1. Who replaced Arvind Mayaram as the Economic Affairs Secretary in October 2014?
1) Anil Swarup
2) S.K. Srivastava
3) Alok Rawat
4) Rajiv Mehrishi
5) Vinod Agrawal
2. The European Parliament has awarded its highest human rights accolade, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to?
1) Edward Snowden
2) Denis Mukwege
3) Leyla Yunus
4) Muhammad Yunus
5) Alan Rusbridger
3. Which of the following teams defended the Sultan of Johor Cup under-21 hockey title on October 19, 2014?
1) India
2) Great Britain
3) Australia
4) New Zealand
5) South Korea
4. Who won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his book "The Narrow Road to the Deep North"?
1) Howard Jacobson
2) Joshua Ferris
3) Richard Powers
4) Richard Flanagan
5) David Mitchell
5. Who will head the National Committee to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of India's
first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru?
1) Karan Singh
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) Sushma Swaraj
4) Arun Jaitley
5) Narendra Modi
6. Who won the Challenger tennis tournament at the Indore Club Courts on October 19, 2014?
1) Saketh Myneni
2) Somdev Devvarman
3) Yuki Bhambri
4) R. Ramkumar
5) None of these
7. Identify the mismatched pair regarding Author and Book.
1) Joshua Ferris: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
2) Karen Joy Fowler: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
3) Joseph O'Neill: The Dog
4) Niall Williams: History of the Rain
5) Neel Mukherjee: How to be Both
8. Sultan of Johor Cup is an annual international under-21 field hockey tournament held in?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Malaysia
4) Indonesia
5) Iran
9. Who among the following is not a Golf player?
1) Anirban Lahiri
2) Baek Seuk-Hyun
3) Bubba Watson
4) Louis Oosthuizen
5) Vladimir Klitschko
10. The Supreme Court lifted the 19-month ban on iron ore mining in which of the following states in April 2014?
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Goa
4) Odisha
5) Kerala
11. Who is the author of the book "Urban Villager -Life in an Indian Satellite Town"?
1) Mukul Kesavan
2) Vandana Vasudevan
3) Rashmi Bansal
4) Chetan Bhagat
5) None of these
12. DRT is associated with?
1) Deposit insurance
2) Recurring deposits
3) Loan recovery
4) Demand deposits
5) Fixed deposits
13. Dactylography is commonly known as?
1) Carbon dating
2) Water printing
3) Finger printing
4) Electro cardiogram
5) None of these
14. Curcumin is a derivative of which of the following?
1) Ginger
2) Turmeric
3) Garlic
4) Sunflower
5) Jasmine
15. Who is the first Indian woman winner of Miss Universe?
1) Aishwarya Rai
2) Rita Faria
3) Lara Dutta
4) Sushmita Sen
5) Diana Hayden
16. Which of the following books is not written by Salman Rushdie?
1) Shame
2) Midnight's Children
3) The Satanic Verses
4) The Moor's Last Sigh
5) The Shape of the Beast
17. MENA refers to the countries in?
1) Middle East and North African countries
2) Middle East and North American countries
3) Mediterranean Europe and North Atlantic countries
4) Mediterranean Europe and North American countries
5) None of these
18. Open market operations refer to the sale and purchase by the Reserve Bank of India of?
1) Foreign currency
2) Gold
3) Government bonds
4) All the above
5) None of these
19. The agency that estimates national income in India is?
1) RBI
2) Planning Commission
3) CSO
4) Finance Ministry
5) None of these
20. Who is the author of 'Panchatantra'?
1) Banabhatt
2) Vishnu Sharma
3) Jaya Deva
4) Hala
5) None of these
21. IRDA is the Indian regulator for the?
1) Banking sector
2) Mutual funds
3) Rural development
4) Insurance sector
5) None of these
22. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is?
1) Elected by Members of the Lok Sabha
2) Appointed by the President
3) The leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha
4) The Senior most member of the Lok Sabha
5) None of these
23. Which two institutions are popularly referred to as the Bretton Woods Twins?
1) IMF and World Bank
2) World Bank and ADB
3) ADB and IMF
4) UNO and WTO
5) UNESCO and UNICEF
24. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body concerned with?
1) Money laundering
2) Stock markets
3) Foreign Direct Investment
4) Foreign Institutional Investors
5) None of these
25. The movie 'Life of Pi' is based on a novel written by?
1) Peter Carey
2) Alan Hollinghurst
3) Yann Martel
4) P.H. Newby
5) Eleanor Catton
26. LIDL, Walgreen, ASDA and Kroger are?
1) Automobile companies
2) Retailers
3) Electronic product manufacturers
4) Oil companies
5) None of these
27. Which bank was the first to introduce the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in India?
1) HSBC
2) Citibank
3) Standard Chartered Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) SBI
28. The Three Gorges Dam is located in?
1) China
2) Brazil
3) Russia
4) Japan
5) Vietnam
29. Who created the cartoon character Richie Rich?
1) Elzie Crisler Segar
2) Dan Yaccarino
3) William Hanna
4) Walt Disney
5) Alfred Harvey
30. Bombay House in Mumbai serves as the head office of the?
1) Tata Group
2) Reliance Industries limited
3) Aditya Birla Group
4) K.K. Birla Group
5) Yash Birla Group
31. Recommendations of which committee led to the reforms in the banking sector in India in the Nineties?
1) Malhotra committee
2) Narsimham committee
3) Mayaram committee
4) Damodaran committee
5) Tarapore committee
32. Which country is the largest producer of newsprint?
1) Indonesia
2) Finland
3) Canada
4) China
5) None of these
33. India's Direct Cash Transfer scheme draws similarities from models of?
1) Brazil
2) Germany
3) Australia
4) USA
5) UK
34. How many pairs of chromosomes exist in a human cell?
1) 12
2) 23
3) 34
4) 45
5) 46
35. 'Relationship beyond banking' is the tagline of?
