Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 24 January 2015

1) Name the Special deposit scheme for girl children launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 January 2015?

(A) Sukanya Samriddhi Account

(B) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Account

(C) Ujjwala Account

(D) Rajya Mahila Samman Account

2) Which session of Parliament is set to begin on February 23, 2015?

(A) Winter Session

(B) Budget Session

(C) Monsoon Session

(D) Summer Session

3) Who among the following joined as full time member of NITI Aayog on 21 January 2015?

(A) Bibek Debroy

(B) Arvind Panagariya

(C) Sindhushree Khullar

(D) Aravind Subramanian

4) Which Union Ministry on 21 January 2015 launched the National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) that seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country?

(A) Union Ministry of Tourism

(B) Union Ministry of Culture

(C) Union Ministry of Home Affairs

(D) Union Ministry of Urban Development

5) South Korean steel major Posco and state-run SAIL recently decided to jointly set up a 3-million-tonne integrated plant in which state, with an estimated investment of about Rs 18,000 crore?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Bihar

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Andhra Pradesh

6) __th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival began on 21 January 2015?

(A) 6th

(B) 8th

(C) 12th

(D) 7th

7) Which company topped global vehicle sales in 2014 as per report released recently?

(A) Toyota Motor

(B) General Motors

(C) Volkswagen

(D) Maruti Suzuki

8) Who among the following is the chairman of the committee that has submitted its report on restructuring of Food Corporation of India, recently?

(A) TSR Subramanian

(B) Bimal Jalan

(C) Ashok Kumar Mathur

(D) Shanta Kumar 

9) Jhumpa Lahiri's which book won 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature on 22 January 2015?

(A) The Namesake

(B) Interpreter of Maladies

(C) The Lowland

(D) The White Tiger

10) PM Modi launched 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign on 22 January 2015 at which place?

(A) Idukki, Kerala

(B) Gandhinagar, Gujarat

(C) Panipat, Haryana

(D) Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Sukanya Samriddhi Account

2) Ans. (B) Budget Session

3) Ans. (A) Bibek Debroy

4) Ans. (D) Union Ministry of Urban Development

5) Ans. (C) Jharkhand

6) Ans. (B) 8th

7) Ans. (A) Toyota Motor

8) Ans. (D) Shanta Kumar

9) Ans. (C) The Lowland

10) Ans. (C) Panipat, Haryana

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Important Current Affairs Updates: 23 January 2015

1) Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz died: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died on 23 January 2015 and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world's top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state television. King Salman has named his half-brother Muqrin as his crown prince and heir. Abdullah, thought to have been born in 1923, had ruled Saudi Arabia as king since 2006. 

2) Nation remembered Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary: 23 January is the birth anniversary of veteran freedom fighter and the great son of India. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, who lived for the country and ultimately laid his life in the struggle to free India from the Colonial rule. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, on his birth anniversary.  He founded Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) to overthrow British Empire from India and came to acquire legendary status among Indian masses. Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897 at Oriya bazaar of Cuttack district Orissa. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is remembered for his Salutation and slogan of 'Jai Hind'. The famous words of Subash Chandra Bose "Give me blood, I will give you freedom" encouraged the freedom fighters.

3) Telugu comedian M.S. Narayana passed away: Actor and comedian M.S. Narayana, a veteran with over 750 films to his credit, passed away at on 23 January 2015. He was 63. He is survived by daughter Sasikiran and son Vikram. Born in Nidamarru village near Bhimavaram in West Godavari District on April 16, 1951, Mylavarapu Surya Narayana dabbled in theatre initially while working as a lecturer and entered the film industry as a writer before being introduced as an actor.

4) RBI directed banks to display loan rates on their websites: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 23 January 2015 has asked commercial banks to display loan interest rates on their websites, a move aimed at enhancing transparency for borrowers. The RBI has also insisted that banks should also mention on websites the total fees and charges applicable on various types of loans to individual borrowers. This should facilitate borrowers taking informed decision to buy bank loans.

5) IIT Bombay developed ‘world’s cheapest’ netbook: IIT Bombay has developed a 10-inch netbook, which it claims could be the world's cheapest, at around Rs 6,000. The netbook, conceived during the institute's work with the low-cost Akash tablet, will be unveiled in the second week of February.

