Important Recent Appointments October- November 2013

Important Recent Appointments October- November 2013

Useful for IBPS Clerk 2013 & other competitive Exams....

Friends...in this post we bring you the latest important appointments in India and around the world. This is a very useful study material for all upcoming competitive Exams and especially for IBPS Clerk Exam 2013. Appointments during August-Septemeber 2013 will be posted soon!!!! The PDF of this will be included in the IBPS Clerk Exam 2013 Special Package PDF being released by Currentaffairs4examz team soon…  

1) Usha Ananthasubramanian: As the chairperson and managing director of public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank on 12 November 2013.

2) Justice R. Banumathi: As the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court on 12 November 2013.

3) Ratan P Watal: As the Secretary of Department of Expenditure in the Union Ministry of Finance.

4) Parvinder Sohi Behuria: As the Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission.

5) Imomali Rakhmon: Re-elected as the President of Tajikistan.

6) Bharat Suresh Joshi: As British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai on 31 October 2013.

7) Subhas Goswami: As the Director General of Indo Tibetan Boarder Police(ITBP). Earlier he was director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy.

8) P.S. Raghvan: As the next Ambassador of India to Russia.

9) Tarun Chatarjee: As Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Human Rights Commission.

10) Justice Laxmikanta Mahapatra: Sworn in as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court on 21 October 2013.

11) Rajendra Kashyap: As the Financial Commissioner (Railways) and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India on 21 October 2013.

12) Gireesh B. Pradhan: As the Chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).

13) Sigrid Kaag: As head of the joint mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations.

14) Syed Ibne Abbas: New Pakistani envoy to India.

15) Janet L. Yellen: Nominated by US President Barack Obama as the new head of the Federal Reserve Board.

16) Arundhati Bhattacharya: Took over as the Chairperson of SBI. She is the first woman to take charge as the Chairperson of SBI.

17) S. Varadarajan:  Took over charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

18) Ranjan Mathai: India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

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Banking/Economy Current Affairs Questions Part-4: IBPS Clerk Exam Special

Banking/Economy Current Affairs Questions Part-4: IBPS Clerk Exam Special

Friends..Here is the Part-4 of our Banking/Current Affairs Questions Series. This are all expected Questions in the coming IBPS Clerk Exam. Hope this helps you....

1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the setting up of Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) in which city in Sep 2013?

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Bangalore

(C) Pune

(D) Chennai

Ans. (A) Hyderabad

2. Who has been elected as the new Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI) in Sep 2013?

(A) Mahendra Mohan Gupta

(B) Vijay Kumar Chopra

(C) K N Shanth Kumar

(D) M. P. Veerendra Kumar

Ans. (C) K N Shanth Kumar

3. World Economic Forum’s “summer Davos” held in which country in Sep 2013?

(A) Switzerland

(B) China

(C) Japan

(D) Russia

Ans. (B) China

4. Which Indian PSU Company was awarded Indira Gandhi Official Language Award for propagation of Rajbhasha ( Official Language) in the company by the Union Government of India on Hindi Divas in Sep 2013?

(A) NTPC

(B) ONGC

(C) HPCL

(D) BHEL

Ans. (A) NTPC

5. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formed a nine-membered committee to examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing of spectrum in 800, 900 and 1,800 MHz bands in Sep 2013. Who will chair the committee?

(A) Anil Kaushal

(B) S. C. Misra

(C) M.F Farooqui

(D) Annie Moraes

Ans. (A) Anil Kaushal

6. Which state launched “Ksheera Bhagya Scheme” in which over 65 lakh school children in 51,000 Government schools and 39 lakh children in Anganwadi centres across the State will now receive 150 ml of milk three times a week?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Gujarat

Ans. (A) Karnataka

7. Who has been appointed the new chief of the National Investigation Agency in August 2013?

(A) Dilip Trivedi

(B) Sharad Kumar

(C) Pranay Sahay

(D) None of These

Ans. (B) Sharad Kumar

8. Which Indian stock exchange suspended most trades on its platform, leding to a major crisis in August 2013?

(A) National Stock Exchange

(B) Bombay Stock Exchange

(C) National Spot Exchange Ltd

(D) Multi Commodity Exchange

Ans. (C) National Spot Exchange Ltd

9. As per new notification by the Central Government in August 2013, Retired All India Services (IAS, IPS and IFoS) officials will get 20% of additional pension after completing _____  of age

(A) 60 years

(B) 75 years

(C) 80 years

(D) 85 years

Ans. (C) 80 years

10. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) has recerntly announced to issue Inflation Indexed Bonds in August 2013. These Inflation Indexed Bonds will use inflation measured by _______?

