List of Nobel Prize Winners 2014- PDF Download

Friends.. the Royal Swedish Academy has announced the Nobel Prizes for the year 2014 during October 2014. Here is the complete list of winners.

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Area	Recipients	Awarded for
Physiology or Medicine 2014	John O´Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser	"for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain"
Physics	Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura.	“for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”
Chemistry	Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner.	“for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy”.
Literature	Patrick Modiano	“for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation”.
Peace	Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay	for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Economics	Jean Tirole	“for his analysis of market power and regulation”.

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SBI Associate Bank PO 2014: Marketing Questions for practise

1) Which among the following is not an example of convenience goods?

(1) Tea

(2) Newspaper

(3) Coffee

(4) Shirts

(5) None of these

2) "Outsourcing" means service rendered by ...............?

(1) outside agencies

(2) other departments of the Company

(3) employees, other than the sales persons

(4) marketing department

(5) All of these

3) Marketing is – Find the wrong option -

(1) an ancient concept

(2) a modern concept

(3) a continuous affair

(4) a team effort

(5) None of these

4) Savings Accounts with zero balance can be opened for ..............?

(1) persons below BPL

(2) students

(3) under Financial Inclusion scheme

(4) as per Bank's Policies

(5) None of these

5) SME means -

(1) Small and medium enterprises

(2) Small scale marketing entities

(3) Small & medium establishments

(4) None of these

6) Buyer Resistance means -

(1) Buyers fighting with the salesman

(2) Reluctant salesman

(3) Indifferent Salesman

(4) Hesitant buyers

(5) None of these

7) Cross-selling is very effective in the sale of one of the following ......?

(1) Debit Cards

(2) Credit Cards

(3) Internet Banking

(4) Auto loans

(5) All of these

8) Market Penetration can be possible through ......?

(1) more calls to the same buyers

(2) more calls to many buyers

(3) surrogate marketing

(4) alternate marketing

(5) All of these

9) Digital Bank can be resorted through -

(1) Mobile phones

(2) Internal

(3) Telephones

(4) All of these

(5) None of these      

10) Bank Marketing is treated as -

(1) Transaction marketing

(2) Service marketing

(3) Indoor marketing

(4) all of these

(5) None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (4) Shirts

2) Ans. (1) outside agencies

3) Ans. (1) an ancient concept

4) Ans. (4) as per Bank's Policies

5) Ans. (1) Small and medium enterprises

6) Ans. (4) Hesitant buyers

7) Ans. (5) All of these

8) Ans. (2) more calls to many buyers

9) Ans. (4) All of these

10) Ans. (2) Service marketing

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Daily Current Affairs: 24 October 2014

1) United Nations Day celebrated: United Nations Day was celebrated across the globe on October 24, 2014. The event, in observance since 1948, marks the foundation day of the world body created on the same day in 1945. United Nations Day is devoted to making known to peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations Organization. The UN's World Development Information Day has also been held on 24 October since 1972.

2) Committee set up to draft national National Intellectual Property Rights policy: The Commerce and Industry Ministry on Friday constituted a six-member think tank to draft the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) policy. The panel, to be chaired by retired Justice Prabha Sridevan, will identifies areas in IPRs where study needs to be conducted and furnish recommendations in this regard to the Ministry, an official statement said. The expert group, set up by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), will also advise the government on best practices to be followed in trademark offices, patent offices and other government offices dealing with IPRs to create an efficient and transparent system of functioning in the said offices.

3) Pankaj Advani clinched World billiards title: King of Indian cue sports Pankaj Advani added yet another jewel to his glowing crown, outplaying former champion Peter Gilchrist in the 150 up points format World Billiards Championship final and pocket his 11th world title on 24 October 2014. Advani, 29, conquered Singapore cueist Gilchrist 6-2 in a high quality finals of the shorter format of billiards. While Advani had lost to Gilchrist in the league stage 3-2, the Indian seemed determined to reverse the outcome in the most crucial match of the tournament.

4) World Polio Day observed: World observed Polio day on 24 October 2014 spreading the message of eradicating the disease from the globe. India has now been declared completely free from polio. But its neighbor Pakistan accounts for 85 per cent of world polio cases.

