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►NOBLE PRIZE WINNERS 2014 [1] The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources" [2] The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014: Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy" [3] The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014: John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain" [4] The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014: Patrick Modiano "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation" [5] The Nobel Peace Prize 2014: Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education" [6] The Nobel Prize in Economics 2014: Jean Tirole “for his analysis on market power and regulation.” ►Constituency of Cabinet ministers 1 Narendra Modi- Vadodara- (Gujarat) , (Banaras UP) 2 Rajnath Singh- Lucknow -(Uttar Pradesh) 3 Arun Jaitley- RajyaSabha- (Gujarat) 4 Sushma Swaraj -Vidisha- (Madhya Pradesh) 5 Nitin Gadkari -Nagpur- (Maharashtra) 6 Venkaiah Naidu- RajyaSabha- (Karnataka) 7 D. V. Sadananda Gowda -Bangalore North- (Karnataka) 8 Ram Vilas Paswan- Hajipur- (Bihar) 10 Kalraj Mishra- Deoria- (Uttar Pradesh) 11 Maneka Gandh -Pilibhit- (Uttar Pradesh) 12 Ananth Kuma -Bangalore South- (Karnataka ) 13 Ravi Shankar Prasad -RajyaSabha- (Bihar 14 Ashok Gadpati Raju -Vizianagaram -(Andhra Pradesh) 15 Ananth Geete -Raigad- (Maharashtra) 16 Harsimrat Kaur -Bathinda- (Punjab) 17 Narendra Singh Tomar -Gwalior- (Madhya Pradesh) 18 Jual Oram -Sundargarh- (Odisha)



19 Thawar Chand Gehlot -Rajyasabha- (Madhya Pradesh) 20 Smriti Irani -RajyaSabha- (Gujarat) 21 Uma Bharti -Jhansi- (Uttar Pradesh) 22 Najma Heptullah- RajyaSabha- (Madhya Pradesh) 23 Radha Mohan Singh -Purvi Champaran- (Bihar) 24 Harsh Vardhan -Chandani Chowk- (Delhi) ► Heads of Goverment apex wing (INDIA) ----------------------------------------------------- [1] Chief Election Commissioner of India ---- V. S. Sampath [2] Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission ---- Justice K.G. Balakrishnan [3] Chief Commissioner, Central Information Commission --- Rajiv [4] Chairman, National Commission for Minorities ---- Naseem Ahmed [5] Chairman, National Commission for SC ---- P. L. Punia [6] Chairman, National Commission for ST ---- Rameshwar Oraon [7] Chairperson, National Commission for Women ----- Lalitha Kumaramangalam [8] Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission --- Ratan Kumar Sinha [9] Chairman, ISRO ---- K. Radhakrishnan [10] Chairman, Union Public Service Commission --- Rajni Razdan [11] Chairman, National Knowledge Commission --- Sam Pitroda [12] Chairman, University Grants Commission --- Ved Prakash [13] Chairman, Central Water Commission ---- Ashwin B. Pandya

►15th IIFA Awards

[1]Best Picture - Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra- BhaagMilkha

Bhaag

[2]Best Direction - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

[3]Performance in a Leading Role (Male) - Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

[4]Performance in a Leading Role (Female) - Deepika Padukone - Chennai Express

[5]Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) - Aditya Roy Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Diwani



[6]Performance in a Supporting Role (Female) - Divya Dutta - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

[7]Performance in a Comic Role - Arshad Warsi - Jolly LLB

[8]Performance in a Negative Role - Rishi Kapoor -D-Day

[9]Music Direction - Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari,Jeet Ganguly - Aashiqui 2

[10]Best Story - Prasoon Joshi - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

[11]Lyrics Writer - Mithoon - Song (Tum Hi Ho) - Aashiqui 2

[12]Playback Singer (Male) - Arijit Singh – Song (Tum Hi Ho) - Aashiqui 2

[13]Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghoshal- Song (Sunn Raha Hai) – Aashiqui2

[14]Best Debutant Male – Dhanush – Raanjhanaa

[15]Best Debutant Female - Vani Kapoor - Shudh Desi Romance

[16]Outstanding Contribution by An Indian in the US - Drs. Kiran & Pallavi Patel

[17]Entertainer of the year - Deepika Padukone

[18]Outstanding Contribution To International Cinema -John Travolta

[19]Lifetime Achievement - Shatrughan Sinha

►2014 Commonwealth Games

The 2014 Commonwealth Games (officially the XX Commonwealth Games) were held in Glasgow,

Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014.

It was the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland with around 4,950 athletes from 71 different

nations and territories competing in 18 different sports

Medal Tally:

RANK NATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE

1 ENG 58 59 57

2 AUS 49 42 46

3 CAN 32 16 34

4 SCO 19 15 19

5 IND 15 30 19

Logo of the 2014 Games

The official logo for the 2014 Commonwealth Games was unveiled on Commonwealth Day, 8 March

2010.Designed by Marque Creative, it was inspired by three factors, time, data and measurement. Its

rings are proportioned to represent the 20th Commonwealth Games, across 17 sports, over 11 days in 1

city.

Mascot:

Clyde, an anthropomorphic thistle named after the river which flows through the centre of Glasgow,

was the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The mascot was designed by Beth Gilmour,

who won a competition run by Glasgow 2014 for children to design the Mascot.



Commonwealth Games 2018:

The 2018 Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event that will be held in Gold Coast

City, Queensland, Australia between 4 to 15 April 2018.

►61st National Film Award

[1]Best Film: 'Ship of Theseus' – Director – Anand Gandhi

[2]Best Actor: Rajkumar Rao for 'Shahid' and Suraj Venjaramudu and Venajaramoodu for Malayalam

movie 'Perariyathavar'

[3]Best Actress: Geetanjali Thapa for Liars Dice

[4]Best Director Award: Pranjal Dua for 'Chidiya Ud' (Hindi)

[5]Best Popular Film providing Wholesome Entertainment: 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'

[6]Best Film on Social Issues: 'Tojia Dharm Kauncha'

[7]Best Non Feature Film: 'Rangbhoomi'

[8]Best Supporting Actor: Saurabh Shukla, 'Jolly LLB'

Note: 'Cinema Ka Cinema' got the Best Book on Cinema, while the Best Film Critic award went to Alka

Sahania

[9]Director of Film 'Shahid' – Hansal Mehta

[10]Director of Film 'Jolly LLB'– Subhash Kapoor

[11]Director of Film Liars Dice – Geetu Mohandas

►QUESTIONS FROM 17TH ASIAN GAMES

…………………………………………………………………………….

1) 17th Asian Games (XVII Asiad 2014) was hosted at which city of South Korea? – Incheon

(Incheon is the third largest city of South Korea after Seoul and Busan. It neighbours capital

Seoul)

……………………………………………………………………………

2) 17th Asian Games at Incheon were officially held between which dates? – 19 September to 4

October 2014 (However, some events like football started from 14 September itself)

……………………………………………………………………………

3) With the conclusion of these games, South Korea has now hosted the Asian Games for how

many times? – Three times (Seoul (1986), Busan (2002) and now Incheon (2014))

……………………………………………………………………………

4) How many countries took part in 17th Asian Games? – 45

……………………………………………………………………………

5) How many sporting events were held at 17th Asian Games? – 36 (439 different events in 36

sports were held in these games)



……………………………………………………………………………

6) Approximately how many athletes took part in 17th Asian Games? – 9,500

……………………………………………………………………………

7) The sporting events of 17th Asian Games were held in how many venues? – 49 (This included

venues in host city Incheon and some neighbouring cities like Seoul and Chungju)

……………………………………………………………………………

8) What was the motto of 17th Asian Games? – ‗Diversity Shines Here‘

……………………………………………………………………………

9) What were the names of the three official mascots of 17th Asian Games? – Chumuro,

Vichuon and Barame

……………………………………………………………………………

10) Chumuro, Vichuon and Barame, the three mascots of 17th Asian Games represented which

animal? – The spotted seal

……………………………………………………………………………

11) Which country would host the 18th Asian Games of 2018? – Indonesia (These games would

be hosted in three cities of the country – capital Jakarta, Bandung and Palembang

……………………………………………………………………………

12) Which country was to host the 18th Asian Games originally? – Vietnam (Originally

Vietnamese capital Hanoi was to host these games but it withdrew due to financial constraints.

Then the hosting was transferred to Indonesia)

……………………………………………………………………………

13) Which country topped the medals tally at 17th Asian Games? – China

……………………………………………………………………………

14) The top 5 countries (in medals tally) at 17th Asian Games are – China, South Korea, Japan,

Kazakhstan and Iran )

……………………………………………………………………………

15) How many overall medals were won by China in these games? – 342 (This included 151

gold medals, 108 silver medals and 83 bronze)

……………………………………………………………………………

16) By topping in these games, China has now topped the Asian Games medals tally

consecutively for how many times? – Nine

……………………………………………………………………………

17) How was named as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of 17th Asian Games? – Kosuke

Hagino, the swimmer from Japan (He won medals in all the seven events he took part and thus

won 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals)

……………………………………………………………………………

18) How many cases of doping were reported from 17th Asian Games? – Six (These four cases

involved Tajikistan footballer Khurshed Beknazarov, Cambodian soft tennis player Yi Sophany,

the Malaysian Wushu gold medallist Tai Cheau Xuen, Iraqi weightlifter Mohammed al Aifuri,

Syrian karate fighter Nour-Aldin al-Kurdi and Chinese athlete Zhang Wenxiu. Tai Cheau and

Zhang Wenxiu were stripped of their gold medals while ban were imposed on other players)

……………………………………………………………………………

19) Who was the chef de mission (Head) of the Indian contingent at 17th Asian Games? – Adille

Sumariwalla

……………………………………………………………………………

20) Who held the Indian tricolour in the opening ceremony of 17th Asian Games? – Sardar Singh



(Captain of India Hockey team)

……………………………………………………………………………

21) What was India‘s position in 17th Asian Games? – 8th (India finished with 57 medals

overall, including 11 gold medal, 10 silver and 36 bronze medals)

……………………………………………………………………………

22) Which country won the first medal at 17th Asian Games? – China (It won games‘ first gold

medal through 4 women shooters in women‘s 10m Air Pistol team event on 20 September 2014)

……………………………………………………………………………

23) Who won the first medal for India at 17th Asian Games? – Shooter Shweta Chaudhary (She

won the bronze medal in the women‘s 10m air pistol on 20 September 2014. This was India‘s

first medal in these games)

……………………………………………………………………………

24) Who won the first gold medal for India at 17th Asian Games? – Jitu Rai (Shooter Jitu Rai

won the gold medal in the men‘s 50m Pistol event held on 20 September 2014. This was India‘s

first gold medal in these games)

……………………………………………………………………………

25) Who won the first silver medal for India at the 17th Asian Games? – Saurav Ghosal (in

men‘s squash singles)

……………………………………………………………………………

26) What was the important feature of India‘s gold medal wins in these games? – No single

sports dominated this time (India won gold medals in Athletics, Kabaddi, shooting, squash,

archery, wrestling, tennis, boxing and hockey. Thus 11 gold medals were derived from as many

as 9 sports)

……………………………………………………………………………

27) Indian contingent won the largest number of 2 gold medals in which two sports? – Kabaddi

and Athletics (2 gold medals respectively in men‘s and women‘s category in Kabaddi and one

gold in women‘s discus throw and women‘s 4X400m relay)

……………………………………………………………………………

28) What is the name of the Indian boxer who came to limelight due to the controversy of not

accepting her medal after controversial decision in her bout? – Laishram Sarita Devi (This boxer

from Manipur lost a highly controversial 60 kg semi-final bout against eventual silver medalist

South Korean boxer Park Jina. She later refused to accept her bronze medal in the medal

ceremony. But she later accepted the medal after pressure from the AIBA and an apparent

displeasure of Indian authorities)

CHIEF MINISTERS OF INDIAN STATES 2014

[1] Andhra Pradesh -- N. Chandrababu Naidu

[2] Arunachal Pradesh -- Nabam Tuki

[3] Assam -- Tarun Gogoi

[4] Bihar -- Jitan Ram Manjhi

[5] Chhattisgarh -- Raman Singh

[6] Delhi -- Vacant(President's rule)

[7] Goa -- Manohar Parrikar

[8] Gujarat -- Anandiben Patel



[9] Haryana -- Bhupinder Singh Hooda

[10] Himachal Pradesh -- Virbhadra Singh

[11] Jammu and Kashmir -- Omar Abdullah

[12] Jharkhand -- Hemant Soren

[13] Karnataka -- Siddaramaiah

[14] Kerala -- Oommen Chandy

[15] Madhya Pradesh -- Shivraj Singh Chouhan

[16] Maharashtra -- Vacant(President's rule)

[17] Manipur -- Okram Ibobi Singh

[18] Meghalaya -- Mukul Sangma ]

[19] Mizoram -- Lal Thanhawla

[20] Nagaland -- T. R. Zeliang

[21] Odisha -- Naveen Patnaik

[22] Puducherry -- N. Rangaswamy

[23] Punjab -- Parkash Singh Badal

[24] Rajasthan -- Vasundhara Raje

[25] Sikkim -- Pawan Kumar Chamling

[26] Tamil Nadu -- O. Panneerselvam

[27] Telangana -- K. Chandrashekar Rao

[28] Tripura -- Manik Sarkar

[29] Uttar Pradesh -- Akhilesh Yadav

[30] Uttarakhand -- Harish Rawat

[31] West Bengal -- Mamata Banerjee

GOVERNORS

[1] Andhra Pradesh ----- E. S. L. Narasimhan

[2] Arunachal Pradesh ------ Nirbhay Sharma

[3] Assam ------- Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

[4] Bihar ------- D. Y. Patil

[5] Chhattisgarh ------ Balramji Das Tandon

[6] Goa ------ Mridula sinha

[7] Gujarat ------- Om Prakash Kohli

[8] Haryana ------- Kaptan Singh Solanki

[9] Himachal Pradesh ------ Urmila Singh

[10] Jammu and Kashmir ------ Narinder Nath Vohra

[11] Jharkhand Syed ------- Ahmed

[12] Karnataka ------- Vajubhai Vala

[13] Kerala ------ P Sathasivam

[14] Madhya Pradesh ------- Ram Naresh Yadav



[15] Maharashtra ------- C Vidyasagar Rao

[16] Manipur ------- Krishan Kant Paul

[17] Meghalaya ------- Krishan Kant Paul

[18] Mizoram ------- Krishan Kant Paul

[19] Nagaland ------ Padmanabha Acharya

[20] Odisha ------- S. C. Jamir

[21] Punjab ------ Shivraj Patil

[22] Rajasthan ------ Kalyan Singh

[23] Sikkim ------ Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

[24] Tamil Nadu -------- K. Rosaiah

[25] Telangana ------- E. S. L. Narasimhan

[26] Tripura ------- Padmanabha Acharya

[27] Uttar Pradesh ------- Ram Naik

[28] Uttarakhand -------- Aziz Qureshi

[29] West Bengal ------- Keshari Nath Tripathi.

