4th October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

4th October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

National Affairs

1. 10 day long Dasara celebrations at Mysore concluded today with the famous Jamboo Savari, procession. 
2. 33 killed and several injured in stampede in Patna after Dussehra celebration; Home Ministry seeks report from Bihar Government.
3. Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today said that for the first time, five police observers will be deployed in Haryana to ensure free, fair and clean polling in the state where election is due on October 15.
4. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 65th TB Seal Campaign of the Tuberculosis Association of India at New Delhi today.

International Affairs

1. World Animal Day (4th October 2014) celebrated across the globe. 
2. India's intellectual property regime is fully compliant with WTO norms, the government said today, two days after the two countries decided to set up a high-level working group on IPR during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit to sort out the contentious issue.
3. Islamic State militants (also known as ISIL) claimed the beheading of a British aid worker Alan Henning, and suggested an American hostage may be killed next, in what they said was retaliation for the U.S.-led campaign against the group.
4. This is the fourth beheading of a Western hostage by the jihadist group, beginning with the killing of American journalist James Foley in August.
5. Ahead of the APEC summit at Beijing next month, China has mobilised an army of over 850,000 vigilantes to be on the look out for "terrorists", adding teeth to the country's war on terror, specially against militants from the restive Xinjiang province. 

Science & Technology

1. China has flight tested an upgraded version of its 10,000-km range Dongfeng missile which could reach most of the US and European cities, days ahead of its October 1st National Day to demonstrate its nuclear capability. 
2. Facebook said that it has stepped up its battle against spammers who promise to deliver "likes" to its members, and warned users on using such scams.

Sports

• Asian Games 2014
• The Asian Games wrapped up today (4th October 2014) with China dominating the gold-medal count and North Korea stealing the limelight.
• India finished their campaign yesterday with 11 Gold, 10 Silver, and 36 Bronze and hold the 8th spot in the medal standings. (Download Complete Award Winners List from here)
• 14 world records were set during the games, which brought together more than 9,500 athletes from 45 countries. Jakarta will be the host for the 2018 Asian Games.
• Champions League Twenty20 2014
• The Chennai Super Kings won their 2nd CLT20 title against Kolkata Knight Riders, defeating them by 8 wickets.
• This is the Sixth edition of ChampionsLeague.
• Held from  13th September to 4th October 2014.
• Most runs - Suresh Raina (234) - Chennai Super Kings
• Most wickets - Sunil Narine (12) - Kolkata Knight Riders

Business & Economy

1. As per the latest data (September 29) by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), 56 coal-based power plants reported critical fuel stocks of less than seven days. As many as 11 power stations were left with nil stocks on the day.

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Complete Winners List of Asian Games 2014

Complete Winners List of Asian Games 2014

Important details about Asian Games 2014

The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a Pan-continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. Till now, nine nations have hosted the Asian Games. Forty-six nations have participated in the Games, including Israel, which was excluded from the Games after their last participation in 1974.The 17th Asian Games are the recent version, which were held in Incheon, South Korea from 19 September 2014 to 4th  October 2014.

China has topped the medal table (9th consecutive time). With a total of 342 medals including 151 gold, 108 silver and 83 bronze. India ended with 57 medals to finish in eighth place. With 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze (in 2010 India won 65 medals – 14 gold, 17 silver and 34 bronze). Hosts South Korea were second with 79 golds while Japan finished third with 47 yellow metals. Below is the Complete List of Indian winners in 17th Asian Games 2014

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 

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 

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   

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3rd October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

3rd October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

 

National Affairs

• People Across the Country Celebrated Dussehra, to mark the victory of good over evil.
  
• Dussehra is derived from Sanskrit word "Dasha-hara", which means the removal of 10 bad qualities.
• The festival is also known as Vijaya Dashami, Dasara or Dashain in different places.
• Seeking to reach out to more people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the countrymen over radio for the first time, giving a pep talk about how to shed despondency and use their skills for betterment and prosperity of the country. 
• In order to increase the revenues, the Indian Railways has decided to sell Tatkal tickets at a higher rate. Passengers buying Tatkal tickets for the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani and 80 other trains will have to shell out more money from today.

