Short forms and acronyms - 2014 exams oriented

Important current affairs and short forms, definitely  helpful for bank exams

International Atomic energy agency - IAEA

Indian Council of Agricultural Research - ICAR.

North East Local Services Improvement Project - NELSIP.

Centre for Earth Science Studies.- CESS.

National Institute of Plant Health Management - NIPHM.

United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea.- ITIOS.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs - CCEA

Socio-Economic Caste Census.- SECC.

National Rural livelihoods Project - NRLP

National Rural Livelihoods Mission.- NRLM

National Health mission - NHM

List of More short forms for bank and psc exams in 2014

National Rural Health Mission - NRHM

National Urban Health Mission - NUHM

Inter Continental Baliiistic Missile ICBM.

Internet and Mobile Association of india - IAMAI

Indian Space Research Organisation - ISRO.

Armed Forces Special Powers Act - AFSPA

Gross Enrolment Ratio - GER

Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee - PPPAC

National Human Rights Commission - NHRC


More short forms, from news Updated on 2014 Feb

Coastal Regulation Zone - CRZ

Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act - COFEPOSA

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. MGNREGS

Union Ministry of Earth Sciences- MoES.

Indian Leather Development Programme. - ILDP

All India Bank Officers Conference. - AIBOC

National Assessment and Accreditation Council. - NAAC

Satellite Based Augmentation System. - SBAS

GPS- Aided Geo Augmented Navigation. - GAGAN

Pradan Mantri Swastya Suraksha Yojana. - PMSSY

Inter Governmental Authority on Development. - IGAD

Geosynchronous satellite Vehicle. - GSLV

Environmental Education and Training Unit - EETU

United Nations Environment Programme. - UNEP

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. - PSLV

New Exploration Licensing Policy. - NELP

Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. - FICCI

National Investigation Agency. - NIA

Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria. - RRIN

Liquified Natural Gas. - LNG

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current affairs for 2016 exams , person's in important positions

Important persons from news for competitive exams in 2014 
 

Union minister for Road Transport and Highways - Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Union Minister of state for Home affairs - Rajnath Singh.

Air Chief Marshal of India - Arup Raha 

Union Minister of  Communication, Information & Technology  - Ravi Shankar Prasad

Here You can find more expected Questions relating person's in power

Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission - Motek Singh Ahluwalia.

Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council(PMEAC) of Prime Minister - C.Rangarajan.




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Do you know Who become the first women umpire in ICC Panel ?

Short forms for competitive exams like psc and postal exams

Acronyms and Short form's that are recently in news

National Forum for People's Rights- NFPR

National Technical Advisory group on Immunisation - NTAGI

National Institute of Nutrition - NIN

Cashew Export Promotion Council of India - CEPCI.

Atomic Energy Regulatory Board - AERB

National Thermal Power Corporation - NTPC

Mainline Electric Multiple Unit - MEMU

International Civil Aviation Organization - ICAO

Foreignar Regional Registration Office - FRRO

Chairman of Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) - Madav Gadgil.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender - LGBT Community.

China's first moon 'Jade Rabbit' touches the lunar surface - Sunday 15th December 2013.

United Nations International Year of Water Corporation (UNIYWC) - 2013

All India Muslim Personel Law Board - AIMPLB

National Green Tribunal - NGT

Lawyers Environment Awareness Forum - LEAF

National Rural Health Mission - NRHM

Joint Water Regulatory Board - JWRB

Indian Institute of Mass Communication - IIMC

National Urban Health Mission - NUHM

Telecom Regulatory Authority of india - TRAI

All India Democratic Women's Association - AIDWA

Indian Sugar Mills Association.- ISMA

Collection of short forms from recent news, definitely  helpful for UPSC , PSC, Railway and BANK Exams .


 Current affairs tail end

 Newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner ? Sushma Singh

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Current affairs November 2013

 Current affairs November 

2013 Indira gandhi Prize winner?  
Answer:  M S Swaminathan

Which indian state host  2013 World Chess Championship ?
Answer: Tamil nadu (chennai)


Malayalam Literary award ezhuthachan puraskar 2013 winner ?
Answer: M K Sanu.

What is the full form for "FMC" that was recently in news?
Answer : Forward Markets Commission.

Who is the present Chief Secretary of the State?
Answer : Kaushik Mukherjee


Which nation host 2018 men's hockey World Cups ?
Answer: India

Which nation host 2018 women's hockey World Cups ?
Answer: England

Typhoon Haiyan was hit in which country?
Answer : Philippines

 Venue for 2013 Commonwealth summit (CHOGM 2013 ) ?
answer: Sri Lanka

Miss Universe 2013 Winner ?
Gabriela Isler(Venezuela)

who won bharat ratna 2013?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar and C N R Rao

Note: CNR RAO is the man behind India's mars mission

Newly appointed Maldives, President?

answer: Abdulla Yameen

Newly appointed Chairman of PFRDA ( Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority)
answer : Anup Wadhawan 

mamoni raisom goswami prize 2013 winner? 
Answer : Mahasveta Devi 

Newly elected Latvia, Prime minister ?

