Showing posts with label General Awareness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Awareness. Show all posts

Friday, June 27, 2014

How to Prepare for Competitive Examinations


Every student will have their own and different pattern to prepare for competitive exams. Most common method is byheart the subject. But it’s not so useful method for further use. So first we have to understand the subject what we are going to prepare. For example when we are preparing for groups at first we should have to know the syllabus. And then get the examination pattern and view the previous exam papers. And then we will get a basic idea about what we have to prepare.
Now in this article you’ll get some basic and most useful tips for preparing competitive exams and how to get success in an easy way. So follow our ultimate tips about competitive exams and get success at first attempt.

Follow Schedule Timings:

Most successful people say’s that they prepared for competitive exams for minimum 12 to 14 hours per a day. But every one doesn’t need that much of time. Because when we do this type of study we can’t understand the content perfectly and there are chances to loss our memory permanently. So we have to give a gap between preparations. For example we have to do study 2 hours and then give half an hour gap and then prepare another 2 hours. This type of study gives you mind relaxation and it gives most strength to prepare for exams.

Important Content Preparing:

Another common mistake every one do’s that they read every lesson page to page, each and every word of the lesson. In this method they will forget the important content of the lesson and they remember only the simple and straight forward method in the lesson. To escape from this type of problem at first once we have to read the lesson and underline the important matter in the lesson. And we have to note down the important content in a separate book. Because, writing is a one of the great methods to remember the important matters in the subject and it is also a helpful technique to improve our writing skills for obtaining good marks in exams.

Reading Books Regularly:

For some examinations we have to do too hard work. Hard work means not to expose physical stamina. That means we have to read number of books and need to gather useful content. For example if we want to know about the topic ‘geography’ we read only one book about the subject. But only one book does not give complete information about the geography. So we should need to read number of alternative books about geography. Like this, when we start reading any particular subject we need to read number of alternative books. So it gives much information about the subject. For useful books we should need to go to library every day.

Conduct Self Examinations:

We have to examine by ourselves it will gives good hand writing, memory and time saving in competitive exam. At first collect previous year examination papers and then conduct exam by yourself. Prepare new question papers by yourself or by your lecturers or experts. It will help to increase student’s mental stamina. Like this we have to self-examine number of times. In many top and successful coaching centers this is a most common method they use to prepare their students properly. For good own preparation there are number of question banks, study materials are published by experts and available in market.

What We Have To Prepare?

Prepare toughest problems at first and apply easy methods to solve the problems. And then go for the easy one. Thus, you can save the time for exam. Read important paragraphs and questions then go for other questions. When you know perfectly about the subject then teach that subject to your friends. That increases your memory power.

Competitive Spirit:

In competitive exams we can’t get success at once. We can able to receive failure and success equally once we failure in the exam it’s not means that we cannot get the success forever. Failure is the first step for success. So that’s why we have to prepare mentally strong to receive the result. We need to know about those people who got success already in previous competitive exams. It is not important to obtain their methods but it gives an inspiration for our career. This is called competitive spirit it’s very important for those who trying for success very hardly.

Coaching:

To prepare competitive exams coaching is a very important thing because we can read number of books for preparation but we cannot understand everything so easily. That’s why we have to approach our lecturers or advisers that who can explain it easily to you. For this, there are so many coaching centers are available. In coaching institutes the faculty is more experienced and they will give correct advice to solve the problems and how to prepare for exams in a simple way.

Discuss The Subject With Friends:

When we know a little about the subject we should need to express the doubts with your friends and core students. And it boost up our eagerness to know more about the subject and you can request your friends to know more about the subject and make a discussion about it at weekly once. And it gives fresh thoughts how to prepare for competitive exams.

Before The Examination:

Before examination we don’t have to read because it makes stress in our mind. Just we have to rewind the whole syllabus what we prepared previously. Some people take books in examination center and then read them so eagerly before the exam. In that time only some answers of questions will keep in our mind that what we read at last. So it’s becomes a big problem in an exam because we can’t get back answers of other questions quickly. So only we can write one question answer perfectly what we read before the exam eagerly. So we have to avoid reading before the examination time.

In Examination Time:

Few minutes before the examination we should have to relax ourselves and then read the question paper first to last and mark the questions what you can answer perfectly. Maintain good hand writing give a space between Para to Para and word to word. Write answers in an order. When you are writing objective type test first mark the answers that you know perfectly. Leave what you don’t know because in competitive exam you can gain negative marks for wrong answers. That’s why carefully answer the question. After marking the well-known answers you go for the next what you don’t know the question answers. But don’t waste the time because time is very important while competitive exams. Five minutes before the exam time coming to over you have to recheck the answer sheet that you can sure you didn’t make any mistake.


