Gk Update 13/10/2015 to 15/10/2015

Q.1. Who has been awarded 2015 Noble Prize in Economic Sciences?
a) Angus Deaton
b) Jean Tirole
c) Ron Hickman
d) Kathleen Mary
e) Allison Johnson

Q.2. Who won the China Tennis Open Men’s Singles title?
a) Andy Murray
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Rafael Nadal
d) Vasek Pospisil
e) Daniel Nestor

Q.3. Recently Dr. N. Ramani passed away. He was a Carnatic _____________.
a) singer
b) flautist
c) dancer
d) lyricist
e) journalist

Q.4. Who won the 2015 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix title?
a) Lewis Hamilton
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Sergio Perez
d) Rotor Clog
e) Sergey Sans

Q.5. In which city Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a world-class memorial for constitution-maker Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar?
a) Pune
b) Lucknow
c) Mumbai
d) Kanpur
e) Ahmedabad

Q.6. Which of the following won the Beighton Cup hockey tournament?
a) SBI
b) PNB
c) IOC
d) IOB
e) Indian Railways

Q.7. Recently launched long-range missile Emad belongs to which country?
a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Afghanistan
d) Pakistan
e) Bangladesh

Q.8. Which country's Finance Minister has been honoured with 'Finance Minister of the Year, Asia' Award by London-based publication Emerging Markets?
a) China
b) India
c) Japan
d) Malaysia
e) Bangladesh

Q.9. Which of the following has become the first state government to promote affordable housing?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Madhya Pradesh

Q.10. Who is the new CEO of Telenor India?
a) Rahul Verma
b) Shubham Singh
c) R.S. Malhotra
d) Sharad Malhotra
e) Vivek Sood

Answers:

Q.1. a) Angus Deaton 
Q.2. b) Novak Djokovic
Q.3. b) flautist
Q.4. a) Lewis Hamilton
Q.5. c) Mumbai
Q.6. b) PNB
Q.7. a) Iran 
Q.8. b) India
Q.9. c) Rajasthan
Q.10. d) Sharad Malhotra 

Computer Knowledge Update 15/10/2015

Q.1. Device that connect to the network without the use of cables is called _______. 
a) Distributed
b) Wireless
c) Centralized
d) Open source
e) None of these

Q.2. Devices that let the computer communicate with you _____
a) Input
b) Output
c) Type
d) Print
e) Storage

Q.3. Which of the following is not an output device?
a) Bar code reader
b) Headphone
c) Monitor
d) Speaker
e) Headset

Q.4. The _____ of a system includes the programs or instructions.
a) Hardware
b) Icon
c) Information
d) Software
e) Peripheral

Q.5. A result of a computer virus can not lead to ___. 
a) Disk Crash
b) Mother Board Crash
c) Corruption of program
(d) Deletion of files
e) None of these

Q.6. Sometimes called a---------------virus, executes when a computer boots up because it resides in the boot sector of a floppy disk or the master boot record of a hard disk.
a) System virus
b) Trojan horse virus
c) File virus
d) Macro virus
e) Boot sector

Q.7. Which operation is not performed by computer?
a) Inputting
b) Processing
c) Controlling
d) Understanding
e) Thinking

Q.8. To save a document in different location use -
a) Save
b) Save as
c) Save as web page
d) Ctrl + s
e) 1, 2 and 4

Q.9. What happens when you press Ctrl + V key?
a) A capital V letter is typed into your document at the cursor point
b) The selected item is pasted from the clip board
c) The selected item is pasted to the clipboard
d) The selected drawing objects are distributed vertically on the page
e) None of these

Q.10. In a spreadsheet, a ....... is a number you will use in a calculation.
a) label
b) cell
c) field
d) value
e) None of these

Answer:

Q.1. b) Wireless 
Q.2. d) Print
Q.3. a) Bar code reader
Q.4. d) Software
Q.5. b) Mother Board Crash 
Q.6. e) Boot sector 
Q.7. e) Thinking
Q.8. b) Save as
Q.9. b) The selected item is pasted from the clip board
Q.10. d) value

