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Latest Current Affairs- April 2014 1st Week

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Q1. Who was crowned as the new Miss India in the 51st Femina Miss India contest on 5 April 2014 at Mumbai?

Ans. Koyal Rana

Note: With this win, Rana will represent India at the Miss World International beauty pageant 2014. Rana, who was born in Jaipur but raised in Delhi, was crowned at Yash Raj Studio in Mumbai. She was crowned by Navneer Kaur Dhillion, the 2013 winner of Femina Miss India title and Megan Young, the Miss World 2013.

Q2. Which country lifted the T20 cricket world cup 2014?

Ans. Sri Lanka

Note: It was the maiden ICC Twenty20 World Cup title for Sri Lanka. They won title after defeating Indian cricket team by six wickets in the final match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Q3. Which country won the ICC T-20 Women’s World Cup 2014?

Ans. Australia

Note: Australian women cricket team on 6 April 2014 won the Women’s World Twenty20 Cup 2014 cup defeating England in the final match in Mirpur, Dhaka.

Q4. Name India’s 2nd regional navigational satellite launched on 4 April 2014 by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)?

Ans. IRNSS 1B

Note: The launch of IRNSS series would enable India to have its own reliable and independent navigational resources for itself.  The satellite was lifted off by the Polar Satellite Vehicle (PSLV) C24 at 5.14 pm. IRNSS (Indian Regional navigational satellite) was injected by the launch vehicle after four stages of 19 minutes of its take off from Sriharikota. This launch of IRNSS 1B is the 25th successful launch of the PSLV series by ISRO. This launch of the satellite had brought India close to join the group of selected nations namely US, Russia, China, Japan and European countries.

Q5. Who was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 3 April 2014 for a period of three years?

Ans. R Gandhi

Note: His appointment came into effect from 3 April 2014. Before being elevated to the position of Deputy Governor, he was serving the Reserve Bank as its executive director. He has been appointed as the successor of Anand Sinha, who retired from the office on 20 January 2014.

Q6. Who was appointed as the new Director General of BSF on 2 April 2014?

Ans. D K Pathak

Note: BSF is country's largest border guarding force. His name for the post of DG was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Mamohan Singh. He is expected to continue till February, 2016.

Q7. Which entity on 3 April 2014 received the Most Efficient Navratna  Award for the year 2013?

Ans. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)

Note:  It received the award at the 5th Dalal Street Investment Journal Awards ceremony held in New Delhi. The award was collected by the Chairman of HAL, Dr. R K Tyagi.

Q8. Reserve Bank of India on 1 April 2014 adopted which index as the key measure of Inflation?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Note: It was adopted in the first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2014-15. It was adopted on the basis of recommendations of Urjit R Patel Committee report on Revising and Strengthening the Monetary Policy Framework.

Q9. Election Commission (EC) confirmed whom as its national icon for the Lok Sabha elections 2014 on 1 April 2014?

Ans. Amir Khan

Note: He is the fifth national icon selected by the EC.  The EC recorded a video and audio campaign which shows Amir Khan urging people to vote ethically. The other four national icons were President A P J Abdul Kalam, cricketer M S Dhoni, badminton star Saina Nehwal and boxer Mary Kom.

Q10. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 1 April 2014 decommissioned which Communication Satellite?

Ans. INSAT-3E

Note: The satellite was decommissioned after it completed ten and half years in orbit as it had stopped working on 29 March 2014.

Q11. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 2 April 2014 granted in-principle approvals to which entities to start new banks in India?

Ans. IDFC Ltd and Bandhan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd

Note: These approvals have been granted under the guidelines on licensing of new banks in the private sector. The two have been granted the permission to set-up banks from a field of 25 aspirants. The two applicants received the in-principle approval following the recommendation of High-Level Advisory Committee (HLAC) set up by RBI that claimed these two as suitable. Since 2004, these two entities became the first one to be issued new bank licence. Kotak Mahindra Bank and YES Bank were given a licence in 2004.  