Answer :  Valdis Dombrovskis

Important Questions about National anthem in gk exams

Some of the important National Anthems and it's importance  for  Gk Exams

Jana Gana Mana                              =>  India
The Star-Spangled Banner               =>  America
God Save the Queen                        =>  Britain
Qaumi Taranah                                =>  Pakistan
March of the Volunteers                   =>  China
Indonesia Raya                                =>   Indonesia
Amar Sonar Bangla                         =>   Bangladesh
Kimigayo                                        =>   Japan
Kassaman                                       =>   Algeria
Druk tsendhen                                =>    Bhutan
Kaba Ma Kyei                               =>    Myanmar
Mawtini                                          =>    Iraq
Al-Nasheed Al-Watani                   =>    Kuwait

More info About National anthems

1. Which is the Oldest National anthem ?
Answer: Dutch National Anthem "The Wilhelmus"

2. Which  is the longest national anthem in terms of duration?
Answer: National Anthem of Uruguay

3.Brazil national anthem composer : Francisco Manuel da Silva



Here list only frequently asking questions related to national anthem . You can find the whole list of national anthem from wikipedia

 Do you Know  Whose samadhi sthal is known as Buddha Poornima Park ?

Current affairs October - 2013

Daily current affairs bits for all job seekers . Current Affairs related to India , world and sports

1. Winner of 2013 Shanghai Masters title ?

Answer: Novak djokovic

2.Name the cyclone which was hit to Indian states Odisha and Andhra pradesh ?

Answer: Phailin

3.Typhoon Nari was hit over which country ?

Answer: Philippines

4. 2013 Nobel prize for economics winner?

Answer: Robert Shiller, Eugene Fama, and Lars Peter Hansen

Other Nobel prize winners List

5. Name the UIDAI chairman who was recently in news?

Answer:  Nandan Nilekani

6. What is the full form for " NDMA" ?
Answer :  National Disaster Management Agency

7. Newly appointed India's hockey coach ? Answer: Terry Walsh

8. Man Booker prize 2013 winner? Answer : Eleanor Catton

9. What is the nationality of  Eleanor Catton? answer : New Zealand

10. who is the youngest man booker prize winner?
Answer : Eleanor Catton



Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ?
Answer: Jeet Thayil (Narcopolis)

Recently elected sbi first women chairperson? 
answer:  arundhati bhattacharya


Which country was hit by Hurricane Raymond?
Answer:  Mexico 
 
what is name for India's Mars mission?
Answer : Mangalyaan

general knowledge and current affairs questions and answers [updated]

Some of the current affairs and gk Questions shared by Online GK users

1.Newly elected  international Olympic committee  president?
 Answer: Thomas bach

2.Present CAG of India is?
Answer: Sashikanth Sharma

3.who  wrote the book "what young india want" ?
Answer: Chetan Bhagat

4.Present chief election commissioner ?
Answer: v s sampath

5.Next Olympic games will be held at ?
Answer: brazil

6.World Autism Awareness Day ?
Answer: April 2

7.largest fresh water or largest lake in India?
Answer: Wular Lake (kashmir)

*8. 2013  dronacharya award winners 

a. Mahavir Singh -Boxing
b.  Narinder Singh Saini -Hockey
c. K P Thomas -Athletics
d. Raj Singh -Wrestling



* latest updates

Current affairs latest gk questions 2013

Latest Current affairs questions 2013

Important current affairs gk questions and General awareness questions for all competitive exams

More Current affairs aug 2013  updates




Find the 2014 Grand slam winners from here

1. Who is the winner of  Australian Open 2013 Women's title ?
Answer: Victoria Azarenka


2. Who is the winner of  Australian Open 2013 men's title ?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

Did you know who are the winners of Australian Open 2012 ?

3. Who is the chief guest of 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ?
Answer: Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritius (Held in Kochi)


4. Who is the chief guest of republic day 2013 ?
Answer: Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan


5. Who is first female President of South Korea ?
Answer: Park Guen-hye


6. Who is the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka ?
Answer: Shirani Bandaranayake (recently impeached)


7. Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ?
Answer: Jeet Thayil (book - Narcopolis)


8. Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel in India?
Answer: Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel)

9. Where did the World Economic Forum annual meeting held ?
Answer: Davos, Switzerland


10. Who has been conferred won Keerthi Chakra (the second highest among peace time gallantry awards of the country) ?
Answer: Major Anoop Joseph


11. Which Indian scientist conferred with China's top science award ?
Answer: CNR Rao


12. Who is the winner of Ranji Trophy 2012-2013 ?
Answer: Mumbai


13. Which country recently test fired  Hatf-9 (Nasr) missile  ?
Answer: Pakistan 


14. Who is the new Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi  ?
 Answer: Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty


15. Who is the new  President of Sahitya Akademi ?
Answer: Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari


16. Who is appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations ?
Answer: Asoke Kumar Mukerji


17. Who is the worlds oldest Marathon runner ?
Answer: Fauja Singh



OSCAR Winners 2013 (85th Academy Awards Winners)

17. Which film won this year's Best Picture Oscar ?
Answer: Argo


18. Which actor won this year's Best Actor (in a Leading Role) Oscar ?
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)


19. Which actress won this year's Best Actress (in a Leading Role) Oscar ?

Answer: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)


