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AWARDS 1. Miss World 2012-Wen xia YU(China) 2. Brand Ambassador of BMW-Sachin Tendulkar 3. RGN Sadbhavana Award-D.R. Mehta
4. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award- Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt
5. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor) 6. Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work 'Iram kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas). 7. Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna 8. Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro
10. Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai Internationalfilm festival A.R. Rahman 11. International Gandhi Award-Dr. Caire Veult & Dr. J.D. Samant 12. World Food Prize- Dr. Daniel Hillel(Israeli Scientist) 13. Chameli Devi Jain Award- Tushita Mittal
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1. New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee
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2. Re-elected Vice President-Hamid Ansari
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3. New Union Railway Minister- Mukul Roy 4. New Finance Minister- P Chidambaram 5. New Home Minister-Sushil Kumar Shinde 6. New Power Minister- Veerappa Moily 7. New Aviation Secretary-K N Srivastava 8. New secretary to the Prez of India-Omita Paul 9. New Election Commissioner-S. Nasim Ahmad Zaidi 10. New Chief Election Commissioner-V.S. Sampath 11. New Chief Economic Advisor-Raghuram Rajan
12. New Economic affairs secretary-Arvind Mayaram 13. Science and Technology Minister-Vayalar Ravi 14. New Union Aviation Minister- Ajit Singh
16. LIC new Chairman-D.K Mehrotra 17. New Navy chief-D.K.Joshi
18. New CMD of OICL-Dr. A.K. Saxena 19. New CMD of Union Bank - D. Sarkar 20. New CMD of Syndicate Bank- M.G. Sanghvi 21. New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce- S.L. Bansal
23. New IBA Chairman-Alok Misra
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24. Re-elected Nasscom President: Som Mittal
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22. New Executive Director of PNB-S. R Bansal
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25. New director of IBPS- Anup Sankar Bhattacharya 26. New Coach of Indian Hockey Team-Jack Nobbs 27. New President of FICCI- R.V. Kanoria
28. New President of International Chamber of Commerce India- Harsh Pati Singhania
30. New Director (Works)of Delhi Metro - Jitendar Tyagi
32. US Ambassador to India - Nancy J Powell
33. New CM of Karnataka -Jagadish Shettar (Previous:Sadananda Gowda) 34. New Chief Minister of U.P.- Akhilesh Yadav
35. New Chief Minister of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal 36. New Chief Minister of Goa- Manohar Parikar
38. New Chief Minister of Manipur- Okram Ibobi Singh 39. New CMD of Coal India Limited (CIL) - S Narsing Rao 40. Governor of Andhra Pradesh - E S L Narasimhan (reelect) 41. Governor of Maharashtra - K. Sankaranarayanan(reelect) 42. Governor of Rajasthan-Margaret Alva 43. New Supreme Court Judge- F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla
45. New Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik
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46. New Communication Advisor to the Prime Minister-Pankaj Pachauri
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47. CMD of Coal India Limited S Narsing Rao 48. President of ASSOCHAM- Mr Rajkumar Dhoot 49. Reelected NASSCOM President-Som Mittal 50. Chairman of NASSCOM-N Chandrasekaran 51. Indian High commissioner to U.K. Jaimini Bhagwati 52. TRAI Chairman-Rahul Khullar 53. New Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha-PJ Kurien
APPOINTMENTS - WORLD 1. New PM of Greece - Antonis Samaras 2. New PM of Pak- Raja Pervez Ashraf.
3. New PM of Syria- Wael al-Halki(Replace: Riyad Hijab)
5. New PM of Egypt- Hisham Kandil
6. New President of Egypt- Mohamed Morsi 7. New President of Russia-Vladimir Putin 8. New President of Yemen-A.Mansour Hadi
10. New President of Maldives - Mohamed Waheed
12. President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected)
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13. President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar
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14. New Secretary General of SAARC-Ahmed Saleem 15. New Pakistan High Commissioner to India - Salman Bashir 16. New president of World Bank - Jim Yong Kim (Koreanborn) 17. New CEO of Deutsche Bank-Ravneet Gill 18. New Italian FM-Vittorio Grilli 19. New UN Arab League Envoy for Syria-Lakhdar rahimi
21. ICC President-Allan Isaac(NZ)(Privious-Sharad Pawar) 22. New UN mediator in Syria-Lakhdar Brahimi
PERSONS IN NEWS
2. Bhutanese PM- Jigme Y Thinley 3. Syria President-Bashra-al-Assad
4. U.S Defence Secretary -Leon Pnetta 5. Prime Minister of Singapore- Mr. Lee Hsien Loong
7. Singapore PM-Lee Hsien Loong
9. South Africa President-Jacob Zuma
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8. Brazil President-Dilma Rousseff
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6. Mauritius Prime Minister -Navinchandra Ramgoolam
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1. President of Pakistan- Asif Ali Zardari
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20. President of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (re-elected)
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OBITUARYs