6) Lee Wan Koo named new South Korean Prime Minister: South Korean President Park Geun-hye has nominated ruling party lawmaker Lee Wan Koo to replace Prime Minister Chung Hong-won nearly 10 months after Chung offered to resign over a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people in April last year.

7) Thailand impeached former PM Yingluck Shinawatra: Thailand’s military-appointed legislature has voted to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. She was impeached for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars. More than three-fifths i.e. 190 legislatures voted against Yingluck in the legislature of 220 members. It should be noted that, for this impeachment more than three-fifths votes of the legislatures was required.

8) Indian named on panel to review UN Peace-Building architecture: An eminent Indian academician is among seven experts nominated by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to be part of an advisory group that will conduct a policy and institutional review of the world body's peace- building architecture and make recommendations. Saraswathi Menon, former Director of the Policy Division in UN Women, will be among the members of the Advisory Group to review peace building architecture.

9) Roger Federer beaten at Australian Open by Andreas Seppi: Four-time champion Roger Federer is out of the Australian Open after being beaten in the third round by unheralded Italian Andreas Seppi. The 33-year-old Swiss second seed went down 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) to Seppi, who is ranked 46 in the world. Seppi, 30, had never beaten the 17-time Grand Slam champion in 10 previous meetings and his win ends a 23-match losing streak against top 10 opponents.

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Today's (24 Jan 2015) SBI Associate Clerk Exam Questions (Evening Shift)

Friends.. Here are the GA and Computer questions asked in today's (24 Jan 2015) evening shift exam. This will be useful for those having exam in coming days. If anybody would like to share more questions, kindly mail us at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. We will publish them here.

Below Questions were shared by: Dilip Charan, Karthik Dev and Vishnu Mohan 

1) Bihu is the dance form of which state? - Assam

2) Which bank recently launched its own Composite Index recently? - SBI

3) 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held at? - Gold Coast, Australia

4) Currency of Afghanistan? - Afghan Afghani

5) Name the Union External Affairs Minister? - Sushma Swaraj

6) National Youth Day? - January 12

7) Which is the debit card given under PMJDY Accounts? - Rupay Card

8) Mudgal Committee is related with? - IPL spot-fixing case

9) Name the new CBI director? - Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha

10) Headquarters of International Court of Justice? - The Hague, Netherlands

11) Anaemia is caused by deficiency of which vitamin? - Vitamin B12

12) G20 summit in 2016 will be held at? - China

13) Who was given Lifetime Achievement Award at DIFF recently? - Asha Bhosle

14) Capital of Australia? - Canberra

15) Minimum capital to set up Small and Payment banks? - Rs.100 crore

16) Recently People from 11 countries took part in First Buddha Heritage walk in which state? - Bihar

17) Which newspaper was recently attacked by Terrorists in France? - Charlie Hebdo

18) Which Indian state has highest mortality rate among Infants? - Odisha

19) RBI recently extended the deadline to exchange pre-2005 currency notes to? - June 30, 2015

20) Name the Chief Economic Advisor? - Aravind Subramanian

21) Mount Carmel is in which country? - Israel

22) Venue of APEC summit 2014? - Beijing

23) Switzerland beat which country to lift Davis cup 2014? - France

24) Prize given to Raghuram Rajan recently? - Governor of the Year in Central Banks awards

25) Who recently hit the fastest century in ODI cricket? - AB de Villers

26) Magnus Carlsen is related with which sport? - Chess

27) LED full form? - Light Emitting Diode

28) Who recently won Vikram Sarabai Memorial Award 2015? - MYS Prasad

29) Which among the following is not a Financial Development Institution? - Axis Bank

30) Majority of stake in SBI is held by? - Union Government

31) SunEdison and Adani group recently decided to build dollar 4 bn solar facility in which state? - Gujarat

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GK Questions 24 January 2015 SBI Associate Clerk Exam (Morning Shift)

Friends.. Finally wait is over. SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015 started today (24 Jan 2015). In this post we are sharing with you the GA and Computer questions asked in today's morning shift exam. This will be useful for those having exam in coming days. If anybody would like to share more questions, kindly mail us at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. We will publish them here.

