Jeevan Raksha Padak

The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards – 2012 on the following persons :-

Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak (3)

	Ms. Vineetha P.K. (Posthumous), Kerala Ms. Remya Rajappan (Posthumous), Kerala Smt. Sangeeta Agarwal (Posthumous), Uttarakhand
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Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak (10)

1.	Shri Rahul Kevat, Madhya Pradesh
2.	Shri Shivam Rajendra Pandey (Posthumous), Maharashtra
3.	Shri C. Thanthuama  (Posthumous), Mizoram
4.	Shri Liankanglova, Mizoram
5.	Shri Ramesh Kompalli Babu, Andhra Pradesh
6.	Ms. Lovely Verma (Posthumous), Uttar Pradesh
7.	Shri Kshetrimaym Rakesh Singh, Manipur
8.	Shri Mohammed Nishadh V.P., Kerala
9.	Ms. Prasannta Shandilya (Khushi), Jharkhand
10.	Ms. Mittal Mahendrabhai Patadiya, Gujarat

Jeevan Raksha Padak (37)

1.	Shri Sureshkumar C.S. (Posthumous), Kerala
2.	Shri Jishnu. V. Nair, Kerala
3.	Shri Pradeep Rai, Madhya Pradesh
4.	Shri Pradeep Shingare, Madhya Pradesh
5.	Shri Shahid Ismail Inamdar, Maharashtra
6.	Shri Ananda Ishwar Mane, Maharashtra
7.	Shri Shrikant Shamrao Mane, Maharashtra
8.	Shri Nitin Vilas Kore, Maharashtra
9.	Shri Lalramchhana, Mizoram
10.	Shri Lalchhuanliana, Mizoram
11.	Ms. Lalrinzuali, Mizoram
12.	Shri K.T. Chungnunga, Mizoram
13.	Shri Nisar Khan, Rajasthan
14.	Shri Aji Cherippanattu Kochu, Kerala
15.	Shri Kartik Uppal, Delhi
16.	Shri Sham Raj Kishor, Punjab
17.	Dr. Narendra Singh, Jammu & Kashmir
18.	Shri Takhelchangbam Devajit Sharma, Manipur
19.	Ms. Saudhita Barman (Posthumous), West Bengal
20.	Shri G. Parameswaran, Tamil Nadu
21.	Shri S.S. Madhu, Karnataka
22.	Shri Johnson Tourangbam, Manipur
23.	Shri Yandam Amara Uday Kiran, Andhra Pradesh
24.	Shri Phurailatpam Borish Sharma alias Bode, Manipur
25.	Shri Durgesh Singh, Chhattisgarh
26.	Shri Devashish Pandey, Chhattisgarh
27.	Shri Shubham Kumar Tiwari, Chhattisgarh
28.	Shri Raju Dhruv, Chhattisgarh
29.	Shri Vipin Patel, Chhattisgarh
30.	Shri Anshif C.K., Kerala
31.	Shri Suthrapu Shiva Prasad, Andhra Pradesh
32.	Shri Adithya Gopal (Posthumous), Arunachal Pradesh
33.	Shri Ranjan Pradhan, Chhattisgarh
34.	Shri Paramjeet, Haryana
35.	Shri Sahsad. K., Kerala
36.	Shri Dungar Singh, Rajasthan
37.	Ms. Anjali Singh Gautam, Chhattisgarh

            Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of humanenature in saving the life of a person.  The award is given in three categories, namely, Sarvottam JeevanRaksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak, and Jeevan Raksha Padak.  Persons of either sex in all walks of life are eligible for these awards.  The award can also be conferred posthumously.

            The decoration of the award (medal, certificate signed by the Home Minister and demand draft for lump sum monetary allowance) is presented to the awardee in due course by the respective State Government to which the awardee belongs.  The lump sum monetary allowance is given at the rate of 1,00,000, Rs.60,000, and Rs. 40,000 to the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padakand Jeevan Raksha Padak awardee respectively.

Jute fair in Mangalore

The National Jute Board (NJB) will conduct a jute fair, an exhibition-cum-sale of lifestyle jute decorative products, in Mangalore on January 16-20.

Mayor of Mangalore, will inaugurate the event on January 16.The NJB, which is under the Union Ministry of Textiles, has been organising exhibitions, buyer-seller meets, fashion shows, seminars and workshops for the promotion of the eco-friendly jute products. The jute fair will be conducted at Woodlands Auditorium on Bunts’ Hostel Road in the city

19th Colors Screen Awards

The 19th Colors Screen Awards were announced on 12 January 2013 in a function at Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex. From the list of 119 films released in 2012, 27 films were green signaled in the Screen Academy Selection singled for consideration by the Jury. The screen jury comprised the eminent members of the Indian Film Industry. These panelists after several rounds of discussions and debates were able to finalise the nominations.

Details :

Award Category	Winners
Best Film	Paan Singh Tomar
Best Actor Male	Irfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi
Best Actress Female	Vidya Balan for Kahaani
Best Director	Anurag Basu for Barfi
Best Ensemble Cast	Gangs Of Wasseypur
Best Actor (Female-Popular Catagory)	Katrina Kaif
Best Actor (Male Popular Category)	Salman Khan
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)	Dolly Ahluwalia for Vicky Donor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)	Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Talaash
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male/Female)	Tigmanshu Dhulia for Gangs Of Wasseypur
Most Promising Newcomer (Female)	Ileana D'Cruz for Barfi
Most Promising Newcomer (Male)	Ayushmann Khurrana for Vicky Donor
Best Child Artiste	Mohammad Samad for Gattu
Promising Debut Director	Gauri Shinde for English Vinglish
Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female)	Annu Kapoor for Vicky Donor) and Abhishek Bachchan for Bol Bachchan
Best Playback Singer (Female)	Shalmali Kholgade for Ishaqzaade
Best Music	Pritam for Barfi
Best Playback Singer (Male)	Javed Ali for Ishaqzaade
Best Story	Sujoy Ghosh & Advaita Kala for Kahaani
Best Background Score	Pritam for Barfi
Best Production Design	Kaushik Dasa & Subrata Barik for Kahaani
Best Lyrics	Javed Akhtar for Talaash and Muskanein Jhoothi Hain
Best Sound Design	Sanjay Maurya & Allwyn Rego  for Kahaani
Best Dialogue	Bhavesh Mandlia & Umesh Shukla for OMG: Oh My God
Best Screenplay	Sanjay Chouhan & Tigmanshu Dhulia  for Paan Singh Tomar
Best Editing	Namrata Rao  for Kahaani
Best Choreography	Prabhu Deva & Vishnu Deva for Go Govinda and OMG: Oh My God
Best Cinematography	Ravi Varman for Barfi
Best Action	Sham Kaushal For Gangs Of Wasseypur
Best Costume	Anaita Shroff Adajania for Cocktail
Best Animation	Delhi Safari
Best Marketing	Barfi
Legend of Indian Cinema Award	Amitabh Bachchan
Lifetime Achievement: Award	Yash Chopra

India to host first global ministerial meet on elephants

India will host the first ever global ministerial meet – 'E 50:50' – on elephants in the Capital from November 14 to 19.