Name of Famous Air-ports in India

1. New Delhi - Indira Gandhi International Airport

2. Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

3. Kolkata - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

4. Chennai- Chennai International Airport (Meenambakkam Airport)

5. Hyderabad - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

6. Amritsar - Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport/Raja Sansi

7. Guwahati - Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

8. Ahmedabad - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

9. Bhopal - Raja Bhoj Airport

10. Indore - Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport

11. Jaipur - Sanganeer Airport (International)

12. Nagpur - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

13. Lucknow - Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport/Amausi Airport

14. Varansi - Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport

15. Patna- Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport

16. Raipur- Swami Vivekananda Airport

17. Ranchi- Birsa Munda Airport

18. Bhubaneswar- Biju Patnaik Airport

19. Chandigarh- Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport

20. Port Blair- Veer Savarkar International Airport

21. Vasco Da Gama in Goa- Dabolim International Airport ..



DISEASES CAUSED BY VIRUS AND BACTERIA

DISEASE -------- CAUSING AGENT

[1] AIDS ------ Human T -cell Leukemia Virus HTLV-III

[2] Ascariasis ------- Ascaris lumbricoides

[3] Athletes' Foot --------- Trichophyton

[4] Bacillary Dysentery ------- Shigella Dysenterie

[5] Botulism --------- Clostridium botulinum

[6] Chickenpox ------ Varicella Virus

[7] Cholera -------- Varibrio Cholerae

[8] Common Cold ------- Rhino Virus

[9] Dengue ------ Dengue Virus (arbovirus)

[10] Diarrhea -------- Giardia intestinalis

[11] Diphtheria ------- Corynebacteriumdiptheriae ( Bacteria)

[12] Filariasis ------- Wuchereria bancrofti

[13] Gonorrhoea --------- Diplococcus ( Neisseria gonorrhoeae)

[14] Herpes -------- Herps Virus

[15] Hook worm disease -------- Ancylostoma Duedenale

[16] Influenza Flu --------- Orthomixovirus

[17] kala azar ------- Leishmania Donovani

[18] Leprosy -------- Mycobacterium Leprae

[19] Measles -------- Measles virus (ParaMyxoVirus)

[20] Mumps --------- Mumps Virus (Paramyxovirus)

[21] oriental Sore -------- Leishmania Tropica

[22] Pinworm Disease -------- Enterobius Vermicularis caecum

[23] Plague --------- Yersinia Pestis

[24] Pneumonia --------- Diplococcus pneumoniae

[25] Poliomyelitis --------- Polio Virus or Enterovirus

[26] Rabies --------- rhabdovirus

[27] Ringworm ------- Microsporum Trichophyton

[28] Septic Sore Throat -------- Streptococcus Bacteria

[29] Sleeping Sickness -------- Tryponosoma Brucei

[30] Smallpox ------- Variola Virus

[31] Syphilis --------- Treponema Palladium

[32] TB -------- Mycobacterium tuberculosis

[33] Tetanus -------- Clostidium tetani

[34] Typhoid -------- Salmonella Typhi

[35] Vaginatis -------- Trichomonas Vaginalis

[36] Viral Encephelitis -------- arbovirus

[37] Whooping cough --------- Hameophilius Pertussis



Important questions on constitution:

1.The model code of conduct for Political parties and candidates to be followed during election

is:

A. Laid down in the constitution of India

B. Specified in the representation of the People Act. 1951

C. Enjoined by the supreme court

D. A voluntary agreement among recognized political parties.

Ans: B

2. Who is the chairman of the Lok Sabha ?

A. President

B. Minister of Parliament affairs

C. Speaker

D. Prime Minister

Ans: C

3. Which one of the following Articles empowers the President to Appoint Prime Minister of

India ?

A. Article 74

B. Article 75

C. Article 76

D. Article 77

Ans: B

4. The constituent Assembly formed the drafting committee of India constitution on:

A. 29th August 1947

B. 30th August 1948

C. 29th August 1949

D. 29th August 1950

Ans: A

5. Which one of the following sets of Bills is Presented to the Parliament along with the Budget ?

A. Direct taxes bill and Indirect taxes bill

B. Contingency Bill and Appropriation Bill

C. Finance Bill and Appropriation Bill

D. Finance Bill and Contingency Bill

Ans: C

6. Which of the following exercised the most profound influence in framing the Indian

Constitution ?

(A) British Constitution

(B) U.S. Constitution

(C) Irish Constitution

(D) The Government of India Act, 1935

Ans: D

7. In which article of the Constitution of India has the Joint Sitting of the Lok Sabha and the

Rajya Sabha been provided ?



(A) Article 101

(B) Article 108

(C) Article 133

(D) Article 102

Ans: B

8. A Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha is deemed to have been passed by the Rajya Sabha

also when no action is taken by the Upper House within:

(A) 10 days

(B) 14 days

(C) 20 days

(D) 30 days

Ans: B

9. Name the committee for formulating the framework of restructuring railways:

(A) Jain Committee

(B) Venkatachelliah

(C) Rakesh Mohan Committee

(D) Dinesh Goswami Committee

Ans: C

10. Who among the following is/are not appointed by the President of India ?

(A) Governors of the States

(B) Chief Justice and Judges of the High Courts

(C) Vice-President

(D) Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court

Ans: C

Q.11. Which of the following Committees are Committees of Parliament?

1. Public Accounts Committee

2. Estimates Committee

3. Committee on Public Undertakings

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A. 1,2 and 3

B. 1 and 2 only

C. 1 and 3 only

D. 2 and 3 only

Ans: A

12. The Chief Election Commissioner of India holds office for a period of

A. six years

B. for six years or the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier

C. during pleasure of the President

D. for five years or the age of 60 years, whichever is earlier

Ans: B

13. Kamraj Plan was a plan formulated in 1963 by:

A. Chief Minister of Madras, whereby the senior ministers were asked to leave government and

work to rejuvenate the party

B. Union Cabinet Minister, whereby a new Constitution for the Indian National Congress was

proposed

C. Chief Minister of Madras, whereby a new set of principles for accepting donations for the



party work was proposed

D. Chief Minister of Madras to root out corruption from India

Ans: A

14. The tenure of every Panchayat shall be for five years from the date of

A. declaration of the election results

B. its first meeting

C. issue of notification for the conduct of elections of the Panchayat

D. taking oath of office by the elected members

Ans: A

15.What does Article 17 of the Constitution Say?

(a) Untouchability is abolished

(b) The practice of untouchability is forbidden

(c) Practice untouchability is an offence

(d) All of the above

Ans: D

16. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?

(a) The Prime Minister

(b) The Commander-in-chief

(c) The President of India

(d) Minister of Defence

Ans: C

17. Who is known as the sculptor of the constitution of India‘?

(a) Rajendra Prasad

(b) V.V. Giri

(c) B.R. Ambedkar

(d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Ans: C

18. What is known as the ―Little India‖?

(a) City

(b) Town

(c) Village

(d) State

Ans: C

19. Who decides disputes relating with the allotment of symbols to Political Parties:

(A) Representation Act 1952

(B) Representation Act 1953

(C) Representation of the People Act 1951

(D) Election Commission

Ans: D

20. What was the 'privy purse' in the context of the history of Modern India?

A. A purse given privately by one organization to another

B. A purse given by the government of India to dignitaries for service rendered

C. A grant given by the Government of India to the erstwhile Princes of India

D. A gift given by an erstwhile Prince of India to the Government of India

Ans: C

21. The term of Member of the Rajya Sabha is:



A. 5 Yr.

B. 6 Yr

C. Same as that of the Lok Sabha

D. Two years

Ans: B

22. Finance commission in India are set up from Time to time:

A. To lay down financial policies of Union govt.

B. To evolve a satisfactory tax-structure for economic development of the country

C. To promote foreign trade

D. For transfer of economic resources from center to states

Ans: D

23. Who decides whether a bill is a Money Bill or Not ?

A. President

B. Chairmen of Rajya Sabha

C. Speaker of Lok sabha

D. Minister of Parliamentary affairs

Ans: C

24. The concept lok Adalat is mainly to expedite cases relating to:

1. Matrimonial dispute

2. murder

3. motor vehicle accidents

4. suits relating to banks

Which one of these statements are correct ?

A. 1,3 and 4

B. 3,4 and 5

C. 1,2 and 4

D. 1,3

Ans:A

25. Who among the following did not serve as the Vice president before becoming president of

India ?

A. Dr. S Radhakrishnan

B. Dr. Zakir Hussain

C. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

D. R. Venkataraman

Ans: C

26. A federal structure of India was first put forward by the

(A) Act of 1909

(B) Act of 1919

(C) Act of 1935

(D) Act of 1947

Ans: B

27. Which writ is issued by a High Court or the Supreme Court to compel an authority to

perform a function that it was not performing ?

(A) Writ of Certiorari

(B) Writ of Habeas Corpus

(C) Writ of Mandamus



(D) Writ of Quo Warranto

Ans: C

28. The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed from his office:

(A) By the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

(B) By the President

(C) On the basis of a resolution of the Cabinet

(D) On the basis of proved misbehaviour by 2/3rd majority of both Houses of Parliament

Ans: D

29. If the Speaker of the Lok Sabha intends to vacate his office before the expiry of his term, he

sends his resignation to the:

(A) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

(B) Leader of the House (Lok Sabha)

(C) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

(D) President of India

Ans: C

30. In which case did the Supreme Court of India determine that the Parliament has power to

make amendment in fundamental rights, but it cannot make any change in the basic structure of

the Constitution ?

(A) Golak Nath case

(B) Keshavanand Bharati case

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) Neither (A) nor (B)

Ans: B

31. First woman judge to be appointed to Supreme Court was:

(A) Rani Jethmalani

(B) Anna George Malhotra

(C) M. Fathima Beevi

(D) Leila Seth

Ans: C

32. Which of the following political parties was first de-recognized and later on again recognized

as a National Party by Election Commission of India ?

(A) Communist Party of India

(B) Communist Party of India-Marxist

(C) Samajwadi Party

(D) Republican Party of India

Ans: B

33. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched:

STATE or UT ----- Seat of High Court

A.. Uttarakhand -- Nainital

B. Daman and Diu -- Ahmedabad

C. Arunachal Pradesh - Guwahati

D. Chhattisgarh - Bilaspur

Ans: B

34. 34. Right to property according to Constitution of India is a -

A. Fundamental Rights

B. Directive Principle



C. Legal Right

D. Social Right

Ans: C

35. Which of the following amendments in the Constitution of India are related with the

institution of "Panchayat Raj"?

1. 106th

2. 100th

3. 73rd

4. 74th

A. Only 1

B. Only 2

C. Both 1 & 2

D. Both 3 & 4

Ans: D

36. The first Five-Year Plan in India was launched in the year?

A. 1951

B. 1947

C. 1948

D. 1949

Ans: A

37. Who is the Chief Law Officer of India ?

A. Secretary, Law Department

B. Attorney General

C. Advocate General

D. Solicitor General

Ans: B

38. Who prepared the first draft Constitution of India ?

(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(B) Gandhiji

(C) Advisory Branch of the Constituent Assembly

(D) Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel

Ans: C

1. Adhip Chaudhuri - Economist

2. Adolfo Suarez - first elected Prime Minister of Spain

3. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - 3rd President of Sierra Leone

4. Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Telugu Film Actor

5. Alfredo Di Stéfano - Argentine-Spanish footballer

6. Anjali Devi - South Indian Film Actress

7. Anjan Das - National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker

8. Ariel Sharon - Former Israeli Prime Minister

9. B Shobha Nagi Reddy - Sitting MLA of AP (Accident)



10. Balu Mahendra - Tamil cinematographer, director, screenwriter

11. Bangaru Laxman - former BJP President

12. Bapu - Cartoonist and Director

13. Bipin Chandra - Historian and Writer

14 Bir Bikrom UK Ching Marma - Bangladesh Freedom Fighter

15. BKS Iyengar - Yoga Guru

16. Bob Mischak - Football player (America)

17. Chester Nez - Last of original Navajo code talkers of World War II

18. Christopher Burger - Cricketer (South Africa)

19. Dermot Healy - Irishi Poet

20. Eduard Shevardnadze - Ex President of Georgia

21. Eduardo Coutinho - Brazil Film Maker (Killed)

22. Fernando Lucio da Costa - Former Brazilian football player (Helicopter Accident)

23. Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Latin American Author

24. Gary Gilmour - Australian Cricketer

25. Gopinath Munde - Union Minister

26. Granville Austin - American historian and a

leading authority on the Indian Constitution

27. Harris Blake - Former Moore County state senator

28. Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield, Jr - NASA Astronaut

29. Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini - Brazil's first World Cup-winning captain (Football)

30. Ila Pathak - Social Activist

31. Ishrat Ali Siddiqui - Padma Shree Awardee, Journalist, Freedom Fighter

32. J.S. Sarma - former TRAI Chairman

33. Jagat Singh Mehta - Former foreign Secretary, diplomat and educationist

34. James Garner - Eminent American Actor

35. Janamaddhi Hanamachhaastri- Telugu Writer

36. Jehangir Pocha - Senior Journalist

37. Joe McGinniss - Author (Fatal Vision)

38 José Gómez Lucas - Olympic winning cyclist (Spain)

39. K. Suryanarayana Raja - Former International Basketball player

40. Karl Slym - MD of TATA Motors (Committed Suicide)

41. Khagen Mahanta - Folk Singer of Assam

42. Khushwant Singh - Padma Vibhushan Writer & Columnist (Train to Pakisthan)

43. Lauren Bacall - Hollywood Actress

44. Leslie François Manigat - Former Haitian president

45. Lorin Maazel - American Classical Musician

46. Louis Zamperini - Olympic track star and WWII hero

47. Madhukar Singh - Hindi Litterateur

48. Menahem Golan - Israeli Director and Producer (The Delta Force, Death Wish, Masters of

the Universe)

49. Nadine Gordimer - Nobel Prize winning Author (South Africa)

50. Namdeo Dhasal - Marathi Poet

51. Nanda - Bollywood Actress

52. Norman Willis - Former TUC leader

53. P Ramdas - Malayalam Director



54. Paco de Lucia - Guitarist (Mexico)

55. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Oscar Winning Actor

56. Pran Kumar Sharma - Cartoonist (Chacha Choudhary, Pinky)

57. Prokash Karmakar - Painter

58. Rama Narayanan - Tamil Producer / Director

59. Richard Attenborugh - Gandhi Film Director

60 Robin Williams - Oscar Winning Actor (Good will Hunting)

61. Shanti Patel - Ex. MP, Freedom Fighter

62. Sheila MacRae - English Actress

63. Shirley Temple - Former Child Actress (Hollywood)

64. Silverine Swer - 1st Padma Shri Awardee from Meghalaya

65. Stephen Gaskin - Founder of The Farm commune

67. Suchitra Sen - Bengali Actress

68. Sudhir Mahato - Deputy CM of Jharkhand

69. Sundaram Sankaran - Journalist

70. Sushilarani Patel - Classical Singer

71. T C Teli - Former Minister (Arunachal Pradesh)

72. Tom Finney - Footballer (England)

73. Tony Benn - British Politician

74. U R Ananthamurthy - Kannada writer (Samskara, Bhava)

75. Uday Kiran – Actor (Telugu)

76. Vishwanath Ramachandra Bondre - Ranji Cricketer (Mumbai)

77. William Clay Ford - Auto Family Scion and Detroit Lions Owner

78. William Greaves - Host of Black Journal (Emmy Awardee)

79. Zohra Sehgal - Grand Old Lady of Indian Cinema

1. Oscar : Film

2. Dada sahib phalke : Film

3. Grammy : Music

4. Pulitzer : Journalism and Literature

5. Arjun : Sports

6. Bowelay : Agriculture

7. Kalinga : Science

8. Dhanwantri : Medical science

9. Bhatnagar : Science

10. Nobel prize : Peace, Literature, Economics,

Physics, Chemistry, Medical science

11. Abel : Maths

12. Merlin : Magic

13. Bharat ratna : Art, Science, Public services,Sports

14. Vyas samman : Literature

15. Bihari award : Literature



16. Saraswati samman : Literature

17. Man booker : Literature

18. Vachspati samman : Sanskrit literature

RIVER & THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN :-

* GANGA : Gangotri (Uttarakhand)

