Puys, In the recent years, General Knowledge & Awareness has become an integral part of most B-School entrance examinations. In the years to come, too, several schools are considering including GK as a criterion for selection - after all it iā¦
Puys,
In the recent years, General Knowledge & Awareness has become an integral part of most B-School entrance examinations. In the years to come, too, several schools are considering including GK as a criterion for selection - after all it is something every Manager is expected to have.
Some of the top institutes/examinations that have a GK component in their exams are:
->SNAP (for institutes under the Symbiosis University - SIBM Pune, SCMHRD, SIIB, SIBM Bangalore, SCIT, SIOM, SIMC, SITM, SSBM )
-> IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - New Delhi & Kolkata - International MBA programs)
-> IRMA (Institute of Rural Management, Anand - Rural Management programs)
-> TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai - several Masters programs in Social Management/Entrepreneurship)
-> MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications & Advertising, Ahmedabad - Communications Management)
-> CMAT (Common Management Admissions Test - For institutes under the AICTE. Several states have scrapped their regional MBA entrance tests in favor CMAT. Hence institutes like SIMSREE, JBIMS, etc will be accepting CMAT)
Kindly use this thread for quoting current affairs & important updates, static GK that you might know, uploading GK material that you might want to share (kindly be aware of copyright violations), etc.
The knowledge that you will gain here will be of great use to you during your Group Discussions & Personal Interview stages as well.
Here are the links for the previous two years threads:
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/official-gk-thread-for-mba-entrance-exams-2010-2011-25054793
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/official-gk-thread-for-mba-entrance-exams-2011-2012-25068981
ALL THE BEST š š š :)
Compiled Pages links:
Pages 1 to 10: Post #97 by Sakshi_Kukreja : http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/prep-resources/79527-official-gk-thread-mba-entrance-10.html#post3376265
Pages 1 to 19 consolidated: Post #183 by GmaneGenius : http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/2012-2013-official-gk-thread-for-mba-entrance-exams-25079527
Pages 21 to 30: Post #312 by kambarish :
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/prep-resources/79527-official-gk-thread-mba-entrance-32.html#post3471631
Pages 31 to 40: Post #406 by kambarish :
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/prep-resources/79527-official-gk-thread-mba-entrance-41.html#post3500220
Lets do it puys. Nice initiative Venkat
I love these GK exams a lot 
.. I would say lets pick up a topic a week in addition to the current affairs. Lets go for it Puys.
Please come up with suggestion and make this thread a hit
I found following threads.. might interest you.. they certainly caught my attention 
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/official-gk-thread-for-mba-entrance-exams-2010-2011-25054793
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/official-gk-thread-for-mba-entrance-exams-2011-2012-25068981
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tomorrow a brief write up will be put up by me on Inflation and the ways it is calculated..
Nice initiative....
Providing a small information regarding current Govt. portfolios
Finance minister - Pranab Mukherjee
Defence Minister - A.K.Antony
External Affairs Minister - S.M.Krishna
Home Affairs Minister - P.Chidambaram
Agriculture Minister,Food Processing Minister - Sharad Pawar
Civil Aviation - Chaudhary Ajit Singh
Chemicals And Fertilizers - M.K.Alagari
Coal - Shriprakash Jaiswal
Commerce and industries, Textile - Anand Sharma
Communication and IT, HRD - Kapil Sibal
Law and Justice, Minority Affairs - Salman Khurshid
Corporate Affairs - Veerapa Moily
Culture,Housing and Urban Development - kumari selja
Tourism - subodhkant sahay
Rural development, Drinking water and sanitation - jairam ramesh
Science and technology, earth sciences - vilasrao deshmukh
health and family affairs - ghulam nabi azad
heavy industries and public enterprises - praful patel
Information and broadcasting - ambika soni
labour and employement - mallikarjun kharge
new and renewable energy - farooq abdullah
parliamentary affiars and water resuorces - pawan kumar bansal
railways - dinesh trivedi
petroleum and natural gas - jaipal reddy
For more info , refer to following link
http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php
Puys, here is the list of National Award Winners in Films (Announced today):
List of Winners:
Best Actress: Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture
Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool
Best Hindi Film: I Am
Best Choreography: Bosco-Caeser for Senorita from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Special Effects: RA.One
Best Make Up: Vijram Gaekwad for The Dirty Picture and Bal Gandharva
Best Costume Designer: Niharika Khan for The Dirty Picture and Neeta Lulla for Bal Gandharva
Best Children's Film: Chillar Party
Best Supporting Actor: Appu Kutty
Best Feature Film: Deool and Pyaari
The recent Assembly Elections in 5 states of UP,Punjab,Goa,Uttarakhand,Manipur is the hottest topic..
And the results of all the 5 states too are out.. Here are official figures of seats and winners in the states..
Uttar Pradesh
Total Constituencies : 403
Seats won by each contesting parties -
Samajwadi Party (SP) : 225 (absolute majority)
Leader: Mulayam Singh Yadav
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : 79
Leader: Mayawati
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : 47
Leader: Om Prakash Singh
Congress + Rashtriya Lok Dal (INC+RLD) : 37
Leader: Rahul Gandhi
Voting : 59.5%
Punjab
Total Constituencies : 117
Seats won by each contesting parties -
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) :56
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) :12
Leader: Prakash Singh Badal
Indian National Congress (INC) : 46
Leader: Amarinder Singh
Voting : 78.6%
Uttarakhand
Total Constituencies : 70
Seats won by each contesting parties -
Indian National Congress (INC): 32
Leader: Harak Singh Rawat
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : 31
Leader: Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : 3
Voting : 67.2%
Manipur
Total Constituencies : 60
Seats won by each contesting parties -
Indian National Congress (INC) : 42
Leader: Okram Ibobi Singh
Trinamool Congress (TMC) : 7
Manipur People's Party (MPP) : 4
Voting % : 79.80
Goa
Total Constituencies: 40
Seats won by each contesting parties -
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 21
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak : 3
Leader: Manohar Parrikar
Indian National Congress (INC): 9
Voting% - 81.7
P.S - The parties in bold indicate winning parties
P.P.S- Bold+Italic for Uttarakhand as still not sure who will rule the state...
