Daily GK Update 17th August 2017

1. Cabinet Approved raising of over Rs 9000 cr through NABARD for Completing Irrigation Projects

i. The Union Cabinet has approved raising extra budgetary resources up to 9,020 crore rupees for Long Term Irrigation Fund in 2017-18 under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY). According to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the amount will be raised by NABARD through Bonds.

ii. The Fund seeks to make loans from NABARD attractive for states by ensuring lending rate of 6 per cent per annum.

Important Takeaways From Above News-

• PMKSY was launched on 1st July 2015.

2. CCEA Approves Proposal of DIPAM for Strategic Disinvestment

i. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the proposal of Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) for the strategic disinvestment. The approval will help in speedy completion of strategic disinvestment transactions.

ii. The department will set up an alternative mechanism comprising of the Finance Minister, Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Minister of Administrative Department, to decide on the matters relating to terms and conditions of the sale from the stage of inviting of Express of Interests till inviting of financial bid.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• DIPAM is headed by Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of India.

3. Italy to Host G-7 Interior Ministers' Summit on Security

i. Italy will host a summit of G-7 interior ministers centered on security issues in the fall. According to Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti, the meeting is being organized at the request of Italy's G-7 partners: Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States.

ii. Italy currently holds the rotating helm of the Group of Seven industrialized nations. The summit is expected to be held in October 2017.

About G-7 in Brief-

1. Originally the group comprised six members- France, Italy, West Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States.
2. It was founded in 1975.
3. Canada became the seventh member to begin attending the summits in 1976, after which the name 'Group 7' or G7 Summit was used.
4. Russia formally joined the group in 1998, resulting in the creation of a new governmental political forum, the Group of Eight or G8.
5. However, Russia was eliminated from the group in 2014 after it annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea.

4. NABARD Awards for Corporation Bank

i. Corporation Bank has bagged the best performance awards for SHG-bank linkage program for Karnataka for 2015-16 and 2016-17 from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard).

ii. The bank was given the award for its overall performance under SHG-bank linkage program for 2015-16 and 2016-17 among commercial banks operating in Karnataka. The bank has formed more than 1.32 lakh self-help groups (SHGs).

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Jai Kumar Garg is the Managing Director & CEO of Corporation Bank.

5. SBI Gives Leg-up to CSR Initiatives

i. State Bank of India has launched a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative, SBI Gram Seva, which will work in the areas of health, education, environment and rural infrastructure.

ii. The SBI Foundation will identify and partner with NGOs to carry out CSR initiatives under which it adopt five villages each from 10 village panchayats with each village getting around Rs 2.40 crore over the next three years.

Important Takeaways from Above News-\

• Initially, 10 gram panchayats comprising of 50 villages in six states have been adopted. 
• The Chairman of SBI is Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya. 
• SBI is Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

6. Karnataka Bank on Social Media

i. Karnataka Bank Ltd has ventured into social media by opening its official pages in social networking sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

ii. Mahabaleshwara MS, MD and CEO of the bank, unveiled the official social handles of the bank in Mangaluru. The official social handle of the bank is @karnatakabank for Twitter and Facebook, and @officialkarnatakabank for Instagram.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Karnataka Bank Headquarters in Mangaluru.

7. Karur Vysya Bank Opens its First Aadhaar Enrollment Centre

i. Karur Vysya Bank rolled out an Aadhaar Enrollment Centre at its Nelson Manickam Road Branch in Chennai.

ii. The facility was inaugurated by D M Gajare, assistant director general, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Regional Office, Bengaluru. KVB is the first private sector bank to provide this service in India. 

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Karur Vysya Bank headquarters in Karur, Tamil Nadu.

8. RCom's Merger with Aircel Gets NCLT Nod

i. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) admitted proposals for the merger between Aircel and Reliance Communications wireless business, as well as the latter's sale of its tower business to Canada's Brookfield.

ii. The telecom department had also asked NCLT to direct RCom and Aircel to get permission from the Supreme Court before filing their merger plea. The Merged entities will be called as 'Aircom' and both will have 50% equity stake.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Mahesh Mittal Kumar is the President of NCLT.
• NCLT has been constituted by the Central Government with effect from 01 June 2016.

9. Reliance Defence is Now Reliance Naval and Engineering

i. Anil Ambani’s Reliance Infrastructure-controlled Reliance Defence and Engineering is changing its name to Reliance Naval and Engineering Ltd (RNEL). According to the Company, change of name is in line with company’s focus on building capabilities for the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard.

ii. The company is set to seek shareholders’ approval for the name change in its AGM on August 22. After the Reliance Group acquired a controlling stake in Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering in 2016, it changed the name of the company to Reliance Defence and Engineering.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Shri Anil Ambani is the Non-Executive Chairman of Reliance Defence.
• K. Subramaniam is the Whole Time Director and Chief Executive Officer of Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited.

