Todays Current Affairs

*World's largest gold coin (Maple Leaf 2007) auctioned for USD 4.03 million.
The front side of the coin displays Queen Elisabeth II and the reverse shows three maple leaves,the national symbol for Canada.
*11 arrested in US on charges of spying for Russia.
*Spain beat Portugal 1-0,Progress to world Cup 2010 QF.
*IIP: Index of Industrial Production.
*Perambur park to get first Musical Fountain.
*26CRF men killed in Chhattisgarh.
*ISRO is expected to launch Chandrayan-2 on an indigenous cryogenic engine on schedule by 2013,ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said.
*SBI fixed the Base rate at 7.5%
*Fuel hike: All India strike July 5
*US questions China on reactor sales to Pakistan.
*RCF (Rashtrya Chemical and Fertilizer) set up 1.5$ fertilizer plant in Ghana.
*ONGC to sign 17 oil,gas contracts.

Moto:

*Nokia : Connecting People
*Samsung :Next is what
*Panasonic : Ideas for Life.
*Siemens : Be inspired.
*LG : Life is good
*Motorola : Hellow Moto
*Sony Ericson : I love it
*NDA :Service before Self.
*Hum Hai Na:ICICI
*Good People To Grow With: Indian Overseas Bank
*With You All The Way:State Bank Of India
*Tradition Of Trust:Allahabad Bank
*Trusted Family Bank:Dena Bank
*Good People To Bank With:Union Bank Of India
*World's Local Bank: HSBC is a Foreign Bank
*We Understand Your World:HDFC
*Much More To Do With YOU In Focus:Andhra Bank
*Trusted Family Bank : Dena Bank
*A Friend You Can Bank Upon:Vijaya Bank
*Together We Prosper:Bank Of Rajasthan
*Your Perfect Banking Partner:Federal Bank
*Taking Banking Technology To The Common Man:Indian Bank
*Experience Our Expertise:Yes Bank
*Build A Better Life Around Us:Central Bank Of India
*Serving To Empower:J & K Bank
*The Changing Face Of Prosperity:Lakshami Vilas Bank
*Where Every Individual Is Committed:Oreintal Bank Of Commerce
*Aao Soche Bada:IDBI
*A Faithful & Friendly Financial Partner:Syndicate Bank
*Relationships Beyond Banking:Bank Of India
*Honours Your Trust:Uco Bank
*Smart Way To Bank:Karur Vaisya Bank
*A Passion To Perform:Deutche Bank
*Experience Next Generation Banking:South Indian Bank
*The Name You Can Bank Upon:Punjab National Bank

All Minister:

President Smt. Pratibha Patil(President of India web site)
Vice PresidentMr.Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Dr. Manmohan Singh(Prime Minister of India web site)

Contact Details of Prime Minister / Cabinet Ministers / Ministers of State (Independent Charge) / Ministers of StateCabinet Ministers
2. Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Minister of Finance
3. Shri Sharad Pawar
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution
Minister of Food & Civil SuppliesA
4. Shri A. K. Antony
Minister of Defence
5. Shri P. Chidambaram
Minister of Home Affairs
6. Kum. Mamata Banerjee
Minister of Railways
7. Shri S. M. Krishna
Minister of External Affairs
8. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
9. Shri Sushil Kumar ShindeA
Minister of Power
10. Shri M. Veerappa Moily
Minister of Law and Justice
11. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy
Minister of Urban Development
12. Shri Kamal Nath
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
13. Shri Vayalar Ravi
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
14.A
Minister of Water Resources
15. Shri Murli Deora
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
16. Shri Kapil Sibal
Minister of Human Resource Development
17. Smt. Ambika Soni
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
18. Shri B. K. Handique
Minister of Mines and Development of North Eastern Region
19. Shri Anand Sharma :Himachal Pradesh.
Minister of Commerce and Industry
20. Shri C. P. Joshi .professor of psycology. Rajasthan.
Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
21.A Shri Virbhadra SinghA
Minister of Steel
22.A Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesA
23.A Shri Dr Farooq AbdullahA
Minister of New and Renewable Energy
24.A Shri Dayanidhi MaranA
Minister of Textiles
25.A Shri A Raja
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
26.A Shri Mallikarjun KhargeA
Minister of Labour and Employment
27. Smt Kumari Selja : Haryana :
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; Tourism
28.A Shri Subodh Kant Sahay : Jharkhand
Minister of Food Processing Industries
29.A Shri Dr M S Gill : Punjab .
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
30.A Shri G K Vasan :Tamilnadu.
Minister of Shipping
31.A Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal :Chandigar.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
32.A Shri Mukul Wasnik : Ramtek in Maharashtra.
Social Justice and Empowerment
33.A Shri Kantilal Bhuria : Jhabua in MP.
Minister of Tribal Affairs
34.A Shri M K Alagiri : Tamilnadu.
Chemicals and Fertilizers.


Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1. Shri Praful PatelA
Civil Aviation
2. Shri Prithviraj ChauhanA
Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs
3. Shri Sriprakash JaiswalA
Coal; Statistics and Programme Implementation
4. Shri Salman KhursheedA
Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs
5. Shri Dinsha PatelA
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6. Shri Jairam RameshA
Environment and Forests
7. Shri Krishna TirathA
Women and Child Development
Ministers of State
1. Shri E AhamedA
Railways
2. Shri V NarayanasamyA
Planning, and Parliamentary Affairs
3. Shri Srikant JenaA
Chemicals and Fertilizers
4. Shri Mullappally RamachandranA
Home Affairs
5. D PurandeswariA
Human Resource Development
6. Panabaka LakshmiA
Textiles
7. Shri Ajay MakenA
Home Affairs
8. Shri K H MuniyappaA
Railways
9. Namo Narain MeenaA
Finance
10. Shri Jyotiraditya ScindiaA
Commerce and Industry
11. Shri Jitin PrasadA
Petroleum and Natural Gas
12. Shri A Sai PrathapA
Steel
13. Shri Gurudas KamatA
Communications and IT
14. Shri M M Pallam RajuA
Defence
15.ShriA Mahadev KhandelaA
Road Transport and Highways
16. Shri Harish RawatA
Labour and Employment
17. Shri Professor K V ThomasA
Agriculture, and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
18. Shri Saugata RayA
Urban Development
19. Shri Dinesh TrivediA
Health and Family Welfare
20. Shri Sisir AdhikariA
Rural Development
21. Shri Sultan AhmedA
Tourism
22. Shri Mukul RoyA
Shipping
23. Shri Mohan JatuaA
Information and Broadcasting
24. Shri S S PalanimanickamA
Finance
25. Shri D NapoleonA
Social Justice and Empowerment
26. Shri Dr S JagathrakshakanA
Information and Broadcasting
27. Shri S GandhiselvanA
Health and Family Welfare
28. Smt. Preneet KaurA
External Affairs
29. Shri Sachin PilotA
Communications and IT
30. Shri Shashi TharoorA
External Affairs
31. Bharatsinh SolankiA
Power
32. Tusharbhai ChaudharyA
Tribal Affairs
33. Shri Arun YadavA
Youth Affairs and Sports
34. Shri Prateek Prakashbapu PatilA
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
35. Shri R P N SinghA
Road Transport and Highways
36. Shri Vincent PalaA
Water Resources
37. Shri Pradeep JainA
Rural Development
38. Agatha Sangma
Rural Development

News:

*Julia Gillard becomes the 1st female Prime Minister of Australia after defeating incumbent Kevin Rudd.
*European Oil Company stop trade with Iran.
*France will host the G8 summit in 2011.
*Fiji joins the Non Aligned Movement.
*36th G8 summit took place in Canada at Huntsville Ontario.
*G15 summit took place in Tehran.
*4th G 20 summit in Canada at Toranto.Next will be held at seoul.

