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Sunday, February 15, 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 schedule & time table (Indian Time) : PDF Download

Download as PDF: Link 1 & Link 2
Date Match No. Match Between Venue Indian Time
14 Feb 2015 Match 1 New Zealand   vs  Sri Lanka Hagley Oval, Christchurch 3.30AM
14 Feb 2015 Match 2 Australia   vs  England
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne 9:00AM
15 Feb 2015 Match 3 South Africa   vs  Zimbabwe Seddon Park, Hamilton 06:30AM
15 Feb 2015 Match 4 India   vs  Pakistan Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 9:00AM
16 Feb 2015 Match 5 Ireland   vs  West Indies Saxton Oval, Nelson 3.30AM
17 Feb 2015 Match 6 New Zealand   vs  Scotland University Oval, Dunedin 3.30AM
18 Feb 2015 Match 7 Bangladesh   vs  Afghanistan Manuka Oval, Canberra 9:00AM
19 Feb 2015 Match 8 Zimbabwe   vs  UAE Saxton Oval, Nelson 3.30AM
20 Feb 2015 Match 9 New Zealand   vs  England Westpac Stadium, Wellington 06:30AM
21 Feb 2015 Match 10 Pakistan   vs  West Indies Hagley Oval, Christchurch 3.30AM
21 Feb 2015 Match 11 Australia   vs  Bangladesh Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane 9:00AM
22 Feb 2015 Match 12 Sri Lanka   vs  Afghanistan University Oval, Dunedin 3.30AM
22 Feb 2015 Match 13 India   vs  South Africa Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne 9:00AM
23 Feb 2015 Match 14 England   vs  Scotland Hagley Oval, Christchurch 3.30AM
24 Feb 2015 Match 15 West Indies   vs  Zimbabwe Manuka Oval, Canberra 9:00AM
25 Feb 2015 Match 16 Ireland   vs  UAE Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane 9:00AM
26 Feb 2015 Match 17 Afghanistan   vs  Scotland University Oval, Dunedin 3.30AM
26 Feb 2015 Match 18 Bangladesh   vs  Sri Lanka Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne 9:00AM
27 Feb 2015 Match 19 South Africa   vs  West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney 9:00AM
28 Feb 2015 Match 20 New Zealand   vs  Australia Eden Park, Auckland 06:30AM
28 Feb 2015 Match 21 India   vs  UAE W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 12:00 Noon
1 Mar 2015 Match 22 England   vs  Sri Lanka Westpac Stadium, Wellington 3.30AM
1 Mar 2015 Match 23 Pakistan   vs  Zimbabwe Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane 9:00AM
3 Mar 2015 Match 24 Ireland   vs  South Africa Manuka Oval, Canberra 9:00AM
4 Mar 2015 Match 25 Pakistan   vs  UAE McLean Park, Napier 06:30AM
4 Mar 2015 Match 26 Australia   vs  Afghanistan W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 12:00 Noon
5 Mar 2015 Match 27 Bangladesh   vs  Scotland Saxton Oval, Nelsond 3.30AM
6 Mar 2015 Match 28 India   vs  West Indies W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 12:00 Noon
7 Mar 2015 Match 29 Pakistan   vs  South Africa Eden Park, Auckland 06:30AM
7 Mar 2015 Match 30 Ireland   vs  Zimbabwe Bellerive Oval, Hobart 9:00AM
8 Mar 2015 Match 31 New Zealand   vs  Afghanistan McLean Park, Napier 3.30AM
8 Mar 2015 Match 32 Australia   vs  Sri Lanka Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney 9:00AM
9 Mar 2015 Match 33 England   vs  Bangladesh Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 9:00AM
10 Mar 2015 Match 34 India   vs  Ireland Seddon Park, Hamilton 06:30AM
11 Mar 2015 Match 35 Sri Lanka   vs  Scotland Bellerive Oval, Hobart 9:00AM
12 Mar 2015 Match 36 South Africa   vs UAE Westpac Stadium, Wellington 06:30AM
13 Mar 2015 Match 37 New Zealand   vs  Bangladesh Seddon Park, Hamilton 06:30AM
13 Mar 2015 Match 38 England   vs  Afghanistan Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney 9:00AM
14 Mar 2015 Match 39 India   vs  Zimbabwe Eden Park, Auckland 06:30AM
14 Mar 2015 Match 40 Australia   vs  Scotland Bellerive Oval, Hobart 9:00AM
15 Mar 2015 Match 41 West Indies   vs  UAE McLean Park, Napier 3.30AM
15 Mar 2015 Match 42 Ireland   vs  Pakistan Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 9:00AM

