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Saturday, December 13, 2014
Current Affairs MCQs for Exams: 13 December 2014
1) India thrashed Belgium 3-2 on 11
December 2014 to enter the semifinals of Hockey Champions Trophy. The Hockey
Champions Trophy 2014 is being held at which stadium in Odisha, India?
(A) Barabati Stadium
(B) Kalinga Stadium
(C) Sector 42 Stadium
(D) Anna Stadium
2) Mukesh Ambani led-Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) announced selling 49% stake in its iconic textile brand ‘Vimal’
to which Chinese textile company?
(A) Bosideng
(B) Metersbonwe
(C) Shandong Ruyi
(D) Youngor
3) Delhi High Court in an interim order on
11 December 2014 has restrained which Chinese mobile company from importing and
selling its mobile phones in India due to charges of patent infringement?
(A) Lenovo
(B) Huawei
(C) Xiaomi
(D) Ericsson
4) First 'World Diamond Conference' was
recently held at?
(A) Moscow
(B) New Delhi
(C) Tokyo
(D) Phnom Penh
5) YouTube on 11 December 2014 added an
option to watch videos even when users are offline through its mobile
application. YouTube is owned by?
(A) Google
(B) Microsoft
(C) IBM
(D) Yahoo
6) Ding Junhui on 11 December 2014 became
the first Asian player to take the world number one snooker ranking. He is from
which country?
(A) South Korea
(B) Japan
(C) Thailand
(D) China
7) Which player on 11 December 2014 became
the third cricket player in Test match history to score a century on his debut
as captain?
(A) Rohit Sharma
(B) David Warner
(C) Virat Kohli
(D) Steven Smith
8) Name the Hindi romantic-drama film which
completed its 1,000 week on 12 December 2014?
(A) Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
(B) Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
(C) Kal Hoo Na Ho
(D) Maine Pyar Kiya
9) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister on 11 December 2014 approved the creation
of the intra state transmission system in which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Bihar
(D) Tamil Nadu
10) Madan Mitra who was arrested for his
role in the Saradha scam by CBI on 12 December 2014 is the transport minister
of which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Haryana
(C) West Bengal
(D) Jharkhand
Answers
1) Ans. (B) Kalinga Stadium
2) Ans. (C) Shandong Ruyi
3) Ans. (C) Xiaomi
4) Ans. (B) New Delhi
5) Ans. (A) Google
6) Ans. (D) China
7) Ans. (C) Virat Kohli
8) Ans. (A) Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
9) Ans. (D) Tamil Nadu
10) Ans. (C) West Bengal
Daily Current Affairs 12 December 2014
1) CCEA
approved creation of intra state transmission system in Tamil Nadu: The
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister has
approved the creation of the intra state transmission system in Tamil Nadu. The
total cost of the project is Rs 1593 crore. The activities envisaged in the
Tamil Nadu project are establishment of 400 kV Grid Sub-Station at
Thannampatty, augmentation of various 230 kV Grid Sub-Stations and associated
transmission systems. The project is proposed to be completed within a period
of three years. The cost on creating transmission infrastructure is proposed to
be met through KfW loan (40%), NCEF grant (40% of the total project cost) and
the remaining 20% of the total project cost as state contribution.
2) Dilwale
Dulhania Le Jayenge completed its 1,000 week: Nineteen long years after it
was first screened, Hindi romantic-drama film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, or
DDLJ as it popularly referred to, continues to win hearts. On 12 December 2014,
the film completed its 1,000 week at the iconic Maratha Mandir cinema hall in
South Mumbai. The film has been running uninterrupted at this single-theatre
cinema hall at its usual playing time slot of 11:30 am for the last 19 years.
Like the first show, the screening on Friday also went house-full as the
faithful, mostly youngsters, flocked to the hall. The film, which went on to
win a National and several Filmfare awards, was first screened at Maratha
Mandir in October 1995, and is by far the longest running film in Indian
cinema.
3) West
Bengal transport minister Madan Mitra arrested in Saradha scam: West Bengal
transport minister Madan Mitra has been arrested for his role in the Saradha
scam. The minister was questioned by the CBI earlier on 12 Dec 2014 in
connection with the multi-crore scam. The Trinamool leader has been booked for
cheating, criminal conspiracy and misappropriation.
