General knowledge questions 2013

Previously asked Gk questions about Indian President

1. What is the minimum age need to become a president? Answer: 35

2. What is the maximum age limit for the President? Answer: no age limits

3. What is the name of official residence of Indian president ? Answer: Rashtrapati Bhavan

4. First president of India ? Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

5. Who is the first Muslim president of India ? Answer: Zakir Hussain

6. Who is the first president to declare national emergency ? answer: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

7. Who is known as as Philosopher President of India ? Answer: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

8. Who is the first Indian president to die in office ? Answer: Zakir Hussain

9. Who is the youngest Indian president ? Answer: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

10. Who was the first president of India elected without opposition ? Answer: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

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we are constantly updating this post. help us to improve this post, add more financial and banking terms as comments 1.Newly elected international Olympic committee president? Answer: Thomas bach 2.Present CAG of India is? Answer: Sashikanth Sharma 3.who wrote the book "what young india want" ? Answer: Chetan Bhagat 4.Present chief election commissioner ? Answer: v s sampath 5.Next Olympic games will be held at ? Answer: brazil 6.World Autism Awareness Day ? Answer: April 2 7.largest fresh water or largest lake in India? Answer: Wular Lake (kashmir)

1. Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 Women's title ? Answer: Victoria Azarenka

2. Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 men's title ? Answer: Novak Djokovic Did you know who are the winners of Australian Open 2012 ? 3. Who is the chief guest of 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ? Answer: Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritius (Held in Kochi)

4. Who is the chief guest of republic day 2013 ? Answer: Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan

5. Who is first female President of South Korea ? Answer: Park Guen-hye

6. Who is the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka ? Answer: Shirani Bandaranayake (recently impeached)

7. Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ? Answer: Jeet Thayil (book - Narcopolis)

8. Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel in India? Answer: Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel)

9. Where did the World Economic Forum annual meeting held ? Answer: Davos, Switzerland

10. Who has been conferred won Keerthi Chakra (the second highest among peace time gallantry awards of the country) ? Answer: Major Anoop Joseph

11. Which Indian scientist conferred with China's top science award ? Answer: CNR Rao

12. Who is the winner of Ranji Trophy 2012-2013 ? Answer: Mumbai

13. Which country recently test fired Hatf-9 (Nasr) missile ? Answer: Pakistan

14. Who is the new Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi ? Answer: Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty

15. Who is the new President of Sahitya Akademi ? Answer: Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari

16. Who is appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations ? Answer: Asoke Kumar Mukerji

17. Who is the worlds oldest Marathon runner ? Answer: Fauja Singh

OSCAR Winners 2013 (85th Academy Awards Winners)

17. Which film won this year's Best Picture Oscar ? Answer: Argo

18. Which actor won this year's Best Actor (in a Leading Role) Oscar ? Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

19. Which actress won this year's Best Actress (in a Leading Role) Oscar ?

Answer: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

20. Who won this year's Best Director Oscar ? Answer: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

21. Who is the first person to win Best Actor Oscar thrice ? Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis _____________________________________________________ 22. What is the theme of 2013 International Womens Day (march 8) ? Answer: A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women

23. New Governor of Nagaland ? Answer: Ashwani Kumar

24. New Governor of Kerala ? Answer: Nikhil Kumar

25. New Governor of Odisha ? Answer: S C Jamir

26. Who is the new President of Kenya ? Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta

27. Who is the new PM ( Premier of the People's Republic of China) of China ? Answer: Li Keqiang

28. Who is the new Pope? Answer: Pope Francis

29. What is the name of India's first regional navigational satellite ? Answer: IRNSS-1

30. Who scored fastest hundred on debut in test cricket ? Answer: Shikhar Dhawan

31. Where is India's first all women post office inaugurated on women's day ? Answer: Delhi

32. What is the theme of 2013 world water day (march 22) ? Answer: Water Cooperation

33. Which year is declared by UN as International Year of Water Cooperation ? Answer: 2013

34. Who is the winner of 2013 miss India ? answer: Navneet Kaur Dhillon

35. who is the winner of 2013 Saraswati Samman ?

Answer: Sugathakumari (Manalezhuthu)

36. Who is recently reelected as IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Director general ? Answer: Yukiya Amano

37. Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal ? Answer: Khil Raj Regmi

38. Who is the first female Prime minister of UK who recently passed away ? Answer: Margaret Thatcher

39. Who is the new pm of North Korea ? Answer: Pak Pong-ju

40. Who is the new venezuela president ? Answer: Nicolas Maduro

41. Who is the new president of Bangladesh ? Answer: Abdul Hamid

42. What is the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22) ? Answer: The face of climate change

43. Who is the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ? answer: Narinder Nath Vohra

44. Who is the new president of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ? Answer: Takehiko Nakao

45. Who is the new prime minister of Italy ? Answer: Enrico Letta

46. Who is the first woman speaker of Bangladesh ? Answer: Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury

47. Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India ? Answer: Shashi Kant Sharma

48. Who is the first Indian amputee to scale Everest ? Answer: Arunima Sinha

49. Who is the first Pakistani women to scale the Everest ? Answer: Samina Baig

50. Who is the first US women in space ?

Answer: Sally Ride (Recently she won highest civilian honour of USA, Presidential medal of Freedom)

51. What is the theme of 2013 International Biological diversity Day (May 22) ? Answer: Water and Biodiversity

52. Who is the winner of 2013 Man Booker International Prize ? Answer: Lydia Davis

53. What is the theme of 2013 World No- Tobacco Day ( May 31 ) ? Answer: Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship

54. Who is the new Director General of DRDO ? Answer: Avinash Chander

55. Who is the new prime minister of Pakistan ? Answer: Nawaz Sharif

56. Who were the first twins to scale mount Everest ? Answer: Tashi and Nancy Malik

57. What is the theme of 2013 World Environment Day (June 5) ? Answer: Think, Eat, Save

58. Who won the 2013 Templeton Prize ? Answer: Desmond Tutu

Banking , Marketing and financial terms for all competitive exams

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FOSS- Free and open source software FIPB- Foreign Investment Promotion Board GPF - General Pension Fund

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NRE Accounts - Non-Resident External Account

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59. Who is the longest serving defence minister in India ? Answer: A.K Antony

60. Who is the winner of 2013 French open women's title ? Answer: Serena Williams

61. Who is the winner of 2013 French open men's title ? Answer: Rafael Nadal Wanted to know more gk questions about Tennis visithttp://importantquestionsabout.blogspot.in/2012/09/generalknowledgequestionssports.html

62. Who is the new prime minister of Australia ? Answer: Kevin Rudd

63. Who will be the new chief justice of India ? answer: P Sathasivam

* 64. Which is the first smoke free state of India ? Answer: Himachal Pradesh

* 65. Which is India's first navigational satellite ? Answer: IRNSS-1A

* 66. Who will be India's next foreign secretary after Ranjan Mathai ? answer: Sujata Singh

* 67. Who won 2013 Wimbledon Men's Title ? Answer: Andy Murray

* 68. Who won 2013 Wimbledon Women's Title ? Answer: Marion Bartoli

* 69. what is the theme of 2013 World population day (July 11)? Answer: Adolescent pregnancy with an aspiration of safe childbirth and that each pregnancy is wanted

*70. Who is the Recently elected Miss world 2013 ? Answer: Megan Young (Miss Philippines)

general knowledge and current affairs questions and answers

Some of the current affairs and gk Questions shared by Online GK users
1.Newly elected international Olympic committee president? Answer: Thomas bach

2.Present CAG of India is? Answer: Sashikanth Sharma 3.who wrote the book "what young india want" ? Answer: Chetan Bhagat 4.Present chief election commissioner ? Answer: v s sampath 5.Next Olympic games will be held at ? Answer: brazil 6.World Autism Awareness Day ? Answer: April 2 7.largest fresh water or largest lake in India? Answer: Wular Lake (kashmir)

Current affairs questions online 2013

Current affairs Gk Questions from Online GK

Retrieving gk questions from online gk box is very difficult, so we are posting some selected important gk questions from the Gk box. These gk questions are shared by our Online visitors. Current affairs aug 2013 updates A. Who is the new foreign secretary of India ? Answer: Sujatha singh from 1st aug 2013 B. Newly appointed cj for delhi high court?

