Sunday, November 28, 2010

Current Affair Update

* Pratibha Patil,President of India,recently laid foundation for Asian Textiles Museum ina country in Southeast Asia.Which is that country?
Cambodia
* The UK is to become one of the first countries to officially monitor happiness in a government scheme designed to measure psychological and environmental wellbeing.
* Nuclear-capable Agni I missile test-fired successfully
* A. Rajaresigned as the Indian Telecommunications Minister
* Nallari Kiran Reddy takes oath as new Andhra CM
* Joseph Abraham fetches gold in 400m men's hurdles
* The United States will provide an additional US$500-million aid to Pakistan to help rebuild the country after devastating floods caused the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history.
* Facebook announces that it will launch a new messaging platform, providing an email address of "@facebook.com.
* Bajranglal Takhar creates history by becoming the first Indian rower to win goldin the Asian Games
* CAG:The Comptroller and Auditor General
* DoT:Department of Telecom
* Indira Gandhi, world's longest serving woman Prime Minister, has been ranked by the Time magazine as the 9th most powerful woman of the past century
* January 25 will be celebrated as National Voters' Day.
*Do u know which country is most Corrupt in the world?
Ans:Somalia.
Least corrupt being Denmark,NewZealand,Singapore.
* India's Rank :
Global Hunger Index:67
The Corruption Index:87
* India has pledged to provide a grant assistance of Rs 16.19 million to Nepal for construction of 350 tube-wells in the southern region of the country.
* Vettel becomes youngest Formula One champion
* Mahinda Rajapakse is sworn in for his second term as President of Sri Lanka in Colombo.
* India's forex reserves jumps to $262.306 billion
* Kapil Sibal Assumes Charge of the Ministry Of Communications & Information Technology
* Oberoi bagged '2010 Corporate Hotelier of the World' award
* Alpha Conde wins the Guinean presidential election, the first held since the 2008
*CORE : CONSUMER ONLINE RESOURCE & EMPOWERMENT
* Jammu and Kashmir removed from list of disputes under UN
* India to provide Rs 700 cr to Nepal for road projects

Sunday, November 14, 2010

*Surjit Patar got the Saraswati Samman 2009 Award.
*Ashok Kumar won the DLF Masters Golf Championship
*Pankaj Adwani won the 5th National Snooker Title
*Sikkim has the highest suicide rate
*US Ambassador to India : Timothy J Roemer .
*New president of Rwanda : Paul Kagame
*Women's World Boxing Championship : M.C.Mary Kom
*New Loksabha Secretary General : T.K.Vishwanathan
*Dadasaheb Phalke Award2009 : D.Ramanaidu
*Pankaj Adwani won the 5th National Snooker Title
*Sikkim has the highest suicide rate
*Surjit Patar got the Saraswati Samman 2009 Award.
*Ashok Kumar won the DLF Masters Golf Championship
*Rajasthan got the e-India Award 2010
*Dr.Manmohan Singh got the World Statesman Award.
*On 5-09-10,U.S.Postal Service issued 44-centstamp commemorating a nun who served sick&destitute of India for 50 years.Name ofthat nun?Mother Teresa
*Which animal will be declared as national heritage animal of India in order to step up measures for its protection?
Elephant.
*2016 Olympics : Rio de Janerio.
34th National Games will be held in Jharkhand in December.
2014 Commonwealth Games:Scotland.
TPF: Trade Policy Forum
*Tamil Nadu has the maximum number of Deemed Universities.
*Albania and Croatia joined NATO on completion of 60 years of existence.
*COAL INDIA ltd listed on the Stock Exchange.
*IPO: Initial Public Offer.
*FPO: Follow On Public Offer.
*Primary Market: Getting shares through IPO or FPO
*A.R.Rehman had won the 'Grass Root Grammy' award of America
* Haryana: 1st State to get Mobile no Portability(MNP).
* DoT:Deptt of Telecom.
*.ThePrime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron and the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy hold a summit in London where the two leaders sign a treaty allowing for joint development and testing of nuclear warhead sand outline plans for a joint army expeditionary force.
*Surjit Patar got the Saraswati Samman 2009 Award.
*Ashok Kumar won the DLF Masters Golf Championship
*Pankaj Adwani won the 5th National Snooker Title
*Sikkim has the highest suicide rate
*US Ambassador to India : Timothy J Roemer .
*New president of Rwanda : Paul Kagame
*Women's World Boxing Championship : M.C.Mary Kom
*New Loksabha Secretary General : T.K.Vishwanathan
*Dadasaheb Phalke Award2009 : D.Ramanaidu
*Pankaj Adwani won the 5th National Snooker Title
*Sikkim has the highest suicide rate
*Surjit Patar got the Saraswati Samman 2009 Award.
*Ashok Kumar won the DLF Masters Golf Championship
*Rajasthan got the e-India Award 2010
*Dr.Manmohan Singh got the World Statesman Award.
*On 5-09-10,U.S.Postal Service issued 44-centstamp commemorating a nun who served sick&destitute of India for 50 years.Name ofthat nun?Mother Teresa
*Which animal will be declared as national heritage animal of India in order to step up measures for its protection?
Elephant.
*2016 Olympics : Rio de Janerio.
34th National Games will be held in Jharkhand in December.
2014 Commonwealth Games:Scotland.
TPF: Trade Policy Forum
*Tamil Nadu has the maximum number of Deemed Universities.
*Albania and Croatia joined NATO on completion of 60 years of existence.
*COAL INDIA ltd listed on the Stock Exchange.
*IPO: Initial Public Offer.
*FPO: Follow On Public Offer.
*Primary Market: Getting shares through IPO or FPO
*A.R.Rehman had won the 'Grass Root Grammy' award of America
* Haryana: 1st State to get Mobile no Portability(MNP).
* DoT:Deptt of Telecom.
*.ThePrime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron and the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy hold a summit in London where the two leaders sign a treaty allowing for joint development and testing of nuclear warhead sand outline plans for a joint army expeditionary force.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Written Exam of BANK OF INDIA (31-10-10)