Bank of Baroda PO GK paper 2010

Bank of Baroda GK Paper - 2010

1.SLR Statutory Liquid Ratio.
2.Project Tiger is launched by GOI.
3.Pronab Sen Chief Statistician of India.
4.Term not associated with Football Love.
5.Movie not related to A R Rehman Fashion.
6.Name of the third base at Antarctica Bharti.
7.Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner V K Murthy.
8.V K Singh is appointed as Chief of Indian Army.
9.Lin Dan is related to which sport Badminton.
10.World Water Day is observed on - March 22nd.
11.European Footballer of the Year 2009 - Lione Messi.
12.Kawasaki is related to the products of Motor cycles.
13.Which organization put global taxes on all banks IMF.
14.Which of the following is a health care scheme ASHA.
15.Benchmark prime lending rate is changed as - Base Rate.
16.How many crores are allocated for PSB 16,500 crores.
17.Who is not a winner of Padma Shri Abhishek Bachchan.
18.Who won the Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature Herta Muller.
19.P M Manmohan Singh left Bhutan to attend SAARC Summit.
20.GOI has started 2nd Green revolution in North Eastern States.
21.Which Indian Bank has highest number of foreign branches SBI.
22.Scheme under Ministry of Food and Civil Suppliers Mid Day Meal.
23.What is Per capita income on the current prices in India Rs 33000.
24.Winner of 58thMens National Volleyball Championship Tamilnadu.
25.Which country won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup Australia.
26.Which of the following is not a chemical fertilizer Sodium Sulphate.
27.Who is the author of the book Many Lives Many Masters - Brian Weiss.
28.Private Banks won higher profits in 4thquarter bcoz banks have No NPA
29.Tata Power to produce heat of energy of the earth Geo Thermal Energy.
30.Which of the following is not abbreviated in Water Shed Programmes VHND.
31.Which of the following reasons Uranium is not exported to India from Australia Bcoz did not signed the NPT and CTBT signatories.
32.Type of inflation if middle class persons earn more money in India Demand Pull Inflation.
33.To which of the following programmes 100 crores are granted to meet the specific needs of women farmers - Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana.
34.RBI hiked 0.25% of CRR, what is the next step taken by banks To keep a portion of amount with RBI which does not gain any interest.
35.Rs 1,200 crore are allocated for drought mitigation in which of the following Bundelkhand Region.
36.Which of the following is a fundamental right to every child in India Right to Education.
37.Which of the following award is given by Government - Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
38.Banks charge taxes form the services of Issuing DD, Pay order and E-transfer of Money.
39.Some banks have reported slightly higher NPA than in normal, what will reason for this Loans given by banks had become bad loans.
40.Strategy that will focus on involving the civil society in responsible parenthood strategy under Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh Prerna.
41.SEBI has asked all FIIs to divulge the structure of their offshore entities, why did SEBI did that to restrict overseas fund-flows into equity markets.
42.RBI says Rupee Over valued, what it means? - The rupee has lost only against the dollar but appreciated against other currencies.
43.Agriculture and its related activities contributes how much percentage to GDP 17%.
44.In normal circumstances the demand for credit for banks comes from - ?
45.Scheme to eradicate poverty in Rural Areas - ?
46.What are the benefits if a bank has foreign branches - ?
47.How many paise does GOI earn in one rupee by taxes - ?
48.Banks and Financial institution open subsidiaries due to which purpose - ?

*India,Canada sign civil nuclear deal.
*G20 summit in Toranto
*First democratic poll in Guinea.
*Saina Nehwal clinches 3rd Super Series title.
*India joins multinational telescope project.
*G8 has renewed for another year its ban on sale of enrichment and reprocessing technology and equipment to countries like India that have not signed the NPT.
* RCom, GTL Infrastructure in Rs.50,000-crore deal
*From march 2011,Air India will operate on single code.
*Badminton sensation Saina Nehwal won the INDONESIAN OPEN SUPER SERIES at Jakarta,her 3rd International title.
*Britain and France have voiced their support for India's case for permanent membership of the UN security Council.
*UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the drilling of a tunnel through the Himalayan ranges in Manali,Himachal Pradesh that will facilate an alternative all weather road route to strategically important areas of Ladakh.
*Chinese navy conduct exercises to counter Somali pirates.
*AMFI open to turning into a self-regulatory body.The Association of Mutual Funds in India chairman is AP Kurian.
*SRO : Self Regulatory Organisation.
*ETFs : Exchange Traded Funds.
*SBI likely to fix base rate at around 7.75%.
*Uruguay-Ghana to meet in WCup QFs,SKorea and US Exit.
*Emerging nations may account for 60% of global economy by 2030.