(A) Wholesale Price Index

(B) Consumer Price Index

(C) Both of them

(D) None of These

Ans. (A) Wholesale Price Index

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IBPS PO 2013: 10-Nov-2013 Evening Shift GA Questions

IBPS PO 2013: 10-Nov-2013 Evening Shift GA Questions

Friends...Here is some GA Questions asked in IBPS PO Exam 10-Nov-2013 Evening Shift. These Questions were shared by our friend Manish Kumar Goutam from Sono, Bihar. Thanks Manish & wish you all the very best for very good result in the exam.

1.Who was the runner up in the champions league

2.Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development 2012

3.Apex Body in case of rural credit-

4.Which Address proof cannot use in opening of saving bank a/c

5.publisher of book " I AM MaLALA"-

6. universal childrens day-

7.Director of bhag milka bhag-

8.Inter state migration in India a/c to 2011 census-

9.Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment

(FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)-

10. Committee for re-examine the last Union Budget's controversial retrospective tax -

11.Scheme under which banks can provide individual loans upto Rs.

15,000/- at a concessional rate of interest of 4% p.a. to the weaker sections-

12. loan from world bank-

13. which type of banking service not provided by post office-

14.man booker prize-

15. Money announced for women safety in nirbhaya fund?

16. One question related with new pension scheme-

17. Which of the following is not correct? B2B, B2C, C2C, B2G, E2E

18. One question related with CTS-

19. MICR full form-

20. Which of the following organization won the Nobel Peace Prize 2013?

21.chairman of federal bank

22.banking ombudsman comes under which act

23.highest kisan cards issued by

24.to improve the condition of plastic industry GOI decided to

25.Indian Navy ship name?

26.number of parameters on which Raghu Ram rajan commitee on state

decided the backwordness of states..?

27.JNNURM full form

28.fund for ayush

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Government releases postage stamps on Sachin Tendulkar on the occasion of 200th & last Test of the legend

Government releases postage stamps on Sachin Tendulkar on the occasion of 200th & last Test of the legend

>> Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal released commemorative postage stamps to pay tribute to Sachin Tendulkar on 14 November 2013 (Thursday) at Wankhade Stadium, Mumbai before the start of 2nd Cricket Test match between India and West Indies.

>> The 40-year old batting great is only the second person after Mother Teresa to have a stamp released after him, when he is alive.

  

>> Union Minister for State for Communication and IT Milind Deora, Union Minister Sharad Pawar, BCCI President N.Srrenivasan and MP Rajeev Shukla were also present on the occasion of honouring the legend.

>> Designed in-house, India Post has 30.1 lakh sets of two stamps, 24.1 lakh sets of miniature sheets, and 16.1 lakh sheetlets of the stamp — all for Tendulkar’s fans.The stamp will be available at all major post offices.

>> The day began with a series of tributes to Tendulkar - the BCCI president N Srinivasan handed him a memento, a painted portrait was presented to him, the West Indies side gave him a framed autographed shirt, the coin at the toss was specially minted in his likeness - and ended with fans euphoric over having watched him bat one more time.

>> The Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni presented Sachin Tendulkar with a cap, at the start of the day. He led the team out to the field with a huge crowd of fans cheering him and waiting to see him bat, though India opted to field first against the West Indies.

>> After bundling out West Indies for 182, thanks to five wicket haul from Pragyan Ojha, the home team is at 157 for 2 at the end of the first day. Tendulkar 38* and  Cheteshwar Pujara 34* were at the crease at the end of the day.

>>  Sachin mania might reach a mind-boggling crescendo in the second day and fans across the world hope for a spectacular performance from the Master which they could see no more.

