cricketer who hits fastest century in one day

    internationals?

    Answer : Virat Kohli

    Q3. Who has been recently appointed as new chairman of railways board?

    Answer : Arunendra Kumar

    Q4. Which company net profit rises 13% to Rs 837.16 crore in second quarter?

    Answer : Bajaj Auto

    Q5. Which former Indian pacer recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?

    Answer : Ajit Agarkar

    Q6. In which country recently at least 44 dead in passenger plane crash?

    Answer : Laos

    Q7. Who has been recently becomes the youngest Booker prize winner?

    Answer : Eleanor Catton

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    Q8. Which Indian state to launch door delivery scheme?

    Answer : Himachal Pradesh

    Q9. Who has been recently elected as new chairman of Public Health Foundation?

    Answer : Anand Mahindra

    Q10. How much percent condom use has dropped in five years in India?

    Answer : 40 Percent

    Most Expected 15 Current Affairs Questions in Upcoming Exams

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    1. who is thecurrent loksabha speaker?

    ans:Meira Kumar

    2. Who is theDeputy Chairmanof the Rajya Sabha?

    ans:pj kuryan

    3. who is the current rajya sabha chairman?

    ans:Mohammad Hamid Ansari

    4. americais inwhich partof theworld?

    Ans: in Northern hemisphere

    5.how manymembersare ineuropian union?

    ans:28 members

    6. Who became thefirst playerto win four successive ballon d'or awards ?

    Answer:Lionel Mess

    7.how manymember in IMF.?

    Answer:188 Members

    8. Who is known as thefather of Indian Cricket?

    Answer:Renjith Singh

    9.2013 republic day guest

    Answer:King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

    10. name ofprotein in milk

    Answer:casein

    *11.Which element has no nutron?

    Answer:Hydrogen

    *12. Kalinga Prizeis related to ___?

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    Answer:Popularization of Science

    *13.silent valley biosphereis in

    Answer:palakad,kerala

    *14.Zindagi Ka Karvan'book is anautobiographyof

    Answer: Former prime ministerchandrasekhar

    *15.who is thecurrent nawab of patudi?

    Answer:Saif Ali Khan

    1. Who directed the bollywood film

    Satyagraha? Prakash Jha

    2. Reserve Bank of India hiked Repo

    Rate on Sept 20, 2013 by 25 basis

    point to 7.5%

    3. The limit of Rajiv Gandhi Equity

    Savings Scheme (RGESS) hiked to?

    Rs. 12 Lakh per year

    4. ATM wrong deduction to be

    refunded within ?

    5. Which of the following bank

    doesnt have its head office in

    Kolkata? IOB

    6. Which country become the 28th

    member of EU? Croatia

    7. When RBI wants to absorb

    liquidity from market increase reverse

    repo,decrease repo or increase crr

    8. Committee on Gold KUB Rao

    committee

    9. Which book is not written by

    Chetan Bhagat two people

    10. Who become the first Indian-

    origin Miss America 2013? Nina

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    Davuluri

    11. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar

    Yojana

    12. GDP Growth Forecast by CSO for

    2013-14?-

    13. The name of the airline venture

    float by TATA and Singapore Airlines?

    Tata SIA Airlines Ltd

    14. Which is the Most Important

    Stock Exchange in the World NYSE/

    Nasdaq

    15. Which award given to Finance

    Minister P Chidambaram by

    Business Reformer Award

    Questions Asked In IBPS PO Held On 19.10.2013 (Evening)

    *******************************************

    1. Who is the new president of Pakistan?- Mamnoon Hussain

    2. Geeta Phogat is related to which game?- Wrestling

    3. Full form of IFSC?- Indian Financial System Code

    4. What is the current SLR?- 23%(w.e.f. 11/08/2012)

    5. BTM stands for?- Business Transaction Management

    6. Name the Prime Minister of Bhutan?- Tshering Tobgay

    7. Name the Bengali film Director who died recently?- Rituparno Ghosh

    8. Which program has been changed to new name swarnajyanti rojgar yojna?

    9. One questions related to Janpith award

    10. Banking Ombudsman issued by?

    11. Which country will be hosting the 2020 Olympic Games?- Japan

    12. RBI is going to issue plastic note of ________ rupees (Options: 10,100,5,20 i think)

    13. Among BSE and NIFTY which has been established first in India?

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    14. Film and Television Institute of India is situated at?-Pune

    15. Name the chemical used in Syria attack?-

    16. Where is the head quarters of Bharathiya Mahila Bank, the first all women bank in

    India?- New Delhi

    17. Prime Ministers key economic adviser C Rangarajan lowered the growth forecast for the

    current fiscal to per cent?- 5.3%

    18. One Question related to Medium industry

    19. Current Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)?- 9.5 per cent

    20. Relating to Insight Trading

    21. BSBDA limit?

    22. RIDF maintained by?-NABARD

    23. what is FACTORING?

    24. Food security bill how much percent people benefited 67%

    25. Who won Janpith award 2012?- Ravuri Bhardwaj

    26. NOKIA was recently acquired by? MICROSOFT

    IBPS PO GA Questions(20-10-2013) - Morning Session 1. Director of the bollywood film Satyagraha -- Prakash Jha

    2. The first Indian-origin Miss America 2013 -- Nina Davuluri

    3. Reserve Bank of India hiked Repo Rate on Sept 20, 2013 by -- 25 basis point to 7.5%

    4. The limit of Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) hiked to -- Rs. 12 Lakh per year

    5. Which bank headquarter not in kolkata

    6. NEFT is used for

    7. ATM wrong deduction to be refunded within

    8. Which country become the 28th member of EU -- Croatia

    9. When RBI wants to absorb liquidity from market increase reverse repo,decrease repo or increase crr

    10. Head of Committee on Gold -- K U B Rao

    11. Next G-8 Summit will be held in

    12. Which book is not written by Chetan Bhagat

    13. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

    14. Wheat ,Bajra comes under rabi or kharif crop

    15. GDP Growth Forecast by CSO for 2013-14

    16. Name the joint venture of Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines -- Tata SIA Airlines Ltd

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    17. No. 1 Stock Exchange in the World -- NYSE/ Nasdaq

    18. Award given to Finance Minister P Chidambaram by ET Awards -- Business Reformer Award

    19. Balance Sheet indicates what

    20. What do you understand by TLE in POS machine -- Terminal Line Encryption

    21. G20 Summit 2013 Venue -- Saint Petersburg, Russia

    22. At a time what is maximum limit of Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA)-- Rs 50, 000

    23. Infosys launches new version of banking solution -- Finacle11

    24. MacMohan Line between which countries India and China

    25. Who developed rupee symbol Udaya Kumar

    26. CEO of Women Bank

    27. Full form of EASIEST -- Electronic Accounting System in Excise and Service Tax

    28. Who is the Chief of Forward Markets Commission (FMC) -- Shri Ramesh Abhishek

    29. Who among the following is not a member of Parliament

    30. New Director General of CPRF Dilip Trivedi

    31. Micro finance Maximum investment Limit

    32. IFSC Code is needed in?

    33. Information technology Act in which year?

    34. Who is the first indian to win shooting competion in world championship --

    Rahi Sarnobat

    35. Where has ONGC opened new gas based power plant recently?

    36. Adviced Limit of draft granted by cheque?

    37. 726 MW ONGC power project in which North-Eastern state -- Tripura

    38. The 78-year-old RBI history book released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 'RBI History

    Looking Back and Looking Ahead'

    39. Full Form of TLE

    40. Mandatory for companies to spend at least 2% of net profits on-CSR

    IBPS PO GA Questions(19-10-2013) - Evening Session 1. Geeta Phogat related to which game -- Wrestling

    2. Full form of IFSC Indian Financial System Code

    3. BTM stands for -- Banking Through Mobile

    4. PM of Bhutan -- Tshering Tobgay

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    5. President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain

    6. Bengali director who died recently -- Rituparno Ghosh 7. Janpith award 2012 Ravuri Bharadwaja

    8. Banking Ombudsman issued by -- RBI

    9. Current SLR 23%

    10. MSF on 20 sept. 9.50% (But Current MSF 9%)

    11. 2020 olympic will be in which country -- Tokyo

    12. RBI is going to issue plastic note of ___ rupees -- 10 Rs.

    13. Indian Institute of Film is situated at -- Pune

    14. Which program has changed to "Swarnajyanti Rojgar Yojna"

    15. Pranav Mukharjee recommended reconstruction of which university -- Nalanda

    University

    16. Question on Medium Scale industry

    17. Chemical name used in syria attack -- Sarin

    18. PSBs dividend to rbi ?

    19. External debt of india in 2013-14

    20. Maximun no. of Credit Limit in financial inclusion

    21. Head quarters of Bharatiya Mahila Bank New Delhi

    22. Prime Minister's key economic adviser C Rangarajan lowered the growth forecast for

    the current fiscal to ......... per cent -- 5.3%

    23. Among BSE and NIFTY which has been established first in India -- BSE 24. Food security bill to give right to food to what percentage of population -- 67% 25. One question related to BSBDA 26. Who bought Nokia -- Microsoft 27. GDP in first quater of 2013-14 -- 4.4 % 28. India announced an aid of____to Bhutan -- 5000 Cr 29. Committee head who Reviewed Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro & Small

    Enterprises -- V K Sharma 30. Committee Suggested on Customer Service -- Damodaran Committee 31. How much max. money is allowed by the RBI to take abroad -- Rs.10,000

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 17

    Recently Appointed Persons (as on June 2013)

    .Xi Jinping President of China

    .Li Keqiang Prime Minister China

    .Shinzo Abe prime minister Japan

    .NicosAnastasiades President Cyprus

    .Park Guenhye president South Korea

    .Uhuru Kenyatta president Kenya.John Kerry 68th Secretary of State of the US

    .Mohan Pieris 44th Chief Justiceof Sri Lanka

    .VedPrakash UGC chairman

    .Obama US President (Second Term)

    .Suchitra Ella Founding Chairwoman of CIIs women wing

    .Mo Yan (writer) and Jackie Chan (Actor) New Members of Chinese Parliament(data by

    facebook/cnaonweb)

    .Subra Suresh President of Carnegie Mello University

    .Ratan Tata Member of National Academy of Engineering

    .Rajiv Shah Head of United States Agency for International Development (USAID).(data

    by facebook/cnaonweb)

    .Anil Dev Singh New chief of IOA election panel

    .Scott Flemming Indias basketball coach

    .Tony Hall Director general of BBC

    .Ranjit Sinha CBI Director(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    .Barbosa First nonwhite President of Brazils Supreme Court

    Alok Joshi New RAW chief(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    Rajeev Shahare New High Commissioner to Maldives

    Ajit Saran Member Secretary of National Commission for Women(data by

    facebook/cnaonweb)

    Asif Ibrahim Chief of the Intelligence Bureau

    Urjit Patel RBI deputy governor(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    YV Reddy Head of 14th Finance Commission

    Ami Bera and TulsiGabbard new members of the US House of Representatives(data by

    facebook/cnaonweb)

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    Srinivasan Federal Judge (Re elected)

    Justice D K Law Commission chief

    Vivek Rae MSME (Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Secretary(data by

    facebook/cnaonweb)

    Anil Kumble Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee

    Jaspal Rana Junior pistol chief coach

    Neiphiu Rio Chief Minister of Nagaland (3rd Term)

    Mukul Manda Sangma Chief Minister of Meghalaya (2nd Term)

    Ashwani Kumar Governor of Nagaland(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    .Bobby Ghosh Editor of Time International (first non American)

    Khil Raj Regmi New Prime Minister of Nepal

    D K Jain Chairman of 20th LawCommission of India

    Ashok Tomar Indias ambassadorto Brazil

    Rakesh Mohan Executive director of IMF

    Who's Who (Business)

    Mr. Cyrus Mistry---------- Chairman Tata Sons

    Mr. Mukesh Ambani----- Chairman Relience Industries

    Mr. Lakshmi Mittal------- Chairman Mittal Arcelor Steels

    Ms. Kiran Majumdar------ Chairman Biocon

    Ms. Chanda Kochhar---- Managing Director & CEO ICICI Bank

    Mr. Shiv Nadar--------- Chairman HCL Technologies

    Mr. Naresh Goyal------- Chairman Jet Airways

    Mr. Sunil Mittal---------- Chairman Bharati Group

    Ms. Indira Nooye-------- CEO Pepsico

    Shikha Sharma---------- MD, CEO Axis Bank

    S. D. Shibulal------------ CEO and Managing Director Infosys

    Azim H. Premji---------- Chairman Wipro

    Mr. Vineet Nayyar------- Chairman of Mahindra Satyam

    Mr. Rohit Nandan------- Chairman & Managing Director of Air India

    Mr. K. V. Kamath--------- Chairman ICICI Bank

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    Mr. C. M. Vasudev------ Chairman, HDFC Bank

    Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri--- Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)

    Mark Zuckerberg------- CEO Facebook

    Narayan Murthi---------- Founder & Chairman of Infosys

    Steve Jobs-------------- Founder of Apple Company

    Mr. Vijay Maliya-------- Chairman of UB Group and Kingfisher Airlines

    Mr. Sunil Mittal---------- Founder of Airtel (Telecom Service Provider in India)

    Mr. Kumaramangalam Birla--- Chairman of Aditya Birla Group of Company

    Mr. Anand Mahindra--------- Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra Group

    Mr. Warren Buffett----------- Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

    Rajan Bharti Mittal---------- President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India

    Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury------------Chairman NTPC Mittu Chandilya CEO, Air Asia India.....

    International days in October by UN

    1 October International Day of Older Persons

    2 October International Day of Non-Violence

    5 October World Teachers Day [UNESCO] UNESCOPRESSE,

    7 October (First Monday in October) World Habitat Day

    9 October World Post Day UPU

    10 October World Mental Health Day [WHO]

    10 October (Second Thursday in October) World Sight Day [WHO]

    11 October International Day of the Girl Child(data by facebook/cnaonweb

    13 October International Day for Disaster Reduction

    15 October International Day of Rural Women

    16 October World Food Day [FAO]

    17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    24 October United Nations Day (data by facebook/cnaonweb

    24 October World Development Information Day

    27 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]

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    ****** Some important current affairs ******* Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Launched Gandhi Heritage Portal In NewDelhi........... 3rd All India Survey on Higher Education Launched.... Judicial Appointments Commission Bill Passed In Rajya Sabha............... Lok Sabha Passed Bill To Set Up First National Aviation University......... Cabinet Committee On Economic Affairs Approved Proposal For Restructuring SJSRY........ President Gave Assent To Land Acquisition Bill.... Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Launched New Health Initiatives For Assam.... Himachal Pradesh Scrapped Palchan-Rohtang Ropeway Project... Kerala Government Launched E-Payment Facility....... MP Government Decided To Constitute State Disaster Emergency Response Force.......... Union Government Approved 1000 crore Proposal To Develop J&K sports IMPORTANT HEADS IN INDIA - 2013

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    1. Dr. Manmohan Singh: Chairman, Planning Commission.

    2. Ms. Meira Kumar: Speaker, Lok Sabha.

    3. Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Chairman, Rajya Sabha.

    4. Mr. P. J. Kurien: Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.

    5. Mr. Karia Munda: Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha.

    6. Mrs. Sushma Swaraj : Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha).

    7. Mr. Arun Jaitley: Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha).

    8. Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission.

    9. Mr. V. S. Sampath: Chief Election Commissioner

    10. Mr. Harishankar Brahma : Election Commissioner.

    11. Syed Nasim Zaidi : Election Commissioner.

    12. Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma : Comptroller and Auditor-General of India

    13. Mr. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan : Chairperson, National Human Right Commission (NHRC)

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 21

    14. Mr. K. M. Chandrasekhar: Cabinet Secretary.

    15. Mr. T. K. A. Nair : Principal Secretary to Prime Minister .

    16. Mr. Justice M. N. Rao: Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes.

    17. Ms. Shanta Sinha: Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

    18. Dr. Buta Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes

    19. Ms. Urmila Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.

    20. Prof. D. P. Agrawal: Chairman, UPSC.

    21. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman, National Commission on Farmers (NCF).

