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Sunday, August 24, 2014
Employment News: 23rd August to 29th August 2014
1. Union
Public Service Commission,
Name of Posts – Assistant Directors, Safety
Officer, Operation Officer, Specialists etc.
No. Of Vacancies- 53
Last Date- 11.09.2014
2. Barkatullah
University, Bhopal
Name of Posts – Teaching Posts
No. Of Vacancies- 41
Last Date- 30.08.2014
3. Neyvel
Lignite Corporation Ltd, Chennai
Name of Posts – Junior Engineer Trainee
No. Of Vacancies- 157
Last Date- 10.09.2014
4. Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut
Name of Posts – Professor, Associate
Professor, Joint Director, Jr. Research Officer etc.
No. Of Vacancies- 76
Last Date- 22.09.2014
5. Directorate
General Boarder Security Force, New Delhi
Name of Posts –Head Constable and Constable
No. Of Vacancies- 80
Last Date- 30 days from the date of
publication
6. Central
Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd, Jharkhand
Name of Posts –Assistant Driller, Rigman,
Assistant Foreman (Mech.)
No. Of Vacancies- 64
Last Date- 20.09.2014
SBI Clerk Exam Review: 23 August 2014 (Afternoon Session)
Friends...Here is the review of SBI Clerk
Exam held 23.08.2014 (Afternoon Session) shared by our friend Karan Mankatala from Punjab. Our team thank him for sharing the
review and wish him all the very best.
Hi All,
I am from Punjab
I attended exam on 23rd August (Evening
Shift)
Total exam was moderate
Aptitude was easy but questions were
molded, but solvable
Number Series were bit tricky
Simplification was little time consuming,
DI was very easy (only addition and percentage)
Other Questions were from: 2 from SI_CI, 1
Profit & Loss, 1 Area, 3 Ratio, 1 Partnership,
1 Time & Work, 1 Pipes & Cisterns
Questions were like
* Find number of Revolutions to cover a
distance of 6864 ----
* Two pipes fill tank is 16 and 24 mins
resp. There is also a waste pipe. If all pipes are opened, empty tank is full
in 20 mins. How long will waste pipe take to empty tank
Reasoning---- Puzzle and Sitting
arrangement (Inward - outward) was difficult ---- I couldn't solve them. Rest
all questions from Reasoning was very easy.
Computer and Marketing was very easy...
just basic concepts
English ----
This section was easy
GK---- Moderate level
Few GK questions were like :
* Question on SARFARESI ACT
* Highest Gold Producing Country in World
* Leader of INC in 16th Lok Sabha
* Which country topped Global Innovation
Index
* Father of White Revolution
* Which of the following is a Demand
Liability
* 9th G-20 Summit will be held in
* Malaysia Currency
* Qatar Capital
* U-17 FIFA World Cup will be held in
* Nehru Cup Associated with
* Uri II hydro project in which State
* India signed 4 hydro projects with which
country
* 'One Life is not Enough' book written by
* Theme of World Water Day
* Overseas Affairs Ministers for Northern
State
* Which of the following is not a
negotiable instrument
* What is most liquid form of 'MONEY'
* If CRR is increased then its effect on
Banks
* CBS full form
* Bank providing 6% interest on Savings
Account
* Neelanchan project associated with
Marketing/Computer Questions
* A call means
* Lead means
* Marketing research is required for
* Proper marketing strategies don't require
* Types of Software
* Question on Web Cam
* Question on Audio Recognition
* Question on Internet
* CD is form of which device
My Attempt was
GA --36
Marketing/Computer--39
Aptitude --
37
Reasoning--30
English-- 37
On total 179
P.S Don't be nervous, give ur best.. Exam
is not that tough but u have to manage time
All the best to all readers
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Daily Current Affairs from 20 August 2014
1) K
V Thomas takes over as new PAC Chairman: Senior Congress leader K V Thomas
on Wednesday took over as the new Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts
Committee. The key committee, which examines Comptroller and Auditor General
(CAG) reports after they are tabled in Parliament, will hold its first meeting
next week. The post of the PAC chairman is held by a senior member of the
opposition party. Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP) was the chairman of the PAC in last
Lok Sabha.The PAC, constituted every year, consists of not more than 22 members
- 15 members elected by Lok Sabha and not more than seven members from Rajya
Sabha.
