History GK Questions for PA/SA Exam 2014

1) Delhi was declared as the Capital of India in the year __ ?

(A)1900

(B)1905

(C)1911

(D)1920

Ans. (C)1911

2) India’s first General Election was in the year __ ?

(A)1948 – 49

(B)1949 – 50

(C)1950 – 51

(D)1951 – 52

Ans. (D)1951 - 52

3) The Indigo Revolt taken place in __ ?

(A)Bengal

(B)Delhi

(C)Mumbai

(D)Surat

Ans. (A)Bengal (1859)

4) The main metal used by the Indus Valley people was

(A)Iron

(B)Copper

(C)Aluminum

(D)Bronze

Ans. (B)Copper

5) Gandhiji published ‘Hindi Swaraj’ in the year __ ?

(A)1903

(B)1905

(C)1911

(D)1908

Ans. (D)1908

6) Which place in India was Gandhi’s first Satyagraha held at

(A)Champaran

(B)Dandi

(C)Kheda

(D)Surat

Ans. (A)Champaran (1917)

7) Indian National Congress divided for the first time in __?

(A)1885

(B)1907 (Surat Session)

(C)1920

(D)1929 (Lahore session)

Ans. (B)1907 (Surat Session)

8) Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?

(A)Lucknow

(B)Jagdishpur

(C)Jhansi

(D)Chittor

Ans. (D)Chittor

9) The capital of the Maurya Dynasty was __ ?

(A)Pataliputra

(B)Taxila

(C)Kalinga

(D)Mathura

Ans. (A)Pataliputra

10) The first acting Prime Minister of India was __ ?

(A)VV Giri

(B)Morarji Desai

(C)Gulsarilal Nanda

(D)Charan Singh

Ans. (C)Gulsarilal Nanda

11) The official language of the Satavahana dynasty was

(A)Sanskrit 

(B)Prakrit

(C)Bengali

(D)Konkani

Ans. (B)Prakrit

12) Who was the Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhana’s period?

(A)Megastinis

(B)Nishka

(C)Hiuen Tsang

(D)Fa-hien

Ans. (C)Hiuen Tsang

13) The Second Session of the Indian National Congress (IN(C)was at

(A)Kolkata

(B)Surat

(C)Mumbai

(D)Delhi

Ans. (A)Kolkata

14) Young India is a journal published by

(A)Subash Chandra Bose

(B)Gandhi

(C)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(D)Swami Vivekananda

Ans. (B)Gandhi

15) Who started the ‘Home Rule’ Movement?

(A)Sarojini Naidu

(B)Mohammad Mi Jinnah

(C)Annie Besant

(D)Gopalakrishna Gokhale

Ans. . (C)Anne Besant

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National Film Awards 2014: Complete list of winners

The winners of the National Film Awards have been announced by the Directorate of Film Festivals on 16 April 2014. This prestigious honour is awarded to celebrate the best of Indian cinema, and many regional and mainstream movies are nominated. The complete list of winners is as follows:

1. Best Feature Film - Ship of Theseus (English-Hindi)

2. Indira Gandhi award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Fandry (Marathi)

3. Best Popular Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)

4. Nargis Dutta Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration – Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)

5. Best Film on Social Issues - Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)

6. Best Film on Environment Conservation -Perariyathavar (Malayalam)

7. Best Children's Film - Kaphal (Hindi)

8. Best Direction - Hansal Mehta for Shahid (Hindi)

9. Best actor - Raj Kumar (Shahid- Hindi) & Suraj Venjaramoodu (Perariyathavar -Malayalam)

10. Best Actress - Geetanjali Thapa (Liar’s Dice -Hindi)

11. Best Supporting Actor - Saurabh Shukla (Jolly LLB -Hindi)

12. Best Supporting Actress - Amruta Subhash(Astu -Marathi) and Aida  El-Kashef(Ship of Theseus -English-Hindi)

13. Best Child Artist - Somnath Avghade(Fandry -Marathi) & Sadhana(Thanga Meengal -Tamil)

14. Best Male Playback Singer - Rupankar for the song E Tumi Kemon Tumi (Jaatishwar -Bengali)

15. Best Female Playback Singer - Bela Shende for the song Khura Khura (Tuhya Dharma Koncha -Marathi)

16. Best Cinematography - Rajeev Ravi (Liar’s Dice -Hindi)

17. Best Screenplay- i)  Screenplay Writer (Original) : P. Sheshadri (December I -Kannada)

                       ii)  Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : Panchakshari (Prakruti -Kannada)

iii)  Dialogues : Sumitra Bhave (Astu -Marathi)

