Best Books for the IBPS CWE PO Exam

I love writing reviews and decided it was time to check out the books for IBPS bank PO Exam . I’ve used many Bank PO Exam Books in the past but have never really researched them. I just assumed that any book will do the trick and that I just needed to buy one that suited my budget.

 How wrong was I? There is more to books than meets the eye so I took some time to really get into the detail and find the best IBPS bank PO Exam books available in the market today.

 For cracking any Bank exam, one needs to concentrate on preparation. One has to surpass the scores of many others in order to stand a chance. Along with building the fundamentals on various topics covered under banking exams with the help of the many self study books, a candidate needs to practice as much as possible. In order to become a PO in Nationalised Banks or SBI you need to clear exam as well as interview.

There will be in all 4 subjects namely in IBPS CWE PO Exam

 1.Reasoning
 2.Aptitude
 3.English
4.General Awareness

The books given below are available in all book stores throughout India. You can receive up to 25% discounts from the below links. Payments are to be made only after receiving book at your doorstep.

  Best Books for Reasoning in IBPS CWE PO Exam
1.A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal
 2. Analytical Reasoning by M K Pandey
 3.How to Crack Test of Reasoning In All Competitive Exam Jaikishan, Premkishan

Best Books for Aptitude in IBPS CWE PO Exam 

1.Quantitative Aptitude Test For Bank P.os by Gulati
 2.Quantitative Aptitude by R S Aggarwal

 Best Books for English in IBPS CWE PO Exam

 1.Objective General English
 2.Objective General English by Puri

 Best Books for General awareness in IBPS CWE PO Exam 

1. Guide To Banking General Awareness & Banking Aptitude Test 
2.General Banking And Economic Awareness by Kiran Prakashan 


 If you are writing the IBPS CWE PO Exam in Hindi. There are other books available as well. 


Best Books for in IBPS CWE PO Exam in Hindi 

1. Bank PO Sampurn Success Package by S C Gupta 
 2. Bank Probationary Officers Bharti Pariksha


Best Books for SBI PO Exam 

1. Gateway to SBI & Associate Banks of SBI PO Examination 
 2.SBI & Associates PO Practice Work Book  

National film awards 2011 winners list Quiz

Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool Best Actress: Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture Best Film: Deool and Pyaari Best Children’s Film: Chillar Party Best Director: Gurvinder Singh for Anhe Ghorey Da Daan Best Female Playback Singer: Rupa Ganguly Best Male Playback Singer: Anand Bhate for Bal Gandharva Best Feature Film, shared: Devur (Marathi) & Byari (Kannada) Best Debut Film by a director: Aranya Kaandam (Tamil)

Indian Railways Quiz

1. When was the 1st Rail Budget presented? John Mathai presented the first Railway Budget for independent India in November 1947.
 2.Which train runs between India and Pakistan? Samjhauta Express
 3.The world's longest railway platform is in India. Where is it? Kharagpur
 4.Which Indian train won the world Heritage Status from UNESCO? Darjeeling Himalayan Railways
 5.Name the luxury train launched by the Indian Railways in Rajasthan Palace on wheels
 6.Which train has the longest run in terms of distance and time on Indian Railways network? Vivek Express
 7. Where is the longest railway tunnel in India of about 6.5 km situated? Konkan Railway
 8.Who is the Railway minister of India? Mukul Roy
 9.Where did India's first metro rail start? Kolkata
 10.India's first train ran between Bombay and Thane

Current affairs on 04.03.2012

1.Bikram Singh is the New Army Chief.He succeeds General V K Singh who retires on May 31 2012.
2.Polls to elect new assemblies in 5 states came to an end on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh recorded an all time high turn out of 59.16 percent.
3.At least 14 people were killed when two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Poland late on Saturday in one of the country's worst train crashes in more than 20 years.
4.Veteran Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi clinched his 50th career title and his first with Rohan Bopanna when the duo outwitted Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski to lift the Dubai Tennis Cup.
5.State run NTPC plans to invest Rs.25000 crore in two Odisha power projects.
6.China's defence spending will record a double-digit increase of 11.2 per cent, taking the budget to USD 106.4 billion this year compared to USD 92 billion in 2011.
7. Red planet Mars will be brightest and closest it can get to earth for the next 3 years on Sunday.
8.A report from CyberMedia Research has indicated that a total of 183 million mobiles were sold in calendar year 2011, representing a 10 per cent growth over 2010.

Presidents of India -- In Serial Order -- Quiz

India had 11 Presidents since independence.Here is a list of all Presidents in the serail order.