Gk Update 11/10/2015 to 12/10/2015

Q.1. Who has been appointed as the new President of the Paralympics Committee of India (PCI)?
a) Kavinder Chaudhary
b) Rao Inderjit Singh
c) Shivaji Kumar
d) Rajiv Verman
e) Kumar Shubham

Q.2. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)?
a) Sekhar Basu
b) R.K. Sinha
c) Sukhwinder Kaur
d) Saurabh Sinha
e) Rahil Naqvi

Q.3. In which BRICS nation the first BRICS Ministerial meeting on Migration was held?
a) Brazil
b) Russia
c) India
d) China
e) South Africa

Q.4. With which of the following Future Group entered into an agreement recently?
a) Tulsi Herbal Pvt Ltd.
b) Cipla Limited
c) Himalaya Herbal Healthcare Ltd.
d) Sri Sri Ayurveda
e) Patanjali Ayurved

Q.5. Which international payment system has been launched by China to provide global dimensions to its currency Yuan?
a) Yuan International Payment System
b) China Yuan International Payment System
c) China International Economic Payment System
d) Yuan International Economic Payment System
e) China International Payment System

Q.6. Who has been appointed as the interim FIFA president?
a) Issa Hayatou
b) Sepp Blatter
c) Jerome Valcke
d) Michel Platini
e) Chan Xi

Q.7. Recently Ravindra Jain passed away. He was a ________.
a) journalist
b) music director
c) singer
d) wrestler
e) cricketer

Q.8. The National Pension System and ______ have together crossed milestone figure of Rs. 1 lakh crore with regard to total Assets Under Management.
a) Jan Dhan Yojana
b) Suraksha Bima Yojana
c) SEHAJ Yojana
d) Atal Pension Yojana
e) Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

Q.9. What is the venue of 2015 World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund Boards of Governors Annual Meeting?
a) New York, USA
b) Beijing, China
c) Lima, Peru
d) Ufa, Russia
e) Durban, South Africa

Q.10. Between how many countries the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement was reached?
a) 5
b) 15
c) 12
d) 7
e) 10

Answer:

Q.1. b) Rao Inderjit Singh
Q.2. a) Sekhar Basu 
Q.3. b) Russia 
Q.4. e) Patanjali Ayurved 
Q.5. e) China International Payment System 
Q.6. a) Issa Hayatou 
Q.7. b) music director 
Q.8. d) Atal Pension Yojana 
Q.9. c) Lima, Peru 
Q.10. c) 12 

Computer Knowledge Update 12/10/2015

Q.1. Which of the following is not a programming Language?
a) Machine language
b) Assembly language
c) High level language
d) Computer language
e) All

Q.2. ________is written to perform a specific task or process, such as accounting, payroll, mailing list, result preparation and so on.
a) Application software
b) System Software
c) Utilities
d) Machine Software
e) Client Software

Q.3. ______is a series of linked records in which each contains a pointer to its successor in the list.
a) List
b) Jumper
c) Stack
d) Heap
e) Array

Q.4.  ____________ is not a mode of personal communication on Internet. 
a)  Instant messaging
b) Chat
c) E-mail
d) Blog post
e) None of these

Q.5. You want the text to appear at a vertically centre position on a printed page. Which feature would adjust the top and bottom margins for this to happen?
a) Vertical justification
b) Vertical adjusting
c) Horizontal centering
d) Vertical centering
e) None of these

Q.6. What is the intersection of a column and a row on a worksheet called?
a) Column
b) Value
c) Address
d) Cell
e) Grid

Q.7. A person, place, thing or event of interest to the enterprise, and about which data may be recorded is known as ______.
a) Domain
b) Entity
c) Degree
d) Array
e) Tuple

Q.8. Click ........ check box of transition in a slide group of an animation tab if you want to move a slide automatically after stipulated time.
a) Transition timer
b) Automatically after
c) Transition after
d) Automatic timer
e) None of these

Q.9. A ........... is a professionally designed 'empty' document that can be adapted to the user's needs.
a) file
b) guide
c) template
d) user guide file
e) None

Q.10. CBS stands for
a) Core Banking solution
b) Centralised based system
c) Computer based system
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

Answer:

Q.1. d) Computer language
Q.2. a) Application software
Q.3. a) List
Q.4. d) Blog post
Q.5. d) Vertical centering
Q.6. d) Cell
Q.7. b) Entity
Q.8. b) Automatically after
Q.9. c) template
Q.10. a) Core Banking solution

GK Weekly Update 04/10/2015 to 10/10/2015 Set1

Q.1. Which among the following entities did not get license to start the small finance banks?
a) ESAF Microfinance and Investments Private Ltd - Chennai
b) Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited - Bengaluru
c) Suryoday Micro Finance Private Ltd - Navi Mumbai
d) Ujjivan Financial Services Private Ltd - Bengaluru
e) All of the above entities got permission to start small finance banks

Q.2. Who has been named as the new Chief Executive of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)?
a) Steve Simon
b) Stacey Allaster
c) Alice Sorna
d) Catherine D'Costa
e) Rother Klem

Q.3. Expand FATCA.
a) Financial Account Tax Compliance Act
b) Foreign Account Trade Compliance Act
c) Financial Account Trade Compliance Act
d) Foreign Account Tax Capital Act
e) Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

Q.4. In the Small Finance Banks, promoter's minimum initial contribution to the paid-up equity capital shall be at least .........
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 25%
d) 40%
e) 74%

Q.5. Name the first indigenously-designed and built torpedo launch and recovery vessel commissioned into the Indian Navy.
a) INS Astradharini
b) INS Astravahini
c) INS Shakti
d) INS Dharini
e) INS Astra

Q.6.Which state government has announced Prabhakar Jog as winner of Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement (2015)?
a)Andhra Pradesh
b)Telangana
c) Maharashtra
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Sikkim

Q.7. Which of the following automakers in India launched the S-Cross, a premium crossover, on 5 Aug?
a) Hyundai
b) Ford
c) Renault
d) Maruti Suzuki
e) General Motors

Q.8. Who won the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup?
a) Viswanathan Anand
b) Magnus Carlsen
c) Sergey Karjakin
d) Peter Svidler
e) R.C. James

Q.9. How much fine has been imposed by International Court of Arbitration on ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix?
a) $562.5 million
b) $458.7 million
c) $339.2 million
d) $721.5 million
e) $753.5 million

Q.10. The EPFO is to invest a part (5 per cent initially) of the retirement fund corpus in the capital market through ETFs for the first time. The term ETF stands for
a) Exchange-Tracked Fund
b) Exchange-Transacted Fund
c) Exchange-Traded Fund
d) Exchange-Transferred Fund
e) None of these

Answer:

Q.1. e) All of the above entities got permission to start small finance banks
Q.2. a) Steve Simon
Q.3. e) Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Q.4. d) 40%
Q.5. a) INS Astradharini
Q.6. c) Maharashtra
Q.7. d) Maruti Suzuki
Q.8. c) Sergey Karjakin 
Q.9. a) $562.5 million
Q.10. c) Exchange-Traded Fund 

GK Update 07/10/15 to 08/10/15

Q.1. Which among the following entities did not get license to start the small finance banks?
a) ESAF Microfinance and Investments Private Ltd - Chennai
b) Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited - Bengaluru
c) Suryoday Micro Finance Private Ltd - Navi Mumbai
d) Ujjivan Financial Services Private Ltd - Bengaluru
e) All of the above entities got permission to start small finance banks

Q.2. Small Finance Banks minimum paid-up capital would be .........
a) Rs.200 cr
b) Rs.50 cr
c) Rs.10 cr
d) Rs.100 cr
e) Rs.1000 cr

Q.3. India put off its negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with __________ on 5 Aug, following an import ban imposed by the latter on 700 drugs tested by Hyderabad-based GVK Biosciences.
a) EU
b) Australia
c) UK
d) US
e) China

Q.4. The Legislative Assembly of which of the following states on 5 Aug passed a legislation making it mandatory for candidates contesting all level of panchayat raj elections to have toilets at their individual home by Jan 31, 2016? 
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Gujarat
e) Karnataka

Q.5. On 16 September 2015, RBI in-principle granted licenses to how many applicants among 72 applicants to set up small finances banks that are all mainly microfinance and small finance companies?
a) 27
b) 19
c) 14
d)  6
e) 10

