1st December 2014 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) 14 CRPF men died in Maoist strike in Chhattisgarh: Ending an eight-month calm, Maoists killed 14 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including two officers, in Sukma district of South Chhattisgarh on 01 December 2014. The ambush took place near Kasalpara village. “The deceased personnel include Deputy Commandant D.S. Verma and Assistant Commandant Rajesh Kapuria of the CRPF,” R.K. Vij, Additional Director-General of Police, Naxal Operations, Chhattisgarh, told. 

2) Non-subsidized LPG price cut by Rs 113/cylinder, jet fuel price slashed by 4.1%: Price of non-subsidized cooking gas (LPG) was on 01 December 2014 cut by a steep Rs 113 per cylinder and that of jet fuel (ATF) by 4.1 per cent as international oil rates slumped to multi-year lows. A 14.2kg cylinder of non-subsidized LPG will now cost Rs 752, down from Rs 865 previously, in Delhi, oil companies announced.

3) World AIDS Day observed: World AIDS Day, designated 1 December every year since 1987, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and mourning those who have died of the disease. Government and health officials, non-governmental organizations and individuals around the world observe the day, often with education on AIDS prevention and control. The 2014 theme for World AIDS Day is “Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free Generation.”

4) Bangladesh's Taijul Islam grabs Hat-trick on ODI debut: Young Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam on 1 December 2014 became the first bowler in history to claim a hat-trick on his debut in one-day cricket, achieving the feat against Zimbabwe in Dhaka. The 22-year-old left-armer bowled Tinashe Panyangara off the last ball of the 27th over and then trapped John Nyumbu leg-before and bowled Tendai Chatara off successive deliveries at the start of his next over to take a split hat-trick. Islam finished with four for 11 in seven overs.

5) Adelaide to host first Australia-India Test in revised schedule: The first cricket Test between India and Australia will be held in Adelaide from December 9 after the four-match series' schedule was revised on Monday in the wake of young player Phillip Hughes' tragic death which left the home team distraught. "Revised Schedule: 1st Test (December 9-13), 2nd Test (December 17-21), 3rd Test (December 26-30) and 4th Test (January 6-10). Venues: 1st Test (Adelaide), 2nd Test (Brisbane), 3rd Test (Melbourne) and 4th Test (Sydney) #AUSvsIND," the BCCI said on its official Twitter handle.

6) Ronaldo, Messi and Neuer up for Ballon d'Or: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who have between them won the past six world player of the year awards, face opposition from Germany's World Cup winning goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the short list announced by FIFA on Monday. Ronaldo, who is the present holder of the title having also won it in 2008, scored a record 17 goals in a Champions League campaign as Real Madrid went on to win their 10th European Cup last term.

7) AP to pay pensions through post offices from January-2015: Andhra Pradesh Government will make all pension disbursements from January -2015 through post offices and recruit fair price shops agents as Postal agents. Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao, who reviewed the distribution process of pensions at the Secretariat on Monday, said that all dealers of fair price shops managing the PDS would be appointed as agents of the Postal Department for the purpose of distribution of Pensions.

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Computer Knowledge Questions for IBPS Clerk Exam 2014

1) The current generation of computers?

(A) second

(B) fifth

(C) fourth

(D) third

2) Updating a database means?

(A) revising a file structure

(B) reorganizing the database

(C) modifying or adding records

(D) all of the above

3) The communication mode that supports data in both directions?

(A) simplex

(B) half duplex

(C) duplex

(D) multiplex

4) In a database, related fields are grouped to form?

(A) record

(B) file

(C) bank

(D) field group

5) Which of the following memory is volatile?

(A) RAM

(B) ROM

(C) EPROM

(D) PROM

6) Which of the following is the product of data processing?

(A) information

(B) data

(C) software program

(D) system

7) Bar codes stores information using?

(A) punched holes

(B) dots

(C) thick and thin tines

(D) all of the above

8) Transmission of computerised data from one location to another is called?

(A) data transfer

(B) data flow

(C) data communication

(D) datamanagement

9) Inputs to your computer is accomplished using the?

