Today's top 50:

1. Union Government on 30 October 2014 announced to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 and to include the Leader of Opposition.
2. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) candidate Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis was on sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
3. China overtook US to become the world’s largest economy in PPP terms.
4. Cargo rocket Antares of NASA carrying supplies to ISS exploded after launch.
5. Protestors on 30 October 2014 set ablaze Parliament of Burkina Faso against vote to allow President another term.
6. Sweden became the first European Union country to recognize the State of Palestine.
7. Government announced 5 lakh rupees compensation to kin of 1984 Sikh riots victims.
8. Gujarat Chief Minister laid foundation stone of the Statue of Unity - the world's tallest statue of iron man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
9. Pankaj Advani won IBSF World Billiards Championship in Bangalore.
10. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami sentenced to death for war crimes.
11. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was observed on 31 October to commemorate the 139th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
12. D J Pandiyan appointed as new chief secretary of Gujarat.
13. Deeper integration for peace, prosperity chosen as the theme for 18th SAARC Summit.
14. The novel Half Girlfriend authored by Chetan Bhagat was released on 1 October 2014.
15. An endangered species Flying Squirrel was captured by the forest department officials at Jharkhand.
16. India re-elected to UN Economic and Social Council .Taiwan banned its government officials from higher studies in mainland China for national security reasons.
17. Vice President of Zambia Guy Scott appointed as Acting President .The General Assembly of Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) on elected Election Commission of India (ECI) as Chair of the organisation for the next two years.
18. Union Government submitted a list of 627 Indians holding black money abroad in a sealed cover.
19. SunEdison signed MoU with Rajasthan Government to set up 5000MW solar projects.
20. President of Zambia Michael Sata was died in London.
21. India-Saudi Arabia agreed to cooperate in hydrocarbon sector.
22. Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs on launched Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) for welfare of Tribal people.
23. Malala Yousafzai, Indira Ranamagar and John Wood won the 2014 World’s Children Prize on at a ceremony in Mariestad near Stockholm.
24. The Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL) on announced to set up a Free Trade and Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) on 100 acres, adjacent to its premises.
25. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell died.
26. Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced TB-Mission 2020 to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) from India.
27. The Festival of India, year-long festival was inaugurated in Tokyo, Japan.
28. 51 countries signed agreement to automatically swap tax information beginning in 2017 to crackdown on tax evasion. 
29. Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh entered Bradman Hall of Fame at a gala dinner held at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground. 
30. Richest man of Japan Masayoshi Son announced his biggest ever investment in India. 
31. Harvard Business Review (HBR), in the issue of November 2014, named CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos as best-performing CEO in the world.
32. Sir Nicholas Winton was honoured Czech Republic’s Order of the White Lion at the age of 105 by the President of Czech, Milos Zeman.
33. Japanese telecom giant Softbank on announced to invest 627 million US dollar in Snapdeal.
34. India with 20 other countries set up Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
35. World Polio Day (OCT 24) observed across the world was observed to create awareness about the hazards of the crippling disease.
36. Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar was elected Vice-President (VP) of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Macau.
37. ING Vysya Bank CEO Shailendra Bhandari resigned.
38. Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan was recently in news as he was summoned by a US Federal Court in Los Angeles.
39. International Internet Day was observed globally on 29 October 2014 to mark the anniversary of the first usage of the Internet to send a message electronically in 1969.
40. Surya Prakash was appointed as the Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board for a term of three years.
41. India and Vietnam on signed seven Memoranda of Understandings in New Delhi.
42. Biography of Muhammad Iqbal titled Iqbal: The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician released.
43. India on announced to modernise defence forces of Vietnam.
44. Emaar MGF Land Limited on tied up with PayU India for providing an online payment facility to its customers.
45. Sudhir Maheshwari announced to resign from ArcelorMittal.
46. Sandeep Saxena appointed as the new Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu.
47. President Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative postage stamp on Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala.
48. Union MoD cleared the deal worth 8000 crore rupees to buy anti tank missiles from Israel.
49. Serena Williams won the Singles title of BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore 2014.
50. UK and the US ended combat operations in Hemland province of Afghanistan.

Gk Blast -2014 !! Diwali Gift QUESTIONS ASKED IN DIFFERENT EXAMS:

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GA Questions - IBPS RRB Office Assitant Exam 28:Sept:2014
(Evening ShIFT)
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General Awareness Questions

1. Sanjita Chanu wins gold in: Weightlifting
2. Abhinav Bindra related to: Shooting
3. Apurvi Chandela related to:Shooting
4. 6th BRICS summit held in: Fortaleza, Brazil
5. Anirban Lahiri belongs to which sports: Golf
6. Rory Mcllory belongs to which sports: Golf
7. JAC full form: Judical Appointment Commission
8. NHB full form: National housing bank
9. KYC full form: know your customer
10. India celebrated it's ___ independence day on 15th Aug, 2014: 68th
11. Who is Gurdial singh sandhu: Economist
12. PPF investment Limit: Rs 1.5lakh
13. Kohima is the capital of: Nagaland

GA Questions - RBI Assistant Exam - 28th-Sept:2014 (Morning Shift)
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General Awareness Questions:

1. Who directed the silent film raja Harish Chandra: Dadasaheb Phalke
2. Indian foreign exchange reserves value in us dollars?
3. According to Census 2011 highest sex ratio for which state: Kerala
4. Repo rate: 8%
5. CRR ¡V 4%
6. Number of directors in RBI ¡V 4 deputy directors
7. Euro is the currency of which country?
8. Satish Shivlingam realeted to which: Weightlifting
9. Who is Nripendra Mishra: Principal Sec. to PM
10. Defence minister: Arun Jaitely
11. Home minister: Rajnath Singh
12. PMGSY Established by-2002
13. IAY--Allocate financial assistance
14. Budget Allocate for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayin Yojana - Rs. 1000 cr
15. Young India book author...MK GANDHI
16. India retail price index Aug 2014
17. MGNERGA Act launched in: 2006
18. National Pension System (NPS) launched in ¡X 2004
19. Which max is the maximum deposit resrve other than SBi---PNB or BOI
20. Capital of ITALY- Rome
21. Men¡¥s 56 weightlifting --- Sukhen Dey
22. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) launched by : Ministry of Labour and
Employment
23. Commonwealth total medal of India --- 64
24. WTO member -160
25. Official director of RBI - Raghuram Rajan
26. Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana has allocated Rs.100 crore
27. Monetary policy published and controlled by ¡V RBI
28. On Advances taking as loan ---pre- shipment