Q12. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its first Bi-monthly Monetary Policy statement 2014-15 announced on 1 April 2014, has kept the policy repo rate unchanged at ...........%?

Ans. 8.0

Note: In the first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2014-15, the RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan decided to pause and not disturb status quo. The repo rate and the rate at which RBI lends money to banks remained at 8 per cent.

Q13. Who was appointed as the next prime minister of France on 31 March 2014?

Ans. Manuel Valls

Note:  Manuel Carlos Valls is a Spanish-born French Socialist Party politician. He was the Mayor of Évry from 2001 to 2012 and a Member of the National Assembly since 2002. Valls replaced PM Jean-Marc Ayrault whose administration lost the confidence of the French in the recently concluded Municipal elections.

Q14. Earth Hour was observed across the world on 29 March 2014. The pledge of Earth Hour 2014 was?

Ans. Switch to energy efficient bulbs.

Note: India launched the Earth Hour to bring individuals, organisations, governments together to take action on climate change in 2009. Every year different celebrities supported the Earth Hour and this year. Actor Arjun Kapoor was the brand ambassador of the Earth hour in India for 2014.

Q15. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India was forecasted to rise to ........... percent in 2014-15, according to  Asian Development Outlook report 2014?

Ans. 5.5

Q16. Union Sports Ministry on 1 April 2014 derecognized which federation with an immediate effect after its refusal to comply with its directives?

Ans. Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF)

Q17. World Autism Awareness Day 2014 was celebrated across the world on?

Ans. 2 April

Note: This year was the seventh World Autism Day. The day is celebrated to raise fund and to create awareness about autism.

Q18. Qatar based Doha Bank announced on 3 April 2014 that it will be opening its first branch at which city in India?

Ans. Mumbai

Note: The branch in Mumbai will be opened as a full-fledged bank in May 2014. Initially, branch will offer retail and corporate banking solutions with emphasis on off-branch banking.

Q19. Who was sworn-in as the President of Malta on 4 April 2014?

Ans. Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca

Note: She is the ninth President of the Malta. Coleiro, 55, is the youngest-ever President of Malta and will hold office for five years. Coleiro belongs to Labour Party and has served as minister for social policy. With her appointment, the total number of female heads of a country in the world now stands at 21.

Q20. International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) imposed a transfer ban at both national and international level on 2 April 2014 on which Spanish club?

Ans. FC Barcelona

Note: This ban will last for one year. Apart from this ban, FIFA also imposed financial penalty on FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. In 2013, FIFA conducted an investigation in which it found that both Barcelona and the Real Madrid guilty of making illegal transactions.

Q21. Name the Pulitzer Prize winning female journalist who was shot dead in Afghanistan on 4 April 2014?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Anja Niedringhaus

Note: She was shot dead by a policeman in Afghanistan. She was 48. She was killed while covering the 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan.

Q22. Europe on 3 April 2014 launched which satellite designed to monitor Earth for climate change and environmental damage and help disaster relief operations?

Ans. Sentinel-1A

Q23. International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on 2 April 2014 rejected the call of US senators to ban which country from 2014 World Cup in response to Kremlin’s position on Ukraine?

Ans. Russia

Note: At present, Russia is building a large scale project of sports facilities and necessary infrastructure to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Q24. Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on 2 April 2014 approved the Tata and Singapore Airlines (SIA) joint venture called?

Ans. Tata SIA Airlines Ltd

Note: The joint venture got the approval within a time period of little more than four months. Tata and SIA first got the clearance from Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in November 2013.

Q25. Which country started its first official census in 30 years on 30 March 2014?

Ans. Myanmar

Q26. What was India's rank out of 132 countries on the Social Progress Index (SPI) published by the US-based non-profit organisation Social Progress Imperative on 3 April 2014?

Ans. 102

Note: The top five countries are New Zealand, Switzerland, Iceland, Netherlands and Norway. These countries, which are relatively small in terms of populations, score strongly across all dimensions.

