Winners of National film awards 2009 -- Quiz

Best Actor: Prakash Raj (Kanchivaram)
Best Actress: Uma Shree (Kannada film Gulabi Talkies)
Best Film Award: Kanchivaram
Best director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan( Nalu pennungal)
Best Child Actor:Sharad Goyekar (Marathi film Tingya)
Best Screenplay:Gandhi My Father
Best Supporting Actor:Darshan Zariwala (Gandhi My Father)
Best Supporting Actress – Shefali Shah (The Last Lear)
Best Film for National Integration Award:Dharm
Best Playback Singer(Male) – Shankar Mahadevan ( Taare Zameen Par )
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal
Best Lyrics:Prasoon Joshi (Taare Zameen Par)
Best Music – Ousepacham for Ore Kadal

Vijaya Bank PO Exam-gENERAL AWARENESS QUESTION PAPER.

1. The Foreign Exchange Reserve of India are kept in the custody of……
(A) World Bank
(B) International Monetary Fund
(C) Prime Minister Rahat Kosh
(D) Reserve Bank of India
(E) None of these

2. The Reserve Bank of India issues coins and notes of various denominations. At present RBI does not issue coins of which of the following denominations ?
(A) 10 paise
(B) 20 paise
(C) 25 paise
(D) 50 paise
(E) 1•00 Rupee

3. The European Union has adopted which of the following as a common currency ?
(A) Dollar
(B) Dinar
(C) Yen
(D) Peso
(E) Euro

4. Various Banks in the country have installed machines which disburse money to general public. These machines are called……
(A) Coin dispensing machines
(B) ATMs
(C) Debit Card Machines
(D) Ledger Machines
(E) None of these

5. Which of the following names is not associated with the insurance business in India ?
(A) Bajaj Allianz
(B) LIC
(C) GIC
(D) Tata AIG
(E) GE Money

6. Commodity Exchanges at various places in India are trading in many metals like gold, silver, etc. Many times we read in newspapers that gold no more has emained the highest trading option and has been replaced by a non-traditional metal known as……
(A) copper
(B) steel
(C) zinc
(D) white gold
(E) None of these

7. Which of the following is known as Plastic money ?
1. Demand Draft
2. Credit Card
3. Debit Card
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 2 and 3
(E) All 1, 2 and 3

8. Many a time we see a term in newspapers ‘IPO’. What is the full form of the same ?
(A) Indian Public Offer
(B) Institutional Purchase
(C) Industrial Purchase Order
(D) Indian Purchase Offer
(E) Initial Public Offer

9. Many a times we read in financial newspapers a term/name NMCEX. What is the full form of the same ?
(A) New Multi Capital Exchange
(B) National Medium Commodity Exchange
(C) National Multi Commodity Exchange
(D) Net Marketable Commodity Exchange
(E) None of these

10. Many Banks these days are entering into business of offering loans against property. This business of the banks can be categorized under which of the following heads of banking ?
(A) Corporate Banking
(B) Personal Banking
(C) Merchant Banking
(D) Portfolio Management Service
(E) None of these

11. Which of the following organizations/banks has done a commendable work in the field of micro finance and was awarded Nobel Prize also in the past ?
(A) Gramin Bank of Bangladesh
(B) CRY
(C) ASHA
(D) NABARD
(E) None of these

12. Nobel Prizes are not given for the performance in the area of…
(A) Literature
(B) Physics
(C) Chemistry
(D) Music
(E) Medical Science

13. In which of the following Hindi films has actor Shahrukh Khan played the role of a Hockey Coach ?
(A) Guru
(B) Chak De India
(C) Om Shanti Om
(D) Jab We Met
(E) None of these

14. Which of the following countries has not made any significant investment in India ?
(A) Japan
(B) USA
(C) Nepal
(D) Britain
(E) France

15. Which of the following is considered an informal method of getting credit/finance ?
(A) Internet Banking
(B) Branch visits
(C) Going to money lenders
(D) Tele Banking
(E) All of these

16. Which amongst the following nations is not a member of the SAARC ?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Bhutan
(C) Nepal
(D) Maldives
(E) South Africa

17. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy, education and standard of living of people in a country ?
(A) Inflation
(B) Sensex
(C) Human Development Index
(D) SLR
(E) None of these

18. Which of the following is not a Public Sector Unit/Undertaking/Agency ?
(A) ECGC
(B) SEBI
(C) SIDBI
(D) Axis Bank
(E) BHEL

19. Which of the countries represent letter ‘C’ in the category known as BRIC countries ?
(A) Canada
(B) Chile
(C) Cuba
(D) Croatia
(E) China