GA Questions - IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam - 27th-Sept:2014
(Evening Shift)
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General Awareness Questions:

1. Yuki Bhambri related to which sport = Tennis
2. Lionel Messi player of which country: Argentina
3. In budget tax free home loan limit: Rs. 2 lakh.
4. Income tax limit other than senior citizen: Rs. 2.5 lakh
5. Smart car launched --- Tata Nano
6. Gangtok is the capital of: Sikkim
7. Jai Bhagwan related to which sport: Boxing
8. China currency: Yuan
9. Volley term from which sport - Tennis
10. How many IIMS to be opened, proposed in budget - 5
11. Kargil war in which year: July 1999
12. ISRO headquarter: Bangalore
13. Make in India terms launched by ¡V PM N. Modi
14. Bio food park in which state?
15. first Governor General of India: Lord Mountbatten
16. VIkas Thakur is related to which sport: Weightlifting
17. one Adarsh gram created by ministers of state completed in which year: 2016
18. National judicial appointment bill person qualities like qualified ,reliable ability etc.
19. Ryder cup related to which game: Golf
20. Jitender Singh which ministry: Science and Technology
21. Parliamentary award for 2011:

GA Questions - IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam 28:Sept:2014
(Morning Shift)
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General Awareness Questions:

1. Art 370 is related to which state ¡V Jammu & Kashmir
2. Bhamashah yojna: Bhamashah Financial Empowerment Scheme ¡V Government of Rajasthan
3. BKS Iyenger got which award: Padma Vibhushan
4. BCCI nominated for Padma Bhushan 2014: MS Dhoni
5. Sukhen Dey is related to -- Weight lifting
6. Roger Fedrer related to ¡X Lawn Tennis
7. Wimbledon is related to -- Lawn Tennis
8. Martin Navratilova related to¡X Lawn Tennis
9. Maria sharapova related to - Lawn Tennis
10. LBW in which game ¡V Cricket
11. Kohima is capital of¡X Nagaland
12. RIDF stand for -- Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
13. Which country will help India to make smart city ¡X Singapore
14. Jim Yong Kim related to -- World bank
15. Bejing is the capital of ¡V China
16. Tintu luka related to which game: Athletics
17. Jeev Milkha Singh is related to which sport: Golf
18. Rahi Sarnobat is related to which sport - Shooting
19. Baghdad is the capital of: Iraq
20. Current CRR ¡V 4%
21. Sports university will be opened in which state: Manipur
22. Which got the best MP award for 2010 for best performance: Arun Jaitel
23. Which country top in the FDI 2014: Singapore
24. In which country maximum number of children dropped out after the primary school: India
25. Swasth Bharat Abhiyaaan mission till which year: 2019
26. Who is Shashikant Sharma: Former GAG of India, appointed UN board of auditors
27. Doppler radar was used by: Indian metrological department

GA Questions - RBI Assistant Exam - 26 Sept-2014 (Evening Shift)
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General Awareness Questions

1. Tibor full form - Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
2. Japan's dance - Odori and Mai
3. Current CRR - 4%
4. How much interest paid by rbi on deposit of CRR? Zero
5. Prime minister of UK - David Cameroon
6. Newly elected deputy governor - S.S. Mundra
7. RBI proposed for 5th deputy governor by post - Chief Operating Officer
8. One question was from world bank (option given ..not part of wb)
9. One question from tag line of bank
10. Which is not nationalised bank from option
11., No question from budget
12. Shadow banking committee headed by - T. Vijay Bhaskar
13. Overhead is related which sport - Netball
14. Who is lady election commission officer? V.S. Ramadevi
15. FDI in Public sector bank? - 20%
16. Summer 2016 games held in? Rio De Janeiro
17. Which do not work under RBI ? Options were IMF, IFC, etc - Answer is IMF

GA Questions - RBI Assistant Exam - 26 Sept-2014 (Morning Shift)
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General Awareness Questions

1. Total imports done in 2013-14 ? - $616.7 billion
2. Total exports done in 2013-14 ? - $442.4 billion
3. Pound sterling is the currency of which country - United Kingdom
4. PM Modi is which PM of India? 15th PM
5. Which Lok Sabha election was held recently? - 16th
6. Netherlands Capital? - Amsterdam
7. India wins how many gold in CWG? 15
8. NASSCOM chairman? R. Chandrashekaran
9. Best film (hindi) in Nationals? - Jolly LLB
10. GDP for 2014-15 by IMF? - 5.4%
11. India's first motion picture? - Raja Harishchandra
12. India's first newspaper? - Bengal Gazette
13. One question from whole price index.
14. Total women population in the world as per census? -
15. Press council of India formed in which year? - 1978
16. Indira Awas Yojna which year formed? - 1996
17. Which of following country is not a male dominated country? - USA
18. Currency of UK ? - Pound Sterling
19. Minister of Railways ? - Sadananda Gowda
20. One question on China's development index.
21. Newly granted license for which two banks ? - IDFC and Bandhan
22. Who among the following is not a RBI deputy governors ?
23. World Heart day? - 29 September
24. Current Foreign Exchange reserve of India? - 319,390 million $ US
25. WTO head quarters? - Geneva
26. When did India become member of WTO? - 1995
27. RBI formed in which Year? - 1935
28. Any Time Milk by which company? - Amul
29. India's first Postal Savings Office ATM located in which city? - Chennai
30 .First newspaper of india-bengal gazette

GA Questions Asked in RBI Assistant Exam - 24-Sept-2014
(Evening Shift)
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General Awareness Question

1. Railway Minister of India - Sadananda Gowda
2. Malaysia Currency - Ringgit
3. World Environment Day - 5 June
4. New IIMs are in which district - Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Orissa and Rajasthan.
5. Who is John Carrey? - Actor
6. Tintu Lukka from which game - Athletics
7. Sanitation Program in Budget till - 2019
8. Oscar winner in leading role actor - Matthew McConaughey
9. Who is the USA Secretary of State - John Kerry
10. Which country capital is Port Victoria? - Seychelles
11. Cry the peacock author? - Anita Desai
12. Atomic Energy minister of India - Narendra Modi
13. French Open winner - Rafael Nadal
14. One question on hill station in which state?
15. One question on dance form
16. Narora Power Plant situated in? U.P
17. Best Director National Awards? Hansal Mehta
18. U.K. Prime Minister? David Cameroon
19. Full Form Of UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
20. Sattriya is the dance form of which state? - Assam
21. Full form of SARFAESI - Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and
Enforcement of Security Interest Act.
22. Leander Paes related to which game? - Tennis
23. Rihand Dam in which state? - Uttar Pradesh
24. India and England Test Series Man of the Series for India - Bhuvaneshwar Kumar

