Employment News: 02 August to 08 August 2014

1. Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Kolkata       

Name of Post- Senior Technical Assistant, Quarantine Inspector etc.

No. of Vacancies-11

Last date- 01.09.2014

2. Reserve Bank of India

Name of Post- Assistants

No. of Vacancies-506

Last date- 06.08.2014

3. Public Service Commission (PSC), Uttar Pradesh

Name of Post-Food Safety and Drug Administration Deptt.Exam-2014

Last date- 16.08.2014

4. Kerala Gramin Bank

Name of Post- Officers Junior Management and Office Assistant

No. of Vacancies-683

Last date- 11.08.2014

5. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

Name of Post- Constable/Tradesmen

No. of Vacancies-985

Last date- 16.09.2014

6. Ministry of Labour & Employment, New Delhi

Name of Post- Junior Consultant

No. of Vacancies-46

Last date- 21 days from publication

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RBI's monetary policy review 5 August 2014: Highlights

Freinds..Here are the highlights of RBI’s bi-monthly monetary policy statement released on 5 August 2014.

>> Short-term lending (repo) rate unchanged at 8%

>> Cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged at 4%

>> SLR cut by 0.50% to 22% to unlock banking funds

>> Estimates GDP growth at 5.5% for current fiscal

>> Targets 8% CPI inflation by January 2015, 6% by Jan 2016

>> Lowers banks’ SLR holdings in held-to-maturity category by 0.5% to 24%

>> Govt policies to improve domestic demand, supply conditions

>> Higher oil prices, pass-through of administered price increases pose upside risks to inflation

>> Monsoons still a concern, posing risks to inflation

>> Govt action on food management and fast-tracking project completion to improve supply

>> Banking sector reforms will continue

>> Next bi-monthly policy statement on September 30.

 Current RBI rates as on 5 August 2014 are as follows:

 1) Bank Rate- 9%

2) Repo Rate- 8%

3) Reverse Repo rate- 7%

4) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)- 4%

5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)- 22%

6) Marginal Standing Facility- 9%

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List of Gold medal winners for India at Commonwealth Games 2014

India finished fifth in the just concluded Commonwealth Games 2014 held at Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014. A 216-strong team of Indian athletes bagged 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze for a total haul of 64 medals to finish fifth behind table-toppers England (58, 59, 57), Australia (two - 49, 42, 46), Canada (three - 32, 16, 34) and hosts Scotland (four - 19, 15, 19). India had finished second behind Australia in the 2010 Delhi edition but considering that some disciplines, from which the hosts had won medals, were either dropped or pruned down in Glasgow, it was a creditable performance by the Indians in the Games. Let's have a look at the list of 15 Gold Medal winners for India in the game. We would like to thank our friend Pepe who has provided valuable information for preparing this article. You can download this chart as PDF by clicking on print friendly button at the bottom. 

Sl No	Name	Discipline	Category
1	K Sanjita Chanu	Weightlifting	48 kg category
Note: First gold winner of India in Commonwealth Games 2014. From Manipur
2	Sukhen Dey	Weightlifting	56 kg category
Note: Silver in CWG 2010 in 56 Kg category from West Bengal
3	Satish Sivalingam	Weightlifting	77 kg category
Note: Created a games record with a total lift of 328 kg. From Tamil Nadu
4	Yogeshwar Dutt	Wrestling	65 kg freestyle
Note: Gold in CWG 2010 and Bronze in Olympics 2012 in 60 Kg Free style. From Haryana
5	Sushil Kumar	Wrestling	75kg freestyle
Note: Gold in CWG 2010 and Silver in Olympics 2012 in 66 Kg Free style. From Delhi
6	Amit Kumar	Wrestling	57kg freestyle
Note: 21 years old from Haryana
7	Babita Kumari	Wrestling	55 kg freestyle
Note: Silver in CWG 2010 in 51 Kg free style. From Haryana
8	Vinesh Phogat	Wrestling	48kg freestyle
Note: Youngest Indian wrestler , Just 19 years old, from Haryana
9	Jitu Rai	Shooting	50 m pistol
Note: Born in Nepa. From Lucknow, UP.
10	Abhinav Bindra	Shooting	10m Air Rifle
Note: Silver in CWG 2010 and Gold in Beijing Olympics 2008 from Punjab
11	Rahi Sarnobat	Shooting	25 m Pistol
Note: Gold in CWG 2010.  From Maharastra
12	Apurvi Chandela	Shooting	10 m Air Rifle
Note: Her first international medal. From Rajasthan
13	Vikas Gowda	Athletics	Discus throw
Note: First Indian man to win a field event gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. From Karnataka
14	Parupalli Kashyap	Badminton	Men's Single
Note: First Indian man in 32 years to win badminton gold at the Games. From Hyderabad
15	Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa	Squash	Women’s doubles
Created history by winning India's first ever gold medal in CWG squash. From Tamil Nadu

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GK/Current Affairs Questions asked in RBI Grade B (DR) exam held on 3 August 2014

Friends..Here are some questions asked in RBI Grade B officers exam held on 3 Aug 2014. These questions were shared by our friends Debasish Gupta and Ramesh Kumar K.