The conference, expected to be attended by 50 countries that harbour wild populations of elephants, will discuss conservation and welfare of elephants, according the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

The ‘E 50:50 – the First International Elephant Congress and Ministerial Meet, will bring together scholars, conservation practitioners and policy makers to discuss issues on elephant conservation policy. It will also include conclaves on science, culture and management culminating in a ministerial summit to adopt a vision charter with common minimum global vision on conservation, management and welfare of elephants across all range countries.

At present, three species of elephants are spread across 50 countries, but regardless of geo-political boundaries, they face common threats of poaching, habitat loss and conflicts with people.

In 2010, India had set up an Elephant Task Force (ETF) to work out a strategy for the long-term conservation of the species elephants. In an effort to take the global lead on the matter, the ETF had initiated a global meet of affected countries in May 2011, such as Botswana, Congo Brazzaville, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Thailand.

Krishi Karman awards for 8 States

Bihar, Manipur, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh will be awarded the Krishi Karman 2011-12 awards for their efforts in increasing food grain production.

President Pranab Mukherjee will present these awards to Chief Ministers of these States.

The awards are given to best performing States in two broad categories, one for the total food grain production and the other for the individual food grain crops of rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals.

International flower show in Sikkim

Sikkim will host the second international flower show to showcase the floral potential of the Himalayan State.

The five-day long show will commence on February 23 and will host 15,000 different varieties of flowers.

“Flower-growers from Australia, New Zealand, Holland, the US, Taiwan, Nepal and Thailand have confirmed their participation while Delhi , Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and seven North-eastern states will also participate.

In all 25 international flora companies, 30 national flora companies and 190 States flower growers’ organisations, associations and groups have confirmed their participation.

NEW APPOINTMENTS

• New President of India- Pranab Mukherjee
• Re-elected Vice President- Hamid Ansari
Secretary in National Commission for Women - Ajit Saran
• New Indian envoy to Israel – Jaideep Sarkar
• New Indian envoy to Canada – Nirmal Kumar Verma
• New MSME secretary - Vivek Rae
• New chairman of ICC Cricket Committee - Anil Kumble
• Junior pistol chief coach - Jaspal Rana
• India’s ambassador to Brazil - Ashok Kumar
• New Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau – Rajiv Mehta
• New FMC (Forward Markets Commission) Chairman – Ramesh Abhishek
• New Director on the Central Board of Directors of the RBI - Y C Deveshwar
• New President of Indian Newspaper Society – Tilak Kumar
• New Secretary Gen of Rajya Sabha – Shumsher K Sheriff
• New Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation – Shailesh Gupta
• New President of Indian Boxing Federation – Abhishek Matoria
• New Economic affairs secretary-Arvind Mayaram
• New Chief Economic Advisor- Raghuram Rajan
• New Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL)Chairperson - Shyamala Gopinath
• Re-appoint Deputy Governer of RBI: K C Chakrabarty
• New CBDT Chairperson- Poonam Kishore Saxena
• New Union Railway Minister- Pawan Kumar Bansal
• New Aviation Secretary- K N Srivastava
• New Election Commissioner- S Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
• New Chief Election Commissioner-VS Sampath
• New secretary to the Prez of India- Omita Paul
• Head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Committee - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
• New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce- SL Bansal
• New Executive Director of PNB- S R Bansal
• New CEO of Prasar Bharti – Jawhar Sircar
•  New Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh- Virabhadra Singh

Olivia Culpo, Miss USA was crowned Miss Universe 2012

Olivia Culpo, Miss USA was crowned Miss Universe 2012. Olivia Culpo beat out 88 other beauty queens to take the title from Leila Lopes of Angola during the competition at the Planet Hollywood casino on the Las Vegas Strip.  Miss Philippines held the second spot, followed by Miss Venezuela, Miss Australia and Miss Brazil.
India’s hope of winning the Miss Universe 2012 crown crashed as Shilpa Singh failed to make it to the list of top 10 contestants. Ji Dan Xu, Miss China won the Best National Costume title while Laura Godoy from Guatemala grabbed the Miss Congeniality title. Diana Avdiu from Kosovo became Miss Photogenic of the year 2012. Indian beauty Shilpa Singh could not make it to the Top 10, though she succeeded in making it to the top 16 list.
As Miss Universe, Culpo will receive an undisclosed salary, a wardrobe fit for a queen, a limitless supply of beauty products, and a luxury apartment in New York City.

SUMMITS HELD ON 2012-13

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits

• 4th BRICS Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India
• 5th BRICS  Summit 2013 – Durban, South Africa

G-8 Annual Summits
Group of Eight (G8) Countries – France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia.

• 37th G8 Meeting 2011 – Deauville, France
• 38th G8 Meeting 2012 – David camp, USA
• 39th G8 Summit 2013 –  County Fermanagh, UK
• 40th G8 Summit 2014 – Russia

G-20 Summits

• 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 – Los Cabos, Mexico
• 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 – Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia

SAARC Summits
SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

• 17th SAARC Summit 2011– Addu, Maldives
• 18th SAARC Summit 2013 – Kathmandu,Nepal

ASEAN Summits
ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation

• 19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) – Bali, Indonesia
• 20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April) – Phnom penh, Cambodia
• 21th ASEAN Summit 2012  (November)– Phnom penh, Cambodia

ASEAN-India Summit

• 9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
• 10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

East Asia Summit (EAS)

EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings.

• 6th East Asia Summit 2011 – Bali, Indonesia
• 7th East Asia Summit 2012 – Phnom penh, Cambodia

IBSA Summits
IBSA Dialogue Forum - India, Brazil, South Africa.

• 5th IBSA Summit 2011 – Pretoria, South Africa
• 6th IBSA Summit 2013 – India

APEC Summits
APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

• 23rd APEC  summit 2011 – Honolulu, USA
• 24th APEC Summit 2012 – Vladivostok,Russia
• 25th APEC Summit 2013 – Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia
• 26th APEC Summit 2014 – China
• 27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines
• 28th APEC Summit 2016 – Lima, Peru

OPEC Seminars
OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

• 4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 – Vienna, Austria
• 5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 – Vienna, Austria

NAM Summits
NAM – Non-aligned Movement

• 16th NAM Summit 2012 – Tehran, Iran
• 17th NAM Summit 2015 – Caracas,Venezuela

SCO Meetings
SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organization

• SCO Meeting 2011 – Astana, Kazakhstan
• SCO Meeting 2012 – Beijing, China
• SCO Meeting 2013 – Kyrgyzstan

NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) international conference on Afghanistan will be held in Chicago (USA)

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meetings
Annual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.

