Bank~> BANK RATE :

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

Rate is the rate at which central bank of the country (RBI) allows finance to
commercial banks. Bank Rate is a tool, which RBI uses for short-term
purposes. Any upward revision in Bank Rate by RBI is an indication that
banks should also increase deposit rates as well as Base Rate / Benchmark
Prime Lending Rate. Thus any revision in the Bank rate indicates that it is
likely that interest rates on your deposits are likely to either go up or go down.
Bank Rate in India is decided by RBI. At present Bank Rate is 9%.

~> CRR RATE :
**************
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.

~> REPO RATE :
***************
Repo Rate is the rate at which commercial banks borrow rupees 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.

~> REVERSE REPO RATE :
************************
Reverse Repo rate is the rate of interest at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
borrows money from commercial banks in the short
term.. Commercial Banks are always happy to lend money to RBI since their
money are 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 high interest rates. It
can cause the money to be drawn out of the banking system. Due to this fine
tuning of RBI using its tools of CRR, Bank Rate, Repo Rate and Reverse Repo.
VARIOUS RATES AT GLANCE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bank Rate------------ 10.25%
CRR -------------------4.0%
SLR------------------- 23.0%
Repo Rate ------------7.25%
Reverse Repo Rate--- 6.25%
MSF Rate ------------- 10.25%


IMPORTANT VENUES OF SPORTS TOURNAMENTS
******************************
***************
* 2013 World Chess Championship -India
* 2014 Asian Games - Incheon (S.korea)
* 2014 Commonwealth Games -Glasgow
(Scotland)
* 2014 World Cup Football - Brazil
* 2013 Confederation Cup -Brazil
* 2016 - Euro Cup - France
* 2015 World Cup cricket -Australia & Newzealand
* 2014 20 -20 world cup - Bangladesh
* 2016 Summer Olympics - Rio De Janeiro(Brazil)
* 2014 Winter Olympics - Sochi (Russia)
* 2014 Youth Olympics - Nanjing (china)
* 2014 Hockey world Cup Hague

~~ Headquarters of Various Nationalized Banks ~~
1. Headquarters of Union Bank of India = Mumbai
2. Headquarters of Bank of India = Mumbai
3. Headquarters of Central Bank of India = Mumbai
4. Headquarters of Dena Bank = Mumbai
5. Headquarters of Allahabad Bank = Kolkata
6. Headquarters of Indian Overseas Bank = Chennai
7. Headquarters of Indian Bank = Chennai
8. Headquarters of Vijaya Bank = Bangalore
9. Headquarters of Punjab National Bank = New Delhi
10. Headquarters of Oriental Bank of Commerce = New Delhi
11. Headquarters of Punjab and Sind Bank = New Delhi
12. Headquarters of Bank of Baroda = Vadodhara
13. Headquarters of State bank of Travancore = Thiruvananthapuram
14. Headquarters of Andhara Bank = Hyderabad
15. Headquarters of Syndicate Bank = Manipal, Karnataka
16. Headquarters of Corporation Bank = Mangalore
17. Headquarters of Canara Bank =>> Bangalore

>>> IMPORTANT HEADS <<<
***********************
Chairman, IRDA T. S. Vijayan
Chairman, LIC S.K. Roy
President, FICCI Naina Lal Kidwai
Chairman, TRAI - Rahul Khullar
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)-PradeepKumar
Director, CBI Ranjit Sinha
Chariman, CCI Ashok Chawla
President, ASSOCHAM -Raj kumar Dhoot
President, NASSCOM - R Chandrashekhar
Chairman, NASSCOM -KrishnakumarNatarajan
Director, BARC -Dr. Shekhar Basu
Director, DRDO - Avinash Chander
Secretary, Department of AtomicEnergy (DAE) - R KSinha
Chief Information Commissioner(CIC) -Satyanand Mishra
Chairman, ISRO - Dr. KRadhakrishnan
Chairperson, CBDT SudhaSharma
Chairman, SEBI - U K Sinha
Chief, Intelligence Bureau SaiyadAsif Ibrahim
Director, NCERT - Prof. P Sinclair
Governor, RBI Dr. RaghuramRajan.(New Declared)
MD, NSE Chitra Ramakrishna
President, ADB - Takehiko Nakao
MD, BSE Ashish Chauhan
Chariman, University GrantCommission VedPrakash
Chief, Indian Airforce NormanAnilKumarBrowne
MD, IMF Christine Lagarde
Director General, WHO Margarate Chan
Chairman, NABARD PrakashBakshi
Chief, Indian Army Bikram Singh
President, World Bank Jim YongKim
Chairman, UPSC D. P. Agarwal
Chief, RAW Alok Joshi
CEO, IFC Jim Yong Cai
Chief, Indian Navy Devendra Kumar Joshi
Chairman, National
FilmDevelopmentCorporation(NFDC)- Ramesh Sippy

