GK Questions asked in UIIC AO Exam - 12 June 2016 (Evening Shift)

Hi Aspirants, United India Insurance is conducting its Administrative Officer exam on 12 June 2016. In this post we are sharing with you the GK & Computer Questions asked in today's (12 June 2016) UIIC AO Exam - Evening Shift.

1. Which is the first airport to operate fully on solar energy? - Cochin Airport

2. Next Asian Games 2018 will be held in? – Jakarta, Indonesia

3. South Asian Games 2018 will be held at? - Kathmandu, Nepal

4. National Science Day? - 28 February

5. Winner of Italian Tennis Open women's singles? – Serena Williams

6.  SBI Partner with which cab? – Uber

7. Mynamar recently granted license to which Indian bank? - SBI

8. RBI Executive Director? - Deepak Singhal

9. Pulitzer Prize for Public Service associated press? - The Washington Post

10. In context of banking, what does ‘BBB’ stands for__? - Bank Board Bureau

11. BASEL Norms to be implemented in India by which date? – March 31, 2019
12. Shatrujeet exercise concluded in? – Rajasthan
13. ____ dropped its plans to float a payments bank? - Cholamandalam
14. What is the rate of Interest in Crop Insurance scheme? - 7%
15. Youngest player to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket? - Alastair cook
16. White label ATM registerd under which act? – Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act 2007
17. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister? – Ranil Wickremesinghe
18. 2016 Academy award for best movie? – Spotlight
19. Best Actress award at 63rd National Film Awards 2016? – Kangana Ranaut 
20. In India, educational limit-options are? - 10 lakhs, 20 lakhs, 30 lakhs 
21. Account Aggregator to? - NBFC banks
22. In BASEL, what is the full form of CAR? - Capital Adequacy Ratio
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United India Insurance (UIIC) AO Exam 12 June 2016 Solved Questions - Morning Shift

Hi Aspirants, United India Insurance is conducting its Administrative Officer (AO) exam on 12 June 2016. In this post we are sharing with you the GK & Computer Questions asked in today's (12 June 2016) UIIC AO Exam - Morning Shift.

1. Who won the Best Actor award at National Award film awards 2016? - Amitabh Bachchan

2. Anti-corruption Day is observed on? - 9 December

3. IRDAI headquarter located in? - Hyderabad

4. BBB full form? - Bank Board Bureau

5. First state in the country to give social welfare benefits to transgender community? – Odisha

6. ICICI partnered with which for its payment bank? - Finotech

7. Basel Headquarter is at? – Switzerland

8. OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) prediction for India's growth? - 7.5%

9. MCLR full form? - Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR)

10. Asia’s largest underground railway station located in? – China

11. Who was recently reappointed as ICC Cricket Committee Chairman? – Anil Kumble 
12. Kaziranga National Park is situated at? - Assam
13. 42nd G7 Summit was histed by which country? - Japan
14. Winner of Italian Open Tennis tournamnet men's singles? – Andy Murray
15. Who is the present Attorney General Of India? – Mukul Rohatgi
16. Uday scheme related to? – Revival of Power Distribution
17. Why was State Bank of Travencore penalised for 1000cr? - For deficiencies in reporting to the CRILC database
18. ASBA fullform? - Application Supported by Blocked Amount 
19. Indradhanush initiative related to? – To revamp Public Sector Banks
20. Mrinalanini Sarabhai who passed away recently was a famous in? – classical dancer
20. Mrinalanini Sarabhai who passed away recently was a famous in? – classical dancer
21. SBI among 4 foreign banks granted approval to start branches in which country? - Myanmar
22. Raman Magsasey award is named after which country's President? - Philippines
23. Indian basket ball player selected in NBA? - Satnam Singh Bhamara 
24. Capital small finance bank started at? - Punjab
25. In Basel norms, what is the full form of HQLA? - High Quality Liquid Assets 
26. Minimum time frame for short term loans? - 60 days to 120 days
27. Fasalbhima Yojana SAO full forM? - Seasonal Agricultural Operational 

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Expected Questions for United India Insurance (UIIC) AO Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants, here are some Expected Model Questions for the United India Insurance (UIIC) Administrative Officer (Scale I) ie.AO Exam scheduled to be held on 12 June 2016.

