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# The Union Council of Ministers was expanded today with the induction of four cabinet ministers and four Ministers of State (MOS). The ministers who were inducted as Cabinet Ministers are Sisram Ola, Oscar Fernandes, Girija Vyas and Dr K S Rao.

1 Mr. Fernandes has been given the charge of Road and Highways Ministry,

2 Girija Vyas got Housing and Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation,

3 Sis Ram Ola Labour and Employment Ministry

4 K S Rao, Textiles Ministry.

5 Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge will be the new Minister for Railways.

6 Manikrao Gavit has been made Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment,

7 Santosh Chowdhury, MoS Health and Family Welfare,

8 J D Seelam, MoS Finance and

9 E M S Natchiappan Commerce and Industry.

The newly inducted Ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function in Rashtrpati Bhawan this evening.


# Within a day of getting Ratan Tata as chief adviser of Air Asia India, Air Asia India has appointed former TCS CEO S. Ramadorai as its Chairman. With this it ends months-long suspense to appoint the entire top management team including chief adviser, Chairman and CEO.

'World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought' is observed today (17th June) across the world. The World Day to Combat Desertification has been observed since 1995 to promote public awareness relating to international cooperation to combat desertification and the effects of drought. This year's slogan, β€œDon't let our future dry up” calls for everyone to take action to promote preparedness and resilience to water scarcity, desertification and drought. The theme of the 2013 World Day to Combat Desertification is drought and water scarcity. Calling attention to the importance of sustaining healthy soils as part of post Rio+20 agenda, as well as the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.


The novel β€œThe Garden of Evening Mists” written by the Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng won the Walter Scott Prize 2013. The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng is a novel about traumatic aftermath of the Japanese occupation of Malaya. It also covers the post-war insurgency against British rule. This novel had also won the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize announced in March 2013 and with this he became the first Malaysian author to win the most prestigious literary prize of Asia for the same.

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Quiz 32

1) FMCG major nestle India has appointed whom as its new chairman and

managing director in May 2013?

A) Etienne Benet

B) Srinivasan venkatakrishnan

C) Ivan menezes

D) Yogesh malik

2) Who conferred with the US based national space society's (NSS) wernher

von barun memorial award in San Diego In may 2013?

A) U.R.RAO

B) P.S.Veeraraghvan

C) S.ramakrishnan

D) APJ abdul kalam

3) Anti terrorism day observed in India on ______.

A) 21st may

B) 23rd may

C) 25th may

D) 30th may

4) Who has been appointed as the chairperson of national commission for

child rights by ministry of women and child Development in May 2013?

A) Krishna tirath

B) Shantha sinha

C) Kushal singh

D) None of these

5) India's GDP growth in the fourth quarter of previous financial year 2012-13

stood at_____.

A) 4.7 %

B) 5 %

C) 4.8 %

D) 5.2 %

6) RBI announced to launch inflation indexed bonds to wean away investors from

gold to paper based savings instruments to curb CAD. What will be the maturity

period of these bonds now?

A) 15 years

B) 5 years

C) 10 years

D) 20 years

7) The international day for biological diversity is observed on _________.

A) 21 may

B) 23 may

C) 22 may

D) 28 may

8) World hunger day is observed on________.

A) 28may

B) 18 may

C) 24 may

D) 22 may

9) Which Indian athlete won 3 gold medals on second day of 15th Asian

youth weightlifting championships in Doha In may 2013?

A) Ragala venkat rahul

B) Jamjang deru

C) Akshay B.gaikwad

D) None of these

10) Which Indian biologist was honoured with the whitely award, also known

as green Oscar, in London in May 2013?

A) Ramana athreya

B) Ka hsaw WA

C) Aparajita datta

D) Claudio sillero zubiri

11) Which European football club won the champions league for 2013?

A) Chelsea

B) Manchester united

C) Bayern Munich

D) Barcelona

12) Who has been appointed as new defence secretary in May 2013?

