Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Bank of Baroda GK Paper - 2010

1.      SLR – Statutory Liquid Ratio.
2.      Project Tiger is launched by – GOI.
3.      Pronab Sen – Chief Statistician of India.
4.      Term not associated with Football – Love.
5.      Movie not related to A R Rehman – Fashion.
6.      Name of the third base at Antarctica – Bharti.
7.      Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner – V K Murthy.
8.      V K Singh is appointed as – Chief of Indian Army.
9.      Lin Dan is related to which sport – Badminton.
10. World Water Day is observed on - March 22nd.
11. European Footballer of the Year 2009 - Lione Messi.
12.  Kawasaki is related to the products of – Motor cycles.
13. Which organization put global taxes on all banks – IMF.
14. Which of the following is a health care scheme – ASHA.
15. Benchmark prime lending rate is changed as - Base Rate.
16. How many crores are allocated for PSB’s – 16,500 crores.
17. Who is not a winner of Padma Shri – Abhishek Bachchan.
18. Who won the Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature – Herta Muller.
19. P M Manmohan Singh left Bhutan to attend – SAARC Summit.
20. GOI has started 2nd Green revolution in – North Eastern States.
21. Which Indian Bank has highest number of foreign branches – SBI.
22. Scheme under Ministry of Food and Civil Suppliers – Mid Day Meal.
23. What is Per capita income on the current prices in India – Rs 33000.
24. Winner of 58th Mens National Volleyball Championship – Tamilnadu.
25. Which country won the Under-19 Cricket World Cup – Australia.
26. Which of the following is not a chemical fertilizer – Sodium Sulphate.
27. Who is the author of the book Many Lives Many Masters - Brian Weiss.
28. Private Banks won higher profits in 4th quarter bcoz – banks have No NPA’s.
29. Tata Power to produce heat of energy of the earth – Geo Thermal Energy.
30. Which of the following is not abbreviated in Water Shed Programmes – VHND.
31. Which of the following reasons Uranium is not exported to India from Australia – Bcoz did not signed the NPT and CTBT signatories.
32. Type of inflation if middle class persons earn more money in India – Demand Pull Inflation.
33. To which of the following programmes 100 crores are granted to meet the specific needs of women farmers - Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana.
34. RBI hiked 0.25% of CRR, what is the next step taken by banks – To keep a portion of amount with RBI which does not gain any interest.
35. Rs 1,200 crore are allocated for drought mitigation in which of the following – Bundelkhand Region.
36. Which of the following is a fundamental right to every child in India – Right to Education.
37. Which of the following award is given by Government - Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
38. Banks charge taxes form the services of – Issuing DD’s, Pay order’s and E-transfer of Money.
39. Some banks have reported slightly higher NPA’s than in normal, what will reason for this – Loans given by banks had become bad loans.
40. Strategy that will focus on involving the civil society in responsible parenthood strategy under Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh – Prerna.
41. SEBI has asked all FIIs to divulge the structure of their offshore entities, why did SEBI did that – to restrict overseas fund-flows into equity markets.
42. RBI says Rupee Over valued, what it means? - The rupee has lost only against the dollar but appreciated against other currencies.
43. Agriculture and its related activities contributes how much percentage to GDP – 17%.
44. In normal circumstances the demand for credit for banks comes from - ?
45. Scheme to eradicate poverty in Rural Areas - ?
46. What are the benefits if a bank has foreign branches - ?
47. How many paise does GOI earn in one rupee by taxes - ?
48. Banks and Financial institution open subsidiaries due to which purpose - ?
Note: Questions are inaccurate. Questions submitted by our followers Harivanam, Narendra, etc. Exam held on 30-05-10.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Padma Awards 2009

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.  The awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. 
‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order.
‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.
 This year (2009) the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards.  There are 17 ladies among the awardees.
List of Padma Vibhusan 2009 awardees:
1.      Shri Ebrahim Alkazi (Arts) from Delhi.
2.      Shri Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman (Arts) from Tamilnadu.
3.      Smt. Zohra Segal (Arts) from Delhi.
4.      Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy (Public Affairs) from Andhra Pradesh.
5.      Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (science & Engineering) from UK.
6.      Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy (Trade & Industry) from Tamilnadu.
For complete list of Padma Bhusan & Padma Shri awardees download here.