STUDY MATERIAL FOR BANK AND SSC EXAMS: February 2015

Friday 27 February 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS :-

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on 27th day of February 2015 includes news on Ratan Tata, US Federal Communications Commission, 3D printed jet engine, Gopinath Pillai and Finance Minister.

· on 26th day includes news on 14th Finance Commission, Authorityfor Advance Rulings, Russia & Cyprus, Quasar, SPV Projects, Rail Innovation and Technology Centre and Railway Budget 2015-16.

· on 25th day includes news on Hero Hockey India League 2015, 3rdTortoise Festival,Rajya Sabha, DGP of Police of Jharkhand, PR Mohana Rao, Uttar Pradesh and Ravi Chaudhary.

· on 24th day includes news on Defence Salary Package, Surya KiranVIII, Chris Gayle, Chief Justice of Pakistan, Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and Takahiro Hachigo.

· on 23rd day includes news on ICC Hall of Fame, Indian Open titleof Golf, CM of Bihar, MADAD, J. Calvin Giddings Award 2015 and Oscar Awards 2015.

· on 22nd day includes news on Arrest of former Maldivianpresident Mohamed Nasheed, New CM of Bihar Nitish Kumar and Lift of ban on goldcoins and medallions by banks and trading houses.

· on 21st day includes news on Nirad Mahapatra, KVIC and RSETIS, Director on RIL Board, CPI Leader, Chief of ISRO's Space Applications Centreand Thailand's interim parliament.

· on 20th day includes news on Death of Rajya Sabha MP, NationwideSoil Health Card Scheme, Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz, Rashad Hussain, Combined solar telescope with Laser Frequency Comb and Marcia and Lam cyclones.

· on 19th day includes news on cardiac surgeon in Maharashtra, UNICEF, 35% reservation for women, Barry Knowles, Prithvi-II missile, Airbus 320, Asthma drug, Producer Daggubati Ramanaidu, SAFAR-Air, Employees' ProvidentFund Organisation, BJD Vice-President and Project-17A.

· on 18th day includes news on Cyclist Alberto Contador, RajinderPuri, Chief Information Commissioner, 5th India-Myanmar Joint Trade Committee, one-way trip to Mars, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and the President of Croatia.

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Thursday 26 February 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS:-

Who has won the Hero Hockey India League 2015 - Ranchi Rays

On 23rd February 2015, Ranchi Rays won the Hero Hockey India League 2015 (HHIL) by defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors. The HHIL 2015 was started on 22 January 2015 and ended on 22 February 2015 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi. This is the third season of the professional field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. Ranchi Rays was awarded with 2.50 crore rupees, finishing in the second position Jaypee Punjab Warriors were awarded 1.25crore rupees, while Delhi Waveriders got 75 lakh rupees for securing third position. Hero Goal of the Match Award was received by Barry Middleton of Ranchi Rays. Tyler Lovell of Ranchi Rays was awrded as the Man of the Match.

Where did the 3rd Tortoise Festival organised - Hajong Lake in Assam

On 21st February 2015, 3rd Tortoise Festival was organised at Hajong Lake in Dima Hasao district of Assam to create awareness among people on the endangered tortoise species by Environment and Forest Department of Dima Hasao. The festival showed various activities like presentation, discussions and others aimed at protection of the species.

About Hajong Lake

Which bill has been passed by Rajya Sabha - Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders Amendment Bill, 2014

On 24th February 2015, Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders Amendment Bill, 2014 with one accord by a voice vote. The bill looks to alter the list of Scheduled Castes in one Union Territory- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and three states- Haryana, Karnataka and Odisha.

Provisions of the bill

It recompense the Constitution (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) Scheduled Castes Order, 1962 and the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950.
It adds new communities to the list of Scheduled Castes in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Haryana, Karnataka and Odisha.
It amends the name Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand in this list.
Following communities are added to the list of Scheduled Castes:

Haryana: Kabirpanthi Julaha
Karnataka: Od, Odde, Vaddar, Waddar, Voddar, Woddar, Bovi (Non Besta), Kalluvaddar, and Mannuvaddar
Odisha: Rajak, Adhuria Domb, Khatia, Nalua Kela, Sabakhia Kela, Matia Kela, Sapua Kela, Gaudia Kela, Khadal, Khodal, Betra Rajaka and Adhuria Dom.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Rohit

Who is appointed as the DGP of Police of Jharkhand - D K Pandey

On 24th February 2015, DK Pandey was appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Jharkhand. He is a Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of 1984 batch.

Who is the author of "Flora of Guntur City Andhra Pradesh" - PR Mohana Rao

The book "Flora of Guntur City Andhra Pradesh" authored by PR Mohana Rao is a profound piece of writing on the wealth of flora in Guntur City. The book throws light in the numerous species of plant and trees in Guntur. The book carries information on trees and shrubs belonging to 76 families of angiosperms and 431 flowering plants. The families of the shrubs, plants and trees have been arranged systematically on the basis of Bentham and Hooker System of Classification.

