Showing posts with label General Knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Knowledge. Show all posts

Friday, May 27, 2016

General Awareness for IBPS Exam

1. The first Regional Rural Bank in India was sponsored by Syndicate Bank on 2 October 1975. What is the name of that bank and where is it located at?
a) Kashmir Bank at Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir
b) Chikmagalur Gramin Bank in Chikmagalur in Karnataka
c) Pallavan Gramin Bank in Tamilnadu
d) Lucknow KGH Gramin Bank in Uttar Pradesh
e) Prathama Gramin bank at Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh

2. Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Where is the capital of Libya?
a) Cairo
b) Tripoli
c) Havana
d) Damascus
e) None of the above

3. ___________ is a specified minimum fraction of the total deposits of customers, which commercial banks have to hold as reserves either in cash or as deposits with the central bank.
a) MSF
b) Bank Rate
c) SLR
d) Repo Rate
e) CRR

4. World Cancer Day unites the world's population in the fight against cancer. World Cancer Day is celebrated on?
a) Feb 14
b) Feb 12
c) Jan 12
d) Feb 04
e) March 08

5. Vijaya Bank is a medium-sized Public Sector Bank with presence across India. It is one of the nationalised banks in India. Where are the headquarters of Vijaya Bank?
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Bengaluru
d) Kolkata
e) Pune

6. Rajnath Singh was elected as Member of Parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from the constituency of?
a) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
b) Ghajiabad, Uttar Pradesh
c) Patna Sahib, Bihar
d) Darbhanga, Bihar
e) Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

7. "Green Signals: Ecology, Growth and Democracy in India" has been written by?
a) Pranab Mukherjee
b) Narendra Modi
c) P Chidambaram
d) Jairam Ramesh
e) None of the above

8. Punjab, a state bordering Pakistan, is the heart of India’s Sikh community. Where is the capital of Punjab?
a) Amritsar
b) Chandigarh
c) Ludhiana
d) Jalandhar
e) None of the above

9. Who is Anjali Bhagwat?
a) Film actress
b) Author
c) Architect
d) Politician
e) Shooter

10. GAAR, a controversial system that seeks to empower taxmen to clampdown on deals and income suspected to have been structured to avoid paying taxes. GAAR stands for?
a) General Anti Avoidance Rules
b) General Anti Avoidance Region
c) Global Anti Avoidance Rules
d) General Anti Agreement Rules
e) None of the above

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Cabinet Minister and their Portfolios in 2016

Cabinet Ministers
● Narendra Modi – Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister 
● Rajnath Singh 
– Home Affairs 
● Sushma Swaraj – External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs 
● Arun Jaitley – Finance, Corporate (Additional charge – Corporate Affairs, Information and Broadcasting)
● Manohar Parrikar – Defence
● M Venkaiah Naidu – Urban Development, Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs 
● Nitin Gadkari – Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
● Suresh Prabhu – Railways
● Uma Bharati – Water resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
● Dr Najma Heptulla – Minority Affairs
● Ramvilas Paswan – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 
● Kalraj Mishra – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 
● Maneka Gandhi – Women and Child Development 
● Ananthkumar – Chemicals and Fertilizers 
● Ravi Shankar Prasad – Communications and Information Technology
● Ashok Gajapathi Raju – Civil Aviation 
● Anant Geete – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 
● Harsimrat Kaur Badal – Food Processing Industries 
● Narendra Singh Tomar – Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment 
● Jual Oram – Tribal Affairs 
● Radha Mohan Singh – Agriculture 
● Thaawar Chand Gehlot – Social Justice and Empowerment 
● Smriti Irani – Human Resource Development 
● JP Nadda – Health and Family Welfare
● Birender Singh – Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation
● DV Sadananda Gowda – Law and Justice
● Dr Harsh Vardhan – Science and Technology Earth Sciences

