Series Completion SSC Combined Higher Secondary Examinations

Series Completion SSC Combined Higher Secondary Examinations

Series Completion SSC Combined Higher Secondary Examinations
SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination Solved With Answers and Explanations
Solved question paper of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination for recruitment to the posts of DEO (Data Entry Operator) and LDC (Lower Division Clerks). The question paper have sections including
English Language
General Intelligence
Quantitative Aptitude
and General Awareness

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SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination Solved Paper 2013

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination Solved Paper 2013

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination Solved Paper 2013 With Answers and Explanations
Solved question paper of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination for recruitment to the posts of DEO (Data Entry Operator) and LDC (Lower Division Clerks). The question paper have sections including
English Language
General Intelligence
Quantitative Aptitude
and General Awareness

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SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination Solved Paper 2014

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination Solved Paper 2014

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination Solved Paper 2014 With Answers and Explanations
Solved question paper of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination for recruitment to the posts of DEO (Data Entry Operator) and LDC (Lower Division Clerks). The question paper have sections including
English Language
General Intelligence
Quantitative Aptitude
and General Awareness

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Kerala PSC Exam Questions & Answers

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Modern Science Timeline

1538	Andreas Vesalius	Human Anatomy
1543	Copernicus	Planets revolve around the earth
1581-1621	Galilei Galileo	All objects fall at same speed
1609	Johannes Kepler	Elliptical orbits of planets; Laws of planetary motion
1628	William Harvey	Circulation of blood
1637	Rene Descartes	Coordinate system of geomentry
1665-1704	Isaac Newton	Law of universal gravitation; Laws of motion
1665	Robert Hooke	Discovery of plant cell
1674	A van Leeuwenhoek	Discovery of micro-organisms
1735	Carl Linnaeus	System of classifying and naming plants and animal
1771	Joseph Priestly	Discovery of oxygen; Description of photosynthesis
1779	Jan Ingenhousz	Description of photosynthesis
1777-1789	Antoine Lavoisier	Law of conservation of matter; System for naming chemicals
1808	John Dalton	Atomic theory
1811	Amedeo Avogardo	Molecules are made of atoms
1820	Hans Christian Oersted	Connection between electricity and megenatism
1831	Michale Faraday	Producing electricity by magnetic induction
1847	Hermann Helmholtz	Law of conservation of energy
1859	Charles Darwin	Theory of natural selection to expain evolution
1860s	Louis Pasteur	Germ theory of disease
1866	Gregor Mendel	Law of heridity
1869	Dmitry Mendeleyev	Periodic table of elements
1860-1870s	James Clerk Maxwell	Electromagnetic light; Equation for electromagnetism
1888	Heinrich Hertz	Radio Waves
1890-1900s	Marie & Pierre Curie	Radioactivity
1900	Max Planck	Quantum theory
1902	Teisserenc de Bort	Atmospheric layers
1902	Karl Landsteiner	Blood groups
1905-1920	Albert Einstein	Theories of relativity; Photoelectric effect; e=m.c.c
1911	Victor Hess	Discovery of cosmic radiation
1913	Niels Bohr	Structure of the atom
1924-1929	Edwin Hubble	Expanding universe
1928	Alexander Fleming	Penicillin
1953	J. Watson and F. Crick	Double-helix structure of DNA

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Kerala PSC Exam Time Table 2015

Kerala Public Service Commission has issued Kerala PSC Exam Time Table 2015 for the various exams that are going to be held in the session of 2015. Aspirants may check or download the exam schedule and dates to prepare well in examination.

Kerala PSC conducts the various recruitment exams to hire the suitable candidates for various posts and every year innumerable contestants appears in the exams .The exam is going to be held on different dates.

Kerala PSC Exam Time Table 2015

Those contenders who are searching for the exam time table now they can get it through the official website of Kerala PSC that is keralapsc.gov.in. Further relevant details about this notification are mentioned below must read it properly.

The entire details about the Kerala PSC Exam Time Table they must check the below section which is being provided by the squad of recruitmentresult.com.

