GK Quiz 1

1. Who has been awarded with global diversity award 2014.
A. Aamir Khan
B. Salman Khan
C. Shahrukh Khan
D. Amitabh Bachchan

2. Indian Women’s Kabaddi team
defeated which of the following countries to the win the gold at
the Asian Games.
A. Pakistan
B. Iran
C. China
D. India didn't win gold.

3. The labour Ministry is set to launch a National Career Service Portal which will serve as an intermediary between job-seekers and job-providers. India has signed an MoU for this purpose with which country?
A. UK
B. US
C. Japan

4. How much fund has been allocated for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?
A. 62000 crore
B. 1,96,000 crore
C. 2,25,000 crore

5. Indian player Sarita Devi had refused to accept her bronze medal in the Asian Game, 2014. She is associated to which game?
A. Boxing
B. Badminton
C. Table tennis

Dear Readers, Answers to this quiz will be updated on 10th October.

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Daily GK Updates

1. International monetary fund (IMF) has projected India's Growth rate to be 5.6 %for the rest of the year 2014.
IMF's projection of India's growth
in 2015 is 6.4%.
2. Nobel prize in physics awarded to Us and Japanese scientists. Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano at
Nagoya University, Japan, and Shuji
Nakamura of the University of California at Santa Barbara have won the Nobel prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes – an energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source.
(image source - the newyork times.)

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Reasoning Daily Quiz 1

Directions (Q. 1-4) : Read the following information and answer the given questions:
• Six friends ramesh, dinesh, lokesh,  Nilesh, Shailesh and Hitesh work in different companies namely p q r s and u and each one wears company sponsored different colours tie i.e. Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow, Purple and red, though not necessarily in the same order.
• the one wearing blue tie works in company 'S' and the one wearing green tie works in company 'P'

• Hitesh does not work in company 'R' or 'T'.

• ramesh wears pink tie and works in company 'Q'.

• nilesh does not work in company T and purple colour tie is not sponsored by Company R.

• shailesh work in company U and neither nilesh nor dinesh work in company S.

• Company T does not sponsor purple or yellow coloured tie and lokesh works in company P.

1. Which colour tie is sponsored by company R?
A. Blue
B. Green
C. Pink
D. Can't be determined.
E. None of these

2. Which of the following colour of tie - company - person combination is correct?
A. Green - R - Nilesh
B. Blue - S - Lokesh
C. Red - T- Dinesh
D.Yellow R Shailesh

3. Which of the following is true?

A. Company U sponsors green tie
B. Shailesh wears Red tie.
C. Nilesh works in company T
D. Red colour is sponsored by company T
E. None of these.

4. Which of the following sequence of companies represents ramesh dinesh lokesh nilesh shailesh and Hitesh in same order?

A. Q p t r u s
B. Q t p r u s
C. Q p s u r
D. Q t s u r p
E.None of these

Answers:
1. E (yellow tie is the correct answer but it is not given in the options ).
2. C
3. D
4. B

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Banking Abbreviation

***********BANKING
ABBREVIATIONS************
[1] IASB: The International
Accounting Standards
Board
[2] IBRD: International Bank for
Reconstruction
And Development
[3] ICAI: Institute of Chartered
Accountants of
India
[4] ICAR: Indian Council of
Agricultural Research
[5] ICCW: Indian Council for Child
Welfare
[6] ICDS: Integrated Child
Development Service
[7] ICMR: Indian Council of
Medical Research
[8] ICICI: Industrial Credit and
Investment
Corporation of India
[9] ICOR: Incremental capital
output ratio
[10] ICRC: International Committee
of Red Cross
[11] IDA: International
Development Association
[12] ICRA: Investment information
and Credit
Rating Agency
[13] IES: Indian Economic Service
[14] IEX: Indian Energy Exchange
[15] IFRS: International Financial
Reporting
Standard
[16] IFSC: Indian financial system
code
[17] IFTU: International Federation
of Trade
Unions
[18] IFWJ: Indian Federation of
Working
Journalists
[19] IIP: The Index of Industrial
Production
[20] IIPA: Indian Institute of Public
Administration
[21] IISS: International Institute of
Strategic
Studies
[22] ILO: International Labour
Organisation
[23] IMF: International Monetary
Fund
[24] IMO: International Maritime
Organisation
[25] IDR: Indian Depository
Receipts
[26] IDBI: Industrial Development
Bank of India
[27] IMF: International monetary
fund
[28] IMRB: Indian Market Research
Bureau
[29] INMARSAT: International
Maritime Satellite
Organisation
[30] INTERPOL: International Police
Organisation
[31] INTUC: Indian National Trade
Union
Congress
[32] IOC: International Olympic
Committee
[33] IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate
Change
[34] IPEC: International Programme
on
Elimination Of Child Labour
[35] IPO: Initial public offer
[36] IPR: Intellectual Property
Right
[37] IRDA: Insurance Regulatory
and
Development Authority
[38] IREP: Integrated Rural Energy
Planning
[39] ISO: International
Standardisation
Organisation
[40] ISS: International Space
Station
[41] ITDC: Indian Tourism
Development
Corporation
[42] ITO: International Trade
Organisation;
Income-Tax Officer
[43] ITU: International Tele-
Communication
Union

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Indian football team coach Wim Kovermans resigns.

Indian football team coach Wim Kovermans
has resigned from the post soon after India's 3-2 defeat against Palestine in a friendly match.
• His contract as the national coach with AIIF ends October 31, 2014.

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Facebook acquires WhatsApp for $ 21.8 billion

• Facebook has acquired the mobile messaging service whatsapp in a deal worth $ 21.8 billion.
• It is the facebook's largest acquisition.
image source -chillingcompetition.com

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