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Food Corporation of India (FCI) Recruitment 2015

Food Corporation of India (FCI), one of the largest Public Sector Undertakings, dealing with food grain supply chain management, has invited application for the Post of Junior Engineer (JE) (Civil Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering), Assistant Grade-II (Hindi), Typist (Hindi) and Assistant Grade-III (General / Accounts / Technical / Depot) for manning posts in its Depots and Offices spread all over the Country. Details are as follows:

Important Dates
Online Application starting: 16.02.2015 from 10:00 Hrs
Last Date for Online Application: 17.03.2015 till 24:00 Hrs (IST)
Availability of Admit Cards on website: 15 days prior to announced date of examination
Date of Written Test: Will be announced separately

Vacancy Details:
North Zone:
Junior Engineers : 34 posts
Typists : 34 posts
Assistants Grade : 1634 posts
Junior Engineers : 13 posts

South Zone:
Junior Engineers : 13 posts
Typists : 23 posts
Assistant Grades : 1158 posts

East Zone:
Junior Engineers : 08 posts
Typists : 23 posts
Assistant Grades : 442 posts

West Zone:
Junior Engineers : 11 posts
Typists : 08 posts
Assistant Grades : 760 posts

North East Zone:
Junior Engineers : 22 posts
Typists : 12 posts
Assistants Grade : 136 posts

Educational Qualification: For each post qualification is different. Please see notification.

Application Fee
--Rs. 350/- (Excluding bank charges but including service tax of Rs. 39/-).
For more details please see below link.

Download Official Notification: Click Here
Apply Online: Click Here

NABARD Officers Grade A& B Exam 2015 Call Letter


Friends.. NABARD has activated the link to download Preliminary Online Exam Call Letter. You need to enter Registration No and Date Of Birth or Password for entering the Admit Card. All the Best.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 12 February 2015

1) Union Government constituted SIT to reinvestigate 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases:
--> Union government on 12 February 2015 constituted a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to re-open and re-investigate serious criminal cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots, accepting a recommendation made by the Justice (retd) G P Mathur panel set up in December 2014 to examine the possibility.
--> The SIT will be headed by Pramod Asthana, a 1986 batch IPS officer of the Manipur-Tripura cadre who is currently serving in the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D).
--> It will comprise retired district & sessions judge Rakesh Kapoor and additional DCP in Delhi police Kumar Gyanesh as its members.
--> The team has been given a term of six months to complete the reprobe and file chargesheets against the accused in the proper courts where after investigation, sufficient evidence is found available.

2) Indian-origin scientist won $500,000 research award:
--> An Indian-origin scientist has received a $500,000 award to develop ultrathin metal sheets that can help produce better rechargeable batteries.
--> The prestigious $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award was won by Gurpreet Singh, assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Kansas State University.
--> The award will help with more than research — Mr. Singh will also organise educational activities. He is planning nanotechnology-oriented summer workshops for high school science teachers and female high school students. 

3) McCullum named NZ sportsman of the year:
--> New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum was named the country's Sportsman of the Year award on 11 February 2015.
--> The 33-year-old McCullum won the Sportsman of the Year and was a finalist for the supreme prize, the Halberg Award, but was beaten by Olympic and world rowing champions Hamish Bond and Eric Murray, who had also won the Sports Team of the Year.
--> McCullum was the first cricketer to win New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year award since former captain Martin Crowe in 1991.
--> He was recognised for a superb 2014 when he became the first New Zealand player to score more than 1,000 test runs in a calendar year and also notched the country's first test triple century.