Kerala PSC Exam Time Table 2015



Date of Exam

Category Number, Name of Post, Department

Syllabus


03/03/2015

114/2014,Laboratory Technical Assistant – Civil Construction And Maintenance
Part I : Questions based on Technical Qualification
Part II : General Knowledge, Current Affairs &
Renaissance in Kerala


04/03/2015

536/2012, Junior Instructor – Food Processing Sector
Objective Type Test

05/03/2015

338/2014, Trade Instructor Grade II (Tool & Die Making)
Objective Type Test


06/03/2015

3/2014,Instructor In Tailoring & Garment Making Training Centre
Part I : Questions based on Technical Qualification
Part II : General Knowledge, Current Affairs & Renaissance in Kerala


07/03/2015

411/2013, Artist
A Written test based on the qualification prescribed for the post


07/03/2015

581/2012, Lecturer In Kannada
A Written Test based on the qualification prescribed for the post


07/03/2015

626/2012, Lecturer In Sanskrit
A Written test based on the qualification prescribed for the post


13/03/2015

347/2014, Lower Division Clerk/Bill Collector

An Objective Type Test (OMR Valuation) based on the qualification prescribed for the post.
Main Topics:-
Part I : General Knowledge, Current Affairs &
Renaissance in Kerala
Part II : General English
Part III : Simple Arithmetic & Mental Ability


20/03/2015

335/2014, Pre Primary Teacher (Deaf School)

An Objective Type Test (OMR Valuation) based on the qualification prescribed for the post.


27/03/2015

132/2014, Laboratory Technical Assistant – Dairying (Milk Products)

Part I : Questions based on Technical Qualification
Part II : General Knowledge, Current Affairs & Renaissance in Kerala


28/03/2015

137/2014, Laboratory Technical

Assistant – Maintenance & Operation Of Biomedical Equipments
Part I : Questions based on the prescribed
qualification
Part II : General Knowledge, Current Affairs & Renaissance in Kerala


31/03/2015

449/2013, Tradesman (Sheet Metal)

An Objective Type Test (OMR Valuation) based on the qualification prescribed for the post.


31/03/2015

329/2014,Tradesman (Sheet Metal)

An Objective Type Test (OMR Valuation) based on the qualification prescribed for the post.



Kerala PSC Exam Calendar February 2015


Date
Name of Post
Category Number

03/02/2015

Workshop Instructor, Demonstrator in Printing Technology
331/2013

04/02/2015

Laboratory Technical Assistant- General Insurance
147/2014

05/02/2015

Lecturer in Chemical Engineering (Polytechnics)
507/2013

06/02/2015

Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering (Polytechnics)
104/2014

07/02/2015

Commercial Tax Officer
167/2013

07/02/2015

Commercial Tax Officer
387/2013

10/02/2015

Laboratory Technical Assistant- Mechanical Sevicing (Agro Machinery)
153/2013

How to download Kerala PSC Exam Schedule:
Applicants who want to check exam schedule they must visit the official websitethat is keralapsc.gov.in

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Bank Exams{ Clerk,PO}

1. A keyboard is this kind of device—

(A) black

(B) input

(C) output

(D) word Processing

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

2. IT stands for—

(A) information Technology

(B) integrated Technology

(C) intelligent Technology

(D) interesting Technology

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

3. Which of the following refers to the fastest, biggest and most expensive computers ?

(A) Personal Computers

(B) Supercomputers

(C) Laptops

(D) Notebooks

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

4. A collection of related information sorted and dealt with as a unit is a—

(A) disk

(B) data

(C) file

(D) floppy

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

5. The process of a computer receiving information from a server on the Internet is known as—

(A) pulling

(B) pushing

(C) downloading

(D) transferring

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

6. Which part of the computer helps to store information ?

(A) Disk drive

(B) Keyboard

(C) Monitor

(D) Printer

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

7. ………………is the process of carrying out commands.

