DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 DEC. 2014

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-22 DECEMBER 2014

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1)       RAJINDER APPOINTED NEW RAW CHIEF

Ø  Mr. Rajender Khanna was appointed as new RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) Chief

Ø  He will be succeeding Mr. Alok Joshi.

         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who is appointed as new Chief of RAW:

a.       Anil Kumar Sinha         b. Surender Joshi      c. Rajinder Khanna    d. Alok Joshi

2)       INDIA WON KABADDI WOLD CUP

Ø  Indian men as well as women Kabaddi team won Kabaddi world cup title.

Ø  Indian men team defeated Pakistan and Women team defeated New Zealand to bag the title

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which among the following country has won Men/Women Kabaddi World Cup 2014:

a.       India      b. Pakistan      c. Iran   d. New Zealand

3)       PARKASH MISHRA IS NEW CRPF HEAD

Ø  ‘Prakash Mishra’ is appointed as head of Central Reserve Police Forces by Ministry of Home.

Ø  CRPF is the largest paramilitary force in India.

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following is new head of CRPF:

a.       RajinderKhanna                       b. Dineshwar Sharma

c.   Parkash Mishra                         d. Sartaz Aziz

4)       ATLETICO DE KOLKATA WON ISL:

Ø  ‘Atletico De Kolkata’ won inaugural session of Indian Super League by beating Kerala Blasters

Ø  Final was held in D.Y.Patil Stadium ,Mumbai

EXPECTED QUESTION

1.     Which among the following team has won ISL:

a.       Atletico de Kolkata                   b. Kerala Blaster

c.   Delhi Dynomos                         d. Mumbai City

5)       ‘KLAUS LOHANNIS’ NEW PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA:

Ø  Ex-Mayor Klaus Lohennis Sworn in as President of Romania.

Ø  He defeated TraianBasescu

         EXECTED QUESTIONS

1.     Who among the following has sworn in a new President of Romania:

a.       GlanoBlumer                            b. Klaus Lohannie

c.   Train Basecue                           d. Fidel Castro

6)       HUMAN SOLIDARITY DAY

Ø  Human Solidarity Day has been observed as Internal Solidarity Day on December 20.

Ø  Objective – To promote the Culture of Solidarity and to eradicate poverty.

EXPECTED QUESTION:

1.      On which date U.N has observed Human Solidarity Day:

a.       December 19                b. December 20         c. December 21         d. December 24

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GK QUESTIONS ASKED IN IBPS CLERK EXAM HELD ON 20 DEC. 2014

GK QUESTIONS ASKED IN IBPS CLERK EXAM

20 DEC MORNING AND EVENING SHIFT

Ø  Who is new chairman of PCI (Press Council of India)- Retired Supreme Court judge, Justice CK Prasad

Ø  Which company has made agreement with Surat City to make it the smart city
Microsoft

Ø  Where is the head quarter of the united nations environment programme (UNEP) is situated ?- Gigiri neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya

Ø  What is the new name of MCX? - ‘Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Ltd’, abbreviated as ‘mSXI’ Old Name :Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (Headquarters: Mumbai, India, Founded: 2003)

Ø  Where is the biggest nuclear plant in the world situated? - Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant

Ø  When United Nations day comes? - 24th October

Ø  Where is the venue of next Hockey world cup 2018 (Men’s)? – India ( Women’s in England )

Ø  What is Currency of Saudi Arabia -Saudi riyal

Ø  Which Day celebrated on 19 November- World Toilet Day

Ø  What is the Full form of IFSC- Indian Financial System code

Ø  First three digit in MICR represents- City

Ø  When International Non violence day comes? - 2nd October 

Ø  Vishwanathan Anand is related to which International sport? – Chess

Ø  What is the capital of Austria? – Vienna

Ø  What was the budget proposed for Mars mission (MOM) of India? - 450 Crore

Ø  Who is the author of “Dramatic decade”? - Pranab Mukherjee

Ø  Where is the next Venue of SAARC summit?  - Islamabad

Ø  Nobel Prize was given to whom in Medicine field?  May Britt Moser and Edward 

Moser

Ø  Dongfeng missile is developed by which country? – China (10,000 Km Range)

Ø  Who regulates Insurance Sector in India? - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

Ø  What is the Full form of GST- Goods and service Tax

Ø  What is the exchange date for pre 2005 Notes? - 1st Jan 2015

Ø  Rupay card is developed by? – NPCI ( National Payments Corporation of India)

Ø  What is the currency of Sri Lanka? - Sri Lankan Rupee (1 INR = 2.07241 LKR)

Ø  Ryder Cup is related to which sports? - Golf

Ø  Darjeeling Makaibiri is?- A tea estate

Ø  Where is the head quarter of International Court of Justice Headquarter is situated- Hague

Ø  Who is the author of “Crusader or Conspirator”? PC Parakh, IAS (Retd) Former Secretary, Ministry of Coal

