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IMPORTANT HEADS
• Chairman, IRDA – T. S. Vijayan
• Chairman, LIC – S.K. Roy
• President, FICCI –Naina Lal Kidwai
• Chairman, TRAI - Rahul Khullar
• Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)-PradeepKumar
• Director, CBI –Ranjit Sinha
• Chariman, CCI – Ashok Chawla
• President, ASSOCHAM -Raj kumar Dhoot
• President, NASSCOM - R Chandrashekhar
• Chairman, NASSCOM -KrishnakumarNatarajan
• Director, BARC -Dr. Shekhar Basu
• Director, DRDO - Avinash Chander
• Secretary, Department of AtomicEnergy (DAE) - R KSinha
• Chief Information Commissioner(CIC) -Satyanand Mishra
• Chairman, ISRO - Dr. KRadhakrishnan
• Chairperson, CBDT – SudhaSharma
• Chairman, SEBI - U K Sinha
• Chief, Intelligence Bureau – SaiyadAsif Ibrahim
• Director, NCERT - Prof. P Sinclair
• Governor, RBI – Dr. RaghuramRajan.(New Declared)
• MD, NSE – Chitra Ramakrishna
• President, ADB - Takehiko Nakao
• MD, BSE – Ashish Chauhan
• Chariman, University GrantCommission– VedPrakash
• Chief, Indian Airforce – NormanAnilKumarBrowne
• MD, IMF – Christine Lagarde
• Director General, WHO –Margarate Chan
• Chairman, NABARD – PrakashBakshi
• Chief, Indian Army – Bikram Singh
• President, World Bank – Jim YongKim
• Chairman, UPSC – D. P. Agarwal
• Chief, RAW – Alok Joshi
• CEO, IFC – Jim Yong Cai
• Chief, Indian Navy – Devendra Kumar Joshi
• Chairman, NationalFilmDevelopmentCorporation(NFDC)- Ramesh Sippy
1. HSBC has lowered India's GDP forecast for the current financial year to 4 per cent from 5.5 per cent earlier saying economic uncertainty is likely to weigh on the growth forecast in the coming months. 2. HDFC Bank Ltd on Monday launched its rural financial literacy initiative in Koteshwar village nearhere under the aegis of the Reserve Bank of India, becoming the first bank to translate curriculum into Gujarati language. 3. Assam has emerged as role model in the health sector of the country by implementing the highest number of schemes under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Sunday. 4. The Hyderabad Hotshots won the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton league (IBL) 2013 played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Mumbai by defeating Awadhe Warriors in the finals. Saina Nehwal was awarded as the player of the tournament, because of her undefeated feat in the complete tournament. She received a prize amount of 1000 US dollars for being the player of the tournament. 5. India announced an aid of 5000 crore rupees to Bhutan. The aid includes economic stimulus package of 500 crore rupees. 6. S Bal Shekar, Secretary in the Lok Sabha secretariat, has been asked to perform the duties of the Lok Sabha Secretary General after TK Vishwanathan relinquished his office on August 31. 7. Delhi's tops in per capita income in India. As per Delhi Development Report 2013, Delhi's average per capita income stands at more than Rs 2 lakh per year in 2012-13 which makes it the highest in India. 8. Micromax becomes the number two smartphone vendor in India. Micromax continues to expand its hold in the Indian smartphone market and has now acquired 22 percent of the Indian market share in the second quarter according to the latest IDC numbers. 9. Senegal's president has removed his prime minister and replaced him with the country's justice minister Aminata Toure. 10. Pakistan- China Air Forces to begin joint air exercises today. The exercise has been code-named Shaheen-2. Shaheen-1, a similar drill between the air forces of the two countries, was conducted in Pakistan in March 2011. 11. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has come up with a unique in-flight child care assistance programme in its long haul flights for families who travel with their children. 12. Parliament today gave its seal of approval to the National Highways Authority of India(Amendment) Bill, 2012 with the Lok Sabha agreeing to amendments suggested by the Rajya Sabha. The Upper House had passed it on 13th of last month. 13. Tata group's IT firm TCS today attained a market valuation of Rs 4 lakh crore, becoming the second company in Indian markets after Reliance Industries to cross this milestone. 14. India have managed to retain their third spot among T20 teams while Virat Kohli has held on to his sixth spot in the ICC rankings for Twenty 20 batsmen issued in Dubai today. 15. South Korea defeated India 4-3 in the final of the Asia Cup Hockey at Ipoh, Malaysia on 1 September 2013. With this, South Korea confirmed its place in the World Cup at The Hague. 16. Pakistan beat Malaysia 3-1 to win bronze in Asia Cup
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Ballon d'or award is associated with which sports??