(A) Fetching

(B) Storing

(C) Executing

(D) Decoding

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

8. The role of a………generally is to determine a buyer’s needs and match it to the correct hardware and software.

(A) computer Scientist

(B) computer sales representative

(C) computer consultant

(D) corporate trainer

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

9. Which of the following groups consist of only output devices ?

(A) Scanner, Printer, Monitor

(B) Keyboard, Printer, Monitor

(C) Mouse, Printer, Monitor

(D) Plotter, Printer, Monitor

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

10. The rectangular area of the screen that displays a program, data, and/or information is a—

(A) title bar

(B) button

(C) dialog box

(D) window

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

11. A(n)………contains commands that can be selected.

(A) pointer

(B) menu

(C) icon

(D) button

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

12. An error is also known as—

(A) bug

(B) debug

(C) cursor

(D) icon

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

13. Arithmetic Operations—

(A) involve matching one data item to another to determine if the first item is greater than, equal to, or less than the other item

(B) sort data items according to standard, predefined criteria in ascending order or descending order

(C) use conditions with operators such as AND, OR and NOT

(D) include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

14. Sending an e-mail is similar to—

(A) picturing an event

(B) narrating a story

(C) writing a letter

(D) creating a drawing

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

15. Promotion in Marketing means—

(A) passing an examination

(B) elevation from one grade to another

(C) selling the products through various means

(D) selling the product in specific areas

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

16. Microsoft Word is an example of—

(A) an operating system

(B) a processing device

(C) application software

(D) an input device

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

17. Sources of Sales Leads are—

(A) Data Mining

(B) Market Research

(C) Media Outlets

(D) Promotional Programs

(E) All of these

Ans : (E)

18. Any data or instruction entered into the memory of a computer is considered as—

(A) storage

(B) output

(C) input

(D) information

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

19. Which part of the computer displays the work done ?

(A) RAM

(B) printer

(C) monitor

(D) ROM

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

20. One of the methods for Market Monitoring is—

(A) to watch TV serials

(B) to discuss with other sales persons

(C) to monitor media outlets

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

21. Market Expansion means—

(A) hiring more staff

(B) firing more staff

(C) buying more products

(D) buying more companies

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

22. A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a—

(A) program

(B) command

(C) user response

(D) processor

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

23. Effective marketing helps in—

(A) developing new products

(B) creating a competitive environment

(C) building demand for products

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

24. Which is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel ?

(A) Hardware

(B) Software

(C) Programs

(D) Output

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

25. A Call in Marketing means—

(A) to phone the customers

(B) to visit the customers

(C) to visit the marketing site

(D) to call on prospective customers

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

26. Delivery Channel means—

(A) maternity wards

(B) handing over the products to the buyers

(C) places where products are made available to the buyers

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

27. Processing involves—

(A) inputting data into a computer system

(B) transforming input into output

(C) displaying output in a useful manner

(D) providing relevant answers

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

28. One of the following is a target group for the marketing of Internet Banking.

(A) All the customers

(B) All the educated customers

(C) All the computer educated customers

(D) Only creditors

(E) All of these

Ans : (C)

29. Innovation mean—

(A) Product Designing

(B) New ideas

(C) Impulse

(D) Both (A) and (B)

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

30. One of the following is a target group for the marketing of educational loan.

(A) All the customers

(B) Students

(C) Only poor students

(D) Students having promising educational track record

(E) All of these

Ans : (B)

31. Service after sale is not the function of—

(A) Marketing staff

(B) Seller

(C) Director of the company

(D) Employees of the company

(E) All of the above are wrong

Ans : (A)

32. If done through………the rural marketing would be more effective.

(A) fairs

(B) village fairs

(C) door to door campaign

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

33. Market Survey means—

(A) Market Research

(B) Market Planning

(C) Marketing Strategies

(D) Market Monitering

(E) All of these

Ans : (A)

34. ………can be done through digital Banking ?

(A) Mobile phone

(B) Internet

(C) Telephone

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (A)

35. A good seller should have the following quality/qualities ?

(A) Devotion to the work

(B) Submissive

(C) Sympathy

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

36. The rural marketing is not required because—

(A) rural people do not understand marketing

(B) its not practical from the cost point of view

(C) it is sheer wastage of time

(D) All are wrong

(E) All are correct

Ans : (D)

37. Planned-cost service means—

(A) Costly products

(B) Extra profit on the same cost

(C) Extra work by seller

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

38. Internet marketing means—

(A) Self-marketing

(B) Core Groups monitering

(C) Employees marketing

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

39. The aim of successful marketing is—

(A) to increase the sale

(B) to increase the profit

(C) to increase the output of sellers

(D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

40. The networking becomes……through networking.

(A) very difficult

(B) dull

(C) easy

(D) has no role in marketing

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

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Indian Army Solved Questions.

