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1) 'Hour' is related to 'Second' in the same way 'Tertiary' is related to ? a. Ordinary b. Secondary c. Primary d. Intermediary e. None of these Show/Hide Answer Answer = C 2) 'Fire' is related to 'Ashes' in the same way as 'Explosion' is related to ? a. Sound b. Debris c. Explosive d. Flame e. None of these Show/Hide Answer Answer = B 3) 'Parliament' is related to 'Great Britain' in the same way as 'Congress' is related to ? a. Japan b. India c. USA d. Netherlands e. None of these Show/Hide Answer Answer = C 4) 'Sports' is related to 'Logo' in the same way as 'Nation' is related to ? a. Emblem b. Animal c. Ruler d. Anthem e. None of these Show/Hide Answer Answer = A 5) 'Data Processing' is related to 'Raw Data' in the same way as 'University' is related to ? a. Teacher b. Building c. Students d. Principal e.

1. The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest___? (a) Along the equator (b) along the topic of cancer(c)along the arctic circle(d)at the north pole. Answer is = D 2. Flash Point term is related with the (a) study of water(b) Study of Rocks (c) Study of Climate (d) study of Dew drops Answer is = C 3. About 50%of the world population is concentrated between the latitudes of____? (a)5 N and 20 N (b)20 N and 40 N (c)40 N and 60 N (d)20 S and 40 S. Answer is = D 4. The time at any point on the earth's surface calculated when the sun reaches its highest position in the Sky is known as___? (a)local time (b)sidereal time (c)solar time (d) standard time. Answer is = A 5. what will be the time at a place situated at 70 W when it is 4 p.m. at a place situated at 35 E__? (a)5 p. m (b)8 p.m. (c)11 a.m.(d)9 a.m. Answer is = D 6. When the local time is 12.00 noon and the time at Greenland Meridian is 8.00 a.m. The local longitude is _____? (a)

1. Operation Parakram-- The operation was launched after the 13 December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament. Thousands of Indian troops were deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border. The operation was the largest military exercise carried out by any Asian country 2. Operation Cactus-- The operation was launched in Nove 1988 on call of Maldives President MA Gayoom, who was under threat of a coup from mercenaries. The three services of India launched the operation and captured the mercenaries. 3. Operation Vijay (1961) --Launched in 1961 to liberate Goa from Portuguses control. ( data by faceboo.com/ allcurrentaffairs ) 4. Operation Vijay (1999) --Indian operation to push back the infiltrators from the Kargil Sector. 5. Operation Vajra Shakti--Launched in Sep 2002 to evacuate Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat of terrorists. 6. Operation Black Thunder--Launched by DGP KPS Gill in 1988 to rid the Golden Temple of militants. 7. Operati

- Important Facts to Remember *************** ****************** 1. The Nobel prizes are given in accordance with the will of Swedish inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel. 2. The first Nobel prize was awarded in the year 1901 3. The Nobel Prize award ceremonies are held on December 10 every year, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896. 4. All the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden except for the Nobel Peace Prize which is awarded in Oslo, Norway. 5. The Nobel Prizes were initially given in FIVE fields viz. Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Peace and Literature. 6. Nobel Prize in the field of Economic Sciences were instituted in the year 1969 with Ragnar Frisch of Norway and Jan Tinbergen of The Netherlands being the first recipients. Nobel Laureates - Important Facts *************** *********** 1. The first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize---Marie Curie for Physics in 1903 2. The first person and only woman to be awar

IMPORTANT SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13 BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits • 4th BRICS Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India • 5th BRICS Summit 2013 – Durban, South Africa G-8 Annual Summits Group of Eight (G8) Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia. • 37th G8 Meeting 2011 – Deauville, France • 38th G8 Meeting 2012 – David camp, USA • 39th G8 Summit 2013 – County Fermanagh, UK • 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Russia G-20 Summits • 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 – Los Cabos, Mexico • 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 – Saint Petersburg, Russia • 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia SAARC Summits SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation • 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives • 18th SAARC Summit 2013 – Kathmandu,Nepal ASEAN Summits ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation • 19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) – Bali, Indonesia • 20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April)– Phnom

Q. Brass gets discoloured in air because of the presence of which of the following gases in air? A. Oxygen B. Hydrogen sulphide C. Carbon dioxide D. Nitrogen Ans;b

ge. And till this goal is achieved, the debate whether controlling emission at a few power plants is more convenient than controlling emission at millions of tailpipes is, would continue. 1. Why does the author fear that the electric cars may eventually not be very Eco-friendly? a) The exhausts of these cars emit as much pollutions as the oil fueled cars. b) Electric cars though have lesser quantity of other emissions, the sulfur emissions will rise substantially, thus harming the environment. c) The electricity for charging the batteries of these cars comes from power plants using pollution causing fossil fuels. d) Only a) and c) e) None of these 2. What according to the author, needs to be done in order to make the electric cars more Eco friendly? a) Encouraging power plants to generate electricity using the Eco-friendly methods. b) Setting certain emissions standards for electric cars is done for the oil consuming cars. c) Controlling

Physics 2013 was awarded jointly to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider"

Tom Clancy, the US author of a string of best-selling spy and military thrillers, has died, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. He was 66. His long list of novels — several of which became Hollywood movies — included "The Hunt for Red October," "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger."

