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Thursday, 27 March 2014

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INDIA

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INDIA

1. India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
2. Chess was invented in India.
3. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
4. The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.
5. The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
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Folk dances in India

Folk dances in India

• Bathukamma :A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh.
• Bhangra: This is a folk dance from the Northwest Indian state of Punjab. It is a lively, powerful dance.
• Bihu: Bihu is a folk dance from Assam. It is a very brisk and aggressive dance performed by both boys and girls.
• Changu: The changu dance is a folk dance found in Odissa and Andhra Pradesh. It derives its name from the changu, which is a simple tambourine (daf) that is used to accompany this dance.
• Dandaria: A folk dance of Andhra Pradesh.
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BANKING AWARENESS



1. AADHAAR card denotes – Unique Identity Number
2. PSL – Priority sector lending
3. NBFC – Non Banking Financial Company
4. WPI – Wholesale price Index
5. CPI – Consumer Price Index
6. LAF – Liquidity adjustment facility
7. NDTL – Net Demand and Time Liabilities
8. UCB – Urban Cooperative Bank
9. ECS – Electronic clearing service
10. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
11. UCIC – Unique Customer Identification Code
12. AML – Anti Money Laundering
13. CFT – Combatting of financial terrorism
14. SME – Small and Medium Enterprises
15. CDR – Corporate Debt Restructuring
16. CDS –Credit Default Swaps
17. IRS – Interest Rate Swaps
18. QE3 –Quantitative Easing
19. FII – Foreign Institutional Investors
20. RRB – Regional Rural Banks
21. PDC – Post Dated Cheques
22. MSE – Micro and Small Enterprises
23. DCCO – Date of commencement of commercial operations
24. CRAR – Capital to Risk weighted assets ratio
25. IBL – Inter bank liability
26. GDS – Gold deposit scheme
27. CAD – Current account deficit
28. ECB – European Central Bank
29. MFIN – Micro Finance Institutions Network
30. IRDA – Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
31. CRMPG – Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group
32. HTM – Held to maturity
33. SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio
34. BC – Business correspondents
35. BF – Business facilitators
36. DSA – Direct selling agents
37. DMA – Direct marketing agents
38. DRA – Debt Recovery agents
39. ELA – Emergency Liquidity assistance
40. BOP – Balance of payments
41. APBS – AADHAAR payment bridge system
42. FDI – Foreign direct investment
43. M3 – Money supply
44. MSF – Marginal standing facility
45. FFA – Forward freight agreements
46. AD – Authorised dealer
47. BIS – Bank for international settlements
48. BR act – Banking Regulation act
49. MCX – Multi commodity exchange
50. PSB – Public sector banks

Sunday, 23 March 2014

List of FIRST Countries in World



First Country in World to abolish Slavery:Spain
First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty(or Capital Punishment):Venezuela
First Country in World to legalize Same-Sex marriage: Netherlands
First Country in World to issue Paper Currency:china(by Song Dynasty)
First Country in World to issue Postal Stamp:Britain (the stamp name is "Penny Black")
First Country in World to develop Hydro-electricity:Norway
First Country in World to let Right to Vote for Women: Newzealand
First Country in World to introduce VAT(Value Added tax): France in 1954
First Country in World to impose Carbon Tax:Finland in 1990
First Country in World to be Democratic:Athens of Greece
First Country in World to experience Industrial Revolution:Britain
First Country in World to have an official National Flag:Denmark(soit has oldest Flag)
First Country in World to launch 3G Technology:Japan
First Country in World to initiate Family Planning Policy: India
First Country in World to initiate Railways: Britain
First Country in World to launch artificial Satellite into Earth's orbit: USSR or Soviet Russia in 1957(Satellite's name is Sputnik-1)
sports:
First Country in World to host Olympics:Athensof Greece in 1896 (the first olympics is summer olympics)
First Country in World to host Winter Olympics:Francein 1924
First Country in World to host Summer Paralympics :Italy in 1960
First Country in World to host Winter Paralympics: Sweden in 1976 (where Paralympics means Olympics for Physically Handicapped)
First Country in World to host Summer Youth Olympics: Singapore in 2010
First Country in World to host Winter Youth Olympics: Innsbruck of Austria in 2012
First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup: West Indies in 1975 (2nd is also west-indies in 1979 and 3rd is India in 1983)
First Country in World to won ICC Cricket World Cup(Twenty 20):India
First Country in World to won FIFA world Cup: Uraguay in 1930

Interesting Facts about Human Body


1.) Eyes: You Blink about 20000 times a day.
2.) Hair: Hair grows about .5 mm (.02 in) a day.
3.) Mouth: You will produce 37,800 l of saliva in your life.
4.) Cells: There are 50 trillion cells in your body and 3 billion of themdie every minute.
5.) Nerves: Your body has about 13000000000000 nerve calls, transmitting message at speed of 290 km/hr.
6.) Brain power: You lose 100000 brain cells every day! The main thing is that you have 100 billion altogether. If surface area of your brain could be ironed out it wouldmeasure 2090 sq.cm.
7.) Heartbeats: Your heart pumps 13640 L of blood around your body in a day. An average heartbeat rate per minutes of our body is 70 beats and this will adds more than 100000 beats a day.
8.) Urine : You will pass 400 to 2000 ml of urine every day, depending on your age, your size and outside conditions, especially temperature.
9.) Chemicals: There is enough carbon in your body to fill 900 pencils, enough Fat to make 75 candles, enough phosphorous to make 220 match heads and enough iron to make a 7.5 cm nail.
10.) Can you overdose on vitamins? Overdosing on some vitamins can have serious side effects.
  • Vitamin A: Doses of more than 3752 mg can lead to liver damage,hair losses and headaches.
  • Vitamin B6: Doses of more than 400mg can cause numbness in the mouth.
  • Vitamin C: Stomach ache can be caused due to high doses of Vitamin C.
  • Vitamin D: Daily doses of 600 mg can interfere with the functioningof muscles.
  • Niacin: Doses of upto 2000 mg are prescribe to help lower cholesterol but this could cause jaundice and liver damage.

11.) Tea Or Coffee? The two main constituents of tea are“caffeine and tannin”. A tea bag contains about 40 mg of caffeine and brewed tea about 30mg. Tea also contains useful fluorides, volatile oils and Vitamin B.
“Caffeine” is the main constituent of coffee. A cup of brewed coffee contains about 80 mg of caffeine and instant coffee about 60 mg. Medical studies show that heavy caffeine use (more than 500 mg/day) may cause harmful physiological effects. A cup of tea or coffee (without sugar and milk)contains about 16KJ of energy.
12.) Fingers: Our fingers are so sensitive that they can detect a vibration with a movement of 0.02 cm. Our “finger nails” grow at the rate of about 0.05 mm in a week and hair about 3 mm in a week