1. National Defence Academy is situated at:
Answer :- Khadakvasla

2. Capital of Uttarakhand:
Answer :- Dehradun

3. Vijay Ghat is the Samadhi of:
Answer :- Lal Bahadur Shastri

4. Land of Midnight sun:
Answer :- Japan

5. Largest Producer of rice in India is:
Answer :- West Bengal

6. Kaziranga National Park is famous for ______:
Answer :- Rhinos

7. Present UN secretary General is from which country?
Answer :- South Korea

8. First Loksabha Speaker of India:
Answer :- G.V. Mavlankar

9. C.V. Raman got Nobel prize in the year.
Answer :- 1930

10. Chairman of planning commission is:
Answer :- Prime Minister

11. First Indian woman to scale mount Everst:
Answer :- Bachendripal

12. Khetri in Rajasthan is famous for:
Answer :- Copper

13. Head Quarters of FAO is located at:
Answer :- Rome

14. Dilwara Temple is situated at:
Answer :- Rajasthan

15. COBRA force is related with:
Answer :- CRPF

16. Which is the largest planet:
Answer :- Jupiter

17. Which vitamin is necessary for our bones and teeth?
Answer :- Vitamin- B

18. How many colours are there in a rainbow?
Answer :- 7

19. What is the normal temperature of human body?
Answer :- 37 degree Celsius

20. How many poles are there in a magnet?
Answer :- 2

21. Vitamin C is obtained from?
Answer :- Orange

22. The hardest natural substance is:
Answer :- Diamond

23. The most abundant chemical element in the universe is:
Answer :- Hydrogen

24. The flow of electric current is measured in:
Answer :- Ampere

25. Percentage of Oxygen in atmosphere:
Answer :- 33.33%

26. The lightest element is:
Answer :- Lithium

27. The gas used in the fire extinguishers is:
Answer :- CO2

28. A large group of stars together is known as:
Answer :- Galaxy

29. What is commonly called quick line:
Answer :- Calcium Oxide

30. The Green pigment seen in planets:
Answer :- Chlorophyll

31. The rate of change of velocity is known as:
Answer :- Acceleration

32. Electron is discovered by:
Answer :- J.J. Thomson

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Laboratory Technical Assistant Solved Questions

1. The ‘Aikya Kerala’ convention was held at Trichur in 1947 under the Presidentship of:
Answer :- K.Kelappan

2. Gandhiji held the first Satyagraha in India at Champaran which belongs to the state of:
Answer :- Bihar

3. Who was the author of ‘Treatment of Thiyyas in Travancore’?
Answer :- Dr.Palppu

4. ‘Hindustan Republican Army’ was established by:
Answer :- Sachin Sanyal

5. ‘Kallada Hydro Electric Project’ belongs to which district?
Answer :- Kollam

6. The age of Moderate in Indian Freedom struggle was:
Answer :- 1885-1905

7. ‘Swaraj’ as goal of Congress was declared in 1905 at which congress session?
Answer :- Banaras

