Last 6 Months Current Affairs for IBPS RRB,IBPS PO III,NICL and SBI Exams
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25-06-2013
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs
1. Which country hosted the 39th G8 summit on June 17-18, 2013?
1) USA
2) Germany
3) UK
4) Italy
5) France
2. The FIFA Confederations Cup is an international football tournament for national teams held every four years. Which country hosted the FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2013?
1) Spain
2) Brazil
3) Uruguay
4) Argentina
5) Italy
3. Who became the first Indian-American judge in the US Court of Appeals, the second most powerful court in USA, on June 17, 2013?
1) Amol Rajan
2) Bobby Jindal
3) Srikanth Srinivasan
4) Kamla Harris
5) None of these
4. The Finance Minister had set up a committee for giving clear definitions to FDI and FII. Who is the Chairman of this committee?
1) Anand Sinha
2) C.Rangarajan
3) Y.V.Reddy
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) Vijay Kelkar
5. Cabinet Ministers and their portfolios are given. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) Oscar Fernandes-Road and Highways
2) Girija Vyas ---- Housing and Urban poverty alleviation
3) K.Sambasiva Rao---Textiles
4) Sis Ram Ola ---Labour and Employment
5) Ghulam Nabi Azad---New and RenewableEnergy
6. RBI in its mid-quarter monetary policy on June 17, 2013 left its repo rate unchanged at?
1) 7.5%
2) 7.25%
3) 6.5%
4) 6.25%
5) 4%
7. Which of the following political parties ended ties with the BJP and walked out of the National Democratic Alliance on June 16, 2013?
1) Shiv Sena
2) INLD
3) AGP
4) JD (U)
5) SAD
8. Who was elected President of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in June 2013?
1) John Ashe
2) Ban Ki-moon
3) Joseph Deiss
4) Srgjan Kerim
5) Jean Ping
9. Windhoek is the capital of?
1) Kenya
2) Namibia
3) Ghana
4) Zambia
5) Zimbabwe
10. The Central Rice Research Institute islocated in?
1) Shimla
2) Nagpur
3) Cuttack
4) Hyderabad
5) Coimbatore
11. Berlin, the capital city of Germany, is located on the river?
1) Spree
2) Danube
3) Kizil
4) Avon
5) Thames
12. Which of the following crops is used to make biofuels?
1) Wheat
2) Paddy
3) Sugarcane
4) Onion
5) Coconut
13. Which of the following Cups is associated with Cricket?
1) Davis Cup
2) Aga Khan Cup
3) Durand Cup
4) Thomas Cup
5) None of these
14. The currency of Bangladesh is?
1) Rupee
2) Rupiah
3) Rial
4) Taka
5) Kip
15. Which of the following Nobel Prizes was not started in 1901?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Peace
5) Economics
16. The term '16 yards hit' is associated with?
1) Polo
2) Baseball
3) Golf
4) Hockey
5) Badminton
17. Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world. It is in?
1) North America
2) South America
3) Africa
4) Asia
5) Australia
18. Majuli is a large river island in the Indian state of?
1) Odisha
2) Assam
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) West Bengal
19. Turkey joined which of the following organizations as its dialogue partner on April 26, 2013?
1) APEC
2) SCO
3) ASEAN
4) OPEC
5) SAARC
20. What is the interest rate on ProvidentFund (PF) deposits for 2012-13?
1) 8.5%
2) 9%
3) 9.25%
4) 9.5%
5) 7.5%
21. Which country will host the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton tournamentsin May 2014?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) India
4) Pakistan
5) Sri Lanka
22. David Beckham announced his retirement from professional foot ball in May 2013. He is from?
1) Spain
2) Portugal
3) England
4) Germany
5) Netherlands
23. What is the full form of FCCBs?
1) Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
2) Foreign Convertible Credit Bonds
3) Financial Consortium and Credit Bureau
4) Future Credit and Currency Bureau
5) None of these
24. Which of the following is/are considered a policy rate (s) in the hands ofthe RBI?
1) Repo rate
2) SLR
3) Inflation
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3
25. The Census in India is done after a gapof every?
1) 5 years
2) 10 years
3) 15 years
4) 7 years
5) 12 years
26. Which of the following terms is not used in Economics?
1) Balance of Trade
2) Break Even
3) Fiscal Deficit
4) Capital Account
5) Kyoto Protocol
27. Who is the author of the book 'Invisible'?
1) Paul Auster
2) Albert Camus
3) Jacques Lacan
4) Rimbaud
5) Raymond Carver
28. Which of the following terms is not used in the game of Hockey?
1) Backline
2) Centre pass
3) Goal line
4) Marking
5) Downswing
29. NABARD is?
1) A nationalized bank
2) A government commercial bank
3) A subsidiary of SBI
4) An apex bank for agriculture
5) A private bank
30. 'Between the Assassinations' is written by?
