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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123257400639591252011-11-27T16:46:34.164-08:00WelcomeHellow Good MorningBalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889979048705299048noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212325740063959125.post-34852043684952006172010-03-16T09:24:00.003-07:002010-03-16T09:24:32.641-07:00gkTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2009 General Knowledge 2009 quiz - 41 1. With which country India has signed a Social Security Agreement on Sep 03, 2009? a)Malaysia b)Singapore c)Switzerland d)Hongkong e)US 2. Which state is planning to start 64 model schools in backward districts under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)? a)Gujarat b)Uttar Pradesh c)Madhya Pradesh d)Haryana e)Karnataka 3. Who has been awarded male Golfer of the Year in the annual Golf Writers of America Awards? a)Steve Sticker b)Jack Nicklaus c)Ben Hogan d)Tiger Woods e)Bobby Jones 4. Who has been conferred the prestigious Indira Gandhi Gold Plaque 2009 for significant contribution towards human progress? a)Kofi Annan b)Sheikh Hasina c)Sujitha Koirala d)Mahmood Nasheed e)Aung San Suu Kyi 5. How many Indian films were nominees for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film (Oscar awards) till now? a)one b)two c)three d)four e)five 6. Where is the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC)? a)Australia b)England c)West Indies d)South Africa e)none of these 7. Which is the first Indian bank to open its branches outside India? a)SBI b)ICICI c)Bank of India d)PNB e)none of these 8. The 35th National Games will be held at which of the following states? a)Kerala b)Bihar c)Jharkhand d)Gujarat e)Rajasthan 9. Which bank has been awarded Golden Peacock National Training Award 2009? a)Indian Bank b)Canara Bank c)PNB d)Corporation Bank e)Bank of Baroda 10)Which Islamic Country to setup its first ever co-educational university? a)Pakistan b)Iran c)Afghanistan d)Saudi Arabia e)Turkey 11. Recently which country has taken steps to take finger prints from all adult foreign visitors by 2012 to lighten immigration controls and prevent criminals? a)US b)UK c)South Korea d)Australia e)India 12. Recently President Prathiba Patil visited which of the following countries in September 2009? a)Russia b)Spain c)Tajikistan d)Kyrgyzstan e)both a & c 13. Meenakshi Mukherjee recently passed away. She was a famous _____________? a)Literature b)Sports person c)Journalist d)Economist e)none of these 14. Which bank has been adjudged the Best Bank for the year 2009 on Quality of Assets by Business Today-KPMG Study? a)Canara Bank b)Andhra Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI 15. The Codename ‘Western Bridge’ is a joint Air exercise between India and ________? a)Maldives b)Japan c)Oman d)US e)Russia 16. What is the proposed percent of reservation for women in urban local bodies? a)31% b)51% c)33% d)50% e)49% 17. With which country India signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the area of Climate Change on October 22, 2009? a)US b)Japan c)Canada d)Maldives e)Norway 18. ‘Human Rights Day’ is observed on _________? a)Sep 10th b)Dec 10th c)Dec 4th d)Sep 18th e)Nov 7th 19. Dorjee Khandu was in news recently.He was the chief minister of _________? a)Himachal Pradesh b)Madhya Pradesh c)Sikkim d)Arunachal Pradesh e)Assam 20. Which country won the Fed Cup? a)Italy b)Argentina c)Russia d)US e)none of these Note: 5 Q : 1)Mother India(1957) 2)Salaam Bombay(1988) 3)Lagaan(2001) 6 Q : Dubai TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2009 Government Schemes in India - Part 2 1. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY): (Go for Part-1)  The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched as an integrated programme for self-employment of the rural poor with effect from 1 April 1999.  Under the SGSY, assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment. The persons taking up Self-Employment are called swarozgaris.  They may take up the activity either individually or in Groups, called the Self-Help Groups.  The SGSY aims at providing self-employment to villagers through the establishment of Self-help groups.  There are over 22 lakh Women’s Self Help Groups linked with banks. Reach of SHGs to be widened to enrol at least 50 per cent of all rural women in India as members of SHGs over the next five years.  A Self- Help Group (SHG) may generally consist of 10-20 persons.  In Union Budget 2009-10, The Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) restructured as National Rural Livelihood Mission to make it universal in application, focused in approach and time bound for poverty eradication by 2014-15. 2. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY):  It was formally launched on October 1, 2007.  It is a new health insurance scheme for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the unorganized sector.  The objective of RSBY is to provide the insurance cover to below poverty line (BPL) households from major health shocks that involve hospitalization.  The RSBY is being implemented in 20 States/Union Territories.  By the end of the year, 2009-10, 1.2 crore BPL families ( a unit of five) are expected to be covered and all the estimated 6 crore BPL families are proposed to be covered in the next four years.  In the Union Budget 2009-10, It is proposed that All BPL families to be covered under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).  Allocation under RSBY increased by 40 per cent over previous allocation to Rs.350 crore in Budget 2009-10. 3. Rajiv Awas Yojana:  It is a new scheme announced in the Union Budget 2009-10 for the slum dwellers and the urban poor in an effort to promote a slum-free India in five years.  Rajiv Awas Yojana comes under JNNURM on the lines of Indira Awas Yojana for rural poor. 4. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNUM):  The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched on  December 3rd 2005 is the largest national urban initiative to encourage reforms and fast  track planned development of 63 identified cities.  JNNURM comprises two Sub-Missions: o Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) (Sub-mission I) o Basic Services to the Urban Poor Urban (BSUP) (Sub-mission II) Objectives:  Focused attention to integrated development of basic services to the urban poor.  Security of tenure at affordable price, improved housing, water supply, sanitation.  Convergence of services in fields of education, health and social security.  Ensuring adequate investment of funds to fulfill deficiencies in the basic services to the urban poor.  In simple JNNURM is designed to support: Provision of basic service to urban poor, water supply, Road Network, Urban transport, Street lighting, Sewerage & Sanitation and etc.  In the Union Budget 2009-10, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) stepped up by 87% to Rs.12, 887 cr. 5. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY):  It is introduced in 1997 sponsored by Central Government.  The Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry in November 2009 comprehensively revamped the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) with a view to providing gainful employment to the urban unemployed and underemployed.  The new scheme will commence with financial year 2009-2010.  The Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) shall sheek to provide gainful employment to the Urban unemployed or underemployed poor through encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures or provision of wage employment.  The programme shall target the urban poor, defined as those living below the urban poverty line, as defined from time to time.  The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana shall consist of two special schemes, namely-  i)The Urban Self-Employment Programme (USEP)  ii)The Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP) 6. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana:  Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was launched by Govt. of India during 2007-08 to incentives states to draw up plans for their agriculture sector more comprehensively, taking agro-climatic conditions, natural resource and technology into account and integrating livestock, poultry and fisheries fully.  The RKVY aims at achieving 4% annual growth in the agriculture sector during the XI Plan period, by ensuring a holistic development of Agriculture and Allied Sectors.  Allocation under Rashtriya Krishi Yojana (RKVY) stepped up by 30% in the Union Budget 2009-10. 7. National Social Assistance Programme: The programme was launched with effect from 15th August 1985 and under this programme three sub-schemes are under implementation. They are. 1. National Old Age Pension(NOAP) 2. National Family Benefit Scheme (NEBS) 3. Annapurna Scheme National Old Age pension (NOAP):  The Scheme is implemented to the Old Age persons who are living above 65 Years. Physically Handicapped persons and Leprosy destitute (Irrespective of Age) who comes under Below Poverty line.  The National Old Age Pension Scheme has been renamed as Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOPS) and formally launched on 19th November, 2007.  The central contribution of pension under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) is Rs. 200/- per month per beneficiary and the State Governments may contribute over and above to this amount. At present old age beneficiaries are getting anywhere between Rs. 200/- to Rs. 1000/- depending on the State Contribution. National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)  Under this scheme, in the death of primary breadwinner, the head of household is untitled to get the benefit of Rs.10000/- in case normal deaths.  The deceased persons should have been primary bread winner and in the age group of more or less than 65 Years and who comes under Below poverty line and residing in the district preceding 3 years.  In case of accidental deaths. The benefit shall be extruded under "APADBANDHU" scheme which covers carton incidents as prescribed by the Government. The deceased family will get Rs. 50000/- or 10000/- depending upon their age. Annapurna Scheme  The Annapurna scheme has been launched with effect from 1st April, 2000.  It aims at providing food security to meet the requirement of those Senior Citizens who though eligible have remained uncovered under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS).  Under the Annapurna Scheme, 10 Kg. of food grains per month are to be provided 'free of cost' to the Beneficiary.  The age of the applicant ( male or female) should be 65 years or above. Two new schemes have been introduced in the Interim Budget 2009-10: • 'Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme' to provide pension of Rs.200 to widows between age groups of 40-64 years and • 'Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme' to provide pension for severely disabled persons. Widows in the age group of 18-40 years to be given priority in admission to ITIs, Women ITIs and National/Regional ITIs for women. Government to bear cost of their training and provide stipend of Rs.500 per month. 8. Aam Admi Bima Yojna (AABY):  It was launched in 2nd October 2007.  It is an Insurance Scheme. It covers the death and permanent disability for the benefit of rural landless households between the age group of 18 to 59 years.  The Scheme is being implemented through the LIC of India and inter alias.  The scheme provides for insurance of head of the family or an earning member of the family of rural landless household.  50% will be contributed by the central Govt. and the rest 50% will be contributed by the state Government. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009 General Knowledge Quiz 2009 - 40 1. ‘Astrosat’ is India’s first astronomy satellite which is scheduled to launch in which of the following years? a)2010 b)2011 c)2012 d)2013 e)2014 2. Which of the following country is a member of United Nation(UN)? a)Palestine b)Kosovo c)Vatican City d)Taiwan e)All are non UN-members 3. Sputnik -1 the World’s first artificial satellite (in 1957) successfully launched by which country? a)USSR b)Japan c)US d)UK e)Germany 4. How many countries became independent with the dissolution of USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) in 1991? a)5 b)9 c)11 d)13 e)15 5. Kosovo declared Independence from which of the following countries in 2008? a)Croatia b)Serbia c)Macedonia d)Yugoslavia e)none of these 6. Srilanka has declared victory over the LTTE(Liberation of Tamil Tigers) on May 16th 2009 after ____ years old civil war? a)21 b)23 c)25 d)26 e)27 7. Which of the following Politician gets has been arrested for insulting National Anthem in April 2009? a)Lalu Prasad b)Mamata Banerjee c)Shashi Tharoor d)Varun Gandhi e)S M Krishna 8. United States of America(USA) got Independence from ___________ in 1776, july 4th? a)USSR b)Great Britain c)Germany d)Canada e)none of these 9. 90% of Ozone in earth atmosphere is present in which layer? a)Troposphere b)Stratosphere c)Mesosphere d)Thermosphere e)none of these 10. Which of the following country having the world’s largest Internet base users? a)India(3) b)US(2) c)Russia d)China(1) e)Canada 11. Which of the following is not a Search Engine? a)Bing b)Wolframalpha c)Kosmix d)Cuil e)All are search engines 12. India stands at which place in the world when considering area wise? a)1st b)3rd c)5th d)6th d)7th 13. Besides India, August 15th is the Independence Day of which of the following country? a)North Korea b)South Vietnam c)South Korea d)North Vietnam e)France 14. Which of the following is world’s most widely spoken language? a)Mandarin(China) b)Spanish c)English d)Urdu e)Hindi 15. India’s first nuclear test explosion (Pokhran-1) conducted in the year _______? a)1967 b)1974 c)1987 d)1998 e)none of these 16. ‘Shakti’ is the code name for which of the following? a)India’s first supersonic cruise missile b)India’s first nuclear test (Pokhran-1) c)India’s first nuclear submarine d)Prithvi –III e)India’s second nuclear test (Pokhran-2) 17. Which of the following State Assembly in India has no Opposition members? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Kerala c)Orissa d)Sikkim e)none of these 18. ‘Brahmos -1’ is a _______________________? a)short range ballistic missile b)Air to Air missile c)Supersonic cruise missile d)Hypersonic cruise missile e)none of these 19. ‘000’ is national emergency number in which of the following countries? a)US b)Japan c)Australia d)Russia e)France 20. ____________ is the only continent without deserts (Areas that gets less than 25 cm. of rain in a year are classified as deserts)? a)Oceania b)North America c)South America d)Europe e)none of these Note: 2 Q : Other Non-UN members - Turkish Cyprus, Sahrawi Arab Demo.Rep.(S.A.D.R) 4 Q : the 15 countries are : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 18 Q : Brahmos -2 is a Hypersonic Cruise Missile. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2009 November Current Affairs 2009 - Part 2  Chandrayaan-II moon mission, which will help in analysis of mineral composition and undertake terrain mapping of the moon, will be completed by 2012-13.  India may be the world's second fastest growing economy, but when it comes to man-woman equality the country figures at the bottom of the table ranked 114th among 134 countries complied by the World Economic Forum (WEF).  The Centre is targetting to add one lakh mega watt power generation capacity under the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) to meet the growing demand of electricity in India.  India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year (2010) to boost trade and investment.  India has pledged a developmental assistance of USD 1.3 billion to Afghanistan to fight against terror which is not limited to military campaign and also for social, economic and developmental activities.  Beijing Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and women's boxing world champion MC Mary Kom, received the Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09.  India has approved further assistance of shelter material worth over USD 2.6 million besides augmenting its demining teams for speedy resettlement of over 2.8 lakh internally displaced Tamil civilians in Wanni in northern Sri Lanka.  Spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama inaugurated Kahndo-Dowa Songma Tawang district hospital and donated Rs 20 lakh for its building when he visited Arunachal Pradesh recently.  India will open their 2011 cricket World Cup campaign against Bangladesh in Dhaka on February 19 and the country (Bangladesh) will host its first match.  India's 1983 World Cup hero, former all-rounder Mohinder Amaranth honoured with the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2008-09 by the BCCI.  Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi was today re-elected unopposed as the president of Asian Athletic Association (AAA) in Guangzhou, China, to serve his third consecutive term at the office.  Nepal and India have decided to boost their cooperation in the energy sector as they agreed to complete a key cross-border transmission line by May 2012.  The Centre has assured Rs 60 crore to set up a Software Technology Park on the premises of a Special Economic Zone in puducherry.  President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Rajiv Shah to head US Agency for International Development (USAID).  In a major move to boost its air warfare capability, Pakistan is to purchase 36 J-10 fighter aircraft from China in a deal worth more than USD 1.4 billion. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 12:10 0 COMMENTS BANK NEWS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2009 Government Schemes in India - Part 2 1. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY): (Go for Part-1)  The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched as an integrated programme for self-employment of the rural poor with effect from 1 April 1999.  Under the SGSY, assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment. The persons taking up Self-Employment are called swarozgaris.  They may take up the activity either individually or in Groups, called the Self-Help Groups.  The SGSY aims at providing self-employment to villagers through the establishment of Self-help groups.  There are over 22 lakh Women’s Self Help Groups linked with banks. Reach of SHGs to be widened to enrol at least 50 per cent of all rural women in India as members of SHGs over the next five years.  A Self- Help Group (SHG) may generally consist of 10-20 persons.  In Union Budget 2009-10, The Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) restructured as National Rural Livelihood Mission to make it universal in application, focused in approach and time bound for poverty eradication by 2014-15. 2. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY):  It was formally launched on October 1, 2007.  It is a new health insurance scheme for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the unorganized sector.  The objective of RSBY is to provide the insurance cover to below poverty line (BPL) households from major health shocks that involve hospitalization.  The RSBY is being implemented in 20 States/Union Territories.  By the end of the year, 2009-10, 1.2 crore BPL families ( a unit of five) are expected to be covered and all the estimated 6 crore BPL families are proposed to be covered in the next four years.  In the Union Budget 2009-10, It is proposed that All BPL families to be covered under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).  Allocation under RSBY increased by 40 per cent over previous allocation to Rs.350 crore in Budget 2009-10. 3. Rajiv Awas Yojana:  It is a new scheme announced in the Union Budget 2009-10 for the slum dwellers and the urban poor in an effort to promote a slum-free India in five years.  Rajiv Awas Yojana comes under JNNURM on the lines of Indira Awas Yojana for rural poor. 4. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNUM):  The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched on  December 3rd 2005 is the largest national urban initiative to encourage reforms and fast  track planned development of 63 identified cities.  JNNURM comprises two Sub-Missions: o Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) (Sub-mission I) o Basic Services to the Urban Poor Urban (BSUP) (Sub-mission II) Objectives:  Focused attention to integrated development of basic services to the urban poor.  Security of tenure at affordable price, improved housing, water supply, sanitation.  Convergence of services in fields of education, health and social security.  Ensuring adequate investment of funds to fulfill deficiencies in the basic services to the urban poor.  In simple JNNURM is designed to support: Provision of basic service to urban poor, water supply, Road Network, Urban transport, Street lighting, Sewerage & Sanitation and etc.  In the Union Budget 2009-10, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) stepped up by 87% to Rs.12, 887 cr. 5. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY):  It is introduced in 1997 sponsored by Central Government.  The Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry in November 2009 comprehensively revamped the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) with a view to providing gainful employment to the urban unemployed and underemployed.  The new scheme will commence with financial year 2009-2010.  The Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) shall sheek to provide gainful employment to the Urban unemployed or underemployed poor through encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures or provision of wage employment.  The programme shall target the urban poor, defined as those living below the urban poverty line, as defined from time to time.  The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana shall consist of two special schemes, namely-  i)The Urban Self-Employment Programme (USEP)  ii)The Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP) 6. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana:  Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was launched by Govt. of India during 2007-08 to incentives states to draw up plans for their agriculture sector more comprehensively, taking agro-climatic conditions, natural resource and technology into account and integrating livestock, poultry and fisheries fully.  The RKVY aims at achieving 4% annual growth in the agriculture sector during the XI Plan period, by ensuring a holistic development of Agriculture and Allied Sectors.  Allocation under Rashtriya Krishi Yojana (RKVY) stepped up by 30% in the Union Budget 2009-10. 7. National Social Assistance Programme: The programme was launched with effect from 15th August 1985 and under this programme three sub-schemes are under implementation. They are. 1. National Old Age Pension(NOAP) 2. National Family Benefit Scheme (NEBS) 3. Annapurna Scheme National Old Age pension (NOAP):  The Scheme is implemented to the Old Age persons who are living above 65 Years. Physically Handicapped persons and Leprosy destitute (Irrespective of Age) who comes under Below Poverty line.  The National Old Age Pension Scheme has been renamed as Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOPS) and formally launched on 19th November, 2007.  The central contribution of pension under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) is Rs. 200/- per month per beneficiary and the State Governments may contribute over and above to this amount. At present old age beneficiaries are getting anywhere between Rs. 200/- to Rs. 1000/- depending on the State Contribution. National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)  Under this scheme, in the death of primary breadwinner, the head of household is untitled to get the benefit of Rs.10000/- in case normal deaths.  The deceased persons should have been primary bread winner and in the age group of more or less than 65 Years and who comes under Below poverty line and residing in the district preceding 3 years.  In case of accidental deaths. The benefit shall be extruded under "APADBANDHU" scheme which covers carton incidents as prescribed by the Government. The deceased family will get Rs. 50000/- or 10000/- depending upon their age. Annapurna Scheme  The Annapurna scheme has been launched with effect from 1st April, 2000.  It aims at providing food security to meet the requirement of those Senior Citizens who though eligible have remained uncovered under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS).  Under the Annapurna Scheme, 10 Kg. of food grains per month are to be provided 'free of cost' to the Beneficiary.  The age of the applicant ( male or female) should be 65 years or above. Two new schemes have been introduced in the Interim Budget 2009-10: • 'Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme' to provide pension of Rs.200 to widows between age groups of 40-64 years and • 'Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme' to provide pension for severely disabled persons. Widows in the age group of 18-40 years to be given priority in admission to ITIs, Women ITIs and National/Regional ITIs for women. Government to bear cost of their training and provide stipend of Rs.500 per month. 8. Aam Admi Bima Yojna (AABY):  It was launched in 2nd October 2007.  It is an Insurance Scheme. It covers the death and permanent disability for the benefit of rural landless households between the age group of 18 to 59 years.  The Scheme is being implemented through the LIC of India and inter alias.  The scheme provides for insurance of head of the family or an earning member of the family of rural landless household.  50% will be contributed by the central Govt. and the rest 50% will be contributed by the state Government. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009 General Knowledge Quiz 2009 - 40 1. ‘Astrosat’ is India’s first astronomy satellite which is scheduled to launch in which of the following years? a)2010 b)2011 c)2012 d)2013 e)2014 2. Which of the following country is a member of United Nation(UN)? a)Palestine b)Kosovo c)Vatican City d)Taiwan e)All are non UN-members 3. Sputnik -1 the World’s first artificial satellite (in 1957) successfully launched by which country? a)USSR b)Japan c)US d)UK e)Germany 4. How many countries became independent with the dissolution of USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) in 1991? a)5 b)9 c)11 d)13 e)15 5. Kosovo declared Independence from which of the following countries in 2008? a)Croatia b)Serbia c)Macedonia d)Yugoslavia e)none of these 6. Srilanka has declared victory over the LTTE(Liberation of Tamil Tigers) on May 16th 2009 after ____ years old civil war? a)21 b)23 c)25 d)26 e)27 7. Which of the following Politician gets has been arrested for insulting National Anthem in April 2009? a)Lalu Prasad b)Mamata Banerjee c)Shashi Tharoor d)Varun Gandhi e)S M Krishna 8. United States of America(USA) got Independence from ___________ in 1776, july 4th? a)USSR b)Great Britain c)Germany d)Canada e)none of these 9. 90% of Ozone in earth atmosphere is present in which layer? a)Troposphere b)Stratosphere c)Mesosphere d)Thermosphere e)none of these 10. Which of the following country having the world’s largest Internet base users? a)India(3) b)US(2) c)Russia d)China(1) e)Canada 11. Which of the following is not a Search Engine? a)Bing b)Wolframalpha c)Kosmix d)Cuil e)All are search engines 12. India stands at which place in the world when considering area wise? a)1st b)3rd c)5th d)6th d)7th 13. Besides India, August 15th is the Independence Day of which of the following country? a)North Korea b)South Vietnam c)South Korea d)North Vietnam e)France 14. Which of the following is world’s most widely spoken language? a)Mandarin(China) b)Spanish c)English d)Urdu e)Hindi 15. India’s first nuclear test explosion (Pokhran-1) conducted in the year _______? a)1967 b)1974 c)1987 d)1998 e)none of these 16. ‘Shakti’ is the code name for which of the following? a)India’s first supersonic cruise missile b)India’s first nuclear test (Pokhran-1) c)India’s first nuclear submarine d)Prithvi –III e)India’s second nuclear test (Pokhran-2) 17. Which of the following State Assembly in India has no Opposition members? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Kerala c)Orissa d)Sikkim e)none of these 18. ‘Brahmos -1’ is a _______________________? a)short range ballistic missile b)Air to Air missile c)Supersonic cruise missile d)Hypersonic cruise missile e)none of these 19. ‘000’ is national emergency number in which of the following countries? a)US b)Japan c)Australia d)Russia e)France 20. ____________ is the only continent without deserts (Areas that gets less than 25 cm. of rain in a year are classified as deserts)? a)Oceania b)North America c)South America d)Europe e)none of these Note: 2 Q : Other Non-UN members - Turkish Cyprus, Sahrawi Arab Demo.Rep.(S.A.D.R) 4 Q : the 15 countries are : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 18 Q : Brahmos -2 is a Hypersonic Cruise Missile. . SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2009 November Current Affairs 2009 - Part 2  Chandrayaan-II moon mission, which will help in analysis of mineral composition and undertake terrain mapping of the moon, will be completed by 2012-13.  India may be the world's second fastest growing economy, but when it comes to man-woman equality the country figures at the bottom of the table ranked 114th among 134 countries complied by the World Economic Forum (WEF).  The Centre is targetting to add one lakh mega watt power generation capacity under the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) to meet the growing demand of electricity in India.  India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year (2010) to boost trade and investment.  India has pledged a developmental assistance of USD 1.3 billion to Afghanistan to fight against terror which is not limited to military campaign and also for social, economic and developmental activities.  Beijing Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and women's boxing world champion MC Mary Kom, received the Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09.  India has approved further assistance of shelter material worth over USD 2.6 million besides augmenting its demining teams for speedy resettlement of over 2.8 lakh internally displaced Tamil civilians in Wanni in northern Sri Lanka.  Spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama inaugurated Kahndo-Dowa Songma Tawang district hospital and donated Rs 20 lakh for its building when he visited Arunachal Pradesh recently.  India will open their 2011 cricket World Cup campaign against Bangladesh in Dhaka on February 19 and the country (Bangladesh) will host its first match.  India's 1983 World Cup hero, former all-rounder Mohinder Amaranth honoured with the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2008-09 by the BCCI.  Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi was today re-elected unopposed as the president of Asian Athletic Association (AAA) in Guangzhou, China, to serve his third consecutive term at the office.  Nepal and India have decided to boost their cooperation in the energy sector as they agreed to complete a key cross-border transmission line by May 2012.  The Centre has assured Rs 60 crore to set up a Software Technology Park on the premises of a Special Economic Zone in puducherry.  President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Rajiv Shah to head US Agency for International Development (USAID).  In a major move to boost its air warfare capability, Pakistan is to purchase 36 J-10 fighter aircraft from China in a deal worth more than USD 1.4 billion. . THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2009 Government Schemes in India 1. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY):  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched on 25th December 2000.  It is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages of more than 500 persons in the rural areas (250 persons in the hilly and desert areas).  It is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme.  Allocations under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) increased by 59 per to Rs.12,000 crore in the Union Budget 2009-10. 2. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY):  It was launched on 4th April 2005 for attaining the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) goal of providing access to electricity to all households in the country in five years by merging “Accelerated Electrification of one lakh Villages and one crore Households” and the “Minimum Needs Programme (MNP)”.  Under the programme, 90% grant is provided by Govt. of India and 10% as loan by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) to the State Governments.  Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for the programme.  The scheme aims at electrification of over 1 lakh un-electrified villages and providing electricity connections to 2.34 crore rural households. The estimated cost of the scheme is approximately Rs. 51,000 crore.  All the BPL families are eligible for free connections under the scheme.  Allocation under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) increased by 27% to Rs.7000cr in the Union Budget 2009-10. 3. Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY):  Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was launched during 1985-86 as a sub-scheme of Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) and continued as a sub-scheme of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) since its launching from April, 1989.  It has been delinked from the JRY and has been made an independent scheme with effect from January 1, 1996.  The objective of IAY is primarily to provide grant for construction of houses to members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers and also to non-SC/ST rural people living below poverty line.  Funding of IAY is shared between the Centre & State in the ratio of 75:25.  The financial assistance provided for new construction under IAY is Rs.35,000/- per unit for the plain areas & Rs.38,500/- for the hilly/difficult areas.  Allocation under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) increased by 63% to 8,800 cr in the Union Budget 2009-10. 4. Bharat Nirman:  Bharat Nirman, a programme to build rural infrastructure, was launched by the Government of India in 2005.  Phase I of the programme was implemented in the period 2005-06 to 2008-09. Phase II is being implemented from 2009-10 to 2011-12.  Bharat Nirman comprises of six components: i)Irrigation ii)Rural Roads iii)Rural Housing iv)Rural Drinking Water Supply v)Rural Electrification vi)Telephone Connectivity.  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) for Rural Roads , Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGVY) for Rural Electrification & Indira Awas Yojana(IWY) for Rural Housing come under Bharat Nirman.  Bharat Nirman programme of six schemes for the development of rural infrastructure is being stepped up by 45% in Union Budget 2009-10. 5. Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMAGY):  It is a new scheme launched in the Union Budget 2009-10 by the Union Government on a pilot basis for integrated development 0f 1,000 villages, each having more than 50% SC population.  There are about 44,000 villages in which the population of scheduled castes is above 50 per cent.  If the pilot scheme is successful the scheme will be expanded to remaining villages.  An amount of Rs.100 crore has been allocated for this Scheme in the Union Budget 2009-10. 6. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM):  The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), launched in 2006 as the central government flagship project that would dramatically change the healthcare system in rural India.  The objective of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is to provide accessible, affordable, accountable, effective and reliable health care, especially to the poor and the vulnerable sections of the population in rural areas.  The NRHM covers the entire country, with special focus on 18 States where the challenge of strengthening poor public health systems and thereby improving key health indicators is the greatest.  Allocation under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) increased by Rs.2,057 crore amounting to 14,064 crore in the Union Budget 2009-10. 7. Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA):  One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist – ‘ASHA’ or Accredited Social Health Activist for every village with a population of 1000.  ASHA will take steps to create awareness and she will counsel women on birth preparedness, importance of safe delivery, breastfeeding and complementary feeding, immunization, contraception and prevention of common infections including Reproductive Tract infection/Sexually Transmitted Infection (RTIs/STIs) and care of the young child.  The ASHA will be trained to work as an interface between the community and the public health system.  ASHA must primarily be a woman resident of the village – married/ widowed/ divorced, preferably in the age group of 25 to 45 years. 8. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA):  The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA is an Indian job guarantee scheme, enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005.  This act was introduced with an aim of improving the purchasing power of the rural people, primarily semi or un-skilled work to people living in rural India, whether or not they are below the poverty line.  The scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of Rs.100 per day.  The NREGA achieves twin objectives of rural development and employment.  Around one-third of the stipulated work force must be women.  The scheme started from February 2, 2006 in 200 districts, was expanded to cover another 130 districts in 2007-2008 and eventually covered all 593 districts in India in 2008.  It has been renamed as Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act on 2nd October, 2009.  Allocation under NREGS increased by 144% to 39,100 cr in the Union Budget 2009-10. 9. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan(SSA):  The scheme of SSA was launched in 2001.  It is a flagship programme of the Government of India pioneered by Atal Bihari Vajpayee for achievement of universalization of elementary education in a time bound manner.  The Abhiyan is to provide useful and relevant elementary education for children in the 6-14 age group by 2010.  The assistance under the programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was on a 85:15 sharing arrangement during the Ninth Plan, 75:25 sharing arrangement during the Tenth Plan, and 50:50 sharing thereafter between the Central Government and the State Government except for 8 NE states.  The programme covers the entire country with special focus on educational needs of girls, SCs/STs and other children in difficult circumstances.  The programme seeks to open new schools in those places which do not have schooling facilities and strengthen existing school infrastructure through provision of additional class rooms, toilets, drinking water, maintenance grant and school improvement grant. 10. Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA):  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) which is the most recent initiative of Government of India to achieve the goal of universalisation of secondary education (USE) - classes VIII to X.  The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan program set up by the government to bring elementary education to millions of children has been successful to a large extent, and has thus created a need for strengthening secondary education infrastructure across the country.  In Jan 2009 CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs) approved the implementation.  It is announced in 2007 and it is proposed to implement during 11th Five Year plan  Rs.20,120 crore has been allocated for the Scheme during the 11th Five Year Plan. Note: This is only Part-1.Part-2 will be published soon with more Schemes. Highlighted words are important and it may be used for quick reference & also asked in many Bank Po exams. Try to understand the concept behind it and remember. It will be useful to your only. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2009 Quiz on General Knowledge 2009 - 39 1. Who has been named as the 'Person of the Year 2009' by the American magazine Time? a)Barack Obama b)Hillary Clinton c)Ben Bernake d)Dalai Lama e)none of these 2. In which of the following Stock Exchanges “currency Future trading” was firstly started? A)NSE b)MCX-SX c)BSE d)NCDEX e)none of these 3. Which Country is planning to build World’s Largest Mosque? a)Saudi Arabia b)Iran c)Tajikistan d)Indonesia e)none of these 4. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) is a scheme related to which of the following sectors? a)Rural Development b)Women Development c)Personnel Insurance d)Agriculture e)none of these 5. The Five Year Plan is approved by _______________? a)Planning Commission b)National Development Council c)Central Statistical Organization d)RBI & Finance Ministry e)none of these 6. Recently which country launched their country’s fastest Supercomputer named ‘Tianhe’? a)Japan b)Malaysia c)Hongkong d)China e)Singapore 7. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was in news recently. He was the president of _________? a)Algeria b)Taiwan c)Fiji d)Sudan e)Tunisia 8. Who among the following honoured as Asian Filmmaker of the year in the 14th Pusan International Film Festival(PIFF)? a)Bobby Bedi b)Yash Chopra c)Rakesh Roshan d)Manmoham Shetty e)none of these 9. With which country India have finalized a new 10-year military co-operation pact that will take bilateral defence partnership to new heights? a)Russia b)US c)Israel d)France e)none of these 10. ‘EKUVERIN-09’ is a joint troop exercise between which of the following countries? a)India & Russia b)Srilanka & China c)India & Maldives d)Maldives & Srilanka e)India & US 11. Which state is facing Political Crisis due to the process of separating a state? a)Jharkhand b)West Bengal c)Andhra Pradesh d)Uttar Pradesh e)Bihar 12. Dr Kamla is the new governor of _________? a)Nagaland b)Tripura c)Manipur d)Uttarakhand e)Gujarat 13. Which channel has won the Asian vision Annual awards 2009 for most news flashes? a)Times of India b)Aajtak c)Doordharshan d)NDTV e)none of these 14. How much is approved by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as grant for Indian farmers? a)$2.5 million b)$4 million c)$6.5 million d)$9.7 million e)none of these 15. Which country has presented the 2009 Defender of Democracy Award to Kailash Satyarthi? a)US b)India c)Denmark d)France e)Germany 16. Which film has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock for best film at the 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? a)A Brand New Life b)The Other Bank c)Gabricha Paus d) Angshumaner Chhobi e)I can’t Live without you 17. Recently which Bank (PSU) installed its first disabled-friendly ATM in the country? a)Vijaya Bank b)PNB c)Bank of Baroda d)Union Bank of India e)none 18. Mahila Coir Yojana, is a scheme to provide self-employment opportunity to rural women workers. This scheme firstly started by which State government? a)Kerala b)Uttar Pradesh c)Gujarat d)West Bengal e)Tamilnadu 19. Farook Haider was in news recently. He was a _______________? a)New Interior Minister of Pakistan b)Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan c)Master mind behind 26/11 Mumbai attacks d)Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir e)Former Pakistan Prime minister 20. ‘The Worlds Local Bank’ is the tag line of which of the following banks? a)Yes Bank b)HSBC c)ING Vysya d)Standard Chartered e)Bank of America Note: 1Q : For 2008 : Barack Obama 3Q : Present Worlds Largest Mosque is in Mecca(Saudi Arabia) 5Q : Five Year Plan is Developed & Executed by Planning Commission.  