Anti Money Laundering

Anti money laundering is a process of laundering of money like a washer man who launders clothes. In another words it is converting an illegally obtained money into a legitimate money.it is conversion of money so as to make it appear to originate from legitimate source. There are three important independent steps in money laundering

a) placement

b) layering

c)integration

money is firstly placed or physically disposed which has been derived from illegal sources. Layering is done thereafter by creating fictitious transactions so as to conceal the same from eyes of law enforcement agencies.Integration is the last stem thereby laundered money is re injected in the economy.



Anti money laundering act has been enacted in India with an aim to prevent, combat and control money laundering. It allows law enforcement agency to confiscate and seize the property obtained from laundered money.Whosoever commits this act shall be punished with a rigorous punishment term of not less than 3 years and may extend up to 7 years along with fine of which may extend up to Rs5 lacs.

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

It is a concept of providing banking services to all those who are not in touch with banks either by providing loan facility or by opening their no frill savings account. No frill accounts are such accounts which are opened with banks with zero or nominal amounts. Banks in India have been asked to ensure 100% financial inclusion in their service area villages.

Banks are known for transferring financial resources from savers to borrowers. Thus banking sector in a country plays a dominant role in the complex financial system by providing liquidity and financial services to all sectors. It institutionalizes savings by accepting deposits from the public and using them to make credit available to households, government businesses and others. The banks are thus market makers...

BANKING IS THE BACK BONE OF ANY ECONOMY. NO COUNTRY CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT SOUND BANKING SYSTEM IN IT'S COUNTRY.

Current Affairs : January 2010: 3

1. Haiti faced unprecedented earthquake recently which seems to be the second worst earthquake in history. What is the official language of the island nation?
a. English
b. French
c. Spanish
d. Louisiana Creole
2. How much have the game administers agreed to pay to the Indian male hockey team to bring the players back to practice for the upcoming World Cup?
a. 50 lakhs to be disbursed among players
b. 2 crore to be disbursed among the players
c. 2 lakhs per player
d. None of the above
3. Sri Lanka defeated India in the Idea Cup final at Mirpur. Who was the skipper of the winning side?
a. Chanaka Welegedara
b. Nuwan Kulasekara
c. Kumar Sangakkara
d. Tillakaratne Dilshan
4. The internet search-engine giant Google has indicated that it will shut down its operations in … following a string of reported cyber attacks on its services.
a. Thailand
b. China
c. Bangladesh
d. India
5. Who is the sponsor of Hockey India?
a. Pepsi
b. Coca Cola
c. Sahara
d. Nike
6. Which judicial post in India came under purview of the Right to Information (RTI)
Act with a judgment by the Delhi High Court?
a. Chief Justice of India
b. Supreme Court judges
c. Chief Justices of States
d. Bar Association members
7. Who did Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa accused for instigating farmers to take to the streets with regard to acquisition of land for the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Medha Patekar
c. HD Deve Gowda
d. SM Krishna
8. For which crime were 21 Indians detained in China’s Shenzhen region recently?
a. Poaching
b. Diamond smuggling
c. Ethnic violence
d. Stealing cars
9. In accordance with a Supreme Court judgment, which authority will probe the fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh by the Gujarat police in 2005?
a. Special Investigation Team
b. A retired judge of Gujarat High Court
c. A sitting judge of Supreme Court
d. Central Bureau of Investigation
10. Which country is putting efforts to be the world’s first nation to build a nuclear-powered spacecraft for interplanetary flights?
a. Russia
b. The USA
c. China
d. France
11. Name this former Indian prime minister who is currently embroiled in a controversy because of his public abuses to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. 
a. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b. HD Deve Gowda
c. Inder Kumar Gujral
d. Chandra Shekhar
12. The premier of which neighbouring country made a visit to India recently?
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Pakistan
d. Bangladesh
13. Which of these ministers, whose middle name can be called “tweet”, has denied the fact that he criticised Jawaharlal Nehru’s foreign policy at a seminar?
a. Naveen Jindal
b. Rahul Gandhi
c. Shashi Tharoor
d. None of the above
14. Name this player of the Indian cricket team who is the top tax payer at Rs 1.5 crore for the last quarter of 2009.
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Virendra Sehwag
c. MS Dhoni
d. Rahul Dravid
15. Which Indian city became the first destination outside US and Europe to host the ‘Marathon Flame’ as part of 7th Standard Chartered … Marathon?
a. Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Kolkata
d. Chennai
16. The solar eclipse on January 15, which provided people to watch sun in the form of a ring, has been given the name … by scientists.
a. Mauni’s ring
b. Mauni’s beads
c. Bailey’s ring
d. Bailey’s beads
17. Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has been conferred a DLitt by ….
a. Mumbai University
b. Kerala University
c. University of Delhi
d. Jawaharlal Nehru University
18. Despite the failure of Copenhagen, green activists are already mobilising support for the Earth Day on April 22. In which year was the Earth Day observed for the first time?
a. 1970
b. 1975
c. 1980
d. 1985
19. India is ready to review a 1950 treaty with a neighbouring country, which is ….
a. Pakistan
b. Nepal
c. Myanmar
d. Sri Lanka
20. The Haiti earthquake has killed at least five lakh people, making it the second-worst in history. Which earthquake, taking 8.6 lakh lives, is recorded as the deadliest one? 
a. Ardabil, Iran, 893
b. Aleppo,Syria, 1138
c. Shanxi, China, 1556
d. Off Sumatra, 2004
21. This exam might become a year-round exam, enabling candidates to attempt it at their will.
a. CAT
b. AIEEE
c. IIT-JEE
d. CBSE PMT
22. The Centre is ready to bear 90 per cent of cost of rejuvenation of water bodies in this region, which is crying for separate statehood.
a. Harit Pradesh, Western UP
b. Gorkhaland
c. Bundelkhand
d. Telangana
23. A film on LK Advani has completely blacked out his RSS connections. Who has made the film?
a. Filmmaker Prakash Jha
b. Actor-politician Shatrughn Sinha
c. Actor-politician Hema Malini
d. Daughter Pratibha Advani
24. This actor is set to replace Tobey Maguire as Spiderman, according to media reports. Name him.
a. Daniel Radcliffe
b. Robert Pattinson
c. Matt Damon
d. None of the above
25. National Security Advisor MK Narayanan has been named as the new Governor of…
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Orissa
d. Bihar

