Current Affairs October 2012 part 2


current affairs october 2012
  1. Brahma Chellaney won the Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his book Water: Asia's New Battleground 
  2. Sharmila Tagore  Awarded with an Honorary Doctorate of Arts  by the Edinburgh Napier University.
  3. The Union Government  constituted a National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers.The PM , Manmohan Singh would be the Chairperson of the committee
  4. India has been ranked 105 in World Economic Forum's global gender gap report 2012
  5. Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL)  got an ISO 20000 international certification for eliminating and controlling information technology-related threats.
  6. Salman Khurshid --New External Affairs Minister
  7. Ashwani Kumar--- New Law Minister
  8. Rehman Khan ---- New Minority Affairs 
  9. Ajay Maken-------New Housing and Urban Development 
  10. Veerappa Moily --- NewPetroleum Ministry 
  11. Manish Tiwari -----New Information & Broadcasting Ministry.

Current Affairs October 2012

    current affairs for fci exam
    1. Babu Jagjivan Ram was awarded with the Friends of Liberation War Honour by the Government of Bangladesh.
    2. RBI allowed domestic companies to make payments in SEZ in foreign currency.
    3. Ek Thhi Kusum a Book by Prakash Pant Released. 
    4. The Foreign Exchange Reserve of India are kept in the custody of  Reserve Bank of India  .
    5. BHEL Deployed Solar Panel on GSAT 10 Satellite
    6. The World No. 4 badminton player Saina Nehwal won the Denmark Open Super Series
    7. The Folded Earth written by Anuradha Roy and A Free Man by Aman Sethi won the 11th Economist Crossword Book Award.
    8. Hilary Mantel  won the prestigious literary prize, the Booker Prize for her novel Bring up the Bodies.

            General study

            • Red blood corpuscles are formed in the Bone marrow
            • The number of bones in the human body of an adult is approximately 206 
            • Lungs are situated in the Thoracic cavity
            • The pancreas secretes Insulin 
            • The seat of memory in the human brain is located in the Cortex 
            • Which Vitamin helps in clotting of blood --- Vitamin k
            • Total volume of blood in a normal human being is 5-6 litresb
            • Which  soils found in India is the most useful for agriculture? --- Alluvial soil
            • Which is the gland that holds the body's thermostat ? --- Thyroid
            • Which agencies released the report Economic outlook for 2009-10?-- PM’s Economic Advisor
            • The exchange of commodities between two countries is referred as Volume of trade

            computer science question and answer

            Bellman ford algorithm does not work for graphs that
             Contains negative weight cycles 

            In queue an element can be inserted and deleted by using
             Rear and front 
            Time complexity for evaluating postfix expression
            O(n) 
            The maximum number of nodes at level i of a binary tree is
             2i 
            The maximum number of nodes in a binary tree of height k is
             2K+1 i>=1 
            The complexity of heap sort algorithm
             O(nlogn) 
            A full binary tree with n non leaf noad contains
             2n+1 nodes 
            What is the use of banker’s algorithm
             To prevent deadlock in os 
            What is the extension of backup file
             .bak 
            The number of process completed per unit time is known as 

             Throughput
             How many digit of DNIC identify country
             First three 
            If you wanted to locate the hardware address of a local device which protocol would you use 
             ARP 
             The dialogue control and token management are responsibility of which layer
             Session layer

            Download previous year papers of Bank exams

            Practice is the Secret to Success . There are lot of vacancy in banking sector . If you prepare for bank exam then you need a lot of practice regularly . Questions are easy in the banking exam but you need to do in the time . there are to important factor for success in the banking exam knowledge and techniques . techniques came with regular practice . so you need to practice the previous year paper with your study.
            Do not think about only qualifying the exam . you need to secure more marks because there are merit list and you are call for interview if you are in the merit list.

