Current Affairs : Highlights of Railway Budget 2016 in numbers

1	No hike in passenger fares.
2	Action has been initiated on 139 budget announcements made last year.
3	Eliminate all unmanned level crossings by 2020.
4	Swacch Bharat: 17000 biotoilets and additional toilets in 475 stations before the close of this financial year.
5	Increased quota for senior citizens and women travellers this year.
6	Wifi at 100 stations this year and 400 stations next year.
7	Enhanced capacity of e-ticketing system from 2,000 tickets/min to 7,200/min. Supporting 1.2 lakh concurrent users now, as opposed to 40,000 earlier.
8	All major stations to be brought under CCTV surveillance in a phased manner.
9	Deen Dayal coaches for long distance trains for unreserved passengers. These coaches will include potable water and higher number of mobile charging points.
10	IRCTC to manage catering service in phased manner. Local cuisine of choice will be made available to passengers.
11	Cleaning of toilets by requests through SMS.
12	Children's menu, baby foods, baby boards to be made available for travelling mothers.
13	GPS-based digital display in coaches for showing upcoming stations.
14	Will open cancellation facility through 139 helpline number.
15	Introduce bar-coded tickets on pilot basis to tackle menace of ticketless travel.

source : http://www.thehindu.com/business/budget/railway-budget-2016-highlights/article8280082.ece

CSIR UGC NET June 2016 NOTIFICATION and Important dates

CSIR UGC NET June 2016 NOTIFICATION and IMPORTANT DATES

Tentative Date of Single MCQ Exam: 19th June 2016

Online application starts from: 05th February 2016

Last date of online application: 01st March 2016

Last date of online payment of fee: 29th February 2016

Last date for receipt of application: 07th March 2016

Last date for receipt of application for remote area: 14th March 2016

Subjects:

CSIR-UGC NET Exam for Science stream is conducted by CSIR in the following areas: -

1. Chemical Sciences

2. Earth Sciences

3. Life Sciences

4. Mathematical Sciences

5. Physical Sciences

6. Engineering Sciences

Education Qualification:

• M.Sc or equivalent degree/Integrated BS-MS/BS-4 years/BE/B.Tech/B.Pharma/MBBS with at least 55% marks for general and OBC-Non Creamy layer candidates
  

•  50% for SC/ST, physically and Visually Handicapped candidates.

Age limit and relaxation :

For JRF (NET): Maximum 28 years as on 01st July 2016 (Upper age limit may be relaxed up to 5 years in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)/ Physically Handicapped/Visually Handicapped and Female applicants)

For LS (NET): No upper age limit

SYLLABUS:

Part 'A' shall be common to all subjects. This part shall contain questions pertaining to General Aptitude with emphasis on logical reasoning, graphical analysis, analytical and numerical ability, quantitative comparison, series formation, puzzles etc.

Part 'B' shall contain subject-related conventional Multiple Choice questions (MCQs), generally covering the topics given in the syllabus

Part 'C' shall contain higher value questions that may test the candidate's knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts. The questions shall be of analytical nature where a candidate is expected to apply the scientific knowledge to arrive at the solution to the given scientific problem

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Current Affair: Hyderabad And Pune Beat Mumbai And Delhi In This Survey

Hyderabad ranks highest among Indian cities on a quality of life survey
by consulting firm Mercer, but is only at number 138 on a global list of
230 cities. Pune follows at 145.

Big metros Delhi and Mumbai rank 154 and 152 respectively. Mercer notes
that "considerable population increases in Mumbai and New Delhi in
recent decades have increased existing problems, including access to
clean water, air pollution, and traffic congestion."

China's Beijing is ranked higher than any Indian city at 118. And Sri
Lanka's Colombo is at 132.

Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, offers the highest
quality of life of all cities in the world, the survey says, while Iraqi
capital Baghdad is at the bottom of the list.

The annual survey helps companies and organisations determine
compensation and hardship allowances for international staff. It uses
dozens of criteria such as political stability, health care, education,
crime, recreation and transport.