Ministers of State (Independent Charge) 
● General VK Singh – Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs 
● Inderjit Singh Rao – Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), Defence 
● Santosh Gangwar – Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 
● Shripad Naik – Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) 
● Dharmendra Pradhan – Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) 
● Sarbananda Sonowal – Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) 
● Prakash Javadekar – Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs 
● Piyush Goyal – Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) 
● Dr Jitendra Singh – Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space 
● Nirmala Sitharaman – Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs
● Bandaru Dattatreya – Labour and Employment
● Rajiv Pratap Rudy – Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs
● Mahesh Sharma – Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge), Civil Aviation

Ministers of State 
● GM Siddeshwara – Civil Aviation 
● Manoj Sinha – Railways 
● Nihalchand – Chemicals and Fertilizers 
● Upendra Kushwaha – Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation 
● Pon Radhakrishnan – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 
● Kiren Rijiju – Home Affairs 
● Krishan Pal – Road Transport and Highways, Shipping 
● Dr. Sanjeev Balyan – Agriculture, Food Processing Industries 
● Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava – Tribal Affairs 
● Raosaheb Danve – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 
● Vishnu Deo Sai – Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment 
● Sudarshan Bhagat – Rural Development
● Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi – Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs
● Ram Kripal Yadav – Drinking Water and Sanitation
● HP Chaudhary – Home Affairs
● Sanwar Lal Jat – Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
● Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya – Agriculture
● Giriraj Singh – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
● Hansraj Gangaram Ahir – Chemicals and Fertilizers
● Dr Ramshankar Katheria – Human Resource Development
● Jayant Sinha – Finance
● YS Chowdary – Science and Technology, Earth Science
● Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore – Information and Broadcasting
● Babul Supriyo – Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
● Niranjan Jyoti – Food Processing Industries
● Vijay Sampla – Social Justice and Empowerment - See more at: http://www.allexamgurublog.com/2009/08/cabinet-ministers-of-india-2009-latest.html#sthash.nFr5Rhwg.dpuf

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Temples and Location

1) Cheena Kesava Temple —Belur, Karnataka
2) Black Pagoda or Sun Temple— Konark (Orissa)
3) Brihadiswara Temple (WHS) —Thanjuvur, Tamilnadu
4) Brihadiswara Temple (WHS) — Gangaikondacholisvaram, TN
5) Airavatesvara Temple (WHS) — Darasuram, Tamilnadu
6) Hazara Rama Temple (WHS) — Hampi, Karnataka
7) Virupaksha Temple (WHS) — Pattadakal, Karnataka
8) Golden Temple— Amritsar, Punjab
9) Jagannath Temple— Puri, Orissa
10) Kailasa Temple — Ellora, Maharashtra
11) Mahabaleshwar Temple —Ujjain (M.P.)
12) Minakshi Temple— Madurai, Tamilnadu
13) Shore Temple —Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu
14) Somnath Temple —Junagarh, Gujarat
15) Tirupati Temple— Chittor, Andhra Pradesh

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

General Awareness Quiz for IBPS/SBI/RRBs 2016

1. Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. The currency of Kenya is?
a) Rund
b) Taka
c) Ruble
d) Yen
e) shilling

2. Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is?
a) 543
b) 552
c) 540
d) 402
e) 452

3. Every bank branch is given a unique MICR code and this helps the RBI to identify the bank branch and speed up the clearing process. The MICR code has a/an how many digits?
a) One
b) Eleven
c) Seven
d) Nine
e) None of the above

4. Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dance. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India in which of the following state/UTs?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) New Delhi
c) Haryana
d) Rajasthan
e) Chandigarh

5. The McMahon Line is a line agreed to by Britain and Tibet as part of the Simla Accord, a treaty signed in 1914. It is the effective boundary between which country?
a) Pakistan and China
b) India and Pakistan
c) India and China
d) Nepal and China
e) India and Nepal

6. ECS Credit can be used to pay interest, dividends, to name a couple. Besides being used for other transactions, ECS Stands for?
a) Electronic Coring Service
b) Electronic Clearing System
c) Electronic Clearing Service
d) Essential Clearing Service
e) None of the above