International Affairs

• The Australian cabinet has given its approval for fighter jets to join the US-led military action against Islamic State targets in Iraq.
• Over 2 million Muslims from around the world gathered at a desert hill near Mecca in Saudi Arabia in an act of faith and repentance during the climactic emotional and spiritual moment of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
• Saudi Arabia has made contingency plans in the event of an Ebola outbreak, including deploying medical staff at airports and setting up isolation units as nearly three million Muslims from across the world flock to perform the hajj pilgrimage.

Business & Economy

• The world oil prices have dropped to their lowest levels in more than a year.
• The move follows the decision by Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest oil producers to cut its oil prices for the fourth month in a row but without any signs of cutting its production to ease the glut in the global supply.
• Travel industry body International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that India's domestic market increased by 7.4 percent in August over the previous year.

Science & Technology

ISRO will launch the third of seven series of satellites to put in place India’s own navigation system on par with US’ Global Positioning System (GPS) from the spaceport of Sriharikota on 10th October 2014.

People in News

• Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Uganda in a ceremony at State House Entebbe.

Sports

Asian Games2014

• Both Men's & Women's teams bag Gold in Kabaddi.

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2nd October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

2nd October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

National Affairs

• Nation observed Gandhi Jayanti and the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Sastri today. 
  
• Swachch Bharat Abhiyan
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the nationwide Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign) that aims to clean up the country in the next five years.
• Modi nominated nine people to carry forward the campaign (Goa Governor, Baba Ramdev, Sashi Tharoor, Kamal Haasan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Tendulkar, Anil Ambani and Tarak Mehta).
• Government announces 20 lakh rupees for each village Panchayat for the clean India mission.
• President calls for larger participation of the society for the success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
• WHO (World Health Organisation) says poor sanitation costs India Rs. 6500 per year per Indian

• Quotes of Modi in Swatrch Bharat Abhiyan

1. "CleanIndia is the responsibility of 125 crore Indians"
2. "India can do it. People of India can do it."
3. "Is cleaning only the responsibility of the karamcharis? Do citizens have no role in this? We have to change this mindset."
4. "I have invited 9 people and asked them to come to public places and work towards a clean India. I ask them to invite 9 more people too."
5. "We reached Mars. No PM or Minister went. It was the people who did it, our scientists who did it. So can't we create a Clean India?"
6. "If this is evaluated by a photo-opportunity, then we would be doing a disservice to the nation. We all must come together and do this (clean India) wherever we are."
7. "This is not about Modi... Modi is only one of its 1.2 billion people... This is a people's task."
8. The campaign is aimed at cleaning India by 2019, when the country will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
9. Political parties to now deposit their funds in banks, according to new Election Commission guidelines on financial transparency.
10. The Bombay High Court has asked Election Commission of India to state what action it would take against political parties who use children in election campaign or poll-related work. 

International Affairs

• The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent.
• UNMEER - UN Mission on Ebola Emergency Response
• Special representative for the UNMEER - Anthony Banbury
• Underscoring its commitment to the UN's body on gender equality and women empowerment, India has contributed USD 1 million to the organization for the current financial year.

Sports

• Asian Games 2014
• India clinch men's hockey Gold after 16 years.
• Indian women 4x400m relay team win gold.
• Inderjeet Singh wins bronze in men's shot put.
• Boxer Vikas Krishan gets bronze after losing to Kazakhstan's Zhanibek Alimkhanuly in middle (75kg) semis
• Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Lukka, Mandeep Kaur, Poovamma win 4*400m relay by setting Asian Games record.
• Boxer Satish Kumar settled for bronze medal after losing his semi-final.
• India beat Pakistan and wins gold in Hockey.
• Indian boxer Satish Kumar wins bronze in the (+91 kg) category.