UPDATES USEFUL FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. Present Attorney General=>> Goolam Essaji Vahanvati

2. Present Solicitor General=>> Mohan
Parasaran

3. Present Comptroller and Auditor General=>> Shashi Kant Sharma

4. Present Army Chief =>> Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh

5. Present Chief of Air staff=>>Norman Anil Kumar Browne

6. Present Chief of Naval Staff=>> Devendra Kumar Joshi

7. Present Chief Election Commissioner =>> V. S. Sampath

8. Present National Human Rights
Commission,Chairman=>> K.G Balakrishnan

9. Present National Commission for Woman, Chairperson =>> Mamta Sharma

10. Present Chief Information
Commissioner=>>Sathyanand Mishra

11. present Finance Commission,
Chairman=>>Y.V.Reddy

12. Present ISRO, chairman=>> Dr. k.
Radhakrishnan

13. present SEBI chairman =>>UKSinha

14. present Supreme Court ChiefJustice of India =>> P. Sathasivam

15. chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) =>> Alok Joshi

16. chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) =>> Syed Asif Ibrahim
17. Who is the new chief of CBI? Answer: Ranjit Sinha

Who's Who of Important Posts in India and Abroad
************************************************

Q1: Who is Finance Minister of India? --- P. Chidambaram
Q2: Who is Governor of RBI ------Dr Duvvuri Subbarao
Q3: Who is Chairman of SBI -------- Prateep Chaudhary
Q4: Who is MD & CEO of ICICI Bank? --- Ms Chanda D. Kochhar
Q5: Who is Chairman of IBA ----K R Kamath
Q6: What is SEBI chief ? -------- U K Sinha
Q7: Who is President of World Bank ? ----- Dr Jim Young Kim
Q8: Who is Chairman of Planning Commission? -Manmohan Singh
Q9: Who is Vice Chairman of Planning Commission? --Monek Singh Ahluwalia
Q10: Who is Chairman of 14th Finance Commission---Y V Reddy (Former
Governor of RBI)
Q11: Who is MD of International Monetary Fund?--- Christine Lagarde (from
France)
Q12: Who is President of India -- Pranab Mukherjee
Q13: Who is Vice President of India---- Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Q14: Who is Comptroller Auditor General of India?--Shashi Kant Sharma (wef
23/5/2013) (Earlier it was Vinod K Rai)
Q15: Who is Chairman of Rajya Sabha ---Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Q16: Who is speaker of Lok Sabha ---Ms Meira Kumar
Q17: Who is Chief Justice of India ---P. Sathasivam (wef 19/7/2013; Earlier
CJI was Altamas Kabir)
Q18: Who is Attorney General of India ---Goolam E Vahanvati
Q19: Who is Solicitor General of India -- Mohan Parasaran
Q20: Who is Chief Election Commissioner of India--- V S Sampath