4) Pawan
Kalyan’s Janasena gets Election Commission’s approval: The Janasena Party
founded by popular Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan, who played a key role in campaign
of BJP-TDP combine, is now registered with the Election Commission, paving the
way for its foray into electoral politics. “The Election Commission of India
has given registration to the ‘Janasena Party’ as a political party Under
Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act,1951 with effect from
24.11.2014 vide Registration Number 56/118/2014/PPS-I dated 28.11.2014,” the
outfit said in a statement. Pawan Kalyan, younger brother of former Union
Minister and actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, is a top-ranking hero in the
Telugu film industry.
5) Prime
Minister Narendra Modi launched the book “Born Again on the Mountain“:
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi launched a book titled "Born Again on the
Mountain" authored by Arunima Sinha, first female amputee to climb Mount
Everest, in New Delhi on 12 December 2014. Arunima Sinha is the first female
amputee and first Indian woman amputee to climb Mount Everest. The book
describes her struggle to become mountaineer after starting her career as a
volleyball player. She was a national level volleyball player who was pushed
out of a running train by thieves on 11 April 2011 while resisting them. One of
her legs had to be amputated below the knee as a result. But this never
deterred her. Two years later, she retrained as a mountaineer and became the
first female amputee to scale Mount Everest on 21 May 2013.
6) Sikkim
CM Pawan Chamling completed 20 years in office: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan
Chamling, who is serving his fifth consecutive term, completed 20 years in
office on 12 December 2014. 64-year-old Chamling first assumed office on
December 12 in 1994 when his Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won the Assembly
elections. He won a fifth consecutive time in the state Assembly elections held
in May 2014. Chamling is currently the longest serving Chief Minister in the
country. He may break the 23-year-old record of Jyoti Basu, Chief Minister of
West Bengal from June 21, 1977 to November 6, 2000, if he completes his present
tenure in 2019.
7) 19th
International Film Festival of Kerala begins: Kerala’s own annual celebration
of cinema, the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), began at
Thiruvananthapuram on 12 December 2014. At the inaugural function, the Lifetime
Achievement Award was given to noted Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio.
Bellocchio told the audience that he was happy to come to Kerala from the land
of Fellini to understand the culture, tradition and enjoy the fascinating
beauty of the capital city of Kerala. IFFK jury chairman and Chinese director
Xie Fei said that Satyajit Ray, Raj Kapoor and Nargis had fascinated filmmakers
of his generation in China. ‘Dancing Arabs’ by Eran Riklis was the inaugural
film. The lead actor in the film Thoufeek was honoured at the inaugural
ceremony. The seven-day festival would screen 140 films from 38 countries.
Union Ministers and their Constituencies - PDF Download
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Friends.. In the recent Bank Exams it is
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being asked. Hence in this post we are bringing you the list of important Union
Cabinet Ministers, their Portfolios and their constituencies. You can download
this post as PDF from the print friendly button below. Hope this help you.
2) Shri Rajnath Singh -Minister of Home
Affairs -(Constituency : Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
3) Smt. Sushma Swarajy - Minister of
External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs - (Constituency: Vidisha , Madhya
Pradesh)
4) Shri Arun Jaitley - Minister of
Corporate Affairs, Finance -(Gujarat Rajya Sabha)
5) Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu- Minister of
Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs
- (Karnataka Rajya Sabha)
6) Shri Nitin Gadkari - Minister for Road
Transport and Highways, Shipping - (Constituency: Nagpur, Maharashtra)
7) Shri D V Sadananda Gowda - Law &
Justice - (Constituency: Bangalore North, Karnataka)
8) Sushri Uma Bharati - Minister for Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation - (Constituency: Jhansi,
Uttar Pradesh)
9) Dr. Najma A. Heptulla - Minister of
Minority Affairs - (Madhya Pradesh- Rajya Sabha)
10) Shri Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution - (Constituency: Hajipuri,
Bihar)
11) Shri Kalraj Mishra - Minister of Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises- (Constituency: Deoria, Uttar Pradesh)
12) Smt. Maneka Gandhi - Minister of Women
and Child Development - (Constituency: Pilibhit , Uttar Pradesh)
13) Shri Ananth Kumar - Minister of
Chemicals and Fertilizers- (Constituency : Bangalore South, Karnataka)
14) Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad - Minister of
Communications & Information Technology- (Constituency: Bihar - Rajya
Sabha)
15) Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati -
Minister of Civil Aviation - (Constituency: Vizianagaram , Andhra Pradesh)
16) Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Minister of
Food Processing Industries - (Constituency: Bathinda , Punjab)
17) Shri Anant Gangaram Geete - Minister of
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises - (Constituency: Raigad , Maharashtra)
18) Shri Jual Oram - Minister of Tribal
Affairs- (Constituency: Sundargarh, Odisha)
19) Shri Radha Mohan Singh - Minister of
Agriculture - (Constituency: Purvi Champaran , Bihar)
20) Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot - Minister of
Social Justice and Empowerment - (Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha)
21) Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani - Minister of
Human Resource Development - (Gujarat, Rajya Sabha)
22) Shri. Manohar Parrikar - Minister of
Defence - (Uttar Pradesh, Rajya Sabha)
23) Shri Suresh Prabhu - Minister of
Railways - (Haryana, Rajya Sabha)
24) Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda - Minister of
Health & Family Welfare - (Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha)
25) Shri Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of
Mines, Steel - (Constituency: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh)
13th December 2014 IBPS Clerk Exam GA & Computer Questions - Evening Shift
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(13 Dec 2014) Evening Shift IBPS Clerk Exam. This will be useful for those
having exams in coming days. If anybody remembers more questions kindly share
with us in our mail id: currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com.
