SBI Associate Clerk Exam Questions: 15 February 2015 (Morning Shift)

Friends.. Here are the GA and Computer questions asked in today's (15 February 2015) morning shift SBI Associate Clerk exam. These questions were shared by Tara Paul. 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. 

1) Headquarters of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)? - New York City

2) Name the Union Defence Minister? - Manohar Parrikar

3) Indian Army Day is celebrated on? - 15 January

4) Jim Corbett National Park is situated at? - Uttarakhand

5) India water week was recently observed from? - January 13 to 17th

6) Capital of Denmark? - Copenhagen

7) Currency of China? - Renminbi

8) Country having maximun gold mines?

9) Which was Earth's warmest year as per recent reports? - 2014

10) Name the two new Earth like planets discovered? - Kepler 438b & Kepler 442b

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13th February 2015 Current Affairs Updates

1) World Radio Day observed:

--> World Radio Day was observed globally on 13 February 2015 with the theme Youth and Radio.

--> The day is a global celebration of radio as a forum for entertainment and information, as a bridge of communication for remote communities and its role in empowering people.

--> UNESCO at its 36th General Assembly on 3 November 2011 proclaimed 13 February as World Radio Day. 

2) Bangalore-Ernakulam intercity express derailed; 10 killed:

--> Ten passengers died and over 100 were injured after nine bogies of the Bangalore-Ernakulam Intercity Express derailed on 13 February 2015 near the border between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

--> The train had left Bengaluru at 6.15 am and it got derailed at 7.35 am between Anekal Road and Hosur on Bangalore City-Salem Section, about 45 kilometres from Bengaluru, Railways said.

--> The accident occurred after the train hit a boulder that had fallen on the track, tweeted Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

3) Ashton Carter confirmed as new US defence secretary:

--> Ashton Carter, a close confidant of President Barack Obama and a strong proponent of Indo-US strategic ties, has been confirmed by the Senate as the next American defence secretary.

--> He was confirmed to the top Pentagon post with an overwhelming 93 to five votes.

--> Mr. Carter, 60, will be the 25th U.S. Secretary of Defence, replacing Chuck Hagel who quit from the post in November last amid reports of differences with Mr. Obama.

4) MCX appointed Balasubramaniam Venkataramani as MD & CEO:

--> Balasubramaniam Venkataramani has been appointed as new MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).

--> The top post at MCX has been lying vacant since May last year when the then MD & CEO Manoj Vaish resigned.

--> Prior to this appointment B Venkataramani was Chief Business Officer of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

5) Micromax Informatics named Ashish Agrawal as Chief Technology Officer:

--> Micromax Informatics on 13 February 2015 appointed Ashish Agrawal as its new Chief Technology Officer.

--> Prior to joining Micromax, Agrawal served as the Chief technology Officer with Sirqul and worked for the execution and adoption of Sirqul's suite of mobile engagement products and services.

6) Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy passes away:

--> Renowned Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy has passed away in Nizamabad district of Telangana. He was 68.

--> He was well known for his writings that had addressed many important social problems in India like poverty, prejudices and superstitions.

7) India ranked 136 in World Press Freedom Index 2015:

--> India was ranked 136 out of 180 nations worldwide in terms of press freedom in 2015, which marks an improvement from its rank of 140 in 2014, even though its absolute score declined from 40.34 to 40.49.

--> In the annual World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), India’s “abuse score,” which reflects the intensity of violent harassment faced by journalists was 59.58, which is higher than Sri Lanka’s score of 40.6 but below Pakistan’s score of 64.91 and China’s score of 89.64.

--> While the top of the list was this year and in previous years dominated by Scandinavian nations such as Finland, Norway and Denmark, at the other end of the scale, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea, were the worst performers.

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

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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

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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

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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.

Download Admit Card: Click Here

Download Information Handout: Click Here

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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.

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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

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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.

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