General Awareness

 News Headlines 
  1. Arvind Kejriwal (Chief Minister of Delhi) publically announced the Helpline for Anti corruption as he promised to Delhi Citizens on oath day ceremony.
  2. The Helpline Number is 011-27357169. (8 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
  3. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were defeated in the women’s doubles third round by Ye Na Jang and So Young Kim of Korea in Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament
  4. Mahesh Rawat hits unbeaten century from the Railways side in Ranji Trophy Quaterfinals
  5. Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said the decision of disinvestment of Indian Oil Corporation is deffered by EGoM (Empowered Group of Ministers) headed by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
  6. Allahabad High Court issued Notice to AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) and ECI (Election Commission of India) on a petition filed by Naitik Party over Election Symbol of “Broom”
  7. As per the Naitik Party the broom symbol is allotted to them 2012 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
  8. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said the Income Tax authorities to withdraw tax benefits of four cricket Associations, Saurashtra Cricket Association, Baroda Cricket Association, Kerala Cricket Association and Maharashtra Cricket Association as they are engaging in commercial activities. This is not legal as per the amended provisions of Sec 2(15) of the Income Tax Act.
  9. Rs. 1 crore as aid has been given by Uttar Pradesh government to Madhuri Dixit starrer Dedh Ishqiya and Saif Ali Khan’s Bullet Raja in a bid to attract film producers to make their movies in the state.
  10. State Legislative Council Summon to former Army Chief V. K. Singh through Haryana Police for appearance before it on 22 January 2014. The council is seeking reply about the payment of cash to ministers in Jammu & Kashmir case.
  11. Former Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa formally rejoined the BJP. Yeddyurappa quit the BJP in December 2012 when he was forced to resign as chief minister because of corruption charges on him.
News in Headline and General Awareness
  1. Over 20 Indian-origin youths are among Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's " brightest young stars" under the age of 30 in Forbes third annual ’30 under 30’. The young achievers are from 15 different fields
  2. Nine People killed in fire in Dehradun-Bandra Express at Dahanu Road Station. Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge announced an ex-gratia of 5 Lakh to each.
  3. Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade is arrested in New York for Fraud Visa charges. 
  4. West Indies draw One-day series with New Zealand with 2-2. In the last match West Indies trashes New Zealand and draw the series. 
  5. Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Qualfied for semifinals of the Sydney International but Leander Paes start 2014 season from a poor start as he is out in the first round. 
  6. Lindsey Vonn (Gold Medalist in 2010 Vencouver Olympics) will not play in 2014 Olympics due to Injury in knee. Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi (Russia) 
  7. 2016 Summer Olympics will held in Rio-de-Janerio, Brazil
  8. 2018 Winter Olympics will held in South Africa.
  9. The Olympics Rings are knows as its symbol. It represents five continents (Africa, America, Asia, Oceania, Europe). With Five Colours Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Black.
  10. Olympic motto, Citius, Altius, Fortius, is taken from Latin expression . It means Faster, Higher, Stronger. 
GK for Punjab Co-operative Bank Clerical Exam (Part – 1)
  1. World Kabbadi Cup held from December 1 to 14, 2013 in Various Cities of Punjab
  2. This is 4th International Circle Kabbadi World Cup. First World cup held in 2010.
  3. Style of the Kabbadi Match is Circle Style.
  4. 11 Nations Participated in this World Cup in Men’s Tournament and 8 Nations Participated in Women’s Tournament.
  5. Opening Ceremony of World cup held in Multipurpose Sports Stadium, Bhatinda.
  6. Closing  Ceremony of World cup held in Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.
  7. Chief Minister of Pakistani Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif was the chief guest for the Closing ceremony
  8. India Won both Men’s and Women’s Titles. In men’s title India beat Pakistan and women’s India beat New Zealand.
  9. Iran is only country who is in the world cup but didn’t play any match.
  10. Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala are declared Smoke Free Disricts By Punjab Government.
  11. Punjab Cultural Promotion Council (PCPC) organising 6th Punjab Multicultural Festival, India to Celebrate 'Decade Celebrations of Punjab International Folk Festivals', from 11 to 20 November 2013.
  12. Sex Ratio on Punjab is 893 Females per 1000 Males. (Census 2011)
  13. Population of Punjab 3,60,04,423. Sikhs - 63.60%, Hindus - 34.00%, Muslims - 2%, Christians - 1.20%, Jains - 0.16%
  14. Literacy Rate in Punjab is 76.7%
  15. Full form of PEPSU : Patiala and East Punjab States Union. PEPSU was a state of India for 1948 to 1956. Which has eight East Punjab princely states Patiala, Jind, Nabha, Kapurthala, Faridkot, Kalsia, Malerkotia and Nalagarh.  Maharaja Yadavinder Singh of Patiala volunteered to work for the formation of a PEPSU. After that It Merges into Punjab
  16. McMahon Line is Boundary Line between India and China. The Line Named after Sir Henry McMahon.
  17. Radcliffe Line is Boundary Line between India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India. The Line Name after Sir Cyril Radcliffe.
  18. Durand Line is Boundary Line between Pakistan and Afganistan. The Line Name after Sir Moretimer Durand.