(A) Screen

(B) keyboard

(C) printer

(D) plotter

10) A collection of 8 bits is called?

(A) byte

(B) record

(C) word

(D) nibble

Answers

1) Ans. (C) fourth

2) Ans. (D) all of the above

3) Ans. (B) half duplex

4) Ans. (A) record

5) Ans. (A) RAM

6) Ans. (A)information

7) Ans. (C) thick and thin tines

8) Ans. (C) data communication

9) Ans. (B) keyboard

10) Ans. (A) byte

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Current Affairs Questions & Answers: 01 December 2014

1) Who among the following won the Macau Badminton Grand Prix Gold trophy after seeing off Kim Hyo Min of Korea in the women's singles finals held on 30 November 2014?

(A) Saina Nehwal

(B) Ashwani Ponnappa

(C) Jwala Gutta

(D) P V Sindhu

2) Name the former Indian national football team captain who was on 30 November 2014 honoured with the Asian Football Confederation's Hall of Fame Award?

(A) Baichung Bhutia

(B) Sunil Chhetri

(C) Rahim Nabi

(D) None of these

3) Which state on 29 November 2014 came on the country's rail map more than six decades after independence, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the first train?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Meghalaya

(C) Mizoram

(D) Assam

4) A court had recently dropped charges against Hosni Mubarak over the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 uprising against him. He is former President of?

(A) Syria

(B) Iran

(C) Egypt

(D) Gaza

5)  'Super Victor' was voted as the mascot for the 2016 European football championship on 30 November 2014. Which country will host Euro 2016 from June 10 to July 10, 2016?

(A) Spain

(B) Germany

(C) Netherland

(D) France

6) Which state won the 30th National Junior Athletics Championship 2014, for the third time in a row on 30 November 2014?

(A) Kerala

(B) Punjab

(C) Haryana

(D) Andhra Pradesh

7) 'Leviathan' which won the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2014 is the film from which country?

(A) France

(B) Germany

(C) Russia

(D) Uganda

8) 18th SAARC Summit was recently held at?

(A) Nepal

(B) India

(C) Pakistan

(D) Afghanistan

9) National Milk Day was recently celebrated on 26 November 2014 to mark the 93rd birth anniversary of?

(A) Norman Borlaug

(B) Dr. Verghese Kurien

(C) M S Swaminathan

(D) None of these

10) World's second tallest power transmission towers, built by Haldia Energy Limited (HEL), has come up in which state recently?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) West Bengal

(D) Madhya Pradesh

Answers

1) Ans. (D) P V Sindhu

2) Ans. (A) Baichung Bhutia

3) Ans. (B) Meghalaya

4) Ans. (C) Egypt

5) Ans. (D) France

6) Ans. (A) Kerala

7) Ans. (C) Russia

8) Ans. (A) Nepal

9) Ans. (B) Dr. Verghese Kurien

10) Ans. (C) West Bengal

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Railway (RRC) Group-D Question Paper 30 November 2014

Friends.. Here is the question paper of Railway Recruitment Cell Group-D Exam held on 30 November 2014 in South Central Railway. This question paper has been shared by our friend V Prabhu Ram. You can download the question paper as pdf from the below link.

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Current Affairs daily Updates: 30 November 2014

1) PV Sindhu wins second successive Macau Open:  Two-time World Championship bronze medallist P V Sindhu lifted her first title of the season by successfully defending the USD 120,000 Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy after seeing off Kim Hyo Min of Korea in the women's singles finals. World No. 11 Sindhu prevailed over 91st-ranked, Kim 21-12 21-17 in the summit clash that lasted 45 minutes at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. The bronze-medallist at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Sindhu faced tough competition from Kim, who had come into the finals after beating seventh seed Chinese Yu Sun but the experienced Indian held her nerves to stave off the challenge from the Korean. 