8. Why did Gandhiji start satyagraha in 1919?
Answer :- To protest against Rowlatt Act

9. The British Officer Rand was killed by:
Answer :- Chepekar Brothers

10. Who was lathi charges while protesting against Simon Commission and died later?
Answer :- Lala Lajpat Rai

11. The World Health Day is celebrated on:
Answer :- April 7th

12. The founder of modern nursing:
Answer :- Florence Nightingale

13. Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of:
Answer :- Vitamin A

14. Tuberculosis is caused by:
Answer :- Mycobacterium tuberculosis

15. Infection transmitted between individuals infected with different pathogenic organisms is:
Answer :- Cross Infection

16. The urine specific gravity is:
Answer :- 1.016 to 1.025

17. Abnormal increase in the volume of urine is termed as:
Answer :- Polyuria

18. The inflammation of middle ear is termed as:
Answer :- Otitis media

19. The term used to denote loss of appetite is:
Answer :- Anorexia

20. The concentration of dettol used to disinfect thermometer is:
Answer :- 1:40

21. The microscope is invented by:
Answer :- Antony Van Leeuwenhoek

22. The smallest unit of an element is:
Answer :- Atom

23. The pH value of blood is:
Answer :- 7.35 to 7.45

24. The pacemaker of the heart:
Answer :- SA node

25. The cardiac output in a healthy adult at rest:
Answer :- 5 liters

26. The largest organ in our body is:
Answer :- Skin

27. The smallest unit of the body is:
Answer :- Cell

28. The solution used to detect sugar in the urine is:
Answer :- Benedict’s reagent

29. The hormone responsible for the secondary sex characteristics in females is:
Answer :- Estrogen

30. The largest artery in human body:
Answer :- Aorta

31. One ml contains:
Answer :- 15 drops

32. The international Nurses day is celebrated on:
Answer :- May 12th

33. The pigment responsible for skin colour:
Answer :- Melanin

34. Inflammation of the tongue is termed as:
Answer :- Glossitis

35. Body building foods are:
Answer :- Proteins

36. The most effective method of disinfection:
Answer :- Autoclaving

37. Tire cheapest source of Vitamin A:
Answer :- Green leafy vegetables

38. A sudden severe attack of shivering in which the body temperature rises rapidly to a stage of hyper pyrexia:
Answer :- Rigor

39. The number of pulse beats in a minute:
Answer :- Rate

40. Increased reparatory rate over 24 breaths per minute:
Answer :- Tachypnoea

41. The lack of Oxygen in the tissues:
Answer :- Anoxia

42. The instrument used to measure blood pressure is:
Answer :- Sphygmomanometer

43. Total cessation of breathing is termed as:
Answer :- Apnoea

44. The largest gland in the body:
Answer :- Liver

45. Infancy is a period from:
Answer :- 0-1 year

46. Cessation of measurement is termed as:
Answer :- Menopause

47. How many calories will be obtained from one gram fat?
Answer :- 9 Calories

48. The method of transfer of heat directly through a substance from hot part to the cold part, from one molecule to the other:
Answer :- Conduction

49. The formula to convert Fahrenheit scale to Celsius scale:
Answer :- C=(F-32)*5/9

50. A sudden return to normal temperature from a very high temperature within a few hours or days:
Answer :- Crisis

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General Knowledge for Preparing Various Exams in India Chapter 10

136. The Railways have cut by half to 60 days, the maximum period for advanced reservation of tickets with effect from May 1.

137. In the wake of an alleged fraud involving thousands of crores by Kolkata-based Saradha group, the Centre ordered a SFIO (Serious Fraud Investigation Office) probe into suspected misuse of the public money by various chit fund companies.

138. Indian death-row prisoner Sarabjit Singh sustained serious head injuries and went into coma when he was attacked in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail.

139. The India Meteorological Department forecast normal rainfall — at 98 per cent of the long period average of 89 cm, with a model error of plus or minus five per cent — during the coming south monsoon season.

140. Anil Goswami has been appointed Union Home Secretary.

141. After a gap of over 20 months, India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) will meet at the summit level in New Delhi on June 6.

142. The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) conferred its lifetime achievement award on Jai Chandiram, former Deputy Director-General of Doordarshan.

143. Narinder Nath Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir appointed Governor of the State for a second five-year term. In his capacity as Governor, he also heads Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.

144. The rates of Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be a median 11 per cent for the Centre and 13 per cent by the states, according to a sub-committee of states and Central government officials working on the subject.

145. Nearly half of India's population would have the Aadhaar card by 2014 and nearly one in three Indians by the end of this year, Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani said. Nilekani said. "we have enrolled 380 million of the 1.2 billion people. Our daily processing is about a million people a day.”

146. Wall Street brokerage Goldman Sachs projected an 'above-consensus' growth of 6.4 per cent for the current fiscal.

147. UN pegged the calender 2013 growth at 6.4 per cent.

148. In the budget, the government had pegged growth at between 6.1 and 6.7 per cent.

149. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its outlook for the world economy this year to 3.3 per cent this year, down from its forecast in January of 3.5 per cent. India is projected to expand 5.7 per cent this year and 6.2 per cent in 2014.

150. With the loading target exceeding 1007 million tonnes (MT) by the end of March, Railways entered the select group of billion plus club in freight movement with China, Russia and USA.

151. India's total external debt was USD 376.3 billion as of December end, up 8.9 per cent from March, on account of long-term and short-term components.