20. Who won this year's Best Director Oscar ?
Answer: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)


21. Who is the first person to win Best Actor Oscar thrice ?
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis

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22. What is the theme of 2013 International Women’s Day (march 8) ?
Answer: A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women


23. New Governor of Nagaland ?
Answer: Ashwani Kumar


24. New Governor of Kerala ?
Answer: Nikhil Kumar


25. New Governor of Odisha ?
Answer: S C Jamir


26. Who is the new President of Kenya ?
Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta


27. Who is the new PM ( Premier of the People's Republic of China) of China ?
Answer: Li Keqiang


28. Who is the new Pope?
Answer: Pope Francis


29. What is the name of India's first regional navigational satellite ?
Answer: IRNSS-1


30. Who scored fastest hundred on debut in test cricket ?
Answer: Shikhar Dhawan


31. Where is India's first all women post office inaugurated on women's day ?
Answer: Delhi


32. What is the theme of 2013 world water day (march 22) ?
Answer: Water Cooperation


33. Which year is declared by UN as International Year of Water Cooperation ?
Answer: 2013


34. Who is the winner of 2013 miss India ?

answer: Navneet Kaur Dhillon

35. who is the winner of 2013 Saraswati Samman ?
Answer: Sugathakumari (Manalezhuthu)


36. Who is recently reelected as IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Director general ?
Answer: Yukiya Amano


37. Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal ?
Answer: Khil Raj Regmi


38. Who is the first female Prime minister of UK who recently passed away ?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher


39. Who is the new pm of North Korea ?
Answer: Pak Pong-ju


40. Who is the new venezuela president ?
Answer: Nicolas Maduro


41. Who is the new president of Bangladesh ?
Answer: Abdul Hamid


42. What is the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22) ?
Answer: The face of climate change


43. Who is the new Governor of  Jammu and Kashmir ?
answer: Narinder Nath Vohra


44. Who is the new president of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ?
Answer: Takehiko Nakao


45. Who is the new prime minister of Italy ?
Answer: Enrico Letta


46.  Who is the first woman speaker of Bangladesh ?
Answer: Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury


47.  Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India ?
Answer: Shashi Kant Sharma


48. Who is the first Indian amputee to scale Everest ?
Answer: Arunima Sinha


49. Who is the first Pakistani women to scale the Everest ?
Answer: Samina Baig


50. Who is the first US women in space ?
Answer: Sally Ride (Recently she won highest civilian honour of USA, Presidential medal of Freedom)


51. What is the theme of 2013 International Biological diversity Day (May 22) ?
Answer: Water and Biodiversity 


52. Who is the winner of 2013 Man Booker International Prize ?
Answer: Lydia Davis


53. What is the theme of 2013 World No- Tobacco Day ( May 31 ) ?
Answer: Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship


54. Who is the new Director General of DRDO ?
Answer: Avinash Chander


55. Who is the new prime minister of Pakistan ?
Answer: Nawaz Sharif


56. Who were the first twins to scale mount Everest ?
Answer: Tashi and Nancy Malik


57. What is the theme of 2013 World Environment Day (June 5) ?
Answer: Think, Eat, Save


58. Who won the 2013 Templeton Prize ?
Answer: Desmond Tutu


59. Who is the longest serving defence minister in India ?
Answer:  A.K Antony


60. Who is the winner of 2013 French open women's title ?
Answer: Serena Williams


61. Who is the winner of 2013 French open men's title ?
Answer: Rafael Nadal

Wanted to know more gk questions about Tennis visit http://importantquestionsabout.blogspot.in/2012/09/generalknowledgequestions-sports.html



62. Who is the new prime minister of Australia ?
Answer: Kevin Rudd


63. Who is  the present chief justice of India ?
answer:  P Sathasivam


64. Which is the first smoke free state of India ?
 Answer: Himachal Pradesh


65. Which is India's first navigational satellite ?
Answer: IRNSS-1A


 * 66. Who is the present foreign secretary of India ?
 answer: Sujata Singh
  

* 67. Who won 2013 Wimbledon Men's Title ?
Answer: Andy Murray


 * 68. Who won 2013 Wimbledon Women's Title ?
Answer:  Marion Bartoli


* 69. what is the theme of 2013 World population day (July 11)?
Answer: Adolescent pregnancy with an aspiration of safe childbirth and that each pregnancy is wanted


*70. Who is the Recently elected Miss world 2013 ?

Answer: Megan Young (Miss Philippines)

*71. Who will represent India in Miss Universe 2013?
answer : Mansi Moghe(Miss Diva 2013)

 2013  Nobel prize 

* 72) Winner of 2013  Nobel prize in physics ?

Answer: François Englert and Peter W. Higgs

*73) winner of 2013 chemistry Nobel prize ?
Answer: Martin Karplus , Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel

*74) 2013 Nobel Prize for  Literature  Winner
Answer: Alice Munro

 *75) 2013  Nobel Peace Prize winner
Answer:  Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

*76)winner of  2013 Nobel prize for Medicine ?
Answer: James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Sudhof

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *77) Cyclone Phailin is expected to hit which indian state ?

Answer: Odisha

*78) Current ADB President ?
Answer:Takehiko Nakao

* newly updated

For more general awareness and current affairs questions visit current affairs questions Quiz part 2


Did you know which is the coldest planet in our solar system ?

