Angelique Kerber won Australian Open Women's singles title 2016

* Angelique Kerber became the first German to win a Grand Slam title since her childhood idol Steffi Graf in 1999 when she upset world number one Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to clinch the Australian Open on 30 January 2016.

*  Serena had been seeking her seventh Melbourne Park title and 22nd overall.

* The seventh seeded Kerber, however, was not overawed by the occasion of her first grand slam final, breaking twice in the first set as Williams made 23 unforced errors.

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List of 20 smart cities announced by Union Government under Smart City Mission

* The Government recently (January 2016) announced the 20 winners of the Smart City Challenge competition for financing during the financial year 2016-17. The winners were from 11 States and the Union Territory of Delhi and the selection was totally objective and transparent based on standardized processes.

* 3 cities from Madhya Pradesh, two each from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan and one each from the remaining five made it to the winning list.

* Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu announced the winners.

Here is the list of 20 smart cities announced by Shri Venkaiah Naidu based on rank:

1. Bhubaneswar - Odisha

2. Pune - Maharashtra

3. Jaipur - Rajasthan

4. Surat - Gujarat

5. Kochi - Kerala

6. Ahmedabad - Gujarat

7. Jabalpur - Madhya Pradesh

8. Visakhapatnam - Andhra Pradesh

9. Solapur - Maharashtra

10. Davanagere - Karnataka

11. Indore - MP

12. New Delhi Municipal Council - Delhi

13. Combattore - Tamil Nadu

14. Kakinada - Andhra Pradesh

15. Belagavi - Karnataka

16. Udaipur - Rajasthan

17. Guwahati - Assam

18. Chennai - Tamil Nadu

19. Ludhiana - Punjab

20. Bhopal - MP

Of these 20 cities accounting for a total population of 3.54 crore, 5 have  population below 5 lakhs each, 4 in the range of 5-10 lakhs, 6 in between 10-25 lakhs, 4 between 25 and 50 lakhs and only Ahmedabad has above 50 lakhs.

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GK Quiz for ISRO Assistant Exam 2016 & DRDO Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are some useful General Knowledge Questions useful for ISRO Assistant Exam 2016 - Junior Personal Assistant, Stenographer & Assistant, DRDO Exam 2016 - Senior Technical Assistant ‘B’, Technician ‘A’ and Junior Translator, Stenographer Grade-II, StoreAsstt. 'A', Admin Asstt. ‘A’. Questions will also be useful for Railway RRB 2016, LIC AAO 2016 etc.

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1. Which among following is called “Gift of the Nile”?

(a) China

(b) India

(c) Iraq

(d) Egypt

2. Rangaswamy cup is associated with

(a) archery

(b) cricket

(c) football

(d) hockey

3. The ‘Red Triangle’ symbol denotes

(a) Air India

(b) family planning

(c) culture and civilization

(d) None of the above

4. Rabindranath Tagore is also known as

(a) Guruji

(b) Gurudev

(c) Mahamana

(d) Netaji

5. Thomas Cup is associated with

(a) badminton

(b) billiards

(c) lawn tennis

(d) table tennis

6. Satellite launching station is located at

(a) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)

(b) Solapur (Maharashtra)

(c) Salem (Tamilnadu)

(d) Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)

7. In which city the Asian Games first took place?

(a) Hong kong

(b) Tokyo

(c) New Delhi

(d) Kuala Lampur

8. How many players are there in Kabbadi team?

(a) 11

(b) 9

(c) 5

(d) 7

9. The head quarters of Sahitya AKademi is at

(a) Mumbai

(b) Chennai

(c) New Delhi

(d) Kolkata

10. The islands of Seychelles are located in the

(a) Arctic Ocean

(b) Atlantic Ocean

(c) Indian Ocean

(d) Pacific Ocean

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 30 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 30 January 2016. Trending topics include MITRA app, commemorative coin of Lala Lajpat Rai, Justice Sanjay Mishra, The Turbulent Years – 1980-1996 book, Akshay Kumar-led film 'Airlift. Check details of each topics by attempting the Quiz. 

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1) South African Graham Xavier Ford on 29 January 2016 was named as the chief coach of which cricket team?

(A) England

(B) Srilanka

(C) South Africa

(D) Pakistan

2) Lt Governor of Puducherry AK Singh on 28 January 2016 launched the ____ mobile application to ensure safety and security of women in the Union Territory?

(A) MITRA

(B) PAHAL

(C) NIRBHAY

(D) SAHAY

3) Ministry of Culture on 28 January 2016 released a commemorative coin of 150 rupees and a circulation coin of 10 rupees on whom?

(A) Bipin Chandra Pal

(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(C) Lala Lajpat Rai

(D) B.R.Ambedkar

4) Justice Sanjay Mishra was on 28 January 2016 appointed as Lokayukta of which state?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) West Bengal

(C) Bihar

(D) Uttar Pradesh

5) The second volume of memoirs of President Pranab Mukherjee titled The Turbulent Years – 1980-1996 was released on 28 January 2016 by?

