Today's (4 April 2015) NICL AO Exam Questions: Morning Shift

Friends..As you are aware, NICL AO Exam started today (4 April 2015). Here are a few GK Questions asked in today's NICL AO Exam (Morning Shift). This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. These questions were shared by Latha Kapil, Sethu and Mandeep Kumar. 

1) Currency of Spain? - Euro

2) Capital of Germany? - Berlin

3) Insurance Awareness Day is observed on? - April 19

4)  'Bhagyashree Scheme' for girl child from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families was recently launched by which state? - Maharashtra

5) IRDA was recently renamed as? - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

6) Navy Day is celebrated on? - December 4

7) Atal Pension Yojana (APY), Pension Scheme for the Unorganised Sector will be launched on? - June 1, 2015

8) Consituency of Union Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj ? - Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)

9) India population with respect to world population in percent is? - 17.5%

10) Foreign Direct Investment in insurance was recently raised from 26 to ____%? - 49%

11) Next Saarc Summit will be held in which country? - Pakistan

12) Fully owned government insurance company? - LIC

13) Ankita Raina is related to which sport? - Tennis

14) Second Thurday of March is celebrated as? -World Kidney Day

15) Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is in which state? - Goa

16) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters? - Nairobi, Kenya

17) Which player scored four consecutive centuries in World Cup cricket recently? - Kumar Sangakkara

18) Rotavirus related to which disease? - Diarrhoea

19) Medicine price regulator in India? - National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

20) Angara-5 rocket was recently launched by which country? - Russia

21) Name the NASA spacecraft to planet Ceres? - NASA Dawn Probe

22) Which private bank recently decided to enter general insurance business? - Kotak Mahindra Bank

23) Patrick Pichette recently resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of which company? - Google

24) Assyrian city of Nimrud is in which country? - Iraq
25) Nobel Prize in Medicine 2014? - ohn O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I.Moser
26) First Kisan Call Centre of North-East was recently launched in? - Agartala
27) Solar impulse recently started its journey from which country? - United Arab Emirates
28) Who won saraswati samman 2014? - Verappa Moily
29) Roger Federer defeated whom to win Dubai Duty Free Tennis championship? - Novak Djokovic
30) Digital Gender Atlas recently launched by government is in collaboration with? - Unicef 
31) Star Union Dai-Ichi Life Insurance of Japan is a joint venture with Bank of India and which other bank? - Union Bank of India
32) Which is India's largest company with Rs 3.68 lakh cr worth asset? - Reliance Industries
Descriptive Questions
1. Co-operative banks and types, regional rural bank, development bank and types. (Precise writing)
2. Unemployment insurance in India, ULIP advantages over mutual fund? (Essay-200 Words)
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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 2 April 2015

1) World Autism Awareness Day observed:

--> World Autism Awareness Day is observed on 2 April every year since 2008.

-->  It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution.

--> This day was adopted on 18 December 2007, it was proposed by Qatar, and supported by all UN member states.

--> The theme for 2015 is "Employment: The Autism Advantage".

2) India ranked 119 on global business resilience index:

--> India has been ranked a low 119 out of 130 countries on an index that measures business resilience of nations based on economic, risk quality and supply chain factors, dropping seven notches from last year.

--> The 2015 FM Global Resilience Index has been topped by Norway for being the country best suited for companies seeking to avoid disruptions in their global supply chain operations.

--> Venezuela is ranked last on the list. India, "despite its scope and global potential", ranks 119, falling from 112th rank in 2014. 

3) Poster girl of India's anti-tobacco campaign Sunita Tomar died:

--> Sunita Tomar, poster girl of India’s anti-tobacco campaign passed away at her hometown in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh.

--> She was 28 and was diagnosed with oral cancer.

--> She had appeared in government’s 30-second video titled ‘Sunita’ which had highlighted the devastating effect of smokeless tobacco.

--> The video had shown her personal testimony before and after an operation to remove the cancerous growth and a part of her mouth.

4) International Children's Book day celebrated:

-->  International Children’s Book Day was celebrated on April 2 in memory of Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday.