Justice Ramana

c.

new chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)?

answer: dinesh k sharraf. 1. Who became the first player to win four successive ballon d'or awards ? Answer: Lionel Messi

2. Who is the pm of Egypt ? answer: ******* 3. Who wrote the book What Young India Wants ? Answer: Chetan Bhagat

4. Who is the United States Secretary of State ? Answer: John Kerry

5. Who is appointed as Chinese ambassador to India ? answer: Wei Wei

6. Who is the prime minister of Bangladesh ? Answer: Sheikh Hasina

7. Who is the miss earth 2012 ? Answer: Tereza Fajksov

8. 2013 BRICS summit will be held at which place ? Answer: Durban (South Africa)

9. Who is the present president of North korea ? Answer: Kim Il-sung

10. What is the code name given to secret operation carried out by the special cell to unearth the IPL spot fixing racket ? Answer: Operation U-Turn

11. What is the code name given to Ajmal Kasab's execution ? Answer: Operation X

12. Who is the first foreign national to hanged in India ? Answer: Ajmal Kasab

13. What is the code name given to Afzal Guru's execution? Answer: Operation Three Star

* 14. Who won 2013 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award ? answer: Amjad Ali Khan

* 15. Who won 2013 Lokmanya Tilak award ? Answer: E Sreedharan Who is known as Metro Man of India ? ans: E Sreedharan

* 16. Who is the new foreign secretary of India ? Answer: Sujatha Singh

* 17. Which country gave one year asylum to Edward Snowden, American intelligence leaker ? answer: Russia

* 18. Who is the new president of Iran ? answer: Hassan Rouhani For more 2013 current affairs quiz questions visit http://importantquestionsabout.blogspot.in/2013/01/current-affairs-latest-gk-questions2013.html

GK Questions for Bank and upsc Exams

1. What is the full form of FIMI ? Ans:- Federation of Indian mineral industries . 2. What is the full form of EEZ ? Answer: - Exclusive Economic zone 3.Where is "Preah Vihear Temple" situated ? Answer:- Preah Vihear Temple is situated at Thailand - Cambodian boarder . 4. Agenda21 is related to _____________? Answer: - Earth Summit ( Rio Summit on 14 June 1992) 5. What is the full form of WPI ? Answer: Whole Sale Price Index 6. Members of Shanghai cooperation organization are? Answer: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan 7. Who is the author of the book "Room of many colors" recently published ? Answer:- Ruskin Bond

8. International Day of Disappeared ? Answer:- August 30 June 8 is celebrated as world ocean day FIDE was founded in Paris, France on July 20, 1924

9. What is the full form for NEFT ? Answer: National Electronic Fund Transfer

[ibps PO Exam 2011] 10. Different types of bank accounts ? Answer: Fixed or terms deposit Savings deposit Current deposit or current a/c Recurring deposit

IBPS Frequently asked questions About GANDHI

If you can answer these Important questions about Mahatma Gandhi, you will surely get 1 mark in IBPS , UPSC, Bank clerk like exams.

1. When did Gandhiji born? Answer: in 1869 October 2

2. When did Gandhiji went to South Africa to practice law? Answer: in 1893

3. Where did Gandhiji's first Satyagraha experimented? Answer: South Africa in 1906, September to protest against the Asiatic Ordinance issued against the Indians in Transval

4. When was Gandhiji's first imprisonment? Answer: 1908 at Johannesberg in South Africa

5. In which railway station where Gandhiji was humiliated and ousted ? Answer: Peter Marits Burg Railway Station in SouthAfrica

6. When did Gandhiji started Tolstoy Farm (SouthAfrica)? Answer: in 1910

7. Where did Gandhiji started the Phoenix Settlement ? Answer: Durban in South Africa

8. What is the name of weakly started by Gandhiji in SouthAfrica? Answer: Indian opinion (1904)

9. When did Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa ? Answer: 9th January 1915. January 9 is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 10. Where was Gandhijis first satyagraha in India? Answer: It was for the right of Indigo workers in Champaran in 1917 11. Where was gandhijis first fast (Gandhijis second satyagraha in India)? Answer: In Ahmadabad

12. Which causes Gandhiji to abandoned his title Kaiser-I-Hind? Answer: Jallianwalabagh Massacre (1919)

13. Who started weeklies named Young India and Navjeevan? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

14. Which is the only Congress session presided over by Gandhiji? Answer: Congress session at Belgaum in 1924

15. Who started All India Harijan Samaj in 1932? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

16. Where is Wardha Ashram situated? Answer: In Maharashtra

17. When did Gandhiji started the weekly Harijan? Answer: 1933

18. Gandhiji called Subhash Chandra Bose as _________? Answer: Patriot 19. Who called Gandhiji as Half naked Seditious Fakir? Answer: Winston Churchill

20. Who gave the name Gurudev to Tagore? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi 21. Who called Gandhiji as Mahatma? Answer: Tagore

22. Who is political guru of Gandhiji ? Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

23. Who is considered as spiritual guru of Gandhiji? Answer: Leo Tolstoy

24. When did Gandhiji assassinated? Answer: 1948 January 30 by Nadhuram Vinayak Godse

25. What was called as 'Post Dated Cheque' by Gandhiji ? Answer: Cripps's Mission (1942)

26. When did Gandhiji published 'Hind Swaraj' ? Answer: In the year 1908

27. who gave Baba Amta the title 'Abhay Sadak' ? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

28. The period which is considered as 'Gandhian Era' in Indian Independence struggle ? Answer: 1915 - 1948 29. Where was Gandhijis third satyagraha in India? Answer: kheda satyagraha

