[11/10 9:29 am] : Todays CURRENT affairs
Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom
win 2016 Nobel Prize in
Economics
Indian researcher produces stable
Perovskite Nanocrystal solar cells
SC widens ambit of Domestic
Violence Act, 2005
Janani Suraksha Yojana pays
dividends: Study
Hubble Space Telescope detects
Great Balls of Fire
IAE to tie up with India for its
global LED programme
Union Government to invite bids
soon for 36 inland waterways
Union Government extends anti-
dumping duty on certain Chinese
products
October 10: World Mental Health
Day
October 9: World Post Day
[11/10 10:05 am] : VISION:
*Important (ABBREVIATIONS - of ALL SCHEMES)*
*The vision WhatsApp*
•UDAY - UJWAL DISCOM ASSURANCE YOJANA
•SEHAT - SOCIAL ENDEVOUR FOR HEALTHCARE AND TELEMEDICINE
•PMMY - PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA
•PMJDY - PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA
•PMJJBY - PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN JYOTI BIMA YOJANA
•PMSBY - PRDHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA
•APY - ATAL PENSION YOJANA (old name swalamban yojana)
•KVP - KISAN VIKAS PATRA
•SBA - SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN
•PMSAGY - PRDHAN MANTRI SANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA.
•KABY - KRISHI AMDANI BEEMA YOJANA
•AMRUT - ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION & URBAN TRANSFORMATION
•PMGSY - PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SINCHAI YOJANA
•BSA - BAL SWACHHTA ABHIYAN
•NGM - NAMAMI GANGA YOJANA
•HRIDAY - HERITAGE CITY DEVELOPMENT & AUGMENTATION YOJANA
•USTTAD - UPGRADING THE SKILLS & TRAINING IN TRADITIONAL ARTS/CRAFTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
•PMMMNMTT - PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA MISSION ON TEACHERS & TEACHING
•PRASAD - PILGRIMAGE REJUVENATION &
SPRITUAL AUGMENTATION DRIVE
•IAF - INDIA ASPIRATION FUND (2000 crore)
•SMILE - SIDBI MAKE IN INDIA FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES (10000 crore)
•SBA - SUGAMAYA BHARAT ABHIYAN
•BBB - BANK BOARD BUREAU
•PKVY - PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA
•UCB - URBAN COOPERATIVE BANKS
•IUHDSS - INTEGRATED UNDERWATER DEFENCE & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
•FIPIC - FORUM FOR INDIA — PACIFIC ISLANDS CO-OPERATION (14 countries)
•LARR - LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILATION & RESETTLEMENT
•SNY - SCHOOL NURSERY YOJANA ( 6th to 9th class)
•ISS - INTEREST SUBVENTION SCHEME
•PMVLK - PRADHAN MANTRI VIDYA LAKSHMI YOJANA
•OAMS - ONLINE APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Nai Roshni)
•MUDRA - MICRO UNITS DEVELOPMENT & REFINANCE AGENCY
•SETU - SELF EMPLOYMENT & TALENT UTILIZATION
•PRAGATI - PRO ACTIVE GOVERNANCE AND TIMELY IMPLEMENTAION
•NPS - NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME
*LATEST IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS*
• KCC – Kisan Credit Card
• KVIC – Khadi and Village Industries Corporation
• KYC – Know your customer
• LAMPS – Large Sized Adivasi Multipurpose societies
• LERMS – Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System
• LIC – Life Insurance Corporation of India
• MCA – Ministry of Company affairs
• MIS – Management Information System
• MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
• NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
• NBFC – Non Banking Finance Companies
• NEFT – National
Electronic Funds Transfer
• NPA – Non Performing assets
• NRE – Non Resident External account
• NRI – Non Resident Indian
• OLTAS – Online tax accounting system