1. Vilas Rao Deshmukh-Union Science and Technology Minister 2. Mehdi hassan-Ghazal legend 3. Dara Singh-Film Actor 4. Rajesh Khanna- Film Actor 5. Ravi Shankar- Music Composer 6. Joy Mukherjee- Film Actor 7. Bingu wa Mutharika-Malawis President 8. Ahmed Ben Bella- first President of Algeria 9. R.H. Patil- First MG of NSE
IMPORTANT ECONOMIC NEWS
1. Current Rate a. Bank Rate 9% b. CRR 4.75% c. SLR 23% d. Repo 8%
e. Reverse Repo 7% f. MSF 9%
growth 9 - 9.5% GDP growth 4% agriculture growth Literacy rate 100%
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Extra Power generation capacity 76000 MW
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2. 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) Theme Faster, sustainable and more inclusive
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3. 11th Five year plan recorded 8.2% GDP Growth. Agriculture growth 3.3%
5. Indian banks would need Rs 3,90,000-5,00,000 crore capital over the next six years in the wake of Basel III capital regulations announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). 6. Largest home loan provider - State Bank of India (one lakh crore Rs. to 20 lakh families)
8. Seoul-headquartered Woori Bank has set up its first Indian branch in Chennai. 9. Cheque and Draft is valid for 3 month from 1 April 2012. 10. After SBI and NABARD ownership of National Housing Bank (Now RBI hold 100% share) will be transferred from RBI to Government
Important Organizations and Summits
United Nation Total 193 (Last Member Joined South Sudan) WTO Total 156 (Last Member Joined - Russia) World Bank and IMF Total 188 (Last Member Joined South Sudan) European Union Total 27 (Next member will be Croatia in July 2013) 2. 38th G 8 Meeting 2012 - David camp, USA (Last meeting 2011 Deauville, France) 3. 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 Los Cabos, Mexico
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4. 20th ASEAN Meeting 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia 5. Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro
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4. Basel norms will be implemented in India from 1 January 2013 to 2018 (in world 2013 to 2019)
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6. 12th SCO Summit 2012-Beijing (Next in 2013- Kyrgyzstan) 7. Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq) 8. Nuclear security summit 2012 Seoul (South Korea) 9. 4th BRICS summit - New Delhi 10. 10th BASIC Summit - New Delhi 11. 17th National youth Festival Mangalore (Karnataka) 12. World Economic Forum Davos (Switzerland) 13. World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi 14. Nato Summit-Chikago
15. FM Trilateral Talks(China& India&Russia)-Moscow
IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
Indian boxer Mary Kom to be conferred Lt Colonel rank. Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra Reserve Bank has launched a website explaining ways to detect counterfeit notes. With a tagline 'Pehchano PaiseKi Boli, Kyunki Paisa Bolta Hai',
all households were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry
Himangini Singh crowned Miss Asia Pacific World
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E-stamping to be launched in Delhi 28 June of all denominations.
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Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station is in Rajasthan. Google Buying Meebo To Help Social Networking Push Aung San Suu Kyi Accepts Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late Indias First River-lake link project launched In Bundelkhand Kofi Annan resign as the UN special Envoy to Syria National Housing Bank (NHB) and three others have joined hands to form the country's first mortgage
guarantee firm which has an initial paid up capital of Rs
120 crore. The other members of the joint venture campan are Genworth, Asian Development Bank and International Finance Corporation
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) granted permission to MCX Stock Exchange (MCXSX) to operate as a full-fledged stock exchange 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 will be held in Cochin (Kerala). Last meeting was held in Jaipur. Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced to provide $74.8 million loan to improve road connectivity in the North East states. World Bank approved an 1100 crore rupees loan for Himachal Pradesh to promote green initiatives and sustainable development.
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The main theme of the conference is Bhasha Ki Asmita Aur Hindi Ka Vaishvik Sandarbh.
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9th World Hindi Conference will be held in South African city Johannesburg from 22 to 24 of September this year.
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Home Ministry declined permission to three Iranian banks (Eghtesad-e-Novin, Parsian Bank and Bank Kasargad) to open branches in India.
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South Africas Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the first woman head of African Union (A.U.) Commission.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
2. Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam 3. Diamond Dust & Other Stories- Anita Desai
ABBREVIATION IN NEWS
2. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule
4. DTAA Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
6. EFSF European Financial Stability Facility 7. NPS New Pension Scheme 8. MMRCA Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft
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9. DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation
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5. TIEA Tax Information exchange Agreement
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3. TCS -Tax Collection at Source
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1. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre
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4. My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee
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1. Those were the Day and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani-Mira Govind Advani
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World Bank Sanstions loan for Rural Livelihoods Project in Bihar
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10. GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle 11. ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation 12. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency 13. NDMA National Disaster Management Authority 14. BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa 15. BASIC Brazil, South Africa, India and China
17. MTCR Missile Technology Control Regim 18. NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group
19. IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
20. CEPA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement 21. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
23. PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle
24. ICBM Inter-continental Ballistic missile 25. CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 26. IDF Infrastructure Debt Fund 27. CRIS Comparative Rating Index for Sovereign 28. GRAIL Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
30. NCHRH - National Commission for Human Resources for Health
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31. FII Foreign Institutional Investor
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29. NCHER National Commission for Higher Education and Research
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22. FIPB Foreign Investment Promotion board
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16. PPP Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity
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32. DII Domestic Institutional Investor 33. GST Goods and Services Tax 34. DTC Direct Tax Code 35. MPLADS MP Local Area Development Scheme 36. FCNRA Foreign Currency Non Resident account 37. MFI - Micro Finance Institutions 38. MFDC Micro Finance Development Council 39. TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 40. CIC - Central Information Commission
41. BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India
42. SAARC - South-Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 43. ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation
45. NLD National League for Democracy 46. MSF Marginal Standing Facility
47. MIRV - Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entryVehicle 48. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings 49. NHRC - National Human Rights Commission 50. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer
52. NIA - National Investigation Agency
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53. S&P - Standard and Poors
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51. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement
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44. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Aghanistan-Pakistan-India
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54. RGSSBY- Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana. 55. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India. 56. SRO- Self Regulatory Organisation. 57. TDSAT- Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal. 58. BTIA -Broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreeme
London Olympics 2012 (This is the 30th summer Olympics) Highest Medal Tally : 1st. US : 104 Medals (46 G+29 S+ 29 B)
2nd China : 88 Medals (38 G+27 S+ 23 B)
Next: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016 Indias Medal in London Olympics
Euro Cup-2012 Venue- Spain; Winner-Spain; Runner-Italy Azlan Shah cup Venue: Malaysia Winner-NZ; Runner-Argentina; 3rd Place-India
Men Double-Max Mirnyi(Belarus) and Danial Nestor(Canada)bt Bob and Mike Bryan(USA) Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) bt Maria Kirileko and Nadia
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Petrova(Russia)
Wimbledon mixed doubles Winner-Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond
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French Open Men Single: Rafael Nadal(Spain) bt Novak Djokovic(Serbia)
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Indias Position 55th : 6 M(2 S +4 B) Womens Hockey- Netherlands bt Argentina
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Runner-Leander Paes-Elena Vesnina
Saina Nehwal Bronze Badminton Women's singles Mary Kom Bronze Boxing,
Indonesia Open SingleVenue: Jakarta; Winner-Saina Nehwal Runner :Li Xuerui(China)
Some more Useful questions for IBPS RRB Exam
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Who is the deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India who's term was extended recently? Answer : Dr. K.C. Chakrobarty
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Where is the worlds largest temple is going to be built by Mahavir Mandir trust? Answer : Bihar