Winners r as under: Biological Science Dr Sathees Chukkurumbal Raghavan Department of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore 560 012 Chemcial Sciences Dr Yamuna Krishnan National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR) UAS-GKVK, Bellary Road Bangalore 560 065 Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences No Award Engineering Sciences Dr Bikramjit Basu Dr Suman Chakraborty Materials Research Centre Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Indian Institute of Technology (IITKgp) Bangalore 560012 Kharagpur 721302 Mathematical Sciences Dr Eknath Prabhakar Ghate School of Mathematical Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba Mumbai 400 005 Medical Sciences Dr Pushkar Sharma National Institute of Immunology (NII) Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Physical Sciences Dr Amol Dighe Dr Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy Department of Theoretical Physic

October 1: International Day for the Elderly October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi October 3: World Habitat Day October 4: World Animal Welfare Day October 8: Indian Air Force Day October 9: World Post Office Day October 10: National Post Day October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day October 13 : UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction October 14: World Standards Day October 15 : World White Cane Day (guiding the blind) October 16 : World Food Day October 24 : UN Day; World Development Information Day October 30: World Thrift Day

AADHAAR card denotes – Unique Identity Number PSL – Priority sector lending NBFC – Non Banking Financial Company WPI – Wholesale price Index CPI – Consumer Price Index LAF – Liquidity adjustment facility NDTL – Net Deman d and Time Liabilities UCB – Urban Cooperative Bank ECS – Electronic clearing service FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission UCIC – Unique Customer Identification Code AML – Anti Money Laundering CFT – Combatting of financial terrorism SME – Small and Mediu m Enterprises CDR – Corporate Debt Restructuring CDS –Credit Default Swaps IRS – Interest Rate Swaps FII – Foreign Institutional Investors RRB – Regional Rural Bank PDC – Post Dated Cheques MSE – Micro an d Small Enterpr ises DCCO – Date of commencement of commercial operations CRAR – Capital to Risk weighted assets ratio IBL – Inter bank liability GDS – Gold deposit scheme CAD – Current account deficit MFIN – Micro Finance Institutions Network

1) Constructing India, 1920. 2) Rural Industrialisation in India, 1931. 3) Unemployment in India : it's causes and cure, 1932. 4) Planned Economy for India, 1934 5) Nation Building: a five year plan for the provinces, 1937. 6) District Development Scheme, 1939. 7) Prosperity through Industry, 1942. Village industrialisation, 1945. 9) Memories of my working life, 1951. 10) A brief memory of my complete working Life, 1959.

: Which county launched tiang pong I in Orbit ? China Recently China Started Seyc helle project at which Sea ? Indian Ocean Sachin Scored his 100th ton against which country ? Bangladesh India's Credit Rating agen cy ? CRISIL Newly Elected Chief Minister of Uttar Prad esh ? Akilesh Yadav Meaning of alphabet F in NBFC ? Finan ce Essential requi rement to involve poor people in Finan cial Inclusion ? Banking Author of the Book Malgudi Days ? RK Narayan Who among the following is the author of India Origin ??? The Objective of Signing Kyoto Proto col ? Climate Change Which among the following is the mem ber country of the BRICS ? South Africa Scheme to attract more Children to the School ? Mid- Day Meal Functions of the NABARD Bank ? Lawn Tennis ? Davis Cup 2018 commen wealth Game s ? Australia Rajiv Awas Yojana ? Slum-free City Planning Who is the present Solici tor-General of India ? Rohin ton Fali Nari man

State Animals, Birds, Trees and Flowers of India State/UT Animal Bird Tree Flower Andhra Pradesh Blackbuck Indian Roller Neem * Arunachal Pradesh Mithun Great Hornbill Hollong Lady Slipper Orchid Assam * * * * Bihar Gaur Indian Roller Peepal Kachnar Chattisgarh Wild Buffalo Hill Myna * * Delhi * * * * Goa Gaur Black Crested Bulbul Matti * Gujarat Asiatic Lion Greater Flamingo * * Haryana Blackbuck Black Francolin Peepal Lotus Hiimachal Pradesh Musk Deer Monal Deodar Rhododendron Jammu & Kashmir Hangul Black necked Crane Chinar Lotus Jharkhand Elephant koel Sal Palash Karnataka Elephant Indian Roller Sandal Lotus Kerala Elephant Great Hornbill Coconut Kanikonna Madhya Pradesh Swamp Deer Paradise Fly catcher * * Maharashtra Giant Squirrel Green Imperial Pigeon Mango Jarul Manipur Sangai Mrs. Hume's Pheasant Toon Shiroy Lilly Meghalaya Clouded Leopard Hill Myna Gamari Lady Slipper Orch