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1st October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

1st October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates


National Affairs

• The ambitious Swachh Bharat campaign will be launched tomorrow (2nd October 2014), the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
• Modi will kick start the campaign from New Delhi.
• The campaign is aimed at cleaning India by 2019, when the country will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. 
• Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' has now been published in Kashmiri and Punjabi languages also and the editions would be released on his 145th birth anniversary tomorrow.
• Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today visited the flood-hit areas of Assam and Meghalaya and assured the two states of all possible help to deal with the crisis and ensure relief and rehabilitation.
• He announced that the central government has released an amount of Rs.386 crore for Assam and added that an additional amount of Rs.286 crore has also been sanctioned for the state to deal with the situation.
• Aam Aadmi Party demands clarification from the PMO India on the government's reported decision to hike the prices of some medicines including anti-cancer tablets.
• Health Minister Dr. Harsh vardhan urges all citizens to convert their birthdays into opportunities for donating blood.
• Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan conferred the Vayoshreshtha Samman on senior citizens on the occasion of International Day for Older persons.
• In a first-of-its-kind effort, the Election Commission (EC) today launched a video game titled 'Get Set Vote' as part of a series of edutainment material on voter awareness and education. 
• The video game, which can be played using the keyboard, gives out information and interesting details through 10 levels of mazes. 

International Affairs

• Today is International Day for Older persons.
• Thousands have joined pro-democracy protests demanding China to withdraw plans to vet candidates for the next Hong Kong leadership election in 2017, which have spread in Hong Kong on China's 65th National Day.
• PM Narendra Modi returns from his 5 day US Visit. He describes his US visit as highly successful and satisfactory.
• Pakistan has decided to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) in two years before the next general elections due in 2018.

People in News 

• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will be visiting India this month, and is most likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who himself is an avid user of the social networking site.

Business & Economy

1. Core sector growth for the month of August picked up with eight core sector industries growing by 5.8 percent against 4.7 percent in same month last year. The July core sector data was 2.7 percent.   
2. Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), the country’s first green-field airport in the public-private partnership mode, today handed over a cheque of Rs.17.76 crore to the Kerala government as its share of profits for the last fiscal.

Science & Technology

1. Microsoft has unveiled its new Windows operating system, and has given it a surprising name: Windows 10.
2. Most in the techie media had expected Microsoft to name its new operating system Windows 9, following the lineage from its current Windows 8 system.
3. India and the U.S., after sending their own respective spacecraft into Mars’ orbit, have now agreed to cooperate on future explorations of the Red Planet, which America said will yield “tangible benefits” to both the countries and the world at large.

Sports
Asian Games 2014

• Mary Kom becomes the first Indian woman to clinch Gold Medal in Boxing at the Asian Games
• Sarita Devi refuses to wear her boxing medal (Bronze) as a protest against the controversial decision (Sarita lost on points against Ji Na Park (Silver medal winner) in a bout where she was the dominant boxer).
• Indian women's hockey team win bronze medal after beating Japan.
• Indian sprinter Tintu Luka won silver medal in the 800m women’s race
• Indian athlete Annu Rani won a bronze medal in the women’s Javelin throw event.

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General Awareness Quiz Set 4

General Awareness Quiz Set 4

1. Legendary actor Dilip Kumar's ancestral home has been declared as a national heritage by 

1) Bangladesh

2) Pakistan

3) Sri Lanka

4) Dubai

5) Saudi Arabia

2. Which insurance company has introduced an "insurance on wheels" concept for faster renewal of policies recently?

1) Bajaj Allianz

2) ICICI Lombard

3) National Insurance Company

4) Oriental Insurance Company

5) ICICI Prudential

3. India ranked fifth amongst top ten wind power producers in the world. The top producer is 

1) Germany

2) Spain

3) Australia

4) China

5) USA

4. Who has formulated the scheme Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Scholarship for Research in Social Sciences?

1) CBSE

2) AICTE

3) UGC

4) NAAC

5) IIT Delhi

5. Which AICTE scheme envisages selection of one girl per family where family income is

less than 6 lakhs / annum on merit at the qualifying examination to pursue technical education?