5) ITBP celebrated 53rd raising day: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday saluted the brave ITBP personnel on their 53rd Raising Day. The ITBP was raised (started) on October 24, 1962. Presently, the ITBP is deployed on border guarding duties from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh covering 3,488 km of Indo-China border and manning Border Outposts on altitudes raging from 9000' to 18700' in the Western, Middle and Eastern Sector of the Indo-China border.

6) India’s first fish hospital to come up in Kolkata: The country’s first hospital to treat abnormalities and diseases in fish is set to come up in Kolkata by mid-2015, a senior scientist said. Senior scientist T J Abraham, who is spearheading the project told PTI that the work has already started on the project. He said that nearly 60-65 kinds of disease and abnormality were found in fishes in India and the one reason why West Bengal slipped from the number one position in fish production was due to the fact that 10-20 per cent of them died of diseases.

7) Veteran Tamil actor SS Rajendran dead: Tamil cinema's yesteryear actor SS Rajendran breathed his last on Friday. He was 85. Rajendran, who made his cinematic debut with 1952 Tamil film "Parasakthi", has also starred in films like "Ratha Kanner", "Rangoon Radha" and "Sivagangai Seemai". He is often refered to as first actor legislator of Indian Politics.

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Download Call Letter of SBI Associates PO Online Exam 2014 now

Friends.. State Bank of India has activated the link to download the call letter for SBI Associates Bank PO online exam. The exam starts on 9 November 2014. You can download the admit card/call letter from below link by entering Registration Number and Date of Birth or Password. Best of luck!

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23 October 2014: Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) India celebrated Diwali with traditional fervour: Diwali, the festival of lights, was celebrated with traditional fervour across the country with people exchanging sweets and gifts with friends and relatives, decking up their houses with earthen diyas and tiny lights and illuminating the evening sky with fireworks. Diwali is celebrated to mark the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya from his exile after vanquishing demon-king Ravana.

2) PM Modi visits Siachen, meets soldiers on Diwali: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning visited forward posts in the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge region, ahead of his scheduled visit to be with flood-hit people of J&K on Diwali. "It's my good fortune that I will be able to spend time with our brave soldiers on this special day," Modi tweeted on Thursday morning. Siachen, often described as the world's highest, coldest and costliest battlefield, is one of the eight points in the stalled composite dialogue process with Pakistan.

3) PM Modi announced Rs 745 crore for Jammu & Kashmir: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced Rs 175 crore for renovation of six major hospitals and Rs 570 crore for the rebuilding homes damaged in the recent floods in Jammu & Kashmir. Announcing this in Srinagar, the Prime Minister also assured of all possible assistance from the Centre to the state to help it recover from the devastation caused by the floods. Modi said the loss memo of Rs 44,000 crore submitted to the Centre by the state government was being considered.

4) Google launched new email service dubbed ‘Inbox’: Google Inc launched an email service called 'Inbox' on Wednesday that will better organize emails and display information such as appointments, flight bookings and package deliveries in a more user-friendly way. Google said it was sending out invitations to selected Gmail users to try out the new service. Users can also email the company at inbox@google.com to get an invitation.

5) Microsoft to drop Nokia name from smartphones in India by year-end: Microsoft is set to drop the iconic Nokia name from its smartphones in India by the end of this year, as the US giant embarks on a drive to give a new identity to a brand that was once a synonym for mobile handsets. According to people in the know, Microsoft will be undertaking the rebranding exercise country-by-country, instead of doing it in one sweep globally. The first brand change will happen in France, where, over the coming days, the Nokia name will be replaced on its Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts by "Microsoft Lumia", the new brand identity.

6) Kosovo granted provisional Olympic recognition by IOC: Kosovo is on track to take part in its first ever Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 after the region in the Balkans was granted provisional recognition by the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday. It could now achieve full membership as early as the IOC session in December, the IOC said in a statement on Wednesday. The decision angered Serbia's Olympic Committee which has lodged an official protest with the Olympic body. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, almost a decade after NATO went to war to halt the massacre and expulsion of Albanians by Serbian forces waging a two-year counter-insurgency.

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Time Table of UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2014 published

Friends.. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has published the timetable for Civil Services Mains Exam 2014. Mains Exam is scheduled to be held from December 14 to December 20 in two sessions. There will be 7 papers in the main exam for a total of 1750 marks.

The UPSC (Mains) this year has a revised pattern and consists of the papers as mentioned below :

Paper 1 - Essay

It is of 250 marks, which can be written in any medium or language of candidate's coice.