So friends follow our tips if useful and get success in competitive exams. God bless you and best of luck.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Motto of Olympic Games - General Knowledge

The official Olympic motto is taken from the Latin "Citius, altius, fortius" - which means "Faster, higher, stronger", and was proposed by the man considered the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, on the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.

2020 : Tokyo, Japan

"Discover Tomorrow"

2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

"Live your passion"

2012: London

"Inspire a generation"

2008: Beijing, China


"One world, one dream"

2004: Athens, Greece

"Welcome home"

2000: Sydney, Australia

"Share the spirit"

1996: Atlanta, USA

"The celebration of the century"

1992: Barcelona, Spain

"Friends Forever"

1988: Seoul, South Korea

"Harmony and progress"

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

General Knowledge - First Indian

First in India Men - General Knowlege

FieldPerson
First Indian to swim across the English ChannelMihir Sen
First to Climb Mount EverestTenzing Norgay
First to climb Mount Everest without OxygenPhy Dorjee
First Indian to join I.C.S. (I.C.S. now IAS)Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Indian to get Nobel PrizeRabindra Nath Tagore
First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut)Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
First British Governor GeneralWarren Hastings
First Governor General of Free IndiaLord Mountbatten
First and the last Governor General of free IndiaC. Rajagopalachari
First President of IndiaDr. Rajendra Prasad
First Vice-President of IndiaDr. S. Radhakrishnan
First Muslim President of IndiaDr. Zakir Hussain
First Sikh President of IndiaGiani Zail Singh
First Prime MinisterPt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Speaker of Lok SabhaG.V. Mavlankar
First Chief Justice of IndiaJustice H.L. Kania
First President of Indian National CongressW.C. Bannerjee
First Indian to become member of Viceroy’s Executive CouncilLord S.P. Sinha
First Indian to become President of International Court of JusticeDr. Nagendra Singh
First Emperor of Moghul DynastyBabar
First Field MarshalS.H.F.J. Manekshaw
First Indian Commander-in-Chief of IndiaGen. K.M. Cariappa
First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian)Sinhji
First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian)Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India)Subroto Mukherjee
First Indian in British ParliamentDada Bhai Nauroji
First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence)Khudada Khan
First Indian to circumnavigate the globeLt. Col K.S. Rao
First Indian to reach the South PoleCol J.K. Bajaj (1989)
First Indian to make a solo air flightJRD Tata
First Indian to visit EnglandRaja Rammohan Roy (1832)
First Indian Member of House of Lords (British)Lord S.P. Sinha
First Bar-at-LawJ.M. Tagore
First Chairman of Rajya SabhaDr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 – 62)
First Indian Test CricketerK.S. Ranjitsingh
First Air MarshallArjan Singh
First Judge to face impeachment in the Lock SabhaJustice V.Ramaswami (1993)
Fastest Shorthand writerDr. G.D. Bhist (250 wpm)

GK-India States, Capitales & Language for SBI Examination

INDIA STATES

StatesCapitalLanguages
Andra PradeshHyderabadTelugu and Urdu
Arunachal PradeshItanagerMiji, Apotanji, Merdukpen, Tagin,Adi, Honpa, Bangini-Nishi.
AssamDispurAssamese
BiharPatnaHindi
ChhattisgarhRaipurHindi
GoaPanajiMarathi and Konkani
GujaratGandhinagarGujarati
HaryanaChandigarhHindi
Himachal PradeshShimlaHindi and Pahari
MizoramAizawlMizo and English
Jammu & KashmirSrinagar (Summer)
Jammu (Winter)
Kashmiri,Dogri, Urdu, Ladakhi,
Pahari,Punjabi and Dadri
JharkhandRanchiHindi
KarnatakaBangaloreKannda
KeralaTrivandrumMalayalam
Madhya PradeshBhopalHindi
MaharashtraBombayMarathi
ManipurImphalManipuri
MeghalayaShillongKhasi, Jaintia and Garo
NagalandKohimaAo, Konyak, Angami, Sema and Lotha
OrissaBhubaneswarOriya
PunjabChandigarhPunjabi
RajasthanJaipurRajasthani and Hindi
SikkimGangtokBhutia, Hindi, Nepali, Lepcha, Limbu
Tamil NaduChennaiTamil
TripuraAgartalaBengali, Tripuri, Manipuri, Kakborak
Uttar PradeshLucknowHindi
UttaranchalDehra DunHindi
West BengalCalcuttaBengali