• ADB Annual Meeting 2012 – Manila, Philippines
• ADB Annual Meeting 2013 – New Delhi, India

WTO Ministerial Conferences

• 8th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2011 – Geneva, Switzerland
• 9th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia

Other Important Summits

• United Nations framework convention on Climate, 2011 – Durban, South Africa
• 10th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change – New Delhi, India
• Arab summit 2012 – Baghdad, Iraq
• Nuclear security summit 2012 – Seoul, South Korea
• 12th Annual summit of European Union and India – New Delhi, India
• G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting – Mexico City, Mexico
• Friends of Syria Meeting – Istanbul,Turkey
• 5th Ministerial level India-UK Economic Financial Dialogue – New Delhi
• United Nation Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 – Rio de janeiro,Brazil
• 17th National youth Festival – Mangalore, Karnataka
• World Economic Forum – Davos, Switzerland
• World Polio Summit 2012 – New Delhi, India
• India, Russia Inter-Governmental Commission meet 2012 – New Delhi, India
• The sixth conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians held in Islamabad on 4th November 2012.
• E-9 countries review meeting held in New Delhi on 9th and 10th November 2012.The E-9 countries are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria and Mexico.
• The 8th meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter terrorism was held on 20 November 2012 in New Delhi.
• The 3rd Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit organized by East West Institute, a New York based think-and-do tank, kick-started in the New Delhi on 30th October 2012.
• South Korea will host the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2014.
• The XI Conference of Parties (CoP-11) on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) being hosted by India at Hyderabad starts on 1st October 2012.
• The 9th World Hindi Conference to be held in Johannesburg ,South Africa from 22-24 September 2012.The first world Hindi Conference was held in Nagapur from 10-12 January 1975.
• The APEC Russia 2012 Summit is the 24th annual gathering of APEC leaders of 21 countries.Leaders from the member economics are currently meeting on Russky Island off the Coast of Vladivostok, Russia from September 2-9 ,2012 .
• The world’s largest meeting on HIV/AIDS opened on 22nd July in Washington.
• The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Summit held in HICC, Novotel Hyderabad. The summit was held between 22 August 2012 to 25 August 2012.
•  7th ASEAN education Ministers meeting on July 4 with the 1st Asean plus three education Minister Meeting and the 1st East Asia Summit Education Minister meeting from July4-5 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
•  A One day International conference in Kabul took place on June 14,2012 to discuss ways to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan and boost regional cooperation.
•  101 st session of International Labour Conference  organized by International Labour Organization(ILO), concluded on June 14 ,2012 in Geneva.
•  The Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments took place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012
•  India To Host Alternative International AIDS conference
•  World Agriculture Congress mega event will be hosted by the Hyderabad city for the first time in the country.
•  The 6th Summit of the Americas was held At Cartagena, Colombia on 14 and 15 April 2012.
•  The Russia, India and China (RIC) trilateral conference was held in Mascow on 13 April 2012.
•  The seventh meeting of the India-Russia Joint Working Group was held in New Delhi on 11 April 2012.
•  Two-days national agricultural conference held at New Delhi.
•  The international exhibition-cum conference ” Indian Aviation 2012 held at Hyderabad from 14-18 March 2012.
• The 23rd Arab summit was held on 29 March 2012 Baghdad, half of the Arab world’s 22 heads of states had to meet for the summit in former president Saddam Hussain’s palace, but only few leaders gathered.
•  India, the independence accreditation agency organized its 1st world summit on Accreditation from 25 -28 March 2012 in New Delhi.
•  The I’st World summit on Accreditation is going to be held in March 2012 at New Delhi.
•  A seven days Turkey World Trade Bridge International Business Summit is going to be organized by the confederation of Businessman and Industrialists of Turkey (TUSKON) and the Indo-Turkish Business Association (ITBA) from 3 June to 10 June 2012 in Istanbul.
• AIMA’s second Knowledge summit was held in Bangalore on 7March 2012.
• The 9th three day International conference & exhibition was hosted by the society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG),which was inaugurated on 16 feb 2012 in Hyderabad.
• The 44Th session of Indian Labour conference was held on 14 and 15 Feb 2012, under the chairmanship of Shri Mallikajun Kharge, Union minister of Labour and Employment.
• The Association of South East Nations (Asean ) summit had held in New Delhi on 12 Feb 2012 with the theme of India and Asean partners for peace, progress and stability. 
• The 12th India – EU summit was held in New Delhi on 10 Feb 2012.
• The 4th ” International Conference on Luminescence and its Application’s” (ICLA) 2012 conference had been organised by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies on 8 Feb2012 in Hyderabad.
•  The 15th National conference on e-Governance conference had been inaugurated by the chief minister of Odisha M.Naveen Patnaik on 8 Feb 2012
• The 10th International Kimberlite conference meeting was held from 6 to 11 Feb 2012 at Bangalore (GSI).
• The 58th annual meeting of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) was held from 8 to 12 Feb 2012 in Kolkata
• The national conference on Governance’ was held on 29 Jan  2012 at the NCUI auditorium in New Delhi.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated 15th Global Sanskrit Meetings in New Delhi on 4 January 2012.
• 99th Science Congress Conferences were inaugarated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Bhuvaneswar, Odisha on 3 January 2012. 

IMPORTANT AWARDS 2012

• Israeli Scientist Daniel Hillel has won World Food Prize 2012 .
• ITC conferred world business & development award 2012.
• Life Time Achievement Award for Ratan Tata by Rockefeller Foundation
• Vijay Kumar conferred Himachal Gaurav award
• Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Puraskar for DR Mehra,
• Ashoke Sen wins Yuri Milner Prize.
• Sachin Tendulkar was presented the Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award.
• Ondaatje Prize 2012 for Rahul Bhattacharya.
• Sudarshan Pattnaik won the Copenhagen Sand Art Championship-2012.
• Binayak Sen and Bulu Imam honored with the International Peace Award  by the Gandhi Foundation at the House of Lords.
• Shalini Singh won Prem Bhatia award
• Kulandei Francis won Magsaysay award.
• Miss China Wenxia Yu won the title of Miss World 2012
• Mamta Kalia gets Sita puraskar.
• Shiv Bhatia gets Rashtriya Ekta Puraskar.
• Mr. Baba Kalyani was conferred an honorary ‘Doctor of Science’ (honoris causa) by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee at the 58th Annual Convocation of IIT Kharagpur.
• Paraguay’s Highest Civilisation Award ‘National Order of Merito de Comuneros’ for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
• Lifetime achievement award for Waheeda Rehman at Mumbai Film Festival.
• Bangladesh honours Jagjivan Ram as 1971 war hero.
• Hilary Mantel wins Booker Prize for 2012.
• Gulzar gets Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2012.
• C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Sunil Gavaskar.
• Sharmila Tagore was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the Edinburgh Napier University.
• Member of Order of Australia – Sachin Tendulkar
• IT giant Infosys founder, N.R. Narayan Murthy honoured with Hoover Medal for promoting science at Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in Washington.
• Aishwarya Rai was honoured with French Civilian Award
• Dr Madhav Chavan has won the WISE Prize, which has been likened to a “Nobel prize for education”.
• Urdu Scholar Gopi Chand Narang Awarded Moortidevi Award for 2010 
• Chinese movie ‘11 Flowers’, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai has won the prestigious NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) award at the 18th Kolkata International Film festival (KIFF).
• President of the Republic of Liberia Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf got the  Indira Gandhi peace prize for 2012 for her Excellency, Peace,Disarmament and Development.
•  “Andhey Ghorey Da Daan” a Punjabi film directed by Gurvinder Singh and produced by National Film Development Cooperation was bagged the Golden Peacock award of the International  Film Festival of India, IFFI.