Questions were shared by: Navami Navya, Sriram, Kavya Ramesh, Vivek Kumar 

1) Currency of Greece? - Euro

2) Name the vice chairman of NITI Ayog? - Arvind Panagariya

3) Capital of Argentina? - Buenos Aires

4) Who among the following is the Minister of State for Finance? - Jayant Sinha

5) Indian dance form 'Bharata Natyam' originated from which state? - Tamil Nadu

6) Name the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan? - Durand Line

7) Roger Federer is related to which sport? - Tennis

8) UNESCO Headquarters? - Paris, France

9) Venue of 2016 Summer Olympics? - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10) Currency of Bangladesh? - Bangladeshi Taka

11) Range of Agni-IV surface-to-surface missile? - 4,000 km

12) National Voters' Day is celebrated on? - January 25

13) SAARC summit 2014 was held at? - Kathmandu, Nepal

14) Who was awarded Japan's top national award 'The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers' recently? - Manmohan Singh

15) Cyclone Hudhud devastated which Indian city in October 2014? - Visakhapatnam

16) Autography of Sachin Tendulkar releases recently? - Playing it my way

17) Foundation Day of BSF? - December 1

18) Author of the book 'The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years'? - Pranab Mukherjee

19) Expansion of BSBDA Account? - Basic Savings Bank Account

20) RBI regulates which among the following? - Banking Sector

21) Who won Golden peacock award at IFFI 2014? - Leviathan, Russian Film

22) Which state has highest Urban population according to census 2011? - Maharashtra

23) Rosetta Aircraft launched by? - European Space Agency

24)  Which country launched Dongfeng-31B missile recently? - China

25) Name the Union Minister for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation? - Uma Bharti

26) IMF headquarters? -Washington D.C. 

27) Who was recently appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh recently? - S K Sinha

28) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas awards were recently awarded by whom?- Hamid Ansari

29) Deficiency of which Vitamin causes Rickets? - Vitamin D

30) Which country won Davis Cup 2014? - Switzerland

31) Instrument for investment? - Infrastructure bond

32) Microsoft and which mobile company has recently joined hands to introduce operator billing on the Windows Phone Store? - Idea

33) Telangana is the ___th state of India? - 29th

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 22 January 2015

1) BSE Sensex hits record high, crossed 29000 mark:  The BSE Sensex scaled the historical 29,000 peak for the first time on 22 January. Barring oil & gas, infrastructure and consumer durables, all other BSE sectoral indices ended in the green. Among them, healthcare index gained the most by 1.69 per cent, followed by capital goods 1.12 per cent and auto 0.72 per cent. On the other hand, consumer durables index was down 0.96 per cent, oil & gas 0.77 per cent and infrastructure 0.27 per cent.

2) Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Lowland' won 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature: The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 was awarded to Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival on Thursday evening. The prize shortlist included Kamila Shamsie's A God for Every Stone (Bloomsbury), Romesh Gunesekera's Noontide Toll (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin), Bilal Tanweer's The Scatter Here is Too Great (Vintage Books/Random House) and Shamsur Rahman Faruqi's The Mirror of Beauty (Penguin Books). DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is awarded annually to writers of any ethnicity or nationality writing about South Asia such as culture, politics, history, or people. It was instituted in 2011. 

3) PM Modi launched 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign: Exhorting people not to regress to 18th century mindset PM Narendra Modi made an emotional pitch to end discrimination against the girl child on 22 January 2015. Modi launched twin programmes of "Beti bachao, beti padhao"(Save the Daughter, Teach the Daughter)  and "Sukanya Samriddhi account" in a bid to encourage birth and education of girls and tackle the abysmally low child sex ratio of 918 girls for 1000 boys. PM launched the two schemes from Panipat in Haryana that has among the lowest child sex ratio in the country (837 girls to 1000 boys). He also launched Sukanya Samridhi Yojna (girl child prosperity scheme), under which girl children below 10 years will have accounts with more interest and income tax benefits.

4) Vodafone named Sunil Sood as India CEO: UK's telecom giant Vodafone on 22 January 2015 appointed the first Indian CEO, Sunil Sood, for its India operations to replace Martin Pieters who has been its chief executive since 2009. Pieters, the longest serving chief executive officer of a telecom firm in the country, will step down from April 1 and will be succeeded by Sood, presently COO of the company.

5) Supreme Court barred N Srinivasan from contesting BCCI elections: The Supreme Court on 22 January 2015 barred former BCCI chief N Srinivasan from contesting BCCI elections citing a conflict of interest. While the apex court gave him a clean chit on charges of covering up a betting scandal that has plagued the Indian Premier League (IPL), it asked him to choose between the BCCI President's post and owing the Chennai Super Kings team in the IPL. The court has directed the BCCI to conduct elections within 6 weeks of the order.

