GK QUESTIONS ASKED IN RBI ASSISTANT EXAM ON 8,9 AUG 2015

 GK QUESTIONS ASKED IN RBI ASSISTANT EXAM 8,9 AUG 2015

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1) . When is Nelson Mandela day - 18 July

2). Where is Mundra power plant:Kutch,Gujrat

3). Author of book The Lowland-Jhumpalahiri

4). Where is capital of Uzbekistan - Tashkent

5). Who is appointed the President of Japan's telecm giant SoftBank Corp–N. Arora 

6). Maximum number of tigers are present in which state -Karnataka

7). What is Currency of Bangladesh - Taka 

8). As per 2011 coinage act RBI can mint how much amount coin –Rs 1000.

9). Which country won Womens football world cup recently - USA

10). Minimum age limit in Atal Pension Yojana is - 18

11). Deepak Mohanthy is related to which committee - Financial inclusion 

12). Book ‘UNIKI’ is written by –CH VidayaSagar Roy

13) India's contribution in BRICS bank is - $18 billion

14) Who chair Kolkata based Bandhan Bank -Ashok Lahiri

15) The Potala Palace is located in which country -China

16) Which is currency of Slovakia-EURO

17) Kohima is the capital of which state-Nagaland

18) Who is Communication Minister –Ravi Shankar Prasad

19) JoshnaChinpa is related to which sport-Squash

20) Where is WTO Headquarters-Geneva

21) Where is OECD Headquarters- Paris ,France

22) World Literacy Day is celebrated on -8^th Sept

23) Book ‘Green Signal’ is written by-Jairam Ramesh

24)PSLV C28 launched which country satellite-UK

25) Who is the director of Movie Buddha in a Traffic Jam-VivekAgnihotri

26) What is Micro ATM upper Limit-Rs 10000

27) Where is Pipavav Shipyard located-Gujrat

28) Khanjar 2015 is a exercise between - India-Kyrgyzstan

29) KumbhMela is celebrated atTrimbakeshwar on which river-Godavari

30) When is Doctors day -July 1 

31) What is Currency of South Korea-South Korean Won 

32) Maximum limit of investment in KisanVikasPatra- No limit

33) Where is Sanjay Gandhi National Park- Borivali East, Mumbai

34) BRICKS 2016 summit will be held in -India

35) Wimbeldonwomens Champion 2015-Serena Williams

36) India Bangladesh land agreement which states share large area-West Bengal ,Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya

37) MattiMakkonen who died recently was -Father of SMS

38) Currency of Kazakhstan-Kazakh Tenge

39) Home minister-Rajnath Singh

40) Who is President of Bhutan – JigmeKhesarNamgyelWangchuck

41) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit 2015 was held at Ufa, Russia

42) HrishikeshKanitkar and Ajay Ratra are related to which sport? –Cricket

43) PNB Headquarter is located at –New Delhi

44) UNICEF Headquarter is located at – New York 

45) RastriyaAviskaarYojanainaugrated by- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

46) NHB full form?-National Housing Bank

47) Mutual fund regulator in India is -SEBI

48) Who is author of book 37 Bridges - Aamer Hussein

49) The Centre approved an interest-free loan to sugar mills to enable them to clear cane arrears payable to farmers. -Rs. 6,000 crore

50) Womens winner of WTA 2015- Maria Sharapova

51) Barabati Stadium is located at -Cuttack

52) Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary in Unnao,UP is recently renamed after – NawabWajid Ali NShah and freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad

53) Retail Banking is also know as – Consumer Banking

54) Rank of India in World Happiness Report 2015-117

55) According to World Economic Forum report worlds biggest employer is –US Department of Defence

56) Pravda, a daily newspaper is published from –Russia

57). IAEA role is  – To promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy

58) Project Tatkal Launched by SBI for which Purpose –Expediting the Home Loan in 10 Days

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 8 AUG 2015 ( DAILY NEWS INDIA)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8 AUG 2015