GA Questions Asked in RBI Assistant Exam - 24-Sept-2014
(Morning Shift)
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General Awareness Question
1. Mogadishu is the capital of which country: Somalia
2. Denmark currency: Danish Krone
3. Urban Development Minister: Venkaiah Naidu
4. Smriti Irani is holding which ministry: HRD Ministry
5. Arjuna Award for which cricketer: R. Ashwin
6. "The God of Small Things" novel author: Arundhati Roy
7. Public provident fund interest rate: 8.7%
8. Rawatbhata power plant in which state: Rajasthan
9. New IIM'S will be in which state ?( four states have given and asked for the fifth one)
10. National Sports Day: 29 Aug
11. Kathakali dance from which state: Kerala
12. e-visa in how many cities to promote tourism: 9
13. M singles French open 2014 winner: Rafal Nadal
14. FIDE world (rapid chess championship) won by which player: Magnus Carlsen
15. Vice President of USA: Joe Biden
16. Which film got Best Film Award at Film Fare Awards: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
17. Governor of Maharashtra: C Vidyasagar Rao
18. Li-tatina (tomator tyoha) festival of which country: Spain
19. Hill station 'ARAKU' in which state: Andhra Pradesh

GA Questions Asked in RBI Assistant Exam - 25-Sept-2014
(Morning Shift)
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General Awareness Question

1. Zambia capital - Lusaka
2. Port Louis is capital of - Mauritius
3. Russia currency - Russian Ruble
4. Home Affairs Minister - Shri Rajnath Singh
5. Rural Development Minister - Nitin Gadhkari
6. France President - Francois Hollande
7. Coorg Hill station is where? ¡V Karnataka
8. Kathak dance - UP
9. Kakrapar power plant is in - Gujarat
10. Kerala new Governor - P Sathasivam
11. Question based on Price stabilization fund -
12 REIT abbreviation - Real Estate Investment Trust
13. How much percent of passenger traffic increased in railways? - 9%
14. Which insurance company extended Jan Dhan insurance cover to 1 lakh? - HDFC Ergo
15. BKS Iyengar is related to which field? Yoga
16. IIMs 4 given 5th is? - Rajasthan
18. Best actor in national film awards ? - Suraj Venjaramoodu(Malayalam), Raj Kumar
Rao(Hindi)
19. Best actress in Oscar? Cate Blanchett
20. Rajiv Khel Ratna award 2014? - None
21. US released postage stamp on who actor ? - Akkineni Nageswara Rao
22. "The suitable boy" written by? - Vikram Seth
23. By whose goal Germany win the final with 1-0 in Brazil ? - Mario Goetze
24. World Computer Literacy Day? - 2nd December
25. Cheruthoni dam in which state? - Kerala
26. Japan will give total money for infra project? - $ 33 Billion
27. Home Minister ? - Rajnath Singh
28. How much was given for price stabilisation fund- 500 cr

GA Questions - RBI Assistant Exam - 25 Sept-2014 (Evening)
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General Awareness Questions

1. Indira sagar dam located in which state ¡V Madhya Pradesh
2. Kaiga power plant in which state ¡V Karnataka
3. Addis Ababa capital of ¡V Ethiopia
4. Bangladesh currency ¡V Taka
5. External affairs minister ¡V Sushma Swaraj
6. Japan Prime Minister¡V Shinzo Abe
7. Author of inheritance of loss ¡V Kiran Desai
8. ASEAN total countries ¡V 10
9. Bharatanatyam which state ¡V Tamil Nadu
10. Taj Mahal in which state ¡V Uttar Pradesh
11. What is the profile of Maneka Gandhi - Women and child development
12. FFCB full form - Foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs)
13. Number of goals in FIFA World Cup ¡V 171
14. Louvre museum in - Paris
15. Laughter day ¡V 1st Sunday of may
16. Oscar best movie ¡V 12 years a slave
17. National award for best Hindi film ¡V Jolly LLb
18. Inheritance of loss ¡V Kiran desai
19. Kaiga ¡V Karnataka
20. Panchmarhi ¡V MP
21. Jan Dhan Yojana ¡V Life Insurance ¡V 30,000
22. World Bank head ¡V Jim Yong Kim
23. ILO headquarters ¡V Geneva
24. Deputy speaker of Loka sabha ¡V Thambi durai
25. Purpose of Commercial Paper ¡V to meet short-term debt obligation
26. IIM is to be opened in which state?
27. Proposed small and ___ banks ¡V Payment
28. Income exempted from tax (below 60) ¡V 2.5 lakhs
29. Metro rail project in Ahmadabad and ¡V Luckhnow
30. Cricket ¡V Baller to get fastest - 100 wickets
31. GAAR = General Anti Avoidance Rules
32. 1st presidency of new BRICS bank ¡V India
33. SEBI bill- what amount to be collective investment = 100 crore
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IMPORTANT DAYS OF OCTOBER MONTH (MUST SHARE) ==================================

1.International Oldmen’s Day 1st October
2. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Day (International Non- violence Day) 2nd October
3. Birth day of Lal Bahadur Sastri 2nd October
4. World Habitat day 3rd October
5. World Animal Welfare Day 4th October
6. World Teacher’s Day 5th October
7. World Wild animal Day 6th October
8. Indian Air Force Day 8th October
9. World Post Day 9th October
10. Birthday of Loknayak Jay Prakash Narayan 11th October
11. UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 13th October
12. World Standards Day 14th October
13. World Food Day 16th October
14. World Allergy Awareness Day 16th October
15. World Iodine Shortage Day 21st October
16. United Nation (UN) Day 24th October
17. Worldthrift Day 30th October
18. Death Anniversary of Indira Gandhi 31st October.