152. A new virus 'Win32/Ramnit' has been found to be "spreading widely" in the Indian cyberspace which cleverly steals bank account details and passwords of the user once it is clicked.

153. The Reserve Bank of India will shortly cancel licences of 26 loss-making cooperative banks.

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General Knowledge for Preparing Various Exams in India Chapter 9

121. In a deep incursion, Chinese troops have entered the Indian territory in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in eastern Ladakh and erected a tented post, setting the stage for a face-off with Indian troops.

122. Russia launched an ‘orbital Noah’s Ark’ to space — a bio-satellite packed with an array of mice and other small creatures to study the effects of long flights on living organisms.

123. The State Human Rights Commission of Kerala has registered a case against State Bank of India (SBI) in connection with the publication of photo and addresses of those who had taken loan from the bank and had failed to repay it.

124. India is the largest recipient of remittances in the world, receiving $69 billion in 2012, the World Bank has said.

125. The former Chief Justice of India, J.S. Verma, who recently chaired the panel that came out with recommendations on improving women’s security, died following multiple organ failure.

126. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team said Japan may need longer than the projected 40 years to decommission its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant and urged its operator to improve plant stability.

127. N. Ravi, publisher of The Hindu, and a former Editor of the paper, was unanimously elected president of the Editors Guild of India.

128. Colorado Party millionaire Horacio Cartes (56) won Paraguay’s presidential race.

129. NASA has successfully launched three smartphones into space to snap images of Earth, and the handsets may prove to be the lowest-cost satellites ever flown into space.

130. Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) pegged the GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate for the current fiscal year at a realistic 6.4 per cent.

131. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered Saradha Realty India Ltd. to wind-up all its collective investment schemes.

132. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will pick up a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways, at a cost of Rs. 2,058 crore ($379 million).

133. Shamshad Begum, one of the earliest and most versatile playback singers from the golden age of Bollywood music, died.

134. Italy’s President appointed Enrico Letta as Prime minister.

135. United Bank of India (UBI) said Archana Bhargava has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the bank.

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General Knowledge for Preparing Various Exams in India Chapter 8

106. Russia will spend more than $50 billion on space research in coming years to reassert its leading positions in the field, said President Vladimir Putin.

107. China’s economic growth slowed to 7.7 per cent in the first quarter, the government said.

108. Thailand and Cambodia took their dispute around ancient temple Preah Vihear to the UN Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ).

109. Greece has secured an aid package worth €8.8billion from the European Union.

110. Telugu novelist Ravuri Bharadwaja was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012.

111. Odiya novelist Pratibha Ray was also selected for the same award.

112. India had launched a new initiative to double the renewable energy capacity to 55,000 MW by 2017 by exploiting non-conventional energy sources such as solar, wind power and energy from biomass.

113. United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, will visit India from April 22 to May 1. This will be the first visit to assess the overall situation of violence against women in the country.

114. A letter addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama contained a substance that preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin.

115. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will soon pass a law regulating foreign labour in its member countries. The GCC is a six-member group with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) as its members.

116. The Tripura government has proposed to hold the ‘Beating Retreat’ ceremony at the Akhaura border, as was conducted at the Wagah border in Punjab.

117. Senior IPS officer Aruna Bahuguna will be the new Special Director General of the CRPF, the country’s largest paramilitary force. Ms. Bahuguna will be the first ever woman to occupy the post, which is second only to force’s chief in hierarchy.

118. Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma announced a set of reforms for Special Economic Zones (SEZ), including relaxation of land requirement norms.

119. A Reserve Bank of India audit has found certain ‘aberrations’ at ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, which were accused of money-laundering by an online portal, but no risk of systemic failure was discovered, Banking Secretary Rajiv Takru said.

120. Former President Pervez Musharraf was formally arrested by the Pakistani investigators over the murder of Benazir Bhutto after an Anti-terrorism court directed them to include him in the probe into the 2007 assassination.

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91. Bollywood actor Pran has been chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the country’s highest cinema honour.

92. Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf admitted that he had secretly granted permission to the U.S. on a “few occasions” to carry out drone strikes inside Pakistan.

93. After imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and European Union, Iraq has replaced Iran as the second largest exporter of crude oil to India. Saudi Arabia, however, still remains the largest exporter of crude to India.