20. Who amongst the following addresses the nation on the Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Delhi ?
(A) President of India
(B) UPA Chairperson
(C) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(D) Prime Minister of India
(E) None of these

21. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of sports ?
(A) Kalidas Samman
(B) Dhyanchand Award
(C) Shram Vir Award
(D) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(E) None of these

22. Which of the following does not represent the name of a bank working in India ?
(A) YES
(B) HDFC
(C) TATA
(D) Kotak Mahindra
(E) ICICI

23. Twenty-20 matches are played in which of the following
(A) Hockey
(B) Football
(C) Badminton
(D) Tennis
(E) Cricket

24. Which of the following deals between India and one major country was put on a hold for some time as India is finding difficult to implement it ?
(A) 123 Pact with USA
(B) Fifth generation fighter plane deal with Russia
(C) Heavy Water deal with Iran
(D) Border talks with China
(E) None of these

25. Which of the following is a type of tax levied by the Govt. on goods and services ?
(A) SAT
(B) NET
(C) PAN
(D) VAT
(E) None of these

26. As per the news appeared in some major newspapers India is number two in getting ‘PE’. What is the full form of ‘PE’ as used in the financial world ?
(A) Professional and Ecofriendly
(B) Profitable Equity
(C) Profitable and Economical
(D) Private and Economical
(E) Private Equity

27. Many a times we read in newspapers about ‘Financial Inclusion’. What does it really mean ? [Pick up correct statement(s)]
1. Allow the merger and acquisition of banks so that only few big banks exist and continue to cater to the need of corporate sector.
2. Expending the network of banks in such a way that people from lower strata of society also get the benefit of services provided by banks.
3. Providing Insurance cover to each and every citizen so that he/she can live a healthy and long life.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1, 2 and 3

28. Which of the following organizations recently issued some guidelines related to ‘Participatory Notes’ as used in financial world ?
(A) RBI
(B) IRDA
(C) SEBI
(D) AMFI
(E) None of these

29. Heavy Water is normally used by which of the following industries ?
(A) Nuclear Power generation plants
(B) Pharma Industry
(C) Paper Industry
(D) Sugar plants
(E) Tea plantations

30. As per news items published in various newspapers, Italy has offered its help in developing ‘SMEs’ in India. What is the full form of ‘SME’ ?
(A) Small and Monopolistic Economy
(B) Speedy and Mechanical
(C) Small and medium enterprises
(D) Small and Medium Level Economy
(E) None of these


Answers
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (E) 4. (B) 5. (E) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (E) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (E) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (E) 20. (D)
21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (E) 24. (A) 25. (D) 26. (E) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (A) 30. (C)

Different Branches of Science--Study of--Quiz

Various terminologies are used for the study different branches of science.Here is a list.


Study of flowers---Anthology
Study of spiders---Araneology
Study of frogs-----Batracology
Study of skulls----Craniology
Study of skin------Dermatology
Study of insects--Entomology
Study of heredity--Genetics
Study of blood-----Haematology
Study of human beauty--Kalology
Study of dictionaries--Lexicography
Study of muscles---Myology
Study of birds----Ornithology
Study of coins and medals---Numismatics
Study of earthquakes--Seismology
Study of poisons---Toxicology

Online Quiz at 7 pm Indian time on Saturday 4/4/09

I will be conducting an online live quiz in this site at 7 pm Indian time on Saturday 4/4/09.Come join and enjoy.