2) 'Iron
Lady' Irom Sharmila released: Irom Sharmila was on 20 Aug 2014 released
from the hospital after 14 years as a Manipur court on Tuesday ruled that there
was no vidence that she wanted to commit suicide. The teary-eyed activist said,
"I am emotional. I need people's mass support," as she stepped out of
the hospital. "Fresh air is refreshing," she said on her release.
Calling AFSPA a draconian law, Sharmila said, "I won't change my mind. In
our native land there are a lot of widows due to action of draconian law. I'm
not a victim but what about our next generation?"
3) Yoga
legend BKS Iyengar passed away: World-renowned yoga guru and founder of the
Iyengar School of Yoga B K S Iyengar passed away following illness. Iyengar,
honoured with Padma Vibhushan, is survived by a son and daughter. Iyengar was
considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world and had written many
books on yoga practice and philosophy including ‘Light on Yoga’, ‘Light on
Pranayama’, and ‘Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali’.
4) India
to observe 2015-2016 as Water Conservation Year: Uma Bharti- The year
2015-16 will be observed as water conservation year and a public movement will
be launched during the year to conserve the precious resource, Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti said on Wednesday.
The minister said the cooperation of state governments, NGOs, civil society,
youth and retired personnel will be taken in this task. She said, public
movement has become a necessity for conservation of water and river in the
country as it is an important element of development and at some places the
sacred water of the River Ganga is not even fit for consumption by animals.
5) HDFC
Bank accorded most valued brand: HDFC Bank with a brand value of $ 9.4bn is
India’s most valuable brand according to the first edition of the BrandZ Top 50
Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking that was announced in Mumbai. At pole
position, HDFC Bank’s valuation was much higher than telecom major Airtel at $
8.2 bn that occupied the second spot.
List of Arjuna Award Winners 2014 with discipline: PDF Download
The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry
of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize outstanding
achievement in National sports. Instituted in 1961, the award carries a cash
prize of INR 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll. The Government
has recently revised the scheme for the Arjun Award. As per the revised
guidelines, to be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have
had good performance consistently for the previous three years at the
international level with excellence for the year for which the Award is
recommended, but should also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship
and a sense of discipline.
A large number of nominations were received
for these awards this year, which were considered by the select panels of eminent sportspersons and sports
administrators; Selection Committees were headed by eminent sportspersons and consisted of former Olympians, Arjuna Awardees, Dronacharya
Awardees, Dhyan Chand Awardees, Sports Journalists/Experts/Commentators and
sports administrators. Selection Committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
and Arjuna Awards was headed by Shri Kapil Dev.
Here is the list of complete winners and
their discipline. You can download this as PDF from print friendly button
below.
1. Mr. Abhishek Verma -
Archery
2. Ms. Tintu Luka- Athletics
3. Mr. H.N. Girisha-
Para-Athletics
4. Mr. V. Diju- Badminton
5. Ms. Geetu Anna Jose-
Basketball
6. Mr. Jai Bhagwan- Boxing
7. Mr. R. Ashwin- Cricket
8. Mr. Anirban Lahiri- Golf
9. Ms. Mamta Pujari - Kabaddi
10. Mr. Saji Thomas- Rowing
11. Ms. Heena Sidhu- Shooting
12. Ms. Anaka Alankamony-
Squash
13. Mr. Tom Joseph-
Volleyball
14. Ms. Renu Bala Chanu-
Weightlifting
15. Mr. Sunil Kumar Rana-
Wrestling
For Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2014, no
sportsperson has been recommended. The awardees will receive their awards from
the President of India at a specially organized function at the Rashtrapati
Bhawan on August 29, 2014 (National Sports Day).
Current Affairs August 2014 First Week: PDF Download
Current
Affairs PDF
August
2014- First Week
Download PDF: Click Here
Ans.
Glasgow, Scotland
2) Where will the 21st Commonwealth Games
be held in 2018?