* Heads of important international organizations: World

1. Who is the president of International
Meteorological Organization? Answer:Alexander Bedritskiy

2. who is the secretary general ofAsean?
Answer:Surin Pitsuwan

3. Who is the Director-General of UNESCO?
Answer:Irina Bokova

4. Who is the Secretary General of NATO?
Answer:Anders Rasmussen

5. Who is the President of the European Union ?
Answer:Herman Van Rompuy

6. Who is the head of the African Union Commission ? answer:Nkosazana Dlamini-
Zuma

7. Who is the Executive Director of UN Women ?
Answer:Michelle Bachelet

8. Who is Head of World Health Organization ?
Answer:Margaret Chan

9. Who is the Managing Director of IMF?
Answer:Christine Lagarde

10. Who is the President of the World Bank?
Answer:Jim Yong Kim



1.What is the minimum strength of a State Legislative Assembly?
Ans. 60

2. India is the third developing country to host the 2010 commonwealth
Games. The other two are :
Ans. Malaysia & Jamaica

3. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is appointed by the :
Ans. President of India

4. Article 370 of the Indian constitution deals with :
Ans. The special position of the state of Jammu and Kashmir

5. The Supreme commander of the Defence Forces of India is :
Ans. The President of India

6. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
Ans. Tapti

7. The Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of :
Ans. Assam

8. How many major ports are there at present in India?
Ans. 12

9. The earth revolves round the sun and its causes :
Ans. Changes of seasons

10. Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in :
Ans. Angles from the Equator

11. The earth is :
ans. Oblate Spheroid

12. Day and Night are equal at the:
Ans. Poles

13. The heaviest planet revolving round the sun is :
Ans. Jupiter

14. The biggest Planet is :
Ans. Jupiter


~~ Some Fact Questions About RBI ~~

1. When did Reserve Bank of India (RBI) formed?
Answer: 1935 april 1
2. When did Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Nationalised ?
Answer: 1949
3. Where was the first Headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?
Answer: Kolkata
4. When did the Headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) moved to Mumbai
?
Answer: 1937
5. Who was the First Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor ?
Answer: Sir Osborne Smith
6. Who was the first Indian RBI Governor ?
Answer: C.D.Deshmukh
* 7. Which Commission recommended the formation of Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) ?
Answer: Hilton Young Commission (Royal commission)
* 8. Which is the central bank in India ?
Answer: RBI
* 9. Which bank is known as Banker's Bank ?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
* 10. Who introduced the Banking Ombudsman Scheme ?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India


Heads of Important Organizations

Friends, here is the list of Important
Organizations along with their Heads. We hope this will be helpful for you in
upcoming competitive exams. We will try to update this list whenever we notice
any changes required.

Please use the comments section below if you have any suggestions / additions
/ corrections.

All the best and Happy Reading

Chairman, IRDA T. S. Vijayan

Chairman, LIC S.K. Roy

President, FICCI Naina Lal Kidwai

Chairman, TRAI - Rahul Khullar

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) -Pradeep Kumar

Director, CBI Ranjit Sinha

Chariman, CCI Ashok Chawla

President, ASSOCHAM -Rajkumar Dhoot

President, NASSCOM - R. Chandrashekhar

Chairman, NASSCOM -Krishna kumar Natarajan

Director, BARC -Dr. Shekhar Basu

Director, DRDO - Avinash Chander

Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) - R K Sinha

Chief Information Commissioner(CIC) -
Satyanand Mishra

Chairman, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) - Ramesh Sippy

Chairman, ISRO - Dr. K Radhakrishnan

Chairperson, CBDT Sudha Sharma

Chairman, SEBI - U K Sinha

Chairman, NABARD -Dr. Prakash Bakshi

Chief, Intelligence Bureau Saiyad Asif Ibrahim

Director, NCERT - Prof. P Sinclair

Governor, RBI Dr. Raghuram Rajan.