30. What is the real name of Gandhi's Autobiography ? Answer: Satya na prayogo

31. What is the period that referred in Gandhi's Autobiography ? Answer: 1869 - 1921

32. When did Autobiography of Gandhiji first published ? Answer: 1927 (in Navajeevan)

33. In which language Gandhiji wrote his Autobiography ? Answer: Gujarati

34. Who translated Gandhi's autobiography into English ? Answer: Mahadev Desai

35. Who founded Satyagrah Sabha ? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

36. Who was the secretary of Mahatma Gandhi after the demise of Mahadev Desai ? Answer: Pyarelal

37. What is the real name of Mira Behn, the disciple of Gandhiji ? Answer: Madeleine Slade

38. Who compared Gandhi's Dandi March to the legendary journey of Sri Rama to Lanka ? Answer: Motilal Nehru

* Persons having nick name as Gandhi

39. Who is known as Frontier Gandhi ? Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

40. Who is known as Bihar Gandhi ? Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

41. Who is known as Modern Gandhi ? Answer: Baba Amte

42. Who is known as Sri Lankan Gandhi ? Answer: A.T. Ariyaratne

43. Who is known as American Gandhi ? Answer: Martin Luther King

44. Who is known as Burmese Gandhi ? Answer: General Aung San

45. Who is known as African Gandhi ? Answer: Kenneth Kaunda

46. Who is known as South African Gandhi ? Answer: Nelson Mandela

47. Who is known as Kenya Gandhi ? Answer: Jomo Kenyatta

48. Who is known as Indonesian Gandhi ? Answer: Ahmed Sukarno

2013 us open men's doubles winners? Answer : Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek What is the nationality of Radek Stepanek ? Answer : check republic 2013 Us open women's doubles winner? Answer: Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 2013 us open mixed double winners? Answer : Andrea Hlavackova and Max Mirnyi Us open 2013 men's winner? Answer : R.Nadal Us open 2013 women's winner? Answer : Serena Williams

1. A Target Group in Marketing means : Ans : To whom the sales should be directed 2. Bank assurance means : Ans : Selling insurance products through banks 3. Cross selling means : Ans : Selling other products to existing customers 4. Digital Marketing is : Ans : a way of Direct Marketing 5. Price is an important factor for effective marketing. What are the other Ps ? Ans : Product, Promotion and Place

6. Advertisement are required for : Ans : Boosting the sales 7. Market research is needed for : Ans : Marking proper marketing decisions 8. Marketing is termed as successful, when : Ans : There is rise in sales through more clients 9. What happens when you press Ctrl + V key ? Ans : The selected item is pasted to the Clipboard 10. What do you press to enter the current date in a cell ? Ans : CTRL + ; (semicolon)

India General knowledge 2013 questions and answers

1. The first Indian who got the Nobel Prize for physics? Answer: Dr. C.V. Raman 2. The first Chief Election Commissioner of India? Answer: Sukumar Sen 3. First official census conducted in India on? Answer: 1872 4. First woman chief election commissioner of India? Answer: V.S. Ramadevi 5. Indian state with the largest area under forest is: Answer: Madhya Pradesh 6. Largest Zoo in India is at:

Answer: Calcutta 7. Gir Forest in India is in: Answer: Gujarat 8. Which is known as the Heart and Soul of the Indian Constitution? Answer: Right to constitutional remedy 9. The person who gave the call Dilli Chalo: Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose 10. The first Indian postage was released in: Answer: 1854

General Knowledge Questions and Answers for all Competitive Examinations. 1. The seasonal winds of South Asia is known as: Answer. Monsoons 2. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India? Answer. The Chief Justice of India 3. Whose date of birth is nationally observed as Teachers Day? Answer. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 4. Which is the longest cell in the human body? Answer. Neural Cell 5. What is the name of the crystal form of carbon? Answer. Diamond 6. Who propounded the equation E = mc2? Answer. Einstein

7. In which year did the French Revolution begin? Answer. 1789 8. When was the Dandi March begun? Answer. March 12, 1930 9. What is the solvent of gold? Answer. Aqua Regia 10. What is the name of the acid in grapes? Answer. Tartaric acid

Current Affairs November 2013 Questions and Answers. 1. Who equaled the world record of eight golds at the 2013 World Athletics Championships? Answer: Usain Bolt 2. The Chinese Navy hospital ship which paid a week-long goodwill visit to Bangladesh recently? Answer: Peace Ark 3. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National School of Drama Society? Answer: Ratan Thiyam 4. In which state did the Saharsha-Patna Rajyarani Express run over pilgrims killing 37 people? Answer: Bihar 5. Where in India was the statue of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug unveiled recently? Answer: New Delhi 6. Whose new book, My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions has been released recently?

Answer: A.P.J Abdul Kalam 7. World Photography Day was celebrated on: Answer: August 19 8. The scientists of the Smithsonian Institution of the United States have recently announced the discovery of a new mammal named .? Answer: Olinguito 9. Who has been selected for Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013? Answer: Harshwanti Bisht 10. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the CRPF? Answer: Dilip Trivedi 11. Who won the Mens singles in the Rogers Cup 2013, held in Montreal, Canada? Answer: Rafael Nadal 12. In which state is the Election Commission planning to use Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) system for the first time in the country? Answer: Nagaland 13. Who has been appointed as Indias new Ambassador and the Permanent Representative on the U.N Conference on Disarmament? Answer: Dr. Bala Venkatesh Varma 14. Which Indian squash player won gold in the Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China? Answer: Kush Kumar

15. The Indian who won bronze medal in the 96 kg freestyle category at the recently held World junior Wrestling Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria? Answer: Satywart Kadian

16. Which International Tennis player from France, who also won the Wimbledon Womens Singles title 2013, has announced her retirement from the game? Answer: Marion Bartoli 17. India has won 83 medals at the 2013 World Police & Fire Games held at .? Answer: Belfast 18. What does RGGVY stand for? Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana. The programme is aimed at providing electricity to all rural households. The Government of India has recently decided to continue the programme. 19. The new mobile app devised by German scientists that helps locate lost items? Answer: Find My Stuff 20. The to hike from 26 Answer: Indian Newspaper Society has approved the proposal the FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in print media percent to .. percent? 49 singles in the Cincinnati Open

21. Who won the womens tennis tournament? Answer: Victoria Azarenka.

22. Who is the Chairman of the newly constituted committee by the Central Government, to assess the status of Scheduled tribes? Answer: Virginius Xaxa

23. The renowned Indian cricket coach and awardee who passed away on 16th August? Answer: Desh Prem Azad

Dronacharya

24. A Street in which foreign country has been named after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Indias 67th Independence Day? Answer: Canada. 25. Which space telescope built by NASA has stopped its mission of searching for habitable planets after its pointing system broke down? Answer: Kepler telescope 26. Nouri-Al-Maliki, the prime minister of . recently visited India? Answer: Iraq 27. Which countrys Vice President, Mohammad Karim Khalili was on an official visit to India? Answer: Afghanistan 28. Which Indian superstition law? Answer: Maharashtra state has recently enacted anti-

29. Who became the first woman to take over as Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL? Answer: Nishi Vasudeva 30. The airstrip in Ladakh, reopened by the Indian Air Force? Answer: Daulat Beg Oldi 31. Who won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2013? Answer: Sebastian Vettel

32. Which Indian classical singer and music director from Odisha passed away on 25 August? Answer: Raghunath Panigrahi 33. Which Indian won the Winston-Salem open tennis doubles title along with his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor? Answer: Leander Paes 34. The Indian Navys submarine that sank at the navel dockyard in Mumbai after fire on board on August 14? Answer: INS Sindhurakshak 35. Who won this years Childrens Peace prize, instituted by the Dutch based Kids Rights Foundation? Answer: Malala Yousafzai 36. Which countrys army general, Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, has been appointed as the Military Advisor for United Nations Peace Keeping operations? Answer: Pakistan 37. was observed as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition? Answer: August 23 38. On which day was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther Kings famous I have a dream speech celebrated? Answer: August 28 39. In which country did many people including children die in attacks using chemical warfare? Answer: Syria 40. Who heads the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), recently set up by the Government of India? Answer: Parthasarathy Shome

