Skip to main content

UPDATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1.     
d  Kush Bhagat is associated with which sports? 
[       A]Chess
[B]Badminton
[C]Tennis
[D]Wushu

Chess
Kush Bhagat has recently won three gold medals in the 1st Western Asia Youth Chess Championships at Al Ain Chess Club in United Arab Emirates (UAE) in all the three categories – rapid, blitz and standard. With this, he became the only Indian to bag all the crowns in the competition. Bhagat is the 2nd standard student of the NSS Hill Spring International School in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
.
2. Who is the new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army?
[A]Vikram Singh Rathore
[B]Bipin Rawat
[C]Velu Nair
[D]Birender Singh

Bipin Rawat
General Bipin Rawat has become the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army. He has tremendous experience in serving in combat areas and at various functional levels in the Indian Army over the last three decades. He has handled various operational responsibilities in many areas, including along the LoC with Pakistan, the LoC with China and in the North-East. He is known for his balanced approach towards soldiering, compassion, and connect with civil society. Beside him, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa has also become the new Air Force chief. The new Air Chief Marshal was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF in June 1978. He has served in various squadrons and in the Intelligence Directorate of Air Headquarters.
.
3.Who has been named as the new Prime Minister of Romania?
[A]Victor Ponta
[B]Sevil Shhaideh
[C]Klaus Iohannis
[D]Sorin Grindeanu

Sorin Grindeanu 
Sorin Grindeanu, a member of the Social Democratic Party, has been officially appointed as the new Prime Minister of Romania. Now, he will face a confidence vote in parliament on his programme and cabinet nominees. He is expected to take office on January 4, 2017.
.
4.Eknathrao Vikhe-Pati, who passed away recently, was the well-known politician of which state?
[A]Rajasthan
[B]Uttar Pradesh
[C]Gujarat
[D]Maharashtra

Maharashtra
Eknathrao Vikhe-Patil (84), the veteran Congress leader and former Union minister, has recently passed away in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Patil was popularly known as Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil. He was 8-time MP and became Minister of State for Finance in the NDA government in 1999. He returned to the Congress fold in 2004.
.
5.Where is the headquarters of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)?
[A]United States
[B]France
[C]Germany
[D]Switzerland

Switzerland
Recently, the 5-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi has named as the 2016 World’s Best Playmaker for the 2nd consecutive year by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). The IFFHS is an organization that chronicles the history and records of association football and its’ headquarters is located at Lausanne, Switzerland.
.
6.India’s first transgender school “Sahaj International” has started in which state?
[A]Tamil Ndau
[B]Kerala
[C]Karnataka
[D]Andhra Pradesh

Kerala
India’s first transgender school “Sahaj International” has started at Thrikkakara in Kerala’s Ernakulam district. It was inaugurated by transgender activist, writer and actor Kalki Subramaniam. The purpose of Transgender School is to provide transgenders security, salvation and sustainability. The new learning centre will help them continue their education and appear for Class X and XII examinations.This alternative learning centre works in collaboration with National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
.
7.Which state government has recently declared 50% reservation in judicial services for OBCs, SCs, STs and EBCs?
[A]Odisha
[B]Madhya Pradesh
[C]Bihar
[D]Assam

Bihar
The Bihar government has recently declared 50% reservation in all judicial services for aspirants belonging to the Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The reservation will be in both Superior Judicial Services and Subordinate Judicial Services. According to the Bihar Cabinet, aspirants belonging to EBCs will get 21% reservation, OBCs will have 12 % reservations, SCs will have 16 % reservation and STs will be provided 1% reservation in all judicial services of the State. Beside this, there will be 35% horizontal reservation for women and 1% reservation for disabled persons. Currently, there is a provision for only 27% reservation in subordinate services while no quota in superior services.
.
8.Who of the following have been chosen for the 2016 Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith?
[A]Yogita Yadav and Arunabh Saurav
[B]Om Naagar and Tasneem Khan
[C]Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
[D]Amlendu Tiwari and Balram Kawant

Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
The two Hindi writers Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh have been chosen for 2016 Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith. The award conferred to Shraddha for her short story ‘Hawa Mein Phadphadati Chitthi’ and on Devansh for his poem ‘Akash Mein Deh’. The award, which is given to young authors in Hindi for their first creations, consists of a statue of Goddess Saraswati, a citation and a cash prize each.
.
9. Which of the following banks has tied up with online portal “magicbricks.com” to conduct joint marketing activities?
[A]ICICI Bank
[B]Punjab National Bank
[C]HDFC Bank
[D]State Bank of India

State Bank of India
The State Bank of India (SBI) has tied up with online classifieds portal magicbricks.com to conduct joint marketing activities and help rejuvenate the real estate sector. To kick start the MOU, SBI and Magicbrickshas launched the “Seal the Deal” campaign. The campaign will showcase SBI approved projects on the Magicbricks platform. This mega online property show will be the first housing carnival in the industry at this scale.
.
10. The book “The Secret Chord” has been authored by whom?
[A]Alice Hoffman
[B]Geraldine Brooks
[C]T D Ramakrishnan
[D]Tishani Doshi

Geraldine Brooks
The book “The Secret Chord” has been authored by Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author. It is a historical novel that traces the life of King David.


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Education of India Part 2

History [ edit ] Main article:  History of education in South Asia The remnants of the library of  Nalanda , built in the 5th century BCE by  Gupta kings . It was rebuilt twice after invasion, first after an invasion from the  Huns  in the 5th century BCE and then after an invasion from the  Gaudas  in the 7th century CE but abandoned after the third invasion by  Turkic invaders  in the 12th century. Takshasila  (in modern-day Pakistan) was the earliest recorded centre of higher learning in India from possibly 8th century BCE, and it is debatable whether it could be regarded a university or not in modern sense, since teachers living there may not have had official membership of particular colleges, and there did not seem to have existed purpose-built lecture halls and residential quarters in Taxila, in contrast to the later Nalanda university in eastern India.  Nalanda  was the oldest university-system of education in the world in the modern sense of university. There al

Save a Workbook in another File Format

  Save a Workbook in another File Format When you save an Excel 2013 Workbook, by default it saves in the  .xlsx  format. Excel 2013 supports saving in other formats, but whenever you save a workbook in another file format, some of its formatting, data, and features might not be saved. File Formats (File Types) that are supported in Excel 2013 − Excel File Formats Text File Formats Other File Formats Excel File Formats Format Extension Description Excel Workbook .xlsx The default XML-based file format for Excel 2007-2013. Cannot store Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro code or Microsoft Office Excel 4.0 macro sheets (.xlm). Strict Open XML Spreadsheet .xlsx An ISO strict version of the Excel Workbook file format (.xlsx). Excel Workbook (code) .xlsm The XML-based and macro-enabled file format for Excel 2007-2013. Stores VBA macro code or Excel 4.0 macro sheets (.xlm) Excel Binary Workbook .xlsb The binary file format (BIFF12) for Excel 2007-2013. Template .xltx The defa

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF A DEPARTMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

  ORGANI