10. Government Slaps USD264 Million Penalty on RIL

i. The government has imposed a new penalty of USD 264 million (about Rs 1,700 crore) on Reliance Industries Ltd and its partners for producing less than the targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields in 2015-16.

ii. The Production Sharing Contract (PSC) allows RIL and its partners BP Plc of the UK and Canada’s Niko Resources to deduct all capital and operating expenses from the sale of gas before sharing profit with the government.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Mr. Mukesh Ambani is the CMD of RIL.

11. Uber Launches B2B Model for Business

i. Ridesharing app Uber has launched a business to business model called "Uber for Business " to enable new use cases like daily commute, late-night rides home from work, between-office transportation.

ii. This new model comes with the features like Set-and-forget travel programs, New permissions, Different access for different groups and A fresh user interface.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Uber was founded in 2009.
• It is the US based company.

12. Karur Vysya Bank Appoints P R Seshadri as MD and CEO

i. Karur Vysya Bank Ltd has informed BSE that the Reserve Bank of India has accorded their approval for the appointment of Shri P R Seshadri as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Bank for a period of three years from the date of his taking charge.

ii. He has replaced K Venkataraman.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Karur Vysya Bank headquarters in Karur, Tamil Nadu.

13. RBI Makes Aadhaar Linkage Mandatory for Farmers

i. To ensure hassle-free benefits to farmers under Interest Subvention Scheme, the Reserve Bank of India has advised banks to make Aadhaar linkage mandatory for availing short-term crop loans up to Rs 3 lakh in 2017-18.

ii. In order to provide short-term crop loans to farmers at an interest rate of 7 percent during the year 2017-18, the RBI said it has been decided to offer interest subvention of 2 percent to lending institutions, public sector banks, private sector commercial banks on use of their own resources.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• RBI Headquarters in Mumbai.
• The 24th Governor of RBI is Dr. Urjit Patel.

14. IAAF World Championships 2017

i. The 16th edition of IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Championships 2017 was held in London. The championships were held in the London Stadium in Stratford. 'Hero-the Hedgehog' was a Mascot of 2017 IAAF World Championships and 'Whizbee-the Bee' was the Mascot for the Para Athletics.

ii. The USA topped the tally of Medals with 30 medals. Top 5 Countries in the list of Medals were-

1. US (30 Medals)
2. Kenya (11 Medals)
3. Great Britain (6 Medals)
4. Poland (8 Medals)
5. China (7 Medals)

Important Highlights of The Event-

1. Legendary Sprinter Usain Bolt Retires.
2. Justin Gatlin wins men’s 100m gold.
3. Davinder Singh Kang has become the first Indian to qualify for the final round of the javelin throw at World Championships.
4. High jump champion Ruth Beitia of Spain receives Fair Play Award.

15. Real Madrid Beats Barcelona to Win 2017 Spanish Super Cup

i. Real Madrid defeated Barcelona in the second leg of the 2017 Spanish Super Cup to seal the win at the Bernabeu, Spain.

ii. Real Madrid achieved the feat without Cristiano Ronaldo, who was slapped with a five-game ban for pushing the referee after he was sent-off in the first leg.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• Madrid is the Capital of Spain.

SSC CGL 2017 Tier-I

SSC CGL 2017 Tier-I second Shift questions. These questions are based on the type of GA questions asked in the second Shift of the exam (17th August). Candidates having CGL Exam in other shifts can go through these questions and can expect these questions to be asked in upcoming shifts as well.

Q1. Who invented ECG?
Ans:Willem Einthoven

Q2. Match the following:- 
(Books with their author name)

Q3. Charminar in which state?
Ans. Hyderabad (Telangana)


Q4. If a planet is revolving in an ellipse then what is the position of the sun?
(a) Centre                          
(b) Focus                        
(c) Circumcentre                   
(d) Incentre

Q5. Number of members of rajyasabha from punjab?
Ans:Seven

Q6. Sliding friction is ____than static friction?
Ans:Less than

Q7. Which country is not a member of Bay of Bengal BIMSTEC?
Ans:Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, and Nepal are members.

Q8. What is act as shield against uv rays?
Ans:Stratosphere

Q9. Which yojna has been launched related to development of rural, social, cultural.
Ans:

Q10. One question from Government scheme.