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1.  NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL, CLEARED IN LOK SABHA:

i. Lok Sabha cleared the Negotiable Instrument (Amendment)Bill 2015

Features of Negotiable Instrument (Amendment) Bill 2015

ii. The bill will amend the negotiable instruments act 1881.

iii. The bill will amend the act to define the cases of bouncing of cheques can be filed only in a court in whose Jurisdiction the bank branch of the Payee lies.

iv. The Bill also amends the definition of cheque in the electronic form

2. THE AUGUST EDITION OF FIFA WORLD RANKING RELEASED:

i.   The August edition of the FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking was released by coca cola .

ii. Top ranking in FIFA List:

(i)  Argentina

(ii) Belgium

(iii)Germany (2014 World Cup Winner)

(iv) Chile, entered top 10 rankings for the first time

FIFA- Federation International Football Association

Currency of Argentina: Argentine peso

Capital of Argentina: Buenos Aires

Currency of Germany: Euro

Capital of Germany: Berlin

Currency of Belgium: Euro

Capital of Belgium: Belgium

3.  NATIONAL HANDLOOM DAY OBSERVED ON 7TH AUGUST:

i.  PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 1st National Handloom Day in Chennai to mark Swadeshi Movement.

ii.  He also launched ‘India Handloom’ Brand.

CM of Tamil Nadu: J. Jayalithaa

4.  ANTI DUMPING DUTY IMPOSED BY INDIA ON VITAMIN C IMPORTS:

i.  India has imposed anti dumping duty on Vitamin C imports from China.

ii. The Anti Dumping duty is imposed for the next 5 years, to safeguard the interest of domestic industries in India.

Anti Dumping Duty: WTO provides the right to impose anti dumping on the countries, who are dumping their goods to Indian market at low prices. In India Union Ministry of Commerce Recommends for Anti Dumping duty but it is imposed by Union Ministry of Finance.

Union Minister of Commerce: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Minister of Finance: Arun Jaitely

WTO- World Trade Organization

Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland

Head of WTO- Roberto Azevedo

Members: 162 (Recently Kazakhstan joined WTO as its 162nd member.)

5. TRIPURA PASSED RESOLUTION TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY: 

i. Legislative assembly of Tripura passed resolution to abolish death penalty.

The issue of capital punishment sparked after the death penalty is imposed on Yakub Menon. He was convicted under the charges of terrorism for his involvement in 1993 Mumbai blast.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 7 AUGUST 2015 (DAILY NEWS INDIA)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7 AUG 2015

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1. SMART HUMSAFAR PLAN STARTED BY SBI LIFE INSURANCE

i. SBI Life Insurance started Smart Humsafar, a unique plan which offers multiple benefits of savings and insurance cover for husband and wife under a single policy.

ii. In case of death of one of the spouses, a payment of sum assured is made to the surviving spouse.

Head of SBI: Arundhati Bhattacharya

2. ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEET HELD IN ,MALAYSIA      

i. The 48th ASEAN foreign Ministers’ meet was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ii. The meet was chaired by Anifah Aman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia.

iii. The theme of this ASEAN meet is  "Our People, Our Community, Our Vision",

iv. The motive of the Theme is  to create an ASEAN Community which is truly people-oriented, people-centred comprising all areas of cooperation.

v. The ASEAN foreign ministers meet was participated by India’s Minister of State for External Affairs of India Gen (Retd) VK Singh.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic organization of ten Southeast Asian countries. It was formed on 8 August 1967 .The group aims to accelerating economic growth, social progress, and socio-cultural evolution among its members, protection of regional peace and stability, and opportunities for member countries to resolve differences peacefully.