• OMO – Open market operations
• PACS – Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
• PDO – Public Debt Office
• PIN – Personal Identification Number
• QIB – Qualified Institutional Buyers
• RBI – Reserve Bank of India
• RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
• REC – Rural ElectrificationCorporation
• RFC – Resident Foreign Currency
• RIDF – Rural
Infrastructure Development Fund
• RRB – Regional Rural Bank
• RTGS – Real Time Gross Settlement
• RWA – Risk Weighted Assets
• SCB – Scheduled Commercial Bank
• SDR – Special Drawing Rights
• SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India
• SFMS - Structured Financial Messaging Services
• SHG – Self Help Group
• SIDBI – Small Industries Development Bank of India
• SIDC – State Industrial Development Corporation
• SJSRY –Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana
• SLRS – Scheme for Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavangers
• SMERA – SME rating agency of India Limited
• SSI – Small Scale Industries
• SME – Small and Medium Industries
• SSSBE – Small Scale Service and Business Enterprises
• UTI – Unit Trust of India
• WPI – Wholesale Price Index
• YTM – Yield to maturity
• LAB – Local Area Banks
• ALM – Asset Liability Management
• ANBC – Adjusted Net Bank Credit
• ASBA – Applications supported Bank accounts
• BOE – Bill of Exchange
• CASA – Current and savings accounts
• CBLO – Collateralised Bank Lending Obligations
• CIBIL – Credit Information Bureau of India Limited
[11/10 10:59 am] : GK & Current Affairs:
October 8-9, 2016
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Heisnam Kanhailal,
who passed away
recently, was related to
which field?
[A]Theatre
[B]Science
[C]Sports
[D]Politics
*Show Answer* .
The Batukamma
festival is celebrated
in which state of
India?
[A]Karnataka
[B]Telangana
[C]Jharkhand
[D]Kerala
*Show Answer* .
The Indian Air Force
(IAF) Day is
celebrated on which
date?
[A]October 9
[B]October 7
[C]October 8
[D]October 10
*Show Answer* .
India’s first-ever
international
arbitration centre has
set up in which city?
[A]Pune
[B]Mumbai
[C]New Delhi
[D]Kochi
*Show Answer* .
What is the India’s
rank in the
Biopharmaceutical
Competitiveness &
Investment (BCI)
Survey?
[A]28th
[B]33rd
[C]10th
[D]19th
*Show Answer* .
What is the theme of
2016 World Post Day
(WPD)?
[A]Tell us about the
world you want to
grow up in
[B]Write a letter
describing how music
can touch lives
[C]The Post: Delivering
for People and
Businesses Daily
[D]Innovation,
Integration and
Inclusion
*Show Answer* .
Doordarshan has
signed MoU with
which institute for
transmission of Gyan
Darshan channels?
[A]IIT Bombay
[B]Amity University
[C]IGNOU
[D]IIM Ahmedabad
*Show Answer* .
Who has won 2016
Formula One
Japanese Grand Prix?
[A]Kimi Raikkonen
[B]Nico Rosberg
[C]Max Verstappen
[D]Sebastian Vettel
Show Answer .
PR Sreejesh is
associated with
which sports?
[A]Badminton
[B]Cricket
[C]Hockey
[D]Table Tennis
*Show Answer* .
The book “Old Path
White Clouds:
Walking in the
Footsteps of the
Buddha” has been
authored by whom?
[A]PV Narasimha Rao
[B]Vinay Sitapati
[C]Thich Nhat Hanh
[D]Dalai Lama
*Show Answer*
[12/10 10:26 am] : GK & Current Affairs :
October 10, 2016
October 11, 2016
What is the theme of
2016 World Mental
Health Day?
[A]Psychological First
Aid
[B]Dignity in mental
health
[C]Depression: A
Global Crisis
[D]Health: Mental Will
Power
*Show Answer* .
“Lalima Abhiyan”
will be launch by the
which state
government to make
state free from
anaemia?
[A]Odisha
[B]Assam
[C]Madhya Pradesh
[D]Kerala
*Show Answer* .