Current affairs are added as Comment to save time and effort , see those too.

2013 us open winners and grandslam records for psc , bank and rrb exams

Us open results 2013 for exams.

2013 us open men's doubles  winners?
Answer : Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek 

What is the nationality of Radek Stepanek ?
Answer : check republic

2013 Us open women's doubles winner?
Answer: Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka

2013 us open mixed double winners?
Answer : Andrea Hlavackova and Max Mirnyi

Us open 2013 men's winner?
Answer : R.Nadal

Us open 2013 women's winner?
Answer : Serena Williams


do you know some of the grand slam records are named after these winners?
Expect questions from those grandslam records.
We will shortly add these grand slam records.

general knowledge questions for kerala psc - ldc exams

1. Who is the author of the casual vacancy?
Answer : J. K. Rowling

2. which is fastest growing tree in the world?
answer : Bamboo

3. Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought  is given by which international association?
answer : European union

4. Muslim Brotherhood  is active political party in which country?
Answer : Egypt

what is the full form for  UIDAI?
Answer : Unique Identification Authority Of India


More updates are coming shortly. 

banking and marketing terms for ibps and bank po exams [updated]

Banking , Marketing and financial terms for all competitive exams

Above the line - Commission paid advertisement

Below the line -No commissions paid for advertisement

CAR- Capital Adequacy  Ratio

CAB- Cotton Advisory board

DIPP- Department of industrial Policy and Promotion

ECB - External Commercial borrowings

EOI- Expression of Interest

ETF- Exchange Trade Fund


EPF- Employees Provident Fund

FCCB -Foreign currency convertible Bond

FCNR A/C -   Foreign Currency Non Residential Account

FOSS- Free and open source software

FIPB- Foreign Investment Promotion Board

GPF - General Pension Fund 








HPL- Haldia Petro chemical LTD

IPR- Intellectual Property right

IDRS- Indian depository Receipts .

IFJ- International federation of journalists.

MEA- Ministry of External Affairs

NASSO- National sample survey Organization

NCM- National committee on minorities

NCD - Non convertible Debentures

NPA- Non Performing asset

NRE Accounts - Non-Resident External Account

NIM-Net Interest Margin

MPLAD - Member of parliament Legislative Area Development .

PMEAC- Prime Ministers Economic Advisory comity

PPP -Purchasing Power Parity

PPF - Public Provident Fund

QIP- Qualified institution Placements

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

SBU -Strategic Business Unit  

SBU is a Unit of the company having different mission

SDR - Special Drawing Rights

SHG- Self Help Group

Strapline- Slogan of a Company Brand

S&P- Standard and Poors credit rating Agency


UJwala- A scheme from Central govt. for Women rescued from trafficking.

WPI- Wholesale Prize Index


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General awareness for banking and upsc exams

GK Questions for Bank and upsc Exams

1. What is the full form of FIMI ?

Ans:- Federation of Indian mineral industries .

2. What is the full form of EEZ ?

Answer: - Exclusive Economic zone 

3.Where is "Preah Vihear Temple"  situated ?
Answer:- Preah Vihear Temple is situated at  Thailand - Cambodian boarder .

4. Agenda21 is related to _____________?

Answer: - Earth Summit ( Rio Summit on 14 June 1992)

5. What is the full form of WPI ?

Answer: Whole Sale Price Index

6. Members of Shanghai cooperation organization are?

Answer: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

7. Who is the author of the book "Room of many colors"  recently published ?

Answer:- Ruskin Bond


8. International Day of Disappeared ?

Answer:- August 30 

           June 8 is celebrated as world ocean day 

           FIDE was founded in Paris, France on July 20, 1924


9. What is the full form for NEFT ?

Answer: National Electronic Fund Transfer
[ibps PO Exam 2011]

10. Different types of bank accounts ?

Answer:

Fixed or terms deposit
Savings deposit
Current deposit or current a/c
Recurring deposit

[ibps PO Exam 2011] 

gk bits for psc and upsc exams

Expected Gk questions for psc exams. 


1. who was the founder of vishwabharti
answer: tagore

2. First lady IAS ?
answer: anna rajam

3. new name of big ben tower in london?
Answer: elizabeth tower

4. zero mile center of india?
Answer: Nagpur (charminar)

5.Which is the  oldest stock exchange of the world?
Answer : The Stock Exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands

6.who is the author of white tiger?
Answer: aravind adiga

7.UNSECO head office ?
Answer : Paris , france

*In which year GST was first introduced in India?
Answer: 2017 July 1

* = recently updated

Computer Questions for competitive exams

Number of computer related questions are increasing rapidly. Here we are providing some Computer Gk and frequently asked keyboard shortcuts

1. name the fastest super computer in india ?

Ans: Saga220

2. saga 220 is developed by ______?

Ans: vikram sarabhai space centre

3. First super computer from India ?

Ans: PARAM 8000

4. Lisp is a programing language related to _________?

Ans: Artificial intelligence

5. Father of Artificial intelligence who was died on 2011 ?

Ans: John McCarthy

6. What is the nationality of  linus torvalds ?

Ans: Finland

7. Name the first supercomputer  ?

Ans: Cray-1

8. India's first Super computer ?

Ans: Param

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Current affairs questions online 2013

Current affairs Gk Questions from Online GK


Retrieving gk questions from online gk box is very difficult, so we are posting some selected important gk questions from the Gk box. These gk questions are shared by our Online visitors.