7. The Rock Garden also known as Nek Chand's Rock Garden after its founder Nek Chand, a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957 located at?
a) New Delhi
b) Lucknow
c) Lakshadweep
d) Patna
e) Chandigarh

8. The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations program headquartered in?
a) Paris, France
b) New York, USA
c) Nairobi, Kenya
d) Zurich, Switzerland 
e) Brussels, Belgium 

9. The Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class competition played in India between teams representing geographical zones of India. Duleep Trophy is related to which of the following game?
a) Football
b) Tennis
c) Badminton
d) Cricket
e) Golf

10. Total how much expenditure in this budget (2016-17) expected?
a) 19.78 lakh crore
b) 63.57 lakh crore
c) 37.12 lakh crore
d) 20.72 lakh crore
e) 49.46 lakh crore

All About World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. This organization has been working for over 60 years. Current head of the who is Margaret Chan. The organization is responsible for the world health report which is published by WHO on every world health day (7th of April every year).

History of the WHO : - 
After the 2nd World War, the world was suffering from extremely high disease rates and loss of basic resources and infrastructure. These factors ultimately led to the finalization of the World Health Organization, which was officially formed April 7, 1948, a day still celebrated each year as World Health Day. Than later the organization joined by the few other nations, now it has 194 member countries as part of the World Health Assembly, which is the decision-making authority of the WHO.

Since its creation, it has played a leading role in the eradication of smallpox. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis, the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases, sexual and reproductive health, development, and aging, nutrition, food security and healthy eating, occupational health, substance abuse and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking.

The WHO objectives include:- 
1. To provide leadership on matters critical to health and engage in partnerships where joint action is needed,
2. To shape the research agenda and stimulate the generation, translation and dissemination of valuable knowledge,
3. To set norms and standards and promote and monitor their implementation,
4. To articulate ethical and evidence-based policy options,
5. To provide technical support, catalysing change, and building sustainable institutional capacity and monitor the health situation and assess health trends.

Supporters and funding of the WHO :-
The World Health Organization is funded by contributions from all member countries and from donations from philanthropists, like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The WHO and the United Nations work closely with other international organizations like the European Union, the African Union, the World Bank, and UNICEF.

WHO and its offices :- 


In WHO, more than 7000 people from more than 150 countries work for the Organization in 150 WHO offices in countries, territories and areas, six regional offices, at the Global Service Centre in Malaysia and at the headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.  In addition to medical doctors, public health specialists, scientists and epidemiologists, WHO staff include people trained to manage administrative, financial, and information systems, as well as experts in the fields of health statistics, economics and emergency relief.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Father of the Subjects


Father of Ayurveda: Lord Dhanvantari
Father of Biology: Aristotle
Father of Physics: Albert Einstein
Father of Statistics: Ronald Fisher
Father of Zoology: Aristotle
Father of History: Herodotus
Father of Microbiology: Louis Pasteur
Father of Botany: Theophrastus
Father of Algebra: Diophantus
Father of Blood groups: Landsteiner
Father of Electricity: Benjamin Franklin
Father of Trigonometry: Hipparchus
Father of Geometry: Euclid
Father of Modern Chemistry: Antoine Lavoisier
Father of Robotics: Nikola Tesla
Father of Electronics: Ray Tomlinson
Father of Internet: Vinton Cerf
Father of Economics: Adam Smith
Father of Video game: Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.
Father of Architecture: Imhotep
Father of Genetics: Gregor Johann Mendel
Father of Nanotechnology: Richard Smalley
Father of Robotics:;Al-Jazari
Father of C language: Dennis Ritchie
Father of World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee
Father of Search engine: Alan Emtage
Father of Periodic table: Dmitri Mendeleev
Father of Taxonomy: Carolus Linnaeus
Father of Surgery (early): Sushruta
Father of Mathematics: Archimedes
Father of Medicine: Hippocrates
Father of Homeopathy: Samuel Hahnemann
Father of Law: Cicero
Father of the American Constitution: James Madison
Father of the Indian Constitution: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Father of the Green Revolution: Norman Ernest Borlaug
Father of the Green Revolution in India: M.S Swaminathan