Headquarter of ASEAN at Jakarta, Indonesia

3. RBI ALLOWS BANKS TO SHIFT, MERGE OR CLOSE BRANCHES IN URBAN AREAS

i. Reserve Bank of India has allowed banks to shift, merge or close branches in urban areas, except in rural areas, at their own discretion.

ii. The central bank said that customers of the branch should be informed well in time before actual shifting, merger or closure of the office.

iii. RBI said shifting, merger, or closure of any rural branch as well as a sole semi urban branch would require approval of the District Consultative Committee or District Level Review Committee.

·      The Governor of reserve bank of India is Raghuram Rajan

·       Deputy Governors of RBI: H.R Khan, Urjit Patel,R.Gandhi and S.S Mundra

·      RBI was established in 1935

4. INDIA AND MYANMAR SIGNED AGREEMENT TO SET UP CESDT

i.  India and Myanmar inked an agreement to set up Centre of Excellence in Software Development and Training (CESDT) in Myanmar.

ii.  The project will avail setting up of a state of the art Information and Communication Technology Centre, imparting intensive teachers training, extending support for ICT curriculum development

iii.  The agreement was signed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during the  ASEAN Meet.

President of Myanmar: Thein Sein

Myanmar  Capital: Naypyidaw

Myanmar  Currency: Burmese kyat

5. 4G SERVICES LAUNCHED BY BHARTI AIRTEL IN INDIA

i.   Bharti Airtel  launched pan-India 4G high-speed data services.

ii. The service was launched in 296 towns across India and it will be available to customers through 4G-enabled mobile phones, internet dongles and Wi-Fi  routers.

iii. Airtel the largest telecom company of India became the first company to roll out the  pan-India 4G network.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 6 AUG 2015 (DAILY NEWS INDIA)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6 AUG 2015

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1. MGNREGA WORKERS TO GET DIRECT RELEASE OF WAGES INTO BANK ACCOUNTS

i. Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of direct release of wages in to the bank accounts of the MGNREGA  workers .

ii. This will lower the levels of corruption in MGNREGA by bringing greater transparency in movement of funds.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 was started in 2006. later  in 2009 it is renamed as the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act" .It is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'. It aims to ensure livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 150 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. It is one of the important scheme being implemented by government to achieve inclusive growth.

2. AMALENDU KRISHNA  WINS RAMANUJAN PRIZE

i.  The Ramanujan Prize for 2015 has been won by mathematician Amalendu Krishna of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

ii. The award given for his outstanding contributions in the area of Algebraic K-theory, Algebraic cycles and the theory of motives.

Ramanujan Srinivasa was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions.The Indian government started Ramanujan Prize  in 2005. This is the second time it is being awarded to an Indian. Earlier Sujatha Ramadorai  won it in 2006.

3. SOLAR TELESCOPE ‘MULTI APPLICATION SOLAR TELESCOPE’ OPERATIONALISED AT UDAIPUR SOLAR OBSERVATORY

i.   Udaipur Solar Observatory has operationalised a unique telescope ‘Multi Application Solar Telescope’  for detailed study of solar activities which could facilitate space weather predictions in the future.  

About Multi Application Solar Telescope’

i.   It will be used to measure vector magnetic fields of active regions at different heights of the solar atmosphere.

ii. It will also be used to study seismic effects of solar flares.

4. THE SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES (PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES) AMENDMENT BILL PASSED BY LOKSABHA

i.   The Lok Sabha has passed the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014. The bill will replace  the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ordinance, 2014.

Features of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014

i. Forcing an SC or ST individual to vote or not vote for a particular candidate in a manner that is against the law is an offence under the Bill.

ii. Wrongfully occupying land belonging to SCs or STs is an offence under the Bill.

iii. New offences added under the Bill include Garlanding with footwear, compelling to dispose or carry human or animal carcasses, or do manual scavenging, abusing SCs or STs by caste name in public, attempting to promote feelings of ill-will against SCs or STs or disrespecting any deceased person held in high esteem, and imposing or threatening a social or economic boycott.

iv. Preventing SCs or STs from using common property resources or from entering any place of worship that is open to the public or from entering an education or health institution will also be considered an offence.