18. Best Audiography

i)   Location Sound Recordist - Nihar Ranjan Samal (Madras Café -Hindi)

ii)  Sound Designer - Bishwadeep Chatterjee (Madras Café -Hindi)

ii)  Re-recordist of the final mixed track - D Yuvaraj (Swapaanam -Malayalam)

19. Best Editing - V.J. Sabu Joseph(Vallinam -Tamil)

20. Best production Design - Ashim Ahluwalia, Tabsheer Zutshi, Parichit Paralkar (Miss Lovely -Hindi)

21. Best Costume Designer - Sabarni Das (Jaatishwar -Bengali)

22. Best Make-Up Artist - Vikram Gaikwad (Jaatishwar -Bengali)

23. Best Music Direction -

Songs: Kabir Suman (Jaatishwar -Bengali)

Background Score: Shantanu Moitra (Na Bangaaru Talli -Telugu)

24. Best Lyrics - Na. Muthukumar (Thanga Meengal -Tamil)

25. Special Jury Awards -

Producer: Viva In En & Director : Mahesh Limaye (Yellow -Marathi)

Producer:  Future East Film Pvt Ltd & Director : Ashim Ahluwalia (Miss Lovely -Hindi)

26. Best Special Effects - Intermezzo Studio Alien Sense Films Pvt Ltd (Jal -Hindi)

27. Best Choreography - Ganesh Acharya for Maston ka Jhund (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag -Hindi)

28. Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution-

Best Feature Film in Assamese : 'Ajeyo'

Best Feature Film in Bengali : 'Bakita Byaktigoto'

Best Feature Film in Hindi : 'Jolly LLB'

Best Feature Film in Kannada : 'December 1'

Best Feature Film in Konkani : 'Baga Beach'

Best Feature Film in Malayalam : 'North 24 Kadham'

Best Feature Film in Marathi : 'Aajcha Diwas Majha'

Best Feature Film in Tamil : 'Thanga Meengal'

Best Feature Film in Telugu : 'Na Bangaaru Talli'

29. Best Feature Film in Language other than specified in VIII Constitution -

Best Feature Film in English : 'The Coffin Maker'

30. Special Mention

a) Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai- Yellow (Marathi)

b) Anjali Patil- Na Bangaaru Talli (Telugu)

Best Book on Cinema - Cinema Ga Cinema (Telugu)- Nandagopal- Praga India, Hyderabad

Best Film Critic - Alaka Sahani (English)

The 61st National Film Awards ceremony will be held on May 3, 2014.

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PA/SA Exam Latest Update: Exam Date for Haryana & Karnataka Published

Friends..as per the latest update in www.pasadrexam2014.in website as on date, Exam date for Haryana and Karnataka also published and it will be conducted on 27 April 2014 from 02 PM to 04 PM.

Earlier on 14 April 2014, DoP has published the exam dates for Delhi, Kerala, Rajasthan, Assam, Chattisgarh and Odsiha. (Click Here for details) The lastest update in the website read as follows.

Schedule of Examination (Paper I) for the following Postal Circles is as follows:

Postal Circles	Exam Date	Exam Time
Haryana (17), Karnataka (21)	27-Apr	02:00PM to 04:00PM

Candidates may download the Admit Cards for above stated Postal Circles by Logging into the website from today to exam date. Please keep visiting the website for exam schedules for other Postal Circles & updates.

Click Here to download admit card.

So with this now exam dates for 09 Postal Circles stands confirmed. Keep visiting this blog for latest updates!!!

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 14 April 2014

1) 123rd birth anniversary of Dr. B.R Ambedkar celebrated: The 123rd birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was celebrated across India. It was celebrated as as Ambedkar Jayanti every year in India. On this day homage is paid to Babasaheb’s statue at the Parliament by the President, Prime Minister and other dignitaries. Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891 to the Ramji Maloji Sakpal and Bhimabai in a poor Mahar family in Mhow, Central Provinces, British India (Madhya Pradesh). He died on December, 6 in 1956 at the age of 65.

2) Konkan services hit after goods train derailed near Ratnagiri: Long-distance train services on the Konkan Railway have been disrupted after five wagons of a goods train derailed inside a tunnel between Ukshi and Sangameshwar stations near Ratnagiri on Monday morning. Apart from diverting several trains, the railway had to cancel as well as short-terminate several services. "Five wagons of a 41-wagon empty goods train derailed at 8.10am. As cranes cannot enter the tunnel, services could not be restored even 12 to 14 hours after the incident. The derailment's cause is not yet known," Konkan Railway spokesperson Vaishali Patange said.