1. Who is the Finance Minister of India?- Arun Jaitley

2. Current Governor of RBI?- Raghuram Rajan

3. Father's day 2014 was celebrated in India on?- June 21

4. What happened with MH370 air plane?- Disappeared over Indian Ocean

5. First Nobel prize winner of Asia?- Rabindranath Tagore

6. Which Union Minister at present lost the Lok Sabha elections but became minister through Rajya Sabha membership?- Arun Jaitley

7. Prime minister's first foreign tour was to which country?- Bhutan

8. How many banks are collaboration with SBI

9. What is 'C' in SAARC?- Cooperation

10. Governor of World bank.

11. Who gave 1000 billion dollar to Uttarakhanad development

12. Dadasaheb phalke award winner in 2014?- Gulzar

13. NEFT stands for?- National Electronic Fund Transfer

14. Cabinet Minister in Lok Sabha?- Venkaih Naidu

15. FIFA World Cup 2014 was hled in?- Brazil

16. Chief Minister of Telangana?- Chandrasekhar Rao

17. Who is Ajit Kumar Doval?- National Security Advisor

18. Attorney General of India?- Mukul Rohatgi

19. Name the Germany Chancellor?- Angela Merkel

20. World woman's day is celebrated on?- March 8

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Current Affairs Questions with Answers: 01-03 August 2014

1) The Book 'One Life is Not Enough' which has been in news and debate recently is the autobiography of which political leader?

(A) S M Krishna

(B) K Natwar Singh

(C) L K Advani

(D) Shashi Tharoor

2) Who among the following was recently selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2014?

(A) N Radhakrishnan

(B) D. R. Mehta

(C) Amjad Ali Khan

(D) Muzaffar Ali

3) Who among the following recently scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games?

(A) Dipa Karmakar

(B) P V Sindhu

(C) Tintu Luka

(D) Elsabeth Black

4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two day visit to Nepal in the first week of August 2014, thus becoming the first PM in 17 years to visit Nepal. Who was the last PM to visit Nepal in 1997?

(A) Rajiv Gandhi

(B) A B Vajpayee

(C) I K Gujral

(D) P V Narasimha Rao

5) 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded on 3 August 2014. Which city will host 21st Commonwealth Games in 2018?

(A) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(B) London, UK

(C) New Delhi, India

(D) Gold Coast, Australia

6) Parupalli Kashyap on 3 Aug 2014 became the 1st Indian in ...... years to win men's singles gold in Badminton at Commonwealth Games?

(A) 32

(B) 16

(C) 25

(D) 41

7) Which country topped the medals tally in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games?

(A) Australia

(B) Scotland

(C) England

(D) Canada

8) What was India's position the commonwealth games 2014?

(A) 1st

(B) 5th

(C) 3rd

(D) 9th

9) Which country defeated India to win Gold in the men's hockey event at Commonwealth Games 2014?

(A) Australia

(B) Netherlands

(C) England

(D) Pakistan

10) Recently which company has become the first Indian company to exceed Rs 5 lakh crore in market capitalisation?

(A) SBI Life

(B) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

(C) Relaince Industries

(D) Infosys

Answers

1) Ans. (B) K Natwar Singh

2) Ans. (D) Muzaffar Ali

3) Ans. (A) Dipa Karmakar

4) Ans. (C) I K Gujral

5) Ans. (D) Gold Coast, Australia

6) Ans. (A) 32

7) Ans. (C) England

8) Ans. (B) 5th

9) Ans. (A) Australia

10) Ans. (B) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

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Current Affairs daily Updates: 02 and 03 August 2014

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Nepal; Addressed Nepal Parliament: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day visit to Nepal on Sunday, addressed the nation's Constituent Assembly. India's relation with Nepal is as old as the Himalayas and the Ganga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday addressing Nepalese parliament. Annoucing a slew of measures to help Nepal in its development, Modi said, "border should be a bridge not a barrier between the two neighbours." Modi thus became the first Prime Minister to visit Nepal in 17 years. I K Gujral was the last Indian prime minister to visit Nepal in 1997.