            Some important points:

            • Do not waste your time on hard question . you first attempt easy questions .
            • If the answer not in options then go for none of these . do not solve question again .
            • do not answer on wild guess . you go for intelligent guess according to options.
            • Try to achieve accuracy with speed.
            • You try for less rough works . go for mental calculation. you can find some tricks on my this post percentage tricks and fast calcultion
            • solve previous year paper of banks
            I found previous year question paper on http://www.ibpsexamsportal.com

             some other pepers at http://www.jagranjosh.com
            SBI Clerk Written Exam 2012: Solved Question Paper on Reasoning
            IBPS 2012 CWE for PO/MT : Solved Questions on Computer Knowledge

            IBPS CWE : clerk recruitment in banks 2012-2013

            IBPS clerk recuitment : jobs in bank
            IBPS clerk exam 2012 announcement has been released. It is most awaited exam for bank aspirants . Qualifying in IBPS clerical exam is necessary to apply for clerk vacancies in 20 public sector BANKS . The Common Written Examination (CWE Clerk-II) for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre posts in the Public Sector Banks will be conducted online in december.

            Eligibility:


            • Age to be min 20 years & max. 28 yrs, as on Oct 1.2012 (+5 yrs for sc/st & + 3 for obc)
            • Pass in degree (any discipline) from a recognized university, as on 1.10.2012
            • Ability to read/write/speak in local language of the state applying is necessary.
            • Computer knowledge is compulsory

            Selection Process:


            An online written test (objective type) shall be held in the month of December at
            numerous centres across India. For 200 marks, the exam will comprise of 200 questions .

            Structure of Examination:

            IBPS clerk exam syllabus



            HOW TO APPLY:


            Candidates can apply online only from 15.10.2012 to 05.11.2012 and no other mode
            of application will be accepted on www.ibps.in.


            Application Fees/ Intimation Charges :

            (Payable from 15.10.2012 to 05.11.2012 (Online payment) and 17.10.2012 to 09.11.2012 (Offline payment) both dates inclusive)
            - Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PWD/EXSM candidates.
            - Rs. 400 /- for all others

            IMPORTANT DATES:

            Start date for Online Registration 15.10.2012
            Online Payment of Application Fees 15.10.2012- 05.11.2012
            Offline Payment of Application Fees 17.10.2012- 09.11.2012
            Last date for Online Registration 05.11.2012
            Download of Call letter for Examination After 03.12.2012

            Recommended books and Study material for clerk exam: 

            CWE IBPS Bank Clerk Exam   Price: Rs.225
            I found that Competition Master is an excellent resource which has good collection of
            online papers for Bank Clerical exams
            Previous Papers Ibps (Cwe) For Bank Clerk Exam 
            Price: Rs.320
            Solved Papers Bank Clerk Exam Price: Rs.265

            NMCCO Recruitment 1721 post

            NATIONAL MICRO CREDIT CONTROL ORGANISATION
            National Micro Credit Control Organisation (NMCCO) Kolkata is inviting online applications from eligible candidates for the 1721 Various Post

            Post Code                    Name of Post                         No. of Vacancies        Scale of Pay

               01                                Credit Manager                                242                9300-34000 G.P 4200
               02                                Junior Accountant                       618                5200-20200 G.P 2400
               03                         Multi Tasking Staff (Clerk)              720               5200-20200 G.P 1800
               04                                           Peon                                               121                 5200-20200 G.P 1400

            GATE preparation tips : computer science

            In my last post I provide various study material and books that helps in preparation of Gate . The main purpose of GATE exam is to identify the quality of students and assess their potential to continue higher education in engineering field . By conducting GATE exam , it becomes easy to assess the students on the required skill scale and consistency to pursue higher studies in the field of engineering. there are lot of competition and even those who  get 90 % in the exam they not sure about the admission in the IITs




            Why GATE exam


            why you want to give GATE exam . it depend upon person to person but some important advantage given below
            • Good campus placements are available with attractive salary packages in IISC or IIT’S if u get good score in GATE exam.
            • Some of the prestigious organizations like IOCL  BARC, Mumbai call for interviews for scientist jobs, based on GATE score/percentiles. Those who get good GATE scores, are generally selected.
            • You will get scholarship of Rs.8000/- per MONTH if you are qualified in GATE and studying M Tech in IISC or IIT’s.
            • And Also you will get an UGC scholarship of Rs.5000/- per MONTH if you are qualified in GATE and studying M Tech in any college,  based on GATE score

            How to Prepare for GATE : study plan

            The GATE tests the basic knowledge that you have in engineering fields. So you should prepare thoroughly by understanding the basics and fundamentals of the subject.
            The questions are based on the basics . Be careful it is not directly on the formulas so you need to crystal clear in the concepts. They test your ability to derive conclusions from the basic formulas and how good you are at applying them to solve questions. 