ICC Awards 2012

• Emerging Player of the Year – Sunil Narine
• LG People’s Choice Award – Kumar Sangakkara
• ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year – Virat Kohli
• ICC Test Cricketer of the Year -Kumar Sangakkara
• ICC Cricketer of the Year – Kumar Sangakkara

IIFA Awards 2012

13th IIFA Awards 2012 schedule  from 7th Jun to 9th Jun, 2012 as held in the beautiful city of Singapore . The list of winners has just been announced and as expected, Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan have once again won the Best Actor and Best Actress award respectively. The Best movie and director too have been predictable this year, as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, which swept the IIFA 2012 technical awards, has won in both categories.
Winners of IIFA Awards 2012
Best Actor – Ranbir Kapoor (Rockstar)
Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
Best Movie – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Director – Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
Best Story – Zoya Akhtar and Reema Katgi (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
Best Music – A R Rahman ( Rockstar)

84th Academy Awards 

The 84th Academy Awards Ceremony/ Oscars was hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science ( AMPAS). The ceremony which took place at the Hollywood Highland center in Hollywood, California on 26 Feb 2012 honoured the best film and  performances of 2011. The ceremony was hosted by Billy Cristal who hosted this ceremony for the ninth time. Best Motion Picture: The Artist ,Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Best Actor : Jean Dujardin, The Artist  ,Foreign Language Film : A separation      , Original Screenplay:       Woody Allen Best Actress : Meryl Streep, Iron Lady ,  Adapted screenplay:Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Best Supporting Actor :Christopher Plummer, Beginners,      Cinematography : Hugo. Art direction: Hugo Best Supporting Actress :Octavia Spencer, The Help .Original Score : The Artist.  Visual Effects: Hugo Film Editing: The girl with the dragon tattoo.   Sound mixing:Hugo.   Sound  Editing: Hugo. Costume Design:The Artist Original Song: Man or Muppet, from Muppets.  Make Up: The Iron Lady . Live Action Short Film:The Shore Animated Feature Film: Rango.   Animated Short: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Documentary Features: Undefeated.  Documentary Short: Saving Face.

Nobel Prize 2012 Winners

• Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 – Serge Haroche and David Wineland
  
• Nobel Peace Prize for 2012: European Union
  
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012: Robert J Lefkowitz and Brian K Kobilka
• Nobel Prize in Literature 2012: Chinese author Mo Yan
• Nobel Prize in Economy 2012: Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley
• Nobel Prize in Medicine 2012: John Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs FOR ALL EXAMS

1. What is the gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter (July-September) of 2012-13?
1) 5.5 %
2) 6.7 %
3) 5.3%
4) 7.5%
5) 6.5%

2. The General Assembly granted which of the following states non-member observer State status in the United Nations on November 29, 2012?
1) Tuvalu
2) Palestine
3) Israel
4) Switzerland
5) Montenegro

3. Who was sworn in as President of Mexico for a six-year term on December 1, 2012?
1) Felipe Calderon
2) Josefina Vazquez Mota
3) Enrique Pena-Nieto
4) Santiago Creel
5) None of these

4. Who became the eighth batsman and first Indian to score three triple centuries in first class cricket in December 2012?
1) Wasim Jaffer
2) VVS Laxman
3) Virender Sehwag
4) Ravindra Jadeja
5)Virat Kohli

5. Identify the incorrect statement?
1) Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) PSLV-C21 rocket blasted off into space on its 100th mission on September 9, 2012.
2) It was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
3) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C21 (PSLV-C21) carried two foreign satellites-the French SPOT-6 remote sensing satellite and the Japanese PROITERES micro-satellites.
4) Aryabhatta, India's first satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1975.
5) The PSLV-C21 launch was witnessed by the President Pranab Mukherjee.

6. Who became the fastest player to score 3000 runs in one day internationals on August 29, 2012?
1) Virat Kohli (India)
2) Hashim Amla (South Africa)
3) Kevin Pietersen (England)
4) David Warner (Australia)
5) None of these

7. Which of the following statements about FDI is not true?
1) The government has allowed 100% FDI in single brand retail and 51% in multi-brand retail.
2) In civil aviation it is 49%.
3) In broadcasting sector the limit increased from 49% to 74%.
4) FDI in insurance sector will be hiked to 49% from the existing 26%.
5) The FDI cap on pension would be 74%.

8. BHEL has signed an agreement with which of the following countries for setting up a 100 MW hydro-electric power project on the Zeravshan river?
1) Tajikistan
2) Russia
3) Kazakhstan
4) Ukraine
5) Kyrgyzstan

9. The government has proposed to set up a National Investment Board(NIB) to monitor and advise ministries on expediting projects entailing investments in excess of Rs. 1000 crore. It will be chaired by the?
1) Finance Minister
2) Agriculture Minister
3) Prime Minister
4) UPA Chairperson
5) Commerce Minister

10. The Justice Shah Commission has indicted Digambar Kamat for allowing illegal mining. He was the Chief Minister of which of the following states between 2007 and 2012?
1) Karnataka
2) Goa
3) Maharashtra
4) Jharkhand
5) Chhattisgarh

11. The ability of an asset to be converted into cash quickly is called?
1) Credit
2) Cash crunch
3) Liquidity
4) Marketability
5) None of these

12. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are established to?
1) Promote exports of goods and services
2) Promote investment from domestic and foreign sources
3) Create employment opportunities
4) Develop infrastructure facilities
5) All the above

13. Which of the following terms is not used in Banking/Finance?
1) Call Option
2) Blue Chip
3) Dividend
4) Jacksonian Seizure
5) Bid Price

14. Who represented India in Miss Earth 2012 beauty pageant that was held in Philippines on November 24, 2012?
1) Vanya Mishra
2) Nikita Dutta
3) Prachi Mishra
4) Priyanka Verma
5) Rochelle Maria Rao

15. The Agricultural Census is conducted?
1) Every year
2) Once in ten years
3) Once in five years
4) Once in two years
5) No fixed term

16. Vyas Samman is given for excellence in which of the following fields?
1) Music
2) Films
3) Literature
4) Sports
5) Journalism

ANSWERS:
1) 3 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 2 7) 5 8) 1 9) 3 10) 211) 3 12) 5 13) 4 14) 3 15) 3 16) 3 

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS

1. What is meant by Repo Rate?
1) At what rate of interest banks offer the funds to Reserve Bank of India.
2) At what rate of interest World Bank offer the funds to Central Government for not less than the period of 364 days.
3) At what rate of interest banks barrow the funds from Reserve Bank of India for short term.
4) At what rate of interest banks barrow the funds from the other banks for long term.
5) At what rate of interest central government barrow the funds from the other banks for long term.

2. Present Repo Rate is?
1) 8.00 percent
2) 8.25 percent
3) 7.00 percent
4) 9.00 percent
5) 23 percent

3. If the Repo Rate increases by Reserve Bank of India, rate of interest of the loans offered by the banks?
1) Decrease
2) Become Zero
3) Become 100 percent
4) Increase
5) None of above

4. To control Inflation?
1) RBI decreases the Repo Rate
2) RBI ask the Central Government to increase the Repo Rate
3) RBI cancels the option of Repo Rate
4) RBI declares Repo Rate as Zero Percent
5) RBI increases the Repo Rate

5. Reverse Repo Rate means?
1) the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from Central Government.
2) the rate at which state governments borrows money from banks.
3) the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from banks.
4) the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from State Government.
5) the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from World bank.