Current affairs aug 2013  updates

A. Who is the new foreign secretary of India ?

         Answer: Sujatha singh from 1st aug 2013

B. Newly appointed cj for delhi high court?
Justice Ramana

c. new chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)?
answer: dinesh k sharraf.

1. Who became the first player to win four successive ballon d'or awards ?
Answer: Lionel Messi


2. Who is the pm of Egypt ?
answer: *******

3. Who wrote the book What Young India Wants ?
Answer: Chetan Bhagat


4. Who is the United States Secretary of State ?
Answer: John Kerry


5. Who is appointed as Chinese ambassador to India ?
answer:  Wei Wei 


6. Who is the prime minister of Bangladesh ?
Answer: Sheikh Hasina


7.  Who is the miss earth 2012 ?
Answer: Tereza Fajksová


8. 2013 BRICS summit will be held at which place ?
Answer: Durban (South Africa)


9. Who is the present president of North korea ?
Answer: Kim Il-sung


10. What is the code name given to secret operation carried out by the special cell to unearth the IPL spot fixing racket ?
Answer: Operation U-Turn


11. What is the code name given to Ajmal Kasab's execution ?
Answer: Operation X


12. Who is the first  foreign national to hanged in India ?
Answer: Ajmal Kasab


13. What is the code name given to Afzal Guru's execution?
Answer: Operation Three Star


* 14. Who won 2013 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award ?
answer: Amjad Ali Khan


* 15. Who won 2013 Lokmanya Tilak award ?
Answer: E Sreedharan

Who is known as Metro Man of India ?
ans: E Sreedharan


* 16. Who is the new foreign secretary of India ?
Answer: Sujatha Singh


* 17. Which country gave one year asylum to Edward Snowden, American intelligence leaker ?
  answer: Russia


* 18. Who is the new president of Iran ?
answer: Hassan Rouhani

For more 2013 current affairs quiz questions visit http://importantquestionsabout.blogspot.in/2013/01/current-affairs-latest-gk-questions-2013.html


Did you know which day is declared as Malala Day by UN ?

General knowledge

General knowledge questions for competitive exams and quiz


1. Which countries are separated by 38th parallel ?
Answer:  North Korea and South Korea


2. What is the maximum length of a day in pole ?
Answer: 6 month


3. What is the name of corridor, connects north-eastern states to the rest of India which is known as Chicken's Neck ?
Answer: Siliguri Corridor


4. Who is the creator of painting Boy with a pipe ?
Answer:  Pablo Picasso


5. Who presented the first budget in India (1860) ?
Answer: James Wilson


6. Which is the first country to get a loan from world bank ?
answer: France


* 7. The top secret 'Operation Lal Dora' which is recently in news is related to which incident ?
Answer: Landing of Indian troops in Mauritius


* 8. What is the name of border line that separates USA and Canada ?
answer: 49th parallel


* 9. Which is the largest soil group in India ?
Answer: Alluvial soil


* 10. Cartography is the study of ?
answer: Map


*11. Who developed the system of latitude and longitude ?
Answer: Eratosthenes


* 12. Which river crosses the equator twice in its flow ?
answer: Congo River

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Expected gk questions: IBPS, RRB, PSC

Expected General Knowledge questions for all competitive exams (IBPS, RRB, Postal Assistant,PSC etc)

Current affairs Gk questions

Make sure you knew at least two recent year and venue of the events.


1. 2012 Olympics is held at ?
Answer: London


2. Venue of 2016 Olympics (The next Olympics will be held at) ?
Answer:  Riode Genero (Brazil)


3. Venue of 2014 Winter Olympics ?
Answer: Sochi (Russia)


4.  2012 Summer Paralympics is held at ?
Answer: London


5. Venue of 2016 Summer Paralympics ?
Answer: Rio de Genero (Brazil)


6.  Venue of 2014 Winter Paralympics ?
Answer: Sochi (Russia)


7. 2010 World Cup Football was held at ?
Answer: South Africa


8. Where is the venue of 2014 World Cup Football ?
Answer:  Brazil
Brand ambassador of the 2014 FIFA World Cup ?
Answer: Pele


9. Where is the venue of 2018 FIFA World Cup ?
Answer:  Russia


10. Where is the venue of 2022 World Cup Football ?
Answer:  Qatar


11. 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at ?
Answer:  Delhi


12. 2014 Commonwealth Games will be held at ?
Answer: Glasgow (Scotland)


13. Where is the Venue of 2018 Commonwealth Games ?
Answer: Gold Coast (Australia)


14. 2012 Euro Cup Football was held at ?Answer: Poland and Ukraine


15. Where is the Venue of 2016 Euro Cup Football ?
Answer: France


16.  Where is the Venue of 2015 World Cup Cricket ?
Answer: Australia and New Zealand


17. Which country host the 2019 World Cup Cricket ?
Answer: England


18. Which country host the 2014 T-20 World Cup Cricket ?
Answer: Bangladesh


19. Which country host the 2016 T-20 World Cup Cricket ?
Answer: India


20. Where is the Venue of 2013 Asian Games ?
Answer: Inchean (South Korea)


* 21. Where is the venue of 2013 world athletic championship ?
answer: Moscow (Russia)


