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After the nationalization of 14 banks in 1969 and 6 in 1980, the Reserve Bank of India has given licenses in two phases. How many banks were given banking licenses in these two phases?

Which is the largest type of classified risk, which poses highest risks to a banking establishment?

Which Indian stock-exchange launched “Carbonex”, country's first carbon-based thematic index which provides facility of assessing environment risks and opportunities to the investor?

Which is the latest internet browser launched by Microsoft on 26 February 2013?

India's premier cyber security agency Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on 24 February 2013 issued an advisory to internet users about a spam attack that “hijacks” search engine requests leading to slow browsing and opening up of suspect websites. What is the name of this Trojan virus?

An Indian Institute of Agri-Biotechnology (IIAB) was announced in the Union Budget 2013-14. In which city this proposed institute will be established?

List of Foreign Banks in INDIA
Standard Chartered Bank UK

HSBC UK

Citibank USA

ABN-Amro Bank Netherlands

BNP Paribas France

Deutsche Bank Germany

American Express Bank Ltd USA

Bank of Nova Scotia Canada

Bank of America USA

Calyon Bank France

State Bank of Mauritius Mauritius

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd Japan

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Ltd UAE

Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait Bahrain

DBS Bank Ltd Singapore

Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd Japan

Mashreq Bank UAE

Oman International Bank Oman

Sonali Bank Bangladesh

Societe Generale France

Arab Bangladesh Bank Ltd Bangladesh

Antwerp Diamond Bank Belgium

Bank international Indonesia Indonesia

Bank of Ceylon Sri Lanka

Barclays Bank Plc UK

Shinhan Bank South Korea

Chinatrust Commercial Bank Taiwan

J.P. Morgan Chase Bank USA

Krung Thai Bank Public Co.Ltd Thailand


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Punch lines of Commercial Banks in India
Hum Hai Na— ICICI
Good People To Grow With — Indian Overseas Bank
Pure banking nothing else, —State Bank Of India
Tradition Of Trust—Allahabad Bank
Trusted Family Bank— Dena Bank
Good People To Bank With —Union Bank Of India
World's Local Bank—HSBC
We Understand Your World—HDFC
Much More To Do With YOU In Focus—Andhra Bank
A Friend You Can Bank Upon—Vijaya Bank
Together We Prosper— Bank Of Rajasthan
Your Perfect Banking Partner—Federal Bank
Taking Banking Technology To The Common Man— Indian Bank
Experience Our Expertise— Yes Bank
Build A Better Life around Us—Central Bank Of India
Serving To Empower—J & K Bank
The Changing Face Of Prosperity —Lakshami Vilas Bank
Where Every Individual Is Committed —Oriental Bank Of Commerce
Aao Soche Bada—IDBI
A Faithful & Friendly Financial Partner— Syndicate Bank
Relationships Beyond Banking— Bank Of India
Honours Your Trust—Uco Bank
Smart Way To Bank—Karur Vaisya Bank
A Passion To Perform—Deutche Bank
Experience Next Generation Banking—South Indian Bank
The Name You Can Bank Upon—Punjab National Bank

NEW APPOINTMENTS IN 2013
1. Sujata Singh – New Foreign Sec. She succeeded Ranjan Mathai
2. Justice P Sathasivam - New CJI(40th Chief Justice of India). He Succeeded Altamas Kabir's
3. Avinash Chander - New Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO Chief) replaced V.K. Saraswat
4. Infosys appoints Narayana Murthy as Executive Chairman
5. Sunil Soni – New Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards
6. Shashi Kant Sharma - New Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, replaced Vinod Rai.
7. Kushal Singh - New Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
8. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul- takes oath as new CJ of Punjab & Haryana high court
9. Sudha Sharma: New CBDT chief (Central Board of Direct Taxes). She succeeded Poonam Kishore Saxena
10. K R Kamath Re-Elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA)
11. SK Roy- New Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation
12. Asian Athletics Association President's - Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad

13-Who is Chairperson of National Women Commission? Ans) Ms Mamta Sharma

Some Important Abbreviations
AADHAAR card denotes – Unique Identity Number
PSL – Priority sector lending
NBFC – Non Banking Financial Company
WPI – Wholesale price Index
CPI – Consumer Price Index
LAF – Liquidity adjustment facility
NDTL – Net Deman d and Time Liabilities
UCB – Urban Cooperative Bank
ECS – Electronic clearing service
FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
UCIC – Unique Customer Identification Code
AML – Anti Money Laundering
CFT – Combatting of financial terrorism
SME – Small and Mediu m Enterprises
CDR – Corporate Debt Restructuring
CDS –Credit Default Swaps
IRS – Interest Rate Swaps
FII – Foreign Institutional Investors
RRB – Regional Rural Banks
PDC – Post Dated Cheques
MSE – Micro an d Small Enterpr ises
DCCO – Date of commencement of commercial operations
CRAR – Capital to Risk weighted assets ratio
IBL – Inter bank liability
GDS – Gold deposit scheme
CAD – Current account deficit
MFIN – Micro Finance Institutions Network
IRDA – Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
CRMPG – Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group
HTM – Held to maturity
SLR – Statutor y Liquidity Ratio
BC – Business correspondents
BF – Business facilitators
DSA – Direct selling agents
DMA – Direct mar keting agents
DRA – Debt Recovery agents
ELA – Emergency Liquidity assistance
BOP – Balance of payments
APBS – AADHAAR payment bridge system
FDI – Foreign direct investment
MSF – Marginal standing facility
FFA – Forward freight agreements
BIS – Bank for international settlements
BR act – Banking Regulation act
MCX – Mu lti commodity exchange
PSB – Public sector banks