--> The theme for 2015 is ‘Many cultures, One Story.’

--> A Danish writer, Mr. Anderson has written 150 stories for children and in his memory, the International Children’s Book Day is being celebrated since 1967 around the world to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books.

5) Anoop Kumar Sharma took over as CEO of Essar Shipping:

--> Capt Anoop Kumar Sharma has taken over as Whole Time director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Essar Shipping Ltd (ESL).

--> He replaces Ramakrishnan A R who retired from service on March 31, the company said in a statement. 

6) Mahavir Jayanti celebrated across India:

--> Mahavir Jayanti, the birth anniversary of 24th and last Jain Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir was celebrated across the country on 2 April 2015.

--> President, Vice President and the Prime Minister have greeted the nation on the occasion.

--> In his message, President Pranab Mukherjee said “When the world is faced with multiple challenges, the philosophy and teachings of ahimsa, truth and compassion enunciated by Bhagwan Mahavira hold great significance.

7) Andhra Pradesh government approved Amaravathi as new capital:

--> Andhra Pradesh Government on 1 april 2015 decided to name the new capital of the state which is coming up in Vijayawada-Guntur region as 'Amaravathi', after the ancient seat of power of the Satavahanas.

--> The resolution to this effect was passed by the state cabinet which met under chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

--> Amaravathi is located in Guntur district and the same name is adopted for the capital in view of its historical, spiritual and mythological significance, Naidu said.

8) RBI celebrated its 80th Anniversary:

--> Reserve Bank of India (RBI) celebrates it's 80th Anniversary on 2 April 2015.

--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 80th anniversary celebrations of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

--> The Reserve Bank was set up on 1 April 1935 when India was under British rule.

--> In 1943, Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, one of India’s finest financial minds, was appointed as the first Indian governor of the Reserve Bank.

9) Saina Nehwal officially confirmed as World No. 1:

--> Indian ace Saina Nehwal's ascent to the top of women's badminton was officially confirmed on 2 April 2015 with the release of the latest rankings by the game's international governing body.

--> In becoming the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the number one spot in world rankings, Saina took over the reins from China's Li Xuerui, who slipped to third with Spain's Carolina Marin claiming the second position.

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NICL AO & Assistant Exam 2015 Practice Questions

Friends..Attempt these Practice Questions for NICL AO & Assistant Exam 2015. Answer Key and Toppers have been published below...

Answer Key

1) Who recently became the first ever film personality to be felicitated with a National award for creating awareness about child trafficking? - Rani Mukerji

2) Who among the following wrote Sanskrit Grammar? - Panini

3) Statue of Mahatma Gandhi was recently unveiled in Parliament Square of Britain jointly be British Prime Minister David Cameron and? - Arun Jaitley

4) ‘India Wins Freedom’ is the auto-biography of? - Abul Kalam Azad

5) Who was selected for Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014 recently? - Shashi Kapoor

6) The Capital of Mizoram is? - Aizwal

7) Who recently became the youngest Archer to enter India Book of Records? - Dolly Shivani Cherukuri    

8) ‘Rand’ is currency of which of the following countries? - South Africa        

9) World Tuberculosis Day was observed on? - March 24 

10) The Headquarters of ASEAN is situated at? – Jakarta

Here are the first 25 Toppers as per Submission upto 10.20PM on 03 April 2015

Name of Participant	Total Points	Percent
Fan of CA4Examz	10	100.00%
Ramesh Babu	10	100.00%
SHOVAN PANJA	10	100.00%
sai	9	90.00%
Sanjiv Srivastava	9	90.00%
imran shaik	9	90.00%
UDHAYAKUMAR	9	90.00%
charanjit	9	90.00%
jose arun	9	90.00%
Sreenu	9	90.00%
shravs	8	80.00%
Vipin verma	8	80.00%
kanhaiya	8	80.00%
SANDEEP PATIL	8	80.00%
i.c	8	80.00%
Sanat mishra	7	70.00%
shubham	7	70.00%
smile	7	70.00%
priyotosh roy	7	70.00%
Api	7	70.00%
jula mounika	7	70.00%
RUPESH CHAURASIA	7	70.00%
MAYANK TIWARI	7	70.00%
Ujjwal	7	70.00%