1. Headquarters of UNICEF? - New York City

2. Currency for Republic of Colombia? - Colombian peso

3. International Anti-Corruption Day? - December 9

4. Which among the following is the Partner of SBI Life Insurance? - BNP Paribas

5. Under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana government aims to cover 2,500 villages by which year? – 2019

6. Capital of Cambodia? - Phnom Penh

7. Currency of Germany? - Euro

8. GDP fullform? - Gross domestic product

9. Noble prize 2015 in economics won by? - Angus Deaton

10. National Energy Conservation Day? - December 14

11. Hornbill Festival is celebrated in which State? - Nagaland

12. Interpol Headquarters? - Lyon, France

13. According to the State Census 2011, the most populated state? - Uttar Pradesh

14. Capital of Germany? - Berlin

15. World Human Rights Day? - December 10

16. NEFT stands for? - National Electronic Funds Transfer

17. Currency of Greece? - Euro

18. FIBA is related to which sports? - Basketball

19. Name the Union Defence minister? - Manohar Parikar

20. Great Himalaya National Park is situated at? - Kullu, Himachal Pradesh

21. Who is Lalita Kumarmangalam? - National Commission for Women's chairperson

22. Capital of Ireland? - Dublin

23. Mascot of 2016 Olympics? - Vinicius

24. Currency of French Republic? - Euro

25. International Day of Persons with Disabilities? - December 3

26. World Yoga day iscelebrated on? - June 21

27. Khajuraho dance is famous in which state? -Madhya Pradesh

28. Which country won ICC T20 World Cup 2016? - West Indies

29. FAO headquarter? - Rome, Italy

30. In Kisan Vikas Patra, money to be doubled in? - 100 months

31. Headquarters of Financial Stability Board? - Basel,Switzerland

32. Author of the book "Not just an Accountant"? - Vinod Rai

33. Currency of Denmark? - Danish krone

34. Bhavanisagar Dam is in which state? - Tamil Nadu

35. World Bank Headquarters? - Washington

36. Who won Men's Singles at Australian Open 2016? - Noval Djokovic

37. Who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2015? - Shashi Kapoor

38. Who is the present Union minister of  Law and Justice? - Sadananda Gowda

39. Highest Sports Award in India? - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

40. Headquarters of BRICS Bank? - Shanghai, China

41. Addis Ababa is the capital of? - Ethiopia

42. Name the current Railway Minister of India? - Suresh Prabhu

43. Total number of alphanumeric code numbers on pan card? - 10

44. Full form of SLR? - Statutory Liquidity Ratio

45. Which country will host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019? - France

46. Madrid is the capital of which country? – Spain

47. Abel Prize is related with? - Mathematics

48. Kathakali is an art form from which state? - Kerala

49. Where is UNEP Head quarters situated? – Nairobi, Kenya

50. Press freedom day is observed on? – May 3

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Syllabus and Exam Pattern of LIC AAO Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants.. As informed you in our previous post, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has already released the notification of its Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) Exam for the Vacancies in 2016. There are around 700 Vacancies this time and exam is scheduled on 05th,06th , 13th March 2016. Let's have a look at the Selection Procedure, Exam Pattern and Syllabus.

Selection Procedure

Selection will be made on the basis of performance in the on-line Examination followed by a personal interview of short listed candidates and subsequent Pre-Recruitment Medical Examination.

On-line Examination:

On-line examination will be of objective type, multiple choices of 120 minutes (2 hrs) duration comprising of the following:

a. Reasoning Ability

b. Quantitative Aptitude

c. General Knowledge, Current Affairs

d. Computer Knowledge

e. English Language with Special emphasis on Grammar, Vocabulary and Comprehension.  

Penalty for Wrong Answers

There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one fourth (1/4) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate; there will be no penalty for that question. The marks obtained by the candidate in each Section and in the aggregate shall be arrived at after deduction of the marks for wrong answers.

Note: 1) Candidate MUST pass in each Section separately and should also obtain minimum marks in the aggregate to qualify for the interview.