Top 30 Languages by Population--No of speakers--Quiz

1 CHINESE, MANDARIN China 885,000,000

2 SPANISH Spain,Several countries in South and Central America 332,000,000

3 ENGLISH United Kingdom,United states 322,000,000

4 BENGALI Bangladesh,West Bengal(India) 189,000,000

5 HINDI India 182,000,000

6 PORTUGUESE Portugal,Brazil 170,000,000

7 RUSSIAN Russia 170,000,000

8 JAPANESE Japan 125,000,000

9 GERMAN Germany 98,000,000

10 CHINESE, WU China 77,175,000

11 JAVANESE Indonesia, Java, Bali 75,500,800

12 KOREAN Korea, South & North 75,000,000

13 FRENCH France,North Africa 72,000,000

14 VIETNAMESE Viet Nam 67,662,000

15 TELUGU South India 66,350,000

16 CHINESE, YUE China 66,000,000

17 MARATHI India 64,783,000

18 TAMIL India,Srilanka,Malaysia 63,075,000

19 TURKISH Turkey 59,000,000

20 URDU Pakistan,India 58,000,000

21 CHINESE, MIN NAN China 49,000,000

22 CHINESE, JINYU China 45,000,000

23 GUJARATI India 44,000,000

24 POLISH Poland 44,000,000

25 ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN Egypt 42,500,000

26 UKRAINIAN Ukraine 41,000,000

27 ITALIAN Italy 37,000,000'

28 CHINESE, XIANG China 36,015,000

29 MALAYALAM India 34,022,000

30 CHINESE, HAKKA China 34,000,000

Oscar awards 2009--winners--quiz

Here is the list of all entries into the oscars 2009 and who the winner is.Remember this will be useful for Bank Po tests and other competitive exams.


Best picture
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire"

Director
WINNER: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Actor
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
WINNER: Sean Penn, "Milk"
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Actress
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
WINNER: Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

Supporting actor
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
WINNER: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

Supporting actress
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
WINNER: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

Animated feature
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
WINNER: "WALL-E"

Adapted screenplay
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
"Doubt," written by John Patrick Shanley
"Frost/Nixon," screenplay by Peter Morgan
"The Reader," screenplay by David Hare
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay
"Frozen River," written by Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky," written by Mike Leigh
"In Bruges," written by Martin McDonagh
WINNER: "Milk," written by Dustin Lance Black
"WALL-E," screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Art direction
"Changeling," James J. Murakami; set decoration: Gary Fettis
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Donald Graham Burt; set decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
"The Dark Knight," Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Peter Lando
"The Duchess," Michael Carlin; set decoration: Rebecca Alleway
"Revolutionary Road," Kristi Zea; set decoration: Debra Schutt

Cinematography
"Changeling," Tom Stern
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Claudio Miranda
"The Dark Knight," Wally Pfister
"The Reader," Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle

Costume design
"Australia," Catherine Martin
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Jacqueline West
WINNER: "The Duchess," Michael O'Connor
"Milk," Danny Glicker
"Revolutionary Road," Albert Wolsky

Documentary feature
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
"Encounters at the End of the World"
"The Garden"
WINNER: "Man on Wire"
"Trouble the Water"

Documentary short
"The Conscience of Nhem En"
"The Final Inch"
WINNER: "Smile Pinki"
"The Witness -- From the Balcony of Room 306"

Film editing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"The Dark Knight," Lee Smith
"Frost/Nixon," Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
"Milk," Elliot Graham
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens

Foreign language film
"The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany
"The Class," France
WINNER: "Departures," Japan
"Revanche," Austria
"Waltz with Bashir," Israel

Makeup
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Greg Cannom
"The Dark Knight," John Caglione Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army," Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Original score
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat
"Defiance," James Newton Howard
"Milk," Danny Elfman
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
"WALL-E," Thomas Newman


Original song
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, lyrics by Peter Gabriel
WINNER: "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music by A.R. Rahman, lyrics by Gulzar
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," music and lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Animated short
WINNER: "La Maison en Petits Cubes"
"Lavatory -- Lovestory"
"Oktapodi"
"Presto"
"This Way Up"

Live-action short
"Auf der Strecke (On the Line)"
"Manon on the Asphalt"
"New Boy"
"The Pig"
WINNER: "Spielzeugland"

Sound editing
WINNER: "The Dark Knight," Richard King
"Iron Man," Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
"Slumdog Millionaire," Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
"WALL-E," Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
"Wanted," Wylie Stateman

Sound mixing
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
"The Dark Knight," Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire," Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
"WALL-E," Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
"Wanted," Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Visual effects
WINNER: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
"The Dark Knight," Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
"Iron Man," John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan.

Current Affairs updated --January 2009

Current affairs plays a major role in Bank and other exams. Here is the latest current affairs.

1. Over 60 people killed in fires in Bangkok during the New Year eve.
2. Sheikh Hassina takes over as the Prime minister of Bangladesh after her party Awami League wins a Massive majority.
3.Sri Lankan Army captures LTTE stronghold Kilinochchi. Kilinochchi is considered the de-facto political capital of LTTE.
4.India decides to buy P-8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft from the US. It is a step towards securing the country’s rather long coastline. The deal is worth $2.1-billion.
5.Russian energy giant Gazprom decided to cut exports through Ukrainian pipelines by a fifth in a row over unpaid bills.

This causes a shortage in Gas supply across Europe.

6.Israel launches ground attack in Gaza. A total of 1200 people killed in the attack.