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI P.O. EXAM

1. Which country test-fired a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), capable of carrying nuclear warheads to a range of 290 kilometers in April 2014?
1) Afghanistan
2) Iran
3) Iraq
4) Pakistan
5) Israel

2. Suresh K. Reddy was appointed as India's first Ambassador to the separate Indian Mission to ASEAN and East Asia Summit in April 2014. Currently he is the Ambassador of India to?
1) China
2) Iraq
3) Saudi Arabia
4) UAE
5) Mongolia

3. 'Hard Choices' is an upcoming book written by?
1) Barack Obama
2) Janet Yellen
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Ben Bernanke
5) Bill Clinton

4. Who was appointed as the new Finance Secretary in April 2014?
1) R.P. Watal
2) Rajiv Takru
3) Ravi Mathur
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) G.S.Sandhu

5. Which team won the I-League football title for the first time in Margao on April 21, 2014?
1) Bengaluru FC
2) Dempo Sports Club
3) Churchill Brothers
4) Salgaocar Sport Club
5) Mohun Bagan

6. Rosatom is the State Atomic Energy Corporation of which of the following countries?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Germany
4) France
5) Russia
7. Who is the author of the book "Freedom from Fear"?
1) Benazir Bhutto
2) Taslima Nasreen
3) Aung San Suu Kyi
4) Nelson Mandela
5) Mother Teresa

8. Dinar is the currency of which of the following countries?
1) Sudan
2) Myanmar
3) Afghanistan
4) Indonesia
5) None of these

9. No Frills Accounts help which of the following sections of customers?
1) Students
2) Retired people
3) Weaker sections of society
4) High value customers
5) None of these

10. Which of the following agencies is not associated with the functioning of financial sector in India?
1) NABARD
2) ECGC
3) EXIM Bank
4) IRDA
5) UGC

11. What is the full form of TDS?
1) Total Discount Subtracted
2) Tax During Service
3) Tax Due on Services
4) Tax Deducted at Source
5) None of these

12. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of banking/finance?
1) Liquidity position
2) Repo Rate
3) SWAP rates
4) Cash Withdrawal Tax
5) Cold War

13. Which of the following trophies/cups is associated with the game of Golf?
1) Topolino Trophy
2) America Cup
3) Jaya Laxmi Cup
4) Corbillion Cup
5) None of these

14. Which one of the following terms and their full forms is not correctly matched?
1) IPO - Initial Public Offer
2) PAN - Permanent Account Number
3) GDCF - Gross Domestic Capital Formation
4) IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
5) OECD - Organization for Exporters Coordination and Development

15. Which of the following is/are not decided by the Finance Minister while presenting Union Budgetevery year?
1) Rate of Income Tax
2) Expenditure on Defense Services
3) Reverse Repo Rate
4) Revenue expected from various sources
5) Both 1 and 2

16. Which of the following statements is correct?
1) Commercial banks are non institutional sources of credit
2) Balance of payment is related to diplomatic relations
3) The reverse mortgage scheme was launched to help youngsters
4) The term 'Power of Attorney' refers to power entrusted to a person of authority
5) Repo rate is covered under the RBI monetary and credit policy

17. Which of the following books is written by Arun Shourie?
1) A Secular Agenda
2) A Bend in the River
3) A Suitable Boy
4) A House for Mr Biswas
5) A China Passage

18. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed every year on?
1) December 5
2) December 2
3) November 2
4) October 5
5) November 5

19. Who is the author of the novel 'The Trial'?
1) Franz Kafka
2) Jane Austen
3) George Eliot
4) Jeffrey Archer
5) Ayan Rand

20. Bharat Ratna was awarded to Mother Teresa in the year?
1) 1979
2) 1980
3) 1982
4) 1976
5) 1971

21. The authority to alter the boundaries of States in India rests with the?
1) President
2) Prime Minister
3) Parliament
4) Concerned State governments
5) None of these

22. The 'Doing Business Report" is prepared every year by which of the following organizations?
1) World Bank
2) ADB
3) IMF
4) WTO
5) WEF

23. Which of the following is an example of plantation agriculture?
1) Paddy
2) Wheat
3) Coffee
4) Jowar
5) Vegetables

24. Farakka irrigation project is in?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) West Bengal
4) Odisha
5) Jharkhand

25. Which Commission is appointed by the President under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution?
1) Finance Commission
2) Women's Commission
3) Union Public Service Commission
4) Election Commission
5) Planning Commission