41. Facebook and Six other technology firms (Ericson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung) have launched an initiative named .. to make internet access affordable for people across the globe? Answer: Internet. org 42. As a measure to contain the downward trend of Rupee, the Government of India has banned the duty-free import of . by air travelers? Answer: Flat Screen Televisions 43. The scientists of which country have recently developed the most precise clock in the world? Answer: United States 44. Who won the series? Answer: England recently concluded Ashes Cricket test

45. Who received this years Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation? Answer: Brigalia Bam 46. Who took over as another five year term? Answer: Robert Mugabe the President of Zimbabwe for

47. Who won this years Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award? Answer: Ronjon Sodhi 48. Who won this years Dronacharya Award in connection with Athletics coaching? Answer: K.P Thomas 49. International Day of the victims disappearances was observed on ..? Answer: August 30 of enforced

50. Who was honoured with the inaugural Mahathir award for Global Peace? Answer: Nelson Mandela

1. The interval of time between two successive passage of the distant star over the observers meridian is known as: Ans. The sidereal day

2. The days when the Sun shines vertically over the Equator: Ans. 21st March and 23rd September

3. Where is the position of the Sun on Autumnal Equinoxes? Ans. Over the Equator

4. Name the position when the Sun reaches over the tropic of cancer? Ans. Summer Solstice

5. The position of the Sun on December 22nd: Ans. Over the Tropic of Capricorn (Winter Solstice)

6. What will be the condition of day and night at the Arctic Circle on 21st June? Ans. Day for 24 hours

7. Earth is rotating at a speed of .......... at the equator. Ans. 1669.9 km/hour

8. The speed of the Earths rotation at the poles. Ans. 0

9. The direction of winds and ocean currents deflects both at northern and southern hemisphere due to .......... Ans. Rotation of the Earth (Coriolis effect)

10. As a part of rotation, the Earth completes one full circle in 24 hours. How much time to take the earth to complete 10? Ans. 4 minute

11. The day when the Earth is nearest to the Sun. Ans. January 3

12. The day when the earth is at its farthest point. Ans. July 4

13. The total distance travelled by the Earth to complete onerevolution around the Sun is about: Ans. 940 million km

14. The axis of the Earth always points towards the Polaris or Polar Star, due to: Ans. Parallelism of the axis

15. The duration of the day and night is varies as a result of: Ans. Revolution of the Earth

Published On: 3/14/2013 Category: GK

Current Events GK Questions and Answers

Current Events GK Questions and Answers 2013

1. Who was appointed as the new captain of Sri Lankan Cricket team recently? Ans. Angelo Mathews

2. Who was re-elected as Cubas president recently? Ans. Raul Castro

3. Who became South Koreas first female president recently? Ans. Park Geun-hye

4. Name the luxury train coach to be introduced by Indian railways that introduced in 2013-14 budget? Ans. Anubhuti

5. Which state was brought into railway network for first time in India recently? Ans. Arunachal Pradesh

6. Which company launched DigiGirlz, a program for high school girls in India?

Ans. Microsoft

7. Who is set to become the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for second straight term? Ans. Mukul Sangma

8. Whose Auto Biography is called Against All Odds? Ans. Sania Mirza Note: It will soon be launched.

9. Which Game is dropped from Olympic Games List by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently? Ans. Wrestling. Note: Wrestling will be included at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

10. Who is the South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete he charged with murdering his girlfriend recently? Ans. Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius

Published On: 3/13/2013 Category: Current Affairs GK , GK 2013

India | General Knowledge Questions

India GK Questions

1. Who was the political guru of Gandhiji? Ans. Gopalakrishna Gokhale

2. Who wrote the book The God of Small Things? Ans. Arundhati Roy

3. The Mughal ruler in India at the time of the establishment of East India Company was: Ans. Jahangir

4. When was Television first introduced in India? Ans. 1959

5. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for literature in: Ans. 1913

6. Bandipur National Park is at: Ans. Mysore

7. Who is known as the father of white revolution in India? Ans. Varghese Kurian

8. Who is the second Indo-American astronaut selected by American space agency NASA for a space mission? Ans. Sunita Williams

9. The famous Lucknow pact between the Congress and the Muslim League was concluded in: Ans. 1916

10. Which is the Largest Zoo in India? Ans. Zoological Garden in Alipore, Kolkata

Published On: 3/12/2013 Category: India GK

GK Questions
General Knowledge Questions and Answers

1. Anemia is due to the deficiency of: Ans. Hemoglobin

2. Milk tastes sour when kept in the open for sometime due to the formation of: Ans. Lactic acid

3. The International Criminal Police Organization (known as Interpol ) has its headquarters at: Ans. Paris

4. The main component of biogas is: Ans. Methane

5. The metal that exists in liquid state even at 00C is:

Ans. Mercury

6. Carbohydrates are stored in liver as: Ans. Glycogen

7. The irregular and partial refraction of light rays in a medium is known as: Ans. dispersion

8. What is the talc used in talcum powder? Ans. Hydrated magnesium

9. The Chemical content of laughing gas is: Ans. Nitrous Oxide

10. The principle of hydrogen bomb is: Ans. Nuclear fusion

Published On: 3/11/2013 Category: GK

General Awareness Questions and Answers

1. Why are lubricants used in machines? Answer. In machines heat is produced due to friction by metal-to-metal contact. Lubrication minimises the heat caused by friction and hence reduces wear and tear of the surface in contact.

2. The moon is constantly falling towards the earth, but it can never hit the earth. Why? Answer. According to Newton, moon has just the right speed to keep moving around the earth in a nearly circular orbit. Though it is constantly falling towards the earth it cannot hit the earth because the earths surface curves down under it by the same amount.

3. If a pendulum is taken to the mountain, what will be the effect on its timeperiod? Answer. The time-period of the pendulum will increase i.e. it will go slow if it is taken to a mountain because the time period of a pendulum is inversely proportional to the square root of g, the acceleration due to gravity.

4. Why is electrical wiring in parallel better? Answer. Electrical wiring in parallel is better because all the lines will have the same potential difference and if one line gets fused the other lines are unaffected.

5. How does a clinical thermometer differ from an ordinarythermometer? Answer. Clinical thermometer has a constriction near its bulb so that the mercury level is having risen to a height inside the tube, may not fall without being given a jerk and its correct reading may be taken.

6. Why do we not see things double with two eyes? Answer. We do not see double with it no eyes as both images of an object fall on exactly similar parts of the two retinas of the two eyes. The reflection is therefore simultaneous. Hence there is only one vision with two eyes.

7. Why does radio reception improve after sunset? Answer. After sunset no ionising radiations are emitted from the sun so ionosphere which reflects radio waves becomes more stable. This improves radio reception.

8. How is the cooling effect in a domestic refrigerator achieved? Answer. The cooling effect in a domestic refrigerator is achieved when a volatile liquid (Freon) evaporates inside the copper coils surrounding the freezer box. The necessary latent heat is provided by the liquid itself which, therefore, cools. The evaporated Freon is compressed so as to convert it into liquid Freon which can be recycled and evaporated again in acyclic process.

9. Why is a concave mirror used for shaving? Answer. The concave mirror produces a magnified and correct image of the face. Since a large image of the face is seen in the concave mirror, it becomes easier to make a smooth shave.