94. Industrial growth, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), slumped markedly to 0.6 per cent in February, 2013, from a relatively healthy expansion of 4.3 per cent posted for the same month a year ago.

95. Consumer price index-based (CPI) retail inflation finally eased to 10.39 per cent in March from 10.91 per cent in February.

96. Chen Yuan has been tasked to come with a plan about BRICS Development Bank project. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa agreed to take forward the proposal at the leaders’ summit in Durban, South Africa.

97. Assocham said Gujarat, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh attracted highest private sector investment in India.

98. Delhi High Court ordered telecom service providers Vodafone India and Idea Cellular to stop offering 3G services to new customers in circles where they don’t hold spectrum licences — including Karnataka.

99. United States Secretary of State John Kerry said Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan’s network was likely behind North Korea’s nuclear programme.

100. A sub-regional strategic alliance, Nepal, India and Bangladesh (NIB) have decided to join hands to cooperate and exploit the hydropower sector and use water resources management for mutual

advantage, including jointly developing and financing projects in the Ganga river basin.

101. Tajikistan has become 159th member of the World Trade Organisation.

102. A Nepalese presenter Rabi Lamichhane has set the world record for the longest television talk show “Lord Buddha Was Born in Nepal” by staying on air for 62 hours and 12 minutes, organisers said.

103. Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro was declared winner of the election.

104. Supreme Court said that some of the Asiatic lions currently found only in the famed Gir sanctuary must be shifted to Kuno sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh within six months.

105. Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation eased to 5.96 per cent in March.

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76. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa informed that the World Championship for 2013 would be held in Anand’s hometown Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu between November 6 and 26.

77. Krishnakumar Natarajan took over as Nasscom Chairman for the year 2013-14. Mr. Natarajan succeeds N Chandrasekaran.

78. Five soldiers of the Indian Army were killed and four injured in an ambush morning of their United Nations peacekeeping mission by unidentified assailants in Jonglei, South Sudan.

79. In all 682 persons, including 2008 Mumbai terror attack case convict Ajmal Kasab, were executed worldwide in 2012, which is two more than such executions carried out in 2011. Amnesty International said in its Global annual report on death penalty-2012.

80. Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in Kenya’s fourth President.

81. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintained that the Indian economy could grow at an improved rate of 6 per cent during the current fiscal in its report ‘Asian Development Outlook 2013’.

82. In a reprieve to 480 Pakistani Hindus, the Home Ministry has extended visas for a month, before the government takes a decision on their demand for political asylum in India.

83. British scientist Robert Edwards, 87, who won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in vitro fertilisation, leading to the birth of the first test- tube baby, died.

84. India and Russia have crossed the first milestone towards the development of the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), completing the preliminary design. Four T-50 aircraft, the Russian prototype of the fifth generation fighter, have already performed more than 200 test flights since January 2010.

85. Rajeev Shahare appointed as new High Commissioner of Maldives.

86. The World Trade Organization (WTO) cut its forecast for global trade growth in 2013 to 3.3 per

cent from 4.5 per cent and said trade grew only 2 per cent in 2012.

87. India and Bangladesh may soon collaborate to jointly produce a ‘mega-film’ to commemorate the 1971 war of liberation.

88. Foreign Ministers of G8 adopted historic declaration committing the international community to tackle sexual violence in conflict zones. The agreement, reached on the sidelines of discussions on North Korea and Syria ahead of the summit of G8 leaders in June in United Kingdom.

89. State Bank of India hit the international bond market to raise about $1 billion (Rs.5,430 crore) in a five-year dollar-bond sale programme.

90. World Bank plans to identify seven low-income States in India as part of the multilateral lending agency’s new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for India (2013-17). World Bank proposes a lending programme of $3 billion-5 billion every year over the next four years to bring down poverty 5.5 per cent in 2030 from 29.8 per cent in 2010. The States identified for the focused support are Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.

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61. The UN passed Arms trade treaty (ATT) to better regulate the international sale in weapons. It was passed in the General Assembly with 154 members voting ‘Yes’; three — Iran, Syria and North Korea — voting no; and 23, including India, abstaining.

62. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolved Parliament in preparation for a general election.