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad -- 26 January 1950 to 13 May 1962
2.Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan --13 May 1962 to 13 May 1967
3.Dr. Zakir Husain -- 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969
4.Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri -- 3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969 and 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974
5.Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed -- 24 August 1974 to 11 February 1977
6.SHRI Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy-- 25 July 1977 TO 25 July 1982
7.Giani Zail Singh -- 25 July 1982 to 25 July 1987
8.Shri R Venkataraman -- 25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992
9.Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma -- 25 July 1992 to 25 July 1997
10.Shri K. R. Narayanan -- 25 July 1997 to 25 July 2002
11.DR. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam -- 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007

National Film Awards 2008 Winners -- Quiz

The Best Feature Film -- Antaheen, a Bengali film

The best actor award -- Upendra Limaye for the Marathi movie Jogva.
Here is a list of the winners of the National Film Awards 2008, This will be particularly useful for those who are preparing for bannk exams and other competitive exams.


Best Director --- Bala, Tamil Film, NAN Kadavul

Best Actress Award -- Priyanka Chopra ,Fashion

Best Male Playback Singer-- Hariharan

Best Female Playback Singer -- Shreya Ghoshal

The best supporting actress award -- Kangana Ranaut for the movie Fashion.

Best Supporting Actor -- Arjun Rampauul.

Kannada film Gubbachigalu received the Best Children’s Film Award.

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

Geographical discoveries-Great explorers-Quiz

1. Who discovered Brazil?

Ans: Pedro Alvarus Cabral

2.Who discoverd New Zealand?

Ans:Abel Tasman

3. Who discoverd Philippines?

Magellan

4.Who discovered the Cape of Good hope?

Bartha lomio Diaz

5.Who discovered Australia?

Captain Cook

6.Who discoverd America?

Christopher Columbus

7. Who discovered a sea route to India from Europe?

Vasco de Gama

8. Who discovered Victoria falls?

David Livingstone

9.Who discovered Tasmania?

Abel Tasman

10.Who discoverd South Pole?

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen

11.Who discovered North Pole?

Robert Peary

Heads of Various World organizations--Latest who's who--Quiz

Here is an update of the heads of Various World organizations.This is an important part of the current affairs. Hope it is useful for Quiz, Trivia and competitive exams.

Secretary General, UN---Ban ki moon
Director General,WHO---Margarret Chan
Head, UNICEF----Ann Veneman
Head, FAO---Jacqueous Diouff
Head,IAEA---Mohammed El Baradei
President, World Bank--Robert Zoellik
Managing Director, IMF--Dominique Strauss Kahn
Secretary General, NATO--Jaap De Hoop Scheffer
Secretary General,ASEAN--Surin Pitsuwan
Secretary General ,OPEC--Abdellah Salim El Badri
Chairman,SAARC-----Mahindra Rajapakse
Secretary General ,Commonwealth--Kamlesh Sharma

Current affairs updated--December first week

Current affairs finds prominence in all competitive exams like Bank PO and PSC. Please update yourself with the latest current affairs.
International current affairs
1.Space shuttle endeavor comes back to earth.The shuttle was on a 16 day mission. The shuttle landed at california instead of Kennedy space centre,Florida due to bad weather.
2.Siege of Airport in Thailand comes to an end after the Thai Supreme court removes the Prime minister from his Office.
3.Hillary Clinton to be the New Secretary of State.
4.Stephen Harper is the new Prime minister of Canada.
5. Christiano Ronaldo is the European footballer of the year 2008.
6. cholera spreads across Zimbabwe ; hundreds dead.

Indian current affairs
1.Bird flu outbreak in Assam; Over 40,000 birds culled.
2.Home minister Shivraj Patil resigns;P chidambaram is the new Home minister.
3.Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Desmukh and Deputy CM RR Patil resigns.Ashok Chawan and Chagan Bhujbal replaces them respectively.
4.Indian International Film Festival at Goa concludes TULPAN, a Kazakh film, won the Golden Peacock Award.
5.Pressure on Pakistan mounts as the attackers are traced back to Pakistan.Pakistan conducts raids in Lashkar camps in Punjab and PoK.
6.Shah Rukh Khan gets knighted by Malaysia
7.Crude prices comes below $40 a barrel. lowest price in 3 years

Largest US cities by population -Quiz

The measure whether a city is largest or not is done using its population. Calculating the population of a city can be done by different methods--viz population within city limits, population of the urban agglomeration that is within city limits and outskirts. See the below table listing the largest cities in the United States ranked by urban agglomeration which is the most effective method. TRhis will be helpful in your competitive exams and Quiz and trivia.

1. NewYork--21,200,000
2.Los Angeles--16,373,000
3.Chicago---9,157,600
4.Washington DC---7,608,000
5.SanFransico---7,039,380
6.Philadelphia---6,188,490
7.Boston----5,819,000
8.Detroit---5,456,490
9.Dallas---5,220,080
10.Houston---4,669,000