4) Mads Nissen won World Press Photo of the year 2014:
--> Danish photographer Mads Nissen wins World Press Photo of the year 2014 for his image depicting gay couple during an intimate moment in St Petersburg, Russia.
--> The annual prize, into its 58th edition, carries a cash prize of 10,000 euros.
--> The photo also won first prize in the Contemporary Issues category.

5) Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs is new heir of Mysuru Royal Family:
--> The Mysuru royal family has a new heir in Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs to continue the Dasara traditions of the Wadiyar dynasty and carry forward the protracted legal battle over the acquisition of palace with the State Government.
--> He is the grandson of Princess Gayatri Devi (the eldest daughter of the last Maharaja Jayachamarendra Wadiyar and the eldest sister of late Srikantadutta Narasimharaja Wadiyar) and son of Tripurasundari Devi and Swarup Gopal Raj Urs.

6) Microsoft acquired popular calendar apps maker 'Sunrise':
--> Microsoft announced Feb. 11 that it has acquired Sunrise Atelier, the New York City-based maker of the popular and well-regarded Sunrise calendar app for iOS and Android.
--> The deal's financial terms were not disclosed, but earlier reports peg the transaction's value at around $100 million.

7) Apple became first company worth over $700 billion in market value:
--> Apple recently became the first company to reach a market value of $700 billion as shares vaulted amid upbeat news on the US tech giant's gains in the smartphone market and soon-to-arrive smartwatch.
--> Shares rose 1.9 per cent to close at $122.02, lifting Apple's market value to $710 billion, and making it the first company to hit the $700 billion milestone.

8) 11th Edition of Cricket World Cup opened:
--> The 11th Edition of Cricket World Cup officially known as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, opened on 12 February 2015 with a vibrant opening ceremony at Christchurch, New Zealand.

--> Thousands of fans filled the leafy Hagley Park to witness the launch of the first World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in 23 years.

Friday, February 13, 2015

Current Affairs Quiz: 13 February 2015

1) Name the mascot of the National Games 2015 which entered Limca Book of Records recently?
(A) Chhaua
(B) Ammu
(C) Pappu
(D) None of these

2) Which bank has recently launched ‘Pocket’, India’s first digital bank on mobile phones?
(A) HDFC Bank
(B) Axis Bank
(C) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(D) ICICI Bank

3) Arvind Kejriwal has recently won the Delhi Assembly Elections from which constituency?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Chandni Chowk
(C) Krishna Nagar
(D) Rohini

4) AAP's assembly election victory in Delhi on 10 February 2015 is the second biggest sweep in an Assembly Election by a single party. Only once in 1989, a party had won all the 32 seats in the assembly of which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Assam
(C) Sikkim
(D) Himachal Pradesh

5) World’s biggest solar telescope being built in Maui, Hawaii is expected to be opened in which year?
(A) 2019
(B) 2018
(C) 2017
(D) 2016

6) First National Deworming Day was recently observed on?
(A) February 4
(B) February 9
(C) February 10
(D) February 11

7) BigTree Entertainment, which owns online entertainment ticketing portal _____, recently bought a majority stake in Bengaluru-based Eventifier?
(A) Ticketplease
(B) Ticketnew
(C) Movietickets
(D) BookMyShow

8) Which Indian has recently won the newly instituted Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize?
(A) Sanjaya Rajaram
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Ratan Tata
(D) APJ Abdul Kalam

9) Which one of the following committees has recently submitted its interim report on the corporate bankruptcy legal framework in India?
(A) T K Vishwanathan Committee
(B) Bimal Jalam Committee
(C) T S R Subramanian Committee
(D) H R Khan Committee

10) Rui Araujo was recently appointed as the new prime minister of?
(A) East Timor
(B) Greece
(C) Finland
(D) Italy