1) State Bank of India
2) Central Bank of India
3) Bank of India
4) Bank of Baroda
5) Bank of Maharashtra
36. Which instrument measures blood pressure?
1) Sphygmomanometer
2) Hygrometer
3) Saccharimeter
4) Spherometer
5) Lactometer
37. Who among the following is not a banker?
1) Shikha Sharma
2) Chanda Kochhar
3) Nainalal Kidwai
4) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
5) Arundhathi Bhattacharya
38. The currency of which of the following countries is Litas?
1) Lithuania
2) Liberia
3) Latvia
4) Laos
5) Lebanon
39. Manama is the capital city of which of the following countries?
1) Panama
2) Liberia
3) Bahrain
4) Peru
5) Uruguay
40. Bhaka Wata is a dance form of?
1) Assam
2) Tripura
3) Bihar
4) Odisha
5) Jharkhand
ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 1 4) 4 5) 5 6) 1 7) 5 8) 3 9) 5 10) 3
11) 2 12) 3 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 5 17) 1 18) 3 19) 3 20) 2
21) 4 22) 1 23) 1 24) 1 25) 3 26) 2 27) 1 28) 1 29) 5 30) 1
31) 2 32) 3 33) 1 34) 2 35) 3 36) 1 37) 4 38) 1 39) 3 40) 4
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
IBPS P.O. EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED QUESTIONS (EXAM HELD ON: 18-10-2014 - MORNING SHIFT)
1. Currency of Spain – Euro
2. Jan Dhan Yojana Benefits – Overdraft Loan in Bank Account
3. Foreign Institutional Investor – FII
4. Writer of The Mother I Never Knew - Sudha Murthy
5. L stands in SLR- liquidity
6. Money laundering is done to- Avoid tax
7. Abhinav Bindra wins Two Bronze & Retirement
8. When did Manalapan reach Mars - 24 September 2014
9. In how days KYC custom fill identity proof – 5 working days
10. Nuku’alofa is the capital of – Tonga
11. Nitin Gadkari related to which ministry - Transport
12. Which Indian movie selected for Oscar Award 2015 - Liar's Dice
13. PPF limit change from 1 lakh to 1.5 lakh
14. Largest hydroelectric power plant in India – Koyna
15. Fusion points agreement 118 countries related to –
16. What is 'M' in MIFF- Mumbai (MIFF- Mumbai International Film festival)
17. Heidelberg Cement India': - Ashish Guha
18. Mogadishu is the capital of – Somalia
19. Basic saving bank deposit account maximum credit amount in a year – 1 lkh
20. NIM full form- Net Interest Margin
21. MTSS- Money Transfer Service Scheme
22. kisan vikas patra was closed by govt. earlier why - to avoid Money laundering activities
23. Vishal Sikka is CMD of which company - Infosys
24. One question on Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
25. Rbi issued the permission to Muthoot finance to set up - white label ATM
26. SBI life insurance partnered with – BNP Paribas Cardif
27. Merchant payments in India is controlled by - SEBI
28. According to census 2011 Every ____ in the world population is Indian.
29. Who gave the principle of objects submerged partially or fully in water – Archimedes
IBPS P.O. EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED QUESTIONS (EXAM HELD ON: 18-10-2014 - EVENING SHIFT)
1. According to census 2011Lowest density state - Arunachal Pradesh
2. Which country does not belong in European Union but use Euro as a currency - Vatican city
3. Who won bronze medal in swimming: Sandeep Sejwal
4. Jai hind slogan given by – Subhash Chandra Bose
5. Capital of Turkey: Ankara
6. Max money that can remitted to Nepal from any of the NEFT-enabled branches in India – Rs 50,000
7. In NSDL ,word ”S” stands for - National Securities Depository Limited
8. SBI tag line: Pure Banking Nothing Else
9. Santi Swaroop Bhatnagar award in mathematic: Dr. Kaushal Kumar Verma
10. Bank celebrate 150 years with Sri Lanka: SBI
11. Cheque amount written is called exchange of notes done by customer
12. Overnight money needed by bank from RBI on which rate bases: MSF
13. Poverty elevation minster – Ramvilas Paswan
14. CPI full form: Consumer Price Index
15. Urban dev and Parliament minister: Venkaiah Naidu
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS 2014
1. Kailash Satyarthi is only the second Indian winner of the Nobel Peace Prize after Mother Teresa in 1979. He is a 60-yearold child rights activist from?
1) Bihar
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Odisha
5) Madhya Pradesh
2. Under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) how many villages will be covered by 2019?
1) 550
2) 2500
3) 800
4) 1500
5) 2100
3. Which of the following movements was started by the 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi in 1980?
1) Bandhua Mukti Morcha
2) Child Rights and You
3) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
4) Nanhi Kali
5) Akshaya Patra
4. Who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics for his analysis of market power and regulation?
1) Robert Shiller
2) Alvin Roth
3) Lars Peter Hansen
4) Jean Tirole
5) Lloyd Shapley
5. John Baird visited India in October 2014. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) UK
2) Ireland
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) Canada
6. Leela Samson has resigned as the Chairperson of?
1) Sahitya Akademi
2) National Commission for Women
3) Sangeet Natak Akademi
4) National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights
5) None of these
7. The International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) is observed on?
1) October 8
2) October 9
3) October 10
4) October 11
5) October 12
8. Four Indians have been named by Fortune magazine in its list of the 40 most powerful, influential and important people in business under the age of 40. Who among the following is not one of them?
1) Raj Chetty
2) Rahul Sharma
3) Kunal Bahl
4) Vijaya Gadde
5) Sachin Bansal
9. Who won the one million-euro Millennium Technology Prize in April 2014?
1) Tim Berners Lee
2) Stuart Parkin
3) Larry Page
4) Shuji Nakamura
5) None of these
10. The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded once every two years by which of the following countries?
1) Norway
2) Sweden
3) Finland
4) Denmark
5) Ireland
11. Gareth Hopkins retired from international cricket recently. He played for?
1) South Africa
2) West Indies
3) Australia
4) England
5) New Zealand
12. Indian-American cardiologist Dr. Sumeet Chugh won which of the following awards/prizes
in 2014?