Switzerland's Zurich, New Zealand's Auckland, Germany's Munich and
Canada's Vancouver follow Vienna in the top five most pleasant cities in
the world to live in.

Vienna is number 1 for the seventh time in a row. Baghdad, victim to
waves of sectarian violence since the American-led invasion of 2003, is
not new to the last spot either.

Among Asian cities, Singapore tops the list at number 26, followed by
four Japanese cities led by capital Tokyo. Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia is
number 84.

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Quiz 177: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Which of the following Indian banks featured among the 50 World's Most Valuable Banks?
ICICI
Axis Bank
HDFC
State Bank of India
Who has been appointed the new chief of Central Board of Film Certification of India?
Leela Samson
Sharmila Tagore
Pahlaj Nihalani
None of the above
18th of January 2015 was observed in India as:
National Immunization Day
National Youth Day
National Science Day
None of the above
Who created a national record in weightlifting by lifting 238 kilograms under the 56 kilograms category at 10th Youth National Weightlifting Championship 2015?
MC Bhaskar
Vicky Batta
Jimjang Deru
None of the above
Who amongst the following has been selected for the lifetime achievement award to be presented at the Jaipur Film Festival 2015?
Steven Spielberg
Majid Majidi
Reza Naji
Bahman Ghobadi
An ordinance is promulgated in consultation with the President on the advice of the Union Cabinet under which article of the Indian Constitution?
Article 111
Article 368
Article 123
Article 132
Which batsman has the world record for the fastest One Day International century against his name?
AB De Villiers
Corey Anderson
Shahid Afridi
None of the above
Where is India's first "Tribal food festival 2015" being organized?
Mumbai
New delhi
Jaipur
Varanashi
Bhakti Sharma recently made world record in which field?
Climbing Mount everest
Swimming
Table tennis
IQ test
Recently, Who made the fastest ODI century in 31 balls?
Shahid Afridi
Corey Anderson
Rohit Sharma
AB de villiers
Who won women’s single title of Sydney International Tennis tournament 2015?
Maria Sharapova
Venus Williams
Petra Kvitova
Karolina Pliskova
Who bagged the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 in women category?
Christie Rampone
Kristine Lilly
Abby Wambach
Nadine Kessler

Idukki became the first district in the country to have high speed rural broadband network. Idduki is located in which of the following states?

Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Odisha
Telangana

Which among the following banks has bagged the “MSME Banking Excellence Awards-2014”? 

Corporation Bank
Canara Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Andhra Bank
Who has been appointed as Nepal's ambassador to India?
Rukma Shukshere Rana
Deep Kumar Upadhyay
GP Koirala
None of the above
Which amongst the following countries was ranked the no. 1 destination for future investments by Japan Bank for International Cooperation in January 2015?  
China
Singapore
India
Indonesia
Which of the following has/have not been matched correctly in terms of film certification as is done by the Central Board of Film Certification in India?

1. U: Unrestricted Public Exhibition - but with a word of caution that Parental discretion required for children below 12 years

2. UA: Unrestricted Public Exhibition    

3. A: Restricted to adults        

4. S: Restricted to any special class of persons 
Only 1
Only 1 & 2
Only 1 & 4
1, 2, 3 & 4
Who amongst the following famous Indian RTI activits was conferred with the Giraffe Hero award 2015?
Shehla Masood
Subhash Chandra Agrawal
Dr Gaurang Vora
None of the above
Ghelubhai Naik passed away on 16 January 2015. He was a famous:
Freedom Fighter
Journalist
Cinematographer
Gujarati Author
National Award for e-Governance for the best district-level initiative in Citizen-Centric Service Delivery through ICT was presented to which State?
Jharkhand
Jammu & Kashmir
Uttarakhand
Rajasthan
Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on 16 January 2015 launched two schemes to support the Scheduled Castes (SC). Which amongst the following are these?
Venture Capital Fund for SC's & Green Business Scheme
Green Business Scheme & National Overseas Scholarship for SC
Venture Capital Fund for SC's & National Overseas Scholarship for SC
None of the above
Recently who resigned as chairperson of censor board of india?
Sharmila tagore
V S Sampath
Leela Samson
Vijay Anand
Recently, higher side boundation on which currency was removed against EURO?
dollar
ruble
swiss franc
pound
Recently, RBI reduced repo rate from 8% to ?
7%
6.5%
7.5%
7.75%
Who became the first Asian and the youngest girl to swim 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in the Antarctic Ocean at a temperature of one degree Celsius?
Lynne Cox
Bhakti Sharma
Lewis Pugh
None of the above
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General Knowledge questions for SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, CAT and other competitive exams.