10. Why are convex mirrors used in automobiles? Answer. Convex mirrors are used as rear-view mirror in automobiles to see the traffic at the back side because it produces right upside and diminished image of the objects, so a wider field of view is obtained on the mirror.
Published On: 3/09/2013 Category: General Awareness

India GK Questions and Answers

India Important General Knowledge Questions and Answers 1) Pahari language is widely spoken in which Indian state? Ans. Himachal Pradesh 2) In which state is Fort William located?

Ans. Kolkata 3) In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate? Ans. Manipur 4) Indias Largest Sea Port? Ans. Mumbai 5) The Indian art form Yakshagana belongs to which state: Ans. Karnataka 6) Who is the author of Ashtanga Hridayam or Ashtangahridayam? Ans. Vagbhatta 7) The first Asian Games was held in which city? Ans. New Delhi 8) The longest Highway in India runs from? Ans. Varanasi to Kanyakumari (NH 7) 9) In which year Indian states were reorganized on the basis of language? Ans. 1st November 1956 10) Who is the first Indian bowler to get a hatrick in a World Cup match? Ans. Chetan Sharma General knowledge Questions and answers about Indian state Meghalaya for all competitive exams like upsc, psc, ibps, bank clerk, RRB and postal assistant. 1. When did Meghalaya formed? Answer: 21 January 1972

2. Which is the official language of Meghalaya? Answer: English

3. Where is the capital of Meghalaya? Answer: Shillong

4. Number of district in the state Meghalaya? Answer: 11 districts

5. Who was the first Chief Minister of Meghalaya? Answer: Williamson A. Sangma

6. Who is the Present Chief Minister of Meghalaya? Answer: Mukul Sangma

7. Which is the state animal of Meghalaya? Answer: Clouded Leopard

8. Which is the state bird of Meghalaya? Answer: Hill Myna

9. Which is the state Tree of Meghalaya? Answer: Gamari

10. Which is the official state flower of Meghalaya? Answer: Lady Slipper Orchid

11. Which place is known as Scotland of East? Answer: Shillong

Published On: 4/27/2013 Category: India GK

Postal Assistant Exam General Knowledge Questions

Important GK Model Questions and Answers for preparing the upcoming Postal Assistant Examination.

1. What is the Full form of PIN? Answer. Postal Index Number

2. When did the Pin system Started in India? Answer. 1972

3. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian Territory? Answer. Post office at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1983)

4. When did the speed post service started in India? Answer. 1986

5. Which systems?

Governor

General

found

Telegraph

and

Postal

Answer. Lord Dalhousie

6. When did the first General Post Office opened in India? Answer. 1774 (Kolkata)

7. Which is the first postage stamp of India? Answer. Sinde Dawk (1852)

8. World Postal Day is observed in: Answer. October 9

9. Indian Postal Day is observed in: Answer. October 10

10. Where is the highest post office in the world situated? Answer. Hikkim (Himachal Pradesh) Read all GK Questions and answers in this blog for preparing any Competitive | SSC | UPSC | PSC Examinations. 1. Who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court at Culcutta established under the Regulating Act of 1773? Answer: Elijah Impey 2. The Archaeological Survey of India was set up during the viceroyalty of: Answer: Lord Curzon 3. Which is the language family? Answer: Sanskrit most ancient language of Indo-European

4. Who started the newspaper called Voice of India? Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji 5. The official language of the Satvahanas was: Answer: Prakrit 6. Under whose patronage was Sangam literature composed? Answer: Pandyas 7. Who deciphered the Brahmi script? Answer: James Princep 8. Young India was founded by: Answer: Mahatma Gandhi 9. Who gave the call Back to the Vedas? Answer: Dayanand Saraswati 10. Who established the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company? Answer: V.O Chidambaram Pillai

Important Computer Abbreviations/short competitive Examinations. 1. DBMS = Database Management System 2. RAM = Random Access Memory 3. ROM = Read Only Memory

forms

for

all

4. BASIC = Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code 5. VIRUS = Vital Information Resources Under Siege 6. LAN = Local Area Network 7. WAN = Wide Area Network

8. MAN = Metropolitan Area Network 9. URL = Uniform Resource Locator 10. WWW = World Wide Web 11. MS-DOS = Micro Soft Disk Operating System 12. OCR = Optical Character Reader 13. OMR = Optical Mark Reader 14. BCR = Bar Code Reader 15. MICR = Magnetic Ink Character Reader Important gk questions and answers from Indian History 1. The freedom fighter known as Maharashtra Socrates: Answer: Gopala Krishna Gokhale 2. A famous Indus site discovered by Y.D Sharma, situated in Punjab on the banks of river Sutlej: Answer: Ropar 3. How many Vedangas are there: Answer: Six 4. The saying War beings in the minds of men is from: Answer: Atharva Veda 5. What was the chief measure of the wealth of vedic period: Answer: cattle 6. Manusmriti was translated into English by: Answer: William Jones

7. Founder of Mimamsa system of Indian philosophy: Answer: Jaimini 8. Which dynasty is known as Andhras during the post Mauryan period: Answer: Satavahanas 9. The Allahabad pillar inscriptions contains information about Samudraguptas conquest, it was composed by: Answer: Harisena 10. Ghazi Malik was the founder of which Sultan dynasty: Answer: Tughlaq Dynasty

Indian History GK questions and answers for preparing all Competitive Examinations.

1. The demise of Buddha is known as: Ans. Mahaparinirvan

2. Which was the first dynasty that ruled Magadha? Ans. Haryanka dynasty 3. Name the battle in which Alexander defeated Porus? Ans. Battle of Hydaspes 4. Who was known as Devanampiya Piyadasi? Ans. Asoka 5. Which was the first inscription to mention the term Bharatavarsha (The oldest name of India)? Ans. Hathigumpha inscription of King Kharavela 6. Name the capital of the Indo-Greek ruler Menander? Ans. Sakala (Sialkot) 7. Who founded the city of Ahmedabad? Ans. Ahmed Shah 8. Who wrote the second part of Rajatharangini? Ans. Jonaraja 9. Who is called Robah-i-Deccan or the Fox of the Deccan? Ans. Ali Barid 10. Name the Portuguese Viceroy who transferred the headquarters of the Portuguese Government in India from Cochin to Goa? Ans. Nuno da Cunha 1. In which year Right to Information Act came into force? Ans. 2005 2. 'Fields Medal', is associated with: Ans. Mathematics 3. Nandigram' of West Bengal is in the district of:

Ans. Midnapur 4. The year in which the Kerala Corporation came into existence? Ans. 1965 State Road Transport

5. In which district the headquarters Machinery Corporation situates? Ans. Ernakulam 6. The largest district in Kerala: Ans. Palakkad

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Kerala

Agro

7. India's only Ayurvedic Mental Hospital is at: Ans. Kottakkal 8. The biggest dam in Kerala: Ans. Malampuzha 9. The scheme of 'Laksham Veedu' was launched by: Ans. M.N. Govindan Nair 10. The boundary between India and China is known as: Ans. Mc Mohan line 11. The state known as 'Granary of India ': Ans. Punjab 12. Which state is known as the 'Jewel of India'? Ans. Manipur 13. The author of the book 'Sathyarthaprakash': Ans. Dayananda Saraswathi 14. "Give me blood, in turn, I will give you Freedom". Whose words are these? Ans. Subhash Chandra Bose 15. 'Panchseel', was signed in 1954 between India and: Ans. China 1. What is the Total population of India according to 2011 census? Answer. 121 Crore