Thank you.
General Awareness and
Computer Questions
1. Capital of Canada? - Ottawa
2. Currency of Indonesia? - Indonesian
rupiah
3. Who is the new Chief Justice of India? -
H L Dattu
4. RTGS full form? - Real Time Gross
Settlement
5. Nasik is situated on the bank of which
of the river? - Godavari River
6. Name the winners of noble prize for
Medicine 2014? - John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser & Edvard I. Moser
7. Swacch Bharat Mission logo was designed
by? - Anant Khasbardar
8. Fullform of FCCB? - Foreign Currency
Convertible Bond
9. The Book "Narrow road to Deep
North" which won the Man Booker Prize 2014 was written by? - Richard
Flanagan
10. What is the minimum validity of Kisan
Vikas Patra? - 2 years and 6 months
11. Name the players who were inducted in
Bradman Hall of fame recently?- Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh
12. Headquarters of UNIDO (United Nations
Industrial Development Organization)? - Vienna
13. Who was conferred Euromoney's 'Central
Bank Governor' of the year award recently? - Raghuram Rajan
14. Who won Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award
in Medical Sciences? - Anurag Aggarwal
15. Pankaj Advani is related to which
sports? - Billiards
16. National Dairy Development Board is
located at? -Anand in Gujrat
17. Unbreakable is the autobiography of?-
Marykom
18. FTZ full form? - Free Trade Zone
19. Pakistan tied up in millitary
operations with which country recently? - China
20. Name the first nuclear submarine
designed and built by India? - Arihant
21.
.docx is the extension of which file? - Word file
22. FCCB full form? - Foreign Currency
Convertible Bond
23. Nanga Parbat Mountains are located at?
- Pakistan
24. According to 2011 Census most of the
slums are in which city? - Mumbai
25. Capital requirement to set white label
ATM? - Rs.100 crore
26. Under Jan Dhan Yojana Account, life
insurance is covered by? - LIC
27. Child mortality rate is high in which
state? -Tamil Nadu
28. TRAI regulates which industry in India?
- Telecom
29. SEBI has recently barred real estate
firm DLF from accessing capital markets for how many years? - 3 years
30. Unwanted emails are called? - Spams
31. Largest among gb,kb,mb,byte? - GB
32. GUI full form? - Graphical user
interface
33. Undo short cut? - Cntrl + Z
34. ALU full form? - Arithmetic logic unitIBPS Clerk Exam Questions 13 December 2014 - Morning Shift
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(13 Dec 2014) Morning Shift IBPS Clerk Exam. This will be useful for those
having exams in coming days. If anybody remembers more questions kindly share
with us in our mail id: currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. Thank you.