IDIOMS AND PHRASES
1. TO BE LOST IN THE CLOUDS
Meaning: confused
Example: My psychology teacher is often lost in the clouds as she sometimes is unable to explain the questions clearly.
2. TO BE ILL AT EASE
Meaning: Uncomfortable
Example: A student is often ill at ease when he has to see the Principle after he has done something wrong.
3 .TO BE BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH
Meaning: To be born in a rich family
Example: My friend does not have to worry about spending any amount of money as she is born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
4. TO BE UP AND DOING
Meaning: Active
Example: A labourer should be up and doing daily if he has to earn his living.
5. TO BE FIT TO HOLD A CANDLE TO
Meaning: Match for, equal in quality
Example: He is the son of a famous writer but he is not fit to hold a candle to his father.
6. TO BE UNDER A CLOUD
Meaning: To be under suspicion
Example: His secret connections with the smugglers have brought him under a cloud.
7. TO BE AT DAGGERS DRAWN
Meaning: To have bitter enmity
Example: The quarrel between the two real brothers has grown more bitter now and they are at daggers drawn.
8.TO BE AT LARGE
Meaning: Abscond, to keep unchained
Example: People keep their dogs at large at night.
9. TO EAT HUMBLE PIE
Meaning: To apologize
Example: In spite of his constant bragging he lost the match and had to eat humble pie.
10. TO BE NOT WORTH ONE'S SALT
Meaning: Not deserving
Example: We should not help the persons who are not worth their salt.
Cups & Trophies Associated with Sports
INTERNATIONAL
American Cup : Yacht Racing
Ashes : Cricket
Benson and Hedges : Cricket
Canada Cup : Golf
Colombo Cup : Football
Corbitton Cup : Table Tennis (Women)
Davis Cup : Lawn Tennis
Derby : Horse Race
Grand National : Horse Streple Chase Race
Jules Rimet Trophy : World Soccer Cup
King's Cup : Air Races
Merdeka Cup : Football
Rydet Cup : Golf
Swaythling Cup : Table Tennis (Men)
Thomas Cup : Badminton
U. Thant Cup : Tennis
Uber Cup : Badminton (Women)
Walker Cup : Golf
Westchester Cup : Polo
Wightman Cup : Lawn Tennis
World Cup : Cricket
World Cup : Hockey
Reliance Cup : Cricket
Rothman's Trophy : Cricket
William's Cup : Basketball
European Champions Cup : Football
Eisenhower Cup : Golf
Essande Champions Cup : Hockey
Rene Frank Trophy : Hockey
Grand Prix : Table Tennis
Edgbaston Cup : Lawn Tennis
Grand Prix : Lawn Tennis
World Cup : Weight-lifting
NATIONAL:
Agarwal Cup : Badminton
Agha Khan Cup : Hockey
All-India Women's Guru Nanak Championship : Hockey
Bandodkar Trophy : Football
Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup :Basketball
Barna-Bellack Cup : Table Tennis
Beighton Cup : Hockey
Bombay Gold Cup : Hockey
Burdwan Trophy : Weight-lifting
Charminar Trophy : Athletics
Chadha Cup : Badminton
C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket
Chakoia Gold Trophy : Football
Divan Cup : Badminton
Deodhar Trophy : Cricket
Duleep Trophy : Cricket
D. C. M. Cup : Football
Durand Cup : Football
Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey
Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy : Football(Junior)
Ezra Cup : Polo
F. A. Cup : Football
G. D. Birla Trophy : Cricket
Ghulam Ahmed Trophy : Cricket
Gurmeet Trophy : Hockey
Gura Nanak Cup : Hockey
Gyanuati Devi Trophy : Hockey
Holkar Trophy : Bridge
lrani Trophy : Cricket
I. F. A. Shield : Football
lndira Gold Cup : Hockey
Jawaharlal Challenge : Air Racing
Jaswant Singh Trophy : Best Services Sportsman
Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy :Hockey
Lady Rattan Tata Trophy : Hockey
MCC Trophy : Hockey
Moinuddaula Gold Cup : Cricket
Murugappa Gold Cup : Hockey
Modi Gold Cup : Hockey
Narang Cup : Badminton
Nehru Trophy : Hockey
Nixan Gold Cup : Football
Obaid Ullah Gold Cup : Hockey
Prithi Singh Cup : Polo
Rani Jhansi Trophy : Cricket
Ranjit Trophy : Cricket
Rangaswami Cup : Hockey
Ranjit Singh Gold Cup : Hockey
Rajendra Prasad Cup : Tennis
Ramanujan Trophy : Table Tennis
Rene Frank Trophy : Hockey
Radha Mohan Cup : Polo
Raghbir Singh Memorial : Football
Rohinton Baria Trophy : Cricket
Rovers Cup : Football
Sanjay Gold Cup : Football
Santosh Trophy : Football
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee : Football
