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Australian Open 2009

Australian open (Men's Single) - Raafel Nadal beat Roger Federar

Australian Open (Female's Single)- Serena Williams

Yuki Bhambri wins Australian Open junior title

Australian Open (Women's Double)- William Sisters, Serena Williams and Venus williams

Australian Open (Men's Double)- Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan

Current affairs Queations

1. Asian Banker's Best Retail Bank in India in 2008 is

1. ICICI BANK

2. SBI

3. HDFC BANK

4. SIDBI

5. PNB

ans 3

2. Ubuntu award is recently given to

1. Parveez Musharraf

2. Fidel Castro

3. R K Pachauri

4. Shahrukh Khan

5. Hu Jinato

ans 2

3. Which state is establishing a seperate department cadre in the Tribal area Development (TAD)?

1. Rajasthan

2. Madhya Pradesh

3. Maharastra

4. Bihar

5. Assom

ans 2

4. The indian Navy launches combat exercise with the French navy. This exercise was code named

1. Varuna

2. Indra

3. Phoenix

4. Trishul

5. Hand in Hand

ans 1

5. Which bank is appointed by RBI as principal agent of western Union Financial Services Inc?

1. PNB

2. SIDBI

3. CORPORATION BANK

4. ALLAHABAD BANK

5. SBI

ans 5

6. India's rank in 'Doing Business Perort 2009' is

1. 49

2. 67

3. 88

4. 122

5. 141

ans 4

Current affairs Questions

1. National Youth Day is celebrated on

1. Jan 12

2. Feb 12

3. Aprail 12

4. September 12

5. 5 May

ans 1

2. Currently which one of the following organisation is celebrating it's Golden Jubilee

1. ISRO

2. BHEL

3. CBI

4. DRDO

5. NASSCOM

ans 4

3. Which of the following Countries has decideed to come out of the membership of the OPEC

1. Iran

2. Saudi Arabia

3. Indonesia

4. Kuwait

5. None of these

Answer 3

4. 'Travelling through Conflicts' is a book written by

1. Taslima Nasreen

2. Salmaan Rushdie

3. Amitav Ghosh

4. Indira Nooyi

5. None of these

Answer 5

The correct answer is Hamid ansari

5. Which one of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?

1. South Africa

2. Bangladesh

3. Bhutan

4. Nepal

5. All of these are members

answer 1

6. Which of the following was the issue over which one section of UPA withdrew it's support and Union Government headed by Dr' Manmohan Singh was required to prove it's majority in the Lok Sabha?

1. Inflation, which was on a rise consistently

2. The issue of Reservation of Gujjars in Government Jobs

3. Nuclear Deal with UPA

4. Attack by terrorist on Mumbai

5. None of these

answer 3

1. Chiranjeevi has launched a political party? What is it's name

1. Praja Kalyanam

2. Praja manglam

3. Praja Rajyam

4. Praja Democratic Alliance

5. Praja sangharsh samiti

Ans 3

2. CV Sundaram died in Cheenai on August 15, He belong to which field.

1. Atomic Research

2. Sports

3. Film Production

4. Railways

5. Airways

Answer 1

3.A nuclear proof bunker built during the Cold war for East German Leader Enrich Honecker, known as project 17/5001, opened to the public on August 2,2008. it was code named as

1. Shaurya

2. Alankaar

3. Pearl

4. Diamond

5. Rust

Answer 3

4. zak salaam India expo concluded in August 2008 in

Colombo

New Delhi

Dhaka

Paris

Singapore

answer 5

5.How many teams are going to participate in Commonwealth Games 2010?

1.59

2. 71

3. 86

4. 102

5. 205

ans 2

6.The two regions in Georgia that were recognised as independent states by Russia in August 2008, are

1. South Ossetia and Abkhazia

2. Abkhazia and Israel

3. Ukraine and South Ossetia

4. South Ossetia and Ukraine

None of these

answer 1

6 Questions Daily

Some important current affairs questions :