(A) Vice President Hamid Ansari

(B) Prime Minister Narendra Modi

(C) Congress President Sonia Gandhi

(D) CJI T. S. Thakur

6) The 61st National School Athletic championships kick started on 29 January 2016 at Kozhikode city of which state?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Sikkim

(C) Punjab

(D) Kerala

7) Name the African country which recently issued a law that makes it mandatory for men of the nation to marry at least two wives (Polygamy)?

(A) Kenya

(B) Eritrea

(C) Ethiopia

(D) Sudan

8) Union Ministry of Urban Development on 28 January 2016 announced the 1st batch of 20 smart cities from ____ States and Union Territory of Delhi under the Smart Cities Mission?

(A) 9

(B) 10

(C) 11

(D) 12

9) Bollywood star Akshay Kumar-led film 'Airlift'was declared tax free recently by which state?

(A) Delhi

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Uttar Pradesh

10) As announced recently, effective from 15 February 2016, an individual will not be able to book more than ____ tickets online in a month from IRCTC website from his/her user ID?

(A) 6

(B) 10

(C) 5

(D) 8

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Intelligence Bureau (IB) Recruitment 2016 for Personal Assistant - 69 Vacancies

Hi Aspirants...Intelligence Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs) has invited online applications for direct recruitment to the post of Personal Assistant, General Central Service, Group-‘B’ (Non-Gazetted/Ministerial).

Name of the post: Personal Assistant

Number of vacancies -69 (UR-38, OBC-10, SC-13, ST-08)

Pay scale: Rs. 9300-34800 plus Grade Pay Rs. 4600 (PB-2) (Plus admissible Central Government allowances).

Important Dates

Start date for Online Registration of Applications: 30.01.2016

Last date for Online Registration: 20.02.2016

Last Date of depositing fee: 23.02.2016

Downloading of admit cards: 29.02.2016

Date of Written Examination:    20th March, 2016[1100 HRS to 1300 HRS] 

Essential qualifications: 10+2 pass or equivalent with proficiency in stenography.

(i) Dictation: 10 minutes@ 100 words per minute.

(ii) Skill test on computer-transcription of shorthand, 40 minutes (English) and 55 minutes (Hindi)

Desirable qualifications: Knowledge of computer operation, viz., Windows 2000/ 2003, MS Word, etc.

Age limit: 18-27 years  (Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST and by 3 years for OBC candidates.)

Scheme of Examination

(A) Written Examination

(i) Objective type paper : 80 questions on General Studies / Awareness, Numerical Ability, Reasoning, etc.: 80 Marks

(ii) Descriptive paper

(a) Essay in English/Hindi of not more than 300 words on a topic out of 4 choices: 25 marks

(b) English/Hindi comprehension: 15 marks

(c) Test of English/Hindi language, antonyms, synonyms, one word substitution, etc: 30 marks

(B) Stenography Skill Test

English or Hindi Shorthand @ 100 words per minute

(i) Dictation: 10 minutes @ 100 words per minute

(ii) Skill test on computer - transcription of shorthand, 40 minutes (English) and 55 minutes (Hindi).

Exam Fee: Rs. 50/- (Fifty Rupees only). SC/ST and female candidates are exempted from payment of examination fee.

Mode of Payment: Applicants (who are required to pay the fee) are to pay the fee by cash deposit at any branch of State Bank of India using the Challan form (available in part-II of the online application). The applicant will be required to take a printout of Challan form (wherein name of the applicant, his/her Registration number, etc. will be printed) and deposit the fee in cash in any branch of State Bank of India after a gap of one working day. A counterfoil of this Challan would be given back to the candidate by the bank, indicating the transaction ID, which may be retained by the candidates.

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Online Current Affairs Objective Quiz – 29 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Online Quiz for 29 January 2016. Before attempting this Quiz read Daily Current Affairs Updates 29 January 2016. Trending topics include Sania Mirza winning Australian Open women's doubles title 2016, beating retreat ceremony, Smart Cities Mission etc. Attempt Quiz to explore each topic. 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

Q1. Sania Mirza along with whom has recently won the Australian Open women's doubles title 2016?

(A) Cara Black

(B) Andrea Hlavackova

(C) Maria Sharapova

(D) Martina Hingis

Q2. Marking the culmination of the 67th Republic Day celebrations 2016 beating retreat ceremony was held on 29 January 2016 at?

(A) Raisina Hill

(B) Vijay Chowk

(C) Rajpath

(D) Vijay Ghat

Q3. Union Government on 28 January 2016 shortlisted 20 cities under Smart Cities Mission. Which city ranked first?

(A) Bhubaneswar, Odisha

(B) Pune, Maharashtra

(C) Jaipur, Rajasthan

(D) Surat, Gujarat

Q4. Gurdeep Singh was recently appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of?

(A) Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL)

(B) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

(C) National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)

(D) None of these

Q5. Which Micro blogging site on 29 January 2016 appointed Leslie Berland as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)?

(A) Twitter

(B) Instagram

(C) Whatsapp

(D) Google Plus

Q6. Name the Indigenously-built surface-to-air missile which was on 28 January 2016 successfully test fired from complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipuri in Odisha?