1) Pulitzer Prize
2) Simon Dack Award
3) Pritzker Prize
4) Google Digital Activism Award
5) None of these
13. Sue Townsend, a renowned English writer, passed away recently. Which one of the following books was not written by her?
1) Adrian Mole series
2) The Queen and I
3) Rebuilding Coventry
4) Queen Camilla
5) A Sport of Nature
14. Narendra Kothari has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of which of
the following public sector enterprises?
1) NMDC
2) SAIL
3) NALCO
4) BHEL
5) HPCL
15. V.K. Murthy, a cinematographer, died recently. He was honored with the Dada Saheb
Phalke Award for the year?
1) 2002
2) 2004
3) 2005
4) 2006
5) 2008
16. Which of the following films is India's first cinemascope film?
1) Baazi
2) Kaagaz Ke Phool
3) Pyaasa
4) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
5) Aar-Paar
17. Anja Niedringhaus was killed in April 2014 in Afghanistan. She was a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist from which of the following countries?
1) Poland
2) France
3) Germany
4) Slovakia
5) Serbia
18. Who is the first Indian to be inducted as a member of the board of Boao Forum for Asia?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) Anil Agarwal
3) LN Mittal
4) Ratan Tata
5) NR Narayana Murthy
19. The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is a non-profit organization based in which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) Japan
4) Philippines
5) Taiwan
20. A two-day World Green Economy Summit (WGES) to combat climate change was held in
April 2014 in?
1) Beijing
2) Dubai
3) New Delhi
4) Doha
5) Sana'a
21. Yonaguni is the westernmost inhabited island of?
1) Taiwan
2) China
3) Japan
4) Philippines
5) Indonesia
22. The International Olympic Committee has signed a historic agreement to use the power of sports to promote peace and economic development with which of the following organizations?
1) UNICEF
2) UNO
3) OPCW
4) Red Cross
5) UNESCO
23. Michael Higgins' state visit to the United Kingdom in April 2014 was the first state visit of
a President of which of the following countries to the United Kingdom?
1) Iceland
2) Finland
3) Ireland
4) Netherlands
5) New Zealand
24. India signed an agreement for the development of four hydroelectric projects-Kholongchu, Bunakha, Wangchu and Chamkarchu- with which of the following countries?
1) Nepal
2) Burma
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bhutan
5) China
25. Which of the following has launched Sentinel-1A satellite to monitor Earth for climate change?
1) Chinese Space Agency
2) Russian Space Agency
3) ISRO
4) European Space Agency
5) NASA
26. Baroda won which of the following cricket tournaments in 2014?
1) Ranji Trophy
2) Vijay Hazare Trophy
3) Deodhar Trophy
4) Irani Trophy
5) Syed Mustaq Ali T20 Trophy
27. Sri Lanka defeated which of the following teams in the final of the men's T20 World Cup in
Bangladesh in April 2014?
1) Pakistan
2) England
3) India
4) West Indies
5) Australia
28. Who won the women's singles title at the India Open Super Series badminton tournament in
New Delhi recently?
1) Wang Shixian
2) Li Xueruii
3) Wang Yihan
4) Saina Nehwal
5) P.V. Sindhu
29. Simon Santoso won the Singapore Open badminton tournament. He belongs to?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) China
4) Sri Lanka
5) Singapore
30. The 2014 Dubai International Open chess tournament was won by?
1) Romain Edouard
2) Anton Korobov
3) Abhijeet Gupta
4) Eduardo Iturrizaga
5) None of these
31. The 2014 Badminton Asia Championships were held in Gimcheon, South Korea. Who won the men's singles title?
1) Lin Dan
2) Sho Sasaki
3) Lee Chong Wei
4) Taufik Hidayat
5) Sourabh Varma
32. Who won the women's singles title at the 2014 Badminton Asia Championships?
1) P.V. Sindhu
2) Sung Ji-hyun
3) Zhu Lin
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Jiang Yanjiao
33. Which Hollywood star received a special honor, the Most Popular All Time International Star in India at the 15th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in April 2014?
1) Tom Hanks
2)Tom Cruise
3) John Travolta
4) Johnny Depp
5) Brad Pitt
34. Under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 the government has to hold at least what percent stake in public sector banks?
1) 50%
2) 80 %
3) 74%
4) 51%
5) 49 %
35. Sachin Tendulkar is the owner of which of the following Indian Super League football franchises?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) Goa
4) Pune
5) Kochi
36. Which of the following banks launched Tab Banking service for opening savings bank accounts in April 2014?
1) Bank of India
2) Union Bank of India
3) State Bank of India
4) United Bank of India
5) Indian Overseas Bank
37. Which of the following is the capital city of Canada?
1) Toronto
2) Montreal
3) Vancouver
4) Edmonton
5) Ottawa
38. The currency of which of the following countries is Kip?
1) Libya
2) Mexico
3) Mongolia
4) Laos
5) Jamaica
39. Who headed the committee on Financial Benchmarks?
1) Nachiket Mor
2) Y.H. Malegam
3) P. Vijaya Bhaskar
4) Usha Thorat
5) C. Rangarajan
40. Wilson Kipsang won the 2014 London Marathon. He belongs to?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Ethiopia
4) Kenya
5) South Africa
ANSWERS:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 5 9) 2 10) 3
11) 5 12) 2 13) 5 14) 1 15) 5 16) 2 17) 3 18) 4 19) 1 20) 2
21) 3 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 4 26) 5 27) 3 28) 1 29) 2 30) 1
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 5 38) 4 39) 3 40) 4.
