Improve your Vocabulary - Antonyms and Synonyms

Directions (Qs. 1 to 5) : In these questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

1. Absolve
(A) Withheld     
(B) Consume
(C) Punish          
(D) Acquit

2. Ascription
(A) Cure              
(B) Description
(C) Account       
(D) Attribution

3. Toil
(A) Tell 
(B) Test
(C) Spoil              
(D) Work hard

4. Mimic
(A) Copy             
(B) Tease
(C) Refresh        
(D) Greet

5. Kiosk
 
(A) Mall               
(B) Store
(C) Shop              
(D) Booth

Directions (Qs. 6 to 10) : In these questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark.

6. Obstruct
(A) prevent       
(B) clear
(C) block             
(D) instruct

7. Encouraged
(A) disowned    
(B) neglected
(C) feared          
(D) discouraged

8. Knack
(A) inability        
(B) disgusting
(C) skill 
(D) enmity

9. Altruistic
(A) evil 
(B) selfish
(C) cruel              
(D) unkind

10. Inhale
(A) exhale          
(B) insert
(C) extricate      
(D) hate



Answers:
1) D
2) D
3) D
4) A
5) D
6) B
7) D
8) A
9) B
10) A


RBI ASSISTANT LAST YEAR CUT OFF 2013

sc st obc pwd
Ahmedabad:- 119 $ 108 121 88
Bangalore:- 96 92 107 114 92
Bhopal:- 114 111 126 135 112
Bhubaneswar:-113 101 127 136 103
Chandigarh:-$ $ 121 136 106
Chennai:-109 $ 124 128 113
Guwahati:-105 99 107 113 108
Hyderabad:-123 $ 130 138 123
Jaipur:-120 110 126 135 117
Jammu:-101 71 100 123 #
Kanpur & Lucknow:-118 $ 130 142 120
Kolkata:-114 89 116 133 98
Mumbai:-103 80 $ 111 82
Nagpur:-109 $ $ 116 #
New Delhi:-122 $ 128 142 #
Patna:-109 113 129 135 111
Thiruvanantapuram & Kochi:-$ $ 134 136 62
$=no vacancy


sbi clerical gk questions 27th july morning

1.Committee on financial inclusion: Nachiket Mor Committee
2. 150 km missile launched by DRDO recently: Prithvi
3. Minister of Social Justice and empowerment: Thawar Chand Gehlot
4. Bhartiya Mahila Bank Chairman: Usha Ananthasubramanium
5. Banks Nationalization: 1969
6.Capital of Argentina: Buenos Aires
7. Official Currency of Indonesia: Indonesian Rupiah
8. Vijay Sheshadri won Pulitzer prize for: "3 Sections"
9. Which state don’t shares the border with Telangana: Jharkhand
10. Constituency of Nitin Gadkari: Nagpur
11. Recently PM inaugurated a hydro power plant at which place: Uri (J & K)
12. Press freedom day: 3 May
13. Bank is liable for which bank account?
14. Which is a negotiable instrument?
15. Which is a Govt. security bond?
16. RBI established in: 1935
17. Who is the current Food & Consumer Affairs minister: Ram Vilas Paswan
18. World Tourism Day is celebrated on: 27 September
19. Gillette cup is associated with which sports: Cricket
20. Which of the following cannot use for payment?
21. One question on Cheque?
22. What is the aim of planning commission?
23.Which bank is intermediary between NBFC?
24. Kaveri river water dispute between which states: Karnataka & Tamil Nadu
25. World’s highest railway tunnel?
26. Full form of CD-R: Compact Disc Recordable
27. Marketing information includes?
28. Target marketing includes?
29. Qualities of good sales person?
30. Aggressive marketing is due to?
31. Which is most costlier computer?
32. MS word is a type of: Application Software
33. Printer is an ......device: Output device
34. Which of the following is output device?
35. Which is essential for successful marketing?


