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Q1. Who is the winner of 2013 French open men's title?

Ans. Rafael Nadal

Q2. World Blood Donor Day was observed on 14 June 2013 across the world. What was the theme selected for this year?

Ans. Give the Gift of Life: Donate Blood.

Note: This day is observed every year on 14 June with an aim of creating a worldwide culture of voluntary blood donation.

Q3. Recently BSNL decided to put an end to one of the communication system being offered by it, which 160 years old. Name it?

Ans. Telegram Services

Q4. World Day against Child Labour was celebrated on 12 June 2013. What was the theme this year?

Ans. No to Child Labour in Domestic Work.

Q5. Which team won the Men's Doubles Title at French Open 2013?

Ans.  Bob and Mike Bryan (USA)

Q6. Name the new software unveiled by Apple for its computers, smartphones and tablets on 9 June 2013? -http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Ans.  iOS7

Q7. Name the Indian who clinched the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton trophy on 9 June 2013?

Ans. Srikanth K

Q8. Who on 10 June 2013 won the Canadian Grand Prix racing?

Ans. Sebastian Vettel

Q9. Where will the Asian Athletic Championship 2013 be held from 3 to 7 July 2013?

Ans. Pune, Maharashtra

Q10. Name the Indo-Russian military exercise which is scheduled to take place in October 2013 at Mahajan field firing range of Rajasthan?

Ans. INDRA 2013

Q11. Indian Railways on 11 June 2013 decided to start offering train tickets via mobile phones through which service?

Ans. SMS

Q12. Name the online mapping service bought by  Google in the month of June 2013?- http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Ans. Waze

Q13. Apollo Tyres Announced Acquiring ......................... company for 14500 Crore, recently?

Ans. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Note: This is the third crucial foreign acquisition of Apollo Tyres. The first two were Dunlop South Africa for 290 crore Rupees which took place in 2006 and Netherlands-based Vredestein Banden BV in the year 2009.  

Q14. The Government of Pakistan on 14 June 2013 decided to declare which place as a holy city?

Ans. Panja Sahib

Q15. The Union Government of India on 12 June 2013 announced that it has set a target to achieve ............... percent literacy rate in the country by 2017?

Ans.  80

Note: The literacy rate of the country at present is 74 percent.

Q16. Name the new feature announced by Facebook on 12 June 2013 which are basically the number signs used on services such as Instagram and Twitter for identification of topics for discussions?- http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Ans. Hashtags

Q17. Name the former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh who passed away on 11 June 2013, being a victim of Maoist attack on group of Party leaders on 25 May 2013 in Chhattisgarh?

Ans. VC Shukla

Q18. Name the co-owner of  Rajasthan Royals who was suspended by BCCI for betting in IPL VI?

Ans. Raj Kundra

Q19. Name the banks which were penalised by RBI for violation of KYC norms and anti-money laundering guidelines recently?

Ans. Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and  ICICI Bank

Q20. Name the Carnatic vocalist who passed away on 9 June 2013 in her hometown Udupi?

Ans. Ranjani Hebbar Guruprasad

Q21. Dubai in the first week of June 2013 inaugurated the tallest twisted tower of the world. Name it?- http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Ans. Cayan Tower

Ans. It was built  at the cost of 272 million US dollar. Earlier it was called the Infinity Tower. It was inaugurated in Dubai Marina.

Q22. Name the 24 hours news channel launched by Media firm TV18 Broadcast on 13 June 2013 in UK?

Ans. News18 India

Q23. As per the data released on 12 June 2013, Retail inflation stood at .................. per cent in May 2013?

Ans. 9.31

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Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination – Latest Update as on 13 June 2013

Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination – Latest Update as on 13 June 2013

Aptitude Test (Paper I) for Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan circles is scheduled on 07 July 2013 at 14:00hrs.

As per information available on India Post website as on 13.06.13, Admit cards are being dispatched to all eligible candidates.  In case you do not receive the Admit Card by 25-June-2013, then you can download the same online from http:// www.indiapost.gov.in using Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination link from 26 June 2013 onwards.  You can also report discrepancy in Admit Card data from 26-June-2013 using the link GENERATE ADMIT CARD on the same web site.