1) Bihar
2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat
4) Odisha
5) Madhya Pradesh
2. Under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) how many villages will be covered by 2019?
1) 550
2) 2500
3) 800
4) 1500
5) 2100
3. Which of the following movements was started by the 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi in 1980?
1) Bandhua Mukti Morcha
2) Child Rights and You
3) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
4) Nanhi Kali
5) Akshaya Patra
4. Who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics for his analysis of market power and regulation?
1) Robert Shiller
2) Alvin Roth
3) Lars Peter Hansen
4) Jean Tirole
5) Lloyd Shapley
5. John Baird visited India in October 2014. He is the Foreign Minister of?
1) UK
2) Ireland
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) Canada
6. Leela Samson has resigned as the Chairperson of?
1) Sahitya Akademi
2) National Commission for Women
3) Sangeet Natak Akademi
4) National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights
5) None of these
7. The International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) is observed on?
1) October 8
2) October 9
3) October 10
4) October 11
5) October 12
8. Four Indians have been named by Fortune magazine in its list of the 40 most powerful, influential and important people in business under the age of 40. Who among the following is not one of them?
1) Raj Chetty
2) Rahul Sharma
3) Kunal Bahl
4) Vijaya Gadde
5) Sachin Bansal
9. Who won the one million-euro Millennium Technology Prize in April 2014?
1) Tim Berners Lee
2) Stuart Parkin
3) Larry Page
4) Shuji Nakamura
5) None of these
10. The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded once every two years by which of the following countries?
1) Norway
2) Sweden
3) Finland
4) Denmark
5) Ireland
11. Gareth Hopkins retired from international cricket recently. He played for?
1) South Africa
2) West Indies
3) Australia
4) England
5) New Zealand
12. Indian-American cardiologist Dr. Sumeet Chugh won which of the following awards/prizes
in 2014?
1) Pulitzer Prize
2) Simon Dack Award
3) Pritzker Prize
4) Google Digital Activism Award
5) None of these
13. Sue Townsend, a renowned English writer, passed away recently. Which one of the following books was not written by her?
1) Adrian Mole series
2) The Queen and I
3) Rebuilding Coventry
4) Queen Camilla
5) A Sport of Nature
14. Narendra Kothari has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of which of
the following public sector enterprises?
1) NMDC
2) SAIL
3) NALCO
4) BHEL
5) HPCL
15. V.K. Murthy, a cinematographer, died recently. He was honored with the Dada Saheb
Phalke Award for the year?
1) 2002
2) 2004
3) 2005
4) 2006
5) 2008
16. Which of the following films is India's first cinemascope film?
1) Baazi
2) Kaagaz Ke Phool
3) Pyaasa
4) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
5) Aar-Paar
17. Anja Niedringhaus was killed in April 2014 in Afghanistan. She was a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist from which of the following countries?
1) Poland
2) France
3) Germany
4) Slovakia
5) Serbia
18. Who is the first Indian to be inducted as a member of the board of Boao Forum for Asia?
1) Mukesh Ambani
2) Anil Agarwal
3) LN Mittal
4) Ratan Tata
5) NR Narayana Murthy
19. The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is a non-profit organization based in which of the following countries?
1) China
2) Malaysia
3) Japan
4) Philippines
5) Taiwan
20. A two-day World Green Economy Summit (WGES) to combat climate change was held in
April 2014 in?
1) Beijing
2) Dubai
3) New Delhi
4) Doha
5) Sana'a
21. Yonaguni is the westernmost inhabited island of?
1) Taiwan
2) China
3) Japan
4) Philippines
5) Indonesia
22. The International Olympic Committee has signed a historic agreement to use the power of sports to promote peace and economic development with which of the following organizations?
1) UNICEF
2) UNO
3) OPCW
4) Red Cross
5) UNESCO
23. Michael Higgins' state visit to the United Kingdom in April 2014 was the first state visit of
a President of which of the following countries to the United Kingdom?
1) Iceland
2) Finland
3) Ireland
4) Netherlands
5) New Zealand
24. India signed an agreement for the development of four hydroelectric projects-Kholongchu, Bunakha, Wangchu and Chamkarchu- with which of the following countries?
1) Nepal
2) Burma
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bhutan
5) China
25. Which of the following has launched Sentinel-1A satellite to monitor Earth for climate change?
1) Chinese Space Agency
2) Russian Space Agency
3) ISRO
4) European Space Agency
5) NASA
26. Baroda won which of the following cricket tournaments in 2014?
1) Ranji Trophy
2) Vijay Hazare Trophy
3) Deodhar Trophy
4) Irani Trophy
5) Syed Mustaq Ali T20 Trophy
27. Sri Lanka defeated which of the following teams in the final of the men's T20 World Cup in
Bangladesh in April 2014?
1) Pakistan
2) England
3) India
4) West Indies
5) Australia
28. Who won the women's singles title at the India Open Super Series badminton tournament in
New Delhi recently?
1) Wang Shixian
2) Li Xueruii
3) Wang Yihan
4) Saina Nehwal
5) P.V. Sindhu
29. Simon Santoso won the Singapore Open badminton tournament. He belongs to?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) China
4) Sri Lanka
5) Singapore
30. The 2014 Dubai International Open chess tournament was won by?
1) Romain Edouard
2) Anton Korobov
3) Abhijeet Gupta
4) Eduardo Iturrizaga
5) None of these
31. The 2014 Badminton Asia Championships were held in Gimcheon, South Korea. Who won the men's singles title?
1) Lin Dan
2) Sho Sasaki
3) Lee Chong Wei
4) Taufik Hidayat
5) Sourabh Varma
32. Who won the women's singles title at the 2014 Badminton Asia Championships?
1) P.V. Sindhu
2) Sung Ji-hyun
3) Zhu Lin
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Jiang Yanjiao
33. Which Hollywood star received a special honor, the Most Popular All Time International Star in India at the 15th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in April 2014?
1) Tom Hanks
2)Tom Cruise
3) John Travolta
4) Johnny Depp
5) Brad Pitt
34. Under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 the government has to hold at least what percent stake in public sector banks?
