Current Affairs 5th November 2014

Check out Current Affairs for 5th November, 2014 in memorable points, for upcoming competitive exams in india.

Current Affairs 5th November 2014

1. Government decides to revive 23 unlicensed co-operative banks on the verge of closure.

2. Maharashtra Chief Minister rules out Cabinet expansion before the Confidence motion.

3. In Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand, filing of nominations end for the first phase of Assembly elections.

4. Prime Minister reviews progress in infrastructure sectors of roads, railways, shipping and civil aviation; Calls for coordinated efforts.

5. Union Finance Minister says, rectifying economic problems will take time; Reiterates India's willingness to normalise relations with Pakistan.

6. Home Minister Rajnath Singh calls for strengthening of strategies to deal with cyber crimes; Says, international community should collectively address the issue of safe havens for criminal and terrorist groups.

7. National Human Rights Commission issues notices to Defence Ministry and Budgam district administration over killing of two youths in Army firing in Kashmir.

8. Election Commission cancels process of by-elections to three constituencies in Delhi as state Assembly stands dissolved.

9. India beat Australia in the second Men's Hockey Test at Perth.

10. Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar bags ICC People's choice award for 2014. Bhuvneshwar kumar becomes 3rd Indian to receive this award, earlier sachin tendulkar and MS Dhoni won this award.

11. Gujarat got two new medical colleges, with these two new colleges there will be 170 new seats for medical students in state, mentioned by Gujarat health minister nitin patel.

12. Cricketer, Rajyasabha MP and Bharat ratna Sachin R tendulkar has launched his biography “playing it my way” today,  he presented first copy to her mother.

13. Telngana Finance minister Shri Etela Rajendra has announced states first budget ofRs.1,000,637 only.

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Upcoming Bank Exam Dates 2014

Are you preparing for Bank exams in India? here is complete list of upcoming Bank jobs and Bank Exams that are coming in 2014. Check out the below list.

Upcoming Bank Exam Dates 2014

1. First of all, IBPS Clerk 2014 is going to be conduct from 6th December, 2014 and will continue till 27th December, 2014. Exams will be conducted on every Saturday and Sunday only. IBPS Clerk 2014 exam dates are 06.12.2014, 07.12.2014, 13.12.2014, 14.12.2014, 20.12.2014, 21.12.2014, 27.12.2014(Tentative).

2. United India Insurance is going to take recruitment exam for Administrative Officer (Scale I). The Recruitment exam of United India Insurance will be conducted on Last week of December 2014.

3. New India Assurance is also going to conduct recruitment exam for assistants. The recruitment exam of new india Assurance will be on 17th, 18th and 24th January, 2015 (Tentative dates).

4. Again, New India Assurance is also going to conduct recruitment exam for administrative officers, the recruitment exam for administrative officer will be start from : 10-01-2015 / 11-01-2015 (Tentative)

5. SBI is also going to conduct recruitment exam for recruitment of Associate PO from 9th november, 2014 to 30th November, 2014. Notification is already out.

6. Intelligence bureau (IB) is also going to conduct recruitment exam, but their exam dates are not announced yet.

7. IBPS will conduct recruitment exam for Specialist Officer in upcoming January-February 2014. You can keep visiting us for notification updates.

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Current Affairs 3rd and 4th November, 2014

Check out the Current Affairs of 3rd and 4th November, 2014, helpful for upcoming bank exam and competitive exams.

Current Affairs 3rd and 4th November, 2014

1. Ground Breaking ceremony for Statue of Unity performed by Gujarat CM Anandiben PAtel along with L&T Officials.

2. Nitin Gadkari meet family members of indian fisherman who found guilty in case of fishing by Sri lanka court and ordered to death penalty.

3. Aparajita Rai becomes the first IPS officer from Sikkim state.

4. Former prime minister manmohan singh has been awarded Japan's one of the top national award "the grand cordon of the order of the paulownia flowers", for his significant contribution to the enhancement of relation and promotion of friendship between japan and india.

5. Hasmukh Adhia replaces GS Sandhu as Financial Services Secretary.

6. Mallikarjun Kharge, a leader of Congress in Lok Sabha was inducted into the three-member CIC selection committee.

7. In Odisha, CBI arrests Biju Janata Dal MP Ramchandra Hansda and two former MLAs for their alleged links in multi-crore chit fund scam; BJD suspends MP Handsa.

8. In the United States,New tower of World Trade Center re-opened for business more than 13 years after the original towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks. Employees of a publishing company are started moving into the 104-storey building in New York.

9. World Champion magnus carlsen will be facing five time world champion vishwanathan anand in the world chess championship in Sochi from 7th November to 28th November, 2014.

10. Australia defeat India 4-0 in the first Hockey test match at Perth.

11. Union Minister of Shipping Surface Transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said that Ramar Sethu will not be demolished while implementing Sethu Samudram shipping Channel project.