    22. Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon: National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal

    Security).

    23. Mr. S. C. Sinha : Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA).

    24. Mr. Vinay Mittal: Chairman, Railway Board.

    25. Mr. Shumsher K. Sheriff : Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha

    26. Mr. T. K. Viswanathan : Secretary-General, Lok Sabha.

    27. Mr. Syed Asif Ibrahim : Director, IB.

    28. Mr. Ranjit Sinha: Director, CBI.

    29. Mr. Alok Joshi : Director, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

    30. Mr. Arvind Ranjan : Director-General, NSG.

    31. Mr. Dilip Trivedi : Director-General, CRPF.

    32. Mr. Subhash Joshi : Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF).

    33. Mr. Rajiv : Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

    34. Mr. P. K. Mehta: Director-General, Railway Protection Force. (RPF)

    35. Mr. Ajay Chadha: Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

    36. Mr. Arun Chaudhary : Director-General, Sashastra Seema Bal.

    37. Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal : Director-General, Indian Coast Guard.

    38. Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh: Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency.

    who is the winner of 2013 Saraswati Samman ? Answer: Sugathakumari (Manalezhuthu) Who is recently reelected as IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Director general ? Answer: Yukiya Amano Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal ? Answer: Khil Raj Regmi

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    Who is the first female Prime minister of UK who recently passed away ? Answer: Margaret Thatcher Who is the new pm of North Korea ? Answer: Pak Pong-ju Who is the new venezuela president ? Answer: Nicolas Maduro Who is the new president of Bangladesh ? Answer: Abdul Hamid What is the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22) ? Answer: The face of climate change Who is the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ? answer: Narinder Nath Vohra Who is the new president of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ? Answer: Takehiko Nakao Where is Railway Staff College situated ? Answer: Baroda What is the width of Broad gauge rail ? Answer: 1.676 Which is the First Electric Train in India ? Answer: Deccan Queen (Kalyan - Pune) When did Life Line Express (Jeevan Rekha) Started ? Answer: In 1991 Which year is declared as "Year of Rail Users" by the Indian Railways ? Answer: 1995 Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel ? Answer: Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel) Which is the Longest Railway platform in the World ? Answer: Gorakhpur station platform (UP) Which is the train running between India and Bangladesh ? Answer: Maitree Express Which are the states have no Railway ? Answer: Meghalaya and Sikkim (building new railway lines)

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    Which is the Worlds oldest working steam locomotive engine (train) ? Answer: Fairy Queen runs in India

    Which is the Biggest public bank in India ? Answer: SBI 2. What was the old name of State Bank Of India ? Answer: Imperial Bank of India 3. Which bank has the most branches in India ? Answer: SBI 4. Which Committee recommended the formation of State Bank of India ? Answer: Gorwala committee 5. Where is the headquarters of SBI ? Answer: Mumbai 6. Which is the biggest commercial bank in India ? Answer: State Bank of India 7. Who is the present Chairman of SBI ? Answer: Pratip Chaudhuri

    1) Which bank HQ not in mumbai

    (BOM, BOI, DENA BANK, indian bank)

    - indian bank

    2) In Which stock exchange MIBOR is

    operating (BSE, NSE, etc)

    3) define trade deficit - import

    exceeds export

    4) zimbabe pm? robert mogabe

    5) related to new pension plan

    launched by Uttar pradesh govt?

    6) GAAR - General Anti Avoidance

    Rule

    7) REER - Real Effective Exchange Rate

    8)which rate s changed during

    20/9/13 review (msf, crr, slr) -MSF 9)

    gold jewel import tax? 15%

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 24

    10) FII invest in indian market

    through? (participatory notes,

    treasury bill, commercial papers) -

    participatory notes

    11) que related to revenue deficit

    12) ATM without any bank's specified

    label? white label ATM

    13) WTO located in? geneva

    14) CEO of Apple company? Ronald

    wayne

    15) largest stock exchange in d world?

    NYSE ( newyork stock exchange)

    16) Bhaag milga bhaag movie actor?

    fahran aktar

    17) Richest person in india according

    to forbes? mukesh ambani

    18) capital of lebanon? beirut

    19) ranjan sodhi is related to?

    shooting

    20) bringing out illegal money to

    visible? money laundring

    21) govt approved disinvestment of

    10% stake of which company? ( ONGC,

    SBI, Indian oil corporation)

    22) RTGS limit? 2lakhs

    Current RBI Policy & Reserve Rates

    ***********************************

    1. Repo Rate 7.50%

    2. Reverse Repo 6.50%

    3. CRR 4%

    4. SLR 23%

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 25

    5. MSF 9.00%

    6. Bank Rate 9.00%

    1. Repo Rate : Whenever the banks have any

    shortage of funds

    they can borrow it form RBI. Repo rate is the rate at

    which

    commercial banks borrows rupees from RBI. A

    reduction in the

    repo rate will help banks to get money at cheaper

    rate. When

    the repo rate increases borrowing form RBI

    becomes more

    expensive.

    2. Reverse Repo Rate : Reverse Repo rate is the rate

    at which

    RBI borrows money from commercial banks. Banks

    are always

    happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in

    the safe

    hands with a good interest. An increase in reverse

    repo rate can

    cause the banks to transfer more funds to RBI due

    to this

    attractive interest rates. One factor which

    encourages an

    organisation to enter into reverse repo is that it

    earns some

    extra income on its otherwise idle cash.

    3. CRR (Cash Reverse Ratio) : CRR is the amount of

    funds that

    the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI increases

    CRR, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 26

    using this method (increase of CRR), to drain out the excessive

    money from the banks.

    4. SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) : SLR is the amount

    a

    commercial banks needs to maintain in the form of

    cash, or

    gold, or govt. approved securities (Bonds) before

    providing

    credit to its customers. SLR rate is determined and

    maintained

    by RBI in order to control the expansion of the bank

    credit.

    5. Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) : MSF rate is the

    rate at

    which banks borrow funds overnight from the

    Reserve Bank of

    India (RBI) against approved government securities.

    6. Bank Rate : The interest rate at which at central

    bank lends

    money to commercial banks. Often these loans are

    very short in

    duration. Managing the bank rate is a preferred

    method by which

    central banks can regulate the level of economic

    activity. Lower

    bank rates can help to expand the economy, when

    unemployment is high, by lowering the cost of funds

    for

    borrowers. Conversely, higher bank rates help to

    reign in the

    economy, when inflation is higher than desired.

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    Q 1. What is the full form of CORE

    in Core banking Solution?

    A. Centralized Online Realtime

    Exchange.

    Q 2. Which is the most safest card

    among Visa card , Master card

    and Maestro Card?

    A. Maestro Card

    Q 3. Which bank launched the Rupay

    card for the first time?

    A. Bank of India

    Q 4. What is the currency name of

    IMF?

    A. SDR (Special Drawing Rights)

    Q 5. Expand FATF and what does it

    mean?

    A. FATF: Financial Action Task Force,

    it is used to put a hold on

    money supply to terrorist.

    Q 6. What is the initial capital

    requirement of any Public sector

    company to register in SEBI?

    A. Five Lacs

    Q 7. What is the full form of FII?

    A. Foreign Institutional Investor.

    Q 8. What is Term Money?

    A. Money which is borrowed from one

    bank to another for more

    than 15 days.

    Q 9. G-20 meeting in 2014 is going to

    held in which country ?

    A. Brisbane, Australia.

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 28

    Q 10. How many member does

    Organisation of Petroleum Exporting

    Countries (OPEC) has?

    A. Twelve Members.

    Q 11. Which committee recommended

    NABARD and when was

    NABARD established?

    A. NABARD is recommended by Shiv

    Raman Committee and is

    established in 1982.

    Q 12. Who is also known as Banker

    for the Bank?

    A. RBI.

    Q 13. Which scheme is related to

    Financial Inclusion?

    A. Swabhiman Scheme.

    Q 14. Who is the Chairperson of

    National Advisory Council (NAC)?