63. Reliance Power (RPower) said it had received the first disbursement of Rs.2,550 crore ($470 million) from U.S. Exim Bank and offshore commercial banks. The disbursement is part of $2 billion loan. It forms part of the overall financing for Reliance Power’s 3,960 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh.

64. Softening its stand towards Pakistan, India has commenced the visa-on-arrival facility for senior citizens (above 65 years of age) of the neighbouring nation from April 1.

65. Karnataka has emerged top performer in the country in management of rural drinking water

schemes and devolution of powers to panchayat raj institutions (PRIs) in 2012-13 and received an incentive of Rs. 241.1 crore from the Union government.

66. The government has drawn up plans to launch the LPG cylinder subsidy scheme under the Direct Benefit Transfer component from July 1 in at least 45 districts. The consumers are likely to get around Rs.4,000 per annum from the government.

67. Representatives from Iran and the six global powers (P-5: America, Britain, France, Russia and China + Germany) have concluded the first day of talks at Almaty, Kazakhstan.

68. Malala Yousafzai has announced the first grant of $45,000 from the Malala Fund for girls’ education to an unnamed organisation in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. 15-year-old announced it in a video message for the Women in the World summit in New York. The video was introduced by Hollywood star and U.N. special envoy Angelina Jolie, who also pledged a donation of $200,000 for the fund.

69. USA had agreed for returning to Japan the land near Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa.

70. Reserve Bank of India has decided to let authorised money changers (AMCs) to sell Indian rupees to foreign tourists / visitors against international credit/debit cards.

71. According to the RBI directive, Amanath Cooperative Bank can conduct a financial transaction of not more than Rs. 1,000 per account a day. Besides, the bank has been stopped from accepting deposits till further orders.

72. Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal ended his 15-day-long fast with a spirited attack on the Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi government for its “inability” to provide power and water.

73. The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Army successfully test-fired Agni-II (Range – 2000 Km) ballistic missile from Wheeler Island Odisha.

74. Having successfully completed two polio-free years, India is preparing to receive the crucial polio eradication certificate from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The certificate is issued on completion of incident-free three years.

75. Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first woman Prime Minister who led the Conservative party, died following a stroke.

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46. Workshops for the World Social Forum being held in Tunisia are focusing on women’s rights.

47. Current account deficit (CAD) widened to a record high of 6.7 per cent of the GDP (gross domestic product) in the October-December quarter this fiscal.

48. Government-appointed Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) headed by Justice B. N. Srikrishna has proposed an Indian Financial Code Bill to enable creation of a unified financial regulator while limiting the role of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to monetary management. Unified financial agency will comprise four existing agencies which will be merged into one. These are SEBI, FMC, IRDA and PFRDA.

49. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made it clear that Central and State government ministries, departments, companies and undertakings should not be allowed to enter business of broadcasting or distribution of television channels.

50. North Korea has said it has placed its missiles on “standby” and has warned it can strike American bases in South Korea and in the Pacific.

51. Kenya’s Supreme Court upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country’s next President.

52. Launching his Jantantra Yatra from Punjab, social activist Anna Hazare described it as the beginning of the second freedom struggle to rid the nation of corrupt politicians.

53. Supreme Court held that the modification of a well known cancer-fighting drug is not a patentable new invention. The judgment allows suppliers to continue making generic copies of Swiss firm Novartis’ Glivec or Gleevec.

54. The probe into the killing of two Indian fishermen by Italian marines off Kerala last year was handed over to the National Investigation Agency.

55. Vijaya Bank is the first bank which announced that its Risk Management Department has received ISO 27001 certification from the British Standards Institute.

56. NMDC Ltd. and IndusInd Bank were included in the CNX Nifty index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), replacing Wipro and Siemens.

57. Core industries shrank 2.5 per cent in February, a worst-ever performance in decades. The core
industries — coal, crude oil, natural gas, petroleum refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity.

58. Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani started a business collaboration that would allow Reliance Jio Infocomm, controlled by Mukesh, to use the nationwide optic fibre network of Anil’s Reliance Communications Ltd. for a one-time fee of Rs. 1,200 crore.

59. India inked a $252-million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for continued improvement of rural roads in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. The loan represents the first tranche of a $800 million financing facility under the ‘rural connectivity investment programme’.

60. Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal launched Wi-Fi service in Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express at the New Delhi railway station.

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