2) The minimum marks to be obtained in each Section and in the aggregate shall be decided by LIC. English Language test is of qualifying nature and the marks in English Language will not be counted for ranking.

The Scores of Online Examination are obtained by adopting the following procedure:

(i) Number of questions answered correctly by a candidate in each objective test is considered for arriving at the Corrected Score after applying penalty for wrong answers.

(ii) The Corrected Scores so obtained by a candidate are made equivalent to take care of the minor difference in difficulty level, if any, in each of the objective tests held in different sessions to arrive at the Equated Scores*

* Scores obtained by candidates on any test are equated to the base form by considering the distribution of scores of all the forms.

(iii) Test wise scores and scores on total is reported with decimal point upto two digits.

Note: Cutoffs are applied in two stages:

i. on scores in individual tests

ii. on Total Score

View official notification & apply online from here

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GK Updates for OICL Assistant Exam 2015

Friends..as you are aware, Oriental Insurance Company Ltd (OICL) Assistant Exam 2015 is scheduled to be held on 22 August 2015. Hence in this post, we bring you some useful GK Questions for OICL Assistant Exam 2015. We will provide more GK updates in the coming days for this exam, so visit us regularly for new updates. 

Questions covered in this post are as under. You can check the answer for each question by attempting the above quiz.

1) Dongri is the language spoken in?

(A) Assam

(B) Bihar

(C) Jammu & Kashmir

(D) Andaman & Nicobar

2) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 1919 occurred at?

(A) Meerut

(B) Panipat

(C) Amritsar

(D) Patiala

3) The President of India by order constitutes a Finance Commission every?

(A) third year

(B) fifth year

(C) fifth year or earlier as necessary

(D) seventh year

4) Cash paid to the creditors can be calculated from?

(A) Debtors account

(B) Creditors account

(C) Balance Sheet

(D) Bank account

5) Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the State of?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Kerala

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Tamil Nadu

6) Tass is the news agency of?

(A) United Kingdom

(B) China

(C) Australia

(D) Russia

7) Riyal is the currency of?

(A) Romania

(B) Saudi Arabia

(C) Japan

(D) Libya

8) Kevin Rudd is the Prime Minister of?

(A) Australia

(B) Canada

(C) Japan

(D) South Korea

9) National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology is situated at?

(A) Bengaluru

(B) New Delhi

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Pune

10) UN declared which yearas the International year of Sanitation?

(A) 2012

(B) 2015

(C) 2008

(D) 2005

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Today's (25 July 2015) LIC ADO Exam GK Questions: Evening Shift

Friends..In the morning we have shared the LIC ADO Exam 25 July 2015 Morning shift Questions. Hope you all have read that. Now as promised earlier we bring you the Questions asked in evening shift. Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, GK & Current Affairs, English Language and Insurance and Financial Marketing were the sections for LIC ADO with a composite time of 2 hours. Share your attempts and difficulty level so that we can have an idea about the cut off marks for LIC ADO 2015.

Here are the questions asked in this exam shared by our regular readers Vaishnavi Krishna and Adhil.

GK and Current Affairs Questions

1. Capital of Meghalaya? - Shillong

2. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India? - Nasim Zaidi

3. Full form of NREGA? - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

4. Currency of Bhutan? - Ngultrum

5. Current Director-General of WTO? - Roberto Azevêdo

6. Who is the present Chief Economic Advisor of India? - Arvind Subramanian

7. Who recently assumed as the first president of BRICS Bank? -  K V Kamath

8. International Refugee Day is observed on? - June 20

9. Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas is celebrated on? - January 9

10. Author of the Da Vinci Code? - Dan Brown

11. Who was recently appointed the brand ambassador of 'Visit Britain'? - Saif Ali Khan

12. Whatsapp Messenger was acquired in 2014 by? - Facebook

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13. Headquarters of IMF? - Washington