MD, NSE Chitra Ramakrishna

President, ADB - Takehiko Nakao

MD, BSE Ashish Chauhan

Chariman, University Grant Commission Ved Prakash

Chief, Indian Airforce Norman Anil Kumar Browne

CEO, IFC Jim Yong Cai

Chief, Indian Navy Devendra Kumar Joshi

MD, IMF Christine Lagarde

Director General, WHO Margarate Chan

Chairman, NABARD Prakash Bakshi

Chief, Indian Army Bikram Singh

President, World Bank Jim Yong Kim

Chairman, UPSC D. P. Agarwal

1.Which is the First Bank in India ?
Answer: Bank of Hindustan
2. Which is the first Bank managed by Indians ?
Answer: Oudh Commercial Bank
3. Which is the first bank started with Indian capital (Indian owned bank) ?
Answer: Punjab National Bank
4. Which is the first foreign Bank in India ?
Answer: Chartered Bank
5. Which is the first bank to get ISO certificate ?
Answer: Canara Bank
6. Which is the first bank in India to start its branches outside India ?
Answer: Bank of India
7. Which is the first bank in India to introduce ATM ?
Answer: H.S.B.C bank
8. Which is the oldest public bank in India ?
Answer: Allahabad Bank
9. Which is the paper used for making Indian currency ?
Answer: Rag
10. The currency of IMF is known as ?
Answer: SDR ( Special Drawing Rights )
11. Which is known as Artificial currency or Paper Gold ?
Answer: SDR
12. Which is the Biggest public bank in India ?
Answer: SBI
13. What was the old name of State Bank Of India ?
Answer: Imperial Bank of India
14. Which bank has the most branches in India ?
Answer: SBI
15. Which Committee recommended the formation of State Bank of India ?
Answer: Gorwala committee
16. Where is the headquarters of SBI ?
Answer: Mumbai
17. Which is the biggest commercial bank in India ?
Answer: State Bank of India
18. Who is the present Chairman of SBI ?
Answer: Pratip Chaudhuri
19. Which is the largest private sector bank in~India ?
Answer: ICICI
20. Which is the first universal bank in India ?
Answer: ICICI


>> CUPS & TROPHIES ASSOCIATED WITH GAMES (INDIA) <<
**********************************************
Agarwal Cup : Badminton
Agha Khan Cup : Hockey
All-India Womens Guru Nanak
Championship : Hockey
Bandodkar Trophy : Football
Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup : Basketball
Barna-Bellack Cup : Table Tennis
Beighton Cup : Hockey
Bombay Gold Cup : Hockey
Burdwan Trophy : Weight-lifting
Charminar Trophy : Athletics
Chadha Cup : Badminton
C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket
Chakoia Gold Trophy : Football
Divan Cup : Badminton
Deodhar Trophy : Cricket
Duleep Trophy : Cricket
D. C. M. Cup : Football
Durand Cup : Football
Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey
Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy : Football (Junior)
Ezra Cup : Polo
F. A. Cup : Football
G. D. Birla Trophy : Cricket
Ghulam Ahmed Trophy : Cricket
Gurmeet Trophy : Hockey
Gura Nanak Cup : Hockey
Gyanuati Devi Trophy : Hockey
Holkar Trophy : Bridge
lrani Trophy : Cricket
I. F. A. Shield : Football
lndira Gold Cup : Hockey
Jawaharlal Challenge : Air Racing
Jaswant Singh Trophy : Best Services Sportsman
Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy : Hockey
Lady Rattan Tata Trophy : Hockey
MCC Trophy : Hockey
Moinuddaula Gold Cup : Cricket
Murugappa Gold Cup : Hockey
Modi Gold Cup : Hockey
Narang Cup : Badminton


Different Technologies & Their Founders.......

1. Google: Larry Page & Sergey Brin
2. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
3. Yahoo: David Filo & Jerry Yang
4. Twitter: Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo
5. Internet: Tim Berners Lee
6. Linkdin: Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue & Koonstantin Guericke
7. Email: Shiva Ayyadurai
8. Gtalk: Richard Wah kan
9. Whats up: Laurel Kirtz
10. Hotmail: Sabeer Bhatia
11. Orkut: Buyukkokten
12. Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales
13. You tube: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley & Jawed Karim
14. Rediffmail: Ajit Balakrishnan
15. Nimbuzz: Martin Smink & Evert Jaap Lugt
16. Myspace: Chris Dewolfe & Tom Anderson
17. Ibibo: Ashish Kashyap
18. OLX: Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda
19. Skype: Niklas Zennstrom,JanusFriis & Reid Hoffman
20. Opera: Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner & Geir lvarsoy
21. Mozilla Firefox: Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross
22. Blogger: Evan Willams