1. Duvvuri Subbarao is the

1. 20th Governor of India

2. 21st Governor of India

3. 22nd Governor of India

4. 23rd Governor of India

5. None of these

Answer 3

2. Which state governement has recently koined hands with UNWTO for promotion of tourism?

1. Andhra Pradesh

2. Madhya Pradesh

3. Sikkim

4. Rajasthan

5. Punjab

ans. 5

3. Who has been elected as a World Theatre Ambassador of UNESCO's International Theatre Institute?

1. Girish Karnad

2. A R Rahmaan

3. Baichung Bhutia

4. shabana Azmi

5. Om Puri

answer 1

4. 'True Colours' is a book written by

1. Sachin Tendulkar

2. Adam Gilchrist

3. Ricky Pointing

4. Sanath Jaysurya

5. Sunil Gavaskar

Ans. 2

5. 108th Amendment Bill is also known as

1. Panchayati Raj bill

2. Women Reservation Bill

3. Anti terrorist Bill

4. Children welfare Bill

5. 6th pay Bill

ans 2

6. India unvieled the ' Look East ' Policy. who took initiated for it

1. Atal Bihari Vajpaye

2. V.P.Singh

3. Rajiv Gandhi

4. P.V. Narsimha Rao

5. Manmohan Singh

ans 4

Bollywood music director A.R. Rahman became the first Indian to win the Golden Globe Award, for best original musical score in Danny Boyle's movie 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

"Slumdog Millionaire" hit the jackpot at the Golden Globes , winning four of the coveted awards including best film drama to give it a leg up in Hollywood's race for Oscars.
"Slumdog," which tells of a young Indian man looking for love and competing for money on a television game show, also earned awards for director Danny Boyle, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and composer A.R. Rahman for best musical score.
Director Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" was named best film musical or comedy.Kate Winslet grabbed two Golden Globes, one for best actress in a drama in her role as a frustrated housewife in "Revolutionary Road" and the second for best supporting actress playing a German woman with a hidden past in "The Reader."
Mickey Rourke was named best actor in a film drama with "The Wrestler" and Heath Ledger, who died of an accidental drug overdose last year, was named best supporting actor for playing the villain Joker in Batman movie "The Dark Knight."
Colin Farrell won best actor in a musical or comedy with his role as a hitman in "In Bruges," and Sally Hawkins was best actress in the same group for her work as an optimis.
"Wall-E," took home best animated film, and Israel's "Waltz with Bashir" was named best foreign language film.

Program that automatically submit your search request to several search engines simultaneously are called Metasearch Engine.

Kerala became the first Indian state to reserve a Government job for HIV+ candidates.

Indian Football team qualified for the 2011 AFC Asia Cup.

Sayeda Hamid, a Planning commisiion member and an expert on Islamic studies on August 12 2008 created history by becoming the first woman to act as 'qazi' and solemnise a 'nikah' ceremony in Lucknow, UP.

'From A to X' is a book written by John Berger.

The author of the book 'The clothes on their Backs' is Linda Grant.

A total of 13 overseas Indians were honoured with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman for their work towards the welfare of people of Indian origin. The awardees included President of Republic of Suriname Ramdien Sardjoe, Vice President of Mauritius Angidi Veeriah Chettiar and management guru Professor C K Prahalad. President pratibha Patil presented the awards in Chennai.

THE Supreme Court has said that the public servants can face prosecution without prior sanction of the appropriate authorities as all their acts in the purported discharge of the official duties cannot be brought under the protective umbrella of section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code. On the other hand, there can be cases of misuse and abuse of power vested in a public servant which can never be a part of their official duties, said the apex court.

According to Forbes, Reliance Industries Mukesha Ambani has overtaken NRI steel tycon Lakshmi Mittal as the richest Indian in the world with a net worth of $20.8 billion. Lakshmi Mittal is on second with a net worth of $20.5 billion.

Current affairs, Bank probationary officer, po, gk general awareness

Satish C Gupta has taken over as Chairman and Managing director Director of United Bank of India. Gupta was earler the executive Director of Bank of Baroda.

Food Corporation of India has named Deepak Kumar as its new Chairman.

Rajasthan has launched a digital literacy campaign for e learning in district and sub divisional headquarters.

LIC will launch it's Credit Card in association with Corporation Bank.

First women University will be set up in Riyad.

