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1) Which person/organization was chosen for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014 on 19 November 2014?

Ans. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

2) Who was on 20 November 2014 honoured with the centenary award for Indian Film Personality of the year 2014 at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

Ans. Rajinikanth

3) Who received the prestigious BCCI-instituted Colonel C K Nayudu Lifetime achievement award on 21 November 2014?

Ans. Dilip Vengsarkar

4) Name the Indian shuttlers who were on 16 November 2014 clinched women’s and men’s singles title respectively in the China Open Super Series Premier of Badminton held in Fuzhou, China?

Ans. Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth

5) Which country will be the host to the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit of the emerging economies in 2016?

Ans. China

6) Union Government on 18 November 2014 relaunched Kisan Vikas Patra scheme (KVP) to encourage the habit of small savings among the citizens. KVP will be available through?

Ans. Post Offices

Note: With a maturity period of 8 years 4 months, the collections under the scheme will be available with the Union Government for a fairly long period to be utilized in financing developmental plans of the Centre and State Governments.

7) Name the 18-year-old Indian American who was awarded with the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2014 on 18 November 2014?

Ans. Neha Gupta

8) Suresh Raina on 17 November 2014 became co-owner of which Hockey India League (HIL) franchise team?

Ans. Uttar Pradesh Wizards

9) Who has resigned as Chief Coach of Indian hockey team on 18 November 2014 after his contractual talks with Hockey India (HI) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) broke down?

Ans. Terry Walsh

10) Name the scheme approved by Union Government on 20 November 2014 to provide access of electricity to rural households across the country?

Ans. Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY)

11) Who will be the Chief Guest at 66th India’s Republic Day celebrations 2015 as announced recently?

Ans. US President Barack Obama

12) Which word was recently selected as Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year 2014?

Ans. Vape

13) The G20 Summit 2014 of emerging economies concluded in which city of Australia on 16 November 2014?

Ans. Brisbane

14) Name the surface-to-air missile which was test fired by the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore, Odisha on 17 November 2014?

Ans. Akash

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15) International Buddhist Conference 2014 was held from 15 November to 18 November 2014 at?

Ans. Lumbini, Nepal

16) Supreme Court on 20 November 2014 directed the then CBI Director Ranjit Sinha to withdraw himself from which case?

Ans. 2G case

17) Which bank won the Custodian of the Year 2014 award on 15 November 2014?

Ans. Deutsche Bank

18) Name the fourth India-China Joint Training Exercise which began at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra on 17 November 2014?

Ans. Hand-in-Hand 2014

19) Who was on 14 November 2014 conferred with the IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014?

Ans. CS Verma

Note: He is the Chairman of Steel Authority of India (SAIL).

20) Which company launched its own free Web-based e-mail service, Verse on 18 November 2014?

Ans. IBM

21) Who was crowned champion of ATP World Tour finals at O2 Arena in London, UK on 16 November 2014?

Ans. Novak Djokovic

22) Who will be the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL) as announced on 19 November 2014?

Ans. Sutirtha Bhattacharya

23) Which zoo in India is set to become the first zoo in the world to have the critically endangered Pygmy Hog?

Ans. Assam Zoo

24) Who was conferred with the Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2014 for Lifetime Achievement on 17 November 2014?

Ans. Veteran classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj

25) Which non-government organisation was conferred the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award, 2014 on 15 November 2014?

Ans. Chintan

26) Union Government on 17 November 2014 nominated whom as a Director on the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

Ans. Dr. Hasmukh Adhia

27) 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was held from 12 November 2014 to 13 November 2014 at?

Ans. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

28) 9th East Asia Summit was recently held at?