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The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESACAP) is associated with which organization ? Answer : UNO
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Name the PM of singapore who was on a three day visit to India in July? Answer : Lee Hsien Loong
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided assistance of how many USD aid to India? Answer: $6.25 billion
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Women'sflyweight Yogeshwar Dutt Bronze Wrestling Men's 60 kg Freestyle Sushil Kumar Silver Wrestling Men's 66 kg Freestyle
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Thailand Open Grand Prix Single Name Medel Sport Event Gagan Narang Bronze Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle Vijay Kumar Silver Shooting Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol
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Tallest residential building princess tower located at ? Answer : Dubai Worlds richest lady according to business review weekly ? Answer : Gina Rinehart
What is the position of India in cyber crime according to report given by SDA? Answer: fifth place
Where will be the 46th Asian Development Bank Meeting of 2013 will be held? Answer: New Delhi
What is the name of the TAPI gas pipeline project (TGPP) which originate from the Turkmenistan reaches to India via Afghanistan and Pakistan? Answer: Peace pipeline Whose death anniversary is observed as the Anti Terrorism Day? Answer: Rajiv Gandhi
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What is name of the newfound moon of the ex-planet Pluto? Answer : P5
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Where was the statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled recently? Answer: South Africa
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Which country will host the Fourth Edition of Champions League Twenty20 Cricket Tournament? Answer : South Africa
Osmania University Ranked ______ in the top 121 Universities in the country according to Nielsen survey Answer: 6th The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hopes to Establish Deflouridation Plants in which states? Answer : A.P & Rajasthan At which place the World Wildlife Fund summit is going to be held ? Answer: Brazil Which state govt's has issued Samajik Mukti smart cards for workers in unorganised sector? Answer: West Bengal Where was the NATO summit 2012 held for Three days recently ? Answer: Chicago
Who is the person from India got the prestigious International Jurists award? Answer : Mulayam Singh Yadav
Who has been awarded the first Tagore Award for cultural harmony ? Answer : Pt Ravi Shankar
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Rahul Battachary who is an Indian won British friction prize on ? Answer: Literature
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Who awarded in 65th cannes film festival as best actor ? Answer: Mads Mikkelsen
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Who had been awarded Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award? Answer : Miss Vinya Mishra & Sushma Seth
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Who had won the World Snooker Title for 2012 held at Sheffield? Answer: Ronnie OSullivan
What is the new national record set by Krishna Poonia atTrack crew Throwdown Meet recently in Hawaii? Answer : 64.76m Who had won the World Cup Title recently held at Antalya, Turkey? Answer: Deepika Kumari
Who had won the Madrid Mens Open title held at Madrid , Spain recently? Answer: Roger Federar
Sania-Mattek pair recently won which title? Answer: Brussel open Title Who won orange cap in IPL-5 ? Answer : Chris Gale (RCB) The total 6s in th IPL are Answer: 728
Formulae one Manacco Grand pix won by ? Answer: Mark Weber The winner of thomas cup in London olympics is ? Answer: Lin danled(china)
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Grand master Anand belongs to which state in India? Answer: Chennai
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Chattisgarh girls and boys clinch the National titles in which game ? Answer : Basket ball
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Jet airways tied up with which bank recently to launch credit cards ? Answer : HDFC Bank
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Who had won the National Junior Boxing championship for 2012 Answer: Manjeet Singh
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Which state topped the list of highest per capita income in the country with 1,92,652 rupees? Answer: Goa Who is the new president of Russia recently taken sworn? Answer : Vladimir Putin The Hamburg harbour celebrates how many years recently? Answer: 823 years
Which company become number one mobile company in the world? Answer: Samsung
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Pakistan test fired Nuclear capable _______ Missile ? Answer: Hatf9
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Andhrapradeshs high court invalidated which % sub-quato for Minority? Answer: 4.5%
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India made dozen agreements with which country recently? Answer: Myanmar
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Which country had discovered petroleum recently? Answer: Bangladesh
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Name the Vatican Envoy to India and Nepal, who inaugurated A.P Mission Congress? Answer : Sarvotore Pennacchio