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Madhya Pradesh Circle PA/SA Re-Exam 2015 Question Paper and Answer Key

Friends.. In this post we bring you the question papers with answer key of the Postal/Sorting Assistant Re-Exam 2015 held in Madhya Pradesh Postal Circle on March 15, 2015 & March 22, 2015. We have received the Question Papers having the following codes: EMJO, FMBO, FMGO, JMJS, SMGO, BMFT, CMBT. This is the official answer key published by India Post. You can download this as PDF and this will be a good reference for PA/SA Exam in the coming years.

Thanks to Priyank Dubey, Devesh Kumar Shukla, Hitesh Vachak, Prasad Gajula, Nitin Tiwari, Yogesh Garg for sharing this.

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Persons in News- March 2015 (PDF Download)

Friends.. Here is your favourite persons in News pdf for March 2015. A lot of them were in news during March 2015 for one reason or the other. He we have picked the top of that list from the competitive exam perspective. Even though this is titled persons in news as extra bonanza you will be getting New Appointments, Obituaries, latest Awards etc. You can download this article as PDF from the below link. Please comment your suggestions/comments on the article which we highly value for improvements.  

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* Mufti Mohammad Sayeed - Sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

* Martin Crowe - Former New Zealand cricket captain, inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

* Roger Federer - Won the ATP Tennis Championship Men’s single title held in Dubai.

* Jitan Ram Manjhi - Former Bihar chief minister, he launched Hindustani Awam Morcha.

* Jagmohan Dalmiya - He was unanimously elected the president of the BCCI.

* Bill Gates - He was named world's richest person again.

* Hifikepunye Pohamba - Namibian President, he won Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership.

* Rafael Nadal - He won Argentina Open tennis title.

* Mary Kom - (i) She was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Northeast (ii) She has decided to quit boxing after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

* K.S. Lavkumar - Renowned ornithologist, he died.

* Rani Mukerji - She was was felicitated by Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury who is the chairperson for the National Institute of Gender Justice for her contribution towards gender sensitization through her 2014 release Mardaani.

* Dadarao Danve - He resigned from the Union council of Ministers as he was made Maharasthra BJP president.

* Leslee Udwin - Director of the controversial BBC documentary film “India’s Daughter”.

* Narendra Modi - (i) Named among the 30 most influential people on the internet by Time magazine. (ii) He became first Indian PM to visit Sri Lanka in 28 years. (iii) He was named among the 50 greatest leaders in the world by Fortune magazine.

* Ram Sundar Das - Former Bihar Chief Minister, he passed away.

* G Karthikeyan - Kerala Assembly speaker, he passed away.

* Saina Nehwal - (i) She created history as she became the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the world number one ranking. (ii) Became the first Indian in 14 years to reach the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships (iii) She won Indian Open Super Series title.

* Ashwin Mittal - Walmart India has appointed him as chief operating officer.

* Vinod Mehta - Veteran journalist, he passed away.

* Kumar Sangakkara - (i) Heannounced retirement from Test cricket, (ii) He became the first player to score four successive one-day international centuries.

* Arun Singh - He was appointed as India’s ambassador to the U.S.

* Veerappa Moily - He was selected for Saraswati Samman 2014.

* MS Dhoni - (i) He registered most wins by an Indian captain in the history of the cricket World Cup. (ii) He Became first Indian captain to register 100 ODI wins.

* Dr. Manmohan Singh - He was accused of criminal conspiracy and breach of trust in the allocation of a coal mine by Special CBI Court.

* David Hale - He was nominated as next US ambassador to Pakistan.

* N. Sakthan - He was elected Kerala Assembly Speaker.

* Mohamed Nasheed - Former Maldives President,  he was sentenced to 13-year imprisonment.