Answers 1. b. French 2. d. None of the above (Correct answer: 1 crore to be disbursed among the players) 3. c. Kumar Sangakkara 4. b. China 5. c. Sahara 6. a. Chief Justice of India 7. c. HD Deve Gowda 8. b. Diamond smuggling 9. d. Central Bureau of Investigation 10. a. Russia 11. b. HD Deve Gowda 12. d. Bangladesh 13. c. Shashi Tharoor 14. a. Sachin Tendulkar 15. b. Mumbai 16. d. Bailey’s beads 17. b. Kerala University 18. a. 1970 19. b. Nepal 20. c. Shanxi, China, 1556 21. a. CAT 22. c. Bundelkhand 23. d. Daughter Pratibha Advani 24. c. Robert Pattinson 25. b. West Bengal

Current Affairs : January 2010: 2

An Indian student was recently stabbed to death in this country, which has lately been in news for a series of alleged racial attacks on Indian students. Name the country. a. UK b. USA c. Australia d. Canada Al-Qaeda threats have recently forced Britain and the US to close their embassies in this country. a. Pakistan b. Afghanistan c. Iraq d. Yemen. Name the world’s tallest building 160-story, 2,717-foot, that officially opened in Dubai recently. a. Emirates Tower b. Burj Khalifa c. Bruj Dubai d. Jumeirah Lake Towers Name the former police chief of Haryana who, after being convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl, would be stripped of his police medal. a. AS Anand b. SP Singh c. SPS Rathore d. DV Sharma Recently, in which city in India 18 medical students, including some interns, were arrested on charges of ragging and were expelled from the hostel? a. Bangalore b. Delhi c. Mumbai d. Chennai The Supreme Court recently declined to quash an attempt to murder case registered against this spiritual. a. Baba Ramdev b. Asaram Bapu c. Sai Baba d. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar In which state five police personnel, including an IPS officer were suspended recently, for allegedly attending a Christmas-eve party thrown by gangsters? a. Karnataka b. Maharasthra c. Kerela d. Andhra Pradesh Neetu Singh, a final-year editing student at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, was picked up by the city police on charges of anti-national activity, taken to Mumbai and deported to Nepal. She is a citizen of which neighboring country? a. Bhutan b. Nepal c. Pakistan d. Sri Lanka Which chief minister in India has introduced a Bill making voting compulsory in all local body elections in his state? a. Narendra Modi b. Sheila Dixit c. Omar Abdullah d. Maywati Which popular football club of the English Premier league suffered a humiliating defeat against Leeds United at the Football Association (FA) Cup soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London? a. Arsenal b. Liverpool c. Chelsea d. Manchester United A partially charred body of an Indian youth was found in …, Australia days after another youth was stabbed to death.  a. New South Wales b. Victoria c. Northern Territory d. Western Australia Recently a meeting of eight recognised political parties was called by the Home Minister P Chidambaram to discuss the Telangana issue. What was the conclusion at the meeting? a. Unanimous decision that Telangana can not be made a separate state b. Majority decision that Telangana can not be made a separate state c. No consensus, and hence no conclusion, was reached d. Decision that Telangana be separated from the existing Andhra Pradesh Who has been named as the national president of the new political outfit, Jan Kranti Party, floated by former BJP leader, Kalyan Singh? The national president is also the son of Kalyan Singh. a. Sameer singh b. Bhola Singh c. Rajveer Singh d. Hemant Singh With which