Monday, August 11, 2014

General Knowledge august 9th Q and A

1)      AIMA Managing India Awards 2014 awards announced on?

Ans) 06-08-2014
AIMA – All India Management Association

2)      SHERLOC  is one of the seven payloads to be carried by the Mars 2020 rover mission for ________________  (give the purpose)

SHERLOC -- Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals 
SHERLOC is the first UV Raman spectrometer that will fly in the surface of Mars, the Red Planet.

3)      Who is the Chairman of the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee 2014?

Ajitpal Singh -- Three-time Olympian and former Hockey Captain
In 2013, the Dronacharya Award Selection Committee was headed by Mountaineer HPS Ahluwalia.

4)       In 2013, Dronacharya Award Selection Committee headed by?

Ans) Mountaineer HPS Ahluwalia

5)       Who is the chair person of Arjuna Awards Selection Committee 2014?

Ans) Kapil Dev Nikhanj 
Kapil Dev Nikhanj -- Former Indian cricketer
In 2013, the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee was headed by four-time world billiards champion Michael Ferreira.

6)       Which of the following viral disease  has been declared as Global Health Emergency by World Health Organization (WHO)?

Ans) Ebola
Ebola affected West African nations, including Libera, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Ebola Virus was formerly known by the name Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

The virus spreads through contact with an infected animal mainly Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family.

Professor Peter Piot of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine discovered the Ebola virus in 1976 from a blood sample of a dying Catholic nun in Congo.

7)       During first week of August 2014 Russian Hackers used ________ to hack 1.2 billion internet passwords.

Ans) botnets
This was discovered in the first week of August 2014 by Hold Security LLC, a Milwaukee-based company.
Botnets are networks of zombie computers that have been infected with a computer virus.


8)      Which of the Labour reform bill introduced in August 2014 allow women to work at night between 7 PM and 6 AM, provided their work places have sufficient amenities and ensure their safety?

Ans) The two bills are The Factories (Amendment) Bill 2014 and the Apprentices (Amendment) Bill 2014.
Introduced by Union Labour and Employment Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

9)       Who constituted Parliament Security Panel?

Ans) Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan
Chairman -- Former home secretary RK Singh

10)  Draft Guidelines for Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS) issued by ____

Ans) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
anytime anywhere bill payment system.
BPPS is intended for the implementation of a unified bill payment system across the country.

11)   Union Cabinet raised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence sector from ___ % to _____ %.

Ans) 26% to 49 %
The investment will be cleared by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). 



IBPS PO Syllabus

The exam comprise of 50 objective questions from Reasoning, 40 from English Language, 50 from Quantitative Aptitude, 40 from General Awareness and 20 questions from Computer Knowledge. Be cautious while answering as there will be 0.25 penalty for each wrong answer. Here we present the structured syllabus which is covered in this common written exam by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection.

IBPS PO/MT Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus 

Topics: Number system, Simplifications, Roots & Averages, Surds & Indices, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Ratio& Proportion, Partnership, Chain rule, Time & work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distances, Problems on trains, Boats & streams, Allegation & mixtures, Simple Interest, Compound interest, Stocks & Shares, clocks & algorithms, menstruation, Volume& surface area, permutations& combinations and heights& distances

IBPS PO/MT Logical Reasoning Syllabus

Topics:
Verbal reasoning:
Analogy, Coding & decoding, Blood relations, Sitting arrangements, Series completion, syllogisms, Decision making, Statement reasoning
Non verbal reasoning:
Analogy, Series completion, Classification

IBPS PO/ MT IV English Language Syllabus

Topics:
General English:
Vocabulary, synonyms, Antonyms, Word formation and Sentence completion
Comprehension:
Theme detection, Deriving conclusions, Passage completion, Error detection and Passage correction, Sentence correction
Spelling:
Grammar, Idioms and Phrases                             

IBPS PO/MT IV General awareness Syllabus.

Topics: Banking Awareness, Current Affairs,  Economic Awareness, Knowledge of current events, Sports,  Awards and Honours, Indian constitutions, News about technology and researches and News on India and its neighbouring countries, New appointments, New inventions etc. read detailed syllabus from the below links
IBPS PO/MT Computer Awareness Syllabus

Topics: Computer hardware, operating system concepts, Shortcut keys, ms word, excel, ms power point, access, internet & networks, Basic security concepts and Latest technologies

General awareness with respect to banking industry should be concentrated much for the exam. Read newspaper daily and remember you may get even the current news of one day before your exam. So do not neglect reading current affairs daily.

Don’t neglect English and computer knowledge as they are easy and scoring. Practice comprehensions daily to improve your speed. The daily practice will improve your speed and also it will help you to answer the questions easily.

Reasoning and arithmetic needs tons of practice to crack this. This is the section which decides your fate. So practice and practice. Speed and accuracy will be developed only through rigorous and regular practice.

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