WORLD'S HIGHEST-PAID ACTORS  LIST RELEASED BY FORBES

i. Forbes  released the list of 2015 World's Highest-Paid Actors.

ii. The list was topped by Robert Downey Jr. for the third year in a row, with earnings of 80 million US dollars.

iii. Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan stood at seventh position with earnings of 33.5 Million US dollar

iv. Akshay Kumar stood at ninth position with earnings of 32.5 Million US dollars

v. The other two Bollywood actors in the list are Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor.

Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Forbes.

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WEEKLY GK QUESTIONS QUIZE 29 JULY- 5 AUG 2015

WEEKLY GK QUIZ 5 - AUG
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1. When is World Youth skill day is observed:

a. 15^th July                                    b. 16^th July

c.   11th June                                d. 21^st June

2. Which committee is formed on Financial inclusion:

a. Deepak Mohanty                     b. Rajeev Sharma

c.   Rajesh Shukla                         d. Neha Sharma

3. Who is the head of BCCI:

a. Kapil Dev                                  b. Sunil Gavaskar

c.   Ravi Shankar                          d Jagmohan Dalmiya

4. Who won champion of change award:

a. Neha Kattar                              b. Sunita Wiswanath

c.   Ashok Kumar                         d. Vijay Sharma

5. World Bank signed $ 250 million loan pact with India for which state:

a. Kerala                                       b. Punjab

c.   H.P                                           d. Andra  Pradesh

6. India has signed Currency Swap deal with which country:

a. Sri Lanka                                  b. USA

c.   Japan                                       d. China

7. Who is Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution:

a. Venkiah Naidu                         b. Ram Vilas Paswan

c.   Radha Mohan                         d. Simarti Irani

8. Which country recently offered help to India in cleaning Ganga:

a. Israel                                         b. UK

c.   Iraq                                         d. Japan

9. Name the player who sets world record in 1500 m at Monaco diamond League:

a. Genzebe DiBaba                      b. Gratlin

c.   Rakesh Khanna                      d. Amelie Mauresmo

10. Who is appointed as new chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority:

a. Rakesh Sahini                          b. Rajesh Kumar

c.   Bhanu Partap                         d. Pradeep

11. Which company is going to launch white Fi technology in India:

a. HCL                                           b. Microsoft

c.   IBM                                          d. Nokia

12. Which city is selected by UNESCO as city of Music:

a. Varanasi                                   b. Kerala

c.   Karnataka                               d. Bihar

13. Who is appointed as New chairman of IPL:

a. Rajiv Shukla                             b. Jagmohan Dalmiya

c.   Kapil Dev                                d. Sachin Tendulkar

14. Which country imports maximum goods from India:

a. Sri Lanka                                  b. USA

c.   China                                       d. Britain

15.  When is Nelson Mandela International Day is observed:

a. 15^th July                                                b. 18^th July

c.   21^st June                                  d. 10^th July

16. Who amongst the following recently resigned from the post of Presidentship of FIFA :

a. Hindol Seng                              b. Sepp Blatter

c.   John Watler                            d. Kem Johnson

17. Who is appointed as Chief Economist of IMF:

a. Maurice Obstfeld                     b. Christine Logard

c.   Jim Yong Kim                          d. Ban Ki Mon

18. Which country is going to build Choppers with India:

a. Russia                                       b. Israel

c.    USA                                         d. UK

19. Name the player who is inducted into the International Tennis hall of fame:

a. Amelie Mauresmo                   b. Sania Mirza

c.   Novak Djokovic                      d. Andy Murrah

20. Where is the Headquarter of Indian Space Research Organisation:

a. Bengaluru                                b. Karnataka 

c.   Kerala                                     d. Chennai

ANSWERS

1) A

2) A

3) D

4) B

5) D

6) A

7) A

8) A

9) A

10) A

11) B

12) A

13) A

14) A

15) B

16) B

17) A

18) A

19) A

20) A

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