3) Bubba Watson wins 2014 Masters Golf tournament: Bubba Watson withstood an inspired early challenge from playing partner Jordan Spieth to clinch the Masters for a second time in three years with a three-shot victory at Augusta National on Sunday. Trailing the prodigiously talented Spieth by two strokes after seven holes, the left-handed Watson took advantage of a faltering run by his fellow American around the turn as he upped his own game, then maintained control on the back nine.

4) Dipika Pallikal loses in Texas Open Squash final: Dipika Pallikal stumbled on the final hurdle against Egyptian teenager Nour El Sherbini in the title clash of the Women's Champion Fiberglass Texas Open in Houston, USA on Monday. Eyeing maiden major title of her career, world No 12 Dipika faltered against the 18-year-old qualifier 7-11, 11-5, 7-11 to lose in 48 minutes.

5) Baroda wins Mushtaq Ali T20 title: Baroda pipped Uttar Pradesh by three runs to regain the National T20 title for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in a thrilling last ball finish at the Wankhede stadium on Monday. Chasing a challenging target of 145, the Venkatesh Prasad-coached Uttar Pradesh team needed 11 runs off 7 balls but lost the plot as the batsmen at the crease, Praveen Kumar and Upendra Yadav, couldn't manage to overhaul the target and UP finished at 141 for six.

6) Santoso shocks Lee to win OUE Singapore Open badminton: Indonesia’s Simon Santoso pulled off an upset victory over world No 1 Lee Chong Wei to clinch the US$300,000 OUE Singapore Open badminton championships . Santoso, who has beaten the Malaysian star, a two-time Olympic silver medallist, just once in 10 previous meetings, won 21-15, 21-10 to claim the US$22,500 men’s singles winner’s cheque at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Tentative Date of Results published by SSC

Friends..SSC has today published the tentative dates of results of various competitive examinations it had conducted. The same is as follows:

Examination Name & Year	Tentative Date of Results
RECRUITMENT OF SUB-INSPECTORS IN CAPFs AND ASSISTANT SUB-INSPECTOR IN CISF, EXAMINATION, 2013	15/04/2014
Stenographer Grade 'C' & 'D' Examination 2013	15/07/2014
Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination 2013	20/05/2014
Combined Recruitment for the post of Engineering Assistant and Technician in Prasar Bharati, Examination – 2013	07/05/2014
Combined Recruitment for the post of Programme Executive and Transmission Executive in Prasar Bharati, Examination – 2013	26/05/2014
Recruitment of Constables(GD) in CAPFs and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles , 2013	22/04/2014

View official notice: Click Here

Thanks to our facebook friend Santa Banta for the update

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Daily Current Affairs: 13 April 2014

1) Kenya's Kipsang sets London Marathon record:  Kenya's world record-holder Wilson Kipsang won the men's London Marathon in a new unofficial course record of two hours, four minutes and 27 seconds on Sunday. Fellow-Kenyan Stanley Biwatt came second. Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, last year's winner was third, and Ayele Abshero of Ethiopia was fourth. Britain's Mo Farah, reigning Olympic and world 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion, finished in eighth place having failed in his goal to break Steve Jones's British record of 2:07:13, which has stood since 1985.

2) Indian Super League: Ganguly buys Kolkata franchise, Tendulkar gets Kochi: Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were among the host of high-profile winning bidders as the organisers of the much-anticipated Indian Super League on Sunday unveiled the eight franchises for the event that is set to take Indian football by storm. The bid winners for the eight franchises of the league, which is scheduled to be held in September-November, was announced in Mumbai by organisers IMG-Reliance after evaluation of the bids by a seven-member panel. Tendulkar bagged the Kochi franchise along with PVP Ventures, which also owns a team in the Indian Badminton League while Ganguly, who bid by forming a consortium with Spanish League giants Atletico Madrid and businessmen Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjeev Goenka and Utsav Parekh, won the Kolkata franchise. The Mumbai franchise went to Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh while another tinsel town biggie Salman Khan bagged the Pune franchise together with Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan of the Wadhawan Group.

3) Pallikal packs off Perry to enter Texas Open final: India's top woman's squash player Dipika Pallikal marched into the biggest final of her career after getting past higher-ranked Madeline Perry from Ireland in the $50,000 Texas Open at the Downtown Club. The 22-year-old World No.12 battled for 75 minutes, enduring three tie-break games, to beat eighth-ranked Perry 11-7, 11-13, 13-11, 10-12, 11-4 in the Women's Squash Association (WSA) Gold 50 event on Saturday.