Which country has launched TMA-04M rocket recently? Answer: Russia India test fired the which type of Akash Missile recently? Answer: Surface to air
Who is Snooker champion announced his retirement recently? Answer : Stephen Hendry Who is the Indian American scientist quits from top energy post recently? Answer : Apunava Majumdar Who is vice president and CCO of infosys Bpo reginesed recently? Answer: Ritesh Idnani
Who is the democracy Icon in Myanmar ,first visit to abroad in 24years is ? Answer: Aung san suu kyi Who is the present president of myanmar ? Answer: Theinsein
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The laughter day is celebrated on which day?
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Who is the EU Ambassador to India visited Nagaland to interact with chamber of commerce and industry recently? Answer: Joao Cravinho
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Who is the Afghan peace negotiator shot dead recently? Answer : Arsalan Rahmani Daulat
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Answer: First Sunday of May every month Anti tobacco day is celebrated on which day? Answer : May 31st Who is the author of the book Harbinger of Social Justic ? Answer: Sarah Booth Where was the 47th IAC committee meeting of NDA held? Answer: Khadakwasla
Reflections of a Statesman book was written on whose life history ? Answer : R.Venkataraman
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Commemorative Postage Stamp of which president was released to mark the birth centenary recently? Answer : R.Venkataraman
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In which country the Industrial Canton Fair is going to be held? Answer : China
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Who had won the 11th Asian Billiards championship held in Goa recently? Answer : Pankaj Advani
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Who is the first woman wrestler to be qualified for the Olympics afterwinning gold in Astana recently? Answer : Geeta Kumari
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Novack Djikivic world no-1 defeated whom to claim the Miami masters title in the final held in Florida? Answer : Andy Murrey
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Which award has been presented to Lt.Gen.Bikram Singh? Answer : Gallantry Award
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Who is the Democratic leader of Myanmar awarded with Sukarno Prize for creation of Democracy in the country? Answer : Aung San Suu Kyi
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Where was the Archery World Cup Stage-I games held recently? Answer : Shanghai Who had won the Mens Single Asian Badminton Championship recently? Answer : Chen Jin
According to the World Economic Outlook report what is the lowered economic growth of India in 2012? Answer : 6.9% What is name of the Worlds first flying car ? Answer : Terrafugia
Where was the new ISRO spy satellite centre was launched recently? Answer : Sriharikota In which place India has successfully carried out the AWACS test flight recently? Answer : Brazil
What is the name of the stealth frigate which was inducted into navy recently? Answer : INS Teg Who is the new special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan? Answer : Amarendra Khatua
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Answer : Sultan Abdul Halim Who had been appointed as UNHCR special envoy recently? Answer : Angelina Jolie Who had been appointed as the President of World Heart Federation ? Answer : Dr.Srinath Reddy
Lucas Papademos is president of which country resigned recently due to early elections in the country? Answer : Greece Who is the president of Mali resigned recently? Answer : Amadov Toumani Toure
What is the name of Jordan Prime minister who resigned recntly? Answer : Awn aL Khasawneh Who is the legendary newsman popular CBS 60Minutes programmer died recently? Answer : Mike Wallace Who is president of Malawi died of heart attack recently? Answer : Binju Wa Mutharika
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Which organisation has became the heritage of the sank Titanic ship 100 years ago? Answer : UNESCO
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What is the name of the worlds highest tunnel bridge located in China? Answer : Aizhai Under whom the two member Adarsh Judicial Commission was set up by the Maharashtra Government? Answer : N.N.Kumbahar
Aung San Suu Kyi who recently won in Myanmar parliament elections, belongs to which political party? Answer : Nation League for Democracy (NLD) The US Govenment announced an additional 12.2 million aid to which country recently? Answer : Syria Who is the Chief of Laskhar e-Taiba, a reward money of $10 million has been announced on him by America? Answer : Hafiz Saeed Which type of Asprin was invented by the scientist to fight against Cancer? Answer: Gas-filled Who is the new M.D for Hyundai Motors India , who was appointed recently? Answer: Bo Shin Seo Who is the New President of Germany , who has been elected recently? Answer: Joachin Gauck Who is the new Railway minister for UPA Government ? Answer: Mukhul Roy Who is the Railway minister , who had resigned recently from the cabinet for raising the railway fares ? Answer: Dinesh Trivedi Who is the philanthropist who died recently, vice chairman of Sankar foundation? Answer: Sankar Rao
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IBPS RRB (Regional Rural Banks) Common written Examination