Bullion or metal bullion is defined as any precious metal, such as gold, silver, palladium, platinum etc which is in a state where its value is dependent on its metal content and not on its form (that is bars, coins etc).
The Government has raised the capital of Life Insurance Corporation LIC to Rs. 100 Crore and increased the FDI limit in the insurance sector to the 49%.
Miss Universe 2008 is Dayana Mendoza ( Venezuela)
Miss World 2008 is Ksenia Sukhinova (Russia)

Current affairs, MBA, Banking, PO paper, PO current affairs

Hoshni Mubarak is the president of Egypt.
World Communication Day is on 17th May.
winner of Irani Trophy 2008 is Rest of India.
CEDAW stands for Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
The foreign tourist arrivals (FTA) to India up to the month of November 2008 increased by 8.0% over the arrivals for the same period in 2007. The cumulative arrival figures for the period January to November 2008 reached 4.84 million. During the period, world witnessed 2-3% increase in foreign tourist arrivals.The foreign exchange earnings (FEE) from the tourism sector were Rs.45647.00 crores during the period January-November 2008, an increase of 16.2% over the corresponding period in 2007. The important source countries were US, UK, Canada, France, Germany and Japan.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Mohammad Shah died this evening in Srinagar. He was 89. Son-in-law of late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Ghulam Shah was Chief Minister of the state from July 1984 to March 1986.

Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina Wajed was today sworn in as the new prime minister of Bangladesh, a week after her party led grand alliance swept the general elections winning three fourths of 300 parliamentary seats.

The fifth Tri Continental Film Festival 2009 on Human Rights will be held Mumbai from January 23 to 25. As many as 28 selected films from more than 20 countries will be screened during the festival at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA).

National Conference party chief Omar Abdullah will take oath as the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) would launch a weather satellite, the 'Mehga Tropiques' in coming times. The satellite has been developed by collaboration of Indian and French space agency CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales). It has been specially designed to analyze tropical study and causes of cyclones, monsoons, and other climate and weather related phenomenon.

ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair has been selected for 'Newsmaker of 2008' award by viewers of Manorama News.

India's fertiliser subsidy is likely to touch Rs 1,02,000 crore this fiscal. This is 14,000 Crore less than the revised estimates of the government.

States, including Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, have been complaining against the stamp duty exemption given to SEZs for more than a year now, have intensified their protest. State governments have questioned the Centre’s powers to exempt SEZs and units from paying stamp duty as they consider it a state subject. In a recent meeting of state finance officials, states reiterated that the exemption given by the Centre was leading to revenue loss for states and should be immediately withdrawn. States have alleged that while the Centre had the power of legislation, the power to fix rates lay with the states.
The SEZ Act was passed in Parliament in 2005 while the rules were notified in February 2006.

Test your General Awareness, Current affairs

General Awareness

1. Which is the first Indian Bank to get approval to start
normal banking operation in China?
(1) Indian Bank
(2) Punjab National Bank
(3) Corporation Bank
(4) State Bank of India
(5) Bank of Baroda

2. Who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Puducherry.
1. V. Vaithilingam
2. Jyoti Basu
3. Kamlesh Sharma
4. Ashok kelkar
5. J.S. Sidhu

3. Who among the following won the 2008 Noble Prize of Peace?
1. Paul Krugman
2. Martin Chalfie
3. George Bush
4. Makoto Kobayashi
5. Martti Ahtisaari

4. Who among the following was elected president of Maldives in the first ever democratic presidential election in the Country?
1. Maumoom Abdul Gayoom
2. Mohammad Anni Nasheed
3. Noor Ghulam Ahmad
4. Mohammad Nasir
5. None of these

5. Baglihar Hydro electric Power project is associated with which state ?
Maharastra
2. Mizoram
3. Assam
Karnataka
None of these

6. 10th Osian Cinefan Festival took place in
1. New Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Agra
4. Pune
5. Jaipur

7. Sasan Power Project is associated with
1. Anil Ambani
2. Mukesh Ambani
3. Ratan Tata
4. Aditya Birla
5. Nandan Nielkani

8. which of the following country is not a member of G-8?
1. Britain
2. Germany
3. United State
4. Italy
5. All are member of G-8

9. Durand Cup is associated with which game
1. Hockey
2. Badminton
3. Football
4. Cricket
5. Tennis

10. On November 4, Government of India has decided to give the status of National River to
1. Kosi
2. Ganga
3. Yamuna
4. Chenab
5. Jhelum

11. Barack Obama is recently elected as
1. 42nd President of US
2. 43rd president of US
3. 44th President of US
4. 45th Prime Minister of US
5. None of these are correct

12. Recently held Davis Cup won by
1. India
2. Argentina
3. Spain
4. France
5. Germany

13. Why was Jerry Yang in the NEWS recently?
1. He has been appointed as new secretary General of SAARC
2. He is the recently elected president of Maldives.
3. He has won Booker prize recently.
4. He has quit as Yahoo CEO.
5. He is the youngest man to cross British Channel.