7. Cholera kills 2000 people in Zimbabwe.

8. Indian Government announces a second stimulus package worth Rs. 20000 Crore.

9. Satyam CEO ramalinga Raju admits fraud amounting to Rs.7,000 Crore. Govt dismantles Satyam board and appoints three board of directors. They are Deepak Parekh,Kiran Karnik, C. Achutan.


10.Jharkhand Chief minister Shibu soren resigns after losing a by-election. Presidents rule imposed in State.

11.The film Ghajini has reportedly raked in more than Rs. 200 crores in two weeks. This appears to be largest ever collection by any Indian film so far.


12.Slumdog Millionaire received in all four Golden Globes in Los Angeles. It got the globes for Best film, Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy) & Best original score (AR Rahman).


13.China overtake Germany as the World's third largest economy.


14.Citigroup splits into two.It removes its investments banking operations from its major banking operations.

15.Bank of America gets a $20 billion aid from U S Govt.

16. Barack Hussein Obama sworn in as the New president of United States. His Cabinet include-Hillary Clinton,Secretary of State,Robert Gates--Secretary of Defence and Timothey Geithner, Treasury Secretary.

17.United states Economy contracts in the last quarter of 2008 by 3.8 %

18.The Ashoka Chakra is awarded to former Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare, the seniormost officer to be killed during 26/11, and assistant sub-inspector Tukaram Omble, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Havaldar Gajender Singh Bisht of National Security Guard, who died in Taj Mahal Hotel and Nariman House encounter, Senior Mumbai Police officers Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar, Colonel Jojan Thomas and Havaldar Bahadur Singh Bohra of the Army, who died in fighting terrorists in J&K, Delhi Police inspector M C Sharma, who died in the Jamia Nagar encounter, R P Diengdoh of Meghalaya Police and Pramod Kumar Satapathy of Orissa Police.

19.Prime minister successfully undergoes heart surgery.

20.Former President R. Venkitaraman passes away.

21.Australian Open Mens Title won by Rafael Nadal andwomen's Title won by Serena Williams.

India Lok Sabha elections--Quiz

1. Which is the largest Lok sabha constituency in India by area?

Ladakh

2. Which is the largest Lok sabha constituency by number of voters?

Outer Delhi

3.Which is the smallest Lok sabha constituency in India by area?

Chandni Chowk

4. Which is the smallest Lok sabha constituency by number of voters?

Lakshdweep

5. Who holds the record of Highest majority of a candidate in Lok sabha elections?

Anil Basu of CPM won from Arambagh, West Bengal with a margin of 592502 votes in 2004.

6.Which state has the highest number of MPs in Lok Sabha?

Uttar Pradesh-- 80 MPs

7.What is the maximum no. of seats won by a party in an election/

Congress in 1984 won 415 seats

8. Which was Jawaharlal Nehru's constituency?

Phulpur in U P

9.Which was Indira Gandhi's constituency?

Rae Barelli

10. Who has won the maximum no of Lok sabha elections from a same constituency?

P M Saeed from Lakshdweep

List of major inventions and inventors--Quiz

FIND out Who invented what? Useful for Quiz competitions and competitive exams etc.

Aeroplane : Orville and Wilbur Wright
Atom Bomb ; Auto Han
Diesel Engine : Rudolf Diesel
Dynamite : Alfred B. Nobel
Electric Generator : Michael Faraday
Electric Lamp : Thomas Alva Edison
Electrolytic cell : Alessandro Volta
Elevator : Elisha G. Otis
Gramophone : Thomas Alva Edison
Integrated Chip : Jack Kilby
Lightning Conductor : Benjamin Franklin
Mercury Thermometer : Fahrenheit
Microphone : Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Movie Projector : Thomas Alva Edison
Pneumatic Tyres : John Boyd Dunlop
Radio : Marconi
Safety Razor : King C. Gillette
Steam Engine (condenser) : James Watt
Telegraph Code : Samuel Morse
Telephone : Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Television (mechanical) : John Logie Baird
Telescope : Galileo
Transformer : Michael Faraday
Vulcanised Rubber : Charles Goodyear
X-Ray : Rontgen

Awards won in 2008--Quiz

1. Who won Bharat Ratna in 2008?
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
2.Who won Magsasay award in 2008?
Grace Padaca
3.Who won Jnanpith award in 2008?
Rahman Rahi --Kashmiri
4.Who won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2008?
M S Dhoni
5.Who won the DadaSaheb Phalke award in 2008?
Tapan Sinha
6.Who won the Indira Gandhi peace prize in 2008?
Mohammed El Baradei
7.Who won the Booker prize in 2008?
Aravind Adiga