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General Awareness and
Computer Questions
1. Capital of Saudi Arabia? - Riyadh
2. Currency of Brazil? - Brazilian Real
3. IPO full form? - Initial Public Offering
4. NPA full form? - Non-Performing Asset
5. BIOS full form? - Basic Input Output
System
6. Middle 3 digits of MICR code stand for?
- Bank code
7. Indian Air Force day is celebrated on? -
8 October
8. Gujarat govt. recently declared Vadodara
as? - State Cultural Capital
9. Richard Flangan who won Man Booker Prize
2014 belongs to which country? - Australia
10. ING Vysya Bank recently decided to
merge with which bank? - Kotak Mahindra Bank
11. Constituency of Union Minister Nidhin
Gadkari? - Nagpur, Maharashtra
12. Name the Union Minister for Science and
Technology? - Harsh Vardhan
13. Before Narendra Modi who gave speech in
Hindi at United Nations? - A. B. Vajpayee
14. NAV full form? -Net Asset Value
15. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
2014? - Patrick Modiano
16. Tinku Luka is related to which sports?
- Athletics
17. Headquarters of UNDP? - New York
18. 'Verse' e mail service was developed by
which company? - IBM
19. KYC is used as a tool against? - Money
Laundering
20. Women Kabaddi Team won which medal in
Asian Games recently? - Gold
21. Seema Poonia related to which sports? -
Discus Throw
22. Interest on Saving Account is given on?
- Daily basis
23. Which country topped medal tally in
Asian Games 2014? - China
24. Full form of GIGO? - Garbage In,
Garbage Out
25. MS DOS is? - Command Based OS
26. CASA account full form? - Current
Account, Savings Account
27. What was the theme of SAARC smmit 2014?
- 'Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity'
28. Which one is not a monetary tool? -
Base Rate
29. Short Cut key to go to the first line
of the page? - Ctrl + home
30. Which one of the following is an
operating System? - Windows 8
31. What is the maximum yearly deposit in
PPF accounts? - Rs.1.5 lakhs
Friday, December 12, 2014
Quiz Questions from Current Affairs: 12 December 2014
1) Who was named Time Magazine’s Person of
the Year for 2014 on 10 December 2014?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Ebola fighters
(C) Vladimir Putin
(D) Ferguson Protestors
2) United Nations Organisation (UNO) on 11
December 2014 declared which day as World Yoga Day?
(A) June 21
(B) May 21
(C) December 21
(D) July 21
3) Recently a controversy has arised due to
alleged religious conversion at which place, which rocked the proceedings of
Parliament as well?
(A) Aligarh
(B) Varanasi
(C) Agra
(D) Lucknow
4) Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala
Yousafzai from Pakistan on 10 December 2014 received the Nobel Peace Prize for
2014. At which city of Norway, Nobel Peace Prize is presented?
(A) Stavanger
(B) Bergen
(C) Oslo
(D) Trondheim
5) Government has recently decided to decriminalize
‘attempt to suicide’ by scrapping it from the Indian Penal Code. Under which
section of IPC does this comes?
(A) Section 350
(B) Section 315
(C) Section 314
(D) Section 309
6) Jammu and Kashmir recorded historic win
over which former champions in Ranji Trophy on 10 December 2014?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Karnataka
(C) Goa
(D) Tamil Nadu
7) Which former Australian captain has been
chosen as the new head coach of Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians on 10
December 2014?
(A) Mathew Hayden
(B) Adam Gilchrist
(C) Ricky Ponting
(D) Michael Beven
8) The trial run of the
Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka passenger bus service was flagged off on 10 December 2014.
Dhaka is the capital of?
(A) Paksitan
(B) Nepal
(C) Bhutan
(D) Bangladesh
9) Boxer Sarita Devi on 10 December 2014
finally received her Asian Games bronze medal which she had refused at the
victory ceremony. Where was the Asian Games 2014 held?
(A) Sochi, Russia
(B) New Delhi, India
(C) Incheon, South Korea
(D) Beijing, China
10) Name the Russian President who arrived
on a one day visit to India on 11 December 2014?
(A) Dmitry Medvedev
(B) Vladimir Putin
(C) Stephen Harper
(D) Tony Abbott
Answers
1) Ans. (B) Ebola fighters
2) Ans. (A) June 21
3) Ans. (C) Agra
4) Ans. (C) Oslo
5) Ans. (D) Section 309
6) Ans. (A) Mumbai
7) Ans. (C) Ricky Ponting
8) Ans. (D) Bangladesh
9) Ans. (C) Incheon, South Korea
10) Ans. (B) Vladimir Putin
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Computer Quiz for IBPS Clerk Exam 2014
1) Laser printer is a type of?
(A) Impact printing
(B) Non-impact printing
(C) Both of above
(D) None of above
2) What is full form of BMP?
(A) Byte map
(B) Bit map
(C) Byte map process
(D) Bit map process
3) Which among following is associated with
monitor?
(A) CRT
(B) ALU
(C) CU
(D) ARU
4) In terms of network what is meaning of
SAP?
(A) Smart Access Point
(B) Service Access Point
(C) Service At Point
(D) Service Access Permission
5) With which of the following all formulas
in excel starts?
(A) /
(B) *
(C) $
(D) =
6) Which is not a font style?