* INDUS : Mansarovar (Tibet)

* NARMADA : Maikal Hills,Amarkantak (MP)

* TAPT/TAPTI : Satpura Range, Betul (MP)

* MAHANADI : Nagri Town (Chhattisgarh)

* BRAHAMPUTRA : Chemayungdung (Tibet)

* SUTLEJ : Mt Kailash (Tibet)

* BEAS : Rohtang Pass (Himachal Pradesh)

* GODAVARI : Nasik (Maharashtra)

* KRISHNA : Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra)

* CAUVERY : Brahmagiri Hills, Coorg (Karnataka)

* SABARMATI : Udaipur, Aravalli Hills (Rajasthan)

* RAVI : Chamba (Himachal Pradesh)

* PENNER : Nandi Hills, Chickballapur (Karnataka)

FAMOUS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF INDIA :-

** Ajanta- Ellora Caves (Aurangabad,Maharashtra) : Gupta rulers

** Aram Bagh (Agra,UP) : Babur

** Agra Fort (Agra,UP) : Akbar

** Akbar‘s Mausoleum (Sikandra,UP) : Akbar

** Itmad-ud-daula Fort (Agra,UP) : Noorjahan

** Bibi Ka Maqbara (Aurangabad,Maharashtra) : Aurangzeb

** CharMinar (Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh) : Quli Qutub Shah

** Deewan-e- Khas (Agra Fort,UP) : Shahjahan

** Elephanta‘s cave (Mumbai,Maharashtra) :Rashtrakuta rulers

** Fatehpur Sikri (Agra,UP) : Akbar

** Ferozshah Kotla (Delhi) : Ferozshan Tughlaq

** Gateway of India (Mumbai,Maharashtra) :British Govt.

** Hawa Mahal (Jaipur,Rajasthan) : Maharaja Pratap Singh

** Humayun‘s Tomb (Delhi) : Humayun‘s wife

** Jama Masjid (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan

** Jama masjid (Delhi) : Shahjahan

** Jagannath Temple (Puri,Odisha) : Anantvarman Ganga

** Jantar-Mantar (Delhi) : Sawai Jai Singh

** Jim Corbett Park (Nainital,Uttarakhand) : Sir Malcom Hailley

** Jodhpur Fort (Jodhpur,Rajasthan) : Rao Jodhaji

** Makka Masjid (Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh) : Quli Qutub Shah



** Moti Masjid (Agra Fort,UP) : Shahjahan

** Moti Masjid (Delhi Fort) : Aurangzeb

** Qutub Minar (Delhi) : Qutubuddin Aibak

** Red Fort (Delhi) : Shahjahan

** Sabarmati Ashram (Ahmadabad,Gujarat) : Mahatma Gandhi

** Shantiniketan (West Bengal) : Rabindranath Tagore

** Shish Mahal (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan

** Shalimar Garden (Srinagar,J & K) : Jahangir

** Sun Temple (Kornak,Odisha) : Narsimhadeva I

** Swarna Mandir (Golden Temple) (Amritsar,Punjab) : Guru Ramdas

** Tajmahal (Agra,UP) : Shahjahan

** Vellure Math (Kolkata,West Bengal) : Swami Vivekanand

Important Prizes and Awards:

1. Ahmet Sik – UNESCO Guillermo Cano World

Press Freedom Prize 2014

2. Amitabh Bachchan – India‘s Global Icon of

the Year

3. Anand Kumar – Ramanujan Mathematics

Award 2014

4. Anees Salim – The Hindu Prize for Best

Fiction 2013

5. Angela Merkel – Israel‘s highest civilian

honour (the ―Medal of Distinction‖)

6. Arogya Swami Joseph Paulraj – 2014

Marconi Society Prize

7. Chandi Prasad Bhatt – Gandhi Peace Prize

(2013)

8. Cyrus Mistry – DSC prize for South Asian

literature

9. Dr. Sumit Chugh – Simon Dack Award

10. Gabriela Isler – Miss Universe 2013

11. Govind Mishra – Sarawasti Samman (2013)

12. Gulzar – Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013

13. Gyan Correa – Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013.

14. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund – Morningstar India‗s best fund house award in

the debt

15. International Water Management Institute

(IWMI)-Tata Water Policy Programme – UN- Water ―Water for Life‖ Best Practices Award

16. Kerala Tourism – United Nations Award

17. Killa (Marathi film) – Crystal Bear ―Glasernen Bar Award‖ at the 64th Berlin International

Film Festival.



18. Koyal Rana – Miss India 2014

19. Laxmi (an acid attack victim) –

International Women of Courage Award, US

20. Madan Babu – Protein Science Young

Investigator Award 2014

21. Mathangi Sathyamurthy – M S

Subbulakshmi Award 2014

22. Meera Chandrasekhar – Robert Foster

Cherry Award for Teaching 2014

23. Pankaj Mishra – Windham Campbell

Literature Prize 2014 (Non-Fiction)

24. Pope Francis – Time Person of the year

2013

25. Queen Latifah – 2014 Matrix Award.

26. Rajesh Gopakumar – 23rd G D Birla

Award for scientific research (2013)

27. Richard Quest – UNWTO Award for

Lifetime Achievement 2013

28. Sankha Ghosh – Sunil Gangopadhyay

Memorial Award (2013)

29. Shigeru Ban – Pritzker Architecture Prize

2014

30. Shubhranshu Choudhary – Digital activism

award

31. Sikkim – National Tourism Award

32. Stuart Parkin – Millennium Technology

Prize 2014

33. Tomas Halik – Templeton Prize 2014

34. Vishwanath Tripathi – Vyas Samman

Awards (2013)

1. Badminton - Drop, Smash, Ione, deuce, Clash Service

2. Baseball - Bunting, home, pitcher , strike, put out

3. Basketball - Block, dribble , pivot , held ball, basket

4. Billiards - Cue, Cannon, frame, spider, baulk

5. Boxing - Rounds, knock-out , jab, punch, uppercut

6. Chess - Gambit, resign, checkmate, rook, knight, pawn

7. Cricket - Maiden, caught, slips, gully, point, cover, yorker

8. Football - Penalty , foul, dribble, half, pass, goal

9. Golf - Course, links, tee, hole, nibble, club, putt, iron, eagle

10. Hockey - Centre, defender, push-in, free-hit, stick, carry, bully

11. Horse- racing - Bets, bookies, jockey, punter, steeplechase

12. Polo - Mallet, bunker, chucker, handicap, goal



13. Shooting - Bag, Bulls eye, plug, skeet, marksmanship

14. Tennis - Smash , slice, lob, set, ace, volley

15. Volleyball - Blocking, heave, point, serve, doubling, smash

1. Global Environment Performance Index 2014 – 155

2. Intellectual property (IP) environment 2014 – 25 (US ranked on the top followed by UK and

France)

3. World Press Freedom Index 2014 ‐ 140 in the list of 180 countries

4. World's best countries for doing business 2014 – 134

5. Global Peace Index 2014 – 143

6. Global Hunger Index 2013 ‐ 63

7. World Prosperity Index 2013 – 106.

8. Human Development Report 2014 – 135

9. Global Corruption Index 2014 – 94

10. Global Competitiveness Index 2014‐ 71

Complete Medals Tally of 17th Asian Games

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 151 108 83 342

2 Korea 79 71 84 234

3 Japan 47 76 77 200

4 Kazakhstan 28 23 33 84

5 Iran 21 18 18 57

6 Thailand 12 7 28 47

7 DPR Korea 11 11 14 36

8 India 11 9 37 57

9 Chinese Taipei 10 18 23 51

10 Qatar 10 0 4 14

11 Uzbekistan 9 14 21 44

12 Bahrain 9 6 4 19

13 Hong Kong 6 12 24 42

14 Malaysia 5 14 14 33

15 Singapore 5 6 13 24

16 Mongolia 5 4 12 21

17 Indonesia 4 5 11 20

18 Kuwait 3 5 4 12

19 Saudi Arabia 3 3 1 7

20 Myanmar 2 1 1 4

21 Vietnam 1 10 25 36



22 Philippines 1 3 11 15

23 Pakistan 1 1 3 5

23 Tajikistan 1 1 3 5

25 Iraq 1 0 3 4

25 United Arab Emirates 1 0 3 4

27 Sri Lanka 1 0 1 2

28 Cambodia 1 0 0 1

29 Macau 0 3 4 7

30 Kyrgyzstan 0 2 4 6

31 Jordan 0 2 2 4

32 Turkmenistan 0 1 5 6

33 Bangladesh 0 1 2 3

33 Laos 0 1 2 3

35 Afghanistan 0 1 1 2

35 Lebanon 0 1 1 2

37 Nepal 0 0 1 1

17th Asian Games Complete Winners List (India)

===================================

Gold (11 Medals in Total)

1. Jitu Rai: Men's 50 metre

pistol shooting

2. Sandeep Kumar, Rajat

Chauhan, Abhishek

Verma: Men's

compound team

archery

3. Saurav Ghosal, Harinder

Pal Singh Sandhu,

Mahesh Mangaonkar,

Kumar Kush: Men's

team squash

4. Yogeshwar Dutt: Men's

freestyle 65 kg

wrestling

5. Seema Punia: Women's

discus throw athletics

6. Sania Mirza, Saketh

Myneni: Mixed doubles

tennis

7. M.C. Mary Kom:

Women's 48-51 kg

boxing

8. Indian team: Men's

hockey

9. Priyanka Panwar, Tintu



Luka, Mandeep Kaur,

M. Poovamma:

Women's 4X400m relay

athletics

10. Indian team: Women's

kabaddi

11. Indian team: Men's

kabaddi

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Silver (10 Medals in Total)

1. Saurav Ghosal: Men's

singles squash

2. Pemba Tamang,

Gurpreet Singh, Vijay

Kumar: Men's 25m

centre fire pistol team

shooting

3. Dipika Pallikal, Joshna

Chinappa, Anaka

Alankamony: Women's

team squash

4. Abhishek Verma: Men's

individual compound

archery

5. Khushbir Kaur: Women's

20 km race walk

athletics

6. Saketh Myneni, Sanam

Singh: Men's doubles

tennis

7. Bajrang Kumar: Men's

freestyle 61 kg

wrestling

8. Vikas Gowda: Men's

discus throw athletics

9. Tintu Luka: Women's

800m athletics

10. Manju Bala: Women's

hammer throw athletics

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Bronze (36 Medals in Total)

1. Shweta Chaudhary:

Women's 10 metre

pistol shooting

2. Jitu Rai, Samaresh Jung,



Prakash Nanjappa:

Men's 10 metre air

pistol team shooting

3. Saina Nehwal, PV

Sindhu, P.C. Thulasi,

Pradnya Gadre, N. Siki

Reddy, Ashwini

Ponnappa, Tanvi Lad:

Women's team

badminton

4. Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa

Sayyed, Heena Sidhu:

Women's 25 metre

pistol team shooting

5. Dipika Pallikal: Women's

singles squash

6. Abhinav Bindra, Ravi

Kumar, Sanjeev Rajput:

Men's 10 metre air rifle

team shooting

7. Abhinav Bindra: Men's

10 metre air rifle

shooting

8. Yumnam Sanathoi Devi:

Women's sanda -52 kg

wushu

9. Narendra Grewal: Men's

sanda -60 kg wushu

10. Dushyant Chauhan:

Men's lightweight single

sculls rowing

11. Sawarn Singh: Men's

single sculls rowing

12. Kapil Sharma, Ranjit

Singh, Bajrang Lal

Thakhar, Robin

Ulahannan, Sawan

Kumar Kalkal,

Mohammad Azad,

Maninder Singh,

Davinder Singh,

Mohammed Ahmed:

men's eight rowing

13. Shagun Chowdhary,

Shreyasi Singh, Varsha

Varman: Women's



double trap team

shooting

14. Sandeep Sejwal: Men's

50m breaststroke

swimming

15. Purvasha Sudhir,

Surekha Vennam, Trisha

Deb: Women's

compound team

archery

16. Chain Singh: Men's 50m

rifle 3 positions

shooting

17. Trisha Deb: Women's

individual compound

archery

18. Vinesh Phogat: Women's

freestyle 48 kg

wrestling

19. Geetika Jakhar:

Women's freestyle 63 kg

wrestling

20. Lalita Babar: Women's

3,000m steeplechase

athletics

21. Yuki Bhambri: Men's

singles tennis

22. Yuki Bhambri, Divij

Sharan: Men's doubles

tennis

23. Sania Mirza, Prarthana

Thombare: Women's

double tennis

24. M. Poovamma:

Women's 400m

athletics

25. Arokia Rajiv: Men's

400m athletics

26. O.P. Jaisha: Women's

1,500m athletics

27. Narsingh Pancham

Yadav: Men's freestyle

74 kg wrestling

28. Naveen Kumar: Men's

3,000m steeplechase

athletics



29. L. Sarita Devi: Women's

57-60 kg boxing

30. Pooja Rani: 75 kg

boxing

31. Varsha Gautam,

Aishwarya

Nedunchezhiyan:

Women's 29er two

person dinghy sailing

32. Indian Women's hockey

Team

33. Annu Rani: Women's

javelin throw athletics

34. Satish Kumar: Men's

+91 kg boxing

35. Vikas Krishan: Men's 75

kg boxing

36. Inderjeet Singh: Men's

shot put athletics

1. Defence - Raised to 49% from 26%

2. Pension - 49%

3. Insurance - 49%

4. Print Media - 26%

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5. Civil Aviation - 49%

6. Public Sec. Banks - 20%

7. Private Sec. Banks - 74%

8. Multi Brand - 51%

9. Single Brand - 100%

10. Tourism - 100%

11. Telecom - 100%

12. Railways - 100%

[1] Bank Rate ------ 9.00%

[2] Repo Rate ------ 8.00%

[3] Reverse Repo Rate ------ 7.00%

[4] Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) ----- 4%

[5] Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) ------ 22.00%

[6] Base Rate ------- 10.00%–10.25%

[7] Savings Deposit Rate ------ 4%

[8] Term Deposit Rate ------ 8.00%–9.05%

1. President Pranab Mukherjee authorised Vigilance Commissioner Rajiv to act as CVC

2. President Pranab Mukherjee authorised Vigilance Commissioner Rajiv to act as CVC.

3. Tata motors Limited appointed Mayank Pareek as president of Passenger Vehicle Division

4. Tata Motors Limited on 29 September 2014 appointed Mayank Pareek as president of

Passenger Vehicle Division.

5. Justice Handyala Dattu sworn-in as new CJI

6. Justice HL Dattu sworn-in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India on 28 September 2014.

7. AIADMK Treasurer O Panneerselvam was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 29

September 2014.

8. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai sworn in as president of Afghanistan

9. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on 29 september 2014 was sworn in as president of Afghanistan.