    A. Sonia Gandhi.

    Q 15. Name the central Bank of

    United States of America?

    A. Federal Bank.

    Q 16. What is the minimum and

    maximum fund transfer limit in

    National Electronic Fund Transfer

    (NEFT)?

    A. Their is no such limit of money

    transfer in NEFT.

    Q 17. Which company rolls out with

    first White Label ATM?

    A. Tata Communications Payment

    Solutions Ltd.

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 29

    Q 18. Expand MGNREGA and what is

    it meant for?

    A. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

    Employment Guarantee Act

    (MNREGA), this scheme is meant for

    job guarantee to rural Indians.

    Alll 40 General Awareness Questions of IBPS PO Exam : held on 19.10.2013 (Morning Shift)

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    1) CCTV- close circuit television

    2) 28th member of EU- cros

    3) Australian PM- Tony Abratt

    4) Federal Bank Head- syam srinivasan

    5) T20 related to cricket.

    6) Tagore award- jubin mehta edited by javed adeeb

    7) Largest Producer of GOLD-china

    bank rate on 20 September 2013--- 9.5%

    9) full form of SLR- statutory liquidity ratio

    10) national award for wholesome entertainment- Vicky donor

    11) who has never been MP- amitab bacchan

    12) Limit of Micro Enterprise as per MSME act 2006- 25 lakh.....

    13) Corporate Debt Limit- 25bn $

    14) serfeisi act related to: NPA of banks. And it comes in year 2002.

    15) the low land writer.-jumpa lehari (nominated for man booker)

    16) mouse man name who died-douglas

    17) MICR full form-magnetic ink character recognition

    18) MNEREGA-150days(drought area)

    19) BSBDA minimum amount-zero

    20) IMEI number related to?

    21) ROSHNI scheme?

    22) Loan limit for housing to a person in metropolitan city

    23) who keeps all credit information of persons(CIBIL)

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 30

    24) which among below a microprocessor manufacturing company(options-intel,microsoft

    etc)

    25) name of tablet made by microsoft(i think "surface")

    26) where is national institute of sports

    27) Two question from union budget

    28) Two question from union budget

    29) About "aam admi bima yogana"

    30) Transfer & withdrawl limit in BSBDA account

    31) what is the main thing focoused in raghuram rajans recent RBI monitary policy

    32) Target fiscal defecit of govt in FY 2013-14

    33) Who among following are major applicant in new banking license(option-

    tatason,mahindraetc)

    34) which of the following not considered as proof of identity while opening account

    inbank(options-passport,electicity bill,adhar card,pan card,driving license)

    35) Rastra bhasa Award Given By RBI ,

    36) Basic Saving Bank Deposit Scheme For elderly People and Student Living Outside

    theirNative Home- Maximum Limit in the Account Per Month- Answer IS 25000 RS and

    10000 can

    be transacted at once.

    37) SindhuRakshak Made BYRussia

    38) Humming Bird Algo- Made BY Google

    39) Brach On Wheels- ICICI

    40) BRICS initial Fund for setting Up capital- 100 million $,sharing

    IBPS PO Exam 20th October, 2013 (Morning Shift Questions)

    1. Director of the bollywood film Satyagraha -- Prakash

    Jha

    2. The first Indian-origin Miss America 2013 -- Nina

    Davuluri

    3. Reserve Bank of India hiked Repo Rate on Sept

    20,

    2013 by -- 25 basis point to 7.5%

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 31

    4. The limit of Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme

    (RGESS) hiked to -- Rs. 12 Lakh per year

    5. Which bank headquarter not in kolkata

    6. NEFT is used for

    7. ATM wrong deduction to be refunded within

    8. Which country become the 28th member of EU --

    Croatia

    9. When RBI wants to absorb liquidity from market

    increase reverse repo,decrease repo or increase crr

    10. Head of Committee on Gold -- K U B Rao

    11. Next G-8 Summit will be held in

    12. Which book is not written by Chetan Bhagat

    13. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

    14. Wheat ,Bajra comes under rabi or kharif crop

    15. GDP Growth Forecast by CSO for 2013-14

    16. Name the joint venture of Tata Sons-Singapore

    Airlines -- Tata SIA Airlines Ltd

    17. No. 1 Stock Exchange in the World -- NYSE/

    Nasdaq

    18. Award given to Finance Minister P Chidambaram

    by

    ET Awards -- Business Reformer Award

    19. Balance Sheet indicates what

    20. What do you understand by TLE in POS machine

    --Terminal Line Encryption

    21. G20 Summit 2013 Venue -- Saint Petersburg,

    Russia

    22. At a time what is maximum limit of Basic Savings

    Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) -- Rs 50, 000

    23. Infosys launches new version of banking

    solution --

    Finacle11

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 32

    24. MacMohan Line between which countries India

    and China

    25. Who developed rupee symbol Udaya Kumar

    26. CEO of Women Bank

    27. Full form of EASIEST -- Electronic Accounting

    System in Excise and Service Tax

    28. Who is the Chief of Forward Markets Commission

    (FMC) -- Shri Ramesh Abhishek

    29. Who among the following is not a member of

    Parliament

    30. New Director General of CPRF Dilip Trivedi

    31. Micro finance Maximum investment Limit

    32. IFSC Code is needed in?

    33. Information technology Act in which year?

    34. Who is the first indian to win shooting

    competion in

    world championship --

    Rahi Sarnobat

    35. Where has ONGC opened new gas based power

    plant

    recently?

    36. Adviced Limit of draft granted by cheque?

    37. 726 MW ONGC power project in which North-

    Eastern

    state -- Tripura

    38. The 78-year-old RBI history book released by

    Prime

    Minister Manmohan Singh 'RBI History Looking

    Back

    and Looking Ahead'

    39. Full Form of TLE

    40. Mandatory for companies to spend at

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 33

    ABBREVIATION IN NEWS

    1. BSBDA - Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

    2. FCNR(B) - Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank

    3. TARC - Tax Administration Reform Commission

    4. ITEs: Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures

    5. LCR: Liquidity Coverage Ratio

    6. NSFR: Net Stable Funding Ratio

    7. LRMT: Liquidity risk monitoring tools

    8. CBS: Core Banking Solution

    9. DEAF: Depositor Education and Awareness Fund

    10. CRAR: Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio

    11. External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)

    12. SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial

    Telecommunication

    13. FSLRC: Financial Sector Legislative Reforms

    Commission

    14. MIBOR: Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate

    15. LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offer Rate

    16. LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility

    17. GIRO - Government Internal Revenue Order

    18. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency

    19. FRBMA: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget

    Management Act

    20. ALM- Asset Liability Management

    21. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India.

    22. TIEA Tax Information exchange Agreement

    23. CAR Cash Adequacy Ratio

    24. CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

    25. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation

    Agreement

    26. CEPA Comprehensive Economic Partnership

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 34

    Agreement

    27. DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

    28. DTC Direct Tax Code

    29. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings

    30. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency

    31. EFSF European Financial Stability Facility

    32. FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act

    33. FII Foreign Institutional Investor.

    34. FINO- Financial Inclusion Network Operation

    35. FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion board

    36. FSLRC Financial Sector Legislative Reforms

    Commission

    37. FTA- Free trade agreement

    38. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule

    39. GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle

    40. MSF-Marginal Standing Facility

    41. NBFC-Non Banking Finance Companies

    42. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre

    43. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer

    44. NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group

    45. PPP Public Private Partnership & Purchasing

    Power parity

    46. PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle

    47. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement

    48. SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio

    49. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India.