Computer Facts

1. The earlier computers, which were massive in size, were based onvacuum tubes.
2. Early computing machines, like the ENIAC, were actually meant to assist thearmed forces.
3. The printers in pre-1950s werepunch cards.
4. An improvement on the ENIAC, which pioneered 'stored program', was made possible with the help of the mathematicianJohn von Neumann.
5. Before the 1950s, computers were mostly owned byuniversities and research labs.
6. The B-programming language was developed byKen Thompson.
7. Famous people, associated with the ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC computers areEckert & Mauchly.
8. The 1st commercially produced and sold computer (1951) wasUNIVAC.
9. IBM was provided software for PCs byMicrosoft.
10. Time-sharing, teletyping, were associated withmainframe computers.
11. The transformation from heavy computers to PCs was made possible usingmicroprocessors.
12. The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 byIntel.
13. The term 'micro' (extremely small) denotes10-6m.
14. The Harvard student, who chose to write computer programs and dropped studies wasBill Gates.
15. A pentium 4 (P-4) employs roughly40 milliontransistors.
16. Mark-1, Apple-1, and collossus wereinitial desktop computers.
17. Binary digits are briefed asbit.
18. A collection of bits is calledbyte.
19. C++, is acomputer language.
20. The process of eliminating programming faults is calleddebugging.
21. Starting up on operating system is calledbooting.
22. A program used to browse the web is calledbrowser.
23. An error in software designing which can even cause a computer to crash is calledbug.
24. Click and double-click are achieved using themouse.
25. Java, C, ForTran, Pascal and BASIC arecomputer programming languages.
26. The device which sends computer data using a phone line is calledMODEM.
27. 'Worm' and 'virus' are actuallyprograms.
28. A 'file' is a unit ofinformation.
29. A megabyte has106(million) bytes.
30. A small, single-site network is calledLAN.
31. A processor that collects several data and sends them over a single line is calledbridge.
32. 'Nano' stands forone billionth part.
33. The number of bit patterns using an n-bit code is2n.
34. The part of a computer that works with the data/programs is calledCPU.
35. To convert a binary number to a decimal, we have to express it in power of2.
36. www stands forworld wide web.
37. Mathematics employed in computers is calledBoolean algebra.
38. A collection of 8 bits is calledbyte.
39. The first home computer (1977), which was sold in millions of units wasApple II.
40. 'PARAM' is asupercomputer.
41. A website containing periodic posts is calledblog.
42. While cutting and pasting, the cutitem is temporarily stored in theclipboard.
43.httpstands forhyper text transfer protocol.
44. The unwanted or non-requested emails are called"spam".
45. A computer framed to give various network services is calledserver.

Allahabad Bank Clerk Examination 2008 (Held on 30-08-2008)