2) Euro 2016 mascot named Super Victor: The mascot for the the 2016 European football championship in France has been named Super Victor in a vote of internet users, it was announced on 30 Nov 2014. The name for the cartoon character boy dressed as a footballer in blue and white with a red cape and number 16 jersey was preferred to Driblou and Goalix. Euro 2016 will take place in France from June 10 to July 10, 2016.

3) Kerala wins 30th National Junior Athletics Championship 2014: For the third time in a row, Kerala emerged the overall champion with 528.5 points in the Jio 30th National Junior Athletic championship that concluded at the IGMC Stadium in Vijayawada, Andhrapradesh.  

4) Russian film 'Leviathan' wins Golden Peacock at IFFI 2014: Russian director Andrey Zvyaginstev's survival drama 'Leviathan' won the coveted Golden Peacock award while Marathi movie 'Ek Haazarachi Note' bagged the centenary trophy for best film at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which concluded in Goa on 30 November 2014. 'Leviathan' star Alexel Serebriakov shared the best actor award with Dulal Sarkar of 'Chotoder Chobi'. Both the actors received the honour from Minister of State (Information and Broadcasting) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Jackie Shroff. The best actress award was shared by Cuban actress Arina Rodriguez and Israeli actress Sarit Larry.

5) Priyanka Chopra, Freida Pinto launched ‘Girl Rising’ campaign: Hail the women power! Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto launched a multi-level global campaign, ‘Girl Rising’, on November 29 in New Delhi, which includes a documentary film featuring the two stars and seven other Bollywood actresses, to spread awareness about importance of girls’ education.

6) Modi slipped to second spot in TIME's 'Person of the Year' poll: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has slipped to the second place in the Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' poll with the Ferguson protesters surging ahead of him in a vote by the readers. As per latest reports, Modi is leading second with 9.8 per cent of the total votes polled so far while the Ferguson protesters are leading with 10.8 per cent of the votes. Joshua Wong, face of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, is placed third.

7) Petrol price cut by 91 paise/litre, diesel by 84 paise: State-run oil marketing companies have slashed petrol prices by 91 paise per litre from Monday and diesel prices by 84 paise. This is the seventh consecutive reduction in petrol prices in the last four months and the third cut in diesel prices since October 18 when the Cabinet deregulated the fuel. Brent crude fell to a new four year low on Friday after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided not to cut output despite a slide in prices.

8) Baichung Bhutia conferred AFC 'Hall of Fame' Award: Former Indian national football team captain Baichung Bhutia was on 30 November 2014 honoured with the AFC Hall of Fame Award on occasion of the Asian Football Confederation's 60th anniversary. FIFA president Sepp Blatter presented the award to Baichung on the Awards Night. AIFF president Praful Patel was also present as were a host of other dignitaries from all over the footballing World.

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Current Affairs November 2014 PDF- Second Week

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1) President Pranab Mukherjee on 10 November 2014 conferred the 49th Jnanpith Award on which eminent Hindi poet?

Ans. Kedarnath Singh

2) Name the Aadhar based Digital Life Certificate for pensioners launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 November 2014?

Ans. Jeevan Pramaan

3) Name the missile co-developed by India and Israel, which was successfully test-fired on 10 November 2014 from a range in Israel?

Ans. Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM)

Note: LRSAM is called Barak 8 missile in Israel.

4) Which team won Durand Cup on 8 November 2014?

Ans. Salgaocar FC

Note: 127th Durand Cup was played at the Raia Sports Complex, Goa.

5) Name the first smartphone launched by Microsoft with its own branding since it completed the acquisition of Nokia recently?

Ans. Microsoft Lumia 535

6) Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma on 13 November 2014 scored the highest ODI score ever of 264 runs against which country?

Ans. Sri Lanka

Note: With this he became the only cricketer to score two Double ODI centuries and also broke the record of highest ODI score of 219 runs made by Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag. He achieved this distinction during the 4th ODI between India and Sri Lanka played at Kolkata.

7) Social networking website Facebook on 13 November 2014 launched a personalised video creation tool called?

Ans. Say Thanks

8) Name the Bollywood Actor who was on 14 November 2014 appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia?