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* Dr. Alka Beotra - She was nominated to the Executive Board of WAADS (World Association of Anti Doping Scientists) from India.

* Bhaiyyaji Joshi - He was re-elected RSS general secretary.

* Sonakshi Sinha & Arjun Kapoor: They won Golden Kela awards (Worst offerings of Indian cinema).

* K. Srikanth - (i) He won Swiss Grand Prix Gold Badminton championship (ii) He won Indian Open Super Series title.

* Narayan Desai - Veteran Gandhian, he passed away.

* Lewis Hamilton - He won Australian Grand Prix 2015.

* Christine Lagarde - IMF chief, she visited India during March 2015.

* Paul van Ass - He took charge as chief coach of the Indian men’s hockey team.

* Bombay S Kamal - Veteran singer and music compose from Malayalam, he passed away.

* Ashu Suyash - Took charge as Crisil (Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited) CEO.

* Minoti Apate - Indian pancreatic cancer researcher in Australia and she has been named New South Wales Woman of the year 2015.

* Benjamin Netanyahu - His right-wing Likud party swept past its main rival in Israel's election.

* Kavinder Gupta - He was elected as the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly.

* Air Marshal Sohail Aman - He was appointed as Chief of Pakistan Air Force.

* Smriti Irani - WEF named her as Young Global Leader from India.

* Ratan Tata - He was appointed as the head of an innovation council of Indian Railways called ‘Kayakalp’.

* Meira Kumar - Former Lok Sabha Meira Kumar’s book entitled “Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy – Speaker’s Perspective” was released.

* Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan - India-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.

* Justice Uma Nath Singh - Sworn in as new Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.

* Lata Mangeshkar - She won the 'Laadli Voice of the Century' award.

* Shahir Krishnarao - Bard and Marathi folk legend, he passed away.

* Martin Guptill - He hit the highest ever World Cup score of 237.

* Rajendra Singh - Activist Rajendra Singh won Stockholm Water Prize 2015.

* Katherine Viner - She will be the next editor-in-chief of The Guardian & will be the first woman to run the newspaper in its 194-year history.

* Yusufali Kechery - Renowned Malayalam poet,  he passed away.

* Sarath Fonseka - He became Sri Lanka's first field marshal.

* Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis - They won BNP Paribas Open tennis title.

* Lee Kuan Yew - The founding father and first prime minister of Singapore. He passed away.

* Novak Djokovic - He won BNP Paribas Open final.

* Shashi Kapoor - Selected for Dadasaheb Phalke award 2014.

* Madhav Gadgil - Renowned ecologist, he won prestigious Tyler Prize 2015 for Environmental Achievement.

* Dolly Shivani Cherukuri - She became the youngest Archer to enter India Book of Records.

* Bharti Kher - She was conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France.

* KM Mani - Kerala Finance Minister, he was appointed chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers on Goods & Services Tax (GST).

* Akhil Sharma - Indian-American author, he won The Folio Prize 2015.

* Gopaldas Neeraj - Veteran poet, he was awarded inaugural National Kavi Pradeep Samman by Madhya Pradesh govt.

* Vikas Swarup - Noted novelist, he was appointed as the new official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.

* Ruth Porat - Google Inc appointed Ruth Porat as its Chief Financial Officer.

* Justice Ashok Bhushan - He sworn in as the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.

* Michel Platini - He was re-elected as the UEFA President.

* John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg - They shared Abel Prize 2015.

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was presented with the prestigious Bharat Ratna Award on 27 March 2015.

* Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat - She became the first Indian woman officer to die in the line of duty.

* Poonam Mahajan - She became the first woman president of Basketball Federation of India.

* Aziz Qureshi - Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi sacked.

* Medha Patkar - Social activist Medha Patkar quits Aam Aadmi Party.

* Michael Clarke - Australia captain Michael Clarke announced retirement from ODIs.

* Aditi Arya - She was declared fbb Femina Miss India World 2015.

* Adoor Gopalakrishnan - He was honoured with Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award.

* Mitchell Starc - He was named Player of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 tournament.