FIRST in INDIA


1.Name of the first Atomic Submarine of India ?
Ans--I.N.S Chakra
2. What is the name of first British to visit India ?
Ans--Hawkins
3.Name of the first election commissioner of India ?
Ans--Sukumar Sen.
4.Name of the first university of India ?
Ans--Nalanda University.
5.Where is India's First nuclear centre ?
Ans--Tarapur
6.Name of the first Chinese pilgrim to visit India ?
Ans--Fa-hien
7.Name of first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna ?
Ans--Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
8.Where was the first Post Office opened in India ?
Ans--Kolkata in 1727
9. Name of the first deputy Prime Minister of India ?
Ans--Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
10.Name of first Space Tourist of India ?
Ans--Santosh George
11.Name of the first Aircraft Carrier Indian Ship ?
Ans--I.N.S. Vikrant
12. Name of First Indian who reached south pole ?
Ans--Col. I K Bajaj
13.Name of the First Indian Prime Minister who resigned from Office ?
Ans--Moraji Desai
14.Name of first Indian who won Billiards Trophy ?
Ans--Wilson Jones
15.First Indian recipient of Oscar Award ?
Ans--Bhanu Athaiya
16.Name of the first Indian President to Die in office ?
Ans--Dr. Zakir Hussain
17.Name of the First Indian Author to get the Anderson Award ?
Ans--Ruskin Bond
18.Name of First Indian Missile ?
Ans--Prithvi
19. Name of first Indian Pilot ?
Ans--J.R.D. Tata in 1929
20.Name of the first Chief of Naval staff of India ?
Ans--Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari
21.Name of the first Indian to win Magsaysay Award ?
Ans--Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1958
22. Name of first Indian to win Nobel Prize ?
Ans--Rabindranath Tagore
23.First Scientist of India to get Nobel Prize in Economics ?
Ans--Dr. Amartya Sen
24.Name of the First Indian Submarine ?
Ans--I.N.S. Cauveri
25. Name of first Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award ?
Ans--Dr. S Radhakrishnan