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IBPS Clerk Exam Previous Year Question Papers PDF Download- 11 December 2011 Exam Questions

IBPS Clerk Exam Previous Year Question Papers PDF Download- 11 December 2011 Exam Questions

Friends...only a few days left for the big IBPS Clerk Exam 2013 to start. This year more number of candidates are appearing for the exam and so is the toughness of the competition. In this post we bring you the IBPS Clerical Exam Previous Paper held on 11 December 2011 with Answer Key.  In this last lap use this previous paper and try to solve all the questions on your own and check the answers with the key provided at the end. More previous question papers will be published in the coming days. So keep visiting this blog for more updates.....

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13 November 2013: Daily Current Affairs Updates

13 November 2013: Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) PFRDA chief Yogesh Agarwal resigned: Yogesh Agarwal, chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA), resigned on Wednesday three years into his five-year term that was to end in 2015.  In a statement, PFRDA merely said Agarwal has stepped down without specifying any reason. Anup Wadha a joint secretary in the finance ministry, will act as interim chairman of the pension regulator, which recently became a statutory body after Parliament passed the PFRDA bill in the monsoon session.

2) India Post to release special stamp on Sachin Tendulkar on 14 Nov 2013: Sachin Tendulkar has undoubtedly left his ‘stamp’ on the game of cricket. Now, India Post wants to capture his imprint for ‘post’erity. The Department of Posts is set to come out with a special stamp of Rs 20 to honour the legend’s last and record 200th Test match appearance on 14 Nov (Thursday). Designed in-house, India Post has 30.1 lakh sets of two stamps, 24.1 lakh sets of miniature sheets, and 16.1 lakh sheetlets of the stamp — all for Tendulkar’s fans. India Post officials said the stamp will be released by Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday — just after the toss. The stamp will be available at all major post offices.

3) Khurshid arrived in Sri Lanka for CHOGM summit: Notwithstanding the demand of political parties in Tamil Nadu for complete boycott, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived in SriLAnka today on a five-day visit to represent India at the CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) Summit.

4) Govt to set up 120 community colleges soon: Government is moving towards setting up a framework of community colleges based on the North American model, Minister of State, HRD, Shashi Tharoor, said on Wednesday.

5) New World Trade Centre deemed tallest US skyscraper: New York’s new One World Trade Centre will be the tallest US skyscraper when it is completed, topping the former Sears Tower in Chicago, a panel of architects decided yesterday. Architects at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat agreed that the trade centre’s 124.4 meter (408 foot) antenna was a permanent architectural feature of the building and should be counted in determining its height.

6) Philippines typhoon death toll tops 1,800: Official death toll in the Philippines from one of the world’s strongest typhoons rose to 1,833, the national disaster relief agency said on Wednesday.

7) World Cup 2015: Tickets to go on sale next year; priced under $50:  Tickets for the 2015 cricket World Cup, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, will go on sale from February 14 next year and more than two third of them have been priced at $50 or less. The organisers are expecting more than a million people to attend matches and more than a billion to watch on television.

8) Twitter appointed Parminder Singh as Asia/India head: Micro-blogging Website Twitter has appointed Parminder Singh as the Managing Director of Asia, North Africa and India. Singh has worked at Google as Managing Director – display solution sales for Asia Pacific region for five years.

9) SBI not to merge any associate bank this fiscal: State Bank of India has gone back on its plan to bring one of its associate bank’s under its fold in the current fiscal. “For the time being, the associate bank merger is on the backburner. Nothing is going to happen till March 31, 2014,” said S. Vishvanathan, Managing Director, Associates and Subsidiaries. In August, the then chairman of the bank, Pratip Chaudhuri, had said that SBI will merge one of its associate bank with itself by end of September.

SBI has five associate banks — State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur and State Bank of Patiala.

10) Usha Ananthasubramanian appointed as CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank on 12 November 2013. Before joining BMB, she was an Executive Director with Punjab National Bank (PNB).

11) Justice R. Banumathi, Judge of the Madras High Court was on 12 November 2013 appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. She was appointed by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee.

12) Elaborate arrangements have been made for the 18th International Children’s Film Festival of India (ICFFI) to be held in Hyderabad from tomorrow. Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwari will be formally opening the week-long children’s festival at a colorful event tomorrow evening. Bollywood Actor Ranbir Kapoor, legendary film personality Gulzar and Tare Zameen Par fame Darseel will be among a host of celebrities to take part in the opening ceremony.