* 22.  Which country host the 2023 World Cup Cricket ?
Answer: India

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General knowledge quiz questions

Indus Valley Civilization : General knowledge questions


Previously asked general knowledge questions about Indus Valley Civilization


1. Who discovered the Indus site, Harappa ?
Answer: Dayaram Sahni


2. Who discovered the Indus site, Ropar ?
answer:  Y.D. Sharma


3. Who discovered the Indus site, Mohenjodaro ?
 Answer:  R. D. Banerji


4. Who discovered the Indus site, Lothal ?
answer: S.R.Rao


5. Who discovered the Indus site, Lothal ?
 Answer: Braj Basi Lal




6. What is the meaning of word Mohenjodaro ?
answer: Mound of the Dead




7. In which Indus site, Great bath located ?
Answer: Mohenjodaro


8.  In which Indus site, Great granary located ?
answer: Harappa


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General knowledge bits : Confusing gk Questions

Confusing Facts part 3


Some gk questions which confuses me, don't get yourself confused...


1. Who is the First president of Chinese republic ?
answer: Sun Yat-Sen

2. Who is the First Chairman of Chinese republic ?
answer: Mao Tse-tung


3. Which country has the oldest National Flag ?
Answer: Denmark

4. which country has the oldest national anthem ?
Answer: Japan



5. Where is National Defense College situated ?
answer: New Delhi

6. Where is National Defense Academy (NDA) situated ?
answer: Khadakwasla (Pune)

7. Where is Indian Military Academy situated ?
answer: Dehradun



8. Who is the First American president who won the Nobel Prize ?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

9. Who is the First Russian president who won the Nobel Prize ?
Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev



10. Which is the largest lake in the world ?
answer: Caspian Sea

11. Which is the Largest Fresh Water Lake in the world ?
answer: Lake Superior



12. Which place is known as land of rising sun ?
Answer: Japan

13. Which place is known as land of setting sun ?
Answer: still confused, did you know the answer ?

14. Which place is known as land of midnight sun ?
Answer: Norway



15. Heart and soul of the constitution ?
answer: Article 32

16. Necessary evil in the Constitution ?
answer: Article 22



17. Who discovered the Harappan site Lothal ?
Answer: S.R.Rao

18. Who discovered the Harappan site Kalibangan ?
Answer:  A. Ghosh



* 19. Who translated Arthashastra in to English ?
Answer: R. Shamasastry

* 20. Who translated Bhagavad Gita in to English ?
Answer: Charles Wilkins

* 21. Who translated Manusmṛti in to English ?
Answer: William Jones

* 22. Who translated Gita Govinda in to English ?
Answer: William Jones

* 23. Who translated Abhinjana Shakunthalam in to English ?
Answer: William Jones



* 24. Which is the most abundant metal present in earth's surface ?
Answer: Aluminum

* 25. Which is the most abundant metal present in earth ?
 Answer: Iron
 


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Did you know Which place is known as "City of seven Islands" ?

Physics General knowledge questions

Physics Simple gk questions

gk aspirants always has a tendency to follow hard gk questions.. , those who even know the name of  Obama's dog (Bo), makes  mistakes on very simple gk questions.. so please don't spit on simple gk questions.... we need every type of questions to get better ranking in competitive exams.


1. Rate of change of distance is called as ?
Answer: Speed


2. Rate of change of displacement is called as ?
Answer: Velocity


3. Negative acceleration is called as ?
Answer: Retardation (deceleration)


4. What is the acceleration of a body moving with constant velocity ?
Answer: Zero


5. Which is the weakest force in the universe ?
Answer: Gravitational Force


6. Which is the strongest force in the universe ?
Answer: Nuclear Force


7. What is the CGS unit of force ?
Answer: Dyne


8. Who discovered the law of inertia ?
Answer: Galileo Galilei


* 9. A body given with an initial velocity moved under the effect of gravity is called ?
Answer: Projectile


* 10. Rate of change of momentum is _____ ?
 Answer: Force


* 11. A large force acting on a short time is called ?
Answer: Impulse


* 12. The ability of a liquid to rise by defying gravity is called ?
Answer: Capillarity


* 13. Which is the liquid that shows Capillary fall ?
Answer: Mercury

* 14. A projectile launched at ______ degree angle has the greatest range ?
answer: 45

* Newly updated

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UPSC important Computer Questions

Important computer Abbreviations (computer short forms)

LAN = Local Area Network

WAN = Wide Area Network

MAN = Metropolitan Area Network

VAN = Value Add Network

URL = Uniform Resource Locator

MS-DOS = Micro Soft Disk Operating System

OCR = Optical Character Recognition

UUCP = Unix to Unix Copy

IBM = International Business Machine

DBMS = Data Base Management System

ROM = Read Only Memory

RAM = Random-access memory

BASIC = Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

VIRUS = Vital Information Resources Under Siege

* HTTPS = Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

* SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

* DSL = Digital Subscriber Line

* ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange

* COBOL = Common Business Oriented Language

* DNS = Domain Name System

* newly updated

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Company Corporation gk questions solved