14. The second Summit of BIMSTEC took place in
1. Tokyo
2. New Delhi
3. Colombo
4. Hyderabad
5. Jaipur

15. Midnight Children is associated with
1. Arundati Roy
2. Aravind Adiga
3. Salman Rushdie
4. Adam Gilchrist
5. None of these

16. Athletes of the year won by
1. Usain Bolt
2. Yelena Isinbayeva
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Paul Vaulter
5. all of these

17. Singapore Open Golf won by
1. Tiger Wood
2. Jeev Milkha Singh
3. Alberto Contador
4. Chetan Anand
5.None of these

18. Which of the Following Countries are the members of IBSA?
1. India, Britain, Somalia and Australia
2. Indonesia, Britain and South Africa
3. India Brazil and South America
4. India, Brazil and South Africa
5. Indonesia, Britain and South Africa

19. National Consumer Right Day is observed on
1. 24 september
2. 8 september
3. 24 December
4. 8 December
5. 8 March

20. The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency is
1. Baan ki Moon
2. Robert E. Zoelock
3. Mohamed El Baderi
4. Mohammad Anni Ansaari
5. Dalai Lama

Answers
1. 3.
2.1
3. 5
4. 2
5.5
6.1
7. 1
8.
9.3
10.2
11.3
12. 3
13.4
14.2
15.3
16.3
17.2
18.4
19.3
20. 3

True of False

1. Chlorophyll contains Mg.
2. Light reaction takes place in Stroma
3. IGFRI is located in Jhansi.
4. Carotene and Xanthophyll are together called Carotenoids.
5. Krantz type chloroplast lack PS 11
6. American ballworm is Helicoverpa armigera
7. Bemisia tabaci is Cotton white fly
8. White Bud of maize is due to deficiency of Mo.
9. Nabam is a sodium containing fungicide
10. Zineb is a Zinc containing fungicides

Answers

T
F
T
T
T
T
T
F, Zinc
T
10.T

Agriculture Officer Exam Model Paper

Model questions for agriculture officer Exams

1. Lemma + Palea together known as
Panicle
Plumule
Hull
Seed
None of these

2. Miracle Rice in India is
I R 8
T. N 1
Jaya
Padma
Basmati

3. ‘Square’ is the appearance of flower bud in
a. Cotton
b. Okra
c. papaya
d. Custard apple
e. Pine apple

4. The ratio of crop yield to the amount of water depleted by the crop in the process of evapo transpiration is
a. Consumptive Use of water
b. Water Use efficiency
c. Irrigation efficiency
d. all of these
e. None of these

5. Number of agroclimatic zones in India
a. 10
b. 12
c.15
d. 20
e. 11

6. Term ‘Vernalisation’ given by
1. Arnon and Stout
2. Lysenco
3.Stephen Hales
4. Mendel
5. None of these




7. Tax to GDP ratio in India in year 2007-08 is
a. 12
b.19
c.28
d.38
e.49

8. Which one of the following minerals is least weatherable in soil?
a. Olivine
b. Quartz
c.Calcite
d. biotite
e. Lime

9. Peat soils are generally
Black, heavy & acidic
Black, light & basic
Red Light & acidic
Black, heavy & neutral
Red, Heavy and neutral

10. The state Leading in groundnut production is
Gujrat
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
Maharastra
Punjab

11. Tran genetic Plains are found in
Punjab Haryana and shiwalik region
MP and some parts of Rajasthan
Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and hilly areas of U.P.
Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh
E. None of these

12. The word Pulse is derived from
Latin
Greek
French
German
Hindi

13. Nucleic acid Phytin Contains element
P
Ca
Mg
Na
K

14. NABARD was started in the year
1968
1974
1978
1982
1989

15.white Grub is the pest of
a. groundnut
b. Sugarcane
c. Rice
d. Mustard
e.wheat

16. which one of the following is the mercurial chemical
a.thiram
b. oxanthins
c. carboxins
d.chloranil
e. all are non mercurials.