6) High Level Committee for Restructuring of FCI submitted report to PM: The High Level Committee for Restructuring of Food Corporation of India, on 22 January 2015 submitted its report to the Prime Minister. The Committee was chaired by Shri Shanta Kumar. The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, was present on the occasion. The Committee was required to examine the present day administrative, functional and financial structure of FCI and modus operandi of its various operations, and suggest a model for restructuring FCI to improve its operational efficiency and financial management, and suggest measures for overall improvement in management of foodgrains by FCI.

7) Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki sworn-in as 34th Governor of Punjab: Haryana governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solani was on 22 January 2015 took over the additional charge of Governor of Punjab. Solanki was given the additional charge after the tenure of Shivraj V Patil as Punjab governor come to an end.

8) PM Narendra Modi, Barack Obama to jointly address nation over radio broadcast 'Mann ki Baat': The monthly 'Mann ki Baat' radio broadcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi this time will be special as he will be joined by US President Barack Obama. The programme will be aired on January 27, the Prime Minister revealed himself on 22 January 2015 through a series of tweets and asked for questions from the public.

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SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015 GK Questions

Friends. Here is Part-6 of the expected questions series for SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015. 

1) Currency Bhutan? - Bhutanese Ngultrum

2) Which country has occupied first place in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) released recently? - Switzerland

3) In FEMA, 'M' stands for? - Management (FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act)

4) Rolene Strauss, who won the Miss World 2014 is from which country? - South Africa

5) Shortcut for undo? - Cntrl+Z

6) What is extension of Microsoft Word Document? - .doc

7) Which country won the Hockey Champions Trophy 2014? - Germany

8) ISDN full form? - Integrated Services Digital Network

9) Name the Indian-origin who has been appointed as chairman of Santander UK, becoming the first woman to head a major British bank recently? - Shriti Vadera

10) Kotak Mahindra bank recently acquired which bank? - ING Vysya Bank

11) What is extension of Temporary File? - .tmp

12) Jitu Rai is related with which sport? - Shooting

13) On an excel sheet the active cell in indicated by? - A dark wide border

14) Capital of Australia? - Canberra

15) PoS stands for? - Point of Sale

16) Who among the following will be the chairman of the newly formed NITI Aayog? - Prime Minister

17) Which country has recently launched successfully launched a new meteorological satellite called Fengyun-II 08? - China

18) What term describes explanatory text attached to a cell? - Comment

19) Currency of Argentina? - Argentine peso

20) World Health Organization Headquarters? - Geneva, Switzerland

21) IFSC full form? - Indian Financial System Code

22) Which player recently becomes only the second player in the history of Test Match cricket to score twin centuries on captaincy debut? - Virat Kohli

23) Which country recently becomes the 19th member of euro currency zone? - Lithuania

24) Vasant Gowrikar, who passed away recently, was a famous personality in which field? - Space Science

25) Who won C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement 2014? - Dilip Vengsarkar

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Previous Year Questions IB ACIO Grade II Exam -PDF Download

Friends.. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is going to conduct the Intelligence Bureau ACIO (Assistant Central Intelligence Officers) Grade-II/Executive Examination on 22 February 2015. Call letters for this exam will be published by MHA soon. In this post we are bringing you the Question Paper of the IB ACIO Grade-II Exam held on 15.09.2013. This question paper will serve as a model for the upcoming exam. You can download the Question Paper as PDF from the below link. All the Best.

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Daily GK Updates: 23 January 2015

1) Who was the first women Chief Information Commissioner of India? - Deepak Sandhu

2) Who is the author of the book 'Weapons of Peace: The Secret Story of India's Quest to be a Nuclear Power'? - Raj Chengappa

3) The year in which the film Raja Harichandra was made? -  1913

4) Who coined the term 'Sensex' to name the Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) bench mark stock index? - Deepak Mohoni

5) Name the first Defence Minister of Independent India? - Baldev Singh 

6) Who translated Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' to English from Gujarathi? - Mahadev Desai

7) Name the only women to hold the post of Finance Minister of India? - Indira Gandhi

8) Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary is located at? - Assam

9) Which is the largest Lok Sabha constituency in India in terms of area? - Ladakh

10) Which state is the largest producer of silk in India? - Karnataka

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 22 January 2015

1) Which bank on 19 January 2015 announced the launch of banking services on Twitter, the first of its kind service, in India?

