Skip to main content

General Knowledge Buzz- 08th Feb 2015

1. No change in nuclear liability law says govt
key features
a. supplier liability not necessary - according to section 17 of CNLD(civil neucler liability for nucler damage act 2010) operators shall have "right of recourse" i.e. they can sue suppliers.
b. Victims cant't directly suit case against supplires (Acc to section 46).
c. Compensation amount shall be paid from "insurence pool".


2. NITI Ayog's first governing council meet
a.  Aayog will be a think-tank having experts and representative on its board from states and the Centre and will have specialised wings including ‘Team India’.
b. The Prime Minister also asked each State to set up two task forces under the aegis of the Aayog-one for focusing on the alleviation of poverty, and the other on agricultural development at the state-level with Central assistance.
c. NITI Aayog will house a number of specialised wings, including Research, Consultancy and Team-India. As per the statement, the Research Wing will develop in-house sectoral expertise as a dedicated think-tank of top notch domain experts, specialists and scholars.

3. Reliance Jio president Sumit Chowdhury quits
a. Sumit D. Chowdhury's exit is the third high-profile exit from Reliance Jio and second within a month after its Managing Director Sandeep Das was moved to its sister concern Reliance Retail.

4. Govt. to infuse Rs. 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks
a. The government will infuse Rs. 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks including State Bank of   India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BoB), Punjab National Bank (PNB) for enhancing their capital and meeting global risk norms.

5. Telecom subscriber base reaches all-time high at 97 crore
a. Idea Cellular added over 25 lakh customers, the highest by any company, in December 2014.
b. It is followed by Airtel which added over 17 lakh new mobile customers, Vodafone about 15 lakh, Telewings (Uninor) 12 lakh,  Aircel over 9 lakh, Tata Teleservices about 6 lakh, Videocon (including Quadrant) 2.7 lakh and MTNL 22,445 new mobile customers.
c. This surpasses the previous record of 96.55 crore reached in June 2012.

6. Maharashtra, NCR attract 49% of total FDI in India
a. Maharashtra and the National Capital Region (NCR) cornered 49% of the total foreign direct investment inflows into the country since April 2000.
b. Maharashtra attracted maximum foreign inflows at $70.41 billion, about 30% of total foreign direct investment (FDI).
c. The National Capital Region (NCR), including parts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, received $45.77 billion foreign direct investment during the period.
d. Tamil Nadu attracted the third highest FDI inflows worth $15.80 billion during the period, followed by Karnataka ($14.17 billion), Gujarat ($10.18 billion), Andhra Pradesh ($9.72 billion) and West Bengal (2.88 billion).

7. National Games
a. Ankitha Raina of Gujarat who won triple gold medal in tennis
b. Smit Singh of Punjab clinches the men’s skeet gold in the shot gun events

Labels:

Popular posts from this blog

Easy way to understand Direct and Indirect speech rules

Introduction. There two ways to convey a message of a person, or the words spoken by a person to other person. 1.       Direct speech 2.       Indirect speech Suppose your friend whose name is Vipul tells you in College , “I will give you a pen”. You come to home and you want to tell your brother what your friend told you. There are two ways to tell him. Direct speech:   Vipul said, “I will give you a pen”. Indirect Speech:  Vipul said that he would give me a pen. In direct speech   the original words of person are narrated (no change is made) and are enclosed in quotation mark. While in indirect speech some changes are made in original words of the person because these words have been spoken in past so the tense will change accordingly and pronoun may also be changed accordingly. In indirect speech  the statement of the person is not enclosed in quotation marks, the word “ that ” may be used before the statement to show that it is indirect sp
3 comments
Read more

English Error Spotting - Previous Year Questions of SSC CGL

Competition Zenith brings you a post on Error Spotting to boost your English for competitive exams. We are providing you the specifically chosen questions from previous year papers of SSC CGL with the best possible explanation in simplest of the language. Below are some questions with explanation: Questions 1. Have trust on(a)/God and everything(b) /will be right.(c) /(d) No error 2. The cattles (a) /are grazing (b) /in the fields.(c) /(d) No error 3. He is one of (a)/ the best novelists (b) /that has ever lived. Do you agree? (c)/no error (d) 4. On a rainy day (a) /I enjoy to watch TV (b) / with a hot cup of tea.(c ) /no error(d) 5. No sooner did (a)/I reach (b)/ Patna railway station than the train departed(c)/no error (d) 6. There is no agreement (a) / between you and I (b) /so we are free to go our way(c) /no error (d) 7. A variety of books (a) / is available in the market (b) / to help the students qualify the competitive examinations.(c) /no error 8.
4 comments
Read more

Spotting Error Quiz IV - With Explanation For SSC Exam 2015

  Hello Readers, As you know that Spotting Error types question is an important part of competitive examinations and seldom any book provide you the detailed solution. So we have decided to provide you the previous year questions of  spotting error along with the Explanation . If you like it let us know, you can also ask for detailed solutions of questions that are bothering you. 1.     I found (a)/ the two first chapters of the book (b)/ particularly interesting. (c)/ No error (d) Answer    (b) Explanation : It should be   ‘the first two chapters’ . 2.     Bacon, the father of the English easy (a) / had a thirst (b) / of knowledge (c) / No error (d) Answer    (a) Explanation : The English means the citizen of England.   Article is not used before language
4 comments
Read more