1) Kiran Desai
2) Anita Desai
3) Vikram Seth
4) Meghnad Desai
5) Arvind Adiga
Answers
1) 3; 2) 2; 3) 3; 4) 4; 5) 5; 6) 2; 7) 4; 8) 1; 9) 2; 10) 3;
11) 1; 12) 3; 13) 5; 14) 4; 15) 5; 16) 4; 17) 1; 18) 2; 19) 2; 20) 1;21) 3; 22) 3; 23) 1; 24) 4; 25) 2; 26) 5; 27) 1; 28) 5; 29) 4; 30) 5
1. The visits by BJP chief Rajnath Singh and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi ( who apparently flew back 15,000 pilgrims) to disaster hit Uttarakhand, coming close on the heels of surveys by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, have triggered charges of politicising a natural calamity and also have passed a message that any of the state of India cannot help or visit Uttarakhand without the permission of the chief minister of Uttarakhand.
2. Prasar Bharati may get a digital wing to reach out to the increasing number of Internet and smartphone users, if recommendations of a working group formed by the government are accepted.
3. Nelson Mandela is in a critical condition, South Africa's presidency has said, signalling a significant and sudden deterioration in the health of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon in his third week of hospitalisation for a recurrent lung infection.
4. China has expanded its currency convertibility to Britain as the central banks of the two countries signed a three-year sterling-yuan currency swap lineto boost bilateral trade and financial stability. China's first such agreement with a G7 country was signed between Bank of England (BoE) governor Mervyn King, who steps down at the end of the month, and his counterpart Zhou Xiaochuan of the People's Bank of China.
5. A MIG -29 fighter aircraft on a routine sortie on Monday crashed near Lalparda village in Gujarat's Jamnagar district, with the pilot ejecting safely.
6. Two smartphone applications developed by firms at Kochi's Startup Village have been named by IT industry body Nasscom among the ten best apps designed for the security of women. Sentinel, developed by MindHelix Technosol Pvt. Ltd., and iFollow, from Aucupa Innovative Solutions, were among the winners of Nasscom's first all-India App Fame Contest to search for mobile tools to aid personal safety of women and to help deal with emergencies.
7. In a move that will bring cheers to lakhs of constables working in paramilitary forces, the MHA has decided to re-introduce the long abolished post of 'Havildar' in forces like CRPF and BSF ensuring a 5-year faster promotion to these personnel in the lower rungs of hierarchy.
8. The 127th edition of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships kicks off in London today.
9. Russian film, The Major won Golden Goblet on 23 June 2013 for best feature film at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival. The film talks about how things go out of control when corrupt police officers try to cover up a hit-and-run case for their colleague.
10. The meeting of the 4th India-US Strategic Dialogue has begun in New Delhi this morning. The meeting is co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and the visiting US Secretary of State, John Kerry......
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June 11,2013 : Top 10 Current Affairs
1. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani today resigned from all posts in the party, a day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was appointed as the chief of the party’s election campaign committee.
2. The Reserve Bank on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 5 crore on Axis Bank, Rs 4.5 crore on HDFC Bank and Rs. 1 crore on ICICI Bank for violation of Know Your Customer KYC norms and anti-money laundering guidelines after inquiring into charges leveled by a online portal Cobra post.
3. In Assam, BPL families are availing medical benefits under the Centre’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna,RSBY. The scheme is being implemented in 24 districts. Remaining 3 districts will also be covered soon.
4. Railways have decided to launch an SMS-based service for immediate response to passenger complaints regarding housekeeping service in coaches.
5. Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty, Chief Scientist and Head-Biology Division of CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad has been awarded with the ICMR prize for biomedical research conducted in underdeveloped areas for the year 2010.