(A) HDFC Bank

(B) ICICI Bank

(C) SBI

(D) Punjab National Bank

2) Reserve Bank of India, on 19 January 2015, asked banks to notify the Base Rate, or the minimum lending rate, at least once in every ___ months based on the cost of funds?

(A) three

(B) two

(C) four

(D) five 

3) Who will be BJP's Chief Minister candidate in Delhi assembley elections as announced by BJP president Amit Shah on 19 January 2015?

(A) Prashanth Bhusan

(B) Harsh Vardhan

(C) Hema Malini

(D) Kiran Bedi

4) Who among the following recently broke the record of fastest half century in ODI cricket held by Sanath Jayasurya(17 balls), by smashing fifty in just 16 balls?

(A) Rohit Sharma

(B) Glenn Maxwell

(C) AB de Villiers

(D) Chris Gayle

5) Periyar Tiger Reserve which recently bagged the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award is in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) TamilNadu

(C) Karnataka

(D) Madhya Pradesh

6) Which Microblogging site on 20 January 2015 has acquired Indian startup ZipDial, a mobile value added services company based out of Bangalore?

(A) Instagram

(B) Tumblr

(C) Twitter

(D) Wordpress

7) Which scheme launched by Narendra Modi government found a place in Guinness Book of World Records on 20 January 2015?

(A) Sansad Adarsh Grama Yojana

(B) PM Jan Dhan Yojana

(C) Make in India

(D) Digital India

8) Which company recently overtook Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to become the country’s most profitable private company for the quarter ended December 2014?

(A) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

(B) Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)

(C) State Bank of India (SBI)

(D) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

9) Which state in India has the largest number of tigers as per Country Wide Tiger Assessment Report (CWTAR) for 2014 released recently?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Karnataka

(C) Kerala

(D) Madhya Pradesh

10) World Toilet Summit was recently held in which Indian city?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Pune

(C) Bengaluru

(D) Hyderabad

Answers

1) Ans. (B) ICICI Bank

2) Ans. (A) three

3) Ans. (D) Kiran Bedi

4) Ans. (C) AB de Villiers

5) Ans. (A) Kerala

6) Ans. (C) Twitter

7) Ans. (B) PM Jan Dhan Yojana

8) Ans. (D) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

9) Ans. (B) Karnataka

10) Ans. (A) New Delhi

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GA Questions for SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015

Friends.. Here is the Part-5 of expected questions for upcoming SBI Associate Clerk Exam 2015. 

1) The book 'Vish Vriksha' was written by? - Bankimchandra Chatterjee

2) Name the Union Minister of Mines & Steel? - Narendra Singh Tomar

3) Who won the Chennai Open Tennis championship 2015? - Stan Wawrinka

4) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently inaugurated a canal-top 10-MW solar power project in which state? - Gujarat

5) Army War College is located at? - Mhow, Madhya Pradesh

6) Symbol used to start a formula in Excel sheet? - =

7) Capital of Chile? - Santiago

8) Which team won the Federation Cup football tournament 2014-15 recently? - Bengaluru FC

9) CD full form? - Compact Disc

10) Currency of Spain? - Euro

11) A keyboard is this kind of device? - Input

12) What is full form of CSS? - Cascading Style Sheets

13) First "Buddha Heritage Walk" was recently held in which state? - Bihar

14) Author of the book "One Life Is Not Enough An Autobiography"? - Natwar Singh

15) Who is known as 'modern man of india'? - Raja Ram Mohan Roy

16) Which is India's largest company in terms of revenue? - Indian Oil Corporation

17) Who won the prestigious Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award for 2015? - M.Y.S. Prasad

18) Which country recently registered record successful T20 chase? - West Indies

19) What is full form of PDF? - Portable Document Format

20) What is full form of CRT? - Cathode Ray Tube

21) Name the smallest high court in India? - Sikkim

22) Mahabaleshwar is a famous hill station in which state? - Maharashtra

23) Headquarters of Bank for International Settlements (BIS)? - Basel, Switzerland

24) Which district has become India's first district to be linked to the National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN) recently? - Idukki, Kerala

25) Raghuram Rajan was recently honoured with Governor of the Year award for 2014 by? - British Global magazine Central Banking

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