Ans.
Gold Coast in Australia
3) What was India's position in the Common
Wealth Games 2014?
Ans.
Fifth position
Note: India finished with a total of 64 medals (15 Gold, 30
silver and 19 Bronze).
4) In the closing ceremony of CWG 2014 who
was the Indian contingent’s flag bearer?
Ans.
Seema Punia
Note: She won won Silver in women's discus throw.
5) Who was the torch bearer for India in
the opening ceremony of CWG 2014?
Ans.
Shooter Vijay Kumar
6) Which coutries finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd
respectively in CWG 2014?
Ans.
1st- England with 58 Gold
2nd-
Australia with 49 Gold
3rd-
Canada with 32 Gold.
Note: Host Scotland finished 4th with 19 Gold.
7) Who became the first Indian woman
gymnast and second person of the country (after Ashish Kumar, male who won in
the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games) to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games?
Ans.
Dipa Karmakar
8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the
first week of August 2014 visited which neighboring country?
Ans.
Nepal
Note: This was the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister to
Nepal in 17 years. In 1997, then Prime Minister
I K Gujral had visited Nepal.
9) Who on 3 August 2014 became the third
Indian to win Gold medal in Badminton at Commonwealth Games (CWG)?
Ans.
Parupalli Kashyap
Note: He defeated Derek Wong of Singapore in the final. Prakash Padukone won Gold for India in 1978
and Syed Modi in 1982.
10) Who was appointed as Deputy National
Security Adviser (NSA) on 4 August 2014?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans.
Arvind Gupta
Note: Post of Deputy National Security Adviser fell vacant after
the resignation of Nehchal Sandhu.
11) Name the eminent cartoonist who created
the comic book character like Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu who died on 6 August
2014?
Ans.
Pran Kumar Sharma
12) Name the anytime anywhere bill payment
system for which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 7 August 2014 issued draft
guidelines?
Ans.
Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS)
13) Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on 7
August 2014 appointed a committee under the chairmanship of former home
secretary .......... to review Parliament security?
Ans.
RK Singh
14) World Health Organization (WHO) has
declared which disease as Global Health Emergency on 6 August 2014?
Ans.
Ebola
15) Who was selected as the Chairperson of
the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee on 7 August 2014?
Ans. Kapil Dev
Note: This Committees will have 15 members which includes12
sportspersons and 3 officials.
16) The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards
for year 2014 was announced on 31 July 2014. Name the winners?
Ans.
Hu Shuli (Chinese investigative journalist), Saur Marlina Manurung, Omara Khan
Masoudi from Afghanistan, The Citizens Foundation from Pakistan, Wang Canfa
from China and Randy Halasan for Emergent Leadership from the Philippines.
17) Union Government granted Navratna
Status to which company on 23 July 2014?
Ans.
Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR)
Note: It is the 17th Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) to
achieve Navratna Status.
18) Name the Chairperson of the National
Commission for Women (NCW) who demitted office on 1 August 2014?
Ans.
Mamta Sharma
19) Which bank bagged the Core Banking
System Initiative Award for the year 2014 at the Asian Banking and Finance -
Retail Banking Awards 2014?
Ans.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd
20) Name the Spanish midfielder who on 5
August 2014 announced his retirement from International football? Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans.
Xavi Hernandez
21) Which country launched construction
work of a new Suez Canal on 6 August 2014?
Ans.
Egypt
22) Name the Governor of Mizoram who was
removed from the post on 6 August 2014 by President of India?
Ans.
Kamla Beniwal
23) Who took oath as the first woman Chief
Justice of Calcutta High Court on 5 August 2014?
Ans.
Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur
24) Who was selected as the Chairman of the
Dronacharya Award Selection Committee on 7 August 2014?
Ans.
Ajitpal Singh
Note: He was a three-time Olympian and former Hockey Captain
25) Who was given AIMA Business Leader of
the Year’ Award 2014 on 6 August 2014?
Ans.
Adi Godrej, Godrej group Chairman
26) Name the Syndicate Bank
Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) who was suspended by Union government on 4
August 2014 after he was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 2
August 2014 for accepting bribe?