1) ROSHNI

2) ASHA

3) PRAGATI

4) CATER

5) RMSA

6. AICTE has decided to award 1000 scholarships per annum under which scheme to differently abled students to pursue technical education based on merit in the qualifying examination to pursue technical education?

1) Saksham

2) ENROL

3) UDAAN

4) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

5) RANK

7. UGC has launched a special scholarship Scheme Ishan Uday for ...... from the academic session 2014-15.

1) North east students

2) Minority students

3) SC, ST students

4) Physically challenged students

5) None

8. Which comprehensive plan brings selected students from the school and college levels from the North-Eastern states into close contact with the IITs, NITs etc?

1) Bharathi

2) PRADHAN

3) Ishan Vikas

4) SELECT

5) PRADHAM

9. ......was launched on 26th August, 2014, to focus on the quality of foundational learning so that each child attains appropriate learning levels in classes I and II for reading, writing language comprehension and numeracy.

1) Padhe Bharat Sabka Bharat

2) Padhe Bharat Aage Bharat

3) Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat

4) Padhe Bharat Mera Bharat

5) None

10. Which portal has been developed for helping a prospective student make a valued judgment of the college he / she wishes to join by providing him / her the necessary information about the same?

1) Mera Samstaan

2) MY CAREER GUIDE

3) Know your College Portal

4) TRANSFORM

5) KNOW YOUR ADMISSION

11. The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on...

1) May 22

2) May 23

3) May 25

4) May 29

5) May 31

12. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Post Doctoral Fellows in Humanities and Social Sciences including Languages initiated by

1) AICTE

2) CBSE

3) ICSE

4) UGC

5) None

13. Annual International Day to End Obstetric Fistula is observed on

1) May 23

2) May 20

3) May 27

4) May 28

5) None of above

14. Parents of students of Government and Government aided schools accessing updates on their child’s progress regarding attendance, assignments, and achievements through a mobile application is known as

1) Shaala Darpan

2) Padham Padham se

3) Progress CARD

4) MARKS TOTO

5) None

ANSWERS

1. 2

2. 3

3. 4

4. 3

5. 3

6. 1

7. 1

8. 3

9. 3

10. 3

11. 5

12. 4

13. 1

14. 1

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General Awareness Quiz set 3

General Awareness Quiz set 3



1. Which of the following cities in Australia hosted the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors Meeting in September 2014?
1) Sydney
2) Brisbane
3) Melbourne
4) Adelaide
5) Cairns


2. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the Nalanda University in Bihar on 2014 September 19. Who is the vice chancellor of this university?
1) N.K. Singh
2) Gopa Sabharwal
3) Lord Meghnad Desai
4) Tansen Sen
5) Anil Wadhwa

3. Which of the following States has decided to set up 'Nirbhaya' centres in all districts to provide
prompt help to victims of crime against women?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Maharashtra

4. Who was declared the next President of Afghanistan on 2014 September 21?
1) Abdullah Abdullah
2) Habibullah Habib
3) Hamidullah Amin
4) Ashraf Ghani
5) Hedayat Amin Arsala

5. Which of the following films was selected as India's 2015 Oscar contender in the best foreign language film category?
1) Queen
2) Shahid
3) Yellow
4) Jaatishwar
5) Liar's Dice

6. John Key was re-elected as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries in September 2014?
1) Canada
2) Australia
3) Italy
4) New Zealand
5) Ireland

7. Larry Ellison has stepped down from the post of Chief Executive Officer of?
1) Yahoo
2) Facebook
3) Oracle
4) IBM
5) Microsoft

8. Ashok Mohanty was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a chit fund scam on
2014 September 22. He is the former Advocate General of?
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Tripura
5) Jharkhand

9. Moussa Mara assumed office as the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries
on 2014 April 5?
1) Mauritania
2) Senegal
3) Mali
4) Guinea
5) Niger

10. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca is the second female President of?
1) Malta
2) Chile
3) Latvia
4) Lithuania
5) Estonia