Jamait-e-Ulema Hind or the JEU on November 3rd issued a fatwa against singing national song 'Vande Mataram'. According to a resolution, Muslims should not sing 'Vande Mataram' as its reciting is against the Islam.  The 2009 Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam. India has won 40 medals (6-Gold, 9-Silver, and 25-Bronze) and stood at 7th Place. While China stood at first place with 92 medals (48-Gold, 25-Silver, and 19- Bronze).  China plans to operationalise its fourth civilian airport in Tibet in Ngari Prefecture, close to India, next year(2010) as part of the efforts to boost infrastructure facilities in the strategic Himalayan region.The Gunsa Airport in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is expected to start operation on July 1, 2010, to become the fourth civil airport on the "Roof of the World”.  The West Bengal government finalized a deal for acquiring 6000 acre land from farmers for reconstruction of embankments in the Sundarbans in South 24 and North 24 Parganas districts breached by Cyclone 'Aila'.  The Centre has released over Rs 300 crore to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state.  Jamshedpur had the highest per capita carbon emission while Thiruvananthapuram and Asansol had the lowest in 2007-08, according to an energy status report of 40 Indian cities.  The MSP of wheat has been fixed at Rs 1,100 per quintal, marking an increase of Rs 20 per quintal over the last year's MSP (1080).  India, which is home to highest number of diabetics in the world, will have around 51 million patients of the disease by 2010 and that figure may go up to 80 million by 2030.  D R Meena, an Indian Legal Service officer, was appointed as the new Law Secretary. He replaces T K Viswanathan who retired on October 31. Viswanathan, meanwhile, has taken over as adviser to Law Minister M Veerappa Moily. The post of adviser was recently approved by the union cabinet to help the government push legal and judicial reforms.  Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily(for his book Shri Ramayan Mahaniveshanam, which is considered as the best Ramayana in Kannada after Kuvempu’s.) and Krishna Bihari Mishra(for Kalpataru ke Utsav Leela) will be conferred with the coveted Moortidevi Award constituted by the Bharatiya Jnanpith Committee. Moily gets the 21st edition(2007), while Mishra gets the 20th edition(2006).  Cambodia has appointed the ousted prime minister of neighbouring Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, as a government adviser on the economy.  Former US vice president Al Gore, who has campaigned relentlessly on green issues, is on track to become the world's first "carbon billionaire" amid claims of profiting from the climate change agenda.  Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar became the first player in the history of the cricket to cross the 17,000 run mark in ODI’s.  The government has appointed senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Durgesh Shankar as a member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes replacing Saroj Bala.  Fiji's acting president Ratu Epeli Nailatikau was sworn in as head of state of the military-ruled Pacific nation. Nailatikau, a former army commander credited with guiding self-appointed Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama through his military career, was appointed as acting president after Ratu Josefa Iloilo retired at the end of July 2009. • MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2009 General Knowledge Quiz 2009 - 38 1. Who has been awarded the Koya National Journalism Award 2009? a)A.G Noornani b) Arvind Goswami c)Barkha Dutt d)both a & b e)both a & c 2. Who is the Richest Person in India? a)Anil Ambani(3) b)Lakshmi Mittal(2) c)Mukhesh Ambani d)K P Singh(5) e)Azim Premji(4) 3. Which of the following Newspapers have largest circulation (daily) in India ? a)Dainik Jagran(2) b)The Hindu(4) c)Malayala Manorama(3) d)Times of India e)none of these. 4. Bilal Nazki is the new Chief Justice of which High Court? a)Orissa b)Madhya Pradesh c)Gujarat d)Uttaranchal e)none of these 5. Which Indian Bank(PSB) has decided to open branch in Belgium and Offices in Uk & Canda? a)SBI b)Union Bank of India c)PNB d)Canara Bank e)Bank of Baroda 6. Who has been declared the winner of the prestigious Moortidevi award 2007? a)Krishna Mishra b)Satyavarat Shastri c)Prathiba Ray d)Veerappa Moily e)Ravindra Kalia 7. Human Development Index is published annually by _________? a)WHO b)UNDP c)UNCTAD d)UNESCO e)none of these 8. Recently which country tested the Shahab 3 missile? a)North Korea b)Pakistan c)Iran d)Kuwait e)UAE 9. What is the full form of BMD which is news recently? a)Business Management Development b)Ballistic Manufacturing Defence c)Bombay Missile Defence d)Ballistic Missile Defence e)Body Mass Development 10. Irani Cup is associated with? a)Hockey b)Football c)Chess d)Badminton e)Cricket 11. Swati Piramal is associated with? a)ASSOCHAM b)NASSCOM c)RBI d)DRDO e)ISRO 12. Which Country is planning to build world’s third largest mosque? a)Kuwait b)Algeria c)Dubai d)Iran e)none of these 13. Which Organization has released a stamp on Mahatma Gandhi? a)World Bank b)IMF c)UN d)UNESCO e)ADB 14. Which Country has recently launched Defence Satellites? a)Germany b)Canda c)US d)Russia e)none of these 15. National Income in India is estimated by _________? a)Planning Commission b)Finance Commission c)Survey of India d)Central Statistical Organization e)Indian Statistical Organization 16. How much is allocated by government for strengthening basic science research in institutions in higher learning’s? a)800 crore b)500 crore c)1200 crore d)1000 crore e)none of these 17. Who has been elected as the Chairman of ABC(Audit Bureau of Circulations)? a)Vijay Drada b)Subroto Chattopadhyay c)Shobana Bhartiya d)Kurush Grant e)Shailesh Seth 18. Pradeep Shinde has recently passed away. He was the famous ________? a)Journalist b)writer c)Singer d)Photographer e)Actor 19. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-5 a group of emerging countries? a)India b)China c)Brazil d)Mexico e)All are members(South Africa -5th member) 20. Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh belongs to which national party? a)INC b)TDP c)PRP d)BJP e)TRS 18, 2009 World's Largest Gold Reserves - Article On September 18, 2009, the IMF's executive board approved gold sales strictly limited to 403.3 metric tonnes, representing one eighth of its total holdings, in a bid to increase the (Washington-based) financial institution's capacity to lend to poor nations. The International Monetary Fund has sold 200 metric tonnes of gold to the Reserve Bank of India for about $6.7 billion. This new purchase puts India gold reserves in the 11th spot among the world's leading gold owners. Subsequently IMF sold 10 tonnes to Srilanka and 2 tonnes to Mauritius. Worlds Largest Gold Reserves: 1. US – 8133.5 tonnes 2. Germany – 3408.3 tonnes 3. IMF – 3005.3 tonnes 4. Italy – 2451.8 tonnes 5. France – 2445 tonnes 6. China – 1054 tonnes 7. Switzerland – 1040 tonnes 8. Japan – 765.2 tonnes 9. Russia – 639.8 tonnes 10. Netherlands – 612.5 tonnes 11. India – 557.7 tonnes Most countries including India and China—the two largest gold consuming nations in the world—have US dollar as most part of their foreign exchange reserves kitty. Now, China, India and other countries want to move away from dollar to gold, for all perceive gold as a stable currency than a hot commodity. Top Buyers of Gold: 1. India 2. China 3. US Top Producers of Gold: 1. China 2. Australia 3. US Difference between India and China: The most aggressive player in the gold reserves game these days is, of course, China. Though China is not keen to buy gold from IMF at the high price that gold is ruling these days, the People’s Bank of China is stepping up efforts to build up gold reserves by buying the yellow metal from the market and taking various initiatives to increase gold mining across the country. China has targeted to mop up a whopping 10,000 tonnes of gold reserves by 2020. At the recent Elections in India (April-May 2009) you have Noticed/heard the lines saying that “China Buys Gold, India Buys Votes”. The Indian politicians spent an estimated Rs 10,000 crore to buy the votes. China, meanwhile, has just announced that it has bought gold of 454 tonnes. China is tired of owning US government debt which may be worthless pieces of paper. So China is busy buying all kinds of real, hard assets. They are buying iron ore mines; copper mines; and rumour has it they are keen to buy agricultural land, but not so that they can bribe someone and have it converted to build an SEZ(Special Economic Zones were started/founded in China in early 1980’s and the most successful SEZ in China is ‘Shenzhen’ has developed from a small village into a city with a population over 10 million within 20 years). And China is buying more military equipment, too.And now they are gobbling up gold. India is the “Land for Rising SON’s” that means…Take for an example our Indian Prime Ministers…Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Now Rahul Gandhi. Indian Politicians( major) thinking will be on who will become the next Prime Minister and when the next elections will be held and to tie-up which party during elections and more over politicians contesting in elections for their self benefit. In India, only 44% villages have power. On the other hand, 99% of China’s villages are powered. Examples where India is lagging: Olympics in 2008: China got 51 gold medals 21 Silver and 28 Bronze medals. Whereas India got 1Gold Medal and 2 bronze Medals and No Silver Medal. If India had spended (money) atleast 10% - 15% in Sports what they have used during elections India have won many medals. Black Money: Is India is Poor? Who says go and ask/verify Swiss Bank personal accounts. Indian Black Money in Swiss Banks currently/approximately holds $1456 billion or $1.4 trillion (converting into Indian Rupees = 7200000000000/- in words 72 lakh Crores when 1$=50 Rs) as on Swiss Banking Association Report 2006(Now it has crossed even more.) an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor people in India can get Rs 1,00,000 each. Next place goes to Russia - $470 billion, UK - $390 billion, Ukraine - $100 billion, and China - $96 billion. India recently asked the Swiss Government to reveal the Indian Accounts held in Swiss Banks. But the Swiss Government has snubbed India by throwing its weight behind the practice of 'protecting the privacy of clients' at its banks. Coming to Defence: Active Military Troops in China: 2,225,000 Active Military Troops in India: 1,414,000. Military Spending by country in 2008-09: 1. US - $607 billions 2. China – $85 billions . . 10. India - $30 billion I am not comparing with US. Because US is already a developed country. But both China & India are developing countries. But China is growing more fast than India that it may surpass Japan to become the second largest economy in the world in the coming few (2 or 3) years according to financial experts whereas India will become third largest economy by 2050. Still 40 years to go. China already 3rd largest economy in the world(2009). We have got Independence before China. India got Independence in Aug 15th, 1947. China got in Oct 1st, 1949. Don’t think that I am against/blaming India. I am also an Indian. But need my Country to improve a lot. No Doubt India is the Worlds Largest Democracy in the world when compared to no other country in the world until China leaves Communism. Note: If you like this article please spread this and let to know your friends/colleagues/etc. If you don’t like please ignore it. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 18:51 LABELS: CHINA, CURRENCY, ECONOMIC, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009 General Awareness Quiz 2009 - 37 1. On which Day, UN General Assembly declared “Nelson Mandela International Day’? a)June 21st b)July 18th c)May 8th d)Aug 5th e)none 2. India won the fifth SAFF(South Asian Football Federation) title by defeating __________ that held in Bangladesh? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Srilanka d)Pakistan e)Maldives 3. Which State will become the first to implement the Right to Education Act 2009? a)Tamilnadu b)UP c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Kerala 4. Who is the first Indian boxer to clinch Gold Medal in inter-Continental President’s Cup? a)Vijendar Singh b)Mary Kom c)Hawa Singh d)Suranjoy Singh e)none 5. Who has been elected as the President of Rajasthan Cricket Association? a)Praful Patel b)C P Joshi c)Lalit Modi d)Narendra Modi e)Anand Sharma 6. Gen Fonseka is the ex-army Chief Contesting as a Presidential Candidate that to be held in Jan 2010, He belongs to which of the following countries? a)Norway b)Maldives c)Srilanka d)Myanmar e)Bhutan 7. Which Country hosted the EU Summit held in December 2009? a)UK b)France c)Switzerland d)Davos e)Brussels 8. Anerood Jugnauth was in news recently by arriving India for a two day visit in December 2009. He is the President of ________? a)Mauritus b)Myanmar c)Namibia d)Uruguay e)none of these 9. The first batch of the MiG-29K fighters jets have landed in India. These fighters’ jets are purchased from which Country? a)US b)France c)Ukraine d)Russia e)UK 10. Which Country won the Davis Cup 2009? a)Czech Republic b)Argentina c)Spain d)Sweden e)Serbia 11. Bina Rai has recently passed away. He was a famous ________? a)Actress b)Writer c)Journalist d)Politician e)none of these 12. Which Country won the Champions Trophy 2009 Hockey? a)India b)Australia c)Germany d)South Korea e)Netherlands 13. Which Country has offered eco-friendly technologies to clean and conserve holy Yamuna river in Delhi, that provides drinking water to about 57 million people in the country? a)US b)Japan c)France d)China e)Canada 14. How many agreements were signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Russia recently? a)2 b)3 c)5 d)6 e)none 15. V S Dhanasekar Memorial Cup is related to which sport? a)Chess b)Racing c)Golf d)Snooker e)Football 16. Who has been crowned as the Miss India American 2009? a)Shivali Vyas b)Disha Patel c)Priyanka Singha d)Shriya Kishore e)none 17. Which Country announced that it will host the International AIDS Society Conference in 2012? a)India b)South Africa c)Germany d)China e)US 18. Who has conferred the Best Indian Player in Football Players Association(FPAI) Awards? a)Sunil Chhetri b)Baljith Singh Sahni c)Jibbon Singh d)Baichung Bhutia e)Baldeep Singh 19. What is the period of the Financial Year in Banks? a)March to Feb b)Feb to Jan c)Jan to Dec d)April to March e)May to April 20. Recently IT major Infosys launches a Development Centre in which of the following countries? a)Argentina b)Egypt c)Brazil d)South Africa e)Spain Note: 5th Q - C P Joshi(Union Minister of Panchayati Raj) against Lalit Modi. 10th Q - Spain against Czech Republic. 12th Q - Australia against Germany. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009 Quiz on Economy,Business & Finance - 36 1. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) projected India’s growth rate of ____ in 2010 in its latest report? a)6.5% b)6.7% c)7% d)7.2% e)none of these 2. Which Country has overtaken US in the most competitive economies in the world compiled by World Economic Forum? a)Switzerland b)China c)Australia d)Finland e)Germany 3. Which Bank(PSU) has been awarded in NDTV Profit Business Leadership award 2009 in Banking Category? a)SBI b)Canara Bank c)Bank of Maharashtra d)Corporation Bank e)Bank of India 4. Which of the following does not come under India’s six core sectors? a)Petroleum Refinery Products b)Agriculture c)Crude Oil d)Steel e)Cement 5. With which auto company SBI has signed a memorandum of understanding for providing retail financing to customers? a)Hyundai b)Tata motors c)Ford d)Honda Seil e)Maruthi Suzuki 6. India targets $50-billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by ________? a)2012 b)2013 c)2014 d)2015 e)2017 7. Recently Government has cleared the 17 FDI proposals worth Rs __________? a)990 crores b)1015 crores c)1323 crores d)1158 crores e)4551 crore 8. With which Country India had signed a memorandum of understanding for establishing a joint study group (JSG) to examine the feasibility of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two countries? a)Italy b)Argentina c)Bahrain d)Canada e)Russia 9. How many Special Economic Zones(SEZ) are Operating in India? a)89 b)56 c)101 d)121 e)none of these 10. According to Planning Commission, India Economy will grow by ___ in next Fiscal Year? a)7.1% b)8% c)6.9% d)7.9% e)7.5% 11. India signed a five year agreement to jointly fight Climate Change and negotiate International Climate Deals? a)China b)Maldives c)Japan d)US e)Denmark 12. Which Country will Chair the Inter-governmental Group of 24 (G-24) nations in 2009-2010? a)Syria b)South Africa c)India d)Brazil e)none 13. Recently which Bank has celebrated its 104th foundation Day? a)Indian Bank b)Canara Bank c)Corporation Bank d)Bank of India e)SBI 14. What is the share of Sponsored bank for Regional Rural Banks(RRB’s) in India? a)15% b)35% c)49% d)50% e)51% 15. How many Regional Rural Banks are there in India at present? a)145 b)196 c)206 d)96 e)133 16. Which of the following Banks in India Maintaining the highest Capital Adequacy Ratio(CAR)? a)ICICI b)Kotak Mahindra c)SBI d)Central Bank of India e)Federal Bank 17. Abu Dhabi provided _______ billion to state owned Dubai World that recently faced Debt Crisis? a)$1.5 b)$5 c)$8 d)$10 e)$7.5 18. India Post entered into a tie-up with ___________ Life Insurance Company to expand its services portfolio to the customers? a)ICICI Prudential b)SBI c)New India Assurance d)LIC e)none of these 19. What would be the ‘S’ in Damascus S Exchange(DSE)? a)Stock b)Saving c)Special d)Securities e)none of these 20. Which of the following banks have issued the world’s first 150-Dollar banknote? a)HSBC b)Deutsche Bank c)Citi Bank d)Bank of America e)none of these Note: 3rd Q: Axis Bank in Private Sector. 7th Q: In Nov. Govt cleared 17 FDI proposals worth 1558 crore. In Dec. Govt cleared 17 FDI proposals worth 4551 crore. 14th Q: Share for RRB - 1)Central Government : 50% 2)Sponsored Bank - 35% 3)State Govt - 15% Answer for 20th Q is : Standard Chartered. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:41 LABELS: BANK OF MAHARASHTRA, BUSINESS, CORPORATION BANK, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, INDIA, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, TATA MOTORS Reactions: 2 COMMENTS: Leader - Infrastructure was given to Larsen & Toubro. In the Aviation category, the award was given to InterGlobe Aviation. Business Leader award for private sector bank was given to Axis Bank. Bharti Airtel Ltd was given the Business Leader Award in the Telecom category. In the Automobile category, Tata Motors bagged the award for four-wheelers, while Hero Honda won among two-wheelers FMCG Food – Nestle FMCG Personal Hygiene – Marico Retail – Pantaloon Retail India Ltd Consumer Durables – Samsung India IT Software – Wipro Ltd IT Hardware – Wipro Infotech Logistics – Allcargo Global Logistics Ltd Oil and Gas (Public Sector) – HBCL Oil and Gas (Private Sector) -Reliance Industry Ltd Mutual Funds – HDFC Asset Management Company Life Insurance – Life Insurance Corporation of India Non-Life Insurance – New India Assurance Company Ltd Special Award for Inspiring Leader during crisis was given to OP Bhatt, Chairman, State Bank of India. TN Ninan was awarded the Special Award for Business Thought Leader. Nilekani and Kochhar were also among those who won the Special Awards. The first NDTV Profit Business Leader - CSR Award was awarded to Infosys the Business Achievement of the Year Award was given to Satyam. corporate social responsibility infosys technologies limited inclusion & diversity lasersoft infrastructure larsen & tourbo ltd pharmaceuticals Jubilant Organosys Ltd. retail Pantaloon Retail India Ltd. Telecom Bharti Airtel Ltd. Lifetime Achievement Award Brij Mohanlall, Chairperson, Hero Honda Ltd Business Thought Leader Of The Year Dr T N Ninan, Editor-in-Chief, Business Standard Inspiring Leader in a Crisis Award O P Bhatt, Chairman, SBI Hope & Inspiration Award Nandan M Nilekani Indian Business Women Leadership Award Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank, Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Bank and Manisha Girotra of UBS India Business Leadership Team Award Team Satyam – Dr. Kiran Karnik, Dr. Tarun Das, Deepak Parekh, TN Manoharan, C Achuthan, SB Mainak 4.b The six core sectors — cement, coal, steel, electricity, crude petroleum and petro-refinery products 5.d 6.a 7.4551crores i think check it again 8.d WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009 8:05:00 PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009 List of Newly Elected President/PM's of a Country in 2009 1) Indonesia President - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 2) Congo President - Denis Sassou Nguesso 3) Kyrgyzstan President - Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev 4) Afghanistan President – Hamid Karzai 5) Japan Prime Minister – Yukio Hatoyama 6) Norway Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg 7) Denmark Prime Minister – Lars Lokke Rasmussen 8) Iran President – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 9) Slovakia President – Ivan Gasparovic 10)South Africa President – Jacob Zuma 11)India Prime Minister – Manmohan Singh 12)Iceland Prime Minister – Johanna Siguroardottir 13)Bangladesh President – Zillur Rahman 14)Bangladesh Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina 15)Nepal Prime Minister – Madhav Kumar Nepal 16)Zimbabwe Prime Minister – Morgan Tsvangirai 17)Somalia President – Sharif Ahmed 18)Germany President – Horst Kohler 19)Madagaskar President – Andry Rajoelina 20)Greece Prime Minister – George Papandreou 21)Honduras President – Profirio Lobo Sosa 22)Israel Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu 23)Greenland Prime Minister – Kuupik Kleist 24)USA President- Barack Obama 25)Romania President – Traian Basescu 26)Bolivia President - Evo Moralis MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009 Latest Current Affairs - 2009(PTR) Judges of Supreme Court: Government has decided to elevate five Chief justices of five states as Supreme Court judges. The Five Chief Justices are i)A K Patnaik(Madhya Pradesh) ii)T S Thakur(Punjab & Haryana) iii)K S Radhakrishnan(Gujarat) iv)Surinder Singh Nijjar(Calcutta) v)P D Dinakaran(Karnataka) But Karnataka Chief Justice has been put on hold because Dinakaran's name has figured in the disproportionate assets case and he has been accused of amassing wealth and grabbing land. So the remaining four Judges had taken oath on Nov 17th 2009. This takes the judges tally to 26(1+25) against the formal strength of 31 judges. World’s Largest Economies: 1) US 2) Japan 3) China 4) Germany 5) France 6) UK 7) Italy 8) Brazil 9) Russia 10) Spain 11) Canada 12) India. Recently China has surpassed Germany to become the third largest economy in the world. India is the Second fastest growing Economy in the World. India will be the third largest economy in the world after China and United States by 2050, a US-based internationally recognized foreign-policy think tank. Asia’s Largest Economies: 1. Japan 2. China 3. India 4. South Korea INS Arihant: India’s first indigenously built Nuclear-capable Submarine launched on July 26th 2009 in Vishakhapatnam (AP) with a cost of $2.9 billions. India is the sixth country in the world to possess N-submarine capability after US, Russia, France, UK and China. India has two more indigenous nuclear submarines under construction and they are slated to be inducted in 2015. India is acquiring another N-capable submarine, the Akula class “Nerpa” from Russia. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009 Points to Remember 2009 - Free Trade Agreement with India India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement:  India and the ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) signed a FTA on August 13, 2009 which took nearly six years to negotiate.  Nine members of the 10-nation (ASEAN) regional trade bloc signed the pact except Vietnam. Vietnam would do so after its formal recognition by India as a ‘market economy’.  Under this FTA, India & ASEAN member countries will lift import tariffs on more than 80% of traded products between 2013 and 2016.  This FTA is related only to Goods.  489 items from agriculture, textiles and chemicals products are kept out of duty reduction.  India, ASEAN target $ 10 billion increase in trade in the first year (1st Jan 2010 to 1st Jan 2011) from $ 40 billion at present.  ASEAN regional bloc is India’s fourth largest trading partner.  At present, China is India’s Largest Trading Partner followed by US, UAE.  The implementation of the FTA will take effect from Jan 1st 2010. India-South Korea Sign Trade Pact:  India and South Korea signed a trade pact on August 7th 2009 which took three and half years to negoiate.  The pact known as the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).  The CEPA, a term adopted to stress comprehensive economic relations inclusive of merchandise and service trade, investment and economic cooperation, is a de facto free trade agreement (FTA).  The pact, which will see India eliminating or reducing import duties on 85 percent of Korean exports and South Korea doing the same for 93 percent of imports from India by 2019.  Bilateral trade between the two countries was worth $15.56 billion in 2008. Apart from these two, India have signed a FTA with Srilanka in December 1999, Thailand (Separate from recent FTA with ASEAN) in Oct 2003, Malaysia (Separate from recent FTA with ASEAN) in 2005. GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009 General Knowledge 2009 - 35 1. Which Country has honoured the International Freedom Award to ‘Dalai Lama’? a)US b)India c)Russia d)UK e)none of these 2. The Minimum Support Price(MSP) for Common variety Paddy is ____? a)850 b)900 c)950 d)1050 e)1080 3. Who has been presented the ‘2009 Golden Pen of Freedom Prize’? a)Najam Sethi b)Xavier Vidal-Folch c)Rajdeep Sardesai d)Vikram Chandra e)none 4. US has decided to quit Afghanistan by the Year ________? a)2011 b)2012 c)2014 d)2015 e)2017 5. Who has been awarded the ‘Golden Ball Award’for the year 2009? a)Cristiano Ronaldo b)Lionel Messi c)Kaka d)Ronaldinho e)Fabio Cannavaro 6. The First International Cruise Ship launched in which of the following places in India? a)Vishakhapatnam b)Mumbai c)Kochi d)Goa e)none of these 7. The amalgamation of RRB’s is recommended by ______________ Committee? a)Rangarajan Committee b)Rakesh Mohan c)Pranab Mukherjee d)Vyas e)none of these 8. Sonia Gandhi Placed at which place in the World’s 100 most powerful women compiled by Forbes Magazine? a)3rd b)7th c)9th d)11th e)13th 9. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Kim Dae-jung died on August 2009. He was the former president of which Country? a)Japan b)South Korea c)North Korea d)China e)Myanmar 10. Who has been appointed an honorary member of the Order of Australia? a)Adam Gilchrist b)Sourav Ganguly c)Ricky Pointing d)Brain Lara e)SteveWaugh 11. Who wrote the book “India : From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond”? a)V S Naipaul b)Chetan Bhagat c)Shashi Tharoor d)Amartya Sen e)Abdul Kalam 12. Who won the Montreal Masters Final 2009? a)Andy Murray b)Andy Roddick c)Rafael Nadal d)J M Del Potro e)Novak Djokovic 13. Which of the following statement is not true? a)England defeated Australia to win the Ashes Series b)Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice of U.S.A c)Barcelona won the the UEFA Super Cup d)Sunita Narain has been chosen for 2009 Raja Lakshmi Award e)All are Correct. 14. A/c to 2001 Census, which state had the largest percentage of Hindus? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Uttar Pradesh c)Himachal Pradesh d)Madhya Pradesh e)none 15. Recently Brad Hodge has announced his retirement from International Cricket. He belongs to which country? a)England b)New Zealand c)Australia d)South Africa e)none 16. At Which of the following Places is the Indian Standard Time(IST) is determined? a)New Delhi b)Allahabad c)Mumbai d)Hyderabad e)Kolkata 17. Which Country won the Hockey Series against India in August 2009? a)South Korea b)Pakistan c)Germany d)England e)Syria 18. Which of the following countries had handed over Macau to China? a)Russia b)Japan c)South Korea d)Portugal e)Germany 19. Which of the following cities is considered as the easiest city to do Business a report by International Finance Corporation? a)Ludhiana b)Hyderabad c)Bhubaneswar d)Jaipur e)Guwahati 20. Who is the only Finance Minister to become the President of India? a)Zakir Hussain b)R Venkataraman c)Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed d)Shankar Dayal Sharma e)Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009 Latest Current Affairs - 2009 1. Chennai girl Anaka Alankamony, who recently became the world's youngest player to clinch the Women International Squash Players Association (WISPA) title, has been conferred the Young Achiever Award 2009 by the Rotary Club of Madras Northwest. 2. Environment Scientist R K Pachauri has been conferred with the 'Order of the Rising Sun --Gold and Silver Star' in recognition of his contribution to the enhancement of Japan's policy (Kyoto Protocol) towards climate change. 3. India and Nepal have signed an agreement to set up Pancheshwar Development Authority for the execution of 6400 MW multi-purpose hydel power project for water utilization between the two countries. 4. Senior journalist Pallava Bagla has been chosen for the prestigious Indian Nuclear Society's Science Communication Award for 2008.Bagla, Science Editor, NDTV, was selected for the award for his outstanding contributions in popularizing science and technology, particularly nuclear sciences. 5. Ace Indian woman squash player Dipika Pallikal has been nominated in the 'Young Player of the Year' category of the fifth annual World Squash awards. 6. European Union leaders have named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and Britain's Catherine Ashton as EU President. 7. The government cleared a Rs 7,266-crore package for the development of the drought-hit Bundelkhand region(It is a region divided b/w MP & UP) and decided to set up a monitoring group to oversee its implementation. 8. An Indian origin student Amia Parvati Srinivasan has been selected for the prestigious All Souls Fellowship at Oxford. 9. Actor Akshay Kumar has been nominated India's ambassador to the 2010 Olympic games in Canada. 10. Ramalinga Raju(Satyam) has been ranked as the world's fourth most outrageous CEO in 2009 on the list compiled by the Forbes while Sri Lankan-origin American hedge fund manager Raj Rajarathnam (third), former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain (2nd) and Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein (1st). 11. Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final. 12. Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi re-elected unopposed as the president of Asian Athletic Association (AAA) in Guangzhou, China, to serve his third consecutive term at the office. Kalmadi was elected for another four-year term (2009-13) at the 18th General Body Meeting of the AAA, a day ahead of the 18th Asian Athletics Championships (November 10-14) to be held in the Chinese city. 13. Karur Vysya Bank had been awarded the "Banking Technology Excellence Awards - 2008" for Best use of IT for Customer Service in Semi-Urban and Rural Areas among Small Banks by Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Hyderabad. 14. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) had the highest per capita carbon emission while Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) and Asansol (West Bengal) had the lowest in 2007-08, according to an energy status report of 40 Indian cities. 15. President Pratibha Patil entered the record books by becoming the first woman head of state to fly in a frontline, multi-role fighter jet aircraft as she undertook a 30-minute sortie in a Russian made Sukhoi-30 MKI. A Sukhoi, India's most advanced fighter plane, can carry eight tonnes of armaments and fly over 3000 kms with onboard fuel and can undertake an extended journey of up to 5000 kms with a single air-to-air refueling. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009 Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 34 1. Which Country has surpassed the US to become Japan’s largest Trading partner? a)China b)India c)Germany d)Russia e)South Korea 2. The GDP growth of India in the second quarter of 2009-10 is _______? a)6.1% b)6.6% c)7.1% d)7.7% e)7.9% 3. Who is the Chairman of AEC(Atomic Energy Commission)? a)Srikumar Banerjee b)G Madhavan Nair c)Anil Kakodkar d)K Radhakrishna e)J Mitra 4. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs ________ to National Knowledge Commission for the education sector under the 11th Five year plan ? a)3 lakh crore b)1 lakh crore c)2 lakh crore d)0.75 lakh crore e)5 lakh crore 5. Recently which country lifted the 22-year-old ban on the entry of people with HIV+? a)Mexico b)UK c)France d)US e)Canada 6. Around ____ of Dubai’s Population is made up of Indians? a)26% b)33% c)40% d)46% e)52% 7. Which State government has sought an assistance of about Rs 1,162 crore from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for development of agriculture to increase food production and improve food security during the next three years? a)Karnataka b)UP c)Andhra Pradesh d)Gujarat e)none of these 8. ‘Arogyasi’ the most successful health insurance scheme launched by which of the following state? a)Tamilnadu b)Andhra Pradesh c)Maharashtra d)Kerala e)Karnataka 9. Madhu Koda has been arrested in a disproportionate assets case. He was the former Chief Minister of which state? a)Haryana b)Chhattisgarh c)Jharkhand d)Bihar e)none 10. Which Committee has suggested the minimum shareholding of Government equity of nationalized bank should be brought down to 33%? a)T R Andhyarujina b)Narasimhan Committee c)Rangarajan Committee d)Mukherjee Committee e)Tarapore Committee 11. Who is newly elected President of Honduras? a)Rafael Pinada Ponce b)Porfirio Lobo c)Roberto Mitcheletti d)Maria Antonieta e)none 12. Which Mutual fund is the first to provide facility to investors to trade in NSE after SEBI allowed mutual funds to be traded through stock exchanges? a)Reliance Mutual fund b)SBI Mutual fund c)LIC Mutual fund d)UTI Mutual fund e)Prudential Mutual fund 13. Which country is not a member of G-33? a)India b)Cuba c)Pakistan d)China e)All are members of G-33 14. L&T signed a joint venture agreement with NPCIL to set up a company in _________ state for the production of special steel and ultra-heavy forgings with an investment of 1,725 crore? a)UP b)Punjab c)Gujarat d)Maharashtra e)none of these 15. Which Country held a Cabinet meet in Everest Region to highlight the impact on Climate Change recently? a)China b)France c)Maldives d)UK e)Nepal 16. Who has been selected for the first PCRF-NDTV National RTI Award? a)Karan Thapar b)Bharkha Dutt c)Prannoy Roy d)Shyamlal Yadav e)Shireen Bann 17. Currently Praful Patel holds which of the following posts? a)Indian Overseas Minister b)Water Resources c)IT & Broadcasting d)Civil Aviation Minister e)none of these 18. Roger Federer won the Wimbeldon Men’s Single Title 2009 by defeating? a)Rafael Nadal b)Robin Soderling c)Andy Roddick d)Andy Murray e)Noval Djokovic 19. How many Emirates form a United Arab Emirates? a)Five b)Six c)Seven d)Eight e)Four 20. ‘Real’ is the currency of which of the following countries? a)South Africa b)Mexico c)Cuba d)South Korea e)Brazil POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:00 LABELS: AGRICULTURE, ANDHRA PRADESH, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, INDIA, SOUTH KOREA Reactions: 1 COMMENTS: Aditya said... 1.A 2.E 3.A 4.A 5.D President Obama announced that he will lift a 22-year-old ban on entry into the United States for people infected with HIV/AIDS. SOURCE: CNN.COM 6.NONE OF THE OPTIONS ARE CORRECT 26.1% Arab (of whom 17% are Emirati) 42.3% Indian 13.3% Pakistani 7.5% Bangladeshi 2.5% Filipino 1.5% Sri Lankan 0.9% European 0.3% American 5.7% other countries 7.C The AP State government has sought an assistance of about Rs. 1,162 crore from International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for development of agriculture to increase food production and improve food security during the next three years. 8.B 9.C 10.B 11.B 12.D 13.E 14.C 15.E 16.D 17.D 18.C 19.C 20.E GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2009 Current Affairs 2009(PTR) Civil Nuclear Deal with India: Canada became the Eight country to sign Civil Nuclear Agreement with India on Nov 29th 2009 after the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group(NSG) lifted a 34-year-old ban on nuclear commerce in September last year(2008). India has already signed similar pacts with 1)US(Oct 08) 2)France(Oct 08) 3)Russia(Dec 08) 4)Kazakhstan(Jan 09) 5)Namibia(Aug-Sep 09) 6)Mongolia(Sep 09) 7)Argentina(Oct 09) World & Indian Beauties 2009:  Miss Earth 2009 – Larissa Ramos(Brazil)  Miss Universe 2009 - Stefania Fernandez(Venezuela)  Miss World 2009 - Kaiane Aldorino(Gibraltar).  Miss India World 2009 – Pooja Chopra(Maharashtra)  Miss India Universe 2009 – Ekta Chowdary(UP)  Miss India Earth 2009 – Shriya Kishore(Maharashtra)  Miss India International 2009 – Harshita Saxena Awards by Sports Illustrated India:  Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year 2009 – Saina Nehwal(Badminton)  Young Player of the Year 2009 - Virat Kohli(Cricketer)  International Sportsperson of the year 2009 – Usain Bolt(Jamaica)  Lifetime Achievement Award – Raj Singh Dugarpur(Cricketer) 62nd World Newspaper Congress Meeting in Hyderabad:  WAN-IFRA has been created by the merger of the World Association of Newspapers(WAN) and IFRA, the research and service organization for the news publishing industry.  Gavin O'Reilly elected as the first President of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).  Horst Pirker, Chairman of the Board of Austria-based Styria Media, was elected first Vice President and will take over the presidency from O'Reilly, after his term ends in December 2010.Pirker had been President of IFRA.  O'Reilly, who was President of WAN until the merger in July this year, was elected President of the new organization at its first Annual General Meeting, during the ongoing 62nd World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 18:35 LABELS: 2009, CANADA, CIVIL, DEAL, INDIA, NUCLEAR, WORLD Reactions: 3 COMMENTS: kiran said... Can you please advise for OBC bank exam on sunday. Pattern is bit differnt. English section is also have marks. Please advise how many questions I have to atempt in each section. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2009 4:36:00 PM Varun Reddy said... Attempt Maximum questions...Say I would prefer... Apt-40Q in 30 minutes(95% accuracy) Res-60Q in 50 minutes('''''''''''') GA--35Q in 25 minutes('''''''''''') Eng-40Q in 30 minutes('''''''''''') This is only an example..if you can attempt more..you are welcome...but maintain accuracy...bcoz -ve marking is there..!!!But the total must cross touch around 130 or more marks..If ur a General Candidate... WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2009 9:27:00 PM kiran said... Thanks... SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009 4:26:00 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) BANK NEWS Change in SBI PO Pattern!! SBI plans to scale up staff from the present 11,000 Clerical posts to 25,000.!! GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009 Quiz on 2009-10 Summits - 33 1. Which Country hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit in 2009? a)Singapore b)Thailand c)Malaysia d)Philippines e)Bali 2. Which of the following Countries will host the G20 Summit in 2010? a)Canada b)Pittsburg c)London d)Australia e)South Korea 3. The first ever EU-Pakistan summit held at __________? a)Islamabad b)Sharm EL Sheikh c)Brussels d)London e)none of these 4. In 2009 Italy hosted which of the following summits? a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)none of these 5. The 2009 NAM summit held at ________? a)Havana b)Sharm El Sheikh c)Tehran d) Rio De Janeiro e) Delhi 6. Which Country will host the XXXI Olympics in 2016? a)UK b)Greece c)Brazil d)South Korea e)none of these 7. The 155th OPEC meeting is slated to be held in December 2009 at ___________? a)Venezuela b)UAE c)Qatar d)Angola e)Nigeria 8. Which Country will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference(UNCCC) in December 2009? a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Denmark 9. The Indian Economic Summit 2009 held at which of the following cities? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Mumbai 10. The APEC 2009 summit was held in which of the following countries? a)Singapore b)Peru c)Japan d)US e)Indonesia 11. The eighth Indo-Gulf Conference held in _________? a)Hyderabad b)Delhi c)Thiruvananthapuram d)Lucknow e)Chennai 12. The First ever BRIC Summit in 2009 held at which of the following countries? a)Egypt b)Russia c)China d)Brazil e)India 13. Pittsburg have been hosted which of the following summits in 2009? a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)US-Pakistan 14. The 10th India-EU Summit in 2009 held in________? a)Brussels b)Davos c)Delhi d)London e)Bengaluru 15. The UNSC (United Nations Security Council) Summit in 2009 held in which of the following countries? a)USA b)Russia c)China d)France e)UK 16. The Second Africa-South America(ASA) summit in 2009 held in ___________? a)Venezuela b)Brazil c)Egypt d)South Africa e)Nigeria 17. The 7th Indo-ASEAN Bilateral Summit held in_______? a)Japan b)Singapore c)Philippines d)Thailand e)Malaysia 18. The 2009 EU–USA Summit held at ________? a)London b)Brussels c)Prague d)Pittsburg e)Washington 19. The Fourth East-ASEAN Summit in 2009 held in_________? a)Cha-am Hua Hin b)Hanoi c)Kuala Lumpur d)Singapore e)none of these 20. Which Country hosted the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) in 2009? a)China b)Tajikistan c)Russia d)Kazakhstan e)Kyrgyzstan Note: 1st question :: ASEAN Summit in 2010 - Hanoi(Vietnam). 2nd question :: G-20 Summit in April 2009 - London, September 2009 - Pittsburg June 2010 - Canada, November 2009 - South Korea 4th question :: G-8 Summit in 2010 - Canada in 2011 - France 12th question :: BRIC summit in 2010 - Brazil. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 19:14 LABELS: CLIMATE CHANGE, INDIA, PHILIPPINES, SHARM EL-SHEIKH, SOUTH KOREA, THAILAND, UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE Reactions: 4 COMMENTS: Aditya said... 1.B The 15th ASEAN Summit was held from October 23-25, 2009, in Hua Hin, Cha Am,Thailand. 2. A & E BOTH. The leaders of the world 20 largest economies will meet in Canada in June and Korea in November for economic policy coordination. G-20 leaders will gather once a year for a routine summit starting 2011. In the interim year of 2010, Canada and South Korea will host two rounds in June and November respectively. South Korea assumes the forum chairmanship next year. So varun put option both A & E 3.C The first EU-Pakistan Summit was held in Brussels on 17 June 2009. The EU was represented by President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was represented by President Asif Ali Zardari. 4.B Italy hosted The 35th G8 summit on July 8–10, 2009. 5.B Sharm El Sheikh, July 11-16, 2009 6.C 7.D 155th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference 22 December 2009 At Luanda, Angola. 156th (Ordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference 17 March 2010 At Vienna, Austria. 8.E The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between December 7 and December 18, 2009 9.A 10.A 11.E 12.B 13.D 14.C 15.A 16.A 17.D 18.E 19.A held on 25 October 2009 in Cha-am and Hua Hin, Thailand.The Fourth East Asia Summit was rescheduled several times, had its venue changed and one attempt to hold it was cancelled due to the 2008–2009 Thai political crisis. 20.A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2009 10:28:00 PM dazzling said... very good site i like it... SUNDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2009 12:09:00 AM $H!V@N! said... sir,thanx alot for such an endeavour that will help students like us..congratulations for the effort..:-) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009 12:00:00 PM GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009 Quiz on 2009-10 Summits - 33 1. Which Country hosted the 15th ASEAN Summit in 2009? a)Singapore b)Thailand c)Malaysia d)Philippines e)Bali 2. Which of the following Countries will host the G20 Summit in 2010? a)Canada b)Pittsburg c)London d)Australia e)South Korea 3. The first ever EU-Pakistan summit held at __________? a)Islamabad b)Sharm EL Sheikh c)Brussels d)London e)none of these 4. In 2009 Italy hosted which of the following summits? a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)none of these 5. The 2009 NAM summit held at ________? a)Havana b)Sharm El Sheikh c)Tehran d) Rio De Janeiro e) Delhi 6. Which Country will host the XXXI Olympics in 2016? a)UK b)Greece c)Brazil d)South Korea e)none of these 7. The 155th OPEC meeting is slated to be held in December 2009 at ___________? a)Venezuela b)UAE c)Qatar d)Angola e)Nigeria 8. Which Country will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference(UNCCC) in December 2009? a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Denmark 9. The Indian Economic Summit 2009 held at which of the following cities? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Bangalore e)Mumbai 10. The APEC 2009 summit was held in which of the following countries? a)Singapore b)Peru c)Japan d)US e)Indonesia 11. The eighth Indo-Gulf Conference held in _________? a)Hyderabad b)Delhi c)Thiruvananthapuram d)Lucknow e)Chennai 12. The First ever BRIC Summit in 2009 held at which of the following countries? a)Egypt b)Russia c)China d)Brazil e)India 13. Pittsburg have been hosted which of the following summits in 2009? a)G-5 b)G-8 c)G-77 d)G-20 e)US-Pakistan 14. The 10th India-EU Summit in 2009 held in________? a)Brussels b)Davos c)Delhi d)London e)Bengaluru 15. The UNSC (United Nations Security Council) Summit in 2009 held in which of the following countries? a)USA b)Russia c)China d)France e)UK 16. The Second Africa-South America(ASA) summit in 2009 held in ___________? a)Venezuela b)Brazil c)Egypt d)South Africa e)Nigeria 17. The 7th Indo-ASEAN Bilateral Summit held in_______? a)Japan b)Singapore c)Philippines d)Thailand e)Malaysia 18. The 2009 EU–USA Summit held at ________? a)London b)Brussels c)Prague d)Pittsburg e)Washington 19. The Fourth East-ASEAN Summit in 2009 held in_________? a)Cha-am Hua Hin b)Hanoi c)Kuala Lumpur d)Singapore e)none of these 20. Which Country hosted the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) in 2009? a)China b)Tajikistan c)Russia d)Kazakhstan e)Kyrgyzstan Note: 1st question :: ASEAN Summit in 2010 - Hanoi(Vietnam). 2nd question :: G-20 Summit in April 2009 - London, September 2009 - Pittsburg June 2010 - Canada, November 2009 - South Korea 4th question :: G-8 Summit in 2010 - Canada in 2011 - France 12th question :: BRIC summit in 2010 - Brazil. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 19:14 LABELS: CLIMATE CHANGE, INDIA, PHILIPPINES, SHARM EL-SHEIKH, SOUTH KOREA, THAILAND, UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE Reactions: 4 COMMENTS: Aditya said... 1.B The 15th ASEAN Summit was held from October 23-25, 2009, in Hua Hin, Cha Am,Thailand. 2. A & E BOTH. The leaders of the world 20 largest economies will meet in Canada in June and Korea in November for economic policy coordination. G-20 leaders will gather once a year for a routine summit starting 2011. In the interim year of 2010, Canada and South Korea will host two rounds in June and November respectively. South Korea assumes the forum chairmanship next year. So varun put option both A & E 3.C The first EU-Pakistan Summit was held in Brussels on 17 June 2009. The EU was represented by President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was represented by President Asif Ali Zardari. 4.B Italy hosted The 35th G8 summit on July 8–10, 2009. 5.B Sharm El Sheikh, July 11-16, 2009 6.C 7.D 155th (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference 22 December 2009 At Luanda, Angola. 156th (Ordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference 17 March 2010 At Vienna, Austria. 8.E The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between December 7 and December 18, 2009 9.A 10.A 11.E 12.B 13.D 14.C 15.A 16.A 17.D 18.E 19.A held on 25 October 2009 in Cha-am and Hua Hin, Thailand.The Fourth East Asia Summit was rescheduled several times, had its venue changed and one attempt to hold it was cancelled due to the 2008–2009 Thai political crisis. 20.A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2009 10:28:00 PM GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web Showing newest 9 of 20 posts from 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009. Show older posts Showing newest 9 of 20 posts from 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009. Show older posts SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009 Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31 1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country? a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Russia 2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country? a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine 3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service? a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank 4. The country with highest population density? a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these 5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________? a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise b)India’s ambitious project to Mars c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy e)none 6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries? a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland 7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country? a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia 8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile? a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan 9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court? a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none 10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009? a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata 11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries? a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada 12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation? a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12 13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009? a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat 14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association? a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none 15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’? a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam 16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________? a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad 17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India? a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks 18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these 19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta 20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____? a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none Note: Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani. Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:12 5 COMMENTS LABELS: CZECH REPUBLIC, INDIA, ISRAEL, LEILA SETH, NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, US Reactions: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 30 1. Which State has been awarded as “Best e-governance Award” for the year 2009? a)Delhi b)Haryana c)Kerala d)Madhya Pradesh e)Karnataka 2. Which of the following is Oxfords Dictionary’s “Word of the Year 2009”? a)Friend b)freemium c)Unfriend d)Paywall e)Sexting 3. The Five Year Plan is approved by ______________? a)Planning Commission b)President c)National Development Council d)Prime Minister e)President 4. Who penned the book “Unleashing India”? a)S M Krishna b)Veerappa Moily c)Shashi Tharoor d)Chidambaram.P e)A K Antony 5. Which Country won the Federation Tennis cup 2009? a)Italy b)Spain c)Swizerland d)Russia e)US 6. Who has been elected as first permanent President of European Council? a)Fredrik Reinfeldt b)Jose Manuel Barroso c)Romani Prodi d)Tony Blair e)Herman Van Rompuy 7. Recently the Centre has released 40,000 crore for which of the following purposes? a)To remove female illiteracy b)For better development of School & College Educations c)For Rural Development in India d)For Developing National Highways in India e)Credit for the Farmers 8. A/c to the latest FIFA rankings which country topped the first rank? a)Brazil b)Spain c)Italy d)Argentina e)none of these 9. Indian-European Summit 2009 was held in _____________? a)Brussels b)Italy c)London d)Delhi e)Egypt 10. What would be the ‘C’ in FCCB (Foreign C……….. Convertible Bonds)? a)Capital b)Consumer c)Currency d)Customer e)Current 11. Subhas Chander Kalia has been appointed as Executive Director of which of the following banks? a)Union Bank of India b)Dena Bank c)Vijaya Bank d)Andhra Bank e)Indian Bank 12. “Siddarth Tiwari” belongs to which field? a)Politician b)Industrialist c)Sports d)Economist e)Theater Director 13. Klaus Schwab was the founder of which of the following Organizations? a)WTO b)UNESCO c)ILO d)WEF e)UNICEF 14. India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) during night for the first time(24-11-09) from _________? a)Balasore b)Chandipur c)Dhamara d)Wheelers Island e)Bhubaneswar 15. Who was crowned as the World Athlete of the year 2009? a)Sanya Richards b)Yelena Isinbayeva c)Usain Bolt d)both b & c e)both a & c 16. The Union government has granted _________ crore for development of road network in Jammu & Kashmir? a)500 b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)none 17. President Pratibha Patil became the first woman head of the state(country) to fly in ___________? a)MIG-29 b)Sukhoi-47 c)F-16 d)F-18 e)Sukhoi-30 18. Navy Day is recognized on ____________? a)Jan 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th e)none 19. Who among the following is not the recipient award of Arjuna Award? a)Pullala Gopichand b)Gautam Gambhir c)Saina Nehwal d)Satish Jhoshi e)All of the above 20. Baichang Bhutia is related to which of the following sport? a)Hockey b)Football c)Badminton d)Golf e)Snooker POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 21:19 0 COMMENTS LABELS: EUROPEAN COUNCIL, EUROPEAN UNION, HERMAN VAN ROMPUY, INDIA, JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO, KARNATAKA, KERALA, PRIME MINISTER, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, TONY BLAIR, VEERAPPA MOILY Reactions: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009 Quiz On General Awareness - 29 1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF? a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore 2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)? a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE 3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________? a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer 4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year? a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000 5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year? a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none 6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka 7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern? a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion 8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain? a)Poland & Spain b)Spain & Czech Republic c)India & Spain d)Serbia & Czech Republic e)US & Poland 9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________? a)Adviser to the Law Minister b)Adviser to the Defence Minister c)Chief of Indian Legal Service d)Law Secretary e)none of these 10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state. a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores 11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment? a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union 12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List? a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these 13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training. a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia 14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China? a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five 15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children? a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none 16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following? a)Disinvestment in PSU’s b)Students Studying in Abroad c)Demolition of Babri Masjid d)Tax Rebates e)none 17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India? a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon 18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain? a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran 19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)? a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none 20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years? a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015 POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:01 0 COMMENTS LABELS: DAMON HILL, EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES, GOVERNMENT, INDIA, JENSON BUTTON, LEWIS HAMILTON, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, SOUTH AFRICA Reactions: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 28 1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009? a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore 2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ? a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none 3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country? a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran 4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009? a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI 5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone? a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none 6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________? a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW 7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track? A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000 8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals? a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP 9. What is Stagflation? a)Inflation with growth b)Deflation with growth c)Inflation after Deflation d)Deflation after inflation e)Inflation with depression 10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister? a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary 11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present? a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these 12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010? a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none 13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI? a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh 15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World? A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia 16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by? A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat 17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha? a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c 18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ? a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none 19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries? a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland 20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects? a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:24 3 COMMENTS LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, INDIRA GANDHI PRIZE, SOCIETY AND CULTURE Reactions: Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009 1) Which of the following is not a core sector? ANS:Road Transport 2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party? Ans:Congress(not given in options) 3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state? Ans:Andhra Pradesh 4) Nepal Republic day Ans:May 29th 5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport? Ans:Snooker(not given in Options) 6)Bank rate-6% 7)SLR-25%( not given in options) 8)World Green index Top position-India 9) Awacs from - Israel 10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona 11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat 12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam) 13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa 14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall 15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award 16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary 17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait 18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran 19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan 20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan 21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009 22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale 23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi 24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity 25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore 26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene 27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ? 28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space? 29) One Question on Economic Survey 30) One Railway Budget question 31) Two questions on books and authors? 32) One Union Budget question Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:25 0 COMMENTS LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT Reactions: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:14 0 COMMENTS LABELS: ECONOMY OF INDIA, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, US Reactions: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:37 0 COMMENTS LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, TIME MANAGEMENT Reactions: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:14 0 COMMENTS LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, STATE BANK OF INDIA Reactions: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 27 1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none 2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs? a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh 3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008? a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI 4. Ben Bernake is associated with? a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI 5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present? a)Manmohan Singh b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha Patil 6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine? a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th 7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years . a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th 8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade. a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010 9. Expand IDP? a)Indian Displaced Persons b)Internal Discussion Panel c)Initial Developed programme d)Internally Displaced Persons e)none 10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those? a)Australian Open,French Open b)Wimbeldon,French Open c)US Open,Wimbeldon d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon e)French Open,US Open 11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas? A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none 12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal. a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none 13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council? a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany 14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries? a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq 15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09? a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none 16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day? a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30% 17. What is LCROSS? a)It is border between India and Pakistan b)It is a border between India and China c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.) d)Missile tested by North Korea e)Missile tested by Iran. 18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it? a)Fixed Operation b)Futures Opinion c) Financial Operation d)Fiscal Operation e)Futures Options 19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’? a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul 20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport? A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 19:22 2 COMMENTS LABELS: AL GORE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE: THE IPCC RESPONSE STRATEGIES, EARTH, ENVIRONMENT, IMPACTS AND INDICATORS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, UNITED STATES Reactions: Newer Posts Older Posts Home Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web Showing newest 9 of 20 posts from 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009. Show older posts Showing newest 9 of 20 posts from 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009. Show older posts SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009 Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31 1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country? a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Russia 2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country? a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine 3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service? a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank 4. The country with highest population density? a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these 5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________? a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise b)India’s ambitious project to Mars c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy e)none 6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries? a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland 7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country? a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia 8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile? a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan 9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court? a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none 10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009? a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata 11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries? a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada 12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation? a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12 13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009? a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat 14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association? a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none 15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’? a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam 16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________? a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad 17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India? a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks 18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these 19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta 20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____? a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none Note: Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani. Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:12 5 COMMENTS LABELS: CZECH REPUBLIC, INDIA, ISRAEL, LEILA SETH, NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, US Reactions: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 30 1. Which State has been awarded as “Best e-governance Award” for the year 2009? a)Delhi b)Haryana c)Kerala d)Madhya Pradesh e)Karnataka 2. Which of the following is Oxfords Dictionary’s “Word of the Year 2009”? a)Friend b)freemium c)Unfriend d)Paywall e)Sexting 3. The Five Year Plan is approved by ______________? a)Planning Commission b)President c)National Development Council d)Prime Minister e)President 4. Who penned the book “Unleashing India”? a)S M Krishna b)Veerappa Moily c)Shashi Tharoor d)Chidambaram.P e)A K Antony 5. Which Country won the Federation Tennis cup 2009? a)Italy b)Spain c)Swizerland d)Russia e)US 6. Who has been elected as first permanent President of European Council? a)Fredrik Reinfeldt b)Jose Manuel Barroso c)Romani Prodi d)Tony Blair e)Herman Van Rompuy 7. Recently the Centre has released 40,000 crore for which of the following purposes? a)To remove female illiteracy b)For better development of School & College Educations c)For Rural Development in India d)For Developing National Highways in India e)Credit for the Farmers 8. A/c to the latest FIFA rankings which country topped the first rank? a)Brazil b)Spain c)Italy d)Argentina e)none of these 9. Indian-European Summit 2009 was held in _____________? a)Brussels b)Italy c)London d)Delhi e)Egypt 10. What would be the ‘C’ in FCCB (Foreign C……….. Convertible Bonds)? a)Capital b)Consumer c)Currency d)Customer e)Current 11. Subhas Chander Kalia has been appointed as Executive Director of which of the following banks? a)Union Bank of India b)Dena Bank c)Vijaya Bank d)Andhra Bank e)Indian Bank 12. “Siddarth Tiwari” belongs to which field? a)Politician b)Industrialist c)Sports d)Economist e)Theater Director 13. Klaus Schwab was the founder of which of the following Organizations? a)WTO b)UNESCO c)ILO d)WEF e)UNICEF 14. India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) during night for the first time(24-11-09) from _________? a)Balasore b)Chandipur c)Dhamara d)Wheelers Island e)Bhubaneswar 15. Who was crowned as the World Athlete of the year 2009? a)Sanya Richards b)Yelena Isinbayeva c)Usain Bolt d)both b & c e)both a & c 16. The Union government has granted _________ crore for development of road network in Jammu & Kashmir? a)500 b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)none 17. President Pratibha Patil became the first woman head of the state(country) to fly in ___________? a)MIG-29 b)Sukhoi-47 c)F-16 d)F-18 e)Sukhoi-30 18. Navy Day is recognized on ____________? a)Jan 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th e)none 19. Who among the following is not the recipient award of Arjuna Award? a)Pullala Gopichand b)Gautam Gambhir c)Saina Nehwal d)Satish Jhoshi e)All of the above 20. Baichang Bhutia is related to which of the following sport? a)Hockey b)Football c)Badminton d)Golf e)Snooker POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 21:19 0 COMMENTS LABELS: EUROPEAN COUNCIL, EUROPEAN UNION, HERMAN VAN ROMPUY, INDIA, JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO, KARNATAKA, KERALA, PRIME MINISTER, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, TONY BLAIR, VEERAPPA MOILY Reactions: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009 Quiz On General Awareness - 29 1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF? a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore 2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)? a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE 3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________? a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer 4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year? a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000 5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year? a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none 6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka 7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern? a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion 8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain? a)Poland & Spain b)Spain & Czech Republic c)India & Spain d)Serbia & Czech Republic e)US & Poland 9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________? a)Adviser to the Law Minister b)Adviser to the Defence Minister c)Chief of Indian Legal Service d)Law Secretary e)none of these 10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state. a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores 11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment? a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union 12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List? a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these 13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training. a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia 14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China? a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five 15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children? a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none 16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following? a)Disinvestment in PSU’s b)Students Studying in Abroad c)Demolition of Babri Masjid d)Tax Rebates e)none 17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India? a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon 18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain? a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran 19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)? a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none 20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years? a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015 POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:01 0 COMMENTS LABELS: DAMON HILL, EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES, GOVERNMENT, INDIA, JENSON BUTTON, LEWIS HAMILTON, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, SOUTH AFRICA Reactions: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 28 1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009? a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore 2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ? a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none 3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country? a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran 4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009? a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI 5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone? a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none 6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________? a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW 7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track? A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000 8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals? a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP 9. What is Stagflation? a)Inflation with growth b)Deflation with growth c)Inflation after Deflation d)Deflation after inflation e)Inflation with depression 10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister? a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary 11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present? a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these 12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010? a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none 13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI? a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh 15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World? A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia 16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by? A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat 17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha? a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c 18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ? a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none 19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries? a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland 20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects? a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:24 3 COMMENTS LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, INDIRA GANDHI PRIZE, SOCIETY AND CULTURE Reactions: Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009 1) Which of the following is not a core sector? ANS:Road Transport 2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party? Ans:Congress(not given in options) 3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state? Ans:Andhra Pradesh 4) Nepal Republic day Ans:May 29th 5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport? Ans:Snooker(not given in Options) 6)Bank rate-6% 7)SLR-25%( not given in options) 8)World Green index Top position-India 9) Awacs from - Israel 10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona 11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat 12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam) 13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa 14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall 15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award 16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary 17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait 18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran 19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan 20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan 21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009 22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale 23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi 24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity 25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore 26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene 27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ? 28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space? 29) One Question on Economic Survey 30) One Railway Budget question 31) Two questions on books and authors? 32) One Union Budget question Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:25 0 COMMENTS LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT Reactions: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:14 0 COMMENTS LABELS: ECONOMY OF INDIA, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, US Reactions: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:37 0 COMMENTS LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, TIME MANAGEMENT Reactions: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:14 0 COMMENTS LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, STATE BANK OF INDIA Reactions: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 27 1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none 2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs? a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh 3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008? a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI 4. Ben Bernake is associated with? a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI 5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present? a)Manmohan Singh b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha Patil 6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine? a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th 7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years . a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th 8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade. a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010 9. Expand IDP? a)Indian Displaced Persons b)Internal Discussion Panel c)Initial Developed programme d)Internally Displaced Persons e)none 10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those? a)Australian Open,French Open b)Wimbeldon,French Open c)US Open,Wimbeldon d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon e)French Open,US Open 11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas? A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none 12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal. a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none 13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council? a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany 14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries? a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq 15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09? a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none 16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day? a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30% 17. What is LCROSS? a)It is border between India and Pakistan b)It is a border between India and China c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.) d)Missile tested by North Korea e)Missile tested by Iran. 18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it? a)Fixed Operation b)Futures Opinion c) Financial Operation d)Fiscal Operation e)Futures Options 19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’? a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul 20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport? A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 19:22 2 COMMENTS LABELS: AL GORE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE: THE IPCC RESPONSE STRATEGIES, EARTH, ENVIRONMENT, IMPACTS AND INDICATORS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, UNITED STATES Reactions: Newer Posts Older Posts Home Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) BANK NEWS Change in SBI PO Pattern!! SBI plans to scale up staff from the present 11,000 Clerical posts to 25,000.!! MESSAGE This Blog is Completely for those who are preparing for Bank Po's, clerks & other PSU exams.Be a member & Invite your friends/colleagues. FOLLOWERS DISCUSS HERE.. View shoutbox ShoutMix chat widget GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web Showing newest 9 of 20 posts from 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009. Show older posts Showing newest 9 of 20 posts from 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009. Show older posts SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009 Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31 1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country? a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Russia 2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country? a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine 3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service? a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank 4. The country with highest population density? a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these 5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________? a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise b)India’s ambitious project to Mars c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy e)none 6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries? a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland 7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country? a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia 8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile? a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan 9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court? a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none 10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009? a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata 11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries? a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada 12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation? a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12 13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009? a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat 14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association? a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none 15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’? a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam 16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________? a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad 17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India? a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks 18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these 19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta 20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____? a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none Note: Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani. Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:12 5 COMMENTS LABELS: CZECH REPUBLIC, INDIA, ISRAEL, LEILA SETH, NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, US Reactions: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 30 1. Which State has been awarded as “Best e-governance Award” for the year 2009? a)Delhi b)Haryana c)Kerala d)Madhya Pradesh e)Karnataka 2. Which of the following is Oxfords Dictionary’s “Word of the Year 2009”? a)Friend b)freemium c)Unfriend d)Paywall e)Sexting 3. The Five Year Plan is approved by ______________? a)Planning Commission b)President c)National Development Council d)Prime Minister e)President 4. Who penned the book “Unleashing India”? a)S M Krishna b)Veerappa Moily c)Shashi Tharoor d)Chidambaram.P e)A K Antony 5. Which Country won the Federation Tennis cup 2009? a)Italy b)Spain c)Swizerland d)Russia e)US 6. Who has been elected as first permanent President of European Council? a)Fredrik Reinfeldt b)Jose Manuel Barroso c)Romani Prodi d)Tony Blair e)Herman Van Rompuy 7. Recently the Centre has released 40,000 crore for which of the following purposes? a)To remove female illiteracy b)For better development of School & College Educations c)For Rural Development in India d)For Developing National Highways in India e)Credit for the Farmers 8. A/c to the latest FIFA rankings which country topped the first rank? a)Brazil b)Spain c)Italy d)Argentina e)none of these 9. Indian-European Summit 2009 was held in _____________? a)Brussels b)Italy c)London d)Delhi e)Egypt 10. What would be the ‘C’ in FCCB (Foreign C……….. Convertible Bonds)? a)Capital b)Consumer c)Currency d)Customer e)Current 11. Subhas Chander Kalia has been appointed as Executive Director of which of the following banks? a)Union Bank of India b)Dena Bank c)Vijaya Bank d)Andhra Bank e)Indian Bank 12. “Siddarth Tiwari” belongs to which field? a)Politician b)Industrialist c)Sports d)Economist e)Theater Director 13. Klaus Schwab was the founder of which of the following Organizations? a)WTO b)UNESCO c)ILO d)WEF e)UNICEF 14. India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) during night for the first time(24-11-09) from _________? a)Balasore b)Chandipur c)Dhamara d)Wheelers Island e)Bhubaneswar 15. Who was crowned as the World Athlete of the year 2009? a)Sanya Richards b)Yelena Isinbayeva c)Usain Bolt d)both b & c e)both a & c 16. The Union government has granted _________ crore for development of road network in Jammu & Kashmir? a)500 b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)none 17. President Pratibha Patil became the first woman head of the state(country) to fly in ___________? a)MIG-29 b)Sukhoi-47 c)F-16 d)F-18 e)Sukhoi-30 18. Navy Day is recognized on ____________? a)Jan 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th e)none 19. Who among the following is not the recipient award of Arjuna Award? a)Pullala Gopichand b)Gautam Gambhir c)Saina Nehwal d)Satish Jhoshi e)All of the above 20. Baichang Bhutia is related to which of the following sport? a)Hockey b)Football c)Badminton d)Golf e)Snooker POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 21:19 0 COMMENTS LABELS: EUROPEAN COUNCIL, EUROPEAN UNION, HERMAN VAN ROMPUY, INDIA, JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO, KARNATAKA, KERALA, PRIME MINISTER, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, TONY BLAIR, VEERAPPA MOILY Reactions: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009 Quiz On General Awareness - 29 1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF? a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore 2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)? a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE 3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________? a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer 4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year? a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000 5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year? a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none 6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka 7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern? a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion 8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain? a)Poland & Spain b)Spain & Czech Republic c)India & Spain d)Serbia & Czech Republic e)US & Poland 9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________? a)Adviser to the Law Minister b)Adviser to the Defence Minister c)Chief of Indian Legal Service d)Law Secretary e)none of these 10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state. a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores 11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment? a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union 12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List? a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these 13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training. a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia 14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China? a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five 15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children? a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none 16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following? a)Disinvestment in PSU’s b)Students Studying in Abroad c)Demolition of Babri Masjid d)Tax Rebates e)none 17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India? a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon 18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain? a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran 19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)? a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none 20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years? a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015 POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:01 0 COMMENTS LABELS: DAMON HILL, EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES, GOVERNMENT, INDIA, JENSON BUTTON, LEWIS HAMILTON, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, SOUTH AFRICA Reactions: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 28 1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009? a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore 2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ? a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none 3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country? a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran 4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009? a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI 5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone? a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none 6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________? a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW 7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track? A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000 8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals? a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP 9. What is Stagflation? a)Inflation with growth b)Deflation with growth c)Inflation after Deflation d)Deflation after inflation e)Inflation with depression 10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister? a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary 11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present? a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these 12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010? a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none 13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI? a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh 15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World? A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia 16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by? A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat 17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha? a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c 18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ? a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none 19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries? a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland 20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects? a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:24 3 COMMENTS LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, INDIRA GANDHI PRIZE, SOCIETY AND CULTURE Reactions: Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009 1) Which of the following is not a core sector? ANS:Road Transport 2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party? Ans:Congress(not given in options) 3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state? Ans:Andhra Pradesh 4) Nepal Republic day Ans:May 29th 5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport? Ans:Snooker(not given in Options) 6)Bank rate-6% 7)SLR-25%( not given in options) 8)World Green index Top position-India 9) Awacs from - Israel 10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona 11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat 12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam) 13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa 14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall 15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award 16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary 17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait 18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran 19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan 20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan 21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009 22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale 23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi 24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity 25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore 26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene 27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ? 28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space? 29) One Question on Economic Survey 30) One Railway Budget question 31) Two questions on books and authors? 32) One Union Budget question Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:25 0 COMMENTS LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT Reactions: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:14 0 COMMENTS LABELS: ECONOMY OF INDIA, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, US Reactions: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:37 0 COMMENTS LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, TIME MANAGEMENT Reactions: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:14 0 COMMENTS LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, STATE BANK OF INDIA Reactions: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 27 1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none 2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs? a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh 3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008? a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI 4. Ben Bernake is associated with? a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI 5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present? a)Manmohan Singh b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha Patil 6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine? a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th 7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years . a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th 8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade. a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010 9. Expand IDP? a)Indian Displaced Persons b)Internal Discussion Panel c)Initial Developed programme d)Internally Displaced Persons e)none 10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those? a)Australian Open,French Open b)Wimbeldon,French Open c)US Open,Wimbeldon d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon e)French Open,US Open 11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas? A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none 12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal. a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none 13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council? a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany 14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries? a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq 15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09? a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none 16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day? a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30% 17. What is LCROSS? a)It is border between India and Pakistan b)It is a border between India and China c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.) d)Missile tested by North Korea e)Missile tested by Iran. 18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it? a)Fixed Operation b)Futures Opinion c) Financial Operation d)Fiscal Operation e)Futures Options 19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’? a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul 20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport? A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web Showing newest 9 of 20 posts from 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009. Show older posts Showing newest 9 of 20 posts from 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009. Show older posts SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009 Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31 1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country? a)India b)US c)China d)Japan e)Russia 2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country? a)Taiwan b)Sudan c)Peru d)Tunisia e)Palestine 3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service? a)SBI b)PNB c)ICICI Bank d)Federal Bank e)Canara Bank 4. The country with highest population density? a)India b)Pakistan c)China d)US e)none of these 5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________? a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise b)India’s ambitious project to Mars c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy e)none 6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries? a)Sweden b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Denmark e)Ireland 7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country? a)South Korea b)Russia c)China d)Japan e)Malaysia 8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile? a)Syria b)North Korea c)Canada d)Israel e)Taiwan 9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court? a)Tamilnadu b)Delhi c)Uttar Pradesh d)Karnataka e)none 10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009? a)O P Bhatt b)Sunil Mittal c)Ajim Premji d)Lakshmi Mittal e)Ratan Tata 11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries? a)China b)US c)India d)UAE e)Canada 12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation? a)7 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)12 13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21st May 2009? a)Sugar b)Jute c)Turmeric d)Soya e)Wheat 14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association? a)Fiji b)Iraq c)Sudan d)Kenya e)none 15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’? a)Stephen Hawking b)Sonia Gandhi c)Amartya Sen d)J G Ballard e)Abdul Kalam 16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________? a)Shillong b)Delhi c)Ahmedabad d)Delhi e)Hyderabad 17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India? a)HSBC b)Standard Chartered c)Barclays d)Yes Bank e)All are foreign Banks 18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Maharashtra c)Tamilnadu d)Rajasthan e)none of these 19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA? a)Delhi b)Chennai c)Mumbai d)Goa e)Kolkatta 20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____? a)Jet Airways b)Air India c)Paramount Airways d)Kingfisher Airlines e)none Note: Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani. Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:12 5 COMMENTS LABELS: CZECH REPUBLIC, INDIA, ISRAEL, LEILA SETH, NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, US Reactions: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 30 1. Which State has been awarded as “Best e-governance Award” for the year 2009? a)Delhi b)Haryana c)Kerala d)Madhya Pradesh e)Karnataka 2. Which of the following is Oxfords Dictionary’s “Word of the Year 2009”? a)Friend b)freemium c)Unfriend d)Paywall e)Sexting 3. The Five Year Plan is approved by ______________? a)Planning Commission b)President c)National Development Council d)Prime Minister e)President 4. Who penned the book “Unleashing India”? a)S M Krishna b)Veerappa Moily c)Shashi Tharoor d)Chidambaram.P e)A K Antony 5. Which Country won the Federation Tennis cup 2009? a)Italy b)Spain c)Swizerland d)Russia e)US 6. Who has been elected as first permanent President of European Council? a)Fredrik Reinfeldt b)Jose Manuel Barroso c)Romani Prodi d)Tony Blair e)Herman Van Rompuy 7. Recently the Centre has released 40,000 crore for which of the following purposes? a)To remove female illiteracy b)For better development of School & College Educations c)For Rural Development in India d)For Developing National Highways in India e)Credit for the Farmers 8. A/c to the latest FIFA rankings which country topped the first rank? a)Brazil b)Spain c)Italy d)Argentina e)none of these 9. Indian-European Summit 2009 was held in _____________? a)Brussels b)Italy c)London d)Delhi e)Egypt 10. What would be the ‘C’ in FCCB (Foreign C……….. Convertible Bonds)? a)Capital b)Consumer c)Currency d)Customer e)Current 11. Subhas Chander Kalia has been appointed as Executive Director of which of the following banks? a)Union Bank of India b)Dena Bank c)Vijaya Bank d)Andhra Bank e)Indian Bank 12. “Siddarth Tiwari” belongs to which field? a)Politician b)Industrialist c)Sports d)Economist e)Theater Director 13. Klaus Schwab was the founder of which of the following Organizations? a)WTO b)UNESCO c)ILO d)WEF e)UNICEF 14. India test-fired its nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) during night for the first time(24-11-09) from _________? a)Balasore b)Chandipur c)Dhamara d)Wheelers Island e)Bhubaneswar 15. Who was crowned as the World Athlete of the year 2009? a)Sanya Richards b)Yelena Isinbayeva c)Usain Bolt d)both b & c e)both a & c 16. The Union government has granted _________ crore for development of road network in Jammu & Kashmir? a)500 b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)none 17. President Pratibha Patil became the first woman head of the state(country) to fly in ___________? a)MIG-29 b)Sukhoi-47 c)F-16 d)F-18 e)Sukhoi-30 18. Navy Day is recognized on ____________? a)Jan 4th b)Feb 9th c)Dec 4th d)Jan 19th e)none 19. Who among the following is not the recipient award of Arjuna Award? a)Pullala Gopichand b)Gautam Gambhir c)Saina Nehwal d)Satish Jhoshi e)All of the above 20. Baichang Bhutia is related to which of the following sport? a)Hockey b)Football c)Badminton d)Golf e)Snooker POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 21:19 0 COMMENTS LABELS: EUROPEAN COUNCIL, EUROPEAN UNION, HERMAN VAN ROMPUY, INDIA, JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO, KARNATAKA, KERALA, PRIME MINISTER, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, TONY BLAIR, VEERAPPA MOILY Reactions: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009 Quiz On General Awareness - 29 1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF? a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore 2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)? a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE 3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________? a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer 4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year? a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000 5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year? a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none 6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka 7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern? a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion 8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain? a)Poland & Spain b)Spain & Czech Republic c)India & Spain d)Serbia & Czech Republic e)US & Poland 9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________? a)Adviser to the Law Minister b)Adviser to the Defence Minister c)Chief of Indian Legal Service d)Law Secretary e)none of these 10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state. a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores 11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment? a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union 12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List? a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these 13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training. a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia 14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China? a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five 15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children? a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none 16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following? a)Disinvestment in PSU’s b)Students Studying in Abroad c)Demolition of Babri Masjid d)Tax Rebates e)none 17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India? a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon 18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain? a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran 19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)? a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none 20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years? a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015 POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:01 0 COMMENTS LABELS: DAMON HILL, EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES, GOVERNMENT, INDIA, JENSON BUTTON, LEWIS HAMILTON, SEBASTIAN VETTEL, SOUTH AFRICA Reactions: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 28 1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009? a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore 2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ? a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none 3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country? a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran 4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009? a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI 5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone? a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none 6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________? a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW 7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track? A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000 8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals? a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP 9. What is Stagflation? a)Inflation with growth b)Deflation with growth c)Inflation after Deflation d)Deflation after inflation e)Inflation with depression 10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister? a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary 11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present? a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these 12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010? a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none 13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI? a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh 15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World? A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia 16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by? A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat 17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha? a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c 18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ? a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none 19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries? a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland 20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects? a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 16:24 3 COMMENTS LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, INDIRA GANDHI PRIZE, SOCIETY AND CULTURE Reactions: Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009 1) Which of the following is not a core sector? ANS:Road Transport 2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party? Ans:Congress(not given in options) 3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state? Ans:Andhra Pradesh 4) Nepal Republic day Ans:May 29th 5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport? Ans:Snooker(not given in Options) 6)Bank rate-6% 7)SLR-25%( not given in options) 8)World Green index Top position-India 9) Awacs from - Israel 10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona 11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat 12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam) 13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa 14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall 15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award 16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary 17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait 18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran 19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan 20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan 21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009 22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale 23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi 24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity 25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore 26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene 27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ? 28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space? 29) One Question on Economic Survey 30) One Railway Budget question 31) Two questions on books and authors? 32) One Union Budget question Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:25 0 COMMENTS LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT Reactions: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:14 0 COMMENTS LABELS: ECONOMY OF INDIA, INDIA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, US Reactions: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awareness 11 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:37 0 COMMENTS LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA, TIME MANAGEMENT Reactions: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 SBI Clerical General Awreness 10 - 2009 Source:Sakshi POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:14 0 COMMENTS LABELS: PREVIOUS PAPER, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, STATE BANK OF INDIA Reactions: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 27 1. Who is Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? a)Sam Pitroda b)M S Swaminathan c)R K Pachauri d)Alok Mishra e)none 2. Who is the first player in the Test Cricket to cross 10,000 runs? a)Allan Border b)Sunil Gavaskar c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Brain Lara e)Steve Waugh 3. Which Bank has been awarded the Financial Express Best Banks: Best Banker of the Year Award 2008? a)ICICI b)Axis Bank c)HDFC d)PNB e)SBI 4. Ben Bernake is associated with? a)ADB b) World Bank c)IMF d)Federal Reserve e)FBI 5. Name the Supreme Commander of India at present? a)Manmohan Singh b)Deepak Kapoor c)P V Naik d)P Chidambaram e)Pratibha Patil 6.Manmohan Singh has been at what position in the list of Most Powerful People in the World compiled by Forbes Magazine? a)4th b)19th c)31st d)36th e)50th 7. Sachin Tendulkar has become the ____ player in the Test history of the game to have an international career spanning more than 20 years . a)1st b)2nd c)3rd d)9th e)16th 8.India and ASEAN have set the ______________ as the deadline for reaching an agreement for opening services trade. a)April 2010 b)December 2009 c)August 2010 d)December 2010 e)May 2010 9. Expand IDP? a)Indian Displaced Persons b)Internal Discussion Panel c)Initial Developed programme d)Internally Displaced Persons e)none 10. Roger Federer has won the two Grand Slam Titles this year 2009.what are those? a)Australian Open,French Open b)Wimbeldon,French Open c)US Open,Wimbeldon d)Australian Open,Wimbeldon e)French Open,US Open 11.Who has been conferred with Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian Cinemas? A)Amitabh Bachchan b)Rajesh Khanna c)Kamala Hasan d)Basu Chatterjee e)none 12.Which IIM(Indian Institute of Management) has been recognized as the No.1 business school in India, A/c to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal. a)IIM-Bangalore b)IIM Ahmedabad c)IIM Kolkatta d)IIM Indore e)none 13.Which of the following is not a member of UN Security Council? a)China b)France c)UK d)Russia e)Germany 14.Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as the President of which of the following countries? a)Iran b)Saudi Arabia c)Afghanistan d)Kuwait e)Iraq 15.Which of the following sector is the biggest tax evader in 2008-09? a)Financial b)Real Estate c)Manufacturing d)Arts & Films e)none 16.What is the limit of the upper circuit that halts the Trading for a Day? a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20% e)30% 17. What is LCROSS? a)It is border between India and Pakistan b)It is a border between India and China c)It was a Robetic Space craft(launched by NASA.) d)Missile tested by North Korea e)Missile tested by Iran. 18.Many times we see the word F & O in the financial Newspapers. what is the full form of it? a)Fixed Operation b)Futures Opinion c) Financial Operation d)Fiscal Operation e)Futures Options 19.Who is the author of the book ‘India: From Midnight to the Millenium’? a)Amartya Sen b)R K Narayanan c)Shashi Tharoor d)Abdul Kalam e)V S Naipaul 20.Rovers Cup is associated with sport? A)Football b)Hockey c)Cricket d)Badminton e)Tennis WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009 Quiz On General Awareness - 29 1. Which Country has bought 2 metric tons of gold for nearly 72 million dollars from IMF? a)China b)India c)Mauritius d)South Africa e)Singapore 2. Which of the following countries will host the 2011 World Robot Olympiad (WRO)? a)India b)South Africa c)Argentina d)Kuwait e)UAE 3. Asok Bose recently passed away. He was a famous __________? a)Painter b)Musician c)Press Photographer d)Singer e)writer 4. India has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for Elimination of Doping in Sports for Commonwealth Games that to be held at Delhi next year? a)10,000 b)20,000 c)30,000 d)40,000 e)50,000 5. Who won the Formula one World Title this year? a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vettel c)Lewis Hamilton d)Damon Hill e)none 6. GMR Group of Bangalore has become the first Indian company to operate an airport abroad with the formal opening of the new terminal building in which of the following countries? a)Nepal b)Bangladesh c)Afghanistan d)Turkey e)Srilanka 7. Pakistan Cricket Board would receive approximately USD _________ as hosting fees for shifting of 2011 World Cup matches out of the country due to security concern? a)10 million b)25 million c)40 million d)65 million e)1 billion 8. Which two teams to play final in Davis Cup which is scheduled to be held from Dec 4th in Spain? a)Poland & Spain b)Spain & Czech Republic c)India & Spain d)Serbia & Czech Republic e)US & Poland 9. D R Meena has appointed as the new ________________? a)Adviser to the Law Minister b)Adviser to the Defence Minister c)Chief of Indian Legal Service d)Law Secretary e)none of these 10. The Union Government has decided to give _________ crores to West Bengal for conservation of tigers in Sunderban and Buxa sanctuaries of the state. a)100 crores b)300 crores c)420 crores d)525 crores e)650 crores 11. With which country/organization India have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of Fusion Energy Research and agreed over the free trade treaty by next year to boost trade and investment? a)Australia b)US c)South Korea d)SAARC e)European Union 12. Who among the following topped in World most powerful people compiled by Forbes List? a)Osama Bin Laden b)Sonia Gandhi c)Vladimir Putin d)Barack Obama e)none of these 13. With which country India has agreed to work together on quality assurance and developing a framework in higher education as well as vocational education and training. a)US b)France c)UK d)Malaysia e)Australia 14. How many medals won by India in the 18th Asian Athletics Championship held in China? a)none b)three c)one d)two e)five 15. Who has been chosen for the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged children? a)Dalip Singh Rana(The Great Khali(WWE) b)Katrina kaif c)Amir Khan d)Sachin Tendulkar e)none 16. Liberhan Commission is related to which of the following? a)Disinvestment in PSU’s b)Students Studying in Abroad c)Demolition of Babri Masjid d)Tax Rebates e)none 17. Who is the present External Affairs Minister in India? a)Nirupama Rao b)Meera Shankar c)Manmohan Singh d)S M Krishna e)Shiv Shankar Menon 18. Which country will open the worlds first Arabic Language internet Domain? a)Pakistan b)Egypt c)Kuwait d)UAE e)Iran 19. What would be the ‘E’ in GEAC(Genetic E……….. Approval Committee)? a)Experimental b)Export c)Employed d)Engineering e)none 20. New Direct Tax Codes (DTC) will be introduced in which of the following years? a)2009 b)2010 c)2011 d)2012 e)2015 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 28 1. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2009? a)Sandra Seifert b)Jessica Barboza c)Larissa Ramos d) Izabela Wilczek e) Shriya Kishore 2. Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open 2009 by defeating __________ ? a)Wang Lin b)Lee Yong Dae c)Wang Chen d)Zhu Lin e)none 3. Sheikh Hasina has been Chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2009.She belongs to which country? a)Myanmar b)India c)Pakistan d)Bangladesh e)Iran 4. Which company has won the prestigious Government of India Patent Award 2009? a)Infosys b)Bill Gates Foundation c)Wockhardt Limited d)Tata Motors e)SBI 5. Which bank has won the National Award for its role in supporting the Khadi & Village Industries in Southern Zone? a)Corporation Bank b)Canara Bank c)SBI d)Andhra Bank e)none 6. V.K.Saraswat has been appointed as Director-General of ________? a)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center b)BSF c)CISF d)DRDO e)RAW 7. How many model schools are set up by central government for putting primary education programme on a fast track? A)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)4500 e)6000 8. To keep monitor interaction between the doctors and patients which state/UT has decided to install CCTV cameras in government hospitals? a) Haryana b)Tamilnadu c)Delhi d)Andhra Pradesh e)UP 9. What is Stagflation? a)Inflation with growth b)Deflation with growth c)Inflation after Deflation d)Deflation after inflation e)Inflation with depression 10. Who has been appointed as Media Adviser to Prime Minister? a)Y. S Bhave b)Harish Khare c)Pradeep Kumar d)Sunil Mitra e)A P Chaudary 11. Who among the following are not a Deputy Governor of RBI at present? a)S. Gopinath b)K.C Chakrabarty c)Rakesh Mohan d)Usha Thorat e)none of these 12. Which Country will host the ICC T-20 World Cup in 2010? a)India b)England c)South Africa d)Australia & New Zealand e)none 13. Which of the following associates of State Bank of India planning to merge in SBI? a)State Bank of Saurashtra b)State Bank of Travancore c)State Bank of Hyderabad d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 14. Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of which of the following states? a)Karnataka b)Gujarat c)Orissa d)Assam e)Madhya Pradesh 15. Which Country is the biggest Supplier of Uranium in the World? A)Australia b)Canada c)France d)Kazhakastan e)Russia 16. ‘Two States’ is a book written by? A)Shashi Tharoor b)Vikram Seth c)Hillary Clinton d)Nandita Das e)Chetan Bhagat 17. Among which of the following persons recently President Pratibha Patel nominated to Rajya Sabha? a)H K Dua b)Geet Sethi c)A K Ganguly d)Both a & b e)Both a & c 18. Gulshan Kumar Mehta recently died, he was a famous __________ ? a)Poet b)Lyricist c)Painter d)Actor e)none 19. Lars Lokke Rasmussen is the new prime minister of which of the following countries? a)Denmark b)Hungary c)Sweden d)Austria e)Poland 20. How many crores are sanctioned by NABARD to Uttar Pradesh for irrigation, rural and bridge projects? a)157 crores b)270 crores c)320 crores d)525 crore d)none MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009 1) Which of the following is not a core sector? ANS:Road Transport 2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party? Ans:Congress(not given in options) 3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state? Ans:Andhra Pradesh 4) Nepal Republic day Ans:May 29th 5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport? Ans:Snooker(not given in Options) 6)Bank rate-6% 7)SLR-25%( not given in options) 8)World Green index Top position-India 9) Awacs from - Israel 10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona 11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat 12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam) 13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa 14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall 15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award 16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary 17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait 18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran 19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan 20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan 21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009 22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale 23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi 24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity 25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore 26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene 27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ? 28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space? 29) One Question on Economic Survey 30) One Railway Budget question 31) Two questions on books and authors? 32) One Union Budget question Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure. Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009 1) Which of the following is not a core sector? ANS:Road Transport 2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party? Ans:Congress(not given in options) 3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state? Ans:Andhra Pradesh 4) Nepal Republic day Ans:May 29th 5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport? Ans:Snooker(not given in Options) 6)Bank rate-6% 7)SLR-25%( not given in options) 8)World Green index Top position-India 9) Awacs from - Israel 10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona 11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat 12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam) 13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa 14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall 15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award 16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary 17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait 18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran 19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan 20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan 21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009 22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale 23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi 24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity 25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore 26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene 27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ? 28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space? 29) One Question on Economic Survey 30) One Railway Budget question 31) Two questions on books and authors? 32) One Union Budget question Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:25 LABELS: 2009, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, CORPORATION BANK, PANKAJ ADVANI, SPORT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009 1) Which of the following is not a core sector? ANS:Road Transport 2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party? Ans:Congress(not given in options) 3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state? Ans:Andhra Pradesh 4) Nepal Republic day Ans:May 29th 5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport? Ans:Snooker(not given in Options) 6)Bank rate-6% 7)SLR-25%( not given in options) 8)World Green index Top position-India 9) Awacs from - Israel 10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona 11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat 12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam) 13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa 14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall 15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award 16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary 17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in - Kuwait 18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran 19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan 20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan 21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009 22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale 23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi 24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity 25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore 26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene 27)Which scheme is success under Bharat Nirman ? 28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space? 29) One Question on Economic Survey 30) One Railway Budget question 31) Two questions on books and authors? 32) One Union Budget question Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 26 1. How many Public Sector Banks are there in India excluding the associates of SBI? a)18 b)19 c)20 d)21 e)27 2. Recently which bank has announced a special home loan scheme with interest rate of 8%? a)ICICI Bank b)Canara Bank c)Yes Bank d)Andhra Bank e)Axis Bank 3. Mutual Funds are regulated by __________ in India? a)RBI b)SEBI c)Mutual Funds Authority d)AMFI e)Finance Commission 4. Which of the following pairs is not true? a)HDFC - Aditya puri b)TVS - Venu Srinivasan c)Bharti Airtel – Lakshmi Mittal d)Apple – Steve Jobs e)Microsoft – Steve Balmer 5. China has offered a ____ billion (100 Crores) of preferential loans to Africa? a)$1 b)$5 c)$8 d)$10 e)$15 6. Recently which country decided to impose a 2% tax on all foreign exchange inflows? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)US e)none 7. Who penned the book ‘Straight from the Heart’ ? a)Kapil Dev b)Ravi Shastri c)Sunil Gavaskar d)Sachin Tendulkar e)Mohinder Amarnath 8.’ Double Fault’ is the term used in which of the following sport? a)Football b)Badminton c)Golf d)Hockey e)Tennis 9. Ram Pradhan Committee is associated to which of the following? a)Menace of Ragging b)Mumbai Attacks c)FDI d)Women Reservation e)School system in India 10. India has been ranked at what position in ‘Man-Women equality’ released by WEF? a)2nd b)134th c)1st d)34th e)114th 11. Who among the following received the Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09 ? a)M S Dhoni b)Gautam Gambhir c)Abhinav Bhindra d)Pankaj Advani e)Saina Nehwal 12. C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2008-09 has been awarded to________? a)Mohinder Amarnath b)Kapil Dev c)Sunil Gavaskar d)Gundappa Vishwanath e)Ravi Shastri 13. India’s export for the year 2008-09 _________? a)$115 billion b)$120 billion c)$185 billion d)$200 billion e)$225 billion 14. Sachin Tendulkar created history by making __________ runs in ODI cricket match? a)15000 b)16000 c)17000 d)18000 e)12000 15. Which of the following rates are not fixed by RBI? a)SLR b)PLR c)CRR d)Repo rate e)Bank rate 16. Which of the following pairing is not true? a)Kapil Sibal – D Purandeshwari b)S M Krishna – Shashi Tharoor c)Chidambaram – Ajay Maken d)Pranab Mukherjee – Pratik Patel e)A K Antony – Pallam Raju 17. Who won the Asia Cup women’s Hockey Tournament held in Bangkok? a)China b)India c)South Korea d)Pakistan e)Thailand 18. With which country India have decided to boost their cooperation in the energy sector as they agreed to complete a key cross-border transmission line by May 2012 ? a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)Nepal d)China e)Myanmar 19. Who is Mr. India 2009? a)Pravesh Rana b)Malkaj Singh c)Shankhar Rana d)Sandeep Kumar e)Nitin Kumar 20. Who is the author of the book ‘Universe in a Single Atom’? a)Pervez Musharaff b)Aung San Suu Kyi c)Barack Obama d)Mohamed ElBaradei e)Dalai Lama Note: 1) With associates of SBI total no. of PSB's in India is 26(19+SBI+SBI associates(6)). 3)AMFI(Association of mutual funds in India) 4)Sunil Mittal CEO of Bharti Airtel. 11)Mary Kom & Abhinav Bhindra are the receipents of Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09. 16)Ministry of State for Finance : Namo Narain Meena. 17)China won by defeating India. PO Interview Questions 2 • What is corporate governance? (For more click here) The way in which a company is governed and how it deals with the various interests of its customers, shareholders, employees and society at large. Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way a corporation (or company) is directed, administered or controlled.Is defined as the general set of customs, regulations, habits, and laws that determine to what end a firm should be run. • Functions of RBI? The Reserve Bank of India is the central bank of India, was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission. The commission submitted its report in the year 1926, though the bank was not set up for nine years.To regulate the issue of Bank Notes and keeping of reserves with a view to securing monetary stability in India and generally to operate the currency and credit system of the country to its advantage." Banker to the Government: performs merchant banking function for the central and the state governments; also acts as their banker.Banker to banks: maintains banking accounts of all scheduled banks. • What is monetary policy? A Monetary policy is the process by which the government, central bank, of a country controls (i) the supply of money, (ii) availability of money, and (iii) cost of money or rate of interest, in order to attain a set of objectives oriented towards the growth and stability of the economy. • What is Fiscal Policy? Fiscal policy is the use of government spending and revenue collection to influence the economy. These policies affect tax rates, interest rates and government spending, in an effort to control the economy. Fiscal policy is an additional method to determine public revenue and public expenditure. • What is Core Banking Solutions? Core banking is a general term used to describe the services provided by a group of networked bank branches. Bank customers may access their funds and other simple transactions from any of the member branch offices. It will cut down time, working simultaneously on different issues and increasing efficiency. The platform where communication technology and information technology are merged to suit core needs of banking is known as Core Banking Solutions. • What is bank and its features and types? A bank is a financial organization where people deposit their money to keep it safe.Banks play an important role in the financial system and the economy. As a key component of the financial system, banks allocate funds from savers to borrowers in an efficient manner. Regional Rural Banks were established with an objective to ensure sufficient institutional credit for agriculture and other rural sectors. The RRBs mobilize financial resources from rural / semi-urban areas and grant loans and advances mostly to small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers and rural artisans. The area of operation of RRBs is limited to the area as notified by GoI covering one or more districts in the State. ii. Banking services for individual customers is known as retail banking. iii. A bank that deals mostly in but international finance, long-term loans for companies and underwriting. Merchant banks do not provide regular banking services to the general public iv. Online banking (or Internet banking) allows customers to conduct financial transactions on a secure website operated by their retail or virtual bank. v. Mobile Banking is a service that allows you to do banking transactions on your mobile phone without making a call , using the SMS facility. Is a term used for performing balance checks, account transactions, payments etc. via a mobile device such as a mobile phone. vi. Traditional banking is the normal bank accounts we have. Like, put your money in the bank and they act as a security and you will get only the normal interests (decided by RBI in our case, FED bank in US). vii. Investment banking is entirely different. Here, people who are having so much money (money in excess which will yield only less interest if in Banks) will invest their money and get higher returns. For example, If i have more money instead of taking the pain of investing in share market, buying properties etc. I will give to investment banks and they will do the money management and give me higher returns when compared to traditional banks. • What is E-Governance? E-Governance is the public sector’s use of information and communication technologies with the aim of improving information and service delivery, encouraging citizen participation in the decision-making process and making government more accountable,transparent and effective. • What is Right to information Act? The Right to Information act is a law enacted by the Parliament of India giving citizens of India access to records of the Central Government and State overnments.The Act applies to all States and Union Territories of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir - which is covered under a State-level law. This law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 13 October 2005. • Credit Rating Agencies in India? The credit rating agencies in India mainly include ICRA and CRISIL. ICRA wasformerly referred to the Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited. Their main function is to grade the different sector and companies in terms of performance and offer solutions for up gradation. The credit rating agencies in India mainly include ICRA and CRISIL(Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited) • What is Cheque? Cheque is a negotiable instrument instructing a Bank to pay a specific amount from a specified account held in the maker/depositor's name with that Bank.A bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and payable on demand.“Written order directing a bank to pay money”. • What is demand Draft? A demand draft is an instrument used for effecting transfer of money. It is a Negotiable Instrument. Cheque and Demand-Draft both are used for Transfer of money. You can 100% trust a DD. It is a banker's check. A check may be dishonored for lack of funds a DD can not. Cheque is written by an individual and Demand draft is issued by a bank. People believe banks more than individuals. • What is a NBFC? A non-banking financial company (NBFC) is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and is engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares/stock/bonds/debentures/securities issued by government, but does not include any institution whose principal business is that of agriculture activity, industrial activity, sale/purchase/construction of immovable property. NBFCs are doing functions akin to that of banks; however there are a few differences: (i)A NBFC cannot accept demand deposits (demand deposits are funds deposited at a depository institution that are payable on demand -- immediately or within a very short period -- like your current or savings accounts.) (ii) it is not a part of the payment and settlement system and as such cannot issue cheques to its customers; and (iii) Deposit insurance facility of DICGC is not available for NBFC depositors unlike in case of banks. • Diff between banking & Finance? Finance is generally related to all types of financial, this could be accounting, insurances and policies. Whereas banking is everything that happens in a bank only.The term Banking and Finance are two very different terms but are often associated together. These two terms are often used to denote services that a bank and other financial institutions provide to its customers. • What is NASSCOM ? The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce is a consortium that serves as an interface to the Indian software industry and Indian BPO industry. Maintaining close interaction with the Government of India in formulating National IT policies with specific focus on IT software and services maintaining a state of the art information database of IT software and services related activities for use of both the software developers as well as interested companies overseas. Mr. Som Mittal – President. Chairman-Pramod Bhasin • What is ASSOCHAM? The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), India's premier apex chamber covers a membership of over 2 lakh companies and professionals across the country. It was established in 1920 by promoter chambers, representing all regions of India. As an apex industry body, ASSOCHAM represents the interests of industry and trade, interfaces with Government on policy issues and interacts with counterpart international organizations to promote bilateral economic issues. President-Swati Piramal • What is NABARD? NABARD was established by an act of Parliament on 12 July 1982 to implement the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981. It replaced the Agricultural Credit Department (ACD) and Rural Planning and Credit Cell (RPCC) of Reserve Bank of India, and Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC). It is one of the premiere agency to provide credit in rural areas. NABARD is set up as an apex Development Bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts. • What is SIDBI? The Small Industries Development Bank of India is a state-run bank aimed to aid the growth and development of micro, small and medium scale industries in India. Set up in 1990 through an act of parliament, it was incorporated initially as a wholly owned subsidiary of Industrial Development Bank of India. • What is SENSEX and NIFTY? SENSEX is the short term for the words "Sensitive Index" and is associated with the Bombay (Mumbai) Stock Exchange (BSE). The SENSEX was first formed on 1-1-1986 and used the market capitalization of the 30 most traded stocks of BSE. Where as NSE has 50 most traded stocks of NSE.SENSEX IS THE INDEX OF BSE. AND NIFTY IS THE INDEX OF NSE.BOTH WILL SHOW DAILY TRADING MARKS. Sensex and Nifty both are an "index”. An index is basically an indicator it indicates whether most of the stocks have gone up or most of the stocks have gone down. • What is SEBI? SEBI is the regulator for the Securities Market in India. Originally set up by the Government of India in 1988, it acquired statutory form in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament. Chaired by C B Bhave. • What is Mutual funds? Mutual funds are investment companies that pool money from investors at large and offer to sell and buy back its shares on a continuous basis and use the capital thus raised to invest in securities of different companies. The mutual fund will have a fund manager that trades the pooled money on a regular basis. The net proceeds or losses are then typically distributed to the investors annually. • What is Asset Management Companies? A company that invests its clients' pooled fund into securities that match its declared financial objectives. Asset management companies provide investors with more diversification and investing options than they would have by themselves. Mutual funds, hedge funds and pension plans are all run by asset management companies. These companies earn income by charging service fees to their clients. • What are non-perfoming assets? Non-performing assets, also called non-performing loans, are loans,made by a bank or finance company, on which repayments or interest payments are not being made on time. A debt obligation where the borrower has not paid any previously agreed upon interest and principal repayments to the designated lender for an extended period of time. The nonperforming asset is therefore not yielding any income to the lender in the form of principal and interest payments. • What is Recession? A true economic recession can only be confirmed if GDP (Gross Domestic Product)growth is negative for a period of two or more consecutive quarters. • What is foreign exchange reservers? Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks and monetary authorities.However, the term in popular usage commonly includes foreign exchange and gold,SDRs and IMF reserve positions. • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 25 1. The Reserve Bank of India purchased 200 tonnes of gold worth _____ from IMF? a)$3.5 billion b)$5.7 billion c)$6.8 billion d)$7.5 billion e)$9 billion 2. Rangarajan Committee has recommended __________ disinvestment in PSUs? a)10% b)26% c)49% d)51% e)none 3. Which of the following associates of SBI, State bank of India acquired and merged in 2008? a)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur b)State Bank of Saurashtra c)State Bank of Travancore d)State Bank of Hyderabad e)State Bank of Indore 4. Who is the present Comptroller and Auditor General of India? a)Vinod Rai b)T.N. Chaturvedi c)Gopal Subramanyam d)V.N. Kaul e)Harish Salve 5. Recently India has tightened up of enforcement visas rules to which of the following countries for unskilled and semi-skilled workers to work in India? a)Bangladesh b)Nepal c)China d)US e)Malaysia 6. Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project links which of the following countries through sea? a)Indian, Pakistan b)India, Nepal c)India, Myanmar d)India, Srilanka e)India, China 7. Which is the first and only hospital to receive Special Postage Stamp recognition from the government towards the Indian health-care? a)Wockhdardt Hospital b)Apollo Hospital c)NIMHANS d)AIIMS e)St George Hospital 8. Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is located in which of the following states? a)Rajasthan b)Uttarakhand c)Gujarat d)Uttar Pradesh e)Assam 9. The government has approached the Finance Commission and the Planning Commission for arrangement of Rs 1.74 lakh crore as estimated for implementation of the ________________ ? a)MGREGA b)Nuclear Power Plants through the India c)Right To Education Act d)All the Schemes launched for the Rural people e)All the above 10. Who has become the first Indian to receive Yale University's top honour 'Legend in Leadership Award' ? a)APJ Abdul Kalam b)Ratan Tata c)D.Subbarao d)Nandan Nilakeni e)O P Bhatt 11. Which of the following provides insurance cover for bank deposits? a)RBI b)IRDA c)DICGCI d)GIC e)Finance Commission 12. Which of the following countries has the Worlds Largest Reserves of Gold? a)US b)China c)China d)Germany e)IMF 13. The Term Fourth Estate Refers to the __________? a)Executive b)Legislature c)Judiciary d)Press e)citizens 14. Budget is presented under which of the following the articles of the Constitution of India? a)Article 103 b)Article 112 c)Article 110 d)Article 256 e)none of these 15. A/c to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Indian Power sector needs a total investment of __________ billion in the next eight years to achieve planned growth? a)$150 b)$200 c)$250 d)$300 e)none 16. Who wrote the novel ‘The Insider’? a)I.K Gujaral b)L.K Advani c)V. P Singh d)A B Vajpayee e)P.V. Narasimha Rao 17. Inflations occurs when the ____________________________? a)price of essential commodities outstrips income b)money supply grows at a higher rate than the GDP in real terms c)exchange rate of currency falls d)fiscal deficit exceeds the balance of payment e)both a & b 18. Ashes Series is the Test Match Series between which of the following teams/countries? a)Australia & New Zealand b)England & South Africa c)New Zealand & England d)Australia & England e)India & England 19. Ben Bernake has been appointed for the second term as the Chairman of ________? a)RBS b)IMF c)WTO d)World Bank e)Federal Reserve 20. Who won the Nehru cup title held in Delhi? a)Malaysia b)Syria c)India d)Pakistan e)Sourh Korea WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 24 1. Which Bank has received the Outlook Money NDTV Profit Award 2009 in the category of ‘Best Education Loan Provider’ ? a)Central Bank of India b)SBI c)Corporation Bank d)Union Bank of India e)PNB 2. In which of the following associates banks SBI holds 100% stake? a)State Bank of Hyderabad b)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur c)State Bank of Travancore d)State Bank of Indore e)State Bank of Mysore 3. Which state is opposing the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) with ASEAN? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Goa c)Karnataka d)Tamilnadu e)Kerala 4. Who has been taken over as Director of Vikran Sarabahi Space Centre (VSSC) after K,Radhakrsihnan took over as Chairman of ISRO? a)G. Madhavan Nair b)P.S. Veeraraghavan c)A.C Basu d)Kamlesh Sharma e)B.N Sharma 5. Who is considered as the "founding father" of Indian Space Programme? a)Abdul Kalam b) Satish Dawan c) Vikram Sarabhai d)Rakesh Sharma e)Madhavan Nair 6. Which city will host the 16th International Children Film Festival in November 2009? a)Chandigarh b)Chennai c)Goa d)Hyderabad e)Jaipur 7. Which state has celebrated its formation day on November 1st? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Kerala c)Maharashtra d)Tamilnadu e)Karnataka 8. ‘Real’ is the currency of which of the following countries? a)Israel b)South Africa c)Cuba d)Greenland e)Brazil 9. Government is deciding to give another Stimulus Package, so that which among the following sectors will be benefited? a)Textiles b)Engineering c)Leather d)Pharmaceuticals e)All the above 10. Hosni Mubarak the President of Egypt has been in the post for the past _____years? a)15 b)20 c)28 d)35 e)41 11. Who won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the first race to start in daylight and end at night? a)Jenson Button b)Sebastian Vessel c)Mark Webber d)Lewis Hamilton e)Narain Karthikeyan 12. Which Country has emerged as the most optimistic globally, with better improving conditions, better growth and job prospects a/c to the report by Global Consultancy firm? a)India b)China c)Hongkong d)Indonesia e)Norway 13. Who among the following is the recipient of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize? 1)Rajiv Gandhi 2)Jimmy Carter 3)Hamid Karzai 4)M S Swaminathan 5)Bill Gates a)only 2,5 b)only 4 & 5 c)only 1 & 3 d)only 2,4 & 5 e)All the above 14. Mohamed ElBaradei, the 4th Director-General of IAEA and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2005 and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2008 Winner hails from which of the following country? a)Brazil b)US c)South Africa d)Egypt e)none 15. Who has been elected as the first goodwill ambassador for the cleft Charity Organization “Smile Train “? a)Nandita Das b)Shabana Azmi c)Aishwarya Rai d)Shilpa Shetty e)D.Purendeshwari 16. Lakshmi Mittal retained the richest Business Tycoon in which of the following countries recently? a)China b)UK c)Germany d)South Africa e)Argentina 17. Who won the WTA Championship? a)Dinara Safina b)Serena Williams c)Venus Williams d)Maria Sharapova e)Ana Ivanovic 18. In which of the following days World Diabetes day is observed? a)November 14th b)July 29th c)August 29th d)November 27th e)September 29th 19. Who wrote the book “Power Politics”? a)Salman Rushdie b)V S Naipaul c)Arundathi Roy d)Anita Desai e)Vikram Seth 20. Which of the following two states are affected by recent heavy floods, where many of them lost there houses, wealth and life, PM has given an assistance 1000 crores for each state? a)Karnataka, Tamilnadu b)Karnataka, Kerala c)Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka d)Karnataka, Maharashtra e)none TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 Selection Process in SBI Selection Process in State Bank of India for Clerical Positions: 1) Written Examination- Duration: 135 minutes (2 Hours 15 Minutes) 2) Personal Interview Written Examination: It will Comprise of Five Objective type of tests 1) General Awareness--------------------40 Questions--------------40 Marks 2) English---------------------------------40 Questions--------------40 Marks 3) Quantitative Aptitude------------------40 Questions------------ -40 Marks 4) Reasoning ability----------------------40 Questions----------- --40 Marks 5) Marketing & Computer Basics-------40 Questions--------------40 Marks Note: Each question carriers 1 mark. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.No Descriptive Paper. Time Management for Each Section: 1) General Awareness-----20 minutes Note: There will be no Long questions in this Section as there in PO General Awareness Section. So you can attempt in 20 minutes if you are prepared. There will be direct questions. Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions with 90% accuracy. Most of the Questions are asked for the months between March and August. Particularly Union & Railway budget 09-10. 2) General English-----------30 minutes Note: English is not only for qualifying. Marks will be added to final List. Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions withy 90% accuracy. 3) Quantitative Aptitude----30 minutes Note: Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions with 95%-100%. 4) Reasoning Ability---------30 minutes Note: Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions with 95%-100%. 5) Marketing & Computer---25 minutes Note: Attempt minimum of 25-30 questions with 90% accuracy. Very Basic questions are asked.It’s enough to read previous papers from various books available in the market. Almost same questions are repeated. So if you score a total of more than 120 out of 200 Marks with clearing in each section (40%) you are in safe side. Order of Attempting Sections: 1) First take either Aptitude or Reasoning as you like and complete within 1hour with a minimum of 30 questions in each section. 2) Next go for English and complete with 30 minutes. 3) Next go for either General Awareness or Marketing & Computer Basics as you like and complete with the remaining 45 minutes with a minimum of 30 questions in each questions. Important note to all SBI Clerical Aspirants: As there is Heavy Competition (36 lakhs applied for this post for 11,000 vacancies) don’t upset yourself and don’t lose your confident. Actually there will be competition for only 10%-15% aspirants in 36 lakhs members. So don’t think there will be 36 lakhs competitors. Almost 85% are just applied and they just trying for a lottery/luck because SBI is a good bank with huge vacancies. As if you are a true & Sincere Aspirant you can get the job. And don’t expect the same questions which were conducted on 8th will also repeat for the exams conducted on 15th & 22nd.There will be different sets (almost 12 sets for the 3days programme). Quiz on General Awareness 23 1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks? a)Vijaya Bank b)Bank of India c)Indian Bank d)United Bank of India e)Punjab & Sind Bank 2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ? a)India, 2010 b)France, 2012 c)London, 2012 d)Scotland,2014 e)Vancouver, 2014 3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 09-10? a)2,057 b)8,883 c)2,112 d)3,472 e)6,656 4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missile-defense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles? a)Poland, Czech Republic b)Netherlands, Sweden c)Austria, Spain d)Czech Republic, Sweden e)Poland, Spain 5. Who has been selected as ‘Umpire of the Year’ in ICC-Awards 2009? a)Steve Buckner b)Rudy Koertzen c)Aleem Dar d)Simon Taufel e)none 6. For Which film ‘Uma Shree’ has been selected as Best Actress in 55th National Film Awards-2009? a)Kanchivaram b)Gulabi Talkies c)Gandhi My Father d)Dharm e)none 7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission? a)India b)Russia c)China d)Denmark e)France 8. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ? a)Essential Commercial Borrowings b)Essential Credit Borrowings c)Essential Credit Business d)External Commercial Borrowings e)External Credit Business 9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries? a)World Bank b)Asian Development Bank c)UNESCO d)IMF e)none 10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ? a)2013 b)2011 c)2012 d)2020 e)2015 11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US? a)2.3 b)1.5 b)7.5 d)5.0 e)none 12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Uttarakhand c)Sikkim d)Himachal Pradesh e)none 13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010? a)Brazil b)Russia c)India d)China e)none of these 14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ? a)China b)South Africa c)Sudan d)Egypt e)Russia 15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries? a)Russia b)South Korea c)Japan d)China e)France 16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan? a)21,000 b)8,000 c)13,000 d)11,000 e)5,000 17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion? a) Dena Bank b)Bank of Baroda c)Andhra Bank d)Oriental Bank of Commerce e)none 18. World Health Day is observed on? a)April 7th b)March 15th c)March 7th d)April 18th e)March 3rd 19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Maharashtra 20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society? a)Shabana Azmi b)Nirupama Rao c)Nandita Das e)Meena Shankar e)Shilpa Shetty. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 23 1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks? a)Vijaya Bank b)Bank of India c)Indian Bank d)United Bank of India e)Punjab & Sind Bank 2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ? a)India, 2010 b)France, 2012 c)London, 2012 d)Scotland,2014 e)Vancouver, 2014 3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 09-10? a)2,057 b)8,883 c)2,112 d)3,472 e)6,656 4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missile-defense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles? a)Poland, Czech Republic b)Netherlands, Sweden c)Austria, Spain d)Czech Republic, Sweden e)Poland, Spain 5. Who has been selected as ‘Umpire of the Year’ in ICC-Awards 2009? a)Steve Buckner b)Rudy Koertzen c)Aleem Dar d)Simon Taufel e)none 6. For Which film ‘Uma Shree’ has been selected as Best Actress in 55th National Film Awards-2009? a)Kanchivaram b)Gulabi Talkies c)Gandhi My Father d)Dharm e)none 7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission? a)India b)Russia c)China d)Denmark e)France 8. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ? a)Essential Commercial Borrowings b)Essential Credit Borrowings c)Essential Credit Business d)External Commercial Borrowings e)External Credit Business 9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries? a)World Bank b)Asian Development Bank c)UNESCO d)IMF e)none 10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ? a)2013 b)2011 c)2012 d)2020 e)2015 11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US? a)2.3 b)1.5 b)7.5 d)5.0 e)none 12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Uttarakhand c)Sikkim d)Himachal Pradesh e)none 13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010? a)Brazil b)Russia c)India d)China e)none of these 14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ? a)China b)South Africa c)Sudan d)Egypt e)Russia 15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries? a)Russia b)South Korea c)Japan d)China e)France 16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan? a)21,000 b)8,000 c)13,000 d)11,000 e)5,000 17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion? a) Dena Bank b)Bank of Baroda c)Andhra Bank d)Oriental Bank of Commerce e)none 18. World Health Day is observed on? a)April 7th b)March 15th c)March 7th d)April 18th e)March 3rd 19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state? a)Uttar Pradesh b)Gujarat c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)Maharashtra 20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society? a)Shabana Azmi b)Nirupama Rao c)Nandita Das e)Meena Shankar e)Shilpa Shetty. Quiz on General Awareness 22 1. What is India’s Position in ‘Global Gender Gap Index 2009 ‘released by World Economic Forum (WEF)? a)134 b)98 c)143 d)86 e)114 2. Former Test and ODI Umpire David Shepherd had passed away, he belongs to which country ? a)Australia b)New Zealand c)England d)West Indies e)South Africa 3. The Seventh Asia Cup Hockey Championship for women will be held at ___________? a)India b)Malaysia c)South Korea d)Thailand e)China 4. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of RBI recently? a) Rakesh Mohan b)K C Chakrabarty c)Subir Gokarn d)Shyamala Gopinath e)none 5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA) or MGREGA is a job guarantee Scheme launched in which of the following the years ? a)2004 b)2005 d)2003 d)2006 e)2002 6. In the Second quarter of Monetary Policy 2009-10, RBI has increased the Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR) to _______ ? a)5% b)4.75% c)24% d)6% e)none 7. Chagan Bhujbal has been appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of which of the following state? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Haryana c)Maharashtra d)Punjab e)Jharkhand 8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “Development As Freedom” ? a)C. Rangarajan b)Y.V.Reddy c)D.Subbarao d)Amartya Sen e)Aung San Suu Kyi 9. Chandrayan-2 is designed in the joint association of India and __________ ? a)US b)Russia c)France d)UK e)Japan 10. With Which Country India signs an agreement on sea food export ? a)Srilanka b)Japan c)Russia d)Bangladesh e)Pakistan 11.”Stride-2009” is a military Exercise of which of the following countries? a)China b)India c)Russia d)France e)US 12. Microsoft and Yahoo signed an agreement of how many years to compete against Search engine giant Google? a)3 years b)5 years c)8 years d)10 years e)15 years 13. Who won the SCOPE award? a)Barack Obama b)Deep Joshi c)D N Dwivedi d)Bindeshwar Pathak e)S.S.Roongta 14. Kim Jhong-II is associated to which of the following countries? a)Israel b)South Korea c)Japan d)North Korea e)Malyasia 15. Where is the first airport located in Asia to achieve a ‘LEED Silver Certification’ award? a)Hyderabad b)Delhi c)Beijing d)Tokyo e)Singapore 16. With which country India is planning to build the under-the-sea pipeline? a)Russia b)China c)Iran d)Oman e)US 17. Srilanka purchased the development equipment worth Srilanka Rs 2,049 million for the Northern Province ? a)India b)Russia c)China d)France e)US 18. Expand FPO? a)First public offer b)Final public offer c)Floating public offer d)Fixed public offer e)Follow-on public offer 19. Commonwealth Games will be held with a period of ________ ? a)1yr b)2yr c)3yr d)4yr e)5yr 20. Which of the following countries will host Olympic games in 2016, 2014, 2012 respectively? a)Canada, Brazil, UK b)Brazil, Canada, Uk c)Russia, Brazil, Canada d)UK,Russia,Canada e)Brazil,Russia,UK Most important and basic question to know every indian that "India is facing recession ?" #:Many of them(Indians) are confusing whether Recession in India is present or not ?? and most of them think that India is facing recession. When Taking POLL into the account , Around 72% of them voted that India is facing recession. This also proves and strengthen the above statement(#). But but.......INDIA is not facing "RECESSION". India is only Experiencing "Economic Slowdown". There is a difference between Economic Slowdown and Recession. Recession: A true economic recession can only be confirmed if GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is negative for a period of two or more consecutive quarters. Some of the Countries facing Recession are: US, UK and some parts of Europe, etc. Some of the countries facing Economic Slowdown are: China, South Africa and some parts of Africa. Most important and basic question to know every indian that "India is facing recession ?" #:Many of them(Indians) are confusing whether Recession in India is present or not ?? and most of them think that India is facing recession. When Taking POLL into the account , Around 72% of them voted that India is facing recession. This also proves and strengthen the above statement(#). But but.......INDIA is not facing "RECESSION". India is only Experiencing "Economic Slowdown". There is a difference between Economic Slowdown and Recession. Recession: A true economic recession can only be confirmed if GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is negative for a period of two or more consecutive quarters. Some of the Countries facing Recession are: US, UK and some parts of Europe, etc. Some of the countries facing Economic Slowdown are: China, South Africa and some parts of Africa. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 20 1. Who has taken over the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ? a)Prem Khandu b)Dorjee Khandu c)Mukut Mithi d)Gegong Apang e)none 2. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India went down by two percentages from 57 to 55 per 1000 live births between 2006 and 2007, a report released by? a)World Bank b)Ministry of Health c)WHO d)PMO e)Registrar General of India 3. Recently Government has cleared 26 FDI proposals of worth Rs ________ ? a)900 b)1130 c)1360 d)750 e)848 4. The Centre decided to launch a Rs ____ crore plan to strengthen fire and emergency services in the country? a)100 b)125 c)150 d)200 e)250 5. In Railway budget 2009-10, how many Duronto Trains are introduced ? a)10 b)12 c)14 d)8 e)none of these 6. In Union Budget 2009-10, how many crores are allocated for Higher Education ? a)500 b)750 c)1000 d)1500 e)2000 7.’Smart Money’ is a term used for __________ ? a)Internet Banking b)Credit Card c)Cash with Bank/Public d)Debit Card e)none 8.’Balika Diwas’ day (Girl Day) is observed on ? a)Jan 29th b)March 8th c)July 9th d)Dec 9th e)Oct 5th 9. With Which of the following Countries India has inked an MoU on co-operation in the area of climate change and implementation of the clean development mechanism (CDM) projects of the Kyoto Protocol ? a)Norway b)Japan c)Thailand c)Britain e)US 10. The Orbit of Chandrayan-1 has been rised form 100 km to _____ ? a)500 b)200 c)150 d)300 e)none 11)’Fujitsu’ has developed the Worlds fastest CPU, it belongs which Country? a)South Korea b)US c)Japan d)China e)none 12.Who has been elected for Ministry of Water Resource after Meira Kumari has taken over the Speaker of Lok Sabha ? a)Manmohan Singh b)Rahul Bandari c)Jagdeep Goyal d)Manish Kumar e)Pawan Kumar Bansal 13.Pakistan has won the ICC T20 Championship after beating _________ ? a)India b)Australia c)New Zealand d)Srilanka e)West Indies 14. India decided to drop the $1 billion defense deal for mid-air refuellers with which country? a)Russia b)France c)Israel d)Britain e)US 15.Who is the first Indian woman Foreign Secretary ? a)Chokila Iyer b)Nirupama Rao c)Meera Shankar d)Vijalakshmi Pandit e)Indira Gandhi 16.Which Film has won the Best Film in IIFA 2009 Awards ? a)Ghajini b)Wednesday c)Jodhaa Akbar d)Fashion e)Singh is King 17.Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy has won the Mens Double in French Open 2009, Lukas Dlouhy belongs to which of the following Country ? a)Peru b)Spain c)US d)UK e)Czech Republic 18.For how many months President rule is imposed on Jharkhand after Union Cabinet has decided to end President's rule in Jharkhand and dissolve the state assembly(polling will be held on November-December 2009)? a)3 months b)6 months c)9 months d)12 months e)none 19.’Chiku the Champ’ is mascot for _____________ ? a)FIFA World Cup b)Common Wealth Games c)National Games d)Asian Table Tennis Championship e)Olympics 2010 20.Which IT Company it has entered into a 10-year IT outsourcing agreement with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for providing IT Infrastructure and services for IGI Airport. a)Wipro b)TCS c)Infosys d)Tech Mahindra e)CTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 19 1.Which of the following is India’s first approved Genetically Modified (GM) food crop ? a)Bt Cotton b)Bt Tomato c)Bt Sugar d) Bt Brinjal e) Bt Potato 2. Which of the following countries is not a member of G77 ? a)India b)South Africa c)Japan d)China e)Pakistan 3. Under Which Article President rule can be imposed in a State? a)Article 365 b)Article 355 c)Article 352 d)Article 356 e)Article 360 4.Justice PD Dinakaran facing the charges of disproportionate assets against him, He was the Chief justice of which of the following State ? a)Tamilnadu b)Karnataka c)Madhya Pradesh d)Orissa e)none 5. Shiv Charan Mathur recently passed away, he belongs to which field ? a)Politics b)Carnatic Vocalist c)Writer d)Musician e)both b & c 6.The 155th OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting held at ? a)Austria b)UAE c)Venezuela d)Qatar e)Angola 7. India and has contributed USD ________ to the International Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sports in eve of Commonwealth Games next year. a)10,000 b)15,000 c)20,000 d)25,000 e)50,000 8.Which is the only Indian company in the 25 A T Kearney Global Champions for 2009 list ? a)Infosys b)SBI c)Airtel d)RIL e)TCS 9.Who has been elected as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) ? a)Priyan Ranjan Dasmunsi b)Praful patel c)Narendra Modi d) SN Banerjee e)none 10.With Which Country India will renegotiate the taxation treaty under the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ) Model Tax Convention ? a)Singapore b)South Korea c)UAE d)Egypt e)Chile 11.Justin Henin belongs to which sport ? a)Badminton b)Cricket c)Lawn Tennis d)Hockey e)Gymnastics 12.Mushtaq Ali Trophy is related to which Sport ? a)Hockey b)Chess c)Football d)Golf e)Cricket 13.Who is the Chairperson of 18th Law Commission ? a)Veerappa Moily b) A R Lakshmanan c) M. Jagannadha Rao d)B. P. Jeevan Reddy e)Yahir Mahmood 14.Which of the following is not a Special Forces of India ? a)National Security Guards(NSG) b)Special Protection Group(SPG) c)Border Security Force(BSF) d)Special Frontier Force(SFF) e)Para Commandos 15. Besides the US, UK, Russia, France & China, How many non-permanent members are there in UN Security Council ? a)1 b)2 c)3 d)5 e)10 16.The 55th National School Games will be held in __________ ? a)Hyderabad b)Kolkatta c)Chandigarh d)Jaipur e)none 17.International Human Rights Day is observed on ? a)Oct 23rd b)Sep 10th c)Dec 10th d)Dec 23rd e)Dec 7th 18.Who has been awarded the UNESCO annual peace prize for the year 2009? a)Barack Obama b)Marti Ahtisaari c)Bill Gates d)Jimmy Carter e) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 19.The Bihar government sanctioned approximately Rs ______ crore for extension, renovation and modernisation of eastern Kosi canal system ? a)750 b)1000 c)800 d)500 e)none 20.Aung San Suu Kyi whose name was in News recently, She belongs to which country ? a)India b)Nepal c)Bangladesh d)Myanmar e)South Korea Quiz on General Awareness 18 1.Who Crowned the Femina Miss India 2009 ? a)Ekta Chowdary b)Shriya Kishore c)Pooja Chopra d) Parvathy Omanakuttan e)none. 2. Computerization of Banks was suggested by which of the following committee ? a)Rangarajan Committee b)Tandaon Committee c)Janikiraman Committee d)Manmohan Singh Committee e)Shetty Committee 3.India signed a civil nuclear agreements with seven countries, In which of the following countries did India has not signed a civil nuclear agreement ? a)Kazakhstan b)Mongolia c)Namibia d)UK e)Argentina 4.Which of the following countries is the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide(CO2) ? a)US(2) b)China(1) c)India(3) d)Russia(4) e)Pakistan 5.Who has been elected as the president of the Indian Languages Newspapers Association (ILNA) ? a)Uttam Chand Sharma b)V K Chopra c)Dinesh Shakti Trikha d)VenkataRam Reddy e)none 6.Expand NELP ? a)Nominal Equal Liquidity policy b)New Exploration Land Programme c)New Education Lightning Programme d)New Exploration Licensing policy e)Newly Equated Lending Policy 7.The Fourth East Asian Summit is slated to be held in _____________ ? a)Thailand b)Malaysia c)Singapore d)Philippines e)Vietnam 8.Which of the following cities in India will have a world class research institute on climate change ? a)Mumbai b)Hyderabad c)Pune d)Delhi e)Bangalore 9.Yukhio Hatoyama, the new Prime Minister of Japan belongs to the which of the following political parties ? a)Liberal Democratic party b)Japenese Communist Party c)People’s new party d)Democratic party of Japan e)Social Democratic party 10.Latin American Countries decided to launch a new regional currency __________ in 2010 , replacing US Dollar ? a)Boliviano b)Sucre c)Peso d)Lempiras e)cordoba 11.Which of the following has become the first African country to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup-2009 that was held in Egypt ? a)South Africa b)Egypt c)Ghana d)Botswana e)Algeria 12.Rajiv Swagruha Scheme, a scheme for middle-class housing launched by ___________ government ? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Maharashtra c)Rajasthan d)Haryana e)Punjab 13.’COPE India 2009’ is a joint Air Force exercise between India and _________ recently held in Agra ? a)Russia b)China c)US d)France e)Japan 14.Which is the first country in the World to keep the Cabinet Meeting Under water ? a)US b)Srilanka c)Australia c)New Zealand e)Maldives 15. P V Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway, country's longest fly-over which covers 11.6 km, is located in which of the following states ? a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Gujarat d)Maharashtra e)Andhra Pradesh 16.Which of the following Company/Organisation is not a Public Sector Unit (PSU) ? a)MTNL b)CMC c)VSNL d)NALCO e)none 17.Indirect Tax is a tax on ___________ ? a)Income b)Wealth c)Labour d)Commodities e)Housing 18.Which of the following is the first state to implement VAT (Value Added Tax) in India ? a)Kerala b)Punjab c)Haryana d)Andhra Pradesh e)Gujarat 19. Recently Indian government decided to give an extra amount of Rs.