10. Bangladesh government appointed Syed Muazzem Ali as its new Envoy to India

11. The Bangladesh government appointed Syed Muazzem Ali as the new Bangladesh High

Commissioner to India.

12. Suresh Prabhu selected as PM‘s Sherpa for G-20 summit



13. Suresh Prabhu was appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Sherpa for the Group of 20

annual Summit

14. Rajat Sharma appointed as the president of News Broadcasting Association

15. Rajat Sharma on 24 September 2014 was appointed as the new president of the NBA.

16. Ex-Ambassador of India to UN Hardeep Singh Puri appointed as Secretary General of ICM

17. Hardeep Singh Puri was appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on

Multilateralism (ICM) on 23 September 2014.

18. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar appointed as ISI chief

19. Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar was appointed as the new head of the Inter-Services

Intelligence (ISI).

20. US President Barack Obama nominated Richard Rahul Verma as new US envoy to India

21. US President Barack Obama nominated Richard Rahul Verma as the next US Ambassador to

India.

22. Lalitha Kumaramangalam appointed as chairperson of National Commission for Women

23. Lalitha Kumaramangalam was appointed as new chief of National Commission for Women.

24. Chinese President appointed Le Yucheng as China's New Ambassador to India

25. Chinese President Xi Jinping appointed Le Yucheng as China's new Ambassador to India.

26. PM Narendra Modi appointed Adil Zainulbhai as the Chairman of QCI

27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Adil Zainulbhai as the Chairman of Quality

Council of India.

28. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio appointed as UN Messenger of Peace

29. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was appointed as UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on

climate change.

30. International Economic Association appointed Kaushik Basu as President-Elect

31. The International Economic Association (IEA) appointed Kaushik Basu as president-elect of

IEA.

32. Antara Haldar of India became first non-European law lecturer at Cambridge

33. Indian-origin Antara Haldar on 15 September 2014 became first non-European law lecturer

at Cambridge University.

34.Krishan Kant Paul sworn-in as Governor of Manipur

35. Meghalaya Governor, Dr. Krishan Kant Paul was sworn–in as the Governor of Manipur at

the Raj Bhawan Durbar Hall in Imphal.

36. Narendra Ambwani elected as chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India

37. Narendra Ambwani on 12 September 2014 elected as Chairman of the Advertising Standards

Council of India (ASCI).

38. Subhash Chandra Garg appointed as Executive Director of World Bank

39. ACC appointed Senior IAS officer Subhash Chandra Garg was appointed as the Executive

Director in World Bank for a tenure of three years.

40. Chandrakala Padia appointed as first women chairperson of IIAS

41. Chandrakala Padia was on 5 September 2014 appointed as first women chairperson of Indian

Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS).

42. Ravindra Nath took charge as CMD of NSIC

43. Ravindra Nath on 4 September 2014 assumed the charge as Chairman and Managing director

(CMD) of National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC).

44. Former CJI P Sathasivam appointed as Governor of Kerala

45. P Sathasivam appointed as the new Governor of Kerala. His appointment came after



President accepted resignation of Sheila Dikshit from her office.

46. President cleared the appointment of Justice H.L. Dattu as 42nd CJI

47. President Pranab Mukherjee cleared the appointment of Justice H L Dattu as the 42nd CJI.

48. Union Government appointed JIC chief RN Ravi as Naga interlocutor

49. Union Government on 29 August 2014 appointed chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee

(JIC) RN Ravi as Naga interlocutor.

50. Ramesh Chand Tayal appointed as CRPF Special Director-General

51. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on 25 August 2014 cleared the name of

senior IPS officer Ramesh Chand Tayal as DG of CRPF special

52. RN Ravi appointed as new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee

53. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared name of

RN Ravi for appointment as new chief of JIC.

54. Thailand's king Bhumibol Adulyade endorsed General Prayuth Chan-ocha as PM

55. Finance Minister Ahmet Davutoglu named as Prime Minister of Turkey

56. Turkey's ruling party AKP named Finance Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as New Prime

Minister of Turkey on 10 August 2014.

57. Thai coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha elected as Prime Minister of Thailand

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• National Hindi Divas (Hindi Day) was observed across India on - 14 September 2014

• Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority gave its final safety approval to restart two reactors of -

Sendai nuclear plant located in south-west Kyushu, Japan

• ICC suspended Pakistani off-spinner from bowling in international cricket with immediate

effect for illegal bowling action - Saeed Ajmal

• SC questioned logic behind the Kerala state government‘s new policy for limiting - bar licenses

to only five-star hotels.

• CCEA approved the disinvestment of the stake of - Coal Indian Limited (CIL), Oil and Natural

Gas Company (ONGC) and National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC).

• Rajasthan High Court ordered to stop discrimination on basis of caste in cremation at various

crematoriums in Jaipur and asked - Jaipur Municipal Corporation to submit an action taken

report

• Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh launched the Reefer Vehicle Call-in-Centre

(RVC) for - smooth transportation of perishable goods

• Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front released 45 captured Fijian UN peacekeepers that were

captured from - the Syrian Golan Heights



• The International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16 September

2014 with a theme - Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On

• Rajnath Singh inaugurated the integration of BSF with BISAG project of Gujarat Government

at BSF Camp in - Bhuj, Gujarat

• Youngest Indian sailor of Optimist Dinghy category who represented India at the Asian Games

- 12-year-old Chitresh Tatha

• Barack Obama authorised US air strikes against ISIS militants for the first time in Syria and

escalate it in Iraq on the eve of - the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attack

• Indian shuttler HS Prannoy won - Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) closed down six Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) who were

suspected of being used - to route illegal money

• The British aid worker, who was beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants -

David Haines

• Chinese Army stopped Indians from using water supply and construction work at - the T-Point

of Demchok area of Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir

• An International Conference to help Iraq in fighting the Islamic State militants and accelerate

the humanitarian relief operations was held in – Paris, France.

2014 Champions League Twenty20

♫ Dates13-- September 2014– 4 October 2014

♫ Administrator(s)-- BCCI, CA, CSA

♫ Cricket format--- Twenty20

♫ Tournament format(s)--- Round-robinand knockout

♫ Host(s)--- India

♫ Champions--- Chennai Super Kings(2nd title)

♫ Participants---10 (group stage)

12 (total)



♫ Matches played---29

♫ Man of the Series--- Suresh Raina

( Chennai Super Kings)

♫ Most runs--- Suresh Raina(234)

( Chennai Super Kings)

♫ Most wickets--- Sunil Narine(12)

( Kolkata Knight Riders)

♫ Official website--- clt20.com

CLASSICAL DANCES IN INDIA

============================

Nat-Natin – Bihar

Odissi – Orissa

Rauf – Jammu & Kashmir

Khantumm – Mizoram

Karma – Madhya Pradesh

Laho – Meghalaya

Mohiniattam – Kerala

Mando – Goa

Manipuri – Manipur

Bharat Natyam – Tamil Nadu

Bihu – Assam

Bhangra – Punjab

Chhau – Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and

Jharkhand

Garhwali – Uttaranchal

Garba – Gujarat

Hattari – Karnataka

Kathak – North India

Kathakali – Kerala



Kutchipudi – Andhra Pradesh

Nati – Himachal Pradesh

Yakshagan – Karnataka

‎ liififfO books of famous country:

Blue book- uk

Orange book- netherland

Green book-italy

Grey book-belgium,japan

White book-portugal,jermany,china

White paper- india,uk

Yellow book-french

SUMMITS

[1] 6th BRICS summit:

It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle.Host city

was Fortaleza.

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was a special guest of the summit.

Date- 14 July 2014–16 July 2014

Core BRICS members:

[1] Brazil ------ Dilma Rousseff (President)

[2] Russia ----- Vladimir Putin (President)

[3] India ------ Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)

[4] China ------ Xi Jinping (President)

[5] South Africa ------- Jacob Zuma (President)

[2] Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit

Held in – Sydney

On- 18 July

Chaired by- Richard Goyder, Managing Director and CEO of Wesfarmers.The business leaders

of G20 met in this summit.

[3]SAARC Monsoon Initiative Programme National Working Group

Organised in – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

The monsoon initiative is the part of Thimphu Statement on Climate Change adopted at the16th

SAARC summit in Thimphu in 2010.

Held on – 20 June 2014



[4]Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) – Japan Conference

Held in – Tokyo

Date- 17 June 2014

The two-day Conference was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

[5]ATOMEXPO-2014 Nuclear Energy Forum:

Date- 9 to 11 June 2014

Held in – Moscow

The first ATOMEXPO was held in 2009 and is an initiative of Russia‘s State Nuclear Energy

Corporation Rosatom.

[6] 40th G-7 summit 2014:

Held in- Brussels

Date- 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014

It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit.

Originally, a G8 summit was scheduled to take place in Sochi (Russia) in early June 2014 under

a Russian presidency. Due to the Russian Federation's violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and

territorial integrity, the G7 leaders decided to meet in Brussels on 4-5 June 2014 in the G7 format

instead.

[7] BIMSTEC Summit:

3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)

4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal.

[8] 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting Held In Nay Pyi Taw

The 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) was held on 8 August 2014 in Nay Pyi

Taw, Myanmar under the theme ―Moving forward in Unity to a Peaceful and Prosperous

Community.

Some Important Movements In India & Their Founders

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

1. Arya Samaj - Swami Dayanand Saraswati

2. Brahma Samaj - Raja Ram Mohan Roy

3. Sarvodaya Movement - Jayaprakash Narayan

4. Sreerama Krishna Mission - Swami Vivekananda

5. Boodhana Movement - Acharya Vinobha Bhave

6. Khilafat Movement - Ali Brothers

7. Servants Of India Society - Gopala Krishna Gokhale

8. Prarthana Samaj - Atmaram Pandurang

9. Theosophical Society - Annie Besant

10. Aligarh Movement - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

11. Swathantra Party - C. Rajagopalachari

12. Vanamahotsav - K. M. Munshi

13. Chipco Movement - Sundarlal Bahuguna

14. Chinmaya Mission - Swami Chinmayananda



15. Abhinav Bharat - V. D. Savarkar

16. Gaddar Party - Lala Hardayal

17. Viswabharati - Rabindranath Tagore

18. Red Shirt - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

19. Banaras Hindu University - Madan Mohan Malavya

20. Satya Shodak Samaj - Jyothi Rao Pule

21. Atmiya Sabha - Raja Ram Mohan Roy

22. Peoples Education Society - B. R. Ambedkar

23. Home Rule Movement - Balagangadhar Tilak, Annie Besant

24. Indian Brahma Samaj - Kesava Chandra Sen

25. Indian Association - Surendranath Bannerjee

~*~ HISTORY:

1. By which name Gautama Buddha was known before?

Ans:- Siddharta.

2. When did Buddha born?

Ans:- 563 BC.

3.Where was Buddha born?

Ans:- In Shakya Kshatriya family in Kapilvastu, situated in the foothills of Nepal.

4. Where did Buddha attain the enlightenment?

Ans:- At Bodh Gaya under a Pipal Tree.

5. Where did Buddha deliver his first sermons?

Ans:- Sarnath.

6. At what age did Buddha pass away?

Ans:- At the age of 80.

7. Which year did Buddha pass away?

Ans:- 483 BC.

8. Where did Buddha pass away?

Ans:- At Kushinagara of eastern Uttar Pradesh.

9. Which religion did Buddha discard in its totality?

Ans:- Vedic Religion.

10. The Four truths, which is enunciated by Buddha, form the basis of Buddhism, is called

_____?

Ans:- Aryasatya.

11. What are elements of Astang Marga?

Ans:- Right Views, Right Aspirations, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right

Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Meditation.

12. As what Buddhism took practical form of a society?

Ans:- As the Sangha.

13. What was the Buddhist monasteries called?

Ans:- Viharas.

14. Name the two monks who played an important role in spreading the Buddhism?

Ans:- Ashvaghosha and Nagarjuna.



15. Where and when did the first Buddhist council meet?

Ans:- At Rajagriha in 483 BC.

16. Where and when did the second Buddhist council meet?

Ans:- At Vaishali in 383 BC.

17. Where and when did the third Buddhist council meet?

Ans:- In the reign of Ashoka at Patliputra, In 250 BC.

18. Where and when did the fourth Buddhist council meet?

Ans:- at Kashmir in the First century AD.

19. What is the Buddhist literature called?

Ans:- Tripitaka.

20. In which language was the Tripitaka written?

Ans:- Pali.

21. What are the two sects of Buddhism?

Ans:- Hinayana and Mahayana.

22. Around which year did Buddhism disappear from India?

Ans:- 12th century BC.

BANKS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS

[1] Allahabad Bank - Kolkata

[2] Andhra Bank - Hyderabad

[3] Bank of Baroda - Vadodara (Baroda)

[4] Bank of India - Mumbai

[5] Bank of Maharashtra - Pune

[6] Bharatiya Mahila Bank - New Delhi

[7] Canara Bank - Bengaluru

[8] Central Bank of India - Mumbai

[9] Corporation Bank - Mangalore

[10] Dena Bank - Mumbai

[11] Indian Bank - Chennai

[12] Indian Overseas Bank - Chennai

[13] Oriental Bank of Commerce - Gurgaon

[14] Punjab and Sindh Bank - New Delhi

[15] Punjab National Bank - New Delhi

[16] State Bank of India - Mumbai

[17] Syndicate Bank - Manipal

[18] Union Bank of India - Mumbai

[19] United Bank of India - Kolkata

[20] UCO Bank - Kolkata

[21] Vijaya Bank - Bangalore

HEADS OF ALL PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS



1. Allahabad Bank ----- Sh Rakesh Sethi

2. Andhra Bank ------- Sh. C.V.R. Rajendran

3. Bank of Baroda ------- vacant

4. Bank of India ------ Smt. V.R. Iyer

5. Bank of Maharashtra ------- Sh. Sushil Muhnot

6. Canara Bank ------ Sh. R.K. Dubey

7. Central Bank of India ----- Sh. Rajeev Rishi

8. Corporation Bank ------- Sh. Sadhu Ram Bansal

9. Dena Bank ------ Sh. Ashwini

10. Indian Bank ----- Sh. T.M. Bhasin

11. Indian Overseas Bank ------ Sh. M. Narendra

12. Oriental Bank of Commerce ------- Sh. S.L. bansal

13. Punjab & Sind Bank ------- Sh. Jatinder Bir Singh

14. Punjab National Bank ------ Sh. K.R. Kamath

15. Syndicate Bank ------ vacant

16. UCO Bank ------- Sh. Arun Kaul

17. Union Bank of India ------- Sh. Arun Tiwari

18. United Bank of India ------ Vacant

19. Vijaya Bank ------- Sh. V. Kannan

20. State Bank of India -------- Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya

21. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur ------ Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya

22. State Bank of Patiala ------- Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya

23. State Bank of Hyderabad -------- Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya

24. State Bank of Mysore ------- Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya

25. State Bank of Travancore ------ Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya

26. IDBI Bank Ltd. -------- Sh. M.S. Raghavan

27. Bhartiya Mahila Bank ------- Smt. Usha Ananthasubramanyan

TAGLINES OF BANKS

Public Sector Banks in India:

[1] State Bank Group ------ Pure banking nothing else; With you all the way

[2] Allahabad Bank ------ A tradition of trust

[3] Andhra Bank ----- Where India Banks

[4] Bank of Baroda ------- India‘s international bank

[5] Bank of India ------ Relationships beyond banking

[6] Bank of Maharashtra ------- One family one bank

[7] Canara Bank ------ Together We Can

[8] Central Bank of India ------ Central to you since 1911

[9] Corporation Bank ----- Prosperity for All

[10] Dena Bank ------- Trusted Family Bank

[11] IDBI Bank ------ Banking for All

[12] Indian Bank ------- Your tech friendly bank

[13] Indian Overseas Bank ------- Good people to grow with



[14] Oriental Bank of Commerce ------- Where every individual is committed.