* Sebastian Vettel - He won Malaysian Grand Prix 2015.

* Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya - He was posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna Award & his family members received the award from President on 30 March 2015.

* Balbir Singh Senior - Renowned Hockey player, he was honoured with Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award.

* Daniel Vettori - New Zealand cricketer, he announced retirement from international cricket.

* Muhammadu Buhari - He was elected as President of Nigeria.

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 3 April 2015

1) Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014 was recently won by which Organization?

(A) Bachpan Bachao Andolan

(B) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

(C) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ( BARC )

(D) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) 

2) Which former Prime Minister of India was presented with the prestigious Bharat Ratna Award by President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 March 2015 in New Delhi?

(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(B) Manmohan Singh

(C) HD Deve Gowda

(D) IK Gujral

3) Which state recently launched the country's first e-ration card service?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Gujarat

(C) Bihar

(D) Delhi

4) Which state recently became the first State in the country to fix a minimum educational qualification for contesting elections to the Panchayati Raj Institutions?

(A) Haryana

(B) Kerala

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Andhra Pradesh

5) Which movie has won the best film on environmental conservation/preservation at 62nd national film award?

(A) Chotoder Chobi

(B) Ottaal

(C) Court

(D) Chotushkone

6) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 27 March 2015 commissioned the 210 km long Lumding-Silchar broad gauge line. This links 3 north eastern states except?

(A) Mizoram

(B) Tripura

(C) Manipur

(D) Mizoram

7) World Theatre Day (WTD) was celebrated on?

(A) March 27

(B) March 28

(C) March 29

(D) March 30

8) Union government has recently declared national mourning on 29 March 2015 as mark of respect to the former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of which country?

(A) China

(B) Malaysia

(C) Singapore

(D) South Korea

9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recently ranked ____th among the 50 greatest leaders in the world by Fortune magazine annual list?

(A) 10th

(B) 5th

(C) 28th

(D) 16th

10) Who was named best actor in the 62nd National Film Awards?

(A) Sooraj Venjaramood

(B) Srijit Mukherji

(C) Dhanush

(D) Vijay

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

2) Ans. (A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

3) Ans. (D) Delhi

4) Ans. (C) Rajasthan

5) Ans. (B) Ottaal

6) Ans. (D) Mizoram

7) Ans. (A) March 27

8) Ans. (C) Singapore

9) Ans. (B) 5th

10) Ans. (D) Vijay (For Kannada Film- Nanu Avanalla Avalu)

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General Awareness for NICL AO and Assistant Exam 2015

1) Capital of Mali? - Bamako

2) Which application is used for accessing the information on internet? - Web browser

3) The Temples of Khajuraho were built by? - Chandelas

4) The majority of Earth's crust is composed of which rock? - Sedimentary

5) Where is St. Peter’s Basilica located? - Vatican City

6) Dibang Nation Park is located in?- Arunachal Pradesh

7) Headquarters of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)? - Madrid, Spain

8) Study of atmospheric phenomena is called? - Meteorology

9) The longest river in Asia is? - River Yangtze

10) Union minister of law & justice? - Sadananda Gowda

11) The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy in Indian Constitution is adopted from that of? - Ireland and Spain

12) NATO full form? - North Atlantic Treaty Organization

13) Umesh Yadav and Axar Patel are related to which sport? - Cricket

14) Who is the Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)? - Prime Minister of India

15) ‘Gidda’ is popular folk dance from which state of India? - Punjab

16) In India the power of ‘Judicial Review’ is enjoyed by the? - Supreme Court and High Court only

17) C.K. Naidu lifetime achievement is related to which sports? – Cricket

18) Gir national park is situated in? - Gujarat

19) Brand Ambassador of ICC world cup 2015? - Sachin Tendulkar

20) National Good Governance Day was observed on? - 25 December

21) Capital of Germany? - Berlin

22) How many Permanent Members are there in the Security Council? - 5

23) Capital of Chile? - Santiago

24) Epigraphy is the study of? - Inscriptions

25) IRCTC stands for? - Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation

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