14. World junior chess championship 2015 was won by? - Lu Shanglai

15. Bharat Ratna was so far distributed to how many dignitaries? -  45

16. Last census of India was held in which year? - 2011

17. Name of president of IOC? - Thomas Bach

18. Which is India's biggest employer?- Indian Railways

19. Pu Lal Thanhawla is the current Chief Minister of which state? - Mizoram

20. What is the name of Indigo parent company? - InterGlobe Enterprises

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Questions asked in LIC ADO Exam: 25 July 2015 (Morning Shift)

Friends..LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India) has today (25 July 2015) started its ADO Exam (Apprentice Development Officer Exam). In this post, we bring you the questions asked in LIC ADO Exam 25 July 2015. As you know, Time Duration for LIC ADO Exam was 2 Hours (120 Minutes) with questions from following sections: Reasoning Ability, Numerical Ability, GK & Current Affairs, English Language and Insurance and Financial Marketing. As the exam was online in nature, there are no chances of releasing Answer Key by LIC for this exam. Friends..share your attempts and difficulty level so that we can have an idea about the cut off marks for LIC ADO 2015.        

Here are the questions asked in today's 25 July 2015 (Morning Shift) exam shared by our regular readers Ananya Sharma, Jithin Mohan and Lkky Sharma. 

GK and Current Affairs Questions

1. Capital of Assam? - Dispur

2. Name the Union Railway Minister? - Suresh Prabhu

3. Headquarters of Amnesty International? - London, United Kingdom

4. The news agency Reuters belongs to which country? - UK

5. National Youth Day is celebrated on? - January 2015

6. Whi is the present ICC Chairman? - N Srinivasan

7. Name the military exercise between Srilanka - China held recently? - Silk Route

8. Dandiya Raas is the traditional folk dance form of which state? - Gujarat

9. 'Maggie Noodles' which was recently banned by Union government is manufactured by which company?-Nestle

10.  Name the music composer of 'Titanic' who died recently? - James Horner

11. Which of the following not included in Grand Slam? - Davis Cup

12. Which novel won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? - All the Light We Cannot See

13. Name the holy book Parsi's? - Avesta

14. AIIB(Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ) headquarters? - Beijing, China

15. Youngest cricketer who made test century is? - Mohammad Ashraful
16. Who is the General Secretary of SAARC? - Arjun bahadur Thappa
17. Menakshi Amman temple is in which state? - TamilNadu
18. IMF head? - Christine Legarde
19. Highest war time gallantry award of India? - Param Vir Chakra

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Questions asked in Insurance and Financial Marketing

1. IGMS Full form? - Integrated Grievance Management System

2. Proof of contract in insurance is? -

3. Prospectus in term of insurance is?
4. Premium per year  under newly launched Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana? - Rs.330/-
5. Which is the 1st Insurance Company, India? - Bombay Mutual Life Insurance Society (1870)

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July 2015 Current Affairs PDF| eBook: Second Week

Friends..Here is the Free Current Affairs 2015 PDF Download for July Second Week. Here we have collected all the important happenings for the week (12 July 2015 to 18 July 2015) for Banking Section, National, and International, Sports, Awards, Achievements and other categories. Hope you have read the Current Affairs PDF of First Week. In case you missed Read Current Affairs July 2015 First Week PDF. 

1) Who won men’s singles title of Wimbledon 2015? - Novak Djokovic

Note: In the final clash played in London, Serbian Djokovic defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3. Read Moreà http://goo.gl/vk1FTZ

2) Who won Wimbledon Women's Single title 2015? - Serena Williams

Note: In the final clash played at Centre Court, London, Williams (US) defeated Garbine Muguruza (Spain) in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. Read Moreà http://goo.gl/Yg6zga

3) Which T20 cup was on 15 July 2015 scrapped due to limited public following? - Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20)

4) Name the space probe of NASA which on 14 July 2015 made closest approach to Pluto? - New Horizons

Note: It was launched on 19 January 2006 as part of NASA's New Frontiers program.

5) Name the two Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise suspended by Justice RM Lodha-headed panel for IPL Betting Scandal 2013 on 14 July 2015? - Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Note: They were suspended for two years.

6) Name the top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair which on 11 July 2015 won women’s doubles title at Wimbledon 2015? - Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis

Note: They defeated Russian duo of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7-6, 7-5.