* Heads of important international organizations:World
1. Who is the president of International Meteorological Organization? Answer:Alexander Bedritskiy
2. who is the secretary general ofAsean? Answer:Surin Pitsuwan
3. Who is the Director-General of UNESCO? Answer:Irina Bokova
4. Who is the Secretary General of NATO? Answer:Anders Rasmussen
5. Who is the President of the European Union ? Answer:Herman Van Rompuy
6. Who is the head of the African Union Commission ? answer:Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
7. Who is the Executive Director of UN Women ? Answer:Michelle Bachelet

8. Who is Head of World Health Organization ? Answer:Margaret Chan
9. Who is the Managing Director of IMF? Answer:Christine Lagarde
10. Who is the President of the World Bank? Answer:Jim Yong Kim

List of Revolutions:
• Black Revolution - Petroleum Production
• Blue Revolution - Fish Production
• Brown Revolution - Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production
• Golden Fibre Revolution - Jute Production
• Golden Revolution - Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production
• Green Revolution - Food grains
• Grey Revolution - Fertilizer
• Pink Revolution - Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India)/Prawn production
• Red Revolution - Meat & Tomato Production
• Round Revolution - Potato
• Silver Fiber Revolution - Cotton
• Silver Revolution - Egg/Poultry Production
• White Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) - Milk/Dairy production
• Yellow Revolution - Oil Seeds production
• Evergreen Revolution - Overall development of Agriculture

>>> 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 -RANA KAPOOR(edited)
• President, NASSCOM - Som mittal(edited)

• Chairman, NASSCOM -Krishnakumar Natarajan

• Director, BARC -Dr. Shekhar Basu

• Director, DRDO - Avinash Chander

• Secretary, Department of AtomicEnergy (DAE) - R KSinha

• Chief Information Commissioner(CIC) -Deepak sandhu

• 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.

• 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, National FilmDevelopmentCorporation(NFDC)- Ramesh Sippy

Who's Who of Important Posts in India and Abroad ************************************************

Q1: Who is Finance Minister of India? --- P. Chidambaram

Q2: Who is Governor of RBI ------Dr. Raghuram Rajan ‚Ź €š

Q3: Who is Chairman of SBI -------- Prateep Chaudhary

Q4: Who is MD & CEO of ICICI Bank? --- Ms Chanda D. Kochhar

Q5: Who is Chairman of IBA ----K R Kamath

Q6: What is SEBI chief ? -------- U K Sinha

Q7: Who is President of World Bank ? ----- Dr Jim Young Kim

Q8: Who is Chairman of Planning Commission? -Manmohan Singh

Q9: Who is Vice Chairman of Planning Commission? --Monek Singh Ahluwalia

Q10: Who is Chairman of 14th Finance Commission---Y V Reddy (Former Governor of RBI)

Q11: Who is MD of International Monetary Fund?--- Christine Lagarde (from France)

Q12: Who is President of India -- Pranab Mukherjee

Q13: Who is Vice President of India---- Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Q14: Who is Comptroller Auditor General of India?--Shashi Kant Sharma (wef 23/5/2013) (Earlier it was Vinod K Rai)

Q15: Who is Chairman of Rajya Sabha ---Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Q16: Who is speaker of Lok Sabha ---Ms Meira Kumar

Q17: Who is Chief Justice of India ---P. Sathasivam (wef 19/7/2013; Earlier CJI was Altamas Kabir)


Q18: Who is Attorney General of India ---Goolam E Vahanvati

Q19: Who is Solicitor General of India -- Mohan Parasaran

Q20: Who is Chief Election Commissioner of India--- V S Sampath

~~ Headquarters of Various Nationalized Banks ~~

1. Headquarters of Union Bank of India = Mumbai

2. Headquarters of Bank of India = Mumbai

3. Headquarters of Central Bank of India = Mumbai

4. Headquarters of Dena Bank = Mumbai

5. Headquarters of Allahabad Bank = Kolkata

6. Headquarters of Indian Overseas Bank = Chennai

7. Headquarters of Indian Bank = Chennai

8. Headquarters of Vijaya Bank = Bangalore

9. Headquarters of Punjab National Bank = New Delhi

10. Headquarters of Oriental Bank of Commerce = New Delhi

11. Headquarters of Punjab and Sind Bank = New Delhi

12. Headquarters of Bank of Baroda = Vadodhara

13. Headquarters of State bank of Travancore = Thiruvananthapuram

14. Headquarters of Andhara Bank = Hyderabad

15. Headquarters of Syndicate Bank = Manipal, Karnataka

16. Headquarters of Corporation Bank = Mangalore

17. Headquarters of Canara Bank =>> Bangalore

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~~G8 Members (ABC FR JIG) America, Britan, Canada, France, Russia, Japan,Italy, Germany

~~G5 Members (CM IBSA) China, Mexico, India, Brazil, SouthAfrica Admin John Biswal The Youth Inspirer

~~SCO Members (TRUCKK) Thazikistan, Russia, Uzbeckistan, China, Khazikistan, Kirgisistan