GA QUIZ

[1] Which of Indian Shooter has won Gold in Men\'s 10m Air Rifle event at Commonwealth Games 2014?
A: Karni Singh
B: Gagan Narang
C: Abhinav Bindra
D: Vijay Kumar

Ans:(C) Abhinav Bindra

[2] Who has been appointed as Governor of Haryana?
A: D Y Patil
B: Kaptan Singh Solanki
C: K N Tripathi
D: R P Singh

Ans:(B) Kaptan Singh Solanki

[3] what is "Gauravi"?
A: A robot 
B: An app to curb food waste
C: One Stop Crisis center for women
D: Submarine based missile

Ans:(C) One Stop Crisis center for women

[4] Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on?
A: July 14
B: July 18
C: July 22
D: July 26

Ans:(D) July 26

[5] Who has been appointed as member of UN Board of Auditors?
A: Krishna Kumar
B: Rajesh Mishra
C: Shashi Kant Sharma
D: Narendra Kumar Verma

Ans:(C) Shashi Kant Sharma

[6] "Peace Clause" is associated with which Organisation's working rules?
A: World Bank
B: UNDP
C: IMF
D: WTO

Ans:(D) WTO

[7] Which of the Indian Players have won Gold on first day of Commonwealth Games 2014?
A: Navjot Rana
B: Ganeh Mali and Sushila Likmabam
C: Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu
D: Kalpana Thoudam

Ans:(C) Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu

[8] Who has been elected as new President of Iraq?
A: Peter Mutharika
B: Fuad Masum
C: Rahun Ibik
D: Asif Maliki

Ans:(B) Fuad Masum

[9] Which Organisation releases Human Development Report?
A: World Bank
B: IMF
C: UNESCO
D: UNDP

Ans:(D) UNDP

[10] India has been ranked at which place according to Human Development Report 2014?
A: 123
B: 129
C: 135
D: 138

Ans:(C) 135

[11] FDI Cap in Insurance sector has been raised from 26 percent to
A: 34 percent
B: 41 percent
C: 46 percent
D: 49 percent

Ans:(D) 49 percent

[12] Which of the country is not included in Malabar Naval Excercise?
A: USA
B: India
C: Japan
D: Russia

Ans:(D) Russia

[13] Japanese Encephalitis is a disease caused by?
A: Algae
B: Bacteria
C: Fungus
D: Mosquito borne virus

Ans:(D) Mosquito borne virus

[14] Which of the Typhoon has affected east coast of Taiwan?
A: Matmo
B: Katrina
C: Arthur
D: Phangsu

Ans:(A) Matmo

[15] Which of Doordarshan's Programme to be featured in Limca Book of Records?
A: Naya Daur
B: Naad Bhed-The Mystry of Sound
C: Hum Log
D: Ramayan

Ans:(B) Naad Bhed-The Mystry of Sound

[16] Which of the Indian company became first company to achieve market capitalization of 5 lakh crore rupees?
A: Infosys
B: Reliance Industries
C: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
D: Tata Steel

Ans:(C) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

[17] Which of the artist has been awarded with honorary doctorate from Berklee college of music?
A: Javed Akhtar
B: A R Rahman
C: Gulzar
D: Pritam

Ans:(B) A R Rahman

[18] P5+1 negotiations are related to?
A: Middle east crisis
B: Ukraine crisis
C: Iran nuclear issue
D: Peace in Afghanistan

Ans:(C) Iran nuclear issue

[19] A famous sportsperson, who was first African American woman to win Olympic gold has died, who was that sportsperson?
A: Ashley Tellis
B: Bennet Jackson
C: Camella
D: Alice Coachman

Ans:(D) Alice Coachman

[20] Which of the Indian origin person has been appointed as Treasury Minister of UK?
A: Manbir Singh
B: Priti Patel
C: Rajat Gupta
D: K K Mehrotra
Ans:(B) Priti Patel



QUESTION ASKED IN IBPS PO-3, 2013

1.current bank rate

2.person who invented mouse died

3.chairman of fed reserve

4.who is not a MP(options-Amitab bachan,dharmendra,etc)