Q.6. The Asia’s largest telescope, the Multi Application Solar Telescope (MAST), was recently inaugurated in India in
a) Bengaluru, Karnataka
b) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
c) Indore, Madhya Prasad
d) Udaipur, Rajasthan
e) None of these

Q.7. Who among the following has been honoured with the Ramanujan Prize for 2015? He has been honoured for his contributions in the area of algebraic K-theory, algebraic cycles and theory of motive.
a) Sujatha Ramadorai
b) Amalendu Krishna
c) Kannan Soundararajan
d) Manjul Bhargava
e) James Maynard

Q.8. Which of the following countries is to inaugurate the new Suez Canal dubbed as the Suez Canal Axis on 6 Aug? The 72-km project is aimed at speeding up traffic.
a) Syria
b) Egypt
c) Turkey
d) Iran
e) Greece

Q.9. The National Highways Authority of India has released an index of prices pertaining to the sector for public comment. The length of National Highways in the country is about
a) 70,000 km
b) 74,000 km
c) 83,000 km
d) 96,000 km
e) None of these

Q.10. Which of the following activity the Small Finance Bank cannot do?
a) They can't lend to big corporate houses.
b) They can't lend to big groups.
c) Cannot set up subsidiaries to undertake non-banking financial services activities.
d) Other financial activities of the promoter must not mingle with the bank.
e) All of the above activities cannot be done by Small Finance Banks.

Answers:

Q.1. e) All of the above entities got permission to start small finance banks
Q.2. d) Rs.100 cr
Q.3. a) EU 
Q.4. c) Bihar 
Q.5. e) 10
Q.6. d) Udaipur, Rajasthan
Q.7. b) Amalendu Krishna
Q.8. b) Egypt
Q.9. d) 96,000 km
Q.10. e) All of the above activities cannot be done by Small Finance Banks.

Computer Knowledge Update 08/10/2015

Q.1. The ____ allows you to choose where to go and is located below the Standards Buttons toolbar.
a) System menu
b) Address bar
c) Menu bar
d) Tool Bar
e) Status bar

Q.2. A graphical user interface displays ____.
a) graphics
b) text
c) CPU
d) both a) and b)
e) System Software

Q.3. 111000 compliment form is . 
a) 000111
b) 0000
c) 001111
d) 11111
e) None of these

Q.4. Example of connectivity is_______ 
a) Internet
b) Floppy disk
c) Powercord
d) Data
e) None of these

Q.5. Junk e-mail is also called_____. 
a) Spam
b) Spoof
c) Sniffer script
d) Spool
e) None of these

Q.6. Malicious software is known as _____.
a) bad ware
b) malware
c) malicious ware
d) illegal ware
e) Virus

Q.7. A ____ is a named location on a disk where files are stored.
a) folder
b) pod
c) version
d) System
e) All of the above

Q.8. Software programs that close potential security breaches in an operating system are known as:
a) security breach fixes.
b) refresh patches.
c) security repairs.
d) security patches
e) None of these

Q.9. The ____ is the drive containing the files to be copied.
a) Source drive
b) Destination drive
c) USB drive
d) Object drive
e) All of the above

Q.10. The ____ displays the name of every computer user on the computer.
a) Wish list screen
b) Command screen
c) Welcome screen
d) Desktop Screen
e) All of the above

Answers:

Q.1. c) Menu bar
Q.2. d) both a) and b)
Q.3. a) 000111 
Q.4. a) Internet 
Q.5. a) Spam 
Q.6. b) malware
Q.7. a) folder
Q.8. d) security patches
Q.9. a) Source drive
Q.10. c) Welcome screen

Gk Update 04/10/2015 to 06/10/2015

Q.1. As a part of Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to West Asia, Africa and Europe which of the following entered Istanbul?
a) INS Virat
b) INS Kolkata
c) INS Kochi
d) INS Vikramaditya
e) INS Trikand 

Q.2. Who won the Best CEO award in Public Sector category in the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2015?
a) Ankit Bhati
b) Bhavish Aggarwal
c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
d) R.C. Bhargava
e) C.P. Gurnani

Q.3. With how many branches IDFC Bank started its banking operations?
a) 115
b) 222
c) 50
d) 73
e) 23