Different Technologies & Their Founders....... 1. Google: Larry Page & Sergey Brin 2. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg 3. Yahoo: David Filo & Jerry Yang 4. Twitter: Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo 5. Internet: Tim Berners Lee 6. Linkdin: Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue & Koonstantin Guericke 7. Email: Shiva Ayyadurai 8. Gtalk: Richard Wah kan 9. Whats up: Laurel Kirtz 10. Hotmail: Sabeer Bhatia 11. Orkut: Buyukkokten 12. Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales 13. You tube: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley & Jawed Karim 14. Rediffmail: Ajit Balakrishnan 15. Nimbuzz: Martin Smink & Evert Jaap Lugt 16. Myspace: Chris Dewolfe & Tom Anderson 17. Ibibo: Ashish Kashyap 18. OLX: Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda 19. Skype: Niklas Zennstrom,Janus Friis & Reid Hoffman 20. Opera: Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner & Geir lvarsoy 21. Mozilla Firefox: Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross 22. Blogger: Evan Willams

1) The operating system does all of the following EXCEPT: 1). provide a way for the user to interact with the computer. 2). manage the central processing unit (CPU). 3 ). manage memory and storage. 4 ). enable users to perform a specific task such as document editing. Answer : 4 2) To move forward through the tabs 1). CTRL+TAB 2 ). CTRL+SHIFT+TAB 3 ). SHIFT+TAB 4 ). None of these Answer : 1 3) Which of the following is a valid IP address? 1). 192.168.111.1111 2 ). 192.168.1.1 3 ). 192.168.900.1 4 ). 192.900.168.1 Answer : 3 4) The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminals computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called: 1). simulation 2 ). animation 3 ). robotics 4 ). computer forensics Answer : 4 5) Allocation of a resources in a time dependent manner to several program simultaneously called 1). multi user 2 ). multi tasking 3 ). time sharing 4 ). None of these Answer : 3 ). 6) Which of the fol

1. Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ? (A) Beas (B) Chenab (C) Jhelum (D) Sutlej Ans.(B) Chenab 2.Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ? (A) Kolkata (B) Bengaluru (C) Ahmedabad (D) Lucknow Ans.(A) Kolkata 3.Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ? (A) C.V. Raman (B) Satyendra Nath Bose (C) Homi J. Bhabha (D) Narinder Singh Kapany Ans.(D) Narinder Singh Kapany 4. Which natural sugar is found in the milk ? (A) Lactose (B) Sucrose (C) Maltose (D) Fructose Ans.(A) Lactose 5.What is the maximum number of votes which an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) can record ? (A) 1840 votes (B) 2840 votes (C) 3840 votes (D) 4840 votes Ans.(C) 3840 votes 6.Which device is used to detect radioactivity ? (A) Oscilloscope (B) Geiger counter (C) Geordie Lamp (D) Kipp's apparatus Ans.(B) Geiger counter

Famous places & personality in India: * India's Only coal museum -------Margheri ta, Assam. * India's Only glass mosque ------- Shillong, Meghalaya. * India's Only active volcano ------Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Island. * India's Only Floating National Park ------- Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur. * India's Only Floating Lake ------- Loktak Lake, Manipur. * India's Only Symphony Orchestra ------- Symphony Orchestra of India, Mumbai. * India's Only Female Wildlife Photographer ------- Vasudha Chakravathi. * India's Only two F1 Driver ------- Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok. * India's Only Aircraft carries ------- INS Viraat. * India's Only overseas Military Base ------- Farkhor Air Base, Tajikistan. * India's Only licenced production and supply Unit for National Flag ------- Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha. * India's Only Satellite Launch Center ------- Sriharik

INDIAN HISTORY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (1) Who is called as Kashmir Akbar a) Tughril Khan b) Jain-ul-Abdin c) Alivardhi Khan d) Khazir khan Ans: ( b) (2) The department of slaves under Delhi Sultanate a) Diwan-i-Bandagan b) Diwan-i-Istinaq c) Diwan-i-Amir-Kohi d) Diwan-i- Mustakhraj Ans: ( a ) (3) Period of rule of Jalaluddin Khalji a) 1280-1290 b) 1290-1296 c) 1295-1308 d) 1298-1304 Ans: ( c ) (4) The schools which taught primary education to Muslims during the period of sultanate a) Madarsas b) Mukhaddams c) Makthabs d) Kohies Ans: ( c ) (5) Who introduced token currency system a) Alauddin Khalji b) Razia Sultana c) Balban d) Muhammad-Bin- Tughluq Ans: ( d ) (6) Alauddin conquered Chittor in 1303 and named it as a) Khajirabad b) Ghaziabad c) Janpur d) Daulthabad Ans: ( a ) (7) No