6. The present Reverse Repo Rate is?
1) 8.25 percent
2) 8.50 percent
3) 9.00 percent
4) 23.00 percent
5) 7.00 percent


7. …………………… reappointed as RBI Deputy Governor till 31 December 2012.
1) Dr. K.C.Chakrabarty
2) Anand Sinha
3) Subir Gokarn
4) H.R.Khan
5) Kaushik Basu

8. Who among the following is not one of the 20 Directors of the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India?
1) Anil Kakodkar
2) Y.H.Malegam
3) Ratan Tata
4) Kumar Mangalam Birla
5) Ela Bhatt

9. Syndicate Bank details are given below. Pick up correct one.
a) Syndicate Bank was established in 1925 in Udupi, Karnataka.
b) Upendra Ananth Pai, a businessman; Sri Vaman Kudva, an engineer and Dr.T M A Pai, a physician can be called the founders of this bank.
c) One of the main attractive points of this bank is “Pigmy Deposit Scheme”, which accepts as low as Rs. 5 at the door steps of depositors through its agents.
d) The present chairman is Madhukant Girdharlal Sanghvi.
e) The bank was nationalized by Indira Gandhi in 1980.
1) b, c, d
2) a, b, c, e
3) a, b, d, e
4) a, b, c, d
5) a, b, d

10. SBI SMILE provides interest-free seed capital to?
1) Large Scale Industries
2) Farmers
3) Establish International schools in Metros
4) Small and medium enterprises
5) Non Resident Indians

GENERAL AWARENESS MODEL PRACTICE MCQs

1. 'UDAAN' is a special industry initiative of the Centre aimed at imparting skills to youth from Jammu and Kashmir to help them with their careers. Which is the first public sector undert-aking to implement UDAAN?
1) NTPC
2) BHEL
3) NMDC
4) ONGC
5) SAIL

2. Who replaced Amar Pratap Singh as the CBI Director on November 30, 2012?
1) S.C.Sinha
2) Ranjit Sinha
3) Sanjeev Tripathi
4) Syed Asif Ibrahim
5) Nehchal Sandhu

3. Francois du Plessis scored a century on his Test debut in November 2012. He plays for?
1) Australia
2) England
3) South Africa
4) New Zealand
5) West Indies

4. Miss Universe 2012 pageant will be held on December 19, 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Manila (Philippines)
2) Las Vegas (USA)
3) Beijing (China)
4) London (UK)
5) Nicosia (Cyprus)

5. Le Luong Minh has been appointed ASEAN Secretary General for the next 5-year term. He is the Deputy Foreign Minister of?
1) Vietnam
2) Cambodia
3) Thailand
4) Laos
5) Philippines

6. The Government of India will implement the direct cash transfer scheme in how many districts from January 1, 2013?
1) 200
2) 66
3) 51
4) 74
5) 100

7. Which country has terminated a contract given by the previous government to GMR Group for developing Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) at its capital city?
1) Indonesia
2) Pakistan
3) Afghanistan
4) Maldives
5) Iran

8. Joseph Murray of USA died on November 26, 2012. In 1954 he performed the first successful human?
1) Liver transplant
2) Heart transplant
3) Kidney transplant
4) Bone-marrow transplant
5) Pancreas transplant

9. Stockholm Water Prize recognizes outstanding achieve-ments in water related activities. The 2012 prize was awarded to the International Water Manage-ment Institute (IWMI), a non- profit research organization with headquarters in?
1) Colombo (Sri Lanka)
2) Tehran (Iran)
3) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4) Jerusalem (Israel)
5) Cairo (Egypt)

10. Which of the following banks acquired Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2008?
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) OBC
5) IDBI Bank

11. Which of the following is not the name of a foreign bank?
1) HSBC
 2) BNP Paribas
3) Barclays
4) JP Morgan Chase
5) Cathay Pacific

12. Which of the following terms is not related to banking?
1) Overdraft
2) SME Finance
3) Drawing power
4) Equinox
5) Sanctioning authority

13. Which country will maintain a military base in Kant in Kyrgyzstan for 15 years starting 2017?
1) Russia
2) USA
 3) China
4) UK
5) France

14. Kelkar Committee cautioned that in absence of corrective measures, the fiscal deficit of the government could shoot up to what per cent of the GDP in the current financial year?
1) 6.1
2) 5.5
3) 6.5
4)7.5
5) 6.7

15. RBI carries out open market operations (OMO), which means?
1) Issuance of different types of bonds
2) Sale or purchase of government securities
3) Auction of gold
4) Issue of currency notes
5) None of these

16. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) The objective of Financial Inclusion is connecting every Indian to the country's banking system.
2) RRBs have limited area of operation and have access to refinance from NABARD.
3) Money laundering refers to conversion of illegally obtained money into accountable money.
4) SARFAESI Act was launched to facilitate banks in recovery of bad loans.
5) One who is not earning regularly cannot open an account in any bank in India.


17. "Sub-prime" refers to?
1) Lending done by banks at rates below PLR
2) Lending to the people who are high value customers
3) Lending to those who are not regular customers of a bank
4) Lending done by banks to customers not meeting with normally required credit appraisal standards
5) None of these

18. Inflation in India is measured on which of the following indexes/ indicators?
1) Consumer Price Index
2) Gross Domestic Product
3) Gross National Product
4) Cost of Living Index
5) Wholesale Price Index

ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 2 5) 1 6) 3 7) 4 8) 3 9) 1 10) 2 11) 5 12) 4 13) 1 14) 1 15) 2 16) 5 17) 4 18) 5

MISS CZECH REPUBLIC WINS MISS EARTH 2012

Tereza Fajksova of the Czech Republic was crowned Miss Earth 2012 on November 24 in the Philippines.
Miss Philippines Stephany Stefanowitz as Miss Earth Air , Miss Venezuela Osmariel Villalobos as Miss Earth Water and Miss Brazil Camila Brant as Miss Earth Fire. 


Around 91 contestants from around the globe participated in the pageant with a theme in line with that of United Nations' (UN) celebration of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for all.
 
There were many favourites including Miss Prachi Mishra who represented India and had bagged the Friendship subtitle at Miss Earth 2012. 

Miss Earth 2012, Tereza Fajksova was crowned by her predecessor- Miss Earth 2011-Olga Alava of Ecuador.

Online Miss Photogenic - Miss Venezuela placed 1st with 25,667 votes (Gold), Miss Thailand got 22,326 votes (Silver) and Miss Costa Rica earned 18,817 votes (Bronze).

National costume competition - Miss Thailand won the Gold medal, while Misses South Africa and Malaysia bagged the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Evening gown competition ( Group 3)- Bronze to Miss Norway, silver to Miss Thailand and Gold to Miss Guatemala!
 