neighbouring country has India decided to settle outstanding issues relating to water sharing and protection of banks of the common rivers? a. Nepal b. Bhutan c. China d. Bangladesh Britain is facing extremely cold weather conditions; it is supposed to be its worst winters in 30 years. What has the phenomenon come to be popularly called? a. Snowy Winters b. Snow and Frost c. Total Stop d. Big Freeze Which place in Sri Nagar came in limelight recently as terrorists engaged in gun battle for a whole day with the police? a. Chasm-e-Shahi b. Lal Chowk c. Charar-E- Sharif d. None of the above For which programme has the Union ministry of environment and forests has rejected an aid from the World Bank? a. Saving mahogany trees b. Saving natural habitat of rhinoceros c. Tiger conservation d. Gangatic dolphin conservation Who has been taken up the task to revive relations with the Southern African nation Zambia? a. Vice-President Hamid Ansari b. Union external affairs minister SM Krishna c. Home minister P Chidambaram d. President Pratibha Patil Which country has decided to introduce controversial ethnicity and gender-based profiling at its airports, apparently for security reasons? a. Germany b. United Kingdom c. Australia d. Egypt A prominent leader of a known party resigned from all party posts recently citing health reasons. Name him and the party. a. Kalyan Singh, Bhartiya Janta Party b. Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party c. PA Sangma, Nationalist Congress Party d. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian National Congress ‘Indian students should not be leaving the country for courses like hairstyling; there are many good institutes for such courses in India’. Who made this comment recently in the wake of murder of Indian student Nitin Garg? a. Union minister for external affairs SM Krishna b. Minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor c. Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal d. Australia’s high commissioner to India Peter Verghese Who has written the book ‘Return to Almora’? a. Ruskin Bond b. Mark Tully c. RK Pachauri d. Sunita Narain Who is the author of the book ‘Managed Chaos’? a. Arun Jaitley b. Arun Shourie c. Kpil Sibal d. Premshankar Jha Former hockey captain Zafar Iqbal has expressed regret that at a time when the country is about to host the Hockey World Cup, the nation’s attention is hooked on to the forthcoming hockey elections. Which city will host the World Cup, starting February 28? a. New Delhi b. Bangalore c. Hyderabad d. Kolkata This star expressed his eagerness to be depicted as the face of Gujarat tourism, following which Chief Minister Narendra Modi has waived off tax on his latest movie. Name the star and the film. a. Aamir Khan, ‘3 Idiots’ b. Salman Khan, ‘Veer’ c. Ranbir Kapoor, ‘Rocket Singh’ d. Amitabh Bachchan, ‘Paa’ Shibu Soren has won the confidence motion in Jharkhand Assembly with … votes. a. 44 b. 45 c. 46 d. 47 IPL has listed 51 players from outside India for its January 19 auction. How many players from Australia have been listed? a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12 This player, the bowling consultant of Kolkata Knight Riders, will be shortly taking a week-long training camp for the team. Name him. a. Javagal Sreenath b. Wasim Akram c. Shane Warne d. None of the above This city now has the world’s tallest hotel. Name it. a. Milan b. Dubai c. Jakarta d. Brisbane This state government has approved a Rs 30,000 crore steel plant project of ArcelorMittal. Name it. a. Tamil Nadu b. Andhra Pradesh c. Karnataka d. Maharashtra