The 2016
International Gita
festival will be held in
which state of India?
[A]Madhya Pradesh
[B]Haryana
[C]Uttar Pradesh
[D]Rajasthan
*Show Answer* .
Who has been
appointed as China’s
new Ambassador to
India?
[A]Sun Weidong
[B]Luo Zhaohui
[C]Ma Qiang
[D]Le Yucheng
Show Answer .
The book “Half Lion:
How P V Narasimha
Rao Transformed
India” has been
authored by whom?
[A]R B Gaur
[B]Sajid Khan
[C]Vinay Sitapati
[D]Ashok Chawla
*Show Answer* .
Who has won the
2016 China Open
Women’s Singles
Tennis tournament ?
[A]Agnieszka
Radwanska
[B]Petra Kvitova
[C]Simona Halep
[D]Venus Williams
*Show Answer* .
Which of the
following
personalities have won
the 2016 Nobel Prize in
Economics?
[A]Eugene Fama and
Robert Shiller
[B]Angus Deaton and
Jean Tirole
[C]lvin Roth and Lloyd
Shapley
[D]Oliver Hart and
Bengt Holmstrom
*Show Answer* .
Harika Dronavalli is
associated with
which sports?
[A]Badminton
[B]Table Tennis
[C]Chess
[D]Boxing
*Show Answer* .
Which sportsperson
has won the 2016
Ekalabya Award?
[A]Ajinkya Rahane
[B]PV Sindhu
[C]Mary Kom
[D]Srabani Nanda
*Show Answer* .
Who has won 2016
China Open Men’s
Singles Tennis
tournament?
[A]Andy Murray
[B]Novak Djokovic
[C]Rafael Nadal
[D]Grigor Dimitrov
*Show Answer*
[12/10 10:30 am] : GK & Current Affairs :
October 11, 2016
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What is the theme of
2016 International
Day of the Girl Child
(IDGC)?
[A]Ending Child
Marriage
[B]Girls’ Progress =
Goals’ Progress: What
Counts for Girls
[C]The Power of the
Adolescent Girl: Vision
for 2030
[D]Innovating for
Girl’s Education
Show Answer .
Where are the
headquarters of the
International Energy
Agency (IEA)?
[A]Paris
[B]Geneva
[C]London
[D]New York
Show Answer .
Who is the newly
elected Prime
Minister of Morocco?
[A]Hamid Chabat
[B]Abbas El Fassi
[C]Abdelilah Bekirane
[D]Mustapha Ramid
Show Answer .
How much amount
has been donated by
India to the Nelson
Mandela Foundation to
help it in its welfare
work for the people of
South Africa?
[A]Rs. 8.4 million
[B]Rs. 9.3 million
[C]Rs. 10.0 million
[D]Rs. 11.9 million
Show Answer .
Which state has
launched ‘Duck
Boats’ to boost tourist
footfall?
[A]Kerala
[B]Maharashtra
[C]Goa
[D]Tamil Nadu
Show Answer .
The International
Dussehra festival has
started in which state
of India?
[A]Karnataka
[B]Rajasthan
[C]Kerala
[D]Himachal Pradesh
Show Answer .
The World’s first-
ever “Bionic
Olympics” has started
in which country?
[A]Malaysia
[B]Indonesia
[C]China
[D]Switzerland
Show Answer .
Aaron Pryor, who
passed away
recently, was related to
which sports?
[A]Boxing
[B]Badminton
[C]Wrestling
[D]Swimming
Show Answer .
Ruthvika Shivani is
associated with
which sports?
[A]Tennis
[B]Badminton
[C]Chess
[D]Hockey
Show Answer .
The book “The
Greatest Bengali
Stories Ever Told” has
been authored by
whom?
[A]Urmila Das
[B]Vijay Kumar
[C]Amar Mitra
[D]Arunava Sinha
Show Answer
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