11. "The Accidental Prime Minister- The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh" is a book authored by?
1) Shashi Tharoor
2) Mani Shankar Aiyyar
3) Digvijay Singh
4) Sanjay Baru
5) H.K. Dua

12. UNO declared which of the following days as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression?
1) June 1
2) June 5
3) June 2
4) June 3
5) June 4

13. Which of the following cities is the capital of Mali?
1) Kayes
2) Timbuktu
3) Bamako
4) Mopti
5) Segou

14. Justice G. Rohini is the first woman Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts?
1) Andhra Pradesh High Court
2) Delhi High Court
3) Madras High Court
4) Bombay High Court
5) Allahabad High Court

15. Who took charge as the Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) in April 2014?
1) R.K. Mathur
2) G.K. Pillai
3) D.K. Pathak
4) Subhash Goswami
5) Ranjit Sinha



ANSWERS
1. 5
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 4
7. 3
8. 2
9. 3
10. 1
11. 4
12. 5
13. 3
14. 2
15. 3

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Quiz on Latest Current Affairs 2014 - Set 2

Quiz on Latest Current Affairs 2014 - Set 2



1: Who has been appointed as Maharashtra's horticulture Ambassador ?

Amitabh Bachhan


2: World Hepatitis Day is observed on ?

28th July 


3: Which portal has been launched by Narendra Modi government for good governance through citizen's participation ?

MyGov


4: Which one of the following disease is caused by Rota-virus ?

Diarrhea


5: Eminent personality Madhukar Singh has died recently, he was associated with which field ?

Hindi Literature


6: Which player has set record of fastest serve in women's tennis ?

Sabine Lisicki


7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated two hydro power projects in Leh and Kargil to nation on 12 Aug 2014. Both these power projects are in which state?

Jammu and Kashmir


8: Name the German Striker who announced his retirement From International Football on 11 August 2014?

Miroslav Klose


9: National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014, and the 121st Constitution Amendment Bill (Insertion of new articles 124A, 124B and 124C) were introduced in the Lok Sabha on 11 August 2014 by Law Minister?

Ravi Shankar Prasad


10: Who defeated Roger Federer to win Rogers Cup 2014 on 10 August 2014?

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga


11: Which automobile company launched Elite i20, the all-new version of its premium compact car i20, on 11 August 2014?

Hyundai Motor India


12: 3rd World Elephant Day 2014 was observed on?

12th August


13: Which country finished third in FIFA 2014 World Cup?

Barzil


14: Name the Oscar Winning veteran actor who was found dead on 12 August 2014?

Robin Williams


15: Recently which Indian became the world's No.1 Test all-rounder?

Ravichandran Ashwin


16: Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines joint venture on 11 August 2014 unveiled the brand name of its new airline as?

Vistara


17: Who defeated ROger Federer to win Rogers Cup 2014 ?

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga


18: Sushila Rani Patel has died, she was associated with which field ?

Classical Music


 19: Which woman tennis player on 2nd July 2014 sparked controversy saying that she doesn't know who Sachin Tendulkar is ?

Maria Sharapova


20: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 2nd July 2014 approved the inclusion of onion and potato under the purview of Essential Commodities Act,  ____________ ?

1955

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LATEST CURRENT AFFAIRS QUES (SET 1)

1: Who has been selected as first artist in residence at Rashtrapati Bhawan ?

Jogen Chowdhary


2: Which Award is often considered as Asia's Nobel Prize ?

Ramon Magsaysay


3: 21st Commonwealth Games will be held at which place ?

Gold Coast, Australia


4: Which country has topped the medal tally at Commonwealth Games 2014 ?

England


5: How much amount of line of credit has been given by India to Nepal ?

$ 1 billion


6: Legend Dick Wegner has died recently, he was associated with which field ?

Music


7: Which species has been added to dolphin family recently ?

Australian Humpback


8: Sadbhavana Diwas is celebrated on ?

20th August


9: World Heart day is observed on ?