2) 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded: 20th Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014 concluded at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland on 3 August 2014 at. The game that saw 17 sports in a competition of 11 days was held from 23 July to 3 August 2014. The Glasgow 2014 CWG was declared closed in presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and vice patron of Commonwealth Games Federation. The 21st Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast in Australia. England topped the medals tally while Australia got the second position. Canada was third followed by Scotland.

3) India finished 5th with 64 medals in Commonwealth Games 2014: India in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland stood at the fifth position in the rankings after closing its account with total 64 medals (15 Gold, 30 silver and 19 Bronze). This was third highest medal haul after 2010 Delhi CWG (101 medals) and 2002 Manchester CWG (69 medals).

4) P Kashyap bags gold for India after 32 years in men’s singles in badminton: Kashyap became the 1st Indian in 32 years to win men's singles gold after he defeated Wong 21-14 11-21 21-19. Rewriting Commonwealth Games' badminton history, Parupalli Kashyap won India's third men's singles gold in CWG 2014 but Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to defend their women's doubles title they won four years ago at home. Second seed Kashyap emulated former champions Prakash Padukone (1978) and Syed Modi (1982) to clinch his first major championship by defeating Singaporean sixth seed Zi Liang Derek Wong to turn the bronze he won four years ago in New Delhi into a gold. The 27-year-old won 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 in just over an hour at the Emirates Arena.

5) CWG: India men’s hockey team settle for silver: India’s quest for a Commonwealth Games hockey gold remained unfulfilled as they went down tamely 0-4 to title holders and world champions Australia in the final at the National Hockey Centre, in Glasgow on Sunday. Even though the two teams are class apart, it was an ideal opportunity for eight-time Olympic champions India to avenge their 0-8 thrashing at the hands of mighty Australia in the 2010 edition of the Games in New Delhi. But it was not to be as Australia produced a clinical performance and completely dominated the match by scoring two goals in each half to secure their fifth consecutive Commonwealth Games title since the introduction of hockey in the quadrennial event in 1998.

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Current Affairs MCQs from 31 July 2014 for competitive Exams

1)  Who has taken over as new Army chief of India on 31 July 2014?

(A) Gen Bikram Singh

(B) Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

(C) Gen V K Singh

(D) Gen Deepak Kapoor

2) Nehchal Sandhu on 31 July 2014 resigned from which among the following post citing "personal reasons"?

(A) National Security Advisor

(B) Principal Secretary to Prime Minister

(C) Economic Advisor to PM

(D) Deputy National Security Advisor

3) Name the US secretary of state who was on a visit to India recently?

(A) Penny Pritzker

(B) Condolisa Rice

(C) Hillary Clinton

(D) John Kerry

4) India lose third test against England by 266 runs recently. Who was declared the Man of the Match?

(A) Moeen Ali

(B) Alastair Cook

(C) James Anderson

(D) Ajinkya Rahane

5) Who among the following was recently (July 2014) appointed as the RBI deputy governor?

(A) S S Mundra

(B) K C Chakrabarty

(C) H R Khan

(D) M K Gandhi

6) Which city will host the Third India-Africa Forum Summit, IAFS-III, on the 4th of December 2014?

(A) Johannesburg

(B) New Delhi

(C) Durban

(D) Ahemedabad

7) World Hepatitis Day was observed across the world on 28 July 2014 with the theme?

(A) Time for Change

(B) Drink Pure Water

(C) Healthy Diet Stay Healthy

(D) Think Again

8) Union Government of India on 28 July 2014 launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission to promote conservation and developments of which animal?

(A) Cows

(B) Elephant

(C) Tiger

(D) Dogs

9) Who won Hungarian Grand Prix F1 racing 2014?

(A) Daniel Ricciardo

(B) Nico Rosberg

(C) Sebastian Vettel

(D) Lewis Hamilton

10) Who was named Maharashtra's horticulture ambassador in last week of July 2014?

(A) Salman Khan

(B) Sachin Tendulkar

(C) Amitabh Bachchan

(D) Vidya Balan

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

2) Ans. (D) Deputy National Security Advisor

3) Ans. (D) John Kerry

4) Ans. (C) James Anderson

5) Ans. (A) S S Mundra

6) Ans.  (B) New Delhi

7) Ans. (D) Think Again

8) Ans. (A) Cows

9) Ans. (A) Daniel Ricciardo

10) Ans. (C) Amitabh Bachchan

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