Quiz 176: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

15 January, 2015 was celebrated as the:
67th National Cadet Corps Day
67th Army Day
13th Sadbhavna Diwas
12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Who amongst the following has been appointed the Social Media Person of the Year Award 2015 by Internet and Mobile Association of India?
Narendra Modi
Jairam Ramesh
Amitabh Bachchan
None of the above
Who received Sahitya Academy Award 2014 for Sanskrit?
Namdev Tarachandani
Ambika Dutt
Subodh Sarkar
Prabhu Nath Dwivedi
Which state has set minimum educational qualification for panchayat election candidates?
Rajasthan
Kerala
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
H.S.Brahma is appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner. What is term length of a chief election commissioner ?
4 years
5 years
6 years
2 years
Who is appointed as new chief election commissioner on 15th January,2015?
V.S. Sampath
Navin Chawla
Harishankar Brahma
Ajit Seth
The Union Government recently removed Avinash Chander as the Chairman of which amongst the following organizations:
DRDO
ISRO
NTPC
NHPC
India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered train would run between:
Rewari – Rohtak link of Northern Zone
Bhiwani-Rohtak link of Northern Zone
Ajmer-Jaipur link of Northern Zone
None of the above
Which internet seach engine has most recently launched its Flight Search Tool in India?
Bing
Google
Yahoo
None of the above
Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Amendments Bill 2015 (COTPA) proposes which of the following:
Ban on-site advertising of tobacco products
Scrapping of designated smoking areas from hotels, restaurants and airports making an exception only for international airports
Tobacco products and cigarettes in approved packaging will now be sold only to those above 21 years of age
All of the above
Historic "Paris unity rally" was organized in support of ?
Anti-Drug effort
Women rights
Children rights
Anti-terrorism
Ballon d'Or award is given for which sport?
Cricket
Vollyball
tennis
Football
Which football player recently won "FIFA footballer of year 2014" award?
Lion Messi
Neymar
Cristiano Ronaldo
P, Lahm
Recently, India's first CNG based trains are launched from which railway station?
Bikaner
Kota
Rewari
Chennai
Which country recently allowed e-voting by non-resident citizens?
Pakistan
France
India
USA
Who amongst the following became the first Hindu to hold the Highest Judicial Post in a Bangladesh?
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha
Justice Rana Bhagwandas
Justice Gouro Gopal Shaha
Justice Ashish Ronjon Daash

Who received the Governor of the Year Award for 2015 announced by the Central Banking Publications on 12 January 2015?

Raghuram Rajan
Noorullah Delawari
Glenn Stevens
Mervyn King
Which of the following statement/s is/are true about the E-Visa Facility offered by India:

1. It will be valid only for 30 days
2. Right now it has been introduced for 43 countries
3. A traveler must apply for this visa at least ten days prior to entry into India
Both 1 & 2
Both 2 & 3
Both 1 & 3
1, 2 & 3
RBI recently signed an MoU with which bank for cooperation in the field of Central Banking?
Bank of France
Banco Central do Brasil
European Central Bank
None of the above
Who won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in Science and Engineering category?
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Team of ISRO
Philae Lander
Chandrayaan
None of the above

12th of January marks which of the following events?
Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
National Youth Day
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
Which country will host the Anti-Terror Summit in February 2015?
United States
UK
France
India
Which Chinese scientist was presented State Preeminent Science and Technology Award for the year 2014 in January 2015?
Wu Liangyong
Zhang Cunhao
Yu Min
Yuan Longping
Which of the following National Parks was shut down recently because of deaths of migratory birds there?
Chillika Lake
Keoladeo National Park
Sultanpur National Park
None of the above
Which film won the "Best Film" in the drama category at the recently concluded Golden Globe Awards?
The Imitation Game
Hunger Games
Still Alice
Boyhood
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Quiz 175: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Who emerged as the winner of Chennai Open Title for the year 2015?
Aljaz Bedene
Stanislas Wawrinka
D. Goffin
R. Bautista Agut
"India Water Week" will be observed from:
13th of January to 17th of January
14th of January to 18th of January
15th of January to 19th of January
None of the above

Who presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2015?