News in Headlines (07th January 2014)


1.  India test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile, which is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and has a strike range of 350 km, from Chandipur near.
· This is surface to surface missile
· DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organisation)
2. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) will carry out an "entrustment audit" of the three power distribution companies in Delhi for the entire period since 2002 when they signed their contracts.
3. Jainism is the only religion which is not in minority in India.
4. Himachal High Court Banned Fast Food in Plastic Packing in the state.
5. Latvia is the new member of Euro Zone States which uses the Euro as its currency.
6. The Prime Minister of Japan “Shinzo Abe” will be the Guest of Honor on Republic Day 2014.
7. India & Maldives agreed to Jointly Patrol and Conduct surveillance to Strengthen security in Indian Ocean Region.
8. Animal rights body PETA-India named “Shashi Throor” as person of the year for taking steps for animal protection.
9. Shashi Throor is Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development. 

10. New Head of Maharashtra Women Commission is “Sushiben Shah”

News in Headlines (06th January 2014)
1.      Ashraf Jehan, former additional judge at the High Court in Sind, made history. she took oath in Karachi as First Female Judge in the History of Pakistan for Pakistan’s National Sharia Court.
·         Chief Justice of Shariat court of Pakistan is Agha Rafiq Ahmed.
·         Prime Minister of Pakistan is Nawaz Shariff & President is Manmoon Hussain
2.      The coldest place in Punjab (India) Adampur in with a low of 0.8 degrees Celsius.
3.      Justice A.K. Ganguly (Former Supreme Court Judge) resigned from West Bengal Human rights Commission. (WVGRC)
·         A Committee found guilty of sexually harassing a lawyer who interned for him
·         Governor of West Bengal MK Narayanan
4.      Sunday on 5th January 2014, ISRO launched GSAT-14 communication satellite launch by GSLV-D5 rocket powered by the indigenous cryogenic engine.
·         GSAT-14 carries 12 transponders for communication and broadcasting uses and is the first domestic satellite to be successfully placed in orbit
·         Launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
·         GSAT-14 expected to replace GSAT-3
·         ISRO : Indian Space Research Organisation
·         GSLV-D5 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II) is demonstrated the much needed indigenously built cryogenic engine for the first time on the medium-lift rocket,
5.      The India's biggest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is acquired from Russia has finally arrived in the Arabian Sea.
6.      Cost of the ship is $2.3 billion .


Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) of PSU banks
- State Bank of India-Arundhati Bhattacharya

- Bharatiya Mahila Bank - Usha Ananthasubramaniam
- Allahabad Bank – S. A. Phanse
- Bank of Baroda – S. S. Mundra
- Bank of India – V. R. Iyer
- Bank of Maharashtra – Unfilled.
- Canara Bank – R. K. Dubey
- Central Bank of India – Rajeev Rishi
- Corporation Bank – Sadhuram Bansal
- Dena Bank – Ashwini Kumar
- Indian Bank – T. M. Bhasin
- Indian Overseas Bank – M. Narendra
- Oriental Bank of Commerce – S. L. Bansal
- Punjab and Sindh Bank – D. P. Singh
- Punjab National Bank – K. R. Kamath
- Syndicate Bank – Sudhir Kumar Jain
- UCO Bank – Arun Kaul
- Union Bank of India – D. Sarkar
- United Bank of India – Smt. Archana Bhargava
- Vijaya Bank – H.S. U. Kamath
- Andhra Bank – Unfilled.
- IDBI Bank – M. S. Raghavan

Complete List of RBI Governors


1. Sir Osborne Smith (1 April 1935 – 30 June 1937)
2. Sir James Braid Taylor (1 July 1937 – 17 February 1943)
3. Sir C. D. Deshmukh (11 August 1943 – 30 June 1949)
4. Sir Benegal Rama Rau (1 July 1949 – 14January 1957)
5. K. G. Ambegaonkar (14 February 1957 –28 February 1957)
6. H. V. R. Iyengar (1 March 1957 – 28 February 1962)
7. P. C. Bhattacharya (1 March 1962 – 30 June 1967)
8. L. K. Jha (1 July 1967 – 3 May 1970)
9. B. N. Adarkar (4 May 1970 – 15 June 1970)
10. S. Jagannathan (16 June 1970 – 19 May 1975)
11. N. C. Sen Gupta (19 May 1975 – 19 August 1975)
12. K. R. Puri (20 August 1975 – 2 May 1977)
13. M. Narasimham (2 May 1977 – 30 November 1977)
14. Dr. I. G. Patel (1 December 1977 – 15 September 1982)
15. Dr. Manmohan Singh (16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985)
16. A. Ghosh (15 January 1985 – 4 February 1985)
17. R. N. Malhotra (4 February 1985 – 22 December 1990)
18. S. Venkitaramanan (22 December 1990 – 21 December 1992)
19. Dr. C. Rangarajan (22 December 1992 – 21 November 1997)
20. Dr. Bimal Jalan (22 November 1997 – 6 September 2003)
21. Dr. Y . V. Reddy (6 September 2003 – 5 September 2008)
22. Dr. D. Subbarao (6 September 2008 – 4th September 2013)
23. Raghu Ram Rajan (4th September 2013 - Present)