[15] Punjab National Bank ------ A Name you can Bank Upon

[16] Syndicate Bank ------ Your faithful & friendly financial partner

[17] UCO Bank ----- Honours Your Trust

[18] Union Bank of India ------ Good People to Bank with

[19] United Bank of India ------ The Bank that begins with U

[20] Vijaya Bank ------ A Friend You can Bank Upon

[21] Bharatiya Mahila Bank: Empowering Women Empowering India

1. Naseeruddin Shah released his autobiography And then One Day: A Memoir

2. 50 years of man in space: authoured by Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J Eicher

3. Grandmaster Repertoire -1.e4 vs The French, Caro-Kann and Philidor written by Parimarja

4. God of Antarctica written by 13 year old Yashwardhan Shukla

5. Delhi-based 13 year old school boy Yashwardhan Shukla authored a novel, Gods of Antarctica.

6. Not Just an Accountant authored by former CAG Vinod Rai

7. Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi authored by Faraz Ahmad released

8. Narendra Modi released a book titled Gujarat’s success story in Water Management

9. Munger through the Ages written by late DP Yadav released

10. Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan written by Daman Singh

11. One Life is Not Enough written by Natwar Singh released

12. Natwar Singh’s autobiography entitled One Life is Not Enough was published. The book has revealed

much information about Sonia Gandhi.

13. The Lives of Others written by Neel Mukherjee shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2014

14. The Vijay Mallya Story written by K Giriprakash published

15. Coffee-Table book titled First Citizen: Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan released

17. Book titled Blood Feud written by Edward Klein released

18. A Bad Character authored by Deepti Kapoor

20. The Book titled Warrior State written by T V Paul presented to Vice-President

21. Biography of Dilip Kumar entitled The Substance and the Shadow released. The biography has been

penned by Uday Tara Nayar.

22. Narendra Modi released a book entitled Getting India Back on track-an action agenda for reform

edited by Bibek Debroy, Ashley Tellis & Reece Trevor.

23. Anticipating India – The Best of National Interest authored by Shekhar Gupta released

Shekhar Gupta’s book entitled Anticipating India – The best of national interest was released on 24 May

2014.

25. Indian Railways launched a book entitled India Junction – A Window to the Nation



26. Post Haste: Quintessential India written by B.G. Verghese

27. My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written by R.D. Pradhan

28. Book entitled A Stamp Is Born authored by C. R. Pakrashi released by Vice President of India, M

Hamid Ansari.

30. Arctic Summer written by novelist Damon Galgut

31. The Candidate written by Anirudh Bhattacharyya

32. A Rebel And Her Cause: Life and Work of Rashid Jahan released by Rakhshanda Jalil

33. Hillary Clinton’s book entitled Hard Choices to be released in June 2014

34. PC Parakh authored book Crusader or Conspirator..Colgate and other Truths

35. A book entitled The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh

written by Sanjaya Baru was released.

36. The book titled Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership written by Pavan Choudary released

[1] IASB: The International Accounting Standards Board

[2] IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction And Development

[3] ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

[4] ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research

[5] ICCW: Indian Council for Child Welfare

[6] ICDS: Integrated Child Development Service

[7] ICMR: Indian Council of Medical Research

[8] ICICI: Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

[9] ICOR: Incremental capital output ratio

[10] ICRC: International Committee of Red Cross

[11] IDA: International Development Association

[12] ICRA: Investment information and Credit Rating Agency

[13] IES: Indian Economic Service

[14] IEX: Indian Energy Exchange

[15] IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standard

[16] IFSC: Indian financial system code

[17] IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions

[18] IFWJ: Indian Federation of Working Journalists

[19] IIP: The Index of Industrial Production

[20] IIPA: Indian Institute of Public Administration

[21] IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies

[22] ILO: International Labour Organisation

[23] IMF: International Monetary Fund



[24] IMO: International Maritime Organisation

[25] IDR: Indian Depository Receipts

[26] IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India

[27] IMF: International monetary fund

[28] IMRB: Indian Market Research Bureau

[29] INMARSAT: International Maritime Satellite Organisation

[30] INTERPOL: International Police Organisation

[31] INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress

[32] IOC: International Olympic Committee

[33] IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

[34] IPEC: International Programme on Elimination Of Child Labour

[35] IPO: Initial public offer

[36] IPR: Intellectual Property Right

[37] IRDA: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

[38] IREP: Integrated Rural Energy Planning

[39] ISO: International StandardisationOrganisation

[40] ISS: International Space Station

[41] ITDC: Indian Tourism Development Corporation

[42] ITO: International Trade Organisation; Income-Tax Officer

[43] ITU: International Tele-Communication Union

SOME IMPORTANT COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS

A

Al – Artificial intelligence

ALGOL – Algorithimic Language

ARP – Address resolution Protocol

ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

B

BINAC - Binary Automatic Computer

BCC – Blind Carbon Copy

Bin – Binary

BASIC - Beginner‘s All-purpose Symbollic Instruction Code

BIOS – Basic Input Output System

Bit – Binary Digit

BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

C

CC – Carbon Copy

CAD – Computer Aided Design

COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language



CD – Compact Disc

CRT – Cathode Ray Tube

CDR – Compact Disc Recordable

CDROM – Compact Disc Read Only Memory

CDRW – Compact Disc Rewritable

CDR/W – Compact Disk Raed/Write

D

DBA – Data Base Administrator

DBMS – Data Base Management System

DNS – Domain Name System

DPI – Dots Per Inch

DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory

DVD – Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc

DVDR – DVD Recordable

DVDROM – DVD Read Only Memory

DVDRW – DVD Rewritable

DVR – Digital Video Recorder

DOS – Disk Operating System

E

EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce

EDP – Electronic Data Processing

EEPROM – Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

ELM/e-Mail – Electronic Mail

ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

EOF - End Of File

EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EXE - Executable

F

FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile

FDC - Floppy Disk Controller

FDD - Floppy Disk Drive

FORTRAN - Formula Translation

FS - File System

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

G

Gb - Gigabit

GB - Gigabyte

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication



H

HDD - Hard Disk Drive

HP - Hewlett Packard

HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

I

IBM - International Business Machine

IM - Instant Message

IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol

ISP - Internet Service Provider

J

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

K

Kb - Kilobit

KB - Kilobyte

KHz - Kilohertz

Kbps - Kilobit Per Second

L

LCD – Liquid Crystal Display

LED – Light Emitting Diode

LPI – Lines Per Inch

LIS – Large Scale Integration

M

Mb – Megabit

MB – Megabyte

MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group

MMS – Multimedia Message Service

MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader

MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second

N

NIC – Network Interface Card

NOS – Network Operating System

O

OMR – Optical Mark Reader

OOP – Object Oriented Programming

OSS – Open Source Software

P

PAN – Personal Area Network



PC – Personal Computer

PDA - Personal Digital Assistant

PDF – Portable Document Format

POS – Point Of Sale

PNG - Portable Network Graphics

PPM – Pages Per Minute

PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol

PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory

PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

POST – Power On Self Test

PING – Packet Internet Gopher

R

RAM – Random Access Memory

RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System

RIP – Routing Information Protocol

RTF – Rich Text Format

S

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SQL – Structured Query Language

SRAM – Synchronous Random Access Memory

SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

T

TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

TB – Tera Bytes

U

UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply

URI – Uniform Resource Identifier

URL – Uniform Resource Locator

USB - Uniform Serial Bus

ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration

UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer

V

VAR – Variable

VGA – Video Graphics Array

VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

VDU – Visual Display Unit

W

Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network



WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

WWW – World Wide Web

WORM – Write Once Read Memory

X

XHTML – eXtensible Hyper text Markup Languange

XML - eXtensible Markup language

Z

ZB – Zeta Byte

► FUNDAMENTAL UNITS

Metre-length

Kg-mass

Second-time

Kelvin-temperature

Ampere-electric current

Candela-luminous intensity

Mole-amount of substance

Radium-plane angle

Steradian-solid angle

Nicknames of Indian Cities

Nick name - Place

Golden City-Amritsar

Manchester of India Ahmedabad

City of Seven islands -Mumbai

Queen of Arabian Sea -Cochin

Space City -Bangalore

Garden City of India -Bangalore

Silicon Valley of India-Bangalore

Electronic city of India -Bangalore

Pink city- Jaipur

Gateway of India -Mumbai

Twin city-Hyderabad - Sikandarabad

City of festivals-Madurai

Deccan Queen-Pune

City of Buildings-Kolkata

Dakshin Ganga- Godavari

Old Ganga-Godavari

Egg bowls of Asia-Andhra Pradesh



Soya region-Madhya Pradesh

Manchester of the South-Coimbatore

City of Nawabs-Lucknow

Venice of the east-Cochin

Sorrow of Bengal-Damodar river

Sorrow of Bihar-Kosi river

Blue Mountains- Nilgiri-

Queen of the Mountains- Mussoorie (Uttaranchal)

Sacred river -Ganga

Hollywood of India-Mumbai

City of Castles-Kolkata

State of five rivers -Punjab

City of weavers -Panipat

City of lakes- Srinagar

Steel city of India -Jamshedpur (Called Tatanagar)

City of temples- Varanasi

Manchester of the north -Kanpur

City of Rallies -New Delhi

Heaven of India -Jammu & Kashmir

Boston of India -Ahmedabad

Garden of spices of India -Kerala

Switzerland of India -Kashmir

Abode of the God- Prayag (Allahabad)

Pittsburg of India -Jamshedpur

► Some countries and their parliament's name

Country Parliament

1.Malaysia- Parliament (Dewan Rakyat, Dewan Negara)

2.Madagaskar -National People's Assembly

3.Libiya -General People's Congress

4.Liberia- National Assembly

5Laos -People's Supreme Assembly

6Kuwait -National Assembly

7.Korea (north)- Supreme people's Assembly

8.Korea (south)- National Assembly

9.Keniya -National Assembly

10.Jordan- National Assembly

11.Japan - Diet

13.Israel- Knesset

Ireland Oireachta

14 Iraq -National Assembly

15.Iran- Majlis

16.China, Mainland -National People's Congress



17.China, National -Yaun( National Assembly)

18.Colombia -Congress

19Cuba- National Assembly of People's power

20.Denmark -Folketing

21.Egypt- People's Assembly

22.France- National Assembly

23.Germany -Bundestag( Lower House) and Bundesrat ( Upper House)

25.Guyana- National Assembly

26.Hungary -National Assembly

27.Iceland- Althing

28.India- Parliament ( Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha)

29.Indonesia -People's Consultative Assembly

30Belize-National Assembly

31Benin- National Revo

Location- Name -Important Species

Barpeta, Assam -Manas- Tiger, Elephant, Panther, Wild Buffalo, One-horned Rhinoceros

Bharatpur, Rajasthan -Ghan-a Bird Sanctuary Siberian Crane, Spoonbill, Heron, Teal, Stork

Garo Hills, Meghalaya -Balpakram Sanctuary- Tiger, Elephant, Bison

Hazaribagh, Jharkhand-

Hazaribagh National Park- Tiger, Leopard, Sambhar, Chital

Idukki, Kerala- Periyar -Elephant, Tiger, Panther, Wild Boar, Gaur, Sambhar

Jammu and Kashmir -Dachigam Sanctuary- Kashmir Stag

Junagarh, Gujarat- Gir National Park Asiatic Lion, Panther, Sambhar, Nilgai, Crocodile,

Rhinoceros

Jorhat, Assam- Kaziranga National Park- One- Horned Rhinoceros, Wild Buffalo, Sambhar,

Tiger

Jharkhand- Palamau -Tiger, Elephant,Panth

Karnataka- Ranganthitoo Bird Sanctuary- Birds

Lakhimpur Kheri, UP- Dubhwa National Park- Tiger, Panther, Sambhar, Nilgai

Little Rann Kutch, Gujarat -Wild Ass Sanctuary Wild Ass, Wolf, Nilgai, Chinkara



Mysore, Karnataka- Bandipur National Park -Elephant, Tiger, Bear, Sambhar, Panther

Mandla and Balaghat, MP -Kanha National Park -Tiger, Panther, Antelope, Barking deer, Nilgai

Nainital, Uttarnchal -Corbett National Park -Elephant, Tiger, Sloth bear, Nilgai, Panther,

Sambhar

NIlgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu -Mudumalai Sanctuary -Elephant, deer, Pigs

Shivpuri, MP -Shivpuri National Park Birds

Tamil Nadu- Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary- Birds

Tirap District, AP- Namdapha National Park- Tiger, Elephant

Varanasi, UP -Chandraprabha -Asiatic Lion, Tiger, panther, Indian Gazelle, Sloth Bear

Warangal, AP- Park-al Tiger, Panther, Chital, Nilgai

West Bengal- Jaldapara Sanctary -Tiger, Leopard, Sambhar, Chital

West Bengal- Sunderans --Tigerr, Wild Boar, Crocodile, Deer

CMD’S Of Public Sector Banks:

[1] State Bank of India – Smt. Arundathi Bhattacharya

[2] Allahabad Bank – Rakesh Sethi

[3] Bank of Baroda – vacant

[4] Bank of India – V. R. Iyer

[5] Bank of Maharashtra – Sushil Muhnot

[6] Bharatiya Mahila Bank : Usha Ananta Subramanium

[7] Canara Bank – R. K. Dubey

[8] Central Bank of India – Rajeev Rishi

[9] Corporation Bank – Sadhuram Bansal

[10] Dena Bank – Ashwini Kumar

[11] Indian Bank – T. M. Bashin

[12] Indian Overseas Bank – M. Narendra

[13] Oriental Bank of Commerce – S. L. Bansal

[14] Punjab and Sindh Bank – Jatinder Bir Singh

[15] Punjab National Bank – K. R. Kamath

[16] Syndicate Bank – vacant

[17] UCO Bank – Arun Kaul

[18] Union Bank of India – Arun Tiwari

[19] United Bank of India – vacant

[20] Vijaya Bank – Shri.V Kannan



[21] Andhra Bank – C.V.R. Rajendran

[22] IDBI Bank – M. S. Raghvan

:- International Years

* Uno Declered International Years :-

* 2016:-

International Year of Pulses

* 2015:-

nternational Year of Soils

* 2014:-

International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

International Year of Small Island Developing States

International Year of Crystallography

International Year of Family Farming

* 2013:-

International Year of Water Cooperation

International Year of Quinoa

* 2012:-

International Year of Cooperatives

International Year of Sustainable Energy for All

SMALLEST IN THE WORLD

1. Smallest Ocean:Arctic

2. Smallest Republic: Nauru

3. Smallest Colony: Gibraltar

4. Smallest State: Vatican

5. Smallest Landmass: The Australian Mainland 6. Smallest Bird: Humming bird

7. Smallest Flowering Plant: Wolfia

8. Smallest Planet: Mercury

9. World's Smallest Museum: Arizona, US

10. World's Smallest PC: Space Cube

11. Smallest Continent: Australia



1. Bhakra Nangal Project —On Sutlej in Punjab. Highest in India. Ht. 226m. Reservoir is called

Gobind Sagar Lake.