Answers 1. c. Australia 2. d. Yemen 3. b. Burj Khalifa 4. c. SPS Rathore 5. c. Mumbai 6. b. Asaram Bapu 7. b. Maharashtra 8. b. Nepal 9. a. Narendra Modi 10. d. Manchester United 11. a. New South Wales 12. c. No consensus, and hence no conclusion, was reached 13. c. Rajveer Singh 14. d. Bangladesh 15. d. Big freeze 16. b. Lal Chowk 17. c. Tiger conservation 18. a. Vice-President Hamid Ansari 19. b. United Kingdom 20. b. Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party 21. a. Union minister for external affairs SM Krishna 22. c. RK Pachauri 23. d. Premshankar Jha 24. a. New Delhi 25. d. Amitabh Bachchan, Paa 26. b. 45 27. c. 11 28. b. Wasim Akram 29.b. Dubai 30.c. Karnataka

Current Affairs :January 2010: 1

1. … actor, Vishnuvardhan died of cardiac arrest. Frenzied fans, who could not pay tribute to the icon due to surging crowd, went berserk and threw stones which did not spare even the wife of the deceased.
   a. Tamil
   b. Kannada
   c. Telugu
   d. Malyalam
   
   
2. Name the head of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) who was sworn in as a minister in Jharkhand Assembly alongside Shibu Soren as the chief minister.
   a. Sudesh Mahato
   b. Raghubar Das
   c. Aditya Swaroop
   d. Yashwant Sinha
   
   
3. N Ram, editor-in-chief of newspaper ‘The Hindu’, has been conferred the second Lokmanya Tilak National Journalist Award by the Kesari Mahratta Trust. Who was the recipient of the first award in 2009?
   a. Barkha Dutt, NDTV
   b. Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN-IBN
   c. Govind Singh, ‘Amar Ujala’
   d. Vir Sanghvi, ‘Hindustan Times’
   
   
4. Name the barrister of Indian-origin, who has been appointed as the Recorder by Queen Elizabeth in the United Kingdom.
   a. Kalyani Kaul
   b. Arpita MAjumdar
   c. CV Ramanna Rao
   d. Austin Joseph
   
   
5. Which country does the al Qaeda suspect, charged with trying to blow up a United States airliner, belong to?
   a. Egypt
   b. Iraq
   c. Nigeria
   d. Ghana
   
   
6. Why has a constitutional amendment bill been tabled in the legislature Parliament in Nepal?
   a. To extend term of the present government
   b. To make Nepal a Hindu state
   c. To define boundaries of Nepal’s constituencies
   d. To allow people of authority to take oath in their mother tongue
   
   
7. Recently Japan showed its keenness for India to ratify a treaty. Which treaty is it?
   a. Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
   b. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
   c. Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security
   d. None of the above
   
   
8. The Union tourism ministry has launched an initiative on ‘safe and honourable tourism’ which would essentially promote the cause of protecting ….
   a. Women
   b. Children
   c. Women and children
   d. Beggers
   
   
9. According to a survey by Hotels.com, an accommodation website, which is the most favourite building of the world among the international travelers?
   a. Taj Mahal
   b. Statue of Liberty
   c. Empire State Building
   d. Eiffel Tower
   
   
10. An Indian Airline’s plane from Kathmandu, bound to Delhi, was hijacked in December 1999 by terrorists demanding release of their friends. Where did the terrorists take the plane?
    a. Back to Kathmandu, Nepal
    b. Delhi, India
    c. Kandhar, Afghanistan
    d. Peshawar, Pakistan
    