(A) Tejas

(B) Astra

(C) Agni

(D) Akash

Q7. India has recently overtaken which country as the world’s largest rice exporter in the year 2015?

(A) China

(B) Thailand

(C) Singapore

(D) Indonesia

Q8. India has been ranked _____ out of 168 countries in the recently released 2015 Corruption Perception Index (CPI)?

(A) 61st

(B) 76th

(C) 85th

(D) 27th

Q9. Marvin Minsky, the pioneer of ______ passed away on 24 January 2016 in Boston, United States?

(A) Xerox

(B) Lift

(C) Artificial Intelligence

(D) Mobile Phones

Q10. Which automobile company has topped in global vehicle sales in 2015 by selling 10.151 million vehicles?

(A) Toyota Motor Corp

(B) Tata

(C) Volkswagen

(D) General Motors

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Daily Current Affairs & GK Updates: 29 January 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Daily Current Affairs Updates for 29 January 2016. This points will be useful for upcoming LIC AAO 2016, ISRO Assistant 2016, Railway RRB 2016 exams etc.

1) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won Australian Open women's doubles title 2016:

--> Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis beat seventh seeded Czech combination of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka to win Australian Open women's doubles title 2016 on 29 January 2016.

--> Top seeds Sania and Martina, who are on a record winning streak, continued to rule the roost as they defeated the Czech pair 7-6, 6-3 at the Rod Laver Arena.

--> This is the third successive Grand Slam doubles title victory for Sania and Martina and their maiden Australian Open title as a pair adding to their Wimbledon and US Open title victories in 2015. 

2) Beating Retreat ceremony held at Delhi’s Vijay Chowk:

--> President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead the nation in Beating the Retreat celebrations at historic Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on 29 January 2016.

--> This marks the culmination of the four-day-long Republic Day celebrations.

--> For the first time bands from the Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Force were played at the ceremony.

3) Union Government shortlisted 20 cities under Smart Cities Mission:

--> Union Ministry of Urban Development has shortlisted 20 cities from 11 States and Delhi Union Territory in the list of first batch of Smart Cities Mission.

--> These shortlisted cities were selected from Smart City Challenge competition in which 97 cities and towns had participated from 23 States and UTs.

--> A smart city is highly advanced urban region in terms of overall infrastructure, communications, sustainable real estate and market viability.

4) Gurdeep Singh appointed as CMD of NTPC:

--> Gurdeep Singh has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited.

--> His appointment was confirmed by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

5) Leslie Berland appointed as CMO of Twitter Inc:

--> Micro blogging site Twitter has appointed Leslie Berland as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the company.

--> Prior to this appointment, she was working at American Express (AmEx) as executive vice-president of global advertising, marketing and digital partnerships.

6) Akash missile successfully test fired at Chandipuri in Odisha:

--> Indigenously-built surface-to-air Akash missile was successfully test fired from complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipuri in Odisha.

7) India overtakes Thailand as World’s largest Rice exporter:

--> India has overtaken Thailand as the world’s largest rice exporter in the year 2015 by shipping (exporting) 10.23 million tonnes of rice.

--> It was announced by the Bangkok based Thai Rice Exporters Association Chairman Charoen Laodhammatas.

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English Quiz for Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical) & LIC AAO 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are some useful questions for Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical) & LIC AAO 2016. Attempt the quiz and share your score. 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1)  I am not going to contest Lok Sabha seat_____ Trivandrum.

(a) Of

(b) At

(c) From

(d) By

Ans. (c) From

2)  Ancy belongs _____ the upper strata of the society.

(a) Of

(b) From

(c) To

(d) For

Ans. (c) To

3) "I am annoyed_____ Him_____ what he has done to me."

(a) By; in

(b) With; against

(c) At; for

(d) With; for

Ans. (d) With; for

4) Arrange the Jumpled sentence correctly between (1) and (6).

1. There are people

P. To be able to say

Q. Not because they enjoy the book

R. Who read a book

S. But because they want

2. That they have read it.

(a) PSQR

(b) SQPR

(c) RSPQ

(d) RQSP

Ans. (d) RQSP

5) Changing one’s mind too quickly

(a) Changeableness

(b) Vacillation

(c) Versatility

(d) Instability

Ans. (b) Vacillation

6) Work for which no regular salary is paid

(a) Honourable

(b) Honorary

(c) Temporary

(d) Ad hoc

Ans. (b) Honorary

7) A book containing information on all subjects

(a) Dictionary

(b) Appendix

(c) Informative

(d) Encyclopaedia

Ans. (d) Encyclopaedia

8)  One who is neither intelligent nor dull

(a) Commoner

(b) Mediocre

(c) Tolerable

(d) Diligent

Ans. (b) Mediocre

9) Scarcity of rain or water

(a) Drought

(b) Draught

(c) Dryness

(d) Dehydration

Ans. (a) Drought

10) Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word .

GLORIOUS

(a) Sad

(b) Painful

(c) Cowardly

(d) Humiliating

Ans. (d) Humiliating

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