4) Libya’s PM-designate resigned, citing gun attack: Libya’s Prime Minister-designate, Abdullah al-Thini, resigned on Sunday, citing what he said was an attack on him and his family overnight. In a letter addressed to the National Congress, Libya’s interim parliament, Mr. al-Thini, who was charged with forming a government on last Tuesday, said he and his family had been exposed to “a treacherous attack and shooting which terrified peaceful people in a residential area”. Mr. al-Thini said he and his government would continue to act as a caretaker administration pending the appointment of a new head of the interim government.

5) Missing jet black box from MH370 is feared to be dead now: The missing jet black box appears that it could be dead now which has people worried they will never find MH370. On Sunday, Web Pro News shared how it appears the box could be dead now which will make it really hard to keep searching and have any chance of finding it. This flight has been missing since March 8.

6) India to conduct complex interceptor missile test: In another fortnight, India will be conducting one of the most complex interceptor missile tests. For the first time a state-of-the-art interceptor missile at supersonic speed will seek to engage and destroy an incoming target missile at a very high altitude of 120-140 km over the Bay of Bengal.

7) India becomes net steel exporter after 6 years:  India became net steel exporter in 2013-14 after a gap of six years and is likely to maintain the momentum in 2014-15 as producers are looking to dock more overseas shipment to tide over subdued domestic consumption. Total steel exports by India during the last fiscal stood at 5.59 million tonnes (MT), as against imports of 5.44 MT, Joint Plant Committee (JPC), a unit of the steel ministry, said in a report. India, now the world's fourth largest steel maker, had been a net steel importer since 2007-08 and the trend continued till 2012-13 with 7.9 MT of imports and 5.2 MT of exports. Before 2007-08, India's exports were more than its imports.

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Download SSC CGL 2013 Re-Exam Call Letter

SSC CGL 2013 Re-Exam Call Letters can now be downloaded. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has cancelled the SSC Combined Graduated Level (Tier I) 2013 for certain centres and Re-Exam of SS CGL 2013 will be held on 27th April 2014 in Lucknow, Patna, Allahabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Shimla and Dehradun. Call letters can be downloaded from below link by entering Registration ID (or) Roll Number (or) your Name, Father Name and Date of Birth.

Download call letter: Click Here

Candidates who opted their exam center other than Central Region should refer their Regional/Sub Regional Office of Staff Selection Commission: Click here for details

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Memorials of Famous Persons: PA/SA Exam Study Material

 Mahatma Gandhi - Rajghat

Lal Bahadur Shastri - Vijayghat

Jawaharlal Nehru - Santhivan

B.R. Ambedkar - Chaithra Bhoomi

Jagjeevan Ram  - Samathasthal

Morarji Desai - Abhayaghat

Indira Gandhi - Sakthi Sthal

Rajiv Gandhi - Veer Bhoomi

Zail Singh - Ekatha Sthal

Gulsarilal Nanda - Narayanghat

Charan Singh - Kisanghat

Kishan Kanth - Nigam Bodhghat

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Admit Card/Hall Ticket Download for Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam 2014

Friends..Candidates applied for PA/SA Exam can now download their Admit Card/Hall Ticket from the website by entering your registration number and password.

Click Here to download Admit Card

Important Instructions:

1. Candidates are requested to appear for the written test at the Centre on the date and time specified. Candidate should reach the test centre 60 minutes before the commencement of the examination. Candidates are permitted up to 15 Minutes after the commencement of the examination but however they are not permitted any extended time.

2. Maximum candidates have been accommodated at the Examination City of their Preference 1. However their Preference 2 and 3 have been also have been kept in view keeping the volume of candidates appearing in the examination and in the exigencies.

3. No change of Test Centre/test date and address of correspondence will be entertained.

4. Bring this Admit Card in ORIGINAL to the examination centre. Keep a photocopy of the Admit Card with you for future reference. You are required to put your Signatures on this Admit Card in the given box ONLY in the presence of Invigilator in the examination hall and it will be collected during the examination.

5. Admit Card is displayed only on the website www.pasadrexam2014.in Check your particulars in the Admit Card carefully. Discrepancy, if any,

should be immediately reported to the mail admitcardhelpdesk.dopexam@gmail.com Relevant corrections, if any and accepted, will be made to your On-Line Admit Card and the same can be Downloaded from the website again.

6. Admit Cards will not be issued at the Examination Centre under any circumstances. Printout of Downloaded Admit Card from the website www.pasadrexam2014.in are valid. Candidates will not be permitted without valid admit card.

7. Please ensure that you bring only ball point pen of colour Black or Blue for marking the OMR Answer Sheet. Marking with “gel” or any other type of pen is NOT allowed.