5.about SARFAESI act

6.loan limit for housing to a person in metropolitan city

7.micro industry(service) set up cost limit

8.who keeps all credit information of persons(CIBIL)

9.which award Zubin mehta got recently

10.SLR full form 11.MICR full form

12.which among below a microprocessor manufacturing company(options-intel,microsoft etc)

12.name of tablet made by microsoft(i think "surface")

13.term associated with cricket

14.where is national institute of sports

15.two question from union budget

16.which film got national award in "best entertaining movie" category

17.about "aam admi bima yogana"

18.author of book"The lowland"

19.transfer & withdrawl limit i BSBDA account.

 20.what is the main thing focoused in raghuram rajans recent RBI monitary policy

21.target fiscal defecit of govt in FY 2013-14

22.who among following are major applicant in new banking license(option-tatason,mahindra etc)

23.which of the following not considered as proof of identity while opening account in bank(options-passport,electicity bill,adhar card,pan card,driving license)
India's official entry to the oscars this year - The Good Road
2. The winner of 2013 edition of the Asia cup hockey tournament held in Ipoh, Malaysia - South Korea
3. Jal Satyagraha, a protest in which people immerse themselves in the river, was recently staged in - Madhya Pradesh
4. India's position in coffee production in 2012, according to the data released by International Coffee Organisation - seventh
5. International Day of Charity - Sep 5th
6. Brand Ambassador for the tobacco control programme - Rahul Dravid
7. International Day of Democracy -15th sep
8. The country that has developed world's first zinc-enriched rice variety capable of fighting diarrhoea and pneumonia-induced childhood deaths and stunted growth - Bangladesh
9. International day of Peace- sep 21st
10. New chairman of Intellectual property Appellate Tribunal - KN Basha
11. Nobel laureate poet of Ireland who passed away recently - Seamus Heaney
12. First man-made object to leave the solar system- Voyager-1
13. The office that maintains the official crime data in India - NCRB
14. The country that launched its low cost rocket name Epsilon recently -Japan
15. The cyclist who became the planet's fastest cyclist paddling his cycle to a record 133.78kmph speed -Sebastiaan Bowier
1. Full Form of IBSA? India, Brazil, South Africa.
2. Who has directed the Bollywood film The Lunchbox?- Ritesh Batra
3. According to 2011 census which state has highest Rural Population?- Uttar Pradesh (15.51 crore- 18.16% of Indias Rural Population)
4. Which tennis player has retired in August 14, 2013?- Marion Bartoli
5. Who is the Head of WTO?- Robert Azevedo
6. What is the MSF rate as on October 2013?- 9%
7. Who is the writer of the novel 'Life of Pie'?- Yann Martel
8. International Children's Peace Prize 2013 was awarded to?- Malala Yousafzai
9. Limit of educational loans under priority sector? 10 lakh for studies in India and 20 lakh for studies abroad
10. Senior citizens can invest up to under Senior Citizens Saving Scheme? 15 lakh
11. Duration of 12th five year plan?- 2012-2017
12. Full Form of FTP?- File Transfer Protocol
13. GDP Growth rate of India as per Central Statistics Office (CSO) for 2013? 4.4%
14. Full form of CDS?- Credit Default Swap
15. Fairfax group head who brought blackberry?- Prem Watsa
16. Gujar Mal Modi award winner 2013?- Vinod Prakash Sharma
17. Bank which has headquarters in Bangalore?-Vijaya Bank
18. Aadhaar Bill name?- UIDAI bill
19. DAX 30 is the stock exchange of which country? Germany
20. As per IMF India's GDP Growth rate? 3.8%
21. CRR changed to? 4%
22. Who among the following is chairman FMC (Forward Markets Commission)? Ramesh Abhishek
23. What is the name of food grain scheme of Himachal Pradesh?
24. Which of the following is the GAAR implementation date? April 1,2016
25. Who among the following is the new chairman of SBI? Arundhati Bhattacharya
26. Who among the following is the new chairman of AADHAR? Nandan Nilekani
27. Full form of NOFHC: Non Operative Financial Holding Company
28. India’s place in global competitive list by WEF 2012-13? 59
29. Which of the following is the population growth rate (2001-2011)? 1.7%
30. Graphic biography on of whom released by Amar Chitra Katha -Dhyan Chand
31. Bank rate wef 7th October-9%
32. The book ‘Fault lines’ is written by whom? Raghuram G Rajan
33. Which of the following Bank open 15000 branches? SBI
34. Which of the following country in BRICS? Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
35. Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award ? Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
36. One question related to INS VIKRANT.
37. Pullea Gopichand related to which game? Badminton
38. Maharashtra state launches 'Manodhairya' scheme for whom? For rape victims
39. What is the Maximum limit in priority sector by public sec? 40 %
40. According to MSMED Act 2006,maximum limit in services is 5 crore .what is minimum limit for medium enterprises? 2 crore