______ crore to the Sri Lankan government towards rehabilitating Tamils displaced by the civil war. a)500 c)600 b)750 d)1000 e)1500 20.”Dreams from my Father” is book written by _________ ? a)A P J Abdul Kalam b)George W.Bush c)Sachin Tendulkar d)Barack Obama e)none Imp Points: ->3rd Q:India signed civil nuclear agreements with US,France,Russia,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Namibia,Argentina. ->9th Q:First non-Liberal Democratic Party to win in Japan. ->10th Q:Single Regional Payment Compensation System(Sucre). ->19th Q:India had already given 500 crores for Rehabil........ !!! ->20th Q:"Audacity of Hope","Dreams from my Father" are the two books written by Barack Obama. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 17 1.The Union Govt. on 22nd June 2009, abolished the import duty on _______ items as part of its tariff elimination commitments under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore? a)2022 b)2202 c)2002 d)2220 e)2020 2.Who is the ‘Banker of the Year-2009’ presented by Business Standard ? a)O P Bhatt b)K V Kamath c)K C Chakrabarty d)Aditya Puri e)A C Mahajan 3. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM ? a)Sajjan Jindal b)Dilip Modi c)Rahkumar Dhoot d)Swati Piramala e)D S Rawat 4. India is proposed to launch a South Asian regional train service between India and _______________ ? a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)both a & c e)both a & b. 5.Which Country has won the maximum no. of medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ? a)China b)Russia c)Germany d)US e)UK 6.According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which country has taken No.1 position in the maximum number of patents in 2007 ? a)Japan b)China c)US d)Germany e)India 7. British government has sanctioned a ________ pounds loan for Tata motors for its new electric car project? a)1 billion b)10 billion c)10 million d)50 million e)75 million 8.World Food Day is celebrated on ______ ? a)Oct 18th b)Sep 18th c)Oct 16th d)Sep 16th e)Oct 24th 9.Who is the author of the book “Two Lives” ? a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Arundati Roy d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)Shashi Tharoor 10.Government has declared as ___________ a national aquatic animal in order to save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country's aqua map ? a)Fish b)Blue Whale c)Shark d)Dolphin e)none. 11.Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the Kadapa District as ________________ ? a)Kadapa-Y S Rajeshekara Reddy b)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy c)Y S Reddy d)YSR-kadapa e)none 12.The 2010 FIFA world cup will be held in _____________ ? a)India b)Italy c)Germany d)South Africa e)Czech Republic 13.Which is the only country yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty ? a)India b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Ireland e)Austria 14.Which team has won the IPL-2 Edition ? a)Deccan Chargers b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Delhi Daredevils d)Chennai Super Kings e)none 15. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the field ________ ? a)Literature b)Politics c)Science d)Writer e)Education 16. India has rejected a demand by the __________ government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta. a)Israel b)Rome c)US d)Italy e)Albanian 17.Which country has been topped in Anti-hunger scorecard ? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Ghana e)Malawi 18.Recently V. K Saraswat was in news.He was the ____________ ? a)Chief of DRDO b)Next chief of ISRO c)Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister d)both a & c e)none 19.The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at ? a)London b) Rio de Janeiro c)Vancouver d)Russia e)South Africa 20.Who won the Shangai Masters 2009 ? a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Rafael Nadal c)Djokovic d)Andy Murray e)Roger Federer MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 17 1.The Union Govt. on 22nd June 2009, abolished the import duty on _______ items as part of its tariff elimination commitments under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore? a)2022 b)2202 c)2002 d)2220 e)2020 2.Who is the ‘Banker of the Year-2009’ presented by Business Standard ? a)O P Bhatt b)K V Kamath c)K C Chakrabarty d)Aditya Puri e)A C Mahajan 3. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM ? a)Sajjan Jindal b)Dilip Modi c)Rahkumar Dhoot d)Swati Piramala e)D S Rawat 4. India is proposed to launch a South Asian regional train service between India and _______________ ? a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)both a & c e)both a & b. 5.Which Country has won the maximum no. of medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ? a)China b)Russia c)Germany d)US e)UK 6.According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which country has taken No.1 position in the maximum number of patents in 2007 ? a)Japan b)China c)US d)Germany e)India 7. British government has sanctioned a ________ pounds loan for Tata motors for its new electric car project? a)1 billion b)10 billion c)10 million d)50 million e)75 million 8.World Food Day is celebrated on ______ ? a)Oct 18th b)Sep 18th c)Oct 16th d)Sep 16th e)Oct 24th 9.Who is the author of the book “Two Lives” ? a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Arundati Roy d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)Shashi Tharoor 10.Government has declared as ___________ a national aquatic animal in order to save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country's aqua map ? a)Fish b)Blue Whale c)Shark d)Dolphin e)none. 11.Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the Kadapa District as ________________ ? a)Kadapa-Y S Rajeshekara Reddy b)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy c)Y S Reddy d)YSR-kadapa e)none 12.The 2010 FIFA world cup will be held in _____________ ? a)India b)Italy c)Germany d)South Africa e)Czech Republic 13.Which is the only country yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty ? a)India b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Ireland e)Austria 14.Which team has won the IPL-2 Edition ? a)Deccan Chargers b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Delhi Daredevils d)Chennai Super Kings e)none 15. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the field ________ ? a)Literature b)Politics c)Science d)Writer e)Education 16. India has rejected a demand by the __________ government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta. a)Israel b)Rome c)US d)Italy e)Albanian 17.Which country has been topped in Anti-hunger scorecard ? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Ghana e)Malawi 18.Recently V. K Saraswat was in news.He was the ____________ ? a)Chief of DRDO b)Next chief of ISRO c)Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister d)both a & c e)none 19.The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at ? a)London b) Rio de Janeiro c)Vancouver d)Russia e)South Africa 20.Who won the Shangai Masters 2009 ? a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Rafael Nadal c)Djokovic d)Andy Murray e)Roger Federer MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 17 1.The Union Govt. on 22nd June 2009, abolished the import duty on _______ items as part of its tariff elimination commitments under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore? a)2022 b)2202 c)2002 d)2220 e)2020 2.Who is the ‘Banker of the Year-2009’ presented by Business Standard ? a)O P Bhatt b)K V Kamath c)K C Chakrabarty d)Aditya Puri e)A C Mahajan 3. Who is the new President of ASSOCHAM ? a)Sajjan Jindal b)Dilip Modi c)Rahkumar Dhoot d)Swati Piramala e)D S Rawat 4. India is proposed to launch a South Asian regional train service between India and _______________ ? a)Bangladesh b)Pakistan c)China d)both a & c e)both a & b. 5.Which Country has won the maximum no. of medals in Beijing Olympics 2008 ? a)China b)Russia c)Germany d)US e)UK 6.According to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which country has taken No.1 position in the maximum number of patents in 2007 ? a)Japan b)China c)US d)Germany e)India 7. British government has sanctioned a ________ pounds loan for Tata motors for its new electric car project? a)1 billion b)10 billion c)10 million d)50 million e)75 million 8.World Food Day is celebrated on ______ ? a)Oct 18th b)Sep 18th c)Oct 16th d)Sep 16th e)Oct 24th 9.Who is the author of the book “Two Lives” ? a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Arundati Roy d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)Shashi Tharoor 10.Government has declared as ___________ a national aquatic animal in order to save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country's aqua map ? a)Fish b)Blue Whale c)Shark d)Dolphin e)none. 11.Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the Kadapa District as ________________ ? a)Kadapa-Y S Rajeshekara Reddy b)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy c)Y S Reddy d)YSR-kadapa e)none 12.The 2010 FIFA world cup will be held in _____________ ? a)India b)Italy c)Germany d)South Africa e)Czech Republic 13.Which is the only country yet to ratify the Lisbon treaty ? a)India b)Poland c)Czech Republic d)Ireland e)Austria 14.Which team has won the IPL-2 Edition ? a)Deccan Chargers b)Royal Challengers Bangalore c)Delhi Daredevils d)Chennai Super Kings e)none 15. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given in the field ________ ? a)Literature b)Politics c)Science d)Writer e)Education 16. India has rejected a demand by the __________ government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta. a)Israel b)Rome c)US d)Italy e)Albanian 17.Which country has been topped in Anti-hunger scorecard ? a)India b)Brazil c)China d)Ghana e)Malawi 18.Recently V. K Saraswat was in news.He was the ____________ ? a)Chief of DRDO b)Next chief of ISRO c)Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister d)both a & c e)none 19.The XXI Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 at ? a)London b) Rio de Janeiro c)Vancouver d)Russia e)South Africa 20.Who won the Shangai Masters 2009 ? a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Rafael Nadal c)Djokovic d)Andy Murray e)Roger Federer Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award. List of Nobel laureates for the Year 2009: 1.Barack Obama(US) - Peace. 2.Herta Muller(Germany) - Literature 3.Elizabeth Blackburn(US), Carol W Greider(US) and Jack W Szostak(US) - Medicine. 4.V Ramakrishnan(India), Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel) - Chemistry. 5.Charles Kao(US), George E. Smith(US), and Prof. Willard S. Boyle(US) - Physics. 6.Elinor Ostrom(US), Oliver Williamson(US) - Economics. List of Nobel laureates by Indias: 1.Ronald Ross (1857 - 1932) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902. 2.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. 3.Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. 4.C V Raman (1888 - 1970) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930. 5.Hargobind Khorana (1922) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968. 6.Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) - Nobel Prize for peace in 1979. 7.Abdus Salam (1926 - 1996) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979. 8.Subramaniam Chandrasekar(1910 - 1995) - Nobel Prize for physics in 1983. 9.Amartya Sen ( 1933) - Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. 10.V.S. Naipaul (1932) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. 11.Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952) - Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 14 1.Hilary Mary Mantel has won the 2009 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Wolf Hall'.she hails from _____? a)Israel b)US c)Britain d)France e)Germany 2.How much loan has provided by the World Bank to newly-launched Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme for improvement of the quality of secondary education in the country and check drop-out rate ? a)$1000 million b)$800 million c)$750 million d)$680 million e)$500 million 3.Whch country pledged to buy 10 billion dollars worth of International Monetary Fund(IMF) bonds to increase the fund's lending capacity to respond to the global financial crisis ? a)India b)Brazil c)South Africa d)US e)Germany 4.'World Sight Day' is celebrated on ? a)Every Year on Oct 8th b)Every Year on 2nd Thursday of Oct c)Every Year on Sep 8th d)For every 2 years on Oct 8th. e)There is no such day. 5.Which of the following city will hosts the finals of Champions League T20 ? a)Hyderabad b)Bangalore c)Delhi d)Kolkatta e)Chennai. 6.Which country has emerged as India's top trading partner, when trade in goods & merchandise was taken into account ? a)China b)Singapore c)UAE d)Japan e)US 7. Who is the new DGP of Andhra Pradesh ? a)S S P Yadav b)Dinesh Reddy c)Gautam Kumar d)R R Grirsh Kumar e)K Aravind Rao 8.Who is the highest paid CEO in India ? a)Anil Ambhani b)Gopalakrishna c)Ajim premji d)Mukhesh Ambani e)Anand Mahindra 9.George Papandreou sworn in as new prime minister of ______ ? a)Peru b)Greenland c)Greece d)Hungary e)Gambia 10.General K J Gillespie, the army chief of _____________ is in India for a five day visit, in a bid to strengthen the defence co-operation between two countries ? a) US b)Australia c)UK d)Germany e)Russia 11.Who is the new Governor of Nagaland ? a)Nikhil Kumar b)Gurbachan Jagat c)Syed Sibtey Razi d)K Sankaranarayanan e)none 12.Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was first implemented in which of the following cities in India ? a)Kolkatta b)Hyderabad c)Delhi d)Ahmedabad e)Pune 13.The 24th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2008 has been awarded to ________ ? a)Javed Akhta b)J S Bandukwala c)Balraj Puri d) Ram Puniyani e)Ram Sinh Solanki 14.Which Frontier of Border Security Force(BSF) has deployed women constables at the highly sensitive Indo-Pak Border ? a)Sikkim b)J & K c)Rajasthan d)Punjab e)Haryana 15. India would launch a mission to Mars by the year ________ ? a)2015 b)2013 c)2014 d)2020 e)2012 16.Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2009 has been awarded to __________ ? 1)M S Dhoni 2)Vijender 3)Sushil Kumar 4)Marykom 5)Saina Nehwal a)only 1 b)only 5 c)only 2 & 3 d)only 4 & 5 e)only 2,3 & 4. 17.Which of the following is the most commonly misspelt words in English Language, a/c to the study by www.OnePoll.com ? a)Bureaucracy b)Consensus c)Definitely d)Unnecessary e)Prejudice 18.National Food Security Act to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo of rice or wheat per month at Rs.__ /kg to every BPL families in rural or urban areas. a)3 b)5 c)8 d)10 e)none. 19.Who is the author of the book 'Three Chinese Poets' ? a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Salman Rushdie d)Shashi Tharoor e)Amitav Ghosh 20.Who is the Indian Ambassador to US ? a)Ronen sen b)Nirupama Rao c)Timothy J. Roemer d)Lalit Mansingh e)Meera Shankar. Quiz on General Awareness 14 1.Hilary Mary Mantel has won the 2009 Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Wolf Hall'.she hails from _____? a)Israel b)US c)Britain d)France e)Germany 2.How much loan has provided by the World Bank to newly-launched Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme for improvement of the quality of secondary education in the country and check drop-out rate ? a)$1000 million b)$800 million c)$750 million d)$680 million e)$500 million 3.Whch country pledged to buy 10 billion dollars worth of International Monetary Fund(IMF) bonds to increase the fund's lending capacity to respond to the global financial crisis ? a)India b)Brazil c)South Africa d)US e)Germany 4.'World Sight Day' is celebrated on ? a)Every Year on Oct 8th b)Every Year on 2nd Thursday of Oct c)Every Year on Sep 8th d)For every 2 years on Oct 8th. e)There is no such day. 5.Which of the following city will hosts the finals of Champions League T20 ? a)Hyderabad b)Bangalore c)Delhi d)Kolkatta e)Chennai. 6.Which country has emerged as India's top trading partner, when trade in goods & merchandise was taken into account ? a)China b)Singapore c)UAE d)Japan e)US 7. Who is the new DGP of Andhra Pradesh ? a)S S P Yadav b)Dinesh Reddy c)Gautam Kumar d)R R Grirsh Kumar e)K Aravind Rao 8.Who is the highest paid CEO in India ? a)Anil Ambhani b)Gopalakrishna c)Ajim premji d)Mukhesh Ambani e)Anand Mahindra 9.George Papandreou sworn in as new prime minister of ______ ? a)Peru b)Greenland c)Greece d)Hungary e)Gambia 10.General K J Gillespie, the army chief of _____________ is in India for a five day visit, in a bid to strengthen the defence co-operation between two countries ? a) US b)Australia c)UK d)Germany e)Russia 11.Who is the new Governor of Nagaland ? a)Nikhil Kumar b)Gurbachan Jagat c)Syed Sibtey Razi d)K Sankaranarayanan e)none 12.Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was first implemented in which of the following cities in India ? a)Kolkatta b)Hyderabad c)Delhi d)Ahmedabad e)Pune 13.The 24th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2008 has been awarded to ________ ? a)Javed Akhta b)J S Bandukwala c)Balraj Puri d) Ram Puniyani e)Ram Sinh Solanki 14.Which Frontier of Border Security Force(BSF) has deployed women constables at the highly sensitive Indo-Pak Border ? a)Sikkim b)J & K c)Rajasthan d)Punjab e)Haryana 15. India would launch a mission to Mars by the year ________ ? a)2015 b)2013 c)2014 d)2020 e)2012 16.Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for 2009 has been awarded to __________ ? 1)M S Dhoni 2)Vijender 3)Sushil Kumar 4)Marykom 5)Saina Nehwal a)only 1 b)only 5 c)only 2 & 3 d)only 4 & 5 e)only 2,3 & 4. 17.Which of the following is the most commonly misspelt words in English Language, a/c to the study by www.OnePoll.com ? a)Bureaucracy b)Consensus c)Definitely d)Unnecessary e)Prejudice 18.National Food Security Act to ensure entitlement of 25 kilo of rice or wheat per month at Rs.__ /kg to every BPL families in rural or urban areas. a)3 b)5 c)8 d)10 e)none. 19.Who is the author of the book 'Three Chinese Poets' ? a)V S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Salman Rushdie d)Shashi Tharoor e)Amitav Ghosh 20.Who is the Indian Ambassador to US ? a)Ronen sen b)Nirupama Rao c)Timothy J. Roemer d)Lalit Mansingh e)Meera Shankar. Quiz on General Awareness 13 1.Recently which country has decided to import 5,000 tonnes of sugar from India ? a)Bangladesh b)Srilanka c)Myanmar d)Pakistan e)Nepal 2.The 'Treaty of Lisbon' is also known as ________ a)Constitutive treaty b)Treaty of Accession c)Patent law treaty d)Reform Treaty e)none 3.World Snooker Championship 2009 will be held in ? a)Goa b)Hyderabad c)Bangalore d)Indore e)Chandigarh 4.Who is the winner of Malyasian Open ? a)Nikolay Davydenko b)Fernando Verdasco c)David Ferrer d)Andy Roddick e)none 5.Which of the following is the eight state to become a member of North Eastern Council ? a)Arunachal Pradesh b)Meghalaya c)Sikkim d)Nagaland e)Assam 6.Who is the 'emerging player of the year' in ICC Awards-2009 ? a)Tillekratne Dishan b)Mitchell Johnson c)Peter Siddle d)Sehwag e)none. 7.'Jean-Claude Trichet' is leading central banker of ________________ topped in the annual Central Banker Report Card carried by the Global Finance magazine recently ? a)Australia b)Swizerland c)USA d)European e)New Zealand 8.Which Postal Agency has released the one-dollar stamp with the father of nation(Gandhi) in red,blue & gold ? a)World Postal Agency b)UN Postal Administration c)Indian Postal Administration d)NewYork Postal Agency e)none 9.Who has become the first athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings ? a)Roger Federer b)Alex Rodriguez c)Jenson Button d)Cristiano Ronaldo e)Tiger woods 10.Which of the following has the final authority regarding Money Bill ? a)Lok Sabha b)Rajya Sabha c)President d)Finance minister e)Speaker 11.Which of the following is not a Financial Institution ? a)ICICI b)IDBI c)FICCI d)IFCI e)SIDBI 12.Who is the first Indian Bowler take a Hat trick in a test match ? a)Kapil Dev b)Harbajan Singh c)Anil Kumble d)Irfan Pathan e)Sachin Tendulkar 13.Which is the No.1 publisher for online media Compaigns in India ? a)Google b)Bharat Matrimony c)Times Internet Limited d)Online Publishers Assosiation e)none. 14. Which of the two following two countries signed a bilateral trade in National Currencies ? a)India,Bangladesh b)US,Canda c)Britain,Germany d)Russia,China e)Swizerland,Italy 15.A/c to a report released by United Nations in 2009, approaximately how many people in the World are hungry ? a)50 crores b)65 crores c)80 crores d)90 crores e)100 crores 16.The first ever European Union(EU)-Pakistan summit was held in ____________ ? a)Brussels b)Islamabad c)Italy d)Czech Republic e)Russia 17.Which Article of the Indian Constitution of India deals with the appointment of judges to the supreme court ? a)Article 121 b)Article 165 c)Article 132 d)Article 136 e)Article 124 18.'Rajiv Gandhi International Airport' is located in which of the following cities ? a)Delhi b)Lucknow c)Hyderabad d)Chennai e)Sriperumbudur 19.According to the latest Human Development Index report released by the United Nations Development Programme, India ranks at ____ position ? a)56th b)134th c)91st d)146th e)113th 20.What do the five Olympic rings represents ? a)Five Oceans b)Five Countries c)Five Continents d)Five Flags e)Five Colors Quiz on General Awareness 12 1.Which of the following countries has signed the Kyoto Protocol, but neither Ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol ? a)India b)Iraq c)Iran d)North Korea e)US 2.European Union Consisits of 27 member states, in that how many member states have adopted the common currency 'Euro' know as Eurozone ? a)14 b)15 c)16 d)17 d)18 3.National Rural Employment Guarantee Act renamed as ____________________ ? a)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act b)Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act c)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Guarantee Act d)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act e)none. 4.Recently which government launched a programme to provide health service to about 58 lakh school students in the state? a)Tamilnadu b)Orissa c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)West Bengal 5.Who is the first Indian Woman to hold a cabinet post ? a)Indira Gandhi b)Sarojini Naidu c)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit d)Moraji Desai e)none 6.According to IMF, Indian economic growth in 2009 is ? a)5.4% b)5.6% c)5.8% d)6.0% e)6.2% 7.Rao Birender Singh recently died, He was a former Chief minister of Which State ? a)Punjab b)Delhi c)Andhra pradesh d)Uttarakhand e)Haryana. 8.Who is the new vice-chief of Army ? a)P.K.Barbora b)P.C.Bhardwaj c)Deepak Kapoor d)P C Chacko e)M.L. Naidu 9.According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs ______ crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population. a)50,000 b)60,000 c)65,000 d)70,000 e)none. 10.India stood at ____ position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit ? a)36 b)44 c)28 d)42 e)50 11.Who has taken over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after YSR Reddy dies in a chopper crash ? a)Jagan Mohan Reddy b)Konijeti Rosaiah c)Chandra babu Naidu d)Sabita Indra Reddy e)Post is vacant 12.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassadors of the 34th National Games 2009, starting Nov 21 in Jharkhand ? a)Akshay Kumar,Kareena Kapoor b)Hrithik Roshan,Priyanka Chopra c)Abhishek bachan,Priyanka chopra d)Akshay kumar,Katrina kaif e)Abhishek bachan,katrina kaif 13.Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open by defeating ______________ ? a)Jelina Jankovic b)Ana Ivanovic c)Kim Clijsters d)Dinara safina e)none 14.Which country is hosting the World Tiger Summit in 2010 ? a)Russia b)India c)Brazil d)Srilanka e)Israel 15.Which GSM Service provider signed an agreement with BSNL to access around 45,000 towers of BSNL? a)Vodafone b)R-com c)Tata-DOCOMO d)Idea e)none. 16.Who won the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament held in Hyderabad ? a)Hyderabad b)West Bengal c)Uttar pradesh d)Maharashtra e)Goa 17.Sabita Indra Reddy is the first woman Home Minister for the state of ___________ , in India ? a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Kerala d)Andhra pradesh e)Arunachal Pradesh 18.The 16th Asian Games 2010 will be held in ________ ? a)India b)China c)Japan d)Srilanka e)Malaysia 19.World Teachers Day is celebrated on ? a)Oct 5th b)Sep 15th c)Sep 5th d)Oct 15th e)Nov 1st 20.The government issued bonds worth over Rs ________ crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price ? a)8,000 b)9,000 c)9,800 d)8,500 e)10,000 Note:For 15th Question answer is 'Aircel'. Quiz on General Awareness 12 1.Which of the following countries has signed the Kyoto Protocol, but neither Ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol ? a)India b)Iraq c)Iran d)North Korea e)US 2.European Union Consisits of 27 member states, in that how many member states have adopted the common currency 'Euro' know as Eurozone ? a)14 b)15 c)16 d)17 d)18 3.National Rural Employment Guarantee Act renamed as ____________________ ? a)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act b)Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act c)Mahatma Gandhi Rural Guarantee Act d)Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act e)none. 4.Recently which government launched a programme to provide health service to about 58 lakh school students in the state? a)Tamilnadu b)Orissa c)Andhra Pradesh d)Karnataka e)West Bengal 5.Who is the first Indian Woman to hold a cabinet post ? a)Indira Gandhi b)Sarojini Naidu c)Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit d)Moraji Desai e)none 6.According to IMF, Indian economic growth in 2009 is ? a)5.4% b)5.6% c)5.8% d)6.0% e)6.2% 7.Rao Birender Singh recently died, He was a former Chief minister of Which State ? a)Punjab b)Delhi c)Andhra pradesh d)Uttarakhand e)Haryana. 8.Who is the new vice-chief of Army ? a)P.K.Barbora b)P.C.Bhardwaj c)Deepak Kapoor d)P C Chacko e)M.L. Naidu 9.According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs ______ crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population. a)50,000 b)60,000 c)65,000 d)70,000 e)none. 10.India stood at ____ position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit ? a)36 b)44 c)28 d)42 e)50 11.Who has taken over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after YSR Reddy dies in a chopper crash ? a)Jagan Mohan Reddy b)Konijeti Rosaiah c)Chandra babu Naidu d)Sabita Indra Reddy e)Post is vacant 12.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassadors of the 34th National Games 2009, starting Nov 21 in Jharkhand ? a)Akshay Kumar,Kareena Kapoor b)Hrithik Roshan,Priyanka Chopra c)Abhishek bachan,Priyanka chopra d)Akshay kumar,Katrina kaif e)Abhishek bachan,katrina kaif 13.Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open by defeating ______________ ? a)Jelina Jankovic b)Ana Ivanovic c)Kim Clijsters d)Dinara safina e)none 14.Which country is hosting the World Tiger Summit in 2010 ? a)Russia b)India c)Brazil d)Srilanka e)Israel 15.Which GSM Service provider signed an agreement with BSNL to access around 45,000 towers of BSNL? a)Vodafone b)R-com c)Tata-DOCOMO d)Idea e)none. 16.Who won the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament held in Hyderabad ? a)Hyderabad b)West Bengal c)Uttar pradesh d)Maharashtra e)Goa 17.Sabita Indra Reddy is the first woman Home Minister for the state of ___________ , in India ? a)Karnataka b)Tamilnadu c)Kerala d)Andhra pradesh e)Arunachal Pradesh 18.The 16th Asian Games 2010 will be held in ________ ? a)India b)China c)Japan d)Srilanka e)Malaysia 19.World Teachers Day is celebrated on ? a)Oct 5th b)Sep 15th c)Sep 5th d)Oct 15th e)Nov 1st 20.The government issued bonds worth over Rs ________ crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price ? a)8,000 b)9,000 c)9,800 d)8,500 e)10,000 Quiz on General Awareness 11 1.The 9th World Tamil Conference, slated to be held at ? a)Chennai b)Hyderabad c)Coimbatore d)Chidambaram e)Colombo 2.According to World Bank estimates, adjusting to the effects of climate change will cost developing nations ________ billion per year till 2050 ? a)$40-$50 b)$75-$100 c)$50-75$ d)$45-$55 e)none. 3.Which of the following banks is the third largest public sector bank in terms of net profit and total business? a)Canara Bank b)PNB c)Bank of Maharashtra d)Bank of Baroda e)Corporation Bank 4.Who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2007 ? a)Manna Dey b)Tapan Sinha c)Shyam Benegal d)B.R Chopra e)Mrinal Sen 5.Which Countrys International Airport was voted the best Airport in the world for 2009 ? a)US b)Singapore c)Hongkong d)Netherlands e)South Korea 6.'Sundardevan Committee' deals with ? a)Voluntary Retirement b)Police Action on Madras High Court c)Disinvestment d)Foreign Direct Investment e)none 7.The Sugen power project is located in which of the following states which is scheduled to be completed this year? a)Uttar pradesh b)Gujarat c)Bihar d)Tamilnadu e)none. 8.Which of the following countries will celebrate their 60th anniversary on Oct 1st, 2009 ? a)Japan b)South Korea c)North Korea d)China e)Srilanka 9.During the Kargil war who were the prime ministers of India & Pakistan ? a)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Musharraf b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Malik Meraj Khalid c)I K Gujaral & Nawaz Sharif d)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Benazir Bhutto e)none of these. 10.India signed a bilateral Labour Mobility Partnership Agreement (LMPA) with ______ which will ensure smooth and safe migration of Indian workers recently. a)Malaysia b)Australia c)Denmark d)UK e)Germany 11.Which of the following cities is considered the easiest city to do business, according to the International Finance Corporation ? a)Ludhiana b)Hyderabad c)Bangalore d)Guwahati e)none 12.In the Union Budget 2009-10, how much is targeted for farm credit in 2009-10? a)2.65 lakh crore b)3.25 lakh crore c)3 .5 lakh crore d)3.3 lakh crore e)2.8 lakh crore 13.India has signed a $400 million agreement with which of the following countries to upgrade its fleet of transport aircraft AN-32 ? a)Russia b)France c)US d)Ukraine e)Ecuador 14.The US Senate has passed a bill(named "Enhanced Parternship with pakistan Act of 2009") tripling Pakistan's civilian aid to ___ billion for the next five years ? a)$5 b)$6.5 c)$7 d)$7.5 e)$3 15.A/c to International report, which of the following cities is the most livable city in the world ? a)Copenhagen b)Tokyo c)Zurich d)Munich e)Paris 16.Goa has lifted the Santhosh Trophy by beating ___________ ,which held in Chennai. a)West Zone b)Hyderabad c)Chennai d)Bengal e)none 17.Who is the author of the book "Too much Happiness" ? a)Alice Munro b)Aung san suu kyi c)V S Naipaul d)Vikram Seth e)none 18. Who won the women's singles title in the Yonex Czech International at Brno in Czech Republic ? a)Sharad Mirani b)Trupti Murgunde c)Arshiya d)Mundir Sherazi e)none 19.Which of the following Act has been passed by the Govt. of India to control ragging ? a)Anti-Ragging Act b)Anti-Ragging Control Act c)Ragging Control Act d)Ragging Reforms e)none. 20.With which of the following countries India has agreed to coordinate global counter terrorism ? a)US b)Russia c)France d)both a & b e)both a & c. Quiz on General Awareness 11 1.The 9th World Tamil Conference, slated to be held at ? a)Chennai b)Hyderabad c)Coimbatore d)Chidambaram e)Colombo 2.According to World Bank estimates, adjusting to the effects of climate change will cost developing nations ________ billion per year till 2050 ? a)$40-$50 b)$75-$100 c)$50-75$ d)$45-$55 e)none. 3.Which of the following banks is the third largest public sector bank in terms of net profit and total business? a)Canara Bank b)PNB c)Bank of Maharashtra d)Bank of Baroda e)Corporation Bank 4.Who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2007 ? a)Manna Dey b)Tapan Sinha c)Shyam Benegal d)B.R Chopra e)Mrinal Sen 5.Which Countrys International Airport was voted the best Airport in the world for 2009 ? a)US b)Singapore c)Hongkong d)Netherlands e)South Korea 6.'Sundardevan Committee' deals with ? a)Voluntary Retirement b)Police Action on Madras High Court c)Disinvestment d)Foreign Direct Investment e)none 7.The Sugen power project is located in which of the following states which is scheduled to be completed this year? a)Uttar pradesh b)Gujarat c)Bihar d)Tamilnadu e)none. 8.Which of the following countries will celebrate their 60th anniversary on Oct 1st, 2009 ? a)Japan b)South Korea c)North Korea d)China e)Srilanka 9.During the Kargil war who were the prime ministers of India & Pakistan ? a)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Musharraf b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Malik Meraj Khalid c)I K Gujaral & Nawaz Sharif d)Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Benazir Bhutto e)none of these. 10.India signed a bilateral Labour Mobility Partnership Agreement (LMPA) with ______ which will ensure smooth and safe migration of Indian workers recently. a)Malaysia b)Australia c)Denmark d)UK e)Germany 11.Which of the following cities is considered the easiest city to do business, according to the International Finance Corporation ? a)Ludhiana b)Hyderabad c)Bangalore d)Guwahati e)none 12.In the Union Budget 2009-10, how much is targeted for farm credit in 2009-10? a)2.65 lakh crore b)3.25 lakh crore c)3 .5 lakh crore d)3.3 lakh crore e)2.8 lakh crore 13.India has signed a $400 million agreement with which of the following countries to upgrade its fleet of transport aircraft AN-32 ? a)Russia b)France c)US d)Ukraine e)Ecuador 14.The US Senate has passed a bill(named "Enhanced Parternship with pakistan Act of 2009") tripling Pakistan's civilian aid to ___ billion for the next five years ? a)$5 b)$6.5 c)$7 d)$7.5 e)$3 15.A/c to International report, which of the following cities is the most livable city in the world ? a)Copenhagen b)Tokyo c)Zurich d)Munich e)Paris 16.Goa has lifted the Santhosh Trophy by beating ___________ ,which held in Chennai. a)West Zone b)Hyderabad c)Chennai d)Bengal e)none 17.Who is the author of the book "Too much Happiness" ? a)Alice Munro b)Aung san suu kyi c)V S Naipaul d)Vikram Seth e)none 18. Who won the women's singles title in the Yonex Czech International at Brno in Czech Republic ? a)Sharad Mirani b)Trupti Murgunde c)Arshiya d)Mundir Sherazi e)none 19.Which of the following Act has been passed by the Govt. of India to control ragging ? a)Anti-Ragging Act b)Anti-Ragging Control Act c)Ragging Control Act d)Ragging Reforms e)none. 20.With which of the following countries India has agreed to coordinate global counter terrorism ? a)US b)Russia c)France d)both a & b e)both a & c. Quiz on General Awareness 10 1.According to ARC(Administrative Reforms Commission) reports, government servants should be sacked after ____ years of service if found unfit to continue ? a)14 b)15 c)16 d)18 e)20 2.Who is the secretary general of NATO ? a)Giampaolo di Paola b)Anders Fogh Rasmussen c)Poul Nyrup Rasmussen d)Lars Løkke Rasmussen e)Ray Henault 3.Which country tested the long-range Shahab-3 missile recently ? a)North Korea b)India c)Iraq d)Iran e)Pakistan 4.Which of the following is not in the list of UNESCO world heritage sites in India ? 1)Kalka-Shimla Railway 2)Humayun's Tomb 3)Keoladeo national Park 4)Tirumala Tirupathi Devastanam(TTD) a)only 1 & 2 b)only 3 c)only 4 d)only 3 & 4. e)All are listed in Heritage sites. 5.According to the survey conducted by the Transparency International India, which two states are the most corrupt states ? a)J & K,Bihar b)Bihar,Jharkhand c)Jharkhand,Chattisgarh d)Bihar Chattisgarh e)Jharkhand,Madhya pradesh 6.Which of the following is true regarding 11th Five year plan ? a)Accelerate GDP growth from 8% to 10% and then maintain at 10% in the 12th Plan in order to double per capita income by 2016-17 b)Create 70 million new work opportunities. c)Reduce infant mortality rate to 28 and maternal mortality ratio to 1 per 1000 live births d)Reduce educated unemployment to below 5%. e)All are true 7.According to Economic Survey 2008-09, the per capita income was Rs_______ ? a)29,901 b)30,674 c)31,278 d)33,010 e)34,563 8.With which of the following countries India has signed an agreement to facilitate employment of workers between two countries and promote orderly recruitment and deployment of workers ? a)Srilanka b)Malaysia c)China d)Mayanmar e)Australia. 9.The rate at which banks lend money to the RBI is known as ? a)Repo rate b)Reverse repo rate c)Call rate d)Bank rate e)CRR. 10.Which is the first company to launch Wi-Max services in India ? a)VSNL b)Tata Telecommunications c)Airtel d)Reliance e)MTNL 11.US has signed a deal with which of the following countries to supply Uranium to the US nuclear industry ? a)India b)Australia c)Canada d)Russia e)France 12.The United Nations has declared 2009 as the International Year of __________ ? a)Education b)Planet Earth c)Astronomy d)Terrorism e)Poverty 13.India usually launches it satellites from Satish Dawan Space Centre, in which state it is located ? a)Tamilnadu b)karnataka c)Gujarat d)Andhra Pradesh e)Rajasthan 14.Which state introduced a scheme called 'Pratibha Kira Yojana' to promote higher education among girls ? a)Gujarat b)Haryana c)Bihar d)Uttar pradesh e)Madhya pradesh 15.Which committee recommended the abolition of tax rebates ? a)Kelkar Committe b)Chelliah Committee c)Shome Committe d)Abhijit Sen Committee e)Shome Committee. 16.The World’s First ‘Self-Watering’ plants have been discovered in which of the following countries ? a)US b)France c)Israel d)India e)Japan 17.After Kapil dev,which person has joined the Territorial Army(TA),the part time citizen’s force which functions as a ‘vital adjunct’ to the regular army . a)Vinod Kambli b)Rajini kanth c)Sourav Ganguly d)Kamal hasan e)Mohan lal 18.D.C.M Trophy is associated to which of the following sports ? a)Cricket b)Football c)Hockey d)Chess e)Volley ball 19.Indian Govt. took how many stimulus packages to fight economic slowdown ? a)3 b)1 c)2 d)4 e)none. 20.World Water day is celebrated on ? a)Feb 2nd b)March 21st c)April 22nd d)May 22nd e)march 22nd. Quiz on General Awareness 9 1.Which of the following is not a welfare scheme launched by Govt. of India ? a)Annapurna Scheme b)Bharat Nirman Yojana c)Midday Meal Scheme d)Village Grain Bank Scheme e)none 2.Recently which insurance company has decided to cover its policy holders for hospitalization expenses of Swine flu patients in India & abroad ? a)LIC b)New India Assurance c)Aviva Life Insurance d)ICICI Lombard e)Reliance Life Insurance. 3.The European Commission(EC) has provided _______ million for emergency rehabilitation activities for nearly 3 lakh war displaced in Srilanka ? a)€60 b)€65 c)€62 d)€68 e)none. 4.Which Country has overtaken China as a car exporter for the year 2008-09 ? a)Korea b)India c)Japan d)US e)Germany 5.In which year Service Tax was introduced in India ? a)1990-91 b)1991-92 c)1992-93 d)1993-94 e)1994-95 6.Which Country will host the World Tiger Summit 2010 ? a)India b)South Africa c)Brazil d)Russia e)Indonesia 7.Recently which country has decide to issue citizenship certificates to over 400 children who were born in India when they returned to their country? a)Pakistan b)Bangladesh c)Srilanka d)Nepal e)none. 8.Suppose Mr.X has borrowed a loan from a bank and failed to make interest or principal payment for 90 days,then the loan is considered as ________________ ? a)Bank debt b)Credit loan c)Sub-prime lending d)Non-perfoming assets e)none 9.According to the Sixth Central Pay Commission report, Dearness allowance(DA) for central govt. employees has been increased to ___ % ? a)16 b)22 c)18 d)20 e)none 10.The Special Drawing Right(SDR) is an international Reserve Asset, created by _______? a)World Bank b)IMF c)ADB d)WTO e)RBI 11.Who among the following is the highest tax payer politician in India ? a)Mayawati b)Rahul Gandhi c)Sonia Gandhi d)Y S Rajeshekar Reddy e)none. 12.Recently 'Mogadishu' is in news, is the capital of ___________ ? a)Sudan b)Somalia c)Fiji d)Ethiopia e)none. 13.Which country has told the UN that it does not want any more Indian Troops ? a)Tajikistan b)Afghanistan c)Bangladesh d)Lebanon e)Congo 14.Who is the new media adviser to prime minister ? a)Deepak Sandhu b)Sanjay Baru c)Uma Kant Mishra d)Harish Kare e)none. 15.SEBI is a ___________ ? a)Statutory body b)Advisory body c)Constituional body d)Non-Statutory body e)none. 16.All BPL families will come under _______________ ? a)Rashtriya Arogya Yojana b)Aam Admi Swasthya Bima Yojana c)Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana d)Jan Swasthya Bima Yojana e)Pradam Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana 17. Who is the winner of Men's Single in French open 2009? a)Rafael Nadal b)Del potro c)Roger Federer d)Andy Murray e)Soderling 18.NABARD is established on the recommendations of ? a)Public account Committee b)Narashimhan Committee c)Chelliah Committe d)Shome Committee e)Shivaraman Committee 19)According to a report by parliamentary panel, how many _____ sq km area are under Naxals in different state where govt. has no control on it ? a)38,000 b)40,000 c)36,000 d)44,0000 e)33,000 20)Who penned the book "India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth" ? a)Pranab Mukherji b)Narasimha Rao c)R K Narayanan d)Jaswant Singh e)none. Note:For 20 Q, answers is Manmohan Singh. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:14 7 COMMENTS LABELS: ANDY MURRAY, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, INDIA, RAFAEL NADAL, ROGER FEDERER, SONIA GANDHI, US Reactions: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 8 1)Who is the chief of Indain Air Force(IAF) ? a)Suresh Mehta b)Nirmal Verma c)P V Naik d)Deepak Kapoor e)PK Barbora 2)Which of the following is India's biggest & leading Non-Banking Finance Company(NBFC) ? a)HDFC b)Reliance Capital c)Power Finance Corporation d)LIC Housing Finance e)Religare Enterprises 3)What is the fullform of AMC? a)Accredited management Corporation b)Association of management Corporation c)Asian Market Capital d)Assets management Companies e)Asian Market Currency 4)The first International T20 cricket match was played between _________ and __________ ? a)England,Australia b)Australia,New Zealand c)India,Srilanka d)England,New zealand e)Australia,West Indies. 