Ans. SK Jain
27) Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development (HRD) on 3 August 2014 set up a four member committee to review the
present status of Universities Grants Commission’s (UGC). Who will head the
committee?
Ans.
Hari Gautam, the former UGC chairman.
28) Prasar Bharati, India’s Public Service
Broadcaster on 5 August 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
....... for distribution of Doordarshan’s overseas India channel, DD India on a
DTH platform?
Ans. Deutsche Welle, the German public service
broadcaster.
29) Union cabinet on 6 August 2014 approved
the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 to amend
which act?
Ans.
Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2000
30) A book Strictly Personal, Manmohan and
Gursharan published on 5 August 2014 was authored by?
Ans.
Daman Singh
Note: Book is the untold story of Manmohan Singh, India’s
thirteenth Prime Minister, and his wife.
31) Name the striker of Ivory Coast who
announced his retirement from international football on 8 August 2014?
Ans.
Didier Drogba
32) Union Cabinet on 6 August 2014 raised
the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence sector from ...... percent
to 49 percent?
Ans.
26
33) Defence procurements from which Italian
company were put on hold by the Union Government on 5 August 2014?
Ans.
Finmeccanica
34) The construction work of the world’s
tallest railway bridge began on 28 July 2014 near Noney in which state?
Ans.
Manipur
35) Name the senior advocate and former
Solicitor-General who on 4 August 2014 withdrew as amicus curiae in
Padmanabhaswamy Temple Case?
Ans.
Gopal Subramanium
Note: The report on the condition of the temple and its assets
in Thiruvananthapuram had created a storm.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Daily Current Affairs: 19 August 2014
1) Speaker
rules out leader of opposition post for Congress in Lok Sabha: Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday closed the chapter on a designated leader of
opposition in the lower House of Parliament by rejecting Congress's demand for
the post, writing back to the largest opposition party in reply to a letter
from Sonia Gandhi. LoPs in both Houses of Parliament are posts that are at par
with Cabinet ministers. "I have gone by rules and tradition," Mahajan
told reporters on her decision not to recognize the Congress leader in Lok
Sabha as the leader of opposition. Congress reacted strongly to the decision
which was pretty much along expected lines.
2) Ravi
Shastri appointed Director of Cricket for ODI series against England: n a
damage-control move, the BCCI has appointed former Test all-rounder Ravi
Shastri Director of Cricket in the Indian team for the five-match ODI series
against England, beginning August 25. The Board’s dramatic action on Tuesday
was a response to India’s disastrous 3-1 Test series defeat against England.
The BCCI told India’s bowling and fielding coaches, Joe Dawes and Trevor Penny,
to go on ‘leave.’ Bharat Arun and Sanjay Bangar, former India all-rounders,
will be the assistant coaches for the period. Former Hyderabad left-arm spinner
R. Sridhar is the fielding coach.
3) PM
invites ideas from people on new plan body: Taking a step further towards
scrapping the Planning Commission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday invited
ideas from the people on the new institution to replace the plan body. The
government also announced creation of a special open forum on the website
mygov.Nic.In for suggestions on the new institution. "We envision the
proposed Institution as one that caters to the aspirations of 21st century
India and strengthens participation of the States.... Let the ideas flow,"
the Prime Minister said in a statement.
4) Google
buys travel guide app startup Jetpac:
Google confirmed it has bought the startup behind a Jetpac mobile
application that creates insightful travel guides by analyzing pictures from
social networks such as Instagram. Financial terms of the deal were not
disclosed. Jetpac said that its application would be removed from Apple's
online App Store in the days ahead and that it would stop supporting the
software in the middle of September.
Daily Current Affairs Updates: 17 and 18 August 2014
1) Janmashtami
celebrated across nation: Janmashtami, the celebration of the birthday of
Lord Krishna was celebrated countrywide with much religious fervor and
enthusiasm. The President, Vice President and Prime Minister have greeted the
people on the occasion.. In his message, President Pranab Mukherjee said that
Lord Krishna's message of righteous conduct and action inspires everyone to
strengthen moral foundations of the society and strive selflessly to take the
country to new heights.