Answers
1) Ans. (B) Ammu
2) Ans. (D) ICICI Bank
3) Ans. (A) New Delhi
4) Ans. (C) Sikkim
5) Ans. (A) 2019
6) Ans. (C) February 10
7) Ans. (D) BookMyShow
8) Ans. (B) Amartya Sen
9) Ans. (A) T K Vishwanathan Committee
10) Ans. (A) East Timor

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Daily Current Affairs Updates: 11 February 2015

1) INS Viraat to be decommissioned in 2016:
--> The Navy is learnt to have taken the call to retire the decrepit warhorse INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier that has had a service life of 56 years as on date — first as HMS Hermes in the Royal British Navy and in its present avatar since 1987.
--> INS Viraat, India's second aircraft carrier commissioned in 1987, is slated to have a grand farewell next year.
--> Viraat — which saw action in the Falklands War and remained for well over a decade the sole aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean region following the decommissioning of the first Indian carrier INS Vikrant in 1997 — is slated to have a grand farewell at the International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam in February 2016.

2) Narendra Modi crossed 10 million follower mark on Twitter:
--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi has crossed the 10 million mark in terms of number of followers on the popular social media platform Twitter.
--> Modi, who made his Twitter debut in January 2009, is the second most followed politician on Twitter, behind US President Barack Obama and ahead of Mitt Romney (USA).
--> Besides, he is also the third most followed world leader behind Obama and the Pope.

3) President to open Udyanotsav on 13 Feb 2015:
--> President Pranab Mukherjee will declare open the annual Udyanotsav (Garden Festival) 2015 at the Mughal Gardens in Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13 Feb 2015.
--> The main attraction of this year are tulips.
--> "About 10,000 tulips in vivid colours of red, orange and yellow mixed with red, pink, purple and white are expected to bloom in phases up to March 10," a Rashtrapati Bhavan release said.

4) Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar scheme revised:
--> The Union Sports Ministry has revised the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar scheme, which was introduced in 2009 to promote involvement of corporates and institutional boards in sports.
--> As per the revised scheme, the award will be given in four categories such as, (a) identification and nurturing of budding/young talent, (b) encouragement of sports through Corporate Social Responsibility, (c) employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures and (d) sports for development.

5) SpiceJet launched "Cheaper Than Train Fares" sale:
--> SpiceJet on 11 February 2015 announced the launch of the ‘Cheaper Than Train Fares’ sale offer with one-way fares pegged at a starting price of just Rs 599 all-inclusive for domestic flights.
--> Bookings under this latest Spicejet offer are open now and will close at midnight on February 13, 2015.
--> The travel period covered in this sale is from July 1, 2015 to October 24, 2015.

6) Krishna Chaudhary took charge as DG of ITBP:
--> Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary on 11 February 2015 took charge as the Director General (DG) of the border guarding force Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
--> He succeeded Subhas Goswami.  He is a 1979-batch Bihar cadre IPS officer.

7) India Cements transfered CSK to new subsidiary:
--> BCCI President-in-exile N Srinivasan led India Cements' board on 11 February 2015 approved transfer of IPL team CSK to a wholly-owned subsidiary Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd.
--> A decision to this effect was taken at a Board meeting of the company held in Chennai.

8) Star India acquired Telugu TV channel Maa:
--> Star India Pvt. Ltd, a unit of 21st Century Fox, on 11 February 2015 announced the acquisition of Telugu television channel network Maa Television Network Ltd, as the company expands its presence in the movies and general entertainment genre across India.

--> The deal marks Star’s biggest acquisition in India and the company now has channels in six Indian languages.