Q11. How many states India has as of June 2017?
ANs:29

Q12. Who won the Chinese Grand Prix in 2017?
Ans:Lewis Hamilton

Q13. Agra fort was built by whom?
Ans: the initial structures were built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, and subsequently taken over by his grandson Shah Jahan, who added most of the marble creations to the fort.

Q14. Rank of Norway in some index in 2016?
ANs:

Q15. India’s rank in Human Development Index (HDI)?
Ans:131

Q16. North East plain formed by Ganga, Sindhu and ____?

Q17. Kelvin is the unit of? 
Ans. Temperature

SSC CGL 2017 Tier-I

SSC CGL 2017 Tier-I first Shift questions. These questions are based on the type of GA questions asked in the first Shift of the exam (17th August). Candidates having CGL Exam in other shifts can go through these questions and can expect these questions to be asked in upcoming shifts as well.

Q1. Sound is generated from which of the following?

Q2. books and authors matching 

Q3. Jama masjid build in which century? 
Ans:1656



Q4. What is vocal cord length in men?
Ans:The male vocal folds are between 17 mm and 25 mm in length.

Q5. High court judge retirement age from 60 to 62 by which constitution amendment?
Ans:15th 

Q6.Women emperor in india in 990 BC of which state?

Q7. What is the Formula of Milk of Magnesia?
Ans. Mg(OH)₂

Q8. Government scheme in constructing toilets in villages?
Ans: The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)

Q9. If we increase the invested amount marginal profit increases after a point it starts to decline which options define it?

Q10. Who discovered sodium (Na)?
Ans. Humphry Davy

Q11. Runner up in Kabaddi 2016?
Ans:Iran

Q12. Which part of Himalaya is located between Kali and Sutlej river?
Ans:Kumaon Himalayas

Q13. Brinjal tomato are from which category of vegetable?
Ans:Fruit

Q14. Xylem first produces in which part?

Q15.What is the Britain rank in FDI?

Q16. Didda empresses ruled during which period?

Q17. Name the North West border sharing country with India?
Ans:Pakistan

Q18. Which Railway station connecting Pakistan and India?
Ans:Attari Railway station

Q19. What are the uses of url world wide Web?

Q20. Who got Booker Prize in 2016?

Ans:The Sellout by Paul Beatty.

Q21. Earthworm belong to which category?
Ans:Annelida

THANK YOU

Important Science Fact For Railway Exam

Important Science Fact For Railway Exam

1-Tritium is radioactive isotopes of Hydrogen.

2-Tuning of radio is an example of resonance.

3-Cobalt-60 is used in Leukemia treatment

 4-Cybernetics is study of communication between human and machine.

5-The filament of Halogen lamp is made of tungsten-iodine mixture.

6-Ceramic is used in Super-conductivity.

7-A transformer which increases the applied e.m.f. of an alternating cur­rent is called Step-up transformer.

8-Transformer, which decreases applied e.m.f. of alternating current is called step-down transformer.

9-A device which convert mechanical energy into electric energy is called dynamo. However, if it produces a fairly large amount of power, it is called Generator.

10-Generator is based on the principle of electromagnetic induction.
in generator, armature consists of laminated soft iron core, from the centre of which passes a steel axle.

11-Slip sings of generator are made of gun metal.

12-Brushes of generator are made out of carbon or gun metal.

13-Coulumb is the unit of electric charge (coulumb = ampere/second).

14-1 coulumb = 6.25

15-Magnetic effect of electric current was discovered by Weston.

16-Ammeter is used in DC as well as in AC.

17-Resistance of Ammeter is very low.

18-Resistance of Voltmeter is very high.

19-Volmeter measures potential difference between two points.

20-A parallel combination of a galvanometer and a small resistance is equivalent to an ammeter.

21-A series combination of a galvanometer and a high resistance is equivalent to a voltmeter.

22-Ammeter is always connected in series while voltmeter is always con­nected in parallel.

23-Electron volt is the unit of energy.

24-Watt is the unit of electric power, watt = volt x ampere =Kilowatt hour (KWH) is also the unit of electric power 1 KWH = 3.6 x J

25-The resistance of low power (watt) bulb is high

Important Science Fact For Railway Exam

Important Science Fact For Railway Exam

1-  Helium has the lowest boiling point of any element.

2-  Osmium is the densest element.

3-  Tungsten has the highest boiling point of all the elements. Hence, it is used for filaments in electric

4-  Cesium is used in atomic clocks.

