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Monday, February 2, 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES 1 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES 1, 2 -FEBRUARY 2015
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1) SERENA WILLIAMS WON AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015
Ø  Serena Williams won the women’s single title of Australian Open of Tennis.
Ø  In final the world number one American defeated Maria Sharapova, the world number two from Russia 6-3, 7-6(5) in Melbourne, Australia.
Ø  With this win, 33- years and 127 days old Williams became the oldest winner of the Australian Women’s title in the Open era.
Ø  This was the 19th Grand Slam title and the sixth Australian Open title for Williams.
EXPECTED QUESTION:
1.     Who among the following has won the Women’s Singles title of Australian Open Tennis Tournament
a.       Maria Sharapova                      
b.      Serena Williams
c.       Martina Hingis
d.      Venus Williams

2) INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED AGNI-5 MISSILE
Ø  India successfully test-fired indigenously developed canister-based Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile(ICBM)Agni-5 from Wheeler's Island off Odisha coast.
Ø  Agni-5 is a Surface-To-Surface nuclear capable missile.
Ø  Agni-5 missile is a three stage solid propellant missile
Ø  It has  strike range of over 5000 kilometer
Ø  It is capable of carrying nuclear warhead of over one tonne.
Ø  It is about 17 meters long, 2 meters wide and has a launch weight of around 50 tonnes.
Ø  At present, India in its armoury of Agni series have Agni-1 with 700 km range, Agni-2 with 2000 km range, Agni-3 and Agni-4 with 2500 km to more than 3500 range.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.   India has successfully test fired      ‘Agni-5’ missile have the striking range of _______ km
      a. 4000 km
      b. 6000 km
      c. 5000 km
      d. 7000 km

3) KRISHNA CHAUDHARY IS APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ITBP
Ø  Krishna Chaudhary is appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
Ø  Chaudhary succeeded SubhasGoswami who retired on 31 December 2014.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.     Who among the following is recently appointed as Director General of ITBP
a.       Rajiv Khurana
b.      RamanGoswami
c.       Ramesh Verma
d.       Krishna Chaudhary

4) DWAYNE BRAVO QUITS TEST CRICKET
Ø  West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has announced his retirement from Test cricket.
Ø  Hesaid he had made clear his desire to continue playing ODIs and Twenty20s.
Ø  He bagged 86 wickets at an average of nearly 40.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.     ‘Dwayne Bravo’ who recently quits Test Cricket belongs to which country
a.       England
b.      West Indies
c.       Bangladesh
d.      New Zealand

5) AUSTRALIA WON ASIAN CUP FOOTBALL
Ø  Australia claimed the biggest prize in the history of Australian football with a 2-1 extra-time victory over South Koreain the Asian Cup final at ANZ Stadium in Sydney .
Ø  Australians secured their first AFC Asian Cup since joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.      Which country won Asian Cup Football
a.       Australia
b.      Scotland
c.       Netherland
d.      New Zealand

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Sunday, February 1, 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 JANUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-31 JANUARY 2015
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1)         GDP’S BASE YEAR CHANGED
Ø  The revision of the base year is to make easy for the government to meet its fiscal deficit target
Ø  The base year is now 2011-12 from 2004-05 .The base year was revised in January 2010.

2)        GOVERNMENT DIVESTED 10 PERCENT STAKE IN COAL INDIA LIMITED
Ø  Government has fetched about Rs 22600 crore by selling 10% stake in Coal India
Ø  This is the biggest ever share sale by any private or public sector company 
Ø  With this, government’s share in CIL came down to 79.65 percent.

3)          NATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO ‘MAHATMA GANDHI’
Ø  India has paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 67th death Anniversary

 4)      18th  NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON E-GOVERNANCE HELD IN GUJARAT

Ø  18th National Conference on e-Governance was held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Ø  The main Theme of the Conference was Digital Governance – New Frontiers.
Ø  The focus sector was Skill Development & Employability.
Ø  The conference explored the benefits of the use of Information and Communication    Technology (ICT).

5) PAUL VAN ASS IS NEW COACH OF NATIONAL MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM
Ø  Former Dutch National Hockey team coach Paul van Ass appointed as the head Coach of Indian men's hockey team.
Ø  He succeeded Terry Walsh of Australia.
Ø  New Zealand's Anthony Thornton was appointed as the coach of National women’s hockey team.
Ø  Van Ass and Thornton were awarded a three-year contract till 2018. India will host the 2018 men's Hockey World Cup.

6) RBI CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE ON URBAN COOPERATIVE BANKS
Ø  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a High Powered Committee to re-examine and recommend appropriate set of businesses, size, conversion and licensing terms for the Urban Cooperative Banking (UCB) Sector. 


Ø  The eight-member committee will be chaired by R Gandhi, the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India.


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Friday, January 30, 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 JANUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-30 JANUARY 2015
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1)      S. JAYSHANKAR  IS NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY OF INDIA
Ø  India's Ambassador to the US, Dr. S Jaishankar was appointed as the Foreign Secretary 
Ø  He will have tenure of two years.   
Ø  He has replaced Sujata Singh( 1st woman foreign secretary of India)
Ø  Jaishankar as Ambassador to China is credited for his deft handling of tensions between New Delhi and Beijing over the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in 2013.
Ø  He is the India’s longest serving Ambassador to China.
      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Who is appointed as new foreign secretary of India
A.      Sujata Singh
B.      Arup Raha
C.      Anil Dhoval
D.     S Jayshankar

2)      FIRST EVER LINK OF RAILWAY BETWEEN KATRA AND BENGLUR
Ø  Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off ‘Yeshwant Pur Katra premium express’, the first direct Rail link between Katra and Bengluru on Thursday
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Name of first ever Train between Katra and Bengluru
A.      Keshavpur premium express
B.      Bengluru Premium express
C.      Rajdhani express
D.     Yeshwant Pur Katra premium express

3)      SUBASH GHISINGH DIED
Ø  Subash Ghisingh the founder leader of separate homeland for Gorkhas died on Thursday.   
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Who was the founder leader of separate home land for Gorkhas who died recently
A.      Subash Ghisingh
B.      Mirnal Sen
C.      Amit Mitra
D.     S. Chatterjee
4) OPENING OF NEW COINS GALLERY
Ø  A New coins gallery will be opened  at Salarjung Museum (Hyderabad).
Ø  For the first time a rare collection ranging from the BC to the present times will be displayed.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Name of the museum where new coins gallery will be opened
A.      Salarjung museum
B.      prince of wales museum
C.      Bhau daji lad museum
D.     Indian Museum Calcutta

5)      AIRTEL  APPLIED FOR PAYMENTS BANK LICENSE
Ø  Airtel  M Commerce services ltd. ( AMSL) which is the holy subsidiary of Bharti Airtel; has applied for payments bank license that are issued by the RBI
Ø  Payments Bank:- are banks for providing small saving account and payments/remittance services to migrant labour work forces or small vendors.
 EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Which company has applied for payments Bank license
A.      Videocon 
B.      Reliance
C.      Bharti Airtel
D.     Tata docomo


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