12. Jammu & Kashmir: Defence Minister Jaitley assures of fair inquiry in Army firing incident in Badgam district which claimed two lives.

2 youth were killed and 2 others injured, who were traveling in a car, when they were fired upon by army personnel in Chattergam area of Budgam district at around 5 pm yesterday. The army claimed that the youths did not pay heed to signals to stop at three barriers set up by security forces.

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Daily GK Update - 1st and 2nd November, 2014

Read the General Knowledge Updates of 1st and 2nd November, 2014 in memorable points for upcoming bank exam and government jobs.

Daily GK Update - 1st and 2nd November, 2014

1. India win the first one dayer against Sri Lanka at Cuttack by 169 runs with openers Rahane and Dhawan scoring centuries.

2. Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami said that  Government has asked all the states to fill the 5.5 Lakh vacanet police forces in time-bound manner (with in year).
 

3. Umar Alisha Rural Development Trust (UARDT) NGO has decided to plant 10 Lakh trees in Vishakhapatnam (AP) in next 5 years under its 'Make Vizaggreen' intitative. Vishakhapatnam was badly hit by Hud hud cyclone last month.
 

4. Delhi students will trained to wokr in five villages (Majra dabas, jatkhore, sevapuri, timapur, nandangri)  under swacch bharat campaign.
 

5. Sachin Tendulkar's Autobilography "playing in my way - My Autobiography" will be released on 6th november, 2014.

6.Central Zone Won the Duleep Trophy Deating south zone by Nine runs.
 

7. 54th edition of National Open Athletics Championship began at jawaharlal nehru stadium.  

8. Bangalore becomes 'Bengaluru'; 11 other cities renamed, Mangalore (Mangaluru), Mysore (Mysuru), Bellary (Ballari), Belgaum (Belagavi), Hubli (Hubballi), Tumkur (Tumakuru), Bijapur (Vijayapura), Chikmagalur (Chikkamagaluru), Gulbarga (Kalaburagi), Hospet (Hosapete) and Shimoga (Shivamogga) Also renamed.
 

9. India has overwhelmingly won its re-election to the UN body on economic and social issues, garnering the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group.

10. The BCCI has slammed a damage claim worth 250 crore on WICB (West Indies Cricket Board) following their team's withdrawal midway through the India tour and threatened to take legal action if the board didn't respond within 15 days.

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GK Questions Asked in 2nd Nov 2014 - IBPS PO IV

Here is List of General Knowledge Questions Asked in IBPS PO Iv on 2nd November, 2014. Check out Question Answers Asked in IBPS PO IV.

GK Questions Asked in 2nd Nov 2014 - IBPS PO IV

1. National Housing Bank is a subsidiary of which Institution – RBI (reserve Bank Of India)
2. How many Asian games Gold won by India - 11
3. MOM (Mars Orbit Mission) – Space Craft Orbiting Mars reached on which day -24th September 2014
4. Syndicate Bank Tagline - Your Faithful And Friendly Financial Partner
5. First Bank to starts card-less cash withdrawal – Bank of India
6. Question related to Interest on Loan – Weather its a flat rate or on reducing balance
7. Share of Indian Gov in BMB (Bhartiya Mahila Bank) -_____
8. Question on the name of power project in Uttar pradesh.
9. Hewllet Packard is related with - IT
10. Question on Minimum Sex Ratio – Daman & Diu (UT) and Haryana (State)
11. Country which doesn’t follow euro Currency (answer in option).
12. Swachta Udyami  Yojna launched by which ministry - Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
13. Cairo is Capital of - Egypt
14. GDR full form – Global Depository Receipts
15. What is the mean of O in NRO - Ordinary
16. what is the mean of C in CAMELS – Capital Adequacy
17. Reason for Crossing of Cheque in the Corner
18. KUUCHIPUDI dance of which state – Andhra Pradesh
19. Banking ombudsman launched by - RBI
20. Question Reverse repo rate & Repo rate
21. Minister of Tribal Affairs – Jual Oram
22. IRDA Full form –Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
23. One question related with Basel III
24. Runner In KABADDI game in Asian Games– Iran
25. Capital of South Korea  - Seoul
26. Old name of Axis Bank – UTI Bank
27. which country DON'T have dollar currency - One of the option was SWEDEN
28. What is "Hundi" - Financial instrument that developed on the Indian sub-continent for use in trade and credit transactions. Hundis are used as a form of remittance instrument to transfer money from place to place, as a form of credit instrument or IOU to borrow money and as a bill of exchange in trade transactions.
29. Means of M in OMO - Market
30. Umbrella Movement- 2014 - Hongkong Protest
31. NPA is declared Time limit- 90 Days Overdue
32. Which year was the first nuclear explosion in india's named Smiling Buddha- 1974
33. Minimun amount in PPF- Rs 500
34. SBI launched multi currency  card in association with - MasterCard
35. Kathakali Dance belongs to which state- Kerala
36. Most Valuable player in Asian Games 2014 India's Campaign - Mary Kom (Other wise Kosuke Hagino)
37. Committee to examine the current monetary policy- Urijit Patel Committee
38. Currency of Algeria- Dinar
39. What is universal Banking - A banking system in which banks provide a wide variety of financial services, including both commercial and investment services.
40. Two lives book written by -Vikram Seth
41. Invention of Alfred Nobel- Dynamite
42. What ‘E’ denotes in NRE?- External (Non Resident External)
43. Which State launched Nutrition Mission recently- Uttar Pradesh
44. Who is the founder of the famous Red Cross Foundation - Henry Dunant, Gustave Moynier
45. Which insurance company has the tagline ‘Aapke Sachche Advisor’- Max Life Insurance
46. Who headed the panel that recommended diluting govt. share in public sector banks to below 50% - P J Naik
47. On a certain angle, the security thread on a rupee note changes to – Blue
48. Who is popularly known as Lok Nayak - Jayaprakash Narayan
49. HDFC Standard Life is a – Life Insurance Company
50. MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
51. In which option no photo to be asked for bank account from?
52. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in the field of – Science & Technology
53. Saving & Current Account for banks helps in maximizing what?
54. Least Female Literacy Rate – Rajasthan (52.6%)
55. One Question on SARFAESI Act
56. Scheme related to empowerment of Adoloscent Boys - Saksham.