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Previous Year Solved Question Paper for RBI Assistant Exam 2013

RBI ASSISTANT EXAM 2012 Solved Question Paper

Previous Question Papers RBI Assistant Exam| RBI Assistant Solved Questions

The Reserve Bank of India conducted the RBI Assistant Exam on 29 April 2012. We hope this Question Paper will act as a model for those taking this year’s Exam. In the RBI Assistant Exam questions were asked from the important segments like Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, English, General Awareness & Computer Aptitude.

Test- 1: Reasoning

1. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters PCYO using all the letters, but each letter only once in each word?

1) None   

2) One   

3) Two

4) Three   

5) More than three

2. The positions of the ftrst and ftfth letters of the word SUITABLE are interchanged. Similarly, the positions of second and sixth letters, third and seventh letters, and fourth and eighth letters are interchanged. In the new arrangement, how many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabet which is third from the left end and the alphabet which is second from the right end?

1) None   

2) One

3) Two

4) Four   

5) More than four

Directions (Q. 3-4): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.

Among A, B, C, D and E, each scored different marks in an examination. Only one person scored more than C. E scored more than A but less than D. D did not score the highest marks. The one who scored the second lowest scored 71 % marks. C scored 92% marks.

3. Who among the following is most likely to have scored 87% marks?

1) A

2) B

3) D

4) E

5) Either A or D

Test- 2: English

Directions (Q. 1-3): Pick out the most effective word from the given words

to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

1. The government is planning to set ..... family welfare centres for slums in

cities.

1) another 2) with 3) for 4) in  5) up

2. Economic independence and education have women more assertive.

1) prepared 2) made 3) marked

4) resulted 5) adjusted

3. In the modern world, the ......... of change and scientific innovation is unusually

rapid.

1) supplies 2) context 3) pace

4) fantasy 5) requirement

TEST- III: QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

1. The average age of a woman and her daughter is 19 years. The ratio of their

ages is 16 : 3. What is the age of the daughter?

1) 9 years 2) 3 years 3) 12 years

4) 6 years 5) None of these

2. A car covers a certain distance in three hours at the speed of 124 Km/hr. What

is the average speed of a truck which travels a distance of 120 Km less than the car

in the same time?

3. Find the average of the following set of scores: 214, 351, 109, 333, 752, 614,

456, 547

1) 482 2) 428 3) 444

4) 424 5) None of these

Test- 4: General Awareness

1. USA has asked India to reduce its dependence on crude oil supply from which

of the following countries which is also a member of OPEC?

1) Venezuela 2) Iraq 3) Libya

4) Iran 5) Nigeria

2. Which of the following is the most essential financial service which should be

provided to the poor people to bring them into the network of financial inclusion?

1) Insurance for life

2) Investment plan for future

3) Pension for old age

4) A bank account where he/she can save small amount

5) Health insurance for minor illnesses and hospitalisation in case of need

3. Who among the following is the president of a country at present?

1) Rupert Murdoch 2) Ban ki-moon 3) Yoshihiko Noda

4) Nicolas Sarkozy 5) None of these

Test- 5: Computer Knowledge

1. What is backup?

1) Adding more components to your network.

2) Protecting data by copying it from the original source to a different destination.

3) Filtering old data from the new data.

4) Accessing data on tape

5) Using earlier data.

2. The legal right to use software based on specific restrictions is granted via a

1) software privacy policy 2) software license

3) software password manager 4) software log

5) None of these

3. What is an e-mail attachment?

1) A receipt sent by the recipient.

2) A separate document from another program sent along with an e-mail.

3) A malicious parasite that feeds on your messages and destroys and contents.

4) A list of CC or BCC recipients.

5) A friend to whom e-mail is sent regularly.

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Syllabus for RBI Assistant Exam 2013

Syllabus for RBI Assistant Exam 2013

Reserve Bank of India will conduct Online Examination for the recruitment to fill the 525 posts of Assistant in various state offices of RBI. The online test will be held tentatively on 20 July 2013, 21 July 2013, 27 July 2013, and 28 July 2013.