Paper 2 - General Studies-I

The paper is of 250 marks involving Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society

Paper 3 - General Studies -II

The paper is of 250 marks involving Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

Paper 4 - General Studies -III  

The paper is of 250 marks involving Technology, Economic Development, Bio?diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

Paper 5 - General Studies -IV

The paper is of 250 marks involving Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

Paper 6 - Optional Subject - Paper 1

Paper 7 - Optional Subject - Paper 2

Candidates who have cleared the preliminary exam 2014 can apply for the main exam to remain eligible for final selection. The last date to register online for the mains exam is November 11, 2014.

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October 2014 Current Affairs:Second Week PDF Download

Current Affairs PDF-October 2014

Second Week

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1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 October 2014 launched Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign in New Delhi. What is the tag-line of the mission?

Ans. “Ek Kadam Swachhta Ki Ore”

Note: On the occasion of launch of the campaign in Rajpath New Delhi, Modi administered an oath to a large gathering to keep their neighbourhoods clean. He asked people to donate (Shramdaan) 100 hours every year or two hours every week for cleanliness.

2) 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014 was held in Incheon, South Korea from 19 September to 4 October 2014. Name the Slogan of the Asian Games Incheon 2014?

Ans. Diversity Shines Here

3) Name the winners of Nobel Peace Prize 2014?

Ans. Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi

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4) Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 6 October 2014 became the co-owner of which Indian Super League franchise?

Ans. Chennaiyin FC

5) Which city will host the next Asian Games in 2018?

Ans. Jakarta, Indonesia

6) Name the winners of 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics?

Ans. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura

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7) Name the founder of social site Facebook who was recently in New Delhi on a two day visit from 9 October to 10 October 2014?

Ans. Mark Zuckerberg

8) Who won the Nobel Prize for literature for the year 2014?

Ans. Patrick Modiano

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9) Which bollywood actor was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia on 9 October 2014?

Ans. Aamir Khan

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of whom on 11 October 2014?

Ans. Jai Prakash Narayan

Note: The programme is an ambitious village development project under which each Member of Parliament will take the responsibility for developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by 2019.

11) Which Bollywood actor on 4 October 2014 received Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons?

Ans. Shah Rukh Khan

Note: He was conferred the award for his outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and his involvement in philanthropic endevours.

12) Name the winners of 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

Ans. John O´Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser

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13) Which country topped the Asian Games 2014 medals tally?

Ans. China with 151 Gold, 108 silver and 83 bronze

14) What was India's position in the Asian Games concluded recently?

Ans. 8th

Note: India bagged a total of 57 medals with 11 Gold, 10 Silver and 36 bronze.

15) Name the website launched by Union Government on 7 October 2014 to monitor the attendance of government employees in real time?

Ans. attendance.gov.in

16) Who was appointed by Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on 1 October 2014 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways?

Ans. Cramer Ball

Note: He will serve for the next three-year till 2017. Earlier, he was serving as the acting CEO of the Jet Airways.

17) Name the winners of 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

Ans. Eric Betzig, Stefan W Hell and William E. Moerner

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18) Who has resigned as the Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi on 30 September 2014?

Ans. Leela Samson

19) Third International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) was observed across the world on 11 October 2014 with the theme?

Ans. Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence.

20) Technology giant HP on 6 October 2014 announced that it will split itself into two separate publicly traded companies. Expand HP?

Ans. Hewlett-Packard

21) Which country recorded the highest number of polio cases in 14 years as revealed by the data of polio cases released recently?

Ans. Pakistan

22) President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 7 October 2014 presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management to whom?

Ans. Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai

Note: He was honoured for his outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace and missile technology.

23) World Post Day was observed recently on?

Ans. 9 October 2014

24) Who was appointed as the first Hindu priest (Chaplain) at Georgetown University recently?

Ans. Pratima Dharm

25) United Nations celebrated World Habitat Day on 6 October 2014 with the theme?

Ans. Voices from Slums

26) Who was named as the next CEO of IT training solutions firm National Institute of Information Technology Limited (NIIT Ltd) on 6 October 2014?

Ans. Rahul Keshav Patwardhan

27) World’s first womb-transplant baby was born to a 36-year-old woman from which country recently?

Ans. Sweden

Note: The healthy baby boy was born in August 2014 at the University of Gothenburg's hospital in Sweden.

28) Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated 82nd Air Force Day in New Delhi on?