Ans. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 02 December 2014

1) RBI announced fifth Bi-Monthly monetary policy, no change in interest rates: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 2 December 2014 announced fifth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement. RBI in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy statement kept the policy rates unchanged. This means no loan is going to get cheaper anytime soon. All that the RBI said was it could ease monetary policy early next year provided inflationary pressures do not reappear. Current rates are:

*Repo rate: 8 percent

*Reverse repo rate: 7 percent

*Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate: 9 percent

*Bank Rate: 9.0 percent

*Cash Reserve Ratio: 4 percent 

2) Anil Kumar Sinha appointed as new CBI Director: Senior IPS officer Anil Kumar Sinha was on 2 December 2014 appointed the new CBI Director to succeed Ranjit Sinha who retired in a glare of controversy with the Supreme Court directing him to recuse from 2G spectrum scam case probe. Sinha, a 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, was the Special Director in CBI. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the name of Anil Kumar Sinha who was among the candidates shortlisted by the search committee earlier. The term of Sinha will be for two years from the date he takes charge, an official notification said.

3) Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 remembered: 3 decades (30 years) of the Bhopal tragedy of 1984 were completed on 2 December 2014. This disaster, which took place on 2 December 1984 due to accidental leakage of poisonous gas from the factory owned by the U.S. multinational Union Carbide Corp in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, is known as one of the world’s worst industrial disasters ever.

4) Veteran comedian Deven Verma died at 77 in Pune: Veteran Hindi film and television actor Deven Verma passed away at Sahyadri Hospital in Pune at 2 am on Tuesday. He had been unwell for some time and was suffering from heart problem and diabetes. He was 77 and is survived by his wife Rupa Ganguly, who is the daughter of late famous actor Ashok Kumar. Among the new films in which he acted were ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’, ‘Ishq’, ‘Kya Kehna’, ‘Salaakhein’, ‘Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai’ and ‘Hulchul’. His last Hindi film was ‘Calcutta Mail’ that released in 2003.

5) Vajpayee's birthday to be celebrated as 'Good Governance Day': Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday on December 25 would be observed as national 'Good Governance Day', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on 2 December 2014. Modi was addressing party MPs at the meeting of the BJP parliamentary party, where BJP president Amit Shah was also present.

6) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery observed: The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was observed by the United Nations on 2 December 2014.The day is observed to focus on the elimination of human trafficking, child labour and other forms of modern-day slavery.

7) UN climate summit began in Peru: Officials from over 190 nations, including India, on 1 December 2014 converged in Peru at the UN climate summit to negotiate on a new ambitious and binding deal to cut global carbon emissions, in the last chance to reach on a historic deal to be signed next year in Paris.

8) Union Cabinet approved Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 December 2014 approved Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2013. The Bill seeks to amend the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) Act, 1976. The Bill will help enhance authorized and issued capital to strengthen their capital base and to bring flexibility in the shareholding between Union Government, State Government and Sponsor Bank.

9) India successfully tests N-capable Agni-IV missile: India on 2 December 2014 successfully conducted the first user trial of its long-range, nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile from a defence base in Odisha, an official said. The missile, with the capability to hit targets 4,000 km away, was tested from the Wheeler Island off the state coast near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.

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GK & Current Affairs Quiz: 02 December 2014

1) World AIDS Day was observed on 1 December 2014 with the theme?

(A)Community Commitment

(B)One World. One Hope

(C)Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free Generation

(D)Stigma and Discrimination

2) Commercially, sodium bicarbonate is known as?

(A)Baking soda

(B)Soda ash

(C)Washing soda

(D)Bleaching powder 

3) Taijul Islam on 1 December 2014 became the first bowler in history to claim a hat-trick on his debut in one-day cricket. He is the player from which country?

(A)Zimbabwe

(B)South Africa

(C)Pakistan

 (D)Bangladesh

4) In which state was the Nalanda University located in India?

(A)Bihar

(B)Bengal

(C)Uttar Pradesh

(D)Odisha

5) Which state has on 1 December 2014 announced to make all pension disbursements from January -2015 through post offices and recruit fair price shops agents as Postal agents?

(A)Telengana

(B)Andhra Pradesh

(C)Gujarat

(D)Karnataka

6) A soap bubble shows colours when illuminated with white light. This is due to

(A)Interference

(B)Reflection

(C)Diffraction

(D)Polarisation

7) Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and which other player was shortlisted on 1 December 2014 for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award?