29th September


10: Chief minister of which state has been sentenced to Four years Jail term and fined 100 Crore rupees, in Disproportionate Assets case ?

Tamil Nadu


11: Who has been conferred as Bharat Gaurav by East Bengal Club ?

Bachendri Pal


12: Who has been selected for Raiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for the year 2014 ?

Muzaffar Ali


13: Indian Air Force has received its Sixth C-17 Globe master, it is a 

Military Transport Aircraft


14: Which country has declared Ebola public health emergency ?

Sierra Leone


15: Which state has agreed to Ghana's offer of land to its farmers

Punjab


16: One Life is Not Enough : An Autobiography book is written by ?

Natwar Singh


17: Which player has become first Indian Woman Gymnast to win medal in Commonwealth Games ?

Dipa Karmakar


18: Deputy National Security Adviser has resigned recently, name him ?

Nehchal Sandhu


19: Who has been recently sworn in as Afghanistan's new president replacing Karzai on 29th September 2014 ?

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai


20: Cabinet has recently gave nod for President Rule in which state after resignation of it's Chief Minister ?

Maharashtra after resignation of Prithviraj Chavan

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BANKING TERMS - ABBREVIATIONS

BANKING TERMS - ABBREVIATIONS

          

• ISCI – International Standard Industrial Classification 

• KCC – Kisan Credit Card 

• KVIC – Khadi and Village Industries Corporation 

• KYC – Know your customer 

• LAMPS – Large Sized Adivasi Multipurpose societies 

• LERMS – Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System 

• LIC – Life Insurance Corporation of India 

• MCA – Ministry of Company affairs 

• MIS – Management Information System 

• MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition 

• NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development 

• NBFC – Non Banking Finance Companies 

• NEFT – National Electronic Funds Transfer 

• NPA – Non Performing assets 

• NRE – Non Resident External account 

• NRI – Non Resident Indian 

• NSE – National Stock Exchange 

• OLTAS – Online tax accounting system 

• OMO – Open market operations 

• PACS – Primary Agricultural Credit Societies 

• PDO – Public Debt Office 

• PIN – Personal Identification Number 

• QIB – Qualified Institutional Buyers 

• RBI – Reserve Bank of India 

• RDBMS – Relational Database Management System 

• REC – Rural Electrification Corporation 

• RFC – Resident Foreign Currency 

• RIDF – Rural Infrastructure Development Fund 

• RRB – Regional Rural Bank 

• RTGS – Real Time Gross Settlement 

• RWA – Risk Weighted Assets 

• SBI – State Bank of India 

• SCB – Scheduled Commercial Bank 

• SDR – Special Drawing Rights 

• SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India 

• SFMS - Structured Financial Messaging Services 

• SHG – Self Help Group 

• SIDBI – Small Industries Development Bank of India 

• SIDC – State Industrial Development Corporation 

• SJSRY –Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana 

• SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio 

• SLRS – Scheme for Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavangers 

• SMERA – SME rating agency of India Limited 

• SSI – Small Scale Industries 

• SME – Small and Medium Industries 

• SSSBE – Small Scale Service and Business Enterprises 

• UTI – Unit Trust of India 

• WPI – Wholesale Price Index 

• YTM – Yield to maturity 

• LAB – Local Area Banks

• ALM – Asset Liability Management 

• ANBC – Adjusted Net Bank Credit 

• ASBA – Applications supported Bank accounts 

• BOE – Bill of Exchange 

• CASA – Current and savings accounts 

• CBLO – Collateralised Bank Lending Obligations 

• CIBIL – Credit Information Bureau of India Limited 

• DPG – Deferred Payment Guarantee 

• DPN – Demand Promissory Note 

• DRAT – Debt Recovery Appellate tribunal 

• DRI – Differential Rate of Interest 

• DSCR – Debt Service Coverage Ratio 

• EDI – Electronic Data Interchange 

• EMI – Equated Monthly Instalments 

• EPS – Earnings Per Share 

• ESOP – Employee Stock Options 

• FEDAI – Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India 

• FFMC – Full Fledged Money Changers 

• FOB – Free on Board 

• LIBOR – London Inter Bank Operations Rate 

• MIBOR – Mumbai Inter Bank Operations Rate 

• MOU – Memorandum of Understanding 

• MCA – Ministry of Company Affairs 

• NPV – Net Present Value 

• OCB – Overseas Corporate Bodies 

• POA – Power of Attorney 

• RKBY – Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana 

• SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India 

• LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility 

• IDBI – Industrial Development Bank of India 

• BCSBI – Banking Codes and Standards Board of India 

• IRDA – Insurance Regulatory Development Authority 

• DICGC – Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation 

• SPV – Special Purpose Vehicle 

• CRISIL – Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited 

• ICRA – Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited 

• CARE – Credit Analysis and Research Limited 

• MCX – Multi Commodity Exchange 

• CCIL – Clearing Corporation of India Limited 

• OTCEI – Over the Counter Exchange of India 

• EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer 

• ARF – Asset Reconstruction Fund 

• MSS – Market Stabilisation Scheme 

• CRAR – Capital to Risk Assets Ratio 

• FSDC – Financial Stability and Development Council 

• SCARDB – State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks 

• LERMS – Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System 

• BOT – Balance of Trade 

• CAC – Capital account convertibility 

• NDS – Negotiated Dealing System

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Important Details about India's Mars Orbiter Mission / Mangalyaan

Important Details about India's Mars Orbiter Mission / Mangalyaan


1.The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called as Mangalyaan (Mangalyan is an unofficial name)

2.This program is run by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)

3.Manufactured by Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC)

4.Launched into Earth orbit on 5th November 2013

5.It was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

6.This project is aimed as a "technology demonstrator". It will showcase and prove the capability for interplanetary missions

7.The launch was made using PSLV-XL C25 rocket

8.The orbiter will have a life of 6 to 10 months in the orbit

9.While orbiting Mars the orbiter will study surface features, minerals and atmosphere on Mars

10.There are 5 main instruments on the orbiter:

A.Lyman-Alpha Photometer (LAP)

B.Methane Sensor For Mars (MSM)

C.Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA)

D.Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS)

E.Mars Colour Camera (MCC)

11.It was successfully inserted into orbit of Mars on 24 September 2014

12.India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit.

13.The Mars Orbiter Mission was achieved on a budget of $74 million, nearly a tenth of the 
amount the US space agency Nasa spent on sending the Maven
spacecraft to Mars.

Team Members worked on Mangalyaan Mission

13.K Radhakrishnan Chairman of ISRO, secretary in department of space.
Responsible for leading the mission and overall activities of Isro.

14.M Annadurai Programme director, Mars Orbiter Mission
Responsible for budget management, direction for spacecraft configuration, schedule and resources.

15.S Ramakrishnan Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Member
Launch Authorisation Board. Responsible for realising the rocket (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) that would ferry the Mars orbiter.

16.SK Shivakumar Director, Isro Satellite Centre. Responsible for developing satellite technology and implementing satellite systems for scientific,
technological and application missions.

17.P Kunhikrishnan Project director, PSLV programme; ninth time as
mission director. Responsible for seeing the rocket completes its
mission successfully and that the satellite is correctly injected in the designated orbit.

18.Chandradathan Director, Liquid Propulsion system. Made rich contribution to the realisation of solid motors for sounding rockets

19 .AS Kiran Kumar Director, Satellite Application Centre
Responsible for designing and building three of the orbiter payloads - Mars Colour Camera, Methane Sensor and Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer.

20.MYS Prasad Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Chairman,
Launch Authorisation Board Responsible for range safety and schedules, overall incharge at rocket port.

21.S Arunan Project director, Mars Orbiter Mission.
Responsible for leading a team to build the spacecraft.

22.B Jayakumar Associate project director, PSLV project
Responsible for the rocket systems, testing till the final lift-off.

23.MS Pannirselvam
Chief general manager, range operation director at
Sriharikota Rocket port.
Responsible for maintaining launch schedules without any slippages

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