Ans. Farhan Akhtar

Note: Farhan is the first male ever to be chosen as a Goodwill Ambassador in the organization’s history.

9) Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on 14 November 2014 decided to shift question hour in Rajya Sabha from 11 A.M. to 12 noon to?

Ans. 12 PM and 1 PM

10) Who was on 8 November 2014 sworn-in as 18th Chief Minister of Goa?

Ans. Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar

11) Who became the fastest cricketer in the history to reach 6000 one-day international run mark on 9 November 2014?

Ans. Virat Kohli

12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 November 2014 expanded his Council of Ministers. How many new ministers were inducted?

Ans. 21

Note: 21 new ministers include four Cabinet Ministers, three Minister of State (Independent Charge) and 14 Minister of State.

13) Who was appointed as the Chairman of National Chemical Weapon Convention on 3 November 2014?

Ans. GS Sandhu

Note: Prior to this, he was serving as the financial services secretary in the Union Finance Ministry.

14) Which state recently became the first state in the country to have bank accounts for all families under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY)?

Ans. Kerala

15) Name the ambassadors for ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2015 announced by International Cricket Council (ICC) on 13 November 2014?

Ans. Virat Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Brendon McCullum, Kumar Sangakkara and Shane Watson.

16) Name the nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile test fired by India on 9 November 2014?

Ans. Agni-II

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17) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit was recently held at?

Ans. Beijing

18) Sixth World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) was held from 6 to 9 November 2014 at?

Ans. New Delhi

19) Badminton World Federation (BWF) on 11 November 2014 provisionally suspended World No. 1 badminton player Lee Chong Wei due to an apparent anti-doping regulation violation. He is the player from which country?

Ans. Malaysia

20) A sterlisation tragedy that claimed lives of 15 women, leaving more than 100 women hospitalized has occurred recently in which state?

Ans. Chhattisgarh

21) Name the Surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile which was test-fired from a naval ship off the Odisha coast on 14 November 2014?

Ans. Dhanush

22) Prasar Bharti recently announced to re-launch DD National with new tagline called?

Ans. Doordarshan National – Desh Ka Apna Channel.

23) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) in the second week of November 2014 decided to use which as a third language in schools of Kendriya Vidyalaya (KVs) in place of German language?

Ans. Sanskrit

24) National Education Day (NED) was observed on 11 November 2014 to mark of the birth anniversary of?

Ans. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

25) Which firm acquired Cricbuzz.com on 11 November 2014?

Ans. Times Internet Ltd

Note: Cricbuzz.com is a leading cricket news and information destination on web and mobile.

26) Germany on 9 November 2014 celebrated the ....... anniversary of fall of the Berlin Wall?

Ans. 25^th

27) Name the operation which was in news recently after the US Navy SEAL commando Robert O'Neill claimed that he is the one who shot Osama bin Laden at his Pakistan hideout in Abbottobad on 2 May 2011?

Ans. Operation Neptune Spear

28) Name the director of the famous television (TV) show Mahabharata who died on 12 November 2014?

Ans. Ravi Chopra

29) Public Service Broadcasting Day was recently observed across India on?

Ans. 12 November 2014

30) Reserve Bank of India on 10 November 2014 tightened its norms for NBFCs by requiring them to have a much stronger capital base. Expand NBFC?

Ans. Non-Banking Financial Companies

31) Indian Hockey team on 9 November 2014 won four match Men's Hockey Test series against which country, which is the world's No.1 ranked team?

Ans. Australia

32) Which zoo was on 1 November 2014 selected for the prestigious International Award The Earth Heroes Award 2014?

Ans. Darjeeling Zoo or the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

33) Who was on 12 November 2014 elected as new Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly?

Ans. Haribhau Bagde

34) President Pranab Mukherjee visited which country from 7-8 November 2014 in order to strengthen ties between the two countries?

Ans. Bhutan

35) Union Government launched which scheme on 14 November, on the birthday of first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru?

Ans. National Bal Swachhta Mission

36) Name the nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile which was test-fired on 13 November 2014 at Chandipur, Odisha?