    
11. The ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Firoz Shah Kotla, Delhi was cancelled due to bad condition of the pitch. Where was a match between the same countries cancelled due to same reason in 1997?
    a. Kanpur
    b. Indore
    c. Hyderabad
    d. Chennai
    
    
12. The by-election to the Pennagaram Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu was postponed as some political parties said that the current schedule was close to Pongal festival. Who is the chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu?
    a. Naresh Gupta
    b. Shekhar Channe
    c. Pooja Kulkarni
    d. Ajit Srivastava
    
    
13. According to the US magazine, ‘Entertainment Weekly’, who/what is “the greatest entertainer of the decade”?
    a. Harry Potter
    b. YouTube
    c. Facebook
    d. Friends, serial on Star World
    
    
14. Which country’s top legislature has adopted an amendment to the renewable energy law mandating electricity grid companies to buy all the power produced by renewable energy generators?
    a. United Kingdom
    b. Germany
    c. China
    d. Japan
    
    
15. With which country will the DRDO tie-up to develop the Kaveri aero engine?
    a. Switzerland
    b. France
    c. United States
    d. Australia
    
    
16. The Danish police had to fire at a person who had attacked the cartoonist who had made the controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammad. Name him. What was the attacker’s nationality?
    a. Somalia
    b. Iraq
    c. Lebanon
    d. Libya
    
    
17. ‘Three Idiots’, the recent movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani, is at the center of controversy due to credit placement to the author Chetan Bhagat, from whose book ‘Five Point Someone’ the movie is inspired. Which other film is based on one of Chetan Bhagat’s works?
    a. ‘Love Aaj Kal’
    b. ‘Aloo Chat’
    c. ‘Hello’
    d. ‘Chai, Paani etc’
    
    
18. The environment and forest ministry has cleared this 56,400 crore project and has allowed it to acquire 2,900 acres of forestland to this project. Name it. 
    a. Vedanta
    b. Posco
    c. Tata Nano
    d. Arcelor Mittal
    
    
19. The BJP has stated that in the year 2010 it will keep a watch on the Congress on … issues. 
    a. 5
    b. 7
    c. 9
    d. 10
    
    
20. MK Alagiri had requested to be allowed to speaking in Tamil in the Parliament, as he is neither comfortable with Hindi, nor with English. Which ministry does he head?
    a. Mines
    b. Shipping
    c. Chemicals and fertilisers
    d. Overseas Indian affairs
    
    
21. Who is the author of newly-released ‘A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 & the American Civil War’?
    a. Ramachandra Guha
    b. Rajmohan Gandhi
    c. William Dalrymple
    d. Sumit Sarkar
    
    
22. Who is the author of ‘We Must Have No Price’, which scrutinizes several scams and takes up issue of internal security?
    a. Mani Shankar Aiyer
    b. Arun Jaitley
    c. Sitaram Yechury
    d. Arun Shourie
    
    
23. A court in this country has set aside government’s ban on Christians using the name of Allah, saying that Christians have the Constitutional right to the word. Which country are we talking about?
    a. Indonesia
    b. Malaysia
    c. Pakistan
    d. Oman
    
    
24. Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu has scored a first. What is it?
    a. She has become the first person to ski to the South Pole
    b. She has become the first Indian to ski to the South Pole
    c. She has become the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole
    d. She has become the first Indian woman to skydive onto the South Pole
    
    
25. Salman Rushdie’s visit to this site has angered the Muslim clerics, 21 years after the Fatwa against him over Satanic Verses. Name the monument he visited in a hush-hush manner.
    a. Jama Masjid, Delhi
    b. Taj Mahal, Agra
    c. Ajmer Sharif
    d. Haji Ali, Mumbai
    
    
26. Billy Arjan Singh, who passed away on January1 this year, was the man behind ….
    a. Kanha National Park
    b. Dudhwa National Park
    c. Kaziranga National Park
    d. Sariska Bird Sanctuary
    