Highest,Longest,Biggest,Largest,Deepest in WORLD


● Largest Airport : King Abdul Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
● Highest Airport : Lhasa Airport, Tibet
● Tallest Animal : Giraffe
● Largest Animal : Blue Bottom whale
● Largest Bay : Hudson Bay, Canada.
● Fastest Bird : Swift
● Largest Bird : Ostrich
● Smallest Bird : Humming bird
● Longest Bridge : Huey P. Long Bridge (USA)
● Tallest Building : Dubai Burj (Dubai)
● Longest Canal : Baltic sea White Canal
● Largest Cathedral : Cathedral Church of New York
● Largest Cemetry : Ohlsdorf Cemetry (Hamburg, Germany)
● Largest Church : Balisca of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Rome.
● Largest Continent : Asia
● Smallest Continent : Australia
● Largest Country (Area) : Russia
● Smallest Country (Area) : Vatican City
● Biggest Cinema House : Roxy, New York
● Highest City : Wenchuan, China
● Most Populous City : Tokyo
● Longest Day : June 21
● Shortest Day : December 22
● Largest Delta : Sunderban (India)
● Largest Desert : Sahara, North Africa
● Biggest Dome : Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur), India
● Largest Dams : Grand Coulee Dam, USA
● Tallest Fountain : Fountain Hills, Arizona
● Largest Gulf : Gulf of Mexico
● Largest Hotel : Excalibur Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
● Largest Island : Greenland
● Largest Lake : Caspian Sea.
● Deepest Lake : Baikal (Siberia)
● Highest Lake : Titicaca (Bolivia)
● Largest Library : United States Library of Congress, Washington
● Largest Mosque : Jama Masjid, Delhi (India)
● Highest Mountain Peak : Mount Everest (Nepal)
● Highest Mountain Range : Himalayas, Asia.
● Largest Mountain Range : Andes (South America)
● Biggest Museum : American Museum of Natural History (New York).
● Largest Minaret : Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
● Tallest Minaret : Qutub Minar, Delhi (India)
● Biggest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
● Deepest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
● Biggest Palace : Vatican (Rome)
● Largest Palace : Imperial Palace (China)
● Largest Park : National Park of North-Eastern (Greenland)
● Largest Peninsula : Arabia
● Highest Plateau : Pamir (Tibet)
● Longest Platform : Kharagpur, W. Bengal (India)
● Largest Platform : Grand Central Terminal, (Rly. Station), New York (USA)
● Biggest Planet : Jupiter
● Smallest Planet : Mercury
● Brightest Planet : Venus
● Coldest Planet : Neptune
● Nearest Planet (to the Sun) : Mercury
● Farthest Planet (from the Sun) : Neptune
● Longest River : Nile, Africa
● Longest River Dam : Hirakud Dam, India
● Largest Sea : South China Sea
● Largest Stadium : Starhove Stadium, Prague (Czech Republic)
● Brightest Star : Sirius A
● Tallest Statue : Motherland (Russia)
● Largest Sea-bird : Albatross
● Biggest Telescope : Mt. Palomar (USA)
● Longest Train : Flying Scotsman
● Largest Temple : Angkorwat in Combodia.
● Oldest Theatre : Teatro Olimpico (Itlay)
● Tallest Tower : C. N. Tower, Toronto (Canada)
● Longest Wall : Great Wall of China
● Highest Waterfall : Angel (Venezuela)
● Widest Waterfall : Khone Falls (Laos)
● Lowest Water Level : Dead Sea
● Longest Epic : Mahabharata
● Hottest Place : Azizia (Libya)
● Rainiest Place : Mosinram, near Cherrapunji (India)
● Highest Road : Leh-Nobra, Ladakh division India.
● Highest Village : Andean (Chile)
● Highest Volcano : Ojos del Salado, (Argentina) Chile
● Largest Volcano : Manuna Lea (Hawai)
● Lightest Gas : Hydrogen
● Fastest Animal : Cheetah
● Biggest Flower : Rafflesia (Java)
● Longest Corridor : Rameshwaram Temple (India)
● Largest Democracy : India
● Highest Cable Car Project : Gulmarg (Jammu-Kashmir)
● Biggest Airbus : Double Decker A-380
● Highest Rail Track : Kwinghai- Tibbet Railway (China)

Today's General Knowledge Question

Which Dogri poet and novelist has been chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015?
a) Padma Sachdev
b) Suman K Sharma
c) Bhagwat Prasad Sathe
d) Veena Gupta

Answer: a) Padma Sachdev

Today's General Knowledge Question

The Golden Threshold' is a book by
a) V.D Savarkar
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Syed Ahmad Khan
d) M G Ranade