2. Which is the most populous state in India? Answer. Uttar Pradesh 3. Which is the least populous state in India? Answer. Sikkim 4. What is the rate of according to 2011 census? Answer. 17.64 % growth of population of India

5. Which state has the highest fertility rate in India? Answer. Meghalaya 6. Which Indian state has high density of population? Answer. Bihar 7. Which Indian state has low density of population? Answer. Arunachal Pradesh 8. Which state in India has highest sex ratio? Answer. Kerala (1084/1000) 9. Which state in India has lowest sex ratio? Answer. Haryana 10. What is the Density of Population of India? Answer. 382 General Knowledge [gk] Questions and answers 2013 1. Ottawa is the capital of: Answer: Canada 2. Which ocean is nicknamed as Herring Pond? Answer: Atlantic Ocean

3. Fear of wild animals is a phobia called: Answer: Agrizoophobia 4. World Animal Welfare Day is on: Answer: October 4 5. The Atlas bone in the human body is located in: Answer: Neck 6. The Blue colour of the sky is due to: Answer: Scattering of light 7. The instrument used to record the growth of plants: Answer: Crescograph 8. Solar energy is received by the earth through: Answer: Radiation 9. World environment day is on: Answer: June 5 10. The science of improving crop varieties is called: Answer: Hybridisation Computer GK Questions and answers for preparing Examinations. 1. DAT stands for: Answer: Digital Audio Tape 2. What is the expansion of WORM? Answer: Write Once Read Many 3. What is a file? Answer: Collection of Bytes stored as an individual entity.

4. What is double buffering? Answer: Parallel data processing and data transfer 5. What is hashing? Answer: Method to determine record

the

physical

location

of

6. What is the expansion of SQL? Answer: Structured Query Language 7. API stands for: Answer: Application Program Interface 8. What is the expansion of SQLCA? Answer: SQL Communication Area 9. QBE stands for: Answer: Query-By-Example 10. DBMS stands for: Answer: Data Base Management System Current Affairs GK Questions and answers May 2013 for preparing PSC, SSC, UPSC, Bank Exam, RRB and all other Competitive Examinations. 1. Which team won the Vijay Hazare trophy 2013? Answer: Delhi 2. Who won the Celebrity Cricket League 2013? Answer: Karnataka Bulldozers 3. Who won the WGC Cadillac Championship 2013? Answer: Tiger Woods

4. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Bihar? Answer: DY Patil 5. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Tripura? Answer: Devanand Konwar 6. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Kerala? Answer: Nikhil Kumar 7. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Odisha? Answer: SC Jamir 8. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Nagaland? Answer: Ashwani Kumar, He was the former Director of the CBI. 9. Who won the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix? Answer: Sebastian Vettel 10. Who was crowned the Femina Miss India World 2013? Answer: Navneet Kaur Dhilon 11. Who won the Miss India International 2013? Answer: Zoya Arfoz 12. Who is the present Chief Justice of Orissa high court? Answer: Chokalingam Nagappan 13. When is the First celebrated? Answer: 20th March 2013 International Happiness Day

14. Who is chosen for Saraswati Samman award 2013? Answer: Sugathakumari

15. Where in China 48 metre high Buddha statue was built? Answer: Xingzi County of Jiujiang City Important GK Questions and answers about Chemicals in Everyday Life. 1. When copper sulfate is mixed with lime, it is known as .........? Answer: Bordeaux mixture 2. What is the most common use of Bordeaux mixture? Answer: Fungicide 3. What is known as the King of the Chemicals? Answer: Sulphuric Acid 4. What is the scientific name of Aspirin? Answer: Acetylsalicylic acid 5. Who is credited with isolating aspirin for the first time? Answer: Felix Hoffmann 6. Which is the oldest analgesic in use? Answer: Aspirin 7. Chloroacetophenone is an example for .........? Answer: Lachrymatory agent (Tear Gas) 8. What is also known as Cardice or Card Ice? Answer: Dry Ice 9. What is the primary use of dry ice? Answer: Cooling agent

10. As highly reactive and flammable, typically stored in mineral oil? Answer: Lithium

which

metal

is

11. What is the main component of shells of marine organisms, snails, coal balls, pearls, and egg shells? Answer: Calcium carbonate 12. Which is the most important green house gas? Answer: Carbon dioxide 60th India National Film Awards 2013 GK Questions Answers.

and

Best Actor: Irfan Khan for Pan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi).

Best Actress: Usha Jadhav for Marathi film 'Dhag'. Best Hindi Feature Film: Paan Singh Tomar.

Best Film for Wholesome Entertainment: Vicky Donor & Ustad Hotel (Malayalam).

Best Special Effects: Eega Best Non-Feature Film: Shepherd's of Paradise. Best Film on Environment: Black Forest (Malayalam). Best Telugu film: Eega Best Tamil film: Vazhakku En 18/9 Best Hindi Film: Filmistan Best Investigative Film: Inshallah Kashmir Best Playback Singer: Shankar for Bolo Na (Chittagong). Best Song: Bolo Na (Chittagong). Best Choreography : Birju Maharaj (Viswaroopam). Best Art direction: Lalgudi Ilayaraja (Viswaroopam). Best Original Screenplay: Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani). Best Dialogue Writer: Anjali Menon (Ustad Hotel).

Best Sound Recording: Gangs of Wasseypur. - Marathi

Best Direction: Shivaji Lotan Patil (Dhag Film).

Best Editing: Celluloid Man (Non-feature section). Best Makeup Artist: Raja (Vazahkku En 18/9). Best Costume Designer: Poornima (Paradesi). Best Supporting Actor: Annu Kapoor (Vicky Donor'). Best Supporting Actress: Dolly Ahluwalia (Vicky Donor). Best Film on Social Issues: Spirit (Malayalam). 1. The exchange of commodities between two countries is refered to as: Answer: Volume of trade 2. What is the full form of MFI used in financial sector? Answer: Micro Finance Institute 3. How many public sector banks are currently there in India? Answer: 27 4. First Governor of RBI was: Answer: O.A Smith 5. At the time of nationalization who was the Governor of RBI: Answer: C.D. Deshmukh 6. The RBI was nationalized in the year: Answer: 1949 7. Ten rupees notes bear the signature of: Answer: Governor of RBI

8. Which bank is known as the banker of the banks: Answer: RBI

1. Who is the Present Railway minister of India? Answer: C. P. Joshi 2. India's first train ran between: Answer: Bombay and Thane 3. Where did India's first metro rail start? Answer: Kolkata 4. Who invented the railway engine? Answer: George Stephenson 5. Where is the wheel and axle plant of Indian Railways? Answer: Bangalore 6. When was the first train started in India? Answer: 1853 7. How many training institutions of Railways are in India? Answer: Five 8. The railway station situated in the extreme south? Answer: Kanyakumari 9. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done? Answer: 1950 10. Who is known as the Father of Indian Railway? Answer: Lord Dalhousie

11. Which is the longest running train in India? Answer: Vivek Express. It runs from Dibrugarh in upper Assam to Kanyakumari at the southern tip of Tamil Nadu. 12. Where is Indias first railway station? Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway Mumbai.

