Sports Update - 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010:

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup that took lace in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The 2010 finals marked the first time a European nation had won the tournament outside of its home continent, as well as the first time that two different European teams had become world champions in succession.

Spain got their first ever FIFA world cup.

 The 19 tournaments that have been contested have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament.

Titles by team so far:

Brazil – 5(1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

Italy – 4(1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)

Germany – 3(1954, 1974, 1990)

Argentina – 2(1978, 1986)

Uruguay – 2(1930, 1950)

France – 1(1998)

England – 1(1966)

Spain – 1(2010)

Final Positions of 2010 FIFA World Cup:

Champions: Spain

Runner-up: Netherlands

Third place: Germany

Fourth place: Uruguay

Awards:

Golden Ball Winner(best player): Diego Forlan (Uruguay)

Golden Boot Winner(top goal scorer) & Best Young Player(best player under 21 years): Thomas Mueller(Germany)

Golden Glove Winner(best goalkeeper): Iker Casillas(Spain)

FIFA Fair Play Award: Spain

Wimbledon Championship 2010:

The 2010 Wimbledon Championships took place in Wimbledon, London, UK.

Rafael Nadal won his second Wimbledon title against Tomas Berdych and his 8th Grand Slam title.

 Serena Williams won the ladies tennis Wimbledon 2010 final against the Russian Vera Zvonareva and notched up her fourth Wimbledon win together with her 13th Grand Slam title.

India's Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe beat South African Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond of the US to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title. With this victory, Paes surpassed his one-time doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi in winning the most Grand Slam titles for India. Paes now has six doubles and six mixed-doubles titles. Bhupathi has 11 Grand Slam titles -- four doubles and seven mixed doubles titles.

List of 2010 winners:

S.no		Winners	Runners
1.	Men’s Single	Rafael Nadal(ESP)	Tomas Berdych(CZE)
2.	Women’s Single	Serena Williams(USA)	Vera Zvonareva(RUS)
3.	Mixed Doubles	Leander Paes (IND) / Cara Black (ZIM)	Wesley Moodie(RSA) / Lisa Raymond(USA)
4.	Men’s Doubles	Jurgen Melzer(AUT) / Philipp Petzschner(GER)	Robert Lindstedt(SWE)/ Horia Tecau(ROU)
5.	Women’s Doubles	Vania King(USA) / Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)	Elena Vesnina(RUS)/ Vera Zvonareva(RUS)

SBI PO Exam Pattern 2010

Pattern for the SBI PO exam which is going to held on 18-04-2010.

It consists of two phases:

Phase I: Written Examination consists of objective and descriptive test:

1)Objective Test:

Sr. No	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Max. Marks
1.	Reasoning(High Level)	50	50
2.	Data Analysis & Interpretation	50	50
3.	GK/Marketing/Computer	50	50
4.	English	50	50

Note: Total of 200 questions are there in objective test with a composite time of 120 minutes. For every right answer you will get 1 mark and for every wrong answer you will lose 0.25 marks. All sections are taken for the merit ranking including English.

How many questions should I attempt in each section?

The below table shows you an example of how many questions should be attempted in order to clear the objective test.

Sr. No	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Time
1.	Reasoning(High Level)	35	35
2.	Data Analysis & Interpretation	35	35
3.	GK/Marketing/Computer	40	20
4.	English	30	30

If you follow the above table you must maintain 100% accuracy. If you’re perfect with the third section then you can attempt 40 questions in 20 minutes, bcoz you don’t need to solve the questions.

2)Descriptive Test:

It would consist of four types of questions namely:

i)Comprehension(1Q)

ii)Letter Writing(1Q)

iii)Essay Writing(2Q)

iv)Precis Writing(1Q)

Total of 5 questions each carries 10marks and total of 50marks for descriptive. You will be given 60 minutes.

Note: You have to score a minimum of 40% in both the test (Objective (in each and every section) & Descriptive) for a general candidate. You have to pass both the tests to qualify for the GD/interview round. The Pattern is same for both PO and PO(Rural Business) and same as SBI Associates PO.

Phase II: GD and Interview.

After successfully qualified in the written exam you will have both GD and Interview. The Marks allocated for GD and Interview is 20 and 30 marks respectively, and for the PO (Rural) the marks are allocated as GD – 10marks, Experience – 10marks and for Interview – 30marks.  In this phase also you have to score a minimum of 40% marks for General candidates. Based on the marks of written examination and GD & Interview your selection is made.

Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport

2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)

3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh

4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th

5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)

6)Bank rate-6%

7)SLR-25%( not given in options)

8)World Green index Top position-India

9) Awacs from - Israel

10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona

11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat

12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)

13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa

14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall

15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award

16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary

17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in  - Kuwait

18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran

19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan

20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan

21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009

22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale

23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi

24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity

25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore

26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene

27)Which scheme is success under  Bharat Nirman ?

28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?

29) One Question on Economic Survey

30) One Railway Budget question

31) Two questions on books and authors?

32) One Union Budget question

Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.