Answer : b) Sarojini Naidu

Saturday, May 7, 2016

INDIAN STATES

 
Know your State like emoticon like emoticon 
1.Before Hyderabad was made capital in 1956 of Andhra Pradesh,what was its capital?
Ans-Kurnool
2.ARUNACHAL PRADESH was established in which year?
Ans-1987
3.In ancient times ASSAM was known by the name of?
Ans-Pragijyotishpur
4.Which Flower is recognised as State Flower of BIHAR?
Ans-Marigold
5.Which of the following Tribes has the largest population in CHATTISGARH?
Ans- Gond
6.Which one is the longest beach in GOA?
Ans-Colava beach
7.The British East India company established its First factory in GUJARAT in ---
Ans-Surat
8.In which year HARYANA was formed as seperate State?
Ans-1966
9.In which year HIMACHAL PRADESH capital Shimla was declared as summer capital of British India?
Ans-1864
10.Who was the last ruling Maharaja of JAMMU KASHMIR?
Ans-Hari Singh
11.Which one is the largest district of JHARKHAND by area wise?
Ans-Paschimi Singhbhum
12.Who was the first person to recieve Bharat Ratna award from KARNATAKA?
Ans-Visvesvaraya
13.In which year KERALA was formed as Indian State?
Ans-1956
14.Which one is the largest National park in MADHYA PRADESH?
Ans-Kanha National park
15.Who was the first CM of MAHARASTRA?
Ans-Yashwantrao Chavan
16.MANIPURI language was included in 8th schedule of Indian constitution in year?
Ans-1992
17.MEGHALAYA Capital Shillong wais also known as-----------of the East?
Ans-Scotland
18.Which one is known as largest lake in MIZORAM?
Ans-Palak lake
19.which country share its border on the East side of NAGALAND?
Ans-Myanmar
20.The Jagganath puri temple in ODISHA was build in the Year?
Ans-1161
21.What is the state bird of PUNJAB?
ANS-Baaz
22.RAJASTHAN is the largest satte in India in--
Ans-Area wise
23.In which year SIKKIM became part of India as its 22 state?
Ans-1975
24.How many UNESCO world heritage sites are located in TAMIL NADU?
Ans-8
25.Total number of state that shares border with TELANGANA?
Ans-4 states
26.Which one is the largest river of TRIPURA?
Ans-Gomati
27.In which year United Provinces renamed as UTTAR PRADESH?
Ans-1950
28.Which one is the highest mountain in UTTARAKHAND?
Ans- Nanda Devi
29.Who was the first CM of WEST BENGAL?
Ans-Prafulla chandra Ghosh

Today's General Knowledge Question

IIT topper who was selected as brand ambassador of Digital India is:
a)Kruti Tiwari
b)Kaushik Dev
c)Nirmala Devi
d)Rahul Pillai

Answer - a) Kruti Tiwari

List of Defence Institutes in India

● Air Force Academy—Hyderabad
● Air Force Technical College—Bengaluru
● College of Military Engineering—Pune
● Defence Management Institute—Sikandrabad
● Defence Services Staff College—Wellington
● Directorate General N.C.C.—New Delhi
● Electrical and Mechanical Engineering School—Baroda
● Hindustan Aeronatic Limited—Bengaluru
● Indian Air Force Training Centre—Chennai
● Indian Military Academy—Dehradun
● Institute of Armament Technology—Pune
● Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering—Sikandrabad
● Directorate of National Cadet Core—New Delhi
● National Defence Academy—Kharagwasala
● Naval College of Engineering—Lonavala
● Officers Training Academy—Chennai

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

G.K Pointer Based On G.K Updates for SBI Clerk and NABARD Exam


1. How many toilets will be constructed by TCS under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan?

Ans: 1,509 toilets

2. Who is the Union Cultural Minister of India?

Ans: Mahesh Sharma

3. With capital down to a creep, Jaiprakash Associates (JAL) and Jaypee Infra are offering land parcels of around how much acres to banks in a bid to buy peace with lenders and settle most of its loans?

Ans: 2,200 acres 

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Gramodaya se Bharatodaya Abhiyan (village self-governance) campaign on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar at which place?

Ans: Ambedkar's birthplace Mhow in Madhya Pradesh

5. Which country remained the world’s largest recipient of remittances from abroad in 2015, despite a $1 billion drop from the previous year, the first such decline since 2009?

Ans: India

6. Which two institutions signed the first co-financing framework agreement?

Ans: AIIB and World Bank

7. Barack Obama appoints Master Card CEO ________ to key administration post.

Ans: Ajay Banga

8. Who is the present Governor of Madhya Pradesh?

Ans: Ram Naresh Yadav

9. Where is the headquarter of IDBI Bank Ltd?

Ans: Mumbai

10. Agartala is the capital as well as the largest city of the Indian state of which state and also is the second largest city in North-east India after Guwahati?

Ans: Tripura