1. If a word is typed that is not in Word dictionary, a ___ wavy underline appears below the word.
(A) red
(B) green
(C) blue
(D) black
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
2. The _____ button on the quick access Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent commands or actions.
(A) Search
(B) Cut
(C) Document
(D) Undo
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
3. In Excel, any set of characters containing a letter , hyphen, or space is considered ___
(A) a formula
(B) text
(C) a name
(D) a title
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
4. ________ Software allows users to perform calculations on rows and columns of data.
(A) Word processing
(B) Presentation graphics
(C) Database Management Systems
(D) Electronic Spreadsheet
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
5. A _________ represent approximately one billion memory locations.
(A) kilobyte
(B) megabyte
(C) gigabyte
(D) terabyte
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
6. ______ cells involves creating a single cell by combining two or more selected cells.
(A) Formatting
(B) Merging
(C) Embedding
(D) Splitting
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
7. The operating system is the most common type of ______________ software.
(A) communication
(B) application
(C) system
(D) word-processing
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
8. When you quickly press and releaes the left mouse button twice , you are ____
(A) Primary-clicking
(B) pointing
(C) Double-clicking
(D) Secondary-clicking
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
9. The horizontal and vertical lines on a worksheet are called ___
(A) cells
(B) sheets
(C) block lines
(D) gridlines
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
10. To delete an incorrect character in a document, __________ to erase to the right of the insertion point.
(A) press the left mouse key
(B) double-click the right mouse key
>(C) press the BACKSPACE key
(D) press the delete key
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
11. The operating system does all of the following EXCEPT:
A provide a way for the user to interact with the computer.
B manage the central processing unit (CPU).
C manage memory and storage.
D enable users to perform a specific task such as document editing.
Ans (D)
12. During the boot process, the ____________ looks for the system files.
A CD
B. BIOS
C. CPU
D. DVD
AnS (B)
13. ____________ are lists of commands that appear on the screen.
A GUIs
B Icons
C Menus
D Windows
Answer: C
14. ____________ is the ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple programs at the same time.
A Multitasking
B Streamlining
C Multiuser
D Simulcasting
Answer: A
15. The unique signal, generated by a device, that tells the operating system that it is in need of immediate attention is called an:
A action.
B event.
C interrupt.
D activity.
Answer: C
16. The operating system controls access to the processor by assigning a(n) ____________ to each task requiring the processoraE?s attention.
A CPU
B slice of time
C stack
D event
Answer: B
17. The blocks of code, included in the operating system, that software applications interact with are known as:
A application programming interfaces (APIs).
B complimentary metal-oxide conductors (CMOS).
C device drivers.
D bootstrap loaders.
Answer: A
18. MS-DOS is a ____________ operating system.
A point-and-click
B user-friendly
C command-driven
D Mac
Answer: C
19. An interrupt handler is a(n):
A location in memory that keeps track of recently generated interrupts.
B peripheral device.
C utility program.
D special numeric code that indicates the priority of a request.
Answer: D
20. A spooler is a(n):
A location in memory that maintains the contents of a document until it prints out.
B print job.
C program that coordinates the print jobs that are waiting to print.
D message sent from the printer to the operating system when a print job is completed.
Answer: C
21. Virtual memory is typically located:
A on a floppy disk.
B in the CPU.
C in a flash card.
D on the hard drive.
Answer: D
22. The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to:
A maintain pages of documents that are being spooled to the printer.
B hold a programs data or instructions in virtual memory when it cannot fit in RAM.
C prevent thrashing in a multitasking environment.
D allow multiple print jobs to print their pages out simultaneously.
Answer: B
23. The definition of thrashing is:
A swapping data between virtual memory and RAM too frequently.
B insufficient hard disk space.
C too many processors being managed by the operating system.
D inaccurate information stored in the registry.
Answer: A
24. All of the following are TRUE of Safe Mode EXCEPT:
A Safe Mode is a special diagnostic mode.
B Safe Mode loads all nonessential icons.
C Safe Mode allows users to troubleshoot errors.
D Safe Mode loads only the most essential devices.
Answer: B
25. Verification of a login name and password is known as:
A configuration.
B accessibility.
C authentication.
D logging in.
Answer: C
26. The combination of the operating system and the processor is referred to as the computer's
A CPU.
B platform.
C BIOS.
D CMOS.
Answer: B
27. The following message generally means:
A a nonsystem floppy has been left in the floppy disk drive.
B the CD drive is not functioning.
C the BIOS is corrupted.
D there is a problem loading a device.
Answer: A
28. Which of the following is the correct sequence of actions that takes place during the boot-up process?
A Load operating system ? Activate BIOS ? Perform POST ? Check configuration settings
B Activate BIOS ? Perform POST ? Load operating system ? Check configuration settings
C Perform POST ? Load operating system ? Activate BIOS ? Check configuration settings
D Activate BIOS ? Check configuration settings ? Perform POST ? Load operating system
Answer: B
29. All of the following are steps involved in the boot process EXCEPT:
A load the operating system into RAM.
B the power-on self-test.
C activate the basic input/output system (BIOS).
D load application programs.
Answer: D
30. The ____________, stored on a ROM chip, is responsible for loading the operating system from its permanent location on the hard drive into RAM.
A BIOS
B API
C device driver
D supervisor program
Answer: A
31. The basic input/output system (BIOS) is stored in:
A RAM.
B ROM.
C the CPU.
D the hard drive.
Answer: B
32. Ensuring that the essential peripheral devices are attached and operational is the ____________ process.
A configuration
B CMOS
C POST
D ROM
Answer: C
33. The memory resident portion of the operating system is called the:
A registry.
B API.
C CMOS.
D kernel.
Answer: D
34. Which of the following does NOT occur during the power-on self-test (POST)?
A The ScanDisk utility begins to run.
B The video card and video memory are tested.
C The BIOS identification process occurs.
D Memory chips are checked to ensure they are working properly.
Answer: A
35. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT:
A any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory.
B the setting for the amount of hard drive space to allocate to virtual memory can be manually changed.
C this temporary storage is called the swap file (or page file).
D virtual memory is physical space on the hard drive.
Answer: A
36. The operating system allows users to organize the computer's contents in a hierarchical structure of directories that include all of the following EXCEPT:
A files.
B folders.
D drives.
D systems.
Answer: D
37. All of the following statements concerning windows are true EXCEPT:
A windows are an example of a command-driven environment.
B windows can be resized and repositioned on the desktop.
C more than one window can be open at a time.
D toolbars and scrollbars are features of windows.
Answer: A
38. All of the following statements concerning files are true EXCEPT:
A A file is a collection of related pieces of information stored together for easy reference.
B Files can be generated from an application.
C Files are stored in RAM.
D Files should be organized in folders.
Answer: C
39. Using Windows Explorer, a plus (+) sign in front of a folder indicates:
A an open folder.
B the folder contains subfolders.
C a text file.
D a graphics file.
Answer: B
40. In Windows XP, if you want to see the file size and modified dates of all files in a folder, the best viewing option is the __________ view.
A List
B Thumbnails
C Details
D Icon
Answer: C

Railways launch SMS campaign for safety at unmanned crossing.