Subroto Cup : Football
Scindia Gold Cup : Hockey
Sahni Trophy : Hockey
Sheesh Mahal Trophy : Cricket
Todd Memorial Trophy : Football
Tommy Eman Gold Cup : Hockey
Vittal Trophy : Football
Vizzy Trophy : Cricket
Vijay Merchant Trophy : Cricket
Wellington Trophy : Rowing
Wills Trophy : Cricket
India's First......
• Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
• Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
• Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India —General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949
• Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
• Speaker of loksabha—Shri G.V. Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).
• President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli RadhakrishnanSardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
• Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Home Minister—Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
• Finance Minister of India—R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
• Auditor General of India—V. Narahari Rao
• Director of CBI— DP Kohli
• National Security Adviser— Brijesh Mishra
• Governor of RBI— Sir Osborne Smith
• Non-Congress Prime-Minister— Morarji Desai from Janata Party in 1977-79.
• British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
• Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
• C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
• Woman IAS—Anna Ranjan George, 1950
IMPORTANT SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits
• 4th BRICS Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India
• 5th BRICS Summit 2013 – Durban, South Africa
G-8 Annual Summits Group of Eight (G8) Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia.
• 37th G8 Meeting 2011 – Deauville, France
• 38th G8 Meeting 2012 – David camp, USA
• 39th G8 Summit 2013 – County Fermanagh, UK
• 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Russia
G-20 Summits
• 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 – Los Cabos, Mexico
• 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 – Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia
SAARC Summits SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
• 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives
• 18th SAARC Summit 2013 – Kathmandu,Nepal
ASEAN Summits ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation
• 19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) – Bali, Indonesia
• 20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April)– Phnom penh, Cambodia
• 21th ASEAN Summit 2012 (November)– Phnom penh, Cambodia
ASEAN-India Summit
• 9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
• 10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia
East Asia Summit (EAS) EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders' meetings
• 6th East Asia Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
• 7th East Asia Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia
IBSA Summits IBSA Dialogue Forum - India, Brazil, South Africa.
• 5th IBSA Summit 2011 – Pretoria, South Africa
• 6th IBSA Summit 2013 – India
APEC Summits APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
• 23rd APEC summit 2011 – Honolulu, USA
• 24th APEC Summit 2012 – Vladivostok,Russia
• 25th APEC Summit 2013 – Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia
• 26th APEC Summit 2014 – China
• 27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines
• 28th APEC Summit 2016 – Lima, Peru
OPEC Seminars OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• 4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 – Vienna, Austria
• 5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 – Vienna, Austria
NAM Summits NAM – Non-aligned Movement
• 16th NAM Summit 2012 – Tehran, Iran
• 17th NAM Summit 2015 – Caracas,Venezuela
SCO Meetings SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organization
• SCO Meeting 2011 – Astana, Kazakhstan
• SCO Meeting 2012 – Beijing, China
• SCO Meeting 2013 – Kyrgyzstan
NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) international conference on Afghanistan will be held in Chicago (USA)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meetings Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.