1. Khel ratna 2010 – None of these – Saina Nehwal
2. Dronacharya awards – Sports
3. Booker prize – Literature
4. Sukhoi – fighter plane
5. SHG – Self Help Group
6. Leander Paes & Cara Black Doubles title – Wimbledon
7. Chairman of NHRC – K.G.Balakrishnan
8. 800 Test Wickets – Muralitharan
9. Not in south asia – Brazil
10. Trupti Murgunde – Badminton
11. CAIRN India stake – Vedanta resources
12. Largest recipient of World bank loans – India
13. Tax limit – DTC Bill
14. Not in Core industry – Automobiles
15. Hiroshima Day – 6th August
16. Indira Gandhi National Old age pension scheme – 65 years
17. Rehabilitation of war widows in Sri lanka – SEWA
18. SAARC summit theme - Towards a Green and Happy South Asia
19. Elections in central asia – Kyrgyzstan
20. Cricket Asia cup 2010 – India
21. SCO Summit – Tashkent
22. Micro finance & Equity fund – SIDBI
23. Two states – Chetan Bhagat
24. DIPP - Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
25. Not part of CWG – Golf
26. Biggest supplier of arms to india – Israel
27. Not associated with cricket – Love
28. Banned Foreign investment - Cigarettes
29. Katsuya Okada – Foreign minister of Japan

Monday, November 1, 2010

*Tianhe-I, developed in China, becomes the world's fastest supercomputer ahead of the publication of the TOP500.
*Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party is elected Brazil's first female president.
*Sachin Tendulkar won the People's Choice Award at The Asian Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London.
*Alexandria Mills of the United States crowned as winner of the 2010 Miss World pageant in Sanya,China.
*Commonwealth Bank Of Australia:1st Australian Bank to operate with a full banking license in INDIA(MUMBAI)
*Lincoln Trophy:Volleyball.
*The ChineseTianhe-1A becomes the world's fastest supercomputer.
*Nestor Kirchner,Secretary General of UNASUR and former President of Argentina, dies at age 60.
* The Prime Minister of Barbados,David Thompson, dies in office and is succeeded by Freundel Stuart .
* The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships conclude, with China winning the men's team all-around and Russia winning the women's.
* Iran opened its first nuclear power plant on 21-08-2010 at Bushehr.
* Number of medals won by India in the recently concluded inaugural youth Olympics?8 Medals.(6 silver&2bronze.)
* Which country topped medal chart with a total of 51 medals -- 30 gold, 16 silver and5 bronze in the inaugural youth Olympics heldin Singapore?China
* Spokesperson&editor-in-chief of Wikileaks,website which released over75000 secret US military reports covering war in Afghanistan?Julian Paul Assange
* Kenyan runner who made history, setting a new world record in the 800-meters in the event at an international meet in Berlin, Germany?David Rudisha