(A)Neymar

(B)Luiz Suarez

(C)Manuel Neuer

(D)None of these

8) The tip of the match-stick contains?

(A)Phosphorus trichloride

(B)Phosphorus pentoxide

(C)Red phosphorus

(D)White phosphorus

9) 14 CRPF men died on 1 December 2014 in a Maoist strike in which state?

(A)Chhattisgarh

(B)Tripura

(C)Nagaland

(D)Assam

10) The first cricket Test between India and Australia will be held in which city from December 9 after the four-match series' schedule was revised on 1 December 2014 in the wake of young player Phillip Hughes' tragic death?

(A)Adelaide

(B)Brisbane

(C)Sydney

(D)Melbourne

Answers

1) Ans. (C)Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free Generation

2) Ans. (A)Baking soda

3) Ans. (D)Bangladesh

4) Ans. (A)Bihar

5) Ans. (B)Andhra Pradesh

6) Ans. (A)Interference

7) Ans. (C)Manuel Neuer

8) Ans. (C)Red phosphorus

9) Ans. (A)Chhattisgarh

10) Ans. (A)Adelaide

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1st December 2014 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) 14 CRPF men died in Maoist strike in Chhattisgarh: Ending an eight-month calm, Maoists killed 14 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, including two officers, in Sukma district of South Chhattisgarh on 01 December 2014. The ambush took place near Kasalpara village. “The deceased personnel include Deputy Commandant D.S. Verma and Assistant Commandant Rajesh Kapuria of the CRPF,” R.K. Vij, Additional Director-General of Police, Naxal Operations, Chhattisgarh, told. 

2) Non-subsidized LPG price cut by Rs 113/cylinder, jet fuel price slashed by 4.1%: Price of non-subsidized cooking gas (LPG) was on 01 December 2014 cut by a steep Rs 113 per cylinder and that of jet fuel (ATF) by 4.1 per cent as international oil rates slumped to multi-year lows. A 14.2kg cylinder of non-subsidized LPG will now cost Rs 752, down from Rs 865 previously, in Delhi, oil companies announced.

3) World AIDS Day observed: World AIDS Day, designated 1 December every year since 1987, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and mourning those who have died of the disease. Government and health officials, non-governmental organizations and individuals around the world observe the day, often with education on AIDS prevention and control. The 2014 theme for World AIDS Day is “Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-free Generation.”

4) Bangladesh's Taijul Islam grabs Hat-trick on ODI debut: Young Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam on 1 December 2014 became the first bowler in history to claim a hat-trick on his debut in one-day cricket, achieving the feat against Zimbabwe in Dhaka. The 22-year-old left-armer bowled Tinashe Panyangara off the last ball of the 27th over and then trapped John Nyumbu leg-before and bowled Tendai Chatara off successive deliveries at the start of his next over to take a split hat-trick. Islam finished with four for 11 in seven overs.

5) Adelaide to host first Australia-India Test in revised schedule: The first cricket Test between India and Australia will be held in Adelaide from December 9 after the four-match series' schedule was revised on Monday in the wake of young player Phillip Hughes' tragic death which left the home team distraught. "Revised Schedule: 1st Test (December 9-13), 2nd Test (December 17-21), 3rd Test (December 26-30) and 4th Test (January 6-10). Venues: 1st Test (Adelaide), 2nd Test (Brisbane), 3rd Test (Melbourne) and 4th Test (Sydney) #AUSvsIND," the BCCI said on its official Twitter handle.

6) Ronaldo, Messi and Neuer up for Ballon d'Or: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who have between them won the past six world player of the year awards, face opposition from Germany's World Cup winning goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the short list announced by FIFA on Monday. Ronaldo, who is the present holder of the title having also won it in 2008, scored a record 17 goals in a Champions League campaign as Real Madrid went on to win their 10th European Cup last term.