5-  Pure silicon is a semi-conductor and is used in electronic devices as the base for minute integrated  circuits (ICs).

6-  Mercury is the only metal which is liquid at room temperature. It is very poisonous and affects mental

7-  1 meter distance is equal to the length of 1,650,763.73 wavelength of pure orange lights emitted from Kr-86.

8-  If a body is dropped vertically down, and another is projected horizon­tally then both will reach the ground simultaneously but with different velocity.

9-  The ratio to distance traveled in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seconds of freely falling body is 1:3:5.

10- The ratio of maximum height reached by different bodies projected up­wards with different velocity  is equal to

11- If a body is dropped from top of a tower of height h and another body is thrown up simultaneously with velocity u from the foot of the tower, then both of them would meet after      time     h/u.

12- Choke coil works on principle of electro-magnetic induction.

13- If a person projected a ball outside from a moving car, then the path of the ball is a straight line for the person sitting in the car, but It should be a parabola for an observer on the ground.

14- Retro-rocket is used for deceleration of rocket in space.

15- The shape of rain drop is spherical due to surface tension.

16- Goniometer is used in determining angle of

17- Lactometer is used to determining purity of milk.

18- The height of mercury column in barometer is independent of the di­ameter of glass-tube containing

19- The frequency of second pendulum is 2s.

20- Clouds are flying due to their least density and viscosity of air.

21- Viscosity of gases increases with increase in temperature.

22- The force of attraction between atoms of the same material is called cohesive force.

23- The force of attraction between atoms of different material is called adhesive force

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24- Candalescent of tube-light is always greater than that of electric bulb of the same power

25- 1 KW = 1.34 HP

Important Science Fact For Railway Exam

Important Science Fact For Railway Exam

FACTS TO REMEMBER

1. Speed of light is maximum in vacuum.

2. Longitudinal waves can’t be polarized.

 3. Rainbow are always formed in direction opposite to the sun.

4. The frequency of visible light varies between 400 nm to 700 nm.

5. Colour blindness was first discovered by Homer (1976).

6. Focal distance of tens is maximum for red light and minimum for violet fight
7. 3-D Image is known as hologram.

8. If a transparent material is invisible in any liquid, then both of them have the same refractive index.

9. Magnifying glass is convex lens of small focal length­s’- If two mirrors are at an angle of 75° then the number of images is 5.

10.Human eyes have convex lens.

11.Raman Effect is related to scattering.

12.Optical fibers works on the principle of total internal reflection.

13.Hypo or radium thiosulphate is used for fusing in photography.

14.Power of sunglass is zero.

15.Heat energy are transmitted as infra-red rays.

16.The first use of telescope for research was by Galeleo Galilie of Italy in 1609.

17.Power measures the degree of divergence or convergence and is mea­sured in diopetres.

18.Negative sign denotes divergence or a concave lens. v Positive sign is for convergence or a convex lens.

19.Air bubble in water behaves as concave lens.

20.As temperature of medium increases, its refractive index increase.

21.Refractive index of a material is independent of angle of incidence.

22.Ammonia is used as a coolant in refrigerator.

23.100°C = 212,°F = 373, K=80R

24.Bolometer is used for detection of infra-red rays.

25.Specific heat of water is 1.0 calorie/gm-°C.

IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE REMEMBER FOR RAILWAY EXAM

IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE REMEMBER FOR RAILWAY EXAM

1.    The Constitution of India was adopted on -26th November 1949

2.    The Constituent Assembly of India started functioning from  - 9th December , 1946

3.    The Constituent Assembly took time to frame the Constitution of India – 2 years 11 months 18 days

4.    The Concept of written constitution, first born was – USA

5.    The Constitution of India is – Partly rigid, partly flexible

6.    The word “Secularism” was inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by – 42nd Amendment

7.    The Preamble to the constitution declares India as – A sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic

8.    The item “Education” belongs to the – Concurrent List

9.    How many languages have recongnised by the Constitution – 22 Language in 8 th schedule

10.  The number of Union Territories in India is – 7 Union Territories

11.  Part of the Indian Constitution deals with “Fundamental Rights - Part III Indian Constitution

12.  Constitutional Amendment deleted the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights – 44th Amendment(insert ARTICLE 300-A)