Punchlines of Famous Companies -------------------------------------------

1. Nokia - Connecting People
2. Honda - The Power of Dreams
3. Wipro - Applying Thought
4. JAGUAR - Born to Perform
5. BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
6. kingfisher- king of good times
7. Adidas ------ " Forever Sport"-----
8. Aditya Birla Group- Taking India To The World
9. Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
10. Aircel- Architect of an Internat World
11. AMAZON.COM - Earth's Biggest BookStore
12. Ashok Leyland- Engineering your tommorow
13. AUDI – Vorsprung Durch Technik
14. Cell One - The One for Everyone
15. Chevrolet - For a Special Journey called Life
16. Compaq - Ban jaaye baat
17. Dell - Easy to Buy, Easy to Own ;Easy as DELL.
18. FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
19. HP - Invent ; Everything is Possible
20. Hyundai - Drive Your Way
21. IBM - ON DEMAND
22. ICICI Bank - Hum Hai Na
23. Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values; Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
24. Intel - Intel inside.
25. LEE - The jeans that built America
26. LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
27. LG - Digitally Yours
28. Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
29. Motorola - Intelligence Everywhere
30. ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter
31. Philips - Sense & Simplicity
32. Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life
33. SAMSUNG -Everyone's Invited or Its hard to Imagine
34. SANSUI - Born in Japan Entertaining The World
35. SBI - With You all the Way
36. SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
37. SOTC - You Look the World, We Look After You
38. Star Sports - We know your game
39. TATA Indicom - Business Without Limits
40. TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
41. TOSHIBA - Choose Freedom
42. Toyota - Touch the Perfection
43. VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
44. Windows XP - Do More with Less
45. MRF - Tyres with Muscle

Nobel prize in medicine awarded to trio for discovering brain's 'GPS'

i. The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain's GPS system. British-American researcher John O'Keefe and a Norwegian couple, Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser share the award. 
ii. They discovered how the brain knows where we are and is able to navigate from one place to another. Their findings may help explain why in Alzheimer's disease patients cannot recognise their surroundings.

Important Dams In India:

1. Bhakra Nangal Dam - Sutlej river in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
2. Bhavanisagar Dam - Bhavani river, Tamil Nadu
3. Bisalpur Dam - Banas river, Rajasthan
4. Cheruthoni Dam - Largest concrete gravity dam in Kerala
5. Hirakud Dam - Mahanadi river in Orissa
6. Indira Sagar Dam - Narmada river, Madhya Pradesh.
7. Koyna Dam - koyana River, Maharashtra
8. Krishnarajasagar Dam - Kaveri River, Karnataka
9. Maithon Dam - Barakar river, Jharkhand
10. Mettur Dam - Kaveri River, Tamil Nadu
11. NagarjunaSagar Dam - Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh
12. Rihand Dam - Rihand River, Uttar Pradesh
13. Sardar Sarovar Dam - Narmada river in Gujarat
14. Tehri Dam - Bhagirathi river in Uttarkhand.
15. TungaBhadra Dam - Tungabhadra river, Karnataka

PROFIT & LOSS SHORTCUTS==============================

1. Profit = Selling Price - Cost price
2. Selling Price = Cost Price + Profit
3. Cost Price = Selling Price - Profit
4. Loss = Cost Price - Selling Price
5. Selling Price = Cost Price - Loss
6.Cost price = Selling price + loss.
7. Percentage profit / loss is always calculated on CP unless otherwise stated.
8. Profit Percentage = (Profit x 100) / CP
9. Loss Percentage = (Loss x 100) / CP
10. Selling Price = {[(100+ Gain %) x CP] / 100}
11. Selling Price = {[100- Loss %) x CP] /100}
12.Cost Price = {(100 x SP) / (100+ Gain %)}

Some Important Portals & their Founders - =================================

1. Google— Larry Page & Sergey Brin
2. Facebook— Mark Zuckerberg
3. Yahoo— David Filo & Jerry Yang
4. Twitter— Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo
5. Internet— Tim Berners Lee
6. Linkdin— Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue&
Koonstantin Guericke
7. Email— Shiva Ayyadurai
8. Gtalk— Richard Wah kan
9. Whats up— Laurel Kirtz
10. Hotmail— Sabeer Bhatia
11. Orkut— Buyukkokten
12. Wikipedia— Jimmy Wales
13. You tube— Steve Chen, Chad Hurley &
JawedKarim
14. Rediffmail— Ajit Balakrishnan
15. Nimbuzz— Martin Smink & Evert Jaap
Lugt
16. Myspace— Chris Dewolfe & Tom
Anderson
17. Ibibo— Ashish Kashyap
18. OLX— Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda
19. Skype— Niklas Zennstrom,JanusFriis &
Reid Hoffman
20. Opera— Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner &
Geir lvarsoy
21. Mozilla Firefox— Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross
22. Blogger— Evan Willams

TOP 10 WEBSITES - LAUNCH YEAR

* Google : Sept 4, 1998

* Facebook : Feb 4, 2004

* YouTube : Feb 14, 2005

* Yahoo ! : March 1994

* Baidu : Jan 1, 2000

* Wikipedia : Jan 15, 2001

* Windows Live : Nov 1, 2005

* Amazon.com : 1994

* Tencent QQ : February 1999

* Twitter : March 21, 2006

About Mars Orbiter Mission =====================

ISRO Created history as THE INDIAN Mangalyaan has been successfully inserted into Mars' orbit.
its We the India has become the 1st country in the world to do so in its First Attempt.
ISRO has become the 4th Space Agency to reach Mars after USA, European Space Agency and Russia
With the success of MOM, India has joined the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency and the former Soviet Union in the elite club of Martian explorers.
ISRO become only the 4th space agency which has successfully launched a Mars mission
MOM is Mars Orbiter Mission.
Witness: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah were at ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore to witness the crucial Mars Orbiter Insertion
ISRO chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan personally led the team of 14 top space scientists in this mission and worked on it for 15 month.
More than 200 space scientists were in the control room monitoring even the minutest details of the Mars Mission's final phase.
COST: The Rs 450 crore mission is one of the cheapest one and costs even less than Hollywood sci-fi film 'Gravity'.
MORE; The Mars Orbiter Mission, India's 1st interplanetary mission, was launched by India's workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on November 5, 2013.

VOCABULARY OF THE DAY – 04.10.2014

Word: Selvage (Noun)

Definition: the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.

Synonyms: boundary, line, outskirt, bound, bounds, brim, brink. 
Antonyms: center, inside, interior, middle, mainland.
Example Sentence:
Selvage at bottom of chain link fence fabric shall be barbed, unless otherwise specified.