26. Which is the oldest airline in the world still operating?
1) KLM airlines
2) Air Canada
3) Qantas Airways
4) Lufthansa
5) Garuda

27. OTEC stands for?
1) Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
2) Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
3) Oil and Thermal Energy Convention
4) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
5) None of these

28. Which of the following cities is the capital of Kazakhstan?
1) Bishkek
2) Riga
3) Astana
4) Bamako
5) Zagreb

29. Which of the following organizations is projected as a bridge between South Asia and
South East Asia?
1) ASEAN
2) SAARC
3) BRICS
4) BIMSTEC
5) MIST

30. A permanent secretariat of BIMSTEC will be established in?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Thimphu, Bhutan
3) Dhaka, Bangladesh
4) Kathmandu, Nepal
5) Colombo, Sri Lanka



ANSWERS:

1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
5) 1 6) 5 7) 3 8) 5
9) 3 10) 5 11) 4 12) 5
13) 1 14) 5 15) 3 16) 5
17) 1 18) 2 19) 1 20) 2
21) 3 22) 1 23) 3 24) 3
25) 1 26) 1 27) 4 28) 3
29) 4 30) 3

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs FOR SBI PROBATIONARY OFFICERS EXAM

1. Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-
Income Households headed by ....
1) C.Rangarajan
2) Y.V.Reddy
3) Nachiket Mor
4) Urjit Patel
5) None

2. On 7 January 2014, which panel suggested sweep changes in the banking structure?
1) Deepak Mohanthy
2) Chaturvedi
3) K.C.Chakravarthy
4) Bimal Jalan
5) Nachiket Mor

3. As per the Nachiket Mor committee, the banks exclusively should be established for
the welfare of..
1) low income households
2) industries
3) small scale industries
4) bankers
5) All of above

4. By what date every adult citizen of India must hold a savings account as per the
report of Nachiket Mor?
1) 31 March 2015
2) 1 Jan 2016
3) 31 Dec 2015
4) 15 Dec 2016
5) 31 March 2016

5. To provide payment services and deposit products to small businesses and lowincome
households, what types of banks suggested by Nachiket Mor committee report, submitted on 7 January 2014?
1) Deposit banks
2) Ultra small branches
3) Satellite banks
4) PI banks
5) Payment banks

6. Nachiket Mor Committee suggested in the payment banks the maximum balance must
be allowed upto .......
1) Rs.10000
2) Rs.25000
3) Rs.40000
4) Rs.50,000
5) Rs.5000

7. Which committee suggested the facility for withdrawal, payment and deposit should be
set up within a 15-minutes walking distance for any person anywhere in the country?
1) Vijay Bhaskar
2) Anil Kumar Sharma
3) Nachiket Mor
4) C.Rangarajan
5) None of above

8. Payment banks can initiate the establishment with minimum core capital of....
1) Rs.50 crore
2) Rs.150 crore
3) Rs.500 crore
4) Rs.100 crore
5) None

9. A combination of ........ must be issued to each citizen of India as per Nachiket Mor
committee?
1) Savings account and Aadhar Card
2) Savings Account and PAN card
3) Passport and Savings Account
4) Aadhar card and Ration card
5) None

10. In his 7th January 2014 committee report, Nachiket Mor preferred ....
1) banks continue the low base rate system to rural and Agricultural households.
2) to drop the banks give less base rate to Agriculture and RBI should give them directly.
3) to increase the banks present system of low base rate system to Agriculture.
4) to lift the present low base rate system to Agriculture sector, instead give direct benefit to farmers.
5) None

11. On the regulatory front, Nachiket Mor committee suggested...
1) continuation of SLR
2) increase SLR
3) merge both SLR and CRR
4) only public sector banks should follow SLR
5) gradual abolition of SLR

12. Which bank got the government permission for its Rs.9,576 - crore capital - raising plan
through the Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) route?
1) PNB
2) OBC
3) SBI
4) RBI
5) Indian Bank

13. On 22 March 2014, which committee submitted the "Report of the Committee to Recommend Data Format for Furnishing of Credit Information to Credit Information Companies"?
1) Usha Thorat
2) Nachiket Mor
3) Anand Guru
4) Narasimham
5) Aditya Puri

14. Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income States of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh to be funded by .......
1) IMF
2) IDA
3) World Bank
4) ODA
5) ADB

15. The statements related to NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies)
details are given. Pick up wrong statement.
1) Established in 1988.
2) Head office located in New Delhi.
3) It is established to facilitate business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software technology.
4) Its present Chairman is R.Chandrasekaran
5) It is integral part of ASSOCHAM

