GK Capsule for SSC CGL 2015 Tier-1: Part 8

Friends..Here are some useful General Knowledge (GK) Questions for upcoming SSC CGL 2015 Tier-1 Exam. Hope you are following our Current Affairs Updates daily and have also downloaded the special Current Affairs PDF Capsule for June 2015 useful for SSC CGL 2015. 

Questions for the day in brief!!Click on ‘START QUIZ’ button to attempt quiz. 

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1)  International boundary between India and Pakistan is demaracted by?

(a) Redcliffe Line

(b) Maginot Line

(c) McMahon Line

(d) Durand Line

2) What does the acronym ISDN stands for?

(a) Intelligent Services Digital Network

(b) Integrated Services Data Network

(c) Indian Standard Digital Network

(d) Integrated Services Digital Network

3) Which of the following quantities is measure of ‘inertia’?

(a) Mass

(b) Weight

(c) Volume

(d) Acceleration

4) Kaziranga National Park is situated in:

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Assam

(c) Odisha

(d) Gujarat

5) Which of the following fuels causes minimum environmental pollution?

(a) Hydrogen

(b) Coal

(c) Diesel

(d) Kerosene

6) District Judges in a State are appointed by the

(a) Governor

(b) Chief Justice of High Court

(c) Advocate-General of the State

(d) Council of Ministers of the State

7) National Institute of Nutrition is a research institute located in the State of

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttra Pradesh

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Himachal Pradesh

8) Which data communication method is used for sending data in both directions at the same time?

(a) Half duplex

(b) Full duplex

(c) Super duplex

(d) Simplex

9) Mercury is generally used in thermometers because it has a 

(a) high conductivity

(b) high specific heat

(c) high fludity

(d) high density

10) Who is the author of the book ‘If Cricket is Religion, Sachin is God’?

(a) Vijai Santhanam

(b) Shyam Balasubramaniam

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

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Current Affairs Quiz: 23 July 2015

Friends..Here is the Online Current Affairs Quiz for 23 July 2015 useful for all upcoming exams. Hope you are acquainted with our new website for Quizzes, where you can play quizzes on Current Affairs, GK, Computer Knowledge, English, Banking Awareness etc. We will soon add Quantitative Aptitude/Reasoning also. 

Today’s Questions in brief. Click on ‘START QUIZ’ button to attempt quiz. 

1) World Population Day was observed recently on?

(A) July 10

(B) July 9

(C) July 11

(D) July 13

2) Who was on 14 July 2015 appointed as the Chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA)?

(A) Rakesh Sahni

(B) O.P. Rawat

(C) Kanhaiya Lal Agrawal

(D) Vivek Debroy

3) Which Indian city was recently selected as UNESCO "Cities of Music" under the Creative Cities Network?

(A) Coimbatore

(B) Varanasi

(C) Mysuru

(D) Surat

4) Who won the Wimbledon men's singles title 2015?

(A) Roger Federer

(B) Stan Wawrinka

(C) Rafael Nadal

(D) Novak Djokovic

5) India’s first railway line under PPP model was inaugurated on 14th July 2015 in which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Gujarat

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Uttar Pradesh

6) Which player was the biggest earner at the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) auction held in Mumbai on 11 July 2015?

(A) Iain Hume

(B) Santhosh Jingan

(C) Ashish Chopra

(D) Sunil Chhetri

7) Maha Pushkaram festival which was in news recently as many people were killed in a stampede was held in which state?

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Haryana

(C) Punjab

(D) Odisha

8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi  recently launched the Skill India campaign on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day on?

(A) July 11

(B) July 15

(C) July 16

(D) July 18

9) Name the commercial arm of ISRO which was in news recently as its website was defaced by hackers?

(A) VSSC

(B) SLP

(C) Antrix

(D) Sahara

10) Name the Indian film which recently won the best original screenplay in a Foreign Language award at the Madrid International Film Festival?

(A) PK

(B) Ship of Thesaus

(C) Mary Com

(D) Buddha In A Traffic Jam
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GK Updates for RBI Assistant Exam 2015

Friends..Here are some questions from banking awareness useful for upcoming RBI Assistant Exam scheduled to be held in August 2015. We have added these questions to our Quiz Website so that you can attempt quiz like an online exam and check your live score. Attempt and comment your suggestions. 

Questions covered by us today. Some are previously asked questions in RBI Assistant Exam 2015.