• ADB Annual Meeting 2012 – Manila, Philippines
• ADB Annual Meeting 2013 – New Delhi, India
WTO Ministerial Conferences
• 8th WTO Ministerial Conferences2011 – Geneva, Switzerland
• 9th WTO Ministerial Conferences2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia
2013-World chess championship (india)
2014-Asian Games (s.Korea)
2014-Commonwealth games(Glagow,Scottland)
2014-World cup football(Brazil)
2016-Euro cup(france)
2015-World cup cricket(Australi & Newzealand)
Books & winners of the Booker Prize for Fiction
2012- Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
2011 - The Sense of an Ending (Barnes)
2010 - The Finkler Question (Jacobson)
2009 - Wolf Hall (Mantel)
2008 - The White Tiger (Adiga)
2007 - The Gathering (Enright)
2006 - The Inheritance of Loss (Desai)
2005 - The Sea (Banville)
2004 - The Line of Beauty (Hollinghurst)
2003 - Vernon God Little (Pierre)
2002 - Life of Pi (Martel)
2001 - True History of the Kelly Gang (Carey)
2000 - The Blind Assassin (Atwood)
1999 - Disgrace (Coetzee)
1998 - Amsterdam: A Novel (McEwan)
1997 - The God of Small Things (Roy)
1996 - Last Orders (Swift)
1995 - The Ghost Road (Barker)
1994 - How Late It Was, How Late (Kelman)
1993 - Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Doyle)
1992 - The English Patient (Ondaatje)
1992 - Sacred Hunger (Unsworth)
1991 - The Famished Road (Okri)
1990 - Possession: A Romance (Byatt)
1989 - The Remains of the Day (Ishiguro)
1988 - Oscar and Lucinda (Carey)
1987 - Moon Tiger (Lively)
1986 - The Old Devils (Amis)
1985 - The Bone People (Hulme)
1984 - Hotel Du Lac (Brookner)
1983 - Life & Times of Michael K (Coetzee)
1982 - Schindler's Ark (Keneally)
1981 - Midnight's Children (Rushdie)
1980 - Rites of Passage (Golding)
1979 - Offshore (Fitzgerald)
1978 - The Sea, the Sea (Murdoch)
1977 - Staying on (Scott)
1976 - Saville (Storey)
1975 - Heat and Dust (Jhabvala)
1974 - The Conservationist (Gordimer)
1974 - Holiday (Middleton)
1973 - The Siege of Krishnapur (Farrell)
1972 - G. (Berger)
1971 - In a Free State (V. S. Naipaul )
1970 - The Elected Member (Bernice Rubens)
1969 - Something to Answer For (P.H.Newby)
Indian ballistic missiles—
Prithvi I — (SS-150) - Army Version (150 km range with a payload of 1,000 kg)
Prithvi II — (SS-250) - Air Force Version (250 km range with a payload of 500 kg)
Prithvi III — (SS-350) - Naval Version (350 km range with a payload of 1000 kg)
Agni-I— 700 km (SRBM)
Agni-II—2,500 km (MRBM)
Agni-III —5,000 km (IRBM)
Agni-IV —4,000 km (IRBM)
Agni-V —5,500 km (ICBM)
Agni-VI —10,000 km (ICBM)
Under development Sea-based nuclear armed ballistic missiles—
Dhanush—350 km Developed, but not operationally deployed.
K-4— 3,500 km ( Submarine-launched ballistic missile) Under development.
Sagarika (K-15) —700 km (Submarine-launched ballistic missile)
Assorted Multiplication Rules
Multiply by 5: Multiply by 10 and divide by 2.
Multiply by 6: Sometimes multiplying by 3 and then 2 is easy.
Multiply by 9: Multiply by 10 and subtract the original number.
Multiply by 12: Multiply by 10 and add twice the original number.
Multiply by 13: Multiply by 3 and add 10 times original number.
Multiply by 14: Multiply by 7 and then multiply by 2
Multiply by 15: Multiply by 10 and add 5 times the original number, as above.
Multiply by 16: You can double four times, if you want to. Or you can multiply by 8 and then by 2.
Multiply by 17: Multiply by 7 and add 10 times original number.
Multiply by 18: Multiply by 20 and subtract twice the original number (which is obvious from the first step).
Multiply by 19: Multiply by 20 and subtract the original number.
Multiply by 24: Multiply by 8 and then multiply by 3.
Multiply by 27: Multiply by 30 and subtract 3 times the original number (which is obvious from the first step).
Multiply by 45: Multiply by 50 and subtract 5 times the original number (which is obvious from the first step).
