Current Affairs, General and Banking Knowledge Thread For Bank Aspirants

The YES Project, a project for providing employable skills to unemployed youth is under the aegis of which ministry?

Elasticity of energy use means?

Grants given by Central Govt to State govt in India are classified under?

Indian Budget is prepared on ___ basis

Is there something called as gender budgeting in India?

Subsidies are what type of expenditure?

29 July 2013


1. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved the Jet-Etihad proposal today. Now, the matter will go to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for final clearance. The proposal involves Etihad buying 24% equity in Jet Airways at a cost of Rs 2,058 crore. This is the largest FDI proposal in the civil aviation sector till now. The proposal has been approved with conditions. As per the details, the Jet Airways board will have 12 members -- four from Jet, two from Etihad and six independent directors. The Jet Airways board will be the final decision-making body, and all other committees would be advisory in nature.


2. The Cambodian People's Party (CPP), led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, won at least 68 seats in the Lower house compared to the 55 seats won by the main opposition. This is a significant decline from the 90 seats held by the ruling party since 2008, ending its two-thirds majority. The current Prime Minister Hun Sen has been in power in Cambodia for nearly three decades (28 years).


3. Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position yesterday to clinch his first victory of this season. Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber stood at second, third and fourth respectively in the same race. The next race is the Belgian GP on 25th August.

1st Political party to Reply to an RTI query after the recent judgment is ?

The Competition Commission of India has decided to look into the common, 4% interest rate being paid by which of the following banks on savings account deposits despite the RBI moving to an unregulated regime in october 2011?






Which of the following state assembly recently created history by unanimously adopting a bill to give legislative backing to the sub-plans for the disadvantaged SCs and STs with a mandatory provision for allocation of nearly a fourth of the state's annual plan of the budget?





As per the latest data released by the planning commission recently, the poverty ratio is highest in which of the following states?





Basel III Capital requirements for banks : What is capital conservation buffer for RBI

(As a % of risk weighted assets )





FDI flows to india : total (US $ million) (For 2012-13)





% increase in imports in 2012-13 compared to 2011-12.





% share of petroleum, crude and products for imports


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For those who are aiming at RBI.. exam...


1) In GA, last 1 year GA will be covered....
- Economics - Financial reforms, FDI, Budget, Economic survey, Plans and projects
- also other hot issues and some sports or other general awareness section for awards, schemes,
days... etc... 80 questions -Cut off -12 marks (general)
2) English - 30 questions - 11 marks cut off
3) QA - 30 questions -cut off - 6
4) Reasoning - 60 questions - 17 cut off marks... (As per last grade B exam of RBI)

After that 2nd phase will start.... for descriptive paper. ( 3 papers)

Social contract theory was advocated by ( from 2010 RBI paper )





Who is called the 'father of history' (2010 paper - RBI)


Foreign currency which has a tendency of quick migration is called?