            1. The first step is to understand the basics and know their applicability.
            2.  follow standard books . Try to cover complete syllabus. 
            3. While studying a chapter, do ask yourself following questions “What”, “How”, and “Why” and see improvement.
            4. Prepare notes after finishing every chapter. This will help you during your last days of revision.
            5.  Solve previous year's papers, mock question papers, and various test available. This will not only help practicing what you have studied, but also give you an understanding of the question paper format.
            6. Solve as many test papers as possible. This actually is the best way to keep improving as you prepare for GATE
            7. You should set up a real test ambiance while solving papers, with no breaks, no disturbance and set time.
            8. If you not understand any topic then you ask with your friends and seniors .
            9. Revise is the key in GATE EXAM.

            Books for GATE Preparation

            Computer Networks:  Computer Networks  - Tenenbaum
            Database : Database system concepts  - Silberschatz , Korth , Sudarshan
            Operating Systems: Operating system concepts -Abraham Silberschatz and Peter
            Algorithms for problem solving : Introduction to algorithms - Cormen
            Computer Organization: Computer Organisation  by Morris Mano

            Motivation : Get a Government job

            story of success
            Manoj was full of enthusiasm after MA in Economics. he  was not prepared to lose. In the same spirit, he started preparing for competitive examinations. He have the confidence that he get a job in government sector because he have very good knowledge in own subject. After one year when he not able to get a job then their confidence   begun to low . he think that he Will not get  any job? The more he thought about it, the more start to become immersed in the vortex of despair. he shy to take money from his parents for filling the application .Meanwhile, with the families - with a few close friends also helped to increase their confidence. Assured them that they should continue study and he  have the ability to crack the exam. 


            Defeated the frustration

            After very long time (3 years) he able to get clerk job in the office of district judge found  in a city of western Uttar Pradesh just like a drowning man catches at a straw. His enthusiasm returned. His older brother worked in a Delhi Publication house and lived in south Delhi. he live with his brother . he work very  Honestly and carefully . After a few days  he is known for his honesty between their  Colleague and higher officers . with increased excitement and enthusiasm he given a test of group c . He was surprised at himself, when he topped the list of exam  and appointed as a stenographer in his home district .
            when he is congratulated by the others, his mind was  remembered the time when he began to suspect his ability. Today, from his experience, he felt that the person should neither give up  .. If attempts are true success will surely one day .. even though it might be some delay. 

            motivational


            No Defeat is  last  


            Take the example of any world class player. no one become the great in their first attempt. So there are many instances when the team  ignore them and not chosen . But he did not give up and continued his efforts continuously. Initial setbacks, he took it as a challenge .. And then one day prove that there is something in them. 


            Desire To win 


             "win"  is the people's passion. From childhood to early adolescence and youth humiliation , shame which he drank , that work like tonic and This poison makes them more solid. He was not overwhelmed by frustration and despair sometimes, but with their afforts drove him away. You have to create your inner stubbornness of winning and will continue it. 

            Do not give up


             if you are going to tough phase and  began to suspect  your abilities , then wait a while and think
            Do you have anything to gain after  resigns?
            Who would be happy after your give up  - frustration or you ?
            You have many expectations .. what you do ?