8. Answer Sheet is of OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) type. For every question there is only one Correct Option. Darken the appropriate Circle to indicate the Correct Answer. Please note No Change is permissible once marked. Applicant who darken more than one circle for any question can’t be valued and rejected. DO NOT put any stray marks anywhere on the answer sheet. Rough work may be done on the blank space in your question booklet. There is “No Negative Marking”.

9. OMR answer sheet has two copies. Do Not separate them. Impressions marked on the Original Sheet will automatically get transferred to the Copy. Original copy will be used for Result Processing. After completion of exam & before leaving the examination hall Candidate is to handover the ORIGINAL copy to the invigilator and candidate may retain Carbonless Copy. It is the responsibility of the candidate to handover the ORIGINAL OMR Sheet to the room invigilator before leaving the examination hall. Question Booklet is allowed to be retained by the candidate.

10. Candidates are likely to undergo searching/ frisking at the entrance of the exam centre. Please cooperate.

11. MOBILE PHONES/SCANNING DEVICES/ANY ELECTRONIC GADGET/ WEAPONS / FIRE ARMS are strictly prohibited inside the examination centre. Examination centre will not be responsible for its safety/loss. There is no arrangement made for securing your valuables.

12. Impersonation and/or possession of any material, electronic equipment even remotely connected or adverse to proper conduct and performance of the examination may render a candidate liable to be expelled from the Examination Hall and/or cancellation of candidature apart from any other punishment/penalty that may be imposed upon the candidate.

13. Candidates are not allowed to carry any papers, note books, books, calculators, etc. into the examination hall. Any candidate found using or in possession of such unauthorized material or indulging in copying or adopting unfair means will be summarily disqualified.

14. The duration of Paper is 120 minutes. The syllabus for the Paper I is already furnished in the Notification & FAQ on website.

15. Result of successful candidates in this Paper–I shall be published on the website. Candidate is advised to regularly visit the web site www.pasadrexam2014.in for ascertaining updates.

16. The candidature for this test is PROVISIONAL and is subject to fulfilling the education and other eligibility criteria as prescribed in the Notification/Advertisement advertised in the newspaper & also at the website www.pasadrexam2014.in. If Candidate is found ineligible at a later date his/her candidature will be summarily rejected. Mere appearing OR qualifying in the test does not confer any right on the applicant for claiming selection.

17. Visually Impaired (PH - I) candidate is requested to bring “Scribe” at his /her own cost. The scribe should read the Questions in low voice and mark the options as told by the candidate. It should not disturb other candidates in the room. Any misconduct by the scribe/ or candidate himself shall be treated to have been done by that candidate and shall lead to cancellation of the candidature of the candidate. Visually Impaired (PH - I) candidate will allowed 40 minutes compensatory (extra) time for completing the examination.

18. Canvassing in any form by the candidate would entail his/her disqualification.

19. Candidate will not be allowed to leave the examination hall till the examination is over.

20. Please read the instructions carefully on Question Booklet & OMR Sheet. The candidate should fill up all the particulars on the OMR Answer sheet legibly before starting to answer the questions.

21. Decision of the Department of Posts in respect of all matters pertaining to this recruitment test would be final and binding on all the Applicants/Candidates.

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PA/SA Exam 2014: Schedule of Examination (Paper I) for Delhi, Kerala, Rajasthan, Assam, Chhattisgarh, North East, Odisha Out!!

Friends..in partial modification to the update published on 13 April 2014 in www.pasadrexam2014.in site, DoP has now published the examination (Paper-1) schedule for the following Circles: Delhi, Kerala, Rajasthan, Assam, Chhattisgarh, North East, Odisha. As per the schedule published examination for the above circles will be held in two Phases on 27 April 2014. The schedule will be as follows:

Postal Circle	Exam Date	Exam Time
Delhi (15), Kerala (22), Rajasthan (28)	27 April 2014	02:00PM to 04:00PM
Assam (12), Chhattisgarh (14), North East (25), Odisha (26)	27 April 2014	10:00AM to 12:00NOON

In the first update they have published on 13 April 2014, Kerala Circle was not included. But they have now corrected it and as per the revised schedule, on 27 April 2014, exams in 07 Postal Circles will be completed. The examination schedule for remaining 15 Postal Circles will be published shortly. We will bring you all the updates..keep visiting.

Also Candidates of the above 07 Postal Circles can download the Admit Cards for above stated Postal Circles by Logging into the website from now till exam date. Click Here to download Admit Card.

This is as per the update in www.pasadrexam2014.in as on 14 April 2014

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