Nobel Prize in Physics 2015

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 to

Takaaki Kajita

Super-Kamiokande Collaboration

University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

and

Arthur B. McDonald

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration

Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

“for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass”

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* The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the two researchers had made key contributions to experiments showing that neutrinos change identities.

* Neutrinos are particles that whiz through the universe at nearly the speed of light. They are created in nuclear reactions, such as in the sun and the stars, or in nuclear power plants.

* The winners will split the 8 million Swedish kronor (about $960,000) prize money. Each winner also gets a diploma and a gold medal at the prize ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award

the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

with one half jointly to

William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura

for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites

and the other half to

Youyou Tu

for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.  

Here are the details:

* The Nobel judges in Stockholm awarded the prestigious prize to Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura and of Japan and Tu Youyou, the first ever Chinese medicine laureate.

* Campbell and Omura were cited for discovering a drug that has helped lower the incidence of river blindness and lymphatic filariasis, two diseases caused by parasitic worms.

* Tu discovered a drug that has helped significantly reduce the mortality rates of malaria patients.

* Campbell is a research fellow emeritus at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Omura, 80, is a professor emeritus at Kitasato University in Japan and is from the central prefecture of Yamanashi. Tu is chief professor at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

* The winners will share the 8 million Swedish kronor (about $960,000) prize money with one half going to Campbell and Omura, and the other to Tu. Each winner will also get a diploma and a gold medal at the annual award ceremony on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of prize founder Alfred Nobel.

* Last year's medicine award went to three scientists who discovered the brain's inner navigation system.

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Current Affairs Quiz – 6 October 2015

Friends.. Here is the Multiple Choice (MCQ) Current Affairs Quiz for 6 october 2015 useful for all upcoming exams including IBPS PO Mains 2015, BPS Clerk Exam 2015, RBI Grade B officer Exam 2015 etc. 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1) Who was elected unopposed as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 4 Oct. 2015?

(A) Sunil Gavaskar

(B) Shashank Manohar

(C) Rajiv Shukla

(D) N Sreenivasan

2) Internet Search engine giant Google recently officially converted into new parent company named?

(A) Alphabet Inc.

(B) Digit Inc.

(C) Systema Inc.

(D) Numeric Inc.

3) Which bank has recently become the first institution worldwide to launch mVisa - a card-less and device-less solution?

(A) Axis Bank

(B) Federal Bank

(C) HDFC Bank

(D) ICICI Bank

4) DRDO has recently established the world’s Highest Terrestrial Research Centre near Pengong Lake at Changla in?

(A) Leh

(B) Ladakh

(C) Kargil

(D) Kashmir

5) Which pair recently won the 2015 Wuhan Open Women’s Tennis Doubles Trophy?

(A) Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis

(B) Irina-Amelia Begu and Monica Niculescu

(C) Cara Black - Flavia Penneta

(D) None of these

6) Film producer Edida Nageswara Rao who died recently belongs to which film industry?

(A) Telugu

(B) Malayalam

(C) Kannada

(D) Marathi

7) Which country has recently decided to move to a six-hour working day in a bid to increase productivity and make people happier?

(A) Japan

(B) Switzerland

(C) Sweden

(D) Russia

8) IDFC Bank recently become the ____ scheduled commercial bank in the country?

(A) 75th

(B) 99th

(C) 91st

(D) 93rd

9) Who recently won the Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement?

(A) Sonu Nigam

(B) Prabhakar Jog

(C) Gulsar

(D) A R Rahman

10) Which Indian was recently honoured by UK city of Coventry?

(A) Ratan Tata

(B) E Sreedharan

(C) Mukesh Ambani

(D) Arun Jaitley
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Question Paper of North Zone FCI Assistant Exam - 4 October 2015 [PDF Download]

Friends.. Here is the Question Paper of FCI Junior Engineer (JE), Assistant Grade-II and Assistant Grade-III (General / Accounts / Technical / Depot) Exam held in North Zone on 4 October 2015. You can download the Question Paper as PDF from the below link. The Answer Key will be uploaded by FCI soon. To download the answer key, go to the official website and select your zone, then put your Roll No and DOB and download your question paper with answer key. You can download the question paper of North Zone from the below link.  

Download Question Paper of North Zone (17 MB)

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Employment News this week: 03 October - 09 October 2015

Friends..Here is the Employment News for the week ending 9 October 2015. Check your opportunities and apply now.

1. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION

Name of Post – Jr Business Assistant, Jr Attendant, Jr Chargeman, Jr Operator. 

No. of Vacancies – 35

Last Date –02.11.2015

2. CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ORGANISATION

Name of Posts –Senior Scientist, Scientist

No. of Vacancies - 28

Last Date – 12.10.2015 

3. EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION

Name of Posts – Staff Nurse, Pharmacist, Nursing orderly, Stenographer, UDC, etc.

No. of Vacancies – 17

Date- 31.10.2015

4. OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Name of Posts – Pharmacist, JBT Teacher, Master/Mistress, etc

No. of Vacancies –29

Last Date – -30.10.2015

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Current Affairs October 2015 - First Week (PDF Download)

Friends..Here is the Current Affairs for the first week of October 2015 (28 September 2015 to 4 October 2015) in PDF Download format. Download the Current Affairs as PDF in your mobile, tab or desktop and read & revise wherever you go.

1) International Day of Non-Violence was observed on? - 2 October 2015

2) Indian Space Research Orgnaisation (ISRO) on 28 September 2015 launched India’s first dedicated satellite for astronomy research, named ASTROSAT using? - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C30)

Note: PSLV-C30 also carried six small satellites from different countries. This launch also marked the first ever commercial flight of US Satellites from India. 

3) Union Government recently formed a committee to revisit civil services examination pattern. Who will head the committee? - B S Baswan

4) Which country's flag was raised for the first time at United Nations headquarters in New York on 30 September 2015? – Palestine

5) What was India's rank in Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 released by World Economic Forum recently? - 55^th

6) Which player on 30 September 2015 won the gold medal in women's 10 meter air pistol event at the 8th Asian Air Gun Championships in New Delhi? - Heena Sidhu

7) Name the largest warship built so far in India dedicated to the nation on 30 September 2015? - INS Kochi

Note: It was dedicated to the nation by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

8) Fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement 2015-16 was announced on 29 September 2015 by RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. What is the new repo rate? - 6.75 percent

9) World Heart Day was recently celebrated on? - 29 September 2015

10) Google on 27 September 2015 announced its tie-up with Indian Railways that will provide free Wi-Fi facilities to 400 stations, under which project? - Project Nilgiri

11) Who won the 2015 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix? - Lewis Hamilton

12) Which Indian was recently honoured by UK city of Coventry? - Ratan Tata

13) Which country topped Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016? – Switzerland

14) Union Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on 30 September 2015 released a commemorative postal stamp on? - Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

15) World Tourism Day is observed every year on? - September 27

16) Fast Bowler Frank Tyson who died recently is from which country? -  England

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17) Name the Laureates of 2015 Right Livelihood Awards which were announced on 1 October 2015? - Tony de Brum & the People of the Marshall Islands, Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Canada), Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera (Uganda) and Gino Strada & his organisation ‘Emergency’ (Italy).

Note: Right Livelihood Award is also known as Alternative Nobel Prize.

18) Name the Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping who on 29 September 2015 launched Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification and Maintenance) Policy, 2015? - Nitin Gadkari

19) Syed Ahmed who died on 27 September 2015 was the governor of? – Manipur

20) World Tourism Day was observed across the world on 27 September 2015 with the theme? - One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities.

21) Sania Mirza and along with whom on 26 September 2015 won the Guangzhou Open title? - Martina Hingis

22) Praveen Dixit was on 29 September 2015 appointed as the DGP of which state? – Maharashtra

23) World Vegetarian Day was observed on? - 1 October 2015

24) Union Government on 30 September 2015 notified Mid Day Meal Rules, 2015 under? - National Food Security Act, 2013

25) Name the Indian-American associate professor who was named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow? - Kartik Chandran

26) International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) was on 1 October 2015 observed across the world with the theme? - Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment

27) International Translation Day was recently observed across the world on? - 30 September

Note: Theme for this year is The Changing Face of Translation and Interpreting

28) Who was on 1 October 2015 assumed office as Chairman and Managing Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC)? - Sarat Kumar Acharya

29) International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) was on 1 October 2015 observed across the world with the theme? - Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment

30) Who was appointed as the Governor of Manipur on 28 September 2015? -  V. Shanmuganathan

31) Who was chosen for the prestigious 2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize on 28 September 2015? - Mathematician Jacob Tsimerman of the University of Toronto, Canada 
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Expected GK Questions for SSC CHSL 2015- Part 3

Friends.. Here are some expected GK Questions for upcoming SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam(CHSL) 2015 including Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam. Attempt the quiz and check how well you are updated with GK.

