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Thursday, April 2, 2015
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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Daily Current Affairs: 1 April 2015
1) ICC president Mustafa Kamal resigned:
--> Mustafa Kamal resigned as president
of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 1 April 2015 with an outspoken
attack on the world governing body after he was prevented from presenting the
World Cup trophy.
--> Then, a spat erupted between Mr.
Kamal and ICC chairman N. Srinivasan, who presented the World Cup to Australia.
--> Mustafa Kamal during the world cup
had made controversy after his country's World Cup quarterfinal defeat by India
saying that there was "no quality in the umpiring" and suggested the
result had been "pre-arranged".
--> Mr. Kamal, who is also Bangladesh’s
Planning Minister, said his decision was “final” and “not negotiable.
--> Citing the constitution, he said
only the president had the right to hand over the trophy to the winners of a
match.
2) Farida Khambata is Tata Sons' first woman director:
--> Tata Sons, promoter of the major
operating Tata companies, appointed top-ranked investment strategist Farida
Khambata as the first woman independent director in the company's 103-year
history.
--> While Khambata is the first woman
professional to be a part of the Tata Sons board, Navajbai Tata, wife of Sir
Ratan Tata, the younger son of Tata Group founder Jamsetji Tata, was the first
woman from the promoter family to join the Tata Sons board.
--> Ronen Sen former ambassador to the
US was also inducted as an independent director.
3) Gulshan Rai took charge as India's first cyber security
chief:
--> Gulshan Rai on 1 April 2015 took
charge as India’s first cyber security chief under the Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO) as Special Secretary for cyber security.
--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi in
March 2015 had created this new post in PMO and had appointed Rai as its head.
--> Prior to this appointment, he was
Director-General Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) at the Department of
Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY).
--> He also heads the E-Security and
Cyber Law division in the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
4) Aahar scheme launched in Odisha:
-->
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched his government’s
much-hyped subsidised Aahar scheme on the occasion of the State’s Foundation
Day on 1 April 2015.
--> The scheme was launched in
Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela in the first phase.
--> It aims at providing meal at Rs.
five to the urban poor.
--> Each Aahar outlet will cater to a
thousand people daily between 11 am and 3 pm.
5) Misao Okawa, Worlds oldest person died in Japan at age
117:
--> Misao Okawa, the World’s oldest
person on 1 April 2015 died in Japan at the age of 117 and 27 days.
--> She was awarded the Guinness World
Records title of oldest living person as well as the oldest living woman on 27
February 2013, a few days before her 115th birthday.
6) Brendon McCullum named New Zealand's 'Cricketer of the
Year':
--> New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum
was named "Cricketer of the Year" at the New Zealand on 1 April 2015.
--> McCullum, who led New Zealand to
their first World Cup final, was the supreme award winner at the ceremony,
winning the "Sir Richard Hadlee" medal.
--> Team-mate Kane Williamson won the
"Batsman of the Year" award across all three formats of the game.
7) Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha appointed as Chief Justice of
the Sikkim High Court:
--> Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha on 30
March 2015 was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.
--> He was appointed by the President
Pranab Mukherjee in accordance with the Article 217 (1) of the Constitution of
India.
8) Kyle Mills retired from all forms of cricket:
--> New Zealand pace bowler Kyle Mills
announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 1 April 2015.
--> Mills was consistently ranked among the
world's top 10 one-day bowlers throughout his illustrious 14-year career, and
for a long time was ranked number one.
--> Mills represented New Zealand in 170
ODIs and took 240 wickets to be the Black Caps' second highest wicket-taker in
the shortened game behind Vettori, who took 297.
Current Affairs MCQ: 2 April 2015
1) Who was recently appointed as the new
spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs?
(A) Syed Akbaruddin
(B) Sushma Singh
(C) Vikas Swarup
(D) Vishnu Prakash
2) Which technology giant has recently
appointed Ruth Porat as its Chief Financial Officer?
(A) Google
(B) Yahoo
(C) Facebook
(D) Twitter
3) Who was on 26 March 2015 sworn in as
Chief Justice of Kerala High Court?
(A) Justice Meena Kumari
(B) Justice Ashok Bhushan
(C) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant
(D) Justice Uma Nath Singh
4) Michel Platini was re-elected by
acclamation as UEFA president for a third term on 24 March 2015. UEFA
represents the national football associations of?
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) South America
(D) Europe
5) RBI on 25 March 2015 signed a USD 400
million currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of which country for
three years?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Nepal
(C) Bhutan
(D) Maldives
6) Who was named Man of the Match in the
semi final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 played between India and
Australia?