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IBPS Clerk Exam Special: Economy/Banking Current Affairs Questions Part 3

IBPS Clerk Exam Special: Economy/Banking Current Affairs Questions Part 3

Friends…here is the Part-3 Questions. There has been suggestion from some friends to upload the PDF of this. We promise you that when the series of questions end….we will compile all questions together and provide you the PDF. Happy Reading….

1) The executive committee of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has approved a proposal to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from current 26% to _______ in print media in August 2013.

(A) 100%

(B) 76%

(C) 49%

(D) None of These

Ans. (C) 49%

2) The Government raised foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to ______ in the telecom sector in August 2013.

(A) 74%

(B) 100%

(C) 51%

(D) 85%

Ans. (B) 100%

3) Who took over as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India in August 2013?

(A) V Kannan

(B) Rakesh Sethi

(C) Rajeev Rishi

(D) None of These

Ans. (C) Rajeev Rishi

4) India surpassed ________ to become third largest Internet population, as per the the ComScore report published in August 2013.

(A) China

(B) Japan

(C) USA

(D) Brazil

Ans. (B) Japan

5) Who was elected as the Chairperson of the International Coffee Council at the meetings of the International Coffee Organization held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in Sep 2013?

(A) Jawaid Akhtar

(B) Juan Esteban Orduz

(C) Conradin Rasi

(D) None of These

Ans. (A) Jawaid Akhtar

6) State Government of Rajasthan laid the foundation stone for world’s biggest solar park at Bhadla in August 2013. Bhadla is in which district?

(A) Jaisalemer

(B) Jodhpur

(C) Barmer

(D) Bikaner

Ans. (B) Jodhpur

7) IT outsourcing company iGate Corp has appointed whom as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Sep 2013?

(A) Ashok Vemuri

(B) Girish Paranjpe

(C) Krishnakumar Natarajan

(D) Suresh Vaswani

Ans. (A) Ashok Vemuri

8) Which bank won the “Best Banker Growth-Mid Sized” award in the second edition of The Sunday Standard Best Bankers’ Awards 2013 (announced in Sep 2013)?

(A) Karnataka Bank

(B) Karur Vysya Bank

(C) Maharashtra Bank

(D) IDBI Bank

Ans. (B) Karur Vysya Bank

9) Telecommunication major Vodafone India in association with which bank has started a unique money transfer and payment service “M-Pesa” in August 2013?

(A) HDFC bank

(B) ICICI bank

(C) Axis Bank

(D) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ans. (B) ICICI bank

10) Parliament has approved the new Companies Bill in August 2013. As per the new bill, Companies have to spend at least ______ of their average profits in the last three years towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

(A) 2.5%

(B) 1%

(C) 2%

(D) 3%

Ans. (C) 2%   

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Daily Current Affairs: 12 November 2013

Daily Current Affairs: 12 November 2013

1) ISRO successfully completed supplementary orbit-raising operation: A day after suffering a glitch during the fourth orbit-raising operation on its Mars Orbiter Mission, ISRO today successfully completed the supplementary manoeuvre this morning, raising the spacecraft’s apogee (farthest distance from Earth) to over 1,18,000 km. After suffering a glitch during the fourth orbit-raising operation yesterday, ISRO planned for a supplementary manoeuvre at 5 a.m. to achieve the targeted apogee of one lakh km. ISRO’s PSLV C 25 successfully injected the 1,350-kg Mangalyaan Orbiter (Mars craft) into orbit around Earth some 44 minutes after a textbook launch at 2:38 p.m. from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on Tuesday last, marking the successful completion of the first stage of the Rs 450-crore mission.

2) Mann Deshi Bank founder gets Schwab Foundation award: Chetna Vijay Sinha, Director, Mann Deshi Mahila Bank and Mann Deshi Foundation, on Monday bagged the 2013 India Social Entrepreneur of the Year award by The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organisation of the World Economic Forum, in partnership with Jubilant Bhartia Foundation.