7) AP to pay pensions through post offices from January-2015: Andhra Pradesh Government will make all pension disbursements from January -2015 through post offices and recruit fair price shops agents as Postal agents. Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao, who reviewed the distribution process of pensions at the Secretariat on Monday, said that all dealers of fair price shops managing the PDS would be appointed as agents of the Postal Department for the purpose of distribution of Pensions.

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Computer Knowledge Questions for IBPS Clerk Exam 2014

1) The current generation of computers?

(A) second

(B) fifth

(C) fourth

(D) third

2) Updating a database means?

(A) revising a file structure

(B) reorganizing the database

(C) modifying or adding records

(D) all of the above

3) The communication mode that supports data in both directions?

(A) simplex

(B) half duplex

(C) duplex

(D) multiplex

4) In a database, related fields are grouped to form?

(A) record

(B) file

(C) bank

(D) field group

5) Which of the following memory is volatile?

(A) RAM

(B) ROM

(C) EPROM

(D) PROM

6) Which of the following is the product of data processing?

(A) information

(B) data

(C) software program

(D) system

7) Bar codes stores information using?

(A) punched holes

(B) dots

(C) thick and thin tines

(D) all of the above

8) Transmission of computerised data from one location to another is called?

(A) data transfer

(B) data flow

(C) data communication

(D) datamanagement

9) Inputs to your computer is accomplished using the?

(A) Screen

(B) keyboard

(C) printer

(D) plotter

10) A collection of 8 bits is called?

(A) byte

(B) record

(C) word

(D) nibble

Answers

1) Ans. (C) fourth

2) Ans. (D) all of the above

3) Ans. (B) half duplex

4) Ans. (A) record

5) Ans. (A) RAM

6) Ans. (A)information

7) Ans. (C) thick and thin tines

8) Ans. (C) data communication

9) Ans. (B) keyboard

10) Ans. (A) byte

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Current Affairs Questions & Answers: 01 December 2014

1) Who among the following won the Macau Badminton Grand Prix Gold trophy after seeing off Kim Hyo Min of Korea in the women's singles finals held on 30 November 2014?

(A) Saina Nehwal

(B) Ashwani Ponnappa

(C) Jwala Gutta

(D) P V Sindhu

2) Name the former Indian national football team captain who was on 30 November 2014 honoured with the Asian Football Confederation's Hall of Fame Award?

(A) Baichung Bhutia

(B) Sunil Chhetri

(C) Rahim Nabi

(D) None of these

3) Which state on 29 November 2014 came on the country's rail map more than six decades after independence, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the first train?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Meghalaya

(C) Mizoram

(D) Assam

4) A court had recently dropped charges against Hosni Mubarak over the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 uprising against him. He is former President of?

(A) Syria

(B) Iran

(C) Egypt

(D) Gaza

5)  'Super Victor' was voted as the mascot for the 2016 European football championship on 30 November 2014. Which country will host Euro 2016 from June 10 to July 10, 2016?

(A) Spain

(B) Germany

(C) Netherland

(D) France

6) Which state won the 30th National Junior Athletics Championship 2014, for the third time in a row on 30 November 2014?

(A) Kerala

(B) Punjab

(C) Haryana

(D) Andhra Pradesh

7) 'Leviathan' which won the Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2014 is the film from which country?

(A) France

(B) Germany

(C) Russia

(D) Uganda

8) 18th SAARC Summit was recently held at?

(A) Nepal

(B) India

(C) Pakistan

(D) Afghanistan

9) National Milk Day was recently celebrated on 26 November 2014 to mark the 93rd birth anniversary of?