             It is better that you first discover your weaknesses. May be hidden in the cause of your failure. Then you have your well wishers, seniors, families, etc.  -  consult with them. Then get to the floor, eliminating vulnerabilities in mission cheerfully may involve 
            motivational

            IMPORTANT ABBREVIATION

            1. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre
            2. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule
            3. TCS -Tax Collection at Source
            4. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
            5. TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement
            6. EFSF – European Financial Stability Facility
            7. NPS – New Pension Scheme
            8. MMRCA – Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft
            9. DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation
            10. GSLV - Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle
            11. ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation
            12. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency
            13. NDMA – National Disaster Management Authority
            14. BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
            15. BASIC – Brazil, South Africa, India and China
            16. PPP – Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity
            17. MTCR – Missile Technology Control Regim
            18. NSG – Nuclear Suppliers Group
            19. IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency
            20. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
            21. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
            22. FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion board
            23. PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch vehicle
            24. ICBM – Inter-continental Ballistic missile
            25. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
            26. IDF – Infrastructure Debt Fund
            27. CRIS – Comparative Rating Index for Sovereign
            28. GRAIL – Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
            29. NCHER – National Commission for Higher Education and Research
            30. NCHRH - National Commission for Human Resources for Health
            31. FII – Foreign Institutional Investor
            32. DII – Domestic Institutional Investor
            33. GST – Goods and Services Tax
            34. DTC – Direct Tax Code
            35. MPLADS – MP Local Area Development Scheme
            36. FCNRA – Foreign Currency Non Resident account
            37. MFI - Micro Finance Institutions
            38. MFDC – Micro Finance Development Council
            39. TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
            40. CIC - Central Information Commission
            41. BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India
            42. SAARC - South-Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
            43. ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nation
            44. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Aghanistan-Pakistan-India
            45. NLD –National League for Democracy
            46. MSF – Marginal Standing Facility
            47. MIRV - Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle
            48. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings
            49. NHRC - National Human Rights Commission
            50. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer
            51. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement
            52. NIA - National Investigation Agency
            53. S&P - Standard and Poor’s
            54. RGSSBY- Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana.
            55. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India.
            56. SRO- Self Regulatory Organisation.
            57. TDSAT- Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.
            58. BTIA -Broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement
            59. OIC-Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

            Important Organization and summit in 2012

            In every exam 2 to 5 question asked from important organization and summits . In this post I summarize all the  important summits and organization which organized in 2012 . these questions are generally asked in current affairs section.
            if you want to add any important information in this post please comment . you can share your knowledge with us

            1. New Member

            • United Nation – Total– 193 (Last– South Sudan)
            • WTO – Total– 156 (Last - Russia)
            • World bank and IMF – Total– 188 (Last – South Sudan)
            • European Union – Total– 27 (Next member will be Croatia in July 2013)

            2. Nuclear security summit

            • 2nd Summit 2012(Current) – Seoul (South Korea),
            • 3rd Summit 2014(Next) : Neitherland

            3. G 20 Summit

            • 7th Summit 2012 – Los Kabos, Mexico
            • 8th Summit 2013-St. Petersberg, Russia

            4. SCO Summit

            • 12th Summit 2012-Beijing
            • Attended by:SM Krishna(Forgein Minister)
            • 13th Summit 2013-Kyrgyzstan

            5. BRICS summit

            • Country: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa.
            • 4th Summit 2012(Current): New Delhi
            •  5th Summit 2013(Next) : South Africa

            6. G 8 Summit

            • 38th Summit 2012 :David camp, USA
            • 39th Summit 2013 : United Kingdom

            7. NAM Summit

            • 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit- Tehran(Iran)
            • 17th Summit(Next)-In 2015- Venezuela
            • 26-31 August at Attended By(India): Prime Minister
            • Theme: Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance.
            • Country:120,New-Fiji, Azerbaijan

            8. National youth Festival

            • 17th-Mangalore (Karnataka)
            • 18th –Patna(12-16) January
            9. Nato Summit-Chikago
            10. Arab summit 2012 - Baghdad (Iraq)
            11. World Economic Forum Summit 2012 Nov- Gurgaon(Haryana)
            12. Earth Summit : -Rio de Janeiro
            13. United Nation conference on Sustanable Devlopment- Rio de Janeiro
            14. World Economic Forum – Davos (Switzerland)
            15. World Polio Summit 2012 - New Delhi
            16. FM Trilateral Talks(China& India & Russia)-Moscow
            17. 11th Energy Efficiency Summit organized by (CII –Confederation of Indian Industries) - Hyderabad