A) Shashikant Sharma

B) Radha Krishna mathur

C) M F farooqui

D) Syamal kumar sarkar

13) The main circuit board of system unit is the

A) Computer program

B) Control unit

C) Motherboard

D) RAM

14) System software

A) Allows the user to diagnose and troubleshoot the device

B) Is a programming language

C) Is a part of a productivity suite?

D) Helps the computer manage internal resources

15) Which in the list is not a promotional activity?

A) Advertisement

B) Sales promotion

C) Public relations

D) Pricing

16) Which type of media scheduling is suitable for a coolers?

A) Normal pulse

B) Seasonal pulse

C) Erratic pulse

D) None of these

17) Early adopters' are the consumers who are?

A) Initial buyers

B) Ready to try new ideas

C) Willing to do experiment with new products

D) all of these

18) In marketing, ______describes the value of having a well known brand name.

A) Brand loyalty

B) Brand value

C) Brand equity

D) None of these

19) Which of the following does not comes under non depository institutions??

A) Finance Companies

B) Mutual funds

C) Pension funds

D) Credit funds

20) Who is the following is not a party to the IPO?

A) registrar of issue

B) Investment banker

C) Advertisement agency

D) Registrar of companies


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" Water 4 crops -India " is the joint project of India and ??

Which country has developed the world's fastest computer "TIANHE -2" ??

As per the recently released data, which among d following states has lowest percentage of households availing banking services ?

New START treaty is signed between which among d following countries ?

The International Day of HAPPINESS is celebrated on ?

Which IT services company is ranked as d second largest Indian IT services provider as per 2012 revenue ??

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Quiz-33

1) The person who become the first Indian Circumnavigate Globe Solo and non-stop

on a sail boat -

A) Hari Ram Kumar

B) Lt. Cdr. Abhilash Tomy

C) Lt. Ramadose

D) None of them

2) Which day has been declared by United Nation General Assembly as the World

Autism Awareness Day?

A) April 2

B) May 5

C) March 3

D) June 15

3) The Fifth Summit of BRICS was held on March 26-27, 2013 in -

A) New Delhi (India)

B) Moscow (Russia)

C) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

D) Durban (South Africa)

4) In which of the following city, the first women Post Office in the country have

been established in March 2013?

A) Mumbai

B) Kolkata

C) New Delhi

D) Chennai

5) The International Newspaper which had won four Pulitzer Prize on April 15,

2013 including the award for investigative reporting for stories -

A) The Washington Post

B) The Telegraph

C) New Work Times

D) The Sun

6) Kovvada Nuclear Power Plant which was recently in news is being set up in -

A) Karnataka

B) Andhra Pradesh

C) Chhattisgarh

D) Odisa

7) Google is -

A) Virus Programme

B) Search Engine

C) Website

D) Hardware

8) Which country reached an agreement with Kosovo on overcoming ethnic enmities?

A) Macedoonia

B) Serbia

C) France

D) Albania

9) The International Day for Biological Diversity was observed on - ?

A) 25th May

B) 24th May

C) 23rd May

D) 22nd May

10) The largest biogas plant of the world was inaugurated in March 2013 in ?

A) USA

B) Ireland

C) Finland

D) Germany

11) Where are programs and data to be used by the computer available?

A) Output

B) Processing unit

C) Input

D) Storage

12) A parallel port is most often used by a -

A) Mouse

B) Monitor

C) Printer

D) External storage device

13) Computer follows a simple principle called GIGO which means:

A) Garbage in garbage out

B) Garbage input good output

C) Good input good output

D) Greater instructions greater output

14) Arrange the following devices in ascending order of the speed:

A. RAM B. Hard disk C. Cache D. Floppy

A) ABDC

B) BDAC

C) DBAC

D) BADC

15) What is the commonly used unit for measuring the speed of data transmission?

A) Bits per second

B) Nano seconds

C) Characters per second

D) Mega Hertz

16) 'Definitely Male' this advertisement line is for which Motor Cycle?