(A) Norman Borlaug

(B) Dr. Verghese Kurien

(C) M S Swaminathan

(D) None of these

10) World's second tallest power transmission towers, built by Haldia Energy Limited (HEL), has come up in which state recently?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) West Bengal

(D) Madhya Pradesh

Answers

1) Ans. (D) P V Sindhu

2) Ans. (A) Baichung Bhutia

3) Ans. (B) Meghalaya

4) Ans. (C) Egypt

5) Ans. (D) France

6) Ans. (A) Kerala

7) Ans. (C) Russia

8) Ans. (A) Nepal

9) Ans. (B) Dr. Verghese Kurien

10) Ans. (C) West Bengal

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Railway (RRC) Group-D Question Paper 30 November 2014

Friends.. Here is the question paper of Railway Recruitment Cell Group-D Exam held on 30 November 2014 in South Central Railway. This question paper has been shared by our friend V Prabhu Ram. You can download the question paper as pdf from the below link.

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Current Affairs daily Updates: 30 November 2014

1) PV Sindhu wins second successive Macau Open:  Two-time World Championship bronze medallist P V Sindhu lifted her first title of the season by successfully defending the USD 120,000 Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy after seeing off Kim Hyo Min of Korea in the women's singles finals. World No. 11 Sindhu prevailed over 91st-ranked, Kim 21-12 21-17 in the summit clash that lasted 45 minutes at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. The bronze-medallist at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Sindhu faced tough competition from Kim, who had come into the finals after beating seventh seed Chinese Yu Sun but the experienced Indian held her nerves to stave off the challenge from the Korean. 

2) Euro 2016 mascot named Super Victor: The mascot for the the 2016 European football championship in France has been named Super Victor in a vote of internet users, it was announced on 30 Nov 2014. The name for the cartoon character boy dressed as a footballer in blue and white with a red cape and number 16 jersey was preferred to Driblou and Goalix. Euro 2016 will take place in France from June 10 to July 10, 2016.

3) Kerala wins 30th National Junior Athletics Championship 2014: For the third time in a row, Kerala emerged the overall champion with 528.5 points in the Jio 30th National Junior Athletic championship that concluded at the IGMC Stadium in Vijayawada, Andhrapradesh.  

4) Russian film 'Leviathan' wins Golden Peacock at IFFI 2014: Russian director Andrey Zvyaginstev's survival drama 'Leviathan' won the coveted Golden Peacock award while Marathi movie 'Ek Haazarachi Note' bagged the centenary trophy for best film at the 45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which concluded in Goa on 30 November 2014. 'Leviathan' star Alexel Serebriakov shared the best actor award with Dulal Sarkar of 'Chotoder Chobi'. Both the actors received the honour from Minister of State (Information and Broadcasting) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Jackie Shroff. The best actress award was shared by Cuban actress Arina Rodriguez and Israeli actress Sarit Larry.

5) Priyanka Chopra, Freida Pinto launched ‘Girl Rising’ campaign: Hail the women power! Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto launched a multi-level global campaign, ‘Girl Rising’, on November 29 in New Delhi, which includes a documentary film featuring the two stars and seven other Bollywood actresses, to spread awareness about importance of girls’ education.

6) Modi slipped to second spot in TIME's 'Person of the Year' poll: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has slipped to the second place in the Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' poll with the Ferguson protesters surging ahead of him in a vote by the readers. As per latest reports, Modi is leading second with 9.8 per cent of the total votes polled so far while the Ferguson protesters are leading with 10.8 per cent of the votes. Joshua Wong, face of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, is placed third.

7) Petrol price cut by 91 paise/litre, diesel by 84 paise: State-run oil marketing companies have slashed petrol prices by 91 paise per litre from Monday and diesel prices by 84 paise. This is the seventh consecutive reduction in petrol prices in the last four months and the third cut in diesel prices since October 18 when the Cabinet deregulated the fuel. Brent crude fell to a new four year low on Friday after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided not to cut output despite a slide in prices.

8) Baichung Bhutia conferred AFC 'Hall of Fame' Award: Former Indian national football team captain Baichung Bhutia was on 30 November 2014 honoured with the AFC Hall of Fame Award on occasion of the Asian Football Confederation's 60th anniversary. FIFA president Sepp Blatter presented the award to Baichung on the Awards Night. AIFF president Praful Patel was also present as were a host of other dignitaries from all over the footballing World.

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