1) 50%
2) 80 %
3) 74%
4) 51%
5) 49 %
35. Sachin Tendulkar is the owner of which of the following Indian Super League football franchises?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) Goa
4) Pune
5) Kochi
36. Which of the following banks launched Tab Banking service for opening savings bank accounts in April 2014?
1) Bank of India
2) Union Bank of India
3) State Bank of India
4) United Bank of India
5) Indian Overseas Bank
37. Which of the following is the capital city of Canada?
1) Toronto
2) Montreal
3) Vancouver
4) Edmonton
5) Ottawa
38. The currency of which of the following countries is Kip?
1) Libya
2) Mexico
3) Mongolia
4) Laos
5) Jamaica
39. Who headed the committee on Financial Benchmarks?
1) Nachiket Mor
2) Y.H. Malegam
3) P. Vijaya Bhaskar
4) Usha Thorat
5) C. Rangarajan
40. Wilson Kipsang won the 2014 London Marathon. He belongs to?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Ethiopia
4) Kenya
5) South Africa
ANSWERS:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 4 8) 5 9) 2 10) 3
11) 5 12) 2 13) 5 14) 1 15) 5 16) 2 17) 3 18) 4 19) 1 20) 2
21) 3 22) 2 23) 3 24) 4 25) 4 26) 5 27) 3 28) 1 29) 2 30) 1
31) 1 32) 2 33) 3 34) 4 35) 5 36) 3 37) 5 38) 4 39) 3 40) 4.
Monday, October 13, 2014
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS
1. From the given options 1 to 5, please find out the one which is not an objective of a central bank of a country?
1) The central bank of a country aims at profit
2) The central bank is given powers to control and regulate the working of the commercial banks
3) Central bank generally is a organ of the government and run by government officials
4) Central bank generally controls the credit
5) Central bank is generally banker of the government
2. Channel financing means financing of:
1) Laying of agricultural canals
2) Dealers of identified large corporate financed by the bank
3) NBFCs
4) SHGs/NGOs
5) All the above
3. NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) is renamed after
1) Jawaharlal Nehru
2) Mahatma Gandhi
3) Indira Gandhi
4) Rajeev Gandhi
5) Abdul Kalam
4. Syndication of advances is the recommendations of:
1) Kanan Committee
2) Shetty Committee
3) Kalyan Sundram Committee
4) Ghosh Committee
5) Narasimhan Committee
5. As per the RBI's Clean Note Policy, writing on a Currency Note is ___
1) an Offence
2) a Crime
3) a Punishable Offence
4) the notes become non-legal tender
5) None of these
6. SBI's new Training Initiative "Strategic Training Unit" is located at
1) New Delhi
2) Bangalore
3) Hyderabad
4) Mumbai
5) Bangalore
7. Holidays are declared to the banks under
1) RBI Act
2) Banking Regulation Act
3) Negotiable Instrument Act
4) Indian Contracts Act
5) All the above
8. The first development financial institution in India that has got merged with a bank is
1) IDBI
2) ICICI
3) IDFC
4) UTI
5) SBI
9. Indian Banks Association (IBA) has a common net working system for sharing the ATM facilities in Mumbai, which is known as
1) ATM Network
2) Shared Payment Network System
3) Cash Network
4) All the above
5) None of these
10. For which of the following currencies is the Indian rupee quoted against 100 units of the foreign currency?
1) Deutsche Mark
2) Pound
3) Japanese Yen
4) US Dollars
5) None of these
11. In loan cases where repayment of the major or large part of a loan is stipulated in a single payment following payment of smaller instalment is referred as:
1) Equated payment schedule
2) Balloon payment schedule
3) Bullet payment schedule.
4) 2 & 3
5) None of the above
12. Borrowings in which there is no amortization or where repayment of the principle occurs only at maturity is called:
1) Equated payment schedule
2) Bullet payment schedule
3) Balloon payment schedule
4) Flip payment schedule
5) Unique Payment Schedule
13. Dividend yield refers to:
1) The ratio of dividend receive in the previous year to the anticipated market price of a share
2) The ratio of anticipated dividend to the current market price of a share
3) The ratio of current dividend to the current market price of a share
4) The total dividend that is declared every year by an organisation
5) None of the above
14. Banking services delivered to a customer by means of a computer control system that does not directly involve usual banks branch is called:
1) Universal Banking
2) Virtual Banking
3) Narrow Banking
4) Brick and Mortar Banking
5) None of the above
15.Green Shoe option refers to:
1) Option to the issuer of any financial instrument to sell a certain portion of over subscription in the public issue.
2) Option to the issuer of any financial Instrument to retain a certain portion of over subscription in the public issue.
3) Option to the under writer of any financial instrument to retain a certain portion of over subscription in the public issue.
4) All of the above
5) None of these
16. Electronic Clearing Service in banks can be availed only by:
1) Individuals
2) Corporate
3) Senior Citizens
4) All of these
5) None of these
17. The G20 Summit will be held in November 2014 in?
1) Argentina
2) Australia
3) Turkey
4) South Korea
5) Saudi Arabia
18. The 2014 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was given to?
1) MS Swaminathan
2) Javed Akhtar
3) Muzaffar Ali
4) Gulzar
5) None of these
19. "The Substance and the Shadow" is the biography of?
1) Aamir Khan
2) Amitabh Bachchan
3) Dharmendra
4) Dilip Kumar
5) Shatrughan Sinha
20. Ranthambore National Park is situated in?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Karnataka
4) Gujarat
5) Rajasthan
21. The 7th BRICS Summit will be held in July 2014 in which of the following countries?
1) Brazil
2) Russia
3) India
4) China
5) South Africa
22. Who among the following Indian sportspersons did not win a gold medal at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea?
1) Seema Punia
2) Mary Kom
3) Vikas Gowda
4) Yogeswar Dutt
5) Saketh Myneni
23. Which Indian movie has been nominated as India's official entry to 2015 Oscars?
1) Jaateeshwar
2) Ship of Theseus
3) Liar's Dice
4) Queen
5) None of these
24. Commodities markets are regulated by?
1) IRDA
2) TRAI
3) SEBI
4) FMC
5) CII
25.With which sport is Jeetu Rai associated?