7) Leander Paes and along with whom on 12 July 2015 won mixed doubles title at Wimbledon 2015? - Martina Hingis

Note: They defeated the fifth seed Austrian-Hungarian team of Alexander Peya and Timea Babos 6-1, 6-1.

8) Who was on 13 July 2014 appointed as the Vice-Chief of the Indian Army? - Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai

9) Name the modern Indian artist who was on 14 July 2015 conferred with the highest French civilian honour, the Commandeur de la Legion d’ Honneur (the Legion of Honour)? - Sayed Haider Raza

10) Name the indigenously built Torpedo launch and recovery vessel (TLRV), which was on 16 July 2015 decommissioned after its 31 years service to the nation? - INS Astravahini

Note: The vessel had immensely contributed in the trials of indigenous torpedoes developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL).

11) Who was on 17 July 2015 appointed as Interim Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)? - Prashant Pathrabe

Note: Pathrabe succeeded incumbent Director DJ Narain who superannuated the office on 4 July 2015.

12) Indigenously developed helicopter-launched Nag (HeliNa) missile was on 12 July 2015 test fired at the Chandhan firing range in? - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

13) Name the Indo-Vietnamese pair which on 12 July 2015 won the 2015 Wimbledon Boys’ Doubles title? - Sumit Nagal-Nam Hoang Ly

Note: With this win, the 17-year- old Sumit Nagal became the sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title.

14) Vyapam scam in which state was in news in July 2015 as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 12 July 2015 constituted a special team of 40 officers to probe the multi-crore Vyapam scam? - Madhya Pradesh

15) World Youth Skills Day was observed globally on? - 15 July 2015

Note: The day was observed under the theme Youth skills for work and life in the post-2015 agenda.

16) Union Minister of Civil Aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju on 13 July 2015 formally launched the GAGAN system. Expand GAGAN? - GPS AIDED GEO AUGMENTED NAVIGATION

17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 13 July 2015 returned to India after his six-nation tour of? - Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

18) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 July 2015 permitted ____ with Core Banking Solution (CBS) to issue ATM cards/ATM-cum-debit cards in tie with a sponsor banks? - Cooperative Banks

19) Reserve Bank of India on 17 July 2015 signed a Special Currency Swap Agreement with the Central Bank of which country? - Sri Lanka

20) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 July 2015 constituted a committee to work out a five-year (medium-term) action plan for financial inclusion. The 14-member panel will be headed by? - Deepak Mohanty, RBI executive Director

21) Name the Uruguayan soccer legend who died on 16 July 2015, famous for his goal in stunning 2-1 victory over Brazil in the final game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup? - Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia

22) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 16 July 2015 approved the creation of an intra state transmission system in ____ states of the country? - seven

Note: The seven states include Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

23) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 July 2015 launched the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana in New Dehi. The programme aims to impart? - Skill training to 24 lakh youth during 2015-16

24) National Mission for Skill Development (NMSD) was on 15 July 2015 launched by? - Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)

25) Union Ministry of Urban Development on 14 July 2015 launched the HRIDAY Scheme from Amritsar. HRIDAY stands for? - National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana

26) Name the Iconic Tamil music composer who died on 14 July 2015? - MS Viswanathan

27) Name Vivek Agnihotri's film which won the Best Original Screenplay award in the Foreign Language Category at the Madrid International Film Festival, Spain recently? - ‘Buddha in a Traffic Jam’

28) 55th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships was held between 10 July and 13 July 2015 in? – Chennai

29) Report of the ____ committee on Net Neutrality was on 16 July 2015 released by the Department of Telecommunications? - A K Bhargava

30) Union Cabinet on 16 July 2015 gave its approval to set up an expert group to classify the Caste names returned in the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011. The expert group will be chaired by? - Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog

31) Name the Indian American woman who was on 16 July 2015 honoured as Champions of Change by the White House of United States (US)? - Sunita Viswanath

32) Who was on 14 July 2015 appointed as the Chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA)? - Rakesh Sahni

33) India’s first railway-line built under PPP model was recently inaugurated in which state? – Gujarat

34) Name the Indian-origin scientist, who was recently elected to Royal Society of London? - Professor Kamal Bawa

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