6. Carnatic vocalist Ranjani Hebbar Guruprasad passed away yesterday in her hometown Udupi, after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was suffering from cancer.
7. K Srikanth became the latest badminton sensation to emerge from India as he lifted his maiden men's singles title with a stunning straight-game triumph over top-seeded local favourite Boonsak Ponsana at the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold in Bangkok on Sunday.
8. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix, defeating Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in Montreal on Sunday, meanwhile, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso took the third and second position simultaneously.
9. Rafael Nadal won his 8th Men's Singles Tittle of the French Open Tennis Tournament. Serena Williams won the Women's Singles title of French Open Tennis tournament by defeating Maria Sharapova in straight sets by 6-4, 6-4. Top-ranked American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their record 14th major doubles title by defeating Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 in the French Open men's doubles final.
10. Global Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has upgraded its credit outlook for the United States government to “stable” from “ negative” today saying that these is less than one in three chances of a downgrade for the world’s largest economy. It has maintained its credit rating at “AA+”, one notch lower than top most rating of “AAA”.
11) 1; 12) 3; 13) 5; 14) 4; 15) 5; 16) 4; 17) 1; 18) 2; 19) 2; 20) 1;21) 3; 22) 3; 23) 1; 24) 4; 25) 2; 26) 5; 27) 1; 28) 5; 29) 4; 30) 5
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June 24, 2013: Top 10 Current Affairs
1. The visits by BJP chief Rajnath Singh and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi ( who apparently flew back 15,000 pilgrims) to disaster hit Uttarakhand, coming close on the heels of surveys by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, have triggered charges of politicising a natural calamity and also have passed a message that any of the state of India cannot help or visit Uttarakhand without the permission of the chief minister of Uttarakhand.
2. Prasar Bharati may get a digital wing to reach out to the increasing number of Internet and smartphone users, if recommendations of a working group formed by the government are accepted.
3. Nelson Mandela is in a critical condition, South Africa's presidency has said, signalling a significant and sudden deterioration in the health of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon in his third week of hospitalisation for a recurrent lung infection.
4. China has expanded its currency convertibility to Britain as the central banks of the two countries signed a three-year sterling-yuan currency swap lineto boost bilateral trade and financial stability. China's first such agreement with a G7 country was signed between Bank of England (BoE) governor Mervyn King, who steps down at the end of the month, and his counterpart Zhou Xiaochuan of the People's Bank of China.
5. A MIG -29 fighter aircraft on a routine sortie on Monday crashed near Lalparda village in Gujarat's Jamnagar district, with the pilot ejecting safely.
6. Two smartphone applications developed by firms at Kochi's Startup Village have been named by IT industry body Nasscom among the ten best apps designed for the security of women. Sentinel, developed by MindHelix Technosol Pvt. Ltd., and iFollow, from Aucupa Innovative Solutions, were among the winners of Nasscom's first all-India App Fame Contest to search for mobile tools to aid personal safety of women and to help deal with emergencies.
7. In a move that will bring cheers to lakhs of constables working in paramilitary forces, the MHA has decided to re-introduce the long abolished post of 'Havildar' in forces like CRPF and BSF ensuring a 5-year faster promotion to these personnel in the lower rungs of hierarchy.
8. The 127th edition of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships kicks off in London today.
9. Russian film, The Major won Golden Goblet on 23 June 2013 for best feature film at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival. The film talks about how things go out of control when corrupt police officers try to cover up a hit-and-run case for their colleague.
10. The meeting of the 4th India-US Strategic Dialogue has begun in New Delhi this morning. The meeting is co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and the visiting US Secretary of State, John Kerry......
Morning News Headlines...13 june 2013
- Amidst reports of a possible parting of ways between the JD-U and the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee spoke to her Bihar and Odisha counterparts to make her idea ‘federal front’ a reality.JD-U contemplates ending ties with BJP
- The Union Cabinet is all set to discuss the ordinance on Food Security Bill, the brainchild of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday.
- India will start as overwhelming favourites against minnows Ireland in their opening match of the men's competition of the FIH World League Round 3 on Thursday.
- Dalai Lama's Tibetan monks are set to perform their chants in Glastonbury's Green Fields.
- Government hikes foreign investment limit in G-Secs by USD 5 billion… In a effort to increase overseas capital inflows to strengthen the rupee, the government on Wednesday enhanced the limit for foreign investments in government securities by USD billion with immediate effect.
- Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and RMV Gurusaidutt reached the pre-quarterfinals of the Indonesian Super Series Premier but it turned out to be a bad day in office for world number 10 Parupalli Kashyap as he crashed out of the men's singles competition on Wednesday.
- Facebook page launched to demand justice for late Jiah Khan…. Titled “Justice for Jiah Khan”, it was launched on Monday on the social networking site (URL: https://www.facebook.com/Justice.For.Jiah.Khan). An initiative by news and content website, it is reportedly supported by several Bollywood artistes and media professionals.
- The WorldBank has forecast a 6.7 per cent growth rate for India by next fiscal as exports and private investment are projected to strengthen and provide a boost to growth.
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June 11,2013 : Top 10 Current Affairs
Ø President Pranab Mukherjee today laid foundation stone of Nirbhaya Bhawan, the permanent headquarters of the National Commission for Women at a function in New Delhi,
Ø Senior Congress leader V C Shukla who was severely injured in the Maosit attack in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on 25th of last month, died yesterday.
Ø The Pakistan and the West Indies Cricket Boards have reached an agreement to play a T20 international series in the United States in July this year.
Ø The world’s tallest twisted tower, the Infinity Tower was launched in Dubai Marina on 10 June 2013. The Infinity tower features, its unique ability of twisting to 90 degrees and the shape of the tower being aesthetically unique also allows reduction of the wind forces on the tower because of its twisted shape.
Ø The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University at Bhopal.
Ø The Indian men's squash team dished out a dominating performance to notch up a commanding 3-0 win over Finland and enter the pre-quarters of the World Team Championship in Mulhouse, France.
Ø The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered fresh case in the coal scam against Naveen Jindal and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, Gagan Sponge and two other companies. Former MoS of Coal Dasari Rao has also been named in the registered case.
Ø 19 accused including Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and 14 bookies have been granted bail by a Delhi court yesterday in the IPL spot fixing scandal.
Ø Domestic passenger car sales dropped by 12.26% to 1,43,216 units in May this year from 1,63,222 units in the same month last year and Motorcycle sales dropped by 0.72% to 8,81,288 units compared to 8,87,646 units in the same month last year, as per the data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
Indian rupee hit the record low of 58.96 per USD today before settling at 58.34 against the dollar
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June 10, 2013: Top 10 Current Affairs
1. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani today resigned from all posts in the party, a day after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was appointed as the chief of the party’s election campaign committee.
2. The Reserve Bank on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 5 crore on Axis Bank, Rs 4.5 crore on HDFC Bank and Rs. 1 crore on ICICI Bank for violation of Know Your Customer KYC norms and anti-money laundering guidelines after inquiring into charges leveled by a online portal Cobra post.
3. In Assam, BPL families are availing medical benefits under the Centre’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna,RSBY. The scheme is being implemented in 24 districts. Remaining 3 districts will also be covered soon.
4. Railways have decided to launch an SMS-based service for immediate response to passenger complaints regarding housekeeping service in coaches.
5. Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty, Chief Scientist and Head-Biology Division of CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad has been awarded with the ICMR prize for biomedical research conducted in underdeveloped areas for the year 2010.
6. Carnatic vocalist Ranjani Hebbar Guruprasad passed away yesterday in her hometown Udupi, after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was suffering from cancer.
7. K Srikanth became the latest badminton sensation to emerge from India as he lifted his maiden men's singles title with a stunning straight-game triumph over top-seeded local favourite Boonsak Ponsana at the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold in Bangkok on Sunday.
8. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix, defeating Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in Montreal on Sunday, meanwhile, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso took the third and second position simultaneously.
9. Rafael Nadal won his 8th Men's Singles Tittle of the French Open Tennis Tournament. Serena Williams won the Women's Singles title of French Open Tennis tournament by defeating Maria Sharapova in straight sets by 6-4, 6-4. Top-ranked American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their record 14th major doubles title by defeating Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 in the French Open men's doubles final.
10. Global Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has upgraded its credit outlook for the United States government to “stable” from “ negative” today saying that these is less than one in three chances of a downgrade for the world’s largest economy. It has maintained its credit rating at “AA+”, one notch lower than top most rating of “AAA”.