17. Phyllody of seasamum is
a. Bacterial disease
b. Fungal disease
c. Mycoplasma disease
d. deficiency disease
e.Nematode disease

18. Mosaic streak of wheat is a
a. Bacterial disease
b. Fungal disease
c. Mycoplasma disease
d. Viral disease
e. Nematode disease

19. Greening disease of citrus is
a. Bacterial disease
b. Fungal disease
c. Mycoplasma disease
d. Viral disease
e. Nematode disease


20.Cnaphalocrosis medindis is also known as
a. White Leaf hopper
b. Paddy Leaf hopper
c. Rice Gall midge
d. Rice Gundhi Bug
e. Rice Army worm

Answers
1. c 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. e
6. 2 7.a 8. b 9.a 10.c
11.a 12.c 13.a 14.d 15.a
16.e 17.c 18.d 19.a 20. b

The World Bank has barred India's Satyam Computer from doing business with it for eight years on the charges of data theft.

Bhaichung Bhutia was chosen the All India Football Federation's Player of the Year.

Bimal Jalan wrote the book"Future of India".

The revolutionary novel"Bandhi jeevan" was written by Sachindra sanyal.

‘Naked In The Wind’ by Brinda Charry has won the Critics Choice Award at the inaugural Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Awards. ‘If God Was A Banker’ by Ravi Subramanian won the Readers Choice Award.

The OPEC oil cartel agreed to a record output cut of two million barrels a day, the Saudi Arabian oil minister said while non-member producers also ready to slash 600,000 barrels. This is done to check the prices of oil that are at very low levels.

GDP is a measure of the total economic activity in a country. This includes the income of foreign firms in the country, income that may be remitted to the firm’s own country.

GNI is the total income earned by the citizens of a country, regardless of where that money was made.

NNI is simply GNI adjusted for depreciation of the capital resources of a country through wear and tear and damage.

Thus: NNI = GNI – depreciation.

some points for Agriculture officer exam

Export variety of Mango- Alphanso

Seedless variety of Grape- Thompson

Pusa Nanha is a dwarf variety of Papaya

Thornless variety of Rose - Chitra

World's First high yield dwarf export quality aromatic rice- Pusa Basmati 1

First rice dwarf variety introduced in India- IR 8.

First hybrid in the World- ICPH-8(Pigeon Pea)

Wonder cane with recovery approximately 10%- CoC671

Ammendment for acidic soil is Lime.

Ammendment used for Saline soil is Gypsum.

Human Right Day is celebrated on !0th of December.

North Korea has been removed by the USA from its terrorist blacklist recently.

New Governor of Bihar is R L Bhatia.

India have pulled out of their planned cricket tour of Pakistan in the wake of November's terror attacks in Mumbai.
Morgan Stanley loses $2.37 billion in Q4.Morgan Stanley shares fell 7.6 percent in premarket trade.
3G spectrum to be introduced in 29 cities of AP: BSNL
The Government plans to introduce a biometric passport system by 2010, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee has informed the Upper House of the Parliament.
"We have decided to introduce biometric passport system. We intend to complete the entire process by 2010," he responded during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha. This would help check human trafficking he added.

Annual average rainfall of India is 120 cm.
Global mean rainfall is 99 cm.
New Scheme “Yashoda” launched:
With the inspiration of Yashoda in Mahabharata who cared and brought up lord Krishna, the Central Government with the help of Norway (Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI)) has launched “Yashoda Scheme” at Sambalpur for the first time in country. NIPI would contribute Rs.1.5 core for Orissa for implementation of the scheme. The Scheme was launched in the country after the success of 'Janani Surakshya Yojana with an objective to bring a change in the post natal care. NIPI Director and former union Health Secretary P K Hota informed about the scheme. Under the schemes the ''Yoshodas'' would be recruited to look after the ''Bal Krishnas'' on a monthly honorium of Rs 3000. Yashodas'' would stay in hospitals for 48 hours and take care of the new born children. The 'Yashodas' would also look after the mothers of the new born children. Jharsuguda and Angul will be covered under the scheme very shortly.