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1st Nov-14 IBPS PO-IV Morning shift Question Answers

Check out the question asked in the Morning shift of the IBPS PO IV exam on 1st November, 2014 with answer. 

1st November-2014 IBPS PO-IV Morning shift Question Answers

1.RIDF full form - Rural infrastructure development fund

2.Azim prem ji chairman of - Wipro

3.NRLM full form - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)

4.Beirut is the Capital of - Lebanon

5.Argentina Currency - Peso

6.Who is Menka Gandhi - Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development

7.Hum Hai Na is the tagline of - ICICI Bank

8.My Years with Rajiv & Sonia Gandhi writer - R D Pradhan

9.HDFC Ergo related with which scheme- Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY)

10.FAO Headquarter - FAO is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Palazzo Italy

11.Germany Currency- Euro

12.Narendra Modi addressed which session of UN General Assembly- 69th

13.PIO Full Form- Person of Indian Origin

14.Penicillin discovered by- Alexander Fleming

15.world investment report issued by - United Nations Conerence on Trade & Investment

16.McMahon Line separtes which two countries - China & India

17.What is CIBIL - Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL)

18.When banks invest in government securities by depositing collateral, it is called - Asset Securitization

19.What ‘S’ denotes in NDSL- Securities (National depository securities limited)

20.Director of Ramleela movie- Sanjay Leela Bhansali

21.Which Indian movie nominated for next year Oscars- Liars Dice (Director- Geetu Mohandas)

22.Full form of NPS- National Pension Scheme

23.Number of gold medals won by India in Incheon Asian games- 11

24.Where is Prathama bank in India- Moradabad

25.Purpose of starting Minor account for 10 years children – Financial inclusion

26.What ‘K’ denotes in KCC- Kisan (Kisan Credit Card)

27.RBI has recently mandate a two step mobile authentication for e-commerce-car rental company- UBER.

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Daily GK Update - 31st October, 2014

1. Whole Nation has celebrated Sardar Vallabhbhai patel’s 139th birth anniversary as “Rashtriya Ekta Divas” On 31st October, 2014. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flag off run for unity (marathon run) on occasion of birth anniversary of 1st home minister of india, shri sardar vallabhbhai patel.
 
2. Devendra Fadnavis become the new chief minister of Maharashtra State. He and other 9 minister also took swearing oath today at Mumbai’s wankhede cricket stadium in presence of 35,000+ party supporters.
 
3. Road transport and highway minister of India, shri nitin gadkari launched new toll system, Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) in new delhi. India’s 350 toll plazas will have this new toll collection system, which will save Rs.34,000crore of government. The pilot projected is already tested in Mumbai and ahmedabad. Indian Highways Management company limited will manage all these electric toll system.
 
4. Sweden became the first European Union (EU) country to officially recognise the State of Palestine.
 
5. Former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, wanted in India in connection with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has died aged 92 on 31st October,2014 in USA.
 
6. Pankaj Advani on 30 October 2014 won IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) in Bangalore.
 
7. Congress party give tributes to late Prime minister and india’s first female prime minister Shri indira Gandhi on 31st October, 2014. On 31st October, 1984, She was shoot dead by their bodyguards in delh.

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