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS

1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved disinvestment of what per cent government equity in the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), out of its holding of 84.50 per cent on November 22, 2012?
1) 8%
2) 8.5%
3) 9%
4) 9.5%
5) 10%

2. Who became the first batsman in the history of Test Cricket to make four 200-plus scores in a calendar year in November 2012?
1) Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
2) Graeme Smith (South Africa)
3) Alastair Cook (England)
4) Ricky Ponting (Australia)
5) Michael Clarke (Australia)

3. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was honored with the 2010 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development in New Delhi on November 22, 2012. He is former President of which of the following countries?
1) Mexico
2) Portugal
3) Brazil
4) Argentina
5) Peru

4. Who among the following Ramon Magsaysay awardees is the founder of an NGO Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP)?
1) Neelima Mishra
2) Harish Hande
3) Arvind Kejriwal
4) Kulandei Francis
5) Sandeep Pandey

5. RBI Governor D.Subbarao declared which of the following as the first district in the country to achieve total and meaningful financial inclusion on Nove-mber 22, 2012?
1) Anand (Gujarat)
2) Nalgonda (Andhra Pradesh)
3) Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu)
4) Viluppuram (Tamil Nadu)
5) Ernakulam (Kerala)

6. The Government of India extended the term of Subir Gokarn till December 31, 2012. He is?
1) SBI Chairman
2) Finance Secretary
3) Deputy Governor of RBI
4) Chief Economic Advisor
5) None of these

7. Who won the third straight Formula One World Championship title on November 25, 2012?
1) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
3) Jenson Button (McLaren)
4) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
5) Mark Webber (Red Bull)

8. Which city hosted the 7th East Asia Summit (EAS) on November 20, 2012?
1) Bangkok (Thailand)
2) Hanoi (Vietnam)
3) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4) Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
5) Yangon (Myanmar)

9. The Centre will set up an Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology at a cost of Rs.287.50 crore at which of the following places?
1) New Delhi
2) Ranchi
3) Hassan
4) Mysore
5) Hyderabad

10. The Government has notified what per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail?
1) 49
2) 74
3) 51
4) 100
5) 26

11. The 12th annual Miss Earth 2012 pageant was held in Muntinlupa city, Philippines on November 24, 2012. Who won the title?
1) Tereza Fajksova (Czech Republic)
2) Stephany Stefanowitz (Philippines)
3) Osmariel Villalobos (Venezuela)
4) Camila Brant (Brazil)
5) Prachi Mishra (India)

12. Who is the author of the book 'Patriots and Partisans'?
1) Pankaj Mishra
2) Mihir Bose
3) Ramachandra Guha
4) Ram Sharan Sharma
5) Romila Thapar

13. Which of the following full forms is not correct?
1) KYC-Know Your Customer
2) SEBI-Securities and Exchange Board of India
3) RTGS-Real Time Gross Settlement
4) SEZ-Special Economic Zone
5) ILO-International Legal Organization

14. Which of the following statements is not correct?
1) India is the largest producer of milk in the world.
2) Karnataka is the major producer of mulberry silk in India.
3) Golden Revolution refers to the development of horticu-ltural products.
4) M.S.Swaminathan is known as the 'Father of Green Revolution in India'.
5) Wheat is the most important Kharif crop in India.

15. The terms Bulls and Bears are used in?
1) Commodity Market
2) Stock Market
3) Bullion Market
4) Banking Sector
5) Insurance Sector

ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 5 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 1 8) 4 9) 2 10) 3 11) 1 12) 3 13) 5 14) 5 15) 2 

IBPS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. SLR means....
1) Statutory Loan Ratio
2) Single Liquidity Ratio
3) Simple Liquidity Ratio
4) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
5) Statutory Liability Ratio

2. Statutory Liquidity Ratio ....
1) is the proportion of Tier I capital that banks have to keep invested in unencumbered, approved government securities, gold or cash.
2) is the proportion of Loan Funds that banks have to keep invested in unencumbered, approved government securities, gold or cash.
3) is the proportion of Non-Performance Assets that banks have to keep invested in unencumbered, approved government securities, gold or cash.
4) is the proportion of demand and time deposits that banks have to keep invested in unencumbered, approved government securities, gold or cash.
5) is the proportion of Reserve Capital that banks have to keep invested in unencumbered, approved government securities, gold or cash.

3. Present Statutory Liquidity Ratio is ...
1) 23 percent
2) 25 percent
3) 30 percent
4) 4.25 percent
5) 8.75 percent

4. If Statutory Liquidity Ratio increases, the availability of bank loans ..
1) increase
2) zero
3) become 100 percent
4) decrease
5) not available

5. To control inflation, Statutory Liquidity Ratio to be ...
1) decreased
2) must be zero
3) must be negative
4) must be in double digit only
5) increased

6. Statutory Liquidity Ratio declared by ......
1) Government of India
2) State Bank of India
3) SEBI
4) Reserve Bank of India
5) Exim Bank

7. Cash Reserve Ratio means ....
1) the portion of deposits that RBI keep with the Commercial banks
2) the portion of cash that banks keep with the State Governments
3) the portion of deposits that banks keep with the Central bank
4) the portion of deposits that banks keep with the Central Government
5) the portion of deposits that banks keep with the World Bank

8. On 31st October 2012, Reserve Bank of India reduced Cash Reserve Ratio from 4.50 percent to......
1) 4.00 percent
2) 3.75 percent
3) 3.50 percent
4) 2.50 percent
5) 4.25 percent

9. Reducing Cash Reserve Ratio by 25 basis points, it is expected that banks get the liquidity up to the tune of Rs. ...
1) 50,000 crores
2) 10,000 crores
3) 17,500 crores
4) 5,000 crores
5) 40,000 crores

10. If Cash Reserve Ratio reduces, then availability of bank loans .......
1) decrease
2) zero
3) negative
4) increase
5) loans do not available

IBPS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS MODEL PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Who was named the most powerful business woman in India for the second consecutive year by Fortune magazine in November 2012?
1) Chanda Kochhar (ICICI Bank)
2) Mallika Srinivasan (TAFE)
3) Aruna Jayanthi (Capgemini)
4) Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank)
5) Preetha Reddy (Apollo Hospitals)

2. According to National Associa-tion of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the IT industry would grow by what percent in 2012-13?
1) 9
2) 11
3) 10
4) 8
5) 7

3. Who, among the following women Presidents, was chosen for 2012 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Develo-pment for being an inspiration to women and ensuring return of peace and democracy in her country? (The announcement was made on November 19, the birth anniversary of the late Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi)
1) Joyce Banda (Malawi)
2) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
3) Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica)
4) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (Argentina)
5) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia)

4. Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. Which country won the 2012 Davis Cup in Prague on November 18, 2012?
1) Czech Republic
2) Spain
3) Argentina
4) Serbia
5) Croatia

5. Which of the following statements about the Kelkar Committee is not correct?
1) A Committee, headed by for-mer Finance Secretary Vijay Kelkar, recommended phased elimination of subsidies.
2) It suggested phased elimina-tion of subsidy on diesel and LPG in the next four years.
3) The Committee recommen-ded hike in urea prices.
4) It suggested reviewing Direct Taxes Code Bill and bringing more services in the tax net.
5) The government accepted all the suggestions of the panel.