13.  Articles of Indian Constitution guarantees freedom to press – Article 19

14.  Sikkim was made an integral part of India under the – 36th Amendment

15.  The power to curve out a new State is vested in – The Parliament    
  
16.  The Constitutional States has been given to Panchayats under -Article 243

17.  In year Fundamental Duties of citizens were introduced by 42nd Amendment – 1976

18.  The vacancy of the office of the President of India must be filled up within – 6 months

19.  The power of the President to issue ordinance is a relic of - Government of India Act of 1935

20.  Rashtrapati Bhawan was designed by -  Edwin Lutyens

21.  A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force – For six months

22.  In Article of the Constitution of India can be the President of India be impeached – Article 61

23.  In India, the President is elected by – Single Transferable Vote

24.  The first woman to become the Prime Minister of a country – Sirimavo Bhandharnaike

25.  The Father of Indian economic reform - Manmohan Singh

Important Topic For Railway Recruitment Exam

Important Topic For Railway Recruitment Exam

Dear Readers,

In continuation the post we started yesterday of question asked in previous year exam , here we are with the next version of previous year question paper analysis  that covers the economic data.As you know small miscellaneous economic data was very hot topic for every exam and examiner asked multiple questions on this topic every exam so here we providing new economic data on which type of question asked in previous  year we hope that this will handy for you.

Important Facts About Indian Railway

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Here we are providing Important Facts About Indian Railway with a quick learning approach,  this will help you to learning in a funny manner.So lets start preparation just a single view..!!

Since,it's start nearly 170 years ago by the British, trains have been an integral part of Indian lives but I'm sure not very many know all these amazing facts.

As continues.....

31. Palace on Wheels : Indians were not allowed to board the Palace on Wheels luxury train for quite a while when it was launched on Republic Day of 1982.

32. Passenger Load : The Indian Railways (IR) carries over 23 million passengers daily which is perhaps more than the entire population of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania put together. Annually Indian Railways ferries  8.421 billion passengers.

33.Total Number of Trains : Indian Railways runs as many as 19,000 trains every day. Some 12,000  trains are for passengers and 7,000 for freight.

34.Number of classes of Accommodation: 10 (1AC, 2AC, 3AC, 3AE, EC, CC, FC, SL, 2S, II-UR)


35.Total seating capacity of the Indian Railways: 5.06 million The total population of Finland or Singapore can be easily seated inside all of Indian Trains

36.Zone with highest absolute earnings: Northern Railway (123.27 mn) 

37.Zone with highest earnings from Passenger Business per track kilometer: North Central Railway NCR (5.4 mn/km)

38.Zone with highest earnings from highest earnings from Freight Loading and overall business per track kilometer: Eastern Coastal Railway ECOR (18.1 mn/km, 20.1 mn/km)

39.State with highest per capita rail route km: Andhra Pradesh* (0.1 metre/person)

40.State with lowest per capita rail route km: Kerala (0.03 metre/person)

Important Facts About Indian Railway

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Here we are providing Important Facts About Indian Railway with a quick learning approach,  this will help you to learning in a funny manner.So lets start preparation just a single view..!!

Since,it's start nearly 170 years ago by the British, trains have been an integral part of Indian lives but I'm sure not very many know all these amazing facts.

As continued....

21.Most number of parallel tracks/ Three gauges at one station : Seven parallel tracks between  Bandra Terminus and Andheri – 10km


22. Busiest station : VIJAYAWADA JN is the busiest railway station, with 247 unique trains.

23.Oldest Working Locomotive : Indian Railways still has the oldest preserved locomotive in working  order, the Fairy Queen which was made way back in 1855. It is the oldest functioning steam engine in the world, which finds a place in the Guinness Book of World Records and got Heritage Award at the International Tourist Bureau, Berlin in March 2000




24.Labor Force : Indian Railways is the world’s eighth largest commercial or utility employer, by number of employees, with over 1.4 million employees. It is also the India’s largest employer.

25.Railway Network : Though it is commonly believed, India doesn’t have the largest railway network in the World. India comes fourth with approx. 65,000 km of railroad after US, Russia, and China.






26.Steam Locomotives :The manufacture of steam locomotives in the country was stopped in 1972.

27.Longest Tunnel : The country’s longest tunnel isPir Panjal Railway Tunnel 11.215 km that was completed in December 2012 in Jammu and Kashmir. The tunnel is yet to become functional railway route. Karbude on Konkan Railways, which is 6.5 km in length previously held the title for the longest tunnel in India.



28.Underground Railway : First Underground Railway that was opened for public use wasCalcutta Metro.

29.Electric Trains : First Electric coach ran on the 3rd February 1925 between Bombay VT and Kurla stations.

30.Computerized Reservations :First Reservation through the computer System commenced in New Delhi in the year 1986.

TO BE CONTINUED......!!!!