VERY USEFUL SHORT FORMS ==========================

1.) GOOGLE : Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth .
2.) YAHOO : Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle .
3.) WINDOW : Wide Interactive Network Development for Office work Solution
4.) COMPUTER : Common Oriented Machine Particularly United and used under Technical and Educational Research.
5.) VIRUS : Vital Information Resources Under Siege .
6.) UMTS : Universal Mobile Telecommunications System .
7.) AMOLED : Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode
8.) OLED : Organic light-emitting diode
9.) IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity .
10.) ESN: Electronic Serial Number .
11.) UPS: uninterruptible power supply .
12. HDMI: High-Definition Multimedia Interface
13.) VPN: virtual private network
14.)APN: Access Point Name
15.) SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
16.) LED: Light emitting diode.
17.) DLNA: Digital Living Network Alliance
18.) RAM: Random access memory.
19.) ROM: Read only memory.
20.) VGA: Video Graphics Array
21.) QVGA: Quarter Video Graphics Array
22.) WVGA: Wide video graphics array.
23.) WXGA: Widescreen Extended Graphics Array
24.)USB: Universal serial Bus
25.) WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
26.) PPI: Pixels Per Inch
27.) LCD: Liquid Crystal Display.
28.) HSDPA: High speed down-link packet access.
29.) HSUPA: High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
30.) HSPA: High Speed Packet Access
31.) GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
32.) EDGE: Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution
33.)NFC: Near field communication
34.) OTG: on-the-go
35.) S-LCD: Super Liquid Crystal Display
36.) O.S: Operating system.
37.) SNS: Social network service
38.) H.S: HOTSPOT
39.) P.O.I: point of interest
40.)GPS: Global Positioning System
41.)DVD: Digital Video Disk
42.)DTP: Desk top publishing.
43.) DNSE: Digital natural sound engine .
44.) OVI: Ohio Video Intranet
45.)CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
46.) WCDMA: Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access
47.)GSM: Global System for Mobile Communications
48.)WI-FI: Wireless Fidelity
49.) DIVX: Digital internet video access.
50.) .APK: authenticated public key.
51.) J2ME: java 2 micro edition
52.) SIS: installation source.
53.) DELL: Digital electronic link library.
54.)ACER: Acquisition Collaboration Experimentation Reflection
55.)RSS: Really simple syndication
56.) TFT: thin film transistor
57.) AMR: Adaptive Multi-Rate
58.) MPEG: moving pictures experts group
59.)IVRS: Interactive Voice Response System
60.) HP: Hewlett Packard

General Awareness Que asked in yesterday’s Evening RRB Office Assistants:

1. Long term Rural credit fund is managed by?

2. Agro-biotech cluster is proposed at?

3. According to Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014
Judges eligibility criteria?

4. Income Tax limit for Individuals (Except Sr. Citizens) ?

5. ISRO Head Quarters

6. Lionel Messi belongs to which Country?

7. Gangtok is capital city of?

8. Govt. proposes Credit Guarantee Fund to whom?

9. Which bank proposed to open digital branches at malls?

10. How many house hold did not have access to financial
services?
11. 2013-14 fiscal deficit is ___ % of GDP

12. Outstanding Parliamentarian Award 2011?

13. No. of New IIMs?

14. New Expenditure Commission Head?

15. Yuan is ____Currency

16. Who is Dilam Rouseff?

17. Vikas Thakus, Silver medalist at CWG 2014 _____ sport?

18. Swavalamban Yojan is for?

19. Volley is related which game?

20. Which car is Pre-Launched as Smart City Car?

21. Shri Jitendra Singh is MOS of which portfolio?

22. Naveen Patnaik is CM of?

23. SEZ full form?

24. Slogan “Come, Make in India” is given by?

25. India won Kargil in which year?

26. 100% FDI is allowed which sector during 2014-15 budget
session?

27. In 2014-15 budget Govt. funded Rs.1000 crore to meet risk
face by the banks in providing the financial assistance to unbanked customers.
Who will manage that fund?

28. Who is Niripendra Mishra?

29. First Governor general of India?

30. Who will be Covered under the Rashtriya Swastha Bima
Yojana?

31. Shreyasi Singh, silver medalist at CWG 2014 belongs to
which sport?

32. Yuki Bhambri is ____ player?

33. According to PM, each member of Parliament Member should
develop at least one model village in his/her Constituency by ____ year?

34. Award recommended to Dhyan Chand?

35. Deduction limit on interest on home loans is ____ lacs?

36. USOF full form?

37. Ryder cup related to?

38. Arjuna Award is given to Jai Bhagwan under ___ sport?

39. Vinesh Phogat won Gold medal at CWG 2014 under ____?

40. Zoji-La tunnel is proposed to construct on?

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Answers for today's quiz sep-26

1.25
2.Bamiyan
3.5 th option
4.Transgenders
5.Rajasthan
6.surya kiran vii
7.none of these
8.1000 or 5%
9.cheque truncation system
10.Snap deal

Today's Quiz:- sep 26

Ques. : 1   The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his pet “Make in India” campaign on 25 Sep to put India prominently on the global manufacturing map. This campaign focuses on ________identified growth sectors of the Indian economy.
1) 21     2) 22
3) 25     4) 30
5) None of these    

Ques. : 2   Year 2016-17 has been declared as the SAARC Year of Cultural Heritage and ________ has to be SAARC cultural capital for 2015-16.
1) Bamiyan, Afghanistan     2) Karachi, Pakistan
3) Dhaka, Bangladesh     4) Varanasi, India
5) None of these    

Ques. : 3   India’s youngest state Telangana conducted a household survey to map the socio-economic profiles of households in the state. Which of the following is NOT correct about the state?
1) As per the survey’s findings so far, Telangana’s population is estimated to cross 40 mn.     2) The new state consists of 10 districts.
3) It is the 12th biggest in the country in terms of geographical area.     4) It is the 12th biggest in the country in terms of population.
5) Vijayawada is all set to be the new capital of the state.    