Scheme of Selection:

Selection will be through Online Examination and Interview. The Online Examination will be for 200 marks and is tentatively scheduled to be held on 20.07.2013,21.07.2013,27.07.2013,28.07.2013

Sr. No.	Name of Tests (Objective)	No of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
1	Test of Reasoning	40	40	2 Hours
2	Test of English Language	40	40
3	Test of Numerical Ability	40	40
4	Test of General Awareness	40	40
5	Test of Computer Knowledge	40	40
	Total	200	200

Things to be noted on exam scheme:

*The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.

* A candidate has to qualify in each part of the Objective test separately. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to pass in each of the objective tests.

* Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letter for examination from the RBI’s website.

* Roll No. of the candidates successful in online examination will be available on RBI’s website and a brief notice thereof will be published in leading newspapers around end of August 2013.

* Only such number of candidates will be called for interview who stand sufficiently high in merit on the aggregate marks of the Objective Tests, such merit being decided by the Bank in relation to the number of vacancies to be filled in.

* Final selection will be on the basis of candidate's performance in the written examination and interview taken together in order of merit.

Objective Tests (200 marks): The 2 hours Online Test will be consisting of 200 objective type questions divided in five distinctive sections. Each question will carry 1 mark and for each wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.   

Syllabus:

•              Test of Reasoning: (High Level)
•               Test of English Language: (Grammer, Vocabulary, Synonymous and antonyms,                      Comprehension, etc.)
•                 Test of Numerical Ability (Simplification, Probability, Approximations, Series, Table analysis, Percentages, Equations, Averages, Ratio and proportions, Simple and compound interest, Data interpretation, Bar graphs, Pie chart)
•                   Test of General Awareness (National and international affairs, Latest in Banking, Current Finance and Economical events, etc.)
•                    Test of computer Knowledge (Computer terminology and keyboard shortcuts, Internet and computer Hardware, Computer Networking, Operating system concepts, Database concepts, etc.)

Note: In order to qualify the Online Exam, a candidate has to secure a minimum standardized score in each section of the Objective test.

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SBI PO 2013 Results Declared

SBI PO 2013 Results Declared

Recruitment of Probationary Officers in State Bank of India

Written Test Result (Phase-I) (held on 28.04.2013)

State Bank of India declared the results for the recruitment to the posts of Probationary Officers. The written examination was conducted on 28 April 2013 through online mode. The recruitment is done for 1500 post of Probationary Officers in SBI. The candidates shortlisted in written examination can undergo interview session, which is scheduled from 03.07.2013 onwards.

Call Letter and Bio-data Format download - 18.06.2013 onwards

Group Discussion and Interview (Phase- II) scheduled from 03.07.2013 onwards

Click Here to check the results

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Book your train tickets through SMS from July 1, 2013

Book your train tickets through SMS from July 1, 2013

From July 1, you will be able to book your train ticket through your mobile phone at a cost of Rs. 6, through a simple text-messaging-based facility or a menu-based dialling service. The bookings can be made from anywhere and at any time in a secure manner. There is no need to log onto the internet or stand in a queue. Any mobile user can operate this system using handsets ranging from feature phones to smartphones.

IRCTC has developed a software, a menu-based dialling service. A system called unstructured supplementary data (USSD) is used where you have to dial the numbers on the menu offered. Payment is made through mobile wallet. There is no need for an internet connection and customers will not have to pay any data charges.

The IRCTC said that it has provided a simple user-guided menu to book tickets, search stations and check the availability of berths.

“For the SMS-based ticket service, passengers will have to register their mobile numbers with IRCTC and their respective banks (26 banks presently available) to generate Mobile Money Identifier (MMID), a seven-digit random number. For the menu-based USSD system, there is no need to register with the bank and payment can be authorized through a mobile wallet. Six berths or seats can be booked in a single transaction through the new systems”.