2. Mandi Project— On Beas in HP

3. Chambal Valley Project—- On Chambal in MP & Rajasthan, 3 dams are there:- Gandhi Sagar

Dam, Rana Pratap Sagar Dam and Jawahar Sagar Dam

4. Damodar Valley Project— On Damodar in Bihar (Now Jharkhand) & West Bengal, Based on

Tennessee Valley Project USA

5. Hirakud Project— On Mahanadi in Orrisa, World‘s Longest Dam: 4801m

6. Rihand Project— On Son in Mirzapur, Reservoir is called Gobind Vallabh Pant reservoir.

7. Kosi Project— On Kosi in N.Bihar (Like us on Facebook

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8. Mayurkashi Project— On Mayurkashi in West Bengal

9. Kakrapara Project— On Tapi in Gujrat

10. Nizamsagar Project— On Manjra in Andhra Pradesh (Like us on Facebook


11. Nagarjuna Sagar Project— On Krishna in Andhra Pradesh

12. Tugabhadra Project— On Tugabhadra in Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka

13. Shivasamudram Project— On Cauvery in Karnataka. It is the older river valley project in

India.

14. Tata Hydel Scheme—- On Bhima in Maharashtra

15. Sharavathi Hydel Project— On Jog Falls in Karnataka

16. Kundah & Periyar Project—- In Tamil Nadu

17. Farakka Project — On Ganga in WB. Apart from power and irrigation it helps to remove silt

for easy navigation. (Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Exam.Affairs.EA)

18. Ukai Project—- On Tapti in Gujarat

19. Mahi Project—- On Mahi in Gujarat






20. Salal Project—-- On Chenab in J&K

21. Mata Tila Multipurpose Project— On Betwa in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

22. Thein Project—- On Ravi, Punjab. (Like us on Facebook


23. Pong Dam— On Beas, Punjab

24. Tehri Dam — On Bhgirathi, Uttarakhand

25. Sardar Sarovar Project—- On Narmada, Gujarat/MP

►SOME IMPORTANT COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS

A

Al – Artificial intelligence

ALGOL – Algorithimic Language

ARP – Address resolution Protocol

ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

B

BINAC - Binary Automatic Computer

BCC – Blind Carbon Copy

Bin – Binary

BASIC - Beginner’s All-purpose Symbollic Instruction Code

BIOS – Basic Input Output System

Bit – Binary Digit

BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

C

CC – Carbon Copy

CAD – Computer Aided Design

COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language

CD – Compact Disc

CRT – Cathode Ray Tube

CDR – Compact Disc Recordable

CDROM – Compact Disc Read Only Memory

CDRW – Compact Disc Rewritable

CDR/W – Compact Disk Raed/Write




D

DBA – Data Base Administrator

DBMS – Data Base Management System

DNS – Domain Name System

DPI – Dots Per Inch

DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory

DVD – Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc

DVDR – DVD Recordable

DVDROM – DVD Read Only Memory

DVDRW – DVD Rewritable

DVR – Digital Video Recorder

DOS – Disk Operating System

E

EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce

EDP – Electronic Data Processing

EEPROM – Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

ELM/e-Mail – Electronic Mail

ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

EOF - End Of File

EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EXE - Executable

F

FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile

FDC - Floppy Disk Controller

FDD - Floppy Disk Drive

FORTRAN - Formula Translation

FS - File System

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

G

Gb - Gigabit

GB - Gigabyte

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication

H

HDD - Hard Disk Drive

HP - Hewlett Packard



HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

I

IBM - International Business Machine

IM - Instant Message

IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol

ISP - Internet Service Provider

J

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

K

Kb - Kilobit

KB - Kilobyte

KHz - Kilohertz

Kbps - Kilobit Per Second

L

LCD – Liquid Crystal Display

LED – Light Emitting Diode

LPI – Lines Per Inch

LIS – Large Scale Integration

M

Mb – Megabit

MB – Megabyte

MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group

MMS – Multimedia Message Service

MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader

MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second

N

NIC – Network Interface Card

NOS – Network Operating System

O

OMR – Optical Mark Reader

OOP – Object Oriented Programming

OSS – Open Source Software

P



PAN – Personal Area Network

PC – Personal Computer

PDA - Personal Digital Assistant

PDF – Portable Document Format

POS – Point Of Sale

PNG - Portable Network Graphics

PPM – Pages Per Minute

PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol

PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory

PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

POST – Power On Self Test

PING – Packet Internet Gopher

R

RAM – Random Access Memory

RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System

RIP – Routing Information Protocol

RTF – Rich Text Format

S

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SQL – Structured Query Language

SRAM – Synchronous Random Access Memory

SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

T

TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

TB – Tera Bytes

U

UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply

URI – Uniform Resource Identifier

URL – Uniform Resource Locator

USB - Uniform Serial Bus

ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration

UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer

V

VAR – Variable

VGA – Video Graphics Array

VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited



VDU – Visual Display Unit

W

Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network

WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

WWW – World Wide Web

WORM – Write Once Read Memory

X

XHTML – eXtensible Hyper text Markup Languange

XML - eXtensible Markup language

Z

ZB – Zeta Byte

Union Budget 2014-15 Highlights:

• FDI in defence sector to go up to 49%

• Greater autonomy to banks

• PSU 247,944 cr capex to create industrial cycle

• Smart cities: PM has vision of developing 100 new cities

• Rs 7,060 cr fund for smart cities

• Tourism: e-visas to be introduced at nine airports in the country in a phased manner

• Real estate investment trusts – modified REITS is being announced for infrastructure projects

to reduce pressure on banking system

• Kisan Vikas Patra to be pushed further

• New scheme for skill development called Skill India to be launched

• Sanitation in every household by 2019

• Shyama Prassad Mukherjee Rozgaar mission to be launched

• New scehme for agricultural irrigation



• Rs 500 cr for rural electrification

• Rs 200 cr for sardar vallabbhai statue in Gujarat

• Rs 50000 cr for SC/st schemes

• Social security: minimum pension of rs 1000 pm for all subscribers of EPFO scheme

• National level insistute for mental health to be ste up

• Currency notes with braile like signs to help the blind

• Rs 150 cr on new scehme to improve safety of women in big cities

• Beti bacahao beti padahao yojna to be launched – RS 100 allocation

• Gender main-streaming: School curriculum to have a chapter on the issue

• Fiscal deficit for 2014-15 pegged at 4.3% and for next year at 3%

• Revenue Deficit seen at 2.9% for FY15

• Aim to achieve 7-8 per cent economic growth rate in next 3-4 years: FM

• Committed for growth of agriculture at the rate of 4 per cent.

• Defence FDI cap raised to 49% from 26% at present

• Exemption limit on income tax from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 2.5 lakh.

• For senior citizens, the exemption on income has been raised to Rs. 3 lakh per annum.

• Tax-free cap on home loan interest from Rs. 1.5 to Rs. 2 lakh.

• No change in Income tax rates and slabs .

• Annual PPF ceiling to be enhanced to Rs 1.5 lakh, from Rs 1 lakh

• Women Safety:

o Outlay of Rs. 50 crores for a pilot scheme on road safety

o Another 150 crores to be spent by MHA on safety on women in larger cities

o 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana' - 100 crores

• Rs 3600 cr set aside for National Rural Drinking Water: FM

• Rural housing: Rs 8000 crore for national housing banking programme



• Metro rails in PPP mode; Rs. 100 cr set aside for metro scheme in Ahmadabad and Lucknow

• Each year government will be adding AIIMS to ensure there is an AIIMS in every state: Jaitley

• Rs 100 crores to set up virtual classrooms

• Rs 500 crores for setting up 5 more IIMs and IITs

• FM Proposes to enhance the scope of income tax settlement commission

• Rs 7,060 crore allocated for building new cities

• Jaitley announces e-visas to promote tourism

• The government is committed to the welfare of scheduled castes and tribes.

• Rs 200 crores credit scheme for start-ups by those from scheduled castes and tribes

• Government is committed to providing 24x7 electricity in all houses

• 15 Braille press to come up.

• Currency note with Braille-like signs

• Promote FDI selectively in sectors. India needs a boost in job creation in the manufacturing

sector

• 24x7 electricity in all houses

• Minimum pension of Rs.1000 per month to all PP schemes.

• Rs 50,548 cr proposed for SC development

• Bharat Swach Yojna proposed for hygiene and cleanliness.

• Rs. 200 crore for Statue of Unity, a statue of Sardar Patel in Gujarat.

• Rs. 1000 cr for irrigation plan named Pradhan mantri krishi sichayin yojana.

• Skill India initiative to make youth employable and create more entrepreneurs.

• Kisan Vikas Patra to be expanded.

• e-visa for nine cities.

• Rs. 7060 cr for creating smart cities.



• Assam and Jharkhand to get Centre of Excellence on farming

• Rs. 100 crores for modernization of Madrasas

• Jaitley announces Skill India, a programme to train youth for jobs

• Equity in PSU banks to be raised through share sale to the public

• Rural housing: Rs 8000 crores for national housing banking programme

• MGNREGA programme to made more productive

• Senior Citizens Pension Plan Extended Till August 2015

• National Adaption Fund for climate change to be set up

• Rs. 500 crore for price stabilization fund.

• 100 soil testing laboratories across the country.

• House resumes. Budget Speech continues.

• Agriculture University in AP and Rajasthan, and Horticulture University in Haryana,

Telangana; Rs. 200 cr set aside

• An AIIMS will be created in every state.

• All six new AIIMS are functional. Four more AIIMS under consideration. 12 more medical

colleges will be added. Rs. 500 crore allocated for this.

• MGNREGA programme will be made more productive

• Crisis Management Center for women at Delhi

• Start up village at Rs 100 crore to promote entrepreneurship among rural youth.

• Rs. 14,389 crores for PM Sadak Yojana

• Rs 200 crore allocated to set up six textiles clusters

* Afghanistan - 19th August

* Australia - 26th January



* Bahrain - 15th August

* Bangladesh - 26th March

* Bhutan - 8th August

* Brazil - 7th September * Canada - 1st July

* China - 1st October

* Egypt - 28th February

* Germany - 18th January

* Greece - 25th March

* India - 15th August * Indonesia - 17th August

* Iraq - 3rd October

* Italy - 17th March

* Jamaica - 6th August

* Japan - 11th February

* Kenya - 12th December * Malaysia - 31st August

* Mexico - 16th September

* New Zealand - 26th September

* North Korea - 9th September

* Pakistan - 14th August

* Portugal - 1st December * Republic of the Congo - 15th August

* Russia - 24th August

* Singapore - 9th August

* South Africa - 11th December

* South Korea - 15th August

* Spain - 12th October * Sri Lanka - 4th February

* Sweden - 6th June

* Switzerland - 1st August

* Turkey - 29th October

* United Kingdom - 1st May

* United States - 4th July

* Vatican City - 11th February

* Zimbabwe - 18th April

Chief of Army Staff – General Dalbeer Singh Suhag

Air Chief Marshal – Arup Raha

Chief of Naval Staff – Admiral Robin K. Dhowan

Chief of Integrated Defense Staff – Lieutenant Genl. Anil Chait

Director General of Border Security Force – D. K. Pathak

Heads of Government Departments



Chairman of Planning Commission – Narendra Modi

Chief Election Commissioner of India – V. S. Sampath

Other Election Commissioners – H. S. Brahma, S. Ahmad Zaidi

Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission – Justice K. G. Balakrishnan

Science & Technology Organizations and Heads

Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) – K. Radha Krishnan

Director of BARC (Baba Atomic Research Centre) – Shekar Basu

Director, Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) – Avinash Chander

Satish Dhawan Space Centre – Dr. M. Y. S. Prasad

Heads of Financial Bodies

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

13th Financial Commission Chairman – Dr. Vijay. L. Kelkar (2010-15)

14th Finance Commisison Chairman – Dr. Y. V. Reddy (2015-20)

NABARD Chairman – Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

SEBI Chairman – U. K. Sinha

CBDT Chairman – K. V. Chowdary

CBEC Chairman – J. M. Shanti Sundharam

CEIB Director General – Archana Ranjan

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Chairman – Rahul Khullar

IRDA Chairman – T. S. Vijayan

LIC Chairman – S. K. Roy

Indian Bank’s Association Chairman – K. R. Kamath

GIC Chairman – A. K. Roy

RBI Governor – Raghuram Rajan

NASSCOM Chairman – R. Chandra Sekharan

NASSCOM President – R. Chandra Sekharan

FICCI President – Siddartha Birla

ICAI President – A. K. Raghu

CII President – Ajay S. Shriram

ASSOCHAM President – Rana Kapoor

SBI – Arundhathi Bhattacharya

FICCI – Sidhartha Birla

Heads of Important Organizations Constitutional Officials :

President of India : Pranab Mukherjee

Vice-President of India & Chairman of Rajya Sabha – Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Chief Justice of India (41st) – Rajendra Mal Lodha Political Officials



Prime Minister of India – Narendra Modi (15th)

Loksabha Speaker (16th) – Sumitra Mahajan Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha – P. J. Kurien

Leader of Rajya Sabha – Arun Jaitely

Leader of the Opposition of Rajya Sabha – Gulam Nabi Azad

Secretary General of Lok Sabha – P. Sreedharan

Secretary General of Rajya Sabha – Shumsher K. Sheriff

. BRICS summit

Country: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa.

- 6th BRICS Summit 2014: Fortaleza, Brazil

- Next 7th BRICS Summit to be held in Ufa, Russia

Note: Ufa is the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, and the industrial,

economic, scientific and cultural

centre of the republic.

- The theme chosen for our discussions was "Inclusive Growth: Sustainable Solutions‖.

New BRICS Bank:

The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is a

proposed multilateral

development bank operated by the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)

as an alternative to the existing

World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

The New Development Bank headquarter will be in Shanghai, China.

The Bank will have a rotating chair and its first President will come from India for the first six

years.

The first chair of the Board of Governors shall be from Russia.

The first chair of the Board of Directors shall be from Brazil.

The Bank will also have a regional office in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Participant leaders of the five nations are

• Brazil - Dilma Rousseff

• Russian - Vladimir Putin

• Indian - Narendra Modi

• China - Xi Jinping

• South Africa - Jacob Zuma

Development Capital: The member countries will also set up a $100 billion currency reserves

pool to help countries forestall short-term liquidity pressures.

Note: The bank will begin with a subscribed capital of $50 billion divided equally between its

five founders.

2. IBSA Summit: India will host the next summit of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) in New

Delhi in 2015.



3. Nuclear security summit:

• 2nd Summit 2012 – Seoul, South Korea.

• 3rd Summit 2014 : Hague, Netherland

• 4th Summit 2016: United States

4. G 8 Summit:

• G-8 Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain and the US

• 40th G-7 summit 2014 held at Brussels.

Note: It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit. The summit is jointly represented by

the European

Council President Herman van Rompuy and the European Commission President.

5. G 20 Summit:

• G-20 meeting (2014) of Finance ministers and central bank governors held in Sydney

(Australia).

• G20 Leaders Summit (2014) will be held in Brisbane, Queensland (Australia, in November

2014.