Q27. Amazon launched an internet-connected TV set-top box or video streaming device called .......... on 2 April 2014?

Ans. Fire TV

Note: It will allow consumers to stream content from Amazon's library, as well other video-on-demand services, directly to their TVs.

Q28. Who won special jury award of Times Now NRI Awards 2014?

Ans. Zubin Mehta

Note: He was renowned music director and concert conductor. Times Now NRI Awards 2014 is to recognize the successful Indians globally and to celebrate their achievements.

Q29. Who won the United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian Award for outstanding achievement in Sports?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. MS Dhoni

Note: Dhoni is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited over cricket tournament and in 2013 he emerged as the first captain to win all three ICC trophies. Under the Forbes list of highest paid athletes, Dhoni is ranked at the 16th position.

Q30. Election Commission of India (ECI) approved on 3 April 2014 the appointment of whom as Directorate General of Police (DGP) of Punjab?

Ans. Suresh Arora

Q31. President Barack Obama on 4 April 2014 nominated whom as the next US Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

Ans. Sunil Sabharwal

Q32. Who was named as the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan on 2 April 2014?

Ans. Karim Massimov

Note: His appointment came following the resignation of Serik Akhmetov from the post, which was accepted by the President as per the Constitutional provision.

Q33. Who was appointed as the chairman of retail arm Trent on 31 March 2014?

Ans. Noel Naval Tata

Q34. Name the Indian- American Cardiologist who was chosen for Prestigious Simon Dack Award?

Ans. Dr. Sumit Chugh

Note: This award will be given to him in recognition of his contributions to the organisation’s peer-reviewed medical journals.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 16 April 2014

1) 61st National Film Awards 2014 Announced: The National Film Awards for the year 2013 have been announced and The Best Actor Award is shared between Rajkummar Rao for his powerful performance in Shahid and Malayalam actor Suraj Venjaramudu for the movie Perariyathavar. Geetanjali Thapa has been adjudged the Best Actress for Liar’s Dice. Anand Gandhi’s Ship Of Theseus has also won the Golden Lotus for Best Feature Film while Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has been adjudged the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film On National Integration went to Talai Murugal while Jolly LLB won the award for the Best Hindi Film. This year, the Nation Film Award for Best Director has been conferred to Hansal Mehta for Shahid. The 61st National Film Awards ceremony will be held on May 03, 2014. Click Here for complete list of winners.

2) Vice Admiral Robin K Dhowan likely to take over as next Navy Chief: Vice Admiral Robin K Dhowan is most likely to be the next chief of the Indian Navy with reports on Wednesday suggesting that the Defence Ministry has recommended his name to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the coveted post. The post of Navy chief has been lying vacant for nearly two months since DK Joshi suddenly quit in the wake of a series of mishaps that hit the naval forces recently. Vice Admiral Dhowan, who has been the acting Navy chief since Joshi's exit, was in contention for the top job along with Western Navy Commander Shekhar Sinha and Eastern Commander Anil Chopra.

3) IPL Season 7 2014 kicked off in style: The seventh Indian Premier League kicked off in style at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 16 April 204. The opening match was between Kolkata Knight Riders and defending champions Mumbai Indians. Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 41 runs. Kallis, who has retired from Test cricket, was adjudged the Man of the Match. He scored quick 72 runs from 46 balls. The tournament will return to India on May 2 after being assured of security in states where voting would be over by that time.

4) Real Madrid beat Barcelona to win Copa del Rey: Real Madrid beat arch rivals Barcelona 2-1 in the Copa del Rey final on Wednesday, as Carlo Ancelotti won his first trophy as Real manager. Gareth Bale was the hero as his stunning solo goal five minutes from time gave Madrid the win. Barca have now suffered three defeats in a row as Gerardo Martino’s team are stuck in a rut.

Know Copa del Rey?- The Copa del Rey is an annual football championship for Spanish football club teams. FC Barcelona leads the overall tally with 26 trophies followed by Athletic Bilbao's 23 and Real Madrid's 19.