Ans. Prithvi-II

37) World Pneumonia Day was observed across world on 12 November 2014 with theme?

Ans. Universal access to pneumonia prevention and care

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Daily Current Affairs 29 November 2014

1) Narendra Modi flagged off 1st train connecting Meghalaya: Meghalaya on 29 November 2014 came on the country's rail map more than six decades after independence, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the first train to the northeastern state and favouring privatisation of railway stations. "Railway facilities are the same as they were 100 years back.... Privatise the railway stations and modernise them," he said after flagging off the first train linking Meghalaya. The first train from Meghalaya – the 55819 Up Mendipathar – Guwahati. Mendipathar is the first railway station in Meghalaya and train connectivity in the state became possible due to construction of the 19.75 km long line from Dudhnoi in Assam to Mendipathar.

2) Jhumpa Lahiri, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi in DSC Prize shortlist: Indian writer critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri are among five authors shortlisted for next year's USD 50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Lahiri's novel "The Lowland", an intimate portrayal of two brothers and political passion was earlier on the 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist as well. Her debut short story collection, "Interpreter of Maladies" had won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

3) Egypt court dropped charges against Hosni Mubarak: A court in Egypt has dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 uprising against him. The Cairo court erupted in cheers when the judge said Mubarak should not have been a defendant in the case as the charges against him were added late.

4) ISRO to launch communication satellite GSAT-16 on December 5: India is set to launch its latest communication satellite GSAT-16 onboard Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana next month. “GSAT-16 communication satellite would be launched onboard Ariane 5 from French Guiana in the early hours of December 4 (Dec 5 in Indian time), a senior Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official was quoted as saying to PTI. GSAT-16 will be the 11th among GSAT series of Indian communication satellites and will have a mission life of more than 12 years. GSAT-16 is similar to GSAT-15 with each satellite weighing 3,150 kg and having power generation capacity of 6.8 kW.

5) India-Australia first Test postponed: With the cricket world mourning Phillip Hughes’ tragic death, next week’s first Test between India and Australia was on Saturday pushed back to an unspecified date to let the players attend the late batsman’s funeral scheduled on Wednesday in his hometown. In a statement issued on Saturday, Cricket Australia (CA) said that it was neither feasible nor fair to begin the Test on December 4 as originally planned. “The first Test between Australia and India that was scheduled to start in Brisbane next Thursday has been postponed until an unspecified date to allow the cricket world time to grieve over the death of Phillip Hughes,” the statement said.

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SBI Associate PO Questions: 30 November 2014 Evening/Afternoon Shift

Friends.. Here are some questions from Evening shift SBI Associate PO Exam held today (30 Nov 2014). These Questions were shared by our friends Shalini Pawar and Ashu Singh based on their memory. If anybody remembers more questions kindly share with us in our mail id: currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. Thank you.

General Awareness Questions

1. UNHRC Full form? - United Nations Human Rights Council

2. mPassbook was recently launched by SBI for?- To view their transaction history on their smartphone

3. M-Pesa is related to which mobile company? -Vodafone

4. Minimum higher wage Ceiling for EPFO has been raised to? -15000

5. A device designed to read information encoded into a small plastic card is? -Badge Reader

6. Scheme which was launched recently in which a village to be adopted by MP and convert into model village? -Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna

Computer Questions

1. Full form of URL? -  Uniform Resource Locator

2. Which among the following is not a version of Microsoft OS? - Microsoft 2003

3. Which language is used to make websites? -HTML

4. The communication of data between sites in network is governed by? -Protocol

Descriptive Questions

1. Write a letter to bank manager asking for Loan.

2. Write a letter to the editor regarding increasing instances of cyber crimes in banking sector.

3. Write a letter to Insurance Company regarding policy lapse as you were unable to fill premium for 2 months.

4. Paragraph on Don't Judge a book by its cover.

5. Essay on Risks in Banking Sector and Risk Management.

6. Paragraph on Importance of self-discipline.

7. Essay on advantage of joint family.

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