Ques. : 4   The State govt of Bihar formally placed which of the following communities in annexure II (the backward class) recently? Doing this it has joined only few states who has recognised this community.
1) Handicapped     2) Nat
3) Orphan     4) Transgenders
5) None of these    

Ques. : 5   Which of the following state assemblies is the first to ratified National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill? The Constitution Amendment Bill passed by the Parliament required endorsement of at least 50 per cent of state Assemblies.
1) Madhya Pradesh     2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat     4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these    

Ques. : 6   What is the name of the joint military exercise involving the armies of India and Nepal which was conducted at the Pithoragarh military station recently?
1) INDRA     2) Surya Kiran VII
3) Yudh Abhyas 2014     4) Malabar 2014
5) None of these    

Ques. : 7   Indian languages finally get their due in the web world as Indian domain names made their debut with the extension .Bharat covering eight Indian languages. Which of the following is NOT among them?
1) Sindhi     2) Nepali
3) Marathi     4) Konkani
5) None of these
   
Ques. : 8   The IRDA launched a pilot project, making it mandatory for all life insurers to convert a minimum of __________of the total individual policies issued into demat format.
1) 5,000 or five per cent     2) 3,000 or five per cent
3) 1,000 or five per cent     4) 500 or five per cent
5) None of these    

Ques. : 9   In a recent notification, the RBI said that govt cheques would be cleared through CTS based on their electronic images. What does CTS stand for?
1) Cheque Transfer System     2) Cheque Termination System
3) Cheque Transaction System     4) Cheque Truncation System
5) None of these    

Ques. : 10   India’s leading automaker Mahindra & Mahindra launched a new version of its popular SUV Scorpio on which of the following online marketplace, recently, for the first time?
1) Flipkart     2) ebay
3) Snapdeal     4) Amazon
5) None of these    

RBI Assistant General Awareness Section Question Asked in Morning Session on 24.09.14

(Based on Memory)

1.Padma Vibhushan Awardee in Science and Engineering - RAGUNATH A MASHELKAR
2.who is the director of Gandhi movie – Richard Attenborough
3.currency of Denmark - Danish krone
4. kathakali dance frm which state - kerala
5.Human resource development Minister-Samriti Irani
6.Urban Development Minister- Venkaho Naido
7.Sports Day- 29 August
8.RawatBatta Power Plant-Rajasathan
9.IIM to be Opened- Himachal Pradesh
10.Governor of Maharashtra – Vidya Sagar Rao
11.Magadishu is Capital of- Somalia
12.How many Airport with e-Visa scheme In budget- Nine
13.MahabaLeshwar temple- Goharana, Karnataka
14.Filmfare award for Best movie 2014 - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Rajiv Tandon and P.S. Barathi
15.Author of the book God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
16.Oscar award for Best Supporting Actor - Jared Leto.
17. RawatbhataPower Plant – Rajasthan State
18.French Open 2014 Men’s single winner – Rafal Nadal
19.Arjuna Award 2014 in Cricket – R.Ashwin
20.In how many years Railway will be Paperless – 5Years
21.USA Vice President – Joe Biden
22.European Bank President - Mri Draghi
23. Tax exemption limit under 80C - Rs 1.5 lakh
24. Araku related to which state - Andhra Pradesh
25. Ajeevika, the provision of bank loan for women SHGs at - 4%
26. Import duty of sugar hiked from 15 to - 25per cent

Quis sep 25 answers

1.france
2.1 million
3.none of theses
4.low cost devices
5.air India
6.Tamil Nadu
7.china
8.EIL and NBCC option -4
9.VK Rajah => Singapore
10.China
11.Facebook
12.Atmospheric co2
13.kullu,HP
14.Sachin
15.Project loon => internet access through balloons
16.Jun 25 world vitiligo day
17.Gujarat
18.Russia
19.sharukh khan
20.Hyderabad
21.Pakisthan
22.None of these
23.HR khan
24.option -2
25.Jammu and Kashmir
26.Infosys
27.Himalayan
28.Susan Polgar
29.10%
30.Jun 20

Today's quiz sep-25

Ques. : 1 Laurent Fabius, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the present foreign minister of which of the following
countries?
1) Germany
2) Singapore
3) France
4) Spain
5) None of these

Ques. : 2 As per a recent UNESCO report, though India has managed to reduce the number of out-of-school children in
the past decade, yet more than __________ children were out of school in 2011.
1) 1 million     2) 2 million
3) 3 million    4) 5 million
5) None of these

Ques. : 3 The world’s largest multination naval exercise, 24th Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, was conducted with
22 nations and six observer nations recently. Which of the following nations was NOT a participant in this year’s exercise?
1) Japan
2) Indonesia
3) India
 4) China
5) None of these

Ques. : 4 Internet giant Google announced its ‘Android One’ programme recently. This programme is aimed at which of
the following?
1) Driver-less cars
 2) Operating system for PCs
3) An e-commerce application
 4) Low-cost devices
5) None of these

Ques. : 5 Which of the following airlines in India is all set to become the first Indian airline to officially join the Star
Alliance, a global airline alliance?
1) SpiceJet
2) Air India
3) IndiGo
4) Jet Airways
5) None of these

Ques. : 6 In which of the following states, the govt has launched ‘Amma Pharmacy’ to sell medicines at a fair price
recently?
1) Karnataka
 2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these

Ques. : 7 The ban on the import of milk and milk products from which of the following countries has been extended for
one more year till Jun 2015 recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka
4) China
5) None of these

Ques. : 8 Which of the following two PSUs have been conferred the coveted Navratna status, recently, which would give
these firms more financial and operational autonomy?
1) Engineers India Limited (EIL)
 2) National Buildings Construction Corporation
(NBCC)
3) Antrix Corporation Limited
4) Only 1) and 2)
5) Only 1) and 3)


Ques. : 9 An Indian-origin judge Justice VK Rajah has been appointed as the new attorney general of which of the
following countries recently?
1) Singapore 2) Malaysia
3) Indonesia 4) US
5) None of these

Ques. : 10 General Bikram Singh visited which of the following countries, recently? This is the first official visit by an
Indian Army Chief to this country in nine years.
1) Myanmar 2) China
3) Japan 4) Brazil
5) None of these


Ques. : 11 Sheryl Sandberg, who visited India, recently, is the present Chief Operating Officer of which of the following
social media firms?
1) Twitter 2) LinkedIn
3) Yahoo 4) Facebook
5) None of these

Ques. : 12 NASA launched first of its kind OCO-2 satellite, recently, which is dedicated to studying
1) atmospheric carbon dioxide 2) depletion of ozone layer
3) extent of pollution due to jet exhaust 4) presence of harmful bacteria in outer space
5) None of these

Ques. : 13 The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area has been approved for inscription on the UNESCO
World Heritage list recently. It is located in
1) Kullu, Himachal Pradesh 2) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
3) Samba, Jammu and Kashmir 4) Garhwal, Uttarakhand
5) None of these