January
Jan 1 ---- Army Medical Corps Establishment Day
Jan 8 ---- African National Congress Foundation Day
Jan 9 ---- Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Jan 10 ---- World Laughter Day
Jan 11 ----Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jan 12 ---- National youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
Jan 15 ---- Army Day
Jan 23 ---- Netaji Subhashchandra Bose's birth anniversary
Jan 25 ---- International Customs Duty Day, India Tourism Day, Indian Voter
Day
Jan 26 ---- Republic Day
Jan 28 ---- Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
Jan 30 ---- (Martyr's day) Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day; World
LeprosyEradication Day
Jan 31 ---- World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
Feb 2 ---- Natinal Day of Srilanka, World Wetlands Day
Feb 5 ---- Kashmir Day (Organised by Pakistan)
Feb 13 ---- Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary
Feb 14 ---- St. Valentine's Day
Feb 24 ---- Central Exise Day

Feb 28 ---- National Science Day
March
Mar 3 ---- Natinal Defence Day
Mar 4 ---- National Security Day
Mar 8 ---- International Women's Day
Mar 9 ---- CISF Raising Day
Mar 12 ---- Mauritius Day; Central Industrial Security Force Day
Mar 15 ---- World Consumer Day
Mar 16 ---- National Vaccination Day
Mar 21 ---- World Forestry Day
Mar 22 ---- World Day of Water
Mar 23 ---- World Meterological Day
Mar 24 ---- World TB Day
Mar 26 ---- Bangaladesh Liberation Day
April
April 1 ---- Orissa Day
April 5 ---- Natinal Meritime Day
April 7 ---- World Health Day
April 13 ---- Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre Day (1919)
April 14 ---- B.R. Ambedkar Remembrance Day
April 18 ---- World Heritage Day
April 22 ---- World Earth Day
April 23 ---- World Books Day
May
May 1 ---- International Labour Day, Maharashtra Day
May 3 ---- International Energy Day
May 8 ---- International Red Cross Day (It is celebraed to commemorate the
birth anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross Organization Jean Henry
Dunant)
May 11 ---- National Technology Day
May 15 ---- International Family Day
May 17 ---- World Telecom Day
May 24 ---- Commonwealth Day
May 31 ---- World No Tobacco Day
June
June 5 ---- World Environment Day
July
July 1 ---- Doctor's Day
July 4 ---- American Independence Day
July 11 ---- World Population Day
July 26 ---- Kargil Victory Day
August
Aug 6 ---- Hiroshima Day
Aug 9 ---- Quit India Movement Day
Aug 12 ---- International youth Day
Aug 14 ---- Pakistan's Independence Day
Aug 15 ---- India's Independence Day
Aug 19 ---- World Photography Day
Aug 20 ---- Sadbhavana Diwas
Aug 29 ---- Sports Day (Dhyanchand's Birth Day)
Aug 30 ---- Small Industry Day
September
Sept 5 ---- Teacher's Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan's Birth Day)
Sept 7 ---- Forgiveness Day
Sept 8 ---- International Literacy Day
Sept 14 ---- Hindi day,World First Aid Day
Sept 16 ---- World Ozone Day
Sept 21 ---- World Alzheimer's day
Sept 25 ---- Social Justice Day
Sept 27 ---- World Tourism Day
October
Oct 1 ---- International Day for the Elderly(UN)
Oct 2 ---- Gandhi Jayanti
Oct 3 ---- World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
Oct 4 ---- World Animal Day
Oct 5 ---- World Teacher's Day
Oct 6 ---- World Wildlife Day, World Food Security Day
Oct 8 ---- Indian Airforce day
Oct 9 ---- World Postal Day
Oct 10 ---- World Mental Health day; National Post Day
Oct 12 ---- World Sight day
Oct 13 ---- World Calamty Control Day(UN)
Oct 14 ---- World Standard Day
Oct 15 ---- World White cane day(guiding the blind)
Oct 17 ---- International poverty
Oct 20 ---- National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on that day)
Oct 24 ---- United Nations Day
Oct 30 ---- World Thrift Day
Oct 31 ---- National Integration Day (In memory of Idira Gandhi)
November
Nov 7 ---- Infant Protection day; World Cancer Awareness Day
Nov 9 ---- Legal Service Day
Nov 10 ---- Transport Day
Nov 14 ---- Children's day/ World Diabetics day
Nov 17 ---- Guru Nanak Dev's Birth Anniverrsary
Nov 26 ---- Law Day
Nov 30 ---- Flag Day
December
Dec1 ---- World AIDS Day
Dec 3 ---- World Disability Day
Dec 4 ---- Navy Day
Dec 7 ---- Armed Force Flag Day
Dec 10 ---- Human Rights day
Dec 11 ---- UNICEF Day
Dec 14 ---- National Energy Conservation Day
Dec 19 ---- Goa's Liberation day
Dec 23 ---- Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day)