(A) Bold
(B) Superscript
(C) Italic
(D) Regular
7) What is full form of CSS?
(A) Creative Style Shots
(B) Creative Style Sheets
(C) Cascading Style Sheets
(D) Cascading Style Shots
8) Background color on a document is not
visible in?
(A) Web layout view
(B) Print Preview
(C) Reading View
(D) Print Layout view
9) Which of the following keyboard shortcut
can be used for creating a chart from the selected cells?
(A) F11
(B) F10
(C) F4
(D) F2
10) What is full form of PDF?
(A) Printed Document Format
(B) Public Document Format
(C) Portable Document Format
(D) Published Document Format
Answers
1) Ans. (B) Non-impact printing
2) Ans. (B) Bit map
3) Ans. (A) CRT
4) Ans. (B) Service Access Point
5) Ans. (D) =
6) Ans. (B) Superscript
7) Ans. (C) Cascading Style Sheets
8) Ans. (B) Print Preview
9) Ans. (A) F11
10) Ans. (C) Portable Document Format
Daily Current Affairs Updates: 11 December 2014
1) Russian
President Vladimir Putin arrived in India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin on his arrival in India, saying he
looks forward to a “productive visit that will take India-Russia ties to newer
heights.” As Putin arrived on a 24-hour visit for the annual bilateral summit,
Modi tweeted his welcome in Russian and then in English. He wrote on his
official twitter handle that he is “delighted” to welcome Putin to India.
2) India
thrash Belgium 3-2, to enter Champions Trophy semis: India stormed into the
semi-finals of the hockey Champions Trophy after thrashing Belgium 4-2 in the
quarter finals at the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar. The team will face
arch-rival Pakistan, which beat the Netherlands in the other quarter-final and
will be looking to take the revenge for the Asia Cup defeat.
3) Virat
Kohli scored fighting century against Aussies; becomes third debut captain in
test history to acheive milestone: Virat Kohli on 11 December 2014 became
the third cricket player in Test match history to score a century on his debut
as captain. Kohli notched up his seventh century in his 30th Test. Kohli's
impressive 184-ball innings of 115 on day three propelled the tourists to 369
for five at stumps after Australia declared on 517 for seven before the start
of play. There was a heart-in-mouth moment when he first arrived at the crease
though, with Mitchell Johnson's short-pitched delivery hitting him full-on in
the helmet.
4) Ding
first Asian to clinch world number one spot: China's Ding Junhui on 11
December 2014 became the first Asian player to take the world number one
snooker ranking after a record-setting season which saw him claim five major
titles. The 27-year-old from Yixing is only the 11th man to be world number one
after Ray Reardon, Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins,
Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby and Judd Trump.
5) YouTube
gives Indian users option to watch video offline: YouTube on 11 December
2014 said it was giving Indian users the option to watch videos even when they
are offline through its mobile application, as the video service owned by
Google looks to boost its usage in the country. The new offline feature for the
You-Tube app lets people take videos offline, using WiFi or their data plans.
Once taken offline, the videos can be viewed without an Internet connection for
up to 48 hours.
6) Delhi
High Court ordered Xiaomi to suspend smartphone sales in India: The Delhi
High Court in an interim order has restrained Xiaomi as well as e-commerce firm
Flipkart from selling in India handsets of the Chinese mobile maker that run on
the technology patented by Ericsson. The court has also restrained Xiaomi or
its agents from making, assembling, importing or offering for sale its devices
which are infringing the mobile phone technology patented by Ericsson. The two
firms have been order to stop selling infringing devices until February 5, when
the court is due to hear the case. Xiaomi entered India in July this year and
has been a huge hit among customers in a market that has at least 80 different
phone makers including Samsung and a bunch of domestic firms.
7) Modi
and Putin inaugurated 'World Diamond Conference' at Vigyan Bhawan: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly inaugurated
'World Diamond Conference' at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The conference is a
joint effort of the World Diamond Mark Foundation (WDMF), the Gem &
Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and supported by the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry of India.
8) Aadhar-enabled
biometric attendance soon: The Centre has decided to introduce
Aadhar-enabled biometric attendance system in its offices across the country.
The system will be installed at all the offices in Delhi by December 31. At
other places it may be installed by the Republic Day, January 26, next year.
The manual system of attendance would be phased out accordingly. “The equipment
will be procured by the Ministries/departments as per specifications of the
Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) on the
Directorate-General of Supplies and Disposals rate contract from authorised
vendors,” said an official release.



