A) Hero Honda

B) TVS

C) Bajaj

D) LML

17) Delivery channels other than Bank counters are.......

A) ATM's

B) Internet Banking

C) Tele Banking

D) All of these

18) Marketing is best suited in.....

A) Buyers' market

B) Sellers' market

C) Internal marketing

D) Direct marketing

19) Customer's Relationship with the Bank is influenced by.....

A) Customers' attitudes

B) Attitudes of Bank staff

C) Interest rates of the Bank

D) Attitudes of salespersons

20) Marketing is Find the wrong option.....

A) An ancient concept

B) A modern need

C) A continuous affair

D) A team effort

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Quiz-34


1) What does Liquidity mean?

(a) It means how cash is converted into gold.

(b) It means how cheaply and quickly an asset converted into cash.

(c) It means how cash is converted into a SDR (Special Drawing Rights)

(d) It means how uncertain the money market conditions are.

2) SWIFT is a commonly used acronym in banking industry. The 'I' in SWIFT

Stands for_____________.

(a) Interbank

(b) International

(c) Intercom

(d) Indian

3) What does the term Open Market Operations refer to?

(a) Selling of equities in the open market.

(b) Selling of commodities in the open market.

(c) Buying and selling of government securities in the open market.

(d) Buying and selling of products in the whole sale market.

4) Under which act does RBI issue directives to banks?

(a) PMLA Act, 2002

(b) RBI Act, 1934

(c) DICGC Act, 1961

(d) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

5) Which committee recommended the change in the base year of the

Wholesale Price Index?

(a) Narsimhan committee

(b) Vijay Kelkar committee

(c) Srikrishna committee

(d) Abhijit Sen committee

6) ____________is the base year of the New Consumer Price Index Series.

(a) 2009

(b) 2008

(c) 2006

(d) 2010

7) __________________isn't a method of measurement of National Income.

(a) Value added method

(b) Income method

(c) Investment method

(d) Expenditure method

8) With which among the following countries has India signed a

Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)?

(a) Japan

(b) Singapore

(c) Malaysia

(d) France

9) In India, the commercial banks are required to provide_______% of their

ANBC (Adjusted Net Bank Credit) to priority sector.

(a) 15

(b) 25

(c) 35

(d) 40

10) What does, FSDC stand for?

(a) Financial Security and Development Council

(b) Financial Stability and Development Council

(c) Fiscal Security and Development Council

(d) Fiscal Stability and Development Council

11) ___________________has been declared the first 'total banking state' in

India, successfully implementing the total financial inclusion thereby ensuring

Banking facility to all households.

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Kerala

(c) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Uttarakhand

12) β€œWorld Kidney Day” observed on??

(a) 18 march

(b) 14 march

(c) 12 march

(d) 17 march

13) Marketing is influenced by which in the below list?

(a) Consumer behaviour

(b) Brand Image

(c) Product demand

(d) All of these

14) Reaching of a product to all the potential buyers is taken care by?

(a) Marketing

(b) Advertising

(c) Selling

(d) Distribution

15) Selling is considered as?

(a) Same as marketing

(b) Different from marketing

(c) A sub function of marketing

(d) Not associated with marketing at all

16) Effective Tele marketing requires?

(a) Door to door campaigns

(b) Good writing skills

(c) Good communication skills

(d) None of these

17) Storing same data in many places is called_______.

(a) Iteration

(b) Concurrency

(c) Redundancy

(d) Enumeration

18) Where are you likely to find as embedded operating system?

(a) On a desktop operating system

(b) On a network Server

(c) On a networked PC

(d) On a PDA

19) An online discussion group that allows direct β€œLive” communication is known

as?

(a) Web crawler

(b) Chat group

(c) Regional service provider

(d) Hyperlink

20) Which of the following is a programming language for creating special

programs like applets?

(a) Java

(b) Cable

(c) Domain Name

(d) Net


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The govt. has constituted a four- member committee to remove the ambiguity in the definitions of FDI and FII. The head of the committee is ---- ??