Current Affair Quiz For January 25, 26, 2015

 This Current Affair quiz contains 10 questions, each question has Four options, select only one correct answer of the given question.

1. Which among the following states is the site for India’s first International Institute of Music?
[A]Kerala
[B]Assam
[C]Haryana
[D]Madhya Pradesh

Current Affairs Quiz for january 2-3-4-2015

This quiz contains 10 questions, each question has Five options, select only one correct answer of the given question and after answering the questions click on Button "Check my Answers"

Current Affairs Quiz

This quiz contains 10 questions, each question has Five options, select only one correct answer of the given question and after answering the questions click on Button "Check my Answers"

Facts at a Glance - Haryana assembly poll

                                                   Facts at a Glance - Haryana

                                Facts at a Glance - Haryana assembly poll

                                       (Date of Poll: 15.10.2014 )
1.Total Electors
   

Male -    8737116   

Female - 7479439

Service - 102022

NRI Voters - 12 (already included above)

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 Total  -  16318577
2. Number Types of Assembly Constituencies
   
General : 73

 SC :  17

Gk update for 11 october 2014

Nobel Peace Prize 2014

October 11, 2014   

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their “struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.” The Committee specifically pointed out how commendable it was for “a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a

GK update for 10 October 2014

Government to revive Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change

October 10, 2014   

The Central government is planning to reconstitute and revive the PM’s Council on Cilmate Change. This Council oversaw the implementation of the eight missions under the NAPCC (National Action Plan on Climate Change). This advisory body had not met in the last three years.
An Executive Committee had been set up in January 2013, comprising of officials from relevant Ministries, to assist the Council and monitor implementation of the eight missions. However, despite this, lack of funding and co-ordination lead to slow implementation of proposals under the eight missions. Most missions have been underperforming in relation to their targets.
With renewed emphasis on climate change in the international, the government has deemed it imperative to for

dialy GK update for October 9, 2014

Nobel Prize for Physics 2014

October 9, 2014   

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced its decision to award the Nobel Prize for Physics to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”.

Isamu Akasaki
Isamu Akasaki is a Japanese citizen. He was born 1929 in Chiran, Japan and educated in Japan. He is currently a Professor at Meijo

Gk update October 8, 2014

Eid-al-Adha celebrated across the world, Hajj concludes

October 8, 2014   

Eid-al-Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice is a festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide as two million Muslims performed the last ritual to conclude Hajj.
Eid-al-Adha
This festival is celebrated to commemorate Abraham’s willingness to offer his promised son as sacrifice according to God’s command. In the end, God intervened and asked for a lamb as sacrifice. To mark this event, Muslims worldwide offer sheep as sacrifice.
Hajj

gk update for October 7, 2014

Deepak Parekh committee on Infrastructure submits report

October 7, 2014   

The High-level government committee on infrastructure headed by Deepak Parekh submits the last part of its report in October. The Committee consisted of Uday Kotak, G.M.R Rao, Sanjay Reddy and top officials from LIC, SBI, ICICI and IDFC.

Some of their proposals are as follows:-

• Establish a PPP model for power distribution, starting first with the cities
• Modernise public sector distribution companies. The viability gap for such companies should be funded by the Central government
• Earmark 15% of power generation of the central PSUs for open access customers so that the market becomes more competitive in an attempt to attract the open access clientele. This is also expected to increase investment in the electricity sector. (Open access customers refers to customers who

gk update for October 6, 2014

ISRO to launch M3M satellite of Canada  

 October 6, 2014

Canada’s M3M (Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Micro-Satellite)  is set to be launched by India’s PSLV rocket. The agreement for the same was signed by India’s Antriux Corp. and Canada’s COM DEV Intl. The satellite is due to be launched in July 2015. The satellite was built for the Canadian Department of National Defence, and is a communications satellite. The satellite was built at a cost of $21 mn by COM DEV Intl.

Initially, the satellite was to have been launched on a Soyuz rocket in Russia. However, in light of the international restrictions

gk update for 5-oct-2014

President of India’s greetings on Idu’l Zuha
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has greeted fellow citizens on the occasion of Idu’l Zuha, which is being celebrated tomorrow.

In his message the President has said, “On the occasion of Idu’l Zuha, I convey greetings and best wishes to all fellow citizens, especially my Muslim brothers and sisters. 

daily GK update for 2 october

• Swachh Bharat Mission: Sidelights

•The spirit of Swachh Bharat reverberated through the city of Delhi today.

•The Prime Minister was welcomed by five thousand children with loud cheer. Children were enthusiastically waving flags and placards in support of cleanliness drive.

•Film on Swachhta Mission was watched with rapt attention by everyone present.

•Before administrating the oath, renowned actor and social activists, Shri Aamir Khan was called on the stage and then the pledge was administrated by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister asked everyone to raise their hands and think of Mahatma Gandhi while taking the oath.