>>> TAG LINES OF VARIOUS BANKS <<<
*******************************
1] Allahabad Bank : A tradition of trust
2] Andhra Bank : For all your needs
3] Bank of Baroda : India's International bank
4] Bank of India : Relationships beyond Banking
5] Bank of Maharastra : One Family one bank
6] Canara Bank : Together we can
7] Corporation Bank : Our Premier govt of India
Enterprise
8] Dena Bank : Trusted Family Bank
9] Indian bank : Taking Banking Technology to Common Man
10] IDBI : Banking for all
11] OBC : where every individual is committed
12] Indian Overseas Bank : Good People to grow
with
13] PNB : The name you can trust upon 14] Punjab and Sind Bank : where
service is a way of
life
15 SBI : Nations banks on us; Pure Banking Nothing
Else; With you all the way
16] Syndicate bank : Your Faithful And Friendly
Financial Partner 17] Union bank of India : Good People to bank with
18] United bank of India : The Bank that begins with
19] Union Cooperative bank : Owners your trust
20] Vijaya Bank : A friend you can bank upon
21] Federal Bank : Your Perfect Banking Partner
22] HDFC : We Understand Your World
23] Yes
Bank : Experience our expertise
24] Central Bank of India : Build A Better Life Around
Us
25] J & K Bank : Serving to Empower





1. Who wrote the song "Saare jahan se acha" ?
Answer: Muhammad Iqbal

2. Who give music to the song "Saare jahan se acha" ?
Answer :Pandit Ravi Shankar

3. Which is the worldsoldest news agency?
Answer :AFP (Agence France Press)

4. What is the chemical name of Tear Gas ?
Answer:Chloro acetophenone

5. Which is the only hobby recognized by the United Nations?
Answer:Ham Radio

6. What is the national flower of Pakistan?
Answer:Jasmine

7. What is the scientific name of Cockroach?
Answer :Periplaneta americana

8. What is the unit of luminous intensity?
Answer :Candela

9. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open men's title ?
Answer:Andy Murray

10. Who is the winner of 2012 Us open women's title ?
Answer:Serena Williams

11. Which famous writer is known as Father of Snow Golf?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling

12. How many Schedules are there in the Indian Constitution?
Answer:12

13. Which planet is known as Red planet?
Answer: Mars

14. Which European countries are separated by Market Reef?
Answer: Finland and Sweden

15. Who is the author of Panchtantra?
Answer: Vishnu Sharma

16. Which is the coldest planet in solar system ?
Answer: Neptune

17. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was built with the collaboration of _____
?
Answer: Germany

18. The Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was built with the collaboration of
_____ ?
Answer: Britain

19. The Bhilai Steel Plant in Chattisgarh was built with the collaboration of
_____ ?
Answer: Russia

20. Who is the first and only Muslim lady ever to rule the throne of Delhi ?
Answer: Razia Sultana

21.Who composed the national anthem of Bangladesh (Amar sona bangla)?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