5) Government extended tourist visa-on-arrival facility to South Koreans: Government has extended tourist visa-on-arrival facility to citizens of South Korea, in an effort to increase people-to-people contact with that country. Visa-on-arrival with a maximum validity of 30 days with single entry facility will be offered to South Korean tourists at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi airports at a fee of US $ 60, the External Affairs Ministry said. Thus South Korea becomes the 181st country to be extended the tourist Visa-on-Arrival facility by India.

6) CBI sets up special unit to probe fraud, fixing and illegal betting in sport: Considering the gravity of corruption in sports, the CBI has set up a special investigating unit to handle cases related to the field, the agency's chief announced Tuesday. On the occasion of the D.P. Kohli Memorial lecture, Central Bureau of Investigation director Ranjit Sinha announced a special unit to probe corrupt practices especially in sports. "The CBI will investigate cases of fraud, fixing and illegal betting in sports," he said. The unit will act as the repository of intelligence and data related to corruption in sports.

7) SC says N Srinivasan among 13 names in sealed Mudgal committee report: Resuming hearing into the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing and betting scandal, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday revealed that the suspended Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan figures among the 13 people named in the sealed report submitted by the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee. Srinivasan had on Tuesday filed an affidavit questioning why the SC has removed him as BCCI president, requesting the apex court to reinstate him as he is innocent and none of the charges against him have been proved. However, the SC said he can't discharge his duties in the BCCI office. The court has also asked the BCCI to reply as to how the probe against those named in the report should be done.

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Model Question Paper for PA/SA Exam 2014 (General Awareness Section)- Set 1 for practice

Friends…We have got a lot of requests from many of our facebook followers to post a mock/model question paper, which will help in preparation during this short period of exam. So here we have prepared a model question paper for Part-A ie, General Awareness Section which contains 25 Questions. These Questions have been prepared based on the last years question pattern. Importance has been given to Indian Constitution, History, Current Affairs and Science.

We hope these questions help you know for yourself which areas you need to work upon. Please remember that this is no way a complete solution for your preparation, but will serve as a support hand. We recommend that you take this test seriously and try to answer the questions based on the knowledge you have gained so far. Please don't google the answers or refer any books before you complete answering. Others ways this will be of no use. After you have attempted all the questions, try to post the answers to all 25 questions as comment below. By 8 PM today, we will post the answers here itself so that it will provide a true picture of your preparedness. The name of all those who have got more than 12 questions correct will be posted in our facebook page and here. See you then :)  Good Luck! More Tests for all sections will be posted soon...

"The more questions you attempt, the better your preparation for the real test"

1) Which part of the Indian Constitution has been amended only once so far?

(A) Emergency provisions

(B) Fundamental duties

(C) Power of judiciary

(D) Preamble

2)  Which state clinched the best state award for implementing Rural Tourism Project in the National Tourism Award 2012-13, presented during February 2014?

(A) Kerala

(B) Sikkim

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Madhya Pradesh

3) Seawater (i.e. saltwater) freezes at?

(A) The same temperature as fresh water.

(B) At a slightly higher temperature than fresh water.

(C) At a slightly lower temperature than fresh water.

(D) Seawater does not freeze.

4) Who amongst the following is the author of the book Letters from India?

(A) Rob Young

(B) Nani Palkiwala

(C) Catherine Young

(D) Cleopatra Hanssens

5) “Akash”, missile is a?

(A) surface-to-air-missile

(B) surface-to-surface missile

(C) air-to-air-missile

(D) Submarine

6) The Constituent Assembly elected as its permanent chairman?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) B. R. Ambedkar

(D) K.M. Munshi

7) The finest specimens of Pallava architecture are?

(A) Temples of Madurai

(B) Temple of Tanjore

(C) Rock –cut Temples at Mahabalipuram

(D) Kailashnath Temple of Ellora

8) Country’s first post office savings bank ATM was recently opened at?

