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ShantiSwaroop Bhatnagar Award 2013

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...

Important Day in October

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

Important Abbreviations

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 ...

The List of Book by Sir M.V. is as below :-

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.

Some Gk Hints:

: 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

computer gk

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...

10 MCQs of GK

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...