5)Which of the following countries appointed the first ever Hindu Chief Justice ? a)Pakistan b)Bangladesh c)Nepal d)Bhutan e)Maldives 6)Which of the following countries will host the Women's World Cup cricket 2013 ? a)South Africa b)Australia c)West Indies d)England e)India 7)Chandrayan-1 spacecraft has detected the presence of water on lunar surface which was confirmed by M3 instrument of NASA, what does the M3 stands for ? a)Mineralogy moon mapper b)Making moon mapper c)Moon Mineralogy mapper d)Montreal moon mapper e)none. 8)Recently which country told to IAEA that it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction ? a)North Korea b)Iran c)India c)Pakistan e)Israel 9)India has agreed to build a coal power project with an total investment of $500 million to which of the following countries ? a)Srilanka b)Nepal c)Bangladesh e)Myanmar e)none. 10)___________ has signed contract with Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC) for sourcing of natural gas from the PY-1 fields in the Cauvery basin ? a)ONGC b)Reliance Gas c)Gujarat Gas Company lmtd d)GAIL e)none 11)Who has been elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2009-10 ? a)T. Venkattram Reddy b) Sanjay Hazari c) V.K.Chopra d)Hormusji N. Cama e)Paresh Nath 12)Recently which of the following countries has launched the satellite Naro-1,but failed to reach a orbit ? a)Iran b)Sweden b)Russia d)Japan e)South Korea 13)Who is the CEO of Google ? a)Sergey Brin b)Larry Page c)Eric Schmidt d)both a & b e)none. 14)India has signed a FTA(Free Trade Agreement) with which of the Countrys/Organisations ? a)ASEAN b)European Union c)South Korea d)both a & c e)none 15)NTPC has signed an agreements with Reliance Industries to buy natural gas at govt. approved rates of _____ per mmbtu ? a)$3.6 b)$4.2 c)$3.8 d)$4.4 e)$4 16)Tata Power, which is implementing the 4000 mw Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project(UMPP) in which of the following states ? a)Madhya pradesh b)Haryana c)Gujarat d)Himachal Pradesh e)Karnataka 17)Which of the following countries in the world is largest producer of sugar cane ? a)India b)US c)Indonesia d)China e)Brazil 18)Justice Tarun Agarwal recently appionted as a judge of which of the following High Court ? a)Uttar Oradesh b)Karnataka c)Uttarakhand d)Meghalaya e)none. 19)G S Bhargava was recently passed away,he belongs to which field ? a)Journalism b)Politician c)Actor d)Sports e)Singer 20)State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and software solutions provider __________ signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP). a)TCS b)HCL c)Infosys d)Tech Mahindra e)Wipro. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 15:19 0 COMMENTS Reactions: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 7 1)According to ADB(Asian Development Bank) report, India will achieve __% economic growth this year. a)5 b)5.7 c)6 d)6.1 e)6.7% 2)Which is the Country's second largest mobile telephone company? a)Tata Indicom b)Vodafone c)Reliance d)Airtel e)Idea. 3)Which of the following is the first Indian traditional Bank to achieve all branch/office inter-connectivity and register 100% CBS. a)SBI b)Karur Vysya Bank c)ICICI d)South Indian Bank e)United Bank of India. 4)Which Govt. launches a website for homoeopathy ? a)Kerala b)Delhi c)Tamilnadu d)Andhra Pradesh e)none. 5)'Abhaya Hastam' a scheme launched by _________? a)Central Govt. b)Tamilnadu Govt. c)Kerala Govt. d)Karnataka Govt. e)none. 6)Which Country won Asian Women Basketball Championship held in Chennai recently? a)Korea b)China c)India d)US e)Czech Republic. 7)Which is the only state that has been opted out SWAN(State-Wide Area N/W) ,a national e-governance project ? a)J & K b)Sikkim c)Arunachal pradesh d)Goa e)Meghalaya 8)Which state will become the first state in the country to have sports and physical education integrated as part of the educational curriculum ? a)Andhra Pradesh b)Tamilnadu c)Kerala d)Gujarat e)Punjab 9)Which of the following countries is not a member of NPT(Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) which has a membership of 189 countries ? 1)Iran 2)North Korea 3)Palestine 4)India 5)Israel a)only 1 & 2 b)only 2,3 & 4 c)only 3 & 4 d)only only 1,2 & 4 e)only 2,4 & 5. 10)Line of Actual Control(LAC) is border between ________________? a)India & Pakistan b)Pakistan &China c)India & Nepal d)India & China e)Nepal & China. 11)Recently government launched the _______________ Mission with the objective to reduce illeteracy especially among the women ? a)Akshara Bharat b)Akshar Aanchal c)Sakshar Bharat d)Akshara Kairali e)none. 12)By using which satellite launch vehicle(SLV) Oceansat-2 has been launched? a)GSLV-14 b)PSLV-14 c)SLV-14 d)PSLV-15 e)PSLV-13 13)US-based Ford Motor Company launched a small car named ______ in New Delhi ? a)Jaguar b)Fiot c)Figo d)marque e)Ford small 14)The Central Government has cleared ___FDI proposals entailing a total inflow of 393.63 crores based on the recommendations of FIPB? a)13 b)9 c)10 d)11 e)15 15)Samsung mobile has launched a Android smart-phone by tying up with _________ ? a)Bharti Airtel b)Vodafone c)Reliance d)Tata DOCOMO e)Idea. 16)Very Recently World Bank has provided a $4.3 billions loan to India,in which ___ billions are used for recapitalisation of state owned banks ? a)$1.6 b)$1.8 c)$3 d)$2.5 e)$2 17)American Independence day is celebrated on ? a)june 4 b)july 4 c)june 11 d)june 13 e)july 11 18)In the Union Budget 2009-10,how many crores are allocated to Indira Awas Yojana by increasing 63% from previous year? a)8888 b)8123 c)8883 d)8956 e)none. 19)'Sea of Poppies' is a book written by ? a)Anita desai b)Chetan Bhagat c)Arvind adiga d)Jhumpa Lahiri e)none. 20)'Ramunujan Trophy' is associated to which sport ? a)Hockey b)Tennis c)Badminton d)Chess e)Football Note:For 5th Q,answer is Andhra pradesh,for 19th Q,answer is Amitav Ghosh. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 12:47 1 COMMENTS Reactions: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 6 1.___________ has the world’s largest mobile network and the world’s largest mobile subscriber base ? a.Bharti-MTN b)Vodafone c)China Mobile d)Reliance e)none. 2.Which is the general body that monitors M&As(Mergers and Acquisition) across industries and sectors? a)RBI b)Competition Commission c)Ministry of Finance d)both a & c e)none. 3.The World Bank has agreed to provide a ___ loan for developing national highways in India? a)$20 billion c)$10 billion c)$5 billion d)$3 billion e)$1 billion. Read more » Read more » POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 23:45 2 COMMENTS Reactions: Current Affairs 7 - 2009 1. The Renault Formula One team given two-year suspended ban from the sport by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for ordering Nelson Piquet junior to crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. 2. The Meghalaya government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Microsoft Corporation for imparting digital literacy and capacity building across the educational community involving students, teachers and institutions. 3. Sahabaz Khan of Kolkata won the national junior billiards championship by defeating Mundir Shiraji of Karnataka, in Agra. 4. Roger Federer clinched Switzerland's return to the Davis Cup World Group with a comfortable 6-3 6-0 6-4 victory over Italy's Potito Starace in Genoa. 5. Dell Inc said it has agreed to buy the information technology services company Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion. 6. BJP MLA Dushyant Patel has been elected as the president of Bharuch District Cricket Association (BDCA). 7. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in November 2006,India ranked 9th in World Tree Planting. 8. Noted journalist and columnist Yasin Dalal has entered Limca Book of Records for writing 65 books on subjects related to journalism. 9. Uttar Pradesh defeated hosts Hyderabad by 59 runs to win the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. 10. Veteran journalist G S Bhargava has passed away,who held the post of Resident Editor of Indian Express in Hyderabad. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 12:03 0 COMMENTS LABELS: 2008 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX, FERNANDO ALONSO, FORMULA ONE, LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, NELSON PIQUET, SPORT, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME Reactions: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 5 1.Which Stock Exchange in the world ranks first in terms of the number of listed companies? a)NewYork SE b)Tokyo SE c)NASDAQ d)BSE e)NSE 2.Which bank has opened the country's highest ATM in Sikkim in 2007? a)Union Bank of India b)United Bank of India c)SBI d)ICICI e)HDFC 3.Which film has won the beast feature film award in International Film Festival in Ireland? a)Kanchipuram b)Tare zameen par c)Mukhaputa d)Chak de India e)none 4.Who is captain for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 3? a)Sehwag b)Dilshan c)Gambhir d)A B Devilliers e)both a & c. 5.Which city will host the National sub-junior Badminton? a)Goa b)Chennai c)Hyderabad d)Ranchi e)Jaipur 6.Which telecom operator has decided to start the numbers starting with '8'? a)Bharti Airel b)Virgin Mobile c)Reliance d)Tata e)Idea. 7.Norah al-Fayez is the first women ever named to a ministerial post in which of the following countries? a)Saudi Arabia b)Kuwait c)Iran d)UAE e)Iraq. 8.What was the total length of Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli Sealink? a)5.3km b)5.7km c)5.4km d)5.5km e)none 9.Which of the following countries has stopped supplying uranium to India? a)Russia b)Kazakshtan c)Italy d)Australia e)China 10.Who is the newly elected President of Indonesia? a)Nouri Al-Maliki b)Susilo Yudhonoyo C)Nursultan Nazarbayev d)Sultan Said al Said e)Bashar al-Assad 11.Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya) recently passed away,she is a ________? a)Writer b)Singer c)Director d)Poet e)both a & d. 12.Bernard d’Espagnat is the recipient of Templeton Prize 2009,he belongs to which country? a)USA b)Finland c)France d)Russia e)Swizerland 13.India has offered a help in Writing a Consitition to which of the following countries? a)Bhutan b)Nepal c)Maldives d)Nigeria e)none 14.Which of the following Countries dropped the safe guard duty on Indian Cotton Yarn? a)Australia b)Peru c)South Africa d)Egypt e)both b & d. 15.What is first 'A' in ASHA, a scheme launched by Govt. of India? a)Association b)Activist c)Assistance d)Accredited e)none. 16.Which of the following is true abot SEZ(Special Economic Zones)? 1)95% FDI allowed for township with residential,educational and recreation facilities in the area. 2)Exemption from Service tax,central sales tax. 3)Income tax benefits 4)1000 acres is allocated for free a)only 1 b)only 3 c)only 2 & 3 d)All 1,2,3,4 e)none. 17.'World Post Office day' is celebrated on________? a)Oct 9th b)Nov 10th c)Sep 9th d)Aug 10th e)Oct 10th. 18.'My Life' a book written by_____________? a)Hillary Clinton b)R K Narayan c)Anita Desai d)Bill Clinton e)Chetan Bhagat 19.In which of the following the countries the Indian military base is situated? a)kyrgyzstan b)Bangladesh c)Tajikistan d)Bhutan e)Bahrain. 20.Which of the following is a Indirect Tax? a)Corporate Tax b)Income Tax c)Service Tax d)Property Tax e)none. Note:For 8th question answers is 5.6km POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 00:27 1 COMMENTS Reactions: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 Current Affairs 6 - 2009 NIT's in India(Wikipidea) 1. Samsung SDI, a rechargeable battery maker by partnering with Bosch, a supplier of automobile components, plans to start commercial production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles by 2011. The joint venture between the two companies is called SB LiMotive. 2. The government approved establishment of nine National Institutes of Technology (NITs) which will start functioning from next year.These national level institutes will be set up at a cost of Rs 2,350 crore in Manipur, Mizoram, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Pudducherry, Uttarakhand and Delhi.At present, there are 20 NITs in the country. 3. Bishop Cotton School to celebrate 150th foundation year next month(October). 4. The Navy has launched a stealth destroyer capable of carrying nuclear warheads,the 6,500-tonne warship INS Kochi was indigenously built by Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Ltd and designed by the Directorate of Naval Design. It will add to the existing Delhi class fleet comprising INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai. 5. The International Congress of Mathematicians will be held in Hyderabad from August 19-27, 2010. 6. The Kerala Assembly passed the 'Pampa River Basin Authority Bill', with the aim of conservation of water resources and river basin of Pampa, the river where thousands of Sabarimala pilgrims take a dip before proceeding to the famous hill shrine. 7. Gambhir Gambhir wins Castrol best cricketer of 2008 award. 8. India and Belarus signed three agreements i)including a USD 50 million commercial contract for a power plant in the former Soviet republic(Belarus). ii) India will set up a Digital Learning Centre at the High Technology Park in Belarus. iii)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) signed a contract worth USD 50 million for supply of equipment and provision of technical supervision for installation of 120 MW Grodno-II Combined Heat and Power Plant. 9. Inflation back in positive zone,rises to 0.12% after remaining in negative zone for 13 consecutive weeks for the week ended Sep 5th 2009 and RBI said it may rise to 6% by march 2010. 10. India stood at 44th position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit. 11. The 2010 Shooting World Cup that is going to be held in Delhi,as been Cancelled. 12. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said, Japan overtakes United States of America to be No.1 in the maximum number of patents in 2007. 13. India's Tata Motors has been sanctioned a 10 million pounds loan for its new electric car project in the UK by the British government. 14. US President Barack Obama has appointed Indian American Arun Majumdar as in-charge of advanced research in the field of energy, one of the key posts in his administration. 15. The Centre's ambitious Rs 2,000-crore project to bring all 16,000 police stations in the country under a single network to counter terror challenges will become operational by 2011-12. 16. Gaganjeet Bhullar pipped Randhawa to win DLF Masters golf tournament in Gurgaon. 17. A 105-year-old woman(Saraswati jhadav) of Suburban Andheri has become the oldest person to apply online for voter identity card. 18. India to become $8bn drugs market for MNCs by 2015,a study by FICCI-Ernst & Young. 19. RIM and Aircel join hands for BlackBerry services in India. 20. A Ficci-Ernst & Young report today said the Indian pharmaceutical market is expected to triple to 20 billion dollars by 2015 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.3%. 1.Tata DoCoMo is the GSM brand of Tata teleservice ltd,in which Japan's NTT DoCoMo holds ____ stake? a)21% b)26% c)33% d)42% e)none 2.Mumbai-based Wockhardt Hospitals Pvt. Ltd said it has agreed to sell 10 of its 17 hospitals to Fortis Healthcare Ltd for _____crore? a)909 b)1000 c)675 d)858 e)none. 3.Who wrote the book "True Colours"? a)Kapil Dev b)Ravi Shastri c)Hayden d)Gilchrist e)Brain Lara 4.Very Recently AAI has approved an International airport in? a)Chandigarh b)Mysore c)Mohali d)Vishakapatnam e)Kharagpur 5.How many Recruitment Boards are there for Indian Railways? a)7 b)5 c)11 d)13 e)19 6.'Shakti Sthal' is the samadhi of _____? a)Indira Gandhi b)Mahatma Gandhi c)Rajiv Gandhi d)Sanjay Gandhi e)Jawaharlal Nehru 7.Who is the new Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)____________? a)Mohamed Elbaradei b)Yukhio Hatoyama c)Yukio Persobo d)Hans Blix e)none 8.Recently Government has decided to give a ___ increase in DA(Dearness Allowance) for all Central govt. employess and pensioners. a)4% b)4.5% c)5% d)10% e)11% 9.Who is India's envoy to Pakistan? a)Meera Shankar b)Sharat Sabharwal c)Nirupama Rao d)M K Narayanan e)Satyabrata Pal 10.Chandrayan-2,the second Indian lunar mission, is slated to take off in which of the following years? a)2010-2011 b)2011-2012 c)2012-2013 d)2013-2014 e)2014-2015. 11.The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) seeks to connect habitations with a population of more than_____? a)2000 b)1500 c)1000 d)500 e)none. 12.'In the Line of Fire' book is written by __________? a)Abdul Kalam b)Kuldeep Singh c)Pervez Musharaff d)Jagdish Bhagwati e)none. 13.Which was the first airport in India to have a thermal camera for screening Influenza A H1N1? a)IGIA,New Delhi b)SVPIA,Ahmedabad c)RGIA,Hyderabad d)CSIA,Mumbai e)BIA,Bangalore. 14.Roger Federer defeated _____________to win Cincinnati Masters? a)Rafael Nadal b)Andy Murray c)Novak Djokovic d)Andy Roddick e)Robin Soderling 15.Government has sanctioned a financial assistance of ______ crore to two Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s memorial in Gujarat. a)20 b)30 c)50 d)100 e)none. 16.The Karur Vysya bank(KVB) has become the first private sector bank to cross Rs_________crore mark in net-owned funds. a)500 b)1000 c)1500 d)2000 e)3000 17)Which Cricket board has scrapped the 50-over format from its domestic cricket calendar ? a)West Indies b)Srilanka c)India d)Kenya e)England 18)Oil India Lmtd is ____________? 1)Navaratna status PSE 2)Mini ratna(catg-01) status 3)Mini ratna(catg-02) status 4)PSU by GOI a)only 1 b)only 4 c)only 1 & 4 d)only 2 & 3 e)only 2 & 4. 19)India won the Azlan Shah Hockey Cup tournament 2009 by defeating ____________ ? a)Germany b)Pakistan c)Spain d)China e)Malayasia. 20)Where the 17th International Agriculture Exhibition 2009 held in ____? a)Israel b)India c)Turkey d)US e)China Note:For 7th Question answers is: Yukia Amano. Current Affairs 5 - 2009 1. IT giant Infosys Opens 2nd Global Education Centre(GEC) in Mysore inaugarated by Sonia Gandhi,also it is the largest corporate education centre in the world. 2. Doordarshan celebrates 50 years in Public Broadcasting. 3. The government issued bonds worth over Rs 10,000 crore to three oil marketing PSUs to compensate them for the losses incurred on account of selling petroleum products below market price.While bonds worth Rs 6,207.06 were issued to Indian Oil Corporation, Rs 2,033.99 crore worth bonds were given to Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Rs 2,065.28 crore bonds were given to Bharat Petroleum Corp. 4. Mundir Sherazi won the sub-junior boys billiards title at the ongoing National Billiards and Snooker Championships. 5. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would launch Oceansat-2 satellite, which would help identify potential fishing zones and in coastal zone studies, on September 23. 6. Kerala Government launched "Email to All Employees" project,where all kerala government employees will get e-mail IDs. 7. Hughes Communications, a provider of broadband satellite and managed network services, received a five-year contract worth Rs.22.5 crore from the State Bank of India (SBI) for deploying satellite broadband network to connect its off-site ATMs across the country. 8. Wipro has won a three year outsourcing contract from All Nippon Airways (ANA), the first airline in the world to procure the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. 9. HCL Security, a subsidiary of HCL Infosystems has announced the appointment of Rothin Bhattacharyya as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). 10. Vijay Keshav Gokhale named as the next High Commissioner to Malaysia by succeeding Ashok Kantha. 11. All-India Gurmit Memorial hockey tournament will be held at Chandigarh. 12. Rajasthan Government banned foreign tours by ministers and officers to cut the expenditure. 13. 40,000 sq km area are under Naxals in different states where govt. has no control on it,says Parliamentary panel. 14. An agreement betweenNational Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Germany's Development Bank KfW,India will recieve Rs 130 crore as aid from Germany. 15. According to UN World Food Program(WFP),one billion people will go hungry this year for the first time. 16. The first phase of Solar Photovoltaic manufacturing facility of Solar Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd.inaugurated by Farooq abdulla in Hyderabad. 17. State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and software solutions provider HCL Infosystems signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP). 18. Reliance will be the first telecom operator to launch the mobile numbers starting with '8' in delhi. 19. Venezuela signed a $20 billion and $16 billion investment deal with Russia and China (respectively) for oil exploration in the Orinoco river. 20. Goldman Sachs has estimated that India will require $1.7 trillion in financing its infrastructure needs over the next decade.The Indian government's projection for the 11th Five-Year Plan for 2007-2012 envisages $500 billion in infrastructure spending. 1.Who is the Miss Universe 2009? a)Dayana Mendoza b)Ksenia Sukhinova c)Parvathy Omnakuttam d)Stefania Fernandez e)none. 2.Who is the newly appointed head of PM's Economic Advisory Control? a)Suresh Tendulkar b)Rangarajan c)Suresh Kalmadi d)Pranab Mukherjee e)none. 3.Recently Govt. approved 10 FDI Proposals of worth Rs_____crores? a)1123 b)950 c)838 d)1118 e)1325 4.Panchayat Raj was introduced in which year? a)1952 b)1956 c)1958 d)1959 e)1960 5.Which island is known as the 'Pearl of the East' ? a)Srilanka b)Greenland c)Maldives d)Andaman Islands e)none. 6.Who is the author of the book "Two Lives" ? a)V.S Naipaul b)Chetan Bhagat c)Vikram Seth d)Amitav Ghosh e)Anita Desai. 7.On which day 'World Tourism Day' is observed ? a)Sep 26 b)Aug 26 c)Oct 5 d)Sep 27 e)Oct 26. 8.'Leela Naidu' a famous personality was a________? a)Actor b)Journalist c)Director d)Model e)both a & d. 9.Who was appointed as adviser to Chinese Cricket? a)Javed Miandad b)Wasim Akram c)Kapil Dev d)Arjuna Ranatunga e)none. 10.Many times we see in the financial papers they use the term DI,what is the 'D' in that? a)Deposit b)Discharge c)Directorate d)Deficit e)Direct. 11.Where will be the G-20 Summit takes place in September 2009? a)London b)Pittsburg c)Stuttgart d)Washington e)New york. 12.Very often we read about financial inclusion in newspapers these days. Financial Inclusion mean ___ ? a) Providing loans to all eligible persons who are in BPL category. b)Creating a mechanism of providing financial help to business people of society whenever they are in need of the same. c) Providing banking services to all those who are staying in remote and interior areas of the country. d) To ensure that each and every person pays tax on his/her income regularly and honestly. e) None of these. 13.‘Dyanchand Trophy’ is associated with the game of_____? a) Golf b) Cricket c) Football d) Tennis e) Hockey. 14.Who is the new Chairman of Indian Bank's Association? a)T.s.Narayanasami b)M.V.Nair c)D.Subbarao d)K.C CHakrabarty e)none. 15.Who is the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2008? a)Virendar Sehwag b)M.S.Dhoni c)Ricky Pointing d)K.Peterson e)Sachin Tendulkar. 16.The World Investment Report is published every year by _____? a)World Bank b)WTO c)UNCTAD d)IMF e)WEF 17.In the Union Budget 2009-10 how much is allocated for Commonwealth Games 2010? a)2,112cr b)2,790cr c)3,102cr d)3,472cr e)none. 18.In Union Budget 2009-10 which tax is abolished? 1)Goods and Service Tax 2)Commodities Transaction Tax 3)Fringe Benefit Tax a)only 3 b)only 2 c)only 1& 2 d)Only 1 & 3 e)none. 19.Who is the best actress given in Rajiv Gandhi awards 2009? a)Priyanka Chopra b)Karena Kapoor c)Katrina Kaif d)Aishwarya Rai e)Shilpa Shetty. 20.Which State has Lowest Literacy rate? a)Orissa b)Bihar c)Chattisgarh d)Jharkhand e)Sikkim Current Affairs 4 - 2009 1. Father of 'Green Revolution' and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies at 95. 2. Former BCCI President Raj Singh Dungarpur passed away. 3. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formally appointed Yukiya Amano of Japan as its new director general from 1st December, succeeding Mohamed ElBaradei. 4. India and Mongolia signed the Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation pact. 5. Nokia to offer telecom services. 6. India beat Srilanka to clinch the Triangular Compaq Seried held in Srilanka.Champions Trophy'09 Schedule. 7. Argentina's sixth seed Del potro beat Roger Federer to Win Mens Single US Open 2009. 8. Belgian Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark to win Womens Single US Open 2009.more..!! Wimbledon'09,French'09,Australian Open'09. 9. Air India has signed a bilateral agreement with the Singapore Airlines ( SIA), which will enable the frequent flyer programme ( FFP) members of both airlines to earn and redeem mileage points on flights operated by each other. 10. Smt. Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor is reappointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India up to June 20, 2011. Smt. Gopinath was earlier appointed as Deputy Governor on September 21, 2004 for a period of five years. 11. Chief Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of the Gujarat Cricket Asssociation (GCA) from Congress after he was elected as its President in the Annual General Meeting of the body. 12. India is proposing to launch a South Asian regional train service between Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. 13. Renowned author Dr Karanjit Singh and sufi singer Pushpa Hans have bagged the literary awards of the Punjabi Academy of Delhi government for 2007-08. 14. Three electricity companies of Rajasthan "Jaipur Vidhut Vitran Nigam, Ajmer Vidhut Vitran Nigam and Jodhpur Vidhut Vitran Nigam" would provide domestic electricity connection to over 2.5 lakh BPL customers in the state during current fiscal year. 15. The National Billiards & Snooker ChampionShip will be held in Agra. 16. Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh has been signed up as brand ambassador by Neo Sports network for one year starting this October. 17. Subroto Chattopadhyay, Chairman of The Peninsula Foundation, has been unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2009-10. 18. 'Tirupati laddoo' offered to devotees at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded geographical copyright. 19. Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze passes away. 20. According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs 70,000 crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population. 21. Sachin records the Most No. of runs in Tests(12,773) & ODI's(16,875),most no of Centuries in Test(42) & ODI's(44),most no of Man of the Matches(59) and most no of Man of the Series(14) in One Day International. 1.The Indian National Congress(INC) was founded in the year? a)1885 b)1857 c)1895 d)1886 e)1865 2.Who is the first woman to become Chief Minister of an Indian State? a)Vijayalakshmi Pandit b)Sarojini Naidu c)Sucheta Kripalani d)Razia Sultana e)Moraji Desai 3.Usian Bolt belongs to which sport? a) Boxing b)Formula One c)Swimming d)Sprinter e)none 4.Who is the winner of 42nd Jnanpith award? a)Satya Vrat Shastri b)Ravindra Kelekar c)Kunwar Narayan d)Rahman Rahi e)both a & b. 5.Recently we celebrated ____ Independence Day? a)60th b)61st c)62nd d)63rd d)none 6.The Minimum Support Price(msp) for the common variety of Paddy is? a)950 b)850 c)800 d)750 e)930. 7.Who is the author of the book "East,West"? a)V.S Naipaul b)Vikram Seth c)Shashi Tharoor d)Salman Rushdie e)Hillary Clinton 8.What is second 'I' in IIP(related to economy)? a)Index b)Industrial c)India d)Investment e)none 9.Which is the most Populous city in the world? a)New York b)Tokyo c)Mumbai d)Beijing e)Delhi 10.Who is the new Director-General of Border Security Force? a)BC Tripathi b)ML Kumawat c)Raman Srivastava d)Subhas Pani e)none 11.'Bhuvan' is a name of? a)It is a satellite launched by ISRO b)It is a virtual earth locator in 3-D launched by ISRO. c)It is a missile used by Indian Army. d)It is a main battle tank e)It is a Submarine 12.Which of the following chiefs of Army Staff has been conferred with Mahavir Chakra twice? a)Field Marshall J.Manekshaw b)Filed Marshall M.Cariappa c)General K.S Thimmayya d)General K.Sunderji e)General A.S.Vaidya 13.Which of the following banks has offered a loan of up to $ 1 billion to Bharti Airtel for buying a stake in South Africa's MTN? a)ICICI Bank b)SBI c)Bank Of India d)PNB e)Canara Bank 14.What amount of exports has been set target for the next fiscal year in the new Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14? a)$200-billion b)$250-billion c)$100-billion d)$300-billion e)$350-billion 15.Subhas Chakraborty was a famous personality recently passes away belongs to which filed? a)Sports b)Politics c)Painting d)Music e)Actor 16.According to Forbes,who is the world's most powerful women? a)Shella Blair b)Indra Nooyi c)Angela Merkel d)Cynthia Carrol e)none. 17.Who is the Chairperson of Administrative Reforms Commission? a)V.Ramachandran b)A.P.Mukherjee c)JayaPrakash Narayanan d)Vineeta Rai e)none. 18.What is the Tentavie name of India's third Base at Antarctica which is scheduled to be operational by 2012? a)Dakshin Gangrothi b)Maitri c)Datri d)Bharti e)none 19.Normally the hottest hour of the Day is? a)11am b)12pm c)1pm d)2pm e)3pm 20.Which Country is the Leading Producer of rice? a)India b)China c)US d)Russia e)Indonesia. GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 PO Interview Questions 1 1. What is a Repo Rate? A: Repo rate is the rate at which our banks borrow rupees from RBI. Whenever the banks have any shortage of funds they can borrow it from RBI. A reduction in the repo rate will help banks to get money at a cheaper rate. When the repo rate increases, borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive. 2. What is Reverse Repo Rate? A: This is exact opposite of Repo rate. Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from banks. RBI uses this tool when it feels there is too much money floating in the banking system. Banks are always happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in 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. 3. What is CRR Rate? A: Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to increase the percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method (increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive money from the banks.3 4. What is SLR Rate? A: SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a commercial bank 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 the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) in order to control the expansion of bank credit. SLR is determined as the percentage of total demand and percentage of time liabilities. Time Liabilities are the liabilities a commercial bank liable to pay to the customers on their anytime demand. With the SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio), the RBI can ensure the solvency a commercial bank. It is also helpful to control the expansion of Bank Credits. By changing the SLR rates, RBI can increase or decrease bank credit expansion. Also through SLR, RBI compels the commercial banks to invest in government securities like government bonds. SLR is used to control inflation and propel growth. Through SLR rate tuning the money supply in the system can be controlled efficiently. 5. What is Bank Rate? A: Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on the loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the bank rate are often used by central banks to control the money supply. 6. What is Inflation? A: Inflation is as an increase in the price of bunch of Goods and services that projects the Indian economy. An increase in inflation figures occurs when there is an increase in the average level of prices in Goods and services. Inflation happens when there are fewer Goods and more buyers; this will result in increase in the price of Goods, since there is more demand and less supply of the goods. 7. What is Deflation? A: Deflation is the continuous decrease in prices of goods and services. Deflation occurs when the inflation rate becomes negative (below zero) and stays there for a longer period. 8. What is PLR? A: The Prime Interest Rate is the interest rate charged by banks to their most creditworthy customers (usually the most prominent and stable business customers). The rate is almost always the same amongst major banks. Adjustments to the prime rate are made by banks at the same time; although, the prime rate does not adjust on any regular basis. The Prime Rate is usually adjusted at the same time and in correlation to the adjustments of the Fed Funds Rate. The rates reported below are based upon the prime rates on the first day of each respective month. Some banks use the name "Reference Rate" or "Base Lending Rate" to refer to their Prime Lending Rate. 9. What is Deposit Rate? A: Interest Rates paid by a depository institution on the cash on deposit. Policy Rates: • Bank Rate: 6.00% • Repo Rate: 4.75% • Reverse Repo Rate: 3.25% Reserve Ratios: • CRR: 5.00% • SLR: 25.0% Lending/Deposit Rates: • PLR: 11.00%-12.00%. • Deposit Rate: 6.00%-7.50%. . Savings Bank rate: 3.5%. Note: Rates as on 05-01-10. 10. What is FII? A: FII (Foreign Institutional Investor) used to denote an investor, mostly in the form of an institution. An institution established outside India, which proposes to invest in Indian market, in other words buying Indian stocks. FII's generally buy in large volumes which has an impact on the stock markets. Institutional Investors includes pension funds, mutual funds, Insurance Companies, Banks, etc. 11. What is FDI? A: FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) occurs with the purchase of the “physical assets or a significant amount of ownership (stock) of a company in another country in order to gain a measure of management control” (Or) A foreign company having a stake in a Indian Company. 12. What is IPO? A: IPO is Initial Public Offering. This is the first offering of shares to the general public from a company wishes to list on the stock exchanges. 13. What is Disinvestment? A: The Selling of the government stake in public sector undertakings. 14. What is Fiscal Deficit? A: It is the difference between the government’s total receipts (excluding borrowings) and total expenditure. Fiscal deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 6.8% of GDP. 15. What is Revenue deficit? A: It defines that, where the net amount received (by taxes & other forms) fails to meet the predicted net amount to be received by the government. Revenue deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 4.8% of GDP. 16. What is GDP? A: The Gross Domestic Product or GDP is a measure of all of the services and goods produced in a country over a specific period; classically a year. GDP during 2008-09 is 6.7%. 17. What is GNP? A: Gross National Product is measured as GDP plus income of residents from investments made abroad minus income earned by foreigners in domestic market. 18. What is National Income? A: National Income is the money value of all goods and services produced in a country during the year. 19. What is Per Capita Income? A: The national income of a country, or region, divided by its population. Per capita income is often used to measure a country's standard of living.Per capita income during 2008-09 estimated by CSO: Rs.25, 494. 20. What is Vote on Account? A: A vote-on account is basically a statement ,where the government presents an estimate of a sum required to meet the expenditure that it incurs during the first three to four months of an election financial year until a new government is in place, to keep the machinery running. 21. Difference between Vote on Account and Interim Budget? A: Vote-on-account deals only with the expenditure side of the government's budget, an interim Budget is a complete set of accounts, including both expenditure and receipts. 22. What is SDR? A: The SDR (Special Drawing Rights) is an artificial currency created by the IMF in 1969. SDRs are allocated to member countries and can be fully converted into international currencies so they serve as a supplement to the official foreign reserves of member countries. Its value is based on a basket of key international currencies (U.S. dollar, euro, yen and pound sterling). 23. What is SEZ? A: SEZ means Special Economic Zone is the one of the part of government’s policies in India. A special Economic zone is a geographical region that economic laws which are more liberal than the usual economic laws in the country. The basic motto behind this is to increase foreign investment, development of infrastructure, job opportunities and increase the income level of the people. GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 PO Interview Questions 1 1. What is a Repo Rate? A: Repo rate is the rate at which our banks borrow rupees from RBI. Whenever the banks have any shortage of funds they can borrow it from RBI. A reduction in the repo rate will help banks to get money at a cheaper rate. When the repo rate increases, borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive. 2. What is Reverse Repo Rate? A: This is exact opposite of Repo rate. Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from banks. RBI uses this tool when it feels there is too much money floating in the banking system. Banks are always happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in 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. 3. What is CRR Rate? A: Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to increase the percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method (increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive money from the banks.3 4. What is SLR Rate? A: SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a commercial bank 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 the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) in order to control the expansion of bank credit. SLR is determined as the percentage of total demand and percentage of time liabilities. Time Liabilities are the liabilities a commercial bank liable to pay to the customers on their anytime demand. With the SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio), the RBI can ensure the solvency a commercial bank. It is also helpful to control the expansion of Bank Credits. By changing the SLR rates, RBI can increase or decrease bank credit expansion. Also through SLR, RBI compels the commercial banks to invest in government securities like government bonds. SLR is used to control inflation and propel growth. Through SLR rate tuning the money supply in the system can be controlled efficiently. 5. What is Bank Rate? A: Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on the loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the bank rate are often used by central banks to control the money supply. 6. What is Inflation? A: Inflation is as an increase in the price of bunch of Goods and services that projects the Indian economy. An increase in inflation figures occurs when there is an increase in the average level of prices in Goods and services. Inflation happens when there are fewer Goods and more buyers; this will result in increase in the price of Goods, since there is more demand and less supply of the goods. 7. What is Deflation? A: Deflation is the continuous decrease in prices of goods and services. Deflation occurs when the inflation rate becomes negative (below zero) and stays there for a longer period. 8. What is PLR? A: The Prime Interest Rate is the interest rate charged by banks to their most creditworthy customers (usually the most prominent and stable business customers). The rate is almost always the same amongst major banks. Adjustments to the prime rate are made by banks at the same time; although, the prime rate does not adjust on any regular basis. The Prime Rate is usually adjusted at the same time and in correlation to the adjustments of the Fed Funds Rate. The rates reported below are based upon the prime rates on the first day of each respective month. Some banks use the name "Reference Rate" or "Base Lending Rate" to refer to their Prime Lending Rate. 9. What is Deposit Rate? A: Interest Rates paid by a depository institution on the cash on deposit. Policy Rates: • Bank Rate: 6.00% • Repo Rate: 4.75% • Reverse Repo Rate: 3.25% Reserve Ratios: • CRR: 5.00% • SLR: 25.0% Lending/Deposit Rates: • PLR: 11.00%-12.00%. • Deposit Rate: 6.00%-7.50%. . Savings Bank rate: 3.5%. Note: Rates as on 05-01-10. 10. What is FII? A: FII (Foreign Institutional Investor) used to denote an investor, mostly in the form of an institution. An institution established outside India, which proposes to invest in Indian market, in other words buying Indian stocks. FII's generally buy in large volumes which has an impact on the stock markets. Institutional Investors includes pension funds, mutual funds, Insurance Companies, Banks, etc. 11. What is FDI? A: FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) occurs with the purchase of the “physical assets or a significant amount of ownership (stock) of a company in another country in order to gain a measure of management control” (Or) A foreign company having a stake in a Indian Company. 12. What is IPO? A: IPO is Initial Public Offering. This is the first offering of shares to the general public from a company wishes to list on the stock exchanges. 13. What is Disinvestment? A: The Selling of the government stake in public sector undertakings. 14. What is Fiscal Deficit? A: It is the difference between the government’s total receipts (excluding borrowings) and total expenditure. Fiscal deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 6.8% of GDP. 15. What is Revenue deficit? A: It defines that, where the net amount received (by taxes & other forms) fails to meet the predicted net amount to be received by the government. Revenue deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 4.8% of GDP. 16. What is GDP? A: The Gross Domestic Product or GDP is a measure of all of the services and goods produced in a country over a specific period; classically a year. GDP during 2008-09 is 6.7%. 17. What is GNP? A: Gross National Product is measured as GDP plus income of residents from investments made abroad minus income earned by foreigners in domestic market. 18. What is National Income? A: National Income is the money value of all goods and services produced in a country during the year. 19. What is Per Capita Income? A: The national income of a country, or region, divided by its population. Per capita income is often used to measure a country's standard of living.Per capita income during 2008-09 estimated by CSO: Rs.25, 494. 20. What is Vote on Account? A: A vote-on account is basically a statement ,where the government presents an estimate of a sum required to meet the expenditure that it incurs during the first three to four months of an election financial year until a new government is in place, to keep the machinery running. 21. Difference between Vote on Account and Interim Budget? A: Vote-on-account deals only with the expenditure side of the government's budget, an interim Budget is a complete set of accounts, including both expenditure and receipts. 22. What is SDR? A: The SDR (Special Drawing Rights) is an artificial currency created by the IMF in 1969. SDRs are allocated to member countries and can be fully converted into international currencies so they serve as a supplement to the official foreign reserves of member countries. Its value is based on a basket of key international currencies (U.S. dollar, euro, yen and pound sterling). 