1) Badminton
2) Swimming
3) Archery
4) Squash
5) Shooting
26. The Arjuna Awards selection committee for 2014 was chaired by?
1) Sunil Gavaskar
2) Ravi Shastri
3) Kapil Dev
4) Sourav Ganguly
5) Anil Kumble
27. Who was named Man of the Tournament in the 2014 ICC World T20 held in Bangladesh?
1) Kumar Sangakkara
2) Rohit Sharma
3) Virat Kohli
4) Mahela Jayawardane
5) Lasith Malinga
28. Who was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Hungary for the second consecutive term recently?
1) Enrico Letta
2) Viktor Orban
3) Nick Clegg
4) Matteo Renzi
5) None of these
29. Who succeeded Sumit Bose as the Finance Secretary of India?
1) Arvind Mayaram
2) Shaktikantha Das
3) A.K. Mathur
4) R.K. Mathur
5) None of these
30. The Reserve Bank of India extended deadline for banks to implement Basel III norms by a year to March 31?
1) 2018
2) 2019
3) 2017
4) 2016
5) None of these
31.At present which of the following rates is 7%?
1) Bank rate
2) Repo rate
3) Reverse repo rate
4) Cash reserve ratio
5) None of these
32. What is the amount of accidental insurance cover under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana scheme?
1) Rs 50,000
2) Rs 1 lakh
3) Rs 30,000
4) Rs 1.5 lakh
5) Rs 75,000
33. Which committee recommended the establishment of payments banks?
1) Damodaran committee
2) Aditya Puri committee
3) R.S. Gujral committee
4) Nachiket Mor committee
5) None of these
34. As per the 2014-15 Union Budget what is the income tax exemption limit for senior citizens?
1) Rs 3 lakh
2) Rs 2.5 lakh
3) Rs 2 lakh
4) Rs 3.5 lakh
5) Rs 4 lakh
35.Two new agricultural universities will be set up in Andhra Pradesh and?
1) Rajasthan
2) Telangana
3) Odisha
4) Haryana
5) Uttar Pradesh
36. As per the latest Human Development Index what is India's rank?
1) 136
2) 137
3) 135
4) 134
5) 143
37. Which is the first bank in India to launch EMI facility on debit cards?
1) SBI
2) Axis Bank
3) Bank of India
4) Bank of Baroda
5) ICICI Bank
38. Who was appointed Interpol brand ambassador?
1) Aamir Khan
2) Amitabh Bachchan
3) Hrithik Roshan
4) Shah Rukh Khan
5) Akshay Kumar
39. Mridula Sinha has been appointed as the new Governor of?
1) Kerala
2) Goa
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Manipur
40. Who is the Union Mines, Steel, Labor and Employment Minister?
1) Ravi Shankar Prasad
2) Ananth Kumar
3) Narendra Singh Tomar
4) Anant Geethe
5) Ramvilas Paswan
ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 2 3) 2 4) 4 5) 3 6) 3 7) 3 8) 2 9) 2 10) 3
11) 2 12) 2 13) 3 14) 2 15) 2 16) 4 17) 2 18) 3 19) 4 20) 5
21) 2 22) 3 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 3 27) 3 28) 2 29) 1 30) 2
31) 3 32) 2 33) 4 34) 1 35) 1 36) 3 37) 5 38) 4 39) 2 40) 3
1) The central bank of a country aims at profit
2) The central bank is given powers to control and regulate the working of the commercial banks
3) Central bank generally is a organ of the government and run by government officials
4) Central bank generally controls the credit
5) Central bank is generally banker of the government
2. Channel financing means financing of:
1) Laying of agricultural canals
2) Dealers of identified large corporate financed by the bank
3) NBFCs
4) SHGs/NGOs
5) All the above
3. NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) is renamed after
1) Jawaharlal Nehru
2) Mahatma Gandhi
3) Indira Gandhi
4) Rajeev Gandhi
5) Abdul Kalam
4. Syndication of advances is the recommendations of:
1) Kanan Committee
2) Shetty Committee
3) Kalyan Sundram Committee
4) Ghosh Committee
5) Narasimhan Committee
5. As per the RBI's Clean Note Policy, writing on a Currency Note is ___
1) an Offence
2) a Crime
3) a Punishable Offence
4) the notes become non-legal tender
5) None of these
6. SBI's new Training Initiative "Strategic Training Unit" is located at
1) New Delhi
2) Bangalore
3) Hyderabad
4) Mumbai
5) Bangalore
7. Holidays are declared to the banks under
1) RBI Act
2) Banking Regulation Act
3) Negotiable Instrument Act
4) Indian Contracts Act
5) All the above
8. The first development financial institution in India that has got merged with a bank is
1) IDBI
2) ICICI
3) IDFC
4) UTI
5) SBI
9. Indian Banks Association (IBA) has a common net working system for sharing the ATM facilities in Mumbai, which is known as
1) ATM Network
2) Shared Payment Network System
3) Cash Network
4) All the above
5) None of these
10. For which of the following currencies is the Indian rupee quoted against 100 units of the foreign currency?
1) Deutsche Mark
2) Pound
3) Japanese Yen
4) US Dollars
5) None of these
11. In loan cases where repayment of the major or large part of a loan is stipulated in a single payment following payment of smaller instalment is referred as:
1) Equated payment schedule
2) Balloon payment schedule
3) Bullet payment schedule.
4) 2 & 3
5) None of the above
12. Borrowings in which there is no amortization or where repayment of the principle occurs only at maturity is called:
1) Equated payment schedule
2) Bullet payment schedule
3) Balloon payment schedule
4) Flip payment schedule
5) Unique Payment Schedule
13. Dividend yield refers to:
1) The ratio of dividend receive in the previous year to the anticipated market price of a share
2) The ratio of anticipated dividend to the current market price of a share
3) The ratio of current dividend to the current market price of a share
4) The total dividend that is declared every year by an organisation
5) None of the above
14. Banking services delivered to a customer by means of a computer control system that does not directly involve usual banks branch is called:
1) Universal Banking
2) Virtual Banking
3) Narrow Banking
4) Brick and Mortar Banking
5) None of the above
15.Green Shoe option refers to:
1) Option to the issuer of any financial instrument to sell a certain portion of over subscription in the public issue.