41. Who is the First women chief information commissioner? Deepak sandhu
42. Sundarban located in which state? West Bengal
43. Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards(From India).-The Good road
44. Which scheme was started by Himachal Pradesh under food security program from sept 20? Rajiv Gandhi ann yojana
45. Iran’s New President? Hassan Rouhani
46. India inked DTA pact with which country? Morocco
47. Company Bill 2013
48. Decadal Growth Rate according to Cesus 2011? 17.64%
49. Indira Gandhi peace prize was conferred on? Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
50. World heart day? 29th September
51. Who monitors 5year plan? Yojana Ayog
52. Which company has launched Jupiter Bike? TVS
53. Parsi Community new scheme to increase parsi population? Jiyo Parsi
54. RTI Information fees? Rs.10
55. Sandeep Tulsi Yadav is related to which sport? Wrestling
56. New High Commissioner to UK? Ranjan Mathai
57. UN Representative of India? Asoke Kumar Mukerji
58. Nobel Peace Prize in Economics: Eugene F. Fama (and Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen)
59. Nikkei is the stock exchange of which country? Japan
60. Director of ‘The Good Road’: Gyan Correa
61. Anna Hazare received which prize? Allard Prize for International Integrity
62. Aircel Parternership with which mobile company? Micromax
63. Depreciation: Decrease in currency’s value due to market forces, not government policies or actions
64. Movable Assets: Movable assets are those which are 'movable'- stocks, money, shares, furniture, gold, jewel
65. First RBI Governor? Sir Osborne Smith
66. Brand Ambassador or Tobacco Abandoning : Rahul Dravid
67. Currency of Bhutan –Ngultrum
68. Microsoft bought Nokia for $7.2 billion
69. First Greco Roman Medal is baaged by whom in India? Sandip Tulsi Yadav
70. Who received Saraswati Samman? SugathaKumari
71. Head of financial committee on small and low income and financial inclusion? Nachiket Mor
72. 1st Indigenous Submarine? INS Arihant
73. Basic point difference between MSF and Repo rate? 150points
74. KBC current season? 7th
75. ‘Jo biwi se kare pyar wo prestige se kaise kare inkaar’ ad done by which couple? Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
76. Growth forecast in 12 five yr plan? 8 per cent
77. Question related to dividend equity
78. Who is Headly? Terrorist
79. Who has written a book on Meena Kumari? Vinod Mehta
80. Question on JNNURM
81. Run on bank means? Heavy cash withdrawal from depositor form an account at a time
82. Rupay Project of? NPCI
83. According to 2011 census there were 640 districts in India, but how many villages? More than 600,000
84. Who is the author of the book ‘The first woman President in India Reinventing Leadership Pratibha Devisingh Patil’? Sunaina Singh
85. Which is not included in balance sheet?
86. Froeign Currency Limits for tourists? USD 10,000
87. Accounts maintained by Foreign Banks in India? Vostro
88. IIFCL stands for? India Infrastructure Finance company Limited
89. Highest remittance receiving countries? India and China
90. Campaign launched to promote virgin peaks of Himalayas and make India favoured tourist destination? 777 days of Incredible Indian Himalayan Campaign
91. ’The book ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams Into Actions’ is written by? APJ Abdul Kalam
92. Director of the movie ‘Silver Linings Playbook’? David O. Russel
93. Germany Chancellor? Angela Merkel
94. Which one is not Credit Rating Agency?
95. Tennis Hall of Fame – Martina Hingis
96. FTSE 100? London Stock Exchange
97. FDI in pension sector? 49%
98. Rice, pulse, millets belongs to which crop? Kharif Crop
99. India’s Defense satellite recently launched by France? GSAT-7
100. 1% extra tax on buying property above? Rs 50lakh
101. Senior citizens over 80 years of age exempted from tax limit? upto Rs. 5 Lakh
102. India- China defense summit held in? Beijing
103. KYC is not for the purpose of? financial position of the account holder
104. RBI zero% EMI on credit card related question.
105. Jet and Etihad deal- 51% state of company, 24% Etihad, 25% public share
106. Maximum deposit amount insured by DICGC? Rs. 1 lakh
107. Who announced retirement from Tennis in October? Nalbandian
108. NEFT maximum limit? No limit; However, maximum amount per transaction is limited to Rs.50,000/- for cash-based remittances and remittances to Nepal
109. One question on Prithvi-2
110. Currency swap agreement between? India and Japan
111. Which Indian actor is/has been selected for a US award for his television show by the America Abroad Media (AAM)? Aamir Khan for Satyameva Jayathe
112. Deeo discount bond feature? Zero coupon bond
113. First cyber forensic laboratory set up in? Tripura
114. If depreciation of assets is not taken into account what will happen to balance sheet of bank?
115. Trade deficit was how much low as on September?
116. Which option will be provided to voters by Election Commission in upcoming elections as per the directives of Supreme Court -- Option to Reject All(NOTA)