Ø  Which state offering no govt. job for people who chew tobacco in India ?- Rajasthan Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Helland William E. Moerner got Nobel Prize in which field?- Chemistry

Ø  Where is the venue of next Euro cup in 2016? - France

Ø  What is the Capital of Iraq? - Baghdad

Ø  Who is the UN goodwill ambassador for South East Asia? - Farhan Akhtar

Ø  What is Jandhan yojna's objective? - Financial Inclusion

Ø  Dronacharya award is given in which field? - Sports Coaching

Ø  Who can issue commercial paper in India- Corporates, primary dealers (PDs) and the All-India Financial Institutions (FIs)

Ø  Who won the Noble prize 2014 in Economics ?-Jean Tirole

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20 DEC. 2014

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-20 DECEMBER 2014

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1) CHUNIBHAI VAIDHYA PASSES AWAY

Ø  Veteran Gandhian, Freedom Fighter Chunibhai Vaidya passes away in Ahmadabad in Gujarat

Ø  He was a freedom fighter and  participated in ‘Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement’.

Ø  Book – ‘Assassination of Gandhi ! facts and Falsehood’.

         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who was Chunibhai Vaidya:

a.       Actor                       

b.      Painter

c.       Freedom Fighter

d.      Boxer

2 ZAKIR-UR-REHMAN LAKHVI GRANTED BAIL

Ø  Zakir-ur-Rehman , the main accused of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack granted bail by Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan.

Ø  Indian Lok Sabha also passed a resolution asking Pakistan to act against this decision.

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following is main accused of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack:

a.       Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi

b.      Osama Bin Laden

c.    Abdul Rehman Yasin

d.   Ali Atwa

3) VASAN SRINIVASAN INDUCTED IN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BODY

Ø  Indian origin Vasan Srinivasan has been included in an Australian National body that advice the Government on multicultural affairs and policy programmes .

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following Indian origin is introduced into Australian National body:

a.       Vasan Srinivasan

b.      Richard Rahul Verma

c.    Vivek Srinivasan

d.   Ravinder Sharma

4) BANGLADESH PRESIDENT ON INDIAN VISIT

Ø  Bangladesh President-Abdul Hamid is on a visit to India.

EXPECTED QUESTION

1.      Who is the President of Bangladesh:

a.       Mahindra Rajapaksa

b.      Abdul Hamid

c.   Sushil Koirala

d.  Sbdullah Yameen

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BANKING GK FOR ALL BANK EXAMS PART-1

<< BANKING GK (PART-1) >>

1. WHAT IS RTGS ?

      RTGS is stands for “Real Time Gross Settlement”.

Ø  RTGS system is a funds transfer system where transfer of money or securities takes place from one bank to another bank on a “REAL TIME” and “Gross” basis.

Ø  The settlement is on Gross Basis unlike usual clearing system which is on Net basis.

Ø  In RTGS, RBI acts as the settlement agent between the banks, settlement risk and systemic risk are 
                   minimized because of RTGS. It is the fastest mode of transaction.

Ø  Credit Time :The beneficiary bank has to credit the beneficiary's account within 30 minutes

Ø  Timings : 8 AM to 8 PM for Monday to Friday and For 
Saturdays it is 8 AM to 3:30 PM.

Ø  Transactions Limit:Rs. 2 Lakh and above and there is no No upper ceiling.

Ø  Transactions Charges – For amount 2 - 5 lakh not exceeding 30.00 per transaction.
For Above 5 lakh not exceeding55.00 per transaction.

2. What is NEFT?

     NEFT is “National Electronic Funds Transfer”

Ø  NEFT enables funds transfer from one bank to another but works a bit differently than RTGS.

Ø  NEFT uses an Indian Financial System code  (IFSC). It is an alpha numeric code that identifies the bank

        branches. It has 11 digits – 1stfour represent Bank code, 5threserved as control code (presently 0)and remaining 6are branch code.

Ø  Under NEFT,individuals, firms and corporate can electronically transfer funds from any bankbranch to any

        individual, firm or corporate having an account with any other bank branch in the country participating in the system.

Ø  Credit Time : Same day or next working day

Ø  Timings:   9 AM to 7 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to 1 PM on Saturday.

Ø  Transactions Limit  There is no limit  either minimum or maximum. However, maximum amount per transaction is limited to Rs.50,000/- for cash-based remittances to Nepal.

Ø  Transactions Charges

        -  For transactions up to Rs 10,000 not exceeding Rs 2.50 (+ Service Tax)

- For transactions above Rs 10,000 up to Rs 1 lakh not exceeding Rs 5 (+ Service Tax)

-  For transactions above Rs 1 lakh and up to Rs 2 lakhsnot exceeding Rs 15 (+ Service Tax)

-  For transactions above Rs 2 lakhs: not exceeding Rs 25 (+ Service Tax)

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