    50. QFI -Qualified Foreign Investors

    51. VVPAT -'Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail'

    52. Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA)

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 35

    COMPUTER RELATED FULL FORMS

    *********************************

    * AVI = Audio Video Interleave

    * RTS = Real Time Streaming

    * SIS = Symbian OS Installer File

    * AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec

    * JAD = Java Application Descriptor

    * JAR = Java Archive

    * JAD = Java Application Descriptor

    * 3GPP = 3rd Generation Partnership

    Project

    * 3GP = 3rd Generation Project

    * MP3 = MPEG player lll

    * MP4 = MPEG-4 video file

    * AAC = Advanced Audio Coding

    * GIF = Graphic Interchangeable

    Format

    * JPEG = Joint Photographic Expert

    Group

    * BMP = Bitmap

    * SWF = Shock Wave Flash

    * WMV = Windows Media Video

    * WMA = Windows Media Audio

    * WAV = Waveform Audio

    * PNG = Portable Network Graphics

    * DOC = Document (Microsoft

    Corporation)

    * PDF = Portable Document Format

    * M3G = Mobile 3D Graphics

    * M4A = MPEG-4 Audio File

    * NTH = Nokia Theme (series 40)

    * THM = Themes (SonyEricsson)

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 36

    * MMF = Synthetic Music Mobile

    Application File

    * NRT = Nokia Ringtone

    * XMF = Extensible Music File

    * WBMP = Wireless Bitmap Image

    * DVX = DivX Video

    * HTML = Hyper Text Markup

    Language

    * WML = Wireless Markup Language

    * CD - Compact Disk.

    * DVD - Digital Versatile Disk.

    * CRT - Cathode Ray Tube.

    * DAT - Digital Audio Tape.

    * DOS - Disk Operating System.

    * GUI - Graphical User Interface.

    * HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

    * IP - Internet Protocol.

    * ISP - Internet Service Provider.

    * TCP - Transmission Control Protocol.

    * UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply.

    * URL - Uniform Resource Locator.

    * USB - Universal Serial Bus.

    * VIRUS - Vital Information Resource

    Under Seized.

    * 3G - 3rd Generation.

    * GSM - Global System for Mobile

    Communication.

    * CDMA - Code Divison Multiple

    Access.

    * UMTS - Universal Mobile

    Telecommunication System.

    * SIM - Subscriber Identity Module.

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 37

    * HSDPA - High Speed Downlink

    Packet Access.

    * EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate for

    GSM [ Global System for Mobile

    Communication] Evolution.

    * VHF - Very High Frequency.

    * UHF - Ultra High Frequency.

    * GPRS - General Packet Radio

    Service.

    * WAP - Wireless Application Protocol.

    * TCP - Transmission Control

    Protocol .

    * ARPANET - Advanced Research

    Project Agency Network.

    * IBM - Internation Business Machine

    Corporation.

    * HP - Hewlett Packard.

    * AM/FM - Amplitude/ Frequency

    Modulation.

    * WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network

    Chief Ministers of Indian States

    Andhra Pradesh Shri Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy

    Arunachal Pradesh Shri Nabam Tuki

    Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi

    Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar

    Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh

    Delhi (NCT) Smt. Sheila Dikshit

    Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar

    Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 38

    Haryana Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda

    Himachal Pradesh Shri Virbhadra Singh

    Jammu and Kashmir Shri Omar Abdullah

    Jharkhand Shri Hemant Soren

    Karnataka Shri Siddaramaiah(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    Kerala Mr Oommen Chandy

    Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

    Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan

    Manipur Shri Okram Ibobi Singh

    Meghalaya Dr. Mukul Sangma

    Mizoram Shri Lal Thanhawla

    Nagaland Shri. Neiphiu Rio(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    Puducherry (UT) Shri N. Rangasamy

    Punjab Shri Parkash Singh Badal(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    Sikkim Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling

    Tamil Nadu Selvi J. Jayalalithaa

    Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar

    Uttar Pradesh Shri Akhilesh Yadav

    Uttarakhand Shri Vijay Bahuguna(data by facebook/cnaonweb)

    West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee

    ->> Recent Appointments In September 2013

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 39

    Woman Chief Information

    Commissioner on 5th September,

    2013. She took over from Satyananda

    Mishra.

    4) Poonam Khetrapal Singh Elected

    Regional Director for WHO South-East

    Asia Region Court.

    5) BN Talukdar, Director for

    exploration in Oil India Ltd. (OIL) was

    appointed as the new Director G

    eneral of DGH.

    6) The ruling Cambodian Peoples

    Party (CPP) of incumbent Prime

    Minister Hun Sen on 8th September,

    2013 was reelected to power.

    7) Harish Lakshman elected New

    President of Automotive Component

    Manufacturers Association.

    8 )Sanjay Govind Dhande appointed

    as UGC Member.

    9) Ruchira Kamboj appointed the

    Permanent Representative of India to

    UNESCO.

    10) Jawaid Akhtar elected as the

    Chairperson of International Coffee

    Council.

    11) TV Narendran appointed as the

    New Managing Director Tata Steel.

    12) Ravindra Kumar elected as the

    President of the Indian Newspaper

    Society (INS).

    13) Ramlubhya appointed as the

  • GENERAL AWERNESS STUDY METIRIAL 40

    Rajasthan State Election

    Commissioner.

    14) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

    has appointed Rakesh Sood as his

    new Special envoy for Disarmament

    and Non-Proliferation.

    15) Ashok Vemuri appointed as the

    President and CEO of iGate

    Corporation.

    16) National Spot Exchange on 16th

    September, 2013 appointed Saji

    Cherian as the new Managing

    Director and Chief Executive Officer of

    the company.

    17) P. Sudhakar appointed as the

    CMD of Electronics Corporation of

    India Ltd.

    18) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant

    appointed as the New Chief Justice of

    the Meghalaya High Court.

    19) Nancy Gibbs appointed as the

    Managing Editor of Time Magazine.

    20) Tony Abbott was sworn in as

    Australias new Prime Minister on

    18th September, 2013 at Government

    House in Canberra, Australia.

    Latest Appointments in Indian Defence Sector 1. Supreme Commander of Armed Forces ~ Shri Pranab Mukherjee 2. Defence Minister ~ Sri A.K. Antony 3. Minister of State for Defence ~ Sri Jitendra Singh

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    4. Chief of Army Staff General~ Bikram Singh 5. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral~ Devendra Kumar Joshi 6. Chief of Air Staff (Air Chief) ~ Marshall Norman Anil Kumar Browne 7. Chief of Integrated Defence Staff ~ Lt Gen Anil Chait 8. Director General, Indian Coast Guard ~ Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal Current Chairpersons of Important Commissions: 1. Planning Commission~ Dr. Manmohan Singh 2. 14th Finance Commission~ Dr. Y.V. Reddy 3. 20th Law Commission ~ Justice D.K. Jain 4. Union Public Service Commission ~ Prof. DP Agarwal 5. University Grants Commission (UGC)~ Prof. Ved Prakash 6. Indian Space Research Organisation ~Dr. K Radhakrishnan 7. Atomic Energy Commission~ Shri Ratan Kumar Sinha 8. National Human Rights Commission ~ Justice K.G. Balarakrishnan 9. National Commission for Minorities~ Shri Wajahat Habibullah 10. National Commission for Women ~ Smt Mamata Sharma 11. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights~ Mrs. Kushal Singh 12. Securities Exchange Board of India ~ Shri UK Sinha 13. Central Board of Film Censors ~ Ms Leela Samson 14. Central Board of Direct Taxes~ Ms Sudha Sharma

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    ***********Current affairs Questions*********** 1. Who is newly appointed as United Nations goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS ? Answer: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 2. Which country won T20 World cup 2012 ? Answer: West indies (beating Sri Lanka) 3. Which country won T20 Womens World cup 2012 ? Answer: Australia (beating England) 4. What is the name of new book written by JK Rowling ? Answer: The Casual Vacancy 5. According to the Forbes annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women on August 2012, Who has been ranked in the first place ? Answer: Angela Merkel 6. What is the name of new ship commissioned on 2012 for coast guard ? Answer: Rajatarang 7. Who won the 2012 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award ? Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi 8. Which Country won Asian Kabadi Championship 2012 ? Answer: Pakistan (defeating India) 9. Who is the Winner of 2012 US Grand Prix ? Answer: Lewis Hamilton 10. The seventh meeting of the G-20 summit was held in which country ? Answer: Mexico (Los Cabos) 11. Which is the fastest super computer ? Answer: Titan 12. Who is the new chief of RAW ? Answer: Alok Joshi 13. Who will be the first Muslim head of Intelligence Bureau (IB) ? Answer: Syed Asif Ibrahim 14. Which country won Davis cup 2012 (men's tennis) ? Answer: Czech Republic 15. In which jail Ajmal Kasab hanged ? Answer: Yerawada Jail (Pune).....