Ans. 8 October 2014

29) Who was appointed as first woman director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) on 9 October 2014?

Ans. Kalpana Morparia

30) Supreme Court appointed high-powered committee headed by whom submitted its report to the court on 6 October 2014 with guidelines on government ads?

Ans. Professor NR Madhava Menon

31) First ever National Mental Health Day was recently observed on?

Ans. 10 October 2014

32) Who was conferred with Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 for Excellence in Leadership, Education, community & Public Service on 30 September 2014?

Ans. Saiyid Hamid

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Useful Books for SBI Associate Banks PO recruitment 2014

Friends.. State Bank of India is going to conduct the recruitment of 2986 Probationary Officers (POs) in Associate Banks of State Bank of India. Exams are scheduled to be held in November 2014. Here is the list some useful books.

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Daily Current Affairs: 22 October 2014

1) SBI launched mPassBook facility on its smartphone application: The nation's largest lender State Bank of India(SBI) launched a facility called 'mPassBook' on 22 October 2014, on its 'State Bank Anywhere' mobile application, for its retail banking users. Launching the facility, SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya, said that 'mPassBook' is an electronic application of a physical passbook for savings bank and current accounts. The facility is currently available on Android phones but would soon be available on iOS and Blackberry phones too. The facility empowers users to view their transaction history on their smartphone and maintain an entire year's historical data on it.

2) India wins re-election to UN Human Rights Council:  In a significant victory, India was on 22 October 2014 re-elected to the UN's main human rights body for the period of 2015-17, receiving the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group. India is currently a member of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and its first term is due to end on December 31, 2014. India was competing in the Asia-Pacific group in which four seats were up for election. The other countries competing in the group were Indonesia, Bangladesh, Qatar, Thailand, Kuwait, Cambodia, Philippines and Bahrain. Out of them, India, Bangladesh, Qatar and Indonesia made it to the UNHRC.

3) Tata's JLR opened first overseas facility in China: Tata's Jaguar Land Rover rolled out its premium luxury Range Rover Evoque at a colourful ceremony here inaugurating its first overseas factory in China with an investment of over USD 1.7 billion to consolidate its position in the world's largest car market.

4) Boxer Sarita Devi suspended for Asian Games protest:  Taking a strict action, AIBA has provisionally suspended India's woman boxer Laishram Sarita Devi for refusing to accept the bronze medal at the Asian Games podium ceremony. Protesting against a controversial verdict, Sarita in an unprecedented move, had refused to wear the medal around her neck as she broke down on the podium during the ceremony for the 57-60 kg category. "The AIBA also provisionally suspended Sarita's coaches (Messrs Gurbakhsh Singh Sandhu, Blas Iglesias Fernandez and Sagar Mal Dhayal) as well as Indian chef-de-mission in the Incheon Asiad, Adille J Sumariwalla and will not allow any of them to participate at all levels of competitions, events and meetings until further notice," an AIBA statement said. 

5) Malala Yousafzai gets US Liberty Medal: Pakistani teenager and Noble Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been conferred with the Liberty Medal, and the youngest recipient of the American award said this will encourage her to continue her campaign for child rights in countries including India. Malala has pledged to donate the $100,000 award money towards education in Pakistan. Previous recipients of this award include Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, George H W Bush, Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan and Hamid Karzai.

6) Canada's parliament attacked: Canada's capital was jolted on Wednesday by the fatal shooting of a soldier and an attack on parliament building in which gunshots were fired outside a room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was speaking. The gunman in the parliament building was shot dead and Harper was safely removed.

7) Oct 31 to be celebrated as "Rashtriya Ekta Diwas": The Central government has announced to commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary Oct 31 as "National Integration Day." Sardar Patel, known as the "Iron Man of India", was instrumental in the merger of over 500 princely states to create a modern India, just after Independence between 1947-1949. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said the central government will make the "National Integration Day" or "Rashtriya Ekta Divas" as a popular mass movement with voluntary participation from all sections of the society.

8) Ex-CEC Gopalaswami new chairman of Kalakshetra Foundation: The government has appointed former Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami as the new chairman of the governing board of the Chennai-based Kalakshetra Foundation. The Ministry of Culture stated in a notification on Tuesday that Mr. Gopalaswami has been appointed for a term of five years, according to a release from New Delhi. Earlier, on June 3 the government had accepted the resignation of Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi from the chairmanship of the foundation.

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