Q.4. Name the Indian diplomat who has been appointed the new British Ambassador to Qatar.
a) Suhail Khan
b) Raghav Mitra
c) Ajay Sharma
d) Nitin Bhardwaj
e) Harman Kaur

Q.5. Which of the following ministries launched Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise II (IPPE-II) scheme?
a) Urban Development Ministry
b) Finance Ministry
c) Health and Family Welfare Ministry
d) Women and Child Ministry
e) Rural Development Ministry 

Q.6. Which country will host G20 Summit in 2018?
a) India
b) China
c) Turkey
d) Germany
e) Japan

Q.7. Which company has been ranked as the most valuable company in India in terms of market capitalization?
a) Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
b) Reliance Industries Ltd.
c) Infosys
d) IBM
e) HDFC

Q.8. What is the World Bank's growth forecast for China in 2015?
a) 7.2%
b) 7.0%
c) 6.8%
d) 6.5%
e) 6.7%

Q.9. What is the target set by India to cut the carbon emission by 2030?
a) 35%
b) 33-34%
c) 31-33%
d) 33%
e) 33-35%

Q.10. As announced by the ISRO, recently, it will be launching nine nano/micro satellites  during 2015-16 timeframe for the first time for
a) UK 
d) France
c) US 
d) China
e) Bangladesh

Answer:

Q.1. e) INS Trikand 
Q.2. c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
Q.3. e) 23
Q.4. c) Ajay Sharma
Q.5. e) Rural Development Ministry 
Q.6. a) India
Q.7. a) Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Q.8. d) 6.5%
Q.9. e) 33-35%
Q.10. c) US 

GK Update 1/10/2015 to 3/10/2015

Q.1. What is the rank of India on the Global Competitiveness Index 2015?
a) 15th
b) 25th
c) 55th
d) 67th
e) 70th

Q.2. Which of the following ministries launched the NOC Online Application Portal and Processing System (NOAPS)?
a) Ministry of Urban Development
b) Ministry of Rural Development
c) Ministry of Culture
d) Ministry of Information Technology
e) Ministry of Finance.

Q.3. Expand FATCA.
a) Financial Account Tax Compliance Act
b) Foreign Account Trade Compliance Act
c) Financial Account Trade Compliance Act
d) Foreign Account Tax Capital Act
e) Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

Q.4. Who has been named brand ambassador of Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Football Tournament Season 2 for Tamil Nadu?
a) John Abraham
b) Dhanush
c) Rajnikant
d) Ranbir Kapoor
e) Kamal Haasan

Q.5. How much fine has been imposed by International Court of Arbitration on ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix?
a) $562.5 million
b) $458.7 million
c) $339.2 million
d) $721.5 million
d) $753.5 million

Q.6. The EPFO will start investing in the stock market on Aug 6 with an initial corpus of around Rs 5,000 cr. The EPFO has been allowed to invest a minimum of 5 per cent and up to ________ of its funds in equity or equity-related schemes.
a) 10 per cent
b) 15 per cent
c) 20 per cent
d) 25 per cent
e) 30 per cent

Q.7.Recently China launched its ______satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS).
a) 16th
b) 12th
c) 13th
d) 15th
e) 20th

Q.8. According to the UN’s 2015 Revised World Population Prospect report released recently, India will become the most populous nation by
a) 2019
b) 2020
c) 2021
d) 2022
e) 2025

Q.9. Hong Kong central bank has taken action against the Hong Kong Branch of which of the following public sector banks of India for violating the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing law?
a) Bank of Baroda
b) State Bank of India
c) Bank of India
d) Punjab National Bank
e) Canara Bank

Q.10. Who among the following is the newly-appointed coach of the Indian men's hockey team?
a) Paul van Ass
b) VR Raghunath
c) Michael Nobbs
d) Terry Walsh
e) Roelant Oltmans

Answers:

Q.1. c) 55th
Q.2. c) Ministry of Culture
Q.3. e) Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Q.4. b) Dhanush
Q.5. a) $562.5 million
Q.6. b) 15 per cent
Q.7. e) 20th
Q.8. d) 2022
Q.9. b) State Bank of India
Q.10. e) Roelant Oltmans