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SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL WITH MAY & JUNE CURRENT SBI CLERK 2014 SPL MAY & JUNE MONTH COMBINED FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE DOMBIVLI WEST (MUMBAI) Mob- 8693022386, 9004504847, 9326654503, 8452095349 BY. KUNAL SINGH SBI CLERK 2014 SPL MAY & JUNE MONTH COMBINED :AUTHOR COMMENT: DEAR ASPIRANTS It is with great pleasure that I am presenting to you the “GENERAL AWARENESS” issue. This issue prepared to give you very useful and examination Oriented General Awareness material and important question. If you read intelligently and with proper understanding you can get Sure success. I am making earnest efforts in collecting information regarding the needs of ASPIRANTS like you. So I earnestly advise all bonafide candidate of “Focus Competition Zone” to concentrate on this and get benefited. I always feel that your success is an award for my efforts. With best wishes for your bright future BY: – KUNAL SINGH TEAM- FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 2 SBI CLERK 2014 SPL MAY & JUNE MONTH COMBINED Current RBI RATES UPDATED AS ON DATE: 12/07/2014 1. Repo Rate – 8% 2. Reverse Repo– 7% 3. CRR – 4% 4. SLR – 22.5% (changed from 23%) on 03/06/2014 5. MSF– 9% 6. Bank Rate – 9% NATIONAL World Population Day 2014 Observed on 11th July, This year, the theme is "Investing in Young People. Narendra Modi was sworn-in as the 15th Prime Minister of India on along with 45- member Council Dhubri Parliamentary constituency in Assam registered the highest voter turnout in the General Election 2014. Government of India has extended the ban imposed on LTTE for five years under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities IIT-Guwahati ranked at the 87th position among the top 100 world universities under 50 years of age. Project Seabird Phase II in Karwar, Karnataka got environment clearance by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Indian Army launched the Army Veterans Grievance Handling (AVGH) Portal. Central Information Commission ruled that the private schools come under the provisionsof Right to Information (RTI) Act Union Water Resources Minister, Uma Bharti launched a nationwide tree plantation drive and public awareness programme to save rivers. Institute for Economics and Peace released Global Peace Index (GPI) 2014 in London. The GPI 2014 measured peace for 162 countries on the basis of 22 indicators. Among these 162 countries, India has been ranked 143rd. Prime Minister Narendra Modi resigned from the Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat after choosing to retain the Varanasi Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana would be introduced so that more agricultural land is irrigated. The Special Investigating Team on black money held its first meeting under the chairmanship of Justice M.B. Shah, a former judge of the Supreme Court. SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 3 SBI CLERK 2014 SPL MAY & JUNE MONTH COMBINED Low cost carrier AirAsia has chosen to launch its maiden flight under Indian operations on Bangalore‐Goa route Under‐13s will now be able to join Facebook, but with their parents’ nod. The first unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) reached its full power generation capacity of 1,000 MWe. Delhi has become the world's second most populous city in 2014 after Tokyo The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh was accorded the Unesco World Heritage Site status. The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently launched nation’s first 3D mobile game(GOTS- Guardians of the skies.) in a bid to attract generation-next youth to pursue a career in the air force. Rajasthan declared camel as the State animal recently. JAPAN has adopted resolution to end 60 years pacific constitution URI-2 hydropower project has been dedicated to nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jammu Kashmir Indian International Leather festival 2014 has been organised at NEW DELHI recently. DELHI –AGRA Railway line trail run has been conducted for Semi High speed train. Conservation of KEDARNATH TEMPLE temple has been entrusted to Archaelogical Survey of India. UDHAMPUR –KATRA RAIL LINE Railway Line has been dedicated to Nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ONION & POTATO two commodities has been included in Essential Commodities Act 1955 At SHASTRI BHAWAN NEW DELHI, First Aid Post has been inaugurated to facilitate first aid services to Government employees. Orkut social networking site is going to shut down its operation from 30th september . Bor Wildlife Sanctuary (wardha- maharashtra) of Wildlife Sanctuary has been declared as 47th Tiger reserve of India. After name of indian scientis AKHOURI SINHA a Mountain in Antarctica has been named by USA. National doctor’s day recently observed on – july 1st India has been developing "Maitri missile programme" with france . Fergusson College Pune of the Indian College has become first to include third gender in its application form. "Project Android One" of Google is aimed -TO Produce Ultra Cheap Smart Phone Gujrat Approved 33% Quota for women in Police Force. SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 4 SBI CLERK 2014 SPL MAY & JUNE MONTH COMBINED Project ''Mausam'' of Cultural Ministry is related to –To Explore Multi Faceted Indian Ocean Delhi has approved settingup of 500 Water ATM in the state. Surat become the first city in India with full real-time CCTV surviellance network. INTERNATIONAL US will keep 9800 troops in Afghanistan till end of 2016. Luxembourg has approved same sex marriage recently. India has been placed at 4TH place in terms of favoured destination for investment in World Investment Report 2014. Mauritius on 27 May 2014 decided to provide automatic tax information exchange to India. Three television channels of Geo TV network of Pakistan were suspended by PEMRA committee on allegation of defamation of intelligence agency, ISI. China set up a 1.6 billion dollars fund that will support projects related to China's maritime Silk Road development. france has banned use of Burka in the country. Pakistan successfully test-fired surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Hataf-III Ghaznavi. World hightest tunnel for-speed train in northwest China at an altitude of 3607.4 metres became Government of Namibia purchased 3400 India-made EVMs for use in the countries Presidential Election, scheduled in November 2014. Russia agreed on the Indian Nuclear Liability Law and paved a way for signing a contract for unit 3 & 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. Lithuania to become 19th country to adopt Euro as currency from 1 January 2015. Canada’s Quebec became first province of the country to adopt legislation Right-to- Die. Russia lifted arm embargo on Pakistan. Wang Yi, the Foreign Minister of China was on a two‐day long visit to India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 made his first official visit to Bhutan. Okavango Delta in Botswana became the 1000th site to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site List. Jinnah International Airport of Karchi was in news when Terrorist belonging to Tehreek‐e‐Taliban on. SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 5 SBI CLERK 2014 SPL MAY & JUNE MONTH COMBINED 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO‐2014 was held @ Moscow. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel topped the Forbes annual list of Most Powerful Women 2014 in the world. Five Indian women have also featured in Forbes 100 most powerful women List. Chief of Pepsico, Indian born Indra Nooyi was ranked 13th and Chief Technology and Strategy Officer of Cisco Padmasree Warrior is ranked 71st in the list. Other Indians who made in to the list are State Bank of India Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya (36th) ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar (43rd) Start‐up carrier Tata‐SIA Airlines, which is yet toget a flying permit, will acquire at least 20 Airbusaircraft on lease from a Singapore‐based firm to launch its operations in India by this winter. Arthur a city of USA where Hurricanes has hited recently. ECONOMY Union Government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement for World Bank (IDA) assistance of 1006.20 million US dollar for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III. According to Rangrajan committee on poverty line what is per capita expenditure in rural and urban areas respectively= 32 & 47 RS. france has announced 1 billion euro credit line to India. Foreign exchange reserves increased by 15.5 billion US dollar in the financial year ended March 2014 Indian rupee becomes the best performing currency in Asia-Pacific region against US dollar so far in 2014 Singapore became the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India. RBI directed all new ATMs to be installed by commercial banks from July 2014 onwards would provide audible instructions and Braille keypads to customers. Bharatiya Mahila Bank included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and became eligible for loans from RBI on bank rate. Governor of the Reserve Bank of India announced that plastic currency notes will be launched in 2015. India’s economy is now the 10th biggest in the world in terms of gross domestic product, according to the World Bank. India will become the world’s third largest oil consumer by 2025. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) reduced the rate of interest by 20 basis points (bps) India became the second largest exporter of textiles in the world. This was revealed by SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 6 SBI CLERK 2014 SPL MAY & JUNE MONTH COMBINED the recent data released by UN Comtrade after china.