Sources: wikipedia, election commission website, Indian elections website
Venues for different sporting events
Cricket:
ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 (Men's + Women's) : Sri Lanka
ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014 (Men's + Women's) : Bangladesh
ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2016 (Men's + Women's) :India
ICC Men's 50-over World Cup 2015 : Australia+NewZealand
ICC Men's 50-over World Cup 2019 : England
ICC Women's 50-over World Cup 2013 : India
Football
FIFA World Cup 2014 : Brazil
FIFA World Cup 2018 : Russia
FIFA World Cup 2022 : Qatar
Olympics
Summer Olympics 2012 : London,UK
Winter Olympics 2014 : Sochi,Russia
Summer Olympics 2016 : Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Winter Olympics 2018 : Pyeongchang, South Korea
Guys...need a post on the uprising in the Middle East...like the countries that faced the revolution, the leaders that were ousted...waiting!!
Sweet Freedom SaysGuys...need a post on the uprising in the Middle East...like the countries that faced the revolution, the leaders that were ousted...waiting!!
You could try the link provided at Page 200, Post #1997 by Sakshi_Kukreja in the previous year GK thread.
http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/official-gk-thread-for-mba-entrance-exams-2011-2012-25068981
All the best š
Sweet Freedom SaysGuys...need a post on the uprising in the Middle East...like the countries that faced the revolution, the leaders that were ousted...waiting!!
Well i'll tell in brief about the Arab Spring and the Leaders Ousted..
Tunisia
President - Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
Thrown out after - 23 years!
A Moderate Islamist Ennahda party won the country's first democratic elections.
Egypt
President - Hosni Mubarak
Thrown out After - 30 years!
The army is in charge of overseeing Egypt's transition to democracy.
Islamist Majority Party Freedom and Justice won the Elections held in November- December..
Libya
Ruler- Colonel Gaddafi
Thrown out After - 42 years :shock:
The National Transitional Council (NTC) is recognised by UN as Libya's legitimate ruling body..
Yemen
President - Ali Abdullah Saleh
Thrown out after - 33 Years!
Well to tell you in short as the major reasons behind these Uprising -
1. Wide Spread Corruption and Unemployment
2. Average Population of all these countries is less than 22 years and is unemployed!
3. Rulers ruling for ages and not bringing in any change
4. (A curious one) Do have a look at the map of all these countries and their boundaries. most countries have geometrical shaped boundaries meaning the regions have been divided without a lot of thought..
5. All the uprising sparked a by minor spark - for eg in Tunisia from what i have read, there was a guy who burned himself after not being allowed to self vegetables..
6. Social Networking also played a significant role.. One country achieved success so other felt even they could..
Some numbers :
Nominal Indian GDP Estimates : $1.846 trillion (9th in World)
Indian GDP by PPP Estimates : $4.47 trillion (3rd in World)
GDP per capita : $1527 (nominal)
GDP per capita : $3703 (PPP)
India's growth rate: 7-8%
GDP Contribution by sectors:
Services: 55%
Industry: 26%
Agriculture: 18%
India's Inflation as per CPI (recently launched in late Feb,2012) : 7.65%
Contribution by workforce by sector
Agriculture: 52%
Services: 34%
Industry: 14%
37% Population below Poverty line.
Repo Rate : 8.5%
Reverse Repo rate : 7.5%
CRR : 4.75% (updated on 9/3/12)
SLR : 24%
Bank Rate : 9.5%
Jasmine Revolution refers to the December-January mass uprising in Tunisia that overthrew president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January 15.It is known so because the national flower of Tunisia is Jasmine. It was sparked off by the self-immolation of vegetable vendor Mohamed Bouazizi, when he was humiliated by a woman constable on December 17. It was christened the Jasmine Revolution by the media in keeping with the geopolitical nomenclature of 'colour revolutions. The movement grew over the issues of unemployment, food inflation, corruption, lack of freedom of speech and poor living conditions and overflowed into Egypt where it has been raging.
Hi PUYS !!
We need some static GK also for SNAP and CMAT.
I don't know about TISS and IRMA
Please contribute.
History,Geography,national Bird,national Animal...etc...
What do you PUYS think?
Rgrds
"Myth Less"
http://www.quizmantra.com/2012/01/general-knowledge-quizzes.html
Check out this link.. this may help you.
Check out this link.. this may help you.
Hi PUYS !!
We need some static GK also for SNAP and CMAT.
I don't know about TISS and IRMA
Please contribute.
History,Geography,national Bird,national Animal...etc...
What do you PUYS think?
Rgrds
"Myth Less"
Yes you are right.. But these exams still have a long time to go.. And generally GK=Current Affairs.. The current posts are relevant as it might help junta for GD,WAT,PI..
The static GK can start a bit late as well..
And nothing wrong in knowing more and more of current affairs..
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Well i'll tell in brief about the Arab Spring and the Leaders Ousted..
2. Average Population of all these countries is less than 22 years and is unemployed!
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@Cricaddict- By this point you mean that average age of population is less than 22 years or there is some typo mistake?
Sorry to barge in but i could not understand this line 
ya my mistake.. i quoted wrong figures..
To not create confusion.. delete your post.. i'll update in earlier post... once you delete you post, i'll delete this post as well..
CRR is now 4.75%...
RBI reduced CRR by 75 basis point yesterday..with effective from today i.e. Saturday š