Multiply by 90: Multiply by 9 (as above) and put a zero on the right.
Multiply by 98: Multiply by 100 and subtract twice the original number.
Multiply by 99: Multiply by 100 and subtract the original number.
Which one of the following indian state doesnt have bicameralism system ?
Leading mobile phone manufacturer Nokia Corporation of Finland on 3 September, 2013 announced signing an agreement to sell substantially all of its Devices & Services business and license its patents in an all-cash deal of € 5.44 billion. The company expects to gain € 3.2 billion from this deal. To which company is Nokia selling its business?
Important Committees in India
Malhotra Committee - Insurance Reforms
Janaki Raman Committee - Security Scam
Ajay Vikram Singh Committee - Faster promotions in Army
Rajinder Sachar Committee 1 - Companies and MRPT Act
Rajindar Sachar Committee 2 - Report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslims of India.
Jyoti Basu Committee - Report on Octroi abolition.
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee - Recommendations on decentralization system
Sawant Committee - Enquiry on corruption, charges against ministers & Anna Hazare
Chelliah Committee - Eradicating black money
Wanchoo Committee - Tax enquiry
Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee – Agriculture
Agarwal Committee - Nepotism in granting petrol pump, LPG connections
Rangarajan Committee - Reforms in private sector
Naresh Chandra Committee - Corporate governance
Chakravarti Committee - Banking sector reforms
Rekhi Committee - Structure of indirect taxation
G.V.Ramakrishna Committee - Disinvestment in PSU shares
Kelkar Committee 1 - First committee on backward castes
P.C.Hotha Committee - Restructuring of civil services
Justice B.N.Kirpal Committee - 1st chairman National Forest Commission
Godbole Committee - Enron Power Project
J.C.Kumarappa Committee - Congress agrarian Reforms Committee
Swaminathan Committee - Population policy
Rangaraju Committee – Statistics
Wardha Committee - Inquiry on murder of Graham Staines
Vohra Committee - Criminalization of politics
Kelkar Committee 2 - Direct-Indirect Taxes
Alagh Committee - Civil Service Examinations
Abid Hussain Committee - Recommendations on Small scale industries
Narasimham Committee - Banking sector reforms
Chelliah Committee - Tax reforms
Mashelkar Committee - National Auto Fuel Policy
Boothalingam Committee - Recommendations on integrated wages, income and price policy.
Omkar Goswami Committee Industrial sickness
Yashpal Committee - Review of School Education system
Ram Nandan Prasad Committee - Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Castes.
Kelkar Committee 3 - Enquiry on Kargil defense deals.
Saharya Committee - Tehelka tapes
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SHINZO ABE- PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
NICOS ANASTASIAD- PRESIDENT CYPRUS
PARK GUEN HYE- PRESIDENT SOUTH KOREA
UHURU KENYATTA- PRESIDENT KENYA
JOHN KERRY-SECRETARY OF STATE OF US
VED PRAKASH- UGC
CHAIRMAN SUCHITRA ELLA- CHAIRWOMAN OF CII WOMAN WING
SUBRA SURESH- PRESIDENT OF CARNEGIE MELLO UNIVERSITY
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Some facts abot J&K;
(Not every question's answer is J&K; which has J&K; as option )
1.J & K has special status in Indian Constituituin;s Article 370
2.The Constitution of J&K; was enacted by a separate Constituent Assembly set up by the State and it came into force on 26 January 1957.
3.The Parliament has no power to legislate Preventive Detention laws for the state; only the state legislature has the power to do so.
4.The Union of India has no power to declare Financial Emergency under Article 360 in the state.
5.The Union can declare emergency in the state only in case of War or External Aggression. No proclamation of emergency made on the grounds of internal disturbance or imminent danger
6.Directive Principles of the State Policy and Fundamental Duties of the Constitution are not applicable to J&K.;
7.Right to Education is not appl;icable in J&K;
8.Article 370 restricts citizens from other Indian states and Kashmiri women who marry men from other states from purchasing land or property in Jammu & Kashmir
9. RTI Act 2005 is not applicable in J&K;
10. AFSPA -Armed Forces(Special Powers)Act,1958 was passed in J & K assembly in 1990.
11. Parliament of India can take decisions only in three matters when it comes to J & K. 1. International Relations 2. Defense 3. Communication .
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