(A) Chennai

(B) Delhi

(C) Mumbai

(D) Thiruvananthapuram

9) Which of the following gases are given out during photosynthesis?

(A) Nitrogen

(B) Hydrogen

(C) Oxygen

(D) Carbon dioxide

10) Which among the following countries has hosted the T20 Cricket World Cup 2014?

(A) India

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) Pakistan

(D) Bangladesh

11) Cadmium accumulation in the body leads to hypertesion, heart enlargement and death this is mainly due to

(A) Cigarette smoking

(B) Drinking water

(C) Drinking wine

(D) Drinking milk

12) Who is popular known as 'the father of revolutionary thought in India'?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(C) Bipin Chandra Pal

(D) Lala Hardyal

13) Which of the following gases forms the largest part of air?

(A) Carbon Dioxide

(B) Nitrogen

(C) Argon

(D) Oxygen

14) What is most commonly used substance in fluorescent tubes?

(A) Sodium oxide and argon

(B) Sodium vapour and neon

(C) Mercury vapour and argon

(D) Mercury oxide and neon

15) What is the script of Ashoka’s inscriptions:

(A) Gurumukhi

(B) Hieroglyphics

(C) Dev Nagri

(D) Brahmi

16) The Indian federal system is modeled on the federal system of

(A) USA

(B) Canada

(C) Australia

(D) New Zeala

17) The new States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura were created in

(A) 1970

(B) 1971

(C) 1972

(D) 1973

18) Name the inventor of the ubiquitous automatic weapon AK-47 who died at the age of 94 recently?

(A) Mikhail Gorbyavech

(B) Kishav Gabriel

(C) Kilternik Remnik

(D) Mikhail Kalashnikov

19) The third amendment to our Constitution carried out in 1954 to extend the power of Parliament by transfering the

(A) state list to concurrent list

(B) state list to union list

(C) both A and B

(D) none of the above

20) The inventor of X-rays was

(A) Einstein

(B) W.H. Bragg

(C) Roentgen

(D) Henry Backarrel

21) Reserve Bank of India( RBI) during April 2014 granted "in-principle" approvals to which among the following entities for new bank licences?

(A) Aditya Birla Nuvo & Bajaj Finance

(B) Indiapost & IDFC

(C) Bandhan Financial Services & Muthoot Finance

(D) IDFC & Bandhan Financial Services

22) Who commented that the Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru

(C) Subhash Chandra Bose

(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

23) Who won the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013?

(A) Desmond Tutu

(B) Chandi Prasad Bhatt

(C) Nelson Mandela

(D) Baba Amte

24) The Forward Bloc was formed by

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Shahid Bhagat Singh

(C) Gokhale

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

25) Who was the chief guest during the republic day celebrations of India 2014?

(A) Prime Minister of Indonesia

(B) President of Maldives

(C) Prime Minister of Japan

(D) President of Bhutan

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Preamble

2) Ans. (B) Sikkim

3) Ans. (C) At a slightly lower temperature than fresh water.

4) Ans. (C) Catherine Young

5) Ans. (A) surface-to-air-missile

6) Ans. (B) Rajendra Prasad

7) Ans. (C) Rock –cut Temples at Mahabalipuram

8) Ans. (A) Chennai

9) Ans. (C) Oxygen

10) Ans. (D) Bangladesh

11) Ans. (A) Cigarette smoking

12) Ans. (C) Bipin Chandra Pal

13) Ans. (B) Nitrogen

14) Ans. (C) Mercury vapour and argon

15) Ans. (D) Brahmi

16) Ans. (B) Canada

17) Ans. (C) 1972

18) Ans. (D) Mikhail Kalashnikov

19) Ans. (A) state list to concurrent list

20) Ans. (C) Roentgen

21) Ans. (D) IDFC & Bandhan Financial Services

22) Ans. (A) Mahatma Gandhi

23) Ans. (B) Chandi Prasad Bhatt

24) Ans. (D) Subhash Chandra Bose

25) Ans. (C) Prime Minister of Japan

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Constitution of India: GK Questions important for Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam

1. Which of the following has been included in the list of Fundamental Rights to Indian citizen?

(A)Job to each and every single woman who has obtained a post graduation degree and is not more than 29 years of age

(B)Equal opportunities to every woman wishing to join Indian defense services at any level/position

(C)Education to all children between 6-14 years of age

(D)Social security to every person who has attained the age of 70 years but does not have regular income to support him/herself

2. A new chapter related to Panchyats has been added in the Part IX of the Indian Constitution. Which of the following is not a part of this?