23. What is SEZ? A: SEZ means Special Economic Zone is the one of the part of government’s policies in India. A special Economic zone is a geographical region that economic laws which are more liberal than the usual economic laws in the country. The basic motto behind this is to increase foreign investment, development of infrastructure, job opportunities and increase the income level of the people. GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 55th National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India presented by Directorate of Film Festivals under Govt. of India.The Awards were first presented in 1954.The National Film Awards are presented in two main categories: Feature Films and Non-Feature Films. 55th National Film Awards for 2007 were announced on 07-09-09(Monday).About 102 films and 106 non-feature films were considered for the prestigious National Awards.Tamil actor Prakash Raj has left behind Bollywood biggies like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan to claim the prestigious National Awards for 2007 in Best Actor category. List of National Film Award Winners: Best Actor - Prakash Raj for Kanchivaram(Tamil) Best Actress - Uma Shri for Gulabi Talkies(Kannada) Best Director - Adoor Gopalakrishnan for Naalu Pennungal(Malayalam) Best Film - Kanchivaram Best Entertainment Award - Chak De India(Hindi) Family Welfare Award - Taare Zameen Par(Hindi) Best Singer Award - Shankar Mahadevan for Taare Zameen Par Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Taare Zameen Par Best Child Actor - Sharad Goyekar for Tingya(Marathi) Best Supporting Actor - Darshan Zariwala for Gandhi My Father(Hindi) Jury Award for Best Film - Gandhi My Father Best Screenplay - Feroz Abbas for Gandhi My Father. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 23:37 GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 55th National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India presented by Directorate of Film Festivals under Govt. of India.The Awards were first presented in 1954.The National Film Awards are presented in two main categories: Feature Films and Non-Feature Films. 55th National Film Awards for 2007 were announced on 07-09-09(Monday).About 102 films and 106 non-feature films were considered for the prestigious National Awards.Tamil actor Prakash Raj has left behind Bollywood biggies like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan to claim the prestigious National Awards for 2007 in Best Actor category. List of National Film Award Winners: Best Actor - Prakash Raj for Kanchivaram(Tamil) Best Actress - Uma Shri for Gulabi Talkies(Kannada) Best Director - Adoor Gopalakrishnan for Naalu Pennungal(Malayalam) Best Film - Kanchivaram Best Entertainment Award - Chak De India(Hindi) Family Welfare Award - Taare Zameen Par(Hindi) Best Singer Award - Shankar Mahadevan for Taare Zameen Par Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Taare Zameen Par Best Child Actor - Sharad Goyekar for Tingya(Marathi) Best Supporting Actor - Darshan Zariwala for Gandhi My Father(Hindi) Jury Award for Best Film - Gandhi My Father Best Screenplay - Feroz Abbas for Gandhi My Father. GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 Some of the Indian Facts 1. The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. 2. India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history. 3. India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. 4. India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence. 5. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake. 6. Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world. 7. India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations. 8. Chess was invented in India. 9. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. 10. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India. 11. The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C. 12. The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians. 13. India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world. 14. The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people. 15. Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion. 16. There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world. 17. Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries. 18. Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years. 19. India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously. 20. India is the largest English speaking nation in the world. 21. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World. 22. 38% of Doctors in America are Indians. 23. 36% of NASA employees are Indians. 24. 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians. 25. 28% of IBM employees are Indians. 26. India has 28 States and 7 Union territories. • Biggest state(area-wise):Rajasthan. • Smallest state(area-wise):Goa. • Biggest state(Population-wise):Uttar Pradesh. • Smallest state(Polpulation-wise):Sikkim. • Largest Union Territory(area-wise):Andaman & Nicobar Islands • Largest Union Territory(Population-wise):Delhi. • Smallest Union Territory(area & population-wise):Lakshadweep. • Highest Density of Population --West Bengal. • Lowest Density of Population ---Arunachal Pradesh. • Highest Literacy--Kerala. • Lowest Literacy---Bihar. GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 Quiz on General Awareness 1 1.Which of the following is India's first indegenously built submarine? a)INS Arihant b)INS Chakra c)INS Shalki d)INSVibhuti e)INS Virat 2.Recently Which Country Celebrated 187 years of Independence? a)US b)Uk c)France d)Brazil e)Cuba 3.In 8th Schedule,four languages are added to become 22 official languages in India.Name which of the following is not in the four languages added? a)Santhali b)Sindhi c)Bodo d)Dogri e)Maithili 4.Where is Bandipur National Park situated? a)Orissa b)Bihar c)Karnataka d)Rajasthan e)Madhya Pradesh 5.China has become the world's largest exporter suprassing _________? a)America b)Japan c)Great Britain d)Germany e)Russia 6.Recently with which country India have signed crucial agrrements for strengthening cooperation in trade,investment and economy? a)Namibia b)Poland c)Spain d)Tajikistan e)Russia 7. Large amount Tobacco is produced in which state? a)Karnataka b)Bihar c)Orissa d)Haryana e)Andhra Pradesh 8.Total how many boundary lines are there b/w India and Pakistan? a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4 e)none 9.Which is second largest state in India considering area wise? a)Maharashtra(3) b)Madhya Pradesh(2) c)Uttar Pradesh(5) d)Rajasthan(1) e)Andhra Pradesh(4) 10.What is the Original Name of Sonia Gandhi? a)Eugene Maino b)Paola Maino c)Antonia Maino d)Paul Maino e)No real Name 11.Who is the Second Foreign women to take over as President of Indian National Congress(INC)? a)Nelli Sengupta b)Sonia Gandhi c)Annie Beasant d)Sarojini Naidu e)none. 12.In how many states in India Tropic of Cancer passes through? a)5 b)6 c)7 d)8 e)9 13.India's first Islamic bank to start in which state? a)Gujarat b)Delhi c)Andhra Pradesh d)Maharasthra e)Kerala 14.Which Country having the most number of Orkut users? a)US b)Uk c)Brazil d)India e)Canada 15.What is 'S' in SDR? a)Special b)State c)Statutory d)Subsidiary e)System 16.Who is the author of 'A Tale of Two Cities'? a)Chetan Bhagat b)Charles Dickens c)Amitav Ghosh d)V S Naipal e)none. 17.Vizzy Trophy is associatted to which sport? a)Hockey b)Football c)Tennis d)Cricket e)Boxing 18.Which two states banned AC's in Government Office? a)Punjab & Haryana b)Karnataka & Gujarat c)Gujarat & Madhya Pradesh d)Uttaranchal & Haryana e)Haryana & Gujarat. 19.Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the first ever only Ladies Train between Delhi and _______? a)Kolkatta b)Balda c)Haldia d)Palwal d)Bangalore. 20.Ali Akbar Khan recently died belongs to which field? a)Artist b)Musician c)Theater Director d)Politician e)Painting 21.First BRIC summit held in? a)Brazil b)Russia c)India d)China e)Egypt. 22.Who is the winner of Womens Singles in French Open 2009? a)Serena Williams b)Venus Williams c)Dinara Safina d)Ivanovic e)none. 23.which country has a currency 'Won'? a)Jordan b)N.Korea c)S.Korea d)Lebanon e)both b & c. 24.Revenue Deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at ____% of GDP? a)3.8 b)4.2 c)4.6 d)4.8% )none 25.How many crores are allocated for rebuilding the damaged infrastructure caused due to cyclone Aila in West Bengal? a.113 b)1,000 c)500 d)827 e)887. 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Show older posts SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2009 Current Affairs 1 - 2009 • Gujarat government banned the book “Jinnah:India-Partition” written by Jaswant Singh. • India's High Commissioner to Pakistan: Sharat Sabharwal. • China has become the world's largest exporter surpassing Germany. • The England and Wales Cricket Board scrapped the 50-over format from its domestic cricket calendar for the 2010 season, claiming that the ICC will review the future of ODIs after the 2011 World Cup. • Government has approved a proposal to increase reservation for Women in panchayats from 33% to 50 %. • The union Cabinet approved setting up of seven new Indian Institutes of Management in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan besides allocating Rs 1,057 crore (Rs 10.57 billion) for their establishment. Currently, there are seven IIMs in the country at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong. • Nepalese cabinet approves General Chhatra Man Gurung as new Army chief. • Banker of the year 2009: Aditya Puri (MD & CEO of HDFC conducted by Business Standard. • Wipro has won a $100 million worth outsourcing contract from Australia's beer and wine giant Foster's Group. • The first Regional Rural Bank of the country was established on 2nd October, 1975: Prathama Bank. • Wednesday, not Monday is worst day of the week, according to the research done by two American Mathematicians Christopher Danforth and Peter Dodds. • The government decided to infuse Rs 5,000 crore equity into the cash-strapped airline over the next three years, subject to AI improving performance and cutting costs aggressively, to prevent it from shutting down. • The Space Shuttle ‘Discovery’ launches on a mission to the International Space Station, marking the 25th anniversary of its first flight. • South Korea launches Naro-1, its first carrier rocket, but fails to place the STSAT-2A satellite in the planned orbit. • Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the ambitious Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end on Saturday (29-08-09) after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft, cutting short the dream odyssey that was expected to last two years. • U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving Kennedy brother, dies at age 77, after battling brain cancer. • U.S. President Barack Obama nominates Ben Bernanke for his second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. • The United States budget deficit for 2009 will reach $1.6 trillion, the highest ever recorded. • At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Jamaica'sUsain Bolt sets new world records of 9.58 seconds for the 100 m sprint and 19.19 seconds for the 200 m sprint. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:22 0 COMMENTS LABELS: BANKING SERVICES, U.S. GOVERNMENT, UNITED STATES, US, WORLD BANK Reactions: FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009 Navratnas Status - 2009 Navratnas was the title given to Public Sector Enterprises or PSE, identified by the Government of India. Navaratna status is conferred by Department of Public Enterprises. In 1997, GOI declared Navaratna status to 9 PSEs, which means these are most prestigious PSEs. These are BHEL, BPCL, GAIL, HPCL, IOC, MTNL, NTPC, ONGC, and SAIL. In 2006, GOI approved Navratnas status to 7 more PSEs. These are Power Finance Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation, Power Grid, National Hydroelectric Corporation, BSNL, and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. In 2007, GOI conferred Navaratna status to Nalco. In 2008, Coal India Limited gets Navaratna status. The Total goes up to 18 PSEs, which have taken Navratna Status. The status will help the PSU to take several decisions without seeking government approval like setting investment limits and salary for employees. The Department of Public Enterprises confers this status to better performing central public sector enterprises. To be qualified as a Navratna, the company must obtain a score of 60 (of the total 100) based on six parameters. It includes net profit to net worth, total manpower cost to total cost of production or cost of service, profit before depreciation, interest, taxes to capital employed and to turnover, earning per share and inter sectoral performance. Additionally, a company must first be a mini ratna and must have four independent directors on its board before it can be made a Navratna. List of 18 Navratnas status PSEs: 1. Bharat Electronics Limited 2. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 3. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 4. Coal India Limited 5. GAIL (India) Limited 6. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 7. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 8. Indian Oil Corporation Limited 9. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 10. National Aluminium Company Limited 11. NMDC Limited 12. NTPC Limited 13. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited 14. Power Finance Corporation Limited 15. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 16. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited 17. Shipping Corporation of India Limited 18. Steel Authority of India Limited. List of Miniratna Category - I CPSEs 1. Airports Authority of India 2. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited 3. Bharat Dynamics Limited 4. BEML Limited 5. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 6. Bongaigaon Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited 7. Broadcast Engineering Consultants (I) Limited 8. Central Warehousing Corporation 9. Central Coalfields Limited 10. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited 11. Cochin Shipyard Limited 12. Container Corporation of India Limited 13. Dredging Corporation of India Limited 14. Engineers India Limited 15. Ennore Ports Limited 16. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited 17. Goa Shipyard Limited 18. Hindustan Copper Limited 19. Hindustan Latex Limited 20. Hindustan Newsprint Limited 21. Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited 22. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited 23. India Tourism Development Corporation Limited 24. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited 25. IRCON International Limited 26. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited 27. Mazagaon Docks Limited 28. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited 29. Manganese Ore India Limited 30. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited 31. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited 32. MMTC Limited 33. MSTC Limited 34. National Fertilizers Limited 35. Neyveli Lignite Corporation 36. NHPC Limited 37. Northern Coalfields Limited 38. Numaligarh Refinery Limited 39. Oil India Limited 40. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited 41. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited 42. RITES Limited 43. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited 44. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited 45. South Eastern Coalfields Limited 46. State Trading Corporation of India Limited 47. Telecommunications Consultants (India) Limited 48. Western Coalfields Limited List of Miniratna Category-II CPSEs 49. Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited 50. Educational Consultants (I) Limited 51. Engineering Projects (I) Limited 52. Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited 53. HMT (International) Limited 54. HSCC (India) Limited 55. India Trade Promotion Organization 56. Indian Medicines Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited 57. M E C O N Limited 58. National Film Development Corporation Limited 59. P E C Limited 60. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited 61. Water & Power Consultancy (India) Limited POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:24 0 COMMENTS LABELS: BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, NAVRATNA, OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION, PUBLIC-SECTOR UNDERTAKING Reactions: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009 Swine Flu(H1N1) What is Swine Flu? H1N1 virus (earlier known as Swine Flu) was first detected in Mexico in April 2009. It used to be referred to as “Swine Flu” because the researchers found the presence of genes similar to that of Pigs (Swine) in North America. India has too unfortunately fallen prey to the Influenza-A (H1N1) and is battling the virus all across the nation; below are the toll free numbers for help. Toll Free Help lines for Swine Flu: Toll Free Numbers: All India Level Toll free number 1075(toll free) or 1800-11-4377 Puducherry 1070 and 1077 Andhra Pradesh 12506 NICD Call Center 011-23921401 SMS Facility Type H1N1HYD & Send to 55352 Other Help Line Numbers: Delhi: Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Chennai: Communicable Diseases Hospital Coimbatore Medical College Hospital Kolkata: Infectious Diseases Hospital Hyderabad: AP Chest Diseases Hospital Mumbai: Kasturba Hospital Pune: Dr Naidu Infectious Disease Hospital Bangalore: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases Website/source -011-24525211, 23404328, 23365525 - 044-25912686 - 09442012555 -09433392182/ 09434009077 -040-23814939 -022-23083901, 23083902, 23083903, -09923130909 - 91-80-26632634 http://mohfw-h1n1.nic.in/ Look for these symptoms: ->FEVER and • Cough • Sore throat • Runny or stuffy nose Other symptoms may include: • Chills • Diarrhea • Vomiting Do’s & Don’ts: IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE H1 N1 FLU: • Stay at home or in your hotel room if traveling, except to seek medical care. Do not travel or go to work or school. • Avoid close contact with others for 7days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24hours, whichever is longer. EVERYONE SHOULD: • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze • Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand gel. • Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. • Avoid contact with ill persons. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:36 0 COMMENTS Reactions: TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009 August Current Affairs - 2009 • Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez has been named winner of the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas. • The Gujarat government has approved 34 solar power projects at an investment of Rs.12,000 crore (Rs.120 billion/$2.4 billion) over the next few years, to rank it the top Indian state for this clean energy. • After months of negotiations over valuation, Mumbai-based Wockhardt Hospitals Pvt. Ltd on Monday said it has agreed to sell 10 of its 17 hospitals to Fortis Healthcare Ltd for Rs909 crore. • Madhya Pradesh is called the Heart of India. • Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR asks banks to provide Rs 7000 crore farm loans by the end of this month taking the quantum of agriculture credit during the current Kharif to Rs14,100 crore. • The World Bank is set to clear funding of $3.2billion (15,500 crore) for capital infusion in public sector banks (9,700 crore or $2 billion) and (IIFC) India Infrastructure Finance Company ($1.2 billion or 5,800 crore). • Nokia to enter PC Market with first Net Book running Microsoft’s Windows Operating System. • England regains Ashes Series at jubilant Oval. • Roger Federer defeated Djokovokic of Serbia to win Cincinnati Masters. • Delhi is the 1st city to get KG gas. • According to a research by Swiss Banking major UBS, Delhi and Mumbai were at the bottom of the price range in the list of most expensive cities that surveyed 73 places worldwide. On the other hand Oslo(Norway), Zurich(Switzerland) and Copenhagen(Denmark) were ranked among the most expensive places with skyrocketing living costs in the world. • Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sanctioned a financial assistance of Rs.20 crore to two Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s memorials in Gujarat. • Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and India's former high commissioner to Britain, has been appointed as the new chancellor of the Queen's University Bellfast. • The first batch of indigenously built T-90 tanks "Bhishma" was flagged off at the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in Avadi near here by Minister of State for Defence M. M. Pallam Raju . The HVF manufactured the Bhishma tanks in collaboration with Russia. • Orissa MP Pradeep Majhi nominated to Central Employment Guarantee Council, which is one of the apex bodies in the country to look programmes on rural employment, development and their proper implementation. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:22 0 COMMENTS LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, MICROSOFT, ROGER FEDERER, WORLD BANK Reactions: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009 Rajiv Gandhi Awards - 2009 These 12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards have recognized and honored those who are working for causes that were specially close to Rajiv’s heart. Their Decision and Commitment which have contributed richly to betterment of our society and the progress and development of our nation ,is a fitting tribute and homage to Rajiv’s memory. Categories Awardees 1. Industrialist::Vineet Jain 2. Educationist:: Dr.Narendra Jadhav. 3. Journalism:: Ramesh Chandra Agarwal 4. Best Actress:: Shahid Kapoor 5. Best Actor:: Katrina Kaif 6. Child Prodigy:: Avika Gor 7. Young Entrepreneur:: Rohit Kochhar 8. Super Achiever:: Madhavan Nair 9. Social:: Rajashree Birla 10. Woman Achiever:: Krushnaa Patil 11. Global Indian:: Sam Pitroda POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:46 0 COMMENTS LABELS: 2009, RAJIV GANDHI Reactions: THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009 Pattern for Bank Po's Normally Pattern for bank po's: There will be two sections: Objective Test: 1. Reasoning---------------75Q 2. Aptitude----------------50Q 3. General Awareness----50Q 4. English------------------50Q Total of 225Q, 135minute (2hr 15min) will be given. For clearing the objective test within time, you may need to attempt a min. no. of questions as shown below (suggested). 1. Reasoning--------------attempt 55-60Q within 50minutes. 2. Aptitude----------------attempt 30-35Q within 30minutes. 3. General Awareness---attempt 30-35Q within 30minutes. 4. English----------------- attempt 25-30Q within 25 minutes. The cut-off for each section may be 40% or 45% or 50% to the number of questions based on the Category and the bank requirement. Normally for four sections, each question carries 1mark for correct answer and 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer. If you get more than 120 marks out of 175(A+B+C sections) you will be on safe side. English will be only for qualifying purpose and they do not consider for merit ranking. Time factor will be very crucial for this section compared to descriptive. And don't make confirm that by clearing min. marks in each section will clear the written test, bcoz there will be lot of competition and also it is based on the number of seats available. So attempt maximum no. of questions in Reasoning & Aptitude questions if you find time as these are scoring sections. Before two or three days of exam practice previous question papers (2 or 3) each and every section thoroughly, surely it will help you how much time do you take to complete the paper. Descriptive test: 5 internal questions will be there each carrying 20 marks with a time of 60minutes.Total of 100marks.Qualifying mark will be 50.Questions based on Socio-economic development and Communication Skills. While writing descriptive plz make sure that your handwriting must be legible and the matter should be within the boundary relating to the question mentioned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weightage for General Awareness Section in Central Bank of India: • 5-7 bits from Union & Railway budget. • 3-4 bits from Awards relating to National, International, Sports, Films. • 3-4 bits from Sports including Cups/Trophy's related to Sports. • 2-3 bits from Finance & Economic related terms. • 2-3 bits from new Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and their parties. • 2-3 bits from Summits, places in news in national & International level. • 2-3 bits from new Appointments (like chairman, CEO, MD, etc) in national & International. • 1-2 bits from Authors & Books. • 1-2 bits from Countries launching Satellites, Orbits, Missiles. • 1-2 bits from MOU between countries & Companies in National & International level. • 1-2 bit from deaths of famous persons. • 1-2 bits from Committees, Schemes, etc launched by gov. • 1 bit from Important Days. • 1 bit from Acronyms. So if we attempt around 32-38 bits with 90% accuracy we can clear this section. If you attend 26-30 bits please make sure that all are correct, otherwise it will difficult to clear this section.Dont attempt more than 40 bits if you are not sure. For general awareness section refer the important labels: • Miscellaneous • New Presidents, Prime Ministers of Countries • New Chairman, CEO and their positions • Sports & Awards • Highlights of Union Budget • Summits, places in news • Deaths • Books & Authors • Trophy's associated with sports • Important Days. • Committees, Commissions, Schemes. in http://currentaffairsbankpo.blogspot.com/ Suggested Books for general awareness: o Competition Success Review (June, July, August Issues). o Mahendra's Master in Current Affairs (June, July, August Issues). o Prathiyogita Kiran (June, July, August Issues). Suggested Books for English: o Objective English by BSC publications. o Objective English by R S Agarwal. Suggested Books for Reasoning: o Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Agarwal Suggested Books for Aptitude: o Quantitative Aptitude by R S Agarwal. Suggested Books for Previous Papers: o Bank Po's & Specialist Officers Exam by R Gupta's. GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK PO'S PAGES • Home • About blog • Definitions • Privacy Policy This Blog Linked From Here The Web Showing newest 6 of 8 posts from 08/01/2009 - 09/01/2009. Show older posts Showing newest 6 of 8 posts from 08/01/2009 - 09/01/2009. Show older posts SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2009 Current Affairs 1 - 2009 • Gujarat government banned the book “Jinnah:India-Partition” written by Jaswant Singh. • India's High Commissioner to Pakistan: Sharat Sabharwal. • China has become the world's largest exporter surpassing Germany. • The England and Wales Cricket Board scrapped the 50-over format from its domestic cricket calendar for the 2010 season, claiming that the ICC will review the future of ODIs after the 2011 World Cup. • Government has approved a proposal to increase reservation for Women in panchayats from 33% to 50 %. • The union Cabinet approved setting up of seven new Indian Institutes of Management in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan besides allocating Rs 1,057 crore (Rs 10.57 billion) for their establishment. Currently, there are seven IIMs in the country at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong. • Nepalese cabinet approves General Chhatra Man Gurung as new Army chief. • Banker of the year 2009: Aditya Puri (MD & CEO of HDFC conducted by Business Standard. • Wipro has won a $100 million worth outsourcing contract from Australia's beer and wine giant Foster's Group. • The first Regional Rural Bank of the country was established on 2nd October, 1975: Prathama Bank. • Wednesday, not Monday is worst day of the week, according to the research done by two American Mathematicians Christopher Danforth and Peter Dodds. • The government decided to infuse Rs 5,000 crore equity into the cash-strapped airline over the next three years, subject to AI improving performance and cutting costs aggressively, to prevent it from shutting down. • The Space Shuttle ‘Discovery’ launches on a mission to the International Space Station, marking the 25th anniversary of its first flight. • South Korea launches Naro-1, its first carrier rocket, but fails to place the STSAT-2A satellite in the planned orbit. • Ten months after it was launched, India's maiden moon mission the ambitious Chandrayaan-1 came to an abrupt end on Saturday (29-08-09) after ISRO lost communication with the spacecraft, cutting short the dream odyssey that was expected to last two years. • U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving Kennedy brother, dies at age 77, after battling brain cancer. • U.S. President Barack Obama nominates Ben Bernanke for his second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. • The United States budget deficit for 2009 will reach $1.6 trillion, the highest ever recorded. • At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Jamaica'sUsain Bolt sets new world records of 9.58 seconds for the 100 m sprint and 19.19 seconds for the 200 m sprint. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:22 0 COMMENTS LABELS: BANKING SERVICES, U.S. GOVERNMENT, UNITED STATES, US, WORLD BANK Reactions: FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009 Navratnas Status - 2009 Navratnas was the title given to Public Sector Enterprises or PSE, identified by the Government of India. Navaratna status is conferred by Department of Public Enterprises. In 1997, GOI declared Navaratna status to 9 PSEs, which means these are most prestigious PSEs. These are BHEL, BPCL, GAIL, HPCL, IOC, MTNL, NTPC, ONGC, and SAIL. In 2006, GOI approved Navratnas status to 7 more PSEs. These are Power Finance Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation, Power Grid, National Hydroelectric Corporation, BSNL, and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. In 2007, GOI conferred Navaratna status to Nalco. In 2008, Coal India Limited gets Navaratna status. The Total goes up to 18 PSEs, which have taken Navratna Status. The status will help the PSU to take several decisions without seeking government approval like setting investment limits and salary for employees. The Department of Public Enterprises confers this status to better performing central public sector enterprises. To be qualified as a Navratna, the company must obtain a score of 60 (of the total 100) based on six parameters. It includes net profit to net worth, total manpower cost to total cost of production or cost of service, profit before depreciation, interest, taxes to capital employed and to turnover, earning per share and inter sectoral performance. Additionally, a company must first be a mini ratna and must have four independent directors on its board before it can be made a Navratna. List of 18 Navratnas status PSEs: 1. Bharat Electronics Limited 2. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 3. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 4. Coal India Limited 5. GAIL (India) Limited 6. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 7. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 8. Indian Oil Corporation Limited 9. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 10. National Aluminium Company Limited 11. NMDC Limited 12. NTPC Limited 13. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited 14. Power Finance Corporation Limited 15. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 16. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited 17. Shipping Corporation of India Limited 18. Steel Authority of India Limited. List of Miniratna Category - I CPSEs 1. Airports Authority of India 2. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited 3. Bharat Dynamics Limited 4. BEML Limited 5. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 6. Bongaigaon Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited 7. Broadcast Engineering Consultants (I) Limited 8. Central Warehousing Corporation 9. Central Coalfields Limited 10. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited 11. Cochin Shipyard Limited 12. Container Corporation of India Limited 13. Dredging Corporation of India Limited 14. Engineers India Limited 15. Ennore Ports Limited 16. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited 17. Goa Shipyard Limited 18. Hindustan Copper Limited 19. Hindustan Latex Limited 20. Hindustan Newsprint Limited 21. Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited 22. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited 23. India Tourism Development Corporation Limited 24. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited 25. IRCON International Limited 26. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited 27. Mazagaon Docks Limited 28. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited 29. Manganese Ore India Limited 30. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited 31. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited 32. MMTC Limited 33. MSTC Limited 34. National Fertilizers Limited 35. Neyveli Lignite Corporation 36. NHPC Limited 37. Northern Coalfields Limited 38. Numaligarh Refinery Limited 39. Oil India Limited 40. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited 41. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited 42. RITES Limited 43. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited 44. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited 45. South Eastern Coalfields Limited 46. State Trading Corporation of India Limited 47. Telecommunications Consultants (India) Limited 48. Western Coalfields Limited List of Miniratna Category-II CPSEs 49. Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited 50. Educational Consultants (I) Limited 51. Engineering Projects (I) Limited 52. Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited 53. HMT (International) Limited 54. HSCC (India) Limited 55. India Trade Promotion Organization 56. Indian Medicines Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited 57. M E C O N Limited 58. National Film Development Corporation Limited 59. P E C Limited 60. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited 61. Water & Power Consultancy (India) Limited POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 13:24 0 COMMENTS LABELS: BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, INDIA, NAVRATNA, OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION, PUBLIC-SECTOR UNDERTAKING Reactions: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009 Swine Flu(H1N1) What is Swine Flu? H1N1 virus (earlier known as Swine Flu) was first detected in Mexico in April 2009. It used to be referred to as “Swine Flu” because the researchers found the presence of genes similar to that of Pigs (Swine) in North America. India has too unfortunately fallen prey to the Influenza-A (H1N1) and is battling the virus all across the nation; below are the toll free numbers for help. Toll Free Help lines for Swine Flu: Toll Free Numbers: All India Level Toll free number 1075(toll free) or 1800-11-4377 Puducherry 1070 and 1077 Andhra Pradesh 12506 NICD Call Center 011-23921401 SMS Facility Type H1N1HYD & Send to 55352 Other Help Line Numbers: Delhi: Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Chennai: Communicable Diseases Hospital Coimbatore Medical College Hospital Kolkata: Infectious Diseases Hospital Hyderabad: AP Chest Diseases Hospital Mumbai: Kasturba Hospital Pune: Dr Naidu Infectious Disease Hospital Bangalore: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases Website/source -011-24525211, 23404328, 23365525 - 044-25912686 - 09442012555 -09433392182/ 09434009077 -040-23814939 -022-23083901, 23083902, 23083903, -09923130909 - 91-80-26632634 http://mohfw-h1n1.nic.in/ Look for these symptoms: ->FEVER and • Cough • Sore throat • Runny or stuffy nose Other symptoms may include: • Chills • Diarrhea • Vomiting Do’s & Don’ts: IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE H1 N1 FLU: • Stay at home or in your hotel room if traveling, except to seek medical care. Do not travel or go to work or school. • Avoid close contact with others for 7days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24hours, whichever is longer. EVERYONE SHOULD: • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze • Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand gel. • Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. • Avoid contact with ill persons. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 09:36 0 COMMENTS Reactions: TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009 August Current Affairs - 2009 • Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez has been named winner of the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas. • The Gujarat government has approved 34 solar power projects at an investment of Rs.12,000 crore (Rs.120 billion/$2.4 billion) over the next few years, to rank it the top Indian state for this clean energy. • After months of negotiations over valuation, Mumbai-based Wockhardt Hospitals Pvt. Ltd on Monday said it has agreed to sell 10 of its 17 hospitals to Fortis Healthcare Ltd for Rs909 crore. • Madhya Pradesh is called the Heart of India. • Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR asks banks to provide Rs 7000 crore farm loans by the end of this month taking the quantum of agriculture credit during the current Kharif to Rs14,100 crore. • The World Bank is set to clear funding of $3.2billion (15,500 crore) for capital infusion in public sector banks (9,700 crore or $2 billion) and (IIFC) India Infrastructure Finance Company ($1.2 billion or 5,800 crore). • Nokia to enter PC Market with first Net Book running Microsoft’s Windows Operating System. • England regains Ashes Series at jubilant Oval. • Roger Federer defeated Djokovokic of Serbia to win Cincinnati Masters. • Delhi is the 1st city to get KG gas. • According to a research by Swiss Banking major UBS, Delhi and Mumbai were at the bottom of the price range in the list of most expensive cities that surveyed 73 places worldwide. On the other hand Oslo(Norway), Zurich(Switzerland) and Copenhagen(Denmark) were ranked among the most expensive places with skyrocketing living costs in the world. • Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sanctioned a financial assistance of Rs.20 crore to two Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s memorials in Gujarat. • Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and India's former high commissioner to Britain, has been appointed as the new chancellor of the Queen's University Bellfast. • The first batch of indigenously built T-90 tanks "Bhishma" was flagged off at the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in Avadi near here by Minister of State for Defence M. M. Pallam Raju . The HVF manufactured the Bhishma tanks in collaboration with Russia. • Orissa MP Pradeep Majhi nominated to Central Employment Guarantee Council, which is one of the apex bodies in the country to look programmes on rural employment, development and their proper implementation. POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 11:22 0 COMMENTS LABELS: ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, MICROSOFT, ROGER FEDERER, WORLD BANK Reactions: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009 Rajiv Gandhi Awards - 2009 These 12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards have recognized and honored those who are working for causes that were specially close to Rajiv’s heart. Their Decision and Commitment which have contributed richly to betterment of our society and the progress and development of our nation ,is a fitting tribute and homage to Rajiv’s memory. Categories Awardees 1. Industrialist::Vineet Jain 2. Educationist:: Dr.Narendra Jadhav. 3. Journalism:: Ramesh Chandra Agarwal 4. Best Actress:: Shahid Kapoor 5. Best Actor:: Katrina Kaif 6. Child Prodigy:: Avika Gor 7. Young Entrepreneur:: Rohit Kochhar 8. Super Achiever:: Madhavan Nair 9. Social:: Rajashree Birla 10. Woman Achiever:: Krushnaa Patil 11. Global Indian:: Sam Pitroda POSTED BY VARUN REDDY AT 10:46 0 COMMENTS LABELS: 2009, RAJIV GANDHI Reactions: THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009 Pattern for Bank Po's Normally Pattern for bank po's: There will be two sections: Objective Test: 1. Reasoning---------------75Q 2. Aptitude----------------50Q 3. General Awareness----50Q 4. English------------------50Q Total of 225Q, 135minute (2hr 15min) will be given. For clearing the objective test within time, you may need to attempt a min. no. of questions as shown below (suggested). 1. Reasoning--------------attempt 55-60Q within 50minutes. 2. Aptitude----------------attempt 30-35Q within 30minutes. 3. General Awareness---attempt 30-35Q within 30minutes. 4. English----------------- attempt 25-30Q within 25 minutes. The cut-off for each section may be 40% or 45% or 50% to the number of questions based on the Category and the bank requirement. Normally for four sections, each question carries 1mark for correct answer and 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer. If you get more than 120 marks out of 175(A+B+C sections) you will be on safe side. English will be only for qualifying purpose and they do not consider for merit ranking. Time factor will be very crucial for this section compared to descriptive. And don't make confirm that by clearing min. marks in each section will clear the written test, bcoz there will be lot of competition and also it is based on the number of seats available. So attempt maximum no. of questions in Reasoning & Aptitude questions if you find time as these are scoring sections. Before two or three days of exam practice previous question papers (2 or 3) each and every section thoroughly, surely it will help you how much time do you take to complete the paper. Descriptive test: 5 internal questions will be there each carrying 20 marks with a time of 60minutes.Total of 100marks.Qualifying mark will be 50.Questions based on Socio-economic development and Communication Skills. While writing descriptive plz make sure that your handwriting must be legible and the matter should be within the boundary relating to the question mentioned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weightage for General Awareness Section in Central Bank of India: • 5-7 bits from Union & Railway budget. • 3-4 bits from Awards relating to National, International, Sports, Films. • 3-4 bits from Sports including Cups/Trophy's related to Sports. • 2-3 bits from Finance & Economic related terms. • 2-3 bits from new Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and their parties. • 2-3 bits from Summits, places in news in national & International level. • 2-3 bits from new Appointments (like chairman, CEO, MD, etc) in national & International. • 1-2 bits from Authors & Books. • 1-2 bits from Countries launching Satellites, Orbits, Missiles. • 1-2 bits from MOU between countries & Companies in National & International level. • 1-2 bit from deaths of famous persons. • 1-2 bits from Committees, Schemes, etc launched by gov. • 1 bi