Current Affairs, General and Banking Knowledge Thread For Bank Aspirants

In order to garner an additional Rs 4,700 crore from indirect tax during 2013-14, India's budget included a few more services under the service tax ambit. Which among the following is among the new services that have been brought under tax ambit? [
A]AC Restaurants
[B]Vocational Education Courses [
C]Domestic Air Travel [
D]3 & 4 star hotels

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Quiz 5 , 17 May 2013 πŸ˜ƒ

QUIZ 5 , 17 May 2013

1- As per CSO's Advance estimates for 2012-13 , the GDP growth stands at -
a - 5% b 5.5 % c 6% d 6.5%


2- Name the 2 cricketers who recently joined Australian cricket Hall of Fame, feb 2013 ?

a Glenn Macgrath and Charlie Turner
b Glenn macgrath and Gillespe
c Glenn Mcgrath And Gilchrist
d Glenn Mcgrath and Greg


3- Which of the following SE's of India have made it to the world's top 20 derivative exchanges ?

a NSE, CSE , BSE
b NSE, BSE, MCX
c NSE, CSE,MCX
d KSE,NSE,BSE

4- Money earn from the stocks are called as-

a Fringe benefit
b Capital gain
c Monetary gain
d stock gain

5- Which rate is applicable on forign currency converted in local currency ?

a Interest rate
b Exchange rate
c Inflation rate
d deflation rate


6-The discounting rate at which RBI borrows government securities from

commercial banks is known as


(a) Repo Rate (b) Reverse Repo (c) Deposit Rate (d) Base Rate



7- Which organization maintains the Borrower's history in India?

a CRISIL b CIBIL c CARE d RBI



8- Who is recently elected as new chairman of UGC (India) in jan,2013 ?


a Ved prakash

b S. ramakrishnan

c Y.V prasad

d Y.V.Reddy

9-Which among the following is the top tourist destination in ASIA ?

a India b Malaysia c China d Thailand


10- Where was the world's biggest gadget show held in 2013, jan ?

a Las vegas, USA b Paris c Bangalore d England


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WHich country has most patents in 2011 , according to WIPO report.:)

a USA
b China
c Russia
D India
E UK

On the basis of which commission was RBI established?

(a) Hilton Young Commission (b) British Commission (c) Federal Commission (d) Federation Commission

A Eurobond is ?

(a) A bond released in a currency of the European countries.
(b) A bond released in an Indian currency in European nations.
(c) A bond released in Euro in our country.
(d) A bond released in a currency other than the currency of the country in which it is issued.

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Hey ! guys !

any links for remembering the charimans and vicechairmenof leding PSU and governmental depts??? it'd help a lot

Hi all

Pls use the following links to the consolidated data about the government authorities in india and their individual site links too

List of Indian agencies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Links to Government of India Ministries, Departments and other Agencies


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Which one of followng is wongly paired ?

1 japan --------------- yen

2 Bangkadesh---------taka
3 Iran -------------------rand
4 Bhutan ---------------ngultrum

Which one of following is member of opec ?

a Ecuador brazil
b Ecuador bolivia
c Ecuador Venezuela
d Venezuela brazil

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This voting is for when should we start the Quiz.....so

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Worlds Fastest computer --

a CRAY 456
b PARAM 2
c SEQUOIA
d TITAN

SBI open its 1st branch in china in which city and whch yr---

a hong kong - 2006
b beijing -2007
c shanghai -2006
d renmibi - 2007

Find the wrong one paired ---

a Argentina ---------buenos Aires
b Ethiopia ----------- addis abba

c mali ---------------- beirut
d sweden -----------stockholm

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Quiz 6 : Time starts now....

Questions :

1) Which of the following country won women basketball gold in inaugural FIBA Asia 3x3 basketball

tournament 2013 in Doha on 17 May 2013.


Answers : A) Czech republic, B) USA, C), Britain, D) India


2) World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is observed on which of the following day

???


Answers : A) May 1, B) May 17, C) May 14, D) May 21.


3) What is the number of Fuel Supply Pact signed by Coal India Limited with different Power Plants in

Year 2013?


Answers : A) 39, B) 47, C) 56, D) 62


4) Union Government on 12 March 2013 decided to provide a financial assistance of 41.21 crore

rupees to protect which special breed of goat that produces world-famous fine luxury fibre?


Answers : A) Barbari B) Pashmina, C) Malbari, D) Mehsani


5) What percent of inflation rate was pegged by India's Economic Survey for 2012-13 for the fiscal

year 2013-14?


Answers : A) 6.2-6.6 %, B) 3.5-3.9 %, C) 4.8-5.4 %, D) 6.3-6.5 %


6) Which mobile company won patent infringement suit against HTC in German Court on 19 March

2013 in the case involving infringement of power-saving patent?


Answers : A) Samsung, B) Apple, C) Blackberry, D) Nokia


7) Name the person, who was appointed as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications

(DoT) in India.


Answers: A) M F Farooqui, B) R Chandrashekhar, C) Kartikeya Sarabhai, D) Sonal Dabra


8) India Post in the last week of March 2013 decided to establish third Automated Mail Processing

Centre in which city by April 2013.


Answers : A) Delhi, B) Mumbai, C) Ahmedabad, D) Hyderabad


9) Ireland's government on 1 May 2013 unveiled the Protection of Life during____________. It explains

when life-saving abortions can be performed. Moreover, it's a clarification of rights within the ambit

of Current law.


Answers : A) Pregnancy Bill, B) Abortion Law, C) Protection of Life Bill, D) Right to live Bill


10) New novel about Hitler, called Er Ist Wieder Da (He's Back) authored by whom, which became the

Germany's best seller, replacing Winter Of The World.


Answers : A) heinrich Mann, B) Walter Benjamin, C) Timur Vermes, D) Erich Kastner.


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