(A)Elections of Panchayats under the Central Election Commission

(B)Reservation of one-third seats for the women in Panchayats and Village Assemblies.

(C)Panchayats will work for a period of five year.

(D)If a panchayat is dissolved, elections should be held within six months.

3. Which Article of the Constitution of India says, 'No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment’?

(A)Article 24

(B)Article 45

(C)Article 330

(D)Article 368

4. Which one of the following statements correctly describes the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India?

(A)It contains the scheme of the distribution of powers between the Union and the States

(B)It contains the languages listed in the Constitution

(C)It contains the provisions regarding the administration of tribal areas

(D)It allocates seats in the Council of States

5. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India says that the executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive power of the Union? (Asked in 2013 PA/SA Exam)

(A)Article 257

(B)Article 258

(C)Article 355

(D)Article 356

6. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments are related to raising the number of Members of Lok Sabha to be elected from the States?

(A)6th and 22nd

(B)13th and 38th

(C)7th and 31st

(D)11th and 42nd

7. The resolution for removing the Vice-President of India can be moved in the

(A)Lok Sabha alone

(B)either House of Parliament

(C)Joint Sitting of Parliament

(D)Rajya Sabha alone

8. With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A)Forests : Concurrent List

(B)Stock Exchanges : Concurrent List

(C)Post Office Savings : Union List Bank

(D)Public Health : State List

Answers:

1. (C)Education to all children between 6-14 years of age

2. (A)Elections of Panchayats under the Central Election Commission

3. (A)Article 24

4. (D)It allocates seats in the Council of States

5. (A)Article 257

6. (C)7th and 31st

7. (D)Rajya Sabha alone

8. (B)Stock Exchanges : Concurrent List

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Employment News this week: Job Highlights new icon (12th April – 18th April 2014)

1. UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC)

No. of Vacancies – Various Posts

Last Date - 01.05.2014

2. UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC)

Central Armed Police Forces

Name of Post –Assistant Commandants

No. of Vacancies - 136

Last Date - 12.05.2014

3. INDO-TIBETAN BORDAR POLICE FORCE (ITBPF)

Name of Post – Constable (Tradesman)

No. of Vacancies - 496

Last Date - 15.05.2014

4. AIR INDIA AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED (AIATSL)

Name of Post – Security Agents

No. of Vacancies - 271

Last Date - 28.04.2014

5. NTPC LIMITED

Name of Post – Finance Executives

No. of Vacancies - 42

Last Date - 28.04.2014

6. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT) KHARAGPUR

Name of Post – Professional Trainees

No. of Vacancies - 10

Last Date - 26.04.2014

7. MOTILAL NEHRU COLLEGE (EVENING)

Name of Post – Assistant Professor

No. of Vacancies - 22

Last Date - 21 Days of Publications of this Advertisement

Source: www.employmentnews.gov.in

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Kerala SSLC Exam 2014 Results Published

>> SSLC Exam results of Kerala have been announced by the Education Department on 16 April 2014.

>> As many as 4.42 lakh students have been declared eligible for higher studies in the SSLC examinations, the results of which were announced in a record 19 days.

>> The success rate in 2014 touched 95.47 per cent, an increase of 1.3 percentage points over the last year’s figure. Success rate among boys this year was 94.44 per cent. It was 96.53 per cent among girls.