Answers of today's (08/06/2013) company corporation exam


Gk section answer key of company corporation exam
some of the questions which we discussed earlier are linked to the respective pages


1. Decibel is a unit of ?
Answer: Sound


2. Which of the following is used as rear view mirrors in vehicles ?
Answer: Convex mirror


3. Which of the following is not an ore of iron ?

a) Iron pyrites  b) Magnetite  c) Hematite  d) Magnesite
Answer: d) Magnesite


4. Which one of the following is known as the 'king of metal' ?

a) Iron  b) Gold  c) Platinum  d) Cobalt
Answer:


5. Which is the alkaloid that contains in cola drinks ?
Answer: Caffeine


6. Which alloy is used for the production of the body of aeroplanes ?
Answer: Duralumine


7. The compounds which are used to give colour to glasses and oil paintings ?
Answer: Transition metals


8. Name the person who invented lightning conductor ?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin


9. What is the voltage at which house hold AC (Alternating Current) equipments work ?
a) 220 v   b) 230 v    c) 400v   d) 110v

Answer: 230 v


10. Which of the following is a device that employs the principle of Mutual Induction ?

 a) Electric motor    b) Microphone   c) Transformer    d) Electronic choke
Answer: Transformer


11. Dengue fever is caused by ?
Answer: IGM Dengue Virus


12.  The work of famous poet 'AKKITHAM' which got VAYALAR award in 2012 ?
Answer: Anthimahakalam


13. Which is the highest national Environment award ?
Answer: Vriksha Mithra award


14. Who is the second Indian who is appointed as head of ICC Cricket Committee ?
Answer: Anil Kumble  (First > Sunil Gasvaskar)


15. Who got Nobel Prize for literature in 2012 ?
Answer: Mo yan


16. The programme launched by Kerala state Government to protect women and children from sexual abuse and sexual harassment ?
Answer: Nirbhaya


17. The present chief Justice of India ?
Answer:  P. Sathasivam


18. The new name of Big Ben Tower ?
answer: Elizabeth Tower


19. The 14th Vice President of India ?
answer: Hameed Ansari


20. Which was the statistical model used for India's second five year plan for attaining economic development?
answer: Mahalanobis Model


21. The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established on ?
answer: 1992 April 12


22. Who was the first women Director General of Police in India?
answer:  Kanchan Chauduri


23. No child below the age of 14 can employed as per the Indian Constitution ?
answer:  Article 24


24. Who wrote the book 'Development as Freedom' ?
answer: Amartya Sen


25. The sex-ratio of Kerala (Females per 1000 Males) according to the Census of 2011 ?
answer: 1084


26. Untouchability is abolished under ?
Answer:  Article 17


27. Article 21 A deals with?
answer:  Right to Education



Did you know what is the theme of 2013 World Environment Day ?

General knowledge bits

 General knowledge Quiz questions


1. Which US state has the nickname Mother of presidents ?
Answer: Virginia


2. Who is the first union minister of India to resign from office ?
Answer: R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

3. Who used the term "Robot" first ?
Answer: Karel Capek


4. How many members are nominated by President in Rajya Sabha ?
 Answer: 12


5. How many members are nominated by President in Lok Sabha ?
answer:  2


6. National sports day is observed on ?
Answer: August 29 


7. In which year was the first Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted ?
Answer: 1951


Did you know which acid present in Tea ?

General Knowledge

General Knowledge quiz questions

Just to update



1. Who discovered Nucleic Acid ?
answer: Friedrich Miescher


2. Who invented Bordeaux mixture ?
Answer:  Millardet


3. Chakiarkoothu is a dance form of which state ?
Answer: Kerala


4. Which place is known as pillars of Hercules ?
Answer: Gibraltar 


5. In which Indian library the manuscript of Rigveda is stored ?
answer: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 


Did you know what is the salary of supreme court chief justice ?

Gk quiz

Selected gk quiz questions



1. What is known as town gas ?
Answer: Coal gas


2. The coal containing highest percentage of carbon is ?
Answer: Anthracite


3. Who was the first woman commander of a space shuttle ?
answer: Eileen Collins


4. Who was the first CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) of India ?
 Answer: V Narhari Rao


5. Which is the acid present in Tea ?
Answer: Tannic acid


6. What is the pigment present in Muscles ?
Answer: Myoglobin


7. Who discovered law of electrolysis ?
Answer: Michael Faraday


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General knowledge questions Famous Personality

General knowledge questions about Indian Scientists


1. Who is known as the father of Yoga ?
answer: Patanjali


2. Which Indian is known as the father of plastic Surgery ?
Answer: Sushruta


3. Who is the father of Ayurveda ?
answer: Charaka


4. Who is known as the father of Indian Space program ?
Answer: Dr Vikram Sarabhai


5. Who is known as the father of Indian Missile Program  ?
Answer: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam


6. Who is known as father of Indian atomic bomb ?
answer: Raja Ramanna


7. Who invented Crescograph ?
Answer: Jagadish Chandra Bose


8. Who is known as the father of Indian Green Revolution ?
Answer:  M. S. Swaminathan


9. Which Indian Scientist is known as Thomas Alva Edison of India ?
Answer: G. D. Naid


10. Who is known as the father of white revolution ?
Answer: Verghese Kurien



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Did you know who discovered Natural Radio activity and Artificial Radioactivity ?