6. Which country's President will be the Chief Guest of the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention that will be held from 7 to 9 January, 2013 in Kochi?
1) Mauritius
2) Singapore
3) Sri Lanka
4) Panama
5) Trinidad & Tobago

7. The 58th Commonwealth Parlia-mentary Association (CPA) Annual Conference was held in which of the following cities in September 2012?
1) Perth
2) Colombo
3) London
4) New Delhi
5) Canberra

8. Large Uranium deposits were discovered recently at Rohil in Sikar district of?
1) Haryana
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Jharkhand
5) Bihar

9. Who became the first Union Minister to be commissioned as a regular officer in the Territo-rial Army on September 6, 2012?
1) Jitin Prasada
2) Milind Deora
3) Jitendra Singh
4) Sachin Pilot
5) Jyotiraditya Scindia

10. Hailemariam Desalegn became the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries in September 2012?
1) Swaziland
2) Tanzania
3) Cape Verde
4) Ethiopia
5) Sierra Leone

11. Who received the 2012 US Liberty Medal on September 13, 2012? (This honor is bestowed on those who fight for humanitarian causes, civil rights and religious freedom)
1) Muhammad Ali
2) Tony Blair
3) Robert Gates
4) Steven Spielberg
5) None of these

12. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the humanitarian organization The Art of Living, has been honored with National Order of Merito de Comuneros, the highest civilian award of?
1) Brazil
2) Paraguay
3) Chile
 4) Argentina
5) Venezuela

13. Pierre Nkurunziza visited India in September 2012 and received an award by MAMTA, an NGO, for his commitment to the cause of child welfare. He is the President of which of the following African countries?
1) Burundi
2) Rwanda
3) Gabon
4) Lesotho
5) Botswana

14. Grammy Award winning global pop phenomenon Enrique Iglesias performed in Pune, New Delhi and Bangalore in October 2012. He belongs to?
1) USA
2) Portugal
3) France
4) Colombia
5) Spain

15. Which Olympic champion was the event ambassador of the fifth Airtel Delhi half-marathon that was held on September 30, 2012?
1) Usain Bolt
2) Noah Ngeny
3) David Rudisha
4) Yohan Blake
5) Tyson Gay

16. What is the minimum population of cities stipulated by the government for foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail sector?
1) 2 lakhs
2) 5 lakhs
3) 7 lakhs
4) 10 lakhs
5) 15 lakhs

ANSWERS:

1) 1 2) 2 3) 5 4) 1 5) 5 6) 1 7) 2 8) 3 9) 4 10) 4 11) 1 12) 2 13) 1 14) 5 15) 3 16) 4

IBPS CLERKS CWE CURRENT EVENTS QUESTIONS

1. Barack Obama was re-elected as US President defeating Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney on November 6, 2012. From 2003 to 2007, Romney served as the Governor of which of the following states?
1) Ohio
2) Virginia
3) Nevada
4) Colorado
5) Massachusetts

2. Stephen Harper visited India in November 2012. He is the Prime Minister of?
1) Australia
2) Canada
3) Ireland
4) France
5) New Zealand

3. Who has taken over as Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of Bank of India (BoI) with effect from November 5, 2012?
1) Archana Bhargava
2) Shubhalaxmi Panse
3) Vijayalakshmi Iyer
4) Nupur Mitra
5) Shikha Sharma

4. The meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of G20 countries was held in November 2012 in which of the following cities?
1) Moscow
2) Toronto
3) Brisbane
4) Mexico City
5) Buenos Aires

5. Which of the following statements about Justice Ranganath Misra is not correct?
1) Ranganath Misra passed away on September 13, 2012 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
2) He was the 21st Chief Justice of India.
3) He was the first Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
4) Ranganath Misra Commi-ssion dealt with the issues related to Linguistic and Religious minorities in India.
5) The Commission recommen-ded 20 percent seats for mino-rities in educational instituti-ons and government services.

6. Sundaresh Menon, an Indian-origin judge was sworn in as the Chief Justice of which of the following countries on November 7, 2012?
1) Singapore
2) Mauritius
3) Maldives
4) Suriname
5) Fiji

7. Which city will host the 18th Asian Games in 2019?
1) Surabaya (Indonesia)
2) Hanoi (Vietnam)
3) Dubai (UAE)
4) Incheon (South Korea)
5) Nanjing (China)

8. The 9th World Hindi Conference was held in which of the following cities in September 2012?
1) Port Louis (Mauritius)
2) Port of Spain (Trinidad &Tobago)
3) Paramaribo (Suriname)
4) Johannesburg (South Africa)
5) New York (USA)

9. Brajesh Mishra passed away on September 28, 2012. He was India's first?
1) Foreign Secretary
2) National Security Adviser
3) Director of IB
4) Director General of NIA
5) Director of RAW

10. The President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) visited India in September 2012.Name him?
1) Mahmoud Abbas
2) Rauhi Fattouh
3) Yitzhak Shamir
4) Shimon Peres
5) None of these

IBPS CLERKS CWE GENERAL AWARENESS MODEL PRACTICE MCQs

1. An Institution whose principle business is accepting deposits and forwards the Loans is called?
1) Bank
2) Mutual Fund Business
3) Ombudsman
4) Company
5) None

2. The chief activities of bank do not include?
1) Providing loans
2) Accepting deposits
3) Providing lockers
4) Issuing Negotiable instruments
5) Selling Real Estate properties

3. Chief functions of banks do not include?
1) Accepting Cheque in the form of deposit
2) Allowing the transfer of funds
3) Doing agriculture activity
4) Providing foreign exchange
5) None

4. Which of the following term do not represent any part of the Banking Technology?
1) NEFT
2) RTGS
3) ITC
4) CBS
5) M - Banking

5. Payment and Settlement Systems Act passed in?
1) 2007
2) 2001
3) 2010
4) 2000
5)1991

6. The MICR cheque details given. Pick the wrong statement.
1) MICR means Magnetic Ink Character
2) MICR introduced to increase the standards of the cheques
3) MICR issued by bank
4) In the MICR portion, the customer not allowed to write anything
5) None

7. The MICR cheque details given. Pick the incorrect one.
1) In the MICR cheques, MICR bears 9 digits
2) First 3 digits represent city name/ district name etc.
3) Next 3 digits represent bank name
4) Last 3 digits represent branch code
5) MICR cheques increase the counterfeit cheques

8. ECS means?
1) Electronic Clearing Style
2) Electronic Clean Scheme
3) Electrical Clearing Scheme
4) Electronic Close Scheme
5) Electronic Clearing Scheme

9. SFMS means?
1) Structured Financial Mean Solution
2) Single Financial Messaging Solution
3) Simple Financial Messaging Solution
4) Structured Financial Messaging Solution
5) Structured Financial Messaging SMS

10. INRFS means?
1) Indo-NRI Remittance Facility Scheme
2) Indo-Nepal Remittance Force Scheme
3) Indo-Nepal Rule Facility Scheme
4) Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme
5) Indo-Netherlands Remittance Facility Scheme

IBPS CLERKS CWE GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS

1) Indian star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was honoured with of Australian Honour He is second Cricketer to get this honour. Who among the following is the first cricketer to get this award?  
1. Steve Waugh 
2. Allan Border 
3. Brian Lara 
4. Shane warne
5. None of these

2) Which of the following is true about ISRO’s 100th Mission recently?
1. In its 100th mission on 9th Septe- mber, Polar Satellite Launch Vehic- le blasted off two foreign satellites.
2. The experiment took place at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
3. 712 kg SPOT-6 remote sensing sa- tellite of France, and a 15-kg Japa- nese space craft PROITERES plac ed in orbit by ISRO’s PSLV C-21 
 4. All the above are true 
5. None of these

3) At which of the following places NAM summit was held in august?
1. Beijing 
2. Damascus
3. Tehran 
4. Colombo 
5. None of these 

4) Which of the following country has offered Asylum to Julias Ass ange,(the founder of Wikileaks) ignoring US threat ?
1. Venezula 
2. Ecuador
3. Cuba 
4. Spain 
5. Pakistan

5) The nation which has recently abolished direct censorship of the media is?
1. Myanmar 
2. Syria 
3. Srilanka 
4. Arabia 
5. Egypt

6) The 17th NAM summit will be held in 2015 in
1. Katrachu island 
2. Bolivia
3. India 4. Switzerland 
5. Iraq