(For better experience, attempt quiz from our Quiz Website--> Banking Awareness Quiz)

1. Which of the following terms is not directly associated with the functioning of RBI?

(A) Open Market Operations

(B) Cash Reserve Ratio

(C) SENSEX

(D) Liquidity Adjustment Facility

(E) Public Debt Office

2. What does the letter F denote in ‘NBFCs’, a term seen very frequently in banking world these days?

(A) Formal

(B) Fiscal

(C) Federal

(D) Functional

(E) Financial

3. Which of the following services products of banks is specially designed and launched to help students?

(A) Personal loan

(B) Corporate loan

(C) Business loan

(D) Medical loan

(E) Education loan

4. Cash Reserve Ratio is maintained in the form of:

(A) Government securities

(B) Balance with Reserve Bank of India

(C) Balance with State Bank of India

(D) All of the above

(E) None of the above

5. Which of the following is a development bank

(A) HDFC

(B) NHB

(C) Axis Bank

(D) Development Credit Bank

(E) None of these

6. India’s wage policy is based on

(A) Cost of Living

(B) Standard of Living

(C) Per capita Income

(D) Whole sale price Index

(E) None of these

7. Banking Regulation Act, 1949, does not, at all apply to

(A) Nationalised Banks

(B) State Bank of India and its Subsidiaries

(C) Foreign banks having branches in India

(D) Primary agricultural credit societies

(E) None of the above

8. For filing and resolving customer complaints, theBanking Ombudsman?

(A) charges a fee of Rs. 500

(B) does not charge any fee

(C) charges a fee of Rs. 1500

(D) charges a fee of Rs. 1000

(E) None of these

9. Banks in India are regulated under __ ?

(A) Companies Act, 1956

(B) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

(C) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1924

(D) Special powers conferred on the RBI

(E) None of these

10. Many times we read in newspapers that the RB! has revised certain rates/ratios under LAF. What is the full form of LAF ?

(A) Legal Adjustment Facility

(B) Liquidity Adjustment Facility

(C) Long-term Achievement Facility

(D) Legal Adjustment Formality

(E) None of the above

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 22 July 2015

Friends..Here is the Daily Current Affairs Updates for 22 July 2015. We haven’t updated the daily Current Affairs for last few days as there were not much news important from the competitive exam perspective. However we have covered the maximum in Current Affairs PDF July 2015 (Second Week). Hope you have already checked that.

1) BRICS bank began operations in China:

--> New Development Bank (NDB) floated by the BRICS nations, including India, to step up infrastructure funding in the emerging economies formally started its operations at its headquarters in Shanghai, China on 21 July 2015.

--> The bank is to start out with a capital of $50bn (£32bn) though the amount is to be doubled in the coming years.

--> The banks is expected to issue its first loans early next year.

--> Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, Shanghai Mayor Yang Xiong and the bank’s President K V Kamath attended the opening ceremony held in a hotel in Shanghai.

--> The bank is seen as an alternative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and will lend money to BRICS nation to help finance infrastructure projects. 

2) CCEA extended CCTNS deadline to March 2017:

--> The deadline for implementation of an ambitious online system, which will help in police verification for issuing passport, among others, was on 21 July 2015 extended till  March 2017 by the government.

--> Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of the Union Home Ministry to extend the deadline for implementation of Crime and Criminals Tracking network and Systems (CCTNS) project.

3) Union Government launched Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan:

--> Union Government has launched a national campaign Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan in a bid to create awareness and capacity building on Safe and Hygienic food for all.

--> It was launched by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan in New Delhi.

4) Naomi Klein won 2015 American Book Award:

--> Noted Canadian author Naomi Klein has won the 36th edition of American Book Award 2015.

--> She has won this award for her environmental work This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate published in 2014.

5) ISRO successfully test-fired GSLV-Mark III rocket engine:

--> ISRO has successfully test-fired Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III project’s high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine.

--> It is India’s first indigenously designed and developed high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine capable of generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes.

6) Narendra Modi launched National Career Counselling Portal:

--> Narendra Modi launched India's biggest job portal called National Career Counselling Portal for the job seekers.

--> It has been done as a part of an effort to modernise all government-run employment centres.

--> Initiated by the Union Government, the project aspires to become one stop solution for the job seekers and providers.

--> The portal has been set up under the National Career Service (NCS) project.

7) Amelie Mauresmo inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame:

--> France`s tennis legend Amelie Mauresmo was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

--> She is a two-time Grand Slam winner viz. Australian Open (2006) and Wimbledon (2006).