3) Haryana joins hands with Cargill to launch food bank: Haryana launched its first food bank to support various feeding programmes in Gurgaon and nearby areas on Monday. The food bank is being supported by global food major Cargill and India Food Banking Network (IFBN), initiated by Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations.

4) Four quakes shake Delhi: Four earthquakes shook national capital Delhi within a period of 3 hours early tuesday.

5) Park Hyatt Hyderabad named best luxury hotel: Park Hyatt Hyderabad has been named the Best New Luxury Hotel in the Country at the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2013.

6) KyaZoonga.com: Tickets for Sachin's farewell test sold out in 15 hours- A day after it crashed due to heavy traffic, Kyazoonga.com, which was to sell tickets for Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th and final Test match, today announced that all the tickets made available to them by the State cricket association were sold out within 15 hours of going on sale.

7) Idea slashes 2G data tariffs by 90%: In an attempt to further increase mobile broadband in India, Idea Cellular has slashed 2G data tariffs by 90 per cent by all its circles. Similarly, the country’s third largest operator has also reduced 3G data charges by 33 per cent.

8) K.M. Sahni is new NMCE chief: Retired bureaucrat Krishna Mohan Sahni, a 1969 batch IAS officer, has been appointed Chairman of the National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE). His appointment has been approved by the Forward Markets Commission, which regulates commodity markets in the country.

9) SBM appoints new general managers: State Bank of Mysore (SBM) has appointed new general managers. K Nageswara Rao has taken charge as General Manager of Retail Network 1, Bangalore. Prior to this, he was zonal manager, Kollam at State Bank of Travancore.

10) FinMin expects banks to mobilise $25 b through special window: The Finance Ministry has raised its expectation on fund mobilisation by banks through the special window to $25 billion against $20 billion earlier.

11) Govt to infuse fresh capital into IOB: Indian Overseas Bank has got approval from the Ministry of Finance for infusion of capital to the extent of Rs 1,200 crore in the bank, IOB said in a filing to the exchange.

12) World Pneumonia Day was observed on 12 November 2013 across the world to raise awareness of pneumonia. The United Nations (UN) first celebrated the day on 12 November 2009. This year, the theme for World Pneumonia Day will focus on innovation – highlighting innovative solutions to end childhood pneumonia, while at the same time emphasizing that there are existing simple interventions that need to reach the most vulnerable children.

13) T.P. Seetharam, currently India's High Commissioner to Mauritius, has been appointed as the next ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. An Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1980 batch, Seetharam is expected to take up his assignment shortly.

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NICL Exam held on 8 September 2013 cancelled, Fresh Exam to be conducted

NICL Exam held on 8 September 2013 cancelled, Fresh Exam to be conducted

Friends....National Insurance Company Ltd has decided to cancel the exam for the post of Administrative Officer (AO) held on 8th September 2013. The fresh examination will be held on 15th December 2013 and 22nd December 2013 for all the candidates except the candidates who were debarred during the examination held on 08/09/2013. Notice issued by NICL read as follows:

Consequent upon holding of the Recruitment Examination on 8^th September, 2013 for the post of Administrative Officer (both Generalist & Specialist disciplines), the management of 4 Public Sector General Insurance Companies had received complaints and representations from various quarters alleging occurrence of incidents that were apprehended to prejudice the interests of some bonafide candidates. On receipt of these representations/complaints, the management had constituted a Fact Finding Committee, headed by a retired General Manager of one of the Public Sector General Insurance Companies to verify the veracity of the allegations after examining the facts, circumstances and evidences collected by them in this regard. After examining the matter in totality, the committee came to conclusion that disruption of examination in 4 centres in Patna city was an incident in itself that was apprehended to have vitiated the sanctity of examination held at other centres also. Hence, for the purpose of fairness and natural justice it has been decided to declare the said

examination as invalid.

In view of forgoing, it is felt that a fresh written examination be held for both Generalist & Specialist disciplines in lieu of the said invalid test (08/09/2013). The fresh examination is proposed to be held on 15/12/2013 & 22/12/2013 for all the candidates except the candidates who were debarred during the examination held on 08/09/2013.

Further details shall be communicated to all concerned in due course.

Inconvenience caused to all concerned is sincerely regretted.

Personnel Department

Head Office

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