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    1)World Population Day is observed on - ? Ans:- July 11 2) International Day of Peace is observed on ? 21 September 3) World Environment Day is observed on - ? Ans:- June 5 4) World Athletics Day is observed on ? Ans: May 4 5) Which date is World PressFreedom Day ? Ans: May 3........ Top 10 Companies in Fortune 500

    1. Wal-Mart Stores 469.2 Revenues ($b)

    2. Exxon Mobil 449.9

    3. Chevron233.9

    4. Phillips 66169.6

    5. Berkshire Hathaway162.5

    6. Apple156.5

    7. General Motors152.3

    8. General Electric146.9

    9. Valero Energy138.3

    10. Ford Motor134.3

    Reserve Bank of India Governor & Deputy Governors

    Governor Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan

    Deputy Governor Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty

    Deputy Governor Shri Anand Sinha

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    Deputy Governor Shri H.R. Khan

    Deputy Governor Dr. Urjit R. Patel

    ****Headquarters****

    Staples Framingham, Massachusetts, USA

    Walmart Bentonville, Arkansas, USA

    Dell Round Rock, Texas, USA

    IBM Armonk, New York, USA

    HBOS Edinburgh, Scotland

    Nike Beaverton, Oregon, USA

    IKEA Leiden, The Netherlands

    Samsung Electronics Seoul, South Korea

    McDonalds Oak Brook, Illinois, USA

    Michelin Clermont-Ferrand, France

    ExxonMobil Irving, Texas, USA

    Royal Dutch Shell The Hague, The Netherlands

    Walt Disney Burbank, California, USA

    HP Palo Alto, California, USA

    Canon Tokyo, Japan

    Verizon New York, USA

    General Electric Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Chevron San Ramon, California, USA

    UBS Basel & Zurich, Switzerland

    Bank of America Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

    Allianz Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

    LG Seoul, South Korea

    Sprint Nextel Overland Park, Kansas, USA.

    Deutsche Bank Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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    Intel Santa Clara, California, USA

    Peugeot Paris, France.........

    Maharatna CPSEs (as on February, 2013)

    1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

    2. Coal India Limited

    3. GAIL (India) Limited

    4. Indian Oil Corporation Limited

    5. NTPC Limited

    6. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

    7. Steel Authority of India Limited

    ( Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)

    ***IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS (AWARDS & HONOURS)*** Zubin Mehta Received Tagore Award......... Amitabh Bachchan Honoured With 2013 Global Diversity Award...... Indian Freedom Fighter Gets House of Commons Award.... John Abraham Honoured With Pride of the Nation Award ..... Malala Yousafzai Received Amnesty International Award..... President of India Presented National Communal Harmony Awards For The Year 2011 & 2012.............. The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Communal Harmony Awards for the year 2011 and 2012 at a function in New Delhi. National Communal Harmony Award for 2011: - Odishas MD Janab Haji Abdul Bari and Mizorams Khamliana jointly awarded for the year 2011 individual category. Both are social activists. National Communal Harmony Award for 2012:- The Foundation for Amity and National Solidarity, Delhi awarded for Organisational category. The foundation formed in 1984.The Foundation works for spreading amity and communal harmony.............!!!! Bunker Roy and Malala Yousafzai Received Clinton Global Citizens Awards............!!!

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    **List of top ten countries with Largest Population in the World** 1. China----------- 1,306,313,800 2. India-------------- 1,080,264,400 3. U.S.---------------- 295 734 100 4. Indonesia-------- 241 973 900 5. Brazil---------- 186 112 800 6. Pakistan-------- 162 419 900 7. Bangladesh----- 144 319 600 8. Russia--------- 143 420 300 9. Nigeria--------- 128 772 000 10. Japan--------- 127 417 200 The Right to Information Act, 2005, mentions that every State Government is

    to constitute a body to be known as the Information Commission to exercise the powers conferred on, and to perform the functions as-signed to it under the RTI Act. Appointment The State Chief Information Commissioner and the State Information Commissioners are to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of a committee consisting of - Composition The State Chief Information Commissioner. The State Information Commissioners who should not be more than 10 number. Headquarter of State Information Commission is to be at such place in the State which the State Government may specify or the State Information Commission may with the previous approval of the State Government establish offices at other places in state- The Chief Minister, who shall be the chairperson of the committee. The leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly. A Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Chief Minister. The State Chief Information Commissioner is to supervise and manage the affairs of the State Information Commission and is to be assisted by the State

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    Information Commissioners. Qualification and Terms of office and Conditions of service The State Chief Information Commissioner and the State Information Commissioners are to be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in Law, Science and Technology, Social Service, Management, Journalism, Mass Media or Administration and Governance. The State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information Commissioner are not to be a member of Parliament or member of State Legislative Assembly of any State or UT of hold any other office of profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any business or pursuing any profession. The State Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners are to hold office for five years or upto 65 years of age. The State Chief Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioner are required to take oath before the Governor of the State. The salaries and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the State Chief Information Commissioner is to be same as that of an Election Commissioner and of the State Information Commissioners same as that of the Chief Secretary to the State Government. The State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information Commissioner may resign from his office by writing under his address to the Governor and can be removed from his office by the order of the Governor on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity after the Supreme Court, on a reference made to it by the Governor has on inquiry, reported that the grounds are valid. Powers and Functions of the Information Commissions The Central Information Commission or State Information Commission are empowered to receive and inquire into a complaint from any person who could not get information from any public authority due to the reason of no appointment of PIO in that organisation. If the made request by any person for Information has been turned down by the public authority. If the information seeker could not get information within the time limit specified under RTI. If the demanded fee by the public authority for providing information is unreasonably high. If the information seeker thinks that he or she has been given incomplete, misleading or false information.

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    In respect of any other matter relating to requesting or obtainng access to records under this Act. The Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer as the case may be is to be provided a reasonable opportunity of being heard before any penalty is imposed on him. Burden of proving shall be upon the Information Officers. No suit is to be laid against any person for anything done in good faith. The provision of this Act are to have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in the Official Secrets Act, 1923. The Right to Information Act has been continously used by the active and aware member of Civil Society to expose corrupt practices in the administration and misappropriation of funds sanctioned for the execution of public welfare schemes. Mrs. Aruna Roy, a social activist and winner of Magsaysay Award is actively associated with the task of popularising Right to Information Act among the common people of the country. Arvind Kejriwal, won the Magaseysay Award for popularising Right to Information Act among the masses.

    Daily Current Affairs : 27th-28th October 2013

    1. Today is 146th birth Anniversary of social worker, author, teacher, Sister Nivedita. Her original name was Margaret Elizabeth Noble. She was a Scots-Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda. she took active interest in promoting Indian history, culture and science. She actively encouraged Dr. Jagadish Chandra Bose, the epoch-making Indian scientist and seminal philosopher of science who is credited to have discovered the wireless radio, to pursue original scientific research and helped him financially as well in getting due recognition when he was faced by an indifferent attitude of the British Government.

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    2. Today is International Animation Day, proclaimed in 2002 by ASIFA as the main global event to celebrate art of animation. 3. 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation begins in Nepal to promote hygienic practices and enhance the quality of life in South Asian countries. Conference has been inaugurated by Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav. 4. A radio documentary about domestic violence and other related issues in the Australian Indian community has won a prestigious United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) media award. The documentary was awarded this year in the category of "increasing understanding and awareness of womens' rights and issues". 5. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred an Honorary Doctorate by the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations.Founded in 1944, it is the oldest and the most renowned school in Russia for preparing specialists in international relations and diplomacy.