2) Option to the issuer of any financial Instrument to retain a certain portion of over subscription in the public issue.
3) Option to the under writer of any financial instrument to retain a certain portion of over subscription in the public issue.
4) All of the above
5) None of these
16. Electronic Clearing Service in banks can be availed only by:
1) Individuals
2) Corporate
3) Senior Citizens
4) All of these
5) None of these
17. The G20 Summit will be held in November 2014 in?
1) Argentina
2) Australia
3) Turkey
4) South Korea
5) Saudi Arabia
18. The 2014 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was given to?
1) MS Swaminathan
2) Javed Akhtar
3) Muzaffar Ali
4) Gulzar
5) None of these
19. "The Substance and the Shadow" is the biography of?
1) Aamir Khan
2) Amitabh Bachchan
3) Dharmendra
4) Dilip Kumar
5) Shatrughan Sinha
20. Ranthambore National Park is situated in?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Karnataka
4) Gujarat
5) Rajasthan
21. The 7th BRICS Summit will be held in July 2014 in which of the following countries?
1) Brazil
2) Russia
3) India
4) China
5) South Africa
22. Who among the following Indian sportspersons did not win a gold medal at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea?
1) Seema Punia
2) Mary Kom
3) Vikas Gowda
4) Yogeswar Dutt
5) Saketh Myneni
23. Which Indian movie has been nominated as India's official entry to 2015 Oscars?
1) Jaateeshwar
2) Ship of Theseus
3) Liar's Dice
4) Queen
5) None of these
24. Commodities markets are regulated by?
1) IRDA
2) TRAI
3) SEBI
4) FMC
5) CII
25.With which sport is Jeetu Rai associated?
1) Badminton
2) Swimming
3) Archery
4) Squash
5) Shooting
26. The Arjuna Awards selection committee for 2014 was chaired by?
1) Sunil Gavaskar
2) Ravi Shastri
3) Kapil Dev
4) Sourav Ganguly
5) Anil Kumble
27. Who was named Man of the Tournament in the 2014 ICC World T20 held in Bangladesh?
1) Kumar Sangakkara
2) Rohit Sharma
3) Virat Kohli
4) Mahela Jayawardane
5) Lasith Malinga
28. Who was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Hungary for the second consecutive term recently?
1) Enrico Letta
2) Viktor Orban
3) Nick Clegg
4) Matteo Renzi
5) None of these
29. Who succeeded Sumit Bose as the Finance Secretary of India?
1) Arvind Mayaram
2) Shaktikantha Das
3) A.K. Mathur
4) R.K. Mathur
5) None of these
30. The Reserve Bank of India extended deadline for banks to implement Basel III norms by a year to March 31?
1) 2018
2) 2019
3) 2017
4) 2016
5) None of these
31.At present which of the following rates is 7%?
1) Bank rate
2) Repo rate
3) Reverse repo rate
4) Cash reserve ratio
5) None of these
32. What is the amount of accidental insurance cover under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana scheme?
1) Rs 50,000
2) Rs 1 lakh
3) Rs 30,000
4) Rs 1.5 lakh
5) Rs 75,000
33. Which committee recommended the establishment of payments banks?
1) Damodaran committee
2) Aditya Puri committee
3) R.S. Gujral committee
4) Nachiket Mor committee
5) None of these
34. As per the 2014-15 Union Budget what is the income tax exemption limit for senior citizens?
1) Rs 3 lakh
2) Rs 2.5 lakh
3) Rs 2 lakh
4) Rs 3.5 lakh
5) Rs 4 lakh
35.Two new agricultural universities will be set up in Andhra Pradesh and?
1) Rajasthan
2) Telangana
3) Odisha
4) Haryana
5) Uttar Pradesh
36. As per the latest Human Development Index what is India's rank?
1) 136
2) 137
3) 135
4) 134
5) 143
37. Which is the first bank in India to launch EMI facility on debit cards?
1) SBI
2) Axis Bank
3) Bank of India
4) Bank of Baroda
5) ICICI Bank
38. Who was appointed Interpol brand ambassador?
1) Aamir Khan
2) Amitabh Bachchan
3) Hrithik Roshan
4) Shah Rukh Khan
5) Akshay Kumar
39. Mridula Sinha has been appointed as the new Governor of?
1) Kerala
2) Goa
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Manipur
40. Who is the Union Mines, Steel, Labor and Employment Minister?
1) Ravi Shankar Prasad
2) Ananth Kumar
3) Narendra Singh Tomar
4) Anant Geethe
5) Ramvilas Paswan
ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 2 3) 2 4) 4 5) 3 6) 3 7) 3 8) 2 9) 2 10) 3
11) 2 12) 2 13) 3 14) 2 15) 2 16) 4 17) 2 18) 3 19) 4 20) 5
21) 2 22) 3 23) 3 24) 4 25) 5 26) 3 27) 3 28) 2 29) 1 30) 2
31) 3 32) 2 33) 4 34) 1 35) 1 36) 3 37) 5 38) 4 39) 2 40) 3
Nobel Prizes 2014
2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Jean Tirole "for his analysis of market power and regulation".
Kailash Satyarthi
Born:11 January 1954, Vidisha, India
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Jean Tirole "for his analysis of market power and regulation".
The economics prize – whose formal name is the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – was created in 1968, while the physics, chemistry, physiology, literature and peace prizes were first awarded in 1901.
Jean Tirole, born in August 9, 1953 at Troyes, France is a professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. After receiving his PhD from MIT in 1981, he worked as a researcher at l'Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussees until 1984. From 1984-1991 he worked as a Professor of Economics at MIT. He was president of the Econometric Society in 1998 and of the European Economic Association in 2001. Tirole was affiliated to Toulouse 1 Capitole University, Toulouse, France at the time of the award of Nobel Prize.