Pranab Mukherji
Rajnath Singh
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
None of the above
Who amongst the following people has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the NITI Aayog?
Sindhushree Khullar
Aravind Panagariya
Sudha Pillai
Bibek Debroy
Which amongst the following airline carriers is the latest to start its operations in India in January 2015?
Vistara
Air Asia
Singapore Airlines
Qantas
Which company is building web browser code named as "Spartan"?
Google
Facebook
Twitter
Microsoft
What is name of suspected poison used in Sunanda Pushkar death case?
Plutonium
Polonium
Cyanide
Arsenic
Who is elected as new president of Sri Lanka?
Prem das
Maithripala Sirisena
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Indira Samarasekera
Recently Governor rule is applied in which state ?
Jharkhand
Maharastra
Jammu and Kashmir
Haryana
The first antibiotic discovered in last 30 years, capable of fighting superbig resistance, has been named:
Teixobactin
Tetracycline
Azelaic acid
Benzoyl peroxide
Union Ministry for Social Justice & Empowerment launched a National Toll Free Helpline on 7 January 2015 to assist:
Alcoholic & Drug Dependent Persons
Disabled/ Differently Abled
Women exposed to violence at home
None of the above
Which of the following banks recently launched contactless Credit and Debit cards:
HDFC
ICICI
SBI
IDBI
To mark the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India, the Government has taken which of the following steps:
Released Commemorative Postage Stamps
Inaugurated a state-of-the-art museum called "Dandi Kutir"
Both 1 & 2
None of the above

Raksha Blu vaccine launched by Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) targets which of the following diseases:
Foot and Mouth disease
Bluetongue Disease
Swine Flu
E-Bola
Who is appointed as CEO of NITI Aayog?
Arvind Pangariya
Sindhushree Khullar
Arun Jaitely
Arvind Mayaram
Recently in news, "Charlie Hebdo" magazine belongs to which country?
France
Germany
denmark
Australia
Recently in news, "Charlie Hebdo" is a ?
Movie
Newspaper
Satire Magazine
Sport Club
Which edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was celebrated on January 9, 2015?
12th Edition
13th Edition
14th Edition
15th Edition

Who has been appointed as Under-Secretary-General, Department of Field Support (DFS) at the United Nations?

Ameerah Haq
Atul Khare
Rogerio Lobato
Sussana Malcorra
The Government has removed the cap / restrictions to produce Neem coated urea. What is the current production output and total demand in India respectively?
60 lakh MT and 310 lakh MT
50 lakh MT and 300 lakh MT
75 lakh MT and 410 lakh MT
None of these
what was the theme of the 102nd Indian Science Congress held in Mumbai?
Science and Technology for Women empowerment
Science and Technology for Urban Development
Science and Technology for Human Development
Science and Technology for Rural Welfare
The Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have discovered two Earth-like planets namely?
Kepler 438b and Kepler 442b
Galileo 438b and Galileo 442b
Tesla 438b and Tesl 442b
None of the above
Which state in India became the first to ban the sale of loose cigarettes in India?
Haryana
Jammu and Kashmir
Karnataka
Punjab
Which of the following statement/s is/are true regarding the Ordinance that amends’ Citizenship Act, 1955? 
Life-long Indian visa facility to Person of Indian Origin (PIO)
Exempts them from appearing before the local police station on every visit
Both 1 & 2
None of above

The ordinance to amend the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act, 1957 allows: 