IBPS PO IV~~Definition of Disability

Under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 only such persons would be eligible for reservation who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and are certified by a Medical Board constituted by the Central/State Govt. Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply. Candidates claiming such benefits should produce certificate in original (issued by the Competent Authority on or before the last date of online submission of application in the prescribed format available at the end of this advertisement) in support of their claim at the time of Interview/at any stage of the process if provisionally allotted to any of the Participating Organisations. Persons with Disabilities will have to work in Branches/ Offices as identified by the respective Participating Organisation.



Visually Impaired (VI)
Blindness refers to condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions namely (i) Total absence of sight, (ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses. (iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending in angle of 20 degrees or worse. Low vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.


Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI)
The deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non- functional for ordinary purposes of life i.e. total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear, understand sounds at all even with amplified speech. Hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.


Orthopaedically Challenged (OC)
Only those Orthopaedically Challenged candidates who have locomotor disability or cerebral palsy with locomotor impairment of minimum of 40% and only those who fall in the following categories are eligible to apply:


BL - Both legs affected but not arms


OA - One arm affected (R or L) -


(a) Impaired reach;


(b) weakness of grip;


(c) ataxia


OL - One leg affected (R or L)


MW - Muscular weakness and limited physical endurance




IBPS PO IV~~Guidelines for Scribe

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use their own scribe at their cost during the written examination. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:



1.     . The candidate will have to arrange his own scribe at his/her own cost.

2.     . The scribe may be from any academic stream.

3.     . Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above. Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfill any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written examination.

4.     . Those candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.

5.     . The same scribe cannot be used by more than one candidate. In addition the scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the examination (CWE PO/MT-IV). If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature for CWE of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled.
Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favourably entertained.

Guidelines for candidates

(i) with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy 
An extra time of twenty minutes per hour shall be permitted for the candidates with locomotor disability and cerebral palsy where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40% impairment), although, no scribe shall be permitted to such candidates.

(ii) Visually Impaired candidates 
1.     . Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of examination.

2.     . The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will not be available to Visually Impaired candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination.

These guidelines are subject to change in terms of GOI guidelines/ clarifications, if any, from time to time.