It is a two-SMS process — at the cost of Rs. 3 per SMS. The revenue for the mobile service providers come from the two SMSes and no other extra charge will have to be paid by the ticket purchaser. Banks will charge payment gateway at the rate of Rs. 5 for any transaction below Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 10 for an amount in excess of this.

IRCTC is introducing the mobile wallet concept, from which the ticket fare and its service charge will be deducted. The advantage of the service is that tickets can be booked from anywhere in the country with a mobile tower reach. IRCTC has claimed that the mobile phone process will be faster, reliable and secure and no hard copy of the ticket will be necessary while undertaking the journey. The SMS confirmation will be valid.

Railway Minister C.P. Joshi will launch the scheme on July 1.

THE TWO OPTIONS ARE:

1. SMS-based booking

* Registered IRCTC users can use this service. You also need to register your mobile number with IRCTC as well as your bank, which provides Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) and one-time password (OTP)

* Send SMS to designated number in following format: BOOK

* You receive a transaction ID

* Make payment with an SMS to designated number in the following format

PAY

2) USSD (menu-based dialling)

* Dial designated number, select 'book tickets' option, select 'reservation' (user is prompted to enter his IRCTC user ID once only), enter details (station, train no., date, etc)

* Enter mPIN for authorizing payment through mobile wallet

* Booking confirmation SMS is sent by IRCTC

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BSNL decided to shut down 160-year-old telegram services from July 15

BSNL decided to shut down 160-year-old telegram services from July 15

Smartphones, emails and SMS seem to have pushed the humble telegram service to a quiet corner with the BSNL deciding to discontinue the 160-year-old telegraph service from July 15. Once the main source of quick and urgent communication, the service delivered many happy and sad news to people spread all over the country.

But with the advent of technology and newer means of communication, the telegram found itself edged out. As per a circular issued by Shameem Akhtar, Sr. General Manager (Telegraph Services) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Corporate office, New Delhi, the telegraph service is to be discontinued with effect from July 15, 2013.

 The circular sent to various telecom district and circle offices as per the instruction of a competent authority denotes that telegram services will be closed from July 15 and as a result all telegraph offices under the management of BSNL will have to stop booking telegrams from that date. The circular has also directed the telecom offices to maintain the log books, service messages, delivery slips only for six months from the date of bookings. However, complaints, press reports and other messages from different consumer forum are to be kept for one year.

Sources at BSNL Delhi said, “We had asked the government to support the service as it was not commercially viable and the government said the BSNL board should decide on it.

“We have taken a decision to close the service after consultation with the Department of Posts. They also said that there are better options available,” the sources said.

The BSNL has instructed that surplus telegraph staff members would be deployed to mobile services, landline telephony, broadband services and shifting could take place within the next 3 months. Faced with declining revenues, the government had in May 2011, revised the telegram charges after a gap of 60 years. The telegram charges for inland services was hiked to Rs. 27/50 from Rs. 350, 4/50 earlier.

Two months ago, telegram services for overseas communication was withdrawn by BSNL. Within a short time of BSNL handling telegram services in 1990s, the PSU had a rift with the Department of Posts following which telegrams were accepted as phonograms from various villages and other centres from telephone consumers. This too had restrictions and embargo during certain hours.

Talking to PTI over phone, R. Pattabhiraman, the state secretary of National Federation of Telecom Employees said, “Before taking such a decision, the PSU should have consulted trade unions on the issue of deployment of the so-called surplus employees. There will be many issues and dissatisfaction among staff members when the exercise of shifting staff to some other portfolio or locations is made.

“Similarly, it is not known whether the Government consulted or took the guidance from stakeholders like consumer councils, consumers of telegraph services and judiciary,” he said.

Mr. Pattabhiraman pointed out that Indian courts had accepted only telegrams and telegram receipts as proof of evidence in civil or criminal suits. It was also a handy mode of communication for jawans and armed forces for seeking leave, transfer or joining reports. Similarly, rural India was using telegram services to communicate. Instead of scrapping the service, it should have been handed over to the postal department which was handling the services right from its inception in the 1850s.

R. Shanmugham, a social activist, said stopping a live wire service like this can be decided only by an enactment of a suitable law or amendment.

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