Introduction of competitive bidding for allocation of minerals
Creation of District Mineral Funds
Imposing additional tax on miners
All of the above
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Quiz 174: on Current Affairs 2014-15 for RRB SSC CGL, UPSC, IBPS, MAT, SBI, SB banks and other competitive exams

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ

Who amongst the following persons has been named Business Person of the Year 2014 by Fortune Magazine?
Sergey Brin
Larry Page
Eric Schmidt
Mark Zuckerberg
To improve investment climate in India, the government has aligned the foreign direct investment policy with the upgraded NIC code. NIC stands for: 
National Investment Classification
National Industrial Classification
National Industrial Corporation
None of the Above
Who have won National sub-junior Billiards title in January 2015?
Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Suraj Rathi
S Shrikrishna
Tanurag Gautam
GreenPHABLET; a low cost combination of phone and tablet, specially developed for use by smallholder farmers has been developed by:
CSIR
ICRISAT
IARI
ICAR
Sutirtha Bhattacharya has been appointed as CMD of which of the following companies:
ONGC
Coal India Limited
NTPC
NHPC

India based Neutrino Observatory (INO) would be located in:
Kottayam, Kerala
Pottipuram, Tamil Nadu
Nabha, Punjab
None of the above
Who amongst the following is not in the list of brand ambassadors for Swachh Bharat Campaign?
Pullela Gopichand
VVS Laxman
SP Balasubrahmanyam
Irrfan Khan
Virendra Prabhakar passed away recently. He was a famous:
Photo Journalist
Photographer
Veteran Film-Maker
None of the above
World's smallest goanna lizard species was discovered in which of the following countries?
India
Australia
Maldives
None of the above
Which of the following routes has most recently come under scanner for routing illegal Black money in India?
Global Depository Receipt
Indian Depository Receipt
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
The Union Government has decided to extend AFSPA by one year in which of the following states?
Chhattisgarh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Jammu and Kashmir
Which of the following statement/s is/are correct around "Smart Cards" facility?

a) It would be issued to workers in the unorganised sector 
b) Social security and other benefits would be routed to the beneficiary through this card only.
c) Similar Smart cards with the name "U-Win Cards" were piloted in Gujarat
Only A & B
Only C
Only B & C
A, B & C
Which amongst the following statements is true regarding Plant Protection Code?
It is a set of guidelines for regulating the chemical inputs in tea cultivation
It is a set of guidelines for regulating the chemical inputs in Cocoa Plantation
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
How many Wild Tigers deaths were reported in India in the year 2014 as per the Tigernet report?
70
65
66
60
Which committee was constituted to look into various concerns of the citizens hailing from the North Eastern States living in different parts of the country and to suggest suitable remedial measures? 

Dipak Misra Committee
Arvind Panagariya Committee
Bezbaruah Committee
Santhanam Committee
Which of the following banks is associated with "Digital Village" initiative recently launched in Akodara Village in Gujarat?
IDBI
HDFC
ICICI
Kotak Mahindra Bank

Which amongst the following bodies has been recognised by Union Government as the national federation for representing boxing?
Boxing India
All India Boxing Association
Boxing Association of India
None of the above
BJP has emerged as largest political party in India. What is foundation year of BJP?
1885
1947
1980
1991
Which country is participating in cricket world cup 2015 for first time? 
Ireland
Bangladesh
Scotland
Afghanistan
Which country is NOT participating in Cricket world cup 2015?
Scotland
Ireland
UAE
Kenya
Which country is host for Cricket World cup 2015 ?
West Indies
England
Australia
South Africa
What is the theme of 102nd "Indian Science Congress"?
Inclusive Innovation
Gender sensitive science
Science and Technology for human development
Internet and Development
Where is 102nd Indian Science Congress organized?
Mumbai
Chennai
New Delhi
Jaipur
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Andolan has been set up will target:
The adverse and declining child sex ratio (CSR) across the States
Rising crimes against adolescent and working women
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
NASA's SMAP instrument is used to measure:
Amount of moisture in Earth's soil
Atmospheric pressure over water surfaces
Both 1 & 2
None of the above
Score = Correct answers: <br />