(A) James Faulkner
(B) Mitchell Starc
(C) Steve Smith
(D) Michael Clarke
7) Who bagged the best actress award at the
62nd National Film Awards?
(A) Priyanka Chopra
(B) Kareena Kapoor
(C) Sonam Kapoor
(D) Kangana Ranaut
8) Who recently emerged as the only Indian
author among 10 finalists for this year’s Man Booker International Prize?
(A) Siddhartha Mukherjee
(B) Amitav Ghosh
(C) Ashok Srinivasan
(D) Jeet Thayil
9) John F. Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg
recently won the Abel Prize 2015 for their contributions to mathematical
sciences. Of this, John F. Nash is also a winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in?
(A) Physics
(B) Chemistry
(C) Peace
(D) Economics
10) Which film has been selected as the
Best Hindi Film for the 62nd National Film Awards?
(A) Queen
(B) PK
(C) Mary Kom
(D) Haider
Answers
1) Ans. (C) Vikas Swarup
2) Ans. (A) Google
3) Ans. (B) Justice Ashok Bhushan
4) Ans. (D) Europe
5) Ans. (A) Sri Lanka
6) Ans. (C) Steve Smith
7) Ans. (D) Kangana Ranaut
8) Ans. (B) Amitav Ghosh
9) Ans. (D) Economics
10) Ans. (A) Queen
GK for KPSC Secretariat Assistant Exam 2015
Friends.. Here are some useful General Knowledge
Questions for Kerala PSC Secretariat Assistant Exam 2015. Equally these
questions are useful for other competitive Exams also.
1) Manav Seva Award has been instituted in
the memory of? - Rajiv Gandhi
2) In which year Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna was launched?
- 2007 (Exact Date 02-10-2007)
3) What was the pen name of Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhaye? - Kamla Kant
4) Name the government scheme launched in
1985 for providing financial assistance to rural and urban poor for
construction of houses? - Indira Awaaz Yojna
5) The total number of judges of the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) is? - 15
6) Jawaharlal Nehru award is given for? -
International Understanding
7) What is the aim of Janani Suraksha
Yojana launched in 2005? - Reducing
maternal deaths by promoting deliveries in public and private health
institutions.
8) 15th August is the Independence Day of India
and? - South Korea
9) Who is the author of the book ‘We
Indians’? - Kushwant Singh
10) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act was launched in which year? - 2005
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Quiz Questions for Exams
2.4.15
Cricket, Current Affairs, ICC World Cup, March 2015, Quiz, Sports, Study Materials
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Friends.. As you know the 11th edition of
the ICC Cricket World Cup was held from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Many new
records were created during this world cup and hence a question related to
Cricket World Cup will surely be there in the upcoming exams. Hope this article
helps you to face those questions with confidence. If you think any possible
question was missed out, just comment below. We will add them.
1) The 2015 Cricket World Cup was jointly
hosted by? - Australia and New Zealand
2) How many teams participated in the
tournament? - Fourteen teams
3) Total how many venues were there for the
2015 Cricket World Cup? - 14
4) When was the first and last time
Australia and New Zealand jointly hosted the Cricket World Cup? - 1992
5) Who was the Ambassador of the 2015 ICC
Cricket World Cup? - Sachin Tendulkar
6) Which ground hosted the final match of
the tournament? - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
7) Which team lifted the 2015 ICC Cricket
World Cup? - Australia
8) The final match was played between
Australia and? - New Zealand
9) Who was the leading run scorer (547
runs) of the Cricket world cup 2015? - Martin Guptill
10) Who scored the highest individual score
of Cricket world cup 2015? - Martin Guptill (237 Runs)
11) Which player had the highest average of
Cricket world cup 2015? - Kumar Sangakkara (108.2)
12) Which player scored the most number of
100s in Cricket world cup 2015? - Kumar Sangakkara (Four)
13) Which players took the most number of
wickets in Cricket world cup 2015? - Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult (22 wickets
each)
14) Who took the most number of wickets in
a single innings of Cricket world cup 2015? - Timothy Southee (7/33 against
England)
15) Name the two players who scored double
century in Cricket world cup 2015? - Martin Guptill and Chris Gayle
16) Which is the only test playing nation
that did not qualified for quarter finals? - England
17) Who was named the player of the
Tournament? - Mitchell Starc
18) Name the two players who took a
hat-trick in the World Cup 2015? - Steve Finn and JP Duminy
19) Who scored the fastest World Cup fifty
in 18 balls during this edition? - McCullum
20) Who hit the fastest 150 in ODIs (in 64
balls) during this edition of World Cup? - AB de Villiers
21) Which team defeated India in the Semi
Finals of Cricket world cup 2015? - Australia
22) Who became the first Indian to score a
World Cup century against Pakistan during this edition? - Virat Kohli
24) Who was named the Man of the Match in
the final of Cricket world cup 2015? - James Faulkner
25) Who captained Australia in the Cricket
world cup 2015? - Michael Clarke
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Daily Current Affairs Updates: 31 March 2015
1) Daniel Vettori announced retirement from international
cricket:
--> New Zealand cricketer and former
captain Daniel Vettori has announced his retirement from international cricket.