Which state's budget had been presented by its CM on 24th February - Uttar Pradesh

On 24th February 2015, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented the State Budget 2015-16 of Rs.302687 crore. In the budget, UP government has given main significance on power, infrastructure development, education, health, roads and agriculture. The budget size of 2015-16 is 10.2% more than the budget of 2014-15. Few facts of Uttar Pradesh Budget 2015-16 are as follows :

On the basis of 2013-14 prognosis, the growth rate of the state is expected to be 5% , more than the national growth of 4.7%.
51516 crore rupees have been reserved for bridges, roads, irrigation and development and strengthening schemes for power.
There is an allocation of 26231 crore rupees in the budget for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, OBC's, physically challenged and poor people of the general category.
For power upgradation and line maintenance in the state there is a allocation of 25764 crore rupees. Generation of 2100 megawatt electricity is aimed in annual budget 2015-16 of UP.
A sum of 854 crores rupees has been allocated to build state of the art cancer Institute at Lucknow and the medical teachers will now retire at the age of 65.
Year 2015-16 has been declared as the Year of the Farmer by Budget. In this regard, Budget states to develop 1000 Agri Junctions to promote agriculture as a good mean of livelihood. Youth will be given subsidy at a loan of 5 percent interest.
100 crore rupees are allocated for linking villages to blocks, tehsil and district headquarters under the Lohia Grameen Parivahan Service.

Who is appointed as Executive Director for Regions and Center Operations at FAA - Ravi Chaudhary

On 24th February 2015, Indian-American Ravi Chaudhary was appointed as Executive Director for Regions and Centre Operations at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Chaudhary will oversee aviation operations in nine different regions under this position. He will be responsible for executing a 288 million US dollars operating budget of FAA and will lead over 2100 Federal Employees in nine nationwide regions. Chaudhary will also be responsible for providing Department of Transportation and FAA-wide services in the areas of corporate outreach, facilities management, emergency readiness, operations, safety, policy, besides centralised support for the National Aerospace System.

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COMPUTER AWARENESS :-

1. Pick the one which is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than, equal to or grater than.

1) Arithmetic Logic Unit

2) Control Unit

3) Storage Unit

4) Both 1) and 2)

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 1. )

2. ________means to enlarge a window to its maximum area so that it will fill entire desktop.

1) Maximise

2) Zoom 3) Enlarge

4) Extend

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 1. )

3. A connection from one HTML document to another HTML document is called ……………… ?

1) Hyperlink

2) Connection link

3) Icon

4) Tag

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 1 )

4. Capability of a computer to perform more than one tasks at the same time is ……………. ?

1) Batch processing

2) Real time processing

3) Multitasking

4) Scheduled processing

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 3 )

5. Which of the following is NOT an example of a web browser ……………… ?

1) Chorme

2) Internet Explorer

3) Safari

4) Netscape Navigator

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 5 )

6. In is the smallest dot that can be uniquely drawn on a computer screen. This is ………………. ?

1) Boxel

2) Computer Dot

3) Cursor

4) Pixel

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 4 )

7. An error is also known as ……………………. ?

1) bug

2) debug

3) cursor

4) icon

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 1 )

8. In database, a field is a ……………… ?

1) label

2) table of information

3) group of related records

4) category of information

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 2 )

9. A _______contains buttons and menus that provide quick access to commonly used commands.

1) toolbar

2) menu bar

3) window

4) find

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 1 )

10. What is the name of the process that is used to convert a series of instructions, or program, written in a high-level language into instructions (or a program) that can be run on a computer …………….. ?

1) Assembling

2) Compiling

3) Translating

4) Uploading

5) None of these

( ANSWER IS - 2 )

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Tuesday 24 February 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS :-

on 24th day includes news on DefenceSalary Package, Surya Kiran VIII, Chris Gayle, Chief Justice of Pakistan, Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and Takahiro Hachigo.

on 23rd day includes news on ICC Hall of Fame, Indian Open title of Golf, CM of Bihar, MADAD, J. Calvin Giddings Award 2015 and Oscar Awards 2015.

on 22nd day includes news on Arrest of former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, New CM of Bihar Nitish Kumar andLift of ban on gold coins and medallions by banks and trading houses.

on 21st day includes news on Nirad Mahapatra, KVIC and RSETIS, Director on RIL Board, CPI Leader, Chief of ISRO'sSpace Applications Centre and Thailand's interim parliament..

on 20th day includes news on Death of Rajya Sabha MP, Nationwide Soil Health Card Scheme, Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz,Rashad Hussain, Combined solar telescope with Laser Frequency Comb and Marcia and Lam cyclones.

on 19th day includes news on cardiac surgeon in Maharashtra, UNICEF, 35% reservation for women, Barry Knowles, Prithvi-II missile, Airbus 320, Asthma drug, Producer Daggubati Ramanaidu, SAFAR-Air, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, BJD Vice-President andProject-17A.

on 18th day includes news on Cyclist Alberto Contador, Rajinder Puri, Chief Information Commissioner, 5thIndia-Myanmar Joint Trade Committee, one-way trip to Mars, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and the President of Croatia.

on 17th day includes news on Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014, 65th Berlin International Film Festival, Faculty Early Career Development Award, Multi Commodity Exchange, ChhattisgarhGovernment, Tsunami advisory, India and Sri Lanka, Deloitte's Global Operations, 24 Rafale fighter plane and Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

on 16th day includes news on Jamaican sprinter, Indian Cricketer, National Tribal Festival, Maldivian ForeignMinister, President Of Singapore and automation technology firm Panaya Inc.

on 15th day include news on Balasubramaniam Venkataramani as new CEO of MCX and Tessy Thomas and GeetaVaradan selected for Dr.Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014.

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