station

in

13. The world's longest railway platform is in India. Where is it? Answer: Kharagpur 14. Which is the Indian state that have no Railway line? Answer: Meghalaya Important questions about Reserve Bank of India for preparing Bank Clerk and Bank PO examinations. 1. Which is the Central Bank of India? Answer: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 2. When did RBI came into existence? Answer: 1st April,1935 3. Where is the Headquarter of RBI located? Answer: Mumbai 4. Who is the current Governor of RBI? Answer: D.Subbarao 5. In which year was RBI Nationalised? Answer: 1949 6. Which commission is known as Hilton-Young Commission? Answer: Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance

7. How many Deputy Governors will be in the Board? Answer: Four 8. Who appoints the directors of the Board? Answer: Government of India 9. The elected directors will be appointed for how many years? Answer: Four years 10. Which bank is known as Banker's Bank? Answer. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Some selected GK questions and answers. 1. Young India was founded by: Answer: Mahatma Gandhi 2. Who gave the call Back to the Vedas? Answer: Dayanand Saraswati 3. Where is Baburs tomb situated? Answer: Kabul 4. Who is known as the father of Renaissance? Answer: Petrarch 5. Which American President is related with Gettysberg speech? Answer: Abraham Lincoln 6. Which is popularly called as the Bloodless Revolution in World History? Answer: Glorious Revolution 7. The method which is used to determine the geological age of a fossil? Answer: Carbon 14 dating 8. The Astronomer who established the fact, Sun is the centre of Solar System?

Answer: Copernicus 9. The Father of Scientific Socialism is: Answer: Karl Marx 10. The organizer of Young Italy Movement: Answer: Mazzini

First President First Women President First Vice- President First Home Minister of India First Women Chief Minister First Women Cabinet Minister First Women Railway Minister First Female Home Minister First Women Governor Women Speaker of Lok Sabha Speaker of Lok Sabha Finance Minister of Independent India Prime Minister First Women Prime Minister Miss World Miss Universe Man Booker Prize Bharat Ratna

Rajendra Prasad Pratibha Patil Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Sucheta Kriplani Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Mamata Banerjee Sabitha Indra Reddy Sarojini Naidu Meira Kumar G.V. Mavlankar R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty Jawaharlal Nehru Indira Gandhi Reita Faria Sushmita Sen Arundhati Roy for The God of Small Things Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari and C. V. Raman Devika Rani

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Stalin Peace Prize Magsaysay Award Oscar for Life Time Achievement First Nobel Prize for Women First Man in Space First Women in Space First Satellite First Satellite for education Metro Railway System First Technology park (Techno Park) First Women IPS Officer Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Medicine Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Prize in Economics Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Saifuddin Kitchlew Vinoba Bhave Satyajit Roy Mother Teresa Rakesh Sharma Kalpana Chawla Aryabhatta EDUSAT Calcutta Trivandrum Kiran Bedi Rabindranath Tagore C. V. Raman Har Gobind Khorana Mother Teresa Amartya Sen V. S. Naipaul Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

GK Questions Asked in IBPS III: 19th October 2013

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Bank Rate on 20th September 2013: 9.50% Full form of SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio Which of the following is not a type of an asset? Loss After how much time is an asset declared NPA? 90 days SARFAESI Act: Asset Reconstruction, Recovery of debt Which of the following terms is related to cricket? T20 Tagore Award 2013 for cultural harmony: Zubin Mehta Father of mouse: Douglas Engelbart

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

MICR stands for: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition 28th Prime Minister of Australia: Tony Abbot CCTV stands for: Closed Circuit Television 28th Member of European Union: Croatia US Federal Chief : Ben Bernanke IMEI is related to Mobile Debentures are: Medium to long term debt instruments Federal Bank Head: Shyam Srinivasan National Award for wholesome entertainment: Vicky Donor Who has never been a Member of Parliament? Amitabh Bachchan Limit of Micro enterprise as per MSMED Act,2006: 25lakhs The Lowland Writer author nominated for Man Booker award: Jhumpa Lehri Question related to MGNREGA and BASEL BSBDA initial minimum deposit amount : Zero balance account for BPL people. Credit information is collected and recorded by : CIBIL Which of the following can not be used as a proof of identification: Electricity Bill Fiscal Deficit target: 4.8% Microprocessor manufacturing company: INTEL Tablet produced by Microsoft: Surface Raghuram Rajans recent monitory policy Raj Bhasa Award given by: RBI Low housing Scheme: India signed 100 million$ agreement with World Bank

GK Questions Asked in IBPS III: 20th October 2013

1. Which is the rate that RBI changes in this 20 September: Bank Rate 2. RTGS me minimum transaction: The minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS is 2 lakh. There is no upper ceiling for RTGS transactions 3. Pension given to those people who are suffered from Muzaffarnagar riots come under which scheme The pension, which would be anywhere between Rs 400 and Rs 500, would be given under the Rani Laxmi Bai Pension Scheme. 4. Who directed the bollywood film Satyagraha: Prakash Jha 5. The limit of Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) hiked to: Rs. 12 Lakh per year 6. 7. 8. ATM wrong deduction to be refunded within: Which of the following bank doesnt have its head office in Kolkata IOB Which country becomes the 28th member of EU: Croatia

9. When RBI wants to absorb liquidity from market increase reverse repo, decrease repo or increase crr: Increase Reverse REPO Rate 10. 11. 12. 13. Committee on Gold KUB Rao committee Which book is not written by Chetan Bhagat two people Who becomes the first Indian-origin Miss America 2013 Nina Davuluri GDP Growth Forecast by CSO for 2013-14:- 5.3%

14. The name of the airline venture float by TATA and Singapore Airlines Tata SIA Airlines Ltd 15. Which is the Most Important Stock Exchange in the World NYSE/ Nasdaq 16. Which award given to Finance Minister P Chidambaram by Business Reformer Award 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Tax 29. 30. Balance Sheet indicates what: company's assets G20 Summit 2013 Venue Saint Petersburg, Russia Infosys launches new version of banking solution Finacle11 R. Sodhi related to which sports: Shooting MacMohan Line between which countries India and China Who developed rupee symbol Udaya Kumar Ceo of apple inc.: Timothy D. Cook FCNR(B) interest rate: REER full form: Real Effective Exchange Rate Bhag Milka Bhag actor: Farhaan Akhtar CEO of Women Bank: Usha Ananthasubramanian Full form of EASIEST Electronic Accounting System in Excise and Service ATM without the label of any bank: White label ATM Capital of Lebanon: Beirut

31. Information technology Act in which year: Information Technology Act 2000 (also known as ITA-2000) 32. IFSC Code is needed in: Online or Net Banking Transaction 33. Who is the first Indian to win shooting completion in world championship Rahi Sarnobat 34. 726 MW ONGC power project in which North-Eastern state Tripura 35. The 78-year-old RBI history book released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh RBI History Looking Back and Looking Ahead 36. 37. Mandatory for companies to spend at least 2% of net profits on: CSR If a NRI wants to deal in indian market ,he can do so by: (participatory notes)

38. Adjustments done by centarl bank of a country to control money is called: monetary policy 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. Who is the richest Indian in world 6 times continuously: Mukesh Ambani International Womens day: 8 March GAAR: General Anti-Avoidance Rule SAFTA: South Asian Free Trade Area Zimbabwe President: Robert G.Muagabe The process of making blackmoney white: (money laundering) Hassan rouhani is the PM of: President of Iran Wheat ,Bajra comes under : kharif crop New Director General of CPRF Dilip Trivedi HC of WTO: Geneva Import duty on gold 15%