--> He made this announcement after
playing last match in ICC World Cup 2015 Final against Australia.
--> Earlier in 2011, he had retired from
Tests and Twenty-20s cricket format.
--> In his 18-year-old career, the
36-year-old played 113 tests and 295 ODIs.
2) Snapdeal acquired majority stake in RupeePower:
--> Jasper Infotech, which owns and
operates online marketplace Snapdeal.com, has picked up a majority stake in
digital financial services platform RupeePower.com as part of its plans to
create a financial services marketplace.
3) Govt announced interest rates for various Small Savings
Schemes:
--> Investments in Sukanya Samriddhi
Account, the special deposit scheme for girl child, will earn higher interest
rate of 9.2 per cent, while the rate on popular tax saving Public Provident
Fund has been retained at 8.7 per cent for 2015-16.
--> At the same time, rate for senior
citizens savings scheme (SCSS) has been enhanced to 9.3 per cent from existing
9.2 per cent. The above rates will be effective from 1 April 2015," a
finance ministry statement said.
--> Kisan Vikas Patra interest earning
has also been retained at 8.7 per cent.
--> Savings Deposit will continue to
earn 4% interest.
4) 18-hour-old baby becomes India's youngest patient to
undergo an open heart surgery:
--> An 18 hour-old baby from Mathura
defied all odds and emerged as the youngest patient in India to undergo an open
heart surgery.
--> Mayank was born in Mathura and
within minutes of his birth was declared to have severe breathing difficulty,
TAPVC, a critical heart condition, which stops the normal flow of blood from
lungs to the heart.
--> The local doctors unable to treat
the baby advised the family to rush the child to a multi-super specialty
hospital in Delhi.
--> The challenge was immense but the
doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute accepted it and performed an
extremely difficult surgery.
5) Muhammadu Buhari elected as President of Nigeria:
--> Former military ruler Genral
Muhammadu Buhari won the Presidential election in Nigeria.
--> He defeated incumbent President
Goodluck Jonathan by more than two million votes.
--> With this historic win, Buhari
became the first opposition candidate in history of Nigeria to win a
presidential election.
6) India launched Operation Raahat to evacuate Indian
nationals from Yemen:
--> India launched a massive air and sea
operation named Operation Raahat to evacuate over 4000 Indian nationals from
Yemen.
--> The operation started after India
got permission to dock its offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra at the Aden
harbor of Yemen.
--> The complete rescue operation was
overseen by Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd.) VK Singh.
7) Kotak Mahindra-ING Vysya merger gets RBI approval:
--> Kotak Mahindra Bank has received the
Reserve Bank of India’s approval for acquiring ING Vysya Bank, making Kotak the
fourth largest private lender in the country.
--> Happy to share that the RBI has
approved merger of ING Vysya Bank with Kotak Mahindra Bank effective April 1,
2015,” Uday Kotak, Executive Vice-chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Group
said.
--> An RBI statement said, “All the
branches of ING Vysya Bank will function as branches of Kotak Mahindra Bank
with effect from April 1, 2015.”
8) Rajasthan govt. opened mother’s milk bank:
--> Rajasthan’s first State-run human
milk bank, “Jeevan Dhara”, was inaugurated by Health Minister Rajendra Rathore
at the Mahila Chikitsalaya.
--> The first mother’s milk bank in the
State was started by a non-governmental organisation in a government hospital
in Udaipur.
9) Gujarat assembly passed controversial anti-terrorism and
organized crime bill:
--> Gujarat assembly on 31 March 2015
passed by a majority vote the controversial Control of Terrorism and Organised
Crime Bill (GCTOC) which allows police to intercept and record telephonic
conversations and submit them in court as evidence.
--> The bill, which was earlier returned
by the President thrice to the state government for reconsideration when Narendra
Modi was CM, was passed by a majority vote amid stiff resistance from
opposition Congress, which walked out of the House over its controversial
provisions.
