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Sunday, 10 November 2013

General Awareness Practice MCQs for All Exams

General Awareness Practice MCQs for All Exams


This General Awareness Practice MCQs for upcoming exams. you can also download this set as
PDF to prepare offline study.
1. Recently who received the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation?
1) Angela Merkel of Germany
2) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
3) Brigalia Bam of South Africa
4) Azim Premji of India
5) None of above
2. Loans to poor people by banks have many limitations including lack of security and high operating cost. So
to help them which type of finance system developed?
1) Ponzi schemes
2) Micro Finance System
3) Money Laundering Schemes
4) Money tampering finance
5) Super vision Finance
3. The following statements are related to Micro Finance system. Locate the wrong option.
1) It provides micro credit having scope for small savings and remittance of funds
2) It based on the principle of livelihood creation
3) The livelihood mission means engaging in activities in a routine fashion to generate cash or non-cash
income
4) High volumes of low transactions done through this system
5) None
4. Who introduced the concept of Microfinance in Bangladesh in the form of the "Grameen Bank"? He is the
Nobel laureate known by many as the "father of microfinance systems''.
1) C.D.Deshmuck
2) Amartya Sen
3) Muhammad Yunus
4) Sheik Hassena
5) Muzibaer Rehman
5. The beneficiaries of Micro finance business is?
1) Land less labour
2) Marginal farmers
3) Vendors in the small markets
4) Hawkers
5) All of above
6. Salustiano Sanchez is the?

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Saturday, 9 November 2013

9 November 2013 – Daily Current Affairs(HINDI AND ENGLISH)

9 November 2013 – Daily Current Affairs 
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1) On 7 November, 2013 which country was awarded the hosting of 2018 Men Hockey World Cup? – India (India was awarded the 2018 World Cup in an announcement by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2014 Women Hockey World Cup was awarded to England. Men World Cup is planned for planned between 1 to16 December, 2018 whereas Women World Cup between 7 to 21 July. India had hosted the 2010 Men Hockey World Cup)

2) Which noted institute of the country is expected to be re-named as the Institute of Governance Professionals of India (IGPI), as reported in the media reports of 8 November, 2013? - The Institute of Company Secretaries of India – ICSI (The ICSI aspiration of rebranding the profession as “governance professional’’ instead of “company secretaries” got impetus on 7 November, 2013 with Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot agreeing to pilot a Bill for this purpose in Parliament. This proposed re-christening of ICSI would be in line with the institute’s recent aspiration to elevate its members from being compliance officers to governance professionals. The name change is, however, subject to a new law getting enacted by Parliament)

3) What was the name given to the most powerful cyclone in three decades to batter the Philippines, which hit the country on 8 November, 2013 forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, and cutting power and communication? – “Typhoon Haiyan” (This typhoon, with speeds over 250 kph, made landfall over Guiuan town in Eastern Samar province, 650 kilometres south-east of Manila. 4 persons died due to this typhoon)

Friday, 8 November 2013

EIGHT RECENT SUCCESSFUL MISSION LAUNCH BY ISRO IN 2012 AND 2013

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has over many years been known to come up with cost-effective space missions. Its knack for frugal engineering and adaptive technology has made the ISRO stand out in the world. 
With the Mars mission catching the global eye, we take a look at eight recent (2012 and 2013) successful missions and launches by the ISRO:

Mars Orbiter Mission


Mars Orbiter Mission is India's first interplanetary mission to planet Mars with an orbiter craft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit. The Mission is primarily technological mission considering the critical mission operations and stringent requirements on propulsion and other bus systems of spacecraft.
India on November 5 embarked on its maiden Mars odyssey with its polar rocket carrying Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) successfully lifting off in its first-ever inter-planetary expedition in a bid to join a select band of nations.  It is expected to reach the red planet's orbit by September 24, 2014 and go around in an elliptical orbit (periapsis of 366 km and apo-apsis of 80,000 km). The Mars Orbiter has five scientific instruments - Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP), Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM), Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA), Mars Colour Camera (MCC) and Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS). The Mars mission is aimed at establishing the country's capability to reach the red planet and focus on looking for the presence of methane, an indicator of life in Mars

Mission Objectives

One of the main objectives of the first Indian mission to Mars is to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission. 
Following are the major objectives of the mission: 

A. Technological Objectives:

Design and realisation of a Mars orbiter with a capability to survive and perform Earth bound manoeuvres, cruise phase of 300 days, Mars orbit insertion / capture, and on-orbit phase around Mars.
Deep space communication, navigation, mission planning and management.