GK Updates for IB ACIO Exam 2015

1) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by the? - Members of the Lok Sabha
2) Who is the new chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi? - Shekhar Sen
3) Who is called the ‘Father of History'? - Herodotus
4) Which country will host the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup? - India
5) Article 17 of the constitution of India provides for? - Abolition of untouchability
6) Who was appointed as the new foreign secretary of India recently? - S Jaishankar
7) Article 370 of the constitution of India provides for? - Temporary provisions for Jammu & Kashmir
8) R K Laxman who died recently is best known for creation of which iconic character? - Common Man
9) How many permanent members are there in Security Council? - Five
10) Which International Airport has recently emerged as the busiest international airport in the world? - Dubai International Airport
11) Who is the chief advisor to the Governor? - Chief Minister
12) Who was the Chief Guest at this year's India's Republic Day Parade? - Barack Obama
13) Foreign currency which has a tendency of quick migration is called? - Hot currency
14) Paulina Vega who was crowned Miss Universe recently is from which country? - Colombia
15) Smoke is formed due to? - Solid dispersed in gas
16) World Leprosy Day 2015 was recently observed on? - 25 January
17) The famous slogan "GARIBI HATAO" (Remove Poverty) was launched during the? - Fourth Five-Year Plan (1969-74)
18) What is the main Chemical component of Vinegar? - Acetic acid
19) Who was appointed as the new CBI Director recently? - Anil Kumar Sinha
20) Which gas is released from paddy fields? - Methane
21) Who recently became the first Indian Footballer to be conferred with Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Hall of Fame Award? - Baichung Bhutia
22) In which country IS the headquarters of Nestle company located? - Switzerland
23) Which film won the Golden Peacock Award at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2014? - Leviathan, Russian Film
24) Which family owns the Hero group of Companies in India? - Munjals
25) National Good Governance Day was observed on? - December 25

More questions will be added soon. Keepy Visiting IB ACIO Questions 2015

Current Affairs MCQ: 12 February 2015

1) O.P. Jaisha who won gold by finishing first in the women’s 5,000m with a new Games Record time of 15:31.37, (previous 15:54.26 by Kavita Raut of Maharashtra in Ranchi 2011) in the 35th National Games recently, represents which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Punjab
(C) Services
(D) Haryana

2) Which social networking site on 10 February 2015 announced a tie-up with Reliance Communications to launch Internet.org in India, that will allow users free access to basic mobile internet services?
(A) Twitter
(B) Instagram
(C) Facebook
(D) LinkedIn

3) Adani Enterprises on 9 February 2015 signed a pact with which state government to develop the country's largest solar park in the state with 10,000 MW capacity?
(A) TamilNadu
(B) Gujarat
(C) West Bengal
(D) Rajasthan

4) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) scored a landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly elections on 10 February 2015 by winning how many seats in the 70 member assembly?
(A) 69
(B) 67
(C) 65
(D) 63

5) Indian's Ricky Kej (Musician) and activist Neela Vaswani recently won which International Award?
(A) BAFTA Awards
(B) Grammy Awards
(C) Oscar Awards
(D) Golden Globe Awards

6) Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has made payment process for National Highways (NHs) related works and services more transparent, with the inauguration of a web based payment monitoring system on 9 February 2015. Name the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways who inaugurated this?
(A) Ashok Ghelot
(B) Suresh Prabhu
(C) Venkaih Naidu
(D) Nitin Gadkari

7) State-of-the-art, high capacity Cold Storage Plant for silkworm egg was recently inaugurated at?
(A) Kottayam
(B) Mussorie
(C) Mysuru
(D) Coimbatore

8) Tony Tan Keng Yam who recently visited India was the president of which country?
(A) Singapore
(B) Malaysia
(C) Thailand
(D) Vitenam

9) Acclaimed Journalist Vinod Mehta was on February 9, 2015 awarded the Yash Bharti Samman 2015 by the government of?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Goa

10) ___th edition of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was presented on 9 February 2015?
(A) 68th
(B) 57th
(D) 65th
(D) 51st

Answers
1) Ans. (A) Kerala
2) Ans. (C) Facebook
3) Ans. (D) Rajasthan
4) Ans. (B) 67
5) Ans. (B) Grammy Awards
6) Ans. (D) Nitin Gadkari
7) Ans. (C) Mysuru
8) Ans. (A) Singapore
9) Ans. (B) Uttar Pradesh
10) Ans. (A) 68th