22. Who wrote the book Planned economy for India?
Answer: M. Visvesvaraya (He is known as father of Indian planning, his
birthday September 15 is
observed as Engineer's Day in India )

23. Which is the oldest sports in the world?
Answer: Archery( It is the national sports of Bhutan)

24. What is the normal duration of Hockey game?
Answer: 70 Minutes

25. Which Minor Rock Edict of Asoka describes the conquest of Kalinga by
Asoka ?
Answer: No. XIII (13)

26. Who is the author of Joy of Numbers?
Answer : Shakuntala Devi

27. Who is the creator of the painting The Potato Eaters?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh

28 .Folketing is the parliament of which country ?
answer: Denmark

* 29. What s the chemical name of Lime stone?
Answer: Calcium Carbonate

< Revolutions in India >
~~>Green revolution (1966-67) -Food grains Production (especially Wheat/Rice)
~~>White Revolution- Milk Production
~~>Yellow Revolution - Oilseed Production
~~>Grey Revolution - Fertilizer Production
~~>Blue Revolution - Fish Production
~~>Red Revolution - Meat / Tomato Production
~~>Round revolution - Potato Production
~~>Silver Revolution - Egg Production / Poultry
~~>Pink Revolution - Prawn Fish production
~~>Golden Revolution - Fruit Revolution
~~>Brown Revolution - Non-Conventional Energy sources
~~>Black Revolution - Bio-diesel Production for self sufficiency in Petroleum &
Mineral Oil
~~>Food-Chain Revolution - To double the average income of Indian farmers by
2010


~~~~Some committee~~~~

1. BD Shah Committee: Stock Lending Scheme

2. BD Thakar Committee: Job Criteria In Bank Loans (Approach)

3. Bhagwati Committee: Unemployment

4. Bhagwati Committee: Public Welfare

5. Bhave Committee: Share Transfer Reforms

6. Bhide Committee: Coordination Between Commercial Banks And SFC's

7. Bhootlingam Committee: Wage, Income & Prices

8. C Rao Committee: Agricultural Policy

9. CE Kamath Committee: Multi Agency Approach In Agricultural Finance


IMPORTANT SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits

4th BRICS Summit 2012 New Delhi, India
5th BRICS Summit 2013 Durban, South Africa

G-8 Annual Summits Group of Eight (G8) Countries France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia.

37th G8 Meeting 2011 Deauville, France
38th G8 Meeting 2012 David camp, USA
39th G8 Summit 2013 County Fermanagh, UK
40th G8 Summit 2014 Russia

G-20 Summits

7th G 20 Meeting 2012 Los Cabos, Mexico
8th G 20 Meeting 2013 Saint Petersburg, Russia
9th G 20 Meeting 2014 Brisbane, Australia

SAARC Summits SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

17th SAARC Summit 2011 Addu, Maldives
18th SAARC Summit 2013 Kathmandu,Nepal

ASEAN Summits ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation

19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) Bali, Indonesia
20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April) Phnom penh, Cambodia
21th ASEAN Summit 2012 (November) Phnom penh, Cambodia

ASEAN-India Summit

9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 Bali, Indonesia
10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia

East Asia Summit (EAS) EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders
meetings.

6th East Asia Summit 2011 Bali, Indonesia
7th East Asia Summit 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia

IBSA Summits IBSA Dialogue Forum - India, Brazil, South Africa.

5th IBSA Summit 2011 Pretoria, South Africa
6th IBSA Summit 2013 India

APEC Summits APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

23rd APEC summit 2011 Honolulu, USA
24th APEC Summit 2012 Vladivostok, Russia
25th APEC Summit 2013 Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia
26th APEC Summit 2014 China
27th APEC Summit 2015 Philippines
28th APEC Summit 2016 Lima, Peru

OPEC Seminars OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 Vienna, Austria
5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 Vienna, Austria

NAM Summits NAM Non-aligned Movement

16th NAM Summit 2012 Tehran, Iran
17th NAM Summit 2015 Caracas,Venezuela

SCO Meetings SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SCO Meeting 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan
SCO Meeting 2012 Beijing, China