Ques. : 14 Which of the following Indian cricketers has been honoured with exclusive gold coin worth 12,000 pound
sterling issued by Britain’s premium luxury goods brand East India Company?
1) Sunil Gavaskar 2) Kapil Dev
3) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
5) None of these


Ques. : 15 Google's ‘Project Loon,’ which completed its one-year anniversary, recently, is associated with which of the
following?
1) Bringing internet access through balloons 2) Transporting people to moon
3) Transporting people to mars 4) Real time mobile tracking system
5) None of these


Ques. : 16 The World Vitiligo Day is celebrated every year on which of the following dates?
1) Jun 20 2) Jun 21
3) Jun 23 4) Jun 25
5) None of these

Ques. : 17 Which of the following state govts has announced a 33 per cent reservation for women in state police force
recently?
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Rajasthan
3) Gujarat 4) West Bengal
5) None of these


Ques. : 18 The first nuclear power plant in the world was commissioned in Obninsk city in which of the following
countries? The plant completed sixty years recently.
1) US 2) Germany
3) Japan 4) Russia
5) None of these

Ques. : 19 France honoured which of the following Bollywood actors with ‘Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (Officer of the
Legion of Honour)’, its highest distinction - civilian or military?
1) Amitabh Bachchan 2) Aamir Khan
3) Salman Khan 4) Shah Rukh Khan
5) None of these

Ques. : 20 Salar Jung Museum celebrated the 125th birth anniversary of the founder collector Salar Jung III recently. The
museum that holds the coveted crown of being one of the largest one-man collections of the World, is located in
1) Chennai 2) Mangalore
3) Hyderabad 4) Guntur
5) None of these

Ques. : 21 Which of the following countries has adopted a comprehensive anti-terror law recently, giving security forces
unbridled powers, including shoot-at-sight suspects? It will remain in force for two years.
1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan
3) Iraq 4) Syria
5) None of these

Ques. : 22 The govt has announced the introduction of four new vaccines as part of the Universal Immunization
Programme (UIP). Which of the following is NOT one of them?
1) Rotavirus vaccine 2) Rubella vaccine
3) Polio (injectable) vaccine 4) An adult vaccine against Japanese encephalitis
5) None of these


Ques. : 23 The govt has re-appointed who among the following RBI Deputy Governors for a further period of two years
with effect from Jul 4 2014 recently?
1) HR Khan 2) R Gandhi
3) Anand Sinha 4) Urjit R Patel
5) None of these


Ques. : 24 The Indian veteran Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek lost their men's doubles semi-final
in Wimbledon against which of the following pairs recently?
1) Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut 2) Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock
3) Mike and Bob Bryan 4) Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin
5) None of these


Ques. : 25 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 240-Megawatt Uri-II Hydro Electric Project (HEP) located in
which of the following states recently?
1) Uttarakhand 2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu & Kashmir 4) Gujarat
5) None of these

Ques. : 26 Vishal Sikka has become the highest paid professional CEO of an Indian company with Rs 30-cr pay
package. He is the current CEO of
1) Wipro
2) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
3) Infosys
4) Tech Mahindra
5) None of these


Ques. : 27 Dadi Balsara, who died recently, was associated with which of the following leading packaged mineral water
brands?
1) Himalayan
 2) Kinley
3) Bisleri
4) Aquafina
5) None of these

Ques. : 28 Magnus Carlsen became the first man to hold the Chess Triple Crown by holding the World Blitz, Rapid, and
Classic titles consecutively. Who among the following was the first chess player in the world to hold all three world titles
in a row?
1) Susan Polgar 2) Antoaneta Stefanova
3) Alexandra Kosteniuk 4) Judit Polgar
5) None of these

Ques. : 29 The Govt accepted Mayaram panel report on definitions of FDI, FII recently. Now, a foreign investment of
________ or more in a listed company will be treated as FDI.
1) 10 per cent                      
 2) 15 per cent
3) 20 per cent                          
4) 25 per cent
5) None of these

Ques. : 30 The World Refugee Day is observed across the globe on which of the following dates?
1) Jun 14 2) Jun 16
3) Jun 18 4) Jun 20

today's quiz with answers sep -24

1.army chief ->dalbir singh
2/CBDT chairman=>kv chowdary
3.head of Expenditure management commision=>bimal jalan
4.chairman of Public service commision =>rajni razdani
5.chief of joint intelligence commitee => R N ravi
6.president of Iraq =>Faud masum
7.Markaresh treaty is related to => Blind people welfare
8.first hindu eco temple located at UK name is Shri swami narayana eco temple
9.how many crores for metro rails development project  => 100 crores
10.2014 fifa world cup was -20---th fifa world cup ??
11.country which hosted fifa  => Brazil
12.first match of fifa between =>brazil and croatia
13.how many countries participated in fifa 2014 =>32
14.official match ball of fifa 2014 =>Adidas Brazuca
15.golden ball in fifa 2014 for whom =>Lionel messi argentina
16.golden glove in fifa 2014 =>Manuel neur of germany
17.team which won fifa fair play? colombia
18.next fifa 2018 at? Russia
19.world laughter day? Jan 10 th
20.national youth day?Jan 12th
21.world ozone day?sep 16th
22.rose day?sep 22
23.cairo is capital of?Egypt
24.Nairobi is capital of?kenya
25.Naira is currency of?Nigeria
26.kampala is capital of?Uganda
27.juba is capital of?South sudan
28.zloty is currency of?poland
29.union textiles minister?santosh kumar ganwar
30.Union parliamentary affairs minister??Venkaih naidu

today's quiz sep -24

1.army chief ??
2/CBDT chairman??
3.head of Expenditure management commision?
4.chairman of Public service commision?
5.chief of joint intelligence commitee??
6.president of Iraq?
7.Markaresh treaty is related to?
8.first hindu eco temple located at ? and its name?
9.how many crores for metro rails development project?
10.2014 fifa world cup was ----th fifa world cup ??
11.country which hosted fifa?
12.first match of fifa between?
13.how many countries participated in fifa 2014?
14.official match ball of fifa 2014?
15.golden ball in fifa 2014 for whom?
16.golden glove in fifa 2014?
17.team which won fifa fair play?
18.next fifa 2018 at?
19.world laughter day?
20.national youth day?
21.world ozone day?
22.rose day?
23.cairo is capital of?
24.Nairobi is capital of?
25.Naira is currency of?
26.kampala is capital of?
27.juba is capital of?
28.zloty is currency of?
29.union textiles minister?
30.Union parliamentary affairs minister??