--> The state government re-introduced
the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill in the assembly after
renaming it.
GK Capsule for National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) Assistant/AO Exam 2015
Friends.. Here is the Part-3 of the study
materials for NICL AO & Assistant Exam 2015.
1) Which state which has the largest number
of seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha? - Madhya Pradesh
2) Which player has recently hit the first
double century in the ICC Cricket World Cup history? - Chris Gayle
3) Garuda was the bilateral air exercise
conducted by India and? - France
4) Kshatrapati Shivaji has recently taken
over as the Chairman and Managing Director of? - Small Industries Development
Bank of India (SIDBI)
5) Noted Hindi novelist who wrote
‘Tamas’is? - Bhishma Sahni
6) Name the Ponchicherry class coastal
minesweeper decommissioned recently? - INS Alleppey
7) Which is the only central university in
India which has Prime Minister as its chancellor? - Visva Bharati University
8) Supreme Court recently declared which
section of Information Technology Act as unconstitutional? - Section 66A
9) Which one of the following is used to
induce artificial rain? - Silver Iodide
10) Which team lifted the 69th edition of
Santosh Trophy recently? - Services
11) ‘Kuchipudi’ dance form originated in? -
Andhra Pradesh
12) Capital of Germany? - Berlin
13) Name the Britain’s largest state-owned
bank, which recently decided to shut down its banking operations in India? -
Royal Bank of Scotland
14) Union External Affairs Minister? -
Sushma Swaraj
15) Who was recently appointed UN goodwill
ambassador of South Asia? -Sania Mirza
16) ‘Lake Sambhar’ is nearest to which one
of the following cities of Rajasthan? - Jaipur
17) Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and
National Park is situated in which state? - Tamil Nadu
18) Jwala Gutta is associated with which
game? - Badminton
19) Which city will host the 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG) as confirmed recently? - Durban, South Africa
20) Which country is the largest arms
suppliers to India? - United States
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Current Affairs Quiz: 1 April 2015
1) Which film was awarded the Best Feature
Film in the 62nd National Film Awards 2015 announced on 24 March 2015?
(A) Court
(B) Mary Kom
(C) Queen
(D) Nanu Avanalla Avalu
2) Sports Ministry on 23 March, 2015 has
categorised nine sporting discipline as the 'high priority sports'. Which among
the following discipline is not one among them?
(A) Weightlifting
(B) Cricket
(C) Badminton
(D) Boxing
3) India's Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle
(PROVe), indigenously built by National Institute of Ocean Technology, was
recently operationalised for research in North Antarctica. Where is the
headquarters of National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bangalore
(D) Chennai
4) Which high court on 25 March 2015 became
the first court to set up dedicated commercial divisions within it, in line
with recommendation of the Law Commission of India?
(A) Kerala High Court
(B) Calcutta High Court
(C) Delhi High Court
(D) Karnataka High Court
5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 March
2015 launched his ambitious multi-purpose and multi-modal platform, PRAGATI.
Expand PRAGATI?
(A) Pro-Active Governance And Timely
Implementation
(B) Pro-Active Government And Transparent
Implementation
(C) Pro-Active Governance And Transparent
Implementation
(D) Pro-Active Government And Timely
Implementation
6) KM Mani was recently appointed as the
chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers on Goods &
Services Tax (GST). KM Mani is the finance minister of which state?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Kerala
7) Indian-American author Akhil Sharma
recently won The Folio Prize 2015. He won this award for his Novel?
(A) Family Life
(B) The Emperor of All Maladies
(C) Narcopolis
(D) My Life My Destiny
8) Ministry of Railways has recently
constituted a committee to review the existing Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Cell in the railway board. Who among the following will head the committee?
(A) Arun Kumar Singh
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Ajay Shankar
(D) E. Sreedharan
9) Noted Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj on 24
March 2015 was awarded with first National Kavi Pradeep Samman. National Kavi
Pradeep Samman was instituted by the Government of?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Haryana
10) Which country has recently won the
prestigious Women in Parliaments (WIP) Award for regional leadership in the
South and Southeast Asia category for closing the gender gap in politics?
(A) India
(B) Nepal
(C) China
(D) Bangladesh
Answers
1) Ans. (A) Court
2) Ans. (B) Cricket
3) Ans. (D) Chennai
4) Ans. (C) Delhi High Court
5) Ans. (A) Pro-Active Governance And
Timely Implementation
6) Ans. (D) Kerala
7) Ans. (A) Family Life
8) Ans. (C) Ajay Shankar
9) Ans. (B) Madhya Pradesh
10) Ans. (D) Bangladesh