2014 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education".
Kailash Satyarthi
Born:11 January 1954, Vidisha, India
Residence at the time of the award: India
Prize share: 1/2
Showing great personal courage, Kailash Satyarthi, maintaining Gandhi’s tradition, has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain. He has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children’s rights.
Malala Yousafzay
Born:12 July 1997, Mingora, Pakistan
Born:12 July 1997, Mingora, Pakistan
Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom
Despite her youth, Malala Yousafzay has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations. This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances. Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls’ rights to education.
2014 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 was awarded to Patrick Modiano "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation".
Patrick Modiano was born on July 30, 1945, in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris. Modiano made his debut as a writer with La place de l’etoile, a novel that attracted much attention. His works centre on topics such as memory, oblivion, identity and guilt.
“Modiano best known work is called Missing Person. It’s the story about a detective who has lost his memory and his final case is finding out who he really is; he is tracing his own steps through history to find out who he is.”
2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 was awarded jointly to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy".
Eric Betzig, U.S. citizen born 1960 in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Ph.D. in 1988 from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA and Group Leader at Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Stefan W. Hell, German citizen born 1962 in Arad, Romania, Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Presently Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, and Division head at the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
William E. Moerner, U.S. citizen born 1953 in Pleasanton, CA, USA, Ph.D. in 1982 from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".
Isamu Akasaki, Japanese citizen, born 1929 in Chiran, Japan, Ph.D. in 1964 from Nagoya University, Japan. Professor at Meijo University, Nagoya, and Distinguished Professor at Nagoya University, Japan.
Hiroshi Amano, Japanese citizen, born 1960 in Hamamatsu, Japan. Ph.D. in 1989 from Nagoya University, Japan, currently Professor at Nagoya University, Japan.
Shuji Nakamura, American citizen, born 1954 in Ikata, Japan, Ph.D. in 1994 from University of Tokushima, Japan, currently Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was divided, one half awarded to John O'Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain".
John O’Keefe, holds both American and British citizenships, was born in 1939 in New York City, USA, doctoral degree in physiological psychology from McGill University, Canada in 1967, currently Director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre in Neural Circuits and Behaviour at University College London.
May-Britt Moser, Norwegian citizen, born in Fosnavag, Norway in 1963, Ph.D. in neurophysiology in 1995, currently Director of the Centre for Neural Computation in Trondheim.
Edvard I. Moser, Norwegian citizen, was born 1962 in Alesund, Ph.D. in neurophysiology from the University of Oslo in 1995, currently Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim.
About the Nobel Prize:
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace - the Nobel Prizes. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
At the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies the Nobel Laureates receive three things: a Nobel Diploma, a Nobel Medal and a document confirming the Nobel Prize amount.
Between 1901 and 2013, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 561 times which include 45 times to women.
Nobel Laureates from India:
Ronald Ross, India, Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 1902
Har Gobind Khorana, India, Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 1968
Rudyard Kipling, British India (now India), Nobel Prize in Literature 1907
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, India, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, India, Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
Rabindranath Tagore, India, Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
Amartya Sen, India, Prize in Economic Sciences 1998
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 was awarded jointly to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy".
Eric Betzig, U.S. citizen born 1960 in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Ph.D. in 1988 from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA and Group Leader at Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Stefan W. Hell, German citizen born 1962 in Arad, Romania, Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Presently Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, and Division head at the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
William E. Moerner, U.S. citizen born 1953 in Pleasanton, CA, USA, Ph.D. in 1982 from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".
Isamu Akasaki, Japanese citizen, born 1929 in Chiran, Japan, Ph.D. in 1964 from Nagoya University, Japan. Professor at Meijo University, Nagoya, and Distinguished Professor at Nagoya University, Japan.
Hiroshi Amano, Japanese citizen, born 1960 in Hamamatsu, Japan. Ph.D. in 1989 from Nagoya University, Japan, currently Professor at Nagoya University, Japan.
Shuji Nakamura, American citizen, born 1954 in Ikata, Japan, Ph.D. in 1994 from University of Tokushima, Japan, currently Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was divided, one half awarded to John O'Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain".
John O’Keefe, holds both American and British citizenships, was born in 1939 in New York City, USA, doctoral degree in physiological psychology from McGill University, Canada in 1967, currently Director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre in Neural Circuits and Behaviour at University College London.
May-Britt Moser, Norwegian citizen, born in Fosnavag, Norway in 1963, Ph.D. in neurophysiology in 1995, currently Director of the Centre for Neural Computation in Trondheim.
Edvard I. Moser, Norwegian citizen, was born 1962 in Alesund, Ph.D. in neurophysiology from the University of Oslo in 1995, currently Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim.
About the Nobel Prize:
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace - the Nobel Prizes. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
At the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies the Nobel Laureates receive three things: a Nobel Diploma, a Nobel Medal and a document confirming the Nobel Prize amount.
Between 1901 and 2013, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 561 times which include 45 times to women.
Nobel Laureates from India:
Ronald Ross, India, Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 1902
Har Gobind Khorana, India, Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 1968
Rudyard Kipling, British India (now India), Nobel Prize in Literature 1907
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, India, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, India, Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
Rabindranath Tagore, India, Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
Amartya Sen, India, Prize in Economic Sciences 1998
Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Prize in Peace 2014
The Youngest Nobel Laureates Category wise
The Youngest Nobel Laureates Category wise
Category
|
Name
|
Year of Award
|
Age of Nobel Laureate
|
Physics
|
William Lawrence Bragg
|
1915
|
25
|
Chemistry
|
Frederic Joliot
|
1935
|
35
|
Physiology or Medicine
|
Frederick Banting
|
1923
|
32
|
Literature
|
Rudyard Kipling
|
1907
|
42
|
Peace
|
Malala Yousafzay
|
2014
|
17
|
Economic Sciences
|
Kenneth J. Arrow
|
1972
|
51
|
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