    
27. This state has enacted a legislation, which makes voting in local body polls mandatory. We are talking about ….
    a. Gujarat
    b. Maharashtra
    c. Tamil Nadu
    d. Karnataka
    
    
28. The Harvard Business Review has named this Indian among the world’s five best performing CEOs. Whom are we talking about?
    a. Sunil Bharti Mittal
    b. Shiv Nadar
    c. Anil Ambani
    d. Mukesh Ambani
    
    
29. The Indian team won 16 out of 21 gold medals in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships. In which city was the Championship held?
    a. Jalandhar
    b. Ludhiana
    c. Amritsar
    d. Karnal
    
    
30. Who is the author of ‘The Rediscovery of India’?
    a. Rahul Gandhi
    b. Priyanka Gandhi
    c. Gurcharan Das
    d. Meghnad Desai

Answers 1. b. Kannada 2. a. Sudesh Mahato 3. d. Vir Sanghvi, ‘Hindustan Times’ 4. a. Kalyani Kaul 5. c. Nigeria 6. d. To allow people of authority to take oath in their mother tongue 7. b. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 8. c. Women and children 9. d. Eiffel Tower 10. c. Kandhar, Afghanistan 11. b. Indore 12. a. Naresh Gupta 13. a. Harry Potter 14. c. China 15. b. France 16. a. Somalia 17. c. ‘Hello’ 18. b. Posco 19. d. 10 20. c. Chemicals and fertilisers 21. b. Rajmohan Gandhi 22. d. Arun Shourie 23. b. Malaysia 24. c. She has become the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole 25. b. Taj Mahal, Agra 26. b. Dudhwa National Park 27. a. Gujarat 28. d. Mukesh Ambani 29. a. Jalandhar 30. d. Meghnad Desai

Heads of important Government Offices,Institutions / Other organizations: India

Heads of important Government Offices,Institutions / Other organizations
1. Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India: K. G. Balakrishnan
2. Chairman of Sangeet Natak Academy: Ram Niwas Mirdha
3. President of Sahitya Academy: Sunil Gangopadhyay
4. Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharti of India: Baljeet Singh Lalli
5. Chairman of the Planning Commission of India : Dr. Manmohan Singh
6. Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
7. President of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII): Venu Srinivasan
8. Director General of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII): Chandrajeet Banerjee
9. President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FICCI): Harsh Pati Singhania
10. President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM): Som Mittal
11. Chairman of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM): Pramod Bhasin
12. Chairman of National School of Drama: Amal Allana
13. Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG): Vinod Rai
14. Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC): Pratyush Sinha
15. Director General of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research: Samir K. Brahmachari
16. Director of Indian Agriculture Research Institute(IARI): Hari Shankar Gupta
17. Chairman of the Election Commission / Chief Election Commissioner: Naveen Chawla
18. Attorney General of India: Goolam E. Vahanwati
19. Solicitor General of India : Gopal Subramanium
20. Law minister to the Government of India :- M. Veerappa Moily
21. Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India: T.S. Vijayan
22. Chairman cum Managing Director of (CMD) of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC):Yogesh Lohia
23. Chairman of Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA): J. Hari Narayan
24. Chairman of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD): Umesh Chandra Sarangi
25. Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC): S. K. Thorat
26. Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI): Viajy Kumar Chopra
27. Governor of Reserve Bank of India: D. Subbarao
28. Chairman of the State Bank of India: O.P. Bhatt
29. Secretary General of Lok Sabha: P.D.T. Achary
30. Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar
31. Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Kariya Munda
32. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha: Mohammad Hamid Ansari
33. Deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha: K. Rahaman Khan
34. Secretary –General of the Rajya Sabha: Vivek Agnihotri
35. Chairperson of the Children Film Society of India: Nandita Das
36. Chairman of National Film Development Corporation of India: Om Puri
37. Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC): D. P. Aggarwal
38. Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI): Dr. J.S. Sarma
39. Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India: K. M. Chandrashekhar
40. Chairman of Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI): C. B. Bhave
41. President of ASSOCHAM: Swati Piramal
42. Central Information Commissioner (CIC): Presently vacant
43. Chief of the Army Staff: Deepak Kapoor
44. Chief of the Air Staff: P. V. Naik
45. Chief of the Naval Staff: Nirmal Kumar Verma
46. Chief of the Integrated Defense staff: Suresh Chand Mukul
47. Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): Ashwini Kumar
48. Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO): K. Radhakrishnan
49. Chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB): Amrita Patel

Allahabad Bank Recruitment 2009: General Knowledge Questions

1. Who among the following Presidents of India served as the Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement for some period?

1. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2. Varahagiri Venkatagiri
3. Giani Zail Singh
4. Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma

2. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists

List I (Person)	List II (Organization
A. Anil Agarwal	1. Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.
B. Gautam H. Singhania	2. Raymond Ltd.
C. Sanjay Dalmia	3. Vedanta Resources
D. Venugopal Dhoot	4. Videocon Group

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	1	2	4
(b)	4	1	2	3
(c)	3	2	1	4
(d)	4	2	1	3

3. To integrate cultural leaders into its meetings, which one of the following gives "Crystal Award"?

1. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
2. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
3. World Health Organization
4. World Economic Forum
   

4. In India, which of the following states has the largest inland saline wetland?

1. Gujarat
2. Haryana
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Rajasthan

5. Consider the following statements:

1. MMTC is India's largest trading organization
2. Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited has been set up by MMTC jointy with the Government of Orissa

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

6. In which of the following states has India's largest private sector sea port been commissioned recently?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Karnataka
3. Kerala
4. Tamil Nadu
   

7. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. Japan: Nikkei
2. Singapore: Shcomp
3. UK: FTSE
4. USA: Nasdaq
   

8. Consider the following statements:

1. INS Sindhughosh is an aircraft carrier
2. INS Viraat is a submarine

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
   

9. Consider the following statements:

1. The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices recommends the Minimum Support Prices for 32 crops
2. The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has launched the National Food Security Mission

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
   

10. In India, ports are categorized as major and non-major ports. Which one of the following is a non-major port?

1. Kochi (Cochin)
2. Dahej
3. Paradip
4. New Mangalore
   

11. Among other things, which one of the following was the purpose for which the Deepak Parekh Committee was constituted?

1. To study the current socio-economic conditions of certain minority communities
2. To suggest measures for financing the development of infrastructure
3. To frame a policy on the production of genetically modified organisms
4. To suggest measure to reduce the fiscal deficit in the Union Budget
   

12. The brothers Umakanth and Ramakanth Gundecha are

1. Dhrupad vocalists
2. Kathak dancers
3. Sarod maestros
4. Tabla players
   

13. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I (Famous person)	List II (Well-known for)
A. Mandakini Amte	1. Theatre director
B. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry	2.Social service and community leadership
C. Romila Thapar	3. Dance
D. Vanashree Rao	4. History writing

Code:

	A	B	C	D
a	2	1	4	3
b	2	4	1	3
c	3	1	4	2
d	3	4	1	2

14. With reference to Stree Shakti Puraskar, for which one of the following is "Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Award" given?

1. Administrative skills
2. Achievements in scientific research
3. Achievements in sports and games
4. Courage and valour
   

15. In which state is the Buddhist site Tabo Monastery located?

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Sikkim
4. Uttarakhand
   

16. With which one of the following has the B.K. Chaturvedi Committee dealt?

1. Review of Centre-State relations
2. Review of Delimitation Act
3. Tax reforms and measures to increase revenues
4. Price reforms in the oil sector
   

17. Mahamastakabhisheka, a great religious event, is associated with and done for who of the following?

1. Bahubali
2. Buddha
3. Mahavir
4. Nataraja
   

18. Consider the following pairs:

	Tradition	State
1.	Gatka, a traditional martial art	Kerala
2.	Madhubani, a traditional painting	Bihar
3.	Singhey Khababs Sindhu Darshan Festival	Jammu and Kashmir

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 3 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3
   

19. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

	List I (Famous person)		List II (Well-known as)
A.	Anna Hazare	1.	Lawyer
B.	Deepak Parekh	2.	Banker
C.	GVK Reddy	3.	Gandhian and social activist
D.	Harish Salve	4.	Industrialist

Code:

	A	B	C	D
a	1	2	4	3
b	1	4	2	3
c	3	2	4	1
d	3	4	2	1

20. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

	List I (Famous person)		List II (Well-known as)
A.	Amrita Sher-Gil	1.	Dancer
B.	Bhimsen Joshi	2.	Painter
C.	Rukmini Devi Arundale	3.	Poet
D.	Suryakant Tripathi Nirala	4.	Singer

Code:

	A	B	C	D
a	2	1	4	3
b	2	4	1	3
c	3	1	4	2
d	3	4	1	2

21. With reference to the schemes launched by the Union Government, consider the following statements:

1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
2. Minstry of Textiles launched the Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
   

22. Consider the following pairs:

	Persons	Sport
1.	Anand Pawar	Chess
2.	Akhil Kumar	Boxing
3.	Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia	Golf

       
         Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3
   

23. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

	List I (Book)		List II (Author)
A.	In Custody	1.	Amartya Sen
B.	Sea of Poppies	2.	Amitav Ghosh
C.	The Argumentative Indian	3.	Anita Desai
D.	Unaccostomed Earth	4.	Jhumpa Lahiri

Code:

	A	B	C	D
a	4	1	2	3
b	4	2	1	3
c	3	2	1	4
d	3	1	2	4

24. Among the following, who are the Agaria community?

1. A traditional toddy tappers community of Andhra Pradesh
2. A traditional fishing community of Maharashtra
3. A traditional silk-weaving community of Kerala
4. A traditional salt pan workers community of Gujarat
   

25. Recently, which one of the following was included in the UNESCO's World Heritage list?

1. Dilwara Temple
2. Kalka-Simla Railway
3. Bhiterkania Mangrove Area
4. Vishakapatnam to Araku valley railway line

Answer:

1.c  2.c  3. d 4.d 5.c 6.a 7.b 8.d  9.d 10.b

11.b 12.a 13.a 14.a 15.b 16.d 17.a 18.c 19.c 20.b

21.b 22.b 23.c 24.d 25.b

Important Abbreviations and their Full Form - P to Z

Short Name	Full Form or Abbreviations
PIN	Postal Index Number
PSLV	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PWD	Public Works Department;
R&D	Research and Development
RADAR	Radio Detecting and Ranging
RAM	Random Access Memory
RAW	Research & Analysis Wing
RBI	Reserve Bank of India
RDX	Research Department Explosive (Cyclotrim-ethylin Trinitrate)
RISC	Reduced instruction-set computing
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
ROM	Read Only Memory
RPM	Revolutions Per Minute
RTI	Right to Information
SAIL	Steel Authority of India Limited
SARS	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SCSI	Small Computer Systems Interface
SEBI	Securities and Exchange Board of India
SENSEX	Sensitivity Index (of Share Price)
SEZ	Special Economic Zone
SGPC	Siromani Gurudwara Prabandak Committee
SIM	Subscriber Information Module
SLV	Satellite Launch Vehicle
SMS	Short Message Service
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
STD	Subscriber Trunk Dialling; Sexually Transmitted Diseases
TADA	Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
TCP	Transfer Call Protocol Transmission Control Protocol
TELCO	Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
TFT	Thin-Film Transistor
TIFR	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
TISCO	Tata Iron and Steel Company
TOEFL	Test of English as a Foreign Language
UAV	Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UGC	University Grants Commission
ULFA	United Liberation Front of Asom
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organi-sation
UNI	United News of India
UNICEF	United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (now, 'United Nations Children's Fund')
UNU	United Nations University
UPA	United Progressive Alliance
UPSC	Union Public Service Commission
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
VAT	Value Added Tax
VCR	Video Cassette Recorder
VIP	Very Important Person
VIRUS	Vital Information Resources Under Siege
VRML	Virtual Reality Modelling Language
VRS	Voluntary Retirement Scheme
VSSC	Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
WHO	World Health Organisation
WMO	World Meteorological Organisation
WTO	World Trade Orga-nisation
WWF	World Wildlife Fund
WWW	World Wide Web
WYSIWYG	What you see is what you get
XML	Extensible Mark-up Language
YMCA	Young Men's Christian Association
ZIP	Zone Improvement Plan