2) India
lost test series against England: England inflicted yet another humiliating
defeat upon India as they won the fifth and final Test at The Oval by an
innings and 244 runs on Sunday to complete a 3-1 series win. The only
disappointment for the hosts was that spearhead seamer James Anderson was left
three short of equalling Ian Botham's England record of 383 Test wickets. James
Anderson was named man-of-the-series for England after snaring 25 wickets
despite being in the middle of a storm, involving Ravindra Jadeja.
3) Combined
India-Nepal military exercise began: A combined military exercise between
Indian and Nepalese armies commenced at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand on Monday with
a top army commander saying both the armies have to learn much from each other,
especially in handling modern-day challenges of insurgency and terrorism. Over
300 personnel, comprising one infantry battalion from each country, are taking
part in the 7th edition of the exercise named Surya Kiran VII which begen as
part of military cooperation between the two neighbours in 2011.
4) India
cancelled planned talks With Pakistan: In a strong message to Islamabad,
the Narendra Modi government on Monday called off the Foreign Secretary-level
talks with Pakistan, an hour after Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit met
Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah. Two other separatist leaders — Syed Ali
Shah Geelani and Yasin Malik — are scheduled to meet Pakistan High Commission
officials on Tuesday. This is a serious setback to the efforts to restart the
dialogue process, which have been stalled since January 2013. Foreign Secretary
Sujatha Singh was scheduled to travel to Islamabad for talks with her Pakistani
counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary on August 25. The last meeting between the Foreign
Secretaries of the two countries took place in Islamabad in September 2012.
5) Roger
Federer Clinches 6th Title in Cincinnati Masters: Roger Federer has
clinched his sixth title in the 2014 Western & Southern Open or the
Cincinnati Masters after defeating Spain's David Ferrer in the finals, 6-3,
1-6, 6-2. Federer fell in the second set but held his nerve to beat Ferrer in
the three-set thriller at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
6) Retirement
age of state govt staff raised to 60 years in Haryana: With assembly poll
dates likely to announced any time now, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh
Hooda who has been power for the past about nine years, on Saturday announced
to raise the retirement age of the state government employees from 58 to 60
years, 25% hike in dearness allowance and full pension after 20 years of
service, besides various other benefits.
7) Jayawardene
ends test career in near-perfect style: Mahela Jayawardene ended his
illustrious 17-year test career in near perfect style in the whitewash win for
Sri Lanka against Pakistan on Monday. A half-century at his home ground,
another century stand with his friend and favourite batting partner Kumar
Sangakkara, capped with his teammates carrying him off the field on their shoulders.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Result of SSC CGL Re-Exam (Tier-1) 2014 Published
Friends...Staff Selection Commission has
published the results of 2013 CGL Tier-1 re-exam held on 27 April 2014, 20 July
2014 and 16 August 2014. As per the release of SSC, a total of 4,95,376
candidates appeared for the exam among which 1,14,921 candidates have
qualified. Tier-2 exam for qualified candidates will be held on 20 and 21
September 2014. You can check result from the following link.
List of qualified candidates: Click Here
Read Write Up/ Cut Off: Click Here
Monday, August 18, 2014
Employment News: 16 August to 22 August 2014
1. Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan (HQ), New Delhi
Name of Posts – Principal, Technical
Officer, Assistant, UDC, LDC etc.
No. Of Vacancies- 669
Last Date- 15.09.2014
2. Agricultural
Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi
Name of Posts – Assistants
No. Of Vacancies- 268
Last Date- 15.09.2014
3. Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
Name of Posts – Technical Assistant,
Scientific Assistant, Library Assistant etc.
No. Of Vacancies- 37
Last Date- 03.09.2014
4. PGDAV
College, New Delhi
Name of Posts – Administrative Officer,
Librarian, Section Officer (Account) , Assistant etc.
No. Of Vacancies- 15
Last Date- 21 days from the date of
Publication
5. Rural
Electrification Corporation Limited, New Delhi
Name of Posts –Engineer, Manager, Assistant
and Rajbhasha Officer
No. Of Vacancies- 17
Last Date- 15.09.2014