>> This year, 14,802 students secured A+ in all subjects, 4,729 more than the corresponding figure for 2013. Last year, 10,073 students secured A+ in all subjects.

>> The ‘Save A Year’ (SAY) examination for those who gained eligibility for higher studies would be held at select centres from May 12 to 17. Applications for this could be submitted from April 24 to 28 to the respective headmasters. Applications for photocopy, revaluation, and scrutiny of the answer sheets may be submitted online from April 24 to 28 till 1 p.m. The certificates of the students will be made available at the District Education Office concerned by May 15.

View Results from following links

1) www.results.itschool.gov.in

2) www.results.kerala.nic.in

3) www.keralaresults.nic.in

4) www.keralapareekshabhavan.in

5) www.kerala.gov.in

6) www.prd.kerala.gov.in

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Daily Current Affairs: 15 April 2014

1) India-born poet Vijay Seshadri wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize: India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems "3 Sections." The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music were announced on Monday by Columbia University, New York. Seshadri's '3 Sections' is a "compelling collection of poems that examine human consciousness, from birth to dementia, in a voice that is by turns witty and grave, compassionate and remorseless," the announcement said.

>> Seshadri is the fifth person of Indian origin to bag the prestigious award, the first being Gobind Behari Lal in 1937.

>> The Pulitzer Prize  is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.  Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award.

2) Delhi high court to get its first woman chief justice: While it has led on many fronts, the Delhi high court has lagged behind in having a woman at the helm. This, however, is going to change by next week when it gets its first woman chief justice. President Pranab Mukherjee recently cleared the decks for appointment of Justice G Rohini, most senior judge of the Andhra Pradesh high court, to head the high court in the capital. She will be the 10th woman judge in the Delhi high court, which has nine women judges out of a strength of 40.

3) SC recognised transgenders as third gender: Ridiculed for their different sexual identity and orientation, transgenders were on Tuesday granted the status of third gender by the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling that will entitle them to benefits of the Centre and state government welfare schemes. Upholding their right to decide their self-identified gender, a bench of justice KS Radhakrishnan and justice AK Sikri directed the Centre and the state governments to treat them as socially and educationally backward classes of citizens and provide them reservation in admissions in educational institutions and government jobs.

4) Portal to help Railways Save Energy launched: Indian Railways has launched a portal to facilitate energy saving up to 15 per cent by the year 2020 through improved energy efficiency measures and to help the Railways in evolving future strategies for further intensifying energy conservation efforts. The web-based electrical energy management system, RAILSAVER, developed by the Centre of Railway Informatics System (CRIS), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Railways, is part of the project for ‘Improving Energy Efficiency in Indian Railway System’ being executed by the Indian Railways under the programmatic framework of UNDP through Global Environmental Facility funding of US $5.2 million.

5) Google to buy drone-maker Titan Aerospace: Google Inc has acquired solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace as the Web search giant ramps up plans to deliver wireless Internet access to remote parts of the world.

Titan Chief Executive Vern Raburn declined to provide information on the price of the deal, which he said closed on Monday morning. The 20-person company will remain in New Mexico for the foreseeable future, Raburn said, with all employees joining Google.

6) Mayaram is new Finance Secretary: Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been designated as the new Finance Secretary. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved that Mayaram may be designated as the Finance Secretary,” official sources said. Dr. Mayaram, a 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, has been holding charge as the Economic Affairs Secretary since 2012, and will continue to look after the Department of Economic Affairs. The post of Finance Secretary was lying vacant after Sumit Bose retired on March 31.

7) State Bank launched digital banking facilities: State Bank of India on Tuesday launched three digital banking facilities at the customer’s door step using TAB banking; one for customers opening Savings Bank accounts and another for Housing Loan applicants. The third is e-KYC (Know your Customer). The sales staff of SBI will visit the customers at their door step and using the tablets get the formalities completed for account opening like details of KYC and photographs of applicant. In the case of home loan applicants, he/she will be advised on the approximate loan amount eligible and the EMI.

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