Daily GK Updates: 21-22nd Sept 2014

1. John Key re-elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand for a third term

i. John Key was re-elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand for a third term. This was revealed by the preliminary results released by the Electoral Commission of New Zealand. He has led New Zealand as the Prime Minister since 2008.
ii. In the 2014 General Elections of New Zealand held on 20 September 2014, the centre-right National Party led by John Key won 48 percent of the vote.
iii. The Labour Party of New Zealand led by David Cunliffe won 25 percent of the votes whereas the Green Party won 10 percent and New Zealand First (NZF) party won 9 percent of the total votes.

2. Ashraf Ghani declared next Afghanistan new president

i. Afghanistan's election commission on Sunday has named Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as the winner of the country's presidential election.
ii. The commission's announcement came hours after Ghani Ahmadzai signed a power sharing agreement with opponent Abdullah Abdullah, who will fill the newly created position of government chief executive.
iii. A Ghani Ahmadzai supporter — Halim Fidai, a former governor — said Sunday that UN representative Jan Kubish told the commission not to release detailed vote tallies.

3. Voreqe Bainimarama sworn in as Fiji's PM

i. Coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama was sworn in as Fiji's new Prime Minister on Monday.
ii. With official results confirming Voreqe Bainimarama had swept the election with almost 60 per cent of the vote, he was sworn in by President Epeli Nailatikau at a brief ceremony in Suva's Government House.
iii. The final count in the election gave Bainimarama's Fiji First Party 59.2 per cent of the vote, equating to 32 seats in the new 50-seat parliament set up under a constitution introduced last year.
iv. The Social Democratic Liberal Party was a distant second at 28.2 per cent (15 seats), with the National Federation Party next on 5.5 (three seats).

4. Alibaba IPO ranks as world's biggest after additional shares sold
i. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's initial public offering now ranks as the world's biggest in history at $25 billion, after the e-commerce giant and some of its shareholders sold additional shares.
ii. The IPO surpassed the previous global record set by Agricultural Bank of China Ltd in 2010 when the bank raised $22.1 billion.
iii. Under the option, Alibaba agreed to sell 26.1 million additional shares and Yahoo Inc 18.3 million, netting the two companies an extra $1.8 billion and $1.2 billion respectively.
iv. Jack Ma founder of Alibaba agreed to sell an extra 2.7 million shares and company co-founder Joe Tsai agreed to sell 902,782 additional shares, according to the prospectus.

5. Narula Brothers won 7 crore rupees in Season 8 of Kaun Banega Crorepati

i. The Narula brothers of Delhi on 20 September 2014 became the first ever contestants to win 7 crore rupees in the television show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.
ii. The two brothers, Achin and Sarthak Narula emerged victorious in Season 8 of the show after answering 14 questions correctly, with help of four lifelines.
iii. The tagline for the season 8 of the show is Yahan Sirf Paise Nahi, Dil Bhi Jeete Jate Hain.

6. UP government to set Nirbhaya Centers in all districts
i. The Uttar Pradesh government on 19 September 2014 decided to open Nirbhaya Centers in all districts of the state. These Nirbhaya Centers will provide prompt help to the victims of crime against women and also facilitate lodging of FIRs.
ii. As per the decision made during the meet, the Nirbhaya centers will be set up in women hospitals or women police stations with the view to provide immediate medical and other help to the victims of crime or violence against women.

7. NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft enters Mars orbit
i. NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting Mars on a mission to study how the Red Planet’s climate changed over time from warm and wet to cold and dry.
ii. “Based on observed navigation data, congratulations. MAVEN is now in orbit,” said Dave Folta of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
iii. The unmanned orbiter has travelled more than 10 months and 711 million kilometres to reach Mars yesterday for a first-of-its kind study of the planet’s upper atmosphere.
iv. The data from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft aims to help scientists understand what happened to the water on Mars and the carbon dioxide in its atmosphere several billion years ago.

8. Hockey India inducted Hockey Village India as an academy member
i. Hockey India (HI) on 19 September 2014 inducted Hockey Village India (HVI) as an Academy Member to reach out to underprivileged children who are keen to make a career in the sport.
ii. At present, Hockey India has 26 permanent Members, 23 associate Members, one Member through State Olympic Associations, eight Academy Members and one Hoc-Key Member.
iii. Hockey India has always strived to reach the underprivileged children those who in spite of having the talent cannot reach the big platform. Now the HVI on board will strengthen work towards reaching out and identifying the talent.

9. Saurav Ghosal 1st Indian to make Asiad final, Pallikal gets bronze
i. Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian to enter the Asian Games final, beating 2006 champion Ong Beng Hee while Dipika Pallikal secured the country its maiden women's singles medal, a bronze, after losing the semifinal to world number one Nicol David in Incheon on Monday.
ii. Top seed and World No.16 Ghosal lived up to his billing, outplaying 35th-ranked Beng Hee of Malaysia 11-9 11-4 11-5 in 45 minutes on the glass court of Yeorumul Squash Courts.
iii. The two players have beaten each other once on the PSA professional tour but Ghosal had lost to Beng Hee in the team semifinal of the Asian Championships in June.
iv. Ghosal today was too good for his 34-year-old Malaysian opponent, who had won gold in the 2002 Busan and 2006 Doha edition besides getting a bronze in Guangzhou four years ago.

10. Federer replaces injured Nadal in Indian team for IPTL
i. The IPTL, brainchild of Mahesh Bhupathi, on Monday announced that Swiss great Roger Federer will replace Rafael Nadal in the Indian team for the new tennis league as the Spaniard has pulled out due to injury.
ii. Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam winner, was not part of the original squads announced by organisers of the Indian Premier Tennis League.
iii. Nadal, who has 14 Grand Slams to his name, had also pulled out of this year’s US Open due to a wrist injury.
iv. Federer joins American great Pete Sampras, former world number one Ana Ivanovic, Frenchman Gael Monfils along with India’s Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in the squad. Fabrice Santoro is reserve player of the squad.
v. Russian superstar Maria Sharapova will also be now part of the league as she joins the Philippines team, which earlier had Victoria Azarenka.

Note:i. The league will kick off on November 28 in Manila and conclude in Dubai on December 13.
ii. The Delhi leg will be played from December 6-8 at Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium.

Source:-Internet :- bankersadda