            Aptitude test : percentage shortcuts and tricks

            Aptitude shortcut
            In this post I describe some of the tricks of percentage calculation . 
            by a certain percent , we means that many hundredths thus , x percent means x hundredths written as x% 






            Fraction value of percentage :

            1/2 = 50 %                   1/3 = 33.33%                      1/4 = 25%                     1/5 = 20 % 
            1/6 =16.67%                1/7 = 14.28%                          1/8 =12.5%                1/9 = 11.11

            Note :these fraction value helps to minimize the calculation

            Formula:

            1. if the price of a commodity increases by R% , then the reduction in consumption so as not to increase the expenditure is 100*R/(100+R)%.
            2. if the price of a commodity decreases by R% , then the increases  n consumption so as not to decreases the expenditure is 100*R/(100-R)%.
            3. value of machine after n years = p(1-R/100)power n .
            4. if A is R% more than B , then b is less than A by 100*R/(100+R)%.
            5. if A is R% less than B , then b is more than A by 100*R/(100-R)%.

            Example:

            1. if 1/5 of a number is 25 less then 1/4 of a same number . what will be 3/2 of number .
            ans.
                                     as you know 1/5 = 20% and 1/4 = 25%
                                     so difference b/w these two is 5% which is equal to 25 
                                     then  5% *20  ---- 25*20     100% ----500
                                    and 100% percent is the real value 
                                    you can now calculate 3/2 so ans is    750

            2. if the numerator of fraction is increase by 20% and denominator is decrease by 80% then fraction becomes 18/15. what is the actual fraction .

            ans .                     120% N/20% D = 18/15
                                         then N/D = (18/15 )*20/120
                                         N/D = 1/5   answer

            3 . if A's salary 20% less then B's salary then B's salary is how much more then A.

            ans .                suppose B's salary is 100 then A's salary is 80
                                    now you can calculate b's salary in respect to A
                                  ( 20/80)* 100 = 25% is answer

            4. A number is increased by 12% and again deceased by 18% then how much change in that value.

                               formula for this problem % change = (x)+(y)+x*y/100

            Note take the value with symbol , if increase then take '"plus" if decease in value then take "minus". this formula is applicable for circle , square , triangle etc

                                12- 18 - 216/100 =   -8.16  decrease is value by 8.16% 



            RRB exam paper


            1. Find the odd-one out?
            (A)Desk  (B) Chair  (C)Table (D) Computer
            2. Which royal dynasty did Mahavir belong to?
            (A) Lichchhivi (B) Kapilvastu (C) Shatruk Kshatriya (D) Satwahan
            3. Which of the following Governor General started postage stamp in India?
            (A) Lord Auckland (B) Lord William Bentinck (C) Lord Daihousie (D) Lord Canning
            4. Who is known as father of ‘Economics’?
            (A) Adam Smith
            (B) Prof. Dantewala
            (C) Prof. Marshall
            (D) Prof. .J. K. Mehta
            5. The headquarters of NABARD is situated at ?
            (A) New Delhi
            (B) Mumbai
            (C) Chennai
            (D) Jaipur
            6. Which of the following states has the longest boarder line?
            (A) Andhra Pradesh
            (B) Maharashtra
            (C) Orissa
            (D) Tamilnadu

            General Knowledge

            1. Mutual funds are regulated in India by which organization? --- SEBI 

            2. Which company is the top dividend paying company of India, as per a study done by economic Times --- ONGC 

            3. Christine Lagarde, who recently headed the G-20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Governors of Central Banks, Is the Finance minister of which country --- France 

            4. Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary, which is being proposed as a new home for some relocated Gir lions from Gujarat, is located in which states of india. --Madhya Pradesh 

            5. E.S. L. Narasimhan is the Governor of which among the following states -- Andhra Pradesh