16. Lara Super Thermal Power Project is in ......
1) Jharkand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Tamilnadu
4) Odisha
5) Assam

17. Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance recommended raising the income tax exemption limit to Rs.3 lakh on 1 April 2014. Who is the head of this committee?
1) Yashwant Sinha
2) P.Chidambaram
3) Jaswanth Singh
4) Manmohan Singh
5) None of above

18. On 14 April 2014, the Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been designated as ......
1) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
2) Chief Advisor to Finance Minister of India
3) Advisor to Planning Commission
4) Chief Economist, World Bank
5) Finance Secretary

19. Present Chairman of National Human Rights Commission is .....
1) K.G.Balakrishnan
2) P.L.Punia
3) Rameshwar Oran
4) Ramadorai. S
5) None of the above

20. Who was appointed as the interim president of the Indian cricket board for IPL affairs, in
place of the tainted incumbent N. Srinivasan on 28 March 2014?
1) Deepak Parekh
2) Saurav Ganguly
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Alan Issac
5) None

21. Who heads the committee constituted by Union of India to study and examine the demand of a separate Bodoland state?
1) Sushil Kumar Shinde
2) K. Sivaramakrishnan
3) G.K. Pillai
4) A.K. Singh
5) None

22. Ramanujan Mathematics Award 2014 conferred on .......
1) Sakuntala Devi
2) K. Chandrasekharan
3) Anand Kumar
4) Akshay Venkatesh
5) None of the above

23. Who has been recently conferred with Polio Eradication Champion Award?
1) Amitabh Bacchan
2) Amir Khan
3) Sheila Dikshit
4) Manmohan Singh
5) None

24. Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014 on 25 March 2014. He won the
award for his creative and inexpensive designs for disaster relief shelters. He belongs to ........
1) China
2) Russia
3) Korea
4) Japan
5) Sweden
25. Global remittance flows to India have witnessed a sharp surge to $7.18 billion in 2013. Which of
the following states in India is the top recipient, contributing 33% to the total remittances?
1) Gujrat
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Odisha
5) Delhi

26. The first unit of coal based Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Plant commenced power generation in Jhalawar district in which of the following states recently?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) AP
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) Rajasthan

27. Unaccustomed Earth, The Namesake, Interpreter of Maladies are written by ......
1) Jumpha Lahiri
2) Kushwanth Singh
3) Chetan Bhagath
4) Robin Sharma
5) None

28. ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Cuckoo's Calling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" written by ......
1) Shidney Sheldon
2) Salman Rusdie
3) J.K.Rowling
4) Vikram Seth
5) George Bernard Shaw

29. For Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 on 8 April 2014, which book of Jhumpa
Lahiri was selected?
1) The Lowland
2) The Namesake
3) The Kills
4) The Spinning Heart
5) None

30. World Water day observed on every .....
1) 22 April
2) 22 January
3) 22 March
4) 22 June
5) None
31. Who recommended the creation of World Water day in 1992?
1) UNO
2) UNESCO
3) UNCED
4) IWA
5) None

32. On the recommendation of UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development), UNO Celebrating world water day from ......
1) 1992
2) 1995
3) 2001
4) 1991
5) 1993

33. Nirbheek is ......
1) Indian Navy ship
2) Missile
3) Government of India new program to protect woman.
4) Lightweight revolver designed by Indian Ordnance Factory to protect the women.
5) None

34. Miami Masters title again won by .....
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Roger Federer
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Andy Murray
5) None of above

35. Who won silver medal of 10 m Air Pistol Women at the ISSF World Cup held in USA?
1) Tejaswini Sawan
2) Rajeswari Perumal
3) Heena Sidhu
4) Deepika Kumari
5) Anjali Bhagwat

36. Ukraine acting President on 13 April 2014 said Russian forces are behind riots in his nation. Who is the acting president of Ukraine?
1) Oleksandr Turchynov
2) Arseniy Yatsenyuk
3) Roduyu Tothenk
4) Vladimir Putin
5) None of above

ANSWERS:


1-3, 2-5, 3-1, 4-2, 5-5, 6-4, 7-3, 8-1, 9-1, 10-4
11-5, 12-3, 13-5, 14-3, 15-5, 16-2, 17-1, 18-5, 19-1, 20-3
21-3, 22-3, 23-3, 24-4, 25-2, 26-5, 27-1, 28-3, 29-1, 30-3, 31-3, 32-5, 33-4, 34-3, 35-3, 36-1