Gk questions Science

General knowledge questions Physics


Gk questions related to radio activity (Nuclear Physics)


1. Who is the Father of nuclear Physics ?
Answer: Ruther ford


2. Who discovered Natural radio activity ?
answer: Henri Becquerel


3. Who discovered Artificial radio activity ?
Answer: Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot Curie

4. What is the SI unit of radio activity ?
answer: Becquerel


5.  Who coined the term Radio Activity ?
Answer: Marie Curie 


Did you know who is credited with the discovery of electron ?

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Previously asked Gk questions

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Part (A) General Knowledge Questions

Current affairs Questions !!!!!!!!!


1. Who was named AIFF (All India Football federation) player of the year 2012 ?
Answer: Syed Rahim Nabi


2. How many gold medal were won by India at Copa Brasil - 2012 Tournament for wrestling ?
Answer: 9


3. The reserve Bank of India has asked banks to ensure withdrawal of Non-CTS 2010 standard cheques with CTS standard -2010 cheques by ?
Answer: error in answer


4. Recently consensus on GST have been arrived by center and states. What does GST mean ?
Answer: Goods and service Tax


5. Who was elected as vice president of Indian National Congress ?
Answer: Rahul Gandhi


6. The government of India has given ......... "language of the 8th schedule" the status of official language ?
Answer: 22


7. Who was world biggest exporter of rice in 2012 as per the latest report by food & Agriculture organization ?
Answer: India


8. The National development Council has approved recently the 12th five year paln and set an annual average growth target of ?
Answer: 8.2 %


9. India on Oct-4, 2012 successfully test fired nuclear capable Prithvi-2 ballistic missile from a test range at Balasore. This was a ?
Answer: Surface to Surface Missile


10. The refractive indices of Kerosene, Turpentine and water are 1.44. 1.47 and 1.33 respectively. Light will have maximum speed in ?
Answer: Water


11. Which of the following gases are given out during Photosynthesis ?
Answer: Oxygen


12. Who is credited with the discovery of Electron ?
Answer:  J.J Thompson


13. What is the Script of Ashoka's inscription ?
Answer: Brahmi


14. The first temporary president of Constituent Assembly?
Answer: Dr. Sachidanand Sinha


15. Which among the following was the major demand of Bardoli Styagraha (1928) organized under the leadership of sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ?
Answer: Rollback of newly enhanced revenue rate


16. During the time of which Mughal emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India ?
Answer: Jahangir


17. Find the incorrect statement

a) Spring tide is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun together in the same direction 

b) A line on a map that join all the places of the same height above sea level is called contour line

c)  Full moon occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun

d) The difference in minutes between the Greenwich time and the local time at a place can be derived by multiplying the longitude of place by four 

Answer: Full moon occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun 


18. The central government on 1st Jan 2013 launched the pilot phase of direct cash benefits transfer scheme. Under this scheme the cash will be directly transferred to the intended beneficiaries through?
answer: Aadhar Linked Bank accounts


19. Identify the three leader states in wind energy among the following ?
Answer : Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat


20. Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia said recently that the term "Bimaru" states should be done away with. Which sates was/were termed as Bimaru state ?
Answer: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh



 21. Bhopal  Gas tragedy  is  associated  with  leakage of  ?
 Answer: Methyl  ISO  Cryanate


 22. Which  company  has  developed  AKASH ,  the  cheapest  tablet computer  ?
Answer: Data Wind


23. Which  of  the  following  articles  of constitution  says  that  the  executive  power  of  every  state  shall  be  so  exercised  as  not  to  impede  or  prejudices the  exercise  of  the  executive  power  of  India ?
Answer: Article 257


24. The  distance  between  the  earth  and  Sun  is greatest during ?
Answer:  Aphelion


25. Who is the General Secretary of CPI(M) ?
Answer:  Prakash Karat 



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Some selected gk questions from our Online Gk. These questions are shared by our visitors.



1. Density of water is  maximum at which temperature ?
Answer: 4 ^oC


2. Which is the most abundant noble gas in atmosphere?
Answer: Argon 
  

3. Which of the following is used to remove rust stain from clothes ?
a) lime water    b) alcohol     c) Oxalic acid      d) Kerosine

Answer: Oxalic acid


4. Which Union territory of India has four districts which don't have common border ?
answer: Puducherry 


* 5.  Which state in ancient India was known as Gauda ?
Answer: Bengal


* 6. How many languages are listed in 8th schedule of Indian constitution ?
Answer: 22 


* 7.  Which is the oldest sports in the world ?
Answer: Archery  


* 8. What is the national sports of Bhutan?
Answer: Archery  


* 9. Which is the longest mountain range in the world ?
Answer:  Andes


* 10. Who was the first ruling British Monarch to visit India ?
Answer: George V


* 11. Which country gifted statue of liberty to USA ?
Answer: France



Did you know what is known as Artificial Plastic ?