GK Questions Asked in IBPS III: 26th & 27th October 2013

1. 2. Full Form of IBSA? - India, Brazil, South Africa. Who has directed the Bollywood film The Lunchbox? - Ritesh Batra 3. According to 2011 census which state has highest Rural Population? - Uttar Pradesh (15.51 crore- 18.16% of Indias Rural Population) 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Which tennis player has retired in August 14, 2013? - Marion Bartoli Who is the Head of WTO? - Robert Azevedo What is the MSF rate as on October 2013? - 9% Who is the writer of the novel 'Life of Pie'? - Yann Martel International Children's Peace Prize 2013 was awarded to? - Malala Yousafzai

9. Limit of educational loans under priority sector? 10 lakh for studies in India and 20 lakh for studies abroad 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Senior citizens can invest up to under Senior Citizens Saving Scheme? - 15 lakh Duration of 12th five year plan? - 2012-2017 Full Form of FTP? - File Transfer Protocol GDP Growth rate of India as per Central Statistics Office (CSO) for 2013? - 4.4% Full form of CDS?- Credit Default Swap Fairfax group head who brought blackberry? - Prem Watsa Gujar Mal Modi award winner 2013? - Vinod Prakash Sharma Bank which has headquarters in Bangalore? - Vijaya Bank Aadhaar Bill name? - UIDAI bill DAX 30 is the stock exchange of which country? - Germany As per IMF India's GDP Growth rate? - 3.8% CRR changed to? - 4%

22. Who among the following is chairman FMC (Forward Markets Commission)? Ramesh Abhishek 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. What is the name of food grain scheme of Himachal Pradesh? Which of the following is the GAAR implementation date? - April 1,2016 Who among the following is the new chairman of SBI? - Arundhati Bhattacharya Who among the following is the new chairman of AADHAR? - Nandan Nilekani Full form of NOFHC: Non Operative Financial Holding Company Indias place in global competitive list by WEF 2012-13? - 59 Which of the following is the population growth rate (2001-2011)? - 1.7% Graphic biography on of whom released by Amar Chitra Katha? - Dhyan Chand Bank rate wef 7th October? - 9% The book Fault lines is written by whom? - Raghuram G Rajan Which of the following Bank open 15000 branches? SBI Which of the following country in BRICS? Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award ? Ustad Amjad Ali Khan One question related to INS VIKRANT. Pullea Gopichand related to which game? Badminton

38. 39.

Maharashtra state launches 'Manodhairya' scheme for whom? For rape victims What is the Maximum limit in priority sector by public sec? - 40 %

40. According to MSMED Act 2006, maximum limit in services is 5 crore, what is minimum limit for medium enterprises? - 2 crore 41. 42. 43. road Who is the First women chief information commissioner? Deepak sandhu Sundarban located in which state? - West Bengal Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards (From India).-The Good

44. Which scheme was started by Himachal Pradesh under food security program from Sept 20? Rajiv Gandhi ann Yojana 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. Irans New President? - Hassan Rouhani India inked DTA pact with which country? Morocco Company Bill 2013 Decadal Growth Rate according to Cesus 2011? 17.64% Indira Gandhi peace prize was conferred on? Ellen Johnson Sirleaf World heart day? 29th September Who monitors 5year plan? Yojana Ayog Which company has launched Jupiter Bike? TVS Parsi Community new scheme to increase parsi population? Jiyo Parsi RTI Information fees? Rs.10 Sandeep Tulsi Yadav is related to which sport? Wrestling New High Commissioner to UK? Ranjan Mathai UN Representative of India? Asoke Kumar Mukerji

58. Nobel Peace Prize in Economics: Eugene F. Fama (and Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen) 59. 60. 61. 62. Nikkei is the stock exchange of which country? Japan Director of The Good Road: Gyan Correa Anna Hazare received which prize? Allard Prize for International Integrity Aircel Parternership with which mobile company? Micromax

63. Depreciation: Decrease in currencys value due to market forces, not government policies or actions 64. Movable Assets: Movable assets are those which are 'movable'- stocks, money, shares, furniture, gold, jewel 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. First RBI Governor? Sir Osborne Smith Brand Ambassador or Tobacco Abandoning : Rahul Dravid Currency of Bhutan Ngultrum Microsoft bought Nokia for $7.2 billion First Greco Roman Medal is baaged by whom in India? Sandip Tulsi Yadav Who received Saraswati Samman? SugathaKumari

71. Head of financial committee on small and low income and financial inclusion? Nachiket Mor 72. 73. 1st Indigenous Submarine? INS Arihant Basic point difference between MSF and Repo rate? 150points

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KBC current season? 7th

75. Jo biwi se kare pyar wo prestige se kaise kare inkaar ad done by which couple? Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. time 82. Growth forecast in 12 five yr plan? 8 per cent Question related to dividend equity Who is Headly? Terrorist Who has written a book on Meena Kumari? Vinod Mehta Question on JNNURM Run on bank means? Heavy cash withdrawal from depositor form an account at a Rupay Project of? NPCI

83. According to 2011 census there were 640 districts in India, but how many villages? More than 600,000 84. Who is the author of the book The first woman President in India Reinventing Leadership Pratibha Devisingh Patil? Sunaina Singh 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. Which is not included in balance sheet? Froeign Currency Limits for tourists? USD 10,000 Accounts maintained by Foreign Banks in India? Vostro IIFCL stands for? India Infrastructure Finance company Limited Highest remittance receiving countries? India and China

90. Campaign launched to promote virgin peaks of Himalayas and make India favoured tourist destination? 777 days of Incredible Indian Himalayan Campaign 91. The book My Journey: Transforming Dreams Into Actions is written by? APJ Abdul Kalam 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. Director of the movie Silver Linings Playbook? David O. Russel Germany Chancellor? Angela Merkel Which one is not Credit Rating Agency? Tennis Hall of Fame Martina Hingis FTSE 100? London Stock Exchange FDI in pension sector?- 49% Rice, pulse, millets belongs to which crop?- Kharif Crop Indias Defense satellite recently launched by France?- GSAT-7 1% extra tax on buying property above? Rs 50lakh Senior citizens over 80 years of age exempted from tax limit? upto Rs. 5 Lakh India- China defense summit held in? Beijing KYC is not for the purpose of? financial position of the account holder RBI zero% EMI on credit card related question. Jet and Etihad deal- 51% state of company, 24% Etihad, 25% public share Maximum deposit amount insured by DICGC? Rs. 1 lakh Who announced retirement from Tennis in October? Nalbandian

108. NEFT maximum limit? No limit; However, maximum amount per transaction is limited to Rs.50,000/- for cash-based remittances and remittances to Nepal 109. One question on Prithvi?

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Currency swap agreement between?- India and Japan

111. Which Indian actor is/has been selected for a US award for his television show by the America Abroad Media (AAM)?- Aamir Khan for Satyameva Jayathe 112. 113. Deeo discount bond feature?- Zero coupon bond First cyber forensic laboratory set up in?- Tripura

114. If depreciation of assets is not taken into account what will happen to balance sheet of bank? 115. Trade deficit was how much low as on September? 116. Which option will be provided to voters by Election Commission in upcoming elections as per the directives of Supreme Court?- Option to Reject All(NOTA)