6. SAARC Summit:

• 18th SAARC Summit 2014- Kathmandu (Nepal)

7. NATO Summit: NATO Summit 2014 will be held in Britain. (Britain last hosted the summit

in 1990, when Margret Thatcher was Prime Minister).

8. BIMSTEC Summit:

• 3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)

• 4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal.

Note: BIMSTEC (Bay of Bangal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic

Cooperation)

BIMSTEC includes 7 countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and

Nepal and aims to create cooperation in multiple sectors including trade, investment and energy.

New Member United Nation – South Sudan new member country .

Total - 193 members

OTHER SUMMITS:

1. 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting held in New Delhi.

BASIC - (Brazil, South Africa, India and China)

Note: 17th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in Hanzghou, China

2. ASEAN foreign-minister-meeting held in Myanmar.

3. Fifth Indo-US Strategic Dialogue held in New Delhi during which the two sides discussed

―transformative initiatives‖ in key areas of security and energy.



4. 3rd India-Africa Summit will be held in New Delhi.

5. 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 held in Moscow.

6. World Economic Forum 2014: held in Abuja (Nigeria). Bharti Enterprises founder and

Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal co - chair this year‘s edition of the World Economic Forum on

Africa.

SOME NEW ENTRIES:

WTO -Tajikistan new member country. Total - 159 members.

World Bank & IMF - South Sudan new member country. Total - 188 members

European Union - Croatia new member country. Total– 28

PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his government's mega scheme 'Jan Dhan Yojana',

declaring that it was aimed at eradicating financial untouchability by providing bank accounts to

the poor. On the inaugural day, a record 1.5 crore bank accounts were opened across the country,

the largest such exercise on a single day possibly anywhere in the world. Unveiling the scheme

within 100 days of forming the new government, Modi said, it will cover 7.5 crore people by

January 26, 2015.

FIVE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE PM JAN DHAN YOJNA: 1. Under the scheme, account holders will be provided zero-balance bank account with RuPay

debit card, in addition to accidental insurance cover of Rs. 1 lakh.

2. Those who open accounts by January 26, 2015 over and above the Rs1 lakh accident, they will

be given life insurance cover

of Rs 30,000.

3. Six months of opening of the bank account, holders can avail Rs 5,000 loan from the bank.

4. With the introduction of new technology introduced by National Payments Corporation of

India (NPCI), a person can transfer

funds, check balance through a normal phone which was earlier limited only to smart phones so

far.

5. Mobile banking for the poor would be available through National Unified USSD Platform

(NUUP) for which all banks and

mobile companies have come together.



► Types of Banks in India and their functions ◄

►Reserve Bank of India :

#RBI is the Central Bank of India, which acts as a banker to the government

#It is also called as “Bankers bank”, because all banks will have accounts with RBI. It provides funds to all

banks hence it is called as BANKERS BANK

#RBI was established by an act of Parliament in 1934

#It has four zonal offices at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi and 19 regional offices

#Current Governor: Dr. Raghuram Rajan

#Deputy Governors: H R Khan, Dr Urjit Patel, R Gandhi and S S Mundra

#Head office: Mumbai

>>Functions:

#Issues currency notes

#Acts as bankers bank

#Maintain foreign exchange reserves

#Maintains CRR and SLR

#Its affairs are regulated by 21-member central board of directors: Governor (Dr. Raghuram Rajan), 4

deputy Governors, 2 #Finance Ministry representatives, 10 Government-nominates directors,4 directors

to represent local boards

#Policy Rates, Reserve Ratios, Lending and Deposit Rates as of July 15, 2014

#Bank Rate: 9:00%

#Repo Rate: 8:00%

#Reverse Repo Rate: 7:00%

#Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR): 4%

#Statutory Liquidity Ratio (CRR): 22.00%

#Base Rate: 10.00%-10.25%

#Savings Deposit Rate: 4%

#Term Deposit Rate: 8.00%-9.5%

#Currency notes other than one rupee notes are issued by RBI

#The initial share capital for RBI was Rs. 5 Crores

► Scheduled Commercial Banks :

Scheduled Commercial banks are

#State Bank of India and its associates (State bank of India has got 7 subsidiaries they are State bank of

Hyderabad, State bank of Mysore, State bank of Travancore, State bank of Indore, State bank of

Sourashtra, State bank of Bikaneer, State bank of Jaipur

#Nationalized Banks



#Private Sector Banks

#Regional Rural Banks

#Urban Cooperative Banks

#State Cooperative Banks

#Public Sector Banks: State Bank of India and associate banks + 20 nationalized banks are called public

sector banks

►Nationalized Banks:

#Nationalized banks are the banks which are owned and run by government of India

#There are total of 20 nationalized banks

#In 1969, 14 banks were nationalized

#In 1980, 6 banks were nationalized

#Nationalized banks are Allahabad bank, Andhra bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bhartiya Mahila

bank, Canara bank, Central Bank of India, Corporation bank, Dena bank, IDBI bank, Indian bank, Indian

Overseas bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab National bank, Punjab & Sind bank, Syndicate bank,

UCO bank, Union bank of India, United bank of India, Vijaya bank

►Private Banks:

#Private Banks are the banks which are owned and run by individuals

#Private banks are split into two groups by financial regulators in India they are

#Old Private sector banks: The banks which were not nationalized at the time of bank nationalization

that took place during 1969 and 1980 are known as old private sector banks.

#New Private Sector Banks: Banks which came in operation after 1991, with the introduction of

economic and financial sectors reforms are called “new private-sector banks”

#These banks were formed as per RBI guidelines 1993

#These banks should have a minimum net worth of Rs.200 Crores

#The promoters holding should be a minimum of 25% of the paid-up capital

Within 3 years of the starting of the operations, the bank should offer shares to public and their net

worth must increased to 300 Crores.

#New private-sector banks in India are Axis Bank, Bank of Punjab, Centurian Bank, Development Credit

Bank, SBI Bank, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, Times Bank (Merged with

HDFC Bank Ltd.), Global Trust Bank (Merged with Oriental Bank of Commerce), Balaji Corporation Bank

Limited

►Foreign Banks:

#Banks which are foreign originated are called foreign banks



►Regional Rural Banks (RRB’S)

#Regional rural banks were established on 26th September, 1975

#RRB’S comes under scheduled commercial banks

#Main aim of RRBs is financial resources for rural/semi-urban areas and providing loans to small and

marginal farmers, agricultural labourers and rural artisans.

#RRB works under supervision of NABARD (National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development)

Functions of RRBs:

#Providing banking facilities to rural and semi-urban areas

#Carrying out government operations like disbursement of wages of MGNREGA workers, distribution of

pensions etc.

#Providing Para-Banking facilities like locker facilities and credit cards

#Share Capital in RRB’s: Central Government: 50%

Sponsored bank: 35%

State government: 15%

►Co-operative Banks:

#The main purpose of co-operative banks is to co-operate small scale industries, and to provide small

loans

►Industrial Banks:

#The main purpose of Industrial banks is provide big loans to large scale industries,

#Some of the Industrial banks are IDBI bank, Industrial bank of India etc.

Some Important days observed by the Indian Red Cross Society

1. 12th January Youth Day(India)

2. 4th February World Cancer Day

3. 22nd March World Water Day

4. 24th March World TB Day

5. 7th April World Health Day

6 22nd April World Earth Day

7. 23rd -30th April World Immunization Week

8. 25th April World Malaria Day

9. 6th May World Asthma Day

10. 8th May World Red Cross Red Crescent Day

11. 31st May World No Tobacco Day

12. 5th June World Environment Day



13. 14th June World Blood Donor Day

14. 26th June International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking

15. 11th July World Population Day

16. 12th August International Youth Day/Anniversary of Geneva Conventions

17. 5th September Teachers Day

18. 8th September World Literacy Day

19. 10th September World Suicide Prevention Day

20. 29th September World Heart Day

21. 1st October National Voluntary Blood Donation Day

22. 13th October International Day for Disaster Reduction

23. 15th October Global Hand washing Day

24. 16th October World Food Day

25. 14th November World Diabetes Day

26. 17th November World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

27. 25th November International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

28. 1st December World AIDS Day

29. 3rd December World Disabled Day

30. 5th December International Volunteers Day

~*~ FUND TRANSFER SYSTEMS ~*~

There are two ways for transferring funds

1.RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement)

2.NEFT (National Electronic Fund Transfer)

1.Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

#RTGS is one of the fastest mode of fund transfer in India through banking channel

#RTGS is nothing but transferring of money in real time on gross basis from one bank to other without

netting. This RTGS is mainly used for large transactions, Minimum amount to be remitted through this

RTGS is 2 Lakhs and there is no any upper limit

#Through RTGS system, money will be remitted for beneficiary account within 2 hours of receiving the

fund transfer message

#Main advantage of fund transferring through RTGS is remitting bank will receive the conformation

message from RBI that money have been transferred to beneficiary’s account

Timings for Transferring Funds through RTGS:

Normal Days: 09:00 hours to 16:30 hours

Week Days: 09:00 hours to 14:00 hours

Processing/Service Charges for RTGS Fund Transfer

Inward Transactions: No Charge

Outward Transactions: Rs.2lakhs to Rs.5lakhs: Rs.30/-

Above Rs.5lakhs: Rs.55/-



Essential Information for RTGS Fund Transfer

#Amount to be remitted

#Remitting Customer’s account number which is to be debited

#Name of the beneficiary bank and branch

Name of the beneficiary customer

Account number of the beneficiary customer

#Sender to receiver information

#IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) of the receiving branch

This RTGS fund transfer is not available for all branches of banks in India; one can check the availability

of RTGS system

2.National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT)

#NEFT is an electronic fund transfer system on DNS (Deferred Net Settlement) basis through netting.

This NEFT will be done in 12 settlements

#Timings for Transferring Funds through NEFT:

Normal Days: 08:00 am to 07:00 pm

Week Days: 08:00 am to 01:00 pm

#Processing/Service Charges for NEFT Fund Transfer

Inward Transactions: No Charge

Outward Transactions:

Up to Rs.10, 000: Rs.2.50/- + Service Tax

Rs.10, 000 to RS.1lakh: Rs.5/- + Service Tax

RS.1lakh to RS.2lakhs: Rs.15/- + Service Tax

Above RS.2lakhs: Rs.25/- + Service Tax

ADVANTAGES:

#Remitter need not send the cheque or DD to the beneficiary

#Beneficiary need not visit the bank for depositing

#Beneficiary need not to worry about the loss / theft of physical instruments

#Cost effective

#Credit confirmation of the remittances sent by SMS or email

#Remitter can initiate the remittances from home/ place of work through Internet Banking also

#Secure

Essential Things for NEFT Fund Transfer:

#Both originating and destination bank branches should be a part of the NEFT system

#Name of the beneficiary bank and branch

#Name of the beneficiary customer

#Account number of the beneficiary customer

#Account type of the beneficiary customer

#IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) of the beneficiary bank



Indian Financial System Code (IFSC)

IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) is an alpha-numeric code that uniquely identifies bank branch

participating in the

NEFT system.

IFSC is an 11-digit code with the first four Alpha characters representing the bank, and the last 6

characters representing the branch. The 5th character is 0 (Zero)

In this IFSC code SBTR0000143, SBTR represents bank name “State Bank of Travancore”, Last 6 digits

000143 is the branch code

USES:

Main aim of using this IFSC code is to identify the originating/destination banks and branches and also to

route the

messages to the concerned banks/branches appropriately

1.International Civil Aviation Organization-Robert Kobeh Gonzalez-Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2.Food and Agriculture Organization-Jose Graziano da Silva-Quebec City, Canada

3.International Atomic Energy Agency-Yukiya Amano-Vienna, Austria

4.United Nations Children’s Fund-Anthony Lake-New York City

5.United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)- Irina Bokova-De Fontenoy,

Paris

6 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights-Navanenthem Pillay- Geneva, Switzerland

7 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-Antonio Guterres-Geneva, Switzerland

8 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)-Li Yong, Vienna, Austria

9 World Food Programme (WFP)-Ertharin Cousin-Rome, Italy

10 World Health Organization (WHO)-Margaret Chan-Geneva, Switzerland

11 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)-Taled Rifai-Madrid, Spain

Political and Economic Organizations

12.Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)-Muhamad Noor Yacob-Singapore

13 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-H.E. Le Loung-Jakarta, Indonesia

14 Caribbean Community-Irwin LaRocque-George Town, Guyana

15 Central American Parliament.Dorindo Cortez-Gutamela

16 Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA)-Sindiso Ngwenya

Lusaka, Zambia

17 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)-Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-Jakarta, Indonesia

18 Shanghai Cooperation Organization-Bolat Nurgaliyev-Kazakhstan

19 World Trade Organization-Roberto Azevedo -Geneva, Switzerland

Financial Organizations



20 Asian Development Bank-Haruhiko Kuroda -Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

21 African Development Bank-Donald Kaberuka-Abidjan, near Ivory coast

22 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development-Suma Chakrabarti

London

23 Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)-Luis Alberto Moreno-Washington DC

24 International Monetary Fund-Christine Lagarde-Washington D.C.

25 Islamic Development Bank (IDB)-Ahmad Mohamad Ali-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

26 World Bank-Jim Yong Kim-Washington DC

Sports Organizations

27 Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)-Jeffrey

Webb -Miami, Florida US

28 Federation International Des Eches (FIDE)-Kirsan IIyumzhinov-Athens, Greece

29 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)-Sepp Blatter- Zurich, Switzerland

30 International Cricket Council (ICC)-N. Srinivasan-Dubai, UAE

31 International Olympic Committee (IOC)-Thomas Bach-Lausanne, Switzerland

1. Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions,Dept of Atomic Energy and Dept of

Space ----- Narendra Modi

2. Minister of Finance ,Minister of Defence and Minister of Corporate Affairs ------ Arun Jaitley

3. Union Minister for Home Affairs ------ Shri Rajnath Singh

4. Union Minister for External Affairs and Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs ----- Smt. Sushma

Swaraj

5. Union Minister for Surface Transport & Shipping,Union Minister For Rural Development

Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation ----- Nitin Gadkari

6. Minister For Human Resource Development ------- Smriti Irani

7. Minister For Urban Development ,Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs ------- M. Venkaiah Naidu

8. Union Minister For Railways -------- D. V. Sadananda Gowda

9. Minister For Minority Affairs --------- Najma Heptullah



10. Union Minister For Water Resources & Ganga Rejuvenation ----- Uma Bharti

11. Union Minister For Law & Justice, Telecom ------- Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

12. Union Minister For Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises ------- Shri Kalraj Mishra

13. Union Minister For Women & Child Development -------- Menaka Gandhi

14. Minister of Additional Charge of Chemicals & Fertilizers ------- Shri Ananth Kumar

15. Union Minister For Food Processing Industries -------- Harsimrat Kaur Badal

16. Union Minister For Tribal Affairs ------- Shri Jual Oram

17. Union Minister For Agriculture ------- Shri Radha Mohan Singh

18. Union Minister For Mines,Minister of Steel and Minister of Labour & Employment -------

Shri Narendra Singh

19. Union Minister For Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution ------ Shri Ram Vilas

Paswan

20. Union Minister For Health & Family Welfare ------ Dr. Harsh Vardhan

21. Union Minister For Social Justice & Empowerment ------ Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot

22. Union Minister For Civil Aviation ------ Ashok Gajapati Raju Pusapati

23. Union Minister For Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises ------ Shri Anant Geete

Most Confusing Countries and their Capital:

Kazakhstan------ Astana

Kyrgyzstan------- Bishkek

Liechtenstein-----Vaduz

Uzbekistan------- Tashkent

Tajikistan--------- Dushanbe

Turkmenistan-----Ashgabat

Kazakhstan------ currency : kazakisthani tenge

Kyrgyzstan------- currency : Kyrgyzstan som

Liechtenstein---- currency : swiss frank

Uzbekistan------- currency : uzbekistani som

Tajikistan--------- currency : tajikisthani somoni

Turkmenistan-----currency : turkmenisthan manth



FESTIVALS IN INDIAN STATES

1. Telangana-Ugadi

2. West-Bengal-Durga Puja

3. Uttaranchal- Shivratri.

4. Tripura-Paryushan

5. Sikkim-Saga Dawa

6. Rajasthan- Hariyali Teej

7. Punjab- Lohri

8. Pondicherry- Pongal

9. Orissa- Chaita Parva

10. Nagaland-Moastufestival

11. Mizoram-Chapchar Kut

12. Meghalaya-Wangala

13. Manipur-Holi

14. Maharashtra- Ganesh Chaturthi

15. M.P- Bhagoriya

16. Kerala-Deepawali

17. Karnataka-Dusshera

18. J&k- Holi

19. Jharkhand-Chatra Mela

20. Himachal Pradesh-Pori festival

21. Haryana-Diwali

22. Gujrat-Navratri

23. Goa-Shivratri

24. Dadra-Pongal

25. Chhattisgarh-Durga Puja

26. Bihar- Chatth Puja

27. Arunachal-Solung

28. Andhra-Shivratri

29. Assam-Bihu

LIST OF MEASURING DEVICES

• Accelerometer— Accelerations

• Actinometer— Heating Power Of Sunlight

• Alcoholmeter— Alcoholic Strength Of Liquids

• Altimeter— Altitude



• Ammeter— Electric Current

• Anemometer— Windspeed

• Evaporimeter— Rate Of Evaporation

• Audiometer— Hearing

• Barkometer— Tanning Liquors Used In Tanning Leather

• Barometer— Air Pressure

• Bettsometer— Integrity Of Fabric Coverings On Aircraft

• Bevameter— Mechanical Properties Of Soil

• Bolometer— Electromagnetic Radiation

• Breathalyzer— Breath Alcohol Content

• Caliper— Distance

• Calorimeter— Heat Of Chemical Reactions

• Cathetometer— Vertical Distances

• Ceilometer— Height Of A Cloud Base

• Chronometer— Or Clock Time

• Clap-O-Meter— Volume Of Applause

• Colorimeter— Colour

• Creepmeter— Slow Surface Displacement Of An Active Geologic Fault In The Earth

• Declinometer— Magnetic Declination

• Densimeter— Specific Gravity Of Liquids

• Densitometer— Degree Of Darkness In Photographic Or Semitransparent Material

• Diffractometer— Structure Of Crystals

• Dilatometer— Volume Changes Caused By A Physical Or Chemical Process

• Disdrometer— Size, Speed, And Velocity Of Raindrops

• Dosimeter— Exposure To Hazards, Especially Radiation

• Elaeometer— Specific Gravity Of Oils

• Electrometer— Electric Charge

• Eudiometer— Change In Volume Of A Gas Mixture Following Combustion

• Evaporimeter— Rate Of Evaporation

• Fathometer— Ocean Depth

• Galvanometer— Electricity

• Gas Pycnometer —Volume And Density Of Solids

• Graphometer— Angles

• Heliometer— Variation Of The Sun's Diameter

• Hydrometer— Specific Gravity Of Liquids (Density Of Liquids)

• Hygrometer— Humidity

• Inkometer— Ink

• Interferometer— Wave Interference

WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN INDIA

GUJARAT:



[1] Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Gujarat

[2] Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary ------- Gujarat

[3] Gir Forest National Park ------- Gujarat

[4] Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary ------- Gujarat

[5] Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch -------- Gujarat

[6] Barda Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Gujarat

[7] Jessore ------- Gujarat

[8] Purna ------- Gujarat

[9] Jambughoda ------- Gujarat

[10] Nal Sarovar -------- Gujarat

[11] Paniya ------ Gujarat

[12] Khijadiya ------ Gujarat

KARNATAKA:

[1] Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary ------ Karnataka

[2] Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Karnataka

[3] Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Karnataka

[4] Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Karnataka

[5] Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary -------- Karnataka

[6] Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Karnataka

[7] Gudavi Bird Sanctuary ------- Karnataka

[8] Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary --------- Karnataka

[9] Melukote Temple Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Karnataka



[10] Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary -------- Karnataka

[11] Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary ------ Karnataka

[12] Ranibennur Blackbuck Sanctuary ------ Karnataka

[13] Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Karnataka

[14] Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary -------- Karnataka

[15] Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary --------- Karnataka

[16] Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary -------- Karnataka

ANDHRA PRADESH:

[1] Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary ---------Andhra Pradesh

[2] Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve -------- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

[3] Gundla Brahmeswaram Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Andhra Pradesh

[4] Kolleru Lake ------- Andhra Pradesh

[5] Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary -------- Andhra Pradesh

[6] Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary -------- Andhra Pradesh

[7] Sri Venkateswara National Park -------- Andhra Pradesh

[8] Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary -------- Andhra Pradesh

[9] Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary --------- Andhra Pradesh

[10] Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary ---------- Andhra Pradesh

[11] Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary --------- Andhra Pradesh

[12] Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary -------- Andhra Pradesh

ARUNACHAL PRADESH:

[1] Pakhui Tiger Reserve ------- Arunachal Pradesh



[2] Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Arunachal Pradesh

[3] Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary ------- Arunachal Pradesh

[4] Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary -------- Arunachal Pradesh

[5] Talley Valley Wildlife Sanctuary ------------ Arunachal Pradesh

NATIONAL PARKS IN INDIA

[1] Anshi National Park --------- Karnataka

[2] Bandipur National Park ----------- Karnataka

[3] Bannerghatta National Park --------- Karnataka

[4] Balphakram National Park ------- Meghalaya

[5] Bandhavgarh National Park --------- Madhya Pradesh

[6] Betla National Park --------- Jharkhand

[7] Bhitarkanika National Park ------- Odisha

[8] Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar -------- Gujarat

[9] Buxa Tiger Reserve -------- West Bengal

[10] Campbell Bay National Park --------- Andaman and Nicobar Islands

[11] Chandoli National Park --------- Maharashtra

[12] Dachigam National Park ------- Jammu and Kashmir

[13] Darrah National Park --------- Rajasthan

[14] Desert National Park -------- Rajasthan

[15] Dibru-Saikhowa National Park --------- Assam

[16] Dudhwa National Park --------- Uttar Pradesh



[17] Eravikulam National Park -------- Kerala

[18] Galathea National Park --------- Andaman and Nicobar Islands

[19] Gangotri National Park --------- Uttarakhand

[20] Gir Forest National Park --------- Gujarat

[21] Gorumara National Park -------- West Bengal

[22] Govind Pashu Vihar Wildlife Sanctuary ------ Uttarakhand

[23] Great Himalayan National Park ------- Himachal Pradesh,

[24] Gugamal National Park -------- Maharashtra

[25] Guindy National Park -------- Tamil Nadu

[26] Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park ---------- Tamil Nadu

[27] Hemis National Park --------- Jammu and Kashmir

[28] Harike Wetland ------- Punjab

[29] Hazaribagh National Park ------- Jharkhand

[30] Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park -------- Tamil Nadu

[31] Indravati National Park ------- Chhattisgarh

[32] Jaldapara National Park ------- West Bengal

[33] Jim Corbett National Park -------- Uttarakhand

[34] Kalesar National Park ------ Haryana

[35] Kanha National Park ------- Madhya Pradesh

[36] Kanger Ghati National Park -------- Chhattisgarh

[37] Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park -------- Telangana

[38] Kaziranga National Park ------ Assam

[39] Keibul Lamjao National Park ------ Manipur



[40] Keoladeo National Park --------- Rajasthan

[41] Khangchendzonga National Park ------- Sikkim

[42] Kishtwar National Park --------- Jammu and Kashmir

[43] Kudremukh National Park ------- Karnataka

[44] Madhav National Park ------- Madhya Pradesh

[45] Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park ------- Andaman and Nicobar Islands

[46] Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park ------- Telangana

[47] Manas National Park ------ Assam

[48] Mandla Plant Fossils National Park -------- Madhya Pradesh

[49] Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch ------- Gujarat

[50] Mathikettan Shola National Park ------- Kerala

COMPUTER SHORTCUTS

[1] Alt + F ---- File menu options in current program.

[2] Alt + E ---- Edit options in current program

[3] F1 ----- Universal Help in almost every Windows program.

[4] Ctrl + A ----- Select all text.

[5] Ctrl + F ------ Open find window for current document or window.

[6] Ctrl + S ----- Save current document file.

[7] Ctrl + X ----- Cut selected item.

[8] Shift + Del ----- Cut selected item.

[9] Ctrl + C ----- Copy selected item.

[10] Ctrl + Ins ----- Copy selected item

[11] Ctrl + V ----- Paste

[12] Shift + Ins ----- Paste

[13] Ctrl + P ----- Print the current page or document.

[14] Home ----- Goes to beginning of current line.

[15] Ctrl + Home ------ Goes to beginning of document.

[15] End ------ Goes to end of current line.

[16] Ctrl + End ----- Goes to end of document.

[17] Shift + Home ----- Highlights from current position to beginning of line.

[18] Shift + End ----- Highlights from current position to end of line.



[19] Ctrl + Left arrow ---- Moves one word to the left at a time.

[20] Ctrl + Right arrow ------- Moves one word to the right at a time.

► COMMITTEES RELATED TO BANKING

~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~

1)G.Padmanabhan committee = Implementation of "Bharat bill payment system (Bbps)

2) Nachiket mor committee = For small and payment banks, to permit NBFC's to work as business

corespondents of banks. Committee on Comprehensive financial services for small business and low

income house holds..

3) Deepak Mohanty Committee = Data and information management of RBI

4) PJ Nayak Committee = Governance of boards of banks

5) KK Mehrotra Committee = To inquire gas leakage in bhilai steel plant

6) MP Bezbaruah committee = Remedial measures to address concerns regarding security of North

east people

7) B Sambamurty Committee = Panels favours single mobile banking app on all SIMs.

8) Vijay Kelkar Committee = To Prepare road map to make india to self sufficient in oil and natural

gas by 2030

9) Vishnu sahay committee = Look Probe in to Muzaffaranagar communial voilence

10) Urjit patel committee = To examine current monetry policy

11) Mukul Mudgal Committee = Member panel to probe IPL spot-fixing

12) Justice Ap Shah committee = Head panel on road safety

13) Anil Kaushal Committee = To examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing of

Spectrum.

14) Bimal jalan Committee = To scrutinize applications for new bank licenses

15) Parathasarathi shome committee = For Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest

a system to enforce better tax

compliance

16) Kirit parikh panel Committee = On fuel pricing

17) KUB Rao committee = Setting up Bullion Bank or Bullion Corporation of India

18) Arvind mayaram committee = Report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange

Ltd (NSEL),for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional

Investment (FII)

19) Suma verma Committee = To update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006

20) Damodran Committee = On improvement of customer services in banks

21) M Narashimhan committee = 0n banking sector reforms

22) Raghuram rajan Committee = Financial sector reforms.



23) Mahapatra committee = Review on existing prudential guideliness

24) MBN Rao Committee = Alinging gold imports regulations

25) JS Mathur committee = To revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.

26) Janakiraman Committee = To investigate the security transactions of the bank

27) Bhandari Committee = Reconstruction of RRBs.

28) C Rangarajan committee = For poverty scale estimates in the country

29) MS Ahluwalia committee = To evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University.

30) RS Gujral Committee = Suggest measures to boost MSME exports.

31) MB Shah committee = For inspection of illegal mining activities.

Final list of Indian medal winners at the Commonwealth Games

The following is the final list of Indian medal winners at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Gold:

Sanjita Khumukchan: Women's 48 kg weightlifting

Sukhen Dey: Men's 56 kg weightlifting

Abhinav Bindra: Men's 10 metre air rifle shooting

Apurvi Chandela: Women's 10 metre air rifle shooting

Rahi Sarnobat: Women's 25 metre pistol shooting

Satish Sivalingam: Men's 77 kg weightlifting

Jitu Rai: Men's 50 metre pistol shooting

Amit Kumar: Men's freestyle 57 kg wrestling

Vinesh Phogat: Women's freestyle 48 kg wrestling

Sushil Kumar: Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling

Babita Kumari: Women's freestyle 55 kg wrestling

Yogeshwar Dutt: Men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling

Vikas Gowda: Men's discus throw athletics

Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: Women's doubles squash

Parupalli Kashyap: Men's singles badminton



Silver:

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom: Women's 48 kg weightlifting

Shushila Likmabam: Women's 48 kg judo

Navjot Chana: Men's 60 kg judo

Malaika Goel: Women's 10 metre air pistol shooting

Santoshi Matsa: Women's 53 kg weightlifting

Prakash Nanjappa: Men's 10 metre air pistol shooting

Ayonika Paul: Women's 10 metre air rifle shooting

Anisa Sayyed: Women's 25 metre pistol shooting

Shreyasi Singh: Women's double trap shooting

Ravi Katulu: Men's 77 kg weightlifting

Gurpal Singh: Men's 50 metre pistol shooting

Gagan Narang: Men's 50 metre rifle prone shooting

Vikas Thakur: Men's 85 kg weightlifting

Harpreet Singh: Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooting

Sanjeev Rajput: Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting

Rajeev Tomar: Men's freestyle 125 kg wrestling

Lalita: Women's freestyle 53 kg wrestling

Bajrang: Men's freestyle 61 kg wrestling

Sakshi Malik: Women's freestyle 58 kg wrestling

Satywart Kadian: Men's freestyle 97 kg wrestling

Geetika Jakhar: Women's freestyle 63 kg wrestling

Seema Punia: Women's discus throw athletics

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj: Men's doubles table tennis



L. Sarita Devi: Women's 57-60 kg boxing

L. Devendro Singh: Men's 49 kg boxing

Mandeep Jangra: Men's 69 kg boxing

Rajinder Rahelu: Men's heavyweight powerlifting

Vijender Singh: Men's 75 kg boxing

India: Men's hockey

Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa: Women's doubles badminton

Bronze:

Ganesh Mali: Men's 56 kg weightlifting

Kalpana Thoudam: Women's 52 kg judo

Swati Singh: Women's 53 kg weightlifting

Rajwinder Kaur: Women's +78 kg judo

Omkar Otari: Men's 69 kg weightlifting

Mohammed Asab: Men's double trap shooting

Punam Yadav: Women's 63 kg weightlifting

Manavjit Sandhu: Men's trap shooting

Gagan Narang: Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting

Lajja Gauswami: Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting

Chandrakant Mali: Men's 94 kg weightlifting

Navjot Kaur: Women's freestyle 69 kg wrestling

Dipa Karmakar: Women's vault gymnastics artistic

Pawan Kumar: Men's freestyle 86 kg wrestling

Pinki Jangra: Women's 48-51 kg boxing

Sakina Khatun: Women's lightweight powerlifting



P.V. Sindhu: Women's singles badminton

R.M.V. Gurusaidutt: Men's singles badminton

Arpinder Singh: Men's triple jump athletics

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