    6. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan received the third Hridaynath Mangeshkar award for his contribution to the film industry.The prestigious Hridaynath Mangeshkar award was supposed to be presented by melody queen Lata Mangeshkar to Bachchan, but due to health issues she could not make it and filmmaker Subhash Ghai did the honours. 7. Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has been awarded the Mother Teresa International Award by NGO The Harmony Foundation for her efforts towards achieving social justice. 8. Mexican drama 'La Jaula De Oro' (The Golden Cage) won the best film award by a debutante director on the closing day of 15th Mumbai Film Festival that also recognised Singapore's 'Ilo Ilo' and Indian films 'Fandry', 'Katiyabaaz' and 'Qissa'. Directed by Diego Quemada-Diaz, 'The Golden Cage' was honoured with the Golden Gateway of India award and a cash prize by the jury headed by director Bruce Beresford. The best actor prize was given to French actor Vincent Macaigne for his role in French film. 9. GAIL India and Paradip Port Trust on 26 October 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding for setting up an offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at Paradip Port, Odisha. The MoU envisages setting up of the project with a capacity

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    of 4 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMPTA) in Phase-I with a storage capacity of 170000 cubic metres. This will entail a total investment of 3108 crore rupees. 10. SC directs Sahara Group to hand over title deeds of its properties worth Rs 20,000 crores to SEBI within three weeks. 11. A team of astronomers discovered the most distant galaxy in the universe which is estimated to be 30 billion light years away from the Earth. The results of the latest findings were published in the most prestigious international journal the Nature. 12. Vijay Soni, a noted painter and theatre personality died on 27 October 2013 in New Delhi. The 76 year old Vijay Soni was battling with Parkinson disease for past 12 years. He is survived by his wife Aanita Soni, two daughters and three grandsons. 13. Anjali Gopalan on 25 October 2013 was awarded with French highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur. She was awarded for her work on transgenders and HIV positive patients.

    14. Sebastian Vettel wins 3rd Indian Grand Prix, becomes youngest to win four straight world drivers' championships. With this victory, Vettel became the quadruple champion and joined the group of legends like Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio and Alain Prost. He is only the third to do it in a row after Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. 15. Serena Williams beats Li Na for WTA title. Serena Williams ended her best season in suitable style, coming from behind to beat Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday for her second straight WTA Championships title. Williams' titles this year included the French and U.S. Opens for a total of 17 Grand Slam crowns. 16. Indian Oil Corporation on 27 October 2013 defeated Air India 5-3 to win the 48th Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament at the MHA stadium, Mumbai. Sunil was given the man of the tournament award and received a cheque for 5000 rupees from newly appointed chief national coach Terry Walsh at the end of the tournament.

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    GA Questions Asked in The Evening Shift of IBPS RRB Assistant:

    1. Headquarter of International Bank of Settlement is BASEL, Switzerland.

    2. Extend UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade And Development.

    3. 15th Elections of Lok Sabha Was Held in the Year 2009.

    4. How Many Countries are the Member of ASEAN: 10 Countries.

    5. 18th Meet of SAARC Will be Held in The Nepal.

    6. Chairperson of Planning Commission is Dr Manmohan Singh As The Ruling Prime Minister

    Heads This Position.

    7. Indian Athlete Mary Com is World Famous in Boxing, Being World Champion For 3 Times.

    8. Author of Sadistic Saga "Devdas" is Sharatchandra Chattopadhyaya.

    9. Capital City of Indian Union Territory Andaman & Nicobar Island is Port Blair.

    10. Capital City of Mauritius is Port Louis.

    11. Currensy of South Korea is Won.

    12.Tehri Dam is Constructed on The River Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand.

    13. Abhinav Bindra is Related to Sport Event of Shooting.

    14. Summer Olympics of 2016 Will be Organized in Brazil.

    15. United Nation's Day is Observed on 24th October.

    16. Chief of Naval Staff of India: Admiral D.K.Joshi.

    17. Leander Adrean Peas is Associated With Tennis.

    18. Dronacharya Award of Year 2013 For Lifetime Achievement is Given to K.P.Thomas.

    19. Dhyan Chand Award of Hockey is Given to Syed Ali. 20. USSR Earlei Which is Now Splitted into Different Countries is Also Called CIS What is its

    Full Form: Commonwealth of Independent States.

    21. Sanchi Stoops Signifying Symbol of Peace And Buddha Dharma Are Situated in Indian

    State Madhya Pradesh.

    22. Full Form of Indian Governments Program NREGA is National Rural Employment

    Guarantee Act.

    23. Indian Submarine Which Sink into Arabian Sea in August Caused by Firing Incident Was

    Called INS Sindhurakshak.

    24. Midnight Children is a Books Written By Salman Rushdie.

    25. President of Afghanistan is Hamid Karzai.

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    26. Best Actor Award is Given to Daniel de Lewis for Movie Lincoln in 85th Oscar Awards.

    27. Union Minister of Home Affairs is Mr Suhil Kumar Shinde.

    28. Parliament of Bangladesh is Called Jatiyo Sangshad.

    30. Renjith Maheshwari is Indian Triple Jumper Who Has Won 2007 Asian Games.

    31. Sum of Goods & Services Produced in a Year Minus Depreciation is Called Net National

    Product.

    32. Headquarter of International Civil Aviation Organization is Montreal, Canada.

    33. Speaker of Ongoing Loksabha is Mrs. Meira Kumar.

    34. Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian Pole Vaulter. She is a Two-Time Olympic Gold

    Medalist (2004 and 2008), a Three-Time World Champion.

    35. Bharat Nirman Plan Where Missing Objective Was Rural Drinking Water Supply.

    Top Banks in India

    Name of the Bank----Deposits (in Rs. crs)----No. of Offices

    Public Sector Banks :

    1.State Bank of India -----910,43,647----------- 14,316

    2.Punjab National Bank---3,79,588---------------5,739

    3.Bank of Baroda--------- 3,84,871---------------3,992

    4.Canara Bank----------- 3,27,054 --------------3,631

    5.Bank of India ------------3,18,216 -------------4,021

    Private Sector Banks

    1.ICICI Bank --------------2,55,500 ------------2,780

    2. HDFC Bank -------------2,46,706 ---------- 2,186

    3. Axis Bank---------------2,20,104---------- 1,657

    4. Jammu and Kashmir Bank--53,347 -------555

    5. Federal Bank-------------48,937 -------956

    Foreign Banks:

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    1. HSBC -------------61,423------------ 50

    2. Citi Bank -------------64,697 -----------43

    3. Standard Chartered Bank --63,968 ---------95

    4. Royal Bank of Scotland and NVC-13,039 ----31

    5. Deutsche Bank ----------16,842 --------15

    ***The above information has been updated on 01 April 2013 as per data available on the

    website of RBI for the year 2011-12

    More IBPS RRB EXAM QUESTIONS

    1. World Water Day March 22

    2. Argentina Capital - Buenos Aires

    3. Australia Currency - Dollar

    4. First Indian Women to get Olympic Medal Karnam Malleshwari

    5. English Vinglish Movie Director Gauri Shinde

    6. International Development Association HQ Washington

    7. Gnanpit Award Telugu Literature 2013 Ravauri Bharadwaja

    8. Pride and Prejudice Book Author Jane Austen

    9. Fiat Cars Which Country Italy

    10. Wriddhiman Saha related to Cricket

    11. Highest Literacy State (2011) Kerala

    12. Abdul Rahim Rather Minister of state Jammu & Kashmir

    13. Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh

    14. Vinton Cerf Father of Internet

    15. Swaythling Cup for Men, Corbillon Cup for Women Related to Which Game Table

    Tennis

    16. Difference Between Repo & Reverse Repo Rate Interest Rate Corridor

    17. Annapurna Scheme - 1st April, 2000

    18. JNNURM Started in Year 2005

    19. Current Chief Justice Sathasivam

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    20. Ranbaxy related to - Pharmaceutical

    21. Bulk Payments ECS

    22. A question about GDP

    23. To Classify as NPA Number of Required Days - 90 Days

    24. Number of Digits in IFSC Code - 11

    25. Image Based Cheque Clearing - Cheque Truncation System

    26. 14th Finance commission Headed By YV Reddy

    27. CASA Ratio Share of Current and Savings Account

    28. Situation where an inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows down, and

    unemployment remains steadily high Stagflation

    29. Banks Capital Infusion 14,000 crores by May 2014

    30. Safest Form of Deposit Fixed Deposit

    31. Converting assets into marketable securities & generating cash flows securitisation

    32. If NRI wants to invest in stock exchange, which account should b opened..?

    Weird facts about human body :

    ************************

    1 Men lose about 40 hairs in a day and women lose 70 hairs in a day.

    2 Your blood has same amount of salts in it as an ocean has.

    3 You are taller in the morning than you are at night.

    4 Heart circulates blood in your body about 1000 times each day.

    5 Eyelashes last about 150 days.

    6 There are 500 hairs in an eyebrow.

    7 The average human body contains approximately 100 billion nerve cells.

    8 It is not possible to sneeze with open eyes.

    9 Bones are 4 times stronger than concrete.

    10 Average life span of a taste bud is only 10days.

    11 You are born without knee caps and they dont appear until age of 2 to 6 years.

    12 Children grow faster in spring time

    13 Eyes stay the same size throughout life but nose and ears never stop growing.

    14 We born with 300 bones but end up with 206 bones when we are adult.

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    15 Human skull is made up of 26 different bones.