7) At present who among the following is the chief economic adviser in the Ministry of Finance?
1. Kaushik Basu 
2. Rangarajan 
3. Parthasarathy shome 
4. Naraian 
5. Raghu ram Rajan

8) Verghese Kurien has passed away on September 8th. He was known as
1. Father of Green revolution in India 
2. Father of Yellow revolution of India 
3. Father of silver revolution of India 
4. Father of White Revolution of India 
5. Father of Red revolution of India

9) Who among the following has headed the Committee on GAAR, which recommended to postpone the controversial tax about 6 year?
1. Rangarajan 
2. Amartya Sen 
3. Parthasarathy Shome 
4. Chidambaram 
5. None of these

10) The world’s largest refugee camp is Dagahaley. It is located in
1. Syria 
2. Somalia
3. Iraq 
4. Iran 
5. USA

IBPS CLERKS CWE GENERAL AWARENESS MODEL PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Which among the following statements is incorrect?
1) RBI is a Banker to the Government of India
2) RBI frames and administers the Monetary Policy of India
3) RBI imposes taxes when the deposits of banks are decreased
4) RBI deals with the borrowing programs of Government of India
5) None

2. On 6 September 2012, World Bank approved $ 106 million loan to India to improve?
1) roads in the Naxalites affected states
2) the drinking projects in the remote corners of North Eastern states, which are badly affected during the summer
3) the conditions of Tribal people in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh

4) the school education among the poor
5) the nutritional outcomes for children less than six years of age, with a particular focus on 0 - 3 year old children

3. Which bank launched a mobile wallet 'Mobicash' in partnership with Oxigen Services (India)?
1) Dhanalakshmi Bank 
2) HDFC
3) State Bank of India
4) Corporation Bank
5) United Bank of India

4. Andhra Bank's head office is at Hyderabad. Pick the correct statement relating to Andhra Bank?
a) Andhra Bank was founded by the eminent freedom fighter, Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya

b) The Bank commenced business on 28th November 1923 with an authorised capital of Rs. 10.00 Lakhs
c) Andhra Bank's new mascot is Dolphin named as DOLLe.
d) Friendly, Intelligent, Responsive are the mascot slogans of this bank
1) a b c d
2) a b d
3) a b c
4) b c d
5) b c

5. From Jan 2010, with which bank, Bank of Baroda and Legal & General (UK) commenced a Life Insurance Joint Venture by name M/s India First Life Insurance Co Ltd?
1) Andhra Bank
2) Allahabad Bank
3) Union Bank of India
4) United Bank of India
5) ICICl

6. International Day of Rural Women is?
1) September 15
2) July 15
3) December 15
4) October 15
5) November 15


7. New Appointments are given. Pick the wrong one?
1) Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - Pranay Sahay
2) Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Pavan Sukhdev
3) Libya Prime Minister - Ali Zeidan
4) Maldives President - Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
5) Chairman of the Institute of Rural Management at Anand (Gujarat) - Deep Joshi

8. Which among the following term not used in Economics?
1) Elasticity
2) WPI
3) Continental Drift
4) Balance of Trade
5) Fiscal Deficit

9. President of India flagged off Solar Passenger car on 4 September 2012, designed by a team of?
1) Delhi Technological University
2) Jawaharlal Nehru University
3) IIT Bombay
4) NIT, Warangal
5) Osmania University

10. US open details given. Pick the wrong one?
1) Andy Murray (USA) won men's title
2) Serena Williams (USA) won women's title
3) Sara Errani (Italy) and Roberta Vinci (Italy) won women's Doubles
4) Bryan Brothers (USA) won Men's Doubles
5) Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) and Bruno Soares (Brazil) won mixed doubles

11. What is meant by Public Sector Bank?
1) The bank runs by the government having the Directors elected by the public
2) The Bank gives the accounts to Government only but not private individuals
3) Government of India or RBI or both have the least 51 % shares in the bank
4) More people visit these banks
5) None

12. How many Public Sector banks are there presently in India?
1) 24
2) 35
3) 26
4) 100
5) 51

13. Largest Public Sector bank in India?
1) Punjab National Bank

2) State Bank of India
3) Canara Bank
4) Oriental Bank of Commerce
5) Punjab National Bank

14. Public Sector banks include?
1) 19 nationalized banks + State Bank of India + 5 SBI Associates + IDBI
2) 19 nationalized banks + State Bank of India + 6 SBI Associates
3) 20 nationalized banks + 6 Private Banks
4) 14 nationalized banks + 6 SBI Asscoiates + 6 Private Banks
5) 20 nationalized banks + State Bank of India + 5 Private Sector Banks + IDBI

15. Which commission distributes the taxes between centre and states?
1) Planning Commission

2) Board of Direct Taxes
3) Finance Commission
4) National Development Council
5) National Advisory Council

16. 13th Finance Commission Chairman is?
1) Vijay.C.Kelkar
2) Harinarayana.J.
3) Yogesh Agarwal
4) Rahul Kullar
5) U.K.Sinha

17. 13th Finance Commission runs between?
1) 2010 - 15
2) 2015 - 20
3) 2007 - 12
4) 2012 - 17
5) 2010 - 22

18. The 13th Finance Commission recommended how much share to states from net proceeds of the shareable Central taxes?
1) 12%
2) 50%
3) 45%
4) 48%
5) 32%

19. The Man Booker Prize details given. Pick the correct statement?
1) The prize given to the novels written in the English language
2) The Prize founded by Man Group of London
3) 2012 winner is Hillary Mantel (UK) for her book 'Bring up the Bodies'. She also received the same prize in 2009 for her novel 'Wolf Hal'.
4) Hillary Mantel is the first woman to receive the award twice
5) All of above

20. Which among the following Indians not received the Man Booker Prize?

1) Aravind Adiga
2) Kiran Desai
3) Kushwanth Singh
4) Arundhati Roy
5) None

21. List of Abbreviations given. Pick the wrong one?
1) NALSA - National Legal Services Authority
2) CCMB - Centre for Cellular and Mammal Biology
3) RNTCP - Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program
4) TCAS - Traffic Collision Avoidance System
5) ICICI - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited

22. Marcus Agius resigned following the Libor inter - bank lending rate scandal. He was the chairman of?
1) Standard Charted Bank
2) Citi Bank
3) Barclays Bank
4) HSBC
5) Common Wealth Bank of Australia

23. The College of Agricultural Banking at ...... rains staff of co-operative and commercial banks, including regional rural banks. This college runs by Reserve Bank of India?
1) Mumbai
2) Hyderabad
3) Kanpur
4) Chennai
5) Pune

24. Reserve Bank of India is funding to encourage advance training and research on banking issues, economic Growth. It is funding National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) at?
1) Delhi
2) Kolkata
3) Pune
4) Hyderabad
5) Indore

25. Where is the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)?
1) Hyderabad
2) Bhopal
3) Mumbai
4) Thiruvananthapuram
5) Kanyakumari

ANSWERS:

1-3; 2-5; 3-3; 4-1; 5-1; 6-4; 7-4; 8-3; 9-1; 10-1;
11-3; 12-3; 13-2; 14-1; 15-3; 16-1; 17-1; 18-5; 19-5; 20-3;
21-2; 22-3; 23-5; 24.3; 25-3.