Largest Producers in India

1. The largest producer of paddy in India----West Bengal

2. The lagest producer of wheat in India---Uttar Pradesh

3. The lagest producer of sugarcane in India ---Uttar Pradesh

4. The lagest producer of groundnut in India ---Gujarat

5. The largest producer of tea in India---Assam

6. The largest producer of coffee in India---Karnataka

7. The largest producer of jute in India ---West Bengal

8. The largest producer of tobacco in India---Andhra Pradesh

9. The largest producer of bananas in India---Tamilnadu

10. The largest producer of saffron in India---Jammu & Kashmir

11. The largest producer of onion in India---Maharashtra

12. The largest producer of black pepper in India---Kerala

13. The largest producer of cotton in India---Gujarat

14. The largest producer of bamboos in India---Assam




TOP 10 COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO PER CAPITA INCOME


1. QATAR: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is $88,222....

2. LUXEMBOURG: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is $81,466....

3. SINGAPORE: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is 56,694.....

4. NORWAY: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is 51,959.....

5. BRUNEI: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is 48,333....

6. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is 47,439......

7. UNITED STATES: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is 46,860......

8. HONG KONG: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is $45,944.....

9. SWITZERLAND: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is 41,950.....

10. NETHERLANDS: The country’s GDP (PPP) per capita is 40,973....

Computer Devices & their Inventors


Key board— Herman Hollerith first keypunch devices in 1930’s

Transistor— John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley ( 1947-48)

Integrated Circuit— Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce( 1958)

Trackball— Tom Cranston and Fred Longstaff (1952)

Computer Mouse — Douglas Engelbart (1964)

Microprocessor – Intel 4004 Computer Microprocessor— Faggin, Hoff & Mazor(1971)

Floppy Disk— Alan Shugart &IBM

RAM— An Wang at Harvard University’s Computation Lab and Jay Forrester at MIT.1951

Laser printer— Gary Starkweather at XEROX in 1969. 

Hard Disk— The IBM Model 350 Disk File by IBM in 1956 (was the first hard disk drive and was part of the IBM 305 RAMAC computer that IBM started delivering in)

First PC— the IBM 5100 Portable Computer by IBM

First laptop— Grid Compass 1100 (called the GRiD) and was designed in 1979 by a British industrial designer, Bill Moggridge.




Large cities of Punjab
Population
Male
Female
Ludhiana (Municipal Corporation)
1,613,878
874,773
739,105
Amritsar (Municipal Corporation)
1,132,761
602,754
530,007


Large Urban Agglomeration of Punjab
Population
Male
Female
Amritsar
1,183,705
630,114
553,591

Largest District by Population in Punjab
Population
Male
Female
Ludhiana
3,498,739
1,867,816
1,630,923
Amritsar
2,490,656
1,318,408
1,172,248
Gurdaspur
2,298,323
1,212,617
1,085,706
Jalandhar
2,193,590
1,145,211
1,048,379
Firozpur
2,029,074
1,071,637
957,437
Patiala
1,895,686
1,002,522
893,164
Sangrur
1,655,169
878,029
777,140
Hoshiarpur
1,586,625
809,057
777,568
Bathinda
1,388,525
743,197
645,328
Tarn Taran
1,119,627
589,369
530,258




Description
Rural
Urban
Population (%)
62.52 %
37.48 %
Total Population
17,344,192
10,399,146
Male Population
9,093,476
5,545,989
Female Population
8,250,716
4,853,157
Population Growth
7.75 %
25.86 %
Sex Ratio
907
875
Child Sex Ratio (0-6)
844
852
Child Population (0-6)
1,945,502
1,130,717
Child Percentage (0-6)
11.22 %
10.87 %
Literates
10,997,657
7,709,480
Average Literacy
71.42 %
83.18 %
Male Literacy
76.62 %
86.67 %
Female Literacy
58.99 %
68.29 %





Description
2011
2001
Approximate Population
2.77 Crores
2.44 Crore
Actual Population
27,743,338
24,358,999
Male
14,639,465
12,985,045
Female
13,103,873
11,373,954
Population Growth
13.89%
19.76%
Percantage of total Population
2.29%
2.37%
Sex Ratio
895
874
Child Sex Ratio
846
961
Density/km2
551
484
Density/mi2
1,427
1,253
Area km2
50,362
50,362
Area mi2
19,445
19,445
Total Child Population (0-6 Age)
3,076,219
3,171,829
Male Population (0-6 Age)
1,665,994
1,763,801
Female Population (0-6 Age)
1,410,225
1,408,028
Literacy
75.84 %
69.65 %
Male Literacy
80.44 %
79.66 %
Female Literacy
62.52 %
60.53 %
Total Literate
18,707,137
14,756,970
Male Literate
10,436,056
8,442,293
Female Literate
8,271,081
6,314,677

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