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1. New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee

2. Re-elected Vice President-Hamid Ansari

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16. LIC new Chairman-D.K Mehrotra 17. New Navy chief-D.K.Joshi

23. New IBA Chairman-Alok Misra

24. Re-elected Nasscom President: Som Mittal

22. New Executive Director of PNB-S. R Bansal

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15. New CEO of Prasar Bharti Jawhar Sircar

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30. New Director (Works)of Delhi Metro - Jitendar Tyagi

32. US Ambassador to India - Nancy J Powell

45. New Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik

46. New Communication Advisor to the Prime Minister-Pankaj Pachauri

44. Next Army chief of India-Lt. General Bikram Singh.

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37. New Chief Minister of Uttrakhand- Vijay Bahuguna

31. New Director-General of Indian Coast Guard- M.P.Muralidharan

29. New CMD of GIC A.K.Roy

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3. New PM of Syria- Wael al-Halki(Replace: Riyad Hijab)

5. New PM of Egypt- Hisham Kandil

10. New President of Maldives - Mohamed Waheed

12. President of Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega (re-elected)

13. President of Guyana - Donald Ramotar

11. New President of Malawi - Joyce Banda

9. New President of Germany - Joachim Gauck

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4. New PM of France-Jean Marc Ayrault

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2. Bhutanese PM- Jigme Y Thinley 3. Syria President-Bashra-al-Assad

7. Singapore PM-Lee Hsien Loong

9. South Africa President-Jacob Zuma

8. Brazil President-Dilma Rousseff

6. Mauritius Prime Minister -Navinchandra Ramgoolam

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1. President of Pakistan- Asif Ali Zardari

20. President of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (re-elected)

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IMPORTANT ECONOMIC NEWS

1. Current Rate a. Bank Rate 9% b. CRR 4.75% c. SLR 23% d. Repo 8%

e. Reverse Repo 7% f. MSF 9%

growth 9 - 9.5% GDP growth 4% agriculture growth Literacy rate 100%

Extra Power generation capacity 76000 MW

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7. Top three according to per capita income: - Goa, Delhi, Haryana.

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15. FM Trilateral Talks(China& India&Russia)-Moscow

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all households were provided banking facilities, it is situated in Pondicherry

Himangini Singh crowned Miss Asia Pacific World

E-stamping to be launched in Delhi 28 June of all denominations.

M S Dhoni becomes brand ambassador of cricket in Nepal

Mangalam village became the first village in India where

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