--> She is also former world number one and had spent a total of 39 weeks atop in the rankings in 2004 and 2006.

8) Bhanu Pratap Sharma given additional charge as FSSAI chairperson:

--> Health and Family Welfare Secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma was given additional charge of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ( FSSAI), Chairperson, for three months.

9) Sangram Singh becomes the first Indian to win WWP Heavyweight Championship:

--> Indian wrestler, Sangram Singh won the World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) Commonwealth Wrestling Heavyweight Championship on July 18.

--> The championship was held at Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth in South Africa.
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Current Affairs Quiz: 22 July 2015 for Exams

Friends..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 22 July 2015 useful for all upcoming exams including RBI Assistant 2015, FCI Assistant 2015, LIC ADO 2015, SSC CGL 2015, SSC CHSL 2015, IBPS RRB 2015, IBPS PO 2015, SBI PO Mains 2015, OICL Assistant 2015 and other PSC Exams. Apart from this Current Affairs Quiz 2015 don’t forget to check Quiz on Computer Knowledge, GK, English etc from our Quiz Website for Exams. 

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1) Ashok Lahiri, former chief economic advisor was recently appointed as the chairman of?

(A) Bandhan Bank

(B) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(C) Post Bank of India

(D) Yes Bank

2) Seventh BRICS summit was held from 8 to 9 July 2015 in which city?

(A) New Delhi, India

(B) Guangzhou, China

(C) Ufa, Russia

(D) Durban, South Africa

3) Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA), developed by HRD ministry to inculcate a spirit of inquiry, creativity and love for science and mathematics in school children was on 9 July 2015 launched by?

(A) Smriti Irani

(B) Narendra Modi

(C) APJ Abdul Kalam

(D) Pranab Mukherjee

4) World Population Day was observed on 11 July 2015 with the theme?

(A) Investing in Young People

(B) Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy

(C) Universal Access to Reproductive Health

(D) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

5) Kagiso Rabada on 10 July 2015 became only the second cricketer in the history of ODI cricket to claim a hat-trick on ODI debut. He belongs to which team?

(A) South Africa

(B) Zimbabwe

(C) Kenya

(D) Bangladesh

6) Who won the Wimbledon Women’s Singles title 2015?

(A) Garbine Muguruza

(B) Serena Williams

(C) Martina Hingis

(D) Sara Errani

7) Powerful Typhoon Linfa has recently (July 2015) hit which country?

(A) Japan

(B) Indonesia

(C) India

(D) China

8) Legendary actor Omar Sharif who died recently, best known for his part in David Lean's ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, belongs to which country?

(A) England

(B) Iran

(C) Egypt

(D) UAE

9) Which country recently won the first Ashes Test?

(A) England

(B) Australia

(C) No Result

(D) Tie

10) Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won Wimbledon women's doubles title 2015. Martina Hingis belongs to which country?

(A) Spain

(B) Switzerland

(C) Italy

(D) Serbia
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Question Paper of FCI Assistant Grade West Zone, North East Zone: 12 July 2015

Friends..Many of you have been requesting us the Question Paper PDF Download of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) Junior Engineer (Civil/Electrical/Mechanical), Assistant Grade Posts held on 12 July 2015 in West Zone and North East Zone. In this post, we are providing you that question paper in PDF format. Answer Key is expected to be released by FCI Soon and once it is out will be update that. This question paper will be useful reference for aspirants from other zones who were having exams as detailed below. 

FCI North Zone Written Exam Date- 4 October 2015

FCI South Zone Date: 2 August 2015

FCI East Zone- 06 September 2015

Most of the Current Affairs questions asked in the exam were as such asked from your favorite website. Here is the proof:

Questions No: 28 India has exported its first warship named "CGS Barracuda" to which of the following countries?

(A) Maldives

(B) Bhutan

(C) Nepal

(D) Mauritius

Ans. (D) Mauritius Check Question 7 in (Even Options same) --> Current Affairs Quiz 22 December 2014

Question-30: Beji Caid Essebsi was recently elected as the President of?

(A) Belgium

(B) Fiji

(C) Tunisia

(D) Sudan

Check Q.No.9 in (Even Options same)--> Current Affairs Quiz 23 December 2014

Upcoming exams will be of similar pattern and other questions from our website is expected in those exams as well. Don't forget to check Current Affairs Quiz for last Six months.

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