    16 Hair is made of same substance as fingernails.

    17 Our entire body functions stop when we sneeze, even your heart beat.

    18 Tongue is the strongest muscle in human body.

    19 Typical person goes to bathroom six timesa day.

    20 Food takes 7 seconds to reach stomach from mouth.

    21 Children have more taste buds than adults.

    22 Sneeze blows air out of nose at the speed of 100 miles per hour.

    23 Largest muscle in your body is one on which you are sitting on.

    24 Smallest bone of body is in ears.

    FOUNDER OF SOME POPULAR WEBSITES

    *****************************************

    01. GOOGLE : Larry Page & Sergey

    Brin

    02. FACEBOOK : Mark Zuckerberg

    03. YAHOO : David Filo & Jerry

    Yang

    04. TWITTER : Jack Dorsey & Dick

    Costolo

    05. INTERNET : Tim Berners Lee

    06. LINKDIN : Reid Hoffman,Allen

    Blue & Koonstantin Guericke.

    07. EMAIL : Shiva Ayyadurai

    08. GTALK : Richard Wahkan

    09. WHATS UP : Laurel Kirtz

    10. HOTMAIL : Sabeer Bhatia

    11. ORKUT : Orkut Buyukkokten

    12. WIKIPEDIA : Jimmy Wales

    13. YOU TUBE : Steve Chen,Chad

    Hurley & Jawed Karim

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    Presidents of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

    2013-incumbant Thomas Bach

    2001-2013 Count Jacques Rogge (Belgium)

    1980-2001 Juan Antonio Samaranch (Spain)

    1972-1980 Michael Morris (Ireland) (data facebook/cnaonweb)

    1952-1972 Avery Brundage (United States)

    1946-1952 J. Sigfrid Edstrm (Sweden) (data facebook/cnaonweb)

    1925-1942 Henri de Baillet-Latour (Belgium)

    1896-1925 Pierre de Coubertin (France)

    1894-1896 Dimitrios Vikelas (Greece)

    The Nobel Prize in Physics For WomenOnly two Times

    1. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 Maria Goeppert Mayer("for their discoveries concerning

    nuclear shell structure")

    2. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 Marie Curie, ne Sklodowska("in recognition of the

    extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation

    phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel")

    BSE Sensex

    The BSE Sensex currently consists of the following 30 major Indian companies as of 17

    February 2012.

    # Company Industry

    1 Housing Development Finance Corporation Consumer finance

    2 Cipla Pharmaceuticals

    3 Bharat Heavy Electricals Electrical equipment

    4 State Bank Of IndiaBanking

    5 HDFC BankBanking

    6 Hero MotocorpAutomotive

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    7 InfosysInformation Technology

    8 Oil and Natural Gas CorporationOil and gas

    9 Reliance IndustriesOil and gas

    10 Tata PowerPower(data facebook/cnaonweb)

    11 Hindalco IndustriesMetals and Mining

    12 Tata SteelSteel

    13 Larsen & ToubroConglomerate

    14 Mahindra & MahindraAutomotive

    15 Tata MotorsAutomotive

    16 Hindustan UnileverConsumer goods

    17 ITCConglomerate

    18 Sterlite IndustriesMetals and Mining

    19 WiproInformation Technology

    20 Sun PharmaceuticalPharmaceuticals

    21 GAILOil and gas(data facebook/cnaonweb)

    22 ICICI BankBanking

    23 Jindal Steel & PowerSteel and power

    24 Bharti AirtelTelecommunication

    25 Maruti SuzukiAutomotive

    26 Tata Consultancy ServicesInformation Technology

    27 NTPCPower(data facebook/cnaonweb)

    28 DLFReal estate

    29 Bajaj AutoAutomotive

    30 Coal IndiaMetals and Mining

    SECURITY PRESSES in India

    1. Currency Note Press, Nasik (1928)

    2. Bank Note Press, Dewas (1974)

    3. Bharatiya Note Mudra Nigam, Salboni, West Bengal ( 1995)

    4. Bharatiya Note Mudra Nigam, Mysore, Karnataka. (1995)

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    Security Paper Mill

    1. Security Paper Mill, Hoshangabad (1963)

    Four mints in the country for the production of coins

    1. Mumbai, Maharashtra

    2. Alipore(Kolkata),West Bengal(data facebook/cnaonweb)

    3. Saifabad(Hyderabad), Andhra Pradesh

    4. Noida, Uttar Pradesh

    Indian Railway Zones and their Headquarters

    1. Northern Railway--Delhi

    2. North Eastern Railway--Gorakhpur

    3. Northeast Frontier Railway--Maligaon(Guwahati)

    4. Eastern Railway--Kolkata

    5. South Eastern Railway--Kolkata

    6. South Central Railway--Secunderabad

    7. Southern Railway--chennai (data facebook/cnaonweb)

    8. Central Railway--Mumbai

    9. Western Railway--Mumbai

    10. South Western Railway--Hubli

    11. North Western Railway--jaipur

    12. West Central Railway--jabalpur

    13. North Central Railway--Allahabad

    14. South East Central Railway--Bilaspur

    15. East Coast Railway--Bhubaneswar(data facebook/cnaonweb)

    16. East Central Railway--Hajipur

    17. Kolkata MetroKolkata

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    Latest Committees in India

    1. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods : The committee will be headed by AK Ganju

    (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control committeesCommission, Patna).

    2. JS Mathur committee : to revise NewspaperAdvertisement Rates.

    3. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media.

    4. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmarts lobbying activities to enter

    India

    5.Mukul Mudgal Committee: to look at process of film clearance. (data by

    facebook/cnaonweb

    6. MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank

    7. SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to

    raise coal output.. (data by facebook/cnaonweb

    8. K M Chandrasekhar Committee for rationalization of foreign investment norms

    9. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment

    (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII), (data by facebook/cnaonweb

    10. Janakiraman Committee To investigate the security transactions of the bank

    11. MS Ahluwalia committee to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University

    12. Sitakant Mahapatra committee- for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of

    constitution

    13. N R Narayana Murthy committee for evaluation of corporate sector participation in

    Higher Education. (data by facebook/cnaonweb

    14. C Rangarajan committee for poverty scale estimates in the country

    15. MB Shah committee for inspection of illegal mining activities

    16. N Rangachary committee to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector

    17. Parthasarathi Shome committee implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance

    Rule).

    18. Deepak Parekh committee for Financing Infrastructure sector(data by

    facebook/cnaonweb

    19. Naresh Chandra committee 14 member task force on security issues

    20. Bhandari Committee Reconstruction of RRBs

    21. RS Gujral Committee suggest measures to boost MSME exports.

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    Worlds Top10 biggest oilfield services companies

    1. Schlumberger

    2. Halliburton

    3. Saipem

    4. Transocean

    5. Baker Hughes

    6. Fluor(data by facebook/cnaonweb

    7. Weatherford International

    8. BJ Services Company

    9. Petrofac (data by facebook/cnaonweb

    10. China Oil