SCO Meeting 2013 Kyrgyzstan

NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) international conference on
Afghanistan will be held in Chicago (USA)

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meetings Annual meeting of the board
of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.

ADB Annual Meeting 2012 Manila, Philippines
ADB Annual Meeting 2013 New Delhi, India

WTO Ministerial Conferences
8th WTO Ministerial Conferences2011 Geneva, Switzerland
9th WTO Ministerial Conferences2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia


[Must Read]: Simple Yet Important Computer Abbreviations

* HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
* HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure.
* IP - Internet Protocol.
* URL - Uniform Resource Locator.
* USB - Universal Serial Bus.
* VIRUS - Vital Information Resource UnderSeized.
* 3G -3rd Generation.
* GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication.
* CDMA - Code Divison Multiple Access.
* UMTS - Universal Mobile
Telecommunication System.
* SIM - Subscriber Identity Module .
* AVI = Audio Video Interleave
* RTS = Real Time Streaming
* SIS = Symbian OS Installer File
* AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec
* JAD = Java Application Descriptor
* JAR = Java Archive
* JAD = Java Application Descriptor
* 3GPP = 3rd Generation Partnership Project
* 3GP = 3rd Generation Project
* MP3 = MPEG player lll
* MP4 = MPEG-4 video file
*AAC = Advanced Audio Coding
* GIF= Graphic Interchangeable Format
* JPEG = Joint Photographic Expert Group
* BMP = Bitmap
* SWF = Shock Wave Flash
* WMV = Windows Media Video
* WMA = Windows Media Audio
* WAV = Waveform Audio
* PNG = Portable Network Graphics
* DOC = Document (Microsoft
Corporation)
* PDF = Portable Document Format
* M3G = Mobile 3D Graphics
* M4A = MPEG-4 Audio File
* NTH = Nokia Theme (series 40)
* THM = Themes (Sony Ericsson)
* MMF = Synthetic Music Mobile Application File
* NRT = Nokia Ringtone
* XMF = Extensible Music File
* WBMP = Wireless Bitmap Image
* DVX = DivX Video
* HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
* WML = Wireless Markup Language
* CD -Compact Disk.
* DVD - Digital Versatile Disk.
*CRT - Cathode Ray Tube.
* DAT - Digital Audio Tape.
* DOS - Disk Operating System.
* GUI -Graphical User Interface.
* HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
* IP - Internet Protocol.
* ISP - Internet Service Provider.
* TCP - Transmission Control Protocol.
* UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply.
* HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet
Access.
* EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate for GSM
[GlobalSystem for Mobile Communication] Evolution.
* VHF - Very High Frequency.
* UHF - Ultra High Frequency.
* GPRS - General Packet
Radio Service.
* WAP - Wireless Application
Protocol.
* TCP - Transmission Control
Protocol .
* ARPANET - Advanced Research
Project Agency Network.
* IBM - International Business Machines.
* HP - Hewlett Packard.
*AM/FM - Amplitude/ Frequency Modulation.
* WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network


Q1) What is the name of NASA next mission on Mars, which would be launched
in November, 2013?
Ans : The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN)

Q2) The proposed National Urban Livelihoods Mission, would replace which of
the following existing schemes?
Ans : Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozagar Yojana

Q3) Recently (August 2013), which of the following nations has unveiled
Izumo, the largest warship after World War II?
Ans : Japan

Q4) Green Card refers to an immigration process of becoming a permanent
resident of
which country?
Ans : United Kingdom

Q5) In which of the following states, Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project is located?
Ans : Madhya Pradesh

Q6) Till date, how many Prime Ministers of India got defeated in no-confidence
motion
against them?
Ans : 3 - V P Singh, Deve Gowda and A B Vajapayee.

Q7) In context to Indias defence system, Pinaka is a____?
Ans : Multiple Rocket Launcher

Q8) According to Forbes, who amongthe followings has topped the Forbes List
of Top Paid Female Athlete?
Ans : Maria Sharapova