1) Which of the following is called the 'land of one thousand lakes'?

(A) Finland

(B) Sweden

(C) Greenland

(D) U.S.A

2) Which one of the following continents has the largest number of countries?

(A) Africa

(B) Europe

(C) Asia

(D) South America

3) Which one of the following is called the 'Sugar bowl' of the world?

(A) India

(B) Hawaii Island

(C) Cuba

(D) Philippines

4) The book 'The Lives of Others' has been written by?

(A) Arvind Adiga

(B) Shayantani Ghose

(C) Amitav Ghose

(D) Neel Mukherjee

5) Which of the following countries has the highest productivity of rice?

(A) China

(B) India

(C) Japan

(D) Germany

6) Indian Institute of Pulses Research is located at? 

(A) Kanpur

(B) Jabalpur

(C) Jaipur

(D) Hissar

7) The head office of the Bank of Maharashtra is located in which of the following cities?

(A) Kolkata

(B) New Delhi

(C) Pune

(D) Ahmedabad

8) The erstwhile UTI Bank is presently known as?

(A) ING Vysya Bank

(B) Yes Bank

(C) Indus Ind Bank

(D) Axis Bank

9) Which of the following is the unit of electrical current?

(A) Bar

(B) Calorie

(C) Ampere

(D) Decibel

10) ‘Yuan’ is the currency of which one of the following countries ?

(A) Japan

(B) South Korea

(C) North Korea

(D) China 
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IBPS PO Prelims 04 October 2015 Review & Questions (Slot 1 - 9 AM)

Hi friends.. Today (4.10.2015) is the second day of IBPS PO 2015 Prelims Exam. This is the fisr time IBPS is conducting the prelims exam for PO selection. Today also exam will be held in four slots ie, 9 AM, 11:30 AM, 2 PM and 4:30 PM. First slot exam at 9AM is over now. As per the reviews from our friends exam was of Moderate level. Here is the detailed analysis of the first Slot exam along with expected cutoff. Also check review of PO Prelims-3 October 2015.

Here is the Pattern of IBPS PO Prelim Exam.

1) English Language - 30 Questions - 30 Marks

2) Quantitative Aptitude - 35 Questions - 35 Marks

3) Reasoning Ability - 35 Questions - 35 Marks

Total - 100 Questions- 100 Marsk - 1 Hour

Take a look at the section wise analysis.

English Language ( Level : Moderate)

1) Fill in the blanks – 5 Questions - Easy

2) Cloze Test – 5 Questions  (Based on Education System) - Moderate

3) Reading Comprehension – 10 Questions (RC on Australian Bank) - Moderate

4) Parajumbled – 5 Questions (Based on Chinese Economy) - Moderate

5) Spotting Error – 5 Questions -Easy

Some Questions from Antonym/Synonym are: Fabulous, Bumber, DIP

Quantitative Aptitude(Level: Moderate)

1) Quadratic Equation – 5 Questions -Easy

2) Approximation – 5 Questions -Easy

3) Number Series – 5 Questions - Moderate

Questions: Number Series - Just need to find next number missing, which was a very easy.

4) Data Interpretation (2 Sets) – 10 Questions  - Easy

Questions: One set based on Line Graph (Easy)  and other set based on Missing Number (% in Arts, Commerce, etc).

5) Misc Question from Age, Mixture Allegation, Partnership, Profit Loss, Average, Boats & Stream, Compound/Simple Interest, Time & Work, etc. - 10 Questions - Easy to Moderate

Reasoning Ability(Level: Easy to Moderate)

1) Blood Relation – 3 Questions - Easy to Moderate

2) Inequality – 5 Questions (Direct Questions) -Easy

3) Coding Decoding – 5 Questions - Easy to Moderate

4) Linear Arrangement (North South) – 5 Questions - Easy

5) Syllogism – 5 Questions -Easy

Questions: Syllogism Questions was of 2 statement and 2 conclusion.

6) Sitting Arrangement (Circular) – 5 Questions   - Blood relation type Questions

7) Puzzle - 5 Questions (Month Based  – Floor wise) - Moderate

8) Misc Questions from Ranking, Direction test, etc. - 2 Questions - Easy

The overall expected cutoff of IBPS PO Prelims Exam from this shift will be around 38 – 45 for general category.

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